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The speaker addresses the class, mentioning sending a card to a sick person, sharing updates on a classmate fighting kidney disease, discussing a podcast with Chuck Swindoll, suggesting future discussions with other class members, providing health updates on family members, and ending with a prayer for those in need. There are also mentions of joking, audio recordings, and personal anecdotes woven throughout the conversation. Good morning class, if you haven't, and you can do it before you leave today, I have a number of cards in the back, trying to send a card to Carolyn, you know, Andy Biles' wife, and she's still in the quiet mode, so I'll sign the cards and I'll put the address on them and get them mailed out, just to have our names on it, and I'll mail it from the class. Also, Mr. Ken White, I need a picture of him, don't I Mike, I need a picture of him on the big screen, but I don't know how to do that. We'll find somebody that can help us. But Ken had difficulty this week, he's fighting kidney disease, he's in critical care, and his next steps are hospice, this has come from his son, Kevin, he lives with Kevin there in Kentucky. So, let's be in prayer for him, and for Kevin, and his other son, he's down here somewhere, Ken Jr., that's right, and if y'all don't know, he was here about a month or two ago, came through, but he'd come down to visit his doctor and always wanted, well he came to class the day we had the security alarm and everything went off, so. Anyway, because of him? No, it wasn't because of him, that's good. They've investigated that and it wasn't because of him. But if y'all sign those cards, I appreciate it and I'll send it up to Kevin. Brother Jimmy gave us an assignment last week, one was an assignment, one was an optional request. You know, he did the sit down with Chuck Swindoll, he's on Insights for Living, Insights for Living, I looked it up and listened to it. YouTube now? Okay, that's where I started. Yeah, it's a little over an hour long, so it was a, I don't want to tell you anything, it's excellent. It's, Brother Jimmy and Brother Chuck both said that it's good to have conversations with people that are 90 and 91 because the others have left you already. So, it was a good conversation, they rolled, and it was a wonderful, wonderful example of two Christian men doing their thing for a lifetime, so it was a wonderful thing to listen to. Y'all try it. Also, I think we ought to have the same thing with Brother Jack and Brother Jimmy sometime, right? In front of the class, don't y'all? I think Glenn has suggested that to me once upon a time and I've wanted to do it. And I'll need an MC, a moderator, so I'm going to volunteer John Mann. He's not here this morning, is he? That's the way, I saw him come in earlier, so I'm glad, I'm going to volunteer him, nobody tell him about it. But we'll try to set something up. I'd love to hear Brother Jack and Brother John, or Brother Jimmy go at it too. I've been to lunch with them and you might as well be sitting there waiting for the tab because these two guys are back and forth. Jack and Brother Jimmy, they're good. Like a fly on the wall. Like a fly on the wall is all I was, that's right, Charlie. I also think we ought to do Barbara and Carol Ann. I think I could ask some good questions of Carol Ann, you know. Brother Jimmy gives his side and Brother Jack gives his side and I know what Barbara will say about him. And Carol Ann will open up too, won't you Carol Ann? All good things. She will tell you that Brother Jimmy has been in assisted living. Yeah, that's my favorite line. He's lived in assisted living all his life, hasn't he? That's good, isn't it Mary? Good, lived in assisted living all his life. I'll set something up. I talked with a request of Barbara last week. She tried to get a hold of Dan Hill and let him know about Piper and his number is still the same. He and Diane are keeping their Texas numbers so you can get a hold of him. You got him? Okay, good. But he's been listening to the lessons online. He's still trying to find him a church. He's visited about six and he feels like he's lost so much leaving this class that he's going to have to start teaching himself or something, I guess. Anyway, he's enjoying it out there. Is it Idaho? And the kids are getting situated real well and he just bought his son a car. I think it's a Ford Focus though. You ought to have a Jeep if you're going to live in Idaho. He lives in Meridian, Idaho. Meridian, Idaho, okay. Well, he told me the summers are long and the nights, you know, it doesn't get dark there until about 10.30 so when he leaves work, he drives over the river and he's going to start stopping and doing some fishing on the way. Well, that's all kinds. There's a GA and a high GA. They are. They're just outdoor people. But he joked with me about the audios of the class. Brother Tom has done something for me. When we do the audios up here, the teachers, he cuts out all my conversations so you don't have any irreverent things going on. And Dan could tell that I must have had a joke or two because sometimes Brother Jimmy or Brother Jack or Brother John especially says something about my wife. And so he knows that there was a joke he missed. So I said, no, I'm being my perfect self up here in front of the class. Anyway, that's the problem. Yeah, that's the problem. But Dan's doing real well. Mary, how's your sister? Yes, I was going to say, so my sister Cynthia, the older one, 74, she did have to go for another shot for the bone marrow to increase to get her immune system up very hard. But she's doing good, and she's doing plenty for her. And then also my niece Sandra, her daughter, the tumor they have found out that the tumor is isolated in the liver, perhaps the liver that she has. It's massive, but we don't know yet how big, but it has not spread through the body. And that was a very important thing that the doctors were concerned about. Good, good, good, good. If you'd leave an address back here, we'll send them a card, too. If you don't mind, we'd love to do that. Yes, Mary do. Yeah, I guess it just fades away, doesn't it? It doesn't just stop. Carol thinks he's a baby. She hasn't had shingles. You have had? Sounds like a wife, doesn't it? Sounds like a wife. All right, let's go to the Lord in prayer quickly, and then I'm going to... Yes, Terry. Barbara Terry's got bad arthritis this morning. Barbara Terry's bad arthritis this morning, Brother Jack? Yes, sir. Okay, thank you. Did you put that on the prayer list, Terry? Okay, I'll put it on there. I appreciate y'all talking. Brother Jimmy has a specialist this morning, so we'll go ahead and get the prayer and get him started, okay? Our Heavenly Father, we're thankful for this class, for its willingness to pray for each and every person around us. We ask, Lord, that you continue to bless our hearts in that regard. Give us strength, bring in remembrance of those that are in need. It's a violent world, both in the weather and in the actions of evil people. We pray, Father, that you will give us peace and comfort from your Word today. Thank you for the music that's about to be prepared, and prepare the Jimmy as he teaches. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.