Around The World With The Archibald Project

Welcome to The Archibald Project's very first Blogcast! We've been toying around with the idea of recording our blogs for a while so that everyone who would like to participate in our stories would have an easy way to do so. We've found that people love blogs but often do not have the time to fully read a post. However, podcasts are on the rise and are an easy way to consume information. We won't...

Welcome back to Around the World with The Archibald Project! In today's episode we bring you with us into Chinese foster home on the outskirts of Beijing, China!   Bethel China is a home for visually impaired orphaned and vulnerable children and they are doing wonderful work towards educating and equipping the up and coming generation. A few weeks ago we traveled to China to document the adoption...

We have continued on from May's National Foster Care month to share even more inspiring foster stories. One huge part of the system are the children who age out without ever finding a forever home. Today we get to talk with one of those children, Carlina Shotwell. During our time with Carlina we talk about the day when she and her four siblings were separated, the different homes she was placed, t...

May is National Foster Care Month in the states and we've been bringing you first hand stories about the system all month long. On our blog we've had foster parents, siblings and volunteers share their wisdom and experience and on our podcast we've interviewed an adult who aged out of the foster care system and a single foster mom. In today's interview we hear how one successful couple opened thei...

In today's episode of Around the World with The Archibald Project we are so excited to introduce you to single Foster and Adoptive mom, Millie Holloman! Millie started her foster journey 3 years ago as a single 33 year old photographer living in North Carolina. Through out 8 placements she found 2 of her children, a little girl who was adopted this past March and her son whom she will adopt soon!...

May in National Foster Care Awareness month and we are so honored to start the month off with our guest today, Meaghan Martin, who is a former foster youth. Megan shares with us today what led to her entering the foster care system on her 15th birthday, what it was like entering new homes and how she over came the odds and is a strong and successful woman today.

Certain websites claim that Burkina Faso, a small country in Western Africa, is the 4th poorest country in the world. And where you have extreme poverty, you have vulnerable families and orphaned children, often in excessive numbers.  This past April we spent 8 days in this desert country, sweating in the 107 degree weather, and learning as much as we could about it's orphan crisis. Now, 8 days ma...

We got an email months ago about an inquiry for what we thought was an orphanage in Ethiopia. However, the further we read on about Selamta Family Project, the more we came to realize that Selamta was not an orphanage at all.  Selamta Family Project is a holistic orphan care organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capitol, working to ensure that orphaned children have forever families.  This means...

When I first received Wellon Bridgers' email about documenting their adoption, I was skeptical. We were living in Uganda and were in the middle of seeing so many hard and real situations of unethical orphan care. So we straight up asked Wellon why the children she was adopting needed to be adopted and how could she ensure they were truly operating inside an ethical adoption. Her answers blew us aw...

In this wisdom filled interview with adoptive parents, Kayla and Jonny Craig you hear about their desire to love their kids well, how they've grown from seeing their son persevere through pain and why they choose a life of faithfulness over comfort! If you've ever thought about adoption and wondered if you could do it, we know this podcast is for you! The Craigs help us understand what it's like t...

In episode 20 of Around the World with The Archibald Project, you will hear profound wisdom spoken from a 20 year old woman who has known deep pain and experienced the power of healing, redemptive love. Julia was adopted from Russia at one years old and then placed into foster care after coming to the states. The pain she has known is unimaginable but we are so thankful for her willingness to shar...

An insightful interview with birth family advocate, Michelle Conner. During our time with Michelle, we discuss how you really can't judge someone when you don't know their whole story, how majority of the time parents truly do want to keep their children, and how you can help support vulnerable families! Enjoy our podcast with Michelle!

During our time with Kaley Eggers we share why she decided to foster as a single woman, why she believes its so important to care, love and support birth families and how she felt about adopting her son. Not to mention Kaley was on an episode of Fixer Upper and has a Youtube channel! All of the links and social media handles will be on www.thearchibaldproject.com/podcast

In today's podcast we introduce you to Jessica and Joe Honegger! Some of you might know Jessica as the founder of the incredibly successful fair-trade: Noonday Collection, but today we're taking you behind the scenes! Learn how Jessica and Joe met and fell in love, hear how they decided on international adoption and of course we talk about how Noonday was founded! The Honeggers also share some hel...

In today's interview we bring you Katie and Benji Majors. Katie is a New York Times Best Selling Author for her book Kisses From Katie. However, during our time with the Majors we take you beyond the book and bring you their perspective on getting married in Uganda, what it was like adopting 13 girls as a single twenty something, becoming a new husband and dad to 13 girls, running their organizati...

For the entire month of May, our orphan care nonprofit, The Archibald Project has been sharing real and raw stories of the U.S. foster care system with the hopes of educating and inspiring you to get involved in the lives of our country's vulnerable children! So far we've brought you blog posts from foster parents, CASA volunteers, babysitters to foster families and podcast interviews with an adul...

In today's interview we cover how Judge Martinez Jones actually became a judge, what the legal system is when a child is removed from their home, how the system works with biological families, why family visits and bonding are so important, and how to best approach a loving and healthy relationship with a child of trauma and their biological family. 

In today's episode we cover what you need to know about the foster care system works, why children are taken from their families, insight on birth parent's perspectives, some beautiful moments of healing in children of trauma, how you can learn more about fostering in your state and what the first steps are to get more information on foster care!

Around the World with The Archibald Project kicks off National Foster Care Month with an interview with adult adoptee from foster care, Jeanette Jolley. Jeanette takes us through the emotions of growing up knowing she was adopted but not knowing where she came from or her family heritage. Jolly sheds an important light on using your life and skills to advocate for others and even shares about the...

Some of you may know Jamie Ivey and her incredibly fun podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of listening to Jamie's personal podcast and reading her witty blog posts, Ivey is a 37 year old mother of 4 who has learned how to walk through life, adoption, marriage and motherhood with a lot of grace and humor.  Today in our interview with Jamie we tak...

In Episode 10 we interview Bryan and Sherry Lopez from the jewelry company, Lovishly. During this episode we hear how these young parents ended up adopting 3 identical triplet boys with some pretty severe needs...each was born weighing a pound and was smaller than a coke can. After 90 doctor visits in the first few months of having these boys the Lopez family began the adoption process of twins fr...

This is episode 9 where we interview birth mom, Callie Jett from Talk about Adoption. This interview is a little different than previous interviews because today, we get to hear a birth mom's perspective of placing her child up for adoption. We know talking about adoption and abortion and a mother's rights can be a hot topic so we just want to encourage you all to hear Callie's heart and learn abo...

Today we introduce you to Colleen, a 22 year old, volunteer foster mom to 6 handicapped orphans in India.

In our podcast we learn from the Rices about domestic, private adoption and hear their journey of finding the best way for them to start their family. They share raw honesty about fears and hopes and the relationship they've formed with their son's birth mother. 

Meet Sara and BJ Brawner. In this podcast you hear the realness behind two foster parents trying to daily navigate a hard system in a broken world. If you've ever wondered if you could do it, if you could foster, please take a moment to listen to this important and inspiring podcast.