WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of LIFE Outreach International. 00:00:06.707 --> 00:00:08.976 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Janelle Bruland: There was a very turbulent flight. 00:00:08.976 --> 00:00:12.880 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% As we were coming in, it kept getting rougher and rougher. 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:14.214 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I was very, very shook up. 00:00:14.214 --> 00:00:15.949 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I got off the plane. 00:00:15.949 --> 00:00:20.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Everyone around me seemed like they were okay, and I was not. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:24.458 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As soon as I got back into the airport, I burst into tears, and 00:00:24.458 --> 00:00:27.828 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I was just sobbing uncontrollably, and it 00:00:27.828 --> 00:00:29.162 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% wouldn't stop. 00:00:29.162 --> 00:00:32.399 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% announcer: Suffering with undiagnosed PTSD, Janelle 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.502 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Bruland turned her pain into power. 00:00:36.670 --> 00:00:46.680 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.680 --> 00:00:53.587 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.587 --> 00:00:55.155 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:55.155 --> 00:00:59.159 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I'm Randy Robison, this is Blynda Lane, are you happy? 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.863 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda Lane: I'm happy to be here, and I am happy all around, 00:01:02.863 --> 00:01:05.666 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% because we have an amazing guest today talking about happy. 00:01:05.666 --> 00:01:07.200 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: Talking about happy, and not just happy, 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:08.602 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% but something a little deeper. 00:01:08.602 --> 00:01:10.170 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Blynda: That's right. 00:01:10.170 --> 00:01:11.638 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: All right, Janelle Bruland, 00:01:11.638 --> 00:01:12.973 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% welcome to "Life Today." 00:01:12.973 --> 00:01:14.875 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Janelle: Thank you. I'm honored to be here. 00:01:14.875 --> 00:01:16.276 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: I wanna show people your book. 00:01:16.276 --> 00:01:19.947 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% This is called "Your Way Back to Happy." 00:01:19.947 --> 00:01:23.617 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And we're gonna get into that, but let's just pause for a 00:01:23.617 --> 00:01:30.457 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% second and self-assess, because God talks about joy, and he says 00:01:30.457 --> 00:01:32.359 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% he wants us to have it. 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:36.897 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But yet, a lot of us are really looking like we've got zero 00:01:36.897 --> 00:01:38.231 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% going on. 00:01:38.231 --> 00:01:39.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: It even says, "The joy of the Lord is our strength." 00:01:39.833 --> 00:01:41.168 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: Is our strength, right. 00:01:41.168 --> 00:01:44.404 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Maybe that's why we're--okay, so Janelle, welcome again. 00:01:44.404 --> 00:01:50.477 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But give us a little bit of this "Your Way Back to Happy" kind 00:01:50.477 --> 00:01:51.845 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% of idea. 00:01:51.845 --> 00:01:53.180 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Where does this come from? 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:54.548 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Janelle: You bet. 00:01:54.548 --> 00:01:56.283 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Well, "Your Way Back to Happy: How to Turn the Pain of Your 00:01:56.283 --> 00:01:59.686 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Past Into a Future of Freedom, Purpose, and Peace." 00:01:59.686 --> 00:02:03.190 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And it's really about my journey of how I discovered I had some 00:02:03.190 --> 00:02:08.628 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% unresolved pain in my life, and I thought that I was happy. 00:02:08.628 --> 00:02:10.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Everything was going really well. 00:02:10.364 --> 00:02:13.967 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then it was my discovery of that I actually had some deep 00:02:13.967 --> 00:02:17.371 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% pain that was buried that I needed to deal with, and my 00:02:17.371 --> 00:02:20.841 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% journey to get back to happy at a level that I had not 00:02:20.841 --> 00:02:22.776 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% known before. 00:02:22.776 --> 00:02:26.480 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: You have an interesting story in that this discovery of 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:30.083 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% this pain that you had came at a very unique place. 00:02:30.083 --> 00:02:32.652 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Can you just go into a little bit about your story about how 00:02:32.652 --> 00:02:36.089 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you recognized you did have some past trauma you needed to 00:02:36.089 --> 00:02:37.424 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% deal with? 00:02:37.424 --> 00:02:38.792 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Janelle: Yes, absolutely. 00:02:38.792 --> 00:02:40.594 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Well, I was returning home from a weekend away with 00:02:40.594 --> 00:02:41.962 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% a girlfriend. 00:02:41.962 --> 00:02:44.698 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We'd had a lovely time, those times away where you see a 00:02:44.698 --> 00:02:47.200 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% friend maybe you haven't seen in a number of years, and it feels 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:49.002 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% like yesterday that you were together. 00:02:49.002 --> 00:02:51.004 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And we had great meals, beach walks. 00:02:51.004 --> 00:02:56.076 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And coming back home from California to Seattle, there was 00:02:56.076 --> 00:03:02.082 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a very turbulent flight and as we were coming in, it kept 00:03:02.082 --> 00:03:04.351 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% getting rougher and rougher. 00:03:04.351 --> 00:03:07.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I was getting really nervous about it. 00:03:07.687 --> 00:03:12.559 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And as it continued to pitch and turn, I'm thinking, "Okay, what 00:03:12.559 --> 00:03:13.927 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% are we going to do here?" 00:03:13.927 --> 00:03:17.397 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And finally the pilot came on and he said, "We are going to 00:03:17.397 --> 00:03:19.