Hello everyone and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast.

I'm Gwen Smith and I am so glad you joined me today.

Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more.

Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical.

And they're going to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus

in the midst of cluttered messy days. You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to get

to today's conversation, which is all about how we can

learn today what we need to know for tomorrow.

My guest is the whimsical West Coast wonder, Bianca Oltaf.

Bianca is a Bible teaching word slang in Mexerican who is passionate about raising up a generation

of people who are passionate about Jesus Christ.

She considers herself a next generation mentor in her newest book, which she talks about all

things dating, fashion, and faith. She shares her mistakes and her experiences, and she pulls from

Ruth and Naomi's story to guide women on the path to their best selves. And we talk all about that today.

Y'all, this girl is fire. She is bold, hilarious, down to earth, and super, super fun. More importantly,

though, Bianca flat out just loves Jesus. And she is sold out to make his fame known and to make a

difference in the lives of others.

And I'm telling you what, today I am 100% confident that she is going to speak a word

directly to you.

We cover some really cool ground in today's discussion and we talk about things like mentoring

and friendships.

And we talk about the challenges of trusting the goodness of God, even in the midst

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