Monday, October 13, 2008

Okay, so I'm so sorry for leaving you all wondering about the coolest part of the story:) After posting yesterday and Stan and I were talking I realized I left a real good part of the story out and no it doesn't mean a baby, but at this point little things excite us!

When we got to the car dealership we found the car we had been looking at on the Internet. We left the boys in the car watching a movie and Stan and I got out and started looking at the car. A short while later a salesman started to walk over to us. I probably have a preconceived notion that salesmen can be devious and so I'm always a little skeptical. I can't say I've had a bad experience though, either. Curt, the salesmen, came up to us and started small talk. He asked what we were looking for as he noticed our envoy and was probably wondering why we were looking at something larger. We proceeded to tell him that we had 2 boys and we were in the process of adopting our 3rd child and knew we would need more room. He said, Wow that is so cool. We are foster parents and have found it to be such a blessing.

Okay at this point it was like it was meant to be. God sent this wonderful salesmen to take care of us who understood our situation. He shared stories of his own 4 grown children. They currently are fostering a 3 year old and a 1 year old, both of whom they have had for around 15 months. The 2 kids think they are brother and sister because they don't know any different and how hard it will be when they are separated. The 1 year was recently placed in a family and the 3 years old mother had just terminated her parental rights. The family that adopted the 1 year old was also trying to get the 3 year to keep them together. I always admire people who open their hearts and their homes to the foster care system. They love those children for a short period of time and I'm sure become attached and it is probably hard to say goodbye.

So that's the cool part of the story. The Lord sent someone to help us along this journey. Another small step on this amazing journey.

2 comments:

Nate & Mary Beth said...

So cool! Also, congrats on the new vehicle! Your encounter is certainly the Lords doing and is a stepping stone along the way.

And...your previous post totally had me thinking baby ;).

Carey said...

I love how God works! What a neat story.