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% have to turn back the plane due to a storm." 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:24.237 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so we turned back to the airport, we landed the plane. 00:03:24.237 --> 00:03:25.605 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I was very, very shook up. 00:03:25.605 --> 00:03:27.307 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I got off the plane. 00:03:27.307 --> 00:03:31.478 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Everyone around me seemed like they were okay, and I was not. 00:03:31.478 --> 00:03:35.849 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As soon as I got back into the airport, I burst into tears, and 00:03:35.849 --> 00:03:39.219 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I was just sobbing uncontrollably, and it 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:40.554 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% wouldn't stop. 00:03:40.554 --> 00:03:41.922 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% And I called my husband. 00:03:41.922 --> 00:03:43.490 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I said, "I am not getting back on the plane. 00:03:43.490 --> 00:03:45.092 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% You need to come get me." 00:03:45.092 --> 00:03:48.962 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And anyway, I made my way back home, but what I realized is 00:03:48.962 --> 00:03:51.531 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% that was a turning point for me. 00:03:51.531 --> 00:03:52.899 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Something was going on. 00:03:52.899 --> 00:03:54.601 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I needed to figure out what was happening, because this was very 00:03:54.601 --> 00:03:56.069 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% unlike me. 00:03:56.069 --> 00:04:00.006 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And what I discovered is I had trauma that was unresolved that 00:04:00.006 --> 00:04:02.909 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% was making its debut in the middle of the airport. 00:04:02.909 --> 00:04:05.812 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it was time for something that I had buried for so long, 00:04:05.812 --> 00:04:09.049 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% so deeply that I didn't even realize was there, and it was 00:04:09.049 --> 00:04:10.383 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% time for me to heal it. 00:04:10.383 --> 00:04:12.519 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: Okay, I hate flying too. 00:04:12.519 --> 00:04:15.455 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I really hate turbulence. 00:04:15.455 --> 00:04:21.328 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But, so it seems justified to me for you to be shook up after a 00:04:21.328 --> 00:04:24.698 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% "turn back" kind of flight, right, because that's rough. 00:04:24.698 --> 00:04:26.066 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% It's very real. 00:04:26.066 --> 00:04:28.902 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% That wasn't an imaginary storm. 00:04:28.902 --> 00:04:35.041 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What did you find was very real in your life, but yet something 00:04:35.041 --> 00:04:38.812 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that couldn't prevent you from ever flying again, right? 00:04:38.812 --> 00:04:41.414 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% In other words, couldn't prevent you from moving on in life, 00:04:41.414 --> 00:04:43.316 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% because I think that's where people get hung up. 00:04:43.316 --> 00:04:45.685 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% This is a very real thing. 00:04:45.685 --> 00:04:47.354 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% This storm is very, very real. 00:04:47.354 --> 00:04:49.756 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% This turbulence, it happened. 00:04:49.756 --> 00:04:51.224 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% And now I can't move on. 00:04:51.224 --> 00:04:54.461 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But you're saying that there's a way to deal with it, to push 00:04:54.461 --> 00:04:55.795 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% through, to move on? 00:04:55.795 --> 00:04:57.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Janelle: Absolutely, in the right way. 00:04:57.931 --> 00:05:02.702 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So I became curious of what was happening to me, this anxiety 00:05:02.702 --> 00:05:05.805 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that had built up and just overflowed and that I couldn't 00:05:05.805 --> 00:05:07.140 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% get control of. 00:05:07.140 --> 00:05:10.377 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I knew that there was something, that I need to deal with it, and 00:05:10.377 --> 00:05:13.413 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I believe that I was ready to do the work. 00:05:13.413 --> 00:05:16.316 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And you have to be ready to do the work to heal yourself when 00:05:16.316 --> 00:05:17.684 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% you find yourself like this. 00:05:17.684 --> 00:05:22.489 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I went and I got a brain scan, and from that found out 00:05:22.489 --> 00:05:26.026 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% that even though I was very high-functioning and was 00:05:26.026 --> 00:05:32.065 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% successful in the world's terms, I actually had this unresolved 00:05:32.065 --> 00:05:33.767 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% issue of PTSD. 00:05:33.767 --> 00:05:35.135 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% That was the diagnosis. 00:05:35.135 --> 00:05:38.638 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So the amygdala in my brain, which, typically when you look 00:05:38.638 --> 00:05:43.276 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% at a brain scan, should be dark and calm, mine was lit up like 00:05:43.276 --> 00:05:44.878 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% the Fourth of July. 00:05:44.878 --> 00:05:49.082 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that meant that my body was in this flight or fight mode, 00:05:49.082 --> 00:05:52.752 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that I was--I felt in my body like I was being chased by a 00:05:52.752 --> 00:05:54.621 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% tiger all of the time. 00:05:54.621 --> 00:05:58.225 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that was because I had pain that I'd had in my life from 00:05:58.225 --> 00:06:02.796 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% chronic trauma for years, that I had just put away. 00:06:02.796 --> 00:06:06.366 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I think as a high achiever, oftentimes, and I'm a business 00:06:06.366 --> 00:06:09.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% leader, entrepreneur, we say, "Pain? What pain?" 00:06:09.970 --> 00:06:12.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% We're gonna just push through that. 00:06:12.239 --> 00:06:13.773 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: "I eat pain for breakfast!" 00:06:13.773 --> 00:06:15.242 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Janelle: Yes, yes. 00:06:15.242 --> 00:06:17.444 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We're just going to push through that and have that tenacity, it 00:06:17.444 --> 00:06:18.945 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% makes us better. 