We are in the
last hours of 2012.
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Amen. Amen.
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And what better way
or what better place
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to spend the last
hours of 2012 than at GYC?
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Amen, I couldn't agree more.
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Amen.
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So this afternoon Kyle and I
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were asking a few
of you some questions,
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and there were two
questions we asked.
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The first
question we asked was this,
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what did this GYC mean to you?
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And we just want to share
some other responses we got.
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The first person I
talk to, they say that
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this GYC meant to
them rejuvenation.
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All right, James and Phil
said, spiritual substance,
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that's what this
weekend to meant to them.
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Spiritual substance.
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Another girl I
talked, her name Megan
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who is one of the volunteers,
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she said that what
impressed her about this GYC
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was the spirit of
helpfulness amongst people.
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Amen, amen.
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Mark who brought
his friends to GYC,
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he said that he was blessed
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because he saw the change
it brought in his friends.
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Amen. Amen.
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Katherine said that this GYC
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helped to set her
priorities straight
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and that she wants God to
be her number one priority.
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Amen. Praise God.
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And Michelle
said, even after coming
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for nine years
it blesses my life.
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Amen.
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Michelle, I
couldn't agree with you more.
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Amen.
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The second
question we asked was this,
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what are you
going to do differently
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when you go home?
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One of the people I
talked to named Roger
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is a 24 year teacher
at an Adventist academy
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and he said that
when he goes home
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he is going to
support two or three
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of his students in
leading a Bible study.
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Amen.
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And Katy said,
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she wants to get in to
her Bible and pray more.
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That's her commitment.
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Amen -- -- After
being here at GYC.
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You now, there are lot of people
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actually they said
that, as a result to this GYC
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they want to develop
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their personal
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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And to me that is so beautiful.
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Another girl I talk
to her name was Stevie
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and she was so impressed
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then had so much fun
on outreach that she said,
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that's what I want
to do when I go home.
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I want to do outreach.
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She also said that she really,
really wants to be a colporteur
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but she is too young.
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And so if there's any
colporteur leaders out there--
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They should let her in.
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Yes, who approach by a
girl name Stevie let her in?
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All right.
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I met Romanian
friend who said that,
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he is been giving a
double tithe for many years,
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but today after listening
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to Sam's message about missions,
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he said you what?
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I want to add an
extra five percent,
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I want to give 25
percent of income to the church.
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And he said you know what?
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I'm still in debt,
and when I get out of debt
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I gonna give Him more
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because 25 percent isn't enough.
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That, Amen.
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Amen, that's the
spirit we need, amen.
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Amen.
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A girl name Heidi said,
I'm going to by God's grace
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spend more time in His word.
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Amen, and final one I have here
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as I ran into some just before
we came in here tonight, Livvy,
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and this girl said that
she has been not wanting
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to be a
missionary her whole life,
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her parents are missionary
but she didn't want to do it.
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But she said
after today's message
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and after this
experience at GYC she has made
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the commitment
to be a missionary
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for at least three to
seven years of her life.
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Amen.
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And she specifically
wants to reach the Muslim world.
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And so praise God for those
decisions that were made today.
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Amen.
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David said that
when he goes back home
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he is going to win
back the youth of Austria.
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Amen.
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That to me-- that is GYC.
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GYC is not a conference,
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but it is the spirit that
exists among you, among us,
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between
conferences, that is GYC,
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that is Adventism,
that is Christianity.
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Amen. Let's bow
our heads for prayer.
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Father in heaven, we thank You
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for the blessing
that we have received
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by being here at GYC, 2012.
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Thank you Father, that tonight
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as we enter in to
this hour of worship
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that You are with us.
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And Father, we invite
Your Holy Spirit to be here,
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as we close out this year 2012
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and as we welcome the new one,
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may we have that full
resolve in our hearts,
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that we are going to
live fully for You, Father,
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so that Your coming may be soon.
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Bless us tonight,
bless every aspect
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to this program,
especially our speaker
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and we ask these
things in the name of Jesus
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and for His sake, amen.
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Amen.
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We want to again
invite the wonderful GYC Choir
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to sing "By the Gentle Waters."
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By the gentle waters
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You will safely lead me
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In green pastures feed me
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Knowing what is best
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Though I often stray
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Wander far away
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I can hear you say
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Come to me and rest
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Though the path
be rough and rugged
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Though the trail
be dark and steep
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Still the Gentle Shepherd
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Watches over His sheep
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There's no need to fear
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When the Shepherd's near
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While Your voice I hear
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I can comfort sure
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Keep the love alive
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Sheltered from above
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Leaning in your arms
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I can rest secure
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With the flock abiding
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All my needs supplying
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Comforting and guiding
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Leading all the way
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All the way
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Jesus loving shepherd
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You'll forsake me never
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In your flock forever
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I am thine alone
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Though
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The darkness hide me
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You are close beside me
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Gentle Shepherd guide me
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Ti'l I'm safely Home
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Ti'l I'm safely Home
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Safely Home
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Its a moment that I
know, I have been waiting for,
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you ready to hear this
statistic from outreach?
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Yes.
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Amen.
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Doors knocked on 22,595,
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glow tracts distributed 6,115,
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meals served 650, gloves, hats
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and scarves distributed 100,
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prayers, 916.
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Flyers distributed 19214
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and 441 people registered
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for evangelistic
meetings starting in 10 days.
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Amen.
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Praise God.
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Its truth, Seattle
is a different day today
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than when you last
saw me on this stage.
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I have Lo-Ammi with me.
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He led in our service projects
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and he's gonna
give you a testimony
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of what happened
on those projects.
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Good evening, GYC.
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How many of us was blessed
yesterday about the outreach?
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Amen.
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Those who participate in
to the community service,
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how many of you guys
were blessed yesterday?
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Amen.
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My few remnant
people out there, Amen.
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Well, this being the first
time that GYC has ever done this
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not everything
went according to plan,
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and as the chaos and
through the midst of the chaos,
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you can see God's
hand really leading,
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and for whatever reason
my bus is 48 through 51,
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did not have bus drivers.
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So I had to go out
and recruit bus drivers
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to lead my
special group of people
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to do ministry
in Downtown Seattle,
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and as I was
recruiting bus drivers,
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here in the
midst of-- of the chaos
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there is three
willing bus drivers
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eagerly and
anticipating to want to take me
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and my group out to do outreach.
