{"id":307512,"date":"2022-06-11T08:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/one-adoption-journey-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:02:07","slug":"one-adoption-journey-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-this-week\/one-adoption-journey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"One Adoption Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Tricia Goyer tells the story of her family adopting Alyssa and how that first adoption spring-boarded their family into foster care and adopting more children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/d2c17sq0nj1f7e.cloudfront.net\/flw2022-06-11.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"25.63M","filesize_raw":"26874527","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2818],"tags":[2712,5338,5805,5452,4475,5639],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[3034],"series":[10388],"class_list":["post-307512","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","category-adoption-and-orphans","tag-adoption","tag-adoption-challenges","tag-foster-family","tag-foster-parenting","tag-orphans","tag-questions-about-adoption","cwp_profile-tricia-goyer","series-familylife-this-week"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/10\/FLTW-Podcast-Cover-2-1400x1400-1-300x300-1.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/307512\/one-adoption-journey-2","player_link":"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/307512\/one-adoption-journey-2","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-this-week","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NeRCjlr48T\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-this-week\/one-adoption-journey-2\/\">One Adoption Journey<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-this-week\/one-adoption-journey-2\/embed\/#?secret=NeRCjlr48T\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;One Adoption Journey&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"NeRCjlr48T\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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She chose to give Alyssa this family, with this mom and this dad, and these other siblings, just knowing that we would love her.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> We\u2019re going to talk about adoption today. Tricia Goyer is going to share the story of Alyssa, their <em>first<\/em> adopted daughter, who helped to blend their family from a biological family to a bigger adoptive family. That\u2019s coming up on <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>I\u2019m Michelle Hill. You know, one of the things that I really enjoy watching is how God develops someone\u2019s story\/someone\u2019s journey over time. I\u2019ve gotten to witness an adoption story that has continued to multiply, and multiply, and multiply over time; and that is with Tricia and John Goyer. Tricia and I have been friends, now, for almost a decade; and it\u2019s been incredible to watch their adoption story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I sit here, right now, they have ten children: three biological children and seven adopted children. The first child they adopted, Alyssa, has had a big part in gluing and blending their whole family together. I want you to hear that story\/the story of Alyssa. Here\u2019s my conversation with Tricia Goyer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Okay; you've been here nine years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Almost nine-and-a-half!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Nine-and-a-half years ago, I met you in this very studio. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014in this studio! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I was so excited; because I was like, \u201cThe author, Tricia Goyer?!\u2014this is so exciting!\u201d \u201cHi!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And you had read my book; so you were, immediately, my best friend at that moment. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; most importantly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo then, when you moved here, and John started working here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, I remember having one conversation with him, one day, and just saying how I liked to work with teenage girls. All of a sudden, <em>your<\/em> book ended up on my desk the very next day. I said something to him; and he was like, \u201cYou should call her for coffee.\u201d I was like [pensive voice]: \u201cMe?\u2014call Tricia Goyer for coffee?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Oh, you\u2019re so funny! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And then, that started this amazing friendship.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; it's been awesome.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It has been awesome. And when we went for coffee, this little, tiny, beautiful girl, about\u2014I think she was probably about two months old at the time?\u2014went with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And I got to know Alyssa so well; I became her \u201cAuntie.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell\u201d is what I was known as.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell-Michelle.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; but she was your <em>fourth<\/em> child, because you had three others\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014that were older.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014that were a <em>lot<\/em> older! So you had Cory and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014Leslie and Nathan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014Leslie and Nathan; and then, you had this tiny little afterthought child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Sixteen years later\u2014we just felt called to adoption\u2014and newborn baby. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So tell me about that. How were you called to adopt?\u2014especially when you were thinking you were launching your children off to college. You're on to a professional career of writing and speaking\u2014and everything <em>that<\/em> calls [for]\u2014and all of a sudden, you end up with a tiny, little baby.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> How did you guys decide that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, I think Nathan was about seven when I first thought about adoption. I had read this magazine article about baby girls in China and that they were looking for homes. I talked to John; and he was like, \u201cNo; we have three kids. You have just started writing. We\u2019re busy; no.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, really, just\u2014I think I mentioned it a couple times over the next, probably, five or six years\u2014he just really wasn't interested.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And then, I think, you know, just praying about it and just saying, \u201cGod, if it's Your will, You have to bring John around.\u201d John just ended up saying, you know, \u201cAre you still interested in an adoption?\u201d God had just brought his heart around as he was reading God's Word and seeing other adoptive parents. I think that's so important! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou don't want to try to force someone or push someone into wanting to get on the same page as you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And so, really, we both came to the same page\u2014that we were both still young; because, you know, we had kids in our\u2014I was in my late teens; he was early 20s. We were still both in our, you know, early 40s: \u201cWe\u2019re young; we could do this again,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014and \u201cThere are kids out there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe first filled out paperwork for China. That did not\u2014they ended up closing the doors\/the avenue that we were trying to go down\u2014and then I remember just being so crushed. Because I thought: \u201cAll these years, I've wanted to adopt and, then, the doors to China close,\u201d and \u201cGod, I don't understand it.