Last night, we got a new baby! Her name is Jasmine and she's 4 months old. I believe that everything happens for a reason and a few months ago, we upped our age to 3-10. Since then, we have gotten only phone calls from friends asking us to watch their foster kids when they were away. We found it odd that our friends were getting babies left and right and although we upped our age, we figured we'd have at least a few desperate calls to keep a baby overnight or something. We kept telling the lady in charge of maintaining the foster homes that we were ready for someone. She said that they have had a rash of babies lately but we were still open and would get a call any day for our new age selection. Yesterday, I got a text from my friend that she asked about us when a caseworker said that Monday they got 7 kids in an hour and several were in our new age group. The caseworker said that our house was marked "full". So, when the lady who maintains it looked at it, it was fine but when the caseworkers trying to place looked, we weren't available. I brought it to their attention and within the hour we got a call about this little baby. They say that she may be adoptable (of course once they give the mom a nice, long shot) but I didn't want to take her for that reason because ANYTHING can happen. In this Sunday's message, a question was posed that asked something to the effect of, "What if we're who we are, where we are, like we are for a reason?" And he talked about Queen Esther and how God would have raised up someone else to rescue Israel, His chosen people, if she chose not to but He put everything into place for her to take that step. Will Baby Jasmine be a part of our permanent family someday? I can't say and want to keep my heart in check during this ride but I do believe that the glitch that kept our home empty for a few months was for a reason--whatever it may be.
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