1 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:19,010 Hi! What are you guys talking about? 2 00:00:19,050 --> 00:00:21,590 We're just talking about small miracles and things that 3 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:22,870 happened in our life. 4 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:24,960 Oh! I love small miracles. Can I tell you one? 5 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:26,530 Yeah! I went with 6 00:00:26,570 --> 00:00:29,820 my husband and Jackie, my seven year old 7 00:00:29,850 --> 00:00:33,630 to Madison Wisconsin and we were going to 8 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:36,710 visit my in-laws for Christmas. So we're on this trip 9 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:40,270 and we took probably more money than we had 10 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:43,000 just because... my husband is doing music, he's a musician 11 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:45,690 but he was also selling real estate, so we had extra money 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,150 so we took more money than we should have taken 13 00:00:48,190 --> 00:00:50,590 and we went on for Christmas, we had a great time 14 00:00:50,620 --> 00:00:52,970 it was a great trip, we came back home and 15 00:00:53,010 --> 00:00:56,650 while we were gone, the owner of the business that my husband 16 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,160 worked in had died. It was a big deal. 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,340 It was a sudden thing. He had this massive heart-attack 18 00:01:03,370 --> 00:01:06,480 so Brad lost all his income and all his pending income 19 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:09,230 and we all of a sudden were in like such a jam 20 00:01:09,260 --> 00:01:11,950 I don't know about.. You guys have your families 21 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:12,860 but we were like... 22 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:15,690 the statistics say that you're three paychecks away 23 00:01:15,730 --> 00:01:18,470 away form being on the streets, you know, for most families and 24 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:21,300 all of a sudden we realized we had no money in the bank-account 25 00:01:21,330 --> 00:01:24,290 we were not really having money for groceries and things 26 00:01:24,330 --> 00:01:27,400 like that. I called the church and got money from church and so 27 00:01:27,430 --> 00:01:30,470 I get this letter in the mail, and the letter is from 28 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:32,060 the San Francisco Opera. 29 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:33,820 and I thought: What a strange thing! 30 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:36,030 it's addressed to Brad, so I gave it to Brad 31 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:38,200 and Brad had worked for the San Francisco Opera 32 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:41,260 ten years earlier 33 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:42,920 and he opened the letter and it says: 34 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:46,340 Oh, we finally found you. This is money left over 35 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:47,950 for an opera you did for us 36 00:01:47,990 --> 00:01:49,500 and we couldn't track you down. 37 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:51,320 And there was a check in there. And I thought: 38 00:01:51,350 --> 00:01:53,750 No way. And I just got chills. 39 00:01:53,790 --> 00:01:56,130 And I kept it. During this whole time I was discouraged 40 00:01:56,170 --> 00:01:58,490 I kept it in my purse and any time I felt discouraged 41 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,810 I pulled out that letter and just read it and say 42 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,930 You know what?! God's in control. 43 00:02:02,970 --> 00:02:07,160 So how about you guys? I love miracles. 44 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,530 I think everybody's got at least a little miracle 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,840 in their life something they can remember. 46 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:21,700 A couple of weeks ago... I work at a radio station, 47 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:23,420 Christian radio station 48 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:26,120 and a lot of times I get strange people calling 49 00:02:26,150 --> 00:02:29,290 because I work the late shift 50 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:32,970 which is the 7 - 10 o'clock.. Wait a minute, I've called in 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,290 No, I didn't... I get a lot of people that call up. 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,580 Some are very strange people, people who are drunk, 53 00:02:41,610 --> 00:02:47,550 people who are living with cancer 54 00:02:47,590 --> 00:02:52,910 or people who are mentally ill, a lot of times call in 55 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:54,540 which is kind of a scary situation. 56 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:58,770 But a couple of weeks ago I've had probably 57 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,580 one of the worst calls I've ever had before, 58 00:03:02,620 --> 00:03:09,140 there was a lady who had called in and was talking about 59 00:03:09,170 --> 00:03:12,920 that she had actually talked someone out of suicide 60 00:03:12,950 --> 00:03:16,670 earlier that day and she thought that I should say 61 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,700 something over the air. 62 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:22,180 People praise the Lord that she had talked to somebody 63 00:03:22,210 --> 00:03:25,620 Cause that's a great thing, to somebody out of suicide 64 00:03:25,650 --> 00:03:27,720 You feel like you've saved somebody's life. 65 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:29,100 And so I said: yeah, sure 66 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:33,420 and than, in my next break I went on and basically said 67 00:03:33,450 --> 00:03:38,080 We need togive praise to