He Will Supply Every Need

People often ask how this adoption compares to our experience adopting from Ethiopia. The short answer is: It doesn't. At all.

Bradley's adoption took so long. And, for most of that time, it truly seemed like it would never actually happen. There were delays, shut downs, law changes. It felt like anything that could have conceivably gone wrong did go wrong. The Lord used that time to strengthen and deepen our faith in a way that I still cannot fully wrap my head around. He showed us that He will always be with us, in the trenches, in the impossibilities. He showed us that we had been relying on our own strength and (perceived) righteousness, not His. God took the hardest thing we have ever done and used it to show us His glory.

Lucy's adoption has swung us the other way. When we started the process early last year, we thought that it would be at least three years before we brought our daughter home. God had much different and far better plans. He brought our daughter to us after only three months of waiting. We were floored (still are!) and so thankful.

After we gave our best yes and began to take the next steps to bring Lucy home, we realized that we were going to have to trust the Lord to provide in a completely new way. At the time we were matched with Lucy, we still had over two thirds of our adoption costs left to pay for. Adam was already working two jobs, and I am with our kids full time. On paper, there was no way we could earn that much money in such a short amount of time.

But then we reached out to you, our family and community. We asked you to love our daughter in a very real way by helping us to bring her home.

And SO MANY of you responded. You gave of your resources to give our daughter a family. We are so humbled by you. Thank you.

We have also been applying for grants through adoption-focused ministries. And we are thrilled beyond words to share with you that, last week, we were awarded a matching grant from Lifesong for Orphans. This incredible ministry comes alongside adopting families through local churches and offers everything from fundraising support to grants. Their heart's desire is to see children find families. We have been blessed to be one of those families.

Lifesong for Orphans has offered our family a $4,000 matching grant.

That means that any funds we can raise, up to $4,000 will be matched. And THAT means we can potentially put $8,000 toward bringing our daughter HOME.

We are stunned and so deeply thankful. If we can do this, we will be fully and completely funded to bring Lucy home THIS SUMMER.

One of the most amazing parts about Lifesong is their commitment to partner with local churches, and OUR HOME CHURCH is our partner in this grant. That means that the money matched for our adoption will come from our church's benevolence fund. The global church speaks often of supporting brothers and sisters, of meeting the needs of fellow believers. Our church is doing that in an amazing way. Our faith family is standing beside our family and saying, "Yes. We believe in what God has laid before you, and we want to be a part of it."

How incredible is that?

So if you are still reading, and you are feeling led to donate, just follow the directions below.

Click HERE.

Where it says, "Please direct my donation to," select "Adoption."

In the FAMILY ACCOUNT NUMBER field, enter: #7733

In the FAMILY NAME field, enter: Knott Family

Any donation above $50 is automatically tax deductible. For donations below $50, you can request tax deduction receipts.

You can also mail a check to:

Lifesong for Orphans
P.O. Box 40
Gridley. IL 61744

If you give by check, please include "Knott Family, account #7733" in the memo line.

We will never be able to thank you enough for helping us bring our daughter home. We know that she is worth it, and it means the world to know that you think so, too.

"And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:19

With love,
The Knotts

Wow. Just WOW.

Yesterday marked one whole month since we saw our girl's face for the very first time. It's been one whole month of being absolutely blown away by God's favor and faithfulness in the life of our family, one whole month of totally readjusting our plans, one whole month of trying to get our heads around the reality that we have a daughter who will be coming home this summer.

Referral day left us stunned, marveling at God's goodness and wondering how on earth we would be able to pull this off. And that is where we went wrong. WE are not going to pull this off. God is. A referral this soon is so beyond our capability to manage, and that reality is leading us to trust in our mighty God in a whole new way.

About a week after being matched, we came to you--our community-- with a need. A BIG one. We thought we had at least a year to get everything we needed saved in order to complete this adoption. God turned that timeline on its head, and we were left to trust Him to provide for us to bring our girl home. And He led us to you. We did something so completely out of our comfort zone, something I had promised myself I would never do. We asked you to prayerfully consider supporting us by donating directly to our adoption. My stomach was in knots when I published that post.

But then God use YOU to absolutely blow us away. In the last three weeks, YOU have donated nearly $9,000 to help us bring our daughter home.

I am speechless.

You are giving our family the most incredible gift there is. You are allowing us to become parents to this precious girl. You are using your resources, your hard earned resources, to say that you believe children deserve families. You are telling us that you love our daughter, that she matters to YOU, that her life is important and that she deserves a mom, a dad, a brother and a sister (a dog, too).

