a baby

This week our house has been full. At church on sunday night our pastor told us they had called from Walmart, asking if there was anyone who could help out a young couple and their baby, because they had no where to go. Christen and I felt like we should help them, so here we are, a week later, with them still inhabiting our house. It's a long complicated situation, but in short: the guy is black, which leads to the mother of the girl kicking her out, leaving her all alone in Gulf breeze. They are only 17 and 18, and their baby is 1. They were sleeping in a laundrymat, and spending their days at Walmart, so help was definitely needed. So we're giving them a roof over their heads for now, and are hoping to get them into an apartment by the end of next week. After all, we're leaving in just two weeks...
They want to get married, but since the girl is only 17 she needs her parents signature, and they refuse to give it to her since he is black. So they can't get into shelters because they're not married, and because if she were to go by herself with the baby, she wouldn't be considered an adult, so she couldn't sign for papers, so basically that doesn't work either.
But thankfully some Catholic churches have said they can help with downpayments for an apartment, so we'll hopefully hear from them on monday. So if you would please help pray for this small family, we would all appreciate it. The baby is so cute, though, and Christen is always saying, oh, can;t we have one now? Sorry. Not yet...:)
That's about it for now. It's busy and hectic, driving around everywhere, calling everyone to ask for help and just getting more numbers to call, and never getting anywhere. So prayer that we'll not be too exhausted by the end of it would be nice:)
Love you all so very much!