Thank you all for your comments and your prayers. I only have a sec for a quick update-things are going well, but I don't know if she is going to stay with us-her boyfriend is in Alberta and she wants to be with him...and he doesn't want to come here yet. So we are not sure if she will stay-we really hope so but-its up to her. We think it would be best if she stayed and had some time to think through her options and her future, but I also remember being that age and wanting nothing more than to cuddle with my guy. Les and I dated when we were fourteen and then again at eighteen and we have been together ever since. And I remember those first feelings-like you can't bear to be apart or not talk to eachother all day...so that is what she is experiencing right now. But I don't think she is thinking as far into the future as she should be-like neither of them have a job right now, or a place to live together(she is welcome here as long as she needs but not the two together-we do have small children and we disagree with that lifestyle choice) I don't think they have thought through what it will be like to provide for a baby-the costs associated with babies and the responsibilities involved. Like the fact that it is way harder to finish school and your life is very limited in a lot of ways (which is hard even for those of us who have deliberatly made the choice to have children) and she is only sixteen-I keep wondering if this is what she really wants out of her life-I know for myself if I was pregnant at 16 nobody would have been able to drag my baby from me-I have always desired to be a mom it was my lifes goal. But if she wants other things -well I just hope that she doesn't make a decision based on the attention she thinks she will get. hmm ok well thats enough of my opinions for now. We are trying to just love her and help her know all her options. We are going in for a job interview tommorow, and then I will be taking her to the pregnancy outreach centre in Williams Lake-they offer counseling and prenatal info etc..so that is our plans so far. I would really appreciate your continuing prayers for the young lady and her baby, as well as for my husband, children and I that we would be a light, a comfort and above all a beacon of Gods love. Thank you.
p.s I am sorry I won't be able to comment on your blogs for awhile-I have been sneaking in a few peaks when I get the chance, but I just don't have the energy to comment at the moment-hope you are all doing well, blessings
Erin
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