Adoption and HIV

Please be praying for the adoption situation here in South Africa. As of right now, Americans cannot adopt children from South Africa. Most of the children here at Lighthouse are adopted to families in Scandinavia. They do very well there, but many more of them would be adopted if American citizens were allowed to adopt also (since the United States has such a large population and because adoption is so common among American families).

The sad truth is that in the history of the Lighthouse Children's Shelter, no family has ever gone through with the adoption of an HIV positive child. Janis and David, the directors, have had American families express interest in adopting these sick children, but they currently cannot.

I was under the impression that this was South Africa's government keeping Americans from adopting, but I learned the other day that it is actually the United States that is holding up the process.

Please be praying for a quick resolution to this unfortunate situation.

Please also pray for Kele (pronounced Kelly), age 2, who has been in and out of the hospital and is battling AIDS.