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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, come on your story hours on.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your Story Hour. I'm Aunt Nicky and.

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Speaker 3: I'm Uncle John, and we're here to bring you today's

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inspiring story. Hello everyone, I'm Uncle John, Aunt Niki and

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I are so happy you've joined us.

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Speaker 2: Yes we are, and I'm sure all you boys and

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girls are ready to hear today's story.

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Speaker 3: I know I am, by the way, Aunt Nikki. Today's

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story is a twofer.

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Speaker 2: A twofer, what do you mean?

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Speaker 3: I mean? Aunt Carol has two true stories to tell us,

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one inside the other, and they're both about how God

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helps us with even the small things in our lives.

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We just need to ask him.

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Speaker 2: Really, So why is one story inside the other?

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Speaker 3: If it wasn't for the second story, the first story

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wouldn't have a good ending.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm really curious. I can't wait to hear them both.

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Speaker 3: Okay, then let's get started.

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Speaker 2: Great. So what's the title of this story within a story?

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Speaker 3: It's called A Stalled Truck and the Lost Goddess.

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Speaker 4: Our main story takes place in Missouri almost forty years ago.

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On a hot summer day in July. Janet's family is

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hosting a church group that will float on inner tubes

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down current river, a clear, cold spring fed river. Preparations

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are already under ways.

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Speaker 1: Janet YadA with the please count the dinner tunes, then

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on the truck.

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Speaker 5: While I finished blowing up this last one, I'm want

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to make sure we have enough for everyone.

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Speaker 1: I've got two here with me. Okay, sure, let's see.

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Speaker 6: There's four people in our family. Two in the Brown's,

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fourness Dantons, three with the hoods. That makes thirteen, and

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two or more with the Fentons. That makes fifteen people altogether.

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There's two four, six, eight, ten twelve tubes in the

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truck already, plus the dow Dad has.

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Speaker 2: That makes fourteen.

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Speaker 6: Dad, we need fifteen tubes and they're only fourteen aired up.

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Speaker 5: Okay, let's put these last two in the truck with

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the others. Okay, I'll go see if I can find

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another one in the garage.

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Speaker 7: Okay, Hey, Janet, how much longer before we leave?

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Speaker 6: Well, Dun needs to find one more inner tube so

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we'll have enough for everyone.

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Speaker 1: Then they think we'll be about ready to go.

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Speaker 6: Bobby, I think these two tubes must be truck inner tubes.

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Speaker 1: They're huge.

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Speaker 7: Well, little sister, I think you could stand up inside

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of that one if you wanted to.

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Speaker 8: I know, right, it's taller than I am.

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Speaker 7: Are you going to take your goggles?

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Speaker 1: Are you kidding?

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Speaker 6: Floating would be boring without my goggles? Of course I'm

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taking them. Besides, I can't wait to use my new goggles.

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Speaker 8: In the river.

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Speaker 7: Me too, I'll get it blown up. Wouldn't it be

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cool if we found a lost wallet or maybe even

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a ring.

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Speaker 2: You mean like sunken treasure, No.

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Speaker 7: Dummy, Sunken treasure comes from ships, and there aren't any

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sunken ships on current river.

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Speaker 6: Maybe not, but the neighbor's flat bottom boat sank last

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year when they hit that tree.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, but the only thing that sank was there fishing box.

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That's not sunthing treasure.

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Speaker 2: It might be if you were a fisherman.

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Speaker 7: Sure, sure, Hey.

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Speaker 5: You two cross this tube on the talk and let's

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get them tied down. I think we're ready.

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Speaker 4: As soon as everyone was together and ready to begin,

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Janet's father addressed the group with last minute instructions.

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Speaker 5: Okay, is everyone ready to take off of the river?

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Speaker 3: All right?

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Speaker 5: Then we're going to drive around the other side of

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the river and put in about six miles upstream. We'll

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float down and get out at the end of the road.

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It's only about a quarter a mile walk from the

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river back to our house here. We should be back

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here in about four hours.

