by Stacey Borst | Oct 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The bell would ring and we’d run out to the blacktop ready to argue for who we wanted on our team. Glad to be done with the multiplication table for 15 minutes. It was a game of kickball that released my energy in elementary school, or the occasional...
by Stacey Borst | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
In February, we received the long awaited call that we had a court date for the adoption of our daughter, Jemma. March 27. We were extremely excited! And yet torn because this date clashed with a play that our oldest daughter had been working on all...
by Stacey Borst | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Aaron and Nichole Marshall share how Village to Village Intl. helped their family bring home their son, Zurich:”Village to Village Intl. has been such a blessing to our family in our adoption journey to help bring home our precious Ethiopian son, Zurich Abraham...
by Stacey Borst | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
She is an unashamed city girl. Although her first few years of life were in Iowa, Chicago is now home to our 12 year-old daughter, Jadyn. When her city classmates learned that she lived in Iowa they assumed she knew how to milk a cow, laso a horse, drive a...
by Stacey Borst | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Toes clenching the balance beam. Fingers stretching for the wall. Necks reaching, leading bodies across the finish line. Emotions captured in young eyes. Tears of relief and tears of disappointment. I love the Olympics! The...
by Stacey Borst | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
We raise the megaphone to our lips because this announcement is worth hearing! Skip cartwheels with us and blow up the balloons because we are celebrating! The Wellings family is home from China with their two-year-old daughter, Renee! Four years...