Growing Through Love

 Over the last few years we have been walking a journey with Jesus that has lead us to places beyond our imagining. God has faithfully pursued us and has filled our hearts to overflowing. It is out of this overflow of love that we are excited to welcome a new member into the Chiaramonte family.

photo credit Haverlee Colyer

While our hearts have been drawn to adoption, it has been unclear the path we would take. God opened the door to our child through Bethany Christian Services' "These 400" program. "These 400" is a database consisting of children waiting to be adopted around the globe. There are many reasons children are considered "waiting children", among them are special needs, advanced age, or sibling groups.

We had no idea what we would encounter as we browsed the list of children and fully expected that a match for our family would take some time. We were unsure where God would lead us in terms of age, gender or country of origin, but we knew where to start...so we did.

It didn’t take long for God to lead us to a specific child that Tony and I both felt drawn to. We have now been preliminarily matched with this child and we are beginning our home study process with Bethany. We are so ecstatic and cannot wait to continue this journey towards bringing this child home to our family, friends and community.

Due to the nature of the waiting child program, there are strict privacy policies regarding the children listed. There are many details we are excited to share however, in order to protect this child, we are bound by a code of confidentiality with Bethany and the country of origin. We will update as often as we have new information that we are able to share. Please check back often as our prayer needs will certainly be great!

To follow our story or join our team of support visit our YouCaring site. 

Originally posted: April 8, 2014 on our YouCaring site.