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26
Aug

Being an Advocate for Your Child

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in MLJ Adoptions
I am a mother to seven children, three biological and four adopted. I love my children deeply but I have no illusions about “who” they are. I know which ones are prone to misbehave and how they react and I do not usually make excuses for their behavior. When the school calls, I am not ...
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22
Aug

Meet MLJ: Nikki Lux

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in MLJ Adoptions
Name: Nikki Lux Title at MLJ: Adoption Preparation Coordinator What do you actually DO with MLJ?: I conduct home studies for parents interested in adoption. I teach the core and elective classes that are needed, both online and in the classroom. What is your favorite part about what you do with MLJ?: I enjoy meeting ...
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21
Aug

USCIS Telephone Scam

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in Adoption News
Below is an email that we received (emphasis added) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about a telephone scam targeting applicants. As we believe that keeping your personal information safe is of the utmost importance, we ask that you please share this, especially among your adoption circles. In recent weeks, U.S. Citizenship and ...
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16
Aug

Photo Of The Week

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in Photo Of The Week
  Congratulations to the entire MLJ Adoption’s team for their hard work in achieving Hague Approval from the Council On Accreditation! Stay tuned next week for more details. If you would like your child to be featured in our Photo Of The Week, please email Shireen@mljadoptions.com.
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15
Aug

Katie Couric Show Talks Infertility

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in MLJ Adoptions
Katie Couric featured many families and their struggles with infertility on her show “Infertility: Stories of Becoming a Parent against All Odds” that aired on August 6, 2013. The show revealed some jaw-dropping statistics about women and their abilities to conceive. A 2011 statistic states that infertility affects over seven million women in the US, ...
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12
Aug

Options for Adoptions from Latin America

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in Mexico, Nicaragua
In light of the recent limitation on international adoptions from Columbia, we have been noticing an increased interest in our Nicaragua adoption program as well as our upcoming program in Mexico. As of July 15, 2013, the Central Authority in Columbia called the Columbian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) is no longer accepting adoption applications ...
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8
Aug

Samoans Flood the National Football League

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in Samoa
With the NFL pre-season right around the corner we’ve once again noticed just how many Samoans have made it into the National Football League. Below, we’ve highlighted just three of the numerous players from Samoa. This is a great way to celebrate Samoan culture with your child. Kaluka Maiava At 26 years old, jersey #50 ...
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5
Aug

Why Do I Need Adoption Education?

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in Resources
When my family went through our first adoption, there were no adoption education requirements. We were given a list of books and it was suggested we read one or two. Eager to know all that I could, I did read one of the suggested books, Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best and it ...
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1
Aug

Is it Possible to Adopt from Mexico?

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in Mexico
Is it possible to adopt from Mexico? Possible… yes. Difficult… possibly. Mexico is a party to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. This demonstrates that they are committed to the goals and ideals of the convention: to promote ethical and transparent international adoptions. The Convention provides a means to assist in these goals through establishing ...
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31
Jul

Back To School

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in MLJ Adoptions
I stood in front of my first grade class with a Poncho, Sombrero, and some Pesos. Feeling more like a tourism commercial about to sell a country I knew very little about, even if Mexico was my birthplace. I was more excited to share about being adopted, than sharing about a culture I have never ...
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30
Jul

The Magic in the Laughter of a Child

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in MLJ Adoptions
Recently, I was watching a YouTube video of some babies laughing. The more I watched, the bigger I began to smile until eventually I was bursting with laughter myself. There is something infectious about the laughter of a child, almost of magic quality. A quote by Charles Dickens says that, “There is nothing in the ...
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25
Jul

Back To School for the Adopted Child

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in MLJ Adoptions
A little boy from an orphanage in Ethiopia is adopted internationally by a US family. He is seven years old and, therefore, very aware of his surroundings and the people around him. He attends a school carefully selected by his new family for its small size which they hope will make it easier for him ...
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23
Jul

MLJ Adoptions Visits Haiti Crèches & More

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in Haiti
My assistant program director Stacy Jacobs and I had the opportunity to visit Haiti this week and stayed in Montrouis (pronounced Mone-wee). About an hour and a half outside of Port-Au-Prince, we stayed at a beautiful resort, Moulin Sur Mer, which lies on the Caribbean Sea and is surrounded by beautiful mountains and features white ...
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