Hello Everyone To Whom Adoption Is Of Interest

Claire Bowles
August 6, 2008
National Coordinator of the Adoption Ministry

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Here is a letter from Claire Bowles regarding the Adoption Ministry. We here in the BFD support her as much as we can and now she is also being supported by the BFA (Blessed Family Association).

If you are not a member of the BFA website yet, please visit the site and join up - www.blessedfamilies.org

If you are interested in supporting the Adoption Ministry or learning about it, you can join the online discussion group centered on Adoption at the BFA Website.

God bless,

Jim

Hello everyone to whom adoption is of interest,

I'm sorry that until now I have been unable to communicate on this website. I am finally on board and happy to answer questions or serve in any other way possible.

My husband and I have 4 incredible kids and have made 2 offerings. Those two offering kids are now nearly 21 and 20 so you can see it was a long time ago.

But the issues and problems, joys and concerns haven't changed at all. There are just more of them now that our family is older.

In our case, one of the families who adopted a child from my husband and I is close to us, both in proximity as well as in heart. The other family chose to keep some distance in both those ways. This has not been a problem for us because we believe that this is entirely the choice of the receiving couple.

The good thing is that I've been able to experience these two types of adoption in our family and both these 'styles' have offered different things to learn and different ways to grow internally.

I've been an adoption counselor for 20 years and, to one degree or another, have been involved in 100's of adoptions between blessed couples.

Some of my opinions about adoption have changed as our family has matured but I still believe in and understand the beautiful tradition of offering and receiving a blessed child.

Now that our children are old enough to talk with on a deeper level, we are able to understand the ramifications of decisions made when we were young couples, full of inspiration, having babies.

Let's discuss these things!

I'm here for those who wish to discuss anything in the area of adoption.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Love, Claire