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03:22 Oh, good evening, ASI. 03:24 Now that's what I'm used to. Thank you. 03:27 It's really nice to be here at another ASI convention. 03:31 Tonight we started journey, a journey to discover 03:34 how God is using your sacrificial offerings 03:37 to further His Word and hasten His soon coming. 03:40 So we're gonna learn a little bit tonight about 03:43 a couple of the ministries that are in your booklet. 03:46 And tonight standing beside me 03:47 is Chance from the NAPS organization. 03:50 Chance, tell me what, what is NAPS stand for? 03:53 Well, NAPS stands for the National Association 03:55 for the Prevention of Starvation, 03:58 not only physical starvation but also spiritual starvation. 04:02 So we're a group of students, voluntary missionaries 04:04 from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. 04:07 Now we go around the world, 04:08 we do a lot of medical relief program, 04:09 we do evangelism program 04:11 and especially in Southern Africa 04:14 also in the United States and of course on Friday 04:16 we talk more a little bit on some of the work 04:18 that have been doing 04:20 with the Youth of Jesus program over the years. 04:22 Now, you're going to be doing 04:23 something a little bit different than 04:25 what you've done in the past 04:27 with this particular project. 04:28 Tell us a little bit about that. 04:30 Well, this is a project that we really appreciate ASI 04:33 for partnering with us about its called 04:35 The Good Life Wellness Center and this is gonna be 04:39 a missionary outpost center as well 04:41 where we provide for you know, 04:43 people who are in the south of Alabama, 04:45 we'll call it Deep South or the Black Belt, 04:47 you know, these are some of the poorest counties 04:49 in all of the United States. 04:51 They lead the nation in health problems 04:54 also education is among the lowest 04:57 in all of the whole United States. 04:59 And so we want to be able to do something about that. 05:03 How is that you came to this particular places that 05:05 in you said Sawyerville is where it's located? 05:08 How did you identify that city as well? 05:10 Well, actually that was very interested. 05:12 At our annual board meeting 05:14 Pastor Humphrey, Auldwin Humphrey, 05:16 he is actually the chairman of the NAPS board 05:19 and also he served on the South Central Conference 05:22 as the executive secretary. 05:24 And so he's been challenging us 05:26 you know, in school he did some project 05:29 on the southern work 05:31 which is Ellen White's commission for us 05:32 to reach you know, in the south. 05:34 And so we had kind of neglected it 05:36 for a little bit and then you know, 05:38 about eight months ago Dr. Paul in a staff meeting 05:41 we're like, you know what guys, 05:42 let's just start, let's make us start somewhere. 05:45 And so that's where the journey began 05:46 and here we are now to where we are today. 05:49 So you're starting in Sawyerville 05:51 and so what is happening there? 05:53 Well, it's exciting 05:55 what's going on in Sawyerville right now. 05:57 Every week NAPS group goes to the area, 06:00 we work there, we do a lot of health programs, 06:04 so right now we meet in the needs 06:06 of the community there but however, 06:08 each Sunday the students there, 06:11 all of the NAPS students 06:12 who volunteer on that particular week 06:14 and they will go down 06:15 and they build, they build this building, 06:18 we're gonna see some pictures in a little bit 06:20 but they do a lot of building, 06:21 they meet the needs of the community. 06:23 There's a lady there called Mrs. Queenie, 06:25 they help her you know, 06:27 in health reduction issues, helping her 06:29 to also get more physically fit and so forth. 06:31 So that was just a entry point 06:33 where we're meeting the needs of the community, 06:35 assessing what's going on. 06:36 And so there's another clinic also 06:38 which is about 45 minutes from Sawyerville 06:41 in Gainesville and that clinic there, 06:43 Dr. Mala Hardnett, every Friday, 06:45 she takes time off of her busy practice as a doctor 06:48 and she goes through the community there 06:50 and she provides free medical care 06:52 to those in the community. 06:54 So the emphasis there would be 06:55 as we're meeting the needs of those area there, 06:57 once their lifestyle center 06:58 becomes active we're going to be able 07:01 to have those people bridge over into the wellness center. 07:05 Now how did you find the location in Gainesville? 07:08 That location actually came about 07:10 because there's a federation, 07:12 there we call the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, 07:14 this been there for many years 07:16 so it's like a community group 07:17 where farmers came together back in the today 07:20 and so this building had-- 07:22 it hasn't been used for about 40 years 07:25 and so as Dr. Paul was going into the area 07:27 and so forth, we're able to negotiate our work with them 07:30 and help them repair the building 07:32 and bring it up to speed 07:33 and so that's where we use the building every Friday. 07:36 So you're collaborating with community entities 07:39 to server the community? 07:40 That's exactly right. 07:41 Exciting, that's really wonderful. 07:42 Now, tell me a little bit about the students 07:44 who were in school and coming down on days 07:49 that they should be studying to do things for the community. 07:52 How does that work? 07:53 Well, that's one of the things 07:54 I love about NAPS is the commitment 07:56 of our volunteer student missionaries. 