\u201d It was that day that we got a call about this birth mom, who was specifically looking at our family to adopt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Why was she specifically looking at you guys? I mean, you weren't on that realm; you were looking at China!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> We weren't on the\/we were looking at international adoption. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; so I had spoken at a MOPS group\u2014just about trusting God and how\/you know, about prayer and about adoption\u2014and about: \u201cMaybe someday we'll adopt.\u201d Well, I didn't know that one of the women in there\/her sister-in-law was facing an unplanned pregnancy. She ended up telling her sister-in-law about our family, which I found out later, the birth mom\u2014her name is Jenna\u2014she's awesome. But she ended up going onto Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and <em>watching<\/em> us for two months, just trying to figure out who our family is and what's going on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; Facebook doesn't lie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; Facebook. And it\u2019s so funny; because I'm so glad I didn't know, because I'd be like: \u201c\u2026baking cookies!\u201d \u201cLook at me cuddling the kids.\u201d [Laughter] It was just like <em>living<\/em> our real lives on Facebook. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was my friend that ended up calling, a couple months later, and said, \u201cI don't know if you're interested in an adoption from just the birth mom, but I know someone who wanted to talk to you and your husband.\u201d I'm like, \u201cOkay; yes!\u201d\u2014and this was out of the blue. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo you know, first we thought, \u201cOkay; the doors are closed in China.\u201d They said, maybe, it would be five to six years before this program opened again. It was <em>that<\/em> day, I was a weeping, saying, \u201cGod, I don't understand!\u201d And then, just finally coming to the place, where: \u201cYou know the child that You have for us,\u201d and \u201cYou know what\u2019s supposed to happen.\u201d And it was <em>that<\/em> day that I ended up getting a call from my friend, telling me about this birth mom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> The <em>amazing<\/em> way that God works. It's always in that \u201cn<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d hour, you know, when all of a sudden, we are down and out; and we think it's just <em>not<\/em> going to happen\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014or we're waiting for the check to arrive\u2014and then, all of a sudden, after we think, \u201cGod, where are You?\u201d\u2014that's when He's like, \u201cThis was the perfect plan all along.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; and it was me relinquishing my thoughts of: \u201cIt had to be this way,\u201d or \u201cIt had to be international adoption,\u201d or \u201cIt had to be\u2026\u201c\u2014it was like: \u201cOkay; You <em>know<\/em> the child. You <em>know<\/em> the plan.\u201d And God's like: \u201cOkay; finally!\u2014finally, you're ready to just be open to what I want.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So what was it about your family that Jenna saw and said, \u201cI think they could raise my child\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> I think she saw our interactions with our older kids; because we have really good, close relationships with our kids, who were like 16, 18, and 20 at the time. We're involved, and I think she knew John and I had been married all those years. She really thought like, \u201cIf they did a good job with these older kids, maybe, you know, they\u2019ll have the same type of love and care for my baby.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so she just reached out to us, and we met her. We went to lunch for the first time and just shared our hearts and shared, you know, who we are, as a family. She just met me first; and then, later, she met John. She spent a lot of time in our home. It was about a month before she was like: \u201cYes! For sure, you\u2019re the family that I want.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Did you stay in contact with her during that month or even before Alyssa was born? Did you stay in contact with her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; we stayed in contact with her. [She] and her daughter would come over and hang out and spend time. But we also had to tell her\u2014it was during that time\u2014that we were moving from Montana to Little Rock. Right around the time of her due date, we were already planning to move; and so then, that was part of her other decision; because she wanted an open adoption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe said, you know, \u201cWe would love to have you\u201d\u2014you know\u2014\u201cour daughter know you and this relationship there, but we're going to be moving 2,000 miles away.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so I think that was part of her decision, too: if she wanted to do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay; talk to us about the open adoption. What kind of feelings go into that?\u2014because, you know, I don't have children, and I'm single; but I'm sitting [here], thinking, \u201cIf I bring this child into my home, I don't want anybody else touching him or her.\u201d So what was your process\/your thought process as you were thinking through open adoption?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Well, one of the things\u2014because she knew we were moving\u2014she asked that she\u2019d be able to take the baby home for a couple days, which I'm like, \u201cWe're <em>never<\/em> going to get the baby if she's going to be taking the baby home!\u201d She <em>did<\/em>\/she took her home. She was at the hospital a couple days; she took her home for like three days; and then she brought her\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Was that scary?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was scary. It was <em>really<\/em>\/I was a nervous wreck. First of all, we\u2019re packing to move across country, which was hard and stressful as it is; but then, you know, it's like, \u201cIs this going to happen?\u201d because we were there at the birth. John was in the waiting room; I was in there when Alyssa was born. I was able to hold her and all these things\u2014and thinking, \u201cI want this to happen,\u201d\u2014but also knowing that the birth mom does have the right to make a different choice if that's what she chooses. So it was: \u201cI want the best for Alyssa and, hopefully, that's with our family\u201d; but also knowing that that might not be what happened. But yes; if you ask John, I was a nervous wreck during that time! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So she ended up bringing Alyssa back after a few days?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes, we met at the church, where\/that's where she passed her off to us. And she says she felt peace when she finally drove up to the church and walked through the parking lot. With a little baby in this carriage, she felt peace that she was making the right decision.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And what were <em>your<\/em> feelings about it when you saw her pull up and then her walking <em>towards<\/em> you with this little baby?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was a mix; because I work with teen moms, also. You know, I'd been leading a teen moms\u2019 support group for about ten years at this time. I had compassion\u2014both for the birth mom, knowing <em>how<\/em> hard this must be\u2014but then the joy and excitement of this new baby in our family. So it was\u2014totally torn\u2014I had love and compassion for her but, also, excitement that we were growing our family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That was Part One of my conversation with Tricia Goyer. Isn\u2019t it just neat to see how God changes lives, and how He has us all on different journeys?