Jumble Plains is situated
on the flat red soil plains of
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New South Wales about 500
kilometers west of Sydney,
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The station or ranch is a prime
location for raising livestock
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and growing wheat
that swelters in the summer
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and freezes during the winter.
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Jumble Plains was purchased
in 1927 by George Mc Lelland
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the son of a Scottish immigrant.
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During its heyday, the property
was a lightning rod for some
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of the brightest minds and best
events in the Telomere area.
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It was the site of an annual
golf tournament, horse races,
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ballroom dances, school
concerts and fireworks displays
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in the region.
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But there was more to Jumble
Plains than an eclectic mix of
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bush glamour and good
old- fashioned-ranching.
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The McLellan family
were at the heart of
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the entire operation and they
were stalwart leaders in the
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area. The family weathered
the same trials the any other
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grazing family in the
Australian Bush might endure
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including a seven year drought,
being overrun by rabbits,
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and having to deal
with below average crops.
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In 1940 George
McLellan's grandson was born
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his parents couldn't decide
on a name for their firstborn
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child and according to family
law, they decided on his name
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on the way to the hospital,
they named him Alan Anthony
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McLellan and he
came to be known as Tony.
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Tony, what was your
first memory of this house?
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Big, rambling, famous, and
I remember rolling on the lawn
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with my dad when I was
probably three, or maybe four.
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That's what sort of sticks
in my mind probably brought back
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my picture of the...
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Tony McLellan grew
up at Jumble Plains,
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he worked the land alongside
his father shooting rabbits
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filling bags of wheat, shearing
sheep, and droving cattle,
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but he didn't stay
confined to the Australian Bush,
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Carrying the stock whip here
given him as a boy as a reminder
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of his roots, Tony
McLellan traveled the world.
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From Singapore and Hong Cong,
to Egypt, to London, Canada,
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the United States, to
New Zealand, and finally back
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to Australia.
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This son of the bush climbed
to the pinnacle of corporate
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success, he became, he became
a thriving Real Estate mogul
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and a Mining Entrepreneur,
his story is one both immense
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success and crushing defeat.
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Join me this week as we look
at the action packed life of
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Tony McLellan, shearer, drover,
wildly successful business man
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humanitarian, man of God,
and a true blue Australian
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through and through.
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I would describe Tony McLellan
as a highly intelligent and
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thoughtful man, a kindly man,
a man of enormous generosity
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of spirit, and someone who seems
to have almost wired into his
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DNA and decide to make a
contribution and to serve
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I don't think that he has
such a thing as a philosophy
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of retirement. I'm
motivated dynamite, I would call
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Tony McLellan a
motivated dynamo, he's motivated
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by his very deep Christian
faith also he's motivated by
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the free enterprise
desire to experiment to succeed
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more appropriately and
he has boundless energy.
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And I also credit him with
a very good business brain,
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so that's a pretty
formidable combination.
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Well, I think like anybody who
really excels in a particular
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profession or discipline
that Tony has an intuition
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particularly for business
but more than that he's got
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a real heart for people.
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You know, I've seen him on
many occasions for instance
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travel, despite the fact
that his own health at the time
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not being good traveled hundreds
of kilometers in order to
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comfort a friend
or encourage a friend.
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And I suppose above everything
for those who know him
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he's an encourager
of every- body he meets.
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Tony, he's a bit of
force of nature really,
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he's one of those people who
comes in, radiates confidence
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encouragement, and the desire
to help and picks people up
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pick organizations up, picks
things up and helps to bring
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them to a better
place. So look at Tony has had
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a significant role in
business over the years,
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he's made a lot of
money, he's lost a lot of money,
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he's made a lot of money
again and now he's determined
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to use the resources he's
got for good and I think that's
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holy admirable.
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Tony McLellan was born at
the Tullamore Hospital near
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Jumble Plains on the first
of April 1940 in the middle of
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one of the most
tenuous times in History.
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When he entered the world,
Australia was in the early
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stages of the II World
War and times were tough
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for the working class. He was
also born in the midst of one of
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the worst
droughts of the century.
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But as almost is always in
the case of this rugged but
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resilient land, the drought
broke and the farmers managed to
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hold on to their lands
and their sheep and cattle.
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Perhaps it was growing
up in conditions like this
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that shaped Tony into
the indomitable resilient man
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that he later became.
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Tony, what was life like
growing up in the outback
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here at Jungle Plains.
Oh, it was so amazing just
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to think that I was blessed
with this incredible opportunity
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to live on this joined property
and learn something about
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farming, raising cattle and
I just...It swells in me now
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when I think about it all.
