My personal view is obviously biased, but don't hold that against me!
When we started out thinking about adoption, I wanted an Asian child. I love Asian people. If you ask my husband, he'll tell you that I am racist against white people. I prefer Asians to whites. They are just such beautiful people.
Anyway, as we started researching the reality of the costs for international versus the cost for domestic were astounding. I know you are thinking "Gosh, these kids should be free!" I thought that for a long time too. But, unfortunately, they aren't. It doesn't work that way.
As we felt called to older child adoption, I began looking at photo listings of waiting children to be adopted. There are so many websites that show pictures of kids, give info about them, and just give you a small idea about children. My favorite to visit was http://www.adoptuskids.org/ . It has search boxes and everythingg!
The reality is there are millions of orphans in the world. T H E W O R L D. So, it's hard to choose. My personal opinion is that you should adopt. PERIOD. Do I think adopting children from other countries is less of an adoption than me adopting an eleven year old from the US foster care? HEAVENS NO!
The Bible says "defend the cause of the fatherless." It doesn't say just white kids from the US. Or just Asian kids from China. Or just kids from Africa. It just says the fatherless. Period.
Tell me what you think!
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