Joyfully Embracing God’s Children (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Josh and Heather Avis share the story of wanting to start a family, how they navigated infertility and discovered God’s heart for orphans. When they tentatively considered foster care and adoption, they had no idea how God would lead them to adopt 3 kids, two of whom have Down Syndrome.
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| 0:00.0 | Your marriage can be healed. |
| 0:03.3 | A hope restored marriage intensive from focus on the family can transform you and your spouse's relationship in just a few days. |
| 0:12.4 | We'll go to this thing, but this is it. |
| 0:14.7 | If this doesn't work, we're done. |
| 0:16.3 | What we have now, it's way more than we ever had before and that I ever even dreamed of in the marriage. |
| 0:23.3 | Discover more at hoperestored.com. That's hope restored.com. |
| 0:31.3 | Instantly, God did something in my heart when I read those words, Babies with Down syndrome. |
| 0:36.1 | And it was instantaneous and it was, I was not excited about this. I wasn't like, yes, Lord, let's step towards this. It was like, no, no, no, no, no. No. And like, Josh and I lag behind and he's like, what's going on? I tell him and I'm waiting for him to say, oh, no, that's not what we're going to do. And he goes, yeah, I think we should pray about that. |
| 0:59.8 | That's Heather Avis, remembering a significant turning point in her marriage and family. |
| 1:04.9 | And you'll hear more from her and her husband, Josh, today, on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:07.2 | Thanks for joining us. I'm John Puller. |
| 1:11.9 | You know, last time we featured a great conversation that we recorded a few years ago with this remarkable couple. |
| 1:13.7 | Heather and Josh described their torturous years of infertility, wondering where God |
| 1:19.8 | was and why he wasn't answering their prayers for a baby. |
| 1:25.4 | Then the Lord revealed a different path for their family, the path of foster care and |
| 1:30.3 | adoption. Heather and Josh were willing to embrace that, and now they have three children. |
| 1:35.9 | They've adopted, two of them with Down syndrome. And you know, John, some of my heroes are |
| 1:41.6 | parents who are raising children with special needs, especially |
| 1:44.6 | when you are opting in to take care of those kids. That can be a challenging job, and my heart |
| 1:51.5 | goes out to you if that's your story. Here at Focus on the Family, we want to encourage you |
| 1:57.1 | any way we can. One great resource we have is our special needs parenting audio collection. |
| 2:03.8 | This collection features some of our best programs and stories from parents just like you. |
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