Jude 2

Well, our house is finally full. We have 9 kids, my mother, one friend, and my wife and I spread between 6 bedrooms.

Not only that...it looks as if we will be adopting ALL NINE children, we've already adopted 3 and are in the process of adopting 2 more.

We only had 7 and 2 of them were supposed to be going home and that would leave us with 5 kids that are going to be OUR kids.

On Friday my wife went to a meeting for the parents of the two that were supposed to be going home. At that meeting we found out that DEFACS was going to push for the parents rights to be terminated. The dad is in prison and the mom just ain't cooperating.

They then asked us to reunite the 4 siblings into our home which would is adding the two sisters to our family and then they asked us to adopt them. Turns out that it is really hard to find permanent homes for foster children that are minorities. In this case they are African-American.

So I now have 5 boys and 4 girls!

We never planned this...we just couldn't say NO...God gave us a burden for these kids and we accepted the challenge.

So please be in prayer for us.

PastorDaniel wrote:Well, our house is finally full. We have 9 kids, my mother, one friend, and my wife and I spread between 6 bedrooms.

Not only that...it looks as if we will be adopting ALL NINE children, we've already adopted 3 and are in the process of adopting 2 more.

We only had 7 and 2 of them were supposed to be going home and that would leave us with 5 kids that are going to be OUR kids.

On Friday my wife went to a meeting for the parents of the two that were supposed to be going home. At that meeting we found out that DEFACS was going to push for the parents rights to be terminated. The dad is in prison and the mom just ain't cooperating.

They then asked us to reunite the 4 siblings into our home which would is adding the two sisters to our family and then they asked us to adopt them. Turns out that it is really hard to find permanent homes for foster children that are minorities. In this case they are African-American.

So I now have 5 boys and 4 girls!

We never planned this...we just couldn't say NO...God gave us a burden for these kids and we accepted the challenge.

So please be in prayer for us.

Will be praying...

...but you should have done this last year, then you could have gotten a fat stimulus check.

I am sure you aren't looking for a pat on the back, however, that is a very impressive act of service you are doing for those kids. Major kudos to you and your wife.

May God richly bless you and your family for taking care of His children in need.

pastor Daniel my sister has foster children 3 minorites that are sisters and they are precious. I know it is a lot of work and I just want you to know I am praying for you and your family and I also would like to say I have so much respect for you to do this. God will bless you for all you do. You and your wife are very tender hearted and I commend you for your efforts.
May the Lord bless you.

Wow. Nine. congrats Pastor Daniel.

Keep this and you can right your own Cheaper by the Dozen Sequels..

fezzik wrote:I am sure you aren't looking for a pat on the back, however, that is a very impressive act of service you are doing for those kids. Major kudos to you and your wife.

May God richly bless you and your family for taking care of His children in need.

You are correct, I was looking for prayer, and sharing with all of my J2 friends...however, thanks for the kudos...

That's not what we do it for....but sometimes it is nice to hear

Billy n NC wrote:Wow. Nine. congrats Pastor Daniel.

Keep this and you can right your own Cheaper by the Dozen Sequels..

Yeah, we have said over and over..."what if we adopt all of these and then my wife turns up pregnant"

It would be awesome!! But hilarious!!

How is the foster situation for you right now? Any new kids?

one love wrote:pastor Daniel my sister has foster children 3 minorites that are sisters and they are precious. I know it is a lot of work and I just want you to know I am praying for you and your family and I also would like to say I have so much respect for you to do this. God will bless you for all you do. You and your wife are very tender hearted and I commend you for your efforts.
May the Lord bless you.

Thanks Onelove, God does bless us greatly each day.

How are things with you right now? With the move and all? Did I read that you were running back to VA?

EagerBeaver wrote:Will be praying...

...but you should have done this last year, then you could have gotten a fat stimulus check.

True that....but 9 kids make a fat check skinny real quick....

However, we are extremely blessed...God has continously provided the means for us to do this.

We consider it a ministry of it's own....and doing this has helped us to reach out into the community in ways that we never could have imagined.

Everyone that has a spare bed should consider fostering at least ONE child...it's sometimes the hardest, but always the most rewarding thing you could ever do...IMHO!!

You are giving the Duggars a run for their money. I like how you are doing it though, giving kids a home who wouldn't ordinarily have one.

EagerBeaver wrote:

PastorDaniel wrote:Well, our house is finally full. We have 9 kids, my mother, one friend, and my wife and I spread between 6 bedrooms.

Not only that...it looks as if we will be adopting ALL NINE children, we've already adopted 3 and are in the process of adopting 2 more.

We only had 7 and 2 of them were supposed to be going home and that would leave us with 5 kids that are going to be OUR kids.

On Friday my wife went to a meeting for the parents of the two that were supposed to be going home. At that meeting we found out that DEFACS was going to push for the parents rights to be terminated. The dad is in prison and the mom just ain't cooperating.

They then asked us to reunite the 4 siblings into our home which would is adding the two sisters to our family and then they asked us to adopt them. Turns out that it is really hard to find permanent homes for foster children that are minorities. In this case they are African-American.

So I now have 5 boys and 4 girls!

We never planned this...we just couldn't say NO...God gave us a burden for these kids and we accepted the challenge.

So please be in prayer for us.

Will be praying...

...but you should have done this last year, then you could have gotten a fat stimulus check.

He probably got the limit just like us. $2400 is the most you could get.

PastorDaniel wrote:

one love wrote:pastor Daniel my sister has foster children 3 minorites that are sisters and they are precious. I know it is a lot of work and I just want you to know I am praying for you and your family and I also would like to say I have so much respect for you to do this. God will bless you for all you do. You and your wife are very tender hearted and I commend you for your efforts.
May the Lord bless you.

Thanks Onelove, God does bless us greatly each day.

How are things with you right now? With the move and all? Did I read that you were running back to VA?

I had to go back to va beach to be there for my Grandfathers heart surgery. But yeah things are going good. Thanks

Daniel,

You and Sarah are in my prayers........

You really are a great minister and do an incredible work

KB

Ilovebigcats wrote:
He probably got the limit just like us. $2400 is the most you could get.

Nope...not nearly...foster children did not qualify for the stimulus and two of our adoptions didn't finalize until this year.

So we got the 1 dependent low joint income one of $900.00.

dude, your first post reads like a math problem on a standardized test.