Bringing Hope to the Innocent with Connie Sowards
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Release Date: 01/18/2019
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Bringing Hope to the Innocent with Connie Sowards
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There were already 7 children in the Ben & Connie household. Now, they've added four more children. That's right, 11 children! You need to hear how she arrived at this place as it wasn't easy. This challenge has given her something she's passionate about in life; to strengthen families through foster care & adoption.
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Joyce Sowards (@joycesowards) interviews Connie Sowards (@conamigo) about her journey through becoming a Foster Parent which led to adopting four children into a family that already had seven. Raising 11 children hasn't been easy, but you'll learn that when you're passionate about a cause, somehow you make it work.
On this Episode we learn..
Connie's Origin Story:
- How growing up on a farm and falling off a horse taught her a valuable lesson.
- How her Faith instilled in her the importance of Family.
- How she met and decided to marry her High School sweetheart.
- How she nearly died giving birth to her 7th child.
Life Changing Obstacle:
- Connie felt it was important to Foster Care despite the fact that their hands were already full with their 7 kids.
- Lessons she learned while going through the training.
- How she got her husband on board.
- Concerns about putting her own children at risk while doing Foster Care and how those concerns were resolved.
- The moment the first two Foster kids arrived in their home and the trauma they had endured in their previous homes.
- The symbol of the Summer dress.
- Transitioning the Foster kids with her own kids and the behavior transitions/trials that happened.
- Deciding to bring in the Foster kids siblings into their home.
Transformation occurs, Superpowers are realized:
- Connie is offered a job at the Family Support Center (DONATE HERE)
- How she and her husband Ben (@_bensowards_) work full-time and care for a family of 11 kids.
- What the crisis center does for families and the situations they see.
- Connie's philosophy on what she does to recharge.
- Why children still long for their parents even though they've been abused.
- What monumental transformations she has seen in the Adopted Children.
- What she wished all Foster Parents knew when going down this path.
- Her favorite quote from her Dad that holds a special meaning to their family.
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