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All right, so we're in a series. Before we start, let me just say this.

This last Thursday was my beautiful wife's birthday. And so we celebrated her birthday.

Now just a little, she and I went to a restaurant that's kind of our, one of our favorite restaurants

is for special occasions. And then on Friday, the Ethan Lane came up and we did our family

Christmas card photo. And then I'd leave after this service, which is this is Saturday evening,

right now. I'm speaking of your seeing this on Sunday morning. I'd leave to go down there with

some of the elders and they are having building dedication at Gateway Houston tomorrow,

dedicating the new building. So we'll have the mayor there and ribbon cutting all that sort of thing.

So, but you have to know something about Debian and me and that is that we, she's actually a

little older than I am. She's 11 months and three weeks older. And so for only three weeks a year,

I am the same age. And so for those three weeks, I say, you know, this, this age isn't that old,

you know, but I can't imagine being a year older than this, you know. I really give it to her

for these three, you know, and then when she turns, so I, this is just normal for her.

Do we just joke around a lot? And so we're at the restaurant Thursday night and I set her up.

I know some of you're going to get mad at me, but you got to understand that this is normal for us

to joke and kid around in a loving way. And if we ever cross the line, we're very open and honest

and we say, I think you cross the line, we say, I'm sorry, you know, okay. All right, and I'm

the one that crosses the line. Okay. So anyway, but I set, I set her up for the joke. That's the way

the jokes work. So anyway, I said to her, I, I, I, sugar I am, I'm very proud of you. And she said,

really, for what? I said, well, a lot of people, you know, don't make it to your age.

And she said, well, you're actually not going to make it if you don't shut up. So,

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