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Christian Homes And Special Kids |
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Birth Parent's Line 1-800-266-9837 Contact CHASK 208-267-6246 |
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For Birth Parents
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David and Diane My name is Diane and my fantastic husband, David, and I have been very happily married for 19 years. We love each other very much and have a very strong relationship. I am 38 years old and David is 40 years old. I was blessed to have been born into a Christian family and accepted Christ as my personal Savior as a very young girl. David accepted Christ as his Savior as a young adult and is now on the deacon board of our church. My oldest son is Devin and he is seventeen years old. He is a senior at our local high school and is a good student. He is in all advanced classes. He loves track and field and works part time for our local school district. He has already been accepted to college next year in our state in he is super excited about it. He is involved in Youth Group and plays the guitar every Sunday for our church’s worship band. Danielle is 16 years old and is a sophomore. She is homeschooled as well as attending an advanced placement class of Communication Arts at the High School in our district. She is in an excellent student. She loves volleyball, track, and participating in Christian Youth Theater. She is also very involved in Youth Group and serves in the nursery. Derick is 13 years old and is in the 8th grade. He is homeschooled as well as attending class at the Homeschool Co-op. He is a good student. He loves all sports and plays baseball every summer for Parks and Rec. He loves church especially on Wednesday nights where he in involved in Youth Group. He is also very involved in Christian Youth Theater. Diandra is 12 years old and is in the 7th grade. She is a good homeschooled student and has lots of friends in Co-op. She enjoys Christian Youth Theater as well. She truly loves church and loves attending. She is involved in Youth Group and loves the activities. Dayton is 7 years old and is in 1st Grade. He has some mild behavior issues but has come a long way in a short time. He is loving and kind. He loves to play outside and with all his siblings. He loves church, especially AWANA. This past summer, to our delight, Dayton accepted Christ as his Savior at Vacation Bible School. He has a semi-open adoption with his birth mother. They talk on the phone and I send her pictures often. Darcie is 5 years old and is in Kindergarten. She loves The Wiggles, Finding Nemo and Veggie Tales. She loves to play with her brothers and sisters and meeting new people. Darcie also has Down syndrome. She loves church and is also involved in AWANA. It is our hope and prayer that Darcie will accept Christ as her Savior when she is old enough to understand. Dalton is also 5 years old and is in Kindergarten. He is an excellent student and loves his first year of school. He loves Blue's Clue's and The Wiggles. He loves church and especially AWANA where he also says verses from a handbook. Dalton also accepted Christ as his Savior over the summer during VBS. Our family believes that Jesus is the one and only Son of God. He was born of a virgin, had a short ministry on earth and was lead to the cross where he died, paying the penalty for my sins. He was buried and rose on the third day, and is now seated on the right hand of God. He will return one day soon and take his people home to heaven with Him. To say that you are a follower of Christ means that you believe all of the above. The oldest six members of our family have all entered into a personal relationship with Christ. It is the driving force of our family. We strive to use biblical principles to raise our children. It is our belief that the single most important relationship to a person is the one with their Heavenly Father. In order to see heaven you must accept Christ as your personal Savior. My husband and I believe that we have been called by God to adopt children with special needs. He has equipped each one of us with special gifts and talents and we believe this is ours. We feel we have the resources and tools to help a child with special needs. We believe that God sends these special people to earth to teach us about unconditional love and to show us that ALL life is precious to Him who created it. We know that we are all created in God's image. He makes NO mistakes. My husband and I were foster parents for almost five years before God asked us to take this new step. We know that God will never give us more than we can handle. We love all children but have a special heart for children with special needs. We have a 6 bedroom home that sits on 3 1/2 acres of land in a suburb of Kansas City. We have wonderful schools and one of the top ten children's hospitals in the nation about 20 minutes away. We live about 2 miles from my parents and about 3 miles from my sister. My mother-in-law is about 20 minutes away. My brother and sister-in-law live about 25 minutes away but we all attend the same church. We have a very close relationship with our entire family. We all get together for holidays as well as have dinner about once a month. All of my children, including my teenagers, feel that God has another baby out there for our family. They are excited at the prospect of another family member coming. They ask and pray almost daily that God will send our new baby soon. Dearest Birth Mom- Before I begin, I want to say how much I admire the choice you have made. To give a child life under difficult circumstances is such a loving and unselfish decision. You are making the ultimate sacrifice by doing what is best for your baby. God never promised our road would be easy, but he did promise to be there every step of the way. I am a 36 year old mother of seven. I am very blessed to be a stay-at-home mom and have been since my oldest son was born sixteen years ago. I have been married to the man of my dreams for the last 19 years. I love my husband dearly and deeply respect him. He is a true man of integrity. He adores me and is a true "hands-on" kind of dad. Before I desribe my fantastic children, I wanted to talk a little bit about having seven children. If you are like most people, you may be thinking, "WOW! That's a lot of kids!" I want to say that I give individualized attention to my children every day. God has called me to be a mother and it is THE most important job in the world. It is the desire of my husband and myself to raise Godly men and women of integrity that will be servants to the Savior. My children: Devin is 17 years old. He is a good student and his interests include track and field, the guitar, church Youth Group. Danielle is 16 years old. She is an excellent student who loves singing, volleyball and track. She is involved in the Youth Group at church and also serves in the nursery. Derick is 13 years old. He is a good student. His interests are sports, and Christian Youth Theater. He is involved in our church Youth Group. Diandra is 12 years old. She is a good student. She enjoys singing, dancing and Christian Youth Theater. She is involved in our church Youth Group and is looking forward to the mission trip this summer. Dayton is 7 years old. He struggles a little bit with school, but I work with him every day to help him. He loves sports and the AWANA club at church. Darcie is 5 years old. She has Down syndrome and goes to Kindergarten. She is also involved in AWANA at church. Darcie's therapists and school feel that one of the reasons that she does so well is because of her large family. Her brothers and sisters do not treat her like a child with special needs. They just treat her like their sister. Dalton is 5 years old. He is still in Kindergarten. He is involved in AWANA at church and loves playing outside and with his brothers and sisters. Our oldest four children are biological and our last three children are adopted. All of my children, including my teenagers, feel that God has another baby out there for our family. They are excited at the prospect of another family member coming. They ask and pray almost daily that God will send our new baby soon. We have a 5-6 bedroom home that sits on 3 1/2 acres of land in a suburb of Kansas City. We have wonderful schools and one of the top ten children's hospitals in the nation about 20 minutes away. We live about 2 miles from my parents and about 3 miles from my sister. My mother-in-law is about 20 minutes away. We have a very close relationship with our entire family. We all get together for holidays as well as have dinner about once a month. I want to thank you for taking the time to consider us as an adoptive placement for your baby. We have prayed for you and your little one and pray that God will comfort you during this difficult time. May God bless you richly for following his will for your life and the life of your baby. Sincerely, |
