Earlier this year, a four-month-old baby boy named Isaiah came into foster care with an Agape family.
Isaiah, being so young, could not tell anyone what he needed.
He could not explain what felt familiar, what scared him, or what helped him settle. He could only cry, sleep, wake, eat, and reach for comfort the way a baby does.
His birth parents are struggling but love him. They are involved, attending visits, and taking steps toward the plan needed for reunification. They want him home.
But right now, home is not yet safe.
For adults, reunification is a plan we can understand and work towards day by day. For Isaiah, today is a bottle, a nap, a cry, a familiar voice, and a safe pair of arms.
That is why he needs YOUR help right now.
Isaiah’s Agape foster family is giving him the daily care every baby needs: a safe home, clean clothes, warm bottles, patient arms, and the steady routine babies depend on.
His Agape social worker is there, visiting the home, checking on his needs, supporting his foster parents, helping coordinate services, working as the in-between with the county and making sure Isaiah’s safety is the priority.
Because Isaiah cannot ask for help, children like him need adults who will notice, respond, and be present. That is what Agape’s family and staff bring to every child in care like Isaiah.
Now we are turning to you, because Isaiah needs this support to continue.
Your gift today helps make sure Isaiah has the care, advocacy, and support he needs during one of the most fragile seasons of his life.
Picture this, it’s what your gift will help make possible:
A few weeks from now, Isaiah is lying on a soft blanket in his foster home. His foster parent knows which cry means hunger and which cry means tired. His bottles are consistent. His doctor appointments are on the calendar. His family visits are part of a plan being followed carefully.
When his Agape social worker arrives, she sees the small signs that matter: his body relaxing in familiar arms, his eyes following a toy, his foster parents understanding his routine, and the adults around him working together toward what is safest for him.
This is the kind of care your gift provides.
You can make a life-changing difference by making a gift today, for Isaiah and all the children of Agape Villages.
Isaiah’s family is doing the hard work asked of them. His foster family is caring for him day and night. Agape is helping keep the support around him steady.
But this work cannot continue without people like you.
Thank you for being the kind of person who sees a child’s need and responds.
Janet Kleyn
President of Agape Villages
Please help Isaiah, and children in foster care like him. with your best gift today!