If it's 3 strikes and you're out, what it is when it your 5th?

On the vent side of things - 

The CPS caseworker didn't doing her job
AGAIN.
This is the fifth time since July
(When Miss M came)
That the kids weekly visit with their mom
Was cancelled
Or unable to happen
Because of the CPS caseworker
NOT DOING HER JOB.

The girls' mom moved two weeks ago.
All the transportation paperwork was submitted.
All that needed to be done was to fax it on.
Calls and reminders were made.
Last week the transportation went to the wrong spot
Caseworker hadn't done her job
(To make a long story short, it worked out last week
And she got a ride to the meeting place.)
Calls and reminders were made again.
Promises were made that it was done.
It was handle.
It wouldn't be a problem.

Not true.
Nothing was done.
Transportation went to the wrong spot again.
No paperwork submitted to the right people.
And for the FIFTH time
Since July
The girls' mom lost out on
FOUR hours with
HER kids
Because CPS caseworker
DIDN'T DO her job again.

I know Jesus teaches forgive
7 times 7
But
Honestly
I'm graced out at 5 right now.
And that's just the weekly visit transportation issue.

On the praise side of things - 

The Lord has prompted me to invite the girls mom
To come with us to the Esther's Hope Festival on Sundays
So the girls
While disappointed
Weren't as devastated as they would have been
As they have been in the past
Because they knew we'd be together on Sunday.
However,
Their 3 year old brother didn't get to see them
Or his mom
Or vice versa.
So sad.
So wrong.
No excuse.
I'm sorry.
But, honestly.
There is no excuse for it at this point anymore.

Praise Report:
We used the bikes today to go for a bike ride.  Both girls rode well.  Both girls were in good moods.  Both girls have asked to go again.  The same bikes I was ready to throw in the garbage earlier in the week are now my friends again.  It was a lovely ride and Lord willing, we'll get one squeezed in tomorrow!

Prayer Request:
People have asked "How will you prepare the girls for the time spent with you and their mom together?" My answer is, "I'm not." I don't know how to prepare them.  Besides telling them, like always, that they have to talk to me, that they have to share with me how they are feeling, that they have to be honest with me, I don't know what else to do.  Honestly, they both have expressed their absolute joy in the situation.  They both see us as friends who have never met and are excited for us to hang out.  Please pray that I can be myself, as can she.  Please pray for wisdom in my conversation and in my care for the girls in her presence.  Please pray that I will have appropriate boundaries, yet be open to whatever the Lord leads me to during our time and interactions together tomorrow and moving forward.