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Chosen with love: Avent family a forever home

...Their loving family now includes a 6- year-old girl named Gracen and a 4-year-old boy named Ross.“My favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 1:5, ‘He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ.’ Being an adoptive parent myself, I have a better understanding of how God desires to adopt us and love us as his own children,” Melanie said.John and Melanie met in the fifth grade, started dating at 16 and were married three years later in 1994.“I worked to help John get through college at A&M.

After graduation, we moved to Waxahachie in 2002 to be closer to our family in Corsicana.

It was easier for John to commute to Dallas where he worked as a home builder,” Melanie said.

John works as a catastrophe insurance adjuster for Tailored Adjusting Services based in Irving and is spending a great deal of time on the road in Florida dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes.Once they decided to adopt, John and Melanie chose to work with Buckner Children’s Home after meeting another couple who had adopted through them and had a wonderful experience.“We were also attracted to Buckner because they are a Christian agency,” Melanie said.

The Avents’ adoption process began with an orientation meeting to hear what Buckner ...