Connections with Rich and Bobbi

Diana Vuolo is the founder and executive director of an extraordinary outreach to children called SWAN 4 Kids. They work with some of our most vulnerable youngsters - children of incarcerated parents. Diana shares about her own background and how SWAN 4 Kids started.

In our concluding visit with Kirk Legacy, he shares about his wife Jane, their call to reach out to the nomadic Kurdish people along the war-torn region of the Turkish - Iraqi border, and how the Lord had prepared a shocking life-changing event for them!

We’re continuing our visit with Kirk Legacy, who longed in his heart to minister to a nomadic people who had no nation to call their own - the Kurdish people, along the border of Turkey, Iraq & Iran. But, Kirk was battling the dreadful disease, Cystic Fibrosis, lying in his hospital bed not knowing if tomorrow on earth would ever come!

Most of us take for granted the air we breathe. Not so for Kirk Legacy! Hear his amazing story of growing up with cystic fibrosis and a projected life span of only 15-20 years. We met Kirk years past that, at an unusual forum dedicated to 12 hrs of continuous prayer and worship - at Facebook’s main campus in CA!

We’ve been visiting with the delightful Miss Lillie Knauls, known for singing on the hit, “Oh Happy Day,” & the Gaither Homecoming TV programs, videos, and tours! On our concluding talk with her, she shares how to find and follow God’s will, how she keeps going, and about serving single!

As we enter a new year, we’re continuing our visit with the effervescent Lillie Knauls! She shares how a girl working at the phone company & singing in church became a member of the Gaither Homecoming friends, and a singer on the number 1 “Oh Happy Day!”, singing in the most prestigious venues throughout the world!

This Christmas week, to lift our spirits & help us celebrate, sharing how to experience the joy of Christmas no matter what our circumstances, is Dove Award recipient Lillie Knauls! Miss Lillie, with her radiant smile & trademark hats, has been a regular singer featured on the Bill & Gloria Gaither Homecoming TV series, & shares her faith & joy here in words and songs!

“Oh Happy Day!” is a gospel song that exploded to #1 worldwide as sung by the Edwin Hawkins Singers in the 60s! Meet Lillie Knauls, one of those singers! She tells her amazing story of how she came to share her joy worldwide, and as a regular singer on the Bill & Gloria Gaither Homecoming TV program and tours!

We’re visiting with Teddy Feldmann, Community Outreach Coordinator at CityTeam in Oakland, CA. Teddy tells us stories, including his own, of people freed from addiction and homelessness, even as more than a half-million Americans experience homelessness on a typical night, and 1.4 million will spend time in a shelter every year!

We’re here at City Team’s downtown Oakland, CA location meeting with Teddy Feldmann, now their Community Outreach Coordinator, to hear his honest and heartfelt story! Join us on our podcast and hear how God has used CityTeam to reach Teddy and many others who need a hot meal and so much more!