As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today's special program.
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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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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
another 3ABN Today program.
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Thank you for joining us
as you do each and every day.
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And today, we have, of course
I have my wife Yvonne here.
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And we have
Sister Shelley Quinn,
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and Greg and Jill Morikone.
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And today, it's
a special program
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and this was the one that's
gonna be really hard to do,
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but on some
ways, we want to do it.
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But it's a tribute to
Sister Mollie Steenson
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that we lost, I
guess, October 22.
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And so what an
incredible woman of God
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and we've known
Mollie for so many years,
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you know, well
over 40 years, I guess.
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And so it's just today
we wanted to talk about that
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and because Mollie has
influenced so many people
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and I can say about
her like I did Dr. Thompson
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and May Chung and a few others
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if I had to count the people
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that had the
biggest impact on me
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and that I
looked up to spiritually
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that I've ever met in my life.
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On the four
fingers and two thumbs
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Mollie beyond one of
those and probably on hand one.
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Wow.
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Because that's what I've seen,
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the consistency of
a woman who loves God
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and who has matured,
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continued to mature spiritually.
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I first met her and I said,
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"Man, this woman, she's just..."
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And you just watch
her grow year after year
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and you watch her in
every kind of situation.
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So today it's a
kind of a special.
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Today, we would tribute
to Mollie but for Hal and,
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you know, the children,
for Dee Dee, I mean it's...
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And Jeremy.
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Yeah, Dee Dee and Jeremy,
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this is something
that we want them to have
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and maybe to keep
and give to their kids
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and what have you
should the Lord tarry.
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But I think before
we get too far involved,
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we're going to play a song,
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it's Hallelujah,
We're Home At Last.
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We believe and
according to the Bible,
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that Mollie's now sleeping
in Jesus, she's resting,
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waiting for the
trumpet to sound.
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And when the dead in
Christ shall rise first
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and we which are
alive and remain,
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it says she'll be
caught up together in the air,
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you know, with the Lord
and here that's amazing thing.
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So Mollie we know is sleeping.
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She's safe in the arms
of Jesus in that respect,
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that God has protected
her, there's a protective...
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Devil can't do
anything to her anymore.
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Can't tempt her,
can't cause her pain,
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can't do anything,
she's just resting.
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And it's like a fleeting moment,
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you shut your eyes in death,
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there's no
conception of time and death,
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and you wake up,
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and the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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But this song that Yvonne
and I wrote some time ago,
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it's Hallelujah,
We're Home At Last,
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and it just talks a little
bit from heaven's perspective.
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I was thinking one night
from heaven's perspective.
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We always talk about Jesus come
and looking up but I thought,
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how about Him getting ready
to come back to this earth,
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heaven must be in a
bustle, everything...
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Well, it'd be
exciting to see that end
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and we'll have
time to hear about it,
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you know, in eternity.
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So we kind of put this together
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and I called Yvonne and
she had written a chorus,
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I had some verses
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and literally we had to do away
with one or two of the lines
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because the same thing
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and we didn't even know
that the other was writing this,
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so we put them together
with the help of Lari Goss
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and came out with this song,
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Hallelujah, We're Home At Last.
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Praise God.
Hallelujah, Home at Last.
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Reggie & Ladye?
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Hallelujah to the Lamb!
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Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
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Hallelujah, all pain is past
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Hallelujah, we're home at last
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There's excitement in heaven
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Like there's never been before
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Jesus stands up
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Heaven is changed
forevermore and more
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The angels
surround and the Savior
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To escort the Son of Man
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He returns to earth victorious
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To fulfill salvation's plan
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Hallelujah to the Lamb
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Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
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Hallelujah, all pain is past
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Hallelujah, we're home at last
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At the sound of the last trump
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The dead in Christ will rise
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We're going home at last
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We'll surround the sea of glass
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No more empty mansions
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No vacant seats
around the throne
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Heaven is finally heaven
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When God's children are home
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Hallelujah to the Lamb!
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Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
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Hallelujah, all pain is past
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Hallelujah, we're home at last
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Hallelujah,
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah to the Great I AM!
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah, all pain is past!
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah, we're home at last!
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Hallelujah, we're home at last!
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Hallelujah
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We're home We're home at last!
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Home at last!
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Praise the Lord.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Reggie. Thank you.
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Absolutely, Reggie
and Ladye Love Smith,
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what an incredible
duo they are together.
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And I'm glad they
are in the Lord's army.
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It'd be tough if they
were out in the world,
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but they're such
incredible Christian people
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and they love Jesus so much.
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And we were
talking about of course,
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this is a tribute
to Mollie Sue Steenson
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and never called her Mollie Sue
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for until was a pup I guess,
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a long time, that's her name,
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but I always got
in a habit of it.
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But I saw a
Mollie, she was there,
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while we taped that,
she was in there singing.
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Now she always said she
wasn't much of a singer.
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We don't know for sure
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'cause we didn't
have her mic very loud.
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That's her beckoning,
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she said,
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"Now don't turn my mic on.
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And I'll just..."
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But she was there as part of it.
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We're going to kind of go around
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and just talk a little bit.
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Mollie, the impression
you guys when you first,
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Greg, you met her.
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Your position
here, Jill, you know,
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and then how your relationship
grew over the years.
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I want to just go back
and comment on the song.
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Thank you for writing it
'cause what a powerful song,
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you know, as we're sitting
here on the set watching it
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and I'm sure you at home,
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I mean, wow, what
a day that would be.
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No more sickness,
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no more death,
no more suffering.
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You know, I
think about this year
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with COVID and
everything, Mr. Danny,
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I mean, there's a lot of people
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that have suffered
in tremendous ways.
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You know, I think of
Mollie and, you know,
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she was such a fighter.
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Cancer, you
know, she fought cancer
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for a number of years.
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And, wow, to think of her
not being in pain anymore,
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praise the Lord,
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but still we've got
that tremendous loss
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that we're all dealing with.
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And I think when I
first came to 3ABN,
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she kind of
became my 3ABN mother.
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You know, I was just
here trying to find my way.
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We had met of course,
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but we weren't
married, Jill and I,
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so I came here as
a single young man
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and she kind of just
took me in under her wing,
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I worked in
production when I first started.
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But then I
transitioned to the call center,
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and I'll never forget
Mollie and just her way,
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she's kind of like,
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this is hopefully
taken the right way
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like a southern belle,
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she's so
gracious and hospitable.
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Just her
hospitality and just like
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I see her as a mother
hen and all her little kids.
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You know, and she was
so protective of 3ABN,
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you know, always and
that was just fantastic.
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But when I transitioned
to the call center manager,
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I remember Mollie,
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she just called me up and says,
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"Greg..." I love
how 3ABN operates.
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I know she'd been
in contact with you.
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But she said, "Greg," she said,
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"Do you have the master
key to the call center?"
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I said, "Well,
actually I do, Mollie."
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She said, "Good."
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She says,
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"You're the one in
charge there right now,
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just make sure you lock
up at the end of the day."
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"Okay."
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When she threw the
little word in there,
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she said,
"Temporary." I said, "Okay."
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You had been at the print shop.
I've been in the print shop.
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You were not the
call center manager.
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No, I wasn't
call center manager.
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I was a supervisor with our
little print shop at the time.
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And so then
corporate worship comes around
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'cause we have
corporate worship,
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you know, every
week here at 3ABN.
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And so the next...
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I don't know if it
was Monday or Tuesday,
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however we did
corporate worship.
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And she announced
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to the entire
group there, she says,
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"I want you to meet our
new call center manager,
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Greg Morikone."
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And that was the
first I heard of it.
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But, you know, just
Mollie, she was just so great.
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And then she would
call me and she says,
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"Greg, just to let you know,"
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she said, "this
is just temporary,
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just needs someone
to kind of fill in."
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Temporary became like 10 years,
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but during the call center years
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is when I really
got close to Mollie
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because I was really
trying to find my way.
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You know, I'd
never managed before,
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and having the number
of the call center staff,
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which we had
about 20 at the time,
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it was great fun,
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and so much
wisdom, so much insight.
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She would call me
into her office and say,
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"Now, honey, that was a mistake.
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You've learned from it,
just don't do it again."
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I say, "Okay,
Mollie. I got it, I got it.
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I have got it."
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You know, at the
same time though,
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she would just shoot straight.
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You knew
exactly where she stood,
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and she would say,
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"Greg, your tunnel
vision to the call center,
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which is good,
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but, Greg, think big picture,
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3ABN is much bigger
than the call center.
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So this decision
here is big picture."
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"Oh, okay, Mollie, I got it."
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Just so much wisdom
that she would just,
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oh, pour into us.
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We would mention
she and pastor Hal.
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Yes. And I'm talking a lot.
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But I remember when we
first got married then,
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and pastor Hal and her
would speak to us and say,
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"Greg and Jill,
protect your marriage,
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protect your marriage.
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Never get busy, too
busy for each other."
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You know, they
would just pour in then
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the couple stuff to us as well.
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Just, oh, man, what a loss.
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You know, Greg,
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I don't know if I
ever told you this or not.
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But I don't know how
long you'd been here,
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if you've been a
year or two years.
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She was... Something came up,
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I don't know
what it was she said,
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"Danny," you know, she
looked at straight at me.
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And if I don't
listen sometimes, she'll go,
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"Danny Shelton. Danny Shelton,"
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and I'd say, "Yes, ma'am."
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You know, I'd say, sometimes
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I'd even do this
and say, "Yes, ma'am."
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She said, "That
Greg's got something."
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I said, "Greg?"
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She said, "Greg
Morikone. He's got something."
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She says, "Now what
are you gonna do with him?
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What are you gonna do with him?"
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I said, "I don't
know, that's up to you."
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I said, "That's up to you."
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And she says, "You know
what I'm talking about?"
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I said, "Yeah, I do."
