School's in full force! Soccer season is over, football starts tomorrow night. Swimming lessons & AWANA Programs started a few weeks ago for both Eddie and Henry. I work in Eddie's class every Monday morning for about an hour. It's nice to see the kids in the classroom setting and do more one on one with them. I do have to say, I'm not a morning person & Monday's are not my most pleasant! What on earth was I thinking when I signed up for this?? Well, I must not be too much of a grump because the teacher hasn't talked to me yet!
Dave and I are in the process of becoming FOSTER PARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!! We have one more class and then the home study. we have always talked about adopting "someday". We decided this is something we can do as a family until we are ready to adopt. We can be the loving stable home for the kids who need it. We didn't have a particular age in mind but a few social workers suggested keeping our kids' birth orders. Eddie says he's ok with someone older, but I think he might change his mind after a few weeks. (If not sooner!) So, now we are thinking ages 6 & under. We thought about keeping the birth order & saying 3 & under but that will close the door on so many. We will just trust our Father to entrust us with a child that we can be the most influential with. He knows what we will be able to handle better than we do. I have been adding touches to the bedroom of our soon to be kiddos. I want it to be perfect but it's hard to decide what to do for a boy or girl who could be 6 or could be a few weeks old. I think it will be fun if they are old enough to give me some input too. Eddie thinks it's too girly b/c it's so many bright colors (too many colors he thinks-like a rainbow.) There are no rainbows-except the one on the picture Eddie painted. I had each of the boys pain a canvas to hang in the room that we will let the kids keep when they move on to their "forever home" I figure we'll do it each time we have a new child come into the home.
We are involved in a group at our church that is an orphan prayer group. This is in the works of just getting started & I can't wait to see what it will evolve into. There are couples who are adopting either domestic or international, there are foster parents, there are a couple of people who go to Africa each year to work with the orphans & they are going to bridge the gap from Grand Rapids to Zambia. We also want others to get involved as prayer partners, babysitters, mentors. The couple who started the group presented their dream to the board and our board not only backed us all but set up a fund (we're not sure yet what we will need the fund for but it's there!) Our Father is so incredible! As we are in the beginning stages of reaching out to the children and bringing them into light, we are all getting attacked from satan. Our husbands have felt it from work. we've all felt it in finances. The mothers have felt it in battles with the kids. One of the girls in our group said "we have not laughed in our home for the longest time" satan is trying to bring us down, but this is something he can't defeat! We are standing firm in our faith. We are bringing love and hope to the most vulnerable. Dave and I pray that through the children that come into our home we can build a bond with their mothers and get involved in their communities. We can't wait for our children to be a part of this. We want them to realize how important to be Jesus to everyone we meet. This will start by the people we bring into our home.
Father thank you for this opportunity and for all the wonderful support we have!
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