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Episode 10 -- The Power of Prayer in Today's Out of Control World

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Stay tuned for a powerful episode of The Year I Read the Bible!  What does the Bible tell us happens when we pray?  Does God hear it?  Does He respond to it?  What if we're asking for something different that His will?

Laurie welcomes back return guest Elizabeth Ann Wallace, author, talk show host and above all else, a Christian receptive to God's direction in her life.  They talk about examples of prayers, recognizing results and Laurie even shares the story of meeting her very own guardian angel on a dark night in the middle of nowhere.  Don't miss it!

Check out Ann's book Extraordinary Hope and her website.

Check out Laurie's book The Year I Read the Bible, her blog and her website.

Hi, I'm your host Lori Larson, and this is the year I read the Bible. Welcome a Lifelong Christian. I thought I was familiar with the Bible, but in 2023 I accepted the challenge of reading the whole thing, cover to cover. Whenever I encountered something I didn't understand or wanted to learn more. I jotted it down, but I kept reading to stay on schedule. Then I reached the end Imagine Confetti rating down on me, and a huge sigh of relief. I had 40 topics to research in 2024. I started diving into all those topics. I did research, I wrote blogs and I shared them with whoever might wanna learn too. And in 2025, the project continues. I published a book containing all my essays, and now a podcast. Is there something you can learn from that dusty book that sits on all of our shelves? Yes. Yes, there is. Let's dive into The year I read the Bible. Hello, listeners, today, our topic is the Power of Prayer in today's out of control world. Let's get right to it. Do you pray? If yes, during what occasions do you pray? I grew up saying prayers at the dinner table to give thanks to God for our meal. When I was in high school, my church youth worker taught me that prayers can be nearly constant unspoken thoughts directed to God as we go about our day, God help me with this. God, thank you for that. God, I praise you for this. Now I recognize prayer needs in the lives of my friends and family. I keep a list of current prayer requests on my phone so that when I say I'll pray for you. It's not just lip action. I actually remember to do it. There's little to no power in saying I'll pray for you unless you follow through and execute on it. But what happens when we pray? Can we expect results, a resolution to our requests? And where do our prayers go? In the United States, we are going through a terrible phase in our history. Where public shootings have become prevalent. People attending a concert or a nightclub or even a church service face the very real possibility that they could be shot down by a rogue gunman who has entered the location. Arguably, the most tragic of all the mass shootings we've seen are those that take place at a school. Children and teachers are in their classrooms exactly where they're required to be. The act of education is going on, but outside their doors, a gunman, roams the hallways, waiting for the opportunity to terrorize and open fire. Ending the treasured lives of so many innocent educators and students. The Washington Post has reported that there have been. 394 school shootings since the one that many feel started at all. Columbine High School in 1999. Further, more than 360,000 children have experienced gun violence in school, ending in 1,676 deaths. And worse yet, school shootings are on the rise. The number of school shootings per year doubled from 15 to 30 in 2017, and since 2021 have reached a number in the forties per year. That's almost one a week. Random violence against our children is at epidemic proportions. Obviously it's a high priority topic for political authorities to tackle. How to make sure guns are only in the hands of people who won't carry out these ridiculous acts of violence. How to make sure that our schools are safe for our children on educators. How to stop the growing trend of violence in this country. Unfortunately, like so many other topics we deal with as Americans, this has become a fiercely partisan topic for the opposing political parties to argue about, and therefore little is getting done to reverse the trend. Whenever a new shooting is announced on television, the announcer usually says Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. And I am glad because I am praying for those people too. We should all pray for God to encircle their families and provide peace and comfort to all those involved with such a horrible experience. But as each shooting continues to happen, I've been seeing angry responses on social media. We need more than prayers. Prayers do nothing. We need legislative changes. I. And this hurts my heart because although I agree that we need to legislatively reach a way to end gun violence, we need to continue to pray. What will prayer do