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THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:58:35 GMT

Roastin' on the Coast

Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center hosted a “Roastin’ on the Coast” event in October. Foster Love staff members, Teria Brown and Juliette Quoquoi, attended the event and learned more about equine therapy and it’s benefits for children who have experienced trauma. Foster Love Minis-tries recognizes the impact that Equine Therapy and Animal Therapy can have in helping children who have been abused and neglected. After visiting Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center, and learning more about the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) equine therapy, we are praying that God will open doors for foster children in the Golden Isles region to experience the benefits and healing of this unique and amazing type of therapy.

"You can't hide your emotions from a horse. Horses provide a no judgment zone that promotes emotional growth"

Foster Love First Aid Kits

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:50:27 GMT

American Heritage Angels

In October the American Heritage girls came together and packed First Aid Kits for Foster Love Ministries. It was a fun evening and these angels worked so hard! These First Aid Kits will be given to our Foster Parents, and others who work closely with Foster Children. We are so thankful and blessed to have the support and prayers from community partners and groups of volunteers like the American Heritage Girls!

A big Thank You to the American Heritage Girls!

A Season of Thanks and Giving!

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:20:08 GMT

Sara's Story

There are so many things to be thankful for! This past year has brought incredible growth and amazing opportunities for ministry within our families and the children we serve. Foster Love has rejoiced with new forever homes for children, prayed for children in need, and cried together over the hardships and pain endured by children in our broken system.

Let us share a story of pain, hope and joy with you. A beautiful little girl, we will call Sara, grabbed ahold of our hearts this year. She came to Foster Love from an abused home, fragile, broken and afraid. Placed in a Foster Love home, Sara was desperate for love, and the need to feel safe and secure.

Our foster parents tried to reach Sara, but struggled for weeks to even get Sara to respond. Our foster parents, staff, and anyone who knew Sara prayed, and cried out for a breakthrough, a miracle, and then it happened. The miracle we had been praying for, in the most beautiful way. Sara was having a hard day, our Foster Mom just didn’t know what to do, and she finally took Sara in her arms, and wouldn’t let go, holding Sara, rocking her back and forth telling her over and over again that she was safe and was going to be okay. Something happened, changed, and God moved in that moment, because Sara melt-ed into her Foster Mother’s arms, feeling safety, security, and the love that she needed. She began to repeat, “I’m safe, I’m safe, I’m safe.”

Sara is now thriving, laughing, and healing. This is what being a foster parent is all about, loving and nurturing children that come from such hard places. We get to be a part of Sara’s story, and others, whose lives are forever changed.

We have so much to be thankful for, and it all goes back to faith, hope, joy and most of all love!