Thursday, March 26, 2009

Approved

We finalized our foster care process today and we are officially approved!! Today at lunch we received our welcome packet and were told that our names would be put on a list of eligible parents. WOW! When I look at the big picture I am so excited about this. A tangible way to help the widows and orphans (James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress...)

I am a planner, however, so I need to go and organize my thoughts a little and develop some systems. I have to be really honest. Am I nervousYES..Do I have a lot of questions...YES. Many of you are probably saying "why would they want to do this" and I sometimes find myself asking the same question. We have 2 children who are healthy and we are blessed. We have always wanted more children, however, and our ultimate hope in fostering is to adopt our third child.

So now that we are approved we need a toddler bed &/ crib (if anyone has one that they would like to get rid of let me know) and we could use another infant car seat as well. Once we have a child in our home there are resources that we can use, but we have to prepare ahead of time just in case we get the call...soon :-).

As our family and friends we would love if if you would be praying for us through this time. Pray for God's wisdom and discernment as we begin to get phone calls about potential children. We know it will be so hard to say "no we can't help that child" but at the same time we have to be wise for our families sake. Pray as we look for childcare for this child (I work 2 1/2 days per week and would like to continue to do that at this point) that we would pick the right place and that everything would work out. Most importantly pray for the chid who will come to our home. This child is already out there in who knows what kind of a situation. Pray that God would protect him/her either in the womb or in the home. And please pray for all of the children in foster care. We will only be able to help one of these kids but there are over 20K in the US alone in foster care right now!!!

Thanks for your prayers and support. We are so excited about taking this step and having a new little one in our home soon.

4 comments:

Jill said...

Wow! Beth, this is so exciting! I'm learning so much just watching from afar. I will be praying for you guys and look forward to following along!

Unknown said...

Congratulations! I am so happy for you guys. I am glad God has put it in your heart to add to your family. There are so many beautiful kids out there that need loving homes. He or she will be so blessed to be a Chadwick!

Jermaine S. McDougald said...

Beth,

Congrats! I am proud of the both of you! It is a new challenge to look forward to. When do you guys actually start? Is there an age preference. Keep us posted.

Love, Jermaine

Unknown said...

It is SO AWESOME! Be prepared however for MANY people not to be as excited about it as you are! I was SHOCKED by this-even in our church family. They DO NOT treat foster/adopted kids the same. I finally realized this and was okay with it after our 3rd adoption. Just remind yourself that you are here to please THE ONE AND ONLY and noone else-HE will always remain steadfast and faithful-He is all you really need. He will reward you. Trust me, the rewards we have seen are unimaginable but true! HUGS!