I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is Angela Lomacang,
and you're probably wondering,
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where is your husband, John?
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Well, today I
have a great co-host.
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Right? I believe so, Francine.
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I'm working on it.
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I have Francine Bergmann,
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that's gonna be co-hosting
this program with me today.
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Welcome, Francine.
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Thank you. I'm
delighted to be here.
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And what do you do at 3ABN?
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So I am the new
Kids Network Manager.
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And I'm happy to be here.
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And so it's been
a wonderful team.
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And I'm happy
that we have something
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regarding children today.
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So I'll let you introduce them.
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But it's wonderful to
be here part of this team.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I'm so glad that
you've tuned in today
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'cause today is gonna
be an exciting program.
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We both love children.
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And this program is
called Your Story Hour.
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And we have three
guests with us today.
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The president
of Your Story Hour,
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her name is Julie Clayburn.
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Welcome, Julie.
Thank you for having me.
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Yeah.
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And next to you
we have Jon Clayburn.
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Now there's no relation, is it?
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But there is a relation,
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but you are not
husband and wife.
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Correct. We're not.
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You know, this is
my brother-in-law, Jon.
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Okay. Yes.
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Yes. Uncle Jon. Thank you.
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And known as Uncle Jon.
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And next to Uncle Jon
is Nicole Buckhanan, right?
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Better known as Aunt Nikki.
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Right.
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And so we are just
excited to have you here today.
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We're looking
forward to a great program.
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I love Your Story Hour. I do.
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I work in radio
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and I'm always
preparing it for radio,
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you know, make sure the
time frame and editing it.
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Well...
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I edited it down a little bit,
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but I don't take
the content out at all.
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Right. Right.
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So I love Your Story
Hour. The programs are amazing.
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Thank you.
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Many times I
sit there and I cry.
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And some of the
programs I go on the internet,
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I research the program.
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So Your Story Hour has
been a blessing in my life,
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as well as my husband's life
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'cause I go home
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and share the
stories with him too.
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Oh, that's wonderful. We
are so glad to hear that.
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Yeah, so speaking of husband,
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I am going to introduce the song
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that my husband is gonna
sing, which I'm excited about.
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So the song is,
Be Still and Know.
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Be still and know that He is God
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Be still and
know that He is holy
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Be still oh
restless soul of mine
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Bow before the Prince of Peace
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Let the noise and clamor cease
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Be still and know that He is God
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Be still and know
that He is faithful
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Consider all that He has done
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Stand in awe and be amazed
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And know that He
will never change
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Be still
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Be still and know that He is God
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Be still
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And know that He is God
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Be still
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Be speechless
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Be still and know that He is God
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Be still and know
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He is our Father
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Come rest your
head upon His breast
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Listen to the rhythm of
His unfailing heart of love
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Beating for His little ones
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Calling each of us to come
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Be still
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Be still
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Thank you, honey, my
husband, John Lomacang
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for singing that beautiful song.
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Be still and know that I am God.
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Wow, beautiful.
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Anyway, Francine,
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you wanted to share
something with the audience.
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I have to say...
This is very good.
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I have to say, I grew
up with Your Story Hour.
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And I remember
meeting Aunt Carole
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and going into the
facility every week
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once in a while.
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But the biggest highlight
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is still having
little tape recorders.
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My daughter is
now listening to them.
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And so on the way to school,
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we often would go listen
at 7 o'clock in the morning
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is when we have it.
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And we listen to it.
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And if we can't finish it
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because I dropped
her off at school,
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sometimes we have to go
finish it in the evening.
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And she just loves it.
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And it's wonderful
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because it reminds me of stories
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of how the
disciples were asking Jesus
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in Matthew 13 about
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why are You
teaching in parables?
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And Jesus is
telling His disciples,
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it's because at
this point in their life,
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this is what they can learn
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and this is how they
learn about who God is.
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And so, I appreciate
everything that you're doing
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is because it is
still reaching the community
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and it is growing their faith.
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And hopefully, in turn
they're taking that time
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to read the Bible.
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But it's these little
stories and it just reminds me
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how Jesus was
teaching the disciples.
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And so again opening that Bible
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so I encourage you
at home as well to,
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you know, take that time.
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It's learning from what
Your Story Hour has done,
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but also reading for
yourself some of those words.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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And well said.
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And we know that radio
is the theater of the mind.
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Right. Your imagination.
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And that's what I
like about Your Story Hour.
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It just takes your way
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and you're just
traveling with them.
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You feel like you're
there with them really.
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So, Julie, tell us
more about Your Story Hour?
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How did it get started
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and how long has Your
Story Hour been around?
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Okay, Your Story Hour is a
nondenominational ministry.
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And we began, last March,
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we celebrated our 70th birthday.
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Wow.
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So we are now 70 years old.
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Praise the Lord.
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So and the Lord
continues to bless.
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And it started from
just back in the, late 1940s.
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The people in
community saw need,
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the kids needed some direction.
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They started a story
time program and said,
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"You know, let's
get these kids in here
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and tell them
some good stories."
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And then from
there, they're like,
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well, what if we
could get a radio station
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to air these stories.
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So they found radio station.
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So every week
they were going in,
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and they were doing it live.
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So if there were
mistakes, then they were there.
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And so it just
progressed from there
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that then they
started taping them,
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and then other radio
stations started carrying them,
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and then it wasn't too long.
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And they realized that this
is, you know, this could be more
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and so they started
with professional actors
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and started
recording the scripts
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that they were working on.
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And then it just
continued to grow from there.
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And so 70 years
later here we are
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with hundreds of programs
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and continuing to
make more programs
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and keeping up with
technology, you know, it's...
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How long have you been there?
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I've been with Story
Hour for just over 20 years.
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Oh, quite a while. Right.
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Yes, and in my current
position it's been 13 years.
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Oh, my. So yeah.
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Now, I've been
working with Your Story Hour
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for about 15 years
and it's been wonderful.
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And a person there
that was near and dear
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to my heart, you
know, who I'm gonna say?
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Yes, I do.
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And who I always
worked with, talked,
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we've been
prayed over the phone.
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Richard. Right.
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We miss Richard. Richard.
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What did Richard do there?
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Richard was
responsible for making sure
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all of our radio
programs were sent out
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to the radio stations.
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So he was in
charge of all of that
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and making the programs
'cause we have a schedule
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'cause we have
some radio stations
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that airs just once a week
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and that's fine or
stations like 3ABN,
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they air us daily.
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And so Richard was responsible
for setting all the programs
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'cause I said we have
over 500 to choose from,
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so we need to figure out where,
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you know what
stories we put in where.
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And so Richard was
responsible for that
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and we certainly
miss him as well.
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Yeah. And Richard passed away...
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Yes, he did. Yeah.
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Few years ago.
But, you know... Yeah.
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But the Lord, you know,
keeps bringing people in,
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you know, it's
the Lord's mission.
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And so He brings
in the missionaries
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that are needed for
to continue the work,
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so He continues to
bring in the people
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that are now responsible
for getting the program out.
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Exactly. Yeah.
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So we're just very blessed
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to be able to continue
to provide the programming.
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All right.
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Now, Jon, tell
us about yourself?
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You're a pastor in Michigan?
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No, I pastor in
western Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania? Yes.
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Okay. Yes.
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Okay 'cause I know Story
Hour is based in Michigan.
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We are based in Michigan. Yes.
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Right. Yes.
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And so it's a little bit
of a drive for him to come.
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Oh, yeah.
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But since they're not needed
in the studio all the time,
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you know, he's able to come over
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and it works really well.
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Yeah. Oh.
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Okay, so tell us
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how did you get into
that position of Uncle Jon?
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Well, my daughter was
attending the university
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right there at Berrien Springs.
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And she decided at
the end of one school year
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that instead of
bringing all of her stuff home,
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she stored some
things in Aunt Julie's house.
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And then, when
the next fall came,
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and we came to move
her back into the dorm,
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it was then my task to
go to Aunt Julie's house
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and load all the
stuff into the van.
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And so I called
Julie and she came out
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and I think it was at
noon or something like that.
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And I loaded
everything into the van.
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And as I was
shutting the door to the van,
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she was coming out of the
house to get back in the car
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to go back to Your Story Hour
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and it just popped into my head.
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And so kind of as a
joke, I threw it out there.
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If you ever need
another Uncle Dan, let me know.
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Oh.
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And then she gets kind of
this hesitant look on her face,
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like she's not sure
exactly how she should answer.
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And then it didn't.
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That look really didn't go away.
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But she hesitatingly said,
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"Well, we are
accepting auditions right now."
