Secrets Revealed, Prayers Answered, Winners Notified
by Kendra | Sep 17, 2014 | Babies |
I’ve got good news, and I’ve got good news.
First, the good news.
Remember a few months back, when I hosted an amazing giveaway for a Monastic Immersion Weekend? I had an anonymous sponsor, and asked that you would all pray for her intention, which was very dear to me, too?
Well, good job guys. Pats on backs all around.
The anonymous sponsors were my brother- and sister-in-law. I mentioned their desire to have children in my Dear Newlywed post. The secret intention of the giveaway was that they would be blessed with a baby. The retreat was last weekend. Just a couple of days before the winner headed off to silent immersion, Pat and Brie brought this little guy home with them to Virginia.
Meet my nephew, Luke Anthony . . .
My sister-in-law, Brie, wanted to thank you all herself!
Thank you everyone for all of your prayers and well wishes during our adoption journey. Pat and I can’t begin to tell you how much we appreciate them! We are still blown away by how effective they were and are thrilled to be able to introduce our son, Luke Anthony! Luke is a dream come true for us and came into our lives so quickly that we truly feel like he is a testament to the power of prayer. We struggled for over four years to start our family and within 3 weeks of activating with our adoption agency and asking for your prayers, we received a call that a woman had chosen us to adopt her unborn child. Our agency estimates that couples will be chosen by a birthmother within 6 to 9 months of becoming active. Adoption can be such a long and painful experience for couples, filled with false starts and endless waiting. We know how lucky we are to have Luke and give all credit to prayer and the intersession of St. Anthony and countless other saints who had a hand in giving us the greatest blessing of our lives! Given the quick turnaround, I’m also thankful that my sister-in-law started this blog so I have a handy dandy resource for raising this little man. I can’t wait to parent with authority! 🙂
We are so very grateful and will keep all of you in our prayers! Luke has already gotten started on this too…
We couldn’t be more excited about our new cousin around here. We like cousins. As Bobby pointed out, “Baby Luke already has more cousins than I do.”
Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers. You are the best readers a gal could have.
Update: people have asked if Baby Luke has a registry, indeed he does. (But no pressure.)
And for the rest of the good news, there’s also the giveaway of Catholic Churches, Big and Small by Stefan Salinas.
The lucky winner is . . .
Elise of the blog BlissfulE!
She gets a copy of the book, plus a beautiful giclee print by Stefan.
If you didn’t win, you’ll just have to order the book for yourself
. I highly recommend it!
Praise God!! Congratulations Brie and Pat! God bless your growing family 🙂
That is such wonderful news! Thank you for sharing (especially the pictures of that sweet baby). Congratulations and many blessings to your brother and sister-in-law.
Yay, Baby Luke! <3
That's great news! Congratulations to your brother- and sister-in-law and to your family. Cousins are the best.
Oh, congrats to them!
That's so wonderful! I love to see answered prayers, especially if I prayed 🙂 Another Tierney is definitely what the world needs.
Oh I'm so thrilled for them! Welcome to the world, Baby Luke!
what a touching story.
Many many congratulations to them!!! Luke is one of my absolute favorite names!
Oh, this totally brought tears to my eyes!
Tears over here too! What a blessing! I'm so happy for the whole family.
Hurray!!! Congratulations to you all!
Wonderful! Congratulations!
This is the BEST NEWS!!!!
He is a beautiful little boy and so happy for them. Now they have to put their name on the list for a sister for him. No brother is content without a sister to torment. I'll wait and see if there is a baby shower or a visit from cousins. I did send him a silver baby cup like all of my grandkids have.
I also got all choked up! How wonderful for them. Children are such a blessing, and I'm so excited for your brother- and sister-in-law!!!
Fantastic!! That is such amazing news! And so quick!! Luke is extremely cute, I can already tell what a blessing he is! (And I'm super-excited about my book and print, too! Thank you!)
Love and tears! I feel privileged to be an adoptive mama and know just how special these bonds are! Adoption is filled with loss and lots of love and redemption.
What a beautiful boy! We're so happy for Pat and Brie.
That is AMAZING! Such a blessing!!! What adoption agency did they go through? I would love to pass the information on to another couple who is struggling with infertility and beginning to pray about adoption.
xox,
giedre
Hi Giedre,
We used American Adoptions based out of Overland Park, Kansas. They are a nation-wide agency that handles domestic adoptions only. We would be happy to answer any questions that the other couple you know may have.
Take care,
Brie
This is so beautiful! I am so happy for your brother and SIL. My husband and I are pursuing a domestic infant adoption and are matched with a baby girl due Dec 15. We are so excited! It's always so nice to see other families blessed by adoption 🙂
This is so beautiful! I am so happy for your brother and SIL. My husband and I are pursuing a domestic infant adoption and are matched with a baby girl due Dec 15. We are so excited! It's always so nice to see other families blessed by adoption 🙂