Opposite: Getting everyone to smile with eyes open at the same time took innovative ice-breakers like Fuzzy Pickles and Upside-Down pizza. From bottom, left to right, in ascending rows: Coy and Anton; Jonah, Eli and Emma; Josiah and Caleb; Christian and Joshua; Atanas, Savannah and Madison; Zack; Noah, Jeremy and Nathan. Standing: Kim and Frank Farley
Love is an emotion hard to describe or depict. But if you want to experience a love more powerful than any you may have ever felt before, visit the Farley family. It radiates from this amazing clan and you will feel its heart-warming power — times 18.
Frank and Kim Farley have five biological children and 11 adopted children from Bulgaria, Taiwan, Vietnam and mainland China. All 16 children, ranging from 3 to 16, live with them in the home that Frank built north of Sebastian. One of the most surprising aspects of the Farleys’ story is that they didn’t plan to adopt. “They were given to us for a reason,” Frank says. “God was telling us to adopt. It’s all been a God thing.”
Kim agrees: “Without God, we would never have been able to accomplish what we’ve achieved with our family. The children have been so accepting of each other, and I believe it has something to do with their knowing that God is at work in our lives. Many family activities are church-related. We both teach church classes; Frank’s includes 10 of our boys.”
Read the entire article in the November 2005 issue
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