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    Create Your Forever Family: The Joys of Adoption and Foster Care

    Nov 10 2025
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    Create Your Forever Family: The Joys of Adoption and Foster Care

    Date: Nov 10, 2025

    Guests: Ryan and Kayla North

    Foster care and adoption can be wonderfully redemptive for needy children, but parents also need to be aware of the loss and trauma these kids have experienced. Of course, not everyone is called to be a foster or adoptive parent, but anyone can come alongside these families to encourage and support them. Ryan and Kayla North describe the joys and challenges of foster parenting and adoption.

    Related Links:

    LISTEN: Transforming Lives Through Foster Care

    LISTEN: Foster Care: How Everyone Can Help

    READ: Adoption in Canada: What you need to know

    READ: When the child you placed for adoption wants to reunite

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