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Discussion October 26, 2026 · 15:47 · 10 min

Mike's story, part 3: the Pleasantville youth group and Ethiopia

Mike tells how God nudged them from a thriving pole-barn youth group to start a scrappy new one in Pleasantville after his brother called back illegally from a treatment center to say God had confirmed it, and how he saw God's hand — then a crisis of faith — in their international adoption journey: a National Geographic magazine on his boss's desk pointed them at Ethiopia, the money all showed up, they waited five years, and then Ethiopia shut down international adoption. He still doesn't understand that 'Ebenezer,' and he wonders what God is preparing him for next at 43.

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