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I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

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Friends you are listening to episode number 188 and my guest today is Layla Palmer.

Layla and I met online, which let's be honest, that's where I meet a lot of people these days.

You too, right?

Layla and her husband Kevin are parents to Stevenson who joined their family less than two years ago from Haiti.

With myself having two children that were born in Haiti, we immediately had that connection in common.

I love following her on Instagram because her stories are super intentional and she's going to tell us why she does that and how she does that today.

We're also going to discuss the darkest season in her marriage and how God used a stranger to turn things around for them.

I really enjoyed hearing Layla walk out how her faith journey began and also how they even ended up adopting from Haiti in the first place.

You're going to love this conversation with Layla today.

You guys, I have something super fun for you over on my Instagram page tomorrow April 12th.

Earlier in the year, I was introduced to an amazing company called Starfish project.

Now Starfish project restores hope to traffic women and girls in East Asia by employing them to make jewelry at Starfish,

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