August 2006
Reaching Out
When you hear someone say the words, “reach out,” what comes to your mind? If you type the phrase into an internet search engine several different things pop up: a service helping teens cope with depression, a web site supporting those who provide at home care for their family members, youth ministry tools, science project ideas for high school students, and much more. These topics are different, but all hold the same idea: reaching out to help someone else who has a need.
It’s no secret that we live in a selfish world. People are consumed with their own thoughts and desires instead of helping others who have basic, fundamental needs which are not being fulfilled.
continue reading→Affording Adoption
A Child Waits Foundation was formed in 1998 by Cynthia and Randolph Nelson. After returning home from Russia with two adopted children in 1995, many families expressed interest in adopting but were discouraged by high costs. This was the impetus to start the foundation.
continue reading→Domestic Adoption
Adoption Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Detroit, Michigan. AAI is eager to make a positive contribution to the city of Detroit through work with women facing unplanned pregnancies, and provide adoption education to the community. Read more about this exciting new opportunity to reach out and share the mission of adoption!
continue reading→International Adoption
Every once in a while AAI will receive a referral of a child who touches the hearts of all of us. Junior is one of those children. This sweet, loving six year old is looking for his forever family…could it be you?
continue reading→Agency News
Read about the need for families for Guatemalan infants, learn more about communicating with your birth mom, and get information on how to RSVP for the upcoming Adoptive Families Picnic!
continue reading→Adoption Accents
17 year-old Jessica and 25 year-old Melinda have something in common—an unplanned pregnancy. As Jessica struggles with the fear, pain, and regret of a teenage pregnancy, Melinda searches for answers as she attempts to start a new life for herself. Miles away, Steve and JoLynn and Kris and Tracey wrestle with the disappointment of infertility.
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