Mary Mayes | The Life of a "Corner Mom"

Decide to Try Podcast — Mother’s Day Special
Guest: Mary Mays
Host: Pastor Rickie G. Rush

This powerful Mother’s Day episode of Decide to Try honors Mary Mays — a resilient, faith-driven mother of six (plus one grandbaby on the way) who has overcome personal loss, raised a family, and inspired an entire community. From losing her mother at 12 to becoming a safe haven for children in crisis, Mary’s story is one of strength, second chances, and unshakable love. Hear from her children, Pastor Rush, and Mary herself as they share laughter, tears, and unforgettable testimony about what it means to decide to try — even when life gets overwhelming.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro & Mother’s Day Tribute
• 6:00 Mary’s Story: Loss, Trauma & Faith
• 16:00 Single Motherhood & Real-Life Challenges
• 30:00 The Adoption Story
• 41:00 Kids Honor Their Mom
• 52:00 Legacy, Faith & Becoming a Grandmother
• 1:01:00 Final Reflections & Close

Transcript

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Welcome to another Decide to Try podcast before we look forward to Father's Day. Let's take a look back at an amazing mother, Miss Mary May's.

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methane through the track. I can say in the same.

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He's trying to track. Do you say to track nothing. This is the same across the company. Never mind the ways you can walk on water just as good as me, me, me, me.

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This is the decide to try a podcast with Pastor Ricky Russ.

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Give yourselves a big hand to be in here. Amen. This starts the very first edition of episode number, whatever it is, our Mother's Day edition. Now, every once in a while, there's someone who will stand in your corner. To those of you, wherever you are throughout the entire world. You didn't get here by yourself. I know you say, hey, I made it on my own and nobody helped me but somebody pushed.

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Amen. Yeah, somebody pushed man. And when they were pushing, you didn't even know how important pushing was. And ever since you've been born, somebody has constantly been pushing you. Sometimes it seems that they were trying to push you away, but really they were trying to push you forward. That somebody that I'm talking about today is your mother. She pushed.

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She pushed and she pushed and then she had to wait because even though it was time for you to come into your destiny and your new life, you rebelled. You didn't want to do it. You wanted to back away. You wanted to stay in that comfort zone, but you had outgrown that place. And then it was time you started coming forward.

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And in some cases, you were so rebellious, someone had to come along and cut you cut her. Just to give you a chance to live. That was a C-section. You were a special delivery this morning at the Inspiring Body of Christ Church. I have had the honor of being around thousands of mothers these years that I've been pastoring in this ministry, but now we're on a Jesus journey, and it is extremely important for all of us to understand that we will stand bold and claim the name of Jesus.

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We will stand up and be a part of who Jesus is. We won't just say somebody upstairs. There are a lot of people upstairs. We're talking about our Savior, Jesus, and that's who got us where we are. And we will never become so professional, so thick, so honest, so honorable, so old that we forget who he is. A sign of that.

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There was someone that the Lord said, I need to trust and raise someone who's going to save the world. And Mary really didn't know. She had no idea. And there are several mothers in this room right now who had no idea of the kings and queens, that they would be responsible for leading this world into its next destination.

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I'm honored today to be around a lot of professional, successful, educated, no annoying, uneducated people who have struggled, people who've been down, people who've been incarcerated, people who've been given a second chance, people who have lost children. I'm so honored to be around all kinds of people. And that's what makes up the body of Christ today. We wanted to do something a little different.

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We want to honor one. I just want to call the mother of the year, not just the mother of the year, but the mother of this year, the mother of a year. That said, it took a long time to get here. We talked earlier in our services about a corner man, and everyone needs someone to help you. When you sit in your corner.

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I don't know how many of you have ever been down. I mean, if you've been cut, how many of you have ever been accused? How many of you have been mistreated, misused? And boy, you realize okay is this a set up? And God goes, no, it's time for a comeback instead of a sit back. And that was the one.

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Somebody in your corner, of course dad was there, but mom was offering encouragement also, mom was sitting there and she would help cut you and not cut you, but close those wounds that were causing you to bleed. And a lot of us right now have been given a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh time in life because mom kept seeing something in us and every time we messed up, she said, that's all right.

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You will steal my boy, you steal my girl, you steal my child. And that's why we step aside today to say for a few minutes, instead of bringing the typical sermon, it's time for someone else to preach to us today. And is that someone that's going to preach to us today who has been the mother of several children?

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When I was a teacher at Skyline High School, proud teacher at Skyline High School, loving, wonderful teachers. God and I loved my high school. I loved being a student there, and I loved graduating, going back and being a teacher there and being able to inspire all the young people there and to always become an alumni there. But during the time I was there, there was a young lady that was a ninth grader who walked into my classroom wide.

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I didn't know what was going on at this particular time. We were doing a lot of things in school, and blessing children, and we didn't really know about it. We didn't know who we were blessing. And all of you that teach schools, you never know what seeds your sowing. That young lady came to our church after being in my classroom, when she came to the church.

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And she'll tell you her story. She came to the church. And then after being in church just one time, she said she just fell apart and just cried like a baby. Her mother passed when she was 12. Her mother passed from Aids. But now here she is, a young lady having to learn how to navigate through life. And she said somebody believed in her.

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And as I was talking to her one day, I said, what? Tell me about that person that believed in you. She said, it was you, pastor Rose. And I didn't know that. She's 41 years old now, and I never knew that she was a part of this church. She, like a lot of people, would come in and sit in the back.

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She started out in the ninth grade. She's going through marriage, and now she's a single parent and she's raising six teenagers.

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In the same house at the same time with the same washer and dryer. We'll talk about that later. You're talking about running away, boy, this is the season when I think all parents want to get together one day and say, hey, y'all, let's just run away, leave the kids about. So I want to honor someone that we've never honored before.

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Most of you don't know her. You don't know her name. You don't know anything about her. But she has young men who are sitting on these floors today in black suits that never thought they would ever just be in church. They love Jesus. I'm a mother of the year, and I couldn't think of another word so it doesn't slide anyone else?

