The Adoption & Foster Care Journey Sandra Flach

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:20
 
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
Throughout the month of June, we’re focusing on dads! To kick us off, this week host Sandra Flach talks with Joshua Legg. Joshua is passionate about helping men grow in Christ and seeing marriages healed. He understands the complexities of families parenting children with special needs and is well versed in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders—both professionally and as a brother of an adopted sibling with FAS. 
 
Joshua pursues his passion for dads and families as a pastor, and through discipleship mentoring, and coaching. He and his wife Heather offer marriage intensives, drawing from their own journey and walking beside couples as they heal.
 
Listen in as Joshua offers encouragement and hope to foster and adoptive parents—especially dads.
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com
joshualeggcoaching.com

"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." 1 Corinthians 13:7
 
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with Todd and Kristin Evans about their new book, How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities.
 
Listen in as the Evans’s share how the chronic stress of raising their children with disabilities affected their marriage and how they went from barely surviving to thriving. 
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com
disabilityparenting.com

"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content, with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."  2 Corinthians 12:9-10
 
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with Jennifer Kritner, Vice President of Retail and Company Culture at Unclaimed Baggage. She also serves as the director of Unclaimed Baggage’s charitable foundation, Reclaimed For Good. Jennifer is passionate about the company’s purpose “to redeem the lost, unclaimed and rejected—for the glory of God.” She and her husband, Patrick, are also passionate about foster care and adoption and regularly welcome children into their home.
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com
@unclaimedbag

"In You, LORD my God, I put my trust.” -Psalm 25:1
 
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Dr. Melody Aguayo. Dr Aguayo is a parent consultant for overwhelmed parents who are looking for support and solutions to navigate their parenting journey. She has a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a PhD in Psychology. Melody is also professionally trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), but it is her own journey as a parent that has been her greatest teacher.
 
Listen in as Sandra and Melody discuss who to keep showing up for our kids even when our cup is empty.
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com
RealChild.net
Facebook:  Real Child Consulting LLC
Instagram:  Real Child Consulting

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women have done excellently, but YOU surpass them all.” -Proverbs 31:28-29
 
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach shares a Mother’s Day message of encouragement for foster and adoptive moms. Mother’s Day can be triggering for our kids and hard for moms on many levels. 
 
Listen in as Sandra acknowledges the messiness of second motherhood, offers encouragement, and prays for listeners as you navigate your unique parenting journey.
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com

"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people." -Ephesians 6:13-18
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
 
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach shares her experience as an adoptive parent of a child with an FASD within the public school system. Once a homeschool parent, she ventured into the world of public education and often found herself educating the educators about her son's specific needs.
 
Listen in as Sandra talks about the frustrations of navigating the resources and systems in place for special needs children, and what she learned as a fierce advocate for her son and his needs.
 
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    
Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
SandraFlach.com