Lifeline Children's Services

We used Lifeline to bring home 3 of our children from China. (2018, 2015 & 2012). Their China team was amazing and went above and beyond every step of the way. The education and preparation we received was great but it was the support we received after we came home that I'm most thankful for. Our social workers provided so much love and support and a listening ear during the really hard early days. We are so thankful for their help in completing our family!

My family has internationally adopted two children through Lifeline. Our children were from two different countries, and we worked with two different regional teams within the Lifeline organization. Both were fantastic, both in preparation, while in country, and years later once we’re home. Once the adoption is “complete,” your time with Lifeline is not over. This ministry and its team continues to support you for the long haul. Lifeline has been a major avenue of some of God’s greatest blessings in our life.

We have completed two international adoptions through Lifeline & could not be more pleased. They are concerned with your family’s adoption process progressing seamlessly, but perhaps even more so, they are concerned with ensuring that you are the right family for a particular child. They will ask you to do extra training, stretch your understanding of adoption and trauma, and reconsider your parenting style. And they will do this because they believe in adoptive families being the best they can be for children coming from hard places.

Our caseworker did not just help us fill out paperwork (although she did do that with excellence). She walked the entire journey of bringing both our boys home. She helped us navigate a pandemic & country changes, was always available for questions, zoomed when we were in country, and advocated well for us AND for our sons.

Lifeline’s post adoptive services have also been a tremendous benefit to our family. Every time we have needed a resource, counsel, or just to talk and think through a challenging situation, Lifeline has been there. They are truly the gold standard of adoption agencies.

I love Lifeline Children’s Services! We began our adoption journey in 2013, and brought our daughter home in 2017. We additionally have begun the process to adopt again, two different times in two different countries. We have had a LOT of interactions with team members in that time, and what I can say has marked them as “special” in my books is both their commitment to integrity and their sincerest desire to advocate for the well-being of children. Lifeline cares deeply about my family, but also maintains that their first priority is the vulnerable child without a home. I didn’t fully understand the importance of that prioritization before adopting; now, I can absolutely support that it should never be any other way. I am so grateful for their commitment to advocating for the family-less, and the love demonstrated to my family by walking us through such a difficult process.

Additionally, I once had an abrasive encounter with a staff member that became disruptive and unsettling. I then received an unsolicited phone call from a senior leadership member who had smelled a whiff of the situation and wanted to immediately nip it in the bud, by gently offering to step in. What I saw by Lifeline’s leadership in the way of demonstrable, respectful conflict resolution has forever affected me. No one is perfect, and everyone has poor moments - I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to see the heart behind Lifeline amidst strife. I respect them as an agency because I have witnessed them walking out what they profess, and I adore them as people because they have loved my family through the gift of adoption.

All the stars in the world for Lifeline!!!

Love what lifeline stands for and how they've helped our family through our international adoption process. Our social worker has cared for our family well. We've shared in the good and the difficult times together. They've been there to laugh with us, cry with us, and pray with us. We are so grateful for their hearts and mission!