Episode 235: Supporting & Serving TFI Advocates (w/ Jody Vanderburg & Liz Archambault)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Applications to become a TFI Advocate are opening in June! Get the details and sign-up to be notified when applications are live right here.
Today’s conversation made me a little emotional because I never could have imagined what God would do with this ministry when I launched it over a decade ago. I could have never imagined that we would have leaders across the nation who are stepping in and supporting their local foster care community! These Advocates act as a bridge, bringing encouragement and support to agencies by helping churches understand the best way to engage and meet needs contextually.
Today, I get the honor of introducing you to a couple of incredible people who are also team members here at The Forgotten Initiative: Jody Vanderburg and Liz Archambault. They serve in the role of Advocate Coaches, helping Advocates navigate the challenges specific to their area and bring their unique experience and personality to the role.
We are so grateful to have both of them on our team!
In this episode, you’ll hear how foster care intersected with each of their lives, what traits make an effective Advocate, the most meaningful parts about supporting local leaders as an Advocate Coach, and so much more!
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/jody-liz-235/
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:03.9 | This is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | Our second child entered our family through foster care. |
| 0:08.9 | There was this sense that we are not going to be able to meet all the needs of the kids in our home, |
| 0:14.4 | let alone certainly the kids who remain in the foster care system. |
| 0:18.6 | And we realized what we needed was people beyond ourselves. |
| 0:22.2 | And so what that looked like was learning more about foster care ministry, learning more about |
| 0:26.5 | TFI, and saying, if we could be a part of that, how many more people, how many more lives |
| 0:32.5 | could we intersect with in the foster care community? Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast, where we are highlighting the stories of the people |
| 0:42.1 | of foster care. |
| 0:43.7 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:49.2 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency workers, foster |
| 0:55.3 | parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. If you want to |
| 1:01.6 | learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or partner with us |
| 1:07.6 | on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten initiative.org. |
| 1:14.3 | We are in this together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. We love having you as |
| 1:21.1 | part of our family. Okay, it is time. Let's do this. |
| 1:39.5 | Today I get the honor of introducing you to a couple of my favorite people and team members here at the Forgotten Initiative. |
| 1:45.7 | We've got Jody Vanderberg and Liz Archimbo, who are both on staff here at TFI. |
| 1:49.2 | Let me tell you a little bit about each of them before we get started. |
| 1:55.0 | Jody's heart for the foster care community was really first awakened when she volunteered at a camp for girls in foster care. |
| 1:56.9 | It was there that she became passionate about bringing the hope of Jesus to children, vulnerable, adults, even agencies. |
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