How do you think God views adoption? Is it important to Him? Does God view adopted children the same way as biological children? Well…YES! Before we adopted Jaden from China in 2007, I quietly wondered if I could love an adopted child as much as I loved my biological children. I knew many people in [...]
Telling the Truth To Your Adopted or Foster Child – Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer and Jayne E Schooler was recommended by my children’s social worker. Almost all adopted children have difficult things in their pasts. Loving parents naturally want to shield children from painful discussions and they may unintentionally make things [...]
When discussing God’s faithfulness during our lengthy adoption process, I love to tell a story about one of our children that illustrates His goodness. Please forgive me if it’s a repeat for you.
As we charged into the second year of the Guatemalan adoption process for our son (at a time when many children were coming [...]
"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the [...]
Join us for our February Support Meeting
Rev. David and Ruth Daumer (adoptive parents)
will be discussing
Older Children and Adoption, Growing with Adoption through the Years.
Fireside Room of First Reformed Church, Sioux Center — 7:00 pm
We hope to see you there!
As promised, the second installment of my previous post follows. I pray for all who continue to wait on His perfect timing.
January 2, 2007 ~ I am completely humbled. And feeling very foolish. After all my ranting yesterday, I woke this morning with red, puffy eyes. While the kids slept in, I quietly checked my email [...]
