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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: Welcome back, friends, loyal listeners, newcomers, and anyone who just

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Speaker 2: wants to be uplifted with some positive stories. Here today

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Speaker 2: at the Story Behind Podcast, a production of God Updates

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Speaker 2: and GodTube dot Com where you can watch without worry.

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Speaker 2: My name is Sean McAvoy. I'm your host, and I've

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Speaker 2: got two special stories today, both by Mikaela Gordonai that

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Speaker 2: you know, as this time of year comes around and

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Speaker 2: it's we try hold on to what's left of summer vacation,

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Speaker 2: I have picked out a couple of vacation stories for

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Speaker 2: you today to kind of get you to keep you

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Speaker 2: thinking if you've got to go back to school or work,

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Speaker 2: of those special times you may have encountered this summer

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Speaker 2: and hopefully you found the same type of help in

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Speaker 2: your journey, the same type of good Samaritans that you

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Speaker 2: may have come across as these folks. I'll be right

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Speaker 2: back with those stories after this okay. Our first story

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Speaker 2: today is about a stranger who reached out to help

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Speaker 2: a family of six whose van was stolen while they

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Speaker 2: were on vacation. When a family with six kids went

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Speaker 2: down vacation on the Oregon coast, they only made it

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Speaker 2: one full day before their van with all their camping gear,

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Speaker 2: seven bikes, and a stroller, was stolen. But then complete

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Speaker 2: stranger gave the family a van out of compassion. The

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Speaker 2: family was, of course completely surprised and extremely grateful. The

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Speaker 2: family's eldest child is about to start college and two

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Speaker 2: of their daughters will soon go on a mission trip.

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Speaker 2: This was meant to be their last trip while their

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Speaker 2: family is still together, so the family was especially disappointed

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Speaker 2: to have their trip interrupted like this. They could see

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Speaker 2: that there's a car seat in there, we got all

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Speaker 2: kids stuff, we got bikes back there. The dad, Jerom Nelson, said, like,

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Speaker 2: that's just heartless.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: The person who gave them a van is Randy Robinson,

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Speaker 2: who owns a company that modifies vans called Advanced four

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Speaker 2: Wheel Drive. He's been in the business for half a decade.

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Speaker 2: When he heard about the Nelsons, he decided to give

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Speaker 2: them a spare van. He had. The one we want

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Speaker 2: to give you is a four wheel drive, Robinson told

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Speaker 2: the Nelson's when he gave them the news over the phone.

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Speaker 2: The van is a black Nissan ENV thirty and will

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Speaker 2: certainly fit the whole family and all of their things.

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Speaker 2: I think we are just so overwhelmed. People are so

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Speaker 2: good and kind, said the mom, Cassidy Nelson. We're just

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Speaker 2: so grateful and so blown away at the generosity of people,

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Speaker 2: said Jeram. Our kids are like so overwhelmed, saying, oh man,

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Speaker 2: there's so many good people. It's been really good to

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Speaker 2: show that to our kids. The family is overwhelmed by

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Speaker 2: the huge gift. It's no small thing to be given

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Speaker 2: such an expensive vehicle, and Randy is truly incredibly generous.

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Speaker 2: They will always remember this huge blessing to their family.

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Speaker 2: As it says in First Corinthians sixteen thirteen and fourteen,

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Speaker 2: be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous,

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Speaker 2: be strong, and do everything in love. I'll be back

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Speaker 2: in just a moment with another story of another vacation journey.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back. Are you ready to dig into

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Speaker 2: our second vacation story of this week? Do you have

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Speaker 2: any special vacation memories from this summer, or perhaps you

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Speaker 2: did a staycation or just found a local airbnb or

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Speaker 2: a small town to visit. One thing we can bet

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Speaker 2: that you might not have done is chosen to have

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Speaker 2: spent your time driving Route sixty six in a car

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Speaker 2: that's as old as the route itself is. Let me

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Speaker 2: get to that story for you. This is about the

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Speaker 2: couple from Oklahoma who drove their one hundred year old

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Speaker 2: car on Route sixty six all the way to California.

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Speaker 2: A couple celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of America's most

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Speaker 2: famous roadway by driving Route sixty six to California from Oklahoma,

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Speaker 2: and they did it in their one hundred year old

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Speaker 2: green Huplobile. Naturally. I have to be honest, I didn't

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Speaker 2: even know there was such a thing as a Hutmobile

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Speaker 2: with those wooden wheels. And I'm not kidding you, folks.

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Speaker 2: You've got to see the video on this, which is

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Speaker 2: a good time for a reminder that all of our

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Speaker 2: God Updates stories come from a video, and if you

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Speaker 2: want to visit us at GodTube dot com slash blog,

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Speaker 2: you can find those videos for yourself and go even

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Speaker 2: further behind the story behind. But yes, this vehicle, this Hutmobile,

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Speaker 2: really does have wooden spokes on its wheels, and that

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Speaker 2: meant there were certainly a few bumps along the way,

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Speaker 2: but they finally made it. We were afraid we were

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Speaker 2: going to have to push it the whole way, Ed

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Speaker 2: Fogel said, but we got through it. They can't even

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Speaker 2: tell you how many miles the car has because it

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Speaker 2: has no odometer, speedometer, or fuel gage. The Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Speaker 2: couple towed the car to the start of Route sixty

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Speaker 2: the car slowly as they went and had to replace

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Speaker 2: the radiator and the engine mount twice on their Route

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Speaker 2: sixty six journey. The worst moment was out in the

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Speaker 2: desert in Arizona. They heard a bang, but luckily they

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Speaker 2: had their friend, a traveling mechanic, Tom Lord, with them.

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Speaker 2: Great name Tom Lord. They needed his help as soon

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Speaker 2: had hiccups due to a carburetor issue. Now it's running good,

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Speaker 2: Ed says. They made a lot of memories on their trip,

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Speaker 2: including a stop in Oatman, Arizona, where a donkey tried

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Speaker 2: to eat Jackie Fogel's purse. It didn't bother her though,

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Speaker 2: as she calls the fun memory highlight of her trip.

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Speaker 2: The couple are fans of road trips. For their honeymoon

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Speaker 2: twenty five years ago, the couple traveled Route sixty six

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Speaker 2: in a night eighteen fifty nine convertible with the top

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Speaker 2: down the entire time. The trip was also a celebration

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Speaker 2: of their twenty fifth anniversary. This couple has had several

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Speaker 2: unique experiences with Rough sixty six that have very few people,

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Speaker 2: if any, can say they've had. They are indeed very blessed.

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Speaker 2: As it says in Isaiah forty three, eighteen and nineteen,

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Speaker 2: remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold,

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Speaker 2: I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth.

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Speaker 2: Do you not perceive it? I will make a way

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Speaker 2: in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Thanks for

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Speaker 2: listening today. We'll be back in a couple of days

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Speaker 2: with two more encouraging stories for you to share with

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