Bedside Bible changed everything- Gaby Viesca

She believed she was never going to be a Christian. Farthest thing from her mind. Gaby Viesca was a highly successful soccer player turned upward mobile corporate executive for Genreal Electric. She was on the fast track to success at a very young age. Being famous and wealthy were her life goals. She had no time for God.

Until it all changed in a moment.

This is her amazing story. You will hear all of the details of a life completely transformed in this, episode 37, of Amazing Greats.

Gaby's persistent mom, the story of "Ester" and faith the size of a mustard seed lead to her changed life based on her profound 4 word prayer and declaration:

"YOUR WILL BE DONE"

Enjoy this upbeat and inspirational look into the life of Gaby Viesca and what has led to her love of the Bible and what she calls her "Freelance Ministry".

GABBY VIESCA AT A GLANCE

Former International Business Consultant • Biblical Studies Graduate • Pastor • Speaker • Freelance Minister

Topics

Faith • Soccer • Mexican National Team • Sports Injury • Healing • Bible • Jesus • GE • International Business • Ministry • Prayer • Doubt • Spiritual Practices • Calling • Surrender

Her Faith Journey

Mexican upbringing → Sports-focused life without faith → Devastating back injury and bone infection → Mother reads the Bible at her bedside → Encounter with Scripture → Baptism → Recovery and walking again → Surrenders career to God → 40-day retreat → Biblical studies → Pastoral ministry → Freelance ministry

This Episode Explores

• Gabby Viesca's childhood in Mexico

• Her elite soccer career and Mexican national team experience

• The injury that left her bedridden for nine months

• Her mother's persistence in reading the Bible

• Her first encounter with Scripture and Jesus

• Her dramatic recovery and return to walking

• Surrendering her corporate career at GE

• A 40-day retreat devoted to seeking God

• Moving from international business into ministry

• Prayer, doubt and hearing from God

• Spiritual practices beyond traditional church settings

• Loving people who think differently

Questions Answered

• Who is Gabby Viesca?

• How did Gabby Viesca become a Christian?

• What happened to Gabby's back?

• How did her mother introduce her to the Bible?

• What happened when Gabby heard the book of Esther?

• What led Gabby to believe in Jesus?

• Why did Gabby leave her career at GE?

• What happened during her 40-day retreat?

• How did she move into pastoral ministry?

• How does Gabby approach doubt?

• How does she listen for God?

• How can we tell whether something is from God or ourselves?

• What does Gabby believe about spiritual practices?

• What Scripture guides her life?

Core Story

Gabby Viesca's journey from elite athlete and international business professional to follower of Jesus and minister began with a devastating injury, her mother's persistence, and a life-changing encounter with Scripture. Her response was to surrender her future to God and spend her life getting to know Him.

From Soccer Star to Servant: Gabby Viesca on Faith, Healing, Surrender & Following God

Amazing Greats with Ric Hansen

Podcast Transcript

Ric Hansen: All I can say is today's guest of Amazing Greats is a ball of fire, an inspiration, and her story is nothing short of amazing. From a background that had no room for God to a life that is dedicated to knowing more and more about God, it started with a sports injury and her mom insisting on reading the Bible at her bedside.

The life transformation that took place in those months is truly amazing. And her energy and enthusiasm in sharing that story is something I guarantee you're going to love.

Without delay, let's get into our conversation with Gabby Viesca. She is coming to us live. I love this because with Zoom, we can talk anywhere in the world. And you are, at this very moment, on vacation-ish in Mexico, correct?

Gabby Viesca: Correct. Monterrey, Mexico.

Ric Hansen: Monterrey, all right. Let's do a quick introduction so folks know who we're talking with today. You serve as the director of strategic planning and outreach at Portland Seminary, you're an assistant campus pastor at George Fox University, and you hold a master's degree in biblical studies and a bachelor's degree in international business.

