Good evening GYC.
Audience: good evening!
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Welcome to our
Friday evening service.
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How many of you
went on outreach today?
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Wasn't it a
blessing? Audience: yes!
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I understand that it was,
well it was cold out there.
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I understand it was 10
below freezing, but it was a
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blessing nonetheless.
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By way of a quick update,
I understand that so far they
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have tallied up 925
Bible studies, Amen!
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Audience: Amen!
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We are going to get more
updates tomorrow morning.
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My name is Mark Teh and I
currently serve as the director
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for the Western
Youth Conference.
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On behalf of GYC's West, I
want to extend to each of you
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a happy Sabbath and
also a blessed New Year.
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I want to wish you the
best in this upcoming decade.
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I echo the sentiment of
Pastor Asscherick, what a
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blessing it is to start
this New Year, and this new
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decade, as part of
this holy convocation.
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As I reflect on our theme
"Unashamed", one of the things
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that I am reminded of
is when we look at our
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circumstances, or the situation
that God may allow us to
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be in, we are to look at
it not from the lens of the
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world, not from the eyes
of self-interest, but rather
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with the lens of
faith, with the eyes of God.
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Often we begin a new year,
we wonder what does this year
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hold for me, what does
this year hold for you.
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But I submit to you that
the question we should be
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asking, or the greater
question we should be asking,
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is what does this year
hold for God in regards to our
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vital connection with Him?
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My appeal to you is that
as we begin this New Year
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together that each day we
are blessed with, that we would
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give it back to God in loving
submission to our Creator,
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our Redeemer, and
are soon coming King.
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May the Lord add
His blessing to our
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worship this evening.
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If we could bow
our heads for prayer.
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Our Father in heaven,
thank you so much for this
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beautiful day as we
begin the Sabbath rest that You
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have provided for us.
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Father I pray that You will
send your Spirit on this place.
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That You will send your
Spirit on each one of the people
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here. Father I pray that You
will be with the speakers and
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You will be each person who
will be presenting a message
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tonight, that You will be
with them as they tried to put
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across the message that
You have and have sent through
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them. I pray that You will
be with the viewers and open
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their hearts and open
their minds. I also pray Father
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that tonight You will help
us be unashamed for You, and
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we pray this in
Your wonderful name Amen!
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Good evening everyone!
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We were extremely privileged
this year to be part of a
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pilot program that
GYC tried this year.
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It involves mission work
and the program is called
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Intermission, our goal
was simply to get young people
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trying for
mission work themselves.
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So we set up two trips,
one to Ecuador and one to the
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Philippines and we are
going to be sharing with you
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tonight a little about
those mission trips and the
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experiences we had on them.
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The first set of trips
that I was involved in or to the
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country of Ecuador.
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We had three different groups
that went during the month
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of May to build one-day
churches with Maranatha.
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We held some health clinics
and to do community service,
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get to know the
church members we were
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building a church for.
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Overall it was a powerful
experience and I have brought
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some of the
participants with me today.
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They will share
with you what their
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experiences were like.
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The first person I'm
going to interview is
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Dulsey Morales.
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She was with us on our
first trip where we went to
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Ecuador, a beautiful
city right on the sea.
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We built three different
one-day churches, held a
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medical clinic, and also
did some community service time.
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Dulsey is one of our
translators, as well as heavily
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involved in some of
the medical work we did.
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So I'm going to ask Dulsey,
what did you gain from the
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trip, what did you learn
from the experience, and would
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it be something
you would do again?
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Well Audrey I must really
say I enjoyed going to Ecuador.
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I enjoyed meeting
all the wonderful people.
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What I liked most about
going was able to help people.
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I was able to understand
ministry on a different level.
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You are able to see
people that were in great need.
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After building the three
one day churches we were able
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to have an opportunity to
do medical outreach to the
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community, people started
lining up at 8 in the morning.
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We had approximately 28 groups
of families with 5 to 7 members
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in each family and
we were there all day
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working and helping them.
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We were ministering to their
physical needs, which later
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the church will follow up
with their spiritual needs.
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I was there all day from
the morning until the last
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crew to leave and I must
say it was the most wonderful
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experience, I didn't
take a break or eat lunch.
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I was able to understand
the word sacrifice in a
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new light and was thinking
if we would be able to do
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that every day and
Minister to everyone in our
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neighborhood, in our
area, and broader as well the
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message would of this
wonderful hope we have, Jesus is
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coming very soon will
be able to be spread to the
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world a lot faster.
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I would definitely do it again.
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Our second trip was to
the city of Esmeraldas,
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it is a coastal oil town.
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It's known to be a less
than reputable town in Ecuador.
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But we had
amazing experiences there.
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One of our
participants is Kenneth Fulkman,
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who is with me today.
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He had an accident 10
years ago that caused the
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loss of his legs and Ken
was wondering if his work for
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God was finished.
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When Kenny e-mailed me
and asked if there was any way
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that someone in a wheelchair
could come on one of our mission
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trips, we were really
excited to make it possible.
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Since then Ken has gone on
to realize that God is still
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using him, and Ken I want
you to share how you felt God
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used you in Esmeraldas and
how that has changed the way
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you have served Him since.
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Well it was at last GYC I
saw the film for the one-day
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church and I have a mechanical
background so I thought
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that's something I
would be interested in doing.
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When I sent the e-mail I
was hoping there was a way
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that I could go.
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It made me realize I can
still do stuff to reach people.
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I actually returned from
a mission trip in Peru just
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the first two weeks of December.
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Audience: Amen!
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So Ken has realized that
God is never done with you,
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in fact God is only
continuing to use you in more
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powerful ways no matter
what experience your life
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takes you through.
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Kim share with us
briefly what Ecuador met to you.
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This was my first mission
trip and I always wanted to
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go on a mission trip.
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I got the imitation by
another friend and it was so
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uplifting to see young
people actually want to help.
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Who love the Lord and
take the Ministry of God,
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preaching, teaching and
healing to a another whole
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level and it was a
blessing to be in Ecuador.
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To meet the friendly
faces and be with the friendly
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people and to build
a church in one day.
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You hear about it,
it's like it's impossible,
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but with God all
things are possible.
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So it was wonderful.
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Our last trip was
particularly exciting.
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We canoed four hours
down the river into a village
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they had no
electricity, no running water.
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It was primitive
as you have ever seen.
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I had amazing experience
there and over course of the
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time I learned of a rumor
that was going around that
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the boat drivers that had
originally brought us in were
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planning to kidnap
the girls on our trip and
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hold us for ransom.
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So we ended up trying to
plan on leaving a day early,
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avoiding the mess altogether
and it was really cool
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to see how the Lord
stopped a potential problem we
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could it had with some
gangs that broke out when we
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were in the city trying to
leave for the capital again.
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Over all a really
exciting experience and I want
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Shannon to share as we
were getting ready to flee a day
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early from our captors,
what was going on in her mind.
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Actually when I first
heard about what could possibly
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happen, in my head I
was thinking oh my, this is
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actually exciting,
stuff like this doesn't happen
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to you everyday.
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It was just so powerful to
see how God worked everything
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out for us, like with
canoes arriving early and
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unexpectedly a day early.
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People being at the docks
there in the city waiting for
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security people and we got out.
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God worked everything out
amazingly, it was so cool to
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see that in real life like that.
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It was really, really powerful.
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Well the last day of the
mission trips, it inter-mission
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trip was the Philippines
and the San Pablo Laguna area.