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Speaker 1: Right sounds good?

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Speaker 5: Right behind you, Bob, One more thing before I forget.

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When we near the end of the float, we'll recognize

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it because the river will split and go around an island.

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The right hand side is deeper and slower. That's the

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one you want to take. We'll get out by the

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big rock. The other side is shallower and much faster.

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It will take you much further downriver and make it

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difficult to get back up to the spot where we're

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getting out. So just remember. If we get separated and

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you see an island, take the right hand side and

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wait there for the group so we can all get

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out together. Does everyone understand, Okay, let's go.

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Speaker 4: Thirty minutes later, the caravan arrived at the designated parking

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lot and everyone climbed out.

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Speaker 7: The last one in the water is a rutten neck.

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Speaker 8: Come on, gang, let's beat it.

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Speaker 1: I got here first.

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Speaker 3: No you didn't.

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Speaker 9: I did.

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Speaker 1: Just because you're bigger, Does it mean you're faster?

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Speaker 9: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, flash me? Will you take that?

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Speaker 4: Hey?

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Speaker 1: Yea come back and get your inner tubes.

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Speaker 7: Okay, Dad, coming.

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Speaker 10: Soon.

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Speaker 4: All the kids and their parents were venturing into the

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chili water, ready to launch their inner tubes for the

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ride down the river.

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Speaker 5: Hey, have you've seen any ice cubes floating by?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 9: It is colder than I thought it would be.

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Speaker 5: You're right, dear, must because we're in the shade on

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mom down.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can do it.

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Speaker 5: Once we get out on the river, and then the

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sun will feel better, I hope.

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 5: Okay, everyone on your tubes. Let's head out of the

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cove into the main current.

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Speaker 1: Stay together. Okay, wait me, you girls stay cloth to me.

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Speaker 6: Okay, Mom, I don't want you floating off by yourself.

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Speaker 1: Hey, mom, can you put my tube on diving?

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Speaker 9: Sure, but wait until we get the group out into

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the current and floating together.

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Speaker 3: Mom, do I have to?

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Speaker 1: Bobby's already using his goggles.

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Speaker 9: He's much older than you are. Now, stay with the

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group until we have everybody together, all right.

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Speaker 8: Don't see what different age makes.

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Speaker 2: I can swat just as well as he can.

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Speaker 4: Once out in the river itself, the adults linked together

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to form a loose circle so they could easily carry

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on a conversation while floating down the river and still

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keep an eagle eye on the kids.

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Speaker 1: Now, Mom, can I use my goggles? Now?

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Speaker 9: Off with you go enjoy the fish. Great Grobby too,

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got it?

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Speaker 1: Stay near your brother?

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Speaker 9: Came on?

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Speaker 8: Hey, got me Wait UPNDS, Anything interesting?

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Speaker 7: Nope, I've just been going along the edge. Not much

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there but some tiny fish and some tadpoles.

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Speaker 6: Oh, I can touch bottom.

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Speaker 8: Here.

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Speaker 1: Look there's some rich log.

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Speaker 6: Let's swim over to it.

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Speaker 7: Okay, here we are, get your goggles on.

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Speaker 6: I love this kind that covers my nose.

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Speaker 3: Me too.

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Speaker 2: Down we go.

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Speaker 4: And so oh. Janet and Bobby began their adventure, repeatedly

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diving and surfacing.

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Speaker 7: Did you see the school of shiners near the bottom?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 1: But did you see that walleye hiding in the roofs?

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I bet he was over a foot long.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: I think I saw a lure stuck in one of

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the limbs on the side of the log. Let's go

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back down and see if we can find it.

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Speaker 1: Wow, that's a beautiful lore. Look at that blue.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, but I think the hook is two damaged to

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be used. I'm gonna save it anyway, Bobby.

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Speaker 6: Come, look at these fish hiding in the trunk of

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this tree.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Janet, come see what I found.

