Actress Nika King, who plays a pastor’s wife in “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,” is helping bring to light the movie’s powerful, real-life story about adoption and foster care.
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But King’s personal connection to the issue and her role in portraying Donna Martin, wife of Bishop W.C. Martin, is truly a story only God could write. See, King’s character, Martin, is a preacher’s wife who inspired 22 families in her church to adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place children.
As it turns out, King’s own mother’s story is strikingly similar to the events depicted in “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.”
“It’s my mom’s story,” King told CBN News of the movie. “She was fostered by a pastor and his wife. And I knew I had to be in this film some kind of way.”
Inside Her Mom’s Story
The actress said her maternal grandma was murdered and that her mom never knew her.
“It’s still a cold case,” King said. “We don’t know who did it.”
Her mom ended up in foster care with her three brothers. All four were adopted by the pastor and his wife, a similar
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