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Good night.

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Don't get down when you're seeing the worst

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Cause the last will be the first

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What a day I'm telling you

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But all things will be new

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Living up in a town world

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Yeah we're living

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Yeah we're living

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Living up in a town world

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This is Jimmy Internet and we are coming

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We're coming to you all the way from the Gulf Coast of Florida.

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Yes.

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What are we doing at the Gulf Coast?

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We are having too much fun.

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Way too much fun.

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I am so glad you agreed to let us get out of our house for a little while.

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I was getting very, what's the word?

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I felt like I was...

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Stir crazy.

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Stir crazy.

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I felt like I was closed in.

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I couldn't get out, although we have gotten out some, but this has been amazing.

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Why were we closed in and why were you...

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Because we're trying to avoid people as much as possible so that we can rest.

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It's all about rest.

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Back up.

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We're taking our sabbatical.

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Well, that's true.

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We're taking our sabbatical.

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We've brought that up over the last few podcasts, but it's an important thing.

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It's a journey we're on, a pilgrimage.

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So we're what, two-thirds through it, something like that.

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We have about, I think, three weeks.

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It's been fantastic.

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I mean, it has been...

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I'm probably the most at peace and calm in my soul that I have been since I can remember

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Since I've known you, yes.

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And you're a peaceful man by nature.

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So to see you this chill is unbelievable.

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It really is.

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Well, for the first time in 38 years, I was able to offload my work responsibilities as

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a pastor, which is really...

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It's a gift.

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I just hope our church hasn't burned down since we're...

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Hey, we've not had the emergency calls.

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We're in such a drought.

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It is unbelievable.

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Oh, I know.

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It's crazy.

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It really is in Texas right now.

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It's kind of scary.

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So when we plan this trip, so in the middle of this sabbatical...

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Oh, by the way, welcome to our show, Living Up and Down World.

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We just jumped right in, didn't we?

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Yeah, we did.

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We got excited.

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This is show number...

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Can you believe it?

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And we don't have Chevy.

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I know.

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Mr. Chevy had to stay with his sister.

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We couldn't bring him.

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I know.

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But we're having a good time.

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In faith, our youngest daughter keeps sending us pictures of his cuteness.

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And he is that on steroids.

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So we're at least getting pictures.

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And I do miss him.

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I miss him because he's our little boy, our little buddy.

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But he's not in between us now in the bed.

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It is really odd, but we're still far apart in the bed.

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It's called habits.

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30 years of wow.

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You call that wow?

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No, I need some cuddling, please.

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A little bit of cuddling.

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Yes, thank you.

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Another show.

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Family show.

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T-show, not PG.

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So back to what we were saying, 31 episodes.

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And we're actually sitting in the kitchen, which is crazy.

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And you've got everything attached to the granite bar that we're sitting at.

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Because it's the only thing that would support...

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You know, I'm actually more comfortable here than I am at our house.

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Maybe we should come here more often.

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It's because when you turn to your right, my left, what do you see?

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Oh, I see the beach.

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You see white sands.

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Right outside our patio door.

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We're at Panama City Beach and just down the road from Destin and Rosemary Beach and Miramar.

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It's beautiful.

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It's stunning.

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The one day we didn't go out on the beach.

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Well yesterday was beautiful too.

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But it really is.

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No, it's stunning today.

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But it is hot here.

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Oh, it is hot.

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They say it's about 93, feels like 110.

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I know, it's crazy.

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Unbelievable.

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Which is unusual for Florida.

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In Texas, we've been 100, 102 literally.

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I won't say used to it because can you get used to 100 and plus?

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The good news is we have water to step into.

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Yeah, seeing the ocean makes me not care about how hot it is.

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And we're looking at a beautiful parasail right now.

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Which we parasailed yesterday for the first time in my whole life.

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Okay, this is what's funny.

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We wrote our daughter, Faith, and said, hey, we parasailed.

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No, first I talked to Chris and he was just like, oh.

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He could care less.

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He's like, oh, whatever.

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Big deal, big whoop.

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But we talked to our youngest and she's like...

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Oh my gosh.

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How did you get mom to do that?

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And I was like, it was her idea.

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I'm the one who's the venturous person.

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I'm the one who said, let's go get a tattoo.

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We need a drum roll or something.

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I mean, maybe...

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Let's get...

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Are you going to do it?

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No, we're good.

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I could do applause just because, man.

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Applause.

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Yes, I need applause.

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You go, girl.

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I'm becoming very...

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That's for you.

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Okay, you can turn it off now.

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Thank you very much.

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Kudos for you.

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No, I'm being very adventurous.

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My next adventure, if you say yes, I'm going to hit the button and we're going to rent

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a boat on the ocean, which we've never done.

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We've rented boats on lakes.

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I get this image of the SS Minnow being out for a three-hour tour and they end up on an

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No, we're going to just kind of stay close.

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With the professor and Marianne.

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No, this is just you and me.

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Gilligan.

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Renting a boat, taking our bacon chips because we're on carnivore.

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We'll talk about that in a minute.

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It's in the notes.

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I know, it's just funny.

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Yes, I think I'm ready to click that button that says book Minnow.

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Can you have it up right there?

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Almost.

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No, I have scripture up.

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I'm trying to be a little more spiritual first.

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Okay, I'm like, what are you doing?

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You've got your phone ready to hit.

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Yeah, we're going to spend that money.

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Boom.

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It would be fun.

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No, it would be great actually.

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We'd spend half a day out on the water.

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Our last full day here.

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Kind of in the bay, in the Marina area, which is super nice.

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It's beautiful.

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I just want to make sure there's a restaurant that we can just drive up to, go in and have

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a beef patty or something, or steak or something, and then-

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Jump back in.

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Yeah, I think that would be fun.

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I do too.

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We used to do that a lot.

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We've done that, yes.

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We've never done that in an ocean.

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Not in the ocean, but it's so beautiful and the wind is so down.

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Right now it's not even windy at all.

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So it's perfect.

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It's beautiful.

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We were supposed to have rain for several days and it's just gone all around us.

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We've seen beautiful sunsets.

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You've taken a lot of great pictures.

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I have.

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I have.

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I'll throw some up.

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I'll do a couple of pictures up on our newsletter.

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So if you haven't signed up for our newsletter, go to our website, livingupinadownworld.com,

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and sign up for our newsletter.

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Super simple, easy to do.

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And Annette, I'm looking at your timer over there.

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It's just paused.

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Why'd it do that?

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Is it going now?

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No, it's messed up.

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It's not messed up.

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I keep hitting it.

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It doesn't like.

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Sign it to me.

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It doesn't want us to be on a timer today.

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Technical difficulties on a remote.

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Oh my goodness.

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Wait, let me go.

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Let me do this.

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I usually have it all rigged.

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No, let me fix it.

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Okay, you fix it.

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So we've had a wonderful time here.

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It's just us, mommy and daddy.

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I mean, we're out here having a great time enjoying getting some sun.

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Well, we really are like empty nesters for the first time.

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Legitimately.

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Legitimately.

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Because all of our kids are married off now.

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I know.

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Which is amazing.

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We had to hurry up and find someone for faith.

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You're funny.

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That's not how that went down.

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I know, but Brandon is wonderful.

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Brandon's great.

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It was about prayer.

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Lord, please.

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Find her a husband.

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I know some parents who are depressed when they become empty nesters.

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Not us.

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We're like, remember the show Home Alone?

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We're like Macaulay Gawkin when his parents left.

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Woo hoo.

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Now, if our kids listen to this, they're going to be sad.

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We're so close to all of our kids.

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We talk to them literally just about every day.

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I know, that's true.

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And we're still halfway supporting Faith.

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It's not like she really left.

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That's true.

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She's still costing us money.

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It just took Brandon too long to find a job, but he did get a job.

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He did get a job, so that was a big answer to prayer.

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He hasn't got a paycheck yet, so guess who's supporting her?

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No, he's right there.

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He's right there.

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Yeah, we're still supporting them.

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We're about to get a raise.

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I know.

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That's what Tina and Adam said.

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How are you getting a raise?

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Speaking of Tina and Adam, where are they right now?

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They abandoned us.

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They abandoned us.

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Do you want to talk about it?

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They are in Amsterdam today.

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Yes, but we were supposed to meet them in Italy next week, but you said no.

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Oh, the one time in 30 years I said no.

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I don't think that's a good idea right now.

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You just did not want to travel abroad, and okay, that's fine.

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I didn't.

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Not on my sabbatical.

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We'll travel another time.

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Well, next year they want to go to Japan.

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Might be up for that.

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You think he'd be up for that?

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Might be up for that.

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I've heard good things.

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I think we need to make a call to Evan.

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Evan Archulay.

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He just got back from Japan, and he says one of his favorite trips.

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I've never even considered Japan, but after hearing what he said, I'm intrigued.

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If China doesn't invade Japan between now and then, then we may go.

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Who knows?

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The world's going crazy right now.

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Yes, it is.

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But I won't get off on that.

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No, no.

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So we pray.

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We serve a higher God, much higher than all this craziness down here.

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Which is why we don't get spun up.

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Oh, and that's why we call it living up in a down world, right?

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Exactly.

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And joining the show, and we have so many people to thank, which we're going to do a

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little bit later, but I just want to stop and say thank you for listening.

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Thank you for joining us.

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Hey, you're bumping stuff over there.

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Sorry, this is a different kind of...

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Adventures in remote podcasting.

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Hey, it's not a bad setup though.

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It's actually working pretty good.

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It's not.

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Let me move this over.

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Because I keep glancing out the doors, the big glass doors.

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He's going to critique us, and you know...

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He's our executive producer at this job.

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That's what I pay him for.

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He might not like that we're in an open room like this.

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That's what I pay him for.

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That's why you have to eat the mic so we don't catch all that ambient noise.

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We're trying.

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And don't be bumping stuff.

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Thank God I'm not hungry, huh?

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Eating the mic.

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Oh, you're weird.

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Eat the mic.

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I know.

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That's funny.

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I know.

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I'm just full of jokes today.

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Oh, you're hilarious.

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You're staring at a course.

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Yeah, as we're sitting here drinking our Perrier...

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Perrier from a wine glass.

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Yes.

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Yeah, we're wild.

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As if we're drinking wine, but we're not drinking hardly.

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So let's talk a little bit about our journey.

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So when we started the sabbatical, we made some commitments.

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You're making... you're banging stuff.

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I'm sorry.

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This is loud.

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Okay, stop it.

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Okay.

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Okay, put your arms in.

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Oh my gosh.

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Just hold your arms.

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Cross your arms.

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Here, just give me a straight jacket.

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Don't touch anything.

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So we started the sabbatical, and when we did, we made some decisions about it because we

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actually leaned into a plan, very loose plan that has lots of room for changing because

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we didn't want to just structure everything.

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No.

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So there's like no agenda per se, but we did have... we laid out some thoughts, and one

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of them was we really wanted to take our health back.

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We wanted to work on our spirit, our body, and our mind, those three, and man, hit the

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ground running with the spiritual side of it because we love to listen to teaching and

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preaching, particularly from Pastor Robert Morris at Gateway Church, and then we also...

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And all of their teachers that they have teachers, preachers.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah, their summer of Johnson is amazing.

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And then also feeding on enjoying Pastor Bill Johnson from Bethel Church in Raining, California.

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Very deep, but profound teacher.

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Extremely.

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Such a blessing to us.

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Very profound.

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We've been feeding on that, and I've also really enjoyed Lectio 365.

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It's an app, but it's from Pete Gregg, Pastor Pete Gregg out of the UK.

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And again, just... so we've been really working spiritually.

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Now we also turned our attention to our body, our physical body, our temple.

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There you go again.

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Sorry.

375
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Wow.

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Sorry, Adam.

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Sorry, Podfather.

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I have to move it.

379
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I have to.

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I have to.

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Anyway, so now we're working on our body, and we decided to do keto again, which we

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were very faithful for two or three years.

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Right before COVID.

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Right before COVID.

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Yeah.

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And then when COVID hit, everybody gained their 15 pounds and more.

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And we didn't have access to the best food at that time or a gym.

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Remember that?

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It was easier to eat what you had in your pantry, which I guess we still had some comfort

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food or we went and bought...

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We did because Faith was still living with us.

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Oh, that's right.

