Fan Favorite: Prayerful Decisions—Saying Yes and No (w/ AJ and Katrina Nowaczyk)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
There can be a lot of pressure on foster parents to always step up and say “yes” to each placement. One of the reasons many became foster parents was to be able to make a significant difference, so doesn’t that mean accepting as many placements as you are able?
But what happens if you say “no” to a placement? What if you say “no” when a child in foster care is able to be adopted?
My guests, AJ and Katrina Nowaczyk, know what it feels like to have to say “no.” They have fostered nine children. While they didn’t set out to only foster, they learned a lot whenever the opportunity to adopt a child came up. In multiple cases, the circumstances pointed to needing to say “no.”
In this episode, you’ll learn what goes into saying yes and no, that there is no one-size-fits-all formula, and the importance of approaching each situation with prayer.
Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/prayerful-decisions/
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:08.2 | I truly believe that we were in the moment supposed to raise these kids, love them, |
| 0:15.2 | experience life with them, to prepare them for this next family that would come along. And I just, |
| 0:20.6 | again, I think it's just |
| 0:21.7 | God's way of working and he knows what's best. So I will let him make that decision. |
| 0:27.4 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast where we are highlighting the stories of |
| 0:33.2 | the people of foster care. With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster |
| 0:39.1 | care community. We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support |
| 0:44.5 | the agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where |
| 0:50.4 | you live. If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, |
| 0:57.0 | or partner with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten |
| 1:02.3 | initiative.org. |
| 1:04.5 | We are in this together. |
| 1:06.6 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:08.5 | Let's do this. |
| 1:22.6 | Hey friends, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. We are taking a short break this month from sharing new content because we want to re-release your favorite episodes of all time. During the month of |
| 1:29.8 | September, listen along and find answers to your common questions. Questions like, when is the |
| 1:35.8 | perfect time to start fostering? What if my current parenting techniques aren't working? What's it like |
| 1:41.4 | to have your child removed from you? What does it feel like to be a child |
| 1:46.3 | in foster care? And finally, how do you make the decision to say no as a foster parent? Now, |
| 1:53.3 | whether or not you've heard these episodes before, we are excited for you to be encouraged, |
| 1:58.3 | equipped, and find hope. You don't have to do this journey alone. We will be back |
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