Author: LS

Our minimal goal needed for our adoption is $51,000.

Currently we have raised: $22,150 through donations and matching funds.

We are able to cover $15,000 through our savings.

The remaining minimal goal is: $13,830

It is finally here! Grab a seat and get up to date on all that is happening this week in India. This is 15 minutes that will help you know how to pray and get to hear how the Lord is working around the globe!

If you are following our adoption journey, you might wonder where are we in the process?

We are still in the home study phase which began around the start of September. This involves interviews, the home visit, educational requirements, but also includes a lot of intense scrutiny, medical exams, etc. As a result, even though most things have been turned in, the home study is still not officially ready and done.

In particular, we have been working to gather a few additional items that were deemed necessary upon further review. We are still waiting to get a police clearance report from Germany which should hopefully arrive within the next week. We are also working to accomplish one more educational requirement for those who are adopting multiple children. We have submitted the first step and as a second step we need to contact and talk with several families who have done this recently to hear from their experience.

We appreciate your prayers as we continue to move through the process!

Our minimal goal needed for our adoption is $51,000.

Currently we have raised: $22,050 through donations and matching funds.

We are able to cover $15,000 through our savings.

The remaining minimal goal is: $13,930

Our minimal goal needed for our adoption is $51,000.

Currently we have raised: $20,300 through donations and matching funds.

We are able to cover $15,000 through our savings.

The remaining minimal goal is: $15,700

Dear friends and faithful followers,

We know so many of you are eagerly following our adoption journey. We are so blessed to have people on multiple continents and in many different countries praying for us and supporting us. In order to try to effectively communicate, keep everyone up to date, and invite you along our journey as best as possible, we hope to use this blogsite to post updates, prayer requests related to the adoption journey, and other adoption related information.

Don’t worry, we will also post our Stannard Snapshots here (as soon as we actually do them…) and all the normal things will remain. However, we hope that this addition will allow everyone following us to stay as up to date as possible!

We are so thankful for you and the huge role you play in our lives and our journey!

In Christ,

Luke and Michelle

After a very eventful summer, we finally managed to get another video recorded! So sit down and take a 17 minute break to hear about everything from adoption to surgery and the Lord’s provision throughout it all!

In the video we share about our now up and running fundraising opportunity with Lifesong. We are blessed to have matching grants available that allow for a double investment on all gifts up to $7,500. You can find this giving site by following this link: lifesong.org/donate/family and then typing in either our family name or our account number: 11196. Please feel free to share this information to help us raise the necessary funding of $51,000 to bring our children home!

With all the summer films making their debut, we didn’t want to be left out! So grab a chair, dim the lights, and take 15 minutes to get updated on the latest news concerning pur adoption process!

Take a peek at the latest Stannard Snapshot and hear about what God has been doing!

Sadly this video hasn’t arrived to you in April, but it was shot in April, which hopefully counts for something 🙂 We hate to be late with this, but we are excited to share some of the latest adventures and travels! So take a few minutes to join us and see what God is doing around the globe!