First, go to the library and read everything you can on adoption - international, domestic parental placement, waiting child/foster care are all options.
There is no one 'best way' to adopt, only a best way for you.
Next, ask yourselves these kinds of questions.
1. How important is it that your child share your ethnic heritage?
2. How important is it that your child be a newborn at time of placement?
3. How willing/able are you to travel with/without advance notice?
4. How much are you ready to spend in fees and expensese?
5. How prepared do you feel parenting a child who may have been exposed to abuse, neglect, institutionalization, known or unknown at time of placement?
6. How comfortable are you sharing your interests, values, lifestyle with others you don't know or don't know well?
HTH, best of luck. BTW $1,800 for a homestudy is reasonable.
Regina
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