07:58 So these are people who are committed 08:00 they already in classes and so forth 08:02 but yet they are so committed that every weekend 08:04 they just take the time off to go. 08:06 And what we've noticed that 08:08 they really don't get behind in their studies 08:09 and matter of fact some of them 08:11 once they start working and serving others 08:12 we find that some of their grades even go up. 08:15 And there's a particular group of people called, 08:16 we call them the YOD 08:18 which is the Year of Dedication that 08:20 students take a year off of their studies 08:23 and they go out and serve the Lord 08:24 in the United States and then they go overseas 08:27 for a spring break mission as well. 08:30 And some of them, they're even here tonight. 08:32 So let's take a look at 08:33 what kind of progress has been made so far. 08:35 Well, if you look at the pictures 08:36 this is how it came about. 08:37 We have been blessed to have 110 acres in the area 08:42 and it's fully paid for, we thank the Lord for that. 08:44 And these are some of the young men 08:46 as you can see here on the screen 08:47 that they are actually helping to clear the land 08:50 and next picture you will see that 08:53 you know, these are the boards, 08:54 the material that we were able to purchase, 08:57 other people give their donations and help. 08:59 And you can see again NAPS young men 09:00 are going in to the area, these are two young men 09:02 who are very powerful in this project here. 09:04 We have David Moise and we have also Wilson Henry, 09:07 he's a theology major but he's actually the one 09:10 who has been there with the pluming 09:11 and these young men, 09:12 they learn to do all of this work themselves. 09:14 So they do the pluming, the electrical work 09:16 in that area as well. 09:18 Actually the year before 09:19 they were on the Year of Dedication 09:20 team number seven, 09:22 so Dr. Paul actually encouraged them, 09:24 motivated them to learn 09:26 how to do pluming and wiring and so forth. 09:28 Next picture, as you can see 09:30 this is the building here, it's over 6,000 square feet 09:33 and so this is just the starting. 09:34 We're gonna be doing evangelism program here as well 09:37 where we train self supporting medical missionary, 09:40 even bring in maybe some people from Africa over 09:43 so they can be able to get trained 09:44 and go back out and share. 09:45 And this is the last picture, 09:47 it's already up to the roof all summer, 09:49 the young men have been laboring diligently in the area 09:52 where its hot, it's very, very hot in the area 09:55 but they've been laboring there 09:56 doing a lot of work trying to get us. 09:58 So now all we have to do now 10:00 for this upcoming school term now 10:02 is to work on the interior with 10:04 you know, the pluming, electrical 10:05 and other things like that. 10:06 That's really exciting. Thank you. 10:07 I'm so glad that we have opportunity 10:10 to advance the cause, the work through NAPS. 10:12 Thank you very much, Chance. 10:13 And just one thing, if you want to hear 10:14 more about NAPS you can come 10:16 to the booth number 923 and also visit us 10:19 online napsoc.org, thank you. 10:21 Thank you. 10:24 Coming to join me now is a person with the same name 10:26 as someone you heard before. 10:28 Jason, well, not part of the name. 10:31 Jason Fournier, Jason is the son 10:33 of Frank Fournier our president. 10:36 And Jason, conducts his work in his ministry 10:40 in Africa at Kibidula, where is it located 10:43 and exactly what is it all about? 10:45 Kibidula is in the eastern part of Africa 10:50 in the country of Tanzania 10:54 which is about half way or just below Kenya. 10:58 And what do you do there? 10:59 What's your role there? 11:01 I'm the director of Kibidula 11:03 and basically I oversee everything 11:07 that goes on at the place. 11:08 So you receive all the blame and all the credit? 11:11 I guess so. 11:12 So what kind of services or programs 11:14 do you provide at Kibidula? 11:16 Well, at Kibidula we have 11:18 several different programs going on. 11:19 We have a primary school with about 90 children 11:24 learning all the subjects in English 11:29 and we also have a school of agriculture 11:35 which is for children who dropped out of school, 11:39 they then come to our place for a two year course 11:42 and in that course we then teach them, 11:47 basically the basics of life, tools to have a successful life 11:52 and also the goal is to reach them with the gospel. 11:56 So we're reaching them with, yeah, the gospel and-- 12:03 Kind of helping them through the education 12:05 of agriculture and those different tools. 12:08 And carpentry and sowing and English 12:10 and as many things as we can give them 12:12 to have a successful life. 12:14 So and they don't just walk away with tools, 12:17 they walk away with the gospel and some of those individuals 12:20 have actually given their lives to Christ in baptism? 12:22 Actually, almost all are students 12:26 every year end up being baptized. 12:28 Oh, praise the Lord. 12:30 And so you have another school, the school of evangelism. 12:34 That's correct. 12:36 We run a school of evangelism, two sessions a year, 12:38 we have four months each session 12:42 where we get students from all over Tanzania 12:45 and they learn principles 12:48 or methods in spreading the gospel 12:52 and reaching souls for Christ. 12:54 And you mentioned that there are lot of baptisms 12:58 and so what number of baptisms occur 13:02 like every year for instance? 13:04 We have at least 300 baptisms every year 13:08 as a result of our work or outreach at Kibidula. 13:12 Oh, praise the God. That's wonderful. 13:15 Let's see, you also talked to me about, 13:18 you actually you're in the print work, too. 13:20 What do you do in publishing? 