Adoption Associates, Inc: Domestic Infant and International Adoption Agency

December 2006

Waiting

Although the holidays are often some of the most memorable and wonderful times of the year, most people will find themselves spending a significant amount of time waiting because of them. Whether it’s waiting in line at the mall to purchase those last minute Christmas gifts, or waiting in heavy traffic through many green lights to even get to the mall, waiting at the airport with weary travelers, or waiting for Christmas to finally arrive, it often seems like the wait will never end.

Affording Adoption

By creating an adoption assistance fund with an interest-free loan within your church, you can help families afford the cost of adoption.

Domestic Adoption

It’s almost Christmas. Everywhere you look, there are children playing outside with hats and mittens, or standing in line in droves to sit on Santa’s lap at the mall. For families waiting to adopt domestically, watching all of these children with their families can be the hardest time of year. Read on to hear advice from a family that is still waiting, families that have waited and now have children, and practical things that you can do during your wait.

International Adoption

We welcome home the Hearts Toward China team that returned from visiting the Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture Social Welfare Institute in Jishou in China’s Hunan Province. The team, which included AAI employees, their relatives, and one of our adoptive parents, spent a week in China completing renovations to the seventh floor of this orphanage to make it habitable for children. Keep reading to learn about their trip and about one special orphan that remains in their hearts!

Agency News

This month, read about the need for adoptive families for many heathy Guatemalan infants, new Chinese language and culture classes, a new Spanish class at our Jenison location, our new Birth Parent Video Project, and our special cruises to Russia and China specifically designed for grandparents by adoption.

Adoption Accents

Looking for an alternative Christmas gift for the person who has everything? Consider giving our China, Russia, or Guatemala note cards. When you donate to receive our note cards, you will be giving to the Hands of Hope medical clinic in Guatemala, the Hearts Toward China orphanage renovation project, or to orphanages in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia.