Adoption Letters

I turned in most of our documents for the home study last Friday, and one of the things they asked for is for our kids age 16 and older to write a letter about how they feel about our family adopting. These are their letters:

I am absolutely thrilled that my family is pursuing adoption. I have always loved having a large family and the community and friendship that comes from having a lot of siblings. Adding to our family would bring me so much joy. I believe adoption is a beautiful way to express the love of God. It is so important to me, that when I have my own family I plan to adopt as many children as I am able to. I think that those who have been blessed with much have a responsibility to give much and that my family has so much love and provision that we have a charge from God to share it. I believe that we would welcome new siblings with all of our hearts.

Thank you,
Lindsay Phillips

I have always been a huge fan of adoption, and really looked up to any family who chose to do it. I always dreamed of adopting kids myself one day, because I love children so much, and I have such a deep heart for kids who don't have a family. I love my brothers and my sister, they are the most valuable things to me in the world, and I have always wanted more siblings. My parents decided to stop having kids a while ago, and I always hoped we would adopt some children. If it were up to me, I would have dozens of siblings. One of my greatest joys is spending time with my brothers, getting to know them, loving on them, and seeing them become the men they were made to be, and I would be honored to have more siblings to be able to do that with.

Justin P

On Adoption By Trevor Phillips

When my mom first talked to me about adoption as a serious consideration for us, I thought it was crazy. We were already grown (mostly)! I thought our family was complete. But as she talked more about it, and as I researched it and came to some conclusions, I realized that with the bounty that God has given us, it is God’s will that we should give it back to him in some way, and what better way than to give a child’s life new hope? To give that child a chance at living a blessed life?

The more I thought about how I hadn’t wanted to do that before, the more I was disgusted at how I could be so selfish as to want so much more than I need all to myself. Now I see that adopting a child, or children, into our life would be a form of giving back to God, a way of showing our thanks to him for our blessed lives. And it would also be showing such love to children who may have not felt love shown to them before.

I am eager to meet and welcome any person that God wants to be in my life, and if this person is a new sibling, then all the more better.

Alex feels the same way too, but he wasn't required to write a letter; I guess they figure older teens tend to have more problems with new siblings than younger kids? I don't know. Anyway, I am so proud of our kids, that they have such big hearts and want to open up our family in this way! I love you guys! :)