Adoption Reform
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
There is an ongoing Adoption Blog Carnival at Grown In My Heart and the topic is so timely I know I will never want to let it pass without a post of my own to add to the mix. The topic is REFORM. Specifically, what do you want...What’s Adoption have to do with Haiti’s Orphan Crisis?
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
When Christians see the word adoption in Scripture, they tend to think primarily, if not exclusively, about God’s work to bring us into his family. While child-placement is an essential facet of Scripture’s teaching on adoption, it certainly is not the only facet.
Scripture’s multifaceted presentation of adoption has serious...
Putting Amazing Back Into Grace
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
I just want to share pictures taken at the Putting Amazing Back Into Grace conference which is currently being held at the Evangelical Church of Quezon City along Cordillera St., QC. Putting Amazing Back Into Grace is also Dr. Michael Horton's new book.
These pictures were...
Together for Haiti: Cité Lespwa
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
If the people of Haiti had to sleep on the ground, so would she.
Britney Winn, a 2009 graduate of Centenary College of Louisiana, was in Haiti serving at an orphanage when the earthquake hit. After being evacuated the next weekend and sleeping 12 hours in the shelter and comfort...
Filipino Heritage Camp – Winter Park Mountain Lodge – July 15-18, 2010
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
Filipino Heritage Camp (FHC) is my summer vacation that has become very dear to me and now my family. I came across FHC while doing a search on “Filipino camp” back in 2000 and applied to be a counselor for the weekend. I knew it was out of my element...
Filipino Journal: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic fever is on!
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
The days are bitterly cold but that arctic weather does not deter Manitobans to carry the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic torch and to watch this pageantry as one in a life time event! It is the Olympic fever of enthusiasm and dedication prevail! A shining brand of nationalism is on...
NYT: 53 Haitian Orphans Are Airlifted to U.S.
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
Guardian UK: Too early to begin adopting Haitian children, would-be parents told
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
Children’s groups in the US have asked people to wait before trying to adopt Haitian orphans, warning that mass adoptions or airlifts could break up families and open the door to “fraud, abuse and trafficking”. The Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS), a US advocacy organisation, said it had received...The Neighborhood: An Extraordinary Exchange – Five Stories on Adoption
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
More and more children are growing up knowing two families: their adoptive family and their birth family. Adults whose birth records were sealed are reuniting with long lost birth parents, and gay, lesbian and transracial adoptions are on the rise — changing the face of our family photo albums and...How to help Haiti: Act Now!
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
The news spread quickly of the recent earthquake that blasted Haiti today. The estimated death toll is expected to reach 45,0000-50,000 not to mention the desolation of its capital Port -Au-Prince. It is very difficult to
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