BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
OLD BRIDGE - While Michele and Ronnie Conte know they cannot adopt every one of the 143 million orphans in the world, they are determined to do everything they can to help alleviate the problem.
"In the Bible, God tells us to care for the orphans, and I guess we really take that to heart," Michele said. "I guess if more people would consider [adopting] one, that number would go down."
The Old Bridge couple has gone beyond that, adopting two children - Faith, 5, and NoelleJoy, 4 - to add to their family of two biological offspring, Christian, 10, and Jonah, 6. In April, the Conte clan will once again expand to include Yohannes, a 3-year-old boy from Ethiopia.
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