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How This Labor Day Can Benefit Your Adoption Journey
Aug 28, 20243 Min Read
Over the next few days,
we’ll celebrate Labor Day weekend. And since there’s no such thing as a wasted detail on the adoption journey, why not let even this holiday work for your good?
Here are three simple but impactful ways Labor Day can impact your adoption journey—
1. Bond as a family.
What if you used this weekend to lean into some deep family bonding on your adoption journey?
I know, I know. The adoption process can be full of paperwork, meetings, and waiting rooms. And family bonding doesn’t always stay at the top of the to-do list. Sometimes it’s just about getting through the day.
But what if this weekend, you gave yourself permission to pause, to set aside the lists and the logistics, and just focus on being together? It doesn’t have to be perfect or profound—just real, intentional moments where you can connect.
Because trust me, it’s the small, everyday moments that will carry you through the big, life-changing ones.
2. Flip the script.
What if you used this weekend to replace small talk with real talk?
If you’re spending time with friends or family, keep your heart and eyes open for moments to share what God is doing in your home. I know it can be easiest sometimes to just coast through the day with a “We’re fine; everything’s great” attitude, but sometimes the best connections happen when we get a little vulnerable.
If you need emotional or spiritual support, don’t be afraid to mention it to those closest to you. They love you. Let them be part of your story.
And if someone brings up adoption, be open to the conversation if you can.
“So many adoption journeys are sparked by hearing someone else’s story. Your willingness to answer questions might be the nudge someone needs to step into their own adoption journey.”
You never know what God is up to in someone else’s heart, so be ready to share the good, the hard, and everything in between. You might just be part of the next beautiful chapter in someone else’s story.
3. Take time to rest.
The adoption process can feel like a marathon—so much waiting, paperwork, hoping, and wondering what’s next. It’s exhausting in a way that goes beyond the physical. It can drain your heart and mind, too.
So give yourself permission to breathe. To pause. To put the to-do list on hold and let your soul catch up. Rest isn’t just a luxury; it’s a necessity.
Spend time in the Word or in prayer. Reflect on what God has already done in this journey so far—every small step, every door opened, every moment of grace.
Let that be your encouragement that He’s still moving, even in the waiting.
Rest isn’t just a reward after the adoption; it’s something you need now, to sustain you for the beautiful, life-changing days ahead. You’re in His hands, and He’s got this.
Take a deep breath, trust the process, and be encouraged.
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Tommy and Heather only planned to adopt one child.
They had three biological kids already, and they believed their family was nearly complete. Never in a million years could they have predicted what the future held. In Tommy’s words—
“What God had planned was adding five more kids to our family in a story He’s now writing with a family of ten.”
This is a story about saying yes to adoption and seeing what God will do.
“It’s an adoption story only God could write.”
Heather and Tommy were always open to adopting, but while Heather felt the call to move forward, Tommy needed more time. Everything changed when Tommy attended a conference where the speaker talked about adoption, and Tommy felt a shift in his heart. He knew at that moment, God was leading him to say yes to adoption.
“But I still didn’t have the courage for a month or so to tell Heather.”
The reason for his hesitancy?—Tommy and Heather had just quit their jobs to start a new ministry. Tommy explains—
“We took a 100% pay cut and were raising our own support. How were we going to take care of the three kids we already had? It’s not that I didn’t want to adopt; I just couldn’t financially make it make sense.”
But, as Tommy and Heather would soon find out, adoption is an investment far bigger than dollars and cents. It’s about stepping out in faith into a story bigger and better than anything we can write for ourselves.
Adoption makes eternal sense.
“We knew right away.”
Once Tommy told Heather he was ready to say yes to adopting, they knew they would adopt two girls from an orphanage in the Dominican Republic whom they had known for several years through trips overseas.
But as can sometimes happen with an adoption story, what Tommy and Heather thought would be a year-long process turned into a three-and-a-half-year process with multiple court appearances, many trips, living in the DR for months at a time, and taking their whole family back and forth.