in the Bible? There are scores of verses that tell us about the power of prayer. It's simply not true that prayers do nothing. Prayers work. Although very rarely are they an immediate correction. Let's look at some verses in the Bible that tell us believers what happens when we lift a prayer to God. Daniel nine 20 through 23. While I was praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people, Israel, and making my request to the Lord my God. While I was still in prayer, the angel Gabriel came to me in Swift flight. He instructed me and said to me, Daniel, I have come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you for you are highly esteemed. Word went out among the angels of heaven when Daniel started praying. Because he was highly esteemed, Gabriel even visited him on earth to ensure him that his prayers were being heard. Wow. If we ever have concern that prayers are useless because they're not being heard, we can seek comfort in this verse. Let's look further. James 5 23 through 26. Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord and the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James reminds us that prayer is appropriate for all occasions. Don't just go to the Lord when you are in trouble and need help. Pray on all occasions. And James should know because when Jesus walked the earth, james grew up with Jesus. James is Jesus' brother. Pray on all occasions. That reminds me of the country artist Jelly Rolls song. Need a favor. Here's some lyrics. I only talk to God when I need a favor, and I only pray when I ain't got a prayer. So who the heck am I to expect a savior? I don't know if you wanted me to sing it or if the lyrics are enough. James, Jesus' Earthly brother tells us that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. So maybe our focus should be on becoming a righteous person, so our prayers will be more powerful. What else can we find in the Bible about the power of prayer? Hebrews 7 24 and 25 tells us because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. What this tells me is Jesus is interceding for his followers to the heavenly Father When we go to him in prayer, how does this work? Okay. We believe in Jesus. We pray for the desires of our heart. Jesus intercedes to the Father on our behalf. So that prayers are answered. Wow. Think about that. The next time we send a prayer, a skyward for those who have slipped into the earthly belief that prayer does nothing. One John five 14 offers this assurance. This is the confidence we have in approaching God that if we ask. Anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of him. Friends, we will see answers to our prayers. It may not be immediate, it may not look the way we think it will. Okay. Wouldn't it be nice if starting tomorrow the topic of gun violence at our schools is completely wiped out of the nightly news? Yes, of course it would be. Would that be an answer to prayer? Yes, but we need to trust in God that he will answer our prayers in his timing in his own way, and know that it will all work out for good. The Book of Revelation. Tells us that in the end of days, an angel will offer incense along with all the prayers of God's people on the golden altar in front of God's throne. Just think of it, the end of the world, which has been planned for centuries, an act that takes an entire book of the Bible to describe, incorporates the prayers of all believers to make it all happen. Let's read that part. Revelations eight, four. The smoke of the incense together with the prayers of God's people went up before the God from the angel's hand. Then the angel took the sensor, filled it with fire from the altar and hurled it on the earth, and there came peels of thunder rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. Your prayers are not wasted. Your prayers are not useless or ineffective. They are important. They matter, and don't stop raising them up even if you don't see immediate response or correction. God hears them. Jesus intercedes with God on our behalf, and the angels collect them to be offered up in the prophetic end of times. Let's have a prayer. Father, we thank you for these biblical reminders that what we offer up to you in prayer is important, that it's not forgotten or dismissed. You listen and you take action, and it's all a part of your plan. We thank you for giving us this important way to communicate with you. Help us to continue to strive to be a righteous person whose prayers are effective and powerful. Amen. And now here's our guest.

Laurie:

Hello everyone. I am here with my friend Anne Wallace. For those of you who listened to last week's podcast, you got to meet Anne. And now she's back for round two, this week. So if you didn't listen to last week, I encourage that you do so that you can get to know Anne a little bit more. For this week, I'm just going to go right into The topic of the week. Welcome Anne. I'm so excited to have you back.

Ann Wallace:

you so much for having me again. It's such a pleasure to be here.