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Speaker 4: And so it went. For the next hour, Bobby and

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Janet thoroughly explored each submerged tree in the river, looking

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at the fish and hunting for fishing lures and anything

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else that had been dropped into the river or snagged

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on the tree prees. Then they heard Mom calling to them.

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Speaker 9: Janet, Bobby, come on over and join the group for

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a while and rest. A real shallow section is coming

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up anyway.

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Speaker 4: So they swam back to the group. Once there, they

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immediately became interested with the stories the adults were telling

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as they all floated down the river.

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Speaker 7: That's amazing, Sharon.

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Speaker 9: It definitely seems like God answers the prayers of children

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more quickly than adults.

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Speaker 2: It's almost as if God wants to feed their faith,

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but test ours.

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Speaker 5: Isn't that the truth?

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Speaker 7: I heard my daughter pray for something and get an

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immediate answer.

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Speaker 3: A few days later, I can pray.

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Speaker 9: For the same type of thing and nothing happens.

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Speaker 7: Maybe the children have a more simple, trusting faith in

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God than we do.

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Speaker 9: Maybe it's our lack of faith that keeps Him from

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answering us.

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Speaker 5: You know that reminds me of something that happened to

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us when Janet was.

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Speaker 1: About four or five years old.

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Speaker 5: We were living in Indiana at the time, and I

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had just bought a new truck to use for my constructions.

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Speaker 1: Hey, look, daddy's home and he has a new truck. Mom,

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come out and see the new truck.

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Speaker 5: What do you think, Janet? Do you like the truck?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? It's pretty. Wow, Dad, this truck's a lot bigger

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than the other one. Can I get in?

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Speaker 3: Sure?

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Speaker 1: Go ahead?

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Speaker 9: Oh it's beautiful. However did you manage to get such

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a new truck?

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Speaker 5: I'm not sure. The man I bought it from wasn't

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too willing to talk about the truck. Seems he was

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only selling it because he needed the money fast. But

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I drove it and it runs well. Everything seems to

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be sound, so I couldn't pass it up. Shall we

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go for a ride?

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Speaker 1: Yes?

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Speaker 5: Of course, Okay, pile in, let's go soon.

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Speaker 4: All the family members were seated in the new truck

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and enjoying their first ride.

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Speaker 8: Ah.

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Speaker 9: He even still has that new car smell, and the

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seats look they'd hardly been used.

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Speaker 1: How fast can it go?

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Speaker 4: Dad?

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Speaker 5: Well, I'm not going to find out on this gravel

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roads on.

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Speaker 4: The family enjoyed the drive immensely. It was the best

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vehicle they'd ever had. It was comfortable and big enough

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to carry all of Dad's construction equipment. That very weekend,

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after church, it was raining outside, so the family decided

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that instead of going for their usual walk after church,

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they'd go for a drive in the new truck. Everything

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went fine for the first half hour as they wound

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through the back roads, enjoying the scenery, But then they

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came to a creek they had to cross. Instead of

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a bridge over the water, a covert had been placed

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right in the creek bed and concrete poured over it

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to make it smooth on top. Now, because of the rain,

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the creek was deep and flowing over the top of

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the covert and the concrete.

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Speaker 9: How deep do you think the water.

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Speaker 5: Is, Bob, doesn't seem to be more than a foot

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and a half. See that water depth coal beside the concrete.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's looking for this truck, is it?

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Speaker 8: Dad?

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Speaker 3: True?

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Speaker 5: Son? Here we go.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry to interrupt the story, Uncle John, but thinking

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about the family's new truck just reminded me of a

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funny story.

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Speaker 3: Well, then, now's a good time to share it. Aunt, Nikki,

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you know how much I love a funny story.

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Speaker 2: Well, all right, here goes. Two men named Timmy and

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Tommy each bought a vehicle that didn't have a gas

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or brake pedal.

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Speaker 3: They didn't how did they work?

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Speaker 2: They were voice operated.

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Speaker 3: Now that's unusual, it is.

