WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:01.001 --> 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 --> 00:00:06.640 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:09.276 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Riley Kehoe: Then I start hearing screams and shouts, and 00:00:09.276 --> 00:00:13.046 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I look back to the ocean, and I see this thin white line in the 00:00:13.046 --> 00:00:17.417 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% distance, and it is a 50-foot tsunami coming at our island at 00:00:17.417 --> 00:00:18.752 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% a rapid speed. 00:00:18.752 --> 00:00:21.054 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I remember seeing my mom running through these palm trees 00:00:21.054 --> 00:00:22.856 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% yelling, "Run!" 00:00:22.856 --> 00:00:26.994 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Riley Kehoe survived the devastating 2004 tsunami, but 00:00:26.994 --> 00:00:29.496 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% the trauma remained years later. 00:00:29.496 --> 00:00:30.864 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Riley: I struggled with PTSD. 00:00:30.864 --> 00:00:33.133 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% I had nightmares and flashbacks. 00:00:33.133 --> 00:00:36.570 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I saw sights and sounds nobody should ever see. 00:00:36.570 --> 00:00:46.580 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.580 --> 00:00:53.553 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.553 --> 00:00:55.322 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," it's great to have you. 00:00:55.322 --> 00:00:59.293 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We have quite the story, as you probably can already tell, but 00:00:59.293 --> 00:01:00.661 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% you know what? 00:01:00.661 --> 00:01:02.496 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Turns out, Blynda--oh, by the way, welcome Blynda Lane. 00:01:02.496 --> 00:01:04.264 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda Lane: Hello, happy to be here. 00:01:04.264 --> 00:01:06.566 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: A long-time, old friend of yours from New Zealand. 00:01:06.566 --> 00:01:08.869 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Yes, well, you know, funny enough, we found out we 00:01:08.869 --> 00:01:11.538 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% didn't know each other, but we were at the same church together 00:01:11.538 --> 00:01:13.073 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% in New Zealand. 00:01:13.073 --> 00:01:14.408 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% We've got with us today-- 00:01:14.408 --> 00:01:15.742 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Riley: Which is so wild. Blynda: It is, it's so wild. 00:01:15.742 --> 00:01:17.077 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% The world actually really is very small. 00:01:17.077 --> 00:01:18.412 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Riley: I know. 00:01:18.412 --> 00:01:19.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: But Riley, we're so happy that you're 00:01:19.746 --> 00:01:21.081 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% here with us today. 00:01:21.081 --> 00:01:22.416 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Riley: Thank you for having me. 00:01:22.416 --> 00:01:23.750 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: And you've written a book called "Three Seconds of 00:01:23.750 --> 00:01:27.054 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Courage," and your story is fascinating. 00:01:27.054 --> 00:01:30.057 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, I'm gonna set it up a little bit just to toss it to you, but 00:01:30.057 --> 00:01:36.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in 2004, as many know, there was a tsunami that hit 14 countries 00:01:36.096 --> 00:01:40.334 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and over 230,000 people were killed, one of the greatest 00:01:40.334 --> 00:01:42.135 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% natural disasters of all time. 00:01:42.135 --> 00:01:46.807 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And you can insert yourself right into the eye of that 00:01:46.807 --> 00:01:48.175 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% storm, basically. 00:01:48.175 --> 00:01:49.509 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Tell us about that. 00:01:49.509 --> 00:01:52.145 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Riley: Yeah, so my family traveled to Thailand to do 00:01:52.145 --> 00:01:54.681 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% missions, and my grandfather also lived there. 00:01:54.681 --> 00:01:57.484 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so we were there, we just worked in an orphanage for 00:01:57.484 --> 00:01:58.819 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% several weeks. 00:01:58.819 --> 00:02:00.654 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Then we go to--and Thailand has these beautiful little islands 00:02:00.654 --> 00:02:03.357 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% off the coast, and we go to one of these islands that's like 00:02:03.357 --> 00:02:05.892 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% flat in the middle, palm trees everywhere, and two big cliffs, 00:02:05.892 --> 00:02:07.627 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% like big hills on either side. 00:02:07.627 --> 00:02:10.797 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then the day after Christmas, I wake up early in 00:02:10.797 --> 00:02:12.132 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% the morning. 00:02:12.132 --> 00:02:14.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The sun hasn't risen, and I wake up and the bed is shaking, and I 00:02:14.434 --> 00:02:17.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% think my sister's underneath the bed just pulling a prank on me, 00:02:17.371 --> 00:02:19.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and I look underneath the bed, she's not there, and I realize 00:02:19.473 --> 00:02:22.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% the whole ground is shaking, and it was a 9.1 magnitude 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:24.011 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% earthquake, so a strong earthquake. 00:02:24.011 --> 00:02:26.747 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Things are falling off the walls, and I run into my 00:02:26.747 --> 00:02:29.182 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% parents,' room and they're like it's okay, don't worry. 00:02:29.182 --> 00:02:32.052 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We call the reception, and the receptionist is like it's okay, 00:02:32.052 --> 00:02:34.921 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% we don't know why that happened, it was like a one-off, carry on 00:02:34.921 --> 00:02:36.289 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% with your day. 00:02:36.289 --> 00:02:39.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And then around 10:00 a.m., my family had just gone to this 00:02:39.426 --> 00:02:42.896 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% island that was just a pile of sand in the middle of the ocean. 00:02:42.896 --> 00:02:47.167 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's just wild thinking about God's hand in the timing of 00:02:47.167 --> 00:02:50.370 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% everything of this day, and so here we are playing, building 00:02:50.370 --> 00:02:51.705 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% sand castles on the beach. 00:02:51.705 --> 00:02:54.408 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My dad comes and tells us it's time to walk back to our rooms, 00:02:54.408 --> 00:02:57.811 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and even that was another miracle, because we had booked 00:02:57.811 --> 00:03:00.514 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% these beachfront bungalows, and when we got to the island a few 00:03:00.514 --> 00:03:05.652 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% days prior, they double-booked us and instead gave us middle of 00:03:05.652 --> 00:03:10.357 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the island concrete apartment top-floor rooms, and so we're 00:03:10.357 --> 00:03:13.693 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% walking back to our room in the middle of the island, and I 00:03:13.693 --> 00:03:17.