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Last week, we shared the story of the day that changed everything. The moment I found myself trapped in a burning car and the miracle that followed. But today you're going to hear the other side of that story. Joining me is the man God used to save my life. The man who ran into flames when everyone else had to run away.
Speaker 1:The man who without knowing me, without hesitation, bent metal with his bare hands and pulled me from what should have been my final moments. But what makes this even more incredible is what led him to that road at that exact time on that exact day. Because when you hear what he experienced leading up to my accident, you'll see even more clearly that this wasn't just an act of courage. It was a divine appointment. So, today we invite you into a conversation years in the making.
Speaker 1:This is the story of how God orchestrated every detail, even when we don't see it, and how one man's obedience became the miracle I never saw coming. This is Another Was in the Fire, Part Two.
Speaker 2:So here we are again, dear.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So this episode I know is going to be amazing. This is basically part two of the episode from last week. We have a special guest.
Speaker 1:I know.
Speaker 2:That's appearing with us today.
Speaker 1:I know. I'm super excited as well. This is going to be great.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is. So with no further ado, I'm going to go ahead and introduce our special guest.
Speaker 3:So
Speaker 2:guardian angel, superhero, retired Florida Highway Patrol trooper, and current pastor Milton Brown.
Speaker 3:Thank you very much. I am so glad to be here.
Speaker 1:Milton, I am so thankful you have agreed to be on this episode with us. I was actually reflecting on how many years it has been since we've shared this story, and it has when I calculate back, it's been twenty eight ish years since we've done this, I guess, really kinda shared the story. So thank you for coming on and giving the listeners an opportunity to hear your side of the story. I know that I've heard it many times myself. And every time I hear it, I I'm still in awe as if it was the first time that I've heard it.
Speaker 1:So I'm really thankful that you're on here, and I'm looking forward to you sharing your side of the story today.
Speaker 3:Well, thank you very much. I'm so glad to be here and simply continue on what God started a long time ago.
Speaker 2:All right. Let's go back in time to that day that all this occurred, December 1997. So Milton, what did that day look like for you? What was your schedule? What were you planning to do on what you thought was going to be a normal day?
Speaker 3:Well, actually, it, it's interesting that day I had planned on coming out, and there was a gentleman that I knew, that was going through some struggles in his life, and I had told him I would come by and simply talk with him. You know, in in Florida, we have these, what we call, used to have these things called forestry fire towers where they would climb up them and look out for, fires. And that gentleman worked at one of those, which was, I'd say, less than a quarter of a mile from where they actually had actually occurred. And I went by and had talked with him. He was really struggling with some things, and I said, well, I'll come by and see you in the morning.
Speaker 3:And he said he said, I'll be there. He said, I'm always there. If, if my car is there, I'm there. So I drive up to where he the the forest tower is at, and his car is not there. And that's part of one of those things that already I saw God in it later because he was actually at work but says his wife never takes the car.
Speaker 3:Never. But that particular day, she took the car, dropped him off at work, and left. So I assumed he wasn't there. So in that assumption, then I continued on and and was actually on my way to my mom's to drop off something, which was, again, probably a mile further down the road past the accident. But to say all that, my assignment that day, my true zone for working, we generally are assigned counties as state troopers.
Speaker 3:That day, was actually assigned a whole another county. Jackson County, which was, another county over. And so normally, I would have came out that day, left my house, been going to Jackson County, which would have been in the total opposite direction of where the crasher had occurred. So after, going and and stopping very quickly by where my friend was supposed to be, But, again, like I said, was there, but it was unusual, for his wife to take the car, but I continued on. And that's how I wind up driving on the crash, which was not called in, and I simply drove up to the crash, and that's when it all started.
Speaker 1:Gosh, Mildred, it's really interesting to hear you say this again because there are some details I remember, but there's some I I can't remember. I'm not really sure if it's because of time or or what it may be, but it's astonishing to hear you again say the things that lined had to line up for you to go in the direction that you ultimately went that day. So I just I wanna reiterate this, and I wanna make sure that the listeners didn't miss what you just said. You were not called to the accident. Correct?
Speaker 3:I did not. I was actually, actually kind of gonna go by there, visit that friend, talk with him, quickly go by my mom's house, drop something off that I had for her, and then quickly go on to the assigned county that I was assigned to, like I said, thirty minutes away. So if things had been on a normal day, which obviously nothing about this was normal, but if it had been a normal day, I would have came out, been going in the opposite direction, never have been there, and actually someone else would have been called to the call, which, I can tell you basically the way, the troopers are assigned, we're not, we don't have that many out. A lot of times, there's only one assigned to a county at one particular time. So I would have easily said that the trooper that would have gotten the call to that crash when the call went to our to your crash, Karen, when the call come in, would have easily have been thirty minutes away or so.
