Ethiopia

Why did we choose Ethiopia? Here's some insight to how we made this decision. I didn't want to do domestic adoption partly because I didn't want a birth mother to come knocking on my door in about 6 months and want her baby back and partly because we wanted to adopt someone from a more desperate place. While I understand that American orphanges aren't a picnic, they are a lot better than Ethiopian orphanages.

Our first two choices were China and Ethiopia. We want to adopt a baby from each of these countries, but we had to chose Ethiopia first because you have to be at least 30 to adopt from China and Clayton is only 26.

Some people have politely expressed concern about bringing an African baby to North Texas. We can't worry about what other people think. We have to do what we believe God is leading us to do.

Here is an info sheet on Ethiopian adoptions by Gladney.

Here is more info on the country of Ethiopia.