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we need to take a break; but when we come back, we\u2019re going to hear how Alyssa was a <em>catalyst<\/em> in the Goyers adopting six more children. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Radio Station Spot Break]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>I\u2019m Michelle Hill. Here\u2019s Part Two of my conversation with Tricia Goyer on the topic of adoption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>So Tricia, as you're moving to Little Rock, you have this brand-new baby. Were you thinking, at that point, \u201cWe want to continue adopting\u201d?\u2014or were you thinking, at that point, \u201cWe have this baby. We have a complete home\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> At that time, we thought we had a complete home. We thought: \u201cWe\u2019re doing what God asked. He asked for us to care for the orphans. We have this sweet little baby. This is easy!\u201d [Laughter] It's easy taking care of a little baby compared to, you know, later, we\u2019ve adopted from foster care, which has been a <em>whole<\/em> different challenge.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That would be a <em>whole<\/em> other challenge; but I want to ask, as Alyssa continued to grow, did the birth mom\u2014did Jenna\u2014stay <em>involved<\/em> in Alyssa's life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; one thing, when we talked about adoption, she said she wanted it to be an open adoption; because she has a little girl that's about four years older than Alyssa.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She said she wanted <em>her<\/em> daughter to know Alyssa and Alyssa to know her daughter. We talked about, you know, once a year, visiting, face to face. Even though it's a long distance, we have made that commitment\u2014once a year, that they could spend time together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Oh, that's why you go back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s why we go to Montana every year! [Laughter] Yes; and they have that. It\u2019s neat to see; because, of course, when Alyssa was one, two, three, she really didn't understand. We would always call her \u201cJenna.\u201d Then, we would, you know, sometimes say, \u201cMama Jenna,\u201d\u2014then, it's just explaining that, you know, she didn't grow in <em>my<\/em> tummy; she grew in <em>Jenna's<\/em> tummy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOver the years, she's understood that more. And then, as we've adopted other kids in the family, she's understood adoption a little bit more. But she <em>loves<\/em> that she has that relationship, and they'll\/like we've Skyped before. Jenna will send birthday presents\/Christmas presents; we\u2019ll send presents to them. It is a relationship\u2014it's not like they talk all the time\u2014but they just know each other. She knows that she has her biological mom out there and her older sister out there, and that we just keep in touch with them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Now, what is <em>your<\/em> relationship with Jenna?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> I think we've just built a friendship, over the years, where we've gotten to know each other. She's my Facebook friend; I \u201clike\u201d her pictures; she \u201clikes\u201d my pictures.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> If Alyssa does something in a little video, I'll send her videos of what she's doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr, you know, when she first started taekwondo, I sent her a picture of her in her taekwondo uniform. I want her to <em>know<\/em> Alyssa, and get to know what she's doing and what she's involved in. It's just this friendship that's special. It's, also, just keeping that road\u2014so we know, when Alyssa's older and wants to visit her\u2014then they'll <em>know<\/em> a little bit about each other.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; and well, I can't help but think that, when you said that's a friendship that\u2019s special, it's so special because Alyssa wouldn't be in your home if she hadn\u2019t made a choice, first of all, to have Alyssa\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014and then, secondly, to place her in <em>your<\/em> <em>arms<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely; and she told us, when she was nearing her due date, she was like, \u201cI love her so much, but I want her to have a good family with a mom and dad.\u201d She was struggling, as a single mom already, and she <em>knew<\/em> she couldn't give her baby everything she wanted. And so <em>that is love\/<\/em>to love enough to make a choice, even though it was really <em>hard<\/em> for her. She chose our family, and she chose to give Alyssa this family\u2014with this mom and this dad and these other siblings\u2014just knowing that we would love her.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Has she ever <em>questioned<\/em> that choice to you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No; and she'll tell me that she's thankful. At least, you know, every year or so, she\u2019ll say, \u201cI\u2019m so thankful that you're her mom and John's her dad.\u201d That makes me feel good, too,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014that she doesn't really regret that choice\u2014that she can see Alyssa\u2019s doing well, and that she feels like she made the right choice, even though it was really hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother amazing thing was that her\/Jenna's mom was in the room when Alyssa was born. I was there; Jenna's mom was there. Jenna's mom was <em>holding<\/em> Alyssa; and she turned to me and she said, \u201cCongratulations, Mom.\u201d I'm like\u2014so it's not only Jenna\u2014it's other members of her family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It affects the <em>whole<\/em> family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; and her mom ended up passing away just about a year after Alyssa was born. We cherish those photos that her mom was holding Alyssa, and got to see Alyssa, and meet Alyssa, and meet our family too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; so how old was Alyssa when you and John started adopting more kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She was almost three years old when we brought home two more kids. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And that was a sibling group; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And that was a sibling group: a two-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So how did that affect Alyssa?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Um, you know, it was <em>hard<\/em>, because she went from\u2014well, first of all, she was happy to have kids to play with; because her other siblings were older\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but it was hard. All of a sudden, it was these anger issues and a lot of disruption in our life. I think <em>we<\/em> did our best to try to just help her understand that they came from hard places. And even though she was little, she understood that: \u201cWe're going to be their family now,\u201d\u2014that\u2014\u201cSometimes, their family didn't treat them very well.\u201d We just tried to, even at a young age, help her understand. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so cute; because then, we adopted, when she was like seven\u2014we adopted four <em>older<\/em> girls\u2014she'll say, \u201cWhen <em>we<\/em> adopted you\u2026\u201d\u2014and she'll tell them something\u2014\u201cWhen we adopted you\u2026\u201d\u2014and she'll go into some story; because she feels like she's a part of that too. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> She\u2019s a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Because even, when <em>they<\/em> were little\u2014the three younger ones\u2014we would show them the photos and: \u201cThese girls need a home,\u201d and \u201cDo you think <em>we<\/em> should adopt them?\u201d It was our <em>whole<\/em> family deciding, together; it wasn't, \u201cLook what Mom and Dad are doing, and you have to deal with it.