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Two Sons From Two Countries: The Petway Family Adoption Journey
Read more: Two Sons From Two Countries: The Petway Family Adoption JourneyWe are pleased to share the blog version of Real Wood Floors’ The Every Child Podcast. This blog serves as a complementary piece by highlighting key points of the interview. Enjoy. Tyvon and Jamallia Petway serve as pastors in northern Virginia and also run a nonprofit for the success of international missionaries. About a decade ago,…
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Continuing Our Mission Work in 2021, and Beyond.
Read more: Continuing Our Mission Work in 2021, and Beyond.Last December, we provided an update on Real Wood Floors’ 10 x 10 x 10 strategic initiative that served as an integral part of our company’s mission: working towards the day when every child is home. Our completed initiative embodied a three-part strategy of providing facilities, adoption services, and education to children in the US,…
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Two Kids and a Baby! The Foster Care and Adoption Journey of Taylor and Rachael Gill
Read more: Two Kids and a Baby! The Foster Care and Adoption Journey of Taylor and Rachael GillWe are pleased to share the blog version of Real Wood Floors’ The Every Child Podcast. This blog serves as a complementary piece by highlighting key points of the interview. Enjoy. Married couple, Taylor and Rachael Gill, have long been excited about growing a large family. After all, both of them hail from big families. Taylor…
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Mya’s Blessing: The Cook Family’s Adoption Journey
Read more: Mya’s Blessing: The Cook Family’s Adoption JourneyRecently, our own Josiah Tombley interviewed Curt and Jami Cook of West Plains, Missouri. Curt and Jami were high school sweethearts, and earlier this summer (of 2021) they celebrated 24 years of marriage. They have four kids, Eli, Zoe, Ayn and Mya. The Cooks adopted Mya, when she was eight years old, in February of…
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The Martin Family’s Adoption: Bringing Han Home
Read more: The Martin Family’s Adoption: Bringing Han HomeInternational adoptions take time. Yet, the process rewards both parents and children willing to exhibit patience and who very much wish to be united together. This is certainly the case for the Martin family that now includes two-year-old Han. In the summer of 2019, on the phone with their adoption coordinator, Brandon and Kelsea Martin…
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Asia’s Hope: Serving Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Read more: Asia’s Hope: Serving Orphaned and Vulnerable ChildrenRecently, our own Jeremy Adams interviewed the dynamic and passionate John McCollum. John is the executive director and co-founder of Asia’s Hope, a nonprofit that works with communities in Cambodia, Thailand and India to provide family-style care for orphaned and vulnerable children at high risk of sexual and economic exploitation. A family story of adoption.…
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Show Hope: A Foundation Helping Families Overcome Adoption Barriers
Read more: Show Hope: A Foundation Helping Families Overcome Adoption BarriersRecently, CEO Sam Cobb interviewed Emily Chapman Richards, Executive Director of Show Hope, a nonprofit founded by her parents, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, dedicated to adoption advocacy and orphan care support. Real Wood Floors partners with Show Hope in a shared mission uniting loving families with children who have been orphaned. Show Hope: Two…
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From Foster Care to Family: The Aikens’ Adoption Journey, Part 2
Read more: From Foster Care to Family: The Aikens’ Adoption Journey, Part 2This continues the story of the Aiken family. In the previous blog Justin and Audrey had become foster parents; however, the birth mother’s desire for reunification with the newborn Constance altered the course of the Aikens’ adoption. Reunification is always the goal. When Justin and Audrey Aiken met the challenge to care for a newborn…
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Celebrating a Milestone of Our Company’s Mission
Read more: Celebrating a Milestone of Our Company’s MissionIf all you know about us is the flooring we make, you only know part of the story. The real story of Real Wood Floors, our passion and purpose, is this; we’re working towards the day when every child is home. Here at the end of 2020 we’re celebrating the completion of our 10x10x10 Strategic…
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From Foster Care to Family: The Aikens’ Adoption Journey, Part 1
Read more: From Foster Care to Family: The Aikens’ Adoption Journey, Part 1We’re excited to bring you a different type of adoption story. Typically, we share the adoption journeys of parents who already have biological children and who chose to adopt internationally. But today, we bring you the interesting story of two parents, who when called on to care for a local child, said yes. Who when…
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