Bryan and Sherry were high school sweethearts who married soon after. When they wanted to adopt a fourth child after having three biological children, they were really only in the market for one baby.
“In the middle of that two years of waiting, we got an email about the triplets needing a home,” said Bryan. The triplets had severe medical issues. The smallest boy was just 13 ounces when he was born, and all three struggled with heart and lung conditions.
“All three of the boys had a heart condition, so all three of them had heart surgery, all three of them have chronic lung disease,” he said. But he and Sherry adopted them anyway.
Then, while Sherry was pregnant, they heard about twins Bella and Bentley from Uganda and adopted them, too. I think the Lopez family has a lot in common with the Raunigks, a family of 17!
“We just felt like this is our calling; this is what we are supposed to be doing,” says Bryant. Then again they heard about Maddox in China, who needed a good home with little options, and invited him into their family.
"We really prayerfully consider each and every addition to our family,” said Sherry. “Every child really does deserve a family.”
Yes, that means in total Bryan and Sherry now have 10 children. Watch as they meet Maddox in the airport and welcome him home below!
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