Painiacs

God bless you for having such a big heart. If you do adpt a child of different nationality please remember his heritage. Incorporate theiR foods, customs occas as they grow.
God luck. Pray about it

charity-crafter

My sister's in-laws adopted a child from the former Soviet Union. After they broght her home, they found she has serious mental problems from the neglect at the ophange, learning disabilities and in-abililty to connect to people-sort of autistic like sypmtoms but not quite. They love her dearly but have spent a fortune on her therapy and education.
Just be very careful and do tons of research.

lindy-2

i know a family who had the same problem they adopted 2 boys from there and they had lots off problems child sevices got involved boys got taken away dident do well in a foster home eather so i think the adoptive parents have them back now.

MaryStoaks

My husband and I adopted our4 boys from Mexico in 1985. They are all grown and doing fine and living in Washington state. We went to the orphanage expecting to adopt one child, ended up with 4 boys, we're the lucky ones. We didn't go through an agency, just talked to the woman in charge. She told us what we needed for documents and refered us to an attorney in Mexico to adopt in the family court there. We spent a lot of time, many trips to the orphanage to get to know the boys and do paperwork. The kids didn't speak English so I learned Spanish fast and wrote to the boys every day. Our adoption and the US immigration process took us about 10 months. One of the biggest accomplishments in my life is getting my kids through the US immigration process without a lawyer! The costs were high for our middle America family. The biggest expense was for document translations and certifications, every English document had to be translated into Spanish and every Spanish document translated to English. Also every document had to be stamped by the Mexican Counselate for a fee and/or certified by a licensed US translator.
Every country has it's own requirements and these requirements are subject to change. Do your research and good luck! :thumbup: :thumbup:

dixiebelle162002

My twins were adopted from Russia a little over 9 years ago when they were 21 months old. It is a long, expensive process; but I have never regretted it. If you decide to proceed with the this please make sure you use an adoption agency with a good reputation. At the time I was adopting many were trying to scam people. Good luck.

dakotamaid

My favorite saying is "if it is meant to be it will be". Take one step at a time and find out what is ahead.:)

BellaBoo

I would wait a year before making the final decision to proceed. If you expect the adoptive child to be the solution to your feelings of wanting to help, it may not be the right thing to do for your family.

cathyvv

There are plenty of kids in our own country who need good homes. If I were to adopt a child, I would look "locally" - maybe not my own town, but certainly within my own or a neighboring state.

MaryStoaks

I agree with BellaBoo. We took 5 years to decide, knowing adoption would change our lives and family.

Barbm

I've always been of the mind set to "buy local"- same with children. The USA has many children in need of a loving home.