God has uniquely paved the way for us to assist Panama in the restructuring of their adoption process and orphan care programs.  We have been able to form relationships with key government officials, orphanage directors, attorneys, and other people called by God who all share the same passion for helping the abandoned children of Panama.  Our goal is to provide resources to increase efficiency in all areas of adoption and orphan care.  The Panamanian government is eager to utilize Misty’s experience and knowledge in the United States as an attorney working in international adoption law as well as her experience with cases of abused and neglected children.  We have closed Misty’s family law practice and Matt’s real estate development company so that we can be obedient to God’s calling and dedicate our lives to helping the children of Panama.

We are working towards the following goals: provide consulting services to the government pertaining to Hague complaince, provide additional ground work and transportation to help social workers and psychologists work through the backlog of cases; organize programs to train the social workers and psychologists in the Central Authority; obtain permanency for children with special needs; network orphanage directors together for the purpose of pooling resources, learning from each other, and creating greater efficiencies for orphan care; and raise support from local distributors so as to meet the food and physical needs of the orphans.  Also, we will raise awareness in the Body of Christ of Panama for the purpose of organizing a combined effort to effectively care for their country's orphans.  We have met with several orphanage directors, and we look forward to working with them all as we organize the efforts to meet these children’s physical and spiritual needs.