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% just, one, I noticed something so eerie, all the animals, so 00:03:17.230 --> 00:03:21.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% this is like wildlife everywhere on this animal, and all the 00:03:21.368 --> 00:03:24.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% animals just went quiet, like dogs howled as if they've been 00:03:24.604 --> 00:03:25.939 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% hurt before. 00:03:25.939 --> 00:03:28.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then you saw birds fly up in the air and leave the island, 00:03:28.608 --> 00:03:32.145 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and monkeys just start climbing and going from tree to tree up 00:03:32.145 --> 00:03:33.513 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the cliffs. 00:03:33.513 --> 00:03:35.816 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then it just went, the only thing you can hear is human 00:03:35.816 --> 00:03:39.152 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% voices, and I just remember just noticing it, and we keep walking 00:03:39.152 --> 00:03:42.289 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% back to our room, and the island is tiny, so like where we are 00:03:42.289 --> 00:03:46.560 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% right now, we can look back and see the ocean, and then I start 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.764 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hearing screams and shouts, and I look back to the ocean, and I 00:03:50.764 --> 00:03:53.433 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% see all the water has left, it's left so quickly that fish are 00:03:53.433 --> 00:03:56.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% flopping around everywhere, there's boats now in the sand, 00:03:56.036 --> 00:03:59.306 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% snorkelers are stuck on the reef, and I see this thin white 00:03:59.306 --> 00:04:02.309 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% line in the distance, and I don't know what it is, so I look 00:04:02.309 --> 00:04:04.911 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% up at my dad with my two younger sisters, and I'm like, 00:04:04.911 --> 00:04:06.279 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% "Where's Mum?" 00:04:06.279 --> 00:04:07.614 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Like where is she right now? 00:04:07.614 --> 00:04:10.884 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My mom had been on the phone at the reception, and she saw this 00:04:10.884 --> 00:04:13.787 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% whole thing happen and knew instantly what was happening, so 00:04:13.787 --> 00:04:16.389 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% she runs to where our sand castles are, doesn't see us. 00:04:16.389 --> 00:04:18.758 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's a scene of chaos, people running and banging into each 00:04:18.758 --> 00:04:22.929 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% other, and she stands there above our sand castles as the 00:04:22.929 --> 00:04:25.966 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% thin white line is getting bigger and bigger by the second, 00:04:25.966 --> 00:04:29.903 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and it is a 50-foot tsunami coming at our island at a rapid 00:04:29.903 --> 00:04:32.706 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% speed, and she stands there, and she's like, "God, where are 00:04:32.706 --> 00:04:34.040 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% my children?" 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:35.408 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% She hears one word, flee. 00:04:35.408 --> 00:04:38.011 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And she leaves that place trusting God that we weren't 00:04:38.011 --> 00:04:40.914 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there, we could have been down the beach a little bit, and she 00:04:40.914 --> 00:04:44.484 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% just trusts the voice of God and starts running towards us. 00:04:44.484 --> 00:04:47.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I remember seeing my mom running through these palm trees 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% yelling, "Run!" at the top of her lungs, like telling 00:04:51.024 --> 00:04:52.392 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% everybody and anybody. 00:04:52.392 --> 00:04:54.027 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% People don't know how to respond, they don't know what's 00:04:54.027 --> 00:04:58.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% going on, they don't know that their life is--like, it is up 00:04:58.198 --> 00:05:00.066 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% to life and death in this moment. 00:05:00.066 --> 00:05:03.637 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so another coincidence is that the day before, my mom and 00:05:03.637 --> 00:05:04.971 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I had gotten lost. 00:05:04.971 --> 00:05:08.708 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We found a pathway up one of the cliffs, and so we're in this 00:05:08.708 --> 00:05:11.678 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% moment, my mom comes and picks up one sister, my dad picks up 00:05:11.678 --> 00:05:13.947 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% the other sister, and we start running. 00:05:13.947 --> 00:05:16.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% My mom's like that pathway we found. 00:05:16.016 --> 00:05:19.586 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We start running up this pathway, and right when we start 00:05:19.586 --> 00:05:22.556 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% running up it, I remember looking back and having this 00:05:22.556 --> 00:05:27.327 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% moment where I saw this man on a boat, and he climbs out of his 00:05:27.327 --> 00:05:32.232 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% boat, and he starts running towards the mainland, and he 00:05:32.232 --> 00:05:34.167 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% realized he's not going to make it, the tsunami is coming 00:05:34.167 --> 00:05:36.937 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% closer, and the tsunami is shaking the ground underneath 00:05:36.937 --> 00:05:40.674 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% us, destroying everything in its path, and he gets back on his 00:05:40.674 --> 00:05:44.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% boat, and I just watched the tsunami just obliterate him and 00:05:44.344 --> 00:05:45.712 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% his boat. 00:05:45.712 --> 00:05:49.749 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I look over and I see this mom by the pool standing in a 00:05:49.749 --> 00:05:54.454 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% lounge chair, just frozen in fear with her baby, like, right 00:05:54.454 --> 00:05:57.924 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% next to her, and I never saw that mom or baby again. 00:05:57.924 --> 00:06:01.661 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I just--I'm looking back, and I'm seeing this scene of 00:06:01.661 --> 00:06:04.130 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% devastation, and I feel frozen. 