We Were Waiting Children

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“Special Needs” is just a label. Children are waiting, right now, for families.

When it comes to finding homes for children with special needs, Holt and RainbowKids.com, an online adoption advocacy group, share the same ambition and the same passion: do all we can to help children labeled “special needs” find their forever homes.

With each Waiting [...]

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The Unexpected Ease of Older Child Adoption

When Bob and Agnes Wells first adopted in 2002, they — like many families adopting from China at the time — came home with a healthy, infant daughter. The second time around, they adopted an older girl with delayed [...]

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A Boy You Just Want to Hug

Dean, 7, is this week’s featured waiting child. Share Dean’s story to help find him a [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Ernestina!

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This is Ernestina!  She was adopted from China in 2010! 

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A MOMentous Blessing

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A Mother’s Day 2011 blog entry by Julie McDonald:

There is no greater joy in my life than being a mom. Traveling half way around the world to become a mom for the fourth time is an experience and feeling that is hard to put into words. God has given me an overwhelming love for this [...]

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A Winter (Jam) Miracle!

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 The Westerfield family volunteers at a Winter Jam concert and comes across something unexpected

 

We knew God was calling us to grow our family through adoption again. We contacted Holt International and a local home study agency to start the paper chasing process. Our heart desired a daughter so we could become the “perfect,” balanced family [...]

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Meet Berk!

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Holt adoptive mom Mary Leigh Brown has adopted twice — both times coming home from Korea with a child who has a special need.  To help advocate for other children who need families, she regularly blogs about the children on Holt’s waiting child photolisting (at someshadesofbrown.blogspot.com). In March, Mary Leigh wrote about Berk, our featured waiting child.

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Birthday:  November [...]

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Ashley's Story

Ashley* is waiting for a family of her own. She is this week’s featured waiting [...]

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After 13 Years in Care, 9 Months Left to Find a Family

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Julie* is this week’s featured waiting child. She has less than 9 months to find a family. Eligible and interested families should immediately contact Erin Mower at erinm@holtinternational.org.

Julie in July 2010.

Date of Birth: November 15, 1998

Two years ago, in November of 2010, we posted Julie’s story in the hopes of finding her a family. [...]

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Waiting For Someone to Find Him

Donald needs a [...]

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