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Dr. Laura, it is so good to talk to you today. Thank you. So I was just calling.

I wanted to tell you thank you. I called you. It would have been in about 2004.

And I was 18 years old deciding what I wanted to do with my life and thought I had an idea of

what I wanted to do. And I had an opportunity to serve a Mormon mission.

And I wanted to stay home with my girlfriend. And your advice to me was,

why would you want to stay with her? If she's good enough, she'll be there when you get back.

So I went. I was gone for a few years. I think there was more to it than that.

But okay, so you went on the mission. Where did you end up going? What part of the world?

I was in Northeastern Brazil. Wow. Northeastern Brazil. I've learned Portuguese. I'm a fluent

Portuguese speaker now. And that has actually helped me in the business world immensely since I

returned home. But lucky for me, I came home. She was long gone. Met my wife now of 13 years. We

have three wonderful kids. And life is great. I've been listening to you since I was 14, 15 years

old when I was working with my father. And he always listened to you and raised me right.

And I feel like I'm doing my best to do the same with my kids and just wanted to say thank you.

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