Hello, and welcome to The River Foundation Podcast! We are joined today by our friend and chaplain to the University of Kentucky Men's Basketball team, Max Appel. Over the years, Max has served the Kentucky Special Olympics, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Southland Christian Church, as well as extensive mission work. In the first installment of this two-part interview, Max tells us about his years as a wild child and his journey to faith.

Episode Highlights:

[1:04] In this interesting start to the episode, Max tells us what first drew him to Dan, our host.

[2:03] "If I had stayed there, I would have died." Max speaks about his early years, living a life in sin as a wild child in Sin City.

[4:46] After making a difficult, life-changing decision, Max meets a celebrity who changed his entire perspective on life.

[9:48] "I'm not proud of that fact." Max tried to avoid this for more than four years.

[12:06] After finding his faith, Max found a way to blend his two passions. "I feel like one of the luckiest guys in the world to be able to do that."

[13:36] Max felt called by God to do something that doesn't exactly go as he planned. "Attendance does not mean impact."

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