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It's just something that I made up because it was the year. This is the one trying year and she never stopped coming to church. My church went through a crisis. That mother was here. Her children got into some dispute at school because they talked strongly about their pastor and dared anyone to say anything wrong about their ministry. I never knew these young people were so strong in their church.

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They come in church sometimes at the same time that my daughter comes to church when it's over, but they still. It's not Father's Day. I'm sorry, but they still make it to church and when they come in, we open to acknowledge them. Because I'm so grateful that even though they're not on time, they're in the right place and they mean well.

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Let's welcome to date by surprise. She had no idea this was coming. She's hearing it just when you're hearing it right now. She has no idea about this. And we want to welcome and thank God for our IBC mother of the year and the, decide to try podcast, Mary Mays. Come on. They think,

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Give her another dig in.

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No. I'm sorry. So here's what happens. So sometimes we've been in church, and while we were in church, there's a group of six kids and a lady that'll walk in right while I. While I'm preaching, and I notice them. They'll come in on Sundays. And I mean, when I say Sundays, Sundays and Mondays, and I always I just always was I just always look at them.

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So one day I decided I'm going to say something to them. And so when I went back and then here's what happens after church,

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there's this group of kids, they'll come to the church, they'll come up on the pulpit, and they just stand around. They don't say anything, they don't make any noise. They just sit there and look.

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And I just look back at them because I'm waiting on them to give some kind of instructions or ask me for something. But these young people just come and I just finally ask them,

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do you guys do you does your mom make you come to church? Do you have to, you know, do you know, we love our church and we love being here, and they love asking questions.

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And I just have grown to know them and love them. And we make a big deal out of them when they come to church. And I always pray, God, please

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don't let us, let him seem to be embarrassed. There are so many wonderful, awesome models of motherhood in this ministry, and they've been here for a long time now.

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I, I've been a little nervous about today because normally whenever you stop and honor people, sometimes people feel this honor. But I realized today there's no woman or man in his or her right mind that could not appreciate the thought, the fact, or the idea that someone has six children and is so young and so fashionable.

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And I can call her and I just talk to her to inspire her and just appreciate everything about it. So now let's just let's just jump right in and we won't be here a very long time because Mary doesn't talk a long time. I thought she didn't. But when I found out who her teacher and pastor was, you can talk a.

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Well, I just want to say that, you've been here to tell us your story. Here.

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What? It starts out like once upon a time. Once upon, you know, tell us a story. I am from Sarah, Texas. I moved, to Dallas. My mom passed when I was 12 and 97. My grandmother, she asked, can you hear me? I'm so my grandmother. Was already raising me and my siblings and. My grandmother passed, and I end up coming to Dallas and I just had some issues that I had to deal with personally.

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With someone close trying to write me and. I just gave up on God, I gave up. I blamed God, just to be honest. I am.

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Okay, if there is no I'm saying that's okay. And I understand this is a very difficult position to be in. A lot of people looking at you, someone to walk you through it. So let's, let's, let's, let's go back a little bit. You're a ninth grader. 10th grader. You're in Skyline High School. What happens?

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I'll walk in this man's classroom. Wait a minute. Hold on. This man's classroom. Okay. Oh, yeah. That's me. That's right. Okay, so. Okay. Okay. And I was blown away because the kids were just flocking to him. It was a cool place, you know? Cool. I was so shy, like, I am. Yeah, but I kind of was just just blown away.

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Just how the kids gravitated to you. Oh, wow. And you was. I remember you telling me, I know, well, why do you have to give me the attitude? That's how you did me. I no shyness in here. Come on over here. So, I mean, I feel so welcome. And it was really good, I appreciate it. And you came to church one Sunday, I don't think.

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When was. So was I pastoring the church then? Yes I was oh okay, I didn't so and then what I had like I said, I had given up on God, okay. And I was just determined with it. And when I transferred, I met a young lady. Her name is Shantay. You leave. You still my best friend, okay.

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And she told me, she said, I want you to come to my church. And I said, I'm not going to church. She was like, just try and say, I promise you're going to love it. I came and I fell in love because.

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I'm used to going, so it's traditional church. Not to them. Anybody. I met them, but you taught me well. You taught me in,

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The day I came, I just. I joined because it was so amazing. It was amazing. It was amazing. So now you're you're you're a teenager. Yes. So I want every teenager that's listening to. Listen. She she had given up on God. Or, you know, something happens sometimes when we say we give up on God. God didn't give up on us.

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She she was done with that. So to that young person who's listening or to that adult who's listening, I think we all go through that phase in life where we don't get what we want, we don't understand where we are, and we give up on God. I think that's become a norm now. That's that's okay for us to acknowledge in a safe space like this.

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And you're in church and you fall in love with whatever is going on in that church. We were on Buckner. Was it Buckner? Yes. Or was it over on over across the street? Okay. So you you fall in love with the church, and you started coming, and I'm going to move forward so we can get to the Mother's Day part of this.

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So your life happens, things start happening. You're in. Is it okay for me to say your age now? No, it's not okay. Okay, so you're over 20 now? No, you can say I'm 41, right? I said no, girl. I'm saying I'm okay. I'm 40. We got it had all gone. I was just trying to see through some things.

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I'm trying to make, you know, it's so and so. Now you're 41 and life has happened. We met probably. You were in the ninth grade. I don't know what 1230? No, it was 10th grade. In 10th grade I was was I 15, 16 years, 16. Life has happened now. I see you in church. You started telling me, Pastor Ross, you taught me etiquette and you taught me all this stuff.

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And and women. I've never seen you and you take us back. You started reflecting and I get all teary eyed and I started crying because just like anybody else, life happens. And when you realize you dedicate your life to helping to do something that God will help you to do to help other people, sometimes it seems to reverse.

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And God, I believe, set you specifically know there are a lot of them out there. If I got started right now, we'd be here all day. Who have brought even their children back? And you started to encourage me, and you introduced me to these kids who I kept teasing and having fun with and coming to church. You are six children down now.

