"God sets the lonely in families..."
Psalm 68:6a
Well, I don't know how much longer Sam* is going to be around to water those plants. You see, last Tuesday we found out that Sam and his 16-year-old sister would need to move to a new home. Their mom's mental and physical disabilities have overcome her and she is being placed in a group home long-term.
A few volunteers and friends who have been involved in Sam and his sister's lives over the past two years began to pray about who could take the two kids and provide a stable, Christian home for them. A pastor and his wife from a church in Jupiter stepped forward and are in the process of foster/adopting Sam and his sister!
Sam's new mom and dad are picking them up on Tuesday, and both kids are very excited. "Mom and dad" are concerned about what the kids are going to do for the rest of the summer, as they live quite a distance from our facility and both work, but as a wise man often says to me, "This didn't catch God by surprise; He's already worked it out."
My purpose in writing is to update you, of course, but also to let you know how valuable you are to the Kingdom of God and how very much God loves you all. It took more than one person to make this happen. It took the Body of Christ -- arms, legs, eyes, and every part to make it happen!
There is still a long, hard road ahead for these two precious children and their new "mom and dad," but as I went out to water the plants today, I found these two flowers growing in a crack between the cement wall and sidewalk, behind one of the plants Sam has been watering. I think this picture says it all.
-- Candace Eastling, Volunteer Coordinator
*Sam's name has been changed to protect his privacy.
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