YFC has 95 families who are living the ministry of foster care. Many of them are foster-adopt families. They love and nurture their foster child while supporting the State’s efforts to help the biological parents solve their problems and regain custody of their children. At the same time, the foster parents are hoping to adopt the child if the biological parents do not succeed.

For a foster-adopt family, this is a long journey, lasting many months, that often involves roller-coaster emotions. Foster-adopt families want the birth parents to make positive changes in their lives, but they also love the children they are caring for.

This month, YFC has 6 families who are finalizing the adoptions of 7 foster children. They range in age from 5 down to 1-1/2. What a joy to cross the “finish line” at the final adoption hearing in court! Each hearing is special, with smiles, tears, and many photos. Each one of these children will now have the stability and permanence of a Christian adoptive family. –Karen Grove