ADOPTION Q&A! ANSWERING YOUR MOST ASKED QUESTIONS! 

My brother and sister in law adopted a boy from China many years ago. He is an amazing 20 year old young man, studying to become a pediatrician. Shout out to the parents who have adopted children and opened their hearts to love them and support them.

We adopted our daughter from Korea through Holt Adoption. They brought her to us. She was 4 months old when we brought her home. She is 49 years old now and we still celebrate her Gotcha Day! She has never wanted to go to Korea.

Adoption does not have to be expensive at all. That is a very common misconception. If you adopt from your county children's services it costs you nothing. You have to be willing to accept the child God gives you, just like a bio child. If you want a "perfect" baby be prepared to wait those 5-10 years. We adopted 4 beautiful children through our county agency. First was 2 years old and the last three were newborns. To God be the glory!

I was adopted from Vietnam at 7 months old. I always knew I was adopted and always felt a part of my adopted family! I was one of the lucky ones. Now I am such an advocate of adoption due to my own story. I want to adopt someday. Such a beautiful story Tiffany! God blessed both of us with amazing families! ❤️❤️

my mom had me in 8th grade and put me up for adoption.. hearing tiffanys story and faith is so inspiring and comforting to me 💗

Thanks for sharing your story. We adopted our two daughters at birth and they are now 25 and 28. They were mine as soon as they were placed in my arms. I always tell people I’ve never had a biological child-but there is no way I could love a biological child more than I love my girls!

This is a very beautiful adoption story. My husband adopted my daughter when we got married. When my daughter was in college there was a discussion about heritage. Like you Tiffany she thought about both my husband and I and after a few minutes she said “ oh wait…. I forgot, I’m adopted”. God truly blessed our family over the years with an amazing husband and father that leads us all closer to God. Thank you for sharing your beautiful story!

We adopted our youngest son when he was a baby. He is actually my husband’s nephew. We know that God Blessed us with him. Every day I am so thankful that he is in my life. He is 16 now, I am so proud of him. God has orchestrated our story from the beginning. Thanks for sharing your story Tiffany. Love your story & the both of you are Awesome.❤️

This is such a beautiful story. Tiffany is so blessed and is so articulate in expressing her feelings. God bless you both.

I was adopted many years ago here in Hawaii….i believe the Lord guides and has a hand where these babies go. I am so grateful to have the parents I have. I have since met my half siblings and it feels like I’ve known them forever. I now have two families and I love it.

I adopted my beautiful daughter 15 years ago in the UK. She is now almost 19 years old and thriving. She has grown up with the love of Christ in her heart, and I pray it will always remain with her. God bless you both always x 17.23

My daughters were adopted to the same family that I prayed for when I couldn’t get off drugs to take care of them . I was homeless of and on for years. We have been back in contact for 17 years now. My middle daughter lives in same town now .

My husband and his two siblings are adopted, all from three different biological families. My in laws are amazing and I'm so thankful they adopted. My husband and I would like to adopt one day also.

I’m adopted. My parents brought me home at 8 months, but my adoption wasn’t finalized until I was 2 because I live in Northern California. I was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and the doctors wanted to put me on medicine. My parents said no. God will heal me. 26 years later and I’m thriving. Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story❤

How encouraging and convicting to see the light of Christ shine in your life.

Our family is made up of three biological children and two adopted children. Our adopted babies were both born in San Diego County. We feel so grateful for the privilege of having them in our lives.

I’m adopted from Korea. I identify with your story sooo much. I was also adopted when I was 13 months old. Prayers for you!! I completely understand your I don’t want to call it disinterest I’m going to China. I remember going to a culture camp, and my parents eventually decided to stop taking us. It’s a very thin line. How much do you want your child to learn without making your child feel different from you. I loved the way my parents did it. They let us take the lead but they let us know very early on that if we ever wanted to search for our birth families they would support us 100%.

Same here! My daughter cried for the whole week straight! She bonded immediately to me.

We have 2 miracle biological daughters who are now 18 & 22…..we struggled with secondary infertility for 8 years after that until God called us to become a foster family! We fostered 16 children from 2016-2023 (we have our 16th with us now) and it looks like we will finally be adopting our 16th little one! (The 15 before her didn’t need us to be their forever family….and that’s ok!) We have loved every single child and we never dreamed that we would say we have parented and loved 18 children! ♥️ God’s plans are SO much bigger and better than our own! Thank y’all for sharing! We are praying for y’all! ♥️

A beautiful adoption story. We adopted our little miracle through foster care. We were able bring him home from the hospital.

