Our first adoption journey was about what this video points out. Through our adoption journey we have learned that some people believe the best circumstance for adoption is adopting a baby. We are adopting a baby because that is what God has called us to do as a couple at this time. Our decision to adopt a baby was not based upon the popular opinion of that being the "best" age to adopt. Yes, there are advantages to adopting a baby, but there are many older children in need of families, too. Sure it would have been tough for us to adopt two older children. I would have been almost 29 with a sixth grader and a third grader! Of course there would have been baggage and unknowns. There would have been challenges of past hurt and emotion. Adjustments to a new country, a new family, new friends, and a new everything would have been part of it. However, those girls have the same desires that little babies grow up to have . . . to be loved, to be accepted, to be successful . . . Hear it from these kids. Check out the video below (only a few minutes long - it's worth the time). Video taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40fwJq0x2ro&feature=related.
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