Stephanie’s Story: “God changes lives through adoption.”

Stephanie and her twin sister Jacqueline were born in 1984, two months premature, in Los Angeles County. Their mother was in her early forties, rumored to have been living in a garage, had at least 7 other children, and was addicted to crack-cocaine.

Weighing just 1 ½ pounds each, Stephanie and Jacqueline’s lives were off to a difficult start. Their mother abandoned them, crawling through a hospital window before she even gave them names. They spent months in the neonatal intensive care unit, recovering from their mother’s drug use and fighting for their lives.

But even in the midst of this tragedy, God was at work.

First, it was their biological grandfather, who was as a janitor in the very hospital they were born. Stephanie learned from an aunt that her grandfather would go to the nursery and pray for her and her sister every day. Every day.

Next, it was how Stephanie and her twin sister were never separated in foster care. In a recent article detailing her adoption story, Stephanie stated, “We moved from home to home, together. And against all odds, in 1986, our Mom and Dad, Tommy and Theresa, took us home to an Air Force base in England, together.”

In a wonderful turn of events, Theresa, their adoptive mother, is the daughter of their biological father’s sister – in other words, a cousin. Even in this way, God was faithful to keep them connected to family.

Read Stephanie’s recent article, Abandoned at Birth, Adopted to Life, to hear the full account of her story.

November is foster care and adoption month. I’ve interviewed Stephanie before about her research on human trafficking as a Policy Manager for Family Policy Alliance, but the last time we talked I wanted to hear her story. It’s powerful.

Stephanie’s Adoption Story

God Works Through Adoption