Karen Studt

is adopting a child from Colombia

We're adopting!

2019 brought some unexpected changes for our family with me leaving the workforce and now being home with our kids. As we reflected on how God has moved in our lives and shown us His goodness over and over, it became clear we were being called to open our home and our hearts to let the natural overflow of His goodness pour into a child He had chosen for us long before we knew this was the plan. After extensive research, we have decided that an international adoption from Colombia is the pathway we should be pursuing.

While we don't know yet exactly what this journey is going to look like or how long it will take, we are beyond excited and are doing everything we can to be prepared to expand our family through adoption. It's likely our son or daughter has already been born, and we look forward to getting matched & bringing them home! As part of our adoption process, we have started a crowdfunding campaign for some of the early costs. It may surprise you that adoption related costs can easily total up to $35,000 or more. We started saving before we started the process and do plan to fund a large part of the adoption expenses ourselves. However, we do need some help covering a portion of those costs.

These donations are tax-deductible & will go a long way in helping us. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider this. Please feel free to reach out directly to Aaron or myself for more details. I hope to share plenty of updates as we move forward. It will likely be a long road, but our son or daughter is waiting for us there at the end so we couldn't be more excited. 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.


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  • YourCause LLC on behalf of Paul Tommerdahl gave $525
  • John E Zevenbergen gave $500
  • Tim and Laurie Studt gave $500
  • Dan Hennessey gave $1,000
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  • Greg and Jolyn Florin gave $100
  • Paul Tommerdahl gave $525