My wife and I are planning on beginning the process ourselves, after realizing we are not able to have our own. My folks did Foster care when I was in college, and my Mom had a daycare growing up so it's a situation I am sort of familiar with. We have a family friend that does Foster care and she has a current group of 3 siblings that they really want us to look at and are clear for adoption. We aren't going to get our hopes up too high just yet, but there is a need and we are that age where lots of our friends are raising families and keep telling us we have too much to offer to sit on the sidelines. It took a bit of time to get over not being able to have our own, but the Lord works in mysterious ways. I think this was His intent, rather than punishing us, He was simply telling us we were strong enough to not only have a family, but to care for those with a need much greater than ours.
I sincerely hope you get a placement that suits your family, it sounds like your family has made the sacrifices and are ready to go, God will bless you. It also sounds like your son is well on his way to being an extraordinary young man!
You will have to follow up this thread with any updates, and I will do the same. You'll probably see my Firebird back up for sale....it won't be suitable anytime soon and like your Minivan purchase, we need roomier drivers. The good news, I'll get to hopefully build my next one with some helpers!!
Thank you all for your inspiration!
Josh
