Carolina Hope’s director Laura Beauvais-Godwin will be presenting during a break-out workshop at New Jersey’s 27th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” conference to be held on November 1. Laura’s session is entitled, “Openness in Adoption: A Birth Mother and an Adoptive Mother Tell Their Shared Story,” and presenting with her will be Margaret, the birthmother of one of Laura’s daughters.
I just put this announcement up over on our Adoption Workshops and Events page. But we don’t want you to miss it, so I’m putting it here, too!
Together for Adoption Conference, Greenville, SC
Saturday, November 1, 2008
www.togetherforadoption.org
Together for Adoption wants Christians to think vertically about adoption and allow the truth of vertical adoption (i.e. God [...]
Pre-registration for the Child of the King Hike-a-thon ends today. After today, the cost rises and you aren’t guaranteed a t-shirt. More details at the adoption Hike-a-thon event webpage.
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One of the ways our family seeks to serve orphans is by praying for them at supper time. I’ve had the opportunity to travel to orphanages in China and Ethiopia. So I printed out pictures of orphans I’ve had the privilege of meeting on those trips and put them on our refrigerator. [...]
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 [...]
Carolina Hope’s Domestic site has recently added a new feature: profiles of waiting families who are trying to be matched with a birthmother.
Have you ever been frustrated by how much an adoption costs and wished there were ways to offset those costs? You’re not alone. Funding an adoption is very difficult — but adoption agencies do recognize this reality. One way we try to help is by educating families about things they can do that might help cover some of those costs. This week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) Carolina Hope is offering a live online course about Financing an Adoption.
The following story came to me as a forwarded email, and it sounded just a little too perfect to be true — except that it IS true: it’s an account written by one of my dad’s cousins who volunteers for StandUpGirl, a pro-life organization. Her specific job is to correspond with women who need counsel [...]
The Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Auction was a great success: through the generosity of our sponsors and of those attending, we raised $3600!
Thanks to all who participated.
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Joint Council and others in our field have great concern regarding the one-time renewal of I-600A approvals and the impact on Potential Adoptive Parents (PAPs). It is very clear that the authors of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 intended to ‘grandfather’ all I-600A petitions filed prior to the date on which the Hague Convention went into force in the United States (April 1, 2007). At the time the legislation was drafted, the authors did not foresee the lengthy processing time now associated with adoptions from countries such as China and Haiti.
Child of the King is organizing a family hikeathon promoting adoption awareness to be held on Saturday, October 11. The hike starts at Paris Mountain State Park (shelter #6) at 10 am. Lunch is included, as well as a t-shirt — if you preregister by September 26. Registration information is available at the event website.
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.
Carolina Hope is offering a live, interactive online education course on Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions. The cost for this course is only $15. You must sign-up at least 2 hours before the course begins.
From JCICS: The Government of Vietnam has issued a formal diplomatic note to the United States Government naming a high ranking Vietnamese official as Vietnam’s lead negotiator and also requesting that both governments begin negotiations towards a new Memorandum of Agreement regarding intercountry adoption.
After six adoptions, I have a stronger empathy with the pain that birth families experience than I have ever had before. With the pleasure of a new child I now have a larger reserve to experience the suffering their placement brings. I pray for the families more and I cry over their realities. I see that but for grace, it could be me releasing a child into a future without me — and my heart crumbles.
Carolina Hope has rolled out its first pre-recorded online education course, The Adoption Homestudy.
From our Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction page:
On Saturday, September 6, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Carolina Hope is having an Ethiopian Orphan Benefit. The event will be held at Furman University in Greenville, SC.
In addition to dinner, the fundraiser will feature…
live musical entertainment
a silent auction with jewelry, rounds of golf, clothing, home interior pieces, [...]
When we started our adoption, I found myself answering questions that really irritated me deeply. And what I recognized were my own prior assumptions about adoptions.
Russell Moore: When did you first begin thinking theologically about adoption?
Russell Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and one of the speakers at Together for Adoption Conference 2008. Carolina Hope is one of the conference exhibitors.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 2) at 7 pm, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption agency is presenting a 2-hour workshop introducing domestic and international adoptions. The workshop is free of charge and will be held at Carolina Hope’s office in Greenville, SC.
More information and sign-up information is available at Carolina Hope’s adoption workshops page.
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