13:22 Well, we don't print books ourselves 13:25 but we translate books into Swahili 13:28 and we also have books written by Swahili authors 13:33 and they-- well, after the editing process 13:37 we send the books to Korea to be translated 13:40 and then we import container loads full 13:44 of Swahili books to sell through the colporteur system. 13:49 So our books are actually sold 13:52 by all the colporteurs around Tanzania. 13:56 And you said that, so this work at Kibidula 13:59 with the literature is actually more than 14:03 what the church provides or-- 14:05 Well, we work in conjunction with the church 14:08 but we produce probably a major portion 14:12 or at least half of all the Swahili books 14:16 that are sold in Tanzania, the Adventist books. 14:20 Now you are also partnering with another ministry 14:23 and that happens that has been supported 14:25 and it is supported by ASI, the one day church. 14:28 You've built a couple of churches there in Tanzania. 14:33 At Kibidula we've been blessed 14:35 to be a recipient of the one day church program 14:39 and we've built, 14:41 I think up-to-date close to 200 churches. 14:43 Two hundred churches, just from your staff 14:45 at Kibidula and other volunteers? 14:47 Yes, just our group at Kibidula going out and building. 14:50 That's incredible. 14:51 Thank you so much for that effort there. 14:53 And we'll be hearing a lot more about the one day church 14:56 and more one day structures later in this weekend. 15:00 Tell me a little bit about a particular vegetable. 15:04 I understand that you're into guacamole. 15:06 We're just about up to our necks in guacamole 15:09 if you want to say. 15:11 At Kibidula the soil is not very good for most crops 15:16 but we found over the years of trailing there 15:19 one thing that grows excellent is avocados. 15:22 So we are in the process of growing or making orchids 15:29 of avocados with intend that they will support 15:35 the work of the gospel in Tanzania. 15:37 Okay, wonderful. 15:38 And this is I think, where our offerings come in 15:40 because in order to work those fields 15:44 you explain to me it's a pretty tedious process 15:48 to work on avocado plants. 15:52 Well, up to now we've done all the work by hands. 15:55 We've about 1,000 trees planted so far 15:58 and you know dig the holes 15:59 and now we have to do all the mowing the orchids 16:02 and we're planting more orchids 16:05 and it's growing beyond our capacity 16:07 to be able to do everything just by hand. 16:10 So with our help we can get a tractor for Kibidula. 16:13 That's right. 16:15 Actually last year's offering 16:18 provided the money for a tractor 16:21 and it was shipped beginning of this year 16:24 and arrived recently at Kibidula. 16:26 Oh, wonderful. 16:28 And that's a picture of the tractor 16:30 actually mowing between the avocado trees at Kibidula. 16:34 Now you talk to me a little bit about 16:38 some of the individuals who are baptized as a result. 16:43 Well, it's just a short story. 16:46 Recently I was speaking with one of our missionaries 16:50 who, I forgot to mention 16:52 we have about 30 some lay missionaries 16:55 doing work in un-entered areas of Tanzania, 16:57 many of these are Muslim areas 17:00 and the one of our missionaries 17:05 they baptized the daughter of a Muslim 17:08 and the father was so angered by that, that he came 17:12 and attacked our missionary with a machete 17:15 with the intention of killing him. 17:18 Fortunately the weather was cool, 17:19 he was wearing a big coat 17:21 and I think with the blessing of God 17:23 when the machete hit him the coat saved him 17:26 and he was actually not seriously injured 17:29 and so the Lord blessed him like that, yeah. 17:33 Well, we were so grateful for the blessings of the Lord 17:35 and His protection. 17:36 And thank you for what Kibidula is doing 17:38 to advance the gospel. 17:40 You will find out Kibidula's where you want to go. 17:42 Thank you very much. 17:44 This is the best part of ASI. 17:47 And we have some more for you, that's good news. 17:50 I have with me here Dr. Naren James 17:53 and he is a medical professional 17:55 who is doing gospel ministry. 17:58 Actually he's not a pastor, he's a medical physician. 18:02 You have a practice in Kentucky 18:04 and you operate, what two clinics? 18:06 Yeah, two clinics called Bluegrass clinic. 18:08 Okay, so you're very busy. 18:09 Very busy. 18:10 Okay, so how long have you been in ASI? 18:15 Twelve years now, since the year 2000. 18:17 Twelve years, okay in those 12 years 18:19 how has your practice, medical practice 18:23 changed to a medical missionary practice? 18:25 Well, ASI has been such a fundamental part of that 18:27 when I arrived here, 18:29 you said, thinking of my practice is my profession 18:30 and church is something else. 18:32 Over time having come to ASI the seminars 18:34 and the events have inspired me 18:35 to look at my practice differently. 18:37 I look at patients differently. 18:39 As children of God, 18:40 they are to receive message from Him, 18:42 even as I minister to their physical needs. 18:43 Right. 18:45 Now, you're very, very busy and I've visited you 18:49 and you are very busy and having such a busy practice 18:52 how can you find the time to incorporate 18:56 evangelism into your practice? 18:58 It's just like you find a time for two or three meals a day, 19:00 however, you come in, I mean you eat. 19:02 Basically I make it a priority 19:04 and so we make it a priority, in our practice 19:06 we for the past 12 years since we've been in practice 19:08 we start with a devotional time every Monday morning 19:11 with all of our staff that's totally volunteered 19:13 but it's paid for their time to come to it. 19:16 And then of course we find time to integrate prayer 19:18 into our practice with our patience. 