When Audrey and her husband, Drew first talked about fostering, she was hesitant. “I didn’t want to deal with that,” she said. “That seems really hard and too complicated.” But God had planted something in both of their hearts years earlier—a deep compassion for children in hard places.

“We were a little scared…but so so happy. We were really just excited to be together and do normal, family things—go to the grocery store, eat dinner together, you know, like the little things. They would both be crying at the same time and as hard as that is, I was still thinking like ‘I’m so happy they’re home.’ It’s so worth it.” Sarah explains.

Two brothers faced an unimaginable loss: their mother had passed away, and their father, Mark*, was so overwhelmed by grief and financial hardship that he couldn’t provide the stability his sons needed. Though it broke Mark’s heart, Ethan* and Jacob* were placed in foster care with the Martin* family.