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We're growing our family again!
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BLISS

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Our Story

 

Building a family through adoption can be expensive. We don't want an up front lack of finances to derail our plans of expanding our family because we have faith in knowing God will provide.

 

Our dreams for adopting are to grow our family in the way we believe that God has intended. Our desire to parent began long before we were married. We've both always wanted a family full of love, nurture, laughter, and a strong faith in God. Over our eighteen years together we have been through many difficult circumstances but they have only helped to draw us closer to God and each other, and to more clearly see God’s vision for our future.

 

Our battle with infertility started long before we ever planned to build a family, when in 1996 a tumor took Adri’s right ovary and fallopian tube. This was the first time in our relationship that we came to realize that when the timing was right we may not be able to biologically have children. After we were married several miscarriages, years of infertility testing and treatments, allergic reactions, and a brain surgery lead us to finally see what God had in store for our family.

 

All along this decade long journey God was leading us towards adoption. We finally clearly saw God’s plan for our family; a plan that would include children from different backgrounds and situations being added to one family to create one unique symbol of love and a reflection of God’s amazing grace.

 

We completed our first adoption in the fall of 2011 and are ready to grow our family again. We thank you for praying for our family as we continue down this path in a search for Bliss.

 

Will, Adri, & Dax

How to Help

 

We're fundraising to help supplement our funds to bring home our second child through open adoption.  We've got multiple outlets for fundraising so that everyone finds something they'd feel comfortable supporting.

 

  Available ways to help are:

  • Shopping on Amazon.com through our link.  You do nothing extra (costs you nothing) - just click our link before heading to Amazon and they'll donate a portion of your purchase to us.

  • Buying some awesome art work off our Etsy site: searchingforbliss

  • Buying a high quality originally designed t-shirt or other merch with our "Searching for Bliss" logo.  You'll look neat and show off your support while you travel around the globe.

  • Buying a copy of our book "Mommy's Freckles".  You'll get a fabulous story to read to your child and it's chock full of a life lesson.

  • Attend our fundraiser event at the Texas Roadhouse in Wake Forest at 11440 Capital Boulevard Wake Forest, NC 27587 on August 9, 2015 any time between 11am and 10pm.  Just drop your receipt in the bucket at the hostess station and they are generously donating 10% of the amount paid/spent to Bethany in our honor!

  • If you don't need any awesome stuff, but still want to help you can just click the "piggy bank" below to donate any monetary amount.

  • Remember, all proceeds go straight to finding Bliss.

Lamentations 3: 22-23

 

 

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

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Where we're at in process...

Submitted Pre-Application, 6/23/14

 

We filled out all of our pre-application paperwork and mailed it to our agency's home office.

Pre-Approval Received, 6/26/14

 

We've been pre-approved and now have an active portal with our formal application online.  Now, to begin the LONG paperwork pile!

Prayerful Consideration, 11/15/2013

 

We've been prayerfully considering a second adoption process in attempts to grow our family.  We've added this prayer to our "chats" with God and know He'll lead us where we're called.

Formal Application Submitted, 7/27/14

 

We completed our formal application online in our portal and now wait for approval and the next steps!

Formal Application Approved, 8/18/14

 

It's our 13 year wedding anniversary and we could not be more excited to announce that as of today our formal application has been approved!  On to the next steps!

Homestudy Packet Submitted, 11/18/14

 

We requested copies of our birth certificiates, marriage license, work release information, medical release information, filled out a biography, and signed lots of forms and filled out a lot of information and got this packet mailed out to be ready for the next steps!

Homestudy Visit Scheduled  3/30/2015

 

We were notified that our homestudy visit will be conducted on 4/15/15.

 

Homestudy Visit Conducted  4/15/2015

 

Our homestudy visit was conducted on 4/15/2015 and it should take about one month to receive the final write up for review.

 

Active Waiting Family  6/9/2015

 

We're an active waiting family with Bethany Christian Services!

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