I like adoption
Just a little video that makes me want to adopt 9 children . . .
with love,
Chantel
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Ever since I was a teenager I had a fairly clear overall purpose in life. I knew God had put Africa and orphans in my heart. I knew that desire would one day lead to adoption and also strongly believed I would do missions work in some capacity at some point. For 15 years I…
Over the next while I’m going to be sharing a bit of an adoption series on how you can support adoptive families. I’ve had this series idea in my head for a long time but wanted to wait until we were done each step before sharing. If you have adopted before I’d love for…
Today I wanted to touch on the financial side of adoption a bit. Since people have found out about our adoption many people have told me that they would be interested in adoption but the costs are overwhelming. I totally get that. There are some days where I become weighed down by the expenses. source…
Yes, five months waiting, that’s five months closer to our little one(s). I talked to our contact person at our adoption agency today and it sounds like things are still moving at the same rate as the last few months. If this rate continues we should have our referral by late winter/early spring. I feel…
It took three years and a lot of ups and downs but last week we got the call: we have a son Raeca has a little brother We are all a little (okay, a LOT) excited! Obviously I’ll share more soon, but right now I just want to say: thank you. It’s been a journey…
It’s now been about 3.5 weeks since we left home to come to South Africa and we now have just under 2 weeks left in our stay. In some ways it seems like the time is going slow and in others it seems so quick. Last week Wednesday (December 3rd) we got an email stating…
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Amazing video! So encouraging!!!! Thanks for sharing that!
Oh I know, don’t they just have an amazing story?!
Thanks for sharing. I thought I may need kleenex. That’s a great encouragement 🙂
I hear you, there is a spot in there that makes me on the verge of tearing up every time I watch it!
I love this. I cried and I smiled. What an amazingly beautiful family. 🙂
🙂 Yes, so inspirational!
So so sweet! What a wonderful group of parents. It takes such compassionate & loving people to be able to adopt. Especially that many children. It warms my heart!
Such a great video to watch during the holiday season. Thank you for sharing, Chantel. 🙂
Yes, there story is a heart warming and inspirational one!