00:06:18.945 --> 00:06:23.049 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And instead, that was not the way to be dealing with it, that 00:06:23.049 --> 00:06:24.417 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I actually needed to heal instead. 00:06:24.417 --> 00:06:27.654 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: What I find interesting about that is you kind of, you 00:06:27.654 --> 00:06:29.656 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% know, had this "what pain?" 00:06:29.656 --> 00:06:33.526 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% kind of attitude, but your body was keeping a score all along. 00:06:33.526 --> 00:06:36.162 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And at some point, there was going to be a trigger where your 00:06:36.162 --> 00:06:37.964 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% body said "I've had enough." 00:06:37.964 --> 00:06:39.666 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% And that was that moment. 00:06:39.666 --> 00:06:43.069 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So continue telling us, from that moment, even after this 00:06:43.069 --> 00:06:45.972 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% brain scan, you're hearing the words "PTSD." 00:06:45.972 --> 00:06:50.243 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Was this confusing and shocking to you to get that diagnosis? 00:06:50.243 --> 00:06:51.578 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Janelle: Yes, completely. 00:06:51.578 --> 00:06:54.814 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So we had these brain scans, my husband and I, we actually did 00:06:54.814 --> 00:06:56.816 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% it for our 50th birthday. 00:06:56.816 --> 00:06:59.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We decided that we were going to get everything checked out, our 00:06:59.719 --> 00:07:03.990 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% heart, our brain, and make sure that we were performing at 00:07:03.990 --> 00:07:06.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% optimum level and get that baseline to take the best care 00:07:06.593 --> 00:07:07.927 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% of ourselves. 00:07:07.927 --> 00:07:11.464 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So we went in for a brain scan to be able to find out a 00:07:11.464 --> 00:07:15.201 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% baseline, see how we were doing, improve the health of our brain, 00:07:15.201 --> 00:07:19.139 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and the doctor sat us down afterwards and said, "Okay, do 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:20.874 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% you want to be together when we have the results?" 00:07:20.874 --> 00:07:24.044 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And "Oh yeah, sure," and they went over Graham's and then he 00:07:24.044 --> 00:07:26.146 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% said to me, "Do you know what PTSD is?" 00:07:26.146 --> 00:07:29.516 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I said, "Well, yes, I mean, if somebody comes back from the 00:07:29.516 --> 00:07:33.019 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% war, they may have PTSD, they've been through just severe trauma 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:34.354 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% in their lives." 00:07:34.354 --> 00:07:39.526 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he showed me the brain scan of a chronic PTSD person and had 00:07:39.526 --> 00:07:43.229 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that amygdala lit up like that, and he said, "This is the brain 00:07:43.229 --> 00:07:48.401 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% scan of a typical PTSD patient and here's yours." 00:07:48.401 --> 00:07:50.537 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% And it was identical. 00:07:50.537 --> 00:07:53.173 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And he said, "Janelle, you've obviously been through some 00:07:53.173 --> 00:07:55.942 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% severe trauma in your life." 00:07:55.942 --> 00:07:57.777 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% And it was a mic drop moment. 00:07:57.777 --> 00:08:00.146 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% I had no idea. 00:08:00.146 --> 00:08:02.449 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Yes, I've been through challenges, but I thought I had 00:08:02.449 --> 00:08:03.817 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% been past that. 00:08:03.817 --> 00:08:06.119 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: When the doctor talked about the PTSD and you 00:08:06.119 --> 00:08:09.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% remembered the trauma that you're speaking of, was it 00:08:09.055 --> 00:08:10.390 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% obvious to you? 00:08:10.390 --> 00:08:11.991 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Were you like, "Oh yeah, I know exactly what that trauma was," 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:13.326 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% or were you having to go far back? 00:08:13.326 --> 00:08:15.762 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Like, what is the trauma that you're speaking of? 00:08:15.762 --> 00:08:17.697 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Do you mind sharing that with the audience? 00:08:17.697 --> 00:08:19.032 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Janelle: No, absolutely. 00:08:19.032 --> 00:08:22.569 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, years before, so I had been, in my first marriage, I'd been 00:08:22.569 --> 00:08:24.371 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% married to an addict. 00:08:24.371 --> 00:08:28.408 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And we had that up and down rollercoaster ride of living 00:08:28.408 --> 00:08:30.210 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% with someone with an addiction. 00:08:30.210 --> 00:08:33.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I believed that you stay with somebody in sickness and in 00:08:33.646 --> 00:08:37.517 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% health, and my husband was sick and I was gonna stay there all 00:08:37.517 --> 00:08:39.319 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% the way along the ride. 00:08:39.319 --> 00:08:45.725 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then he ended up abandoning me and my young daughters, and 00:08:45.725 --> 00:08:47.560 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% my focus was on my girls. 00:08:47.560 --> 00:08:50.463 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And if you have children, you just wanna make sure your kids 00:08:50.463 --> 00:08:51.831 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% are okay. 00:08:51.831 --> 00:08:54.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I wasn't really focusing on my own pain. 00:08:54.434 --> 00:08:56.569 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And that was really buried deeply. 00:08:56.569 --> 00:08:59.305 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I believe it was for the best, because I needed to do 00:08:59.305 --> 00:09:01.174 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% what I needed to do then. 00:09:01.174 --> 00:09:04.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I was in survival mode then, to help my kids. 00:09:04.577 --> 00:09:07.147 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And then after getting into a second marriage and being in a 00:09:07.147 --> 00:09:10.383 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% safe place, that's when God said, "You know what, now's the 00:09:10.383 --> 00:09:13.753 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% time, with the support that you have, to deal with this." 00:09:13.753 --> 00:09:16.289 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy: No, that's some real turbulence there. 