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Thank you so much.

Y'all are going to make me cry. Thank you so much. What a privilege to be here.

You know, I want to begin simply by acknowledging that missions has been at the heart and the core of this house from the beginning.

I just want to acknowledge that because we are stepping into something that has already been pouring out of the hearts of the leadership here and the

history here. When we first visited Bethelves 2008 and I happened to meet Papa Bill out in the hallway just right out here.

And he was so thrilled to hear that we were missionaries in the Himalayas.

He just got all excited.

He said, you have to meet Benny because she has been interceding for that area for many years.

So can you imagine how encouraged we were to hear that the leadership

of this house, they were already loving on and praying for the people that we loved and were

living among. It just, it blessed us so much on that first visit. Well, just a couple days ago,

we were out in that same hallway hallway and we stopped and we read the plaque that hangs there to honor Pastor Earl Johnson, Papa Bill's

father. We never had the privilege of meeting him here on earth. Cannot wait to meet him one day,

though. And we just want to read it for you.

I'm going to have John read this for you. Wait till you hear this again. Yeah, we were just moved,

and we wanted you to be moved, too. Earl Johnson was the patriarch of this Bethel family.

His life laid the foundations for all that we are.

His love set a standard for all that we will become.

We are the seeds of his inheritance, the very passion of his person.

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