Adoption & Foster Care

Adoption & Foster Care gathers Christian Standard articles that encourage and equip individuals, families, and churches to care for vulnerable children with compassion and faithfulness. Here you’ll find biblical reflection on God’s heart for the orphan, practical guidance for the adoption and foster journey, and resources for supporting birth families, foster families, and children impacted by trauma and loss. These articles aim to strengthen families, mobilize churches for meaningful care, and point to the hope and healing found in Christ.

June 28, 2009

Christian Standard

Adoption & Foster Care Family & Relationships

An Adoption Story

By Sonja White READ THE MAIN ARTICLE: “Embracing the Ministry of Adoption” by Sonja WhiteÂ Â Every adoptive family has a story and a journey. For Greg and Julie Nettle, their story began on December 1, 2001. Greg explains, “We had good friends who had decided to adopt [a child] from Kazakhstan. It was a difficult time for our country following the events of September 11th, and our friends had to leave their two biological boys with grandparents to complete their adoption in Kazakhstan, a country just 500 miles north of Afghanistan. At the end of their three-week trip,

June 24, 2009

Christian Standard

Adoption & Foster Care Family & Relationships

Born of the Heart

The 747 lumbered toward the runway at New York”s John F. Kennedy Airport. The preceding plane did not exit the runway quickly enough, however, and the Air India flight had to “go around,” as the air traffic controllers say. We waited another 20 minutes to see our daughter. Jael Neisha arrived at 2Â½ months of age. She weighed 5 pounds when she was born in Calcutta. But for no discernible reason she began to waste away in the Indian orphanage. When Jael finally emerged from the U.S. Customs arrival gate, her wrinkled face was covered with sweat. She was quite