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Dear Good Birth Mother, Caring Adoptive Family, Friends for Life and Guests,
Thank you for
visiting the official website of New Beginnings International Children's and
Family Services, Inc. (New Beginnings for simplicity). We know that you have many decisions and choices to make if you learn you are pregnant in Mississippi (or any state in America), or when you
are considering adoption and which adoption agency to contact, or to support
through prayer, finance or volunteerism.
New Beginnings, located in the Anna Grace Farmer Adoption Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, is a Christian adoption agency and was founded almost 25
years ago by Stephen and Evelyn Drury for the purpose of helping the good birth mother who found herself in
the difficult situation of a teen pregnancy or unplanned pregnancy
dilemma. New Beginnings also provides
adoption services to loving Christian families (only a few are listed on this site) who may not be able to become
parents without the opportunity to be considered as parents by an extraordinary birth mother
who, through no fault of her own, is unprepared for the challenges of
parenthood at this time.
Domestic Adoption Services
Debbie
Velie, LBSW, who
serves as New Beginnings' Domestic Program Director has provided loving Christian
adoption counseling services to birth mothers for almost 20 years. As the adoptive mother of two adult
daughters, she understands the dilemmas and challenges you may be facing as
either a good birth mother who wants to make the right choice, or as the
adoptive family who desires to work with an adoption agency that truly cares
about the birth mother, the children and the adoptive family. Debbie is assisted by Ms. Renae Hellen, LBSW, and other team members, who are compassionate
and caring individuals.
Pregnancy center
services (housing, food, transportation, adoption planning and house parent
care) and adoption counseling services are provided for birth mothers who
choose to work with New Beginnings. The
Erwin Birth Mother Maternity Center is located in a peaceful and spacious
setting in the Tupelo, Mississippi area and is home to many teenage and adult
birth mothers. We also provide services
to birth mothers outside the Tupelo, Mississippi area on a case-by-case basis.
Do not be deceived by adoption facilitators and others who advertise themselves as providing adoption services, but who are not prepared to offer you the services of a licensed and accredited adoption agency.
International Adoption Services
NEPAL UPDATE: We are taking applications for adoption in Nepal. We have been requested to have five families prepared to receive a referral, even though the Nepal Ministry of Women, Children & Social Welfare has not fully completed the registration process. All program fees will be held in an escrow-type account pending registration approval. Please call Marcus or Tom at 662-842-6752 (business hours) or Marcus at 662-213-0369 (24/7). The Nepal program has been closed for several months and, as an accredited agency, we are not inferring that this program is guaranteed to open. We are guaranteeing our truthfulness and transparency in this process.
Marcus
Davenport,
LBSW, serves as the International Program Director and diligently works to
provide the adoptive family with accurate and current information about our
direct programs and the programs of our National Christian Adoption Fellowship
partner adoption agencies. Through the
NCAF partnership, New Beginnings is able to provide you with the opportunity to
explore orphaned children adoption from almost 20 countries. As a
2 Year Accredited Hague International adoption agency, we are prepared to assist
you with our National Christian Adoption Fellowship programs, or to assist you
and the agency of your choice.
Home Study Services
New Beginnings also
provides quality and responsive home study services for adoptive parents throughout Mississippi who are adopting domestically or
internationally. We also provide home study services for individuals and
families who are adopting privately, or through any licensed domestic or
international adoption agency, in America.
"new beginnings" and New Beginnings
At New Beginnings
we practice the words of II Corinthians 5:17, "...all things are become
new." We believe that human life is
sacred , and we believe that good birth mothers, precious babies, orphaned
children and caring adoptive families deserve the opportunity for a "second
chance" or a "new beginning."
Partnerships for "Life"
We believe that New
Beginnings is an agency worthy of your partnership and support. We believe that "Every child deserves a
forever family" and that children thrive best in loving, permanent Christian
homes. Perhaps adopting a child is not
your interest, but providing "life" and care for a precious baby, investing in
the life of an overseas orphan, or helping a good teenage birth mother have a
new start is what the Lord is leading you to do. If this is your desire, please contact me or
one of our professional contacts to discuss the opportunities for an investment
in life. We need and value your
consideration and support.
Thank you for
considering adoption and thank you for considering New Beginnings.
Tom Velie, LMSW, Executive Director
For more information on upcoming events, please visit:
Current News and Adoption Seminar Dates
6th Annual Celebration of Adoption , September 23rd, featuring LeAnn Thiemann, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul
3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament, May 5, 2009
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