While we have seen the Haitian government release some of the missionary workers from jail yesterday...they were charged with trying to take some of the Haitian children out of the country and bring them back to the US to either adopt them for themselves or have them adopted by other American families.
While the cause and thought was very noble, I have to pose this question for the week....why is it that we (Americans...and church folk at that) are quick to run to other countries and bring their children back and attempt to provide them with a better life, and neglect the facts that there are inner city children who have suffered quakes in their lives and no one is ready to take them from the inner city to the suburbs to raise them and give them a better life? I mean doesn't the Bible tell us that charity (LOVE) begins at home and then spreads abroad!
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS?
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In my opinion there's some sense of glamor in going to another country and adopting a child, especially a child from Haiti at this time. Some of these people who turn away from the children on the streets in the US but are now gravitating to the children in Haiti, again in my opinion, are doing so out of a personal need to be noticed and applauded by the world.
Adopting the child from foster care in Detroit is not going to be national news or even make a ripple. Let's be real, adopting a child from Haiti 6 months ago would not have been a big deal either. However, adopting a child from Haiti now that all eyes are on that country, and there's this outpouring of concern for the orphans has that certain lights, camera, action appeal that some people are drawn to. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all people looking to adopt a Haitian child is looking for their 5 mins of fame, but a lot of them are.
Yes charity does begin at home, but who sees it? Many people today are doing everything and anything they can possibly think of just to be seen and noticed. In this instance I do not think the end will justify the means. I'm actully concerned about those children who are adopted by someone who is merely looking for a paycheck or another means to get a tax break. What happens to the child when he/she has served his/her purpose for that person? What happens to that child when the lights go out & the cameras stop rolling?
I also think some people believe it is easier to deal with a child who has been through a natural disaster rather than a man made one. No one is to blame for the earthquake, but the child who has been abused or neglected depending on the age will always be able to put a face to that abuse. You can move a child to a city that historically has never had an earthquake and pretty much assure him/her that what they've recently been through would not happen again. How do you provide that assurance to the child who has been abused? So from that perspective I think some people looking to adopt the Haitian children consider the earthquake the lesser of the two evils.
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