Oh Wow! I sat here just hanging on every single word as your story unfolded. God is so gracious and so faithful. You all had me in tears! My story is quite different but God has been so gracious and so faithful in this too. At 28 years of age I was abducted, and raped; which was followed by a very unplanned pregnancy. I did trust God to lead me through the pregnancy and the PTSD. God brought into the picture a man (David) to support me, and help me with the PTSD symptoms. I chose to keep the baby girl. David and I were married when my little girl was 4 years old. She is 32 now and was married this past October. The story has much more to it, but I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. We learn so much about God and each other when we share these things. God bless you all.
What a wonderful story. I am a 68 year old man in tears watching your story. God knows your heart and truly forgives. With that forgiveness comes treasures that only God can provide. God bless your family.
Love the story. I'm an adoptive Mom of two sons. I have reached out to both birth Moms, who are both very loving & their families have become part of our extended family. More people to love my sons. Praise God.
I have saved your story. I placed my daughter for adoption in 1991. And recently reunited with her. Such a beautiful story you and I have. Praise God !!
I am an adoptee never planned to look for my parents. However, this past month my birth father looked for me after 51 years. Im in the process of meeting him. So many emotional feelings. But feeling 😇 Blessed in many manys
I so wish my mother had chosen to give me for adoption instead of marrying pregnant at 17. I could have been raised in a loving family like the one in this film instead of the unrelenting cruelty I experienced. But there is a reason behind all of it, and God imbued me with the strength to deal with all of it and to find HIM and hold onto HIM while I endured it. Anyway, I enjoyed getting to know THIS family of beautiful people and watching their story. A wonderful movie for the whole family to enjoy! Thank you for sharing your story with us. Blessings to all.
Kim, I’m truly in tears. I’m 85 years old now and was a boarding mother to 89 babies, from 2 days old . Your story is truly what I prayed for , for all our babies, they were all adopted and some didn’t leave our home for 2 years but God is so good and my prayers go out to your amazing blended family. Tears, joy, all the emotions of a mother were mine even though the babies were not mine. An amazing story of Gods perfect plan. Thank you for sharing,
Hello Judi, you are an inspiration. May our good Lord continue to grant you the best of health and shower you with all His Blessings for the wonderful works you do in caring for those 89 babies.
So sweet. I was kicked out of the Mormon church (disfellowshipped), my parents were shunned and eventually divorced, ruining our family just because I had sex. I kept my baby because of the Mormon's weird desire to acquire her. And guess what everybody? God still loves me, us & them - even without a testimony! You are always loved by God FYI. Have a great day!
My mother was raised Catholic. She always told me babies are a "gift" from God. I was a teen mother. When I told my mother she knew the baby was a gift and loved me more during my pregnancy. My son was born and raised as another member of our family.
I was raise catholic and l remember in my youth thinking that if l got pregnant l will fight to keep the baby and go forward.I was 19.I'm pro life since my childhood
I was raised Catholic neither myself or my sister had babies before we got married however I knew two girls who did get pregnant one of the girls family reared her babies as their own they other girl gave her baby up for adoption she later married the father and went on to have more children I often wonder did the child she gave up ever get in contact as that child had full brothers and sisters. Just a thought.
Yes , I had same experience I decided to confront my new responsibility work hard for love to my son , I never imagine to be without him after I found out I was pregnant 🥰
My biological grandmother is catholic, works in the rosary society; she’s in her 70’s. Contacted her a few weeks ago; she refuse to tell me any medical and family background info. What a 🤬
I adopted my middle daughter’s baby; so my bio granddaughter. It’s been the best thing for our family; my daughter gets to see her bio baby all of the time and my youngest never has to wonder who her birth mom is.
What a beautiful story. I am adopted and have never found my birth family. God blessed me with the most Godly,loving, secure home. I am blessed. But this beautiful story made me cry. I have always had the utmost respect for my birth mom. Especially after having children of my own. And now my husband and I are about to welcome our first grandbaby! God is faithful!
I didn't think I would ever find my birth family. Especially after becoming a Grandmother. But God had other plans, just days after turning 60 I found my biological family ! Sadly my Mother had passed, but found 2 half siblings. My Poppa, my Biological Father, that knew nothing about me after lots of talking and fact checking etc. We finally met 2 months later. His wife, I call Mom C, was so welcoming, knowing I came to be 3 years before they even met. Along with her I have 4 half siblings on his side. I'm so blessed to have had nearly 4 years in their lives. My Poppa will turn 90 in June. We speak nearly every day. God is so so good !!
Have you thought about how much your birth parents love you and miss you? My son was not given the chance to know his baby because of laws in our State. . . Please pray for us, I would have raised that child as my own if I'd have been given the chance. It would have been my first grandbaby. Congratulations on your family and grandbabies! Prayers too.
As an adoptive Mom, I am so very thankful for a birth Mom's decision to choose life and carry their child for someone to become parents! My son is 29 and is such a blessing to our family!
I loved seeing your story today, and I, too, was in tears. I really understood your mother, Kim, as my daughter had a baby before being married, (she was a little older - already teaching -in a Christian School). I couldn't stand the thought of my first grandchild being separated from us, but we supported her decision whole-heartedly to raise her son herself (with our help). He is now 17 and we cannot imagine life without him. He is having a tough time right now and we just continue to pray for God to lead him in his life. I am really emotional after watching this and so happy for you.
This adoption story brought tears to my eyes. Two of my best friends have adopted children, & my sister gave birth at 16. Choosing to place your child with an adoptive family is a selfless decision of love. When you do not feel that you can meet every need of your child, adoption is an amazing option. I am so blessed to hear the testimony of this family. I hope that women who find themselves pregnant, and have a decision to make, will see stories like this and choose adoption over abortion. Lean on the Lord. He will guide you as He did Kimberly. 🙏🏻❤
Adoption is lifelong trauma and loss for both mother and baby. It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The church needs to stand alongside women who are pregnant who need help and help them to keep their babies, not create the heartache for one mother of losing a child so someone else can have that child. That's not about helping the child, that's about giving the adults what they want. The church is doing a great disservice to encourage adoption.
This is the most beautiful story of love and redemption. Thank you from my heart for sharing. Again and again you directed us to the love of God for all of us who trust Him.
SO BEAUTIFUL ! Cried my eyes out through most it. What a loving awesome beautiful LORD Jesus we belong to. He turns our mourning to dancing and turns ashes to beauty.
That's the most beautiful photograph of five generations of women. 49:25 Thanks for sharing your family's story! Sometimes I get the feeling that adopted kids are luckier than regular. Not only do they have one family that loves 'em- they have two!
I remember many years ago how my husband expressed his peacefulness when all his children were sleeping under one roof. Life unfolds and a father has expectations of himself.. Im glad the father recognized the gift of that moment… as my husband did.
Amazing, the father, mother and daughter are amazing... the adopted parents and middle man are special.... looking on this video the tears in my eyes didn't stop
Awww, What a beautiful story. Your daughter is a perfect blend of you and your husband and she has your soft, humble way of speaking. May Jehovah God bless you and all your family.
I'm lucky for sure. Lost my mom that adopted me in 2013. I was 43. N then in November of last yr I found my biological Mom. Best 50th birthday gift ever. N she's been so warm n loving n open. So yep I'm definitely lucky. I get two great Mom's in my lifetime.
I am a mother of two amazing adult now. At the time of becoming a mother was only because of Gods love for two other women who’s lives where up side down. Every night I got on my hands and knees and prayed (at times I felt like a monster) that a girl/ woman would make a heart breaking mistake,so I could hold a baby in, so I would some day hear a small little voice say the would mommy. These prayers were answered. God also walked me and my husband through some amazing walks with him before each child was born. As time went by and our daughter and son grow up, my prayers where for each of my birth mothers. I had so much love and respect for each of our birth mothers. I had hoped to meet them some day and tell them thank you. I always went out of my way if I found out a woman had given a child up for adoption to thank you and ask could I could hug her. Long story short My daughter did chose to meet her birth parents, I was blessed to hug both birth mother and dad. God please bless all who chose life. Thank you for this beautiful life story of what looked like a tragedy that brought many lessons about life and God’s love. From Gods arms through the body and heart of one woman to the arms and heart of a woman hoping for a miracle.
This was awesome to see. Him Kim, you were the first person that I had ever met who had been through the adoption process. I relinquished my son at birth and getting to chat with you helped me through the process.
What a beautiful story! I feel so much the pain and loss of Sarah Anne's biological parents and the absolute love in her adoptive parents. Such a wonderful testimony to our God's amazing love and grace. He truly has restored their hearts and I found myself close to tears just about the whole way through. All glory be to Jesus Christ our Lord and savior 🙏🙌❤
I had the same experience with my daughter’s birth mom. Not everybody is that lucky. Other adopted children of mine weren’t as lucky. As sad as that was for all of us, this disappointment just made them even more grateful for being adopted into a good family.
Oh you and I carried the same luggage! My dad was a minister. I was 17, pregnant by my high school boyfriend. My story didn’t include adoption, or abortion . I kept my daughter, and married at 17! My story takes a hard left here! But I’ve often wondered if it would have been better for her to be raised by steady parents!
I stumbled on this story and was just touched by your deep faith in Christ which, as we know, comes from walking through deep valleys. It’s only then that we know- really know Gods good presence, love, mercy, and grace in our lives. Thank you for sharing your story! It’s such a good reminder of our savior’s redemptive love. 🎉
Heather I thought the same thing as you, but in retrospect that was the best decision they made. I wish that Sarah would mot call her biological parents by their first name.
@@jennasis204 I thought that was weird hearing Sara call her bio mom Kim, but then again, she already has a "Mom". Kim is really a stranger to her. I get it...
