I Like Adoption

I saw this tonight on my friend, Amy's, blog and had to share it.  Quite possibly the best adoption video we've ever seen.  You'll be smiling and tearing up at the same time.  PLEASE  indulge me and take a minute to watch it. You'll be glad you did.



New Film Premiere - I Like Adoption. from ILikeGiving.com on Vimeo.


When the boy with no arms gets in and drives the car, Nathan and I are like, "Oh yeah.  We knew he could do it."  'Cause we know just how much those kids CAN do. Because we see it every. day.

Tonight I read this on Nancy's blog and I'm just going to copy and paste it here because I couldn't say it any better.

...once you set foot in the orphanages and you see the children who are waiting, and see their eyes looking at you, once you see them you can never go back.  You can't un-see them.  You can't un-imprint the mark they leave on your heart.  They live there everyday with no mama to call their own and few prospects. Hundreds of millions of them are out there without a forever family to wrap them up in their arms and call them her own. 

And it's no different when you know lost people.  Hurting. Broken.  Estranged from a heavenly father they don't even know exists. There's no light in their eyes.  But they're chosen.  And need to know.  And that's why we're going.

But when they are redeemed, wow.  It's a beautiful thing to behold.  Like the family in the video above.  

What a privilege we have to join in His business of redemption.  It's hard, and messy, but oh so worth it.