Guest Bio: Brittany Jones is a wife and mom of two beautiful girls and a sweet Goldendoodle. She is a national speaker, writer, and ministry leader at her local church. Brittany is passionate about seeing people live in freedom and wholeness as they heal from trauma and mental health struggles. In light of Brittany’s personal story of childhood abuse and mental illness, she has a greater desire to encourage people on their journey. Brittany and her family currently reside in Richmond, Virginia, where they planted and pastor Motivation Church.

Show Summary: What has God called you to? Do you ever feel like you’re not equipped for the plans and dreams that are in your heart and mind? Brittany Jones was diagnosed with bipolar disorder before planting a church with her husband. As a leader and pastor, she wanted to authentically lead by being honest about her personal testimony. She has worked hard to overcome the lies that her mental illness prevents her from sharing the strength and provision that God has brought into her life. For this God Hears Her conversation, join host Elisa Morgan in this special one-on-one conversation about leading honestly and authentically.

Notes and Quotes:

• “Even in the midst of all the trauma, of what my family was walking through, there was just kind of a bright spot that I had no idea was waiting for me.” —Brittany Jones

• “I didn’t know all of the layers to God’s love yet, but I did know that it meant rescue. Because I had experienced it.” —Brittany Jones

• “God loves you deeply. And you are worthy of love. You are worthy of care.” —Brittany Jones

• “I believe healing is possible because I know who God is and the track record He’s had in my life. His track record is marked by faithfulness.” —Brittany Jones

• “I’m going to still believe, yet still walk out what God has placed in front of me. And sometimes that looks like a therapist, psychiatrist, medication, etc.” —Brittany Jones

• “I don’t know what a little while looks like. But I know that God is faithful. I know that God is true and that His Word is true.” —Brittany Jones

Verses:

• 1 Peter 5:10

Links:

• Brittany’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanycharise/

• Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanycjones.com/about

• God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

• God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

• Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

• Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

• Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

• Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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Guest Bio: Cathy Sall works at Our Daily Bread Ministries as a Project Manager. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her daughter Caili, either here in Michigan or out in Utah, mentoring a child through KIDS HOPE USA, attending Bible Study Fellowship, or reading. Cathy and Caili are planning a trip back to China in the near future, and her lifelong dream is to get to the Holy Land someday.

Guest Bio: Caili Sall is studying social work at Southern Utah University. Caili has an adventurous spirit. She took a gap year between high school and college and spent 3 months in South Africa and 3 months in the Holy Land. She will be venturing out to Mannheim, Germany to study during her spring semester in 2025. She also loves running, snowboarding, and hiking with her friends.

Show Summary: When we reflect on our stories, we are often left with memories that carry both joy and grief. Perhaps you got a job promotion while mourning the loss of a loved one, or you got bad news while celebrating a big event. We often have seasons of celebration that mix with times of mourning. Cathy and Caili Sall are a mother-daughter duo who have learned how to hold all of the feelings that come with adoption. Cathy was a single woman when she felt God call her to adopt Caili, an orphan in China. Together, they’ve learned how to navigate the ups and downs of their story while acknowledging the grief and pain that come with it. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they hear the testimony of Cathy and Caili during this God Hears Her conversation.

Notes and Quotes:

• “In whatever happens along this journey, I need to trust that [God] is still walking beside me, and leading me and guiding me.” —Cathy Sall

• “If you’re praying right now [about adoption] or God lays it on your heart, He will walk you through it. He will guide you through it, and He will walk each step with you.” —Cathy Sall

• “God gives us grace; He extends it to us so we can show ourselves grace [in our stories].” —Caili Sall

• “There’s a lot of sorrow and grief in my adoption story. But I don’t necessarily realize those bad things. To me, when I gain those strengths and things as a part of my story, I feel like I’m closer to the heart of Jesus.” —Caili Sall

Verses:

• Ecclesiastes 1:18

Links:

• Caili’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cailisall/

• Cathy’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.sall

• God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

• God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

• Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

• Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

• Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

• Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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Show Summary: Do you ever take time to sit in silence? Do you feel like your schedule is too packed full to have time for yourself? When God created the world, He took time to rest, but we often find ourselves running from one thing to the next without a moment to spare. Vivian Mabuni recently took a Sabbatical. During that time, she discovered how her soul was able to internally settle while she spent quiet time with God. Join hosts Vivian Mabuni and Eryn Eddy Adkins for this God Hears Her conversation as they talk through how we can find times in our lives to rest and reflect.

