Episode 153: Walking an Unexpected Path of Family & Foster Care
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Imagine going from zero children to five children overnight. That’s the story you’ll hear today! When Kristal and Jared Black decided to start a family, they quickly realized that their path would be different than they expected it to be. While walking through infertility and then an expected adoption that ended unexpectedly, God was working in their hearts to overcome the fear of foster care and open them up to other possibilities. Little did they know that God would take them on a journey that was even crazier (and even better) than they could have expected! In this episode, listen in as Kristal shares her family’s journey, what she learned in a long season of waiting, how she and her husband have navigated such a big transition, and the work God did in her along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey. |
| 0:04.7 | This is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | I think he knew that I needed to have that face to soften my heart. |
| 0:17.2 | Like I needed to be able to see these children. |
| 0:20.1 | I needed to be able to see these children. I needed to be able to see them as |
| 0:22.9 | as people, as children of God. These are his children. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello and welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. I'm your host, Jamie Cabe. It is great to be with you today. |
| 0:40.2 | Whether you've been part of the foster care community for a long time or are simply interested in learning more, |
| 0:45.7 | our team here at the Forgotten Initiative is here for you. We exist to help people everywhere |
| 0:52.5 | support the foster care community and experience Jesus |
| 0:56.5 | together. And if you want to learn more about how we do this, I invite you to head over to |
| 1:01.6 | the forgotten initiative.org. Okay, listen, we have got a great episode for you. I want you to |
| 1:09.6 | raise your hand if you are in a season of waiting. How about if your |
| 1:15.0 | life looks differently than you expected it to? Or what about if you are learning to surrender |
| 1:21.3 | control to God? Are our hands up yet? I feel like these statements describe all of us at some point, right? |
| 1:30.0 | When our path takes us down a different direction that we are planning, it is hard. And we can |
| 1:35.9 | be inundated with unwanted or even unexpected emotions that we just don't quite know what to |
| 1:41.5 | do with. Well, if you are in a challenging season right now, |
| 1:46.1 | take heart. Different isn't bad. It's just different. For Crystal Black and her husband, Jared, |
| 1:53.0 | it became clear early on that their path in life was going to be different than they expected. |
| 1:58.8 | After navigating infertility and an expected adoption that fell through |
| 2:03.0 | at the last minute, God led their family on a journey of going from zero to five kids overnight. |
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