Hi All! I know, I know...it has been FOREVER since I posted on here. A lot of things have changed since then!
So let me give you the basic run down...
First, the boys are still with us. We just got back from the Pringle Family Vacation and they had a great time! We are so glad they were able to go with us after all! There is some news on their case, but I will save that for a bit later in the post.
Second, as many of you may have learned already, we have decided not to continue with the adoption of the newborn baby (he is still due July 14th). This was a very difficult decision that included a lot of praying and picking loved ones brains and more praying. Ultimately the real decision maker was that the timing of the boys' case with CPS was not going to work out to be before the baby is born. Since we can not participate in a private adoption and maintain our Foster Parent license, we couldn't take the risk that we would lose the boys. The other reason (and one just as important, but not the deciding factor for us) is the neonatologist shared with the birth mother that the baby is not expected to live. They are not going to attempt to resuscitate and they are expecting him to live no more than a day or so. This is heartbreaking in so many ways. We are continuing to pray for this baby and his bilogical family and we hope that you will as well. Lord, may your will be done....
As for now, we continue to focus on our boys and thank God for the blessing of getting them back. Which leads me to the news we got tonight. We have been waiting to hear about when the boys' visits with their family would be set back up again. At this point, nothing has been done because no one can seem to get in touch with the parents. One father is in jail for the next 5 years so we know he won't be doing any visits. The other father (we found out tonight) is also in jail until the end of the month do to some outstanding warrants. The mother (again we found out tonight) is not doing so well herself. What we also found out is that she is on the verge of relinquishing her parental rights. We are pretty confident that if she relinquishes her rights, the fathers will follow suit. If that's the case, we won't even have to go to court to file to fight for the boys - they will just give them to us at that point. So needless to say we are praying that God will speak to the boys' parents' hearts and lead them to do the right thing. As always we are praying for their wellbeing and for them to find a way to turn things around for themselves. They are still so young....
There is a hearing scheduled for August 10th at 2:00 pm - it is a public hearing so you can BET I am going to be there. This hearing is a "termination hearing". It sounds promising, but I honestly can't tell you what that means. It could mean they are going to terminate parental rights at that point - it could mean something else completely different. Again, we just have to wait and see what happens. In the mean time, we are going to meet with a lawyer who is very experienced in this area of family law and see what she has to say about our options. Her assistant seems to think she can get the DA on the phone while we are there at our appointment (Monday at 4:30 - so please be praying for us!). We are hoping that if nothing else, they can talk and she can give us a better idea of where things really stand. It is so hard to get information right now for a number of reasons including the fact that we are not legally a part of this case. I am just hoping that we can do what we need to in order to show those in charge that we want these boys and we are willing to fight for them (in the right way of course!).
So for now, I doubt we will have any updates until after that August 10th date, but we will keep posting as we go.
As always, we appreciate your prayers and support!
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