The ultimate renovation project, the unfolding of this story, is the inside outwork of God

on me.

As a matter of fact, my story is ultimately not about me, but God's work in and through me.

He who began a good work will carry it to completion.

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope found in Jesus.

I'm Robin, and I am here with Lindy and Katie and we are your podcast host.

And today, we are bringing you a friend of all of ours, Kristen Torres, from our Homewood community.

I'm telling y'all, this is a story that every single person can relate to.

And in my opinion, every single person needs to hear it.

I had the blessing of being in the room when Kristen shared.

And I will tell you, there is such a peaceful steadiness about her. She is an incredible teacher, full of wisdom,

and she's a wonderful storyteller, as you're going to see her weaving this concept of

befores and afters into her story. And I just have no doubt that you are going to walk away from

her story, feeling encouraged and challenged and maybe even like me a little

convicted. Yes, and our Patreon insiders are going to get more of our conversation today because

Rob and Katie and I are going to talk about the concept of befores and afters. You're going to hear

Kristen share about the concept of God doing some befores and

afters in a renovation term during her story. And so we're going to continue that conversation

over on Patreon. If you're not familiar with Patreon, it is simply a way to support our ministry.

You can become a patron of Storytellers Live ministry. Simply click the link in our show notes below, or you can go to our ministry. You can become a patron of Storytellers Live ministry. Simply click the link in our show

notes below, or you can go to our website at storytellerslive.org. Here's Kristen.

I have always loved before and afters, always. Even before reality TV, I was all about it. Maybe because it really is the

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