00:09:16.289 --> 00:09:17.657 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% I mean, you know. 00:09:17.657 --> 00:09:21.728 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And back to your analogy, the worst pilots in the world? 00:09:21.728 --> 00:09:24.297 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% It's the guy that doesn't turn back but says, 00:09:24.297 --> 00:09:26.733 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% "We're gonna push through this storm." 00:09:26.733 --> 00:09:31.337 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% But yet that's what a lot of us do with the trauma. 00:09:31.337 --> 00:09:33.773 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We go, "I'm gonna push through this storm." 00:09:33.773 --> 00:09:35.108 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Did you try that? 00:09:35.108 --> 00:09:37.744 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Janelle: Oh, that's how I lived my life, absolutely. 00:09:37.744 --> 00:09:39.179 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Randy: Just pushing through? 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:41.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Janelle: Yes, and when I would talk about-- 00:09:41.181 --> 00:09:43.216 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: You had to be both mom and dad, so you had to just 00:09:43.216 --> 00:09:44.717 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% push through. 00:09:44.717 --> 00:09:46.252 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% You just had to do what had to be done. 00:09:46.252 --> 00:09:49.055 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Janelle: Absolutely, and I talked about that really my 00:09:49.055 --> 00:09:52.292 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% strengths were optimism and tenacity, those two together. 00:09:52.292 --> 00:09:55.462 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I thought tenacity, that is such an amazing strength. 00:09:55.462 --> 00:09:57.464 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% But that can also be a weakness as well. 00:09:57.464 --> 00:09:58.798 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% It can be a weakness as well. 00:09:58.798 --> 00:10:01.167 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda: How can that be a weakness, the pushing 00:10:01.167 --> 00:10:02.535 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% through idea? 00:10:02.535 --> 00:10:06.873 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I know you said, I read that you had a brain scan, or 00:10:06.873 --> 00:10:08.208 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the brain-- 00:10:08.208 --> 00:10:09.576 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Janelle: Brain training. 00:10:09.576 --> 00:10:12.278 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Brain training, yes, where it actually informed you 00:10:12.278 --> 00:10:15.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% that pushing through isn't always a good thing. 00:10:15.215 --> 00:10:17.050 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Janelle: Yes, exactly. 00:10:17.050 --> 00:10:19.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I talk about this in chapter 4 of the book, "From Pushing 00:10:19.719 --> 00:10:21.120 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Through to Letting Go." 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.591 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I discovered this through one of the healing modalities, 00:10:24.591 --> 00:10:27.060 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% and I talk about many in the book. 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:30.263 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And one of them that was really helpful was neurofeedback. 00:10:30.263 --> 00:10:32.966 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when the doctor--and if you don't know what that is, the 00:10:32.966 --> 00:10:36.503 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% listeners listening, it is brain training for you to really 00:10:36.503 --> 00:10:40.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% optimize your brain and also to heal it from trauma. 00:10:40.540 --> 00:10:44.811 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I sat down with Dr. Nathan, and he said, "Okay, I'm 00:10:44.811 --> 00:10:47.380 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% gonna hook you up," and they put these little monitors, you know, 00:10:47.380 --> 00:10:48.715 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% on your head. 00:10:48.715 --> 00:10:51.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he said, "I want you just to sit quietly, and we're going to 00:10:51.384 --> 00:10:53.920 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% do a brain training exercise together and all you need to do 00:10:53.920 --> 00:10:56.956 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% is breathe, just sit quietly and breathe, close your eyes, sit 00:10:56.956 --> 00:10:58.324 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% quietly, and breathe." 00:10:58.324 --> 00:10:59.659 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% I can do that. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.994 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% So I sat there. 00:11:00.994 --> 00:11:02.362 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I thought I was doing a really great job. 00:11:02.362 --> 00:11:04.430 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And after a few minutes he stopped me and he said, 00:11:04.430 --> 00:11:09.102 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "Janelle, you're not relaxing and let's just have you relax, 00:11:09.102 --> 00:11:12.338 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just be still and breathe," he said, "because actually instead 00:11:12.338 --> 00:11:14.774 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% of your brain calming down, it's revving up." 00:11:14.774 --> 00:11:17.310 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And I thought, "Hmm, well, I can do this. 00:11:17.310 --> 00:11:18.645 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% I've got this." 00:11:18.645 --> 00:11:20.013 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% And we tried again. 00:11:20.013 --> 00:11:22.081 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And the harder I tried, the worse it got. 00:11:22.081 --> 00:11:24.517 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And finally he stopped me and he said, "Janelle, let me tell 00:11:24.517 --> 00:11:25.852 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% you something. 00:11:25.852 --> 00:11:30.890 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Your natural tendency to push through is not helping you here. 00:11:30.890 --> 00:11:33.393 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Your natural tendency to push through is not helping 00:11:33.393 --> 00:11:34.727 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% you here." 00:11:34.727 --> 00:11:40.600 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I had to learn that letting go was the path to healing. 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:45.338 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I couldn't solve this like a goal that I'm going to achieve. 00:11:45.338 --> 00:11:48.608 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Instead you have to allow healing to come into your life. 00:11:48.608 --> 00:11:50.710 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: That's interesting, and you're using a lot of medical 00:11:50.710 --> 00:11:54.847 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% terminology, and I love when science and Scripture come 00:11:54.847 --> 00:11:59.085 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% together, because when you're saying this, I'm thinking cast 00:11:59.085 --> 00:12:03.656 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% your cares on Jesus, you know, don't be anxious for anything. 