A Heart for Orphans // Sarah Rose Wilson

 Sarah Rose Wilson 

When I first signed up for the experiment, my risks were going back to school, sponsoring a child in Africa, and applying for new jobs.

Before we got our first assignment, I had already found a new job. And I had also heard a story of a young woman close to my family who was pregnant. She would not be able to raise the child, but still chose life for the baby. She had no idea what she would do.

I suggested taking the child and fostering it until she was able to parent on her own. We contacted DSS and were given a social worker. I had to take classes to become a MD Certified Child Care Provider and a foster parent. I completed those classes and am now just waiting for this baby to be born.

I stuck with my first risk of going back to school and will be starting online/night classes in a few weeks. I’m sponsoring a child in Kenya, and will be going on a mission trip there next summer where I will meet this little boy.

At the beginning of this I had no true idea of what I wanted to do with my life. The past 24 days my life has been turned upside down. God had a different plan for me in all of this and I love it. The next few months will be an adventure and I look forward to it. And it all started with a creepy blog post.