Sometimes it can be daunting to find information about adoption and orphan-related issues. Not because there’s a lack of materials, journals, blogs or books, but how do you know where to start? In these updates, we will regularly include reviews of books recommended by our staff.
Written by Tony Merida and Rick Morton, “Orphanology” is a great way [...]
As more churches are forming adoption and foster care ministries, many Christians are becoming aware of what adoption professionals have known for some time: Most of the children in need of permanency are children of color.
Whether they are African-American children in the U.S. foster care system, Chinese children abandoned due to the One-Child-Policy, or orphaned [...]
One of the questions faced by families interested in adoption is, “How do I choose which type of adoption to pursue?” It’s a great question! And there are MANY options. At Buckner, families have four options:
1. Domestic infant adoption – adopting a newborn from a birth mom facing a crisis pregnancy.
2. Foster to Adopt – accepting placement [...]
By Chelsea Quackenbush
Photos by Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
BEAUMONT – Dave “Daddy Dave” Bleakley first met Amelia by chance at a Buckner Children’s Village reunion in Beaumont. Two-week-old Amelia was the youngest alumna and Daddy Dave was the oldest. Buckner staff thought it would make a cool photo, so they placed the tiny girl in his [...]
November is National Adoption Month, and we feel that everyone can celebrate – no matter whether your family is called to adopt or not. If you know an adoptive family, or a soon-to-be adoptive family, there are plenty of ways you can celebrate with them and help them as they transition.
1. Get excited for the [...]
It was just before the service began one Sunday night when she approached me. A very kind woman with whom we went to church wanted to express her happiness at the news of our unexpected pregnancy. Supposedly biological children were not an option for us and God had already begun building our family through the [...]
Nov 21, 2011
Filed in Domestic Adoption
Almost 11 years ago my wife and I decided, through much prayer and guidance of the Holy Spirit, that we were going to adopt a baby. Although Nathan has just turned 10, the early beginnings of orientation and training are still very fresh in my mind and heart. I remember being taught many things that [...]
Nov 9, 2011
Filed in Domestic Adoption
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
The Duncan twins couldn’t be more different.
Aaron, 2, is mechanical and hands-on. He loves taking things apart and putting them back together, playing outside and snuggling with his mom. Eva is an academic. She loves books, watching TV and is very independent. If you put food on her spoon, she is known [...]
Nov 2, 2011
Filed in Domestic Adoption
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
MIDLAND, Texas – The Ewing family does everything together – they wash dishes, go grocery shopping, and spend hours play Wii games in the living room.
“We’ve got to do everything together. If we don’t, we won’t have time together,” Robert said.
Reprinted from the Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 4, 2011
It’s not that Tim and December Barcroft wouldn’t love to be in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. They would be among 150 others nationally to be honored at a gala as part of the Angels in Adoption awards through the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
It’s just they can’t.
Tim has a [...]
