T has only been with us since Thursday evening, and compared to our household, is extremely quiet, but we couldn't have asked for a better fostering experience.
We have been blessed with the opportunity to get to know a sweet, funny, respectful, kind boy who loves to play basketball and eat spicy food, is great with kids and doesn't get fidgety or grumpy, even stuck in a stranger's house for 4 days straight!
We really are so tremendously grateful to have had T here the past few days. Charlie will be distraught tomorrow when we have to take him back to Bair -- and the only thing that will save me from the same (at least I hope), is knowing I can trust that God has placed him with his foster family purposefully, for his and their good. I will continue to pray for him, and hope that should he ever need respite care we will be top of the list. Jason is planning to give him his cell phone number in case he ever needs anything.
Our family won't be remembering this weekend as the weekend God sent the great flood to Charleston, but as the weekend God sent T to us.
Even if He were to choose not to place any more children with us, all of the paperwork and planning and training and praying would have been so well worth it for these past four days.
That said, the experience does have us even more convinced that we want our home to be open to more blessings.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and future."
(Jeremiah 29:11)
So nice to hear how great things are going. I had no doubt your home would be a loving place for him to stay - sounds like things have gone even better than expected. Thanks for sharing
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