Kevin & Bekah Behnke

are adopting a child from United States of America

We have exciting news!!

We have always known we wanted to start and end our family with adoption. We are so excited to announce that we have been matched with a baby boy with Down syndrome. His name is Carter and he is the sweetest 13 month old! It is such an honor to be getting to know him in our home.

We know that God is the best author of families and we are honored to say yes to how He leads us. There is not a doubt in our mind of the goodness in store for our family, community and relationship with birth family.

As we are waiting for the finalization of adoption, we are continuing to fundraise. At the time of finalization (hopefully in March) we will need to pay the adoption costs in full.

Thank you for partnering with us. Thank you for for praying with us. Thank you!

Adoption Status

Completing Paperwork

Updates

  • Update 2

    WE HAVE BEEN MATCHED

    October 8, 2024

    Learned about him: Aug 28
    Meet him : Sept 18
    Home: Sept 27
    Thanking Jesus: now until forever

    We have our son home. I can't hardly believe it! His name is Carter. He is the sweetest, cutest 13 month old. We are getting to know him and are all smitten with him.

    What's next:
    continue to get to know his medical needs
    watch him grow
    wait 6 months for our adoption to be finalized (the hardest part)
    cover him in love

    We cannot thank you all enough for the love and support you have pour into us during this process. We are blown away by your generosity. Though Carter his home, we are still not quite to our fundraising goal.

  • Update 1

    THANKFUL IN THE WAITING

    August 13, 2024

    We are unbelievably thankful for all of you and how you have pour into our family. We know we are being covered in prayer, encouragement and support.
    While I wish so desperately that I could say that we have been matched to our son, we have not. We have sent our family profile to a few biological families and have not been chosen yet. This is hard and we have mourned. But we are thankful to know pieces of these families stories and be given the opportunity to pray over them as they make terribly difficult decisions.
    We trust God in each day that we are still waiting. We know that he is authoring this story and we are simply stepping into it. Thankful for a God who is tender and near. Thankful for our God who loves our son and his family more than we can. Thankful He goes before us and comforts us when we grieve in the waiting.
    Waiting is hard but we choose sit in the gratitude. Someday we will be holding our son; looking back to see how God was in the details and how you each were such a loving blessing to our family.

$28,618 raised of $31,000 goal
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  • AdoptTogether Corporate Donation on behalf of Jeff and Kim Larson gave $1,791
  • Anonymous gave $20
    Sending love from Columbia, MO ❤️
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
    Today is my birthday and I want to give a gift to your family to celebrate!❤️
  • The National Christian Foundation on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Larson gave $3,209
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
  • Anonymous gave $30
    I love watching your family grow through Instagram. ❤️ Such a loving family. Carter is lucky to have you.
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
  • Denise Beck gave $100
  • Kaylee gave $50
    Best wishes to your family! Your love and joy is contagious. Praying everything goes smoothly with the adoption. :)