Laurie:

Today we are talking about such an important topic, the power of prayer in today's out of control world. The state of the world is just crazy. We watch the news and it's just so disturbing, I go into in the essay about all the gun violence, and the shootings at our schools and at our concerts and, people out having a good time don't wanna have to worry about being shot. Thoughts and prayers. Prayers do something, right? Prayers are effective, and that's why I wanted to, talk to you about this today. I know that you are a prayer. When you say you're gonna pray for someone, you do it. I can always be confident that you will. So what types of thing do you pray about or have you prayed about recently?

Ann Wallace:

Oh wow. Well, just this morning, of course I always start out prayer, just with gratitude. You know, the

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and into the doors with praise. So you should always start prayer with Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for?

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

And if you don't have gratitude, well then that's a whole nother issue. I don't even think you can start praying until you have that, because I. That's the beginning. That's how you get in the gate. then

Laurie:

absolutely.

Ann Wallace:

get in the door is you start praising him for who he is, how wonderful he is, his presence, his constant presence, and there's something about that gratitude of Thanksgiving and then that praise for him, then you feel his presence. And you know, he's right there and he's just listening. there's nothing more precious or sacred than that. And then it's like once you feel his presence, of course he delights to know what your needs are, what your desires. He already knows them, but he just wants to hear you voice them. Just like your children,

Laurie:

yes.

Ann Wallace:

of know they want a cookie before they say it. Right? I mean, you know, that's what they want. And, and your goodness as a parent, you wanna give it to'em, you know if it's good for them, right?

Laurie:

Yes.

Ann Wallace:

You also know when it's not good for them, when they haven't had their meal. just like that in prayer, God knows the same thing. He knows when we ask something, it's good for us right now, maybe we need to wait. Maybe we don't need it at all. He can see

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

our body, he knows what's happening. Don't you love that? Just the trust that comes with. Praying and knowing that he's gonna take the responsibility answer and deliver if needed, you know, and that takes it off of

Laurie:

I,, just had a conversation with a friend who had read this essay this one we're talking about in my book, which is published and available. To anyone who wants to get a headstart on all the topics that we'll cover in the podcast. But anyway, she said when she prays, she knows there could be one of three answers. The answer could be yes, the answer could be no, or the answer could be yes, but not right now. And I love your concept of God will say yes. If it's good for us, if it's ultimately good for us, and he may say no. If it's not good for us. It could be something that we want and it could be something that we think is what we need, but God may know that it's not what we need. It's not good for us, and he in his ultimate plan, may have every intention of. Saying yes to a prayer, but now's not the right time. In his glorious timing, he knows better and we have to trust that, his timing is better.

Ann Wallace:

And that will give you so much peace. So much

Laurie:

Yes, yes.

Ann Wallace:

and rest, knowing that your prayers are being heard.

Laurie:

So when you pray, do you pray expecting results? Do you expect to see what you've prayed for, will come to fruition?

Ann Wallace:

absolutely. I know it will. I know when I pray, whatever I ask, he hears me. But when I feel like maybe I'm like, Lord, why am I not getting an answer to that? go, okay, Lord, is there something that I'm, that's hindering that something maybe I've done,

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

or something that, you know, I haven't asked forgiveness for. So I'm always kind

Laurie:

Oh, that's interesting.

Ann Wallace:

with him on that to make sure I'm lining up.

Laurie:

I'm looking through the essay because I did cover that, that as we go to God in prayer, we need to make sure that there's no sin or problem between us, between God and us. That could stop

Ann Wallace:

Yeah. And then there's some

Laurie:

that.

Ann Wallace:

too that will hinder our prayers Sometimes I'll say something like, I'll decree or declare something, which is also like a prayer. Like, Lord, I'm speaking this over. I'm gonna speak good things. I'm gonna say this over myself. I'm very, very careful with my words. Very careful, because I know that he's listening and

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

that he wants to bring about those things that I'm asking, I wanna be

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

with that.

Laurie:

What are some examples of prayers that you've prayed that you saw the result that you asked for?

