{"id":302627,"date":"2012-11-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/overcoming-adversity\/"},"modified":"2012-11-08T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T17:00:00","slug":"overcoming-adversity","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/overcoming-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Brown had already overcome a drug addiction.  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He joined the military and became an elite Navy Seal.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2012-11-08.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Adam Brown never lost his amazement at God\u2019s grace, how God had saved him and transformed his life.\u00a0 As a Navy SEAL, he was not ashamed to tell others about his love for Jesus.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s not the cool thing because these guys are rough and tough SEALs, and it\u2019s just not common to be as passionate about Christ as he was.\u00a0 He just wasn\u2019t afraid to wear his faith on his sleeve.\u00a0 I mean, he talked about it.\u00a0 There was no denying.\u00a0 He never tried to hide the fact that he was a Christian, and I know that had to be challenging on him.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, November 8<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 Kelley Brown joins us today to tell us what life was like married to a man who loved his country and who loved Jesus.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Thursday edition.\u00a0 You know, one of the reasons that we wanted to have our guest join us today is because this week on Sunday we will be celebrating Veteran\u2019s Day as a nation.\u00a0 It\u2019s appropriate for us to hear the story of a veteran and one who gave all for us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>He gave his life for our country, and his widow, Kelley Brown, joins us here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Kelley, welcome back to the broadcast.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Thanks for having me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kelley and Adam were married for 12 years.\u00a0 They had two children, Nathan and Savannah.\u00a0 They live near Hot Springs, Arkansas.\u00a0 Bob, I just have to say and turn to our listeners here at the beginning of the broadcast.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know in 20 years of doing broadcasting that we\u2019ve ever offered a book like <em>Fearless<\/em>, which is the book that Kelley has co-authored.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever offered a book with this kind of salty language.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Authentic, SEAL Team Six language, right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Basic training language.\u00a0 It\u2019s not sugar-coated, and the story isn\u2019t either.\u00a0 So, if you read the book, you just need to be aware of that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 The story, as we\u2019ve already started to hear this week, is a story of a young couple.\u00a0 You guys met and dated.\u00a0 You learned pretty quickly, Kelley, that Adam was a drug user, and he wanted to get better but he kept lapsing.\u00a0 It was kind of an on again, off again relationship.\u00a0 At one point, he called and said, \u201cI want to get clean, and the only way I\u2019m going to get clean is if you\u2019ll marry me.\u201d\u00a0 You said, \u201cYes,\u201d and you guys eloped immediately.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur listeners hear that and go, \u201cThat sounds crazy.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It did seem like a very ridiculous move, and my parents were mad.\u00a0 His parents were mad.\u00a0 All of our friends were mad.\u00a0 So, we just basically\u2014we had the pastor of our church marry us.\u00a0 It was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, now, wait a second.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t you have the Justice of the Peace marry you first?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s true.\u00a0 We did.\u00a0 We had the Justice of the Peace marry us when he came home on an airplane from Texas\u2014sounds crazy, I know.\u00a0 We had that.\u00a0 We just wanted to make sure that we\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, he proposed over the phone.\u00a0 Then, a couple days later\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014you are Mrs. Adam Brown.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m Mrs. Adam Brown.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And your parents have no\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 They have no idea.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014idea?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 No idea.\u00a0 Neither did his parents.\u00a0 So\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you come back\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 We didn\u2019t tell anybody.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You come back around and do a church wedding later?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 We did.\u00a0 Well, we\u2014yes, because I never really felt married.\u00a0 I knew that I wanted to have a pastor bless our marriage; and I think his parents were away on a trip.\u00a0 He called them and said, \u201cI got some news.\u201d\u00a0 You know?\u00a0 \u201cI got married, and I joined the Navy.\u201d\u00a0 So they responded with just complete, \u201cWhat are y\u2019all doing?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey didn\u2019t want me to stay.\u00a0 They begged me to leave him.\u00a0 They were like, \u201cKelley, he\u2019s going to hurt you.\u201d\u00a0 Then my parents\u2014I don\u2019t know if I ever really told them.\u00a0 I was too nervous to tell them; but there was a friend of mine that actually saw it in the newspaper.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know that marriage licenses were printed in the paper.\u00a0 So, somebody got to them before me.\u00a0 So, that\u2019s how they found out.\u00a0 So\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is not good.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It was not good.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is not good form, Kelley.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 No.\u00a0 I know that.