1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi, from the Salvation Army, you're listening to 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:09,740 Speaker 1: Words of. 3 00:00:19,930 --> 00:00:20,169 Speaker 2: Life. 4 00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:28,550 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Words of Life. 5 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,010 Speaker 3: And for our listeners listening in the future, um, We 6 00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:34,890 Speaker 3: believe this is only the second time we've recorded a 7 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:38,070 Speaker 3: Words of Life interview in front of a live studio audience. 8 00:00:41,390 --> 00:00:45,090 Speaker 3: That wasn't canned applause. They're actually here. Today is Veterans Day, 9 00:00:45,220 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 3: and so in this episode, we wanted to have a 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 3: conversation with someone who could share something that the Salvation 11 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:53,540 Speaker 3: Army is doing that's really powerful in how we are 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,140 Speaker 3: caring for our veterans. So please welcome to the stage 13 00:00:57,540 --> 00:01:10,330 Speaker 3: Major Thomas McWilliams. I feel like I need to do 14 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:12,970 Speaker 3: like the Jimmy Fallon intro, or you should have. 15 00:01:12,890 --> 00:01:14,750 Speaker 1: Had a dance or something. I wish you would. 16 00:01:15,390 --> 00:01:17,580 Speaker 4: We have people that clapped, but they know me very well, 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 4: so they were being very kind. 18 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 3: Well, for those especially not in this room, could you 19 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:25,699 Speaker 3: please just introduce yourself and what your current role with 20 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:26,619 Speaker 3: the Salvation Army is? 21 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,470 Speaker 4: Major Thomas McWilliams, the Metro Atlanta Area Commander, which I've 22 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,390 Speaker 4: had the privilege to be for now four and a 23 00:01:33,390 --> 00:01:35,210 Speaker 4: half years, and love Atlanta. 24 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:35,890 Speaker 2: Awesome. 25 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:38,900 Speaker 3: So like I said before, today at the time of 26 00:01:38,940 --> 00:01:42,030 Speaker 3: this recording, it is Veterans Day. So first, are there 27 00:01:42,069 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: any veterans in this room? Thank you so much for 28 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,020 Speaker 3: your service. And as we have this conversation, Major, why 29 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: is it important for the Salvation Army to talk about 30 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:05,500 Speaker 3: how we are caring for our veterans? 31 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 4: You know, the Salvation Army has a tremendous history with 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,180 Speaker 4: veteran services. As a matter of fact, here you participated 33 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,780 Speaker 4: in Donut Days and talked about World War I and 34 00:02:18,740 --> 00:02:19,020 Speaker 4: just a. 35 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,180 Speaker 1: Long history of veterans. 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,090 Speaker 4: But the Salvation Army, you know, we find ourselves going 37 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:26,250 Speaker 4: to where people are broken and where people need dignity 38 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:29,030 Speaker 4: and hope. And what a great population to serve than 39 00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:32,910 Speaker 4: those who have served for us to help them find 40 00:02:32,950 --> 00:02:34,530 Speaker 4: that hope and dignity. Amen. 41 00:02:35,850 --> 00:02:38,709 Speaker 3: Something really cool that happened recently, just one of those 42 00:02:38,730 --> 00:02:42,609 Speaker 3: God-timing things. We had already set up this interview well 43 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:46,220 Speaker 3: in advance of this, and then Bernie, my boss, surprised 44 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: us with a field trip. We had no idea where 45 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:50,500 Speaker 3: we were going, and where we ended up going was 46 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:52,980 Speaker 3: to the Center of Hope that we have brought Major 47 00:02:53,220 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 3: here to mostly talk about. So this is in Atlanta. 48 00:02:57,780 --> 00:02:59,300 Speaker 3: If you could just tell us what the Center of 49 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: Hope is. What is its purpose? 