{"id":304062,"date":"2016-06-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/american-heritage-girls\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:00:00","slug":"american-heritage-girls","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/american-heritage-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"American Heritage Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patti Garibay, national executive director of the faith-based organization, American Heritage Girls, talks about how the organization began and how today it is helping girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2016-06-29.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"25.62M","filesize_raw":"26866455","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2850,2891,2836],"tags":[6026,4096],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[9425],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-304062","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character-development","category-making-memories","category-raising-girls","tag-american-heritage-girls","tag-mentoring","cwp_profile-patti-garibay","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/304062\/american-heritage-girls","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/304062\/american-heritage-girls","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LW7bVXvBrQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/american-heritage-girls\/\">American Heritage Girls<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/american-heritage-girls\/embed\/#?secret=LW7bVXvBrQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;American Heritage Girls&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"LW7bVXvBrQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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And the girls do take a creed as well that promises that they will be pure, and that they will be compassionate, and they will be reverent. So for us, it\u2019s really important that families know what we stand for.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, June 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to learn more about the American Heritage girls today\u2014about their mission \/ about what they\u2019re hoping to accomplish in the lives of young women. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. So, I\u2019m curious\u2014can you remember the last time you slept all night in the out-of-doors on the ground somewhere?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Outside of a tent? What are you talking about?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019ll take a tent. I\u2019m just talking about no cot, no mattress, no nothing\u2014on the ground, in a sleeping bag, out of doors\u2014the last time that happened. How many years ago was that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That would be probably about 20 years ago. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>About 20 years ago\u2014that\u2019s right. So for me, it\u2019s probably been a dozen. It all relates to the age of our kids; doesn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because once your kids reach a certain age, you are <em>never<\/em> sleeping on the ground again! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s exactly right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I want to ask our guest\u2014I want to see when she\u2019s done it because, frankly, with what she does,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Maybe a little more recent than either you or me?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Maybe. Patti Garibay joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Patti is the CEO and the president of American Heritage Girls, which is an outreach to young ladies between the ages of\u2014what, Patti?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Five to eighteen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Five to eighteen. So, what about it? When\u2019s the last time you slept outdoors on the ground\u2014we\u2019ll let you have a tent. When did that happen?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>I did have a tent. About six years ago, which is way too long; I need to do it again. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m thinking\u2014you\u2019re the Executive Director of American Heritage Girls\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I would think they\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014they\u2019ll find a cot for you. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>A cot, or a small camper, or something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>At least an air mattress; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No doubt about it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPatti, you and your husband Pat have been married for 37 years\u2014you have four children of your own \/ seven grandchildren. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve always had a passion for girls and wanting to help them grow to become all that God intended them to be. In fact, it was back in the mid-1990s that you were a volunteer for the Girl Scouts of America. In the midst of that, you began to see some changes that caused you concern and ultimately caused you to step out and do what you\u2019re doing right now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>That\u2019s so true. It was 1993 when a new resolution was coming down the pike, so to speak, from the Girl Scouts USA. It was a resolution that would allow flexibility in spiritual wording for the Girl Scout promise. I was just so concerned because I used Girl Scouts as a ministry to girls. I had led for 13 years\u2014so a very long time. I was a Girl Scout as a young girl \/ my mom was my leader. I couldn\u2019t wait for my three daughters to become Girl Scouts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHowever, I had a moral dilemma when I realized that they were going to allow God no longer to be part of the foundation of Girl Scouts\u2014the very idea that Julia Gordon Lowe, the founder, had was now going to be changed\u2014and I wondered, \u201cWhy?