Why People Become Foster Parents
My name is DeJuan and my wife’s name is Desiree. We have two biological children and a third on the way. God placed a desire in our hearts to care for and raise other children in our home. Essentially, we thought that route would be through adoption. We felt that we...Foster Care Adoption Stories
What Caused You To Want To Become An Adoptive Family? My husband and I had been married 15 years without being able to carry a full term pregnancy. We had several miscarriages. We submitted to fertility treatments but it was very stressful and it was overwhelming. We...
Agape Care Cradle
Agape’s private adoption program provides important supports for birth parents who are experiencing crisis pregnancies. The program includes case management, counseling, referrals for medical and other services as necessary, and information about Open Adoption, which...Foster Care EvANGELism
Most Arizonans have heard about the ongoing crisis in the foster care system. The number of children in “out of home care” has sky- rocketed from approximately 10,000 in 2010 to more than 16,000. As an agency that is contracted to train and support foster parents,...
Spotlight on Agape’s Families-A Foster to Adoption Story
God had put on my heart (Laura) to adopt an African-American teen for years. The first 14 years of my life I lived in Gary, Indiana and was blessed with friendships of every race. When I became a secondary math teacher in inner city Wichita, Kansas, there again I had...
Lisa Johnson Arizona Adoption Story
Jepp and Lisa Johnson answer a few questions to tell us their own Foster Care Story: 1.What caused you to want to become involved in foster care/adoption? God has put a passion in Lisa’s heart to adopt children since she was a young child. Jepp was later introduced to...
Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of our community who help children in foster care find safe families who will care for...2013 Christmas Party
On Saturday, December 21, Agape hosted its annual Christmas Party at Living Word Bible Church in, Mesa, Arizona. Activities included a horse-drawn sleigh ride, face painting, magic balloon creations, free lunch, Santa Clause arriving on a helicopter, and a gift for...Gallery
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