Close to 80 children in southeast Texas need a "forever family." While some parents prefer to foster children, a local pastor is encouraging people to think about going the extra mile. Five years ago Pastor John Adolph received a call that changed he and his wife's lives forever. "I was at dinner one evening when the telephone rang they said, 'we have a young female, she's three months old.' By the time I got home she was there. Just this huge chunk of love," Pastor Adolph said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. The baby girl was three month-old Samone, she's now five-years-old. The pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Beaumont has led "One Church, One Child" for 12 years. The group focuses on giving children loving families. That's something he and Lady Dorrie decided to do themselves. Since then they've adopted another child, a boy named Johnathan he's now four-years-old. "I love it. I thank God for my kids every single day. I don't think I could love them anymore if we bore them ourselves." These are the types of parents the Department of Family and Protective Services is looking for. Shari Pulliam says, "We remove children everyday in Jefferson County and Orange County it's unfortunate but we have to." Leaving close to 80 southeast Texas children needing a "forever family." "My prayer has always been to have parents waiting for children, not children waiting for parents," Pastor Adolph adds. But according to Pulliam, children often end up waiting for years. "Studies show once they become over the age of eight or ten it's very hard for them to be adopted," she said. "If we don't do it. We lend out children to agencies and entities who struggle with caring for them. Even though they do a great job. But our children end up in the care of the state instead of the care of a family, " Pastor Adolph replies. To prevent this Pastor Adolph says he hopes people don't just think about fostering a child, but take it a step further and commit to a child for a lifetime. "I hope and pray there are people watching that pray and decide that the extra room you have for the guest who never visit, can be for a home for a child that you will spend time with," he concludes. Pulliam says the requirements to adopt a child are similar to foster care. For a complete list, or if you have room in your heart and home for a special child, give the Department of Family and Protective Services a call at 409/951-3351.