Makeup Lessons For Life

Randy and Holly Rial

Life doesn’t come with a script.  It’s full of unexpected detours, some can be catastrophic!  What do you do when the bottom falls out or life throws you a curve ball, or you get distracted and make poor choices that end up costing you everything you have!  The answer is “You can begin again.”  In today’s segment, “Prodigals Can Go Home”, our special guest, Randy Rial, a recovered drug addict and minister will share his remarkable story of second chances. Randy’s addiction spanned decades and left him wondering if he would ever find freedom and peace. He is genuine, transparent and humble. His love for Christ is evident. His message is clear and simple. It doesn’t matter how far you have wandered or how long you have journeyed, God sees you. He is reaching for you. He is still in the miracle working business. When you have finally come to the end of yourself, you can head for home. You will find your heavenly Father running toward you!

Randy founded Road to Redemption Ministries, a non-profit organization that connects those coming out of addiction with the resources and tools they need to live a healthy, Christ-centered life.

Ken and Barbie Cordier

Today we are honored and thrilled to have back with us for another week Retired Colonel Ken Cordier, United States Air Force, along with his wife, Barbie Cordier.  Ken’s segment last week was entitiled “Ken Cordier…Prisoner of War,” and if you missed it, please go to that episode and listen because his story of bravery, courage, and hope under extremely challenging and often inhumane conditions is astonishing. Ken was captured by the North Vietnamese and spent 6 years and 3 months in four different prisons including the infamous, “Hanoi Hilton”.  In spite of the interrogations, isolation, torture, and primitive living conditions, God’s grace covered him and kept him from losing his sanity…his hope…or his faith in God and country. Today, we are going to cover Part 2 of Ken’s story in a segment called “Ken Cordier...Powerful Overcomer of War” and we’re going to hear about the rescue mission, the celebrations once he was back on American soil, and how God helped him overcome the challenges he faced returning home. 

Ken’s book about his experience as a fighter pilot and prisoner of war is available here: Guardian Eagle - A Fighter Pilot’s Tale

Ken Cordier

We are excited and honored to have as our special guest today Retired Colonel Ken Cordier United States Air Force. As a fighter pilot, he flew 175 ½ combat missions over the war-plagued, barren land of Vietnam and Laos.  In today’s segment called “Ken Cordier…Prisoner of War”, you’ll hear Ken’s first-hand account of how God miraculously shielded him from death twice in one minute when his F-C was shot down over North Vietnam. Although he was immediately captured and suffered in prison for 6 years and 3 months under extremely harsh conditions, Ken will share from his heart how God cared for and protected him and how by the grace of God, he never lost his sanity…his hope…or his faith in God and Country. Ken’s story is one of intense suffering, courage, patriotism, triumph, and a powerful God always hovering protectively over him like an eagle. 

Ken’s book about his experience as a fighter pilot and prisoner of war is available here: Guardian Eagle - A Fighter Pilot’s Tale

Mary Dawson

Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs in the world! So what do you do as a parent, when you are faced with one of your worst nightmares: finding out that your precious son or daughter has a drinking problem? In our segment called “Trusting God…One Step At A Time”. Our special guest is our dear friend, Mary Dawson. She is the mother of four adult children and has nine grandchildren. She will share with us how she walked through the nightmare of her son’s addiction to alcohol which started as a teenager and lasted for 25 years. In an astonishing turn of events, this story culminated in a miracle.

As a professional songwriter and music publisher, her songs have been recorded by artists such as LeAnn Rimes, Babbie Mason, Cynthia Clawson and Perry Hayes. She is the founder and president of Songsmith, a Texas-based non-profit organization whose mission is to discover and encourage the vast pool of talented musicians and songwriters in the state. Please visit www.songsmithonline.com, or the Facebook page at Songsmith Texas.

Mary is also a 33-year member of a 12-Step Program for families and friends of alcoholics and addicts. Her recording, The Serenity Songs Project: Twelve Steps to Freedom, has received national and international acclaim from many of the over 200 programs which use the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to address various obsessive-compulsive disorders. The songs on the recording are based on the principles of the 12-Step Program and have been called “a meeting in music” by many who work the Steps for their own recovery.

Mary’s landmark book, How to Get Somewhere in the Music Business: From Nowhere with Nothing, is also the subject of one of the courses she teaches at the university level. Over her 30 years in the Music Industry, she has developed many resources for songwriters who are seeking to advance to the next step in their careers. For a list of these resources, please visit her website.

