Episode 4: The Five F's Of A Christian Content Creator

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DeMarquis Battle What's going on family? Welcome to the Digital Pavement Podcast where digital ministry and the urban church collide. I am your host Demarcus Battle and listen we have a fantastic show on tonight. I have my dear friend with us and I'm going to just jump into her bio because it is full but I'm going to read that whole thing y'all. Listen we have with us None other than Bianca Woodard, who is a wife, mother, faith driven entrepreneur and global travel strategist who helps families and women experience the world with purpose. As the founder of Hey Travel World, Bianca curates meaningful travel experiences that blend faith. family and logistics, proving that travel can be both transformational and attainable, even with children. Now, that's the key, y'all, because you know how it is with the little ones, right? Known for her bold testimony and practical wisdom, Bianca shares how obedience to God, I love that, disciplined faith and courageous action can lead to impossible breakthroughs. Through storytelling, travel, and transparency, she inspires others to trust God's timing, step beyond fear, and walk confidently in their God-given assignment. Her message is simple, y'all, but powerful. Faith moves, favor follows, and purpose revealed when you say yes to God. Hey, listen, TDPP family, we have with us Bianca Woodard. What's going on, sis?

Bianca Woodard Hello, hello, hello.

DeMarquis Battle That was a mouthful, wasn't it?

Bianca Woodard It was a mouthful right there. You got it right, though, you know?

DeMarquis Battle Awesome, awesome. So listen, I'm so excited to have you on the podcast show on tonight. And, you know, Bianca and I, we've known each other for years. We've known each other's families for years. We come from the same area, and I'm just blessed.

Bianca Woodard Because of addiction.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah, a couple of decades. Right. Just blessed to have you on on tonight. And we're going to get into the like, you know, all of the questions and the interview and everything. But I just want to just check check in with you. What's what's been going on with Bianca and the family? You know, what's happening right now? What is the Lord doing in your life? What's what's happening?

Bianca Woodard I think right now, as of right now, I can honestly say I truly believe that God just has me and my family on more so like just focusing on faith, right? And just like really, really like understanding, learning, growing in faith. I think it's one thing to say I have faith, but it's another thing that when you're in a situation and it requires you to truly have faith. and to see if you are really trusting that God can actually do what Luke 1.37 says, for with God, nothing shall be impossible. And I think a lot of times people don't actually live by that scripture or live by a lot of the scriptures in the Bible. And I found out even with me and my family that God has definitely been walking us down that lane. Just the beginning of the year, me and my family, my husband and my son, we did a drive-down for the first time. And, you know, that was interesting to say the least. It was very much, I'm not going to say it was easy, but it was so beautiful as a family. We took it up a notch and we turned our plate down with absolutely nothing. Just because we're, you know, we're focusing on building our faith and being more obedient to God so that we can hear our way through. And to be able to tell people, you know, tell people that you can do it too.

DeMarquis Battle Man, I love that. I love what I've seen just from you and your story and what God's been doing. You just watching from afar is your intentionality in your in your faith coupled with. and in connection to your family, right? Like you are not separate or apart from that. All of what you do encompasses that. And I love that you said, you know, growing in your faith as a family and inviting your son into a spiritual discipline such as fasting, right? And your husband. Like, man, you know, I think that that's something that we often miss as families is that we separate the transformational aspects of the faith from like the adults and the kids. Right. But bringing them into that as well, I think is beautiful. It's a beautiful picture of what really the Lord wants to do. And I say it all the time when I'm in our ministry, revival begins at home. Right. So that encompasses dad, mom, you know, kids. That's everybody. We all, you know, going fast. Right. So I love that. I love that.

Bianca Woodard And this helps you go serve the Lord. That's right.

