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These are the families who have taken a leap of faith and committed to adopt one or more of our orphaned children most recently.
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Hello, we’re Kurt and Cyndi Petrich. We’ve been married for 10 years and have eight wonderful children—four biological and four adopted through God’s plan. Both of us lost our spouses later in life. God brought us together when we both agreed to join a mission trip to help special needs orphans in Eastern Europe. We met while serving, fell in love with each other and the children we met, and after returning home, we got married. Since then, we’ve continued serving these children.
During a long mission trip, we met a sweet, brown-eyed girl who quickly became part of our hearts. God brought Dasha into our family in 2018. When we got home, our daughter started praying every night in her native language: “Praise God, My God, please bring my best friend home.” She prayed this same prayer night after night. We felt God calling us to grow our family again. Around this time, we learned Tanya had a sibling. We were excited to find both girls listed as available for adoption. We prayed deeply, and once again, God led us to say yes to both children. God is mighty!!! He brought the girls home in October 2020. Dasha has been with us for eight years, and her sisters, Tanya and Veronica, have been home for six years. The changes we’ve seen in them are truly miraculous. They are loved, and they know how to love. The Lord spoke again, and sweet little 7-year-old Maria came home for Thanksgiving 2024. We cannot imagine our lives without her.
Recently, we saw a precious older girl who moved our hearts to pray once again. “God, can we be her parents?” We believe the Lord has given us a resounding yes! We wholeheartedly believe God’s Word in Psalm 68:5-6: “God sets the lonely in families.” We openly admit and profess that adoption has deepened our faith and understanding of God’s deep love and affection for his children. We witnessed God perform miracles during the journey of adoption with Dasha, Tanya, Veronica, and Maria.
He shows us again and again that He is faithful. Our prayer is that hearts would be moved to help us bring our new daughter home. Hebrews 10:23, “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for HE who promised is faithful.
6/3/2026 — HOMESTUDY in PROCESS
The Petrich family has a $1200 matching grant from Loving Starfish, in memory of Flankcheska Reyes. When their grant reaches $1300, they’ll receive the additional $1200.
Forrest & Valerie Busler’s adoption journey began in 2012, when Valerie’s sister and brother-in-law adopted a 2 year-old boy named Minho from South Korea. Minho brought immense joy and love to the Buslers’ lives, and soon they began to wonder if international adoption might be a calling for them. Now, Forrest and Valerie are parents to three amazing internationally adopted children (all Reece’s Rainbow kids, of course!): Mikko, now 13, was adopted from Armenia in 2017; Robby, now 16, was adopted from Armenia in 2021; and Nurai, now 8, was adopted from the Republic of Georgia in 2023. In 2025, after finding “Elon”, Forrest and Valerie felt God was calling them to adopt this sweet boy, and they began the home study/dossier process for the fourth and (maybe) final time.
Forrest & Valerie’s dear nephew Minho was an enthusiastic champion of international adoption and of Reece’s Rainbow, and he was excited about having a new cousin. However, in February 2026, Forrest and Valerie’s hearts were broken when Minho was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and died just three weeks later. In the midst of their grief, Forrest and Valerie have joyful anticipation of adding “Elon” to their family, knowing that life, love, and loss are inseparable companions.
5/18/2026 — AWAITING COURT
The Busler family has met their $5000 Matching Grant from Reece’s Rainbow!
