Episode #203: Just A Quick Update

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Morning, everybody.
Now, if you're watching and not

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just listening, you're going to
notice I'm not in my normal

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office.
Now, the logical conclusion

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would be, yeah, Dave said
finally said something so stupid

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but that both the girls kicked
him out of the house.

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But surprisingly, that's not it.
Actually, it's kind of the

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opposite.
Me and my wife Amber are out

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here on the East Coast
celebrating our anniversary, and

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so we've crisscrossed this
region probably 3 or 4 times

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looking at old historical sites,
both from American history as

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well as restoration history, and
it has been such a blessing to

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be out here.
Now.

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This trip has been in the works
for about 8 months.

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We planned this about 8 months
ago, so it's been in the works

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for a while.
And as times grew closer, just a

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few weeks back, we all remember
what happened in Utah on

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September 10th with the
assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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And I have to admit, and, and
I've said it before on the

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podcast here, that shook me.
And it took me a little while

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to, to kind of put some context
there and figure out why it

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shook me so bad.
Not context to the event, but

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context on why that was so
disturbing to me.

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I wasn't a follower of Charlie
Kirk's binding stretch of the

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imagination.
I saw some of his videos.

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I like this content by and
large, but wasn't a follower,

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wasn't a subscriber, but it
still shook me.

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And so as we came out here to
the East Coast, I was feeling

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that still a little bit.
And I, I kind of went on a quest

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for some answers to while I was
here because I felt like it was

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important.
I felt the Lord really tell me

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there's things that you missed
back at some of these sites.

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And so some of those sites that
I'd seen before, I mean, look,

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I'd looked at them at least half
a dozen times because I used to

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live out here.
But this time, as I really had

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specific questions, I got some
really specific answers and some

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coincidences happen.
Coincidences.

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Some things happened that lined
up just perfectly that I had no

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idea would line up perfectly.
And really brought some things

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to mind and, and I believe
brought some inspiration here

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and I'm really super excited to
share that with you guys.

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Now.
With that said, I want everyone

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to know the format of the
podcast is not changing.

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This is still a Mormon podcast.
However, there are intersections

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between American history and
Mormonism that I don't think can

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be just ignored, and I look
forward in the coming months on

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sharing those with you.
Now.

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Again, the podcast not changing,
I've got the next three weeks

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lined up with guests, you know,
guys whose names you would

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recognize, Joshua Erickson, Drew
Briny, and then a gentleman that

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I've never had on the podcast
before that you guys are really

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going to want to listen to you
because if you're a believer in

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the Book of Mormon and the idea
of American ancient

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civilizations, yeah, he's got
some stuff and you guys are

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going to want to stay tuned.
I'm so excited to bring that

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that to you in particular.
Now.

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To go along with that, I want to
say this, that all this content,

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it will be really geared to try
to help you guys be able to

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stand in these times.
I, I really believe we live in

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historic times and whether it
happens in mortality or it

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happens after the savior comes,
I do believe the history will be

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talked about and our future
posterity is going to ask us,

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what did you do in those days?
And I don't know about the rest

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of you, but I don't want to have
to look at my kids and said,

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well, I just hunkered down.
I just kept my head low.

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This content is really going to
be designed to help you stand in

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these times to become more fully
converted to the restored gospel

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of Jesus Christ and to become
better disciples of the Savior

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so that you can help your
families to stand.

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And also that we can be a light
to others that other that we can

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draw others in and show them a
better way of going.

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Because again, I think we live
in both historic and precarious

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times.
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With that said, I just want to
re emphasize nothing's changing.

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Just maybe some new some some
content with some guests you

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haven't heard from before.
Gosh, one in particular I'm

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super excited for is a gentleman
who you you guys would know who

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he is.
I've never had him on the

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podcast before, but he's been on
some really big platforms.

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I mean really big platforms and
he's, I've talked with him and

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he is committed to coming on the
podcast in November, which,

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which that time frame is
fitting.

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So I'm, I'm super excited to
bring that to you.

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Other than that, guys, that's
all I got for you today.

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I, I want to respect your time.
I don't have a lot else to go

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over.
I was going to drop an episode

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this week like I like I always
do, but I felt constrained by

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the spirit before I left to take
my laptop and and my microphone

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and just in case I encountered
anybody and I did, but couldn't

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couldn't get that out.
And I really felt the Lord say

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just wait until this trip is
over because because I think he

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wanted to show me some things
and boy, did he ever.

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Now.
To wrap this all up, I just want

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you guys to know that how much I
I love you.

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I know I say that from time to
time on the podcast, but I truly

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mean it.
There's no reason that that this

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should have the following it
does.

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And granted, it's not massive or
huge, but it's sizable.

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And I just, I so love you guys.
I've had the opportunity to meet

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so many of you through the
podcast.

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And quite frankly, I just stand
in awe of so many of you for

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your willingness to stand for
the gospel, to be disciples of

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Jesus Christ, to share the
gospel with other people.

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You guys are just amazing and
you're awesome.

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And I am so thankful that you
guys spend your time here.

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I know we're all busy.
You could do a ton of other

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things, yet you spend it here.
And I take that very seriously.

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And there's a responsibility
that comes with it.

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And so I want to respect your
time here.

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So again, nothing's changing.
Next week, I'll drop a normal

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episode.
Most likely, Joshua Erickson

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will be right back to the normal
schedule, dropping on Saturday

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morning with a two to three hour
podcast.

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Finally, you guys, again, I just
love you.

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Thanks for listening.
We'll see everybody next week.

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Bye.