Hi there!
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I'm Grandma Neal.
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The program you are about to see
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shows a typical
day for the children
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in my
neighborhood, who visit me,
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at Grandma's house,
in Chehalis, Washington.
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These children are not actors.
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They are just being themselves,
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as I let you
peek inside our doors.
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What a joy it is to see them
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learn of Jesus for
the very first time.
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Come on inside now and enjoy a
little visit at Grandma's house.
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This is Grandma's house.
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Hi kids!
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I want you to meet my
new grandson here, Seth.
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Seth and I are out
and about the town today,
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and one of the first stops we've
made is here, at his old church.
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Is called the
Victory Baptist Church
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What do you think Seth?
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Wow.. look at that bell!
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Is that a cool bell?
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Aha!
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It would be nice if you
could ring it, wouldn't it?
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Can I go peek around?
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Sure you can, go
ahead, look around.
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I'd like to bring Seth down
and show him historic places
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around the town.
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That's why I wanted
you along on this trip too.
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The old places are some
of the best places you know.
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And I love this church because
it reminds me of the little
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church that I went to,
when I was a little girl.
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When I was there
I'd sit on my dance lap
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and I want to tell you, the
thing I remember most about that
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is his pants
were awfully scratchy
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and my dress was awful short.
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And I'd sit there and wiggle
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all through the church service.
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But what else I
remember about that
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is all the wonderful
people that were there
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and we'd sing songs about Jesus.
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We'd have such a good time.
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So I think a church is
a really wonderful thing
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to have in your neighborhood.
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I hope you have one nearby
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and I hope you go every week.
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This church is
really pretty old,
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it's over a hundred years old,
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and it was first built for a
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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But now you can see
it's used by Baptist,
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and I think there've
been some other congregations
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in there over the years too.
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I'm not sure what all they are,
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but I know lots of different
people have enjoyed this church.
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Well I want to show
you another church too,
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that's across town.
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Would you like to
come and see it too?
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Come on!
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We're in a
place called Claquato.
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That's an old Indian word.
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This is a really old church.
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It was built in 1858,
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which is a long time ago.
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Just.. before I was even born.
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Hard to imagine, isn't it?
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The steeple is something
I'd really like you to look at.
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They guess there really
is an old bell up there,
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and they still do
have church services here.
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I'm told there are
two little old ladies,
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who come to church
here, every Sunday.
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and one old gentleman, who
comes to tell them about Jesus.
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If you look up, at the steeple,
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it's a beautiful steeple.
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There's a square on the bottom,
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and then, they built
an octagon on top of that.
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And on the very top of that
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there's some spiky
things, you see those?
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Well that's
called a crown of thorns.
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You don't see many
steeples that look like that.
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The crown of thorns
major represents the thorns
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that were on Jesus head, when
He died for us on the cross.
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And I think that's a
really neat thing to put
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on top of the steeple.
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That way it reminds
everybody who comes by
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that Jesus died for them.
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I'd like to see
more about this place.
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Would you like to
look in the windows
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and look around with me?
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Come on, let's go, I'll
show you some cool stuff.
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Well what does it say Seth?
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It says it's
the Claquato church,
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that's a
National Historical Marker
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saying it's
registered with the Government
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as being a historical site.
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You know that's a good thing.
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It's nice to preserve our past,
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and to value the
things of the past,
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like grandmas,
old people like me,
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and old churches.
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Let's go look inside Seth,
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we wanna look in the windows,
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we wanna see what
it was really like
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to go to the church a
hundred and fifty years ago.
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What do you think?
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Oh wow.. look at
the old pump organ.
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Oh my...
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And there's the seats..
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And oh look up on the wall
there is a kerosene lamp see
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how it's got the
metal behind it to reflect.
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Oh this is so cool in here.
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And even the old wallpaper.
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Oh and look, back there,
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see the old place where
the minister used to preach.
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Not nearly as
fancy as today, is it?
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Oh this is so cool!
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You know what else Seth?
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Back in the old days,
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they didn't have water,
running water inside the church.
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So where do you suppose
they had the lavatories?
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Where did they
have the bathrooms?
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That's what I was
wondering. You know what?
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What I can remember
when I was a little kid
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we had something
called an outhouse.
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Do you suppose they
might have one here?
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Let's go check it out!
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Why don't we go up this way?
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See if there is anything
around back that would be
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of interest to us. Come on!
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So this is the bathroom?
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That's right!
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Doesn't it look like
your bathroom at home?
