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Sound of Hope: Story of Possum Trot

The powerful true story that inspired Letitia Wright’s ‘Sound of Hope’

The powerful true story that inspired Letitia Wright’s ‘Sound of Hope’

In the 1990s, W.C. Martin and his wife, Donna Martin, spearheaded a campaign at their Bennett Chapel church in Possum Trot to adopt “the most difficult-to-place children” in foster care. The couple’s idea inspired 22 families from a small area of East Texas to work together to adopt 77 foster children in need. Despite a…

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