I write this as two adopting families prepare to finally go home after months of living in Nicaragua with their orphans-no-more. One of the most challenging aspects of coming home after living abroad is in finding your way back into the culture. When you are immersed in it, as most U.S. citizens are for their […]
Looking for an adoption care partner
A few weeks back, I wrote about how we decided to quit the game of asking adopting families for money, during the time in which they live in our home. I told you this came about after we realized how much the money stress was getting to us… But there are a few more things […]
The God of Peace
It’s been a week since I last posted. That’s the longest I’ve gone without writing since starting this blog back in February. Even as I sat down to write this, I feel a little at a loss. Not necessarily for any words, but for the right words. Researchers have shown that women speak about 20,000 […]
The Great Fear Disolver
In the past few days, we’ve had at least five significant earthquakes, two of which were greater than a 6 on the Richter scale (as denoted by stars in this screen shot). People are freaked out. Schools were closed today, and after the second one (6.6 centered near Granada), the government ordered all businesses to […]
Rights Revealed
Because we weren’t legal residents of Nicaragua until recently, we spent the first 16-months here on 90-day tourist visas. We were allowed to request an additional 90-day extension, but only once in a six-month period (and it wasn’t guaranteed to be granted). So, there were several days when we ventured to the immigration office to […]
Adopting from Nicaragua
Since our move to Nicaragua in July of 2012, we’ve felt compelled to offer assistance to those families traveling here to adopt orphans. Sometimes that means welcoming them into our home, finding transportation, or helping with laundry, while other times it means offering a listening ear during times of frustration or sadness. [Note that we […]