00:06:04.130 --> 00:06:05.966 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% I'm like what am I meant to do? 00:06:05.966 --> 00:06:08.635 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm 10 years old, there's sweat dripping down my back, my heart 00:06:08.635 --> 00:06:13.073 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% is racing 1,000 miles per hour, and I just hear my dad say, 00:06:13.073 --> 00:06:14.441 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% "Riley, run." 00:06:14.441 --> 00:06:17.444 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I turned back to the path, and I run as fast as my 00:06:17.444 --> 00:06:20.313 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% ten-year-old little legs could, trying to keep up with 00:06:20.313 --> 00:06:21.681 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% my parents. 00:06:21.681 --> 00:06:25.585 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And at one point, the tsunami was as close as you are to me 00:06:25.585 --> 00:06:26.920 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% right now. 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I run up this pathway, and I'm just hearing like screams and 00:06:29.322 --> 00:06:33.960 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% shouts and like noises, and I get up, and at the top of this 00:06:33.960 --> 00:06:38.331 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% cliff is this grassy patch, and I remember just falling down to 00:06:38.331 --> 00:06:41.868 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% my knees as a ten-year old little girl that I'm like, "God, 00:06:41.868 --> 00:06:43.603 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% like I need you." 00:06:43.603 --> 00:06:48.008 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I feel this tangible presence of God, the peace that 00:06:48.008 --> 00:06:51.411 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% transcends all understanding, the God that meets us on our 00:06:51.411 --> 00:06:54.180 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% worst moment, on our worst days, and when we say his name, he 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:55.982 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% comes, and he rushes. 00:06:55.982 --> 00:06:59.619 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And he met me, and he held me, and it felt like this like warm 00:06:59.619 --> 00:07:04.891 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% hug around me, and I just knew, like I just knew God was 00:07:04.891 --> 00:07:06.226 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% with me. 00:07:06.226 --> 00:07:08.995 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And we ended up staying up on that grassy patch as three 00:07:08.995 --> 00:07:10.664 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% tsunami waves struck. 00:07:10.664 --> 00:07:15.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And it was the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century, 00:07:15.368 --> 00:07:17.504 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% and we didn't know where the rest of my family was. 00:07:17.504 --> 00:07:20.607 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It was my whole extended family was on the trip, so after six 00:07:20.607 --> 00:07:23.643 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hours, we found our old radio, and they told us to, like, head 00:07:23.643 --> 00:07:28.448 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% back down to the mainland, and I saw sights and sounds nobody 00:07:28.448 --> 00:07:31.318 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% should ever see, just horrible. 00:07:31.318 --> 00:07:34.487 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The tsunami had destroyed everything and everyone in its 00:07:34.487 --> 00:07:38.391 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% path, and I'm shouting out my cousins' names, not finding 00:07:38.391 --> 00:07:42.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% them, and I mean, by the grace of God, later that night 00:07:42.228 --> 00:07:45.365 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% somebody took us to the other cliff on the other side. 00:07:45.365 --> 00:07:49.135 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We run up there to them late at night, and one of the only 00:07:49.135 --> 00:07:51.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% buildings that withstood the tsunami was our 00:07:51.604 --> 00:07:52.939 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% apartment building. 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:56.576 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We didn't lose a single thing, but we still had no idea where 00:07:56.576 --> 00:07:59.179 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% my cousin was, my auntie, my grandfather. 00:07:59.179 --> 00:08:02.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% In the middle of the night a man told us we gotta go, there's 00:08:02.716 --> 00:08:04.884 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% another tsunami, but it was the high--it was a really, really 00:08:04.884 --> 00:08:08.154 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% quick high tide, because the tsunami had just changed all the 00:08:08.154 --> 00:08:11.725 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% tides, and we ran up to the other cliff, and I remember 00:08:11.725 --> 00:08:15.595 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% seeing--I hear my name, and I see every single member of my 00:08:15.595 --> 00:08:18.331 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% family, and I just-- 00:08:18.331 --> 00:08:19.699 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Blynda: It's a miracle. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:24.070 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Riley: It is a miracle, because there was, I mean, like such a 00:08:24.070 --> 00:08:26.873 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% small percentage of survivors on that island. 00:08:26.873 --> 00:08:29.943 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% The next day a rescue boat comes, and my extended family 00:08:29.943 --> 00:08:31.945 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% jumps on that boat to return to home. 00:08:31.945 --> 00:08:36.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Like, all you want is your bed and safety, but my parents 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:39.219 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% decided to do something that to this day marks me, and 00:08:39.219 --> 00:08:40.553 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% they stayed. 00:08:40.553 --> 00:08:43.723 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They stayed on an island that was destroyed that we didn't 00:08:43.723 --> 00:08:47.260 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have access to like clean water or good food or much food at 00:08:47.260 --> 00:08:50.463 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all, and for the next few days, my sisters and I stayed in the 00:08:50.463 --> 00:08:53.266 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% hotel room while they went out and helped the local Thai people 00:08:53.266 --> 00:08:58.405 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% who had survived move buildings and debris and bodies, and they 00:08:58.405 --> 00:09:00.840 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% chose to care about a people that wasn't even their own. 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.611 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% They chose to stay, and that is remarkable. 00:09:04.611 --> 00:09:07.547 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then finally a week later another rescue boat came, but at 00:09:07.547 --> 00:09:11.518 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% this point we were next to starving, and I was so grateful 00:09:11.518 --> 00:09:14.921 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% when people finally showed up to rescue us. 00:09:14.921 --> 00:09:18.858 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Being ten years old, I cannot imagine all that your 00:09:18.858 --> 00:09:23.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% little heart and mind are having to process, visually what you're 00:09:23.129 --> 00:09:27.167 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% seeing, emotionally, what you went through, the anxiety. 