Hello! We’re Ryan, Stephanie, and Oliver.

After much prayer and reflection, we’re thrilled to share that we’ve begun the journey of growing our family again through adoption! Adoption has been on our hearts since before we were married, and it has always felt like part of God’s plan for us.

When we had not been blessed with biological children after our first year of marriage, we felt the Lord calling us to begin the adoption process. Two years later, in 2024, we brought our son Oliver home as a newborn. Those years of waiting taught us to trust deeply in God’s timing and reminded us that His plans are always better than our own.

Now, with hearts full of gratitude, we’ve started the process once more to welcome another precious child into our home. Ryan teaches high school English and serves in the U.S. Army National Guard, and Stephanie is a stay-at-home mom caring for Oliver and tending to life on our small farm. While adoption is a beautiful calling, it is also an expensive one.

Our goal is to raise $20,000, which will help cover nearly half of our adoption costs, which include things like agency and legal fees, background checks, home studies, and medical expenses for our baby’s birth mother.

Any support you feel led to give means more than we can express, whether through a donation, keeping our family in your prayers, or sharing our fundraiser with anyone you think might feel called to help. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping us bring another child home.