Well, today we officially made our decision to be foster parents 100% public by announcing it to our Facebook friends. So, if you are just joining our blog, welcome! For our new blog visitors, here are the Cliff Notes of our fostering journey:
• We have been married for about 7 1/2 years, and having kids didn't pan out for us. So we investigated alternative ways to grow our family. Around mid-August, we began seriously praying and considering fostering or fostering to adopt kids in need. By the beginning of October, we determined that fostering was definitely God's plan for us and wrapped up the 59-page application process.
• After Wednesday's CPR/first aid class, we will have completed the 30+ training hours required for Texas foster parents, and we only have the home visit and county safety inspection left to complete! Although we will likely receive our foster license in a few weeks, we will defer a foster placement until December so we can help my bro/sis-in-law with their upcoming Thanksgiving baby. (Yeah!!!)
• We are open to accepting 4-9 year-old children of either gender and any race (one child at a time). The average foster placement is about a year long, and we are already trying to prepare for the coming days when we will need to say goodbye at the end of our foster placements.
For those that feel led to help us prepare for this journey, please begin to pray for our future foster children who may be experiencing abuse in their home tonight as you read this post. We truly appreciate your support as we continue to prepare our hearts and home for a new little visitor to love!
Here's the letter we posted online, if you're interested...
There are many ways to create or build a family. We believe that God is calling us to build our family through foster care!! Every year 250,000 children enter the foster care system. Currently, nearly half of those children are waiting to be adopted. Just like a biological child, we are not guaranteed any number of days with these children. We may or may not have the opportunity to adopt our foster children. No matter what, just like a biological child, our love for them is born and will grow in our hearts. This makes the child real, chosen, beloved; for whom we would give our lives. Foster care is complicated; each child’s situation and story is unique. Why their first family was unable to care for them is private. For a foster child, this is their story to tell when they are adults, with the closest people in their lives. We are unable to share information about the child(ren) who will come into our home. What we can tell you is that we are blessed by the opportunity to parent these children, however long they are with us. We are also thankful for the kindness of our family and friends to learn about our decision to become foster parents on our blog livelovefoster.blogspot.com. We are more than happy to answer any questions you may have for us. Thank you for your prayers for our “growing” family!
Love,
Brian and Julie Hills
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