Growing with joy!: April 2010

Soon!

As of Monday we will officially begin the matching process! So excited! The way foster adoption works is that we can either look at available children (children whose parental rights have already been terminated) state by state or we can wait for a phone call and be foster parents with the option of adopting once the parental rights have been terminated. I don't know which way it will end up. The social worker is coming on Monday and she wants me to give her a list of available children that we would be interested in adopting and while we are in the process of getting matched we will also be getting phone calls about children who need a safe home to live in. It is so hard for me to look at all the pictures of the thousands of children that don't have parents. How do I pick one over the other based on a picture. There are some sets of sibling groups with 6 kids that have been in foster care for years because no one will take them all together. Can I handle that? Is that who God wants me to pick. I am so confused. Eli and I planned on a sibling group of 2 or 3. Praying, Praying, Praying. Or should we wait for a phone call and foster knowing they may live with us, bond with us and have to leave back to the neglectful home. Can my heart handle that? The one thing I am sure of is I wouldn't be able to handle doing nothing about these children! Pray for me I need wisdom. I need to be careful and patient. God has a plan. My treasures are about to multiply.

I pray for you!

>> Friday, April 16, 2010 – adoption, kids, life

I haven't meet you yet...but I pray for you. When I saw a baby out on the streets at night with begging parents...I prayed that you were somewhere safe. When I took Jackson to school this morning I prayed for your education. When I dusted your room today and it felt so empty...I prayed that you aren't lonely.

When Jackson played pirates in the pouring rain today without a care in the world... I prayed for you to have peace.

When Ayla and I danced, played and laughed... I prayed for you to have joy.

When I cut an apple up for the kids bedtime snack... I prayed that you were full.

When I said a bedtime prayer and tucked them in all cozy in there beds... I prayed that you would know that God is there with you and that he would give you rest.

I PRAY FOR YOU!

My free spirit!

>> Saturday, April 3, 2010 – kids, love

So after hearing a couple thuds I walked upstairs to this...

She thought everything looked better on the floor. When I first walked in she was hiding under the bed brushing her teeth in a deep imagination. It must be so fun to be her. She is so free spirited, so quiet, so fun and so independant. Nothing about her is predictable. She has so many of the traits that I wish I had more of. What a blessing she is to my life. She can teach me so much.

Then I walked to Jackson's room. He was deep into a story. Everything in his room just the way he likes it. So responsible, so thoughtful, so talkative and so predictable. He is so much like me. Another blessing in my life!