This week’s episode features Emily Hindman, a remarkable leader in the Ellis County foster and adoption community who truly wears many hats. Emily is a licensed professional counselor with 24 years of experience, a practicing attorney specializing in family law and adoptions, and the secretary of the Ellis County Child Welfare Board. Through her private counseling practice, she primarily serves foster youth and teens, while her law office focuses on helping families navigate CPS cases, custody, and—her true passion—adoption, having completed over 225 adoptions since becoming an attorney.

Rebecca opens up about her many roles: teaching others how to become foster parents, guiding churches in orphan care, and running a foster closet that provides free essentials to foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Whether it’s diapers, clothes, cribs, or encouragement, Rebecca’s mission is to ensure every child and caregiver feels seen, supported, and loved.

God’s calling on Linda Bobo Reddoch's life was anything but ordinary. Born into a world of instability and hardship, Linda’s earliest memories are marked by trauma, separation, and the uncertainty of foster care. Yet through every twist and turn—from being removed from her birth mother as an infant, to miraculous moments of reunion, to ultimately finding a forever family—Linda’s journey reveals the power of faith, resilience, and unconditional love. In this episode, Linda opens up about her incredible story: how her foster parents’ bold prayers and relentless pursuit led to a divine intervention, how trust and compassion built unlikely bridges between families, and how God’s grace transformed even the most broken circumstances. She shares the heartbreak of her early years, the challenges of navigating adoption and identity, and the joy of witnessing her birth mother’s own redemption story.

God’s calling on Kyle Mitchell’s life was truly unexpected. With years of experience in youth ministry, social work, and parenting four children of his own, Kyle never imagined his journey would lead him to become a leading advocate and trainer for foster and adoptive families. Through decades of working with kids “from hard places,” Kyle has learned that the real key to helping children heal isn’t just about following strategies—it’s about understanding their hearts and your own. In this episode, Kyle shares how his path took surprising turns—from youth ministry to CPS investigator to group home director—and how every step prepared him for his current mission: equipping parents with the tools and compassion they need to truly connect with their children. He opens up about the challenges and rewards of implementing trust-based relational intervention (TBRI), why understanding the “why” behind a child’s behavior matters, and how even seasoned parents can be surprised by what foster care brings. When faced with the complexities of trauma, loss, and change, Kyle had a choice: to get overwhelmed by the obstacles, or to trust God’s plan and lean into the promise that every child—and every parent—can find healing and hope.

God’s calling on Tina’s life was truly unexpected. Kids grown and a grandmother herself, she never dreamed she would end up fostering and adopting two children, both with special needs. Then when tragedy struck her family, Tina had a choice to make: she could either let the grief consume her, or trust God and lean into His plan and the promises He gave her.

Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? Are you a local organization helping our children in need?

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Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? Are you a local organization helping our children in need?

Click here to get started: https://cherishedimpressionscpa.com/our-podcast

Learn how we help families in our community through SWAGG: https://www.facebook.com/swaggprograms

Catch Sam's second podcast at https://onecalledmama.org/

Not everyone is called to foster or adopt, but everyone can help fill a need in the foster care community. Listen to founder and president Janna Horn as she shares how God called her to leave her full time job (and excellent income) to create "Standing in the Gap" from the ground up.

Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? Are you a local organization helping our children in need?

Click here to get started: https://cherishedimpressionscpa.com/our-podcast

Learn how we help families in our community through SWAGG: https://www.facebook.com/swaggprograms

Catch Sam's second podcast at https://onecalledmama.org/

Aged out of the system, Daniel found himself without a family and without hope. Overcome with grief he felt there was only one way out. Until God showed him He had so much more in store for him.

From jail cell to living a life dedicated to the LORD, listen to Daniel's powerful story of redemption and how his years in the foster care system have paved a way for him to help others facing his former reality.

Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? Are you a local organization helping our children in need? Click here to get started: https://cherishedimpressionscpa.com/our-podcast

Learn how we help families in our community through SWAGG: https://www.facebook.com/swaggprograms

Catch Sam's second podcast at https://onecalledmama.org/