Speaker 1: Hey, listeners, this is an important update for you. We
Speaker 1: live in western North Carolina and have been impacted by
Speaker 1: the hurricane. We are so grateful that we are safe
Speaker 1: and well, but at this time we still don't have
Speaker 1: cel phone service or internet in our area, so that
Speaker 1: means I can't make new episodes very easily right now.
Speaker 1: Even this one you might hear some background noises, there
Speaker 1: are no sound effects. Life is a little different where
Speaker 1: we are right now, but that's okay. We are hoping
Speaker 1: that next week things will continue to get better. But
Speaker 1: in the meantime, you can enjoy the over three hundred
Speaker 1: and forty episodes that you have to choose from while
Speaker 1: you wait for us. Also, kids, I have incredible, incredible
Speaker 1: stories of God showing up in big and mighty ways
Speaker 1: during this storm. It was a massive storm, but God
Speaker 1: is always mightier, always more powerful, and He's always working.
Speaker 1: I saw what the Bible talks about in Acts, chapter four,
Speaker 1: verse thirty two. I saw it really happen. Here's what
Speaker 1: it says. All the believers were one in heart and mind.
Speaker 1: No one claimed that any of his possessions. That means,
Speaker 1: any of their things. They didn't say that it was
Speaker 1: their own but they shared everything they had. You guys,
Speaker 1: we saw neighbors working together to cut trees down and
Speaker 1: move them off the roads. People knocked on doors to
Speaker 1: ask if anyone needed help. Strangers donated food and clean water.
Speaker 1: Churches offered free meals. If there was a need, people
Speaker 1: tried to meet it. They loved their neighbor, like Christ
Speaker 1: said to and you'll love this part. This is so cool.
Speaker 1: I got to see people use their very unique gifts
Speaker 1: and skills, even the things they owned that they had
Speaker 1: to help other people. One group had mules. Yes, I said, mules.
Speaker 1: That's a combination of a horse and a donkey. So
Speaker 1: picture that well. The people who had the mules they
Speaker 1: partnered with nurses who then rode the mules up the
Speaker 1: mountain to get medicine to people who needed it because
Speaker 1: there were no roads to get up anymore. Others knew
Speaker 1: how to fix tools, so they drove their tool library
Speaker 1: around and help fix things like chainsaws or hammers and
Speaker 1: all these things that people were needing to help us
Speaker 1: after the storm. People who knew how to fly helicopters,
Speaker 1: they partnered with someone who owned one so they could
Speaker 1: go out and rescue people. If someone had an item,
Speaker 1: they would share it. If someone knew how to make
Speaker 1: a bridge stop a water leak, if they could ride
Speaker 1: their bike to the doctors to ask someone to help,
Speaker 1: they would and see. No one could have done this alone.
Speaker 1: God gave us community to help one another. We all
Speaker 1: needed the talents and things God had given each of
Speaker 1: these people to come together and use them as a team.
Speaker 1: I want you to remember that even if it looks
Speaker 1: like destruction all around you, it can seem scary or hopeless,
Speaker 1: but if you look, you will see God working. He
Speaker 1: will use people just like you and I to help others.
Speaker 1: He will use your prayers. You can pray for us
Speaker 1: up here. Your prayers are helping us. Don't forget that
Speaker 1: He made you to live when you live, where you live,
Speaker 1: with the skills and things you have, so that you
Speaker 1: can use them to glorify Him, not by keeping them
Speaker 1: to yourself, but by sharing those things with others.