Mission Moment: Adoption
The adoption team’s longest-waiting family recently finalized the adoption of their beautiful baby girl. The courageous birth mother contacted Good Shepherd immediately after the birth of her baby, and, due to financial struggles, made the selfless choice to place her child in the loving home of a waiting family. The […]
What do you want for Father’s Day?
by Mike Nardini, Board Chair I remember asking my dad what he wanted for Father’s Day when I was a kid, and he’d say something like, “Just get me a card.” And I’d roll my eyes because who in their right mind would ask for a card when they could get […]
Steven and Liz’s Adoption Journey
Tell me a little bit of your family’s story of adopting your two sons. Good Shepherd facilitated two adoptions for our family. The first came several months after we finished submitting all our adoption paperwork to our Good Shepherd adoption specialist. For our oldest child, we were considered and connected […]
Adopting an Older Child from Foster Care: Joel and Stephanie
Why is the family interested in adopting an older child? We became interested in adopting older children when we learned about the overwhelming need. The older a child gets the less likely it is for them to be adopted and this was heartbreaking for us to learn. We decided the […]