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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

Sunday, October 5, 2008

All-Day Education

On Saturday, we went to an all-day international adoption educational workshop provided by Bethany Christian Services and located at Brookfield Christian Reformed Church. It was eight hours of full immersion into the world of adoption...talking about grief and loss, attachment and bonding, race and culture, and getting to share stories with other adoptive families and adoptees. I think is was great information, maybe a little overload for one day, and I'm glad we did it together. This will help us get on the same page for preparation of having a Thai child in our family.

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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.