Why adopt??

Why??

There are many who have asked, Why adopt when you have three children of your own? Or-Why adopt when you are able to have more children?
  • The manner of which we are adding another child to our family chose us. While D and I had our ideas about our family, God's plan (as always) is much greater than ours. We had talked about adoption before we were married, and decided it was something we would want to do. That concept was still far off until February, when we were both brought to the conclusion that now is the time. 
  • What began as our own apprehensive pursuit caught fire as Jesus impressed on us His heart for adoption. Jesus was adopted by his earthly father, Joseph! (Luke 2:41)
  • God adopted us. As Christians, we are all adopted into the family of God through the death of Jesus on the cross.  He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will in Ephesians 1:5.
  • God is a father to the fatherless. God loves and demands protection to those that are fatherless. (Psalm 68:5)
  • Incredible amount of spiritual warfare-the world desires to label the unwanted or orphaned as "worthless", adoption gives great value to the forgotten.
Why Africa??

There are many personal preferences when deciding to adopt. Bottom line, God has lead us to adopt a little girl from Africa.

  • We are called to help the least of these. (Matthew 25:37-40) In Africa, 41% of the population lives on less than $2.00/day. 
  • God honors the care of the widows and orphans. (James 1:27) 53 million African children under the age of 18 have no parents. Africa is becoming a continent of orphans.
  • We have been blessed to be a blessing. By American standards, it may seem that we do not have "much", but to those in neighboring countries, America has too much! God has provided us with a nice home, reliable cars, plenty of food, medical/dental care, comfort. Who are we to keep this to ourselves? We may not have a ton of money, but we will share what comforts we have. God has blessed us not to be selfish and keep those blessings to ourselves, but He uses us to extend those blessings to others! With our little girl, she will immediately inherit quality medical care, insurance, reliable food, a comfortable home and bed, siblings, parents, the experience to see the love of God flowing to her from us!
  • Her life will be drastically changed. (Romans 6:4) Just as we have a new life in Jesus, she will have a new life here.

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