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Today, I am in the podcast studio with faithful watermark member, Alexia Volta.

Hello.

Good to have you here.

So glad to be here.

Alexia, before we get to Psalm 50, would you share a little bit about what God's done in your life and what you're up to today? Yes. So I'm taking it way back. I did not grow up in a Christian home or Christian family. And really the first time I was introduced to church was in middle school through youth group. It was really just a social

outlet for me and a lot of my friends. But through that, I learned a few stories about the Bible,

which made me curious, but still not committed to Lord. And it actually wasn't until high school.

I had just graduated and I went to Young Life camp for the second time I was a young life

kid. And that is where I really heard the gospel in its entirety. And in addition to that,

I was able to understand it at a new depth because I was introduced to the whole concept of grace,

which really just added so much color to the gospel for me because before then, I just thought it was a bunch of, hey, if I do the right things, say the right things, and basically very performance-driven, then God will bless me or be kind to me.

And it was through young life and hearing the gospel, the way that they present the gospel, that I really was able

to turn my life to the Lord and commit 100%. And since then, I feel like the Lord has just been

sanctifying me and just doing a work in my heart, which has been incredible. I started taking

my faith really seriously in college. I started taking my faith really seriously

in college. I started getting disciples and poured into and learn what it looks like to walk out

my faith and what it looks like to share my faith. And then right after graduating college,

I moved overseas for two years and did admissions, which was just such an incredible time.

And then I felt like the Lord was calling me back to the States. And so I've been in the States for the last few years, being faithful with the jobs he's put in front of me.

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