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But God has
something better plan,
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see there is--
one of the leaders
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of bus leaders called
on a young lady to come
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and to take our
special group out.
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Now for me I
didn't quite understand
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why he will call
somebody from across the room
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when we have three
willing people to take us.
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Well, as we are
reached on to the bus
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and she is taking
us to Downtown Seattle,
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we got to know this young lady.
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We spoke to her and
she come to find out
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has been praying about
possibly taking her family
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and bring her to church.
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Well, there was no mistake that
God has led her to that bus.
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Two days after she
prayed that prayer,
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we had-- she said--
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she mentioned
that they had two--
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two people from
the Mormon Church,
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knocked on the door
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and they've been doing
Bible studies with her.
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And they finally gave to--
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they got the
point the presentation
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where they presented
there Prophet John Smith
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and she supposes
to get Baptize Sunday.
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She got called in Sunday,
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and ended up being our
bus driver for outreach.
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What a divine of appointment,
but its gets better.
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So as we found out this
story our bus leader Joey
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and her husband
was dialoging with her
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and telling her about Adventist,
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about what is a
Seventh-day Adventist,
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what is a Sabbath,
what is a second coming,
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that we believe in
the Ten Commandments.
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And she stopped and
she is like one question,
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do you guys
believe in the Holy Spirit?
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And I had to jump
into seat I was like
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well, of course, we
believe in the Holy Spirit,
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we had a whole
convention on the Holy Spirit,
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and we invited
her to out to the--
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to the evangelistic
series, this coming next week
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and I told her, I was like,
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listen I will give you
$20, I'm not a betting man,
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but I'll give you $20 that
you will get more information
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out of the Bible in four nights
than you did your entire life.
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She says, I
don't need your money.
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I said praise the
Lord, 'cause needed my $20.
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So as we continue on
as-- as the group went out
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and left to do the passing up
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the lunches and everything
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the bus leaders are
really dialoging with her,
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and I made an appeal
and gave her a glow tract
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and gave her the
evangelistic series flyer
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and we told her considering,
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and when I come back
I gonna close the deal.
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Well, the first time
she didn't enclose the deal.
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I read some of it,
I'm not sure just yet,
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then I said
well, when you drop us
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all the second time
I gonna pitch my deal,
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we need a close this deal.
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So the second
time we came about,
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she says, well,
I read most of it,
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I think I might be
interested by the third time,
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when I asked her she said,
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I will be taking my family
to the evangelistic series.
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There was a reason why
God set up an appointment
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for this lady to be
called in on Sunday,
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to be our bus driver.
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And we pray--
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can you please
keep Evelyn in prayers,
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that her and her family may
go to this evangelistic series
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and really hear
the true message,
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the true gospel
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and that her life may be change,
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not only herself
but all families.
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You know, I was on-- I
was when there is Curb,
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waiting for buses to return
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and a girl gets off the bus
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comes up with one
our-- one our speakers
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Kameron DeVasher,
one of our pastors.
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She comes up to me and
he introduces me to her
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and she says, I had
a rough time at home,
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I came GYC by miracle
and after outreach today
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I have decided to get baptized.
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Amen.
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We basically paid a tithe,
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there is about 4,000 of us here
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and we got a
little over 400 people
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to come to evangelistic series.
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Next year in Orlando,
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we're looking at
having a 100 to 150 buses,
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can we pay a
tithe and an offering
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next year in Orlando?
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Praise God and I
want to see you there.
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The world for Jesus.
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GYC Intermissions.
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GYC.
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GYC intermission
is an opportunity
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for young people
to work for Christ.
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Overseas and here at home.
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Be part of the mission trip.
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Be part of the mission trip.
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That will change our life.
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Change your life.
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Change your life.
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Children's ministry.
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Prayer ministries.
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Medical ministry.
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Evangelism.
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I see 90 people give
their lives to Christ.
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Amen.
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Turn the world
upside down for Jesus.
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Upside down.
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What are you waiting for?
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Change the world.
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Change the world.
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Change the world.
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Change the world for Jesus.
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Good evening GYC,
Change the world for Jesus,
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the little God at
the end is my favorite.
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I wanted to share with
you one story from Tanzania,
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while we were there
that really touch my heart,
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in addition to the smiles
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of all those
happy these children.
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This one of our
door to door teams,
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visited a lady who is
of a Muslim background,
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and when they
visited her continuously
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day after day
saying the Bible with her,
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she expressed to them her desire
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to give her life
to Christ in baptism.
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But then she also
shared that in as much as
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she was willing
to take that step
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coming from a Muslim background
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willing to give
her life to Jesus
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that she was having this dreams
that if she got baptized--
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in the dream she
would get killed.
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She expressed this to our team
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and our missionaries
brought this back to the prayer,
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the prayer team and said,
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can we hold a
special prayer for this woman
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who wants to give
her life to Christ?
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Like she is having these dreams,
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that if she gets
baptized she would get killed.
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And so our
missionaries knocked down
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and prayed, and
prayed and prayed.
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And you know, at the end
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of those days of
prayer that woman was baptized
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and it's even more incredible
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is that it was
after she was baptized
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that she stopped
having those dreams.
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And it's that kind of story,
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when you see lives
that are completely
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radically transformed
transform by the power of Christ
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that's the reason
why we do evangelism.
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And I-- I think I
have another best--
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it's not really a job,
but the best job at GYC
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because I get to travel
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and do all these exciting things
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and work on the
frontlines with young people
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and in addition to
being in Tanzania the summer
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I also have the
privilege of working
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on a local mission
project that GYC was helping
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to coordinate in
Charleston, West Virginia.
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And I'm going to invite
one of my friends Daniela
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come and tell me,
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we were young so were ambitious
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and we had very ambitious idea
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of what we could
do in Charleston.
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Daniela, what
did we attempt to do
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and what happened?
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We attempted to knock on
every door in Charleston,
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West Virginia in one year.
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We did not complete our goal
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because once we began working,
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we were so overwhelmed
by the response that we had,
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that we realized that we
had to adapt to the situation
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and kind of adjust
the plans that we had
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so that we could be
thorough in our follow up.
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But over the course of the year,
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over 90 church members
from all around our conference
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and even a few from outside
of conference came together.
