A Touch of Healing, Part 2 of 2

Guest (Male): Last time on Adventures in Odyssey.
Guest (Male): The Imagination Station's built around the imagination, right?
Guest (Female): Right.
Guest (Male): So if Zachary could imagine that he was able to walk again, then he should be able to walk in the Imagination Station.
Guest (Male): Doing this now, you just don't know what will happen.
Guest (Female): My grandmother, my dad's mom is staying with us. She's sick and needs someone to be with her and I'm the best person to do it.
Guest (Male, Jason): There you go, Zack.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Jason, I'm standing up. Jason, look, I'm walking.
Guest (Male, Jason): You sure are.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Now, it's too soon to say for sure.
Guest (Female, Connie): Say what for sure, Dr. Franklin?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Connie, we think your grandmother had a heart attack.
Guest (Female, Connie): I don't want to go home. I can walk in there and I don't want to leave it. I never want to leave the Imagination Station ever.
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Guest (Female): And when a hallway incident starts rumors.
Guest (Female): I hear Von's a total bully. He pushed a girl down in the hallway yesterday.
Guest (Female, Zoe): That was me.
Guest (Male): If Von's banned from the middle school grounds, Zoe gets the position on the magazine.
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Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Good morning, Eileen.
Guest (Female, Eileen): How are you?
Guest (Female, Eileen): I was wondering if I could talk to you and Jason for a moment.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Of course you can.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Jason.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, Jack?
Guest (Male, Jason): I'm Mrs. Sellers.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Good morning, Jason.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Eileen wants to talk to us.
Guest (Male, Jason): Okay, what's up?
Guest (Female, Eileen): I need to talk to you about what happened in the Imagination Station.
Guest (Male, Jason): Sure.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Is it really true? Could Zachary really walk in the machine?
Guest (Male, Jason): Sure seemed like it.
Guest (Female, Eileen): But how?
Guest (Male, Jason): You see, because he imagines he can, he can. You should have seen how excited he was.
Guest (Female, Eileen): I bet he was.
Guest (Female, Eileen): But I don't think you understand what you've done.
Guest (Male, Jason): Sure I do. Zachary got a chance to walk again.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Yes, but
Guest (Female, Eileen): Zachary gave me nothing but fits all night. He called all his friends about it. Then when I finally got him to bed, he couldn't sleep.
Guest (Female, Eileen): At one point, he started crying. He was crying in his sleep, Jason. And this morning, he was a monster at the therapist.
Guest (Female, Eileen): He didn't want to do his exercises. He didn't see any reason why work hard at something that may not help him to walk when he can just climb in the Imagination Station and walk as much as he wants.
Guest (Male, Jason): That's a good point. I can appreciate his thinking.
Guest (Female, Eileen): So can I. And it's all wrong. What did you think you were doing by giving him all that false hope?
Guest (Male, Jason): False hope?
Guest (Female, Eileen): How is he supposed to cope with real life when you've created something that reinforces his desire to escape?
Guest (Male, Jason): Maybe this will help him cope with real life better than he could before. Maybe it'll increase his desire to do his exercises so he can walk in real life. I don't know.
Guest (Female, Eileen): That's the problem. You don't know.
Guest (Male, Jason): Mrs. Sellers, I understand how you feel. But I think Zachary was just overreacting last night. The whole thing's a novelty.
Guest (Male, Jason): We're off.
Guest (Female, Eileen): You think being able to walk when we're off for someone who can't? Is that what you think? I'm afraid you don't understand kids like Zachary. You don't have the slightest inkling.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Mom, what's going on here?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Zachary, I told you to wait in the van.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I got tired of waiting in the van. I want to go in the Imagination Station.
Guest (Female, Eileen): No, I don't think so.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Why not? We went to that useless therapist and now all we're going to do is go home. Why can't I go in?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Because I don't think it's good for you.
Guest (Male, Jason): You know, Mrs. Sellers, maybe it would be good if Zachary went in.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Jason, it may prove what I'm talking about.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Yeah, see? Why can't I go in?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Because I don't want you to.
Guest (Male, Jason): Mrs. Sellers.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Jason, can I have a word with you?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): What? Right now up in the office, please.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, sure.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Mrs. Sellers, I really wish you'd reconsider.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Yeah, he wouldn't let me do it if it was going to hurt me. Why are you being like this?
Guest (Male, Jason): Okay, so what's wrong?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): What's wrong? Jason, I don't know what's happening to you.
