The Start

We have been foster parents for almost five years, and have had twenty-four children in our home, but since this is the start of the blog I thought I would start from the beginning.

My husband Jordan and I were married for about a year when we decided to become foster parents. My family did foster care when I was a child growing up and we had talked about it many times. We decided we were in the "perfect" place to start this journey. I worked at a daycare center and the director said the child could come to school with me. I was so excited! Many meetings and packets of paperwork later, we were ready for our new life! We had decided we would get a child between the ages of three and six (so they could come to school with me). We had everything ready and then waited. One night, while we were at our small group (from church), CPS called. They had a nine year old boy. WHAT? This is not what we were looking for, we were 23 years old and not ready to take on a preteen boy! There is one problem, CPS is very convincing, telling me he has no where to sleep tonight! So, we accept and rush back to our house. On the way, CPS calls again (maybe next time I shouldn't answer) and says "by the way, there's a baby." WHAT? We were certain we did not want a baby! Once again, CPS is very convincing, saying they were already in the car and the boy loved the baby. Well, we get to the house and within minutes a car pulls up. Out steps a boy with pants down to his ankles, a shaved head and three inch bangs! The lady hands me a baby with only a shirt on, tells me where to sign, and leaves. This is not what I expected! We soon realized we had no formula, no diapers, no crib, and not even a car seat to go to the store to buy these things! God has a way of making me feel completely unsure before He provides, but provide He did! Our small group had gone straight to the store and purchased everything you could need for a baby and boy! Our next door neighbor walked over, dragging her port-a-crib behind her. Somehow, God is always there, blessing us even when we have no idea where to look. This first night was very scary, we sat there for a quite a while, the kids as stunned as we were but very soon we fell in love with the sweetest boy and baby girl ever. Although this did not fit into my "perfect" plan I now know that God's plans are better than mine and when I look to Him for them they always turn out better than my dreams!