National Adoption Month

This month is National Adoption Month, so you will be hearing from me a lot! I might make you cry, I might make you uncomfortable, and I hope to make you think. Our family feels so strongly about adoption because God feels so strongly about adoption! This video asks the question "How can God use you?". I want everyone to really ask this question, to ask God. This is where it gets exciting because God never ask us to do the same thing. He commands ALL of us to care for the orphaned and widowed, but how he wants us to do it is so unique.

Orphans need forever families. They need a mom and a dad. They don't need a mom and a dad with new cars, a big home, a Disney vacation every summer, or top of the line toys. They need a mom and a dad who love the Lord. Could you be that mom and dad?

Adoption cost money. There are reasons it cost money and it doesn't matter if you are adopting privately, internationally, through an agency, or through the state. It cost money. Do you have money to give? Can you help bring a child home by giving?

Families who adopt need help! They need help getting paperwork started, they need help if the have other children at home when there is a meeting or mandatory seminar, they need help when they get their child home and need to bond. Can you help? Can you babysit or bring a meal?

Orphans around the world need help. Whatever country you live in, there are orphans. Find a group or ministry to support. Research and find people who are in the midst of educating, feeding, and loving orphans. Find and support groups who are tryying to PREVENT orphans. Groups who are empowering mothers and fathers to become the parent they need to be for their children.

Ask God the question. It is scary, but ask. How can He use you?