Malachi's Message, Part 2 of 3

Chris Anthony: Previously on Adventures and Odyssey.
Jason Whittaker: I've come to believe that my life's work will be college related.
Connie Kendall: Meaning that you want a career with the college?
Jason Whittaker: Precisely.
Connie Kendall: Help, he's Yeah, that's because
Jason Whittaker: The imagination station isn't working.
Connie Kendall: That's because
Jason Whittaker: It's stuck on the hide and seek program and I can't seem to reset it.
Connie Kendall: Well, that's because Are you really finished?
Jason Whittaker: Uh-huh. Why?
Connie Kendall: Because I have to tell you about Malachi. That's why.
Jason Whittaker: Malachi. Okay. Maybe you better tell me about it.
Connie Kendall: That's what I've been trying to do. See, Eugene and I came in this morning and found an unconscious man in the imagination station and so we called an ambulance and took him to the hospital and Dr. Cole said he was fine and then this guy, Malachi, asked for your dad by name and your dad went into talk to him and then came out acting really strange and said the man might need psychiatric help and then the man disappeared and your dad's been acting weird ever since.
Jason Whittaker: Oh.
Connie Kendall: Oh? That's all? Oh?
Jason Whittaker: Well, it must have been some kind of vagrant, that's all.
Connie Kendall: No, not the way he was dressed.
Jason Whittaker: Okay, how was he dressed?
Connie Kendall: In a really nice suit.
Jason Whittaker: Well, there is a well dressed vagrant.
Connie Kendall: Well, I think it's more mysterious than just that. He obviously upset your father.
Jason Whittaker: Okay, he's a well dressed and upsetting vagrant. Look, I know he's not a thief.
Connie Kendall: He's not?
Jason Whittaker: No, and I came in and no one was here. I had to look around just to make sure everything was all right. And it was, except that the back door was unlocked and the imagination station was acting up.
Connie Kendall: The back door was unlocked?
Jason Whittaker: Uh-huh.
Connie Kendall: But Eugene and I came in through the front door this morning.
Jason Whittaker: There you go. He must have wandered in through the back door, found the imagination station and got into it. Where's my dad now?
Connie Kendall: Oh, he went to Tom's. You know, you're being awfully cool about this.
Jason Whittaker: Well, there's no reason to get all worked up. At the moment, I'm trying to figure out what the guy did to the imagination station. It's stuck on the scene where the angel tells Mary that she's pregnant with Jesus. I can't figure this thing out. Eugene will have to fix it. Where is he?
Connie Kendall: Oh, he is an interview with the Dean at the college about a full time job.
Jason Whittaker: Well, then we'll just have to shut the machine down till he comes back or my dad shows up.
Connie Kendall: Jason.
Jason Whittaker: Huh?
Connie Kendall: You seem kind of irritable this morning. Is everything okay?
Jason Whittaker: Yeah, everything's fine. I'm just feeling a little I don't know. Restless, I guess.
Connie Kendall: Restless?
Jason Whittaker: Yeah. I came in this morning and suddenly realized that there were a lot of other places I'd rather be.
Connie Kendall: Oh. Like where?
Jason Whittaker: I have no idea. Don't you ever feel restless sometimes?
Connie Kendall: Well, yeah, but that's because I 'm trying to decide whether to work full time for a while or start college.
Jason Whittaker: Oh. Well, I am sure you'll make the right choice. Look, I'll be in the office for a a bit if anything comes up, okay?
Connie Kendall: Okay. Well, thanks for the chat.
Jason Whittaker: Well, that's enough of the floorboards, huh? I'll have room to dig here where I found Timmy's necklace.
John Avery Whittaker: You know, Tom, it's possible that Malachi is out of his mind or well, simply trying to con us for some reason.
Jason Whittaker: What if he is who he says he is?
John Avery Whittaker: An angel?
Jason Whittaker: Well, we talk about him. We say we believe in him. But what do we do when one shows up?
John Avery Whittaker: Well, I don't think we're wrong to want proof. You know, a sign of some sort. The Bible tells us to test spirits.
Jason Whittaker: Well, that's what I'm doing right now. Now, if we dig and don't find anything, then we can tell him to get lost. But if there's something here, something about my Timmy, don't you see, Whit, finding that necklace made me feel something I haven't felt in a long while.