Speaker 1:Gosh, Milton, let's let's circle back and and recap, if you will. So you're saying that you were called to go to Jackson County that day, which is in the complete opposite direction of where my accident takes place. But because you were going to visit your friend, you head in the direction towards my accident. And as you approach your friend's home slash workplace, you see that his car's not there, which is always parked in the same place. But because you don't see his car there, you later learn it was because his wife had taken the car into town after she had dropped him off.
Speaker 1:You decide he's not there. And because of that, you drive on further up the road, as you said, going to visit your mother. And before you can get up the road to where your mother lives, you drive up on my accident at that time. So did I say that correctly?
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 1:So there's just no way that that is an accident. There's there's no way that's a coincidence. That was definitely a God moment.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. 1,000 out of a thousand times, Milton would have been going the opposite way to Jackson County. And he would have definitely not showed up uncalled to your accident.
Speaker 1:No way.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So Milton, just to kind of set the stage here. You've left your friend's work because you thought your friend was not there because the vehicle was not where it was supposed to be. And you're driving to your mom's residence a short distance away before you head over to Jackson County where you're going to work for the day. Whereas you're driving to your mom's house, you drive up on this scene that you were not called to, which is a burning car engulfed in flames, not something you see every day, in Washington County.
Speaker 2:What were you thinking when you drove up on this?
Speaker 3:Well, when I drove up, I I did see the car on fire, and I did see the semi. I saw people standing around. And to be honest with you, the way they were standing around, I automatically assumed there's nobody in the car. They're they're around. And I immediately called it in over my radio.
Speaker 3:There was truly, at that point, no urgency to anything going on. I called it in, let them know there was a car fire, send, send the fire department and everything. And then I heard a tap on my window as I was and and troopers are known for making sure they had their have their hats just right and everything. So I was putting on my hat, making sure it was just right when I heard a tap on my window. I let my window down, and the gentleman who was the truck driver told me, said, trooper, we tried to get her out, but we could not get her out.
Speaker 3:And I looked at him and I literally said, there's somebody in that car? And he said, yes. And that was the shocking time which I could not believe that there was somebody in that car. And that was when, I guess, I would say it shifted into emergency mode. I immediately called for, other assistance, EMS, but all I could see at that time was the car there on fire.
Speaker 2:Well, that is amazing. So Milton, you get your hat on straight and you're made aware there's somebody in that car. And I know you're thinking, my God. So immediately, as you've alluded to, you're in emergency mode. And I remember, you know, that Karen had said that that fuel pump was still pumping fuel.
Speaker 2:So I know this is not a normal, you know, car fire, if there is such a thing. So this car I know was like engulfed in flames. So I mean, what were your thoughts? What were you doing? I know Karen had mentioned previously that you had a fire extinguisher.
Speaker 2:So were you trying to put out the flames? What was going through your mind? And what actions were you taking to try to get this poor person out of this car?
Speaker 3:Well, looking at it and listening to what the truck driver had told me about not being able to get her out. When I went to the trunk to get my fire extinguisher, at that point in time, it was to my plan was to try and get the flames. I've dealt with many, many car fires over the years, as a trooper, and I can tell you, the size fire extinguisher that we have does not put a I don't think I've ever been able to put a car fire out with one. I don't care how soon you get there. And so I I really knew there was no putting that car fire out.
Speaker 3:What my intentions were was to try and get use the fire extinguisher to, I guess, best way to describe it is beat back the flames enough that I could take the fire extinguisher and break out the window and then hopefully try to pull her out, through the window. And so when I got there and went to the car, I, did that. I used the the fire extinguisher to get it down enough to where I wouldn't be burned so bad that I couldn't get to her, but I was able to beat the flames back just enough that I could and then I decided I'm going to try that door, even though I knew that they had tried it and could not get it open. So I tried the door, it would only open barely enough for me to get my fingers in the door. And that's when I decided I would try to pull the door open.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 1:My goodness. So, Milton, as you get to the car to, you know, put out as much of these flames as you just said that you could, I'm imagining that the flames are pretty close to where I'm at at this point. Right? I mean, I mean, as I've said, I was kinda in and out of consciousness at this point, not, you know, a % aware of what's going on. But would you like, how close would you say these flames were at this point?
