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Laura’s Story

April 5, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

We’ve been talking about the need for some sort of adoption care ministry here in Nicaragua. I asked our friend, Laura, to write about her family’s experience adopting a child from Nicaragua last year. The rest of this post is from Laura: Our family recently finalized the adoption of our now 10 month old son.  […]

Why Adoption Care?

April 3, 2013 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

Whoever receives a child in My name, receives Me. - Jesus (Matthew 18:5) // Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/croma/

My last post described our interest in working with adoption care here in Nicaragua. Let me take some time to explain why this issue is so important, to answer the question of “Why adoption care?” Most of you know we were foster parents in Maryland before moving here. But did you know we looked into […]

Our Call

April 2, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

In my last post, I shared how we have decided to stay longer in Nicaragua. Many friends commented that the choice was inevitable, and while there was a large percentage of me that wondered from the very start, I can honestly say we wavered often, sometimes hourly. Nevertheless, we felt a very strong pull to […]

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