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‘Perfect for them’: Amarillo-area couple adopts two young boys, giving them each a brother, family, community
Despite its quiet exterior in a small, rural West Texas town, the inside of the Gonzales house is full of the happy laughter of two boys doing...
National Adoption Month: Meet the McCarthy Girls
April and David began the foster care journey more than five years ago to give girls who needed a home a safe, loving environment. Thirteen foster sons,...
Open heart, open home: Lubbock adoptive couple talks about the need for homes for children
Lubbock teachers Adrian and Kylie Alfaro were raised by parents who lived out the mindset that if someone needed a home, they had one. “We don’t have...
A full house: Odessa couple adopts boy, sibling group of four and opens home to more children in care
Walking into the Hernandez’s Odessa home, you are greeted by eight warm and friendly smiles—Richard and Bonnie Hernandez, their five adopted children and a sweet little...
National Adoption Month: Meet Mom and Dad McCarthy
Last week we introduced you to the McCarthy family, a sizeable crew of twelve. Today, you’ll meet Mom and Dad McCarthy. Mom April, who previously homeschooled three...
National Adoption Month: Meet the McCarthys
Buckner foster-to-adopt parents David and April McCarthy adopted five boys, including three teens, through foster care who joined their three biological sons to become a band of...
In midst of foster care crisis, TDFPS asks faith communities to respond
With a growing number of children in foster care and an urgent need for foster families in Texas, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS)...