tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811799574074017325.post1335183656634787165..comments2014-10-05T16:21:59.788-07:00Comments on We Were Orphans - An Adoption Story: A Word About Fundraisingproverbs423http://www.blogger.com/profile/06748034280113519802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811799574074017325.post-85194564348622714062014-04-08T14:59:22.834-07:002014-04-08T14:59:22.834-07:00I can't say anything that Firefiterp didn'...I can't say anything that Firefiterp didn't- but I agree with them one hundred percent. So don't give. Don't help. Just sit around and keep raking in all that bad karma.Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728710417248360197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811799574074017325.post-72078815087056452842014-04-08T14:37:29.835-07:002014-04-08T14:37:29.835-07:00Katee
First off, let me start out by saying, don&...Katee<br /><br />First off, let me start out by saying, don't judge people you don't know. Secondly, don't make sweeping statements that you have no factual basis for making. Mike and Erin are loving, caring people, who are not trafficking children, they are trying to follow ALL proper procedures set out by the Congolese government to adopt two children and give them the opportunity at a life they otherwise would not have. Not only because they will have those extra opportunities but also because most Congolese children don't live that long because of poor conditions.<br /><br />You say that they are begging for money without spending any of their own "hard earned" money. Simply not true. I know for a fact that they have invested a significant amount of their own hard earned money for this adoptions and in order to follow through they are now forced to pay for care for their children until the proper paperwork is filled out. While there may be corruption in the Congolese government, you only have to look as far as our own government with it's own scandals about corruption. This is not the fault of Mike and Erin, but a fact of life that has to be dealt with in order to save these children. <br /><br />In closing, if you do not want to give, fine, don't. That is your choice as a free US citizen. However, don't let YOUR bias, YOUR misinformation and YOUR own inadequacies attempt to taint something that is being done out of love of life and children by two very special people.Firefiterphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650588493122940102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811799574074017325.post-59803754183418913932014-04-08T13:42:38.800-07:002014-04-08T13:42:38.800-07:00You totally lied when you said that you could affo...You totally lied when you said that you could afford to raise a kid, just not all the bucks necessary to adopt one!<br /><br />Do you care that there's massive fraud/corruption that YOU ARE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR with your $35k+ to acquire a Congolese kid?<br /><br />Do you care that it is SO MUCH MONEY by local standards, that Congolese kids who HAVE FAMILIES that love and want to raise them get trafficked into international adoption for PROFIT???<br /><br />Why on earth do you think it is acceptable to BEG FOR CASH on the INTERNET form STRANGERS in order pay "foster care" fees for a kid in one of the POOREST countries in the world, with an average per capita income of US$368/year?? And you're paying, what.. US$500-600 per month??<br /><br />You clearly don't seem to get that:<br />- buying humans is wrong. WRONG.<br />- kids are trafficked into adoption beacuse you're paying $35k to buy a Congolese kid<br />- DRC is a sovereign nation, even adopted on paper by US parents Congolese kids are Congolese citizens only who do NOT become US citizens til they step onto US soil<br />- DRC, again, as a sovereign nation is not required nor can it be compelled to issue DGM exit permits to its own citizens. Congolse ONLY citizens, like the adopted on paper by US citizens kids!<br />- Americans aren't entitled to adopt Congolsese kids -- it's a privlege that the DRC govt can revoke at any time for any reason (or even no reason at all!)<br />- The US government CANNOT make DRC issue exit permits to non-US citizens (or, frankly, any citizens at all!).<br /><br />Last but not least, there are folks who adopted Congolese kids WITHOUT the mandatory DGM exit permit - yes, they brag about smuggling their DRC kid to the US without the REQUIRED PAPERWORK. They literally bought, and bragged about bying a traffickdd Congolse child because they are HORRIBLE PEOPLE!!<br /><br />http;//kitumaini.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-three-most-important-documents-in.html<br /><br />Please please please do not be as awful as they are. Let due process take it's course and ONLY adopt the girl you've been referred if she is TRULY an orphan. Oh, and don't adopt her at all if you cannot pay 100% of all adoption costs. That just says you kind of sort of maybe wanna buy her with other people's money, but it isn't actually worth spending YOUR hard-earned cash on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com