DeMarquis Battle I love that. So, and, and I think that really, you know, brings us into what we're going to be, you know, talking about on, on tonight. If you see here on the screen, we're going to be discussing Bianca's five F's of a Christian content creator. Right. And for her, it's it's faith as she's already you know shared it's family right and then she has a few others fitness flights and favor and so we're gonna we're gonna unpack that a bit um and she's modeled that through um her her company and through her entrepreneurship with hey travel world and uh so we're gonna jump into that but before we do that i want to get from you what we call your trailblazer story right everybody that comes on the digital pavement podcast you know they have a genesis moment they have a beginning that god you know really you know pressed upon them to go deeper in relationship and then he released to them some form of ministry or some form of influence like so we we want to get a picture of you know how did you start in in in this thing like what is your your trailblazer story my trailblazer story like how did i yeah how did you get to where you're at now like i know some folks may have grown up in the church and and i'm kind of cheating a little bit because i know we come from you know the same place so i do know that you have you know that that that christendom being brought into the faith from a young age but really how did you kind of you know, move from that point to where you are today, where you're comfortable, you know, getting on camera and sharing what's happening with your family as you travel the world. How did you get started? Where does this begin?

Bianca Woodard I think everybody has a different story, right? I think everybody has a story. And some people, I think it's a saying that someone said, some people are like feared to coming back to God. And then some people just come like, you know what I mean? Like with open arms, right? Mine was in the open arms. Mine was more so, I grew up in church all my life. I've always known what church is, you know what I mean? I was just in it, raised in it. But my moment of when I really surrendered my heart to God was probably in 2022. And in 2022, two things happened to me. um 2022 was when i was faced with a moment of not wanting to be here and this one was different because this moment it was it was more so now i won't say a suicidal attempt because i had i had attempted to commit suicide in the past before and was in a hospital and you know what i mean i'm sure you know that this is a that story but this one was different because here i was in a situation where i'm in a relationship you know what i mean i'm pregnant um and but i don't want to i'm in my head i'm like god i just want to rest in peace because in the midst of this i'm going through my job season And so we're losing everything. I mean, the sickest I ever been in my life. So I can't work. Right. I can't do anything. You know what I'm saying? Like the money is coming in on my end. And then on top of that, I'm just I just feel in this moment that God hates me. right you couldn't tell me that guy didn't hate me because here I am I've lost control over my finances so I'm like God what did I ever do to you and in that I think I began to go down a rabbit hole of just like I just can't take this anymore like I just can't I just I I just don't want to take this anymore and then now I'm in a position where I can't even help myself or try to even do something because, again, we're going through a Job season. Now, granted, we were going through a Job season because of disobedience. We were going through a Job season because we were in idolatry. And if I'm being completely honest, God warns us sometimes before anything happens. So I was warned that I was going to have a Job season. But because I really stopped reading my Bible and really, like, You know, when you grow up, you hear all the stories, right? You hear about Moses and you hear about David and you hear about, you know what I'm saying? Like you, you hear these stories, but as you get older and you get out in the world and if you really get out in the world, you stop thinking about the stories in the Bible. So when you, when somebody gives you a warning about a story in the Bible, you're not thinking nothing about it. So when someone told me God has put the, you know, the hedge of protection around you, like Joe, I'm not thinking about the story of Joe. He's in so bad. Yep. I was very, very, very, I was very, very, very depressed. It was a terrible depression. You know, I'm in this relationship and this person is seeing like the, he's seeing the effects of me being depressed. And yeah, I just began to, at that point, what the devil was meant to try to take me out, God began to put me back in. But this time when he put me back in, he just didn't put me in by like, you go to church. I mean, he put me in like falling in love with reading the Bible, understanding the Bible, understanding scripture, understanding covenants and strongholds and agreements. You know what I mean? Understanding that idolatry is real and anything more than your obedience to God. It's idolatry. So you're calling on your man that ain't your husband. You're in trouble with God. So I prayed and I went to a church, the church that I'm actually a part of now and I'm actually a member of. I went there and I got delivered. There's a difference between prayer and deliverance. So I went to a church and I was delivered. I never, even growing up in church, I never knew that you could be delivered from suicidal thoughts. I just thought, you know, you pray, you come back, you pray, you come back, you pray, you come back. I mean, that's just what, that was always a pattern. But this time I was able to go to a church and I mean, they prayed on me. It felt like they prayed on me for five hours. After that, I just continued to just grow in God and I continued and I was hungry for him and I was hungry for change and I was hungry to be obedient. And yeah, so that's part of the story. Wow.