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And
automatically, you know what?
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She says, "He's sincere,
he's honest, his day is long."
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She said, "He loves Jesus."
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She said, "We
need to just let him,"
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she said, "We
just need to love him
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and just, you know..."
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And I said, "Support him?"
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She said, "Oh, well, we
already support him but,"
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you know, and
I'd forget her words,
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but basically, "Let's
grow him in this ministry."
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I never knew that. Oh, yeah.
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She said, "That Greg,"
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she said, "He's got something."
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Wow.
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Like that, you know,
only the way Mollie could say.
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I know, yeah.
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She's say, "Do
you know what I mean?"
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I said, "Yeah, I
know what you mean.
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I got it."
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"Well, what you
want to do with him?"
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I said, "I'll
leave that up to you."
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Well, she nurtured me.
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I never knew that
until now, but wow.
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And when you said,
well, I'm sure she asked you,
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she may run it by me.
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But I just said, "Do
whatever you think is best."
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She goes, "Okay."
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She says, "Boy."
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So then when it came
time for the call center,
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I said, "What
are we going to do?"
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She goes, "Well, it's
obvious, you know, Greg."
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So I said, "Sure,
whatever you want."
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So then she
just broke it to you.
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You know, Mr. Danny,
I'm gonna mention this too
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'cause I don't want to,
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you know, anyone's horn on this,
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but I'm just,
you know, a couple...
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Well, a year or so ago
when we did the transition,
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you know, first from you to me
and she was there on the stage.
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And afterwards, she
had tears in her eyes,
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and she gave me a great big hug.
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And she said, "Greg,
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I always wanted to
be here for this day."
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Yeah. She knew it was coming.
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Yeah, from way
back she could see that.
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That's the thing about her.
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She wasn't
looking for the moment.
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"Greg, he's got
something," she said.
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That meant, you
know... 20 years.
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Twenty years is a long
term, let's work with him.
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Well, she worked with
me 20 years, you know?
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Wow, that's precious.
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Yeah, great. Yeah.
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Great lady. Great lady.
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Yeah.
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I'm sorry, baby.
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The scripture I just
turned to reminds me of Mollie.
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And then I'll
share a few memories.
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This is 2 Corinthians 3:2.
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"You are our epistle
written in our hearts
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known and read of all men.
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Clearly you are
an epistle of Christ,
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ministered by us
written not with ink
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but by the Spirit
of the living God,
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on tablets of stone
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not but on tablets of
flesh that is of the heart."
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And when I think of Mollie,
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Mollie's life, her character,
her example was as a letter,
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written, known,
and read of all people
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because it wasn't just
what she said on the set,
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it wasn't what she preached,
it was how Mollie lived.
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How Mollie
lived was a Christian.
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She was a woman of faith,
she was a woman of prayer,
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a woman of God.
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She had great dignity and grace.
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I remember watching
her walk down the hall,
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her back always very straight,
just walk down the hall,
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and I used to be very
intimidated by Mollie.
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When I first came,
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she was one of those
people who really intimidated me
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because she had this
aura of grace and dignity.
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And she was
very, a southern belle,
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just very gracious.
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And I remember
just feeling a little...
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But sometimes she
could be a little short,
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not short as in unkind,
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but just clipped,
direct, that's the word.
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She can be direct.
00:16:03.79\00:16:05.13
Business she's
sometimes. Business, sometimes.
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And she'd say,
00:16:07.33\00:16:08.70
"Jill Morikone, I need
to see you in my office,"
00:16:08.73\00:16:10.83
and I'd go,
00:16:10.87\00:16:12.20
"What did I do? What did I do?"
00:16:12.23\00:16:13.80
Yeah, that was always scary.
00:16:13.84\00:16:15.17
Yes, you know?
00:16:15.20\00:16:16.54
But yet, she
never meant anything,
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she was just very direct.
00:16:18.17\00:16:19.91
And she said that to me.
00:16:19.94\00:16:22.14
"You come to my
office, Danny Shelton.
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I need to see you in my office."
00:16:23.88\00:16:25.21
And I'd say, "Yes, ma'am."
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That's like, "What have I done."
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So when we first got married,
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I worked for Mollie
for the first six months,
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and then I
transitioned to the school,
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and then came back,
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and I remember, in that time,
when I was over at the school,
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toward the end of that
time, we had really prayed.
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I just felt in
my heart, you know,
00:16:40.53\00:16:42.26
supposed to be back
at the ministry here,
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I was just pulled
to the vision and the,
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you know, spreading
the gospel to the world
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and what was happening here,
00:16:48.67\00:16:50.41
Greg and I prayed
about it and said,
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"Well, if someone asks,
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then I'll come
back and work at 3ABN."
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And so we prayed for two years.
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And during those two years,
I did the work at the school,
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and I loved it, but
I just kept feeling,
00:17:03.82\00:17:05.42
"I'm supposed to be at
3ABN, but I don't know why,
00:17:05.45\00:17:07.82
I'm supposed to be back
at 3ABN, you know, working,"
00:17:07.86\00:17:10.03
I was always
volunteering, but working.
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And then two years
later, I was in Mollie's office,
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and she kind of
leaned across the desk,
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you know, how she would
00:17:15.96\00:17:17.30
and she put her
fingertips together.
00:17:17.33\00:17:18.83
And she'd say,
00:17:18.87\00:17:20.20
"Miss Jill, you know,
00:17:20.24\00:17:21.64
my dream for this ministry
is that you sit in my chair."
00:17:21.67\00:17:26.98
And she said,
00:17:27.01\00:17:28.54
"But I know
you're gonna tell me no."
00:17:28.58\00:17:29.91
And I said, "Actually,
I'm gonna tell you yes."
00:17:29.94\00:17:33.35
'Cause she didn't know, I said,
"We've been praying about it."
00:17:33.38\00:17:35.45
And we knew and she said,
00:17:35.48\00:17:36.85
"Okay, then you have
a job at this ministry."
00:17:36.89\00:17:40.19
And I just think
00:17:40.22\00:17:45.59
about the cancer
that she walked through.
00:17:45.63\00:17:51.30
And yet she would
come in the office
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and we'd never know.
00:17:54.57\00:17:56.00
She had been for treatment.
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And she'd go in treatment,
come back into the office.
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And I think about the
things that she endured,
00:18:01.68\00:18:04.95
and she
encountered and yet every day,
00:18:04.98\00:18:07.82
she walked in grace,
00:18:07.85\00:18:09.25
and every day she poured
out love to other people,
00:18:09.28\00:18:12.25
and every day, you
never know what went on,
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she was always the same.
00:18:15.29\00:18:17.39
Always kind, always
grace, and always uplifting,
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she was never up one
day and down the next,
00:18:22.10\00:18:25.13
she was always consistent.
00:18:25.17\00:18:26.67
And you can never
compliment her either
00:18:26.70\00:18:28.34
'cause she disliked it.
00:18:28.37\00:18:29.70
That, you know, she
always would change the subject
00:18:29.74\00:18:32.07
or give God the praise,
00:18:32.11\00:18:33.91
you know, but she never wanted.
00:18:33.94\00:18:35.28
Some people like to hear,
"Oh, really? Yeah. What else,"
00:18:35.31\00:18:37.88
and, you know, not her.
00:18:37.91\00:18:39.31
She would just cut down,
we say get to brass tacks,
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you know, she'd
just get right at it.
00:18:42.12\00:18:43.92
But I think of her so often
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is she's one of
the strongest people
00:18:46.52\00:18:48.19
I've ever met in my life.
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I mean, strong in that you
said she could go to treatments
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and could be feeling terrible,
she would come back to work.
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"How you doing,
Mollie?" "I am fine."
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You know, "I'm fine."
00:18:58.63\00:19:00.04
You know, and I'd say,
00:19:00.07\00:19:01.40
"Mollie Sue, how are you doing?"
00:19:01.44\00:19:02.77
She said, "Mr.
Shelton, I'm fine."
00:19:02.80\00:19:04.14
So that meant, "Okay,
don't ask any more questions."
00:19:04.17\00:19:06.71
You know, of course with love.
00:19:06.74\00:19:08.64
It's not like she
want to come across,
00:19:08.68\00:19:10.91
we see her strong but
one of the most loving people
00:19:10.95\00:19:13.45
in the entire world.
00:19:13.48\00:19:15.28
And so I remember one time
00:19:15.32\00:19:17.19
when someone had
owed us a lot of money,
00:19:17.22\00:19:20.22
we struggled to
pay our satellite time
00:19:20.26\00:19:22.72
and all of this,
it's number of years ago.
00:19:22.76\00:19:25.16
And they owed, they came
here and did productions,
00:19:25.19\00:19:28.66
we did all the productions,
00:19:28.70\00:19:30.03
they were
supposed to pay airtime
00:19:30.07\00:19:31.40
so we could pay the
satellite companies,
00:19:31.43\00:19:34.04
but they just got
behind and got farther behind,
00:19:34.07\00:19:37.04
and it ended up
being about $35,000.
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So accounting
would bill them and say,
00:19:39.44\00:19:41.61
"You know, we
really need this money
00:19:41.64\00:19:43.45
'cause we need to
pay our bills too.
00:19:43.48\00:19:45.41
We're having to front this money
00:19:45.45\00:19:46.78
that we don't really have,"
00:19:46.82\00:19:48.15
and the person just said,
00:19:48.18\00:19:49.52
"I'm sorry, I don't have it
now and things are just really,
00:19:49.55\00:19:53.36
you know, I
don't know what to do."
00:19:53.39\00:19:55.12
So one day as Mollie
and I were talking about it,
00:19:55.16\00:19:58.29
so I said, "Mollie," I
said, "Write them a letter,"
00:19:58.33\00:20:00.43
I said, 'cause accounting
said, "Well, maybe if you did,"
00:20:00.46\00:20:02.90
I said, "Just write
them a letter for me."
