Posted in The Adoption Journey for Our Future Grandchildren

I wanted to let all of you know that my daughter Chelle and her husband Josh will be interviewing for a foster-to-adopt placement next Wednesday! We are all so very excited about it. The children are the two little girls that I had you all pray about earlier, before the holidays. They are Kyilie (3) and Lindsey (1). They are sisters, and are white/Caucasian, with no known developmental delays either physically or mentally. It sounds too good to be true, as the Chelle and Josh had given up hope of finding the "perfect" baby. They, in fact, had decided that they would take any race or ethnic background, and in fact would like to take in a child that had delays related to prematurity issues.

The state does not have permanent custody of them as of yet, but they say it is very promising, as both the mom and dad have not been showing up for the parenting classes or interviews required to reunify the family, nor have they shown up for most of their visitation times with the girls.

My biggest fear is that Chelle, and our whole family, has been through such a loss already when Ellora died, that it will be very hard to part with these little girls should the state not get custody, and Chelle would lose two more daughters. How would she be able to handle this? She thinks that it is worth the risk.

She and Josh will also be trying to conceive again in March. She will be considered extremely high risk, due to her PPROM pregnancy of last year with Ellora. She will have weekly check-ups rather than monthly ones, and a cerclage placed at 12 weeks. Then bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy. So I will get to be "super-granny" again and help care for her business, and take care of her, and if the foster placement goes through, help care for two little girls, as well!

The placement is not a certainty. We don't know if there are others being interviewed for the placement or not. I know that Chelle has a very strong feeling that these are the children for her and Josh right now, and that she feels it is God's nudging for them to go through this interview and take in these precious little ones who have no real home.

I ask that you join me in prayer that God's will be done in this placement, and that regardless of the outcome, Chelle and Josh will remain strong in their faith, and keep their trust in the Lord. Of course, we pray that the Lord's will coincides with our own hopes and dreams for their desire to have a family, and to serve the Lord by taking in children that others want to "throw away." May God grant their heart's desire...