National Adoption Month

November has been designated as National Adoption Month.  If you know me at all, you know that adoption has a special place in our family and in my heart.  You will also know that I am burdened by the THOUSANDS of children in China waiting to be adopted.  I know that there are orphans in EVERY country, and they are no less important!  But just like missionaries are often drawn to and burdened for a particular people group or country, I find that is often the case for orphan advocates as well.  That being said, China has my heart.  

Choosing only 30 of my sweet kiddos to post this month may be difficult.  So I ask for forgiveness in advance if I sneak in a couple extra posts here and there.  

Most of the children that I advocate for are currently with our adoption agency, WACAP.  Some are now on the "shared list."  In the China program, there are currently 1,924 children waiting on this list.  This means that they have had their paperwork completed to be eligible for adoption and can be chosen by any agency.  Although that is a HUGE number of children, it is merely a small fraction of the orphans in China.  Some have their files waiting with a specific agency.  Some have families working to bring them home.  And yet others still wait to be deemed worthy enough for their orphanage to even prepare their files for adoption.  That is heartbreaking to me as EVERY child, regardless of their special need, deserves the chance to have a family.  

Probably the one thing that surprises people most about our adoption with Mycah was that he was a BOY.  Not only are there boys waiting to be adopted in China, but approximately 75% of the children waiting on the shared list are boys!  This video sums up my feelings about how AWESOME boys are...even the older ones.  

Another thing many people do not know about adoption from China is that children "age out" at 14 years old.  I wrote a post about that a while back.  You can read more about that here.  


So if you only check in on my blog for Mycah updates, you may be a bit disappointed in the posts to follow.  But my hope is that you will see these children as the amazing gifts that God created them to be.  Perhaps you will pray for them.  Perhaps you will donate to support an organization that cares for them.  Or perhaps you will realize that they were the piece in your family that you did not even realize was missing!