00:20:02.93\00:20:05.77
And she would always
say, "What is that you want?"
00:20:05.80\00:20:07.80
So she would dictate my letter
and she could do shorthand too,
00:20:07.84\00:20:10.31
which, as fast as
she'd dictate my letter.
00:20:10.34\00:20:13.01
But a lot of times didn't
sound hardly like me at all.
00:20:13.04\00:20:15.34
So I would say, "Mollie,"
00:20:15.38\00:20:16.71
and she said, "Well,
I know what you said.
00:20:16.75\00:20:18.61
But I know you
wouldn't really write that.
00:20:18.65\00:20:20.28
So I just kind of
corrected it for you."
00:20:20.32\00:20:22.48
So when I'd listen back,
00:20:22.52\00:20:23.85
I'd say, "Yeah,
that's much more like me.
00:20:23.89\00:20:25.29
Much more kind."
00:20:25.32\00:20:27.59
So this day, I said,
00:20:27.62\00:20:28.96
"Well, go ahead and
write them a letter."
00:20:28.99\00:20:30.33
And I said, "Just tell
them we have to have the money."
00:20:30.36\00:20:32.93
So she said, "Okay."
00:20:32.96\00:20:35.30
So I left, as I knew
I came in did a program,
00:20:35.33\00:20:38.23
for as I knew she
was writing this letter,
00:20:38.27\00:20:41.30
I came back out.
00:20:41.34\00:20:42.67
I said, "Mollie, did
you get that letter?"
00:20:42.70\00:20:44.04
"Yeah."
00:20:44.07\00:20:45.41
I said, "You
want me to sign it?"
00:20:45.44\00:20:46.88
"Sure," she said,
00:20:46.91\00:20:48.24
and she handed me
this big sheet of paper.
00:20:48.28\00:20:50.45
And it said one
word, "Forgiven."
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.55
Oh, wow.
00:20:52.58\00:20:54.75
"Forgiven." Powerful.
00:20:54.78\00:20:56.58
And I looked at it
and I said, "What?"
00:20:56.62\00:20:58.25
She goes,
00:20:58.29\00:21:00.86
"Well, that's what you want."
00:21:00.89\00:21:03.19
And I said,
00:21:03.22\00:21:04.56
"What do you mean
that's what I want, Mollie?"
00:21:04.59\00:21:05.93
I said, "We need the money."
00:21:05.96\00:21:07.30
She said, "I know you do.
00:21:07.33\00:21:08.66
But when it comes right
down to it, I know you."
00:21:08.70\00:21:11.40
She said, "And so I..."
00:21:11.43\00:21:13.54
She said, "You always tell me
00:21:13.57\00:21:14.90
just write what
you think I would say."
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.11
So she said, "In your heart,
00:21:17.14\00:21:18.51
that's what you
want to say, isn't it?"
00:21:18.54\00:21:19.97
I said, "Yes, ma'am. That's it."
00:21:20.01\00:21:21.91
So that's what we sent.
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.38
We sent one word, forgiven.
00:21:23.41\00:21:26.38
So about six weeks later,
00:21:26.41\00:21:29.32
a person called me
from the south and said,
00:21:29.35\00:21:32.22
"Is it true that
this person owed you,
00:21:32.25\00:21:35.22
you know, $35,000?"
00:21:35.26\00:21:37.23
Well, I wasn't
going to tell him,
00:21:37.26\00:21:38.59
and I thought,
"Who told?" and I said,
00:21:38.63\00:21:39.96
"Well, I really don't
want to discuss this."
00:21:40.00\00:21:42.46
And they said, "Well, we
can tell you who told us."
00:21:42.50\00:21:47.90
I said, "Who?"
00:21:47.94\00:21:49.27
And they said, "The
person that owed you the money,"
00:21:49.30\00:21:51.71
and said, "You forgave it."
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.07
And I said,
00:21:53.11\00:21:54.44
"Well, yeah, and in a sense,
00:21:54.48\00:21:55.81
our leadership team did 'cause,
00:21:55.84\00:21:58.01
you know, that was
without Mollie, I wouldn't.
00:21:58.05\00:21:59.98
So they said,
00:22:00.02\00:22:01.35
"Well, we want to
make sure that was true."
00:22:01.38\00:22:03.79
And I said, "It's true."
00:22:03.82\00:22:05.15
And they said,
"Well, that was so nice.
00:22:05.19\00:22:07.16
So kind of you to do that.
00:22:07.19\00:22:08.72
I'm sending you a check
today for 50,000 to cover it."
00:22:08.76\00:22:12.16
Wow.
00:22:12.19\00:22:13.53
So by forgiving $35,000...
00:22:13.56\00:22:15.46
You gained $50,000.
00:22:15.50\00:22:16.83
And I looked at
Mollie and she goes, "Yeah."
00:22:16.87\00:22:20.44
I'd say, "Can you believe it?"
00:22:20.47\00:22:22.04
And she goes,
"Yeah." You know, that's it.
00:22:22.07\00:22:25.64
What a lady. Yeah, absolutely.
00:22:25.67\00:22:27.61
Do we want to go
to the video first
00:22:27.64\00:22:29.21
and then maybe, Shelley,
00:22:29.24\00:22:30.58
we were gonna come
back and talk to you.
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.35
So we have a little
video, tell us about the clip.
00:22:32.38\00:22:33.85
Oh, yeah.
00:22:33.88\00:22:35.22
So this is a neat little roll
00:22:35.25\00:22:36.58
that was put
together again by Brad Walker,
00:22:36.62\00:22:38.05
which we appreciate very much.
00:22:38.09\00:22:39.42
And the script was
written by Bobby Davis,
00:22:39.45\00:22:41.86
a longtime friend, of
course of Mollie and Hal.
00:22:41.89\00:22:44.43
And this is just a tribute video
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.13
that we actually
put together for Mollie,
00:22:46.16\00:22:48.60
we added a couple things to it
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.13
and actually
sent it to Miss Mollie
00:22:50.17\00:22:51.90
and to Pastor Hal
00:22:51.93\00:22:53.47
a number of months
before she actually passed
00:22:53.50\00:22:55.17
because a lot of
times when people pass,
00:22:55.20\00:22:57.61
then at the funeral memorial,
00:22:57.64\00:22:58.97
we're always talking
about all these things,
00:22:59.01\00:23:00.34
but we just wanted
to share with Mollie
00:23:00.38\00:23:02.31
how much we appreciated
her, how much she meant to us,
00:23:02.34\00:23:05.78
and to you at home,
00:23:05.81\00:23:07.15
so this is the roll
that we gave to her.
00:23:07.18\00:23:09.15
Mollie, as we think back
00:23:12.69\00:23:14.56
on the many years
we've known you and Hal,
00:23:14.59\00:23:17.13
we are amazed as we think about
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.19
how God brought you
to Southern Illinois
00:23:19.23\00:23:21.53
and made sure that
you came in contact
00:23:21.56\00:23:23.60
with Danny Shelton.
00:23:23.63\00:23:25.50
Before the beginning of time,
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.40
God planned for you and Hal
00:23:27.44\00:23:29.24
to be an important part
00:23:29.27\00:23:30.61
of 3 Angels
Broadcasting Network's ministry
00:23:30.64\00:23:33.48
so much so
00:23:33.51\00:23:34.94
that it's hard to think of
3ABN starting up without you.
00:23:34.98\00:23:39.61
Search me, O God,
and know my heart.
00:23:39.65\00:23:42.68
Try me, O God, and
even know my thoughts.
00:23:42.72\00:23:45.62
And a lot of us have thoughts
we don't want God to know.
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.99
And that word try
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.69
is the same word
that's over in 1 Peter
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.63
where it says that
00:23:51.66\00:23:52.99
"Our faith is
gonna be tried as gold,
00:23:53.03\00:23:55.63
tried by fire,"
00:23:55.66\00:23:57.00
and has gold tried in fire,
00:23:57.03\00:23:58.83
the heat gets turned
up hotter and hotter,
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.20
what comes to the surface?
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.57
The dross.
00:24:02.60\00:24:03.94
The dross in your heart,
that's where the problem is.
00:24:03.97\00:24:07.01
It doesn't matter who did it,
00:24:07.04\00:24:08.48
it doesn't
matter who's at fault,
00:24:08.51\00:24:09.88
it just doesn't matter.
00:24:09.91\00:24:11.25
What matters is
your relationship
00:24:11.28\00:24:12.61
with Jesus Christ.
00:24:12.65\00:24:13.98
And if this thing is
separating you from God,
00:24:14.02\00:24:16.02
which it is,
00:24:16.05\00:24:17.39
then you get rid of it
00:24:17.42\00:24:18.75
because God's
looking at your heart,
00:24:18.79\00:24:20.26
and He's bringing
the dross to the surface,
00:24:20.29\00:24:22.59
and then God is not
the one that skims it off.
00:24:22.62\00:24:25.36
You know who has to do that?
00:24:25.39\00:24:27.10
The Word says,
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.56
"He that hath his
hope purifieth himself."
00:24:28.60\00:24:32.73
So we have to do it our self.
00:24:32.77\00:24:34.44
And in this case, honey,
you just may have to, by faith,
00:24:34.47\00:24:38.31
ask God to help you forgive
00:24:38.34\00:24:39.87
because that might
really have been a hard thing
00:24:39.91\00:24:41.74
that happened to you,
00:24:41.78\00:24:43.11
but you walk in forgiveness
for the sake of yourself.
00:24:43.14\00:24:47.82
From the moment,
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.18
God impressed you
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.55
to move to
Southern Illinois, to house,
00:24:50.59\00:24:52.52
offer to donate your
cameras to this ministry
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.62
all the way to when you
both joined us in this work.