“Many times we felt like it was not going to happen, even though we said yes.”
In the end, they brought home two wonderful daughters—Jada and Izzy—and began a journey that hasn’t been easy but was absolutely worth the wait.
“And then, God allowed our path to cross with a single mother who needed help.”
Even before Jada and Izzy’s adoption was complete, God allowed Heather to meet a single mother in their local community who was in need of help and support. Believing strongly that God ordained their meeting, Heather did whatever she could to offer her love and support.
“And within a month of our connection, she asked me to care for her ten-month-old baby girl.”
Surely God wasn’t asking Tommy and Heather to say yes to another child, was He?
“I can remember the first night I went to Tommy and told him Aubree’s mom asked for us to watch Aubree overnight.”
They had no idea what God was doing, but they decided to trust that He was leading, even if they couldn’t see the full picture yet.
And so began the journey of bringing Aubree into their family.
But God wasn’t done.
And this new student, Noah, wanted to learn to play basketball.
Tommy started his career as the head basketball coach at the kids’ school before surrendering to the call of full-time ministry. Their new ministry’s mission was to equip college basketball coaches and athletes to leave a legacy on and off the court for the glory of God.
So Tommy agreed to meet Noah. And that meeting began a year-long investment into Noah’s life.
And then, at the end of the year, a situation occurred where—for Noah to be able to finish school—he needed to find a new place to live.
“I think we all know when opportunities are Divine appointments, when God puts something in front of us and His Spirit nudges us. And we can either say yes and see what God does, or we can say no, and we can talk ourselves out of it.”
—Heather Kyle
So Tommy and Heather welcomed Noah into their home and family to finish school.
When Noah was 22 years old, he asked Tommy and Heather to officially adopt him.
Though it was an adoption story they never anticipated, they again said yes.
Giancarlo’s parents are missionaries in the Dominican, good friends of Tommy and Heather’s. They reached out to see if Giancarlo could live with them to finish high school and pursue playing basketball in college.
Tommy explains—
“Giancarlo has great parents that love the Lord and serve Him. He came to live with us when he was 15. He went to high school and just finished college. And we love him as a son.”
And in the remarkable way that God weaves stories together, Giancarlo grew up serving the orphanage where Jada and Izzy lived before Tommy and Heather adopted them. So they’ve known each other their whole lives.
Giancarlo makes 8 kids, and now the family is a party of 10.
“We started by saying yes to one.”
But God said, “five more.”
When God calls us to step out in faith—especially when it comes to adoption—the word “yes” is loaded. It’s not just a simple, three-letter word. It’s a personal declaration, a holy rebellion against fear. It’s looking at all the unknowns and saying, “We trust You, God, more than we trust our own understanding.”
It’s the audacious belief that God’s plans are infinitely better than our carefully laid-out ones. It’s knowing that when we say “yes,” we’re not just changing a child’s life—we’re letting God radically transform our own.
Thankfully, Tommy and Heather didn’t have to do it alone.
“Lifesong became one of our biggest advocates.”
In Tommy’s words, “We would not be here today if a lot of people, including Lifesong, did not give.”
Here at Lifesong, we believe money should never be the reason a child doesn’t have a family. So through adoption financial assistance, like matching grants, interest-free loans, and adoption crowdfunding pages, we help families like Tommy and Heather’s bridge the gap in adoption fundraising.
Tommy shares—
“People think we’re superhuman, but we’re not. It’s just totally God’s story. We opened up our home and brought in God’s children and literally watched Him change us.”
“You may not be called to adopt today, but we’re all called to do something. And when you invest in adopting or in adoption, you’re making an eternal return on investment that I can guarantee you is going to change a life. My advice?—Ask God what He wants you to invest.”
We agree, Tommy. And we’re thankful for the way you and Heather are showing us how to do it.
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