Creative Hospitality: A Reflection on Our Conversation With Jeannette Simba
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Jeannette Simba.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:12.6 | And I'm Erin Kunkel. |
| 0:13.9 | Glad you're here. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome back to the Strong Women Podcast. And Aaron and I just got off our conversation with Jeanette Simba, my friend, who grew up in Rwanda and came to America when she was 19 and single by herself. She has a real heart for helping people and loving well. |
| 0:40.4 | And I just have learned so much from her. |
| 0:43.7 | And I really enjoyed hearing her story in a one sit down kind of time. |
| 0:49.5 | Because I've heard bits and pieces of it through our friendship. |
| 0:52.1 | But I learned a lot about her through our |
| 0:54.4 | conversation with her. But what are some things that came to mind, Erin, out of that conversation? |
| 1:00.4 | Well, her story is so incredible, but I think one thing that struck me in the interview was |
| 1:07.8 | how she purposely leaves margin in her life to help other people. |
| 1:14.9 | And that has really stuck with me. |
| 1:18.0 | And as I thought about her and how that seems to be kind of just so different than the rest of us. |
| 1:27.2 | I mean, you think about making the choice to |
| 1:30.4 | purposely work part time instead of full time so that you purposely make less money |
| 1:36.7 | so that you have time to volunteer like she does. So she helps refugee families who are finding homes and jobs. And if she can, |
| 1:47.5 | she translates for them. And it's just incredible to meet someone who does that on purpose, |
| 1:55.3 | like not in their spare time, but actually to carve out time. And it struck me just how hospitable that is. And I guess that's |
| 2:05.2 | kind of where I went in my mind. I was thinking about Rosaria Butterfield's book, who we've |
| 2:10.8 | interviewed Rosaria about her book, The Gospel Comes with the Houski. And she takes this idea of hospitality and makes it this big |
| 2:21.6 | umbrella of how it's a life turned towards others, basically. And that's how Jeanette is living |
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