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How do U feel about the stories 2day? Ep 3397 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Challenges of Faith radio program. I'm Gary McCance.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me. The question is, were you
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  Speaker 1: aware here on episode 3397, what were you? The International
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  Speaker 1: Christian Concern have shared that gangs have attacked church and
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  Speaker 1: killed dozens in Haiti. It said that more than 50
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  Speaker 1: people were kidnapped and 47 people were killed in an
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  Speaker 1: attack in Haiti's Kinskov commune. Starting at 10.30 p.m. and
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  Speaker 1: lasting through the next morning, the Viv Anthem gang terrorized
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  Speaker 1: the community, kidnapping people and setting animals and homes ablaze.
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  Speaker 1: But their primary target was the evangelical church Ark of
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  Speaker 1: the New Testament. Dozens of families who were displaced by
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  Speaker 1: ongoing violence within Port-au-Prince, the capital city, were hiding in
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  Speaker 1: the church's prayer center. According to a statement from the
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  Speaker 1: Secretary General, at least 22 people were executed within the
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  Speaker 1: church's walls. The Haitian government expressed its deep condolences to
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  Speaker 1: the grieving families and to all victims of the heinous
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  Speaker 1: criminal attack committed in Kinshaw. Haitian authorities said in a statement,
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  Speaker 1: but let us not be mistaken, this mourning is also
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  Speaker 1: a challenge. And in response to this challenge, government responded
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  Speaker 1: with the force of the law and the legitimate exercise
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  Speaker 1: of public power. According to the United Nations, Viv Ansem
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  Speaker 1: and several rival gangs are fighting for control within the
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  Speaker 1: capital city and have displaced more than 18,000 residents thus far.
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  Speaker 1: They are now forcing their influence into surrounding regions. The
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  Speaker 1: gang has been assaulting nearly agricultural communities since 2025. And
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  Speaker 1: this recent event is yet another example of how gangs
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  Speaker 1: rely on large-scale killings of civilians to subdue the local
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  Speaker 1: population and establish their authority. Amnesty International responded to the tragedy,
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  Speaker 1: calling on the government to put an end to the
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  Speaker 1: violence and increase its protection for its citizens. Sadly, we
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  Speaker 1: are once again witnessing another massacre in Haiti, said the
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  Speaker 1: Deputy Regional Director for Research for the Americas. We urge
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  Speaker 1: the Haitian authorities and the international community to redouble their
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  Speaker 1: efforts to protect people from the escalating violence by armed gangs.
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  Speaker 1: As the country mourns, local Christians are standing strong in
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  Speaker 1: the face of increasing violence, offering hope to the hopeless,
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  Speaker 1: offering hope to the hopeless. The story is told of
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  Speaker 1: listeners who turn to Moody Radio during some of the
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  Speaker 1: hardest moments of their lives. And as told by Carl Clausen,
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  Speaker 1: he tells the story of a young mother named Michelle
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  Speaker 1: and her little boy Noah Noah was born nearly 15
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  Speaker 1: weeks early after severe pregnancy complications suddenly threatened both his
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  Speaker 1: life and Michelle's. I'm gonna take a sip of my
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  Speaker 1: water before I continue. What followed were months spent in
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  Speaker 1: hospital rooms countless medical procedures, frightening setbacks, and long nights
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  Speaker 1: filled with uncertainty. Then only days after Noah was finally
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  Speaker 1: able to come home from the NICU, Michelle's husband unexpectedly
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  Speaker 1: passed away. As Carl reread the story, he found himself
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  Speaker 1: thinking about the weight of suffering that his family carried
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  Speaker 1: and the faithfulness of God that carried them During Noah's
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  Speaker 1: long hospitalization, Michelle's mother regularly reached out to Moody Radio,
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  Speaker 1: asking listeners to pray for Noah. And day after day,
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  Speaker 1: people across the country faithfully prayed for a little boy
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  Speaker 1: they had never met. And through God's grace, Noah continued
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  Speaker 1: to fight forward. After months of treatments and setbacks, Noah
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  Speaker 1: eventually received the liver transplant he desperately needed. Today, he
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  Speaker 1: is home with his family, growing stronger, learning to walk,
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  Speaker 1: and continuing to make progress every day. What a powerful
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  Speaker 1: reminder that even in the darkest seasons, God remains present
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  Speaker 1: and faithful, present and faithful. In those difficult moments, Moody
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  Speaker 1: Radio's ministry became more than a radio station to their family.
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  Speaker 1: It became a source of encouragement, comfort, biblical hope, and
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  Speaker 1: a reminder that they were not walking through the darkness alone.
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  Speaker 1: Carl continues saying that he thinks that is such a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful picture of what God so often does through Moody Radio.
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  Speaker 1: Every day somebody tunes in while carrying a burden no
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  Speaker 1: one else can see. Someone listening is grieving, afraid, lonely, discouraged,
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  Speaker 1: or desperately searching for hope. And through biblical teaching, prayer, worship,
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  Speaker 1: and encouragement rooted in God's Word, the Lord meets people
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  Speaker 1: right where they are. Not because of anything extraordinary that
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  Speaker 1: Moody Radio has done, but because God, our loving God,
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  Speaker 1: faithfully works through His Word and through His people. And
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  Speaker 1: as you, or you, or you as listeners today, tuning
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  Speaker 1: in to Challenges of Faith radio program, not by accident.
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  Speaker 1: But as you reflect on Noah's story, how do you feel?
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel? How do you feel?