00:12:03.656 --> 00:12:06.893 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But instead, and it tells us, you know, it tells us all the 00:12:06.893 --> 00:12:08.227 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% good things to do. 00:12:08.227 --> 00:12:13.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% How do you--how did your faith and the science work together to 00:12:13.833 --> 00:12:15.168 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% point you in the same direction? 00:12:15.168 --> 00:12:17.570 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Janelle: Mm, that's a great question. 00:12:17.570 --> 00:12:22.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Definitely learning to be still, to "be still and know that I 00:12:22.342 --> 00:12:23.810 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% am God." 00:12:23.810 --> 00:12:27.714 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I have always been such an achiever and a problem solver, 00:12:27.714 --> 00:12:31.351 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and I want to be in control, a little bit of a control freak, 00:12:31.351 --> 00:12:33.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I'm sure there's people that are listening that feel the 00:12:33.753 --> 00:12:36.222 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% same way. 00:12:36.222 --> 00:12:40.159 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And it was a daily, sometimes hourly, sometimes minute by 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:45.064 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% minute surrender, to really let go and let God. 00:12:45.064 --> 00:12:48.201 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I have an exercise actually in the book that I thought I 00:12:48.201 --> 00:12:52.405 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% would share with you, just to give an example of letting go 00:12:52.405 --> 00:12:53.773 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% versus this pushing through. 00:12:53.773 --> 00:12:55.108 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: You're not gonna hook up anything to our brains. 00:12:55.108 --> 00:12:56.876 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Janelle: I'm not, I'm not. 00:12:56.876 --> 00:12:59.646 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% So I'm gonna give you each a rock. 00:12:59.646 --> 00:13:03.650 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Okay, so, and this is an exercise in the back 00:13:03.650 --> 00:13:08.254 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% of chapter 4, and identify a problem, 00:13:08.254 --> 00:13:11.758 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% something that you're trying to solve. 00:13:11.758 --> 00:13:13.893 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Doesn't have to be a big major thing, but just any problem that 00:13:13.893 --> 00:13:17.664 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% maybe you've been trying to solve by pushing through, where 00:13:17.664 --> 00:13:20.767 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you've been trying to control instead of surrender it. 00:13:20.767 --> 00:13:22.869 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% So this rock is your problem. 00:13:22.869 --> 00:13:26.406 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And I want you to take a moment and grip the rock. 00:13:26.406 --> 00:13:29.876 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I want you to hold it as tightly as you can. 00:13:29.876 --> 00:13:33.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Feel what that feels like in your body, feel it in your hand, 00:13:33.146 --> 00:13:35.415 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% going up your arm, even into your shoulder, that 00:13:35.415 --> 00:13:38.184 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% tense feeling. 00:13:38.184 --> 00:13:43.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Now in contrast, I want you to very slowly open your hand and 00:13:43.322 --> 00:13:46.059 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% let that rock go. 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:50.163 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And just feel now what your hand feels like and that act of 00:13:50.163 --> 00:13:54.067 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% letting go and that release, and that relaxing in your body. 00:13:54.067 --> 00:13:57.036 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And this is how we often live life and the problems that 00:13:57.036 --> 00:13:58.371 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% we have. 00:13:58.371 --> 00:14:02.508 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We want to control it, and the harder we hold on and we grip to 00:14:02.508 --> 00:14:07.647 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that problem, most of the time that's not the way to solve it. 00:14:07.647 --> 00:14:11.484 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But when we let go, when we surrender that to God, when we 00:14:11.484 --> 00:14:15.555 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% allow the healing to take shape in our life, it can make such 00:14:15.555 --> 00:14:16.923 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% a difference. 00:14:16.923 --> 00:14:20.159 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So I would encourage the listeners who are listening 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.963 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% today, think about if there's a problem you've been striving to 00:14:23.963 --> 00:14:27.233 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% solve on your own, that maybe you've just been gripping so 00:14:27.233 --> 00:14:31.938 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% tight to it that it's time to just really let go and allow. 00:14:31.938 --> 00:14:34.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% That's how the healing happened in my life. 00:14:34.373 --> 00:14:38.945 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And one of the the Bible stories I talk about in the book is the 00:14:38.945 --> 00:14:44.383 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% walls of Jericho coming down, and sometimes we like 00:14:44.383 --> 00:14:45.718 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% the suffering. 00:14:45.718 --> 00:14:47.653 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% We're just so used to it. 00:14:47.653 --> 00:14:50.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It feels familiar, that we don't really want to put our past 00:14:50.823 --> 00:14:52.191 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% behind us. 00:14:52.191 --> 00:14:56.662 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And just like after marching around the city over and over 00:14:56.662 --> 00:15:02.101 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% seven times, then the walls came down, they don't come back up. 00:15:02.101 --> 00:15:03.503 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% They're down. 00:15:03.503 --> 00:15:06.139 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And sometimes that's what we need to finally say about 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:07.507 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% our past. 00:15:07.507 --> 00:15:10.042 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We need to stop reliving it and say--we need to learn from it 00:15:10.042 --> 00:15:13.479 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and heal from it, but then say, "Those walls of Jericho are 00:15:13.479 --> 00:15:16.382 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% down, praise God. 00:15:16.382 --> 00:15:17.750 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Let's go forward. 