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Charity Bell is a graduate student who is also a foster parent. When she began volunteering at a local hospital she met a two-year-old girl, who she says, "clung to me for four nights in a row." Charity was shocked to discover that the girl was a foster child stuck at the hospital because there were not enough homes to meet the need. It was then that Charity decided to become a foster parent, which involved a ten-week training program.
In the last four years Charity has been a foster mother to 38 children. Typically she cares for a child anywhere from a few days to a couple of months before permanent placement. Most of the babies are either abandoned or abused. "They cry, you pick them up," Charity reflects, "you lock eyes with them, and you fall in love. It's incredible," she adds. She learned that being loved during the first months of life make a huge difference to the children.
Charity attends classes often while taking care of a baby. One of her professors commented, "She's a kind of Mother Teresa figure with a sense of humor." One of her friends says, "I always feel that the kids who get Charity as a foster mom are lucky. They're suffering, and she changes them completely in a relatively short period of time. And she makes it look easy."
After graduation Charity hopes to start a nonprofit organization to recruit and support foster parents. "I know that every baby I take care of has the potential to be amazing," she says.
The prophet Isaiah told of God's plan to "to create new heavens and a new earth." This new creation will produce a profound sense of joy. There shall be no more tears or distress the prophet proclaimed in God's perfect creation.
Tim S.
In the last four years Charity has been a foster mother to 38 children. Typically she cares for a child anywhere from a few days to a couple of months before permanent placement. Most of the babies are either abandoned or abused. "They cry, you pick them up," Charity reflects, "you lock eyes with them, and you fall in love. It's incredible," she adds. She learned that being loved during the first months of life make a huge difference to the children.
Charity attends classes often while taking care of a baby. One of her professors commented, "She's a kind of Mother Teresa figure with a sense of humor." One of her friends says, "I always feel that the kids who get Charity as a foster mom are lucky. They're suffering, and she changes them completely in a relatively short period of time. And she makes it look easy."
After graduation Charity hopes to start a nonprofit organization to recruit and support foster parents. "I know that every baby I take care of has the potential to be amazing," she says.
The prophet Isaiah told of God's plan to "to create new heavens and a new earth." This new creation will produce a profound sense of joy. There shall be no more tears or distress the prophet proclaimed in God's perfect creation.
Tim S.
