Explore adoption
Explore adoption
The right fit
Many women choose adoption because they want their baby to have a life they feel they can’t provide. If you make an adoption plan with Bethany, you’ll get to choose a family that’s a good fit for you and your child.
Will I stay in my baby's life?
You choose the family
Explore our waiting families and read bios to get to know them
You decide the relationship
Open or closed, you can discuss with a pregnancy counselor
You choose the communication level
You can guide the level you have with your child and their adoptive family
Find a family that fits
Nate and Carolyn
Hello, We are Nate and Carolyn, and we are eager to add another member to our family. God has blessed us in countless ways, and we want to share these blessings with your child and you.
Read MoreAJ and Rachel
Hello, we are Rachel and Aj! We hope that this small look into our lives will provide you with the warm fuzzy feelings of love and happiness, and that you also know that feeling is what we feel every day we share our love. We appreciate the consideration of sharing a life with your child. It is our fondest wish that we will be a perfect match for your consideration!
Read MoreJohnathan and Laurel
Dear Expectant Parent(s), Thank you for taking a look at our family as you consider the right decision for you and your child. After wrestling with infertility for several years, we are so excited to journey toward adoption. We pray that God will bless you on your journey as well. We wanted to give you a glimpse into our world- our relationships, our values, our home and our hobbies. We hope that this will help you imagine what it could be like for you and your child to join our family! With love, Laurel and Johnathan
Read MorePaul and Melissa
Hello, Thank you for viewing our profile and considering us for your child. We are Paul and Melissa and we live in Southeast Michigan. We have been married for 16 years. We met in high school at a basketball game and continued dating through college. We got married and bought our first home in 2005. We enjoy watching movies, eating out, being with family and traveling. We have always wanted to have a big family. We welcomed our first daughter Samantha in 2012. She was the first grandchild on both sides of our families. We wanted another child and after experiencing infertility issues, we decided to explore adoption. Paul and his sister are both adopted and it opened up the conversation about what that journey looks like. We were excited and blessed to have Daniella become apart of our family through infant adoption in 2019. Both girls are absolutely wonderful and bring us so much happiness. They are each other's biggest fans and are excited to welcome another sibling. We wanted to expand our family through adoption again. We want to thank you for considering Adoption as a path for your child. We believe God will guide your heart to the best decision for you and for your child.
Read MoreJenn
Dear Friend, Let me begin by saying how humbled I am that you are taking the time to look through my profile. The amount of love, courage, and bravery it takes to walk the path you are choosing is found in very few people. I am praying for you and your child, that you would have wisdom, peace, and confidence in the decisions you are making. While adoption may not be what most people see for their future, it has always been the way I hoped to have a family one day. It would be such a privilege to be able to love and raise a child as my own. They will always know their story and how much you love them. I will always speak highly of you and will always do what is in their best interest. I will always point your child toward Jesus and walk with them as they develop a relationship with Him. This will be through everyday life at home, going to church on Sundays, attending church activities throughout the year, attending a Christian school, living in a community that values faith, and being around family and friends that have the same beliefs and values as I do. In my home your child will come to know 3 things. First, we love Jesus. Second, we are kind. Third, we have fun! Love, Jenn
Read MoreAshley and Jake
Hello! Let us introduce ourselves; we are Jake and Ashley. We met online in 2012 and quickly realized that we were meant to be together. After dating for a few months, we became engaged and married later that year. In December we’ll celebrate our 10-year anniversary! We always knew we wanted children, but the Lord had different plans for our family. During our infertility journey, we felt called to became foster parents, and opened our license in 2021. We’ve been blessed to care for and walk alongside 3 littles and their families, and while it has had its challenges, we wouldn’t trade it for the world. We love watching children grow, learn and live their lives to the fullest, and hope and pray to be able to experience these things with our own children one day. We love spending time with family and friends, having birthday parties, family dinners, vacations, celebrating all the holidays and creating new traditions. The Christmas season is our absolute favorite, and we love the childlike magic in the air that time of year. A lot of our time is spent outside in the backyard or garden, and we love to explore zoos, parks, farms, and aquariums. It is our dream to raise a child to know the true meaning of family, unconditional love, pure joy, absolute safety, and the Lord’s grace. We are humbled and truly honored that you are taking the time to look at our profile and learn a bit about our family. We pray that you find comfort and peace not only in all upcoming decisions but throughout your life as well. We look forward to walking alongside you during this journey and can't wait to meet you! Thank you for your time and consideration. God Bless!
Read MoreJamie and Brandon
Hello, We want you to know that we have been praying for you and your loved ones. We’re sure that you are dealing with a lot right now and making some of the most difficult decisions of your life. Whether you choose us to join your child’s family or not, we care about you and wish nothing but the best for you! We’re glad for this opportunity to share a taste of our life with you.
Read MoreChristopher and Shaunna
This year marks 15 years together and 11 years married for us. While starting the family that we have always wanted hasn’t gone as expected, we aren’t giving up. Instead, we are taking a different path and are hoping to add to our family via adoption. We look forward to seeing where this new path leads and are excited at the possibility that it will lead to you.
