Episode 61: Staying the Course in Foster Care: “It’s What We Do”
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Peter Greer and his family have opened their home to foster care for several years and have experienced the highs and lows of all foster care entails. After several hard situations, Peter admits to being reticent, even outright against, getting back into the foster care world. A greater sense of purpose and the support and encouragement of his children has ensured that, in spite of the pain, unpredictability and potential for hurt, their family will continue to say “yes” to foster care.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:10.8 | Loving others is a dangerous thing to do. When you open up your heart, when you enter, when someone else enters in, it is an impossibility for you not to feel just a little bit of the pain. |
| 0:22.8 | But even in the midst of this, and I know that foster parents know this, but as tempting |
| 0:29.4 | as it is for you to think about your hurt, this is just a fraction of understanding what other kids are going through. |
| 0:44.2 | Hey, it's Jamie Cave. Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast. Today, you are in for a treat. |
| 0:52.2 | My guest, Peter Greer, is the president and CEO of Hope International, |
| 0:56.2 | which is a global Christ-centered micro-enterprice development organization serving throughout |
| 1:02.0 | Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Peter has also co-authored over 10 books, |
| 1:09.1 | including some of my personal all-time favorites, Mission Drift, |
| 1:13.7 | and Routing for Rivals. And Peter is a foster dad, which is what our conversation is going to |
| 1:19.9 | center around today. Peter's most important role, though, is as a husband to Laurel and dad to |
| 1:26.9 | their three kids. I loved this conversation, |
| 1:30.5 | and I believe you will too. But before we get into it, I want to make sure you know you can |
| 1:35.9 | subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. And while you are doing that, |
| 1:41.7 | would you leave us a rating or review? We want to know how we're doing for you so we can continue to effectively serve you through this podcast. |
| 1:50.3 | And to get more information about Peter and this episode, head on over to our show notes page at the forgotteninitiative.org slash S5E11. |
| 2:01.6 | That's for Season 5, Episode 11. |
| 2:05.1 | All right now, let's go to the show. |
| 2:13.3 | Peter, I am so honored to have you on the show today. |
| 2:17.0 | Your book's Mission Drift and Routing for |
| 2:19.2 | rivals are among my top favorites and have been game changers for me. I refer to them so often |
| 2:26.0 | in my personal leadership journey. So I want to thank you for that. But when I found out that |
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