When a son decides that he wants to take you out to dinner you should know something is up.

I asked him, jokingly, if he was getting married and didn't tell us!  He said no but...... there is a chance that he might be moving.  Moving out of our house.  Moving out of state.  God had prepared me for this.  The reason he took us out to dinner was he didn't want me to get upset.  He wanted me to be calm.  Funny thing is God had prepared me.  I told him that is fine but just make sure he is doing it for God's glory.  That this is what God wants him to do.  He has it figured out but there is still a lot to think about and get ready financially if you are going to do this right.  I told him that God gave him us for a short time.  We are to raise him the best we can and send him off.  He feels this is his time.

My husband opened up his mouth at a retreat recently letting everyone know that we are interested in helping out couples & premarried couples.  I have a heart for children and so does dh.  But he has a heart for marriages.  Together we are interested in helping out families.  Since he has opened his mouth we have been in full swing of listening to people.  Now we are waiting to see what is going to happen next.

This next weekend we are attending a Weekend to Remember Conference put on by Family Life.  We are going to be chaperoning a couple who is to be married this coming July.  We know this couple well as they have attended our church and some of my children will be in their wedding.  We are looking forward to this weekend.  Spending time with them and encouraging them.

God has put it on my heart for 4 more couples from our church to go.  I hope God will move mountains to get these couples to go.  It's not only for couples marriages who are in trouble but it's there for strengthening them.

1 Thess. 5:11  Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

Write a book.  That is what I keep being told.  I need to write a book.  This last couple who said this I told them our life is truly boring!  Who would want to read it?

Last week I got a phone call.  Actually my oldest dd got the call and called us.  She was all excited and told us we needed to make this phone call back.  Hmmmm should of known something was up since she was excited and this person I rarely talk to.

I called this lady back.  She said that God told her to call me about this.  She was wondering if Hope Life Center would have anything for foster care.  She then went on to say that there is a 3 month old little boy who needs a home for just 2 yrs.  His mom is going to prison and where he is at they don't want him.  They are threatening foster care if she doesn't find him a home.  That was all the detail she had.  My heart wanted to say take him!  My brain said to her that I would check into it as I don't think Hope has that type of services available.  I also said I would help find him a home as I, myself, didn't want to see him end up in foster care.  A little guy like that needs a permanent home for 2 yrs and not the chance of being bounced from home to home.  Those first 3 yrs are so crucial in a child's life.  Those first 3 yrs he needs stability.  Even though he is going back to his mom in 2 yrs the transition should be a lot easier than going from home to home to home and then back to mom.

I got off the phone and told dh.  My mom was also there and we discussed the little guy's problems.