Keeping sibling groups together is essential because it gives foster kids a sense of security when their world feels out of control. We want to keep families together.
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From our current Lifeprints magazine, a note from our President/CEO, Rod Marshall.
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In 2019, when the Mann family discovered their homestead had suffered a decade or two of neglect, they repurchased it and lovingly restored and gifted it to our ministry in order to bless generations to come.
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It doesn’t take a lot to make a big difference. You may be surprised how small amounts given consistently over time can change lives. Our monthly Hero Partners have a major impact on ministry programs, providing for hurting children and families in our state.
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Ben* and his brother came to live in our campus home in Dothan from an extremely difficult home environment. In that time, the boys found safety and never had to worry if there would be food available or clothes and shoes that fit.
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In 2016, we met a kind and hopeful single mom named Madilyn and her son, Joseph. The Lord led them to our Family Care home in Alabaster after a season of homelessness, and the wonderful impact it had on them then is still apparent in their lives today.
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Four churches across the state share about their VBS this summer and how their kids learned about, and were able to support, children served through ABCH.
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This spring for their annual RED Day serve effort, a group of nearly 40 Keller Williams Metro South agents from the Alabaster area and many of their vendors came together and served moms and children in our Alabaster Family Care home. The difference they made is both immediate and long-lasting.
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You have most likely considered the power of prayer in your life. We know that without prayer and the power of God throughout our ministry, the miracles we see would not be possible. Read about two of those miracles here.
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From our current Lifeprints magazine, a note from our President/CEO, Rod Marshall.
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Brandon and Mary Quince Norris have served as ABCH Foster Parents since 2015. In that time, they’ve provided a loving, Christ-centered home for 13 different foster children. Now they have taken another step in their fostering journey in becoming our first ABCH Campus Foster Care parents.
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“Fostering certainly pointed me to the Lord because I realized real quickly, I couldn’t do it in my own strength, as much as I wanted.” Now two years in, the Lawtons have seen God’s hand at work in many ways in their foster care journey.
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On our campuses, we are blessed to see God working and transforming the tender hearts of so many of our children and teenagers. In small and big ways, He is at work. Following are just a few, sweet glimpses into how some of our children from hard places are being impacted and are growing.
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Rachel Burden is a mom, grandmother, and active church member. For almost 20 years, she has served in ministry at our Mobile location, blessing countless children and families who have been in our care.
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When you make a gift to ABCH, there is the option to make a gift in memory of someone who has passed away and have an acknowledgement card sent to their family. It’s a beautiful, generous way to honor a friend or loved one’s memory while investing in the lives of others. This thoughtful gesture a loved one shared in memory of Audrey Deaver’s son was a sweet blessing that eventually led her to become a Hero Partner.
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From our current Lifeprints magazine, a note from our President/CEO, Rod Marshall.
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Quanicia graduated from our Gardendale Family Care program in August 2018. Before moving out, she wrote a letter to future Family Care moms to encourage them along their program journeys. Now two and a half years later, we were excited to be able to catch up with her and hear how she and her daughter, Briella, have been doing since we last spoke.
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The impact of “Brother” Leon Zalenski’s 40 years of involvement with and advocacy for our ministry is immeasurable, and his Kingdom impact has already touched generations. At age 87, Leon has been a monthly donor, a “Hero Partner”, since before we used that term to describe our regular monthly donors. He has also been very involved as a volunteer at our Gardendale home for years.
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Life in our campus homes across the state has been full of activity! We hope you’ll enjoy reading about how children are being encouraged and are growing — things you’ve helped make possible through your generous giving so far in 2021.
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At the first informational meeting about fostering that Jon and Mandy Hartman went to, they thought maybe they were there to just check it out and be able to offer help to their friends who were fostering. But they left that night, each feeling God's call, and began fostering with us in 2013. Read more about their foster care journey.
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