The Moths Special Main Stage is coming to town.

Join us on September 29th at the Historic Guard Art Center for a night of vibrant true stories.

Five storytellers will share captivating true tales,

experience a night of unforgettable Moths' stories as they're recorded for future episodes of the Moths Podcast and Radio Hour.

By tickets now at themoth.org slash London. We'll see you there.

From TRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm your host, Jennifer Hickson.

In this hour, hesitations, giving pause, that feeling of not so fast, or maybe tomorrow instead,

we'll hear stories about school, dating, competitions, and in our first story, job obligations.

Teresa Timms told this live in Alaska at the Atwood Concert Hall, where we partner with the Anchorage Concert Association.

Here's Teresa.

It's New Year's Eve and I'm at church.

This is the worship service that people come to on New Year's Eve if they don't want to drink,

they don't want to party. Unhoused neighbors would come to this service for safety.

I was there because I was the pastor.

I had chosen the short stick, so I ended up at this service on New Year's Eve.

So there I was, getting everybody together, getting ready to do the liturgy,

and this couple walks in and they are overly dressed.

She has on this fitted ball gown and he has on a full tuxedo. They stood out.

And after that service, they came back Sunday. After Sunday, they would sit together.

She eventually joined the choir. He asked me the baptize him.

And I did. But one particular Sunday, they came up to me so excited.

You know, all hugged up. And they said, Pastor T, we want to ask you a question.

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