\u00a0 I know that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t care\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s awful.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014if you are marrying ultimately a Navy SEAL.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 It\u2019s awful.\u00a0 I look back on it now, and I just\u2014I made some crazy moves.\u00a0 We both did, but all my defense is that I can say is that I had faith that God could change him.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay, to that point\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014was there ever a moment when you questioned whether you\u2019d heard from God and what did that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yes.\u00a0 I totally did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Because it was rollercoaster from there.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, actually, it wasn\u2019t really so much a rollercoaster from there as the fact that we got married and we moved away.\u00a0 We moved away from Hot Springs.\u00a0 So, we actually became a little bit more consistent.\u00a0 I was basically his accountability partner.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I did question the fact, though, whether this was God really wanting me to stay or if maybe it was my own selfish desires, my own desire to get things the way I wanted them because that\u2019s\u2014as a human, that\u2019s what we want.\u00a0 We want to control our lives, and I\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You made a covenant with Adam.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And then, you kept it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the face of some pretty tough stuff, you kept it repeatedly.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 I loved him.\u00a0 I loved him unconditionally, and I knew going into this that there was going to be some problems, but it wasn\u2019t anything he couldn\u2019t do.\u00a0 With God on our side, it wasn\u2019t something he couldn\u2019t beat.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, tell me about the first year of marriage for Mr. and Mrs. Adam Brown.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 The first year of marriage, we packed him up right away.\u00a0 He left for Great Lakes, Illinois.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s boot camp.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, I know; but that\u2019s even a miracle because here\u2019s a\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014because here\u2019s a former felon\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014getting in the Navy?!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, I know.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t make sense.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t make sense at all.\u00a0 We said, \u201cOkay, if you even get into the military, this is a God thing because we\u2019re not going to lie on your forms.\u00a0 We can\u2019t lie.\u201d\u00a0 There were some issues.\u00a0 It just so happened that we had\u2014one of Adam\u2019s childhood friends, his dad was in charge of the whole Southeastern Division.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, he took a huge risk on his name to let Adam in the military, and that\u2019s because he knew Adam.\u00a0 He just knew his heart.\u00a0 His heart was bigger than anything.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So you moved where?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 We moved to Great Lakes, Illinois.\u00a0 I stayed back while he was in boot camp because I couldn\u2019t be there.\u00a0 So, then, he decided to take an \u201cA\u201d School that would allow me to move up there with him.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 How were the two of you getting along?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Outstandingly.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 To be honest, we were getting along.\u00a0 It was great.\u00a0 We had some of the best times during this.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay, to that point, back to Bob\u2019s question\u2014to that point, high point and low point of your first year of marriage.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, probably, the low point was when we got married, to be honest.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Just because it\u2019s ridiculous, and the circumstances surrounding that were ridiculous.\u00a0 That was kind of a low point, and we wanted to go so much further than that.\u00a0 I mean I can think of a high point as\u2014I mean we had no money.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe used to save all of our change, and we\u2019d go down to the MWR.\u00a0 We would have <em>Pac-Man<\/em> wars for hours.\u00a0 It was great.\u00a0 I loved it.\u00a0 I mean he never won.\u00a0 He would never beat me, and I loved it; but it was times like that and just the quality time that we had because there were no interruptions.\u00a0 There was nothing else.\u00a0 We were focused on what was ahead of us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And he was clean?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 He was clean.\u00a0 He was clean.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t doing anything.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 No relapses?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Nothing.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No, not at all.\u00a0 And that\u2019s where I started to see this change in him and this drive.\u00a0 Everything started changing.\u00a0 It became about him and his wife and realizing the responsibility he had now; and it completely changed.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 When did he begin to have his eye on Special Forces?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 From the beginning.\u00a0 That was kind of his\u2014that was the deal.\u00a0 He was going to go be a Navy SEAL.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I have to tell you the story of how in the world he became a Navy SEAL\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014absolutely remarkable.\u00a0 Share a few of the obstacles\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014that occurred along the way.\u00a0 You can\u2019t share them all, but you\u2019ve got to share some of the major, mountain ranges that he crossed to ultimately become a member of Navy SEAL Team Six.