Adoption facilitator Paul Pinkerton knows how to fight the enemy in war and in cancer. He also knows the joy of reconciliation, and the comfort of loved ones.

In his lifetime, Paul Pinkerton has experienced war, peace, sickness and health.

And gratitude. Some 300 times over, in fact.

Paul, 57, is a veteran of the Vietnam War who, with the help of his wife, Sandy, has transformed his wartime experience into a source of life and joy.

The Pinkertons are international adoption coordinators who run Gail-Neilson Facilitators Inc. from their Manheim home. Together, they have overseen 352 adoptions of children from Vietnam, personally escorting adopting families to the Southeast Asian country. The ...