[gormancrew]

I am posting because we need prayer . We have been blessed by fostering preemie newborn twins. Baby a is home with us, baby b is still in the hospital. We are head over heels in love with them already , couldn't love them more if we gave birth ourselves. Our caseworker called last night to say that multiple family members have come forth wanting them. To say the situation they come from is horrible is an understatment, and from what we hear from docs, nurses, ect. the extended family is no better. They are both so small and frail, heart moniters ect, my heart aches and I cry every time I hold them or think of them not being with us. I am so afraid they will get hurt, and the future they have if they survive would be grim. Please pray along with us, and for us. Pray that if it is God's will, that the babies will stay with us, where they will be loved and cared for. Pray that if it is not to be, that He give us the strength to get through this. My heart is so very broken, I don't know how we will get along without them. Thank you all so much for listening to my post. God bless you all, and know how thankful I am to have you all to share with.

[L-A-J-C-R-C]

It would seem to me that if the doctors, nurses, etc. could make a judgement like that social services will too.

I will add the babies to my prayers as well as your family.

Michelle

[diana2u]

Your family and those beautiful babies have my prayers..The Good Lord will be watching out for the best intrest of those babies..

GOD BLESS

[Countrycat]

Hi Everyone,
I am new to this forum. I have read some of your posts and my heart and prayers go out to you all. My husband and I have a 7 year old Chinese daughter who we adopted as a baby. We are in the process of trying to adopt a 3 to 6 year old girl internationally, but a number of families are having serious problems with the agency. So, we are "stuck in idle" and our homestudy runs out in January and we will not do another one due to our ages. I wonder if they are going to just let it run out, and then they will have our money. I call them everyday.
Add to this--our daughter has a friend who is Asian like herself, but has been in 4 different living situations since birth. She is not up for adoption, but my heart goes out to her and I have tried to make our home open to her on weekends. I am attached to her, and wish I could do something to really help her such as adopt her. But, unless God does a specific miracle I will have to just help her as best as I can on weekends when she comes to our farm. As always I can only ask for God to do what is His perfect will, and not what I personally want.--Countrycat

[stillwaiting]

We are fighiting to keep our son. I understand the pain you are feeling. I will keep you and these sweet babies in my prayers. It is the hardest thing you will ever go through.

Tina

[mj77]

Hopefully your state will be like ours and have to investigate the family before the babies can be placed. I highly doubt they can just hand over the babies to family as the parents rights are not yet terminated and the babies are needing such care now.

The state should be making sure they will be capable of managing the care these babies will need. Plus the state is supposed to protect them from the parents so what kind of access would the parents have to the babies in relative's care? I know this must be so scary for you. I was there too once. In our case, our son's family realized he was in a family that loved him and could meet his needs.

My prayers are with these babies and you now. If these relatives are unfit, my prayer is that the state will see it and not place with any of them. Best of everything.

[gormancrew]

I wanted to give everyone an update on our twin babies. We have both home now, and are more in love with them every day. We had a scare the other day that they would be placed with relatives, got the call and everything, but then it feel through. They got additional information on them and decided they could not take care of them. What an emotional rollercoaster!!! We wouldn't trade all this for anything, although a little sleep would be nice.lol Please keep us in prayer. I truly believe that God brought them to us because He knows we can care for them with all the medical issues they may have. We love them dearly, and will keep praying and giving it to God. Thank you all for your support, it is really a comfort to know other people know how we feel.

[pez collector]

Congratulations!!! It is so wonderful that both of your babies are home. I will continue to pray for all of you. God bless.

[alwayspraisehim]

I am just curious as to how things are going.

[gormancrew]

Thanks everyone, for the encouraging words and the prayers. Please keep us in your prayers, we haven't heard anything definate yet, but our casewroker keeps saying to be prepared for them to go to the birthparents at about 6 months. They cannot, and would not be able to take care of the medical needs they have now. We have been in and out of the hospital with both of them. They are doing okay, and get LOTS of love here, they are just medically fragile, and I believe they will have problems that will not be going away. We are willing to adopt them without any reservation, no-matter what may come up medically. I appreciate all of you so very much, and pray for all of the people who are on the forums all the time. We are a family among ourselves, and I am proud to be a part of this. Thanks again for your prayers. Debbie

[NoelJ]

We will be praying for you. It is great that you are willing to stand in the gap for these children. Even worst case they should go back to the birth parents, who knows how the love, care and attention you are giving them now may bless them.

Blessings!

Noel

[vadopting]

I pray the Lord answers your prayers!

[skootinalong2]

Debbie,

I too, an a foster parent. I am praying for you.

[gormancrew]

Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note between feedings to give everyone a little update. Our beautiful twins turned 4 months old. They are so incredible, and they smile and coo all the time now. They still have multiple medical issues ofcourse, around the clock breathing treatments, heart and breathing moniters to name a few, but are growing and getting big on us. We will begin with physical therapy soon, to address developmental delays in both. The birth parents have a court date in early March, which is two months earlier than I expected, and they will be pushing to reunify. Please continue to pray that God's will be done here. The parents are not mentally or physically able to keep up the pace and organization that we have to have with the babies ALL the time. We haven't gone a week without one or two Dr's visits, specialists, X-rays. The babies are not strong enough to make it with them yet, (I'm not sure they would ever be). I know the longer they are with us, the harder it gets to even picture our family without them. We pray with and for the babies all the time, in fact, they smile every time I say Amen to them. I wish I could send you all pictures, I promise if we get to adopt them, you will get to see these little angels. Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers, with so much support, I know that God will have his plan come to light here. Thanks Again, Debbie

[stillwaiting]

Debbie,

I pray God's will IS done for your babies. I pray with my son almost every day and he loves it. We are in a contested adoption and it is VERY painful and very hard to know the right thing to do but we just have to do what is best for our babies. Congratulations on your twins 4 month old birthday. I know your are thrilled! It is wonderful to hear they are progressing well. I can only imagen how tired you are.....I know they need your loving care and I will pray the Lord will direct their paths.

Thinking of you,
Tina