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As a boy and youth Tony's days
were filled with typical rounds
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of farm chores but his
responsibilities grew as he did
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and he soon found himself
shearing sheep and spending
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hours on horseback
in the open country.
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While the station provided
Tony with numerous adventures
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he also experienced his fair
share of excitement at school.
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He was first sent to
the Pinefield Public School
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where there was only a maximum
of eleven students across
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five grades all cramped
together in a single-roomed hut.
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The experience was
both fun and confining.
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I spent five years
there, no one ever in my grade
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so when I came out on
the sixth grade I was...
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And what was it like in
a small school like that?
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Well, I didn't have anything
with which to compare it
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except that at the end my
parents said well you got to
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go to high school and they
packed me off to Scott's College
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in Sydney and I went
into a boarding school with
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a thousand
boys, it was daunting.
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Tony's time at boarding school
was marred by the illness of his
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father Allen. In July 1956
Tony received word that his
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father was very ill. At 15
in fact, my dad became very ill
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and asked me when I was
home on September holidays
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whether I'd be prepared to leave
school and come and help him
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run the property and
I jumped at the idea.
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It wasn't that I didn't like
school but I didn't enjoy it
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but I did enjoy working
here and I left school and
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a few months later he died on
his 44th birthday, very tragic.
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Barely 16 Tony was left to
manage Jumble Plains and its
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team adult workers on his own.
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The following three years proved
to be a tough apprenticeship
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with a steep learning curve.
Tony was forced to quickly
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master all the skills
needed to manage cattle, sheep,
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and farming. Sadly after
three years of working the land
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Tony was forced to sell Jumble
Plains regardless of how well
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the wool market was doing,
the estate taxes following
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his father's death dealt with
the property a crippling blow.
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After selling the property
Tony became a stock and station
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agent and auctioneer
starting off with the
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Australian Mercantile
Land and Finance Company
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in Sydney. He was sent to
Young which was in a large
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Livestock Sales Center to
learn the art of Auctioneering.
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It was when staying in
the Toetenam Hotel that Tony
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first met his wife, Rae, it
was a Monday morning in October
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1959 and Tony went to his usual
breakfast spot only to find
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a young lady seated at
what he had come to think of
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as his own table.
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I didn't know at the time
its led to 61 years of wonderful
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marriage, three beautiful
kids, and experiences all around
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the world began
at this very table.
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Ten months later they
were engaged and five months
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after that, they were married
on the 19th of January, 1961
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in Sydney. They bought their
first home a tiny weatherboard
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and fibrous cement home in
Warren, Western New South Wales
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and settled into a life
as a newly married couple.
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The first two years of
their marriage was wrought with
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challenges and a lot of change.
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They moved to Sydney
where among other opportunities
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Tony saw an opening to resume
his education which he had
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abandoned in the wake
of his father's death.
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They lived in Ashfield
where Ray began teaching
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and Tony simultaneously
took up two courses in
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Property devaluation. While
studying, he managed to land
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a job in the Property Department
of a big corporation in
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North Sydney. Their first son
Scott was born in February 1966
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and their second son Stewart
was born two years later.
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Then came their
daughter Samantha in 1972.
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The McLellans found themselves
living the great Australian
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dream. A boy from the Bush
and the red dirt plains of the
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Outback, making it big in
Sydney with a happy and healthy
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family. No one could have asked
for more and yet God had so much
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more in store for all of them.
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During much of his early
career, Tony managed a slew of
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high-profile real estate
development projects that him
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working for big corporations
both at home and around
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the globe. In the 1970's,
he was given the opportunity
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of managing a massive
real- estate development project
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in Egypt. It was a challenge
but one that Tony and Ray
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tackled with a blend of
pragmatism and determination.
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They packed up the family
and moved to Egypt where Tony
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took up the reigns of the
new project and settled into
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managing one of the
biggest business challenges
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of his entire career
at the age of just 35.
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It was a grand adventure
that saw him learning Arabic
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and navigating the intricacies
of doing business throughout
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the Middle East.
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During their time in
Egypt the McLellan's posted
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lavish parties for members
of the Saudi Royal family,
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attended glitzy dinner
parties at embassies, survived a
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populous riot and explored
the wonders of the famous
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Valley of the Kings.
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While working on the
project in Egypt, he received
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another offer, this
one was to move to Canada
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to undertake another
Real- Estate Development Project
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the family moved to
Toronto in August 1979.
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After a few months in
Canada Tony was given another
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opportunity, this time to
move out of hotel development
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which he had largely
been involved in and into
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Resource Mining, it was
a big shift mostly because
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by his own admission, he
knew nothing about resources
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or mining but Tony
McLellan has never been a man
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to back down from a challenge
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Accepting the offer he
formed a new corporation,
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negotiated shareholders
agreements, found investors,
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and traveled to Denver Colorado
for a crash course in geology
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and the
extraction of oil and gas.