00:15:17.750 --> 00:15:21.721 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Let's have this new beginning that he's created for us." 00:15:21.721 --> 00:15:24.957 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: In thinking about that, though, how do you know, if I'm 00:15:24.957 --> 00:15:29.395 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hearing you say that and I have a trauma or a pain I'm wanting 00:15:29.395 --> 00:15:32.365 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% to let go, how do I really know the difference 00:15:32.365 --> 00:15:36.202 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% between I've let it go-- you know, you did all 00:15:36.202 --> 00:15:38.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% these brain scans to see what was there, 00:15:38.371 --> 00:15:40.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% but if somebody can't do brain scans-- 00:15:40.706 --> 00:15:44.177 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I let it go versus I'm shoving it down? 00:15:44.177 --> 00:15:47.313 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% How do you know the main indicator of I'm really 00:15:47.313 --> 00:15:50.449 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% letting this go and I'm letting God heal my heart and I'm moving 00:15:50.449 --> 00:15:53.386 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% forward, versus I'm just shoving it and ignoring it? 00:15:53.386 --> 00:15:56.589 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Janelle: It is when you have opened up yourself to really do 00:15:56.589 --> 00:16:00.526 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the work, to face the challenges of what you went through, and to 00:16:00.526 --> 00:16:05.298 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% be really honest with yourself about how painful it was, maybe 00:16:05.298 --> 00:16:08.067 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% how angry you are, how sad you are. 00:16:08.067 --> 00:16:11.737 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Going through the grief of it, allowing yourself to feel all of 00:16:11.737 --> 00:16:15.174 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that, all of those emotions, versus shoving them down. 00:16:15.174 --> 00:16:17.844 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You need to allow them to surface so that you can let 00:16:17.844 --> 00:16:19.178 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% them go. 00:16:19.178 --> 00:16:22.048 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: How important was also bringing other people into your 00:16:22.048 --> 00:16:24.350 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% story and getting counseling? 00:16:24.350 --> 00:16:26.919 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I know you had medical help, but how important was that? 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.688 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Janelle: Incredibly important. 00:16:28.688 --> 00:16:31.824 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You need to have that inner circle that you can trust who 00:16:31.824 --> 00:16:35.394 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% are praying for you, who are walking the journey with you, 00:16:35.394 --> 00:16:38.164 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and who know that there's gonna be ups and downs along the way, 00:16:38.164 --> 00:16:40.433 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% because it's not an overnight fix. 00:16:40.433 --> 00:16:41.801 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% It does take the work. 00:16:41.801 --> 00:16:45.538 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But if you're willing to do the work, you're going to find 00:16:45.538 --> 00:16:50.743 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% yourself in a completely different place after doing this 00:16:50.743 --> 00:16:52.712 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% very hard work for a couple of years. 00:16:52.712 --> 00:16:57.483 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And actually the neurofeedback, for six months I went back in, 00:16:57.483 --> 00:17:01.520 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and they were able to do another brain scan and say "Janelle, 00:17:01.520 --> 00:17:03.122 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% you've turned off the alarm." 00:17:03.122 --> 00:17:04.690 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Blynda: Wow, praise God. 00:17:04.690 --> 00:17:06.692 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Janelle: So, and you feel different. 00:17:06.692 --> 00:17:09.295 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% And people now see me as different. 00:17:09.295 --> 00:17:11.898 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so you have this inner peace and harmony like you've never 00:17:11.898 --> 00:17:15.301 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% had before, and so you feel it, absolutely. 00:17:15.301 --> 00:17:17.603 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Well, so the subtitle of your book is "How to Turn the 00:17:17.603 --> 00:17:23.075 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Pain of Your Past Into a Future of Freedom, Purpose, and Peace." 00:17:23.075 --> 00:17:27.380 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And great for you, you saw the doctor, you did the hard work. 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:30.182 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Is it really possible, you think, for everybody else? 00:17:30.182 --> 00:17:31.951 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Janelle: One hundred percent. 00:17:31.951 --> 00:17:34.587 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% One hundred percent, yes. 00:17:34.587 --> 00:17:38.925 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I'd like to share with our listeners is if you are feeling 00:17:38.925 --> 00:17:41.794 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% without hope today, if you are feeling stuck, if there's 00:17:41.794 --> 00:17:44.964 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% something that's from your past that's really holding you back 00:17:44.964 --> 00:17:49.235 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% from this best future, there is hope, my friend. 00:17:49.235 --> 00:17:52.438 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You can do the work, and you can find yourself in this beautiful 00:17:52.438 --> 00:17:56.042 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% place where you find new purpose, a more authentic you, 00:17:56.042 --> 00:17:59.211 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and you can really live with peace and joy. 00:17:59.211 --> 00:18:00.613 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: I believe you. I believe you. 00:18:00.613 --> 00:18:03.649 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And if you want someone to pray with you right now as a first 00:18:03.649 --> 00:18:06.052 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% step, perhaps, pick up the phone. 00:18:06.052 --> 00:18:09.622 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We've got people who will pray with you, and I say it's a first 00:18:09.622 --> 00:18:11.223 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% step because that's what it is. 00:18:11.223 --> 00:18:13.059 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% You've got some hard work to do. 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:16.395 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But just as Janelle has told you, there is hope, there is 00:18:16.395 --> 00:18:19.699 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% freedom, there is peace. 