Ann Wallace:

I'd gotten a car this year. I'd had a car since 2010, and I loved that car and I wanted just to keep it forever. And I just said one day randomly outta my mouth, I was like, I'm not ever getting rid of that car unless I get a similar car, same color convertible. And it's gotta be a better brand than what it is right now. And I'm not gonna tell you the brand, but just, you just think out the box so anyway, I never thought another word about that. I just said it. And when we went car shopping, went to a dealership we had never gone to and I said, let's just go over here and dream for a minute about what we would like to have. And we went over there and there was a car and it looked like our car. And I was like, that car looks like that belongs to us. I went home and I was like, does that belong to us? And he goes, you said that's what you wanted you, that's exactly what you said. And I'm giving. And I was like, you're giving it to me. He goes, yes, because you've got it. Because remember, I own the cattle on a thousand Hills. Everything I own is mine. So don't you sit here and think that you can't have it when I'm telling you it's yours. And that was radical for me to think that something I'd spoken. I decreed and declared out, which is basically what prayer is. That's what you're, you're asking and you're telling God, God, this is how I feel about this. Help me with this this is how I feel about it. Can you help me? And that, you know what? Prayer when you get in that relationship with God. It now, it doesn't

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

become about you saying something that was already written down that you're repeating. It becomes relationship. It becomes

Laurie:

Yes.

Ann Wallace:

It becomes

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

like you and I are talking, where you're just saying, Lord, I love you so much. I'm just thinking about this. What do you think about this?

Laurie:

Yeah. Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

wait. And I think that's the thing that we often don't do in prayers. We don't wait long enough to hear his response. Or sometimes we hear him audibly, sometimes we hear him in our mind. Sometimes we hear him in our heart. We describe it different ways, right? Sometimes we hear him in our spirit and sometimes we hear him when he's speaking through the word when we're reading the Bible or we're

Laurie:

Yeah,

Ann Wallace:

book, you know? Or through a friend. Sometimes a friend will say

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

be like, that is the Lord talking to me right there, you know?

Laurie:

Yeah, exactly. As long as we are open and paying attention, I think we can get those messages. So here's something that I struggle with, on the topic of prayer. What if we're asking God for something that does not turn out to be his will? So, for example, we're praying for healing. For someone, but that person doesn't heal it. It wasn't God's will for that to happen or to happen right now, but we continue to pray for it. Is that wrong to request for him to do our will when it may not be his will? Are are we trying to assert our own will over God's intention?

Ann Wallace:

Okay, this is a good one for me because I was involved in healing ministry and not because I asked for it. The Lord just said this is part of your call. Which is funny, you just gotta go into it. It's like, Lord, there's a lot of weirdness in that. And people have a lot of opinions about healing, a lot of

Laurie:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

have opinions about it. But I will tell you this, God says in his word that by his stripes, we are healed. No. And it doesn't say we are. It says we were, let me clarify that. So we were healed. Now. Whether we see that on this side of heaven or the other side, I don't know. Now it is

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

for us to be healed right now, and I will tell you some things that will hinder that healing. I was actually praying for a woman. I could see she had like stage four cancer. She was dying and I was praying for her and she said, I'm so ready for the healing. And literally, the Lord gave me a vision of seeing the healing right in front of her body. Just like a light, but it wouldn't penetrate. And I was like, I can see the healing right here, Lord. What is going on? I was saying this in my mind, Lord, what is going on? How can I pray for her? Right? Is there any other words I need to say? What else do I need to do? And I heard him say, is harboring unforgiveness towards somebody and therefore I can't heal her. So I looked to her and I said, just heard the Lord say. And I was just like, oh God, what if I've got this wrong? What if I heard this wrong? I said to her, I said, I just heard the Lord say to me that you have unforgiveness towards somebody. And that if you would release them from whatever you're harboring, that this healing will penetrate, will be able to enter in. But right now it's blocking you receiving. And she to me and she goes, how did you know that? could you possibly know that? She goes, I do have that, and I will never forgive them. And she turned around and walked away,

Laurie:

Oh my.