19:19 So it's very simple but very straight forward. 19:21 Okay, now you've made a little video 19:24 to encourage other physicians 19:26 to incorporate evangelism into their practice. 19:29 Yes. 19:30 So maybe we can see that now. 19:32 Excellent, let's look at it. 19:35 Bluegrass Clinic, my name is Naren James 19:37 and I'm a family physician 19:38 and medical director of this clinic. 19:40 Here at Bluegrass clinic 19:41 we've taken seriously the injunction 19:43 of the mastered great physician himself 19:46 as he mentioned in John 10:10, 19:48 "The thief comes to steal and to kill or to destroy, 19:52 but I've come that they may have life, 19:54 and have it more abundantly." 19:55 We're also quite aware that we are at the end of time 19:57 and the end of time only a few lines of work 20:00 will be left standing 20:01 and one of those will be medical missionary work 20:03 and that'll involve more than just trained 20:05 health professional like myself or yourself, 20:07 He'll involve us working along with pastors 20:09 and lay members of the church 20:11 to achieve the ultimate goal 20:12 of helping each individual to come 20:14 to a saving personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 20:18 The doctor came in and give me my weight 20:20 and I've said you know, it has to change. 20:22 He just didn't want to be social around people too much. 20:26 When I started the health classes at the time 20:32 I didn't think that it would be for me. 20:35 At one point I didn't even care if I lived or died. 20:38 I used boom to get me through the day. 20:44 Most of the time they don't really want 20:46 so much medical advice as they want more emotional 20:49 and spiritual advice, 20:50 you find that many of the problems 20:52 that people deal with have more of a spiritual basis. 20:57 When he said about Sabbath word of prayer 20:59 it's kind of shock to me 21:01 because I never, never witnessed there. 21:05 Dr. James has just brought 21:06 his patients to the meetings here. 21:08 So many of them, almost all of the attendees, 21:11 the visitors who come to the church here 21:14 are patients of Dr. James. 21:17 We work together and I think that's crucial. 21:21 There is a bomb in Gilead, there is a physician there. 21:28 God has just gave His ministry for the pastor 21:31 as he does for the physician, 21:33 that they must come from the nature. 21:40 Amen. 21:41 Now, you know, we know this council 21:43 we've heard it before and one other things that 21:45 you said was interesting is that 21:47 the medical missionary work 21:48 will be the last work that we can do. 21:50 So it's very important 21:51 for all the health professionals to take that up. 21:55 What advice would you give them 21:57 and how they can get started? 21:59 Well, health professional certainly 22:00 the Adventist Medical Evangelism Network, 22:02 they have a booth here in the 600 row, 22:04 I don't remember the exact booth 22:05 but beyond that of course 22:08 individual lay members in the church can be trained up 22:10 by health professionals to be a part of it, so-- 22:13 So you mean the ministry that you're talking about is AMEN? 22:16 That's right, Adventist Medical Evangelism Network. 22:19 Okay, and there they can get resources 22:20 and training and videos on how they can incorporate-- 22:24 Exactly, and we also doing annual conference, 22:26 we have a journal report out called the medical evangelism. 22:29 So they can visit us at amensda.org 22:32 Okay, wonderful. Thank you so much. 22:34 Thank you, Leasa. 22:35 Next we have a very unique ministry in our church 22:39 and I'd like to call up Jeff. 22:42 Jeff, I worked with him in Tampa, Florida. 22:44 Jeff, what is your unique ministry? 22:47 Well I work with reaching out to the Jewish people. 22:52 Okay, and how do you reach out to them? 22:54 We reach out in various different ways. 22:56 We have unique literature 22:58 and we have unique buildings, congregations 23:01 or house and buildings that look like Jewish temples. 23:05 And the services inside are also conducted in a way 23:09 that makes it very Jewish friendly. 23:11 Okay, now you brought some slides with you. 23:14 Okay, let's go through them. 23:15 Okay. 23:17 The first one would be some of the literature 23:19 that we have and then the second one 23:23 is of one of the buildings that we have 23:25 and so you can see it looks like a synagogue 23:27 and there we are celebrating Hanukkah. 23:29 And then the inside is, little bit 23:31 what the inside of that particular synagogue looks like 23:34 and so our services are again conducted 23:36 very much like a traditional synagogue. 23:40 Okay. 23:41 Now, why-- what led you to this ministry? 23:44 Well, there is some wonderful quotes 23:45 one out of Acts the Apostles, 23:48 that says in the closing proclamation, 23:51 "God expect His messengers 23:53 to take particular interest in the Jewish people. 23:57 Among the Jewish people are some who like Saul of Tarsus 24:01 and these will proclaim with wonderful power, 24:04 the law of God. 24:05 We must make larger plans, 24:08 let there be special efforts made 24:10 for the enlightenment of the Jewish people 24:12 for among them the Lord has mighty men 24:15 who'll proclaim the truth with power." 24:16 Amen. 24:18 Now the special effort that we're to make, 24:21 there is a right way and a wrong way 24:24 and I work with you in your Tampa ministry there, 24:29 when you know, we're interested in following this council 24:32 but what is the mistake that we as non-Jewish people make 24:37 when trying to out reach. 