You are part of our story, of her story. And we will never be able to thank you enough. But I'll say it anyway: Thank you for loving our family. Thank you for believing in us and walking with us. Thank you for loving our daughter, for helping us get to her. Thank you for responding when God spoke to your heart. Thank you for being our village. Thank you.

Click HERE to see what you have done!

We love each of you so dearly.

Baylor

Trusting God in a New Way

Now that the adrenaline rush of last week's biggest surprise ever is starting to subside, I am finding myself feeling wholly and completely overwhelmed by God's grace and favor in life of our family. I absolutely cannot believe that this is our life. I was telling Adam last week that feel as though our life as a family has come full circle. When we originally felt the Lord leading us to adoption in 2010, He drew our hearts to China. We weren't old enough yet to meet the requirements, but we knew that adoption, especially adoption from China, was going to be a part of the Knott family story one day.

As years progressed and we fought to bring Bradley home, the Lord was continually asking us to trust Him, to believe in His holy sovereignty. He was asking us to walk by faith and not by sight. And it was so hard, because the things we could see terrified us, made us believe that our vision for our family was simply impossible. There were days, even months, when it looked like we would not be able to adopt from Ethiopia. And then, with one phone call, our lives were forever changed. We saw God's faithfulness revealed in the face of our son. The Lord showed us, through Bradley's adoption, that He can be trusted in every circumstance, that we can throw our lives at His feet and KNOW that He is good.

And then there was sweet Asher, the surprise we never saw coming. When we were told that biological children would not be part of our life we mourned deeply. We grieved the loss of what we though our family would be: a beautiful reflection of what we imagine the family of God to be like. Over the years, the Lord was again asking us to trust Him. And it was so hard. But slowly, He broke us down and then rebuilt us, teaching us all along the way that He is worthy of our love, our loyalty and our trust. So when we found out about our first daughter, we were reminded again of God's faithfulness, of His goodness, of His perfect timing.

And now we face something completely foreign to us: an adoption that is moving at lightning speed. When my phone rang last week and Maggie told me that we had a daughter on the other side of the world, my soul fell silent except to say, "Thank you, Lord." I know that only He could have done this. Adding children to our family has always been so difficult, so fraught with obstacles, so seemingly impossible. And in that one moment, the Lord, in His infinite goodness, redeemed years of grief and hardship. It is as if He is extending His hand of grace directly to us and merely asking that we take it.

And we are so honored to do it, to add another life to love to our family. She is already so dear to us, and we are so ready to have her home. But here is the tricky part about an adoption that moves faster than you expect: We are now in the position of having to trust God in a new way. We are having to trust God to provide financially in a very short amount of time. Prior to last week, we thought that we would be matched this time next year. So we have been diligently saving and planning fundraisers (t-shirts, yard sales, etc.). And it looked like we might be OK just doing that.

But now things have drastically changed. We are planning on traveling to bring Baby Knott #3 home in June. That means we have about three months to finance our remaining adoption costs, which, at this point, are substantial. After much discussion and a lot of prayer, we are going to do something that I swore to myself I would never, EVER do. We are going to turn to you, our community, and ask that you prayerfully consider helping us bring our daughter home by donating toward our adoption.

I don't like asking for help. I actually pretty much hate it. But I love my daughter more, and I know that there is no way we can get to her and bring her home in this short amount of time on our own. We have applied for grants, and we are still planning yard sales. We are still saving as much as we can, but we need help. We have set up a YouCaring link that you can donate to, if you feel so led. PLEASE do not feel obligated in ANY way. We know this is asking a lot, and, believe me, we feel plenty awkward doing it, but we are trying to step out in faith and believe that the Lord will provide a way for us to bring her home. I have included the link below.

CLICK HERE

I could never say it enough, but thank you. Thank you for loving our family. So many of you prayed right alongside us to bring Bradley home. And then you prayed Asher safely here. And then you prayed for this adoption. Our family would not be where we are without you, and we want you to know that we know that. You have been the hands and feet of Jesus in our life.

With deep love,
Adam, Baylor, Bradley, Asher and Lucy

Mountain Mover

If you have been with us any amount of time, then you know that we have seen the Lord move MOUNTAINS for our family. Big, giant, huge mountains. Mountains that scared us, challenged us, humbled us. But each of these mountains have one thing in common: God has used them all to WOW us, to remind us of His sovereign power and endless grace.