\u201d It was like\u2014we prayed for them; they drew pictures for them that we took down during the first visit when we met them\u2014really, it was she felt\/Allyssa will still say: \u201cWhen <em>we<\/em> adopted you...\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> She felt a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She felt a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I've got to say\u2014I <em>know<\/em> you, and I've met your children; I <em>know<\/em> the family and, yet, I'm confused\u2014chronologically, can you lay your family out for us? Can you explain who you are?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely; so we have Cory, who is 29; and he has two little kids; I\u2019m a grandma, too! And then Leslie is 26, and she's a missionary in the Czech Republic; and she's married with a newborn baby girl. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Aww!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It's so adorable! Nathan is 24, and he's a college student; and then the four older adopted girls are: Maria is 18; Lauren and Jordan are 16; and Florentina is 14\u2014and then, the next group of two: Bella is 11; Casey is 8\u2014and then, Alyssa is 9.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So that's how many kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> That's ten\/ten kids. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So Christmas time at your house is just one big, happy family. You would have no idea if anybody just dropped in, because it's just\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No! Yes; we'd have enough presents to go around; you know? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay; I want to jump back, just quickly, to when <em>you<\/em> adopted Casey and Bella, the two-sibling group when Alyssa was young. Why, all of a sudden, choose foster care instead of going back to your original China?\u2014why?\u2014why adopt out of foster care?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, moving to Arkansas, we saw the <em>huge<\/em> need of kids in foster care; and I think we just weren't <em>aware<\/em> of it. And then, coming to FamilyLife, we saw families that had adopted out of foster care. We just saw that there's this <em>great<\/em> need for kids that aren't newborn babies but that, maybe, have some challenges.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we went to the training, I mean, they told us that there would be a lot of challenges with these kids. [Laughter] We just said, \u201cYou know, if we can open our home to kids, and show them love, and help them, and give them a home, then it would be worth it even though there are challenges.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> How hard was that to process, thinking, \u201cOkay; we're going to take a child in from foster care, and we're going to follow that child, most likely, to adopt that child\u201d? How hard was that for <em>you<\/em> and John to process that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; it was hard knowing that, first of all, that they are coming from hard places; and how was that going to impact our lives?\u2014our older kids\u2019 lives?\u2014Alyssa\u2019s life? And then\u2014when we saw a lot of anger\u2014there was a lot of acting out when they were little. Really\/it's really, you have to look at it, one day at a time, and doing your best.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Because if you look at it like, \u201cFor the next year, we're going to be dealing with these issues!\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014it's going to be\u2014it\u2019s going to be hard. We, right away, found help through trauma therapy, which <em>really<\/em> was a huge help, just letting us know how to handle kids from hard places; because it was totally different than our biological kids\u2014how we dealt with things\u2014even Alyssa, how we deal with things\u2014it's like whole new tools that you have to deal with kids from hard places.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; <em>nothing<\/em> like what you would think parenting would be!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It's a <em>totally<\/em> different way of parenting.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Totally <em>different<\/em> kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Totally different kids; and just <em>knowing<\/em> that\u2014for example, Bella would get angry if she got hurt\u2014so she skinned her knee, she would just be <em>mad<\/em> and throwing a tantrum\u2014and just teaching her what emotions were and pain\u2014and \u201cYou can come to Mommy, and I'll take care of you.\u201d She'd never learned that, when she's hurt, she can go and someone will comfort her, and soothe her, and put a Band-Aid<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> on, and kiss her boo-boo.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it's all these things that kids\u2014when they come from hard places\u2014they might not know how to deal with emotions. They might not know, of course, how to calm themselves. They might not know that someone will be there to soothe them and help them; and so it was just <em>training<\/em> them in things that\/you, when you have a kid from a newborn, you just comfort them when they're hurt. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> But they hadn't had that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> You know, when I look back over the last nine years that Alyssa has been with you, did you think, ten years ago, this would be your life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No; absolutely not! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Where was your life heading? Where did you think it was, other than\u2014let's take the baby from China off the plate\u2014where was your life heading?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, we had\u2014we were almost empty-nesters\u2014Nathan was\/I was still homeschooling him in high school; we had two kids that were out of the house. I was thinking: \u201cOkay; we're going to be able to travel. We\u2019re still young!\u201d [Laughter] We could\/you know, \u201cI could write a lot more, and travel, and speak more.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what God has shown me is that: \u201cThis is a ministry. It's not just ministry <em>out there<\/em>, speaking at conferences, writing books; but in our home\u2014loving kids, pouring into them, being a mom, and then John being a dad\u2014is just as much ministry as it is going on the road and speaking to lots of people and being able to travel.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Well, and also, your second-to-last book that you wrote, the <em>Walk it Out<\/em> book\u2014there's a devotional to that; right?\u2014also?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; YouVersion did a devotional that went with it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo your second-to-last book, <em>Walk it Out<\/em>\u2014I\u2019m just thinking\u2014\u201cThat\u2019s how you guys have walked out God\u2019s story for <em>you<\/em>. His love, for everyone, is just by walking it out, and walking that life, and: \u2018Sure; yes! Let\u2019s take in some kids. Let\u2019s just love on them and show them the gospel.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Right; absolutely. And it really is the point where, [with] so many things, John and I have sat down\u2014like: \u201cThis is what God's Word says. Are we going to do it?\u201d\u2014that's really what adoption was like: \u201cAre we going to, even though it's hard, open our home\/open our hearts?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, you know, those things are in the Bible for a reason.