00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:22.034 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% You can get past your past. 00:18:22.034 --> 00:18:24.637 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There are some other people that we're gonna turn to now who are 00:18:24.637 --> 00:18:29.141 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in a place that seems hopeless, oftentimes in places of conflict 00:18:29.141 --> 00:18:30.876 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% or war. 00:18:30.876 --> 00:18:34.947 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You have the ability not only to put your past in the past and to 00:18:34.947 --> 00:18:39.719 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% find that purpose, but to help others in that same way. 00:18:39.719 --> 00:18:43.856 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Watch this and you'll see how you can be that hope, that 00:18:43.856 --> 00:18:46.926 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% peace, that break from trauma for someone. 00:18:46.926 --> 00:18:48.928 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% And I hope you'll do it. 00:18:51.564 --> 00:18:55.067 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% male: Each day, women in this region of South Asia walk for 00:18:55.067 --> 00:19:01.707 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% miles, spending hours to provide water for their families. 00:19:01.707 --> 00:19:05.745 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Amariti, a single mom, travels in this boat to collect water 00:19:05.745 --> 00:19:09.415 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% from the middle of the lake. 00:19:09.415 --> 00:19:13.352 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% She says the water here is cleaner and does not smell as 00:19:13.352 --> 00:19:16.155 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% bad as the water close to the shore. 00:19:16.155 --> 00:19:20.559 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% But the reality is, the distance is no guarantee the water 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.561 align:start line:85% position:50% size:21% is safe. 00:19:22.561 --> 00:19:24.563 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:30.469 --> 00:19:34.407 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male: This is Varju, a grandmother several times over. 00:19:34.407 --> 00:19:38.878 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% She will make four to five trips each day, walking these steep, 00:19:38.878 --> 00:19:43.449 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% rocky hills for more than two miles to collect her water from 00:19:43.449 --> 00:19:46.285 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% this open pit. 00:19:46.285 --> 00:19:50.389 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% The daily trip not only takes a toll on her physically, but the 00:19:50.389 --> 00:19:53.793 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% water makes her and her grandchildren sick. 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.962 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:09.308 --> 00:20:13.312 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% male: For Janku to meet her family's needs for just one day, 00:20:13.312 --> 00:20:17.249 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% she must go morning, noon, and evening to this stream to 00:20:17.249 --> 00:20:18.684 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% collect her water. 00:20:18.684 --> 00:20:21.353 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% She pours it through this cloth in an effort to strain 00:20:21.353 --> 00:20:25.257 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% out the impurities, but even with her best efforts, 00:20:25.257 --> 00:20:28.027 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% this water often turns deadly. 00:20:29.028 --> 00:20:31.030 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:39.171 --> 00:20:43.008 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% male: Thousands of women like Amariti, Varju, and Janku 00:20:43.008 --> 00:20:47.046 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% have spent their entire lives striving to collect the cleanest 00:20:47.046 --> 00:20:49.715 align:start line:85% position:48% size:38% water they can. 00:20:49.715 --> 00:20:53.219 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% The reality is, they are bringing diseased water to their 00:20:53.219 --> 00:20:57.323 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% families because they have no other choice. 00:20:57.323 --> 00:21:01.594 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% But the good news is we can give them a choice, by drilling water 00:21:01.594 --> 00:21:04.063 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% wells in their villages. 00:21:04.063 --> 00:21:08.267 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Once the fresh, clean water is tapped with a hand pump, people 00:21:08.267 --> 00:21:11.604 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% can be freed from the hardships of spending hours 00:21:11.604 --> 00:21:13.272 align:start line:85% position:48% size:43% collecting water. 00:21:13.272 --> 00:21:18.477 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% And more importantly, waterborne illnesses and disease will be a 00:21:18.477 --> 00:21:20.479 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% thing of the past. 00:21:24.083 --> 00:21:28.954 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% Randy: Yes, we give them a choice, but that we 00:21:28.954 --> 00:21:30.890 align:start line:85% position:48% size:33% involves you. 00:21:30.890 --> 00:21:35.594 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You give them that choice, the choice of whatever water supply 00:21:35.594 --> 00:21:40.699 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% is available, which may or may not make you sick, and for the 00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:44.870 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% young especially, may or may not kill you. 00:21:44.870 --> 00:21:46.805 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% You give them that choice. 00:21:46.805 --> 00:21:49.175 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% You could give them clean drinking water. 00:21:49.175 --> 00:21:52.878 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% An average well costs about $4800, and that's because we go 00:21:52.878 --> 00:21:56.682 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% in some very difficult places and we drill very deep, and we 00:21:56.682 --> 00:22:01.320 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% encase that thing so that it's gonna last for a lifetime. 00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.655 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% We do it right. 00:22:02.655 --> 00:22:04.223 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We give them water for life. 00:22:04.223 --> 00:22:06.825 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% You may not be able to drill an entire well by yourself, 00:22:06.825 --> 00:22:08.327 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% I understand. 00:22:08.327 --> 00:22:11.997 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Your gift of $48 would actually provide clean drinking water for 00:22:11.997 --> 00:22:14.767 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% life for ten people on average. 00:22:14.767 --> 00:22:18.604 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% A gift of $144 would provide that for 30 people. 00:22:18.604 --> 00:22:22.675 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% So when you think about those faces you just saw, and the 00:22:22.675 --> 00:22:27.146 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% other faces around the world where people are suffering, 00:22:27.146 --> 00:22:31.784 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% people are hurting, where they've lost loved ones or 00:22:31.784 --> 00:22:37.523 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% they're facing sickness as a child, know that you can give 00:22:37.523 --> 00:22:41.594 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% them the gift of life. 00:22:41.594 --> 00:22:44.296 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% You know, Blynda, we've been doing this for many years now. 00:22:44.296 --> 00:22:49.368 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I think the numbers are around like 9500 wells throughout the 00:22:49.368 --> 00:22:53.172 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% history, and yet there is still such great need. 00:22:53.172 --> 00:22:58.944 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And you know, the Bible talks about not growing weary of doing 00:22:58.944 --> 00:23:02.715 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% good, and that's where I draw excitement and energy and go, 00:23:02.715 --> 00:23:04.049 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% "You know what? 00:23:04.049 --> 00:23:05.