Guest (Male, Jason): Nothing. Why?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): You just broke an overriding rule at Whit's End. It's always been Whit's policy never to contradict parents, particularly in front of the children. And as best as I can tell, it's a rule that's worked well since the place opened.
Guest (Male, Jason): Well, sure, but what was the harm in trying?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Don't you see? It's like parents are contradicted at every turn by every other institution. They look to Whit's End to help support them.
Guest (Male, Jason): But I happen to think she was wrong in this case.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh. And you're the one who's going to tell parents they're wrong in how they raise their own children?
Guest (Male, Jason): No, no, of course not. But she was going after the Imagination Station.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): She was going after what you did to the Imagination Station.
Guest (Male, Jason): Oh, I get it now. This is because you think she's right.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): She's right in as much as you don't know what you're dealing with.
Guest (Male, Jason): Okay, your opinions are duly noted.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Meaning, you haven't heard a word I've said.
Guest (Male, Jason): Oh, Jason.
Guest (Male, Jason): Hi, Whit's End.
Guest (Male, Jason): Oh, hey. It's Brian Durn.
Guest (Male, Jason): I'm sorry, what?
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, sure.
Guest (Male, Jason): Well, it doesn't exactly heal people. It just sort of how'd you hear about this?
Guest (Male, Jason): An interview? Sure.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yes, afternoon'll be fine.
Guest (Male, Jason): Uh-huh, bye.
Guest (Male, Jason): He's coming over this afternoon.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): What are you going to do?
Guest (Male, Jason): Well, I'll talk to him about it.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): And when handicapped kids all over town, maybe all over the state come to be healed, what then?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Look.
Guest (Male, Jason): Look, we'll just deal with that when it happens. I'll establish some rules about how the machine should be used.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): So you're not against rules as such, just the old rules?
Guest (Male, Jason): Look, Jack, you worry too much. This whole thing will work out fine. Trust me. Let the word get out. It could lead to some wonderful things for the kids.
Guest (Male, Jason): Why are you so afraid of this new technology? I mean, it's like a miracle of science.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Because there are no such things as miracles of science.
Guest (Female, Connie): Are you comfortable, Grandma?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): I'm fine. Quit worrying. Thank you for coming to see me, but you don't have to stay. I'm sure you both have better things to do with your time.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Oh, there's nothing better than this, Grandma.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Mom would have just made me do chores at home anyway.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): You're kind. You haven't been able to find Bill, have you?
Guest (Female, Eileen): No.
Guest (Male, Zachary): But we know where he is.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Fishing in the Amazon? Climbing Mount Everest?
Guest (Female, Eileen): He's on a cruise.
Guest (Female, Eileen): In the Bahamas.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Yeah.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): I see. And he left April behind, didn't he?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Yes.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): All right, boy. I can imagine the excuses he came up with about why he needed the trip. He'll never grow up.
Guest (Female, Eileen): There, there. We'll keep trying, Grandma. Maybe he'll come.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): No. Not in time.
Guest (Female, Connie): What do you mean not in time?
Guest (Female, Connie): What are you talking about? We have plenty of time.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): After all these years, don't you think I know my own body?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Well, good morning, everybody.
Guest (Female, Connie): Hi, Dr. Franklin.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Go on, doctor. Tell him the truth.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): I beg your pardon?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): I was telling him that I I don't have a lot of time. You'll confirm that, I think.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Who knows how much time any of us have?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Oh, doctor, don't be evasive.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): What do you want me to say?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): I want you to say that my heart muscles are weak.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Go on.
Guest (Female, Connie): Grandma.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Go on, doctor.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): That's true, they are.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): The valves are deteriorated.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): True.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): And a heart transplant is what I need the most. But my condition is so unstable, I I'd never make it through the operation.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Correct?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Thank you, Mildred.
Guest (Female, Connie): So it's all true?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Yes, Connie, I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you in more diplomatic terms, but obviously Mildred didn't want it that way.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Why beat around the bush?
Guest (Female, Eileen): There's nothing we can do?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): We're doing all we can.
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Which is a nice way of saying that there's nothing anyone can do. I'm not afraid of the truth.
Guest (Female, Connie): But if it's true, if it's really true, why did you want me to pray for you?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Oh, silly girl. You're not praying for me. You're praying for you.
Guest (Female, Connie): Me?
