{"id":158890,"date":"2016-12-22T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158890"},"modified":"2016-12-22T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T22:17:15","slug":"christmas-story-tim-tebow-steps-in-help-widow-adopt-abandoned-orphan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/christmas-story-tim-tebow-steps-in-help-widow-adopt-abandoned-orphan\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Christmas story: Tim Tebow steps in to help a widow adopt an abandoned orphan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In the world of sports, just speaking the name Tim Tebow is enough to start an argument.\u00a0Following an undeniably successful college football career, Tebow moved on to the NFL &#8212; and that&#8217;s where the controversy took off.\u00a0Despite being widely\u00a0considered by analysts to be\u00a0a subpar quarterback, in the 2011-2012 season, Tebow\u00a0took the reins of a 1-4 Denver Broncos squad and led them to\u00a0a playoff appearance, which included a playoff\u00a0victory over the heavily-favored\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. Tebow was\u00a0traded prior to the following season, played briefly with three other NFL teams, and now plays professional baseball with the New York Mets organization.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0fans and critics\u00a0continue to argue over how good a football player &#8212; and now, how good a\u00a0baseball player &#8212; Tebow is, one thing we can all agree on is that some of Tebow&#8217;s best work is done off the field. One of the many examples of this is an adoption aid program from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timtebowfoundation.org\/#\">Tim Tebow Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GPFQzmGaBAg&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;utm_source=Tim+Tebow+Foundation+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=ad85a0bd50-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_07&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_891864d035-ad85a0bd50-89371561&amp;mc_cid=ad85a0bd50&amp;mc_eid=0ee4fce22f\">video<\/a> from the Tim Tebow Foundation, Christine Mullican shares the story of her adopted son, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tebowfoundation\/status\/811638271889571840\">Alex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPFQzmGaBAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Alex, who\u00a0is\u00a0deaf, had been abandoned at a train station in China. Christine says she had always wanted to adopt, and\u00a0instantly felt a connection with\u00a0Alex upon seeing a picture of him and hearing his story. &#8220;I knew right then who our son was,&#8221; she explains in the video. Christine and her husband Joel went forward with plans to adopt Alex.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0during the long adoption process,\u00a0Joel\u00a0passed away suddenly. Christine still wanted to adopt Alex, but due to her husband&#8217;s death, she was concerned she would no longer be able to cover the\u00a0high costs of adoption.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the Tim Tebow Foundation stepped in. Christine received\u00a0much-needed help from the Foundation in the form of\u00a0a grant that made Alex&#8217;s adoption possible.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Alex seemed very unhappy and scared, Christine says. But after a bit of time in his new environment, Alex began to relax, have fun, and smile.<\/p>\n<p>Following the adoption, the Foundation made a point to check up on Alex, texting and emailing Christine for updates. In addition to the initial adoption aid grant, the Foundation provided a second grant to cover Alex&#8217;s medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Through the challenges, adopting Alex has proven to be more than worth it. &#8220;Alex has brought just so much energy, happiness&#8230;he&#8217;s so loving, so much like Joel in so many ways,&#8221; says Christine.\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful reminder that Joel is still with us, and also great just to have completed our family in this way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its adoption aid grants, the Tim Tebow Foundation helps make the world a better place\u00a0in\u00a0other ways, including\u00a0providing aid to orphans and\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/tim-tebow-gave-people-disabilities-night-shine-special-prom\/\">sponsoring prom nights<\/a> for <a href=\"\/news\/people-features-a-look-inside-night-to-shine-tim-tebows-prom-night\/\">students with special needs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow&#8217;s mom, Pam, has revealed that when she was pregnant with Tim, doctors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2012\/01\/13\/doctors-recommended-football-star-tim-tebow-be-aborted\/\">recommended an abortion<\/a>. (Gators fans, Broncos fans, and fans of humanitarian work alike are thankful she refused.) Pam will be featured as a special guest speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priestsforlife.org\/marchforlife\/\">2017 March for Life<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of sports, just speaking the name Tim Tebow is enough to start an argument.\u00a0Following an undeniably successful college football career, Tebow moved on to the NFL &#8212; and that&#8217;s where the controversy took off.\u00a0Despite being widely\u00a0considered by analysts to be\u00a0a subpar quarterback, in the 2011-2012 season, Tebow\u00a0took the reins of a 1-4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":158898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beautiful Christmas story: Tim Tebow steps in to help a widow adopt an abandoned orphan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Alex has brought just so much energy, happiness...he&#039;s so loving, so much like Joel in so many ways. 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