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I'm going to go there and go back, okay? You're the mother. You're the single mom of six children, and you keep six children. Every day. Yeah. Six children. Teenagers. And 20. 25. When you are not even allowed to stare at your children long because you create post-trauma by staring and staring is a Freddy Krueger disease. And all of that.

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Would give you peace of mind. What gives you that fight to stay with it? Then that's it. What do they do? They encourage me, whether they know it or not. I just want them to be better than I was in a. I just want the best for them. You lost your mother at 12 years old, and your youngest child right now is 12.

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And I'll go back to that in a minute. So now there's an advantage as a reason for you to say, I've gotta stay strong because I know what it's like to lose a corner man at 12 years old and you still have your fight, you still have your energy, you still have your abilities to go forward. Now, raising, raising, raising six kids.

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What? Give me how many boys? How many girls? Four boys and two girls were boys and two girls. Okay, now let's look at this with four boys and two girls. 20, 25 I started trying to help. Now we don't have any grand prizes in all of this. And you know, and just for being on the deciders all night, Mark has today podcast, you're going to get a Mercedes Benz.

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Look, no you're not. Let's get all this stuff straightened up right now, okay? You're going to say I been there and done that, to be honest with you. But no, I was I started to get a little personal into things that you need as a mom with six kids, your grocery bill. I was just trying to help. And I thought, well, okay, grocery bill, I have a grandson, and I don't want to go into what he eats in a drive through a man, but I just now do a drive by.

00;18;45;57 - 00;19;09;02
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Hey, you know, but I see what his personal bill is. Her sons were a part of our. And will be a part of our summer camp. Our summer camp will happen here because the Lord has laid on my heart. Get off your behind, Ricky. Get back in the fight. Keep raising young men and young women for the kingdom of God, spite of what anyone says.

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We've got to keep spending time with them. We can go out and get talented. We can go out and get other people. But if God has given me that call in charge in my life to do, I didn't want to do that anymore. And with the recent surgeries and things, I just didn't feel like I had the energy.

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God said, I don't will not only give you the energy, I'll give you the power and I'll give you the authority. And your young son came into one of our pre camp situations earlier and they didn't want to participate. They were quiet. They won't say anything. And I said to them, just give him a chance, let him try.

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And you trusted God in your heart for us to be able to raise your young man. I said that because that's when I learned, what 15 and 16 year old appetites were like. These boys went to camp, and, you know, in camp you get like a hot dog because we're hiking. Our son said, no, I need eight to get started.

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I was about to call the police on that boy because, you know, that's a pack of hot dogs for one kid. And this is one kid who doesn't say anything he just looks like. And they need to show up. And it was great. So her son, we were going on a hike and one of his sons, he just didn't want to participate in, didn't want to do the sporting.

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He didn't want to do the the activities. He said, I just want to stand by you because I don't like being around people. And I said, okay. So his job, his name is machete, asked everybody to church knows him as machete. We don't know his real name. And so his job, I say, well, since you don't want to participate with other kids and you don't want to be in the activities and you don't want to do anything that we're doing, then you just stand by me and we'll walk the trails.

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You and I are going to go find snakes. So it can be safe for the other kids. And he said, no, I don't want to do that either. And so I said, well, I have to have a weapon to kill the snake. So I have a machete. And he said, well, that's what I'll do. I'll be the machete, carry it.

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And so throughout the entire camp, he carried the machete and he prayed in Jesus name that we would not see a snake. So I, I let him swing at a spider. We have a two, but he has become affectionately known as machete in the church because he started out just saying, I'll carry the sword. And now he's carrying the Word of God.

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He's talking to other young people, he's an usher on the floor. And it's been with them this year. And this mother with drives from a clear across town, I don't know who's listening, so I want to get where you live, clear across town to bring them to their meetings, their rehearsals at six kids. That means that six different things can happen in the same week.

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He ate eight hot dogs. He ate eight hot dogs. He didn't waste a hot dog. He didn't even throw away two people. I think you did the paper home. And I was trying to guess at your grocery bill because we, of course, would like to have fun parents with groceries, and I asked to do that, but we only did that like twice, and I quit in Jesus name.

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But no. So these people don't believe I've seen it. What is your grocery bill per month? I would say around 3000. Hot dog. $3,000 a month. And she shops. In case any of you want to stop by at Sam's, I like that. Hey, that's the thing. Sam's, Walmart, Kroger and that's about it. $3,000 a month. How much do you get in food stamps?

00;22;44;56 - 00;23;05;12
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I don't get food stamp. She doesn't get food stamps. See, some of y'all were blessing at first. And anyway. What? Whoa, now you're clapping. Oh, Jesus. You were just about to ask him over for Thanksgiving, weren't you? $3,000. And they're very healthy. One of your sons is. We call him the master chef around here. He cooks.

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We've honored him in church. He produces, he cooks. Yes. Not not football, not basketball. He loves culinary arts. And he's a he's a cook. And he cooks at your house. And with a grocery bill at $3,000, you don't have food to waste, do you? Why is she praying up here right now? Lord Jesus, it. You work as a school bus driver.

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You have six children at home. You deal with 40 or 50 kids all day long. Where does your talk about tolerance?

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And use church words. I pray in line. I pray the I pray that you pray. And I love kids too. So yeah, like I was in here. One of your sons took the liberty one day of driving your car. You a mom with six children, and he drives your car, and I get a phone call because he's totaled your car.

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Now you have no way to get to work, no way to get anywhere. And. You still make it to church. You still make it to Monday school. They still don't miss any leadership training. And I'm saying, wait a minute. Your car is wrecked. How you doing it? She tells me. And I'm speaking because, you know, when people don't talk, I don't force them to do that.

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Y'all. This is a very hard place to be. And you become criticized a lot for people who even mean, well, some people are great mothers. They're not orators. Okay, but you tell me then. Oh, I just get over. Yeah. Some, my cousin allowed me to drive her vehicle as well. Uber. That sound like to me, cable TV.

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We're going to watch church on TV. We're going to stay in the house. But you saw fit to have them in the church like God. But God, why? Raising teenagers, that's why. Raising teenagers. And, I wanted to just get the word I needed it. I needed it in. They definitely needed it. Especially with being with teenagers in this day and age.

