tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post6388813587170907939..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: New Family history, part 3- StructureElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-30803094971500875722008-04-10T11:17:00.000+04:002008-04-10T11:17:00.000+04:00Yes, this is the point! Who has the stamina to bat...Yes, this is the point! Who has the stamina to battle all the red tape, emotional issues, etc.... ALONE? I wonder how many potential foster/adoptive families are turned off because they feel too isolated? The problem is that smaller church-type ministries can't always get the professional status awarded to other organizations. But there are definitely ways to network, it just takes time!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-39613020864986433782008-04-09T22:08:00.000+04:002008-04-09T22:08:00.000+04:00You know, if a Russian family was willing to foste...You know, if a Russian family was willing to foster or adopt an older child (one with a trauma history - which would probably include most) I can't imagine anything more wonderful than the group support of your ministry. We have a Russian foster child...funny situation, but his first two adoptions disrupted and he ended up being a ward of the state. Things are going pretty well, but I feel so alone. "The State" offers the kind of help that makes you afraid to accept it. You can't really be honest or vent, or reveal your needs for fear the child will be removed, or that they will heap more burdens on you. (For awhile we were required to take him to counseling, which MIGHT have been helpful had a) it not been required by "the State" which he resented so much, and b) if we had been able to choose a counselor...the man we were assigned was worse than useless. How I would LOVE to have TRUE, loving Christian support!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com