Faithful Observations

Most people probably know a family that has adopted a child from overseas, often China, Korea, Russia, Guatemala, Ethiopia or similar country. This number peaked at over 20,000 per year in the early part of this decade. For a variety of reasons, these numbers have leveled off. According to Pew Research, only 5,370 adoptions from overseas happened in 2016. Some countries have shut off adoptions to other countries because of reported problems of abuse or even adoptive parents trying to return the child back to their home country.