00:09:27.167 --> 00:09:31.070 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% What was the aftermath for you once you did return home? 00:09:31.070 --> 00:09:34.607 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% How did you process all that happened to you, being only ten 00:09:34.607 --> 00:09:35.975 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% years old? 00:09:35.975 --> 00:09:37.844 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Riley: Yeah, I mean I talk about this so much in my book, "Three 00:09:37.844 --> 00:09:41.614 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Seconds of Courage," because I know, like, I survived a 00:09:41.614 --> 00:09:44.451 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% tsunami, but so do so many other people. 00:09:44.451 --> 00:09:48.254 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They survived something hard and unexpected, and like my mom 00:09:48.254 --> 00:09:50.857 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% would always say, Riley, it's not like if, but it's when a 00:09:50.857 --> 00:09:53.726 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% tsunami, like when something hard hits our life, and how do 00:09:53.726 --> 00:09:55.428 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% we respond to that? 00:09:55.428 --> 00:09:59.499 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But it is true, after the tsunami, I struggled with PTSD. 00:09:59.499 --> 00:10:03.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I had nightmares and flashbacks, and I remember one time waking 00:10:03.036 --> 00:10:06.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% up in the middle of the night smashing the lamp that was on my 00:10:06.473 --> 00:10:07.807 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% bedside table. 00:10:07.807 --> 00:10:10.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My mom just came in and was like, "Riley," and she just told 00:10:10.343 --> 00:10:12.912 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% me to repeat the peace of God that transcends the whole 00:10:12.912 --> 00:10:14.347 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% understanding, guard your heart and mind. 00:10:14.347 --> 00:10:17.684 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I cannot tell you how many thousands of times I've repeated 00:10:17.684 --> 00:10:21.054 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that scripture, but the Word of God refreshes us, that it is 00:10:21.054 --> 00:10:24.958 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% alive and active, and it--like, to memorize the Word of God, it 00:10:24.958 --> 00:10:30.964 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% was hard, it was difficult, it had changed me, and I--my 00:10:30.964 --> 00:10:34.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% parents six months later did something that was 00:10:34.501 --> 00:10:35.869 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% so surprising. 00:10:35.869 --> 00:10:39.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% They enrolled my sisters and I in beach lifeguard training. 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:41.741 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Blynda: Wow, getting you back to the ocean. 00:10:41.741 --> 00:10:45.144 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Riley: Yes, and I'm terrified of the ocean at this point, 00:10:45.144 --> 00:10:46.479 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% understandably so. 00:10:46.479 --> 00:10:48.348 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But we fly back to New Zealand, and six months later they're 00:10:48.348 --> 00:10:51.784 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like we've enrolled you in this, and I'm like that is the last 00:10:51.784 --> 00:10:53.753 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% thing that I would wanna do. 00:10:53.753 --> 00:10:57.056 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And on the first--I remember my parents, I'm like, why would you 00:10:57.056 --> 00:10:58.424 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% make me do this? 00:10:58.424 --> 00:11:00.527 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And they said, like the more that you face your fears, the 00:11:00.527 --> 00:11:01.895 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% less power fear has over you. 00:11:01.895 --> 00:11:05.231 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I think as parents, they saw in us this fear that was 00:11:05.231 --> 00:11:08.868 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% understandable, and yet God did not give us a spirit of fear, 00:11:08.868 --> 00:11:12.672 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and they wanted, like, us to know that with Jesus, we can 00:11:12.672 --> 00:11:14.274 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% overcome this. 00:11:14.274 --> 00:11:17.176 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so they--on the first day of training, I'm like a mess, 00:11:17.176 --> 00:11:19.712 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I'm so nervous, I'm like terrified. 00:11:19.712 --> 00:11:22.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I just had a nightmare the night before, my hair is a mess, and 00:11:22.181 --> 00:11:25.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% my dad comes up to me, and he can see my distress, and he gets 00:11:25.985 --> 00:11:28.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% down on his knees, and he gently puts his hand on my shoulder, 00:11:28.388 --> 00:11:31.891 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and he's like, "Riley, like you are fighting a battle between 00:11:31.891 --> 00:11:35.695 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% courage and fear, and only one can exist, and all you need is a 00:11:35.695 --> 00:11:37.063 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% little more courage." 00:11:37.063 --> 00:11:40.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so that summer, like days I refused to go, days I would step 00:11:40.533 --> 00:11:45.038 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% on the sand and be so scared I'd freeze, but by the end of summer 00:11:45.038 --> 00:11:49.242 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I had truly--like was okay in the ocean. 00:11:49.242 --> 00:11:51.678 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% And today I surf. 00:11:51.678 --> 00:11:53.046 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Wow, that's awesome. 00:11:53.046 --> 00:11:58.585 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: That's--well, and that's wild, that's tough, I can't even 00:11:58.585 --> 00:12:03.723 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% imagine, but when you look at people who are facing various 00:12:03.723 --> 00:12:06.960 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% things, obviously not a natural disaster on that scale, once in 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:11.598 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% a lifetime, once in a generation kind of thing, people are facing 00:12:11.598 --> 00:12:17.070 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% a lot of things that they have a similar fear, and you've said 00:12:17.070 --> 00:12:21.674 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that the more you face the fear, the less power it has over you. 00:12:21.674 --> 00:12:25.478 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm curious about this thing in your book that you call quiet 00:12:25.478 --> 00:12:32.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% courage, because I think that may be key on a day-to-day basis 00:12:32.752 --> 00:12:36.356 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% to start to push back against that fear and over time get to 00:12:36.356 --> 00:12:39.659 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% the place where they can surf on it, right? 00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:41.861 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Riley: Yeah, no, it's a great question. 00:12:41.861 --> 00:12:45.264 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Thank you for asking, and I-- because in my story, there's 00:12:45.264 --> 00:12:47.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like the moments where it's like I surfed today, that's like the 00:12:47.634 --> 00:12:50.