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What’s the Difference Between Bolivian Kids and Your Kids?
Last week, we introduced you to some Bolivian kids, specifically 7-year-old Lucas. Today, we're excited to share some thoughts from a faithful Lifesong adoption and orphan care advocate, Terry Smathers. My wife and I just returned from Cochabamba ... home of Fundación Esperanza, Lifesong's ministry to over…
An Unlikely Advocate: How Community Transformed My Foster Child’s Experience
Guest post by Amanda Baird from More Than Enough A few years ago, I listened to an audiobook with one of my foster children. As the narrator described how a little boy’s aunt and uncle were treating him terribly, my foster daughter gasped, “He needs to be in…
From Scorched to Watered | Finding Strength After Placing My Child
Guest post from Eren Moore Isaiah 58:11 reads, “And the LORD will continually guide you and satisfy your desire in the scorched places, and give strength to your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.”…
Being Seen Saved My Life: My Adoption Story
Guest post by Destiny Twohill The older I get, the more I understand about my adoption. I’m reminded by God of how much bigger His plans are than mine tend to be, and I like to consider myself a big planner and a big dreamer. And yet there…
From Congo to China: An Adoptee & Adoptive Dad Shares His Story
During the month of November—National Adoption Month—we're honored to lift up various voices from the adoption triad: the child, the birth parents, and the adoptive parents. Today's guest post comes from Zawadi Morrow, speaking into his life as an adoptee and an adoptive dad. In his words... My…
From Orphan to International Adoptee
During the month of November—National Adoption Month—we’re honored to lift up various voices from the adoption triad: the child, the birth parents, and the adoptive parents. Today’s guest post comes from Amanda Carpenter, speaking into her life as a former orphan and an international adoptee and adoptive mom. In her…
How Guatemala Changed My Perspective
Thank you for praying for orphaned and vulnerable kids in Guatemala. This summer, college student Haley spent time there, loving and serving the kids in our care. She writes— I just returned from spending 8 weeks in Guatemala. Specifically, I stayed at Village of Hope, a ministry…
These 30 Minutes Made All the Difference
Maybe you've heard a phrase like this recently: I was just at the right place at the right time. It was such a coincidence! I guess the universe wanted it to be this way. Being grounded in God's Truth, we know there's no such thing as just where…
One Fundraising Miracle After Another
After our home study was approved, we were unsure how we were going to come up with the next phase of costs. But when we received word that we were offered a matching grant through Lifesong and that they'd also help us in our fundraising efforts, our attitude…
And Now, We Wait
Jon and Stacey barreled through their to-do list. They completed their paperwork, finished classes, and officially took their profile "live." All that was left to do was wait. (Which, as anyone who has gone through the adoption process knows, waiting no small task.) Still raising the extra funds…