“Mom, did you know there are children who don’t have homes?” This question came from the heart of a teenager who knew what the term “foster child” meant at an early age.  Her parents tried to adopt a young girl when Mariah was five years old, and this birthed a desire in her that has grown and flourished into a ministry to the most vulnerable children in our society.

Mariah Wilde, Executive Director/Founder of FamilyLink Foster Care and Adoption Agency, an organization that connects families with displaced children, states that when it comes to the question of helping children by loving them, fostering them, adopting them, or whatever – God says “Yes!” and “Now is the time.”

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Why did you start FamilyLink?

My husband Chris and I became a foster parent and adoptive parents in our early 20’s. Over the years we’ve seen what a huge need there is for kind, safe  foster and adoptive families.  At one point we had 14 children, including 10 teenage boys! We definitely tried to help as many as we could, but there was a limit. I was inspired to start FamilyLink because I believe that every child deserves a family and that God has an incredible purpose and destiny for them!

What has happened since then?

We have placed over 1200 children in foster and adoptive families in 6 years! We receive calls day and night with children who have been…  

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