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Yeah.
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So if you want to come
in and take a couple hours.
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Well, my younger daughter
was starting her freshman year.
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So we were gonna be
there throughout the week
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to support her in
that new freshman year
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at the university.
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So I was gonna
be in town all week.
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So I said, okay.
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So I went in and auditioned.
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Wow.
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And that began a year and a half
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long process of auditioning
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because they were
still accepting auditions.
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And I didn't hear
anything more about it
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and I didn't want
to push or anything.
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So I just kind of left it
and I didn't hear anything
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until actually the
end of the school year.
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They asked me to
come in and they said,
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"We want you to
redo your audition tape."
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Oh.
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And I said, okay.
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So I went and I said...
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Did the audition, re-did
it, Aunt Carole was there.
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She coached me because the goal
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for Aunt Nikki
and I when we do it
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is for us to sound natural,
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like we're just
having a conversation.
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And Aunt Carole was there
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to try to get me
to give them my best.
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And I think if they could,
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they tried to do that
for all of the auditioning
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'cause they really
wanted the best from everybody
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so that they
could pick from the best
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that a person could give them.
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And so I went and I did that.
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And it was funny when I left
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and there would be a
couple more auditions
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that they would end
up calling me back for.
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Every time I left, I
was thinking to myself,
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I may not ever
be back here again.
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This was fun,
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but I may not be back, you know.
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And it was a year and a half
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and finally we
waited through all of that.
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And I may get more into
that process down the road
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but in this interview,
but when they finally,
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actually came
and I got the call,
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you're gonna, we want to ask you
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to be the next uncle...
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How did you feel?
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I was elated.
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But, you know, it really sunk in
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a little while later.
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They asked us to come in.
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Nikki and I went in
'cause they were trying
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to put in some new
theme music and everything
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to go with Aunt
Nikki and I being the host.
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And they wanted to just
test some lines and things
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so they had us
come in and rebuild.
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So when I went in for
the interview for that...
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Not audition but a
recordings for that.
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When I walked into the
studio, it was like, you know,
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I'm gonna be back again.
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I knew it.
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It was, it was like, you know,
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this is something
that it's gonna happen,
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it's gonna
happen, it's gonna happen.
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I belong here now.
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Exactly, exactly. That's great.
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It's a process. So
you do have a board?
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We have a board. Yeah.
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As we were
auditioning for people,
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we had kind of a little group
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that was listening
to all the auditions
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that were coming in
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and we just weren't
quite getting what we wanted.
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And when Jon came in, I thought,
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"Well, that sounds pretty good."
00:16:25.31\00:16:27.22
But I thought, well, maybe
it's 'cause I'm used to Jon,
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I've known Jon a long
time, so maybe I'm used to Jon.
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And that's why it sounds good.
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So I had our producer,
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I'm like, "Okay, send
this to the other people,
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but don't put a
last name with it."
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Because I don't
want people to think
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I have to say something nice
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because, you know, it's a...
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Yeah.
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You know, obviously is
related or I, you know,
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didn't also the other end
didn't want to discount him
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because he was related.
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So I just sent it
off with his first name.
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And the feedback was,
00:16:51.37\00:16:52.71
"Wow, that sounded
pretty good, who was that."
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So then it came
out well, you know,
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it's actually my brother-in-law,
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but we, you know, as
Jon said, we continued,
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we had other
auditions they came in.
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And so it was a
process that we went through
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'cause we just, we did
a lot of praying the board
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on the staff.
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You know, Aunt
Carole was still with us.
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We did a lot of praying about,
you know, who are the next host
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'cause it's a really,
really huge, important job.
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And so, you know...
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And Stanley was the first
host for more than 40 years.
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Right. Oh, yeah.
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Aunt Carole's been
there for more than 30.
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How about Uncle Dan? How long?
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Uncle Dan was there for
almost 30 years as well.
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That long?
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Now did he pass away?
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He did pass
away. He did pass away.
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Yes, he did pass
away as well. Okay. Wow.
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And, but they even
before Uncle Dan became ill,
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he and Aunt Carole
were both was saying to me,
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we're not getting any younger.
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You know, you need to
start thinking about this.
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And I thought "Oh, I
don't want to think about this.
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I like the way it is." Yeah.
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But so the process
that actually started
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before Uncle Dan became ill,
we were well in the process.
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And so it just,
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it was a little more
bittersweet doing it that way
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and we're so
thankful that Aunt Carole's
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still part of our
program, and we're so...
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We're blessed. Yeah.
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But you have Aunt Nikki.
So bless to have her. Right.
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And of course, now
we have Aunt Nikki too.
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Yes.
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How did that
process go, the same?
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Do you want to tell this?
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I can tell how I joined.
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It's definitely a
different way than Jon entered.
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I have been very aware
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of Your Story
Hour for many years.
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One, I grew up listening
to Uncle Dan and Aunt Sue.
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But then, when I
was in eighth grade,
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my mother became Aunt Carole.
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I love it, you're
Carole's daughter?
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Yeah. Aunt
Carole is my mother. Oh!
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So I knew Richard.
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When you said the
name I'm like I know.
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That's why your
eyes just sparkled.
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So growing up, I was well aware
of Your Story Hour would go in,
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would get to see
how stories were made.
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I knew who the people were,
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and I...
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My voice is very
similar to my mother's.
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Yes, it is.
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And actually,
both my sisters are.
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And I can remember, you know,
00:19:09.24\00:19:12.01
like the children
come in and do recordings.
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And I could never be a
child on Your Story Hour
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because it would be,
"Wait was that Aunt Carole?"
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People were...
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My voice was too similar.
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And I was always entertained
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'cause at the time
Fred was the producer.
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And occasionally
he would call the home
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and I would answer, you
know, you only say hello.
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It's not that
there's a lot of words,
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but every once in a while,
00:19:34.40\00:19:35.77
he would think I was my mother.
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And he worked
with my mother's voice
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all the time,
00:19:38.61\00:19:39.94
so I was always like,
00:19:39.97\00:19:41.88
you know, but so
I grew up with it.
00:19:41.91\00:19:44.85
And now seeing my
mother as Aunt Carole,
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you see the full reality
of what it is to be a host.
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There are many, many
blessings and it's wonderful,
00:19:49.52\00:19:52.02
but there are hard parts to it.
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Things you have to work
with and people's expectations.
00:19:54.59\00:19:57.86
And so my mom, you
know, I've heard her talk,
00:19:57.89\00:20:01.70
oh, we need to get new people
00:20:01.73\00:20:03.67
and we need to bring
any younger host sitting,
00:20:03.70\00:20:06.94
talking about it over the years.
00:20:06.97\00:20:08.77
You know, this has been
something we prayed about,
00:20:08.80\00:20:10.71
talked about, and
they're never were both,
00:20:10.74\00:20:14.28
you know, people sometimes
would send an audition,
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.44
but it might be just a person.
00:20:16.48\00:20:18.01
There wasn't ever a
couple, you know, new co-hosts.
00:20:18.05\00:20:22.28
And a few years ago, they
got more serious about it.
00:20:22.32\00:20:26.09
And my mom asked
00:20:26.12\00:20:27.46
all of her
daughters to audition.
00:20:27.49\00:20:29.79
And so I sent an audition,
00:20:29.82\00:20:31.19
but I was very reticent
00:20:31.23\00:20:33.29
to actually do it
00:20:33.33\00:20:34.83
because I have...
00:20:34.86\00:20:36.20
At that time, younger children,
00:20:36.23\00:20:37.70
and knowing
what it would involve
00:20:37.73\00:20:40.87
I was like, okay, God,
I don't know about this.
00:20:40.94\00:20:43.71
And I'm like, I'm feeling
like, if I send in the audition,
00:20:43.74\00:20:46.21
I'm saying I do
want to be the next host.
00:20:46.24\00:20:49.48
And I was like, I
don't know about this, God.
00:20:49.51\00:20:50.98
I don't know.
00:20:51.01\00:20:52.35
I was very, you know,
00:20:52.38\00:20:55.92
Julie and I
talked, I sent her emails.
00:20:55.95\00:20:57.75
I'd be like, Julie, I don't know
00:20:57.79\00:20:59.29
but I'm sending this in.
00:20:59.32\00:21:00.66
You know, Mom, I don't know.
00:21:00.69\00:21:02.02
And she's like, I only want.
00:21:02.06\00:21:03.53
My mom is very much
I only want it for you
00:21:03.56\00:21:05.09
if this is what God wants.
00:21:05.13\00:21:06.46
That's right.
