The Meyers Family Adopts from Haiti during Global Pandemic
Good news, the Meyers family welcomes home their two children from Haiti during a global pandemic. Learn more about how God continues to care for the most vulnerable even in the midst of COVID-19.
Lifeline International Adoption - https://lifelinechild.org/international-adoption/
GUESTS
Brooke Rowan is Lifeline’s Program manager and social worker for Haiti. Brooke began working with Lifeline in 2017. She graduated in 2015 with a BS in Psychology from UAB. During graduate school, she spent a few weeks in Uganda with Compassion International, continued on to serve as Director over a mission site with YouthWorks Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio, and interned with Lifeline. These experiences furthered her desire to work for a non-profit whose mission was to not only advocate for the lives of vulnerable children, but share the love of Christ while doing so. She was thrilled to accept a full-time position with Lifeline after graduating from the University of Alabama with her MSW in May of 2017.
GUESTS
Brooke Rowan is Lifeline’s Program manager and social worker for Haiti. Brooke began working with Lifeline in 2017. She graduated in 2015 with a BS in Psychology from UAB. During graduate school, she spent a few weeks in Uganda with Compassion International, continued on to serve as Director over a mission site with YouthWorks Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio, and interned with Lifeline. These experiences furthered her desire to work for a non-profit whose mission was to not only advocate for the lives of vulnerable children, but share the love of Christ while doing so. She was thrilled to accept a full-time position with Lifeline after graduating from the University of Alabama with her MSW in May of 2017.
Josh Caldwell is currently the Vice President of International Ministry at Lifeline. He is passionate about Christ’s name being made known among the nations. His desire in ministry is to share the name of Jesus, disciple others, and care for the fatherless around the world. Josh has a Bachelors degree from Samford University in Family Studies and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Liberty University. He has been on staff at Valleydale Baptist and the Church at Brook Hills in the Birmingham, AL area serving in Children, Youth and Outreach ministries. Josh has also traveled to several countries on mission, leading teams of people in Central America, South America and Africa to share the name of Christ. Josh and his wife Staci reside in Birmingham, AL. In 2009, they felt called to international adoption. In 2011 they adopted their son Moses, from Uganda. In 2016, they adopted Richardson, from Haiti.
Troy and Jimi Meyers are a Lifeline family who adopted from Haiti. In September of 2013, the Meyers family applied to adopt from Haiti. At the time, they were parents to two teenage sons, Colton and Luke. They recently brought home their children, Lyneda and Anderson, from Haiti in the midst of COVID-19. This family will share more about their story, but they are such a testament to God’s faithfulness through the process of adoption. The Meyers currently reside in Idaho and are bonding/attaching beautifully with their children during this season.
HOST
Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.
LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our vision is for vulnerable children and their communities to be transformed by the gospel and to make disciples.
Creators and Guests
Host
Herbie Newell
Herbie Newell serves as the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services, holds an MBA in Accounting from Samford University and brings years of experience from his work as an independent auditor at WAKM Companies, LLC. Serving as Lifeline's Executive Director since 2003, Herbie has significantly expanded international outreach, obtained licensure in 17 states, and led the establishment of the foster care arm. A passionate advocate, he co-founded (un)adopted in 2009, focusing on equipping orphaned children with life skills for community transformation. Herbie, also the author of "Image Bearers: Shifting from Pro-birth to Pro-Life," emphasizes that being pro-life extends beyond opposing abortion, urging a broader ethic that includes fighting for racial equality and embracing every individual with the love of Christ. Herbie and his wife, Ashley, reside in Birmingham, Alabama, and are the parents to three children.
Host
Rick Morton
As Senior Vice President of Engagement, Rick Morton shepherds the ministry’s outreach to individual, church, and organizational ministry partners as well as the ministry’s commitment to publishing resources that aid families and churches in discipling orphans and vulnerable children. Prior to Lifeline, Rick served for 15 years as a college and seminary professor, and he also served local churches in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He is an accomplished writer and sought after speaker. Most notably, Rick is the co-author of the popular Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-centered Adoption and Orphan Care and the author of KnowOrphans: Mobilizing the Church for Global Orphanology. Rick and his lovely wife Denise have been married for over 32 years, and they have 3 children, all of whom joined their family through international adoption. God has continued to grow their family, and he now enjoys the role of “Doc” to his precious granddaughter!