It’s kind of obvious, isn’t it? I mean, does it really need saying that foster kids need fathers? The fact that these kids are in the foster system means that something is broken. Unfortunately, most of us don’t care. Continue Reading…
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The Face Of Fostering: Twin Brothers With Different Mothers
Being a foster family provides many opportunities for good pictures. We currently have two foster kids. If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, I hope pictures like these help give you a glimpse of what it looks like around the house. Continue Reading…
The One Reason Why You Can’t Ignore The Orphan
I managed to do it for almost 40 years. You might be doing it right now, and yet you don’t even realize it. Some of you know you’re doing it, you’re ok with the fact you’re doing it, and have no plans to change the fact you’re doing it. What is it? You are ignoring the orphan. Continue Reading…
The Face of Fostering: Life Around The House
Have you considered being a foster parent? I’ve heard many questions over this past year about what it’s like to be a foster family. Words don’t do it justice, so I’m posting pictures every couple of weeks to help give it a “face.” Continue Reading…
Obedience Eliminates Regret
Ryan has an incredible story that he shares through his blog. I knew I had to have him guest post as soon as I started reading his stuff. Enjoy. – Kevin
My wife, Kendra: “I’d really like to talk about us adopting a child some day, or maybe being foster parents.”
Me: “I want my own kids, with my own blood, and my own athletic ability.”
How Adoption Helps Me Understand Grace
This is a guest post from my friend Jamie Ivey. I met Jaime through her husband Aaron, a worship pastor at The Austin Stone church in Austin, TX. When I heard about her heart for adoption (and the way she lives it out) I had to have her write something for my blog. – Kevin
Sometimes I cannot even begin to understand why God continues to love me when I continue to disobey him and put things above him in my life. Time and time again he continues to reassure me that he is still my Father and will not leave me nor forsake me. When I question his love after all he has done for me, he doesn’t give up. He continues to love. He never tells me that I have hit my limit on freak out moments towards him. This concept of God’s never ending love has become even clearer to me in the past two years that our son, Amos, has been in our family. Continue Reading…
The Face of Fostering: Christmas Cards
What does fostering look like for families? That is the question my “Face of Fostering” posts seek to answer. Foster families aren’t allowed to put pictures of the faces of their foster kids online. So I will continue to get creative with the backs of their heads. Continue Reading…
The Face Of Fostering: Ebony And Ivory
Being a foster family has a huge impact on our day-to-day family life. Most of what happens around our house can only be shared through words, as foster kids’ faces are not allowed to be put on the internet. Through posts like this one, we are trying to give a “face” to what fostering looks like. Continue Reading…
The Face Of Fostering: Falling Out
Fostering is an unknown to most. What I mean by that is unless you know someone with foster kids, you are never able to see what it looks like. I’d like to try to do something about that. Continue Reading…
Fostering: The Story Of Rescue
Iremember when we first got her. She smelled like smoke. She was tired, dirty, and maybe even in a somewhat altered state of mind because of her environment from which she came. It was just after midnight, and our first foster daughter had arrived.
The issue I had with fostering for so long was the idea of letting our hearts bond with a little child, and then sending them on their way. I was sure we’d be hurt in the process. I could see my wife going into some kind of funk that would last for days. Or worse yet, our kids would be damaged beyond repair. That was a little over a year ago now. Continue Reading…
