When Orphans Become Children

March 26, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

When orphans become beloved CHILDREN, it looks like THIS.

Joy, JJ, Leia, Jason and Dana, after two wild and wonderful weeks with their forever families in China, now HOME in their family’s arms.

Did you miss their journeys as they met and got to know the courageous families who crossed oceans to change their stories?

It’s not too late to like or follow the Of Capes and Combat Boots Facebook page, where we’ll continue to update you on the stories and victories of these children who today are no longer faceless files or orphanage statistics, but cherished, loved, treasured sons and daughters.

Welcome to America, sweet superheroes. We’ve been waiting far too long to SHOW you how much you are loved. <3

An Adoption Day 11 Years in the Making

March 6, 2017 Michelle Cuthrell

I feel like we’ve been waiting FOREVER for this day.

For seven long months.

Since the day we said goodbye.

But when I look back, it’s been longer.

For us, we’ve been waiting for this day since the day 11 months ago when we signed up to host the precious 10-year-old boy who had one day left to find a host family.

Whose smile stole our hearts.

Whose hand reminded us of our own Superman’s.

Whose heart we heard already from the hosting coordinator was just made of gold.

It’s been since THAT day that we’ve been waiting for THIS one.

The day that our first ever host child would be officially registered for ADOPTION!

Breaking for Joy

December 1, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

Our team will return to the blog and Facebook page once our 7-year-old superhero-in-waiting arrives on December 15!

Read about Joy and why we're hosting her HERE.

You can help change Joy's story this winter simply by sharing it! "Like" the Of Capes and Combat Boots Facebook page now to follow the pictures and videos that won't appear on the blog while Joy's here. Or sign up for email alerts.

In the meantime, oogle over THIS precious video, which has our whole team head over heels in love with the little girl we get to call ours for one month this Christmas. <3

#changejoysstory #changetheorphanstory #sharejoysstory

Introducing Joy, Our NEW Winter Superhero

October 5, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

When a family stepped forward to not only adopt but also HOST Lin, the winter superhero we had thought we would be hosting in just two short months, our family rejoiced.

With Lin’s beautiful forever family submitting the initial paperwork to bring him home, that made 132 million orphans in the world … minus one.

But it left our family with a void. There is nothing we wanted to do this Christmas more than love on and host a superhero who needed a VOICE. Without Lin as our winter superhero, we didn’t know who we should become advocates for.

Orphan Hosting 101: Everything You Need to Know About Hosting a Superhero-in-Waiting

September 19, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

Not only did orphan hosting change the life of our superhero-in-no-more-waiting; it changed our FAMILY’S lives FOREVER. And now, after spending four weeks with a superhero who BLESSED us and CHALLENGED us and changed our PERSPECTIVE and CHANGED OUR HEARTS, we can’t wait to make hosting something we do every year. <3

Maybe you've never considered orphan hosting.

Neither had we.

Maybe you feel totally inadequate to advocate for a child so in need of a forever family.

So did we.

Maybe you worry that you might just fall in love with your superhero.

So did we.

And it changed HIS life and OUR life and ALL of our stories in ways that will have impact for years to come.

Love is worth it. FOREVER FAMILY is worth it. YOUR SACRIFICE to host a child who has never experienced the unconditional love of FAMILY is WORTH IT. Because YOUR SACRIFICE leads one DESERVING CHILD to a FAMILY he can be a part of FOREVER. That family could even be YOURS.

One less orphan in the world — that’s WORTH it.

Every time we announce that we are hosting a child in our home for a month to advocate for him, I receive messages and emails and texts and questions about how this all works and why we choose to do it. These are the questions we receive most frequently. And these are our honest, f’real answers. Even though it’s an imperfect system, orphan hosting, we believe from the bottom of our hearts, is worth the COST, worth the TIME, worth the TEARS.

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