Baby Hornback's Adoption Fund
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As most of you know, the adoption of Finleigh May was nothing short of a miracle! The Hornback's were at the tail-end of their adoption process with several weeks remaining to complete a homesteady and recieve background checks. After this process was completed, it would still take several months to be paired with a potential birth mother.
Nathan and Audrey recieved a phone call from a woman on Tuesday morning (9/8) who was currently in labor and looking for a family to adopt her little girl. They were told by Renown Medical Center in Reno, NV that they had 72 hours to secure an adoption agreement with the birth mother or the little girl would go to the state foster system. Miracle after miracle happend in this process and they were able to adopt this sweet girl on Friday evening! (9/11)
With all this happening so quickly, they were not able to financially save or prepare so they had to borrow thousands of dollars from family and friends to even be able to pursue this! On top of that they had not yet purchased anything for the baby. A few family and friends decided to collectively bless them with the bare necessities needed to bring home the baby.
Being a close friend of theirs, and praying along side them through all their trials and attempts to have a family, it was on my heart to come along side of them and invite our community to be a blessing to them in this great need. They have served so many other people, their church, and their community for many years so I thought this would be a wonderful way to be a part of their story!
With 6 months remaining until the adoption is completed and many more legal fees ect. coming their way, I would ask you all to please consider donating towards this wonderful gift of long sought-after parenthood! Any little bit helps! Thanks so much!
Brigitte Anderson
-- Read their awesome story below! --
____________________________________________________________
How the Last 96 hours
changed our Lives: Part Two
"As most of you know, it has been the desire of our hearts, for the last 9 years, to become parents. It has been a long, painstaking, and heart-wrenching journey. 2 years ago we lost our precious baby boy at 18 weeks and still to this day grieve over losing him.
You can read 'Wally's Story' here. (How the Last 96 Hours Changed our Lives: Part One --- (http://vintageauds.blogspot.com)
3 months later we miscarried again and we decided that we needed to step back, gather ourselves emotionally, and rest for awhile.
With my wife being adopted, and her mom being adopted, Audrey and I had always talked about wanting to continue the legacy of love by adopting a little girl someday.
Audreys Story
( As a person who could have easily been a baby who was aborted, I am passionate about adoption. My birth mother was just 15 when she gave birth to me. She decided to do one of the most selfless and loving things possible. She chose my life over whatever hard circumstance she was in.
God has given me such a blessed life filled with loving supportive parents, a pretty awesome brother, an amazing husband who loves and cherishes me (ugh, I can't say enough about that man!) and the worlds greatest family and friends... all because she chose me.
I have the greatest respect and the deepest of gratitude to an amazing and selfless woman that I have never met. She chose to do the hard thing, regardless of her circumstances.
Nathan and I are working toward adoption, ourselves and if it works out...again in my life I will see the amazing life changing choice that will not only affect us and our child, but will trickle down to other generations as well. Just like it did with my mom(she was adopted) and myself. It's crazy to think that with one decision of my birth mother, I could have not been here to know and love the people I do and to get to experience the things I have.
So no, there should not be condemnation for these women who are in hard spots, trying to decide what to do. As this post says- lets be open to hearing their stories, supporting them, encouraging them and letting these beautiful ladies know that there is hope beyond their circumstances, there are options that bring about life altering beauty. )
Not only did we want to adopt for legacy sake alone, but adoption is such an incredible picture of the love that God has for us. For no reason, other than His good and perfect will, God the Father chose to adopt us into His family, loving us and saving us from our sin through His Son Jesus Christ and His work on the cross, and keeping us forever safe through the power of His Holy Spirit. Even though we bring nothing to the table worthy of love, He chooses us by His grace alone and calls us His beloved children. Human adoption is a picture of that incredible love!
After our miscarriages the 'parent switch' if you will, was ON. We began the adoption process in January '15 knowing that it was going to be a very hard, very long, and very expensive journey. We have trusted God to lead and provide every step of the way. Throughout the last year, 4 separate 'attempts' to adopt had fallen through leaving us heartbroken and striving to remain hopeful...
Tuesday September 8th, 2015
The day that changed our lives forever.
