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Fostering Tea Session (Angeline Wee)

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       Joint fostering tea session with  Epworth Community Services Epworth Foster Care in July 2019. Angeline Wee shared her 1.5 year journey as a foster parent. It started with a seed planted > 10 years ago. when her sister-in-law provided temporary care for babies under Sanctuary House and she found herself going over to coo over the babies. Fast forward years later, when her son was in P6, Angeline started to look for different areas of ministry. She considered mission trips, particularly those involving rescuing women and kids from sex trafficking. She heard of someone else fostering at that point. Curious, she enquired more about fostering and after an exchange of text messages, Angeline found herself scrolling through the fostering section of the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) website. Mooting the idea to her husband, she was taken by complete surprise when he readily agreed without hesitation! And so, in a matter of 6 mths, they went from fact finding to c

Update by Ps Norman, 3:16 Church (2019)

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  Update by Ps Norman, 3:16 church: "On Tue, as part of the LoveSingapore 40 Days of Prayer, we raised up the issue of abortion, adoption and fostering in Singapore. The Word for this 9th day of prayer was from Matt ‭16:18-19‬ - 'And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.' On this day, we declared that adoption and fostering are some of the keys to resolving the unsupported pregnancy issue in Singapore. The church has to do our part to create a nation that doesn’t need to terminate unplanned pregnancies because of the support structures that are in place and the generous hearts that will open their doors to pregnant moms and kids. Many Christians and churches have repented over this issue. Yet repenting also means t