Why Adopt

We wanted to grow our family, to make a difference, to change the future for another child. Some ask why we don't just stop. Three is enough they say. Every child matters, and every child has a purpose.

What if God sent the cure for aids to an orphaned child in Africa, who would otherwise die if no one intervened?
What if that orphaned child in Africa would never have the opportunity to fulfill his or her potential if not adopted into a family?
What if God sent the cure for diabetes or the understanding to regenerate the cells that cause it to an orphan child and then never had a chance to share that knowledge with a world desperate for it?
What if key knowledge to preventing Alzheimer's or ADHD or Autism or Bipolar Disorder was given to an orphan child, and no one ever adopted that orphan child? And then what if that child died?

A reporter once asked Mother Theresa why didn't God send the cure for aids. Mother Theresa turned to the reporter and said He Did, she was aborted.

We may only be one family, but at the end of our lives when we die and meet the Our Savior Jesus in heaven, it won't matter what car we drive, what plants we had in our front yard, or whether we had Ps2 or Xbox. What will matter is what we did to the least of these. Did we make a difference in the life of a child.

My life is not yet over, therefore I am not done yet.

As long as there are orphans, there is more to do.