Get Money Do Good, J.D. Vermaas
Get Money Do Good, J.D. Vermaas
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Get Money Do Good
A True Story How-To

Author: J.D. Vermaas

Narrator: J.D.Vermaas, Garry Vermaas, Jolyn Vermaas, Marc Thompson

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2020


Synopsis

Twelve Children. Four Countries. Two Capitalists. One Story.Disruptors, entrepreneurs, and unconventional do-gooders, Drs. Jodi and Garry Vermaas are not the people you would expect to parent twelve children. From the child-trafficking slums of Manila to the barren corners of China to the baggage compartment of a long-distance train to Mumbai, each of their children has a tale to tell—if only they could find the words.Follow Dr. Jodi Vermaas and her husband, CEO and multi-millionaire Dr. Garry Vermaas, on a ten-year journey across the globe to discover what really matters. After living the American success story, they traded in all of their belongings to embrace a life of true purpose. But their race to adopt a dozen children wasn’t won easily. Governments opposed them. Children vanished. Persecutors campaigned against them. And how could they have anticipated encounters with the Taliban, deadly snakes, and—worst of all—alarmingly misbehaving kids?Face-to-face with fierce opposition, wild success, and unthinkable heartbreak, author Dr. Jodi Vermaas takes you on a life-altering journey that challenges everything you know about altruism. Narrated from the perspectives of herself and her husband, their first-born son with autism, and their eldest daughter from the Philippines, this action-packed memoir shows you one family’s attempt to change the world one messy story at a time.Get Money Do Good is the inspirational true story of one family’s epic story of hope, resilience, and love. If you’re ready to step out of your comfort zone and strive for more, this fast-paced and heart-rending book promises to push you beyond your borders.Experience unexpected opportunities to get money and do good in this true story of a family gone wild in the pursuit of extreme altruism, unapologetic capitalism, and relentless love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tina on September 22, 2020

This book is about a family with heart, grit, and unwavering love. Get Money Do Good made me laugh, cry, and change the way I look at what it means how to do good. You take a trip through the slums of Manila where sex trafficking is thriving on kids that search for belonging in this dark world, to a......more

Goodreads review by Reader on October 09, 2020

“Get Money Do Good,” by J.D. Vermaas, PhD, is the memoir/biography of multi-millionaire humanitarians/social justice warriors who practice what they profess. Drs. Jodi and Garry Vermaas are the parents of thirteen children, (two biological, eleven adopted). Some were rescued from child trafficking o......more

Goodreads review by Barbara Bamberger on September 30, 2020

Get Money Do Good J.D. Vermaas, Ph.D. Review by Barbara Bamberger Scott In an engaging family chronicle, with far-reaching global implications, author, counselor and mother JD Vermaas shows how personal and professional aspirations can intermingle with charitable idealism. Telling her story from the vo......more

Goodreads review by Naslha on February 07, 2021

Great story and messages all packaged in with incredible writing and use of POVs. An entertaining, insightful, heartwarming, encouraging story of a family of 14 changing the world by doing good in their way.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on September 16, 2020

Get Money Do Good by J.D. Vermaas is a powerful true account of many adoptions into one family. From a family of two children it grows to twelve as the Vermaas parents open their home and hearts to children who are unwanted and damaged. The family live in America but adopt from overseas. Their son has......more