Foster Fridays: Meet Noelle
Today we have a truly insightful interview with our board member Noelle Owen. She has some excellent thoughts on how individuals and...
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- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: Helpful Hints for New Foster Parents
During this difficult season, you probably keep hearing about what a great need there is about to be for foster parents. When children...
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MFWT
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Foster Friday’s: Meet Heather
Heather is another member of our board here at Foster Love Ministries! She also works for our local department of social services, and...
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MFWT
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Foster Fridays: Five Ways to be a Good Neighbor During COVID-19
Yes, we have faith. Yes, we choose love over fear. AND we also do our part in faith. Be a good citizen. Be a good neighbor - especially...
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MFWT
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Foster Fridays: Meet Jenn
Meet Jenn! She co-founded FLM, and serves as our director! She’s been a resource parent for several years, and adopted four of her eight...
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MFWT
- Feb 21, 2020
- 3 min
Foster Fridays: Meet Lauren
We'd like to thank Lauren, one of the amazing workers at our local DSS office for answering some questions! How long have you been at...
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MFWT
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: Helping Your Child Cast Anchors into the Future
At our January support group meeting, we were trained by Susan Taylor in the work of Darla Henry, The 3-5-7 Model. The concept of this...
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MFWT
- Jan 17, 2020
- 1 min
Foster Fridays: Support
This season of life has been hard for my family. We’ve experienced the loss of a loved one, and taken several financial and material...
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MFWT
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: What Year 2 Taught Me
In October, my partner and I celebrated the 2 year anniversary of fostering our son. I was reflecting this month on lessons that second...
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MFWT
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: What's in a Name?
One hot topic in the area of adoption is renaming your child. It’s a topic that has a lot of controversy. Culturally in America, your...
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MFWT
- Oct 11, 2019
- 1 min
Foster Fridays
A man who was close to my family feels so overpowered by his life and past trauma, that he’s self-medicating. Within one week, two...
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MFWT
- Oct 4, 2019
- 1 min
Foster Fridays: Spotlight- Foster Family Frenzy
On September 28, Bridge Church in Fishersville hosted their first Foster Family Frenzy. Several months of organizing and planning went...
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MFWT
- Sep 27, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: FLM Support Group on Bio-Families
At our last Foster Love Ministries support meeting, Noelle O. came and spoke with us about understanding and supporting biological...
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MFWT
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: The Wait
My husband and I started our foster licensing classes in March of 2017. We had just moved to Virginia in February, and a lot of necessary...
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MFWT
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays
My husband and I were married for 3 years before our son came to live with us, and almost 2 years have past since. We thought that having...
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MFWT
- Aug 16, 2019
- 1 min
Foster Fridays: On Being "Called"
I had a thought today...I hope it doesn’t sound harsh, but I think it’s something important. I frequently hear people say that “God...
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MFWT
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays
My brain can’t fully process my unnatural parental role. I analyze my foster-related stress regularly, because I confuse unpacking it...
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MFWT
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min
Foster Fridays
“By their fruit you will recognize them...Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.” - Jesus, Matthew 7 Around...
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MFWT
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Foster Fridays: Meet Melissa
Meet Melissa! She co-founded FLM, and currently serves as our treasurer! She’s been a resource parent for several years, and adopted two...
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MFWT
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
Foster Fridays: Spotlight on First Baptist
We wanted to spotlight one of our local churches that’s decided to walk beside us and serve foster families! First Baptist has been...
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