Reviving the Dream
In 2024, Alex and I committed $15,000 to Crossroads' "10X Push," where thousands of people decided they'd give above and beyond their normal tithe to see God's kingdom be brought to earth in a big way through our church. For us, this number was not random, but very specific. We heard God tell us that He has an amazing plan for our family and would be blessing us with a miracle child through adoption. $15k was the average cost to adopt, and so we said, "God: if you want this for us, and you want our family to grow through adoption, we are relying solely on YOU. We're being obedient to the calling you've placed in front of us and we're walking in faith to see what you do with our willing hearts. Our family is going to look how YOU want it to, in YOUR timing, may YOUR will be done." It was a pretty big risk because that was all we had in our savings at the time. But we felt so strongly that in a few years, we'd be able to look back to that ...