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I remember those when we started very Baptist Church. We have two little boys for the last 11 years We've had four daughters born to us while in ministry plus two dogs One guard dog and one useless dog During those 11 years We've gone through four pregnancies And when I say we I mean my wife has I've just I've just I've just been the silent partner During those 11 years we've gone through four pregnancies four newborns six children two dogs And during those 11 years, my wife has put on ladies tea. My wife has put on ladies Christmas parties She's put on baby showers. She's put on Bible show Bridal showers, she's put on homeschool field trips She's put on homeschool activities while going to church Sunday morning Sunday night Wednesday night while being faithful to soul winning every week While taking phone calls from ladies in the church while doing counseling for ladies in the church while dealing with all the trials and tribulations That have came into ministry. You say why am I telling you this? I'm telling you this to help you understand that serving God requires tenacity It requires somebody it requires a man it requires a woman who says I'm gonna work harder I'm gonna labor more abundantly than they all Sometimes and I and I don't say this in in in I hope you understand my spirit I don't say this in a rude way But sometimes I see some of the young moms in our church and I'll see a mom with one kid Struggling to make it on time to to to a church service and I'm thinking myself you realize You realize you have a pastor's wife You can't make it to an event That your pastor's wife put on while while she was pregnant or while she had a newborn and while she's homeschooling five other kids And while she's dealing with all these things and I'm just I'm just telling you it's tenacity And again, it's not just my wife and it's not just me Pastor Thompson has worked Hard while starting just came ready to go go back and be working and having a big season of work here soon And Miss Sherry's had has her kids and and grandkids and in her life Our personal life to deal with while dealing with the ministry and again, it's not anything New or unique to us Pastor Anderson and faith forward Baptist Church Worked a full-time job with a very busy wife with many children homeschooling all those things while starting faith forward Baptist Church pastor Birdsons worked a full-time job pastor Jones worked a full-time job pastor pazarski works a full-time job I'm not telling you anything that's unique about us. I'm just telling you that if you want to serve God You may have to be able to say I labored more abundantly than they all