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Bringing Home the Boy in the Pink Shirt: An Adoption Journey
As Jackie scrolled through Facebook one day, she saw a photo that stopped her in her tracks. At 15 years old, the child in the photo looked like a baby. He wore a little pink shirt and lay in a crib in a Ukrainian orphanage. Shocked, she sent…
Story of Redemption: Meet Albina
Albina was just 7 years old when her grandparents died in a house fire. Just a few years earlier, her mom and dad both died, as well. With the only caregivers she had ever known now gone, she moved nearly six hours away to live with her uncle.…
From Congo to China: An Adoptee & Adoptive Dad Shares His Story
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 anadoptive dad. In his words.— My story begins in a small village in…
Our Goal for Families in Crisis in Ukraine
In our last update from Ukraine, we introduced you to a brand new camp meant to help students build life-changing job skills for their future. Today, we'd like to share another important aspect of our ministry to children and families in crisis. In many ways, this ministry represents…
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…
What Happens When Vulnerable Children Are Seen?
Some of the most urgent needs are also the most hidden. Orphaned and vulnerable children are often the first to be cast aside and forgotten. In this past year, the number of children at risk is at an all-time high and protection of children is at an all-time…
Her Sister Was Her Whole Life | Guatemala Update
Thank you for caring about orphaned and vulnerable children in Guatemala. Today we want to share a story about two young sisters who are directly benefiting from your prayer and support. Our team in Guatemala writes— Yolanda* was always hungry. She had learned to ignore the pains…
How Does an Adoption Matching Grant Work?
Have questions about adoption fundraising? To some families, applying for adoption grants and loans seems like just another piece of paperwork that may or may not work in their favor. But the families we've worked with have found it's one of the most important pieces of the fundraising…
God’s Continued Faithfulness in Bolivia
Last year, our team in Bolivia wrote these devastating words: What we are seeing here in Bolivia is heartbreaking. The hospitals are overrun, cemeteries are full, and pharmacies are running out of medication. Daily, people are dying in the streets as they try to find a hospital with…
Never Forgotten: Rivaldo’s Story
Rivaldo was born in La Gonave, nicknamed "Haiti's forgotten island." This small island is near Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, and the people who live there are no strangers to hardship. For decades, they've lived with unbearable levels of poverty, lack of access to education and human services, and a…