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<v Speaker 1>Hey, what's up? Grangersmith podcast coming from a new location today,

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<v Speaker 1>the bus Montana. I've done the podcast many times on

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<v Speaker 1>the bus next door with Wildflower, but today I'm in Montana.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a little bit more space here and I have

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<v Speaker 1>some more light, and so I'm going to bring in

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<v Speaker 1>today my guest Amber and having two people in the

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<v Speaker 1>same room and Wildflowers a little tight. So first podcast

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<v Speaker 1>on Montana, and I guess I didn't even say the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why I'm doing it on a bus at all.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason I'm doing it on a bus at all

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<v Speaker 1>is because we're parked at Ee Apparel, but they're doing

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<v Speaker 1>some construction work. They're remodeling the kitchen, so it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, craziness. So I needed to find a quiet spot.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's funny because I could hear butch on the

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<v Speaker 1>tractor right now, so it's like, I never really on

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<v Speaker 1>this farm, can never really escape noise to make a podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>And Amber and I are building a house and in

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<v Speaker 1>the house there's going to be a special room just

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<v Speaker 1>for the podcast, So I don't know if that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be quiet. I'll probably have dogs barking there, but regardless,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for listening. Thank you for watching. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you guys are coming from a lot of different places

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<v Speaker 1>around the world and you're listening on all different platforms.

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<v Speaker 1>So however you're listening or watching or both, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for giving me this platform. It is a great part

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<v Speaker 1>of my day to be able to sit here and

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<v Speaker 1>do this podcast. I do want to give a shout

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<v Speaker 1>out or two. This is the email Graendersmith podcast at

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<v Speaker 1>gmail dot com. If you ever have a question I

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<v Speaker 1>could answer it through that way. And I have a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of shout outs. This shout out is to Matthew

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<v Speaker 1>from North Carolina. Really loves a song, holler. Appreciate you, buddy, Matthew.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a shout out to who Paxton van Winkle.

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<v Speaker 1>That's uh, that's all. Paxson one was a shout out,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Xavier eighteen from Covington, Georgia. Shout out to Xavier,

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<v Speaker 1>what's up buddy? Thank you for liking songs like Never

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<v Speaker 1>Too Old and Tractor they were there, damn straight. I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you so much, man, And let me give one more.

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<v Speaker 1>One more shout out here says my name is Isaac

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<v Speaker 1>from Lacrosse, Wisconsin. What's up, buddy? Thank you for listening

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll continue on these shout outs here on another episode.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to find ways to get more information

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<v Speaker 1>from me, you could go to yege nation dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>This is an exclusive website we built and it is

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<v Speaker 1>exclusive to the fans that want to take things to

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<v Speaker 1>the next level with me. And I can't really explain

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<v Speaker 1>it as much until you just go to yee nation

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Check it out. See what we've built for

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<v Speaker 1>for the elite fans. It's a Patreon account that we

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<v Speaker 1>built personally for you guys for ee Nation. You can

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<v Speaker 1>find me on cameo dot com. If you want a

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<v Speaker 1>quick video shout out a video message. Maybe you want

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<v Speaker 1>one for a Christmas present, or or an anniversary or

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<v Speaker 1>a happy birthday anything. Maybe you just want one for yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's a million ways that I could do this.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to cameo dot com. I'll shoot you a

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<v Speaker 1>video message. All that being said, I know that Butcher's

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<v Speaker 1>working hard on the tractor. I could hear him, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna about to go work with them right after

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast and do a little work on restoring Earl

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<v Speaker 1>Dibble's truck and so much stuff that's going on here

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<v Speaker 1>at the ee farm. I'm like, I have to keep

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<v Speaker 1>notes just to keep up with what I'm doing. Today's podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bringing an Amber and she's almost here, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna work on the truck a little bit. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get Amber in here. I'm excited. I'm always excited to

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<v Speaker 1>have her because she has such good insight on life,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could learn from her. Every time I'm with her,

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<v Speaker 1>I could learn but soaking in, uh some knowledge that

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't hear her say before in the ten years

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<v Speaker 1>that I've known her. So she's she's a special woman,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that she could help this podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of y'all could enjoy listening to her. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's what I got. Welcome to the podcast. Ye did

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<v Speaker 1>he lo up and down? Going back rangeation? My brother

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler just walked on here and we had started the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and then he Tyler walked on the bus because

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<v Speaker 1>people aren't used to knowing that we're doing podcasts on

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<v Speaker 1>the bus Montana. But he said that I got an

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<v Speaker 1>offer to speak at a church in Granger, Indiana. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that you too or just me? She contacted me, but

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<v Speaker 1>it only had your name. Okay, So it's interesting that

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<v Speaker 1>it's interesting that a church in Indiana would request me

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<v Speaker 1>to come speak there. She said that they were the

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<v Speaker 1>Smiths and have watched and oh, she said, you watched

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<v Speaker 1>your podcast with Pastor Joe. So she was wondering with

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<v Speaker 1>everything with you not touring, She thought you might be

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<v Speaker 1>open to speaking engagements at more churches. Yeah, sometimes you're

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<v Speaker 1>just like, okay, God, what do you want right now?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want from me? But then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my position is just always keep my eyes open, my

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<v Speaker 1>ears open, my heart open, ready for ready to not

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<v Speaker 1>miss an opportunity to make a difference that I should

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<v Speaker 1>be doing, you know, instead of taking the first reaction

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<v Speaker 1>of going no, I'm a singer. I am a country

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<v Speaker 1>music singer. That's what I do. So yeah, God calls

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<v Speaker 1>us to come out of our comfort zone. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely out of my comfort zone to even think about

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. But you have to have a piece

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<v Speaker 1>about it too. So yeah, not every opportunity that comes

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<v Speaker 1>your way you have to say yes to. You just

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<v Speaker 1>have to pray about it. I might do it Indiana Granger, Indiana.

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<v Speaker 1>I might be there. I don't know. Interesting name for

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<v Speaker 1>a town. Now she says what she says it's like

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking about God being specific. Yeah, I went at

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<v Speaker 1>Granger Church. What I was saying before Tyler walked up

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<v Speaker 1>here was we slept in the barn last night, as

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<v Speaker 1>we have the last five months while our house is

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<v Speaker 1>being built, and last night was the coldest so far.

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<v Speaker 1>It got down to twenty seven and I was thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there's always that argument of do you like

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<v Speaker 1>are you like hot weather cold weather? And everyone that

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<v Speaker 1>ever says cold weather says I like cold weather because

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<v Speaker 1>you can only take so many layers off, but in

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<v Speaker 1>the winter you could just keep putting layers on, like

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<v Speaker 1>people say that. And I was thinking that this morning

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<v Speaker 1>as I was like wanting to get out from under

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<v Speaker 1>the covers, I was like, I hate that argument. I

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<v Speaker 1>love the summer. Yeah, it's so the concrete. We have

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<v Speaker 1>concrete in there, so it's so cold on your feet

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't have anything in Our bathroom is in

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<v Speaker 1>the bar, and so we have to walk from the

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<v Speaker 1>RV to the barn if we need to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the restroom, and it's freezing in the morning. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just said on my rise this past Sunday that people

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<v Speaker 1>think that, probably think I'm crazy because it's not even

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<v Speaker 1>really that cold. Like some people are in like negative weather,

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<v Speaker 1>like five degree weather, and I'm complaining. I was complaining

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<v Speaker 1>outside because it was forty degrees and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm freezing. Yeah, I get it. I get it. And

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people are probably getting their comments ready

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<v Speaker 1>or like you're getting their fingers ready right like right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm being like, well, it's negative seventeen Fargo right now,

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<v Speaker 1>or hey, this is me and Mike. Come in Alberta

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<v Speaker 1>and it's negative thirty. So you don't know cold. I've been, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I've traveled. You know. We did in Northern Canada tour

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty seventeen in the winter. So yeah, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>just a Texan that doesn't know what cold feels like.

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<v Speaker 1>But I will say this, I've seen many people that

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<v Speaker 1>are like, come on, Texas, you think that's cold, and

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<v Speaker 1>then they come here and if you're not prepared, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven is cold because you're a human being, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter what you're wearing. Yeah, and we have a torpedo heater,

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<v Speaker 1>we have several propane heaters, and it's it's cozy. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong. The summertime was really tough when

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<v Speaker 1>It literally got to over one hundred inside that barn

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just swinning. It's insulated barn too. It's funny

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<v Speaker 1>because he when I wake the kids up in the morning,

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<v Speaker 1>he turns on the torpedo heater so they can hear

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<v Speaker 1>it outside of the RV, and they just bolt out

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<v Speaker 1>of the RV. As soon as they hear that thing go.

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<v Speaker 1>They run out to be the first one to sit

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<v Speaker 1>in front of it. That's what it sounds like. I

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<v Speaker 1>love it, though, because I love that our kids are

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<v Speaker 1>going through this, and it's just such a it's such

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<v Speaker 1>a good practice of adversity. It's a good way, like

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about with the church, it's a good way

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<v Speaker 1>to force yourself out of a comfort zone. And I

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<v Speaker 1>always love to do that to myself. It's interesting that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing it to my family now. I'm making you

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<v Speaker 1>guys live in a world of a diversity. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're amazing that you could even be accepting. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there's probably a lot of wives it would be like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna live in an RV while we build the house. Nope,

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<v Speaker 1>we're leasing a house. We're gonna rent a house. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna rent an apartment, We're gonna stay with in laws. Whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>That's our daughter, you even think it would be me

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<v Speaker 1>And it's London. She's like, why can't we just reunt

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<v Speaker 1>a house? Like sweetheart, trying to teach her like that's

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<v Speaker 1>a waste of money. We have this amazing RV from

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<v Speaker 1>Explore USA and it's beautiful and it's cozy. All the

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<v Speaker 1>more reason if she thinks that now, at nine years old,

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<v Speaker 1>all the more reason why we need to be doing it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>take her out of her comfort zone. Yes, and one

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<v Speaker 1>day in life. I don't know when that's gonna be,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's gonna be a time when she feels some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of adversity and she's gonna go, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I lived in a barn for eight months, nine months whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I could do anything. And that might be a little

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<v Speaker 1>extreme to claim something like that, but when you say

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<v Speaker 1>you've actually sat in a barn and lived in a

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<v Speaker 1>living room and watch TV on a couch where it

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<v Speaker 1>was one hundred degrees and scorpions were biding you, that

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<v Speaker 1>is coming out of your comfort zone. That's that's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what has happened to us. So yeah, that's great, it's

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<v Speaker 1>great and no disrespect to anyone that lives full time

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<v Speaker 1>in a barn at all, because we're doing it and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's awesome. Yeah, do you want to answer

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<v Speaker 1>some questions with me? I would love to thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for having me today. You're welcome, guest. I got a

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<v Speaker 1>question there not a question. Sometimes sometimes your questions, which,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, is Granger Smith Podcast at gmail dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>If you need to know, if you want me to

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<v Speaker 1>say anything, email that. But it's not even questions anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It's sometimes it becomes statements. And I got one this

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<v Speaker 1>morning that was like, I wish you would start having

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<v Speaker 1>more guests like veterans and people that have struggled because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't quite get as much out of your questions.

