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00:28 Welcome to Issues and Answers.
00:30 Today, our guest is Deia Davis William. 00:32 She's gonna be talking to us 00:34 about what is it like to have a life-changing experience 00:37 with your child. 00:38 Have any of you out there ever had a child that was sick, 00:42 or that became very ill, or had special needs? 00:46 That's what we're gonna talk about today. 00:48 What is it like to go through that experience 00:50 and how has God helped our dear precious Deia 00:53 to be able to overcome 00:55 and to be able to continue to live 00:57 and to be a mother, 00:58 oh, there are so many good things to talk about. 01:00 Thank you so much for joining with the program today, Deia. 01:03 You're welcome. 01:04 Thank you so much for coming all the way from California. 01:08 Tell us where does this all begin. 01:11 This began when Doug turned six. 01:12 Now first of all, let me say, you are a mother, a wife, 01:14 and a mother. 01:16 Yes. 01:17 And how many children do you have? 01:18 I have three children. 01:20 Three children. That I've birthed. 01:21 Okay. 01:22 Okay, that you've birthed, you're so funny. 01:24 Okay. Because I raised another child too. 01:25 Oh, my goodness, you did? Yeah. 01:27 So you have four? I have four. 01:29 Three that you've birthed and one... 01:30 And one that's 25 years old. And I know that. 01:32 Okay, wow, that's 25 years old? 01:35 Okay, so you are expert mother. 01:37 Yes, I think so. 01:38 I think so too. 01:40 And so, but everything was going pretty well. 01:44 Yeah. Until when? 01:46 She went to first grade 01:47 and the first few weeks of school 01:48 she wasn't doing well on her spelling test 01:50 and I said, "Well, maybe I should get a tutor 01:52 and let's get her eyes checked out, 01:54 'cause she started rubbing them a lot, 01:56 and we went to a tutor on a Thursday, 01:59 I took her after school, 02:01 and the tutor said there were some challenges 02:02 but nothing that was drastic, 02:04 and we went to the optician's office 02:06 on Friday, and she wanted to dilate her, 02:08 and I just had a gut feeling, so I called my husband, 02:12 I was like, "You need to come here," 02:14 and he was like, you know, work really far. 02:15 I said, "You need to come now." 02:17 And when they dilated, dilated her 02:19 and two hours later, they gave us the bad news. 02:22 And that's when we first found out 02:25 there was something wrong with her sight. 02:27 Where were you involved when, personally, at that time? 02:30 Well, I was working at Chromo Justice of Phils 02:32 as a profiler, 02:33 and I loved every aspect about it, 02:35 but my life forever changed at that moment 02:37 because I realized that my priority was my child. 02:41 And I decided to change my career completely 02:44 so that I could be there for her. 02:45 Wow! 02:46 So, and when you say, "When 'we' got the diagnosis." 02:50 It sounded more than just her, it was the whole family. 02:53 The entire family. Wow! 02:55 So what did you... 02:57 So what happened next, after the diagnosis? 02:59 After the diagnosis... 03:01 How did that impact... 03:02 What was the diagnosis exactly? 03:03 What was it? They didn't have a name for it. 03:06 They didn't have a name for it? No. 03:07 And she developed a mass, 03:09 they weren't sure if it was a tumor 03:11 and they were like, you can go Loma Linda, 03:12 we can't help you. 03:14 Went over to Loma Linda, a couple of days later, 03:16 after the weekend was over, 03:17 and I was a little sticky at first, 03:19 trying to get in but after groveling... 03:22 Yeah. 03:24 For our kids. 03:25 Yes, on my hands, you know, crying. 03:27 They got me in the next day and I called my husband, 03:30 I was like, "You need to get off work. 03:31 We need to go to the appointment." 03:33 I called my parents, told them what was going on, 03:34 we called our in-laws, 03:36 and we just had a season of prayer, 03:39 and I knew in my gut that something was terribly wrong, 03:43 the date of appointment my mother asked me 03:44 to do a basic eye test, and I had a red wallet, 03:47 and I put it in front of my daughter's eyes 03:49 but she couldn't see it at all. 03:51 And I remember becoming unglued, 03:54 and on the floor, 03:55 crying like a baby at the Loma Linda cafeteria, 03:57 of all places. 