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Hence they work together
to knock over 1,882 doors.
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They past out over
2,168 pieces of glow
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and 952 flyers
inviting the communities
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to various
functions at the church.
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They prayed with 247 people.
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Out of all the people
that we talked to 168 of them
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signed up to
receive Bible studies.
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There are also 145 people
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who took the Bible study cards
at the door to mail in later,
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but the amazing
thing about all of this
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is that the vast
majority of all of this work
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happened in eight days,
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working only two
and half hours or less.
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And so God was really
working in West Virginia,
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and it was just so amazing
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because this is
just a tiny glimpse
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and so what God can do
if we're willing to work
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and if the Holy
Spirit is poured out.
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And so we know
this is just a beginning
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and we're just so
excited to see what else
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God has in store
for West Virginia.
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Amen, and it's so
exciting-- Thank you, Daniela.
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So exciting because as
you-- as you think about
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how amazing it was to be
apart of the GYC outreach
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that you can
actually go back home
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then realize from
Charleston, West Virginia,
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which-- when I visited
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I appreciate of
living in Boston so much more
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because
Charleston was interesting,
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but that be-- for the being
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even way you are in
Charleston, West Virginia
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and young people got together
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and say let's knock on the doors
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and let's see what God can do.
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God did amazing, amazing things
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and in that's the
opportunity that you have
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as well to go back
home and do something.
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Mirriam, why don't you
come up here and join me in.
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and Mirriam is going
to tell us a little bit
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about one of
the mission projects
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that's coming up next year
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that GYC is going to be engaging
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and in support
together with ECYC
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and its mission
project to Manitoulin Island,
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in Ontario, Canada.
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So why don't you tell me
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why should I as a young
person even care about--
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I can't even
pronounce it correctly,
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you know, Manitoulin
Island, if I said it right.
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Let me summarize
it in a short story.
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Did you know that in to 1850s,
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Adventist founder
Joseph Bates, an American
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who left America and went in
a five week mission to Canada?
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This involved more
than 20 days of struggling
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through heavy
snowfall and extreme cold.
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And at point he cut
through three feet of ice
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so that he could
find enough water
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to baptize just seven people
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in weather 22
degrees below zero.
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Now this is a 50-year-old man,
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if a
50-year-old man can do this,
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how much more can
we as young people do
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for the cause of God?
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Amen.
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On another
occasion Elder Bates walked
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through 40 miles of deep snow
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just to take the
gospel to a single family.
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Next summer GYC and ECYC
are giving you the opportunity
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for you and I to
follow in the footsteps
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of our pioneer Joseph
Bates to reach an unreached area
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in Eastern Canada
called Manitoulin Island.
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It is the largest
island in the world
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and is populated
with over 12,000 people
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who know nothing of
the Three Angel's Messages.
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Friends, Canada and
America are mission fields.
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These are dark
regions in our own continent.
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One American
whose mind was convinced
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of the truth of
the Adventist message
00:22:07.34\00:22:09.42
and whose heart was
warm with the love of Christ
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was used by God as
a missionary to Canada
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and as a result
Canadians like me
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have been-- have
benefited from it.
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Now next summer you
have the opportunity
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to make the same eternal impact
00:22:24.38\00:22:26.63
on the lives of
thousands of Canadians.
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So brothers and
sisters, the Lord has called us
00:22:29.40\00:22:32.12
to reached the unreached areas
00:22:32.15\00:22:33.98
including those
here in North America.
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There is a desperate
need for this line of work
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and yes, it does
call for self-denial,
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but if the Lord is
moving up on your heart
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.68
by the burden for
the unreached areas,
00:22:44.71\00:22:47.20
please come by
the GYC booth tonight,
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pick up an application form
00:22:49.49\00:22:51.31
and we will see you in
summer 2013, thank you.
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I want to share some
alarm trends with you today.
00:22:56.64\00:23:01.33
If you listen to
Adam Ramdin the other day,
00:23:01.36\00:23:03.63
he talked about
the base of the--
00:23:03.66\00:23:05.79
the difference between
00:23:05.82\00:23:06.86
the net births
and deaths each day.
00:23:06.89\00:23:09.08
It was over
200,000-- over 200,000 a day.
00:23:09.11\00:23:12.55
The Adventist church is
adding 3,000 people a day,
00:23:12.58\00:23:15.82
that's means
we're loosing ground
00:23:15.85\00:23:18.23
by over 200,000 a
day, that's not good.
00:23:18.26\00:23:22.92
I recently read a statistic
about the number of people
00:23:22.95\00:23:25.77
who are going to
church each week,
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.75
those who are 65 and older
00:23:27.78\00:23:30.16
the percentage of
people go to church
00:23:30.19\00:23:31.48
each week is about 70 percent,
00:23:31.51\00:23:33.93
those between
the ages of 18 to 25
00:23:33.96\00:23:36.63
is under 20
percent, that's alarming.
00:23:36.66\00:23:40.26
There is a swelling population
of young men in prisons.
00:23:40.29\00:23:44.97
There is increasing
number of fatherless homes.
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These are alarming statistics
00:23:48.43\00:23:50.96
and I have one more
alarming trend for you
00:23:50.99\00:23:54.05
that is that the
GYC in a mission trip
00:23:54.08\00:23:57.06
the women out
numbered the men, five to one.
00:23:57.09\00:24:00.85
So I want to speak to your men,
00:24:00.88\00:24:03.00
we're needed all these
statistics point to the fact
00:24:03.03\00:24:05.35
that men are needed, don't they?
00:24:05.38\00:24:08.16
You know, that
the life blood of--
00:24:08.19\00:24:09.71
of a Christian's life is Bible
study prayer and witnessing
00:24:09.74\00:24:13.45
and I want to share
something real quick
00:24:13.48\00:24:14.71
from Steps to Christ, it says,
00:24:14.74\00:24:18.10
"God might have committed
the message of the gospel,
00:24:18.13\00:24:20.60
and all the work
of loving ministry,
00:24:20.63\00:24:22.04
to the heavenly angels.
00:24:22.07\00:24:23.69
He might have
employed other means
00:24:23.72\00:24:25.16
for accomplishing His purpose.
