When Erin May was just nine years old, she began battling trichotillomania, a disorder that led her to pull out her eyelashes, eyebrows, and scalp hair. What followed was a childhood marked by bullying, shame, and hiding away in school bathrooms just to survive the day. Yet in her pain, Erin cried out to God, and He answered with a promise that she would one day help others. In this powerful episode of What’s Your Story?, Erin shares her journey of surrender, inner healing, and miraculous moments of witnessing God’s power firsthand. Her testimony is raw and honest, yet full of unshakable hope: that God sees us, heals us, and uses even our brokenness for His glory.

Connect with Erin!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author.erin29/

TikTok: TikTok.com/@erinmay.author.29

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/erinmay29

His Choosing Book: https://a.co/d/iEcZ67o 

Prayer Journal: https://a.co/d/8YZT3XG 

My Healing Journal: https://a.co/d/5RMhfcf 

His Choosing Journal: https://a.co/d/3OKMkL1 

In this first episode of season 2, we introduce the Vine and Branches listeners to Arlene Gabrielson who will be sharing people's stories as well.

If you'd like more detail about Arlene's story, click the link below.

In this podcast, Cherilyn explains that throughout her life, various decisions that she made continued to cause God's voice to grow more and more faint as she followed after other priorities. Listen as Cherilyn explains that one night, in desperation, she cried out to Jesus to save her, and He did. Since that day, so much has happened and Cherilyn wants to tell the world all that He has done for her. He is so, so good!

Vine and Branches Stories has the opportunity to talk with Todd Miechiels each week as he mentors. This week we sit down with Todd to ask some questions about The 3:15 Project and some of the other ministries that Todd is working on, how Todd felt God calling him into the story ministry, what the Steps of Courage in The 3:15 Project are, and how they help people to prepare their hearts for sharing their stories.

If you are interested in learning Todd's entire story, you can find it here www.315project.com/backstory

We are not alone. We are not alone in our sorrow, and we are not alone when we have something to celebrate. When we have fellowship with other believers in worship, we know we are not alone in the world. God gave us the gift of fellowship so that we know we are never alone. As we read and study our Bibles together, participate in various studies, and pray with and for one another, we grow in our faith while we are in fellowship while we hold one another accountable for developing positive spiritual habits. When we come together with others, we are able to learn, to grow, and to persevere in our faith together. God created us to worship Him together! We can share stories about His goodness as we gather together!

Reference

Mahoney, Kelli. (2020, August 26). Why Is Christian Fellowship so Important? Retrieved from https://www.learnreligions.com/why-is-christian-fellowship-important-712422

It's fair to say that Mackenzie N.'s recent trip had a few goose-bump moments, but Mackenzie's unwavering faith, and her reliance and trust in the Lord is demonstrated throughout her story. Despite having moments of uncertainty, it is clear that the joy of the Lord is still present as Mackenzie reflects back on this situation. Listen as Mackenzie shares about this miracle of God's protection.

Ellie Hoyt is a 24 year-old young woman who has felt a calling on her heart to serve the Lord through ministry and missions throughout her entire life. God is helping her to find her way through a missions training program, which she will soon be working with, Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Ellie will be leaving in about a month (September 2023) to train in areas such as discipleship and effectively and boldly spreading the Gospel in areas that have never heard of the hope of Jesus. Ellie is an inspirational young woman with a heart for the Lord, and her passion and fire for helping others to see their calling and hope in Christ is contagious. Listen to this amazing and inspirational young woman as she talks about this exciting new season of life that the Lord has her looking forward to, and please pray about helping her reach her financial goals if the Lord puts that on your heart.

YWAM: https://ywamkona.my.site.com/s/payment?language=en_US&cId=0035G00002mNbIA

VENMO: @Elliehoyt

CASHAPP: $hoytellie

Stacy F. explains that she had been feeling God nudging her to be obedient to be baptized, but she had placed all of these conditions on her baptism that had caused her to put it off. However, she had really been feeling that God was telling her to do it, so she decided that she was done negotiating with God. Listen as Stacy shares about her baptism on that special Easter morning.

Listen to the very first Vine and Branches Stories Podcast that explains how God planted this tiny seed, which has been blossoming and taking root, and how God is using this project to help His people to have an interconnectedness like the vine and mustard plants have.