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Hey there, I'm Susie McIntyre Eden.

Thank you for joining us on Jesus Listen Stories of Prayer.

Today we're going to be listening and visiting with Jessica Ronnie.

She is an amazing lady who has a mission. She was a young widow with four children.

She married a man with four more children, that eight children to take care of a child.

She's written a book. She has a podcast. So let's go and have some conversation with Jessica. Thank you for coming and being here for the show on Jesus listens. You've got quite a story. You were a young widow with four children

and one with disabilities. Let us know your backstory and how you were raised and how God prepared you for that.

You know, I often say that my life changed forever in 2004 when I went to what I thought was a

routine ultrasound appointment for my second child. And it was there that we were told he had

experienced a stroke in utero and there was no hope. It was suggested that

we terminate that pregnancy. My husband and I did not want to terminate. We decided to put the baby in

the Lord's hands. And Lucas was born on August 12, 2004, and that was the day I became a forever

caregiver. Fast forward a couple of years later, and my husband was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.

He fought brain cancer for three years and passed away in August 2010.

At that point, I was a 33-year-old young mom of four children under seven, including one with profound disabilities.

I would think that you had your hands full enough to just take care

of your children. If you have just four children without disabilities, you are a busy woman and then

without a husband to help. What caused you to want to help others in this?

Was God showing you ways that you could make your life better, easier?

In what ways do you help other people with caregiving?

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