Gifts From God

This is a message for children and youth pastors, and also teachers could learn from this.

We're talking about how you can help foster and adoptive families. What does the child need, what does the parent need, and what does your volunteer need?

conference info http://www.t4acanada.com/

Our website loreleesiemens.com

Thanks for listening to my personaly story. I hope it is an encouragement to to you.

For more inforamtion about my speaking ministry, or to get adoption resorces please check out the website loreleesiemens.com

In this episode, we are answering two questions. 1) How can we support families that are fostering and adopting? 2) We are an adoptive, foster family, how can we get support?

Conference: https://form.jotform.com/90289040959264?fbclid=IwAR3a52t06Ng1FBB-QJI3pEqbBqIOPCJsQEA5vPy6ZCtEM3ufdqcnkhLO3tI

Home for every child: https://www.homeforeverychild.org/

Adopt 4 Life:

In today's podcast were answering one of the questions we get asked the most.

People tell me all the time they want to foster or adopt but they are afraid of how it will affect their children.

I also hear people answer that statement with a lot of judgemental answers. The truth is that is a legitimate concern. But just because it is a legitimate concern doesn't mean it should hold you back.

today Leslie and are chatting about how we think you can prepare your family to be a foster family.

Don't miss at the Together for adoption and fostering Canadian conference in Waterloo Ontario. https://form.jotform.com/90289040959264?fbclid=IwAR3a52t06Ng1FBB-QJI3pEqbBqIOPCJsQEA5vPy6ZCtEM3ufdqcnkhLO3tI

Resources we recommend. https://loreleesiemens.com/shop/adoption-resorces

Today we're talking to Amanda. A foster and an adoptive parent. Amanda talks about raising children with fetal alcohol syndrome.

In this episode, we talk about what the church can do support families through the journey of fostering and adoption. Amanda saw a need and started a ministry to help churches connect with orphan care.

You're going to love Amanda's heart.

This week we are going to be recording episode answering questions, so if you have questions please email them to me. [email protected]

T4acanada.com

Homeforeverychild.org

This is the story of Jalena.

A young single woman feels the call to adopt a child with Downs syndrome. Shortly after adopting she felt the call to adopt a second child.

Jalena shares her mother's heart.

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Today we are talking with Focus on the Family Canada. They have great resources for families and churches.

Wendy who we will be talking with is an adoptive parent herself. Wendy is going to be talking about an overseas adoption but from a different point of view. her daughter is now 18 so she is going to be talking about being an interracial family and what she has seen in the last 18 years.

Wendy also talks about raising the child based on their stage of development and not based on their age.

Focus on the Families resources.

waitingtobelong.ca

Together For Adoption & Fostering http://www.t4acanada.com

Families who need our help in bringing their children to Canada.

https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/abbotsford-pastors-tangled-up-in-red-tape-trying-to-bring-home-adopted-two-year-old-african-boy/wcm/7144b8ae-ea29-41d5-9115-6696234bc2d7?fbclid=IwAR314A_HRSdfPts_HFrtOGu-Jx91CmUvA3rdtl7dOPl0TVBASF7MAX2uPlw

On today's episode of gifts from God, we are talking to a mom who literally saw a sign and new she needed to foster.

Things don't exactly go as planned. Here is the story

Make sure you get your tickets to the together for adoption and fostering Canadian conference. It will be held in Waterloo, and both Leslie and I will be there and can't wait to meet you!

http://www.t4acanada.com/

Leslie's baby is sitting in with us, so you will hear some giggles, and toys in the background.

Leslie and I talk groceries, chores, messy bedrooms, hoarding, allowances, time with individual children, family nights, school schedules,

The story of a boy traveling through the foster care system.

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