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Hello all family and friends!

With great excitement, we started our adoption journey in August 2008. We are now first time parents through adoption of an 8-year-old son from Thailand. We have chosen to build our family through the adoption of a son from Thailand because this is where we feel God is leading us right now.

It took 1 year and 9 months to bring Ray home and it was totally worth it!

We appreciate all of your love and support. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Ann & Bryan

Friday, July 11, 2008

Bethany Meeting

We met with a social worker from Bethany Christian Service today after several email conversations over the last month. She was very nice and accommodating as we met in Green Bay rather than having to go to their offices in Fond Du Lac. She had a large list of waiting children with her and showed us a DVD of their international programs. We were both impressed and felt comfortable with her. This may be the agency for us. She helped us explore the countries that might work for us including The Philippines, South Korea, Lithuania, and Albania. I intend to research these country programs even more now.

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Why are we adopting internationally and not domestically?
While we think adopting domestically is extremely important, our hearts are drawn to the waiting children in other countries. Some of our closest friends and relatives have adopted, are adopted themselves, or are planning to adopt internationally. This has been a wonderful experience for them, as I am confident our adoption will be for us.

Why are we adopting from Thailand?
The number one reason is simply...that's where our son is living right now. Also, the Thai people are extremely laid back and friendly and the adoption process is very straight forward in Thailand and has been around for decades so there should be no surprises or corruption. After researching our other options, the requirements to adopt from Thailand fit our requirements. If we decide to adopt again, we will reevaluate the different countries and domestic programs.