Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women share stories of hope.

I am Robin and I'm here with Katie and Lindy and we are so excited to be back for

six.

So excited.

If you're new here, maybe you found us this summer and you've heard some of our listener favorites. And this is your very first episode of a new season of storytellers. I just want to tell you what Storytellers Live is about. And then we're each going to introduce ourselves a little bit so you know our voices and our names and really what's happening in this space. So Storytellers Live is just gatherings of women

around the country sharing stories of what God's done in their life. Some of them are difficult,

some of them are fun and light and just everyday stories. Our hope and prayer is that you just find

God in these stories where he showed up for them. And when you

hear those stories that you're then encouraged that he can show up for you in the same way.

So thank you for joining us today. Like I said, I'm Robin and I am the executive director of

storytellers live and really am the story coach. That's what I love. I find stories. I coach our storytellers on how to share. And that's my, that's my jam. That's what I love. Yes. And I'm Lindy. I'm the development director for storytellers life, which means I get to work with our donors. And also I focus on community engagement and work with some of our community team leaders. And Lindy also keeps us on track. You're the queen of spreadsheet. I thought you're going to say I make you laugh. Oh, she doesn't make us laugh. I do like to tap storytellers on the shoulder and say, hey, have we done this? And Lindy's also very, very talented in trying to get us involved with churches. So if you have a local church that wants to bring storytellers to your women's ministry, she is definitely the person to get in touch with.

But my name is Katie, and I am the content director for storytellers live, which basically means

I just have the privilege of being able to write a lot for the podcast, write for Instagram,

and then also we have a Bible study

that's called When God Shows Up. When God shows up was formally Discover Your Story, and we have

tweaked it just a little bit for ministry opportunities. And so we're just really excited about that,

and I am super excited about today's story, Robin. I think it's going to speak to so many women out there.

Y'all, I have to tell you that for years we have been looking for a story on friendship,

years that we're going into our fifth season and we keep notebooks of topics that we want.

And we never realize that finding a story on friendship was so difficult. But it is because

usually friendship involves two people. But it is because usually friendship

involves two people. And there's been some rub or something difficult. And so today we have

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