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Now I want everybody to hear because you always have a critic listening. This is a total surprise to her. 100% surprised her. She had no idea she'd be here. We'd be doing this. None of that. Okay. And I wanted to save this space just in case something were different or she didn't make it. And, you know, with with six kids, what kind of stuff happens in a house that, that you just don't expect?

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What happens in the house? See, this is real. Mom is still young.

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They actually get along. And I thank God for they they get along. They had a disagreements. They had an argument, but they encourage each other.

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Hear me out kind of stuff. We we they help you cook. So we're not gonna say, listen, but yes, they do. They have been cooking clean. We have a good time as a family. We do. Until I have the disciplined in a you know, what do you say about people who say, how do you discipline your children?

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You, you you look like old school mama. You look like you just look. And you so. Yes. And that's all she can say is yes, sir. Well, that put it in perspective. So how long does it take to prepare to go somewhere like you come to church? You. What time do you get up on Sundays to make it to church?

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And they serve in suits, on the usher team. And I mean, boy, when they went to get their suits to get prepared, you know, our brothers take care of our young man. We put him in. They were so excited to be here. How long does it take to get them prepared to go someplace? I was say. With him and safety.

00;27;43;55 - 00;28;08;36
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Thank you. We're having six kids. I usually am. I already prepared? I let us know if we're going somewhere ahead of time so we can already have everything together. So when we do have to get up in the morning or whenever, we kind of already be prepared. So I would say probably about an hour I want to hear that's all.

00;28;08;40 - 00;28;27;03
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Oh, wait a minute. The teenagers though, they can bring the boy. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I went back to infant situations. I want to say something real quick. Okay? Okay. So I want to put it out there because I don't want my Samuel High School people to think I forgot about them because I did transfer from scholar to Samuel.

00;28;27;03 - 00;28;50;28
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Okay. That was good. So next we want to talk about a very different don't. Nobody wanted anybody to know. They went to Samuel High School, got see him now do you can tell when you grew up around thugs. It's like you better mention our school. If you ever own TV, you and pastor, you.

00;28;50;32 - 00;29;19;00
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Know, I appreciate that. And so to you, education is extremely important. Yes and no. Any of your children want to go to college? Yes. Yes. Jamal, which is my culinary baby. He wants to, attend a culinary school, but he he did sit down and we talked about him going to community college first. And so he wants to go to college.

00;29;19;05 - 00;29;31;30
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We and I, B or C will make 100% sure that he goes to college, like, out of his own. I just put it out there and it's a done deal.

00;29;31;35 - 00;29;57;41
Unknown
And and did you get a chance to go to college because you had a rough life, kid? I did well, I went online, okay, okay. I didn't finish, but I did on my own. Okay. All right. So as you're able to finish if you like. Okay. And we'll make sure that happens too because I think if God has put you in a life of a child.

00;29;57;46 - 00;30;20;13
Unknown
And you follow your dream and you follow them, you know, you drive kids around every day, and, and you're behind the driver's seat and your safety gets children from one place to the other. Parents trust you with their children. God has trusted you with your own. And he's trusted you. Us with your soul. And we want to help navigate that next part of your life.

00;30;20;13 - 00;30;47;30
Unknown
Also, let's get to something that's a little bit more sensitive now. You have six children now. Now this story is going to turn a little. You have six children and we know of six children. You have six children, but four of them you birthed. And this is for that bonus child in here today who has been blessed to have adopted parents.

00;30;47;35 - 00;31;10;12
Unknown
I want to talk to that group for a minute, because sometimes we. My mom didn't raise me. My mom didn't want me. Sometimes God blesses other people to get you go. Only a certain how can I say this? If you're going to go to Africa, you just go to a certain point and you got to switch planes. You have to switch planes because the plane you're on was not built to cross the water.

00;31;10;16 - 00;31;31;07
Unknown
So in life, sometimes you go as far as you can that you have to switch. Sometimes God allows some of us to get on another plane that can get us to our destination. Sometimes that's what that's their parent or their adopted parent is like. So my hat's off again to your mothers who never birthed children, but God has used you to come in and help them get to their destination.

00;31;31;12 - 00;32;02;08
Unknown
Mothers and fathers. And you have four children and all of a sudden life changes. And now you have two more. And that, I have been told, is where our paths crossed. Now I is how this gets different. Your. And I got to be careful of how I put this. But you are children. You're settled in. You have four children and it's life is happening.

00;32;02;13 - 00;32;13;10
Unknown
God is guiding. Life is life and and then tragedy hits.

00;32;13;15 - 00;32;38;42
Unknown
And our paths cross again. As comfortable as you are in this narrative, I want you to to talk to me a little bit about that. And, and because this is not I think it's going to inspire someone. But I want to go there with you. You had a chance to look. My hands are full and now you end up with two more.

00;32;38;47 - 00;33;09;51
Unknown
Well, just a short story, because it's a long story. My brother was incarcerated and he called me, and he told me that he had a daughter, daughter that I wasn't aware of. I didn't know anything about. And he told me that, the mother, of his share, she was having difficulties, and he asked me if I could help her.

00;33;09;56 - 00;33;46;25
Unknown
And I told him, get our help or whatever. He gave me the information, and I reached out to the young lady and, I met her. At a location, and she had my niece with her. I've never seen this baby before. Didn't know her name any. And. Her? Whole entire back was burned and.

00;33;46;30 - 00;34;16;31
Unknown
Long story short, she did have a bandage over it. The bandage started coming off as after we left or whatever. And, I was able to see her injuries. Me and my cousin and my cousin was like, you're going to have to take her to the hospital. And I was like, I know. And I was just so,

00;34;16;35 - 00;34;46;03
Unknown
It was hard. It was hard to carry, especially with me having my kids, like, I love kids in, how do you. And I said, pastor, I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do right now. I had his Bible study, her situation, and you say, send me a picture, and I sent you a picture, and you told me.

00;34;46;03 - 00;35;11;18
Unknown
You said you can't take her. You need to go straight to the hospital, because if you take her back, she can say that you did that to her. I never once thought of they. I never once even. They didn't. They never crossed my mind. And took her to the hospital and didn't know her name. Wow. I didn't know her birthday.

