Marva Hanks
Devin and Shelby Wyman
Devin Wyman was a defensive lineman who played for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, and Minnesota Vikings NFL Europe Team. He also played in the arena football league for the San Jose Sabercats, Dallas Desperados, and the arena football champion, the Utah Blaze. And then he played in Europe for the Barcelona Dragons where he held the record for most sacks in a game with six. He now works with “The Winning Edge,” a non-profit that makes an impact on communities around the nation. Devin will speak about going down the wrong road with drugs, ultimately being arrested and jailed, and how he came out of it through the strength of Christ. Devin's wife, Shelby Wyman is a recording artist and beauty consultant. She will talk about overcoming the sudden death of her first husband.
Dr Grace Burke and Ray Briggs
Dr. Burke is an award-winning author and ordained minister who will discuss infertility and her adopted daughter's battle with drugs. Ray, seminary trained, now counsels men and their families but at one time was a victim of abuse and engaged in a self destructive lifestyle.
JanineAvila
Janine Avila, a Radio Show Host, Home Business Expert, Business Coach, Event Speaker and Entrepreneur, will talk about being raped at age 16 and raising the child who was born as a result of that rape. She will also discuss overcoming spousal abuse on two different occasions, and will share how she was able to raise seven kids as a single parent.
Cary Efurd
Few can comprehend, as Cary Efurd can, the trauma of being admitted to a mental hospital. But God’s healing touch transcended his hopeless situation and brought Cary into a life of wholeness and prosperity.
Kevin Almond
Author Kevin Almond is the President of Living Fire Youth Ministries International. He will share the unusual circumstances surrounding his birth. He will also talk about how being bullied as a child led to getting into the wrong crowd. Eventually God rescued him and that led to a lifetime of service in youth ministry.
Hollie Taylor
For 10 years, I tried to get back to Italy.” Hollie Taylor shares her fascinating story of how God brought salvation and healing, and in turn, the refined gift of returning to her beloved country.
Brian Troy and Darryl Horn
Brian Troy gives a transparent recap of what happened when he broke the law as a financial planner and ended up in prison. Find out how God turned his life around behind bars. Also hear the account of a former police officer who went through endured a number of difficult "surprises" in life, and how he overcame things like his daughter's marriage to a drug addict, the death of his beloved father, and being falsely accused at work.
Rod Harris and Sarah Pittman
Rod Harris, a renowned studio musician and producer was “living the dream” in London - touring with well-known artists and making his mark. But it only took one Christmas trip back home to the United States, for God to reinvent his dream. AND From living years in isolation as a little girl, to enduring a lonely marriage as an adult, Sarah Pittmann shares how Jesus rescued her from a life of hopelessness and despair.
Jim Munroe
Jim Munroe is a former Division One baseball player for the University of Texas and is a former illusionist who entertained thousands, but his life was turned downed upside down by a cancer battle that took him to death's door. Hear how God brought him through that stretch and how it turned a skeptic into an "all-in" believer and the leader over evangelism at a mega-church.