God bless you for such a courageous decision. I can’t imagine the pain of giving up my child and the faith it took to do so. I respect greatly all involved to know what they could and could not do where keeping the child was concerned. Obviously God heard and answered their prayers. No one is perfect. No one can say what they would do unless they have been there. Hats off to those who keep their unexpected babies and to those who realize limitations and make the hardest decision a parent could ever make. Sarah Ann is and was blessed.
I’m not sure I feel the same way that most people do about this. I don’t understand why the family didn’t help her keep the baby. She had grandparents and parents that could have been enormous help. I’m just not getting the good in this.
The biological mom prayed about what to do. She did what she felt like God wanted her to do and the Lord blessed her for it. It's hard to do what God wants us to do but it's worth it. I've seen situations where the Lord has asked somebody to raise their child and blessed them for that. I've also seen kids being raised by grandparents but they are also being blessed by that too because they did what the Lord wanted them to do.
What a beautiful story....thank you for sharing! May your family stay STRONG 💪in the Lord and in the power of His might....🙌🏽 Maranatha!!! P.S. ignore the hateful comments!!!! ❤❤❤
What a bad ass, amazing, supportive friend she had. It's too bad she didn't see what an angel on earth she was for offering to help her, and saving all those girls.
What an amazing story. But had i been that daughter that they had given up,I'm not too sure if i could have been so forgiving. I'm so happy for them all though. But i am wondering if behind all of those smiling faces that they are portraying to us......
It’s true. It’s not always like this. And even in the blessing there was much pain and sadness. I pray healing for you and all who navigate these hard journeys.
I wonder how many pregnant teenage girls will "stumble" on this video and choose to have their babies. And their own moms will be encouraged to walk with their daughters through an incredibly difficult (but wonderful) journey. This will be greatly used by God, I have no doubt.
I am trying to understand how, where with só much family support, it was necessary to take such drastic action as adoption. Especially where the father remained in the picture.
I understand the wrestling. It’s always good to remember the people we were at 17 and 18, the circumstances of our lives at that time are not who we grew to become 22 years later. It still was hard and wrestled through with much prayer and counsel. But thank you tho. Because that’s a big part of the story. We all have capacity to grow.
Why is it nauseating hearing them gush about their faith knowing they were giving this baby up? Why couldn't her sister adopt the baby? At least her daughter has more life in her expression.
I find that folks who do not have a relationship with God will often express a feeling of nausea or sickness at the very mention of God, scripture, or going into church. This couple was not giving their baby up. Giving up a child is what so many young women do these days with an abortion. This couple was not giving their child up. They were giving their child life. Very few young women these days have the love/faith/courage and trust to allow the heartbeat that they themselves created to continue to beat. They opt instead to kill their child in the womb. It is the easier choice in many ways because giving a family who is longing and praying for a child but can't have one or giving a woman a chance to be a mother when she has been unable to do so is the ultimate gift...your gift of joy for a family that you have never met, your blessing that allows a woman to become a mother, comes with a whole bunch of emotions, including sadness but when one has faith in God, enough faith to GUSH about, then one is guided by the hand of God to make the best decisions, knowing that God has your back. Your sadness will be short-lived. Without faith it is difficult to experience all of the emotions involved in bringing a beautiful life into the world and then placing that life into the care of another. When you have faith you see that God turns your sadness into the greatest joy. It seems that we have made it easier to schedule an appointment to kill a child that has made us pregnant, and to just not think about it ever again. Some women can not kill. Those who have faith God gives to them special insight. Which means "Seeing inside yourself" I use this example...if you had a cat, and the cat ended up pregnant but having kittens was something that you just didn't want to deal with...so you brought the cat outside into the garage and you got an extra long screwdriver or a wooden dowell, inserted it into the cat, stirred it, in and out and round and round until the bloody, lifeless underdeveloped kittens poured from the mama cats body onto the driveway. Then you scooped up those tiny paws, lheads and ears, jagged and ripped amniotic sacks and you tossed it all into the trash....anyone who witnessed that would be horrified and yet this is what the AVERAGE woman in America CHOOSES when she decides to end the pregnancy with abortion. The faith, the gushing faith of this mother....would not allow her to kill. Her gushing faith brought a beautiful baby and allowed for a beautiful grand baby. They didn't give their baby up they gave their baby life.
Nowhere in the Bible does God encourage a mother to give her child to a stranger. No barren woman was told to take the child of some other woman. Adoption, the separation of mother and baby at birth, is not of God & the church should not be encouraging adoption as they do but should instead stand with that distraught pregnant woman and help her to keep her baby. Adoption is a llifelong sentence of trauma and loss for both mother and baby, something no one should be made to live with.
Thank you @obicat. As a product of forced adoption I hold my strict, religious biological grandparents responsible for my adoption and my biological mother's heartbreak and early death. I have absolutely no time for labels or religion...I am content knowing kindness and goodness lives within me. I will go to me grave without having my mother or father.