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Speaker 2: Timmy bought a voice activated car and Tommy bought a

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voice activated truck.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: After several months, Timmy and Tommy decided to trade their

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vehicles with each other. When Timmy handed his car keys

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to Tommy, he said, this is a great car driving.

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It is super simple. You say go and it'll go,

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and you say stop and it'll stop.

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Speaker 3: Sounds easy.

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Speaker 2: It does sound easy. But when Tommy handed his truck

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keys to Timmy, he said, well, my truck is voice

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activated too. But to get it to go, you need

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to say Praise the Lord, and in order for it

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to stop, you need to say amen. Okay, Tommy said,

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praise the Lord equals go and Amen equal stop. I

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think I can remember that.

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Speaker 3: It's a good thing Tommy could remember that. I don't

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think I could.

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Speaker 2: Well, for a while, Tommy remembered the instructions and he

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had no problems driving his new truck over bridges, through tunnels,

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and on winding dirt roads in the mountains. But one day,

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as he careened around a sharp corner, Tommy saw that

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up ahead there was a huge mud pit. Uh oh uh,

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oh is right. Oh no, Tommy thought, I don't want

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to get stuck in the mudpit. I'll never be able

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to get out. I need to stop my truck before

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I get to the mudpit. But Tommy was so frightened

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and worried that he completely forgot the words that would

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make the truck stop.

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Speaker 3: Oh no.

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Speaker 2: But remembering the power of prayer, Tommy prayed, Dear Jesus,

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please help my truck to stop.

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Speaker 4: Amen.

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Speaker 2: Of course, as soon as he said amen, the truck

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stopped right at the edge of the mud pit.

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Speaker 3: Sh what a relief. It's a good thing that Amen

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was the word he needed to use to make the

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truck stop.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh. Tommy was so happy that his truck had

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stopped that he shouted, praise the Lord.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, praise the Lord would make the truck go again.

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Speaker 2: That's correct, he went right into the mudpit.

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Speaker 3: That's a good one, Aunt Nikki.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad you liked it. I know how much you

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like jokes.

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Speaker 3: I especially love reading the jokes and riddles in Clubhouse magazine.

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They make me laugh, and I bet they'd make you

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boys and girls laugh too.

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Speaker 2: I know you're right, Uncle John. In addition to jokes,

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Clubhouse is full of great stories and fun puzzles.

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Speaker 3: And best of all, it's free.

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Speaker 2: So we invite you to enjoy Clubhouse too.

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Speaker 3: To access it, go to our website at your story

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hour dot org. That's your story hour dot org. Then

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click on the kid's corner in the menu.

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Speaker 2: Once you're in the kids corner, you'll see lots of

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fun things to do. You can join Adventures in the

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Holy Bible are fun and easy Bible lessons, and.

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Speaker 3: You can listen to the story of the Raven and

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the Ring while you fill in the coloring book that

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goes along with the story.

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Speaker 2: Now, there's a new Clubhouse available every month, so don't

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forget to keep visiting our website.

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Speaker 3: That way, you always know the latest stories and the

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funniest jokes.

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Speaker 2: Uncle John, I think it's time to get back to

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today's story.

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Speaker 3: As you recall, Janet and our family and friends are

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on a rafting trip. While they're floating down the river.

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Janet listens to her father telling everyone a story that

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happened years ago when he purchased a new truck.

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Speaker 2: The family was out for a pleasant drive one rainy

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day after church and had to drive through water from

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an overflowing stream that was running over the road.

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Speaker 3: And that's where we left off. So now let's continue

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with our story. A stalled truck and the lost goggles.

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Speaker 4: Janet and Bobby thought pushing through the stream over the

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water covered colvert was great fun, and things went smoothly

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until they emerged on the far side. Ben Suddenly the

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truck began to study.

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Speaker 9: Oh dear, what's happening.

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Speaker 5: I'm not sure. Let me put the emergency brake now.

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I'll shift into neutral and see if I can get

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it started again. Hmm, well, let's try it again.

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Speaker 1: What's the matter yet, Well, I'm.

