Today is the anniversary of our first foster care placement. December 2018 was such a crazy, busy, stressful month. When we said yes to this little girl, H, we said yes to much more than we thought.
Category: foster care
#weksfoster {Regroup & Relax}
When our first foster placement left our home earlier this month, we decided to take a short break from fostering. We’ve been snuggling with our boys, soaking up this time with just them, and enjoying an easy life for a while.
#weksfoster {Preparing Hearts & Home}
I wrote this post in December, a week before our home was opened & we accepted our first foster care placement.
We (the Kieklaks) are at the tail end of the foster care certification process. We were supposed to have our home open by November 1st, but there was some forgotten paperwork that surfaced after we signed our contract. Now, after the 1st of December, we’ve gotten all the paperwork (actually all of it this time) sent in to DHS and we’re just waiting for approval. Our foster care agency will want us to take another respite care placement before taking a (more) permanent placement.
An Open Chair at Our Table
It’s been a while since we posted regularly on here, but we wanted to tell you guys about some big changes. Both of our families started foster care this summer! We wanted to update you with where our families are in the process so you can be praying for us as we begin this journey.
Let’s start by explaining why we feel called to foster care. We’ve always had a heart for serving, and what better way to love your neighbor than to provide a safe home for a child in need? We both feel we have a safe & loving home to offer (though maybe a little crazy sometimes!) and more room in our hearts and homes, so we wanted to get involved.
Foster Care Resources
Both of our families plan to pursue foster care in the future. Here are our favorite links about the importance of foster care & how you can get involved and support foster families.
Foster Children Need the Church
Foster Care as the Way of Christ
Four Ways Your Church Can Support Foster and Adoptive Families
10 Simple Ways Your Church Can Serve Foster Families
Wanted: Parents Willing to Get Too Attached
Fighting for Faith in a Fostering Family
Foster Caring: How to care for foster children without becoming a foster parent
Foster Care: An Invitation into an Entirely New Normal
Surprised by Foster Care: 5 Ways It’s Not What I Thought It Would Be