If only all mothers reacted to hearing their daughter was pregnant like Kim's did. Unless there was no other choice it would be devastating to give up a baby.
You can see JESUS in all of them. They all seem so incredibly loving, the mother was very loving towards her daughter being pregnant. I agree/ being supportive is the best gift that we can give our kids and families. 😊😊😊😊😊
Only selfless for themselves , to be truly selfless would have been to keep the baby and give up your life as you know it , now that would be truly selfless
@@debrarow1933 yes that would be right in a ideally world but for many different reasons people can't keep their babies in case you are thinking this my case I have three adult children born within my marriage but I have understanding of life to have your baby rather than abort it is selfless. I have friends who adopted children and loved them with all their hearts can't see why anyone would want to adopt children otherwise also though most of them did trace their birth they don't seem to have a close relationship with them they may be in contact with them but not close. I understand it has to be very hard on people who can't trace their birth parents every has the right to know where they came from and their medical history.
I am just so creeped out over the issue of this semi closed adoption. That fellow Neil seemed nice & I know it was a different time, but geez, between him & the adoptive family, they could have opened the adoption so much sooner. The birth parents were grown adults, married & stable. So much about this situation reeks of well meaning intentions mixed with a level of power & manipulation, preying on vulnerable young adults through religion.
Beautiful made me crybibwas also adopted but my finding my mum was a bit different and i didnt have the support from my adopted parents they were not happy i traced my maternal mother they actually disowned me for along time
Being disowned for seeking your birth parents (a common and natural curiosity which most adopted kids do) must have been so painful!! The wonderful thing about love is that love grows to include birth parents as well as adoptive parents. There is love enough to give to everyone!! Too bad your adoptive parents were so threatened by this. Hope it is better now!
Every situation is different. My take away is that I respect the mother’s decision, regardless of whether the choice is keeping the baby, placing it for adoption or terminating the pregnancy. The decision is not ours to judge. I think I read, in the Bible, judge not, lest you be judged.
Oh Wow! I sat here just hanging on every single word as your story unfolded. God is so gracious and so faithful. You all had me in tears! My story is quite different but God has been so gracious and so faithful in this too. At 28 years of age I was abducted, and raped; which was followed by a very unplanned pregnancy. I did trust God to lead me through the pregnancy and the PTSD. God brought into the picture a man (David) to support me, and help me with the PTSD symptoms. I chose to keep the baby girl. David and I were married when my little girl was 4 years old. She is 32 now and was married this past October. The story has much more to it, but I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. We learn so much about God and each other when we share these things. God bless you all.
What a wonderful story. I am a 68 year old man in tears watching your story. God knows your heart and truly forgives. With that forgiveness comes treasures that only God can provide. God bless your family.
Love the story. I'm an adoptive Mom of two sons. I have reached out to both birth Moms, who are both very loving & their families have become part of our extended family. More people to love my sons. Praise God.
I have saved your story. I placed my daughter for adoption in 1991. And recently reunited with her. Such a beautiful story you and I have. Praise God !!
I am an adoptee never planned to look for my parents. However, this past month my birth father looked for me after 51 years. Im in the process of meeting him. So many emotional feelings. But feeling 😇 Blessed in many manys
I pray you can release expectations and welcome the discovery for what it may become.
I so wish my mother had chosen to give me for adoption instead of marrying pregnant at 17. I could have been raised in a loving family like the one in this film instead of the unrelenting cruelty I experienced. But there is a reason behind all of it, and God imbued me with the strength to deal with all of it and to find HIM and hold onto HIM while I endured it. Anyway, I enjoyed getting to know THIS family of beautiful people and watching their story. A wonderful movie for the whole family to enjoy! Thank you for sharing your story with us. Blessings to all.
Kim, I’m truly in tears. I’m 85 years old now and was a boarding mother to 89 babies, from 2 days old . Your story is truly what I prayed for , for all our babies, they were all adopted and some didn’t leave our home for 2 years but God is so good and my prayers go out to your amazing blended family. Tears, joy, all the emotions of a mother were mine even though the babies were not mine. An amazing story of Gods perfect plan. Thank you for sharing,
Hello Judi, you are an inspiration. May our good Lord continue to grant you the best of health and shower you with all His Blessings for the wonderful works you do in caring for those 89 babies.
continue praying for all your babies Judi!!
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So sweet. I was kicked out of the Mormon church (disfellowshipped), my parents were shunned and eventually divorced, ruining our family just because I had sex. I kept my baby because of the Mormon's weird desire to acquire her. And guess what everybody? God still loves me, us & them - even without a testimony! You are always loved by God FYI. Have a great day!
I'm so sorry you went through that with the MC. And I am so glad your child is with you. Blessings to you and yours.
@@narniagirl1420 Thank you sweet one
Yes, he loves all of us. God is love
That is so against what Jesus teaches that I find it hard to believe they would do that to you!
