Adopting It Forward

James shares his journey from a childhood of abuse and neglect to the excitement of starting college. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

A tragedy, a romance, and a drama, all rolled into this heart-warming episode with John and Sherry. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Kim shares how she and her husband Cy adopted 4 children from China and have now launched all 4 into the world --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Becky shares her motivation for fostering 64 children over the last 16 years, including why she has never felt the call to adopt. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Greg and Tracey share their experience of adding 3 more kids to their family and how the advice of a friend dramatically changed their perspective on discipline. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

An ectopic pregnancy led Debbie and Brent to adopting a relative. Infertility resulted in a second adoption. Waiting on God and following His plan eventually produced a later in life blessing of a biological daughter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Shawn and Mindy have 5 adopted children now, but that wasn't their plan, and it didn't occur without significant pain along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

A TV news segment about a teenage boy needing a family led to the Moffatts adopting not one, but two 15-year old boys. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Adopted at age 7 from Ethiopa, Yordee, now 22, shares her imperfect experiences and how she continues to process the emotions of losing loved ones, adapting to a new country, language and family, rebelling against and then reconciling with her new family, and looking to the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

After losing her mom as a child, Holly and Jeff experienced a medical miracle which altered their plan, but not their dream of adoption. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

In between his electrical contractor business and her school bus driving, Matt & Mandi are parents to 3 bio kids and 11 (yes 11) adopted children from China! Meanwhile, they are in the process of adopting 3 more kiddos from Colombia. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

After 4 miscarriages including a life-threatening disease, Carissa and Donnie began their journey of fostering that culminated with their adoption of 2 sibling girls. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Soon-to-be church planters Lou and Phil have 1 bio and 2 adopted kids. As they prepare to move to Florida, Lou shares her insights on fostering and adoption from her perspective as a Licensed Professional Counselor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Joel and Andrea are parents to 4 bio kids, 2 adopted, and currently one foster child. They share the fulfillment as well as the frustrations that can come with fostering and adoption. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

After Micah & Kerra were blessed with 5 bio kids, their desire to foster progressed into a willingness to adopt another 5. Meanwhile, they were discovering aspects of mental illness that would not only change their lives, but dramatically impact hundreds of others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Scott and Patty share the touching story of bringing Josh into their family as a result of Florida's safe haven law. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Matthew and Ashley share some of the struggles they have faced while raising 8 kids (4 bio and 4 adopted) and fostering many others, and how those struggles have resulted in a non-profit to encourage others with similar struggles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Growing up, April felt the desire to adopt and Luke's heart was toward Africa. So when these lifelong friends married, a Ugandan adoption was the perfect fit. However, their journey continued with a domestic adoption as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Laura Meinzer, wife and successful high school basketball coach, shares the joys of adoption as well as the struggles she faced when tragedy struck her family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Chris and Heather had all but given up on adopting. Then Heather had a dream... or a vision. You decide. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Following two failed IVF attempts, Doug & Jenn turned their focus to adoption, and Laura was able to play a role in matching them with the first of their two beautiful girls. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Ken & Renee journeyed from Tennessee to Uganda where God blessed them with a beautiful girl named Hope. Along the way, God used them to bless Laura and renew her hope. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Jaime and Chris have 13 adopted children, all with special needs. Their story is nothing short of amazing. You will be encouraged, inspired, and challenged. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

With 4 bio kids already, God led Bryan and Joy to adopt a young boy from Burundi. Listen as Joy shares some of the difficulties and yes, the joys of their journey! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

After one successful international adoption, Bryan & Laura sold their house and cars and moved to Uganda, in order to meet the new adoption requirements to bring two more boys into their home. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Katrina & Dean had been married several years before they welcomed a newborn baby into their family through adoption. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Jeff & Teri have successfully navigated both international and domestic adoptions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Long before becoming sheriff of Tarrant County, Bill Waybourn and his wife Laura answered the call to adopt by saying "yes". They kept saying yes and now they have adopted 8 children from various backgrounds and circumstances. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

After 14 years of marriage Doug & Robin adopted two 1-year olds from Guatemala. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Laura aged out of the foster system and was never adopted. Years later, along with her 4 bio kids, she has fostered 19, adopted 4, and endured more personal and family struggles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Judy and Mike have 11 bio kids, so what's 3 more, right? Listen as Judy tells about adopting 3 children and starting multiple ministries in Uganda! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Valerie shares how she and Steve adopted 3 children through Catholic Charities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

When Brad and Charise went to Uganda to help lead a bible school, they already were the parents of three children age 5 and under, so adoption was not on their immediate radar... until Brad met Jonah. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Keziah shares her experiences of being an adopted child, becoming an adoptive momma to a cutie little girl, and now serving as a CASA volunteer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

It was a normal Sunday. Eric preached a sermon. However, one person responded in a way that he never imagined - his wife Laura! Soon, they were headed on a journey that would result in a precious baby girl joining their family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Donna went to Uganda as a single mom to minister to women, but God called her out of her comfort zone to adopt a teenage boy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Gary & Cheryl share how their desire to use the resources God has blessed them with has grown into a dynamic and still-growing ministry known as The Suubi Project in Uganda. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Adopted at 8 years old, Viola shares her experiences from leaving Africa to come to America, to now, 10 years later, leaving home as a university student. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Mindy & David were about to be empty-nesters when something happened that would change their lives and ultimately affect many others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message

Laura and Stan share their own adoption story while introducing the purpose of the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stan-williams9/message