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Q&A with One of the Last Adoptive Families Out of Ukraine
In February 2022, the Jagge family's amazing adoption journey went viral as they left Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion began. But this Lifesong family's road to adoption started long before they set foot in Ukraine. And even with their son home, their journey is only getting…
Bringing Home the Boy in the Pink Shirt: An Adoption Journey
As Jackie scrolled through Facebook one day, she saw a photo that stopped her in her tracks. At 15 years old, the child in the photo looked like a baby. He wore a little pink shirt and lay in a crib in a Ukrainian orphanage. Shocked, she sent…
From Congo to China: An Adoptee & Adoptive Dad Shares His Story
We're honored to lift up various voices from the adoption triad: the child, the birth parents, and the adoptive parents. Today's guest post comes from Zawadi Morrow, speaking into his life as an adoptee and anadoptive dad. In his words.— My story begins in a small village in…
Convinced You Can’t Afford Adoption? Meet These 2 Families.
So you're thinking about adoption. But the steep fees, piles of paperwork, and endless unknowns seem to contradict your better judgment. And then there are the fees—how on earth does anyone ever afford adoption? Consider this teaching from Martin Luther King, Jr. when sharing on the parable of…
No Coincidences with God (An Adoption Miracle!)
The following family brought their son home from India in 2018 with help from a Lifesong matching grant. They recently sent a thank you note our way, along with an amazing account of God's faithfulness. In their words... We were emotionally exhausted when we applied to Lifesong.…