My Life Began in a Hospital... But My Story Took a Different Road

Adopted as a newborn from the English world, raised Amish from day one. A lifelong search for identity that finally found its answer in the Creator.

I was born in a Fresno, California hospital to parents I’ve never met. Just a few days later, an Amish couple brought me home to a very different world. Growing up, I always sensed that I was different—not just because of adoption, but because of the deep ache for identity inside me. I felt the weight of being the "outsider" even in my own community.

“My value isn’t defined by people — it’s defined by the One who created me.”

It took years to understand that my beginning didn't dictate my destination. God used those early years of silence and confusion to prepare me for a life of helping others find their own true identity in Christ.