This week, Larry and Beth Robertson join Lynette and continue their story of foster care, adoption and ministry. The Robertsons discuss their temporary foster placement moving to adoption and navigating the court system during COVID-19.  The couple candidly shares the importance of respecting a vulnerable child’s boundaries and the daily work of connection.

Find more resources for your adoption and foster care journey at SendRelief.org.

Pastor Larry and Beth Robertson join us this week to discuss the lifestyle pivot of going from empty nesters to a full home again. Join in to hear how the Robertsons navigated a sudden foster placement and how to encourage new family members to form emotional healthy attachments.

NorthRoad Community Church’s lead Pastor, Matt Bartig, joins Lynette on the podcast this week to share his family’s unexpected Foster Care journey and the resulting creation of Divine Nest Ministries. Pastor Matt brings along directors Tim Height and Dani James for further wisdom in navigating the Foster Care System within the Body of Christ.

Find more resources for your adoption and foster care journey at SendRelief.org.

Not everyone is called to adopt, but everyone is called to support adoptive and foster families. Callie Rich joins us for a second episode to discuss creative ways churches can support the fostering and adoptive communities! Listen to this week’s episode to discover new ways you can empower and uplift the adoptive families in your life.

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This week’s guest, Callie Rich, discusses the unexpected twists and turns of the adoption journey and how God’s call to the everyday tasks of parenting is truly a call to invaluable kingdom work.

For more resources on your fostering and adopting journey, visit SendRelief.org.

On this week’s episode of Adopting and Fostering Home with Lynette Ezell, Clint and Jennifer Clinton return to the podcast to share the second part of their challenging journey with a failed adoption, as well as an almost decade-long successful international adoption process.

Clint and Jennifer Clifton, 16-year-veteran church planting missionaries, are proud parents of five children and are in the process of adopting their sixth from Puerto Rico. Join Lynette Ezell on this week’s episode to hear their discussion about the hardships of navigating years-long adoption processes and tools for navigating the in-between.

Find more resources for your foster care and adoption journey at SendRelief.org.

Just as Jesus taught, parables are a healing tool for rebuilding healthy relationships and fractured personal beliefs. Melissa Nichols, lead counselor of Minnesota’s Family Attachment and Counseling Center, explains the power of Story Narratives for children and teens who have experienced complex trauma.

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Foster and Adoptive mom, Mandie Summers, shares misconceptions that many parents may face on the unpredictable journey of adoption and foster care. Having walked through family reunifications and adoption placements, Mandie shares how the Holy Spirit has provided the wisdom and strength for the next faithful step.

Find more resources for your foster care and adoption journey at SendRelief.org.

Georgia’s 2019 Foster Caregiver of the Year, Jennifer Nolder, has fostered nearly 40 children and recently officially adopted her first child. She joins host Lynette Ezell this week to discuss how to come alongside a family of origin while fostering their child. She also shares how her own experiences led to forming an organization called Hope Revisited that helps disconnected families build towards reunification.

Find more tools for your foster care and adoption journey at SendRelief.org.