Episode 78: Honest Questions about Foster Care and Adoption and Answers You Need To Hear
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Whether you’re just thinking about foster care or adoption and want to know what it’s really like or you’re in it and you need support, today’s guest, Mike Berry, offers a picture of the good, bad, and ugly. He’s passionate about sharing a realistic view of adoption and foster care, and he wants to answer your questions honestly. Listen in as we tackle a few of them, but then check out his new book, "Honestly Adoption," for answers to even more. Friends, we are in this together!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | You have no idea what God has planned for your life. |
| 0:13.0 | So that's why we always say don't give up, even if you're in a rut or you're in a valley, |
| 0:18.0 | because God is in the valley with you, but he's working on the |
| 0:21.9 | outside of the valley on your behalf. |
| 0:27.5 | Welcome to the Forgotten podcast. Whether you are part of the foster care community, |
| 0:32.7 | passionate about serving or simply interested in learning more, we are here for you. Today we are going to |
| 0:39.5 | talk honestly about adoption and foster care with my guest Mike Barry. Mike is a good friend and a |
| 0:45.7 | partner in ministry. Mike is married to Kristen and together they have adopted eight children |
| 0:50.5 | and cared for another 23 in their nine-year stint as foster parents. |
| 0:55.8 | Mike is passionate about helping you navigate this adoption and foster care world and he does |
| 1:00.6 | just that in his and Kristen's new book, Honestly, Adoption answers to 101 questions about |
| 1:07.1 | adoption and foster care. |
| 1:09.8 | Now before we head to the interview, |
| 1:11.4 | know that you can find links to connect with Mike, |
| 1:14.4 | helpful resources, takeaways from today's show, |
| 1:17.2 | and all our past episodes, all at the forgottenpodcast.org. |
| 1:21.9 | While you're there, I invite you to sign up |
| 1:23.6 | to receive weekly encouragement and updates. |
| 1:26.4 | This includes things like new blog posts, |
| 1:28.4 | podcast show notes, and free resources from us. Sign up to receive your weekly encouragement |
| 1:34.3 | at the forgotten podcast.org. And I would love it if you would share today's episode with your people |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Forgotten Initiative, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Forgotten Initiative and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.