![]() ![]() There was so much work involved in taking care of Rodee that Michael actually told Ivey at one point that he didn’t know if he could continue caring for him. When the couple adopted their son Rodrigo (Rodee), who has cerebral palsy caused by shaken infant syndrome, they were told they were the only family who could take him due to Ketterer’s medical background. ![]() Ketterer told the judges he wished to show his children “that if their dad can live out his dreams, then nothing’s impossible for them.” Ketterer describes the feeling as “being out at sea with no compass.”ĭuring his first appearance on AGT, Ketterer explained to the judges that when you grow up in the situations his children had, you’re focused on just surviving and can’t dream. When he was 14, Ketterer’s father left, and while he wasn’t totally absent, he wasn’t around much. He also knows what it feels like to try to make one’s way through life without a father. When he is not leading worship, Ketterer is a pediatric mental health nurse at a hospital. Jared, Chase and Jeriah were added to the family shortly thereafter. Hearing this family’s story opened the door for the Ketterers, who were relieved to learn that foster children receive a lot of help from the government-things like healthcare and college tuition in some cases.Īfter going through the process of being certified to foster children, the Ketterers received a call about three brothers who had been living in a meth lab with their parents. Michael and Ivey knew they couldn’t afford the cost of adopting a child from overseas, but they met a family who had fostered children and eventually adopted them. When their oldest child, Sophie, was eight, she began having dreams about three brothers who needed to be adopted. ![]() In an I Am Second video, Ketterer and his wife, Ivey, share more of the story that led them to adopt five of their six children. Michael and Ivey Ketterer Are All About Adoption ![]()
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