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17-month long international adoption journey, well worth the wait! South Korean international travel during the pandemic. A journey to our Benjamin.

[@nehabharadwaj2549]

Congratulations!! What a sweet video! So grateful to have been able to watch your amazing journey-wishing you all the very best💛

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you so much for being here!

[@Username-1u]

when he puts his father's hand on his head again🥺🥲... my eyes watery what a beautiful moment, I wish good life for your family ✨

[@latinasawntop]

I got a bit teary eyed there too.. so cute :(

[@chelsiecasch2039]

So glad we could capture that moment. Thank you!

[@linseybrownlie3680]

Me too!!! ❤ the sweetest thing ever.

[@nabi_era]

Hello, I am an adoptee from Korea. I love my adopted parents so much and would never consider them as anything but my parents. However, they failed to give me any connection to my heritage growing up, and I felt so lost for the entirety of my childhood and teenage years. I am just now coming to terms with my sense of self and roots at age 26, but I know of other adoptees who never found that even up into their 40s. Thank you for giving a fresh new life filled with opportunities to a child that needs it, and I hope you will continue to let their Korean identity remain a part of them.

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you for sharing and for watching! We will make sure to keep Korean culture, holidays, and food a big part of our korean-american family❤️

[@lisagibson181]

My husband and I just had a conversation around this. Unless we could make regular/annual visits back to the child’s birthright home, we would never consider it.

[@lovelyislegalxx]

Fellow Korean Adoptee here, and what Nabi said is exactly how I feel too. I love my adopted family and don’t think of them as any less than that. However, my parents took the view of “I don’t see you as Asian, I just see you as my child,”which is sweet and all but it’s ignoring the fact that the world saw me as Asian and how that shaped my experience/view of the world and myself. Nevertheless, I’m glad to see you went and visited to pick up your precious child! Good luck and wish for a happy, healthy child!

[@annied6079]

how about your real parents show you Korea ? Opss they are unknown

[@latinasawntop]

I’m Mexican, adopted by a Chinese American family, and I relate. They just brought me up on Chinese culture, which is beautiful of course, but I had no connection to my Mexican culture either. I’m only 15, but I am able to teach myself about it, but I still sometimes feel so lost about who I am, where I’m really from, etc.. and basically lost my whole identity. It sucks because I hear about it happening so often with international adoptions. My sister (non biological) who is 25, adopted a toddler from Mexico a few months ago, and thankfully she’s already gotten her Spanish lessons. I would’ve done anything to have that growing up. I still have plenty of time, tho. I’m sorry you went through the same thing.

[@loriadams7724]

Ben’s foster Mom is such a treasure, the way she hugged both Mom and Ben. Ben was very much loved while he waited for his forever Mom and Dad!! Congratulations 🙏🏻✝️❤️💜

[@sophiakim5565]

Adopting a child is more than just giving them love and stability -- it is understanding that adoption starts with trauma and being torn away from native country, culture and bio family. Practically every adopters child will grow up with abandonment issues, wanting to racially fit in, desire to search for birth family, insecurity of looking different from their adoptive parents. They will need to be around fellow Koreans, be exposed to their native food, culture. They will always feel the pressure to "show appreciation" to their parents. The adoptive parents will have to try to understand racism and help the child when he confronts it. I hope you are well-prepared and educated for the journey ahead of you because you can give your child all the love you have, but they will need more. Thank you. Good luck.

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Completely agree. We have done lots and lots of education and will continue to do so. Adoption is very complex. Thank you for watching!

[@light5903]

@@rebeccale4380 you guys must be a really beautiful family , I wish you the best ❤

[@hannguyen6095]

it costed a lot of money for adoption. It's not free.

[@mariateresastella2019]

Sono d' accordo, per questo sarebbe meglio fare adottare i bambini da neonati

[@melgutierrez]

So precious 🥺 hope transition has been going well!! x

[@fryfry22]

Being a Korean adoptee myself, you have no idea how much it warms my heart to see a child going to a loving family. The process of adoption is so hard and there is so much gratitude that I have for parents willing to go through that for their child.

