‘I Want a Forever Home’: 13-Year-Old Arkansas Boy Has Been Waiting for Years to Be Adopted

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 13-year-old Arkansas boy who has been in foster care for seven years is asking for a forever home.

Local television station KTHV-TV released a report and video this week about the child, named Zachary, in hopes that a viewer might take him into their family.

“I want a forever home that I can stay in: have fun with [them], I can go fishing with them, exercise with them, and all that,” he said. “I would like them to treat me like I would treat them.”

Zachary says that he also enjoys science and hunting.

“I am very, very kind,” he added. “Super kind, and I make A’s and B’s in school.”

Zachary acknowledged that sometimes he cries because he misses his biological family so much.

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“Just please adopt me,” he said. “Please, I just want you to adopt me, no matter who you are.”

According to the website Foster Arkansas, run by the Division of Children and Family Services, there are more than 5,000 children in foster care, but the Christian Alliance for Orphans cites the figure as being over 8,000. It encourages churches to get involved and make a difference in the life of a child—whether it be through fostering or adoption, noting that there are 5,900 churches in the state.

“If out of every 10 churches, 1 family adopted a child from foster

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