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| Couple adopt seven siblings who were separated into different Florida foster homes | Couple adopt seven siblings who were separated into different Florida foster homes |
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| A couple were inspired to adopt seven brothers and sisters after watching a story about them being split up and sent to separate foster homes. | A couple were inspired to adopt seven brothers and sisters after watching a story about them being split up and sent to separate foster homes. |
| DaShoan and Sofia Olds said they had long considered adoption but after seeing the children on a local news channel, it felt like a calling. | DaShoan and Sofia Olds said they had long considered adoption but after seeing the children on a local news channel, it felt like a calling. |
| So the couple began proceedings that would lead them to welcoming Dava, Erica, Eric, Zavian, Leondras, Reginald, and 12 year-old Necia in their home in Marianna, Florida. | So the couple began proceedings that would lead them to welcoming Dava, Erica, Eric, Zavian, Leondras, Reginald, and 12 year-old Necia in their home in Marianna, Florida. |
| They have described the adoption as “a blessing”. | They have described the adoption as “a blessing”. |
| “It was a done deal from the day we saw the story,” Ms Olds told US news channel WECP-TV. “Before we even met them, it was a done deal. When I saw that picture, it was a done deal for me, honestly.” | “It was a done deal from the day we saw the story,” Ms Olds told US news channel WECP-TV. “Before we even met them, it was a done deal. When I saw that picture, it was a done deal for me, honestly.” |
| She added: “We looked at each other and said, ‘We’ve got to do this. It’s time. There’s no maybe, we have to do this.'” | She added: “We looked at each other and said, ‘We’ve got to do this. It’s time. There’s no maybe, we have to do this.'” |
| Necia said she thought she would never have the chance to live with all her siblings. | Necia said she thought she would never have the chance to live with all her siblings. |
| “We thought we would never be adopted, but I thought this was a really good blessing for us,” she told the TV station. | “We thought we would never be adopted, but I thought this was a really good blessing for us,” she told the TV station. |
| Mr Olds said he would encourage the children to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities in the "loving household" that would now be their home. | Mr Olds said he would encourage the children to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities in the "loving household" that would now be their home. |
| “We're going to build their faith up, we're going to build them educationally," he said. | “We're going to build their faith up, we're going to build them educationally," he said. |
| "We're going to get them active in a sport or an activity, or something extracurricular. And we're going to love each other so, we're going to do all of it." | "We're going to get them active in a sport or an activity, or something extracurricular. And we're going to love each other so, we're going to do all of it." |