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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the

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Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and

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Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the

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Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope

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Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day.

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Speaker 2: When a loyal customer didn't show up, this chef followed

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Speaker 2: his heart and saved him. Written by Mikhayla Bordoni read

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Speaker 2: ydgily provost from us. A decade, loyal Pensacola, Florida shrimp

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Speaker 2: basket customer Charlie Hicks showed up twice a day for

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Speaker 2: his usual bow of gumbo with light rice. When the

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Speaker 2: seventy eight year old didn't show up for a couple

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Speaker 2: of days, the chef denounced Aalworth knew something was wrong,

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Speaker 2: so he went looking to help. Builder man, mister Hicks,

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Speaker 2: don't miss no day. When we open the doors up,

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Speaker 2: he's there to greet us, Donna said. Donah left in

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Speaker 2: the middle of a shift and drove to Charlie's apartment,

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Speaker 2: where he found him on the floor. Right when he

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Speaker 2: was about to turn away. After pounding on the door,

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Speaker 2: he heard a voice hoarsely calling for help. He was

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Speaker 2: lying on the ground and I didn't know what his

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Speaker 2: conditions was. That was the scariest part right there, Denell said.

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Speaker 2: Charlie was severely dehydrated and had two broken ribs. Denw

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Speaker 2: got him some help and checked him into the hospital.

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Speaker 2: The now on Trimp Basket staff also brought him his

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Speaker 2: favorite gumbo while he was recovering. But then they went

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Speaker 2: above and beyond. The staff found him in an apartment

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Speaker 2: right next door to the restaurant so they could check

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Speaker 2: on him regularly. They also installed new appliances and furniture

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Speaker 2: and made a few repairs. He was finally able to

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Speaker 2: walk back into his favorite restaurant three months after the fall.

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Speaker 2: We made a connection. Charlie said, He's that uncle, he's

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Speaker 2: that grandfather, he's that best friend. He's all in one.

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Speaker 2: Denell said. Having him next door is the best thing going.

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Speaker 2: Danell said, I'll be over more often than you'd like.

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Speaker 2: He joked. It just goes to show that you can't

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Speaker 2: find family anywhere. Charlie is fortunate that he has Dennel

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Speaker 2: and Shrimp ask It staff there for him for life, drinking,

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Speaker 2: not to show love onto strangers, for thereby somehow entertained

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Speaker 2: angels unawares Hebrews thirteen. Two. Family battling daughter's rare illness

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Speaker 2: gets the perfect secret Santa Surprise Written by Heather Rickleman,

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Speaker 2: read by Julie propost. A family battling a daughter's rare

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Speaker 2: illness gets the perfect secret Santa surprise. Mom to mom,

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Speaker 2: this is one of those stories that makes you stop

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Speaker 2: whatever you're doing, put your hand over your heart and

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Speaker 2: whisper thank you Jesus. Because we know this life, the appointments,

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Speaker 2: the long drive, the nights when sleep doesn't come easy

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Speaker 2: because your child's breathing is all you're listening for. We

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Speaker 2: know what it's like to carry worry in one hand

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Speaker 2: and hope in the other and keep showing up anyway.

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Speaker 2: In Idaho Falls, Jodi and Eric lived that reality every

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Speaker 2: single day with their two year old daughter Kylie. Since

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Speaker 2: Kylie has endured more than thirty surgeries and medical procedures,

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Speaker 2: most of them at Primary Children's Hospital in Utah, she

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Speaker 2: also lives with a rare, incurable condition that causes her

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Speaker 2: to stop breathing for extended periods of time. Pure, Mom,

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Speaker 2: you already feel that ache. Because the family has only

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Speaker 2: one working vehicle, Jody takes Kylie back and forth to

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Speaker 2: Utah for medical care. Thatally's Eric at home without transportation,

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Speaker 2: but never without responsibility. He works ten hour shifts, bikes

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Speaker 2: to and from work every day, and then takes an

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Speaker 2: additional jobs to help provide for his family. When asked

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Speaker 2: about writing his bike to work, Eric simply said, I

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Speaker 2: did because it was clear this morning. The ride home,

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Speaker 2: he admitted, was very wet and slippery. That kind of

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Speaker 2: answer tells you everything about the kind of doubt and husband.

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Speaker 2: He is, no drama, no compliance, just doing what he

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Speaker 2: needs to be done. Earlier this year, Jody and Kylie

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Speaker 2: were gone for nearly six months, moving between hospitals. Now

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Speaker 2: Kylie may needs to travel to Boston so doctors can

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Speaker 2: better understand what's happening in her tiny body. It's a lot,

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Speaker 2: the kind of lot that would fund most of us.

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Speaker 2: And then right in the middle of it, Grace arrived

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Speaker 2: disguise as a knock on the door. Nate from East

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Speaker 2: Idaho News showed up with a message from Secret Santa.

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Speaker 2: He explained why they were there and asked to share

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Speaker 2: a Christmas gift with a family. First came a small package,

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Speaker 2: then another, while Kylie opened the second gift and discovered

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Speaker 2: a key. Nate gently explained, that's a key to a car. Secret.

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Speaker 2: Santa just gave you, guys a car. Eric's response was

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Speaker 2: immediate and stunt. What he said, outside side a Toyota

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Speaker 2: grabbed four left there for them, along with one thousand

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Speaker 2: dollars to help cover insurance and registration. No more biking

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Speaker 2: in the dark, no more scrambling for rides, no more

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Speaker 2: impossible choices between work, groceries and being present with family

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Speaker 2: as a mom. You can almost feel the weight lifting

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Speaker 2: from Jonie's soldiers in that moment, the quiet relief, the

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Speaker 2: knowing that help has finally arrived. All Eric could say

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Speaker 2: was thank you so much. Watching Kylie climb into the

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Speaker 2: warm car, sitting in her mama's lap holding that key

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Speaker 2: feels like watching hope made visible. It's the kind of

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Speaker 2: moment that reminds us God sees the long nights in

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Speaker 2: the quiet sacrifices. He sees the parents who keep going

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Speaker 2: even when they're exhausted. Beyond words, this is so much

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Speaker 2: more than a story about a car. It's about compassion,

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Speaker 2: help and kindness. It's about remembering that even in the

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Speaker 2: heart of seasons, God still shows up. Sometimes there's danger

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Speaker 2: with a gift and a heart full of obedience. And

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Speaker 2: if you're anything like me, you finish this story the

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Speaker 2: same way you start today, tears, with gratitude and with

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Speaker 2: a whispered thank you Jesus Galatians six'. Nine and let

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Speaker 2: us not grow weary of doing, good for in due

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Speaker 2: season we will read if we do not give.

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