Episode 242: Defining Success in the Hard Moments of Foster Parenting (w/ Nate and Kristen Crew)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When foster care feels overwhelming, how do we hold on to hope? How do we define success? How do we find light when so much feels dark?
Nate and Kristen Crew are my guests on the podcast today. They have been married for almost 15 years and have 7 children – four adopted through foster care and three by birth. Rather than a specific “calling” to foster, they pursued foster care out of a desire to live out the basic commands in Scripture to care for those who are vulnerable. Nate is a pastor at CityLight Church in Virginia and together they love to encourage others through what God has taught them.
In this episode, you’ll hear how Nate and Kristen strive to live out their calling as Christians, the difference that reliance on God has made in their story, why it doesn’t require a “special moment” to start getting involved with foster care, how to hold on to hope when the journey is hard, and more.
Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/nate-kristen-crew-242/
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:04.0 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:08.5 | Even, you know, we're in a, things are a little bit hard right now in some situations, |
| 0:12.4 | and you can feel like a failure at some degree, too, like it didn't. |
| 0:16.6 | Like, it's not working like we thought or, you know know but you got to release all that to the Lord |
| 0:22.6 | otherwise you you you would start to undervalue maybe some of the work you've put in because you |
| 0:29.4 | didn't see their results hey it's Jamie Cabe welcome back to the forgotten podcast where we are |
| 0:36.0 | highlighting the stories of the people of foster care. |
| 0:39.7 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:45.2 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. |
| 0:57.0 | If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or |
| 1:02.8 | partner with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten initiative.org. |
| 1:10.6 | We are in this together. |
| 1:12.9 | Thank you for listening and engaging with us. |
| 1:15.6 | We love having you as part of our family. |
| 1:19.0 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:21.0 | Let's do this. |
| 1:36.3 | Nate and Kristen Crewe have been married for almost 15 years and have seven children, which seven's a beautiful number. I have seven children also, but this is not about me, this is about you. |
| 1:40.3 | So four of your children have now been adapted through foster care. |
| 1:45.1 | And Nate is the pastor of City Light Church. |
| 1:48.6 | And together they love to encourage others through the things God has taught them. |
| 1:52.6 | I love it. |
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