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The years continued to fly
by in a blur of successful deals
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lavish parties, and
watching the children grow up.
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Everything seemed to be
going well until Tony hit
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what he calls a mid-life
crisis around his 47th birthday.
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After years of pouring
his energy into his career
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cracks began to
appear in his marriage.
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Tony describes himself
as becoming verbally abusive
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towards his wife
and their children.
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While Rae patiently bore
the situation for a time,
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there came a point where
she chose to remove herself from
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what had become
a toxic situation.
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Yes, we had a rather fowl
argument between Christmas
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and New Year and I said to
Tony, enough' s enough, I can't
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do this anymore. I had no
intention of getting a divorce
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I didn't want a divorce
but I wanted to think about it.
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and think things through and
see if there was any way forward
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and so I got plane
tickets for Samantha and me
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and left and went to Australia
and Tony came back from playing
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tennis which he had
gone for a few days to do
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and found that I had gone and
I think gave him a very nasty
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unpleasant shock.
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Tony was shattered, reflecting
on the incident, he writes...
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He felt as though everything
he had worked so hard for
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the last 30 years was now
out the window and he faced
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a gaping hole of futility.
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With his wife gone, he struggled
to see purpose and meaning
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in his life.
Overwhelmed by utter despair
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Tony collapsed in a heap in
front of his expensive but empty
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home. It was a moment of
absolute despondency and he
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realized that he needed help,
but he didn't know where to
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turn. When he had hit rock
bottom his minister friend Dr.
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Youssef called and told him
that he would like to come by
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for a visit. When Dr. Youssef
arrived, he took one look
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at Tony and knew
that he wasn't doing well.
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When I explained what
was happening, he said
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you need Jesus and I
said no, I need help.
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I didn't at that time...I
wasn't aware, wasn't conscious
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of the fact that the
source of the help was Jesus
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and he got me on my
knees praying and my whole life
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changed from that very moment.
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And the most amazing
thing is that within 10 minutes
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I realized that I was
the cause of the problem.
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I would have never admitted
I was sort of persuaded it was
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good with difficulty. Why
wasn't she more sympathetic
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with my traveling? and
suddenly I realized it was mine.
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Tony experienced the
healing power of the words of
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Psalm 23 and verse one.
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He realized that
God is the Shepherd
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who is willing to search
for and cover His lost sheep
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who have gone astray.
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In January of 1988
Tony arrived in Australia
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and was reunited with his
wife, they were reconciled
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and flew back to their
home in Atlanta to start afresh.
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After they had settled
in, they decided to serve God
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through the agency
of Christian Ministries.
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Not long after his
reconciliation with Rae
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Tony ventured into
software development at the time
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the IT Industry was still in
its infancy and the potential
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inherent in the new
advance- ments excited Tony.
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He raised capital and set up
the McLellan's Software Center
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signing a deal with a team
of Brazilian software developers
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in January 1991.
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But the venture proved
to be difficult to navigate,
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the company ran out of
money and took with it much
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of Tony's finances, his
life savings disappeared
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the banks foreclosed on
their lavish home and they were
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forced to sell cars in
order to raise cash to survive.
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Their financial situation became
so bad that there were times
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that they had less
than $20 between them.
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At times they were
so overwhelmed by their
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difficulties that
they found it hard to pray.
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Their minister gave
them some sound advice
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he told them to spend
their prayer time praising
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and thanking God for
everything they did have.
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and this piece of wisdom
proved to be a great source of
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comfort and help.
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Through the four years
of financial hardship that
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the McLellans endured
they were often tempted to
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despair over their circumstances
but God sustained them.
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Their faith in God the support
of their church community,
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gave them strength
to weather the storm.
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Finally, after years of
struggling, Tony got his first
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break when a Dutch investor
was willing to give him the
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seed capital that he needed
to start a new software company.
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When he eventually
returned to Australia,
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he served on the board
of Opportunity International
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and was appointed
chairman of Habitat for Humanity
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and later the
Australian Christian Lobby.
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They set up the McLellan
Foundation and a number of
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ministries for which
they provided seed capital.
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Tony went a step further
and kicked off a new career
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in the Christian Not For Profit
world co-founding citizens
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for community values.
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Years later, Tony
formed the Chrysos Corporation
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in partnership with CSIRO.
This company has developed
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Photo NASA a new
technology that is significantly
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improved the mining value chain.
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The success of the
venture has enabled the
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McLellan Foundation to
invest in Christian projects
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around the world. Tony
wanted to turn his success
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into lasting significance,
he wanted to make a difference.
