Eye on Adoption Agency Programs-July 2015

New Beginnings Opens a China Program

“Since China began placing children internationally in 1994, more than 50,000 children have joined families in America.

This week, New Beginnings Adoption and Family Services in Tupelo announced it is good to go in arranging adoptions in China.

The organization is now licensed to be a primary provider for adoptions in that country.

New Beginnings is a faith-based non-profit devoted to placing children in loving Christian homes.

“It’s very important to New Beginnings and probably even more so. It really is a blessing to families from Mississippi because instead of just doing the home study for the families, New Beginnings can do the entire process,” said Tom Velie, the president of the organization.”

New Beginnings receives license for China adoptions [WTVA 7/17/15]

Adoption.org Opens in Southeastern Idaho

“Southeastern Idaho just opened the first adoption agency in the area. It’s meant to fill the void created last year when the LDS church dropped its adoption service.

The difference between Adoption.org and other agencies is the relationship adoption.org has with adoption.com. [Oh great! ]
Adoption.com is a marketing company for adoption agencies; whereas, adoption.org is the actual adoption agency. This creates a further reach to connect birth and adoptive families.

Melissa Williams, chief administrator of Adoption.org said, “You know I think there’s a need for adoption services everywhere.”

Adoption.org has just opened its doors to provide adoption services to the communities of southeastern Idaho.

Williams continued, “Adoption needs to be done ethically, morally, and legally. It needs to be done right. I think we offer that.”

For Williams, adoption is a lifestyle; her two oldest daughters were both adopted.

“When they were little babies, I would whisper in their ear about their adoption story. I do get a little emotional about it because it was a tender time. It was a very tender time, and just feeling really grateful for these amazing women that chose life for their children,” said Williams.

Just upstairs from Adoption.org is Adoption.com, where Courtney Hiersche and Tamra Hyde work.
Courtney is in process of becoming an adoptive mother in four weeks, and Tamra placed her son, Justin, for adoption 19 years ago.

Hiersche said, “It’s like every emotion. It’s like a roller coaster; you can’t put it all in one emotion. In the beginning it’s frightening because you have to get approved to adopt. Then you get approved to adopt, and then you’re excited. Then someone reaches out to you and you’re scared. Then someone chooses you and you’re on cloud nine, and then you wait and see what happens.”

“We do it for the love of our children. I want adoptees out there from closed adoptions to know that as well. You were not abandoned, unwanted or unloved. You were wanted. You went from love, to love,” Hyde said.

They feel, it’s the relationship that Melissa, Courtney, and Tamra have that sets them apart in the adoption world.

Hyde said, “What I love about Adoption.org is the involvement they have from the adoption triad. By adoption triad I mean adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents. So people who have lived it, people who it’s part of their story, their past and their experience. Melissa knows what it means to adopt. She knows the highs and the lows. Melissa loves her child’s birth parent. She understands and empathizes, she’s got that relationship.”

Adoption.org will be holding an open house Aug. 13th in Rexburg and want anyone who is interested in adoption to attend.
The address for that event is 343 East 4th North, Suite 120, Rexburg, Idaho 83440″

Adoption agency moves into southeastern Idaho[Local News 8 7/28/15 by Hannah Miller]