Please pray for my brother and sister

My brother has sever autism and needs to live in a home. His caseworker has found one and the home is willing to accept him. Which is good because right now he's bored to tears. My step-dad's rule is my brother must stay in his room all day and not come out until mealtimes and even then he has to be quiet the whole time. My brother is starting to act out only because he is so bored one day he was found standing just staring at the floor. There is only one problem with him going to the home the money from the government we get for him goes with him and that is money we use to buy groceries without it we don't eat. If it weren't for this problem Mom said he could go but he has to wait which means he's stuck being bored. Plus he does live in an unhealthy atmosphere at the moment with my step-dad being bi-polar, manic depressive, an alcoholic, controlling and manipulative. My step-dad when he gets mad does yell, scream, bang things, throw things and slam doors which scares my brother half to death but if my brother reacts in anyway my step-dad yells at him. So my brother needs to get outta here asap. My only concern is weather or not he'll be looked after by Christians. He knows about Jesus but all it would take is for someone to say to him that it's not real and my brother would believe them. You could tell him the world is run by fairies and he would believe you without question. Plus my Mom has also said that if she doesn't like this home he's not going there and I know how severely over protective she is so chances are she'll think of her baby boy leaving and she won't like it. Plus she has also said if he doesn't like it he's not going and he may not like it cause its a change and autistic people including my brother don't like change. He needs to go for his own good. So please keep in lots of prayer for all of this. Please also pray for my sister she moved to Canada where we were born to her its home and she loves being there. Thing is she is living with my Nana who has really bad dementia and its getting worse also my Nana keeps saying to my sister over and over like a broken record that she doesn't like her hair, doesn't like her clothes, thinks she's overweight and thinks she's lazy. My sister is having to listen to this constantly. Plus my Nana keeps calling and says if my Mom doesn't send her child support (although my sister is 22) she'll send her back and my sister doesn't wanna come back and we can't afford child support plus my sister is not a child but my Nana doesn't listen if you don't agree with her. So please pray for my sister's situation she's thinkin of livin with our Dad who lives up there so I'm hoping she'll do that. Please keep all this in your prayers.

Sounds like a tough situation you are in. I'm assuming you live with your step-father, or your step-father and your brother live elsewhere away from your household? It's not fair that your brother has to just be in his room all day and he's going to act out once it starts driving him up the wall... I'd know because my brother who's also autistic was kept inside a lot because he would act up outside if loud noises were to go off, and it's just not fair to make someone become limited with their surroundings if you are only capable of doing so much for them. Especially if there's been good things coming out of this group home, it's best if he goes and see how well he may adjust to it. At least for the time being if you don't want him there permanently.

Since I also know how it's like having a sibling going to one, make sure that it is in fact safe for him and that you're able to visit frequently. I don't want to give this as a scare but it's a reality that while it may look fine on the outside as to how group homes are, it's not always the case and unless you actually have the staff cornered to make sure that they are taking care of your brother and catching up as to every need he's given, chances are they will slack on the job while telling you otherwise... That is, until something drastic could happen. So don't put your full trust in the staff while he's there.

If you guys can't afford to pay for living expenses, have you thought about getting food stamps or something so you won't have to use what ever income comes from your brother's disability? Or anything that you are eligible for, which I don't know too much of to list. I'm sure if you do some research as to what your area offers then look into it.

Anyway, I'm saying all of this out of best interest since I know the pain of having to send someone away from home, even if in a sense it's for their own good and it just may be not only for your brother but for all of you. If your brother has it that hard then I would advise it and as said, visit him every now and then and catch up on everything that goes on and what they are instructed to do while getting involved still.

Philippians 4:19