Fostering & Adoption Podcast with Nikki & Sam

In this vibrant and heartfelt conversation, Heather Tipps, owner of En Route Academy of the Arts, opens up about the transformative role of creativity in children’s lives—and how a single supportive environment can ignite lifelong growth.

Drawing from a rich family legacy of music, ministry, and teaching, Heather and her sister envisioned an academy that would reach beyond technical mastery to nurture the soul, confidence and resil...

In today's conclusion of Eric Porter's story, we continue to hear the miraculous ways God is showing up in his ministry Backyard Orphans. As Eric continues his efforts to save orphans, both here and around the world, he also shares what God is stirring in his heart for the crisis happening at our border. The shocking reality and desperate state of those in our community calls for our immediate action. The first step being prayer. A...

"Eric, you're flying over kids to reach kids." That was the message Eric Porter received from God one day 14 years ago. As a pastor, he heard story after story of kids in his local community being neglected, abandoned and abused. When he began to witness it firsthand, he knew something had to change. So, when God said "go", he packed up his wife and kids and set out on a new mission: to rescue the orphan in his own backyard. That i...

This heartwarming episode features April Walker as she shares her family’s remarkable path through eight years of hope, heartbreak, and unwavering faith on the road to parenthood. After she and her husband were told by doctors they might never have children, they explored foster care and adoption—only to be met with setbacks, losses, and challenging moves. April’s story unfolds with emotional honesty as she recounts the initial los...

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...

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.

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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 u...

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—i...

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.

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Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? We would lo...

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.

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.

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Sometimes God's calling on your life is undeniable. For Lydia and Josiah, it was clear from the very beginning they were meant to foster and adopt. Laugh along with us, as Lydia shares one story after another of how God showed up in a very big way to bring their family together.

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Today we hear from powerhouse Alyssa Aldrich-Hooks who began her fostering journey when she was only 26 years old. If you're someone out there wondering if fostering is right for you, then you don't wan to miss this episode. Full of practical advice and valuable insights, Alyssa lays it all out on the line.

 Are you a foster or adoptive parent who would like to share what God has done in your life? We would love to hear from you! R...

Welcome to the Fostering and Adoption Podcast with Nikki and Sam! Today is our very first episode and we could not be more excited to share this incredible story of love, grief and hope.

Learn how this couple's journey of infertility set them on the path to not only adopt, but to also welcome 15 and counting foster children into their home. Through foster care, God has completely changed the trajectory of this family's life and bro...