Today I helped with a spaghetti supper to help support foster families. This particular activity focuses on the teenagers. I learned more about one particular woman who is a foster parent. In the past, she ran a homeless shelter in the city. She encountered several teenage boys looking for a place to stay. She wanted to find out why this was happening, so she did her research. She found that many of the young men came from foster homes. Once they “aged out” of foster care and left the homes, they had a hard time making it on their own. The concerned woman decided to do something about the problem and started fostering teenage boys. She has 4 boys in her home all the time. She is strict, but loving, and does the best she can for the young men. Now in her later years of life, she has had over 150 youth go through her home. She spends her life completely for the betterment of teenage boys who have had a very difficult childhood and whose future can be bleak.
I Found God today in a completely selfless woman who is giving youth a chance at a better life.