I'm so excited
and for two reasons,
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but I'm not gonna tell
you the first one right
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now, but I will tell
you that on this particular
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show we're gonna be
talking about the grab
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bag when we go
in and take e-mails
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and letters and
phone calls of things that
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you have been
saying to Curtis and I and
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our ministry. So we
want you to stay by.
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Welcome, welcome
to Abundant Living,
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we are excited
today. I know that already
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I'm Paula Eakins
and this is my husband
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Curtis Eakins.
Curtis Eakins very good.
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And we are
excited because, because
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on the fact that we
are on a brand new set.
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Amen, Hallelujah.
You know what I'm saying,
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wonderful. It's
gorgeous, hope I can contain
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myself. Okay
just calm down baby.
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I will try to calm
down. Okay, I will try.
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And we were
talking about the Grab Bag.
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The Grab Bag is the
program today and this
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is so good, because
when we talk about the
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grab bag it's actually
when we go into the bag
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and pull out all the
wonderful letters that
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we have gotten, e-
mails, phones calls,
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you name it, people
were sending them in and
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we cannot talk
enough about that.
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Now of course we're not
gonna do all the letters
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that we have
gotten. Yeah that's right,
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but we did receive
a whole lot of e-mails
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all over the
country, all over the world
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as matter of fact and we
appreciate those e-mails,
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phone calls and also
prayers that people have
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been praying for
our ministry. That's the
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encouragement that
encourages us. Yes.
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We always ask the
Lord we have our devotion
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in morning that we
will be, we will bless
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someone and the day
will be a blessing to us
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as well and
surely God always does a
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wonderful job. That's
true. Of answering our
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prayer, you know.
Yes, I know there is a
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text that we have
for our ministry maybe
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you want to share that
text with the audience.
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This is one of my
favorite texts Curtis, okay,
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you know I always
says from Genesis to
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Revelation all are my favorites,
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but this is my real
favorite, favorite text
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and it's coming out of
a First Timothy chapter 1
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and verse 12. Okay.
And this is what it reads
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and I'm gonna change
it a little bit here.
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It says, and I thank
Jesus Christ our Lord,
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who hath enabled
me, for that he counted
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me faithful, putting
me into the ministry.
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Now this was a verse
that I got a long time ago,
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okay, and I like it
but it keeps talking about
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the one person and
so I wanna read again
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as our ministry
is concerned. Okay.
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And we thank
Christ Jesus our Lord,
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with whom has
enabled us, for he counted us
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faithful, putting
us in the ministry.
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So you made it
personal, alright, and we really
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are grateful that
God has placed us in this
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ministry on 3ABN as
well to also promote
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health and healthful
living and we're just
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so honored and
privileged that God has chosen
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us for such a time as this.
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Well such a time as
this and you know when
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we think about it
Curtis. It's been,
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it's been years that
we have actually been
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on the show Abundant
Living and living our
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actual professions,
you know people always say
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to us all the time
we're traveling you know is.
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Is this all you do.
And who's your employer,
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and did you leave your business?
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I'm telling you the
best thing ever happened
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was to, for God to
put us in a ministry to be
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able service to him
and that's exactly what
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we have said to the
Lord. We said until you come
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again, which he will
soon or unless you lay us
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in our grave to fall
asleep until you do the
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calling our bidding
is to be able to speak
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for God to all those
we come in contact with.
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That's true and
while we tell people when
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we do travel that God
has given all of us gifts,
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abilities and
talents and he expects us
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to use those that he
has given us to share
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and bless others as
well, so whatever gifts,
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abilities and talents
that you have God expects
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us to share that
with others as well.
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And we will do that,
then our gifts, abilities and
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talents will increase as well.
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Well I know
sometime people say you know
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I'm really going
through a lot of things Curtis
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and I don't have, I
can't imagine myself out
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there ministering
to anybody, but we have
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found that the more
you minister to others
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the better you feel.
That's right, that's right,
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it's all very
comforting yes. You know,
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yeah it's really all
about God and you know
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of course it became
a faith walk and you
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always make the statement about
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faith in God. So
what would you say when
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someone says how
are you able to move
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into this ministry
when you're just working
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for God? I'm not sure,
it's a lot of statements.
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Always, you always
say, you always say
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we eat from God's
hand to our mouth.
