We have EXCITING news!! We are adopting!
We believe that adoption is such a beautiful picture of God's love for us. Even before getting married, we discussed our desire to adopt a baby, and for us it wasn't about "if", but "when". Our plans were to wait to adopt until after we had biological children, but we feel that God may have a different plan for us.
Through an infertility diagnosis, we have been patiently waiting and hoping every day for a little one that we can love and care for with every part of our beings. Our hearts have grown immensely over the years for foster care and adoption, and we feel now is the time to begin the process of welcoming a beautiful baby into our home.
The average cost of adoption is $45,000 in the U.S. and our goal is to raise $40,000 within the next year. We are praying for 200 people to donate $200 or more.
Would you consider joining us and being a part of our adoption journey?
With Love,
The Zemans
Hello everyone!
It’s been a little while since we’ve updated you all, but as you may know, by God’s grace, we got pregnant! It was a decently smooth pregnancy and we are enjoying our three month old daughter each and every day. She is such a gift, and we are grateful to have been able to experience the joys of becoming parents.
With that being said, it has always been our desire to adopt, and we are resuming the process of adopting a beautiful baby to our family as we cannot wait to love another child.
We are going to start searching for grants soon, and set up fundraisers as soon as time permits. But if you are willing and able, we’d love the support!
Please donate, share the post, and spread the word about our adoption!
If you want to talk, please reach out as we’d love to share about our life!
With love,
Kyle, Zoe, and Auden
Hi family and friends!
Looks like we missed a weekly update! These last few weeks have been busy, filled with lots of homework, daily tasks, and Kyle going back to work. Many of you may already know, but Kyle has been off of work with a back injury, leading to back surgery, for quite some time. These last six months have been filled with trials and tears, frustration and lots of asking God what His plan is. But we are so grateful that Kyle had his first shift back this week and that it went well! He definitely has a long road ahead of him, but the hardest part of this is over and we are so thankful!
Adoption wise, we have raised about $8,500! Things have started to slow down, which is alright as we are trusting in God's timing for this process (:
In the meantime we are navigating our combined work schedules (both day shift and night shift), plenty of nursing school homework (Zoe is getting her Master of Science in Nursing, specifically education), writing a novel (Zoe has slowly but surely been editing her first fantasy novel), and everything else!
We ask for your donations towards our family if you can, and if you want to talk about any of this please reach out! We would love to discuss our hopes and dreams with you (:
Thank you for supporting us with your words, prayers, and finances!
With lots of love,
The Zemans
Hello family and friends! Another week has gone by and we are at over $8,000 raised! We are continuously blown away by everyone's generosity and are constantly being reminded of how loved we are and how loved future baby Z is.
There's nothing much to report other than our gratitude. We are grateful for the support from our family, we are thankful for the support from our friends, and we are thankful for the gift of adoption.
This season of life has been hard, but we are filled with a newfound sense of hope and excitement over what the future holds!
Just waiting to sign on with our consultant, and then to start the approval for a home study. A home study is good for one year, so we are taking that into consideration for funds raised for our adoption. We are hoping and praying to have at least half of the funds raised by the time we get paired with the birth momma, and the other half by the time of the baby's birth.
So right now, we are in a season of waiting and raising funds. But if there are any crazy updates, you all will be the first to know!
With love,
The Zemans
Hello family and friends!
Nothing too crazy to report here except that we have raised $7,030 since starting this fundraiser 7 weeks ago!! We are blown away by everyone's generosity and desire to donate towards our family. We cannot thank you all enough for supporting us and following along on our journey.
Pretty soon we will officially sign on with our consultant (we have been waiting for a few more things to fall into place), and then we will be waiting for a home study which can take months. During that time we are hoping to find many grants to help fund our adoption, as well as raise $20,000! It seems like a lot, and that's because it is. But we are asking for God and for you guys to do big things!
We need the first $20,000 when we are paired with a birth mom. The other $25,000 is given when the baby is born. So this process can happen pretty quickly if we have the funds, or it may take a little longer if not. So we are hoping and praying every day for a miracle for our adoption funds to be raised completely and timely as we are SO eager to start our family!
Please donate (: And if you cannot, share our link on social media and with friends so we can spread the word (:
If any of you want to talk on the phone, we would LOVE to! Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to set up a meeting.
That's all for now!
With love,
The Zemans
Thank you all so much for your prayers and financial support! We have been blown away by the generosity of those who have donated to invest in the life of future Baby Z. After 6 weeks of raising support, we are happy to announce we have reached our first milestone in the funding process. We now have the funds to officially hire Christian Adoption Consultants AND to schedule a home study, which will allow us to begin applying for adoption grants! Such exciting news! Thank you again for joining us on this journey and we look forward to bringing you future updates for Baby Z.
