{"id":233,"date":"2008-08-10T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2008\/08\/3-more-children.html"},"modified":"2008-08-10T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T22:20:00","slug":"3-more-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2008\/08\/3-more-children.html","title":{"rendered":"3 more children&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last November Barbara and I sensed the Lord was up to something in our lives. &#160;We currently have six children (5 adopted) but in separate times of prayer God gave us a vision (and desire) for more children. &#160;A sibling set. &#160;There are so many children who enter the foster care system with their siblings wondering if they are going to be able to stay together or be split up. &#160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>We began to make adjustments in preparations for their arrival&#8230;whomever they may be. &#160;We adjusted our finances, emotional capacity; we put practices into place to insure that our current children receive the care and attention they deserve. &#160;Just a few weeks ago we emptied out our savings and began to renovate our house adding bedrooms and bathrooms in anticipation. &#160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This has been a huge step of faith for us and, thanks be to God, he confirmed the vision he gave us this past week as we met social services and were offered a sibling group of three. &#160;Two boys and a girl. &#160;We are honored to have been chosen to be their parents and are deeply in need of God&#039;s grace and strength to live the call he has on our life.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>9 kids&#8230;that&#039;s enough for a baseball team!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last November Barbara and I sensed the Lord was up to something in our lives. &#160;We currently have six children (5 adopted) but in separate times of prayer God gave us a vision (and desire) for more children. &#160;A sibling set. &#160;There are so many children who enter the foster care system with their siblings&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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