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“It doesn’t matter what your struggle is, there is a mentor for you.” – Lou Zoeller

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This week we continue The Restoration Series with Men of Iron alum Lou Zoeller. Lou grew up Catholic, in a great family with great parents. He got away from his faith during his young adult years, until he met his wife Melissa.

“I thought I had faith through my upbringing but realized I didn’t have a relationship with Jesus.”

Melissa challenged Lou in his faith and had the hard conversations he needed to hear. After one of those hard phone calls, Lou hung up mad, but God spoke to him in that moment. They ended up getting married and got plugged into a local church. Lou credits the people and men he met at Victory Church for changing his life. A good friend of Lou’s suggested he go through Men of Iron, that it would be great opportunity to grow in his faith.

“I’ve been involved with Men of Iron for 12 years, as a mentor and a protege, it’s done so much for me that I can’t say thank you enough.”

Lou wants men to know that it doesn’t matter what your struggle is, there is a mentor for you, you need someone to walk through this with you. Men,  you will not sit across the table from a perfect person, we are all going through something. A mentor isn’t going to tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Knowing that there are other men out there that can walk the journey with you, it’s an amazing thing.

“It’s not just the changes I see that I care about, it’s what my wife, my kids and friends see and hearing them say there is something different about him.”

Men of Iron took this broken guy and put me back together and made me stronger. When you get knocked down and you struggle it’s okay to admit your struggles and get back up again.

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SHOW NOTES:

• • This week we continue The Restoration Series with Men of Iron alum Lou Zoeller
  • Lou grew up Catholic, in a great family with great parents, and wanted to be a priest up until age 12
  • Lou got away from faith for awhile, until he met his future wife Melissa
  • “I thought I had faith through my upbringing but realized I didn’t have a relationship with Jesus.”
  • Melissa challenged Lou in his faith and had the hard conversations he needed to hear
  • After one of those hard phone calls, Lou hung up mad, but God spoke to him that night
  • It took Lou and Melissa awhile to work through it she was instrumental in Lou’s faith journey
  • They ended up getting married and got plugged into a local church
  • Lou credits the people and men he met there for changing his life
  • “I knew that there was something missing, a couple years later I got connected to Men of Iron.”
  • Early adulthood, Lou was involved in drugs and alcohol and Men of Iron changed Lou’s life
  • “I’ve enjoyed my journey good and bad because it’s made me who I am.”
  • “I was going down a really dark path, I don’t know if I’d be here today without Melissa and finding God?”
  • A good friend of Lou’s at church suggested he go through Men of Iron, that it would be great for growing in his faith
  • “It’s amazing what God is doing through Men of Iron.”
  • Just because you are the mentor doesn’t mean you don’t have your faults and can’t bring stuff to the table
  • “I’ve been involved with Men of Iron for 12 years, as a mentor and a protege, it’s done so much for me that I can’t say thank you enough.”
  • “It was the best year of my life, I dove into the Bible, I got to know my mentor and he became a great friend a brother.”
  • If I am going to be holding guys accountable for these things, I need to be holding myself accountable too
  • Your struggles don’t make you special, a lot of guys don’t think other guys are going through the same things
  • It doesn’t matter what your struggle is, there is a mentor for you, you need someone to walk through this with you
  • You will not sit across the table with a perfect person, we are all going through something
  • Mentorship isn’t a guy holding you with kid gloves, he’s going to hold you accountable
  • A mentor isn’t going to tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear
  • Knowing that there are other men out there that can walk the journey with you, it’s an amazing thing
  • “Going through Men of Iron has softened this idea of trying to do it on my own.”
  • I’ve learned it’s okay to share that you are struggling
  • “My favorite Men of Iron moment, I was sitting at our kitchen table reading my Bible and my wife Melissa came up and kissed me and said she was proud of me.”
  • “It’s not just the changes I see, it’s what my wife, my kids and friends see and say there is something different about him.”
  • Men of Iron took this broken guy and put me back together and made me stronger
  • When you get knocked down and you struggle it’s okay to admit your struggles and get back up again
  • Your struggles aren’t special to you, there is someone out there struggling with the same thing
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