Adoptions and Orphans

Although the decision to give up a child is always heart-wrenching, it can be a "win-win" solution to two painful problems. Adoption is a legal process that gives adoptive parents rights and aresponsibilities and the adoptive child social, legal and emotional rights as a family member.
Putting a child up for adoption allows the child?s birth [...]

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By Jen Christensen
Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2007 at 8:22 p.m.
 
Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Madonna have highlighted the need for adopting children overseas, but they’re also making it look easy and somewhat glamorous. Many adoptions do end wonderfully, but the journey can be challenging.
Here’s what couples really go through when they are called to adopt.
Jami [...]

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Adoption is a step of faith. In our journey from childhood to adolescence to adulthood we encounter difficulties that reshape us every day. As we face each obstacle, we begin to truly understand God?s love for us. Most people considering becoming adoptive parents face challenges during the adoption process that can only be overcome [...]

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As people, we all fear abandonment. We look upon the abandonment of a child with a very deep sense of sadness.
We realize that no child should be left to grow alone. We see the infancy of a child as a crucial stage to his/her development as a human being.
Child adoption is sometimes seen as a [...]

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We live in a world governed by laws. These laws are there to give our chaotic world a sense of order.
These laws may sometimes seem to only complicate things. However, the creation of these laws has one objective in mind and that is the assurance of the progress of civilization.
The most miniscule things that we [...]

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