Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday people share real and personal stories of encounters with God.

I'm your host Robin and I am here with Katie and Lindy.

And today we have Carol's story and she's Lindy's friend.

So we are going to let Lindy tell you about it.

Carol is my friend and I'm actually very proud

to call her friend back in 2013 after my mastectomy when I had my reconstruction after I was

cleared for workout. Carol was my trainer and I call her my little chihuahua and in my phone

her contact says Carol my savior because she just spoke so much

life into me about my ability physically. And she was just an incredible encouragement right at the point

of my life when I need it. She has an awesome story because she grew up in a Jewish home and you're going to hear how Jesus

continued to pursue her all of her life and how she met him. I tell you what, usually I don't

have the privilege to be able to sit in the room and listen to someone tell their story because

a lot of times Robin does, the ones that we've been doing since COVID just through Zoom on her own.

But God gave us the privilege of being able to sit in the room with her.

And let me tell you, the Holy Spirit was hovering because she speaks so much life into each one of us.

And I'm just thrilled for you all to hear.

So here's Carol.

Hey, everyone. So as I mentioned, I'm Carol. A little bit about my

background. I was born, Carol Schwartz. And for those of you that don't know, that is the

smith of Jewish family names. And so I grew up in a Jewish family, and I'm very proud of my history.

I was taught to believe in God. My family

is of German Jewish descent. We were like most American Jews fairly secular, but definitely

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