Aiden

Dear Family and Friends,
The time has come! We are adopting again. We have had several situations come up over the past few months that have seemed like they might “be the one” and none of them has worked out for one reason or another. Over the past months the Lord has brought the issue of Down Syndrome to the front of our minds. We are aware of the life time commitment that raising a child with DS involves and we have felt the YES of the Lord over this for us as a family.

In August the Lord brought a little one to our attention. His name is Aiden and he is from the Eastern Europe- he is at the same orphanage where Derek and Renee’s boys are. (Yes, an international adoption for us this time! Just as Tracie was getting familiar and gaining an strong grasp of domestic adoption, the Lord is stretching us by taking us into a less familiar territory.) So here we go! We’re so grateful that Derek and Renee are walking this road ahead of us, and that we have them to help us through it.

Aiden was born 3/1/06. He has Down Syndrome, as well as a heart valve defect. The minute we saw Aiden’s picture, our hearts were totally drawn in. The kids first response was, “When can we bring him home?” Elia just kept pointing to the screen and saying, “awww, bubo, bubo!!” (her word for baby). There are no real words to describe how we have fallen in love with this wee one in just moments, other than to say the Holy Spirit has planted him in our hearts.

If all goes well and the Lord brings him into our family, we will name him “Aiden Joseph”- Aiden means “little flame” and Joseph means “he will enlarge”- we believe the prophetic destiny over Aiden’s life is that he will be a little flame that will grow. We believe that his life will be a light to many and will set the hearts of others ablaze with the true spirit of adoption and a heart to live out James 1:27.

We have seen the Lord provide for adoptions over and over again, and we have no doubt that he can do this for this precious one! If all goes well the facilitator we are using through Reece’s Rainbow felt we might be able to bring him home in January or February.

Please pray for us and pray for Aiden! We will keep you updated with progress as things move along.

Each time the Lord has called us to adoption, He has asked us to trust Him to provide. When we adopted Elia in 2007 we started with nothing, and the Lord miraculously provided $16,000 for her adoption expenses within 2 months!

We have begun our adoption journey to Aiden with an enormous YES in our hearts, but once again completely leaning on the Lord for financial provision. He has provided the money for the first phase of our adoption, and we are now in need of about $20,000 to move forward with adoption fees and travel/lodging expenses while we are out of the country.

There are several ways you can give to our adoption fund:

1. Checks payable to John and Tracie Loux can be mailed to-

12312 Askew Street, Grandview, MO 64030

2. For tax deductible contributions, you may give through Reece’s Rainbow, click below:

3. You may use our PAYPAL link on our home page and mark your gift “Adoption”

4. You may also wish to participate in some of the fund raising events we are holding:

Please look under the “News and Events” tab for the fund raisers that we have planned.

5. NEW!!!! Matching Gift Opportunity (Tax Deductible)

We have had an incredible opportunity to raise $10,000 in a very short amount of time. We have a donor who will match dollar for dollar any gift given to our adoption between now and Christmas up to $5000!!!!!
GOD IS SO FAITHFUL!

So as you consider your giving, no matter what the size, your gift will automatically double when it is received! Your giving will be tax deductible!

Checks should be made payable to: “Tekoa 211 Ministries” (do not write our name on the memo, simply write Orphan Fund)

Mail payments to:
John and Tracie Loux
12312 Askew Street
Grandview, MO 64030

Pray with us for $5000 to become $10,000 in the next few weeks!!!!!