Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

We're incredibly blessed today to have one of the best Bible teachers in the country to

share God's word with us. Lisa Harper is here. One of the most prominent teachers and

preachers at conferences and women's events today. She's an agitated author and I think

you're going to really love how she makes the Bible just come alive when she teaches.

And I also think you're going to be encouraged hearing God's goodness and faithfulness towards

her and her family. She has an amazing story. In fact, she brought a video just to share

a little bit about what God has done in her family's life. So we're going to watch that

and she's going to be up here to preach. And so when this video is done and she takes

the stage, let's give her the best Elevation Church welcome possible. Are you ready to

hear from God today? All right, you guys can take a seat. Take a look at the screens.

In April 2012, I jumped off a proverbial cliff and into the greatest adventure and joy

of my life. I began the process of adopting my little girl Melissa Price Harper. I love you.

Her first mom, a Marie, died as a result of undiagnosed days when Missy was just a baby,

unwittingly infecting her with HIV, which was exacerbated by tuberculosis, severe malnutrition,

and a host of other ailments. Doctors in Port-Aprilants didn't give Missy much of a chance,

but then again, they didn't know my baby girl has the heart of a warrior. Our adoption process

took two long years, but I finally got to bring her home to Tennessee on April 14, 2014,

just a few days before Easter, which seemed especially fitting.

A little girl and a name was Missy and she was also a wee and her mama came to Haiti and said,

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