For a long, long time we've asked the Lord to provide help for our family in regards to Kirsten. She requires constant supervision and direction while doing homework daily and is easily distracted. Concentration is virtually impossible with a 3 year old little brother running around. And Katelyn gets lost in the mix because she is pretty self-sufficient.
About a year ago, a friend told me about the state funded Medically Dependent Children's Program that provides families with special needs children an attendant or nurse to help the child. We applied and after a long process, we qualified. I posted an ad at Collin County Community College's career center and long story short, Christina began working for us yesterday.
Let me just say it was a dream!! She works for us through a home health agency. Her duties are to help with anything pertaining to Kirsten including homework, bathing, preparing food, laundry, etc. Yesterday she folded laundry, played with the kids while I cooked dinner with no interruptions (imagine!), helped bathe the kids and changed the sheets on Kirsten's bed. She is a sweet girl who has a bachelors degree in Speech pathology from Univ of Lousiana and is working on her Associates in American Sign Language at Collin County Comm College. She will come over MWF afternoons and some weekends as needed.
This truly is a blessing from the Lord. We have felt overwhelmed for years and because of the Lord's graciousness we have some relief. Thank you so so much to each of you who have prayed for our family for years.
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