
National Adoption awareness started in 1976 by Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis, and grew and spread throughout the nation. This year's theme is "Making Lasting Change", and is focused on raising awareness of older children needing placement with forvever families.
Though, our family has chosen the interational adoption path, there are many children in the U.S. that also need families to call their own. Our family feels passionately for these children as well! Every child deserves to belong.....
Take a couple minutes to watch this awesome Faces of Adoption video, to the Music of Matthew West...
Bringing an adoptive child into your home is not for everyone. Though we are not all called to bring an adoptive child into our homes, I do believe that God does call us all to care of orphans in some capacity.
Isaiah 1:17, “Learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
There are many ways to do that:
Because every child deserves a loving and nurturing family.
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