00:21:06.49\00:21:07.83
And so, you know, my
family was praying with me
00:21:07.86\00:21:10.07
and I sent the first one in,
and I actually had to redo it.
00:21:10.10\00:21:13.94
Like the sound
recording didn't go well
00:21:13.97\00:21:15.50
and so I sent in
a second audition
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.61
and it was like, I don't know.
00:21:17.64\00:21:19.31
Is the next step gonna
happen and there was this.
00:21:19.34\00:21:21.51
I really had some pushback.
00:21:21.54\00:21:22.94
I'm like
because this is someone.
00:21:22.98\00:21:26.55
My mom's been
doing it for 30 years.
00:21:26.58\00:21:28.05
This is someone
who she is known.
00:21:28.08\00:21:30.09
And I'm like, do I
want that publicity?
00:21:30.12\00:21:33.76
Do I want to be...
00:21:33.79\00:21:35.32
You know, when
you walk into a store,
00:21:35.36\00:21:37.13
people would recognize her,
00:21:37.16\00:21:38.49
been Apple Valley
in Berrien Springs.
00:21:38.53\00:21:40.03
And it's like, do I want that?
00:21:40.10\00:21:41.83
Is that what's
right for my family?
00:21:41.86\00:21:43.40
Am I going to be a good host?
00:21:43.47\00:21:45.90
And really deliberate
about it, prayed about it.
00:21:45.93\00:21:48.97
And then the next step came,
00:21:49.00\00:21:50.54
okay, do the next
audition, do the next audition.
00:21:50.61\00:21:52.94
And I realized for myself,
there was the feeling of...
00:21:52.97\00:21:58.08
At one point I heard there
was someone else auditioning.
00:21:58.11\00:22:00.72
And I was so surprised
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.08
'cause I had this
little flair, but wait.
00:22:02.12\00:22:05.22
Somebody else. I
was like, I don't know.
00:22:05.25\00:22:07.39
And I was like, okay, God,
maybe you are pushing this way.
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.63
And because my voice
is similar to my mom's
00:22:10.66\00:22:14.10
we had talked before,
00:22:14.13\00:22:15.46
well, what if one
of you girls become
00:22:15.50\00:22:17.07
or what if maybe someday
you'll become the next host,
00:22:17.10\00:22:20.04
you follow in my footsteps.
00:22:20.07\00:22:21.40
So, you know, there's
been talk over the years
00:22:21.44\00:22:23.81
and then with doing it,
00:22:23.84\00:22:25.74
kept each step happening,
00:22:25.77\00:22:27.11
and it's like, I don't know,
God if I want the publicity
00:22:27.18\00:22:29.78
and then I'm like, but
I love telling stories.
00:22:29.81\00:22:33.01
At church, I have
done children stories.
00:22:33.05\00:22:35.05
I love sharing
about God's love to people
00:22:35.08\00:22:37.72
and telling Jesus' stories,
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.72
and expressing that,
sharing that I love it.
00:22:39.75\00:22:42.76
Yeah.
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.13
And so I was like, is
this where you're leading?
00:22:44.16\00:22:46.90
And then it kept happening...
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.60
Amen. This is beautiful.
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.60
How the Lord just put
you both where you belong.
00:22:50.67\00:22:55.10
You didn't know you
were both gonna be here,
00:22:55.14\00:22:56.91
but the Lord knew.
00:22:56.94\00:22:58.27
Right.
00:22:58.31\00:22:59.64
You know for
such a time as this.
00:22:59.67\00:23:01.01
Now, Julie,
tell us a little more
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.38
about Story Hour.
00:23:02.41\00:23:03.98
How is it...
00:23:04.05\00:23:05.65
We air it on
radio, what other mediums?
00:23:05.68\00:23:08.65
That's so interesting,
00:23:08.68\00:23:10.02
you know,
Francine talked about...
00:23:10.09\00:23:12.09
'Cause that's, you know,
00:23:12.12\00:23:13.89
when I first started
Story Hour cassettes were huge
00:23:13.96\00:23:16.93
and then CDs, you know,
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.56
were huge and now it's digital.
00:23:18.59\00:23:20.63
And so it's
continuing to progress,
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.47
and Story Hour is
continuing to progress with it.
00:23:23.50\00:23:25.70
So we are a radio ministry.
00:23:25.73\00:23:28.07
But radio now doesn't mean
00:23:28.10\00:23:29.70
just hearing it
over the airwaves.
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.44
Radio now is, we
have a YouTube channel
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.68
that people can go to
hear Your Story Hour story.
00:23:34.71\00:23:39.25
We are on our own Facebook page.
00:23:39.28\00:23:41.58
We have stories...
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.45
Not Facebook I'm
sorry, our website.
00:23:44.49\00:23:46.39
We post a new story every week
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.59
where people can come
and listen to a story.
00:23:48.62\00:23:51.36
And then, you know,
other radio stations,
00:23:51.39\00:23:54.46
stream it as well.
00:23:54.50\00:23:55.90
So yeah, that's kind
of our home page, right.
00:23:55.93\00:23:58.73
And so right there
there's a media player.
00:23:58.77\00:24:00.44
So whatever story is gonna
air that weekend on the radio
00:24:00.47\00:24:03.44
is on our website for a week.
00:24:03.51\00:24:05.41
And so people can go
there and listen every week.
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.68
So it's just amazing now.
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.11
Before you had
to live in an area
00:24:11.15\00:24:12.85
where Your Story Hour
was on a radio station,
00:24:12.88\00:24:15.55
and we still love
our radio stations,
00:24:15.58\00:24:17.29
and we think they're wonderful,
00:24:17.32\00:24:19.12
and we're happy for all of them.
00:24:19.15\00:24:20.79
Especially happy for 3ABN
00:24:20.86\00:24:22.19
who has a lot
of networks for us.
00:24:22.22\00:24:24.46
And so, yeah,
00:24:24.49\00:24:25.86
and so we're
really happy about that.
00:24:25.89\00:24:27.93
But it's nice
00:24:27.96\00:24:29.30
that you can put
it on the internet,
00:24:29.33\00:24:31.20
you know, where
anybody can come.
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.57
We have this
one dedicated place.
00:24:32.60\00:24:34.17
It's kind of a hub
for radio ministries.
00:24:34.24\00:24:38.27
And we have a spot there
00:24:38.31\00:24:39.64
and those stories
posted every week.
00:24:39.67\00:24:41.44
And in a month
we'll have 12,000 streams
00:24:41.48\00:24:44.51
from just that one
source and it gives us stats.
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.78
And there's people that
come from 50 different countries
00:24:47.82\00:24:50.69
that are
listening to our stories.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.59
You know, and
there's places like
00:24:52.62\00:24:53.96
I didn't even
know that place exists,
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.32
you know, in...
00:24:55.36\00:24:56.73
So you hear from these people.
00:24:56.76\00:24:58.09
And that's just
the English language.
00:24:58.13\00:24:59.46
Right.
00:24:59.49\00:25:00.83
And that's just English
00:25:00.86\00:25:02.20
'cause we have Spanish
and Russian as well, exactly.
00:25:02.23\00:25:03.57
Right.
00:25:03.60\00:25:04.93
And so, you know, it's just,
00:25:04.97\00:25:06.30
it's really
interesting how technology.
00:25:06.33\00:25:07.67
Sometimes, I'm like,
okay, technology stop,
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.04
I can't keep up.
00:25:09.07\00:25:10.41
But yeah, it's the way the Lord
is continuing to reach people
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.71
that wouldn't
possibly hear it otherwise.
00:25:12.74\00:25:15.38
So we're really
excited about that.
00:25:15.41\00:25:16.78
So what kind of
stories you produce?
00:25:16.85\00:25:19.31
Look, we do Bible stories,
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.65
you know, those
are some of our...
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.02
Yeah, people love those.
00:25:23.05\00:25:24.39
I love those,
00:25:24.42\00:25:25.75
on Wednesdays and Sabbaths also,
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.16
and other day.
00:25:27.19\00:25:28.52
Yes, we love our Bible stories.
00:25:28.56\00:25:29.89
We do history stories of
people and events in history,
00:25:29.92\00:25:33.83
as well as we do
column character building
00:25:33.90\00:25:36.60
or everyday
adventure type stories,
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.40
true to life
stories that are designed,
00:25:38.43\00:25:40.77
some of them are
missionary stories.
00:25:40.84\00:25:42.30
So those are history as well
as kind of adventure stories.
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.94
Some of them
are miracle stories,
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.58
answered prayers.
00:25:47.61\00:25:48.94
Some of them are
just there for...
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.35
Some are very contemporary
that goes with today...
