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Fred & Sarah Richmond Children: Fred III (6); Oziah (11 weeks) Church: Central Reformed Church, Sioux Center, Iowa Adoption has been in the back of my mind for many years. After being diagnosed with PCOS in my late teens I knew that if I wanted a family someday, that adoption was a definite option. My husband and I were very surprised when we found out we were expecting our son in 2008 without any help from doctoring. Trying for baby #2, however, proved...
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Tim and Jayme Osborn Children: Quentin (29, married); Baylea (26); Talia (23, married); Demetrius (17); Malik (12) (Abraham) Kai (8); Vision (5 ) Church: Forerunner Christian Fellowship, Grandview, MO Our adoption journey began years ago when God planted a little seed in Jayme’s heart to adopt a child with straight black hair and darker skin. In all honesty this has been a very long journey. There were many times that Jayme had to lay down this dream and let the Lord carry it. She...
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Oct
Levi and Lindsey
Children: Wyatt (4); Tate (3)
Church: Riverbend Church, Hernando, MS
We knew that adoption was something the Lord was calling us to when we were married, but we had no idea what God’s timing would be in this. We also felt the Lord calling us to serve overseas. After living overseas for 5 years and having 2 boys, we felt very clearly that the Lord was saying it was time to pursue the adoption of a little girl from China.
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“I Hate Adoption” was the title of a blog post that my niece shared on Facebook a couple of times this past year that was written so well by a young lady who is a sibling to several siblings through adoption. This blog post speaks to the piece of adoption that is hard; the brokenness and hating adoption because of this brokenness. This young lady, Kristianna Puckett, so eloquently writes about brokenness and redemption … it is beautifully written (you...
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Dean and Tara Dekkers Church: Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Center Iowa Children: Damon (14); Lane (12); Ella (11); Anaka (9) “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Adoption has been in Tara’s heart for many years and in December of 2013 God opened the hearts of our family to take the steps to move forward with our adoption journey. People have asked “why adopt, you have four children,...
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Hal & Martha Swift family Children: John (10) & Charlie (7) Church: Community Church, Fond du Lac, WI Ever since we were married almost 17 years ago, we have talked about adopting a child. We want to be a forever family for a child who would otherwise have no home. As we started researching adoption agencies, God brought families into our lives who had adopted internationally. Our hearts grew passionate for orphaned children in the states and around the globe. ...
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