Adoption Update

Family and friends,

Thank you so much for your overwhelmingly supportive responses to the email we sent in March. We are grateful for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf. We are also grateful for LDS Family Services and for the work that they do to unite families and help join children to parents who can offer them the blessings of the gospel.

This month we share a special message and extend an invitation. The LDS Family Services caseworker who is currently handling Indiana adoptions has set an agressive but inspired goal for all Indiana couples seeking to adopt through Family Services to have a child place with them before the end of 2011. She and others believe that if we unite our prayers in faith, this goal can be achieved.

Here is a letter that was composed by the staff at Family Services inviting family and friends to join with us in prayer and fasting for the purpose of petitioning the Lord to help us achieve this goal.


Dear Friends and Families,

As Families Supporting Adoption unites with the staff of LDS Family Services we work intimately with those seeking to adopt children and birth mothers considering adoption and other alternatives. Much prayer and fasting has gone into how we might move this work forward. As stewards over all within our state we feel the responsibility to make certain every child born in Indiana has the promises made clear in the Proclamation of the Family, where every child has the right to be afforded the blessing of being in a covenant home with a mother and father to teach them the principles of the gospel. This is our missionary work and stewardship and we invite all who would unify with us to join with us in dedicating this next month’s fast to focus on the birth mothers in our state and the adoptive couples seeking to provide those eternal promises to these children. We believe as we unite with our brothers and sisters we can petition the Lord to soften our hearts to the prompting of how best we can support birth mothers and soften the hearts of these birth mothers so the children can enjoy the blessings and covenants of eternal families. As we invite wards and members to join in our prayers and temple service our hope is that unifying will bring power and strength to these efforts.

Sincerely,

David L. Pitcher
Marcia French

We invite you to join us in dedicating our fasts, not just to seeking a blessing for the Matis family to have a child placed with us, but for many other couples to receive this blessing and for many children to have the blessing of being place in a home where they can receive the blessings of the gospel. May 1st, August 7th and November 6th are the dates that have been designated for this purpose.

Have a beautiful weekend and fast Sunday!

Love,

Jeremy, Tricia, Rebecca and Isak Matis