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<v Speaker 1>And hey, I'm disagreeing with you when you wrote that,

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<v Speaker 1>but the fact is, it is exhausting to think about

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<v Speaker 1>filling up a calendar with guests. I'm not Joe Rogan.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe my future could look more similar to Joe Rogan

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<v Speaker 1>ten years from now, but right now I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a staff that's constantly booking up my podcast and I

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<v Speaker 1>put these out every single Monday. That makes it exhausting

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<v Speaker 1>to think about having a guest every week, preparing, getting

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<v Speaker 1>things ready, figuring out their background. And it's easier for

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<v Speaker 1>me to be consistent first by just answering your questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Grangersmith Podcast at gmail dot com. So that's the reason.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm meeting in the middle by having Amber with

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<v Speaker 1>me today. But I do want to dive in and

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<v Speaker 1>I've created now I've done this long enough now with

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<v Speaker 1>these questions that I've started dividing. As the questions come in,

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<v Speaker 1>I started dividing them into categories. And Amber has her

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<v Speaker 1>own folder now, oh thank you, and it's a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's quite a bit here that I've just thrown

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<v Speaker 1>into the Amber folder. So are these questions to me, No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just it's when I read them when I came in,

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<v Speaker 1>I read them and I thought that's something Amber could

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<v Speaker 1>answer with me in some way, so I threw it

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<v Speaker 1>into your folder. So this first question comes from Mackenzie

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<v Speaker 1>and the subject line is fights. Okay. It says, hey, Granger,

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<v Speaker 1>my name is Mackenzie. I'm a huge fan of yours.

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<v Speaker 1>I was wondering, being a Christian, god fearing household, do

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<v Speaker 1>you and Amber ever fight? I know my parents did

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, and it led to my mom divorcing

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<v Speaker 1>my dad because he's not the nicest man on the planet. PS.

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<v Speaker 1>The first time for your album is great. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's the best one yet. That email came in November.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you Mackenzie. I think I know Mackenzie. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've chatted. If it's the same McKenzie on Instagram, I

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<v Speaker 1>think before m A c K E n Z. I

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<v Speaker 1>I think so okay, it doesn't say where she's from.

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<v Speaker 1>You if you throw in where you're from, say and

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<v Speaker 1>you could even do it in the subject line if

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<v Speaker 1>you want, But I think it's neat to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to say where you're from when I'm introducing you in

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<v Speaker 1>your question. And this is a good question, Mackenzie. We've

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<v Speaker 1>kind of touched. We kind of touched on this. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if it was on My Rise or on

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<v Speaker 1>one of your podcasts about us and our fights and

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<v Speaker 1>do we fight and we don't fight if we don't

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<v Speaker 1>fight in a sense of yelling at each other, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like parents yell at each other in front of their children.

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<v Speaker 1>We just don't. We never have and we we we

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<v Speaker 1>always say that we maybe attribute that to meeting later

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<v Speaker 1>in life, going through our bad I'm sure we both

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<v Speaker 1>had some good relationships, but going through all of our

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<v Speaker 1>relationships and realizing what we want, what we don't want,

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<v Speaker 1>what we'll stand for, and so we just we just

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<v Speaker 1>have never been that couple that fights. And I always say, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell when you're frustrated, and you can tell

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm frustrated, and we just don't pick at each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you laughing? Because I definitely know when you're frustrated,

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<v Speaker 1>and you definitely know who I am. He came, okay, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>real quack. He came in the other night. What did

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<v Speaker 1>you say to me? He walked in and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>what do I do that annoys you? And I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>what you? What have I done that annoys you? What

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<v Speaker 1>did you say? I don't remember. Oh oh, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>you just have stuff on every shelf. I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere to put anything. He's like, there's stuff, there's Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>decorations everywhere, there's no space. So I look at shelves

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<v Speaker 1>like countertops and shelves. I look at them as to

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<v Speaker 1>hold things that you need to be using. But you

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<v Speaker 1>look at shelves and countertops as things to hold decorations

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<v Speaker 1>or that you don't touch. That's Christmas, Christmas to Cora,

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<v Speaker 1>you say it's Christmas, but you do you do that

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<v Speaker 1>at Halloween, do in the fall, you do it in easter,

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<v Speaker 1>you do it in summertime? Four Yeah, no, So that

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<v Speaker 1>is like kind of the extent of our fights. We

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<v Speaker 1>just I man, there's a caveat with what we're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>because I love that we don't fight and we work

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<v Speaker 1>hard at it. And part of it was we got

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<v Speaker 1>married a little bit later. I was thirty years old

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<v Speaker 1>when we got married, and that's part of it in

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<v Speaker 1>my opin. And we learned a lot from past relationships

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<v Speaker 1>that didn't work, and we couldn't have done that if

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<v Speaker 1>we were twenty. But I don't think you have to

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<v Speaker 1>look at us and go Granger and Amber don't fight,

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<v Speaker 1>and we do, so we must not be good. So

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<v Speaker 1>we should split up because I want a relationship like

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<v Speaker 1>Amber and Granger. That's not true. No, it's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>We're very blessed and very lucky that we have a

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<v Speaker 1>relationship like that, but that's not what keeps us together.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not if we did fight, we wouldn't split up

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<v Speaker 1>because of that, right. I think I have a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of friends who they fight in their marriages, but they

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<v Speaker 1>fight knowing that they're on the same team and they're

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<v Speaker 1>going down the same lane and they want the same result,

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<v Speaker 1>So they work through any disagreements and mean, they're passionate

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<v Speaker 1>in their fights as much as they are about their

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<v Speaker 1>love for each other. So I don't think that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no perfect relationship. I don't think that just because

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<v Speaker 1>we don't fight, that our relationship is perfect. Yeah, we

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<v Speaker 1>go after each other, but it never gets to the

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<v Speaker 1>second level. It's always stays in the first level. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you come in and you're like, babe, there's stuff everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you please throw stuff away? Yeah, I don't take

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<v Speaker 1>it to the next level and go I had a

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<v Speaker 1>hard day, you know what I'm going through right now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't do that. I keep it it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right, I do have stuff everywhere. Sorry, babe. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>get on that. And on that note, if there is

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<v Speaker 1>stuff everywhere, instead of going and getting on to him,

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<v Speaker 1>I just put it. I just throw it away. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just much easier to pick your battles. And she says

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<v Speaker 1>on here, my mom divorced my dad because he's not

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<v Speaker 1>the nicest man on the planet, and I just have

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<v Speaker 1>to say, we're all not the nicest people on the planet.

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<v Speaker 1>We all are going to have bad days. We live

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<v Speaker 1>in a fallen world. We are all sinners. Nobody is perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think just having grace for each other helps

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<v Speaker 1>us to be on the same team. So Mackenzie, don't

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<v Speaker 1>The moral of this conversation is don't look for a

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<v Speaker 1>partner that you specifically do not fight with, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>not really It's not really what this is about. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this one is from Nicole. It says hello to the

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<v Speaker 1>Smith family, which is probably why I put in the

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<v Speaker 1>Amber folder. Grangeer, what made you decide to give away

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<v Speaker 1>your truck when you had it in your songs and videos?

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<v Speaker 1>And Amber, your Sunday Morning with God videos are so

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<v Speaker 1>good it helps me get through my days. Amber, How

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<v Speaker 1>does your kids feel about God? There's specifically asking you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot of good questions. Yeah, so I'll start

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<v Speaker 1>with the truck, the truck giveaway, which I got a

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<v Speaker 1>feeling we'll do this next year too. In some way.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'll go buy a truck this spring that's maybe

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<v Speaker 1>kind of crappy, and then me and Butch and Bull

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<v Speaker 1>could get and start restoring it or upgrading it and

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<v Speaker 1>just make it super nice and give it away. So

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<v Speaker 1>what made me decide it's kind of multi layered. But

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<v Speaker 1>I have driven that truck for a long time, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was I have a lot of memories in that truck.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, my dad was in that truck. River was

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<v Speaker 1>in that truck. We moved houses in that truck. I

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<v Speaker 1>got married in that truck. So there's brought London home.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe not in that car. It gives in your car,

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<v Speaker 1>but I drove her as a newborn. So I just

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<v Speaker 1>had this feeling. I try not to attach myself too

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<v Speaker 1>much to unanimate what do you call it, what's inanimate objects?

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<v Speaker 1>And I was very attached to that truck, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just thought, you know what, it's time to let go

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<v Speaker 1>of this truck. It's time to let go and stop

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<v Speaker 1>trying to attach memories to it and see it do

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<v Speaker 1>well in another house and see someone seeing it bring

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<v Speaker 1>joy to someone else's household in a new way. And

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<v Speaker 1>the idea originally came when I was restoring my old

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<v Speaker 1>high school truck, the seventy four GMC with Butch and Bull,

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<v Speaker 1>and as that started developing, I thought to myself, Man,

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to be a good truck, I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to drive it. But then I don't need two

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<v Speaker 1>trucks at that point. So that's ultimately that what started

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<v Speaker 1>the truck giveaway idea. So then we'll go to your Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so it says your Sunday Morning with God videos are

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<v Speaker 1>so good that it helps me and people, that it

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<v Speaker 1>helps people and it helps me get through my days.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much for saying that. And let me

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<v Speaker 1>say we're gonna I'm thinking about getting a Rise with

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<v Speaker 1>Amber into a podcast form so that people that listen

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<v Speaker 1>to or watch it on YouTube. It only exists on

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<v Speaker 1>the Smith's YouTube channel every Sunday Morning, but I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about pushing her to I already bought her a microphone

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<v Speaker 1>like this, and I bought her some recording gear, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to push her to move it into podcast form. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>we're thinking about doing that when the house is built,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's probably three three or four months maybe, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have a place set up in the house, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>pushing me to do that. And speaking of going out

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<v Speaker 1>of your comfort zone, like we were talking about in

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning, that is really out of my comfort zone

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<v Speaker 1>the Erise videos because I always feel a small sense

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<v Speaker 1>of unworthiness, Like you know, you've even said that on

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<v Speaker 1>your podcast about answering these questions, that you just don't

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<v Speaker 1>feel worthy to be telling this to people. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>all about just stepping out in faith and just obeying

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<v Speaker 1>and saying yes to what God is calling you to do.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you for saying that, because that makes me

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<v Speaker 1>feel better about Sunday mornings. How do your kids feel

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<v Speaker 1>about God? So our kids have grown up knowing God

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<v Speaker 1>and knowing Jesus and they attend a Christian school now

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<v Speaker 1>and they love God, they love Jesus. They but they

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they have so many questions about about God

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<v Speaker 1>and Heaven. And you know, Lincoln wanted to be Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>for Halloween. And London writes her scriptures out, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>She'll she came home and at school they had to

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<v Speaker 1>memorize scriptures every week, and she came home and wrote,

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<v Speaker 1>like all of them out. They they just have they

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<v Speaker 1>have a good positive outlook on God and Jesus in heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I just hope that we can still plant

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<v Speaker 1>the seeds and continue to grow them in that way

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<v Speaker 1>we could learn from them. Yeah, for sure, they say

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<v Speaker 1>things and I'm like, dang it, it's having faith like

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<v Speaker 1>a child. So moving on to this next question from Simon,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really ironic. I literally just hit the next one.