John Avery Whittaker: What?
Jason Whittaker: Excitement. Whit, Whit.
John Avery Whittaker: Did you find something?
Jason Whittaker: I think so.
John Avery Whittaker: Well, that didn't take long.
Jason Whittaker: Well, if Timmy buried something, he wouldn't have dug very deep. It's a metal box.
John Avery Whittaker: Huh.
Jason Whittaker: Well, I'll be
John Avery Whittaker: What is it? Banker's box?
Jason Whittaker: Uh-huh. It belonged to my father. I gave it to Timmy to store things in. I'd forgotten all about it. Well, let's hope it's not locked. Good.
John Avery Whittaker: Well?
Jason Whittaker: Oh my. What is what's in it? A boy's treasure. Some marbles, a few stamps he was collecting, his pocket knife. Oh, I kept wondering about this. A picture. A photo of me and his mother. I had no idea.
John Avery Whittaker: But what's that book?
Jason Whittaker: Hm? Oh, I don't know. It's a diary. Timmy kept a diary and I didn't know.
John Avery Whittaker: So, this is what Malachi said to dig for.
Jason Whittaker: It has to be. It's his diary, Whit.
John Avery Whittaker: Well, Tom, I'll leave you with your new found treasure.
Connie Kendall: Eugene.
Jason Whittaker: Katrina. What are you doing here? I thought you were assisting in Holstein's books while I was in classes.
Connie Kendall: Well, I took off for lunch. I wanted to see how your interview with the Dean went.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, well, it was adequate, I suppose.
Connie Kendall: Adequate? Well, didn't he offer you a job?
Jason Whittaker: Well, not exactly. He said he wanted to consider my application further and would like to meet with me tomorrow.
Connie Kendall: Consider your application further? Well, what's to consider? You've been a student and part time employee in various capacities for ages. I mean, what could he need to consider?
Jason Whittaker: Oh, well, I am not sure.
Connie Kendall: Well, didn't you ask?
Jason Whittaker: No, it didn't seem appropriate.
Connie Kendall: Oh, Eugene.
Jason Whittaker: Yes?
Connie Kendall: Why don't you stick up for yourself more?
Jason Whittaker: What do you mean?
Connie Kendall: Well, you should have reminded him of all the work you've done for the college. It's not unreasonable for you to assert your expectations, all things considered. I think you have to be more aggressive.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, well, I saw no point in being aggressive at this particular meeting.
Connie Kendall: Well, you never see a point in being aggressive.
Jason Whittaker: Well, I disagree. I can be aggressive when the situation demands it.
Connie Kendall: Oh, really? For example?
Jason Whittaker: Well, you know, if there were a big meteor heading towards Earth and
Connie Kendall: Right. Any other examples?
Jason Whittaker: A specific that actually happened?
Connie Kendall: Yes. I'm only saying, Eugene, very funny that you have to be more aggressive. A roll over and play dead attitude won't get you anywhere.
Jason Whittaker: Wait a minute. Roll over and play dead? I believe that's an unfair euphemism.
Connie Kendall: Oh, do you? Do you want me to give you a list of examples?
Jason Whittaker: Yes.
Connie Kendall: Oh, well, I
Jason Whittaker: No. No, not really.
Connie Kendall: Okay.
Jason Whittaker: I appreciate you bringing it up when I'm feeling discouraged though.
Connie Kendall: I'm sorry, Eugene. I don't mean to be insensitive. I'm only thinking of your our future. You know, my daddy says that we have
Jason Whittaker: Oh, Katrina, wait, wait. It won't help for me if you quote your father. He's a lion, a tiger, in fact. Choose the most aggressive species you can think of and that's your father.
Connie Kendall: Yes. The King of the Jungle.
Jason Whittaker: I am not your father.
Connie Kendall: I know you are not my father, but it wouldn't hurt to learn one or two things from him.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, his aggressive nature, for example?
Connie Kendall: Well, something like that. It's unfair for the Dean to put you off this way. I have to go to Holstein's now.
Jason Whittaker: Is it really necessary for you to work while you're visiting me?
Connie Kendall: Oh, Eugene, I promised Mr. Holstein I would help out when I'm in town. And unless you get a full time job, we need the money. I will talk to you later.
Jason Whittaker: Yes, of course. Later.
