Live Simply Love Abundantly

Meet Irina, the Founder and Managing Director of withSimplicity. We sit down and talk about how her dreams flourished into a beautiful, thriving business because of specific prayers that her and her husband prayed. Her enthusiasm is contagious and she gives many pointers on how to follow your dreams, delegate tasks, and still live the life that you love without giving up one thing for another.

Heidi & Gentry sit down to talk about summer events and upcoming trips and plans for Village to Village!

Have you listened to a refugee's story about how they fled their country and who they left behind? Anastasia and her family fled here from Ukraine in May of 2022 and have since settled down in the Shenandoah Valley. It has been such a blessing getting to know her for the past few months and I'm so excited for YOU to get to know her too through this episode!

Learn more about local refugees in your community and how Church World Service helps them once they land in our country. Learn how we have started partnering with Church World Service and maybe even get an idea on how you can volunteer with us!

Have you ever heard of the Enneagram? What type are you and how can you relate to others who aren't the same type? Angela Kohl is a certified Enneagram coach who has a heart for helping others know themselves better and get along with the people in their lives despite just how different they might be.

“Society wants women to work like they don't have kids and raise kids like they don't have to work”. Macie and her family have been thrown some curve balls in the last few years, but she has clung to God and continues to make her family her number one priority. Hear about the incredible business that her and her husband began and what their mission is there as well as in their daily lives.

This is Vida is a small ministry in Guatemala making a huge impact! Their mission is to walk alongside of Guatemalans, as they are trained and empowered to walk in the fullness of what God has for them: emotionally, physically and spiritually. Hear how God is working through Angela & Miguel personally as well as through their ministry to change the lives of others!

Have you ever had a dream that felt too far out of reach? I had the chance to sit down with one of my best friends, Kayla Thomas, who has climbed her way up in the radio world and is now working as LA's #1 hit radio station's late night host. She had distinct goals and didn't stop pursuing them despite being diagnosed with Lupus or from the many no's that she heard until she got a yes. Personally watching Kayla's hard work pay off has been so inspiring, and I hope this conversation inspires you too!

Hear about the huge impact that New Creation, the little store on South Main St in Harrisonburg, is making in the community and around the world! Learn what it means when you buy fair trade and how it changes the specific artisan's life when you do. Sabrina and her team are taking giant steps toward educating more people about sex trafficking and how to prevent it, and you can even help!

Sydney dives deep into the reality of sex trafficking and explains that it's not just an international problem, but a problem in your own community. Her team is working on opening a safe home in her hometown to walk alongside women who are healing from the trauma that came from being trafficked. Hear how God has planted this passion in her heart to help survivors early in her life and what the goals are for Stone Haven in the next couple of years!

Emily wears many hats that include being a new business owner, a wife, mom, and most importantly, a servant of God. When her oldest son was diagnosed with a rare condition, her world was turned upside down, but her faith was not shaken! Listen to how she has clung to God's faithfulness and how her business is changing lives one child at a time.

Today I sit down with a very special woman to me, my mom, who is the founder of the nonprofit, Village to Village. Hear how God has prepared her heart, for her entire life, to serve him and others through this ministry. She motivates me daily and I hope through this episode, you will be motivated to make a difference, even through a small act of kindness, in the world too!