00:25:50.38\00:25:53.42
Exactly, exactly.
00:25:53.45\00:25:55.28
And let me add to that as
a teacher in my classroom,
00:25:55.32\00:25:58.62
I love the history.
00:25:58.65\00:25:59.99
Because if I was
teaching a particular subject,
00:26:00.06\00:26:02.02
like Abraham Lincoln,
00:26:02.06\00:26:03.43
I would tie in to
what we were studying.
00:26:03.46\00:26:04.93
Right. Exactly.
00:26:04.96\00:26:06.29
And it really built
those character traits
00:26:06.33\00:26:07.96
that you're looking for
00:26:08.00\00:26:09.33
and then talking
about them in the Bible.
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.70
Exactly.
00:26:10.77\00:26:12.10
So that was really,
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.47
I really liked
those history ones
00:26:13.50\00:26:14.84
or when you're
doing an object lesson
00:26:14.87\00:26:16.81
of a character building.
00:26:16.84\00:26:18.17
So... Yes.
00:26:18.21\00:26:19.54
Definitely.
00:26:19.57\00:26:20.91
There is one I loved was
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.28
I just finished getting
that ready to go on the air
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.78
was Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker.
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.82
Oh, yes.
00:26:26.85\00:26:28.18
And it's...
00:26:28.22\00:26:29.55
Our script writers are
so good at like finding
00:26:29.58\00:26:31.65
just these small
pieces of history
00:26:31.69\00:26:33.76
that a lot of people
00:26:33.79\00:26:35.12
would never
hear about otherwise.
00:26:35.16\00:26:36.59
And then they bring it in
00:26:36.62\00:26:37.96
and just do a whole story on it.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.36
It's like, wow.
00:26:39.39\00:26:40.73
You know, I would
have never known otherwise
00:26:40.80\00:26:42.86
about that person
or about this event.
00:26:42.90\00:26:45.37
And so they're just
really well researched.
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.17
And then we have
a wonderful group
00:26:47.24\00:26:49.14
that comes in and records them.
00:26:49.17\00:26:50.51
So...
00:26:50.54\00:26:51.87
You know, how do you
get people to come in?
00:26:51.91\00:26:53.27
Do you have any photos of them?
00:26:53.31\00:26:55.41
Yeah, we do have some photos
00:26:55.44\00:26:56.95
of some of our
actors that there is
00:26:56.98\00:26:59.11
from the last recording session.
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.75
In this part, they're
actually doing a song.
00:27:00.82\00:27:03.18
Our producer would
like our script writers
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.12
to put a song in every script
00:27:05.15\00:27:07.16
because the actors come in
00:27:07.19\00:27:08.52
and they just make
it sound so amazing
00:27:08.56\00:27:10.13
when they come in and sing.
00:27:10.16\00:27:11.73
So we have
actors and I mentioned
00:27:11.76\00:27:14.33
when they first
started recording,
00:27:14.36\00:27:15.83
they needed a
professional actors.
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.20
Well, they
actually went to Cleveland
00:27:17.27\00:27:19.00
to get those actors and...
00:27:19.03\00:27:20.37
Cleveland, Tennessee, Ohio.
00:27:20.44\00:27:21.77
Cleveland, Ohio.
00:27:21.80\00:27:23.14
Yep, there was
a playgroup there.
00:27:23.17\00:27:24.51
And they started
with that playgroup.
00:27:24.54\00:27:26.14
And we continue with
those relationships today
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.58
with the Cleveland Playhouse.
00:27:29.61\00:27:31.31
And they come in
for a week's time
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.05
and we record 24
stories at that time.
00:27:34.12\00:27:37.09
Twenty four?
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.45
Twenty four are recorded.
00:27:38.49\00:27:40.16
That's why the
actors is right here.
00:27:40.19\00:27:42.42
This is the...
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.83
On the other side
of the recording booth.
00:27:43.86\00:27:45.29
This is the, with
the producers that are,
00:27:45.33\00:27:48.73
you know,
recording what's going on
00:27:48.76\00:27:50.10
in the studio
and monitoring that,
00:27:50.17\00:27:52.27
they watch the script carefully
00:27:52.30\00:27:53.74
and make sure
nothing's been missed.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.40
You know, are they given
the right sounds that we want,
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.61
the right feel for that script,
00:27:57.64\00:27:59.54
and so it's a big
team that works on it.
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.98
The sound effects are amazing.
00:28:03.01\00:28:04.81
Yeah, they do. They
really look at that.
00:28:04.85\00:28:06.18
The footsteps,
the waterfalls. Yeah.
00:28:06.21\00:28:08.15
So, you know, it
starts with the script idea.
00:28:08.18\00:28:10.09
And so the scripts are written.
00:28:10.12\00:28:11.45
Okay.
00:28:11.49\00:28:12.82
So you have a scriptwriter?
00:28:12.85\00:28:14.19
We have a couple of
main scriptwriters now.
00:28:14.26\00:28:15.59
And then we outsource, you know,
00:28:15.62\00:28:17.43
we get submissions
from some other people
00:28:17.46\00:28:19.16
that we've worked with.
00:28:19.19\00:28:20.96
And then once the
scripts are ready,
00:28:21.00\00:28:22.63
and we have a time
for recording and funding
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.87
'cause funding is a big
part of making this happens.
00:28:24.90\00:28:26.74
What's the cost of?
00:28:26.77\00:28:28.24
We estimate
about $4,500 per story.
00:28:28.27\00:28:30.61
Wow.
00:28:30.64\00:28:31.97
Right, you know, from...
00:28:32.01\00:28:33.34
Yeah, from start to
finish. From start to finish.
00:28:33.38\00:28:34.88
And so the scripts are written,
the actors then come in,
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.78
the actors do their part.
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.55
Once the actors leave,
00:28:40.62\00:28:42.38
Aunt Carole comes in
and does her narrations
00:28:42.42\00:28:44.72
'cause she's
still telling the story.
00:28:44.75\00:28:46.62
And she works with the children
00:28:46.65\00:28:48.32
'cause sometimes if
we have children's parts,
00:28:48.36\00:28:49.96
we bring in local kids
00:28:50.03\00:28:51.63
and Aunt Carole will coach
them on how to say the line.
00:28:51.66\00:28:54.93
And then Jon, our producer
00:28:54.96\00:28:57.63
does the sound effects
like you said, you know,
00:28:57.67\00:28:59.43
sometimes it's
really interesting.
00:28:59.47\00:29:00.97
I'll step into the studio
and he doesn't know I'm there.
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.61
What are you doing?
00:29:03.64\00:29:05.41
And he is just
making all kinds of,
00:29:05.44\00:29:07.01
you know, interesting...
00:29:07.08\00:29:08.41
They used plastic...
00:29:08.44\00:29:09.78
Yeah, the plastic and just,
you know all kinds of things
00:29:09.81\00:29:11.51
or he'll come out to
the main office and say,
00:29:11.55\00:29:13.82
"I need to make this sound.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.18
Any ideas what
would make that sound?"
00:29:15.22\00:29:16.55
And so, you know,
we give our feedback.
00:29:16.58\00:29:18.02
And so it's really interesting.
00:29:18.05\00:29:19.45
And then once all that's done,
00:29:19.49\00:29:20.86
then we're blessed to
have Jon and Nicole come in.
00:29:20.89\00:29:23.22
That's where you guys come in.
00:29:23.26\00:29:24.59
Yeah, yeah, they
introduce the stories and...
00:29:24.63\00:29:27.50
Now do you know, the storyline
00:29:27.53\00:29:29.53
and do you know
all about the story
00:29:29.56\00:29:30.97
before you enter.
00:29:31.00\00:29:32.33
Sometimes no.
00:29:32.37\00:29:33.74
Sometimes they just hand us.
00:29:33.77\00:29:35.10
Script...
00:29:35.14\00:29:36.47
And then we're
supposed to go into a story
00:29:36.50\00:29:39.21
that we have no idea,
what the story's about.
00:29:39.24\00:29:42.14
And, you know, sometimes
we're in the middle of it,
00:29:42.18\00:29:44.75
and we'll just pull,
"Wow, that was incredible."
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.15
I don't know what I'm saying
00:29:47.22\00:29:48.55
wow, that's incredible.
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.29
Because that part of the
story isn't in our script.
00:29:50.32\00:29:52.12
Right, right.
00:29:52.15\00:29:53.49
But when it's put together,
00:29:53.56\00:29:54.89
you know what the
wow, it's incredible.
00:29:54.92\00:29:56.42
Yeah, yeah.