Eugene Meltsner: Ah, greetings Jack, Joanne.
Jason Whittaker: Hello, Eugene.
Joanne Allen: Hi, Eugene. I'm just making tea. Would you like some?
Jason Whittaker: Oh, if it's no trouble.
Joanne Allen: Oh, not at all.
Eugene Meltsner: What brings you here?
Jason Whittaker: Well, I was just passing by on my way back to Whit's End and I thought I'd stop in to say hello.
Eugene Meltsner: Hello, that's nice.
Jason Whittaker: Hello. I heard you had some excitement there this morning.
Eugene Meltsner: Oh, how'd you hear about that?
Jason Whittaker: How else? Connie phoned.
Joanne Allen: She thinks it's all terribly mysterious. Here's your tea.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, thank you. Well, I believe Connie has been reading too many gothic romances, handsome strangers, unexplained appearances.
Joanne Allen: Nice suits.
Eugene Meltsner: You're not intrigued?
Jason Whittaker: Well, I was, but more pressing matters have come to the fore.
Eugene Meltsner: Like what?
Jason Whittaker: Well, I had an interview with one of the Deans at the college and a proverbial tiff with Katrina afterwards.
Eugene Meltsner: Uh-oh.
Joanne Allen: It must be a day for tiffs.
Jason Whittaker: Really? You too as well?
Eugene Meltsner: Well, you tell us about your tiff and we'll tell you about ours.
Jason Whittaker: All right. In summation, the Dean wants to give more consideration to my role at the college and Katrina believes I should be far more aggressive in my dealings with him.
Eugene Meltsner: And you don't agree?
Jason Whittaker: Well, I agree that it is unfortunate that the Dean doesn't instantaneously appreciate my contributions to the college and I suppose I could be more aggressive in how I present myself, but I know what Katrina truly expects.
Joanne Allen: What?
Jason Whittaker: She expects me to be more like your father.
Eugene Meltsner: Am I wrong, Joanne?
Joanne Allen: Well, it's not unusual for girls to look for their father's attributes in the man they want to marry. And sometimes the engagement period brings that out more than ever.
Jason Whittaker: But I'm not her father and to be candid, I don't wish to be.
Eugene Meltsner: Did you tell her so?
Jason Whittaker: Well, yes, but I don't think she understands.
Joanne Allen: You two have been doing some premarital counseling. Can you talk about it there?
Jason Whittaker: Well, our counseling has been difficult because of the distance. Katrina comes to visit only every couple of weeks and the time is short and precious when she's here. And when these kinds of conflicts come up, we're hard pressed to deal with them effectively.
Joanne Allen: I know.
Eugene Meltsner: Yes.
Jason Whittaker: When I inquire as to whether our tiff is connected to your tiff?
Eugene Meltsner: It is.
Joanne Allen: I got a call from the missions board this morning. They need me to go to Azerbaijan to help with a struggling mission there.
Jason Whittaker: And you don't want to go?
Eugene Meltsner: Actually, Eugene, I don't want her to go. See, I'm getting very tired of all her traveling. The time away wears on us.
Jason Whittaker: Well, I I thought your plan was to travel together.
Joanne Allen: We thought when we got married that we could, but the shop has been doing so well and we can't simply leave it, so we're at odds about what to do.
Eugene Meltsner: I'd like her to resign with the missions board.
Joanne Allen: And I feel a certain amount of duty to them. I I hate to leave them in the lurch.
Jason Whittaker: Let me see if this customer needs help. Mr. Allen.
Eugene Meltsner: What?
Jason Whittaker: It's he.
Eugene Meltsner: He who?
Jason Whittaker: The stranger we found at the imagination station this morning.
Joanne Allen: Oh, he is handsome.
Jason Whittaker: That natural.
Eugene Meltsner: As opposed to what?
Malachi: Hello, Jack.
Jason Whittaker: Hi. What a lovely shop you have here.
Eugene Meltsner: Thank you, sir. Are you looking for anything in particular?
Jason Whittaker: Yes, something related to time perhaps, such as oh, say an imagination station?
Malachi: Not at all, Eugene.
Jason Whittaker: You know my name? Well, of course you do. Mr. Whitaker must have mentioned it to you before you disappeared so mysteriously this morning.
Malachi: My business isn't with you for the moment. Joanne.
