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		<title>Michelle Cook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get to know Mrs. Cook&#8230;.
No longer a new member of the Compassionate Care Board, Michelle Cook joined the team in April of 2009. She resides in Princeton Indiana with her husband and son. Michelle is the Administrative Assistant at the First General Baptist Church in Princeton and a member of the Hillside United Methodist Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martha Kelle</title>
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Get to Know Mrs. Kelle&#8230;.
I am Martha Kelle. I am married to my pastor husband David. We have two grown children and four grandchildren. Together we serve a church in Evansville, Indiana. I teach women’s Bible studies and lead the women’s ministry. I have a background as a Licensed Practical Nurse. My husband and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/17/martha-kelle/</link>
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		<title>Teresa Hibbs</title>
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Get to know Mrs. Hibbs&#8230;.
Teresa Hibbs is married to Johnny Hibbs who has been a General Baptist Minister for 42 years. Johnny is the Pastor of  North Friendship General Baptist Church, in Lynnville, Indiana. Teresa loves being a Minister’s wife and teaching Sunday School. Johnny and Teresa  have three children and six grandchildren. Teresa is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/25/teresa-hibbs/</link>
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		<title>Russia</title>
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After the downfall of the Soviet Union, Russia opened its doors to international adoption. Since then, adoptions from Russia have been amongst the most popular of international placements. The reasons for this are primarily because the children are Caucasian, and many Americans can identify with a shared cultural heritage.
 
Children from Russia are not eligible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/28/russia-2/</link>
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		<title>Estonia</title>
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According to the Estonian Family Law only those children whose parents are deceased or whose parents have had their parental rights taken away may be adopted.
By law, Estonian families take precedence over foreigners when it comes to the adoption of Estonian children. According to the current law, healthy babies  should remain in Estonia.  Only in cases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/28/estonia-2/</link>
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		<title>Haiti</title>
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Haiti is a wonderful country to adopt from and is only a 1½ hour flight from Miami.You may also opt to have your child escorted to Miami or to your home. 

The beautiful children of Haiti are in need of loving homes!  Due to great political unrest and dire economic circumstances, many Haitian children have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/27/haiti-2/</link>
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		<title>China</title>
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As a result of China&#8217;s 1979 well publicized &#8220;one child policy&#8221;, there are many abandoned children available for adoption in China. The policy reinforced the practice of abandoning newborn girls.  In China, sons are favored because they carry on the family and they are responsible for taking care of their parents in their old age.

Adopting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/27/china-2/</link>
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		<title>Ukraine</title>
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Today, many parents are choosing to adopt internationally from Ukraine: Since 1999, over 4000 children from Ukraine have been adopted by Americans. There is only one legal adoption agency in Ukraine – the government-operated National Adoption Center in the capital city of Kiev. The Adoption Center is the only organization which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/19/ukraine-2/</link>
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		<title>Nicaragua</title>
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The Nicaragua Ministry of Family will go through a number of steps to ensure that the  adopted child has been abandoned and that no biological family members are willing to take in the child. Once the adoptive parents have been approved by the Ministry of the Family they are placed on a waiting list until a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/18/nicaragua/</link>
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		<title>Domestic (USA)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please contact our office for more information on adopting from the U.S.
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		<link>http://compassionatecareadopt.org/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/15/domestic-usa/</link>
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