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By Richard Hunt “I mean to be 13 or 14 years-old, and your prayer request is to make it to 19 or 21 without being shot, just really touched me!” Bob and those he serves alongside have found that a book by Christian artist Lecrae called “Unashamed” is helping point to truth. “A lot of them relate to him because Lecrae grew up without a dad and had a grandmother that prayed for him. And he went through a series of ups and downs – in and out of the system – before he got on the right track.”

By Richard Hunt In “The Last Supper on the Moon,” Pastor Levi Lusko uses the moon to help explain God’s plan for us here on earth. In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon, but Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was the first human to take Communion on the moon. So, in a sense the first footprints on the moon were dedicated to Jesus, who the Bible explains created the moon and everything else in space. As NASA prepares to return to the moon after 50 years, there’s renewed interest in space travel, in visiting Mars, and even setting up habitation on the moon.

More than 4-million teenagers are homeless every year, though not always by choice. “Whether it’s that they don’t feel safe in their own home, or whether they’ve been kicked out, this is not something young people generally want,” says Jeff Stern of the National Runaway Safeline. NRS helps kids looking to get off the streets. Air1's Monika Kelly reports. (Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved)

Father and Son Team, Nathan and Alex Johnson wanted to give non-wheelchair users a chance to attempt to do their normal tasks in a wheelchair. Listen to Air1's Rafael Sierra's report.

By Richard Hunt It’s an all-volunteer mission to raise the spirits of people who lost their homes in Colorado’s recent Marshall Fire. Many are still living in hotels or other temporary locations. The late December fire was stoked by winds near 100 m.p.h. and claimed 1,084 homes in Boulder County. Why the project name “Operation Hotel Sanity?”

Adopting a child is beautiful -- but messy. “We’re not always looking at it from the adoptee’s side,” cautions Jenn Hook, co-founder Replanted Ministry. Vanessa Joy Walker was adopted as a baby. “Grief is woven into an adoptee’s journey,” she says, adding desperate questions about birthparents are sometimes suppressed by pressure to be grateful. Walker advises parents to coach even young adopted children on how, when and with whom to share their own stories. “The grief and the gratitude can co-exist.” Air1’s Billie Branham reports. (Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved)

By Richard Hunt “All kinds of trash; plastic bottles, plastic bags, cigarette butts,“ were floating in the water. But, according to 12-year-old conservationist Cash Daniels, “Fishing line is one of the worst pollutants – and especially in Tennessee because we have a lot of bass fishing tournaments here.” To offer sports fishers a better way, Cash arranged for fishing line recycling bins to be available, keeping the monofilament from becoming part of the river junk. Money from thousands of pounds of recycled aluminum cans helped pay for the bins and other projects.

By Richard Hunt The ability of technology to help emergency responders was proven recently in eastern Tennessee. A teenage girl, who was walking her dogs in a mountain area, went missing. Volunteers with Bean Station Fire and Rescue were called in to assist in the search. “We were probably on the scene within 10 minutes of being dispatched and within another 10 minutes we had the girl located.” That’s because of the drone being piloted by Brandon Ramsey.

By Richard Hunt 60% of the Lighthouse Snow Fort workforce was under the age of 10. Nolan Wiersma explains he and wife, Katie, like to ”wrap their faith” into family projects as an example to their children and even the community. “We also like the picture of a lighthouse and how that relates to our faith in Jesus ... the true light in life.” As part of the project, they also shared awareness of a cause they support: Living Water Wells.

You see trouble, you hear it – now believe it. “Trust your intuition…you know when a situation is different,” says Hector Alvarez, an expert in workplace security with more than 25 years of experience in threat assessment. “One of your best bets for surviving these incidents is thinking about it before it happens.” Preparation is key says Mindi Russell, exec. dir. of the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy of Sacramento. “Instead of, ‘it will never happen here,’ have the mindset that if something happens, this is what we’ll do.” Air1's Bob Dittman reports. (Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved)

By Richard Hunt “People can freeze to death, and they do every year, more so before we started this program. What we do is try to keep people alive and warm and provide them heaters and make sure they have fuel to keep those heaters running.” - Joe Stevens, the CEO and co-founder of Joppa

By Richard Hunt What’s in John Konkel’s heart as he works long odd hours and maintains numerous relationships with students? “My parents were divorced when I was 12. My dad was an alcoholic…and I lacked that father figure growing up – and I tell this to the fraternity brothers and I tell this to a lot of guys that are in our ministry as well, I want to be there for them in ways that maybe my dad wasn’t able to be. And I think that drives a lot of what I do – is to be sort of a father figure and just to display God’s Father heart for these young men.” John prays those he ministers to can grow up to become great fathers and husbands – those kind of life changes that often happen not too long after graduating from college.

Monika Kelly hears Meredith Ard's story of trusting God in faith to carry her unborn twins after the doctor tells her a rare condition would most likely take the lives of her children. After prayer, Meredith makes the decision to keep her unborn babies, putting her own life at risk. Find out what happens as Meredith tells her poignant story.

The mission “for us, specifically…it’s spiritual fitness,” says Dave Eatman, Marine veteran and CRU National Director. The ministry offers “discipleship, education and mentoring and encouragement to serve Christ well and walk with Christ well while in uniform.” The CRU tactical plan hinges on partnership with on-base chaplains and local pastors who wish to serve military members. Air1's Monika Kelly reports. (Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved 2022)

By Richard Hunt “I’m sort of in a living laboratory” filled with Gen Z-ers, explains ORU President, Dr. Billy Wilson. He sees great promise in Gen Z, who have already endured many storms in life. “The truth is, Generation Z has never known a time on planet Earth when things are just normal.” The generation, a person born between roughly 1995 and 2015, “has been born into a world of terror, formed by life-changing events like 9/11, school shootings, and danger around them all the time. They went through an economic downtown in 2008. They’re of course young adults, and emerging young adults as teenagers, in a global pandemic.” That’s why Dr. Billy Wilson’s guidance book is called “Generation Z: Born for the Storm.”