The Call
Tuesday was a normal day. Tony and I went to work, had plans for the evening, plans for the weekend, no big deal. My biggest obsession was getting through the school year and packing up my room. Summer was coming and we were excited for warmer weather, camp, hanging out outside. Never did we think we would receive "THE CALL."
Our license had finally come in on Saturday, May 18th. We were just glad it finally came through because it seemed like we were waiting on the state forever! At about 3:40 on Tuesday afternoon my phone rang. I noticed it was one of the numbers from the Center. I figured they just wanted some more information or paper work from us, so I answered it thinking nothing of it really. That's where I was wrong.
The first thing that tipped me off was the lady who called. I had never worked with her or heard her name in any of our trainings. It was then my head started spinning. Little did she know that her next words would change our lives forever.
"I have a male, newborn, three days old, no drugs, healthy, are you interested?" Just like that, like selling a car or something! Of course I practically screamed YES into the phone. Then everything I had ever learned from classes and trainers went right out the window! I said to her ok, what do we do now because I can't remember a thing they told us! She then called the investigator back, and we were listed as the temporary guardians.
She called me back with the go ahead to get this baby boy. I didn't care where I had to go and get him, I was going. If you know me well, you know that I HATE to drive to places far away that are unfamiliar. I didn't really care if I had to drive to the moon at that point! Luckily it wasn't the moon, but only to Ottawa. Baby boy was surrendered at the hospital to DCFS and I was able to pick him up straight from the DCFS center. I couldn't even wait for poor Tony to get home from work, because he needed to be picked up right away!
Since then our whole world as been turned upside down. I feel like we are on this insane roller coaster all of the time! We praise God for this miracle that the world said should have NEVER been ours. We were told over and over, you'll never get a newborn, a baby maybe, but never a new born. Those go to families in other programs. If you do get a baby, it won't look like you, because Caucasian babies are the most desired in this area. Impossible, Impossible, Impossible. But nothing is impossible with GOD!
Because baby boy was surrendered during business hours by law DCFS had to call the first agency on the list out of the agencies that cover this area. Ours was that agency. Then the agency has to call the first names on their list. BAM the Brown's popped up! Only a miracle could have made that happen. Our story gets better and better and better! Baby boy was born in a different county. How we were ever called is a complete mystery to us! They always start with the county they were born in and work their way out, newborns go FAST! We should have never gotten this baby, but God had other plans. The miracle of this child isn't over yet. There is so much more to tell!
God is blessing us in ways that we could have NEVER imagined. We prayed and prayed that however this happened it would be in a way that ONLY God could receive the glory. That is truly what is happening. There is no way any of this could have happened without HIS timing and HIS hand in every situation.
While we are at this point are fostering baby boy, and nothing is set in stone for anything to change that, we are trusting in God fully to bring about the best for this baby. Why I have any doubts about this situation is beyond me, because God has fully revealed himself to us through the miracle of the situation. I have a big feeling though that He isn't nearly finished yet! It's almost like He's saying to us, you think this is great? You think this is as big as I get? You ain't seen nothin' yet! I know that scripture talks about God being able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine, but WOW how AMAZING HE truly is!
I have so much more to tell, but this will have to do for now, because baby boy will be getting fussy in about ten minuets for a little TLC!
Our license had finally come in on Saturday, May 18th. We were just glad it finally came through because it seemed like we were waiting on the state forever! At about 3:40 on Tuesday afternoon my phone rang. I noticed it was one of the numbers from the Center. I figured they just wanted some more information or paper work from us, so I answered it thinking nothing of it really. That's where I was wrong.
The first thing that tipped me off was the lady who called. I had never worked with her or heard her name in any of our trainings. It was then my head started spinning. Little did she know that her next words would change our lives forever.
"I have a male, newborn, three days old, no drugs, healthy, are you interested?" Just like that, like selling a car or something! Of course I practically screamed YES into the phone. Then everything I had ever learned from classes and trainers went right out the window! I said to her ok, what do we do now because I can't remember a thing they told us! She then called the investigator back, and we were listed as the temporary guardians.
She called me back with the go ahead to get this baby boy. I didn't care where I had to go and get him, I was going. If you know me well, you know that I HATE to drive to places far away that are unfamiliar. I didn't really care if I had to drive to the moon at that point! Luckily it wasn't the moon, but only to Ottawa. Baby boy was surrendered at the hospital to DCFS and I was able to pick him up straight from the DCFS center. I couldn't even wait for poor Tony to get home from work, because he needed to be picked up right away!
Since then our whole world as been turned upside down. I feel like we are on this insane roller coaster all of the time! We praise God for this miracle that the world said should have NEVER been ours. We were told over and over, you'll never get a newborn, a baby maybe, but never a new born. Those go to families in other programs. If you do get a baby, it won't look like you, because Caucasian babies are the most desired in this area. Impossible, Impossible, Impossible. But nothing is impossible with GOD!
Because baby boy was surrendered during business hours by law DCFS had to call the first agency on the list out of the agencies that cover this area. Ours was that agency. Then the agency has to call the first names on their list. BAM the Brown's popped up! Only a miracle could have made that happen. Our story gets better and better and better! Baby boy was born in a different county. How we were ever called is a complete mystery to us! They always start with the county they were born in and work their way out, newborns go FAST! We should have never gotten this baby, but God had other plans. The miracle of this child isn't over yet. There is so much more to tell!
God is blessing us in ways that we could have NEVER imagined. We prayed and prayed that however this happened it would be in a way that ONLY God could receive the glory. That is truly what is happening. There is no way any of this could have happened without HIS timing and HIS hand in every situation.
While we are at this point are fostering baby boy, and nothing is set in stone for anything to change that, we are trusting in God fully to bring about the best for this baby. Why I have any doubts about this situation is beyond me, because God has fully revealed himself to us through the miracle of the situation. I have a big feeling though that He isn't nearly finished yet! It's almost like He's saying to us, you think this is great? You think this is as big as I get? You ain't seen nothin' yet! I know that scripture talks about God being able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine, but WOW how AMAZING HE truly is!
I have so much more to tell, but this will have to do for now, because baby boy will be getting fussy in about ten minuets for a little TLC!
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