Obviously, we're going
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into another whole
chapter in your life.
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This is a new ground.
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I mean, y'all been
married since February.
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I mean...
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Newlyweds.
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And so, you know, in reality,
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you're just, kind of,
still feeling your way around
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and seeing how everything fits.
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And, what is...
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and sharing the next
chapter in your life,
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kind of, what are your plans?
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Well, I hope, with
Sharon's assistance,
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to do a whole lot more writing.
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Amen.
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And, I've got 30-40
sermons I've already typed up,
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but they're my typing,
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so she's got to
do a lot of editing.
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But where I'm going to
put together as much as I can.
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I want to live
till the Lord comes.
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But I'm very much
aware that I have nothing,
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no control over that.
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But whatever time I have left,
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I want to use in
maximizing talents,
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whatever God has
given me for Him.
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Amen.
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And one of my
talents is writing.
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And I'd like to do that.
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And I'm glad that God
has given me a companion...
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Amen.
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Who is very literate.
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Yes.
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Very literate. She
corrects me all the time.
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Yes.
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I've got the PhD,
but she has the ear
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and the understanding.
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And she helps me
to spell correctly,
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and to punctuate correctly,
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and to express
it in the right way.
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And, together,
we're going to move to,
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see to it that we can produce.
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Yeah.
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Amen.
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You know, what
caught my attention,
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because there's a
lot of people out there
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think that you've got
to be extremely bright.
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In order to be successful.
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I'm not saying that
you're not very bright.
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Well, that's
okay, that's a fact.
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But you did say,
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you know, that through
your undergraduate degree,
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that you didn't do as well
as you thought that you could.
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Right.
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But, yet, here you are today,
with what, wonderful resume.
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So when God's in
charge, you know.
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Right.
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Yes, I'm aware,
there's nothing to me.
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Amen, amen.
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Going back to Nairobi.
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Amen.
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How do you explain that?
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That's exactly right.
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You baptize people and leave.
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And I've been back twice.
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Amen.
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And just for a day or
two, in their presence,
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and look what the Lord is doing.
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Amen.
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So it's not the
person, it's God.
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It's the Holy Spirit.
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I believe he
brought us together.
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He most certainly did.
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And I believe
that, and by the way,
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we haven't been
together that long.
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That's right.
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So we're still
learning each other.
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Amen.
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And that's exciting.
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That's exciting.
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Well, we just thank you
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for your many,
many years of service,
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and for the continued service,
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for the attitude that you have,
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and the love for
God that you have.
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Thank you.
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And thank you for
being here with us today.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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And, Sharon, I think
you've got some exciting times
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ahead of you, right?
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Amen, amen.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having us.
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I always think in
terms of service to God,
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that we have to be humble.
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Amen. Amen.
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Yes.
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That is the truth.
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Well, we just...Well,
our time's already gone.
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We want to take
this opportunity to say
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that our prayer for you is
that the love of the Father,
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the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit
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and the grace of the Lord
Jesus will be with you always.
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God bless.
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