Gearing up for first visit with mom...

'you are good and do good'


So Princess Petunia has her first visit with mom tomorrow afternoon. We went ahead and told her about it last night. She initially didn't show any emotion, didn't seem to really care one way or the other. Rach, on the other hand, began to cry and had to leave the room. Princess Petunia even tried to make her feel better by assuring her that it'd only be for a little while and then she'd come back. How precious is that? 


I have to admit that I am feeling a lot like Rach. She said she doesn't like it when Princess Petunia talks about her mom. At first, it didn't bother me at all, mainly because frankly it just didn't happen. Princess Petunia rarely mentioned her mom or her brothers or anything like that. But now that she knows she'll be seeing mom soon, she's been speaking of her more and more. She made her a bracelet last night when the girls were playing with beads. She collected shells for her today down at the creek. She made her another picture this afternoon. And just being real, it pricks my heart every time. And this is only after a week! 


I keep reminding myself that the reason we took this step into fostering was to help redeem & reconcile families. It's not about us. It's about Christ, and what He wants to do in Princess Petunia's heart and life. And yes, even what He wants to do in her mom's heart and life.


Please pray for me (& Jared) that we would have compassion for Princess Petunia's mom, that we'd truly desire her to know the Lord and be reconciled with Him first and then with her children, if that's His will. And please pray that the visit tomorrow would be fruitful and good.