My favorite definition of patience is simple: quiet, steady perseverance. It is a quality I admire and aspire to, but sadly one that doesn’t come natural to me. I’m lucky to be married to someone with seemingly never-ending patience, yet our adoption journey even challenged his quiet, steady perseverance. As someone who made the…
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In 2019, Cam and I were coming to the end of our 3-years of living in gorgeous Edinburgh, Scotland. It was an adventure for sure. Cam was finishing up his studies and I was finishing up exploring the beautiful architecture with our little adventure buddy Calvin Jack, who was then 4 years old and…
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What is your job title and what is your role in working with Small World? I am the Representative of Small World Adoption in Lesotho. I am the liaison person between Small World and the Ministry of Social Development. I make sure that paperwork on the sending side is well organized in line with the…
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When being asked to write our story, so many things come into my head. Starting at the beginning is as good a place as any. Jake always leaned towards adoption, but I wasn’t so sure. His mom, aunt and uncle were all adopted. He was one of 2 children in his family. Me, I came…
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What is your job title and description here at Small World? I am CEO/Executive Director. I’m responsible for the vision and mission of Small World. I oversee our orphan ministry, birthparent ministry and adoption agency operations. It is my responsibility to carry out God’s calling on Small World and it is my great pleasure to…
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July 7th, 2021 we did our final post adoption report. We have officially completed every step of our Liberian adoption. What a thing to celebrate! However, we wish we could tell you adoption was easy. We wish we could say it always felt “worth the work.” We wish we could say we loved our…
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What is your job title and what is role in working with Small World? I am referred to as the Country Director for Small World Adoption Agency in Liberia. My role includes working with different sectors of Liberia communities, pre-identifying, and screening children brought to the Small World orphanage home, investigating child eligibility for possible…
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Our adoption journey began in December of 2017. When we began, we never expected things would unfold as they did. As we look back we are reminded that God is faithful through all things, through all the ups, and downs. Our daughter was born in the middle of the process with a tumor adjacent to…
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“I asked this beautiful, humble mother to share a small snippet of their miraculous story. She has a tremendous amount of faith and a wonderful ability to understand and utilize the importance of early intervention and the power of attachment and touch. From a wonderful Small World adoptive family that has served sacrificially in Asia…
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TN Representative Susan Lynn reported today that TN is now one of the most prolife states in America. Tennessee Republicans pass historic pro-life legislation New law bans abortion when fetal heartbeat detected Tennessee Republican lawmakers passed historic, groundbreaking pro-life legislation that protects life by banning abortion procedures when a fetal heartbeat is detected after six…
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