This section contains stories of God’s amazing work in the lives of families. These testimonies show the unique ways in which God works in each individual heart.
Jake and Corrie's Story
In September of 2010 I got an email from promise686 requesting families to come make meals for the Loaves and Fishes project on October 2, 2010. I nervously asked Jake if we could participate in this event we’d never heard of, with an organization we barely knew anything about, at a church (not our church) over an hour away.
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Lance and Malisa's Story
Beginning in 2009, I felt God stirring in my heart that He wanted to use our family for His purposes in a big way.
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Rachel's Story
People ask me a lot of questions about my family. Do you feel more loved than your adopted siblings? Who are you closest with? Did you feel neglected by your parents? I can honestly say that my family is one unified unit, not separated into the “biologicals” and the “adopted”; I can also say that I NEVER once felt neglected by my parents, or that the adoptions caused them to not care as much about me. When I respond this way I almost always get a surprised look at the least, a doubtful “Really?” at the most. At first I was both shocked and offended at people’s disbelief, but then I thought it over. Maybe the human heart is not infinite, and from an outsider’s perspective, stretching it to not only accept but incorporate 4 strangers into your family seems almost impossible to do fully. But what I know for certain is that God’s love is infinite, his heart is universal, and his vision is endless.
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Safe Families-- Paul and Tracy's Story
Had I wanted to pick scriptures to support my reason for hosting children in short-term crisis, I’d have picked one of these: the Good Samaritan; Jesus’ listing of the top two commandments – “love God, love people”; the Biblical mandate to help orphans and widows; or the passage that says, “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” By selecting one of these, I would be casting myself in the role of God’s obedient servant. Sort of a Christian Wonder Woman with a soft heart for kids.
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Caitlin's Story
The desire to be involved with foster children is something that God has been working in my life for some time. While attending school at Berry College, I was able to get a glimpse of foster families through the Winshape Foster Homes that are located on the campus. During my freshmen year I attended a Bible study hosted by one of the foster families. I only attended once, but God used the mother’s words to speak to my heart. I began to see these children and His love for them.
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The Brannan Bunch
In April of 2010, we received a calling. It wasn’t a calling to plant a church, go to seminary, or go overseas, but a calling of a different kind – the adoption of a waiting child.
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Patrick and Tiffany's Story
We had two biological children when God first seriously put adoption on our hearts. My pregnancies had been challenging on many levels, and we had no desire to travel that path yet again. There were over 147 million orphans worldwide in need of a forever family, and we sensed God calling us to one of those children. We began to prayerfully consider the idea of adopting, and God’s whispers very quickly became deafening. But where was our child?
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A Masterpiece of Hands and Feet
“hey lady i just wanted to say thank you so much for going to court with me … it meant so much to me.. and i will always keep u in my heart i promise and my husband and I cant wait to come to the cabin so just let me kno well i hope to hear from you soon love ya and email me back!!!
Just another email? – not on your life!
This is a masterpiece worth framing over the fireplace. It is the “rebirth” after 5 years of a child who ended up in foster care through no fault of her own— who spent years in group and foster homes.
It's Gotta Start Somewhere
Every time I hear “City on our Knees” by Toby Mac, I think of hope. I think of all the children in danger of entering foster care, in foster care already, and waiting in foster care ready to be adopted. I think of that song calling our families, in our city, in God’s kingdom to open up their hearts…
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Rick and Jody's Story
i held in my hand a tiny sugared heart. be mine, it read. it is february and every imaginable surface is littered with hearts. pink ones. red ones. tiny ones.
frosted ones. as i clutched this candy in my fist i could think only of one broken heart. the broken heart of bella grace xue (baby zuzu) in china.