foster care

A man and woman stand with the man's arm around the woman. The woman is wearing a green blouse and the man is wearing blue scrubs with a name tag reading "Hedrick Regional Laboratory, Quality Assurance." They are standing outside in front of a bush.

Love Is All You Need

Self-professed Beatles superfan José Ramirez might be excused for believing that “all you need is love.” After all, he’s seen what it can accomplish in the lives of the young people he and Margarita have fostered. Unlike the song, though, he doesn’t believe “love

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A man and woman stand together in a warmly lit living room, smiling at the camera. The man has short brown hair and is wearing a gray button-up shirt. The woman has long light brown hair and is wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt. The room has light blue walls and a large window.

Bigger Than Our Fears

At first, Silas Pederson believed the task too big. The idea that he and Micah, fresh from college and newly married, could capably care for a blind and deaf child

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A family of four stands together outdoors in front of trees and a body of water. The parents are in the middle, with the father wearing a green shirt and the mother in a patterned blouse. Two boys are on either side of them, one in a baseball shirt and the other in a white shirt with a pattern.

A Place to Call Home

Landon was the only child to walk through the Beltz door with a suitcase in his hand. He arrived at their Wichita home with his little red suitcase, packed and

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