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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome

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<v Speaker 1>time now for our community connection right here on K one,

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<v Speaker 1>the one you trust, and today with the Lighthouse Outreach,

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<v Speaker 1>we have Errol with us today.

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<v Speaker 2>And how you been, young man. I've been in great well.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll tell you what.

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<v Speaker 1>You just look like you're the p knuckle of health

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<v Speaker 1>these days. You must have been working out.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh. I've been very blessing good health.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Lighthouse has been with us for a

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<v Speaker 1>good long time and we're thankful for it. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes we have people who just move into town and

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<v Speaker 1>they're not familiar with everything quite yet. And then there

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<v Speaker 1>are some folks who've been in town in all their

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<v Speaker 1>lives and still not too familiar.

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<v Speaker 3>So how long has a lighthouse been in operation?

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<v Speaker 2>This is a thirty second year. We're born.

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<v Speaker 4>We were started in nineteen ninety two Nao Milanier start

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<v Speaker 4>found the Life House. God gave her a call to

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<v Speaker 4>start a ministry like this, and this is back before

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<v Speaker 4>we were aware of the need of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember meeting her a couple of years ago on

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<v Speaker 1>the thirtieth anniversary.

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<v Speaker 3>It was really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Now in that time I imagined you served just a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people we have.

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<v Speaker 4>It's hard to keep track of how many people we

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<v Speaker 4>have served, but as I've gone through the files we have,

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<v Speaker 4>I think about five five door files of people's information

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<v Speaker 4>and folders, and I figured that over ten thousand people

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<v Speaker 4>we've served in the thirty two years have been here.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, now, ERL.

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<v Speaker 1>When we talk about having clients of folks staying with

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<v Speaker 1>you here, how long is it that they usually stick around.

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<v Speaker 4>It varies from person to person, and some shelters say

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<v Speaker 4>you can only stay up to thirty days or maybe

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<v Speaker 4>two weeks. We don't have a limit. Our guide. Our

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<v Speaker 4>gauge for that is as long as they're making progress

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<v Speaker 4>and working toward getting their life better, and as long

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<v Speaker 4>as they need to still be there. My prayers that

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<v Speaker 4>nobody leaves me before they should. And that's an issue

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<v Speaker 4>because if they leave before they're really ready, they're either

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<v Speaker 4>going to be back, or something happened that they don't

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<v Speaker 4>even want to come back or aren't able to come back.

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<v Speaker 4>So I just did a study the other day about

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<v Speaker 4>about a week ago of the current residence right now,

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<v Speaker 4>and the average stay is twelve months twelve and a

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<v Speaker 4>half months long, and that varies from that's because some

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<v Speaker 4>have been there four or five years. Some in there

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<v Speaker 4>two three weeks, and so some people come they're just

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<v Speaker 4>here for two three days and maybe that's all they

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<v Speaker 4>needed to get on to the next stop. Some of

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<v Speaker 4>them came and realized they didn't want to have to

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<v Speaker 4>follow the rules of living indoors and so things like that,

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<v Speaker 4>and so they didn't stay as long. So but the

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<v Speaker 4>average I was interesting myself because I didn't know how

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<v Speaker 4>long it would be. But it's about about twelve months

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<v Speaker 4>average for everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>And what you do there, it's not necessarily a hand out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a hand up trying to get folks to get

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<v Speaker 1>themselves oriented with God's help.

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<v Speaker 4>Aren't we really want them to get helping to me

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<v Speaker 4>coming to independent Citizen, some of them come that are retired,

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<v Speaker 4>they're disabled, and so they get a disability check, and

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<v Speaker 4>so we urge them to start saving some of that

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<v Speaker 4>money because the little bit of costs that we charge.

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<v Speaker 2>Them fifteen percent of their income when they're living.

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<v Speaker 4>There, but they've got that other eighty five percent and

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<v Speaker 4>they should be able to save a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 2>And some of them have several thousand saved ups.

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<v Speaker 4>Some of them don't have any, and those who don't

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<v Speaker 4>have any, we work with them because the best opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>to save money is right there where they live in

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<v Speaker 4>the lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything fruits provided, everything like that.

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<v Speaker 4>So we give them opportunities to be able to.

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<v Speaker 2>Have less money after they pay their fines and things

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>That you get paid off too. Oh yeah, so you

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<v Speaker 1>get to restart almost right with that. Now, how much,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, it's fifteen percent right of their income here?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you funded? How do you keep the doors open?

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like a kind of a big undertaking here.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a lot bigger than I thought it was when

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<v Speaker 4>I started out.

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<v Speaker 2>Recently.

