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When I found out I was pregnant I was really scared because I had no one to turn to. No one to help me with anything!  I was really scared, what was I going to do? I had no money to support this child.

I decided that I was going to make the phone call and do an adoption. I felt a little uncomfortable at first when I first met you as I did not understand the process and did not know what would happen. I was wondering what I was getting into with an adoption agency and had so many questions that needed to be answered.

You guys just helped so much and answered every question that I had. It felt good to feel so comfortable and to know I could trust you guys so well. I have not felt that my entire life. It is difficult to go through pregnancy with no one there, but you guys made me feel so comfortable. So at home and so loved.

We went through so many pictures of adoptive families that you showed me and I was eventually able to pick a family to adopt my child. I love that adoptive family so much! They make me feel so comfortable and I am able to talk to them about anything. It is really great.

I would like to say that if you are pregnant and feel that you can’t take care of yourself or your child, adoption may be a very difficult decision, but it can also be the best thing you can do.  Hope for Families made me feel so loved and at peace with myself.   They are a fantastic agency and they work with you around everything!     

-Toni

I met Dr. Ken and Lynn Brown when I was pregnant over 6 years ago and did not know what to do. I thought about abortion but just could not do that as I love children. Ken and Lynn talked with me and showed me love and understanding.

They explained about adoption, their Hope for Families adoption agency and told me that they knew a lot of good people out there that wanted to be parents and have a baby but could not get pregnant so they wanted to adopt. They showed me profiles so I could pick the family to adopt my baby. They phoned them so we could talk and we all got together to have lunch and get to know them.

I liked the adoptive family that I chose and trust them to take care of my child. It was not easy to give my baby to them after I gave birth, but I was not able to provide for her needs so I knew it was the right thing to do. I learned through all of this that God let me bring a child into the world not to cut her life short, but to make a family happy since they could not have kids without my help. The family sends me pictures of my child and I know they are taking good care of her. I made the right choice even though it was very difficult because I love my child. 

Ken and Lynn treated me as family and took me in and we have become true friends to this day. They are the most beautiful people I have ever met in my whole life. They have taught me a lot and when I say a lot I mean a lot. They love God and they love people and it doesn’t matter who you are. They will take you in and they do not judge you.  

There is so much for me to say but it would take a whole year. They have the most beautiful hearts and souls. If I have a choice to follow in somebody’s footsteps I would choose Dr. Brown and Lynn. May God be with them forever.  I love them so much.     

-Nichole

I came across Hope for Families when I was looking for the perfect family for my daughter who was 19 months old at the time. I had looked over many agencies even before she was born but not one of them felt right.

Doctor Ken and Lynn Brown, who are the founders of Hope for Families, were my first contacts at the agency and I instantly fell in love with the way they treated me. They talk to me like I was a human being and who has feelings like I should be considered in all of this.

I had spent the last 19 months and even before my daughter was born looking for the right agency to facilitate her adoption. I was so happy when I came across Ken and Lynn. I could not ask for a better agency than Hope for Families Adoption. Granted things in my adoption did not really go the way they should have but that was in no way the agency’s fault or Ken and Lynn’s.

I found the perfect family for my little girl when I found Hope for Families. I really can’t say enough good things about this agency. They have always been on the other end of the line when I have needed someone to talk to or to just vent. They have always gone to bat for me in what most would consider the simplest of requests such as pictures that I had been promised by the adopting family. The family delayed in sending them but Ken and Lynn made sure I finally received the pictures. They really go the distance for their birth moms and genuinely care about you.     

-CD

Hello, my name is Nicole. I am going to tell you a story. A true story about strength, weaknesses, courage, opportunity and enormous gratification. I am 35 years old and have been through good times, bad times, and many tough times. At the age of 34, I was living in Okeechobee when I found out that I was pregnant. The father was in jail and I was alone with no money and no job. I went to the Okeechobee Pregnancy Center and spoke with great counselors. I knew I had to make a decision. I was considering adoption again but wasn’t sure. That’s when I got to speak to Lynn Brown.

My next visit there, I got to meet both Ken and Lynn. What a wonderful experience. They are truly two angels sent from heaven for the sole purpose of making people’s lives better and provide HOPE. That is why their agency is called Hope For Families. I picked out wonderful adoptive parents. They have been married for a while and are financially secure. They would say that “they have lots of ‘things’ – but they can’t have children”. These two wonderful people have been waiting for a child for three years. I could not even imagine!

I am sure that they were very excited when they received that call from Lynn saying that they were chosen by me and would be having a child soon. Not long after they received that call did I get to talk to them. From that moment on I knew I had made the right choice. Their dreams of having a child were coming true and because of me and Hope for Families! I shared this because I want other people to feel the satisfaction that I felt and still feel today by choosing adoption. It’s a very unselfish and beautiful thing to do. I pray you make the right decision. I did.     -Nicole