Russian Adoptions Continue Despite Confusion
"There was confusing news out of Russia today over US adoptions of Russian children. A foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow told reporters that adoptions were on hold. Later, the State Department and the Russian ministry that oversees adoptions said that was not the case. These developments come after a Tennessee woman sent her adopted seven-year-old son on a one-way flight back to Moscow by himself."
Thus begins an NPR interview with Children's Hope International's Cory Barron. Yesterday our outreach and development director discussed the confusion and how news like this affects adopting families.
Listen to the full interview or read the transcript, here.

A Children's Hope adopting mom, Debbie Monterrey, is a KMOX radio morning show co-host in St. Louis, MO. She and her family are in Ethiopia this week picking up their new son. While abroad, she will be calling in to her show to share her daily travelogue. Debbie shared her first broadcast of 
