Meeting the Players

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
- James 1:27 (NLT)

First and foremost, we thank God for providing us the opportunity to bring these two children into our family. Our process thus far, however, has allowed us to learn just how many individuals sacrifice their time, personal finances, and emotional commitment to make sure that these children find a loving home.



Daniel and Deric in yellow t-shirts!

For us, our first encounter with people that truly are doing the Lord's work occurred when we finally settled on an adoption agency after an extensive review of more agencies than we ever imagined existed. Looking back, finding About A Child adoption agency, and in particular the individual responsible for the Ghana program, Carla, was nothing short of miraculous. The lack of large-scale advertising and solicitation, in addition to the immense amount of time she spent talking to us late at night, long after her work day was finished, meant more than she'll ever know.

When we committed to them, the Ghana program was their newest addition in terms of countries they work with, and the very week that we were granted access to their website as adoptive parents, Carla had just posted pictures of two children from Ghana to the agency's Waiting List. Those two children were Deric and Daniel, ages 3 and 5 respectively.

Deric being shy and Daniel clowning around!

Why is this significant? Prior to committing to Adopt A Child, we spent considerable time detailing what we were looking for in terms of children to adopt. In the end, we specified that we were looking for a healthy boy between the ages of three and five. We knew that we wanted to adopt a child older than an infant, and that unfortunately we didn't feel we could adopt a child with Special Needs at this time.

While we initially intended to only adopt one child, adopting brothers felt more and more "right" to us after discussing it, given that we believed it would help them settle into their new family/culture easier having each other to lean on when necessary. Besides, after seeing the smile on the faces of each child, it would have been very hard to feel otherwise!



Christmas Day - Daniel in orange shirt with sunglasses on his head!

The next person we have become familiar with, and will be meeting very soon, is the individual that About A Child, and Carla specifically, works with in Ghana. His name is Kofi and he runs the orphanage where the children are, as well as being in the process of building a new orphanage. The orphanage is in Kwahu and while there is so much more we can write concerning how glorious Kofi's actions are in the lives of so many children, we'd prefer to let videos and pictures describe it instead!

Kofi's New Orphanage in Kwahu! <==== Click Here to Watch!!
Video showing construction of new orphanage opening at the end of March.



Christmas - Daniel on far right in orange shirt and cool shades!