The best-selling author of Lady in Waiting, Jackie Kendall has ministered through teaching and counseling women for nearly 30 years. As president of Power to Grow Ministries, she is a sought-after conference speaker for audiences of all ages. She also authored Say Goodbye to Shame. Jackie has been a Christian for 37 years, a wife for 30, and a mother for 25. She is a speaker at every Yada Yada conference for Virtuous Reality Ministries. She also taught, with her husband, the spring training Bible study for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves from 1991 through 1998. She works with her husband for World Servants, a short-term mission agency. Jackie and her husband live in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.