Laura Jenz
Laura Jenz is a foster and adoptive mom in Tyler, Texas whose family (husband Jon, a worship pastor at Grace Community Church) fostered several children and adopted two, Josie and Eli, out of foster care — a story she shared on the Pardon the Mess podcast.
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Sep 17, 2026
9:50
So I'd love for you to share what has been hard, some of what's been hard.
Laura JenzGUEST
So the checklist of kind of doing all the things that you have to do to become trained and certified and all that, you know, some people think that's hard.
Laura JenzGUEST
You have to have inspections and you have to have home studies and you have to do these trainings online.
Laura JenzGUEST
And if you do have other kids that you're, you know, taking care of that, that does, it is a little bit of a like, oh, I have to do all these things.
10 MINS LATER
20:21
What would you say to someone who's in that place right now who's listening?