Episode 8: Equipping the Church to Care for Kids in Foster Care
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, you’ll discover what the benefits of becoming a TFI Advocate are, and how to find balance in ministry, parenting and marriage. This episode also talks about why Families Serving Families is Selena’s favorite initiative from TFI.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten Podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:09.0 | The sense of community is so important because this is a very isolating calling. |
| 0:15.9 | And it's one that not everyone understands and they don't understand why you can't just load your kids up |
| 0:21.7 | and go to a potluck dinner or go to an outing. They don't understand the social, emotional, |
| 0:27.5 | behavioral difficulties. And so a lot of times we find ourselves quite alone, not on purpose, |
| 0:33.2 | that just sort of happens over time. |
| 0:36.9 | Hi, and welcome to the Forgotten podcast, where we are bringing voice to the foster care |
| 0:42.1 | community. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm your host, Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:45.1 | And in every episode, I get the privilege of interviewing members of the foster care |
| 0:49.2 | community and also those who minister to them. |
| 0:52.0 | And today, I'm so happy to introduce you to my friend, Selena Whitley. |
| 0:56.2 | Selena is also one of our TFI advocates. |
| 0:58.6 | She joined TFI in December of 2013, and it's been a real joy to get to know her |
| 1:04.4 | and watch God work in her and in her area of Middle Georgia. |
| 1:08.9 | So today I'm going to talk to Selena about why she became part of |
| 1:12.1 | TFI, how her experience with TFI has been so far. Also want to talk to her about some God |
| 1:18.6 | stories. I want to ask her how she has seen God work in her area. And finally, I want to ask her |
| 1:25.1 | some challenges that she's faced as a ministry leader as she balances life as a mom, foster mom, wife, and all of the above. |
| 1:34.8 | I know you're really going to enjoy my time with Selena Whitley. |
| 1:38.1 | So let's get right to it. |
| 1:41.9 | Selena, it is good to have you with me. |
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