We are anxiously awaiting our referral and getting to see our child for the first time! Thank you to each and everyone that is investing in the life of our child and helping us to bring them home.

Matching Grant from Lifesong

            We were recently awarded a matching funds grant in the amount of $2500 to help with the remaining adoption expenses through Lifesong, a non-profit private operating foundation!  Lifesong will match any funds that are donated through our friends and family for the expenses of our adoption until October 28th. They will continue receiving donations after that deadline on our behalf until the end of the adoption, as well. All donations over $250 are tax-deductible.  If the Lord is leading you to invest in our family and the life of our child the following options are available:

Ø  Checks may be made out to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40, Gridley, IL 61744

Please include our family number in the memo section (Atwood#3760)

Ø  If you would prefer to give online the website is: www.lifesongfororphans.org/give/donate and fill in the family account number (3760).

We have also included a letter from Lifesong regarding the grant and helping you to understand a little more about the adoption process. God bless you all!

Adoption Story

Dear Friends & Family,

 After years of praying, God confirmed to Nathan and I this past year that we are to add to our family through adoption – just as He adopted us into His family, as His children. Since that time we have realized that our family is incomplete and there is a child out there that belongs in our family and is worth fighting for. 

We have prayerfully and thoughtfully decided to adopt an infant from Ethiopia. Adoption requires much patience and adjustment; however, at this time we are expecting our child to be with our family next summer. We are overwhelmed with excitement, but are also humbly asking for support during this time of transition in our lives. The greatest support that we would ask for is your prayers for our family to find favor in the adoption process and prepare our hearts for the arrival of our new child and also for the safety, peace and comfort of our child as they prepare to meet their family. In combination with prayer, we are also in need of financial support for the remaining $12,000 of our adoption process.

Will you consider joining us in bringing home our baby from Ethiopia? We realize that not everyone has the means to give financially; however, as a family and as brothers and sisters in Christ, we often underestimate the impact that we can make in this world, starting with one life. In whatever way the Lord leads you to help – whether through prayer, phone calls, financial giving or fundraisers – we know that your sacrifices will be seen and blessed by the Lord. We speak from our hearts when we say that we have the most amazing group of family and friends that never cease to amaze us with their love and generosity toward our family. God bless you and we love you all!

 Blessings,
Nathan, Alison, Ethan & Bethany Atwood


Ephesians 1:4-6 “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.”