50 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:03,820 Speaker 4: What you're looking at in the building is a miracle. 51 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,049 Speaker 4: That was a parking lot. And in three and a 52 00:03:07,070 --> 00:03:09,590 Speaker 4: half years, I got a front row seat to watch 53 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:13,810 Speaker 4: the Lord take us from $ 4 million to $ 37 million 54 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:14,910 Speaker 4: successful campaign. 55 00:03:15,590 --> 00:03:17,610 Speaker 1: And in a COVID era where you. 56 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:23,829 Speaker 4: Had cost escalations and supply chain problems, the building was 57 00:03:23,889 --> 00:03:26,690 Speaker 4: fully built. And so I got a chance to be 58 00:03:26,730 --> 00:03:29,990 Speaker 4: on the front row to see this building, which houses 59 00:03:30,130 --> 00:03:31,010 Speaker 4: two floors of veterans. 60 00:03:31,910 --> 00:03:34,230 Speaker 3: And so I got to see this firsthand, what this 61 00:03:34,450 --> 00:03:38,710 Speaker 3: looks like. And we also saw what the previous facility 62 00:03:38,750 --> 00:03:42,450 Speaker 3: was and kind of probably what more traditional housing looks 63 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 3: like in this type of service. But when we went 64 00:03:45,590 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: into the two floors of veterans housing, these are apartments. 65 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: And so could you just share, like, what do we 66 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 3: actually offer these veterans and why is it so powerful 67 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:55,740 Speaker 3: and important to them? 68 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,580 Speaker 4: The veteran program has always been a vital piece of 69 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:04,940 Speaker 4: what we do. We worked closely with the VA hospital. 70 00:04:04,540 --> 00:04:06,260 Speaker 1: And with other veteran providers. 71 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,780 Speaker 4: When we built the building, we wanted to make sure 72 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,460 Speaker 4: that we brought dignity to this population because they were 73 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 4: sleeping in a congregate room in bunk beds. And what 74 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,300 Speaker 4: we did was decided to construct two whole floors of that, which, 75 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,339 Speaker 4: by the way, has some of the best views of 76 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:25,500 Speaker 4: midtown Atlanta that you could have, and give them their 77 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 4: own apartment. 78 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:29,290 Speaker 1: Each one has their own bedrooms. Every two has a 79 00:04:29,350 --> 00:04:31,210 Speaker 1: common room and their own bathroom. 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 4: And I tell people, and it's true, it looks much 81 00:04:34,820 --> 00:04:37,860 Speaker 4: better and is much better than the college dorm that 82 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:38,300 Speaker 4: I lived in. 83 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,020 Speaker 3: You know, when we were there, it's kind of one 84 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,820 Speaker 3: of those things where you just have a busy day. 85 00:04:44,860 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 3: You're trying to follow maps, figure out where you're going. 86 00:04:47,940 --> 00:04:50,660 Speaker 3: And you don't necessarily always, when you're doing something like that, 87 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: and I think probably a lot of officers can relate 88 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,140 Speaker 3: to this, but sometimes you forget that you're about to 89 00:04:56,230 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: enter something that you might have some very strong emotional 90 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,660 Speaker 3: reactions to, and I didn't realize, or I wasn't prepared for, 91 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 3: some of the emotions that I felt when we ended 92 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,260 Speaker 3: up in the cafeteria, and there was an elderly veteran 93 00:05:12,190 --> 00:05:17,010 Speaker 3: oxygen mask, and he was just sitting alone at this table, 94 00:05:17,089 --> 00:05:20,570 Speaker 3: just waiting for lunch to happen, and I just can't 95 00:05:20,589 --> 00:05:23,170 Speaker 3: help but see my own father in this man, and 96 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:26,290 Speaker 3: you just, why are you alone, right? 97 00:05:26,870 --> 00:05:28,250 Speaker 1: And you just want to fix everything. 98 00:05:28,570 --> 00:05:32,370 Speaker 3: And the fact that you guys serve this population day. 99 00:05:32,210 --> 00:05:32,830 Speaker 1: In and day out. 100 00:05:33,150 --> 00:05:35,270 Speaker 3: And Thomas, I can't remember his last name. 101 00:05:36,230 --> 00:05:39,850 Speaker 1: Thompson. Thomas what? Thomas Thompson. That's amazing. 