Age Matters

I have spent a good part of the day 'getting to know' 11 children through pictures and stories shared by their adoption worker.

We will soon be introducing these 11 children to our church family (through these pictures and stories...maybe even videos) with the hopes that others can be in prayer for them. Don't worry, I will post them here on my blog too!

Most of these children have been waiting too long for a family. Most of them are living in group homes...some of them don't even know what it means to be in a family anymore.

All of them have suffered horrible trauma that no child should ever have to experience. From watching the death of their sibling to suffering severe sexual abuse.

Many of them are at risk of aging out of the foster care system without a family..without a support system....alone.

The older a child gets, the less likely it is that they will be matched with a family. Age matters.

I feel the need to pray diligently for these teenagers.

There is one sibling set of three, however, and because they are younger they already have a potential family. The social worker explained that the younger ones get matched more easily.

Because of this, one might think we shouldn't give as much attention to the little ones, but age matters and every day that goes by without permanency for even the smallest child, has a grave impact on their development...specifically, their ability to trust.

Please join me in praying that God would raise up families that are just right for each of these children.