If you've been so bold as to keep up with us even through the thick and thin of the last few months, you know we've attempted to transition ourselves into at least the semblance of a "normal" life. Last week's update was, of course, a doosey of a post since it seemed to put what appeared to be the last nail in the casket of our lives as financially supported missionaries. Included in that, ironically, was the impression we were beginning to see an end to our role as foster/adoption parents since we had not heard a thing about the kids. Then, this week, we were contacted by our social worker several times. While I'm not allowed to discuss the pertinent information regarding the kids, I can say we've been asked to be included in the process again. I, as you'd probably guess, was ignorantly open to anything the social worker had to offer. Debbie, on the other hand, was intelligent enough to think through what we were being asked to do, and simply drew a line in the sand making it clear as to when we would be willing to jump back into the system.

I've got to say, through the several interactions we had with the social worker this week, both Debbie and I were thrown into an emotional spiral again, similar to what we went through at the end of last year. I was deeply depressed on my way to work and honestly had a very difficult time getting out that depression. Thankfully, I was able to talk through my emotions with Debbie and, as well, I have a very upbeat group of people I work with now at University of Phoenix who just made me feel happy and healthy again, in spite of the emotional upheaval. We also had the benefit of having our dear friend Daleen here from South Africa living in our home all week and willingly able to encourage us. We then sent out a prayer request to all of you on our FraserWorld subscriber notification and MAN OH MAN! Did YOU ALL come through for us! Thank you SO much for ALL those encouraging emails! You are SUCH a blessing!

So, now the question is, do me attempt to structure our lives to potentially include the kids in regards to housing, transportation, and employment? Or, do we simply continue to live our lives as we've begun to do and let the cards land as they will when the foster/adoption process actually plays out...whenever that will be?!!?

Not looking for answers just yet...but, if you've got input...we'll gladly take it - especially if you've taken the time to prayerfully consider all we've been through to this point in our lives with this foster/adoption process!

Thanks again for being Christ with skin on in our lives! As we continue to say... we couldn't do this without you...and wouldn't want to if we could!