Leading the Masses.

 

 

So it's officially National Adoption Month. Hooray!

Adoption has been on my heart since I was a young teenager. I'm not even sure what Sunday school class or sermon or guest speaker put the thought in process... It's just always been there, in my heart. And from this, I can only conclude that God and God alone put this desire in me.
In James 1:27 the Bible says, "...care for the Orphans and the Widows..." I love the book of James. I've read it over and over... In fact, it fell out of my bible. I'm not kidding. (So did the books of Corinthians but that's another blog). So maybe that is where I first started daydreaming about adopting. Man, was I naive back then.

Adoption always seemed so romantically special, so amazing, so life saving, and so brave. I was going to go to Africa and fall in love with a baby there, and save it from a life of Malaria and being a child soldier. I was going to start an orphanage there and save lives! I was going to have a huge house and just let all these orphans stay there and feel loved. I was going to go around preaching about how annoying it is that we have so many "adopt an animal, save it's life" commercials, when there are millions of abused Children out there.

 I was going to speak to "Christian Churches", telling them if they wanted to stop abortion, they'd better open their eyes, get off their butts, and start adopting the children that are given life. Or else, what's the point? I was going to lead the masses in a new adopting generation that allowed girls to feel it was better to give birth to their child and give it away, rather than have it destroyed. I was going to be the OC's very own Joan of Arch!

So, here I sit, drinking my coffee, half in my PJs, half dressed, staring at my stupid phone, waiting, waiting, waiting, for the County to call and make an appointment to see our house and give us the final "ok" so we can get moving on this Adoption journey. Thinking about how much quicker a private adoption would have been. Thinking about how expensive it is. Speaking of expensive, do you have any idea how much it costs to go to Africa and save a child? sheesh. And speaking of Africa, I really don't have much to say about Overseas Adoptions because I've only barely looked into it. I haven't been through the process and heartache that so many adoptive parents go through while trying to get a baby from overseas.

 I'm feeling very Joan of Archy, can't you tell?



Change can happen. One child at a time.

However, even though I can't do much at this point, I can do a little something. So here ya go:
Click on the links, check out the web sites, spread some awareness, and pray for the kiddos still waiting for their forever homes. Thanks!

PS, please feel free to share this blog on Facebook or with friends, or any Blog/Sites like it, to help spread awareness. We all know what a pink ribbon stands for. Let's make this symbol just as popular:

If nothing else, look at this page real quick: http://nathancreitz.net/10-surprising-adoption-statistics/

 

Focus on the Family Site: http://www.heartlink.org/beavoice/A000000746.cfm