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I'm standing at the very site
where a devastating tragedy took
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place. Right here hearts were
broken, dreams shattered and a
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family torn apart. Heartache,
anxiety, brokeness. These are
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well-known symptoms that
people suffer after experiencing
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terrible loss. A Mum and a
Dad lost their blond-haired,
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brown-eyed baby boy Maverick in
a tragic accident right here on
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a family farm in the northern
table lands of New South Wales.
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This is their story of heart
wrenching pain and loss. But it
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is also a story of resilience,
amazing hope and remarkable
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strength that this family has
found. Make sure you hear this
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family's secret of how to find
the strength to go on when your
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whole world crumbles.
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This is the northern table lands
of New South Wales, Australia an
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area known for producing beef
cattle, sheep and grain crops.
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The family farm we are visiting
today was believed to have been
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settled as early an 1901 with
the original family homestead
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still in use today. Five
children were raised here along
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with pig goats and kangaroos.
They were happy times and
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special memories. This bond
with the land would later lead
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the second youngest of the five
children to return with his own
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wife and family to make this
their family home. Some would
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call them the perfect family
if you were to meet them for the
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first time today. Mum, dad
and three kids living the Aussie
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dream to own land and run their
own successful business in a
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rural area. But someone is
missing from the family. The
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little ray of sunshine that once
brightened each new day with his
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happy smile and funny antics is
no longer here. He was daddy's
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little helper who loved the farm
and animals and he especially
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adored his daddy Dale.
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Mavi was in a mad
hurry to get dressed and
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get out to go work with Dad.
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And if I would take him into
his room to try to dress him
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and I pulled out a shirt
that didn't have a collar,
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he would be most upset because
it was in his little mind
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they were pajama, he wanted a
work shirt. He would get quite
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frustrated with me and say
No mom, go work, go work, work
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shirt, work shirt. So we always
pull a shirt out like dad's work
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shirts. ¤ ¤
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So, Mavi was an awesome little
helper. He was like my right
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hand little mate. Whenever I'd
go outside to do something, he'd
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say go work Dad, go work
Dad. He'd rush to the door and
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shove his boots on as quick as
he could, usually on the wrong
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foot and we'd go outside and
do whatever it was. When I come
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home from the base, now he'd be
the first one out to greet me.
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He'd come running out. You know
I'd pull up and then he'd help
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me to undo the straps, help roll
up the straps as best he could.
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He also loved to go on the motor
bike with me. Whenever I'd go to
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start the bike,
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me coming, me coming,
motorbike and he'd be out there
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with me.
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Mavi had a great little
sense of humor. Yeah, he was a
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fun little kid and he... Just
an example of his little sense
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of humor was. I was busy
sweeping the floor one morning
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and trying to get all the jobs
done and Mavi brought a box of
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Cheesoes from the pantry and he
comes out and he asks me if he
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could have some and I said
no Mavi, no, put them back and
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he really wanted those Cheesoes.
He's looking at them and he
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asked me again and he's like
Please mommy, Cheesoes. And I'm
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like no put them back. And
he looked in the box of Cheesoes
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and he realizes he's not going
to get those Cheesoes right then
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so he grabbed that box of
Cheesoes and he throws it into
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the middle of the dust pile that
I was sweeping in the middle of
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the floor and he just throws
it down there and he turns
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resolutely away and (sings) let
it go, let it go, and walked off
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and that was the end of the
Cheesoes. He just had such a
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fun little sense of humor and
as well as being just, I don't
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know, I'm really proud of the
little boy that he was. He could
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just let stuff go sometimes.
Yeah he was a brave little boy.
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Mavi really made up
music. He was singing stuff.
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I remember we went with this
family camping and then they
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song in there the tent next to
us everything is always a song
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at my house. We used
to listen to the music.
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So then he just made up his
own version cause he couldn't
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hear properly.
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And then he was just go
around singing Lai, lai, lai
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Lai Lai Lai and we were singing
it one of our favorite songs
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We always wished he was
back here to sing it with us.
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My light house, my light
house, shining in the dark_
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I'll find you, my light house.
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Well his, other favorite song
was Let your light shine, so
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clearly light theme
seemed to work for him.
