In March 2011 a Nightlight couple was matched with a beautiful baby named Vivian. She was living at our Tender Hearts orphanage in Uganda. Soon afterwards, we got a report that Vivian had contracted meningitis and was very ill. She was taken to the hospital, but sadly she passed away. An organization was formed by […]

Chapel's Adoption Story | the feature from stillmotion on Vimeo.

  The following is part 1 of an ongoing series of posts that will be featured on the Nightlight Blog. Stay tuned for future  posts!  For those of you who do not know who I am or where my story starts, lets start from the very beginning. My American name is Julia Sasha. My Russian […]

A common complaint of international adoption critics is that most of the world's orphans are older children, whereas most families pursuing international adoption desire -- and ultimately adopt -- an infant or young toddler. Therefore, the reasoning goes, . . . 1. International adoption fails to address the real orphan crisis, because the most needy […]

The following was written by a mother who made the choice to donate her embryos to to the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program.  I could use many words to describe life. “Fair” isn’t one of them. I have always dreamed of becoming a mother. Every job I’ve had centered around children and education. I married my […]

The following was written by Heather Hanna, a Nightlight adoptive mother. We are a full time ministry family blessed with six children (three teens born to us and three younger children born in our hearts from South Korea). The beautiful picture in Scripture of God adopting us into His family has been made more precious […]

Hello, Thank you so much for reading our profile and for your consideration. Adopting your child would be such a gift that we would be honored to care for and love. We have always wanted children but infertility has prevented us from having biological children. We are excited that adoption will give us the opportunity […]

Yesterday, Nightlight launched it's first ever, 1-week eBay-a-thon.  All proceeds will go to support our summer tour, featuring 9 children visiting from Kyrgyzstan and currently preforming in Colorado. To participate, simply visit our eBay page and list something for sale. All proceeds are automatically given to Nightlight, if you click the box "donate my profit to charity" […]

The following testimony is written by a Snowflakes family. Why wasn’t one child enough for me? Our son Thomas was healthy, smart and full of fun. The process to adopt him and bring him to our home in North Carolina had been grueling. Now Vietnam was closed for adoptions. Why wasn’t one child enough? And […]

The following is a testimony from an adoptive family and their daughter Bella. Bella is 4 years old and has been home with her family since April 2012. We had no idea what Thalassemia was when we first received the call from Nightlight Christian Adoptions asking if we would consider adopting Long Luoyue. After talking […]