A little girl takes on a big mission
Renae Kennedy and her daughter Valeria, who was adopted through KidSave, an organization whose goal is to find homes for older orphans. Photo by Amy Theilig Renae Kennedy remembers vividly the first time she laid eyes on her daughter. Three summers ago, Kennedy was at an event at her church in Manhattan Beach when she saw a little girl holding court. “She was little for her age, just this pretty little Afro-Latina girl, with big dark brown eyes and a little afro, wearing a pink dress,” Kennedy said. “There was a group of people standing around her, and she was making all of them laugh. And she wasn’t speaking any English – just doing silly things.” It was love at first sight. Kennedy couldn’t get the girl out of her mind. She called up a friend from the church – called The Rock Covenant Church – and asked her what the little girl’s story was. “She said, ‘Do you want to adopt her?’” Kennedy recalled. “I didn’t know she was an orphan.” The question was meant as a joke, sort of. The woman didn’t know that Renae and her husband Matthew Kennedy were indeed seeking to adopt a child. They wanted an infant, however, and had inquired with adoption agencies from Africa. This little girl’s…
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