You were deeply involved in the world of international business, working as a junior consultant in the city of Puebla, Mexico, providing business coaching and strategy to young entrepreneurs. You also designed global business strategies for General Electric that were implemented worldwide.

Then there was a transition from the corporate world to the pastoral ministry world. We're going to get into all of that here right now.

But let's start with Gabby as a little girl in Mexico. You were born and raised in Mexico. Did you have a Christian background?

Gabby Viesca: Yes and no. Let me explain.

I was born and raised in a city called Torreón. Every time I mention that city, people just go, "What?" Nobody knows where that is, but it's in northern Mexico.

There was a whole lot of religious influence in my life simply because I was born in Mexico, which is a deeply Catholic country. Any party, any quinceañera, any baptism, weddings—you're just part of a Catholic atmosphere.

The interesting thing with me is that I was not raised Catholic. My dad was Catholic, and my mom grew up Methodist—which I always joke about because I feel like there are three Methodists in Mexico, and my mom is one of them. This is a 99-percent Catholic country, so it was an odd upbringing for me.

But I wasn't raised Methodist either. So it was this weird space where I knew I didn't really belong somewhere religiously or spiritually. I always saw myself kind of from the outside, and there were some benefits to that.

So the answer is, no, I was not really brought up as a Christian in my day-to-day practices. But I had a heavy Catholic influence simply because I'm Mexican.

Ric Hansen: Where along the line did that become a part of who you are? Where did you become acquainted with Jesus? Was there a special "aha" Jesus moment?

Gabby Viesca: There's a massive moment, Ric. You need to tell me now: Do I have five minutes, 50 seconds, or three hours?

Ric Hansen: Let's go with an hour.

Gabby Viesca: Okay. There definitely is a massive moment.

I was a soccer player. I was a big-time athlete. I played sports all my life. I actually played soccer for the Mexican national team under 16.

So, just to give you a sense of how hardcore of an athlete I was, I thought I had everything I needed. There was no need for God. I was starting games and doing what I loved.

At some point in my athletic career, I got an injury. I was told I shouldn't play again. I was a goalie, and I was a pretty crazy goalie. I was just landing on my head, my back, my face. I didn't care. I ruined my back and kept playing. I did not listen. I was super stubborn.

Eventually I graduated with a degree in international business and went to work for GE. I was selected for what I now see as the grace of God. Back then, I thought it was all my merit, which is not what it was, because I was extremely young for the type of role they were giving me.

I was going to go to India to launch a big branch for GE. And right before that, I went to play soccer—just a pickup game—even though I knew I wasn't supposed to.

I dove in the air, landed, and a disc in my back ruptured. I needed emergency surgery.

They told me I had to rest for three to four months, but I had to be in India the following month. For me, as an international business graduate, that was a dream come true at age 24—to go and launch a branch for GE on the other side of the world.

So I didn't listen.

I went to see all sorts of alternative medicine options, and I ended up getting a bone infection that left me lying in a bed for nine months.

This was intense, right? I was the kind of person who was always doing something, always on the go, and suddenly I'm in bed and I can't move.

Those nine months—I can't summarize them. Every time I share this story, I remember different things.

I had to revisit everything I thought I wanted in life because I thought I was never going to walk again.

All I wanted in the past was to be famous, have lots of money, and be recognized. And I was in that bed thinking, "What do I want all those things for if I can't even get out of my bed?"

My mom came to the hospital where I was staying. She had been a devoted Christian all her life, and she started talking to me about God.

I was like, "Absolutely not. I do not want to hear anything about God."

I had this big shield up.

But every morning, Ric, every morning, she asked me if she could read the Bible to me.

And every morning I said no.

"You can read the newspaper to me. You can read whatever you want to read to me. There are tons of great novels you can read to me."

I was very arrogant.

Ric Hansen: Were you kind of blaming God for where you were?

Gabby Viesca: No. God, to me, was just an idea in my head.

