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- Oh yes, sir.
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You stay right there.
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Stay right there.
I'll be right back.
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Hey, welcome everybody to a
Talking Donkey International
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and our new television
series, "Country Wisdom".
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- Let's set the tone
for this new series of ours.
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It's found in Proverbs 4.
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"Let your eyes
look directly forward
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and your gaze be
straight before you.
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Ponder the path of your feet
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and then all your
ways will be sure."
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- Join us now
for "Country Wisdom".
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(gentle guitar music)
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(intense dramatic music)
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(helicopter rotors chuffing)
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(protesters chanting)
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(intense dramatic
music) (protesters chanting)
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Now here we are downtown.
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Every city in America
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is basically the
same thing is happening.
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The same thing is going on.
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You know, this is not
the country I grew up in.
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It's probably not the
country you grew up in.
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The court system, nope.
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It doesn't look
like it once did.
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The Constitution.
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Eh, not many people are
following the Constitution
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anymore. We talk about it,
but where's our rights to speech
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anymore? You're
watching that rapidly go away.
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Pandemics!
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Why, that's shut
down the world overnight.
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Things are not the
way they once were.
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You don't normally see these
things happening everywhere
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and things going on like this.
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But let me tell
you, things are changing.
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My Bible says
it's going to change.
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My Bible says
Jesus is coming soon.
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How does he know that?
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Well, he sees the
end from the beginning
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and he's told
us time-after-time,
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when you see these
things come to pass,
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know that it's
just about to happen.
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And I could spend a
day with you at least
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on a Bible study to show you
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we are in the last
moments of Earth's history.
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These things are
gonna continue to happen.
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These events are going to
get worse and worse and worse.
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So today I wanna share
with you an amazing story.
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It's the story of Lot.
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Let me read for you.
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It's found in Luke 17:28.
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listen to this now,
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It's going to be just
like in the days of Lot.
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Well if you see Lot.
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Abraham said Lot,
"We're getting too big.
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We're farmers out
here, we're ranchers.
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You pick a spot, you
can have the high country,
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or you can have
the beautiful valley."
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Well, he looked down at the
cities and he wanted the city.
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He loved the city life.
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He loved all the,
everything (car honking)
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happening in the city.
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You know, the malls and well,
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you know, they
didn't have malls,
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but you know where
I'm going with this.
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All the quote, "good stuff."
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Well he went down in
that city and pretty soon
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he was involved and
his family were involved
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in kind of all the vices
and the sin and the garbage,
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Lot tried to stay away from it,
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but he really couldn't.
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It kept getting to him.
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And God says the same
thing is going to happen to us.
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All the cities, the
good things of the cities,
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they'll begin trapping us
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and holding us
tighter and tighter.
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And when Jesus comes,
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we have no opportunity
to really look to him.
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We have no
opportunity to go with him.
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The story we're
about to show you today
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took place 4,000 years ago,
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but it's
happening today all over.
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You see, events of the Bible,
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there's nothing new
we know under the sun.
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(tense dramatic music)
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It's happening all over.
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And my question to you is
what are you going to do here?
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As you watch this story,
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put yourself in this
story and think about it.
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Choose what's going
to happen in your life.
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(tense dramatic music)
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(phone buzzing)
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- Ooh oh, Edith, Edith, Edith!
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- Hello?
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Yes, this is Edith Lot.
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Candace, thank you so
much for getting back to me.
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I really, really
want to be involved
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in this project of yours.
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Oh, a new youth center is
going to make such a difference
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in that whole neighborhood.
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Now when is your next meeting?
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Wednesday?
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I'll be there.
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Oh, no need to thank me.
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Thank you for thinking of me.
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All right. I'll
see you Wednesday.
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Bye bye.
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- Edith, Edith!
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- I'm sorry. I had
to take that phone call.
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- I have two really
cool guys for dinner tonight.
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- With you?
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- Yes. Yes.
They're right outside.
