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Send us Fan Mail Born in Cocoa Beach, FL Sabrina was a Cape Canaveral girl. She's witnessed many of the space mission launchings. She has eaten shark and seen some  crazy things from a very young age.  She was born to parents that struggled with addiction themselves, both drinking and substance abuse. Living in poverty in many different ways, she faced a hard life and suffered abuses of all k...

Send us Fan Mail Born in July 1945 in Riverside, CA to a stay at home mom who was almost 6 feet tall and a father who was a truck driver, Wilburn, who goes by the name of Bill, was the 3rd boy of 5 boys and 1 girl. Back in those days his family lived out in the rural area of Riverside, California with chickens, rabbits, and cows that they all had to take care of while growing up.  Coming from very...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Las Vegas to a father who worked a government job for law enforcement during the 60's and 70's. Her mom was a strict Italian catholic from back east. She is the oldest of 4 siblings with 2 little sister's and a little brother, all very close in age and still to this day have very close relationships with. She doesn't really remember having a relationshi...

Send us Fan Mail Born and raised in Arizona, Stacia has only really ever known the valley. Stacia's family landed in Arizona back in the 1930's from Missouri. She was born to a father who was a firefighter and a mother who was a well- known christian therapist. Her dad being a firefighter loved her and provided everything she needed, but he was rarely ever home and always working it seem...

Send us Fan Mail Born on Christmas in 1955, Al was born the youngest boy with 2 older brothers that were 7 years older than him and sandwiched in between his 2 sisters.  They grew up with dad who served 21 years in the United States Air Force, were they moved about a lot never allowing deep roots to grow, connections, or relationships to be established.  Al's parents were Catholic and Al neve...

Send us Fan Mail Born and raised In Arizona and growing up the oldest of the 5 Casto boys, Rick was a trail blazer from the beginning. His father was his role model who he looked up to and wanted to be just like. He was riding dirt bikes, welding metal, and being a rebel before he was even 10! Rick was forced to go to church with his brothers by mom once she was saved. The royal rangers were some...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Logan, Utah to a couple parents who were free spirits and artists as well as teachers that traveled.   By the time he was in Kindergarten they had landed in casper, Wyoming and the parents were teaching art at the local university. As for Craig, he grew up an only child with no real friends because he was always being moved from place to place and no stability.  Craig didn...

Send us Fan Mail Born into a family full of pastors throughout her families generations,  Cheree' was always destined to fulfill the call of God on her life. She was born in Texas to a loving God fearing family  who pastored a church while she grew up at a young age.  She was saved at the age of 6, water baptized at the age of 8,  she was the worship leader by the time she was 12, and filled...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in "Nap Town" Indianapolis, Indiana, Justice had grandparents who built a baptist church and helped the community often. She had a biological father who was a pimp and had exposed Justice to that lifestyle at a very young age. She lived with her mom who was good, until addiction hit her life and she wasn't.  She struggled through all kinds of abuse both p...

Send us Fan Mail Tom was born in Ohio to a traditional Italian family. His dad was a struggling musician trying to make it, so they moved around a lot. Never really giving Tom an opportunity to  make friends or build roots in life. All the isolation left Tom feeling very lonely. He could be in room full of family or at school and still feel all alone. After high school, Tom enrolled at the Univers...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the SpeakLifeAZ podcast, we listen to Shrrene's powerful story of resilience to keep hope alive, a strength to overcome many abuses from a very young age, and the ability to now be able to help others in recovery who have gone through what she had to go through in life. She was born to a mother who was 17 years old, who traveled with the circus, and was a w...

Send us Fan Mail Born in New York To a huge family that was always around each other.  Many of dads family were Jewish, he was barmixtzfahed and his moms family was mormon. For Jacob, He grew up in the mormon wards, but never really felt like he fit in. He ended up finding a bass guitar and fell in love immediately and knew he was going to be a star playing music. He was joining bands and playing...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Ohio to a set of parents that fostered kids through the state,  Mike found himself fighting for anything and everything that came his way in life.  Needless to say childhood was hard with lots of fights, being not only a minority white kid in a predominantly black neighborhood, but also struggling to find his place within his own family.  Eventually the drugs, the streets,...

