Summer Speedos | A Lifeline In The Midst of Crisis

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This is Journey with Care. Hey. We're taking 4 weeks of the summer

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to keep it short or speedy. Let's just call these

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summer speedos. Short action packed dives into the

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incredible stories of everyday people using Care Portal to

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build connection and change lives. Care Portal, for those

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that haven't heard, is an amazing platform connecting churches,

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families, and businesses with specific needs with some of the most

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vulnerable in our communities. So as you soak up the sun this

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summer and enjoy these summer remember, Journey with

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Care is powered by Care Impact, a Canadian charity helping

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strangers become good neighbours. To keep bringing you our podcast

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Enough chit chat. Let's get on with the summer Speedos.

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I met this mom and she's was

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a victim of a violent crime, she and her 3 daughters, and they

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escaped with very little. I found out about her right before Christmas.

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Actually, a community donor said that she had things to

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donate, and I was the connecting church. And so

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on the 23rd December, we delivered a lot of clothes and

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shoes and foods to the hotel where the agency had put

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this family up.

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I really didn't get to meet the family at that point. There was a strange

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glitch, and I just ended up leaving everything.

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Fast forward a few days, another request comes through care

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portal. It sounds like the same family, so I pick up the request.

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Enough, same family. They had moved into some temporary

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housing, so I gathered up the request items, air mattresses,

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and and a teammate, and we went to deliver, and I finally

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got to meet the family.

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This mom is amazing, but she told us that

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she just all the events that had happened to her, her car

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broke down. Her daughter was

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suicidal. She has 2 children and herself are type 1

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diabetic. They were camping out in this

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really bad situation and then stayed in the hotel, but that was, you know,

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just for a little while. And she was just going through such a

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nightmare, and she said, I just was trying to figure out how I could

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just end it all. I could take my life and, also, my children

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just put us all out of this misery.

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And she said, I I think God must hate me. And I

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said, God doesn't hate you. God loves you.

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And she said, well, nobody sees me. Nobody

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sees us. And I said, I'm here and I see you.

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We're here. God loves you and

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you're surviving this. It's incredible. This is

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incredible bad situation. And she said, well, I wanna know

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how to have God in my heart. I mean, I hear people talk about

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that. I just don't think that God is for

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me. And we

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said, of course, God is for you. You know, Jesus has bought

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you. He's paid for you. He loves you. You're not perfect. We're not

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perfect. But you are righteous because of Jesus. And

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God loves you and accepts you and you're reconciled with God.

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And just the look on her face, and she

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just broke down and cried. We hugged her.

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We've been in contact couple times a day since

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then. Another church has partnered with us to

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help support this family. They brought her, you know, a microwave

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and a way that she could, you know, store some food in this very

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temporary shelter that they're in the moment. Care

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portal made that connection, and that community donor

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that had a closet full clothes donate that roped me into this.

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You know, bless your heart.

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Families need to be seen. They need to know that God loves them.

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They need to know that there is a church full of

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people who have received from God and want to help

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people find a healthier place than they're at

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right now. And we're all people

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that have received from the Lord and are looking for

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people that need to know that God is for them.

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When the world spins by the

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home, remember

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that you belong.

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Thing you ever dreamed came true.

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When you laugh and you cry, I'll be

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always on your side, and thank God

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for you and me.

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When we're older, we were saved.

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And everything that you do take hard.

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You are strong. You are brave. You are all

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you meant to be. Everything you ever

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dreamed came true.

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For you and me.

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Thank God for you and me.

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Thanks for listening to this summer Speedo on the Journey with Care podcast.

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To keep the stories and conversations flowing, remember the summer

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of 30. 30 listeners to donate $30 in the next

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30 days to help make a difference. Visit journeywithcare.ca/30.

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That's journey with care slash 3 0. Thanks for being part of

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the journey.