00:24:25.19\00:24:27.11
But in His infinite love
00:24:27.14\00:24:28.35
He chose to make us
co-workers with Himself,
00:24:28.38\00:24:31.35
with Christ and the angels,
00:24:31.38\00:24:33.23
that we might
share the blessing,
00:24:33.26\00:24:34.69
the joy, the
spiritual uplifting,
00:24:34.72\00:24:37.27
which results from
this unselfish ministry."
00:24:37.30\00:24:39.61
Yeah, opening
night Just in mentioned
00:24:39.64\00:24:40.98
I ask the question,
are we become settled?
00:24:41.01\00:24:43.95
GYC men, have
you become settled?
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.25
I hope not.
00:24:46.28\00:24:47.56
You GYC men, you are the
present and future leaders.
00:24:47.59\00:24:51.69
You're present and future
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.34
spiritual leaders of your homes.
00:24:53.37\00:24:54.94
You're present and
future fathers and husbands,
00:24:54.97\00:24:57.62
that we cannot be unsettled.
00:24:57.65\00:25:00.34
You know, I have
gone in the past two years
00:25:00.37\00:25:02.46
in the intermission trip
00:25:02.49\00:25:03.73
and I've
learned valuable lessons
00:25:03.76\00:25:05.13
for myself to be a
spiritual leader in the home.
00:25:05.16\00:25:07.72
I've learned how to better
00:25:07.75\00:25:10.34
through serving in
the intermission trip
00:25:10.37\00:25:12.01
to better love my wife, as
Christ has loved the church.
00:25:12.04\00:25:15.23
I've also learned that in
order to really truly love
00:25:15.26\00:25:18.81
those who are close to you,
00:25:18.84\00:25:20.40
your-- your wife, your
spouse or your children
00:25:20.43\00:25:23.49
that you need to
really first learn
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.49
how to love those
who are not close to you.
00:25:25.52\00:25:28.00
And so I just
want to end by saying,
00:25:28.03\00:25:29.58
gentlemen, you are
needed in Canada GYC.
00:25:29.61\00:25:34.42
Amen.
00:25:34.45\00:25:38.49
You know, the Lord
blesses us of a day job,
00:25:38.52\00:25:42.31
so that we could
fund our eternal job.
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.02
And so what a young professional
00:25:45.05\00:25:48.42
in this day and age concentrate
on is trying to gain money
00:25:48.45\00:25:52.83
and trying to have a nice home
00:25:52.86\00:25:54.43
and all of those things are well
00:25:54.46\00:25:56.45
and all those things are good,
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.14
but it isn't until
you've gone on a mission trip
00:25:58.17\00:26:00.25
that your life changes.
00:26:00.28\00:26:02.25
My first mission
trip was in 2009 with GYC,
00:26:02.28\00:26:06.52
we went to Ecuador,
and I tell you my mind--
00:26:06.55\00:26:10.66
I didn't know how selfish I was
until I went on a mission trip.
00:26:10.69\00:26:14.98
I thought I was
giving, I thought I was loving,
00:26:15.01\00:26:17.46
but it wasn't until I
actually saw the need of others
00:26:17.49\00:26:22.27
and I was in a mission setting
00:26:22.30\00:26:24.61
where the--
equipments on the topics
00:26:24.64\00:26:29.36
that you love and the computers
00:26:29.39\00:26:31.74
and the internet and everything
00:26:31.77\00:26:32.97
that you're use to and
you going to an environment
00:26:33.00\00:26:35.44
where there is no running water
00:26:35.47\00:26:37.90
and it's difficult
to have a warm shower
00:26:37.93\00:26:41.27
that you decide,
you understand that
00:26:41.30\00:26:44.13
there was more to
life than the things
00:26:44.16\00:26:46.22
that we take for granted.
00:26:46.25\00:26:47.89
And so we see people
that are richer than us,
00:26:47.92\00:26:50.46
who have less than less.
00:26:50.49\00:26:52.05
And it isn't until
you go on a mission trip
00:26:52.08\00:26:53.89
your mind gets converted
00:26:53.92\00:26:55.67
from been a selfish
mind to a mission mind,
00:26:55.70\00:26:58.57
and that's what
happened with me.
00:26:58.60\00:27:00.08
When I came back
from my first mission trip
00:27:00.11\00:27:02.46
I got the bug, I needed
to go another mission trip,
00:27:02.49\00:27:04.96
and let's go
another mission trip
00:27:04.99\00:27:06.75
because I found out
that I was closer to the Lord
00:27:06.78\00:27:09.14
when I gave of myself
00:27:09.17\00:27:11.02
as opposed to
when I took for myself.
00:27:11.05\00:27:13.97
And so instead of using
vacation time to please me,
00:27:14.00\00:27:18.08
I would use my
vacation time for the Lord,
00:27:18.11\00:27:20.66
and the lives that I've seen
00:27:20.69\00:27:22.72
drawn to the
kingdom not because of me,.
00:27:22.75\00:27:25.03
but because of the
spirit that is with in me
00:27:25.06\00:27:27.42
I'm more blessed
00:27:27.45\00:27:29.04
and I'm a better
person because of it.
00:27:29.07\00:27:30.97
So I encourage you,
00:27:31.00\00:27:32.28
if you haven't
been on a mission trip
00:27:32.31\00:27:33.44
or if you've
been on a one before
00:27:33.47\00:27:36.04
do sign up, we need you.
00:27:36.07\00:27:38.55
The kingdom of God
needs you and there is someone
00:27:38.58\00:27:41.44
who won't be saved
unless you go on a mission trip
00:27:41.47\00:27:44.90
to save that person with
the spirits of God in you,
00:27:44.93\00:27:48.13
thank you.
00:27:48.16\00:27:54.32
I just like to share my
experience on GYC mission trip.
00:27:54.35\00:27:58.74
This is my first
mission trip ever.
00:27:58.77\00:28:00.93
This is my first
time leaving Canada,
00:28:00.96\00:28:03.17
and it was crazy.
00:28:03.20\00:28:05.25
But little bit of
myself, I'm graduate student
00:28:05.28\00:28:07.35
and I love school,
I love school so much.
00:28:07.38\00:28:10.45
And God later
showed me that the reason
00:28:10.48\00:28:12.22
I loved school so much was
00:28:12.25\00:28:13.89
because if I wanted a good grade
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.48
I could go out and get it,
00:28:15.51\00:28:16.70
I had that
instant gratification.