DeMarquis Battle Man, that's a very transparent and honest story on a place. And really, that's a more recent. I mean, that was just a couple of years ago. But look what God has done in just a few years. And I think that, you know. When we go through something like that. Yes, we go through it and it could be through our own disobedience. It can be through, you know, circumstances that that were out of our control. It can be for whatever reason, but. On the other side of that, God takes us to another place, a deeper depth of relationship with him. And then we can then be a story for someone else that they could get hope, receive hope from seeing how you bounce back, right? And I think from a digital standpoint, from what I gather when you're sharing your story or you're traveling, I'm like, I don't know how Bianca do it. She be all over the world. You know, and for you and I that come from the place that we come from. Right. You know, who would have ever thought or imagined that you would be traveling the way that you are, that God would be doing what he's doing in your life or blessing you the way that he is. Right. But when I see that, I'm like, wow. You know, and so I think that. what has come after all of that has been such a powerful testimony. And the way that you share what God has done for you and your family online on YouTube or on Facebook, you know, You never know who's watching that. Right. And who's being impacted by that. And so, you know, I thank you for, you know, your transparency and your honesty, because there might be people here on tonight that are watching this, that, you know, every now and again will be on YouTube and it'll be a minister or somebody that they know that is ministering. And they share a story that, you know what, that's where I was at. last year or that's where i'm at right now right and so when we talk about um digital ministry and when i when i have those that come on to share that trailblazer story it's for that exact reason because you just never know um how that's going to impact someone so here's what we're going to do i'm going to do a quick commercial break all right and then we're going to come back and we're going to talk a little bit more about what it is that you're doing with hey travel world that sound good Yes, absolutely.

Bianca Woodard All right.

DeMarquis Battle Hey, listen, y'all. Check out this commercial. We'll be right back. Hey, what's going on, family? Demarcus Battle, host of the Digital Pavement Podcast. And this episode is powered by The Church Digital. The Church Digital resources digital missionaries and pioneers to make disciples in digital spaces. So if you sense a calling in your life for being a missionary in digital spaces, or if you want to take your ministry through the digital age, connect with us at thechurch.digital and join our Discord server or our WhatsApp community. We look forward to connecting with you real soon. All right, so that is The Church Digital. And The Church Digital is a digital missionary sending agency. They work with persons like myself, persons like Bianca, persons who are looking to share their faith, to impact people with the gospel online in digital spaces from Facebook to YouTube, from Twitch to Instagram. And so we love the people over at the Church Digital. As a matter of fact, this podcast is a part of the Church Digital Streaming Network. And so if you want to connect, there will be information in the show notes for you to do that. They help to train and equip digital missionaries. all right so bianca um we're gonna uh jump into the next segment that's called the blueprint which is strategies for doing digital ministry well um and so we're gonna talk about that but i also wanted to touch on the five f's uh that embody you as a christian content creator and when i looked at that on your youtube page i was like yeah i like that um faith Family, fitness, flights and favor. So let's let's just kind of like you've already kind of hinted at faith and the importance of faith. But just give us a little tad bit more about, you know, what faith means to you and how. And I think obedience is something that you really hit home on when you're sharing, you know, things on your your platforms, whether it be YouTube or Facebook. So just talk to us a little bit about these five F's.