393
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That's why there was a lot of junk food around.

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How would that have happened?

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Unfortunately.

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It was Faith.

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So we decided that we needed to get back in shape again, just not always feeling up to

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par.

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And so we started keto.

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We knew that the best time to start it was on the sabbatical, which some people would

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say, no, you want to eat whatever you want then.

402
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No.

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That's the point.

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We're trying to make ourselves feel better, not feel worse.

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And we're going to the gym a lot.

406
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We have gone and we've both lost quite a bit of weight, which is pretty crazy.

407
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I'm not sure where I'm at now, but right before we came over here on Thursday...

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We were both at 12 pounds.

409
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Yeah.

410
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Yeah, we were both at 12 pounds.

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And we've continued on in Florida, eating meat.

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That's all we're eating.

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I was going to say, explain what the carnivore diet is.

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Well, you might explain it better because you've listened to about a hundred videos

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on it.

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And really, it started with hearing Jordan Peterson talk about how it totally...

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Cleared his depression.

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His daughter.

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He had dental issues.

420
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He had physical issues.

421
00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,640
His daughter, she had an autoimmune disease that was taking her out.

422
00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:08,640
Totally cleared that up.

423
00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:09,640
Totally cleared it up.

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Joe Rogan went on it.

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And I don't know all of the facts of things that happened to him.

426
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So for those of you who don't know, the ketogenic diet is lowering your carbs down to what?

427
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Around 20.

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Around 20 a day.

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And then healthy foods, clean foods, non-processed.

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No processed foods.

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No sugar.

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With a ketogenic diet, you can use sugar substitutes like stevia or various ones.

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Vegetables, salad, a little bit of fruit, but very little as long as you keep your carbs

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under 20.

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You want to keep your fat, get your fats up, your proteins up, through mostly meat and

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fatty meat and good fats like avocados.

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So we did that for a number of years.

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We saw great results actually.

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So when we started it again, we did it for a couple of weeks, three, and then our son...

440
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I want to say three weeks.

441
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Yeah, because Chris came and stayed with us.

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On our second week.

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Chris is working on his health as well.

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He's doing his temple care as well.

445
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So we had lots of conversations about proteins, fats, different people we're listening to,

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particularly YouTube's got some good videos and information.

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So I got inspired.

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I started watching Dr....

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Ken Berry.

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Ken Berry and Anthony Chafee.

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Dr. Anthony Chafee.

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Dr. Kilt.

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Yeah, Kilt.

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Dr. Kilt.

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Kilt.

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Just all these doctors that are jumping on, and many of them have been doing this for

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years.

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They're doing a carnivore diet.

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And I'd heard about it.

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I'd talked to a couple of people who tried it and others that saw great results, but

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I didn't really lean into it because of the thought of just eating meat from now on.

462
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Just sounded strange.

463
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Meat, eggs, beef.

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It's B.B.

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Beef, butter, eggs, salt.

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Bacon.

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Or beef, bacon.

468
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Yeah, butter.

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Beef, bacon, butter, eggs.

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But we have added a little bit of fruit.

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Yeah, just a little.

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Just a little bit.

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And that's it.

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Yeah.

475
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Really.

476
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And I'm going to say that I'm going to say that I'm going to say that I'm going to

477
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say that I'm going to say that I'm going to say that I'm going to say that I'm going

478
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to say that I'm going to say that I'm going to say that I Attach a genuine calorie memory

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to my body and also through all of our

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own

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caramel-stale

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And here we are 21 days later and we're in Florida and we're asking people,

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where's the best steakhouse?

484
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They're like, there's not steak here, it's seafood.

485
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Those ladies last night were like, okay, we know, we know.

486
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But there's got to be steak.

487
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We're asking locals about where to eat.

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That's what you do, especially when you travel like this.

489
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But we've eaten steak.

490
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Yeah, we've done very well.

491
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Burger, patties, because we're not eating the stuff.

492
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Lots of bacon and eggs.

493
00:16:48,660 --> 00:16:49,660
Yeah, lots.

494
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Yeah, sausages, various things.

495
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And we're at barbecue.

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Yeah.

497
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As long as without the sauce.

498
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Just brisket, sausage.

499
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Brisket, fatty brisket.

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So anyway, it's been fantastic.

501
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We feel amazing.

502
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The first two weeks were hard.

503
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Yeah.

504
00:17:05,260 --> 00:17:07,460
Not quite two weeks, but almost two weeks.

505
00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:08,460
Yeah, about a week and a half.

506
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:09,460
Yeah.

507
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Because you have an adjustment period.

508
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Hard on your stomach because you're-

509
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Yeah, you have an adjustment period.

510
00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:14,460
So yeah, I was in the bathroom a lot and I won't say anything else.

511
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We were in the bathroom a lot.

512
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Okay, yeah, I guess you were too.

513
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No more.

514
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Now it's unbelievable.

515
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It's amazing.

516
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I feel the energy level is over the top.

517
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I had no idea.

518
00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:30,860
It was like that with keto, but carnivore, it's even taking it to a new level.

519
00:17:30,860 --> 00:17:32,680
Yeah, we're intermittent fasting.

520
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We were at the gym yesterday or this morning for over an hour, which we never go more than

521
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40 minutes.

522
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And we ate nothing before we worked out.

523
00:17:40,820 --> 00:17:41,820
No, we're not eating.

524
00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:42,820
We're fasting until lunch.

525
00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:43,820
You eat.

526
00:17:43,820 --> 00:17:44,820
You fast.

527
00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:46,580
You work out while you're fasting.

528
00:17:46,580 --> 00:17:50,580
So what you do is you do your last meal in the evening if you're hungry.

529
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You may not even be hungry because what's happened when we got off all the carbs and

530
00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:57,740
got off the sugar, our appetite just went down.

531
00:17:57,740 --> 00:18:00,580
I mean, like, I'm hardly ever hungry.

532
00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,580
Yeah, it's been unbelievable.

533
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You don't crave anything.

534
00:18:02,940 --> 00:18:03,940
I don't crave sugar.

535
00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:04,940
No.

536
00:18:04,940 --> 00:18:08,460
I don't go by Great American Cookie Factory, you know, or whatever.

537
00:18:08,460 --> 00:18:12,580
Well, we drove by that Krispy Kreme and it said hot and we were like, poison, poison.

538
00:18:12,580 --> 00:18:14,860
Yeah, you have to reframe things.

539
00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,500
Now, and this isn't for everybody.

540
00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:17,500
No, it's not.

541
00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,980
Although I think everybody should look into it, but it's definitely...

542
00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:24,900
It took us, you know, really researching a lot of...

543
00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:29,980
And not every doctor is going to agree with this, but I know my doctor in San Antonio,

544
00:18:29,980 --> 00:18:32,540
she's the one who put me on keto years ago.

545
00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:38,020
I think she's going to be 100% for this and I'm going to get all my labs done next month.

546
00:18:38,020 --> 00:18:39,020
Yeah, next month.

547
00:18:39,020 --> 00:18:40,300
Yeah, that'll be great to see it.

548
00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:43,500
I've been able to get off almost all my supplements and medications.

549
00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,420
There's only one I'm hanging on to just for a short term, but it looks like I'll be able

550
00:18:47,420 --> 00:18:48,420
to completely get off of that.

551
00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:49,980
And that's what I'm hoping too.

552
00:18:49,980 --> 00:18:57,420
So yeah, I mean, we used to travel with a unbelievable array of supplements and vitamins.

553
00:18:57,420 --> 00:18:58,420
You don't need vitamins.

554
00:18:58,420 --> 00:19:03,180
Once you're eating what Dr. Ken Berry calls the proper human diet, PhD, you don't need

555
00:19:03,180 --> 00:19:04,180
all that.

556
00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:06,980
You don't need all those supplements because you're actually getting it all from the meat,

557
00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,460
the fats, the good healthy stuff.

558
00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:10,860
And not everybody can just eat meat.

559
00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:11,860
They...

560
00:19:11,860 --> 00:19:13,420
I mean, if you like...

561
00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:15,460
Here's what I think.

562
00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:19,700
We eat a variety of foods, but it's a really small variety of foods if you think about

563
00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:20,700
it.

564
00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:21,700
We always eat pretty much the same thing.

565
00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:23,300
Kind of gravitate toward the same group of things.

566
00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:27,060
And so why not just change that to a different...

567
00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:32,060
You just take out all the carbs and the sugar and processed food and just eat different

568
00:19:32,060 --> 00:19:34,020
meats and seafood.

569
00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:38,660
I even bought heart and liver for you.

570
00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:39,660
Cow heart and liver?

571
00:19:39,660 --> 00:19:40,660
Yes.

572
00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:41,660
I can't wait to grill those up.

573
00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:44,940
I'm a little shocked that I did that, but I don't know...

574
00:19:44,940 --> 00:19:49,140
I'll taste a bite of the heart, which that's weird that I want to taste a heart, but I

575
00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:53,420
do not want the liver because the liver reminds me of what my mom used to make, livered onions.

576
00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:54,420
Oh.

577
00:19:54,420 --> 00:19:55,420
Don't knock it.

578
00:19:55,420 --> 00:19:56,420
I'm also eating sardines.

579
00:19:56,420 --> 00:19:57,420
Outside?

580
00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:58,420
Thank you.

581
00:19:58,420 --> 00:19:59,420
I know.

582
00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:00,420
I've been banished.

583
00:20:00,420 --> 00:20:01,420
It's like 104 outside.

584
00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:03,940
I will not let you eat that in the house.

585
00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:07,460
It's hard enough to open a can of tuna, much less sardines.

586
00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:12,500
I only do two cans a week and you get all the omega-3s and fatty acids.

587
00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:15,580
Everything you need out of that, you get in a couple of servings.

588
00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:17,820
It'll be interesting because you're shrinking.

589
00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:18,820
I know.

590
00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:22,460
I did run into someone at the cleaners the other day and I said, he's not even the same

591
00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:27,020
man spiritually, but physically he has shrunk in a good way.

592
00:20:27,020 --> 00:20:28,740
No, I have lean body mass.

593
00:20:28,740 --> 00:20:29,740
You have lean body mass.

594
00:20:29,740 --> 00:20:30,740
You're real cut.

595
00:20:30,740 --> 00:20:31,740
I'm not trying to be buff.

596
00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:36,060
Adam says your arms are as big as your legs, but not anymore, but in a good way.

597
00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:37,060
Well, thank you.

598
00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:38,060
I'm sorry.

599
00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:39,060
You're shrinking too.

600
00:20:39,060 --> 00:20:40,060
We're both shrinking.

601
00:20:40,060 --> 00:20:41,060
I know.

602
00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:42,060
It's nice.

603
00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:46,260
It does help with confidence, but I like how I feel more than anything.

604
00:20:46,260 --> 00:20:50,500
The fact that our health, because you get rid of all that visceral fat around your organs,

605
00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:56,220
which is the dangerous fat, all that goes away and all the inflammation goes away.

606
00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:57,900
The body, it's amazing.

607
00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:02,620
God created our bodies to heal itself, but you have to give it the right fuel.

608
00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:04,900
You wouldn't put diesel in a gasoline car.

609
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:05,900
It wouldn't run.

610
00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:07,300
It wouldn't work.

611
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,860
There's a reason it's designed that way.

612
00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:10,860
We're learning.

613
00:21:10,860 --> 00:21:13,500
If you're interested, write us, ask questions.

614
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,980
I reached out to Michael Schuizer.

615
00:21:14,980 --> 00:21:16,900
He's the lead guitar player at Mercy Means.

616
00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:18,360
He's doing the same thing.

617
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:22,860
He's been doing it for 13 weeks, something like that.

618
00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:23,860
18 weeks.

619
00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:24,860
He's doing great.

620
00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:25,860
He's cross fit.

621
00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:30,620
He said he went to the beach and had a sugar alcohol drink or something, but that was it.

622
00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:31,620
An adult beverage.

623
00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,220
An adult beverage, but that was about it.

624
00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:34,220
He said that was it.

625
00:21:34,220 --> 00:21:35,220
He said, that isn't that.

626
00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:36,220
He's been pure carnivore.

627
00:21:36,220 --> 00:21:39,860
We've been trading notes and he's helped me a little bit.

628
00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:40,860
We're on it.

