Adoption Associates, Inc: Domestic Infant and International Adoption Agency

May 2007

Mothers

Have you ever met a miracle worker? If you have a mother, you likely have.

In a child’s eyes, his or her mother is capable of performing many miracles. Her lullaby is the gentle tune that lulls the child to sleep, her hand is an impenetrable shield of safety when crossing the street, and her kiss is the magic cure for a scraped knee. Even her love, says Marion C. Garretty, “is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”

Affording Adoption

For the past seven years, half of the proceeds from the We Love T.J. and Skylee Sale, an event organized by adoptive parents Terry and Val, have gone toward helping fund international adoption costs for a selected family. Keep reading to find out how you can apply to be the We Love T.J. and Skylee Sale’s sponsored family or for ideas on organizing a yard sale of your own to help fund your adoption.

Domestic Adoption

Christina’s mother pushed her out of their home after discovering Christina was pregnant at the age of sixteen. Fifteen years later, this single mother was faced with one of the hardest decisions of her life—how to be the mother she never had to her four children and provide for the needs of her unborn child at the same time.

International Adoption

Braving a hurricane, a mud slide, and multiple changes in the Guatemalan adoption law, Roxane fought against incredible odds not once, but twice, in order to become the mother of her two precious little girls.

Agency News

AAI is holding an open house for Ming Hua He, new themes are available for adoption journals, AAI’s first golf marathon will take place this month, and it’s now easier than ever to sponsor a child in Ethiopia or Nepal. Plus, there’s a new opportunity for families to make a bear for free for a child in need of a loving home. Read about these highlights and more in this month’s agency news section.

Donation Opportunities

By supporting the Hosts of Hope program, you will help to facilitate connections between potential adoptive families and older orphans from Russia’s Arkhangelsk region. Although these older orphans are repeatedly overlooked by families who almost always choose to adopt younger children, similar hosting programs have resulted in nearly 100% of the children being placed in a permanent home.

Adoption Accents

When you give a gift of $50 to the Hands of Hope medical clinic in Guatemala through AAI, you will receive beautiful note cards created by orphans living in Guatemalan foster care. Most importantly, 100% of your donation will be used by Hands of Hope to take medical care to where it’s needed most—Guatemala’s rural poor.