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Let your light shine, whoa,
oa Let your light shine, whoa
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Every time before Mavi
went to bed then he had to have
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everything in a certain
order and we'd have to have the
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bedtime prayers which was Gentle
Jesus meek and mild, Look upon a
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little child, pity my
simplicity, suffer me to come to
thee, In my little bed I
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lie, Heavenly father hear my
cry Lord protect me through the
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night, keep me safe till morning
light. In Jesus' sake, Amen, and
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then we'd have the bedtime
stories and hugs and the kisses
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until finally Mavi would say
light off door on which meant
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that he wanted he wanted
the light on and the door open.
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We brought our family up to know
and love God because that means
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everything to us, our faith in
God. So naturally instilled into
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our children. Mavi really
loved... He had a favorite verse
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and he also had lots of favorite
songs. His favorite verse was
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Proverbs 28:1 and it said:
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He was a lot of fun having
him into our home. We just loved
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him. He was the center of our
universe including our family
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the connecting link. We
all were so proud of him.
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But one sunny day this family's
beautiful world just crumbled
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into pieces. It started out as a
day of happy smiles and special
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times together. Maverick enjoyed
his mum and dad's undivided love
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and attention that morning
during bedtime cuddles. After
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breakfast mum left to run some
errands in a nearby town and
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dad and Maverick went to do
some jobs on the family farm.
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Little did she know that morning
was going to be the last time
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she would see her son alive.
Soon after Jessica arrived home
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She heard Dale's traumatized
voice at the house gate yelling
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Jess quickly call the
police. Maverick is dead.
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So I heard his voice, heard him
calling out and I could hear the
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trauma in his voice and so I
knew instantly that things were
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not okay but I couldn't
comprehend it. I couldn't
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understand saying call the
police and I think, no I need to
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call an ambulance. And he
was being very adamant that I
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need to call the police and that
Mavi had, in fact, died. I could
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see, I got a slight glimpse of
him standing at the door there
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holding Mavi and I could
see he was sleeping. It was very
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difficult to try and understand
what was going on and it just
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didn't make any sense.
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Tragically Maverick, their
precious little boy was killed
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instantly that day in a
terrible farm accident involving
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a fork lift.
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It just didn't hit me right
away I was standing at the gate
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calling and calling and you
know just holding my lifeless
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little mate that had only been
with me a few minutes before.
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Now I didn't know if I
was in a dream or reality.
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And my little mate
had suddenly become a farm
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accident statistic and
there is no one to blame but me.
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Once I got outside and I could
see Mavi lying there and Dale
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was standing there. I stood
at the gate and screamed at the
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mountains and
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I just screamed and screamed
to just let the energy out and I
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knew that I had to make a choice
I just in the moment knew that I
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had a choice to make and that
was whether I could choose love
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or I could choose hate. I could
turn around to Dale and start
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yelling and screaming and
shouting at him what happened
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because I didn't know what
happened. I could just see Mavi
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there. I could be angry with him
or I could just turn around and
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see a broken man has just lost
his son and I can choose to love
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and to be in that space and
to be together with him. And I'm
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really grateful God gave me
clarity in that moment because I
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could see in those split
seconds that if I chose the path
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of hate that I was going to
lose everything that I loved.
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But that I could
choose the path of love
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and we could
stand there together and
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we could live this together.
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I wanted to wake up from
this like you normally can.
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I felt like I was
stuck in a bad dream
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but in an instant my worst
fears had become a reality.
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Looking back even at
the time I was amazed
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at the control and strength
I showed and the attitude
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we're in this together and that
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was an accident. I love you.
This is Satan's fault not yours.
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Family and friends gathered
to be close to the family and
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support them during the darkest
hour of their lives. How do you
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go on when your whole world
crumbles in one day. The trauma,
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the heartache, the pain, the
emptiness just don't go away.
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You feel helpless to change
your devastating situation and
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feelings of despair wash over
you like ocean waves in a storm.
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Dale and Jess, I can't even
begin to imagine what you've
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both been through since
your son passed away. Now family
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members have told me stories
of amazing courage through your
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pain. Would you just for a
moment let us into your world
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to find out what it was
that helped you to cope and find
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strength to get through this?
