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 [...]
Jacquie Craggett
Rowlett, Texas
“Why should we adopt these two little girls?” We wrestled with this question. We already have four biological daughters and two adopted sons and are supposed to be “empty nesters.”
Is it because: We love children so much? We want to rescue kids that are at risk? God loves orphans and we should too? [...]
Aug 9, 2011
Filed in Domestic Adoption
August 5, 2011
The U.S. Department of State has issued the following Adoption Alert:
Ethiopian government officials have confirmed that several orphanages in the Southern Nations state are closed due to revocation of their licenses to operate by Ethiopian authorities. (read full text here)
SPECIAL NOTE: None of the orphanage closures outlined in the above Adoption Alert have an [...]
Mar 2, 2011
Filed in Domestic Adoption
By Lauren Hollon
Buckner International
LONGVIEW, Texas—When Bret and Veronica Rountree brought Reagann home at the start of 2010, the 3 year old wasn’t walking, talking or eating solid food. She had been termed “failure to thrive” by doctors two years earlier when her biological mother was unable to care for her extensive medical needs.
Jul 15, 2010
Filed in Domestic Adoption
By Analiz G. Schremmer
BEAUMONT, Texas — Sixteen foster children from Buckner Children’s Village ran through a crowd of volunteers May 13 yelling, “Move that Van” – Extreme Home Makeover, style.