@@ScarlettO323 I believe you. Some churches do that.. Kicking people out of church coz of early pregnancy or sex before marriage
My mother was raised Catholic. She always told me babies are a "gift" from God. I was a teen mother. When I told my mother she knew the baby was a gift and loved me more during my pregnancy. My son was born and raised as another member of our family.
I was raise catholic and l remember in my youth thinking that if l got pregnant l will fight to keep the baby and go forward.I was 19.I'm pro life since my childhood
Exactly "If you play your gonna have to pay one way or another "
Meaning I had boys if they didn't got a girl pregnant
I was raised Catholic neither myself or my sister had babies before we got married however I knew two girls who did get pregnant one of the girls family reared her babies as their own they other girl gave her baby up for adoption she later married the father and went on to have more children I often wonder did the child she gave up ever get in contact as that child had full brothers and sisters. Just a thought.
Yes , I had same experience I decided to confront my new responsibility work hard for love to my son , I never imagine to be without him after I found out I was pregnant 🥰
My biological grandmother is catholic, works in the rosary society; she’s in her 70’s. Contacted her a few weeks ago; she refuse to tell me any medical and family background info. What a 🤬
I adopted my middle daughter’s baby; so my bio granddaughter. It’s been the best thing for our family; my daughter gets to see her bio baby all of the time and my youngest never has to wonder who her birth mom is.
Curious, are you raising her to cell you Mom? 🤔
@@jennSalvate I AM mom so, yes, she calls me mom. She calls bio mom by her first name and refers to her as her sister.
This is absolutely what I would have done
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What a beautiful story. I am adopted and have never found my birth family. God blessed me with the most Godly,loving, secure home. I am blessed. But this beautiful story made me cry. I have always had the utmost respect for my birth mom. Especially after having children of my own. And now my husband and I are about to welcome our first grandbaby! God is faithful!
I didn't think I would ever find my birth family. Especially after becoming a Grandmother. But God had other plans, just days after turning 60 I found my biological family ! Sadly my Mother had passed, but found 2 half siblings. My Poppa, my Biological Father, that knew nothing about me after lots of talking and fact checking etc. We finally met 2 months later. His wife, I call Mom C, was so welcoming, knowing I came to be 3 years before they even met. Along with her I have 4 half siblings on his side. I'm so blessed to have had nearly 4 years in their lives. My Poppa will turn 90 in June. We speak nearly every day. God is so so good !!
@@KrissiCreates you are so very blessed!!!
Have you thought about how much your birth parents love you and miss you? My son was not given the chance to know his baby because of laws in our State. . . Please pray for us, I would have raised that child as my own if I'd have been given the chance. It would have been my first grandbaby.
Congratulations on your family and grandbabies! Prayers too.
I'm not crying. "Here Grandma!"
I'm even shaking.
As an adoptive Mom, I am so very thankful for a birth Mom's decision to choose life and carry their child for someone to become parents! My son is 29 and is such a blessing to our family!
I loved seeing your story today, and I, too, was in tears. I really understood your mother, Kim, as my daughter had a baby before being married, (she was a little older - already teaching -in a Christian School). I couldn't stand the thought of my first grandchild being separated from us, but we supported her decision whole-heartedly to raise her son herself (with our help). He is now 17 and we cannot imagine life without him. He is having a tough time right now and we just continue to pray for God to lead him in his life. I am really emotional after watching this and so happy for you.
This adoption story brought tears to my eyes. Two of my best friends have adopted children, & my sister gave birth at 16. Choosing to place your child with an adoptive family is a selfless decision of love. When you do not feel that you can meet every need of your child, adoption is an amazing option. I am so blessed to hear the testimony of this family. I hope that women who find themselves pregnant, and have a decision to make, will see stories like this and choose adoption over abortion. Lean on the Lord. He will guide you as He did Kimberly. 🙏🏻❤
Adoption is lifelong trauma and loss for both mother and baby. It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The church needs to stand alongside women who are pregnant who need help and help them to keep their babies, not create the heartache for one mother of losing a child so someone else can have that child. That's not about helping the child, that's about giving the adults what they want. The church is doing a great disservice to encourage adoption.
Thank God for blessing this child with amazing parents who wanted and loved her.
This is the most beautiful story of love and redemption. Thank you from my heart for sharing. Again and again you directed us to the love of God for all of us who trust Him.
SO BEAUTIFUL ! Cried my eyes out through most it. What a loving awesome beautiful LORD Jesus we belong to. He turns our mourning to dancing and turns ashes to beauty.
Lovy story
This truely an amazing story. Peace and love to all of you. We have an amazing God.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story of God’s redemption and His incredible love and forgiveness.
Beautiful people all of them. Yes, they do exist thank God.
