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S8 "Celebrating Eight Years of Have Faith Let it Begin Podcast · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith, live again, when it starts right now.
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  Where do you find your journey and your path to be?
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  Not so much as with our Heavenly Father. We've touched base on this before.
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  I have mentioned to you many times, where is your path?
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  What do you want to be in your life? But why am I bringing this up now?
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  Because it is a true honor to tell you that today, when we air this,
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  we are reaching a milestone.
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  Dr. E is with us. And on behalf of all of us here and the team of Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin, past, present, and future, we say, happy anniversary.
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  This is the eighth season of Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Good morning. You're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to the eighth official season, eight years in the
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  making, and I couldn't think of anybody else I wanted to join forces with and
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  start our eighth season with than my good friend and co-pilot,
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  Dr. E. Dr. E, happy anniversary.
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  Angel, what a great honor it is to be on your eighth anniversary show.
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  Now, you know, we've been having a little bit of fun over the years,
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  making sure that you're counting correctly because your eighth season might
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  be the seventh season of the fifth podcast of the fourth season.
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  All right. What year did we start? Did you start? Have Faith Let It Begin.
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  June 16th, 2018. All right. June to 2018.
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  Okay, June. 18 to 19, 19 to 20, 20 to 21, 21 to 22, 22 to 23, 23 to 24, 25 to 26.
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  That's seven seasons.
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  We always count the first one. So remember, you told me, count the first season.
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  So let me ask you this. So on our anniversary, the new, what would you say,
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  the launch of the eighth season, How many episodes have you done?
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  We are officially now at 2000, well, 2024 when this airs, can you,
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  I'm going to, I'm going to interview you sort of like a news reporter interviewing
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  you for this great, you know, this great accomplishment.
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  Did you ever think that you would have 2000 episodes that have touched?
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  I'm going to say if you've had 2,000 episodes, you've touched over 15,000 to 20,000 lives.
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  Did you ever think that that would happen? No. I mean, I think that where we
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  started in the beginning when I hit that record button, my goal was,
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  hey, I don't know if I have a calling yet to be a minister.
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  I know that I have a calling to try to help people. So let's try this radio
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  slash podcasting world and see where it takes us. The reason why I have you
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  on the show is because one of the things that you said to me when we first met was,
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  really stuck and stuck a huge part of my heart.
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  And it was, this is a lullaby. This is a, this took out a meaning when I became
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  a parent. And this is a time capsule.
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  So when I am going on to be with the Lord, my children are going to be able
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  to listen to all these episodes.
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  That being said, in addition to that, yes, my goal was always to try to change
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  one person's life, one episode at a time.
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  So when I hear you say that, I say to myself with the recent events of,
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  you know, hey, congratulations, have faith.
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  You guys did over 10,000 downloads, you know, in a certain amount of periods
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  of times and hitting over 156,000 people listening within an eight year timeframe. frame.
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  You got to remember, I used to go seven days a week and then I cut it down to five.
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  And then, you know, it was, it was, it's been a rollercoaster event because
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  I was trying to find who we were as a,
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  as a podcast, but you helped signify and, and keep us grounded as to where we
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  were going to be by just giving me fresh eyes and fresh ears.
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  No, I appreciate that. And then if, You know, again, I think we are where we
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  should be. We are where we need to be.
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  And I think without your podcast, I don't think we would have the PROC podcast.
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  And I don't think a lot of people would be where they are currently because
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  of Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  So, of course, kudos for that. I have another question for you.
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  What would you say was your most rewarding episode? episode.
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  It's so funny you mentioned that. I was looking at pictures of all the thumbnails.
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  Thumbnails are the pictures that used to be up for every episode.
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  And I found an episode where we did a tribute to.
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  It was right before COVID when there was a mass, unfortunately,
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  a mass tragedy, another massacre shooting.
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  And something told me that it was time to do an episode, a primetime episode.
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  It was our first ever primetime episode where I wanted everybody to grab a candle.
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  And I wanted them to hold the candle up for a few minutes while we prayed.
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  I received a picture from Russia of three children and their mom sending good
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  vibes to the United States from Russia.
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  And I saw the picture of the three young kids holding a makeshift candle as
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  they prayed and listened to our show.
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  That was, that's when I realized we had something special.
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  That's a great story. And then I remember, you know, my recollection is also
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  the episode where you went viral on TikTok.
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  Yeah. We had hit over 1.2 million and then we hit that, you know,
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  that episode and we're, we had a couple more that's over the 800,000 mark,
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  10,000 went to 800,000 and we're closing in on two more episodes.
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  That, those episodes are on our website because they're, they're amazing.
