When the Shepherd Leads Foster Families

After approximately twenty years of foster parenting and welcoming 126 children into her family's life, Gayla Rogers knows that opening your home to a foster child also means opening your heart to a story you cannot control.

When the Shepherd Leads Foster Families is a collection of heartfelt true stories, biblical encouragement, and lessons learned along the foster-care journey. From the first phone call and uncertain arrivals to difficult behaviors, biological-family relationships, quiet breakthroughs, reunification, adoption, and painful goodbyes, Gayla shares what the Shepherd taught her about loving children faithfully while trusting God with the outcome.

This is not a foster-care manual. It is an encouragement for foster and adoptive families who need to know they are not walking this road alone. Each chapter offers a personal story, The Shepherd's Whisper, a KJV Scripture, Food for Thought, and A Shepherd's Prayer.

Through the joys and heartaches, one truth remains: foster parents are not called to be the Savior. They are called to love, provide safety, remain faithful, protect a child's story, and follow the Shepherd wherever He leads.

You don't have to know where the road will lead. You only have to keep following the Shepherd.