Hannah's Heart

It’s National Foster Care Awareness month and Maddy Wellum has earned the honored tile of “foster Momma.” Join us this episode as we hear her powerful story full of twists, turns and surprises.

Special guest Brandance Smith discusses our country's dire need for foster families and challenges new families to get involved.

Abby has committed her life to helping children in foster care. As a social worker she sees the needs up-close and personal. This episode is packed with helpful tips for first-time foster families or anyone wanting to make a difference in the foster care system.

Encouraging songs, scriptures and prayers to help those with infertility not just survive but thrive this Mother’s Day.

Parkgate Pregnancy Center Director Andrea Powell shares how women can be a part of the pro-life movement in a powerful way by donating their time and energy to a pregnancy center. This might be hard for a woman struggling with infertility, but it can also be oh so healing.

Meet Foreknown Ministries, an incredible ministry of first responders for couples struggling with infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. These ladies have been through it, and through the power of the Holy Spirit they are ministering to others.

Wendy shares tips from her book to help you replace the object of your wait with the God of your faith! Learn from the life of David who was anointed king but then served many years in the pasture before taking his position in the palace. 

Elaine got the diagnoses in her early twenties and it hung over her like a dark cloud. “Who would ever want to marry me?” she wondered. But God had a beautiful story in store for her.

School Teacher Lynn Baker shares her heartbreaking story of miscarriage and reads from the prayer journal she used during that painful season.

Alyson and Kelsie were best friends, expecting healthy babies 2 weeks apart. But tragedy struck, and neither one brought home a baby. BUT GOD! He rescued their hurting hearts, picked up the broken pieces and started a ministry to help others heal from the heartache of miscarriage.

We've all heard God answers prayers, and sometimes His answer is, "No." But sometimes His answer is, "Yes." This is the testimony of a woman who was far from God and unable to have a baby. Through prayers of friends God blessed Pat with a baby and saved her soul!

International hit series “The Chosen” takes on the theme of trusting God in the midst of a miscarriage. Show creator/director Dallas Jenkins discusses these powerful scenes and the many lives that have been impacted by them.

This sweet guest shares her heart on struggling with infertility while also walking through the adoption process. We also learn of her second miscarriage, and how she continues to rely on the Lord as she grieves the loss of her tiny baby girl.

Kendra and Anne continue their discussion with Kendra's father who also happens to be a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years professional experience. He is also a compassionate parent to both biological and adoptive children. This program includes more of the particulars and some alarming observations about special needs adoptions.

Kendra and Anne discuss the topic of special needs adoptions with their guest, Kendra's Dad who also happens to be a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years experience. He is familiar with the process from several perspectives, including social worker and adoptive parent. And Kendra's relationship with her dad makes this an extra special interview.

In addition to being a Christian Radio personality, JJ Jasper has a vested interest in the sanctity of human life. He speaks regularly on the subject at churches and Crisis Pregnancy Center banquets. JJ's family has experienced infertility, the loss of a child, twins, a special needs child and is a blended family. This discussion covers some of that, and this may be the first of two or three shows with this special guest.

In cases where a miscarriage happens very early in a pregnancy, the medical community euphemistically uses the term "chemical pregnancy." Despite the implication that the pregnancy ended so early as to be nothing more than a chemical reaction, the mother feels the loss and grieves for her child. Life begins at conception, and a loss due to miscarriage is heartbreaking, no matter what stage of pregnancy. Anne and Kendra address this phenomenon from a place of experience.

Adopting a child is challenging, complicated and costly, where as abortion is simple and cheap. My brothers this should not be! Kendra and Anne talk with attorney, pastor and radio host Abraham Hamilton III about his family's experience with adopting a child. With a lot of prayer and a little legal support, even non-attorney Christian families can successfully adopt.

The path to adoption is filled with numerous hurdles. But anyone who has ever suffered from a failed adoption will relate to this couple’s difficult journey. Through the grief, anger and painful questions…God’s grace is sufficient!

Kendra and Anne talk with Author Jenny Albers who has written a book titled, "Courageously Expecting."