03:59 And one of the school chaplains, 04:01 Del, came up and got me off the floor, 04:03 and just laid hands on me and prayed, 04:06 and I got myself together enough 04:07 to pick up my kids from school, 04:09 and we had an appointment the next day 04:10 but that was my first breaking moment, 04:13 and it was my last. 04:15 Wow! 04:16 Because I knew then 04:17 that I didn't have the time to breakdown anymore, 04:20 I needed to be strong and a warrior mom, 04:23 and I couldn't do that if I was in a fetal position 04:25 all the time crying. 04:26 Right. 04:28 But that must've just been, I can't imagine... 04:31 It was very horrific. 04:33 I can't imagine, so, so you got the diagnosis, 04:36 then what happened next after the diagnosis. 04:39 What were the next things that happened? 04:41 They decided that she needed to be patched 04:43 for 12-15 hours a day. 04:45 And what's, patched? 04:46 You have a black patch like, 04:48 say someone is a captain and has lose an eye, 04:50 so they put a black patch on the eye 04:52 that doesn't work 04:53 and you're forced to use the eye, 04:55 I'm sorry, and the patch, 04:56 it's put on the eye that does work, 04:58 so they're trying to force the eye to start working. 05:01 That was very hard 05:02 because she would get patched from the time she left school. 05:05 So she can do homework, 05:07 when doing homework work for it orally 05:08 while she's patched 05:10 and she could hear everything very well, 05:12 but she can't see. 05:13 She would cry, so we went through a lot of patches. 05:16 During the week, she got very creative, 05:18 she would try and take them off at night, so then, you know, 05:21 you're having to put gloves on her hands really tight 05:23 so she doesn't take them off. 05:25 Oh, my goodness. 05:26 And it was almost like having a infant. 05:29 I felt that because a lot of things 05:31 that she could do before, she couldn't. 05:33 You had to start taking her to the bathroom, 05:35 I had to start dressing her, 05:37 and she just stopped being a child, 05:40 and she would just stay in her room, 05:43 and the best part of her day was watching TV, 05:45 it was part of her therapy. 05:47 So my husband had to get a big TV 05:48 and he's really happy about that. 05:51 And she would be right in front of the TV like that 05:53 and still couldn't see. 05:54 Really? 05:56 And, yeah, she loved G.I. Joe, that was her favorite cartoon. 05:59 And she watched that for a little bit every day, 06:01 five days a week, 06:02 and we didn't see an improvement. 06:04 So, Deia, were you hopeful though 06:05 when they first gave the patch therapy, 06:08 were you thinking that, 06:09 "Okay, this is all going to go away... 06:11 Oh, yeah. 06:12 Her eyes are gonna be fine." 06:13 I felt that she was okay on healing. 06:15 I wasn't worried about it. 06:17 I was like, it's in God's hands, 06:18 I've been a good mother, 06:20 my husband's been a good father, 06:21 she's been on a good diet. 06:23 I said this is temporary and, whoops, 06:26 it didn't stay like that. 06:28 They said, we had surgery, 06:29 we went to St Louis Children's Hospital 06:31 in Missouri. 06:32 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 06:33 You went from California to St Louis? 06:35 We did. How did that happen? 06:36 The doctor... 06:37 Was that a second opinion or what? 06:39 No, the doctor recommended that she have a lens transplant 06:42 and they felt that if she had a lens transplant, 06:44 she would get her sight back. 06:46 So we were ecstatic. 06:47 We were like our daughter is gonna see again. 06:49 It's going to happen. 06:50 I put a message on Facebook and it says, 06:53 'cause "If anyone lives in this area, 06:55 we need a place to stay 06:56 'cause we were going to be gone for three and a half weeks." 06:57 Wow! 06:59 And an old classmate of mine, I will never forget, 07:00 Dr. Aaron Aites, Facebook mate, 07:03 we used to be good friends at Oakwood 07:04 and he was like, "You can come crash in my house." 07:06 And then he called back, 07:07 "Oh, I better check with my wife first." 07:09 So we stayed with him for a little while and then, 07:11 of course, we got to surgery, you know, we stayed in a hotel, 07:14 and my parents came, 07:16 and a local Adventist pastor came, 07:17 and we met another young lady there, 07:19 and she had the surgery, 07:21 world renowned physician, and when she met kids 07:23 from Russia and Germany 07:25 who have the same surgeries there. 