Send us Fan Mail Born in the state of Washington to good parents. Andrew had athletic talent at a young age. In high school Andrew was drafted 53rd overall by the New York Mets. He chose to go to college, instead of signing with the Mets, urged on by his father to go to school. After his freshman year he began experiencing headaches and dizziness. It was determined that he had a tumor on his neck...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in  a small town in Tennessee to a family that farmed, Dave decided at a very young age, he was NOT going to farm.  While in high school and college, Dave was introduced to the print shop, newspapers, the smell of fresh ink, Dave had found his love in life for a career. Listen and be amazed at where God has taken him in life and all the trials and hardships that he has...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in Whittier, California,  Ryan grew up in a broken home. He experienced many hardships from a very young age. His mom being a huge PCP dealer had exposed Ryan to many different kinds of people and another side of life, the darker side of life. He would become a drug addict using meth as much as he could, whenever he could get it. He came to a place of brokenness and hom...

Send us Fan Mail Raised in a very tight knit family with deep Mexican culture, Josema knew the Love of God from a very young age and has always had a reverance for God in his life. Listen to his journey with God and how he's now the father of 3 young kids with his wife, a future business owner, and a heart to help serve the homeless and needy community. Listen to his story and be amazed at hi...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Wisconsin to a mom and a dad who were drug dealers, it was going to be hard for Anthony in life. He was used to seeing his home raided often, the parents even had a hiding trap for all the dope and money because the cops always left empty handed, until the time they didn't. Once he met his wife they began their journey together in life with all its twists and turns. N...

Send us Fan Mail Addiction touches many families and in the end God can use it all. Listen to Rodney's story of growing up and finding drugs and alcohol at very young age. He found music was his escape at 15 when he picked up a guitar. That just led to the 80's music scene where drugs and alcohol were very prevalent. While in addiction, Rodney ends up getting arrested and going to prison...

Send us Fan Mail Not every testimony has to be tragic or riddled with trauma. There are many testimonies out there of God being faithful to those who love Him and obey His commands. We love these stories of Gods faithfulness because it shows if God will do it for them in their lives, God will do it for us as well because He is not a respecter of persons!! Listen to the story of Gods goodness all t...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up with one younger brother and one older brother, Adam fought constantly for his place in the family. When his parents divorced and remarried so quickly to new people, it kinda pushed the boys aside. With some traumatic life experiences at young age, kinda sent him off the rails. With no God really and no real leadership or mentorship in life, he kinda had to find his own...

Send us Fan Mail Born in upstate New York, from the outside it looked like the perfect family that Carrie was in, but she tells another story... With a father who was in war and suffered from PTSD and a drinking addiction, it was anything but!! Carrie had rebellion enter into her life as a teenager and started doing things she knew she should not be doing, but in her mind she "KNEW IT ALL&quo...

Send us Fan Mail Finding purpose in her pain! After the trauma of being molested, she found herself running into the arms of Jesus and a relationship with God. She married a youth pastor at a very young age and began life in ministry.  Even now at the young age of 74, Janice is finding so much purpose in helping others her age find their purpose in life. Listen and be encouraged about what God can...

Send us Fan Mail Renee was born in Canton, Ohio and from a very young age struggled to find herself and her place within her family.  Abused emotionally and physically at a very young age, she struggled to find the love that a young child should be GIVEN at home, which would cause her to make some very difficult choices in life as an adult. Listen and be amazed at how God can restore and Heal some...

Send us Fan Mail  God never promised in his Word that life would be easy, but He did promise that He would be there through it all. In this episode Mary shares how God saved her from being aborted as a baby, to God walking her through the drama of an addictive parent, and the loss of a newborn herself all the while staying faithful to God in His house and with His people. Listen and be in AWE of G...