Welcome to the Ransom-Tard Podcast.

This is your host Craig.

Today's going to be, I think, special,

because join with me is Ryland, who is John's assistant, Stacy's assistant, and usually on the

voicemail when you call her it says she's John and Stacy's assistant and

she'd be glad to help you.

Oh, and then Craig McConnell,

if you need to get a hold of hand.

So Rye, John and my assistant, Rye,

and Stacey Eldridge, and then Alan. Alan is with this here and we just had a wonderful Friday. What

happened last Friday? What was that Alan? Well we had a chance to surprise somebody on our team who happened to be Rye.

It was going to be her birthday weekend.

It was a few days before, and she thought she was just coming over to your house Craig for time with Lori, your wife.

And there was a small group of us there.

And we had the honor and the joy of just surprising Rye when she came to the door, small group of us, and it was just

a wonderful time and we just wanted to talk a little bit today about what made that time so unique and how small fellowships sometimes can just bring life into people.

Yeah.

Ry walks in, surprise!

Happy birthday!

You were shocked, gal. I was so shocked I was so surprised because that's just not part of my story really is even a lot of parties and a lot of

Anything like that and so there were several pieces that made it so so special but

partly was because it was a small group of dear people that I have story with and

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