Good morning world! A few of my friends thought Patrick and I had completely lost our minds when we told them we were going to be foster parents again. We journeyed this path for a few years 11 to 12 years ago.
We have talked over the years about fostering again and had decided we did not want to go down that path again.
So what changed our minds? I think it was several things. First, a couple we have been friends with for a long time and had gotten out of touch with contacted us to reconnect. During the time we had not seen them, they became therapeutic foster parents which suits them as they have a kid with a form of autisum. They talked to us a lot the time we spent with them.
Second, I had the opportunity to talk to a judge we know about a different subject. Then he met my boys. I told him we had adopted them through the foster system. He encouraged us to become foster parents again as there was such a shortage in his district.
Are we nuts for fostering again? I look at this as our ministry. I have always felt my first ministry is at home. Now it has expanded. I can honestly say this is not an easy path to follow. I told one of our foster kids yesterday that it would be easier to kick them out. I do not believe we are to do that. This is the grace I wrote about yesterday. To show them God's grace.
We believe this is what God wants us to do now.
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
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