24:39 Right, often its very eternal love 24:41 you know, people have love for people 24:43 and want to help people and share with them, 24:45 want to bless them, 24:47 the knowledge of God and the Bible 24:49 but we often want to do it 24:50 in a way that is comfortable to us 24:53 and bring them into our culture 24:54 and into our way and the Jewish culture 24:57 although may not recognize the Jewish person 25:00 from someone else out in America 25:03 but the culture is still so much different, 25:05 especially when we get into the religious circles. 25:08 And so the terminology is different 25:10 and just so much about it is different 25:12 that it's like a totally different foreign language, 25:15 even though we'll speak English. 25:17 Okay, so if there's a wrong way, 25:18 then there is a right way. 25:19 Correct. So what is the right way? 25:21 Well, the right way 25:22 is to get to know some of the terminology 25:25 and some of the culture issues that are helpful 25:27 and continue to love and demonstrate love 25:31 and start with love 25:32 and start with to get to theological issues, 25:35 talk on issues that are common 25:38 between us in the Jewish people 25:40 and relate in that way, certain I hope-- 25:42 I mean we could do this whole seminar 25:44 and it's one of the things we do, we go around 25:45 and give seminars at congregations to share 25:48 and teach how to share with Jewish people. 25:52 And that's one of the reasons 25:53 we have the congregations in totally different format. 25:56 So as we bring them in 25:57 they are used to that type of setting. 26:00 Okay, so do you have resources that 26:02 we can find or how can we find these? 26:05 Yeah, advent source has produced a book 26:07 called Reaching and Winning your Jewish Friends. 26:10 And that teaches us how to interact-- 26:13 The right terminology. 26:14 The right terminology-- The right motivation. 26:16 Right. That's right. 26:17 And to learn a little bit about the traditions 26:19 and the lifecycles like 26:20 what type of gift do I give to person 26:23 that I work with that just had a child. 26:24 Okay. 26:25 Or what do I do if their parent just died? 26:28 Or if their son's having a bar mitzvah 26:29 or daughter is having a bat mitzvah. 26:31 You know what will be appropriate things 26:32 and that's all covered in that book. 26:34 Okay, now you work at the North American division. 26:36 Correct. 26:37 And what are you doing within the division 26:40 and what are your future plans? 26:41 Well, in the division alone we have over 20 congregations, 26:45 not all of them have their own buildings yet. 26:48 But that we have 20 congregations, 26:50 we have Shalom Adventure Magazine, it's a web magazine 26:55 which is designed to again reach out to them 26:58 where they are in their homes 27:00 and to be able to share with them 27:02 different articles, religious articles 27:04 as well as common interests, 27:06 health and archaeology in Israel. 27:10 And so that's developing more, more to reach out to them 27:13 and reach them where they are at. 27:14 Okay, now do you have Bible study or set of studies 27:18 that we can get to share with our friends? 27:20 Yes, we do have a couple different studies. 27:22 We have Shema Israel, it's a Bible study 27:24 and we have Jewish discoveries which is a set of Bible studies 27:28 that also covers the traditions in again, 27:32 their format covers Bible doctrines 27:34 as we understand them 27:36 but does it in a Jewish friendly way. 27:37 Okay, now those of us 27:39 who really want to reach out to a Jewish friend 27:41 sometimes are intimidated 27:43 you know, because of lack of knowledge for one thing 27:45 but also-- 27:47 Because there is a perception that it's very difficult. 27:52 Right, right. 27:53 And it's not so difficult, its just different 27:55 and so just learning the differences. 27:57 We also have a ministry where we train people 27:59 to lead congregations or working congregations 28:01 to Shalom learning center. 28:02 Okay, and where is that located? 28:05 It's actually, what we do is the people come 28:07 and visit the different congregations, 28:09 so it's kind of traveling couple of different weekends 28:11 through out the year, you know, 28:12 it's like a home study and continue that way. 28:14 So if we want you to come and train at our church, 28:16 how do we contact you? 28:18 Well, I guess you can contact me 28:19 or and then I'll just give the, and then I'll-- 28:21 Okay, do you have a booth here? 28:23 We do have a booth here. Yeah, 552. 28:25 Just go around the fifth aisle, 28:27 straight in the middle all the way to the end, 28:28 we are at the end of the world. 28:30 We are at the very end, right against the wall there. 28:32 So just come all the way to the end 28:33 and we'll give you the information on that. 28:34 Okay, wonderful. 28:36 Now, before we go, 28:38 do you have a testimony that you can share with us? 28:39 I do, there is a lady 28:41 who just, just a few weeks ago, 28:44 she got little dissatisfied with Jesus 28:47 and very active in their congregation stuff with longing 28:49 for something more Holy Spirit was working on her heart 28:52 and she, a friend invited her to sing at church 28:56 and she went to the church service 28:59 and was impressed and the people are friendly 29:00 and all like that but she's so long 29:02 for the Jewishness of her culture 29:04 and so she found us online 29:05 and she began doing our Bible studies on our webpage, 29:08 at jewishheritage.net 29:10 and then came to our service 29:12 and then that week did the next Bible study 29:15 and accepted the Lord 29:16 and sent out an email to all her friends. 29:20 On next thing that we're working on 29:21 in reaching New York City, 29:23 with a division that's going to focus on 29:24 New York City for 2013 29:27 so we want to start a health ministry there. 