Family Resources
a Minnesota licensed non-profit adoption agency
We are so blessed to have been given
these two beautiful children to share our lives with. Even with all the problems
going on in the world today, we feel our lives are just so wonderful. We are
eternally grateful for everything Deb and the staff at Family Resources did to
make this happen. --The Waters; parents of Cody and Kira from the Astrakhan region of Russia.
Katie has become a very important part of our family. She
has given us so much love and she has grown and thrived on the love we have
given her. I thank Deb every day (maybe not to her face) for sending out that
newsletter and featuring Katie (Aigul) as the feature child. We feel it was fate
that led her to us, but it was Deb and Family Resources that made this possible.
Sincerely, Dawn Tilton - Brooklyn
Park, MN
The decision to adopt again didn't come right away.
We adopted our oldest daughter domestically when she was less than two days
old. When our daughter was six she and I started to really talk about her
having a sister. We talked about it for awhile before we decided to approach my
husband about it. Much to our surprise he said we should look into it again. We
knew we did not want a baby again, we wanted a girl close to Hannah's age, a
sister for her to play with, confide in, to complain to about her crazy parents
when we were old. We also wanted another child to love. We had always talked
about having two kids, but after waiting so long for the first one, we were
overwhelmed with our love for her that we thought another child just wouldn't be
as wonderful as our first. (We would soon find out that we can and do
love all of our children as much as the first.) Because Hannah has such a kind
and loving heart, we thought that we were depriving her in some way of the joys
of having a sibling. And so began our journey.
One of the teachers at our
daughter's school was adopting through Family Resources. She had brought a video
of her children to school for everyone to see. They were so sweet, and it all
seemed so real, that there were real children in Russia to be adopted and loved.
I immediately called Deb to set up an appointment. We brought our daughter with
us to the meeting and we instantly decided that Family Resources was the agency
for us.
We had originally only wanted to
add one child to our family. My husband was happy with only Hannah
but he agreed that another girl would be a great addition to our family. As luck
would have it, Deb told us about a brother and sister available for adoption in
Kemerovo, Russia. Would we be interested? I said that I definitely would be, but
I would have to convince Steve. After some prayers and talking about it, we
decided that the brother and sister would be an awesome addition to our family.
And so began the wait to travel to Russia. Finally our time to go came. It all
seemed so unreal, like a dream that we were traveling half way around the world
to meet our kids, Nicole and Adam. Our trip was great, aside from missing Hannah
who was at home with grandma. We still have some contact with our interpreters,
they were all so kind and helpful.
I tease my husband sometimes
that I think our son, Adam, needs a brother. He just smiles and says
"no". My dear sweet husband would have been happy with one child, but
he is now the proud father of three wonderful children who happen to all have
been adopted. We have found that three children are in some ways easier to take
care of than one. They act as though they have been together for life. They
play, fight, and most of all they love each other. We are thankful to everyone
who helped us complete our family, from the birthparents who gave them life, to
the agency who helped us find our wonderful children. Our children have
wonderful stories of our searches to find them, and Family Resources has helped
us along the way. - Michelle Meyers, now a mother of three
"After visiting a number of agencies, we knew that Family Resources was the
best choice for us. As a result of their care and commitment, we now have been
blessed with a wonderful family!"
Paul and Sarah Lindemann, Zachary and Valentina
Family Resources
11311 Dayton River Road
Dayton, MN 55327
Phone: 763-323-8050
or 763-422-8590
Fax: 763-323-0095
e-mail: familyresources@msn.com