the Lord today, because 68 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,090 I just talked to a lady who talked somebody out of suicide 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,130 Well, just as I got off the air 70 00:03:45,170 --> 00:03:49,760 a few minutes later, I had a guy call in 71 00:03:49,790 --> 00:03:51,570 and he was crying and he said: 72 00:03:51,610 --> 00:03:56,730 You know, I was and for a long time have been 73 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:00,060 considering suicide and I was actually on my way to the place 74 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,860 where I was going to do it. 75 00:04:01,890 --> 00:04:03,100 - No way. 76 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:06,380 and he'd heard me say over the air to praise The Lord, 77 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:10,150 because she had talked somebody out of suicide 78 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:12,390 and at that point he turned around and went home. 79 00:04:12,430 --> 00:04:20,370 ...Just jump that into your life and intrude your life like that 80 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,130 it just turned my whole night around. 81 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,180 - That's incredible. 82 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:27,980 You know, The Holy Spirit just working on that guy 83 00:04:28,010 --> 00:04:30,140 so that he wouldn't kill himself. 84 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:32,510 That's just incredible. 85 00:04:35,170 --> 00:04:37,760 I have a small miracle that happened to me was... 86 00:04:37,790 --> 00:04:39,600 it was probably the beginning of the year 87 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,130 when I was getting in trouble and stuff, and I had to go to 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,970 the city hall and I did a program 89 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,920 it was a scholarship program 90 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:53,520 and they take you to do all this stuff, we had to do 91 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,390 community service, but one of the things they had us do is 92 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:59,160 go tour the jail. 93 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,070 And I thought they were just gonna take us through there 94 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:03,080 But what they actually did was they 95 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,350 they told us from now on you're now considered prisoners 96 00:05:06,380 --> 00:05:08,820 they actually made you play the role as a prisoner? 97 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:11,260 yeah. They've put us against the wall, they've spread 98 00:05:11,290 --> 00:05:13,540 and they've had us down and everything 99 00:05:13,570 --> 00:05:18,560 How strange. How did that feel? 100 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,620 It was weird 'cause they really handcuffed us 101 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:26,050 and they took us in a room and we had to stand 102 00:05:26,090 --> 00:05:28,630 they took us out in public and all the school was watching 103 00:05:28,660 --> 00:05:30,420 I felt like a prisoner, 104 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:33,540 I felt... Oh, it was horrible. 105 00:05:33,570 --> 00:05:36,540 and these little... kids came by 106 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:39,000 and we went to the area where they 107 00:05:39,030 --> 00:05:41,390 searched them down really good 108 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:44,650 and they took everything out of our pockets 109 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,110 took off our shoes, everything 110 00:05:48,150 --> 00:05:51,190 took everything out of our hair, jewelry 111 00:05:51,220 --> 00:05:54,230 and than they took us in a holding cell, 112 00:05:54,260 --> 00:05:56,790 and we had to sit there and 113 00:05:56,830 --> 00:05:59,680 and for each one of us, they took us in a room 114 00:05:59,710 --> 00:06:02,530 and they'd make us strip down our clothes 115 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,220 and they'd put us in prisoner outfits. 116 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:10,350 and give us our sheets and everything that you'd normally 117 00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:11,690 have as a prisoner. And I felt like 118 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,080 I felt horrible 119 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,280 And they took us upstairs to where the prison was 120 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:21,400 and they just left us in there for about two hours 121 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,360 and me and two of my friends were huddled up against the wall 122 00:06:25,390 --> 00:06:28,020 I mean we were scared to death... 123 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,970 So they left you in with the prisoners? 124 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:32,970 They actually left you in the room. I was actually 125 00:06:33,010 --> 00:06:38,060 really scared cause there were about five ladies downstairs 126 00:06:38,090 --> 00:06:42,730 and they were saying: we don't want to spend the night 127 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:43,940 with a bunch of little kids 128 00:06:43,980 --> 00:06:46,420 and started going upstairs and the guard came back in 129 00:06:46,450 --> 00:06:49,340 and do u what you guys'd normally do 130 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:52,230 and so, she left, the guard left again 131 00:06:52,260 --> 00:06:54,460 and the lady came back downstairs 132 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:58,200 there's like these tables right here, and than there is the wall 133 00:06:58,230 --> 00:06:59,120 and we were like right there 134 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,140 And we're sitting there and the ladies around the table 135 00:07:02,170 --> 00:07:04,790 were talking to us and gave us a hard time 136 00:07:04,820 --> 00:07:08,560 you know, making things really uncomfortable. 