Erik Weihenmayer's Story [S2E11]
ADOPTION NOW4 Okt 2017

Erik Weihenmayer's Story [S2E11]

There are few more challenging achievements that the average person looks up to more than summiting Mt. Everest. Now imagine doing it blind. That's what today's guest Erik Weihenmayer did, becoming the first blind man to do so, along with summiting the rest of the Seven Summits, and kayaking the entire 277 miles of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River. But his greatest challenge, as he writes in his latest book "No Barriers," was adopting his son Arjun from Nepal and finding a way to fight through the bureaucracy, corruption, and unknowns that can accompany international adoptions. This week on ADOPTION NOW, Erik shares the crazy story of the circumstances around the adoption (there was a civil war in the country at the time), some of the challenges of adopting a 5 year old from a foreign country across the world, and how they were able to integrate Arjun into their family.

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Foster Care and Project 1.27 [S2E18]

Foster Care and Project 1.27 [S2E18]

We are finishing National Adoption Month with this great interview about Foster Care! Meaghan Nally from Nightlight Christian Adoptions and Shelly Radic from Project 1.27 discuss the extreme need for ...

29 Nov 201737min

Charis Boone Johnson's Story [S2E17]

Charis Boone Johnson's Story [S2E17]

If you were with us last week, you heard Katie and Scott's story about being embryo donors. Today we have a story about an adoptive family that has 3 beautiful children, 2 from traditional adoption an...

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Katie & Scott's Story [S2E16]

Katie & Scott's Story [S2E16]

We are SO excited to be featuring our first embryo adoption donor family story today on the podcast! Katie and Scott were a bit older when they decided that they wanted children, and after researching...

15 Nov 201739min

Kitty Ravert's Story [S2E15]

Kitty Ravert's Story [S2E15]

We often hear the stories of adoptees, birth mothers, and adoptive parents on this podcast, but it is very rare to find ALL THREE in one person! Today's guest Kitty however, has experienced the triad ...

8 Nov 201747min

Michelle Madrid Branch's Story [S2E14]

Michelle Madrid Branch's Story [S2E14]

Michelle Madrid Branch understands adoption in ways that most others do not. She is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent. She was adopted in the U.K. as a toddler, found her biological family as a t...

1 Nov 201745min

Sara Berry's Story [S2E13]

Sara Berry's Story [S2E13]

We have all heard stories of people who adopt children from abroad and of people who adopt children with disabilities, but today we have a story with both. Sara Berry and her husband were parents to 5...

18 Okt 201741min

Angela Rushing's Story [S2E12]

Angela Rushing's Story [S2E12]

Today on the podcast we have a birth mother story from California. Angela Rushing shares her story of how she was brought up in a traumatic household with an alcoholic father and passive aggressive mo...

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