Joanne Allen: Yes?
Malachi: Do what your head says you must, but your heart dreads.
Joanne Allen: What?
Malachi: It's time to stay home. You may give up your travels. Your work with the missions is done for now.
Eugene Meltsner: Excuse me, what's your name?
Malachi: Malachi.
Joanne Allen: I'm sorry, Malachi, but I don't see how it's your place to say such a thing.
Malachi: I was sent to tell you.
Joanne Allen: By who? The missions board?
Malachi: No.
Joanne Allen: Well, then forgive me, but it's probably none of your business.
Malachi: You may continue on your present course and some good may come of it. But it 's the will of the one who called you to stop for now. You're no longer needed for the time being.
Joanne Allen: Not needed? No, I know you don't know what you're talking about. I am needed. There's no one else to take my place. This is silly. Jack, say something.
Eugene Meltsner: I've seen you somewhere before, haven't I?
Joanne Allen: What? Thank you, Jack. Mr. Malachi, what makes you think you can walk in here and say these things to me? Who do you think you are?
Malachi: It's not who I think I am, Joanne. It's who I am.
Joanne Allen: And who are you exactly?
Malachi: I'm an angel.
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Joanne Allen: He said he is an angel.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, well, sure I could say I'm a cumquat, but it doesn't make me
Eugene Meltsner: cumquat. Malachi could be who he said he is.
John Avery Whittaker: Yes, yes, he told me.
Jason Whittaker: You knew? Oh, thanks, dad. You could have called and given us the heads up.
John Avery Whittaker: What kind of heads up, Jason? What should I have said?
Jason Whittaker: I don't know, something.
Eugene Meltsner: What do you think about him, Whit?
John Avery Whittaker: I think he's very interesting.
Connie Kendall: Well, that's not an answer. Do you believe he's an angel, Whit?
John Avery Whittaker: Some things have happened since this morning that make me wonder.
Jason Whittaker: Well, I am certain there's a rational explanation for everything.
John Avery Whittaker: What amazes me is that he was so right with what he said. How could he know that Joanne and I have been talking about her missions work?
Jason Whittaker: Oh, come on. There are ways.
Connie Kendall: Well, what do you mean, Jason?
Jason Whittaker: Well, surveillance of some kind.
John Avery Whittaker: Surveillance?
Jason Whittaker: Yeah.
John Avery Whittaker: You mean you think we're being bugged or watched or followed?
Jason Whittaker: It's the only explanation that makes any sense. I mean, think about it. He breaks into Whit's End and is found unconscious in the imagination station.
Connie Kendall: Yeah, how about that?
Jason Whittaker: Well, what if he wasn't unconscious at all? I mean, what if he broke in and was putting in some listening devices or something and then he heard you and Eugene come in? So, he thinks fast. He hides in the imagination station. Well, inevitably you find him and he feigns illness to keep from answering embarrassing questions. Yeah, and then what happened at the hospital?
Connie Kendall: He disappeared.
Jason Whittaker: Exactly. And he suddenly shows up at Jack and Joanne's shop with some kind of message to keep her from traveling with the missions board. I'm sorry, it's a little too convenient.
John Avery Whittaker: Yes, but to pretend to be an angel?
Jason Whittaker: Stranger things have happened.
John Avery Whittaker: I don't know, Jason. Sounds pretty far fetched to me.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, more far fetched than believing he's actually an angel?
John Avery Whittaker: And then there's his name too.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, what about it?
John Avery Whittaker: Well, I'm just thinking about it. It's rather predictable.
Connie Kendall: What do you mean?
John Avery Whittaker: Well, it's from the Hebrew. It's a general word that means my messenger. Anybody with even a superficial knowledge of the language could have come up with Malachi.
Jason Whittaker: Come on. This is absurd. I'm going to settle this whole thing right now.
John Avery Whittaker: Oh, how?
Jason Whittaker: Just leave it to me. Dad, can I see in your office?
John Avery Whittaker: Sure.
Connie Kendall: Oh, what do you think they're up to?
John Avery Whittaker: Establishing a plausible and rational answer to this mystery, I hope.
Eugene Meltsner: If they can.
Connie Kendall: Jack, you're beginning to sound like you believe he's really an angel.
Eugene Meltsner: Well, it's the oddest thing.