00:24:55.66\00:24:59.29
God's perfect will has unfolded
00:24:59.33\00:25:02.23
and you've endeared
yourselves in our hearts.
00:25:02.26\00:25:05.23
How well some of us remember
those early days, Mollie,
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.70
when you worked at a tiny desk
in the corner of our mailroom.
00:25:08.74\00:25:13.04
How quickly your
personality, your smile,
00:25:13.07\00:25:16.04
and your willingness
to serve in any capacity
00:25:16.08\00:25:19.28
gained the respect
and love of all of those
00:25:19.31\00:25:21.98
who worked with you.
00:25:22.02\00:25:23.35
As Danny has said,
00:25:23.39\00:25:24.92
"Hal and Mollie
joining this ministry
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.42
is one of the greatest blessings
00:25:27.46\00:25:29.19
we've ever had."
00:25:29.22\00:25:30.73
And, Mollie, we cannot tell you
00:25:30.76\00:25:32.79
how much we've
appreciated the love
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.10
and the good counsel
that you've poured into us.
00:25:35.13\00:25:38.23
Your advice has
always been based
00:25:38.27\00:25:40.24
on principles Christ
taught His disciples,
00:25:40.27\00:25:43.34
and you've reflected His
love to everyone who sees you.
00:25:43.37\00:25:46.98
How we've loved your
wisdom and encouragement.
00:25:47.01\00:25:50.45
You've mothered
and mentored so many
00:25:50.48\00:25:53.01
who now rise up
to call you blessed.
00:25:53.05\00:25:56.45
We have many
wonderful memories of you,
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.99
from leading us
in corporate worship
00:25:59.02\00:26:01.29
to all those 3ABN Today programs
00:26:01.32\00:26:03.86
through the years.
00:26:03.89\00:26:05.59
There were the
countless newsbreaks you did
00:26:05.63\00:26:08.03
that kept our
worldwide audience informed.
00:26:08.06\00:26:11.03
And who could forget
your wonderful insights
00:26:11.07\00:26:13.77
and clear teaching
00:26:13.80\00:26:15.37
on the 3ABN's
Sabbath School Panel.
00:26:15.40\00:26:18.94
How precious those
memories are to all of us.
00:26:18.97\00:26:22.74
In the best of times
and the worst of times,
00:26:22.78\00:26:25.95
you've carried yourself
00:26:25.98\00:26:27.58
as a gracious and dignified lady
00:26:27.62\00:26:30.42
full of wisdom,
integrity, and loyalty.
00:26:30.45\00:26:34.89
Your fairness in dealing
with difficult situations
00:26:34.92\00:26:38.06
is legendary.
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.63
And you've been
a powerful example
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.63
of what it's
like to live for Jesus
00:26:41.66\00:26:44.07
and serve Him
in any way you can.
00:26:44.10\00:26:47.20
God's grace shows through you.
00:26:47.24\00:26:49.44
And all those who
have worked with you
00:26:49.47\00:26:51.21
will attest that
00:26:51.24\00:26:52.57
you have
extended that grace to us.
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.64
Mollie, God has
bonded our hearts together.
00:26:55.68\00:26:59.05
As we've laughed, and cried,
00:26:59.08\00:27:01.35
and fussed with each
other as you like to put it.
00:27:01.38\00:27:04.65
You truly lifted
up Danny's hands.
00:27:04.69\00:27:07.36
And as you were stretched
00:27:07.39\00:27:08.72
into new and
difficult positions,
00:27:08.76\00:27:11.13
God always gave you the grace
00:27:11.16\00:27:13.19
to handle every
situation with wisdom.
00:27:13.23\00:27:16.46
We love you. We miss you.
00:27:16.50\00:27:19.17
And we pray that
God's mighty hand
00:27:19.20\00:27:21.37
will continue to sustain.
00:27:21.40\00:27:23.84
We cannot wait
00:27:23.87\00:27:25.21
to spend eternity
with you and with Him.
00:27:25.24\00:27:28.58
So may God wrap
00:27:28.61\00:27:29.94
His powerful arms
of love around you
00:27:29.98\00:27:32.75
and keep you until then.
00:27:32.78\00:27:34.85
Wow.
00:27:36.28\00:27:37.62
Amen.
00:27:37.65\00:27:38.99
You know, seeing
all those pictures
00:27:39.02\00:27:40.36
and it just literally
00:27:40.39\00:27:41.72
brings back so many
memories for so many years.
00:27:41.76\00:27:45.69
I remember, Yvonne, it
was about 1978 maybe 1979,
00:27:45.73\00:27:50.97
Mike Adkins, I grew up
with Mike in West Frankfort.
00:27:51.00\00:27:53.70
He was singing and
traveling all over the country
00:27:53.74\00:27:56.87
and co-hosting with
PTL at the time, club,
00:27:56.91\00:27:59.11
you know Jim and Tammy
00:27:59.14\00:28:00.78
and so he told me
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.41
he had hired a new secretary
slash kind of his manager
00:28:03.45\00:28:08.12
but a lady to run his office.
00:28:08.15\00:28:10.25
So my brother and I,
Kenny, we were contractors,
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.82
so we built a building,
00:28:12.85\00:28:14.39
he had concrete
on but we put a roof,
00:28:14.42\00:28:16.73
all the trusses and roof...
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.36
I one day I went in the office
and I met this Southern belle,
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.60
we've been talking about.
00:28:24.63\00:28:25.97
Mollie and then
I met brother Hal.
00:28:26.00\00:28:28.10
Brother Hal was a pastor,
00:28:28.14\00:28:29.77
and so charismatic pastor
and Mollie was also a pastor.
00:28:29.80\00:28:34.21
And so they came
to Southern Illinois.
00:28:34.24\00:28:37.81
Well, Mollie told
me the story later.
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.61
I said, "How did
you end up here?"
00:28:39.65\00:28:41.22
They were in Florida
at the time, actually,
00:28:41.25\00:28:44.19
at a big church there.
00:28:44.22\00:28:45.65
And he was I think,
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.16
a co-pastor or
something at a large church,
00:28:47.19\00:28:48.92
I think it's
Lake City or Lakeland,
00:28:48.96\00:28:50.86
maybe it's Lakeland.
00:28:50.89\00:28:52.23
So anyway, they came up here
00:28:52.26\00:28:53.86
and so Mollie said
we interviewed with Mike
00:28:53.90\00:28:57.50
and when his wintertime
00:28:57.53\00:28:59.67
went through
downtown West Frankfort
00:28:59.70\00:29:01.24
and of course
they've been from Florida,
00:29:01.27\00:29:02.80
no flowers, everything's gone.
00:29:02.84\00:29:04.77
They said, "We're getting in.
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.57
We loved the
ministry and loved the idea.
00:29:06.61\00:29:09.21
But as we left town,"
00:29:09.24\00:29:11.05
we said, "It's kind of ugly, "
00:29:11.08\00:29:12.95
and Hal said,
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.32
"I smelled sulfur
from those coal mines."
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.05
He said,
00:29:16.08\00:29:19.25
"I don't think we
want to move here, do you?"
00:29:19.29\00:29:20.69
And Mollie
said, "No, not really.
00:29:20.72\00:29:22.09
I mean, I like the
ministry and everything but no."
00:29:22.12\00:29:24.96
So he said, "We
get on Interstate 57."
00:29:24.99\00:29:27.20
We start heading south.
00:29:27.23\00:29:28.56
We don't even
get to Johnson City.
00:29:28.60\00:29:30.47
And Mollie's sniffling over,
00:29:30.50\00:29:32.87
you know, like this
and he is too, he said,
00:29:32.90\00:29:34.77
"We both got tears
running down our eyes,"
00:29:34.80\00:29:36.54
and we looked at
each other and say,
00:29:36.57\00:29:38.51
"We have to move
there, don't we?"
00:29:38.54\00:29:39.87
And he said at the
same time we both said,
00:29:39.91\00:29:42.68
"Yeah, we do.
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.05
Go next exit and
turn it back around
00:29:44.08\00:29:45.41
and tell him we
want to move there."
00:29:45.45\00:29:48.08
And that was my
first experience,
00:29:48.12\00:29:49.72
first meeting.
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.15
And Mollie was
always so gracious
00:29:51.19\00:29:52.72
and, Hal, he and I,
00:29:52.75\00:29:54.29
so I would do
work for them inside,
00:29:54.32\00:29:56.32
they were
finished in the building.
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.06
Well, he always wanted
to get me speak in tongues.
00:29:58.09\00:30:00.36
So he was always talking to
me about speaking in tongues.
00:30:00.40\00:30:02.76
So I always talked to
him about the Sabbath.
00:30:02.80\00:30:05.50
So we would have
all these meetings
00:30:05.53\00:30:07.34
while we were building together,
00:30:07.37\00:30:08.70
and we loved
each other, you know.
00:30:08.74\00:30:10.51
And so we had have
all these conversations,
00:30:10.54\00:30:13.07
and we talked about
the state of the day,
00:30:13.11\00:30:14.58
all that are in heaven,
00:30:14.61\00:30:15.94
when others
sleeping in the grave.
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.51
You know, we
talked about eating,
00:30:17.55\00:30:18.88
we talked about
everything you can think of
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.85
and didn't agree on a lot.
00:30:21.88\00:30:23.22
We agreed on salvation,
which was the most important,
00:30:23.25\00:30:25.95
but we had a lot of these
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.32
but, you know, it never
came in between a friendship.
00:30:27.36\00:30:30.13
We loved each other,
00:30:30.16\00:30:31.49
we could talk openly and
directly with brother Hal.
00:30:31.53\00:30:34.43
And so finally, at one
point, after a number of years
00:30:34.46\00:30:37.47
Brother Hal said,
00:30:37.50\00:30:38.83
"Man, it hit me,
00:30:38.87\00:30:41.14
it hit me this
Seventh-day Sabbath,
00:30:41.17\00:30:43.81
why haven't I
seen it all this time?