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<v Speaker 1>It says, Hey, it's Simon. I was wondering if you

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<v Speaker 1>can get a amber to put her arise at the

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<v Speaker 1>Amber on podcast platforms. Okay, perfect, I mean that's the sun.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at that boom. Simon says, oh gosh, oh urgent?

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<v Speaker 1>Should we get it? Let's see, do we have time

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<v Speaker 1>for an urgent one? Let me not do an urgent

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<v Speaker 1>and the subject line literally says urgent please read. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>do that, but let's go to my light folder. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>because we have to take a break in a minute. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to take a break in a minute, so

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<v Speaker 1>let's go to a light one. It says River and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why I put it in my light folder.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll find out. This question is from Sam from Chattanooga.

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<v Speaker 1>What's up? Sam? Shout out to Tennessee in Chattanooga and

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia wherever you are. Question for future podcast. It says,

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<v Speaker 1>my longtime girlfriend introduced me to the Smith shortly after

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<v Speaker 1>Rivers passing. Ever since, we have watched every single episode

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<v Speaker 1>you have put up on the Smiths channel and now

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<v Speaker 1>I've been following everything you and lunkers do on my

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<v Speaker 1>on my question. In a previous podcast, you talked about

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<v Speaker 1>how you're always concealing concealed carrying. I would like to

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<v Speaker 1>know what your usual carry gun is. He's saying, holstrew knife,

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<v Speaker 1>everything you have on you. Thanks for all you doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot wait to see Earl's truck finished. Me too, buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for the question, Sam. I typically click carry glock

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<v Speaker 1>forty three, also occasionally carry at glock forty two. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's the difference between having that if I want that

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<v Speaker 1>nine millimeter or the three eighty and I always have

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<v Speaker 1>a glock seventeen around me, but not youually in my

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<v Speaker 1>pockets because that's a little too big. Always carry a

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<v Speaker 1>kersh All knife of some form. This one is great.

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<v Speaker 1>Caleb got me this one because it also has this

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<v Speaker 1>kersh All knife has some screwdriver attachments to it, which

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<v Speaker 1>is great because you're you know, I never know what

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I would have bought you that. It has

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<v Speaker 1>a little deer sausage on it and I still need

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<v Speaker 1>to clean sometimes I use it to eat with. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that the one that we cut when we were your

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<v Speaker 1>truck broke down. That sausage. Yeah, it's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>times I've cut that sausage. So the holster it's right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in my truck outside this bus. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know I got it on Amazon, I believe, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>leather and it's the kind with the clip that goes

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<v Speaker 1>inside your pants with the clip, and I just really

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<v Speaker 1>like that style. And I don't know the name. Sorry, Sam,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know the name of that polster. What else

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<v Speaker 1>did you say anything? I Carrie an iPhone and my wallet,

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<v Speaker 1>AYEE wallet right here, So Carrie A this is the

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<v Speaker 1>the long, the long version of the EEE leather wallet.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been the first time something about that. I

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.360
<v Speaker 1>have tried to get this man a wallet for ten years.

0:25:21.640 --> 0:25:24.000
<v Speaker 1>Ten years. You know what he used to carry his

0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:26.199
<v Speaker 1>money in. One of those little office clips that you like,

0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:29.199
<v Speaker 1>Ben the silver back with the black little clippy. That's

0:25:29.200 --> 0:25:30.480
<v Speaker 1>what he used to carry his money and his credit

0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:32.080
<v Speaker 1>cards in. And I always try to get him something

0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:34.639
<v Speaker 1>small or cool or leather. First one he got was

0:25:34.640 --> 0:25:37.320
<v Speaker 1>finally ten years later, and it's EE wallet. Yep. So

0:25:37.680 --> 0:25:41.320
<v Speaker 1>good shout out once again, Sam, thanks for the question Chattanooga.

0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:44.960
<v Speaker 1>That question came in September, so it's that's been on

0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:48.240
<v Speaker 1>the list for me to answer. Student. We have time

0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:51.280
<v Speaker 1>for one, Yeah, one time for one more light one.

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<v Speaker 1>This comes from Rita from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It says, hey, Granger,

0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:58.960
<v Speaker 1>you haven't shown much about your bees lately. Are they

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<v Speaker 1>doing okay? And you get a second hive going again.

0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:10.000
<v Speaker 1>So that question came in September as well. Sad day. Yeah,

0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:12.720
<v Speaker 1>we lost our hives. Yeah, we lost both of them.

0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:16.360
<v Speaker 1>We lost them to wax moths, which you know, we're

0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:20.720
<v Speaker 1>still learning in our beekeeping hobby. And I knew nothing

0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:22.760
<v Speaker 1>about wax moths. And if I would have read, we

0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:25.160
<v Speaker 1>would have known that they can take over a hive

0:26:25.280 --> 0:26:26.919
<v Speaker 1>in just a day or two if you don't go

0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:28.719
<v Speaker 1>out there and check. And so they just he went

0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:30.840
<v Speaker 1>out there one day to film and they were just infested.

0:26:31.240 --> 0:26:35.480
<v Speaker 1>So for anybody that's listening that doesn't know anything about

0:26:35.480 --> 0:26:40.920
<v Speaker 1>what we're talking about, we started bee keeping about three

0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:44.080
<v Speaker 1>four about four years ago. That the years, like the

0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:47.320
<v Speaker 1>last two years just flew by, so I can't even remember,

0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:49.120
<v Speaker 1>but I want to say three or four years ago

0:26:49.160 --> 0:26:52.479
<v Speaker 1>we started beekeeping. It's a great hobby. We loved it.

0:26:52.520 --> 0:26:56.320
<v Speaker 1>We had two really good honey harvest. The second one

0:26:56.400 --> 0:26:59.240
<v Speaker 1>was outstanding. Yeah, we still have so much honey from that.

0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:05.280
<v Speaker 1>And then after riv we moved from that house and

0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:09.480
<v Speaker 1>I moved the hives. That was the beginning of the end,

0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 1>really is when I moved those hives. Because they moving

0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:17.919
<v Speaker 1>them in the middle of the summer, which in Texas,

0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:19.960
<v Speaker 1>right in the middle of the summer, we stopped getting

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:24.120
<v Speaker 1>a lot of flowering plants, so I was feeding them

0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:28.280
<v Speaker 1>sugar water. They weren't doing great. We ended up losing

0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:30.240
<v Speaker 1>a hive there at the old house. And then when

0:27:30.240 --> 0:27:32.720
<v Speaker 1>we moved to where we are now at the farm,

0:27:34.160 --> 0:27:37.800
<v Speaker 1>we only brought one hive alive and then they got

0:27:37.880 --> 0:27:40.720
<v Speaker 1>hit by wax moths and they were actually doing great. Yeah,

0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.080
<v Speaker 1>And so they got hit by wax moths and they

0:27:43.119 --> 0:27:45.760
<v Speaker 1>infested them, and I thought they were doing great, But

0:27:45.800 --> 0:27:48.240
<v Speaker 1>I think they must have they must have been going

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:50.160
<v Speaker 1>through a little bit of a strain through that move.

0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:55.200
<v Speaker 1>So in the spring, probably March, I'm going to get

0:27:55.240 --> 0:27:59.439
<v Speaker 1>two new hives. And I love the location where they

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:01.120
<v Speaker 1>are now where I'm going to put them, so I'll

0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:03.240
<v Speaker 1>get the two new nukes I'll get a queen and

0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:07.840
<v Speaker 1>her little girls and we will put them to work

0:28:07.880 --> 0:28:10.120
<v Speaker 1>here on this farm. And I know a lot more

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:13.639
<v Speaker 1>now going through you know, this would be my fourth

0:28:13.680 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 1>or fifth season, I know a lot more. I think

0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:19.600
<v Speaker 1>I'll be better with them, and I'm excited about that.

0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:23.000
<v Speaker 1>So good question. Let me take a quick break. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>Back to the podcast. Do you want to get into

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:28.480
<v Speaker 1>this urgent? Please read Yes, this person would like to

0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:33.480
<v Speaker 1>stay anonymous. It says, even though they say their name

0:32:33.600 --> 0:32:37.480
<v Speaker 1>and they're from this town. Okay, but I just want

0:32:37.720 --> 0:32:40.600
<v Speaker 1>in respect to them, I won't say anything. It says,

0:32:40.600 --> 0:32:43.400
<v Speaker 1>I've been struggling with my life lately. So my fiance

0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:45.160
<v Speaker 1>and I have been together about two years now. We

0:32:45.200 --> 0:32:48.360
<v Speaker 1>have a beautiful baby boy together about ten and a

0:32:48.400 --> 0:32:50.959
<v Speaker 1>half months old, and I recently made a mistake of

0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:54.920
<v Speaker 1>reaching out to some high school female friends and gave

0:32:54.960 --> 0:32:57.480
<v Speaker 1>them a life update, just to hi, how are you

0:32:57.560 --> 0:33:00.520
<v Speaker 1>kind of thing. There was nothing meant it for me

0:33:00.680 --> 0:33:02.600
<v Speaker 1>to be wanting to cheat him my fiance, which I

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<v Speaker 1>would never do, and now we're in a hard spot

0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:07.479
<v Speaker 1>in a relationship. She gets the feeling I'm not in

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:10.840
<v Speaker 1>love and that I don't want to be with her.

0:33:11.080 --> 0:33:13.320
<v Speaker 1>She is my everything and I can't lose her. Yes,

0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:15.760
<v Speaker 1>I know I screwed up. What do I do? This

0:33:15.840 --> 0:33:18.560
<v Speaker 1>is killing me? She said that I've been a different

0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:21.800
<v Speaker 1>person lately, which was an eye opener for me. I

0:33:21.800 --> 0:33:23.880
<v Speaker 1>can say that this pandemic has made me a bit

0:33:23.920 --> 0:33:28.720
<v Speaker 1>of a different person. I was raised as a Christian man,

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<v Speaker 1>but I fell off the edge and I can't join

0:33:30.800 --> 0:33:34.880
<v Speaker 1>a church due to my work schedule. Please help. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope to hear from you and Amber on a podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Smith family. Yee freaking yee. Thanks

0:33:42.520 --> 0:33:44.880
<v Speaker 1>for the email. Yes, thank you. Here you go. You

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<v Speaker 1>got what you wanted. You got me and Amber both

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:53.160
<v Speaker 1>on your We are focused on your mission right now, buddy.

