Retreat for Foster and Adoptive Moms

February 5-7, 2016

Reserve some time for you! Join other adoptive and foster moms for a weekend to connect with others who are in the trenches. Receive encouragement and rejuvenation while being pampered and having time to rest and relax. Take a breath and enjoy the beauty of nature. Enjoy worship, led by Keith Petersen and encouraging messages by Kristin Berry, co-author of The Adoptive Parent Toolbox and the blog www.confessionsofanadoptiveparent.com, and Jennie Owens, an adoptive mom of three, speaker and foster parent trainer. Experience times to share struggles and victories with moms who understand what you’re going through. Deadline for purchasing tickets is January 31, 2016, at 11 PM.

Adoption Complete!

Thanks to a listener leaving a comment asking if we ended up adopting our foster daughter I'm here with an update. This Monday June 8th we adopted our foster daughter! Now she's just our daughter! Above is a picture of the cake my wife made for her adoption party. We are so blessed to have her. I really need to record a new episode! I'm sorry it's been so long. Hopefully I'll be recording soon with all the updates I haven't shared. There's a lot to fill you all in on.

FWL Episode 23 - A Long Overdue Update

In this episode I finally give an update and share what it was like to go to an evaluation to see if my wife and I are fit parents to provide a forever home for our foster daughter. As I recorded this we'd had her in our home for a year.



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website: http://www.fosteringwithlove.blogspot.com

FWL Episode 22 - A Heartbreak

In this episode I talk about how hard it is when a foster child who's been with you for a while has to leave. This time a 4 year old boy we were caring for had to leave because he was showing signs of sexual abuse. Listen to the episode to hear about this terrible yet all to common issue.



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website: http://www.fosteringwithlove.blogspot.com

Hear Me on the Local News

If you click on this link you can see a brief local KHQ News segment where you can hear a few seconds of an interview I did. It's great to see our news cover the other side of a big drug bust - the fact that many children are taken into care by Child Protective Services and brought into the system. I'm glad I could be a small part of spreading the news.

FWL Episode 21 - A Birthday Party

In this episode I talk about how wonderful it was to make our little foster guy feel special on his fourth birthday. We had the privilege to throw a foster child a birthday party again, and it was really cool. It was one of those days where my wife and I said to each other "These are the days that make it all seem worth it." What an honor it was to celebrate turning four with our foster child. He had a huge smile on his face that day

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website: http://www.fosteringwithlove.blogspot.com

FWL Episode 20 - And Another

Listen to what happened to the two little guys we had for a few days and about our new placement of a four year old boy and his five year old sister, and their little brother who we didn't end up taking. 

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website: http://www.fosteringwithlove.blogspot.com