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% We can do good." 00:23:05.384 --> 00:23:07.987 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And not just a good work but a God work, because we always go 00:23:07.987 --> 00:23:09.321 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% with the gospel. 00:23:09.321 --> 00:23:10.689 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% It's a privilege. 00:23:10.689 --> 00:23:12.658 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Blynda: It is a privilege, and you know, I think about the mom 00:23:12.658 --> 00:23:17.062 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% who--as a mom, I make so many decisions every day to keep my 00:23:17.062 --> 00:23:19.698 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% kids safe, to keep my kids healthy. 00:23:19.698 --> 00:23:21.033 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% What can I do? 00:23:21.033 --> 00:23:25.504 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And I watch a mom who rows her boat to the middle of a lake or 00:23:25.504 --> 00:23:30.442 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% a pond so she can possibly make the safest choice for her child, 00:23:30.442 --> 00:23:35.080 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and I just want to encourage you, today you have the choice 00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:40.352 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% that you can help link arms with us to help those moms who are 00:23:40.352 --> 00:23:43.022 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% trying to make the best decision, the decision can be 00:23:43.022 --> 00:23:44.356 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% made for them. 00:23:44.356 --> 00:23:48.060 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% That mom can now go to the safe place to get safe water, and 00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:51.864 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% that can be because of you and because of what we do together 00:23:51.864 --> 00:23:54.767 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% to give clean water to them for life. 00:23:54.767 --> 00:23:57.770 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% No amount is too small. 00:23:57.770 --> 00:24:00.606 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% Every gift means so much to them. 00:24:00.606 --> 00:24:02.975 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, and you know, it's really a matter, I think, of 00:24:02.975 --> 00:24:07.546 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% obedience, where God is giving us this opportunity, and if he's 00:24:07.546 --> 00:24:12.384 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% speaking to you right now, do it as an act of obedience, and do 00:24:12.384 --> 00:24:13.719 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% what he says. 00:24:13.719 --> 00:24:16.555 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And you'll be blessed and you will have joy, and you will 00:24:16.555 --> 00:24:20.225 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% bless someone else and bring them joy. 00:24:20.225 --> 00:24:23.962 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% You can put a smile on the face of someone today. 00:24:23.962 --> 00:24:27.966 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% So we ask that you join us in Water for Life. 00:24:27.966 --> 00:24:31.637 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift that you can. 00:24:33.238 --> 00:24:36.675 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:24:36.675 --> 00:24:39.611 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% disease, and nearly half of those are children under the age 00:24:39.611 --> 00:24:40.946 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% of five. 00:24:40.946 --> 00:24:44.283 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope and 00:24:44.283 --> 00:24:48.554 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% children a future, as we provide clean, fresh drinking water, 00:24:48.554 --> 00:24:50.889 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% free from the fear of death. 00:24:50.889 --> 00:24:54.960 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.729 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:24:56.729 --> 00:25:00.165 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 00:25:00.165 --> 00:25:01.500 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% five children. 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:04.103 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% A gift of $48 will help provide for ten. 00:25:04.103 --> 00:25:08.841 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% And $144 will help provide life-giving water for 30 people 00:25:08.841 --> 00:25:10.175 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% for a lifetime. 00:25:10.175 --> 00:25:14.213 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:25:14.213 --> 00:25:15.581 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:25:15.581 --> 00:25:19.251 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:25:19.251 --> 00:25:22.721 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience Scripture in a fresh, 00:25:22.721 --> 00:25:24.123 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:25:24.123 --> 00:25:28.394 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:25:28.394 --> 00:25:31.830 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Compassion" coffee table book, capturing LIFE Outreach's heart 00:25:31.830 --> 00:25:33.198 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% for the world. 00:25:33.198 --> 00:25:37.069 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Each page pairs timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field 00:25:37.069 --> 00:25:41.673 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% photography, making God's Word visible in action. 00:25:41.673 --> 00:25:46.078 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:25:46.078 --> 00:25:51.483 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% for 250 people, or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a 00:25:51.483 --> 00:25:52.818 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% complete well. 00:25:52.818 --> 00:25:56.922 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, The 00:25:56.922 --> 00:25:58.323 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% Good Shepherd. 00:25:58.323 --> 00:26:01.794 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:03.762 --> 00:26:05.464 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Randy: I do hope you're going online, go to the phone, make 00:26:05.464 --> 00:26:07.366 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% the best gift you can. 00:26:07.366 --> 00:26:12.137 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% You are such a blessing in someone's life, and God wants to 00:26:12.137 --> 00:26:13.605 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% be a blessing in your life. 00:26:13.605 --> 00:26:17.209 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% We appreciate you, and Janelle, we appreciate you being here. 00:26:17.209 --> 00:26:19.178 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Now if someone wants to pick up "Your Way Back to Happy," 00:26:19.178 --> 00:26:21.713 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% what's--I know everybody sells it where you get 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