What if our Blessings come through raindrops?

Encouraging your HIV adoption

I just want to encourage anyone contemplating on adopting an HIV child. Our daughter has been home nearly a year and just turned 6. We have been fortunate to have a very healthy girl who contracted HIV from her mother during childbirth. We have had NO medical issues with her whatsoever and have her blood […]
Living easy with HIV

I must echo the same message that HIV has not been a big deal to our family at all!! Our daughter just started kindergarten this fall. I told the school district, principal, nurse, and teacher. They have welcomed Olivia with open arms and have told us how happy they are to have her in their […]
HIV Stages, AIDS Defining Conditions and the Lazurus Effect

People may not be aware that the World Health Organization stages HIV infection in individuals. A similar concept which people are more familiar with would be cancer staging. Staging is a sort of “how bad is it” measuring stick for HIV infection. Children with HIV have their own staging system as well. Some people mistakenly believe that a person who is HIV+ […]
Tell me more about HIV

The following information was a handout from http://www.fromhivtohome.org. Tell me a bit more about HIV…. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV makes copies of its own genetic material inside human Tcells. It then uses the T-cells to make more of the virus. This process destroys the healthy t-cells, destroying the immune system. If left […]

ProjectHOPEFUL Video

Here is a cute ProjectHOPEFUL video about voting on June 11th for Cars for Good. I will voting for sure, and praying they receive one of the cars.
MSNBC Article

More U.S. families adopting HIV-positive kids
Project Hopeful on Today Show

Please watch this interview with the Twietmeyer’s if you missed it on NBC. It is really great! Media.
HIV Adoption Video

HIV Adoption: Oh Yes You Can! is a video that had a big part in helping us decided we could adopt a HIV child. It is on Facing Life TV. Click here and then click on Watch Full Episode Online.