137 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,270 and than, the guard came in a little while later 138 00:07:12,310 --> 00:07:14,830 and she said, now get your stuff, you're out of here. 139 00:07:14,860 --> 00:07:16,880 Should have said thank you. 140 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,870 Yes, we were so relieved 141 00:07:18,910 --> 00:07:20,610 We were scared out of our minds. 142 00:07:20,650 --> 00:07:24,390 and we picked up our stuff and than we went out the door 143 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:28,130 and the ladies were still talking to us, yelling at us... 144 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,450 - What was the miracle? 145 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:34,440 The miracle was that it took all that to turn me around 146 00:07:34,470 --> 00:07:37,480 and that's why I'm actually here, 147 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,420 'cause if that wouldn't have happened, I guess 148 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:42,150 I was still out there doing all that stuff... 149 00:07:42,180 --> 00:07:44,850 So through all that... that was the miracle. Cause in reality 150 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:48,190 they actually booked you and took pictures and everything? 151 00:07:48,220 --> 00:07:51,660 Yeah. I still have the pictures. 152 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:54,840 That's amazing. Even... I don't want to seem sexist 153 00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:57,160 But even as a guy that would scare me. 154 00:07:57,190 --> 00:07:59,700 To be put in that situation. 155 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:01,380 The guys had that too and they were scared out. 156 00:08:01,410 --> 00:08:02,720 Very degrading. 157 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,030 Did it make you feel like that? 158 00:08:05,070 --> 00:08:06,950 Did it make you feel like you had a loss of dignity? 159 00:08:06,980 --> 00:08:09,480 It did, it did. Because they have the right to 160 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,990 to say anything to me and do anything to me 161 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:15,790 and it just made me feel really bad 162 00:08:15,820 --> 00:08:17,870 I didn't like it. 163 00:08:17,910 --> 00:08:20,830 Like your life was in their hands. Exactly. 164 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:22,750 Anything could happen. 165 00:08:22,790 --> 00:08:25,070 They could have just leaped right at me or whatever. 166 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:29,950 That's scary. I would have been mad. 167 00:08:29,990 --> 00:08:34,770 I would have been like... you know 168 00:08:34,810 --> 00:08:36,410 'cause it took a lot of that, just to turn around. 169 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:39,700 I thought that was a miracle that happened to me. 170 00:08:42,470 --> 00:08:44,040 That is a miracle. That is incredible. 171 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,590 I don't wanna embarrass you, but can I say one thing? 172 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:49,310 'Cause I met you after that, right? 173 00:08:49,350 --> 00:08:53,050 Yeah. I met you after that. And your aunt called me on the phone 174 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,750 I think this was the miracle, that your aunt called me on 175 00:08:56,780 --> 00:09:02,110 the phone and said: I'm worried about her, her mom's worried 176 00:09:02,140 --> 00:09:03,810 about her and we just don't know what it's gonna take 177 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,040 And they know what my background is 178 00:09:06,070 --> 00:09:07,090 that I'm a recovering addict 179 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:08,860 and I have all this stuff in my background 180 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:10,600 so I said: You know, just invite me to dinner 181 00:09:10,630 --> 00:09:12,070 and I'm always to confirm 182 00:09:12,110 --> 00:09:14,160 so I said: just invite me to dinner 183 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,930 and I'd come over and see if we could talk about it all 184 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:17,970 and when I came in 185 00:09:18,010 --> 00:09:19,810 and what I was impressed with you 186 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:22,860 is that you're this beautiful girl and 187 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:25,880 and you were just sitting there like this 188 00:09:25,910 --> 00:09:27,570 I don't know what you're doing 189 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,230 I don't know what you're thinking 190 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:30,760 and so I asked you a question 191 00:09:30,790 --> 00:09:32,630 about your drug habits 192 00:09:32,670 --> 00:09:34,100 and you weren't gonna answer me 193 00:09:34,130 --> 00:09:35,640 and you looked at your mom and 194 00:09:35,670 --> 00:09:37,150 and than I asked You have a diary 195 00:09:37,180 --> 00:09:38,750 and she says: 196 00:09:38,790 --> 00:09:39,890 Yes I have a diary, and I said 197 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,430 Can I just read your diary? 198 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:43,040 and than we don't have to talk 199 00:09:43,070 --> 00:09:44,620 I can know what's really happening 200 00:09:44,650 --> 00:09:46,040 and she's like: 201 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,010 You know you can't read my diary 202 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,490 and than after that 203 00:09:49,530 --> 00:09:50,900 I got bothered at the studio 204 00:09:50,930 --> 00:09:53,690 we started working together 205 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,410 and I think the miracle 206 00:09:56,450 --> 00:09:58,410 from the scared stage program 207 00:09:58,450 --> 00:10:00,380 all the way through working with us 208 00:10:00,410 --> 00:10:01,470 with us on the team ministry 209 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:02,670 is amazing to watch 210 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:03,830 and this is all within 211 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:04,920 the last few months 212 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,210 you know, when I first showed up 213 00:10:07,250 --> 00:10:09,470 to the studio, I felt like God 214 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:10,630 was telling me to go 215 00:10:10,670 --> 00:10:13,720 cause the weekend before that 216 00:10:13,750 --> 00:10:14,720 you were gone out of town 217 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,310 and than, the weekend after that 218 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:17,830 I showed up. I don't know why 219 00:10:17,860 --> 00:10:20,280 I just felt that I had to go 220 00:10:20,310 --> 00:10:22,660 and the time I did go I got 221 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:24,650 the invite letter and everything, the audition. 