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<v Speaker 4>I begin at the end of every year, I figure

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<v Speaker 4>out how much it costs to run the place and

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<v Speaker 4>then divide that by the number of days. And last

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<v Speaker 4>year it was one thing six and fifty eight dollars

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<v Speaker 4>per day to operate the lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're funded by individuals.

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<v Speaker 4>We do a mail out every month with a direct

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<v Speaker 4>mail service, and we get.

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<v Speaker 2>Letters from there's a man in Sedan, Kansas.

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<v Speaker 4>He sends us a dollar every month and that helps

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<v Speaker 4>just cover the posted to that. But then we get

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<v Speaker 4>some many with the five a dollar check. Some people

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<v Speaker 4>twenty five dollars every month. Some churches have put us

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<v Speaker 4>into their budget. They've been for years been giving so

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<v Speaker 4>much a month, and we were breast that way. People

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<v Speaker 4>donate in variety of ways, right.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing that I noticed too is that you guys

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<v Speaker 1>aren't afraid to go out and have big old yard

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<v Speaker 1>tail every now and then.

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<v Speaker 4>We do have a lot of furniture and dishes donate

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<v Speaker 4>to us, and clothing and we do the garage sale to.

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<v Speaker 2>Help raise money.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, we do clothing while we don't need access that

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<v Speaker 4>we after giving the residents those that needs to clothes,

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<v Speaker 4>we bag them up and we sell them to a

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<v Speaker 4>wholesale place that they they distribute them to different thrift stores.

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<v Speaker 4>Some of them goes to missions, and then some of

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<v Speaker 4>the clothes that are unusable or recycling in the rags

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<v Speaker 4>and we get about five thousand dollars for semiload for that.

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<v Speaker 2>We've done that about four or five times now. So

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<v Speaker 2>access clothes.

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<v Speaker 4>There's so many we got all of us have so

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<v Speaker 4>many clothes that there's such an access. But here's some

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<v Speaker 4>good coming out of that if you needed a place

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<v Speaker 4>to get rid of some of that.

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<v Speaker 2>So we appreciate that very much.

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<v Speaker 1>This is called the kindest form of recycling, right it

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<v Speaker 1>truly is now eron what are the safeguards that you

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<v Speaker 1>guys have in place there at Lighthouse Outreach to assure

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<v Speaker 1>the public that the money's being handled properly, because people

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<v Speaker 1>will make a donation, but they'll always have that houses handled.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's a very good question because we hear from

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<v Speaker 4>time to time of somebody that was taking money from

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<v Speaker 4>an organization, some fund that was used to help people

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<v Speaker 4>with then the money was being siphoned off in different ways.

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<v Speaker 4>And so we're a member of the Evangelical Council of

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<v Speaker 4>Financial Accountability ECFA, which the nationwide is like the good

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<v Speaker 4>Housekeeping Seal of Approval, and there's all two ministries in Bartlesfield,

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<v Speaker 4>but I remember that voice the artist and us and

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<v Speaker 4>which we have a set of guidelines. And one of

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<v Speaker 4>the things we have in place is when the donations

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<v Speaker 4>come in, two people open those envelopes and record it together,

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<v Speaker 4>so that way there's an accountability there. The bookkeeper doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>sign the checks, someone else signs the checks. We do

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<v Speaker 4>periodic audits and annual reviews voluntarily. We were not being

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<v Speaker 4>forced to being audit, but we do that just to

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<v Speaker 4>maintain our integrity, because it's very, very important that people

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<v Speaker 4>recognize the money being given is being used as it

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<v Speaker 4>was designated.

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<v Speaker 2>We have people that designate funds.

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<v Speaker 4>We got a grant not too long ago for a

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<v Speaker 4>stroke rehabilitation because some of our residents come they've had

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<v Speaker 4>a stroke, but they have no help. They're still limping,

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<v Speaker 4>they're still not fully functional, and many of them could

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<v Speaker 4>have been if they had got it soon. If some

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<v Speaker 4>of them is too late when they come to us.

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<v Speaker 4>Some of them were good doing that, but that money

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<v Speaker 4>is earmark for that. We have a grant for eyeglasses,

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<v Speaker 4>which is a wonderful opportunity because the most place it's

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<v Speaker 4>hard to get free eyeglasses place. Now that we can

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<v Speaker 4>use that, we keep a close account of that and

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<v Speaker 4>we keep it separate in the books, and so as

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<v Speaker 4>an account is used, it's Disney.

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<v Speaker 2>That way.

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<v Speaker 4>We had someone that gave money for children, and we

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<v Speaker 4>set aside that for that.

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<v Speaker 3>So every dollar has its name. Right. Wow, that is great,

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<v Speaker 3>That is great.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your current population there at Lighthouse Outreach today?

