Another Call

We received another call yesterday. A five year old girl and a 2 1/2 year old boy. I desperately wanted to say, "Yes." But, a big concern that Trent has always had was taking a child older than Anne. We said, "No," again.

It was much more difficult this time around for me. I love and respect Trent, so I submit to him. But yesterday it certainly was not easy.

Please pray for unity as we make life-changing decisions that will affect not only us, but also our children and the children we will humbly attempt to care for.

Also, for those of you who don't know how this works, we receive a call with information about the children and their situation. We have about 10-15 minutes to decide if we will take them or not. If we say "Yes," (at least with these first 2 calls) the children will be brought to our house within a couple of hours.

Huge decisions on a small amount of time. Again, please pray for unity as we make these decisions. I thank you all sincerely.

Voice of Truth

Do you know this Casting Crowns song?

I was in the van today when this song came on. The first verse struck me in a new way today. It says:

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes to climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
To the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out his hand

In some ways we have taken that first step of faith. We are officially approved for foster care. We received our first call on Friday. We were asked to take two children.


But the waves are calling out my name and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. 'Boy, you'll never win!'
"You'll never win"



Suddenly we were afraid. We didn't have a "strong feeling" one way or the other regarding these children. Trent and I talked for awhile, then thought & prayed separately, then talked again. We said, "No," to these two children.
 

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
And the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth







Peter got out of the boat and began walking on the water toward Jesus. But he looked down and began to sink. When our eyes are fixed upon Jesus, we can "walk on water".





Our first call was definitely a learning experience. It made us truly realize that this is for real, it's no longer words or a good/nice thing to do. These are the lives of dear children we are talking about. This call forced Trent and I to further discuss what we can take on. We can talk until we're blue in the face, but the truth is, every situation is different, every child is unique, every birth parent has their own struggles, and whatever we say "Yes" to, God WILL see us through. He WILL be our strength.


We WILL choose to listen and believe the voice of truth.

And we WILL be ready for our next phone call.
 

Clean!

Praise the Lord! Our water test came back with ZERO (0) bacteria! As far as we know this is the last step in being officially approved for foster care. Continued prayers for wisdom would be appreciated! Thanks everyone!