Ann Wallace:

and I was like, oh. My goodness. That wasn't a what in the world, so therefore she

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

it, you know? And so

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

that blockage, you know, our unforgiveness for somebody or something can separate us from receiving. So sometimes if it's receiving problem. Sometimes we,

Laurie:

Interesting.

Ann Wallace:

we're not worthy. Somebody will be praying for me. I had one friend who I was praying for one time and she also had cancer, and I had me and several other ladies and she was a deep believer. I mean, she loved the Lord. We ask her all these questions. Is there any unforgiveness? Is there anything else that you think, any sin in your life that might be, hindering you from receiving?'cause we can't be double-minded. have to be single-minded in our relationship with the father. had all that clear, and later she came back and told me, she said, Ann, I absolutely know I had to go through this in order to see some things about God and myself that I could not see any other way. And right before she died, she was completely healed of the disease. of something else. And so the Lord proved to us that he had healed her. was ready to go at that time. But before that, she had to go through the process learn some things about the Lord and about herself, she just couldn't get any other way, and that's what she told me. She goes, there was no other way I was gonna understand that. So I love the fact that the Lord, again, that goes back to those secrets we talked about in that last episode. There's things about people that we don't know. That may be hindering their healing. They know it, God knows it, or may be affecting them. That is preventing that. Our part, and I tell people this all the time, your part is just to pray and

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

will do the rest

Laurie:

Yes. Yes.

Ann Wallace:

believing.

Laurie:

and it's okay to reach out in prayer and ask even if God's plan is different, because what we're doing is asking, What about if the person were praying for. Let's stick with the healing situation, although there's lots of other things to pray about for someone, but let's say it's a sick person that I'm praying for diligently, but that person doesn't really believe that God is going to heal him or her.

Ann Wallace:

I have seen people that were not believers, that maybe somebody brought them to a ministry event or a meeting like I was in, and they got healed that was the thing that caused them to trust God

Laurie:

Oh, okay.

Ann Wallace:

in

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

That's not the

Laurie:

Hmm.

Ann Wallace:

the time, but I thought that was so interesting. know, God is such a big God. We, we make him too small. He can do

Laurie:

Yeah.

Ann Wallace:

of things and beyond our understanding, and some people will go, well, that's not fair. You know, if I'm a believer and I'm not healed, why would he do that? That doesn't seem like a good God. know? What, what's going on in your heart right now that

Laurie:

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

Because that's a self-focus and not, a God focus,

Laurie:

In my essay that we just read, a prayer is not just an inconsequential request that we are sitting here, talking, but based on what the Bible tells us, what happens when we pray, it kicks off a bunch of heavenly activity. Do you have any thoughts about that?

Ann Wallace:

Oh yes. All you have to do is look at Daniel chapter 10, where he was praying and the angel came and told him that, Hey, your prayer was answered right out the gate. But we couldn't bring the answer because we were hindered by dark angels, angels for Satan's army. They were hindering the good

Laurie:

Hmm.

Ann Wallace:

getting there. There was warfare in the spiritual heavenly, happens sometimes. Let me just say we are assigned two angels. Every one of us at our birth. So we have angels with us all the time, but the church has done such a poor job of talking about that. They did a greater job centuries ago, but in recent times, in the last several centuries, we haven't really talked about that. And now that's coming out.

Laurie:

Hmm.

Ann Wallace:

many more people are talking about, Hey, we've gotta activate work with angel armies so that things can get done. It's not just us. They're here to assist us. They were here to assist Elisha when he was surrounded in the town by the enemy. His servant was like, Lord, what are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? He goes, Lord, open his eyes, and he opened his eyes and he could see angels and chariots all around, to be there to help him against the enemy. And sure enough,

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

We just can't see what we can't see. We have to ask the Lord to open our eyes and to activate what's going on. Lots of times we are, we have not only our guardian angels, but we have ministering angels. Those that are sent to minister to us, and that means help us when we're hurting. Or emotionally, physically, we have angels that are assigned to us that we can assign to other people. Like let's say somebody's sick and you can't get there to them, you can say, Lord, I want you to send one of my assigning angels to that person to help them in anything that they might need. And

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

I, and I don't do this all the time'cause I have to remind myself, because we've not been taught this, but this is,

Laurie:

Right?

