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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>It is time now for our community connection right here

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<v Speaker 2>on K one, the one you trust.

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<v Speaker 1>Errol is in here from Lighthouse Outreach and.

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<v Speaker 2>Errol by golly, it's always a good day when you

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<v Speaker 2>show up here because you usually got some pretty darn

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<v Speaker 2>good news.

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<v Speaker 1>It's good to be able to share. I appreciate the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 1>You brought a friend too, brought Lewana Allen with us.

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<v Speaker 3>She's a volunteer and a donor at the lighthouse, and

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<v Speaker 3>so later on the program we have her share a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit what it means Sara, why she does what

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<v Speaker 3>she does.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, lighthouse has been going strong for a

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<v Speaker 2>good long time, a little over what thirty thirty about

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<v Speaker 2>thirty three years, thirty three years now. But the times

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<v Speaker 2>when they start getting a little challenging for the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of us, it get really challenging for the Lighthouse, and

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<v Speaker 2>we kind of need a little leg pick me up,

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<v Speaker 2>don't we.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, And this is something I've never done before, has

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<v Speaker 3>gone on the radio asking for funds for the lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm on the Homeless Task Force here at the

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<v Speaker 3>City Council, appointed this last few months ago, and according

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<v Speaker 3>to the police report, there's thirty five to forty five

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<v Speaker 3>homeless people outside of the lighthouse are not being.

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<v Speaker 1>Sheltered, but we have eighty there at the lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 3>Over half the people they are homeless and Bartlow being

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<v Speaker 3>sheered at the lighthouse three meals a day, place to

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<v Speaker 3>stay warm, a bed for laundry, facilities, transportation to and

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<v Speaker 3>from doctors and appointments. So we're helping about eighty people

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<v Speaker 3>a day right now at the Lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 2>And what you've done is you've got a pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>success rate there turning people around and getting them back

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<v Speaker 2>into society. You got some numbers you'd like to share.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that we last year from Impact Report, like

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<v Speaker 3>ninety six of our people that last year found work,

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<v Speaker 3>you obtained housing, this is important.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty three renited their family.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of times there's a disconnect with the family

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<v Speaker 3>because they pulled away from the family or the family

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<v Speaker 3>pulled away from them, and some of them being rennited

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<v Speaker 3>and that's beautiful. We've had kids actually given back to

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<v Speaker 3>their parents through DHS by their parents being at the

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<v Speaker 3>Light House, and that's a beautiful thing when that you

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<v Speaker 3>reunification takes place. But it costs us last year seventeen

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and eighty six dollars a day to operate the lighthouse,

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<v Speaker 3>and that we have to have that much money every day.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have a budget shortfall.

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, and it's about ten to fifteen thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 3>a month short, and we have a little savings. We

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<v Speaker 3>had about fifty thousand left, but if we take out

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen to twenty thousand a month the next two to

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<v Speaker 3>three months, that's all gone. And then we head into

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<v Speaker 3>the dry summer seat and giving typically windows down anyhow,

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<v Speaker 3>So we're really trying to make some changes and the boarder.

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<v Speaker 3>We looked at our budget about six months ago and

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<v Speaker 3>the projected amount of income hasn't been as high as.

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<v Speaker 1>We were expecting.

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<v Speaker 3>And so you've got two problems in your budget doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>amount either cut experienses or increase income. Okay, you look

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<v Speaker 3>at cutting expenses. Okay, utilities are pretty much established. Even

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<v Speaker 3>though we go on hutting off lights and things like that.

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<v Speaker 3>You got eighty people, it's going to not make much difference.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the water bill is higher because we've got

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<v Speaker 3>more people there. And so we looked at, well you

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<v Speaker 3>maybe cut staff. Well, everybody there is doing all they

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<v Speaker 3>can for a little. They're being paid and that if

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<v Speaker 3>we do relay off some people, that means somebody else

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<v Speaker 3>has got.

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<v Speaker 1>To do more work or else that job doesn't get done.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't meet that need.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're looking the other option is increase income and

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<v Speaker 3>that's what we're trying to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you've gotten some really nice donations here recently, you packed,

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<v Speaker 2>you just got one this week.

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<v Speaker 3>Last week we got a ten thousand dollars check and

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<v Speaker 3>that was wonderful when we weren't expecting it, totally out

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<v Speaker 3>of the blue, and that was wonderful. And then you

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<v Speaker 3>start sitting on the math at seventeen hundred dollars a day,

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<v Speaker 3>that would last five and a half days.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>So the big check was wonderful, very much appreciated. But

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<v Speaker 3>the expenses are such and we're trying to be very

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<v Speaker 3>frugal with what we do. We get food from the

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<v Speaker 3>food bank and places like that, so we have not

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<v Speaker 3>much money we've spent for food, but other expenses we

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<v Speaker 3>can't do much about.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, you got a great track record there. How can

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<v Speaker 2>people invest in the Lighthouse so that we can keep

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<v Speaker 2>things going well?

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<v Speaker 3>If right now we're needing about one hundred thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 3>to finish out the year September thirty, first end of

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<v Speaker 3>our fiscal year. And I'm sure there's somebody right now

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<v Speaker 3>listing that could write a check for one hundred thousand dollars and.

