I imagine that many women are listening right now and they can think of lies they have overcome.

But there is that one thing your mom said or there's that one they met teacher said or that one

thing your spouse said, there are some things that we just have resolved will never be healed and

we've settled. And I think the enemy is hoping that we're settling for lives that are half healed.

Hello, hello, hello ladies and gents and welcome to this week's episode of the Botan Beloved

Podcast whether this is your first time listening or if you're a loyal listener who just loves the word,

loves everything that we've got going on over here, loves the guests. Welcome back! I'm so

excited that you decided to tune in whether you're watching the video portion that drops on YouTube

on Tuesdays or if you're listening to the audio that drops on Wednesdays just sit back, relax,

enjoy the conversation that I'm about to have with my amazing guest, Hosanna Wong. If y'all don't

know who this woman of God is, what are you doing? She's incredible. She's not only so insanely

talented when it comes to just her words with her speech and spoken words, but also in writing.

She's already written a book before she's coming out with another book again and we're going to

talk about all those things and more, but before we dive into that, Hosanna, tell everybody a little

bit about who you are, what you do, what you're passionate about before we get into all the good

stuff that you wrote about. You are so cool and so kind. Nice to meet all your people. I'm Hosanna

Wong. I grew up on the streets of San Francisco. My dad was a heroin addict who fought in a gang

who had bullet holes alongside his calves from the last time he ran from the police from the

last time he robbed some place and someone introduced him to Jesus and Jesus changed his whole life

and he ended up starting an outreach to those living without homes and battling with addiction

on the streets of San Francisco and that's how I grew up. We had outdoor services two to three days

a week. People brought their alcohol bottles. People brought their needles. That's how I learned

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