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you so much for your kind words! We feel extremely lucky to be in his life!

[@droidzkid5599]

Oh My Lord....when Benjamin put his Dad's hand back on his head....I just melted. Best wishes to all.

[@pn5147]

My daughter lives in South Korea Stan there for 6 years I've been over there and it is a beautiful country and what you two are doing it's the most wonderful thing that could happen to that child may God bless you

[@Thunderpaws111]

Honestly, one of the nicest ‘gotcha’ videos I have seen. I loved how your daughter took to him and played straight away. You are clearly fantastic parents. The scene when you had said goodbye to his carers was heartbreaking. But when he took your hand and placed it back on his head, that was beautiful. He has got a truly wonderful family and I am sure he will grow to be a delightful young man, and be another blessing to your family.

[@shaylablueangel]

Man, all these onions being cut, has me balling my eyes out! So happy for you all and that little bundle of joy. So thankful that the lady and man that took care of him, loved him so much. God bless you and your entire family.

[@Suebearish]

Hopefully they will be able to send his caregivers pictures of him over the years

[@ldv02]

Beautiful! Congrats! Adoption is a beautiful and amazing gift! Having gone through it twice, it’s really hard for the women who take care of them! My youngest was taken care of by a great lady and I’m so sad I couldn’t meet her, I did write a letter thanking her and assuring her he was loved and taken care of. I was told the morning we got him she was crying. Adoption has so many emotions but is so beautiful!

[@chelsiecasch2039]

They are truly angels on earth. I hope to see his foster family again some day. Thank you for your sweet words!

[@elliesouza717]

One of our daughters was adopted from China. Watching these videos brings back so many memories. Although it was hard for her at first, she blossomed with love and attention. Now she's a healthy, happy grad student. I hope you and your family have a wonderful life together

[@joycewala512]

I I am the grandparent of two Korean grandchildren who were adopted at Eastern. I was blessed to be able to travel to get both of them. They are both my heart and I will always love Korea too. We are all so blessed to have them in our family.

[@deborahsuhr6746]

Such a beautiful video...congratulations on your new addition! We’ve been blessed with four children from Korea, ages 17-24. Adoption is truly a miracle.

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you so much! Truly a life changing experience.

[@annesellors2453]

Please dont let him lose his korean culture , bless him ,

[@peterruggiero4862]

@Happy Flowers she is absolutely right! Go somewhere with your arrogance!

[@shannonm.4087]

God bless the woman that gave this child life.

[@yoshr4498]

Omggg another channel that I will subscribe when it comes to adoption 🥺 My heart really melt whenever I see a family creating a channel and sharing about adoption which I can see myself few years from now. I want to adopt too and be the same as your and it will takes a lot of patience for me but I know hopefully one day I'll feel the same feeling you were experiencing right now. To adopt is to give a new hope and family to the people who were left behind. I love you guys. I'll keep on cheering you guys ❤❤❤.

[@Cheri508]

Congratulations! Its a wonderful video and your children are beautiful. I hope he is adjusting well. Keep us updated.

[@edenthoughts]

oh my god! i cried so much at the end of the video, what a precious baby! hopefully you guys are well and adapting good too. God bless you.

[@alexandabbyskon1923]

Friends, adoption will break you. But ,it will heal you. It will crack your heart wide open. It will stitch you back together. There will be deep loss. There will be unimaginable joy. You will not be the same. Thank you for these beautiful word's and sharing your adoption journey. What a beautiful blessed moment. My Korean name is Seaun Young Lee and my adopted name is Cyntheinna Elizabeth Lee. I was adopted from South Korea in January 16th 1998. To a wonderful Christian family. Now I'm married with babies of my own. I'm thankful for you and your husband for adopting beautiful Benjamin what a beautiful little boy.. Congratulations and enjoy every moment and treasure every memories.. God bless you and your family 👪👪👪👪👪👪👪

