Warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics like self-harm and mental health struggles.

This conversation with Monica from Taste and See honestly felt like sitting down with an old friend. We laughed a lot—this girl is full of fun and laughter—but she was also incredibly open about some of the hardest parts of her faith journey.

In Part 1, Monica shares what it was like growing up in an atheist home—her Dad literally standing in the doorway to stop her from going to church—and how she came to faith in Jesus. We also talk about her struggles with depression and self-harm, and how God supernaturally removed her scars. Amazing.

I hope you’ll come away from this conversation encouraged—and maybe like you’ve made a new friend, too. I know I did!

Click here to watch this episode on YouTube.

0:00 - Coming up in Part 1
0:45 - Intro
0:56 - Welcome and introducing Monica from Taste and See
1:59 - About Taste and See
2:25 - Why is it called Taste and See?
3:27 - About Monica
4:01 - Growing up in a non-Christian home
7:03 - Miraculous encounter with the Lord at Easter Camp
10:01 - Struggles with depression and self-harm
13:01 - Growing in faith
14:16 - "Dad would stand in the doorway"
17:21 - Reflecting on not being raised in a Christian home
19:03 - Grateful for her Dad’s pushback to her faith
21:40 - Has the Lord softened you?
23:15 - Witnessing to your own family
28:03 - Meeting her husband
31:34 - Coming up in Part 2

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