1. Love. For our family adoption is our response to what God has placed on our hearts and opened our eyes to as a responsibility that we carry as the family of God. Read more here and here.
We believe that we are adopted into God's family, we are grafted in, and He chose us to be sons and daughters, heirs to the King. He loves us as adopted children no more or less than He would love a child of His own. Sound heavy? This is what He asks of us. "We love because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19. And adopting a child is a love we can give because of the overflowing love we receive from our Father.
2. Live. Beyond the call of our hearts, we also believe that we, living in the abundant country that we do, we have much to offer to an internationally adopted child. There is a great opportunity here in the U.S. not only for adopted children to join a family, but also for their education, medical care, freedoms, and a future that these children would otherwise not have and/or face much adversity to have. Read more here.
We believe that those who have much, hold much responsibility to give much. And just by living in this country that we do, puts us as some of the most privileged people in the world.
3. Laugh. Many people ask us, "why adopt when you already have biological children?" Because we are trying to help children in need of a family and follow God's call on our hearts to love the abandoned, having another biological child and growing our family size isn't our motive. We love children and very much enjoy raising our biological children. Parenting is such a fun adventure full of laughing and learning. We know first hand how fast time flies when watching these kids grow and how precious our time is as parents to these interesting and unique kiddos.
We believe that life is precious, individuals are amazing, and our time spent here on earth is a blast with kids in our life!
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