222 00:10:24,780 --> 00:10:28,750 I think that's an amazing miracle. 223 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:32,620 You know, it makes me think, Shani 224 00:10:32,650 --> 00:10:34,530 I know a miracle about you 225 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:36,190 about being on this trip 226 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:37,820 Can you talk about that 227 00:10:37,850 --> 00:10:39,830 a little bit? 228 00:10:39,870 --> 00:10:42,670 I just... it's kind of like you said 229 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:45,480 'cause before I started doing this 230 00:10:45,510 --> 00:10:48,250 I've always believed in God 231 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,250 and I went to church when I was a kid, 232 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:51,320 but it's like 233 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,540 God was never part of my everyday life 234 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:55,820 it wasn't someone that I 235 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:56,970 really consulted before and 236 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,240 to make decisions and 237 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,800 it wasn't something that I did 238 00:11:01,830 --> 00:11:04,320 and than, through a shelter home 239 00:11:04,350 --> 00:11:05,460 I found you and I found this program, 240 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:09,240 and now I'm so much more in touch 241 00:11:09,270 --> 00:11:11,050 with all my spiritual life 242 00:11:11,090 --> 00:11:12,730 Wait. I gotta say, the first time 243 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:13,870 I met you 244 00:11:13,910 --> 00:11:15,840 the first time I met Shani 245 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:16,880 it was so funny cause 246 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,310 I'd go in the shelter home 247 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:20,270 and there's seven people I think 248 00:11:20,310 --> 00:11:22,200 seven people, and I'm gonna go in 249 00:11:22,230 --> 00:11:24,290 and talk about my recovery 250 00:11:24,330 --> 00:11:26,020 from being on the streets 251 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:27,680 so Im going in and I wanna 252 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,280 introduce myself and talk about 253 00:11:29,310 --> 00:11:30,840 what's your name and your name 254 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:32,560 and what are you here for 255 00:11:32,590 --> 00:11:34,250 and so everybody's saying 256 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,550 My name is Sara and 257 00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:36,820 and I'm here for this 258 00:11:36,850 --> 00:11:37,790 my name is such and such 259 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:38,690 and I'm here for this 260 00:11:38,730 --> 00:11:40,950 and so Shan comes: - My name is Shani 261 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,940 and I said: what are you here for 262 00:11:42,970 --> 00:11:44,020 and she tells me: 263 00:11:44,050 --> 00:11:45,030 - none of your business 264 00:11:45,070 --> 00:11:48,840 and I thought: good answer 265 00:11:48,870 --> 00:11:52,380 it was so funny 266 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:55,470 and from that first encounter 267 00:11:55,510 --> 00:11:57,870 with I don't even know who you are 268 00:11:57,910 --> 00:12:00,240 to where I hope that we are friends 269 00:12:00,270 --> 00:12:01,310 and crazy about each other 270 00:12:01,350 --> 00:12:04,380 so that to me alone is a miracle. 271 00:12:04,410 --> 00:12:05,370 But that's not the one 272 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,130 I was talking about 273 00:12:06,170 --> 00:12:07,010 I was talking about you 274 00:12:07,050 --> 00:12:07,820 being on this trip 275 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:12,340 I wanted, I really really wanted 276 00:12:12,370 --> 00:12:13,150 to go on this trip 277 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:14,390 and there were some things 278 00:12:14,420 --> 00:12:15,420 happening in my life 279 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:16,920 I wasn't going to be aloud 280 00:12:16,950 --> 00:12:17,840 to come on this trip 281 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,810 and than, I prayed every day 282 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,740 that I could come on this trip 283 00:12:21,770 --> 00:12:23,010 the people prayed for me 284 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,810 and than, one day 285 00:12:24,850 --> 00:12:26,550 after all this thing 286 00:12:26,590 --> 00:12:27,990 No, you're not gonna be able to go 287 00:12:28,030 --> 00:12:29,440 you're not gonna be able to go 288 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,000 and than, one day they just called 289 00:12:31,030 --> 00:12:32,520 and they were: Yeah, you can go 290 00:12:32,550 --> 00:12:33,970 I was like thank You, God 291 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:34,800 when they called me 292 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,650 I did exactly the same thing 293 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:38,680 I cried and I thought 294 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,080 what an incredible miracle 295 00:12:40,110 --> 00:12:41,660 