Proud Father of Eight

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I never really thought about having a wife, home and children when I was younger. In the back of my mind I thought it might be possible but, at the time, it just wasn’t a priority for me. I was too busy with college, playing in a rock band and thinking mostly of myself….there [...]

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We Hoped for a Son

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We wanted to add another son to our family and, through Holt’s Child of Promise program, we brought Will home just one year and one day after we signed the papers to begin our home study!
When we started to discuss adding a final child to our family, we realized that we had several prerequisites that [...]

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A Precious Gift from God

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My wife Cheryl and I adopted our sons, Alexander and Benjamin, from South Korea, and in 2006 we decided to adopt through Holt International’s China program.
Cheryl had wanted to adopt a daughter from China since at least 2004, and she had an ally in our daughter, Leah, who had been praying for a little sister [...]

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Dear China Family:
I hope that you had a wonderful holiday season. As we enter a new year, I would like to take a moment to reflect on some of the challenges and accomplishments in the China program in 2009.
Despite the slowdown of the standard process for China, over 250 children went home to permanent, [...]

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I never really thought about having a wife, home and children when I was younger. In the back of my mind I thought it might be possible but, at the time, it just wasn’t a priority for me. I was too busy with college, playing in a rock band and thinking mostly of myself….there [...]

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A video of the children in the Journey of Hope program. The children in this video need loving, permanent families. For more information on how you can adopt them go to the Journey of Hope webpage

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By: Ivy Shaffer-Marks
When a tiny, sweet 11-month-old baby girl was placed in my arms, she quickly looked back at the only faces she had known and started to cry. I wrapped my arms around her tightly and tried to console her soft whimpers. My emotions took over, and tears of joy streamed down my face. [...]

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We wanted to add another son to our family and, through Holt’s Child of Promise program, we brought Will home just one year and one day after we signed the papers to begin our home study!
When we started to discuss adding a final child to our family, we realized that we had several prerequisites that [...]

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