City & State: Spokane Valley, WA
Church Name: Journey Church of Spokane
Date: May 5th, 2023
Gender and Country: sibling group from Brazil, ages 2 — 15
Adoption Agency: Lifeline
Married ten years in June this loving Christian couple knows the heartache and loss of infertility. Andrew and Samantha share, “Before we were married, we as individuals felt the calling to adopt. We assumed after a few of our own physical children we would adopt. God’s plans for our lives are not always the plans we had intended. Even though we have walked through a journey of infertility, we strongly believe God has been so good and so faithful to us. We also knew His ways are AWAYS better than ours and held on to the promises that He had not forgotten about us and would one day give us the desire of our hearts.”
After serving in missions in several nations before their marriage, the Anderbergs now work for an E-commerce business, Ervin Innovations. While he serves as general and HR manager and accountant, she works as a customer service representative. They are active in their Assembly of God church and are generous donors. Their pastor writes, “Andrew and Samantha are so loving and kind. They will be great parents to the children that come into their home. They will not only be cared for in the home but have a loving Church family to rally around them as well.”
Andrew and Samantha relate, “Last summer we felt God was starting to prepare us for a new journey and we patiently waited for Him to direct our steps. He opened the doors for us to purchase a bigger home than we had previously been living in. We felt through God providing a new home for us, He also placed on our hearts the weight of the responsibility of owning our new home, that His intention was to fill the space in our home and our hearts. We are so excited to start walking on this journey to adopt a sibling group from Brazil and can’t wait to see who God has in store for us.”
Recommendation: $5,000 Matching Grant
Deficit: $40,
