With five children of their own, the house was full. More than full. But Sarah and Michael felt called. That is the way they describe it. Michael’s work brought him in contact with a lot of brokenness and the biggest hurt that caught him at the heart-level was kids without families. Michael knew a bit about families. He had experienced first-hand how siblings and parents are core in the formation of kids’ lives and without that core, kids often floundered through life.
Michael and Sarah don’t do anything in small ways. They are wide open and gracious; full of life and energy. In their life together, they have cared for over 60 foster children. They’ve taken in kids that have been determined ‘unadoptable’ - sometimes because of age but more often because of a physical, emotional, or mental issue that made them high needs.
The past several years have taken their toll. It has been a series of programs and professionals, institutions, counseling, and incarceration. The knowledge that loving like that – opening your heart and home, over and over and over again, can also mean having your heart broken. Still….Michael and Sarah continue to say ‘yes’.
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