The video of your Gotcha day is so precious!! Your brother jumping up and down. This is the sweetest video ever! 💝

I was adopted when I was 11 months old I never regretted it my adoptive parents were wonderful to me

Loved hearing your story. My Mom was born in Germany and adopted to an American family. About 7 or 8 years ago she found her birth brother who still lives in Germany. She now has her brother, sister n law, niece, great neice and an aunt in her life. God is good ❤

Thanks for sharing your story, Tiffany. I have 3 beautiful nieces and 1 second cousin adopted from China, Amelia, 21, Grace, 21, Andrea, 19 and Lila, 17. I also have a friend who adopted from China. Her daughter is MaryLi, 16. My family and community are so blessed to have these young women in our lives.😊❤

We adopted our daughter 3 years ago from Christian Adoption Services out of NC. Yes it’s expensive, but God always provides a way!! It took us about 18 months from the initial “interest” meeting until we held her in our arms. We did want an infant and so sometimes the wait is a little longer. That organization was wonderful to work with, taking us almost literally by the hand step by step, making sure we had everything we needed to have a successful adoption. Our girl is thriving now and is perfect for our family!

Love this video and content better than your normal content. ❤

Wow, what a beautiful story! So much selflessness that truly shows Jesus’ love ❤️

Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story. You are a beautiful soul!!!

As someone who is adopted, this really touched my heart! Adoption is such an amazing thing! I don't know where I would be today if it weren't for my adoptive parents. Thank you SO much for sharing your story with us Tiffany! I am praying that you both will be able to adopt in the future like you both desire. You both would make the most wonderful parents!!!

My daughter has 3 bio boys and has adopted 2 boys thru foster care 💙💙

I'm adopted and this really hits home. I was adopted at 3yrs old and told I was adopted at 8yrs old. My biological mother was on drugs and knew she couldn't take care of me. Your story about your brother made me laugh because my brother is also the person I bonded with first.

Thank you for being brave and sharing your story, May God Bless you. I have a niece that was adopted from the same province as Tiffany. We are so thankful for her and she is a blessing to our family. I am certain Tiffany’s family feels the same way about her. Love watching you two and keeping up with your family.

My husband and I chose to adopt, from China, two times! The best decision we ever made other than serving God. My oldest daughter, Gabriella, was 12 mos and weighed 13lbs. She was very I’ll when we got her . She was like having a newborn. Her doctor in the states didn’t think she would live and said take her home, love her and feed her. We did and she’s now 22! Our second daughter, Dasha, is now 19. She is from the same province as you and same orphanage as you, Lianjiang. I’m probably not spelling it correctly. Dashas Orphange name was Liam Wen Gua. I can’t wait to tell her! She also wanted to have her DNA tested, etc. We did it for her on her 16 birthday. She also has several long distant cousins here in the states. She hasn’t had a desire to contact them. I’m so glad you shared your story. We waited almost 3 yrs for our first daughter. Our youngest was a nine month wait. It was and still is such a blessing to adopt! Anyone here please contact me for questions if you would like. Blessings Tiffany and Lawson!

We adopted our son from foster care. His bio mom put him up for adoption through the safe haven laws. His legal name was Baby Boy Moses until we adopted. I'm always encouraged to hear of interacial adoptions where the child continues to have a good relationship with their adoptive parent. I'm hoping and praying for this with my son. For anyone interested in adoption I highly recommend researching trauma and the brain. Failed adoptions are more common than you think. Adoption is not something to take on lightly.

My daughter adopted her child. We heard through a family friend that a drug addicted mother couldn't take care of her baby and she gave it up. Foster care is an amazing way to adopt. There are so many needs not only in other countries but also right here in our own country

Thank you for sharing Tiffany, you are precious. I love with every answer you lead the conversation back to Christ. You truly are showing your love & faith. ❤

Thank you Tiffany. Love is family not blood or skin colour.

Thank you for that beautiful prayer at the end...much needed. God bless.

I am blessed to be able to adopt my great nephew. I am 64 years old and our son is 12 years old. He knows he is adopted and has been able to meet some of the family. Me and husband has always been truthful to him about his adoption. I believe that him knowing this information from the start has helped him to be grounded and okay with himself. He has never been angry with fact that he is adopt. And he knows that he can always ask us anything about his biological parents. I know it is a little easier adopting with in the family because you don’t have to go searching for answers, you have all information at hand. We tell our son that God brought him to us, and we are so so blessed to have him in our life. God is Amazing ❤

Adoption stories are beautiful and varied. This one was about as happy as they come! ❤ Older child adoption is an especially difficult calling…Sometimes kids have been so traumatized and wounded that they aren’t able to bond. Even in the darkest and saddest of adoption stories, God is working.