Guest (Female, Mildred, Grandma): Yes. Even as you pray for God's will to be done for me, you're praying for God's strength in you. Strength for whatever happens. That's why I want you to pray.
Guest (Male, Jason): Look, everybody'll have to just wait their turn, okay? There are too many people in here. Everyone needs to have a chance. I'm sorry, but you can only stay here for five minutes a turn, all right?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Jason! Jason!
Guest (Male, Jason): What?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I need to talk to you.
Guest (Male, Jason): Not now, Jack. It's crazy in here. Come on, kids. Don't push.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Stop it, kids. Stop it right now.
Guest (Male, Zachary): But I don't want to leave. I want to go back in. I want to play baseball again. No. Don't make me leave.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh, boy.
Guest (Female, Connie): Wonder what's on the TV.
Guest (Male, Announcer): In light of recent statistics demonstrating that the number of eligible retirees is expected to double within the next 20 years. Right. In other news, Whit's End has become the scene of unexpected chaos this afternoon.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Whit's End?
Guest (Male, Announcer): Crowds of parents and children, many suffering from a variety of handicaps, arrived to try out a newly designed machine that reportedly heals those who go into it.
Guest (Female, Connie): What?
Guest (Male, Announcer): Reporter Kurt Morse is on the scene.
Guest (Male, Reporter): We're not kidding when we say chaos, Steve. There's a line going down the stairs and out the door at Whit's End as children from all over the area have come to try out the new and improved Imagination Station.
Guest (Female, Connie): I don't believe this.
Guest (Male, Reporter): have arrived to keep visitors in orderly line of families.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Mom, you should see what's going on at Whit's End. It looks like it.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Well, we're mostly concerned about Connie.
Guest (Male, Zachary): What's wrong?
Guest (Female, Eileen): I'm sorry.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Sorry for what? What happened?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Your grandmother just slipped into a coma.
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Guest (Male, Brian Durn): And it's Brian Durn coming to you live from Whit's End. And for once, we're on top of the big story of the day. I'm here with Jason Whittaker, the mad scientist who came up with the new healing Imagination Station. Thanks for joining us, Jason.
Guest (Male, Jason): My pleasure, although I'd like to make it clear that the Imagination Station doesn't really heal anyone.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well, then what's it do? Why are all these people here?
Guest (Male, Jason): Because the Imagination Station is based on the imagination, it lets kids imagine they can do things they couldn't otherwise do.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): So, say if I can't walk, it lets me walk. Is that the idea?
Guest (Male, Jason): Right.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well, I got to be honest, I I've seen some kids around here in tears because it didn't work for them. Is this a scam or what?
Guest (Male, Jason): Oh, it's not a scam. Look, Jack Allen came up with a theory that for some kids, it won't work because their imaginations don't have the knowledge or the memory to make it work.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): I see.
Guest (Male, Jason): For example, if a child was born blind, then it's hard for them to imagine what seeing is really like. So the machine won't help.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Jack came up with this?
Guest (Male, Jason): Uh-huh.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well, he's over by the Imagination Station right now. Jack, Jack, could you come over here?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): You'll have to excuse me. We're very busy.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): I know, but tell me, Jack, what do you think about all this?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Well, I think it's an intriguing idea that certainly needs to be explored in the fullness of its time under closely guarded scrutiny and with a measure of.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Yeah, yeah, right. You sound like a politician. What's the matter? You don't like the new Imagination Station?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Not really, no.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well,
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Pardon me, I have to go.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): I'm with you on this one, Jason. If it makes the kids happy, who cares?
Guest (Male, Jason): If it makes the kids happy, who cares?
Guest (Male, Zachary): Imagination Station. Out of my way!
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): It looks like you have an enthusiastic fan.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, that's Zachary. He was the first one to successfully use the new Imagination Station.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well, we should talk to him. Let's stroll over to see what's going on here.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Let me in. I was the first one to walk in it. I should be allowed to go in whenever I want to. Get out of my way!
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Zachary, I'm not sure your mother wants you back in there.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I don't care. I want in and I want in now.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Hey, kid. What's the beef?
Guest (Male, Zachary): Jason, tell them I should be able to go in. I was the first one.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, that's true, Zach, but you see all these other kids? They've been waiting in line.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I don't care about them. I want in now.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Zachary!
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Uh-oh. Here comes the judge.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Should have known I'd find you here, even after I told you not to come.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Why shouldn't I do it? Why don't you let me walk?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Because you're not really walking, that's why. It's make-believe.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Then I'd rather be in make-believe than stuck in this awful wheelchair. I want to go in.
