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Holy Week and Easter around America World

By Debby DeRosa | April 16, 2025 |

Easter is the most significant celebration in the Christian faith, and this year’s Easter is especially meaningful. For a rare and joyful occasion, Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians around the globe will all be celebrating on the same day. This means that believers in each of our partner countries will be united in celebration! This…

Adopting an Older Child: A Journey of Challenges and Joy

By Debby DeRosa | March 21, 2025 |

Many of the children featured in our Waiting Child Photo Listings are older, and adopting an older child comes with its unique challenges. However, it also offers an opportunity to experience amazing joy. To illustrate this, Jennifer Gess shares her heartfelt letter below. Dear Families Considering Adoption, My name is Jennifer Gess, and I was…

Unconditional Love and Grace

By Debby DeRosa | February 20, 2025 |

Interview with Kara Higgins, America World Adoptive Mom Meet the Higgins family! Ryan and Kara Higgins adopted two of their sons through our former Rwanda program. Since then, they’ve started a school in Rwanda, fostered children, and adopted from foster care. Kara, a certified Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) practitioner, helps families with children struggling with…

The Second Bete Hosanna House: Our Dream Becomes a Reality

By Debby DeRosa | February 10, 2025 |

By Melinda Sallé, Development Director My love for Ethiopia began in 2017 when I stepped off a plane into the bustling city of Addis Ababa. I had never been to Africa before, and I was fascinated with all the activity, the seemingly chaotic roads, the animals mixed with people walking down the streets, and the…

Adopting a Sibling Group

By Debby DeRosa | January 23, 2025 |

Interview with Julie Griggs, America World Adoptive Mom We have a growing number of sibling groups featured in our Waiting Child Photolistings. These children are available for international adoption with the hope they can find a home together. However, as time passes without a match for the group, chances increase that they could be split…

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

By Debby DeRosa | December 24, 2024

During Christmas, we celebrate how the God of the universe came to dwell among us. He took the form of a tiny baby to become one of us, die for us, and save us. All year, America World works to find loving, Christian homes for as many orphans as possible. Also, we give care, love,…

Adoption Hard but Good

Adoption: Hard but Good

By Debby DeRosa | December 12, 2024

An Interview with Makenzie Kingsley, America World adoptive mom The holiday season is an opportunity to look back and be thankful for the many blessings we have received, so we love when our families take a moment to reflect on their adoption stories for us. Below is an interview in which America World adoptive mom…

India Adoption Story

Cancer Wasn’t Part of the Plan

By Debby DeRosa | November 30, 2024

By Stephanie Roettger, America World Adoptive Mom Pain. Devastation. Loss. This is what leads to adoption, and that was no different for us. Each of our journeys’ was fraught with hardships. Miscarriages and cancer for us. Hospitalization, health issues, and institutionalization for our daughter. However, without these trials, we would not have found each other.…

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