29:29 We have a program coming on 3ABN reaching your roots 29:32 or returning to your roots, back to your roots. 29:34 Wonderful. 29:35 Well, thank you so much. 29:36 Thank you, Leasa. 29:37 And we'll be praying for you. 29:39 Thank you very much, God bless. 29:41 Next we have a, 29:43 you know, we've got a variety, 29:44 we've got a ministry, we had a medical professional 29:46 next we have a business 29:48 but it's not an ordinary business. 29:51 And Dirci, you are not new to us 29:53 but your son I don't think he has ever been up here. 29:56 Yeah, we are not new to ASI. 30:00 Okay, well, how long have you been in ASI? 30:04 2004, it's been a while, yes. 30:06 So your name is Dirci Marquart 30:09 and introduce this young man. 30:11 I'm Junior Seidi. 30:13 Junior Seidi. This is your son? 30:14 Yes. 30:15 Okay, and you work together in this business? 30:17 Yes. 30:18 Now, we just heard that 30:21 this is coming to the close of time 30:23 we can't do business as usual. 30:25 So how are you not doing business as usual? 30:29 Well, we continue to do as usual 30:31 in order to support out ministry. 30:33 Our dream is to continue mission serve and its work 30:38 but we need to do our regular business 30:40 in order to support it. 30:41 Okay, maybe we should establish what your regular business is. 30:46 We build granite countertops. 30:50 You build what kind of countertops? 30:51 Granite, stone. 30:52 Granite counter tops, okay. 30:54 Yes, we have a granite counter top business 30:56 in the Frederick area of Maryland. 30:58 And that's our, you know, pay our bills everyday. 31:01 Okay, now, that's not all you do with your business. 31:06 No, our business actually has this ministry 31:10 which is called MissionServ International 31:12 and we have been doing this for the last 10 years. 31:15 Before we joined ASI we already doing this work 31:20 with poor communities in Brazil 31:22 where we are from and building 31:26 different types of training facilities-- 31:31 What kind of training? 31:34 Community training, health, we did also evangelism, 31:40 we even had twice ASI training 31:43 with the DVD program which is excellent. 31:46 Yeah, we trained like 1,500 people 31:48 there in that same area. 31:49 Okay, wonderful. 31:51 So have you heard the results from those trainees? 31:53 Oh, yes. 31:55 Well, the result really is that 31:57 the church is growing so much there 31:59 that we decide to start to build churches now 32:01 so that's what we're doing right now. 32:04 Okay, now I understand that you have an exciting testimony. 32:09 Actually I do, I think we all have been hit 32:11 a little bit from the economy, we specifically have done that. 32:15 In the building trade. In the building trade. 32:18 And we actually had to move 32:20 from one building to another building, 32:21 we had the opportunity to share in the marketplace, 32:25 you know, the faith that we have 32:26 and God has been extremely blessed, 32:29 He has been blessing us throughout the years. 32:32 And we actually had the opportunity 32:34 to meet our new landlord that 32:36 we had extremely a very wealthy business man 32:41 in the Frederick area and we actually were talking 32:44 about him or to him, he's not Christian, 32:46 he doesn't do any church or anything like that. 32:49 So he found out that we're going to do a mission trip 32:52 but it was only a family activity. 32:55 It was supposed to be our kids, 32:56 my wife you know, my-- 32:58 it was a direct family mission trip 32:59 that we actually were doing. 33:00 Okay. 33:01 He decided that he wanted to go with us, 33:03 I really thought it was a joke, he was playing with me. 33:05 Oh, wow. 33:06 This man is a big guy. 33:08 He's very large and very excited and everything 33:11 but I didn't think he was gonna come to Brazil with us. 33:12 Did you tell him where he, yeah, we are just listening? 33:14 Well, he did come to Brazil 33:16 believe it or not and he actually-- 33:17 And he brought the whole family. 33:18 He did bring his son and his wife. 33:20 Well, the Holy Spirit was working on him. 33:22 It was, Holy Spirit works amazing things. 33:25 And so he did come down with us 33:27 and we had this interlocking building concept that 33:30 we've been here ASI many years before showing espousing 33:34 but and he comes down and looks at this thing 33:38 and he gets, he is so impressed 33:41 and surprised by the fact that my two boys 33:44 being able to build the structure 33:46 that he told me when we got back to US 33:49 that he wanted actually to help us 33:51 and push that forward. 33:53 Okay, and how would he help you? 33:55 Well, he actually decided that, 33:56 one of my goals and my dreams 33:57 was to actually have a training facility 34:00 with our building concept here in the US 34:03 and he actually gave us an area that we could do that. 34:06 Land? Or building? 34:09 The actual land area, 34:10 we're gonna be doing that in Frederick this next year. 34:13 At the same time he also help us fund 34:15 the actual money for automating the machines. 34:20 Amen. 34:21 So, and the most amazing thing was that 34:23 the last three months ago 34:25 we were able to build our first church 34:30 done with totally construction rubble. 34:33 It was build out of trash. 34:36 So we went from trash into a church now that you have, 34:40 you know, 40 members being able to-- 34:42 Make turn with that, the roof. 34:44 In the Frederick area? 34:46 No, this is in Brazil. 34:47 Oh, in Brazil, okay. 34:48 Okay, so he came down with you, 34:51 he saw what you were doing, got all excited, 34:54 now you so have contract with him. 34:57 Yes, yes. 34:58 Okay, so what's happening there? 