Born and raised in the Midwest, Nancy’s life ran smoothly for 29 years. Enjoying her profession as a nurse, she married the love of her life and had a healthy, happy son. She had all she
ever wanted…except intimacy with God. That was something she couldn’t seem to achieve. A door she couldn’t manage to open. In 1988, the key to this door was placed at a threshold in Nancy’s life. Her daughter, Danielle, born Autistic, deaf, and Failure to Thrive, was the means God chose to bridge the gap.

Desperately crying out to Him, she asked, “Why won’t you heal her?” His loving response was simply, “Because I can do more through not healing her than if I do.” Since that day, Nancy’s life has never been the same. Called to leave nursing, Nancy began to home school Danielle in an effort to pull her out of her Autism. Soon she realized that she herself was the one who had been called to be home-schooled by none other than God Himself.

Nancy speaks, teaches, and writes through the Olive Leaf Ministries where her testimony of discovering God in the midst of great pain and tragedy touches the hearts of all who hear her speak. She and her husband, Jimmy have been married for 24 years. They have two children and currently reside in Kansas City, Missouri.

Nancy Douglas