And we have seen Him do the same this year as we have started down the road of international adoption again. Already, we find ourselves humbled by the work the Lord is doing in our family, for the chance to glorify His great name and point people to Him.

We are now at a critical point in our journey to bring our daughter home. All of our FINAL paperwork has been received by our adoption agency. It feels insane to even type that. Our social worker is reviewing everything this week, and early next week, our papers will fly to China, and we will officially be a waiting family.

I can't believe we are here again. Standing on the edge of something so huge. We're honored that the Lord has asked us to do this again, and we cannot wait to see what He has in store for our family. We know that whatever it is, God will continue to move mountains.

And as we prepare to enter this next phase, we are trying to think and plan ahead, to get ready for whatever might happen. So we are asking our family, faith family and community to partner with us once again, to join with us as we seek to follow this mountain moving God.

We are selling a BRAND NEW, mountain moving t-shirt design during the weeks leading into the holiday season. Check it out!

 Tank top in Heather Deep Teal

 Tank top in Maroon 

 Baseball tee in Grey and Emerald 

 Long sleeve tee in Dark Grey Heather 

 Long sleeve tee in Forest Heather 

 Crew neck tee in Heather Clay 

Crew neck tee in Black 

Each shirt will come with a beautiful, printed thank you note from our family, making them the perfect Christmas gift for everyone on your list this year. The shirts will be $25-$27(includes shipping) and are available in sizes small through XXL.

Our goal is to sell 150 shirts by December 1. Will you be a mountain mover and partner with us to help bring Baby Knott #3 home for good?

And we promise they will be delivered in time for Christmas.

Click the link below to shop away!

www.theknottsadopt.bigcartel.com

With love,
Baylor

Incredible You

You guys are really something else. Do you know that? Do you? I mean, buying a shirt might seem like such an inconsequential thing to you. Not to us. To us, it is you reaching out your hand and offering to walk side by side with us all the way across the world to bring our girl home. To us, it is you saying, "This thing Adam and Baylor are trying to do is worthy of me investing my resources." To us, it is you giving sacrificially to help us walk the path the Lord has laid at our feet. You are making it possible for us to adopt our daughter, for us to fly around the planet and bring her into our family, into her family.

So you might think you just bought a shirt. But please let me assure you, you did a whole lot more.

And for that, we are humbly, fully and deeply thankful.

Pursuing international adoption has caused Adam and me to do something we are not very good at doing: ask for help. You see, we can commit to running after this girl, bringing her home and loving her for all of our days. But first we have to get to her. And we can't do that alone. With international adoption costing what it does, we just can't.

But then God sends us you. You, who freely give your resources, your prayer and your love. You, who have known us all our lives. You, whom we have never even met. You, who see this path as one worthy of walking. You, who helped us bring our son home and are now doing the same for our daughter.

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE.

And incredible you purchased 151 shirts. 151! That is enough to cover half of our first agency payment! You did that.

Thank you. We could never say it enough.

With all my love,
Baylor

P.S. We should receive the shirts during the first week of March, and then I will make it my mission to get them to you as fast as possible.

Mess This Up

We are in such a good place right now. Bradley and Asher are both thriving. They love each other so well. They are happy. They are healthy. We have found our rhythm. And when I sit back and look at them, I find myself feeling tempted to think,

"Why would I do something that could mess this up?"

It's tempting to say that we are done, our family is complete. Two kids and a dog. That's good, right? We both come from families with two kids. Two's company and three's a crowd, ya know? And the truth is, if that's what God had asked of our lives, we would be done. DONE.

But right in the middle of things moving and grooving along, God appears to have asked us to trust Him again and take the first step toward adding another daughter to our family. And while I am so, so excited, there is a part of me that KNOWS this will have such a profound impact on the two sweet babes who already share our home.

I remember having these same feelings right before Asher was born. Bradley was in such a good place. I felt like all of our hard work had paid off and we had finally turned a corner. He was so happy and eager to love. He was so obviously secure in his role as our son. And I just knew that when baby girl came along, he would take such a hit. And he did. The first three months were tough. I told Adam that we needed to get an apartment and Asher could live there with me while Bradley and Adam stayed in the house. Then after six months we could reconvene and see if we were ready to all live together. HA! Seriously, though. It was rough going.

But now! Now I watching these two play together and laugh. I watch my son help take care of his sister. And I just think, "YES. This is family. This is what it's about."

And then I get so excited about doing it again. About bringing another daughter into our family. About watching our current two learn to love her. About watching Babe #3 learn to love her brother and sister. About watching my own love grow again.