35:00 Well, he's helping us through this project 35:02 and every once and while he comes 35:04 and ask us a little about our faith and what we do. 35:07 And we slowly and we're able to actually show that 35:12 and I believe he really likes and wants to be help 35:16 as much as possible in the future. 35:17 Its interesting that he really got involved 35:20 and now he doesn't want to stay only in Brazil, 35:24 he said what we have here is for the whole world. 35:27 There are so many other organizations 35:29 needing that as well. 35:30 So our next stage is to train a group in Haiti 35:36 and then it's Africa the next one that 35:39 we are lining up for training. 35:41 So you are sharing Christ in your marketplace. 35:44 Certainly. 35:46 And your marketplace is the building trade 35:49 but you involved your landlord 35:51 and he went on a mission trip with you. 35:53 Okay, what other plans 35:55 do you have to share Christ in your marketplace? 35:58 Well, we really want to continue this, 36:00 we call this project now Project Hope 36:02 from trash into hope that's our motto now. 36:07 Okay, so recycling is a big thing. 36:09 Yes, because our machine 36:11 now crushes the rubble from construction 36:15 and that's what we use to build our churches now. 36:18 Okay, now I'm kind of confused. 36:21 You sell granite counters. 36:23 That's correct. 36:24 But now you're recycling trash. 36:28 Well, unfortunately 36:31 we don't make money in doing that, 36:32 we make money doing the countertops. 36:33 Okay. 36:34 Our goal and our future is to be able to do that 36:36 and actually multiply that, have the same training facility 36:40 and the same ability to take this trash 36:43 and make it into churches 36:44 and structures and stuff like that. 36:46 It's pretty amazing. 36:47 We'll be next year in Orlando 36:49 and you'll be able to see there what we're doing. 36:51 Okay, well, wonderful. 36:52 Now, do you have a booth here? 36:54 No, no? Not yet. 36:55 No, not this year. 36:57 Okay, so now, we have business people here 37:01 and maybe they're thinking 37:03 how can I turn my business into a ministry? 37:07 Do you have any advice? 37:10 Well, first of all trust the Lord. 37:13 God has opened doors for us 37:15 and He will open to everybody that's willing to work. 37:18 There is no doubt about it. 37:20 We have seen God blessing us and helping us through out. 37:25 If we're willing certainly the Lord will bless us. 37:28 I'm sorry, I want to say, 37:29 if that is exactly what it is. 37:31 You got to trust. 37:33 God has an opportunity for you to do His work. 37:36 He needs to use you 37:38 and He's not gonna let you down. 37:39 So it doesn't matter for super talented 37:42 or super charismatic, 37:44 we just have to have an open heart. 37:45 True. That's exactly-- 37:46 So that's the first requirement? 37:47 Yes. 37:48 And then God can do amazing things. 37:49 Sure. 37:50 Just like He's used you. 37:51 Thank you so much. 37:53 Thank you. Thank you so much. 37:54 Okay, our last person tonight is from Poland. 37:59 Actually there's two of them, they are brothers. 38:02 And I have the opportunity to work with one of your wives 38:07 but we can talk about that a little bit later. 38:09 So tell us what your names are and what your ministry is? 38:14 Springs of Life Foundation from Poland. 38:16 I'm Wiktor Kuczek. 38:17 And I'm Robert Kuczek. 38:19 Okay, so Wiktor and Robert, 38:21 brothers, right. 38:23 Okay, and how long have you been doing this ministry? 38:26 We have been in operation 38:27 for the last 25 year-- for 21 years, 38:30 so we just hit our 21st anniversary 38:32 just a few months ago. 38:33 Just a few minutes ago? 38:35 Few months ago. 38:36 Oh, few months ago, okay. 38:38 I've thought, wow, you keep time right to the minute. 38:41 That's pretty impressive. 38:43 Okay, so what are-- 38:45 you've been in ministry for 21 years, 38:47 is there anything new happening? 38:49 Yes, when you are in publishing ministry 38:52 it's heard not to be involved 38:53 with the Great Controversy project. 38:55 So in Poland we have following the success 38:59 from 12 years ago when the Great Controversy book 39:02 became the fourth best selling book in our country 39:05 and we've sold 230,000 copies at that time. 39:09 We decided to do it again 39:11 and we have reformatted our book 39:14 to match the low price that's possible 39:17 since the prices in Poland are going up. 39:19 Show it to them. 39:20 Yes, so this is copy of our new book. 39:23 We have also put the book in the digital format 39:25 and I have with me a CD, 39:28 we have made 130,000 copies of this CD's 39:33 and we have also designed a special-- 39:34 So this is an audio book? 39:35 This is audio, yes. 39:37 We have also, created a special webpage 39:40 called the greatcontroversy.pl 39:43 and we have the audio and the digital 39:47 and the regular book available for people 39:49 who want to buy the book. 39:51 And of course we didn't have as many hits 39:54 for this webpage as we wanted 39:58 so the Lord find the better way 40:00 of bringing this message from the book to people. 40:05 Now you could find the book on the webpage 40:08 of the famous catholic television station, 40:13 which is amazing. 40:15 So, okay. The book is Great Controversy. 40:18 Yes. 40:20 And it is now on sale at a catholic website. 40:24 It's actually free on catholic website. 40:26 Oh, free. Okay. 40:29 So how do you track how many you are sending out, 40:32 they're ordering out from you? 40:34 Well, that's why we don't get so many orders. 40:36 Most people like the catholic webpage. 40:39 I see. 40:40 Okay, well, praise the Lord. 40:42 He'll send His message out. 40:44 Okay, now Wiktor, your wife is a physician. 40:48 Yes. 40:49 And she came to Eden Valley last year, was it? 40:52 Three years ago. 40:53 Okay, and she wanted to know how we treated cancer. 