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It's important to just do what God says, and it is radical. Sometimes, it's not easy; but it's good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLooking at the kids now, and just seeing them interact with each other\u2014and when I see, you know, Alyssa sitting on one of the older girls\u2019 laps and they're reading a story together\u2014it's like: \u201cThis is what God saw! Even in the moments when it was <em>really<\/em> hard, and I was wondering if we did the right thing, God saw those relationships being built; and He saw the healing that would happen. He even saw the connections that would be made between siblings, and I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful that He could see farther ahead than I could in some of those moments.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> What a <em>great<\/em> conversation with Tricia Goyer. I <em>enjoyed<\/em> our conversation; I hope you did too. And I hope you walked away, seeing how God uses what we might not understand as maybe a little thing in our lives, to open our hearts to the bigger things that He\u2019s working out in our lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf my conversation with Tricia sort of pricked something in you\u2014maybe just an idea, or maybe more of a, \u201cHey! I\u2019d like to check more of that out on adoption,\u201d\u2014I want you to go to our website, FamilyLifeThisWeek.com; that\u2019s FamilyLifeThisWeek.com. I\u2019ll have a link there to the Christian Alliance for Orphans. It\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> organization, and they will <em>gladly<\/em> answer any questions you might have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, my name is Michelle Hill; and I definitely have a problem with my phone. I can\u2019t turn it off. If I forget it at home, my day is shot; and I check it all of the time\u2014like at midnight. And it\u2019s going off right now; can you hear that?\u2014yes; okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Arlene Pellicane is going to coach <em>me<\/em> and <em>you<\/em> to view our phones through, maybe, a biblical grid, and maybe\/hopefully, relax our approach with our devices. I hope you can join us for <em>that<\/em> next week on <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for listening! I want to thank the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, along with our station partners around the country. And a big \u201cThank you!\u201d to our engineer today, Keith Lynch. Thanks to our producers, Marques Holt and Bruce Goff. 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[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And then, that started this amazing friendship.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; it's been awesome.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It has been awesome. And when we went for coffee, this little, tiny, beautiful girl, about\u2014I think she was probably about two months old at the time?\u2014went with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And I got to know Alyssa so well; I became her \u201cAuntie.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell\u201d is what I was known as.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u201cAunt Shell-Michelle.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; but she was your <em>fourth<\/em> child, because you had three others\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014that were older.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014that were a <em>lot<\/em> older! So you had Cory and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014Leslie and Nathan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014Leslie and Nathan; and then, you had this tiny little afterthought child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Sixteen years later\u2014we just felt called to adoption\u2014and newborn baby. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So tell me about that. How were you called to adopt?\u2014especially when you were thinking you were launching your children off to college. You're on to a professional career of writing and speaking\u2014and everything <em>that<\/em> calls [for]\u2014and all of a sudden, you end up with a tiny, little baby.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> How did you guys decide that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, I think Nathan was about seven when I first thought about adoption. I had read this magazine article about baby girls in China and that they were looking for homes. I talked to John; and he was like, \u201cNo; we have three kids. You have just started writing. We\u2019re busy; no.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, really, just\u2014I think I mentioned it a couple times over the next, probably, five or six years\u2014he just really wasn't interested.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And then, I think, you know, just praying about it and just saying, \u201cGod, if it's Your will, You have to bring John around.\u201d John just ended up saying, you know, \u201cAre you still interested in an adoption?\u201d God had just brought his heart around as he was reading God's Word and seeing other adoptive parents. I think that's so important! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou don't want to try to force someone or push someone into wanting to get on the same page as you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And so, really, we both came to the same page\u2014that we were both still young; because, you know, we had kids in our\u2014I was in my late teens; he was early 20s. We were still both in our, you know, early 40s: \u201cWe\u2019re young; we could do this again,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014and \u201cThere are kids out there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe first filled out paperwork for China. That did not\u2014they ended up closing the doors\/the avenue that we were trying to go down\u2014and then I remember just being so crushed. Because I thought: \u201cAll these years, I've wanted to adopt and, then, the doors to China close,\u201d and \u201cGod, I don't understand it.\u201d It was that day that we got a call about this birth mom, who was specifically looking at our family to adopt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Why was she specifically looking at you guys? I mean, you weren't on that realm; you were looking at China!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> We weren't on the\/we were looking at international adoption. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; so I had spoken at a MOPS group\u2014just about trusting God and how\/you know, about prayer and about adoption\u2014and about: \u201cMaybe someday we'll adopt.\u201d Well, I didn't know that one of the women in there\/her sister-in-law was facing an unplanned pregnancy. She ended up telling her sister-in-law about our family, which I found out later, the birth mom\u2014her name is Jenna\u2014she's awesome. But she ended up going onto Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and <em>watching<\/em> us for two months, just trying to figure out who our family is and what's going on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; Facebook doesn't lie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; Facebook. And it\u2019s so funny; because I'm so glad I didn't know, because I'd be like: \u201c\u2026baking cookies!\u201d \u201cLook at me cuddling the kids.\u201d [Laughter] It was just like <em>living<\/em> our real lives on Facebook. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was my friend that ended up calling, a couple months later, and said, \u201cI don't know if you're interested in an adoption from just the birth mom, but I know someone who wanted to talk to you and your husband.\u201d I'm like, \u201cOkay; yes!\u201d\u2014and this was out of the blue. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo you know, first we thought, \u201cOkay; the doors are closed in China.\u201d They said, maybe, it would be five to six years before this program opened again. It was <em>that<\/em> day, I was a weeping, saying, \u201cGod, I don't understand!\u201d And then, just finally coming to the place, where: \u201cYou know the child that You have for us,\u201d and \u201cYou know what\u2019s supposed to happen.