Getting Started

Hi there! And welcome. We are about to embark on a wonderful adventure and we’d like to take as many as we can with us. My name is Maria and I am married to a wonderful man of God named Jared. We were married in 2005. I accepted Christ as my savior at the age of 12, and for as long as I can remember, the plan was to change the world. As I grew older the plan morphed a bit here and there. The one thing that hasn’t changed is our desire to take “the next right step” and glorify God in everything we do and say.

We were blessed with a wonderful baby boy in 2008 named Sawyer, a spirited little boy who keeps me on my toes. He is the apple of my eye. God has used Sawyer to show me that when you think you couldn’t possibly love a person more than you already do, you can! I love him more and more every day.

So, did we feel like something was missing…honestly, no. We are a simple family, taking the next right step, making sure we are doing all we can to honor and glorify God.

Well…the next right step seemed to bring about baby #2. And we’ve been on that step for about two years now. Don’t get me wrong. I am perfectly content with the baby I have. I just thought that obviously came next. My doctor labeled me with Secondary Infertility. “It’s time to go see a fertility doctor, if you want to mother a second child,” she said. All I heard was: Hope you have some money saved up. You’ll have to pay to go through the worst physical, emotional, and financial time of your life!

Not exactly where I felt the Lord leading me. There have to be other options. Soon we found out how we were going to change the world.

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.” Psalm 28:7 NKJV