07:26 So this is a world renowned physician. 07:29 He's only two in the nation 07:30 that did this particular surgery. 07:32 Wow! 07:33 So the fact that we got in, we were very ecstatic. 07:35 How long did you have to wait 07:36 for when you are referred to actually going to St. Louis? 07:41 In the matter of eight weeks. 07:42 Well, that wasn't too bad. 07:43 No, not bad at all, not bad at all. 07:45 It was more insurance partake than anything else, 07:47 we would have gone sooner. 07:48 After we had the surgery, 07:50 it was just Delia and I, 07:52 in town, for a little while by ourselves 07:54 and we flew back home, Valentine's day. 07:57 How long was Delia in the hospital? 07:58 Just overnight. 08:00 No, she wasn't even overnight, more like 12-14 hours. 08:02 It was a day surgery. 08:04 Got in at 6 o'clock in the morning... 08:05 Was she in the surgery for 12-14 hours? 08:07 No, we checked in at 6:00 08:08 and we left about 8 o'clock that night 08:10 'cause we thought it was a little rough, 08:12 it's a little rough. 08:14 She was in pain? 08:15 Oh, man, I've never heard a scream like that in my life 08:18 and nothing will calm her down, 08:20 so the nurse literally had me to jump in 08:22 and look for her, 08:23 and they've given her pain meds 08:25 and she was just crying and screaming 08:27 to the top of her lungs. 08:28 And my heart was just aching for my child and it was, 08:31 I couldn't really touch her 08:33 because she has IVs running through her, 08:34 so if I try and touch her, it's just gonna make it worse 08:37 and I just started singing to her 08:39 because I didn't know what else to do and I started 08:41 rubbing her hand, and she didn't want that, 08:44 and the pain meds finally kicked in. 08:48 And she finally calmed down and went back to sleep, 08:51 and after a couple of hours they said, 08:53 you could take her back to the hotel, 08:55 come back in 24 hours, 08:57 and I took her to the hotel, gave her some meds, 08:59 and she went right to sleep. 09:01 Then woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning, really hungry. 09:03 Oh, good. 09:05 Wow! 09:07 What an experience and you're saying that, 09:08 you know, okay, this is it. 09:10 After all the pain, after, you know, 09:12 having to travel so far away, just the two of you, 09:15 the expense of getting plane, you know, airfare, and hotel, 09:19 and the stress of all of that, you're saying, okay, 09:22 this is it. 09:24 God's gonna answer this prayer for total and complete healing. 09:28 What happened then? 09:30 We went back to the doctor in California 09:32 'cause she was out of school for six weeks, 09:34 and it didn't work. 09:38 It didn't work. 09:39 How did you know it wasn't working? 09:42 Doctor told me. Doctor told me. 09:45 And... 09:46 What was that day like for you? 09:49 I felt like I was in hell. 09:51 'Cause I felt like I had prayed enough, 09:53 I had fasted that my child should have been healed, 09:56 I had been a good Christian, 09:57 that's just, that's just me talking. 09:59 Right. 10:00 And I was like, 10:02 "Man, I did everything right 10:03 and it was such hard being on diet." 10:04 We tried everything and, you know, 10:06 put her on herb and nothing was working 10:08 and I wasn't mad with God, but I was just frustrated 10:12 and all I could do was just fall to my knees 10:14 and I just cried. 10:16 I cried a lot and I just prayed in my closet 10:19 and it was just the best thing for me 10:21 and I never cried in front of my kids or my husband 10:24 because I had to deal with my agony with God myself. 10:26 And... 10:28 Must have been really hard. 10:29 It was very hard 10:31 and I think it would have been a little bit better 10:32 if Delia had gotten her sight back 10:34 but not necessarily, 10:35 because after she didn't get her sight back, 10:36 she developed glaucoma for the medication 10:39 she was getting. 10:40 Now what is glaucoma? 10:42 It's a disorder that can take your sight away, 10:44 it's like a cataract. 10:46 But in Delia's case, hers is medicine induced, 10:49 so you can't ever get rid of her glaucoma 10:51 and that's the worst part of glaucoma. 10:53 Most people, they can have their cataracts removed. 10:55 In my daughter's case, she can't. 10:57 So let's say her miracle came and her sight came back, 11:00 because of the glaucoma, 11:01 she will never see out of the eye again, 11:04 unless it is a miracle, so we got double whammy. 