Our story this far...

Kevin and I met at Ozark Christian College in 1999 and fourteen months later we were married.

I remember the very first conversation Kevin and I ever had about adoption. We were dating at the time and were talking about our goals and aspirations. I’m shocked Kevin and I ever had another date after I revealed to him that I had always wanted six, yes six children. He then revealed to me that he had always had a desire to adopt. His reason was that there were millions of children in the world who needed a Mom and Dad and to be raised in a Christian home. Wow! I remember going back to my dorm room and I just couldn’t get that conversation out of my head.

Fast forward, we got married, and we had a master plan that we would have two or three biological children and then look into the possibility of completing our family through adoption. As we have become older, God has grown this desire in us. God had other plans and we are unable to have our own child. While at first this was hard to understand, we both know that it is for a reason. God’s plans are for us to adopt and He has been constantly preparing us for this. Infertility has been a long, hard, terrible road, but as we look back, we are so thankful that God allowed us to experience it. Our marriage is so strong as a result of the experiences we have been through the past nine years. We are so grateful for each other's love, understanding, support and compassion as we've struggled through this together. We would never have imagined the pain we would endure-negative pregnancy tests, loss of intimacy, surgery, countless blood draws, fertility meds, treatment plans that failed month after month, year after year.

Over the years Kevin and I had many conversations about where we wanted to adopt. We discussed various countries and organizations. Finally on July 21, 2009 after a long conversation with Eric and Kate (Kevin’s brother and sister-in-law) about the Home of God’s Love in Taiwan we both had a perfect peace that this was the right place and our child would come from Taiwan. On July 29th, 2009 we sent an introductory letter to the director of the HOGL and his wife introducing ourselves and asking to be placed on their waiting list.

We cannot wait to tell our son or daughter how much he or she was wanted and loved, LONG before they were ever born! We know that our long journey to become parents will make us better parents, and we will never take a moment for granted! December 15, 2000, was a wonderful day, but the days have just gotten better as we have grown together and learned to accept the fact that God's plans are so much greater than we could ever imagine! He has been and continues to be so good to us as He leads us down the path He has for us. We have had a wonderful nine years, different than what we had planned, but better than we had planned, too! We are now just waiting on God’s perfect timing for our child to be matched with his/her forever family.