Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, and you're listening to the Flying Free

podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden

emotional and spiritual abuse.

Welcome to episode 78 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today I have another

survivor who is going to be sharing her story with us.

Julie, thank you so much for coming on

and being willing to tell us about what's

happened in your life.

Thanks so much for having me, Natalie.

This is, you know it's it's a somewhat of a sad

circumstance a difficult thing to talk about but you know I really have prayed

and sought the Lord on this and I just thank you for this opportunity.

Yeah, yes it is not like the those podcasts where you get to interview someone about, you know, making your home a more beautiful place or something like that.

But however, it is very encouraging because I know that some people say these are their favorite podcast episodes because

it gives them hope for their own lives. It helps they if they can see that someone else has made it and is surviving

Then they have hope for themselves.

Okay, so I have, are you ready for these questions? I have some questions for you.

Okay, so the first one is tell us how you met your husband and if you noticed any red flags during the time that you were getting to know him.

Yes, so we met on E-harm Harmony. I was 26 years old and he was 29. He had never had a girlfriend before, so I was his first girlfriend.

And our relationship was long distance during that time.

We lived about two years apart, so we would spend weekends where I would go and stay with his friends

and he would come here and stay with my friends or we would go on adventures and the outdoors like backpacking, kayaking with groups of friends.

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