that you're with us 296 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:43,220 and you could come 297 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:46,160 That's amazing 298 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,830 Mine wasn't the same story 299 00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:51,330 but just how I got here 300 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,750 how I met you, Cheri 301 00:12:53,790 --> 00:12:56,580 the things that God's told me 302 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:59,380 things that He has for me to do 303 00:12:59,410 --> 00:13:00,600 and different promises 304 00:13:00,630 --> 00:13:01,550 that He's made 305 00:13:01,590 --> 00:13:03,430 and things about singing 306 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:05,280 and reaching out to people 307 00:13:05,310 --> 00:13:06,820 just having a ministry 308 00:13:06,850 --> 00:13:07,980 to young kids 309 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:09,840 I know the story you're gonna tell 310 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:11,330 It's funny 311 00:13:11,370 --> 00:13:12,760 I don't know 312 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,410 I think just Him being 313 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,130 giving His promises 314 00:13:17,170 --> 00:13:18,790 and I'm like, ok 315 00:13:18,830 --> 00:13:21,090 I'm involved with the ministry 316 00:13:21,130 --> 00:13:23,360 but I have certain things set out 317 00:13:23,390 --> 00:13:24,110 and scheduled out 318 00:13:24,210 --> 00:13:26,010 and there's things that He's promised that I don't see 319 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,920 how they're gonna be fulfilled 320 00:13:27,950 --> 00:13:28,910 or how it's gonna work out 321 00:13:28,950 --> 00:13:31,190 and not doubting God, but just 322 00:13:31,220 --> 00:13:33,430 wandering: how is it gonna happen 323 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:34,380 or when is it gonna happen? 324 00:13:34,410 --> 00:13:36,950 I live in Texas 325 00:13:36,990 --> 00:13:38,630 and I took a break and went home 326 00:13:38,670 --> 00:13:40,240 for about a week, five days 327 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,850 and I ended up going to a retreat 328 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,740 with my mom and met Cheri 329 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:47,290 and God totally opened up the door 330 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,180 for us to come her and 331 00:13:50,220 --> 00:13:52,450 Wait, wait, it's so cool 332 00:13:52,490 --> 00:13:54,830 We're in this prayer group 333 00:13:54,870 --> 00:13:56,550 and I hadn't seen you yet 334 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:58,510 I haven't met you yet 335 00:13:58,550 --> 00:14:00,370 and carrying it's... 336 00:14:00,410 --> 00:14:02,160 I really wanna sing 337 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,900 but I feel like I always hold back 338 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:06,580 and I would like to be able to sing for the Lord 339 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:09,230 that's what you said and so everybody on this trip 340 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:11,260 said: well let's pray for you 341 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:14,180 lets pray that God works to that through The Holly Spirit 342 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:17,070 so we all started to pray and one woman sits up and says 343 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,020 why don't we sing while we pray? 344 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:23,390 would you be embarrassed to sing the song that you sang? 345 00:14:23,420 --> 00:14:27,150 it was so incredible. I was so blessed. Can you? 346 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:33,640 you're doing so good this far. Ok. 347 00:14:33,670 --> 00:14:41,640 holy, holy Lord 348 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:49,580 God of power and might 349 00:14:49,620 --> 00:15:01,050 Heaven and earth, they are filled with Your glory 350 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:09,300 holy, holy, holy Lord 351 00:15:09,330 --> 00:15:17,480 God of power and might 352 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:29,590 Heaven and earth, they are filled with Your glory. 353 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:42,570 Hosanna, Hosanna 354 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:56,720 in the highest 355 00:15:56,750 --> 00:16:08,830 Hosanna, Hosanna 356 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:20,870 in the highest 357 00:16:20,910 --> 00:16:25,050 That was cool. That was awesome. 358 00:16:25,090 --> 00:16:27,290 I'm telling you, I felt shivers all over my body. 359 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,050 You come and sing for me. 360 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:34,580 What was really fun was that after she stopped 361 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:39,040 we were doing the auditions for the teen show 362 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,280 so we were doing the auditions at the time that I was at 363 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:43,120 this woman's retreat as a speaker 364 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:47,630 so she sings, and she's singing about God using her in music 365 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,300 and at the end of the prayer I thought I 366 00:16:50,340 --> 00:16:55,650 don't want to be too pushy, but how soon did you want to 367 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:01,920 get used? Do you remember that? - Yeah, I was thinking: what? 368 00:17:01,950 --> 00:17:04,660 So tell the rest. It was too fun, too fun. 369 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:08,450 So Cheri said, and I could tell she was kind of like: 370 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,200 I don't want to seem rude, but I want you on my show 371 00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:14,780 I was like: What I didn't hear her say anything 372 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,120 about what she was doing, so they were like: 373 00:17:19,150 --> 00:17:21,170 we got to have you do an audition, 374 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,150 and they were doing them on a Thursday 375 00:17:23,190 --> 00:17:25,020 and I had scheduled something with my church 376 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:28,130 and I was like: theres no way that I was heading back to Texas 377 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,640 and they were like: well we got to do it tomorrow 378 00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:32,750 I was like: Oh Lord, and I just prayed and 379 00:17:32,790 --> 00:17:35,210 I felt like God saying to me, Karen this is a door 380 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,630 I'm opening for you and I want you to do this. 381 00:17:37,660 --> 00:17:39,720 and we had a little cam corder. 