Joanne Allen: What is?
Eugene Meltsner: I think I've seen him before.
Joanne Allen: You have? Where?
Eugene Meltsner: In my dreams.
Connie Kendall: Oh.
Jason Whittaker: Okay, Jonathan. Yeah, thanks. I really appreciate it. No, no, no, really, it's all right. I'll let you know how things turn out. Uh-huh. Bye-bye.
John Avery Whittaker: So, did your old friends have anything helpful to say?
Jason Whittaker: Well, not really. I called everybody I could think of, the intelligence agency, the FBI, the Pentagon. None of them were aware of any kind of surveillance going on around here, domestic or foreign. Oh, wait a minute. I could call Bob Adams at the Federal Security Agency in Maryland. Yeah, he might know something.
John Avery Whittaker: Jason.
Jason Whittaker: What? Wait.
John Avery Whittaker: Why?
Jason Whittaker: Look, I don't believe Malachi is what you think he is. He's not a spy. Come on, dad. If you're going to try to convince me that he's some kind of extraterrestrial being, well, you got your work cut out for you.
John Avery Whittaker: You don't believe in angels?
Jason Whittaker: Well, sure I do, but only in the sense that they do things invisibly. I mean, they don't just show up and start dishing out messages like heavenly telegrams.
John Avery Whittaker: Oh, why not? Angels appeared in the Bible and delivered messages that way. Why not now?
Jason Whittaker: Well, because it's just Look, I'm not going to have a theological argument about this, okay? I just want to make a few more calls.
John Avery Whittaker: Uh-huh. I see that look in your eyes.
Jason Whittaker: What look? That look you get when you're back in that world.
John Avery Whittaker: Which world? The world of spies, espionage, mysteries.
Jason Whittaker: Dad, a few phone calls isn't the same as being back in that world.
John Avery Whittaker: Ah, but you still have that look. Jason, I haven't been your father all these years just to turn into a stranger now. You haven't been happy lately and I know it.
Jason Whittaker: Has it been that obvious?
John Avery Whittaker: Well, maybe not to everyone, but I've noticed. What do you want to do?
Jason Whittaker: Well, that's just the problem, dad. I don't know.
John Avery Whittaker: Do you want to go back to work for the agency?
Jason Whittaker: No, you know, I really don't. That world, as you call it, doesn't have a lot of appeal for me anymore. You know, I'd like to put my faith to work somehow.
John Avery Whittaker: Well, you do that here at Whit's End.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, I know, but I I need something else.
John Avery Whittaker: Something other than this?
Jason Whittaker: Yeah. You understand, don't you, dad?
John Avery Whittaker: I understand, son.
Jason Whittaker: Look, I'll tell you what. If I can't get any answers from my friends, then maybe I'll believe that Malachi is an angel. And who knows? Maybe he has a message for me and all of this.
John Avery Whittaker: Oh, maybe he does.
Jason Whittaker: Hi, how you two doing?
Joanne Allen: Well, all things considered.
Jason Whittaker: You seem to be in a buoyant mood, Mr. Riley.
Malachi: It turned into a wonderful day. Is Whit around?
John Avery Whittaker: I'm right here, Tom.
Malachi: Oh, good. You haven't seen that Malachi fellow, have you?
Connie Kendall: You know about him?
Malachi: Oh, better than that. I met him at my farm.
John Avery Whittaker: You did?
Malachi: Sure. Whit brought him.
Connie Kendall: Whit, why aren't you telling us these things?
John Avery Whittaker: Well, it didn't seem like anyone else's business, but Tom's.
Jason Whittaker: Then you know that Malachi claims to be an angel.
Malachi: Yeah, and I think it's more than a claim though.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, what do you mean, pray tell?
Malachi: I think he is an angel.
Jason Whittaker: What?
Connie Kendall: You're kidding.
Malachi: I couldn't be more serious. It's amazing, I tell you, amazing.
John Avery Whittaker: Is that Timmy's diary?
Malachi: It sure is and it's been like a breath of fresh air through my pale old bones.
Connie Kendall: Is somebody going to tell us what's going on?