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<v Speaker 4>I think we had seventy two people there and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we're gonna have homelessness all around us, and I wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to sell. Sharon ill Strats hared years ago there was

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<v Speaker 4>a man walking down the beach after a high tide,

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<v Speaker 4>and there's a bunch of starfishes that had floated out

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<v Speaker 4>into the sand and they're going to die out there

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<v Speaker 4>in the sand because they have no way to mobility

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<v Speaker 4>other than being in the water. And there was a

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<v Speaker 4>man walking down the beach and he was picking up

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<v Speaker 4>these starfish and throwing it back into the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>And somebody came up and says, what are you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I'm throwing back the starfish.

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<v Speaker 4>He says, no, that's gonna make a difference. There's millions

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<v Speaker 4>I'm out here, and that's gonna make a difference. The

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<v Speaker 4>guy stopped, looked at him and reached down, picked out

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<v Speaker 4>and made a difference to that one.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the way the light is. We're not able to.

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<v Speaker 4>Give each everybody in the community, but everyone that we help,

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<v Speaker 4>it makes a difference in their life.

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<v Speaker 3>And you got a lot of things that are going on.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to tell you there's a lot of motion

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<v Speaker 1>and emotion that happened to at Lighthouse.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you have.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, in addition to the daily helping people get out

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<v Speaker 4>of a deep hole they found themselves in. We're doing

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<v Speaker 4>some construction, remodeling all the rooms upstairs. We've got a

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<v Speaker 4>wonderful grant from several different organizations to foundations to pay

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<v Speaker 4>for it, and we've got about five rooms done so far,

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<v Speaker 4>then the process of working on two more, and then

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<v Speaker 4>we've got about three more to go. So I maybe opportunises,

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<v Speaker 4>but I think we're about halfway done or maybe a

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<v Speaker 4>third done.

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<v Speaker 2>But everything's in turmoil.

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<v Speaker 4>I've said we had to move people from different rooms,

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<v Speaker 4>and so we have moved some to our transitional house

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<v Speaker 4>right now. But it's moving along and it's exciting and

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<v Speaker 4>we're gonna have some really nice renovation to get a

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<v Speaker 4>new furniture. We had several grants given for specifically for furniture,

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<v Speaker 4>so it gives me going quite well. And so that's

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<v Speaker 4>one thing. We're getting ready to build a house across

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<v Speaker 4>the street. We bought a house for a transitional house.

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<v Speaker 4>It was full of termites. We had to have it

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<v Speaker 4>torn down, and now we've got the grant all the

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<v Speaker 4>money to pay for it.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got signed the contract a.

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<v Speaker 4>Couple of days ago to build a two bedroom home there,

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<v Speaker 4>which housed four people for transitional housing. So a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of good stuff going in the construction area, but also

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<v Speaker 4>just every day people get in their lives together.

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<v Speaker 2>A man came to my office just excited the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>His daughter back out of a bad situation.

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<v Speaker 4>And the judge says, so that he gets his own house,

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<v Speaker 2>And he'll be able to get his daughter back. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are exciting things happening too, there are.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you've seen all these miracles that happen

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<v Speaker 3>It's got to be that matter of the heart.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very very encouraging.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, in addition to what we see going

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<v Speaker 4>to right now, one thing that really blesses me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be out of the community and some come up

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<v Speaker 4>Say, I was at the lighthouse two or three years ago,

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<v Speaker 4>and I don't even recognize them because they've changed so

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<v Speaker 4>much or did such a long long time. And so

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<v Speaker 4>some of them are managers of stores here in town,

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<v Speaker 4>restaurants here in town. A wonderful story of a lady

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<v Speaker 4>that's managing a fast food place right now. In fact,

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<v Speaker 4>she's coming to the Lighthouse and hiring residents there, and

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<v Speaker 4>so it's been great to see that. And people in

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<v Speaker 4>the committee are so wonderful. I'll be at a store

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<v Speaker 4>checking out buying something and they'll talk about the Lighthouse,

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<v Speaker 4>how much I appreciate what we're doing. And it's the

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<v Speaker 4>community has given us such good support encouragement. It keeps

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<v Speaker 4>us doing the difficult work that we're called to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Errol, what are some of the current needs. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're in the middle of some renovations. You got things,

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<v Speaker 1>you got pieces and parts moving all over the place.

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<v Speaker 1>What are some of the needs that you have right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now or one of them in the remodeling right now?

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<v Speaker 4>In the contract, you put everything in there for them

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<v Speaker 4>to do except painting the rooms, and so we're having

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<v Speaker 4>to do that ourselves. And so if there's any painters

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<v Speaker 4>would like to come in and help out, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>for a day or whatever, just let us know, because

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<v Speaker 4>that's the need we have right now. We're always needing

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<v Speaker 4>paper products, paper towels, toilet paper, and napkins.