That's the most beautiful photograph of five generations of women. 49:25 Thanks for sharing your family's story! Sometimes I get the feeling that adopted kids are luckier than regular. Not only do they have one family that loves 'em- they have two!
totaly agree about the photo !!! just amazing
I remember many years ago how my husband expressed his peacefulness when all his children were sleeping under one roof. Life unfolds and a father has expectations of himself.. Im glad the father recognized the gift of that moment… as my husband did.
Amazing, the father, mother and daughter are amazing... the adopted parents and middle man are special.... looking on this video the tears in my eyes didn't stop
Awww, What a beautiful story. Your daughter is a perfect blend of you and your husband and she has your soft, humble way of speaking. May Jehovah God bless you and all your family.
Anyone than can say they have 2 loving moms is the luckiest person ever!!!!
I'm lucky for sure. Lost my mom that adopted me in 2013. I was 43. N then in November of last yr I found my biological Mom. Best 50th birthday gift ever. N she's been so warm n loving n open. So yep I'm definitely lucky. I get two great Mom's in my lifetime.
I hope I see mine one day
I am a mother of two amazing adult now. At the time of becoming a mother was only because of Gods love for two other women who’s lives where up side down. Every night I got on my hands and knees and prayed (at times I felt like a monster) that a girl/ woman would make a heart breaking mistake,so I could hold a baby in, so I would some day hear a small little voice say the would mommy. These prayers were answered. God also walked me and my husband through some amazing walks with him before each child was born. As time went by and our daughter and son grow up, my prayers where for each of my birth mothers. I had so much love and respect for each of our birth mothers. I had hoped to meet them some day and tell them thank you. I always went out of my way if I found out a woman had given a child up for adoption to thank you and ask could I could hug her. Long story short My daughter did chose to meet her birth parents, I was blessed to hug both birth mother and dad. God please bless all who chose life. Thank you for this beautiful life story of what looked like a tragedy that brought many lessons about life and God’s love. From Gods arms through the body and heart of one woman to the arms and heart of a woman hoping for a miracle.
Bless you.
What a beautiful story snd some very beautiful families and all the love of God that they share!
Love of God wouldn't give a child away with 2 fit parents and a fit grandmother
What a beautiful Love story! May God continue to bless you and your family!
This was awesome to see. Him Kim, you were the first person that I had ever met who had been through the adoption process. I relinquished my son at birth and getting to chat with you helped me through the process.
Oh wow..what a joy to watch this. A true testament of God's gracious and abounding LOVE of His beloved.
What a great story and testament to God's plan when we listen and follow his guidance. God Bless you all .
This is such a beautifully written story by God. What a way to show His love and compassion and forgiveness, and of course, reunion! ♥️
What a beautiful story! I feel so much the pain and loss of Sarah Anne's biological parents and the absolute love in her adoptive parents. Such a wonderful testimony to our God's amazing love and grace. He truly has restored their hearts and I found myself close to tears just about the whole way through. All glory be to Jesus Christ our Lord and savior 🙏🙌❤
Amen!
What an amazing and fulfilling story of love and redemption of God’s Grace...
What an AMAZING journey guided by our loving Heavenly Father!!!
I had the same experience with my daughter’s birth mom. Not everybody is that lucky. Other adopted children of mine weren’t as lucky. As sad as that was for all of us, this disappointment just made them even more grateful for being adopted into a good family.
Oh you and I carried the same luggage!
My dad was a minister. I was 17, pregnant by my high school boyfriend.
My story didn’t include adoption, or abortion .
I kept my daughter, and married at 17!
My story takes a hard left here! But I’ve often wondered if it would have been better for her to be raised by steady parents!
Her maturity is blowing me away!
I stumbled on this story and was just touched by your deep faith in Christ which, as we know, comes from walking through deep valleys. It’s only then that we know- really know Gods good presence, love, mercy, and grace in our lives. Thank you for sharing your story! It’s such a good reminder of our savior’s redemptive love. 🎉
I've never heard such tosh, such love in a godly family yet not enough love to raise your own flesh and blood
Heather I thought the same thing as you, but in retrospect that was the best decision they made. I wish that Sarah would mot call her biological parents by their first name.
Nonsense
@@jennasis204 I thought that was weird hearing Sara call her bio mom Kim, but then again, she already has a "Mom".
Kim is really a stranger to her.
I get it...
Exactly.
This is a beautiful story. Very Uplifting and encouraging. God is really good
Yes: HE is wonderful. I agree.
I had my first son at 18, no way could i give him up
Such a beautiful story of love and everlasting faith! So glad everything turned out beyond amazing thanks to God.
What an amazing story of Gods faithfulness and Love!!!
What a mind blowing, enriching, testimony! Bless all concerned xxx
God bless you for such a courageous decision. I can’t imagine the pain of giving up my child and the faith it took to do so. I respect greatly all involved to know what they could and could not do where keeping the child was concerned. Obviously God heard and answered their prayers. No one is perfect. No one can say what they would do unless they have been there. Hats off to those who keep their unexpected babies and to those who realize limitations and make the hardest decision a parent could ever make. Sarah Ann is and was blessed.
