The First Part of The Journey

In order to be able to adopt through LDS Family Services we had to be interviewed, together and individually. We also had to attend a 8 week course on adoption. There we learned about birth mothers and how they came into the agency, not to give up their baby but to make a plan for their child. Sometimes that plan included placing the baby for adoption, sometimes it meant single parenting. We also learned about the laws and other things in the adoption world.
Shortly after the class was finished we had our home study and back ground checks then we were approved to have our profile start to be shown to birth mothers. We were finally approved in March and felt sure that we would have a baby by Christmas. (That was 2004). We put our profile online with Its about love and in Aug started it online with Parent profiles. We had a few contacts from each but nothing panned out. We also had some who were not being truthful with us that first 3 months. This really opened our eyes to dealing with people on the internet. We learned and have tired to help others as they start out. We still strongly believe in the internet as a way to get our faces out there. It is worth the small risk.

In Feb. last year we were approached by a birth mother through Parent Profiles. We emailed back and forth for several months. She delivered 6 weeks early and the baby did not make it. We have also had other contacts from both the internet and our agency, but nothing has finished our travel yet.

Several months ago we heard Glenn Beck speak about their adoption. He said a line that has really stuck with us and that we believe and try to teach to all we come in contact with. It is “You don’t just want any baby. You want your baby.” We truly believe that.

We are now the chair couple for FSA for 2 of the agencies we live by as well as being on the National Board for all of FSA. We have really come to see that blessings that come form adoption.

This road has had many ups and downs but through it all we have each other, our family, friends and faith that it will happen.
Our family motto is FAITH WITHOUT FEAR!