Prayer Request and a Sibling Group!!

We have been licensed as foster parent for almost four months now and have yet to get a placement. But earlier this week I was on an the Northwest Adoption Exchange website and came across a sibling group of four. The children range in age from two to eight. There are two boys and two girls. I felt impressed to inquire about them and we have now submitted our home-study to the children's social worker to be considered as an adoptive family for these children.

We are praying for God's will in this situation. I am praying specifically that the right adoptive home will be found for these children, be that us or another place.

Please pray with us for these children and for the ones in charge of choosing which family they will go to.

Two Calls, One day!

Today we got two different calls for foster care placements. One for a four year old boy and the other for a twelve year old boy. Not sure what God's plan is but am looking forward to following where he leads. The four year old needs a place starting next week and the twelve year old needs a place in a couple of weeks. Pray that God will direct us to the right placement.

Canning

Today I put up 49 quarts of apricots.  I started by just using one of my canners but then after about one batch I realized that it would take all day to get the canning done that way so I decided to try two canners it was a bit of a challenge to keep up with both of them. But I was able to get about 60 pound of fruit canned solo in about 5 1/2 hours. Not to bad!!

It will be nice having all the fruit to eat this winter.

July and our License

Yesterday we got our foster license in the mail. I am really looking forward to working with the children that God sends to our home.

I have had a really busy summer. At the beginning of the summer I took a new job taking care of a little boy with Autism. This has been a really interesting experience and has given me a chance to be a witness in the way I live my live as the family I work for is not Christian.

In the middle of July I was able to get back to Michigan for the first time in two years. It was really nice to be able to see my family and some of my friends back there. Then after spending a week in MI six of my siblings can and spent a week out in Idaho with us. And then just this past Saturday night my older brother got married. So it was a very busy but fun month.

Centennial

This weekend our town is celebrated its hundredth birthday. Our church had a booth and we were able to hand out quite a bit of Christian literature. Several people from our church played some Christian music and the community really seemed to appreciate the music.

Welcome

I am starting a blog to record the things going on with our family. We have gone through the process of becoming foster parent and are now just waiting for our license. We are being licensed to take in three children. I have really felt a call to take care of the orphans and children needing a safe place for a while. Reading the  of other people who foster and adopt and hearing about the huge need for foster parent is what helped me decide to pursue this path.