A Ministry for the Whole Family
Looking at anything through the eyes of a child can completely alter our perspective. Fifth-graders seem like adults to kindergarteners. Christmas being two weeks away is f-o-r-e-v-e-r. And a flat tire at…
Read More ›One Mom’s Contagious Enthusiasm for Foster Care: “God has put a fire in my heart!”
“God is the great redeemer,” said FaithBridge foster mom Amanda. “He’s taken ugly ugliness and made it beautiful.” Her energy and passion for foster care ministry explodes from each word energetically flowing…
Read More ›Hello, My Name is Mommy
There are certain words that seem to convey more emotion than others while carrying connotations almost impossible to express. As we near our first anniversary as foster parents, I would add “Mommy”…
Read More ›The Power of the Parentheses
FaithBridge foster mom Sandra Stanley understands how hard it is to say goodbye. She and her husband Andy serve foster families and children through the Fostering Together ministry at their church, North…
Read More ›5 Reasons Our Family Fosters
“I would never foster if it wasn’t headed toward adoption. What’s the point?” This question from a friend struck me with a surprising jolt. My already tender heart has been feeling a…
Read More ›I Can’t Convince Anyone to be a Foster Parent
Photo credit: Forever Found (51 of 52) via photopin (license) A few years ago, we were scheduled to go onstage at church and talk about our experience as foster parents. We were only three months into…
Read More ›I could tell you about foster care…
By a FaithBridge foster mom whose identity will remain anonymous for the privacy of her foster children. Talking about foster care is challenging for me, mostly because I could talk all…
Read More ›Camp Veazey: Making it Possible for Others to Foster
One of the kids has one of those stuffed animals that lights up. At bedtime, the person who’s holding it gets to start the night’s story, ushering them all to an imaginary…
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 ›“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…
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