11:07 How was your, how did your husband take it? 11:08 He didn't come to that appointment. 11:11 I really believe they just, 11:12 and they were just very hard and somebody had to work. 11:14 Right. 11:16 So he just went to work 11:17 and I did the rest of appointments myself, 11:19 by myself. 11:21 How did you, how did you manage to do that? 11:22 How did you, how did you get the strength to do that, Deia? 11:25 I had a college classmate from Oakwood 11:30 and we would talk and she was my sounding board 11:33 'cause she had a child with special needs 11:35 and she introduced me to another mom 11:37 who has special needs 11:38 and I would have to talk to them 11:40 before I went to the appointments, 11:42 after I went to appointments, 11:43 and I would call my Aunt Betty quite a bit 11:45 and, and my mother, and they just got me through, 11:50 and lots of prayer. 11:52 Lots of prayer. 11:53 So then you got the news about the glaucoma and, 11:57 so what kinds of treatment did you start doing with Delia? 12:01 We just did the patching again. 12:03 There was no other treatment that was available at the time 12:06 and she's still on the medication 12:08 for the glaucoma. 12:09 She started having some other health issues 12:11 where the pressure in the transferred eye 12:13 was getting very high 12:14 to the point that she could have a stroke, 12:17 and I'm at home one evening, the doctor calls and says, 12:19 "I need to see Delia first thing in the morning." 12:21 She started doing school visits. 12:23 The doctor? 12:24 The doctor did 12:26 because they couldn't get that pressure down, 12:28 so then I had to start praying about that, 12:29 because if your pressure gets too high, 12:31 then the transplant can reject, 12:33 and I just remember being on the floor, 12:36 and I was like, "Oh, my God, 12:38 please do not put my child back in the hospital, 12:40 in Missouri again." 12:42 And during this time period, 12:43 the insurance bills started coming in 12:45 and I realized the insurance is not gonna pay for anything. 12:50 Anything? Nothing? Anything. 12:52 And I was like, "Oh, my Lord, 12:54 how are we gonna get through this. 12:56 We can't afford to pay $200,000, $300,000, $400,000 12:59 for her surgery. 13:00 We got, we were gifted the plane tickets, 13:03 for two of us, 13:04 but we still had to pay for my husband to come, 13:06 her brother to come. 13:07 We had to pay for our hotel. We had to pay for our meals. 13:10 When we went into the hospital, 13:11 nothing was given to her for free. 13:13 So everything was out of pocket 13:15 and you're talking about a huge financial strain. 13:18 We had a child who was very normal 13:21 and within a snap of a finger, she was visually impaired, 13:25 and we weren't getting any type of services, 13:27 and so we weren't getting any type of financial help 13:30 or any other help available for her. 13:32 Or at her school? 13:34 At her school, and we were struggling financially 13:37 because of the surgery. 13:39 And I went into professional mode, 13:43 and I started making some calls 13:44 and found out there were services 13:46 through the state I could get for my daughter, 13:48 but she would have to attend public school. 13:51 And I made a call. 13:52 To take her out of her school. 13:53 I had to take her out of Adventist Christian Education 13:56 and put her into public school for her to get the services 13:58 that she needed in order to succeed in life. 14:00 Wow! 14:02 And that's where she will be 14:03 until she graduates from high school 14:05 unless something changes. 14:06 So what kind of services is she receiving at school now? 14:09 She gets Braille services. 14:11 They've taught her how to use her cane 14:13 which is a white thing with red strips on it. 14:15 She also has a CCTV machine 14:18 which is close-captioned television. 14:20 She has a Google Chrome book 14:21 and her class was outfitted with a life size board 14:25 and it allows her to see all of her teachers' work 14:28 in very large print. 14:29 All of her textbooks are online. 14:32 And she's able to enlarge them. 14:34 All of her State tests that she has to take, 14:36 they are very large print, 14:40 so everything is compatible for her now, 14:42 but I had to fight for that too, 14:44 it didn't happen very quickly. 14:45 So you had to go through the whole IEP, 14:47 The Individualized Education Program? 