At about 8am my wife received a call from her mom that a lady (with whom we had discussed adoption earlier in May but plans had fallen through) was in labor at Renown in Reno, NV. She had decided she still wanted to adopt her baby girl to a loving family. In a rush of emotion Audrey called our adoption agency to get information on how to proceed. We hadn't had our actual home study (walk through) and we were still waiting for our FBI background checks to return before we were legally cleared to adopt a child. Both were at LEAST 1 week out and, according to Nevada law, we had 72 hrs to make a move or the child would go to the state and we could not pursue her. That morning, completely unrelated to all that was happening, I received a voicemail from a social worker saying that we could do our home study THAT AFTERNOON! Of course we did and we continued to pray for God to do a miracle. Now that our home study was done, we had until Friday morning for our background check to arrive or she would be put in a care home ($100 a day) while we waited. It could take weeks. We prayed and waited and prayed some more. Wednesday came and went... Thursday afternoon, being emotionally exhausted and scrambling to find the $6,000 we needed just to pay for the home study and secure an attorney, our agency called us and said our background checks had arrived!! If everything went as planned, we were legally cleared to bring her home! We left at 4am Friday morning and went straight to the attorney's office. We met with him and now the waiting game began. Our meeting to sign papers wouldn't be until 6:30pm that night. We prayed and waited. Asking God to please work this out, to please be with the birth mother in all her pain and anxiety, and to comfort her knowing that her little girl would be loved immensely and given a chance at a life she otherwise could not have. We prayed and prayed while we waited. Remembering a sermon I had preached two weeks before 'The righteous will live by His faith.'...we waited. It was the most intense day of our entire lives. We experienced every emotion we could think of all at the same time.
Finally we got the call. The mother had signed the paperwork and we were parents! We went and picked up our beautiful daughter Friday evening and brought her home.
In only 72 hrs God worked miracle after miracle and gave us the gift of our beautiful daughter!
We can't say thank you enough to all who have been praying for us over the years, crying with us, and comforting us as we were on this journey. We have the best family, friends, and church family at Living Stones that anyone could possibly have. We arrived home at 330am this morning to a house full of baby stuff that our family and friends had gotten for us while we were gone on Friday! (Obviously we didn't have time to shop for anything so we had literally NOTHING!)
In 6 months from now, the process will be officially and legally complete and we will receive a new birth certificate!
The last time we wrote about our journey towards becoming parents, we told you how 96 hrs changed our lives in a tragic way. Today we are blessed to share with you how the last 96 hrs have changed our lives in the most joyful way possible!
We are so excited to introduce to you for the first time 'Finleigh May Hornback'!
The longstanding Hornback duo is now a trio!
We love you all very much!
Nathan and Audrey Hornback
Nathan and Audrey recieved a phone call from a woman on Tuesday morning (9/8) who was currently in labor and looking for a family to adopt her little girl. They were told by Renown Medical Center in Reno, NV that they had 72 hours to secure an adoption agreement with the birth mother or the little girl would go to the state foster system. Miracle after miracle happend in this process and they were able to adopt this sweet girl on Friday evening! (9/11)
With all this happening so quickly, they were not able to financially save or prepare so they had to borrow thousands of dollars from family and friends to even be able to pursue this! On top of that they had not yet purchased anything for the baby. A few family and friends decided to collectively bless them with the bare necessities needed to bring home the baby.
Being a close friend of theirs, and praying along side them through all their trials and attempts to have a family, it was on my heart to come along side of them and invite our community to be a blessing to them in this great need. They have served so many other people, their church, and their community for many years so I thought this would be a wonderful way to be a part of their story!
With 6 months remaining until the adoption is completed and many more legal fees ect. coming their way, I would ask you all to please consider donating towards this wonderful gift of long sought-after parenthood! Any little bit helps! Thanks so much!
Brigitte Anderson
-- Read their awesome story below! --
____________________________________________________________
How the Last 96 hours
changed our Lives: Part Two
"As most of you know, it has been the desire of our hearts, for the last 9 years, to become parents. It has been a long, painstaking, and heart-wrenching journey. 2 years ago we lost our precious baby boy at 18 weeks and still to this day grieve over losing him.
You can read 'Wally's Story' here. (How the Last 96 Hours Changed our Lives: Part One --- (http://vintageauds.blogspot.com)
3 months later we miscarried again and we decided that we needed to step back, gather ourselves emotionally, and rest for awhile.
With my wife being adopted, and her mom being adopted, Audrey and I had always talked about wanting to continue the legacy of love by adopting a little girl someday.
Audreys Story
( As a person who could have easily been a baby who was aborted, I am passionate about adoption. My birth mother was just 15 when she gave birth to me. She decided to do one of the most selfless and loving things possible. She chose my life over whatever hard circumstance she was in.