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- For dinner?
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- Yes. - Oh!
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- Yes.
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They have something
important to talk to us about.
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- Look, go give
them the grand tour.
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Show them around.
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Show them the work that
we're doing in the east garden.
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- Okay.
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- Oh, and take the
landscaper's sketches with you.
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- Ooh, ooh!
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- Let them see how
gorgeous it's going to be
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when it's all finished. - Okay.
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- I need to go and warn Consuela
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that we have two
extras for dinner.
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- Ooh!
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Just like you
should have warned me.
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- (sighs) ooh!
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(radio speaking in Spanish)
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- Consuela! (phone buzzing)
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- Si?
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- Oh, it's Aunt Sarah, again.
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What am I gonna do?
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I'm going to let
it go to voicemail
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the same way I did the
last three times she called.
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(phone buzzing)
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Oh, just give me a minute.
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- Senora?
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- No, I'm fine, Consuela, fine.
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Um, bien.
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But could you turn
that down or maybe even off?
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I don't know how you can
listen to the news all day long.
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I never listen to the news.
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I discovered a long
time ago that life is easier
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if you don't pay
too close attention.
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Although I
suppose it's different
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when you can't
understand most of it.
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Hm, probably easier.
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(phone buzzing)
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Oh, again!
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(phone buzzing) Oh good.
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Not Aunt Sarah this time.
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Hello?
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Shelby, honey, are you
done with your meeting already?
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Oh, Aunt Sarah called you.
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I'm sorry, Shelby.
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That's my fault.
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I've been
ignoring her calls all day.
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Of course she's worried.
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When has Aunt Sarah ever
not been worried about us?
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The Gospel,
according to Aunt Sarah,
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we're all too involved
in things that don't matter.
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We're too attached
to our possessions.
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None of us is as
committed to the things of God
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as we should be,
and the sky is falling,
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et cetera, et cetera.
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Well, it might be a
little harsh, but it's also true
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and you know it.
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You're too young to remember.
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But when we decided to
move from here from the ranch,
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I thought she was
going to have a stroke.
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We tried to explain
it was to take advantage
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of a very lucrative
business opportunity
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and to keep your father
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from having to drive
into the city so often.
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But you know Aunt Sarah,
it was the big, bad city.
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She was certain that we
were all going to be corrupted.
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Anyway, even
Uncle Abraham called.
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Oh, he's a sweetheart,
but he did seem worried.
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He wants us to come
back at least for a while.
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No, I mean like immediately.
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I know they've always
been worried about us,
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but I don't know.
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He just seemed
more urgent this time.
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Maybe I should call him back,
talk to him a little bit more.
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And your Aunt Sarah has
been calling nonstop ever since.
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Wanting to know if I've, "had
a chance to think about it,"
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as if I have had any
time to think this morning.
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I spent almost all
morning on the phone
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with your dad's
secretary playing phone tag
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because your dad never
answers his cell phone,
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trying to figure out if
there's a time this winter
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that we can all
go skiing together.
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I'm thinking Tahoe and
the rest of the morning,
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I spent online trying
to track down a supplier
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for those miniature orchids
you want at your reception
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and the diamond shaped truffles
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that McKenzie wants
at her bridal shower.
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Tell me again, why you two
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can't just make
this a double wedding.
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Oh, that's right.
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Because you want to be
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a romantic Saint
Valentine's Day bride
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and Mackenzie insists on
being a traditional June bride.
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Why can't you twins
be a little more alike?
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No, you know, I don't mind.
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I waited long
enough to have you too.
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I think I can be
forgiven for indulging you
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just a little bit.
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All right. Yes.
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I know you need to
get back to your meeting,
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but listen, Shelby.
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Don't worry about Aunt Sarah.
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I'll call her.
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I promise I'll call her.
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We'll get this whole
thing straightened out.
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You know your Aunt Sarah,
something is always going on.
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Some crisis, always looming.
