In a post last week, I shared the joyous theological truths that resonated with us and motivated us to pursue adopting a child. Physical adoption, on so many levels, is indeed a beautiful picture of those spiritual truths.Our parents, Adam and Eve, were God's children but sin separated them, and thereby us, from him and... Continue Reading →
How Open Are We Willing to Be?
One of the harder things for us to work through in the adoption process was our openness preferences. What does that mean? It means the type of birth scenario we were open to stepping into...involving everything from expectant parent's IQ, mental health history, and potential drug and alcohol use during pregnancy, to the child's medical... Continue Reading →
Dear Expectant Parent
As a way for expectant parents to get to know the different families seeking adoption, each adoptive family has to put together a profile book, introducing themselves. The expectant parents are given several profile books to look through and study to see which family seems like a good fit to parent their child. Then a... Continue Reading →
Adoptive Parents Aren’t Heroes
Talk with a pregnancy counselor at Bethany if you have a savior complex about adopting and you will be set straight pretty quickly. The pregnancy counselors are unashamedly pro-expectant parent, feeling their grief and conflict through it all and advocating for them every step of the way.The pregnancy counselors were part of almost every training... Continue Reading →
Let’s Do This
In March 2013, we filled out the initial online application for Domestic Infant Adoption through Bethany Christian Services. By May 2013, we had completed the formal written application and received approval from them that we were ready to proceed to the Home Study phase!A few things here regarding why we chose Bethany. Choosing an agency... Continue Reading →
What’s Packer Got To Do With It?
Over the course of a year, God was leading us along in learning more about adoption and seeing how we personally could be involved. I was working through the information I received and was aware of the growing burden I had to help expectant mothers who were in a difficult circumstance. While God was doing... Continue Reading →
Nobody Said Choosing Life Was Easy
(Note: This article originally appeared here in January 2013. It is a significant part of the story of our adoption journey and we want it documented in this current series.)On this 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision legalizing abortion on demand in all fifty states, I want to publicly thank my mom for... Continue Reading →
What Schaefer Taught Us – Final Part
While I could post more about what we learned from our time with 40 Days for Life at American Family Planning on Schaefer Ave, I think after today's post, I will have conveyed at least a few of the most important lessons as pertains to our journey toward adoption.Today, the one last aspect I want... Continue Reading →
What Schaefer Taught Us – Part 3
In April 2013, we were thankful to see American Family Planning at 4132 Schaefer, close its doors for good. Stricter legislation to regulate abortions was instrumental in this closure, since Dr. Ann didn't want to comply with the new requirements. We knew God had answered our prayers and was even being merciful to those who... Continue Reading →
What Schaefer Taught Us – Part 2
Margaret Sanger, former President of Planned Parenthood, said infamously in the 1930s, "Colored people are like human weeds and need to be exterminated."Her goal of genocide and Hilter-like eugenics has been alarmingly successful with more African-American babies being aborted than born in places like New York City.The strategic placement of abortion clinics in minority areas... Continue Reading →
What Schaefer Taught Us – Part 1
In God's providence, Kim Bean from 40 Days for Life contacted us in mid-November 2012, asking if we would take over the leadership for the next 40 day prayer vigil coming up in February 2013. We met with her at the end of November to see what would be required. As we prayed about it... Continue Reading →
We Have Obama To Thank
As Pastor Ken says, "Everybody works for God."And President Obama is no exception.The November election of 2012 was formative for us. A pro-abortion president was reelected for another 4-year term. As I stated in Sunday's post, earlier in 2012, we had briefly explored 40 Days for Life as one option for how to more actively... Continue Reading →
A Museum of Memories 