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We were there for almost
2 weeks this past July with
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all these people on
my left here and myself.
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While were there we held
a medical clinic everyday.
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We held children's ministries
and also nightly evangelism
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that culminated in a big
baptismal service the last
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Sabbath we were there.
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Carlos was there on the
trip with us, and Carlos walk us
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through a
typical day on the trip.
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Well Katie a want to say
that I have done my share of
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mission trips, but this is
hands down the best mission
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trip I have ever
been on in my life.
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Chiefly because we combined
the right arm of the Gospel
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with preaching
the gospel as well.
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So in a day we will wake
up early in the morning and
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have a breakfast and immediately
formulate our game plan
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some of us were care providers
and preachers, others were
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just preachers.
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I want to say that
nobody had preaching experience,
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specially not in
evangelism series, so all of us
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were very, very scared.
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We would go to a particular
church, one of the 12 we
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were preaching at, provide
care for the members and the
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visitors there, invited them
to the meetings in the evening
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and then in the afternoon
we would go do visitations to
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the particular members.
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We would draw those visitors
and the patients into the
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report and in the evening
we would deliver our message
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which was the Revelation
of Hope, a Mark Finlay series
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that anyone could use.
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It was definitely
busy but we were all
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definitely blessed.
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I'm sure I can speak in behalf
of all the people up here.
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Carlos was there something
specific that impacted your
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life from this trip?
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Well I was baptized at
the age of 11 and I don't see
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anything wrong with
that, for the age I had the
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knowledge I needed
to accept Jesus Christ
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into my heart.
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But after preaching two
weeks, I thought with as busy
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as our schedule was
there was no way I was going to
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be able to reach
any of these people.
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But on the night of baptism
the whole church came forward
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one night when I made my appeal.
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I got all emotional, I
didn't want them to make an
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emotional decision
but I couldn't help it.
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That's Sabbath when the
church members went into the
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waters for baptism I
decided to rededicate my life
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through baptism as well.
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I just felt the Spirit
was calling me to do so.
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You know over seas evangelism,
there is something special
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about it, evangelism is
good here in the states but
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overseas there is just a
little extra something special.
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It makes it so
much more of a blessing.
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Mellow you helped us out
with our children's program.
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Tell us a little about
what we did for the children
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and something special
you have to share for us.
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I thought I would only
be helping out with medical
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mission but I had
to do a lot more there
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when I got there.
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In the Philippines we were
asked, a few of us were asked
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to be speakers at one
of their weeks of prayers.
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In the Philippines we usually
have a week of prayer one
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or two times every school year.
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So we were invited to do
that, and three or four of us
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were speakers, I can't remember.
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Then it isn't really a
good way to evangelize the
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students that were
not Seventh-day Adventist
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attending Adventist school.
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It was way for them to
be evangelized and to hear
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about the word of God.
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Also I believe, I personally
believe, that for every
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evangelistic series we
did, it is a must that we also
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have a program for the children.
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So that is exactly what
we did in the Philippines.
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Every church we were
designated to we would have
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programs for children.
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What I notice is that the
children were the most sincere
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they were the avid
attendees through evangelism.
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These were the ones that
were inviting the adults to
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come in and join our series.
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So at the end of our
evangelistic series, my Church
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that I was designated
to, we were able to baptize 7
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teenagers because of that.
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Now GYC this is a
chance for you to get involved.
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Tonight on your seats when
you came in, you should have
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had a survey that we want
you to look for right now and
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fill it out, like Audrey
said in the beginning this was a
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pilot program and we want
to know if we should continue
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this, if this is something
you would be interested in,
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if you could help us support,
if you can help us attend,
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we know there are lots of
talented people in our GYC
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audience and we
want to hear from you.
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Also for those of us
that are watching on line via
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www. GYCweb. org on 3ABN,
you can log online and fill out
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the survey our front
page. That is WWW.GYCweb. org.
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We want to hear from you,
so please fill out the survey
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and let us know if
we should continue this.
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If this is something
that you are interested in.
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If this is something you
would like us to continue we
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need to hear it from you.
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Thank you so much.
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Modern views of evolution
stem all way back to theories
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developed in the mid-1800s.
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Out of the same time period
came ideas that shaped our
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educational system today.
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The common school movement
for example, saw schools
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more like a factory with
students blindly memorizing
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instruction rather than
thinking for themselves.
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Their curriculum was rigid
and theoretical instead of being
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flexible and practical.
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It was designed to conform
the individual into a specific
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ideological mold that
fit the needs of an old
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industrial era that
has long since passed.
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Just like our view of
creation in six literal days,
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we believe the Bible contains
an educational blueprint
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radically different
from the one we see now.
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Good evening once again.
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I have two friends up here
with me that I would like to
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introduce, Dr.
Nedley and Dr. Siebold.
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You saw in the video
little bit ago about Weimer.
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A question that
always intrigues me is
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what motivates people?
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You went to Weimar and
we heard about it last year,
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why do you even go there?
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Well the last work to be
done along ministerial lines
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is medical missionary work.
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One of the last conferences
that Ellen White was at,
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she said to a successful
pastor, have you done medical
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missionary work, have you
tried to heal soul and body,
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you would have seen
hundreds and thousands coming
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into the truth.
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And Weimar is particularly
positioned for people to
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come and not only do
Pastorial training, to be
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successful as a pastor,
but to have live patients come
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from all over the world,
Christian and non-Christian,
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who do not know the full
message of the Bible and would
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be introduced to the Savior.
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They learn how to do that
at Weimar, how to do medical
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missionary work as part
of the Pastorial training.
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So they can be
successful for God right up
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until the very end.
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So if you go to Weimar,
you could get some training,
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it could be health,
it could be other things.
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Last year we learned about
this ambiguous vague college
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that was going to start
and I wonder Dr. Siebold.
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It has started now,
what's going on there?
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Well we have worked real
hard at trying to figure out
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how to organize all of this.
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What we have done is put
it under what we call the
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"Core of Four", it
has four pieces to it.
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The first one
personally evangelism.
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We have every faculty
member, every student involved
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in soul winning activities.
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We want that to
pervade the whole environment.
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The second one of
course is academic excellence
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is what we do.
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There's two real critical
pieces to this, one is that
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we have faculty
members that are top-notch.
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They are academically qualified
and they are spiritually
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committed, and second of
all, you make your classes
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involved in knowing God.
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The content is about
revealing who God is.
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Another piece, the third
piece, is dynamic health.
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We want health to permeate
the whole campus, and not
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just physical
health, but emotional health.
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EQ is very involved in
predicting success in life,
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much more so even than IQ.
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The fourth one is practical
training, making sure the
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physical labor, we have
faculty members going out side
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by side with the students
and are working in the fields,
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in the garden and everything.
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What do you think?
Does this sound intriguing?
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Personal evangelism, academic
excellence, dynamic health
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and practical training.
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I remember going out to
an initial strategy meeting,
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if you will, out at
Weimar and a little piece of me
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thought to myself, I
wish I was still in college.
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Now I'm not, but some out
here, or are turning in our
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still in a collegiate
stage, maybe about to start.
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If they wanted to
know more about Weimar,
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what should they do?
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You can go to www.
Weimar. edu is a great way.
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But one final quote is
from Ellen White where she said,
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if you are a Christian
and a competent physician, you
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are qualified to do ten-fold
more good for the work of
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God then you if you go
forth merely as a preacher
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of the Word.
