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This is Journey with Care. Hey. We're taking 4 weeks of the summer
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to keep it short or speedy. Let's just call these
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summer speedos. Short action packed dives into the
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incredible stories of everyday people using Care Portal to
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build connection and change lives. Care Portal, for those
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families, and businesses with specific needs with some of the most
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Enough chit chat. Let's get on with the summer Speedos.
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I met this mom and she's was
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a victim of a violent crime, she and her 3 daughters, and they
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escaped with very little. I found out about her right before Christmas.
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Actually, a community donor said that she had things to
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donate, and I was the connecting church. And so
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on the 23rd December, we delivered a lot of clothes and
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shoes and foods to the hotel where the agency had put
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this family up.
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I really didn't get to meet the family at that point. There was a strange
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glitch, and I just ended up leaving everything.
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Fast forward a few days, another request comes through care
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portal. It sounds like the same family, so I pick up the request.
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Enough, same family. They had moved into some temporary
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housing, so I gathered up the request items, air mattresses,
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and and a teammate, and we went to deliver, and I finally
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got to meet the family.
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This mom is amazing, but she told us that
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she just all the events that had happened to her, her car
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broke down. Her daughter was
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suicidal. She has 2 children and herself are type 1
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diabetic. They were camping out in this
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really bad situation and then stayed in the hotel, but that was, you know,
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just for a little while. And she was just going through such a
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nightmare, and she said, I just was trying to figure out how I could
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just end it all. I could take my life and, also, my children
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just put us all out of this misery.
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And she said, I I think God must hate me. And I
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said, God doesn't hate you. God loves you.
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And she said, well, nobody sees me. Nobody
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sees us. And I said, I'm here and I see you.
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We're here. God loves you and
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you're surviving this. It's incredible. This is
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incredible bad situation. And she said, well, I wanna know
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how to have God in my heart. I mean, I hear people talk about
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that. I just don't think that God is for
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me. And we
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said, of course, God is for you. You know, Jesus has bought
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you. He's paid for you. He loves you. You're not perfect. We're not
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perfect. But you are righteous because of Jesus. And
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God loves you and accepts you and you're reconciled with God.
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And just the look on her face, and she
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just broke down and cried. We hugged her.
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We've been in contact couple times a day since
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then. Another church has partnered with us to
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help support this family. They brought her, you know, a microwave
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and a way that she could, you know, store some food in this very
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temporary shelter that they're in the moment. Care
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portal made that connection, and that community donor
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that had a closet full clothes donate that roped me into this.
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You know, bless your heart.
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Families need to be seen. They need to know that God loves them.
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They need to know that there is a church full of
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people who have received from God and want to help
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people find a healthier place than they're at
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right now. And we're all people
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that have received from the Lord and are looking for
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people that need to know that God is for them.
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When the world spins by the
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home, remember
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that you belong.
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Thing you ever dreamed came true.
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When you laugh and you cry, I'll be
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always on your side, and thank God
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for you and me.
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When we're older, we were saved.
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And everything that you do take hard.
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You are strong. You are brave. You are all
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you meant to be. Everything you ever
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dreamed came true.
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For you and me.
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Thank God for you and me.
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Thanks for listening to this summer Speedo on the Journey with Care podcast.
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To keep the stories and conversations flowing, remember the summer
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of 30. 30 listeners to donate $30 in the next
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30 days to help make a difference. Visit journeywithcare.ca/30.
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the journey.
