Reading our Bibles regularly can be a challenge, but we're all on this journey together.

We're praying that this podcast inspires you, helps you better understand God's Word, and builds your faith.

This is Join the Journey with your host, Emma Daughter.

Thanks for joining. Today, we are reading Nehemiah 2 and 3, but before we jump in, I've got a quick announcement.

We are on the hunt to find some more volunteers for Join the Journey. So if you are local to Dallas and have made Watermark your home, we're looking for volunteers across four different teams. Our editors who edit the daily devotionals you can find for free on

join the journey.com, our hospitality team who plan and host events, our resource team,

if you're somebody who likes writing or studying, that's for you, and our social media team.

We're looking for videographers, photographers, graphic designers, caption writers, the whole

shabang. So if you're even the slightest

bit interested, we'd love to chat and we'll put all the information in the episode description.

These volunteer teams for Join the Journey were super excited about them because they're new.

And speaking of new, we recently started a new book, Nehemiah. And here today to talk with me about Neumaya 2 and 3 is

Mrs. Katateek. Hi, Emma. It's so good to have you here. Thank you. It's so good to be here.

We met a long time ago. Yes. And this is like a reunion. Yes, it is. But for those who don't know

you, tell us a little bit about you. Okay, so my name is Catherine Ateak.

Most people call me Cat.

I'm married to Timothy Ateak, who I called T.A.

He is a teaching pastor and elder here at Watermark.

I have three boys.

There are 14, 12, and 6.

And I serve on Wednesday mornings at the Women's Bible Study as a small group leader. And I have just loved getting to get in the word with women this year.

Y'all are walking through Hebrews? We are, yes. I love it. So fun. Well, today, we're walking

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