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So we are not only training
pastors, we have a great
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pre-med program, pre-dent,
pre-nursing, and the health
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line is there so that the
individual can not only learn
00:20:13.50\00:20:16.56
the top nutrition cutting
edge lifestyle research, but
00:20:16.56\00:20:19.60
also how to win souls
for the Master for the
00:20:19.60\00:20:22.96
rest of their life.
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Thank you very much, we
will be sure to check it out.
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Next we have
another friend coming out.
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Elder Bill Knott, you
might know him, you might not.
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I wasn't planning that,
but we spoke initially at ASI.
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You were telling me about
a magazine, it is about 160
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years old, it's a
publication from our church.
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Now my question is this,
its the Adventist Review,
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everyone has
probably heard of it.
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Knowing that is 160 years
old, how in the world can we
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relate to something like that?
00:21:02.76\00:21:04.40
Well Justin, truth
never goes out of style.
00:21:04.40\00:21:07.06
In fact the Adventist
Review, founded by young adults,
00:21:07.06\00:21:11.43
160 years ago has been
about the truth, the Sabbath,
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the sanctuary, three Angels
message, our belief in soon
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coming of Jesus, we have
been about that for a very long
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time and we are
still about that.
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We are still committed to
exactly those same principles,
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those same beliefs in the
life of the Adventist church.
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Praise the Lord, I like that,
the truth - say that again?
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The truth never
goes out of style.
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The truth never
goes out of style!
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Now you recently
ran an article on GYC.
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I am particularly
interested in GYC so I would be
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interested to know,
why run a story on GYC?
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It happens to be the one
that is in that edition sitting
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on your chairs this evening.
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There is a five page article,
interview with the general
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Vice President, Justin Kim.
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We decided to do this
article because I as a father
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began to understand
what GYC could do in the life
00:21:57.80\00:22:01.03
a young person.
00:22:01.03\00:22:02.60
My 16-year-old went to
San Jose last year and when he
00:22:02.60\00:22:05.26
came back and told me his
story, I said I have to learn
00:22:05.26\00:22:07.93
more than I know right now.
00:22:07.93\00:22:10.03
In that process of
learning, I learned about an
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organization that I am proud
to feature in our magazine.
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Praise the Lord!
00:22:15.30\00:22:16.66
So your son came, I'm
guessing he went on the
00:22:16.66\00:22:19.03
evangelistic outreach,
much like we did today.
00:22:19.03\00:22:21.33
He was excited and came
back and you said, I have to be
00:22:21.33\00:22:23.76
a part of this?
00:22:23.76\00:22:25.20
I began talking with
people around who said,
00:22:25.20\00:22:27.26
Bill you have been
missing a lot on not being
00:22:27.26\00:22:29.26
at the GYC conferences.
00:22:29.26\00:22:31.10
And there's always travel
and are itinerary schedules
00:22:31.10\00:22:33.70
that took me other places,
but when I realized we had
00:22:33.70\00:22:36.63
the opportunity to partner
with GYC, to show what the
00:22:36.63\00:22:39.50
Adventist Review has
always cared about is the same
00:22:39.50\00:22:42.30
mission and passion
of this organization.
00:22:42.30\00:22:45.00
I knew it was a natural
that we would be together
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this year. Praise the Lord!
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Let me ask another question.
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.43
My wife and I currently
do not have a subscription to
00:22:50.43\00:22:53.30
the Review and we would like
that, but since I've met you
00:22:53.30\00:22:57.03
close friends of ours have
it and we get to page through
00:22:57.03\00:23:00.76
it, I've been
particularly interested in it.
00:23:00.76\00:23:03.40
It's probably most of us,
to be honest, that haven't even
00:23:03.40\00:23:07.50
opened the Review unfortunately.
00:23:07.50\00:23:10.36
What are we going to
find when we do open it?
00:23:10.36\00:23:12.56
Well a quick way
to learn, is to go to
00:23:12.56\00:23:15.00
www. Adventistreview. org,
and you will see a gray box
00:23:15.00\00:23:20.20
Pop up and asks you if you
want the newsletter that comes
00:23:20.20\00:23:23.90
three times a week
into your e-mail box.
00:23:23.90\00:23:26.23
It has all the links to all
the free stuff on the Adventist
00:23:26.23\00:23:28.56
Review site and gives
you a chance to sample it
00:23:28.56\00:23:31.10
without making a purchase yet.
00:23:31.10\00:23:33.00
You'll get there
yet Justin, don't worry.
00:23:33.00\00:23:34.40
The reality is you get a
chance to look at award winning
00:23:34.40\00:23:37.80
website loaded with news
and information, faith building
00:23:37.80\00:23:41.13
information about your church.
00:23:41.13\00:23:43.00
You go to the pages of the
Review, you join 75,000 other
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unique visitors a
month on the online Ministry
00:23:46.76\00:23:49.16
of the Review and
your faith will be built.
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.53
You're going to
find mission stories.
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.46
You're going to find
opportunities to witness.
00:23:53.46\00:23:55.43
You're going to get connected
to a group of dedicated
00:23:55.43\00:23:58.10
believers around the globe
who are waiting for the soon
00:23:58.10\00:24:00.70
coming of Jesus.
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Those are the things that
are going to happen in your
00:24:02.10\00:24:03.43
life if you go to this magazine.
00:24:03.43\00:24:05.23
Doctor Not if I could, on
behalf of GYC young people here
00:24:05.23\00:24:09.86
I would like to thank you
for taking an interest in us.
00:24:09.86\00:24:14.36
We are committed Seventh-day
Adventists and are going
00:24:14.36\00:24:17.93
to do what we can to help
our church in every outlet.
00:24:17.93\00:24:21.10
It is a blessing for us to
see you take an interest in
00:24:21.10\00:24:24.80
young people and for that,
can we promise him we will go
00:24:24.80\00:24:28.43
to the website at
least to give him a chance?
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.50
Will you do it? Audience Amen!
00:24:30.50\00:24:32.36
What's the website?
Adventistreview. org
00:24:32.36\00:24:36.80
I will get a subscription
and my wife and I will start
00:24:36.80\00:24:39.33
reading and we praise
the Lord for your ministry.
00:24:39.33\00:24:41.40
Is there anything else?
00:24:41.40\00:24:42.50
I appreciate what you are
doing here and I appreciate
00:24:42.50\00:24:44.80
the connections you are
making and the mission you are
00:24:44.80\00:24:47.36
spreading around the
world about a dedicated group of
00:24:47.36\00:24:49.90
young people, exactly
the same kind of people who
00:24:49.90\00:24:52.40
founded this
magazine 160 years ago.
00:24:52.40\00:24:55.00
Praise the Lord! Thank you!
00:24:55.00\00:24:56.56
Good morning, we are here
because we are not ashamed
00:24:57.83\00:25:01.46
to be counted
among God's people.
00:25:01.46\00:25:04.43
We are not ashamed to
tell people about our Savior.
00:25:04.43\00:25:09.43
Jay, have you always
been eager to tell people
00:25:09.43\00:25:17.10
about Jesus?
00:25:17.10\00:25:18.90
I wish I could say yes to
that question, but the answer
00:25:18.90\00:25:22.93
to that is no.
00:25:22.93\00:25:24.53
Why not? Well probably
right after I was baptized.
00:25:24.53\00:25:28.90
So you have not
always been a Christian?
00:25:28.90\00:25:32.33
No I haven't
always been a Christian.
