The Peanut Gallery

This week we sat down with Joe Pratt for a wide ranging discussion about his family's journey with diabetes and eventually his own. From initial diagnosis, endless finger pricks, transplants, and massive technological improvements, Joe takes us through what life was like, and what it can be like, living with Diabetes.

This week Pat and Albert sit down to talk about some of the highlights of the podcast since its beginning. They also took some time to share some thoughts as to why we started this podcast.

This week we sat down with Bill Friesen for an incredible conversation about grief and learning to live with loss. Bill has incredible insight because he works in the funeral home business but has also suffered an immense loss through the death of his son Kurtis. We talk about his grief journey, things he wished he had done better and what he does now to continue to live well within his loss.

In this interview we sit down to talk about the work of fighting to ensure people in our community are able to meet their basic needs and feel valued and appreciated. We talk about it through the lens of Franz’ role as a pastor and Karolyn in heading up the Family Central Apartments Community Food Program.

In this episode Albert sits down with James Coolidge, the director of London Youth for Christ. They talk about what it looks like to serve and care for the community of London through a pandemic.

Today Albert sits down with Dave Miller. Dave was greatly impacted by Josh's testimony in our last episode so we decided to have him on so he could share his story. They discuss the importance of fatherly figures and what It was like being an only child with a single mom in a conservative community.

Today Albert sits down with Josh Wiebe. They discuss the impact of child abuse and the importance of fatherly figures to those that don't have a father.

In this episode we talk with our friend and Elgin County Paramedic about the world of a paramedicine and understanding the Opioid crisis and how Narcan works.

In this episode we sit down with Brent and Suzanna to talk about what makes a great marriage, learning to love again after divorce and how they are together facing Suzanna’s battle with cancer. 

Please also join us in praying for them as Suzanna fights cancer. Pray for the doctors and that she will be able to beat it fully!

In this episode we talk with Jim and Carroll Wiebe about the challenges of having a spouse work in the ER Department during a pandemic, adjusting to doing schooling with 4 young kids at home and their experiences with fostering and adoption.