How do I give my baby up for adoption?

Cora and Josh

Dear Expectant Parents, Hello! We are Josh and Cora and we are very excited to meet you. We are so grateful and thankful for you and your choice to make an adoption plan for your baby. We know this is an important decision for the baby but it is also important to you too. We admire the strength and courage it takes from you to make this decision. Know that we are lifting you up to God in prayer for wisdom, peace and clarity on this journey. 9 years ago, Josh’s brother set us up on a blind date. About a year later, we were married. We have 2 dogs, Tod and Breslin, and a flock of chickens. We both have large families and they are our rock. We are very family oriented and often find ourselves hanging with family whether it be at weekly recaps and snacks on Friday after work or having coffee and cookies after church on Sunday at Grandma’s house. In the summer, we often find ourselves in some sporting competition outside with our nieces and nephews. Why do we want to adopt? We have always dreamed of starting a family of our own. Over the last 4 years we have struggled with loss and infertility, but our marriage and faith in God has grown stronger. We cannot wait to welcome a baby into our life. We imagine sharing homemade pizza nights, basketball Saturdays, summer ice cream dates, and just lazy nights reading stories on the couch with our kids. We promise to you that your child will be loved, not only by us but by our family, church family and community as well. Your child will grow up in a Christian home. We plan to celebrate your child’s heritage. Your love and courage will be known by your child and we hope to build a relationship with you. Thank you for considering us for your child and we hope that we get to meet you and start this journey together! With love, Josh and Cora

Avery and Dana

Thank you for taking the time to learn about our family. We’re Dana and Avery. We don’t take lightly the love and strength it takes to consider an adoption plan for your child. We are praying for you as you walk through this process, and we’re truly grateful for you. Our hope is that as you read through our story, you get a clear sense of who we are, the home we’ve built, and the love, stability, and care we would have for this child.

Brendan and Petrea

Hello! We have been praying for you for a long time. Though we don't know you yet, a love for you continues to grow in our hearts. We know that you have been walking a long and painful road. Adoption is a selfless decision, and we honor you for considering it. This is a difficult journey and we want to walk beside you. Adoption has always been in our heart. Even when we were dating, we would discuss it. Little did we know, God would be leading us in this direction in a very clear way. In January, 2017, God saved Petrea's life. In order to save her life, however, she lost the ability to have children. We know the Lord spared her life for a reason and we want to continue making a difference in people lives, especially children's lives. We want to provide your child with a loving godly home to grow up in. We also want you to know that we are here for you. No one is going to understand your journey completely but God. He is the one who walks beside you and carries you when the road is too difficult for you. He has blessed you with this child. This child is a gift and you are choosing to give this most precious gift to a loving family. We honor you for that! God be with you, Brendan and Petrea

Calvin and Carol

It is a pleasure to introduce ourselves to you! We are so thrilled to embark on our fifth adoption journey! We are a family with four adopted children and two dogs. Our home is happy, bustling with activity, and full of love. We love spending time together as family. Some of our favorite things to do together are traveling, going for walks, reading, and spending time outdoors. We hope this gives you a glimpse of what we are like, knowing this is a significant decision for you. We admire your bravery and strength, and we are praying for you as you begin this journey. We enjoy an ongoing relationship with the birth moms and birth dads of our daughters and youngest son, and our older son has a closed adoption. We respect whatever openness choice you make. We have always loved children, and adoption has been on our hearts for a long time. We found out that we were unable to have biological children, and through this process, God has shown us that His plans for our family are better than we could imagine. We are very excited to welcome another child into our home through adoption, knowing that all children are beautiful blessings from above.

Israel and Susie

Rachel and Michael

Dear Expectant Parent(s), Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We are Rachel and Michael, and we've been happily married for over seven years. Expanding our family has always been close to our hearts. Coming from large families ourselves, we deeply appreciate the warmth and joy that comes from having a strong support system. Unfortunately, our journey to parenthood has included challenges, as we have been unable to have a child of our own. While this has been a difficult path for us, we have found clarity through heartfelt discussions and prayer. We believe that adopting a child is the path we are meant to pursue. We are so grateful for the example our families have set in valuing love and connection. We are committed to creating a home that is safe, nurturing, and filled with compassion not only for our future child but for you as well. Establishing a relationship with you is important to us, as we recognize the courage and thoughtfulness involved in your decision. We are committed to loving your child as our own. Thank you again for considering our story. We understand that this is a very difficult time for you, full of lots of emotions. We want you to know that we will be holding you in our thoughts and prayers, regardless of the outcome. - Michael and Rachel

Alicia and Kyle

Hello! We are Kyle and Alicia. Thank you for looking at a small glimpse of our lives. Please know that you are being covered in prayer as you navigate this choice. We have been married since 2017. We have one son, Cooper James, who was born and joined our family in 2023. We love to travel, spend time with family and friends, and make memories together. Our favorite places to travel include Disney, Tennessee, and anywhere we can catch a baseball game.

