Think About Older Child Adoption

In 2008, out of 17,229 children adopted internationally, 3,181 were five years of age or older.  It is estimated that there are over 100 million orphans in the world.  I can’t find statistics on age breakdowns for adoptable orphans so I don’t know what percentage of that total are older children.  But, if we consider the [...]

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A Chance to Die

I finished reading Elisabeth Elliot’s biography of Amy Carmichael entitled A Chance to Die.  It has been a few weeks since I finished it, but I haven’t had a chance to sit down and put together my thoughts about this book until today.
Amy Carmichael was a driven woman.  Her drive was not to be successful or [...]

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Couldn’t Resist!

I finally got my long awaited email with new photos of Levi!  The gal from Journeys of the Heart was in India – she got back last week and had promised photos this week.
Here is what she had to say about her visit with him:
I am finally back in the office.  My trip to India [...]

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Timeline

I just found some interesting information on the website for CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) which lists the procedure for adoption from India.  (I am only including two steps in the process.)  These are the timelines they offer for their approval of a dossier and the time that a court should take to clear the case.
Step [...]

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Sponsor a Child

I want to once again bring your attention to a wonderful ministry in India to orphans.  The blog where you can read about what is going on there is linked in my sidebar, Sarah’s Covenant Homes.

Sarah has recently been writing up profiles on all her children and is looking for regular monthly sponsors to help [...]

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Adoption Paperwork

I thought I would give you an update on where we are in the paper chase portion of the adoption.  Our Home Study has been completed, approved, and notarized.  This was a very important step in that once we had that we could apply for our I-800A – which is an application to bring a child [...]

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India Festival

After church today we went to the India Festival held in Pioneer Courthouse Square.  From the time we arrived at 1:30 until we left at 4:30, there was music and dancing going on.  It was fun to watch the colorfully dressed dancers and  enjoy the beat of the music. 

There were several different booths selling Indian [...]

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Being Jesus to the “Least of These”

I found this blog entitled Ali’s African Adventure some time ago and love the way this young woman writes.  I have a link under “Extra Special” to her blog.  She has a way of sharing her experiences as a pediatric nurse volunteering on a Mercy Ship in Africa that makes you feel like you can imagine being [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire

I first heard about this movie one day when I was getting my hair done.  The gal doing my hair wasn’t my regular person, but she had done my hair a few times and knew that we had adopted girls from India.
She asked me if I had seen the movie.  I have to admit that I [...]

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