Sunday, May 24, 2009

This American Life: Where’s King Solomon When You Need Him?

I was listening to this today on my way to and back from church on my iPod. It was heartbreaking.

I think that this will extra meaning to those who have an LDS (Mormon) background.

Reporter Ted Gesing interviews Mike Nyberg about adopting a little girl from Samoa, only to learn over time that her Samoan family had no intention of giving her up for adoption. The US adoption agency had told the Nybergs that their adoption would be closed, and that their little girl Elleia had been living in a foster home waiting for adoptive parents; but in Samoa, Elleia’s parents were told that their daughter could come to the US and receive a better education, and that the adoptive family would send money and regular updates on their daughter’s progress. The whole situation leaves the Nybergs trying to find their way through sticky moral territory. (31 minutes)

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