Bianca Woodard So the five F's are just simple. You know, it's more so just like I wanted to be a movement. You know, you have faith in this being obedient. You have family. And I mean, you're you're everything for me. You know what I mean? It's about family because you want your family to be on one accord. Right. You know. Me and his house, we're going to serve the Lord. And then for fitness, fitness is actually paired because actually I have fasting, fasting too. So faith, family, fasting, fitness, and then flights for kids in favor, right? But I pair the two of them together because, you know, fasting is a part of the journey too. Turn it out on your plate so that you can be obedient, so that you can hear from God. And then fitness comes into life. When you think about warfare that comes to us as Christians, right? when you are when you are fasting and you have the fitness with it then you're learning how to be strong you know what i mean and be able to use the same strength by getting on the treadmill so when i get on the treadmill when i'm running i'm not just running and because i'm trying to lose weight i'm running because i'm like thank you god for allowing me and equipping me to be able to be strong and in the spiritual realm too because if we're going to be completely honest you have to be strong in the spiritual realm Um, fitness is not just fitness to lose weight. I think one of the things that if you hear me say, um, when I'm working out, I just say we're working on, we're working on, um, working on mindset. We're working on discipline. We're working on being the best version of ourself right here. We're not focused on the physical. Um, and that kind of goes with, you know what I mean? My five F's and then flights are just, we all ask God for different things. Before I got married, before there was a Martinez, before there was a Madison, there was a me and Carter. And me and Carter, because I worked so much and I was trying to, you know, reach this corporate ladder, me and Carter traveled. We traveled on our budget, you know, and we was on spirit, baby. We loved us on spirit. And I would take him to different places and I would get really, really good deals. So we did a lot of traveling that way. But the flights are now because God is in this. You know, beforehand, there's a lot of things that I did, a lot of lying that I did, a lot of integrity that I did not have. I think when I went to Disney, my son was not too... You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? But he got in there for free. That's all I'll say, right? Because I don't want to encourage anybody to do anything bad, right? But we got in there for free with him. So I didn't have any integrity. But now that I'm with God, you... no need to make things happen because he will make things happen so we're flying and we're going to all these places and at some point in my life you know i'll tell the testimony of of the behind the scenes of you know what things cost me and how god just moved because i mean me that's a testimony in itself because i think last year we went to like 10 countries 10 countries what cities maybe yeah everything that i went every place that i went to i didn't post there's a lot of times i didn't post um but yeah we didn't go to like places you know there was india there was india there was south korea um there was london rome aruba

DeMarquis Battle Hawaii back to South Korea I mean like we're talking about bucket list places Amsterdam do y'all hear do y'all hear what Bianca is sharing with y'all what God has done for her as a travel strategist as a a Christian entrepreneur, as a wife, as a mother. That is, there are people who don't leave North America, let alone go across the pond, quote unquote, right? And so, you know, I'm just so encouraged by this. And I think that's a perfect example Segway, well, let me let you hit on the favor first before we transition to the blueprint. Tell us about just how God has favored you. And that from what you just shared is a bit of it.

Bianca Woodard Favor is the supernatural. You always hear about it and there's supernatural favor. And it's not because, and here's the thing I do want to say. It's not God does this. You know what I mean? So because I'm obedient, now if I'm obedient, I'll be able to fly around the world like Bianca and her family is doing. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's just whatever you're praying to God about, God can step in and do supernatural favors. So everybody is different. I have friends. I mean, probably half of my friends is not saying that they want to go to 10 countries and go to 20 cities. Like they're like, they like being at home or they like doing family activities that's at home or you know what I mean? They like cooking for their family. Everybody has something different. I think for me, the favor came in because God stepped in And he was able to do the things, but it was done with godly integrity. And he was able to step in, and I was able to be able to do it for prices and grace that was the same way I did when I was in the world, except for this time it was godly integrity. So I think that was a favor. On top of that, too, I think the biggest favor came from... I will say this. We went on a trip, my son, and he never asked for anything. Carter never asked for anything, right? It's not like we don't do Christmas. Like there's no Christmas list over here where he's writing all these things that he wants. But in 2023, you know, 2023, he came to me. He said, mom. Well, before that, he said, mom, I want to write in first class. He's like, I want to write in first class. You know, your kids ask you something, you always want to make sure that you give them, like, that faith, right? You want to make sure that you don't be like, what? You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, your kids are a little bit more different. Like, you're not, like, turning them down. You're like, go talk to God. And so he went to, like, first class, and he had just kept saying he went to right first class, he went to right first class. And I was like, okay, you need to talk to God. Well, he talked to God, and he ended up going to Cancun in first class. Well, then he took it a step farther, right? Because, you know, children have... They have childlike faith.

