Hey guys, Richie here. The crew has such a great conversation with Coach Schaefer that we decided to split it into two podcasts. In this episode, Coach shares the story of a life-changing event that had a major impact on his life and career. It's powerful, personal, and definitely something you won't want to miss.

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So I wanted to ask you, Taks, you mentioned earlier your man of faith, and I'd like to just talk about that a little bit and how that applies to the stress of your job.

And then talk about your faith when you walk out there on that farm and look at that lake.

There's a juxtaposition there.

I'd like for you to just kind of talk about.

Well, you know, you y'all may not know this, but when my son was 14, I almost lost him.

And I grew up as in a Christian home.

My dad was chairman of the congregation.

My mother was president of ladies' aid.

If the church doors were open, we were there.

Growing up in the Lutheran church meant you had to go to church on Christmas Day. And that always

made me mad as a kid because when I got my toys from Santa Claus, I wanted to stay on play with

my toys. All my buddies were staying home. But us Lutherans were going to church, you know,

but that's just the, that's the house that I grew up in. And, and so I've never known anything

different. People ask me all the time, hey, when did you get saved? I was saved from the moment I was

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