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She has been predicting
doom for this whole city
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for at least as
long as I've known her.
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And so far, we all
seem to be just fine.
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I doubt today is
going to be any different.
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Anyway, I'll let you go.
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Oh, but you are going to
still come to dinner tonight?
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Yes, I was hoping so.
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Your father brought
these two gentlemen home.
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No, he didn't warn me.
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I told you he never
uses his cell phone.
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Anyway, I don't know
what they're here for,
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but they look
important and intense.
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I think I'm gonna
need both you girls here
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to help me play hostess.
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Be your usual sparkling selves.
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Lighten the mood a little bit.
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I don't want the whole
evening to be so serious.
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All right, I'll let you go.
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Bye sweetie, hm.
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(sighs) What I wouldn't give
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for an extra yoga
session before dinner.
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Oh, dinner!
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Consuela, that's
why I came in here.
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We have two guests for dinner.
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Uh, dos mas for dinner.
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- Dos.
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- Yes. Yes. Thank you.
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Oh. (phone buzzing)
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Oh and now I'm buzzing again.
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Hello?
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Barb! How are you?
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Oh, I'm fine.
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Considering I'm
planning two weddings.
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Yes.
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Shelby is getting
married in February
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and McKenzie in June.
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I know it's
ridiculous, isn't it?
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Especially with
everything else I have going on.
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What do you mean that
answers your question?
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Another mission trip?
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Barb, that's wonderful!
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When?
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Oh, Barb, there's just no way.
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This will be the third
time we've had to turn you down.
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Every single time
something has come up.
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Now that first one, we
were all set to go, remember?
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We had no idea
that girls' soccer team
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was going to make regionals.
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Oh, we hated backing out.
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But we left it up to the girls
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and you remember how
crazy they were for soccer,
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which is fine.
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Nothing builds
character like sports.
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We just wished we
could have done both.
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Now that second
trip, that was the one
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to the orphanage
in Guatemala, right?
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I cannot remember why
we had to cancel that one.
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Oh, that's right.
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My husband had just
decided to run for city council.
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Let me tell you, that
consumed our lives for a while.
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Oh, who am I kidding?
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He won. It's still
consuming our lives.
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But you know, we both
view it as kind of our mission.
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You know, we've gotten to
know some very important people.
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I'd like to think we've
gotten some good work done
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and we've had a little
bit of influence around here.
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Oh, well, no.
00:13:46.35\00:13:47.42
It's nothing like your trips,
00:13:47.42\00:13:49.76
but then we
really can't, can we?
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Not in our circle.
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You would not believe how
careful you have to be nowadays
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with anything religious.
00:13:59.23\00:14:01.67
But it just wouldn't do
00:14:01.67\00:14:02.97
to get labeled a
conservative nutcase.
00:14:02.97\00:14:06.01
You'd have no influence left.
00:14:06.01\00:14:08.68
Anyway, we really do
want to go some day, Barb.
00:14:08.68\00:14:12.41
I know.
00:14:13.21\00:14:14.58
I keep hearing that
they just change your lives.
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I've had more people tell me
00:14:17.65\00:14:19.32
that after their
first mission trip,
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their whole life was different.
00:14:22.12\00:14:23.76
Oh, are you suggesting our
lives could use some changing?
00:14:25.63\00:14:30.43
I think we're doing just
fine, thank you very much.
00:14:30.43\00:14:33.84
Well, I suppose we all
have changes we could make,
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but there'll be
other times, right?
00:14:41.41\00:14:44.11
Right.
00:14:44.11\00:14:45.65
Anyway, you
keep us on your list.
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I want to know
about the next one.
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Seriously.
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All right.
00:14:53.12\00:14:54.02
I'll talk to you later.
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Bye.
00:14:56.66\00:14:57.56
(sighs)
00:14:59.46\00:15:01.80
Oh, a friend of mine.
00:15:01.80\00:15:03.60
Amiga.
