Our Story

Our story is not that different from most. We met in college, got married and started a family. We go “off-script” at starting a family because we decided to start ours by adopting. We feel called to the ministry of foster care and adoption and we are thankful that God has grown our family through the blessing of adoption (both open and closed) and the miracle of birth.

So, we’ve adopted, we home school, we foster, we take supplements, we’re in a fruit and veg co-op, we use natural and organic as much as possible, we grow our own garden. I could go on but you get the point. We are considered slightly weird by some. Many of you can relate.

You can like us on Facebook or you can follow us on Twitter but you don’t have to if you don’t want to. What we hope is that your find your time with us to be helpful, that our successes and failures will encourage you as we all travel on this amazing journey we have been called to.

God bless you,

Ryan and Kayla

Name: Ryan North Favorite Scripture: Ephesians 3:20 Ryan was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and moved to the United Sates after graduating from high school. He met his wife through a mutual friend while they were both attending the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Ryan’s passion to help underprivileged children stems from his childhood and teen years in Africa. After returning to Africa in 2004, he felt God’s leading to establish a ministry to this community. Ryan lives in Justin, Texas with his wife Kayla, son, two daughters and their two dogs.E-mail Ryan | Read Ryan’s Blog

Name: Kayla North Favorite Scripture: Colossians 3:23 Kayla was born in San Angelo, Texas and moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area as a young girl. She met her husband through a mutual friend while they were both attending the University of North Texas. Kayla has always had a great love for children and a desire to help the less fortunate. Kayla felt led to help ease the suffering of children around the world after getting involved in the ministry of foster and adoption. Kayla lives in Justin, Texas with her husband Ryan, son, two daughters and their two dogs.