The Garrett Family

Life is always changing, and change can be good.  My husband and I recently decided to make a change by leaving our home town of Brookeland, Texas to move to Beaumont and start a foster group home.  We are excited about the new opportunities we will have in our new home as we are able to serve more children in need.  We have been foster parents with Buckner for ten years.  However, I started my journey as a foster parent in my early years, before marrying my husband.  I would often help young mothers by taking their young children into my home so that they could continue their education and care for their children.  I also worked with mentally and emotionally challenged children over the last seventeen years in different settings.  God called me to this ministry of helping children long ago, and I had no choice but to answer his call.  In God’s infinite wisdom, he knew that I needed someone who would understand my calling to help children, and he sent me my wonderful husband, Ivory.  Like me, Ivory has a love for children, and he understands the special needs of children who have been abused and neglected.  Ivory is my support, and I often think of Ivory as my extra hands and feet.  Our journey together as foster parents has been very challenging at times; yet we believe that if we can change the life of just one child, it’s all worthwhile.  

 I believe we all have a purpose in this life and mine is to restore hope, renew self confidence, and give a child a chance for a future.  It takes time and effort to be successful in this purpose, this calling.  I place my future in the hands of my Father who has called me to do this work.  I rely on his word, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope a future.”  Jeremiah 29:11

 In our foster family group home, our goal is to provide a loving secure environment for each child so they may feel warm and accepted.  We want to allow them a chance to experience the comfort of a home, and family.  We want them to find their purpose and know that they have a future.

Monica Garrett

Foster Parent