Why Haiti? Why not domestic?

This is the question I am asked the most, and it's one I had to answer for myself early in this process. Even a trouble-free international adoption is infinitely more expensive and time-consuming than a domestic adoption. Why not skip those hassles and open our home to a child from the US?
The short and honest answer is: Our hearts and our faith are leading us to Haiti. Everything else I write is an attempt to substantiate and rationalize these emotional, intangible factors. This is a far cry from the research and numbers-driven decision to open a restaurant, but it is a motive similar to what led Jennifer and I to get engaged at 19 and married at age 20. The greater success of our marriage relative to our business gives me comfort in making this decision :)
Our decision to adopt from Haiti is basically driven by the understanding that, if no one adopts a child from Haiti, they have no opportunity to better their lives. No education, no employment, no reliable food source, no clean water. Nothing. We have great compassion for US orphans (any orphan, for that matter), but our hearts are leading us to Haiti, and that's where we're going.

If you pray for our adoption, please pray specifically for:
1. Our children. The kids that God has for us are in Haiti! I would certainly pray for your children if they lived in Haiti! Please pray for mine :)
2. PreparIng for our trip to Haiti May 28 Jennifer and I are working diligently to complete the US int'l adoption process and to gather the supplies we will take to Haiti. Haiti will test our physical, emotional, and spiritual strength. Every personal account of Haiti has been foreboding: Don't go to Haiti unless God sends you there.
3. The big unknown is of course funding, but I know God would not lead us begin this process if he wasn't going to enable us to finish it.

Thanks for your prayers