629
00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:42,740
Anyway, that's just kind of what's up with us.

630
00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:47,260
I can't believe how we're sitting here bubbling with energy right now.

631
00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:49,500
We've just had one meal of meat.

632
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,420
We had one meal of red meat.

633
00:21:52,420 --> 00:21:54,420
I think it's going to be cheaper on our grocery bill though.

634
00:21:54,420 --> 00:21:55,420
Oh, I do too.

635
00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:56,420
Oh my gosh.

636
00:21:56,420 --> 00:21:57,420
Because you're not buying all the junk.

637
00:21:57,420 --> 00:21:59,580
It's certainly easier to eat and clean up.

638
00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:01,500
Well, that's what people say, isn't it hard?

639
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,500
No.

640
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:03,500
You don't have to think about it.

641
00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:04,500
You don't have to count calories.

642
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,740
We bought a new grill so that we could grill.

643
00:22:06,740 --> 00:22:08,220
We bought a pellet grill.

644
00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:10,180
I'm so excited about that.

645
00:22:10,180 --> 00:22:12,900
Now we grill everything on the grill.

646
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:13,900
It's bad.

647
00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:14,900
It's bad to the bone.

648
00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:15,900
I love it.

649
00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:17,860
We've gotten to use it a couple of times, three times.

650
00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:18,860
Before we came to Florida.

651
00:22:18,860 --> 00:22:19,860
I love it.

652
00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:22,300
Already I'm excited about it.

653
00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:26,460
We've been buying a lot of good beef from KNC Beef out of Austin.

654
00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:29,340
It's literally farm to your front door.

655
00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:30,980
You buy direct from the farmers.

656
00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:33,780
I'm excited about getting my next batch of meat.

657
00:22:33,780 --> 00:22:34,780
Me too.

658
00:22:34,780 --> 00:22:35,780
I know.

659
00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:36,780
I'm excited.

660
00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:39,180
It's a little harder when you travel just because you're having to eat meat from restaurants

661
00:22:39,180 --> 00:22:43,460
and then you have to say, and always poor waiters and waitresses, they look at us like

662
00:22:43,460 --> 00:22:44,460
all you want is meat.

663
00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:45,460
No sides.

664
00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:47,820
We ate at Longhorn Steakhouse last night.

665
00:22:47,820 --> 00:22:50,580
She was like, wait, but you got to have sides.

666
00:22:50,580 --> 00:22:51,900
We're like, no.

667
00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,380
She goes, she puts her hand on her hips.

668
00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,380
Oh my gosh.

669
00:22:55,380 --> 00:22:59,100
I wish I could be as disciplined as you all.

670
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:02,740
Then they brought us out two sides of mashed potatoes.

671
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:04,820
You know what I did?

672
00:23:04,820 --> 00:23:08,940
I took the butter off the top and put it on my steak.

673
00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:12,660
We killed off a 20 ounce bone in last night.

674
00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:13,660
We did.

675
00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:14,660
It was fun.

676
00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:15,660
Anyway, it's great.

677
00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,140
If you have any questions, just ask.

678
00:23:17,140 --> 00:23:20,260
You can write us at our website.

679
00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:24,500
We always love hearing from you, but that's kind of what's up with us and what's current

680
00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:25,740
and what's going on.

681
00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:30,740
We're just thrilled to be here as I turn and look out and see a couple of C-dos riding

682
00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:33,740
by and then a parasail comes flying by.

683
00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:34,740
It's pretty cool.

684
00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:35,740
I can get used to this.

685
00:23:35,740 --> 00:23:36,740
Talk about the parasail adventure.

686
00:23:36,740 --> 00:23:40,620
Annette, we've been watching it out in the ocean.

687
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:44,220
We were at the beach just watching and watching people.

688
00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:48,340
We watched a couple of people go up that were sitting behind us.

689
00:23:48,340 --> 00:23:49,780
I just said, I want to do this.

690
00:23:49,780 --> 00:23:50,780
You were like, what?

691
00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:51,780
Who are you?

692
00:23:51,780 --> 00:23:52,780
Is what you said.

693
00:23:52,780 --> 00:23:53,780
I don't know you anymore.

694
00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:56,860
I said, go find out how much it is.

695
00:23:56,860 --> 00:24:00,420
I don't care how much it is, honestly.

696
00:24:00,420 --> 00:24:03,220
Obviously we have a budget, but sometimes you just got to...

697
00:24:03,220 --> 00:24:05,460
Then you did something you never do.

698
00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:09,740
Every time I say, I'll go ask them, you go, don't bother them.

699
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:14,860
There are these two girls out on the water, obviously their friends had just gone.

700
00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:15,860
I had to ask them.

701
00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:19,580
You actually went over and asked them, what has possessed my wife?

702
00:24:19,580 --> 00:24:21,380
Is this a carnivore?

703
00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:22,380
You're turned into a lion?

704
00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:29,180
I was desperate to get information because I wanted to see if it was something affordable.

705
00:24:29,180 --> 00:24:30,180
I don't know.

706
00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:31,180
I was really excited.

707
00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:33,180
If you're hearing noise in the background, that's our eyes.

708
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:35,140
I was going to say, what is that?

709
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,140
You're in a kitchen.

710
00:24:36,140 --> 00:24:37,140
Oh yeah.

711
00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:38,140
Okay.

712
00:24:38,140 --> 00:24:39,140
I thought it was you making that noise.

713
00:24:39,140 --> 00:24:40,140
No, it's the ice maker.

714
00:24:40,140 --> 00:24:41,140
Okay.

715
00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:43,380
Well anyway, so I got the information.

716
00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:47,100
We went out the next day and it was too short though.

717
00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:49,940
It was short, but it was cool.

718
00:24:49,940 --> 00:24:54,140
For those of you who don't know me, I'm afraid of water.

719
00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:57,860
A swimming pool is fun, shallow is great.

720
00:24:57,860 --> 00:25:03,060
I'm not a big fan of deep water and I'm afraid of heights.

721
00:25:03,060 --> 00:25:08,780
For me to even suggest us go parasailing, I thought you were going to faint literally.

722
00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:09,780
Mind bending.

723
00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:11,420
But I was not afraid.

724
00:25:11,420 --> 00:25:13,900
I wasn't nervous.

725
00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:16,940
I think if it was just me, I wouldn't have done it, but the fact that we could do it

726
00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:18,540
together made it just worthwhile.

727
00:25:18,540 --> 00:25:19,540
I loved it.

728
00:25:19,540 --> 00:25:25,460
So you jump on a banana boat behind a jet ski and they fly out to the boat, which is

729
00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:26,460
like almost a mile out.

730
00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:28,020
And water is just going all over you.

731
00:25:28,020 --> 00:25:29,020
Yeah.

732
00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:30,980
It's just like riding a bunk and bucking a Bronco.

733
00:25:30,980 --> 00:25:31,980
It's like being on a tube.

734
00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:32,980
Yeah, or a Bronco.

735
00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:36,260
You just hang on for dear life and water splashes.

736
00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:37,260
Yes.

737
00:25:37,260 --> 00:25:38,260
Salt water in your eyes.

738
00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:42,420
So anyway, we get out there and then man, they just harness you up and like 30 seconds

739
00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:45,100
later it's like, all right, don't hold on to that.

740
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:46,660
And then boom, you're in the air.

741
00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:47,660
It was great.

742
00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:48,660
It was cool.

743
00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:49,660
It was way too short.

744
00:25:49,660 --> 00:25:50,660
I could have done it for 30 minutes.

745
00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:52,540
So it has a thousand foot wire.

746
00:25:52,540 --> 00:25:53,540
Wire.

747
00:25:53,540 --> 00:25:58,460
Well not wire, but it's like a rope, nylon rope, but thousand feet.

748
00:25:58,460 --> 00:26:02,300
So you're so far from the boat that once you get up in the air, you don't even, I could

749
00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:03,620
barely hear the boat.

750
00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:04,620
Yeah, me too.

751
00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:06,140
All I heard was nothing.

752
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:08,540
And then I loved it when they dipped us into the water twice.

753
00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:12,580
They'll slow down a couple of times and let you like hit the water and they pull you back

754
00:26:12,580 --> 00:26:13,580
up.

755
00:26:13,580 --> 00:26:14,580
And it was wonderful because it's hot.

756
00:26:14,580 --> 00:26:17,220
So it felt good to get in that warm water.

757
00:26:17,220 --> 00:26:21,020
I think for me, once we got up, I was just amazed at the beauty.

758
00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:23,340
Cause I mean, you're about a hundred feet in the air.

759
00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:28,260
We went and bought a waterproof camera and took a lot of pictures and video.

760
00:26:28,260 --> 00:26:29,260
We'll see how that turns out.

761
00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:30,260
I don't have no idea.

762
00:26:30,260 --> 00:26:34,100
They take pictures, but then, and they send them to you, but then they charge you an arm

763
00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:35,100
and a leg.

764
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,020
So we're like, no, we've got our own pictures.

765
00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:38,020
Thank you.

766
00:26:38,020 --> 00:26:39,020
So it was really cool.

767
00:26:39,020 --> 00:26:43,700
But what I loved was the peace that I mean, I thought, okay, this is a sabbatical.

768
00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:47,500
We're up in the air about a hundred feet and we're looking around.

769
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:53,380
Of course you can see that the shoreline is just stunning and you can see the water.

770
00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:54,900
It's just blue and green.

771
00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:58,060
It's so beautiful and white sands.

772
00:26:58,060 --> 00:26:59,060
Texas beaches.

773
00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:00,060
No.

774
00:27:00,060 --> 00:27:01,060
It's a little different.

775
00:27:01,060 --> 00:27:08,020
And Cancun, Mexico, Caribbean is really pretty, but this is, this is unbelievable.

776
00:27:08,020 --> 00:27:10,220
Clear water, clear green and blue.

777
00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:11,220
Oh, so clear.

778
00:27:11,220 --> 00:27:12,220
I love it.

779
00:27:12,220 --> 00:27:13,220
Yeah.

780
00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:15,100
So we had a great time, but what an adventure.

781
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,100
I mean, this girl, you are just coming alive.

782
00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:18,460
I think it's a cardboard diet.

783
00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:19,460
You're turning into a lioness.

784
00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:27,420
No, I think it's just, I'm realizing my mortality and it's like, I got to do some things before

785
00:27:27,420 --> 00:27:29,860
Jesus comes back or we pass or whatever.

786
00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:32,580
I've got to, I need to adventure out a little bit.

787
00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:33,580
Even coming here.

788
00:27:33,580 --> 00:27:37,660
I mean, we, we said to the beginning of the sabbatical, if we decide to do something,

789
00:27:37,660 --> 00:27:38,660
we'll do it.

790
00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:39,660
If we don't, we don't.

791
00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:40,660
Right.

792
00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:42,260
And about a week before that you said, I'm content here.

793
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,260
I'm great.

794
00:27:43,260 --> 00:27:46,940
And then one day you woke up and it's like, I really want to go to the beach.

795
00:27:46,940 --> 00:27:47,940
I really want to go to the beach.

796
00:27:47,940 --> 00:27:48,940
I want to go.

797
00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:49,940
Yeah.

798
00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:51,300
And I think you were jelly of your friends going to Europe.

799
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:56,060
Well, they're going to be gone for two weeks and it's like, they're the only friends we're

800
00:27:56,060 --> 00:27:57,060
seeing.

801
00:27:57,060 --> 00:27:58,060
They've really been our hangout buddies.

802
00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,060
They have been.

803
00:27:59,060 --> 00:28:02,700
They've been designed for the sabbatical to just have a couple of people that we do life

804
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:06,460
with and, and, you know, not talk about church.

805
00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:11,980
And so they've really been, we've gotten so close to them and have enjoyed this friendship

806
00:28:11,980 --> 00:28:14,580
and just so thankful God crossed our paths.

807
00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:15,940
And so then they're leaving.

808
00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:16,940
So we're kind of bummed out.

809
00:28:16,940 --> 00:28:21,220
We're like, Oh man, what are we going to do for two weeks?

810
00:28:21,220 --> 00:28:22,500
So we went somewhere for a week.

811
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:23,500
So we did.

812
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:28,420
And we'll come back and we'll have a couple of weeks just to wind down a little bit more

813
00:28:28,420 --> 00:28:29,420
getting.

