Our family is your 'typical' American family - 2 biological children - 1 boy and 1 girl. We are part of a church where adoption is a familiar term due to the number of families there that have decided to open their homes and hearts to be forever families. We had been feeling a tug at our hearts for adoption mainly through a family that had hosted a boy from China in 2015 and then eventually adopted him. It was during their fundraising that we heard a presentation from Nightlight Christian Adoptions and decided that this was what God wanted us to do. Of course, with adoption comes a financial commitment to raise money. BUT we were at the point where Kevin had retired from the military and we had been waiting for over 6 months for his Veterans' Affairs disability determination. We made the decision to step out in faith and say that we were going to adopt on a Friday. That following Monday, we received the VA determination and it was a much higher rate than we had hoped for. This was a great gift from God to provide for our daily needs. We knew that since God was calling us to adopt, He will provide for the adoption, through all of His children.

After we started the adoption process, we saw that Nightlight was doing the summer hosting program again and would have girls in the program. We truly felt that God was leading us to adopt an older girl from China. After reviewing all of the profiles of the children available for hosting, we decided to host Mariana, a 12-year-old girl with cataracts. The two weeks that she was here was truly an adventure, and we are looking forward to continuing the adventure as a journey for a lifetime!

Shane and I have rarely been on the same page when it comes to wanting children in our marriage. Our biological son, Allen, was a surprise. And although we would never go back and change anything about our sweet boy, we wanted the next child (if there was going to be one) to be something we agreed and planned on. After months of prayer and discussion, we moved forward and decided to grow our family through adoption. It wasn't long after our first meeting with our agency that we were matched with our daughter. We have a daughter! She is beautiful- she has captured our hearts and we haven't even gotten to meet her. We have named her Ruth, she is approximately 2 and a half years old and we will get to go meet her later this year (per Nigeria's 12 month mandatory waiting period). We are so anxious to get our baby girl home! We so appreciate your willingness to give to Ruthie's adoption fund. As a donor, you will be a part of changing this little girl's life- and ours. Thank you!

We are a family of four - a dad, mom, and two wonderful boys. We also have a little one waiting to meet us on the other side of heaven. Our adoption journey began for me, Danielle, in my heart, when I was a teenager. I had a love for orphans and those children who were left without the love of a mother and father. When I got married, I wanted to make sure the man I married had a heart for adoption, whether we had our own kids or not. He did! A year after we were married, God blessed us with our first son, and then fifteen months later another son! My pregnancies were both difficult, and we almost lost our second son at eighteen weeks. Then, for eight years I could not seem to get pregnant again. We despaeratly wanted more children, but it was not in God's plan. One day, I had severe pains that brought me to the E.R., and I found out I was pregnant. The next day, I had emergency surgery and we lost the baby. We were devastated. However, through it all, we held strong to our faith, and believed that God had a plan for our lives. If that meant just the two boys, then we would continue to raise them with the same love and affection as always. As I healed both physically and emotionally, the desire to adopt became stronger. Both Kevin and I are pursuing adopting now, and we look forward to loving and raising whatever child God gives us. Please help us provide a home for a child or children that wouldn't otherwise have one. We do not want money to be an obstacle in them finding their forever family. We need your prayers and help! God bless, the Williams.