![]() ![]() But you won’t know the ‘how’ ahead of time…. The options are limitless as to how He may choose to provide. You’ll get a bonus at work, a bigger tax refund than you anticipated, anonymous gifts in the mail. God will provide for your adoption in unexpected ways that you never saw coming, often supernaturally. The average family does not have that kind of money just sitting around.īut take heart! “The resources of heaven are ready and waiting for the people of God who desire to make much of Him in the world” David Platt, The Radical. It takes a quick glance at the five-digit figure listed by the cost of an adoption to feel a sinking feeling in your gut. That is why God puts special emphasis on His care for these children (and widows) and why He wants His people to do the same.” James 1:27 encourages the church to care for orphans and widows, but to acknowledge the phrase ‘in their distress.’ Children who have gone through various trials and experienced the loss of their family/caregivers, have experienced more ‘stress’ and trauma than most of us can imagine. Since then, we have also adopted our son, Asher (3), through a family relationship and foster care by God’s grace.Īlthough adoption comes with many trials, trauma and loss for the children and us, God has given us great joy, faith, and maturity that comes as a result of obeying Him and serving our family. We adopted Claire (13), Zoe (11) and Isaiah (6) from Congo in 2011. God used that night and the coming weeks to lead us and several other families to adopt children from Congo. It wasn’t until months later after we were encouraging others in an adoption meeting at Cornerstone to adopt from Congo, that we believed God was personally calling us to adopt three children from Congo (that same night when we got home from the meeting!). It was at this point in which we sensed the Lord leading us to adopt from Congo. We also found out that MLJ Adoptions had just started an adoption program in Congo and that it was moving along pretty smoothly at that time in (far worse currently). This was mind-blowing (and numbing) and we quickly learned that Congo was mired in a decades long Civil War and ranked last in the world on almost every index (economic, social, political, educational, etc.). Of course, it was clear that the continent of Africa had some of the highest numbers of orphaned children and we found out that the Democratic Republic of the Congo had over 4.5 million orphans out of 70 million people. Although adopting from Haiti at that time was not an option for us, it was this tragic event that led us to research which countries had the most orphans and adoption programs in those countries. We were very open to adopting internationally and He used the earthquake in Haiti (2010) to further awaken us to the multitude of orphaned and fatherless (motherless) children across the world. ![]() However, after we adopted our son, Abram (5), as a baby, God really opened our eyes and hearts to His heart for orphans and the fatherless and how He adopts us into His family as Abba (daddy). “God used the trial of infertility to lead our family through adoption. Adoption agency personnel are trained to counsel birthmothers in this decision.ĭomestic adoption can also happen through the foster care system for your state. This amount of time varies from state to state. After the child is born the birthmother has a set amount of time to change her mind before surrendering her parental rights. Families wishing to adopt newborns are able to specify their racial/ethnic preferences.ĭomestic adoptions can come in the form of an open adoption (maintaining contact with the birth family) or a closed adoption (no additional contact with the birth family).Ī risk associated with the domestic adoption of a newborn is that there is a possibility that a birth mother could change her mind and decide to parent or place the child with a family member. Many agencies disclose a full social and medical history of the birthmother and test for drug and alcohol exposure. With domestic adoption, you will typically know the child’s background (family medical history, etc). From these profiles, a birthmother will choose a family for her child based on her own preferences. This profile will be presented to birthmothers through an adoption agency. Most typically with a newborn adoption, the adoptive family will create a profile/portfolio of their lives (which includes pictures and narratives). Are you interested in adopting a newborn? If so, domestic adoption is the route to consider.
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