Today's interview contains the topic of child abuse and molestation and is intended for a mature audience.

Listener discretion is advised.

Hi, I'm Crystal Kemp from Kelso Washington, and I'm a stay-at-home mom homeschooling two teen girls.

We love listening to Compelled because it's

such a powerful encouragement to see how God is working in so many lives. When I was very ill a few

years ago, God brought Compelled to my attention and used it to remind me and my daughters of his

faithfulness and his trustworthiness. Today, you are in for a treat. Enjoy the episode.

My mom had drugged my sister into the room. I'm 10. She's eight. Got a knife in my throat,

her whiskey breaths in my face. She's telling me we came from hell. We cost her too much money.

She didn't want us. My dad didn't want us. You know, we were a huge mistake. We'd be better off

dead.

I'm Paul Hastings, and you're listening to Compelled, a weekly podcast with unique stories from

the kingdom of God told by the people compelled to live for him. This is our season finale,

meaning that after today, there will be no more compelled episodes

for quite some time.

But we do have some news about when you might expect our fourth season to release.

So make sure to listen to the end of our episode for the details.

Last week, we heard from Josh and Amy Glasscock.

Josh was born with cystic fibrosis, a terminal condition that slowly destroys the lungs.

By 34, his health had become so bad that he was at death's door.

His only hope for life was a risky lung transplant.

But when 10 minutes from his life-saving transplant, the pair of donor lungs ruptured, he was sent reeling.

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