Speaker 3:At that point, one of the reasons that I could not see you was the, or I didn't think anybody was in the car was the flames and the, compartment of the car was totally filled with smoke. So that was something. Even and I don't think I ever even saw you until the door came open. And that's where, to me, the miracles began because I know I'm a big guy, but I'm not that big as far as I don't lift weights. I don't train and all with weights, but I can definitely say god gave me strength because the truck driver had tried to get the door pulled open and others had and I just felt like there was no question that that door is coming open.
Speaker 3:And, God gave me the strength to, literally pull the door and the frame of that door bent. And so even thinking back now, I know I was not that strong, that it was definitely God that gave me the strength to literally bend the frame of the door. I don't know of any other way of describing it.
Speaker 1:Wow, Milton, I would like to mention as well, just to, like, take this to a whole another level of how miraculous it is that you were able to do this. In these particular cars, there was a structural support beam, you say, that is put in these cars to assist with side impact collisions. So as we think about that and you having the ability to bend that in half, I'm not really sure there's any other way to describe it other than that was just the strength of God that that allowed you to do something that obviously other people had tried and couldn't do. But God gave you the strength to do it. It just just absolutely remarkable all over again.
Speaker 2:It would absolutely be impossible without God.
Speaker 1:Yeah. It's it truly would be. It's no other explanation for that. Physics does not apply. It doesn't seem like in this situation.
Speaker 3:I I remember the first thing I noticed was you were unconscious when I first got to you. And I don't know if I shook you or what, but, like, you described it well, you were in and out. And I knew that based on other experiences with car fires and all, it was only a matter of seconds that we had to to, get you out. And I can't remember. There was something because when I first grabbed you, it wasn't like you came straight out.
Speaker 3:It was something. I don't know if your legs were hung or pinned, but there was something that kept you from being able to come directly out, we had to shift you or you and I, basically, you kind of moved or something. And at that time, I was able to grab you and and and carry you out of the car.
Speaker 1:I think I remember, Milton, shortly after the accident, you had shared with me that one of the reasons it was a little bit of a struggle to get me out of the car is that my feet had gotten hung up in the pedals because, unfortunately, I was not wearing my seat belt. But that's what I do remember is that you said that you went in hoping to just grab me and get out, but you couldn't. We actually had to work at it to get me out of the car primarily because my my feet were hung up. So I'm sitting here, of course, you know, being older now and understanding more than before what danger you're putting yourself in. I'm trying to wrap my head around what's going through your head at this point that's keeping you with such courage to to keep going, to to save this girl's life that you don't know that what what's what's going on in your head at this moment that makes you keep going and and determined to save my life?
Speaker 3:I I truly know that it had to be God. I I'm I've been through other things, and I know that God will put you in a position to help someone and then let you fail or let you get injured and not succeed. So at that point, I don't think, won't describe it as heroics because he took, what I might consider was a time where I should have been fearful. I should have been thinking, okay. Let me get out of here because this car is gonna explode.
Speaker 3:Let me get away and not get burned. And he truly did take any fear away, and all I could concentrate on at that point was we have to get you out of there and get you away from that car because, like I said, it was I knew that it was only a matter of minutes before, the flames would totally engulf both of us. And so there wasn't any, let me think about this. Let me think about that. It was simply, here's what I've gotta do, and I've gotta do it.
Speaker 3:And and I total concentration was on removing you from that car at that time.
Speaker 1:So the next thing that I remember, Milton, is hearing someone yelling in my ear, we gotta get out. We gotta get out. And at that point, I I remember this part that I was trying to throw my arm over your shoulder. You may have thrown my arm over your shoulder. Not sure.
Speaker 1:But I do remember that it hurt pretty bad because that's when I learned that I must have done something to my hand. So as you get me out of the car, after you've worked and done the things that we needed to do to get me unhung and you get me out of the car, that's when you run across the street with me and lay me on the shoulder of the road. Is that correct?
Speaker 3:That is correct. There was a this is a was it at time a two lane road? And so I took you from the side one pretty much one side of the road to the opposite side where the grass was, and and that's where we we landed for best description, I guess.
Speaker 1:So at this point, Milton, I remember you are over me asking me questions. Am I okay? What's hurting? All the things that you would typically ask. And I even now as I listen to you share the story, I get a little emotional about it even though it's been so many years now.
