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🗓️ 28 August 2025
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0:00.0 | Before the new season begins, we return to where Trevor's story was first written. |
0:08.0 | South Africa. |
0:10.0 | In the laughter and struggles of childhood lie the roots of who he became. |
0:16.0 | These are the tales we gather now. |
0:31.7 | Our journey begins where Trevor's family always began with prayer. |
0:35.4 | In the townships, prayer was more than faith. |
0:39.5 | It was identity, a reminder of where you belong. |
0:43.9 | This is the awkward part, how you start a conversation. |
0:45.3 | It's the worst part of every conversation. |
0:49.8 | Why don't we start with a prayer? This is actually why our grandmother started meetings with prayers. |
0:52.1 | Oh yeah, to cut the awkwardness. Yeah, because it's to cut the awkwardness. |
1:11.0 | Because now you can't just come together and be like, your son has a drug problem. And your husband is cheating. If you start with a prayer, then it opens it up. But it was also a township power move. Because everyone here will know whose house this is. Because you can't lead a prayer. You can't lead a prayer at somebody else's house. When you pray in a South African household, right? first of all, like, I don't know if your grandmother did this. My grandmother used to give her address and she used to give like where she's from and her name and everything. No, my grandmother did that. She'd be like, by waitress Samazulin, eh, Kamalaamongo Francis Noah. And then she'd be like slalala, yeah, six to six. San, what a location. Yeah, who you are, where you're from, whatever. And I remember I asked her once, I was like, why are you doing this? And then she was be like, slalala, yeah, six to six. Sondon. What a location. Yeah, who you are, where you're from, whatever. |
1:29.0 | And I remember I asked her once, I was like, why are you doing this? |
1:30.9 | And then she was like, why do I assume. He was like, yeah. She said, Trevor, I must just assume that God is always listening to me. She said, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's not fair. And if you think about it, |
1:25.2 | most South African |
1:26.3 | like prayer in general |
1:27.6 | I think is very like |
1:28.4 | considerate of God. |
1:30.5 | It's very much like And if you think about it, most South African like prayer in general, I think is very like considerate of God. |
1:47.1 | It's very much like we know that you're doing stuff and we know that like, you know what I mean. |
1:52.4 | Yeah, but I think because of missionaries, we never as black people thought that God is with us. |
1:57.2 | God was brought to us. |
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