Timothy Stewart

is adopting a child from United States of America

3/26/2019

We have BIG news!

We are adopting a child!

We are planning on adding another little one to our family through domestic infant adoption. We have completed our adoption home study through Bethany Christian Services and are now a waiting family. The waiting period could be a few months or a few years, as with all things, it is in God’s hands.

God placed adoption on both of our hearts and it has always been part of our family plan. Scriptures reference caring for the orphan many times, James encourages the church to demonstrate their faith when he writes, "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction." Our plan to adopt a child is one way that we are fulfilling God's requirement to care for the fatherless. The Bible uses the term adoption to describe the believer being brought into God's family, the apostle Paul writes to the church in Rome saying, ”You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba! Father!" It is our prayer that, through the adoption of a child into our family, the relationship with our Heavenly Father and our shared heirship with Christ would more clearly be displayed. Further, that we, as parents, our biological children, our adopted child and the watching world would all have a deeper understanding of the unconditional love that God has for all of His children.

We are passionately against the current mass killing of unborn babies in our country. Every child, no matter the age, race, gender, health, or family is created in the image of God and has incredible worth. Adoption is one way to put into action the words that we speak. We pray that God would use us to save at least one child's life and to save the parents from murdering their own baby. Also, that it might inspire and encourage others to do the same.

We are beyond excited and are doing everything we can to be prepared to welcome a beautiful new life into our home. As part of our adoption process, we have started a crowdfunding campaign. It may surprise you to hear that adoption related costs can easily total up to $35,000 or more. This is why we have reached out to friends and family to help ease the financial burden that often overwhelms adoptive parents. To give and receive updates, you can use this page. Checks work as well.

More importantly, we ask for your prayers. Pray that God would prepare our family for this adoption. Pray that God would guide and comfort the birth parents who are making those tough decisions. Pray for the children who are being adopted and especially for our future child. Pray for Bethany Christian Services and the individuals who work to make this process happen.

One of the required readings for our training was Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore, we really appreciated and learned from his Biblical perspective of adoption and we encourage you to read it as well. We hope that by inviting you into this process, you will see yourself as part of the community we hope to build around our child as he/she grows up!

Love,

Tim, Ali, Grayson, Ellie and Evelyn Stewart

Adoption Status

Completing Paperwork

Adoption Agency

Bethany Christian Services (Home Office)


Updates

  • Update 5

    Stewart Family Adoption Update: 7/25/22

    July 25, 2022
    The same day I wrote our last update we received a call from our Bethany caseworker letting us know that there was a possibility that our family would not be approved to adopt PJ. Earlier in the week, a Developmental Assessment was conducted by an Early Intervention Specialist from the county. The final recommendation made by this professional was that “PJ may do better being placed in an adoptive home with no other children, or if there are other children, children who are considerably older than him and can help him successfully navigate sibling relationships.” Due to this assessment and,... Read more
  • Update 4

    Stewart Family Adoption Update: 7/16/2022

    July 16, 2022
    We have some exciting news to share about our adoption journey! We became a waiting family for the second time early in 2022. Shortly after there was a waiting families meeting open to all of the families in the Bethany Christian Services Maryland branch who are waiting to be matched with a child for adoption. The main focus of the meeting was talking about open adoption with a panel of adoptive parents. Openness in adoption refers to the amount of contact and communication between the birth family and the adoptive family and adopted child. Having an open adoption is recommended by... Read more
  • Update 3

    Stewart Family Adoption Update: 12/14/21

    July 16, 2022
    We are excited to announce that we are soon to become a waiting family once again! Ali and I sent out our last family update in July 2020. This was following the first 4 months of COVID in which we were surprised to discover Ali was pregnant and a week later were both laid off from our jobs. After sharing the news of the pregnancy with Bethany Christian Services and our intent to still adopt, we were told that our adoption case would be closed and we would have to start over once the baby is a year old. Due to... Read more
  • Update 2

    Stewart Family Adoption Update: 7/7/20

    July 16, 2022
    Ali and I are happy to announce that we are expecting our 4th child! Baby Stewart is due December 27th! We have been praying for another child and we were planning on our next addition coming through adoption. We have been a waiting family through Bethany Christian Services for almost a year. Despite our best efforts to prevent it, God decided we should have another biological child. The news of Ali’s pregnancy was surprising, exciting, upsetting, and embarrassing all at once. We were joyful that there was a life in Ali’s womb once again but we knew our hopes of an... Read more
  • Update 1

    Stewart Family Adoption Update: 11/29/19

    July 16, 2022
    Dear Friends and Family, We officially became a waiting family in July 2019 when we received a letter in the mail from Bethany Christian Services letting us know our home study was approved and that we should be ready to receive a call on any day. There has been a variety of emotions experienced in the months since. We are thankful (tis the season) for the support we have received from friends and family. People will often ask Ali and I about the adoption journey and provide us with encouragement, we have reached out to friends at various times to talk through... Read more
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