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That's right. From
God's hand to our mouth
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and he has
never disappointed us,
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never disappointed
us. Yeah, our faith has
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really increased since
we embark on this ministry
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full time. It's been
over 12 years ago now.
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And so its really
been increased there.
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Now we have a lot
of letters and a lot of
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e- mails and we are
gonna read some of these
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and make some
comments and we're gonna go
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as far as we can
until its time to go into
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the kitchen, so we
are going to share,
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we are going in the
kitchen. That's right
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now we didn't get
permission to read this,
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so we're just gonna
mention the person's
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first name. And now
that's it but this is the one,
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I really wanna start
with this one. Okay. Now
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I have to admit, I
feel some what embarrassed
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saying this but I
found this on my desk and
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its been on my desk
for quite some time,
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but I wanna read
this to you as well.
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Dear Curtis and Paula
Eakins, I wanted to tell
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you what a great
job you are doing.
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My whole family
likes to watch your program
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and my mom likes your
recipes. Keep on being
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funny and keep on
cooking more abundantly
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from Kim, age 11.
Oh! Wow. PS: Please read
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this on your program, I
will be watching for it.
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So Kim now, that's
age 11, she is probably
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14 by now, well I
hope if you still have a TV
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so Kim hopefully
that you're watching this.
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We really
appreciate that Kim and we keep
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on cooking more
abundantly, so very warm
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and when ever I had
this, oh I have to read
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this as a first letter
on the first program on
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a new set, this is
for you Kim. You know
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I remember one time
too, we met someone in
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one of the places
that we were traveling,
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who said that her three
sons love Abundant Living,
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yeah, and that's
unusual, three sons they always
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run in the room
when the show comes
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on and sit down and
watch the program and
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I have a letter also,
okay. And this one is from
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Shirley. Okay. As a
matter of fact Shirley writes
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and she also
makes mention about her
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daughter Lydia.
Okay. And it says God bless
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the two of you. Kind
servants of the most high,
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I gleam so much from
you shows. I just turned
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and of course I'm
not gonna say her age,
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but she says she
finally enjoys cooking and
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recipes. Okay. And
my daughter who is here
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with me wants to also
send you guys a big hug.
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Oh okay. Alright and
then she goes on to say
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often we are not aware
of the gifts that Father
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has given us, so I
want you to know your
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testimony, your
kindness and your love for each
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other is so inspiring
and then she says sincerely,
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but there's a part in
this letter that I thought
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was so neat, okay,
she says praise God
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in all his many
ways. He brings soft, warm,
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compelling light to
dark spaces. It's really
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touching yes. Is
that beautiful, you know
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I love that, I love
that, so nice thank you card.
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And she said the
testimony, any particular
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testimony or? When
she mentioned testimony
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I'm not you know
because our shows of course
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we do testimonies a
lot about different things
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that are going on.
But how appropriate and
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you know you can't
imagine these letters,
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these thank you letters
and e-mails and phone calls
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really lift our
spirit. It does right, right.
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What you got there?
I have another one of
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course now as you
have might known, we
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travel quite a bit,
going to different churches
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throughout the
nation and we went to this
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one church and
stayed with this one family
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and this says hi
Curtis and Paula,
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this is from
Barbara, okay. And I saw you
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on 3ABN today and I
sat there with a smile
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on my face the
whole time remembering
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you visit. I would
like to make an appointment
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with you, to spend
one whole day with you
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in heaven. Isn't that something.
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Oh! Now since time
God is different from our
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time that can end up
to be a year or more.
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Anyway when I saw
you today it made me
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miss you, but to be
thankful for the time that
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we were allowed
to spend with you.
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I, we couldn't be
more part of you if you
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were our own kids,
keep up the good work,
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the Lord has given you
to do. And then it goes
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on to say, we
receive your thank you card
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yesterday and it
should be us thanking you.
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You really made us
feel special and we were
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the honored ones to
have you as our house guest.
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The Mayor, that's her husband.
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The Mayor sends his
regard and right now we
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are searching our
staff to see if we can give
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you both jobs in our
village in case you maybe
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without a job one of these day.
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But until we can find a
spot for you we order you
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to stay in
Canadaville. If and when you are
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close by. Once again
thank you for sharing
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your life with
us. His love Barbara.
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And it's a joke
about that, yes, yes,
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they had a, there is a
sign they have in their
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front yard and her
husband made himself a
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Mayor. He was the
Mayor and of course
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she was the supervisor,
so we stayed with them
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while we were there
at their church there and
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so Barbara we
love and Mayor as well.