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Speaker 5: Not sure that it sounds like water got inside the

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engine somewhere. I'll go out and lift the hood and

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see if I can figure out what the problem is.

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Speaker 1: Dad's got the hood up. I hope you can see

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what's wrong. Are we gonna have to spend the night here, Mommy.

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Speaker 9: No, I'm sure Daddy will figure out what's wrong. And

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we'll all be on our way in no time.

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Speaker 1: Dad's closing the hood and coming back in now. I

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hope everything's okay you, daddy, you're all wet here.

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Speaker 9: Scoot over and sit on my lap and give Daddy

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some room to dry out.

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Speaker 5: Well, I can't tell exactly what got wet, and with

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the hood up, I wasn't helping matters. We'll just have

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to sit and hope the heat of the motor dries

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it out. Did you bring one of your books so

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long to read? Mother?

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Speaker 2: Well, not intentionally.

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Speaker 1: Let me check.

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Speaker 9: I might have left one here in my bag. Well,

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look at this, I have the perfect book, cheaper by

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the dozen. I guess I never took it out after

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our picnic last week. Yay, let's see here. Where were we?

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Speaker 4: Everyone settled back and listened contentedly to the story as

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the rain pattered on the roof. But as it began

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to grow dark, Janet grew restless.

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Speaker 1: Isn't the truck dry now, Daddy, I'm getting hungry and cold.

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Make it go.

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Speaker 5: Well, I can try it again. Maybe we've waited long

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enough for it to dry out.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: The next day, Dad tried to discover where the water

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had gotten into the engine.

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Speaker 1: Did you figure it out yet, Dad?

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Speaker 5: Nope, but I checked, cleaned and tightened everything I could

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think of. I don't know what actually caused the problem,

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but surely it won't happen again.

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately, however, it did happen again. If they weren't careful

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every time it rained, they'd get stuck somewhere.

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Speaker 7: On the road.

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Speaker 4: Dad was too busy to take a day off and

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take it to the mechanic, and they couldn't really afford

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to fix it right now anyway, especially since the truck

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ran perfectly as long as it wasn't raining. But then

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every time they hit a puddle.

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Speaker 3: Not again.

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Speaker 5: I thought you fixed it well, I hoped I had. Wow,

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that puddle was a lot deeper than I thought it

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would be. Looks like we're stuck again.

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Speaker 1: It's okay, Dad, I was going to have a test

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first thing at school today. Anyway.

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Speaker 5: Is that supposed to be the silver lining in our cloud?

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Speaker 1: Well it is for me.

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Speaker 9: I hope this rain doesn't make us any later to

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Florence's surprise birthday party than we already are. As it is,

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we won't get to surprise Florence with everyone else.

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Speaker 1: I don't get to say surprise.

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Speaker 9: No, you can still say surprise. I'm sure Florence would

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really like that.

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Speaker 1: Honey, No, not again. There goes my piece of cake.

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Speaker 9: There goes the birthday party.

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Speaker 1: But I don't want to miss the birthday party. I

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may have birthday characters for Florence.

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Speaker 5: See, Daddy, When am I ever going to be able

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to get this thing fixed? Right?

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Speaker 4: Finally, one rainy day came when Dad could not afford

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to be delayed by the truck. He had an important

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appointment to bid on a construction job. He had just

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enough time to take Bobby to school, return home to

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finish the last details on the bid, and then drive

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to the appointment. Janet decided to go along for the ride.

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They dropped Bobby off at school and on the way back.

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Speaker 5: Man, Ray, it's really coming down. I'm having trouble seeing

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the road.

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Speaker 1: To watch for puddles.

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Speaker 5: I'm trying, but I don't know if I will be

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able to see them before I get to them. Oh no, no, no,

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not no, not today. Well we won't be going anywhere now.

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Speaker 1: Just make it go, Daddy.

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Speaker 5: I wish I could, Janet. And today, of all days,

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I'm supposed to meet with a prospective client, in an

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hour to make a bid for a job. We needed

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that job.

