July Adoption Update!!!

Dear Friends and Family,

Our adventure continues in this adoption! Last week we spent a wonderful HOT and HUMID day with birthmom "S" and her daughter "I" at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park. If you haven’t been there, we highly recommend it! You all know that we LOVE animals! It’s a good thing we live on a farm isn’t it? They found the experience at times a little overwhelming (lorikeets swarmed them) but overall, so excited to spend time with us. I think their favorite part was feeding the ring-tailed lemurs. We had good conversation and our girls enjoyed talking and playing together! Karis even showed I how to feed the giraffe!

As each interaction with this precious family comes to pass, we are reminded that we are in such a unique experience that we simply do not have an ability to predict what’s next. Yet we know that HE knows. We are praying that our love for her, her daughter, our baby she carries, is not so overly expressed that they fail to see our love for our Savior is that much greater.

We pray for opportunities to minister to their heart, that they feel a caring connection beyond the end result of this experience. Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus identifies us as the Light of the World!

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp

and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let

your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

The connection of Christ adopting us, our inheritance to His Kingdom, seems such a ripe and appropriate avenue to reaching hearts that are lost. This is what we pray for in wisdom, that each time we are able to spend with S and I, the Holy Spirit counsels us towards boldness. Pray for our Light to Shine.

Thank you for your continued prayers, journeying with us, encouraging us, financially supporting us. We stand in awe of the generosity of His children.

The day after our visit with them, S had her first doctor appointment since moving here to Kansas. She was a bit nervous that they’d find the baby to be a boy since her early ultrasound was not 100% sure. Turns out...it’s a GIRL for sure!!!! S is healthy, and all is great with her! Baby girl is healthy, growing and already pretty active at 25 weeks! Please continue to pray for both S and baby’s health.

On a side note....

God’s magnificent timing allowed us to drop off S and I back in Wichita later on that day. As we were coming back home from this blessed day, we decided to stop in Hutchinson to buy a few things in Walmart. It wasn’t but 5 minutes into entering the building, did one of the worst hail storms came tearing through**. Had we NOT stopped into Walmart, we would have been continuing on home. We would not have made it.

God’s plans are so much greater than ours!

As we continue to journey on, we hold on to Proverbs 19:21. Commit this verse to memory!

Blessings

Cheyenne, Alison and Karis Kroeker

** Our car is now in the auto hospital getting treatment!

Fundraising with Amazon.com!!!

We are still continuing to fundraise in FAITH that God will provide again for a baby HE has picked out for us!

If you haven't signed up for a FREE 30 day Prime trial with Amazon through our fundraising link, now you have the opportunity to and instead of just $2 we will receive $10 for each free trial!!! How's that for starting the new year right!? Costs you NOTHING and helps raise $10 towards our adoption!!!!!

To sign up for the free trial click: Prime HERE  for Prime Video click:  VIDEO HERE

Note: in order for us to get credit you have to use these links that have our code embedded in them!

What an easy way to help us out!!!! And if you only want the free trial then just remember to cancel before your 30 days is up! You don't even have to use the prime trial for the full time if you choose not to. Once you sign up, you may cancel right away or anytime within the 30 days and we still get the $10 promotion for you signing up!

If you already have a prime account, we'd love it if you could pass this on to anyone you know who might enjoy trying it out! Remember there's soooooo many movies, shows and lots of kids shows too, that you can stream for FREE when you have amazon prime!!


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Another roller coaster ride

Dear Friends and Family, 

Remember the roller coaster ride we (you too!) have been on? 

We are overjoyed to share with you that in a matter of less than a week, we have been matched with a new expectant mother that is due with a baby girl in early November! On Friday (our 10th wedding anniversary) we were able to speak to her on the phone and introduced ourselves to each other, asked a few questions about each other. We were able to share about who we are, our desire to adopt another child, and how we've already been praying for her. After our conversation, her social worker called us and shared how this birth mother is very excited about us and wants to commit to us adopting her child.  She is from Texas, and has come here to Kansas to live until after the baby is born, which will also give us a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other better and share God's love with her.

Our confidence in this, however, is more rooted in confidence in our Savior, rather than man. We will be gathering more and more information as the days go by. We need the strength of your prayers and supplications. How can we thank you enough for walking with us through our experiences of these last few weeks and months?

1 Thess. 5:16-18 says: ¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray without ceasing, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 

This is what we continue to do!

Thank you for sharing in this experience with us! Here are some prayer points to lift up:

Pray for the health of both the birth mom and baby girl

Pray for opportunities to share Christ with the birth mom

Pray for finances to be available

Pray for details of this process to have clarity at every step

Pray for us, as a family, to be well prepared to grow as a family

Our favorite book of the New Testament is James. Chapter 1:2-4 reminds us to reflect in the end goal of trials...complete, lacking nothing. 

² Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, ³ for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. ⁴ And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Cheyenne, Alison and Karis Kroeker

Rollercoaster Rides

Dear Friends and Family, 

 

We didn’t think we would be writing another update so quickly, but what should we expect when we are committed to His timing?

