Episode One

Two Small Town Girls Episode 1


Hi!  Hope you enjoyed podcast episode 1.  Here is what was talked about today.

Intro:
Christina:  Married to her high school sweetheart.  Two red headed daughters ages 16 and 12.  Her husband is a high school football coach and athletic director.   Christina is a nurse.  Free time spent with family having fun and at sporting events.
Melissa:  Married to 1 and mom to 3.  Two boys, Brayden (8) and Eli (6), and are busy rambunctious firecrackers.  3 year old daughter, Grace, who is a diva!  She runs the house.  Free time is spent at the boys sporting events and keeping the kids active.  Melissa is also a nurse.

Friendship background:
Melissa and Christina met because their husbands played football together in college.  Their friendship developed later as adults over the bond of football loving husbands, kids, and career.  Their friendship really developed over the last several years.  Recently they have been walking through some hard life experiences as friends and support systems for each other.  They are part of an eclectic group of friends who husbands also played football together in college.  They do an annual girls trip together every year and just have a really great time together.  Love living in community together.

Podcast idea birth:
Melissa and Christina LOVE Jamie Ivey Happy Hour podcast and have a pretend best friend in Jen Hatmaker.  These two amazing women live in Austin and are friends.  Melissa called Christina and said that reports are that Charleston is the new Austin.  Christina said then they should definitely be the Charleston Jamie Ivey and Jen Hatmaker.  Christina and Melissa spend a lot of time in their cars for work and love podcast.  They saw the benefits to doing a podcast were to have intentional time together, saw a need for this outlet for women in general, share encouragement and empowerment, and have a really great time!
Melissa and Christina have a great time together and laugh constantly.  They hope the podcast will bless, encourage, and empower others in the same way.

Not always social media perfect:
We want a show that is an honest reflection of what we go through in real life and not always what just shows up in our pretty pictures on social media.  We want to be transparent, real, and authentic in the content that we bring you.

WE WANT FEEDBACK:
We would love to have your feedback.  We want the podcast to bless you and be what you want to hear so please let us know.  You can email us at twosmalltowngirlspodcast@gmail.com.  We would love to hear about what is rocking your world and what God is rocking your heart with.  We want to also have guests so if you have suggestions for guests we would love to hear that too!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE:
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What's rocking our world:
Christina:  Erase Paste is rocking Christina's world.  Christina says it is Holy Water in a jar developed by Jesus and covers up everything you don't want anyone to see.  It is by Benefit and Christina gets hers at Ulta.
Melissa:  FIA- Females in Action: www.fianation.com
Peer led Christian based exercise group. Boot camp style work out as a group with various ages and fitness levels with a devotion at the end. They give you a fun "FIA" name for working out.

New Year Resolutions:
Melissa:  Melissa is not doing resolutions this year, but picking a word to frame her year around.  Her 2016 word is PEACE.  She wants to be proactive and intentional this year to have more peace.  She wants to have more intentional quiet time with the Lord because of what a huge physical and emotional difference it makes in daily life.
Christina:  Christina is also not doing resolutions this year.  She is picking a scripture to live the year by.  She has felt led to claim this as an Ephesians 3:20 year.  She knows that the Lord is able to accomplish immeasurably more than what she can even imagine and is committed to believing the Lord will accomplish big things this year.  Christina wants this to be a year of physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness and be all in for God.

What is God rocking our hearts for:
Melissa:  She Reads Truth Advent really rocked her heart this holiday season.  It highlighted just the sacrifice that was made for our spiritual freedom.  It also highlighted not getting caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season and really time to reflect on Jesus birth and what that means for us as Christians.
Christina:  Beth Moore is really being used by God to rock Christina's heart right now.  Beth's bible studies have been giving Christina a peace through God's word through her beautiful writing.  Christina highly recommends Beth's Esther study.

Links:

Email: 
twosmalltowngirlspodcast@gmail.com

Instagram:
@twosmalltowngirlspodcast
@melissacherman
@christinamcd1999

Blog:
Christina:  forloveandfootball.blogspot.com
Melissa:  blog.ouruncommonfamily.com
Podcast:  twosmalltowngirlspodcast.blogspot.com