\u201d I also wondered why, serving as a delegate to the Girl Scouts, why I learned about it on the evening news at 11 o\u2019 clock p.m. Why was it all so secretive? So I began a journey of exploration, trying to find out, \u201cWhat is going on in my beloved Girl Scouts that I\u2019m serving, and I have not seen anything about this until that evening news?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The Girl Scouts were never, as I remember them, an overtly religious organization. There was an acknowledgment of God; but it was not denominational \/ it was not\u2014spiritual development was not at the heart of what Girl Scouts was designed to do; was it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, Bob\u2014that may be how we knew it. Now, was it originally designed at a different level?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>I believe so. The oath to God was very strong. Julia Gordon Lowe was a regular, daily Bible leader. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJudeo-Christian values were the basis, as was our country at the time. But things changed, and they allowed a different kind of group to start running the Girl Scouts. It started as early as the \u201970s. We began to see women\u2019s liberation just taking over the Girl Scouts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlthough I didn\u2019t see it at every level, I was starting to see moral relativism creeping into the curricula. Today, it has gone so far astray that we just are blessed to have, not an alternative, but a much better program called American Heritage Girls.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You stepped out in faith to forge a new organization. How many people surrounded you as you prayed about that and ultimately said, \u201cLet\u2019s start American Heritage Girls\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>It\u2019s just a handful\u2014moms and dads, literally, around the kitchen table in West Chester, Ohio, a suburb north of Cincinnati\u2014only wanting a club for their daughters, just during those formative years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy third daughter was in fourth grade at the time of this decision. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m a third daughter as well. I thought: \u201cShe has to have something. Her older sisters were blessed with the Girl Scout program. What are we going to do for her?\u201d But how ironic in the way the Lord works is that He brought people, just calling us from all over the country, hearing about this little club. There was interest, and we started to realize that maybe God had a bigger plan than our plan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, you had to have a conversation that said: \u201cMaybe we can appeal? Maybe we can go back to the Girl Scouts and get them to reconsider or, at least, let us, in our little area of the country, do it our way.\u201d Did you have those conversations?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>You better believe it\u2014not only the conversations\u2014but we <em>proactively<\/em> pursued those. For instance, we put a Christian up for a recommendation for the local council to serve on the board. That was dashed. I mean, I could go on and on about the stories regarding that. We sent telegrams because, back then, the most technology we had was a fax machine and a hand-delivered telegram to the floor of the Minneapolis convention, where the decision was being made. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had petitions\u2014and petitions that we had people \/ local people signing. So yes; we <em>definitely<\/em> tried to make a change in the Girl Scouts, but we realized that the momentum had begun long before us and that that snowball was downhill.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. I just want to stop, Patti, and just applaud you\u2014as a woman, wife, and mom\u2014who refused to do nothing in the face of a culture that was really pressing in hard against something you loved. It\u2019s doing that again today\u2014I mean, it really is on a lot of fronts. I want to call out your faith and your courage to step out into an arena and make a difference and refuse to do nothing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want our listeners to hear that because I have to believe there are other women and men\u2014perhaps young women \/ young men, who are facing dilemmas as well\u2014who need to step out in faith and trust God and to be a pioneer, which you really were in those days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>I tell you\u2014I had none of the resources that one would need to do this. The only resource I had was my faith. I think it\u2019s so critical for your listeners to know that God does not call the equipped\u2014He equips the called. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the story is <em>amazing<\/em>\u2014to hear what American Heritage Girls has become because of His faithfulness\u2014and that has now spread all over the country\u2014over 40,000 members this year. Hundreds of thousands of families have been affected over the last 20 years by American Heritage Girls.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat means <em>anyone<\/em> can do His work. You don\u2019t have to wait until you have that certain degree, or you don\u2019t have to wait until you have that certain experience. You just need to be willing to be obedient and humble, and allow Him to equip you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Your obedience\u2014and I don\u2019t mean to beat a drum here\u2014but you\u2019re obedience was in the face of an organization that is a legacy organization that\u2019s a part of American culture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBoy Scouts and Girl Scouts are kind of in our social fabric as\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014apple pie, motherhood\u2014you know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Exactly. The idea that you would stand up and you would say, \u201cThis is an organization that is veering in a direction that is against my values \/ against my faith,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s taking on something that is cloaked in nobility.