Special from Birth…
She was born prematurely and should have died. Instead, she fought and showed her amazing spirit. In 2019, The Australian Broadcasting Company did an expose on the dark side of international surrogacy, Bridget’s story was the feature.
Since being featured by the Australian Broadacasting Company, Bridget’s story has been featured all over the internet. Just Google, “Bridget Ukraine Surrogacy” and you get thousands of results.
Since we began our adoption journey, we’ve had several media outlets contact us. We will be sharing those articles here.
This video was recorded for The Special Needs Conference hosted by The Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware on April 2, 2022 in Bowie, Maryland.
In April of 2022, we were finally given court dates and we went to get her. Click the link below to read the whole story.
Radio interview with Phil about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
German version of Der Speigal article on our story.
Voice of America story on the war’s impact on Adoption.
Local newspaper article about how the war is impacting our adoption.
English Version of Der Speigal article on our story.
English Version of Der Speigal article on our pick up trip.
World Magazine Article about the war and adoptions.
Voice of America Segment on our adoption.
Baptist Press article on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion.
In September 2022, Kristie shared our adoption story with a group of ladies from our local association of churches at Faith Baptist Church in Knoxville, MD.
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