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heartbreaking floods in Texas. To all those impacted, especially those who have lost loved ones,

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Today we have the honor of hearing from Kelly.

She will be giving us insight into her time on staff at a nonprofit affiliated with the stone.

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With that, I'm John A Harris, and this is The Bodies Behind the Bus podcast.

Hi. and this is The Bodies Behind the Bus podcast. I am all about blessed subtraction.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Marseville bus.

And by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

You either get on the bus or you get run over by the bus.

Those are the options.

But the bus ain't going to stop.

You either get on the bus until you get run over by the bus.

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