Episodes

God had given us clear instructions: quit your job, live in the flip house, go to school and work in a church. We were in awe of this calling, but the practical logistics soon proved to be daunting. How would we sell our Tennessee house in a recession? How could we afford a moving truck? What kind of income would we have in Mobile? Could we afford health insurance? How would we pay for college tuition with zero savings? These mountains seemed impossible and led me to many nights on my face...

Amanda met her husband doing hut to hut evangelism in Africa. Her dream was to take the message of the gospel to people who had never heard the name of Jesus. His dream was to share Jesus with Muslim people groups. The Lord beautifully orchestrated a place where they could do both. When they arrived in East Africa, Amanda encountered fear in a new way. There was suddenly paralyzing anxiety that had not existed before. Worry and panic attacks began to plague her. What if something happened to h...

In 2009 we were living with one income and two mortgages. Money was tight, to say the least, and mathematically, the numbers didn’t add up. But God’s math is not our math. We tithed to the church consistently, we put our daughter in cloth diapers, I couponed systematically, we made our own baby food and laundry detergent and somehow, we never missed a meal or were late on a bill. The Lord used that season to teach us so many things about stewarding His money. We went through Financial Peace Uni...

We met Kathy in episode 2 and learned about how she met Jesus and He moved in her life. In that episode, Kathy shared how she followed the Lord’s leading into strip clubs to love on the women there. In 2017, Jesus brought a crazy idea across their path…what if they were to follow Him around the world, sharing the gospel and the love of Jesus as they go? After much prayer, Kathy and her family sold many of their belongings, put renters in their house, and took off for Asia. God asked them to sup...

Julie was adopted as a baby and the Lord planted a dream in her heart to pass on the gift of adoption. In college she hit a spell of rebellion which resulted in a disease diagnosis and estimated 5 years left to live. She spent the coming months working through her relationship with the Lord and came to the conclusion that God is still good, no matter what. He would later use that faith, grown in the valley, to carry her through a miscarriage, job loss, financial struggles and an 18 month wait t...

I had worked so hard to complete my professional goals before tiny Anna was born. Being a stay at home mom was all I had hoped it would be. When Anna was 5 weeks old, Nathan’s company wanted to move us from south Alabama to East Tennessee, 8 hours away. I resisted the idea at first, but after making the move we learned that the company was preparing to shut down Nathan’s plant in Alabama. His bosses were working hard to save his job before plans of the shut down became public. The Lord was looki...

On February 9, 2020, our family got on a plane and left China. Today I need to record my heart for posterity and for future generations. At that point, coronavirus was just a China issue. We were going to spend a few weeks in the US while this virus business died down and then we'd go home. We made a decision on Saturday afternoon to return to the States. I packed suitcases with 1 week's worth of clothes for everybody. We left dishes on the counter and pajamas on the floor. Before sunrise on S...

For Glenn and Mary Beth, one phone call changed everything. One night the Lord laid a specific country on their hearts, challenging them to share the love of Christ there. Trouble is, they had no connections to this country. A while later, a customer service phone call busted those doors wide open. Through simple obedience, a connection was made and a relationship was built. Over the last 16 years, Glenn and Mary Beth have traveled to this country in Southeast Asia well over a dozen times. The...

Suzaene grew up in South Africa, went to church and even sang with a traveling gospel children’s choir, yet she didn’t fully accept the Truth of God’s great love. After watching her parent’s marriage struggle, she walked away from the faith and looked for the answers to life’s questions in psychology. As an adult in the workforce, she openly mocked Christians while her coworkers diligently prayed for her for years. At last, she was able to accept the love Jesus offered and now she is a whole ne...

This episode is full of confessions: We had no idea how to buy our first house, we made a horrible financial investment, and I started having doubts about God. One year into our marriage, we weren’t too confident about adulting, but dang it, we were doing it! We bought a house and we got super involved in our church. That’s what we were supposed to do, right? Even though our first steps in adulthood were a bit rocky, I can look back now and see the Lord guiding our path. He led me to a job that...

Mary Beth grew up in a home of church goers and foster children, but her parents decided to call it quits. When she was 7 years old, her parents divorced, the foster siblings were sent away, they walked away from church and life as she knew it changed forever. Church attendance wasn’t enough and Mary Beth was left confused and feeling abandoned. A few years later she was introduced to God as a Father who would never leave her or forsake her. She came to know Jesus as a trusted friend and as her...