It's been a crazy winter here. We have been hit with some major snow and ice, which put us out of school more than I can ever remember. I know this much though, I am SICK AND TIRED of this cold! I am ready for warmer weather, shorts, t-shirt, and baseball! We are signing up Randall for t-ball once again and I couldn't help but look back at my old t-ball posts and smile. He has grown so much. They both have. Ruthie is turning in to such an amazing, loving, kind young lady. She amazes me every.single.day. She has such a huge heart. She cares for "the least of these", just like Christ tells us to.
Everything is really going great with us. I can't complain. Youth group is growing like crazy! We moved to a room upstairs. Ended up having to break down a wall and combine two rooms into one for more room and I almost think we need even more room! What a blessing! I love our youth. Those kids amaze me. They are so inquisitive.
Randall and I have always felt a calling on our hearts to foster. We went to an informative meeting with the CALL and it only made us feel even stronger about the issue. We KNOW it is something we will do. I at least need to finish college- which I PRAY happens within this year. Then, when I get a job teaching, we will be able to fix our house and make it ready to take in more kids. We have the room, just need to get it ready. The night we went to the meeting I laid in bed reading the booklet of information. Thoughts were going through my head. It's such a big step to take and it will ROCK our world. But I know that God has laid it on our hearts for a reason. We know we are called to do it. It's times like these that I get frustrated with myself for not finishing school earlier b/c if I would have, we could have been fostering already. However, I know that this is God's plan. Our bio kids need to be prepared as well. I think Ruthie is pretty much there. She keeps asking, "When will we foster, Mom?" If she sees me reading information on fostering, she gets excited thinking it's sooner than it really is. It brings such joy to my face that she is excited about it. Randy isn't quite sure what any of it means. I think he will adjust well. He loves big kids and little kids, so I am not as worried about him. It's more Ruthie that I worry about b/c she's.....I don't know how to put it other than emotional. She will become attached and get heartbroken. She will question why. This will be the hardest part. It's easier for Randall and I to understand why, but not for her. Speaking of the question "why", if you have a chance, check out this blog and read her post on fostering. Randall and I always struggled with answering some questions and this lady's words answer those questions perfectly. Once I read it, I felt like she had been in my mind and knew exactly how I felt. Please pray for us as this journey is upon us. We are ready and willing to jump through that door when the chance arrives!
I can't wait to share some photos soon. We celebrated Ruthie's 8th birthday. Yes, EIGHTH! Where has the time gone?! I can't believe she is already 8. She is such a beautiful girl! Speaking of b-days, we are so close to celebrating Randy's 5th! That's even crazier! My baby boy is about to turn FIVE!
I want to leave you with these lyrics to a song that has touched me in so many ways:
"Was I love, when no one else would show up?
Was I Jesus to the least of us?
Was my worship more than just a song?
I want to live like that.
And give it all I have.
So that everything I say and do points to You."
(Song titled: Live Like That by Sidewalk Prophets)