382 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,530 we didn't even have the studio cameras, a little camcorder 383 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:48,830 and we had one person that knew a song that you know 384 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,840 and had it play, so it wasn't a rehearse thing 385 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,480 she didn't have time to rehearse things for the audition 386 00:17:53,510 --> 00:17:55,040 and we did the audition right there 387 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,710 You know, somebody said, and I have to tell you this Karen 388 00:17:59,740 --> 00:18:03,270 somebody said to me, during that time, they said 389 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:06,760 Karen, you're so lucky 390 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,630 that his happened and that Cheri was here and heard you 391 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:14,440 and I thought I'm so lucky 392 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,510 because I do think you're going to have a ministry 393 00:18:16,550 --> 00:18:21,020 I think as soon as you get your first cd, I want it signed 394 00:18:21,050 --> 00:18:25,240 I think it would be so awesome. 395 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:31,100 Everybody will start a list now. Isn't that cool? 396 00:18:31,130 --> 00:18:34,620 Yeah, that is too fun. 397 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:38,080 So, any other miracles? 398 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,640 Miracles to me are so incredible. 399 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,760 Actually, it's not really a happy miracle 400 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,520 I guess it's in the process of becoming a happy miracle 401 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:53,830 My brother had been involved in all kinds of drugs and stuff 402 00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:57,010 and he finally decided to get help 403 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,160 So my parents sent him to Jamaica 404 00:19:00,190 --> 00:19:02,820 - Jamaica? - Yeah. 405 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,730 Can I tell your parents I'm in trouble? 406 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:16,630 He's going through a program down there, going to school 407 00:19:16,660 --> 00:19:21,250 and my parents read me a letter that he had wrote 408 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,460 and he said how much he's changed 409 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:28,790 and when he comes home he's just going to be totally changed 410 00:19:28,820 --> 00:19:31,850 I totally think that that's really great 411 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,620 Do you miss him 412 00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:37,740 from the time he got into drugs to who he was before that? 413 00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:40,970 Yeah, a lot. Cause we were really close. 414 00:19:41,010 --> 00:19:44,370 So that's a miracle, Youll be able to see him as he is 415 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,650 and stop seeing the drugs. 416 00:19:45,690 --> 00:19:46,910 How old is your brother? 417 00:19:46,940 --> 00:19:48,240 He's seventeen. 418 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,310 Is he allowed to call you? 419 00:19:51,350 --> 00:19:54,160 Not right now. He will eventually. 420 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,280 He can write letters and we can fax him, but 421 00:19:57,310 --> 00:20:00,360 and he can write back, but we can't talk to him. 422 00:20:00,390 --> 00:20:04,210 I miss my brother a lot. 423 00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:07,680 if anyone here knows I have a brother. I know I miss him. 424 00:20:07,710 --> 00:20:09,870 Do you know why they do that? 425 00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:11,990 I worked in a recovery center 426 00:20:12,030 --> 00:20:15,040 for people when they when they first got into placement 427 00:20:15,070 --> 00:20:18,050 and they don't allow anyone in the family to talk or call 428 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,890 because they want them to focus on recovery 429 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,120 and focus on the work they're doing 430 00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:25,280 and if you call, even foe a minute 431 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,690 it's like I want you to rescue me, you won't believe it here 432 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,020 it's terrible. 433 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:32,250 and than it takes a while to get back in the program. 434 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,470 Yeah, I can understand that. 435 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,430 Yeah. What a miracle. 436 00:20:35,470 --> 00:20:38,630 We got to remember pray about that too 437 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:40,770 during this process. 438 00:20:40,810 --> 00:20:43,820 I have a miracle. It's kind of small, but 439 00:20:43,850 --> 00:20:45,650 it's a miracle. 440 00:20:45,690 --> 00:20:47,460 And it counts. 