00:30:43.84\00:30:46.54
We have to start
keeping the Sabbath.
00:30:46.57\00:30:48.14
So he told me,
00:30:48.18\00:30:49.51
"If you come
out Wednesday night,
00:30:49.54\00:30:50.88
I'm going to be
preaching about it
00:30:50.91\00:30:52.25
to my congregation."
00:30:52.28\00:30:53.62
He had a big congregation.
00:30:53.65\00:30:54.98
"So I'm going to be
preaching about it."
00:30:55.02\00:30:56.35
So May Chung was here.
00:30:56.38\00:30:57.72
Wednesday night, we showed up,
00:30:57.75\00:30:59.25
and there was hundreds of people
00:30:59.29\00:31:00.62
on a Wednesday night.
00:31:00.66\00:31:01.99
So she and I
just sat in the back.
00:31:02.02\00:31:03.36
We didn't see her,
00:31:03.39\00:31:04.73
so Brother Hal
started in about, you know,
00:31:04.76\00:31:06.43
"Why didn't Columbus come
discover America in a 747?"
00:31:06.46\00:31:10.43
And everybody laughed, you know,
00:31:10.47\00:31:11.80
he said, "I'm not being funny.
00:31:11.83\00:31:13.44
Why didn't Columbus
discover America in a 747?"
00:31:13.47\00:31:18.07
People quieter.
00:31:18.11\00:31:19.44
And he said,
00:31:19.47\00:31:20.81
"Well, the laws of aviation
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.88
were aerodynamics was in
effect all of those years,
00:31:22.91\00:31:26.25
but they didn't
take advantage of it."
00:31:26.28\00:31:28.02
He said the 10
commandments have been in fact,
00:31:28.05\00:31:29.95
since the beginning,
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.32
but we haven't taken
advantage of them, just nine.
00:31:31.35\00:31:33.69
He said, "Why be cheated?
00:31:33.72\00:31:35.09
We're going to keep
all 10 of them here."
00:31:35.12\00:31:37.66
So people didn't
know what to think.
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.03
Well, after that,
there were some problems.
00:31:39.06\00:31:40.60
So one day, Mollie
said, "Can I talk to you?"
00:31:40.63\00:31:43.50
And, you know, how she
can, "Can I talk to you?"
00:31:43.53\00:31:45.50
I said, "Yes." So she goes,
00:31:45.53\00:31:48.40
"I can see what you're
saying about the Sabbath.
00:31:48.44\00:31:50.54
Now Hal is sold on it,"
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.07
but she said, "I'm the one
that's paying all the bills."
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.84
So she says, "I'm
paying all the bills."
00:31:54.88\00:31:57.58
And she said, "We've
lost a number of couples,"
00:31:57.61\00:31:59.91
And she said,
00:31:59.95\00:32:01.38
"Don't you think it's okay
00:32:01.42\00:32:02.75
that maybe we should do
it like putting on braces?
00:32:02.78\00:32:05.19
I tell, Hal, you put on
just a little at a time.
00:32:05.22\00:32:08.09
Why don't you do that?"
00:32:08.12\00:32:09.46
And she said, "No,
Hal won't do that."
00:32:09.49\00:32:11.09
So he said, "I can't, "
00:32:11.13\00:32:12.46
now that it's true,
00:32:12.49\00:32:13.83
well, Mollie, then
within a matter of weeks,
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.63
she was up there preaching.
00:32:15.66\00:32:17.00
So we had her
back as far as I think
00:32:17.03\00:32:18.60
we just saw that
video a while ago,
00:32:18.63\00:32:20.47
'80s, '89,
00:32:20.50\00:32:22.64
she was on 3ABN
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.01
preaching about the
Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:32:24.04\00:32:26.17
She still had the
Charismatic Church
00:32:26.21\00:32:27.88
for a number of years.
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.24
Then we had some
evangelistic series here in '99,
00:32:29.28\00:32:31.71
I think it was, around 2000,
00:32:31.75\00:32:33.88
she and Hal both were baptized
00:32:33.92\00:32:35.78
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:32:35.82\00:32:37.59
But incredible people.
00:32:37.62\00:32:39.09
And just, I mean, the
world is not the same.
00:32:39.12\00:32:42.39
My life is totally
different because of them.
00:32:42.42\00:32:45.06
So, Brother Hal, thank you
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.43
and, you know, Sister
Mollie is just incredible.
00:32:46.46\00:32:49.90
Shelley, you both came from
the kind of same background,
00:32:49.93\00:32:55.27
Charismatic background
or Pentecostal or some,
00:32:55.30\00:32:59.37
whatever it was, but you got...
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.01
I won't consider myself
of a Pentecostal background,
00:33:01.04\00:33:03.95
but I did come
from a full gospel.
00:33:03.98\00:33:06.25
When I met Mollie
it was 2002 at ASI.
00:33:06.28\00:33:11.02
And I was brand new adventist
00:33:11.05\00:33:15.82
and you had me up on
the ASI stage that night
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.53
because I've talked with you.
00:33:18.56\00:33:20.40
But we talked a little bit
00:33:20.43\00:33:23.20
and then you all invited me up
00:33:23.23\00:33:24.90
for the New Year's Eve program.
00:33:24.93\00:33:29.50
And Mollie and I
sat down and talked and,
00:33:29.54\00:33:32.91
you know, there are sometimes
00:33:32.94\00:33:36.14
that you just meet somebody
that you bond with immediately.
00:33:36.18\00:33:40.65
And we bonded in
such a special way.
00:33:40.68\00:33:44.22
And I know that I
came up a few months later
00:33:44.25\00:33:47.16
when you had your camp
meeting, I stayed at her home.
00:33:47.19\00:33:51.89
And Dean commented to me,
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.26
she said,
00:33:53.29\00:33:54.63
"I've never seen Mollie
00:33:54.66\00:33:56.00
get this close
to anybody before."
00:33:56.03\00:33:58.73
So you all knew
her as southern belle,
00:33:58.77\00:34:01.64
I knew her as southern sass.
00:34:01.67\00:34:06.54
I mean, Mollie was so much fun.
00:34:06.57\00:34:10.11
She had great humor.
We had that in common.
00:34:10.15\00:34:12.71
I mean, we had
similar, everything,
00:34:12.75\00:34:15.42
really we shared
so much in common
00:34:15.45\00:34:17.32
except shopping.
00:34:17.35\00:34:18.69
She did not want
to go shopping with me
00:34:18.72\00:34:20.22
'cause I'm like a laser beam.
00:34:20.26\00:34:22.16
I shop like a
man, I'm in and out,
00:34:22.19\00:34:24.29
and Mollie loved to shop.
00:34:24.33\00:34:25.66
But, you know,
00:34:25.69\00:34:27.90
we took vacations together,
00:34:27.93\00:34:32.70
she was my sister in
every sense of the word.
00:34:32.73\00:34:36.24
And I know that, you
know, she'd tell me that...
00:34:36.27\00:34:38.47
She told me things
00:34:38.51\00:34:40.64
she'd never told
anybody in her life.
00:34:40.68\00:34:42.81
And we had that
kind of relationship.
00:34:42.84\00:34:45.81
But I think I had
totally forgotten this,
00:34:45.85\00:34:49.15
you were talking
about what she said to you.
00:34:49.18\00:34:52.32
You know, Mollie had a way of...
00:34:52.35\00:34:54.99
I remember when we came up here.
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.66
She called me and said,
00:34:57.69\00:35:02.20
"God told me JD is supposed
00:35:02.23\00:35:03.57
to be in the
pastoral department."
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.13
And I said,
00:35:05.17\00:35:06.50
"You'll have to tell him that."
00:35:06.53\00:35:08.57
She said, "Well,
have him call me."
00:35:08.60\00:35:09.94
And I called him.
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.31
And he said,
"Well, I'm not really
00:35:11.34\00:35:12.67
an indoor person."
00:35:12.71\00:35:14.04
And I said,
00:35:14.08\00:35:15.54
"Honey, God won't have you
00:35:15.58\00:35:16.91
do anything that
you don't want to do.
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.65
And so if you don't
want to do this, fine,"
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.82
and boy, just as I'm
saying this it was in my mind,
00:35:21.85\00:35:24.99
who is this that
darkens my counsel
00:35:25.02\00:35:27.92
with words without wisdom?
00:35:27.96\00:35:30.43
Man, I shut my mouth and I said,
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.19
"You better pray about this."
00:35:32.23\00:35:34.40
He prayed, he called.
00:35:34.43\00:35:37.00
Well, actually she
called and asked JD
00:35:37.03\00:35:39.47
to work here first.
00:35:39.50\00:35:40.84
And I said, "Well,
do you want me too?"
00:35:40.87\00:35:44.54
She said, "Of course."
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
But what she told me, you know,
00:35:45.94\00:35:48.48
I told her she had
a good teaching gift.
00:35:48.51\00:35:52.81
And she told me
something, one day, she said,
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.22
"Shelley, it's different."
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.58
She said, "Yeah, I've
got the gift, teaching,"
00:35:56.62\00:35:58.42
but she said,
00:35:58.45\00:35:59.79
"You've been called
00:35:59.82\00:36:01.42
as in the sevenfold
ministry as a teacher
00:36:01.46\00:36:05.53
to the body of Christ."
00:36:05.56\00:36:06.90
She said,
00:36:06.93\00:36:08.26
"I teach what
somebody else puts together."
00:36:08.30\00:36:11.13
And she said, "God
shows you a lot of things."
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.67
But she had this way about her.
00:36:13.70\00:36:19.64
You know, the day that
she was in a car accident
00:36:19.67\00:36:24.65
and that was 2013.
