tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181450402630174309.post940413767859575715..comments2023-08-28T06:52:55.154-07:00Comments on Working on a Full House: Foster Care JourneyMommy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970863651571623082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181450402630174309.post-54354148846849247812009-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:00Well, we definitely still have a desire to have mo...Well, we definitely still have a desire to have more children. Our plan was to wait to have #5, but God had other plans. =) We have been in this process since we only had 3 children, so our family has just grown in the midst of it all. We feel called to do this type of work, but we also don't have any clear signs we are working against God's plan in raising our own family. I have told Paul I would like to be more careful in getting pregnant with our next one because I'd like to have more time to do foster care and possibly adopt. Maybe when we get into foster care, our hearts will change about having more of our own....?? I really don't know how it will go. I feel we are open to children even later in our lives too, through foster, adoption or biologically. We won't use birth control and God's will can transcend any type of "control" we think we might have in that department anyway. So, I feel as long as I stay open and am prayerfully following God's plan, I'm exactly where I need to be. =)Mommy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07970863651571623082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181450402630174309.post-27468636079511917442009-05-13T07:47:00.000-07:002009-05-13T07:47:00.000-07:00this question may be too personal so don't feel yo...this question may be too personal so don't feel you have to answer it, but if you really want to adopt but your home can't fit more children, couldn't you just NOT get pregnant? if God is calling you to foster or adopt, wouldn't you want to follow His plan instead of getting pregnant again? no judgment, just curious. for us, we were called to adopt from foster care and chose not to get pregnant at all (meaning not ever) and to build our family entirely through adoption, even though we have no infertility problems that we know of. to each his own obviously, but i feel like we were following what God wants for us even though we've used birth control to do it. again, you don't have to answer.J-mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752445363877406264noreply@blogger.com