00:29:56.46\00:29:57.86
John Weiss, the producer.
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.76
He has all these
files in his computer.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.80
And sometimes, I will just tell,
00:30:01.83\00:30:04.17
I need to have
some context for this
00:30:04.20\00:30:06.33
and he'll then call
that up and play it for us,
00:30:06.37\00:30:10.24
so that we can emote them
00:30:10.31\00:30:12.71
the way that
they're supposed to be.
00:30:12.74\00:30:14.18
Yes. Wow.
00:30:14.21\00:30:15.61
Now this is so exciting
00:30:15.64\00:30:17.95
because the programs
they just touch my heart.
00:30:17.98\00:30:21.85
So it's times when I'm editing
a program and I'm like wow,
00:30:21.88\00:30:26.02
I'm not supposed to
listen to the program, I'm not.
00:30:26.05\00:30:29.82
But it's hard not to,
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.19
because there's
so many programs.
00:30:31.23\00:30:32.56
But there's some of them,
00:30:32.59\00:30:33.93
I am just blown
away by the program.
00:30:34.00\00:30:37.80
There's one...
00:30:37.83\00:30:39.23
Oh, which one was it?
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.64
The raven... The
Raven in the ring.
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.30
I love the Raven in the ring...
00:30:42.34\00:30:43.71
Oh, that's loved by many.
00:30:43.74\00:30:45.24
That's a classic,
isn't it? Yes, it is. Yeah.
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.18
There's actually a
coloring book to go with it.
00:30:47.21\00:30:48.98
Yeah, yeah.
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.35
And that's on our website
00:30:50.38\00:30:51.71
so people can
listen and color it...
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.08
Now all these
stories, are they all true?
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.35
They are true.
00:30:55.38\00:30:56.72
Like, of course,
00:30:56.79\00:30:58.12
the historical
stories are researched
00:30:58.15\00:30:59.49
and even the adventure stories.
00:30:59.52\00:31:00.86
Some of the circumstances
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.32
maybe have to be
changed a little bit
00:31:02.36\00:31:04.33
'cause we may
not have permission.
00:31:04.36\00:31:05.79
But they are based
in real life events.
00:31:05.83\00:31:09.73
You know, the stories are based
in the their people's lives
00:31:09.76\00:31:14.14
that are then filled out
so that we can do it on radio,
00:31:14.17\00:31:17.01
but we don't just make these up.
00:31:17.04\00:31:18.37
Right.
00:31:18.41\00:31:19.74
You don't make them up? No.
00:31:19.77\00:31:21.11
So what kind of
listeners do you have?
00:31:21.14\00:31:22.61
Do you have adults?
00:31:22.64\00:31:25.15
That's me.
00:31:25.18\00:31:26.51
Sometimes I feel like...
00:31:26.55\00:31:27.88
They mainly do.
00:31:27.92\00:31:29.25
That's right.
00:31:29.28\00:31:30.62
Sometimes I feel like my email
00:31:30.69\00:31:32.02
is a little bit
of a confessional.
00:31:32.05\00:31:33.39
It's like, I'm an adult
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.76
but I still listen
to Your Story Hour.
00:31:34.79\00:31:36.12
And is like,
you know, it's okay.
00:31:36.16\00:31:37.49
It's okay.
00:31:37.53\00:31:38.86
I think we're all
God's kids. Exactly.
00:31:38.89\00:31:40.23
So like Jon said, you
know, 2 to 102 or 2 to 92,
00:31:40.26\00:31:42.73
you know, everybody
loves a really good story so.
00:31:42.76\00:31:45.73
Yes.
00:31:45.77\00:31:47.14
So we don't
discriminate against age.
00:31:47.17\00:31:48.50
No, no, no.
00:31:48.54\00:31:49.87
We want all of our listeners.
00:31:49.90\00:31:51.24
Right.
00:31:51.27\00:31:52.61
Exactly.
00:31:52.64\00:31:53.98
So like I said, I'm
editing the programs.
00:31:54.01\00:31:56.61
I'm enjoying the programs
00:31:56.64\00:31:58.68
and we even have people call in.
00:31:58.71\00:32:02.15
I'm not sure if I told you this,
00:32:02.18\00:32:03.52
but there was a
person here at 3ABN,
00:32:03.59\00:32:05.72
they would drive into work
00:32:05.75\00:32:07.72
because we air that 7:00
in the morning till 7:30.
00:32:07.76\00:32:10.83
And we start work at 7:30.
00:32:10.86\00:32:12.96
And they're driving to work.
00:32:12.99\00:32:15.43
While they're driving,
00:32:15.46\00:32:16.80
they want to know
what happened at the end.
00:32:16.87\00:32:18.43
You're gonna be late,
so they have to go to work.
00:32:18.47\00:32:21.17
So Nikki
Anderson, we have a Nikki.
00:32:21.20\00:32:23.61
I met her. You met her?
00:32:23.64\00:32:24.97
Yes, just this morning, I
met her and she told me this.
00:32:25.01\00:32:26.34
Oh, she told you the story?
00:32:26.37\00:32:27.84
She told.
00:32:27.88\00:32:29.21
They had to come in and say,
00:32:29.24\00:32:30.58
"Nikki, I got to hear
the rest of the story."
00:32:30.65\00:32:33.25
And so they went to Nikki
00:32:33.28\00:32:34.62
and she let them hear the rest
00:32:34.65\00:32:36.35
because some of
the stories are just...
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.22
I know.
00:32:38.25\00:32:39.59
You want to hear the ending.
00:32:39.62\00:32:40.96
And especially when
you have part 1, 2, 3, 4...
00:32:40.99\00:32:43.43
Yeah.
00:32:43.46\00:32:44.79
Yeah, that's how we
keep you coming back.
00:32:44.83\00:32:46.16
Yeah.
00:32:46.19\00:32:47.53
You don't have the extra part.
00:32:47.60\00:32:48.93
And Jay have me
put them all together
00:32:48.96\00:32:50.30
because someone
called from South Africa
00:32:50.33\00:32:52.13
saying where is part 3?
00:32:52.17\00:32:55.57
Well, it's aired
the informant day...
00:32:55.60\00:32:57.91
No, so I have to
put them all together.
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.97
Yeah, and we want
radio stations to work,
00:33:00.01\00:33:01.74
you know, to do
what works for them.
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.11
And that's one
of the nice things
00:33:03.14\00:33:04.48
about our YouTube channel
00:33:04.51\00:33:07.15
because when we post
several episodes on YouTube,
00:33:07.22\00:33:10.99
so if listeners
do miss a series...
00:33:11.02\00:33:15.39
Yes.
00:33:15.42\00:33:16.76
Lot of times they can go back,
00:33:16.83\00:33:18.16
and they can pick up
the episodes they missed
00:33:18.19\00:33:20.90
on the YouTube
channel because...
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.16
That's right.
00:33:23.20\00:33:24.57
'Cause there are several
posted all at once there.
00:33:24.60\00:33:26.57
Yeah. Right.
00:33:26.60\00:33:27.94
And another nice
thing is all of our stories
00:33:27.97\00:33:29.74
are available for sale.
00:33:29.77\00:33:31.11
And if you missed one story
or you have a favorite story,
00:33:31.14\00:33:33.41
you can download it for $2.
00:33:33.48\00:33:35.44
You know, so it's
not a huge investment.
00:33:35.48\00:33:36.98
And it's like, "Oh, I
didn't hear the end of that.
00:33:37.05\00:33:38.38
Let me hear that."
00:33:38.41\00:33:39.75
Yeah, so $2, you
know, is not that much,
00:33:39.78\00:33:42.02
but then you get to hear,
00:33:42.05\00:33:43.82
you know, you get to
hear the rest of the story.
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.62
And I know all of our stories
are available that way too.
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.02
Now do you have lessons?
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.39
We do. Bible
lessons for children.
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We do have Bible
lessons in conjunction
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and I see Francine
is excited about this.
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Our Bible
lessons have been around
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for about 30 years.
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And it's it started as
a correspondence course.
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And we still have a
lot of children and adults
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that do a correspondence.
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Beautiful pictures.
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But it's a non-denominational.
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Yeah.
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So it's just
straight from the Bible.
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Amen.
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And, but we
decided after 30 years,
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they need to be refreshed.
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So the pictures you saw
were some of our designs
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that were refreshing them.
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As we were going through
them, I realized, you know what?
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The content is
actually really good.
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Maybe change a
little bit of the language,
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but the content is
really, really solid.
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It's just the package
that needed to be refreshed...
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Updated. Right, updated.
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So that's what we're working on.
