Adoptive Families
The Lord wants to bring healing to hurting children through adoptive families, and He delights in bringing these special families together. Here, you'll meet ordinary people who have experienced Him at work in their family life. With joy and candour, they tell their adoption stories, and what they've learned along the way.
Faith first . . . then hope and loveJake and Martha's story |
A child on my doorstepWendy’s story |
A different kind of parentingAmanda and Daniel’s story |
Better than a Tonka® truckJosh’s story |
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“Family” means relentless love
Lynn and Michael’s story
As a young couple in full-time ministry in Ontario, Michael and Lynn Schwartz* looked forward to starting their family. But their dream of having... Read more
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Called to adopt, later in life
Alan and Anne’s story
Alan and Anne Chin started out in life like many other couples. They got married, began a new life together and gave birth to four beautiful children... Read more
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Family ties
Experiencing adoption as a child and a parent
Lenna Heffernan, one of three adopted siblings, reflects on the strength of family bonds within an adoptive family. She contrasts her feelings after... Read more
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The child of our hearts
Jenna and Eric’s story
As my husband, Eric, and I sat alone, waiting in a social worker’s office in a town that was not our own, we clasped hands and prayed, knowing that... Read more
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No more goodbyes
Stacy and Chris' story
When the MacInnis* family bid a sorrowful farewell to the two girls who had lived in foster care next door, they gave each girl a Bible as a moving-... Read more
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Living out a miracle
Rob and Leah’s story
When Rob and Leah Madden* were first posted with the Canadian Forces to the North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters in Colorado Springs... Read more
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Thirteen children and still counting!
Joy and Dan’s story
In the fall of 2000, an unexpected phone call set our family on an amazing journey – a journey that would eventually lead my husband, Dan, and me to... Read more
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:5
What's new
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"The Connected Child"
a workshop with Dr. Karyn Purvis
May 8 -
Meeting our daughter’s birth mother
How adoptive families can navigate this relationship
April 30
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