Well, fires are officially out in Maui, Hawaii.

Lahaina has been devastated with historic winds that have been whipped up by a hurricane.

Pro lifers have been indicted by the Biden administration, and now they are learning they may face

up to 11 years in jail. And through it all, we're reminded that our times are in his hands.

This is Heidi St. John, and you have found me at the Off the Bench podcast.

Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged.

Well, thank you guys for tuning in today. I don't know about you, but I have been watching

with a fair amount of horror and a lot of prayer. What's happening in Hawaii right now.

Several of our friends. In fact, two of our board members for firmly planted family are

vacationing near Lahaina right now. And I'm waiting to hear back from one of them.

All right. I've heard from one, but not from the other one. These are two separate families

that were vacationing unbeknownst to the other one. And these fires raging in Lahaina.

I was thinking about just what the odds were that two of our most favorite people and precious to

the ministry here would be there at the same time. It's really unbelievable what's happening there.

If you're not watching, I think at the time of this recording, at least 36 people have been

confirmed dead. And they're reporting that the accessibility trying to get to these fires

in some of these areas on the island, which are so remote have made firefighting very difficult.

My daughter, who was in Maui a few years ago, was telling us about the beauty of Lahaina and

just the spectacular. But if you've never been to Maui, I've never been to Maui. So I don't

have a frame of reference. I've been to Kona and several of our friends are taking evacuees from

Maui over onto the big island and some of the other neighboring islands. But this is a matter,

absolutely a matter for prayer. Also, I wanted to let you guys know before I jump into today's

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