102 00:05:39,950 --> 00:05:44,750 Speaker 3: He's a rock star name. But the way he spoke 103 00:05:44,810 --> 00:05:46,750 Speaker 3: about everyone that you guys care for, they are all 104 00:05:46,790 --> 00:05:49,890 Speaker 3: your guests. And just the dignity and true love that 105 00:05:49,930 --> 00:05:53,130 Speaker 3: you see from every level of person who is working 106 00:05:53,150 --> 00:05:56,460 Speaker 3: in this building is incredible. And so just first of all, 107 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,380 Speaker 3: pause to just say thank you for what you guys do. 108 00:05:59,670 --> 00:06:00,170 Speaker 1: It's amazing. 109 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,590 Speaker 4: Well, what happens there, the miracle that we've got to 110 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:05,990 Speaker 4: experience was actually touched by a lot of people in 111 00:06:06,029 --> 00:06:09,309 Speaker 4: this building. And so everyone's a part of that too. 112 00:06:09,550 --> 00:06:11,750 Speaker 4: And the veterans can be with us for up to 113 00:06:11,810 --> 00:06:16,050 Speaker 4: two years. So we become their home. We become who 114 00:06:16,130 --> 00:06:19,500 Speaker 4: they hold on to. And actually, we have a lot 115 00:06:19,510 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 4: of our employees at the Center of Hope that came 116 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,220 Speaker 4: through our veteran program that now just speak into the 117 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:28,219 Speaker 4: lives of others in such tremendous ways. 118 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:32,419 Speaker 1: It's a fantastic cycle to see. Yeah, that's incredible. 119 00:06:33,490 --> 00:06:35,990 Speaker 3: So as we kind of just like zoom in, what 120 00:06:36,089 --> 00:06:38,990 Speaker 3: are some of the challenges that veterans do face when 121 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:40,969 Speaker 3: they return to civilian life? 122 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:43,930 Speaker 4: You know, a lot of people, we all know, and 123 00:06:43,950 --> 00:06:45,490 Speaker 4: we have the picture in our head, if somebody went 124 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:47,940 Speaker 4: into combat and they come out with PTSD, there is 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,130 Speaker 4: that for sure. But there's also a whole section of 126 00:06:51,170 --> 00:06:53,970 Speaker 4: veterans that go into the service when they're young. 127 00:06:54,029 --> 00:06:56,049 Speaker 1: They're coming out of their own home. They go into service. 128 00:06:56,430 --> 00:06:59,070 Speaker 4: And then for however long they're in service, they're completely 129 00:06:59,120 --> 00:06:59,770 Speaker 4: taken care of. 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,940 Speaker 1: Every need, everything. 131 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 4: They don't have to really make a lot of decisions 132 00:07:05,060 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 4: in life. And they're trained in some way. Well, when 133 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 4: they come out, they're much older. They may be trained 134 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 4: in something that's marketable, but they may not be. 135 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,500 Speaker 1: And they come out and then what? 136 00:07:19,210 --> 00:07:20,910 Speaker 4: And the military has said you're going to get this 137 00:07:20,950 --> 00:07:25,370 Speaker 4: benefit and this benefit and this benefit. But navigating through 138 00:07:25,390 --> 00:07:33,090 Speaker 4: our administration of the VA is time-consuming and incredibly difficult. 139 00:07:33,410 --> 00:07:35,180 Speaker 4: And a lot of them give up and end up 140 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,780 Speaker 4: homeless and don't take advantage of that. So when we 141 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 4: work with our veterans, the first thing we do is 142 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:43,940 Speaker 4: we identify what they're not getting, they should be getting, 143 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 4: and then we take that battle on for them. 144 00:07:46,410 --> 00:07:48,270 Speaker 1: Because they're just not equipped to do that. 145 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 4: And we start flowing into them VA benefits that they 146 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 4: get to have, and that starts their journey to self-sufficiency. 147 00:07:58,220 --> 00:08:01,490 Speaker 3: Well, can you share a specific person's journey and just 148 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,270 Speaker 3: kind of share a success story with us of what 149 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:04,850 Speaker 3: this looks like? 150 00:08:05,390 --> 00:08:08,070 Speaker 4: Those that have been on the tour, and we've had 151 00:08:08,090 --> 00:08:10,370 Speaker 4: a couple of tours where people have been on there, Mr. 152 00:08:10,430 --> 00:08:14,850 Speaker 1: Lemon, he is now in his late 70s. He came 153 00:08:14,890 --> 00:08:15,510 Speaker 1: out of the military. 