Note: I apologize for the choppiness of the first part of this Podcast. Gina's screen froze 23 times, so I had to piece it together the best I could!
Gina was born and raised in Colorado, Gina has worked for the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, and in the healthcare industry. In 2012, she married her husband, Andy, and together they have 5 children. Their second child was born with Spina Bifida and so began their journey as a special needs family. After the birth of their 5th child, Gina became a stay-at-home mother and began a new chapter of homeschooling. She loves the Lord deeply, she is refreshed in the outdoors and she enjoys sitting down with a cup of tea and a good book or a dear friend.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
2:01- Faith in Early Childhood, Youth Group, Encountering Christ at Steubenville Conference
5:06- Faith While at College, FOCUS Missionaries Came
6:50- Working at USA Olympics Committee
8:05- Becoming FOCUS Missionary
9:18- Understanding God as Father
14:33- Not Having a Good Catholic Community in College & how FOCUS Changed That.
23:42- How Time as FOCUS Missionary was Healing in regards to the Father's Love
28:04- How Gina Met Andy & Dating
41:43- Getting Married
42:20- Finding out 2nd Child Will Have Spina Bifida
49:20- What Having a Child with Spina Bifida Has Been Like/Life Feels like a Tsunami with 5 Children in Total
1:00:00- Hidden Life of Marriage, Family Life & Having a Child with a Physical Disability
1:03:12- Guarding Marriage When Having a Child with Disabilities
1:09:13- How Having a Child with Disabilities Has Affected Gina personally & as a Mother
1:14:58- How Gina's Relationship with God has Changed in Motherhood/Child with Disabilities
1:23:23:- Not Letting Fear Consume You
1:26:33- Resources for Spina Bifida/Use Discipline Not to Google too Much
1:32:01- Outro
Music by Oleksii Holubiev
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