Sunday, March 13, 2016

Here we grow again!

It has been forever since I have updated our blog, I had intentions of updating at least every few months. But, life gets busy, and I forgot. Hopefully I will be better about it this time!

So, our news! We are in process of adopting twin boys from China! They are beautiful, and we are so excited that our family is growing again. I will copy the story from our Facebook page below for those that have not been able to follow us on there yet.

Hello! Thank you for visiting our adoption page. We are Beck and Brock Paul. We have 3 bio children (Ashton 18, Hanna 16, & Averie 8) and our youngest son was adopted from China in 2013 (Hudson 6). We have all been very blessed with Hudson. He is a smart, funny and a loving little boy! He has came such a long way since coming home in September 2013. I (Beck) always wanted to adopt, and when I first laid eyes on Hudsons picture, I fell in love and knew he was ours. I thought our family was complete, we had 2 boys and 2 girls, it was comfortable. Well, God has other plans for us and our family....
On January 9th, 2016, a fellow adoptive family had shared a photo of these beautiful twin boys, urgently needing their forever family to run to them. I felt like I did my part and shared their photo and story on Facebook. I tried not to think about them, but I couldn't get them off of my mind. I felt such a connection with these faces and they were pulling at my heart. Monday came around, Brock was at work and I was in the kitchen, doing dishes. He begins to text me and said "call the agency about the boys, see what we need to do, but NO COMMITMENT." Of course I was excited as I knew the Lord was pulling at his heart too! I quickly made contact and we had until that Friday (4 days) to decide if we would commit to these boys, apply to the agency and for pre-approval from China to adopt them and to pay the application fee and pre-approval fee, We didn't have the amount of money needed for these initial fees, so we decided to set up a Go Fund Me account. Well, the Lord provided in 24 hours!


The boys are 2.5 years old. They are in an orphanage in a beautiful providence in China. They were both born with a rare brain malformation called Schizencephaly. Basically they have a cleft in one side of their brain. They both have weakened muscles and speech delays. Schizencephaly can cause seizures and water to build up in their brain as well, so it is important to get them home as soon as we can so they can see the medical professionals and have testing to prevent further damage.

We plan to use this page to share our adoption journey. It is such a beautiful yet rough process. I called it a roller coaster ride when we were going through this with Hudson....it has a lot of ups and downs. I want to keep this page real, not just share in all the good. We plan to use this page to ask for prayer and to pray for others, to share updates on the boys and the adoption process. To share our fundraising ideas, and eventually to share about our travel to China and bringing the boys home!


Our prayer needs right now are to please keep the boys safe and healthy while they are waiting for us. Also, for the Lord to prepare them to come home and be a part of their family. This will be a huge change for these boys. They didn't have a say in being abandoned and to be raised in an orphanage and now they don't get a say in us adopting them and bringing them home. There is a lot of loss in adoption, for the children. We love them dearly and hope they will feel loved and cared for quickly. Please pray for our family here at home. Mainly pray for our youngest two children, I am sure there will be some jealousy but I pray they can work it out with us and I also pray Hudson does not have any set backs. He is doing so good and I don't want him to feel left out or replaced with his two little brothers. At this time he is very excited to have 2 little brothers, but they aren't here yet! And please pray for the finances needed to complete the adoption process. 

Adoption is very costly, there are so many people who are involved and no one works for free. From the social worker who completes the home study, the agency who completes the adoption process to the Chinese government and orphanage and many,many more steps there....everyone gets paid. It is expected that it will cost around $55,000, including the required travel, to get the boys home. We know the Lord will provide, we just need to listed and follow Him. We do not want the finances to get in the way of bringing them home as quickly as possible. We are hoping to travel in October or November to bring them home!

If you would like to follow our Facebook page, you will find it here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1000528550027746/

If you feel led to donate towards bringing our boys home, there are a few ways to do so:

1. Our PayPal link is the same as on this page to the right. If you use Paypal to donate towards our adoption, we will get 100% of the amount donated. 
2. We also have a Go Fund Me account set up. It is very quick and easy to donate through there. Using Go Fund Me to donate does take out a few fees, we get most of the amount donated. https://www.gofundme.com/paulfamilyadoption
3. You can also send or drop off a donation to our bank at:
First Federal Savings & Loan
Attn: Paul Family Adoption Savings Acct
800 West Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920

                  And...here are our boys! 




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