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
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Jonathan Sanborn - State Director for CarePortal in AZ & CA discusses the impact CarePortal has had in both AZ & CA including how the number of children in foster care in AZ has dropped by 3,000 children since the implementation of CarePortal.
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Sue Baird - Regional Manager of CarePortal in Pima County, Arizona, joins us to discuss the impact the Church can have on foster care and how we can meet needs and disciple children and families in crisis.
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Mandy Chapman - Regional Manager for CarePortal in Northeast PA. Join us as Mandy shares how meeting Jesus changes everything. She also shares how God is working through CarePortal in PA.
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Scott Platter - Director of Ministry Support with the Global Orphan Project in Kansas City, which includes CarePortal. Listen in as we talk about the necessary work of the Church in child welfare and how CarePortal connects the two effectively.
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 2018
Vicki Akins - founder and director of "My Chosen Ones", an organization that supports and connects foster and adoptive families with children in need. She and her husband have adopted 4 children through foster care in Fort Worth, Texas. Vicki shares her story of the lonely road that the foster and adoptive process was for her and her husband Randy, and how they started "My Chosen Ones" to walk along side families to offer support.
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 2018
Michelle Steiner Vernon - Michelle manages Communications & New Development at Project One Forty Three, Inc. and she is the National Director for Orphan Sunday. Listen in and hear how a short term missions trip to China launched her into advocating for orphans. Michelle shares her story of adopting 3 children after hosting and adding another son through foster care. You will be inspired by her passion and advocacy!
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 2018
Karla Marie Williams - speaker, author, radio host and founder of "I Speak For Kids Global". She and her husband have adopted 6 children through foster care. Karla Marie is a home school mom, and advocates for kids who've experienced trama throughout the world.
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 2018
Jenn Hook - National Director of the Replanted Ministry. Replanted brings families together for community and support through small groups for foster and adoptive families to journey together through prayer, encouragement and celebration to cultivate loving homes for replanted children.
Thursday Apr 26, 2018
Thursday Apr 26, 2018
Brian Mavis - President of America's Kids Belong, a nonprofit uniting government, faith-based, business, and creative communities to end the foster care and adoption crisis in the U.S. - State by State!