So, I lived with my mom for, you know, eight years, but as I got older and as time went

on, my mom's mental illness just got worse and there was abuse happening in the home.

I reported it and I went to go live in a residential group home and then from there, I moved

throughout many more homes.

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So, here's a question. Best moment of the last year. Oh, I had no idea where I was going to go

with that. Oh, I already know. I know what you're going to say.

It's when, actually, we've had this happen a couple times now. It's when we had one of our grand

sons who had been fostered by one of our sons and daughter-in-law's when he was adopted into our

family. Is that what you were going to say? Yeah, I was just wondering, you know, we are going

today. Would you say that anyway? Yes, because it absolutely is one of the greatest highlights.

I mean, yeah, when Austin, our son and Kendall, his wife adopted a writer this, I don't know when it

was a couple six or seven months ago. And before that, his older brother, that one was on COVID,

so he couldn't be in the courtroom. But this one just weeping. Yeah. Because you're like, we know

what these boys' lives would have been and what they are now. And so you weep at that, but you

also weep. That's our story. Our lives would be adopted by Christ. Yeah. It's like the same thing.

So today we get to talk about fostering. Yeah. And we have a, what do you call them the cutest

couple you've ever seen? So cute. We're the cutest couple. Yes. Yeah, we got Tori Hope Peterson in

here with her husband, Jacob. And you guys are just over there smiling. You are really a cute

couple. We're just so happy to be here. We're glad to have you. Yeah. And welcome to Orlando.

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