Because we care about you, our staff and the greater community we have taken precautionary actions to mitigate exposure to COVID-19. Tour Korea 2020 has been canceled, dates for the Korea Tour 2021 have been posted Adoption Fairs in Maryland and Minnesota have been postponed We are moving information meetings, Foster Care Adoption Orientations, support
Young Couple Adopts Sooner Than Expected
Before they married, Ryan and Emily talked about becoming adoptive parents. After serving in Uganda as Peace Corps volunteers and returning to Minnesota in 2013, they attended an adoption information meeting at Children’s Home and LSS. “We realized the greatest need was for adoptive parents for older kids in foster care,” said Ryan. “We walked
A Journey to Sibling Adoption
High school sweethearts, Brooke and Brandon from Northwestern Minnesota, married and dreamed of having a big family. Heartbroken and disappointed after years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, they decided to move forward with adoption. An acquaintance, aware of the challenges Brooke and Brandon were experiencing, knew of a sibling group of four young boys in need
From Bachelor to Father of Three
Going from a single man to a father of three, what was I thinking?! I adopted three wonderful children from Brazil in 2007. At that time my oldest son was ten, my middle son was nine, and my daughter was four. Brazil encourages keeping siblings together, so rather than learning about one child waiting for
