As a former foster child I greatly appreciate all that you do. My foster family was incredible and decades later they are still a part of my life. All the best to you.
We took a baby boy into our home straight from the hospital. We adopted when he was eight To him we are mamaw and pawpaw. To us he is our heart. He is now 17 and entering senior year and a fine young man. What a blessing opening your home is. God bless you !
Thank you for posting this video! God is always on time! We are in the process of helping our 6 year old foster son transition to his mom’s home after almost a year. First time going through this. We adopted our other son who is also six after a year of him coming home previous to this. A lot of emotions and a very different experience!
Hugs to you- so many emotions! I have a whole playlist on reunification and how we got through it after our first placement was reunified after 2 years of being with us. I hope it can encourage you as you finish well.
Sending lots of care your way! We had our 17 year old choose to leave our care in May. She did the work to get supported independent living for herself. It really saved our relationship with her because we all were at the end of our tether too. She's still finishing high school and is doing an amazing job with the extra responsibility of her own place (and her own dog!). The ending is definitely sad, but its made a lot easier when it opens up their life for new opportunity.
Oh wow, I didn’t realize that was an option for them to have supported independent living at 17. That’s great :) I’m thankful the independence has helped your relationship. It is a hard time of life with so many transitions - glad you can still be there for her.
@HappyHoppe I'm in Australia so may be different here. It's a really wonderful way to transition into adulthood. I wish all young people could do something similar!
@@HappyHoppeI wanted to add on, I was so grateful our foster daughter had the opportunity to choose to leave our care earlier because we were getting to similar point as you and i know how heartbreaking that must be to do. I so admire you for realising it was time and doing it in such a caring way. You will have made such a huge impact on July with your ongoing unconditional love, and especially for you and your husband to continue to make connection with that bond even after the pain is such an amazing gift to her.
Lisa I’m so proud to call you a friend in Christ ❤You are truly making a difference in so many lives. Your message was such a sweet reminder to me that God’s plan is always so perfect we just have the hard part of waiting and trusting. ♥️
You did a great job explaining that. Definitely sounds like the Lord's hand was on July leaving you guys. You did the right thing even thought it was hard.
Well if you give love, you probably need to be ready to work out when ungrateful things happen. But I am sure she still will think of you, maybe come back one day.
Trust me, I know it can be hard to follow. It’s hard for me to follow and I have all the details 🤪 Their relationship changed to a friendship during the 2 weeks we had August back in March 👍
I don’t know about August, but that’s almost one month until the month of the same name. I have my name and I don’t know why I am April since it’s my name. Named after the month of the same name. (Sorry for mentioning the names, so sorry, but I won’t mention the names since it’s private and personal information. I don’t wanna ask personal questions about people or myself or my family. Please don’t let me say their names).
As a former foster child I greatly appreciate all that you do. My foster family was incredible and decades later they are still a part of my life. All the best to you.
Oh wow, thanks for your encouraging comment ❤️
Thank you for everything yall do for each child yall foster and praying for July through her years in college and in the future life
Thank you!! Prayers are so essential!
That must have been so so hard! I'm so sorry you had to go through that but I'm so glad it worked out for July and August.❤❤❤❤
We took a baby boy into our home straight from the hospital. We adopted when he was eight To him we are mamaw and pawpaw. To us he is our heart. He is now 17 and entering senior year and a fine young man. What a blessing opening your home is. God bless you !
Love hearing your story and how God used him and you to be a blessing for one another ❤️
Blessings to you all , foster care is such a rollercoaster ride for all involved. We just do our best!
Yes, definitely 👍
Thank you for posting this video! God is always on time!
We are in the process of helping our 6 year old foster son transition to his mom’s home after almost a year. First time going through this. We adopted our other son who is also six after a year of him coming home previous to this. A lot of emotions and a very different experience!
Hugs to you- so many emotions! I have a whole playlist on reunification and how we got through it after our first placement was reunified after 2 years of being with us. I hope it can encourage you as you finish well.
Sending lots of care your way! We had our 17 year old choose to leave our care in May. She did the work to get supported independent living for herself. It really saved our relationship with her because we all were at the end of our tether too. She's still finishing high school and is doing an amazing job with the extra responsibility of her own place (and her own dog!).
The ending is definitely sad, but its made a lot easier when it opens up their life for new opportunity.
Oh wow, I didn’t realize that was an option for them to have supported independent living at 17. That’s great :)
I’m thankful the independence has helped your relationship. It is a hard time of life with so many transitions - glad you can still be there for her.
@HappyHoppe I'm in Australia so may be different here. It's a really wonderful way to transition into adulthood. I wish all young people could do something similar!
@@HappyHoppeI wanted to add on, I was so grateful our foster daughter had the opportunity to choose to leave our care earlier because we were getting to similar point as you and i know how heartbreaking that must be to do. I so admire you for realising it was time and doing it in such a caring way. You will have made such a huge impact on July with your ongoing unconditional love, and especially for you and your husband to continue to make connection with that bond even after the pain is such an amazing gift to her.
You are doing an amazing job Lisa, you really are.😊
Aww, thanks so much for this encouragement ❤️
Love the foster care videos!
Thanks for the support ❤️
Sending love ❤️
Lisa I’m so proud to call you a friend in Christ ❤You are truly making a difference in so many lives. Your message was such a sweet reminder to me that God’s plan is always so perfect we just have the hard part of waiting and trusting. ♥️
Aww 🥰 thanks friend! God is so good 😊
You did a great job explaining that. Definitely sounds like the Lord's hand was on July leaving you guys. You did the right thing even thought it was hard.
Thanks, hindsight is 20/20… definitely was the best thing for her and us, but it wasn’t an easy decision to make.
Have you adopted any children from foster care?
No
Gods way of working is miraculous.
Yeah, man, my faith has grown SO MUCH as I watch God work as we have been foster parents. He works in ways I wouldn’t choose, but it is GOOD! ❤️
Well if you give love, you probably need to be ready to work out when ungrateful things happen. But I am sure she still will think of you, maybe come back one day.
But didn't August leave because she didn't get along with July? I know you can't give specific details but sometimes that makes it hard to follow.😂
Trust me, I know it can be hard to follow. It’s hard for me to follow and I have all the details 🤪
Their relationship changed to a friendship during the 2 weeks we had August back in March 👍
I don’t know about August, but that’s almost one month until the month of the same name. I have my name and I don’t know why I am April since it’s my name. Named after the month of the same name. (Sorry for mentioning the names, so sorry, but I won’t mention the names since it’s private and personal information. I don’t wanna ask personal questions about people or myself or my family. Please don’t let me say their names).
The Lord always has a way of working things out.
Yea he does ❤️