num_pages: 176
description: If youre wondering if God can truly move in the life of someone with all the odds stacked against her look no further than Tori Hope Petersen.Tori grew up in the foster care system a bi-racial child in a confusing and volatile world. Growing up with a mentally ill mother and living in twelve different foster homes nothing was in her favor. And yet even with a minuscule chance of graduating college and a great risk of being homeless jobless and on drugs Tori overcame every negative stereotype and assumption that attacked her identity. However Tori will tell you she did not overcome. Christ did. In the face of the storm Jesus made a way for Tori to find profound hope deep faith renewed purpose and a loving family too. After so many years of being on one side of foster care as a child Tori is now on the other side as a foster mom adoptive mom and biological mom. On top of that she became a Track and Field All-American in college and now works with nonprofits ministries and beyond advocating for foster care reform adoption advocacy and help for vulnerable populations.If you want to hear the true tale of an unlikely overcomer this book is for you. If you want to learn more about the foster care system from a former foster youths perspective this book is for you. If you want to better dwell in the reality of your own spiritual adoption by our Heavenly Father and better understand the orphan and the widow that He loves dearly this book is for you. Ultimately if you want to remember who God is and what He can do through the most unlikely of people Fostered is for you.
language: English
title: Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
publisher: B&H Books