0:33:53.240 --> 0:33:57.240
<v Speaker 1>So this is multi layer here. You guys have a

0:33:57.240 --> 0:34:02.080
<v Speaker 1>beautiful baby boy together. I guess without knowing the extent

0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:04.640
<v Speaker 1>of the reaching out and knowing what was said or

0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:07.719
<v Speaker 1>how your I think you said fiance's fiance, and what

0:34:07.760 --> 0:34:10.680
<v Speaker 1>your fans say saw or didn't see, or how she

0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:12.440
<v Speaker 1>feels about what was said. That's hard for me to

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:15.000
<v Speaker 1>answer because I don't really know what the initial reaching

0:34:15.040 --> 0:34:18.600
<v Speaker 1>out was. If it was just a hey, here's our baby,

0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:20.439
<v Speaker 1>you know, I just want to see how you're doing.

0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:23.359
<v Speaker 1>I would like to think that that would be something

0:34:23.400 --> 0:34:26.200
<v Speaker 1>that you guys could work through, but I don't know

0:34:26.239 --> 0:34:29.560
<v Speaker 1>the depth. Yeah, so just all we could go by

0:34:29.640 --> 0:34:32.200
<v Speaker 1>is what you said. So if we go by exactly

0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:36.200
<v Speaker 1>what you said, which is we're in a hard spot

0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:38.600
<v Speaker 1>in a relationship, she gets the feeling I'm not in love,

0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:42.239
<v Speaker 1>but she's my everything and I can't lose her. If

0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:45.359
<v Speaker 1>we're going just by that, then I would say I'd

0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:47.919
<v Speaker 1>come up and I'd say, Babe, are we going to talk?

0:34:48.760 --> 0:34:52.399
<v Speaker 1>Sit her down? Delete Facebook if that's what you need

0:34:52.440 --> 0:34:58.360
<v Speaker 1>to be doing, and convince her with all the truth

0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 1>and integrity in your heart that that you can't lose her,

0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:05.759
<v Speaker 1>that you're there for her, and that you would like

0:35:05.800 --> 0:35:08.360
<v Speaker 1>to marry her. I think that that needs to happen.

0:35:08.719 --> 0:35:13.080
<v Speaker 1>You guys, got a little boy, your love And I

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<v Speaker 1>think part of this could be stemming from the fact

0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:20.640
<v Speaker 1>that you're you're not married, and she's she needs you

0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:25.160
<v Speaker 1>to have that kind of commitment, to prove to not

0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:28.120
<v Speaker 1>only just to her in a closed room, but to

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:29.960
<v Speaker 1>the world and to your family and to all your

0:35:30.040 --> 0:35:34.440
<v Speaker 1>friends and your baby. And you're on your Facebook status

0:35:35.239 --> 0:35:38.840
<v Speaker 1>that you are now married to her, a lifetime commitment

0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:41.680
<v Speaker 1>to her. I think that that I think she needs that,

0:35:42.080 --> 0:35:44.240
<v Speaker 1>and I think if I'm just going by what you say,

0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:47.320
<v Speaker 1>then that's your next step. Is you sit down and

0:35:47.320 --> 0:35:49.600
<v Speaker 1>you say, Babe, I want to I want to prove

0:35:49.640 --> 0:35:51.839
<v Speaker 1>to do I know that I've I've been a different person.

0:35:51.880 --> 0:35:54.920
<v Speaker 1>I've been stressed at work, I've been this pandemics has

0:35:54.920 --> 0:36:00.120
<v Speaker 1>got me sideways. I'm sorry for what appeared to be

0:36:00.040 --> 0:36:03.920
<v Speaker 1>me unhappy and reaching out to friends on Facebook. But

0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:07.799
<v Speaker 1>I want to change everything. I want to convince you

0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:09.799
<v Speaker 1>that I'm in love with you and I can't lose you.

0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:11.960
<v Speaker 1>Say what I don't even know if you've said to

0:36:12.000 --> 0:36:15.000
<v Speaker 1>her what you've said to me, which is which is weird, right,

0:36:15.520 --> 0:36:20.239
<v Speaker 1>Maybe you have, but follow that up with I want

0:36:20.280 --> 0:36:24.440
<v Speaker 1>to get married. Let's pick a date, not just you

0:36:24.480 --> 0:36:28.600
<v Speaker 1>know you are fiance is right, So yes, that's so

0:36:29.280 --> 0:36:32.160
<v Speaker 1>pick a date. Let's let's let's go. I want to

0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:35.560
<v Speaker 1>go on next Saturday. I want to go to the courthouse.

0:36:36.040 --> 0:36:38.319
<v Speaker 1>And I don't want to lock this down because maybe

0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:43.319
<v Speaker 1>we've been waiting on the world to clear up or

0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:47.080
<v Speaker 1>the perfect wedding, turn all that into a big reception.

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<v Speaker 1>Just see what she says, it's just about you two. Really,

0:36:50.080 --> 0:36:51.440
<v Speaker 1>it's about you two and your love for each other.

0:36:51.440 --> 0:36:54.359
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't have to be some extravagant thing. And then

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 1>it says here that this whole pandemic has kind of

0:36:57.000 --> 0:36:59.600
<v Speaker 1>made you fall off the edge and you can't join

0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:01.520
<v Speaker 1>a church do to your work schedule. I think this

0:37:01.560 --> 0:37:04.000
<v Speaker 1>whole pandemic has kind of made everybody fall off the

0:37:04.080 --> 0:37:05.760
<v Speaker 1>edge a little bit. And the fact that you realize

0:37:05.800 --> 0:37:09.440
<v Speaker 1>that is the first step. So just try to refocus,

0:37:09.480 --> 0:37:14.000
<v Speaker 1>refocus your energy on her and your baby. And lots

0:37:14.000 --> 0:37:15.800
<v Speaker 1>of people can't go to church because of their schedule.

0:37:15.880 --> 0:37:17.799
<v Speaker 1>But the good thing about this pandemic is there are

0:37:17.880 --> 0:37:21.040
<v Speaker 1>churches online. You can log in on your phone, on

0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:23.040
<v Speaker 1>your computer. You can log in anytime of day, twenty

0:37:23.080 --> 0:37:24.719
<v Speaker 1>four hours a day. You can listen to sermons, you

0:37:24.719 --> 0:37:27.520
<v Speaker 1>can listen to podcasts, and you can read books, you

0:37:27.520 --> 0:37:29.719
<v Speaker 1>can listen to audible that can bring you closer to God.

0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:32.040
<v Speaker 1>And you can do that from anywhere, anytime. Think about

0:37:32.080 --> 0:37:34.759
<v Speaker 1>it this way. You know, we've all heard the term

0:37:34.880 --> 0:37:39.200
<v Speaker 1>that to tithe our money, which is the definition of

0:37:39.239 --> 0:37:44.200
<v Speaker 1>tithing is ten percent of your money. But that being said,

0:37:45.040 --> 0:37:47.880
<v Speaker 1>have you ever thought about how you could tithe your time?

0:37:49.040 --> 0:37:53.200
<v Speaker 1>And that's kind of a new thing to me. I

0:37:53.680 --> 0:37:56.520
<v Speaker 1>heard that from Billy Graham, and I told you that

0:37:56.600 --> 0:38:00.879
<v Speaker 1>the other day. So I would say to this anonymous rider,

0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:05.840
<v Speaker 1>are you tithing your time? Are you giving ten percent

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:08.920
<v Speaker 1>of your time? Which is, you know, technically two hours

0:38:08.920 --> 0:38:11.960
<v Speaker 1>and forty minutes? Are you giving two hours and forty

0:38:12.000 --> 0:38:14.640
<v Speaker 1>minutes out of your day? That's correct math, isn't it?

0:38:14.719 --> 0:38:17.680
<v Speaker 1>I think? So? Yeah, yeah, that's what you asked the

0:38:17.840 --> 0:38:24.680
<v Speaker 1>other night. So I mean that if your work schedule

0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:29.080
<v Speaker 1>doesn't allow you to give two hours and forty minutes

0:38:30.000 --> 0:38:34.120
<v Speaker 1>every day, then then it might be time to rethink

0:38:34.160 --> 0:38:37.799
<v Speaker 1>the job as well. And that's going that's going far,

0:38:38.080 --> 0:38:43.440
<v Speaker 1>considering this world is extremely jobless right now. I heard

0:38:43.440 --> 0:38:46.880
<v Speaker 1>a statistic is actually today that said that most on average,

0:38:46.880 --> 0:38:48.799
<v Speaker 1>which is that that's you know, probably above a lot

0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:50.840
<v Speaker 1>of other people. On average, people spend ten minutes a

0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.480
<v Speaker 1>day with God, but they watch TV for four hours.

0:38:53.640 --> 0:38:57.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah that's your average. Sure, So if you you know,

0:38:57.080 --> 0:38:59.000
<v Speaker 1>if it's five minutes here, five minutes there, just keep

0:38:59.000 --> 0:39:02.200
<v Speaker 1>fitting in time for God and the Word in prayer

0:39:02.360 --> 0:39:05.440
<v Speaker 1>and your relationship too, and keep tuning into this podcast.

0:39:05.560 --> 0:39:07.919
<v Speaker 1>You need to listen to this podcast once a week.

0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:11.880
<v Speaker 1>It's important you do. You stop this podcast and go pray. Okay,

0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:16.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Okay, all right, buddy, thank you.

0:39:16.520 --> 0:39:20.799
<v Speaker 1>I'll keep you anonymous, but I hope that helps right

0:39:20.880 --> 0:39:27.480
<v Speaker 1>back in to me if it does. Here's one I'm

0:39:27.560 --> 0:39:31.160
<v Speaker 1>kind of going down the list here. It says, Hey,

0:39:31.160 --> 0:39:33.600
<v Speaker 1>my name is Mikey. I'm eighteen years old and I

0:39:33.719 --> 0:39:36.560
<v Speaker 1>plan on building a house for me and my girlfriend

0:39:36.560 --> 0:39:39.000
<v Speaker 1>one day. I wanted to ask for tips on how

0:39:39.040 --> 0:39:42.520
<v Speaker 1>to do that. Watching Building our Dream Farmhouse has really

0:39:42.520 --> 0:39:45.760
<v Speaker 1>inspired me to do it. Thank you, Mikey, thanks for writing.