Speaker 1:But it's a pretty sober a pretty sober moment to think, wow, here and he, you describe all over again how close I came to death. Kind of shakes you a little bit. So I'm a little shook. But saying that to say, you lay me on the side of the road, you're asking me all the questions, making sure that you've got everything under control. So let's tell the listeners what happens next.
Speaker 3:Well, you're right. Some of the questions, are you okay? Where are you hurting? And I think I even asked you because of the thick smoke, was there anybody else even in the car? Because that was a fear of mine that is there anybody else?
Speaker 3:And so I had to think of that also. But once we got to the side of the road, it it's and I don't know. There's I'm sure there's a name for it, but one of the things I remember is you you literally held on, would not let go of me. And, I was, I guess, your security blanket at that point. So we actually the first spot we landed was was still a little close, so we've, shifted back, and and I was able to carry you a little further away to where I felt safe for both of us as far as, if, you know, when the car was continuing to burn and and even more engulfed.
Speaker 3:And, you could hear things popping and exploding, the tires and the things and and going off. And so I I really felt like we need to get farther away. And even when EMS arrived, we got you, but you would not I don't know if you remember this, but you would not let go of me. And, there was a gentleman, that a friend of mine named Gary Hall. He was he was an EMS, EMT, but he was also, part time law enforcement.
Speaker 3:He did both things, and so he was a friend of mine. And I remember getting you to focus on him, and I said, I trust Gary with my life. Go with him. He will take care of you. And it took that to actually get you to let go of me and go into the ambulance to where they could truly start taking care of you.
Speaker 1:Goodness, that's just remarkable.
Speaker 2:Milton, this is an amazing story that you're telling. But it's true. So, you know, it's just it's just really hard to believe how everything has unfolded. You know, and I know you were in trooper mode, and you were going through all the motions, and thank God you were. But at what point do you kind of sit back for a moment and think, you know, this is just, this is like a story out of the Bible.
Speaker 2:I mean, basically, this is a modern day Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I mean, three guys were in the fiery furnace and Jesus came and was the fourth man. So they were not harmed by the fire. Well, Karen was in a fiery furnace. And yes, Jesus was in there keeping her safe from the smoke and the fire, but he sent you to get her out of that fiery furnace.
Speaker 2:So at what point do you kind of start taking this all in and just kind of really seeing this was absolutely a miracle. This was absolutely the hand of God.
Speaker 3:You know, that, after it all settled down and and I look back and and look at exactly what happened and how it happened, even now, it is amazing. If I sat down and I said, okay, I'm going to write a story about miracles, this would not be the story because I would say people are not going to believe it. There's so many things that happened that had to happen to put me there at that point in time, everything from going back over to being assigned to another county. That was the particular day. I had been actually, I don't know in any way of calling it, but witnessing to the gentleman that I was going to stop by the Forestry Tower and his work for weeks.
Speaker 3:So that particular day, and and that that was surprising. And then the fact that I'll never forget his words that he had told me the day before, I'm always there. My car will be there. And it was only later that I found out that the reason his car wasn't there was the fight that his wife took it. And when he told me that later, he said, She never takes the car.
Speaker 3:So that was highly unusual, even from his standpoint. And so those steps that had to happen to get me there that day. There's no question they were ordered of the Lord. Even leading to the fact that when I pulled on that door, there's no reason I should have been able to be in that door frame bike other than the fact that god's strength through me gave me the strength to do that. So, when I look back on it, there's so many steps and so many things that had to happen that shows me that god was already ordering my steps to be there that day.
Speaker 3:Even now, it is just amazing that that it all happened and it strengthens my faith in the Lord even more now just just talking about it and looking back on it.
Speaker 1:So I think this Milton is a good setup for the next really big moment for me specifically regarding this incident. And first of all, I'd like to I just wanna remind everyone that you and I have never met before. This was the first time you had ever seen me and me, you.
Speaker 2:Great introduction. Right.
Speaker 1:Interesting introduction for sure. So I go to the hospital. They find out I'm not in imminent danger. I'm stable and all is well. So they released me from the hospital that night to go home.
Speaker 1:The next day, our family hears a knock on the door and that knock on the door was you. You had came by to pay me a visit. And it was a pretty surreal moment that now after all the chaos, things have settled. I'm now seeing this person who just saved my life. And I could sense that there was something weighing heavy on your heart that day.
Speaker 1:So you come in and you kneel down beside me to share some things. Do you mind Milton sharing what it was that was weighing on your heart that day?
