82No Live Episode 8: "A Family That Prays" ft. Montez Hilliard

82No Live is the faith and testimony podcast hosted by G, where real people share unfiltered stories about walking with God through everything life throws at them. In this episode G sits down with Montez Hilliard — farmer, photographer, graphic designer, entrepreneur, husband, and father — for one of the most complete and quietly powerful testimonies the show has ever featured.Montez grew up working a family farm in Santee, South Carolina. He played college football at Wofford and Claflin, met his wife Chelsea during his college years, and surrendered his life to God at an altar in December 2005 with one simple declaration — you drive, I will ride wherever you take me.What followed was a life built on that surrender. A house that came through prayer the night before the landlord called offering to sell. A photography and graphic design business built from nothing into twenty plus weddings a year. And then in 2018 a diagnosis that changed everything — systemic sclerosis, one of the rarest and most aggressive autoimmune diseases in the world, affecting fewer than 60,000 men in the entire United States.What came next was a stem cell transplant at Duke University that wiped his immune system completely to zero and rebuilt it from scratch. Months away from his family living in Durham. A blood infection mid-procedure. A doctor telling him he could never return to farming. And through every single moment of it — not one day spent asking God why.In this episode Montez and G get into what it really means to have faith during longsuffering and not just when it is convenient. How he finished nine wedding commitments before checking into Duke because he had made a promise. How his wife Chelsea has prayed over him silently in the middle of the night for years while he slept. How his son Taylor started a business at eight years old and is now a thirteen year old entrepreneur who says he always knew his father was going to be okay because he knew he was in good hands.This episode also features brief and powerful appearances from Taylor Hilliard and Chelsea Hilliard — the son and wife who have been beside Montez through every moment of this journey and whose faith and resilience are as much a part of this testimony as his own.If you have ever been in the middle of something you did not choose and wondered if God was still paying attention — this episode is your answer.You may have been down in the second and third quarter. But with God as your coach you have never lost. Not once. 82 and 0.faith podcast, scleroderma testimony, systemic sclerosis faith, stem cell transplant story, Black faith podcast, 82No Live, Montez Hilliard, Christian men podcast, family faith testimony, rare autoimmune disease faith, entrepreneur faith story, South Carolina podcast, farming faith, obedience to God, Christian family podcast, husband and wife faith, young entrepreneur, Italian ice business, a family that prays, walking with God