Why Korea?

There are several reasons we considered Korea when we decided to move forward with the adoption process. I mentioned before that Nate was very interested in China at first, and I was okay with checking into that more. However, China has very strict income guidelines. As a family of what would be 5, we did not qualify for China due to our income. So we began checking into other countries.

Our list was soon narrowed down, in part based on finances. We looked at countries that we felt we could afford. As awful as this sounds, it is the reality of international adoption! We decided on Korea for many reasons, here are just a few.

Minimal Waiting Times
Young Children at referral/arrival
Healthy children
Children are in Foster Care vs. an orphanage after about 3-6 months of age
Children receive excellent health care for any medical concerns
Longevity and Security of the Korean program

Funny how those were the things that made us decide on Korea, and yet we accepted the referral of a toddler (not really a YOUNG referral) who had medical issues (not completely healthy) and it took us forever to come up with the finances (so minimal wait times didn't mean a whole lot)! It's amazing to know God has a plan, no matter how much in control we think we are.

I also thought I would mention that during the process, as we were waiting and trying to decide what God wanted us to do, we considered changing programs. We seriously considered adopting from Haiti. We were even softly matched with a young boy, only to find out the next day that another family was in front of us and had accepted his referral. His beautiful smile and face is still in my memory! What a sweet boy and I'm sure he has a wonderful home!

So when deciding what program, there are many things to consider. These are just a few of the reasons we chose to adopt from Korea!

God is Good!