A Fairly Short, Yet Concise, List of Biographical Facts:

Janel Messenger is a wife, homeschooling mom of 4, piano playing homemaker who loves to sew, reader, mentor, editor, speaker and author but most importantly, she is a passionate godly woman serving the Lord since she was a young girl.

Janel grew up firmly planted at one spot in rural Pennsylvania. She married Rich in 1994. Since then, Janel has lived in six different places scattered throughout three states, half a continent away from each other. She loves the ocean, watching "good dress" movies, baking fattening goodies and writing old fashioned letters with dip pen, ink & sealing wax.

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As a little girl, Janel was a vivacious, first-born, sanguine who never walked down stairs. Much like Winnie the Pooh's friend Tigger, she bounced. With energy and enthusiasm, she was always near the center of activity growing up. Bouncing through childhood, life was lively on the family’s small hobby farm in Western Pennsylvania. This talkative little girl had a fairly uneventful childhood surrounded by the people she loved most.

A bump in the road changed her life drastically the summer of 1983. Janel lost her grandfather to cancer. As the dust settled, her grandmother moved in with their family adding ups & downs for many years to come. It was sharing a bedroom with Grandma where Janel first remembers learning the Lord’s Prayer and 23rd Psalm before falling asleep at night.

Janel meet her future husband at a Bible camp where he was speaking. Because she was several years younger, Rich ignored her! A few years later they would develop a long distance friendship. Years after that, Rich noticed Janel “grew up” and was a bit intrigued. After seeking direction from God, he proposed. They were married and began their match made by heaven February 1994. Mind you, thunder and lightening are made in heaven too!

Friendship turned to love, love turned into marriage, and their marriage has produced four growing blessings: Joshua, Benjamin, Christopher & Ariana. But their marriage produced more than just children. As chaos reigned in domestic bliss and harsh words became standard dinner fare, their marriage produced the perfect environment for God to work in Janel’s heart. God took her on an incredible journey of growth that has turned her into the woman she is today.

With the childlike energy that had her bounding down staircases at 5, Janel is redirecting that energy to impact the world’s women for Jesus. This passionate lady is taking everyone willing, on a white-knuckle ride of faith into the heart of Jesus. Check out her Janel Messenger.com