I don't know what I thought when I signed up to be a foster parent. I think I thought things would be super easy - the kids would all be babies, I would get them at the hospital, we would be prepared, they would have a few clothes, ect.
Enter this morning at 4:20 am, yes AM, when my phone rang. It was foster placement. They needed to place a 3 year old girl in our home this morning. I said ok and waited for the investigator to call me. He did so an hour later - a long sleepless hour for my husband and I. He said that he couldn't find placement for her brother and would bring her by when he could. I offered to pick her up so that she could be settled.
So at 5:30 I was on my way. She was sound asleep when I got there. It broke my heart. She looked so little and sweet all curled up in a ball on a couch. Her brother told me that I was taking his sister and he didn't have a place to go. The saddest words I have ever heard I think.
I carried her to the car and brought her home. She is still asleep. Thankfully my grandma is here right now. So Daniel and I ran to Walmart and bought her clothes and a doll and a toothbrush and necessities. She came with only the clothes on her back - those stories are true. Another lesson learned.
I now have three carseats in the back of my husbands car. For two more days, I have three precious lives to infuse with God's love. What a miracle and a blessing we have been given. A cup of cold water in Jesus name. I hope that is what we are doing for these precious children.
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