Feb. 6, 2008
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Last summer I read a book called Live Life on Purpose. It was excellent and challenging. AS Rick and I discussed the plans for our family in 2008, God spoke to us about doing Foster Care. We prayed. A quote from the book, "God is not interested in joining your journey because WE were created for HIS!" Also: "We must answer the calling of our time. There is no time to hesitate, or we will find ourselves frozen with the others who are without a God-given vision for their life. The greatest danger in not that you will mess up or fail, but that you will do nothing. The bystander apathy of the church has crippled the work of the Great Commission far to long. It is today that a generation must volunteer their lives to God's global purpose for your life. You were set apart from the beginning so that your life would write the critical last pages of the story of ALL God is doing." Rick and I feel strongly about being a home of ministry, and each year God faithfully leads us into the next adventure of His vision for our family. We worked all fall to be licensed as Foster parents. It was quite the task with many counseling sessions, much paper work, health check ups, and we all had back-ground checks done, yes, even our nine year old! Last Thursday we got the call, Rick and I looked at each other and with some fear and trepidation mingled with excitement we said yes. I left with out daughter Kristi with the only information being a 4 year old and a 2 year old, very little English spoken. We drove for 35 minutes praying. I was telling God, with laughter, that of course he would give us children who spoke another language, and how He had better help me remember my Spanish from our years of learning it here with the girls, tenses and all! I can testify that God is good, my Spanish has gone very well and the 2 year old smiles and nods so I think he is telling me that I am doing a great job.  So, here they are, A and B ( although we also call the 2 year old El Tigre....... it fits!) We must protect their identity. It is going well, they are precious, they are God's creation and worthy of love and protection. It is hard, to know that a 4 year old is crying and grieving his mother is not fair. We have all had tears for them. it is emotional and we keep reminding ourselves that this is "short term missions" for 2 -3 months and we are called to serve. Prayers would be a blessing. Serving Him costs, but the joy in obedience is immeasurable. |
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Feb. 21, 2008 - They are adorable!!!
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