Comments on: Interview with Mark Altrogge: The Gospel and Adopting Older Children

By: Adopting Older, Bi-Racial Kids | Gospel Prism

Adopting Older, Bi-Racial Kids | Gospel Prism — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:18:05 +0000

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By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:35:45 +0000

Love is color blind and there is simply no substitute for it. I don’t think it matters at all what race an adopted child is, nor the race of the adopting couple. All the child requires to become a balanced and valuable member of society is adequate love and the opportunity to hear the word of God !!
Love in the bible is arguably the single most powerful force in life.

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THE CAPRANICA - » Altrogge Interview on Adoption — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:25:55 +0000

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By: Mike and Destiny

Mike and Destiny — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:38:32 +0000

Mark an Kristi, thanks for sharing your story with us. You are an example to us newlyweds as we consider children, adoption and God’s future for our family.

By: Dorothy Bode

Dorothy Bode — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:54:01 +0000

Thanks for the honest encouragement about adopting older kids. I pray that we will stay open to adding ‘more experienced’ kids into our family as we seek Gods design for our family. Blessings on both the hard and easy days.

By: Troy C.

Troy C. — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:52:20 +0000

Mark and Kristi - you continue to be a great encouragement to our family! The Campbells

By: connie @ ChosenChild

connie @ ChosenChild — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:54:43 +0000

Thank you for including “older child” adoption in your interviews! I (we) can echo so much of what Mark A. has said as we adopted our daughters five years ago at ages 9 & 12 1/2 (now 14 and 17 1/2) internationally.

The gospel has been and must be central to our parenting–adoptive or non-adoptive. To the “former orphan” God’s sovereign choosing and adopting provides such a clear illustration (and contrast) of what family is to be. I remember a conversation VERY early in our days together when we were talking about “love” and asking them what they thought it meant. At one point our oldest asked why we (my husband and I) love her, we jumped at that wonderful opportunity to drive home the point that we “chose” to love her long before we met her–based on nothing we knew of her! Add to that the fact that our love has remained through the “good” and the “bad” times (when in the past others abandoned her), and she has just a little glimpse of what God’s love is like!

And, Mark is SO right about God using (ordaining!!) the challenges and struggles with older adopted children to point out areas WE need to grow in, repent of, etc. My husband and I came to realize very early on that parenting was indeed one of God’s greatest tools in sanctification–as if marriage wasn’t enough to accomplish that! Ha!

Praying that God will use this interview to encourage other Chrisitans to consider older child adoption! Thanks for your ministry, I’ve been pointing lots of adoptive friends to your blog.