My hats off to genuine parents who want to adopt to help the children out of Love, Strength and has All resources to include emotional, mental health. I hope all parents adopt put the children first and it’s Not about attention seeking and being dramatic.
It’s so important to us to provide our kiddo with a living stable environment. We will make mistakes, a lot of them, but we hope to be honest and quick to ask for forgiveness.
I work for DHS and I can attest that there are plenty of children who are needing and wanting to be adopted in our Foster Care Program. May God bless you with children that are a good match for all and you can have the family you all have dreamed of. TFS your journey with us.
What you're doing is a great thing. I'm 66 years old & I was adopted as a newborn. It was prearranged before birth. My parents were great. I found my birth mom in Jan. 2017 & my birth Dad's family in Jan. of 2018. It's been interesting. Just be careful. Just because parental rights have been terminated, may not mean they are completely out of the picture. Having them come back into the picture can be traumatic & messy. Be sure to get details from your caseworker & ask lots of questions. I wish you success.
Thanks for sharing! We will have access to as much info as the state has, thanks goodness. We are for bio family relationships as long as they are safe.... we know they can be messy and can do our best to work through that , as long as a person is safe for our kids we will encourage contact.
Congratulations! You’ll make wonderful parents that these kids need so much in their lives. I’m not surprised there are multiple siblings in foster care. From this RN who worked in our birthing center unfortunately we saw multiple mothers have their children removed and parental rights taken away. The sad part is they’d be back again and again having more kids with the same results. As sad as that was though foster care was far better than remaining with their parents. Prayer warriors are now working for you both. 🙏🏻
Yes so sad. Being with Bio-family is obviously ideal. I know that as excited as I am to get to have a family that means another family was torn apart. Adoption is beautiful but built out of tragedy. It breaks my heart.
I just came across your video, and first I want to say thank you for this video. Its so funny, my husband and I are in the beginning process of the adoption process. We are going to to adopt from foster from the waiting children list. We too live in West TX and our little girl that pulls at our heart is in the region 3 area. After doing so much research and coming across so many post and videos, I feel like we were called to do this by God. Again thank you for this video, and I am excited for your journey and pray for your family.
So excited for you two during this journey. Please, please, please only share what you feel comfortable sharing and not what you think we want to hear. Will be praying for you both and for the little ones.
Awe thanks Melody!!! That means a lot. There will definitely be things we don’t share but there will also be a lot we can and want to share. I’m so ready for this journey
Dear Robin sending words of encouragement and love to you and mattman I will send a heartful prayer up to God to help you get the right child who needs a good loving home I'm sure you will be awesome parents be happy be strong stap positive it will all work out in time Robin and hopefully soon you will have your children and they will have a God fearing living happy home then you can teach them about occ shoeboxes have a lovely day bye Robin ❤😂😅
That’s amazing!!! Check out the connellys - they have just moved to Texas and adopted a lot of siblings etc. They are building up a farm with lots of animals.
I found your channel through OCC and I'm so glad that I did. I'm excited to follow along with your adoption journey! Your heart shines through in your videos and your babies are going to be so lucky have you as their mom! Also, I'm from Amarillo and I currently live in Fort Worth. What a small world! ❤
So excited for you. Praying that God will open doors and lead you to exactly which kids He has chosen for your family. So excited to follow along on this journey with you. We have always wanted to adopt as well... but as you mentioned there are challenges every couple faces and our bug one is being from 2 different countries. We have put it in God's hands. If He desires this for us then He has to open the doors and make it happen. Praying that this whole process goes well for you and Matt.
Take heart!!! My cousin is a missionary in Japan and married a man from Japan. They were able to adopt in Japan from a Japanese agency but their kiddos are US citizens. It’s complicated but it’s possible.
Happy tears for you. You said two and I immediately thought three. Everyone definitely has a past. I’m honored to be on this journey with you both. ❤❤❤
I am so beyond happy for you both! I'm adopted and I think adoption is such a blessing! Praying for you both and for the children that the Lord has for you. ❤️
Loved this video ! You will be a blessing to those kids waiting for you ❤...Id love to give advice but not that knowledgable myself ?.A couple of families i follow on RU-vid who i have to say are amazing adoptive parents are not enough Nelson's and knorrp and South ? The mothers tiffany and megan are so lovely ! Xx
How lovely for you guys to be able to adopt these kiddos. The kids are the very luckiest of all the kids. Just think of it all. Wonderful!!! Please show us the rooms you set up for the kids I know how just how cute they will be.
