Virginia Foxx: “this week we have had a lot of focus on various sad issues, but there was a wonderful situation that occurred in…”

“this week we have had a lot of focus on various sad issues, but there was a wonderful situation that occurred in Washington this week: people came from all over the country for a program called Angels in Adoption. There was a wonderful couple from the fifth district who came to receive the Angels in Adoption award, George and Brenda Ball. I nominated them for this award and had the opportunity to talk with them and meet with them while they were here. They are a wonderful couple who have taken into their home a lot of children who need love and care, and I would like to share parts of an article written about them from the Winston-Salem Journal and hold them up to ourselves and to others for the great work that they are doing. They live in a little town called Tobaccoville, and here is part of the article: ``When George and Brenda Ball hear of a child in trouble, they open their arms. Never mind that, before they married in 1980, he had already raised five children and she had raised three. Never mind that they are great grandparents in their 60s. Their house still rings with the voices of children. Over the past 19 years, they have cared for about 30 foster children and adopted seven of them, most with special needs. They plan to adopt their current foster child, an 18-month-old girl . . . `` `I see it as an award for Forsyth County and North Carolina and for all the foster parents and adoptive parents,' Brenda Ball said.…”