When a family makes a decision to adopt a child, they are usually filled with excitement and anticipation. Typically when we are excited about an impending event, we can’t wait to share it with family and friends. This isn’t always the case with an announcement of an adoption decision, however.
Prospective adoptive parents often question whether [...]

The Northwestern College Ethnic Fair 2009
Saturday, April 4 — 5:00 – 7:30pm
Rowenhorst Student Center Gymnasium
Admission (including meal of international foods): 
$10 adults, $5 children up to age 12.
Admission (not including a meal):  $1 per person
Northwestern’s international students will wear traditional clothes and perform songs and dances from their native countries. The “Chopstick Challenge” will test [...]

"So we can say boldly,
       ‘The Lord helps me.  I will not be afraid.
          What can a mere man do to me?’"
                                                  Hebrews 13:6

Heather

We have the incredible privelege to bring home our 3 kids from Africa a week from today!!  The journey has had it’s ups and downs, as all adoptions do.  But God’s hand has been evident throughout it all.  And we are reassured that He will be with us as we enter this new phase in [...]

For some it’s gotcha day!  Others celebrate forever family day.  These days will not soon fade from our memories.  As parents we awaited with great anticipation the day we would hold our children.  The moment we embraced our twins was as magnificent as the births of our children.  Receiving our children was one of the most incredibly humbling yet exhilarating experiences of our lives.  [...]

I wrote and rewrote this post’s opening paragraph half a dozen times, growing increasingly dissatisfied with the introduction portion of my thoughts. 
So I’ll just say it like this: Being stretched is good for me.
 
My life has been immersed in international adoption since my parents began the process to bring home my sisters from Peru in 1988. I [...]

We had a wonderful night of fun, food, and fellowship last week Saturday evening!  Above is a photo of our beautiful kids (and one mommy).

Heather

"Come, all who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy & eat!  Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.  Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your [...]

I discovered a wonderful children’s book about interracial adoption while cataloging it for the library where I work.  It is called My Adopted Child, There’s No One Like You by Dr. Kevin Leman and Kevin Leman II.
It is a story of a young panda bear who was adopted by a family of brown bears.  Panda [...]

Many agencies require pre-adoptive parents to attend adoption education. This education can take many shapes. It can consist of self-paced education with videos and workbooks, to several weeks of weekly meetings to two-day workshops.
Sometimes parents wonder if pre-adoption education is worth the time spent away from their current tasks and family. I believe that the pre-adoption education [...]