0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:51.400
<v Speaker 1>We have been doing this series on YouTube to everyone

0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:54.279
<v Speaker 1>that doesn't know what he's talking about, called Building our

0:39:54.360 --> 0:39:59.160
<v Speaker 1>Dream Farmhouse, and it just kind of documenting the build,

0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:02.600
<v Speaker 1>just like we're doing documenting the restoring Earl Bibbles Old

0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:06.319
<v Speaker 1>Truck on YouTube as well. What do you say to

0:40:06.320 --> 0:40:11.120
<v Speaker 1>Mikey's eighteen that's high aspirations to be eighteen? That is, Mikey,

0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:13.759
<v Speaker 1>good for you. We are just building our first house

0:40:13.800 --> 0:40:18.239
<v Speaker 1>at forty Yeah, so dream big. That's amazing. If you

0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:21.680
<v Speaker 1>want to start doing that, just find a builder. I mean,

0:40:21.719 --> 0:40:23.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't even know it says it says your girlfriend.

0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:28.080
<v Speaker 1>Is this a girlfriend? Are you guys gonna plan on

0:40:28.120 --> 0:40:31.200
<v Speaker 1>getting married? Or where are y'all on that front? We

0:40:31.200 --> 0:40:33.799
<v Speaker 1>don't know, so I can't answer that. But I also

0:40:33.960 --> 0:40:37.560
<v Speaker 1>want to say, you're eighteen, Yeah, you know that's so

0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.879
<v Speaker 1>young to be focusing on that right now. Yeah, it's

0:40:40.880 --> 0:40:44.239
<v Speaker 1>hard to not just shoot this down because when I

0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:47.239
<v Speaker 1>was eighteen, I had, you know, big plans also, and

0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:49.759
<v Speaker 1>it's amazing that you do, and it's really cool to

0:40:49.760 --> 0:40:54.040
<v Speaker 1>you're thinking like that. So you're saying, I plan on

0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:57.799
<v Speaker 1>building a house for me and my girlfriend one day,

0:40:57.800 --> 0:41:00.920
<v Speaker 1>and I was wondering what kind of tips you have

0:41:01.000 --> 0:41:04.160
<v Speaker 1>to do that? So, okay, I could help you with that.

0:41:05.440 --> 0:41:06.880
<v Speaker 1>Put out of your mind that you're going to do it.

0:41:06.920 --> 0:41:08.839
<v Speaker 1>This year or next year or the year after that.

0:41:08.920 --> 0:41:12.759
<v Speaker 1>Put that out of your mind and do a couple

0:41:12.800 --> 0:41:17.120
<v Speaker 1>of things. One, focus on your girlfriend, see if see

0:41:17.120 --> 0:41:21.400
<v Speaker 1>if she's the one. I mean everyone listening is kind

0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:23.680
<v Speaker 1>of holding the breath thinking, I mean, it would really

0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 1>suck to build a house for a girl that then

0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:28.319
<v Speaker 1>you break up with in six months, and when you're

0:41:28.360 --> 0:41:33.640
<v Speaker 1>eighteen that happens. You're you're like one argument away from

0:41:33.680 --> 0:41:36.160
<v Speaker 1>a breakup, and you don't want to do that in

0:41:36.200 --> 0:41:39.920
<v Speaker 1>the middle of a home build That's that is a mess.

0:41:40.160 --> 0:41:45.359
<v Speaker 1>So uh, keep your keep keep your research going with her,

0:41:45.520 --> 0:41:47.920
<v Speaker 1>see if she's going to be awesome. And then at

0:41:47.920 --> 0:41:53.600
<v Speaker 1>the same time, look at real estate online, get some apps,

0:41:53.960 --> 0:41:56.880
<v Speaker 1>look at some land, look at little lots, look at

0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.600
<v Speaker 1>big lots, whatever, whatever. I don't know what you could afford,

0:41:59.640 --> 0:42:02.799
<v Speaker 1>but look at different neighborhoods, kind of see styles of

0:42:02.840 --> 0:42:05.800
<v Speaker 1>homes like I like brick, I like wood, I like sighting,

0:42:05.880 --> 0:42:10.880
<v Speaker 1>I like rock, I like mobile home whatever. See what

0:42:10.920 --> 0:42:12.480
<v Speaker 1>your style is and what you can afford and what

0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:14.640
<v Speaker 1>you like and what kind of land do you like

0:42:14.680 --> 0:42:18.920
<v Speaker 1>a neighborhood? Do you like a condo in downtown? Do

0:42:18.960 --> 0:42:21.400
<v Speaker 1>you like a farmhouse? Way out in the middle of nowhere.

0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:25.839
<v Speaker 1>These are things to go and research and talk about.

0:42:26.120 --> 0:42:28.640
<v Speaker 1>Look at right, yeah, look at builders and see what

0:42:28.719 --> 0:42:30.640
<v Speaker 1>kind of styles you like. You can start a Pinterest board.

0:42:31.080 --> 0:42:33.560
<v Speaker 1>You and her could each start, like we have pictures

0:42:33.560 --> 0:42:35.200
<v Speaker 1>that we share with each other for our styles that

0:42:35.239 --> 0:42:37.680
<v Speaker 1>we like. And then somewhere down the road if it leads.

0:42:37.719 --> 0:42:39.279
<v Speaker 1>If it leads that way and you guys end up

0:42:39.280 --> 0:42:42.480
<v Speaker 1>getting married or something, then go build your dream house. Yeah.

0:42:42.760 --> 0:42:46.240
<v Speaker 1>If you're just super entrepreneur, then you could actually build

0:42:46.239 --> 0:42:49.600
<v Speaker 1>houses to start putting renters in them if you if

0:42:49.640 --> 0:42:52.000
<v Speaker 1>that's something you could, you could look at putting renters

0:42:52.000 --> 0:42:55.200
<v Speaker 1>in and then flipping it or living in it later.

0:42:56.520 --> 0:42:58.839
<v Speaker 1>So there's a lot of options. It's cool that you're

0:42:58.880 --> 0:43:02.239
<v Speaker 1>thinking big like that, and I think now's the time

0:43:02.280 --> 0:43:05.520
<v Speaker 1>at eighteen to just soak it all in and kind

0:43:05.520 --> 0:43:10.200
<v Speaker 1>of dial in what you want out of life. Thanks Mikey.

0:43:10.280 --> 0:43:16.960
<v Speaker 1>Hope that helped Mikey. Question is from Lee from Ohio

0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:20.359
<v Speaker 1>Shout out to Ohio. He says, I have a few questions. Really,

0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:22.400
<v Speaker 1>when is it a good time to call it quits

0:43:22.440 --> 0:43:26.160
<v Speaker 1>with the marriage? Uh? Oh, I have religious beliefs. She

0:43:26.320 --> 0:43:31.279
<v Speaker 1>does not. She had an affair, and when she said

0:43:31.280 --> 0:43:34.120
<v Speaker 1>she was done with that affair, I sometimes still see

0:43:34.160 --> 0:43:37.279
<v Speaker 1>her with the person from the affair. You don't have

0:43:37.360 --> 0:43:40.279
<v Speaker 1>to speak of this on the air or on your podcast,

0:43:40.320 --> 0:43:43.759
<v Speaker 1>and I'm kind of already doing it. I really need

0:43:43.840 --> 0:43:47.680
<v Speaker 1>someone to talk about with this subject where when those

0:43:47.719 --> 0:43:50.719
<v Speaker 1>type of questions. God bless you in advance, love your podcast,

0:43:50.800 --> 0:43:58.280
<v Speaker 1>looking forward to hearing from you soon. Oh man, Lee, Lee, dude,

0:43:58.800 --> 0:44:01.920
<v Speaker 1>sometimes you still on these questions and I'm not expecting

0:44:02.320 --> 0:44:05.240
<v Speaker 1>to hear what my mouth is saying. Well, I think

0:44:05.440 --> 0:44:08.239
<v Speaker 1>you answered something like this on one of your other

0:44:08.280 --> 0:44:11.000
<v Speaker 1>podcasts and you answered it beautifully. I wish you could

0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:13.560
<v Speaker 1>just replay exactly what she said. It was kind of

0:44:14.239 --> 0:44:17.839
<v Speaker 1>thing twice, so it's kind of an ultimatum. It just said,

0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:20.680
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you love her, if you love her,

0:44:21.520 --> 0:44:23.880
<v Speaker 1>you sit down, you talk with her, you guys, but

0:44:24.000 --> 0:44:26.719
<v Speaker 1>you have to she has to want it back, you know.

0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:29.479
<v Speaker 1>It takes two and she has to want to try

0:44:29.520 --> 0:44:33.279
<v Speaker 1>to change, maybe go to therapy, maybe stop seeing this

0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:35.719
<v Speaker 1>other person that that she's still seeing, because obviously that's

0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:38.880
<v Speaker 1>hurting you. So I wish I could play what you

0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:41.440
<v Speaker 1>said because it was just perfect. That's might've been what

0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:44.840
<v Speaker 1>I said that, then I would say this, now, okay,

0:44:45.000 --> 0:44:51.520
<v Speaker 1>here we go. It's time, buddy, it's time to leave. Okay,

0:44:51.600 --> 0:44:55.880
<v Speaker 1>let me let me counteract. So go. When you don't

0:44:55.880 --> 0:44:58.000
<v Speaker 1>have the same religious beliefs in a marriage, that's hard

0:44:58.560 --> 0:45:01.120
<v Speaker 1>because you're never going to really be on the same page.

0:45:01.400 --> 0:45:03.520
<v Speaker 1>And then if you have children, they're not going to

0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:05.799
<v Speaker 1>be on the same page raising them in that way.

0:45:06.239 --> 0:45:09.200
<v Speaker 1>But also, let me say I have had friends who

0:45:09.360 --> 0:45:14.520
<v Speaker 1>have made mistakes and stepped out in their marriage and

0:45:14.800 --> 0:45:17.839
<v Speaker 1>have come back together through God though with God, with

0:45:17.920 --> 0:45:23.239
<v Speaker 1>Jesus and with forgiveness, and their marriage is strong, stronger now.

0:45:23.320 --> 0:45:26.239
<v Speaker 1>So saying that though, if you don't have the same

0:45:26.239 --> 0:45:28.239
<v Speaker 1>religious beliefs, I don't know that that could work in

0:45:28.280 --> 0:45:31.040
<v Speaker 1>your case. It's so hard to just read a question

0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:35.040
<v Speaker 1>static here on my phone and not know anything more

0:45:35.080 --> 0:45:38.240
<v Speaker 1>than what this person has written on any of these questions.

0:45:38.760 --> 0:45:43.319
<v Speaker 1>And so when it says I have religious beliefs, she

0:45:43.360 --> 0:45:46.879
<v Speaker 1>does not. She had an affair, I didn't. She said

0:45:46.920 --> 0:45:49.200
<v Speaker 1>she's done with it. Sometimes I see her still with

0:45:49.280 --> 0:45:53.200
<v Speaker 1>that person from the affair. When I see that, I'm

0:45:53.239 --> 0:45:56.920
<v Speaker 1>just like, well, that's pretty much strike three. Yeah, you know,

0:45:57.040 --> 0:46:02.440
<v Speaker 1>I mean what else you could go, well and have

0:46:02.560 --> 0:46:06.600
<v Speaker 1>this ultimatum with her, but it sounds like you've already

0:46:06.640 --> 0:46:10.040
<v Speaker 1>done that. It sounds like you guys have had multiple

0:46:10.080 --> 0:46:15.239
<v Speaker 1>conversations because you said that, she said she's done with it.

