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Knowing that we have support and a community to help gives us strength to do foster care. have two biological sons, David and Sam, and an adopted daughter, Keyvalin. After adopting Keyvalin from Guatemala in 2007, Scott and Carrie had several opportunities to participate in a series of short-term missions trips. These trips had a life-changing impa... ct on both of them, and they began to pray about and consider long-term missions opportunities. In 2012, they began their journey and eventually worked in leadership roles at two orphanages in Guatemala. While great work was being done with children at both of these orphanages, it became clear that even the best orphanage is a poor substitute for growing up in a family. Scott and Carrie began to re-orient their work towards making the orphanage a more transitional living arrangement for the children, with an emphasis on foster care until family reunification became a possibility, and adoption where reunification was not a possibility. As they were beginning this shift in ministry focus, extended family health issues led to them to make the decision to return home. Upon returning to the United States, they moved to Wild Rose, WI (population 720). Scott and Carrie continued to feel the tug of their calling to work with vulnerable children. two biological sons, Caleb and Cavan, and an adopted daughter, Clare. After adopting Clare from Guatemala in 2006, they considered growing their family again through international adoption, but after years of prayer and consideration decided that God was calling them to become licensed as foster-to-adopt parents through the special needs adoption program in Wisconsin. In 2014 Bruce and Stephanie met Emmanuel (14) who was in foster care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and agreed to take him in as their foster child. About one year later the Williams family received a call informing them that the placement of Emmanuels two younger biological brothers, Elijah (12) and Jonah (11), had been disrupted, and asking them if they could bring them ...Read More