Thanking God for answered prayers.
Thanking God for dreams.
Thanking God for His will...His kingdom, His promises and for the
people He has put in my life to remind me of them when I am weak.
Thanking God from being such a new creation...just like His word promises.
Thanking God for the next steps....
our FIRE inspection and home inspection ended up being the same day~Wednesday the 25th of May.
the fire inspector called Wed morning and wanted to know what was convenient for us, so I told him that afternoon I was already going to be off work, so that would be great for me...so we sat it up.
he came before our licensing worker and did his inspection asked some questions about ages and sex to which I got to GLORIFY GOD and tell him this was all about from and for God so we weren't choosing, other than older kids who could possibly harm Payton. And he just looked at me with a tilt of the head and a corner of a smile and said, "wow", can't say I've ever heard anyone say anything like that before.
then I asked him some fire code questions about fencing in just the small step down part of our deck right off the back door if we had to after telling him the pool pond story and he said that this was the absolute nicest and cleanest house he had ever inspected for foster licensing and if they didn't let us be foster parents because of a pool and a pond they were insane. Which made me have a little more confidence about our inspection, because he sees all the same houses the licensing worker (who was running late) sees.
I had two friends text me right at 4pm telling me they were praying favor and God's will over the inspections, which once again reminded me just how lucky I really am...even if I never have another thing.
When she arrived she first did Payton's interview, which Payton was pretty minimal in her answers, just like I thought she would be ; ) and then we started the application questions.
She asked questions about how many children we wanted to be licensed to care for and Joey and I kind of looked at each other, because we had discussed being interested in keeping sibling groups together, but never a number of how many. So I asked her they had to have their own room, (meaning they can't share with Payton) so I asked her how many could stay in one room together if siblings. The answer was three. So we are being licensed for 3 kids age 0-18. Because she said that's just easier, because sometime when couples own children move out they will accept teenagers. So we agreed and that's what our license will be for.
Then she started asking about disabilities, health issues, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, ADD, bed wetting, sexually abused, acting out and other issues we would or would not be able to handle as foster parents....and my husband...
OH MY HUSBAND I AM SO MUCH MORE IN LOVE WITH THAN EVER!!!
He never flinched. Never wavered...never once....
I said that unfortunately with having to work, I didn't think there was anyway I could care for a wheelchair bound child (which there is one in foster care). That if I could be a stay home mom I would be much more likely to feel capable of that, but I just didn't see it a possibility with both of us working full time right now.
And with that, we discussed school districts and how I had to work. In order for us to have a home for foster kids ; )
therefore getting Payton to school and another child to school on time and me to be at work by 8am was the only concerns I had. Joey will be able to help some, but that's not a guaranteed with his rotating shifts that will be starting soon...so primarily we have to work around me getting kids to school and me to work.
I told her I knew the elementary school Pate and K went to had a before school daycare and that would make me able to get both kids and me everywhere on time, but I don't know if every school has one. She said their vouchers wouldn't cover a school daycare, and I told her if she could find an after school program for them til I could get off work, I would be more than willing to pay for the before school care.
The home inspection itself went great she said we had a BEAUTIFUL home and she was looking forward to working with us.
THE POND: The pond is not an issue since it's pretty far away from the house.
THE POOL: I remembered the alarm system we have, has door chimes set to go off anytime you open and close a door, so I turned it on before she got here. It's a voice command telling you which door is opened. It's a little annoying, but we had one in our old house and had it activated when Payton was little so we would know if she opened a door, and we got used to it so I am sure we will again.
We have to fence in the pool wall beside the jacuzzi (which we had already discussed needing to to keep the dog out...and that just makes us do it, we had talked about doing a patio and fire pit there for YEARS...so....now it's a project we can't ignore or put off and we need a more secure gate put up at the top of the steps from the other side of the house (which we'd also discussed needing to do already).
She agreed to try turning the paperwork into the state with us using the chimes and adding a high lock on the back door out of the reach of younger children.
If they deny it....
We have to fence in the top smaller deck area closest to the door to the house. Which we are prepared to do.
So....this weekend guess what we're doing?
Working out back again...wonder if I can get the kids and friends over to help again??? ; )
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
God Bless those who have, do and will serve our country.
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