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S DA FOUNTAIN Odyssey archive · est. 2000
Album 28 12 episodes

Welcome Home!

Banners, fireworks, a key to the city... after long months halfway around the world, John Avery Whittaker is finally coming home to Odyssey, and the whole town turns out to cheer. But not every heart is celebrating. One friend is quietly packing for a one-way flight out of town, another is nursing a broken heart, and an offer from far away could pull Whit right back out the door. Can Connie, Eugene, Jack and the others hold on to the friend they've waited so long to welcome? As old secrets surface and hard choices loom, everyone learns that coming home takes more than a plane ticket - it takes forgiveness, trust and letting go. Whit is back at last... but is he home to stay?

Album Contents

12 episodes No.
21 Sep 1996 24 min 0358 The Secret Weapon When a struggling Little League player loses all faith in himself, his rookie coach hands him a legendary slugger's old bat said to have a mind of its own. 28 Sep 1996 24 min 0359 The Merchant of Odyssey Fresh out of community service, Bart Rathbone schemes to reclaim the Electric Palace from Edwin Blackgaard - and finds an unexpected weapon in the tax man. 5 Oct 1996 25 min 0360 Three Funerals and a Wedding, Part 1 of 2 When famine drives an Israelite family into a foreign land, a widow and her devoted daughter-in-law must decide what loyalty, faith, and home truly mean. 12 Oct 1996 26 min 0361 Three Funerals and a Wedding, Part 2 of 2 Two destitute widows return to Bethlehem with nothing but each other, until a chance encounter in a barley field opens an unexpected path to redemption. 19 Oct 1996 28 min 0362 The Right Choice, Part 1 of 2 Returning home from Israel with a surprise for Katrina, Eugene misreads a phone call and races to a lakeside lodge to stop a wedding - setting off a chain of impulsive decisions that puts their entire relationship in question. 26 Oct 1996 24 min 0363 The Right Choice, Part 2 of 2 While Whit weighs a life-changing request from the Universal Encyclopedia board, a frantic Eugene must learn what love really means before Katrina makes the choice that will decide their future. 2 Nov 1996 26 min 0364 Home, Sweet Home With Odyssey pulling out all the stops to welcome Whit home, one friend quietly makes plans to slip away unnoticed. 9 Nov 1996 28 min 0365 Clara When Eugene finds Jack about to board a one-way flight out of Odyssey, Jack finally reveals the painful secret behind his broken friendship with Whit - a story of grief, an orphaned girl, and a promise that couldn't be kept. 16 Nov 1996 30 min 0366 Solitary Refinement Reeling from a painful breakup, Eugene retreats to a monastery to test a life of silence and solitude - while back in Odyssey, Whit is too busy to hear the answer he's praying for. 23 Nov 1996 25 min 0367 The Decision When a mission board's offer threatens to pull Whit away from Odyssey, everyone around him campaigns for a different outcome - and Whit must sort genuine calling from every other motive. 30 Nov 1996 26 min 0368 The Other Woman A tabloid photo of the mayor holding hands with a mysterious blonde woman threatens to unravel a secret he has guarded for years. 7 Dec 1996 22 min 0369 It's a Wrap! A Kids Radio crew shadows Whit through an "ordinary" day at Whit's End - but between a found wallet full of cash, an overeager reporter, and Harlow Doyle on the case, nothing stays ordinary for long.