814
00:28:29,420 --> 00:28:30,420
Yeah.

815
00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:31,420
Yeah.

816
00:28:31,420 --> 00:28:33,900
And get ready for what the Lord has for us when we get there.

817
00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:36,780
But let me share this because this is what happened yesterday.

818
00:28:36,780 --> 00:28:37,780
Yeah.

819
00:28:37,780 --> 00:28:38,780
I was going to ask about that yesterday.

820
00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:47,260
I was sitting out on the patio and the balcony and I was looking over and I was having my

821
00:28:47,260 --> 00:28:52,860
quiet time with the Lord and I was praying and I was looking out and I was like, Lord,

822
00:28:52,860 --> 00:28:58,620
you, your majesty is just, you are so majestic.

823
00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:01,300
And I just, that song came into my head.

824
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:06,200
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, how majestic is your name and all the earth.

825
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,280
And so I went on to my concordance and I'm going to read this.

826
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:15,540
This is from Psalm eight for the director of music, according to Giddeth, a Psalm of

827
00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:16,540
David.

828
00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:22,180
And this is David singing this or saying this to the Lord.

829
00:29:22,180 --> 00:29:26,260
Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name and all the earth.

830
00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:31,660
You have set your glory in the heavens through the praise of children and infants.

831
00:29:31,660 --> 00:29:37,420
You have established a stronghold against your enemies to silence the foe and the avenger.

832
00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:42,980
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which

833
00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:49,340
you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that

834
00:29:49,340 --> 00:29:51,940
you care for them.

835
00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:56,700
You have made them a little lower than the angels and crown them with glory and honor.

836
00:29:56,700 --> 00:30:02,300
You made them rulers over the works of your hands and put everything under their feet.

837
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:07,500
All flocks and herds and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky and the fish in

838
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:11,800
the sea, all that swim the path of the seas.

839
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,180
Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name and all the earth.

840
00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:22,340
When I pulled up Majestic and Majesty and the concordance it sent me to Psalm 8.

841
00:30:22,340 --> 00:30:28,380
And I thought it was so interesting because that song went into my head and then Psalm

842
00:30:28,380 --> 00:30:30,580
8 is that song.

843
00:30:30,580 --> 00:30:36,460
Do you remember that song from, gosh, the 80s I think, 90s?

844
00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:41,660
What was amazing is I love it when it says the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea,

845
00:30:41,660 --> 00:30:43,980
all that swim the paths of the sea.

846
00:30:43,980 --> 00:30:45,540
And I'm looking out at the sea.

847
00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:47,180
In the mornings what have we been doing?

848
00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:51,820
We've been going out there with our coffee and just sitting out on the balcony and enjoying

849
00:30:51,820 --> 00:30:55,820
the presence of the Lord and His Majesty of God.

850
00:30:55,820 --> 00:31:00,700
And so I just, that, I was so, so moved.

851
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:07,900
So I was looking up other scriptures and there's a couple more I want to read that were just

852
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:08,900
so amazing.

853
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,380
Let me get to this real quick.

854
00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:17,180
Well, first off, let's talk about Majesty or Majestic.

855
00:31:17,180 --> 00:31:25,620
In the strong concordance, it's an adjective, and it means glorious, leader, magnificent,

856
00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:35,580
majestic, majestic ones, masters, mighty, mighty one, nobles, power, and stately.

857
00:31:35,580 --> 00:31:40,100
I mean that is just, that's who God is.

858
00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:44,140
He's just so perfect in every way.

859
00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:50,580
And the fact that He cares so much for the birds in the air, how much more does He care

860
00:31:50,580 --> 00:31:52,180
for us?

861
00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:57,540
And looking out there, it just, it's so tranquil and seeing people having fun.

862
00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:01,620
You can see little kids playing, playing in the sand.

863
00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:08,900
And it's just, it's just, you just think about God's glory just looking out here.

864
00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:14,860
I wish we could see that everywhere instead of having to come, I mean we see it, but everyone,

865
00:32:14,860 --> 00:32:22,140
I wish they could really see through the eyes, through the lens of God and see what He has

866
00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:23,940
created here.

867
00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:27,460
He is Elohim, the Creator.

868
00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:31,820
He created all of this for us to enjoy.

869
00:32:31,820 --> 00:32:35,500
I think the vastness of it is also impressive.

870
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:41,220
We talk about majesty or the glory of God, just seeing how far where you look and you

871
00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:42,540
cannot see anything.

872
00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:47,500
All you see is the horizon on the sea, the Gulf going out.

873
00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,460
And it's so massive.

874
00:32:49,460 --> 00:32:53,300
I was, when we were out on the beach just sitting and enjoying the sun and watching

875
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:59,060
kids play and super cute and watching them trying to find things in the sand and whatnot,

876
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:00,740
just enjoying that.

877
00:33:00,740 --> 00:33:06,740
But I was looking out over the Gulf of Mexico knowing, and we saw a dolphin swim by yesterday

878
00:33:06,740 --> 00:33:11,020
morning which was kind of cool, super chill, slow.

879
00:33:11,020 --> 00:33:12,020
You were like, is that a shark?

880
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:13,020
I'm hunting, it's a dolphin.

881
00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:14,020
Don't you remember, flipper?

882
00:33:14,020 --> 00:33:19,500
I know, but there was a shark sighting here in May.

883
00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:21,100
But it was eight miles out.

884
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:22,820
So anyway, not up close.

885
00:33:22,820 --> 00:33:24,780
But anyways, we're watching all this.

886
00:33:24,780 --> 00:33:31,380
I was overwhelmed with the vastness, how vast God is, how big God is, and how the earth

887
00:33:31,380 --> 00:33:36,420
is covered with water and how much it is.

888
00:33:36,420 --> 00:33:41,300
Even just the way the earth's created it can support the weight and the gravity.

889
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:42,300
I was digging in.

890
00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:43,300
I know.

891
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:46,300
Digging into that, thinking about the weight of the ocean.

892
00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:51,220
And it's on the earth's crust and how it doesn't just implode, this whole planet implode on

893
00:33:51,220 --> 00:33:52,220
itself.

894
00:33:52,220 --> 00:33:53,220
You would think about it.

895
00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:57,100
I think because God's holding it all in His hands.

896
00:33:57,100 --> 00:34:03,580
That was where I was going with that, and how vast, how majestic He is, how glorious

897
00:34:03,580 --> 00:34:04,580
He is.

898
00:34:04,580 --> 00:34:09,100
Well, one of the things that I found interesting after we were sitting here on the porch and

899
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:17,660
I was just having that moment of just in awe of who He is, we get up, we get ready, go

900
00:34:17,660 --> 00:34:18,660
to the gym.

901
00:34:18,660 --> 00:34:25,780
And I always turn on, I wanted to see Gateway, Robert Morris, I wanted to hear his preaching

902
00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:27,220
from Sunday.

903
00:34:27,220 --> 00:34:28,300
We went on a Sunday morning.

904
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:34,060
We're not going to church while we're on the sabbatical, but we are listening to Gateway.

905
00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:37,820
And so Robert Morris is back, it's his second week.

906
00:34:37,820 --> 00:34:41,740
And I decided, and I don't do this often.

907
00:34:41,740 --> 00:34:45,220
Most of the time I'll fast forward it straight to the preaching.

908
00:34:45,220 --> 00:34:51,580
But yesterday, for some reason, I just wanted to hear the worship before the preaching,

909
00:34:51,580 --> 00:34:57,740
which I never got to the preaching because I was just so engulfed into the worship.

910
00:34:57,740 --> 00:35:04,460
But Martin Smith from Delirious, is Delirious the band still going or are they still intact?

911
00:35:04,460 --> 00:35:05,460
No, no, no.

912
00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:06,460
They're doing different things.

913
00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:07,780
Stu G, the guitar player is in Nashville.

914
00:35:07,780 --> 00:35:08,780
Of course you would know that.

915
00:35:08,780 --> 00:35:13,340
He travels with Michael W. Smith and some of the other guys, so he sessions out a lot.

916
00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:14,340
Okay.

917
00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:20,140
I remember Martin Smith and Delirious leading for a Joyce Meyer conference years ago in

918
00:35:20,140 --> 00:35:23,740
St. Louis.

919
00:35:23,740 --> 00:35:27,220
And I was just, it was just, it was wonderful.

920
00:35:27,220 --> 00:35:30,940
I mean, the worship was just overwhelming.

921
00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:37,580
And so yesterday they played a song and Martin wasn't there.

922
00:35:37,580 --> 00:35:43,040
And then a pastor comes out and says, we want to introduce Martin Smith is going to lead

923
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,200
us in the rest of the worship.

924
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:52,140
And I was so moved because two of the songs had the word majesty in it.

925
00:35:52,140 --> 00:35:53,140
Okay.

926
00:35:53,140 --> 00:35:59,740
What are the chances that I'm sitting out here on the balcony and I'm just saying, Lord,

927
00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:00,740
you're so majestic.

928
00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:03,180
And then we're at the gym a little bit later.

929
00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:06,100
A little bit later in two of the songs.

930
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:09,980
So you're in a bathroom stall again, crying.

931
00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:12,300
I am so...

932
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,620
There's something about getting wrecked at the gym.

933
00:36:14,620 --> 00:36:15,620
I know.

934
00:36:15,620 --> 00:36:23,020
And this sabbatical is really wrecking me spiritually because I think this is why though,

935
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:29,420
we don't have the distractions of work and other things that can get in the way.

936
00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:36,460
And you just, you can focus more on your relationship with the Lord because it is a relationship.

937
00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:39,060
It is not something we do.

938
00:36:39,060 --> 00:36:40,500
It's who we are.

939
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:48,140
We have this relationship with God and He's with us at all times.

940
00:36:48,140 --> 00:36:53,700
But when we get wrapped up with distractions in life, you tend to not think about them

941
00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:56,780
a lot.

942
00:36:56,780 --> 00:37:01,300
And it's sad, but it's just the way of life.

943
00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:08,180
But having this sabbatical where everything is about rest, resting in Him, not just resting

944
00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:12,400
and having fun and then He's still on the back burner, that's wrong.

945
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:18,360
It's about putting Him in the forefront, keeping Him there and everything we do is surrounded

946
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,140
by Him.

947
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:23,500
He's not in the background, He's in the forefront.

948
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:28,620
And I think that's what is just making this so powerful for me.

949
00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:36,100
And God is just confirming so much of His presence in our lives right now and what He

950
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:37,100
wants to do.

951
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:46,260
And I think our church, what you're going to do in our church and what God's going to

952
00:37:46,260 --> 00:37:54,220
do through you, for our people as you speak, and God's going to give you something fresh,

953
00:37:54,220 --> 00:37:56,220
I think it's going to be powerful, Jimmy.

954
00:37:56,220 --> 00:38:00,420
I really do because of what He's doing in you privately.

955
00:38:00,420 --> 00:38:06,460
So I'm really looking forward to going back and seeing what He's going to do because as

956
00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:08,540
a shepherd goes, so goes the sheep.

957
00:38:08,540 --> 00:38:14,060
And I really do believe that what God's doing here because we are taking the time not just

958
00:38:14,060 --> 00:38:16,260
to blow eight weeks.

959
00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:19,260
No, no, no.

960
00:38:19,260 --> 00:38:22,980
We committed, we said we will not squander this time.

961
00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:30,700
And even squandering could have been for us just going from vacation to vacation to vacation.

962
00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:33,700
That could have been squandering as well.

963
00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:39,460
And just getting so caught up in doing, doing, doing instead of being, being, being.

964
00:38:39,460 --> 00:38:41,260
And I think that was the difference.

965
00:38:41,260 --> 00:38:45,660
I would change a thing and I'm not going to have any regrets.

966
00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:46,660
Exactly.

967
00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:52,100
And you know, going back in, I love what you said, Annette, and just so, so with you on

968
00:38:52,100 --> 00:39:01,980
that is my, I'm not supposed to say challenge, but my goal, my objective is to take what

969
00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:06,820
we've learned here and then bring that into, back into the pace of life.

970
00:39:06,820 --> 00:39:07,820
Exactly.

971
00:39:07,820 --> 00:39:08,820
It doesn't stop.

972
00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:13,660
And also we become the master of our pace, not letting the pace become the master of

973
00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:14,660
us.