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m just curious\u2014if a mom came to you today and said: \u201cMy mom was a Girl Scout \/ I was a Girl Scout. My daughter is six\u2014I\u2019ve just always wanted \/ I have always <em>dreamed<\/em> that she would follow in the footsteps of her family\u2014she\u2019d be a Girl Scout,\u201d would you say to her, \u201cProceed with caution,\u201d or what would you say?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Well, first, I would be <em>totally<\/em> empathetic with her. I believe that the Lord brought me through this journey, where I had a grieving process as well. I was so blessed to be raised by a father who was disabled\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014he had acute multiple sclerosis\u2014and I never knew him to walk. He was an inspiration to me. I would go to him, in his bed, at the nursing home. Every Sunday, I would apprise him of the latest goings-on with the Girl Scouts. He said to me: \u201cPatti, why curse the darkness? Light a candle. Start something new.\u201d Both, with my father and my heavenly Father both encouraging \/ my own husband\u2014all saying, \u201cYou have to go for this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was a way to have a great option for moms now. So I feel the people that allow their daughters in Girl Scouting\u2014they are promoting an agenda that, if they\u2019re Christians, is probably not aligned\u2014that was not the founder\u2019s vision, I believe.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo for us, it\u2019s important\u2014it\u2019s Christ-centered ministry\u2014that American Heritage Girls is. It comes alongside the church. It serves as an arrow in the quiver that I believe every girl needs today. It also brings a real relevance to their faith. They put feet on their faith through learning to serve, learning to know God more, and also learning how to lead as a woman.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, 20 years from the time that you first had a vision for this, until today, how many\u2014do you call them troops?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Yes we do\u2014they\u2019re troops; that\u2019s right. One troop is girls, five to eighteen, all in one troop. Some of our troops are as large as 120 girls because that\u2019s what a church can do\u2014think about that ministry that they can provide. But we have 970 troops this year, and we\u2019re in 49 states. We\u2019re missing the first state, which was Delaware\u2014it\u2019s our <em>last<\/em> state.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; listen up, folks in Delaware! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Please!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are some people in Delaware who hear this broadcast. We need a courageous woman to step up\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014in Delaware.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and step out in Delaware. My guess is there are some women who would want to step up and step out in other states. In fact, they may say, you know: \u201cWow! I was involved in Girl Scouts when I was a kid, and it was a great experience for me. Maybe I could give leadership because I have a daughter going through this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, it\u2019s why I started teaching a sixth-grade Sunday school class. I really believed that I wanted my children to have a similar experience to what I had with my dad, who taught me in Sunday school. That led me to ultimately teach a sixth-grade Sunday school class for 11 years\u2014had 550 kids go through it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt also led to the formation of a resource\u2014that we\u2019re now using with American Heritage Girls\u2014called <em>Passport2Purity<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><em>.<\/em> The reason you\u2019ve shown interest in this is because you really believe that parents need to be called upon to provide much of the education and moral foundation of young ladies growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Absolutely correct. And they need tools! <em>Passport2Purity<\/em> is one of those <em>amazing<\/em> tools that will help parents navigate that whole discussion. It\u2019s such a difficult discussion, for some reason; and this really provides a framework and tools that parents can go about. We are so excited to partner with FamilyLife over this and many other of the resources that FamilyLife offers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have such synergy, as ministries, together.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Are there merit badges for American Heritage Girls?\u2014and is it the standard camping and hiking and\u2014I mean, that\u2019s what I think of. When I think of scouting, I don\u2019t think so much about spiritual formation as I think about rock-climbing, and the out-of-doors, and finding arrowheads. I was a Scout\u2014so I got a rowing merit badge, and I got a lifesaving merit badge. Are all of these still around?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Absolutely; they are. However, it\u2019s only one-sixth of our program, Bob. Merit badges are important\u2014we call them \u201cLife skills\u201d \/ it\u2019s important\u2014but when you do it in the context of the Christian worldview, imagine how much cooler that is! And it truly really is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>But we also emphasize religious development \/ the spiritual development of a girl because we\u2019re a biblically-based organization. It just lends itself to that so naturally. Also, girl leadership is important\u2014socialization, teamwork, and building confidence. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s not girl-power; it is God\u2019s power <em>in<\/em> the girl. Our whole <em>goal<\/em> is for girls to know who they are in Christ\u2014so all of these program emphases, as we call them, work together to build that girl into the woman that Christ would mean her to be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Patti, I don\u2019t know that you would necessarily know this; but we have a pretty good-sized listening audience, who are single-parent moms and single-parent dads, who are raising young ladies. This seems to me to be a ready-made ministry, not just for those girls who are being raised by both a mom and a dad in an intact family, but also families where there is only one parent there. It seems to me this could be a <em>tremendous<\/em> additional asset that a parent could be called upon to utilize in raising his or her daughter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Absolutely. It undergirds what the family\u2019s trying to achieve. If it\u2019s a single mom \/ single dad\u2014<em>absolutely<\/em>; there are mentors there to help these girls navigate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUnfortunately, we hear almost weekly of someone losing their parent or a sibling passing away\u2014you know, we\u2019re big enough now that that happens. It\u2019s just such a blessing to see how the AHG family comes around that family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a matter of fact, there is an AHG family in need\u2014their son was in need of a kidney. Unbelievable, but a gentleman was a match that was part of their AHG troop. These families didn\u2019t even know one another; however through the AHG family, so to speak, they were able to say, \u201cYou\u2019re a match,\u201d and this gentleman gave his kidney to this young boy. That\u2019s what AHG does because God\u2019s in it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Undoubtedly, you have a story or two you could tell about a young lady who started coming to American Heritage Girls and really found purpose, and meaning, and grew like a weed. You\u2019ve been around now for 20 years; you have to have some stories that have come full circle.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>I do. I have a couple great stories\u2014I have way more than a couple! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have one I\u2019d love to share about Esther. Esther is a girl from Colorado Springs, Colorado. She became very interested in a merit badge called \u201cAviation.\u201d She took that aviation badge all the way through. She started to hang out at some of the hangars in Colorado Springs. There were some World War II vets there, and she would start to talk with them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen it came time for her to do her Stars and Stripes project\u2014which is much like an Eagle project but a little more difficult because of the spiritual component\u2014she decided: \u201cI want to record these gentlemen\u2019s stories for the National Archives,\u201d \/ her Living History project. So she did. Then she decided that she really, really loved aviation so much she wanted to learn to fly. She wanted to become a missionary aviator. Today, Esther\u2014her story is shown in our video called \u201cLaunch\u201d\u2014she is today a missionary aviator in Uganda. So you never know what these things are going to do in the world of a girl. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s another neat story. We attract a lot of girls with special needs, and we love that! One of those girls lives in north Dallas\u2014her name\u2019s Lydia. When I first met Lydia, I was to give her a level award\u2014we call it\u2014there\u2019s advancement through AHG. I was so blessed to see her, but she was so afraid of me. She wouldn\u2019t even look me in the eye. I thought, \u201cOh boy; how is Lydia ever going to get the Stars and Stripes?\u201d Well, she decided she wanted to, and she wanted to create a welcome home parade for the Vietnam vets, like her dad, who had never been welcomed home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>So she did. She had to go in front of the city council of Lake Dallas\u2014propose the proposal, and then she ended up being the mistress of ceremonies\u2014this woman that wouldn\u2019t even look me in the eye!\u2014amazing stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Wow. That\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, the thing I would think most moms would want to know is: \u201cIf I got my daughter involved in American Heritage Girls\u2014let\u2019s say we found a troop in our area and I have my daughter going to it or we even started one at our church\u2014will sleeping on the ground be in my future? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAm I going to wind up on\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, you\u2019re kind of fixated on the sleeping on the ground.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The last night that I can remember sleeping on the ground\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You like your Serta Sleeper; do you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The last night was not a great experience, as I remember it. [Laughter] I thought\u2014I got up that morning, going, \u201cWhy do I choose to do this?\u201d [Laughter] I understand if you don\u2019t have a choice, but why would you choose to do it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, is a mom going\u2014is she going to wind up on the ground somewhere?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>She may; and she\u2019ll really enjoy it because she\u2019ll be with her daughter and some other great girls. [Laughter] You know, it\u2019s important. I always tell the ladies, \u201cIf you don\u2019t like to camp, find someone who does because I\u2019ll tell you\u2014camping\u2019s the number-one activity of the girls that they love the most.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and again\u2014if folks want more information about how to connect with American Heritage Girls, and find out if there is a troop near them, or how they can start one\u2014if you go to FamilyLifeToday.com, we have a link on our website that\u2019ll take you straight to their website. You can get all the information you need on either starting a troop or finding a troop near you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. If you don\u2019t have web access, just call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY; and we\u2019ll help you out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019ll tell you something that I really like about American Heritage Girls\u2014is they\u2019re partnering with churches, and they\u2019re also partnering with organizations like FamilyLife\u2014where we come together and we bring the best of what we have alongside the best of what they have. We leverage it to help the next generation of moms and dads be successful. I have to tell you\u2014looking at my own children, who are raising our grandkids, parents today need all the tools, all the assets, all the training, and all the extra voices in their kids\u2019 lives today as never before. