The 2022 Whit Award winner (and the person who nominated him!)

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Lexie nominated her coach and teacher Andrew Nedimyer for the Whit Award, sharing how he cares for his students, faithfully teaches God's word, and takes the extra time to help any kids who are stuck. Mr. Nedimyer also grew up listening to Odyssey and even dreamed of opening his own version of Whit's End. Hear their stories and learn how to find Godly mentors of your own.

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0:00.0	Hi Odyssey fans, I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:12.7	And I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine.
0:16.3	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.
0:19.2	Coming up on the podcast, we're talking to this year's wit award winner and the person
0:23.1	who nominated him.
0:24.1	Hold on there, Bob.
0:25.1	We have multiple awards around here named after our main character.
0:28.9	So let's give some clarity.
0:30.2	We aren't talking about the Avery Awards.
0:32.8	Nope, those are the awards where our fans vote on their favorites from the last year.
0:36.8	Best actor, your best episode, that kind of thing.
0:39.1	Speaking of which, the Avery podcast for album 71 and 72 is coming soon.
0:43.5	And we're eagerly awaiting that podcast.
0:45.9	Although that one always scares me a bit.
0:48.0	Understandable.
0:49.0	But today we're talking about the wit award.
0:51.0	The yearly honor where listeners can nominate someone in their life who's impacted their
0:54.3	Christian faith.
0:55.6	Just like wit does for the kids in Odyssey.
0:57.2	I'm glad we have these two awards, the wits and the Avery's.
1:00.7	But someday we need to complete the trifecta and create the Johnny's.
1:05.0	Then we'll have awards for all three of wits names.
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