It didn’t take long when we began courting to get around to the question of children, and more specifically, adoption. One of the ways we were confident God was leading us towards marrying one another was because of this common bond. All that to say, adoption has been on our radar for a long time. We have watched and supported friends go through the adoption process and have been waiting for the right time to embark on that journey ourselves. Through many conversations and prayers we are confident that this is our time to start the process of adopting. We are adopting through Faithful Adoption Consultants (FAC). We have heard great testimonies from those who have used their services. You can see their website here.

What Brought You Together?

We met in college while working a church youth event at Timothy’s home church in the Spring of 2010. In December of 2010 MaeLee took a mission trip to East Asia and asked Timothy to be a prayer partner for her. Shortly after she returned from her trip, we started a courtship. During this time we intentionally got to know each other and in those conversations we discovered each other’s interest in adopting some day. We started dating in April of 2011 and the rest is history!

In July of 2011 Timothy proposed to MaeLee next to a lake where they had one of their first dates. We were on our way to have dinner with our families where they would meet each other for the first time. We had a little girl MaeLee used to babysit with us so we stopped at the lake for her to “play on the playground.” After a walk near the lake, Timothy asked MaeLee to have a seat at a picnic table. This is when he read Proverbs 31 to her, got down on one knee, and asked her to be his wife. We were able to celebrate with our families around the dinner table that evening!

We were engaged for five and a half months before getting married in December of 2011. As is the case with any wedding, there were stressful times during the planning process. However, our wedding day came together and was great! We loved being surrounded by our family and friends who helped us celebrate that special day. They blew bubbles as we ran to a red mustang to drive off to our honeymoon at the beach.

Why Adopt Now?

In our entire marriage our thinking has been about “when” we will adopt, not “if” we will adopt. When our biological children were three and one and a half we began to thinking about adding another child to our family and through prayer and conversations with one another we decided it was time for us to start the adoption process. It was December of 2017 that we announced that we were adopting and started fundraising.