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And so we're
almost halfway through.
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How many lessons?
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Fifty two. Yeah,
52 lessons total.
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That many? Yeah.
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So do they take a test?
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With children,
how does that work?
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Well... There's a quiz.
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It's a quiz? Yeah.
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At the end of... There's a quiz.
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And each lesson comes
with activities that...
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Really, the activity itself
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is designed to
actually get the child
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or whoever is going through it
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using their
Bible for themselves.
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It's important that
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as they're
interacting with Bible stories
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that they actually
interact with their Bible.
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Because I'm in a
project right now
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where I'm going through
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all of the Your
Story Hour Bible stories.
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Well, as I'm doing
that, I'm realizing that
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while there are more than
120 different Bible stories,
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individual episodes.
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We don't cover
all the Bible stories
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in the Bible.
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There are so many more.
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So if a child
actually learns to enjoy
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and know how to be enjoy
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getting into the
Bible for themselves,
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there's so much more
that they can get into.
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Right. Yeah.
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And that's really
the goal of, you know,
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one of the goals
of Your Story Hour.
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It's to introduce
people to children to Jesus,
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but it's also to
introduce a child
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into the Word of God.
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That's right.
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And that's a really
important foundation to be into.
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The Bible stories
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of the 52
Adventures in the Holy Bible.
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They're basically
four different sections,
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the Life of Jesus section,
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the Parables of Jesus,
the Teachings of Jesus,
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and then there are
some collection of them
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that's about
making good choices.
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And that goes into Bible stories
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that are beyond the
scope of the gospels.
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Amen.
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Julie, you were
gonna say something.
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With the Bible
lessons as they...
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Sorry.
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No worries.
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As they go through the lessons
after they've completed four,
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there is a reward,
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they get a free
Your Story Hour stories.
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They get that by the time
they had finished them all,
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they get the whole
album of The Life of Jesus.
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Free? So, for free.
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So every family,
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every child can get
The Life of Jesus album
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in its entirety,
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simply by going
to Your Story Hour
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and having one of
their family members
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sign up for and complete
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the adventures
in the Holy Bible.
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YourStoryHour.org
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Right. Yes, yes.
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And for English,
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we have these lessons
available in Spanish as well.
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And they're
also been redesigned.
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And for the English currently,
you can even do them online.
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You can go do
the lessons online,
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it's self-grading right there
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on the little
answers and activities
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are available online,
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you finish it,
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then you get a
link to the next one.
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And after you do two
online, then you get a story,
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a download for
The Life of Jesus.
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So people are anxious
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and they don't want
to wait for their mail
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or they're more tech savvy.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know, then they
could just do it online
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and download it.
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So we have a large population
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that's doing it
that way as well.
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Great.
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If you want to do
it through the mail,
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you can do it that way.
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Yeah, you can do
it through the mail.
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And in which
case if you do that...
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Do people still do it?
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Yeah, we have a lot of
people that still do it.
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Yeah.
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Some from overseas,
and interestingly enough,
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you guys may be familiar
with Christmas Behind Bars.
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Oh, of course. Yes.
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Well, one of the
things that goes in those bags
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are a sign up sheet
for Your Story Hour,
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for the Bible
lessons because these people
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they can sign up their children.
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And then at the bottom
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after they've written
their children's names
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that they'd like
to have the lessons
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if they want it for
themselves in prison,
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then they can
sign up at the bottom
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and we send it to them as well.
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Yes.
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Now do you have inmates
that take these lessons?
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We have several inmates
that take these lessons.
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And it's really amazing.
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And it's kind of nice
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because they're
written for children.
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So it's not deep
theological things.
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It's simple Bible
things, but it's touching them.
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It's really amazing
how many adults tell us
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that they have learned so
much by doing these lessons.
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Wow.
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Now do we use these
lessons for the Kids Network?
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Well, we're actually...
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You're getting
ahead of the game.
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Oh, sorry.
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But we are trying to work
something out so that also,
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we're connecting with them
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and tying that into
our website as well.
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Right.
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And we appreciate everything
that you've been doing here
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because it is
such a witnessing tool
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in having people of all ages.
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Right.
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Is really what it's geared for.
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And sometimes
it's the young people
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that bring in their parents
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and especially
their grandparents.
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Right.
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And this reminds me of Amanda
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when she is also talking
about some of the stories
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that we just
heard either that day
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and how it helped
her making decisions
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at school for example.
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And it helps her think
about some of those choices
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that we have
between good and evil,
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and sharing that
with our friends.
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So I really appreciate it.
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And I'm sure you have
more stories similar like that.
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Absolutely. We hear...
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We, well, we get
letters, we get emails,
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we get phone calls,
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phone messages
from people talking
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about how it has
affected their life.
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I was in the
office just recently,
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and there was an
eight-year-old girl
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had left this
very eloquent message
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on the machine,
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talking about how she
wanted to follow Christ
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because she had been
listening to the Bible stories.
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And she has now
signed up for the adventures.
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And there was one, Julie,
about someone who had affected,
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the Lord healed
them from alcoholism.
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Oh, yeah.
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We had a new
donor that had given
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and as my practice kind
of is I'm always curious,
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you know, this is a new donor,
how did they hear about us?
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So I reached out
to her via email.
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And she shared with me
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that she'd been going to church,
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but she had been
struggling with alcohol.
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And she listened to the story
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where Jesus is
asking the paralytic
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and he says to paralytic,
"Do you want to be healed?"
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And that touched her heart.
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And she wanted to
be healed from it.
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And she stopped
drinking from that.
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Yeah.
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It was that story that
was what she needed to hear,
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the Lord saying to her,
"Do you want to be healed?"
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So we hear from
people of all ages,
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how these stories
have affected them
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and made their choices
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just like your
daughter was saying.
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Right.
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And you mentioned, you know,
it helps her make decisions.
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A few years ago, I just,
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this email just touched my heart
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because, you
know, was a young man
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and he was overseas.
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And he said he
was at a restaurant
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and the waitress gave
him back too much money.
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And he corrected
her and the people that,
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you know, kind of where
it is table they were like,
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surprised that he
would say anything.
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But there's a story
and probably you've heard
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it a nickel is worth of honesty.
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Oh, I love that one.
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And he listened
to it as a child.
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And even as a young adult,
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that's those
principles of being honest
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even in the small things
made an impression upon him.
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And because of that,
you know, he was honest
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and gave the money back
that wasn't owed to him.
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So it's just, you
know, it affects kids now
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and, you know,
when you're putting it
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into their minds now,
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later on those
principles continue
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to be with them.
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And so that's, you know,
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one of the great
things about Story Hour is
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it's not just for now,
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it's something
that carries through.
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That's right. Yes.
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Well, we look at the
stories we've talked about,
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you know, we do Bible stories,
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and we do history stories,
00:41:46.84\00:41:48.37
but we also do stories
that deal with bullying
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or dealing with inclusion.
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.28
We have ones about...
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Homelessness.
Homelessness. That's right.
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That's a new one
that's coming out.
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There's all these things
that it's not just issues
00:42:00.95\00:42:03.89
that were past,
they're present issues.
00:42:03.92\00:42:05.99
How do we
interact with people now?
00:42:06.02\00:42:08.06
Or spiritually there was one
00:42:08.09\00:42:10.43
actually was on the
screen it said hunted,
00:42:10.46\00:42:12.19
and it was about a girl
00:42:12.23\00:42:13.63
who her friend
was fighting cancer.
00:42:13.70\00:42:16.16
And it was the
feeling of why God,
00:42:16.20\00:42:18.70
how can You allow this?
00:42:18.73\00:42:20.14
And we all have had
questions like that.
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.47
And she had an experience.
00:42:22.50\00:42:24.21
Her family, they
were out riding horses,
00:42:24.24\00:42:25.74
and a bear was chasing them.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.88
And she realized, wait a second,
00:42:27.91\00:42:30.45
Satan is out
there chasing us too.
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.28
So it's not just, you know,
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.32
she then looked at the
cancer in a whole different way.
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.48
So it reaches people spiritually
00:42:36.52\00:42:38.19
and moral choices.
00:42:38.22\00:42:39.62
So it's amazing hearing
00:42:39.65\00:42:41.42
how these stories
have affected people
00:42:41.46\00:42:43.46
and blessed them, and...
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So I grew up listening them too.
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There's a story
called All Things for Andrew.
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Yes.
00:42:49.13\00:42:50.47
That is one of my
absolute favorite stories.
00:42:50.50\00:42:52.90
It's a beautiful story.
00:42:52.93\00:42:54.27
About 'cause my
husband was kind of adopted,
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so it meant so much to me.
