Our Story.

Ashley loves Jesus! She’a preacher’s kid, a worship leader, and a gifted Bible teacher. So she knows what ministry life looks like…a lot! She is now General Manager for a franchise of women’s fitness boutiques. She loves that — a LOT — but truly can’t wait to start a family.

Brent has been a pastor for over 27 years. He once spoke at a church youth camp where Ashley was a teenager. Yep, he is ten years older than her (that’s why he has some gray hair and she does not). They knew of each other, but didn’t have any kind of relationship then. Ashley’s father, Gary, was the pastor of Brent’s home church in Ft Worth, Texas. So, when Brent was a youth pastor, the church where he was serving sent him to be ordained for ministry at his home church. 

Brent was previously married for 10 years, but they didn’t have children. That very privately and secretly made Brent sad, but he was mostly content with life then. Several years later he was pastoring a church in Dallas, and his then wife told him she didn’t want to be married any longer. Brent was crushed by the experience, and wondered if God was finished with him as a pastor.

Ashley’s father Gary was a great encourager to Brent. He had coffees with Brent and challenged him to keep going and wait for the Lord. Brent had seen the then adult Ashley on Gary’s Facebook page, and knew she was beautiful and loved the Lord. So one day after coffee, Brent had the courage to send Gary a text and say, “Hey, if Ashley isn’t seeing anyone, you should put in a good word for me.”

** Crickets **

No response! So a week later Brent text Gary and said, “Hey I hope I didn’t cross the line asking about Ashley.” Gary said, “No, I just wanted to ask her what she thought first.” Then Gary gave Brent the news of the day, “You should ask her to coffee.”

He did. Eleven dates in the first two weeks and they were both hooked!

They are a good team, love others compassionately, fight for justice, and belly laugh often! It’s usually Ashley catching Brent off guard that starts the cycle of uncontrollable laughter,  They have learned to defend each other, stand together, serve each other and serve others together. It’s a pretty awesome way to live and they believe theirs will be a wonderful home for a child entrusted to them.

A few years after they got married, they began the conversation of starting a family. They dreamed about having their own biological children one day, but in 2019, they discovered some medical issues that meant they had a zero percent chance of getting pregnant. But God was not finished writing that story. And that’s why you are here.

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