\u201d And it was <em>that<\/em> day that I ended up getting a call from my friend, telling me about this birth mom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> The <em>amazing<\/em> way that God works. It's always in that \u201cn<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d hour, you know, when all of a sudden, we are down and out; and we think it's just <em>not<\/em> going to happen\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014or we're waiting for the check to arrive\u2014and then, all of a sudden, after we think, \u201cGod, where are You?\u201d\u2014that's when He's like, \u201cThis was the perfect plan all along.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; and it was me relinquishing my thoughts of: \u201cIt had to be this way,\u201d or \u201cIt had to be international adoption,\u201d or \u201cIt had to be\u2026\u201c\u2014it was like: \u201cOkay; You <em>know<\/em> the child. You <em>know<\/em> the plan.\u201d And God's like: \u201cOkay; finally!\u2014finally, you're ready to just be open to what I want.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So what was it about your family that Jenna saw and said, \u201cI think they could raise my child\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> I think she saw our interactions with our older kids; because we have really good, close relationships with our kids, who were like 16, 18, and 20 at the time. We're involved, and I think she knew John and I had been married all those years. She really thought like, \u201cIf they did a good job with these older kids, maybe, you know, they\u2019ll have the same type of love and care for my baby.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so she just reached out to us, and we met her. We went to lunch for the first time and just shared our hearts and shared, you know, who we are, as a family. She just met me first; and then, later, she met John. She spent a lot of time in our home. It was about a month before she was like: \u201cYes! For sure, you\u2019re the family that I want.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Did you stay in contact with her during that month or even before Alyssa was born? Did you stay in contact with her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; we stayed in contact with her. [She] and her daughter would come over and hang out and spend time. But we also had to tell her\u2014it was during that time\u2014that we were moving from Montana to Little Rock. Right around the time of her due date, we were already planning to move; and so then, that was part of her other decision; because she wanted an open adoption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe said, you know, \u201cWe would love to have you\u201d\u2014you know\u2014\u201cour daughter know you and this relationship there, but we're going to be moving 2,000 miles away.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so I think that was part of her decision, too: if she wanted to do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay; talk to us about the open adoption. What kind of feelings go into that?\u2014because, you know, I don't have children, and I'm single; but I'm sitting [here], thinking, \u201cIf I bring this child into my home, I don't want anybody else touching him or her.\u201d So what was your process\/your thought process as you were thinking through open adoption?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Well, one of the things\u2014because she knew we were moving\u2014she asked that she\u2019d be able to take the baby home for a couple days, which I'm like, \u201cWe're <em>never<\/em> going to get the baby if she's going to be taking the baby home!\u201d She <em>did<\/em>\/she took her home. She was at the hospital a couple days; she took her home for like three days; and then she brought her\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Was that scary?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was scary. It was <em>really<\/em>\/I was a nervous wreck. First of all, we\u2019re packing to move across country, which was hard and stressful as it is; but then, you know, it's like, \u201cIs this going to happen?\u201d because we were there at the birth. John was in the waiting room; I was in there when Alyssa was born. I was able to hold her and all these things\u2014and thinking, \u201cI want this to happen,\u201d\u2014but also knowing that the birth mom does have the right to make a different choice if that's what she chooses. So it was: \u201cI want the best for Alyssa and, hopefully, that's with our family\u201d; but also knowing that that might not be what happened. But yes; if you ask John, I was a nervous wreck during that time! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So she ended up bringing Alyssa back after a few days?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes, we met at the church, where\/that's where she passed her off to us. And she says she felt peace when she finally drove up to the church and walked through the parking lot. With a little baby in this carriage, she felt peace that she was making the right decision.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And what were <em>your<\/em> feelings about it when you saw her pull up and then her walking <em>towards<\/em> you with this little baby?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was a mix; because I work with teen moms, also. You know, I'd been leading a teen moms\u2019 support group for about ten years at this time. I had compassion\u2014both for the birth mom, knowing <em>how<\/em> hard this must be\u2014but then the joy and excitement of this new baby in our family. So it was\u2014totally torn\u2014I had love and compassion for her but, also, excitement that we were growing our family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That was Part One of my conversation with Tricia Goyer. Isn\u2019t it just neat to see how God changes lives, and how He has us all on different journeys?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we need to take a break; but when we come back, we\u2019re going to hear how Alyssa was a <em>catalyst<\/em> in the Goyers adopting six more children. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Radio Station Spot Break]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>I\u2019m Michelle Hill. Here\u2019s Part Two of my conversation with Tricia Goyer on the topic of adoption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>So Tricia, as you're moving to Little Rock, you have this brand-new baby. Were you thinking, at that point, \u201cWe want to continue adopting\u201d?\u2014or were you thinking, at that point, \u201cWe have this baby. We have a complete home\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> At that time, we thought we had a complete home. We thought: \u201cWe\u2019re doing what God asked. He asked for us to care for the orphans. We have this sweet little baby. This is easy!\u201d [Laughter] It's easy taking care of a little baby compared to, you know, later, we\u2019ve adopted from foster care, which has been a <em>whole<\/em> different challenge.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That would be a <em>whole<\/em> other challenge; but I want to ask, as Alyssa continued to grow, did the birth mom\u2014did Jenna\u2014stay <em>involved<\/em> in Alyssa's life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; one thing, when we talked about adoption, she said she wanted it to be an open adoption; because she has a little girl that's about four years older than Alyssa.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She said she wanted <em>her<\/em> daughter to know Alyssa and Alyssa to know her daughter. We talked about, you know, once a year, visiting, face to face. Even though it's a long distance, we have made that commitment\u2014once a year, that they could spend time together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Oh, that's why you go back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s why we go to Montana every year! [Laughter] Yes; and they have that. It\u2019s neat to see; because, of course, when Alyssa was one, two, three, she really didn't understand. We would always call her \u201cJenna.