00:42:58.07\00:42:59.94
When I heard that story,
I couldn't stop listening.
00:42:59.97\00:43:03.35
I said, "Honey,
you got to hear this."
00:43:03.38\00:43:05.21
That's why I take it home
and I put it in the CD player
00:43:05.25\00:43:09.25
and there's
about Andrew how he is,
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.25
what, got in an accident?
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Right.
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And he found his family.
00:43:14.06\00:43:15.39
He found birth
family. Biological family.
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Right. Yes.
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And I love that one too
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'cause there's a
story within the story.
00:43:19.53\00:43:20.86
So they're both...
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Both of those stories
are pointing how God is,
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.77
you know, you
may think something
00:43:23.80\00:43:25.13
is really horrible
has happened to you,
00:43:25.17\00:43:26.57
but how God is actually working
00:43:26.60\00:43:28.40
towards your benefit.
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.11
So, you know, the Andrew in
the story was in an accident.
00:43:30.14\00:43:32.77
It was horrible, but
because of the accident,
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.81
he got to find
his biological family.
00:43:34.84\00:43:37.58
He found the Lord.
Yeah, and he found...
00:43:37.65\00:43:38.98
Right. Exactly. Exactly.
00:43:39.01\00:43:40.62
So that's how the Lord works.
00:43:40.65\00:43:41.98
Yes, yes.
00:43:42.02\00:43:43.35
And it shows that all things
work together for good, right?
00:43:43.39\00:43:45.89
Right. Exactly. To
those that love God.
00:43:45.92\00:43:47.76
Right. Exactly. All things.
00:43:47.79\00:43:49.12
Right. Always
working for our good.
00:43:49.16\00:43:50.83
Yes.
00:43:50.86\00:43:52.19
And so, Jon,
you're a pastor, so...
00:43:52.23\00:43:54.30
Yes.
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.66
Did you grow up
listening to Start Your Hour?
00:43:55.70\00:43:57.03
I did.
00:43:57.07\00:43:58.40
I actually don't remember
not listening Your Story Hour.
00:43:58.43\00:44:02.74
My first distinct
memories of Your Story Hour
00:44:02.77\00:44:06.68
were actually my parents
were church school teachers
00:44:06.71\00:44:10.15
and we just moved
to Northern Michigan
00:44:10.18\00:44:12.61
for a school there.
00:44:12.65\00:44:14.02
And our
babysitter had a collection
00:44:14.05\00:44:16.82
of Your Story Hour recordings
00:44:16.89\00:44:20.46
on LP in a velvet case.
00:44:20.49\00:44:24.13
And so we would listen to them
on the record player and we...
00:44:24.16\00:44:28.16
I know about Your
Story Hour before that
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.27
because it been around
since my dad was a kid.
00:44:30.30\00:44:32.67
But this was the first time
00:44:32.70\00:44:34.80
I remember any
distinct remembrance of that.
00:44:34.84\00:44:37.34
And so we would listen
to them at our babysitter's
00:44:37.41\00:44:40.18
and then we ended up
getting a case of our own,
00:44:40.21\00:44:43.24
and so we'd
listen to them at home
00:44:43.28\00:44:44.68
and later we got
them on cassette.
00:44:44.71\00:44:46.35
Yes. Yeah, it's so...
00:44:46.38\00:44:48.35
Yeah.
00:44:48.38\00:44:49.72
So you're raised in.
00:44:49.75\00:44:51.09
And, you know, everyone
knows who Doug Batchelor is.
00:44:51.12\00:44:54.52
His daughter Rachel was raised,
00:44:54.56\00:44:57.79
his children were
raised listening to that.
00:44:57.83\00:44:59.89
Before they go to bed,
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.26
they would always
listen to Your Story Hour.
00:45:01.30\00:45:04.17
You know, I really credit
00:45:04.20\00:45:07.80
the foundation of my
knowledge of Bible stories
00:45:07.84\00:45:11.77
really to Your Story Hour.
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.21
And also my mother would read
Uncle Arthur's Bible stories.
00:45:14.28\00:45:18.08
Oh, yes.
00:45:18.11\00:45:19.45
So between Your
Story Hour and Uncle Arthur
00:45:19.48\00:45:22.72
that was what
laid the foundation
00:45:22.75\00:45:25.02
for really a Bible knowledge
00:45:25.05\00:45:28.19
that is something
00:45:28.22\00:45:29.59
that I rely on.
00:45:29.62\00:45:34.00
I really rely on
it. And I think that...
00:45:34.03\00:45:36.03
Especially as a pastor.
00:45:36.06\00:45:37.40
Yeah, as a pastor, I do.
00:45:37.47\00:45:38.80
But I think everybody
really needs to be relying
00:45:38.83\00:45:41.64
upon an
extensive Bible knowledge.
00:45:41.67\00:45:44.57
And really, unless you
know the Bible stories,
00:45:44.61\00:45:48.24
many times you really
can't understand the context
00:45:48.28\00:45:50.88
of the Bible teaching.
00:45:50.95\00:45:53.08
Because those
stories really tell us,
00:45:53.11\00:45:55.75
okay, how does that
teaching apply to real life?
00:45:55.78\00:45:59.22
Yes. Those are all there...
00:45:59.25\00:46:01.16
You know, the...
00:46:01.19\00:46:02.69
I believe it's Peter,
says, they're for our example.
00:46:02.72\00:46:07.60
And if we don't
know those examples,
00:46:07.63\00:46:09.76
we can't really understand
00:46:09.80\00:46:11.13
what the teaching is telling us.
00:46:11.17\00:46:12.50
That's true.
00:46:12.53\00:46:13.87
That's why it's so important
00:46:13.94\00:46:15.27
that children
learn the Bible stories.
00:46:15.30\00:46:16.64
Well, you know, in it...
00:46:16.67\00:46:18.57
Many years ago when
I became this position,
00:46:18.61\00:46:21.11
you know, you stop
and you reflect on like,
00:46:21.14\00:46:22.84
okay, what are we here
for and what are we doing?
00:46:22.88\00:46:25.95
And I went to Deuteronomy,
where Moses tells them,
00:46:25.98\00:46:29.92
you need to teach these
things to your children.
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.52
When you're
rising in the morning,
00:46:32.55\00:46:34.62
when you're walking in the day,
00:46:34.66\00:46:36.29
when you're
going to bed at night.
00:46:36.32\00:46:37.73
And I think
that's Your Story Hour.
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.10
You know Story Hour
is used in the morning
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.86
for worship some places,
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.77
Story Hour is used in the
car when you're going places,
00:46:43.80\00:46:46.30
and Story Hour is used at
night when you're going to bed.
00:46:46.33\00:46:49.30
And so that's I
think, that's where we fit in
00:46:49.34\00:46:51.81
is with that
we're helping parents
00:46:51.84\00:46:53.48
and helping families
teach these principles
00:46:53.51\00:46:56.28
to their children,
just like, you know,
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.15
they were
commanded in Deuteronomy.
00:46:58.18\00:47:00.05
Teach these
things to your children
00:47:00.12\00:47:01.45
because the Lord knows
that we're gonna forget,
00:47:01.48\00:47:03.08
so we have to be reminded,
you know, time and time again.
00:47:03.12\00:47:06.05
And through these stories
and these different avenues of,
00:47:06.09\00:47:09.42
you know, reminded to be honest,
00:47:09.46\00:47:10.83
we're reminded to
be faithful to God,
00:47:10.86\00:47:12.73
we're reminded to
listen to our parents.
00:47:12.76\00:47:14.73
And we're
reminded that you know,
00:47:14.76\00:47:16.33
okay, sometimes things are
bad, but the Lord is, right.
00:47:16.36\00:47:19.37
God is good.
00:47:19.40\00:47:20.74
And God is
working for your good.
00:47:20.77\00:47:22.10
Exactly.
00:47:22.14\00:47:23.51
And so that's, you know,
00:47:23.54\00:47:24.87
I think that's a
really neat thing
00:47:24.91\00:47:26.24
about Your Story Hour
is to be a part of that.
00:47:26.27\00:47:27.61
Yes. It's so encouraging.
00:47:27.64\00:47:28.98
Now, I'm gonna speak a
little bit about funding.
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.98
Okay.
00:47:31.01\00:47:32.35
Okay, so, Julie,
you're the president...
00:47:32.38\00:47:34.38
Yes. Of Your Story Hour.
00:47:34.42\00:47:37.09
So share with us
how do you get funding?
00:47:37.12\00:47:39.89
Is it through, yours
nondenominational, so?
