Offical Foster Parents!

Well, we got the news Saturday! We are official foster parents.

Pre-service classes, home-studies, recommendations, biographies, and paperwork- they are all behind us and there is an unknown amount of time before us- full of possibilities and opportunities.

I guess this would be a good time to share why we decided to embark on this adventure...

Nick and I got married June 30, 2007 and in July of 2007 people started asking us when we were going to "have kids". We wanted to enjoy our time together for awhile- at least till after I finished my masters degree. As my graduation date (May 2011) came closer, we started to feel the pressure to think about expanding our family. We knew we wanted to return to Africa, where we took a mission trip in July 2010. We also knew that God had blessed us and we needed to open ourselves to Him.

We live in a small two bedroom home. Our guest bedroom has held each of our nieces, a few extended family members and friends, and a couple boys from Uganda traveling with a children's choir. It was time for us to consider opening a door for God.

We opened that door by signing up for foster classes in August 2011. God has been with us every step of the way, and while we still don't know if this is "for us"- we are continuing to trust that if we put our faith in God, He will continue to show us what is right.

If you could keep us in your thoughts, we would appreciate that. It would be such a blessing to have your support while we seek to find if this is right for us as a family.

Thank you in advance.
May you be blessed.