Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope.

I'm Robin, and I'm here with Katie and Lindy, and we are your podcast hosts.

If you are new to Storytellers Live, welcome.

We are so excited you're here.

We just want to tell you a little bit about who we are and what it is.

Storytellers Live is simply women sharing God stories. And that's what you're going to hear today.

You are going to hear Sophie Hudson, which we are thrilled. We have been waiting for her story.

So we are very excited to share it. And so in the beginning, Lindy and Katie and I are going to introduce Sophie's story. You're going to hear her full story. And then at the end, you're going to hear us sit and talk about it, just like you would sit with a friend over coffee and discuss a story. And that's actually our hope, is that you hear this, that you're challenged, you're encouraged, and that you sit with a friend later and talk about it,

on the phone, over coffee, on a walk, and just what God showed you through this story. And so today,

like I said, we have Sophie Hudson and we are thrilled. Sophie, you may know her name. She is an author

and also a podcast host, co-host of the Big Boocast. She's Boo Mama. I know, Lindy,

we're so excited to have Sophie speak to us today. And I'm going to tell you something. She is

going to challenge you to get your boots on and start serving God in whatever capacity he has

assigned to you. You know, so often as women, we disqualify ourselves, we dismiss ourselves, and we just think that we are not capable of serving God the way he might be calling us to serve him. And so her story is going to just challenge you to walk through that door that God might be calling you to walk through, and I can't wait for you to hear her stories. And you're going to hear today, too, at the very end of this episode, a larger

discussion that I had with Sophie that's on Patreon. She is our story within the story this month.

And y'all, I could have talked to her for 18 hours, I think. But if you are not a member of Patreon,

we would love for you to join us over there. Patreon is simply meaning patron. You help us pay the bills and we give you extra

content. It's a win-win. So you can join over on the Patreon website, which will have a link in the

show notes below, or you can find it on our website or social media. And you can join for five or

$10 a month. And truly, it just helps support our ministry and support this podcast. And you do,

you get the extra story from Sophie today along with a monthly Bible study around one of our

stories and lots of other things. For storytellers, people say, what kind of bills do you have?

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