Doubletake: In the running

The World and Everything In It

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4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Thaddeus Hall was born, the room went silent. From then on, every day has been a struggle for survival–kind of a race, really. As Thad’s family pushes through the obstacles of raising a medically fragile child, it seems like life will never be the same. What do you do when something goes wrong? What does life look like? What do you lose—and what do you gain?Support sound journalism, grounded in facts and Biblical truth at wng.org/donate (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-1467414/episodes/e-118047030/edit/wng.org/donate). Music licensed via podcastmusic.com from AMG, Atomica, and STKA. News clips from CNA News and HBO.

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0:00.0	From world radio, this is Double Take.
0:02.8	I'm Les Sillers.
0:05.0	Before we get started on this week's Double Take, we have a correction from Episode 6,
0:09.3	the Death Dula.
0:10.7	The virus that causes AIDS is spread most commonly through sex.
0:14.7	HIV can be spread through infected blood, but infection as a result of blood transfusion
0:20.2	is very rare.
0:21.8	Okay, on with the show.
0:28.9	When I was in college, I got a call from my girlfriend.
0:31.6	She was in Saskatchewan, attending the Bible College where we'd met the year before.
0:35.4	I was in Edmonton, finishing my first year at the University of Alberta.
0:39.7	And well, she broke up with me, over the phone, said we were going in different directions.
0:47.2	I found that confusing, because I had just told her the week before that in the fall
0:51.4	I was coming back to Bible College, back to where she was.
0:56.4	The disappointment was keen.
0:59.4	I did go back to that Bible College.
1:01.7	She didn't.
1:03.2	And that fall I met the wonderful and lovely young lady who was now my wife.
1:07.6	But that summer I struggled to see why I had to go through that.
1:11.0	I'd wanted something.
1:12.6	A lot.
1:13.6	And I was left with crushed expectations and what seemed to be an uncertain future.
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