00;35;11;23 - 00;35;39;52
Unknown
I didn't know anything about this baby. The police came and CPS came in, and it was a whole situation. But fast forward, in court, fighting for her. The judge told me, you know, we're going to award you custody, but can you take our brother as well?

00;35;39;57 - 00;36;05;55
Unknown
This now? My brother's baby. I didn't know this baby, but they told me, you said this is not my brother's baby. I don't know this baby, but now you have. You have to decide to try. The judge tell me if they. If you don't get her brother, both of them probably will never see each other again. Ever.

00;36;06;00 - 00;36;32;58
Unknown
So I kind of, go past the rush and I say pass through. I don't know what I need to do. I call and you say, oh, no, no. You can make me sound a little bit more spiritual, like, Hallelujah, the Lord's going to be an ogre. You got my phone number? Hello. This is number to us. Yeah.

00;36;32;58 - 00;37;02;36
Unknown
That was that was different. You. You said this in, like, an address, and he was like, you pray with me, and I just thought about it, and I was like, okay. And so this is three, right? And so the baby comes and you raise the baby and you keep bringing the baby to church. You now have six children, two that you.

00;37;02;40 - 00;37;33;25
Unknown
God gave you the charge for and said, now you have to you have to decide to try. And your children now have to share their mind. And that child was how old was she? The one she was one year old. And now remember, I don't I still don't remember Mary from school, from high school. And so I just don't remember those things because we bless so many children.

00;37;33;25 - 00;37;53;56
Unknown
They help so many. And now these kids are always in church and they always love and they don't miss church. And now her name is creation. You know, and it's amazing. She says, I have this town. I don't even know her name on my birthday. I don't know the kid. And now I end up with the responsibility. And now, the Asian is is as your name and age is 12.

00;37;53;57 - 00;38;11;53
Unknown
Running track like crazy when and all the time what pastor BNC track means I don't do fun and track meets and I thank God for the Asian. Why don't you come up here and have a seat with us right now? Oh. That's embarrassing. The angel. Come here. Come up and have a seat. I want to start with the Asia.

00;38;11;53 - 00;38;33;47
Unknown
Come on, don't be embarrassed. You know how I am. And so the Asia is is 12 and the Asia now, 11 years later, when in track meets deciding to try every week to run. And she's wearing a hat by hand day, and I want you to just have a seat on one of these dumb. See, it doesn't stop.

00;38;33;47 - 00;38;52;50
Unknown
Well, you want to sit next to I'm okay. So the Asia, I know you. Are you embarrassed? She is so sad. Sassy. She's really, She really does. Asia. Can you just raise your head up a little bit? So I know I just didn't think so. You flip it back a little bit, but there you go.

00;38;52;55 - 00;39;13;04
Unknown
I'm taking mine. You taking your hands off? Okay, so the Asian. Let us just get it. Okay. Now, really? So when we're at a news meetings and camp and all the Asians is really, really, really quiet, I mean, really quiet. I appreciate you for even coming up. Amen. And she loves the Lord. She loves pastor in the church and just.

00;39;13;09 - 00;39;35;45
Unknown
But she's a cool teenager. If I have to say anything, what do you want to say to a mom? Check what I want to say to mom today. Do you want say anything? Not. Not really. Okay. And that's okay. That's okay. Don't ask me for no can do attitude. Oh. I'm sorry. Just make it still on, sister.

00;39;35;50 - 00;39;59;31
Unknown
Okay, so. So now the angel comes and his story is the plot gets thicker because the Asia has. And this is just an inspiration for someone. This year, as they're doing the story of my life, I think you can't tell my story without telling the stories of these people that have inspired me. So now the has a brother, that brother is three years old.

00;39;59;36 - 00;40;36;37
Unknown
When you adopted the Asian and he was told to say that he burned his sister and he carried that story for a while. He knew he didn't. But all investigators, all of the people who know Charles, they call you all the people who know the stories and write the reports. Somebody told him and trained him to say that he did that, and he lived with that until one day he was freed in his heart to say, I would never hurt my sister.

00;40;36;42 - 00;41;06;23
Unknown
I would never bury my sister. But for a while he lived being accused of that, knowing that he never once ever harmed his baby sister. And now he's 15 years and he's on a team. He's to Korean to Korea. Miller, come up here for a minute, man. Where is the Korean? Come on down, super usher. Yeah. Now, they didn't know about this, y'all.

00;41;06;28 - 00;41;35;11
Unknown
This is Mother's Day, and man, yeah. So to kind of come to Korean Run now, he's, part of the firefighter program. Yeah, he's in the firefighters program. Amen. So to current, I want you to come up here and take one of these dumps and have a seat. Amen. So, so, you know, and he was accused and had to carry that for a while.

00;41;35;16 - 00;41;58;47
Unknown
And now he's a big brother who could have been scarred all of his life for being accused or even arrested or something happened that never took place. And I just want you to know that we love and thank you for being that young man. He's so manageable, so honorable, and so much to Corey. Would you like to say something on behalf of you and your sister to all of us?

00;41;58;51 - 00;42;20;58
Unknown
Okay. If not, we're going to take that suit back. I'm like, oh, I'm sorry. So go ahead and say something to us this Mother's Day until your mom, I just like, oh, let me see me flip it. You can, you can. Check. Hello? Hello. Hey, hey, somebody.

00;42;21;02 - 00;42;36;02
Unknown
Somebody. It was on a second ago. Let my mikes go. Sorry. Podcast. Hello? Hello, hello, hello. Okay, I'm going to use my mic then.

00;42;36;07 - 00;43;01;54
Unknown
I like to thank her for taking me in and teaching me everything that she knows and what I know. Now, allow me to live in her household and, just learn from her mistakes and all of her, experiences and, putting shoes on my feet and clothes on my back. And a roof over my head and food in my stomach.

00;43;01;59 - 00;43;10;47
Unknown
And I just like to say, thank you to the mother. I never had.

