Adopting kids & traveling the world with Erin Burchik - Story 7
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Week 7 of our Summer of Stories series! This Summer we have been featuring stories of incredible moms that have endured significant challenges. Through these stories, we pray you will remember that God is faithful and always with you through life’s most challenging moments.
In this week’s story, you will hear from the delightful, creative and intentional Erin Burchik. She is a family friend and I have long-admired her approach to parenting. She desperately wants to enjoy each of her kids and embrace the “good ole days” of kids in the home. She will share how traveling and taking trips became a passion of hers. And she will share some super practical ways to make trips doable and affordable when you’re on a budget.
Before we get to the scoop on traveling for less, she shares her story about becoming a mom. Through many trials and some devastating financial loss, Erin has fought through doubt and frustration with God. She felt called to adopt and then it didn’t go as smoothly as she had hoped. It’s so fun to see her on the other side of this battle and see the family that God designed from the very beginning.
My favorite part is when she explains the WHY behind their family adventures. She’s not traveling to flex on Instagram or show off or waste money. She’s traveling because she wants to create memories with her kids, to carve out time to adventure together and to get out of their comfort zone. I love her approach!
In this episode, we discuss:
- Erin’s journey to motherhood - foster care and adoption
- How to find community with other adopted families
- How to exchange gifts for experiences at Christmas
- How to find creative ways to do big trips on a little budget
Enjoy!!
Courtney
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Background
04:02
The Journey of Adoption
08:57
Building a Supportive Community
18:13
Creating Lasting Memories
20:05
Santa Bringing Christmas Trips
22:10
Maximizing Credit Card Points
25:29
Saving Thousands on Family Trips
28:21
Benefits of Traveling with Kids
30:15
Building Independence and Confidence
33:31
Enjoying Motherhood and Savoring the Moments
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Resources from today’s show:
Erin’s Instagram
Erin’s travel site - Points For Families
Erin’s book - Animals of the Nativity
Erin’s book - The Bear Hug
TBRI for families that have adopted
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Welcome to Pardon the Mess. I'm your host, Courtney Defeo. On this podcast, we chat about |
| 0:11.9 | parenting and faith and all the messy and wonderful things in between. I'm like you. I'm a mom with |
| 0:16.3 | great days and hard days. I can go from laughing and loving it to crying and thinking I'm the worst |
| 0:21.5 | parent in the world. Do you ever feel like that? Well, I love this podcast because I get to simply |
| 0:26.4 | interview experts and guests and other parents that help spur me on in this journey. I really |
| 0:32.0 | want to raise kids that know love and follow Jesus and that journey can be hard. So you're not |
| 0:36.4 | alone. Did you know that part in |
| 0:38.1 | the mess is a part of the Christian Parenting Network? Christian Parenting is a nonprofit that was |
| 0:42.5 | created to give you the practical and spiritual help that you need on as many platforms and as many |
| 0:47.3 | ways as possible. So we want your help to get the word out. Can you do three things for us? One, |
| 0:52.5 | subscribe or follow on this show, two, |
| 0:54.9 | leave a review. And the last thing is, would you share an episode with your friends or on social |
| 0:58.8 | media? That will help us get the word out and equip more parents in this journey of parenting |
| 1:04.1 | with faith in mind. I want to tell you about this summer. We have a new series called Summer of |
| 1:08.8 | Stories, and it's simply that. It is 10 stories |
| 1:11.2 | in 10 weeks. Every week, there's going to be a mom that comes on and bravely shares their story, |
| 1:15.5 | and some of these are really hard topics. And so I think you'll feel seen because a lot of times |
| 1:19.9 | on podcasts, we share just the good side. We said share inspiring and encouraging things, |
| 1:24.5 | and you can leave feeling defeated like is anyone else out there struggling? |
| 1:28.4 | So you'll hear from a mom that lost her son, a mom who experienced a miracle, a mom managing |
| 1:33.2 | a child with an eating disorder, and much, much more. So although they're heavy topics, I don't |
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