00:36:24.68\00:36:27.95
We'd had lunch together
00:36:27.98\00:36:30.25
and we'd met there
00:36:30.29\00:36:31.62
'cause JD and I
were hosting a program.
00:36:31.65\00:36:36.29
So she and Hal
went and we had lunch,
00:36:36.32\00:36:38.79
I was so blessed to get to work
with my best friend every day.
00:36:38.83\00:36:42.46
You know, I
mean, it was amazing.
00:36:42.50\00:36:44.50
We had lunch together every day.
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.77
But we were supposed
to be in the car with them
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.90
because we were meeting there,
00:36:49.94\00:36:51.27
we're gonna go
drive on to John Hauser,
00:36:51.31\00:36:53.71
he had had open heart surgery.
00:36:53.74\00:36:56.08
And so they
were in the accident.
00:36:56.11\00:36:58.48
And we were just a
few miles up the road
00:36:58.51\00:37:00.45
'cause what happened
instead of going with them,
00:37:00.48\00:37:02.32
they called from 3ABN and said,
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.29
"Can you come host a
program, so and so camp host?"
00:37:04.32\00:37:07.42
So we'd turned around.
00:37:07.46\00:37:09.59
And when we got the call...
00:37:09.62\00:37:11.29
it was Hal that called.
00:37:15.20\00:37:16.56
And he said, "We've
been in an accident."
00:37:16.60\00:37:17.97
So we sit back
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.33
and they had
everything closed off.
00:37:19.37\00:37:21.87
And JD just flashed
his pastoral credentials,
00:37:21.90\00:37:26.84
and he said,
"We're their pastors,"
00:37:26.88\00:37:29.51
And we did, we pastored them.
00:37:29.54\00:37:32.45
So we got there and
they were down in the,
00:37:32.48\00:37:37.25
I mean, a deep ravine.
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.72
I jumped out of the car,
and I went running down there,
00:37:39.75\00:37:42.99
and these cops were saying,
00:37:43.02\00:37:44.36
"You can't go down
there. You can't go down there."
00:37:44.39\00:37:46.29
And I mean, I
was up to my ankles.
00:37:46.33\00:37:48.73
They were bringing Hal up
00:37:48.76\00:37:50.13
and I was up to
my ankles in mud.
00:37:50.17\00:37:51.87
And I got down
there and I kept saying,
00:37:51.90\00:37:53.37
"That's my
sister. That's my sister."
00:37:53.40\00:37:56.00
And so they air flighted them...
00:37:56.04\00:37:58.64
up to St. Louis.
00:38:01.84\00:38:03.71
And I remember that.
00:38:03.75\00:38:08.18
We were there, we stayed,
00:38:08.22\00:38:09.55
we got Jeremy and
took him up there,
00:38:09.58\00:38:11.15
and we stayed
there several days.
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.15
But I was in the room
when the doctor walked in.
00:38:13.19\00:38:15.42
And he said,
00:38:15.46\00:38:16.79
"There's no
breaks in your neck."
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.19
But he said,
00:38:19.23\00:38:20.80
"There's lesions,
00:38:20.83\00:38:22.40
they look like
existing lesions."
00:38:22.43\00:38:24.27
Well, everybody's, "Hallelujah."
00:38:24.30\00:38:26.97
And I had to leave the room.
00:38:27.00\00:38:28.90
I just knew what it was.
00:38:28.94\00:38:31.04
And so we went out
to Loma Linda together.
00:38:31.07\00:38:35.04
And I've never seen,
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.71
as you said, anybody that
had the grace and the grit,
00:38:37.75\00:38:42.32
but a lot of it was...
00:38:42.35\00:38:45.82
Mollie didn't want to be pitied,
00:38:45.85\00:38:47.76
Mollie didn't like pity,
00:38:47.79\00:38:50.03
and she just wanted
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.39
to put forward that strong face.
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.73
But I praise God that,
00:38:53.76\00:38:56.36
you know, Isaiah 57:1,
00:38:56.40\00:38:59.53
I think it is,
00:38:59.57\00:39:00.90
says that the
righteous are taken from us.
00:39:00.94\00:39:04.37
And we don't ask why.
00:39:04.41\00:39:05.84
And it's because the Lord
is taking them away from evil
00:39:05.87\00:39:10.41
to spare them from evil.
00:39:10.45\00:39:13.15
And grief is so disorienting,
00:39:13.18\00:39:19.05
it seems like forever,
00:39:19.09\00:39:23.43
now, I mean, at
first, it was so unreal,
00:39:23.46\00:39:25.46
but now it seems like
forever that she's been gone.
00:39:25.49\00:39:28.40
You know, at
first it wasn't real.
00:39:28.43\00:39:30.93
From weeks to for
forever, you know.
00:39:30.97\00:39:32.80
I know. It's just amazing.
00:39:32.83\00:39:34.20
But I do know...
00:39:34.24\00:39:35.57
We knew, I don't think
00:39:35.60\00:39:37.04
we've gotten
through a program...
00:39:37.07\00:39:38.97
You had to go, so
we had to prepare.
00:39:39.01\00:39:41.51
And, you know,
00:39:41.54\00:39:43.48
one of the reasons we
put it off for a while.
00:39:43.51\00:39:45.21
You know, I just
want to say one thing
00:39:45.25\00:39:46.58
and then I'll quit
00:39:46.61\00:39:47.95
'cause I don't
know what I'm saying.
00:39:47.98\00:39:49.32
But I do know that
00:39:49.35\00:39:52.29
the last few weeks of
her life were horrible,
00:39:52.32\00:39:54.79
and I was in that
anticipatory stage of grace,
00:39:54.82\00:39:58.39
you know, knowing.
00:39:58.43\00:39:59.76
So I was grieving
so much before she died
00:39:59.79\00:40:02.80
and when she died,
00:40:02.83\00:40:05.13
it was like
00:40:05.17\00:40:09.00
she had such a
special room in my heart,
00:40:09.04\00:40:11.77
and when she died,
00:40:11.81\00:40:13.34
it was like the light
went off in that room,
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.68
you know, and
you just feel like,
00:40:16.71\00:40:19.51
there was such a darkness,
there's such a heaviness,
00:40:19.55\00:40:22.65
but I know that already
God is turning on the light.
00:40:22.68\00:40:27.26
And just to show us a
gallery of wonderful memories,
00:40:27.29\00:40:30.59
you know, I think every
day we have something cute
00:40:30.63\00:40:32.79
that we did together.
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.43
And I'm just a
very blessed person
00:40:34.46\00:40:37.93
to have had her
for such a good friend.
00:40:37.97\00:40:40.54
Absolutely. Yvonne.
00:40:40.57\00:40:42.84
Wow.
00:40:42.87\00:40:45.34
So I came here...
00:40:45.37\00:40:49.28
It's all right,
Shelley. It's okay.
00:40:49.31\00:40:51.41
Yes. I'm sorry.
00:40:51.45\00:40:53.85
It's all right. Oh, no.
00:40:53.88\00:40:55.65
So I came here in 2010.
00:40:55.68\00:40:58.89
And I really
didn't know what to expect
00:40:58.92\00:41:03.12
because I had not worked
00:41:03.16\00:41:06.56
in an all Christian environment.
00:41:06.59\00:41:10.80
I basically worked
for myself for many years.
00:41:10.83\00:41:16.04
So I really didn't
know what to expect.
00:41:16.07\00:41:18.07
And I met Mollie
00:41:18.11\00:41:20.18
and we were both kind
of dry with each other.
00:41:20.21\00:41:24.41
I have to say...
00:41:24.45\00:41:26.72
I know she was.
00:41:26.75\00:41:28.08
And I was like,
00:41:28.12\00:41:29.45
"She's acting
kind of dry with me.
00:41:29.48\00:41:30.82
So I just gave it back."
00:41:30.85\00:41:32.19
That's just, you know,
that was the flesh, I admit.
00:41:32.22\00:41:35.39
So we just kind of...
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.83
We just didn't really,
00:41:37.86\00:41:39.19
I guess, know how
to take each other.
00:41:39.23\00:41:41.06
We're cordial,
00:41:41.10\00:41:42.43
but there was
this kind of a wall.
00:41:42.46\00:41:45.27
And I was thinking about this,
I don't know when it turned,
00:41:45.30\00:41:50.67
but it went from
us being like this
00:41:50.71\00:41:55.68
to being like this
00:41:55.71\00:41:57.65
because we...
00:41:57.68\00:41:59.01
She saw your heart.
00:41:59.05\00:42:00.38
Oh, yeah.
00:42:00.42\00:42:01.75
You know,
something I remember the day
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.18
that where she
called me into her office
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.22
and she said,
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.79
"I've seen her
heart. She's a good woman."
00:42:06.82\00:42:08.96
She said, "She's
a genuine Christian"
00:42:08.99\00:42:10.83
'cause she was
just checking you out.
00:42:10.86\00:42:13.23
Yeah, yeah.
00:42:13.26\00:42:14.60
You guys have
been very protective.
00:42:14.63\00:42:15.96
Yes. She was.
00:42:16.00\00:42:18.63
You know, 'cause
she was in the time and,
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.60
you know, so
she's making protective,
00:42:20.64\00:42:22.54
"Okay, if
somebody's coming here,
00:42:22.57\00:42:23.91
I want to make sure
it's for the right reason
00:42:23.94\00:42:25.34
that this is going to be..."
00:42:25.37\00:42:26.74
You know, so she
was just eyeing you
00:42:26.78\00:42:29.74
and you were eyeing her.
00:42:29.78\00:42:31.55
And actually, I
appreciated the fact
00:42:31.58\00:42:34.58
that she was real with me.
00:42:34.62\00:42:36.35
Like, she wasn't fake with me.
00:42:36.38\00:42:38.82
She was very real but kind.
00:42:38.85\00:42:40.86
But just like the
wall, I felt the wall.
