Disruptive Hope Newsletter (April 2023)

Friends & Family -

Disruptive Hope is off to a great start in 2023 with big news to share from several of our families! Our Families:

We’re thrilled to announce Stephanie and Joseph have an adoption finalization date for their son Finn! While all our families have experienced a disrupted adoption, their story of hardship, sacrificial love, and healing after relinquishing their first baby boy is particularly powerful. Finn celebrated his first birthday this week and we couldn’t be more excited for them. Check out Stephanie’s post explaining what your support means to them.

"If I’m honest, our trip to Arizona a year ago was littered with simultaneous joy and pain. A lot of it is a blur for me, just a month after bringing back our Rio Wilder. Enter God’s grace…in the form of a 6lb 1oz baby boy, our Finn Fierro. This precious miracle helped in the restoration of our hope and joy. Hope that God has a purpose for our pain, and hasn’t forgotten about us. I still don’t know the answers to some of the “why?” questions, but I know my God! This boy has completed our family in the best of ways and officially joins our family on Monday, April 17th!”

Brianna and Tyler are settling in with their son Owen and have also finalized! He is thriving and his big sister Charlie is head over heels for her new baby brother. To hear their story, please visit Tyler’s post.

Our Fund: Thanks to your generosity, the Disruptive Hope Fund has raised over $6,500 so far in 2023 with 2 finalizations and 1 family still awaiting a second match. If you're interested in donating to help more families, please click below.

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We ask for your continued prayers for our families in our emotional support network. If you experienced a disrupted match and would like to receive or provide this support, please see this post.

Our Future:

We have our own exciting update! Luka’s adoption was finalized on April 5. We are so appreciative of all of you for not only holding us through highs and lows, but also for helping other adoptive families find hope and resources to try again. We love you and would not be here without you. While our adoption process is complete, there’s still so much more we hope to do for other families. Please consider sharing our post about what this day means to us. Thank you as always for your love and support!

With Love -