Kids with no parents to love and protect them break my heart. Sick children break my heart.
Growing up I always said I wanted to be a pediatrician - first semester of college broke that dream. Since I came into college with so many AP classes and having taken college courses at the local community college while still in high school I came in that first year with enough hours to be a second semester Sophomore. So that first semester when I took Genetics, Biology and Chemistry at the same time...and didn't do so well in either - I really had to question if I really wanted to go to medical school bad enough to buckle down and get the work done. I didn't. I didn't want to buckle down and study all the time. I wanted to enjoy college and have fun with my friends. Ultimately I majored in accounting. Something that I enjoyed and that made sense to me. However being an auditor did not do anything for my love of children in need. What it did do is take me on a three week trip to China. While sightseeing on the weekends I saw loads of parents with Chinese babies. I didn't think much of it at the time. Really I don't think I even consciously realized what was going on until years later. But all these families were there adopting the orphans of China. Thinking back now I know exactly what they were doing - some were taking in all the culture they could in a few short weeks - learning all they could about the heritage of their new child, others were probably just passing the time before their consulate appointment. But they were all adopting children who had no mom or dad. All giving a forever family to a child who had no one to love and protect them.
I saw in our church bulletin a blurb about an adoption workshop. A couple in our Bible fellowship class is leading a new ministry, CHOSEN. CHOSEN is hosting the 'If You Were Mine' series over a 7 week period. We are considering attending. I'm not sure what it will be like. If it will focus on God's desire for the orphan or if it will be a class on steps to take to adoption. Either would be good for us at this point. You can never have too much information.
