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Hi, my husband is active duty army. We are curently stationed @ Fort Campbell. We have three girls and have always dreamed of adopting a child. My husband was recently deployed to afganistan, while there, he was so taken by the children and the deplorable living conditions they endured. He wanted to bring all those kids home! Unfortunately the Afgan government does not allow adoption. We had always planed on adopting a little boy but bcs the girls over there are so mistreated we had a change of heart. We are now looking for any child that we could help by opening our hearts and our homes for. My husband and I have discussed our options and we know that there are children here in the US that would benifit as well as children over seas. The real issue ( unfortunately) is cost. As you all know military life does offer alot of things but lots of money is NOT one of them! I was wondering if there was anyone out there that has adopted either here in the US or over seas that could help us get started. Is adopting while in Korea possible? Or if he is deployed again could he adopt from one of the near by countries? Any advice would be a big help. Thank you:) :
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I was in the Navy for 14 years and while I was stationed in the Philippines, several of my friends adopted there. I would certainly think adopting while stationed in-country is a doable option if you guys are headed for Korea. My husband and I adopted our son from Russia in 1998. Wherever God and your hearts lead you is where you belong in adoption, but in most other countries - China being a MAJOR exception - there are many more boys available for adoption than girls, especially in Eastern Europe and Central and South America. Your base family services office should be able to help with some information. Don't forget the military provides a $2,000 adoption subsidy also. God bless your journey.
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You sound like us! We have been stationed at Ft. Campbell twice!! We are in the process of adopting from Russia. There is a good site militaryadoption.com to look at. Also, email me and maybe we could talk on the phone more in depth. We have three boys, trying to adopt a girl. swood422earthlink.net
My husband's in the Canadian Military (:o ), so we are just going through Children's Aid (free). But, it seems to me that I've seen a lot of financial aid for military adoptions in the states. adoption.com has all the links, but I am pretty sure that the military itself will give you either a $2,000 or $5,000 "grant" for adoption, there are lots of tax breaks (or it's at least tax deductable), etc. I'd look into it really closely - if the american military is like ours, the help is there, you just need to ask.
Good luck and God bless.
Hi, thanks everyone for getting back to me so quickly. It is really hard to get started. It seems so sad that there are so many of us out there that want to adopt and so many children that need our love but the road to get there is so hard. I will write more when I have a chance! Thanks again:p
HI...
Yes, you can adopt while overseas. Military installations are considered US property and you can adopt although some states do not realize this. The military will cover 2,000 of your adoption cost per child or 5K total if you adopt 3 or more. There are kids in the foster care system looking for homes if you are interested in older children.
My husband is in the Navy and we are in the process of adopting children out of the foster care system. If you want more info please let me know.
My email address is angel_moore1975@yahoo.com
Good Luck,
Angel
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Though it's been a long time since we've adopted overseas....we adopted our first infant while living in Okinawa (hubby was Air Force). The first baby was from Korea; the next baby was from Okinawa.
I can tell you that we went through an agency (there was only one on the island of Okinawa), who networked with the Korean agency. We 'put in' in July and found out about our little one from Korea in October.
I would tell you that the 'problem' wasn't with the country of birth, but with the USA. It was the United States that wanted the inflated money, and it was having to deal with the state we were members of that caused more paperwork too.
I'm sure things have changed....and I pray they are better since then! One thing for certain was that we were told children who were bi-racial were 'shunned' the worst. We requested a bi-racial child; but were told we were 'too fair complected' for this!!!!!
At that time too, I can tell you that it was MUCH less expensive to adopt while there, than adopting from stateside.
Hope this helps.
Linny
Thanks to everyone that has replied to my post. I had no idea I would get so many resposes. My husband and I are just trying toi gather all the info we can now. We are most likely not going to start the process untill we have things here squared away. Besides, it looks like he will be deployed again soon. I figure if we have all the info now, we will be more prepared when we do start. I am glad to see that there are so many people that feel the same way we do. And I had always heard that it was hard for military families to adopt. It is nice to hear success stories! Well thatnks again to all of you! :cool: