Her Story Speaks

Gena Thomas is a writer, a faith wrestler, a wife, and a mom. She has written for several Christian publications, and published her first book, A Smoldering Wick: Igniting Missions Work with Sustainable Practices in 2016. Her second book, Separated by the Border: A birth mother, a foster mother, and a migrant child’s 3,000-mile journey unpacks the story of Gena reuniting her Honduran foster daughter with her family after separation at the US border.

Karen González is seeking to see and love her neighbors as God does. She is a speaker, writer, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child.

In 2013 Kate Merrick said goodbye to her 8 year-old daughter Daisy Love when she left for heaven after suffering through cancer treatments for 3 1/2 years. After Daisy's passing, Kate was silent for three years in grief and contemplation. She now blogs at KMerrick.com with fresh perspective and newfound freedom to be sentimental or silly or anywhere in between.Kate is making her way back toward laughter and finding life to be filled with good things.

When a drowning claimed the life of her four year old son Evan, Amy Mutispaugh turned to God for her own survival. Through prayer, scripture meditation, and a strong pursuit of the will of God, she has found beauty for ashes.

Mo Isom is the New York Times Bestselling author of Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold and the author of Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot. Having faced great personal tragedy—including battling an eating disorder, overcoming the suicide of her father, and surviving a horrific car accident—Mo is passionate about speaking on a wide variety of topics and is able to connect with men and women of all ages and demographics.

Katherine McGibbon is a mother, advocate, author and playwright who is passionate about helping others. She was raised in Canada by her mother, who instilled solid family values and taught Katherine and her siblings the importance of standing up for what is right and speaking out about what is not. Katherine was raised in church and to be strong and independent. And yet, when she was 21 years old, Katherine became a victim of sex trafficking. After nearly a year of being trapped, Katherine successfully escaped and returned to life in Houston, never looking back to a life of hell and trauma. After many years of living in silence, Katherine decided to journal what happened to her as a way of dealing with the horrific experience. That journal became a book. That book became a stage play. Thus, she has mustered the strength to join the movement against sex trafficking. Partnering with several nonprofit organizations, Katherine’s ultimate goal is to raise awareness, fight for those who are being trafficked and mentor those who have overcome it. She has finally found her voice and speaks passionately to faith-based organizations, medical professionals, and politicians. Katherine believes that sharing her story contributed to her healing process. She is now helping others to creatively share their stories in a way that does not re-victimize or re-traumatize survivors.  Katherine‘s book, “Destined” can be purchased here: For More info on Katherine and to connect with her: https://www.kathymcgibbon.com/

Lisa Kratz Thomas’ life is nothing short of a miracle. She literally went from the crack house to the State House, serving on a Senate Sub-committee that studied prisoner reentry in Virginia.

Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda over a decade ago when she was just 18 yrs old-with no idea that this would be the place that God chose to build her home and her family. Today, she is a wife to Benji and mom to 13 adopted daughters and 2 sons. Katie and her family invest their lives in empowering the people of Uganda with education, medical care, and spiritual discipleship.

Nicole Braddock Bromley is the founder of OneVOICE (www.iamonevoice.org), a sexual abuse survivor and an international activist on child sexual abuse, sexual assault and sexual exploitation. For 16 years, Nicole has traveled extensively as a voice of awareness, prevention, hope and healing to some of the most at-risk populations around the world as well as to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities.

Mary DeMuth is an international speaker and podcaster, novelist and nonfiction author. As the survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Mary has done the long, unselfish work of healing wounds. She now loves to help other people re-story their lives and find freedom in Christ