00:47:39.92\00:47:42.46
Right.
00:47:42.49\00:47:43.83
How do you get funding?
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.19
We partner with individuals
that listen to Your Story Hour,
00:47:45.23\00:47:49.23
so it is
individual partners we get...
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.90
Once in a while
we'll get a special grant.
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.04
But those are
really far and few between.
00:47:54.07\00:47:56.44
And since we're
nondenominational,
00:47:56.47\00:47:57.81
we're not sponsored by
any church or organization,
00:47:57.84\00:48:00.98
so it is in the
individual donors.
00:48:01.01\00:48:03.28
You have a staff?
00:48:03.35\00:48:04.68
We do have a staff.
00:48:04.71\00:48:06.05
We have about
eight full-time people
00:48:06.08\00:48:07.42
that work at Your Story Hour.
00:48:07.45\00:48:08.78
Jon and Nicole are volunteers.
00:48:08.82\00:48:10.32
So we're always thankful
for our volunteers as well.
00:48:10.39\00:48:13.36
They volunteer their time.
00:48:13.39\00:48:14.72
And, but, yeah, we
do have a staff that,
00:48:14.76\00:48:17.89
you know, 'cause you have
to get these programs out,
00:48:17.93\00:48:19.93
our producer,
00:48:20.00\00:48:21.33
you know, works on
them, our scriptwriters,
00:48:21.36\00:48:24.17
and then the people
that run the Bible school,
00:48:24.20\00:48:26.33
and then we have
a Spanish director.
00:48:26.37\00:48:27.94
Oh.
00:48:27.97\00:48:29.30
And so, you know,
and we have a sales team,
00:48:29.34\00:48:31.74
so that we can make
these stories available
00:48:31.77\00:48:34.18
for people in their homes.
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.84
And so it's really a team.
00:48:35.88\00:48:37.25
It's kind of like a family team.
00:48:37.28\00:48:38.98
But as a team, and we...
00:48:39.01\00:48:40.35
It's our partners in ministry
00:48:40.42\00:48:41.75
that financially support
us that make a difference,
00:48:41.78\00:48:45.12
you know,
because, you know, people,
00:48:45.15\00:48:47.79
you know, sometimes
I'll call the donors
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.19
and they like, oh, we
appreciate what you do.
00:48:49.22\00:48:50.63
And it's like, you
know, it's a partnership
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.69
because without you
and your willingness
00:48:52.73\00:48:55.06
to help fund us,
we couldn't do it.
00:48:55.10\00:48:57.27
It'd be very
quiet at Story Hour,
00:48:57.30\00:48:59.00
if we didn't
have those donations.
00:48:59.03\00:49:01.14
And Richard used to
say to me, "Funds are low."
00:49:01.17\00:49:05.14
He would say,
"Funds are low." Yes.
00:49:05.17\00:49:06.88
Funds are low. We need to pray.
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.24
So I said,
"Richard, let's pray,"
00:49:08.28\00:49:09.61
I'd say that to him.
00:49:09.64\00:49:10.98
And we appreciate that. Yeah.
00:49:11.01\00:49:12.35
Let's pray about this right now.
00:49:12.38\00:49:13.72
Right.
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.08
And so you're funded by
the viewers and listeners?
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.72
The listeners, correct. Yeah.
00:49:17.75\00:49:19.35
Right now the
viewers, isn't it right.
00:49:19.39\00:49:21.52
I always tell people be
aware, I was telling my husband,
00:49:21.56\00:49:25.26
they're not just
viewers, they're listeners.
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
Listeners. Yeah.
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.03
Because we do air some
of these programs on radio.
00:49:28.06\00:49:30.37
Right, right.
00:49:30.40\00:49:31.73
These today shows,
00:49:31.77\00:49:33.10
but these are funds that
are much needed to make...
00:49:33.13\00:49:35.47
They are.
00:49:35.50\00:49:36.84
You know, we
run the Bible school
00:49:36.91\00:49:38.24
and it's free of charge.
00:49:38.27\00:49:39.61
And as Nicole mentioned,
we give away free CDs.
00:49:39.64\00:49:41.88
So it's free to
the Bible student,
00:49:41.91\00:49:43.38
but obviously there's a cost
and there's cost in postage,
00:49:43.45\00:49:46.51
and there's cost
in producing stories,
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.38
there's cost in on
keeping the contact...
00:49:48.42\00:49:49.78
Lights are heating. Right.
00:49:49.82\00:49:51.15
Oh, yeah.
00:49:51.19\00:49:52.52
You know, we like those,
00:49:52.55\00:49:53.89
you know, to work
with lights and computers,
00:49:53.96\00:49:55.29
and you know, so
all of those things,
00:49:55.32\00:49:57.03
they, they're important,
00:49:57.06\00:49:59.29
you know, and the
recording sessions
00:49:59.33\00:50:01.36
are important to
continuing to do new stories
00:50:01.40\00:50:04.83
and we have a
Spanish department.
00:50:04.87\00:50:06.94
There lot of
people may not realize,
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.94
you know, that we
have a Spanish department
00:50:08.97\00:50:10.44
and we want to do
a recording session
00:50:10.51\00:50:11.84
for them too.
00:50:11.87\00:50:13.21
But one of the
things is funding,
00:50:13.24\00:50:15.01
you know, we need, you know,
00:50:15.04\00:50:16.68
we need funding for
that and we rely on the Lord.
00:50:16.75\00:50:19.21
But we believe the Lord...
00:50:19.25\00:50:21.45
It's a partnership
with the Lord as well.
00:50:21.48\00:50:22.82
We can't just sit back and say,
"Oh, Lord, we need this money."
00:50:22.85\00:50:25.42
You know, and we do our
part to get the need made known,
00:50:25.45\00:50:28.42
but the Lord continues to bless
00:50:28.46\00:50:30.03
and continues to surprise us
00:50:30.06\00:50:32.49
and continues to
fund the ministry through.
00:50:32.53\00:50:35.23
I believe that He
whispers in people's ears.
00:50:35.26\00:50:36.97
I do too.
00:50:37.00\00:50:38.33
You know, saying, you know,
00:50:38.37\00:50:39.70
what about this place, you know?
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.07
They could use your help,
00:50:41.10\00:50:42.44
have you looked
into helping them
00:50:42.47\00:50:43.81
and all of that?
00:50:43.84\00:50:45.17
So, you know, we're
really, really grateful
00:50:45.21\00:50:47.48
for our partners in ministry.
00:50:47.51\00:50:48.84
It was kind of
nice about the time
00:50:48.88\00:50:50.28
we were in the
studio last Nikki and I
00:50:50.35\00:50:53.45
to record Your Story Hour
00:50:53.52\00:50:57.49
got a donation from somebody
00:50:57.52\00:51:00.66
that my family was friends with
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.36
when I was just
three or four years old.
00:51:03.43\00:51:08.90
She was the church pianist.
00:51:08.93\00:51:10.67
At the church we attended
00:51:10.70\00:51:12.10
and my father was in a
quartet and she played for them
00:51:12.13\00:51:15.34
and her daughter was
in first grade with me.
00:51:15.37\00:51:18.84
So it was kind of the...
00:51:18.87\00:51:20.78
Her husband had passed away.
00:51:20.81\00:51:22.88
And she had sent a gift
00:51:22.91\00:51:24.38
to Your Story
Hour as a memorial.
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.92
And at the time,
00:51:26.95\00:51:28.48
she sent that gift
she was the newsletter,
00:51:28.52\00:51:32.42
introducing Nikki
and I had gone out
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.76
and so she got to talk to Julie
about how we were connected.
00:51:34.79\00:51:39.86
And she was just thrilled
that little Johnny Clayburn
00:51:39.89\00:51:45.40
was now Uncle Jon.
00:51:45.43\00:51:46.77
Sweet.
00:51:46.84\00:51:48.17
Yeah, so I got to
send her a nice, nice note.
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.71
Amen. That's beautiful.
00:51:50.74\00:51:52.34
Well, we're gonna
go to the address role.
00:51:52.37\00:51:54.28
Right.
00:51:54.31\00:51:55.64
If you'd like to give to,
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00:51:57.08\00:52:02.12
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00:52:02.15\00:52:05.09
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00:52:05.12\00:52:07.46
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00:52:07.49\00:52:08.89
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00:52:08.92\00:52:10.83
better men and
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00:52:10.86\00:52:12.83
If you would like to
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00:52:12.86\00:52:14.30
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00:52:14.33\00:52:17.57
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00:52:23.10\00:52:25.94
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00:52:25.97\00:52:31.11
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