The adoption travel experience

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1-01-2009 @ 10:33AM

Emland said...

My husband and I were exploring adopting a child from overseas a few years back. It felt like we were being extorted by the state. They basically are selling the unwanted female children abandoned at their orphanages. I suppose it is a fantastic opportunity for the child - but it is a difficult and expensive journey for the adoptive parents. It takes 10s of thousands of dollars to adopt a child from Asia. I applaud the parents that have the ability to navagate the ocean of paperwork and months of angst and anxiety waiting for the call to pick up their child.

1-01-2009 @ 9:48PM

Jamie Rhein said...

Wonderful picture, Bren! You covered the basics splendidly.

Emland, if you are ever interested again, check out various agencies where it won't feel as if you're being taken for a financial ride. We had the same concerns, but were living overseas at the time. Our experience was not typcial since we went through Vietnam's Ministry of Justice directly, something that would be difficult to do if someone were not living overseas. Because we were overseas, going through an agency in the U.S. would not have made sense.

The money that is paid for adopting children is not specifically for that child, but is also used to help the orphanage. What you're helping to pay for is all those children who aren't adopted. That's my understanding.

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