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The Adoption Process

  The Adoption Process:   We are currently on a waiting list to begin the process with Christian Adoption Services. We are excited about this agency! Their mission statement: BUILD GOD’S KINGDOM BY CONNECTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN WITH CHRISTIAN FAMILIES. We have had very candid conversations with their director and some of their staff. We want to make sure that we are using an agency that supports birth mothers/parents in their time of crisis. Unfailing and unconditional LOVE needs to be given to these mothers during and after the adoption process! Transparency throughout this process is our goal. If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to us! We are expecting this journey to take about 12 to 18 months, but is also somewhat unpredictable. We hope to engage and educate others about the adoption journey through our process!   Here is what our process looks like: We are currently waiting for the domestic adoption program to open up. We ar...

We are Adopting!

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Welcome to our tribe, the Lewis Family!  We are Robert, Amanda, Everett, and Clara. Our journey together started in 2008 at Florida State University. We met the first week of school, started dating soon after, and were engaged in 2011 right before graduating. We got married in May of 2012! We quickly began chasing our academic and professional goals together. The quest to build the foundation for our future family has not always been easy. When we look back on the last 13 years together, there is one thing that is evident: God was and still is in control! After graduating from FSU, we moved to Sarasota, FL to live with Amanda’s parents for a few months while planning our wedding. After our wedding, we moved to Baltimore, Maryland together. We were fortunate to receive support from our family and lived with Amanda’s grandparents in their basement in Baltimore. Amanda began an accelerated nursing program at Johns Hopkins University to receive her second Bachelor’s of Science to...

How to Support Us

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There are two ways to support us on our adoption journey. The first is through prayer and the second is financial contributions. We are trusting in God that he will provide for every step along the way. The financial needs for adoption are HIGH. The adoption will cost approximately $35,000 dollars.   We do not want to pressure anyone or want you to give out of compulsion. We have decided to be fully transparent about the financial costs of adoption in order to walk with our community throughout this process. We also hope that this blog will serve to educate others on the process of adoption. The calling to adopt requires us to be bold. We are called to do this as a family, but we cannot do it alone. We know that God has given us RELENTLESS and UNFAILING love and we are choosing to step out in faith and provide this to another child through adoption. We believe that we are meant to do this with our village (YOU!). God calls us to love the orphans and the fatherless and we are ch...

T-Shirt Fundraiser

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  About our Adoption T-Shirts: ·        I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With an unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. - Jeremiah 31:3 ·         God has given us RELENTLESS and UNFAILING love and we are choosing to step out in faith and provide this love to another child through adoption. ·        All donations raised from T-shirts are going directly to our adoption fund. ·        T-shirts are District Brand: a Tri-blend (poly, cotton, rayon), very soft, and great quality! ·        See photos above to choose color and design ·        T-Shirts will be available 1-2 weeks after pre-sale period ( February 5, 2021 ) ·        T-shirts were designed by Laura Jean Creative Co and Perfect Promotions & More Inc. Cost: ·        1 shirt...