00:28:16.73\00:28:18.29
He blessed me with a mind
00:28:18.32\00:28:20.19
that I've been
using for academics that
00:28:20.22\00:28:21.78
I think He really now wants
me to use for mission work.
00:28:21.81\00:28:26.53
I receive calls
from missions before
00:28:26.56\00:28:28.33
and I thought, why me?
00:28:28.36\00:28:29.46
Like I'm just regular
student, I go to church,
00:28:29.49\00:28:32.60
I help out with
pathfinders, I do my part,
00:28:32.63\00:28:34.70
I think I'm that's
it, I'm nothing special.
00:28:34.73\00:28:37.67
One year GYC was here last year
00:28:37.70\00:28:39.51
the year before there
was a call from missions
00:28:39.54\00:28:41.91
and I thought, no way,
00:28:41.94\00:28:43.67
there is no way I
going on a mission trip.
00:28:43.70\00:28:45.75
God there was no
way God could use me
00:28:45.78\00:28:47.55
and the sense in my life
to be able to help anyone.
00:28:47.58\00:28:51.36
But my friend Diana who
also works with missions,
00:28:51.39\00:28:53.71
she convinced me.
00:28:53.74\00:28:54.85
She is like just pray
about it and think about it.
00:28:54.88\00:28:56.40
So they can what, just to,
00:28:56.43\00:28:57.71
you know, shut
her up I will do it.
00:28:57.74\00:28:59.58
So I started
praying and things started
00:28:59.61\00:29:01.59
just coming
together, it was crazy.
00:29:01.62\00:29:03.96
God took care
of all the process,
00:29:03.99\00:29:06.03
I 'm in a masters program
00:29:06.06\00:29:07.16
that requires a
full time registration
00:29:07.19\00:29:08.82
all the way
through your program,
00:29:08.85\00:29:10.48
God worked it out that
I could take the time off.
00:29:10.51\00:29:12.84
He gave me a job that ended
00:29:12.87\00:29:14.25
the day before
the mission started.
00:29:14.28\00:29:16.60
Our church family and
local church was very,
00:29:16.63\00:29:19.23
very critical they
helped us to fundraise
00:29:19.26\00:29:21.33
and help us with the
funds that we needed.
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.99
We arrived in
Africa, I worked with kids,
00:29:24.02\00:29:26.03
I've never worked really
with kids under the age of 12,
00:29:26.06\00:29:28.62
but we are working
with the 150 to 200 kids,
00:29:28.65\00:29:31.01
twice a day for two weeks
00:29:31.04\00:29:33.14
and it was such an
amazing experience.
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.50
I learned so much
from God about love,
00:29:34.53\00:29:36.93
about
commitment, about surrender
00:29:36.96\00:29:39.76
as Kimberly had mentioned,
00:29:39.79\00:29:40.82
I thought that I
was a loving person,
00:29:40.85\00:29:42.39
but it wasn't until I saw that
00:29:42.42\00:29:44.75
the best laid plans
unless they are blessed by God
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.76
they are not really anything.
00:29:47.79\00:29:49.35
So God really helped
me to change my life.
00:29:49.38\00:29:53.08
what happened to me
afterwards when I got back,
00:29:53.11\00:29:55.61
I spoke to my supervisor
00:29:55.64\00:29:56.84
I said, I'm-- I'm done
00:29:56.87\00:29:58.30
with this
program once come April
00:29:58.33\00:30:00.49
I'm finished for the
PhDs is off the table.
00:30:00.52\00:30:03.40
And she said to me,
00:30:03.43\00:30:04.50
so you finally
realize just how trivial
00:30:04.53\00:30:07.37
your experience in
university has been.
00:30:07.40\00:30:09.55
And through that she
is-- she is not Christian
00:30:09.58\00:30:11.60
and for her to say that
to me that really spoke to me
00:30:11.63\00:30:13.46
that was God speaking to me.
00:30:13.49\00:30:15.28
So I just want to encourage
those of who are students
00:30:15.31\00:30:17.90
we can still be
used by the Lord,
00:30:17.93\00:30:19.97
no matter who you are,
00:30:20.00\00:30:21.66
an ordinary person
from wherever you are from,
00:30:21.69\00:30:24.41
as you are
willingness increases,
00:30:24.44\00:30:26.14
Gods' mighty works
through you will also increase.
00:30:26.17\00:30:32.14
Ten years ago,
00:30:32.17\00:30:33.76
four hundred young
people changed the world.
00:30:33.79\00:30:37.33
You see in December of 2010
00:30:37.36\00:30:40.08
they conquered, gated together
00:30:40.11\00:30:41.84
to try to conduct an experiment.
00:30:41.87\00:30:45.08
What would happen they asked,
00:30:45.11\00:30:47.59
if we lived by the
Bible, if we follow what it says
00:30:47.62\00:30:51.07
and we lived
according to those ideals?
00:30:51.10\00:30:54.24
Ten years ago 400 young people
00:30:54.27\00:30:56.54
committed
themselves to this experiment.
00:30:56.57\00:30:59.07
Last night you saw
on the screen the map,
00:30:59.10\00:31:02.15
the result of that
experiment is this,
00:31:02.18\00:31:04.28
we are changing the world.
00:31:04.31\00:31:07.17
You see GYC is
based on a set of ideals.
00:31:07.20\00:31:10.99
Last you heard that GYC
is not in annual conference,
00:31:11.03\00:31:14.71
GYC is not an institution,
00:31:14.74\00:31:17.16
GYC is not a
nonprofit organization,
00:31:17.19\00:31:20.11
GYC is a movement,
00:31:20.14\00:31:22.33
it's a revolution if you will,
00:31:22.36\00:31:24.41
based on a core
set of principles
00:31:24.44\00:31:26.57
and ideals, ideals
that were discovered
00:31:26.60\00:31:29.30
as a result of studying
the life of Jesus Christ
00:31:29.33\00:31:33.15
and the deep longing to
understand His teachings
00:31:33.18\00:31:36.46
and to share them
with other people.
00:31:36.49\00:31:38.63
A yearning to have His
character emulated in our lives
00:31:38.66\00:31:43.36
and reproduced so that we
can share with other people
00:31:43.39\00:31:46.36
and the desire to live
His lifestyle of mission
00:31:46.39\00:31:50.21
as our own life as we
are walking this earth.
