The February issue of Serious.Life Magazine, published today, features three of Carolina Hope’s past blog posts, as well as a half-page ad for our agency. Brent Riggs, the magazine’s creator, generously donated this space to us.

If you’ve been frustrated in the past that our blog’s sidebar menu (on the right) disappears sometimes, the problem is fixed. (But if it’s not fixed for you, please let me know: webmaster (at-sign) CarolinaHopeAdoption (dot) org.) In the past, this problem has potentially affected the 15% of our readers who come to the blog [...]

This pro-life ad was rejected by NBC for running during the Super Bowl today. But everyone’s watching it anyway!

HT: ABBA

U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis signed on to a letter from House Republican Leader John Boehner to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, asking the President to reconsider his support of the Freedom of Choice Act. The text of the letter is reproduced here.

Together for Adoption and Carolina Hope are sponsoring an Ethiopia mission trip to serve orphans in Shashemene and Addis Ababa this summer. More information (including how to apply to be a part of the 20-person team) can be found at Together for Adoption.

So in an ironic twist, the symbolic hope of Obama’s election could easily turn into more exploitation of the poor and less freedom for everyone — especially the most vulnerable.

Soon after we started this blog, Dan asked me to have a way for people to receive new posts by email. For about a year we had that functionality, but then the plugin that powered the emails starting having problems. Well, we got a new plugin, and you can once again subscribe to receive posts [...]

Laura Godwin, Carolina Hope’s Director, has written the following letter for friends and supporters of Carolina Hope:
December, 2008
Dear Carolina Hope Friends and Supporters,
Although you are all familiar with the ministry of Carolina Hope and the world of adoptions, you may not be familiar with the upheavals the adoption community has experienced this year and the [...]

A few days ago, our sitemeter (down at the very bottom of the page in the small text) passed the 100,000 pageviews mark.
In the last 16 months or so, we’ve published nearly 300 posts, many of them reflections on the theology of adoption or interviews with theologians and others about adoption.
The blog was first envisioned [...]

We’ve recently redesigned our poster that encourages women facing an unplanned pregnancy to consider adoption — and we’ve had it translated into Spanish. The posters’ dimensions are 27cm x 42cm.
Do you have access to a space that would likely be seen by a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy? Women’s restrooms, public bulletin boards

To deny that God’s love for us (i.e., adoption love) is “unconditional love” is a strange and provocative thing to say. But I’m convinced it’s true. In his book Seeing with New Eyes, David Powlison writes:

I’d like to propose that God’s love is much different and better than unconditional. Unconditional love, as most of us [...]

On October 23, Justin and Darcey, along with their son, Dex, traveled down to Greenville, SC, to welcome their new daughter, Breiden, into the family. They created a short video of the experience (about 2 minutes long), which they’ve shared with Carolina Hope.
 

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Dan Cruver of Together for Adoption will be speaking in the 9:30am service and 11am Sunday School this Sunday (October 26) at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, SC. Carolina Hope’s Laura Godwin will be there as well with information about Carolina Hope’s adoption services and also embryo adoption.

Our homestudy is done, we have a referral with photos and medicals safe in our file and we are simply waiting for the God-ordained time between today and the moment we either hold baby J as our own precious child or release him into a destiny outside of us. He is currently in a legal [...]

You can now designate your United Way Pledge at work to Carolina Hope. Find out how (and see other ways to donate) at our Donations page.

The Texas Christian University Institute of Child Development is conducting a study to validate an attachment measure for their research. They need families who are willing to take about one hour of their time to complete a questionnaires about their adopted children. The set of questionnaires would include two reports of your child’s behaviors and [...]

Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency now has a Kazakhstan adoption program. Read more about it on our Kazakhstan page.

Here’s a little information about the children in need of adoption from Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstani children in need of families are in that situation for many of the same reasons children around the world need to be adopted: birthparent [...]

[[NOTE: A FAMILY HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THESE CHILDREN.]]
A South Carolina family is needed to adopt Caucasian – African American twins. Both birth parents have a history of bi-polar disorder. If you are interested and have an approved home study, please call our office and ask for Lisa.
Please pass this information on to [...]

Transracial adoption didn’t need to change my life. But I am a better parent and my family is stronger because it has. (more…)

Carolina Hope announces the launch of our new International Adoption website. The site features our country adoption programs and a new interface to maximize usability.