Marc and Becky met in 2003 and were married in 2005. God blessed them with Will in 2008 and Michael in 2010. In 2012, God allowed the Colliers to walk a difficult journey with their oldest, Will, and he was eventualy diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. Through that journey, God showed the Colliers that they were living for themselves. With broken hearts, they surrendered to His Will. Big changes were in store; they moved to a new state, Becky gave up her career to stay home, and the boys started school. Through it all, they grew in their relationships with Christ and became connected with a local body of Christ. As they "settled in" to their new lives, both Marc and Becky felt unsettled in their hearts: God began to call them both to consider adoption. Their plan: Domestic, healthy adoption of one to two children younger than their own. God changed all of that a year ago when Marc and Becky, through the Nolan adoption joirney, were introduced to Nadia and Nancy on Reece's Rainbow. Nadia and Nancy are twins born in 2007 diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome, pyramidal insufficiency in legs, crossed eyes, and mental delay. Five months of struggle followed, until at last, Marc and Becky surrendered to the Will of God and committed to adopt the beautiful set of twins. Since May, both Marc and Becky have been filled with an incredible sense of peace and joy despite the difficult challenges of international adoption. They and the boys pray daily for the sisters, dubbed affectionately "Sissy and Sassy," and they anticipate the day when their family will be complete. James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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