00:25:32.33\00:25:35.70
I was baptized in the
late summer of 1999, August 7.
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.86
School was obviously not
in session so I was baptized
00:25:39.86\00:25:44.00
during the summer
while school wasn't going on.
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A month later I had
to go back to school.
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That school was? West
high, it was a public school.
00:25:49.10\00:25:55.40
A high school, you left
high school serving yourself.
00:25:55.40\00:26:00.80
Exactly! Now you come back
to high school and you have
00:26:00.80\00:26:06.16
a new Master, how
did that work out?
00:26:06.16\00:26:08.46
It was a challenge because
a lot of my friends didn't
00:26:08.46\00:26:12.23
know about the fact
during the summer I had this
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.00
transforming experience.
00:26:15.00\00:26:17.03
I was baptized
and they had no idea,
00:26:17.03\00:26:19.56
so when I went back to
school everyone was like,
00:26:19.56\00:26:21.90
yo! Jay, how's things going?
00:26:21.90\00:26:23.26
Oh no, how do I bring this
experience I had during the
00:26:23.26\00:26:27.56
summer, into my
classroom experience?
00:26:27.56\00:26:30.40
You're not ashamed but
you don't know how to do it
00:26:30.40\00:26:32.66
either? Exactly, so many
times we were next to my locker
00:26:32.66\00:26:36.53
which is the spot we always
hung out, I just didn't know
00:26:36.53\00:26:40.33
what to do.
00:26:40.33\00:26:41.40
They would say dirty
jokes and everybody would laugh.
00:26:41.40\00:26:45.36
I'm like, do I laugh, do I
act very cold, it was a big
00:26:45.36\00:26:48.73
challenge to know how to
relate with my old friends in
00:26:48.73\00:26:52.06
light of my new
experience with God.
00:26:52.06\00:26:54.63
Did you wear a sign,
I'm now a Christian? Yes!
00:26:54.63\00:26:58.20
You did! Yes finally I
was a little bit different and
00:26:58.20\00:27:03.00
I didn't curse anymore,
so they really was wondering,
00:27:03.00\00:27:07.80
Jay is acting very, very weird.
00:27:07.80\00:27:09.50
What is the deal with Jay?
00:27:09.50\00:27:10.86
So a few of them started
talking with me and then they
00:27:10.86\00:27:13.80
kind of forced it out of me.
00:27:13.80\00:27:15.90
I was trying to be very
private about my new experience
00:27:15.90\00:27:18.70
with God and they
were asking me questions.
00:27:18.70\00:27:21.20
I told them what had
happened, but the biggest
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.66
experience that led them
to ask questions was, I was
00:27:23.66\00:27:28.66
really convicted, as a new
Christian in high school, to
00:27:28.66\00:27:33.63
bring my Bible to school.
00:27:33.63\00:27:35.03
You brought your Bible into
school, into the high school?
00:27:35.03\00:27:38.30
Yeah I know that was
wild, it sounds crazy.
00:27:38.30\00:27:39.70
So we had a class in our
homeroom class, called reading
00:27:39.70\00:27:43.23
class, basically it's just
45 minutes of random reading.
00:27:43.23\00:27:46.33
Some read Sports Illustrated,
people brought comic books,
00:27:46.33\00:27:49.43
I felt very
convicted to bring my Bible.
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.30
I wrestled with the Holy
Spirit for a while, but I
00:27:52.30\00:27:54.56
couldn't resist so I
brought my Bible to school.
00:27:54.56\00:27:56.80
I have to confess, I put
it in my backpack and before
00:27:56.80\00:27:59.20
taking it out I would
look over my shoulders a few
00:27:59.20\00:28:01.60
times to make sure
people weren't looking.
00:28:01.60\00:28:04.46
When I took out my Bible
and started to read, I just
00:28:04.46\00:28:07.60
wanted to make sure nobody
knew I was reading a Bible.
00:28:07.60\00:28:12.30
Now tell me about this
Bible business, when people were
00:28:12.30\00:28:17.00
watching you read your
Bible, what did they say?
00:28:17.00\00:28:19.93
Well I noticed, I was
sitting in the front row,
00:28:19.93\00:28:22.80
I noticed when I was reading
my Bible I could hear whispers
00:28:22.80\00:28:26.73
behind me, it was sk,
sk, sk, he's reading a
00:28:26.73\00:28:29.10
Bible, sk, sk,sk,
and I was like oh no.
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.36
I felt uncomfortable
and didn't know what to do.
00:28:31.36\00:28:33.30
So when the reading class
was over I will close my Bible
00:28:33.30\00:28:36.46
and put it into my backpack
and walked to my next class
00:28:36.46\00:28:39.56
as if nothing happened.
00:28:39.56\00:28:41.10
One particular time as I
was walking to my locker room,
00:28:41.10\00:28:45.33
to put my Bible into my
locker, one of my friends caught
00:28:45.33\00:28:49.13
me, he saw me putting my
Bible into a locker, my locker
00:28:49.13\00:28:52.93
room and he said,
Jay, what is that?
00:28:52.93\00:28:55.33
He didn't know what a Bible was?
00:28:55.33\00:28:58.73
He knew what a Bible was
but he wanted to make sure that
00:28:58.73\00:29:01.43
this was the real thing.
00:29:01.43\00:29:03.16
It was like Jay, is this
really a Bible you are reading
00:29:03.16\00:29:05.36
and putting into your locker?
00:29:05.36\00:29:07.10
So I just said what,
what are you talking about?
00:29:07.10\00:29:10.16
So I pointed it different
items in my locker trying to
00:29:10.16\00:29:12.16
avoid the situation, I
know, I was very ashamed.
00:29:12.16\00:29:15.40
So I finally
told him it's a Bible.
00:29:15.40\00:29:18.66
He said, a Bible, why in
the world are you bringing a
00:29:18.66\00:29:20.73
Bible to school?
00:29:20.73\00:29:22.00
I said, do you remember
I told you that I had this
00:29:22.00\00:29:24.30
experience with God and
I'm religious now, that was
00:29:24.30\00:29:26.30
the word I used religious
because I did know what
00:29:26.30\00:29:28.30
to say to him.
00:29:28.30\00:29:29.73
He was like wow this is
interesting and that pretty much
00:29:29.73\00:29:32.70
was the end of the conversation.
00:29:32.70\00:29:35.43
To my utter amazement,
the next day my friend Mike,
00:29:35.43\00:29:39.36
the one who was asking
me all these questions.
00:29:39.36\00:29:41.36
In the morning I went to
my locker room, a normal day.
00:29:41.36\00:29:45.20
I open my locker and
got my math book and etc.
00:29:45.20\00:29:47.20
I notice that Michael
was walking toward my locker.
00:29:47.20\00:29:50.23
I look at Mike and in
his hand he had a Bible.
00:29:50.23\00:29:54.43
Now Mike, I mean he was
anything but a Christian.
00:29:54.43\00:29:58.63
Okay, to say the least.
00:29:58.63\00:30:00.20
I'm thinking to
myself, and no this cannot be.
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.23
I'm like, Mike what
do you have in your hand?
00:30:02.23\00:30:04.30
Now I was asking him a
question, what do you have
00:30:04.30\00:30:06.36
in your hands?
00:30:06.36\00:30:07.83
He's like, I have a Bible.
00:30:07.83\00:30:09.70
I'm like, Mike why are you
bringing your Bible to school?
