As I've talked about before, Tim and I have always had a desire to foster and/or adopt out of the foster system. We'd never done anything about it though. So, between the fact that we fell in love with Ciara in the fall and the fact that we've been increasingly convicted about the fact that we are supposed to look after orphans (and yes, we consider kids who can't live with their parents "orphans" to the extent that they need someone to love and care for them while their own parents can't), we decided to take the eight class series for training foster parents.
We don't know if the Lord will open the doors for us to have foster kids, but we're doing all we can on our end to make it happen. After all, if that's what he'd have us doing, then we need to have our ducks in a row. If the doors to fostering close, then we'll have a peace knowing that we gave it our best shot and move on to some other ways to meet the needs of those kids. We simply don't have a choice. We must look after them in some way, to make a difference in their lives in whatever way we are able.
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
4 comments:
I hope this all works out for you guys.
That's neat!! I think people that take in foster children and/or adopt children are great! Like you said, those kids need someone to love on them. : )
Congrats on the certificate!
So neat. Way to set a goal and go after it...the Lord will take care of the rest if it's His will. :o)
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