
About Us
Equipping and supporting families through the adoption journey
Mi Yungs Prayer partners with adoptive parents by providing services, counseling, and financial consulting to break through barriers – ensuring adoption remains a viable option for families.

Our Values
- Transparency and consistent communication throughout the adoption process.
- Providing families support and guidance.
- Adoption should not be hindered because of finances.
Our Beliefs
Our prayer is that families are encouraged to:
- "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
- "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:5-7 (CSB)
- "Fathers (parents), don't stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4 (CSB)
- "Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children." Ephesians 5:1 (ESV)
We believe that children are a blessing:
- "For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV)
- "Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him." Psalms 127:6 (NLT)
Mi Yungs Prayer serves families who are adopting children, striving to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
Our Founder
As the founder and Executive Director of Mi Yung’s Prayer—and an adoptee myself—I hold a deep and personal belief in the power of adoption. My heart is for the children who wait, and the families called to welcome them.
I was born in South Korea, lived with a caregiver until six months old, and was later left at a conference center in Seoul. I was brought to an orphanage and became eligible for adoption. My parents chose me from a letter and photo, and when I arrived in the United States just over a year old, I weighed only ten pounds. My adoption was finalized when I was a toddler.
Through my parents’ love and the healing that followed, I grew up with a strong Christian foundation. I believe children are a blessing and a gift from God, and as Ambassadors of Christ, we are called to “defend the cause of orphans” (Isaiah 1:17).
My adoption story is uniquely mine, and I recognize that every adoptee’s experience is different. Each story carries its own truth. My prayer is that Mi Yung’s Prayer will empower and support families called to adopt and that every adoptee’s life is blessed through their journey. Named after my Korean name, “Mi Yung,” this organization honors the full identity of an adoptee.
Even as adoption rates decline, I see a call to rise. Millions of children still need loving families, and adoption remains a powerful way to give them hope and a future.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. — Julie Kula, MSW, LSW
Meet Our Team
Our dedicated staff and board members bring diverse expertise and a shared passion for adoption.
Staff

Sylvia Priest
Senior Social Worker

Ivy Buchanan
Administrative Coordinator
Board of Directors
John F. Kula
President/Chairman of Board

Valerie Deann Rodgers
Vice President

Jessica Strankman
Secretary

Dimitri Struck
Director
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