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Welcome jvw27! My husband and I also used Bethany Christian Services to adopt our two sons. I am very pleased with the way we were treated and the whole process. If you have any specific questions about the process feel free to contact me!

I was wondering if you used the domestic or international adoption process? Any pros or cons for either? If international, then which country?

We went domestic with our boys. We had been unable to have children biologically and I so wanted a newborn baby. Now I can't wait to get the youngest out of diapers!! Just kidding! If we adopt again we want a girl but that is not that easy domestically and our caseworker suggested international next time. She recommended their Guatemala program and their Korean program. Our youngest is 1/4 Korean so we thought that would be the country we would consider but we still are not ready to pursue another adoption right now. I am 45 and my husband is 40. It will have to be clear direction from God if we pursue another adoption! One big plus about domestic is we have a relationship with our youngest's birthmother. We have been able to include her in a couple of family events so far. My heart has been changed through God's power and I can't imagine life without our birthmoms!

Hi JVW27, I am new to this board also and just had read your post. It may be alittle late to reply about Bethany but I can't say enough about them. My Dh and I are working on our 2nd adoption and we are adopting International. We have 1 adopted son from Korea and we are now adopting alittle girl from Guatemala. They are a wonderful agency, if you have any questions you can e-mail me privately. Kathie1016@aol.com. Good luck on your agency decision and if you are already in the process, Congrats!