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.83
And I think I gave
the wall back a bit
00:42:43.86\00:42:46.13
because I was getting that.
00:42:46.16\00:42:47.50
And so we were just kind
of giving it back and forth.
00:42:47.53\00:42:49.90
But then I think
we both saw each other
00:42:49.93\00:42:52.57
like the two words that
00:42:52.60\00:42:54.47
when I think of Mollie,
00:42:54.50\00:42:56.87
I think of elegance
and I think of dignity.
00:42:56.91\00:43:02.24
And through her
trials and through the pain
00:43:02.28\00:43:07.48
and through the
health challenges,
00:43:07.52\00:43:11.42
she didn't want pity,
00:43:11.45\00:43:15.59
she would talk to me
about some things and,
00:43:15.62\00:43:18.13
you know, I've made
some suggestions or whatever.
00:43:18.16\00:43:20.30
And she just...
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.26
She was so strong in the Lord
00:43:22.30\00:43:26.20
that you just
couldn't help but admire her
00:43:26.23\00:43:31.27
and yet, she was
fun, and she was funny.
00:43:31.31\00:43:34.74
And I got to know her
and she got to know me.
00:43:34.78\00:43:39.41
And I'm so thankful
00:43:39.45\00:43:40.88
that the Lord put us
in each other's life path
00:43:40.92\00:43:44.85
because, you know,
00:43:44.89\00:43:47.26
the walls came tumbling
down and we became sisters.
00:43:47.29\00:43:51.13
So it was a blessing.
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.66
She said to me at one point,
00:43:52.69\00:43:54.03
I don't know how
long Yvonne had been here.
00:43:54.06\00:43:56.67
But she called me in,
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.13
and she'd do so I sat
down and I'd always say,
00:43:58.17\00:44:00.47
"Am I in
trouble? Am I in trouble?"
00:44:00.50\00:44:03.20
She said, "No. No,"
00:44:03.24\00:44:04.74
she said, "Yvonne's the
woman you need to marry."
00:44:04.77\00:44:08.41
She can do it so
straight and just so serious.
00:44:08.44\00:44:10.78
Like, "What?
00:44:10.81\00:44:12.15
You're just
gonna throw that out?"
00:44:12.18\00:44:13.52
She goes, "Yvonne's the
woman you need to marry."
00:44:13.55\00:44:15.45
And I said, "I do?"
00:44:15.48\00:44:16.82
I said, "Why? How do you know?"
00:44:16.85\00:44:18.92
Of course, I already
knew that in my mind,
00:44:18.95\00:44:20.29
but I wanted to
hear what she said.
00:44:20.32\00:44:21.69
"How do you know?"
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.06
And she goes, "Well, because,"
00:44:23.09\00:44:24.43
she said, "The
Lord, this is meant."
00:44:24.46\00:44:26.46
She said, "This is
meant for the both of you."
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.90
This is what I am saying.
00:44:28.93\00:44:31.13
She had discernment,
she knew that you were...
00:44:31.17\00:44:35.24
She wanted you to be president,
00:44:35.27\00:44:36.60
she knew you should
be sitting in her seat,
00:44:36.64\00:44:39.11
she knew you should be his wife.
00:44:39.14\00:44:41.71
Mollie had...
00:44:41.74\00:44:43.08
She knew JD
should be in pastoral.
00:44:43.11\00:44:45.35
She had a very
amazing gift of discernment.
00:44:45.38\00:44:51.02
She did. She did.
00:44:51.05\00:44:52.82
I'm going to make a
confession right now.
00:44:52.85\00:44:54.82
I've had people over the
years and still people will say,
00:44:54.86\00:44:58.99
"Man, it's amazing
00:44:59.03\00:45:00.36
that you can manage
something like that.
00:45:00.40\00:45:02.30
And you started from nothing.
00:45:02.33\00:45:03.67
And 3ABN has been
such a success and,
00:45:03.70\00:45:06.50
you know, you're
able to keep going
00:45:06.53\00:45:07.87
and pay all the
bills and do all of this."
00:45:07.90\00:45:10.01
And I always have to say,
00:45:10.04\00:45:11.37
"That's really just
hiring the right people,
00:45:11.41\00:45:14.44
where you put
yourself around people
00:45:14.48\00:45:16.48
who are more
qualified than you are."
00:45:16.51\00:45:18.55
And so it's not
really hard to do like me,
00:45:18.58\00:45:20.45
I'm not qualified
to do all that stuff.
00:45:20.48\00:45:22.32
Mollie came,
00:45:22.35\00:45:23.69
I'm telling you the
last 20 some years for Jill,
00:45:23.72\00:45:28.39
when Mollie was
here, there's no telling,
00:45:28.42\00:45:30.66
this place
would have been a mess
00:45:30.69\00:45:32.09
'cause she organized everything.
00:45:32.13\00:45:33.96
Everything is organized.
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.13
My schedule, if I wasn't
in when right when I should,
00:45:36.16\00:45:39.10
"Mr. Shelton, you're supposed
to be over here in five minutes
00:45:39.13\00:45:41.40
for a program."
00:45:41.44\00:45:42.87
I say, "Yes, ma'am."
00:45:42.90\00:45:44.24
So I'd hang up, get over here.
00:45:44.27\00:45:46.64
But she was so
organized and incredible.
00:45:46.68\00:45:48.81
And you have that same gift,
Jill, and so mentoring you,
00:45:48.84\00:45:53.75
Jill is the same,
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.42
I mean, everything
there's nothing out of place.
00:45:55.45\00:45:57.25
Cut from the same
cloth, aren't they?
00:45:57.29\00:45:58.62
They do.
00:45:58.65\00:45:59.99
And they're both velvet hammers,
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.69
they both can...
00:46:01.72\00:46:03.06
Yeah, that's right.
00:46:03.09\00:46:04.49
You know, that
you can tell somebody
00:46:04.53\00:46:05.89
something but it's gracious.
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.26
Oh, yeah, I get nervous
now when I go in Jill's office.
00:46:07.30\00:46:09.10
You go and see Jill
00:46:09.13\00:46:10.47
and talk to her
and it's so sweet,
00:46:10.50\00:46:12.70
and then you come,
you don't realize it,
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.30
you know, you've
been like ripped all up.
00:46:14.34\00:46:16.10
No, not really.
00:46:16.14\00:46:17.47
Not really.
00:46:17.51\00:46:18.84
But no, you do a great...
00:46:18.87\00:46:20.21
It's the Christian,
it really is, I mean,
00:46:20.24\00:46:23.68
it's done in a Christian way.
00:46:23.71\00:46:25.08
But that's why we should be,
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.68
we should be
straightforward with people,
00:46:26.72\00:46:28.75
but that's why Mollie Sue,
00:46:28.78\00:46:31.32
I mean, honestly,
00:46:31.35\00:46:33.05
the hundreds and hundreds
of workers over the years,
00:46:33.09\00:46:35.59
I don't know
anybody who didn't like her.
00:46:35.62\00:46:37.36
You respected her,
00:46:37.39\00:46:38.73
you might not like some
of the decisions you make,
00:46:38.76\00:46:41.13
but you couldn't
help but love her.
00:46:41.16\00:46:42.96
And you had to respect her
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.03
even if she had
to let somebody go,
00:46:45.07\00:46:46.53
they knew they needed to,
you know, they needed to be.
00:46:46.57\00:46:50.31
Incredible woman.
00:46:50.34\00:46:51.67
So you and
Mollie became very close
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.84
and great friends
and love each other.
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.41
We did, we did.
00:46:55.44\00:46:56.78
And I'm so thankful for
that because I got to know her.
00:46:56.81\00:47:00.32
And, you know, we talk like,
00:47:00.35\00:47:02.48
Shelley and I talk
about clothes and all that,
00:47:02.52\00:47:04.82
hair and all that.
00:47:04.85\00:47:06.29
So no, it was a girl thing.
00:47:06.32\00:47:08.42
And, you know, we
just did our girl thing.
00:47:08.46\00:47:10.99
And that was
just such a blessing,
00:47:11.03\00:47:13.56
such a blessing.
00:47:13.60\00:47:14.93
You know, Mollie
was such a planner
00:47:14.96\00:47:16.70
when we would go on vacations.
00:47:16.73\00:47:20.64
And she'd say, "Now, it
doesn't have to be this way.
00:47:20.67\00:47:23.24
But I just don't
want us to waste time
00:47:23.27\00:47:25.11
while we're here."
00:47:25.14\00:47:26.47
Well, and then she had
it all planned out too.
00:47:26.51\00:47:30.08
She said, "Let's face
it, I'm going to outlive Hal,
00:47:30.11\00:47:33.15
and you're going to outlive JD."
00:47:33.18\00:47:34.82
So she said,
00:47:34.85\00:47:36.18
"We're going to
retire together."
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.35
She said, "We're
gonna grow old together."
00:47:38.39\00:47:41.02
And I mean, she
was still saying that
00:47:41.06\00:47:43.93
even up to six
months ago, you know?
00:47:43.96\00:47:46.96
And it was fun to be with her
00:47:47.00\00:47:51.30
because Mollie didn't...
00:47:51.33\00:47:54.34
She didn't waste any time.
00:47:54.37\00:47:56.81
Mollie wasn't a person to...
00:47:56.84\00:47:58.67
Made the most of it. Yeah.
00:47:58.71\00:48:00.04
We only have a few
minutes. I can't believe...
00:48:00.08\00:48:01.58
Maybe you have a few comments
from viewers or something,
00:48:01.61\00:48:03.95
can we... We do.
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.31
Can we do a few of those?
Yeah, I think, you know, we do.
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.02
Because just after she passed,
00:48:07.05\00:48:08.82
you know, we put
something on social media,
00:48:08.85\00:48:10.59
you know, thank you for that.