\u201d Then, we would, you know, sometimes say, \u201cMama Jenna,\u201d\u2014then, it's just explaining that, you know, she didn't grow in <em>my<\/em> tummy; she grew in <em>Jenna's<\/em> tummy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOver the years, she's understood that more. And then, as we've adopted other kids in the family, she's understood adoption a little bit more. But she <em>loves<\/em> that she has that relationship, and they'll\/like we've Skyped before. Jenna will send birthday presents\/Christmas presents; we\u2019ll send presents to them. It is a relationship\u2014it's not like they talk all the time\u2014but they just know each other. She knows that she has her biological mom out there and her older sister out there, and that we just keep in touch with them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Now, what is <em>your<\/em> relationship with Jenna?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> I think we've just built a friendship, over the years, where we've gotten to know each other. She's my Facebook friend; I \u201clike\u201d her pictures; she \u201clikes\u201d my pictures.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> If Alyssa does something in a little video, I'll send her videos of what she's doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr, you know, when she first started taekwondo, I sent her a picture of her in her taekwondo uniform. I want her to <em>know<\/em> Alyssa, and get to know what she's doing and what she's involved in. It's just this friendship that's special. It's, also, just keeping that road\u2014so we know, when Alyssa's older and wants to visit her\u2014then they'll <em>know<\/em> a little bit about each other.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; and well, I can't help but think that, when you said that's a friendship that\u2019s special, it's so special because Alyssa wouldn't be in your home if she hadn\u2019t made a choice, first of all, to have Alyssa\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014and then, secondly, to place her in <em>your<\/em> <em>arms<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely; and she told us, when she was nearing her due date, she was like, \u201cI love her so much, but I want her to have a good family with a mom and dad.\u201d She was struggling, as a single mom already, and she <em>knew<\/em> she couldn't give her baby everything she wanted. And so <em>that is love\/<\/em>to love enough to make a choice, even though it was really <em>hard<\/em> for her. She chose our family, and she chose to give Alyssa this family\u2014with this mom and this dad and these other siblings\u2014just knowing that we would love her.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Has she ever <em>questioned<\/em> that choice to you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No; and she'll tell me that she's thankful. At least, you know, every year or so, she\u2019ll say, \u201cI\u2019m so thankful that you're her mom and John's her dad.\u201d That makes me feel good, too,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> \u2014that she doesn't really regret that choice\u2014that she can see Alyssa\u2019s doing well, and that she feels like she made the right choice, even though it was really hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother amazing thing was that her\/Jenna's mom was in the room when Alyssa was born. I was there; Jenna's mom was there. Jenna's mom was <em>holding<\/em> Alyssa; and she turned to me and she said, \u201cCongratulations, Mom.\u201d I'm like\u2014so it's not only Jenna\u2014it's other members of her family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It affects the <em>whole<\/em> family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; and her mom ended up passing away just about a year after Alyssa was born. We cherish those photos that her mom was holding Alyssa, and got to see Alyssa, and meet Alyssa, and meet our family too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; so how old was Alyssa when you and John started adopting more kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She was almost three years old when we brought home two more kids. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And that was a sibling group; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> And that was a sibling group: a two-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So how did that affect Alyssa?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Um, you know, it was <em>hard<\/em>, because she went from\u2014well, first of all, she was happy to have kids to play with; because her other siblings were older\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but it was hard. All of a sudden, it was these anger issues and a lot of disruption in our life. I think <em>we<\/em> did our best to try to just help her understand that they came from hard places. And even though she was little, she understood that: \u201cWe're going to be their family now,\u201d\u2014that\u2014\u201cSometimes, their family didn't treat them very well.\u201d We just tried to, even at a young age, help her understand. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so cute; because then, we adopted, when she was like seven\u2014we adopted four <em>older<\/em> girls\u2014she'll say, \u201cWhen <em>we<\/em> adopted you\u2026\u201d\u2014and she'll tell them something\u2014\u201cWhen we adopted you\u2026\u201d\u2014and she'll go into some story; because she feels like she's a part of that too. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> She\u2019s a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Because even, when <em>they<\/em> were little\u2014the three younger ones\u2014we would show them the photos and: \u201cThese girls need a home,\u201d and \u201cDo you think <em>we<\/em> should adopt them?\u201d It was our <em>whole<\/em> family deciding, together; it wasn't, \u201cLook what Mom and Dad are doing, and you have to deal with it.\u201d It was like\u2014we prayed for them; they drew pictures for them that we took down during the first visit when we met them\u2014really, it was she felt\/Allyssa will still say: \u201cWhen <em>we<\/em> adopted you...\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> She felt a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> She felt a part of it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I've got to say\u2014I <em>know<\/em> you, and I've met your children; I <em>know<\/em> the family and, yet, I'm confused\u2014chronologically, can you lay your family out for us? Can you explain who you are?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely; so we have Cory, who is 29; and he has two little kids; I\u2019m a grandma, too! And then Leslie is 26, and she's a missionary in the Czech Republic; and she's married with a newborn baby girl. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Aww!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It's so adorable! Nathan is 24, and he's a college student; and then the four older adopted girls are: Maria is 18; Lauren and Jordan are 16; and Florentina is 14\u2014and then, the next group of two: Bella is 11; Casey is 8\u2014and then, Alyssa is 9.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So that's how many kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> That's ten\/ten kids. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So Christmas time at your house is just one big, happy family. You would have no idea if anybody just dropped in, because it's just\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No! Yes; we'd have enough presents to go around; you know? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay; I want to jump back, just quickly, to when <em>you<\/em> adopted Casey and Bella, the two-sibling group when Alyssa was young. Why, all of a sudden, choose foster care instead of going back to your original China?\u2014why?\u2014why adopt out of foster care?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, moving to Arkansas, we saw the <em>huge<\/em> need of kids in foster care; and I think we just weren't <em>aware<\/em> of it. And then, coming to FamilyLife, we saw families that had adopted out of foster care. We just saw that there's this <em>great<\/em> need for kids that aren't newborn babies but that, maybe, have some challenges.