Monday, December 30, 2013

...But They Told Me You Were Dead!

For decades, Brooke Mayo believed her daughter, born of rape and placed for adoption, was dead. Then a letter arrived. Brooke's baby was born one morning in 1942 and she was cherub-cheeked, just like her mother. In those days, when a baby was being placed for adoption, they were supposed to just whisk the child away, but fortunately for this first time mother, a kindly nurse bent the rules and brought her newborn daughter into her room for a few minutes. Brooke named her Delphine. Now, seventy-one years later, they have found each other again!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

It's Difficult Learning that Your Father Is Also Your Grandfather!

Kristi Hofferber's parents were always open with her about the fact that she was adopted. In fact, Kristi's husband, a minister, was also adopted, as is their son. But when Kristi decided to look into her birth mother, she could never have been prepared to learn what she did, but sees God's plan working in all of her life, nonetheless! Kristi's biological mother was 16 when she gave birth to her daughter, Kristi, and she had been a victim of incest and rape by her father! What a powerful testimony to God's faithfulness. Like Kristi said, "even in cases of rape and incest, each unborn child is created by God for a purpose. As my story reveals, God can take something bad and make it an opportunity to do something miraculous!"

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