Lizard Hunt

The gang with their catch.

E proudly displaying his frogs!!

Slumber Party in the tent (in their room)!!

Since summer arrived, Joshua has been dying to go on a lizard hunt at night. Yesterday, E spent the night with us for the second time. We went on a huge lizard hunt with tons of friends, but found only baby frogs instead of lizards. Our kids' friends knew about E and made him feel part of the family from the moment they saw him. It was fun to see our kids and the amazing kids they have chosen as their friends love on E.

We learned a lot from the first night he came and tried to make some simple changes. The first night he spent with us was an introduction to our family. Therefore, any time he wanted to do something, we stopped what we were doing and played with him. When he left, we had a family meeting and everyone was fully exhausted! Meredith , Marian, and Josh had such servants' hearts and we loved watching them have a heart for E. But we knew that in the long term we couldn’t keep that up, and he would have to become more of a "family member" and less of a “guest”. Last night we treated him like a son and brother.

E woke up early this morning, so Paul & I sat and had breakfast with him. I know that he is so confused about the fact that he will soon be leaving his foster family, friends, and church to come live with us daily. He will have to make new friends, have a new school, and a new church. Most of us want to know what our future holds for us; E just wanted to know where he would be in August when school started. It broke my heart to think about how scary and unpredictable his world must feel to him. He doesn’t know what tomorrow holds or who will be there for him.

Please pray with us for this little boy that CPS can come to some decision about the home-study they are doing on an aunt in Virginia ,and whether or not they are going to terminate the father’s rights. E can't be adopted until that happens and will continue to live with so much uncertainty in his life.