Bringing Her Hope

My guest today is Kathleen Darling. Kathleen is a wife and a mom who loves people, quiet mornings with coffee, cozy nights with cocoa, watching her kids explore and play pretend.

Kathleen married her man young, excited for the all that the future held for them. They survived Basic Training, AIT, two long deployments with some distant training mixed in for the Army.

About a month and a half after her husband safely returned home after his last deployment, they were in a terrible car accident.

It was one of those gut wrenching-life changing-where's the rewind button moments. Friend, you will want to lean in close to this story! It is quite the rollercoaster!

Connect with Kathleen:

Instagram: @adarlingfour 

http://www.adarlingkindoflife.com/

My guest this week is Lindsey Cooper.  Lindsey is married to the love of her life, and has 3 beautiful children, who keep them on their toes! They love to travel and spend our time like any other typical family: shuttling kids to soccer and dance and balancing family time with life in general. Lindsey is the Director and Founder of Identity Dance Company, Identity Events, and Entertainment, and now One Eighty. She is also a spokesperson for Hope Ranch Ministries, Choreographer for the Miss Lane County Princess Program, as well as being involved in various other events and charities around the community.

In college, Lindsey found herself in a different place than she ever thought she would be, a victim of human sex trafficking, but God rescued her out and has redeemed her beautiful story! Get ready for the adventure of your life with this episode and learn how it is NEVER too late to turn your life around.

Connect with Lindsey:

Instagram Handles:

@cooperfam5 (personal)

@IdentityDance_Co (dance company), 

@identity_eande (party/events biz), 

@one_eighty180 (ministry)

Facebook Handles:

Personal: https://www.facebook.com/lindsey.a.cooper.9

Identity Dance: https://www.facebook.com/Identitydanceco/

One Eighty: https://www.facebook.com/lindseyaubree180/

Identity Events and Entertainment: https://www.facebook.com/Identity_EventsEnt-216037439132376/

My guest today is Kim Rettmann. Kim is a Pacific Northwest Native, currently living in Albany, Oregon, where her husband, Cyrus, is the Associate Pastor at Willamette Community Church. Kim and Cyrus have been married for 15 years and have five children ranging in age from 12 on down to 5. After earning a degree in English Humanities from Corban University, Kim taught High School English for a few years. Once God blessed Cyrus and Kim with children, she has been a stay at home mom ever since. Kim has been involved in ministry for nearly twenty years. She has served in a variety of capacities including children’s ministry, youth ministry, leading women’s Bibles Studies, speaking at retreats, playing the piano on worship teams, counseling and discipleship, and short-term mission trips. Kim also enjoys gardening, chai tea, exercise, music, and writing, and is on a quest to bake the perfect loaf of fermented sourdough bread!

Although Kim's story doesn't include a chapter of tragedy or trauma, Kim does admit that she has grappled with fear, depression, and anger and is learning to lean into Jesus and push past the fear!

Connect with Kim:

kimrettmann.com

Facebook: Kim Rettmann 

Instagram: @Kim_Rettmann

My guest this week is Rachael Prescott. Rachael is a blogger at DoublingDownMom.com where her, her husband, and their four marvelous children, proclaim the beauty of Down syndrome, and the importance of choosing to live joyfully. They reside near Salem, Oregon in a home filled with laughter, LEGOS, and their fluffy dog Max. 

Connect with Rachael:

DoublingDownMom.com

https://www.facebook.com/doublingdownmom/

@doublingdownmom

To purchase your tickets to the Hope Women's Conference: https://hope1079.ticketleap.com/hope-womens-conference-2020/dates/May-01-2020_at_0700PM

Our guest for today’s episode is Kelsey Wallen. Kelsey is a lover of Jesus, a crazy-in-love wife, and a mama to three little ladies! 

Kelsey has struggled in the past with not knowing who her identity was and often believed that her identity was defined by the labels she created for herself or that others gave her. Kelsey is now stepping bravely into the identity that God has defined for her! 

Connect with Kelsey:

http://www.kelseywallen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kelseywallen_27/

http://facebook.com/kelsey.wallen.7

My guest this week is Kerri Pomarolli is a writer, comedian, speaker, and the ultimate Proverbs 32 Woman. She tours nationwide with clean comedy at top Christian and secular venues. Pomarolli has been featured on The Tonight Show 29 times as well as made appearances on Comedy Central, ABC and more. Known as “Hollywood’s Favorite God Girl,” Pomarolli frequently shares about her faith while living in LA with her two daughters. 

Kerri Pomarolli fearlessly shares the messiness of her own life with wit and humor In her new book Confessions of a Proverbs 32 Woman. Kerri has delved into the struggles of the modern woman tired of failing to live up to Pinterest-inspired, air-brushed, Insta-filtered “real life” role models telling her she’s not quite good enough. And discovered that while our lives might be a mess, together, we can be hot messes for Jesus.  

Connect with Kerri:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KerriPomarolli/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerripom/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KerriPom

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/kerripom?fbclid=IwAR1MMkC2hTGp1CsX6s580zspDJYyQ7eMxHQV6Qacf_Dej-xHbLq2bbOMmNo

Website

https://www.kerripom.com/

Enter to win a box set of the book: Confessions of a Proverbs 32 Woman as well as her new devotional, “She rises late and her kids make her breakfast”! 