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we went to the training, I mean, they told us that there would be a lot of challenges with these kids. [Laughter] We just said, \u201cYou know, if we can open our home to kids, and show them love, and help them, and give them a home, then it would be worth it even though there are challenges.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> How hard was that to process, thinking, \u201cOkay; we're going to take a child in from foster care, and we're going to follow that child, most likely, to adopt that child\u201d? How hard was that for <em>you<\/em> and John to process that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; it was hard knowing that, first of all, that they are coming from hard places; and how was that going to impact our lives?\u2014our older kids\u2019 lives?\u2014Alyssa\u2019s life? And then\u2014when we saw a lot of anger\u2014there was a lot of acting out when they were little. Really\/it's really, you have to look at it, one day at a time, and doing your best.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Because if you look at it like, \u201cFor the next year, we're going to be dealing with these issues!\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014it's going to be\u2014it\u2019s going to be hard. We, right away, found help through trauma therapy, which <em>really<\/em> was a huge help, just letting us know how to handle kids from hard places; because it was totally different than our biological kids\u2014how we dealt with things\u2014even Alyssa, how we deal with things\u2014it's like whole new tools that you have to deal with kids from hard places.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes; <em>nothing<\/em> like what you would think parenting would be!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It's a <em>totally<\/em> different way of parenting.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Totally <em>different<\/em> kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Totally different kids; and just <em>knowing<\/em> that\u2014for example, Bella would get angry if she got hurt\u2014so she skinned her knee, she would just be <em>mad<\/em> and throwing a tantrum\u2014and just teaching her what emotions were and pain\u2014and \u201cYou can come to Mommy, and I'll take care of you.\u201d She'd never learned that, when she's hurt, she can go and someone will comfort her, and soothe her, and put a Band-Aid<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> on, and kiss her boo-boo.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd it's all these things that kids\u2014when they come from hard places\u2014they might not know how to deal with emotions. They might not know, of course, how to calm themselves. They might not know that someone will be there to soothe them and help them; and so it was just <em>training<\/em> them in things that\/you, when you have a kid from a newborn, you just comfort them when they're hurt. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> But they hadn't had that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> You know, when I look back over the last nine years that Alyssa has been with you, did you think, ten years ago, this would be your life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> No; absolutely not! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Where was your life heading? Where did you think it was, other than\u2014let's take the baby from China off the plate\u2014where was your life heading?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> You know, we had\u2014we were almost empty-nesters\u2014Nathan was\/I was still homeschooling him in high school; we had two kids that were out of the house. I was thinking: \u201cOkay; we're going to be able to travel. We\u2019re still young!\u201d [Laughter] We could\/you know, \u201cI could write a lot more, and travel, and speak more.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what God has shown me is that: \u201cThis is a ministry. It's not just ministry <em>out there<\/em>, speaking at conferences, writing books; but in our home\u2014loving kids, pouring into them, being a mom, and then John being a dad\u2014is just as much ministry as it is going on the road and speaking to lots of people and being able to travel.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Well, and also, your second-to-last book that you wrote, the <em>Walk it Out<\/em> book\u2014there's a devotional to that; right?\u2014also?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Yes; YouVersion did a devotional that went with it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo your second-to-last book, <em>Walk it Out<\/em>\u2014I\u2019m just thinking\u2014\u201cThat\u2019s how you guys have walked out God\u2019s story for <em>you<\/em>. His love, for everyone, is just by walking it out, and walking that life, and: \u2018Sure; yes! Let\u2019s take in some kids. Let\u2019s just love on them and show them the gospel.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> Right; absolutely. And it really is the point where, [with] so many things, John and I have sat down\u2014like: \u201cThis is what God's Word says. Are we going to do it?\u201d\u2014that's really what adoption was like: \u201cAre we going to, even though it's hard, open our home\/open our hearts?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, you know, those things are in the Bible for a reason.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tricia:<\/strong> It's important to just do what God says, and it is radical. Sometimes, it's not easy; but it's good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLooking at the kids now, and just seeing them interact with each other\u2014and when I see, you know, Alyssa sitting on one of the older girls\u2019 laps and they're reading a story together\u2014it's like: \u201cThis is what God saw! Even in the moments when it was <em>really<\/em> hard, and I was wondering if we did the right thing, God saw those relationships being built; and He saw the healing that would happen. He even saw the connections that would be made between siblings, and I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful that He could see farther ahead than I could in some of those moments.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> What a <em>great<\/em> conversation with Tricia Goyer. I <em>enjoyed<\/em> our conversation; I hope you did too. And I hope you walked away, seeing how God uses what we might not understand as maybe a little thing in our lives, to open our hearts to the bigger things that He\u2019s working out in our lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf my conversation with Tricia sort of pricked something in you\u2014maybe just an idea, or maybe more of a, \u201cHey! I\u2019d like to check more of that out on adoption,\u201d\u2014I want you to go to our website, FamilyLifeThisWeek.com; that\u2019s FamilyLifeThisWeek.com. I\u2019ll have a link there to the Christian Alliance for Orphans. It\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> organization, and they will <em>gladly<\/em> answer any questions you might have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, my name is Michelle Hill; and I definitely have a problem with my phone. I can\u2019t turn it off. If I forget it at home, my day is shot; and I check it all of the time\u2014like at midnight. And it\u2019s going off right now; can you hear that?\u2014yes; okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, Arlene Pellicane is going to coach <em>me<\/em> and <em>you<\/em> to view our phones through, maybe, a biblical grid, and maybe\/hopefully, relax our approach with our devices. I hope you can join us for <em>that<\/em> next week on <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for listening! I want to thank the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, along with our station partners around the country. And a big \u201cThank you!\u201d to our engineer today, Keith Lynch. Thanks to our producers, Marques Holt and Bruce Goff. 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