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After a lot of prayer and discussion, we have decided that the dynamic duo is not the right match for our home. It was a very hard decision because these boys are desperately in need of a home. We wanted so badly to be a good match for them, but we are not. We are praying for a good home for them and we would ask that you would do the same.

Thinking about the boys and working toward a decision about them has really opened our hearts to some different things. We have a good friend, whose oldest son is in our youth group, that does emergency placement for infants and toddlers. She and her family take in these little ones for the first 72 hours of police protective custody. During that time, social workers work to find an appropriate long term placement for the child. If the child goes into care long term, the emergency placement family has the option of taking the child in for a longer period. If the parental rights are terminated for the child, then they have the opportunity to adopt the child. Our friends have adopted three of their four children this way. After some more thought and prayer, we have decided that this might be the right path for us. It would require that I stay at home and Nathan have a much better job than the one he has right now. We still have not heard anything from Hawker Beechcraft but Nathan did interview at Coca Cola yesterday morning so we are hopeful about that position. We have chosen to go through training with the agency that our friends work with, called Wichita Children's Home. We have a home inspection with one of the recruiters for the children's home on Monday evening. We are excited about this new possibility but as always are praying for God's continued leading. Thank you for keeping up with us. We love you all!