Episode 11: Your past does not define your present with special guest Stephanie Fast
Bringing Her Hope
English - October 30, 2019 17:12 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsReligion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My guest this week is an author and speaker Stephanie Fast. Stephanie and her husband reside in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by their children and grandchildren.
Abandoned at a young age, Stephanie wandered the war-torn countryside of Korea. Due to her bi-racial ethnicity, she was abused and violated in every way. Finally, she was discarded and left to die in a garbage dump. A World Vision nurse miraculously rescued Stephanie and placed her in an orphanage.
Around the age of nine, a missionary couple came to her orphanage. Overlooking her physical and emotional state, they listened to the voice that spoke to their hearts. David & Judy Merwin, setting aside their desire to adopt a baby boy, obeyed that voice and adopted Stephanie.
Despite the lavish healing love, her adoptive parents poured into her, Stephanie's past tormented her throughout her teens. A profound personal encounter with Jesus Christ enabled her to exchange her pain with Him at the cross and see her identity and purpose in the light of God's love.
Stephanie has had the privilege to share with anyone who will listen. God has honored her with very diverse audiences. Over the past 30 years, her story and teaching have been on TV, radio, in magazines and other people's books. She recently wrote her first book; She Is Mine. She has been an Advocate for Orphans and Adoptees her whole Christian life, believing there is an orphan in each person without Jesus.; her childhood dream lived out in reality.
How to connect with Stephanie:
Website: http://stephaniefast.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieFastAuthor/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter @StephanieFast
Enter Here for a chance to win her book "She is mine". Contest runs from 10/30/19- 11/5/19