A family and a home should be available to every child. Many of them are also without one.

Two dolls were perched atop a heap of garbage in the hallway when Pasco Metropolitan Ministry chef Mark Purcell was finishing up.

He barely noticed it. I think I just saw one of the dolls move, he thought. He approached and discovered that it was actually two young brothers instead of dolls.


During a cold snap, the babies were left out in the cold wearing only their diapers. The older brother was about two years old, and the younger brother was just over six months.

The kindly welcomed preacher was immediately called. The pastor’s wife and his residence were extremely gracious when Mark dropped the kids off.


The parents of the two boys had been seen by the pastor and his wife out and about. The homeless couple threatened the social worker when they first met by saying that if the infants weren’t adopted, the social worker would put them in a foster home.

The pastor and his wife, who are already parents to three kids, fervently adopted the kids and are now providing them with a safe and devoted home.