00;43;10;52 - 00;43;15;52
Unknown
To go over the phone.

00;43;15;57 - 00;43;46;46
Unknown
Sometimes. You know, live to hear that. And. Thank you. A genuine thank you from the mouth. He didn't text that. He didn't give you a floating thumbs up. He said it sometimes until they find the words, you have to just know their heart. That's that's very unique, but affected by all of this.

00;43;46;51 - 00;44;28;24
Unknown
Was a young man who, you know, we have affectionately come to know as visit, machete. Now, what happens is, in the midst of trying to raise your children, their mother gets to split. Four kids is enough realistic, realistically. But now your time is split, and so it affects the other children. And there's another 14 year old who has to grow up in a house with what we know now is another 12 year old in between, another 15 year old and and so he's here and he's a part of our worship team.

00;44;28;29 - 00;44;47;21
Unknown
His name is machete. I don't know what machete his name is. Christian. Who said his name is Christian? Where's machete? Give me a machete. Machete comes around and he's just, you know, he's he's the guy that wasn't going to smile. He's going to be tough. And and all of a sudden, he wants to be able to pass to the church and follow a pastor around.

00;44;47;24 - 00;44;57;27
Unknown
Look at that. Look at that smile. Boy, that's $1 million smile for a kid that had nothing to smile about.

00;44;57;32 - 00;45;15;06
Unknown
So I say to you, I'm going to have you to come over and sit on this side. I know that, you know, we didn't have chairs and all that. Thanks, man. Machete, I want you to use my. By the way, his name is Christian. We've got us that calling machete. That sounds like a Jason or something, but that's what we call him at camp.

00;45;15;06 - 00;45;34;37
Unknown
Jason. You you you you. So, machete, tell me, how do you watch this? How do you feel about your mom taking on your brothers and sisters now? Because they're your brothers. This. What do you think? Where was your mind on all of that? Did you talk about it? Yeah, we have a chance to talk about it. Anybody? No.

00;45;34;42 - 00;45;59;22
Unknown
Really didn't know. It was just like they came in. They were basically like my fam. Like back, like the same way as me. Like, I never really seen them apart. Like they were a part of my family as well. So I just thank God for them as well as my other family. I want you to talk about what teenagers going to church in.

00;45;59;22 - 00;46;19;49
Unknown
I mean, I'm serious of these kids. These kids love church. Now, somebody just got, inducted into the National Honor Society. That was you. That was that was Friday, right? And I was supposed to be there, and I was with Sister Pipkin at a funeral here, and I promised you I would come. But of course, people don't die on schedule.

00;46;19;49 - 00;46;42;22
Unknown
So when I'm there. But you are in the National Honor Board. Okay, but, Christian, what do you think about what do you think about your mom adopting these kids? What do you know? I mean, she already had a lot on her plate. I just she's a very strong woman, and I thank God she's strong. She put some things.

00;46;42;32 - 00;47;03;09
Unknown
No, I'm just not that type of that like that. But she get, like, a lot on her plate and still be able to deal with it, you know, just get through life and just live. What about church? I, I thought at first, and I said, you don't have to preach. It's about make these kids come to church, will minister to them in other way.

00;47;03;14 - 00;47;29;53
Unknown
And you guys are like always. You always want to come to the pulpit. You always. You just always after church want to hang around, just you. I have to tell you to go home. Where does that come from? I grew up here. I, started coming coming to church when I was about 4 or 5. So I basically grew up in, like, a church household, like a religious household.

00;47;29;53 - 00;47;51;39
Unknown
So it's not like I was required to do it, but, it's something I enjoy doing because. Because it's for you. Praise God. And and and we never. Machete never says a word. Eileen knows it's hot dog. So you eat eight hot dogs. But no, because somebody made them want to donate a pack of hot dogs to the family or something like that.

00;47;51;39 - 00;48;06;26
Unknown
So we won't get into that. Now, what do you want to do in your life, Christian? What do you want to do? You want to go to college one day? Do you want to just get a job one day? He asked me yesterday to get him a job here at the church in the summer, and I tell him we don't have any openings in the summer.

00;48;06;38 - 00;48;32;05
Unknown
But I did say that we would get some kind of way to get money in your pocket for the summer if you want to. It may be cleaning up, you know, we may have to put the horses on a horse or or rake some leaves of someone here. I'm saying it openly, may have some things to do, and they know programs because if you guys want to work, then we want to make sure even at a young age, it will be maybe stuff around homes that we could trust, people we could trust.

00;48;32;05 - 00;48;52;13
Unknown
We would just put you around. Anybody said, you know, I want that boy doing that with screen. I'm like crazy because we're extremely, extremely safe about where children are because people say horrible things when you're trying to help kids. But what do you want to do in your life? He right now, he goes to Vanguard and I'm going to be going to the same school as him.

00;48;52;13 - 00;49;26;12
Unknown
I got an acceptance a like a collegiate school for computer technology. So that's the around we're going to be pursuing. We're going to next year. I'm going to be a freshman. I'm going to be in ninth grade. And then in ninth grade. Okay. I asked mom about these young people going to our school, the University of Dreams. And I think that in this room there's a sponsorship chip here that can help to not only get them in our school, but get them to transportation to be in our school, because this environment is we are now blessed to be able to do that.

00;49;26;16 - 00;49;46;47
Unknown
And I would I would love for that. To still consider to be a consideration in our school. We don't have ninth grade. This year we'll go to eighth grade, but between the two of you, we could we could get to them kids in this school, mom and and and guarantee they're safe until you're able to get them because that is a big concern to parents.

00;49;46;52 - 00;50;11;50
Unknown
So now we have Christian. And now along with Christian, there's another kid affected by this. And he's he likes to cook. Okay. And, he is Jamal. We call him the chef you guys have had to share with him. Now we're going to be out of church and real soon, y'all. But you just see if this is the heart of what mother's Day is.

00;50;11;50 - 00;50;31;46
Unknown
And to those of you that are viewing the podcast, I pray that this story would inspire somebody, reach somebody, reach some team organization that could help us inspire young mothers. I'm going to start just say this young mothers, middle aged mothers, teen mothers, older mothers, grandmothers, because a lot of people are raising children now because parents are not necessarily there.