So this little family right here is not done growing just yet! 

I can't wait to see what the Lord is going to do in each of us through this next adventure. And I am so thankful that so many of you have already linked arms with us to help get our girl home. We are still selling our t-shirts, baseball tees and tank tops to help fundraiser for this adoption. Shirts will be in sale through February 16. Our great big goal is 500 shirts sold. And our goal for this weekend is to get to 100. Right now, we are at 63 shirts sold. SO CLOSE! Will you help us today? Click the link below to shop!

www.theknotts.bigcartel.com

With love,
Baylor

Thankful Thursday: Last Night's Success!

Whew! My first trunk show as a Noonday Ambassador has come and gone! And it was so much fun!

For the last few weeks I have been running around like a crazy lady trying to get everything ready for my Noonday Launch Party. It all came together last night in a beautiful way. Surrounded by women I love and respect, I was able to take a huge step in moving forward with this new venture. I am so thankful that the Lord has put such sweet and supportive (not to mention beautiful!) ladies in my life. We had such a good time looking at and trying on jewelry, talking about the artisans, how the different pieces are made and what Noonday really stands for. It was an incredible evening.

 Most of the table the night before. 

I couldn't fit it all in the frame! 

Shimmery treasures! 

 ALL from Ethiopia! 

Perfect date night jewels! 

 Lovely ladies shopping and trying on! 

Beautiful friends adorned in Noonday! 

I so meant to take more pictures, but I got completely caught up helping all these lovely ladies. Hopefully next time! 

Thank you all so much for coming out to make my launch party a success. You have made me feel like I can do this! 

And if you couldn't come or are one of my far away friends, you can still place an online order toward this show! Just select my name from the Ambassador drop down menu at checkout and then enter "Baylor Knott Launch" in trunk show field. 

Love to you all! 

Love, 

Baylor 

Ready for Launch!

I posted a little while ago about embarking on a new adventure in starting my own business. Well, now that the Chicago Marathon is behind me, I am able to really focus all of my extra time and energy into launching my Noonday Collection empire (ha!).

Things are officially getting started with my launch party this coming Wednesday! Check out some (seriously, just a few!) of the BEAUTIFUL pieces you can add to your collection accessories while supporting men and (mostly) women around the world as they work to sustain their families through their creativity and talents!

Click on any of the names below the pictures to be taken to the page for that piece. If you want to go ahead and place an order, please select my name as the Ambassador at check out and enter "Baylor Knott Launch" in the hostess field! Thank you!

The Bling Collar Necklace

This gorgeous, sparkly piece is made with love by our artisans in India. 

I absolutely love this necklace; it is the perfect complement to a cute dress or jeans a fall top. 

And it is even cuter in person. Trust me. 

The Bukenya Fringe Necklace

Love this stand out yellow piece! 

Made with lots of love in Uganda, this is the perfect pop of color for all those fall neutrals we love so much. 

The Chimes Necklace 

I have extra love for this piece, because it was made in ETHIOPIA! 

Noonday's Ethiopian pieces are all made rom upcycled artillery left over from the civil wars and conflicts this country has struggled through over the years. I love that these artisans are taking something that was once a symbols of conflict and turning them in to something beautiful! 

The Scattered Steps Necklace 

Made with love in Ecuador

This beautiful piece is made from cut, dried and dyed tagua seeds. 

Check out the solid colored versions here and here. 

The Goldrush Necklace 

I cannot wait to get my hands on this one! 

Made with love in India, the Goldrush adds sparkle to any ensemble! 

The Ruth Necklace

This one is seriously gorgeous. One of my favorites to wear! 

Made with lots of love in Uganda. 

You WILL get compliments when you rock the Ruth! 

Clustered Earrings Silver 

Made with love in India. 

These glittery earrings pop! 

Check them out in gold here. 

Crescent Moon Earrings 

I LOVE these statement earrings. I wear them all the time. 

Light catches the silver threads and makes them shine! 

Made with love in India 

Bullet and Bead Hoops

You read that right. Bullets. 

These beautiful earrings are made with lots of love in Ethiopia from upcycled artillery. 

They are also available in gold. 

The Eternity Earrings 

These were my first Noonday purchase and are my go to choice for earrings. 

Made with lots of love in India. 

You can wear these beauties with anything. 

The Courtney Cuff 

Super cute colors and patterns! 

The perfect fall accent piece. 

The Embira Seed Bracelet 

Made with love in Uganda from embira seeds with paper bead accents. 