Great episode. Thanks for sharing. Love Tiffany’s definition of family.

My husband and I are getting ready to adopt our nephew whos mother and father both passed away by the time he was 4. This video has come at a great time!

I resonated a lot with Tiffany's answers. I was adopted as a 4 month old from South Korea to a caucasian family. I grew up looking obviously different from my parents, with no family medical history to rely on (still going to doctors now in my 30s unraveling that!), personally with no strong desire to visit Korea right now, and my parents did a closed adoption so they don't know who my parents were. I'm so happy Lawson and Tiffany shared this story. Whether you can have your "own" kids or not - adoption is such an important and truly life changing blessing for kids like myself!

I also identify with Tiffany’s story, being adopted at 2 1/2 yrs old, w a similar backstory of being left near a police station w/ no background information in S.Korea. One thing that was interesting for me, on my Gotcha day, my pa ents met me at Honolulu Airport rather than traveling to Seoul themselves to pick me up. Back then (late 1970’s), it was the policy of that agency for parents to hire someone to escort their child to their new home country, rather than the parent going to that country.

So precious Tiffany that you have recordings of meeting your new parents and brother who loved and cherished you right at the beginning.💕

Thank you for sharing not only your adoption story but your love for Christ! Love Y’all! Love and Prayers Always

Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story. 😊

I love this so much! Thank you for sharing your story with us, and especially your beautiful prayer!

I see why you love Tiffany so much. She is precious.

Tiffany, you and Lawson are such a loving and caring couple. I pray God will bless you with a child soon. Children need Christian parents like you. All of humanity is created by God. We are one big family. We are to love, care for and pray for one another daily. Keep spreading your message of unity, love and God’s grace. You both are very special. Linda❤

I immediately subscribed when this popped up on my youtube homepage, because I am also also adopted from China. It's rare to find this kind of quality content and I'm definitely going to keep following your channel!

Thanks for sharing your story. We have 5 kids and the 2 youngest we adopted through fostering. Adoption is such a beautiful picture of us being adopted into Gods family.

Thanks for sharing. This is beautiful. We have 7 adopted children. Various situations and special needs. All in country. This has not been easy but good! Our kids have been our best preachers and teachers.❤

A beautiful testimony! It's amazing how God's plan is at work. His timing, His wisdom, His love! Thank you for sharing.

Loved this....thank you for sharing your story and for the way you shared....so real and genuine and tying in how it really is a picture of how Christ "adopts" us into His family and we become His children!

Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story, I feel we all have a really deeper connection with you now ❤️

My husband and I adopted our son Matt, the day before he turned 18. He was in 45 foster homes and 1 failed adoption. We now have legal custody of his 4 yr old daughter, as we didn't want her to be in CPS custody.

I watched One Child Nation a couple of years ago and it broke my heart. I knew about the policy but never thought of what happened to mothers that got pregnant a 2nd and 3rd time. The forced abortions 💔 and babies forcibly taken away. 😢Thank you for sharing your story.

Prayers for ya'll. Thank you for sharing your story Tiffany ❤️

What a sweet story and thanks for sharing. I hope many will be encouraged by you sharing this.

I'm so glad God has blessed you, Tiffany, with the family He placed you in and with the family you now have with Lawson. The Bates family seems to be so loving and you deserve that. God bless you.

Thanks so much for the prayer at the end!

Oh my goodness that is a beautiful story of Tiffany's life. Thank you for sharing it with us. God placed you in wonderful hands. Thank you Jesus!

You are a beautiful couple and I wish you all the happiness in the world. God bless you

I love that. And don't worry you have a mother here that loves you. Amen.

Loved hearing Tiffany’s story! I relate so much to what she said I was also adopted from China as a baby but it was the Hunan province! Love your all’s videos!

I enjoyed seeing this very open, honest side of Tiffany. Hearing her story was very interesting (and how her faith flowed so naturally as she shared). I’d like to hear more about how she was raised, too.

Precious video! Love you two and your willingness to share your life and your faith!

My husband and his three siblings are all adopted and my best friend adopted three boys and then had a miracle girl after 9 years of infertility and I have many other friends who have adopted. Because of my rare, progressive lung disease, and undiagnosed endometriosis, we were unable to have children ourselves, or adopt, but I am "Aunt Shel" to many kids in church and all my friends' kids and it's an incredible blessing from the Lord. Thank you for sharing your story! I'm definitely going to check out that documentary too!

