Our journey to grow our family has been marked by both deep longing and unwavering faith. Even before we faced any medical challenges, we felt called to open our home and our hearts to a child through adoption. We dreamed of raising a child in an environment rooted in love, faith, and stability, where they would know the unconditional love of a family and the unwavering truth of God’s love.
As we began family planning, I was diagnosed with serous borderline tumors, precancerous growths that required immediate and repeated surgeries. While we held on to the hope of carrying a child, the procedures ultimately made that impossible. Still, we believed that God could build our family in other ways. We moved forward with adoption and surrogacy, trusting that the right path would be made clear. Those paths, however, brought tremendous heartbreak: two adoptions that fell through, two miscarriages through surrogacy, and one adoption that brought us all the way to the hospital, only to have the expectant mother choose to parent.
These experiences left us emotionally and financially drained, but never without hope. Our desire to adopt has never been just a second option; it has always been a part of our calling. We feel more certain than ever that adoption is the path God has laid before us. That is why receiving a grant from Katelyn’s Fund has been such a tremendous blessing. Their support has relieved a significant financial burden and renewed our strength to keep moving forward. We are beyond grateful for their generosity and encouragement. Thanks to Katelyn’s Fund, we are one step closer to the child we have been praying for, and we wait with faith and open arms for the day we finally become a family.
Through this journey, we have learned, sometimes through tears and heartbreak, that God’s plan is far greater than anything we could have written for ourselves. I have had to lay down my desire for certainty and learn to trust God with not only our future but also our finances, timing, and the entire path to parenthood. It has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life, but in that surrender, I have found a deeper peace and trust in the truth that He is working all things together for good, even when the road looks nothing like what we expected.