Only weak people needed an idea—an ideology—to hold on to. God wasn't even a person in my mind, or a spirit, or a being. He was an ideology.

So no, I wasn't blaming God at all. I wasn't aware of God anywhere in my life.

One day I was so tired of her asking me the same question every morning that I said, "You know what? Sure."

Just so she would stop asking me.

I said, "Sure, you can read the Bible to me."

And then I said, "But don't read... You know, there are some crazy stories in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament."

I had never opened the Bible, but I'd heard about people killing other people. I said, "Don't read those crazy stories to me."

And she was so wise. She said, "Fair enough. How about I read to you a book where they don't even mention the word God?"

Ric Hansen: And you said, "Bingo!"

Gabby Viesca: Yes! "Bingo. Yes, do that!"

So she read the book of Esther to me, where the actual word "God" is never mentioned.

And the craziest thing happened, Ric.

I mentioned that she was Methodist—not a charismatic denomination. This is important. I had zero experience with miracles. Nothing.

As soon as she started reading the Bible, I was taking the highest doses of morphine at that time, and I was still in excruciating pain.

But she started reading the Bible, and the pain went away.

I was grateful and shocked—and annoyed. I didn't want her to know, and I didn't tell her.

In my head I thought, "Oh, she's going to think I'm going to fall for this Christian thing, and I'm never going to be a Christian."

So I said to her, "That is such a lovely story. Can you read it again?"

Just so I wouldn't feel the pain.

Now, as I look back at that moment, knowing that the Word of God is alive, there's no way you can be exposed to it and not be transformed by it or touched by it.

Every single day of Bible reading did something to me.

Ric Hansen: Wow.

Gabby Viesca: That's one moment I can share. I could tell you so much more about me actually walking again, but we can stop for now.

Ric Hansen: We're talking with freelance minister and inspiring speaker Gabby Viesca on Amazing Greats. At what point did you get up and become pain-free and start walking again?

Gabby Viesca: You would think that after having such a crazy response—my first encounter with the Bible was a physical encounter because I felt it in my body—that would be all I needed to acknowledge the power and presence of God.

No. I needed way more.

From that moment until I actually walked again, it was another three or four months. I started reading the Bible for the first time at age 24 or 25 and slowly getting acquainted with this Jesus guy.

At first I just thought he was a cool guy. I thought, "If he were an influencer today, I'd follow him."

I didn't know about him being the Son of God. That was a stretch.

But it was a slow progression.

Eventually I got to the point where it was either making a decision or making no decision whatsoever, because I knew I was dying.

The infection I had was slowly killing me. Literally.

Even though no doctor said this to my face, they said it to my parents. I just knew it inside of me.

There were a few nights when they told my parents, "You should say goodnight to Gabby. She might not wake up tomorrow."

They never told me that, but I knew. Deep inside.

When you're that close to death, something happens inside of you.

I knew I was dying because by this point it had been months of not moving. It took doctors months to figure out what was wrong with me. They just said, "We don't know what's wrong with her. We just know it's going to get worse."

And it was already really bad.

One day I remember this prayer.

In my opinion, it is the most powerful prayer I've ever prayed, and the most powerful prayer I will ever pray.

Nothing will ever compare to this.

I was in my bed knowing that I was going to die, and I started talking to God.

I said, "You know what, God? I know that I'm on my way out. I feel it in my body. I feel it in my spirit, and I'm okay with that."

By that point, I had been baptized. They had taken me out of the hospital bed to baptize me. It was awesome, very slowly, because I couldn't move.

At that point I was convinced that God was with me, that God was for me, and that there was life with God after this physical life.

So once I had made that shift in my head and in my soul, I said to God:

"I know I'm on my way out. I have peace because I know where I'm going. However, I'm only 25 years old. If you give me a second chance, I'm going to spend every second of my life getting to know you, getting closer to you, talking to others about how wonderful you are. And that'll be my life."

I went to bed.

