Today is February 11. A year ago (on February 8), our family pictures changed. And so did our lives. Words aren’t flowing today … Many thoughts … Many feelings … But words seem less than adequate. Pictures will have to tell the story today …   PART SEVEN continued here: http://www.sodakotagal.blogspot.com/2013/02/he-asked-us-to-begin-with-one.html Here’s a word you […]

I saw the face of Jesus in a little orphan girl. She was standing in the corner on the other side of the world. And I heard the voice of Jesus gently whisper to my heart – Didn’t you say you wanted to find Me? Well here I am, here you are, so what now? […]

A year or so before the actual arrival of our first foster child, we began “the process.” After 30 hours of training, paper work, phone calls, paper work, interviews, advice from other foster parents, home studies, paper work, and then … well, some more paper work, THEN the day actually arrived. During those pre-arrival days, I sometimes […]

It’s our 27th anniversary today! Happy Anniversary to my servant-hearted hubby and partner for life! I could in no way take on the task of fostering without Brent. In fact, I don’t know how single parents do it day after day. I know God is able to work in us to do things we never […]

Our little guy came to us that first day with some things given to him (donations from people who had given items to the agency) in a small bag: a few clothes, pjs, some bath products, a couple pairs of socks and underwear, a blanket, and a stuffed animal. He also came in with a big, warm smile. He […]

2013 is well under way with almost one month already behind us! Good grief. 🙂 I am never too sad to see January come and go. For some reason, the month after Christmas is not typically one of my favorites of the year. When we lived in Washington, it was often very dreary and coldish. People […]

I just finished watching an hour-long special on CBS about Foster Care/adoption. I can’t believe that this was aired tonight. I realize that God is sovereign Ruler of the universe, but I’m amazed that His timing is often so personalized and individualized. This morning, we found out our 3 yr-old foster son, “Buddy” (as we call […]

It seems like Steven Curtis Chapman’s song The Great Adventure has been our life theme song. Ha! But here we go again….To discover all the new horizons just waiting to be explored. This is what we were created for! We have just filled out the initial paper work, put it in the stamped envelope and it’s […]