00;50;31;51 - 00;50;57;24
Unknown
But his name is Jamal, okay. Jamal is our chef, but he's an usher at the church also. And Jamal's guy who cooks up everything. He's winning awards for being a chef. Okay. Tomorrow is Jamal here in the same. Hey, somewhere you want to be?

00;50;57;28 - 00;51;21;47
Unknown
So Jamal is cute. Well, come on up, dude. He's, you know, all of these kids. You know, at first you look at him and they don't seem to talk, but they have a lot to say. Very intelligent, very well, trained and and great manners. And I just thank God for their presentation. This is Jamal. Jamal, 15 year, 15, month 17.

00;51;21;47 - 00;51;42;03
Unknown
Looks, he used to be 15. He's 17. And also, he's one of our young men who, when we were at our camp and helping to help us with other young men and women in Christ, they're they're boys so far. She's got three of us is on a floor and there's room in this church for more Mothers Day.

00;51;42;08 - 00;51;55;54
Unknown
I could talk about it. She can talk about it. But what does it mean to have a mom that you have watched sacrifice herself? It means a lot to help her. Close enough. It means a lot because it's like

00;51;55;54 - 00;52;05;35
Unknown
you only get one mom, and it's like, you got to make the most of memories with all, like, your family matters, but especially your mom.

00;52;05;40 - 00;52;18;16
Unknown
Well, because you are like. Mothers. They sacrificed. They sacrificed a lot. So it's like on Monday, on Mother's Day. It's like you got a sacrifice for your mom

00;52;18;16 - 00;52;32;51
Unknown
a little bit. There's a there's a teenager out there. He's mad at his mom. He has left home. He can't stand the pressures. He doesn't get to get Jordans. He doesn't get to go on the trips with everyone.

00;52;32;51 - 00;52;51;07
Unknown
He can't be on the football team because mom can't afford it. Look in that camera right there. Look in that camera. Talk to that young man who has a problem with his mom. He just doesn't like her, maybe loves her, but she doesn't do enough for me to get to have a lot of friends. He doesn't have a bunch of games to play, but he still has a mom who's working.

00;52;51;12 - 00;52;54;13
Unknown
Could you please talk to that kid right now for me? Bless him,

00;52;54;13 - 00;53;14;14
Unknown
I like I say, you only hear one mother. You got a mother. Go up to her and hug her because it's like. And when. So now she can be gone and you could be in there. You, the can. And like, when my mom. She a strong woman.

00;53;14;18 - 00;53;23;17
Unknown
All mothers are strong women. And that's what. That's what gets you here.

00;53;23;21 - 00;53;26;06
Unknown
Thank you sir. Thank you. In the

00;53;26;06 - 00;53;47;27
Unknown
midst of this, Sister Mays has another son. He's not with us today. His name is coop. Coop has gone through his own personal battles as a teenager, but she also has one more child who's a daughter now. She's like, just super, super. She's the other adult in the family we call it.

00;53;47;27 - 00;54;04;22
Unknown
She's a grown woman. She kind of keeps things in charge. So you pick up that phone and go pass the rest. We having some issues here. We need to get these things straightened out. And you know, and she has been Sister Maze's first daughter. She's been harassed. She helps keep water in the house. And we have been blessed by her.

00;54;04;22 - 00;54;28;03
Unknown
She doesn't have a black suit on, on the floor, but she has a great big heart. And our ministry is she's participated in things. And you'll notice whether we have had or whatever we have, we we, they always participate and they really appreciate God. I want you guys to welcome some, some samarium, Mase to the stage at this time.

00;54;28;08 - 00;54;34;48
Unknown
We're about ready to go because this is going to take another turn here. Just a second.

00;54;34;52 - 00;54;53;40
Unknown
And now that's tomorrow. And what I love about. And where we on the Jesus journey or decide to try, as they went, this family is very, very rooted in everything that we do here. Thank you so much, Jamal. Oh, look at you with your big heads. They don't have a seat right there. Big old hat with them big old teeth.

00;54;53;49 - 00;55;27;20
Unknown
Boy, she just smiles. I'm always grateful to God for her smile. So this is this is cool. Now, this is the apostle family of course, as I mentioned, Cooper's not here this morning. But now you are here honoring your mom. Total surprise. We didn't know this would happen. Have you ever, at any time, regretted that you've had to not just share your mom, but not always have her personally for everything you needed her?

00;55;27;20 - 00;55;31;43
Unknown
There are what is the story?

00;55;31;47 - 00;55;56;15
Unknown
There's the pressure. She's a cancer. But I'm going to get you. I'm going to threaten me. I'm on stage. I'm going to get him. But I never, you know, was mad that I have to share my mom because I already had three brothers, and I was already just too much already. But when she told me that she was going to get two more kids, I was like, for real?

00;55;56;20 - 00;56;22;07
Unknown
Well, I was like some more, you know? But they came along and, you know, everybody goes through that, you know, teenage phase, you know, they're going through that right now. But I really appreciate my mom. She's my best friend. She's always there for us. She don't hear us. All the loudest one you can hear. Even if you 20 miles away, you can hear her still yelling, you know, go.

00;56;22;07 - 00;56;46;58
Unknown
She go, everybody. I really appreciate her because she always, you know, even if she has to work, she will take off. You know, this missing money. She has six kids. And these kids is. And these kids, I they love this. I just love it. So I get this call last night. Who's the one? Give me the shout out.

00;56;46;58 - 00;57;18;22
Unknown
Who's who's handling all my text. You sending me text messages? Sound has arrived with who was it who said that they. Who was was who is it? It was you. What was that about the washer? Our washer is. It goes to hell on earth. Because like, he put in so many spins and cycles on there, all that. And she said, I wash it goes to like they put a lot of spins and cycles on it all day.

00;57;18;26 - 00;57;38;56
Unknown
Wow. And well and so last night the washer, in case you wonder what pastors do we are way more than pastors. So last night pastor get the phone call because they want us to dry your brakes. Now remember we don't I've never had this relationship with his family at all. But when the boys became a part of our team, that's just what we do.

