Welcome to National Adoption Month!

Welcome to National Adoption Awareness Month 2024! What better day to restart our Addy’s Hope blog than the first day of our favorite month of the year! 

From our very inception 20 years ago, God has called us to a very unique niche of the adoption world. At Addy’s Hope we believe strongly in the power of adoption, but we believe equally as strongly in the power of children being raised by the parents with whom they share biology. As we share with you in our blog, I believe you will see those beliefs unfold in how we operate our programs and strive to serve those in our community. We believe strongly that adoption involves all three parts of the triad: child, biological family, and adoptive family. To try to remove any of the three from the story leaves a hole in the lives of the children affected by adoption. It is our goal and truly our heart to honor all three in the work that we do here at Addy’s Hope.

As an introduction to us, since this is our first official blog post in awhile, I wanted to share with you our mission, vision, and values! I believe these best encompass who we are and how we serve those who entrust us with their adoption journey! 

Mission:
We exist to be the hands and feet of Jesus by establishing programs that lead, quip, and advocate for youth, parents, children, and families. We provide hope and support to break generational curses as we work alongside those we serve with Kingdom purpose.

Vision:
We envision a world where youth, children, parents, and families have a voice and are equipped to navigate God’s plan and purpose for their lives. We desire for parents in crisis pregnancy to have a voice for their and their children’s future. We inspire to see a world where adoption is understood and valued by children, biological families, adoptive families, and those in decision making positions within the state of Texas. We envision a child welfare system where adoption is prioritized and the number of children in the Texas foster care system waiting for adoption and aging out of the system diminishes each year.

Values:
Faith is our foundation. We will be spirit led in cultivating the spiritual growth of staff and those we serve. 

Relationship is our driving force. We build relationships through connection, communication, listening, and being present. 

Integrity is our guidepost. We operate in integrity through honesty, transparency, and holding strong to our values and beliefs. 

Empowering is our goal. We empower each other and those we serve by equipping, educating, supporting and celebrating. 

Passion is our catalyst. We propel forward as world changers by using innovation and problem solving to impact those we serve and beyond.

I hope you will come back each Friday over these next few weeks of November to celebrate adoption, learn what the landscape of adoption from foster care currently looks like in Texas, and find out how you can be part of the solution to the orphan crisis we have right in our own backyard!

Welcome to our story and the story of those we serve! Thank you for going on the journey with us…

HollyAnn Petree
Mom of 9 (6 adopted and 3 biological), Lovey to 6
Founder and Executive Director of Addy’s Hope
Child Advocate

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