Selecting an adoption agency to work alongside you is a huge decision. The best
way to select the agency that is right for your family is to talk to others who
have been through the adoption process before. We have included these family
stories to help you do just that. You can read about some of the amazing
families that we have been privileged to assist in adopting children form all
over the world. What's more, you can even sort by families based on those whose
circumstances or families resemble yours. Sort by state, by adoptive country,
and other criteria.
We want to be clear, these families were fantastic families before they ever
interacted with America World, so we can't really boast that we made them
better. On the contrary, these wonderful families listed here (and many more
who we don't have listed) have made us a better agency. The opportunity to
assist them, share with them our experience and sharpen our skills in
facilitating adoptions was an honor. The fact that they are willing to share
their stories here is a honor to us and we are convinced will be a touching to
you as you read and learn about their individual and unique adoption journeys.
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The Baity Family
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“Hold that plane!”I felt like I was in the middle of a movie scene as my husband, four-year-old daughter, and I dashed through Detroit International Airport to make our flight to Beijing via Tokyo on November 16, 2006. “Hurry, hurry!” I kept yelling back to my good friend Heather, who was lagging behind....
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The Bonnett Family
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Hi. We are the Bonnett family: Will, Jann and Brooke. We always knew we wanted to have a family, and we will be the first to admit that we had never thought about adoption. Although there are many reasons why people adopt, it is a very personal choice. We thought we had the perfect life. We had...
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The Brennan Family
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Sandy and I have three biological children born in 1983, 1986 and 1990. Late in 1999, Sandy became unexpectedly pregnant and told me on Christmas Day. On New Years Day, 2000, she suffered a miscarriage. Although I had not yet bonded to the idea of another child in our home, Sandy was, understandably,...
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The Burton Family
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For us, the story of the way God built our family is an example of how what He desires to do for us often exceeds even our wildest dreams and expectations. Our story begins much like many others. We were fairly newly married, and after almost 2 years of trying to conceive, found ourselves in the middle...
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The Casey Family
Our family’s adoption story begins long before our adopted daughter was ever born. Many years ago, when we were missionaries in Bulgaria, we had the opportunity to visit an orphanage filled with hopeless toddlers. Our team of missionaries was overwhelmed not only by the destitution in which these orphans...
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The Chann Family
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When my daughter, Aubrey, was born in April of 2002, little did I know that her "little" brother was about to be born in June, 2002, halfway around the world in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Almost 2 years later, we began the journey to find this little boy and bring him home. After Aubrey's first birthday, my...
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The Clark Family
Adopting a baby girl from China was something we had talked about even before we were married. At the end of summer 2003, we requested an information packet from AWAA to begin looking at the adoption process. AWAA was THE only adoption agency we looked at because they were highly recommended to us...
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The Crebbin Family
Our story begins in 1988, when we married. We always spoke of having three to four children in our family, but after having two biological boys we felt content. Little did we know that God wasn’t done with us! Over the years the subject of adoption would come up, but that's as far as it got. Our youngest...
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The Davis Family
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It was July 2004, and my husband, Mike, and I were driving from where we lived near Cincinnati (Northern Kentucky) to visit family in Oklahoma. In the back were Anna, Landon, and Avery, our three children, who were 9, 5, and 1 at the time. We had planned on driving about halfway, which would be St....
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The Gillihan Family
I had considered adopting internationally from Russia for over two years. After researching Russian adoptions and considering several agencies, I chose AWAA to guide me through this adoption journey. And what a journey it has been! I mailed my application to AWAA on March 8, 2005, and on March 9, 2006,...
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