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When Mavi had first died
and Dale and I are sitting there
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holding him just waiting for
the first responders to arrive,
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you know the whole world
has fallen apart just one thing
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came into my mind It was a Bible
verse, Psalm 23 It says even:
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and that was what gave me
strength to keep breathing, to
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keep sitting there until the
first responders got there. It
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was the most painful day, moment
of my life and it still hurts
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today. But before we lost Mavi
we had lost a little boy born
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too early We called him Sunny
and it was a very difficult
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experience for me and I felt
like the whole world was black,
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dark and I really struggled
to cope. I couldn't see the
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sunshine, I couldn't feel hope,
I felt completely broken and
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just very dark and black and
hopeless. I remember sitting out
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on the back step, my kids
did school over the air and they
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were in the
schoolroom and I was just
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sitting there on the back step
feeling broken and alone and
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just hurting so bad inside I was
just sitting there and I felt
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I don't know if I felt it or I
heard it but I believe God spoke
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to me and he spoke to my heart
and he said, I heard the words,
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I felt the words, I lost a Son
too. And that changed everything
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for me. I suddenly felt like God
understood, he knew, I wasn't
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alone in my pain and he
understood perfectly what it was
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like to lose a child, and that,
I just remember in that moment
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I suddenly felt the sunshine and
I felt my heart felt warm and I
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felt a big hug from God.
Today that's what still gives me
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strength. When I lost Mavi
it was even more traumatic and
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difficult but I knew God
was with me, I knew that he was
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holding me still and I knew that
he understood and was going to
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walk beside me in
this pain as well.
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Well I'm just amazed at the
grace that Jessie has shown me.
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She could easily blame me for
what happened. Accident or not
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it was certainly my fault. I
live with the constant reminder
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in my mind. Why was I so
dumb? Mavi was in my care
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Tommy had the awful burden
of raising my little mate Mavi-.
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I'm just so thankful that
everyone including God has
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forgiven me and I'm
slowly letting go of the guilt.
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As Christian's we
have hope beyond the grave.
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This is not the end. Yes our
little boy is not with us now
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but the Bible says in I
Thessalonians 4:13-18 that
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we don't need to sorrow as
people who don't have any hope.
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Let me read this to
you really exciting:
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So this says when Jesus comes
back we'll get our little boy
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back. We'll see him again. We'll
get to hug him and cuddle him
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and squeeze him
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and we just hang onto that and
that's why we called this garden
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Mavi's garden of hope.
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Dale and Jess have you ever
questioned why, why this was
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allowed to happen?
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Definitely. At first, that was
just the biggest question in my
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mind, why, why did God, allow
my little boy to die, especially
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after I felt Mavi was such
a gift. He was such a special
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treasure after losing my other
baby. I felt like he was the
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sunshine and such a present from
God and I couldn't understand
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why God would allow him to
be taken away. And it really,
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really hurt me. I wanted to know
where was Mavi's guardian angel
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at that moment. Why? Why? and
I just came to understand that
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it's not about that, it's not
about why. And I don't need to
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understand why. I need to know
that God is still on his throne
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and I believe that he is
and that he is King and Lord and
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he's got this. He's already
saved us. Jesus has died on the
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cross and we, we're on the other
side of that. I just need to
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focus on the next step. Every
little step forward and that
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Jesus is walking with me. I just
need to pray and take the next
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step.
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Sometimes when I think why me
and now I think why not me. If
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even God has to lose his
Son what makes me exempt?
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One of my favorite Bible
verses is something Jesus said
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which is recorded in John 16:33:
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Maybe this is an opportunity to
let God take control and teach
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me to trust him. I often
hang onto the words of the song
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called O'Lord by
Lauren Daigle and it says
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your strength is
found at the end of
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my rope, your grace reaches the
hurting. Still through the tears
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and the questioning why, I'll
stand my ground where hope can
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be found. Jesus is the only one
who can give my boy back to me
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someday. So I'm hanging onto
that and I'm sticking with him
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until he, as the song says,
takes what's wrong and makes it
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right.
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I get a lot of comfort from
reading God's word, reading the
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Bible. I find promises in there
that I love and underline them.
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I have a journal that I write in
and then I can look through it
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any time. It gives me lots
of hope and comforts me and
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encourages me. I save them
on Pinterest and scroll through
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them on my phone
any time that I want to
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and friends and
family send them to me often
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and it just brings me
little burst of hope and comfort
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I had the opportunity
after Mavi died to join the
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Bible study group and I joined
up with a group of ladies over
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the phone and we just study the
Bible on Wednesday nights and
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then church on the
weekend. I've just got to get to
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Wednesday and then I've just got
to get to the weekend and that
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kept me alive really. It's
all about communities, just that
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communities have been
around us and checked us and
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just having people to
talk to and people that care.