974
00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:16,460
We're kind of resetting ourselves.

975
00:39:16,460 --> 00:39:17,740
That's a good way to say it.

976
00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:22,140
It's like rebooting the computer or when your phone starts acting up, we're always turning

977
00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:23,140
it off.

978
00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:24,140
Yeah.

979
00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:25,140
Power it off.

980
00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:26,140
I say reboot it.

981
00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:27,140
Yeah.

982
00:39:27,140 --> 00:39:28,140
Yeah.

983
00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:29,140
Turn it.

984
00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:30,140
Have you read, restarted your phone?

985
00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:31,140
And I feel like that's what we're doing.

986
00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:35,500
It's clearing out the junk, clearing the cash and focusing on Him.

987
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:41,300
It's sort of like fasting in a sense where you peel away all the non-essentials and now

988
00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:44,700
you're focused on what matters and what's primary.

989
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:49,420
And to be able to do that for a couple of months is such a rare gift.

990
00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:53,900
It's the first time in 38 years of ministry I've been able to do this.

991
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:59,260
And looking back, I won't say I have regrets, but I would say knowing what I know now, I

992
00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:00,260
would have been doing this.

993
00:40:00,260 --> 00:40:01,260
You would have been more intentional.

994
00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:02,900
On an ongoing basis.

995
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:08,140
And about asking and insisting that we have a sabbatical.

996
00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:09,140
No doubt.

997
00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:10,140
No doubt.

998
00:40:10,140 --> 00:40:11,140
Which now we know.

999
00:40:11,140 --> 00:40:12,140
We know.

1000
00:40:12,140 --> 00:40:13,140
We learned.

1001
00:40:13,140 --> 00:40:14,140
Five to seven years.

1002
00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:19,180
So I'm already looking at five years down the line, not seven, especially at our age.

1003
00:40:19,180 --> 00:40:20,180
We need to go five.

1004
00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:22,180
We don't have a lot of sevens left, right?

1005
00:40:22,180 --> 00:40:23,180
Yeah.

1006
00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:28,620
I think this was one of the most important things we've ever done in our lives.

1007
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:29,620
I agree.

1008
00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:30,620
I agree.

1009
00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:35,660
We hope that where you live, you can take a little bit of what we're talking about because

1010
00:40:35,660 --> 00:40:38,180
you don't have to be on a sabbatical to do this.

1011
00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:42,540
I've been doing something that I read about many years ago called practicing the presence

1012
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:43,740
of God.

1013
00:40:43,740 --> 00:40:44,740
It's similar.

1014
00:40:44,740 --> 00:40:46,660
It's really the same.

1015
00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:51,660
Where you turn everything you do into an act of worship for Him.

1016
00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:54,380
Bill Johnson was just talking about that the other day.

1017
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:55,380
Remember?

1018
00:40:55,380 --> 00:40:56,380
Yes.

1019
00:40:56,380 --> 00:41:00,420
The way of life is a new book that he has out, but he also has a 21 day?

1020
00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:01,420
41 day.

1021
00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:04,460
41 day on YouVersion, the Bible app.

1022
00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:06,500
It's real short, but it's profound.

1023
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:07,500
It's so good.

1024
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:11,180
Some of our videos, some of our little writings, but just to the point.

1025
00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:16,380
But he was talking about how making everything that you do an act of worship.

1026
00:41:16,380 --> 00:41:17,380
And so that's-

1027
00:41:17,380 --> 00:41:19,780
Would you practice that as long as I've known you?

1028
00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:24,540
God's grace has been on that for me and teaching me that through Brother Lawrence and Frank

1029
00:41:24,540 --> 00:41:29,620
Lawvok and some of the contemplatives and the desert fathers and mothers and various

1030
00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,820
things I've read through the years and studied.

1031
00:41:32,820 --> 00:41:39,300
And I'm continuing that with Pastor Pete Craig and his whole idea of Lake DL 365.

1032
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:44,900
So when we take the step back in and we're back at staff meetings, we're back at meetings,

1033
00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:49,260
not somebody wants to meet with me and we're counseling and we're prepping sermons, doing

1034
00:41:49,260 --> 00:41:55,860
series and planning and all the stuff we do, I will come back at a different pace.

1035
00:41:55,860 --> 00:42:01,740
I will move at the pace of grace, not the pace of expectation or the pace that's- sometimes

1036
00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:04,940
the enemy will get us spun up and moving so fast.

1037
00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:10,780
We just, we start to miss things and I just won't fall victim to that.

1038
00:42:10,780 --> 00:42:11,780
Yeah.

1039
00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:12,780
Yeah.

1040
00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:16,020
It's going to be a new wild ride for us, I think.

1041
00:42:16,020 --> 00:42:17,380
Oh, I'm looking forward to it.

1042
00:42:17,380 --> 00:42:18,380
In a great way.

1043
00:42:18,380 --> 00:42:22,460
And another part of this that I'm expecting coming out of this is revival.

1044
00:42:22,460 --> 00:42:26,060
I mean, I know my heart's been revived.

1045
00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:27,540
You're in revival.

1046
00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:29,500
We're in revival.

1047
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:31,820
So it's just, and it's contagious.

1048
00:42:31,820 --> 00:42:32,820
Revival is contagious.

1049
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:33,820
Absolutely.

1050
00:42:33,820 --> 00:42:40,140
And so once we get back into the milieu of life, I think it's going to be interesting

1051
00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:41,140
to see what happens.

1052
00:42:41,140 --> 00:42:42,140
I've got great expectations.

1053
00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:43,140
I do too.

1054
00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:44,420
And two, I want to say this.

1055
00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:48,380
I know Adam and Tina on Curry and the Keeper, their podcast brought up our conversation

1056
00:42:48,380 --> 00:42:50,100
about the ripple effect.

1057
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:51,220
Great conversation.

1058
00:42:51,220 --> 00:42:56,580
We had a wonderful dinner with them and this came up in the context of our- just when we

1059
00:42:56,580 --> 00:43:01,140
get together and talk, it's a talk fest and we all know how to talk and we love to talk

1060
00:43:01,140 --> 00:43:02,660
and we love God.

1061
00:43:02,660 --> 00:43:04,780
So we talk a lot about God and what's going on.

1062
00:43:04,780 --> 00:43:09,900
So this, I remembered one time, I didn't tell them where this came from, but I don't know

1063
00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:12,060
if you remember when I was with Eugene Mamajek.

1064
00:43:12,060 --> 00:43:13,060
Yes.

1065
00:43:13,060 --> 00:43:17,460
We took this group of boys out to Ruedos, New Mexico to hike into the mountains.

1066
00:43:17,460 --> 00:43:23,420
They're all boys and they were all, there were some tough kids from the children's home

1067
00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:27,580
that I worked at and I'd brought Eugene into that a little bit.

1068
00:43:27,580 --> 00:43:31,820
He ended up becoming an F-15 pilot trainer.

1069
00:43:31,820 --> 00:43:37,660
So me and Eugene took them up to the mountains and we were standing out at this stunning,

1070
00:43:37,660 --> 00:43:41,700
beautiful pond in the mountains.

1071
00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:46,660
And there was no wind and I took a rock and I just tossed it out into the middle of it.

1072
00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:52,620
We just stood there and when that rock hit that pond, it just sent ripples and they were

1073
00:43:52,620 --> 00:43:55,940
so defined and beautiful.

1074
00:43:55,940 --> 00:44:00,580
And we just stood there without a word and watched it go to the edge and then bounce

1075
00:44:00,580 --> 00:44:02,740
back to the middle.

1076
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:10,100
And that, we both came out of that going, that was so simple but profound.

1077
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:15,380
And what I've come out of it through the years and thought through is that the world loves

1078
00:44:15,380 --> 00:44:16,380
waves.

1079
00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:17,380
We like the spectacular.

1080
00:44:17,380 --> 00:44:22,180
I mean, you scroll through Instagram or Facebook, everybody's putting the spectacular.

1081
00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:23,180
This is what I did.

1082
00:44:23,180 --> 00:44:24,180
This is my great accomplishment.

1083
00:44:24,180 --> 00:44:25,180
Here's my trophies.

1084
00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:29,020
Here's my whatever great feats of strength.

1085
00:44:29,020 --> 00:44:34,540
And what I think God is a lot more concerned about are the ripples, not the waves.

1086
00:44:34,540 --> 00:44:40,380
Because the ripples start at one point, they move all the way out until they hit some kind

1087
00:44:40,380 --> 00:44:44,540
of boundary or border and then they come back in.

1088
00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:45,540
And that's just...

1089
00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:51,500
That's pretty profound if you say that because it comes back to you.

1090
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:52,500
Exactly.

1091
00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:53,500
I mean, think about that.

1092
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:54,500
Think about that.

1093
00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:55,500
It's the law of reciprocity.

1094
00:44:55,500 --> 00:44:56,500
Exactly.

1095
00:44:56,500 --> 00:44:59,300
What you sow, you shall also reap.

1096
00:44:59,300 --> 00:45:00,300
Yes.

1097
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:06,580
And so we were having that conversation and I believe that when we come back into our

1098
00:45:06,580 --> 00:45:14,980
life and in our work, in our ministry, I think it's going to be a revival that's got a lot

1099
00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:17,460
more ripples than waves.

1100
00:45:17,460 --> 00:45:19,180
Waves I think are highly overrated.

1101
00:45:19,180 --> 00:45:23,700
A lot of people, that's how you get your name in magazines and get invited to do church

1102
00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:28,500
growth conferences, become guest speakers at things.

1103
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:29,860
I'm not looking for that.

1104
00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:30,860
No, you never have been.

1105
00:45:30,860 --> 00:45:36,660
I'm looking for the ripples, the ripples, the moments that you can look back and go,

1106
00:45:36,660 --> 00:45:38,140
God touched that moment.

1107
00:45:38,140 --> 00:45:39,140
Exactly.

1108
00:45:39,140 --> 00:45:40,140
And in our little trip here...

1109
00:45:40,140 --> 00:45:42,420
Something that's going to last, lasting.

1110
00:45:42,420 --> 00:45:48,540
That's what's really important is something that's going to last and not...

1111
00:45:48,540 --> 00:45:51,020
The big things, they come and go.

1112
00:45:51,020 --> 00:45:57,100
They're like a firework and it's beautiful and then it just fizzles out and it's gone.

1113
00:45:57,100 --> 00:46:03,140
So I think what you're saying is that ripple effect and you just keep throwing it out and

1114
00:46:03,140 --> 00:46:05,740
it keeps coming back, keeps coming back, keeps coming back.

1115
00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:07,340
But you got to throw it out.

1116
00:46:07,340 --> 00:46:08,340
You got to.

1117
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:09,340
You got to take an act.

1118
00:46:09,340 --> 00:46:11,300
You got to start the motion.

1119
00:46:11,300 --> 00:46:13,340
You got to take the step.

1120
00:46:13,340 --> 00:46:15,500
And I would challenge you to be a ripple maker.

1121
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:17,340
And now waves are good too.

1122
00:46:17,340 --> 00:46:21,660
I'm not diminishing the power of waves and I think God does bring waves along from time

1123
00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:22,660
to time.

1124
00:46:22,660 --> 00:46:23,660
But you can't live off the waves.

1125
00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:25,620
And the waves don't last.

1126
00:46:25,620 --> 00:46:27,220
You ride a wave and then it diminishes.

1127
00:46:27,220 --> 00:46:28,860
I mean we're watching them out here right now.

1128
00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:29,860
Right.

1129
00:46:29,860 --> 00:46:30,860
Well there's no wind to ride right now.

1130
00:46:30,860 --> 00:46:32,460
Right now today there's very little.

1131
00:46:32,460 --> 00:46:36,700
But the other day when there was, they just get up to the shore and they're done.

1132
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,380
Whereas with the ripple, it came back.

1133
00:46:39,380 --> 00:46:41,340
It went to the edge and then came back.

1134
00:46:41,340 --> 00:46:46,500
And assuming there's no boundary, it can conceivably go on, right?

1135
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:47,500
And so...

1136
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:48,500
No, that's good.

1137
00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:49,500
I love that.

1138
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:50,500
So we're looking for the ripples.

1139
00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:53,660
And what we've been doing on this trip here, we've been looking for the ripples.

