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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a nurse that helps new babies being born? In this episode of the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark sits down with award-winning children’s author and labor & delivery nurse Kate Rietema to explore how family life, discipleship, and spiritual growth play out at home, at work, and in the heart. From supporting new families at the hospital to fostering kids and writing children’s books about faith, Kate’s journey highlights the power of saying “yes” to whatever God is calling you to [00:05:17] Dreaming of being a nurs...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a nurse that helps new babies being born? In this episode of the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark sits down with award-winning children’s author and labor & delivery nurse Kate Rietema to explore how family life, discipleship, and spiritual growth play out at home, at work, and in the heart. From supporting new families at the hospital to fostering kids and writing children’s books about faith, Kate’s journey highlights the power of saying “yes” to whatever God is calling you to [00:05:17] Dreaming of being a nurs...

The journey to foster care and/or adoption looks different for each one of us. But for the moms on this podcast we all can point to a time when God said "this is what I want you to do." For Kate Rietema, it was about seventeen years ago as she listened to stories from foster parents and felt her heart stirred to say yes. Now, reflecting back on that time, Kate shares her own stories of loving and caring for children not her own and how God met her through them. Kate Rietema is the author of three children's books including When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful and All the Babies: A First Book About Adoption . She is the bio and adoptive mother of five girls and has been a mom to many others through foster care. Throughout her life, Kate has experienced God's deep kindness, and she loves to share her stories with others. Kate works as a nurse, volunteers at her county jail, and lives at the campground she and her husband operate in West Michigan. You can learn more about Kate at www.katerietema.com . I am a Connected Families certified parent coach offering small groups for moms, individual parent coaching, and workshops. To learn more, head to https://www.lyssastoyko.com/ Help other mamas find encouragement through Moms Take Ten by rating and reviewing this show. That would be a blessing to both them and me. Thank you for your time! Want to say hello? Follow me on Facebook and Insta @lyssastoyko Email me at momstaketen@gmail.com

“It is just so beautiful to be in a place of such brokenness and witness how near God is to the brokenhearted. To be in that place every week feels holy.” Today Lee is joined by Kate Rietema, a Moms in Prayer mom with a captivating story of how God called her and three friends into a Moms in Prayer jail ministry. About our Guest: Kate Rietema grew up with a Moms in Prayer mom and made the choice early in her parenting journey to continue the tradition. She and her husband, Tony, live in West Michigan with their family of 5 girls. Kate and Tony are foster parents and are in the final stages of adopting their youngest daughter. She wants you to know that the most remarkable thing about her is Jesus. For more information about Moms in Prayer’s Prison and Jail ministry, you can contact USA Prison Ministry Liason, Nancy Turock at Prison@MomsinPrayer.org or Global Prison Ministry Liason, Kay West at kwest@MomsinPrayer.org . Or visit our website: https://momsinprayer.org/get-involved/join-a-group/prison-ministry-praying-moms/ Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org