14:49 I had to get a IEP, I had to get an advocate, 14:51 and the advocate had to get a disability attorney, 14:55 and that's how we got the help that she needed. 14:58 Wow! 14:59 Well, if it's okay with you, 15:01 we would love to be able to meet little Delia. 15:04 Most definitely. 15:05 And to hear from her point of view what it's been like. 15:08 Okay. 15:09 Delia, she's gonna come on to the set right now. 15:12 So happy to have her. 15:16 Thrilled to have her come here from California. 15:18 Hey, pumpkin. 15:21 Yes, okay. 15:23 All right, my dear, are you comfortable? 15:26 Okay. 15:27 Matter of fact, I was thinking... 15:29 Deia? Yeah? 15:31 Can you trade places with her 15:32 so she can sit right here? 15:33 Oh, yeah, sure. We have to. 15:35 'Cause we like to hear from her point of view 15:37 and we're gonna kind of do things 15:39 where they're not nice mikes. 15:40 Here we go, this over. 15:43 We break that up. Are you comfortable? 15:45 Okay, great. 15:47 So tell me, what would you like other families 15:52 and people to know about a little girl from California 15:59 who is in the... 16:00 What grade are you in? Fourth. 16:02 Fourth grade. 16:04 So how has school been for you, like in kindergarten? 16:09 Did you go to kindergarten or first grade? 16:11 Yes. How was school for you? 16:15 At first, school is a little tough 16:16 but again it was fun. 16:18 It was... 16:19 Okay, and then your vision started to go away, right? 16:24 Okay, and how was that for a school, 16:28 were the teachers helpful to you? 16:29 Did you have some challenges with some of the classmates? 16:33 How was that? 16:36 Sometimes, my first grade teacher was always nice, 16:41 and I did have problem with one student in my class. 16:45 With one student? 16:46 How were the other students? 16:48 They were fine. 16:50 What would you want other fourth graders 16:53 to know about a young lady 16:55 who is having some challenges in seeing? 16:57 How would you want to be treated? 17:00 Like everybody else. 17:03 Like everybody else. That's right. 17:05 Wanna be treated like everybody else. 17:07 So when you grow up, 17:08 what would you like to do, Delia? 17:11 I would like to be a professional athlete. 17:14 A professional athlete. 17:15 What's your favorite sport? 17:17 Golf. 17:18 Golf? 17:20 You play golf? 17:21 I don't play golf. 17:23 You have your own, do you have your own iron in your own... 17:26 Yes. 17:28 You know, that's a great exercise. 17:31 So where do you play? 17:33 I play at the golf course 17:37 where we live and in my backyard. 17:39 In your backyard. 17:40 So wherever you find greens, okay, you're out there playing? 17:43 So, are you really good? 17:45 Mm-hm. You are? 17:47 Wow! That is really neat, that's really cool. 17:50 What do you like about school? 17:54 What's your favorite subject? 17:56 Science. 17:57 Science? 17:58 What do you like about science? 18:00 I like that it teaches us what, about things 18:05 and what happens when we mix things, 18:08 and I also like doing experiments. 18:11 What's your favorite experiment? 18:14 That would be volcanoes. 18:20 Volcanoes? 18:21 Did you make the volcano? 18:23 No. But you did it at school. 18:26 That's pretty cool, isn't it? 18:28 So how about the support that you get at school, 18:30 your mom said that you have... 18:32 What were some of the things that you said that she has? 18:33 She has a CCTV machine. 18:35 A CCTV... 18:36 Machine. What is that? 18:38 It's a very large TV that makes all of her school work. 18:40 How is that for you? It's very helpful. 18:44 Do you like having all those cool gadgets? 18:46 Yeah. 18:48 Yeah, that's nice and what else have you had to learn 18:50 to do to be able to read. 18:52 Were you reading, 18:53 you were reading before the fourth grade? 18:56 Okay. I learned how to read in Braille. 18:58 In Braille? How was that? 19:01 It's pretty cool. 19:02 Do they have books, lots of books 19:04 that are available to you in Braille? 19:08 Some of them but not all of them. 19:10 I mostly, I read my books on a computer. 19:15 On a computer? 19:17 And does it have audio as well? 19:19 Do you have any audio books 19:21 where you can listen to the books? 19:22 Yes. Okay, man, that's very cool. 19:25 What other learning, 19:27 what else helps you with school? 19:28 What are the things 19:30 that are helpful to you at school? 19:32 Large print paper. Large print paper. 