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.63
He said, I don't know I
figured we were raised in a
00:30:11.63\00:30:14.86
Catholic Church, I have a
Bible I've had all my life,
00:30:14.86\00:30:17.50
I have never read it
before and you are a good friend
00:30:17.50\00:30:20.40
of mine and normal so
bring your Bible to school.
00:30:20.40\00:30:23.26
I figured I should
bring my Bible school.
00:30:23.26\00:30:25.50
So it was amazing
and we started talking.
00:30:25.50\00:30:27.70
He started asking about
what I believe and I started
00:30:27.70\00:30:30.30
telling him about our
doctrines, the second coming of
00:30:30.30\00:30:32.86
Christ, and etc.
00:30:32.86\00:30:34.20
Miraculously that conversation
led us to start having
00:30:34.20\00:30:39.33
Bible studies in
the high school library.
00:30:39.33\00:30:41.10
It started with two
people and then went to four.
00:30:41.10\00:30:44.43
It went up and
then it went down again.
00:30:44.43\00:30:46.10
Some people said this guy
is weird and I don't want to
00:30:46.10\00:30:48.13
be involved with
this Bible study.
00:30:48.13\00:30:49.70
So lot people left,
but two of my best friends
00:30:49.70\00:30:52.40
consistently stayed by
and kept having Bible studies
00:30:52.40\00:30:55.70
with me, Sean and Mike.
00:30:55.70\00:30:57.40
We kept talking about the
Lord and kept studying the
00:30:57.40\00:31:00.36
Bible, they had questions
galore and I was able to
00:31:00.36\00:31:03.13
leave the Great
Controversy with my friend Mike.
00:31:03.13\00:31:05.83
I lost touch with him and
have no idea where he is at.
00:31:05.83\00:31:08.76
But I trust those seeds
that were planted are going to
00:31:08.76\00:31:11.56
bear fruit to the glory
of God and I would like to
00:31:11.56\00:31:14.30
entertain the idea that I
will see Mike and Sean in the
00:31:14.30\00:31:17.23
kingdom and maybe they
can trace their conversion to
00:31:17.23\00:31:20.13
that experience we
had in high school.
00:31:20.13\00:31:22.00
How many people at the
most, did you have at your Bible
00:31:22.00\00:31:24.26
studies? About 11 at the most.
00:31:24.26\00:31:27.20
Did you lead out
in the Bible study?
00:31:27.20\00:31:28.90
I led out thanks to the
Amazing Facts study guide
00:31:28.90\00:31:31.80
as well because I had
no idea what I was doing.
00:31:31.80\00:31:34.63
I didn't even know how to
give a Bible study, so I went
00:31:34.63\00:31:36.66
through the
Amazing Facts study guides.
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.36
It was uncomfortable,
because in the library people
00:31:38.36\00:31:41.20
are surfing the net, and
reading stuff, and re-searching
00:31:41.20\00:31:43.46
for their projects, and
here we are reading the Bible.
00:31:43.46\00:31:45.93
I was trying to whisper at
first so nobody knew we were
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.43
talking about the Bible,
that the Lord really taught
00:31:48.43\00:31:50.90
me that we have
nothing to be ashamed.
00:31:50.90\00:31:53.90
Young people who are
even outside of the church are
00:31:53.90\00:31:57.00
craving for the things we know.
00:31:57.00\00:31:58.90
In the process of being
unashamed, I realized wait
00:31:58.90\00:32:01.36
a second, I have
nothing to be ashamed about.
00:32:01.36\00:32:03.53
All my friends are
asking all these questions and
00:32:03.53\00:32:05.70
by the grace of
God I know the answers.
00:32:05.70\00:32:08.20
So I praise God that He
was merciful and He was patient
00:32:08.20\00:32:11.70
with my unashameness
and taught me I have nothing
00:32:11.70\00:32:14.83
to be ashamed of.
00:32:14.83\00:32:16.10
Now you are a preacher.
00:32:16.10\00:32:17.46
And now I am a preacher, yes.
00:32:17.46\00:32:20.03
And you too.
00:32:20.03\00:32:21.70
I do work in
full-time evangelism, yes.
00:32:21.70\00:32:23.90
Is that what you
always wanted to do?
00:32:23.90\00:32:26.10
No, that was never my plan.
00:32:26.10\00:32:28.36
So how come you
are into it then?
00:32:28.36\00:32:31.36
Well when the Lord
calls, He is persistent.
00:32:31.36\00:32:34.66
I always had this plan of
what I wanted to do with my
00:32:34.66\00:32:36.93
life and God
radically changed that.
00:32:36.93\00:32:39.96
I was raised in the
church but didn't know what I
00:32:39.96\00:32:43.30
believe and the Lord
threw me into sharing my faith
00:32:43.30\00:32:46.60
in order to help
me be grounded in it.
00:32:46.60\00:32:48.90
So I didn't even know
how to teach somebody about
00:32:48.90\00:32:51.33
anything, the Sabbath, the
state of the dead, I didn't
00:32:51.33\00:32:54.03
know how to show you, but
the Lord brought me to reach
00:32:54.03\00:32:56.70
out to the people to
ground me what I believe.
00:32:56.70\00:32:59.60
Have you had a chance to share
your faith with other people?
00:32:59.60\00:33:02.93
I have, one
experience was a pivotal point
00:33:02.93\00:33:07.80
in my ministry.
00:33:07.80\00:33:09.06
I have shared this story
before but it was my first
00:33:09.06\00:33:12.06
time doing Bible work in Texas.
00:33:12.06\00:33:14.20
I was still wondering,
is this really what God
00:33:14.20\00:33:17.70
is calling me to.
00:33:17.70\00:33:18.90
This is kind of crazy,
God can't really use me.
00:33:18.90\00:33:20.76
I do not know what I'm doing.
00:33:20.76\00:33:22.76
I was knocking on doors...
00:33:22.76\00:33:24.70
See all these people?
Yes! They've all felt that way.
00:33:24.70\00:33:28.70
Me too! We're all in that,
so tell us how it's related
00:33:28.70\00:33:32.66
to you.
00:33:32.66\00:33:33.96
I was knocking on doors
and I met this lady named
00:33:33.96\00:33:35.66
Courtney, and she had sent
in a Bible study request card.
00:33:35.66\00:33:40.30
She had been through
Katrina and move to Texas.
00:33:40.30\00:33:43.40
She was around 21-22 and
had three children, 8, 5, and 2.
00:33:43.40\00:33:48.90
She was there with her
kids and she was searching.
00:33:48.90\00:33:51.46
We started studying the
Bible and this was the first
00:33:51.46\00:33:53.96
person I had ever
studied with straight through
00:33:53.96\00:33:56.63
these Bible studies.
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.06
We got to the
topic of salvation.
00:33:58.06\00:33:59.90
No I hadn't
studied with anyone before.
00:33:59.90\00:34:01.93
So we were going to the
verses and got to the end,
00:34:01.93\00:34:04.46
Courtney would you like to
accept Jesus as your Savior?
00:34:04.46\00:34:07.96
There was this
pause and she said no.
00:34:07.96\00:34:10.53
My heart dropped and I
didn't know what to do.
00:34:10.53\00:34:13.10
I was like, they
didn't tell me what to do
00:34:13.10\00:34:15.60
if they say no.
00:34:15.60\00:34:16.96
I just sent up a prayer,
Lord I do not know what I'm
00:34:16.96\00:34:19.43
doing but I know
this is important.