(Contest runs from 11/6/2019-11/12/2019)

https://www.bringingherhope.com/

My guest this week is an author and speaker Stephanie Fast. Stephanie and her husband reside in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by their children and grandchildren.

Abandoned at a young age, Stephanie wandered the war-torn countryside of Korea.  Due to her bi-racial ethnicity, she was abused and violated in every way. Finally, she was discarded and left to die in a garbage dump.  A World Vision nurse miraculously rescued Stephanie and placed her in an orphanage.

Around the age of nine, a missionary couple came to her orphanage.  Overlooking her physical and emotional state, they listened to the voice that spoke to their hearts.  David & Judy Merwin, setting aside their desire to adopt a baby boy, obeyed that voice and adopted Stephanie.

Despite the lavish healing love, her adoptive parents poured into her, Stephanie's past tormented her throughout her teens.  A profound personal encounter with Jesus Christ enabled her to exchange her pain with Him at the cross and see her identity and purpose in the light of God's love.

Stephanie has had the privilege to share with anyone who will listen.  God has honored her with very diverse audiences.  Over the past 30 years, her story and teaching have been on TV, radio, in magazines and other people's books. She recently wrote her first book; She Is Mine.  She has been an Advocate for Orphans and Adoptees her whole Christian life, believing there is an orphan in each person without Jesus.; her childhood dream lived out in reality.

How to connect with Stephanie:

Website: http://stephaniefast.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieFastAuthor/?ref=bookmarks

Twitter @StephanieFast

Enter Here for a chance to win her book "She is mine". Contest runs from 10/30/19- 11/5/19

https://hope1079.com/stephanie-fast-book-giveaway

My guest this week is an author and speaker Stephanie Fast. Stephanie and her husband reside in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by their children and grandchildren.

Abandoned at a young age, Stephanie wandered the war-torn countryside of Korea.  Due to her bi-racial ethnicity, she was abused and violated in every way. Finally, she was discarded and left to die in a garbage dump.  A World Vision nurse miraculously rescued Stephanie and placed her in an orphanage.

Around the age of nine, a missionary couple came to her orphanage.  Overlooking her physical and emotional state, they listened to the voice that spoke to their hearts.  David & Judy Merwin, setting aside their desire to adopt a baby boy, obeyed that voice and adopted Stephanie. 

Despite the lavish healing love, her adoptive parents poured into her, Stephanie's past tormented her throughout her teens.  A profound personal encounter with Jesus Christ enabled her to exchange her pain with Him at the cross and see her identity and purpose in the light of God's love.

 Stephanie has had the privilege to share with anyone who will listen.  God has honored her with very diverse audiences.  Over the past 30 years, her story and teaching have been on TV, radio, in magazines and other people's books. She recently wrote her first book; She Is Mine.  She has been an Advocate for Orphans and Adoptees her whole Christian life, believing there is an orphan in each person without Jesus.; her childhood dream lived out in reality.

My guest this week is Alicia Marks. Alicia is a dynamic Bible teacher and author with an infectious love of Jesus, the scriptures and people. She and her husband raise four kids and a menagerie of livestock in rural Oregon where they are deeply involved in their local church. She is also the author of The Matriarchs: Four Women Who Birthed a Nation and Changed History and Elijah: Bold Obedience and a Still, Small Voice.

After two devastating miscarriages, at eight weeks pregnant Alicia's baby was diagnosed "incompatible with life." Throughout those horrific months, she learned what it truly means to trust God in real life. The dramatic ending to this story is one that only God could write. 

Connect with Alicia:

www.comethirstyministry.com

 www.facebook.com/comethirstyministry 

 @aliciamarks1

Guest Introduction: 

My guest this week is Soorin Backer. She is known for dynamic teachings that genuinely set people free to be who God created them to be. Soorin attended Fuller Theological Seminary and completed two graduate degrees in theology and clinical psychology.  SBM has been broadcast throughout the USA on radio, hosted a TV show focused on teaching the Bible and has an established conference ministry called Pearls of Hope that is held twice a year. 

 Just before Soorin turned 40, her brokenness and God’s love hit a major collision. And He began to heal me of religion, performance, and profound emotional damage.

During the last ten plus years, God has wooed her into true love. He continues to heal her of her past, has set her free from shame and regret, and He continuously invites her to the future and hope He has for her! This girl has some wisdom on kicking the performance trap to the curb! So buckle up and lean in ladies! It’s going to be another great one!

Connect with Soorin Backer:

www.soorinbacker.com  

www. pearlsofhopeconference.com 

https://m.facebook.com/soorinbackerministries/?ref=bookmarks

How do I register for the Pearls of Hope Conference and receive an extra $30 off my registration?

Send an email to [email protected] and say that you listened to the Bringing Her Hope Podcast with Soorin Backer and then your Bringing Her Hope promo code is "Bethany ". Once you have sent that email the Pearls of Hope team, they will personally register you for the conference and make sure you get that special $30 off discount

When is the Pearls of Hope conference?

October 17-19 2019 in Portland, Oregon