Part 1: Love Gives Love gives…because God gave. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16 “How can you love a child who isn’t your own?” some people wonder. How can […]
During my childhood, I had not been exposed to foster care except through my babysitter, who was a foster child. She had tried to explain to me why she didn’t live with her parents and how her brother lived elsewhere, but I really didn’t get it. Due to my youth, I didn’t even know how […]
Wow, 103 bags…43 over our original goal of 60 sweet cases! I love our community filled with friends from all different circles who came together for this event. Many thanks to our dear friends and family for financially supporting our fundraiser and for also being available to participate in our Sweet Case Build by stuffing […]
You’re a saint, people tell me. Well, no I’m not. Let me show you what can happen in my ordinary family and how the Lord still uses us to provide a loving home for children in foster care. As I sat in the airport with my family waiting to board our 3-hour evening flight home from […]
I sat along the wall of the classroom, suddenly not hearing anything the tutor was teaching the students about grammar. A text came that sent my excitement level up a few notches during a typical Monday at our Classical Conversations homeschool class. You know, the kind of text that makes all foster parents perk up and […]
Our swagger-wagon inched along…no, centimeter-ed along…in a long lineup of cars just one block away from the Disneyland main parking structure. It was 9:00 in the morning and this was only a glimpse of what was in store for us at our destination. Three boys sat in the back, crazy with anticipation for the exciting […]
With over 400,000 children in foster care at any one time, there is a HUGE need for foster families all the time. Will you be one of those families? If so, start seeking out how to become one. Ask me and I will direct you! Search the web or ask your local foster agency. If […]
Three and a half months flew by and I didn’t even introduce to you all our new Baby Girl back in November. We loved her immediately…how could we not? I received a text around 10:30 on November 14th, a Monday morning, while my boys and I were at Classical Conversations, one of our homeschool programs, […]
It was the perfect plan. Baby J came in July for respite foster care and left 3 weeks later in August. We couldn’t start a long-term placement in the summer because of travel plans so God very temporarily brought us a 6-month-old baby boy. My boys ached for another baby in the house. They would help […]
Scared and frightened, a child clings to a piece of furniture in his abusive home. A kind police officer gently instructs him to help put his belongings in a black trash bag. The child is about to leave the only home he has ever known and he has nobody he knows to comfort him. But […]