When I turned in our foster care paperwork two weeks ago I was told that we would probably get called for a home study around September 10th and then would probably be an open home a week later. To my surprise I got a phone call on Friday night (August 15th) and someone from DHS will be here this Thursday the 22nd to do our final walk through. I guess that means we could be 'open' a week after that.
When I told my school counselor this (she has been very supportive and gets to hear about our foster care journey all the time) she said that means our kid is ready for us. When you think about why kids come into care and then think that our kid is ready to come to us it is a sad thought that I can't really focus on right now. When we get our child we will know more than we want to know about the evils of this world so dwelling on it right now won't get me anywhere. I just keep praying my prayer for God to protect her heart, body, mind, and spirit. I know it is difficult to go through something that would cause a person to come into care without coming out damaged in one or more (or all) areas but that is what prayer is for.
Please join me in praying for the protection of our little girl's heart, body, mind, and spirit.
(P.S. I know I keep saying her and that is because we have decided that a girl would be the best fit for us right now. I also keep saying "our" and I don't mean that we are going to adopt, I just mean that every child that comes into our home will be "ours" for as long as she lives with us and ours in our hearts forever.)
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