Why Adoption?

Tyler and Sarah Wolters have chosen to pursue adoption at this time because they desire to grow their family.  He would like to give a child a loving home that may otherwise not have.  She feels there are too many children without loving homes and believes she is capable of loving a child not biologically hers.  Tyler’s interest in adoption began as a youth watching his babysitter’s adopted son grow up in a loving home.  Sarah started considering adoption in her late teens as a possibility of something she would be interested in later in her life.  Tyler thinks he and Sarah would be great adoptive parents because they both have the ability to love someone as their own and they both have a passion for adoption.  Sarah thinks she and Tyler would be great adoptive parents because they can provide a loving home and are willing to learn about their child and culture.  Her experience with youth as a teacher and mentor and through her nonprofit camp have helped prepare her to have a child from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of needs in their home.  Sarah respects her husband’s openness to conversation from the beginning of the adoption process, and his ability to love any child.  Tyler does not have any personal experience with adoption prior to this process.  Sarah has worked with foster and adopted youth as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, and board member for Cabins4Kids.  She has always been interested in adoption, so she has done research throughout her adult life.