Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country

to share stories of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dine. I'm Robin Cowan. And I'm Lindy Walker,

and we are your podcast host. Mary Christmas Eve, we hope all your presents are wrapped and hopefully

you're enjoying time with your family.

And we have a story for you as you make final preparations for Christmas.

Today we have Anna Roger Story from Homewood and this is our Christmas gift to you.

Story was on Patreon this fall and now we are bringing it to you on the podcast.

And then January 7th, we're back with

brand new stories to our community. But here's Anna. I am so humbled and honored that you

ladies chose to be here this morning. You could be anywhere in the world right now, but you

ended up here and I can't not acknowledge that I believe that there's a purpose in that.

And I've always sort of thought about how God may want to use my story, when would he want

to use it? And gratefully, God opened this door. And I'm just grateful for the opportunity to

share with you this story. But I'd be lying if I said

I wasn't a little nervous. So buckle up. A little bit about me. I grew up in Gainesville, Georgia.

It's about an hour northeast of Atlanta. And I grew up in a Christian home. We went to church

most Sundays. I grew up in a Methodist background, so was sprinkled as a baby and then confirmed in the sixth grade.

But now, and for the last five years or so, have been at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church here in Homewood.

I've always been a go-getter type of girl.

I am super type A. I'm competitive, driven, ambitious,

and have always really pushed myself to go the extra mile. I have one older brother, Mills,

and he is three years older than me. Growing up, we did not get along, and he was always sort of

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