Al & Rebecca Aasen
We’re Al and Rebecca Aasen from Salado, TX. As believers active in our church, adoption has long been on our hearts, and this journey feels like a dream coming to life. We love our two dogs, home projects, hiking, SUP, and simple joys like kites and bonfires. More than anything, we hope to give our future child a love for God, an appreciation for life’s simple gifts, and the assurance that they are already deeply loved.
**The first $3,000 donated to this project will be matched!!**
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Baby Aasen
After years of infertility and three losses, and meeting later in life after both healing from divorce, we knew adoption was the path God had placed on our hearts. We focused first on building a strong, loving foundation for our future child. In January 2026, we began our adoption journey, were home study approved in March, and now work with Christian Adoption Consultants and multiple agencies as we faithfully wait to be matched.
**UPDATE** We welcomed our beautiful daughter Tully into our family at the end of October and are overjoyed!!
Ms. Leona and family
Leona, who lost her Navy veteran husband about 10 years ago, lives in a suite attached to the home of her daughter, Shellee, and son-in-law, Don, also a Navy veteran. There’s a special connection in this project, as adoptive dad Al is an Army veteran himself. Shellee and Don have opened their home to children through foster care and adoption, fostering for more than 20 years and welcoming eight children into their home, four of whom they adopted. This project will provide Leona with much-needed home improvements while also blessing Shellee and Don with new flooring—a beautiful opportunity for one veteran family to come alongside another while caring for a widow and a family that has spent so many years caring for others.
A Different Kind of Fundraiser
A team of volunteers is completing a service project of fixing up a widow's home. We are raising sponsorship for our day of service. The funds raised will help a child to become adopted into a forever family. Will you sponsor us?
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Your tax-deductible donation is to the 501(c)3 non-profit organization Both Hands Foundation (EIN 26-1879659). In following IRS guidelines, Both Hands’ governing board retains full discretion over the donation’s use, but intends to honor the donor’s suggestion. Both Hands does not charge an administrative fee and raises its operating support separately. Donors that supply their email will receive a tax receipt upon donation. Those who leave it blank will receive a mailed tax receipt at year end, if the donation is $250 or more.
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We don’t take a penny out of the funds raised for adoption or orphan care projects for ourselves.
We are committed to doing everything we can to help our Both Hands families afford adoption. That’s why we don't take out any administrative fees from donations to our projects. If a donor chooses not to cover the credit card and processing fees, Both Hands will cover it to ensure 100% of the gift supports the cause.
We raise funds for our operations separately through support from donors like you. By supporting Both Hands, you help us serve more adoptive families, bless more widows, and bring even more children into their forever families.