Answered prayers

So, let me tell a story...

About 3 years ago my sister and her husband decided to become foster parents. In September of 2006 they got their first foster kids. One was 1 1/2 years and the other was 1 1/2 months. They were the cutest little boys! Needless to say, the entire family became very attached. My sister and her husband had these boys for almost a year. My sister and her husband love these boys as their own. They really wanted to adopt them and it looked like they were going to be able to. They even went to the temple and had the feeling come to them that these boys were going to be theirs. So, when in July of 2007 they got the dreaded phone call that the boys were going back to their parents the entire family was devastated. It made no sense that they should have the feeling that these boys were meant to be a part of the family.

The same week we found out that the boys were leaving, we also found out that my sister had a brain tumor. She underwent surgery for this in August 2007. Thankfully the tumor was benign (spelling?)... not cancerous... She has since made a full recovery and is what the doctor considers "cured."

Since all this happened my sister and her husband have fostered several children. In April 2008 my sister got a phone call that they had a newborn baby boy that they wanted her to take. She was able to take this baby home from the hospital and while she was there to get him the mother thanked her for taking her baby and giving him a good home. The mother then relinquished her rights. This allowed my sister and her husband to adopt this baby boy. The adoption was final in July of 2008 and they had him sealed to them that same month.

Since this happened they have continued to do foster care. The feeling that those first two little boys belong to them has never left. They have had two foster kids for the last couple of months. A little boy, 3, and a little girl, 19 months. They thought about the option of adoption but they just didn't feel right about it. They told the caseworker and the placement lady this just last week. Well, they received a phone call yesterday (April Fools Day of all days!)... the state wants them to take fhe first two boys back... and this time, it is most likely permanent!!!

We believe that the boys were meant to be part of the family all along. We believe that they had to leave for a short time so that my sister could have her surgery and so that their baby could come to them too. If they hadn't have left then my sister and her husband would not have had the opportunity to adopt their baby.

The Lord works in mysterious ways!! In the end, it turns out how it is supposed to!