A little History

My name is Christine, my husband Robbie and I have adopted two girls from China.  Elise was adopted in 2003 at 9 months old,and Rachel was adopted in 2007 at 15 months old.  They are now 10 years old and 6 1/2 years old.  (According to Rachel, I have to put that 1/2 in there).  

A friend of mine went to New Day Foster Home in June 2009 on a mission trip with our church.  I was supposed to go with her, but knowing we were not going to adopt again I could not emotionally go on the trip. Well, my friend went back to China in October of 2009 to adopt her son and because her husband could not leave their family business she asked if I would help her bring her son home.   God had me in His arms, because on this trip to China, He taught me so many things.  He helped my lay my desires to the side and opened my eyes to the needs of these children.  I began to focus my time into advocating for these chldren that still waited. 

I began to do fundraisers sending all the proceeds to China, to New Day Foster Home as well as their Forever Home.  We sold blueberries, made jewelry and sold it, and had yard sales.  I teamed up with a few more people who also had a passion to help orphans worldwide.  We chose an organization from each continent and began to pray continuously for these children.  My heart was still with New Day.  I learned as much as I could about everything New Day does and began to share with everyone who would listen.   Our goal was to put a lot of people in one place and tell them everything we had learned about each organization.  This was a whole new game field for me, lots of planning and lots of details.  I called my husband Robert in to help me.  During this time, a child that was at New Day really began to soften his heart.  I began to pray that God's will would be done.

After months of planning, on May 17, 2012 we held our first annual benefit dinner "Step Up To The Plate".  We are still in awe of the work that is going on through this event that took place.  But even more amazing is the answered prayers of several people. 

One of those prayers was mine.  You see, while I was serving God and being his hands and feet, God changed the heart of my husband.  A little girl named "Clarie" had touched his heart so much that he had begun to pray about our family adopting again.  On May 20th, my husband came to me and told me that he was ready to adopt again. 

We have begun our paperwork and are looking forward to expanding our family.  God has laid it on our hearts to adopt an older child this time, one who possibly would be overlooked by many.  Please keep us in your prayers.

You can also search for our Step up to the Plate facebook page to learn more our organization, or just keep checking back here for updates.