19:35 How about... 19:36 Do you have access to the Sabbath school lesson 19:38 in large print? 19:40 No. We've never been given one. 19:42 We need to see about that one. 19:44 Are you aware of... 19:46 There are some pretty cool resources 19:47 that the Adventist church has, 19:49 that is specifically for those that are visually impaired. 19:52 We're gonna make sure you get that. 19:53 Oh, thank you. We had-- 19:54 Really? 19:56 Okay, well, I'm so glad you came today, 19:58 'cause we're gonna get you all of those things. 20:00 Oh, we're so excited. Yes, more books. 20:02 You like books? 20:03 Yes. Great, great. 20:05 I know that there is a beautiful program 20:07 that the church does have for the visually impaired 20:10 and I'll get that information, and for those of you at home, 20:14 I'll make sure we get that too. 20:15 Just visit our Dare to Dream website. 20:17 Matter of fact, let's look that up right now, 20:19 we don't want you to go another moment without that. 20:22 Okay, here we go right here, services.christianrecord.org. 20:28 It's a service from the Seventh-day Adventist church. 20:30 It's been around since 1899. 20:32 Here's all the cool things you can get. 20:35 Home services, Christmas specials, 20:37 lending library, 20:38 scholarships, audio magazines, large print, 20:42 subscription magazines, well, a whole host of cool things, 20:45 the SDA hymnal, 20:48 full vision books, a whole host of things. 20:51 So we'll look at this after the show for sure. 20:52 Oh, definitely. 20:54 And for those of you at home, 20:55 I hope you'll look at this website too. 20:56 So it should give you everything that you would like, 20:59 are these a whole lot more than what you already have? 21:02 So I hope you'd like to read, right, Delia? 21:04 Yes. You like to sing? 21:06 Yeah. 21:07 You sing. 21:08 What's your favorite song? 21:11 I don't have one. 21:13 You just like them all, okay, that works. 21:15 That's work. 21:16 So looking forward to you guys 21:18 being able to get more services, 21:19 something, that's something else, right, 21:20 that when you, when something happens for you 21:23 for the very first time, you don't necessarily know. 21:27 No. 21:28 About where to get. 21:30 You're not given a booklet. 21:31 I literally had to Google everything to find for her. 21:33 No one told me. 21:35 But God, God directed you. 21:37 Most definitely, it was all Him. 21:39 And you've got a smile in your face. 21:41 So tell me some more about golf. 21:44 I want to hear some more about your golf game. 21:46 Where do... 21:47 You said, you like to play out in your neighborhood, 21:50 in other places, have you had any pretty cool experiences? 21:54 Do you do miniature golf? 21:56 Yes, I do. Yeah. 21:58 Where is your favorite place to play? 22:04 That's a hard one. 22:05 The hard one, there's so many out there in California. 22:07 You got the castle, 22:09 you get some of those there in Loma Linda, 22:12 what's your favorite food that you like to eat? 22:14 Hamburgers. 22:15 Hamburgers, okay, that's great. 22:18 And what's your favorite thing to do, like on the weekends, 22:23 when you're not in school? 22:26 My favorite thing to do is to play sports. 22:32 Play sports. 22:33 What kind of sports do you like to play? 22:35 Basketball and golf. Basketball and golf. 22:40 Let me ask you, you carry a cane, 22:46 how was that for you when you first got that? 22:49 Did you get a class that taught you how to use it? 22:53 Nah, my mummy taught me how to use it. 22:55 You did? 22:57 Yeah, they gave me training 22:59 and I was able to teach her myself. 23:01 So are you able to get around pretty well with that? 23:03 Yes. 23:04 That's great, that's wonderful, that's absolutely marvelous. 23:09 What could you share with other little girls 23:12 that maybe have gotten sick 23:14 or that have had something that's happened to them 23:16 like losing their eyesight? 23:20 What do you think you could, 23:22 what's helpful for them to know? 23:25 To not be afraid. 23:27 To not be afraid. 23:30 What made you not be afraid? 23:33 My parents. 23:34 Your parents were supportive. 23:37 Do you know Jesus? 23:38 Yes. Has that helped you? 23:42 So that would be a big help if you know Jesus. 23:46 What kind of fun things do you like to do 23:47 when you're not playing sports and when you're not in school, 23:50 do you go places? 