154 00:08:15,530 --> 00:08:17,210 Speaker 4: He was a Navy man, very proud of it, still 155 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:20,990 Speaker 4: wears his Navy hat and very proud. He lived in 156 00:08:21,030 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 4: the bushes of Atlanta for 20 years. He came out 157 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 4: of the service, his wife left him, he had nowhere 158 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: else to go, and he developed an addiction, ended up 159 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 4: living in the bushes. Came to the Salvation Army and 160 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:41,330 Speaker 4: didn't stick because he was so So antsy about his 161 00:08:41,510 --> 00:08:44,730 Speaker 4: life and had lived so feral for so long. 162 00:08:44,410 --> 00:08:46,410 Speaker 1: That it was difficult. And then he came back. 163 00:08:47,150 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 4: And when he came back, he stayed and went through 164 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,700 Speaker 4: our entire program two years. 165 00:08:52,540 --> 00:08:53,980 Speaker 1: We hired him from that point. 166 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,940 Speaker 4: He now is a spokesman, informal spokesman for us because 167 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,100 Speaker 4: he meets the tours and we don't ask him to. 168 00:09:00,420 --> 00:09:02,300 Speaker 1: And he just starts talking. And sometimes I got to 169 00:09:02,330 --> 00:09:05,210 Speaker 1: tell him, Mr. Lemon, you're all right. I can do that. 170 00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:09,660 Speaker 4: More than that, he became a soldier, and he is 171 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,340 Speaker 4: a leader in the Sunday morning services that we have 172 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,700 Speaker 4: there where we average about 100 to 120 people on 173 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:18,990 Speaker 4: Sunday morning services, and he's a leader there. And he 174 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:21,890 Speaker 4: just wants to talk about what has happened to him. 175 00:09:21,790 --> 00:09:22,270 Speaker 1: In that place. 176 00:09:23,690 --> 00:09:25,469 Speaker 3: I said we might not have time for this section, 177 00:09:25,490 --> 00:09:28,010 Speaker 3: but I think we do. Can we just talk about 178 00:09:28,510 --> 00:09:32,670 Speaker 3: what is even the biblical call for us to serve veterans? 179 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 3: Why should Christians in general be concerned about this? 180 00:09:36,150 --> 00:09:38,670 Speaker 4: You know, when I hear this and think about this, 181 00:09:38,809 --> 00:09:40,930 Speaker 4: I think about what a privilege it is to be 182 00:09:40,970 --> 00:09:43,620 Speaker 4: a part of the Salvation Army. Because I think about 183 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 4: what were the things that Jesus said for us to 184 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:50,380 Speaker 4: do and what would be pleasing to him. And it 185 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:55,810 Speaker 4: was obviously to follow him and to love your neighbor. 186 00:09:56,830 --> 00:10:00,210 Speaker 4: And in the Salvation Army, we do that openly. and 187 00:10:00,770 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 4: just throw ourselves out there into that work. And that's 188 00:10:05,150 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 4: the purpose of our being. And what a tremendous double benefit. 189 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: For the community, for people we serve. 190 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,179 Speaker 4: And it's been interesting that as we were doing the 191 00:10:18,220 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 4: capital campaign, I was visiting the C-suite offices in the Midtown. 192 00:10:23,140 --> 00:10:28,460 Speaker 4: People would ask, the high-level administrative people for these corporations 193 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 4: would ask about our Christian stance, gave us a chance 194 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 4: to talk about this very thing, that we're the double 195 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:39,179 Speaker 4: threat because we both serve the Lord and we meet 196 00:10:39,220 --> 00:10:40,460 Speaker 4: people where they need. 197 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 3: Well, Major, when you look at the work happening at 198 00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:47,140 Speaker 3: the Center of Hope, what gives you the most hope 199 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 3: for veterans who are rebuilding their lives? 200 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: Especially since we moved into the new place. 