00:34:19.43\00:34:21.26
They didn't tell me
what to do if someone came up
00:34:21.26\00:34:22.83
here and said no.
00:34:22.83\00:34:24.30
Don't worry the
story gets better.
00:34:24.30\00:34:26.36
Oh okay, it will
all work out in the end.
00:34:26.36\00:34:28.03
So I sent up a prayer,
I said Lord what do I do?
00:34:28.03\00:34:31.50
The Lord brought
questions and verses to my mind.
00:34:31.50\00:34:34.93
The Lord is so good.
00:34:34.93\00:34:36.23
So I asked her, do
you mine if I ask you why?
00:34:36.23\00:34:39.13
Chelsea, I haven't told
you but my boyfriend is Muslim
00:34:39.13\00:34:42.13
and if he knew we were
studying the Bible he would be
00:34:42.13\00:34:45.10
furious, he
doesn't know were studying.
00:34:45.10\00:34:47.60
I know if I accepted
Christ it would change my life
00:34:47.60\00:34:51.70
and I am afraid of
what that would do.
00:34:51.70\00:34:53.56
So God brought verses to
my mind, I didn't even know
00:34:53.56\00:34:56.43
I knew these verses.
00:34:56.43\00:34:57.90
So I was sharing with
her of how God would see her
00:34:57.90\00:35:00.06
through for today's the
day of salvation and we can't
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.10
put it off.
00:35:02.10\00:35:03.56
The Lord just kept
putting words in my mouth and at
00:35:03.56\00:35:05.33
the end I said, Courtney
would you like to accept Jesus?
00:35:05.33\00:35:07.56
And she said yes I would.
00:35:07.56\00:35:10.23
Oh good I was worried.
00:35:10.23\00:35:12.83
I said okay I will pray
and you pray afterwards.
00:35:12.83\00:35:16.13
So I said a prayer and
there was this long quiet.
00:35:16.13\00:35:19.36
I looked at her and she
said, I don't know how to pray.
00:35:19.36\00:35:22.33
I said just talk to Jesus
like a friend from your heart.
00:35:22.33\00:35:25.23
And she started to pray
the most beautiful prayer.
00:35:25.23\00:35:27.73
Right in the middle of
her prayer, I'm crying,
00:35:27.73\00:35:30.13
she's crying and our Bibles
are in our lap and the door
00:35:30.13\00:35:32.16
bursts open, guess who's there?
00:35:32.16\00:35:34.70
Her boyfriend is standing
there and he had gone to the
00:35:34.70\00:35:37.60
store to get some beer and
he was standing in the door
00:35:37.60\00:35:40.33
looked at her and looked
at me and he saw the Bibles,
00:35:40.33\00:35:43.06
our hands folded, and
tears and I are looking at him
00:35:43.06\00:35:45.76
frozen, WHAT DO I DO?
00:35:45.76\00:35:48.00
They didn't tell me what
to do once again and I was so
00:35:48.00\00:35:50.53
scared I don't even know if
I prayed, I was just frozen.
00:35:50.53\00:35:53.03
But you know what,
she kept on praying.
00:35:53.03\00:35:55.43
She knew he was there,
but she just kept praying,
00:35:55.43\00:35:57.10
fervently, even more.
00:35:57.10\00:35:58.40
Lord come into my life,
change my life, bless my family,
00:35:58.40\00:36:01.76
forgive me for my sins,
and he stormed out and slammed
00:36:01.76\00:36:05.06
the door behind him,
and she finished praying.
00:36:05.06\00:36:07.30
I left that
place and I was amazed.
00:36:07.30\00:36:09.86
God can use anybody, He
used me to help this young lady
00:36:09.86\00:36:13.16
find Christ, I had never
seen somebody accept Christ
00:36:13.16\00:36:16.46
the first time.
00:36:16.46\00:36:18.00
It was just an amazing
experience that I never thought
00:36:18.00\00:36:21.00
I could be a part of.
00:36:21.00\00:36:22.63
And God was able to use me.
00:36:22.63\00:36:24.33
Do you think that
God can use the people
00:36:24.33\00:36:26.66
in this
audience? Definitely I do.
00:36:26.66\00:36:29.26
What about the person standing
next to you, do you think
00:36:29.26\00:36:32.20
God could use that person?
00:36:32.20\00:36:33.93
God has used
her in radical ways.
00:36:33.93\00:36:35.86
Do you think it would be
okay to ask her question or two?
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.80
Yes, please do, no please
do I would like to hear it.
00:36:39.80\00:36:43.66
So have you
always been a Christian?
00:36:43.66\00:36:47.53
I guess so, I
guess you could say that.
00:36:47.53\00:36:51.33
I was not always raised
Adventist, but my dad remarried
00:36:51.33\00:36:55.03
my stepmom who is in
Adventist when I was eight.
00:36:55.03\00:36:58.16
So I started
going to church then.
00:36:58.16\00:36:59.70
When you were eight,
not when she was eight?
00:36:59.70\00:37:02.36
When I was eight, but
I was always a Christian.
00:37:02.36\00:37:05.00
So are you in school? Yes!
00:37:05.00\00:37:09.50
Where are you in school?
I started going to Sierra
00:37:09.50\00:37:12.60
College, a community
college next to where I live.
00:37:12.60\00:37:15.63
After finishing
high school, that was my
00:37:15.63\00:37:19.53
first year there.
00:37:19.53\00:37:20.83
That year God really put a
burden on my heart to start
00:37:20.83\00:37:23.86
a campus ministry, but I
didn't give Him a chance to.
00:37:23.86\00:37:26.83
This was a public college? Yes!
00:37:26.83\00:37:28.60
Don't you know that is
not supposed to be done?
00:37:28.60\00:37:31.46
Yes! You know it is
not supposed to be done?
00:37:31.46\00:37:34.33
Yes! But you chose to do it?
00:37:34.33\00:37:36.23
Yes, well the first semester
I didn't have a chance to,
00:37:36.23\00:37:40.03
but God really put
a burden on my heart.
00:37:40.03\00:37:41.93
I was walking by one of
my classrooms, it wasn't my
00:37:41.93\00:37:45.30
class time but it
was one of my classrooms.
00:37:45.30\00:37:47.00
I was listening in and the
teacher was totally bashing God,
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.80
it broke my heart and I
realized God has a mission
00:37:49.80\00:37:55.23
field here for me.
00:37:55.23\00:37:56.30
He put the burden on my
heart, I wasn't able to do
00:37:56.30\00:37:59.20
it that semester though.
00:37:59.20\00:38:00.60
But the next semester you
enrolled in different classes?
00:38:00.60\00:38:04.83
Well what happened
after that was I went AFCO the
00:38:04.83\00:38:09.66
following semester
and then I continued on
00:38:09.66\00:38:11.63
to do Bible work.
00:38:11.63\00:38:13.03
I Bible work for ASI Youth
for Jesus and at the end of that
00:38:13.03\00:38:18.16
I started praying that God
would show me where He wanted
00:38:18.16\00:38:23.26
need to go, because I
wanted to do more Bible work.
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.36
I didn't want to go back to
school, I wanted to do something
00:38:25.36\00:38:27.83
exciting with my life.
00:38:27.83\00:38:28.96
I love Bible work, but as
a last resort it was too late
00:38:28.96\00:38:31.83
to change plans so I
guess I'll go back this year of
00:38:31.83\00:38:34.86
college, but little did I
know that God had many Divine
00:38:34.86\00:38:37.90
appointments set up for me.
