Keep the kids here permanently

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For the last year we have been fighting to get our kids A & L stable and healthy and keep them in our home that will ensure they have the childhood they deserve. They were exposed to far too many damaging, abusive, and traumatic events in their former home.Last month, the kids' guardian ad litem, who is like a private social worker, representing the kids' best interests in the case, issued his final report. He recommends the kids have full-time, permanent placement with us, but it is only a recommendation in a report right now. Now comes the hard part, we either have to somehow reach a settlement with the other side, or move on to a final hearing. We still have a big bill from the work so far over the past year, so while we have been able to keep our representation, we still have a big deposit to make to finish the fight. It's just all so very expensive and hard when you're trying to give kids a stable family life. We are so very close to the finish line.We're not despairing. We know we have truth and love and support from all of our family and friends on our side. We have faith in where we are headed, how this all will end, and we continue to trust that God will continue to light our path to the end.

by Melissa Stecker Mayer
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For the last year we have been fighting to get our kids A & L stable and healthy and keep them in our home that will ensure they have the childhood they deserve. They were exposed to far too many damaging, abusive, and traumatic events in their former home.

Last month, the kids' guardian ad litem, who is like a private social worker, representing the kids' best interests in the case, issued his final report. He recommends the kids have full-time, permanent placement with us, but it is only a recommendation in a report right now. Now comes the hard part, we either have to somehow reach a settlement with the other side, or move on to a final hearing. We still have a big bill from the work so far over the past year, so while we have been able to keep our representation, we still have a big deposit to make to finish the fight. It's just all so very expensive and hard when you're trying to give kids a stable family life. We are so very close to the finish line.

We're not despairing. We know we have truth and love and support from all of our family and friends on our side. We have faith in where we are headed, how this all will end, and we continue to trust that God will continue to light our path to the end.

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