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Speaking of which, thank you again for being here with me.

Let's get started.

Good morning. Welcome to the program.

I think we're going to have a lot of fun today.

This is basically story time.

Last week, I was in Colorado.

I had this wonderful experience meeting new Christians.

I want to share some of that with you.

It built towards a breakfast where I got to sit down with a guy and listen to him tell his story.

I love the story so much.

As he was sharing it, these real-time applications and ideas were flooding in my mind, and I

ask him at the end, is it okay if I tell some of your story? And he said yes. So I don't know

that he knew it was going to be a podcast, but I think he listens. So, hey, Rob, thank you for

your time on Monday morning, and I hope that your life helps other people today. Okay, let me back up a little bit. I'm going to

mention some names today. If you don't know them, it will not in any way negatively impact what

we're sharing, but if you do know them, then you might find it cool that these connections abound

in the body of Christ. I flew out a little over a week ago on a Thursday morning to Colorado

Springs to work with the

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