441 00:20:58,470 --> 00:21:00,550 someone accidentally opened the door really hard 442 00:21:00,580 --> 00:21:02,210 and it slammed into my forehead 443 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:06,490 so I was having this really bad headache 444 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,360 and it was just killing me. 445 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,230 and it was getting worse by the minute 446 00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:12,690 and than my dad started to think I had a concution 447 00:21:16,950 --> 00:21:20,150 and, you know, t just hurt a lot 448 00:21:20,190 --> 00:21:23,980 and my dad was getting really worried, so 449 00:21:24,020 --> 00:21:27,780 he decided that he might want to pray 450 00:21:27,810 --> 00:21:29,800 cause praying always works. 451 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:34,050 Praying is always the best decision, sometimes. 452 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:40,010 and he prayed and when he was over 453 00:21:40,050 --> 00:21:43,380 and when he was finished praying I just had this 454 00:21:43,410 --> 00:21:46,670 wonderful feeling of peace, it just swept over me 455 00:21:46,710 --> 00:21:49,930 and my headache was completely gone. It was just wonderful. 456 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,960 All your headache was gone? 457 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,090 I think that it's totally cool, how God can just take control 458 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:59,380 just when you need it. 459 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:02,640 I think a lot of people have miracles 460 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,570 they do not even think about, happen to them daily. 461 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,440 Just little things. Exactly. 462 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,280 Cause your life is just going by so fast 463 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,100 you don't realize that all these miracles are happening to you. 464 00:22:13,130 --> 00:22:16,360 Even if it's finding your car keys, you know. 465 00:22:16,390 --> 00:22:19,590 It can be a big thing when you're late you know. 466 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:21,970 For my husband he says it's his golf ball. 467 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,590 I have another one that's really fun 468 00:22:25,630 --> 00:22:28,560 I was driving on the street and I had to go in 469 00:22:28,590 --> 00:22:31,430 and, say, talk to a pastor at this church 470 00:22:31,470 --> 00:22:34,240 so while I was talking to the pastor I thought 471 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,690 I have to talk to the person who was running women's ministry too 472 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,190 so it was two people I had to talk too. 473 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:40,770 and the day was just packed. I didn't have time 474 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,310 to do anything else, so I was passing the church 475 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:44,800 so I stopped the car and ran in 476 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,390 and the first thing they said was: I'm sorry, 477 00:22:46,430 --> 00:22:47,950 the pastor is not here. And than I thought, ok. 478 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:50,890 How about the person in women's ministry? 479 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,080 No, she's not here. And so I thought 480 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:57,130 And I'm trying in my mind to think what I'm going to do now 481 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,950 cause I'm so short in time 482 00:22:58,990 --> 00:23:01,030 and the phone rings and it's the pastor 483 00:23:01,070 --> 00:23:03,780 so I thought, oh good, so I was talking to the pastor 484 00:23:03,810 --> 00:23:07,180 and as we are wrapping up, the other line rings 485 00:23:07,210 --> 00:23:08,750 and it's the woman's ministry person 486 00:23:08,790 --> 00:23:10,990 and I talked to her and I got both things done 487 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:13,190 and I looked at the receptionist and said: 488 00:23:13,220 --> 00:23:14,620 Isn't God fun? 489 00:23:14,650 --> 00:23:16,020 She just laughed. 490 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,420 Somebody had said: you know, I think that's a coincidence 491 00:23:20,450 --> 00:23:22,300 and I think, you don't know my God than 492 00:23:22,340 --> 00:23:24,350 because He is fun like that, He does things that 493 00:23:24,380 --> 00:23:29,130 you know He's involved, you know. 494 00:23:29,170 --> 00:23:33,820 You get that feeling that it's not just coincidence 495 00:23:33,850 --> 00:23:36,780 There's interaction 496 00:23:36,820 --> 00:23:38,940 It's like this cosmic smile 497 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:42,220 I think that God is involved in our lives a lot of times 498 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:43,840 we don't even start to realize it, it's like 499 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,980 something happens and than all of a sudden it's better 500 00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:49,110 and I think we don't take time out of our days 501 00:23:49,140 --> 00:23:50,530 to start thinking at things like that 502 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:54,060 and we just think: Oh yeah, and we happily go on with our day 503 00:23:54,090 --> 00:23:56,100 instead of thinking, you know, there's a reason 504 00:23:56,140 --> 00:23:58,120 why it's happening and there's a person who did this. 505 00:23:58,150 --> 00:24:00,470 it didn't just happen for no particular reason 506 00:24:04,620 --> 00:24:07,320 I feel like I'm taking advantage of Him 507 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:09,360 He gives me so much great stuff 508 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,630 I have another miracle. Go ahead. 