Ep.45 - Portia, Chloe and Krista Rapier - Adopted daughters, sisters, Mormons

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Portia, Chloe and Krista Rapier are the daughters of host Shawn Rapier. They were all adopted in to their family at different times and different ages. In this special episode, they share their experiences in the foster care system, the challenges and joys of being adopted and the role of the gospel in their lives and family. These amazing young ladies are beautiful examples of surviving and then thriving through sometimes difficult circumstances. They also show the power of love and God's eternal plan.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:07.8	Day Saints.
0:08.9	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:13.2	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:24.3	Hello. stated. Hello, friends.
0:25.6	Welcome to episode 45 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:30.4	We have got such a different show for you this week.
0:33.3	We're so glad you decided to tune in.
0:36.3	Going back a little bit, you know, we've had great discussions
0:39.6	about adoption. And as that has been such an integral part of my family, I always get excited
0:46.3	when it comes up. And we've talked to Garth Smith about his experiences with adoption, also with Carrie Summers, and actually just a
0:56.9	couple of weeks ago with Abe and Rachel Mills of Sunshine Mafia, with foster care and
1:02.7	adoption.
1:03.5	And it's just really, really fun and exciting.
1:07.1	Foster care and adoption is such an amazing experience.
1:10.2	And we have had multiple people
1:11.6	who have written into the show saying, hey, I'd love to hear more about it. And so I actually,
1:18.0	normally I look for interesting guests and then they tell a story. I actually wanted to do
1:22.5	an episode about adoption. And as I was thinking about it and yes, even praying about it, it came to mind that who would be better to talk about adoption. And as I was thinking about it, and yes, even praying about it, it came
1:28.8	to mind that who would be better to talk about adoption than three of my five adopted children.
1:34.2	In fact, my three daughters, my only three daughters. And I wasn't sure if they would accept the
1:39.3	challenge when I asked them if they would come on the show. And when I went to them, each of them said,
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