Hello and welcome to the She Read's Truth podcast. She reads Truth creates beautiful, accessible Bible reading plans and resources to help you get into God's word every day.

Each week here on the podcast, we talk about what we're going to read together as a community this week. I'm your host, Rachel Myers.

And I'm your other host, Amanda Bible Williams. Friends, this is week four of our

Lent series, Bless the Lord, reading the Psalms for Lent. And this week we're joined by our friend

Hosanna Wong. Hosanna is a speaker, a best-selling author, a spoken word artist, and her heart is to

help everyday people know Jesus for real and live with purpose. Amen.

You may know, Hosanna, from her spoken word piece. I have a new name. She also has a brand

new book that just released last month called Uncomplicated. We'll talk a little bit about that.

I love this conversation. If you are coming to this episode in need of encouragement, you're about

to get it. So let's get right to it. Rosanna Wong, welcome to the She Reads Truth podcast.

We're so excited that you're here. Thank you for having me. I've been still looking forward to it.

You're a first-time guest. It's rare to get a first-time guest these days. I really like it.

It is fun to get a first-time guest. And it feels like it's taken us a minute. It shouldn't have taken us this long, Hosanna, to get you here. And I'm glad you're here. Thank you for saying that. I was going, you know, I was going to say, this was the first point of discussion. Girls, let's hash it out. What have we been waiting for? That's right. That's right.

Did I hurt your feelings?

Why? I'm not been here earlier. I am so honored to get to be with your community and with you guys talk about God's word. This is such a gift in the middle of our day. Thank you. I want to start by like, Joseana, tell us about yourself. Like, tell us about the work that you're doing.

And I just think, like, it's so sweet to get to hear that directly from you, you know?

Yes. tell us about yourself. Like, tell us about the work that you're doing. And I just think, like, it's so sweet to get to hear that directly from you, you know? Yeah. So I grew up on the streets of

San Francisco. My dad battled addiction for 15 years, fought in a gang, and a woman introduced him

to Jesus while my dad was selling vacuum cleaners door to door trying to make

money for more drugs, a woman named Mrs. Lee opened up her door for him and invited him into her

house. And the way he tells a story is that he shared about his life and she didn't respond with any

guilt or shame or condemnation, but she pointed out what they had in common,

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