About

We are Derek & Lisa Lindholm. In October, 2004, we embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. We decided to expand our family through international adoption. Almost two years later a judge in Khabarovsk, Russia pronounced us parents of a 22 month old boy, Oleg.

Our journey to Oleg did not come without its struggles. Additional paperwork and travel continually increased our costs and we quickly eclipsed our original budget. We looked to fundraisers to help fill in the financial gaps.

Spring, 2006, we made and sold boxes of chocolate truffles to friends, family and those we met over the internet. People loved the candy so much they begged us to make them again. By the time we were ready to open the chocolate factory we no longer needed money to fund our own adoption. Thus Sweet Hope was born.