Speaker 3:I remember coming by your house and, if I'm not mistaken, it was I think you and your mom there. And, that's when I really kind of figured out who you were. I had never met you. I, I I had meet met your dad and mom, knew of them. Not that we were, you know, see each other all the time because after high school, I had, left, went to college, and then joined the highway patrol, was in Tampa, and, and then came and worked Fort Walton Beach.
Speaker 3:And so I had actually only transferred back here to the, this area where you live and where I live and where I grew up. Only a couple of years before that. I had only been back a short time. And, but I I did know of your family, and, I think I was coming over maybe to bring the driver license, that day or something, but that's when I got over and talking with your family and your dad and all, or your mom. And I don't want to bring up too many things, but that's when I realized that this is the same family that had lost a child in an accident years ago.
Speaker 3:I was probably 13, 14 years old when that accident happened. It was shocking because I knew some of the people in that accident from school. And it struck me how that must have been for your family because of, the previous accident that had happened, with a Phreesia's crash with a drunk driver there on on in Panama City Beach. So that was when even more of what I knew God was doing came to revelation, I guess I'll call it, that day when I realized that there was that connection. This is the same family that had previously previously lost someone.
Speaker 3:And that's hard enough. I could not even start to imagine what your family was going through.
Speaker 1:Milton, I remember the moment when you knelt down beside me to begin to share with me the events that had just happened the previous day. You took a moment to say, young lady, there's some there's some details about this incident that I think it's important for you to know about. And you begin at that moment to explain to me that you were not called to that accident, but that you actually drove up on the accident. Wow. That was a that was a pretty remarkable moment for my mom and I who was there as well.
Speaker 1:Because of course, we're thinking you were called to this accident and you were doing what they were telling you to do, you know. So it's just remarkable to think that you weren't called and you wanted to make sure that I knew that. You further explained that, sweetie, I don't know what your relationship is like with Christ, but there is someone who saved your life and his name is Jesus. And for some reason He saw fit for you not to leave this earth yesterday. And He orchestrated and moved a lot of things to make sure that yesterday was not your last day.
Speaker 1:So I remember that and it really did impact my life really heavily. Do you remember that, Milton?
Speaker 3:I do. And I can even take you a little bit deeper into that. The same guy that I told you that was working EMS that day, Gary Hall, when I got to the hospital, had to go to the hospital that day and different things, me and Gary talked, and Gary brought up the fact that there was something about you, and that was the best way I can describe it. He said, there's just something about that young lady. And I agreed with him that there was just something about you.
Speaker 3:And, knowing further now, and and, I don't know of any other way of describing it or telling it, but it it's anointing. It was it was the anointing and and that anointing that truly was over you then, that anointing that was truly protecting you, and we both recognized it. And that's why when I came to see you the next day, I felt I had to sit down and talk with you about that because I knew that for everything that had happened that day, God had something he wanted you to do. And, there was no question in my mind at that point. And it was simply confirmed by Gary Hall, the EMSEMT that day, that I wasn't just thinking it, but it was truly something about you and the anointing that God had placed over you and over your life.
Speaker 3:And so when I sat down to tell you that, I felt you really needed to know and and I wasn't trying to scare you and say, well, here's what could have happened and should have happened with the crack. I really wanted you to know what god had done for you that day And, and and I don't know of any other way of saying it, to not take it for granted because, like you said, you were a 19 year old young lady. And so I wanted you to know that this is serious. What he had done for you was to not be taken lightly. And he did truly have a higher purpose for you in this life.
Speaker 2:That is so powerful, Milton. So just kind of like you've described, as you just really felt led to personally speak with Karen and just share that the anointing was so strong in her life and that God had a plan for her. She was on assignment. She had a mission and it was not finished. And He supernaturally moved in that situation and made sure that she was able to survive that and continue on with the mission that he had in front of her.
Speaker 2:So for all of our listeners that are that are hearing this story today and are going through a dangerous, dark situation in their life, they feel like the flames of this life, the storms of life are just surrounding them and they don't know if someone is going to come save them or not. What do you say to those people, Milton? Just like you spoke with Karen and spoke words of encouragement into her life, letting her know that Jesus was not done with her and he wasn't behind schedule. He was absolutely on time. What do you say to those people that are absolutely in the fiery furnace?
Speaker 3:What I would tell them is to hold on. Hold on to God, hold on to His promises, hold on to Him as if your life depends on it because truly it does. And to to not give up, one of the things that I think about is how many people give up before God comes through in what he wants them to do in their life. Hold on. We as humans, the hard part is for us to truly turn everything over to God and to trust him totally.
