In the first half, guest host Lisa Garr (email) spoke with retired astronaut Eileen Collins about her trailblazing career as the first woman to pilot an American spacecraft. She detailed her journey from an impoverished childhood in upstate New York to commanding four space shuttle missions. Collins attributed her ability to remain calm under pressure to her childhood. Growing up with an alcoholic father, she learned to manage uncertainty and fear. "I really wanted a life with organization and predictability, and that's kind of what attracted me to the military," she explained.
At age 20, Collins paid for her own flight training after saving money from multiple jobs. "I worked as a janitor... I worked at a putt putt golf course," she said. In 1978, Collins entered the Air Force's test program for female pilots where she was one of only four women among 500 male pilots and instructors at her base. Her first spaceflight came in 1995 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, and she described the initial physical adaptation as challenging. "It took me a couple days to adjust to being in space," she recalled. The shift in her body fluids caused facial swelling and leg thinning as she learned to navigate her zero-gravity surroundings.
Yet it was all worth it for the view of Earth, which profoundly impacted her. She witnessed meteor showers, auroras, and cities below. "Looking down at the Earth, you think about all the history that took place... now we have all these billions of people living on the planet," she observed. Collins predicts space tourism will flourish as costs decrease and safety improves, comparing the industry to aviation's early days. "Hopefully, in my lifetime, people will be able to sign up to have an experience... they'll say, well, I think I'm going to do a nine day trip to the moon," she mused.
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In the second half, Reverend Bill Bean shared his extensive work helping people overcome demonic possession, curses, and spiritual attacks. He recounted suffering physical assaults from demonic entities between the ages of 5 and 12, and his family's ordeal originated over a century earlier when ancestors deliberately conjured evil forces. According to Bean, the consequences were catastrophic: his mother died at 44 from a cerebral hemorrhage, his father was shot to death at 48, and multiple other family members experienced untimely deaths.
The turning point came at age 13 after visiting his uncle in Florida, a devout Christian who told him: "You can take power and authority over these things, you can invoke the power of God over this, in Jesus' name." Upon his return home, Bean reportedly witnessed an unseen force attack his mother violently. In rage and newfound faith, he grabbed a Bible, cross, and holy water, then commanded the entities to reveal themselves.
Bean emphasized that the key to defending against demonic attack is faith-based living rather than fear-based existence. "When we get into a state of fear, our frequency and vibration is lowered, and it makes us wide open and vulnerable for demonic attack," he explained. He stressed that objects like crosses and rosaries hold no inherent power. "You might as well be putting a rock there," Bean asserted. "Where the power comes from is the source, God." His approach centers on invoking God's power daily through authentic faith. "If you can make that change... it'll be the greatest decision that you ever made in your life," he insisted.