A sore arm, on-and-off fevers, and a three-year-old who couldn’t climb like she used to—what looked like growing pains became a leukemia diagnosis that rerouted an entire family’s life. Jesse Huiskin joins us to share Phinley’s story with candor and courage: the frantic ICU days, a suspected brain infection that wasn’t, a tiny arm bone broken by marrow pressure, and the long road of relearning how to walk, eat, and speak. Through each turn, she shows how small mercies and fierce love can coexist with fear, and how faith can hold when answers don’t.

We explore the practical side that most families don’t see until they’re in it: turning a sterile room into a child’s space, building a blanket fort around IV lines, managing meals and laundry, and coordinating work and siblings while living at the hospital. Jesse wrote Surviving to Thriving to give parents a handbook she couldn’t find—what to pack, what hospitals usually provide, how to advocate, and how to protect a child’s joy. Her mantra is simple and powerful: say yes. Yes to help, yes to community, yes to the small requests that make a hospital room feel like home.

We also confront a hard truth: only 8 percent of U.S. cancer research funding goes to pediatric cancers. Kids aren’t miniature adults, and outdated protocols cost lives. Jesse explains how Rally Foundation bridges that gap—funding research with 93 cents of every dollar going to mission and offering direct family support across the Gulf Coast. With Phinley’s Phighters we’re working towards research grant in Phinley's memory and inviting our community to join events that turn grief into momentum.

If you’ve faced loss, are starting a hospital journey, or want to help children get better treatments faster, this conversation offers both heart and a roadmap. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more families find real help and hope.

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What if your deepest setbacks became the signposts that point you toward your calling? We sit down with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jake Hawkins to trace a life shaped by a teenage femur fracture, a competitive path through medical training, and two seismic shocks early in marriage: his wife’s sudden type 1 diabetes diagnosis and the loss of his brother. Instead of breaking him, those seasons bent his heart toward Scripture, worship, and a quiet confidence that God weaves even unwelcome moments into purpose.

Jake opens up about the pressures of medical school, the uncertainty of the match, and the weight of surgical decisions that don’t allow do-overs. He shares why he prays before every surgery and how humility and God's presence guide his success. We explore how Galatians 2:20 reshapes identity, why 2 Chronicles 20 reframes fear as a call to prayer, and how spiritual warfare shows up in everyday stress. Miracles come up too: the unexplainable reversals that defy statistics and the quieter mercies delivered through skilled hands and sound medicine.

For future physicians and anyone navigating grief, doubt, or decision fatigue, Jake’s guidance is both practical and hopeful: be diligent where you are, let open doors confirm your path, and protect your soul with daily time in the Word and seasons of worship. Community matters—church, small groups, real accountability—because healing isn’t only a medical word. It’s what happens when courage meets truth in the presence of God.

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Ready to trade frantic resolutions for a quieter, stronger kind of growth? We kick off 2026 by rethinking goals through a biblical lens—less hustle, more presence. Together we explore how to set three simple, Spirit-led aims, write the vision with courage, and release the timeline to God’s appointed season. Along the way, we ground ambition in gratitude, invite the Holy Spirit’s counsel, and practice steady trust in the middle of real-life storms.

We unpack the trap of comparison and the myth that bigger goals mean greater worth. Instead, we talk about the holy weight of “small” callings: raising children with intention, reshaping family patterns, and serving faithfully at home. Scripture guides the journey—Habakkuk’s vision, Jeremiah’s promise of purpose, Matthew’s call to rest in today, and the Gospel scene where Jesus stills the wind and waves. If your year begins with stress, fear, or uncertainty, this conversation offers a path to peace by drawing close to the One who gets us to the other side.

Practical steps round out the episode: start in the Gospels to know Jesus’ voice, cut back on doomscrolling, carry a life-verse to renew your mind, and plug into a church and a small group for honest accountability. We also take time to pray for miracles and breakthroughs in health, finances, marriages, and families—believing nothing is too hard for the Lord and that we will see His goodness in the land of the living.

If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review to help others find Road to Redemption. Your story matters—what three goals will you commit to with God this year?

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