Out of Gas at 4AM… Then This Voice Came Over the Radio | Roger Hershberger | 055

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As we sputtered out of gas and
pulled over on this off ramp, my

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mom was like, we're going to
pray that God sees us and he

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knows exactly what we need.
So she was like, Lord Jesus help

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us, we are out of gas.
Immediately the CB breaks and a

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trucker comes on and says I'm
right behind you, I'm coming

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right around.
I've got 9000 gallons of gas.

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Welcome to When You Look, where
ordinary people share their

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extraordinary experiences and
you get to decide, was it

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coincidence or God?
Roger, welcome to When You Look.

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Pumped to have you on the show,
man.

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Thanks a bunch for being here.
Thank you, Mick.

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Appreciate it.
Yeah, 100% dude, we are in for a

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treat with your particular
story.

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But before we jump to that, tell
us a little bit about yourself.

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OK, grew up in the Midwest
Christian family and yeah,

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basically became a Christian at
a young age and really feel like

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I want to honor my parents,
especially with this story

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because it just, they just
helped solidify my faith and the

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way they live their lives.
Wow, what a testament, man.

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That's great.
Seriously.

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Well, let's get into it and
let's hear the story and let's

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honor your folks, man.
So give us a little bit of back

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story and then walk us through
things for you as they went, OK?

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So we lived in Missouri.
We often traveled to Ohio to my

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mother's birthplace basically.
She had quite a few relatives

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out that way.
And there was a wedding that we

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were slated to attend.
And so I, we often traveled at

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night.
My dad liked to drive and us

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kids all, we just passed out in
the back and we would drive,

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we'd leave.
I don't even know.

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Probably after he probably got
out of the field because he was

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a farmer and then somehow he
would stay awake and that's

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probably a God testimony in
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But this particular trip, we
were on our way to a wedding and

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in Ohio and what had happened
was the groom, his best man was

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from our area and he had left
his suit at behind.

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We he knew we were coming.
So we were we were, you know,

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catching up with the best man or
whatever and making sure that he

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had his suit for the wedding.
We were also slated to attend

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the wedding, but we were leaving
a little bit later.

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He was already at in Ohio, but
through the night we were

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driving.
My dad had driven this, this

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stretch of Rd. numerous times,
was pretty familiar with all of

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the gas locations and the
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And, and we were headed, I think
towards from Springfield,

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towards Columbus, OH.
And there's an intersection

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there where where we went from
like I-70 to like 71 N,

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something like that.
And he was looking for a gas

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station right around that area.
Of course, it's in the middle of

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the night.
It was back in the probably the

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70s before everything.
It was 24 hour, you know

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everything and Bucky's and you
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Yeah, people slept and didn't
work seven days a.

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Week right and so he, he got to
this intersection basically on

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the highway and did not see the
gas station that he was hoping

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for and so didn't have a lot of
gas but didn't feel like he

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could go backwards and so we
went north and headed towards

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Cleveland.
But about 15 to 20 minutes

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later, we started running out of
gas and it was probably about

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four in the morning and not a
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And so in those days, we, we did
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We had CB radio that we
communicated with to all of our

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tractors and combines and
whatnot and, and our home as

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well.
And so we had one in the car,

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fortunately.
And as we sputtered out of gas

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and pulled over on this off
ramp, my mom, everybody started

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waking up.
Of course, I was in the, I was

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sitting right behind my dad and
I heard my mom was like, we're

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going to pray that God sees us
and he knows exactly what we

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need.
And so she was like, Lord Jesus

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help us.
We are out of gas and it's open

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in the morning.
And so my dad was like, well, we

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can get on the CV and try the
CV.

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And so he fired it up and said,
if anybody is out there, I could

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use a ride to the nearest gas
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And immediately the, the CB
brakes and a trucker comes on

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and says, is that you on this,
on this shoulder at this exit

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basically.
And he said, I'm right behind

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you.
I'm coming right around.

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He said, I've got 9000 gallons
of gas if you've got something

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to put.
It in and in my in my hearts, in

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my mind, I was like, I know what
God provides.

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And so that was just a huge
faith builder for me as a kid.

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And, and what we did was he just
pulled up some side of us, He

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cracked open his tanker.
We filled up a lunch box that we

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just emptied out and created a
paper funnel.

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And we, we put like about 5
gallons of gas in the car and

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headed on down the road just
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And it took us about 10-15
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We were not stranded.
Nothing.

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It, it felt like we were going
to be for like the rest of the

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night.
Sure.

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In my book, God provided and He
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Yeah, yeah.
Good stuff.

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Wow, Rodger, thank you for
breaking that down for us.

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I mean that we're going to
explore it a little bit more.

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But for those that are listening
and aren't watching, you could

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probably hear Rodger holding
some tears back.