Justin and Samantha

Having a family has long been a desire of ours since before we were married. Spending time with nieces and nephews over the years made us truly realize what a joy it is to be around the little ones. Once we felt the time was right, we started to try and have our own child, but we soon realized it was not going to be that simple. After several difficult years of many miscarriages and grief, we felt our hearts pulled towards a different path. Over time, our grief was transformed into determination as we took our first steps towards adoption, a wonderful journey we never thought God would lead us on. In 2022 we were blessed with our first adopted child Liam. He was the greatest gift we could have ever received.

Anila and Patrick

Five Thousand Miles and Closing Salutations! We are Patrick and Anila, and we are truly thankful that you’ve chosen to read a little deeper into us and hear our desire for parenthood. Our story begins in October of 2017 with an online wink. From there it became a test of endurance that we’re both happy to say we passed. Anila lived five thousand miles away in the beautiful country of Albania, which meant our relationship slowly built up over eight months of online discussions. Having a six-hour time difference probably should have made it tricky, but when we would talk after Patrick came home from work—10:00PM for Anila most nights—the real trick was saying goodbye! While visiting Albania that next June, we both realized something special had found us. We fell in love in Albania, and when Anila visited Michigan later that summer, we took a trip to Mackinac Island, where Patrick proposed, and we married in June of 2019. A couple weeks later, we bought our home and have been building our life together since. We had agreed from the beginning that having children was important to us. In fact, the dream of adoption had been on the table from the start, as well. Though we tried for a biological child in the first year, our desire was to one day adopt a child into our family. Having not been able to conceive yet, it made our decision to adopt an easy one. In April of 2023, God blessed us with our first son through adoption. He has brought a tremendous amount of joy to our family through his sweet and vibrant personality. We know he'll make an amazing big brother, and he cannot wait to meet his new little sibling.

Michael and Laura Beth

We are Michael and Laura Beth, and we want to start by saying thank you. We can’t imagine the courage and bravery it takes to make the decision you have. We know that God is faithful to answer our prayers and cries for help, and we pray that you feel his presence. We have talked about adoption since we were dating, and the Lord made it clear to us that adoption is how He wants to grow our family. We are excited to walk alongside you through this process and see how God provides. We believe that adoption is a beautiful picture of the Gospel, and know that God can bring beauty out of the heartache. We greatly value the love you have for your child in making this decision and don’t take it lightly. Thank you for taking the time to get to know us more!

Josh and Jenn

Hello! We are Josh and Jenn and we're looking forward to meeting you! Know that we think of and pray for you almost daily. We know what it is for life to take unexpected directions, for plans to shift, for dreams to be interrupted. Having kids has always been part of our plan and dream, and yet God has not fulfilled that dream in the way we originally expected. But we understand God's design and timing is always better, and we are excited to grow our family through adoption. Our philosophy has always been rooted in creating an environment and home where all are welcomed and loved. Adoption is something we always talked about as part of that philosophy. We’ve built our lives around creating strong community connections, friends as extended family, and an open door to our home for all. For our community, our house is a front porch for chatting, a front yard for badminton, a hill for playing tag, a driveway for sidewalk chalk, a walkway for blowing bubbles, a rock wall for driving toy cars, a garden for kids to help water plants and pick flowers, a living room for ladies book club, a kitchen for sharing delicious meals or baked goods, a back porch for late night conversation. We have “adopted” the families in our community - adults and children alike - our home is their home. This same philosophy is why we have become the gathering spot for our surrounding family. We are excited about the possibility of adding to that family through adoption and creating a space to welcome a child (and eventually, hopefully multiple children!) into our home. That said, we also want you to know that the weight of the decision you are making–the sacrifice–is not lost on us. Our own experience to start a family with infertility has taken us through deep emotions and many tears. Sometimes it’s the hardest moments in life that remind us to trust in all circumstances that God has a plan, through mountains and through valleys. We hope you are part of God’s plan for us, and that we are part of God’s plan for you and your child!