S4 26: From Kansas to Africa: Following God’s Lead With Becky Spencer
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
When most of their children were grown and out of the house, God called Becky Spencer and her husband to care for children in need in Africa—over 9,000 miles away from their home in Kansas. Becky joins Sarah to share her testimony of following God’s lead and being met by His faithfulness every step of the way. Her testimony of choosing to love before you feel loving, experiencing God’s restorative forgiveness, and following His call to take compassionate action in ministry is an encouraging and provoking example.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, if you're enjoying these conversations on the Strong Women Podcast, would |
| 0:06.6 | you go over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and write a review? |
| 0:11.4 | These reviews are the best way for us to get to new listeners who would also enjoy these |
| 0:16.1 | conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Thanks so much for doing that. |
| 0:31.6 | Women have a critical role to play in standing up for pre-born lives, but if we're going to make abortion unthinkable, we must understand and engage with the worldviews that inform the abortion debate and expose how they fall short |
| 0:39.1 | of the Christian worldview, which is the only foundation for universal human dignity. |
| 0:44.3 | Scott Klusendorf's newly updated edition of The Case for Life provides the tools we need |
| 0:49.5 | to protect preborn lives from the ideologies and arguments that deny their value, including the |
| 0:55.2 | arguments that have overtaken the world in just the last few years. Request your copy this |
| 1:00.4 | month with a gift of any amount at colsoncenter.org slash SW Case for Life. Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:26.8 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it |
| 1:31.9 | means to be a woman and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 1:37.5 | I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:42.5 | Welcome back, listeners. I am excited to introduce you to our guest today, Becky Spencer, |
| 1:48.8 | and she and her husband Tracy have been on an adventure together for 47 years. I just love that. |
| 1:54.7 | That's a long love, and I can't wait to hear more about Tracy. The highlight has been raising their |
| 2:00.5 | eight children, four birth and four |
| 2:03.2 | adopted, and playing Grammy and Grandpa to 28 grandchildren. They're co-founders of Grandstaff |
| 2:10.3 | Ministries Incorporated, which is now based in Hutchinson, Kansas, which connects sponsors to |
| 2:16.1 | abandoned, orphaned, and vulnerable children in |
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