00:15:04.73\00:15:05.83
I don't think she's
very happy with me right now.
00:15:07.54\00:15:10.17
You know, I really wish we
could commit to a mission trip,
00:15:12.77\00:15:16.85
but we're committed to so
many other things right now.
00:15:18.35\00:15:21.02
Still I'd like to go on one.
00:15:22.15\00:15:25.35
At least, I think I would.
00:15:25.35\00:15:27.66
I would love to
help build a church.
00:15:27.66\00:15:30.49
I think that would be amazing.
00:15:30.49\00:15:33.23
But I've heard on
some of those trips,
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they actually
make you give talks,
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go visit people,
give Bible studies.
00:15:40.14\00:15:43.37
No, thank you.
00:15:44.61\00:15:46.61
I'm just not
comfortable doing that.
00:15:48.51\00:15:50.81
I mean, I'm more comfortable
entertaining than evangelizing.
00:15:52.41\00:15:55.68
Is that bad?
00:15:56.95\00:15:57.99
Is it bad to not to
want to do something
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unless you're
comfortable doing it?
00:16:02.06\00:16:04.13
Oh, you don't even
understand the question,
00:16:05.43\00:16:08.00
but it's probably bad.
00:16:08.00\00:16:09.56
I know what I'm going to do!
00:16:11.97\00:16:14.24
Oh, it's perfect.
00:16:14.24\00:16:15.84
I'm going to call Barb back
00:16:15.84\00:16:18.27
and tell her that I
want to sponsor someone
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to go on this trip.
00:16:21.71\00:16:23.14
I can't believe I
didn't think of that
00:16:24.21\00:16:26.05
when I was on
the phone with her.
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I'm perfectly
comfortable writing checks.
00:16:27.95\00:16:31.15
This way someone will get to go
00:16:31.15\00:16:34.06
who couldn't have gone otherwise
00:16:34.06\00:16:36.69
and I don't have to
feel guilty anymore.
00:16:36.69\00:16:39.59
(phone buzzing)
00:16:39.59\00:16:40.40
Oh, I'm buzzing again.
00:16:40.40\00:16:41.83
Good. Paula!
00:16:43.10\00:16:46.33
Hey, what's up?
00:16:46.33\00:16:47.50
Oh, that's right. The seminar.
00:16:48.90\00:16:52.17
Yes. Yes. I remembered it.
00:16:52.17\00:16:54.31
Revitalizing Your Prayer Life.
00:16:54.31\00:16:57.21
I even got the
companion book already.
00:16:57.21\00:16:59.88
No, I haven't read it
yet, but it looks fascinating.
00:17:01.62\00:17:06.55
It is sitting
right on my nightstand.
00:17:07.69\00:17:09.16
Here's the thing, Paula.
00:17:10.73\00:17:13.40
I'm not actually going to
be able to go to the seminar.
00:17:13.40\00:17:17.33
No, no, no.
00:17:18.43\00:17:19.53
It has nothing to
do with the drive.
00:17:19.53\00:17:21.90
It's just, that is the only day
00:17:21.90\00:17:24.61
that McKenzie and I could
get in to see Chef Roland.
00:17:24.61\00:17:28.24
She wants him to
cater her reception.
00:17:28.24\00:17:31.18
Oh, he has this
marvelous French bistro.
00:17:31.18\00:17:35.18
You've got to go
there sometime, Paula.
00:17:35.18\00:17:37.09
It's unbelievable.
00:17:37.09\00:17:39.42
It can take weeks
to get a reservation.
00:17:39.42\00:17:42.52
That's how good it is.
00:17:42.52\00:17:44.39
But let me tell you,
the goat cheese souffle
00:17:44.39\00:17:48.80
infused with
fennel is worth the wait.
00:17:48.80\00:17:52.60
What?
00:17:53.74\00:17:54.64
I know.
00:17:55.80\00:17:57.81
I'm sorry to miss it too,
00:17:57.81\00:17:59.91
but this is really
important to McKenzie.
