Volunteer's Opportunities

Foster and Adopt
Always looking for Families willing to Adopt or Foster a fatherless child. Not only young couple who find adoption as a way to start a family. But also empty nesters who can offer their wisdom after raising a family.

Respite Care
(Defined as "short term care...to provide relief to the regular care giver") No mater how wonderful, committed and loving a parent is circumstances may arise where a trusted and qualified person is need to allow the family to regroup and become refreshed. This not a baby-sitter, but a qualified person who has under gone training as well as back ground checks.

Social Workers and Attorneys of Law
Willing to donate their time to defer some of the adoption costs.

Support
First and always lift us up in prayer.
Pray that resources open to the family considering this call.
That the gospel is shared any time a child is placed with a family.
That Christians will fill the gap that the world is eager to.
That those considering adoption or fostering do not grow weary and that a hedge of protection is placed around them.
Pray that the children who are not adopted will still hear and answer to the call of Christ. And pray that our strength and focus always remain in the will of the Father.

Clothing and Equipment Donations
Gently used Clothing of all sizes from Preemie-Babies to Teen-agers Equipment like car seats, strollers to bikes.

Financial Support
Like all missions, your financial support goes a long way to help us Challenge the Christian Churches as will provide assistance needed in the processes of adoption and care of the Fatherless.

We are the Aspen Project. Our mission is to call God's people to care for the fatherless through Adoption/Foster Care Challenges. Joining with organizations like state-run New Mexico's CYFD (Children, Youth and Families Department) and local Adoption agencies we hope to partner with the churches of New Mexico to provide guidance to God’s people in foster care and adoption.

No organization has the potential to disciple someone in Christ as thoroughly as the family! Daily showing what it means to be a Christian. In this environment we can teach through our words, and more so by our actions.

Likewise, few things reflect God's love as much as adoption. It was his plan for us before the creation of the world, (Ephesians 1:5) bringing us into his family through forgiveness while we were still flawed and full of sin. Now we are heirs of the kingdom of God, having true son-ship because of Christ, who lives within us. How often we take for granted that we are now true brothers and sisters within the family of God. We should not forget that the cost of our adoption came at a very high price; a price that has been paid in full.

There are over 2000 orphaned children in New Mexico, and 858 are ready for adoption now! New Mexico has 1615 churches, so we must ask ourselves why the church cannot meet this need and take advantage of this great opportunity. Therefore, we Challenge the church to answer this call! God calls His church to care for the fatherless, and if we won't, the world will. All that these children want is to be loved, to be safe, and to be wanted.

As a family we feel Gods call to not only adopt and foster but come along side others that feel that same calling. As parents of 5, with kids ranging from 8 to 14 and foster 3 younger siblings we know the struggles that come with parenting, but more so we know the joys. If we can change the life of one child that other wise would not know of the love of God, one life that now has heaven as a final and forever home. Then our mission will be a success.