Our Adoption Support Letter

In case you aren't on our mailing list, here's the letter we sent out asking for your support and prayers throughout our journey:

March 2011

Dear Friends and Family,

We have some exciting news to share with you!  Many of you may or may not know that Ben and I have struggled with infertility for the last three years.  It has been a long and oftentimes heartbreaking journey but through it all we have continued to look to God and what His plans might be for our lives.  That brings us to our news:  we have decided to begin the adoption process!  We did not come to this decision lightly but are excited for where this journey will take us.  We are writing this letter asking for your support:

First, we ask that you keep us and the journey we are about to embark on, in your prayers.  We have wanted a baby for some time now and know that God has the perfect child out there for us!  Along with that prayer we ask that you would pray for the family we will be working with.  We know the decision to give their baby up for adoption will not come easily.  We already look forward to the gift this family will bestow upon us with gratefulness in our hearts.

Second, we are asking for your financial support.  Adoption can be quite expensive and we are committing to not create any new debt as we go through the process.  We are confident that God will provide, as he always does, for our journey.  If you’d like to support us financially, you can contact us via e-mail or on facebook.

Our adoption journey has already begun: we have turned in the initial paperwork and have met with the adoption caseworker who will be working with us throughout the process.  We now are in the midst of the home study and adoption certification process.  By midsummer we hope to be placed in our agency’s “match book”.  This is an exciting time for us filled also with anticipation!

Ben and I have created a blog to help us document our journey so feel free to follow us along at: thegeorgesjournal.blogspot.com.

                                                               

I have found great comfort in my study of Isaiah this year through Bible Study Fellowship.  A verse that has stayed with me can be found in Isaiah 41: 9b-10:

“I have chosen you and have not rejected you.  So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand”. 

This verse, in my mind, applies to Ben and I as well as our future baby.  We know that He has not turned away from us, even in our long-awaited desire to start a family.  He already holds our future child in his “righteous right hand” and will strengthen us, our future child, and our future child’s birth family and help us all throughout this journey.

Thank you again for your support and prayers! 

With love,

Alisha & Ben George

Alisha: alishalikestoteach@yahoo.com

Ben: ypmuscle@yahoo.com