by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 16, 2021 | Hephzibah Stories
Our family wanted to grow through adoption. We wanted to invest our lives in something that matters – and we wanted to do it as a family. Hephzibah62:4 understood our heart and partnered with our family to make our dreams become a reality. When God called us to adopt,...
by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 12, 2010 | Hephzibah Stories
I was pregnant when I was first put in foster care. I was moved between two different group homes before I had my baby girl. After I got out of the hospital, I was shipped to Hephzibah Children’s Home. There I met multiple strong women who helped guide me. Now I also...
by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 12, 1997 | Hephzibah Stories
Carol was the youngest of four children who lost her mother as a toddler and whose father suffered from alcoholism and was unable to parent. Carol’s chaotic early years were marked by frequent transition as she moved from home to home, first with an aunt and uncle,...
by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 12, 1993 | Hephzibah Stories
Dr. Freels recounts in Touching Tomorrow, The Story of Hephzibah Children’s Home, “My personal chapter in this chronicle began in the fall of 1993. I stood on the edge of the timbered 180-acre land to which Hephzibah Children’s Home purposed to relocate. The site was...
by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 12, 1960 | Hephzibah Stories
Once a vulnerable child removed from an alcoholic and abusive family, Shirley Duncan came to Hephzibah as a 13-year-old and eventually became the devoted and much-loved Director of Church and Public Relations there for over 30 years. Shirley recalls a day when she was...
by Hephzibah62:4 | Feb 12, 1949 | Hephzibah Stories
In Touching Tomorrow, The Story of Hephzibah Children’s Home, a 1950 Booklet about Hephzibah, written by J.R. Swauger, records these words by Rev. Buck, of his time at Hephzibah: One day while the problems of management were heavy, the calls from the outside may, the...