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% wild courage, but it came from the moments just as you're 00:12:50.470 --> 00:12:53.606 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% saying, Randy, like the quiet courage, and that's why I called 00:12:53.606 --> 00:12:56.075 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% my book "Three Seconds of Courage," because it's the 00:12:56.075 --> 00:12:58.811 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% micro-moments of courage that make the difference. 00:12:58.811 --> 00:13:01.814 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I remember I'd moved from New Zealand to Los Angeles, and I'm 00:13:01.814 --> 00:13:06.019 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% having horrible migraines, and I just was so bad, I was just 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:07.553 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% bed-bound for a day. 00:13:07.553 --> 00:13:09.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And I remember like quiet courage in that moment was 00:13:09.722 --> 00:13:13.026 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% texting someone and asking them for prayer or asking someone to 00:13:13.026 --> 00:13:16.295 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% like take my shift as I'm doing my master's degree but as I'm 00:13:16.295 --> 00:13:17.964 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% waitressing part time. 00:13:17.964 --> 00:13:21.701 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And it's like the Lord sees those quiet courage, and for, 00:13:21.701 --> 00:13:24.537 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you know, someone listening, it's your struggle with social 00:13:24.537 --> 00:13:28.508 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% anxiety, and it's taking the quiet courage of going to like a 00:13:28.508 --> 00:13:31.978 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% smaller event and showing up to that so that you can go 00:13:31.978 --> 00:13:34.847 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% somewhere bigger or like hanging out with a friend one on one. 00:13:34.847 --> 00:13:39.352 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Or, you know, your quiet courage might be saying no or asking 00:13:39.352 --> 00:13:40.687 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% someone for help. 00:13:40.687 --> 00:13:43.656 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like, that's so often the hardest thing that we can do is 00:13:43.656 --> 00:13:45.558 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% like can you be here with me? 00:13:45.558 --> 00:13:48.161 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And like, I just wanna encourage someone that's listening, like 00:13:48.161 --> 00:13:53.666 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the Lord, he wants to be there for you, and so do people. 00:13:53.666 --> 00:13:55.868 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% When you're experiencing your tsunami, and you're going 00:13:55.868 --> 00:13:58.137 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% through like the hardest day of your life, like let people 00:13:58.137 --> 00:13:59.505 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% into it. 00:13:59.505 --> 00:14:03.076 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I remember years--when I was 21, I was going to therapy, and 00:14:03.076 --> 00:14:05.712 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I had a friend after every therapy session would show up 00:14:05.712 --> 00:14:07.613 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% with a box of chocolates, and-- 00:14:07.613 --> 00:14:08.948 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Blynda: That's a good friend. 00:14:08.948 --> 00:14:10.283 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Riley: That's a really good friend. 00:14:10.283 --> 00:14:12.985 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it was like she was just reminding me like I'm with you. 00:14:12.985 --> 00:14:16.889 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Like, the ministry of presence of like friends wanna be there 00:14:16.889 --> 00:14:20.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when you're going through your trial so when the rainbow or the 00:14:20.493 --> 00:14:23.663 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% success comes, they know how much it meant, like they know 00:14:23.663 --> 00:14:26.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% what it costs you, and they know even more than what it costs 00:14:26.833 --> 00:14:29.802 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% you, they know how much God did for you. 00:14:29.802 --> 00:14:32.839 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: You know, the Bible is riddled with these heroes of the 00:14:32.839 --> 00:14:37.176 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% faith that we have the great privilege of knowing the full 00:14:37.176 --> 00:14:40.680 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% story, so we look at them as men of such courage, David and 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:44.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Joseph, and they were men of great courage, but in the moment 00:14:44.016 --> 00:14:46.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that they had to do the courageous thing, they were just 00:14:46.853 --> 00:14:52.058 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% ordinary boys or young men having to make the choice to 00:14:52.058 --> 00:14:54.060 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% choose to walk in courage. 00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:59.298 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So when I read your book, I really get that message that 00:14:59.298 --> 00:15:04.270 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% courage isn't set aside for the really, really brave, really the 00:15:04.270 --> 00:15:07.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% living and walking and courage is for the ordinary person to 00:15:07.373 --> 00:15:11.144 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% choose every day to do something courageous and to overcome fear, 00:15:11.144 --> 00:15:13.613 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and I love that you said you just have to have a little bit 00:15:13.613 --> 00:15:16.282 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% more courage than you do fear to overcome the fear. 00:15:16.282 --> 00:15:18.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Riley: Yeah, it's like one of my friends is like an athlete, and 00:15:18.985 --> 00:15:21.854 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% she has like what they call her breaking point, so it's like she 00:15:21.854 --> 00:15:26.025 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% can run as fast as this point, and every day she's trying to 00:15:26.025 --> 00:15:29.796 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% push that by just a second more, and it's like with courage, we 00:15:29.796 --> 00:15:32.632 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have our breaking point where it's like we're used to doing-- 00:15:32.632 --> 00:15:34.567 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% fear comes up, and we face it. 00:15:34.567 --> 00:15:37.870 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We're used to like pushing ourselves just so much, but like 00:15:37.870 --> 00:15:40.873 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% ask God to give you more courage. 00:15:40.873 --> 00:15:44.076 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it is true what you're saying, because God is like, I 00:15:44.076 --> 00:15:47.113 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% don't think he's expecting us to be fearless, but I think he's 00:15:47.113 --> 00:15:49.482 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% expecting us to be fear-leaderless where it's like 00:15:49.482 --> 00:15:52.718 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% fear isn't making the decisions in our life, courage is. 00:15:52.718 --> 00:15:55.488 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And when fear makes our decisions in our life, like that 00:15:55.488 --> 00:15:56.823 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% costs you something. 00:15:56.823 --> 00:15:59.659 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It costs you the calling that you have on your life. 