This morning I woke up in a cold sweat. It’s the day before Thanksgiving. I home school my children and I woke up realizing that I’m a horrible mother because I have not taken the time to prepare a lesson on the Pilgrims. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I haven’t taught my kids about the Mayflower; …
The holidays are intended to be a very exciting time of year. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas there are two months of family gatherings, feasting, gift giving, and family traditions. This is also the time of year when it can be very fun to be a parent. We are excited to share with our children the …
A personal post from 2013: I just spent the day getting my daughter ready for her junior prom. Moments like these are bittersweet for moms. Shopping, nails, shoes, makeup, and hair are all on this mom’s list of favorites. Watching your daughter combine all those activities and emerge looking less like a teen and more …
People often ask how they can be involved in foster care; the number one way to be involved is to pray. Acts 1:14 explains how the disciples were “joined together constantly in prayer”. If we, the Christian Church, seek to step in and care for these orphaned then we need to be “joined together constantly …
This is the fourth entry in a 6-part series on foster parenting. To view a list of all the videos and blogs available in this series, please click here. “The bruises and sores are finally starting to heal.” It was prayer request time at our small group. And the report wasn’t on someone who was recovering …
This is the second entry in a 6-part series on foster parenting. To view a list of all the videos and blogs available in this series, please click here. Do you want to know the number one reason people tell us they can’t consider fostering children? It’s not lack of space, time, money, or ability. …
I’m sitting in a coffee shop reflecting on the information I have just received. News of DCS workers receiving five newborn babies in one day and having to halt their desk jobs to care for them. Stories of a new facility being built to house children so they don’t have to sleep on the floor …
Arizona Faith and Families is excited to partner with Family Christian Bookstore in Gilbert, Arizona for the Barnabas Bear Project! Purchase a Barnabas Bear from Family Christian located at 143 E GERMANN RD STE 101 GILBERT, AZ 85297 and the bear will be donated to a child in the Arizona foster care system. Thanks for your support of …
17,000. The number is remarkable. Over 17,000 children in the care and custody of the state of Arizona. The number is staggering, the need is great. The state has contracted with twenty-nine agencies to recruit and license foster parents for this crisis. Of those twenty-nine, six list themselves as faith-based. Six. That’s just 20% of the …
Interested in becoming a foster parent now, or a year from now? Orientation is the first step! Arizona Faith and Families collaborates with the Kids Consortium to host these orientations. Orientations happen throughout the valley on a regular basis, the schedule is located here. The state of Arizona requires all potential applicants to first attend …
