Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,

value, intellect, and creativity of women. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. And I'm your co-host,

Erin Kunkel. Our guest today on the Strong Woman podcast is my friend Catherine Wheeler.

Now, Catherine grew up in a Christian home.

In fact, her dad was a pastor.

But when she went off to college, she walked away from her faith for quite a long time.

So part of her story is that she became an OBGYN doctor.

And throughout that, she even ended up performing some abortions.

And through some twists and turns and hard situations and hard times, Christ got a hold of

Catherine.

And her story is so powerful.

We wanted to share this story with you of how God got a hold of

Catherine and brought her out of darkness and into an intimate and deep friendship with him.

And so thank you so much, Catherine, for coming on with us today.

Oh, it's such a pleasure. I have just absolutely loved this

podcast and learned so much from all these amazing women. Well, okay, Catherine, we want to share your

story. So if you sound like you've listened to some of the podcasts before. So you know we

always like to start where all the women started so tell us about your growing up where

did you grow up and what kind of family did you grow up in i grew up in rhode island my dad was a minister

my mom stayed home with us kids i was the ninth of 11 kids there was after me a seven in a nine year gap, so I don't

actually remember all my siblings being at home. Yes, I grew up the whole time in Rhode Island.

And I've learned there's different kinds of pastors kids, but my dad was a very faithful follower

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