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Thanks.

February 11, 2010 — Leave a comment


I just want to publicly say thanks to all the folks who have helped us in one way or another over the past week or so.
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How quickly life can change

February 9, 2010 — 1 Comment

In case you’ve missed the news — we have two foster boys in our home now.

They’re such a joy.

For their protection we won’t be publishing any photos and such publicly online and for now, we’ll simply refer to them online as N (the oldest) and M (the youngest).

And oh how quickly life can change….

What my master bath looked like on Sunday….

Red Oak, Texas Home for Sale

What it looked like tonight…

How quickly life can change

It’s been a challenge – but an absolute blessing as well.

Monday morning briefs

January 25, 2010 — Leave a comment

Time for an update on all things around Casa de Blundell. It’s been a while since I did one of these and there’s lots going on — so this might be a bit longer than a typical brief…

Needless to say, there’s lots of goodness going on and lots of…. well….. waiting.
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“These kids have been forgotten by many adults and they’re waiting for another adult to forget them… show them that ‘I love you and I want you and the reason I’m going to do it is because Christ loved me and wanted me while I was still a sinner…’”

See 9 others at the Abba Fund.

As of 2008, there were 31,058 children in foster care in the state of Texas.

(Texas Department of Family and Protective Services – DFPS)

Of those numbers, there are approximately 6,000 children in Region 3 (North Texas)

In FY 2007, the average number of children removed per month was 1,327. For fiscal year 2008, the average was 1,191 per month.
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