37: Dr. Lindsay Hinson | Foster Parenting

Lindsay and I chat about her journey of becoming a foster parent, the need for more Christians to step into the role of foster parenting, and what she would like the biological parents of her foster children to know.

3:52 Lindsay shares how her relationship with Jesus began

6:05 Lindsay shares how she and her husband became foster parents

"In our church, there was a lot of national talk bubbling up about social justice...."

Micah 6:8

West Florida Foster Care

"This organization was going to churches and to Christians and was saying, 'We are in a capacity crisis here and we don't have people stepping up.' Hillsborough County is the worst in the state of Florida, in terms of the number of children that are removed from their homes."

8:29 Lindsay shares some of the fears she experienced prior to becoming a licensed foster parent

Biggest fear: How having a foster child would affect her biological children.

"We've been very open with our kids about why we have chosen to foster, about who Jesus is, and what He calls us to do, and about the lives our children lead and how different they are from the lives of our foster children. How the inequality of justice should spur us on, so our kids our incredible."

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