The next morning, the passage I was reading was about having faith the size of a mustard seed.

Remember, I'm reading the Bible for the first time in my life.

I read that passage where Jesus says all you need is faith the size of a mustard seed, and you can tell this mountain to move and it'll move.

I thought, "That is wild."

In Mexico, at least where I'm from, mustard seeds are not common. I didn't know if we were talking about an avocado seed or what kind of seed we were talking about.

So I Googled the size of a mustard seed because I didn't know.

I found out it was this tiny, insignificant thing you can hold between your fingers.

And I thought, "Faith the size of that? I've got no more. But if that's all we need, because it says right here, I am good."

So I told my mom, who was still in that hospital room with me, "Mom, I'm going to get up and walk."

She said, "Gabby, what are you talking about?"

I said, "This book that you introduced me to says all I need is faith the size of a mustard seed, and that's all I've got."

The worst that could happen is that I fall and you pick me up.

So they handed me a walker—one of those walkers with the tennis balls at the bottom.

I called them walkers for old people because when you're 25, anyone over 40 is old. Now we're almost there!

Anyway, I finished my prayer from the night before, and it was simply four words in English:

"Your will be done."

It was a declaration that assumed an acceptance of whatever the outcome was going to be for my life.

That's why I call it a prayer. It was something coming from my heart that was a mix between, "I trust you. I know who you are, God. I know that your will is powerful, and ultimately it was God's will that I wanted for me."

And I was able to get up.

Obviously, you're not seeing me physically, but you can see me moving on the screen. I can walk.

The nurses came running.

I was holding myself with my arms on the walker. I tried to drag one foot, and then I thought, "That is not walking. That's a step. I need another one."

So I dragged my other foot.

I was walking.

And then I fell because I was so excited.

But eventually I walked again.

The nurses who knew me so well started screaming across the hallway and running:

"La niña que no puede caminar, camina!"

"The girl who cannot walk is walking!"

It was crazy.

Ric Hansen: My gosh. What a great story.

I'd kind of heard about the illness, but the details are what make this story so wonderful.

So you got up and walked. And then, because you made that commitment—the declaration that His will would be done—you changed your career path at that point?

Gabby Viesca: At that very point, Ric.

It was wild. It was radical.

The GE company I worked for was wonderful. They didn't ask me for any medical reports to prove that I was sick. They kept paying me and held my job for me. They were fantastic.

Then I showed up almost a year later.

I came back just for two weeks, and during those two weeks I went back home after work and thought, "I made a promise. My life was going to look different."

They didn't think I was going to make it, let alone walk.

So I went and talked to my boss. She was not pleased. She wasn't happy. But she's a good friend, and I actually saw her last month.

I said, "I cannot keep this job because I need to know who this God is that I barely know."

And I continue to feel that way years later. I barely know God.

But especially back then, it was true.

God gave me—me, not anyone else—someone like me, who was a cheater, who was always in trouble, who was arrogant. And He gave me a second chance.

"Who is He?"

That was my driving question.

So I quit right there in front of her.

Then I went on a 40-day retreat because, in my encounters with the Bible, I kept seeing "40 days, 40 days, 40 days."

I thought, "I guess there's something special in 40 days."

And there is.

I took 40 days and went to a tiny little beach in southern Mexico. I read the Bible and served at a small church there.

I wasn't going to come back unless I had either heard from God, made a commitment, or knew what my next steps would be.

My next step was: "I need to go to school. I need to study the Bible left and right, up and down. I need to spend years studying this text and getting to know this God."

The only reason I did that—I never saw myself in ministry—was to answer one question:

Who is this God who is so generous to me?

That was the driving question.

Ric Hansen: Our guest is an inspiring speaker and friend of Jesus, Gabby Viesca, with her incredible life story.

You ended up getting a master's in theology. At that point you must have felt much more comfortable with what that book was all about.

But you still don't have it mastered, right?

Gabby Viesca: Which, for me, is a good thing.