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This is especially
seen in two of the projects
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most dear to Tony's heart.
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The first is the
building of the McLellan Hall
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a new facility at the Lachlan
Macquarie Institute of which
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Tony has been a
director for many years.
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The next is the Favor Hospital
near the capital of Tanzania
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funded by the
McLellan foundation Dafadra
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is a Fistula Hospital dedicated
to serve the needs of women
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in East Africa. For Tony, these
projects represent a move from
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success to significance, a
shift in direction from simply
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amassing wealth and
living an affluent lifestyle
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to a lifestyle that impacts
individuals in communities
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in meaningful and
life- changing ways.
00:22:42.36\00:22:45.16
Tony's conversion to Christian
Faith gave him a great impetus
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to be a very good
businessman who could be trusted
00:22:50.97\00:22:55.14
he could be seen to be
trusted and it also gave him
00:22:55.17\00:22:59.84
a surprising drive to succeed
in business so that he could
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use the proceeds to make a
difference in other people's
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lives and Tony seems
extraordinarily motivated
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in a very admirable way to
want to make a contribution
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to others for as long as he can.
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Tony's Christian faith
caused him to look outwards
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I think people ought to
look inwards, what can this do
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for me, what can
it do for my company,
00:23:22.00\00:23:23.77
what can it do for my family?
00:23:23.80\00:23:25.23
Tony is always thinking
what can this do for humanity?
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For my fellow human
beings? For God's creatures?
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And I think that that
way of looking at the world
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just changes the way you do
business and changes the way
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you think about wealth
and the importance of wealth
00:23:39.98\00:23:42.85
and possessions, everything
is Tony's life is about how
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can I best use this for
God's glory and not for my own.
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When I was a member of
Stalwart I used to say that
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there are lots of people
who wanted to give me their
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advice. There were a smaller
number of people who were
00:23:58.33\00:24:01.94
prepared to give me their
time but there was almost no one
00:24:01.97\00:24:06.01
who was prepared to hand
over their cash and yet to get
00:24:06.04\00:24:10.38
anything done you need
resources and the foundational
00:24:10.41\00:24:15.05
resource of everything
is cash so Tony McLellan is
00:24:15.08\00:24:20.26
one of those people who
is prepared to come with
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that which counts, with
cold hard cash to help the
00:24:24.19\00:24:29.16
the causes the
individuals he believes in
00:24:29.20\00:24:32.47
and that makes him incredibly
significant particularly
00:24:32.50\00:24:36.64
on the Santa ride if you
like, on the conservative side
00:24:36.67\00:24:42.24
of our public and community
life because of these are
00:24:42.28\00:24:48.95
difficult times for people
who believe in what might be
00:24:48.98\00:24:54.02
described as traditional values,
traditional institutions,
00:24:54.06\00:24:57.96
traditional ways of life
and Tony is one of those people
00:24:57.99\00:25:01.73
who doesn't just lament
the difficulties that we have
00:25:01.76\00:25:08.04
he tries in his own way
to do something to make them
00:25:08.07\00:25:12.17
better so, that's
wonderful, ...that continue?
00:25:12.21\00:25:17.75
The story of Tony McLellan's
life is one of perseverance,
00:25:22.25\00:25:26.49
determination, and the
joy of walking with Jesus.
00:25:26.52\00:25:30.16
These are the
lessons, Tony teaches us...
00:25:30.19\00:25:33.13
The value of good old-fashioned
hard work, and the necessity of
00:25:33.16\00:25:38.53
faith to bring us through
the hard times, but perhaps
00:25:38.57\00:25:43.41
the most poignant part
of Tony's story is the truth
00:25:43.44\00:25:46.94
that God is always striving
to reach us no matter how young
00:25:46.98\00:25:51.18
or old we or where we are
in life, it is never too late
00:25:51.21\00:25:56.15
to give your life to Jesus.
00:25:56.18\00:25:58.22
There is no problem
too big, no sin too dark,
00:25:58.25\00:26:02.32
no struggle to fierce that
Jesus doesn't have a remedy for.
00:26:02.36\00:26:07.30
He sees you and He knows
you and He's reaching out to you
00:26:07.33\00:26:12.23
in love and compassion.
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If you've enjoyed our
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from Jumble Plains to
the pinnacle of International
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success and our reflections
on turning our successes into
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lasting significance, then be
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Until then, let's pray to
the great God of the universe
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who loves us, cares
for us, and guides us.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the way
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that you have guided
and led Tony McLellan.
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We pray that you
will guide our lives also,
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please lead us and our
families from here to eternity.
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We pray in Jesus' name. Amen!
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