Robert and I knew we planned to adopt for about a year before we told anyone, including close family. We had talked a little about it to a few people, mostly to get answers to questions, but once we knew that we would adopt we kept it to ourselves. This gave me a lot of time to think, to read blogs of friends adopting as well as blogs of people I have never met, and time to research. I knew that people would ask why. Several people have asked why China and even why adoption. I am not at all offended by these questions, and even though I knew people would ask I don't ever feel like I satisfy their curiosity with my answers.
Why China? After much prayer and discussion, we chose China just because it felt right. I really don't have a better reason than that.
Why not adopt from here? Again, China just feels right. While there are plenty of children in our country that need a home, there are orphans all over the world. None are better than others and we feel led to go to China.
Why Adoption? Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27
Now I'm not saying this verse means everyone should adopt. We feel led to adopt, while others may foster, and others give support by simply praying for families adopting and encouraging them.
I know we will still hear these questions and that is okay, I just may not have the best answers. I love talking to anyone about this journey we are on, it is the same excitement I felt while waiting to meet my biological children!
Perfectly answered! I struggled with the same questions myself.
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