God’s Gift of Pets: Animal Rescue Advocate Lavonne Redferrin and Country Singer Irlene Mandrell
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 11 April 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
We’re celebrating one of God’s most special gifts: our pets. Animal rescue advocate Lavonne Redferrin and musician Irlene Mandrell have been deeply touched by God’s creatures and share sweet stories of how animals have impacted their lives. Lavonne Redferrin is the founder and executive director of Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue, which not only matches animals up with loving families, but works with local organizations, like prison ministries, to provide the therapeutic benefits of being around animals. Lavonne tells us about the earliest days of the organization and why she thinks God blessed us with the gift of pets. Growing up, Irlene Mandrell saw her fair share of miracles as she watched her sister Barbara rise to country music fame, then saw her sister Louise’s star rise alongside her own as the three formed the group Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters. Irlene reflects on everyday miracles and special relationships she’s had with her family, her pets, and with God.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
“6 Things Pets Teach Us” download
Davidson County TN Second Chances (Offender Dog Program)
Irlene Mandrell’s “God Rains Miracles” book
Interview Quotes:
“Proverbs 12:10 is an organization dedicated to saving as many of His helpless as we can.” - Lavonne Redferrin
“[The] animal has blessed [inmates] or taught them patience or given them something to wake up for inside those bars.” - Lavonne Redferrin, on the Second Chances program with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office
“[Proverbs 12:10 is] at the point that we place an average of a thousand animals a year.” - Lavonne Redferrin
“We truly are dedicated to all [animals] in our care.” - Lavonne Redferrin
“The best way to show your animals that you love and care for them is to give them a proper home in which to live.” - Lavonne Redferrin
“We've had animals surrendered to us, and they will literally sit and watch for hours and days for that person to come back.” - Lavonne Redferrin
"Push back the demands pressing in on you, and create a safe space around you, a haven in which you can rest in Me." - Jesus Calling
“I truly believe that [animals are] everything God meant for us to be.” - Lavonne Redferrin
“You’d wish God would just slow down time a little bit because everything's so wonderful. And I just find myself thanking Him.” - Irlene Mandrell
“God rains miracles all around us—we just have to look for them!” - Irlene Mandrell
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| 0:00.0 | The one thing about animals I think that draws me into them so much. I think God |
| 0:08.2 | gave them to us as a reminder of what we should be. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, we're celebrating the gift that God has given us through our pets, and we talk with two women |
| 0:19.4 | who have been deeply touched by special relationships with God's creatures. |
| 0:23.0 | Animal Rescue Advocate, |
| 0:25.0 | Lavon Redfarin, and musician Erlene Mandrell. |
| 0:28.0 | Up first, we talk with Levon Redfarin, |
| 0:31.0 | the founder and executive director of Proverbs 1210 Animal Rescue that operates |
| 0:36.1 | out of Middle Tennessee. |
| 0:38.4 | Proverbs 1210 tries to help as many animals as they can, and they partner with the Nashville community and many ways to match |
| 0:45.2 | pets with a loving family. |
| 0:47.6 | Lavon tells us about the earliest days of the organization and why she thinks God has given us these wonderful little creatures. |
| 0:55.0 | My name is LaVone Redfaron and I am the executive director and founder of Proverbs 12-10 Animal Rescue. |
| 1:02.0 | Many people ask about the name of our organization, |
| 1:04.9 | and Proverbs 1210 says that the wise man is kind |
| 1:09.0 | to his animals. |
| 1:10.7 | And as a child, I grew up on a farm and we always had animals and we were church-going Christian family. |
| 1:18.0 | And that virus stuck into my mind even as a child. |
| 1:23.2 | And so in adult years when I decided to do the rescue, that was the perfect name. |
| 1:27.6 | I never had a doubt what name it would be. |
| 1:30.1 | Programs 1210 is an organization dedicated to saving as many of his helpless as we can. |
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