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Key Takeaways:
In this honest conversation, Caleb and Sunny Lampert share the reality of what happens when one spouse feels strongly called to foster care while the other isn’t convinced. Rather than offering a neat formula, they reveal a story marked by patience, prayer, obedience, and God’s faithfulness over time. Sunny carried a burden for foster care from a young age, while Caleb spent years wrestling with uncertainty, fear, and questions about readiness. Through Scripture, prayer, wise counsel, and a growing desire to live a life that required dependence on God, Caleb eventually moved toward obedience even without feeling the same explicit calling.
As their journey unfolded, they welcomed a sibling group of three, later adding two more siblings, ultimately adopting all five children. Along the way, they discovered that foster care is less about rescuing children and more about stewarding relationships, honoring biological families, embracing dependence on God, and allowing the gospel to reshape every area of life. Their story reminds listeners that foster care is not sustained by passion alone. It is sustained by a deep conviction that Jesus is worthy and that faithful obedience often begins before we feel fully ready.
Time Stamps:
2:36 | When One Spouse Feels Called to Foster Care and the Other Doesn’t
4:02 | Caleb’s Journey from Resistance to Obedience
10:19 | Calling, Obedience, and the Difference Between Them
16:25 | Waiting on God’s Timing Without Forcing the Outcome
21:41 | Saying Yes to a Sibling Group of Three
34:25 | Learning to Love and Honor Biological Families
42:42 | The Ongoing Reality of Adoption and Trauma
49:08 | Advice for Families Considering Foster Care
52:36 | What Makes Foster Care Worth It
Reflection Questions:
- Have you ever felt God leading you somewhere before you felt ready? What helped you take the next step?
- The Lamperts talk about living in greater dependence on God. What areas of your life currently require the most faith and trust?