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And I just want want everybody
to to know that this clearly had

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some impact on you.
So let's talk about that.

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Help us understand what this was
all like for you in that moment,

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maybe even from when you're
awakening and hearing mom say

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we're going to pray.
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I don't feel like it was really
scary, you know, or anything

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like that, but it was a, it's
like we are in need, you know,

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we're, we are desperate.
This is not, I mean, when you're

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in the middle of on the
Interstate, in the middle of

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nowhere, you, there's not a
whole lot you can do except just

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wait it out until traffic starts
traveling again, something along

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those lines.
But we just we, we were a family

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that prayed and and I had just,
I don't know, I just, I feel

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like we just grew up seeing God
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He often provided for us around
the farm because farming in

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itself was always a gamble.
And then later on in life, you

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know, it's not that everything's
Peaches and cream and that God

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always, you know, answers things
the way we want to answer them.

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And so don't get me wrong in
saying my God always comes

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through whenever I say jump.
That's not the way God works.

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But when he does in a fashion
like this, it just, it does

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something.
It just turns your faith into

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rock, I feel like.
And so from that point on, I

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just didn't doubt my God.
Wow, and how old approximately

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were you I?
Was between 8:00 and 10:00.

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Wow.
I mean, clearly those are

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formative years, but that's a
really bold statement to say.

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I didn't doubt that point.
I mean.

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It's true, it's true, but.
Yeah, I wasn't, wasn't framing

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it back to you.
You know, I was like, I can't

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believe this.
You know what I mean?

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It was just.
You're saying, I mean, it's

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probably like it's pretty.
This is a bold statement.

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It is a bold statement.
Yeah, and it's wonderfully bold.

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But I've but then throughout my
life, I've seen him provide

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again and again and even in the
last five years, I felt like the

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rug was really pulled out from
underneath to my feet.

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But my God provided and it was
weird.

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It was like everything crashed
down around me and in a week's

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time I ran.
I mean, I literally ran into

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somebody in Lowe's and he
provided and so and I was like,

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OK, yeah, do.
You care to fill us in on this

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particular story Story.
I I was working.

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I had been a, a business
partner.

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I sold my half and then the, the
owner then later on chose to

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dissolve the business.
And it was really kind of a, it

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caught us off guard.
It was kind of a, a situation

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where he couldn't share with
everybody what was going on the,

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the people that were purchasing
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We're not allowing him to
dissolve that, divulge that

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information.
And so it really caught a lot of

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people off guard and, and I did
not know what what I was going

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to do if I was going to stay
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And it turned out that it really
wasn't going to be my cup of

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tea.
And I, and, but then I had a lot

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of questions and like, where do
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What do I do?
What is next?

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I've been doing this for 30
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And I think that was something
that even myself, I didn't know

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how comfortable I had become
with what I was doing and

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whether it was I was doing it
for God or for his glory or just

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for work's sake, you know.
And so I, I had a lot of

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questions that had to be
answered and I cried out to God

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a lot.
And but it was what it, what was

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needed.
I mean, I think he knew I needed

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this more than I need knew I
needed this.

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And but he had a backup plan
too.

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And so I had met with the owner
of the business just because I

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was like, what happened, you
know, And he was like, I wasn't

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really looking to sell the
business, but it just happened.

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And I was like, OK, you know,
And then that thing after that

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meeting, that same day, I went
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I was still working for the new
company just for helping them to

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transition, walking through
Lowe's.

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And I turned the corner and I
ran into Marc Russo.

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And I said, I know you've
started a small business.

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And I'm just curious, you know.
And he was like, well, are you

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looking for work?
And I work in Marc Russo now.

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Wow.
And I have been there for about

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3 almost four years, so.
Yeah, praise God.

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Praise God.
I was chuckling just a moment

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ago when you said he meaning God
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personally I don't even know
this story until you just told

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him.
But I'm thinking to myself, I

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don't know, it was a back up
plan per SE, but.

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It was the original plan.
You are correct.

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Yeah.
It was his original plan.

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I mean, I, I was like, I, I did
not know.

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I mean, I was clueless, of
course, you know, And I was

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like, where are we going with
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You know, he had, he had a plan
in place, that's for sure.

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Yeah.
And it was, yeah.

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Well, let's go back though to
the fuel store and.

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Because.
I find it so wonderfully

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analogous.
And I want to, I want to present

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what I think is the analogy and
I want to get your take on it

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because the way you've described
this story is it's roughly 4:00

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in the morning.
We are out of gas.

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The car has sort of sputtered.
OK, so we are out of gas.

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This is in the 70s.
So the the freeways are much

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darker than than they were.
Now, there is not a gas station,

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every possible corner, and the
only communication method that

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you guys had was the CB beyond,
of course, prayer.