[@alanaalbarado2357]

This was beautiful! What an awesome video ready when Ben is ready, to watch all the wonderful moments you captured! May God shine HIS face onto you and be gracious to you☺️

[@natacha2372]

Aw. I cried so hard when he was leaving with yous and the big hug she gave both of you. You can see the anguish on her face. I hope in some way yous can stay connected to her growing up. What a true angel, it takes a very strong woman to do what she does. Congratulations to you and your family on your precious son! 💙 I have a son he's 14 months old right now. I hope to one day be able to adopt. I love seeing videos like this. Thank you for sharing.

[@ryanm7249]

Congratulations on your adoption. I pray for all the best for Benjamin and your entire family.

[@thifalrn]

i'm crying, this is too beautiful, send my love to Ben and his cutie big sister!

[@CookieNYNC]

Congratulations. I cried with you when he had to say goodbye to the family that took care of him. This was sad and happy at same time. Many Blessings!

[@FutureSwissStar]

My mother is also adopted from South Korea, so I be now very happy to see how a adoption from South Korea is working. Thank you 😊 Will be happy when you make a update video

[@Riley01181]

that's where I'm goanna live, and I will not let anyone stop that dream of mine I'm goanna live there with my kids watching the beauties of korea

[@poppytzu5014]

God Bless your family !! Praying for your precious boy to adjust quickly to your loving family. I wish you joy always.

[@__-lm7gf]

Congratulations!! My tears were flowing when you got in the car with ben, What a sad but also beautiful moment. I am new to your channel, This was a very touching video. I wish you all the best

[@LiaHanson]

As a fellow adoptee, I believe home is where the heart is. You seem like amazing, loving, and caring parents. Perhaps Benjamin will be curious one day, as I was at 20. My mother embraced this and arranged for us to go back to Korea and meet my birth family. I have met other adoptees who don’t want to go back, and never felt a desire. Keep providing your love and support and all will be fine. Love begets love. Xo

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you so much for sharing! We are actually planning a trip back for 2023 and will continue to travel back as often as possible (if he wishes). As you know, adoption is complex and his feelings and wishes come first.

[@thehanleyadventures611]

Congratulations on the adoption, wow you guys have guts doing this during a pandemic, but i give you alot of respect im so proud of you guys. Hope it was an easy trip with little one back home to your country.

[@TheYaya1971]

Congratulations!! What a lovely journey, blessed your families, greetings from The Netherlands

[@user-fg3wj8me6e]

You can tell the love the foster mom had for him and how happy yet sad she was to hand him over.

[@ashleyjorgenson9495]

This was such an amazing journey! Thank you so much for sharing and spreading God’s love!

[@CookieNYNC]

Congratulatons. I'm all teary eyed here at the end of your video when you were saying goodbye. I hope all has been going well! 😊

[@ridwanhidayat3560]

You guys are amazing, God bless your family and other families who have very big and warm hearts to accept unlucky children and give them something called Family

What a heart-warming video, I hope you all have a long, happy life!

[@2d2_2en]

Congratulations on your adoption. I'm Korean and I have experience in foster care. The video is very inspiring. Hope you have a happy family!

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you so much!

[@mortalclown3812]

Gracious. When his little hand moved your hand to his face, I knew it would be ok. Wishing your family every blessings - with thanks to his foster family, top. Thank you fix sharing your journey with us. ♡♡♡

[@peachmelba9333]

It's almost like Ben was saying " Daddy I adopted You Too" May you all have only blessings in the future!

[@ruthglick-lynch4395]

I’m going to be real…as an adoptee it was so hard to watch a child being taken away from everything they know, the safety of the person who took care of them first. Adoption is traumatic. Its not always this beautiful story, it’s messy and the children who are adopted often will have to work through those messy hard experiences and feelings and all that I hope is that whoever does adopt makes sure to put in the extra work and love and make sure to let their child know where they came from, their history, and their culture. To be okay with them exploring it to.

