Adopting Special Needs Alice Candace Ep 213

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Often the hardest assignments in our lives bring us the greatest good. I’ve seen it to be true in my own life. And have walked this Truth with friends on their journeys.

In this episode I’ve invited my friends Alice and Candace to share their stories of adoption. And the process of discovering their adopted children have special needs. We also discuss how God has led them each into new ministries because of the children He’s brought into their families.

I love seeing God’s purpose for Alice & Candace unfold alongside their leaning on Him for strength and guidance. Not to mention how they follow Him obediently with humor and grace!

I don’t know if God made Millie have autism or if that is a result of living in a fallen world. That’s something that I question every day. But I do know that the struggles that she has had more than anything else have shaped our family in a way that I think brings glory to God, more than the easy and fun and good things.–Alice

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0:00.0	I had a dream last night that I said the word diarrhea four times and my
0:05.0	limit is only three so it was kind of a nightmare. Okay I have my diarrhea
0:11.4	counter. Let's see over under on diarrhea in this episode.
0:18.6	Hey y'all welcome back to the God Center Mom podcast. I'm your host Heather
0:23.2	McFadian and this is the place where we remind you through friendship,
0:26.5	mentorship, and discipleship that you don't mom alone. In this episode number
0:31.7	213 I've invited my friends Allison Candace to talk about adopting special
0:37.0	needs. I don't think that God is more proud of adoptive parents. I wish that I
0:42.8	could go back and tell Alice back then that all of the good things that are
0:49.5	good. God gives out of grace and all of the difficult things aren't because we
0:56.7	did something wrong but sometimes God leads us through difficult things
1:01.0	because he's using them to shape us. I don't know if God made Millie have
1:07.9	autism or if that is a result of living in a fallen world. It's something that I
1:13.0	question every day but I do know that the struggles that she's had that she
1:17.9	has had more than anything else have shaped our family in a way that I think
1:22.3	brings Lori to God more than the easy and fun and good things. Whether you've
1:27.3	adopted a child or not whether your child has special needs or not you are
1:31.5	going to feel less alone after listening to this conversation with my good
1:35.1	friends Alice and Candace. They share their stories of adoption of discovering
1:40.3	their children had special needs. Alice talks through domestic and international
1:45.4	adoption. What if your husband isn't on board? How do you handle that? We even
1:49.5	talk about siblings of children who are adopted and have special needs and I
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