DeMarquis Battle Childlike faith.

Bianca Woodard I mean, they got faith, babe. You ever want to get some faith, you can get it from a child.

DeMarquis Battle Yes.

Bianca Woodard So he came to me, he said, mom, and mind you, so in 2023, I got fired from my job. The job that I was making the most I ever made in my career, I get fired. So he's asking me this in my fire state. He says, mom, he's like, I want to go, I want to go off the country and I want to write in Delta One.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard you know, the seats had turned into a bed.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard And I was like, and I, you know, I'm trying to talk to him like, well, you know, I want a PlayStation five and I want to write a note to one and I want to go out the country. I'm like, talk to God. So after I left his room, after he had said this to me, you know, of course I'm going to God, like, Oh my God, like he never asked me for anything. So I went back into the room and I just told my son, I said, here's what I'm going to do. will walk your face.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard We're going to do it off your faith. You're going to have to go to God. You're going to talk to God and God's going to have to work it out. But I will, I will make this, I will do whatever it needs to do. As long as we can go off your faith. You know, mine was a little, you know, you know how much it costs, you know, you want to do a lot, right? And there's so much more to the story, but this is just the summed up version of it.

DeMarquis Battle Yes.

Bianca Woodard Could you not? We went to Amsterdam, Christmas time, wrote in Delta One going there and Delta One coming back. Stayed at the hotel, nice hotel, crossed the street from the airport, like right across the street. So as soon as we got off the plane, we were able to get off the plane, go straight to our hotel, Nothing, nothing was planned. All of this was done. You know what I mean? Like it wasn't like a week of planning. It wasn't two weeks of planning. It was literally him saying this to me, him going to our father in heaven, you know, and asking and it happened. And what that did for my son. It took his faith to another level to where he never went back to questioning God. I mean, everything that he did, it was just like, oh, it's going to come to pass. But my son also has a fasting life.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard God was just doing things just a month before he had started fasting and he was fasting at school. He was like, no, I'm going to do it. So he had, he has a, he has his own fasting life. Cause I don't force my son to fast.

DeMarquis Battle It's his choice.

Bianca Woodard Are you going to do it as your business? So he was able to see God work in his life. So he was able to see God because that was twice. And then after that, you've seen the videos and stuff like that. But God was able to allow him to where I don't have to go to Carter about what God did for me. I get to go to Carter about what God has done for you.

DeMarquis Battle What he's done for himself. I love that. I love that you invite um for your son to have his own relationship with the lord yes um to grow in that and and for the lord to um give him the desires of his heart and not out of selfish in a selfish way because i believe he has the heart of god right and so if you have the heart of god he's definitely gonna uh double down On giving you your heart's desires. And so I love that. And what I kind of want to ask, you know, I don't want to make assumptions, but I kind of feel like. Well, let me just pose it this way. What do you think this does for people when you're able to? And we're kind of I'm weaving in the digital and the online ministry components to this. Right. When people are able to watch this, like when you're cutting these videos and you're in London or you're in South Korea and you're sharing what God is doing. What is the what is it that you're wanting to communicate today? to people as they're watching this? Like, what do you think they're gaining from all of this? Like, what is the side of the ministry component that you're doing when you're sharing these things online? And how do you think it's impacting them?

Bianca Woodard You know what? Honestly, to be honest, I mean, I'm just I'm naturally a transparent person. Right. I would still all the details to my testimony if I could. Right.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard But I think for me, I didn't realize that I was being as impactful as I was being. Right. I didn't I didn't know I was being as impactful. But my goal was more so just like if God did it for me, he can do it for you. And then my goal was like, I know what it felt like to, I know what it felt like to, I know what it felt like to, I know what it felt like to hit rock bottom. I know what it felt like to not trust God. So I was more so trying to, you can hear my daughter too.