I have to say this is a great Q&A, thank you for sharing such a wonderful story!

Thank you Tiffany for sharing your story. May God continue to bless you and Lawson as you share your lives and faith with us.

This is my favorite episode yet! Thank you for sharing!

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing Tiffany's story!

Thank you for sharing guys! That was very encouraging! And thank you for your prayer at the end. 😊❤

Thank y’all for sharing , love you both so much. You brighten so many people’s lives, and you do see the Love of Christ in you both. God Bless 💖🙌🏻🙌🏻

Thanks for sharing such a personal time in your life. I pray that this touches those who need to hear and see this. The prayer was so genuine and heart felt. You two will be amazing parents when the time comes. 🙏🏼💜

What a beautiful story of love! Thanks for sharing ❤

Thank you sweet Tiffany for sharing your adoption story 🥰🙏🏻 blessings 💗💗💗

Thank you for sharing your story and your faith. Love watching you and your whole family on RU-vid! May God continue to bless you!

Bless you both so much for praying openly like that.

You are a very special couple! Any children, babies will be so blessed to have you both as parents! 💕💕

Thank you for sharing,Tiffany. Such a beautiful story of God's grace. This is my favorite video, but maybe it's because I am in my 70's and I loved seeing the serious side of you both. I also loved that you gave a clear presentation of the Gospel. There are so many people that follow you that have never heard the wonderful good news. Blessings to you both.......

Beautiful story! Its amazing how God's plan is at work .Thank you for sharing your story God bless you ❤❤

Beautiful story, Tiffany! Thank you for sharing! ❤

One of the best stories you have posted...thanks for being God honouring in it

Loved all of this and so needed the prayer! Thank you!! ❤❤❤

Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing Tiffany. Your identity is in Christ and it has made you such a beautiful, strong young lady, which is great to see, and I love Lawson‘s heart for those in crisis. He’s been to so many countries and I love to hear those stories of people he’s helped through Medicorps. God bless you both

Lawson and Tiffany thank you so much for filming this video and answering questions, I know any children that Tiffany and Lawson adopt in the future will always be living their best life and make millions of magnificent memories

This was incredible. Thank you so much for sharing with us. You both are wonderful ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

❤God bless you guys! Beautiful video! Thank you for sharing!❤

Thank you guys for this sweet video and especially for the prayer you said! A great testimony for Christ that this hurting world needs. Thank you, and God bless ❤️

So precious! Thank you for sharing this ❤️

Thank you for sharing your beautiful story ❤ yall are amazing, blessings to you both 😊

This is my favorite video of yours! Loved it!❤

I appreciate your story. My husband adopted my first son. I was a single mom and met my wonderful husband in 1991 and my son, Nathan was 5 months old at the time. I'm so grateful.

Tiffany - YOU are such an amazing, encouraging, inspiring daughter of the One True King! YOU are so beautiful inside and out! Prayers and blessings for you and Lawson! Thank you for sharing❣🙏❤

I fostered as a ministry while still single into my 30s. I ended up adopting 2 of the many that I took in. By age 41, I had married and after burying our first baby who died at 1 day old, we started our foster journey together as a husband and wife and ended up taking on our now 15-year old, as a newborn and adopted her at 16 months. Hubby also adopted our older girls who were 11 and 14 by that time. Foster care adoption is much needed as there are so many kids in the system. I fostered as a ministry, not specifically to adopt, and ended up adopting 2 of our 3 adopted girls whom I got straight out of the hospital as newborns. There are plenty more out there. Foster care adoption is FREE (DSS covers the cost of the attorney), plus you receive a subsidy package which can include a monthly stipend plus Medicaid until the child is 18 or 21. It’s not glamorous. If I said it was, I’d be lying. You MUST have a good support system bc most adopted children have a lot of emotional and mental health issues due to prenatal and early childhood exposure to drugs, alcohol, domestic violence and abuse.

Thank you for sharing your story.

We adopted two children. One eleven years ago. Our son only three years ago. Biologically they are siblings. We received our son at three days old in the Nic u. He was addicted to fentenol heroin meth and crack. We spent 31 days in the Nic. He still doesn’t have a legal name yet. We would adopt again and again but the cost is very great. Blessings to you ❤

love the beautiful testimony intertwined in this q&a!!❤ praise the Lord!!