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know that question is a long question because there was so much that happened in between those years.\u00a0 First, he graduated BUD\/S.\u00a0 It was amazing that he passed BUD\/S\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 What is BUD\/S?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014quite honestly.\u00a0 BUD\/S is Basic Underwater Demolition\/ SEAL training tactics\u2014stuff like that\u2014which is a demanding physical and mental program.\u00a0 It has a very high failure rate, a failure rate of about 97%.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, for him to even become a SEAL was a challenge in and of itself.\u00a0 I also became pregnant while he was at BUD\/S, and we had our first child in 2000.\u00a0 So, we had Nathan.\u00a0 He graduated from BUD\/S in February of 2000.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wasn\u2019t there also in the midst of all this as he qualified for the SEALs\u2014wasn\u2019t there a relapse somewhere in there?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 There was.\u00a0 It was early on.\u00a0 Adam had, at this point, not even checked into a team yet.\u00a0 He had made BUD\/S, and now he was out in Georgia doing some static line.\u00a0 They were jumping out of planes and learning how to do that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019d gone to see him.\u00a0 I met with him in Atlanta\u2014flew over there, and he drove up from Columbus, Georgia.\u00a0 He was at Fort Benning.\u00a0 He drove up there to see me.\u00a0 Then, I was flying back out on a Sunday night.\u00a0 As he drove back in, I think that demon just started calling his name, and he had some idle time.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a good thing\u2014wasn\u2019t a good thing; but it was quick.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You had a choice though\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014Kelley.\u00a0 Again, as I read the story of your courageous love for your husband, you hung in there with him.\u00a0 You could have quit, but you didn\u2019t.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, I didn\u2019t.\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t\u2014I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I just couldn\u2019t quit Adam.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t quit this man I devoted myself to.\u00a0 At this point\u2014to say it all\u2014he had two relapses in the military.\u00a0 The first one he had been sober for two years.\u00a0 Then, the next one he was sober again for another two years; but from what he went from, that\u2019s huge.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know it\u2019s bad, and he knew it was wrong; but I did\u2014and that last time, I looked at him, and I did not know where he was.\u00a0 This point, I had two children\u2014I mean she was a baby.\u00a0 She was an infant.\u00a0 When he walked in that door, I said, \u201cYou know, Adam, I will not do this anymore.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know where you were.\u00a0 Your friends were out looking for you.\u00a0 This is wrong, and you\u2014and this is not fair to me.\u00a0 Now that you are a father, you cannot do this to these children.\u201d\u00a0 And I walked out the door.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wanted him to feel what it felt like those nights he was gone where I didn\u2019t know if he was dead or if he was alive.\u00a0 So, I did leave, and I let him wonder.\u00a0 I showed up later, and he looked at me.\u00a0 He said, \u201cThat will never, ever happen again;\u201d and it didn\u2019t\u2014didn\u2019t.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 There were physical limitations that he\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Physical limitations, absolutely.\u00a0 It was in 2003.\u00a0 By this time, we had already had our daughter.\u00a0 She was born in 2002.\u00a0 She was a baby.\u00a0 But he got shot in the eye with a sim round\u2014so, it was kind of like a paint ball round, but it\u2019s live.\u00a0 It\u2019s live-fire.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 He lost the eye?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 He did not actually lose the eye.\u00a0 He lost a lot of vision in the eye.\u00a0 He was only able to see some peripheral\u2014maybe like blurs, kind of motions; but he did lose his sight in that eye.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I would think that\u2019d be it.\u00a0 They\u2019d say\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s what most people thought.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 But they didn\u2019t?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 They did not.\u00a0 He was passing tests.\u00a0 He was doing things, and he was making no different shots than anybody else.\u00a0 So, there was really no reason for him not to be fully functional as a SEAL.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is pretty remarkable that he\u2019s kicked drugs, you and he have gotten married, had kids, he\u2019s advanced as he has in the military.\u00a0 I\u2019m just curious about what was going on his life at this point spiritually, because, as you said, he had kind of an early conversion experience.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Then, Teen Challenge had kind of gotten him back on track; but it had been stop and start for him spiritually.\u00a0 What was happening at this point in his life?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It had, but he recommitted his life.\u00a0 He and his father went on a little church retreat\u2014and this was right before he went to Teen Challenge.\u00a0 Actually, it was in jail.\u00a0 He was actually sitting in jail when he really met God\u2019s grace.\u00a0 This was after his hurting himself, going to jail, facing Teen Challenge.\u00a0 That\u2019s where he actually met God, I believe, was in that jail cell.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn the process of Adam\u2019s challenges, his parents said, \u201cWhat are we going to do?\u00a0 How we are going to make this work?\u00a0 We need to go to church.\u00a0 We need to pray about it.\u201d\u00a0 Adam\u2019s\u2014even in his addiction problems, that\u2019s what eventually led to his parents accepting Christ as their Savior.