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A Sister's Eternal Light: Remembering “GG” · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Good morning, and welcome to a very special edition of Half-Faith, Let It Begin.
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  For all of you that know, every single day we try to pray for everyone,
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  and recently we have been praying for a friend of mine.
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  Her name is Joanne, and her sister, Junebug, we call her, she calls her Gigi.
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  I'm sad to tell you that Gigi has gone on to be with the Lord.
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  As you know, in this podcast, we honor and celebrate the life that we live here on earth.
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  Have Faith, Let It Begin has lost now two people in the last couple of weeks
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  with losing Carol's husband, Dennis, and now losing Gigi.
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  I work with Joanne and I know that she is an amazing sister and I know that
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  that is also reciprocated.
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  So the following is dedicated to Gigi, to Joanne, to Philip,
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  and the rest of the family.
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  Today, I'm going to start half-eighth, but I begin with a quote that I saw.
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  A sister's love is a light that shines eternally, even in the darkest of times.
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  With each passing day, I hold you close in memories cherished in love,
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  eternal sister. in the hearts, embrace your spirit. You are a beacon of light.
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  In the darkest times, my sister, my guardian angel, through tears of grief,
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  I find strength in memories, but I share the love that binds us.
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  My sister, you are my soulmate.
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  Have faith, let it begin. Honoring Gigi starts right now. Have faith, let begin.
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  When it starts, have faith, let begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay.
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  Hi, Noah. Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah!
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  This little light of mine.
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  I'm going to let it This little line of I'm gonna let it Let it Let it Let it Yeah!
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  Daddy, I'm so excited! But I have one question. What's your question?
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  I'm going to be a pastor or a minister. a good question.
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  I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin, special edition honoring Gigi.
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  I am recording this at 3.36 a.m.
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  Because my colleague that I work with, Joanne, obviously is with her family
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  and they're dealing with the loss of Gigi.
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  And here at my job, we all stepped up and everybody's covering her shift.
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  And we just want Joanne and the family to know that we've got you.
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  So with that being said, as I read the quote this morning, and there'll be times
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  where because I'm at work, if the phone rings, I'll have to pause.
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  So I just want you to know, or if I hear attacks or anything like that.
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  So forgive me for doing that, but I want to make sure.
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  That we honor Gigi today. And I didn't want to have that missed.
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  I had the fortune of hearing about her prognosis and also knowing that she was
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  a very big fan of our show.
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  And I'm speaking about Gigi At one point I just recently We got her a t-shirt
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  And I know that she liked it And it was nice To know that That she enjoyed it
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  And it's also nice to know That she enjoyed our show You know It's never easy to lose someone.
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  Someone that's special and dear to us. I personally do not know what it feels like to lose a sibling,
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  like a brother or sister, but I know that in dealing with loss and in listening
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  to others as they grieve or they honor their loved one,
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  that there's always the good,
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  the bad and the ugly, right but the good is this if
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  you had the honor and privilege to know that that
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  person if you feel that in that
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  moment of time that you spend with them that you did all you could to show them
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  that you were there for them that you showed them that you love them they understand
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  that and one thing is for sure when we pass on that is not the end it is the
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  beginning and the trumpets i'm sure sounded,
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  the gates of heaven opened up and they are laughing.
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  They are applauding, they are dancing and they're welcoming her home.
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  So this morning, I want everyone to know that even though we are honoring Gigi
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  and also still thinking about Carol and Dennis, we must remember one thing.
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  It's all about the good times that we've had here on earth and think about how
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  many more great moments we're going to have when we all come together to the
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  table of our Heavenly Father.
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  Here is a prayer for healing on losing a sister that I just saw before we went on the air.
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  Oh, Father, comfort our grieving hearts as we celebrate and grieve the loss of our beloved sister.
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  Bring healing to our broken spirits and fill us with your peace that surpasses all understanding.
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  And here is our prayer at Have I Thought Again. Heavenly Father,
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  we thank you for the life of Gigi.
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  We ask you, Lord, to welcome her home.
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  We know that, Lord, it's never an easy time when people have gone on to be with the Lord.
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  But what we do know is that the time that we spend with them here on earth,
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  we try to think of all the good things.
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  And we thank you, Lord, for not allowing her to suffer. We thank you,
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  Lord, for allowing her to go peacefully and in the presence of her family.
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  We pray this unto you, as together we pray the words that only you taught us,
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  our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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  Lead us not into temptation deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom the
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  power and the glory forever,
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  on behalf of all of us here at Have Faith Let It Begin love your sisters love
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  your brothers respect your parents respect your elders and your grandparents,
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  love your children and never forget to have faith let it begin we love you Gigi.
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  Music.