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Share Since Holt’s beginning, 55 years ago, many children with special needs at the Ilsan Center in Korea have gone home to wonderful permanent families. Today, we ask for your help on behalf of one resident, Min-kee, a spirited and sweet 6-year-old waiting for a family of his own. Min-kee came into the care of Ilsan at [...]  Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children by Jane Ballback I thought in my first blog entry, I should introduce you to my children. My three young adult children are all working and finishing their educations. Jaik [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— For the past three years, Holt adoptive parent Jane Ballback has shared her adoption stories with families waiting to bring their children home. An adoptive parent for 24 years, Jane speaks at [...] Share Holt adoptee Michelle Sherwood receives special recognition for her advocacy of children in need of families by Robin Munro, Senior Writer He flips. He cartwheels. He can even do “the worm.” Jayson hams it up for the camera as KSPR News, a station in Springfield, Missouri, films his acrobatic dance moves. “Blood rushes [...] Share Join the Holt Ambassadors Network National Adoption Awareness Month – a wonderful time to spread the word about children throughout the world who need loving families – is coming up in November. Many Holt adoptive families have found a great way to raise awareness about adoption and help more children find families through the Holt Ambassadors [...] Share A message from Kim Brown, Holt president and CEO: You likely know about the incredible work taking place at the Ilsan Center in Korea. As a Korean adoptee and father of two adopted children from Korea, Ilsan has a special place in my heart and I praise the Lord for the work that goes on [...] Share Adoptees discovering their homeland and heritage by Robin Munro, senior writer For Shannon Landry – a 16-year-old Nebraskan girl adopted as a baby from China – life so far has mostly revolved around school and soccer, friends and family. Returning to China rarely crossed her mind, though she thought it would be cool, she says, to [...] Share “God placed an abandoned Korean baby in our home so that almost 40 years later she could minister and provide the help we needed most at this time in our lives” by Mike Query Matthew 6:7-8 “When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will [...] Share Communities build around shared experiences. Every year, adoptees and their families gather at Holt Annual Picnics to enjoy the company of those who share the unifying experience of adoption. Last year, over 2,100 people attended Holt’s picnics, from Oregon to New Jersey and several states between. We hope you can attend a Holt picnic this [...] Share Holt’s Special Needs Adoption Fund Nathan came into Holt’s care with a cephalohematoma, a collection of blood under the scalp usually caused by trauma during birth. He also had developmental delays and partial seizures. When children with special needs are brought into the care of Holt International, it takes a special kind of love and commitment [...] |
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