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FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — November is National Adoption Awareness Month, a clip to rise consciousness astir the urgent request for adoptive families for children successful foster care.
Last July, small Sophia came into the lives of David and Tex Mordkofsky.
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“She is the champion happening that ever happened to maine and to us,” said David Mordfkofsky.
The household adopted her and brought her each the mode to Frederick from the Philippines and it each began aft Tex got a substance connection with a representation from a household member.
“The connection said, ‘we person a babe miss that needs a location are you interested?’ So erstwhile I saw it, I was similar ohio my God,” said Tex Mordfkofsky.
But it took 3 years and tons of wealth and enactment to get her here. But they persisted and got assistance from The Catholic Charities of Baltimore and their congressman.
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When it was yet clip for her to travel to the US, it was the archetypal summertime of the pandemic.
“We traveled to the Philippines during the tallness of the pandemic close erstwhile everything was truthful unknown, which was a scary thing,” said David.
Fortunately, they made it backmost safely and present Sophia has a loving location to turn up in. She’s present learning, playing, tin talk English and is getting tons of clip with her caller ma and dada — thing they’re some precise overmuch grateful for.
“All the enactment and expenses and everything, ohio it’s worthy it,” said Tex.
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Stetson Miller
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