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Ok. What do you think?
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How do you flush it?
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Well now that's a good question!
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You actually didn't.
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When we had one,
though we had a bench
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that went all the way across,
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and besides, the
hole where you sat
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there was always a catalogue.
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You know what
they used that for?
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Toilet paper?
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Bingo! You got it!
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See if you can lock all that up.
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Well Seth, I think we'd
better wander on, downtown.
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We're suppose to
meet Brittney pretty soon,
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at the farm store.
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We've got
several errands to run.
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Would you like to come
with us and see some more
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of our own home
town? Come on! Let's go!
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Thank you very much!
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See you later!
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Nice to meet you! Bye Brittney!
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Do you like these? Are these me?
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Oh, you're a
little bit off balance.
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All right, you're a rich man!
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This has been the
best stop of the day.
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Always is.
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That's when I get to
get my mail from you kids.
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>From everywhere.
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I've got letters
from all over the place.
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You know.. I just love it!
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So you know what?
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If you don't have
my address already
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why don't you get out
your pencils and your paper
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and get ready to take it down?
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Are you ready? Here it is!
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Hi kids!
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Grandma Neal would
love to hear from you.
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She loves to get pictures,
drawings, and anything else
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you may want to send her.
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She also answers
each one of your letters,
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so get you pen ready and
write down her address. Ok?
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If you want to
write her a letter,
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address it to:
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Grandma also
loves to get emails, at:
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That's grandma@3abn,
that's the number 3
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and the letters abn.org
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She'd love to hear from you.
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Seth and Brittney
have gone on home now,
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to put their stuff away.
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I hope you enjoyed
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this whirlwind
tour of our hometown.
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The home town I live in
now is bigger and more modern
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than the one I
lived in when I was a kid.
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There's just
something about my old hometown!
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Makes me feel kind of wistful.
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It's partly an achy
feeling, that brings warmth
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and a sense of well-being.
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It's kind of a longing for
what we, antique people, call
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the good old days!
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The good old days are really
slippery to get your hands on
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because, however
old you are today,
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some day in the
future, when you remember
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this time in your life,
it will be the good old days.
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The good old days
always seem to be in the past,
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but they are really today.
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Even tomorrow will became
the good old days sometimes.
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I get that same
wistful kind of feeling
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when I think about
my other hometown, too.
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You know, the one Jesus
is building for us right now.
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I like to imagine what
my home there would be like.
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I especially love to think about
all the people I love here,
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and how we'll all have
the same hometown then.
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I can see you
everyday, if we want.
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We won't be separated anymore!
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Neither of us
will ever get sick,
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and I won't be
an antique anymore.
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I'll be as young and as
lively as I could ever imagine.
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And you, well you'll
hardly recognize yourself.
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Some of you have
been injured by war,
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some of you have
been burned and scarred,
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some of you have AIDS,
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some can't see,
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and some have brain damage.
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This new hometown is for us,
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is for everybody
who's ever been hurt,
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in any way at all.
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And that's everyone!
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Jesus wants us to
live there with him
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and have millions of good
old days that will never end.
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Boy, I want that too!
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And it just won't be
the same without you!
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You can just do like I did
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when I found out about Jesus
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and the new
hometown He's making.
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I just told Him I
wanted to be there,
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and to please
help me find the way.
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Then I learned all I
could about Jesus and His Father
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by reading the Bible.
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And asking Jesus everyday
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to make my heart over again.
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To make it like His.
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It's easy to do if
you really mean it,
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because Jesus
always answers this prayer,
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and He will help you.
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Plus, Jesus does all
the things we can't do.
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He knows exactly what to do.
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Just trust Him.
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Could I pray for you right now?
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I love you so much
and I want us to have
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the same hometown in Heaven.
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Dear Jesus,
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We want to come and live
in that new hometown with You.
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Would You come into our
hearts and make us over,
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and take us
home, to live with you?
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Amen.
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I've so much more to tell you,
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but our time is
gone again for today.
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Remember, wherever you are,
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let's stay close in heart.
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You are very precious to me.
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You are my beautiful grandchild
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and I just love you.
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When I was a little girl we
actually had to use one of these
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It was bad in the winter
time, 'cause it was cold.
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But in the summer
time, it was really bad
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because there were flies,
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and the smell and
the wasps, sometimes...
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You know the thing I
was scared of the most,
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this will gross you out,
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I was always afraid there
was a snake down in there.
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Yeah, you never knew what
was gonna be in the outhouse.
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