Why adopt?
It's not because I like paperwork.
Or dropping a couple grand here and there.
Sure I am an international traveler, but having a daughter is going to make that more difficult, not easier.
Or dropping a couple grand here and there.
Sure I am an international traveler, but having a daughter is going to make that more difficult, not easier.
So why would I ever adopt, as a single 26 year old?
Here's a list I'll be adding to as I discover more reasons. These are not in any order and each reason doesn't stand alone. Each reason is complex, and intertwined, and may need more explanation than included in this short list.
1. What I really believe is affecting the way I live.
2. I want my heart to mirror God's.
3. The bible is my playbook, and He is calling ALL the shots in this journey.
4. This life isn't really my own.
5. The money I have isn't really mine.
6. Pure obedience.
7. To glorify God!
8. God thinks I can do it, so who am I to question the Lord of the Universe?
9. Because I can. Because I have enough: enough love, enough room, enough health insurance, enough food, enough resources.
10. God has blessed me so I can be a blessing to others.
11. James 1:27
12. 147 million. 147 million! I can't even comprehend that number. But I can start with ONE.
13. If not me, then who? Who will go? What is the fate of this lil' orphan girl if I don't go?
14. If all this money, all this planning and all this paperwork relieves the suffering of one orphan for even a short time, then it will all be worth it.
15. If all this money and all this planning and all this paperwork is what God wants, then I will do it and it will all be worth it.
16. To bring more joy to my already joyful life.
17. Every child deserves to have parents who desperately want them.
18. I desperately want her.
So what about Eastern Europe? Why there? Why Russ*a?
That was not my choice! I was led to Russ*a in a round about way. It certainly wasn't my initial country. I fell in love with a lil' girl, Katie, and that's just where she lives, so when her adoption fell through it made sense to stick with the same country.
My question, to all you questioners in return would be, why NOT Eastern Europe? Why not Russ*a? God doesn't expect us to only love and help those within the man-made boundaries of our country. God looks down on a world of hurting and lost children. He doesn't say "Americans only help Americans". Nor does He say "Americans only help Eastern Europeans". He simply sees a sea of need and He calls those who can, to help. I, for one, am certainly glad God didn't confine salvation to one nation. I'm glad Jesus instructed the apostles to GO and MAKE disciples of all nations. When one child is spared a life of poverty, a future of hopelessness and despair, does it really matter where they came from?!?!?! I think not!!!!!!
