Wed Nov 24, 2021 – 8:56 am ESTWed Nov 24, 2021 – 9:01 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — A New Jersey couple in November shared the awe-inspiring story of how they “fell in love” with and adopted seven Ukrainian siblings into their biological family of eight this summer, bringing their kids to a count of 13.
Michelle and Wade Torppey, who were both born into large families (Michelle is one of six, and Wade is one of eight), told People magazine in an exclusive interview how it all began when they agreed to host five of the children for a month during Christmastime.
“Our church works with an organization called Open Hearts and Homes for Children, which brings children that live in orphanages from Latvia and from Ukraine to stay with a family for Christmas, just so they can have a family love on them for four or five weeks, and then they go back to the orphanage,” said Michelle.
When the couple heard a family of five kids might be split up among two families, Michelle showed a picture of the children to her husband, who “took one look” and said, “‘Let’s take all five of
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