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5
Mar

First Children Home From Samoa

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in Samoa
We are happy to announce our first three children have arrived home from Samoa with their adoptive families to the U.S.! Samoa is considered a pilot program and children arriving home in a pilot program is the last important milestone that makes a program successful. We at MLJ Adoptions, are thrilled for these families that ...
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4
Mar

The Oppression of Women and Girls: Why You Should Care

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in Resources
I watched a program with my husband recently, one that we are still discussing—Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. The four-hour-long compelling and often hard-to-watch documentary ran nationally (in the U.S.) and in two two-hour segments that originally aired on October 1st and 2nd 2012 (the film will be will be ...
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1
Mar

Adoptions in Haiti – What We Know Now

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in MLJ Adoptions
Each day I am given more information about the process in Haiti. While there are many unknowns, the following appears to be known at this time and may by important to you if you are adopting from Haiti. Only 19 adoption agencies are currently approved to do adoptions in Haiti at this time; MLJ Adoptions ...
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28
Feb

The Fingerprint of Adoption

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in Support Services
Just as a fingerprint is totally unique to an individual, so is an adoption to a family. How can that be? On the topic of fingerprints, Wikipedia states, “the conditions surrounding every instance of friction ridge deposition are unique and never duplicated.” Why would one family that is adopting from Bulgaria, be different than another ...
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27
Feb

The Importance of Post Adoption Medicals

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in MLJ Adoptions
For many adopted children, prior to coming home to their new forever family, they may not have received proper medical care or the care provided was substandard. Whether adoptive parents are U.S., European or Canadian residents, the adopted child now has access to important medical testing, services, and treatments. Every child adopted internationally may be ...
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26
Feb

Read Across America Day, Adoption Style!

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in Resources
March 2nd is celebrated every year as a way to inspire people to read. Read Across America Day is a great way to encourage children and young adults to stop what they’re doing and read – whether it is books or magazines, fiction or nonfiction, novels or comics. Many schools across the United States take ...
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25
Feb

Introducing our new Mascot!

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in MLJ Adoptions
MLJ Adoptions wants to introduce you to our mascot! Even though he is a robot, he has a heart for children needing families, just like us! He will be joining us on our travels and keeping an eye on what MLJ is doing here at home as well, but first we need to name him. ...
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21
Feb

Don't Be an Ostrich to the Reality of Racism

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in MLJ Adoptions
Sometimes parents in the midst of the adoption process think I exaggerate when discussing racism and what still occurs in the United States. I ask them how they will respond when someone says the n-word to them or their child, and many can’t imagine it would ever occur in our current society. The recent event ...
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20
Feb

It's Not About You

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in Support Services
Have you taken any of our adoption preparation education classes yet? Yes? Then you’ve heard and are familiar with, “It’s not about you.” If you’re waiting to take classes, know that you will hear this statement spoken a number of times. What does it mean, and why is it important for you to remember? This ...
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19
Feb

Bulgarian Culture in Indianapolis

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in Bulgaria, Resources
More and more families that are considering international adoption are looking to the country of Bulgaria. This isn’t just happening here in Indiana, but across the United States. There are two main reasons these families consider Bulgaria: a stable, progressive process and the appeal of Bulgaria’s culture. To begin: Bulgaria has a relatively progressive standard ...
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15
Feb

Iguanas In The Snow

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in Resources
My family often spends time in northern Minnesota during the holiday. And I mean really far up there-12 miles south of the Canadian border. We see snow here in Indiana and even have accumulation sometimes. But the fact that we are still talking about the Blizzard of ’78 tells me that as Hoosiers, we really ...
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13
Feb

Family Spotlight: The Stewart Family

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in Adoption Stories
We’re so proud of and thankful for each and every one of our families, we’re giving them the chance to show off a bit. We enjoy shining the spotlight on families by letting them introduce themselves and tell us a little about why and how they got involved with adoption. This month we’re letting the ...
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12
Feb

Home Studies Abroad

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in Support Services
A little known fact about MLJ Adoptions, Inc. is that we can provide home study services to American citizens living abroad interested in international adoption. Whether you are living abroad because you are a missionary, student, for work, or in the military and stationed overseas, we may be able to help you complete your home ...
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11
Feb

Mardi Gras: Traditions and Fun

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in MLJ Adoptions
Mardi Gras is Tuesday, February 12, 2013, and the celebration as we know it in the United States is a combination of traditions. Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Lousiana (the largest celebration of its kind in the United States) as a day of festivities, carnivals, parades, and eating rich and decadent foods. The ...
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