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You have all been so faithful in praying for us along this journey – i know this because I can feel your prayers. I hear from random people (just when I need it most) that someone else they know is praying for us and I can't tell you what a difference it makes in my day.
I need you again to please pray for a specific situation. A couple of them actually. As always, please pray first for God's perfect will and for Him to give us the grace we need to accept whatever His will may be.
Two specific requests:
1) Biological paternal grandparents are having a homestudy done so that they can have overnight visits with Speedy. They are healthy people who love Speedy and Princess and Speedy already has a relationship with them so while this will be very difficult for us, I do think it will be good for Speedy. It is possible, however, that they may be allowed to also have the bio parents over to visit while they have Speedy with them. I can not be objective about this. I am certain beyond doubt that they would keep Speedy safe but I don't know if this is in his best interest. Obviously, I don't want this to be allowed or to happen even if it is allowed. Please pray that the state does not allow it and that the grandparents abide by that. Also pray that they do not try to take Princess for visits, too. I don't think they are at this point but she is too little to be away from me.
2) The court date coming up in July. The best thing we know of that could happen at that court date is for the judge to set a date for a trial to terminate parental rights. That is what we are praying for. No extensions for parents to work their plans, we want a termination date.
Thanks for your prayers and I will keep you updated, as usual.
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Praying!!!!!
Peace and Blessings, Linda L.
Comment by Linda L. May 15, 2006 @ 8:45 amThis is going to be the hard part about having the grandparents in their lives. I trust that God will lay his hand on this situation!! I pray that He will watch over these precious children! If the g-parents go get an overnight stay and they violate the rules- they will lose it so hopefully they will be wise! Praying for you guys!
Comment by Julie May 15, 2006 @ 8:51 amYou are always in my prayers.
Comment by Judy May 15, 2006 @ 1:22 pmI work in child protective services. You are at the beginning of what will most likely be a long and difficult process. I have worked with other foster parents in your situation, and I have some idea how much you love these children and how desperate you are to keep them. The children need your love, but they also need their biological family, as hard as that is for you. If you can love them and also allow them to have a relationship with their grandparents, you will have given them a great gift. In earlier posts you asked only that people pray that god do what’s best for the children; now you ask that people pray for you to keep the children.
Comment by rossecorp May 16, 2006 @ 8:03 pmYou are correct. I am now praying that God allow us to keep the children because I believe with my whole heart that it is what is best for the kids. Not because we want them so much, not because we have more money and can provide for them but because their bio parents seem incapable of making good decisions. I do still pray for God’s will and I also pray for the grace to accept whatever that is. I always pray first for God’s will.
I appreciate your perspective on things. We will do whatever we can to help facilitate a relationship with Princess and Speedy’s bio grandparents. I have no idea how these things work but in my mind, the best situation would be for them to continue being grandparents. We would love to just adopt them into our family as well as the children. I know that there will be challenges in doing that but we are committed because we agree that it is something Speedy and Princess both need. We won’t just “tolerate” it for them, we will fully embrace it. A link to their biological family would be a priceless gift. I want them to have that more than I could ever explain. I can’t write about all of it, but we have already laid the foundations for a good relationship with the grandparents. They only want what is best for the kids and they agree, with sadness, that the kids should not ever be returned to their bio parents.
Thank you for the reminder. I don’t want to love them so blindly that I stop seeing what is best for them. Yes, we love them with all of our hearts and would be devastated if we lost them. But as I’ve said from the beginning, it’s not about us, it’s about them.
And one last thing. Thank you for what you do. I can’t imagine how difficult your job must be and I want you to know that I appreciate your work. You make a difference in the life of a child every day.
Comment by ebenezer May 17, 2006 @ 5:55 am