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Reconnecting with Loved Ones: A Special Episode · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now. Come on, Cody.
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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! Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah! Happy birthday, Noah! This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it sound.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it sound.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it sound. Let it sound.
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  Let it sound. Let it sound. 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?
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Half-Faith Let Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Friday edition of Half-Faith Let It Begin.
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  Before I begin, just want to let you know, all the Valley Central graduates
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  out there, this Friday, that's right, tonight, in our local area,
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  Sweeney's Bar, DJ Eric Santana returns.
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  Turns it starts at 7 30 i believe all the way
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  to 11 30 at night it is a valley central reunion make
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  sure you make it out there it's going to be awesome that is tonight
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  at sweeney's right there off of route 208 enjoy
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  it i know you guys are going to have a great time i'm going to try to make an
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  appearance myself all right half eight let it begin is on the air and how are
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  we doing this well it's quite simple you know talking about reunions and talking
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  about family and All the things that we do to come together is really the concept of today's episode.
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  When we get together, and I'm over here walking Cody this morning,
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  when we get together as a family, we unite as one.
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  We come together and we are excited about what we do as a family.
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  For many of you out there, you know a lot about everything that you've done for me.
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  So I wanted to finally tell you what's going on. So my dad was hospitalized on Sunday night.
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  I won't get into his medical information, break his medical HIPAA laws, right?
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  But when he was put into the hospital, it was nothing too serious,
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  but something that we needed to make sure it was taken care of.
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  And when it was all said and done, I was released just yesterday.
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  Everything that was supposed to happen, he was supposed to have a surgery.
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  And with prayer, all of a sudden, it just was out the door.
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  So power of prayer really came through. And I want to thank all those that were
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  in the knowledge of my dad being in the hospital.
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  And I want to just let everyone out there know, I apologize for not really getting
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  into detail and sharing that with you.
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  But because it was such touch and go, I wasn't really sure how I was going to talk about it.
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  And I, you know, one of the things that I want to point out here is that sometimes,
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  and this is no disrespect to anybody else, but sometimes I feel that in social
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  media world, people will tend to go out there and post things just for views or maybe sympathy.
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  For me, I'd rather tell you what's happening after, unless it's something really,
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  really crucial. And I know that I could use the extra power of prayer that,
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  of course, I'll put that out there.
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  But when it comes to family, immediate family, that is, I didn't want to expose
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  that and put that out there.
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  So I just wanted you to be aware of that and understand that that's the way I look at things.
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  Many of you may say, well, Angel, if you would have posted and talked about
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  it, we could have prayed about it. I know, but that's just the way I'm looking at it.
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  I apologize if I offend anybody, but I needed that for myself and my family
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  to not put that that out there, especially since I didn't get any permission.
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  You know, I would have asked my dad, hey, is it okay to post that on half faith, let it begin.
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  So he's home. And now we're going to have a little get together.
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  We're going to celebrate his discharge. And we're going to finally celebrate
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  Father's Day the right way, because he went in on Father's Day.
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  And we didn't really get a chance to do a Father's Day celebration.
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  So reunions is getting together. And it doesn't always have to be about a holiday.
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  It doesn't always have to be about someone's birthday.
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  It doesn't have to be even so much as a discharge celebration.
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  It's just getting together.
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  Now, if you need those excuses to come together, hey, great.
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  Awesome. But why wait for those days when you could just have it almost every
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  other day or once a week? One of the things that I feel that I've,
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  I failed at, you know, with my father-in-law, who's gone on to me with the Lord.
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  I didn't try hard enough.
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  I didn't try. I was stubborn.
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  I held a grudge. And I wasn't smart or thoughtful or forgiving enough to let
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  him in the way I should have.
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  And that's something that I'll take, you know, to the day I meet him again.
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  And I hope that he can forgive me for that. because I didn't get a chance to
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  tell him how I felt. And I don't know if he heard me.
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  I'm sure he hears me now, but it would have been great to do that here on earth.
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  So the purpose of today is that, you know, I want you to just take in on what
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  a family reunion is about, what a friendship reunion is about,
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  what coming together is all about,
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  laughing, telling stories and sharing with the others about everything that's gone on in your life.
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  And I know a lot of you out there are very busy these days.
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  I know I haven't even spoken to
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  my really good friend Brian in a very long time. I know he's got two jobs.
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  But, you know, we have to come together. We have to find a common ground.
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  And even if we can speak once a month, if you're too busy, it's important.
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  So I want you guys to think about that today as you go about your Friday.
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  And remember that it's okay to come together and reunite. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, as you sat at the Last Supper and you slowly told your disciples,
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  that you were going to be going away and that one day you'll see me again.
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  We must remember that as we sit at our tables and we speak to others,
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  we don't know when we're going to see each other.
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  Sometimes when we leave one another, that may be the last time.
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  It should not take so long.
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  Let us remember to come together. Let us remember to share in our deepest thoughts,
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  and to remember to tell each other that we love each other.
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  Remember not to be strangers. Remember to learn to forgive. to forget and to
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  move in the right direction.
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  We pray for Linda. We pray for Diane. We pray for those that have lost their jobs in healthcare.
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  We pray for forgiveness. We pray for understanding.
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  We pray for our half-eight, let it begin family. We thank Tony for a beautiful
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  t-shirt that she gave me and thank her for inspiring me to not be afraid to
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  go out into the world and show the world who I am,
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  by donning my hat to John 3.16,
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  by putting on your T-shirt and allowing others to come up to me and say,
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  oh my God, I needed to hear that. Amazing.
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  Well, we close today by saying thank you to everybody in Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin and remind you that God loves you, God believes in you,
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  God trusts you, and God is never going to leave your side.
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  As the wind picks up here, I'm walking Cody. I think it's going to rain.
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  I thank you all for a beautiful morning.
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  And always remember to have faith and let it begin.
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  Have a great weekend. I'll see you Monday. And Dr. E will be back. Take care.
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  Music.