1140
00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:55,060
We prayed before we left.

1141
00:46:55,060 --> 00:46:56,060
What did we pray for?

1142
00:46:56,060 --> 00:47:00,540
We prayed for favor in every area of our trip.

1143
00:47:00,540 --> 00:47:01,900
From renting the car.

1144
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:03,900
We had an issue.

1145
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:10,660
We decided we were taking a really late flight, getting in really late, and we were worried

1146
00:47:10,660 --> 00:47:13,880
the rental car place was not going to be open.

1147
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:19,180
So I changed our flight to an earlier flight, contacted the rental car agency to let them

1148
00:47:19,180 --> 00:47:20,620
know that we're coming earlier.

1149
00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:23,900
And they said, okay, that's $200 more.

1150
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:27,460
We were like, no, keep the reservation.

1151
00:47:27,460 --> 00:47:29,380
We'll see what happens.

1152
00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:37,700
So we ended up going over to the rental place right when we got off the airplane.

1153
00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:39,240
They didn't even bat an eye.

1154
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:40,960
They said, okay, here's your car.

1155
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:42,740
Like it was nothing.

1156
00:47:42,740 --> 00:47:48,900
I can't tell you how many times I think people would have just paid that $200 just to ensure

1157
00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:49,980
that they had a car.

1158
00:47:49,980 --> 00:47:50,980
And we were like, you know what?

1159
00:47:50,980 --> 00:47:53,060
If we don't, we'll Uber everywhere.

1160
00:47:53,060 --> 00:47:54,780
If that's what we have to do.

1161
00:47:54,780 --> 00:47:59,660
But literally while we were on the airplane, we prayed and said, Lord, give us favor here.

1162
00:47:59,660 --> 00:48:00,660
We don't want to pay $200 extra.

1163
00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:02,140
I was a little nervous about that.

1164
00:48:02,140 --> 00:48:05,340
Just for five hours earlier.

1165
00:48:05,340 --> 00:48:12,260
And so it worked out and we got an amazing car, better than we actually thought we were

1166
00:48:12,260 --> 00:48:13,260
going to get.

1167
00:48:13,260 --> 00:48:16,380
And it's clean, smelled good.

1168
00:48:16,380 --> 00:48:17,660
It was like brand new.

1169
00:48:17,660 --> 00:48:18,660
Oh, it's great.

1170
00:48:18,660 --> 00:48:21,900
Full on leather and they didn't upgrade us.

1171
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,180
Everything worked.

1172
00:48:23,180 --> 00:48:29,820
And then even, even the ticket agents were super sweet.

1173
00:48:29,820 --> 00:48:30,980
And they're not always that way.

1174
00:48:30,980 --> 00:48:31,980
No knock on ticket agents.

1175
00:48:31,980 --> 00:48:37,420
They have a rough job dealing with people, dealing with stress and whatnot.

1176
00:48:37,420 --> 00:48:39,000
They were wonderful.

1177
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:44,180
The lady at the barbecue place, when we ordered up meat, she said, Oh, I can do this a lot

1178
00:48:44,180 --> 00:48:45,180
better.

1179
00:48:45,180 --> 00:48:50,260
She said, instead of doing that and not getting the sides, let me just do it all a cart.

1180
00:48:50,260 --> 00:48:52,140
It's going to save you a lot of money.

1181
00:48:52,140 --> 00:48:56,140
And I know that sounds like not a big deal, but that's a big deal for an airport.

1182
00:48:56,140 --> 00:48:57,140
It's a ripple.

1183
00:48:57,140 --> 00:49:03,740
Well, what was funny too is we had these big water, power waters or whatever in our hand

1184
00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:06,700
and we forgot to show them to her.

1185
00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:11,100
And so we were like, Oh no, because she had already charged us and she was on the house

1186
00:49:11,100 --> 00:49:13,900
and we were just like at an airport.

1187
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:14,900
That never happens.

1188
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:15,900
Sweet.

1189
00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:17,700
So that was really wonderful.

1190
00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:22,540
We've been met with that everywhere we went, we stopped a couple of locals.

1191
00:49:22,540 --> 00:49:25,660
You bought a belt at Dillard's and the lady was so sweet.

1192
00:49:25,660 --> 00:49:26,660
Oh my goodness.

1193
00:49:26,660 --> 00:49:30,540
We started talking to her and then we said, Hey, tell us some good places to eat.

1194
00:49:30,540 --> 00:49:33,660
And then she got her friend over that worked there and they were both talking to us.

1195
00:49:33,660 --> 00:49:37,460
We just had such a, and the whole time we're with them, I'm going ripples.

1196
00:49:37,460 --> 00:49:39,340
This is ripple stuff.

1197
00:49:39,340 --> 00:49:43,740
Life for life, this great exchange value of life for value of life.

1198
00:49:43,740 --> 00:49:48,740
And it's amazing if you're kind to people, what you can get back from people.

1199
00:49:48,740 --> 00:49:49,740
There's a ripple.

1200
00:49:49,740 --> 00:49:50,740
Big time.

1201
00:49:50,740 --> 00:49:51,740
Yeah.

1202
00:49:51,740 --> 00:49:52,740
So that favor.

1203
00:49:52,740 --> 00:49:57,380
And then we, we came into our place and it was, we have a huge condo.

1204
00:49:57,380 --> 00:50:00,780
I don't think we've ever rented a condo this big.

1205
00:50:00,780 --> 00:50:03,580
A short notice, but it's what I got.

1206
00:50:03,580 --> 00:50:09,620
And it's just, I mean, we have, we can look at our master bedroom too.

1207
00:50:09,620 --> 00:50:10,620
There's a balcony there.

1208
00:50:10,620 --> 00:50:11,940
There's a balcony right here.

1209
00:50:11,940 --> 00:50:17,540
It's just, and we had a bonus moment where we got to watch a young man propose.

1210
00:50:17,540 --> 00:50:20,380
Oh, and you took a picture of that.

1211
00:50:20,380 --> 00:50:21,980
I clapped to you were so embarrassed.

1212
00:50:21,980 --> 00:50:23,420
I was going to cheer him on.

1213
00:50:23,420 --> 00:50:24,420
I know I felt bad.

1214
00:50:24,420 --> 00:50:29,180
So we're on the floor looking straight down on the beach and there's a slight little covered

1215
00:50:29,180 --> 00:50:32,040
kind of a hut thing.

1216
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,560
And he, we watched him come and set up.

1217
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:40,040
This was an evening roses, roses, a big blanket, a picnic serious.

1218
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:43,660
And I thought he's going to hit a little, little Vino.

1219
00:50:43,660 --> 00:50:46,460
And then he was waiting for his girlfriend.

1220
00:50:46,460 --> 00:50:49,220
We're watching another person's drama and feeling bad.

1221
00:50:49,220 --> 00:50:50,220
We were praying.

1222
00:50:50,220 --> 00:50:52,140
Lord, he was upset.

1223
00:50:52,140 --> 00:50:53,140
Like something didn't go right.

1224
00:50:53,140 --> 00:50:54,140
Something's wrong.

1225
00:50:54,140 --> 00:50:56,700
And he kept using his phone and he was like using his hand.

1226
00:50:56,700 --> 00:50:59,780
I kept saying he's about to propose to somebody.

1227
00:50:59,780 --> 00:51:00,780
This is going to be good.

1228
00:51:00,780 --> 00:51:04,580
And then sure enough, she runs on the running down the beach.

1229
00:51:04,580 --> 00:51:06,360
Talk about a scene from a movie.

1230
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,100
And surely she had to have known he's going to propose.

1231
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:11,620
Well, maybe when she came up, but I mean, she was running.

1232
00:51:11,620 --> 00:51:13,580
And he waited till after they ate.

1233
00:51:13,580 --> 00:51:14,580
I noticed.

1234
00:51:14,580 --> 00:51:15,580
I know.

1235
00:51:15,580 --> 00:51:16,580
I was like, dude, what are you waiting for?

1236
00:51:16,580 --> 00:51:17,580
I started to yell out, Hey, just propose already.

1237
00:51:17,580 --> 00:51:19,580
And it was so cute though.

1238
00:51:19,580 --> 00:51:20,580
It was really sweet.

1239
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:22,940
I've never seen that before.

1240
00:51:22,940 --> 00:51:25,700
I took a picture and you said I was a stalker.

1241
00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:26,700
Yes.

1242
00:51:26,700 --> 00:51:28,180
It was a sweet thing.

1243
00:51:28,180 --> 00:51:29,180
It was beautiful.

1244
00:51:29,180 --> 00:51:34,100
Yeah, that's anyway, that was a bonus for the trip just to see a proposal.

1245
00:51:34,100 --> 00:51:35,340
And it was so sweet.

1246
00:51:35,340 --> 00:51:36,740
And you're clapping loud.

1247
00:51:36,740 --> 00:51:40,660
Well, people on the beach were too, it wasn't just me.

1248
00:51:40,660 --> 00:51:41,660
You get embarrassed too easy.

1249
00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:42,660
You're like, Oh my gosh.

1250
00:51:42,660 --> 00:51:43,660
Oh my gosh.

1251
00:51:43,660 --> 00:51:44,660
I'm cheering on.

1252
00:51:44,660 --> 00:51:45,660
I'm going, yeah.

1253
00:51:45,660 --> 00:51:46,660
I know.

1254
00:51:46,660 --> 00:51:47,660
Yeah.

1255
00:51:47,660 --> 00:51:48,660
But I can ask someone about parasailing.

1256
00:51:48,660 --> 00:51:49,660
I know.

1257
00:51:49,660 --> 00:51:50,660
It's weird.

1258
00:51:50,660 --> 00:51:51,660
I know.

1259
00:51:51,660 --> 00:51:52,660
It is weird.

1260
00:51:52,660 --> 00:51:53,660
We have a lot of people to thank today.

1261
00:51:53,660 --> 00:51:54,660
We do.

1262
00:51:54,660 --> 00:51:56,900
It has been, I want to share one scripture and I'm going to break it down, but I'm going

1263
00:51:56,900 --> 00:51:59,780
to talk about the ripple effect and something that's really powerful.

1264
00:51:59,780 --> 00:52:03,140
It's a principle that I've just brought into my own prayer life.

1265
00:52:03,140 --> 00:52:10,140
It's in Psalm and it's verse five, chapter 34 verse five says, those who look to him

1266
00:52:10,140 --> 00:52:12,180
are radiant.

1267
00:52:12,180 --> 00:52:15,840
And it says their faces are never covered with shame.

1268
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:20,860
And I've been praying prayers as we go up to a counter or we go up to a clerk or a waitress

1269
00:52:20,860 --> 00:52:21,860
walks up.

1270
00:52:21,860 --> 00:52:27,540
I've been in my mind saying this, Lord, we're looking to you, make us radiant, make us radiant

1271
00:52:27,540 --> 00:52:31,540
so that when people meet us, they'll see us, they'll see the light in it.

1272
00:52:31,540 --> 00:52:32,540
Yeah.

1273
00:52:32,540 --> 00:52:36,660
Even at Walmart and various places, we have to go with their checking bags big time here.

1274
00:52:36,660 --> 00:52:37,940
I'm not sure what the deal is here.

1275
00:52:37,940 --> 00:52:38,940
Yeah.

1276
00:52:38,940 --> 00:52:39,940
But then they overlook us.

1277
00:52:39,940 --> 00:52:40,940
They just go, Oh, keep going.

1278
00:52:40,940 --> 00:52:41,940
Just go on.

1279
00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:44,540
I'm watching them check everybody's bag and they look at us and they go, go on.

1280
00:52:44,540 --> 00:52:45,540
Yeah, go on.

1281
00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:46,540
I'm holding my bag out.

1282
00:52:46,540 --> 00:52:47,540
He says, no, you're good.

1283
00:52:47,540 --> 00:52:48,540
It's so weird.

1284
00:52:48,540 --> 00:52:49,540
It's interesting.

1285
00:52:49,540 --> 00:52:50,540
I'm telling you, the ripple is happening.

1286
00:52:50,540 --> 00:52:53,540
It is an odd thing that's happened the whole time we've been here.

1287
00:52:53,540 --> 00:52:56,220
Majesty, radiance, it all works together.