The Bible challenges me all the time.

I was in love with that text. But more than the text, because the text is nothing unless you see that it's pointing you to God.

It's a text.

Ric Hansen: Where did you end up coming to the United States?

Gabby Viesca: My master's was in the United States.

My plan was to go back to Mexico because I actually love my country so much. My life in Mexico is a good life, and my family and I were blessed to have a really good life there.

I never dreamed about going to the United States.

As I was approaching graduation, people were asking me what I was going to do.

I thought, "I'm a businesswoman. I just have one question I need to answer. I haven't answered it, but I'm okay going back to the business world."

And they're like, "You're not going into ministry?"

I said, "Oh no. That is not for me."

Looking back, it's awesome to see how God intervenes in your journey. The hand of God is everywhere.

At that time, though, it looked different to me.

I had my student visa, which works as a work permit for one year when you're an international student. I didn't know that.

The international student department told me, "Gabby, why don't you stay? You have a work permit. People around the world would do anything to get a work permit for the United States."

I said, "No. My life is pretty good in Mexico. I don't need to stay."

They kept insisting.

At some point I had to start telling people, "Not every Mexican person wants to move to the States."

I love living in Mexico.

But after a while, people kept telling me this was a great chance and that I might as well explore it.

And once you use the word "explore" with me, Ric, I'm all in.

Because then I think, "Oh, adventure. For sure."

I started applying for jobs.

The caveat to the work permit is that you can only use it if the job is completely related to your degree. And my degree was in Bible, so my options were limited.

I reached out to all these churches thinking, "Me at a church? There's no way."

I found a job for a women's pastor in Portland, applied, and the rest is history. I ended up moving there.

But I did not want that at all.

In fact, when I went to my interview, I gave them five reasons why they should not hire me.

And I ended up staying there.

It was the perfect team to meet with me and take those questions.

Ric Hansen: So basically what you're doing today is pastoring?

Gabby Viesca: Yes and no.

Right now, I actually just finished at George Fox. I was doing that—the director role with the master's programs.

I'm transitioning to doing, for lack of a better term, freelance ministry.

I love being in many different spaces and not just staying within one specific church body.

At least that's the season I'm in right now, because I get to experience all the different flavors and languages and modes of experiencing God as a community.

This Sunday I'll be preaching somewhere else, and next month I'll be preaching at another church.

I get to do church life with a lot of different communities.

Ric Hansen: It seems like such a natural fit for you because you can walk onto a stage—and I've seen several of your videos—and you can feel the love, the comfort. You're immediately a wonderful influence on this new group of people.

Your comfort level with that is obvious, and people are attracted to you.

Our mutual friend Scott introduced me to you on video. He said, "You're going to love this gal because she's inspirational, she's energetic, she's just a ball of fire."

I said, "I've got to check that out."

And you were. It was amazing.

So are you accepting invitations to preach all over the place?

Gabby Viesca: I love to facilitate experiences for churches and for leaders.

There are things I do, like sessions that I call "Dreaming a Spiritual Practice."

Sometimes we're so stuck in very specific ways of experiencing our faith that need to look like one thing or another.

When we're aware of God's presence all around us all the time, when we just change our posture, there are many other things that we can engage as a spiritual practice too.

I do things like that.

And I used to do radio a long time ago in Mexico. I miss that.

That's why when I got your invitation to this podcast, I thought, "Yes! It's kind of similar."

Ric Hansen: What kind of radio did you do? Was it ministry?

Gabby Viesca: Always as a guest.

No, this was a long time ago, back when there was no room for God in my life, even though He was all around me.

Ric Hansen: So you were a guest athlete, kind of? That was your identity at that point?

Gabby Viesca: Right before athlete, I was doing a lot of leadership, speaking and training.

I've done so many things, Ric.

Ric Hansen: You have, for such a young lady.

Gabby Viesca: I get bored.

