There’s an old Garth Brooks song entitled “Unanswered Prayers”. You might have heard it, it’s kind of an oldie now, so in case you haven’t heard it we’ll tell you. In short, it’s about a man who reflects back on his life. He realizes how thankful he is that God didn’t answer each and every little prayer he ever uttered. You see, he realizes that God always answers prayer, but not always in ways we hope and yearn for.

Amanda has always felt called to pray that God will put her in places where she can do good and give Him more glory. From a young age she knew that adoption might be the path that God would choose for her. She feels as if every situation in life has led her to building a family through adoption.

Brett has always been content to take life as it comes to him. He’s never been a big planner or dreamer when it comes to people or the distant future because he knows that God already has a plan, and it just muddles things to try and guess what might happen. That’s not to say that he doesn’t have hopes and dreams, but he trusts that God knows what’s in his heart and that He’ll make it happen if it’s supposed to be.

So that brings us here, to this book. We pray that in these pages you’ll get to know us, and we hope that you might find us worthy of raising your child. More importantly, we hope AND pray that we might be given the chance to lead your child into the life God has planned. And to know that sometimes when things don’t happen as planned, it can be the very best blessing, as an “unanswered prayer”.

Know that our prayers have been with you, probably before you even knew you had a decision to make, and that they will follow you into the future after you have made your decision.

Brett and Amanda