This is the story of Daniel Paul Burgeson, the first of our three adopted Korean children.

Following Anna's birth in 1969, the physicians suggested that Carol ought not have any more children, for reasons of health. We had always thought, however, about having a large family. At College Church in Wheaton, where we had worshipped in the years 1966-68, there was a family who had adopted two Korean children, and we had known them well. So it was that, in the fall of 1971, we began inquiries about doing the same thing. Our contact point was the Holt Adoption Program headquartered in Eugene, Oregon.

The bureaucratic nonsense we had to go through was enormous. I made a notebook of it, which Daniel owns today. The wheels ground exceedingly slowly, but in August of 1972 we received notification of our future son, and even a picture. Surely, we thought, it would be very soon....