Betsy and Darrell Isley

Darrell and Betsy Isley live outside Dallas with their daughter, Delaney. They decided to adopt from China after watching a special Texas televangelist James Robison did about orphanages in China.

`Darrell said one day, 'Why don't we just go over there and take all the babies and bring 'em home?' I said o.k. So we started looking into adopting,` says Betsy, who is 52.

The couple, who had struggled with infertility, originally considered fertility treatment.

`Something just told me after we saw that documentary, there are so many babies that need a home,` says Darrell, who is 49. `Why are we doing to go through all this when there's already a baby out there that probably needs us? So we talked about it and that just moved us to go to China.`

Betsy has encouraged Delaney to stay involved with Chinese cultural activities, including a local Girl Scout group for Chinese adoptees. These days, however, as she moves toward pre-adolescence, Delaney has made it clear she's less interested.

`I think going into the pre-teen years is kind of pulling her out of that for a little bit,` Betsy says. `In fact, when we were talking about Girl Scouts, I asked her, I said 'Ok, you want to do Girl Scouts this year?' She goes, Mom, I get that I'm Chinese. I don't have be told that all the time.'`

Darrell says he had hoped Delaney would maintain an interest in Chinese culture.

`It's interesting. I always thought that, you know as a little kid growing up, that she would be more interested in her Chinese heritage, and some of it is she is. But most of the part she just wants to be like all the other kids. And I have to keep reminding myself that she is an average kid. She's special to us because she's from China and she's our baby. But she's just a kid and that's all she wants to be is just an average kid.`