Daniel Verheyden

We were drawn to the words of James 1:27 several years ago (âÅ°ÄŽPure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress…âÅ°Å¥) and have been praying about how adoption or foster care might be part of our family, but after our son Nathan was born we sort of shelved the idea for awhile. However, the Lord has continually been working in our hearts, and this past July we learned of an adoption need that fits our family perfectly at this stage of life. Currently, there is a rising need for families to adopt African American or biracial newborns in the United States. Because many of these precious babies are being saved from abortion, there is an increasing need for families to come alongside these courageous birth moms to provide the blessing of adoption, preventing the little one from having to enter the foster care system at birth. The Lord is calling us to offer our home as part of His plan to âÅ°ÄŽset the lonely in familiesâÅ°Å¥ (Psalm 68:6) by helping to meet this need.