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:01.561 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% It costs you the obedience. 00:16:01.561 --> 00:16:03.429 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Like I always say, God's love language is obedience. 00:16:03.429 --> 00:16:05.798 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% It costs you obedience that God--like you get 00:16:05.798 --> 00:16:07.133 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% that prompting. 00:16:07.133 --> 00:16:10.903 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I think in my book there's so many messages of why have 00:16:10.903 --> 00:16:15.408 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% courage, and it's because of God's calling as Christians for 00:16:15.408 --> 00:16:18.644 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% the other person, like for us to love others well. 00:16:18.644 --> 00:16:21.647 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And that's what makes courage more sustainable is like I'm 00:16:21.647 --> 00:16:24.617 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% gonna face this, I'm gonna overcome it so that one day I 00:16:24.617 --> 00:16:27.587 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% can teach somebody else to do that or that because there's 00:16:27.587 --> 00:16:31.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% somebody that is lonely and desperate and needs the spirit 00:16:31.224 --> 00:16:34.193 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of the living God, and I--you walk into a coffee shop, and you 00:16:34.193 --> 00:16:36.796 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% look around, and you're like who is the one today? 00:16:36.796 --> 00:16:41.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that helps us have courage when it's not us being the 00:16:41.367 --> 00:16:44.604 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% motivator, it's somebody else's life. 00:16:44.604 --> 00:16:47.707 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% And keep eternity in mind. 00:16:47.707 --> 00:16:51.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: So, I love that what you've done is you've turned 00:16:51.577 --> 00:16:55.948 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something really scary, really hard, really traumatic into a 00:16:55.948 --> 00:17:00.152 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% beautiful moment where God has been able to use you to minister 00:17:00.152 --> 00:17:01.520 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% to so many people. 00:17:01.520 --> 00:17:05.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% What would you say to the person who's faced the really hard 00:17:05.191 --> 00:17:09.462 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% thing, who maybe has the PTSD from something traumatic, who 00:17:09.462 --> 00:17:12.865 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% doesn't even know if their story matters? 00:17:12.865 --> 00:17:16.469 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% How can each person, whatever their tsunami is, what can they 00:17:16.469 --> 00:17:19.105 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% do with that story to make it matter? 00:17:19.105 --> 00:17:20.940 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Riley: There is a reason that you're alive. 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:24.277 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, he put you in your mother's womb, he knew your name 00:17:24.277 --> 00:17:28.981 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% before time even started, and he was like I need Jeffrey or I 00:17:28.981 --> 00:17:34.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% need Houston or I need Lily to be alive right now, and it's not 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:37.456 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% so that you just autopilot through life or live in 00:17:37.456 --> 00:17:38.791 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% the shadows. 00:17:38.791 --> 00:17:42.128 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Like, your story has meaning, and I would first, like, 00:17:42.128 --> 00:17:43.462 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% encourage you to share it. 00:17:43.462 --> 00:17:47.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Like, as I just said earlier, bring people into it and share 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:50.770 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% your testimony and ask. 00:17:50.770 --> 00:17:53.806 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, if we're not trying to look at fear, we have to look at 00:17:53.806 --> 00:17:56.676 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% something else, and the best thing to look at is the father. 00:17:56.676 --> 00:17:58.611 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% And so like be with Jesus. 00:17:58.611 --> 00:18:01.013 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like, I wake up in the morning, and before I ever even look at 00:18:01.013 --> 00:18:02.782 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% my phone, I spend time with the Lord. 00:18:02.782 --> 00:18:05.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I have a one-year-old little baby, so that's like even extra 00:18:05.618 --> 00:18:11.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% hard to like wake up extra early and be with Jesus, because it's 00:18:11.157 --> 00:18:14.727 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% him who gives the spirit of courage, and it's him who like, 00:18:14.727 --> 00:18:16.929 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% "Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous?" 00:18:16.929 --> 00:18:21.701 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And like, it's not even a suggestion of the Lord, it's a 00:18:21.701 --> 00:18:25.504 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% commandment of like he is encouraging you. 00:18:25.504 --> 00:18:31.544 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Like, you live in such a short period of all of history, and 00:18:31.544 --> 00:18:33.045 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% don't let courage overcome. 00:18:33.045 --> 00:18:36.615 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like step out, share your story, like go through the healing that 00:18:36.615 --> 00:18:37.984 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you need. 00:18:37.984 --> 00:18:41.387 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I put in more work, and still to this day sometimes I struggle. 00:18:41.387 --> 00:18:45.124 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Sometimes I have a flashback, or I get like overwhelmed by 00:18:45.124 --> 00:18:48.694 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% something, but I know like to tell somebody in that moment and 00:18:48.694 --> 00:18:50.930 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% to ask God for his strength. 00:18:50.930 --> 00:18:54.533 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: I love that you're fearlessly sharing God's love 00:18:54.533 --> 00:18:58.070 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% after facing such a traumatic event. 00:18:58.070 --> 00:19:00.106 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I mean, that is a clarity. 00:19:00.106 --> 00:19:03.876 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I think that's a gift, so thank you for that. 00:19:03.876 --> 00:19:06.479 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I wanna let you know that you can get Riley's book wherever 00:19:06.479 --> 00:19:07.813 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% you pick up books. 00:19:07.813 --> 00:19:10.182 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It is called "Three Seconds of Courage," and if you want to get 00:19:10.182 --> 00:19:13.219 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the details, there's even more that we didn't get into today. 00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:14.887 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% You can certainly do that. 00:19:14.887 --> 00:19:19.925 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But right now I want to ask you to consider fearlessly sharing 00:19:19.925 --> 00:19:22.695 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% God's love with some people that are facing some 00:19:22.695 --> 00:19:24.964 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% dire circumstances. 