“Adoption isn’t the best option, not even close…it’s the 5th best option”. I have been hearing this phrase more and more lately. No one should argue that adoption is the best option for kids. We desire familial love and care for every kid under the sun, whatever race, whatever religion, whatever continent…but we know that just isn’t always the case.
It’s hard living in this broken, busted up world. We live in the reality that God already reigns over all, but we drink equally of the reality that our world isn’t yet fully restored. I struggle daily between these two. I see dirty and wrong things being restored, but we also see beautiful things being tainted.
We press on in the reality of the “already, not yet.”
So, for our kids… best option would be to stay with their birth family. Second best option would be to stay with relatives, third best option would be to stay in their country and their community, fourth best option would be to be adopted by an african american family somewhere, fifth best option is… us.
Sometimes the first four options don’t work out… for the ones that don’t get one through four… we’re happy to welcome you to the Briggs Family! And more than anything we want you to know that you were OUR first choice!
~Alan and Julie
Hi! My brother, Jay Brady, just told me about y’all and your adoption journey! We are praying about Ethiopia as we have adopted from China twice -but really feel God laying Africa on our hearts.
I would love to follow your blog and your journey!
Would you mind if I add y’all to the side bar of my blog?
http://www.headsup07up.blogspot.com
So glad to hear your dinner fundraiser went well!
1INHIM,
Jodi
That sounds great! If you want to talk further about it just email julie at juliebriggsis(at)gmail(dot)com.
When are you interested in starting the process?
Hey!
I will email Julie – a few things have come up for the moment – but we are hoping to begin paperwork before the summer begins. I have some fund raising to get started first!
After two international adoptions – we have to do a lot of fund raising!
Thanks!
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