A short while ago, our social worker called to update us on the baby up for adoption, due July 24^th. After having been shown our family profile book, the birth mother declined us. There are specific preferences she had in mind, and we do not fit them. Is this rejection?  Maybe… Is this hard to take in? Yes. Is this His sovereignty working in front of our eyes? A resounding YES!

Habakkuk 3:17-18 is a gentle reminder of rejoicing in the midst of unknown outcomes.

¹⁷ Though the fig tree should not blossom,
    nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
    and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
    and there be no herd in the stalls,
¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

 

Matthew Henry says, “Joy in the Lord is especially seasonable when we meet with losses and crosses in the world. Even when provisions are cut off, to make it appear that man lives not by bread alone, we may be supplied by the graces and comforts of God's Spirit.” 

As I write this, we just found out there may be another possibility of a baby due in November! We give this all to the Lord! We have a phone conference with this birthmother scheduled for tomorrow! Please cover us in prayer that this conversation would glorify God and our words would be from Him!

Your prayer covering is so precious to us!

 

Cheyenne, Alison and Karis 
 

As I write this, we just found out there may be another possibility of a baby due in November! We give this all to the Lord!

Adoption update!

Friends and Family, 

A roller coaster has it's beginning, it's end and then ups and downs in between. 

We are wondering when our lives became this carnival ride, so similar. Yet in the same breath, we know! It's when we began to trust The Lord for our salvation and walk in faithfulness to His calling. 

Today, as we lay rest to our disappointments of a 2nd failed adoption opportunity, we received a call that there is another opportunity unfolding. The birth couple is in Wichita now until the baby is born. The prospective due date is July 24th. We are awaiting the call that we've officially been matched.

We are committed to this calling of adoption and the ups and the downs that come with it. We cherish your prayers, as we know that you all are committed to the same gracious, all knowing God we serve. As we begin to find out more, we will continue to share more of how you can pray.

Thank you so very much for your encouragement and care.

Psalm 143:8 gives us a glimpse of how we ought to respond to our every day circumstances, the ups and the downs....

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul."

Please PRAY for us, for birth parents & for this baby!

Cheyenne, Alison, and Karis Kroeker

PUZZLE FUNDRAISER

We have chosen a PUZZLE FUNDRAISER to fund a majority of the costs for our adoption. (Domestic Newborn Adoptions range from approximately $18,000 to $30,000) We have two methods you can use to make a donation through sponsoring a piece of our adoption puzzle!  Will you please help spread the word?

We are asking for a donation of $10.00 per puzzle piece (puzzle pictured above).  You can, of course, sponsor as many as you would like... (if you choose $10 = 1 piece, $20 = 2 pieces, $40 = 4 pieces, etc...). When every piece of this puzzle is sponsored wil will have raised $10,000!! Which is what our agency fees will be (not including birth mother costs).

We will then write your name on the back of the pieces you sponsor, and once our puzzle is completed, we will frame the puzzle in a double-sided frame.  We will be able to see the names of all the individuals who helped us bring our baby home! Each piece we put together will make this process come to life as we see the puzzle grow into the beautiful picture!

For both methods, in the comment or memo box, please put in the names for us to write on the puzzle piece(s)

To donate with a tax deductible receipt go to our Ordinary Heroes fundraising page: http://www.grouprev.com/kroekeradoption and click on the "Donate Now" button!! ***All donations through our fundraising page at Ordinary Heroes are charged a 2.9% processing fee***

To donate where 100% of your donation goes to our adoption costs, go to PayPal and send it via bank account transfer to Cheyenneandalison@yahoo.com ***All transactions through bank accounts are not charged a processing fee***

We are so excited to see with our God is doing and going to do throughout our adoption journey as we grow our family! 

Please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone you know!!!! Every little bit helps so much! Even if you can't sponsor a puzzle piece or donate towards our cause we'd cherish your PRAYERS most of all!!!!!!

Announcement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all!!!

The Kroekers are adopting again!!!

After much prayer and seeking the Lords will as to how we are to grow our family we are so excited to announce we have begun the domestic adoption process!!!

We are working with a small Christian agency in Wichita, KS called Adoption Connections Inc. And are very pleased with their desire to serve God in ministry beyond just facilitating adoptions! Their hearts for the birthparents is beautiful!  We are blessed to have found another agency that has hearts for those in need!

We would ask you to partner with us in prayer. Please pray for us in this process, with our homestudy paperwork, profile creating and the waiting process! Pray for us as we prepare our hearts to be parents again, for Karis as she will become a big sister, for our future birthmother and baby as we know it is not an easy process for these mothers to go through and both of their health. Prayer is such a powerful tool!


To all LOCAL friends!!!!!  This Saturday May 4th: Inman all city Garage Sale!! Stop by 601 south pine street where we have loads of items for sale! Glasses,mugs, dishes, dvd player, scanner, electronics, shelves, baskets. Also we will be making cotton candy!!  All proceeds of our items go towards our the cost of our domestic adoption!!!

Check our out fundraising page!!!!
http://www.grouprev.com/kroekeradoption