Andy and Jennifer have been married since 2014 and have built a relationship based on love, faith and service to others. Over the course of their marriage, they have fostered 17 children and have been supports for countless others. They were drawn to international adoption in 2020 by a close family friend who was also an adoptive mother to 5 boys with Down Syndrome. They began the work to bring home two boys from Ukraine but sadly when the war broke out that adoption stopped. In October 2022 they welcomed a 4 month old baby boy to their family who had significate medical needs. Jameson was a precious little boy who was born with severe Spina Bifida. Due to this diagnosis, he suffered many medical issues that ultimately took his life at the age of 10 months in March 2023. This path was one of the hardest they have ever walked down but they did it together. Over time their desire to grow their family only deepened and they felt that it was the time to pursue an adoption from Bulgaria. In November 2023 they were matched with a 4 year old little boy in Bulgaria and in November 2024 their son, Noah came home! Today Noah is 6 and he inspires his parents every day. It is through his determination and perseverance to overcome the medical challenges he faces that only confirms their desire to add to their family. They know that every day a child spends waiting is a day the go without the adequate health care they so desperately need. Andy and Jennifer later discovered that one of the little boys they had hoped to adopt from Ukraine had passed away in early 2023 due to a lack of adequate health care. They feel deeply that no child should ever live or die without the love of a family.
Andy and Jennifer are stepping out on faith again to bring another child into their lives. They have been matched with a precious little boy from Eastern Europe who has similar diagnosis as their adopted son. Andy, Jennifer and Noah are excited to welcome this child into their family!
3/25/2026 — HOMESTUDY in PROCESS
The Allen family has a $5000 Matching Grant from Reece’s Rainbow! When their FSP reaches $5,000 they’ll receive an additional $5000!
Two Christmases ago, in 2023, Lucas and Ginny Soto’s family decided to participate in Reece’s Rainbow MACC campaign. They chose a sibling pair from the list of eligible children on the website and then spent the time leading up to Christmas talking, thinking about, and trying to advocate for the pair. After the Christmas MACC campaign ended the Soto family continued thinking and talking about their MACC siblings and finally concluded that they were just the right fit to be added to the Soto sibling group that currently includes Lucy (15), Alex (12), and Maria (10). The Sotos made an inquiry about the pair but were told that they were already in the process of being adopted. Fast forward 8 months, and Ginny saw that the little boy was back up on RR as a single child. The pair had been separated and the sister adopted by a family in their home country. The Sotos were disappointed and sad about the pair having been separated, but now more determined to try to bring the little boy into their family. Their adoption application was approved around Christmas time 2024. They have spent 2025 working through the home study process and paying the initial upfront adoption costs required. They are now so happy to have a completed home study and are in the process of waiting on their I-800A application approval and preparing their dossier to send to their little boy’s home country. They are hopeful that by next Christmas he will be part of their family.
12/31/2025 — COMPILING DOSSIER
The Johnson-Manning family has spent the last several years navigating the ups and downs of adoption and settling in together as a family. While in the process of adopting and raising Elspeth, they were also quietly following the story of a now 12-year-old boy who they call Benny. Now that Elspeth is home, safe, and thriving, they finally have the opportunity to bring Benny home too.
Benny has spent all 12 years of his life in an institution. Like his future sister, Benny is blind and nonverbal. He also has cerebral palsy and several medical needs that simply cannot be met where he is now. They are determined to give him a life surrounded by love, stability, safety, nourishment, and access to the medical care, therapies, and educational resources he deserves.
Benny has waited a very long time for a family. With your help, they can finally bring him home.
This time around, the financial strain is especially real for the family, as their recent move to a new state (so that Elspeth, and ultimately Benny, can attend a remarkable school for blind children) came with major and ongoing expenses. It was the right move for their family, but it also stretched them thin. Delaying Benny’s homecoming wasn’t an option; he needs a family now. And that means they need their village more than ever.
Your gift doesn’t just help the Johnson-Manning family adopt Benny. It gives Benny the chance to grow, to heal, and to be cherished, and to finally belong.
Josh, Al, and Elspeth thank you from the bottom of their hearts for helping bring Benny home!
12/26/2025 — HOMESTUDY in PROCESS
The Johnson-Manning family has met their $5000 Matching Grant from Reece’s Rainbow!
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Combined Locks, WI 54113
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PO Box 146
Combined Locks, WI 54113
CLICK HERE to contact us.
Your questions will be directed to the appropriate team member.
