Jonnilyn Spinks

Jonnilyn’s Bio:

Jonnilyn is an adoptee who grew up with a very positive adoption experience overall. Her personal story ignited a deep passion for adoption and she decided to pursue working in adoption professionally to share her unique experience with others. She now has over 10 years of professional experience in adoption supporting all sides of the adoption triad – the birth family, adoptive family and the adoptee. She has experience working in an agency setting with direct involvement in birth family care and case management and now works as a consultant supporting adoptive families. Jonnilyn attended the State College of Florida and comes from an extensive background in social services. She, her husband, and two children live in Florida and together, they serve as the Associate Pastors of their church. With a huge heart for ministry, Jonnilyn finds it to be a joy and a calling to walk alongside families in their adoption journey.

Jonnilyn’s Story:

Adoption has always been a special part of my personal journey as an adoptee, but having a front row seat to families who are making adoption a special part of THEIR journey has become one of my greatest joys in life!

Since I began working with Christian Adoption Consultants, I have been blessed with the opportunity to help over 450 families adopt and bring home their child. It is the most exciting and humbling experience I’ve ever been a part of – I have witnessed the extreme highs and lows of the entire process with families.

When I began working in adoption, I had no idea where God would take me and all the plans He had. I was just following what He asked me to do. I have experience providing social services to expecting mothers, I have been in the labor and delivery rooms with them (sometimes in the middle of the night) holding their hands in the most sacred spaces, I have been to their prenatal appointments with them, helped to find safe and stable housing, visited them in jails and even helped with choosing the right adoptive family. I was usually their ride to the hospital when they were in labor and welcoming the adoptive family to her hospital room. I was the one helping a mama complete her consent to adoption and the one to walk across the hospital hallway, pushing a baby in a carrier to introduce the adoptive family to their child.

I currently work solely with hopeful adoptive families through their side of the journey. As a consultant, I assist families through the entire adoption process from the very start to the very end. A family can come to me not knowing a single thing about adoption, except that they feel called to grow their family in this way, and I will help support them through every necessary requirement along the way.

I believe that adoption is at the very heart of the gospel, in so many ways. My prayer is that my life story and experience would be an encouraging testimony of God’s goodness and faithfulness. As an adoptee, my tie to adoption is truly much more personal than professional and I am living proof that God’s plans are BIG and on purpose.