Couple Adopt Abused Twins to Raise as Their Own, Refuse to Give Up When One Develops Brain Tumor

Couple Adopt Abused Twins to Raise as Their Own, Refuse to Give Up When One Develops Brain Tumor
Courtesy of Laura Hottel
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A North Carolina couple, both previously divorced, first met each other at church, but had no intention of having more kids of their own. Middle school teacher Laura Hottel and her now-husband Jay have children from prior marriages. They already “went through that stage of our life,” she said.

But one day, their tune changed; for over the course of volunteering at a church youth group, they got to know twin boys Martin and Victor.