1288
00:52:56,220 --> 00:52:57,600
So anyway, Hey, okay.

1289
00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:58,600
So we do.

1290
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:04,700
I want folks to just say thanks because you have been so, you know, we, a couple of weeks

1291
00:53:04,700 --> 00:53:07,620
ago we said, gosh, it felt like crickets.

1292
00:53:07,620 --> 00:53:09,500
And then last week it was fantastic.

1293
00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:11,700
The response, another great week.

1294
00:53:11,700 --> 00:53:14,460
So I want to just say thanks.

1295
00:53:14,460 --> 00:53:19,240
And I want to say this before I even just read off these and share some encouragement,

1296
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:20,740
but we want to hear from you.

1297
00:53:20,740 --> 00:53:21,740
Yes.

1298
00:53:21,740 --> 00:53:22,740
I want to know where you live.

1299
00:53:22,740 --> 00:53:23,740
You brought that up the other day.

1300
00:53:23,740 --> 00:53:25,020
I want to know where people are from.

1301
00:53:25,020 --> 00:53:33,460
I want to know where you're from because we have so many people that we can see on RSS.com

1302
00:53:33,460 --> 00:53:35,820
that shows people from other countries.

1303
00:53:35,820 --> 00:53:39,380
I want to know where you're, where you're listening from.

1304
00:53:39,380 --> 00:53:43,060
So take a moment, go to our website, living up and down world and just write us a note.

1305
00:53:43,060 --> 00:53:47,060
You don't have to write a letter, but send us a note saying, you know, I'm so and so

1306
00:53:47,060 --> 00:53:49,620
my husband, I listen, listen, or I listen.

1307
00:53:49,620 --> 00:53:51,020
I'm just from this.

1308
00:53:51,020 --> 00:53:52,020
Yeah.

1309
00:53:52,020 --> 00:53:54,460
You don't have to write a book, but if you want to share a little bit about yourself,

1310
00:53:54,460 --> 00:53:55,780
we'd love to get to know you too.

1311
00:53:55,780 --> 00:53:57,740
So we love hearing from you.

1312
00:53:57,740 --> 00:54:02,620
And so you can also leave a review of the podcast that helps us big time.

1313
00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:04,340
You sign up for a weekly newsletter.

1314
00:54:04,340 --> 00:54:08,500
It's simply a reminder, basically very short to the point couple of pictures and just a

1315
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:14,540
reminder and yeah, you can email us comments, questions, and follow us on social media.

1316
00:54:14,540 --> 00:54:15,860
We're on Twitter.

1317
00:54:15,860 --> 00:54:20,980
We're on our X now we're on Facebook under Jimmy and Annette.

1318
00:54:20,980 --> 00:54:21,980
Prove it.

1319
00:54:21,980 --> 00:54:23,600
And we're on Instagram and our Jimmy and Annette.

1320
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:26,440
So love to love to hear from you and connect.

1321
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,060
So thank our friends who listen.

1322
00:54:28,060 --> 00:54:29,060
All right.

1323
00:54:29,060 --> 00:54:30,500
I want to start with some Satoshi.

1324
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:35,620
So on, on the fountain app, which fountain has this wonderful platforms called value

1325
00:54:35,620 --> 00:54:36,620
for value.

1326
00:54:36,620 --> 00:54:40,900
So like if you value something and you say, gosh, that's been a value to me, it really

1327
00:54:40,900 --> 00:54:42,980
meant something to me and helped me.

1328
00:54:42,980 --> 00:54:44,180
I'm encouraged by that.

1329
00:54:44,180 --> 00:54:46,140
I'm inspired by that.

1330
00:54:46,140 --> 00:54:47,700
It's helping me my walk of Christ.

1331
00:54:47,700 --> 00:54:50,040
Well, I want to, I want to share that value back.

1332
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:55,620
And so one of the ways you can do that through, through fountain is by sharing, sending Satoshi's

1333
00:54:55,620 --> 00:54:58,900
and it's a beautiful, beautiful platform.

1334
00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:02,360
And to me, it's just one of the greatest things that's out there right now.

1335
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:07,420
And so, so Satoshi's are Bitcoin, small Bitcoin.

1336
00:55:07,420 --> 00:55:10,060
And so I've got some, some to share here.

1337
00:55:10,060 --> 00:55:17,100
And actually the first one is believe it or not, of course, Adam Curry, our executive

1338
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:25,580
producer with a Striper boost of 77,777 straps.

1339
00:55:25,580 --> 00:55:30,260
He also gave me that file, by the way, he made that or one of his guys made that.

1340
00:55:30,260 --> 00:55:33,500
And he writes this giving up my right to withhold boosting.

1341
00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:34,500
I love that.

1342
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,820
Now, last week we talked about giving up our right to withhold encouragement.

1343
00:55:37,820 --> 00:55:38,820
Right.

1344
00:55:38,820 --> 00:55:42,740
So tell me what, tell the audience what Striper means.

1345
00:55:42,740 --> 00:55:43,740
Striper is a band.

1346
00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:48,340
It's a Christian rock band and they had an album called To Hell With The Devil and among

1347
00:55:48,340 --> 00:55:53,300
other things, the yellow and black attack, but they were eighties, nineties band.

1348
00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:57,640
They're still doing some touring and stuff, you know, like a lot of bands re up, you know?

1349
00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:01,780
But anyway, so it's just, and they're all about sevens, seven, seven, seven, the perfect

1350
00:56:01,780 --> 00:56:02,780
number.

1351
00:56:02,780 --> 00:56:03,780
So that's why.

1352
00:56:03,780 --> 00:56:04,780
Thank you.

1353
00:56:04,780 --> 00:56:07,260
Because people know that on Curry and the Keeper, but they don't know that on living

1354
00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:08,380
up in a down world.

1355
00:56:08,380 --> 00:56:10,700
So anything with a seven, seven, seven.

1356
00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:14,100
Anything with sevens, we're going to give you a Striper boost.

1357
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:15,100
Right.

1358
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:16,540
There you go.

1359
00:56:16,540 --> 00:56:17,740
It's funny.

1360
00:56:17,740 --> 00:56:21,940
And then next in the Keeper, who's the Keeper?

1361
00:56:21,940 --> 00:56:23,300
My best friend, Tina.

1362
00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:26,220
Tina Curry with 25,000 subs.

1363
00:56:26,220 --> 00:56:27,220
She didn't do the sevens.

1364
00:56:27,220 --> 00:56:28,220
No Striper.

1365
00:56:28,220 --> 00:56:29,220
No she didn't, but I'll still listen to applause anyway.

1366
00:56:29,220 --> 00:56:30,220
All right.

1367
00:56:30,220 --> 00:56:31,220
All right.

1368
00:56:31,220 --> 00:56:32,220
So thank you, Tina.

1369
00:56:32,220 --> 00:56:33,220
We love you.

1370
00:56:33,220 --> 00:56:36,620
And she wrote special boost for Dame Annette.

1371
00:56:36,620 --> 00:56:37,620
She did that for you.

1372
00:56:37,620 --> 00:56:40,620
Because she wants me to boost her and I don't know how you're going to have to show me that.

1373
00:56:40,620 --> 00:56:41,620
To hook you up.

1374
00:56:41,620 --> 00:56:42,620
All right.

1375
00:56:42,620 --> 00:56:43,620
Sorry, Tina.

1376
00:56:43,620 --> 00:56:44,620
We'll get it.

1377
00:56:44,620 --> 00:56:45,620
We'll get Annette on the ball.

1378
00:56:45,620 --> 00:56:47,140
By the way, I boosted you guys big time, so I made up for it.

1379
00:56:47,140 --> 00:56:50,340
So I may have to do PayPal for her because I know how to do that.

1380
00:56:50,340 --> 00:56:51,340
There you go.

1381
00:56:51,340 --> 00:56:52,340
You can do that.

1382
00:56:52,340 --> 00:56:53,340
Yes.

1383
00:56:53,340 --> 00:56:54,900
So and then we got another, this was a great note.

1384
00:56:54,900 --> 00:56:59,180
1100 sats from Absurdient is her handle.

1385
00:56:59,180 --> 00:57:00,180
You know it's a her?

1386
00:57:00,180 --> 00:57:03,020
It is because I met her boyfriend at a meetup in Austin.

1387
00:57:03,020 --> 00:57:04,020
Oh.

1388
00:57:04,020 --> 00:57:06,020
Which we'll be doing some meetups with Curry and the Keeper.

1389
00:57:06,020 --> 00:57:07,140
Super excited about that.

1390
00:57:07,140 --> 00:57:08,140
So and she wrote this.

1391
00:57:08,140 --> 00:57:09,140
I love this.

1392
00:57:09,140 --> 00:57:12,140
I love that.

1393
00:57:12,140 --> 00:57:13,140
I love that.

1394
00:57:13,140 --> 00:57:14,740
I guess she extrapolated that from her.

1395
00:57:14,740 --> 00:57:17,780
We need to make a t-shirt that says conversations create community.

1396
00:57:17,780 --> 00:57:18,780
I love that.

1397
00:57:18,780 --> 00:57:21,300
By the way, that would make a great shirt.

1398
00:57:21,300 --> 00:57:22,300
That's powerful.

1399
00:57:22,300 --> 00:57:24,980
I'm going to hang on to that.

1400
00:57:24,980 --> 00:57:28,860
And if you don't mind, I'm sorry, I'm going to use that again because that's beautiful.

1401
00:57:28,860 --> 00:57:30,660
And she wrote wonderful episode.

1402
00:57:30,660 --> 00:57:31,660
Thank you.

1403
00:57:31,660 --> 00:57:32,660
So thank you Absurdient for sending in the sats.

1404
00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:33,660
We really appreciate it.

1405
00:57:33,660 --> 00:57:34,660
Yeah.

1406
00:57:34,660 --> 00:57:35,660
We're cheering for you.

1407
00:57:35,660 --> 00:57:36,660
And then.

1408
00:57:36,660 --> 00:57:41,980
We got 500 sats and listen to this.

1409
00:57:41,980 --> 00:57:42,980
This is beautiful.

1410
00:57:42,980 --> 00:57:47,900
Dear Jimmy and Annette found you via the Curry and the Keeper podcast.

1411
00:57:47,900 --> 00:57:49,620
My husband and I are Dutch.

1412
00:57:49,620 --> 00:57:51,300
Oh, I know.

1413
00:57:51,300 --> 00:57:53,860
I shared this with Adam.

1414
00:57:53,860 --> 00:57:54,860
They're Dutch because Adam.

1415
00:57:54,860 --> 00:57:55,860
Where do they live?

1416
00:57:55,860 --> 00:57:56,860
It just says they're Dutch.

1417
00:57:56,860 --> 00:57:57,860
I wonder if they're in Amsterdam.

1418
00:57:57,860 --> 00:57:58,860
I don't know.

1419
00:57:58,860 --> 00:58:00,860
Or Rotterdam could be anywhere.

1420
00:58:00,860 --> 00:58:01,860
Yeah.

1421
00:58:01,860 --> 00:58:04,900
And became Christians in Catholic in 2020.

1422
00:58:04,900 --> 00:58:05,900
Oh.

1423
00:58:05,900 --> 00:58:09,900
And I find your podcast very inspiring to deepen my new faith.

1424
00:58:09,900 --> 00:58:10,900
Isn't that beautiful?

1425
00:58:10,900 --> 00:58:12,420
Yes, I love that.

1426
00:58:12,420 --> 00:58:17,980
So here, here by my encouragement for you and I want you to know I feel encouraged in

1427
00:58:17,980 --> 00:58:21,300
my faith for you both or by you both.

1428
00:58:21,300 --> 00:58:22,300
Lots of love, Iris.

1429
00:58:22,300 --> 00:58:23,300
Iris, we love you too.

1430
00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:24,300
Thank you, Iris.

1431
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:25,300
How sweet.

1432
00:58:25,300 --> 00:58:26,300
We appreciate that so much.

1433
00:58:26,300 --> 00:58:27,300
Let us know where you're from.

1434
00:58:27,300 --> 00:58:28,300
I want to know where you're living now.

1435
00:58:28,300 --> 00:58:29,300
We would love to hear from you.

1436
00:58:29,300 --> 00:58:30,300
This is beautiful.

1437
00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:31,300
And then also we have a new paid subscription.