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to tell this last story on Patti before we\u2019re done here. Patti was being shown around our office here, along with her husband Pat. They were showing her some of the resources we\u2019ve created, Bob\u2014I don\u2019t think you\u2019ve heard this story. I think it was Chris Herndon, who\u2019s here at the office\u2014he walked her over and showed her a couple of books that I\u2019d written \/ one called <em>Aggressive Girls, Clueless Boys <\/em>and the other one, <em>Interviewing Your Daughter\u2019s Date<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do you think the concept of interviewing your daughter\u2019s date might become a resource for dads of American Heritage Girls?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I would think there might be some interest there; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. There\u2019s been a long history of this, Patti, of men listening to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and hearing us talk about interviewing your daughter\u2019s date because I want to tell you\u2014there\u2019s something that occurs in that connection with the daughter\u2014because her daddy cares enough to protect her purity \/ who she is as a young lady. Don\u2019t you see that that would be an asset to your organization?\u2014to call dads up to be the kind of protectors that they\u2019re supposed to be of these young ladies?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>Absolutely. Absolutely\u2014as my dad was for me. Absolutely\u2014it\u2019s so important. The whole family needs to be involved in any way that they can. We love to have the resources and just arm our parents because, like you said\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I call it arrows in a quiver \/ you call it\u2014but there is one thing we can agree on\u2014target on the girls\u2019 backs \/ target on the boys\u2019 backs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No doubt about it. I just want to know; did you dad interview Pat before he got your hand in marriage?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Patti: <\/strong>He did; indeed. We were grade-school sweethearts. My husband knew him a very long time \/ my dad knew him a very long time. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m looking over your shoulder, out into the control room. Pat\u2019s back there, nodding, with his arms folded, with a knowing grin\u2014like: \u201cYes; I met with him. I passed 37 years ago!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You have raised the curiosity of some of our listeners, who are wondering about those books and whether they\u2019re available for everybody. Of course, we have your book, <em>Interviewing Your Daughter\u2019s Date<\/em>, and we have the <em>Passport2Identity<\/em><sup>\u2122<\/sup> and <em>Passport2Purity<\/em> resources available in our FamilyLife Resource Center. Whether your daughter is a part of American Heritage Girls or not, these are things that you can do, as a parent, to proactively engage with a daughter or a son and help cultivate a healthy sense of their spiritual identity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me encourage you to go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and see the resources we have available\u2014that Dennis has talked about here. There are links, online, and you can order from us if you\u2019d like. We also have a link to the American Heritage Girls website if you\u2019d like to find out more about their organization. So again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or if you have any questions or if you\u2019d like to place an order by phone, call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I have some friends of mine who live here in Little Rock, who today, are celebrating their 20<sup>th<\/sup> wedding anniversary\u2014Rob and La Rhesa Bailey. \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to the Baileys \/ \u201cHappy anniversary,\u201d to you guys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI also want to say a \u201cHappy anniversary,\u201d to Ron and Karen McCloud, who live in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and who listen to <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>on KTIS. They have been to a number of <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> events. Undoubtedly, we have other listeners who are celebrating your wedding anniversary today: \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to you guys as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you know, we think anniversaries are a big deal here. We just want to say, \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to those couples who are celebrating landmarks\/milestones. Every anniversary is a milestone. For 40 years now, God has used FamilyLife to help couples have more anniversaries. We\u2019re the Proud Sponsor of Anniversaries<sup>\u2122<\/sup>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve helped make that happen as you have helped support the ministry of FamilyLife, whether you\u2019re a Legacy Partner or someone who will, occasionally, make a donation. We are grateful for your financial support. In fact, you can donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can mail a donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we are going to give young men equal time. We\u2019re going to hear from Mark Hancock\u2014he gives leadership to Trail Life USA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. We\u2019ll hear about the organization he his helping to lead, and I hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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