Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday people share real and personal stories.

Some are profound and challenging, while others are more common and relatable shared with honesty and

humor. But all of these stories reveal what God can do in our lives when we trust him with the

details. Thanks for joining us.

Hi, everyone. This is your host, Kelly, from the Storytellers Live team. On each episode,

you'll hear a different woman share her story of God's transforming love. These stories are

recorded in a live setting at weekly local gatherings, where we're aiming to build community

through sharing, connecting, and encouraging one another.

Most importantly, these stories reveal the faithfulness of God and how he can take what's

ordinary and broken and exchange it for extraordinary and redeemed.

This week's story was recorded at the local gathering in Statesboro, Georgia.

Surprised by pregnancy as a sophomore in college, our storyteller Laura shares how God revealed beauty and unconditional

love through several unexpected developments, including her parents' gentle, grace-filled

response to her news, and the family God led her to in placing her baby for

adoption. You will definitely want to hear more from Laura about working through the emotions

of pregnancy, adoption, and reuniting with her son, and discovering what it means to have hope

in God. Here she is.

It's truly honored to be here tonight, and even as Robin talked about, to be asked to come

in what I speak, when I think of it as sharing my story, that's kind of what I am. And I'm

sharing my story with just a bunch of friends tonight. Half of you I really actually do know.

And it's kind of fun to do this in my town that have my people in them.

So I'm really privileged that Leah and Robin and Leslie asked me to do this.

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