Fostering Voices Podcast

This week's episode features an interview with our son, Topher! He is 12 years old, and direct and brief with his answers! Which is why you get to enjoy a nice, short episode this week!

This week we discuss the books that we have read for Quarter 1! Most of them came strongly recommended to us, and we enjoyed them - so we hope you enjoy them as well!

This week we have a wonderful episode with our sweet friends - Brett and Jennifer Humphrey! They adopted their sweet daughter from China many years ago, and they share the beautiful ways that God was at work in their journey. Brett also authored the Dragonborn series which has themes of adoption. You don't want to miss this one!

What is the kind of success you are looking for, for your family, and for yourself? This episode talks about success, having a plan, and mindset, and having hope for the uncertain time we are all in right now.

In this episode, Gaelin tells us about high school life, his dad being imprisoned, and how he made it to university on football scholarships, and was signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, and walked away from it all. And is happier now than he could have imagined.

Gaelin Elmore is a young man who grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin, went to the University of Minnesota, and then signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. But in the midst of all that, were abusive years in foster care, and struggling with his family.

Gaelin Elmore is a young man who grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin, went to the University of Minnesota, and then signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. But in the midst of all that, were abusive years in foster care, and struggling with his family. Now he is an advocate for foster care and works at The Forgotten Initiative and he brings hope and joy wherever he goes.

Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents (aka AZAFFAP) is a fantastic organization here in Arizona, that stands to create a community of support for foster and adoptive parents. They are for families, by families!

This episode features an interview with JT and Ashley Pals, new parents to their precious son, Case. Hear about how the journey took about 2 years, and how they were constantly reminded how loved they are.

This episode is about how we survived our one and only investigation as a foster family. The allegations came 2 months ago, and we have since been cleared. Tune in to hear about how great Jihae handled this...

Jacob's Hope is an organization here in Arizona, that seeks to provide care, support, and education for newborns who have been substance exposed. It started from the hearts of Jo and Brian Jones, who adopted their son, Jacob, who was substance exposed.

Episode 81 marks the first episode of Season 5, and we are so excited for a brand new season! The biggest news from our off season is that we acquired a Podcast Sponsor! We are so very thankful for Showit for walking alongside our podcast, and foster care journey, and supporting us!

Recap of 2019 , and how the former foster placements have been, or are getting adopted, and how we traveled, and had an all around great year!

Jeremy was on the podcast on Episode 47 back in March of this year. He mentioned that he had been gifted with an Ancestry.com gift from his wife, and he wanted to see if he had any siblings out there. WELP. He got what he was looking for. And he also got something he wasn't looking for - HIS BIO DAD!!!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, but we are truly in the thick of the holidays! We get this season can be SO STRESSFUL for so many people, but it doesn't have to be that way if we can plan appropriately (or as much as possible.)