Praise Through It: Deployment Edition

Elisa Preston & Tori Evans
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Authors of the devotional Praise Through It: Deployment Edition interview a handful of military spouses who know what it's like to move through uncertainty, doubt, loneliness, and weariness. They've experienced multiple deployments, but even more than that, they've experienced God's guiding and kind hand in all of it. On the other side of that uncertainty, doubt, loneliness & weariness are two aspects of the military family life that help us thrive: gratitude and faith. Listen in as seasoned military wives tell us how they came to thrive during the various seasons of military life.

Episodes

  1. 03/19/2025

    Belonging, a Cancer Diagnosis, and The Good Life with God In the Military

    Sarah Sandifer is a storyteller who is always looking forthe good life while practicing courage in a hard life. An adventurous and fun-loving girl married to a soldier, she writes about life with God and life with each other, looking for the universal threads that keep us all connected.  Just like our other ladies, Sarah is so open and honest about the military life—the good and the hard. So listen in for some honest talk about belonging, a cancer diagnosis right before a deployment, and the good life with God as a military family. // LINKS www.SarahSandifer.Substack.com www.instagram.com/sarahsandifer Keep Your Courage podcast

    38 min

  2. 03/19/2025

    Faith as a Foundation for Military Life Through the Generations

    Peyton Roberts is a fiction and nonfiction author as well asa communications professional, church volunteer, seasoned Navy spouse, and (best of all) mother of two. Her stories have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Modern Love Podcast, Newsweek, and Military.com. She is the recipient of the Col. Wright Memorial Writing Award for creative nonfiction. Peyton’s newest book My Dearest Bea is a sweet collection of love letters her grandfather wrote to her grandmother aboard the USS Midway shortly after their wedding day. Her social impact novel, Beneath the Seams, explores the dark side of the world's fashion industry and was an Amazon #1 new release in contemporary Christian fiction.   To celebrate her husband's upcoming retirement from the Navy, this summer Peyton and her family will embark on ayearlong RV road trip. In addition to celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, they plan to visit dear friends from past duty stations and explore the country's national parks.   Listen in to Peyton’s graciousness and wisdom as she shares about her faith and military wife journeys and how they’ve coincided with one another. // LINKS: Author, Beneath the Seams (An Amazon #1 new release!) Watch the video book trailer peyton-roberts.comSubscribe to Receive Email UpdatesTwitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Goodreads // Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Homefront Heroes Ministry

    49 min

  3. 03/19/2025

    Triplets, Community & Faith Through Deployment

    Heather Eberhart, author of Military Wife Field Manual,encourages wives to navigate military life with grace, community, purpose, and hope. She and her family have just finished being stationed in Gulfport, Mississippi, where only Jesus knows how many moving stickers are on the back of her furniture. Heather and her husband, Mike, have four kids—to include a set of triplets!   Tori and I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation, and we knowyou will too. She talks so much about bringing faith into the deployment journey, leaning into community, parenting, and getting our daily dose of Jesus. Listen in, we know you’ll love it. // LINKS: Military Wife Field Manual (found on Amazon) - https://a.co/d/0AgHWY2 Praying Through Loneliness (found wherever books are sold) - https://a.co/d/4O5oE4I https://www.instagram.com/heatherleberhart/?hl=en

    40 min

  4. 03/19/2025

    Real Talk on Military Life, Deployment, and Praise Through It: Deployment Edition

    For more than two decades, Tori Evans and Elisa Preston have lived their Army Wife lives. Between the two of them, they have about a dozen deployments and a million+ TDYs under their belts, and while one is heading for retirement (Elisa), the other (Tori) still isn't sure what news her husband will bring home at the end of each day. So what did they do with some of their deployment time? Aside from running a home and raising kids and replacing water heaters and batteries in the smoke alarm at 3 a.m.? They wrote a devotional, of course. Because the thread that runs through every one of those military separations is FAITH. Faith in a good, strong, omniscient God who cares about the finite details while tending to our whole story. Join Elisa & Tori for four meaningful, in-depth conversations of how faith & military spouse life intersect. They talk to each other, then three other military wives who've had their fair share of deployments & TDYs, as well. If you're a military wife, we hope these ladies will inspire & encourage you. If you're a friend to a military wife, we hope these conversations will help you care even better for your friends. And if you're just curious about military life, we hope you find these conversations interesting & informative. However you found us, we're glad you're here! // SHOW LINKS: TORI: https://www.instagram.com/torievansphotos/ https://www.torievansphotos.com https://www.instagram.com/lifewithtorievans/ ELISA: https://www.instagram.com/elisapreston/ https://www.elisapreston.com https://www.elisapreston.com/books Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=elisa+preston+books&crid=13NY6BJ9OCR3V&sprefix=elisa+preston+book%2Caps%2C105&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

    49 min
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Authors of the devotional Praise Through It: Deployment Edition interview a handful of military spouses who know what it's like to move through uncertainty, doubt, loneliness, and weariness. They've experienced multiple deployments, but even more than that, they've experienced God's guiding and kind hand in all of it. On the other side of that uncertainty, doubt, loneliness & weariness are two aspects of the military family life that help us thrive: gratitude and faith. Listen in as seasoned military wives tell us how they came to thrive during the various seasons of military life.

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