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Jul

Unspoken Gratitude

by Karlene Edgemon, MS, LSW

in Adoption Stories, Support Services

I recently had the wonderful opportunity of seeing the 1947 holiday film Miracle on 34th Street at a local “retro” theatre. Finally, I got to see one of my favorite Christmas movies on the big screen. Yes, it was in glorious black and white! The author, Valentine Davis, got the idea for the story while struggling ...

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May

Ukraine Adoption Story: The Phelps Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Ukraine

Hello, we are Thomas and Ginger Phelps and we have 1 son, Titus who we adopted from Ukraine in March 2017. After many failed domestic adoption situations, we felt the Lord calling us to international adoption. We had many friends that had adopted internationally prior to us, which showed us the pure joy and blessing ...

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Apr

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Loboda Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

We are the Loboda Family: Luke, Ashley, Noah (9), Jonah (7), Isaiah (5), and Eliana (3). From early on in our marriage, we knew that we wanted to bring an adopted child into our family. Ashley had volunteered in an orphanage in Ukraine and Luke in an orphanage in Guatemala. From these experiences, it was ...

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Apr

Burkina Faso Adoption Story: Giugliano Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Burkina Faso

We are the Giuglianos, Anthony, Jennifer, Maria and Jonathan. Anthony went on a mission trip with our church to Kenya, Africa. During that time he fell in love with the people there and it opened his eyes to so many children that needed forever families. When he returned he shared with me his heart to ...

5

Mar

Ukraine Adoption Story: Meet Eric, Stephanie & Sveta

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Ukraine

Eric and Stephanie, both teachers in our local school district, and Sveta, 5 years old, adopted from Ukraine in the summer of 2017. We lived in and traveled some around Asia for two years early in our marriage and saw what true poverty looked like for many kids, especially those without a place to call ...

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Feb

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Winstone Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

Hi y’all! We are the Winstone family: Tyler, Laura, and our children are Amos, 6, Eden (almost 5), and Esther (4). We’ve been married 9 years in May. Tyler works in the oil field, and I (Laura) stay-at-home, while working part time for my family’s accounting business. We also have a ranch as a family ...

21

Nov

Unforeseen Blessings: An Adoptive Sister’s Testimony of Change

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories

Today’s post is written by Lindsay Schuiteman, an adoptive sister. She shares her experience as a sister to three siblings through adoption. As a child, I couldn’t have pictured my life any better than it was. I had an older sister, Alisha, with whom to do girly activities and bake cookies. I also had ...

11

Sep

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The DeArmond Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

Our names are Scott and Mary DeArmond and our sons are Colin (9), William (7) and Benjamin (5)! We were originally brought to adoption through our battle with infertility and deep desire to have a family. Looking back, it was all just part of our journey to our children. After we decided to adopt, we ...

9

Aug

Ukraine Adoption Story: The Schuiteman Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Ukraine

Meet the Schuiteman family! Dale is a senior pastor in Marion, Indiana. Camie is a home educator of 2 children still at home and an advocate of vulnerable children everywhere. We have been blessed with six children as of December 2016. Our oldest daughter and her husband are a Coast Guard family giving us two ...

24

Jul

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Newbrander Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

Meet Dan & Laura Newbrander who pursued a Bulgaria Adoption. They have two sons; Sam is 2.5 years and Tom is 2 months old. Sam joined their family through international adoption from Bulgaria.

19

Jun

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Jones Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

We are Ryan and Amy Jones. We have been married for 13 years, but we have known each other for 23. Ryan is a physical therapist and Amy is a part-time youth coordinator at our church. We have a 9 year old biological son, Carter. He is an energetic, silly, creative, 3rd grader! Our daughter, ...

8

May

Mama Stories

by Karlene Edgemon, MS, LSW

in Adoption Stories

I hesitated regarding the title of this blog, because I feared it was a little too Southern, but honestly, I know you know what I mean by saying “Mama Stories.” With Mother’s Day coming up soon, we all recall our favorite Mama Stories; those gems of fond memories where we remember our own Mama’s or ...

22

Feb

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Nance Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories

My name is Angel, and my husband Nathaniel and I have four children: Elijah (13), Malachi (12), Lydia (7), and Gyunay (4). We adopted Gyunay from Bulgaria at the age of 2 ½. He has been home for 2 years this month, and we have a hard time remembering life without him. I’ve always wanted ...

6

Feb

Bulgaria Adoption Story: The Diaz Family

by Caitlin Snyder

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

We are Rafael and Christy Diaz. Sofia (age 3) and Aleksandar (age 2) joined our family in July 2016 from Bulgaria! We met Sonja and Lydia at an event hosted by our church. We then met with Nicole a few days later to gather more information and explore the details of each country’s program. When ...

23

Mar

Latin American Adoption Story: Scharmahorn Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Nicaragua

The greatest thing (about our adaption period) was the uninterrupted time we had as a family – away from our busy lives back home. We traveled almost every weekend around the country and really tried to enjoy our time there together. We are the Scharmahorn family. My husband, Kaleb and I have been married for ...

16

Nov

Bulgaria Adoption Story: Helton Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

Adoption not only changes the lives of children, but also the lives of the rest of the family. We are delighted to introduce one of our courageous MLJ Adoptions’ Families who adopted a child with a serious medical issue from Bulgaria. During November, National Adoption Month, MLJ Adoptions is raising money for its Special Needs Adoption ...

29

Jul

Bulgaria Adoption Story: Hunckler Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories

Adoption not only changes the lives of children, but also the lives of the rest of the family. We are delighted to introduce one of our courageous MLJ Adoptions’ Families who adopted from Bulgaria. They continue to be richly blessed by their family, built through international adoption!

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Jun

Adoption Story: Hampton Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Samoa

Adoption not only changes of the lives of children, but also the lives of the rest of the family. We are delighted to introduce one of our courageous MLJ Adoptions’ Families who adopted from Samoa. They continue to be richly blessed by the children who joined their family through adoption!

22

Apr

Roberts’ Nicaragua Adoption Story

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Nicaragua

She made eye contact with me. She instantly came running, arms WIDE open with the BIGGEST smile on her face. I will NEVER forget that look in her eyes. She jumped in my arms and I just wept. We are the Roberts Family. Dean and I have been married for six years and Viviana joined ...

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Apr

Adoption Story: Hawley Family

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories, Bulgaria

After waiting and praying and waiting and praying for what seemed like an eternity… in a court thousands of miles away, a judge read our paperwork and said “yes”. Nikolay was finally a Hawley! We are Patrick and Kristen Hawley. We have been married for 13 years and have been blessed with three wonderful boys, who ...

11

Mar

Adoption Story: I Knew Immediately She Belonged!

by MLJ Adoptions

in Adoption Stories

I welcomed these challenges because there will be issues that come up with biological as well as adoptive children. That is simply a part of parenting and that’s what I signed up for. We are excited to introduce Ian and Candace from Washington State along with their three children, Aidan, Donovan and Aiyana. Aidan and ...

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