Trent and Amy - Denver, Colorado

Dear Birth Parent(s),

Thank you so much for considering us in your search for adoptive parents. It is an incredible honor and privilege to be considered for this place of trust. This must be a very difficult time for you. Your decision must way heavily on your mind. We pray that “the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:7), and we pray that God will lead you and direct you through this very difficult decision

We hope this letter will give you a brief picture of our lives and our family. Trent is a Colorado native. He is a self-employed real estate professional, and he works from home. Amy was born in Texas, but grew up in Southern California. She came to Denver as a Pediatric Traveling Nurse, but is now a stay at home mom. One year after Amy moved to Colorado, we met at a friend’s garage sale and started courting shortly thereafter. We courted for about one year and were married at a beautiful chapel in the Mountains. We will be married seven years in November. We have a wonderful daughter named Madison (Madi) who turned five years old in June. We adopted her from China (at 11 months old) in May of 2005. We also have a wonderful son named Malachi who turns three this October. We adopted him from Virginia (at 2 wks old) in November 2006 .We love spending time outdoors, preferably in the mountains, hiking, biking, or snowshoeing. We’re active, playful, and have very goofy senses of humor. Madi and Malachi share our goofy sense of humor, which makes for a home filled with lots of playful laughter.

Long before we were married, each of us had a great desire to adopt a child. We feel incredibly blessed that God has chosen to grow our family through adoption. We love being parents, and our vision for our family includes adopting another child. It is difficult to explain why something feels right, but adoption has always felt like a part of our family, it has always felt like our family will grow through adoption, and it truly feels like it is God’s plan for our lives.

As parents we believe in giving kids lots of encouragement, affection, love, and firm boundaries. We want to foster creativity, playfulness, a love for learning, a love for God, and respect for others and the environment. It is also important for us to bring each of our children’s heritage and culture into our home. We live in a great kid-friendly home and neighborhood. Our house is a four bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home, located on a cul-de-sac, with lots of kids near-by. We spend a good amount of time playing outside, and we get together often with extended family.

Our family is built around the belief that God is in charge of our lives and our family. We have both been Christians for a long time, and God has changed our lives dramatically through his love, grace, forgiveness, patience and direction. We are involved in our church, and we have been very active in a variety of ministries throughout our Christian lives. We work hard to maintain a quality personal relationship with God while providing a loving, consistent, and secure home for our entire family. With our love for our children, and our love for each other, we hope to pass on God’s mercy, grace and gentleness to our children. We want each member of our family to know the overwhelming love that God has for each of His children.

Finally it’s important to us that you know how we feel about you. We believe you are a woman of great courage, generosity and strength. We can only imagine how difficult this decision must be for you. If you decide to pick us as the adoptive family for your child, we will tell him or her about your bravery, about how much we respect you, and about the tremendous love it took to place your baby with adoptive parents. You will not be forgotten in our home! Both Madi and Malachi’s birth parents are lovingly talked about, prayed for and thought of with great respect. They will forever be a beautiful part of their history, just as you will always be a beautiful part of this baby’s history.

Sincerely,
Trent and Amy

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