00:31:50.24\00:31:54.42
Ten years ago
these cored principles
00:31:54.45\00:31:57.55
of Jesus' life on earth
00:31:57.58\00:31:59.28
change the
experience of 400 young people
00:31:59.31\00:32:01.92
and they changed the world.
00:32:01.95\00:32:04.05
The challenge to any
movement is this, defining it.
00:32:04.08\00:32:08.75
People will often
try to apply labels
00:32:08.78\00:32:10.41
to a movement to try
better understanding,
00:32:10.44\00:32:12.65
they will say
that its conservative
00:32:12.68\00:32:14.26
or they will say its liberal,
00:32:14.29\00:32:15.74
they will say its reactionary
or that is progressive.
00:32:15.77\00:32:18.83
GYC is not defined by the labels
00:32:18.86\00:32:21.67
that other people applied to it,
00:32:21.70\00:32:23.57
GYC continuous to be
defined by those biblical ideals
00:32:23.60\00:32:26.99
that were found
in the life of Jesus
00:32:27.02\00:32:29.22
that inspired this
revolution 10 years ago.
00:32:29.25\00:32:32.34
I'm gonna ask you each of you
to pull out your smart phones,
00:32:32.37\00:32:34.52
this is the only time at
church you ever gonna hear
00:32:34.55\00:32:36.47
anyone to do this, say this.
00:32:36.50\00:32:38.60
But please pull
out your smart phones,
00:32:38.63\00:32:39.66
if you don't have one
look at the person next to you
00:32:39.69\00:32:42.67
and surf on over
to www.gycweb.org.
00:32:42.70\00:32:47.38
When you get there I'm gonna ask
00:32:47.41\00:32:48.86
that you click on we about link,
00:32:48.89\00:32:51.46
and under above
I'm gonna ask that
00:32:51.49\00:32:52.92
you click on the Spirit of GYC.
00:32:52.95\00:32:55.53
The Spirit of GYC
is-- are those ideals
00:32:55.56\00:32:59.30
that define what GYC is.
00:32:59.33\00:33:01.66
They are those
principles that we go back
00:33:01.69\00:33:03.75
to as our guiding principles
that define us as individuals
00:33:03.78\00:33:06.83
who are part of this movement.
00:33:06.86\00:33:08.44
So please join me in reading--
00:33:08.47\00:33:10.36
you don't have to read out loud,
00:33:10.39\00:33:11.69
but join me in
reading the Spirit of GYC.
00:33:11.72\00:33:15.14
In seeking to uphold
the distinctive message
00:33:15.17\00:33:17.97
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:33:18.00\00:33:20.17
GYC will promote
among its participants.
00:33:20.20\00:33:23.04
A respect for
Scripture as the foundation
00:33:23.07\00:33:26.44
and test of all
teachings and practices.
00:33:26.47\00:33:30.51
An appreciation of
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:33:30.54\00:33:34.46
as an authoritative source
00:33:34.49\00:33:35.78
of instruction,
comfort, and warning.
00:33:35.81\00:33:39.02
A quest for Biblical
holiness through a daily prayer
00:33:39.05\00:33:43.22
and devotional
experience with Jesus
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.46
and a commitment
to following His Word.
00:33:45.49\00:33:48.18
A vibrant worship experience
00:33:48.21\00:33:51.10
one that is
characterized by principle,
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.06
reverence, and decorum.
00:33:53.09\00:33:55.17
A passion for
lost souls animated
00:33:55.20\00:33:58.27
by personal experience
in the saving love of Jesus
00:33:58.30\00:34:02.11
and a desire for
His imminent return.
00:34:02.14\00:34:05.77
A cultivation of
godly relationships
00:34:05.80\00:34:08.32
preserving purity and
encouraging accountability.
00:34:08.35\00:34:11.62
An exemplary and
abundant lifestyle
00:34:11.65\00:34:14.28
in recreation, entertainment,
dress, and healthful living.
00:34:14.31\00:34:18.86
An enthusiasm for service
through care for the needy,
00:34:18.89\00:34:22.99
service to the community,
00:34:23.02\00:34:24.92
promotion of human rights,
00:34:24.95\00:34:26.63
and stewardship
of the environment.
00:34:26.66\00:34:29.61
A commitment to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:34:29.64\00:34:32.33
as God's remnant church
00:34:32.36\00:34:34.11
by supporting and
upholding its principles,
00:34:34.14\00:34:36.54
organization, and leadership.
00:34:36.57\00:34:39.12
An attitude of
humility and cordiality
00:34:39.15\00:34:41.61
as we seek to
clarify, articulate,
00:34:41.64\00:34:44.45
and defend the
Biblical teachings
00:34:44.48\00:34:46.13
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:34:46.16\00:34:49.32
Brothers and sisters,
00:34:49.35\00:34:50.48
the Spirit of GYC is
classic Seventh-day Adventism.
00:34:50.51\00:34:55.81
Ten years ago 400 young people
00:34:55.84\00:34:57.86
were transformed by believing
00:34:57.89\00:34:59.37
in the
Seventh-day Adventist message.
00:34:59.40\00:35:01.83
Ten years ago 400 young
people change the world.
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.94
Today GYC that
revolution continues.
00:35:04.97\00:35:08.53
Welcome to the revolution.
00:35:08.56\00:35:10.12
Amen.
00:35:10.15\00:35:11.48
At this time, I would
like to introduce to you
00:35:11.51\00:35:13.60
Elder David
Yeagley, he is going to come
00:35:13.63\00:35:15.38
and share some
welcoming words for us.
00:35:15.41\00:35:16.76
He is the youth director
for the Washington Conference.
00:35:16.79\00:35:19.47
Thank you, Amy.
00:35:19.50\00:35:20.54
Its good to be here
00:35:20.57\00:35:21.60
and its wonderful to have
all of you here in Seattle.
00:35:21.63\00:35:24.59
The Washington
Conference have been
00:35:24.62\00:35:25.82
looking forward
to having you here
00:35:25.85\00:35:28.18
and participating with you.
00:35:28.21\00:35:29.64
It's been an honor
00:35:29.67\00:35:30.76
to work with the
leadership team of GYC
00:35:30.79\00:35:33.87
to bring this event here.