0:46:16.960 --> 0:46:19.600
<v Speaker 1>But I don't feel from your words any kind of

0:46:20.040 --> 0:46:26.600
<v Speaker 1>remorse from her or or true repentance towards you, your

0:46:26.640 --> 0:46:33.239
<v Speaker 1>relationship and you. You are not a perfect person. And

0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:35.520
<v Speaker 1>the reason I say that is because I'm not an

0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:41.960
<v Speaker 1>Amber's not and no one is so. But it sounds

0:46:42.000 --> 0:46:45.320
<v Speaker 1>like it's time. It's time to have the hard conversation.

0:46:45.440 --> 0:46:49.480
<v Speaker 1>And maybe you say, hey, and this this email came

0:46:49.560 --> 0:46:56.080
<v Speaker 1>in November twenty fourth, so maybe you say, I don't know,

0:46:56.120 --> 0:46:57.360
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you're going to hear this in

0:46:57.400 --> 0:47:00.120
<v Speaker 1>time leave, But maybe you say, hey, in twenty twenty

0:47:00.160 --> 0:47:07.000
<v Speaker 1>one Valentine's Day, I'm just throwing that out there. Yeah,

0:47:07.280 --> 0:47:10.839
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go. I'm gonna file for divorce. And I

0:47:10.920 --> 0:47:15.120
<v Speaker 1>don't want to. I desperately don't want to. My heart

0:47:15.160 --> 0:47:19.120
<v Speaker 1>doesn't want to, but my brain tells me this is

0:47:19.120 --> 0:47:22.040
<v Speaker 1>a pattern and you don't really want to be here.

0:47:22.400 --> 0:47:25.120
<v Speaker 1>The proof you're still hanging with the guy from the

0:47:25.160 --> 0:47:27.880
<v Speaker 1>affair like, yeah, that's the biggest thing in this email

0:47:27.920 --> 0:47:30.120
<v Speaker 1>for me is you're still she's still hanging out with

0:47:30.160 --> 0:47:34.960
<v Speaker 1>the dude, and that that should be that should have

0:47:35.000 --> 0:47:37.880
<v Speaker 1>been long been gone, that should have been. I'm so sorry.

0:47:37.880 --> 0:47:41.480
<v Speaker 1>I messed up. Everybody makes mistakes, but done done. I

0:47:41.520 --> 0:47:43.560
<v Speaker 1>love you. I want to be with you. Yeah, so

0:47:43.680 --> 0:47:45.719
<v Speaker 1>I want to work on this. I would put it

0:47:45.760 --> 0:47:49.279
<v Speaker 1>like either a January first or a February fourteenth, Like

0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:52.920
<v Speaker 1>just trying to pick big days you know easily remember,

0:47:53.280 --> 0:47:58.080
<v Speaker 1>rememberable days, memorable days, and just say, hey, I'm out.

0:47:58.160 --> 0:48:03.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm out at this date unless unless I feel a

0:48:03.960 --> 0:48:07.440
<v Speaker 1>total turnaround from you, and she might, she might look

0:48:07.480 --> 0:48:08.759
<v Speaker 1>at you and the look at you in the eye

0:48:08.800 --> 0:48:14.440
<v Speaker 1>and just say okay, okay. Yeah. But if she does agree,

0:48:15.120 --> 0:48:16.640
<v Speaker 1>you have to know going in that it's going to

0:48:16.680 --> 0:48:19.040
<v Speaker 1>be work. It's going to be hard because you're you're

0:48:19.360 --> 0:48:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you may be able to forgive, but you won't forget.

0:48:22.160 --> 0:48:23.840
<v Speaker 1>So you have to know going in. Look, if she

0:48:23.960 --> 0:48:25.480
<v Speaker 1>tells me she wants to be with me, she wants

0:48:25.480 --> 0:48:27.000
<v Speaker 1>to work this out with me, we're going to be good.

0:48:27.560 --> 0:48:30.120
<v Speaker 1>You're gonna have to let it go. It's not something

0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:31.600
<v Speaker 1>that you could bring up in a fight. You know,

0:48:31.600 --> 0:48:33.640
<v Speaker 1>if you'll get in a fight and that's that's tough,

0:48:33.920 --> 0:48:41.160
<v Speaker 1>that's hard. Yeah, for sure, I'm sorry, let us know, yeah,

0:48:41.239 --> 0:48:44.840
<v Speaker 1>right back, right back. But I am a firm believer

0:48:44.880 --> 0:48:47.200
<v Speaker 1>that things can be restored. But it takes two people

0:48:47.800 --> 0:48:52.960
<v Speaker 1>that really want it. Yeah, is that a funny one

0:48:53.120 --> 0:48:55.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm jumping into. I'm gonna jump into a light one.

0:48:55.719 --> 0:48:58.960
<v Speaker 1>We need a light one. This one came today at

0:48:58.960 --> 0:49:02.759
<v Speaker 1>eight o'clock this morning, switching it up. It says good

0:49:02.800 --> 0:49:05.759
<v Speaker 1>morning and Merry Christmas. I recently came across your podcast

0:49:05.920 --> 0:49:10.359
<v Speaker 1>and the Smith Family vlog. I have grown to really

0:49:10.360 --> 0:49:12.719
<v Speaker 1>love your family. My question is, if we want to

0:49:12.760 --> 0:49:15.239
<v Speaker 1>support our favorite artist, what is the best way we

0:49:15.280 --> 0:49:18.400
<v Speaker 1>could do that by CDs stream through a streaming service.

0:49:18.600 --> 0:49:23.399
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Shannon, Shannon God bless you for caring enough

0:49:23.440 --> 0:49:26.120
<v Speaker 1>to ask a question like that, And I speak for

0:49:26.200 --> 0:49:29.120
<v Speaker 1>all the musicians and artists of the world that are

0:49:29.760 --> 0:49:34.440
<v Speaker 1>struggling during a pandemic. We thank you for wanting to

0:49:34.480 --> 0:49:38.520
<v Speaker 1>take the extra step because not many people care. I think.

0:49:39.280 --> 0:49:43.880
<v Speaker 1>But it's a great question, very misunderstood question, multi layered question,

0:49:45.960 --> 0:49:50.960
<v Speaker 1>and the number one thing anyone could do for their band.

0:49:50.960 --> 0:49:54.759
<v Speaker 1>The number one thing, which is tough during a pandemic

0:49:55.239 --> 0:49:58.040
<v Speaker 1>is buy tickets to their show, and not only buy

0:49:58.080 --> 0:50:01.120
<v Speaker 1>tickets to the show, but by it's in advance, pre

0:50:01.239 --> 0:50:06.520
<v Speaker 1>sold tickets. So you go to the venue's website or

0:50:06.560 --> 0:50:09.719
<v Speaker 1>the artist website and you see the next time they're

0:50:09.719 --> 0:50:12.799
<v Speaker 1>coming to your town, and you buy tickets as early

0:50:12.840 --> 0:50:18.520
<v Speaker 1>as you can. That creates the hype for the show

0:50:18.640 --> 0:50:25.800
<v Speaker 1>and the artist, and that makes a big difference. And

0:50:26.680 --> 0:50:31.280
<v Speaker 1>it's hard to support that totally right now with this pandemic,

0:50:31.280 --> 0:50:33.919
<v Speaker 1>but that's just the bottom line. Doesn't matter if it's

0:50:35.640 --> 0:50:41.080
<v Speaker 1>Justin Bieber or Luke Bryan or the local guitar player

0:50:41.120 --> 0:50:46.520
<v Speaker 1>from your hometown, supporting them with live ticket sales is

0:50:46.760 --> 0:50:49.920
<v Speaker 1>the number one thing you could do today in this

0:50:50.040 --> 0:50:54.440
<v Speaker 1>day and age with the fall of album sales and

0:50:54.480 --> 0:50:58.640
<v Speaker 1>the fractions of pennies you get from streaming. Everything we

0:50:58.719 --> 0:51:03.880
<v Speaker 1>do now as musicians, song wise, streaming wise, YouTube wise,

0:51:04.440 --> 0:51:08.560
<v Speaker 1>album release wise, everything is an advertisement to sell those

0:51:08.600 --> 0:51:12.840
<v Speaker 1>tickets because that's where artists and bands and crews and

0:51:12.920 --> 0:51:17.000
<v Speaker 1>their families, and the vendors and the and the bartenders

0:51:17.040 --> 0:51:20.919
<v Speaker 1>and the waiters and the everyone, the drivers, that's where

0:51:20.920 --> 0:51:24.600
<v Speaker 1>they all get their paycheck from is from live touring?

0:51:26.719 --> 0:51:30.000
<v Speaker 1>Do you have anything out of that? Streaming too, Streaming?

0:51:30.239 --> 0:51:35.359
<v Speaker 1>Streaming helps, right, Streaming yeah, and streaming doesn't. Streaming doesn't

0:51:35.400 --> 0:51:39.400
<v Speaker 1>financially help, but it does help build the hype, and

0:51:39.440 --> 0:51:43.920
<v Speaker 1>the hype then builds more media companies getting involved, and

0:51:43.920 --> 0:51:46.880
<v Speaker 1>then more media companies get involved. The more the message

0:51:46.920 --> 0:51:49.480
<v Speaker 1>spreads to other people. The more it spreads to other people,

0:51:49.920 --> 0:51:52.800
<v Speaker 1>the more you sell tickets. It always goes back to tickets.

0:51:52.800 --> 0:51:56.600
<v Speaker 1>It always goes back to concerts. In nineteen ninety six

0:51:56.800 --> 0:52:01.479
<v Speaker 1>with Garth Brooks, it didn't matter when Shania Twain came out.

0:52:01.880 --> 0:52:04.680
<v Speaker 1>She didn't tour the first whole year of her career.

0:52:05.280 --> 0:52:08.000
<v Speaker 1>She just kicked back and let the momentum build through

0:52:08.000 --> 0:52:11.280
<v Speaker 1>her album sales. And she didn't have to. Their money

0:52:11.360 --> 0:52:13.600
<v Speaker 1>was so great with album sales that she could pay

0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:17.560
<v Speaker 1>an entire staff and crew and band to do nothing

0:52:18.120 --> 0:52:22.960
<v Speaker 1>but sit. That's how great that money was. But today

0:52:23.719 --> 0:52:25.560
<v Speaker 1>you have no choice. You have to tour, which is

0:52:25.600 --> 0:52:31.400
<v Speaker 1>why this pandemic has been crazy. And I mean, I

0:52:31.440 --> 0:52:33.880
<v Speaker 1>will say this. I have gotten a couple of emails

0:52:34.440 --> 0:52:38.760
<v Speaker 1>of people saying, what about independent artists? Do CD sales

0:52:38.760 --> 0:52:42.200
<v Speaker 1>help independent artist sure, yeah, but it also helps sign artist.

