Twice Chosen: A Story of Reunion and Redemption - Softcover

Twice Chosen, by Nina Locke, is a family memoir of being adopted twice—first chosen by God and later chosen by adoptive parents. Her story reveals how those two acts impacted her life. She often wondered, “Where would I be if a personal God had not revealed Himself to me in His providential ways?” This powerful memoir weaves excerpts from personal journals and generational stories stretching across three continents. Twice Chosen is a journey of two searches: first to fill Nina’s inner emptiness and secondly to find her adopted sister—after a separation of fifty years. The story continues as Nina encounters life’s challenges of loss, disappointment, and her husband’s Alzheimer’s.

Nina Spencer was born and raised in New York. She married Jim Locke, and in 1957, moved their family of three children to Winter Park, Florida. She and Jim were a political team beginning at the precinctlevel. Nina was elected Republican State CommitteeWoman, Delegate to the National Convention, and served on the Governor’s Advisory Board. While attending a Bible class in 1969, Nina gave her life to Christ. As a couple they were involved in their church, Campus Crusade for Christ, and the Navigators. She gave her testimony at numerous Christian Women’s Clubs. Nina was widowed in 2005.