Tina arrived at the Kentucky United Methodist Children's Homes (KyUMH) very guarded. She had good reasons. She suffered from emotional abuse from her mother and physical and sexual abuse by her father as young as four years old...
Read MorePatricia doesn�t remember having friends as a child. After her parents died in a car accident, she and her older brother grew up with their grandmother, who raised them as best as she could, despite debilitating health issues. Patricia was more of a caretaker than a child.
Read More"Oliver is the greatest adventure of my entire life. I love seeing this little boy pulling my folded clothes out of the laundry basket...Oliver is one happy child. He is a social butterfly. He loves church and the choir..."
Read MoreErin was one of the first children adopted through our Mary Kendall Adoption Program. Read her perspective on her experience as an adopted child here.
Read MoreCelie's painful childhood made her an angry, resentful teenager, but KyUMH gave her keys to succeed and her dream job working with kids like her.
Read MoreTwin sisters Jackie and Kathleen felt unwanted by their family after being sent to KyUMH, but God had a better story for them.
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