This bracelet wraps around to fit your wrist. 

Violet Horn Bracelet 

I love this one! 

Violet beads with horn accents. Love it for fall! 

Made with love in Uganda. 

The Engraved Cuff

Made with love in India. 

This is a beautiful piece that looks great with any color. 

The Cozy Zip Wrap

Oh, how I love this scarf! Cozy is the perfect name for it. 

Made from Alpaca wool by our artisans in Peru.

The Angelica Infinity Scarf

Bright colors and soft fabric make this a great accessory to spice up your day! 

Made with love in Guatemala. 

There are tons of beautiful scarves, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and more, but it would turn this already long post into the longest post ever if I shared them all. So check them out HERE. 

Remember, if you want to make a purchase, please select my name as your Ambassador and enter "Baylor Knott Launch" in the hostess field. Thank you! 

If you are in the Birmingham area and would like to come try on some Noonday pieces while enjoying some tasty treats and beverages at my launch party this Wednesday night at 6:30, please let me know. I would LOVE to see you there! Leave a comment below or email me at baylor.noonday@gmail.com and I will send you the details! 

"And if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will become like the NOONDAY."

Isaiah 58:10 

Love, 

Baylor 

Pancake Breakfast Grand Finale

Today was the day of the highly anticipated pancake breakfast. Adam and I got an early start this morning and headed up to my school to set up at 6:45, where we were soon met by Courtney, party planner extraordinaire. We got the cafeteria set up and ready to go. And then the electric outlets started going out on us one by one. Problematic when you need power for five different griddles to make a whole bunch of pancakes. That problem was soon solved and we were underway.

I have to say that we did not have the turnout we were expecting, but God still showed up in an incredible way. We probably had about twenty five people show up to the breakfast, and those twenty five people donated $1,100 toward our adoption. Amazing and a huge testament to God's incredible power. It was truly a "loaves and fish" moment. Thank you so much to everyone who came! You have helped us get closer to our little one(s)!

And a special thank you to all of our friends and family who came and helped us set up, cook and then stayed two hours later than we planned to help us clean up.

Thank you:

Courtney
Mary Catherine
Mary and Shegun
Rachel
Steven and Caroline
David
JoAnne and Mike
John and JoEllen

We appreciate each of you!

Love,
Baylor

Pancake Breakfast Prep Phase 2

It's the day before the BIG DAY! So I have been trying to make good use of my down time this week (sweet little 8th grade angels are on a field trip, providing me with some extra time on my hands) by working on little tidbits for the breakfast along the way. Yay for efficiency!

As you know, the majority of our shopping was done last weekend, so this evening Courtney came over and we worked on getting things together. This mostly included mixing up some of the batter ahead of time to avoid a chaotic rush tomorrow morning. Here is the product of our work for the night, completed amidst some wings and a hot and ready pizza from Little Caesar's .

The vast majority of what you are seeing is for the breakfast tomorrow morning. You see that teriyaki sauce and salsa in the upper right hand corner? Those and the items immediately behind them are the only thing in the fridge that Adam and I purchased for ourselves. All of those bowls on the middle shelf and the containers on the bottom are pancake batter; the milk, eggs, juice and bacon are also ALL for tomorrow. So please come hungry! 

Also, it is important to note that we tested the pancake batter by making a round of pancakes, and I must say that they were A-MAZING! Extra fluffy and delicious. Do you doubt? Come find out! 

I am both excited and nervous about tomorrow. Excited to see what God has in store and nervous about running out of food. 

As always, we would greatly appreciate your prayers. We are hoping, really hoping that this is the LAST fundraise we will need to do. 

OK. I have to go to sleep. Tomorrow is an early morning, and I hope to see you there! 

Love, 

Baylor 

Pancake Breakfast Prep Phase One

So the pancake breakfast is coming up one week from today (hoping to see you there!), and this morning was spent making some purchases for the event. My dear friend/co-worker/event planner extraordinaire, Courtney, allowed me to accompany her to Costco to do our buying in bulk. And thank goodness for that, because we tore it up. Here is a shot of the contents of our cart as we wait to be rung up.

Pancakes, anyone? 

And I didn't even get everything in the frame. 

