We had our third home visit about 3 weeks ago. It was during this home visit that the case worker advised us that someone really should have told us up front that they really are looking for people who can take in children that are 5 years and older. We were asked to kind of put everything on hold for about 6 months. I don't know whether or not we will pick it back up in six months.
From the start, we knew God wanted us to start the training. I stated in the beginning that I didn't know how far in the process we would get. That I didn't know what God would bring about through this journey. I find it interesting that our third home visit, where we were asked to wait, coincided with the training regarding discipline. Kris and I discussed from the beginning how great it would be to have some training and guidance with regards to the discipline of our own children. We had hoped we would find some valuable practices to put in place, and we did. I know that God used this foster training experience to teach us and show us some things he needed us to see. And for that I am extremely grateful.
I probably won't update this again until I know if we are going to restart the training. Thank you to everyone who bathed this in prayer. I have peace about what God chose to show us through the training and we will see if this is still a path he leads us down a little farther down the road.
