Dear birth parents,
We are very grateful for your willingness to read a little about our lives and letting us give you a glimpse of what we are all about. We respect you for your courage in making such a difficult decision, and pray that you can do what is best for you and your child. We also want you to know of the love that we feel for you.
Jason: It is certainly hard to limit your life to a few paragraphs and get all of the meat and potatoes in, but I'd love to give it a try. Ever since I can remember I have been absolutely crazy about sports. I have many fond memories of attending sporting events with my family and more often than not with my Dad. I have always had a great desire to teach my children sports and would love to be their support as they learn the wonderful qualities of teamwork, fair play, discipline, and others. I want to instill confidence in my children that they can accomplish anything that they put their minds to.
Besides being physically active I love to play challenging board games and strategy games with my family. Learning has become ever more interesting the older that I've grown. I suppose the biggest learning experience as of yet would be my marriage with Genesis. She certainly is the most loving individual that I have ever met. There is hardly a day that will go by that she isn't doing something for me just to make my life a little easier. She absolutely loves animals and is constantly "hinting" or as she calls it, "planting seeds" to get me interested in some kind of pet. One of Genesis' greatest qualities is her love for children no matter who they are. Whenever a baby enters the room I get myself good and comfortable because I know that we won't be leaving for a long time and I won't be getting much attention for a while. That is just Genesis. Her smile definitely lights up a room!
Genesis: A little bit about myself: I love to try new things that usually involve crafts, scrap booking and decorating. I love spending time outdoors with my family as well.
I am ½ Thai and bring my culture into our home—we celebrate Thai New Year and I love to cook Thai spicy food!
I wanted to share with you how me and Jason met. I got Baptized in February 2002 ,and I was a new convert to the church; little did I know I would meet my prince charming there! I was asked as a new member to go and give a talk of my conversion. My mother in law enjoyed my talk so much so she wrote Jason a letter while he was on his mission and let him know that I was a new convert and my testimony was strong. When Jason came home he had to give his talk in sacrament meeting and it was his homecoming talk that really did the trick. I was going through a really hard time being the only member in my family and I needed some inspiration and happiness to get through this hard time. When Jason went up to give his talk I thought he's good looking I wonder if he would go on a date with me ? So when Jason gave his talk he said words that hit me hard when he talked about loving the Lord so much and putting God first in his life. I needed to hear that so bad It sure helped me so much.. I went up to thank Jason for his beautiful talk and how I appreciated it so much.
Through a little match making on his mothers side were finally able to go out on a date. When things started getting serious I had to make a choice between going on a mission or getting married. After time apart and a lot of prayers I knew we needed to be together.
We wanted to begin our family shortly after we married, but we were faced with infertility. We finally decided that adoption would be the right choice for us. We wanted to be parents in any way possible. We were thrilled when a birth mother in Louisiana chose us to be parents to their baby girl. Unfortunately, when we flew out to meet them , they changed their minds and we were empty-handed.
We were devastated but decided that we should make the most out of the situation . While sightseeing Louisiana we got a call that another birth mother would like to meet us in Georgia. We felt so blessed and knew we wouldn’t have had the opportunity if we had went home discouraged. We quickly went to Georgia and once again had the hopes that a new baby would soon be ours.
In May 2008, we were able to bring our new baby Elijah home. I feel so blessed to stay home with him and watch him grow. He is such a fun little boy and has brought so much happiness into our home. We feel so grateful to his birth parents who made this sacrifice. We are often in contact with them through letters, pictures and occasional phone calls. If they lived closer we would also be comfortable with visits.
Elijah just turned 5 May of this year. We would love to have another child and a playmate for him. We have done fertility treatments, adoption and we even were foster parents, hoping that we would be led in the right direction or it would lead us to a adoption. However that has not panned out yet...
We will be 100% honest with our future child about their adoption and what a miracle it is . He or she will know of the enormous love that you have for them and of the courage and sacrifice that you made on their behalf. We will forever be grateful to have this opportunity.