Behind the Scenes - May's KNWC announcer

Listening to KNWC radio one morning, it struck me how much Luanne Christensen had in common with Sherry Rivers. On Valentine's Day, Sherry told a story on KLOVE about her husband giving her young daughter a rose for every Valentine's Day. She didn't give any reasons for the sweet gesture, but my hopes were that she would understand how much her father has invested in her future. Perhaps his eyes are lovingly aware of her some-day choices in dating and even marriage. I had the opportunity to interview Luanne for the May issue for Etc., telling about her adoption from China. I also did some digging and found an interview with Jon & Sherry Rivers about their international adoption of their daughter Lexi. Here's a snippet...

Tell us about the adoption process how did little Lexi come into your lives?
(Jon) God just spoke to me. I didn't want to adopt anything, let alone a child from a foreign country.
(Sherry) We had dealt with infertility for fifteen years. We've been down that road and certainly understand it. We've wanted a child since we first got married.
(Jon) And even though we were around Steven Curtis Chapman and Geoff Moore and saw their cute little babies, that had no affect on me whatsoever, other than disgust because I just had no interest in adoption at all. One day God simply slapped me upside the head and said, "Go get her!". And that moment we started the adoption process.