Welcome everybody to the pastor Mike Drop podcast. I am so excited to welcome you here. A lot of people have been working really hard behind the scenes to put this adventure, and I think it's an adventure,

don't you, Emily?

Yeah.

This adventure together, I have never done a podcast before.

Emily, have you ever done a podcast before?

No.

By the way, everybody, this is Emily Langpaul.

Hello.

Hi, how are you today?

Good.

How are you?

Emily will be joining me as my co-host on this podcast. She is

somebody who you grew up in this church, right? Yes, since fifth grade. Since fifth grade. And now,

what do you do? That's a good question. Hi, lead our youth and family ministry. So everything here at Hope for ages

0 through 18, that's Hope Kids, Power Life, Ignition, One Body, all the events in between, VBS,

fun things. So, so that's a huge amount of people, isn't it? And we're talking, how many students

do you think that is? Thousands and thousands? Yes, thousands every week. My goodness. And then kids are connected to parents,

too, right? Yeah. So ministry isn't just for kids. It's for their parents as well.

Absolutely. Family affair. Yes, it is. That's good. Emily, you are married to the wonderful Chris.

Yes. Right? And you guys have three kids. Yes, we do. Ella, Lily and Brock. They are four, three, and one. Awesome. They're great. And Chris, your husband will be joining us in an upcoming podcast. Yes, with your wife, Sally. With my wife, Sally. It's Spouse's Day. We have it planned, and I can't wait for that one.

They will be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

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