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So you're sort of in the middle
of nowhere, at least for all

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intents and purposes, because
there's ultimately nothing

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around.
And you pray, OK, And then you

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get on the CB, you meaning, of
course, the family, OK, you get

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on the CB and you essentially
ask for help, 'cause we need

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some gas.
And the response is, well, your

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mom, your mom, you, you
recounted it this way, that your

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mom, check me on this, please.
We're praying that God sees us.

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That's what she said.
Did I hear that?

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Right, yes, I'm sure she, I'm
sure she probably played.

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We need, we need help.
We need, we need should, Yeah,

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but yeah, but God.
But God sees us for sure.

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Yeah.
Well, the reason why that's so

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interesting to me is because the
response back over the radio is,

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are you the people right here?
And then when you were, what

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shows up is so much abundance of
fuel.

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Yes, yes.
It wasn't it wasn't the 15

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gallons or the 21 gallons that
the family truckster could take.

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It was 9000 gallons of fuel.
And you know you, you, you talk

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about how God has provided and
throughout the course of your

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life and what what just became
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well, I saw you and and I have a
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I have more fuel than you could
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Imagine.
That's for sure.

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Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, that's true.

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Yeah.
So he he he often, God, often.

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I feel like he's like you.
You don't realize.

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You don't realize.
You know how much more I have

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for you.
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And now.
Exactly.

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It was.
It was, it was.

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It was overwhelming.
Almost.

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How did you guys as a family
close that moment out?

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We rejoiced for sure.
And my dad just loves to tell

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this story and so, but it's the
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was there.
So he's got plenty of addresses

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I know on his own.
And in fact, my wife didn't even

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know that I was at in the in the
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tell the story numerous times.
And she was like, you were

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there.
And I was like, yeah, I was

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there.
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But definitely, yeah, the fact
that, you know, we we were

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hoping to get maybe 5, you know,
we did get, you know, only so

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many gallons.
We were, we were praying for,

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you know, something measly
though, just something to get us

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a little farther down the road.
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And because I got so much more
for you, so.

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Yeah, yeah.
Well, Roger, let's let's land

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this one here.
There's so much good with this,

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but let.
Oh man, this is just so neat.

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I just want to say go God.
I mean, it's just so neat.

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But I feel like I'm front
running a little bit here.

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So the question of course is,
was it coincidence or God?

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I am 100% certain that God was
there and that God provided it

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was definitely Him.
Yeah, right on, man.

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Well, you talked about this
earlier, but we're going to ask

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it clearly as well.
How has your life changed as a

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result of that?
And even, you know, the the

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secondary story, including
Lowe's and Mark and all that.

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Yeah, my God provides.
My God provides.

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And yeah.
And I, I feel like even though,

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yeah, I do doubt at times, sure.
And, but, but I feel like I'm

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pretty solid on it.
And, and I don't, I don't, I

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don't worry.
I have not had to worry.

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And my wife can attest to that.
She does enough worrying for us.

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But yes, I do feel like he has
definitely given me just a a

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view of him that allows me to be
at peace.

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Wow.
Well, I want to understand a

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little bit more about not
worrying because there's a lot

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of folks that aren't Christian
and worry and there's a lot of

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folks that are Christians and
worry.

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So illuminate for for everybody.
What it is for you that causes

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you to be able to be that
confident, if you will, or have

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a lack of worry despite the
occasional doubt as you

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mentioned?
Sure, that is that is

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interesting.
And maybe it's I don't know my

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personality.
I'm pretty laid back but and,

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and, but I think throughout my
life and my family's life again,

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we've just seen God and his hand
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And so just time after time, it
just solidified, solidifies my

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faith in Him and that I can
trust that He is always there

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whether the answers are coming
the way I want them or not.

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That just no, He will always be
there for me and so.

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And because it doesn't always,
it always, it doesn't always go,

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you know, like the way you want
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And so, and so then again, you
just, you have to trust, you

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have to believe.
And but in, in light of that, I

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feel like, you know, even when
things collapse around me, I'm

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like, OK, God, what are you
doing?

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And if I'm, if I'm looking to
him, if I, if I know that I

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trust him and I'm believing that
he is in control, then if he is

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in control, then I don't have to
be in control and I can rest.

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So.
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Thanks for bringing that to
light, man.

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Really appreciate that.
Sounds like you've got a lot of

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your own evidence that helps to,
as you mentioned, build your

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faith, solidify it.
That's awesome.

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Rodger, thanks a bunch for being
on when you look.

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Man, what a wonderful story.
What a wonderful testimony.

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Oh man, really, really neat.
Thanks a bunch for chatting

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through all this with us.
We really appreciate it.

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Thank you, Mick.
Was it coincidence or God?

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You decide for yourself, but I
believe you just heard a story

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