But I'm committed. I'm committed to God. I won't get bored of that one.

Ric Hansen: You got married not all that long ago—about two years ago?

How did that happen? You met this man, and was he a Christian himself?

Gabby Viesca: Yes.

His parents are very committed to the church. My in-laws are wonderful.

He grew up in the church. He went through his own journey of changing from "This is my parents' faith" to "Now this is my faith."

It's a beautiful—and sometimes painful—journey, but he went through that.

Right now we're part of some small groups, and those are some of the best conversations Daniel and I have when we're just talking about, "What do you think about this?"

It's theological conversations with all the things that we wrestle with—which is a lot.

We wrestle with so many things.

I think the beauty is not in having a question or a doubt, but in engaging it and discovering what God shows you.

Ric Hansen: How about faith challenges or struggles with doubt? Do those creep in at this point in your life, or have you eliminated that based on your commitment to God?

Gabby Viesca: Oh no. They get bigger and bigger every second, Ric.

Every day there are more questions and more doubt.

I think because I did not grow up in the church, there is a lot of baggage that I don't have.

I do have baggage within the church and Christianity, for sure. But I did not grow up in a space or denomination or church where you have to believe this or that or else.

Because my encounter with God was so physical, so tangible, my starting point is the God who is real and exists.

I cannot deny it because I have my X-ray where there were two vertebrae missing in my back, and two weeks later the bones were back.

In two weeks, my bones grew back.

And I have the X-ray.

So there's no way I can deny God's existence.

Once I have that nailed down in my heart, I can explore any question or doubt very freely.

There's a massive movement about deconstruction.

To me, deconstruction can either be an awful thing when your intent is to destroy something, or it can be the most beautiful thing when what you're seeking is the truth.

And the truth is Jesus is the truth, the way, and the light.

For me, reading Romans 12, when it says to renew your mind so that you can appreciate the will of God, that's deconstructing to me.

Renew whatever's in your head so that you can see a little bit more clearly.

Paul says we see as if we were looking into a foggy mirror.

So, yes, I have a lot of questions.

Ric Hansen: How do you communicate on an ongoing basis with Jesus, with God? Through prayer?

Gabby Viesca: It is.

I go through seasons, Ric.

There are seasons in my life when I'm journaling like crazy, and I journal my conversations with God.

I know that God is with me, and the Spirit of God speaks to me.

Sometimes I write a question for God in my journal and start writing whatever comes to my mind. Later I revisit it and think, "This does sound like it did not come from me."

I do all sorts of things.

Sometimes I go through seasons where I go on long hikes—no phone, no music, nothing—and I'm just praying, just speaking with God.

There are times when I intentionally want to be more about hearing instead of talking.

Sometimes we confuse prayer with, "I'll just talk to God."

I'm not saying that is wrong, because we're still sharing our heart and thoughts with God. But very few people wait to see if there's something in return—if God is saying something to me.

Sometimes I just read the Bible asking God to reveal something to me, and that is my prayer.

Other times I'm just with friends and I take a step back and acknowledge that when two or three gather together in the name of God, He is there in the middle.

In our conversation, I experience it as a prayer.

Ric Hansen: Yeah.

Gabby Viesca: And there are times when I'm struggling to pray, obviously.

Ric Hansen: Yeah, that happens too.

Gabby Viesca: One hundred percent.

Sometimes I'm talking and I feel like I should be saying something to God. Or I'm trying to hear from God and there's nothing.

Those are the valleys we all go through.

And I'm okay with that because I've got my history with God.

Sometimes when I'm struggling to connect with God, when I'm struggling to become aware of God's presence around me, I think, "You know what? This is similar to when I'm sick and I'm longing for those days when I feel okay."

Right now it's just a bump, and it'll change.

Ric Hansen: Sometimes I go through this, and I talk to other folks who go through it too.

Is it coming from God, or is it just coming from my brain? Because I want it to. It's sometimes very tough to distinguish.

