1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God to and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: Welcome back, friends and subscribers to the Story Behind, a 7 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: podcast from lifeaudio dot com in which our team has 8 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: compiled some of the most encouraging and uplifting stories for 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: your walk with God that we've been able to find 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: out there that maybe we'd have to do a little 11 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: digging for to find in some of the a little 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 2: bit behind, if you will, some of the other news 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: that has made it to the top of our feeds. 14 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: So this week we've got a story about that's kind 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: of timely, considering we just passed our two hundred and 16 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: fiftieth year as a country here in the United States. 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,919 Speaker 2: About a story from fifty years ago involving a school 18 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: time capsule, and another story about a woman who had 19 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: been battling in curable cancer but who was able to 20 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: do something spectacular. So we hope those will be encouraging 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 2: for you. My name is Sean McAvoy. I'm the new 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: host of this podcast. I am the executive director of 23 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 2: content here at the Salem Web Network, and I will 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: be back with you in just a moment with those 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: encouraging stories for today. All Right, here we go. Let's 26 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: get under way with the school in Pennsylvania that buried 27 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: a time capsule in nineteen seventy six and finally got 28 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: to open it fifty years later. This is written by 29 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: Heather Riggleman. A school in Pennsylvania buried a time capsule 30 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy six. They finally opened it fifty years later. Now, 31 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: if you could leave a message from the past for 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: the future, what would it be? Would you include items 33 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: from your school days or something more? There is something 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: magical about opening a time capsule. It's like receiving a 35 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 2: letter from the past, carefully tucked away for future generations 36 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: to discover. While at Claysville Elementary School in of course, Claysville, Pennsylvania, 37 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: that moment finally arrived. Fifty years ago. Students and teachers 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: buried a time capsule, hoping that future generations would one 39 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 2: day uncover it. As students filled the school auditorium, excitement 40 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: buzzed through the room. Everyone wanted to know what treasures 41 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: had been hidden away for half a century. Some student 42 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: guesses were surprisingly accurate. One student, Tucker, guess that money 43 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: might be inside, and he was right. Another student, Parker, 44 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: predicted old pencils, he was right to. Among the crowd 45 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: was former teacher Missus Noble, who taught fourth grade at 46 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: the school when the apsle was buried, as she vividly 47 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: remembered the special day, I remember that we put a 48 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 2: felt eraser in from the chalkboard and pieces of chalk, 49 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: she recalled. When the dirt covered capsule was finally opened, 50 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: it revealed a fascinating glimpse into life in nineteen seventy six. 51 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 2: Inside were bi centennial coins, a two dollars bill, photographs, newspapers, stamps, 52 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: classroom supplies, and even pieces of chalk yes used by 53 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: students decades ago. One of the most memorable discoveries was 54 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: a congratulatory letter from then President Gerald Ford written to 55 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: the students who helped create the time capsule. There was 56 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: also a manual calculator from a math classroom, a device 57 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: so unfamiliar that many of today's students had never seen 58 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: anything like it before. For many, the artifacts served as 59 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: a reminder of how much the world has changed in 60 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: just fifty years. Yet perhaps the sweetest part of the 61 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: celebration wasn't looking back, it was looking ahead. See To 62 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: mark the occasion, today's students and teachers created a brand 63 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: new time capsule to be buried and opened fifty years 64 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: from now in twenty seventy six. So somewhere in the future, 65 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 2: another group of children we'll gather with the same excitement, curiosity, 66 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: and wonder during the three hundredth anniversary celebration of the 67 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: founding of the United States. And just like this generation, 68 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: they'll discover that some memories are worth waiting for. As 69 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 2: it says in Psalm one five, verse four, one generation 70 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 2: commends your works to another, they tell of your mighty acts. 71 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: We'll be back with our second encouraging story right after this, 72 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: and welcome back. Before we jump into our second encouraging 73 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: story of the day, I wanted to remind you that 74 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: each of these stories is based on a video that 75 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: our God Updates team curates and puts together with these articles, 76 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 2: and so if you want to dig in even further 77 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: behind the story behind and watching the original videos that 78 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 2: these stories generated from, you can find us at GodTube 79 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: dot com, Slash blog where our God updates stories are compiled. 80 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: And so let's move on with the woman who was 81 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 2: battling in curable cancer but set her sights on Mount 82 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: Everest and made it to the top. Written by Mikayla Gordona. 83 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: A UK woman climbed Mount Everest for the second time, 84 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: becoming the first woman with stage four cancer to ever 85 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 2: climb the tallest mountain in the world. The woman, fifty 86 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 2: year old exercise psychologist, doctor Shannaburk, raised over one undred 87 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: thousand dollars for McMillan Cancer Support during her climb. Truly 88 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: an astounding accomplishment. Doctor Shawna chose to climb the mountain 89 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: for a second time, her first was over two decades ago, 90 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 2: to quote inspire others who are facing their own battles. See. 91 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: Shauna has incurable stage four breast cancer. She was diagnosed 92 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 2: only two years ago and has undergone radiotherapy, liver surgery 93 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 2: and a double mestectomy. She trained for this climb for 94 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: an entire year. When she got to the top of 95 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 2: the mountain, she said, we reached the summit of Everest today. 96 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: I can't believe. Twenty one years later, second time standing 97 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 2: on the summit of the world, this time with stage 98 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: four cancer. For anybody out there struggling with cancer, keep going, 99 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: keep taking steps forward. She said the hardest part of 100 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: her journey was spending cold nights on the mountain. She 101 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: slept in a tent and said, when your body isn't moving, 102 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: it becomes very cold. But she hopes her climb inspires 103 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: others to believe they can accomplish big things despite their diagnoses. 104 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: She said, I will be living with cancer for the 105 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 2: rest of my life and it will have to be controlled. 106 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: I have no idea where it came from, but it 107 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 2: was this powerful feeling that just came over me of 108 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: wanting to live. I don't want to just survive. I 109 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: want to thrive. So I am determined with every fiber 110 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 2: of my being to make that happen. Doctor Shahna is 111 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: very accomplished. She has also run the Everest Marathon and 112 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 2: climbed Mount and Concagua in Argentina, Elbruce in Russia and 113 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. In the process of making this brave 114 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: climb on Everest, Shawna gathered research on how low oxygen 115 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: impacts cancer markers and patient outcomes. So altogether This is 116 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 2: no small feat that Shawna had very noble reasons for 117 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: her climb, and we're ever so glad that she accomplished 118 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: what she set out to do. We hope she continues 119 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: to make a change in the cancer world, and from 120 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: what we've gathered, we're sure she will. As it says 121 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: in Isaiah fifty two seven, how beautiful on the mountains 122 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: are the feet of those who bring good news to 123 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: proclaim peace. Thanks for listening this week. As always, be 124 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: sure to encourage your friends and forward this around and 125 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: provide the share link to others who might enjoy or 126 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: be lifted up by these stories this week. 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