Guest (Female, Eileen): No, you're coming with me now.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I won't.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Oh, yes, you will.
Guest (Male, Zachary): No! Leave me alone! I don't want to go. Stop!
Guest (Female, Eileen): Jack! Please help me.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Now listen to me, Zachary. You can do as your mother says and go out, or you can be carried out. It's your choice.
Guest (Male, Zachary): But I don't want to go.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I know you don't, but you have to obey your mother. It's up to you how you want to do it.
Guest (Male, Zachary): All right, I'll go. But I hate you for this. I hate all of you.
Guest (Female, Eileen): There, Jason. I hope you're satisfied.
Guest (Male, Brian Durn): Well, Jason, every great invention has its detractors.
Guest (Male, Jason): Yeah, I guess they do.
Guest (Male, Announcer): Now we understand that Jason Whittaker, proprietor of Whit's End, has closed Whit's End for the remainder of the day. We caught up with him while he posted a sign at the front door.
Guest (Male, Jason): I'm sorry for any inconvenience. I didn't mean to be unkind. Maybe I got it wrong. So I I would just like to submit the Imagination Station to further tests before resuming public operation of this particular program. I I'm sorry.
Guest (Male, Announcer): Bart Rathbone has been using this incident as an example of how dangerous Whit's End has become over the past few months. The games at my place are safe and mindless, he said this afternoon. He also noted
Guest (Female, Connie): Huh?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh, Connie. Jack, I didn't see you come in.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): It didn't look like you were seeing much of anything, Connie. Did you even hear the report?
Guest (Female, Connie): Some of it. I'm sorry. I guess I was kind of lost in my thoughts.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Lost in your thoughts or in your prayers?
Guest (Female, Connie): A little both, I guess. What are you doing here?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I was going to visit Zachary. The hospital's on the way, so I stopped by to see how your grandmother's doing. I saw your mom. I'm I'm sorry to hear what happened.
Guest (Female, Connie): Grandma knew. The doctors have done all they can, which isn't much. They say that the most they can hope for is to build up her strength through the life support equipment and medicine, then the rest is up to God.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): It always is.
Guest (Female, Connie): I'm so tired.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I would be too. I can imagine how hard it is for you.
Guest (Female, Connie): Grandma's completely at peace with God about what's going on, but I don't get it. Why is this happening to her? She's such a sweet, good woman.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Why does this sort of thing happen to anybody?
Guest (Female, Connie): Yeah.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I don't know. The truth is, I think we have the question turned around. Maybe the better question is, all things considered, why don't things like this happen more often?
Guest (Female, Connie): What do you mean?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): It's it's a fallen world, a crazy world, in fact. We're subject to disease and death and handicaps and accidents. It's a wonder things aren't worse than they are. But I don't have an answer, Connie. I doubt your grandmother has one either. But from what you say, she probably knew that faith is the only way to get through.
Guest (Female, Connie): Faith, yeah. But I've been sitting here wondering, you know, I've had faith when I've been praying for her to be healed, but it hasn't made a difference.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Hasn't it? Are you so sure?
Guest (Female, Connie): She's still dying.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh, but for a Christian, isn't dying possibly another kind of healing? I mean, it's not like this world is the be-all and end-all of everything. Sometimes there's a greater healing than we expect, but that's God's business.
Guest (Female, Connie): If it's his business, why do we bother to pray?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Because he tells us to. If we don't pray, how can we become more in tune with the mind of God? To feel his comfort even if we don't get what we want. Praying is the only way I know how.
Guest (Female, Connie): Jack?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Yes, Connie?
Guest (Female, Connie): I never really asked you before, but could I have a hug?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh, Connie. Oh, of course you can.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I'm sorry to talk so much. A sermon doesn't mean much at a time like this.
Guest (Female, Connie): No, it's okay. I just need to be reminded sometimes, you know, of
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Of the things Whit taught you, I know.
Guest (Female, Connie): Thanks for being here, Jack.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): It's my pleasure, Connie.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Hello, Jack. Thanks for coming.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): How's he doing?
Guest (Female, Eileen): He's depressed, I think. Doesn't want to eat or talk to me, nothing. He just sits quietly and looks out the window.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Where is he?
Guest (Female, Eileen): In the living room.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Can I go in?
