Game on!

Phew! So we had our meeting tonight with the director of our agency, and I LOVED her!!! Everything went so much better than I even imagined. I wish I could give all the details of the conversation, but for the privacy of certain members of my family, I'll keep most of it to myself. We went there tonight crossing our fingers that the things one of our older kid's bio parent has done wasn't going to keep us from fostering with this agency (oh what a pain it would be to start over!). That was kind of the situation, however she was more concerned about our kids if the bio parent ever makes an accusation. She said when you have a foster child in your home and an accusation has been made, even if it's untrue, that it is very likely they would remove all of the kids from our care until the issue had been investigated. Do you know how long a CPS investigation can take?!? Anyway, she wanted to express her concerns/fears for our family before placing a child in our care so that we were prepared. They have asked us to pray/think about our decision to continue down this path and give them an answer when we're ready. We were able to give them an answer before we left, however, out of respect for their agency, and their knowledge of foster care, we did tell them we would talk it out, and of course, pray about it, and let them know our "final" answer tomorrow. You know our answer was yes! We aren't going anywhere. I'm not going to let the actions of one crazy person determine the rest of my life. I can't. This person cannot and will not have control over my life, my decisions, or the lives of my children. Oh, and we do not have to purchase another bed! We just have to have the means to get a bed if we are put in a situation where we would need to take in another child. I can deal with that! So........GAME ON!

On another note, if you're still reading my blog that I often abandon :), PLEASE pray for us. We were presented with a "situation" tonight that one of us would LOVE to dive into head first, but the other is more reserved. Okay, not even reserved. Try dead-set against the idea. :) Let's just say if it all works out the way I'm thinking it MAY, God had his hand in it all. It would make for a GREAT story to share, but I can't tell you ANYTHING until it happens.....if it happens! So....prayers! Please! NOW!!! :)