Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques.
Episodes
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Stacey Gagnon - Part 2: Returning guest, Stacey Gagnon shares the rest of her family's story about how adoption changed her life when she was called to more than she can handle.
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Stacey Gagnon - Part 1: Today's guest is a foster & adoptive mom from Arizona. Stacey and her husband, Darren, are parents to 2 bio kids, 3 children adopted through foster care, and 2 children with special needs adopted from Bulgaria. She has also established a ministry called Lost Sparrows.
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Alyssa Dabravalskas - Alyssa and her husband, Tyler, are parents to 2 bio kids and 2 children adopted through foster care. Alyssa is also the CarePortal point person for her church, Liberty Church in Schenectady.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Savannah Hawkins - Our guest today is Idaho foster & adoptive mom, Savannah Hawkins. Savannah and her husband are parents to 1 bio son, 3 children adopted through foster care, and 3 boys with Down Syndrome adopted from Ukraine. They are also in process to bring home 2 girls with special needs also from Ukraine.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Kristen Williams - Part 2: Returning guest, Kristen Williams shares about bring home her 4 daughters from India and how the reward of obedience is intimacy with Christ.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Kristen Williams - Part 1: Our guest today is single adoptive mom, Kristen Williams. Kristen has adopted 4 daughters from India and in this part 1 segment she shares about why she adopted as a single parent and about bringing home her first 2 daughters.
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Don Stoffel - a board member of Bethesda Outreach, an orphanage in South Africa. He's also an Orphan Sunday coordinator in western NY. Join us and find out why Don advocates for orphans in Africa and foster children in NY.