23:52 Where do you like to go? 23:55 Me and my mom sometimes, 24:00 hang out, and we have some fun, 24:03 we see a movie sometimes. 24:06 And sometimes, we go with our brother and sister 24:09 and go to the park. 24:11 To the park. 24:13 And you're in California, do you go to the beach? 24:14 Yes, I do. 24:16 You like to go swimming out there at the ocean? 24:19 Wow! 24:20 If there was some place 24:21 that you wanted to visit anywhere in the world, 24:23 where would that be? 24:26 Washington DC with Obama. 24:29 Wow! 24:31 That would be cool and what would you say to him 24:34 if you met him, President Obama, 24:36 what would you say? 24:38 It's nice to see you. 24:40 And let's play golf. 24:42 That's awesome. 24:43 Let's play golf. 24:44 Oh, play golf. 24:46 Also play golf. Wow! 24:48 Well, I really appreciate you coming to the program 24:50 and sharing with us about what it's been like. 24:57 As far as going to school, what would you, 25:00 you mentioned that you like to become a professional athlete 25:03 but do you have any desire to go on to high school 25:07 or into college or anything like that, 25:09 what would you like to do? 25:11 For college, I would like to get a degree, 25:17 before becoming an athlete, 25:19 I would like to become a publisher. 25:23 A publisher. 25:26 Okay, that's definitely advanced. 25:28 Okay, isn't that the kind of work that you do, 25:30 Deia, you do, you transferred from being a forensic profiler? 25:37 Yeah. 25:38 And now you have your own business which, 25:40 what's the name of your business? 25:41 Exquisite marketing. Exquisite marketing. 25:43 You have your own website? Yes. 25:45 Okay, and exquisitemarketing.com. 25:49 Exquisite is spelled with one "I," not two. 25:51 Okay. 25:52 One "I," okay. 25:54 And you do special events? I do. 25:57 I do special events and I also represent people 26:01 of different calibers nationwide 26:04 and I enjoy my job 26:06 because my new career gives me the opportunity 26:08 to be home with my children. 26:10 Oh, that's pretty cool. 26:11 And you only have one time to raise them. 26:12 Right. 26:14 And I don't like missing appointments for Delia, 26:16 I haven't missed one yet 26:19 because I schedule my work around her schedule, 26:22 that's just very important to me, 26:23 to be there for her. 26:25 So as a publisher, Delia, what would you be publishing? 26:31 Books. 26:33 Books, what kind of books? 26:36 Excitement, adventure, and mystery. 26:40 Love it, love it. 26:41 So you like to write? 26:43 Yes. 26:45 Oh, that is so cool, that is so cool. 26:47 Well, before we say goodbye 26:50 and let you guys get back on a plane 26:51 and head back to your family in California, 26:53 we would love to be able to pray with you guys, 26:56 pray with both of you beautiful ladies, 26:58 as well as those that may be facing some of the same things. 27:02 Can we offer a word of prayer? 27:03 Most definitely. Okay, if I do that? 27:05 Thank you, heavenly Father, for Your many blessings. 27:07 Thank you, for how You have brought Deia and Delia 27:10 through this challenge. 27:12 Lord, we know that You make everything beautiful 27:14 and we're praying a blessing upon little Delia's life, 27:17 the goals, the hopes, the dreams that she has, 27:21 Lord, please just bring those to fruition. 27:24 Lord, we just pray that You will provide everything, 27:27 You said, "My God will supply all of my needs." 27:30 Lord, Deia has talked about them, 27:34 the resources, 27:35 the financial resources that are needed in this, 27:37 that she and her husband are struggling 27:39 to still be able to meet. 27:41 Lord, we just pray a blessing upon the entire family 27:44 and especially upon little Delia. 27:46 Lord, that she will grow up to be the beautiful young lady 27:50 and fulfill the divine purpose that You have for her. 27:53 We pray these wonderful blessings 27:54 in the precious name of Jesus, 27:56 and for His name's sake. 27:57 Amen. Amen. 27:59 Thank you so much for coming to the program. 28:01 I wanna come over and give you a hug. 28:04 Thank you so much for coming. 28:06 Thank you, Deia, for coming. Most definitely. 28:08 And we pray that you guys have a safe trip back. 28:11 Thank you for joining us. 28:12 We hope the information that was shared with you today, 28:16 from this program, 28:17 will change your life for the better. 28:20 God bless. |
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