00:18:01.38\00:18:04.45
She wants me there with her
and well, family comes first.
00:18:04.45\00:18:09.52
You understand?
00:18:10.19\00:18:10.85
Look, Paula, I
plan to read the book.
00:18:13.42\00:18:17.39
I promise.
00:18:17.39\00:18:19.19
And you said you were
going to record the whole thing.
00:18:19.19\00:18:21.60
Right?
00:18:21.60\00:18:23.20
So I can watch it
sometime when I'm not as busy.
00:18:23.20\00:18:26.00
All right. I'm always busy.
00:18:27.67\00:18:31.14
But after the weddings,
it really should calm down.
00:18:32.91\00:18:35.98
I will make it a priority then.
00:18:35.98\00:18:38.25
Paula, I am interested in
revitalizing my prayer life.
00:18:41.15\00:18:46.05
I know it's important.
00:18:46.05\00:18:48.12
I'm not canceling because
I don't think it's important.
00:18:48.12\00:18:51.26
It's just that, well,
00:18:52.06\00:18:53.63
this time I've got
to put McKenzie first.
00:18:53.63\00:18:56.77
I will.
00:18:58.10\00:18:59.17
I will. I promise.
00:19:00.47\00:19:02.64
And we really
have to talk again.
00:19:03.84\00:19:05.74
But right now I've
got company waiting.
00:19:05.74\00:19:08.61
Paula, I am taking it seriously
00:19:09.88\00:19:12.05
and I will spend some
time thinking about it more.
00:19:13.48\00:19:17.32
I'll see what I can do.
00:19:17.32\00:19:19.12
All right, bye bye.
00:19:20.46\00:19:23.43
(sighs)
00:19:25.96\00:19:28.00
Paula's right.
00:19:28.83\00:19:30.03
I really do need to
revitalize my prayer life.
00:19:31.63\00:19:35.37
Not that I
would admit it to her.
00:19:35.37\00:19:37.31
The only reason
I'm admitting it to you
00:19:38.41\00:19:40.11
is because you don't
know what I'm saying.
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I need to make it
more of a priority.
00:19:45.21\00:19:47.58
Do you know
what I'm going to do?
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I am going to do just that.
00:19:51.45\00:19:53.86
I am going to start
prioritizing my prayer life,
00:19:53.86\00:19:57.33
scheduling it in.
00:19:57.33\00:19:59.26
So other things don't
come crowding in from every
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direction. I'm actually
going to put it in my calendar.
00:20:04.53\00:20:07.70
First thing, Monday morning,
00:20:09.60\00:20:12.11
I am taking an hour
for prayer and study.
00:20:12.11\00:20:15.08
Oh no, I can't do Monday.
00:20:16.71\00:20:19.71
I have the Arts Council
breakfast Monday morning
00:20:19.71\00:20:22.25
and then yoga studio.
00:20:23.45\00:20:25.25
And I think I've got a committee
meeting in the afternoon.
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.56
So Tuesday.
00:20:29.56\00:20:30.93
Consuela, I am starting
00:20:31.99\00:20:34.46
to revitalize my
prayer life Tuesday morning.
00:20:34.46\00:20:38.37
Let's see.
00:20:39.30\00:20:41.04
Nine to 10:00 am, right
after my women's breakfast,
00:20:41.04\00:20:45.91
that business group I meet with.
00:20:47.44\00:20:49.28
That should give me enough time.
00:20:50.51\00:20:52.15
Nine to 10
Tuesday. It's all set.
00:20:53.35\00:20:56.48
- Si. (phone buzzing)
00:20:56.48\00:20:57.45
- Oh, buzzing again.
00:20:57.45\00:20:58.12
Hello?
00:20:59.59\00:21:00.49
Town and Country, really?
00:21:01.52\00:21:03.66
You want to do a
feature on our house?
00:21:04.96\00:21:08.53
Oh, I would love to.
