A couple at our church adopted a little boy from another country about 3 years ago. He is in first grade now. They have been trying to adopt a little girl for way over a year. Her name is Ella and she is between 2 and 3 years old. Ella's arrival in the US has been put on hold for so long we had begun to think she might never get to come here. About a month ago she finally did get to come and the parents kept her home with the family for a month to bond and let her get used to things. Today was her first time at church and the pastor announced that she was there and asked her mom to stand up with her. He also told Gavin, the brother to stand. (Daddy was at work I think.) Gavin was so proud and before they all sat back down he announced very loudly, "From now on it is me and Ella!" Sounds like a great big brother to me. Oh, and the two of them could easily pass for birth siblings and they were not even adopted from the same country! Just wanted to share and ask you to pray for that sweet family.
How wonderful! We have a friend that wanted a particular child from Honduras. Because of all kinds of red tape, they were never legally able to adopt Samuel. But they've always kept in touch, and visited him whenever they were down that way. She has always considered Samuel her son, and Samuel considered this family "his". He is 18 now, so I'm not sure exactly what will happen, but it will be exciting to see! (They did go ahead and adopt first an American child, and a set of Nigerian siblings, plus their one natural son!)
That is awesome. I will pray for them. My son was adopted from China. The funny thing is, my wife is Filipina, and they usually look very different from Chinese, but my son has a look a like older cousin and looks a lot like my wife. I pray God's blessings for them and for you for passing along the prayer request.
My wife and I want to adopt again, but cannot afford it at this time. Parenthood is a blessing and privilege from God, and to do so through adoption has special rewards. While I only have my one son, I have a number of "stepchildren" who have adopted me as their father over the years.
How wonderful! I've always wanted to adopt, but we have low income and it's so expensive. It's always been a dream of mine though. I'm so glad that the siblings show such a bond for each other! That's fabulous! I wish them all the best!
We adopted our four younger children from foster care in our county. None of our adoptions were expensive. I always want to let people know that because I think money is one of the reasons some people are afraid to look into adoption. Afraid to get into it and then realize it is too expensive. Our first adoption was around $200.00 I think. It has been 20 years so I could be wrong. But I do know the county paid that back to us. Our other three adoptions only cost the price of the court papers being filed. I think that was around $36.00 each time. Again the county paid us back for that. These were all for children we had been foster parents for and by the way, It did not cost us anything to take the foster parent classes. Could not resist a plug for foster parents in case anyone has been thinking about it. We fostered for over 20 years and would not have stopped but our youngest two needed all my attention and it was just time for us to stop. I still miss it though.
