Michaela and Brandon Keilen are on a new journey of foster care, and they are overjoyed to have the honor of caring for two brothers, a newborn and a three-year-old. The Keilens don't know what the future holds or how long they will have the boys in their home. Adoption is not on the table right now, but Michaela has an incredibly selfless view of the situation. She says, "I am going to love them like they are going to be here forever, and if my heart is broken in a million pieces when they go home, I will know that I held nothing back."
They are pouring all they have into these boys, regardless of how long the placement lasts, which is an amazing testimony of God's love. You can watch the Keilens' recent question and answer video on their YouTube channel.
I would encourage you to follow the Feathered Neat blog. It is a Christian blog about foster and adoption and is so good!
ReplyDeleteBless your heart ❤️ both Michaela & Brandon! The Lord has a special calling for your tender and loving hearts!
ReplyDeleteI hope they adopt soon. They’d be really good parents to adopted children the same way as to biological children.
ReplyDeleteWhat they’re doing is truly meaningful. Even if it’s just a small part, they’re making a real difference in these children’s lives.
ReplyDeleteGod bless their selfless hearts for not holding back with these boys!
ReplyDeleteLove this couple. So Christlike and selfless. ❤️🙏
ReplyDeleteBeing a foster parent is wonderful, and good foster parents are so badly needed. However, it's a tough job and I worry this kind, naive, vulnerable couple is going to get hurt.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 10:17. It sounds like she's gone into this fully, emotionally. She is setting herself up for heartbreak and I hope her mental health doesn't suffer from it. My sister-in-law had a foster situation fail so I've seen first-hand what can happen.
DeletePain is almost certainly a part of the job, but it sounds like she's not unaware.
DeleteVulnerable maybe, but not naive. That's a little unkind. But yes I'm afraid they'll be hurt too, not becasue of naivety but because they'll have learned to love these boys and if they have to give them back its gonna be so very hard for them.
DeleteThey are going to fall in love with those babies and then have to send them back to a neglectful
ReplyDeleteor abusive home with parents who are supposedly “rehabilitated”