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  Listen, you know what I like about my show? the show
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  is not just about angel being behind the mic it's just
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  me trying to find ways to
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  utilize what's happening in my life to
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  relate to others and sometimes i use that as therapy for me so my therapy is
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  getting out my frustrations getting out how i feel and not realizing that when
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  i do that it's it's striking nerves and and and people are writing back saying how did you no,
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  I was feeling that way. I'm like, I didn't. This is what I'm feeling.
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  And we don't go through it alone, but we need somebody to announce that.
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  It's kind of like what you do on your show.
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  Yeah, no, I appreciate that. That's a great answer. I also think that your honesty
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  and your transparency and your.
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  You know, your sharing of your private life. I was just listening to your sermon
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  from Sunday and you, you know,
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  mentioned 2015 when you and Rachel were having some difficulties while you were
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  dating and how that transpired and how it, you know, affected you and how you
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  were able to, you know, God guided you by connecting the dots and how God always guides us.
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  And I think that to use your own sermon and kind of turn it on,
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  on it, on its head for this particular anniversary podcast, you know,
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  it is all about connecting the dots and those dots are the dots that are created by God.
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  And we just have to be patient and we have to connect each dot over the years
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  until we get a clear picture of what it is that God has in store for us.
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  So I think that, you know, half faith, let it begin, you know,
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  is about connecting the dots and your spirituality and your inspiration.
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  And I've always said, angel, you were the one who sort of reignited that inner,
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  you know, that inner spirituality in me, which I had lost that light had dimmed.
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  And I would, you know, dare to say, I am not the only one.
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  So congratulations on a great, great accomplishment.
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  And I wish you another 88,000 years of podcasting.
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  Who knows? Maybe doing this from heaven, that'd be one heck of a signal. That's for sure.
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  I want to first, I want to close out this way before we go into a prayer.
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  It has been eight long years and I hope to have eight to 10,
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  like Dr. E said, more years ahead of me.
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  So I want to say this, it takes a team to make this happen.
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  So first and foremost, I have to start off by thanking my mom and dad for always
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  believing in me and being my first to go to, if I've seen, we make up words, right?
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  First team that I go to when I have ideas and they're always willing to listen
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  to them and tell me what they think is good and what's not good.
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  But I also want to thank my wife, celebrating now 10 years of marriage,
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  also in that same month, 20 years together in January.
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  And, you know, someone who has truly been an inspiration to me and also a driving
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  force by watching the kids while I record.
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  And of course, to my amazing children that inspire me each and every day to be a better father,
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  a better person, and a better individual, and also one to be a future pastor
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  in the making so that I can be a golden light for them. a guiding light to others.
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  I also wanna thank every single person that has come onto our show,
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  which I welcome anyone to come on and use a platform to share their future life messages.
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  People like Carol, people like Nicolanza, and so many other people that have
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  been on this show, Michael John Benzea, there's so many of you.
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  I would also like to big thanks to our co-host on Mondays where I believe that
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  God sent me a vessel in the form of Dr.
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  E who has become my best friend, a mentor of my own.
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  And I want to thank him for also saying to me, Hey, I didn't like that intro.
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  Hey, get rid of that young lady that you had that third season. It stunk.
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  I'll never forget that. I was so excited for that one. And he just shot it down
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  and we didn't even go with it.
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  So I think it'll only got aired twice if that.
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  And And finally, to my spiritual mentor, Pastor Jim, who continues to make me
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  a better future pastor in the making.
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  Thank you for everyone out there that continues to give us hope, guidance, and support.
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  And we want to thank you for being a listener for the last eight years.
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  And if you thought the first seven years were interesting,
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  you haven't seen anything yet because the ideas that I have for this season
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  will knock you out of your socks because a A lot of things are coming back and
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  some new ideas are going to just blow this podcast out of the water. So stay tuned.
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  Promise us that you'll give us at least one crazy date episode.
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  Oh, they're coming back on a weekly basis, my friend. I still got a lot more to go.
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  So with that being said, let's do a prayer. Heavenly Father,
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  it is a celebration. Today is a beautiful day.
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  Today is the day that the Lord has made. We ask you to rejoice and be glad in
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  it. This is the day that we launch podcasts and say thank you to people like Dr.
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  E and the Kroc podcast, people like Clinton, who also was a huge instrument in this last season,
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  being a huge part of showing us another side of overcoming amazing obstacles
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  and now has his own podcast called The Beat of Hope.
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  So yes, we have had some spinoffs coming from this, and I'm so honored and proud
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  of each and every one of you that accomplished that.
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  And lastly, should be first, but at this point, lastly, my heavenly father,
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  a man who is always with me through thick and thin, who when I feel at my lowest
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  points, always picks me up and says, I've got you because I believe in you.
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  I trust you and I'll never leave your side.
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  On behalf of all of us here at Have Faith, Let It Begin, happy anniversary.
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  This is my gift to you, and I hope that you will celebrate it with me moving
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  forward and never forget.
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  Have faith, let it begin times eight, baby. Happy anniversary, guys.