Susie Jennings

Susie Yanson Jennings is originally from the Philippines . She is an author, motivational speaker and Founder and President of Operation Care International. A Registered Nurse by profession since 1978, Susie stepped out in faith and obedience to God’s calling. He lead her to resign from a supervisory position at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas in January 2011. The change in the trajectory of her life followed the terrible loss of her precious husband to suicide. Subsequently, she has become a full time missionary to the homeless around the world. Susie continues to lead OCI with the help of a board of directors and a multitude of volunteers. Her story is one of countless miracles. Her joy is infectious, her spirit is radiant and her commitment to Christ and those less fortunate is evident. This petite powerhouse has been able to turn her scars into stars by the help of God and with the love of her Savior.

Karen Seaman

Karen Kay Seaman, ARRT RM, has been married to Kevin Seaman since 1981. They have two children, Stephen and Stephanie, and one favorite and only grandchild, Meadow Reed.

Karen is a mammography technologist and author of the book, A Breast of the Situation. She began performing mammograms in 1983, and her expertise has been enhanced by learning from the best radiologists in the field. To date, she has performed in excess of 90,000 procedures.

Karen’s deep desire was to stay home and raise her children. She never wanted to be a career woman. Nevertheless, a series of unforeseen events set her on a career path. There were many days where she found herself conflicted between a life she would never have chosen, and a growing passion and love for the women she served. Near the 20-year mark in her career, she realized that her life had clearly not been a series of random events. The Lord had her on assignment to witness the changes in the health care industry regarding women, so that she could show each woman how to be a responsible steward of her own health. Karen’s obedience to the Lord continues to bear much fruit in the lives of women. Karen’s testimony is about learning to surrender to the will of God, and to “bloom where planted.”

If you are a woman, know a woman or love a woman, you need to hear Karen’s story. Listen as she shares that there is no such word as “random” with God. He has a plan for your life, and it is a good one. He can be trusted.

Debbie Buffone

Debbie Buffone is originally from northeastern Brazil where she spent her formative years. As a young woman, she moved from Brazil to Connecticut where she attended college and became a US citizen residing in this country for about 19 years. From Connecticut, Debbie moved to Dallas, where she currently works as a Governess for a family in Plano, Texas. She is a writer and speaker and is active in her Messianic Synagogue. She is also a faithful volunteer for the ministry, known as ROARING LAMBS. In this segment today called, “Abandoned by Man but Chosen by God,” you will hear how Debbie was triumphant and maintained hope and courage in spite of being rejected by her family before and after birth and subjected to two very “dark” and “perverted” problems on the rise in the world today…Human & Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse. Her countenance reflects the inward radiance of a joy that can only be found in the arms of a loving Savior, who has never, and will never, let her go….EVER.

Debbie’s story is in Vol. 3 of “Stories of Roaring Faith” found at

https://www.roaringlambs.org/store

Otto Borsich

Chef Otto Borsich, grew up in the Midwest…in the “heartland of America…with a strong sense of “community” and strong family values to match. He was destined to be a chef and acknowledged “his calling” when he was only in kindergarten! Since then, Otto’s warm food, warm heart, and smile as wide as Texas have blessed so many. He is a humble servant who shares his “gift of food” with all who cross his path on life’s journey. His accolades are many. He competed on Top Chef, taught at the Culinary Institute of America, ran the kitchens of 4 & 5 star restaurants, and even served and cooked aboard a nuclear submarine in the US Navy! But Otto is much more than a chef! He is a motivator, teacher, philanthropist, humanitarian and author whose infectious laugh and charming wit light up a room.

Gerald Walker

Gerald Walker is a successful entrepreneur and businessman. He is also a loving father who experienced the loss of his teenage son. Today's segment follows him through his recovery, after the suicide of his beautiful boy. Gerald reveals the dangers of technology and exposes the risks of parental lack of experience with social media. His purpose in life is to sound the alarm through education and to fight for the lives of others who have no advocate. He does this through the foundation set up in his son's name. Gerald is also actively involved in the construction of a major medical facility, in a country where people are dying in the streets. His message is simple, but can change the world. It can be summed up in a few sentences. His son's life mattered. His life matters. Your life matters. Run your race. The world needs YOU!

Website: http://www.mioyo.net/

Gerald’s Book: Never Make a Permanent Decision Based on a Temporary Situation

Jan Tennyson

*Presentor:  Jan Tennyson, Founder – 1987

Mission: Dare to Dream impacts the lives of hurting youth in group homes, shelters, detention centers and orphanages and helps them discover their star quality through life-skills education and ministry.

 Website:  www.daretodream-dallas.org

 Fun Fact:  Jan herself was an abandoned child placed in foster care who got to play piano in Carnegie Hall at the age of seven. As an adult, she received the prestigious Lone Star Achievement Award from former Texas Governor Rick Perry and has led this ministry for over 30 years.

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