Everyone Can Be Andrew
If you have a sibling, then chances are you’ve experienced the amazingly wonderful and joy-filled feeling of telling your brother or sister the most exciting thing you have ever heard. Sharing makes…
Read More ›Changing Plans
If there’s one thing predictable about foster care it’s that it is completely unpredictable. The Stewarts* received a placement, and as time moved on, it looked like the children were going to…
Read More ›This is What Happens in Foster Care
Photo credit: Dairy in the sky via photopin (license) It took me awhile before I could walk past the dairy section of the grocery store without having flashbacks. In my memory, the song always came on…
Read More ›“Because how could we say ‘no’?”
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Ryan and Stephanie couldn’t not foster with the tug on their heart to care for orphans. Hear more of their story here…
Read More ›“Tomorrow Might Be Our Day”
#tbt to the time that FaithBridge foster mom, Katie Phillips, wrote about her emotions on the anticipation of receiving a placement. It’s a strange space in which to live and one with…
Read More ›“Because it is the Gospel in action…”
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Ty and Kristen had a heart to care for both birth parents and children who needed a home. Hear more of their…
Read More ›Diapers
by Vernon Jackson, FaithBridge foster dad I got to my desk at the office the other day and kept smelling nasty diapers. I went to the restroom and washed my hands several times,…
Read More ›God Knows Exactly When
At the base of Mount Sinai in Egypt. Photo by Heather. “But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too…
Read More ›Sometimes, stuff matters.
Lisa* had made some unfortunate choices, unfortunate choices that came with unfortunate consequences. These unfortunate consequences included jail time and watching her daughters be placed into the foster care system. Fortunately, that…
Read More ›ReMoved in Real Life
ReMoved is considered one of the best depictions of what life is like for a child who does not understand the changing world around her when entering the foster care system. In this…
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