00:19:24.964 --> 00:19:30.002 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We want you to partner with us in a beautiful outreach. 00:19:30.002 --> 00:19:33.105 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I want you to see some of the partners who are right there on 00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:34.774 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% the ground of this outreach. 00:19:34.774 --> 00:19:38.544 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Watch this and prayerfully consider how you can join this 00:19:38.544 --> 00:19:43.983 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% medical mission outreach and be a part of showing God's love in 00:19:43.983 --> 00:19:47.853 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% word and in deed. 00:19:47.853 --> 00:19:49.855 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Josh Korn: For children that have disabilities, life is 00:19:49.855 --> 00:19:51.223 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% very hard. 00:19:51.223 --> 00:19:55.828 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They're a lot of times rejected by their society, by their 00:19:55.828 --> 00:19:59.298 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% community, or even their own family, and it's just a very 00:19:59.298 --> 00:20:03.436 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% lonely existence, and your future prospects are to continue 00:20:03.436 --> 00:20:08.174 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% to be rejected and to continue to be by yourself. 00:20:08.174 --> 00:20:10.576 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Grace Mangwende: Sometimes we think the damage outside is 00:20:10.576 --> 00:20:14.346 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% greater than the one inside, so it's important that they not 00:20:14.346 --> 00:20:18.551 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% only get physical healing but spiritual and emotional healing. 00:20:18.551 --> 00:20:20.553 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:27.626 --> 00:20:31.797 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Grace: Edmercy, when she first came to the hospital, through 00:20:31.797 --> 00:20:35.167 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% her own testimony she expressed the anger that was inside of 00:20:35.167 --> 00:20:37.803 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% her, the pain that was inside of her. 00:20:37.803 --> 00:20:39.805 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:49.982 --> 00:20:53.953 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Grace: So what CURE does, it's a miracle, especially for a nation 00:20:53.953 --> 00:20:59.125 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% like Zimbabwe, where anything to do with medical is just out 00:20:59.125 --> 00:21:00.459 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:21:00.459 --> 00:21:04.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% When people come to CURE, they see the practicality of 00:21:04.096 --> 00:21:05.498 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the gospel. 00:21:05.498 --> 00:21:11.103 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% They see not just scripture written on paper, but they see 00:21:11.103 --> 00:21:13.372 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% scripture become alive. 00:21:13.372 --> 00:21:18.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so when they come to CURE, they experience Christ 00:21:18.410 --> 00:21:20.379 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% in reality. 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:23.649 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% John Yeatts: It is wonderful seeing children walk and run and 00:21:23.649 --> 00:21:28.521 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% play with smiles and laughter in ways they never could before. 00:21:28.521 --> 00:21:32.324 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Life Outreach's medical partners are restoring dignity and 00:21:32.324 --> 00:21:35.027 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% transforming lives of precious children through these 00:21:35.027 --> 00:21:36.929 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% reconstructive surgeries. 00:21:36.929 --> 00:21:39.932 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I invite you to join us in supporting Life's medical 00:21:39.932 --> 00:21:44.570 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% missions outreach with your prayers, your love, and your 00:21:44.570 --> 00:21:48.207 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% financial support so that even more children can experience 00:21:48.207 --> 00:21:50.809 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% healing, hope, and lasting change. 00:21:54.647 --> 00:21:56.015 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Such an opportunity. 00:21:56.015 --> 00:21:58.184 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, Blynda, I couldn't help but notice that our mission 00:21:58.184 --> 00:22:00.252 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% partner, that her name was Grace. 00:22:00.252 --> 00:22:01.587 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Blynda: Grace, beautiful. 00:22:01.587 --> 00:22:05.191 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: And it really is such grace to go in and help these 00:22:05.191 --> 00:22:09.528 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% children, and the outcome, I mean, from outcast to just a 00:22:09.528 --> 00:22:12.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% transformed, from a curse to a blessing. 00:22:12.364 --> 00:22:14.033 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% To me, that's just the heart of God in action. 00:22:14.033 --> 00:22:16.569 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: It is, and I think sometimes we forget to think 00:22:16.569 --> 00:22:20.272 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that along with this physical pain that they carry comes some 00:22:20.272 --> 00:22:24.210 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% emotional pain, comes some spiritual pain, and what Grace 00:22:24.210 --> 00:22:28.414 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% even said is that what they're gifted at doing is not just 00:22:28.414 --> 00:22:31.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% helping the physical pain, which is a miracle that that can 00:22:31.183 --> 00:22:36.288 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% happen, but they also really pray with these kids, and they 00:22:36.288 --> 00:22:39.291 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% make sure that their emotional state and their spiritual state 00:22:39.291 --> 00:22:41.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% is also tended to, which is so beautiful. 00:22:41.493 --> 00:22:43.862 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Absolutely, I mean it's the grace of God all the way 00:22:43.862 --> 00:22:47.566 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% through, top to bottom in word and in deed, and that's what I'm 00:22:47.566 --> 00:22:48.968 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% asking you to do. 00:22:48.968 --> 00:22:52.771 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Will you partner with us right now to share God's grace with 00:22:52.771 --> 00:22:55.541 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people that desperately need it? 00:22:55.541 --> 00:23:00.813 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It's life-changing grace both physically and spiritually. 00:23:00.813 --> 00:23:04.216 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And to me, it's just, I don't know, it's our mission here at 00:23:04.216 --> 00:23:07.987 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Life Outreach, God's love and word in deed. 00:23:07.987 --> 00:23:11.090 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And you heard the Word today, you heard words of truth and 00:23:11.090 --> 00:23:13.892 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% encouragement, and we wanna keep bringing that to you because we 00:23:13.892 --> 00:23:18.464 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% care about you, the audience, the partner. 