tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373940250098152345.post8475940778288243742..comments2023-06-21T01:11:26.289-07:00Comments on Be the Change You Want to See in the World!: Happy Family DayNick and Nikki Stolberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10490231576084538075noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373940250098152345.post-27631451027565578862011-11-27T19:44:53.797-08:002011-11-27T19:44:53.797-08:00I am in the same boat as you with the adoption age...I am in the same boat as you with the adoption age issue....We don't live in Haiti but I have been going back and forth since I was 18. I started working with a new orphanage after the earthquake and fell in love with 2 kids but my husband and I are only 31 so we haven't been able to start the adoption yet. I've been down 11 times since then to take teams and spend time with them. I've become obsessed with finding out information on adoption there and connecting with others who are adopting or have adopted. <br /><br />While I was there a couple weeks ago I met a Christian woman from California who started an orphanage in Haiti 2 years ago. She is 31 but has adopted 7 kids from around the world and is adopting 3 more in Haiti. She said there is movement with the new law that would allow people who are 30 to adopt. Basically Martelly has the papers....they just have to sit and sign them! Many of us are praying this will actually happen because we all know how long things take. Another great thing is her organization charges a fraction of any of the others I've found in Haiti. Here's their info..... I will keep you posted if I hear anything. A bunch of us also started a FB group and a blog to track all the Haiti adoption info...<br />www.givinghopehaiti.org<br />https://www.facebook.com/groups/haitiadoptions/<br />www.ourhaitiadoptions.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235049843768832415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373940250098152345.post-4122943954277006532011-11-14T12:54:49.182-08:002011-11-14T12:54:49.182-08:00You guys are a blessing. I would guess you have h...You guys are a blessing. I would guess you have heard it before, but wanted to make sure you knew it today. Jenny and I often visit your blog when we are struggling with the issues of American life or other things. Your site, your music, words, and pics always bless us and refresh us. We thank God for connecting our lives with yours and pray for you continually. Our kids thank God for you each day, "nikanikki and nick" they say. <br /><br />I've always been impressed by how you attempt to follow and connect with others who serve in Haiti and elsewhere as well. I am thankful for the responsibility you feel for what you do, and that you want to continue to look for wisdom in other's stories. <br /><br />I can remember you speaking highly of these bloggers you knew who were doing amazing things in Haiti and abroad, impressed by their stories. I look back through your story and I have to say that you guys are those people. God is doing amazing things through you and writing an amazing story. Your hearts, perspectives, and attitudes are in tune with God's. You are those people!<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your hearts with COTP, those we serve, and my family. We are blessed. In your last post, you spoke the words that Jenny and I have carried for a long time. Words that are nearly impossible to fully grasp unless you stand in that spot and have to make the call. It fills are hearts to know that you grasp those words, and you wrote them perfectly!<br /><br />God bless you guys with peace and joy!Jamie Groenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189901316461880738noreply@blogger.com