\u00a0 They went to church thinking they were going to help Adam; but when they got there, they realized that they were the ones getting help.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdam was very firm in his faith.\u00a0 Even through our marriage, he was a very incredible spiritual leader in our family.\u00a0 We did Bible devotions together every night.\u00a0 We prayed together every night.\u00a0 That was the center of everything for us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Was there any conflict between what he was pursuing vocationally and walking with Christ?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s not the cool thing because these guys are rough and tough SEALs.\u00a0 Even the military in general\u2014it\u2019s just not common to be as passionate about Christ as he was, and he just wasn\u2019t afraid to wear his faith on his sleeve.\u00a0 I mean he talked about it.\u00a0 He never tried to hide the fact that he was a Christian.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 He didn\u2019t leave his faith at home.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, no, he took his faith with him.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 He represented Christ with children in Afghanistan?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 He did.\u00a0 He did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Share with them what he did.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 It was so sweet.\u00a0 Just\u2014I would send him care packages a lot.\u00a0 \u201cSo, what do you need for this deployment?\u00a0 I\u2019ll send you some coffee and all the little things you like.\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 Don\u2019t even worry about me.\u00a0 How about throw some socks and shoes in there, please, because I\u2019m looking at these children; and it\u2019s cold.\u00a0 It\u2019s so cold up here, and the terrain is terrible.\u00a0 I just can\u2019t stand the fact they don\u2019t have socks and shoes on.\u00a0 They need to have them on.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, between myself and calling his mom and we got some churches and friends involved, we sent over\u2014I guess, it was probably maybe 500 pairs of shoes that got sent over to Afghanistan to one of their locations there.\u00a0 He\u2019s in the middle of a war zone, and he\u2019s passing out shoes.\u00a0 That spoke so many levels, and the fact that he could share Christ\u2019s love for us through that example\u2014so, Adam was able to demonstrate that somebody out there loved them and cared about them.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Did any of your friends\u2014because you\u2019re friendly with the other wives in the unit\u2014any of them have the car pull up in front of the house and deliver the news to them?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Tell me about what you remember; because I\u2019m thinking of you as a wife, hearing what\u2019s happened to somebody else\u2019s husband.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, you know, I\u2019m going to try to go back a little bit; because when we were talking about things that he had to overcome, he\u2019d been shot in the eye.\u00a0 At this point, he\u2019d already lost three of his fingers on his dominant hand.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m used to getting phone calls saying \u201cI\u2019m hurt.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The fingers on the hand, that occurred when his\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 That was in 2005 when his Humvee crashed.\u00a0 He was just on the passenger side, but he was holding onto the outside of the Humvee.\u00a0 It rolled, and it severed his fingers.\u00a0 Then there was another incident where he broke his leg, and I got a call on that.\u00a0 I knew what those phone calls could entail.\u00a0 So, I knew the depth of where this could go, but I knew that\u2014I started to think that my husband is invincible.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m like, \u201cHe\u2019s going to be like the Bionic Man.\u00a0 They are going to plug him up when he has to go somewhere, and he\u2019ll charge up because all of his parts are going to be metal by then.\u201d\u00a0 So, he just kept overcoming.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven going through the selective process to be a part of the command he was\u2014when he lost his fingers, I remember him telling me\u2014you know he lost his dominant eye and his dominant hand.\u00a0 Then, he was trying to go through the most selective process.\u00a0 So, he had to retrain himself on how to shoot a gun, how to enter a house.\u00a0 He had to overcome all these challenges.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 He was worried about\u2014I said, \u201cOh, my goodness, your hand, your dominant hand.\u00a0 How are you going to write again?\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s like, \u201cWrite?!\u00a0 How am I going to do pull-ups for this team I\u2019m supposed\u2014I\u2019m trying hard for this selection process.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got to be able to do these pull-ups and these push-ups.\u00a0 How am I going to get my fingers to work?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m like, \u201cWhat about just writing your name out?!\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Using a spoon.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Exactly.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting you describe him as the Bionic Man; because as I was reading your book, I\u2019m going, \u201cThis guy, he ought to be one of the Avengers, one of the superheroes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 My kids\u2014my daughter really thought he was.\u00a0 She thought he could fly.\u00a0 That\u2019s what she thought.\u00a0 We just thought it was cute because she would see him come back, and it was just\u2014when you say, \u201cAdam,\u201d it was not just Adam; it was Adam Brown.\u00a0 Everybody knows him as Adam Brown because with that comes a huge multitude of just\u2014he had overcome a lot, and he gained a lot of respect for what he did; but going back to your question, as far as the notification\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, knowing what could come.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 What could come out of it, I knew.