DeMarquis Battle I love that. Cause my son up there bouncing around and I keep hearing like, what is he doing up there? No, that's you fine though. It's a family ministry.

Bianca Woodard Yeah. So I just, you know, that is what I got from it. My goal was just more so to just, my goal in anything that I post is for souls.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah.

Bianca Woodard So if I can pull you in because you just seen I went to 10 countries or you could see that I'm in London or you could see that I'm in Delta One or you could see that, you know what I mean? We have this big old hotel or you can see, you know what I mean? Like, oh my God, she's hugging her child and it seems like they're having a good time and they're here and they're there. Then, I mean, that's what the goal is. The goal is for people, for souls to be saved. My goal is for people to know

DeMarquis Battle that god is just god like and god loves you and wow that's see again i think when we talk about the blueprint and i'm gonna put that slide up again when we talk about the blueprint and specifically for um for you in hey travel world and just all of the things that you're sharing on facebook youtube instagram whatever it may be I think what I've noticed is what you've already said, your transparency, your vulnerability. And I think, you know, sometimes people like to see like these very beautifully developed videos and all that sort of thing. But what I think more than that, people just want just raw, right? People just want real. People just want honest and people want to just see you be you. And I think that from a digital ministry and an online ministry standpoint, I think that's where you have shined greatly. You know, you you have encouraged me like one of the videos that I watched and you all were like memorizing scripture. Right. And I was like, shoot, justice, you know, Olivia Grace, y'all come in here and start learning some of these scriptures. Right. You know, you you you have been able to draw us in in a way that is encouraging and motivating. And I love that you said, you know, just trying to get souls saved. Right. And I live by a principle and my ministry has a principle, especially with digital ministry souls over subscribers. Yeah. Right. Like I'm not in it just for the subscribers. I'm in it for the souls. Right. And so I think that you do that wonderfully. It's just been amazing seeing you from that perspective. So listen, we're gonna take one more commercial break. Hey, what's going on family? Dr. Demarcus Battle, co-founder of Bible With The Battles. And this episode of the Digital Pavement Podcast is sponsored by Bible With The Battles. Listen, Bible with the Battles is an online preaching and teaching ministry whose mission is to help you to hear the word, believe the word, and apply the word of God to your life. And our vision is simple yet profound. Revival begins at home. that's your physical house and all the inhabitants husbands wives mothers fathers children's brothers sisters the whole family and it is your spiritual house revival begins there and so we just want to share with you that bible with the battles is here for the sole reason to help you go to the next level in your faith visit our website at biblewiththebattles.com Or follow us on all of our social media platforms under the handle BibleWithTheBattles. I'll leave you again with our vision, which is simple yet profound. Revival begins at home. BibleWithTheBattles, that is our ministry. My wife and I serve together as the co-founders of that. And so y'all go to BibleWithTheBattles.com. and check that out so um i'm gonna ask a couple rapid fire questions for you all right just to bring a little bit of fun into the conversation all right here we go uh apple or android apple all right no uh no no green bubble blue bubble team okay uh your favorite social media app

Bianca Woodard My favorite social media app, it needs to be YouTube, but I think I like Instagram for some odd reason.

DeMarquis Battle Okay. Okay. Instagram. Okay. What's on your playlist right now? What music are you listening to?

Bianca Woodard You know what? I listen to a lot of music.

DeMarquis Battle Okay. Okay. Some of the good chants. David.

Bianca Woodard Yeah. Victoria.

DeMarquis Battle Yeah. Yeah. There was a season where I was listening to this husband and wife duo. You probably know who I'm talking about. I can't remember names right now. But man, I will be playing this thing out just in my worship, my devotion time. And I get so mad because it'll go to a commercial on YouTube and I'll just be crying my eyes out and just worshiping God. But they really minister to me in a season where I really needed that. So, OK, Netflix or Hulu?