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Speaker 1: But Jesus can make it work again, can't he, Daddy?

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I suppose, Well, why don't we ask him? Right, Daddy,

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Jesus can make the truck go?

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Speaker 5: Well, Janet, Jesus can do anything he wants. I'm not

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sure that starting our truck today is important enough for

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him to do.

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Speaker 1: But at church, my teacher says, Jesus cares about everything.

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We just have to ask.

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Speaker 10: I can't just tell him no. That would sound like

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I don't believe God can do it. What if we

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pray and God doesn't answer. I mean, this isn't an emergency.

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We know that in a little over an hour the

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truck will dry hour enough to start.

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Speaker 3: So what do I do?

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Speaker 1: Tell her?

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Speaker 5: We can't pray and just wait it out.

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Speaker 8: I can't do that.

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Speaker 5: Maybe God will answer her because she's a little child. Okay,

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if you want to pray, go ahead and pray.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Dear Jesus, our truck go went and it won't

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run anymore. Daddy has to get home right away. So

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can you dry out the engine so we can go home?

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Thank you? Ah man?

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Speaker 5: Well, Daddy, Well, what Janet stuck?

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Speaker 1: The truck, Daddy, don't.

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Speaker 5: You think we should wait a while longer and let

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Jesus have more time to work.

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Speaker 1: Daddy, Jesus doesn't need time to work. He's done. Start

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the truck.

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Speaker 10: Please, God, please don't let down that little girl.

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Speaker 1: See that I told you Jesus didn't any time to work.

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Speaker 3: It's running perfectly.

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Speaker 1: Let's say thank you Jesus.

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Speaker 5: Yes, Janet, I think you should. It was your prayer,

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he answered.

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Speaker 1: Dear Jesus, thank you for trying the engine so fast

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and for a dream my prayer.

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Speaker 4: As Father brought his story to a close, he looked

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around the group of friends, still joined in a circle

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as they continued to float down the river.

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Speaker 5: So, Sharon, I think you are probably right in saying

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that children have a simple faith in God that allows

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him to answer their prayers more often than ours. You know,

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the Bible says that unless you are converted and become

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as little children, you will by no means enter the

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Kingdom of heaven.

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Speaker 2: Do you remember hearing about when Jesus said that, Janet.

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Speaker 9: No, I guess not just think God answered my prayer.

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Speaker 5: He certainly did.

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Speaker 3: Pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Mom, can Bobby and I go back to diving again.

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Speaker 9: Sure honey, Okay, Bobby, let's go.

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Speaker 6: There's another log over there with me.

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Speaker 5: Score.

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Speaker 4: Bobby and Janet spent the rest of the trip exploring

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the sunken logs and big rocks in the river. They

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saw lots of fish, found a couple of bobbers, and

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even a set of keys. Finally tiring, they climbed back

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on their tubes to float the remainder of the trip

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with their goggles resting on their laps. Janet was especially

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tired and laid her head back on the big inner

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tube to lazily watch the tops of the trees slide

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by against the blue sky.

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Speaker 6: This has been a fabulous day. I'm so glad I

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got these goggles at lack Norfolk last year. I see

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so much better with them, and they never leak water

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like my old ones used to. Oh, a blue dragonfly

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flitting by? Now, an ugly old horse fly uugh, landed

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right on my arm.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I can kill it and feed it a fish?

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Speaker 3: Ha?

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Speaker 1: Got it?

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 6: Drop them in and steep anyone's hungry? What no takers, guys?

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I have this big, juicy, fat horse fly here, and you're.

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Speaker 2: Just gonna let him float away?

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Speaker 10: Ha?

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Speaker 6: Ha, yes, one less horse, fly, one happy fish?

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Speaker 8: Can it?

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Speaker 3: Can it? This is where we get out.

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Speaker 1: You're headed toward the wrong side of the isle.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, we're heading for the shallow side.

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Speaker 6: I've got to paddle over to the other side and

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join the group.

