Personally, I believe either one is a great choice, but I do believe it is a personal choice, as to which one is better for your family. The 2 processes are alike, yet they are quite different. We looked into both options, so we are familiar with domestic adoption as well. As for the process of a domestic adoption, there are quite a few different ways of going about it. With international adoption, you can either go private or through an agency, but it is definitely recommended to go through an agency, due to the complicated requirements of the US and the adoptive country. We, of course, are going through a great agency, which is imperative with international adoption, especially in Russia. There are many things that can go wrong, so you always want to have an experienced, reliable agency to take care of things.
Unfortunately, there can be some tension between those who choose to adopt internationally and those who adopt domestically. To me, we are on the same team, but we just go about it differently. Also, as I said earlier, each family has to make that decision for themselves since they are both so unique. I am definitely not opposed to adopting domestically, it just didn't happen to be the route we felt we wanted to go. I know some people might say that we should adopt from our own country, to take care of our own orphans first. However, God created all of us equally and the orphans in the US are just as deserving as the orphans abroad-- whether it is in Russia, Ethiopia, China, wherever. When we started this process, we were open to adopt from wherever God led us-- we looked into domestic, we almost went with Ethiopia, but ultimately God led us back to Russia. Keeping with America World's view on adoption, adoption by design, adoption is not Plan B for us. It is God's Plan A for our life. God has designed for our child to be born in Russia, and that is where we will go!
"This is the Great Adventure!"
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