meet the families
Every family’s adoption story is different.
And every family faces different challenges or barriers along the way. As our founders like to say, the adoption journey is “gloriously hard”.
Through Adoption Aid grants, Show Hope helps to break down one barrier in particular—the financial barrier. As you help make these grants possible through your giving, you can also follow the stories of a few of the families impacted and come alongside them in prayer.
Our Families
The Beans
Jessica and Michael Beans have had an open heart for adoption since the beginning of their marriage. In faith, they took their first steps toward starting the adoption process and have been on the journey since. In December 2023, the Beans were awarded a Show Hope Adoption Aid grant. They are now preparing their hearts and home as they wait to welcome a child home from South Africa.
The Laras
Andrés and Rachel Lara have always felt a deep calling toward adoption. During 2020, the Lord began to impress upon their hearts that it was time to take the steps forward in seriously pursuing their family’s adoption journey. Today, with the help of a Show Hope Adoption Aid grant, the Laras are currently in the process of adopting from the country of Bulgaria.
The Poteets
Jennifer and Joshua Poteet brought their son, Ezra, home through domestic adoption in 2023. In November 2024, the Poteet family received a Show Hope Medical Care grant that will help cover appointments and surgeries to treat a rare eye condition Ezra has.
The Willises
Adoption was always a part of the plan for Amanda and Justin Willis. In June 2024, they brought their daughter, Josephine, home from India after receiving a Show Hope Adoption Aid grant. Josephine was diagnosed, in India, as bilaterally profoundly deaf. The Show Hope Medical Care grant the Willises received will now help them as they walk this journey of providing Josephine with the best care possible.