Foster Care As of Late

Hey friends!  Sorry I haven't updated you on the foster care part of our lives lately.  As many of you know, our home was opened in mid-October.  We actually had a temporary placement for one weekend shortly after.  It was good, yet challenging, and an invaluable learning experience. 

We actually haven't been getting as many phone calls as I thought we would.  Maybe it's because we only requested one child.  It seems they might usually come in sibling groups.  We also requested 5-11 year olds and we haven't gotten any calls about a child in that age range.  Mostly we get called about teenagers, which Caleb and I feel a little young to parent kids that old. 

I guess I thought we'd have a long-term placement by now.  It seems like we went through this long process to get certified and now we sit here doing nothing.

During our first placement, we saw the reality of how this commitment will deeply affect our biological children.  Which in turn made us wonder which would be better for our family: to serve through respite (short term/emergency) care, or by taking one long term placement.  If we took short term placements, there wouldn't really be a new normal to get used to.  We would probably always be adjusting back and forth, which could be hard.  It seems like if we took one placement for longer-term then we could adjust and would eventually reach some kind of normal... I don't know.  I guess we just trust that God will open the door for a specific child if it is truly His will for that child to join our family.  But in the meantime, it does feel a little bit like we are doing nothing.