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I'm on the farm a lot and just
being able to go for walks with
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my dogs and hanging out with
my cows. It's really therapeutic
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for me.
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I keep in mind that the
best days are yet to come.
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Life on this earth
is full of heartaches,
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challenges and trials.
But because of Jesus we
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can have hope and peace in this
world and amazing happiness in
00:21:56.51\00:21:58.98
the world to come.
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Perhaps you've been in that
place where you feel like your
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whole world is crumbling around
you. Perhaps you've received
00:22:07.86\00:22:10.23
news that you or a loved one has
a life threatening illness, news
00:22:10.26\00:22:14.86
that has set you reeling.
Some of you have experienced a
00:22:14.90\00:22:19.70
breakdown of trust in your
relationship and your heart and
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.80
your relationship has been
broken. Maybe you've put blood,
00:22:22.84\00:22:27.48
sweat and tears into building
a future for your family and now
00:22:27.51\00:22:31.68
you've lost everything. Or
perhaps you too like Dale and
00:22:31.71\00:22:35.48
Jess have experienced the valley
of the shadow of death by losing
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someone who is precious to
you. Whatever it is you're going
00:22:40.16\00:22:43.96
through or have suffered in your
life, never forget that there is
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someone who loves and cares
about you, someone who walks
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beside you through the darkest
valley. You may doubt his love
00:22:53.00\00:22:56.77
because your pain is so great.
You may feel those waves of
00:22:56.81\00:23:02.14
despair washing over you and
wonder how you can go on. But
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here is a
promise to comfort you:
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God understands what you're
going through. He suffers with
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you. He won't always fix the
situation in this life but he'll
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always be there to comfort you
and strengthen you. He gave his
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son to die for you so that
you can experience life more
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.61
abundantly. Because of Jesus we
can have hope. Because of Jesus
00:23:33.64\00:23:39.48
we can have peace even when our
world crumbles. Because of Jesus
00:23:39.51\00:23:44.69
the dead will rise again and
families will be reunited never
00:23:44.72\00:23:51.19
to part again. The best days
are yet to come and the pain and
00:23:51.23\00:23:57.07
suffering of life on this earth
is only temporary. One day God
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will wipe away
every tear from your eyes:
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If you'd like to experience
the peace and hope that Dale and
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.79
Jesse have found in knowing
God and trusting his promises in
00:24:19.82\00:24:23.79
their life, and if you want to
be ready when Jesus comes again
00:24:23.83\00:24:27.40
soon, I invite you to give your
heart and all your struggles to
00:24:27.43\00:24:32.03
Jesus as we pray:
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Dear God, thank you for hearing
our hearts cry today, that you
00:24:35.24\00:24:39.51
feel our pain. You see our tears
Lord we are broken. Right now
00:24:39.54\00:24:46.01
in this moment we give our
heartache and brokeness to you.
00:24:46.05\00:24:49.92
Please come into our hearts Lord
Jesus. Please heal us. Speak
00:24:49.95\00:24:55.92
peace and hope even now into
our souls that need a touch from
00:24:55.96\00:25:01.46
heaven today. Come Lord Jesus,
Come soon. We long for the pain
00:25:01.50\00:25:06.53
of this life to be over and
eternity with you to begin. Keep
00:25:06.57\00:25:11.87
our eyes fixed on Jesus and may
we come to know you the source
00:25:11.91\00:25:17.35
of hope and peace and one day
see you face to face. I pray in
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your precious name, Amen.
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Life is fragile. A family from
a rural farming district in the
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northern table lands of
New South Wales understand this
00:25:34.70\00:25:38.03
better than many of us. A day
that began with happy smiles and
00:25:38.07\00:25:42.60
special times together ended
in horrible tragedy when their
00:25:42.64\00:25:47.48
precious two-year-old son was
killed in a machinery accident
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.18
on the family farm. How do you
find the strength to go on when
00:25:51.21\00:25:55.92
whole world crumbles? Is it
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amid such heart wrenching loss
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South Wales and our reflections
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the ultimate destination of
life's journey. Now I saw a new
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