A New Addition to Our Family.

Dear Friends and Family,

We are very excited to share with you the news of a new addition to our family!  Many of you are already aware that we have been in the adoption process for the past year.  We apologize to those of you that are learning this right now for the first time; however, the timing with the adoption process is a bit tricky.  Therefore, we have been cautious about “going public” with this news until now.

Having said this, we would like for you to know that we are nearing the end of the approval process with an adoption agency in the Memphis area.  Consequently, we will soon be eligible and patiently awaiting the placement of a young child into our home.  From the very beginning, we have been passionate about adopting a black infant boy.  Lord willing, we hope to adopt this young child from the Memphis area.  We are thrilled, anxious, and a little nervous.

We expect to receive approval from the agency within the next month or so.  After that we will eagerly await for the placement of our new son into our home.  While we are uncertain about the timeframe of the placement process, our guess is that this will occur in the very near future (within the next 6 months, hopefully).  So, we have begun to make the necessary preparations for the arrival of our little Henry Banks Weaver.

As you all know adding a new member to the family requires a financial commitment.  This is especially true when engaging in the adoption process.  We have planned accordingly, and God has indeed blessed us with the ability to absorb many costs associated with the adoption.  However, we do have numerous remaining costs related to the adoption.  Therefore, we humbly ask that you might consider helping us with this endeavor.  It is not easy for us to make this request, but several of you have already expressed your desire to support us throughout this process.  So, we would be very grateful for you to consider helping us in this way.  Fortunately, Blake works for a non-profit organization that allows our family to raise additional financial support if/when needed.  Therefore, we can accept support through his organization.  This allows you to financially contribute to our family as well as receive a tax deduction for your gift.  We will include more information about this at the bottom of this e-mail.        

We are absolutely blessed with the friends and family that God has given us.  We deeply appreciate you celebrating this opportunity along with us.  The words of encouragement, prayers, financial support, etc. that you have already contributed has meant so much to us.  Our plan is to soon start a blog so that we can keep you updated as our family moves forward.  Thank you for so graciously supporting us!

Sincerely,

Blake & Christi 

If you desire to financially support us, please consider these giving options:

·         You can make an online donation by following this website: https://nics.org/Donate.aspx

            o   Destination:  Missionary Support

o   Project #:  003109

·         You may also write a check to NICS.  In the memo line, please write “Weavers #003109.”