The Hard Questions
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 3:33PM
Christi Ucherek (christi@lifesongfororphans.org) in Adoption, Advocate, Church, Foster Care, Foster Care, Irving Bible Church, Lifesong for Orphans, Tapestry, adoption, church orphan care, orphan care

We believe it is critically important that parents who are preparing to adopt or foster a child must be honest and realistic about the journey and the challenges that lie ahead. Just as Jesus in Luke 14 challenged those who would follow him to ‘count the cost,’ so too parents who respond to God’s call to adopt or foster must be willing to count the cost of the adoption journey and prepare to “lay down their lives” to love their child and help him or her become all that God intends." - Michael Monroe, Tapestry

Read the rest of Michael's article, Ten Questions for Parents Preparing to Adopt or Foster here!

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