Ann Wallace:

is now being revealed to us. And of course, they're all in revelation. you talked

Laurie:

Mm-hmm.

Ann Wallace:

in your essay about them releasing the bowl of prayers. You know, they're

Laurie:

yes.

Ann Wallace:

that. So yes, we just need to change our mindset to recognize that they're available to us.

Laurie:

I met my guardian angel one time.

Ann Wallace:

I.

Laurie:

Yes. I was in a terrible car accident. My son and I were in, the car. Of course I was driving. He was eight or nine years old and was in the passenger seat. We were driving home from kind of a late night, baseball tournament, pizza dinner. We were on the highway and I was in a car accident when I thought that the merge lane. Onto a highway lasted longer, but the highway was under construction and so they had basically chopped the merge lane down to very short. And I went into the lane and there were already two cars approaching. The first one in the right lane was a semi-truck, and when I entered the lane incorrectly. He had nowhere to go, so he sideswiped me. So I was sideswiped by a semi going 55 miles an hour on a very tight highway with a car in the left lane. And I. Put my brakes on as much as I could, as quickly as I could safely. And the truck lifted my car up. Was like I was a bucking bronco. I had my brake on and tires of the truck was just throwing my car around. It could have thrown my car over the waist high cement wall down into a ravine, but it didn't. It just as the truck went past, it just plopped my car down. All my windows were broken out. My airbags, my tires were flat, but we were both safe. Thank God. And as I was sitting there just recovering and looking around and looking at my son, we were both fine. A woman in a flowing white pantsuit and long, curly hair. She's tapping at my window outside and I, looked at her through my deployed airbag and my broken window, and she said, you need to get out of the car before someone, comes upon you. It's not safe here. And I was still just marveling that I was safe, and I'm like, I'm safe. My son's safe. Thank God none of us have been hurt. And she said, yes, thank God you thank God, but you need to get out of the car right now. And I climbed out through the window and she enwrapped me in a hug and she helped my son get out. And at that point the ambulance had come and they were trying to, get me to be looked at.'cause I had some cuts and they were asking me a little bit later, was anyone else on the scene? And I said, yes, there was a woman. But when I tried to describe her, no one had seen her. And there was no vehicle, there was no other vehicle on the scene. And I said to my husband later. She must have been an angel. There's no other explanation there. I mean, it was a, construction zone in the middle of nowhere. There was nowhere to park a truck there, or a vehicle There was nowhere for her to stop. And I'm convinced that she was my guardian angel helping me stay safe after a terrible car accident.

Ann Wallace:

Absolutely.

Laurie:

I'll never forget it. Another thing I'll never forget is her aroma. When I was hugging her, I just. I remembered how wonderful she smelled. So yes, fortunately I've never had to meet my guardian angel since then. That's been at least 20 years ago. But yes, I agree with what you're saying.

Ann Wallace:

I got see my dad as he was passing, I saw him and my brother saw him too, which was so

Laurie:

Okay.

Ann Wallace:

'cause my brother had never seen anything, you know? So,

Laurie:

Mm-hmm. That's awesome. I feel like we need to have a separate episode just about angels in the Bible and how they help us. Anne, I thank you so much for coming on and spending some time talking to me about prayer. So informative and so instructional. I, have gotten so much out of this and I know anybody listening will have gotten so much out of this episode as well. So thank you for sharing.

Ann Wallace:

Oh, you're welcome. It was my pleasure. Always such a joy.

Laurie:

I am going to end it right there In our episode notes, I'm going to include a link to your book, extraordinary Hope and also to your website so people can check out what you might be working on next. I look forward to another pool day

Ann Wallace:

Sounds great. Let's do it.

Laurie:

okay, see you later.

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