DURHAM, N.C. (BP) – Kelsey was two months away from high school graduation. Soon, the 17-year-old would be stepping across the stage in her cap and gown marching into her future. She was quickly becoming an adult, but not in the way she had planned. Kelsey was pregnant.

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Kim and Jay Smith spent 26 years sharing the Gospel as missionaries in West Africa. Today, they continue to share Christ's love as cottage parents with the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina where they care for as many as 12 girls at BCH's Mills Home in Thomasville. "It's still a mission field but a different mission field," Kim says.