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shift your definition of family

Welcome to our adoption page. Kate and I are in the process of adopting a baby from South Korea. We are so blessed by God, and we feel led to be parents to a child in need of a loving home. Many have asked us why adopt?

We are asking people to shift their definition of family. The way we see it, we are all God's children. If one of his children needs a home, then we are happy and thankful to be able to provide that home.

On this page, you will find updates on our adoption and things we are doing to raise money to fund our adoption. We have a long way to go until our baby comes home, but we know God will provide patience and support for us during this process.

Andy & Kate

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
~James 1: 27

If you are interested in a piggy bank, Kate can create most any custom design you wish
If you have a room theme or a bedding design you want to match, she can do it!

Monday

So it has been a long time since we have posted anything to our blog. Thanks to the overwhelming support from family and friends we are close to raising all the money we need for our adoption. It has been such a blessing to watch how God has provided for our needs. If you are still interested in piggy banks we are still painting them. We are already talking about where we will be adopting child number two from. :)

Updates about our adoption:

We should be getting our photo referral in the next 4 weeks. We are anxiously awaiting the first moment we see our little one's face.
We do know that it will be a boy. He could be anywhere from 14 months to 22 months when we fly to get him.
We did state on our application that we would accept twins (however that is very unlikely).
Once we get our photo referral, we could fly to Korea to pick him up as quickly as 2 months or as long as 7 months.
We have decided on a boy name: Anderson James (nickname: AJ).

Once our eyes were opened to the needs of orphans around the world, it has begun to reshape our lives. While we are waiting to go to Korea to pick up Anderson, we can't put our lives on hold. So this June and July we will be going to Honduras for 3 weeks to volunteer at an orphanage that our church is adopting. Andy is going to lead soccer camps and Kate is going to lead art camps. We know we can adopt every orphan around the world but we can lead lives that demonstrate our love for them.

Wednesday

shift where you put your change

Kate is hand-painting piggy banks. Several examples are below. They make a great Christmas, birthday or shower gifts. We can also paint custom designs if you want your favorite team, a favorite painting or a pig to match a room. Please keep in mind that since each bank is hand-painted, there will be small differences in each pig.

We are willing to ship pigs as long as the buyer is willing to pay the shipping costs.

If you're interested in purchasing a bank, email Andy at abhighsmith@gmail.com or Kate at salemkate04@hotmail.com.

Jumbo Banks--$30

Large Banks--$20

Small Banks--$12