About Us
Linda Merrill
Linda is a Mom to three adult children, and “Gramma” to six, and has been happily married for over 30 years. Her home is in Diamond Bar, California, but she divides her time between there and her family’s pistachio farm in Newberry Springs, 120 miles east of Los Angeles in the Mojave desert.
Linda came to know Christ as her Savior in January of 1990 just weeks before being diagnosed with Stage IV “terminal” cancer. She fought the same diagnosis again in 1995, but God had other plans for her life. She has since spoken to thousands of women at luncheons and retreats. Linda’s heart’s desire is to first draw other ladies to Christ, then to bless them through a deepening understanding of God’s Word, and a closer walk with Him.
She will delight you with stories about everything from being a National Skateboard and a State Speed Skating Champion as a teen, to those of being a Pistachio Farmer now, but most of all, she will share God’s amazing truths and how they have impacted her life, and how they can impact yours, too.
When you invite Linda to speak to your group of women, be sure to tell them to bring their Bibles. It is a given that they will be enjoying their venture through the pages of God’s Word as she shares His timeless message of hope.
Comments About Linda...
* Thank you for following the Lord’s leading and being our speaker at the Easter luncheon. It was fabulous! Your testimony is such an encouragement to all. It gives God the glory as His power and love are displayed during the difficult times in your life. I think your middle name must be joy… you smiled through the entire talk.
Jo Anne Albrecht, EV Free Women Together Board.
* “What a powerful testimony spoken by a lady who really relies on God”… “You walked thru the fire and came out on the other side smiling”…“You exude the joy of the Lord!”… “What a story! You have used your own tribulation to grow and serve the body of Christ”… “You are one of the bright stars that God has blessed me with”… ”Linda’s message touched me and my guest so deeply that I feel I have been spoken to by the Lord.”… “Linda is one of God’s miracles and one of his blessed daughters…she truly gives all the glory to HIM.”
(Excerpts from comments received from participants over the years.)
jan Buchanan
Jan has been through many trials in her life; through a deep depression and a chronic illness. God has taught her to focus her eyes on Him and not the circumstances that life can bring.
They say through pain, we grow. I don't like pain and suffering AT ALL, but over the past years of my life, I have learned that the Lord will walk with you through pain and tragedy and will bring you through victorious! Jesus loves you with an everlasting love and wants to bring joy and peace into your life. Come, let's study His Word together and let Him transform your life! In Psalm 46:10, God says, "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
Jan is a wife, mother of seven, and grandmother of nine. She has been a speaker and singer in local churches and women's luncheons and retreats, and has produced two praise and worship albums.
Jan's singing has encouraged and uplifted all who have heard her. It has been said, 'Where words fail, music speaks.' With Jan's ministry the listener is presented with a thesaurus of song."
Rex G. Wollins, Calvary Chapel, Diamond Bar, California
"Jan has a powerful testimony. She shares her life in Christ and gives Him all the glory! Her love for the Lord will touch your heart."
Jan Richardson, Good Shepherd's Bible Fellowship
Our Mission
Our mission is to use our combined gifts, by the power of the Holy Spirit working through each of us, to teach women that God’s Word, the Bible, is so powerful that it can and will change their lives and heal their hearts. Our desire is to further God’s Kingdom by drawing women to know Him, to deepen their understanding of His Word, to grow in their relationships with Him, and to experience the fullness of His love and compassion in their lives. We want to equip women in a manner that will cause those women to also go forth and share God’s love and compassion in their own worlds. Our heart’s desire and our ongoing prayer is that we will see our faith, and that of the women we touch, be multiplied by God.
We commit to fully seek, and then to rely on the wisdom and power of our magnificent God to go before us and prepare the way for our continued ministry to His women.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
Our Ministry
Christian Women Speakers Jan Buchanan and Linda Merrill have both been speaking individually to women for many years at women's events, sharing God’s Word and His love with many women who were looking to grow in their relationships with the Lord, and also ministering to those who were suffering.
So many women are suffering today. There are single mothers trying to raise their families, some who are divorced and lonely and in need of friendships. There are abused women who need to know there is a Savior who loves them and sisters in the church who will stand with them. There are those who have sick or troubled children, or who have even lost children, women whose hearts are broken and are in need of our prayers. They’ve also ministered to women who have had abortions and could not forgive themselves. The Lord is so compassionate and wants them to know He can and will forgive them and heal their hearts. Jan and Linda have reached out to, and touched the hearts of these women by giving them a deeper understanding of the fullness of God’s love and compassion for them. So many women have been drawn closer to Him through their speaking ministries.