0:52:43.200 --> 0:52:45.520
<v Speaker 1>There's not really a difference between an indie artist and

0:52:45.520 --> 0:52:47.640
<v Speaker 1>a sign artist when it comes to album sales. It

0:52:47.640 --> 0:52:51.120
<v Speaker 1>depends on the deal you signed. But yeah, you buy

0:52:51.160 --> 0:52:57.040
<v Speaker 1>my album, that's great, it's great. You buy two thousand

0:52:57.120 --> 0:53:01.000
<v Speaker 1>of them, that's awesome. But it still cost a whole

0:53:01.080 --> 0:53:03.840
<v Speaker 1>lot of money to make the album. So really it

0:53:03.960 --> 0:53:07.480
<v Speaker 1>ends up just breaking even. And it's I can't say

0:53:07.480 --> 0:53:09.960
<v Speaker 1>it enough if you think about it. And I was

0:53:10.400 --> 0:53:14.160
<v Speaker 1>explaining this to Turkla Lunkers TV like a couple of

0:53:14.239 --> 0:53:17.000
<v Speaker 1>years ago. He was trying to think about we were

0:53:17.080 --> 0:53:21.120
<v Speaker 1>looking at perspective of a big arena act and he

0:53:21.280 --> 0:53:26.239
<v Speaker 1>was like, what do you get from album sales? We'll

0:53:26.280 --> 0:53:29.360
<v Speaker 1>say you get at the best, say you get seven

0:53:29.400 --> 0:53:34.640
<v Speaker 1>dollars an album seal that's really high considering packaging and everything. Well,

0:53:34.719 --> 0:53:39.279
<v Speaker 1>and then you sell sell a thousand of them, you know,

0:53:39.320 --> 0:53:43.439
<v Speaker 1>because so you got seven thousand bucks. But you sell

0:53:43.480 --> 0:53:46.399
<v Speaker 1>out an arena for the Georgia line, because that's who

0:53:46.440 --> 0:53:50.080
<v Speaker 1>he was specifically talking about. And you put thirty thousand

0:53:50.080 --> 0:53:52.799
<v Speaker 1>people in an arena for a sixty dollars ticket and

0:53:52.960 --> 0:53:57.439
<v Speaker 1>one night you can't compete. There's nothing that can compete

0:53:57.719 --> 0:54:00.759
<v Speaker 1>with that amount of revenue from a big concert. No

0:54:00.960 --> 0:54:04.960
<v Speaker 1>album sales matter at that point, They're just an advertisement.

0:54:06.520 --> 0:54:10.040
<v Speaker 1>So did I answer that? Don't fully? Yeah to Shannon.

0:54:10.080 --> 0:54:15.439
<v Speaker 1>Thank you Shannon. It's good down this one. This one

0:54:15.600 --> 0:54:20.160
<v Speaker 1>subject is Earl Dibbles Junior. Earl Dabbles Junior, I'm a

0:54:20.200 --> 0:54:23.719
<v Speaker 1>country boy, he says. Hey Granger, I've been following you

0:54:23.800 --> 0:54:25.920
<v Speaker 1>for quite some time. Love your music, your faith, your

0:54:25.920 --> 0:54:30.960
<v Speaker 1>positive energy, see positive energy that you put out. We

0:54:31.040 --> 0:54:34.680
<v Speaker 1>have a question about Earl Dibbles Junior. When you do skits,

0:54:34.760 --> 0:54:39.280
<v Speaker 1>commercials or videos involving like the Earl Dibbles for President

0:54:39.400 --> 0:54:41.840
<v Speaker 1>or the EE commercial, who comes up with that? With

0:54:41.960 --> 0:54:46.120
<v Speaker 1>what he says he parentheses or alter ego is so funny.

0:54:46.880 --> 0:54:49.200
<v Speaker 1>One other question, do you ever take some of that

0:54:49.280 --> 0:54:53.320
<v Speaker 1>humor from Earle home to the kids in amber? Side note,

0:54:53.400 --> 0:54:55.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm a female and I don't work on cars, but

0:54:55.719 --> 0:54:58.319
<v Speaker 1>I'm so fascinated with what y'all are doing with Earl's truck.

0:54:58.440 --> 0:55:01.440
<v Speaker 1>Keep up all the great effort and work. Thanks Carrie

0:55:01.440 --> 0:55:06.720
<v Speaker 1>from North Richland Hills, Texas. Hey Carrie, what's up? Carrie?

0:55:06.800 --> 0:55:11.000
<v Speaker 1>Thank you? See, first of all, are you answered the

0:55:11.000 --> 0:55:12.959
<v Speaker 1>second part, because you're here, and I'll answer the first.

0:55:12.960 --> 0:55:18.839
<v Speaker 1>Park who comes up with what Earl says? So it

0:55:18.960 --> 0:55:24.840
<v Speaker 1>was usually always me sprinkled in with Tyler. That was

0:55:24.880 --> 0:55:30.279
<v Speaker 1>the beginning of what Earl's actually says. Then as years

0:55:30.280 --> 0:55:33.920
<v Speaker 1>have gone by, Parker or my youngest brother who's on

0:55:33.920 --> 0:55:37.600
<v Speaker 1>this podcast, a bunch has stepped in a lot to

0:55:37.800 --> 0:55:45.279
<v Speaker 1>contribute to the content. Hayden at YEE Apparel works occasionally,

0:55:45.320 --> 0:55:47.359
<v Speaker 1>like on specially on Diploman and pick Them. He works

0:55:47.400 --> 0:55:50.360
<v Speaker 1>a lot on that. And then we'll talk about like

0:55:50.600 --> 0:55:52.480
<v Speaker 1>Earl for President. I think Hayden had a lot to

0:55:52.520 --> 0:55:54.880
<v Speaker 1>do with that, Yeah, if it wasn't his whole idea

0:55:55.760 --> 0:55:59.120
<v Speaker 1>or especially EEE commercial. So there is a good collab

0:55:59.200 --> 0:56:01.560
<v Speaker 1>going on right now. Chris Lee, my tour manager, has

0:56:01.560 --> 0:56:04.520
<v Speaker 1>been known to jump in a few times, but I

0:56:04.520 --> 0:56:09.400
<v Speaker 1>would say Hayden, Tyler, Parker, occasionally, Chris Lee and me.

0:56:09.960 --> 0:56:14.799
<v Speaker 1>That circle of five is the content creators when it

0:56:14.800 --> 0:56:18.040
<v Speaker 1>comes to Earl, like that Earl Divils Earl Dibbles for

0:56:18.160 --> 0:56:21.920
<v Speaker 1>President commercial that she's talking about. I had nothing to

0:56:21.960 --> 0:56:25.560
<v Speaker 1>do with the creation of that commercial. I just I

0:56:25.680 --> 0:56:29.120
<v Speaker 1>literally they said, hey, at four o'clock, we're shooting this

0:56:29.160 --> 0:56:32.160
<v Speaker 1>Earl Divils for President thing. That's it and I just

0:56:32.239 --> 0:56:35.440
<v Speaker 1>showed up. That's That's not how it used to be

0:56:35.480 --> 0:56:37.759
<v Speaker 1>when I first started Earl and I love it this

0:56:37.800 --> 0:56:39.239
<v Speaker 1>way because it allows me to do a lot of

0:56:39.280 --> 0:56:41.759
<v Speaker 1>different things. It allows me to be sitting in here

0:56:41.800 --> 0:56:44.200
<v Speaker 1>in this bus doing the podcast while they're in there

0:56:44.520 --> 0:56:48.200
<v Speaker 1>coming up with the next Earl skit. Now that being said,

0:56:48.239 --> 0:56:51.200
<v Speaker 1>whenever the camera comes on, whatever comes out of Earl's

0:56:51.200 --> 0:56:55.120
<v Speaker 1>mouth is that's what. That's what Earl's idea was. So

0:56:55.600 --> 0:56:59.759
<v Speaker 1>there's usually a idea like, Okay, Earl's going to stand

0:56:59.800 --> 0:57:01.719
<v Speaker 1>up on this platform. He's going to talk about a

0:57:01.760 --> 0:57:11.040
<v Speaker 1>couple of things, like what uh domestic policy, So you

0:57:11.080 --> 0:57:14.799
<v Speaker 1>come up with an earlism that counteracts like Earl is

0:57:14.960 --> 0:57:19.920
<v Speaker 1>constantly misunderstanding what the real world is saying. So Earl's

0:57:19.920 --> 0:57:22.320
<v Speaker 1>going to talk about domestic policy. And then Earl steps

0:57:22.320 --> 0:57:25.880
<v Speaker 1>to the podium unscripted, without anything, and he would say,

0:57:26.200 --> 0:57:30.880
<v Speaker 1>domestic policy, here's my domestic policy. Stop all that impointed

0:57:30.920 --> 0:57:33.960
<v Speaker 1>beer and just stick with bud light, you know, and

0:57:34.080 --> 0:57:37.960
<v Speaker 1>he would go off on how he doesn't like you know,

0:57:38.440 --> 0:57:43.360
<v Speaker 1>MODELO and Corona. So that's pretty much how it goes,

0:57:43.520 --> 0:57:46.440
<v Speaker 1>So do I does the few? Does the humor come home?

0:57:48.440 --> 0:57:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Does the humor come home with Earl? Not? Really? The

0:57:50.880 --> 0:57:53.160
<v Speaker 1>kids are funnier, Yeah, the kids are. The kids are funny,

0:57:53.200 --> 0:57:55.440
<v Speaker 1>But the kids are just like I don't know if

0:57:55.440 --> 0:57:57.360
<v Speaker 1>I just say anything about the alter ego, but they're

0:57:57.440 --> 0:58:00.800
<v Speaker 1>kind of over it, you know, like they love Earl,

0:58:00.880 --> 0:58:03.000
<v Speaker 1>but when Daddy's home, it's Daddy. Like they don't want

0:58:03.040 --> 0:58:04.680
<v Speaker 1>to they don't want to really have any part of Earl.

0:58:04.720 --> 0:58:07.680
<v Speaker 1>He does other voices now, he doesn't come home with Earl.

0:58:07.720 --> 0:58:10.320
<v Speaker 1>He does other voices with the kids that make them laugh.