1438
00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:39,140
Andrew Crow, $11.

1439
00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:44,420
Thank you, Andrew, for signing up and for paying and encouraging us with some value.

1440
00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:48,540
And you know, no passing along the value is too small.

1441
00:58:48,540 --> 00:58:50,620
I mean, it's not even about the amount.

1442
00:58:50,620 --> 00:58:54,900
It's just that sense of I value what you're doing and it so encourages us.

1443
00:58:54,900 --> 00:58:55,900
So, Andrew, thank you so much.

1444
00:58:55,900 --> 00:58:56,900
We appreciate it.

1445
00:58:56,900 --> 00:59:02,460
And then I've got a couple of emails to share that we got in through the website.

1446
00:59:02,460 --> 00:59:04,100
And this is a great one.

1447
00:59:04,100 --> 00:59:05,100
I love this.

1448
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:06,780
This is a guy named Joshua Stafford.

1449
00:59:06,780 --> 00:59:09,300
I've sort of got to know, I've been off social media.

1450
00:59:09,300 --> 00:59:13,420
I'm not responding or doing anything other than putting our, you know, just letting people

1451
00:59:13,420 --> 00:59:17,740
know the podcast is up, which has been actually easy for me.

1452
00:59:17,740 --> 00:59:19,700
Are you taking a potty break?

1453
00:59:19,700 --> 00:59:21,500
Okay, go right ahead.

1454
00:59:21,500 --> 00:59:22,780
Oh my gosh.

1455
00:59:22,780 --> 00:59:24,940
See you in a minute.

1456
00:59:24,940 --> 00:59:27,580
So Joshua has been commenting on a lot of my posts.

1457
00:59:27,580 --> 00:59:32,060
I used to do, I've been doing a daily devotional.

1458
00:59:32,060 --> 00:59:33,700
So I've gotten to know him just through that.

1459
00:59:33,700 --> 00:59:37,820
And I just really have appreciated his feedback and he's just got some great things to say.

1460
00:59:37,820 --> 00:59:38,820
So he wrote this.

1461
00:59:38,820 --> 00:59:41,500
He says, hello, Pastor Jimmy and Dame Annette.

1462
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:42,740
I think that's how Adam put it.

1463
00:59:42,740 --> 00:59:44,940
I will say respectfully, greetings.

1464
00:59:44,940 --> 00:59:46,120
I don't want to offend.

1465
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:47,420
No offense, my brother.

1466
00:59:47,420 --> 00:59:49,100
That's a term of endearment.

1467
00:59:49,100 --> 00:59:52,060
He says, I want to start out by saying I've been hearing about you for a long time on

1468
00:59:52,060 --> 00:59:57,660
the Curry and the Keeper podcast as I've listened since the premiere.

1469
00:59:57,660 --> 01:00:02,900
Big big fan of our shared God and very glad to be able to share in a part of your lives

1470
01:00:02,900 --> 01:00:04,980
walking with our savior.

1471
01:00:04,980 --> 01:00:07,300
Thank you for sharing this part with us.

1472
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:10,580
As I'm learning, it's a difficult thing to be open in that way.

1473
01:00:10,580 --> 01:00:15,400
Even though you two have been leading churches, there's another level of transparency.

1474
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:18,180
God bless you both in this.

1475
01:00:18,180 --> 01:00:22,100
I won't read the whole thing because there's a lot here, but just one more thing.

1476
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:26,700
He says, I'm listening to the episode released yesterday and hearing that you both were disheartened

1477
01:00:26,700 --> 01:00:28,900
about the reaction to feeling the fire.

1478
01:00:28,900 --> 01:00:30,940
That was the podcast where it was crickets.

1479
01:00:30,940 --> 01:00:31,940
Yeah.

1480
01:00:31,940 --> 01:00:32,940
Yeah.

1481
01:00:32,940 --> 01:00:33,940
I want him to do the crickets thing.

1482
01:00:33,940 --> 01:00:36,020
So or lack thereof.

1483
01:00:36,020 --> 01:00:40,740
He says, I have never written to no agenda nor Curry and the Keeper, but in line with

1484
01:00:40,740 --> 01:00:45,940
never holding back encouragement, you both made it a great episode.

1485
01:00:45,940 --> 01:00:49,580
He went on to say a bunch of beautiful things as long and I really appreciate it.

1486
01:00:49,580 --> 01:00:51,380
I wrote him back and just said, thanks.

1487
01:00:51,380 --> 01:00:53,940
But Josh, thank you so much.

1488
01:00:53,940 --> 01:00:55,540
It means so much.

1489
01:00:55,540 --> 01:00:56,540
It does.

1490
01:00:56,540 --> 01:01:01,220
You have no idea, especially as pastors.

1491
01:01:01,220 --> 01:01:04,140
Yes, absolutely.

1492
01:01:04,140 --> 01:01:08,420
People don't give us the encouragement because they think everybody does.

1493
01:01:08,420 --> 01:01:09,420
So they don't think about it.

1494
01:01:09,420 --> 01:01:10,420
I know you hear this all the time.

1495
01:01:10,420 --> 01:01:13,220
And we're like, no, I could hear it one more time.

1496
01:01:13,220 --> 01:01:15,940
Exactly. And you need it more than most.

1497
01:01:15,940 --> 01:01:19,340
I know that's because my love language is words of affirmation.

1498
01:01:19,340 --> 01:01:20,780
It is for sure.

1499
01:01:20,780 --> 01:01:21,780
So for sure.

1500
01:01:21,780 --> 01:01:24,100
I give them out a lot, but I like to get them back to you.

1501
01:01:24,100 --> 01:01:27,060
I know I'm not even going to be shameful about that.

1502
01:01:27,060 --> 01:01:28,060
This is from Shelly.

1503
01:01:28,060 --> 01:01:29,060
Beautiful.

1504
01:01:29,060 --> 01:01:31,140
She said, hi, Pastor Jimmy and Annette.

1505
01:01:31,140 --> 01:01:33,540
I wanted to email in and say, I love your show.

1506
01:01:33,540 --> 01:01:37,080
You are a breath of fresh air and encouragement on a daily basis.

1507
01:01:37,080 --> 01:01:41,780
Thank you for sharing what you do with the world and doing it so willingly.

1508
01:01:41,780 --> 01:01:45,700
She talks about, I'm not going to go into all the details, but she talks about serving

1509
01:01:45,700 --> 01:01:48,340
at her church and she's enjoyed doing that.

1510
01:01:48,340 --> 01:01:49,340
It's been a blessing for her.

1511
01:01:49,340 --> 01:01:51,060
And you wrote her back and gave her some information.

1512
01:01:51,060 --> 01:01:52,060
Yeah, I did.

1513
01:01:52,060 --> 01:01:55,460
I was able to encourage her.

1514
01:01:55,460 --> 01:02:00,980
But what she was saying was that as it's getting closer to the fall, things will get busy

1515
01:02:00,980 --> 01:02:02,460
again or not get busy.

1516
01:02:02,460 --> 01:02:03,820
Because of school being in session.

1517
01:02:03,820 --> 01:02:08,300
She was wondering about my thoughts on serving in the church.

1518
01:02:08,300 --> 01:02:13,940
And I just wrote her back and basically said, look, you don't have to do everything.

1519
01:02:13,940 --> 01:02:19,180
And there's things you can do in a church that don't take a ton of time like host ministry

1520
01:02:19,180 --> 01:02:25,160
and serving where it's kind of a hit and miss thing where you're not just locked into teaching

1521
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:29,460
a class or taking on a formal responsibility.

1522
01:02:29,460 --> 01:02:30,700
There's lots to do.

1523
01:02:30,700 --> 01:02:34,580
And for those of you who have thought, gosh, I'd like to get connected and get involved

1524
01:02:34,580 --> 01:02:41,380
in a local church, I want you to know there are great needs for all kinds of help, all

1525
01:02:41,380 --> 01:02:45,980
kinds of things, little things like if you have a little gap of time during the week

1526
01:02:45,980 --> 01:02:51,500
to answer phones, that's a huge help to a church staff to just have someone come in

1527
01:02:51,500 --> 01:02:52,500
and volunteer.

1528
01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:57,680
Tina Curry comes in every week on Tuesday, every Tuesday during our staff meetings and

1529
01:02:57,680 --> 01:02:59,460
answers phones for us.

1530
01:02:59,460 --> 01:03:02,220
And you know, it's not overwhelming or anything.

1531
01:03:02,220 --> 01:03:05,740
It's just being a courteous, but it's so sweet.

1532
01:03:05,740 --> 01:03:10,660
Greeting guests when they come in because sometimes we have people come in or deliveries.

1533
01:03:10,660 --> 01:03:16,180
And so it's nice to have a pretty face and she's definitely a pretty face.

1534
01:03:16,180 --> 01:03:18,220
She is and a pretty voice and a pretty voice.

1535
01:03:18,220 --> 01:03:19,220
She's a great radio voice.

1536
01:03:19,220 --> 01:03:23,420
So anyway, so I just wrote Shelley back and just encouraged her and say, you know what,

1537
01:03:23,420 --> 01:03:27,740
there are things that you don't have to do full on to get involved in everything we do

1538
01:03:27,740 --> 01:03:28,740
matters.

1539
01:03:28,740 --> 01:03:30,940
It's not a, I love the host ministry.

1540
01:03:30,940 --> 01:03:32,260
It's like being a greeter.

1541
01:03:32,260 --> 01:03:34,300
You always say that's what you would do if you weren't a pastor.

1542
01:03:34,300 --> 01:03:36,800
It's because you're the front line of the church.

1543
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:39,100
They come in and they see like that scripture.

1544
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:40,660
Usually the first person's.

1545
01:03:40,660 --> 01:03:41,660
Exactly.

1546
01:03:41,660 --> 01:03:42,660
You see, you greet them.

1547
01:03:42,660 --> 01:03:46,980
They're the ones that you greet or they greet you and hopefully give you some direction,

1548
01:03:46,980 --> 01:03:47,980
maybe if you're new.

1549
01:03:47,980 --> 01:03:52,140
But anyway, they're all hands on deck and everything you do matters.

1550
01:03:52,140 --> 01:03:54,540
So Shelley, thank you for writing.

1551
01:03:54,540 --> 01:03:55,740
So good to hear from you.

1552
01:03:55,740 --> 01:03:58,260
And just so you know, we appreciate you.

1553
01:03:58,260 --> 01:04:01,420
And so, yeah, so that's about it today.

1554
01:04:01,420 --> 01:04:04,780
I'm looking out and thinking, my goodness, it's still stunning.

1555
01:04:04,780 --> 01:04:06,500
We're going to watch a great sunset tonight.

1556
01:04:06,500 --> 01:04:09,700
It's been a little cloudy and looking forward to that.

1557
01:04:09,700 --> 01:04:12,420
Hey guys, that's it for this week.

1558
01:04:12,420 --> 01:04:13,420
We love you.

1559
01:04:13,420 --> 01:04:14,420
We're excited.

1560
01:04:14,420 --> 01:04:15,420
We'll be back home next week.

1561
01:04:15,420 --> 01:04:16,420
We miss our friends.

1562
01:04:16,420 --> 01:04:17,420
Yes.

1563
01:04:17,420 --> 01:04:20,420
Well, they won't be, but we will be.

1564
01:04:20,420 --> 01:04:21,420
That's okay.

1565
01:04:21,420 --> 01:04:22,420
Anything else?

1566
01:04:22,420 --> 01:04:25,900
No, I'm just grateful we were able to do this while we were here.

1567
01:04:25,900 --> 01:04:27,900
Have fun doing it in the kitchen, right?

1568
01:04:27,900 --> 01:04:28,900
Wait, that sounded, nevermind.

1569
01:04:28,900 --> 01:04:29,900
Oh, wait, no.

1570
01:04:29,900 --> 01:04:30,900
No, no, I didn't mean it that way.

1571
01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:31,900
Gee, honey, not PG, gee.

1572
01:04:31,900 --> 01:04:32,900
I know, my bad.

1573
01:04:32,900 --> 01:04:33,900
Thank you.

1574
01:04:33,900 --> 01:04:34,900
Hey, we love you guys.

1575
01:04:34,900 --> 01:04:35,900
Have a great week.

1576
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:57,900
Bye.