We were quite a sight, an English teacher and a social studies teacher scooting around Costco trying to do the math to figure out how many eggs and how much milk we would need to make all of these pancakes. I think we got it right, but we shall see. Not to mention the fact that contents of our enormous cart looked a bit strange. Most people have carts full of all kinds of food. Not us. Just pancakes for 200, please. We were stopped a couple of times by fellow customers and asked what in the world we were doing with all of this breakfast stuff. This was actually pretty cool, because I was able to explain that Adam and I are adopting and what the pancake breakfast actually was. One sweet, sweet woman responded by saying that she just had to give us something even though (and I quote) "it wouldn't even be a drop in the bucket." She pulled her wallet out right there and handed me four dollars. How sweet? 

Already working toward funding our adoption and the event is still a week away! 

And I must say a huge THANK YOU to my friend, Courtney. A party planner at heart, she is the one who has helped me organize so much of this event, thinking of details that would never cross my mind and encouraging me when I start to freak out because I get worried that no one will come and we will just be stuck with enough pancake batter to feed a small country. So, thank you so, so, SO much, Courtney!

Today was a big blessing in a lot of ways, and I am looking forward to seeing how God works everything out next week. We would very much appreciate prayers that this event is a success, as we are so, so close to being fully funded (hallelujah!). 

Love, 

Baylor 

Pancake Breakfast!

Do you like pancakes?

I hope you do!

If you live in the Birmingham area, please consider coming to our Adoption Pancake Breakfast on April 13 from 8:30-10:30. We will be serving up DELICIOUS, homemade pancakes in the Liberty Park Middle School cafeteria to help fundraise for our adoption!

For a donation, come enjoy some tasty pancakes, bacon, coffee and juice!

Thank you, Laura Catherine, for creating this flyer!! 

Please email or leave a comment if you have questions. We would LOVE to see you! 

Love, 

Baylor 

More T-Shirts!

It has happened again! We have had some more people express interest in purchasing adoption t-shirts! Woot! We are, of course, thrilled about this. If you are interested in getting one, just let me know. You can leave a comment below or email me (bay.knott@gmail.com or heritagefromthelord@gmail.com). Here are some pictures of the shirts to help you get an idea.

 Dad-to-be

 Mom-to-be

 Aunt and Uncle-to-be

Uncle-to-be with a bird :) 

 Alabama Grandparents-to-be

Florida Grandparents-to-be

The t-shirts cost $20 (That includes shipping if you don't live in Birmingham, and it includes personal delivery with a smile if you do live in Birmingham!), and 100% of the profits go directly toward our adoption.

Thank you so much for your continued love and support! We are getting closer to having the little one(s) home with us!

Love,
Baylor

Florida Yard Sale!

Adam and I are so blessed. Beyond blessed. Down in Florida this morning, my incredible family hosted a yard sale to benefit our adoption. And they did it in the rain.

 I love these people. Thank you so much for getting up before the sun and sticking it out through the rain to help us bring our little one home. 

 Such customer service!

 Pretty ladies braving the rain! Thank you, Courtney, Ismaetha and Brookie! 

 Jared and Josh. 

Dad with the money bag!

Hosting a yard sale is an insane amount of work, and a whole lot of people put in a lot of time to make this one possible. Everybody says that it takes a village to raise a child. We are having the honor of watching a village of people we love come together to help us get our sweet baby home. We cannot adequately express our gratitude to all of the people who have helped us over the last nine months. Your generosity and love have kept us going. 

Love, 

Baylor 

Looking for a good Christmas gift?

It can be so difficult to find Christmas gifts for everyone on your list. Perhaps we can help you with that. We have partnered with Just Love Coffee Roasters to provide friends, family and strangers with a way to purchase delicious fair trade coffee and coffee accessories (mugs, t-shirts, etc.) while simultaneously supporting our adoption.

By clicking on the Just Love icon on the left hand side of this page (right underneath the Verse of the Day), you can access the Just Love website through our storefront. A portion of the cost of your purchase (around $5 per item) will go directly toward our adoption. We are in the home stretch for fundraising and would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have everything fully funded before we get our referral (still praying for May 2013).

Everyone who has purchased coffee with us has absolutely loved it, especially the Ethiopian blends! Here are some (only a few!) of the items available for purchase.

 So cute! Great teacher gift! 

 A little Christmas music with your coffee??

 Great stocking stuffer! 

 Perfect holiday gift! So festive! 

 This shirt is a tribute to Ethiopia and the orphans of the world! Love it! 

Coffee blends from around the world. 

 This is a beautiful gift. I want one! 

Everybody needs a cup of love! 

Please consider supporting us as we work to bring our little one home.

Love,
Baylor

P.S. Please make sure you go through our storefront by clicking the link on your left. That ensures that our adoption is credited for your purchase!