Sunshine and Roses

If you followed our blog over christmas and up until now, you may think that hosting is all sunshine and roses.  I am going to tell you that it is not always that way.  There are many many many good times however there are also difficult times as well.  These children that are being hosted are often times lost, broken, alone, and afraid to trust.  Over the last three days we have had a few of those difficult moments that have caused for a rough weekend emotionally for me.  There have been many ups and downs this weekend but I feel that we have ended the weekend on a good note.  I am very thankful for an amazing woman who has volunteered to help us with our communication.  She offered to translate for us over a phone call and we took her up on that offer this evening.  The body language as well as the emotions changed completely after he was able to talk with her, even though it may have been small talk and a few questions answered, I think that it was a step in the right direction.  I will end this evening with some encouragement that my sister in law gave us this afternoon, and I am paraphrasing because I don't remember exactly what she said but it was something like this:  Love the lost, love the broken, love the angry because God Loves us and we are that way, so through Him we can do the same.