Ten Reasons To Consider International Adoption
(Other Than Infertility)

10) The cost of international adoption reminds you how very valuable every child is, not for what they’ve done or where they came from, but just because they ARE.

9) Adoption reminds you that your DNA is no more important or necessary to be reproduced than anyone else’s.

8) International adoption gives you a global perspective because now you have a very personal connection to another people group or culture.

7) When you adopt internationally, you have the opportunity to become an ambassador of goodwill between your country and your child’s country.

6) International adoption exposes hidden ethnic bias in your heart.

5) In many countries, children who grow up without the protection of a family are at risk for abuse or neglect in the form of sex trafficking, sweat shops, or a loss of civil rights and privileges.

4) Adoption gives hope for the future to children whose lives look pretty bleak.

3) Adoption teaches you that your capacity for parental love has nothing to do with shared genes.

2) A family of many colors is a beautiful picture of how God meant the world to be.

1) No child should miss the joy of a goodnight kiss and an “I love you” from their very own mom and dad.

*Please visit the resource page for helpful web sites about International Adoption*

About Meredith Efken:
Two daughters, a great husband, a fixer-upper Victorian home, and novels that make you laugh and feel like someone finally understands you—that’s Meredith. She is a student in the Vineyard Leadership Institute, a member of Christians for Biblical Equality, and has a Bachelor of Science in Education. Her debut novel, SAHM I Am, a comedy about stay-at-home mothers, is available in bookstores as of November, 2005.

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