00:23:18.464 --> 00:23:21.700 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% But we also want you to turn around and extend that grace to 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:25.237 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% others, and we ask right now that you would help us expand 00:23:25.237 --> 00:23:29.241 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% this particular Children's hospital in Zimbabwe. 00:23:29.241 --> 00:23:32.177 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And I love, most of you probably don't know much about the 00:23:32.177 --> 00:23:34.880 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% geography, but I've been to Zimbabwe, and the way it sits in 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:38.217 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Southern Africa, it's really a hub. 00:23:38.217 --> 00:23:41.453 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% It's a landlocked country, but it's a place where other people 00:23:41.453 --> 00:23:44.089 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% can come from different countries, and they are because 00:23:44.089 --> 00:23:47.626 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% the need is great, the line is long. 00:23:47.626 --> 00:23:50.462 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% The beautiful part is that the doctors are there, our mission 00:23:50.462 --> 00:23:52.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% partners like Grace are there. 00:23:52.665 --> 00:23:56.468 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% They're just waiting on us to say yes, we will commit to this 00:23:56.468 --> 00:24:01.840 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% $600,000 project to expand the operating rooms, to renovate the 00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:07.413 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% recovery areas, to accommodate more children, to create more 00:24:07.413 --> 00:24:11.684 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% stories, to extend more of God's grace. 00:24:11.684 --> 00:24:16.288 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We are asking you to be a part of this beautiful outreach, 00:24:16.288 --> 00:24:19.958 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% because we need you, we need to hear from you today. 00:24:19.958 --> 00:24:22.795 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Will you go online, go to the phone, make the best gift 00:24:22.795 --> 00:24:24.163 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% you can? 00:24:24.163 --> 00:24:26.165 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% You know, my dad likes to say if you're not able to make a gift 00:24:26.165 --> 00:24:30.202 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% today, but you plan to, call us and tell us what you're going to 00:24:30.202 --> 00:24:33.472 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% do, and I understand that, because it does take a 00:24:33.472 --> 00:24:36.675 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% commitment on our part, it takes a little bit of a sacrifice on 00:24:36.675 --> 00:24:41.847 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% our part, but wow, what God can do with that little bit of grace 00:24:41.847 --> 00:24:43.782 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% when he steps into it. 00:24:43.782 --> 00:24:47.753 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% So Blynda, I'm hoping that everyone who feels God moving 00:24:47.753 --> 00:24:50.456 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% will do something today, and I know that it will make 00:24:50.456 --> 00:24:51.824 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% a difference. 00:24:51.824 --> 00:24:53.992 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Blynda: It will, because every gift they give is how we can 00:24:53.992 --> 00:24:56.929 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% provide these at no cost to the families, so their gift 00:24:56.929 --> 00:24:58.297 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% actually matters. 00:24:58.297 --> 00:25:00.499 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Randy: Yeah, let's extend some grace. 00:25:00.499 --> 00:25:04.002 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Go online, again, go to the phone, make the best gift you 00:25:04.002 --> 00:25:06.004 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% can right now. 00:25:06.572 --> 00:25:08.907 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 00:25:08.907 --> 00:25:11.810 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 00:25:11.810 --> 00:25:15.247 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:25:15.247 --> 00:25:18.684 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:25:18.684 --> 00:25:20.052 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:25:20.052 --> 00:25:22.254 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:25:22.254 --> 00:25:26.125 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 00:25:26.125 --> 00:25:30.429 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of 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00:26:22.448 --> 00:26:25.851 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% expansion of operating rooms so children are no longer turned 00:26:25.851 --> 00:26:29.555 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% away and request Life's beautiful bronze sculpture, The 00:26:29.555 --> 00:26:30.923 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Good Shepherd. 00:26:30.923 --> 00:26:33.926 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:37.362 --> 00:26:38.730 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Randy: We do need to hear from you, 00:26:38.730 --> 00:26:40.265 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% we need to hear from you today. 00:26:40.265 --> 00:26:42.234 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% This is such a great opportunity. 00:26:42.234 --> 00:26:43.569 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Let's bless those kids. 00:26:43.569 --> 00:26:46.305 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:26:46.305 --> 00:26:48.841 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Blynda, wow, what a blessing, what a story. 00:26:48.841 --> 00:26:51.977 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I know, and what a--and I was even saying off camera how 00:26:51.977 --> 00:26:54.780 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% amazing it is that you can tell such a big story in such a 00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:56.148 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% succinct amount of time. 00:26:56.148 --> 00:26:58.517 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% But Riley Kehoe, "Three Seconds of Courage," where can they 00:26:58.517 --> 00:26:59.852 align:start line:10% position:48% size:23% find you? 00:26:59.852 --> 00:27:02.421 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Riley: Hey, you can find me on all social media and my website, 00:27:02.421 --> 00:27:04.857 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Rileywithcourage.com or rileywithcourage on social 00:27:04.857 --> 00:27:08.694 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% media, and I would love for people to buy this book, because 00:27:08.694 --> 00:27:13.098 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% I really--I want people to live a life without fear, and I just 00:27:13.098 --> 00:27:16.502 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% have--I have my email in the last chapter, and I have 00:27:16.502 --> 00:27:19.505 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% received hundreds and hundreds of emails, and I would love to 00:27:19.505 --> 00:27:22.808 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% receive emails from people from the show that read the book. 00:27:22.808 --> 00:27:24.543 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Blynda: Well, we are encouraged, thank you. 00:27:24.543 --> 00:27:25.878 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Thank you for coming. 00:27:25.878 --> 00:27:27.412 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Randy: Yes, and thank you for being with us. 00:27:27.412 --> 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