00;57;38;56 - 00;57;56;22
Unknown
We said, don't let your mothers. I don't care what they're dealing with. Let our men know. Let us know what's going on. So I get this call because the washer goes out and I'm like this. Why? You can be big time. You don't get calls about washers. And then later on, we know we walk through this thing and I get this call.

00;57;56;23 - 00;58;20;33
Unknown
It made me smile from ear to ear because of all the things that people can sometimes say when they appreciate you, I don't say when they appreciate you. Thank you is really big. And somebody call me what who? Who call me what did you call me? But you were the pastor. What would you say? Say whether you say you're not saying it or say no, it is.

00;58;20;36 - 00;58;41;32
Unknown
It's funny because I may get a part time job out of this gig. I do, so I get a call. Yay, pastor. Us handyman. Like I'm a. Because we had to fix the water over the phone, do this, push that button and take this. And it was so hilarious. And I am not a handyman like I'm a mug.

00;58;41;37 - 00;59;05;16
Unknown
But that was that was okay. That was fun. That's part of what we do in this ministry. And I appreciate you guys will follow those instructions. Instead of getting the brand new washer and dryer. We now we now have the washer working again. But whatever you guys need, I promise this church is going to always be there to have supply the extra push is.

00;59;05;21 - 00;59;29;31
Unknown
I always preach in this church about. People who take off and go in different places. There's a guy in this building. I think he's still here. Send it to West. He's been able to match. People fly all over the world, and I've been able to watch people take off and do great things like yourself. And I don't always thank God that I became a famous person because I'm not.

00;59;29;36 - 00;59;48;40
Unknown
And I became a massive celebrity pastor because I'm not. But my job I had to learn, was not to be like all the other people. And I don't do Instagram post, I do. I'm getting more into that because you guys told me, okay, let's let's tell people what we're doing. Pastor, but now I have had to learn that at the airport.

00;59;48;40 - 01;00;18;28
Unknown
You know, there are planes that take off, but there's also a little blue bus. And I talk about that a lot. And that little blue bus pushes those planes back so they can take off. And those little blue busses, they don't get a lot of attention. People don't know who they are. They're not famous. But if those little blue busses don't push those planes back, I don't care how famous those people are on that plane or how important they are where they have to go, they never get to take off unless they're a little blue bus pushes them away.

01;00;18;33 - 01;00;39;34
Unknown
Somebody's family. You have an aunt, you have an uncle, you have a grandmother, you have a cousin, you have a big mama, a big daddy or a niece or whoever. That's always pushing people away. And you get a lot of criticism when you push people away a lot. But if somebody didn't push you away, you would never be able to take off.

01;00;39;38 - 01;01;01;48
Unknown
And I think that's what this mama is. She has been able to push you guys in. Life is going to change. She's going to push you some more, y'all, because you're going to take off. I don't know about the restaurant. You're going to own. They may not even be in Dallas. And we'll just hear about that. I don't know about the fire department that you'll end up training kids away for, and sending people away.

01;01;01;48 - 01;01;19;38
Unknown
We'll make here about that. I don't know about how many machetes you might have to. Well, what kind of law enforcement you could do. And I don't know how many times you're going to inspire people with the story of not giving up, but you can always have that same mom who push you away so you can take off.

01;01;19;43 - 01;01;38;20
Unknown
And it's hard when they do that because it sounds like they don't like you, but if they don't push you away, you never get to take off. I don't want to go into my story in my life, but my mother never got to really push me away. She just pushed me when I was probably younger into it. Had to get parents to push me away as to mistrust.

01;01;38;23 - 01;01;56;37
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They pushed me away and I thought that was so cruel, and I had to just step away from the house so I could take off and had it not taken off. I never would have met your your mom. And this story takes another twist. He was a child that had an accident. Mom didn't know where it took her.

01;01;56;37 - 01;02;25;47
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Trusting God decided to try the mother who was made to believe that he did it and told everybody that he did it in time to change. And he said, I didn't do it. He didn't quit loving or giving up on people. He still decided to try. And now that mom.

01;02;25;52 - 01;02;38;30
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Is not just a mom and but all the kids came around me one Sunday and put their arms around to pull up and go, well, guess what? Now she's not just a mom.

01;02;38;35 - 01;03;08;30
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But baby gearheads expecting a baby. Right? And she's going to become a grandma. And not only that, I said, so what are we going to do? She said. And that's to encourage someone else. She said, I'm going to keep raising my children. And now I get to raise my grandchild. And all we say is that you decided to try and God where you seem to have lost something before.

01;03;08;35 - 01;03;32;12
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It's giving you a chance to receive another. Thank you for not quitting. Thank you for loving you mom. Thank you for working. Okay? And in a room like this, somebody would say another one. Yeah, that's kind of like how God does it when he sees you a good seed, you get it pressed down, shaken together and running over in the same house.

01;03;32;12 - 01;03;53;26
Unknown
So. And the best thing I could do in front of all the people that would doubt or be critics or anything, is tell you guys he's never failed you. He's never going to let you down. And you get a chance now in your life. She going to push you out, you get to take off and you keep that generation going.

01;03;53;30 - 01;04;10;33
Unknown
And God has blessed you. And I want to be there for every wedding. I want to be there for every birth. I want to be there as long as I live. For every chance that you get to thank God for the opportunity that he's given you, he's given you some chances. So.

01;04;10;38 - 01;04;35;43
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Let's come together this summer and there going to be others of you that would love to have your children, your teenagers, or your pre-teen to be a part of our one week camp here at the Inspiring Body of Christ Church. We thank you for this opportunity. I don't know what else to say except it has been an honor from ninth grade to 41.

01;04;35;48 - 01;04;59;33
Unknown
It has been a tremendous blessing. Thank you church. Thank you everyone. Everybody say thank God, thank God. Sister Mays decided to try. Let's put our hands together for you.

01;04;59;38 - 01;05;04;03
Unknown
Thank.

01;05;04;08 - 01;05;05;30
Unknown
God did good.