For pastor and social media influencer Malachi O’Brien, the adoption of his sixth child is a full-circle moment.
Adopted at the age of three by his aunt and uncle, he fully understands the unique experience of going from an orphan to being placed into a loving home.
“[Adoption] is the greatest gift of God in our lives,” he told CBN News. “It is a win, win, win.”
According to the Adoption Network, only 2-4% of American families have adopted, while one-third have considered it.
O’Brien and his wife, Rachel, knew early in their marriage they would one day adopt, but how that door opened for them was a matter of being in the right place, at the right time.
“What led to our first child we adopted is it was actually a family from our church, a single mom. And one day she says, ‘Can you guys watch him for me? I can’t handle him. I need to get a break.’ And we said, ‘Sure we will watch him.’ And at the end of that weekend, she said, ‘I am not coming back to get him.'”
The mother’s actions shocked the young couple.
“[The son] had been in eight homes in his nine years of living and so
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