Meagan and Felipe Peterson were licensed in October 2025. In a single year, their yes grew further than anyone expected.
The Petersons said yes to a sibling group of three who had been living in a group home, and from the start they understood something that takes some families years to learn: foster care is not a tug-of-war. It's a partnership. As the children's mom worked toward reunification, Meagan didn't keep her distance. She invited her in. During one licensing visit, our specialist watched the two of them sit down together and talk through a child's struggles at school, side by side, as two people who both loved the same children.
But the Petersons' yes was about to grow. Ava, the youngest, missed her friend Layla, a teen still living at the group home, waiting for a family of her own. As the Petersons got to know Layla, one question began to grow: what if she came home too? In March, Layla was placed in the Peterson home, and she could hardly contain her excitement.
Layla arrived already believing in God, but in the Peterson home she found room to explore that faith out loud. One Sunday, she told the Petersons she wanted to be baptized. Not long after, Layla was baptized, with her foster parents standing beside her.
All of this in one year, from one family that decided to say yes. But they didn't do it alone. Behind every yes is a community that makes it possible.
