We have good friends who adopted their two daughters from China years ago.  Thousands of American parents adopt from China every year, but that statistic is changing rapidly. According to the U.S. State Department, adoptions have dropped 50% in recent years.  I saw this article first in a Twitter update from World Vision. Read it HERE.

Knowing so many people that desperately desire to be parents, reading that adoption is being made more difficult saddens me. At the same time, however, apparently much of the change in the adoption rate from China is due to cultural changes there. With the growing economy in China more Chinese people can afford to adopt children.  Even more encouraging, people seem to be valuing children (life) more and they are more accepting of adoption.   As one who does value life and adoption, I can’t help but see this change as good.

Sometimes things that are not good for us personally are good for the overall.  That principle plays out in many aspects of life.

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