Episode 52: Making an Indelible Difference in the Lives of Vulnerable Children
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Angie Grant and her husband, Stan, have been foster parents for five years. Their third placement, a little girl, stayed in their home for two and a half years and then returned home. Although it was difficult to let their daughter go, Angie’s family cherishes the memories they made with her and believe that the time they had with her will make an indelible mark on her life for the good, because they did their best to love as Jesus loves: compassionately and with everything they had.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:11.0 | We had the opportunity to help a little girl heal. And for us, that was huge. So do I get to see her? |
| 0:22.6 | No. |
| 0:23.6 | Did I have a large part of her childhood? |
| 0:25.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.6 | And I have to believe that none of that, and for foster parents all over the country that are |
| 0:34.6 | investing daily in kids from hard places. None of that goes in vain. |
| 0:53.6 | Hello and welcome to the Forgotten podcast. Find out more about today's episode at |
| 0:59.8 | www.theforgotteninitiative.org slash s5E2 for season 5 episode 2. Well, I hope your summer is treating you right. |
| 1:12.9 | Our family recently returned from a vacation, and we had a great time. |
| 1:18.3 | Probably 85% of the time we had an amazing time, but it is always so good to be home. |
| 1:25.5 | Today, I get to talk with my very good friend and TFI advocate, Angie Grant. |
| 1:31.7 | Angie is married to Stan and is mom to four kids. Stan and Angie have pastored Clover Hill |
| 1:37.3 | Assembly of God in Virginia for the past 17 years, and she has served with TFI as our advocate in Chesterfield County since February |
| 1:46.8 | 2014. You guys are going to love her. We discussed the realities of saying goodbye to the child |
| 1:53.7 | you've been caring for in foster care. It's the thing we all fear, right? Loving a child and then |
| 1:59.6 | letting them go. I really believe you're going to find |
| 2:03.8 | encouragement today. So let's go now to the show. Well, Angie, you became a foster parent about |
| 2:15.7 | five years ago and adopted your first placement |
| 2:18.9 | when he was four, though he had been with you for two years. And you've had other children that |
| 2:24.4 | did not stay with you, including your third placement. It was a little girl who stayed with you |
| 2:29.3 | for about two and a half years. Can you start by telling us a little bit about her and just what the fostering |
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