(And please leave a comment if you have an adoption, foster care, or orphan care resource you'd like to share, too! )
As a personal testimony, I never considered adoption for our family up until about 5 or 6 years ago when I was in my early 40's. After I went on my first trip to Uganda, Africa, my eyes were opened. I began to hear how there were so many kids in orphanages around the world and I began to think about how wrong that is. Kids need to be in families, not orphanages. And kids everywhere deserve families, no matter where they live.
Not everyone is called to foster or adopt but there is something everyone can do to help promote good and appropriate orphan care practices. And if you can make room in your house and in your hearts, why not consider it? We can't imagine life without our two little ones! They've changed us forever! <3
ADOPTION CONFERENCES & EVENTS:
(CAFO - typically held in May)
(Typically in February & March in Buford, GA)
(Typically in April)
(Saturday before Thanksgiving)
(Typically in October in Irving, TX)
(Nov. 9th)
BLOGS:
(Our adoption story about bringing home our son, Asher, in April 2013)
(Our adoption story about bringing home our daughter, Mercy, in March 2016)
BOOKS ON ADOPTION & ORPHAN CARE:
BOOKS ON RAISING KIDS FROM HARD PLACES:
Impact of Trauma on Healthy Child Development
No-Drama Discipline
Ready or Not Here Comes School
Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma
Impact of Trauma on Healthy Child Development
No-Drama Discipline
Ready or Not Here Comes School
Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma
FUNDRAISING:
(Breakfast Fundraiser in Owasso, OK)
LOCAL TO OKLAHOMA ADOPTION AGENCIES:
LOCAL TO TULSA FOSTER CARE AGENCIES & RESOURCES:
10 Steps to Becoming a Foster Parent
Home Therapy Resources
James Mission
Lilyfield
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oklahoma Fosters
Saint Francis Community Resources
Tallgrass Family Services
10 Steps to Becoming a Foster Parent
Home Therapy Resources
James Mission
Lilyfield
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oklahoma Fosters
Saint Francis Community Resources
Tallgrass Family Services
LOCAL TO TULSA TBRI PROFESSIONALS:
Family Hope House
Sharon Pyle, Rebound Mental Health
Dr. Barbara Sorrells
ORPHAN CARE:
(Saddleback Church)
PODCASTS & SERMONS:
(Voddie Baucham)
(John Piper)
SUPPORT GROUPS IN THE TULSA AREA:
ECHO
(Support group that meets in Tulsa at Southern Hills Baptist Church on Wednesdays at 6:30-8pm, Room 202)
The Legacy Network
(Support group that meets in Owasso)
Tulsa Area Adoptive Moms
(Facebook support page)
TULSA AREA ADOPTION ATTORNEYS:
Becki Murphy
Paul E. Swain
Stacy Acord
TULSA AREA HOMESTUDY & POST-PLACEMENT REPORT PROVIDERS:
Cathy Chalmers
Dillon International
Jennifer Giles
Nightlight Christian Adoptions
ECHO
(Support group that meets in Tulsa at Southern Hills Baptist Church on Wednesdays at 6:30-8pm, Room 202)
The Legacy Network
(Support group that meets in Owasso)
Tulsa Area Adoptive Moms
(Facebook support page)
TULSA AREA ADOPTION ATTORNEYS:
Becki Murphy
Paul E. Swain
Stacy Acord
TULSA AREA HOMESTUDY & POST-PLACEMENT REPORT PROVIDERS:
Cathy Chalmers
Dillon International
Jennifer Giles
Nightlight Christian Adoptions
VIDEOS:
(Rick & Kay Warren)
