Episode 135: When God Opens Unexpected Doors
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Tod and Gretchen Sawyer’s world was turned upside down when they lost their first biological daughter. They decided to honor her memory by sponsoring a child through the local Department of Social Services, which was the beginning of their foster care journey. God led them to become aware, which led them to take action. In addition to being some of our newest TFI Advocates in Aiken County, SC, Tod & Gretchen have been foster parents for ten years now. Above all else, God has shown them again and again how His plan for their life was different, and better, than their own. I hope this conversation will be an encouragement to you!
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | We wanted to do something they counted, something significant. |
| 0:12.0 | That was the absolute best way to remember Ashland and to not feel the whole that was in our heart, |
| 0:18.0 | but to help us continue to work through and understand God's plan. |
| 0:28.5 | Hello, and welcome back to the Forgotten podcast. My name is Jamie Cabe. I am so very happy to |
| 0:35.3 | have you joining me today. |
| 0:37.5 | If you are part of the foster care community, |
| 0:40.0 | passionate about serving or simply interested |
| 0:42.5 | in learning more, we are here for you. |
| 0:46.7 | I love this time of year. |
| 0:49.1 | On top of all the traditions, |
| 0:50.8 | time with family and all the sugary goodies, |
| 0:54.0 | this season makes me reflective. |
| 0:57.1 | And as I reflect, I cannot help but remember the goodness and faithfulness of God. He is just |
| 1:04.4 | incredible, isn't he? As we close out this year, I want to encourage you to reflect on how God has shown up in your life |
| 1:12.8 | this year. How have you seen him work? How has he gone above and beyond your expectations? |
| 1:20.8 | How have you seen his story unfold? Here at TFI, we often say that awareness leads to action, and this is exactly what |
| 1:30.5 | happened for Todd and Gretchen Sawyer. Their world was turned upside down when they lost their first |
| 1:36.6 | biological daughter. They decided to honor her memory by sponsoring a child through the local |
| 1:41.8 | department of social services, which became the beginning |
| 1:45.6 | of their fostering journey. Todd and Gretchen's story is filled with the goodness and faithfulness |
| 1:52.1 | of our God, and I am so very excited to share it with you. Also, they are some of our brand-new |
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