00:21:09.33\00:21:10.73
We'd be absolutely thrilled.
00:21:10.73\00:21:13.77
We are so happy
with the renovation.
00:21:13.77\00:21:17.51
We worked very closely with
Daniel Quint at Huntsman Group.
00:21:17.51\00:21:22.41
Yes. I knew you
would have heard of him.
00:21:23.51\00:21:25.71
Oh, I can't tell you.
00:21:25.71\00:21:26.92
He completely
transformed this house.
00:21:26.92\00:21:30.89
Now the
landscaping isn't quite done,
00:21:30.89\00:21:34.92
but the interior is exquisite.
00:21:34.92\00:21:38.69
Yes, of course you can
come do some preliminary photos.
00:21:40.43\00:21:44.67
When would work for you?
00:21:44.67\00:21:46.20
Nine o'clock Tuesday morning?
00:21:48.54\00:21:51.27
No, no, no.
That works just fine.
00:21:53.88\00:21:56.91
Nothing that can't get put off.
00:21:56.91\00:21:59.35
I will see you nine
o'clock Tuesday morning.
00:21:59.35\00:22:02.95
Oh, thank you again.
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.45
This is going to be so exciting.
00:22:04.45\00:22:07.29
All right. You too.
00:22:07.29\00:22:09.29
Consuela! That was
Town and Country Magazine.
00:22:10.66\00:22:14.56
They want to do a
cover of our house.
00:22:14.56\00:22:18.80
Oh, this is going
to be so much fun.
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.10
You have no idea
what a privilege this is.
00:22:21.10\00:22:24.14
What an honor.
00:22:24.14\00:22:25.24
You have no idea
what any of this means,
00:22:25.24\00:22:28.24
but trust me, this is big.
00:22:28.24\00:22:31.21
(phone buzzing)
00:22:31.21\00:22:34.15
Hello?
00:22:34.15\00:22:35.08
Aunt Sarah, hi.
00:22:37.55\00:22:40.72
Really?
00:22:42.09\00:22:43.73
Oh, it must've been on silent.
00:22:43.73\00:22:45.96
You know, sometimes
I forget to turn it off
00:22:45.96\00:22:48.63
or on or whatever.
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.27
Anyway.
00:22:51.10\00:22:52.10
Well, we haven't
talked about it yet.
00:22:53.64\00:22:57.61
He just got home from work,
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.74
but we will.
00:23:01.31\00:23:02.38
Don't worry.
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.25
Yes, we will, Aunt Sarah.
00:23:05.95\00:23:08.58
I know.
00:23:09.55\00:23:10.59
Look, Aunt Sarah,
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.32
you and Uncle Abraham
are really dear people.
00:23:15.69\00:23:19.33
And I know
you're just concerned,
00:23:19.33\00:23:23.03
but you really don't
have to worry that much.
00:23:23.03\00:23:26.67
We're fine.
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.00
Right.
00:23:32.01\00:23:32.97
No.
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.21
Aunt Sarah, what crisis?
00:23:38.15\00:23:41.05
As far as I can tell
things are no different
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.95
than they ever have been.
00:23:43.95\00:23:45.79
And I told you,
we are doing fine.
00:23:45.79\00:23:48.56
You worry too much.
00:23:50.16\00:23:52.93
Well, you've never
trusted my judgment.
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.73
Yes.
00:24:01.00\00:24:01.94
Uh huh.
00:24:03.44\00:24:04.34
Yes, Aunt Sarah.
00:24:06.27\00:24:08.08
We will talk, I promise.
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.28
Now I really need to go.
00:24:11.05\00:24:12.98
We have people waiting for us.
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.82
Yes. We will call you later.
00:24:16.15\00:24:18.99
Bye.
00:24:20.29\00:24:21.19
Oh! (phone smacks)
00:24:22.99\00:24:25.69
Who does she think she is?
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.56
I am so tired of
her self righteous.
