The Andersons:
Chapter 1
God has a certain path for everyone.
We chose to walk down the path of helping a beautiful little girl.
She would change our lives forever.
We are no longer the two Mustketeers.
We are three and that is what made us keep fighting.
NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS!’
-Gina and Andrew Anderson
Gina and Andrew Anderson contacted us in May 2004 during their daughter’s adoption. Their story is similar to the BBAS Eastern European clients, and reinforces everything we have said in this website about Denise Hubbard’s duplicity and bad business practices. Denise more mercenary to her Guatemalan clients than she is towards her Eastern European clients. Right down to withholding payment of fees to foreign contacts, increasing the length of time a child stays in-country.
Guatemalan babies are more profitable than sickly Amrex Russian children. A profit Denise is pocketing from unsuspecting clients. Thanks to the Andersons and their willingness to share their experience, we can show how Denise is truly ripping her families off.
Gina Anderson was only 22 years old and recently married to Andrew when she was heartbroken to learn she would never be able to carry a baby. That age is young for a woman to be told she is infertile; but no matter the age, the news is devastating to any woman – and the man she is with. She had always wanted to be the mother to two girls. The news she could not have those two girls hurt, but there were alternatives.
As one path to parenthood was closed, another path was waiting to be trod: that of adoption. Gina and Andrew were amenable to creating a family via adoption. They did not hold any prejudice against adoption, and felt they could love and nurture a baby whether by physical birth or by adoption.
Unfortunately, the adoption world was a maze this young couple was ignorant of. They had no idea where to begin, what to do, where to adopt, domestic, international. They were not a wealthy family – solidly middle class – and having been married for only three years, they also didn’t know the financial costs of an adoption.
When they contacted adoption agencies, they were told they could not adopt because of Gina’s young age. But they remained steadfast in their determination to become parents, age not an issue to them.
The Andersons did not own a computer. Andrew’s mother Vickie did and was thrilled to help with research and support. Vickie co-owned a shop in a rural town in Northeastern Ohio and was new herself to the Internet. “International adoption” Vickie told me on the telephone, “was what got me on the Internet!”
She researched international adoption agencies on their behalf, giving them the information to review. However, the responses about Gina’s age were the same as those of the domestic agencies. They would not take clients under the age of 25.
Undaunted, Vickie continued her Internet search and that path led straight to the website of Building Blocks Adoption Service, Inc as it had us in December 1998.
“Her website was really great” Vickie said remembering how she felt upon seeing it. She felt good because BBAS was a local Ohio agency. If it was a local adoption agency, it would be perfect for Andrew and Gina. She didn’t realize until later, going with an out of state adoption agency is just as good – sometimes even better – than dealing with an in-state agency .
Vickie first contacted Denise in October 2002. Upon hearing Gina’s story, Denise spewed her list of Spiritual Benefits, going into the stratosphere about her agency. She told Vickie what she wanted to hear, not what she needed to hear. Denise works her magic on the unsuspecting, stringing together tales of happily-ever-after adoption stories, children making their parents’ parenthood dreams come true.
Denise Hubbard is a talented, natural sales woman when first approached. She’s so accommodating, understanding, kind and gracious. When first approached.
Denise told Vickie a Guatemalan adoption could be completed in four to six months. Sounds familiar. Is four to six months the timeline Denise Hubbard uses for all of her adoption programs?
To the Andersons, Denise laid it on. Gina’s age? No problem! No problem at all! They could get a baby. And that baby could, again, be home within four to six months! Guatemala had the youngest babies! The best care! And she could get the Andersons a little baby girl!