[@elliesouza717]

And yet other adoptees feel very differently

[@mariaraboso314]

Amazing story!! Since I was little kid I knew that I wanted to adopt my kids, because my best friend was adopted, and I couldn't imagine what would it happened if his parents didn't adopt him, plus It is amazing to give a second opportunity to other kids

[@bonniem1865]

I’m literally ugly crying rn😭😭😭 this was an adorable video. Wishing you all the best.

[@pearlvang5689]

Never in my life I would see such an emotional moment of this congrats on your adoption 🥺😭❤️

[@unknown-ym6wr]

It's so emotional. He is so blessed to have an amazing family👪. He must be so proud. Stay blessed 🥰🥰

[@ceciliapolanco8435]

Aww! So Sweet, Wonderful moments with His new Family.

[@madre6322]

When Ben picked up your hand to put it back on his head, my tears fell. Everything will be all right.

[@kuexiong4961]

Congrats...handsome little guy, hes with his forever family!!!! we just adopted our daughter too from korea..we arrived home right before the new year...

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Congrats to your family as well! What a wild ride.

[@karizzamarcos2432]

What a heart-warming video, I hope you all have a long, happy life!😍😍😍😍

[@shalimarsolatre9261]

I was crying all throughout. Thank God for your good heart.

[@djjajfksoq5797]

This is so beautiful, welcome to your forever home Ben!

[@DBWorld_YouTube]

Great video! We just adopted and brought our son home last month and vlogged the experience as well. These videos, I feel, help not only capture memories but also help others pursue adoption as well. I hope all is going well. :)

[@miso9307]

저는 영어를 잘하지 못해요. 한국 사람으로써 당신의 용기와 사랑에 감사를 보냅니다♥♥

[@kathytan2736]

BEAUTIFUL, GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY, HOPE TO SEE MORE VIDEOS OF YOUR FAMILY!

[@tesorredondo1]

A triumph of Faith, love of family and hope, of which you are the protagonists. May God our Lord bless you! Greetings from Spain.

[@sakae0322]

I hope they are a very happy family forever and that this beautiful little angel can grow up happy and healthy next to his wonderful parents💜

[@mariapaz5029]

estoy llorando, me da tanta felicidad que personas como ustedes puedan darle familia. Amo eso, Dios los bendiga y felicidades

[@mariad.6570]

Congratulations! What a beautiful story of love!I cried 😰for his caretaker Im sure she was heartbroken but knew her little boy would be in the best family.God bless you!❤️

[@sfcpaulfowle1906]

i was also adopted from a korean orphanage under Holt Adoption. i was adopted when i was around 8 years of age. I grew up in Il San Korea.

[@junglebloom6840]

What a beautiful and emotional story ❤thank you for sharing!

[@honeybunch6473]

When he puts his daddy's hand back on his head 😍 and his carer's broken heart 💔 what a difficult but rewarding privilege.

[@nallietarife8724]

Broke my heart to see this video congrats.

[@abigaleeng6648]

Congratulations on your adoption! A very touching video😭

[@helensalas8341]

Wow!!! We flew to our adoption destination just a couple of days before you guys! How crazy has adoption in a pandemic been!!! Congrats!

[@helensalas8341]

On that note we are still here too!!!

[@chelsiecasch2039]

It was a crazy experience from start to finish! Seoul was absolutely amazing and we can’t wait to go back. Did you enjoy your time there?!

[@helensalas8341]

@@chelsiecasch2039 from our travel to Seoul, we absolutely loved it. But our adoption destination was Ghana. We were there for 12 months all up! Crazy!

[@benjishihtzu9615]

Congratulations 🎉💐🥂🍾 Have a great life together ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@patriciavaz3122]

Great video I cried when I watched your video guys. This is my big dream adopt one little child. ❤️may God Bless your beautiful family

[@dogmom6625]

Very nice of you both and wishing you the happiness and joyful in your family ^^

[@amberschuyten3275]

Beautiful story, when were you in South Korea? We just got home with our sweet beautiful little girl December 11th we were miraculously able to avoid the quarantine and received the quarantine exemptions. We traveles to Korea twice the first part of November and then the first part of December 2021😍 Even the restaurants you ate at are the same that we were at.💜

[@U-cross]

Thank you, and god bless your family.

