Dear Friends and Family, The orphan crisis weighs heavily on our hearts. We have committed ourselves as parents to always have an open door to our home. This means where God leads in the adoption world, we will go… Just 9 months after we brought Harrison home, we were chosen to be the parents of a little boy with many health needs and a darling smile! We stepped out in faith, feeling that we are being called to special needs adoption. Although there are still many unknowns with Finn’s development, right now he is doing great and we feel very blessed! We ask for your prayers in a number of areas. First and foremost, for Finn’s health. He has a heart murmur, possible hearing loss, and will need orthotics in order for him to learn to walk properly. There is also a strong likelihood he will need services to address learning problems and is currently being monitored and receiving physical therapy from our school district. We also ask that you would pray that we would be able to fund the rest of the adoption, as there are still significant costs involved with finalization. Lifesong Adoption Ministries has chosen to partner with us to help finalize Finn’s adoption, which, including the placement fee, is over $18,000. They have awarded us a matching grant of $2500, and it is our hope that you will pray with us that this amount will be fully matched by the deadline of November 12th, 2012. Should you feel called to support us in our efforts, in any amount, we would greatly appreciate it! Checks can be made out to Lifesong For Orphans * PO Box 40/ 202 N. Ford Street Gridley, IL 61744 Please put our last name on the memo line along with our number 3042 . To give online go to http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/donation.html and in the “purpose” box put the same info as for the check memo line. Also, for more detailed information regarding our adoption journey please visit our blog www.churchfamadoption.blogspot.com We so appreciate your prayers and support. There are 143,000,000 orphans worldwide…we can’t really make a dent in that number, but we can rescue one at a time. Adopted for Life, Gina, Dan, Lucianna, Harrison and Finneas Church "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27 *Note: In following IRS guidelines, your donation is to the named non-profit organization. This organization retains full discretion over its use, but intends to honor the donor’s suggested use