PLEASE PRAY

Hi All -

A few quick updates and then our prayer request!

Patrick and I have made some changes to our vacancy listing for foster care.  We are now on the list for a sibling group with no more than two children - girls two years or younger.  We are currently on the vacancy list but only for legal risk or adoption only placements - that means no more foster placements.  For those of you who don't know the "lingo" "legal risk" means that parental rights have not yet been terminated but they plan to terminate.  So by taking in these children we do risk that they will not stay permanently, but it also means we open ourselves up for a broader range of placements as they would technically be considered foster placements until rights are terminated.  Because of the age range we are looking at, we need to be open to these placements or risk a VERY long wait.  Which is ok too because we really are working on God's time and not our own! 

So we made this decision a few weeks ago and let our foster/adoption worker know.  She updated our listing and we have been just going along with our regular daily activities - really perfectly content with the way things are, but also knowing God will put the child (or children) in our home that He has planned for all of us. 

Today we got an email from our foster/adoption worker about a legal risk placement for a 6 month old Caucasian baby girl.  There are no special needs that they are aware of now and I do not have ANY history about this little angel.  She is legal risk because the birth parents have failed to show up for visitation for the last few weeks.  They will take that in to consideration when they determine the final permanency plan for this little one.  We have submitted our home study and will have to wait until at least next week (maybe longer) to find out if they have picked us, but we put our name in the hat.  SOOOOO that is where the prayer request comes in!  Please pray that God's will be done in this situation and that the BEST home for this little angel's needs is picked both for her and her possible new family.  Please pray that our family can be kept calm and content while waiting to know if we will be involved in this little one's life.  Please pray for the workers, current foster parents and birth family of this little one so that the right decisions can be made for her care.

We will keep you posted as we hear anything!