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Stacy Kalisz Johnson Testimony

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/fan_mail/new] Heart disease can feel like a family curse until you learn what you can actually change. Stacy Johnson joins us to share how losing her dad and uncovering a long line of early heart attacks pushed her into prevention, volunteering with the American Heart Association, and coaching everyday people toward simple, repeatable health habits that work in real life. We talk about her path from growing up Catholic in Western New York to building a career in engineering, moving to Arizona, and eventually returning to church with a new kind of intentionality. Along the way, Stacy breaks down what shifted her faith from something she “always believed” into a lived relationship with God, shaped by reading the Bible consistently, learning generosity, and becoming open to the Holy Spirit in daily life. Then we get extremely practical. Stacy lays out her "B.E. H.A.P.P.Y." framework for heart health and lifestyle change: breakfast, exercise, hydration, axe or add one habit, plate two fruits, plate three veggies, and YOU time for self-care. We also connect the dots between blood pressure, sleep, stress, food planning, and consistency, plus why “hereditary” is often a wake up call, not a sentence. If you want preventive health, heart healthy habits, and faith-fueled discipline without the hype, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with one word: Jesus. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/support]

Ukrainian Pastor - Rosen K.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/fan_mail/new] What does it take for a street kid from a Bulgarian orphanage to become a lifeline for families huddled in Ukrainian bomb shelters? Meet Rosen, a pastor whose life reads like a map of hard places and a ledger of relentless grace. Born with a severe double cleft palate and abandoned at birth, he survived on glue and grit until a stranger flew him to Amsterdam for world-class surgeries. A missionary family later adopted him to the U.S., where daily devotions, not pressure, kindled a quiet, certain call: serve the ones he once stood among. We travel with Rosen through YWAM schools and back into Eastern Europe, where he learned to forgive doctors who failed, parents who left, and a system that bruised more than it held. He turned statistics into stories—teaching graduating orphans real skills in carpentry, cooking, and media—replacing despair with paychecks and purpose. Burnout nudged him to China, where language class met underground worship, and a leprosy ministry opened behind guarded gates. There, he cut wood for winter, harvested fields for those without hands, and shared audio Bibles with those without sight. Then came an unexpected detour to Bethel in Redding, and a tender chapter of service, mentorship, and favor. In Bulgaria, he found his biological family, led with forgiveness, and left with closure. He married Oksana, a Ukrainian YWAM leader, and rooted in Ternopil. When war erupted, everything changed. Their daughter was born during air raid sirens. Blackouts shape meals and laundry. Drones and missiles scar neighborhoods. Ministry pivoted overnight to chaplaincy in hospitals, housing refugees, veteran transport, and simple, stubborn presence in the dark. Rosen offers hard-won clarity on why Ukraine matters—identity, language, and the black soil that feeds nations—and how hope survives under martial law and midnight alarms. He asks for three things: pray for the exhausted church and relief teams; intercede for leaders, soldiers, and families; and, if you can, give to sustain fuel, food, and practical care at give.ywamtyler.org and specify if possible for Rosen K. or you can give your gift through YWAM accounting and designate for Rosen Klepel at YWAM ACCOUNTING // PO BOX 3000 // GARDEN VALLEY TX 75771 Make sure to specify for Rosen Klepel Subscribe, share this story with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review with one word—Jesus—to help more people find it. Your voice helps carry theirs. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/support]

Nicole W. Testimony

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Dustin Bailey Testimony

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/fan_mail/new] A quiet house. A car pulling away. Knees on the doorstep and a prayer that finally surrendered control. That’s where Dustin’s story turns—not from pain to perfection, but from isolation to honest recovery, from “fix it myself” to “Lord, I can’t.” What follows is a courageous, practical walk through mental health, marriage, parenting, and faith that refuses to label people as broken and instead calls them designed and worth stewarding. We unpack a childhood of giftedness inside a loud, loving, inconsistent home; sports and music as lifelines; and a faith that started with facts before it became relationship. Dustin names bipolar without euphemism, explains why meds can be mercy, and shows how sleep, routine, and movement stabilize chemistry. He shares how Celebrate Recovery and a single blue chip rewired his life, why hearing your story come out of someone else’s mouth unlocks healing, and how covenant love means “marrying” your spouse again and again as both of you change. We also go deep on technology and identity. Dustin researches nomophobia—the panic of losing your phone—because our selves now live inside devices. Instead of shame or confiscation, he points to stewardship: teach healthy use, build real belonging, and aim tools toward God. For students and families, he imagines accessible care in evenings and weekends, church-led spaces where it’s safe to be human, and a three-part healing that aligns body, soul, and spirit so capacity grows and callings can breathe. Come for the testimony, stay for the tools: spoons and coins, dopamine and serotonin, liturgies for your phone, rhythms for your day, and grace for your story. If you’ve ever felt defective, this conversation invites you to trade shame for stewardship and start again—today. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and drop a review with your biggest takeaway. Ready to lay something down so you can pick up what’s next? Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/support]

Robert Fenchak Testimony

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/fan_mail/new] A handshake, a blackout, and an ER visit—that’s where Robert’s turning point began. What unfolded next is a story that doesn’t flinch: childhood in a strict home, a move to Page, AZ that spiraled into fights and a juvenile arrest, a marriage that buckled under addiction and unhealed pain, and a son caught in the crossfire of two households trying to do right and getting it wrong. We walk right into the mess—co-parenting missteps, rehab, relapse, regret—and then we stay long enough to show the repair: apologies made, cigarettes surrendered, secrets dragged into the light, and trust rebuilt one choice at a time. You’ll hear how a 2015 mental breakdown pushed Robert into the Bible, not the bottle—Rhema coursework at the kitchen table, Charis Bible College across the city and in the mountains, and a gradual, durable healing without medication. You’ll meet Mandy, the woman he dated for five years before marriage, choosing friendship and purity as the foundation. And you’ll step into the daily work of fostering and adoption: five kids, mission trips, open-heart surgery recoveries, and the kind of love that looks like carpools, boundaries, and prayers over math homework. This is what faith looks like when it pays bills, returns calls, and keeps showing up. We don’t sanitize the past. We name it so we can redeem it. A stepdad admits a destructive choice in the name of connection. A son lays down bitterness and learns to forgive. A father confesses anger and models amends. Together we outline a future—The Carefree Home of Hope—a larger space to welcome siblings, heal trauma, and turn belief into structure and safety. If you’ve ever wondered whether courageous conversations can change a family, consider this your sign to start one. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope, and tell us: what courageous conversation are you ready to have today? Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929310/support]