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.20
And in the spirit
of that participation
00:35:36.23\00:35:39.41
and cooperation,
I have an invitation
00:35:39.44\00:35:42.41
to ministry for each
and every one of you.
00:35:42.44\00:35:46.05
God is working a revolution here
00:35:46.08\00:35:48.90
in Seattle over
these next few days.
00:35:48.93\00:35:51.95
If you want that
revolution to continue
00:35:51.98\00:35:53.91
this is what I
would like you to do.
00:35:53.94\00:35:56.46
I want you to go
back to your local church,
00:35:56.49\00:35:58.51
back to your local conference,
find your local youth leader,
00:35:58.54\00:36:02.37
find your local
young adult leader
00:36:02.40\00:36:04.85
and say to them, God
has done a work in my life,
00:36:04.88\00:36:08.34
I have a passion for
service and for ministry,
00:36:08.37\00:36:11.25
what can I do to get involved?
00:36:11.28\00:36:14.01
If you don't have a
youth leader in your church,
00:36:14.04\00:36:15.72
if you don't have a young adult
leader in your congregation,
00:36:15.75\00:36:18.58
go find your pastor and say,
sign me up, I'm ready to work.
00:36:18.61\00:36:23.45
And do me one
more favor if you will,
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.55
give a call to your
conference youth director
00:36:26.58\00:36:29.46
and say, God has laid a
burden on my heart for service,
00:36:29.49\00:36:33.50
what can I do to
participate with you
00:36:33.53\00:36:36.17
in sharing the
gospel and preparing a world
00:36:36.20\00:36:38.51
for the soon
coming of Jesus Christ?
00:36:38.54\00:36:40.87
They will be a smile on
that youth director's face
00:36:40.90\00:36:43.10
I guarantee you.
00:36:43.13\00:36:44.39
For those of you here
from the Washington Conference,
00:36:44.42\00:36:46.78
I will just give you your
marching orders right now,
00:36:46.81\00:36:48.95
if that's all right with you?
00:36:48.98\00:36:50.52
On January 12, right here in--
00:36:50.55\00:36:53.76
just south of here
actually in Kent, Washington
00:36:53.79\00:36:55.75
at the New
Beginnings Christian Fellowship
00:36:55.78\00:36:58.22
we have our annual youth rally,
00:36:58.25\00:37:01.17
and we are excited to bring it
back here to the Seattle area.
00:37:01.20\00:37:05.02
It's an event where we
come together to worship,
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.72
we come together
to pray, to learn,
00:37:07.75\00:37:09.51
to serve, to share, to witness.
00:37:09.54\00:37:12.19
It's not just an event
00:37:12.22\00:37:13.93
where we come and
fellowship together,
00:37:13.96\00:37:16.37
I'd like this to be an
event where we change the world.
00:37:16.40\00:37:20.72
If God has touched your
heart over these next few days,
00:37:20.75\00:37:24.75
I challenge to go
back to your homes,
00:37:24.78\00:37:26.77
back to your schools,
back to your neighborhoods
00:37:26.80\00:37:29.98
and find someone that
you can bring to this event
00:37:30.01\00:37:34.44
and introduce them to
your Savior Jesus Christ.
00:37:34.47\00:37:37.51
What an event we will have
00:37:37.54\00:37:39.35
if all of you
will bring a friend.
00:37:39.38\00:37:41.98
That's your first
job, your first task.
00:37:42.01\00:37:44.39
I hope that you
will take that assignment
00:37:44.42\00:37:46.45
and we will see
you on January 12.
00:37:46.48\00:37:48.97
If you go to the
exhibit hall today,
00:37:49.00\00:37:50.80
you gonna see all kinds
of ministry opportunities.
00:37:50.83\00:37:54.24
There is one
you won't see there,
00:37:54.27\00:37:56.39
but is one that
desperately needs you
00:37:56.42\00:37:58.74
and that is your local church
and your local conference.
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.61
Today on behalf
of youth directors
00:38:02.64\00:38:05.84
across the North
American division
00:38:05.87\00:38:08.37
I want-- I want you to know,
00:38:08.40\00:38:10.33
that your church needs you
00:38:10.36\00:38:12.79
and your church
is waiting for you.
00:38:12.82\00:38:16.72
I look forward to
serving side by side
00:38:16.75\00:38:19.33
with each one of you as we
go forward from this place.
00:38:19.36\00:38:24.23
Now let me just
ask out of curiosity,
00:38:24.26\00:38:26.32
how many of you
remember Mission Spotlight?
00:38:26.35\00:38:30.80
Yeah, it was all so exciting,
00:38:30.83\00:38:32.83
you hear mission
stories from around the world.
00:38:32.86\00:38:35.33
This morning we want to give
you a Mission Spotlight live.
00:38:35.36\00:38:40.01
And so we've some of
our friends from Hungary,
00:38:40.04\00:38:42.30
from the
Netherlands, form Austria,
00:38:42.33\00:38:44.17
from Spain, Spain, Spain,
00:38:44.20\00:38:47.66
Iceland, Italy,
Iceland and Austria
00:38:47.69\00:38:52.16
to come and share an
exciting report to you.
00:38:52.19\00:38:54.76
Now last night I
alluded to the fact that
00:38:54.79\00:38:56.41
we had GYC in
Europe back in July.
00:38:56.44\00:39:00.22
And so this morning we want
to tell you a little bit about
00:39:00.25\00:39:02.68
how that happened?
00:39:02.71\00:39:04.50
And so will
start with you, Eniko.
00:39:04.53\00:39:06.24
Why don't you just tell us
00:39:06.27\00:39:07.48
how did-- how did it began?
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.03
How did GYC in Europe began?
00:39:09.06\00:39:11.67
Yeah, for me the first time
00:39:11.70\00:39:13.62
when we met with
the organizing committee
00:39:13.65\00:39:16.33
was in 2011, November in Norway.
00:39:16.36\00:39:19.52
And for me what's
really inspired me
00:39:19.55\00:39:21.51
was that we met
her, we had three days,
00:39:21.54\00:39:24.62
but on the first two
days we were basically
00:39:24.65\00:39:26.82
just studying the
Bible, praying together,
00:39:26.85\00:39:29.28
we shared testimonies
and I was surprise you know,
00:39:29.31\00:39:31.77
we have basically
one day to organize,
00:39:31.80\00:39:33.74
and how're we
going to manage it?
