Episode 188: What to Do with Unmet Hopes (w/ Corey Johnston)

The Forgotten Podcast

The Forgotten Initiative

Christian, Family, Adoption, Kids & Family, Fostercare

4.9 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

My guest today experienced a childhood filled with painful circumstances, parents who struggled with drug addiction, and the death of his father at the age of seven. You can imagine the amount of trauma and instability he experienced growing up.

Corey Johnston, in spite of the instability of his mother, always longed to feel like her son. God was gracious to invite Corey into a relationship with Him. And as an adult, he gave his life to Christ and started a church plant.

But even after that, he would encounter unmet hopes through a miscarriage that would eventually open the door to fostering and then later adopting his son. Corey shares with us why it feels so difficult when hopes are unmet, how to process grief, and many more nuggets of wisdom along the way.

I was blessed by Corey’s story as I have personally experienced unmet hopes through a failed adoption. If you’ve ever wondered, “God, how can you make this good?,” then you won’t want to miss this episode.

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0:00.0	Sharing the stories of the foster care community.
0:03.6	This is The Forgotten podcast.
0:06.5	We would just never, in and of ourselves, ever choose suffering.
0:11.9	And yet it is regularly suffering that brings about the most sanctification. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe.
0:26.7	Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast, where we are highlighting the stories of the people of foster care.
0:32.9	With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. We want to bring
0:38.6	you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency workers, foster parents,
0:44.8	vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. If you want to learn more
0:50.6	about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or partner with us
0:56.2	on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to theforgotteninitiative.org. We are in this
1:04.4	together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. We love having you as part of our family.
1:14.9	Okay, it is time. Let's do this.
1:26.6	Corey Johnston, you are the lead pastor of Heights community. You're a foster and adoptive father.
1:31.4	And as we record today in May, you are just about to celebrate 13 years of marriage with your wife, Andrea. That's good. Yes. That's good stuff.
1:38.0	It's incredible. Yes. Very thankful. Oh, I'm glad. I'm glad to hear that. Together, you guys have
1:43.6	three children, including one son who you adopted, and you are currently fostering a fourth child. And then I have to say, also, you have two dogs. I also have two dogs. Yes. Was one of your dogs was a COVID purchase as well. One of our showed up during COVID.
2:02.6	I saw that in your, and apparently the pit bull you bought at a very low point in your life.
2:08.3	So I'm feeling a sense of regret for both of these dogs.
2:12.0	At times, yes.
2:13.6	At times.
2:15.6	We had a dog, we've had a dog for a long time.
2:20.1	And then our other dog wasn't a COVID purchase, but he was a very spontaneous purchase while in Florida on vacation.
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