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 [...]
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 [...]
“Give us this day our daily bread…” It’s the prayer we say without even thinking about what it really means.
We have enough daily bread in our homes to feed a small army, usually. If not, we can run to the store and pick some up. How many people around the world pray these words in [...]
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 [...]
While Julia had no family in Russia, she had her classmates at Children’s Home #47. She had Viktor, Katya and their teachers. She knew how snow crunched under her boots, and how warm she felt in her favorite royal blue jacket. How her black bread and oatmeal tasted. She knew which tiny bed among 42 others [...]
Several years ago, I felt led to participate in a FamilyLife-sponsored mission trip to Guatemala where I visited orphanages and my heart was broken for the 100 million orphans in our world.
This led to the beginning of our family’s adoption journey—-a journey that would stretch our faith and finances and take us to the very [...]
By Chelsea Quackenbush
Buckner International
The first time Sarah and Kevin Dildine met their 4-year-old son Jasper in a Russian orphanage, he sat and played with a toy truck, not making any noises or sound effects like most kids. He rarely spoke.
Now, according to his mother, Jasper dances and bounces everywhere he goes.
“When I watch him, I [...]
Department of State Adoption Notice:
Information regarding processing of Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Filed at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa
In January, April and September, 2011, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the Office of Children’s Issues of the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship [...]
