RW Supply + Design’s mission is that we exist UNTIL EVERY CHILD IS HOME. While it is our ultimate hope that every child should have the chance to grow up with their biological family and/or the country they were born in, we realize that is not always a reality. In these situations, we believe that…
Curt and Jamie Cook leave next Wednesday, July 27th, to adopt their son from Taiwan. They currently have four children, one biological child with Spina Bifida and another child adopted from China with Spina Bifida. Around the world, children with Spina Bifida are abandoned due to poverty and a lack of medical resources. In Asia,…
Children left behind face uncertainty. RW has provided financial grants for multiple families adopting children from Ukraine. Many of these children have been abandoned due to financial hardship and/or other varied needs. Ukraine has one of Europe’s highest number of children living in orphanages. Many more live on the streets. Statistics vary, but estimates are…
“It’s so fun to watch her determination…” In 2020, the Romero family adopted their daughter Livia from an orphanage in Ukraine. She has a diagnosis of Down Syndrome and waited for a family for many years. RW provided a financial grant to help her family with their adoption costs. Her mother provided the following update:…
We 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,…
We 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…
International 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…
Recently, 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…
This 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…
We’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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