Why?

Well, Today is Tuesday.  At 3:30 this afternoon, we have our Special Needs Adoption Orientation Meeting in Racine.  I'm not sure what to expect.  Hopefully this evening, either Trish or I will post our thoughts and stuff about what we learned. 

 

We've had a few questions from people about the direction we are going (pursuing public resources for adoption) and if that is the best way, and why we are going that way, rather than going through a private adoption agency.  The answer is simple, actually...  Cash. 

 

I hate to sound crude, crass, or anything like that regarding such a significant decision as adoption, but there is a reality there.  Here's the question that Trish and I asked.  Considering what God has graciously given us in terms of finances, as well as our desire to be good stewards of what God has given us, as well as this desire to adopt, what is the best way to pursue this "calling" financially?  The decision to not pursue a private adoption agency was quite simple. 

 

We don't have the kind of money that they require.  Agencies depend on the adoptive families for funding.  Though they are doing amazing things and fulfilling a Biblical principle, we just don't have the $20,000 to $40,000 that are the typical fees of a private agency.  I also know that the Government has a vested interest in helping orphaned or abandoned kids find homes. 

 

Paul says in Romans 13

 

"For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good."

 

God has given us government for our good, and that means that He has instituted the Adoption programs that our Government has, as a means of grace not only to the lives of the children that they impact, but in the lives of those who wish to adopt.  If it were not for those programs, we would not be in a financial position to puruse this. 

 

If I am reading my Bible correctly, then the public, government funded adoption agency is just as ordained of God as a private, faith-based Christian agency.  And, I think we honor God by our pursuit of Adoption itself, not by whom we choose to adopt through.

 

3:30 draws near...