March for life 2020
Over the weekend my husband and I joined thousands of other pro-life believers and organizations in Austin, Texas at the capital building for March for Life 2020. The 2020 Texas Rally for Life will was held on Saturday, January 25, 2020.
Pro-life is pro-woman
Today, hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers gathered in Washington, D.C., for the 46th annual March for Life. This pro-life rally began in 1974, a year after the Supreme Court cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton made abortion legal and on-demand throughout the United States.
What would you say to a couple when adoption gets difficult?
What would you say to a couple when adoption gets difficult? Jamie Ivey shares her thoughts. Jamie is a podcaster, writer, and speaker from Austin, Texas. She is the proud mama of four kids and the wife of Aaron, worship pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church. She also hosts a weekly podcast, The Happy Hour with...
New Federal Regulation Would Protect Faith-Based Adoption and Foster-Care
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new regulation on Friday, Nov. 1 that will help ensure faith-based organizations can continue serving vulnerable children and families through foster-care and adoption services.
Why new data on foster care and adoption is encouraging
November is National Adoption Month. A time when the nation collectively recognizes the value and importance of adoption and providing safe and loving homes for vulnerable children. Each year, the president issues a proclamation in honor of National Adoption Month, and many churches will participate in Orphan Sunday on Nov. 10. The purpose of Orphan Sunday is for Christians to stand up for the orphan, because “we are a people called to defend the fatherless, to care for the child who has no family, and to visit orphans in their distress.”
Pregnancy Box Drive Stories
This is a true story from our recent Pregnancy Box Drive. It was sent to us from one of the women in need that received a box. Her name is Victoria and we were so glad she had reached out to us.
Affirming the Adoptee's Reality: A Way to Intimacy
The road leading up to adoption is invariably a painful one for parents, marked by many losses: the children they might have had, but for infertility; the child or children they lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, or death; and sometimes even pieces of themselves feel chipped away - their feelings of competence, wholeness, worthiness, and so many other essential components of self.
Baby Month 1: Your Newborn Guide
Those first few weeks with your new baby can be magical, but they can also be hard. Learning how to feed your baby, help her sleep and understand her constant needs can keep you on your toes — or asleep on your feet.
Newborn Baby Acne Treatments and Remedies
Believe me, infant acne will go away — though it may take a while. No one knows for sure what causes baby acne, which usually begins at 2 to 4 weeks and can last for several months (often clearing up between 4 and 6 months, though it varies).
Basics and Tips for Nursing Your Baby
They make it look so easy, those breastfeeding moms you’ve seen. Without skipping a beat of conversation or a bite of lunch, they open a button and latch on a baby, as if breastfeeding were the most natural process in the world.
How We Started
Hope Kids Inc is a non-profit in the Greater Austin, Texas Area. We were founded by Heather Mellott. Our ministry was inspired from a vision Heather had...
Hope Kids Inc is a non-profit in the Greater Austin, Texas Area. We were founded by Heather Mellott. Our ministry was inspired from a vision Heather had...