Episode 7: The Difference Prayer Can Make
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2016
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Gary Ringger shares his journey from young business man looking to achieve “the American dream” to now serving as an advocate for the orphaned and vulnerable child as President of Lifesong for Orphans. You will see first hand how God can take our weaknesses and use them for His glory! Listen in as Jami and Gary (her dad!) share memories, laughter and even a few tears in this very special episode.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Forgotten Podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:15.7 | But I couldn't make a decision. My mind would just spin, and I was a nasty. |
| 0:22.5 | And at that point, the American dream of getting rich and retiring by 40 meant nothing to me. I just wanted my life back. |
| 0:34.1 | Hey, and welcome to the Forgotten podcast, where we are bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:39.8 | I'm your host, Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:41.7 | In every episode of this podcast, I get to interview members of the foster care community |
| 0:46.0 | or those who minister to them or love them. |
| 0:49.2 | And today I get to talk to someone who is pretty much one of my favorite people in the |
| 0:53.7 | whole world, my dad, Gary Ringer, |
| 0:56.8 | he is the president of Life Song for Orphans, and we are going to talk about his journey to the ministry. |
| 1:03.7 | We're going to talk about his background in business and how that led to him starting his own |
| 1:08.8 | business that was failing, which caused him to go into a really deep |
| 1:12.5 | depression. And out of that depression, God really changed his whole entire heart, whole entire |
| 1:17.9 | life and led ultimately to life song for orphans. You are really going to have a treat |
| 1:24.3 | in this episode. It's emotional. It's extremely personal. My dad's very real. |
| 1:32.0 | And I'm really excited for you to hear. So we're going to head right to my conversation with my dad, |
| 1:38.1 | Gary Brinker. |
| 1:49.6 | Dad is really good to be with you today via FaceTime on this podcast. |
| 1:51.9 | This is kind of a new thing for us, huh? |
| 1:54.5 | Very much a new thing. |
| 2:01.4 | I am really excited to talk to you because I think your story to Life Song has definitely been something that has inspired me along the way and we got to live it. And of course as I was |
| 2:06.3 | young and we were experiencing it, I didn't really know all the ins and outs. But it's a, |
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