Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy Podcast.

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

Each week on this show I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life,

the little things in life and the little things in life, and everything in between.

Hey there, you guys, I don't know if you know this but a couple years ago my husband

Aaron and I we wrote a book about marriage it's called compliment and we always

say we are not marriage experts. We just like to talk about the

gift of marriage that God's given us and encourage other couples in their

marriage. And so it was really great for me to sit down and talk with Josh and Katie Walters.

Josh and Katie have a book called New Marriage, same couple.

Don't let your worst days be your last days.

Their book comes out in January, but as always you can order it now.

Josh is a pastor and Katie is the CEO of Francis and Benedict, which is an amazing fashion line.

She's going to tell us about it today. It started eight years ago in Togo,

West Africa. Today on the show Josh and Katie are vulnerable with us and talk about some of their

hardest days in marriage. In fact, when they'd been married for six years, Katie confessed she was having

an affair with a friend.

And what followed for Katie and Josh were years of transformation, years of heartache,

isolation, doubt, and ultimately, resilience.

Though it might have been easier for either of them to leave,

they honor their vows and trusted God to do the rest.

And now, years later, as you hear today,

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