Such exciting news! I’m so happy for you both. May the process seem faster than it sounds and they find the perfect match for you soon!💕 Hugs and prayers.🙏 ~Rosy
Robyn I watched your first video and I felt for you big time but look where you are now it’s just wonderful God is good it may not be a easy journey but a worthwhile one and no doubt you will learn lots. I have watched all your videos don’t always comment but love them so thank you. 🏴🌈🌞
My daughter is adopted and I am thrilled to hear this!! I was in the delivery room with her birth Mom and it was amazing!!! Blessings on this journey and I will be praying for you!!
This is such exciting news for you guys!! I agree Matt and you will make great parents. I hope that God help your family with the exciting adventure.. I will be praying for new family!
Congratulations! I love that you are looking for siblings. I can imagine how hard it is to be separated from your brother at those ages. We are in a different region (7) but have been active in supporting the local foster care system. Providing food for teens that are "living" in the DFPS offices, helping to make sure that kids have luggage/a bag to take their things from place to place. So you might look around while you wait and see what the supports locally are for helping. Also, if it helps. I was a kid growing up in Houston. I was aware of the Panhandle -- but that did not feel like Texas. Texas was the Pineywoods where we went to go camping and the messy traffic of Houston.
Thank you for supporting DFPS. Maybe you gave my child food and a bag and maybe when they finally get to come home they won’t be carrying their items in a garbage bag. 😍
Thank you for sharing such a personal journey, Robynn! I did see the video you mentioned about your infertility, and my heart broke for you. (My husband and I had several months of infertility before we had a baby and I'll never forget how helpless and sad I felt). I hope the agency accepts you two! It sounds like they provide a lot of training to help couples learn to parent children from a difficult past. I know you and Mattman will soak it up, and prepare spiritually, too! With God all things are possible!
Fantastic news on your adoption journey, Robynn! So excited for you. And please know that all of us have things in our past that we’d like to change, myself included- but like you said, that’s just real life. You guys will make awesome parents! Here to follow along and happy to give mom-advice, as I have 12 and 14 yo’s myself currently. ((Big hugs)) from TN! - Morgan
We feel led to welcome an “older” kiddo because they are so often looked over. We know it’s going to be really really hard but it’s what we are called to. ❤️
Wow, what a process, but I am so happy for you guys! Your child(ren) will be blessed to have you as parents. You know now your first video is probably going to go viral 😂.
Keep this in mind, all those classes & instruction they give you is multi-purposed. It's great info, but they are trying to weed out people who are not looking for children for the right reasons. People with nefarious intent won't hang in there.
You are so wonderful and I'm so happy for you that you are approved so far! I actully wanted to adopt kids for a long time, but people (including my parents) told me that no one will let autistic people adopt kids, also my gf left me so this won't happen (not because of that, she wanted to adopt as well)... at least anytime soon, so I'm glad to at least support you in your journey! ❤🧡💛💚💚💙💙💜 I'm not having any bio kids that for sure, for several reasons (incluing autism being genetic) but most since I feel there are SO MANY kids who need a family so I feel like if I want kids I need to save one you know :) (not a baby tho, 6+, if I'm already adopting I'm skipping the diaper stage loll)
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Hi. We are in the same location as you and are looking to adopt as well. I would love if you could share with me the name of the agency, maybe privately. Our agency doesn’t do adoption directly only as fostering kids whose parental rights haven’t been terminated yet. I haven’t been successful in finding another agency. I wish you well in your journey.
So sorry I am just now getting to you. We are with Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth. People in our classes were coming from all over Texas, I was so surprised.
Do you have to go through an adoption agency to adopt out of foster care in Texas? Crazy there is a 12-24 month wait when kids need homes now. Yes, you have more time to read about trauma and kids etc...
Well you don’t have to use an agency. But you do have to become a licensed home. You can go directly through the state but you won’t get the support of an agency or a dedicated worker seeking for waiting children. Either way the process of becoming licensed takes several months just a few months longer with an agency.
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