Notes and Quotes:

• “God keeps inviting us into this place of, ‘Will you trust me?’ He will lead, and as a sheep, I will follow. And when He says go, I need to go. And when He says stay, I need to stay, and to not run ahead of Him.” —Vivian Mabuni

• “Am I prepared to see [God] turn beauty out of pain, and this be a longer road? Or will this be a shorter road where He does a miracle? In that waiting time is a real-time of needing to lay down our will, and trust Him with the outcome.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni

• “We can’t determine God based on our circumstances. We need to determine who God is based on His Word. . . God has revealed Himself, and we need to evaluate our circumstances in light of who He is.” —Vivian Mabuni

Verses:

• Psalm 23

• Jeremiah 17:7-8

• Joshua 4:1-9

Links:

• Discover the Word: Taking Time to Rest, Reflect, and Renew: https://discovertheword.org/series/taking-time-to-rest-reflect-and-renew/

• God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

• God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

• Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

• Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

• Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

• Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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Guest Bio: Brittany Hurd is a former theatrical professional who, in late 2020, went a few rounds with a brain tumor and lost her eyesight. A trained singer, she has redirected her gifts toward chanting the Psalms in a musical theater style on the YouTube channel Canticlear. But her primary job is making her new husband a better Thomist, as they both re-learn what it means to build a virtuous and flourishing home in light of and in response to her blindness.

Show Summary: When we’re growing up, we probably have an idea of what we want our lives to look like. We may plan along the way and eventually find ourselves exactly where we wanted to be. However, sometimes our plans look nothing like what God has for us. Unexpectedly, we get a scary medical diagnosis, or something significant happens that alters the course of our lives. Brittany Hurd was diagnosed with a brain tumor that ended up taking her eyesight. This has completely changed her life, and now she’s navigating the change as a newlywed. Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni, as they learn how Brittany takes it day by day with God in the midst of unexpected change during this God Hears Her conversation.

Notes and Quotes:

• “The Lord promises strength for the day. He tells us to ask for our daily bread, not for tomorrow’s bread, not for next week’s bread, but today’s.” —Brittany Hurd

• “Despite what truly is a bad thing, the Lord brings even a better thing out of it.” —Brittany Hurd

• “You don’t have to do the big, showy, pastoral prayers, where all the words are just right. Just speak to the Lord. . . He always turns it to some resolution.” —Brittany Hurd

Verses:

• Psalm 123

• Matthew 6:11

• Romans 8:26-27

• Psalm 103

Links:

• Brittany’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Canticlear

• Brittany’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/canticlear

• God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

• God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

• Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

• Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

• Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

• Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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Guest Bio: Lisa Victoria Fields, author of When Faith Disappoints: The Gap Between What We Believe and What We Experience, is a renowned Christian apologist who merges her deep biblical knowledge with a heartfelt mission to share God’s love. She has been recognized by Christianity Today for her impactful work in the African American community, and she has produced two documentaries, Unspoken and Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom. The CEO of the Jude 3 Project, Lisa holds degrees in communications and religious studies from the University of North Florida and a master of divinity from Liberty University.

Show Summary: When we become Christians, we tend to think that everything will fall into place in a nice and easy way. What do we do when we face disappointments? Lisa Victoria Fields has discovered that trusting God and being in community may be some of the first steps we can take when things don’t go our way. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni, as they discover how to overcome disappointments with Lisa Victoria Fields during this God Hears Her conversation.

Notes and Quotes:

• “I talk about peace as this three-tiered thing, that it’s peace with God, peace with people, and peace within. Sometimes we want peace within without doing the peace with people.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

• “The only person that can bring healing is Jesus. He is the only one who can heal your sin-sick soul, your broken heart, whatever is going on. It is through Him only, not something that we achieve.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

• “Confession to God brings forgiveness of sin. Confession to man is how we get healed. God is going to use community to heal you.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

• “So many of us are going through similar things, but the enemy in isolation tells us that we’re the only person going through this.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

• “The whole God-head is a community that we should reflect. God gives us shared struggles for us to be bound together with one another.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

Verses:

• Luke 9:10-17

• Philippians 4:7

• James 5:16

• John 17:12

Links:

• Jude 3 Project: https://jude3project.org/

• Lisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisavfields/

• Lisa’s Where Ya From? episode: https://whereyafrom.org/episode/episode-01-black-apologetics-with-lisa-fields/

• God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

• God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

• Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

• Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

• Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

• Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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