Bianca Woodard Netflix.

DeMarquis Battle OK, OK. Your favorite, favorite Bible translation, your favorite version of the Bible?

Bianca Woodard KJV.

DeMarquis Battle KJV. Old school. King Jimmy.

Bianca Woodard KJV. Because you know what? I've always, I told you about a little integrity. So let me say it. I've always, like, always go way around the way. So I just said to myself, I said, I'm going to learn KJV. And then I can learn easy. Because if I learn easy, it's going to be hard for me to learn hard. So we do KJV. Even Carter has to do KJV over here. We're going to learn KJV.

DeMarquis Battle Okay. Okay. I love that. All right. And then your favorite book of the Bible?

Bianca Woodard My favorite book of the Bible? Job.

DeMarquis Battle Job? Listen, I'm doing something called The Shred. I'm actually listening to the Bible 30 days. The whole Bible is called The Shred. The Shred. and i'm in job actually right now yeah so by the end of the night which reminds me when i'm done with this i got to put my my airpods on and get to listening because i'm i'm behind i got to do so many chapters a day to stay on you know on time so yeah i'm gonna get to that a little bit later on tonight so all right um lastly we're gonna do the last segment and then we're gonna be done tonight and this is the pavement ahead where we kind of have an outlook of digital ministry over the next five, 10 years. And, you know, the, this, this podcast is called the digital pavement podcast. And our focus is really like on the urban context, those who come from African-American or Latino kind of, you know, um, christian backgrounds right um and you know i never thought that i could be ministered to or receive like a word from the lord um just a very impactful ministry outside of being in person and i'm still a part of in-person ministry but i've been tremendously blessed By connecting with different ministries that have been online. Right. I mean, God do some amazing things. And so seeing what you're doing and I almost consider some of what you're doing. You know, this wasn't like something that you go to school for or something that even in church. You knew was something possible that like you could be impactful by just simply being a Christian entrepreneur, a travel specialist or strategist. Right. And still impact the kingdom of God by doing that. You either had to be a pastor. an evangelist. Yes. Right. And those were like, like, that's probably it. Right. Like, you know, or sing. And so, you know, the fact that there are people doing what I'm doing, people that are doing what you're doing, where do you see this going the next, you know, five years, 10 years? How impactful do you think this sort of method of ministry can be? talking about just digital method are you talking about yeah just just like you know people that are doing things whether it be on social media you know um primarily digitally yeah i think actually um i think

Bianca Woodard I think the I think that is going to go far. I think that, you know, the pandemic allowed recordings and all these things to happen. I think what what was meant for evil got turned into good for sure, because, you know, I think the digital marketing is taking off now. Now, here's the thing about it. I think that digital marketing is good, but I also think that people should be careful. And what I mean by that is that I love Joshua Settlement. You know what I mean? I follow Covered by God's ministry, which is Tiffany Montgomery. You know what I'm saying? So there is some really good ministries that have helped me out watching them online.

DeMarquis Battle Sure.

Bianca Woodard But at the same time, I go to an in-person church. Yes. And I do not live. by the idea that people shouldn't go to in-person church that i do think that sometimes god can have people in seasons where they're not at a church or i do think some people are very disciplined to not go into the four walls maybe because of their assignment that god has them on But I think you've got to tread real lightly with it and make sure that God is telling you to be at home and do bedside ministry.

DeMarquis Battle Bedside Baptist.

