Adoption
Posted on April 4, 2024
Meet Kinsley! Lutheran Family Service met the biological mother late in her pregnancy, and walked along her side to help her get late prenatal care and supported her in the delivery room. Today, this beautiful baby girl is overwhelming loved by her big brother and adoptive parents.
Adoption
Posted on February 27, 2024
Meet Halen! This curly-haired beauty is overwhelmingly loved by her adoptive parents and big sister. Her adoptive parents got the privilege to be present for her birth and didn’t leave her side until they took her home from the hospital ten days later.
Adoption
Posted on January 8, 2024
by Mitch & Angela Carey
This story, “Our Journey To An Open Adoption,” was written by Mitch & Angela Carey, an adoptive couple sharing the personal account of their open adoption experience through Lutheran Family Service. Mitch & Angela’s account serves as a strong testimony in the discussion of an open vs. closed adoption.
Adoption
Posted on December 3, 2023
Meet Blair! She is overwhelmingly loved by her adoptive family and big brother, Reece. “Blair is the answer to many prayers. She is fearfully and wonderfully made. We are grateful to God that He brought her into our life by adoption through Lutheran Family Service. We appreciate their dedication and compassion shown to our family and Blair’s birth family.”
Adoption
Posted on November 7, 2023
Miriam’s biological mother reached out to Lutheran Family Service knowing she needed to place her unborn baby for adoption, and praying for the right home for her child. Ben and Lauren were the answer to those prayers.
Lutheran Family Service News
Posted on October 12, 2023
The first in Iowa “Safe Haven Baby Box” was opened today, October 12, 2023, in Fort Dodge, Iowa! Members of your Lutheran Family Service team were there, including Emily Rasch, pregnancy counseling/adoption worker for Lutheran Family Service’s Many Hearts Unplanned Pregnancy Support.
Adoption
Posted on September 29, 2023
Luna’s circle of love and support has been enlarged by her adoption, not restricted. She will always know and love her original family and now she is enveloped by the love her adoption family as well.
Adoption
Posted on July 31, 2023
by Kim Laube
Many women find themselves in dangerous situations during an unexpected pregnancy, especially if there are people in their life who are violent. Safe Haven relinquishments allow the birthmother, birthfather, or a designee to bring the child to a safe location and never reveal any information about themselves or the child without being prosecuted for abandonment.
Adoption
Posted on January 4, 2023
Baby Caleb entered this world in a whirlwind of events, born 9-weeks premature via emergency C-section.
Adoption
Posted on April 1, 2019
by Kim Laube
Among the many decisions a couple must make when considering adoption, is whether it would be best to hire an adoption attorney or an adoption agency to help make their adoption dreams come true.