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Had a wonderful time
with them and so praise
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God for that. Well
you know its because
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of the program
Abundant Living in 3ABN
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that has really allows
the opportunity be able
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to travel all
around the world to see
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different people and
they always talk about 3ABN
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and there are
programs here at 3ABN and
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of course the women
always talk about the
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recipes and they ask
for recipes you know,
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but this letter here
came from Norma and she
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says dear Paula,
thank you and Curtis so much
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for your ministry.
You honestly brought me
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to my knees when I
went home and prayed
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to my God and ask that
he use me for my ministry.
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I like Daniel have
purposed in my heart not
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to eat from the King's table.
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I brought your
cookbook and took it to work
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and shared some of
recipes with my friends
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and they were
excited. They said the food
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tastes wonderful.
Wonderful. My sister and
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my daughter were
both blessed also
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in a very positive way. Okay.
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And she ends her
letter by saying God bless
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you Paula, love you
and we'll be praying
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for you and Curtis.
It's good for my daughter
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to see a couple
that is equally yoked
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in the Lord, take
care and then she says
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don't forget me. Oh!
Well, we not only haven't
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forgotten you,
but this is on, this
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is being taped so.
You know what I'm saying.
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What can I say. That
is absolutely fantastic.
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She says equally
yoke, equally yoke,
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equally that
means that you know now
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of course when
we started I was the
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President and my wife
was the vice president
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and it just dawn to me I guess a
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few months ago that we
should be co-directors,
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so we changed that
now. My wife is co-director
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because we're
equally yoked. Did you hear
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that I'm now a
co-director with Curtis,
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co-director. That's
right, yes so you are really
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moving up honey. Oh! Thank you.
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Okay, looking at
the clock here. Yes.
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Here's our Claudette
from the United Kingdom.
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Claudette alright.
My name is Claudette and
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I live in United
Kingdom, I often watch 3ABN
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and enjoy your shows.
It seems that in the U.S.
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there is so much
health seminars etc
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going on that we
here can try to tap into a
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healthy lifestyle and
also become more committed
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and better
Christians. I will like to know
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if there is anyway I
can start something here
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in United Kingdom
that will benefit people
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here especially
those who do not have the
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access to a
computer that is the elderly,
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those financially
challenged, always awaiting
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for you response.
Yes, we do Claudette,
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as matter of fact
when a process to putting
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together some of
our 3ABN programming
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and package them on
DVD, so therefore be
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available for those
who may not be able to
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invite us to their
place or out of country,
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out of state or
whatever the cause,
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so it be more efficacious
for those who purchase
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those DVDs and
those will be out very
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shortly as well.
That's really good.
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Well this was a e-
mail, okay, okay we got
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the other ones, in this e-mail,
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probably the last one, yeah.
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Well this e-mail
says praise the Lord,
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thank you for your
prayers and encouragement
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and then it says you
know I bought your cookbook
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and she talks about
the fact that she really
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has always just kind
of been you know like,
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those cook that just
kind of throw everything
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in the pot. Okay. But
she said your cookbook
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and cooking shows
have really helped me
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to make a lifestyle
change that I really needed
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to make and best to
all your family and also
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your friends and
this is Denise. Oh.
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Now the thing that was
so amazing about Denise,
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Curtis is that not
only she send me a e-mail,
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but Denise send
me a recipe. Oh yes.
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And I'm telling you,
you know we love that
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people always
want to send recipes,
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but this recipe
sounds very very good and
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you know, you never
know Denise one day it
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might really show
up one of our Abundant
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Living shows and
we just praise God.
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We can once again the
encouragement of course
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people talk about
we encourage them,
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but once again we
have to say to you that
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you encourage us as
well. And it wasn't for 3ABN,
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it wasn't for
the wonderful e-mails
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and phone calls that
really lift our spirits
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you know we're
all in this together.
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We're all in this
together and so God is good,
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now I know. And we
have a few more but
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our time has ran out
because we are ones from
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West Africa and
South America but anyway so
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its time for the
kitchen, so what's the recipe
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in the kitchen
honey? Well you know now
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we're gonna in the
kitchen and this is
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a special one, especially
for all of our friends
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and this gonna be a
Berry & Lemon Pudding Trifle.
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You wanna get your paper and
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pencil and meet
us in the kitchen.
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