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Episode 203: Creating Connections Through Advocacy (w/ Abby Callison)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
I love meeting others who are deeply passionate about both the foster care community and the Church. Those are two of our passions here at The Forgotten Initiative as well!
Becoming a TFI Advocate starts with filling out an application. However, for each person who takes this step, the journey starts long before that, often beginning with an awareness that leads to action and a deep passion.
This is a journey I get to explore with Abby Callison in today's episode. Abby is a TFI Advocate in Mason City, IA and a foster parent as well. Long before she could support the foster care community directly, she was exposed to the importance of supporting vulnerable children through a mission trip to an African orphanage and seeing foster care lived out through multiple families at her local church.
In this episode, Abby reminds us of the significant role the Church can have in the foster care community, the unique circumstances that led them to become foster parents, her experience navigating the application process to become a TFI Advocate, why it is important that we identify our unique motivation, advice she would have for people interested in becoming involved, and so much more.
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/abby-callison-203/
Apply to Become a TFI Advocate: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/become-a-tfi-advocate/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:03.6 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:06.3 | This is not to make me look good. |
| 0:09.3 | This is not to make my name great. |
| 0:11.1 | This isn't even to make TFI's name great. |
| 0:13.1 | It's to make Jesus's name great. |
| 0:15.2 | And he can do that by himself. |
| 0:17.0 | He doesn't need me. |
| 0:17.8 | He chooses to use me. |
| 0:19.0 | And I think that's so cool. |
| 0:25.0 | Yeah. himself. He doesn't need me. He chooses to use me. And I think that's so cool. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast, where we are highlighting the |
| 0:30.1 | stories of the people of foster care. With every episode, our goal is to help you better |
| 0:35.5 | 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. |
| 1:11.5 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:13.6 | Let's do this. |
| 1:20.2 | Today I get to talk to Abby Callison |
| 1:23.3 | about the advocate role, which is so fun, |
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