Nightlight Christian Adoptions has put together a video with photos from our last mission trip to Uganda. It tells a great story about the people of Uganda and is very compelling. Please feel free to use this video in your church and community events to raise support for Tender Hearts Babies Home.

We are extending one more opportunity for you to join the Uganda Mission Team if you feel led to do so

As your adopted children head to school — whether for the first time or not — you may wonder how to talk to your children’s teachers about adoption and adoption-related challenges your children face. Heartofthematterseminars.com has prepared a wonderful document to help you think through how to help both your children and their teachers. Download [...]

At these two events, Lena Brovko and Oksana Sydorchuk of Circle of Friends. Lena and Oksana will talk about how Christian camps and overseas hosting programs have made a difference in the life of Ukrainian orphans.

The following post is by Kathryn Deiters from Nightlight’s CA office, which served in an advisory role to Calvary Community Church, which organized this Uganda tour. Ten beautiful children from Uganda just left America after 2 weeks of summer fun with families in Southern California. Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village brought the children over [...]

Last week I sent out an urgent message that the rent at the Tender Hearts Baby’s Home was due at the end of the month. We must pay 6 months of rent each time and the total due was $4,200. As of Friday of last week, we had raised $4,065! I was overwhelmed by your [...]

On August 24, at 6 pm, Nightlight Christian Adoptions is holding a free informational workshop on international, domestic, and embryo adoptions at the main branch of the Lexington Library: 5440 Augusta Road Lexington, SC 29072 Please register here.

Dear Nightlight Friends and Family, It is hard to believe that it has already been 6 months since we opened the baby’s home in Uganda. God has been faithful to see us through to receive our license, and we now have 3 babies being cared for in the home. Our next 6 months of rent [...]

[A few days ago, a deadly suicide attack in Uganda made international headlines.] Good News! We have been able to make contact with everyone that we work with in Uganda; our attorney, Veronica at The Comforter Center, and Kenneth at Tender Hearts Baby’s Home. Everyone is safe! Praise the Lord. In addition, Kenneth tells us [...]

This November 7, churches across America will be heralding God’s love for the fatherless and calling Christians to “defend the cause of the fatherless.” Go to OrphanSunday.org to find resources for church, Sunday school, small groups, and kids’ classes. Start preparing now so that your church can participate.

Celebrate Adoption, an independent Christian adoption awareness event, is being held this year on Sunday, August 29. There are two events that day: 11 am: Seminar (free) Word of Life Ministires 1027 West Georgia Road Simpsonville, SC 29680 5:00 pm: Seminar & Barbecue Dinner (free) Events at Sapphire Creek 401 North Main Street Simpsonville, SC [...]

A common complaint of international adoption critics is that most of the world’s orphans are older children, whereas most families pursuing international adoption desire — and ultimately adopt — an infant or young toddler. Therefore, the reasoning goes, . . . International adoption fails to address the real orphan crisis, because the most needy children [...]

We are happy to announce that Tender Hearts Baby’s Home has been licensed, and our team will be traveling there to help continue the setup and provide care for children. Our trip will be from approximately October 22 to October 31. To help raise funds for the trip, we will be hosting a garage sale [...]

Nightlight Christian Adoptions has been a pioneer in the field of embryo donation and adoption through its Snowflakes Embryo Adoption program. Through this program, couples who have undergone IVF and have remaining embryos can chose embryo donation, whereby the frozen embryos are made available for adoption by other couples. Clearly, this program relies on the [...]

This October 1-2, the annual Together for Adoption Conference will be held at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX. The theme is “The Gospel, the Church, and the Global Orphan Crisis.” Nightlight Christian Adoptions is one of the exhibitors at the conference, and Laura Beauvais-Godwin, director of our SC office, is one of [...]

The commissioner at the Ministry of Gender in Uganda has written our approval letter to operate Nightlight Christian Adoptions’ baby home as a fully licensed baby’s home in Uganda.

We had a great time at our Adoption Reunion Picnic in Greenville, SC, back on June 19. Here are a few photos from the event.

I don’t claim to know a ton about attachment and bonding, but we have read a fair amount on the subject and tried to prepare ourselves for anything. If you are waiting for your adoption to be completed right now, spend some time reading about attachment.

A response from Nightlight’s Executive Director, Ron Stoddart: When a child is legally adopted in the United States, that child bears the same relationship to their adoptive parent(s) as a biological child would to their parents.  The adopting parents accept all of the rights and obligations of the parent-child relationship.  When a child is legally [...]

The Blind Side, the story of NFL Rookie of the Year Michael Oher, depicts the the impact of a loving (adoptive) family. Read more at World Magazine, and check the official movie website for trailers, etc.