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Serving Kids Through Community, Polokwane (2026)

05/06/2026

Foster & Adoptive Parents Coffee Morning☕💛

Whether you're currently fostering or have adopted a child, or you're considering opening your heart and home in the future, you're warmly invited to join us for a morning of connection, encouragement, and meaningful conversation.

This is a space to meet others on a similar journey, share experiences, ask questions, and simply enjoy a good cup of coffee in a supportive community.

📅 Saturday, 4 July 2026
⏰ 10:00 – 13:00
📍 Taberna Dei Mother Campus, 76 Jorissen Street, Polokwane
👧 Childcare will be provided

🏡Current and prospective foster and adoptive parents are welcome.

👇 RSVP before 27 June 2026 by completing the registration form:
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31/05/2026

Post 27: This doesn’t end in May

This series might end in May…
but this doesn’t.

The posts stop.
The stories pause.
But the reality doesn’t go anywhere.

On the 1st of June,
the world doesn’t suddenly become less broken.

There will still be children who need homes.
Right now, there are still children waiting.

Foster families will still wake up
to the same challenges,
the same stretching,
the same need for support.

Nothing magically gets easier
just because the calendar page turns.

So the question is… what now?

You’ve read the posts.
You’ve stepped into our world, even if just a little.
You’ve seen the beauty, the tension, the cost.

But this was never just about awareness.

Because awareness without action
doesn’t change anything.

Maybe you’re not called to foster.
Maybe that’s not your role.

But you are still part of the story.

Maybe it looks like supporting a family.
Dropping off a meal.
Buying groceries.
Helping with clothes.
Showing up in small, consistent ways.

Maybe it’s praying.
Maybe it’s asking questions.
Maybe it’s simply choosing not to look away.

Because this doesn’t end in May.

And neither should our response.

Before this ends, I also just want to say thank you.

Thank you to Jamie Finn from Foster the Family Blog —
for the way she shares,
for the way she shows up,
and for the way she has inspired this journey.

I’ve been following her since before we got involved in foster care…
and somehow her words and her story
became part of what helped us say yes.

And even now, she continues to inspire me.

Maybe that’s also where this starts for you.

Follow someone’s story.
Learn.
Listen.
Open your eyes to the world around you.

Let something move you.

And then don’t stop there.

Dig deeper.
Ask God what He’s calling you to.
Pay attention to what stirs in your heart —
that passion didn’t land there by accident.

Embrace it.

Because this doesn’t end in May.

Let it be the beginning
of something more.

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30/05/2026

Post 26: The one that stuck with me

I can’t really pick one.

I can’t say there’s one child or one situation that stuck with me more than the others…
because the truth is, all of them did.

Every single one changed something in me.
And all of it kind of just stays with you.

This whole journey is unpredictable.
Every day feels different.
Every child, every story… it’s never the same.

And I know people say it’s like that with biological children too —
and maybe it is —
but I still feel like there’s something different about this.

It keeps you humble.
It keeps you grounded.
It brings you to your knees… a lot.

And if I’m honest,
there are moments — more than I expected —
where I’ve thought… maybe I made a mistake getting involved in the first place.

And I don’t think all of those thoughts are just my own.

I do think the enemy sometimes places that doubt there —
trying to make me believe I got it wrong,
that I shouldn’t have stepped into this.

Because this is kingdom work.

And maybe that’s also why I’ve realised
I can’t do this on my own.

I need to be walking closely with God.
I need to make the Holy Spirit part of my everyday,
not just when things fall apart.

Because the truth is…
I don’t have what it takes by myself.

I need Him.
All of Him.

I don’t know…

I just know it’s not one story that stayed with me.

It’s all of them.

29/05/2026

Post 25: Do you have what it takes?

“Do you have what it takes?”

It’s a question I’ve asked myself more than once.

Because foster care will stretch you.
It will ask more of you than you feel ready to give.
It will expose your weaknesses, your fears, and your limits.

Some days you feel strong.
Other days you feel completely undone.

So no…
I don’t always feel like I have what it takes.

But maybe that’s not even the point.

Some people say that God will never give you more than you can handle.

But I’ve come to see it differently.

I think sometimes He does.

Because it’s often in those moments — when it feels like more than you can carry — that you finally realise how much you need Him.

That’s where dependence grows.
That’s where faith becomes real, not just something you say, but something you live.

Because the truth is…
on our own, we will never truly have what it takes.

And maybe that’s the point.

It’s not about having all the answers,
or being perfectly equipped,
or always getting it right.

It’s about being willing.

Willing to open your heart.
Willing to show up again and again.
Willing to love, even when it’s hard.
Willing to trust God in the unknown.

Because He doesn’t call the “ready” —
He equips the willing.

So maybe the real question is not:
“Do you have what it takes?”

But rather:
“Are you willing to say yes?”

28/05/2026

Post 24: Split wide open

This journey has a way of splitting you wide open.

Open to love deeper than you thought possible.
Open to pain you didn’t know you could carry.
Open to stories that were never meant to be yours —
and yet somehow become part of you.

Foster care doesn’t leave you untouched.

