Impressing Minds

Listen in to our sweet conversation as my friend Angela shares her story of being in foster care and how her life was radically transformed into being a foster parent and having a foster care ministry. Find out how she felt in foster care and why she decided to want to give back to the community. Also, she will share about her ministry, Foster Blessings, where she created a path to ease the first night placement chaos. (Surprise announcement at the end…)

How does foster care affect your marriage? What are some things to do to help strengthen your marriage relationship while planning on Fostering? What are things you can do before, during, and after fostering a child that will help stabilize your marriage and make it better? Find out the answers to these questions, and so much more, in this episode with my friend from Instagram. Her handle is foster care for real. @fostercare_forreal. She and I talk about everything from intimacy to saying no to placements for the safekeeping of your marriage. We discuss how to put your marriage first even when you are in the trenches with fostering children who need special attention. You’re gonna love this episode!

This Former Foster child has turned into a foster parent through an incredible journey to her faith in God and determination to be a blessing to others! You’ll enjoy this heartwarming story that goes from rejection and grief, to faith and belief. @fostered.to.fostering on IG

Melissa, as a former foster teen, gives insight into the world of foster parenting like no other guest I’ve had. She was very sheltered as a young child but went to foster homes and group homes to discover the realities of a harsh world. She not only overcame these harsh discoveries, but also beat the odds to attend college and even obtained a graduate degree. Melissa currently serves as a professional counselor and parent/family coach. She is a published author as well as a foster/adoptive parent trainer. She is sweet, kind, and professional. You’re gonna love listening to our conversation. Order her book today! https://www.mendingheartscoaching.com/book

What’s it like to be in foster care? Justin and Alexis wrote their experiences from foster care and how they’ve overcome obstacles to be a success story. Re-defining Normal is their new book I read in less than a week! It’s full of heartache, lessons, and wisdom. I’m so proud of both, Alexis and Justin, for being set apart and moving to the places where God had set their foundations in advance - despite circumstances that tried to destroy them. Listen in…

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Are you interested in doing foster care? If so, there are several steps. The first is inquiring and then taking classes. Later on there’s a homestudy. Part of the homestudy is an interview, or two or three interviews. In this episode I’ll talk about what the interview is and how you can make sense of it.

Have you ever wondered why children go into the foster care system in the first place? In this episode I’ll explain the categories and reasons why children end up in the foster care system.

What is the foster care homestudy process like? Today’s episode will answer what you can expect from the foster care homestudy in a very generic way. Each agency is different, and they look at different elements when they come to interview you and do your walkthrough. This will give you general information and help you understand some of the reasoning behind the questions that they ask and the information they require.