This week, Debi and Sam are joined by special guest Marissa Nordlum.

In this very special extended episode, Marissa shares her testimony of motherhood and of how all children are blessings, fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of a God who loves them.

At twenty weeks pregnant with their first child, Marissa and her husband Jordan were told by doctors that their precious baby showed markers of having Trisomy 21, more commonly known as Down's Syndrome.

Marissa shares her journey of balancing medical advice and the negative words of medical professionals being spoken over their child, including a recommendation to abort him, with their strong faith in God's enduring plan for their son's life.

Marissa talks about the burden she now has for other moms who receive fetal diagnoses and have to walk a similar path. More care needs to be given in guarding the hearts and minds of parents and valuing and protecting the precious gifts growing in the womb. Here are some helpful links

Navigating Fetal Concerns https://fetalconcerns.com/

Gigi's Playhouse: Down's Syndrome Achievement Center https://gigisplayhouse.org/phoenix/

Down's Syndrome Network https://dsnetworkaz.org/

Sharing Down's Syndrome AZ https://sharingds.org/

Rod's Heroes https://www.rods.org/

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This week, Debi and Sam are joined by John Hansen, Vietnam Veteran, retired police officer and author.

John served in the Navy during Vietnam, served as a police officer in the state of Washington and over his lifetime also served as a private detective, a bounty hunter, on the Maricopa County Sherrif's mounted posse, and assisted with border security.

John wrote a book about his marriage and his wife's battle with cancer as well as a series of historical fiction novels loosely based on his career in law enforcement.

The Mystery of the Unseen Hand, Bluesuit Chronicles Book 6 (on Amazon) https://a.co/d/apPZkHU

Song of the Waterwheel: The True Story of a Love and Marriage that Beat the Odds by John Hansen. (on Amazon) https://a.co/d/gQ0mWSi

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This week, Debi and Sam are joined by Kris Hutson, superintendent of Dream City Christian Schools.

Kris, Debi and Sam discuss the importance of Christian education.

Children spend roughly 16,000 hours of their lives in school from kindergarten through high school. Are those hours being used to disciple or indoctrinate children? As culture grows increasingly hostile to a biblical worldview, Christian influences become more important.

Kris, Debi and Sam also discuss school choice laws in Arizona and how they can help parents make the best educational decisions for their children. They explain ESAs and STOs, how they can help make Christian education affordable for families and how taxpayers, both individuals and businesses can get a dollar for dollar tax credit for STO donations to help other families.

To learn more about Dream City Christian Schools visit hhttps://dreamcityschools.org/

To learn about STOs for Christian Schools visit https://acsto.org/

Kris Hutson's book recommendations: "Raising Spiritual Champions" by George Barna, "Indoctrinating our Children to Death" by Alex Newman, and "Battle for the American Mind" by Pete Hegseth

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