Hi church my name is Joanne and I'm super exciting to be able to be with you today tonight

whenever it is that you're able to watch this I work on team here at church home I I'm part of the Pastorial Staff. I oversee Uplift. Uplift is our outreach arm of our church.

We do local and global outreach. I'm partnering with organizations that are caring for our

community in a practical way and I love my job. I'm super excited to get to

share the word with you.

But before I do, I just want to take a minute,

maybe tell you a little bit about me.

I don't know about you, but if someone gets up

to share the word or I'm at a conference or watching them,

I want to know a little bit about them.

That's how my husband engages me in football, actually.

He'll say, see that guy right there? He just had a baby and all of a sudden I'm leaning in and he'll say, oh, see that guy right there? He, you know,

whatever it is, something personal that causes me to connect but

and otherwise it's like whatever so I just want to take a few things about me I

wasn't a Jesus girl most of my the beginning of my life now it's not most of my life anymore being the age that I am

But lived kind of a wildlife drugs and all kinds of other things but my my husband and I, when we were young married with a baby,

had a beautiful encounter with Jesus and just had a huge turnaround in our life in the direction we were going.

We have two kids, one's a missionary, one's a farmer, and we have 10 grandkids, which are the

love of my life and so much fun.

And I really love my job.

I love what I get to do.

And I think the favorite part of my job

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