This week I’d like to point you to the blogs of some families who adopt domestically, ie adopt from the foster system here in the United States.
Many of you are acquainted with Katie from TeamBettendorf (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TeamBettendorf/ ). If you aren’t, you should be. Katie is a very real, very compassionate woman.She walked with me a little way on the rough path we had to walk last spring when trying to make a decision about how to deal with our failed adoption.What a good friend kind of person Katie is!As you read her blog, you will see a woman who does not compromise, but is willing to lay down her life for her children. She is frank about the good, the bad, and the ugly of adopting through the foster system, but the end results of listening to her talk is an excited “Hurrah! I think I can do this!”
And make sure you check out yet another Kate (what is it about that name? These ladies are terrific!) at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bigredriver/ . She has a photo of her large, wonderful family right at the top of her blog. This is another lady who doesn’t pull any punches, but who is so full of love and has a marvelous ability to be as flexible as her family needs her to be for them to bond and live together well.
Shurleen is a homeschooling mom of 8 and Nonnie of 3 in the Pacific Northwest. Shurleen and her husband, Tim, adopted two boys from Liberia to add to their good sized birth family. The family has been priviliged to have experienced both the best and the worst in their adoptions.
We are in the foster care system and let me just say, it's been the best and it's been the worst. No matter how you go with adoption you'll find some hurdles. It rips your heart out with fostering if the kids go to someone else. We're glad that they can be united with family but, it's very hard to see that the family has no gospel principles. We pray for the kids every night, that they will remember the gospel light and recognize the light of Christ when they come across it again.
There are also many people to deal with who think that fostering is akin to baby stealing. It's hard to explain sometimes that we'd love to adopt a baby if, and only if, the parents are absolutely not able to care for it. Most of the time in our area that means drug use.
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