Many people experience health issues and, for some, massive, life changing surgeries. Many others are there as loved ones go through these ordeals as well. Very few deal with both situations simultaneously – and then, to add grief onto sorrow as well, lose their spouse while trying to recover from their own health issues.

But that is what happened to our guest today. Kim Sorrelle was diagnosed with breast cancer and was facing down the double mastectomy and the recovery and all of the emotions that revolve around that. But then had to face, just six weeks later, her husband being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer – and losing him to the cancer.

Kim is the executive director of a non-profit organization, speaker, writer, and author of the book, "Love Is: A Year Long Experiment in Livingout 1 Corinthians 13 Love." Kim has been a guest on numerous television and radio broadcasts as well as being  interviewed and published in numerous newspapers and magazines.  She is the author of two books, one book is titled, “Love is,” and is based upon her desire to live an entire year according to First  Corinthians 13:4-8 (known as the “Love chapter” in the Bible).  Her previous book is titled “Cry Until You Laugh” and is based upon her journal she was keeping at the time, and was written as a way to help others deal with their grief.

This is the conclusion of a great two part interview with Kim Sorrelle...

The first story in your book deals with “patience.” It is titled, “Love is Patient,” and details a cargo shipment of supplies your organization had shipped to Haiti. Can you share a bit from that event and how you learned, “Love is Patient?”

The Vice President of our ministry, Pastor Mike  Hall, has had a mission outreach for 25 or more years in Haiti called “Real Hope for Haiti.” It’s a Christian school and orphanage. One of the things he tells us about are the gangs that, basically, will halt traffic and “charge” for passage from one town to the next. Have you experienced that as well?

How has the pandemic and all of that affected, not just your organization efforts, but those in Haiti that depend on this support as well?

Out of all the different facets of “love” as described in the Bible and that you practiced for that entire year or so, which one was the hardest to put into application?

Which one was the most impactful for you?

You also have another book, “Cry Until You Laugh.”  This is basically your journal as you go through the diagnosis, surgery prep, the surgery and recovery from breast cancer, and the diagnosis and loss of your husband, correct?

Why did you decide to turn your personal diary into a book and have it published?

I’ve read some of the reviews. It is truly ministering to those who have also suffered a traumatic loss of a loved one.

Kim, this has been so interesting. How can someone order your book, “Love Is…” and, for that matter, “Cry Until You Laugh?”  Are they on Amazon?

If someone wanted to get in touch with you, perhaps to ask a question, invite you out to speak at an event or maybe to do an interview like this… How can they do that? How can they get in touch with you?