Dear Birthmother:

We know God loves you and your baby. He is working all things together for good, for those who love Him, and are called according to His purposes. We find so much love and comfort in these true words. We have been praying for you, that you would feel His love, and that you might find the answers to your prayers regarding your precious baby. Yet we know that we have no real way of truly knowing how difficult this adoption decision is for you personally.

Let us explain how we came to write this letter, and introduce ourselves. Our names are Ken and Carrie and we were married 18 years ago. Our home is one where God’s word is read and practiced daily. While we were engaged, we talked about having children. We thought two little ones would be perfect. After 15 years a baby had not arrived naturally, so we chose to pursue adoption. Our prayers were answered with great joy as the Lord brought us together with a wonderful birthmother, who chose us to adopt her baby boy; we named him Christian John. Growing our family through adoption has made many of our hopes, dreams, and prayers come true. To be sure, it has been even better than we could have ever imagined. We are now ready to adopt another child; a brother or sister to share life with Christian.

Now a few details about us personally. Ken is 44 years young. He is often found feeding, changing, playing, or singing to Christian. We frequently have family get-togethers, and you will usually find him playing with all the kids. He works as a financial consultant, currently on a project at Walt Disney. Ken absolutely loves the work he does. He is easy-going, multi-talented and a servant-leader at heart. He loves all kinds of sports, computers, smooth jazz music, but most of all, serving the Lord in His church and being a gracious father. He’s also very handy around the house and leads our family with love, compassion, and faithfulness.

Carrie is a loving, social, and energetic 43-year-old. She truly delights in making our home a warm, beautiful and comfortable place to be. It is her great joy to be a stay-at-home Mom, training Christian and sharing in the big and little moments of life. Before Christian, Carrie enjoyed working as an Administrative Coordinator at a national mortgage company. For the last 7 years, she has shared with many women her expertise with Mary Kay Cosmetics as a part-time consultant. In her spare time, Carrie enjoys scrapbooking, cooking, gardening, sports and music.

Christian was born in June 2005 with all our family present, and has become an active and social one year old. He enjoys the company of many other children on Sundays in the church nursery. Anything with noise is interesting to him, such as hair dryers, vacuums and airplanes. He is fond of dogs, especially Murphy, books and Baby Einstein. One of his favorite play areas is in the Tupperware cabinet.

For the last 12 years, we have been blessed with the companionship of our cute Westie dog, Murphy. Raising him was for us a good preparation for parenting. We take Murphy with us whenever we can, and everyone loves Murphy. He’s Christian’s best friend, and the two of them are the most popular residents on our quiet cul-de-sac. They both love to take walks to the nearby park and greet our neighbors.

Most of our immediate family members live nearby. This allows us to be a close knit family, and we often work to help each other out, and share birthdays and holidays together. Our extended family and friends continue to be loving and supportive of our efforts to adopt another child. There’s no doubt Christian is thoroughly loved and has his every need abundantly provided for in our blessed family environment. His brother or sister will too.

We would value maintaining an encouraging relationship with you and the baby’s birth family. Our hope is that together we will be a blessing to this precious child, and that they will know the love of many. Please know that we want what is best for you and for your baby.

Sincerely,

Ken and Carrie

We are represented by Nightlight Christian Adoptions. If you want more information about us, or would like to meet us, please contact Nightlight at 888.933.2237.

 

ADOPTIVE FAMILY INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

Father's Name: Ken Mother's Name: Carrie
Occupation: Accounting Consultant Occupation: Homemaker
Education: BS in Business Admin - Finance Education: BS in Business Admin - Marketing
Religion: Christian Religion: Christian
Date of Birth: 03/26/1962 Date of Birth: 08/10/1963
Ethnicity: Caucasian Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hair Color: Brown Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue Eye Color: Hazel
Height/Build: 5'11"/Trim Height/Build: 5'1"/Average
General Health: Very Good General Health: Very Good

 

Date of marriage: 6-11-88

Children: Christian John, adopted at birth, on 6-24-05. He has brown hair and eyes and a slight olive complexion. He’s active, social, loving and enjoys Baby Einstein, dogs, books and being outdoors.

Interests and hobbies: As a family, we enjoy serving in our church and a local bible study which we lead, sporting events and concerts, traveling and camping, going to Starbucks and spending time with our extended family. Ken enjoys studying God’s word, discipling men, working out, watching most sports, computers and smooth jazz music. Carrie enjoys fellowship with Christian sisters, scrapbooking, gardening, taking care of her home and music.Home: Our home is small but light, warm and comfortable. We live in a cul-de-sac that has many friendly neighbors who have been here over 30 years. There are also three other children age two and under at our end of the block. Behind our house is an elementary school and the park is next to the school. Our neighborhood has several paths made for walking. We are also close enough to walk to the grocery store and to a center that offers many quick service restaurants and treats.

Pets: Our Westie dog, Murphy, is 12 years old and weighs 17 lbs.

Finances: We bought our home 5 years ago and owned a condo for 12 years previous to that. Ken’s income is more than sufficient for us to live on so that Carrie can remain home with our children. We have several retirement investments and Christian has his own investment account. Various forms of insurance we have provide protection if something unexpected happens.

Why are you interested in building your family through adoption? We always talked about having two children. For several years we tried to grow our family on our own, but God had another plan for us. It was actually easy for us to turn to adoption. After a wonderful experience with our first adoption, we decided it would be a blessing to grow our family again through adoption, which might also enable us to be a blessing to another birthmother and her family.

Openness to birthparent(s): We have seen the benefit of having contact with a birth family. The birth family is an important part of an adoption. While we would prefer some kind of open relationship, we understand each adoption is unique. We are willing to provide pictures, letters, phone calls and visits if that is what the birthparent(s) desire.

Childcare plans: Carrie stays at home and serves as the primary care giver.

Statement of Faith: We are both born-again Christians. We believe in the triune God, and that we are both sinners in need of a Savior. Jesus Christ was the only one who could sufficiently pay the penalty for our sins by his death on the cross. We have accepted this gift, and desire to live our lives to the glory of God by worshipping and serving in a local church.