Punched for Starters | Tim Morfin

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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When Tim was punched by a 12-year-old in his youth club, he couldn’t have believed what that would lead to 23 years later. Transforming Lives for Good is a story of impacting thousands of vulnerable children one at a time. Beautiful! To get a free copy of the TLG story ‘Out of the Ordinary’, or connect to get involved, do visit https://www.tlg.org.uk/ (tlg.org.uk) Help us build a retirement home for Pastors in Burundi: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/righting-a-wrong-for-pastors-on-the-scrap-heap/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org/pastors) --- Choose Life in 2023: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org/chooselife) If you'd like to receive a weekly podcast episode link that you can share with your friends on WhatsApp, click this link to join the group with ease: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp (simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp) For more from Simon visit: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/ (simonguillebaud.com) --- Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi and Beyond: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org)

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0:00.0	We opened a youth club and a whole crowd of kids came along.
0:05.8	And I noticed one sort of short, scruffy-looking kid on the far side of the room
0:10.6	that he was like pushing and shoving and kind of stirring things up.
0:15.1	And I'm thinking, I've got to get to that kid before something really bad happens.
0:20.2	And before I could even extend my hand to say,
0:25.1	hi, he punched me. So I'm thinking, I really want to punch you back. Yeah. But I know that's not
0:34.8	the idea of this voluntary Christian youth ministry.
0:41.2	Welcome, everybody.
0:42.4	This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired.
0:44.4	It's great to be back with another fantastic guest this week.
0:47.6	Inspired is all about stirring faith and giving a pick-you-up during the week,
0:52.8	whether you're walking a dog or taking the kids
0:54.6	to school or just in the hot tub. I don't know, but, you know, people are bombarded with bad
1:00.5	news and grim stories relentlessly. It's depressing time and yeah, we just need to know that
1:08.8	there are lots of good things taking place out there.
1:11.5	And I have zeroed out that you're going to be massively inspired today because I've got a fantastic guest.
1:16.4	His name is Tim Morfin.
1:18.1	Welcome, Tim.
1:19.1	Simon, hello.
1:20.1	Thank you for having me.
1:21.2	It's so good to have you.
1:22.8	And Tim is the founder, chief executive of transforming lies for good.
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