[@relatable_.tiktoks8389]

This is just so heartwarming I am so happy for you guys! I hope you guys soon can post an update but if you guys can’t that’s okay. Also I’m a new Subbie

[@panidalocke4834]

Many blessings to your beautiful family :)

[@izzy2828bizzy]

i cried at the end when you were getting in the car and i wasnt expecting to cry at all

[@Phoenix-Lerosey]

We really want to see an update this is the sweetest ever thank you for sharing with us

[@reemy8245]

With time he will feel safe and loved by you guys he needs time this was hard time him especially this age he began to know what is going on.Take care and be safe update us

[@siddhirauniyar3883]

I hope to see more videos of this happy family😍😍🧿

[@madumoreira]

Muito bonito e emocionante! Que Deus abençoe sua família 🙏🏻♥️

[@esperanzakim]

God bless you and your beautiful family.

[@galinaantoshkina1498]

Это было так трогательно, когда малыш вернул ладонь на свое личико, до слез.👶👶👶😥😥😥💞💞💞

[@freaddyronderi5533]

Congratulations 🎉🎊! Bless the Lord 🙏🇲🇾

[@antoniovargas8044]

❤❤❤ God bless your family!

[@Mapey19]

How cute when he grab your finger because he want you to keep petting his head 🥺🥺

[@bittersweetismel]

Can't wait for new YT video 🥰

[@miso9307]

당신 부부가 먼 한국에 와서 소중한 가족을 찾았다는게 너무나 기쁩니다. 용기있고 아름다운 분들이라 마음으로 느껴집니다. 존경합니다🥰🥰

[@Suebearish]

How great they have it set up to give him time to meet and play with and be ok with you

[@franziafernandez4884]

Thank you for loving that angel😭

[@suelifischer8999]

Eu tenho certeza absoluta! que o Benjamin completou a felicidade da Família! Eu só posso dizer!!! Em todo o tempo!Deus é Bom! 🤗♥️🌷🌷🌷

[@larrybutler8948]

I hope you do a lot of updates on this. So loving and so Sad.

[@lilgeorge34]

Bless you both for giving this child a forever home.

[@custodiamoccia3327]

L'adozione è un gesto nobile , dai una famiglia a un bambino , e la possibilità di crescere sano , studiare , e avviarsi alla vita .

[@elenaizquierdo9060]

👍SO MUCH LOVE❤

[@SunflowerVol.28]

Me and my brother are adopted from South Korea! I came home at 4 months old he came home at 7 months old he is 3 years older than me. What agency did you go through? My parents went through Dillion. Your little boy is so blessed to be with you guys! I got very excited when I saw another South Korean adoptee family!

[@chelsiecasch2039]

Thank you for watching and commenting! We worked with Dillon as well!! They were so wonderful throughout the process.

[@alejandraquintero6018]

Que bello el adoptar niños de otras partes del mundo 😘😍😍😍 que bello que ese bebé tenga una bella familia

[@mylifeflores2939]

Congratulations 😊😍

[@maylily820]

Just found this video and it touched my heart becouse I was adopted from Korea as well.. hope y’all have an update video soon one day

[@loveautumnbreeze]

Congratulations!!

[@user-bk2zk6rq2b]

Be happy life in America. Please take care of him. And Thank you. And We sorry for him.

[@mardib8094]

My biggest dream is adopting a little girl from Korea. I loved watching this video.

[@miamilano1257]

Seeing his caregiver handing him off made me tear up😭

[@marcmoreau9411]

Beautiful boy !!!

[@marcmoreau9411]

Tout simplement : splendide !!! émouvant !!! et magnifique petit gars , une belle famille !!!!