509 00:24:13,670 --> 00:24:16,310 I think I was about seven or eight 510 00:24:16,350 --> 00:24:19,160 we used to live in California, we're driving down the highway 511 00:24:19,190 --> 00:24:21,170 we were going to Disneyland 512 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,560 and we had a flat tire, we pulled over 513 00:24:23,590 --> 00:24:25,220 and it was this busy highway, 514 00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:27,550 we didn't think anybody would pull over 515 00:24:27,590 --> 00:24:30,460 and the phone didn't work, most phones on the highway 516 00:24:30,490 --> 00:24:33,680 and this car pulled up, this guy came out 517 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:40,880 and we didn't have that jack to take the bullets off the wheel 518 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:47,410 and he had one in his car, and we didn't have a spare tire 519 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:53,900 and he said that he would go to his house, where he lived 520 00:24:53,930 --> 00:24:54,700 and get his spare tire. 521 00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:57,280 and where he lived was at least an hour drive 522 00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:59,530 and he went off with his car to go get it 523 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,290 and he came back twenty minutes later 524 00:25:02,330 --> 00:25:04,990 It was weird and he had a spare tire 525 00:25:05,030 --> 00:25:08,010 He went home? Yeah, and he had a spare tire 526 00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:11,640 We were so relieved and thought that was really odd 527 00:25:11,670 --> 00:25:13,390 My mom thought he was an angel 528 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:15,870 because we know that people don't usually pull over 529 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:18,070 Especially in the area where we were 530 00:25:18,110 --> 00:25:20,210 and he put it on for us and everything 531 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:23,580 we thanked him and we really thought he was an angel 532 00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:25,160 It was a miracle that he even showed up 533 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:31,520 Whether it was an angel or not, it was really neat 534 00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:35,310 I think that God had sent him 535 00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:38,340 I think God sends people to us all the time 536 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:40,410 and we have no idea. 537 00:25:40,450 --> 00:25:44,410 One time I was on a trip to, again, Wisconsin 538 00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:47,840 another trip, and there was a blizzard, it was really snowy 539 00:25:47,870 --> 00:25:51,230 and blizzard, and my husband wanted to show me something 540 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:52,530 that was a surprise 541 00:25:52,570 --> 00:25:56,110 It was a monument or something that he wanted to show me 542 00:25:56,140 --> 00:25:58,160 He's always proud to show me those things 543 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,560 cause he had a normal childhood and I kind of didn't 544 00:26:00,590 --> 00:26:03,100 and we were on our way and I thought 545 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:05,090 there's no way were going to be seeing this because 546 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,300 we were in this blizzard 547 00:26:07,340 --> 00:26:12,600 and he said really seriously: Sheri we just pray about it 548 00:26:12,630 --> 00:26:14,310 and I thought: pray for what? 549 00:26:14,350 --> 00:26:18,440 and he said: Pray that God stops the blizzard 550 00:26:18,470 --> 00:26:20,240 and I thought: No, way. 551 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,310 You cannot just say: Lord, excuse me, can you stop 552 00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:26,350 the entire weather thing for us to see this monument 553 00:26:26,380 --> 00:26:29,060 and than I looked at him and he was tearing up 554 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,310 because if there was some reason that it was important 555 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,080 for him to share this experience with me 556 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,330 so I realized it was important and I prayed harder 557 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:37,100 than I've ever prayed 558 00:26:37,140 --> 00:26:38,960 and all of a sudden, this is true 559 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,090 and I've got pictures of it, it was so amazing 560 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,140 the weather changed, the sky started clearing up and 561 00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:48,420 when we got there, there were still people cleaning the roads 562 00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:54,370 and we were at Devil's Tower in South Dakota 563 00:26:54,410 --> 00:26:57,620 we hiked around it and as we came around the tower 564 00:26:57,650 --> 00:26:59,360 the tower which is a mile high 565 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,120 the sun totally shone on the tower for five minutes 566 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,850 and was gone. And Brad and I just stood there and said 567 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,610 God can even change the weather 568 00:27:09,650 --> 00:27:12,300 Now, what's really funny and I've got to end with this 569 00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:14,950 is my daughter, if she's at a baseball game, she's seven 570 00:27:14,980 --> 00:27:17,890 she says: Dear Lord, will You please stop the rain? 571 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:21,000 and I think it's not typical that God changes the weather, 572 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,800 but He loves us enough that it's amazing what He is willing to do 573 00:27:24,830 --> 00:27:26,910 and the miracles that we can count on. 574 00:27:26,950 --> 00:27:28,960 Thank You for joining us on Teen Pathways 575 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,020 and remember that we have a God that does miracles 576 00:27:32,060 --> 00:27:35,010 every single day. It's such an incredible thing. 577 00:27:35,050 --> 00:27:38,680 So keep praying and keep your eyes open for miracles.