Bianca Woodard You want to be really careful because when you're in community, when you're going to church, it's giving you another layer that necessarily online cannot give you. And online has helped me. Again, like I said, those people that I named, helped me out in a season where I was depressed in a season where suicidal was real but also going in person and having a pastor and a first lady that was pouring into me hugging me and people doing it so I think that digital is going to go really far I just pray that people don't think that you replace digital and watching it online with actually in person because we need that you know what I mean yeah I think

DeMarquis Battle i agree i think i think um there are the perfect balance um is a lot of churches that have hybrid models right um to where you have your main in-person gatherings for community and for worship and then you have elements that can reach out during the week to help foster, um, um, whether it's like, um, discipleship groups, right? So you have those sort of components. Um, you have, um, you know, um, Different just different what I would call expressions of work that goes on during the week. And so you have maybe in person Bible study on a Wednesday or Tuesday. But then you might have a group that a women's group that has an online group or you have a men's group that has an online group. And so I think that there are different ways that ministry can be expressed to help further the kingdom agenda as opposed to minimizing the kingdom agenda, if I could say it in that way. You know, I love enhancing what God is already doing locally, globally. Yeah, I can say it in that way. Right. And so I think that digital should not be an excuse to break away from community. Yes. I think that that can be problematic because sometimes people are just in a season where they're where they're where they can feel detached. But you don't want to be in a place of isolation. And so still finding community in person, I think is is important. But I do also think that God is able to take stories like your own and be influential in a way that someone who might not initially be connected to a local church might come across your page and be like, well, what is that all about?

Bianca Woodard Yeah.

DeMarquis Battle Right. And see and hear your testimony and see what God is doing through your Christian entrepreneurship and what God is doing through the traveling that you're doing. And then see your commitment to a local body. Right. And say, you know what, maybe I can get plugged in somewhere locally. Right. And so I think that there is a beautiful blending of what God is able to do both in person and digitally. that has been very impactful. And I hope and I pray that people will, who might feel called to share more about their lives online, will look for ways to do that because I think there needs to be more spotlight on family, more spotlight on faith, more spotlight on obedience, more spotlight on all the things that you've shared. um and i'm thankful that that through online we're able to see that right because sometimes you might not have been able to catch that without you having that iphone in your hand to record it so Hey, Bianca, I want to thank you for your time and just sharing your story and sharing how God has used you to be an encouragement to others. And I look forward to seeing what God is going to do with you in the near future, you and your family. So. God bless, man. Thank you. Yeah.

Bianca Woodard No, thank you for having me. And one of the things that I do want to share with you when you say you were talking to your kids, like, let's learn what God had put on, um, on my heart was seven days, seven scriptures, seven intentional minutes. Um, and what that was is seven days, every day is scripture. and in seven minutes, right? The goal is to be more, the goal is more to actually have more than just one scripture a day. That is the end goal, to do more. But I just think with family and us being, you know, sometimes we just trying to juggle and move around, you know, he had just put on my spirit seven days. seven scriptures seven intentional minutes but if you really pay attention seven plus seven plus seven equals 21 it takes 21 days to you know what i mean like yeah yeah to break a habit or start a new routine you know and of course with god he could do it shorter um that is that's one of the things that is a part of me and my family and i encourage everybody with their kids um to do that start small like start somewhere like don't get so caught up in i don't know the bible at all can we just learn the scripture right you know what i'm saying like jesus well fits the scripture you know like you just want to throw the scripture in the bible but we want to make sure that we're teaching our babies the word of god so they're able to fight um and they're able to be able to protect themselves because the word of god is willing

DeMarquis Battle yeah yeah yeah for sure so uh bianca thank you for that where can people find you how can they connect with you

Bianca Woodard You can connect with me on my YouTube page, which is HeyTravelWorld. We're actually on TikTok too, which is HeyTravelWorld. We actually have a website, which is HeyTravelWorld.com. We're actually finishing up the website, so it'll be live pretty soon. And then also too, I am on Instagram too as well as BiancaTravelWorld.

DeMarquis Battle so that's where you can find me or you can find me on social media you can find me on Facebook too and I'm Bianca Wooden awesome you guys are married now yeah I'm like I know her before she was married I know the other last name but I love I love this last name that you have y'all got as many years as you yeah amen amen so thank you again for joining us and uh hey the church digital uh streaming network has sponsored this um this podcast on today um and so we're thankful for them and we are excited and looking forward to the next episode y'all be on the lookout um and we'll be back again uh real soon all right god bless you we'll see you all

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