And, just like that, they are gone!

We had no idea that when we said yes to 2 more that we would only have them for 2 weeks.  It was hard to see them go, for us and for them.  He sat on Gary's lap and cried and cried.  He was happy here and we felt so bad.  But, when you are a foster parent, you have no choice.  You love them while you can and pray that the choices that are being made for them, by the system, are for their good.  We pray daily for them and just remind ourselves that God is in control.  He sees and knows what we do not.  But it still is just so! d a r n! hard! to love and let go. 

~Tina

Two More

This last week has been just a blur.  We had no intentions of taking in any more children.  We thought we had enough; that we were done; that our family was complete.  But God, He thought differently and we said yes.

They are familiar to us.  They were in our home before.  We couldn't say no.

We are now working to get our foster care license up to date.  You know, mountains of paperwork, meetings, appointments and how could I forget, training.

But, we said yes and we are so glad that we did.  They have transitioned so well.  They may be with us only for a moment but we are thrilled for this opportunity to help these children along in life.

So we have 6 kids at home now, 7th grade, 4th grade, 2nd grade and 3 in 1st grade.  We are so blessed!

~Tina