Guest (Female, Eileen): Oh, certainly. Would you like something to drink?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Well, tea, if it's no trouble.
Guest (Female, Eileen): I'll go make it.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Thank you.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Knock, knock. Can I come in?
Guest (Male, Zachary): I don't care.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Just thought I'd stop by, see how you're doing after that, well, incident today. I'm sorry I had to threaten you, Zachary, but you were a little hysterical.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I was being a brat.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): That's another way of putting it.
Guest (Male, Zachary): I wish I'd never gotten in that machine. I wish I'd never knew.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Oh, I suspect that Jason regrets it too. In his enthusiasm, he didn't realize. But surely the time you had was, well, wonderful in a way.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Yeah, it was the best thing that's ever happened to me. But so what? I'm still stuck in this wheelchair. I still can't walk. I may never be able to walk. I'll never get healed.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Maybe not. At least not like that. But Zachary, I came over to tell you something that I think is even more important than whether you walk again or not. See, there's a more important healing I want you to think about.
Guest (Male, Zachary): Like what?
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): Spiritual healing, Zachary. It's not the handicap on the outside you have to worry about, but the one on the inside. And without Jesus Christ, we're all spiritually handicapped. You want to be healed, Zachary? Let Jesus heal you where it counts. In your heart and soul.
Guest (Male, Zachary): But I don't know how to do that.
Guest (Male, Jack Allen): I'll tell you how, Zachary. In fact, let's get your mother in here and I'll tell you both how.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Sweetheart.
Guest (Female, Connie): Hi, Mom.
Guest (Female, Eileen): It's late, honey. Why don't you go home?
Guest (Female, Connie): No, I'll wait. I want to be here if she wakes up. I just came out to stretch my legs.
Guest (Female, Eileen): It's been a long day.
Guest (Female, Connie): Yeah.
Guest (Female, Eileen): I saw Dr. Franklin a little while ago and and he said that Grandma keeps having a series of I don't know what to call them, spasms, like tiny heart attacks. He doesn't know how much more she can take.
Guest (Female, Connie): She'll let go soon, I bet. Somewhere deep inside her coma, she's probably stalling to see if Dad will show up. Maybe I should whisper in her ear that he won't. He's never on time.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Connie, I'm so sorry.
Guest (Female, Connie): Why? It's okay now. Really. If she goes, she'll go to a much better place than this. She believes it.
Guest (Female, Eileen): And you do too.
Guest (Female, Connie): Sure. Don't you?
Guest (Female, Eileen): I I wonder.
Guest (Female, Connie): Be sure, Mom. Don't sit on the fence anymore.
Guest (Female, Eileen): I love you, Connie.
Guest (Female, Connie): I love you too. But I don't have enough faith for both of us. You need some of your own.
Guest (Female, Eileen): I know, sweetheart. I know.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): June? Connie?
Guest (Female, Connie): Yes, doctor.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Yes, doctor.
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): I'm sorry.
Guest (Female, Connie): Is she?
Guest (Female, Eileen): You mean just now?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Yes. Just a moment ago. Very quickly and peacefully.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Oh. Oh, we should have been in there.
Guest (Female, Connie): It's okay, Mom. She went peacefully. That's the only way she could have gone.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Oh. Doctor, can we go in?
Guest (Male, Dr. Franklin): Of course.
Guest (Female, Eileen): Come on, dear. Let's Let's go say goodbye.
Guest (Female, Connie): Not goodbye, Mom. How about see you later?
Focus on the Family: There are a lot of different views about healing and how it happens, but one thing is certain, God hears our prayers. First John 5:14 tells us, "This is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us." We see the truth of that verse when Jesus prayed in Gethsemane before He was crucified. He asked for the cup to pass from Him, but ultimately accepted that He would do God's will. So we pray to God for what we really want, but accept that as a loving Father, He'll give us what is best for us. You know, sometimes we talk about things that might be a little hard to understand. Whenever that happens, we encourage you to talk to your parents. And you can always write to us. Just send your letter to Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80995. Or in Canada, write to Box 9800, Vancouver BC, V6B4G3. And don't forget to ask how you can get your own copy of today's episode. It's called "A Touch of Healing." That address again is Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80995. Adventures in Odyssey is a presentation of Focus on the Family. "A Touch of Healing" was written and directed by Paul McCusker. Our production engineer was Dave Arnold, and our executive producer is Chuck Bolte. And I'm Chris, hoping you'll join us again next time for more Adventures in Odyssey.