I wrote this post several days before we brought home my younger sister from China…

“Why is adoption so expensive? I feel like we’re BUYING children!” I said a while back when we were talking about adoption.

“We’re not buying them,” my brother, ​Spencer​,​ said, “We’re ransoming them.”

“Adoption is redemption. It is costly, exhausting, expensive and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed him.” –Derek Loux

I know adoption is expensive, I know it’s exhausting. I know it’s costly: it is wearing on us–emotionally, financially, physically.

But it’s worth it! SO worth it.

Michael ​(my younger adopted brother) ​has been worth it. Worth every penny–worth WAY more than that! And I know Lucy will be too. She already has!

“Adoption is the gospel in my living room.” -Katie Davis

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My name is Hanna Rothfuss.  I am 14 and in eighth grade.  I have lived in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska for my whole life.  My interests are reading and writing, mainly about fantasy and orphan care–often adoption.  I have four siblings, two of which are adopted.  I’m a homeschooler and a child of God.  I pray that all my writing is encouraging, empowering, and brings glory to Him.

You can read more of Hanna’s writing on her blog: Taking My Time.