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Speaker 8: I'll never make it this y.

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Speaker 9: The river's going too fast.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 6: Wait, if it's shallow, I can just stand up and

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walk to the island.

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Speaker 1: What was that wait? Oh no, my goggles.

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Speaker 6: I forgot they were on my lap and they fell

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into the river.

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Speaker 1: I got to find them. Okay, calm down. The water

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is just deep enough and fast enough.

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Speaker 6: Then I won't be able to see them unless I'm

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floating with the river. But I didn't even see where

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they went in, and the river is gonna carry them

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away before I can even get to them. Ray that church,

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my teacher says that Jesus cares about everything. You just

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have to ask whoa Jesus answered my prayer about the

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staved truck.

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Speaker 3: So dear Jesus, please help.

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Speaker 6: Me find my goggles.

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Speaker 1: They're my favorite.

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Speaker 8: Amen. Maybe if I get back on the.

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Speaker 2: Tube and float with the river, I can stop.

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Speaker 6: My goggles, stand still and face the current.

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Speaker 1: Stand still, Okay, I'm standing still.

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Speaker 2: This is ridiculous. Why am I just standing here?

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Speaker 9: My goggles are rolling down the river.

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Speaker 6: I'd better just start floating down looking for them.

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Speaker 10: Stan and still and face the current.

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Speaker 9: Okay, my goggles are floating down the river.

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Speaker 7: I just know it.

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Speaker 2: I'll never see them again.

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Speaker 9: I'm going down river further.

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Speaker 7: Stand still and face the current.

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Speaker 6: Ah, all right, all right, but my goggles have to

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be weighed down the river by now.

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Speaker 1: With this current, I'll none.

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Speaker 6: Of Like, wait, what's that rolling up on my feet?

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Speaker 1: My goggles? My goggles? I can't believe it.

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Speaker 6: Dear Jesus, I'm sorry for not really believing you would

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help me. Thank you, thank you for giving me my

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goggles back.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Uncle John, that was an amazing answer to prayer.

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With the way Janet was moving around in the water

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so much, God had to send an angel to physically

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guide those goggles to roll up onto her feet like that.

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And you say that is a true story.

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Speaker 3: Yes it is. Janet wrote it just as it happened.

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Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

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Speaker 2: What a great experience to have.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, Janet was very surprised and grateful for the way

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that God showed her just how much He cares for her,

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and the good news is that God cares for each

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of us too and is interested in every little thing

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that's going on in our lives.

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Speaker 4: Mm hmm.

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Speaker 2: We just need to remember to stay in contact with God,

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you know, Aunt Nikki.

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Speaker 3: Prayer is really just talking with God as we talk

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to our friends here.

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Speaker 2: At your Story Hour. We believe in the power of prayer.

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We pray for all you boys and girls in your

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families all the time.

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Speaker 3: In fact, our your story our team starts every workday

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with prayer for all you boys and girls in your families.

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So if you have any prayer requests or praises that

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you would like for us to specifically mention in our prayers,

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let us know.

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Speaker 2: You can send us your prayer requests by calling one

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eight hundred nine eight seven seven eight seven nine. That's

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one eight hundred nine eight seven seven eight seven nine.

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Speaker 3: Or you can send your prayer requests in a message

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on our website. Just go to your Story hour dot

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org and click on contact in the menu. Again, our

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website is your Story hour dot org.

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Speaker 2: And you can always send your prayer requests to us

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by snail mail. We love getting letters from you. Our

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mailing addresses Post Office box eight Niles, n I. L. E. S.

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Michigan four nine one two zero. So address your envelope

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to Aunt Nikki and Uncle John at your Story Hour

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po Box eight Niles, Michigan, four nine one two zero.

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Speaker 3: And in the meantime, remember that we're praying for you.

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And also remember all the times, in all the ways

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that God has answered your prayers in the past, because

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remembering God's goodness helps build our faith and helps us

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to trust Him

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Speaker 2: More exactly, And now we have to go, but see

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you again next time.