0:58:10.560 --> 0:58:15.360
<v Speaker 1>Put this in perspective, the kids have always only known Earl. Yeah,

0:58:15.400 --> 0:58:18.720
<v Speaker 1>like Earl has been around. He was he was invented

0:58:19.000 --> 0:58:23.680
<v Speaker 1>in twenty eleven five, four or five months before London

0:58:23.760 --> 0:58:27.360
<v Speaker 1>was born. So as long as my kids have been around,

0:58:27.600 --> 0:58:31.120
<v Speaker 1>Earl has been around too. Yeah, So just it's not

0:58:31.320 --> 0:58:35.840
<v Speaker 1>any different. Now. We do have these funny conversations like, ah,

0:58:36.040 --> 0:58:38.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to meet Earl today, and Lincoln's always like, Daddy,

0:58:38.480 --> 0:58:42.040
<v Speaker 1>that's you, And I'm like, no, Earl's a different person. No, Daddy,

0:58:42.240 --> 0:58:45.040
<v Speaker 1>that's you. I know that's you, Daddy, Daddy I see

0:58:45.080 --> 0:58:47.600
<v Speaker 1>your tattoos, Daddy. I know, I know, Daddy, I see

0:58:47.640 --> 0:58:51.040
<v Speaker 1>you look through tattoos. I'm like, I'm not Earl, and

0:58:51.080 --> 0:58:53.120
<v Speaker 1>he's like daddy, and then we just it's just just

0:58:53.240 --> 0:58:57.520
<v Speaker 1>funny back and forth and London's just like just rolls

0:58:57.520 --> 0:59:02.320
<v Speaker 1>her eyes. Oh, here we go. Yeah. Is there any

0:59:02.720 --> 0:59:05.240
<v Speaker 1>any other question on that side? Note I'm a female.

0:59:05.240 --> 0:59:07.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't work on cars. That's awesome, Thank you, Carrie.

0:59:07.920 --> 0:59:11.960
<v Speaker 1>Awesome question. Let me jump back. I'm gonna I'm gonna

0:59:12.000 --> 0:59:13.960
<v Speaker 1>do one more. Okay, I think we have time for

0:59:13.960 --> 0:59:16.080
<v Speaker 1>one more. We're a little bit long on this segment,

0:59:17.160 --> 0:59:19.360
<v Speaker 1>but I'm gonna go back to the amber box because

0:59:19.360 --> 0:59:26.000
<v Speaker 1>we've kind of narrowed this down a little bit. I'm

0:59:26.000 --> 0:59:30.480
<v Speaker 1>not gonna hit next one. Yeah, next one, next podcast. Oh,

0:59:31.120 --> 0:59:38.040
<v Speaker 1>that's it, Okay, all right. This one's called Bible and Tattoos,

0:59:38.160 --> 0:59:40.000
<v Speaker 1>and it says, hey, Granger, my wife and I are

0:59:40.080 --> 0:59:42.600
<v Speaker 1>huge fans of you and your family. You amaze me

0:59:42.640 --> 0:59:44.920
<v Speaker 1>with all your knowledge of the Bible. I don't know

0:59:44.920 --> 0:59:48.080
<v Speaker 1>about that much respect my friend. My wife and I

0:59:48.160 --> 0:59:51.080
<v Speaker 1>are in a little debate. We're both raised in the

0:59:51.160 --> 0:59:53.480
<v Speaker 1>church and attend church weekly. We have noticed that you

0:59:53.520 --> 0:59:56.680
<v Speaker 1>and Amber both have tattoos. I wanted to get one

0:59:57.160 --> 0:59:59.760
<v Speaker 1>for more than ten years, but my wife and mom

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<v Speaker 1>passed away seven years ago to cancer. Says it's not biblical.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a verse in Leviticus that says, in Leviticus

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen twenty eight, you shall not make any cuttings in

1:00:10.800 --> 1:00:14.040
<v Speaker 1>your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you.

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<v Speaker 1>I am the Lord. Please share your thoughts on this

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<v Speaker 1>subject and why you and Amber have biblical reasons for

1:00:20.920 --> 1:00:26.360
<v Speaker 1>your tattoos. We live in Washington near Tacoma. Thanks God,

1:00:26.400 --> 1:00:33.560
<v Speaker 1>bless Eric. Ye ye, thank you Eric. Awesome question. Good stuff?

1:00:33.640 --> 1:00:36.280
<v Speaker 1>Good stuff? Yeah, yeah, good stuff. And I've actually thought

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<v Speaker 1>about this too. Let me first start off by saying

1:00:39.080 --> 1:00:43.520
<v Speaker 1>that do I have biblical reasons for my tattoos? Let

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<v Speaker 1>me just say that the tattoos that I've gotten, except

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<v Speaker 1>for one, were all before I came to know Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>and they all don't mean anything. They are pointless. I

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<v Speaker 1>wish I didn't get them, So just saying that now

1:00:57.480 --> 1:01:00.760
<v Speaker 1>after River past, I got one on my set of

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<v Speaker 1>faith with some birds. And it's hard to answer that

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<v Speaker 1>because while the Bible does say certain things, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was listening are you pulling up John Piper? So,

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<v Speaker 1>John Piper was saying that if you get a tattoo,

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<v Speaker 1>it should be for your love of God or Christ

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<v Speaker 1>or faith. And so that is my really only one

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<v Speaker 1>that actually means something. And so and then I do

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<v Speaker 1>want to get another one because I just got baptized.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get a little cross right here. Oh sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was for River too. I want to get

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<v Speaker 1>another one across right there. So I think for me,

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<v Speaker 1>if I ever did give another tattoo, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>for Christ or my faith and just just professing that

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<v Speaker 1>to men. But I don't know, how would you answer

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<v Speaker 1>that about being biblicalor yeah, I can answer that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I want to before I do, I want to say

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<v Speaker 1>guys that there's a podcast called Desiring God. It's led

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<v Speaker 1>by an amazing man named John Piper, and I follow

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<v Speaker 1>the pipe for like, if I really want to get

1:02:01.600 --> 1:02:06.600
<v Speaker 1>deep on something on a question that's anything theology, I

1:02:06.640 --> 1:02:11.200
<v Speaker 1>could trust in some form Piper's way because he could

1:02:11.360 --> 1:02:14.320
<v Speaker 1>really dig into the scripture itself. So there's a there's

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<v Speaker 1>a podcast called Desiring God, and then there is an

1:02:17.560 --> 1:02:24.000
<v Speaker 1>actual episode called Tattoos and Biblical Perspective. So listen to

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<v Speaker 1>that after you finished with this. If you're interested in

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<v Speaker 1>this question, please listen to Piper, because he's way better

1:02:31.080 --> 1:02:36.120
<v Speaker 1>than me. But I'll say Eric through my thoughts, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can kind of echo what Amber said about how

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the tattoos happened before we were serious.

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<v Speaker 1>And I cannot speak for Earl Dibbles. I'm sorry, I

1:02:46.360 --> 1:02:51.480
<v Speaker 1>cannot speak for that guy. So Eric, and specifically in Leviticus,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the time it says it, and Leviticus is part

1:02:57.520 --> 1:03:06.480
<v Speaker 1>of Moses's law, and this is a time when historically

1:03:07.120 --> 1:03:16.880
<v Speaker 1>Christian history, the Israelites were constantly in rebellion to God

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<v Speaker 1>and his commandments. And part of that rebellion was they

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<v Speaker 1>were constantly mingling amongst the hedonists, the locals in every

1:03:32.280 --> 1:03:36.160
<v Speaker 1>little area that they would settle in. So there was Canaanites,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was the Philistines. There were always groups that

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<v Speaker 1>worshiped other gods in the Old Old Testament, and part

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<v Speaker 1>of that in Leviticus was that these other tribes, these

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<v Speaker 1>other groups that were not Israelites, part of how you

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<v Speaker 1>could tell them a part was they had tattoos and

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<v Speaker 1>cuttings in their flesh for the dead. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 1>sure exactly what that means, cuttings in the flesh for

1:04:09.680 --> 1:04:14.160
<v Speaker 1>the dead, or tattoo marks. So this was a sign

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<v Speaker 1>of these tribes that were not followers of the God

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel, the God of Abraham. And part of that

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<v Speaker 1>scripture is commanding the Israelites. This was you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>scripture was written thousands of years ago, so it's commanding

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<v Speaker 1>them to separate yourself, do not intermingle, do not marry,

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<v Speaker 1>do not worship their gods, do not even look like them,

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<v Speaker 1>don't even dress like them. That's part of that. So

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<v Speaker 1>then you fast forward two thousand years and you get

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<v Speaker 1>to the New Testament and Jesus comes to fulfill the

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<v Speaker 1>Law and become the New Promise, to become the New Covenant,

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<v Speaker 1>the New Commandment all combined into one, and his message

1:05:07.640 --> 1:05:13.040
<v Speaker 1>was follow me, love God above all else, I am

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<v Speaker 1>the way. And I don't want to say, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to say on this podcast that when he did that,

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<v Speaker 1>forget everything in the Old Testament. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>say that. But you could see that through Christ in

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<v Speaker 1>the New Testament, he made it a way for everyone

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<v Speaker 1>to follow him and have eternal life, and no longer

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<v Speaker 1>was there the laws that held you down, that you

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<v Speaker 1>had to go get too dove and a male lamb

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<v Speaker 1>and sacrifice the blood. And Jesus said, everyone's a sinner,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's equal. Moses says, do not murder, but if you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever thought bad about your brother, you've committed murder. Moses said,

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<v Speaker 1>do not commit adultery. But if you've ever had lust

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<v Speaker 1>in your mind and a thought about another woman, you've

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<v Speaker 1>committed adultery. We're all sinners, so I think that you

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<v Speaker 1>could say the same thing. Do not Moses says, do

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<v Speaker 1>not get tattoos. But if you've ever gotten a sharpie

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<v Speaker 1>written as Earl Dubls Junior, and you have gotten tattoos,

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<v Speaker 1>you are a sinner. You know you could throw all

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<v Speaker 1>that in there and kind of lump that all in

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<v Speaker 1>to we've all messed up, and it is not worth

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<v Speaker 1>getting hung up on that in your life. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>worth it. That you need to keep your eye on

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<v Speaker 1>the prize and not not worry about something that Leviticus says.

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<v Speaker 1>If that that all that being said, if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>true debate with your wife then or your deceased mother,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you should follow their follow their wishes, but you

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<v Speaker 1>could probably meet in the middle. Just like Amber said,

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<v Speaker 1>where you get. Don't get a meaningless tattoo. Get something

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<v Speaker 1>that that brings you closer to the Kingdom of God

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<v Speaker 1>in some way, like maybe you need something. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>look at somebody because they have a little Bible Verse

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<v Speaker 1>on their left wrist. You can't look at that person

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<v Speaker 1>and go center, going to hell. You know you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't because maybe they need that Bible Verse every day.

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<v Speaker 1>When they look at it, it takes them, It's into

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<v Speaker 1>a good place. So I think that that's my best

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<v Speaker 1>way to answer it. But go to John Piper and

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<v Speaker 1>listen to that. Yeah, who I get worked up on

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<v Speaker 1>this microphone. Okay, thank you, Eric, I'm gonna I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>close that out and then hopefully you'll be back Amber

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<v Speaker 1>on more. I would, Yes, I will, I will, and

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<v Speaker 1>email me Granger Smith Podcast at gmail dot com. I

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