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Name: Michaelyn Sloan
Job: Children Adoption
Email:Sloan@bethany.org
Adoption is not usually the first choice
for those who hope to create a family. However, in this
imperfect world, it is God's best option for not only
families but children. I have worked as a professional in
the adoption field for over 20 years, and with my husband,
are parents of three children by adoption. Becaue of
the advances in infertility procedures, many
individuals are coming to see this option in family
building only after years of toil physically,
emotionally and spiritually on themselves. Dealing
with grief and loss issues precedes actual adoption
planning. In letting go of one's own plan and becoming
receptive to God's new one, a family is created.
Proverbs 16:9 states, "In his heart a man plans his
course, but the Lord determines his steps." I believe
the Lord allows me to use my own family's "steps" into
adoption as a means to minister to others.
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