Episode 54: Mentoring Can Make a Difference in the Life of a Foster Child
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Kelsie Barnhart first heard about TFI and the mentoring program through a friend in the summer of 2014. She had just graduated college and was working full time, but knew she wanted to carve out time to serve her community. Becoming a foster parent wasn’t a practical way for her to minister to the many foster children in her area, but mentoring was. She began mentoring in January 2015 and has been a consistent person in her “Little Buddy’s” life since. Find out what she’s learned through her experiences as well as hear advice on getting started!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:11.0 | And she always asks me at the end of every meeting, will I see you again? |
| 0:16.0 | Or, you know, when I'm at high, will I still see you? |
| 0:19.0 | Or when you're married, will I still see you? And that consistency is always in your head. So my answer has always been, I'll see you as long as you want to see megotten podcast. You can find out more about today's |
| 0:56.0 | episode at the forgotteninitiative.org slash S5E4. That's for Season 5, Episode 4. Today we are going to talk |
| 1:06.5 | mentoring. If this is something you have ever considered, or if this is your first time learning |
| 1:11.8 | about mentoring in foster care, this is a must listen episode. My guest, Kelsey, is humble. |
| 1:18.9 | She shares openly and practically about her experiences in mentoring, not only what mentoring |
| 1:24.5 | looks like for her and her mentee, but what she has personally learned from this |
| 1:29.1 | journey. I loved getting to know Kelsey better through this conversation, and I truly believe you |
| 1:34.8 | are going to love her. Let me tell you a little bit more about her before we begin. |
| 1:39.3 | Kelsey was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois, where she graduated from Bradley University with a degree in public |
| 1:45.3 | relations. She is currently an advocate at Samaritan Ministries, which is a really great health |
| 1:50.6 | care sharing ministry. She has been a foster care mentor since 2015. Let's go now to my interview |
| 1:57.9 | with Kelsey Barnhart. |
| 2:10.3 | Kelsey, it is good to talk to you today, and we are going to talk about the subject of mentoring. |
| 2:11.6 | You have now been mentoring a child that was in foster care and now has been adopted out of foster care, but you've been mentoring |
| 2:18.7 | for several years now. And so I'm really excited to hear your perspective on this whole thing. |
| 2:24.0 | Will you just start with why? Why did you even think about becoming a mentor? |
| 2:29.6 | Yeah. Well, I think my interest was piqued for a couple of different reasons. |
| 2:35.0 | One, I had just graduated college. |
| 2:37.3 | And so I had been so busy for so many years with school and hobbies. |
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