As many of you know, and this blog would suggest, we are in the midst of starting a new journey in our lives, parenthood! And as we move through our adoption journey we continue to experience the ups and downs of starting a family. All who have started a family know how we feel at this stage in our journey: scared, excited, overwhelmed, and full of joy and anticipation. We all know there is little you can do to “prepare” for being a parent, but there are small things that we hope might help ease us into this new adventure.
As a part of the preparation for bringing home our little one from Ethiopia we have experienced a lot of discussions about our decision to adopt. Through these discussions, one of the most poignant discoveries is that even though the adoption process is new and unknown to us, it is nothing new. The God of the universe has been adopting his sons and daughters into his heavenly kingdom long before we made our choice. Our discovery of this great blessing has helped us to better understand why God called us to adopt. It has also helped us explain to others that we are all adopted in Christ. This profound truth and assurance from God is how we came up with the design for the t-shirt you see above. (All shirts are heather gray with black letters, the verse at the bottom says John 14:18 "I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you.")
As a way of continuing our preparation as well as getting out awareness about adoption we decided to sell these t-shirts. Our desire is to raise money to cover some of the cost of adoption, but most importantly our hope is that when people wear these shirts, the topic of adoption will be brought up. We pray that you can share about our journey so that others might consider adoption as a way of starting their own family. But most importantly we pray that you might have the chance to talk about Christ and the most life changing adoption we all have available.
We are asking for a donation for the shirts, but please know that our ultimate desire is to get the word out about adoption, both earthly and heavenly. If you are interested please fill out and return the form included regardless of how much you can give. We will hand deliver or ship you a shirt.
We are so thankful for all the love and support we have experienced along this journey. We know our child will be blessed because he has all of you as family and friends! We can’t thank you enough for your support, love, and prayers as we embark on parenthood. Thank you from the bottom or our heart.
If you would like a shirt and did not receive a letter in the mail please e-mail us at mandyfiechtner@gmail.com and we will make sure to get you one! Order deadline is June 30th.
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