It stretches your heart in ways that feel impossible at times.
It exposes your limits, your fears, your need for control.
It brings you face to face with both brokenness and beauty —
often in the very same moment.

You feel it when a child pushes you away.
You feel it when they finally let you in.
You feel it when they leave…
and take a piece of your heart with them.

It would be easier to stay guarded.
To protect yourself.
To not feel it all so deeply.

But this calling was never meant to be comfortable.

It was meant to open you.
To shape you.
To remind you that real love costs something.

And maybe that’s the gift hidden in all of it —
that in being split wide open,
we make room for a love that looks a little more like His.

27/05/2026

Post 23: Living in the tension

Tension is part of the picture.

Tension when a child makes it clear
that you are not their “real” mom or dad.

Tension in a courtroom,
sitting across from a biological parent,
while their child’s future is being discussed —
and you wonder if you’re even supposed to be part of their story.

Tension within yourself,
when connection doesn’t come easily,
and you find yourself struggling to really connect with a child in your home.

Tension at visits,
sitting with their biological family —
and especially when the visit comes to an end.
Tears everywhere,
as they say goodbye
and climb into the car with you.

Tension in the house,
when new children arrive
and everything feels like it’s been turned upside down.

Because the truth is…
nothing about this is natural.

This is not the way it was meant to be.

And maybe that’s exactly why there is so much tension —
because we are witnessing the brokenness of this world
colliding with what was always meant to be whole.

The pain, the separation, the uncertainty…
it was never part of God’s perfect design.

And yet, right here in the tension,
He calls us to step in.

To love anyway.
To stay anyway.
To be part of the restoring, even when it’s messy.

Because foster care is not about everything feeling right —
it’s about choosing to show up,
even when everything feels hard.

And learning…
to live faithfully in the tension.

26/05/2026

Post 22: Yes, I get too attached

“Keep the door of your heart open,” I said in my previous post.

And almost immediately, the question comes —
“Don’t you get too attached?”

Sometimes it’s asked out of curiosity,
and sometimes it’s the very reason people choose not to step in at all.

But here’s my answer:
Yes… I do.

There was a little boy who stayed with us for three months.
Three months of routines, laughter, hard moments, and small breakthroughs.
Three months of choosing, every single day, to keep that door open.

And somewhere along the way,
he didn’t just stay in our home —
he became part of us.

He’s even in our family wedding photos —
because at that time, he was family.

And that’s the beautiful part…
when he was with us, he truly belonged with us.

So when it was time for him to leave,
it hurt.

But we are not “giving a child back” to a system or to a person.
We are placing that child back into God’s hands —
because they were never truly ours to begin with.

And the truth is…
even our biological children don’t belong to us.

We are entrusted with them,
for a season, for a purpose.

So yes, I get attached.
But I would rather love fully and let go when the time comes,
than hold back and give them less than they deserve.

Because every child who enters our home
deserves a love that is open —
even if it’s only for a little while…
and a place in a story that lasts forever.

25/05/2026

Post 21: Keep the door open

Keep the door of your heart open.

Living this foster care and adoption life has been one of the most difficult,
but also one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever said yes to.

Some children who enter your home, you connect with easily.
Others take more time — and sometimes extra effort — to truly build that connection.

This journey has taught me a whole new level of love and connection.

You need to keep the door of your heart open —
even if it’s just for three months,
and even when it’s not easy to connect with the children in your care.

Sometimes you have to choose to force that door open,
because the easier option will always be to slowly close it.

But we can’t close the door and look the other way.

These children need our doors wide open —
so they can feel safe enough to settle,
and receive the love they so deeply deserve.

24/05/2026

Post 20: The part no one prepares you for

None of this can truly be prepared for.

There is no one-size-fits-all plan for how children will respond to trauma.
Most of the time there is no clear timeline for how long they will stay.
Each story is unpredictable — deeply personal, and constantly unfolding.

You can read, learn, and try to prepare…
but you will never be fully ready for what it asks of you.

So you take it day by day.
Moment by moment.

And somewhere along the way,
you learn to trust God on a whole new level.

Because that’s what makes foster care so special —
it’s stepping into obedience,
choosing to give your whole heart,
even when you don’t know how the story will unfold
or how long you’ll be part of it.

23/05/2026

Post 19: Biological family

Every child’s story looks different when it comes to biological family.

Some of the kids in our home have never seen theirs.
And while that might seem “easier” from the outside… it’s not.

Because there’s a void in them —
a question mark, a gap —
filled with questions they don’t have answers to.

Others have had regular visits.

And over time, you start to see something shift…
as they slowly realize that they feel safer,
more settled, in this new way of living.

And then there are times where contact is paused.

Not because we want to keep them away,
and not because it doesn’t matter —
but because, for now, they need space to begin healing.

It might sound selfish.
But for them, we believe it’s what they need most in this season.

Because before they can process everything,
before they can make sense of their story…
their bodies need to feel safe.

They need time to regulate.
To settle.
To breathe.

Because sometimes, too much too soon
can stir everything up all over again.

There’s no one-size-fits-all.

Just different stories, different needs…
and trying to do what is best for each child,
one step at a time.

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