\u00a0 I already had that understanding, but it was a Super Bowl Sunday, February 4<sup>th<\/sup> of 2008.\u00a0 I know because my husband\u2019s birthday was the next day, and he had to notify the Hardy family on his birthday.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Adam had to do this?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Adam had to notify the Hardy family.\u00a0 This was a side of my husband I had really not seen.\u00a0 Friends and I were at our house.\u00a0 We were watching the Super Bowl, and it was almost over.\u00a0 He got a page, and he looked down.\u00a0 He knew immediately what it meant.\u00a0 The friends that were with us, he was also at the command.\u00a0 So he knew what it meant.\u00a0 So they hurried up home.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just sat there just kind of waiting to hear.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know who it was.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know anything.\u00a0 So he just calmly said, \u201cI\u2019ve got to do something really hard tomorrow morning.\u00a0 Will you please pray for me?\u00a0 And just pray for me that I can be strong in this really desperate time.\u201d\u00a0 I knew something had happened at this point.\u00a0 I did not know who.\u00a0 <br><br>Then, from there, it was my husband was in charge; and at this time his leg was broken.\u00a0 That\u2019s the only reason he wasn\u2019t on this deployment with them, but he\u2019s having to prepare this funeral.\u00a0 There were some before that, but this was such a huge part with Adam\u2014Adam was part of it.\u00a0 So he had to notify\u2014and she\u2019s a friend of mine, Mindy\u2014that she had just lost her husband, Nate.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know there was a period of time where you\u2019d open your newspaper and you\u2019d read about a casualty in war\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014and that\u2019s not happening right now.\u00a0 Yet, the casualties still happen.\u00a0 There are still families that are getting news like that.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking of Veteran\u2019s Day this weekend, and I think we can kind of quickly move on with business as usual; but for military families, there are folks getting that kind of news all the time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I want to say, \u201cThanks, Kelley, for allowing us to peer into this story and bringing more of the reality of real people who are giving their lives in war\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kelley:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 --and your story really helps all of us realize there is a God of redemption.\u00a0 I mean Adam\u2019s life, your life, was truly redeemed.\u00a0 I think many times, Bob, we look at people who are living out stories like Adam and Kelley lived, and we can kind of look down our noses because they\u2019re kind of living on the edge, maybe where we\u2019re not right now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014but we were near the edge.\u00a0 Every one of us is selfish and makes those kinds of choices.\u00a0 We just need to realize that there is a God who is in the process of changing lives.\u00a0 He still produces miracles.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ll remind listeners of what you mentioned earlier, which is that the book that tells Adam Brown\u2019s story\u2014the book, <em>Fearless<\/em>, which we have in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center\u2014does include authentic, Navy SEAL language.\u00a0 It\u2019s unusual for us to offer a book that has that kind of language in it.\u00a0 Yet, we felt like this story had a powerful, redemptive message, and this might be a book that you\u2019d want to pass along to somebody who needs to read that kind of a story.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information about the book, <em>Fearless<\/em>.\u00a0 Again, our website, FamilyLifeToday.com; or call us toll-free at 1-800-FL-TODAY for more information about the book\u20141-800-358-6329.\u00a0 That\u2019s 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 Ask about the book, <em>Fearless<\/em>, when you get in touch with us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, a couple weeks from today, it will be Thanksgiving here in the United States.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be celebrating the first Thanksgiving that took place hundreds of years ago as settlers from Europe came to pursue religious freedom in the New World.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTheir story is told in Barbara Rainey\u2019s book, <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>.\u00a0 Not long ago, our team put together an audio book version of the Thanksgiving story with dramatic narration and with sound effects, and we\u2019d like to make that audio book available this week for those of you who are able to help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 We\u2019d like to be able to say thank you with the <em>Thanksgiving<\/em> audio book for your support of this ministry.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is listener-supported.\u00a0 It\u2019s folks like you who help us cover the costs of producing and syndicating this program\u2014making it available online through FamilyLifeToday.com, through our mobile apps, through all that we\u2019re trying to do through the outreaches of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe appreciate your support; and we\u2019d like to say thank you when you make a donation this week by sending you the audio book for <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com, click the button that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d and make an online donation; or make a donation over the phone when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY and ask for your copy of the audio book when you get in touch with us to make that donation.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBe sure to be back with us again tomorrow as we\u2019ll hear about Adam Brown\u2019s final mission.\u00a0 I hope you can be here for that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you.\u00a0 However, there is a cost to produce them for our website.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2012 FamilyLife.\u00a0 All rights reserved.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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