Hannah's Heart

May is Foster Care Awareness Month. Lianna and her husband never imagined the plans God had for their family which included fostering, adoption, years of uncertainty and a lot of trust. After 4 years, the result was 4 children and a lot of love.

May is foster care awareness month. Even with decades of counseling experience, Dave and Karen White (Kendra's parents) faced challenges fostering and then adopting and raising older children. Dave tells the story of raising 3 sons with special needs as well as 2 biological children.

Kendra's mother joins Anne and Kendra in the studio as they give encouragement for Mother's Day and look at the story of Hagar.

Jasmine Sorrell continues her story. When God closes unexpected doors, Jasmine and her husband Matthew discover embryo adoption as a unique path to building their family while also saving human life.

When God closes unexpected doors, Jasmine and her husband Matthew discover embryo adoption as a unique path to building their family while also saving human life.

Many couples today are told that third-party sperm or egg donors are their only path to biological children. But is this option Biblical? What sort of psychological/emotional impact does it have on the children born in this way? Special guest Jennifer Friesen is the Director of Operations at Them Before Us and is the author of “My Daddy’s Name is Donor,” an article examining a study on young adults conceived by sperm donation. Find the full article here: https://thembeforeus.com/my-daddys-name-is-donor-study/

Julie West and Savannah Tucker tell their stories about how God led them to start a ministry to families of children with disabilities.

Anne and Kendra share their testimonies of coming to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior as well as talking infertility during the Easter season. Spring brings all the feels as we see every animal ready to have babies and we are still waiting, but because He lives we can face tomorrow.

Andrea Powell returns to the program with an update on continuing challenges to motherhood after child loss.

President Trump's mention of IVF during the recent State of the Union address has led to a renewed interest in the subject.  Anne and Kendra discuss the issues and ethics of invitro fertilization.