Twice Delivered - A Story of Two Families, Two Worlds, and One Redeeming Love

Born in a remote Mountain village in Ethiopia, Isaac Melber‘s life began with loss. Orphaned at a young age and placed in an orphanage, his future seemed uncertain until a family from Kentucky crossed an ocean to bring him home, but Isaac’s story is more than an adoption story.

In Twice Delivered, Melbourne shares the raw, deeply moving journey of growing up between two worlds – wrestling with grief, identity, anger, belonging, and faith. Return returning to Ethiopia 13 years after his adoption, he confronts the questions that shaped his childhood: Who am I? Why did this happen? Where does my story fit in God‘s plan?

With disarming honesty and profound spiritual insight, Melbourne reveals how what once felt like abandonment became divine placement, how painful providences became sacred turning points, and how adoption – both earthly and eternal - points straight to the heart of the gospel. Blending memoir, scripture, and pastoral reflection, Twice Delivered, speaks powerfully to adoptees, adoptive families, foster parents, and anyone who was ever struggled to see God‘s goodness in the middle of loss. This is a story about sovereignty and suffering, about identity and redemption, about a God who wastes nothing.