Malachi: Well, Malachi told me where I could find this diary of my son Timmy. It was buried under Timmy's cabin with some other treasures of his. Whit, he wrote in it the whole summer before he died. It's something to behold. Now, just just listen to this. He wrote this while he was at camp. Today I took a long walk in the woods and tried to pray like I never prayed before and I did. The woods were so quiet and the sun was so bright that I felt like I was praying for the first time. It's like my faith was real for the first time. My dad told me it would be like this, but I didn't really think so. Now, did you hear that, Whit? It was real to him.
John Avery Whittaker: That's wonderful, Tom.
Malachi: But now here's the thing. Later on, one of the counselors at camp talked to them about storing up their treasures in heaven. The counselor was talking about putting too much affection on the things of this world. So, Timmy got to thinking about that and decided he'd take the things that he loved the most and put them away in the banker's box just to go without them for a while.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, kind of like a fast, except he gave up objects rather than food.
Malachi: That's it. Yeah, yeah. And that's why he buried his treasures under the cabin.
John Avery Whittaker: And they've been down there all these years.
Malachi: Until Malachi told me to dig there.
Connie Kendall: Malachi told you to do that? But how did he know?
Malachi: Oh, beats me. How do angels know anything?
Jason Whittaker: So, you're convinced? You believe he really is an angel?
Malachi: Oh, I'm convinced. My heart feels alive right now, Eugene, and and this diary has me thinking. It's given me an idea.
Jason Whittaker: About what?
Malachi: You know, I had that bus load of kids from Oswald Heights to our my farm.
Connie Kendall: Yeah, I remember that.
Malachi: Well, these kids live in the slums of Connelsville and never get to the country except for maybe a quick field trip once a year. And then Malachi showed me where Timmy's diary was buried and it all fell into place.
Jason Whittaker: Well, I for one fail to understand how the two things are connected.
Malachi: Well, Timmy wrote most of his diary while he was at camp one summer and the experience it meant a lot to him. And then it suddenly struck me. I could build a retreat center right there on my property around Timmy's cabin.
Connie Kendall: A retreat center? You mean with cabins and bunk beds and crafts and all that?
Malachi: That's right and I think I'm going to call it the Timothy Center.
Connie Kendall: Oh, that's sweet.
Malachi: Now, of course it'll be mostly for kids, all kinds of kids from all kinds of backgrounds where they will learn about nature and farming and even get spiritual help and counseling if they need it.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, it sounds wonderful. But, Mr. Riley, where will you find the financial resources for such an endeavor?
Malachi: Well, I'll put up some of the money myself and I figure I can talk a lot of the businesses and churches around town into donating to it.
Jason Whittaker: Well, you can count me in.
Malachi: This is something that I believe in and the truth is I believe that God wants me to do it. So, I've got to talk to the mayor about it first thing tomorrow.
Connie Kendall: The mayor? You have to run this past Margaret Fay?
Malachi: Yes.
Jason Whittaker: Oh, boy.
Malachi: Now, I talked to the city planner this afternoon and he gave me some kind of bureaucratic mumbo jumbo about Timmy's cabin being a listed historical site. I have to take in a rough plan of my idea and persuade Margaret that Oh, look at the time. I got a meeting with an architect to work out the drawings. Listen, I'll I'll see you later.
Jason Whittaker: So, long, Tom.
John Avery Whittaker: So, long, Mr. Riley.
Connie Kendall: Is it just me or has everything started going crazy since Malachi showed up?
John Avery Whittaker: Oh, it isn't just you, Connie. But then this seems to be the kind of thing that happened anytime an angel showed up in the Bible.
Jason Whittaker: Chaos and pandemonium?
John Avery Whittaker: No. Inspiration. And I have a feeling that this is just the start.
Chris Anthony: Connie's right. Malachi has sure stirred up a lot of activity around Odyssey. But does that make him an angel or not? And what's going to happen to Eugene's job at the college or Joanne's decision about the mission? Hopefully we'll find out in our next adventure, so keep listening. If you ever want to write to us about this or any episode, our address is Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80995 or in Canada write to Box 9800, Vancouver BC V6B 4G3. And remember to ask about how you can get your own copy of today's episode. It's called Malachi's Message. That address again is Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80995. Adventures in Odyssey is a presentation of Focus on the Family. Malachi's Message was written by Paul McCusker and directed by Dave Arnold. Our production engineer was Dwayne Harms and I'm Chris. Hoping you'll join us again next time for more Adventures in Odyssey.