{"id":5610,"date":"2013-01-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/01\/08\/nfl-star-scott-wells-adopts-3-kids-from-uganda\/"},"modified":"2013-01-08T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T05:00:00","slug":"nfl-star-scott-wells-adopts-3-kids-from-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/08\/nfl-star-scott-wells-adopts-3-kids-from-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL star Scott Wells adopts 3 kids from Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5609\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/24051f1a73d7ccf80aa0e781a6178da9.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: Fox Sports\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Scott &#038; Julie Wells with the fam\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/>\n<p>Scott Wells, the 300 pound starting center for the St. Louis Rams, and his wife Julie have always wanted to have a large family.\u00a0 It was a long bumpy road, but they are so happy to have doubled their family with the addition of three children from Uganda!<\/p>\n<p>Scott and Julie, former high school sweethearts, had their first son in 2003.\u00a0 Julie was pregnant with twins in 2005, but unfortunately lost them both.\u00a0 The Wells&#8217; were heartbroken, but did not give up on having kids.\u00a0 They had a daughter the next year and a son shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>They still wanted to add more to their mini football team so they looked into adoption.\u00a0 They picked Uganda, a country in East Africa, as the location.\u00a0 The adoption agency found a perfect match &#8211; two boys the age of two.\u00a0 Scott and Julie were excited!\u00a0 Then the agency called back and said that one of the boys had a five year old sister\u2026.could they adopt her also?\u00a0 They happily said yes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We weren&#8217;t going to split up [the siblings]. We already knew there was a huge orphans crisis. Our daughter wanted a sister. Again, this is where God was leading us,&#8221; said Scott. &#8220;And, by this point, what&#8217;s the difference between five kids or six? You&#8217;re playing zone defense anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scott and Julie had a bit of a culture shock when they arrived in Uganda.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure the Ugandans did as well when they saw the 300 pound NFL football player with shaved head and tattoos!<\/p>\n<p>After a 10 week process, it worked out &#8211; They added three more children to the family!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned that you can do more than you think you can. You&#8217;re stronger than you think you are. 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