Fostering Voices Podcast

Episode 152 - Interracial Adoption and Finding Your Identity

Summary: A personal look into an adoptees story involving interracial adoption and her journey to discover her personal identity along the way.

Chapters: 

0:00 – Intro

0:52 – Welcome Ann!

1:32 – Ann's Work and Focus

12:00 – A Position of Learning

16:44 – Ann's Journey

24:33 – Wanting Kids to Experience More Individuals Like Themselves

32:00 – Accepting a Child With Hands Open

35:01 – One Takeaway

37:21 – Kids at Risk

38:18 – Links in the Show Notes

41:36 – Connect With Us!

Links:

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/racial_disproportionality.pdf

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/study-finds-extreme-racial-disparities-in-dcs-cases-phoenix-family-says-they-were-stereotyped

Connect With Us!

www.fosterarizona.org

Meet your new hosts, Kim and Brian Vehon and learn a little bit about the heart behind their why and their vision for the Fostering Voices podcast.

Chapters:

0:00 – Intro

0:25 – Welcome Back In!!

1:43 – Creation of Foster Arizona and Community

21:34 – Our Mission at Foster AZ

27:19 – Thank you!!!

Links:

https://fosterarizona.org/

https://www.aecf.org/blog/child-welfare-and-foster-care-statistics

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/trafficking_caseworkers.pdf

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/poverty-journal/blog/child-welfare-and-the-criminal-system-impact-overlap-potential-solutions/

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/hpr-resources/supporting-teen-mothers

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This episode features an interview with an AMAZING foster mama who happens to be single. Lina Bublys thought life would look differently than it does now, but she is still so grateful and so active in blessing those around her, especially her foster babes. We salute all you foster parents out there, but you single foster parents take the cake!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

8:46 – What's Been Helping Chris This Week?

14:15 – How Lina Came To The Fostering World

18:18 – Examples of Challenges of Fostering Children

24:51 – Examples of Beauty in Fostering

26:09 – Advice for Anyone Thinking About or In Foster Care

32:26 – Good Word of the Day!!!

33:17 – What Has Lina Been Doing For Her Health?

Links:

Lina on IG 

Good Word of the Day!!!

Reinvent

1. to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
2. to remake or make over, as in a different form

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We are so often triggered by negative things that happen, but what about the positive things? This episode features a story of our son and the time we picked up a homeless lady on our way to McDonald's, and how that left a serious impression on his soul. Our call to action - take a chance. Say kind things, do kind things for others. And also, don't discount foster kids as broken and bad. They are not castaways of people who don't want them. They are humans who are able to accomplish great things and to be great. We just need to take a chance on them.

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This episode features an episode with host, Jihae! Join us as Chris grills Jihae on life's highs and lows. And you will even hear what Jihae's favorite physical attribute is of Chris'. It's very appropriate and clean.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:30 – Jihae Describes Growing Up in Her Parent's House

6:44 – What Has Been Your Biggest Challenge In Life?

9:19 – What Helped You Overcome That?

11:12 – What Time Did You Feel Most Fulfilled?

13:36 – What Advice Would You Give To Teenage Jihae?

19:58 – Good Word of the Day!!!

Links:

South Korea 

Edmonton, Alberta

Good Word of the Day!!!

Joshua 1:9 NIV
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

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This episode is a quick interview with your host, Chris Watson! Get to know Chris and what drives him to be a WINNER at all times. We hope you enjoy getting to know Chris a little better! Next week will be Chris interviewing Jihae.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:01 – Thank you, SHOWIT!!

4:27 – Story From This Week

5:12 – Showit EDM and Plank Challenge

10:07 – What Makes Chris a Winner?

12:00 – What is a Hard Thing That You Overcame During Childhood?

15:22 – What's One Thing People Do Not Know About Chris?

17:44 – Good Word of the Day!!!

Links:

Spark – A conference for Showit creatives 

Chevy's Fresh Mex Restaurant 

Good Word of the Day!!!

Romans 12:2 NIV
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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In this episode we share some highs and lows of the last month. Highs include seeing our big kids become amazing big kids. Not without faults and failures, but as young people who are trying to figure out what it looks like to be a loyal, kind person who has integrity. Church camps and cousins are also very high on the list. And in the lows category, Chris' dad had a stroke, Chris and Jihae have been feeling disconnected, and a meet up with a bio family got cancelled at the last minute and basically the wheels fell off for a minute. But we are all trying to weather these storms together, with grace, open communication, and community. So we encourage you to do the same!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:14 – Thank you, SHOWIT!!

2:19 – Chris's Highs of the Week

9:20 – Jihae's Highs of the Week

11:52 – Chris's Lows of the Week

21:36 – Jihae's Lows of the Week

27:36 – Good Word of the Day!!!

Good Word of the Day!!!

Persevering

James 1:2-4 NIV

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Hebrews 12 NIV
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 

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This episode features an incredible interview with Ben Malcolmson, author of Walk On: From Pee Wee Dropout to NFL Sidelines: My Unlikely Story of Football, Purpose, and Following an Amazing God. Ben has seen some major lows in his life, starting with having an alcoholic mom, and being thrust into college life a year early. But God was with him every step of the way, and brought him through so many dark days, to so many glorious days. You will learn so much from this former USC football player, and Pete Carrol's right hand man of 10 plus years on the Seattle Seahawks. If you have ever questioned your purpose in life, you will want to listen to this episode!

Thank you to our sponsor Showit!!

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This week we have a less than 5 minute episode! In light of the horrifying events of this last week, we just want to encourage you to talk to your kids about it. Cause they have heard about it. But they should hear about it from you and be able to talk about it with you. Cry together, pray together, and be prepared together. We don’t need to live lives of fear as parents, so let’s definitely make sure we are helping our kids to do the same.

Thank you to our sponsor Showit!!

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