00:48:10.62\00:48:11.95
And we put something up
just quickly and from that roll
00:48:11.99\00:48:14.52
that we did and
put up on social media,
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.03
wow,
00:48:17.06\00:48:18.39
talk about tens
of thousands of you.
00:48:18.43\00:48:21.33
We just have a selection
of just some of the comments
00:48:21.36\00:48:23.83
that have come through
what Mollie's meant to you
00:48:23.87\00:48:25.83
and I think only in
eternity will we realize
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.70
the full impact that Mollie had,
00:48:27.74\00:48:29.44
and I'm thinking about
just that decision of them
00:48:29.47\00:48:31.07
heading back to Florida,
00:48:31.11\00:48:32.77
tears running down their cheeks,
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.74
we just stayed here,
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.11
that decision
00:48:36.14\00:48:37.48
what that would do for the world
00:48:37.51\00:48:39.11
because it was in
the ministry there
00:48:39.15\00:48:40.48
but then they came to
3ABN, and you think about that.
00:48:40.52\00:48:43.25
I just got a
few, you got some too,
00:48:43.28\00:48:45.19
we're just gonna go
through some of these briefly.
00:48:45.22\00:48:46.55
This is from Christine she says,
00:48:46.59\00:48:47.92
"My condolences to
the entire 3ABN family.
00:48:47.96\00:48:50.76
May Mollie rest in
peace. Stay strong."
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.13
This is from Estelita,
00:48:53.16\00:48:55.50
"Sincere condolences.
00:48:55.53\00:48:56.87
This news has
brought me deep sadness
00:48:56.90\00:48:58.50
but comforted at the
thought that that would..."
00:48:58.53\00:49:02.40
and then they say some more.
00:49:02.44\00:49:03.77
Then they say, "I pray
that her life continues
00:49:03.81\00:49:05.57
to witness to the world."
00:49:05.61\00:49:07.08
And that it is continuing to do.
00:49:07.11\00:49:09.14
One more, it says,
"My deepest sympathy,"
00:49:09.18\00:49:10.78
this is from Sheila,
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.15
"And to the family
00:49:12.18\00:49:13.52
and also to my
brothers and sisters at 3ABN.
00:49:13.55\00:49:14.88
And I watch and
listen to her all the time.
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.12
I love to hear her
preach the Word of God.
00:49:17.15\00:49:19.52
She will be greatly missed.
00:49:19.55\00:49:20.89
Looking forward to
the great resurrection day
00:49:20.92\00:49:22.92
when Jesus shall call
His children to their reward.
00:49:22.96\00:49:25.79
I love you all."
00:49:25.83\00:49:27.16
Can I say something?
00:49:27.20\00:49:28.53
Do you remember, in
the Sabbath School Panel,
00:49:28.56\00:49:29.90
we were sitting there
doing the Sabbath School Panel.
00:49:29.93\00:49:31.60
And she's teaching along
00:49:31.63\00:49:32.97
and then all of a sudden
she looks up and she says,
00:49:33.00\00:49:35.10
"You're pruned if you do
00:49:35.14\00:49:36.57
and you're pruned if you don't."
00:49:36.60\00:49:39.51
She's fabulous.
00:49:39.54\00:49:41.98
That's what
Mollie isn't, you know,
00:49:42.01\00:49:43.75
when I think about what
Mollie meant was here at 3ABN
00:49:43.78\00:49:46.01
which is incredible.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.65
And you saw her as a sister
00:49:47.68\00:49:49.08
and I saw her
as a mom, you know?
00:49:49.12\00:49:51.79
Yep, and you at home see
her as part of the family.
00:49:51.82\00:49:53.72
As part of the family.
00:49:53.76\00:49:55.09
And that's the beautiful thing
that we mourn her loss here,
00:49:55.12\00:49:57.79
but I know that
00:49:57.83\00:49:59.16
she has impacted
your life at home as well.
00:49:59.19\00:50:01.70
This is from Australia.
00:50:01.73\00:50:03.47
"I'm so sorry to
hear about Mollie
00:50:03.50\00:50:05.40
and I wish I could have met her.
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.34
But I watched her via
satellite from Australia
00:50:07.37\00:50:09.84
and I'm going to
see her in heaven."
00:50:09.87\00:50:11.57
This one is,
00:50:11.61\00:50:12.94
"I recently
learned of Mollie's death.
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.78
And I'm so sorry
00:50:14.81\00:50:16.58
on behalf of
our entire ministry,
00:50:16.61\00:50:18.51
I want to leave
these words with you,
00:50:18.55\00:50:20.15
our hearts and
prayers are with you."
00:50:20.18\00:50:22.28
This was from Canada.
00:50:22.32\00:50:23.65
And one more,
this one was from Iowa
00:50:23.69\00:50:26.72
if I can find it.
00:50:26.76\00:50:28.12
Well, no, this one says,
00:50:28.16\00:50:29.52
"Our sincere condolences
00:50:29.56\00:50:30.89
on the passing
of Mollie Steenson.
00:50:30.93\00:50:32.26
She's dear to our hearts.
00:50:32.29\00:50:33.63
And I'm sure
00:50:33.66\00:50:35.00
you all are
missing her greatly."
00:50:35.03\00:50:36.36
That's from California.
00:50:36.40\00:50:37.73
So we have heard
from all around the world.
00:50:37.77\00:50:39.93
The impact that Mollie has made,
00:50:39.97\00:50:42.20
and the people who
have chosen to accept Jesus
00:50:42.24\00:50:44.87
as a result of what she's done.
00:50:44.91\00:50:46.78
I just think of all
the stars in her crown
00:50:46.81\00:50:49.68
because she was faithful.
00:50:49.71\00:50:52.71
Mollie's favorite
scripture, I guess,
00:50:52.75\00:50:54.95
because she used it
in every program we did,
00:50:54.98\00:50:56.58
I think was John 1:9,
that if you confess your sins,
00:50:56.62\00:51:00.59
He's faithful. 1
John, did I say John?
00:51:00.62\00:51:03.59
1 John 1:9,
00:51:03.63\00:51:04.96
"If you confess your
sins, He's faithful and just,
00:51:04.99\00:51:06.90
forgive your sins
00:51:06.93\00:51:08.26
and cleanse you of
all unrighteousness."
00:51:08.30\00:51:10.77
So turn to Him today.
00:51:10.80\00:51:12.97
She was a woman of principle
00:51:13.00\00:51:15.00
because I saw it in the actions,
00:51:15.04\00:51:17.54
whether it's the board meetings,
00:51:17.57\00:51:19.24
she always made not
based on her feelings.
00:51:19.27\00:51:22.68
Working with
employees is not who liked you
00:51:22.71\00:51:25.28
and who didn't like
you and who you liked,
00:51:25.31\00:51:27.52
and she was a straightforward,
00:51:27.55\00:51:30.35
this is a
principle, this is a decision.
00:51:30.39\00:51:33.12
I love you, and she'd say,
00:51:33.15\00:51:34.49
"I love you to death.
00:51:34.52\00:51:35.86
But, you know,
you can't do this,
00:51:35.89\00:51:37.23
you can't..."
00:51:37.26\00:51:38.59
Whatever. And so
that to me was so strong.
00:51:38.63\00:51:40.93
I knew when I was gone
00:51:40.96\00:51:42.36
or whatever and
decisions were going to be made,
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.70
she wasn't just
going to make them
00:51:44.73\00:51:46.07
'cause she's maybe
having a bad day or a good day,
00:51:46.10\00:51:48.74
it's always the same.
00:51:48.77\00:51:50.27
This is what the
Lord would have us do,
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.37
this is what we're
going to stand up and do.
00:51:52.41\00:51:54.74
When there was a gray line,
there is no gray line there.
00:51:54.78\00:51:57.65
It's either black or
white, we're going to do...
00:51:57.68\00:51:59.81
It's either right or wrong,
let's find out which one it is.
00:51:59.85\00:52:02.82
We got to pray
about it, we'll do it.
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.69
Sometimes she'd say,
00:52:04.72\00:52:06.05
"If we to have pray
about it, let's pray about it.
00:52:06.09\00:52:07.46
But we ought to know.
00:52:07.49\00:52:08.82
You know. So no, we love her.
00:52:08.86\00:52:11.06
It's a great, incredible loss.
00:52:11.09\00:52:13.53
Mollie's incredible loss,
00:52:13.56\00:52:15.23
we could do hours
and hours of programs
00:52:15.26\00:52:17.40
and those of you that know her,
00:52:17.43\00:52:19.03
you could spend hours and hours
also just talking about Mollie.
00:52:19.07\00:52:23.24
Now I know a lot
of times we do this
00:52:23.27\00:52:25.27
when somebody is gone.
00:52:25.31\00:52:26.64
I'm so thankful
that we did Greg,
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.04
you all had us
do the video first
00:52:28.08\00:52:30.61
and then give it to her
00:52:30.65\00:52:31.98
so she could
watch it and see it.
00:52:32.01\00:52:33.75
And she was so
appreciative of it too.
00:52:33.78\00:52:36.45
And last time we
talked to her, she said...
00:52:36.48\00:52:39.55
And literally
00:52:39.59\00:52:40.92
it was very
short time after that.
00:52:40.96\00:52:42.52
She said my friend or my brother
00:52:42.56\00:52:46.13
or something
like that, my sister.
00:52:46.16\00:52:47.76
Yvonne and I, it
was kind of a goodbye.
00:52:47.80\00:52:50.10
And it was like, you know,
00:52:50.13\00:52:51.47
"Oh, my brother and my sister,
00:52:51.50\00:52:52.83
you know, I love you so much."
00:52:52.87\00:52:54.20
We're gonna have to
go to the news break.
00:52:54.24\00:52:55.84
We'll take a short break
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.21
and we'll be back
for closing thought.
00:52:57.24\00:52:59.04