I read this the other day. It’s staggering. In the world: There are 143 million orphans in our world. If all the orphans in the world were moved to the country of Mexico, Mexico’s population would more than double, growing from 108,700,000 to 251,700,000. 87.6 million orphans live in Asia. 43.4 million orphans live in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Adoption’
Attachment
Posted: September 16, 2009 by dennarr in Adoption, ChristianityTags: Adoption, Christianity, God
Karen and I attended a great training session Tuesday night as we move on in our journey to becoming the forever family for two to three precious kids [in the lingo, that means adoptive parents.] The topic was “Attachment Issues & Intervention Strategies.” Wikipedia defines Attachment in Children as: “A theory of attachment between children [...]
No Condemnation. [Kapow!]
Posted: September 10, 2009 by dennarr in Adoption, ChristianityTags: Adoption, Christianity, God, Grace, Jesus
I’ve read these verses from Romans chapter eight before: 1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was [...]
Today, Karen and I finished our pre-adoption training with the agency we are working with. The only training we have left is our CPR & First Aid (if you saw the re-run of The Office the other night…I won’t pull a Dwight!) My brain is full after today – a lot to process, consider, and [...]
Providence
Posted: May 27, 2009 by dennarr in Adoption, Christianity, Family, Kids, Life, MarriageTags: Adoption, Christianity, Family, Kids, Life, Love, Marriage
So my life is far from hard. The “trials” I have gone through (I really don’t even feel right calling them that) are not comparable to those that many have had and I humbly praise God for that (if that is even a right thing to do). I guess the toughest thing that I (and [...]
