AWARDS
March 2026 – The Prestigious International Hope Book Awards awarded They Call Me Blessed! Best Memoir of Hope and Resilience and Finalist for Author of the Year 2026.
Johanna Vendel, CEO and Founder of The Prestigious International Hope Book Awards, shared the following:
"They Call Me Blessed! is not simply a memoir, it is a living testimony of faith tested in fire, love refined through suffering, and a life that chose purpose over pain again and again. Now honored by The Prestigious International Hope Book Awards (PIHBA) as the Best Memoir of Hope and Resilience, this remarkable story stands as a beacon of what it truly means to endure, and still call yourself blessed....it is a legacy of prayer, of love, and of unwavering devotion—that will continue to inspire generations to come.”