Welcome to AdoptionFathers.com, the ultimate resource for adoptive fathers!

This site is dedicated to serving men and their families as they pursue the great calling of adoption.  At AdoptionFathers.com our focus is on uncovering and communicating the truth behind the questions, issues, fears, hopes and obstacles of being an adoptive father; beginning with the decision to adopt all the way through the parenting process.  Our ultimate objective is simply to support and encourage the thousands of men being called to build their family via adoption.

AdoptionFathers.com was started quite honestly out of frustration over the lack of resources available to me as my wife and I pursued the adoption of my first child several years ago.  I searched high and low only to find that no one was talking or writing about the challenges that I faced throughout the adoption process.  While there seemed to be plenty of opportunity for my wife to connect with other women for support, perspective and information (via blogs, phone calls, books/articles, oh and more phone calls), there were limited resources available to meet the needs of the adoptive father. 

Since completing our first adoption nearly two years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with more and more adoptive dads and was amazed to find out that they were just as frustrated as me.  What’s worse is that most of these guys dealt with many of the same challenges that I faced during the process.  How great would it have been to leverage the wisdom and understanding of the guys who went before me?  How much easier would the years spent in the adoption process have been if I had access to resources directed at me?  How many more men would enter and complete the adoption process if only they could learn from guys who battled the same challenges and found a way through?

It seemed clear that God was calling for this void to be filled – AdoptionFathers.com.  

So thank you for joining us on our site and trusting us to support you during this amazing journey.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have an amazing story you’d like to share, a challenge with which you need support, or if there is any other way we can be of service to you.  Thank you! 

May God bless your adoption pursuit, and to Him be the Glory!

- Peter Kidd

pete@adoptionfathers.com

It just might save a little girl (just like YOURS and MINE) from being raped as a sex slave to dirty old eveil men-THAT WHAT!

It can save a little girl, just like my own, from being stripped of every ounce of her childhood and dignity by a monster preying on her.

It can act as a symbol of my responsibility as a father to protect my daughters and to protect other children.

How will you answer it? What will you do?

Signed copies of Scared by Tom Davis will be given to the first 10 responses!!

A FREE necklace!! We will do a drawing with all those who enter their repsonse.

1. Post your answer in the response section of this post

2. Post this question and your answer on Facebook, urge others to ask themseleves what they can do.

PURCHASE NECKLACE NOW

One day, a group of professional looking, wealthy women came to the school and interviewed the girls for the best jobs in Russia. 

They were promised fancy clothes, expensive jewelry, and all the money they could hope for if they were selected.

Masha was chosen, and she thought her dreams had come true.

She was taken to the city center, put in a rundown apartment and beaten.

They forced her to work in a strip club.  Then, they told some men were coming to her apartment to train her to learn how to have sex with a man–how to “please” him.

“You’ll be pleasing 10 men each day,” they said.

Masha quickly realized this dream had turned into a ugly nightmare. She was hours away from entering the sex trade. The life of a forced prostitute awaited her, and she was scared to death.

While this was unfolding, she remembered the staff at Children’s HopeChest. “Could they help me?”

She told me how she remembered how much our staff cared for her and other orphans. She knew exactly where to go. She had a plan. She walked out the door and ran to the HopeChest Ministry Center in Kostroma.

Our staff immediately called the authorities, and brought her to a safe place to live so she’d be protected.

It is young girls like Masha we are supporting with this Mother’s Day necklace fundraiser. When you purchase a necklace, a young women like Masha will recieve  two weeks of direct assistance like food, clothing, etc. for her and her baby.

BUY NOW

This beautiful, limited edition, hand-made necklace will make an incredible Mother’s Day gift. It was custom-designed with a message so perfectly created, that it speaks to both the mom who will receive it, as well as the young women aging out of orphanages who will receive the gift of support and hope, when you buy it. That message is LOVE GOES AROUND.

There are a limited number, so buy now to help support and protect orphans from human trafficking – give the gift of LOVE to many!

A nice 18″ inch Sterling Cable Chain with a lobster clasp holds a 1″ inch Handmade Sterling circle that is hand stamped with “Love” and it is paired with a sterling flower Charm and a Beautiful Black Onyx Gem that is hand wrapped in Sterling silver.

Click on a picture below to enlarge:

The price is $78.00

You are helping to Break The Chain!

At AdoptionFathers.com we recognize not every family has been blessed with God’s great calling to adopt a child into their own home.  However, we also recognize the many different faces and meaning of adoption and that every man (every man Pete?) yes every man my brother, has been called to be a father to the fatherless.  In other words every man is called to adopt in one way shape or form! 

The Scary Truth In Eastern Europe

In Moldova today, countless young girls are forced into the sex trade and over 30,000 women have literally disappeared.

• Over 10 percent are under 18 years old, some as young as 12 years old.
• There are over 250 brothels in the capital city of Chisinau and one of the greatest targets for sex-trafficking are girls who leave the orphanages.
• One of the main ways girls get trapped is attempting to escape from the country for a better life abroad.
• The opportunities are few and women long for a better life. This is the perfect environment for a trafficker. That life is promised to them by a company who offers, “great salaries” in England, America, Germany, etc. They sign up, get on a plane, and that’s when the nightmare begins.

In Russia today, nearly 40% of orphans are the children or grandchildren of orphans. In Russia, orphans “graduate” from the orphanage at the tender age of 15 or 16 and are forced to make their way in world for which they are ill equipped. At this juncture, they become critically vulnerable. In fact:

• 70% of girls enter the sex trade
• 40% become drug users
• 40% commit crimes
• 15% commit suicide

Little is in place in Moldovan and Russian society to stop this trend – so what can be done?
 

Jesus Christ Is The Answer & Children’s HopeChest Has A Way

Stop the Secret, Support Moldova:

Help victims of sex trafficking. HopeChest is launching a ministry to victims of sex trafficking in Moldova. They are working with local ministries who are helping bring healing to girls rescued from brothels. There are four young women in two different safe houses in Moldova who need our help right now. These brave young women were rescued, and now are embarking upon the long and difficult journey to healing. The aftercare programs provide round-the-clock care, protection, medical care, and counseling.

Young Mother’s Program, Russia:

When orphans are released from the orphanage in their early teen years, they enter a critically vulnerable time. In the case of the women supported by this campaign, they find themselves pregnant and alone. Still children themselves, they have nowhere to go. That is where HopeChest comes into the picture, providing Christian discipleship, direct assistance, training, community building, and intensive counseling and casework. Through this outreach, their staff can demonstrate the love of Christ in action, and use it as a tool to instill Christian qualities and disciplines in the girls and their children. 100% of the moms currently in the program are raising healthy young children and breaking the cycle of orphans producing more orphans.

The Answer Is You  & Me

Join us this Mothers Day and together we can Break The Chain of sex trafficking and orphanhood.  Buy a limited edition Mothers Day necklace and 100% of the proceeds will go towards supporting these amazing programs.  

Click on image to purchase now.

Thank you for your support!

You may also notice that in the introduction to this interview I refer to this site as ‘afatherseyes.com’ – that was the originally name for this site back when we interviewed Steve!

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