Gabby Viesca: Absolutely.

You just touched on what is probably the number-one question I get asked as a pastor:

"When I hear something, is this God or is it me?"

By far, that's the most common question I get asked.

What I say to people is this: The question itself isn't necessarily wrong, but it can be tricky.

When we separate them—when we polarize them as either God or myself—we're saying that whatever my thought is cannot be God's.

Ideally, the closer we are to God, the more our thoughts should be God's thoughts.

So instead of asking, "Is it left or right? Good or bad? Is it God or is it me?" a question I suggest asking is:

"Is it true?"

Whatever is true—truth can come from God, it can come from you, it can come from someone else, from a pastor speaking on a Sunday, or from a passage you're reading.

If it is true, it's a gift from God.

Ric Hansen: Or something that you wrote in a journal.

Gabby Viesca: Yes.

Ric Hansen: We always try to keep these to about 40 minutes. I don't know how we're doing on time here right now.

Gabby Viesca: We're in Mexican time, Ric.

Ric Hansen: I love that.

Is there a Scripture verse that you pull out and live by—something that provides guidance every day?

Gabby Viesca: Yes and no.

There are different verses that speak to me at different times and different seasons of my life.

If I'm debating something about whether women should preach or not, I'll go to Galatians, and there are verses I'll talk about with fire.

But those aren't necessarily the ones I live with on a regular basis.

One that I can think of is when Jesus talks to His disciples and says, "This is how other people will know you're My disciples: by the way you love one another."

When we're struggling with politics, when we're struggling with ideology, when we're struggling with anything—how will I show that I'm a disciple?

By loving the person in front of me.

By loving the group that thinks differently from me.

That is a straightforward kind of filter line. I don't know what to call it.

Ric Hansen: It's almost like a rule of life.

Gabby Viesca: I appreciate that one.

These days, with all that's going on in the world, that's one that speaks to me and guides me.

Ric Hansen: Absolutely.

So now, how can we support Gabby?

There are several YouTube videos available. I looked up your name, and several pop up. All of the ones I've seen are excellent.

Is there anything else that we as an audience can do to support you?

Gabby Viesca: I don't know, Ric. I should have a website up. My husband has been telling me for a long time.

At least, here's some contact information.

I'm not good at that, but I'll get there.

I love participating with others in whatever God is doing in their communities. If there's a way I can join or participate or assist, I'd love to come and be part of other churches or speaking engagements.

You caught me off guard with that question because honestly, I wasn't even thinking about that.

Ric Hansen: I'm glad I did, because you said I couldn't catch you off guard—and I did.

Gabby Viesca: You just did.

Ric Hansen: Amazing Greats features the transformational testimony of Gabby Viesca on this inspiring episode of Amazing Greats.

Gabby, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us.

We barely touched the surface of who you are and what you do, but we have to keep with people's commute times and what they're capable of listening to at any one time.

I really appreciate you spending the time with us. I'm anxious to see more of your work online and follow you, and I'll spread the word about your ministry as best I can.

Gabby Viesca: Thank you so much. This was awesome. Thank you so much for the invitation.

Maybe next time I'll interview you.

Ric Hansen: Well, you do have a background in radio, after all. In Spanish, though, and I may have problems with that.

I took two years of Spanish in high school, so I should be good.

My friend, thank you so much. God bless you, and hopefully we'll talk again.

Gabby Viesca: Thank you, Ric. It was a pleasure.

Ric Hansen: Gabby Viesca's life experience is one that had to be told.

Here on Amazing Greats, as a freelance minister, let's hope that she shows up at a church near you one day.

In the meantime, you can check out and share her fiery testimony on YouTube.

Thanks for sharing your time with us and hearing Gabby's story.

Amazing Greats is a voluntary project and is graciously edited and produced by Klem Daniels.

Please share it with your friends and join us again for another episode of Amazing Greats.

Meanwhile, God bless.