Meet the Arrowwood Family

David and Christal Arrowwood started their adoption journey many years ago when their eldest child was very young. At that time, they had started to foster children but ultimately decided that they would put fostering on hold to focus on raising their three biological daughters. This all changed after attending a church service when their eldest daughter was 13 years old. The sermon spoke about the desperate need for foster and adoptive parents. The message was so compelling that their daughter called an emergency family meeting that night and the family decided to start fostering again.

The Arrowwood family continue to foster and have had over a dozen children move into their home during this time period. When asked if they will adopt more children, David and Christal say that would adopt if the need arises. They explain that they are in it for the long haul. They will work to get the children reunified with their parents if possible, transition to a permanent setting that is best for the child and in some cases move toward adoption in their home. Their ultimate goal is to keep children from bouncing from foster home to foster home. They treat every child that enters their home as if they are going to stay forever. Their advice to parents who are thinking about adopting, ‘Don’t give up and follow your heart, pray and be patient. Kids are complex but they all come with an empty love tank. We have to find ways to fill up their love tank.’

David and Christal’s eldest daughter who is now deceased was the impetus that helped their family decide to foster and adopt again. David and Christal say that their daughters have always been 100% into this decision. Everybody in their family has had to make some type of sacrifice to make this happen, but David and Christal know that their family is blessed and living out their motto ‘anybody, anytime, anywhere.’