00:24:28.60\00:24:33.00
If things were really as
bad as Aunt Sarah thinks,
00:24:34.40\00:24:38.04
I think I would
know it, wouldn't I?
00:24:38.04\00:24:41.11
But we're fine.
00:24:42.21\00:24:43.01
I told her we're fine.
00:24:43.01\00:24:45.08
She's wrong.
00:24:46.85\00:24:47.75
Ella esta mal.
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.45
I am not too materialistic.
00:24:52.99\00:24:57.56
"Too worried about and involved
00:24:58.59\00:25:00.76
with the things
that don't matter."
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.90
I'm a good person.
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.20
Better than most.
00:25:07.24\00:25:08.80
I am on the boards of
three different major charities
00:25:10.31\00:25:13.71
for Pete's sake.
00:25:13.71\00:25:15.41
I do lots of
things for other people.
00:25:15.41\00:25:18.41
Yes, I like my house.
00:25:20.65\00:25:24.75
I helped design it.
00:25:26.15\00:25:28.29
I decorated it.
00:25:29.59\00:25:31.33
I like my life.
00:25:32.93\00:25:34.73
I helped build that too.
00:25:34.73\00:25:36.70
Can I not be proud
of and enjoy something
00:25:37.83\00:25:41.17
that I helped make,
but I am not too attached.
00:25:41.17\00:25:46.24
- Edith!
00:25:48.38\00:25:49.71
- I'll be right there.
00:25:49.71\00:25:51.18
I know that Sarah is wrong.
00:25:56.42\00:25:58.35
I do like my life.
00:25:59.69\00:26:02.46
I am comfortable.
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.29
I'm quite sure that
if the time ever came,
00:26:05.66\00:26:10.17
if I really
thought it was necessary,
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.24
I could walk
away from everything.
00:26:15.67\00:26:17.44
Without a backward glance.
00:26:19.94\00:26:22.11
(mournful dramatic music)
00:26:22.11\00:26:25.65
- It's almost, well,
it takes your breath away
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.56
to really watch and
say, "Could that be me?"
00:26:36.56\00:26:41.13
But it's our choice.
00:26:41.13\00:26:41.93
We still have a choice.
00:26:41.93\00:26:43.80
They're long gone, but Jesus
said he's coming back soon.
00:26:43.80\00:26:47.74
It's time now
to make a decision.
00:26:47.74\00:26:50.11
But listen to what
he says in Luke 21.
00:26:50.11\00:26:52.81
"And take heed to yourselves
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.18
lest at anytime your
hearts be overcharged."
00:26:54.18\00:26:56.41
In other words, filled
with all of the garbage
00:26:56.41\00:26:58.48
here on earth, with drunkenness
and cares of this life.
00:26:58.48\00:27:01.92
Is your life filled
with cares of this life?
00:27:01.92\00:27:04.15
He goes on to say
that those are snares
00:27:04.15\00:27:06.45
to grab you and try
and hold you down here.
00:27:06.45\00:27:09.42
"Watch therefore,"
here's the counsel from God.
00:27:10.76\00:27:12.96
"Watch therefore and pray always
00:27:12.96\00:27:15.00
that you may be accounted worthy
00:27:15.00\00:27:16.73
to escape all these things
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.93
that are going to come to pass
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.24
and stand
before the Son of God."
00:27:20.24\00:27:23.84
That's our choice.
00:27:23.84\00:27:25.34
Are you going to look back
00:27:25.34\00:27:27.68
or are you going to
look forward to Jesus Christ?
00:27:29.08\00:27:31.51
Choose you this, the Bible says.
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.15
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00:27:35.82\00:27:39.95
We are in a major mess.
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.32
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00:27:42.32\00:27:45.69
most homes still
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00:27:45.69\00:27:49.76
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00:27:49.76\00:27:52.00
is there hope for the
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00:27:52.00\00:27:56.00
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00:28:21.06\00:28:22.46
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