Adoption resources

Welcoming a parentless child into your home is, perhaps, the greatest and most sacrificial act of hospitality. If your family—or someone you know—is considering adoption, these resources, suggested by two adoptive moms, will help you navigate the sometimes confusing waters of the adoption process.

Books

• Raising Adopted Children
  by Lois Ruskai Melina
• The Complete Adoption Book
  by Laura Beauvais-Godwin and Raymond Godwin
• The Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova
  by John H. Maclean
• Adopting a Toddler
  by Denise Harris Hoppenhauer
• Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
  by Daniel A. Hughes

Website

• AmericanExpat—an adoptive mother blogs about her experience, and provides wonderful resources for other couples who are considering international adoption.

Resources provided by Jamie Shover of Mechanicsburg (PA) BIC Church [link], mother of six adopted children from Thailand, Samoa, Ethiopia, and Guatemala; and Patricia Havens of Solid Ground BIC Church [link] (Alta Loma, CA), mother of an adopted son from Ukraine.