201 00:10:53,179 --> 00:10:55,420 Speaker 4: When I walk in there, I can't tell you how 202 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,690 Speaker 4: many veterans come up to me and just open up 203 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:01,709 Speaker 4: in ways they never have because they are experiencing something 204 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:05,150 Speaker 4: they haven't experienced, some of them in decades. 205 00:11:05,870 --> 00:11:07,710 Speaker 1: And they are just so appreciative. 206 00:11:07,870 --> 00:11:11,309 Speaker 4: And It's funny, in the five-story tower, we have a 207 00:11:11,330 --> 00:11:14,630 Speaker 4: couple of floors of single and attached folks, and then 208 00:11:14,650 --> 00:11:16,670 Speaker 4: we have the two floors of the veterans. And the 209 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:18,940 Speaker 4: two floors of the veterans, we don't have to touch. 210 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:23,700 Speaker 4: They take such pride in those floors that they. 211 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,740 Speaker 1: Take care of everything. 212 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,620 Speaker 4: And it has really helped us on our payroll because 213 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 4: we thought we were going to have to hire. 214 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: A bunch of people to clean those floors. 215 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,740 Speaker 4: But they have just taken it on and To be 216 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,540 Speaker 4: there when they got moved from the congregate living room 217 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:42,570 Speaker 4: in bunk beds to their own apartment room was one 218 00:11:42,610 --> 00:11:46,730 Speaker 4: of the great moments that I'll take into retirement someday. 219 00:11:47,730 --> 00:11:47,990 Speaker 3: Amen. 220 00:11:48,350 --> 00:11:48,530 Speaker 2: Amen. 221 00:11:49,570 --> 00:11:51,310 Speaker 3: Thank you again, and thank you to your team for 222 00:11:51,350 --> 00:11:54,850 Speaker 3: everything you guys are doing. It is really incredible. I'd 223 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:57,030 Speaker 3: like to ask you if you could close this conversation 224 00:11:57,070 --> 00:12:00,270 Speaker 3: in prayers. We pray over not just our veterans, but 225 00:12:00,370 --> 00:12:03,650 Speaker 3: over families, military families who currently have loved ones that 226 00:12:04,050 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 3: They are not going to see this holiday season. And 227 00:12:06,540 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 3: I would just love to pray a blessing over all 228 00:12:08,580 --> 00:12:08,750 Speaker 3: of you. 229 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 4: Father, I thank you for your goodness. I thank you 230 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,750 Speaker 4: for the miracle of this facility. I thank you for 231 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,990 Speaker 4: the lives that are being changed, the hope that is 232 00:12:20,070 --> 00:12:24,450 Speaker 4: being given, the brokenness that's being addressed, the dignity that's 233 00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:29,220 Speaker 4: being showered on people that haven't experienced it some in 234 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,900 Speaker 4: their entire life. And I pray for every one of 235 00:12:31,940 --> 00:12:34,870 Speaker 4: our clients. I pray that you would just bless them, 236 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,630 Speaker 4: hold them close. If we have some of our clients 237 00:12:37,670 --> 00:12:42,490 Speaker 4: today that are thinking about leaving because they're anxious or 238 00:12:42,510 --> 00:12:46,390 Speaker 4: they feel the draw to just leave, I pray that 239 00:12:46,429 --> 00:12:51,770 Speaker 4: you would just settle with them and that you would 240 00:12:51,809 --> 00:12:54,310 Speaker 4: hold them and let them know. 241 00:12:54,510 --> 00:12:56,510 Speaker 1: That this is a place. 242 00:12:57,770 --> 00:13:01,610 Speaker 4: Where they can have self-sustainability, where they can find you, 243 00:13:01,790 --> 00:13:07,050 Speaker 4: where they can Have a life. We love you and 244 00:13:07,090 --> 00:13:09,630 Speaker 4: we thank you. In Jesus' name, amen. 245 00:13:13,670 --> 00:13:17,530 Speaker 2: I invite you to join us this morning in committing 246 00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:23,090 Speaker 2: to this prayer, not just to serve veterans, but wherever 247 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:26,670 Speaker 2: our calling is, to serve those that we have been 248 00:13:26,730 --> 00:13:33,070 Speaker 2: called to reach, regardless of who they are, If they 249 00:13:33,110 --> 00:13:37,670 Speaker 2: have filthy feet, we're called to wash those feet. If 250 00:13:37,730 --> 00:13:40,610 Speaker 2: we don't agree with someone, we're still called to reach 251 00:13:40,690 --> 00:13:43,350 Speaker 2: them for Jesus. So I invite you to stand and 252 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:45,449 Speaker 2: join us as we sing this song this morning. 253 00:14:01,550 --> 00:14:04,010 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to Words of Life. 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