What a wonderful story. I am happy for all of you. I hope this story goes on for generations.
Beautiful story! Thank you, Lord!
Wonderful people all together..and that picture wirh 5 generations of beautiful moms and daughters🥰
The daughter is beautiful vibrant talkative and that smile just like her mum a lovely ending..
I’m not sure I feel the same way that most people do about this. I don’t understand why the family didn’t help her keep the baby. She had grandparents and parents that could have been enormous help. I’m just not getting the good in this.
The biological mom prayed about what to do. She did what she felt like God wanted her to do and the Lord blessed her for it. It's hard to do what God wants us to do but it's worth it. I've seen situations where the Lord has asked somebody to raise their child and blessed them for that. I've also seen kids being raised by grandparents but they are also being blessed by that too because they did what the Lord wanted them to do.
I agree with you. I feel the family was selfish
What an amazing wonderful testimony. I needed to watch this. Amen
What a beautiful story....thank you for sharing! May your family stay STRONG 💪in the Lord and in the power of His might....🙌🏽 Maranatha!!!
P.S. ignore the hateful comments!!!! ❤❤❤
Just beautiful! God is always watching over us all!
I loved this story. It is truly gift from God. God is so good. He cares about every little thing about our heart's desire. How inspiring.
I wish my family would have handled my pregnancy with grace.
I’m sorry. I pray you experience healing. It’s hard. Even through a supportive family. The journey of pregnancy can be hard. Thank you for sharing.
A beautiful story from the beginning to the end.💖💖
What a bad ass, amazing, supportive friend she had. It's too bad she didn't see what an angel on earth she was for offering to help her, and saving all those girls.
Beautiful Story! God Bless you all!
This is the most incredible documentary I’ve ever watched. So touching and lovely.
Kim, absolutely beautiful blending of God'a love & lives. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you.
Amazing! Glory to God 🙏
What a BEAUTIFUL story THANK YOU for sharing
Very nice docu, thank you.
I love this strorie. Life can be a challenge. It's all how we deal with these challenges that make a difference in our life. Always turn to God first.
Most adoptees would choose to have grown up with their mother notwithstanding financial circumstances, though not with substance abuse.
Wonderful! Thank you.
Love this story, thank you for sharing. God is Awesome
What an amazing story. But had i been that daughter that they had given up,I'm not too sure if i could have been so forgiving. I'm so happy for them all though. But i am wondering if behind all of those smiling faces that they are portraying to us......
If only all adoptions where like this. As an adoptee, my story is nothing like this at all!
It’s true. It’s not always like this. And even in the blessing there was much pain and sadness. I pray healing for you and all who navigate these hard journeys.
Am I the only one that thinks that she looks like her dad?
The adoptive parents did a great job in raising their daughter.
I wonder how many pregnant teenage girls will "stumble" on this video and choose to have their babies. And their own moms will be encouraged to walk with their daughters through an incredibly difficult (but wonderful) journey. This will be greatly used by God, I have no doubt.
I hope it’s helpful. Let your local pregnancy clinic know it’s a resource.
Sarah Ann looks exactly like her bio dad.
I think she looks like her mom with her dad's face shape.
she has her dad's eyes
agree. she's spitting image of her bio das. strange that her biological siblings don't look like their parents.
How could grandparents on both side agreed on adoption that giving away apart of you
Because they couldn't (Kim's mother) for one, couldn't afford to raise the baby. Not sure about his parents.
Beautiful story. Loved it...
Absolutely beautiful wonderful testimony and love Story God's Grace's
This was beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Beautiful countenance from this young woman. God Bless her.
I love this story ❤💙💛
I am trying to understand how, where with só much family support, it was necessary to take such drastic action as adoption. Especially where the father remained in the picture.
I understand the wrestling. It’s always good to remember the people we were at 17 and 18, the circumstances of our lives at that time are not who we grew to become 22 years later. It still was hard and wrestled through with much prayer and counsel. But thank you tho. Because that’s a big part of the story. We all have capacity to grow.
Beautiful story
Why is it nauseating hearing them gush about their faith knowing they were giving this baby up? Why couldn't her sister adopt the baby? At least her daughter has more life in her expression.