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<v Speaker 2>That's something that doesn't sound a very exciting thing to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but really helps us out.

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<v Speaker 4>We spend quite a bit of money each month on

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<v Speaker 4>that to volunteer to help out, maybe come in and

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<v Speaker 4>help serve a meal. If churches want to take on

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<v Speaker 4>a meal and serve a meal. We've got about in

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<v Speaker 4>nine churches that every month they fix a meal, bring

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<v Speaker 4>it and serve it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a wonderful thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Way to get involved with the people in the White House,

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<v Speaker 4>but also to help us out. Also, the biggest one

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<v Speaker 4>is prayer, because we're in a spiritual battle. We're trying

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<v Speaker 4>to rescue people from a lifestyle that's very destructive and

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<v Speaker 4>there's enemy forces against that. So always need prayer for

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<v Speaker 4>the director, for me and wisdom and discernment. And sometimes

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<v Speaker 4>I have difficult decision to make and it's almost like

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<v Speaker 4>which way do I turn because neither one looks like

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<v Speaker 4>a good answer, but something's got to be done. So

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<v Speaker 4>wisdom for prayer for wisdom is a very important thing.

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<v Speaker 4>And for the staff, they work hard, they don't get

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<v Speaker 4>paid very much and it's difficult for them, but they're

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<v Speaker 4>coming out of themselves. They know what it's like and

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<v Speaker 4>how much it helps them. We also recycle aluminum cans

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<v Speaker 4>they help support kids in other countries. If you have

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<v Speaker 4>lumin cans you want to bring by, we'll be glad

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<v Speaker 4>to take those.

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<v Speaker 2>And scrap metal. We take scrap mail out and sell

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<v Speaker 2>it by the pound.

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<v Speaker 4>And we had someday gave us about twenty air conditioners

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<v Speaker 4>the other day and we're going to take those apart

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<v Speaker 4>and get some money out of those.

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<v Speaker 2>So things like that help us out. Just a variety

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<v Speaker 4>If maybe I didn't mention something that affects you, then

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<v Speaker 4>give us a call. We had a man moved from

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<v Speaker 4>Greed to Colorado came by and wants to start doing

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<v Speaker 4>a Bible study. So he did a Bible study Wednesday

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<v Speaker 4>morning from six thirty seven before breakfast as.

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<v Speaker 2>A Bible study there for the residents. So just variety

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<v Speaker 2>of way. Just come by and see what We take

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<v Speaker 2>a tour and see what we can help. How you

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<v Speaker 3>Speaking of that tour, where can we find you?

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<v Speaker 4>We're at fourteen eleven West Hensley Boulevard, the quarter of

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<v Speaker 4>Hensley and Bucy, right across from the Salvation Army.

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<v Speaker 3>And do you still do those once a month things?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I had no idea to her. We haven't

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<v Speaker 4>done them. This summer because of construction. Oh yeah, but

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<v Speaker 4>I talked to Linda, our director at Wellment, said, I

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<v Speaker 4>think when you go and do it, even with the

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<v Speaker 4>construction things, see what's going on. We've got about full

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<v Speaker 4>rooms then we can show. So probably in September we'll

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<v Speaker 4>start having those again. Those are wonderful oputy to get

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<v Speaker 4>to see what the lighthouse is about.

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<v Speaker 1>To I understand that you always have a pretty full

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<v Speaker 1>crowd for nice because everybody's kind of curious as to

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<v Speaker 1>how the lighthouse works and how they can help.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's really a good sign here in Archamunity.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a blessing also to meet with people who maybe

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<v Speaker 4>don't realize what all goes on there. And one thing

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<v Speaker 4>that Naomi did when she started the lighthouse, she wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to ice keep it neat and clean. Didn't have much money,

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<v Speaker 4>but you can be neat and clean when you're poor,

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<v Speaker 4>and so she kept that going and so we tried

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<v Speaker 4>to maintain that. And you walk in it's a bright,

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<v Speaker 4>pleasant place, no foul smells. It does look like a

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<v Speaker 4>very inviting place. Our chapel especially, we have it very

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<v Speaker 4>well decorated and it's accommodating for it brings hope you've

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<v Speaker 2>It brings light.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, that's why it's the lighthout. Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>brings it in man hey, and thank you very much,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, God be with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>And I want to also express I appreciate the radio

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<v Speaker 4>saying you guys have been great by helping us with

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<v Speaker 4>projects and giving us getting the word out to people.

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<v Speaker 2>So we appreciate it very much. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>We're more than happy to do that. It's it's in

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<v Speaker 3>need that everybody needs to know about. Thank you again.

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