Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast
Turning hearts toward home
U.S. Air Date: September 16, 2009
How Can I Change?
Author Ann Kiemel talks about the emotional pain she endured as a result of several miscarriages and her struggles to adopt a child, and encourages listeners to embrace suffering so that God can use it to transform and bless them.
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Guest Biography
Ann Kiemel is a public speaker and a best-selling author who has written 17 books including Seduced by Success, This Is a Story About God and I'm Out to Change My World. She is currently working on her 18th book which addresses the challenges and needs of single parents. Ann's husband, Will, died of cancer in November, 2000. She has four adopted sons.
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