The views of the authors are generally in line with those of Nightlight Christian Adoptions. However, individual posts should not be considered official statements of position. If you have any questions, please email Nightlight: info@nightlight.org.

Current Contributors

Josh

Josh began working in adoptions in the spring of 2005. He began as a case manager for China adoptions and as the editor for publications at Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency (now the South Carolina office of Nightlight Christian Adoptions). At the end of 2006, he began working with Guatemala adoptions, and he became Coordinator for International Programs at the beginning of 2007. He resigned from his position as Programs Coordinator in August 2007 to pursue additional graduate education.

To see all of Josh’s posts, go here.

Laura

Laura, the adoptive mother of two daughters, has been involved with adoptions for more than 19 years. Prior to founding Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency in 1998, Laura worked with the South Carolina Department of Social Services and then another private adoption agency. She has provided consistent leadership and vision for Carolina Hope, often through very uncertain and difficult times in international adoptions. Along with her husband, adoption attorney Ray Godwin, Laura is the co-author of The Complete Adoption Book. Laura is the current president of the South Carolina Association of Licensed Adoption Agencies. When Carolina Hope merged with Nightlight Christian Adoptions, Laura continued as director of the South Carolina office.

To see all of Laura’s posts, go here.

Lisa

Lisa is Assistant Director of Nightlight Christian Adoption’s South Carolina office. She began work at Carolina Hope (now Nightlight) in the summer of 2007. Prior to coming to Carolina Hope, Lisa had worked 5 years for a therapeutic Christian foster care agency (where her last position was regional program director), and prior to that Lisa’s work included a position in Kansas City at an inner-city community outreach program, providing grief and loss counseling to hospice patients and their families, and working 2 and a half years for a child protection services agency investigating child abuse and neglect.

To see all of Lisa’s posts, go here.

Former Contributors

Dan

Dan Cruver, formerly Director of Ministry Outreach at Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency (now Nightlight), is the co-founder and director of Together for Adoption.  Because of time constraints related to Together for Adoption, Dan is no longer an active blogger here, though he remains a good friend of Nightlight Christian Adoptiosn.

To see all of Dan’s posts, go here. Check out Dan’s personal blog here.

Dan is available to speak in churches on the beautiful connections between Uppercase Adoption (i.e. God adopting us as His children) and lowercase adoption (i.e. couples adopting children).

Dorothy

Since the late 90′s, Dorothy and her husband have been blessed with three biological and 7 adopted children. Although she is no longer blogging here, we encourage you to visit her personal blog, Urban Servant, where she discusses issues related to adoption, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and other matters that our readers would find helpful and interesting.

To see all of Dorothy’s posts for this blog, go here.