40:58 Yes. 41:00 Since she came-- she went back, 41:01 what has she been doing? 41:04 Well, we were praying for a new lifestyle center. 41:08 We wanted to build a one and actually a year ago 41:11 we have been distributing newsletter 41:14 here on ASI trying to find-- 41:17 trying to raise the money for this. 41:19 But we were able to raise 41:21 less than one percent of what we needed. 41:24 So we could not go with this progress-- with this plan. 41:27 So, were you pretty discouraged? 41:29 Well, no, we kept praying. 41:30 Okay, you had faith? 41:32 Yes. 41:33 So how did the Lord show a better way? 41:37 Yes, this is actually a miracle. 41:41 A year ago right after we return from ASI 41:45 we have a New start program 41:47 and on this new start program came a man. 41:50 A man who has been actually opposing Adventist church 41:55 for many, many years 41:56 and he came because of the health problems 41:59 and he has been counseled that he will find a solution. 42:03 After the program, he liked the program quite well 42:06 and he offered us his brand new built 42:11 big building for the Newstart program. 42:14 Okay, this is the building here. 42:15 This is the building, you can see it on the screen 42:18 it's a much better building that we were planned to build. 42:21 Yes, I have to ask you the building that 42:23 you were planning on building, 42:27 what is the difference between the sizes? 42:29 This building is about three times bigger in the size 42:32 and it costs probably four times 42:35 more than we were planning. 42:36 So you were dreaming too small and the Lord said no. 42:39 Yes. 42:40 Okay, so now this building, is it finished? 42:44 This building is almost finished, 42:46 now these are something things 42:47 that are not finished in this building, 42:49 actually right now we have only eight rooms available 42:53 while after the finishing of the building 42:54 we could have 16 rooms 42:56 plus we could have some other things, 42:59 the bigger kitchen and like we planned 43:01 that it's not present now. 43:03 Okay, so but it's not finished but I know Garzina your wife, 43:06 she really wanted to start a program. 43:09 So was she able to? 43:10 Yes, we have sat with that owner of this building 43:14 and we calculated what is the most needed 43:17 in order to start the small programs 43:21 and so we came up with the number 43:24 and we have long to disbanded to this owner 43:27 and he was able to finish this part of the building 43:31 so we could start the program. 43:32 And so we did have two programs in this year. 43:37 And we have just finished on the Monday 43:40 the second program 43:41 and the both programs were full, 43:43 all eight rooms were busy over 20 people on each program. 43:48 Okay, now Poland is a catholic country, 43:52 is that correct? 43:53 Yes. Okay. 43:54 So the gospel ministry really is an opening ledge, 43:59 it is the right arm of the gospel, 44:00 can you share with us a testimony 44:02 of how that has helped somebody that has come to your program? 44:08 Well, sure. 44:10 Could I have the next picture? 44:13 I don't know. Okay, the next picture. 44:14 Next picture, the picture, the last picture 44:18 and the one before the last on the screen. 44:20 I don't know if this we can have it 44:22 but there was a lady 44:24 that we were measuring the blood pressure. 44:27 Okay. 44:28 And this lady have come to the program 44:29 this year as well 44:32 but she came for the first time couple years ago 44:36 and she came from the very wealthy family in Poland 44:40 and-- but they have some problems 44:46 and she was very exhausted because of this problems 44:50 and so she came for this program 44:51 and at the program she got, she liked the program 44:55 so much that the same year she came for another program 45:00 and the same year for another program. 45:01 Okay, so three times. 45:02 Three times, yes. 45:04 And next year it was, I think two years ago 45:08 she has been baptized at our church. 45:11 Not on only this year later her husband was baptized also 45:17 and their daughter has been baptized. 45:20 So all family almost has been baptized. 45:24 God is doing amazing things around the world 45:27 and tonight you have heard a business, 45:30 ministry, a medical evangelist 45:33 and medical missionary ministry 45:36 and all of us can be involved if we just have an open heart. 45:40 Amen. 45:41 Thank you so much and God bless you. 45:45 God bless you. 46:15 The timeless theme 46:18 Earth and Heaven will pass away 46:26 It's not a dream 46:29 God will make all things new that day 46:37 Gone is the curse 46:41 From which I stumbled and fell 46:46 Evil is banished 46:51 To eternal hell 46:59 No more night 47:04 No more pain 47:09 No more tears 47:14 Never crying again 47:20 Praises to 47:25 The great "I AM" 47:29 We will live 47:32 In the light of the risen Lamb 47:47 See all around 47:50 Now the nations bow down to sing 47:57 The only sound, are the praises 48:03 To Christ our King 48:09 Slowly the names 48:13 From the book are read 48:18 I know the King there's 48:23 No need to dread 48:30 No more night 48:35 No more pain 48:40 No more tears 48:44 Never crying again 48:50 Praises to 48:54 The great "I AM" 48:59 We will live 49:01 In the light of the risen Lamb 49:10 See over there it's a mansion 49:16 Prepared for me 49:20 Where I will live 49:23 With my savior eternally 49:33 No more night 49:38 No more pain 49:42 No more tears 49:47 Never crying again 49:52 And praises to 49:56 The great "I AM" 50:00 We will live 50:03 In the light of the risen Lamb 50:54 We will live 50:57 In the light of the risen Lamb 51:10 The Lamb |
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