God has given me such a blessed life filled with loving supportive parents, a pretty awesome brother, an amazing husband who loves and cherishes me (ugh, I can't say enough about that man!) and the worlds greatest family and friends... all because she chose me.
I have the greatest respect and the deepest of gratitude to an amazing and selfless woman that I have never met. She chose to do the hard thing, regardless of her circumstances.
Nathan and I are working toward adoption, ourselves and if it works out...again in my life I will see the amazing life changing choice that will not only affect us and our child, but will trickle down to other generations as well. Just like it did with my mom(she was adopted) and myself. It's crazy to think that with one decision of my birth mother, I could have not been here to know and love the people I do and to get to experience the things I have.
So no, there should not be condemnation for these women who are in hard spots, trying to decide what to do. As this post says- lets be open to hearing their stories, supporting them, encouraging them and letting these beautiful ladies know that there is hope beyond their circumstances, there are options that bring about life altering beauty. )
Not only did we want to adopt for legacy sake alone, but adoption is such an incredible picture of the love that God has for us. For no reason, other than His good and perfect will, God the Father chose to adopt us into His family, loving us and saving us from our sin through His Son Jesus Christ and His work on the cross, and keeping us forever safe through the power of His Holy Spirit. Even though we bring nothing to the table worthy of love, He chooses us by His grace alone and calls us His beloved children. Human adoption is a picture of that incredible love!
After our miscarriages the 'parent switch' if you will, was ON. We began the adoption process in January '15 knowing that it was going to be a very hard, very long, and very expensive journey. We have trusted God to lead and provide every step of the way. Throughout the last year, 4 separate 'attempts' to adopt had fallen through leaving us heartbroken and striving to remain hopeful...
Tuesday September 8th, 2015
The day that changed our lives forever.
At about 8am my wife received a call from her mom that a lady (with whom we had discussed adoption earlier in May but plans had fallen through) was in labor at Renown in Reno, NV. She had decided she still wanted to adopt her baby girl to a loving family. In a rush of emotion Audrey called our adoption agency to get information on how to proceed. We hadn't had our actual home study (walk through) and we were still waiting for our FBI background checks to return before we were legally cleared to adopt a child. Both were at LEAST 1 week out and, according to Nevada law, we had 72 hrs to make a move or the child would go to the state and we could not pursue her. That morning, completely unrelated to all that was happening, I received a voicemail from a social worker saying that we could do our home study THAT AFTERNOON! Of course we did and we continued to pray for God to do a miracle. Now that our home study was done, we had until Friday morning for our background check to arrive or she would be put in a care home ($100 a day) while we waited. It could take weeks. We prayed and waited and prayed some more. Wednesday came and went... Thursday afternoon, being emotionally exhausted and scrambling to find the $6,000 we needed just to pay for the home study and secure an attorney, our agency called us and said our background checks had arrived!! If everything went as planned, we were legally cleared to bring her home! We left at 4am Friday morning and went straight to the attorney's office. We met with him and now the waiting game began. Our meeting to sign papers wouldn't be until 6:30pm that night. We prayed and waited. Asking God to please work this out, to please be with the birth mother in all her pain and anxiety, and to comfort her knowing that her little girl would be loved immensely and given a chance at a life she otherwise could not have. We prayed and prayed while we waited. Remembering a sermon I had preached two weeks before 'The righteous will live by His faith.'...we waited. It was the most intense day of our entire lives. We experienced every emotion we could think of all at the same time.
Finally we got the call. The mother had signed the paperwork and we were parents! We went and picked up our beautiful daughter Friday evening and brought her home.
In only 72 hrs God worked miracle after miracle and gave us the gift of our beautiful daughter!
We can't say thank you enough to all who have been praying for us over the years, crying with us, and comforting us as we were on this journey. We have the best family, friends, and church family at Living Stones that anyone could possibly have. We arrived home at 330am this morning to a house full of baby stuff that our family and friends had gotten for us while we were gone on Friday! (Obviously we didn't have time to shop for anything so we had literally NOTHING!)
In 6 months from now, the process will be officially and legally complete and we will receive a new birth certificate!
The last time we wrote about our journey towards becoming parents, we told you how 96 hrs changed our lives in a tragic way. Today we are blessed to share with you how the last 96 hrs have changed our lives in the most joyful way possible!
We are so excited to introduce to you for the first time 'Finleigh May Hornback'!
The longstanding Hornback duo is now a trio!
We love you all very much!
Nathan and Audrey Hornback
Organizer and beneficiary
Brigitte Anderson
Organizer
Elko, NV
Nathan Hornback
Beneficiary