00:38:37.90\00:38:39.06
I got back there and
had a good friend of mine.
00:38:39.06\00:38:43.16
and he had gotten the church,
I didn't know that he was going
00:38:43.16\00:38:45.50
to go there, but he had gotten
the church behind him to help
00:38:45.50\00:38:47.60
with the ministry there,
and I had a plan to do ministry
00:38:47.60\00:38:49.70
there so we got together
and started a campus club,
00:38:49.70\00:38:54.06
a Bible study club.
00:38:54.06\00:38:55.90
We had two studies going,
probably had about 10 people
00:38:55.90\00:39:00.70
between the two
studies on and off.
00:39:00.70\00:39:02.40
That was a blessing.
00:39:02.40\00:39:04.16
And for some reason or
other you enrolled in a speech
00:39:04.16\00:39:07.30
class? Yes, a speech class.
00:39:07.30\00:39:09.10
And in speech class, they
assign you to give speeches?
00:39:09.10\00:39:15.20
Yes, it was a
public speaking class.
00:39:15.20\00:39:18.50
So what did you
decide to talk about?
00:39:18.50\00:39:21.73
Well my first speech
was an informative speech.
00:39:21.73\00:39:26.30
You are supposed to inform
the audience about something?
00:39:26.30\00:39:29.96
Yes it had to be a very
informative speech and God laid
00:39:29.96\00:39:33.63
in all my heart
again to share Daniel 2.
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She could have inform people
what to say when the people
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say no I don't
want to accept Jesus.
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But you chose to do what?
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Daniel chapter 2 for
my informative speech.
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Wait a minute, this is a
public college, and you are
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informing people
what Daniel 2 says?
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Yes! Audience: Amen! Amen!
00:39:53.80\00:39:57.36
Have you ever
heard of that before?
00:39:57.36\00:39:59.30
I have never
heard of that before.
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So what did you do as an encore?
00:40:01.76\00:40:04.10
They knew that I had a
consistent speech topic by then,
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and because I had to do
a persuasive speech next.
00:40:10.50\00:40:13.40
So from a persuasive
speech idea how a seven-day week
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proves the
existence of God. Whoa!
00:40:16.30\00:40:18.76
But it was completely a
God thing, but we had to do
00:40:18.76\00:40:25.40
impromptu speeches as well.
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An impromptu, so
you don't even know what
00:40:26.90\00:40:29.56
you're talking about?
00:40:29.56\00:40:30.80
Did not know what the
topic was, you reach your hand
00:40:30.80\00:40:32.50
in a bag and pull things
out, things like what you will
00:40:32.50\00:40:35.23
never catch me wearing, and
whatever things, soap operas.
00:40:35.23\00:40:37.90
Of all people in the
classroom I got faith.
00:40:37.90\00:40:40.06
So that was
completely a God thing.
00:40:40.06\00:40:42.20
Whoa, that Angel said let
me see who is up there and I'll
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and hand her this one.
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Pretty much and that was
a blessing for me because it
00:40:48.90\00:40:53.26
showed me it was
what God wants me to do.
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It wasn't just something,
should I be sharing this.
00:40:55.50\00:40:58.86
Is it going to push them away.
00:40:58.86\00:41:00.20
Are they even hearing
what I'm saying, but God said,
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no I have you here for reason.
00:41:02.66\00:41:04.13
Did you flunk the speech
class? No! Praise the Lord.
00:41:04.13\00:41:07.90
I got an A which was good.
00:41:07.90\00:41:09.50
What did the
students say about all this?
00:41:09.50\00:41:12.10
I couldn't tell going through
it, but by the last speech
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.83
I gave it was a
commemorative speech.
00:41:16.83\00:41:19.53
I did a speech on, it
was basically an appeal.
00:41:19.53\00:41:26.73
I shared what
Christ had done in my life.
00:41:26.73\00:41:29.26
Something I shared with
them, which I want to share
00:41:29.26\00:41:33.33
with you guys as well.
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This is part of my speech.
00:41:34.96\00:41:36.53
I said suppose I found the
cure for cancer, I love the cure
00:41:36.53\00:41:39.36
so much that I kept to
myself and never shared it with
00:41:39.36\00:41:42.30
anyone, would I not then
be responsible for each of the
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.03
deaths that I had potential
to save, their blood would
00:41:45.03\00:41:47.46
have been on my head
because I would have only had to
00:41:47.46\00:41:49.90
open my mouth to
keep them from dying.
00:41:49.90\00:41:51.96
So that was something God
put on my heart to share with
00:41:51.96\00:41:55.73
people, I was
scared out of my mind.
00:41:55.73\00:41:57.90
I was sick to my
stomach all that morning,
00:41:57.90\00:42:00.40
so my friends
can testify to that.
00:42:00.40\00:42:02.33
I would call them all over
and ask them to pray for me.
00:42:02.33\00:42:04.20
But God got me through it.
00:42:04.20\00:42:06.26
How did you feel
about it when it was over?
00:42:06.26\00:42:09.60
Relieved, very relieved.
00:42:09.60\00:42:12.33
Would you do it again? Yes!
00:42:12.33\00:42:15.13
Would you recommend it to
the people who are here? Yes!
00:42:15.13\00:42:17.46
By God's grace
they can do it too.
00:42:17.46\00:42:20.60
We are not ashamed
of what we believe.
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.63
Even in a speech class in
a public college there is an
00:42:23.63\00:42:29.80
opportunity to explain
what Jesus means to us.
00:42:29.80\00:42:34.70
And while you're
visiting people in their homes.
00:42:34.70\00:42:39.53
And when we are in high school.
00:42:39.53\00:42:42.86
And wherever you are
today, tomorrow and next week.
00:42:42.86\00:42:48.60
Jesus is there ready to help us.
00:42:48.60\00:42:55.23
Everybody that I know of
has some fears about witnessing.
00:42:55.23\00:43:04.30
I do, and I have been
in this for quite a while.
00:43:04.30\00:43:09.50
I think I'm a little older
than you are and I have been
00:43:09.50\00:43:15.00
at it quite a while,
but I still get very nervous
00:43:15.00\00:43:20.36
thinking about it.
00:43:20.36\00:43:22.63
I'm not ashamed of
Jesus, He has changed my life.
00:43:22.63\00:43:27.10
I'm excited about Him, I
worry sometimes about portraying
00:43:27.10\00:43:35.70
Him in the right way.
00:43:35.70\00:43:38.00
All of us have an opportunity
to portray Jesus everyday.
00:43:38.00\00:43:45.40
All over this
division people are doing that.
00:43:45.40\00:43:49.00
The last year of our, that
we just completed, we called
00:43:49.00\00:43:54.90
the year of evangelism
and our baptisms went up.
00:43:54.90\00:43:58.76
We are more intentional
about talking to people about
00:43:58.76\00:44:04.60
Jesus and we've had
young people preach sermons,
00:44:04.60\00:44:08.00
some of them not
members of this church.
00:44:08.00\00:44:12.10
Some of them saying, this
was a good sermon, now it is
00:44:12.10\00:44:16.00
time for you to
accept Jesus and be baptized.
00:44:16.00\00:44:20.10
When no one in the audience
moved, the speaker said it
00:44:20.10\00:44:24.40
again, I know this was a
good sermon, it is time for you
00:44:24.40\00:44:28.66
to come up to the front.
