04.15.2016 | Photos & Videos
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03.30.2016
Sarpy County Open House
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03.11.2016 | Adoption & Services for Children
Teen Parents Celebrate Diplomas
Teen Parents Celebrate Diplomas (OWH) 05-26-11
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03.11.2016 | Adoption & Services for Children
A Family Man
From the June 18, 2006 Council Bluffs Daily NonPareil. Reprinted with permission. By Kim Bousquet, Daily Nonpareil Staff Writer. Photo by Ben DeVries, Daily Nonpareil Staff Photographer. For Dennis Oden, watching the birth of his…
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03.11.2016 | Adoption & Services for Children
Josie’s Decision
Josie stood in the hallway in disbelief. She immediately felt a knot in her stomach as she fixed her eyes upon the two blue lines staring back at her from her pregnancy test. As a…
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03.11.2016 | Adoption & Services for Children
Carol & Michelle’s Reunion
Dear Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska: In 1984, at the age of 17, I became pregnant. Considering adoption for my baby, a friend’s mother (who had placed a baby through Lutheran Social Service of Kansas/Oklahoma…
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03.11.2016 | Adoption & Services for Children
The Option of Adoption
By Debbie Grayson, Bellevue Leader Staff Writer. Photo by Bob Bailie, Bellevue Leader Staff Photographer. Reprinted with permission of the Bellevue Leader (NE) Newspaper. Usually, l6-year-old girls are faced with decisions as to which jeans…
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03.11.2016 | Community Services
Building Hope
“You know,” she said, “I didn’t realize until we were asked to say the Lord’s Prayer together last night that my son didn’t know the words. I was amazed when I heard him struggling to…
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03.11.2016 | Community Services
Reuniting Feels So Good
Perhaps the most rewarding experience is seeing a family reunited after a long absence. Even more rewarding is being a part of that reunification. During this quarter of service I had the opportunity to take…
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