The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
When we welcome a child from a hard place into our family, he or she brings the hard place with them into our home. Often foster and adoptive parents find themselves feeling isolated, ill-equipped, and alone. We can question why God would abandon us in the middle of our obedience to His call to care for the orphan. But He has not abandoned us. He’s actually inviting us to go deeper with Him.
God Himself invites us into this suffering season to teach us how to trust Him who never fails us. Philippians 4:13 says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (NKJV). All things include hard things, messy things, on my face before the Lord things. As we keep our eyes on Him, the author and finisher of our faith, we experience blessings we would not have experienced apart from the suffering.
Our latest podcast guest, Susan Woodward, shares her experience from 15 years of fostering over 50 children, 3 of whom she and her husband have adopted. Susan is also one of 28 moms who have shared their blessing in the midst of chaos stories in the book Hope for the Adoption Journey by Katherine Piper. Listen to our conversation with Susan on this week’s episode of Orphans No More.
Episode 427 - Mother's Day Bonus Episode: Blessed in the Mess with Sandra Flach
Episode 426 - Navigating Advocacy in the Public School System with Sandra Flach
Episode 425 - The First 1,000 Days of Life with Dr. Jerrod Brown
Episode 424 - Hope for the FASD Journey with Debbie Raymond
Episode 423 - Lessons Learned with Foster Mom, Autumn McKay
Episode 422 - Unlimited Motherhood with Jessica Hurlbut
Episode 421 - Attachment-Informed Parenting with Dr. Jerrod Brown PhD
Episode 420 - My FASD Feelings with Laura Bedard
Episode 419 - Formed Families Forward with Kelly Henderson
Episode 418 - Second Chances with Adoptive Mom Pam Willis
Episode 417 - Gut-Brain Health Axis Dysfunction: Why Foster & Adoptive Parents Need to Be Informed with Dr. Jerrod Brown
Episode 416 - Plug-In for Your Parenting Journey with Sandra Flach
Episode 415 - Navigating FASD with Kristen Eriksen
Episode 414 - Safe Relationships with FASD Mentor & Coach, Laurie Anderson
Episode 413 - Seas the Connection with Adoptive Mom, Sindy Ost
Episode 412 - Inspired By Love with Anna Maria Di Dio
Episode 411 - Intro to FASD with Sandra Flach
Episode 410 - Advent: Setting Goals with Sandra Flach
Episode 409 - Advent: Peace with Sandra Flach
Episode 408 - Advent: Rejoice! with Sandra Flach
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