Episode 184: How Awareness Leads to Action (w/ Sarah Butler)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Since May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, I will be bringing you stories every week from the various perspectives of the foster care community—agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children.
Sometimes seeing another family involved in foster care can change someone’s mind from “I could never be a foster parent” to “I can do this.”
Sarah Butler, TFI Advocate in Conecuh County, AL, didn’t imagine she would be able to be a foster parent. But after seeing another family foster, she saw it was possible and she and her husband felt God’s call to pursue it. Immediately after completing the requirements to be foster parents, they were told there was a child that needed a place to stay that very night. Since then, the Butlers have had over 30 children come through their home in four years.
In this episode, Sarah shares the challenges, blessings, hardships, and joy that comes from fostering, and what it looks like to take a step past the fear of the unknown and into the call that God may have for your family. I hope you are encouraged and inspired by Sarah’s story today!
(Remember: Applications are still open for YOU to become a TFI Advocate, bridging the gap between foster care agencies and churches right in your local community. This only happens twice a year! Learn more and apply here.)
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/sarah-butler-184/
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by Samaritan Ministries, |
| 0:03.0 | a community of Christians who care for one another spiritually and financially |
| 0:06.8 | when a medical need arises. |
| 0:08.6 | It's biblical, affordable health care sharing. |
| 0:11.4 | Learn more at samaritan ministries.org slash the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:17.3 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:19.9 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:22.7 | If I say no, then it's because I don't really fully trust him to get me through those hard moments that I'm afraid will come if I say yes. |
| 0:41.3 | Hello. that I'm afraid will come if I say yes. Hello and welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm your host, Jamie Cabe, and I am very excited to have you with me here today. |
| 0:50.3 | May is National Foster Care Month, so every week this month, we will be highlighting stories from |
| 0:56.7 | each perspective of the foster care community. That's agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable |
| 1:03.0 | adults, and children. Every member of the foster care community matters, and everyone has a story |
| 1:10.3 | to tell. |
| 1:11.6 | Here at TFI, we equip churches across the country to make the foster care community known. |
| 1:18.6 | One of the main ways we do this is by helping you launch and lead a thriving foster care ministry right where you live. |
| 1:26.6 | These ministries connect churches and agencies |
| 1:29.6 | so that the church can help meet physical, relational, and spiritual needs in the foster care |
| 1:35.5 | community. And the foster care community can give perspective and opportunities to serve to the church. |
| 1:49.7 | We need each other. And I would love for you to join us on this mission. |
| 1:56.1 | Right now, during the month of May, applications to become a TFI advocate are open. |
| 2:02.4 | Now, this only happens twice a year, and there are only a few spots available. |
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