Read MoreTiffany and Brennen
Dear friend, Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this snapshot of our family. You probably have so many thoughts and fears running through your head in this moment, and we’re likely just one family out of many that you will consider entrusting with your precious child. Who are we, and what kind of home would we hope to give your child? Our names are Brennen and Tiffany. We are high school sweethearts who have been married for almost nine years now. We have a lovable dog named Winchester and a hyperactive cat named Luna. Ever since high school we have wanted to adopt, and after struggles with miscarriages and infertility we have decided that now is the time to pursue that dream. This is our dream and promise to you: We will provide your child with unconditional love, we will cultivate a home for them filled with joy and wonder, we will display to them the beauty of Christ, we will support them through every triumph and disappointment, we will protect and sacrifice for them, we will honor you and your child’s story, and we will strive with every ounces of our being to give them a family where they never have to doubt that they are fully seen, fully known, and fully loved. What you are doing is one of the hardest, most loving, and selflessly sacrificial things anyone can do. We cannot even begin to express the admiration we have for you. You are a bona fide hero. We are praying for you even now, and if you entrust your child to us, we promise that we will honor that decision for the rest of our lives. You’ll learn more about us thoughout this book, but above all we hope you remember this promise to you.
Read MoreReagan and Zach
Dear Friend, Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us a little bit better. We cannot imagine what you are going through, but we hope you know we are praying for you, your child, and your family, no matter what. We pray God will lead you to make the best decision for you and your child, whether that be adoption or parenting. We are Reagan & Zach. We have been married over six years now. God planted the desire to adopt in Reagan in middle school, and we discussed it while we were dating. After a lot of prayer and consideration, we are excited and hopeful that this is the time for us. Our families and our faith are the most important things to us. We are very close with our families, and everyone is very excited to welcome a child in. We are very active in our church and with our church family, and cannot wait to teach a child the importance of Christ. We are so excited to welcome a child into our home and look forward to the journey adoption will bring us on. We hope this profile will help you get to know us and our lives a little bit better, and the love we can offer a child. With love, Reagan & Zach
Read MoreRyan and Misti
We would like to start by letting you know that we have great respect for you and your consideration to placing your child for adoption. We understand that this had to be a very difficult decision for you and one you are making out of great love for your child. Our hope is that you continue to learn about us and discover that we want to add to that love with our family. When we learned that we would be unable to have a biological child, we started looking into other ways we could complete our family. It was not until a specific service at church that we discovered that adoption is our new purpose, as everything happens for a reason. Through God’s and your blessing, we hope that we can be a family that you trust your loved one with. We met through family and work relationships and have cherished every day together. We live in Metro Detroit, Michigan with our dog and 2 cats. We love spending time with family and large family life is our normal. We enjoy going to church with our parents, family birthday parties, gatherings around every holiday and of course the occasional spontaneous bon fire. Pretty much any reason to get together is a welcomed blessing. Apart from the family gatherings, we enjoy going to local events, concerts, sporting events and, like everyone, a quiet night on the couch. Long weekend road trips have become our annual getaway to see new places and explore. Our love after marriage has grown even stronger. We are each other’s best friend and love to laugh together and find new hobbies to take on together like cooking. Misti says that she is the better cook, but that has been the ongoing joke of who is the better cook, Misti, or Ryan? We cook every night, and it is a fun way to challenge each other and to better our skills. Planning for adoption has made us even closer as a couple. We are overly excited every day and hopeful that we will get to raise a child together, something we have wanted for quite some time. Sure, it has been a tough process, but we are supporting each other every step of the way and know that it will be the most rewarding thing we could ever do. Our future goals as a couple are to take more vacations and see the world. We have talked about getting an RV to travel in and go camping. We value our time together and know that time goes by very quickly, but we are anxious to see the future. We love where we live because we have the peace and quiet and nature appeal and yet close enough to experience the city community and amazing restaurants and parks. We have a 3-bedroom Tri-level house on a half-acre. Luckily, Ryan is very handy around the house and will be planning on building a swing set and play area for the family. Ryan has 2 brother and 2 sisters that we are very close with. His brother Brent and his wife Jess have 2 beautiful girls (2-year-old & 4-month-old). His sister Tori and her husband Will have 2 handsome boys (23-month-old & 1 month old). The family is really hoping we can bring home a tie breaker. We get together at least once a month to enjoy each other’s company. It is truly an amazing support system. He grew up in the country where his parents still live. It is always a fun time to visit for bonfires, pool parties, family dinners and letting the dog run around. He is currently working for an aerospace tooling company as a Program Manager and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Misti is very close to her mom and talks to her everyday. She has great respect and understanding of the importance of a relationship be a mother and her children. It is because of that relationship that she is so excited to start a family. She has a sister (Rachel), 2 step sisters (Heather & Nicole) and a step brother (John). Its always a blast when the family gets together for barbeques and holidays. Her dad and step mom live in Florida so its always a big event, with a lot of anticipation, when they are in town. She is currently working as a Mammographer (Breast Imaging) for two and half years, but has been a Radiologic Technologist (X-Ray Tech) for over ten years. Health Care has always been her calling. She shows compassion towards her patients and makes sure their needs are met. She will do the same for your child. Even though, Misti loves her career and taking care of her patients, she wants to work part time, so she can provide the nurturing and extra care your child will need. Grandmas will also be helping with child care. One day a week at Grandma Lisa’s and one day a week at Grandma Dee’s. We go to church every Sunday with either Misti’s mom or Ryan’s parents. We were raised in different denominations so going to multiple churches teaches us to be open minded to new things knowing that it is just smaller communities following the same calling. The Christian religion is very important to our family and truly believe it is the best environment to raise a family. The teachings and sense of community are very important for every family. Above that, the sense and wonder of something greater needs to be cherished. If selected, we are very excited to meet you so we can get to know each other. We are an open book and will do everything we can to try to help in this very difficult decision for you. May God bless you and we only wish the best for you and your loved ones.
Read MoreDavid and Aimee
Hi! We are David and Aimee. Thank you for looking over our profile. We hope this helps you get a better sense of our life and the world we would like to share with your baby. We cannot imagine what you may be feeling as you consider creating an adoption plan. Please know we are praying for you as you are exploring what is best for you and your baby.
Read MoreHave questions?
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