Our Celebration of Adoption banquet was a success this year. It was held on October 20th, a perfect Tuesday evening. Michael Reagan served as our speaker at the banquet. He shared his personal story of his adoption by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman and shared a bit of his own life’s journey since that time. There was a full house to hear Reagan speak and to support and celebrate the gift of adoption. Adoptive families dotted the crowd, each with a story of how adoption had blessed their lives and the lives of their children, each a testimony to the goodness of adoption. Musical entertainment for the evening was provided on the piano by a young man, who was himself adopted as an infant, and by two violin-playing sisters who were adopted from China. T.K. Moffett, attorney, was honored during the banquet for his selfless work on behalf of children and families touched by adoption. Overall, the evening was a successful reminder of how adoption is an offer of hope to birth mothers, children, and families, and how it is such a beautiful blessing to those whose lives God touches through it. Thanks and praise be to Him who adopted us as His own, and Who has further allowed countless numbers of people to be blessed through the miracle of adoption in their families!
If Jesus, the Christ, died on Calvary for “the sins of the whole world,” as the Bible tells us. And, if that amazing death and it’s life-giving awe applies to every man that will ever be born. And, if He knows all about each and every one of us before we are born (Psalms 139).
Then…He died for the unborn child.
Now…if the even unborn child is worthy of the death of the Jesus…do you suppose that life just might be priceless…and worthy of life?
Things are busy, busy around the office of New Beginnings. Between a number of adoptions in August and September, several speaking engagements and conferences, preparation for Celebration of Adoption, meetings, and more meetings, our staff has been fluttering with activity. But activity is a good thing if its for a purpose and leads to good results. Activity doesn’t have to be just busyness, and busyness doesn’t have to be productive. A person can be thoroughly busy and still be not positively progressing forward. So it’s important that we constantly remind ourselves of the vision put before us and of why we do what we do. We’re here to help others…to reach out and love, to be a vessel of God’s love and light to the world. May our activity always result in blessings for others and glory to God.
We are still in St. Louis at the UPCI General Conference. We were very proud of one of our birthmothers the other day when she addressed 48 National Youth Leaders of the United Pentecostal Church. She told them of the need for making other girls aware of New Beginnings and how our presence and information at conferences had saved her child’s life and given her a fresh start.
In other news the response our appeal for sponsors of the Children in the New Beginnings of Nepal Orphan Home has been great. We are excited that after two days we are halfway to goal of 48 sponsors. We hope that you will consider helping us provide for God’s children on the other side of the world.
Have a great day! Remember to pray for mothers and children across the country and us here NBI.
Mississippi is the host to a wonderful program…Choose Life Car Tags.
When you purchase your next license plate please remember that Choose Life License Plates support crisis pregnancy centers and adoption programs like New Beginnings in your state.
Choose life also provides training to these centers as well as free resources like literature and grants for the needs of the centers.
A lot of the office staff (Tom, Debbie, Brenda, Marcus, and Stanton) are in St. Louis MO this week for the UPCI General Conference. We have a booth in the Exhibit Area. Come by and see us if you have any questions about New Beginnings or just want chat!
Wow! What whirlwind this week has been @ New Beginnings. We are getting ready to travel to St. Louis, MO for the United Pentecostal Church’s Annual General Conference. We will have our Nepal Director, Bobby Adhikari with us to meet new families and officials. We are so excited about the new children coming in from Nepal!
In a few weeks our Annual Celebration of Adoption is taking place in Tupelo, MS and we are set to have record attendance and record fundraising.
I am also excited to be able to announce that New Beginnings is about to be accredited fully by the Hague International Courts. This is HUGE! It means NBI has achieved the highest level of accreditation that an agency can have. Much Thanks to Marcus Davenport and Exec. Dir. Tom Velie for putting in the time.
All of these things would be meaningless if it weren’t for the mission: Placing Children in Forever Families and Helping Women in Crisis Pregnancies.
So far we have had a year that has seen 10 families open their homes to children from the other side of the world…across the country or two counties away…. we have seen birthmothers open their hearts and make a plan for their child’s life by giving him or her a loving home with two parents.
A lot of stuff going on…but the mission always comes first!
KATHMANDU, Sept 9 - After a gap of one and half years three Nepali children are all set to land in the U.S with their new adoptive parents. This was made possible for three orphaned girls —Anita Himali, Anisha Sai and Santi Sai — after the government approved their documents related to inter-country adoption.
The adoptive mothers are Bonnie Lee Donohue of Wisconsin, Michelle Kyla Blanchard-Roma of Louisiana and Dr. Teryl Rae Elam of Alaska.
Donohue, who is a general manager in the food service sector, has been matched with three-year-old Himali, Blanchard-Roma, who is a reputed Louisiana-based attorney, has been matched with two-year-old Anisha, and reputed Alaska-based physician, Elam has been matched with nearly one-year-old Santi.
The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) has informed the Nepali representatives of the US adoption agency about the decision, calling the adopting mothers to take their daughters as per their convenience, according to officials at MWCSW.
This will be the first batch of Nepali children to go abroad with their new parents after seven months of adoption process.
On September 25, Bobby Adhikari will be coming to New Beginnings for a month long visit!! We’ve all been excitedly anticipating Bobby’s visit for quite some time now. As mentioned in our last newsletter, Bobby is our in-country adoption coordinator for our Nepal program. He will be the person who walks our families through the adoption process when they travel to Nepal to adopt their children. Through the past couple of years, Bobby has become a friend and a huge help to our staff here. Our Executive and International Directors keep in regular contact with him through email, and a few of our staff have had the pleasure of meeting Bobby face to face and spending a few days with him in Nepal. He’s been our lifeline in Nepal, helping to make possible much of the work that we’ve done there so far.
While in the United States, we’ll be keeping Bobby very busy! He’ll be traveling to several churches and other engagements to speak and share with others firsthand about the work going on in Nepal and how God is moving there. Bobby will also be able to attend our 7th Annual Celebration of Adoption banquet this year, with Michael Reagan as the speaker. The primary goal of Bobby’s visit will be to raise money to help support the New Beginnings of Nepal Orphanage. Bobby is the director of the orphanage. He has a huge heart for children and a deep love for God, and by combining these two things, he will make an excellent director.
If you are interested in becoming a New Beginnings monthly sponsor, you can specify that your support be put toward our Nepal Orphan Fund. Please contact us if interested at (662) 842-6752 or help@newbeginningsadoptions.org. Any help to benefit these children does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated!! You may also check out the website that Bobby has started for the orphanage: http://www.newbeginningschildhome.com/.
Over the weekend a new baby was born and placed in a forever family at New Beginnings. This precious boy, Edward, will know the embrace and love of a mother and father through the miracle of his birthmother placing him with a forever family.
Yesterday a new baby was brought to New Beginnings.She weighed all of 4.5 pounds and had the most beautiful smile.Renae, the social worker assigned to her, had to visit with another birthmother at the hospital for a bit, so I wound up playing babysitter in my office for what seemed a short time.I will go ahead and tell you that I got absolutely no work done while she was in here.It’s impossible to ignore a baby. She just kept drawing my attention to her even though she was quiet and sleeping.Something about her just made me joyful.I thought about the new family waiting for her in a few hours.I thought about all the things she was going to do in life and the places she would go.I thought about how her life had been completely changed for the better because of her mother’s decision.
Thank you so much for caring and providing a new beginning and a happier story for babies