International Adoption

There are 2 types of adoption: Domestic (adopting a baby from the United States) and International (adopting a child from another country). We have chosen to pursue international adoption. There are some challenges that come along with adopting internationally (financial being a big one). The paperwork is like a mountain and it's already piling up and we know it's only going to get worse. There are a lot of unknowns, a lot of waiting, a lot of hoops to jump through, but I would walk around the world to get to my child, so we will endure it until we have that sweet baby home with us. It just hit me last night that more than likely our child is already alive today, probably 1/2 way around the world.

You might be wondering what countries Holt operates in and which country/countries we are interested in right now. Holt places children from the following countries into loving families: Bulgaria, China, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, South Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam. We are currently interested in adopting a child who is in South Korea.

There is a specific child we have seen on the Waiting Child Photolisting and we are interested in adopting, but even if God does not have her for our family, we will continue to pursue adopting a child from South Korea. As much as I want to grab her up and bring her home with us right now, we are praying for the perfect family for her (even if it is not us) and that she can be home with her forever family as soon as possible. The children in South Korea that are currently available for adoption are on a "waiting child" list. A waiting child has special placement needs. This could include medical needs (varies from very minor to major) or another special placement need such as being in a sibling group or being an older child. When adopting a child from the waiting child list, we will have full access to the child's medical files (and we will have them reviewed by the appropriate medical staff here in the U.S.), pictures, etc. At that point we can decide if we want to continue to pursue that specific child.

The process will probably take less than a year for a waiting child, depending on how quickly we are matched. If our child comes from Korea, we can expect that child to be about a year old when we bring her home.

Here is the flag of South Korea.