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Adesoji and his wife, Adeola, were still living in their home country of Nigeria and planning their move to the U.S. when they learned the news of young Oluwatoyin being orphaned in 2004. They immediately agreed that it was their destiny to adopt and include her in their growing family. As the couple continued their immigration plans to America, they were blessed with three biological children but continued to visit Oluwatoyin and remained in contact via phone and FaceTime. I

We began the adoption process in February of 2020. New to Illinois, we weren’t sure where to begin nor did we have a network of connections built around adoption like we did in our home state. God led us to ECFA, and the interview process was prayerful, thorough and organized. We felt safe and prepared for each new step, everything was explained so well and we were comfortable with everyone we worked with. Our home-study was completed lovingly and carefully by Joyanna, we had

“We loved working with ECFA – a wonderful, Christ-centered Adoption Agency. We are so very thankful for their diligent work in getting us home study approved. Our social worker offered guidance and wisdom after a fast self-identified adoption opportunity. ECFA’s support during placement and post-placement was excellent. It was a priority to us that our daughter’s birth mom receive support during and post placement, which ECFA’s Pregnancy Support Services team did very well. I

Linda was adopted a few weeks before Christmas in 1959, by Robert and Virginia. Things were a little different with adoptions back then. There was no picking the family or the child, so when Robert and Virginia got the call in the middle of the night, they hastily prepared to go pick Linda up. As it was, the foster home Linda had been placed in had broken out in chicken pox, and the directors did not want Linda to get sick. Robert and Virginia made the trek to Chicago in a sn

Brian and Orenza waited three years before God placed their daughter in their lives. While the waiting was long, they look back over the process and clearly see how God orchestrated the events. Orenza worked at ECFA in the early 2000s in foster care, later transitioning into another job involving mental health. Her daughter, Isabella, is on the autism spectrum, and Orenza knows that God placed her in their care for a reason due to her background in mental health. Isabella was