Summary: <div>We are back from family vacations and the start of the school year with a special episode. Directed at parents of kids from hard places in the Houston area, devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Chris is joined by Ryan and Kayla, and special guest Toni Steere.<br><br>Toni is the Director of Legacy 685, an Adoption, Foster & Orphan Care Ministry at Houston’s First Baptist Church. She has been caring for orphaned and vulnerable children for the past 17 years. She served for many years as a teacher, house-parent & social worker at a large orphanage in Central America. During her time there she adopted a baby boy who is now 16! As a mom of a child from a hard place, Toni understands both the immense joy and the unexpected challenges of the journey. <br><br>She leads Empowered to Connect's Spanish Training Team, she is a TBRI Educator, and a Sexual Abuse Prevention Instructor, among many other disciplines involving foster care, adoption, and trauma.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div> If you would like to help Toni and Houston's First with disaster relief efforts, you can find more at <a href="http://houstonsfirst.org/LoveFirst">http://houstonsfirst.org/LoveFirst</a>.</div><br> <div> <br> <p>If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area and would like to help with relief efforts for Houston evacuees to the area, you can find more information at our web site, <a href="http://www.irvingbible.org/relief">http://www.irvingbible.org/relief</a>.</p> <br> <p> </p> <br> <p class="p3">Tapestry: <a href="http://tapestryministry.org/">Web</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TapestryIBC/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.twitter.com/TapestryIBC/">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://raisedonors.com/tapestry/tapestry-donation-page">Donate</a></p> <br> <p>Empowered to Connect: <a href="http://empoweredtoconnect.org/">Web</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedChild/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ConnectedChild/">Twitter</a></p> <br> <p><a href="https://onebighappyhome.com/">One Big Happy Home</a> | <a href="https://www.theryanblog.com/">Ryan's Blog</a></p> <br> <p>Intro/Outro Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere</p> <br> <p>Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy</p> <br> </div>
