You could say the Moores enjoy children.

And that they stick to their faith in tough times.

The extent of those traits will be seen in upcoming days and weeks, as the Harrison family raises funds to adopt another three children from overseas, bringing their total brood of children at home to eight.

Perhaps an unusual Christmas present, but one the whole family is committed to.

"This has been a walk of faith for us," said Todd Moore, pastor at Harrison Community Baptist Church. "This is what God has called us to do. If he calls us to do something, he'll also provide the means and the way to do it."

That theory has certainly worked so far.

Todd and his wife, Jennifer, had never considered adoption before a few years ago, he recalled, back when they had just three children of their own, Jaden, Kellen and Sage.

That is, until Todd's mother-in-law paid a visit to Uganda. She relayed her experiences of working with orphans, and the family prayed diligently to help the tots find a home.

Then it hit them just what they were asking, Todd said.

"At some point, Jenny and I just realized that we are asking God to help these kids and provide families for them," he said. "It only makes sense we should be willing to be a part of that answer if we're going to ask him that."

That kicked off a two-year process of adopting Katie and Christopher from Uganda, both 6 now, who have happily assimilated to the family in the past few years.

The five children interact like any siblings do, Todd said.

"We feel blessed that it seemed to be a pretty seamless transition," he said, adding that the other Moore kids are currently 11, 10 and 8. "It's been right for our family."

Choosing to expand the family again this year came as a rather unusual compromise.

Instead of flying the whole family for an expensive mission abroad, the Moores agreed to bring a foreign country to their own home. They signed up for a hosting program that places foreign orphans with American families for several weeks, with the aim of eventual adoption.

"We called it a reverse mission trip," Todd said.

The Moores took in sisters Tanya and Anya, 6 and 10, who hail from Eastern Europe.

It only took three weeks of introducing the girls to their church and family for Todd and Jennifer to agree they were hosting their future daughters, he said.

He described the girls as adjusting to life at home easily, playing with their siblings without even stumbling over the language barrier.

"Once Tanya warmed up a bit, she would just rattle on in (her native language), as if we all understood her, with a huge smile on her face," Todd said.

Now the girls are back in their orphanage overseas. The Moores have been slogging through paperwork to adopt the girls and their brother Ruslan, who at 5 was too young to participate in the host program.

Of course the process is expensive, Todd acknowledged. The cumulative fees for all three tots comes to about $40,000.

But church members and friends have been quick to show support, one church group throwing a raffle and several local teenagers donating their summer earnings.

It's easy to give to the Moores, said church member Susan Rodgers.

"Everyone has really rallied behind our pastor with these kids," she said. "No one is saying 'He's got so many,' because the family has got such a wonderful love for children.'"

The Moores' own children have kicked in their own money to help with the adoption, Jennifer said.

Plus, Jaden is selling lures and Sage is peddling her hand-made greeting cards to fund their trips to see their new siblings.

"It shows how the whole family, everyone's in it together," Jennifer said.

The Moores are within about $8,000 of their goal to adopt the three siblings, Todd said.

The call to fly to Europe and finalize the adoption could come "anytime" now, he added.

"At which point, when we leave to go to (Europe), we'll need to be prepared to meet those financial obligations," Todd said, adding that the family prefers not to publicly release the name of the children's country, which might affect the adoption process.

Todd isn't worried. If this is what God wants for the family, he'll provide, Todd said.

The pastor isn't worried about being overwhelmed with eight kids in the house, either.

"One child can overwhelm," he pointed out. "I think a lot of life is just dealing with what you're given and what's in front of you. There's a lot of people we know who deal with things that are difficult, but that doesn't make it bad."

Those who want to help the Moores' adoption can reach the family at idahoosier@frontier.com, or 661-8381.