There is so much to consider with adopting a child. It may feel like navigating a busy highway - one filled with crazy drivers, obstacles on the road, pot holes and pitfalls to avoid, and storms that will make driving hazardous! You simply want to get to your destination - bringing home a child and beginning a new adventure, but you are worried if you can get there in one piece without getting lost or finding yourself broken down beside the road! You need a really good naviga

We love to do what we do as adoption consultants - we really do have a dream job! What could be more fulfilling than to walk alongside a couple from an inquiry about where to start with an adoption all the way to that amazing day when they stand in front of the judge who declares they are now a forever family! There are always ups and downs to the roller coaster ride of adoption (Remember - on roller coasters they make sure you are safely buckled in for the ride), and Justin

With any adoption there’s always the ‘nuts and bolts’ parts of finding a reputable agency to write your homestudy, getting background checks taken care of, creating a well presented family profile book, and filling out applications for placing agencies. Then comes the waiting. That’s the easy part. Said no adoptive family ever! Often times as adoptive parents we get so busy and focused on the process and all the working parts of adoption that we can lose sight a little of God

These 'sympathy' flowers from our international adoption agency are pretty, but we weren't supposed to get them. Twice. The first time we got them was after we learned that our little girl that we were adopting in Ethiopia died from health complications just days before our adoption of her became finalized there. The name we had chosen for her was "Hannah Grace". The second bouquet of flowers arrived after the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Service) denied o

We came to Christian Adoption Consultants in November 2014 after two horrible failed matches, financial loss and broken hearts. Being seasoned International Adoptive parents, but new to domestic adoption, we needed the expertise and advocacy of people who understood and ‘got it’. Dawn and Jason were just those people. We connected on so many levels, but especially on a spiritual level. I knew when Dawn came to us with a situation that she had already prayed over it and was tr