I do not remember exactly what I envisioned "foster care" to be. All I knew was God had called us to this new adventure...I was willing to move to Moldova and just "be" with the kids. They might not liveith us but oh what a diference we could be.
But no...God had diferent plans. I never would have thought of Lubbock, TX. I mean really, who ever thinks about Lubbock?!
I would love to hear what others think of when they hear foster care. I looked in the dictionary and it isn't in there. They did have foster home: a home in which a child or children are raised by people other than their natural or adoptive parents. Well, that includes a lot of people I know. Including my parents who, bless their hearts and please pray for them, are trying their best to "raise" my 20 year old.
At least part of my new definition would include...trying to make a difference in the lives of children who have had difficult lives that we cannot imagine, and embody all of the irritating qualities that you have ever heard or watched in your local Walmart.
Obviously God brings them into our lives to be his sandpaper. All of the issues I have he is trying to sand away. Talk about painful.
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