God has called our family to the ministry of foster care and adoption. We currently have 10 kids (3 bio, 5 adopted, 2 foster to adopt). The journey has been both rewarding and also extremely challenging. We have dedicated everything in our life to this calling. Our last adoption, of our daughter Keysia, has been very difficult and now requires care beyond what we can provide.
Keysia came to us unexexpectantly through an emergency foster care placement in September of 2021 at 10 years old. Unfortunately, she has had multiple previous placements (some unsafe). She was in need of a permanent home, and her adoption into our family was finalized in July of 2022, the week after her 11th birthday. She has made so much progress adapting and adjusting to our family, but recently her needs have exceeded the care we can provide her at home. She has had unsafe behaviors at home due to her diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Post Traumatic Stres Disorder (PTSD), Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder combined (ADHD), and is in need of residential care. The Lord has provided her a placement in a Christian program for adopted girls her age with attachment disorders – Changing Hearts in North Carolina. Unfortunately this is a private pay program. The monthly cost for this level of specialized care is $4,850 and the length of the program is typically 18-24 months.
Lifesong has been very gracious in giving us a $10,000 matching grant to help fund our daughter’s treatment. Our family needs your help so our daughter can get the healing therapy needed to safely come back home and we would be honored to have you come alongside us in our ministry! Please join us in praying Ezekiel 36:26 for Keysia:
“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
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Just enter last name as Olson or family number 90369.
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