How To Adopt A Child Outside The Us

back to school in the coming days.. means getting to see their friends.. but in spartanburg district six.. the children.. are just as excited

How To Adopt A Child Outside The Us, to see the men and women who protect their schools. wyff news four's mike mccormick.. with a touching

example.. of the bond .. built by the badge. <3:27 youtube: "we love our school resource officer.. we love him.. laughs" spartanburg school district six made this video.. to celebrate its resource officers. <:27 youtube: "walking through

the halls, you see them here and they're really friendly." district six.. was the first district in spartanburg county.. to put a resource officer in every school - following the shooting at sandy hook elementary in connecticut in 2012.

< 9:48 " they made you feel part of the school." -- maybe cover this with youtube video of him? master deputy mike gibson - started off working at the district's child development center - while he was off duty. ultimately.. spending the day

there.. became his job. 11:17 "here they get to see us as part of the school and they get to learn, 'hey, the police are our friends.'" gibson had no idea.. his family would change.. when he joined district six's.. 30:26 "he started off calling me

police officer or officer mike, then officer dad, and then dad. so he was searching. he was definitely a child in need of parents. that's what he wanted. fortunately that's what he got." it started when gibson - had to write a report - about a student who'd been abused.

14:14 "when i saw him. it was just something tugged at my heart. i said, 'i can help this child.'" the little boy.. had been in and out of 8 or 9 foster homes.. before he met.. gibson. 21:13 "he said in all my years in law enforcement, he said, i've never felt led to do

something, but i feel like god's telling me that we can help this one. so, i was on board." in 2014...gibson and his wife kimber - went through months of certification to become the boy's foster parents. 27:43 "some of the workers that we spoke to.. told us he was an

unadoptable child because of his behavior issues." still.. the gibsons.. who already had 3 children.. adopted him. 26:32 "he said that during his time in law enforcement, he never truly knew if he had the opportunity to change someone's life. with him, we know he's

changed somebody's life. he's changed ours more than we changed his." that is why.. district six.. is celebrating all the resource officers.. not just for the badge.. but for the heart.. behind it. 25:48 "you're kind of like a super hero somewhat to them."

or in his case.. super dad. mike mccormick, wyff news four, spartanburg county.