Dear Jen,

…Through the ‘Power of Right Now’ and ‘You, Inc.’ I rekindled a long held dream of adopting a child. At the time, there were many challenges and obstacles in my way. I didn’t know anyone in my small world who had adopted. I had not yet told my husband of my desires. We had a very full life with two young daughters. Once I began talking about my thoughts, I discovered I did not have the full support that I needed and was often met with fear and negativity by others…Even through all this, you, dear Jen, encouraged me to step into the dream and try it on…You said that if this was something that spoke to me, it deserved to be a true possibility in my life. Long after your class ended, I continued to research and meet like-minded families who would inspire my decision. When it got too stressful for me at one point, you encouraged me to wait it out for many months and literally detach and remove myself from the adoption thoughts to see what would come up. Months later, my heart was so clear… Through your help, I stayed the course..We were finally going to adopt a precious 2 year old boy in Kazakhstan who desperately needed us just as much as we needed him.

Almost 5 years after I first began working with you, I sit here writing to you with my 3 year old son beside me on the couch…I know that without having experienced your teachings I would not have looked deep inside myself to find that this is what I felt called to do. I am certain I would have lived a smaller more ‘typical’ life and likely had many ‘what if’ moments later on. I would not have had the courage or determination to make our family of 5 a beautiful reality…People in my own community have been equally inspired and moved by watching our story unfold. We now sponsor two teen-agers in Kazakhstan who had never had the chance to be adopted. My parents sponsor another teenager as well. In one act of loving another child, I know I have changed the course of the lives of many children down the road. I silently thank you and your teachings so often when I look at my little boy sitting with us at the dinner table, playing in the grass — all of our lives are forever changed because I had the courage to finally step into my dreams. God bless you, Jen! I am forever grateful for you.