00:44:28.66\00:44:30.80
When no one moved, the speaker
said okay then, I will go
00:44:30.80\00:44:36.13
and stood in front of
the platform and said I have
00:44:36.13\00:44:40.96
accepted Jesus, I
want to be baptized.
00:44:40.96\00:44:44.76
It is happening all over.
00:44:44.76\00:44:47.40
Marty and I decided to
visit a church, a brand-new one.
00:44:47.40\00:44:53.30
We called to see if it
would be okay and the lady who
00:44:53.30\00:44:59.16
was doing the church said no!
00:44:59.16\00:45:04.20
I wondered what is the
problem with us that we can't
00:45:04.20\00:45:11.16
come to the church?
00:45:11.16\00:45:13.53
Then she told us, the
problem with you is you don't
00:45:13.53\00:45:18.53
know how to dress.
00:45:18.53\00:45:20.70
I have been going to church
all my life and I wondered
00:45:20.70\00:45:25.50
what is her problem?
00:45:25.50\00:45:27.56
She told us if you come
dressed like you normally come
00:45:27.56\00:45:32.76
dressed, you'll scare all my
people away because my people
00:45:32.76\00:45:37.90
have an address, and the
address is under the bridge.
00:45:37.90\00:45:45.16
Her members live under the
bridge, they are dope addicts.
00:45:47.26\00:45:52.26
Well Marty and I talked
her into allowing us to come.
00:45:52.26\00:45:56.26
She said I will allow you
to come if you promise not to
00:45:56.26\00:46:00.26
wear a suit.
00:46:00.26\00:46:02.16
Well that was a pretty
tall order, I took my suit to
00:46:02.16\00:46:06.50
church, I did
leave it in the car.
00:46:06.50\00:46:09.06
We went in and helped
vacuum the floor because the
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.90
services were being
held in a Pizza Hut.
00:46:13.90\00:46:16.26
Or a pizza parlor.
00:46:16.26\00:46:19.06
I greeted somebody
when they came in and said,
00:46:19.06\00:46:23.03
how are you doing?
00:46:23.03\00:46:24.06
He said I've
been clean all week.
00:46:24.06\00:46:25.50
I realized I was in a
different kind of a church,
00:46:25.50\00:46:30.10
a very special place
where people were not ashamed at
00:46:30.10\00:46:34.63
all to have a
new walk with Jesus.
00:46:34.63\00:46:39.40
We went another day to a
church, it looked a look a bit
00:46:39.40\00:46:43.66
unusual, the whole
town looked unusual.
00:46:43.66\00:46:46.60
Not a promising town,
Shamokin Pennsylvania.
00:46:46.60\00:46:51.80
It's a town where people
have been accustomed to working
00:46:51.80\00:46:57.66
in the mines, but now
the mines weren't doing well.
00:46:57.66\00:47:01.86
People were moving
out, vacant houses and
00:47:01.86\00:47:06.00
vacant stores everywhere.
00:47:06.00\00:47:08.10
We found the right
place, we learned the story.
00:47:08.10\00:47:12.73
Two people, only two,
went up on top of the mountain
00:47:12.73\00:47:18.23
every day at a certain
time and prayed for this town.
00:47:18.23\00:47:23.66
They came off the
mountain and the jeweler said,
00:47:27.23\00:47:32.13
why don't you buy our
church, our synagogue.
00:47:32.13\00:47:36.30
Well they talked a
little bit about it and said,
00:47:36.30\00:47:40.40
how much do you
want for that synagogue?
00:47:40.40\00:47:42.43
He said, well
you make me an offer.
00:47:42.43\00:47:45.46
They left and prayed
about it, and talked about it,
00:47:45.46\00:47:48.96
didn't know what to offer.
00:47:48.96\00:47:50.93
They did know they
didn't have any money.
00:47:50.93\00:47:53.30
When the man called them
again he said, you haven't
00:47:55.26\00:47:58.20
come up with an offer yet.
00:47:58.20\00:48:00.13
They said no, we don't
know what to offer you.
00:48:00.13\00:48:02.90
He said that I will
tell you what to offer me.
00:48:02.90\00:48:05.60
Offer me nothing, we want
to give our building to you.
00:48:05.60\00:48:11.56
There aren't enough of us
to have services any longer.
00:48:11.56\00:48:17.50
So we want you to have it.
00:48:17.50\00:48:20.03
We will take things down
that are of our religion.
00:48:20.03\00:48:24.56
For instance, at the
front of the church, since we're
00:48:24.56\00:48:29.06
Jewish people, we
have the 10 Commandments.
00:48:29.06\00:48:32.33
I don't suppose you want
those so we'll take them down.
00:48:32.33\00:48:36.10
And our people said
no, we are fine with those.
00:48:36.10\00:48:39.13
The day we went there to
church, there were 80 people.
00:48:41.53\00:48:45.76
You can do it too.
00:48:48.03\00:48:50.43
God will work through you,
He works through all kinds of
00:48:50.43\00:48:54.80
people, He works through
people who are bombastic like
00:48:54.80\00:48:59.13
Peter, who are
doubting like Thomas.
00:48:59.13\00:49:02.93
Who are very quiet people,
He uses every one of us if
00:49:02.93\00:49:08.50
we are allowing Him to use us.
00:49:08.50\00:49:11.63
If we say today,
Lord I'm not ashamed and
00:49:11.63\00:49:17.56
You can use me.
00:49:17.56\00:49:19.56
The God of heaven will
come and speak through us.
00:49:19.56\00:49:24.50
Don Mc Lafferty was
teaching little kids how to be
00:49:26.80\00:49:29.70
disciples, I mean preschoolers.
00:49:29.70\00:49:36.96
A man watched while one
of these little girls was
00:49:36.96\00:49:42.60
talking to her friend.
00:49:42.60\00:49:44.50
He moved a little
closer to see how she was doing
00:49:44.50\00:49:47.50
in what she had been taught.
00:49:47.50\00:49:50.03
As he listened, he found
out that girl was speaking in
00:49:50.03\00:49:55.46
Spanish and he went back to
the mother and said, I don't
00:49:55.46\00:49:59.50
know what is going on
with your daughter, but she is
00:49:59.50\00:50:03.50
talking Spanish.
00:50:03.50\00:50:05.73
The mother said not my
daughter because she doesn't
00:50:05.73\00:50:08.20
know any Spanish.
00:50:08.20\00:50:10.23
When the little visit was
completed and the girl came
00:50:10.23\00:50:14.36
back to where her mother
was the man was still there.
00:50:14.36\00:50:18.46
He said, she was
talking in Spanish.
00:50:18.46\00:50:21.86
The mother said, were you?
00:50:21.86\00:50:23.96
She said I don't know, I
was just telling that friend
00:50:23.96\00:50:27.70
of mine about Jesus.
00:50:27.70\00:50:30.63
Her mother said, well
how did you know what to say?
00:50:32.83\00:50:37.43
She said I don't know
what I said, Jesus just stuffed
00:50:37.43\00:50:41.40
the words in my mouth
and then they came out again.
00:50:41.40\00:50:46.76
If you are willing to be
unashamed, the God of heaven
00:50:46.76\00:50:51.03
will stuff the words in
and then they will come out in
00:50:51.03\00:50:55.26
the order that He
plans for them to come out.
00:50:55.26\00:50:58.20
Today I want to give my
life to Jesus again and allow
00:50:58.20\00:51:03.13
Him to work
through me to reach others.
00:51:03.13\00:51:08.03