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Our adoption story started in 1984. We went to see a movie that gave us a desire to want to give a child a home that does not have a home. The movie was not about adoption but for some reason it gave us a desire to adopt. I am not sure why it affected us like it did, but it left us with the desire to help children through adoption.<\/p>\n
We had been married a year when we decided to go to an information meeting with social services about adoption. We came away with the realization that adoption was very difficult, and that the children who needed homes the most we could not adopt because we were not the same race. The laws were different then and the system did not allow cross racial adoption to take place. So we did not pursue it at that time but kept it in our minds as a desire for a later time.<\/p>\n
When we had four children we started thinking about it again. We thought this was something God wanted us to do. However, we thought we had too many children, not enough money, were too old, didn\u2019t have a nice enough house, etc. When our youngest child was ten, we decided to give foster care a try. We went to the MAP class. We did everything they required. They came to the house, and they said we passed. Then they called back and said we didn\u2019t pass after all because some work on our house was needed. I had told the social worker ahead of time that we were renovating our house. After conversations back and forth, we decided to withdraw our file. We were discouraged and did not know what to do. About a year later we went to a church meeting on adoption. We met a private social worker there. She said that what happened to us was not right, but that the foster care system is very strict. So we decided to step out on faith, have her do a home study, and try to adopt a child from foster care. We passed our home study and began submitting it for children. Our social worker found out about two little girls with an agency. The agency did not have a family for them, and they needed to be placed within a month. So we submitted our home study. The mother chose us. The only problem was the cost. We thought about not moving forward because of the money, but we finally decided that we should not let that stop us. We trusted God to supply the money if this was what He wanted. And He did in a very special and miraculous way! We brought home two beautiful little girls ages two and five at the time. They became a part of our family very quickly and naturally. I know that does not always happen, but it did for us. The oldest had gone to kindergarden for a couple of months, but we began to homeshool her. At first she missed school and being around a lot of kids, but she quickly came to like being homeschooled. I would say to anyone who feels like God is leading them to adopt, to step out on faith and let God lead you. And he will bless you beyond what you can imagine.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWendi and her husband, Virgil, have homeschooled for twenty years. She served on the NCHE board as region 7 director for eight years.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_18″ admin_label=”GREENHOUSE Sidebar” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ global_module=”19006″]<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 de enero de 2014 Nuestra historia de adopci\u00f3n comenz\u00f3 en 1984. Fuimos a ver una pel\u00edcula que nos dio el deseo de querer darle un hogar a un ni\u00f1o que no tiene hogar. La pel\u00edcula no trataba sobre la adopci\u00f3n pero por alguna raz\u00f3n nos dio el deseo de adoptar. No estoy seguro de por qu\u00e9 nos afect\u00f3 tanto, pero nos dej\u00f3 con el deseo de ayudar a los ni\u00f1os a trav\u00e9s de la adopci\u00f3n. Llev\u00e1bamos un a\u00f1o casados cuando decidimos acudir a una reuni\u00f3n informativa con los servicios sociales sobre la adopci\u00f3n. Nos dimos cuenta de que la adopci\u00f3n era muy dif\u00edcil y que los ni\u00f1os que m\u00e1s necesitaban un hogar no pod\u00edamos adoptar porque no \u00e9ramos de la misma raza. Las leyes eran diferentes entonces y el sistema no permit\u00eda la adopci\u00f3n cruzada racial. As\u00ed que no lo perseguimos en ese momento, sino que lo mantuvimos en nuestras mentes como un deseo para m\u00e1s adelante. Cuando tuvimos cuatro hijos empezamos a pensar en ello de nuevo. Pensamos que esto era algo que Dios quer\u00eda que hici\u00e9ramos. Sin embargo, pens\u00e1bamos que ten\u00edamos demasiados hijos, poco dinero, demasiado mayores, no ten\u00edamos una casa lo suficientemente bonita, etc. Cuando nuestro hijo menor ten\u00eda diez a\u00f1os, decidimos darle una oportunidad al cuidado de crianza. Fuimos a la clase MAP. Hicimos todo lo que requirieron. Llegaron a la casa y dijeron que hab\u00edamos pasado. Luego volvieron a llamar y dijeron que, despu\u00e9s de todo, no aprobamos porque era necesario hacer algunas obras en nuestra casa. Le hab\u00eda dicho de antemano a la trabajadora social que est\u00e1bamos renovando nuestra casa. Despu\u00e9s de conversaciones de ida y vuelta, decidimos retirar nuestro expediente. Est\u00e1bamos desanimados y no sab\u00edamos qu\u00e9 hacer. Aproximadamente un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s fuimos a una reuni\u00f3n de la iglesia sobre la adopci\u00f3n. All\u00ed conocimos a una trabajadora social privada. 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Se convirtieron en parte de nuestra familia de forma muy r\u00e1pida y natural. S\u00e9 que eso no siempre sucede, pero a nosotros nos pas\u00f3. La mayor hab\u00eda ido al jard\u00edn de infancia durante un par de meses, pero empezamos a educarla en casa. Al principio extra\u00f1aba la escuela y estaba rodeada de muchos ni\u00f1os, pero r\u00e1pidamente empez\u00f3 a gustarle la educaci\u00f3n en casa. Le dir\u00eda a cualquiera que sienta que Dios lo est\u00e1 guiando a adoptar, que d\u00e9 un paso de fe y deje que Dios lo gu\u00ede. Y \u00e9l te bendecir\u00e1 m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que puedas imaginar. Wendi y su marido, Virgil, han estudiado en casa durante veinte a\u00f1os. 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