An Update

In an earlier post, I wrote about Raylen's biological half sister that is in CPS custody. We have not had any contact with anyone concerning the case up till now. We have continued to keep her on our hearts, but have refrained from telling Raylen about the situation. A week or so ago, we had even decided to just "let it go" in our hearts and that day, Raylen came to me out of the blue and begged me to come help her sister who was crying. I had no idea what she was talking about because she doesn't know anything about the situation or know about the word sister in reference to herself at all. She was in panic, and I thinking that she was talking about her baby doll or something, asked her to show me where her sister was. She couldn't tell me and said she didn't know, but that she could hear her crying and that I needed to help her. I was floored. I assured her that I would help her and she calmed down immediately, said okay and went off to play. That was enough motivation for me to keep praying.

Last night, I had a missed call while I was in church from a number I didn't know. This morning, I felt led to call the CPS case worker for an update and when I went to dial the number I realized it matched the one I missed from the night before. In talking with the worker, I found that she is still pushing for the birth mother to place the baby with us. She feels it is the right thing to do to keep the girls together. She said it was no guarrantee, but if the parental rights were terminated, she wanted the girls to be together. She told us some of the stories that the birth mother has been saying about us that aren't true-I'm sure an effort to hold on to her parental rights.

At this moment, the worker is trying to contact the mother again to talk her into letting us keep the baby. Please pray concerning this. We are open and our home is open, but we want the best for Raylen and the baby and God's will in this situation. I will keep you posted.