A Letter to the Nation of Niger On Why We Want to Adopt (especially when we can have children)

This is part of our massive packet of information being sent over to Niger (to then be translated into French) that will be reviewed to determine our eligility to adopt. Simply stated yet full of our heart and truth. 

To Whom it May Concern:

There are approximately 143 million orphans in this world. We are choosing to adopt because we know there is a need to care for the under served, and we can't just live in our comfortable and blessed lives and not do anything. We must do something, and for our family, that "something" is to make that astounding statistic one less.

Adopting children has been on our hearts since we met each other, and when we committed our lives to each other through marriage, we knew we would grow our family through adoption, as well as through biological children. This was our dream and still is. We have been blessed with a biological daughter and a biological son. Now we have the opportunity to bring home a daughter through adoption, and we are incredibly excited to have her join our family.

We will provide a loving, nurturing and life-encouraging environment for our hopeful daughter just as we have for our other 2 children. We want to give her an opportunity to learn, thrive, dream big dreams and reach those dreams that we know are in her heart. We love the country of Niger and will work to teach her about her heritage, so that one day she may serve and champion the nation she came from.

We look forward to bringing her home soon.

Sincerely,

Geoff and Terra Lawrence