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The Unfolding

Page 196: Ryan Senters: Dad of 11 Transforms Foster Kids' Lives

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

 

Hanai is a Hawaiian term for "adopted" or "chosen" family and it is a really effective way to describe Ryan and Sara Senters. When Ryan was younger, he was all about chasing significance. But then God gave him a heart for vulnerable kids. In their 17 years of marriage, Ryan and Sara have been parents to 11 kids- two biological and nine foster kids they have adopted. But their passion and willingness to trust God has led them on a wild journey of faith. Their story is so remarkable, People Magazine and CBS Morning News have featured stories about their family. Ryan and Sara never imagined they would be parents to 11 or help provide family for hundreds more, but once they heard God's call on their lives, they could not look back. Ryan and Sara are the founders of Ohana, a foster care agency with 40 homes in Arizona and Hanai Coffee, where kids aging out of the foster system find hope, job training and life skills.  

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Page 196 of the unfolding is the story of Ryan Centers.

0:05.0

As I started to pursue God and reorient my mind at that, my interest starts to change.

0:10.3

Getting drunk, partying, that was just not my life anymore.

0:14.0

When I'm serving the hurting and these kids, I am like so close to Jesus.

0:19.1

It's like I'm looking in the eyes of Christ.

0:21.6

God's story has been unfolding.

0:25.1

Since the beginning of time.

0:28.2

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:33.7

Another page in the unfolding.

0:37.7

Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:40.3

Hanai, it's a Hawaiian term for adopted or chosen family, and it's a really good way to describe

0:46.8

Ryan and Sarah centers.

0:48.9

When Ryan was younger, he was all about chasing significance, but then God gripped his

0:54.0

heart, especially for vulnerable

0:56.2

kids. In their 17 years of marriage, Ryan and Sarah have been parents to 11 kids, two biological

1:02.7

and nine foster kids they've adopted. But their passion, their willingness to trust God,

1:08.6

has led them on a wild journey of faith. Their story is so remarkable.

1:13.6

People magazine and CBS Morning News both featured their family just this week. Ryan and Sarah

1:19.1

never imagined they'd be parents to 11 or helped provide family for hundreds more. But once they

1:26.0

heard God's call on their lives, they couldn't look back.

1:30.3

As I think about my faith journey, I was raised by a single mom for most of my life. She got me

1:36.2

connected with church on an occasion as she was trying to figure out her own faith and raising my

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