The Heart of Fostering

Many of the teens there are completely alone. They need guidance as they look for jobs, start college, learn basic life skills, and build healthy relationships. They need people who will show up. People who will care. People who will show them the love of Jesus in everyday ways.

Your support helps reduce the number of children entering foster care, shortens the time children remain in the child welfare system, and increases the likelihood of successful reunification with biological or kinship families. This is your chance to take action now and change a child’s life.

Rachel has shared again and again how grateful she is for the support she received. She says it made the difference between feeling alone and feeling connected. We invite you to help us continue saying “yes” to families like Rachel’s. Your giving strengthens caregivers. It creates stability for vulnerable children. And it ensures that babies like Andrew are met with love the moment they enter the world.

Our Care Community invited us to join the church who has been serving us, and since we started going, we have found so much blessing, connection, and community there. For the first time, this has given us a church community, family, and friends. It’s so nice to finally have other people to lean on.

Joy has shared that this Care Community is the first time she’s been able to open up to people. She finally feels connected and like she doesn’t have to do it alone anymore.

There were many reasons for the Watsons not to become foster parents, but the biggest reason TO do it outweighed all of the downsides -  that "God's heart is to help children in need, so ours should be too." The Watsons also had an amazing support team in place that carried, and continues to carry them, through their fostering journey - the Care Community through Good Shepherd Church Charlotte, in collaboration with Fostering the Family.