Speaker 3:We say it all the time, I trust him, but to truly do that is tough. Because to do that, we have to trust him with what he wants, what his calling is, his calling, not our calling, but what his calling is for our life. And then not only do we have to trust him with what his calling is, we have to trust him with the timing. It's one thing to trust Him and say, Okay, Lord, it's yours, but then His timing, that makes it even tougher because as flesh, we want everything now. We live in an instant society where everything's gotta be now, but, god does not operate that way.
Speaker 3:Most times, just like in Karen's case, he has to prepare us, just like in my case, and there's other things, and and and, this was one of the things that started off some trials in my life in which I realized, okay, god, as a trooper, being a trooper is not a job for me. You have put me here because it is my calling. It is to help people, whether that's through counseling, whether that's to physically be there like I was with Karen. He has placed me in other situations that I don't want to get into here, but he and I've learned, like I said, he will not place you there and then not protect you. If he puts you there, he's going to protect you.
Speaker 3:It's about what God wants to do with you to further him and to further his kingdom of bringing people to him and once you realize that, okay, it's not about me, then it helps you to accept his will over your life and his timing because it's tough to have to you know, it's one thing to hear, yes, you can. It's another, I can even accept, no, you can't. But to hear wait is the toughest thing.
Speaker 1:It's interesting, Milton, because years ago, I used to sing a song when he's four days late, he's still on time. How true of a statement. In our carnal eyes, it definitely looks like an impossible situation, and and actually it is.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:For all of us, it is an impossible situation. But when you have God and He's got your back.
Speaker 2:But God.
Speaker 1:But God, you know, all things are possible. So it is remarkable what you were able to do that day. And as we sit here and talk about this and and as you have mentioned, there's a lot of other things that you've went through in your career, Milton. There were a lot of dangerous situations that you found yourself in. And once again, like he did when he protected you from danger in my accident.
Speaker 1:He protected you in all these other situations as well. And it's interesting to think about this, Milton, how that accident that day, I'm very sure was one of the instrumental things that God used to prepare you for all the other situations and circumstances that you were going to find yourself in. So what is so great about God and when we're going through life struggles, he uses all things to prepare us and equip us for what he knows is ahead for us. So it's very interesting to reflect and think about what all God had actually done to prepare you even for my accident and how he used my accident to prepare you for the next incident that you were gonna find yourself in. So it is an incredible fault when you reflect and you think about that and how God works and is always working things out for our good.
Speaker 2:And it goes right along with what you say all the time. God is developing your character to catch up to your calling. That is so true in this situation.
Speaker 1:So very true. Couldn't fit better. So for twenty eight years now, have watched you Milton and I have seen firsthand how you have been much like David and have been a man after God's own heart. You truly have a servant's heart. I know I have said this many, many times, but I will say it over and over and over again.
Speaker 1:Thank you for saving my life. Thank you for being fearless, selfless, and obedient to God and allowing Him to use you in such a tremendous way. I know I'm not the only one that is thankful and that you have touched. There are so many countless more that have been blessed by you. I am honored to not only call you my friend, but to also call you my guardian angel.
Speaker 1:You are so loved, so appreciated. And I'm so thankful for what you've done and what you continue to do with your life.
Speaker 3:Thank you very much. I can truly say that my life has been blessed to know you, Karen, and now to know Todd with you two being together. And I have so much enjoyed watching what God has done in both of your lives. For me to feel like I had a part involved in that, it just again builds up my faith. And even now with what you're doing with your calling and the way you two are still working in the ministry, it, it builds me up even further in in my faith of the Lord and and helps me a lot.
Speaker 3:So I do appreciate both of you, and I love you both, truly love you both so much. Thank you both again.
Speaker 1:Milton Brown was never dispatched to my accident. There were no sirens, no urgent call over the radio. He was simply on his way to visit a friend. But when he couldn't find his friend at home, he drove off. And just over the next hill, he drove straight into my moment of greatest need.
Speaker 1:What some would call coincidence, we know is divine appointment. Because God didn't just save me from the fire. He sent someone into it, and just the right time, in just the right place. A man who was willing to say yes, even when he didn't know he was being used by God. Milton, thank you for not just being brave, but for being available.
Speaker 1:Your obedience saved my life. And for everyone listening today, let this be a reminder. Sometimes your detour is someone else's deliverance. God is always writing a bigger story. We're so grateful you joined us for this incredible episode.
Speaker 1:If you were moved by today's conversation, please share it with someone who needs a reminder that they're not alone and that God still shows up even in the fire.