Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy Podcast.

I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life,

the little things in life and the little things in life, and everything in between.

Hey friends, I'm Nicki Auchin, team member of the Happy Hour Podcast. Due to an

unexpected crisis, Jamie is going to be delaying her book publicity and tour. She's also going to take a break from

social media, public appearances, and recording new shows at this time. We want to give her space

to process, discern and recover.

We are so incredibly thankful for the community that Jamie has built here at the happy hour,

and we know that you want to share your love and support for her.

The best way that you can do that is by listening to this pre-recorded show and sharing this episode with a friend.

We're so thankful for you.

Christie, welcome to the happy hour.

Jamie, it's so good to see you. I cannot wait for our conversation today.

Well, this is super exciting for a couple reasons.

I want to give you a little back story, okay?

So we met in person last year at the

curriculum conference and that was the first time we'd met in person am I right that's

right yeah the first and only time the first and only unfortunately there has to be more but this is what I

want to say about you is I knew who you were. I heard your name a million

times. I knew that you were this smart Bible teacher. I knew that I loved every time I actually heard your voice

teaching me before I actually met you. And so I just want to say that when I met you, it was one of the

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