Jacob & Daisy Burgan

Updates

• Update 8

  

  Our Family is Growing

  August 24, 2024

  Hi Friends,

  You have been amazing encouragers, givers and prayer partners through all that the last five years has brought our way. From a connection to a birth mom who then went to a for-profit agency and priced us out of an adoption. To a teen from fostercare with very high needs, more than we could meet, who is now on track for permanency with a friend of our family. To now where we are in the final steps of permanency with our Teen, Anthony, and are three months into a placement with a toddler. This journey has been nothing like what we have expected. God has honored the "yes" in our hearts. The money gifted remains for adoption related expenses. I have recently made a request to cover my physical that was needed for our every 2 years licensure with Children's Division. I use Christian Healthcare Ministries for insurance, and physicals are not covered. Jake's was covered by the VA. When more adoption related expenses come, we will apply for grants from the fund. Until then the funding remains. If there comes a time where it is not utilized for our adoption expenses, we have the choice to donate to another's adoption or to donate to the Adopt Together family. I had the opportunity to speak with one of the founders a few weeks back and was amazed by the beauty of their story, and how they were lead to start this amazing resource. Thank you again, and we can't wait to fill you in on our details as the become available.

• Update 7

  

  Say hello to Braxton :)

  June 3, 2024

  Hi Friends,

  Two weeks ago our world was turned upside down when I got the call to come pick this little guy up from the hospital. He is 15 months old and will be staying with us for quite some time. The last two weeks have been a time of acclimation, doctor's visits, and working on attachment to help calm this little one's nervous system. Anthony our other foster son is quite excited to have him with us.
  Tonight we attended a foster parent appreciation dinner hosted by my friend Tammy Woirhaye executive director of the Foster Adopt Shop in Henry County, MO. She started this out of her basement 14 years ago to help foster parents to care for kids who often come with just the clothes on their backs, and sometimes can stay for only days before moving on the kinship placements. This nonprofit bridges the gap for some of the most vulnerable in the area that we live. I agreed to be on her advisory board lending knowledge from my OT background and nonprofit background.
  The beauty of the honor shown touched mine and Jake's hearts tremendously. It is a joy and honor to parent these children that God has sent to us.

  The funds in this account remain as we have incurred no adoption related expenses. We are process with both of these children and ask for continued prayer.

• Update 6

  

  Burgan Family Christmas Letter

  December 25, 2023

  Burgan Family Christmas Letter

  2023 – Learning, Growing through challenges, Unexpected blessings

  God sets the lonely in families Ps.68.6a

  What a year ! We celebrated 13 years of ministry here in Missouri and 17 years of marriage in June. Our remodeling business continues, along with Gilead Homestead and the Victory Garden Collective. We have continued as to foster and help restore broken children, one at a time. We continue on at our local congregation where I serve in music ministry and Jake ushers.
  Jake continues to mentor men who are going through difficulties in life, and we started a foster parent meet up for our local area last year that continues on. We even got to go to the beach with a dear friend and her family around our birthdays.

  The verse in red highlights our heart as we continue in our foster care journey. We have learned that older children bring more history with them than the younger ones. It is a mutual process with all involved. A process where we learned our limitations, and learned that our kiddo Ashley needed more help than we could offer. She is now with a friend we met 13 years ago who can give her what we could not. While there was sadness in the transition, Jake and I now get to have an uncle and aunt role in her life. It is beautiful to watch her continue to grow and flourish. So that leads to Anthony, the teen you see in the picture. He came to be with us at the end of July and things are going well. It’s a really fun story, and if you want to have a zoom coffee date or hang out with us sometime we would love to tell you more. The last three months have been full of all that fostering brings, we are just now getting to a “cruising altitude,” and that’s a good time.

  Remodeling slowed down to only a few projects this year outside of the homestead. We were featured by Goshen Farm and Garden’s Youtube channel back in July. It was an exciting opportunity to share about what God has been doing here as we partner with him to build a more sustainable lifestyle. Jake’s handy work was put on display. I shared about my group, The Victory Garden Collective where I network with, and mentor gardeners. I focus on traditional gardening and homesteading skills for the backyard gardener, helping them make the most of their space on a dime. We put in a small greenhouse that was so helpful in sprouting many of our own starts this year. We were also able to do some vertical gardening towers that you can learn more about in the youtube videos. We were gifted hydroponic equipment and hope to get it working in 2024.
  https://youtu.be/a1iFSnGQnW4?feature=shared,https://youtu.be/oM0tTGDcSL4?feature=shared

  This year we added two heritage breed/wild turkey crosses, and are raising freedom ranger meat birds for the first time. We are continuing with our egg layers as well. Our bunnies are down to six New Zealand’s with plans to add a new line soon. Let’s not forget our faithful duck who remains…so entertaining. We were able to purchase fencing and will install it in the new year. This will help us to add more animals and deal with the predator pressure of the Ozark Highlands. A small price to pay for the all the other benefits we reap from the wild beauty and peace here. Our lives are full, our hearts are full, and are hands are open to receive what God has for us in 2024.

  Love, Jake and Daisy

  P.S. The money continues to stay in this account until it is needed for adoption or adoption related expenses. Even with fostercare there can be adoption related expenses that are not covered. Our journey has looked nothing like we thought and we have had many blocks, hinderances and delays when it has come to infant adoption. We are still open to and desiring of this, but God is sending us teens with special needs, and we have opened our heart and home to this call. Thank you for believing in us and supporting us.

• Update 5

  

  Foster to Adopt - Can you say a 10 second prayer

  July 12, 2022

  Could you say a 10 second prayer?
  We were promised all last week that we would receive a piece of paper to sign that would move the process forward of our foster to adopt situation. We have been put off for over a week now. Can you pray for the bureauocracy and red tape to end so we can bring our kiddo home?

  This is Ashley, she is 13 years old. She has been waiting for permanency for a long time. Our caseworkers have told us that the normal time for fostering until adoption is 6 months. We believe she was meant to be in our family, and are hoping that this time is lessened. Whatever funding is not used for this adoption, will be put toward another adoption for our family, or be used to help another family. We believe this is just the beginning of the building of our family through adoption. Thank you for being a part of our village.

• Update 4

  

  One Baby, worth it all

  June 24, 2022

  I remember getting flipped off for holding this sign up in front of the abortion clinic on Roe Avenue on the Kansas side. I thought surrendering to adoption would make the road easier, not so much. Two days after we signed up the devouring began. You’ve seen my posts, you know the story. There was no coincidence. Standing for life, in the place of intercession like Rachel weeping for her children, like Hannah crying out for Samuel has a cost in the spirit realm. My skin has gotten thicker, my heart has gotten more tender and my voice has gotten bolder.

  One baby is alive today because of our story and the prayers of people who believed.

  3 babies died.

  One belonged to a teenager in fostercare who had 20 placements by the time this baby came along. I was connected to her in December, opened my heart and home to her and her baby, but it was too late. The damage had already been done. I was devastated by her decision, but it made sense considering her experiences. It was then that we opened our heart to fostercare and have now become Fosterparents.

  Adoption is our calling, and we know it is not for everyone. Please pray, support and wrap around the ones in your midst. If one family in every church in America adopted one child out of fostercare we could empty out the system. This is also what it means to be prolife. Please continue to pray for the teenager that we are contending for.

  #mylifedoesnotbelongtome
  #prolife #prolifefeminist #adoption #fostercare

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