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<v Speaker 1>Solve that problem.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's not what we're asking for because if one

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<v Speaker 3>person pays the whole amount, only one person gets blessed.

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<v Speaker 3>But if for people we gave twenty five thousand apiece,

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<v Speaker 3>there'd before people blessed because the Bible said it's more

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<v Speaker 3>blessed to give them receive.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh it is.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you take a little further, if one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>people gave one thousand dollars, one hundred people get blessed.

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<v Speaker 3>So when you break it down into I believe people

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<v Speaker 3>in Bartlesville want to give their money.

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<v Speaker 1>Where lives are being changed.

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<v Speaker 2>They do.

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<v Speaker 3>There's so many opportunities and so many organization and ministries

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<v Speaker 3>calling for you're helping your support, and that's why we

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<v Speaker 3>want to try to let you know we're using the

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<v Speaker 3>money wisely and carefully and lives are being changed.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why I brought Luanna with me. She's a volunteer.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to share about being a volunteer, what that's

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<v Speaker 3>meant to her, and then also why she is a

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<v Speaker 3>donor also at the White House.

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<v Speaker 4>Luenna, Well, I've been volunteering for over two years and

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<v Speaker 4>it has changed my life. God has just given me

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<v Speaker 4>such love and compassion for the residence that it's just

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<v Speaker 4>been such a blessing to go there and be with

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<v Speaker 4>the residence, to visit with them, to hear their stories,

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<v Speaker 4>help with lunch, and excuse.

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<v Speaker 1>Me helping with lunch.

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<v Speaker 4>Each person that goes through the line, I get to

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<v Speaker 4>see them face to face and speak to them, and

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's really important for them to be recognized

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<v Speaker 4>as a person not being transparent, but being seen and loved.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's what I see at the Lighthouse is loved

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<v Speaker 4>every day being manifested through the employees. And I know

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<v Speaker 4>what God has done for me in the time that

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<v Speaker 4>it's just been such an overwhelming I can't even begin

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<v Speaker 4>to express what it means to me. And I totally

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<v Speaker 4>believe in the support financially because I see the change

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<v Speaker 4>that has happened in people's lives. So if you want

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<v Speaker 4>to give your money someplace that is really being used,

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<v Speaker 4>I can promise you we are using it for God's

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<v Speaker 4>glory to help people, to minister to them, to meet

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<v Speaker 4>the needs that they have, to get them back out

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<v Speaker 4>into society. And so I just really ask you to

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<v Speaker 4>help us, and God will bless you beyond your wildest

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<v Speaker 4>dreams the way He has blessed me.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things you said before we went on

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<v Speaker 2>the air was I'm witnessing love.

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<v Speaker 4>And action, Love and action exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And then that's truly what it is, erl that you

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have asked for a better person to testify today.

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<v Speaker 1>She's gonna blessed us.

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<v Speaker 3>She came to us a couple of years ago and

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<v Speaker 3>wont to where she could help, and we'll usually with volunteers.

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<v Speaker 3>Serving in the kitchen is one way to get started,

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<v Speaker 3>and he gives you something to do physically, but also

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<v Speaker 3>contact with the residents.

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<v Speaker 1>And then she just expanded from there.

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<v Speaker 3>I see LouAnn sitting in the lounge talking to ladies

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<v Speaker 3>and listening to the ladies mainly, and they need somebody

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<v Speaker 3>they can talk to to. And so this is, like

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<v Speaker 3>she said, seeing as a person, not just as assisting

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<v Speaker 3>or in some case a nuisance. And that may be

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<v Speaker 3>viewed that way as we look at people that are

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<v Speaker 3>homeless sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, how can we help? Do we just drop by

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<v Speaker 2>and write you a check? Or can we do that,

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<v Speaker 2>buy the mail or how do you.

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<v Speaker 3>Perform There's a variety of ways. You can write a

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<v Speaker 3>check and mail it in our mailing addresses, Box one

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<v Speaker 3>twenty four, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. You can come by bring the

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<v Speaker 3>check in person. We'd love to visit with you, or

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<v Speaker 3>there are options.

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<v Speaker 1>Through PayPal and some things like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Just call the office and ask for If you want

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<v Speaker 3>to do it over the phone, there's the ways we

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<v Speaker 3>can get that also.

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<v Speaker 1>But whatever it can be done.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe you want to in your Sunday school class take

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<v Speaker 3>an offering for the lighthouse is Sunday? Just something about that,

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<v Speaker 3>just a spontaneous thing like that. But every little bit helps.

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<v Speaker 3>We have we have a direct mail every month. We

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<v Speaker 3>get letters from people give to or three hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 3>some people. We got a man up in Sedan, Kansas sins.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a dollar bill every month and that helps out.

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<v Speaker 3>And so every bit helps, every little bit in every

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<v Speaker 3>large amount, so very grateful and we really want to

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<v Speaker 3>be accountable to God for using your money you give

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<v Speaker 3>to us.

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<v Speaker 2>Wisely Outreach Center they asking for your help. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>do that very often. In fact, this is the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I can remember. So, folks, if you got a

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<v Speaker 2>little extra, let's put it to good use. Let's put

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<v Speaker 2>some love and action with Thank you, thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>being with us here. All right, folks, you've been listening

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<v Speaker 2>to our community connection on K one.