Come meet a dad who is raising 9 kids, yes you heard me right, 9 kids! I wasn't sure how it was even possible to raise 9 kids! In this episode you will hear me pick his brain on how he balances faith, career and family. If you like stories, this will be a great episode for you.Casey Stubbs is not only a very busy dad and devoted husband, but in his professional life he’s passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.Special thanks to Smile Online Course & Books for sponsoring this episode. To learn more visit: https://thefatherhoodchallenge--smileteenskills.thrivecart.com/social-career-skills-accelerator/Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrhttps://zencastr.com/?via=thefatherhoodchallengeCome and meet a dad who is raising nine kids.00:12.70Jonathan GuerreroYes, you heard me right. Nine kids. I know what you're probably thinking. How is he doing this? We're both going to find out together in just a moment, so don't go anywhere.00:25.28Jonathan GuerreroGreetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called Nine Lives, One Dad. I met a dad of seven with seven kids once, but never nine. This is the first for me.00:36.11Jonathan GuerreroWe chatted a bit before this interview, and I felt like he was a long-lost brother from another mother. So I'm excited to introduce you to Casey Stubbs. Casey is not only a very busy dad and a devoted husband, but his professional life, he's very passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.00:54.90Jonathan GuerreroWe will talk more about that in a later episode, but right now we're here to pick his brain about being a dad of nine. Casey, welcome to the fatherhood challenge.01:04.73CaseyThanks, Jonathan. great Glad to be here.01:08.56Jonathan GuerreroOkay. So I am curious, what was that moment like when you had your, your first child and you knew for the first time that you were going to be a dad?01:19.43CaseyWell, um it's that's a really good question, and I'll unpack that with that. When I first started, met my wife, she had two kids already.01:31.88CaseyAnd so ah when we got together, i went through the process of adopting them. And so I knew immediately, so it wasn't like, oh, you know, it was not like a big surprise, but I will just preface like how my wife and I got together because I think it would be an interesting story for you and your listeners.01:56.21Jonathan GuerreroYes. Yes, it would please.01:58.32CaseySo, um so I was, this was back in 2004, 2003. two thousand and three And my, I knew my wife as an acquaintance, as a friend.02:11.46CaseyAnd I worked at a restaurant. I was a cook at Ponderosa Steakhouse with her brother. And so I knew her, um but we weren't really friends. As a matter of fact, we didn't like each other.02:25.71Caseyum And neither of us were Christians either. So I was in the Army Reserve at the time, and I got shipped off to go to Iraq.02:37.68CaseyAnd while I was at the training camp, which was at Fort Dix, my one of my friends that I made there, he gave me a book, and the name of the book was called The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.02:52.43CaseyAnd so I'm reading the book. I'm getting ready to go to Iraq. I had ah some ah quite a few personal issues, problems, and things like that going on. And so i I made a joke to my friend who gave me the book. I didn't realize it was a Christian book at all.03:08.17CaseyLike that's how how out of it I was. But ah I just, the first, the intro was like, yeah, life's not all about you, you know? And so i I read that comment and I made a joke to my friend. I said, you gave me the wrong book.03:23.06CaseyYou said, this isn't all about me. What's going on? so So I read the book and it right in the in the middle of it, maybe in the beginning, ah There was a verse in there that said, ah before I created you, i knew you. It was a reference from, from Isaiah and man, that just hit me so hard.03:45.12CaseyAnd so i I was just, I prayed. i was ah like alone in the room. I prayed, I was reading and I called out on the Lord said, you know what? I need help. I can't do this. And I just felt the presence of God there.03:59.65CaseyLike it was amazing. I just felt like this incredible peace. And, um ah you know, I was having some difficult challenges and I've just felt like the Lord said, you know what? You're gonna have challenges in this life. You're gonna have problems, but I'm gonna be with you. And it's like the peace of God came on me and you know I never really got over that moment, even to this day.04:23.17CaseyAnd it just has been amazing. And that was like 22 years ago. so ah04:29.08Jonathan GuerreroWhoa. woe04:30.04CaseySo anyways, to make a long story, that was the preface of how my wife and I ended up getting together. So I then i was in the i wasn't in Iraq yet. That was like on the way. And so that book, Purpose Driven Life, is like 40 days for new believers, like the 40 steps that they're supposed...
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