I find that folks who do not have a relationship with God will often express a feeling of nausea or sickness at the very mention of God, scripture, or going into church. This couple was not giving their baby up. Giving up a child is what so many young women do these days with an abortion. This couple was not giving their child up. They were giving their child life. Very few young women these days have the love/faith/courage and trust to allow the heartbeat that they themselves created to continue to beat. They opt instead to kill their child in the womb. It is the easier choice in many ways because giving a family who is longing and praying for a child but can't have one or giving a woman a chance to be a mother when she has been unable to do so is the ultimate gift...your gift of joy for a family that you have never met, your blessing that allows a woman to become a mother, comes with a whole bunch of emotions, including sadness but when one has faith in God, enough faith to GUSH about, then one is guided by the hand of God to make the best decisions, knowing that God has your back. Your sadness will be short-lived. Without faith it is difficult to experience all of the emotions involved in bringing a beautiful life into the world and then placing that life into the care of another. When you have faith you see that God turns your sadness into the greatest joy. It seems that we have made it easier to schedule an appointment to kill a child that has made us pregnant, and to just not think about it ever again. Some women can not kill. Those who have faith God gives to them special insight. Which means "Seeing inside yourself" I use this example...if you had a cat, and the cat ended up pregnant but having kittens was something that you just didn't want to deal with...so you brought the cat outside into the garage and you got an extra long screwdriver or a wooden dowell, inserted it into the cat, stirred it, in and out and round and round until the bloody, lifeless underdeveloped kittens poured from the mama cats body onto the driveway. Then you scooped up those tiny paws, lheads and ears, jagged and ripped amniotic sacks and you tossed it all into the trash....anyone who witnessed that would be horrified and yet this is what the AVERAGE woman in America CHOOSES when she decides to end the pregnancy with abortion. The faith, the gushing faith of this mother....would not allow her to kill. Her gushing faith brought a beautiful baby and allowed for a beautiful grand baby. They didn't give their baby up they gave their baby life.
Nowhere in the Bible does God encourage a mother to give her child to a stranger. No barren woman was told to take the child of some other woman. Adoption, the separation of mother and baby at birth, is not of God & the church should not be encouraging adoption as they do but should instead stand with that distraught pregnant woman and help her to keep her baby. Adoption is a llifelong sentence of trauma and loss for both mother and baby, something no one should be made to live with.
Wow. I highly recommend you listen to more adoption stories. You are grossly uneducated about the experience.
@@AgapeSpiritFlow-vv5fx I hope you are not negating someone's lived experience??? 😢
This is to engorage women to give their babies away and taustalla "gods plan"-this is to make goverment and state to look good.
Moses was given away in order to save him
Thank you @obicat. As a product of forced adoption I hold my strict, religious biological grandparents responsible for my adoption and my biological mother's heartbreak and early death. I have absolutely no time for labels or religion...I am content knowing kindness and goodness lives within me. I will go to me grave without having my mother or father.
If only all mothers reacted to hearing their daughter was pregnant like Kim's did. Unless there was no other choice it would be devastating to give up a baby.
You can see JESUS in all of them. They all seem so incredibly loving, the mother was very loving towards her daughter being pregnant. I agree/ being supportive is the best gift that we can give our kids and families. 😊😊😊😊😊
Beautiful story!
Awesome story
That was absolutely beautiful. Glory be to God (Allah) FOREVER 🙏🏿❤️
To give your baby up for adoption if you are not in a position to rear it yourself is one of the most selfless things a mother can do.
Only selfless for themselves , to be truly selfless would have been to keep the baby and give up your life as you know it , now that would be truly selfless
@@debrarow1933 yes that would be right in a ideally world but for many different reasons people can't keep their babies in case you are thinking this my case I have three adult children born within my marriage but I have understanding of life to have your baby rather than abort it is selfless. I have friends who adopted children and loved them with all their hearts can't see why anyone would want to adopt children otherwise also though most of them did trace their birth they don't seem to have a close relationship with them they may be in contact with them but not close. I understand it has to be very hard on people who can't trace their birth parents every has the right to know where they came from and their medical history.
I am just so creeped out over the issue of this semi closed adoption. That fellow Neil seemed nice & I know it was a different time, but geez, between him & the adoptive family, they could have opened the adoption so much sooner. The birth parents were grown adults, married & stable. So much about this situation reeks of well meaning intentions mixed with a level of power & manipulation, preying on vulnerable young adults through religion.
What a amazing story.
Beautiful made me crybibwas also adopted but my finding my mum was a bit different and i didnt have the support from my adopted parents they were not happy i traced my maternal mother they actually disowned me for along time
Being disowned for seeking your birth parents (a common and natural curiosity which most adopted kids do) must have been so painful!! The wonderful thing about love is that love grows to include birth parents as well as adoptive parents. There is love enough to give to everyone!! Too bad your adoptive parents were so threatened by this. Hope it is better now!
I’m so sorry for that hard journey. I’m hoping the years bring healing for you and your family. Thank you for sharing.
So much love in this family💓💓💓
God bless you all it's an amazing story
To me she looks like her father more than mother.
God IS TRULY THE GOD OF REDEMPTION!! Be Blessed!
she is very well spoken
Every situation is different. My take away is that I respect the mother’s decision, regardless of whether the choice is keeping the baby, placing it for adoption or terminating the pregnancy. The decision is not ours to judge. I think I read, in the Bible, judge not, lest you be judged.
*47:39* I’m feeling so emotional and I’m crying and I don’t even know if it’s happy- or sad tears. Might be a mix of both .
God is so good! ♥