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.52
But it was such a miracle,
00:39:35.55\00:39:37.04
in one day we had
so many things done,
00:39:37.07\00:39:39.66
I was surprised.
00:39:39.69\00:39:40.74
We had the department setup,
00:39:40.77\00:39:42.16
we had speaker
suggestions, it was a miracle.
00:39:42.19\00:39:45.33
So you did just so
you didn't miss that,
00:39:45.36\00:39:48.05
we spent two days in
prayer, two days in Bible study
00:39:48.08\00:39:51.14
and then one day in planning
and God worked a miracle.
00:39:51.17\00:39:54.57
So we had this time in Norway,
00:39:54.60\00:39:56.48
Zippora tell us what happened
00:39:56.51\00:39:58.09
between our meeting in Norway
00:39:58.12\00:40:00.12
and the opening
night of GYC in Europe.
00:40:00.15\00:40:02.51
Oh, well, Skype calls.
00:40:02.54\00:40:03.95
You can imagine
when you get together
00:40:03.98\00:40:05.36
with the group with every tongue
00:40:05.39\00:40:08.17
and nation and
people-- cannot every,
00:40:08.20\00:40:09.50
but a lot of them, a lot
of countries represented there
00:40:09.53\00:40:13.79
and we couldn't get
together face to face,
00:40:13.82\00:40:15.46
so we had Skype calls
to different committees
00:40:15.49\00:40:17.44
would come
together in there groups
00:40:17.47\00:40:20.11
and then of the entire
group would have prayer meetings
00:40:20.14\00:40:21.96
every two to three weeks.
00:40:21.99\00:40:23.30
So that we could plead with God,
00:40:23.33\00:40:24.91
ask Him to-- He need to bless us
00:40:24.94\00:40:26.31
and encourage us
as we went along.
00:40:26.34\00:40:28.43
That's great, so
there was young people
00:40:28.46\00:40:29.61
from-- from the
United States GYC
00:40:29.64\00:40:31.47
as well as a bunch of young
people spread across Europe,
00:40:31.50\00:40:33.94
they were meeting on
Skype every couple of weeks
00:40:33.97\00:40:35.89
to be able to
plan this concurrence.
00:40:35.92\00:40:37.69
Okay.
00:40:37.72\00:40:38.94
Now, Jonathan, unfortunately--
00:40:38.97\00:40:43.59
probably a few of you are there,
00:40:43.62\00:40:44.85
but the majority the audience
00:40:44.88\00:40:46.56
and those viewing on 3ABN
00:40:46.59\00:40:48.05
didn't have the
opportunity to be there.
00:40:48.08\00:40:50.22
So why don't you just kind
of paint the picture for us
00:40:50.25\00:40:52.71
so we all have
spiritual jealousy
00:40:52.74\00:40:55.33
in our hearts
that we weren't there.
00:40:55.36\00:40:57.61
Well, it was exciting,
you should've bee there.
00:40:57.64\00:41:00.66
The first evening,
00:41:00.69\00:41:01.72
I remember people flocking
in from over 50 countries,
00:41:01.75\00:41:05.50
coming in to the
convection hall for all us
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.45
it was a first
time GYC in Europe
00:41:07.48\00:41:09.83
and sort of coming in
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.22
and registration
was still not done
00:41:11.25\00:41:13.03
on we didn't know what to do,
00:41:13.06\00:41:14.09
so we just stop
registration going
00:41:14.12\00:41:16.29
and we just let the
people flock in to the--
00:41:16.32\00:41:18.46
in to the main hall,
00:41:18.49\00:41:19.88
whatever eager to
listen to God's plain word.
00:41:19.91\00:41:22.47
And it was
exciting to see throughout
00:41:22.50\00:41:24.05
this conference
people studying together,
00:41:24.08\00:41:26.72
praying together,
listening and learning together,
00:41:26.75\00:41:29.19
throughout to
planning sessions and seminars,
00:41:29.22\00:41:31.46
it was unlike
anything I ever seen before.
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.58
Amen.
00:41:34.61\00:41:35.92
So, Tiphaine, what
do you think it is that
00:41:35.95\00:41:37.80
attracted the young
people to come to GYC Europe?
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.99
There were 1,700 young people
00:41:40.02\00:41:41.97
that showed up Linz
in for this conference.
00:41:42.00\00:41:44.23
I think considering that
GYC is as well know in Europe,
00:41:44.26\00:41:47.01
as his here in America,
00:41:47.04\00:41:49.14
one of the big
things was the people
00:41:49.17\00:41:50.63
who had
attended GYC in the past,
00:41:50.66\00:41:52.39
and had the wonderful experience
00:41:52.42\00:41:54.03
of leaving GYC here in America.
00:41:54.06\00:41:56.70
Spread the word
to people they know
00:41:56.73\00:41:57.98
as they share it
with their friends
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.52
and I think allowing
encouragement came through
00:41:59.55\00:42:01.74
what mouth people talking
to other people that may--
00:42:01.77\00:42:04.59
more than the new and
the word spread like that.
00:42:04.62\00:42:07.03
Also I think they promotion,
00:42:07.06\00:42:09.18
advisement for the event
00:42:09.21\00:42:10.99
and then just the fact
that obviously it was gonna be
00:42:11.02\00:42:12.87
more biblical preaching
that-- that drew young people
00:42:12.90\00:42:15.82
and I think most
of all the fact that
00:42:15.85\00:42:17.75
you could have international
experience with the God,
00:42:17.78\00:42:19.84
joining with so
many different people
00:42:19.87\00:42:20.93
from different countries
00:42:20.96\00:42:22.18
and unite for that beautiful
experience of sharing--
00:42:22.21\00:42:26.18
God in sharing and learning
00:42:26.21\00:42:27.48
more with Him, you know.
00:42:27.51\00:42:29.22
So sort of that just
that international experience
00:42:29.25\00:42:31.85
and the biblical preaching.
00:42:31.88\00:42:33.61
Now was it just
biblical preaching
00:42:33.64\00:42:36.08
that enticed people to come?
00:42:36.11\00:42:38.57
Not only.
00:42:38.60\00:42:39.67
I know of a girl
that was at GYC in Europe
00:42:39.70\00:42:42.10
and she was
actually not too enthusiastic
00:42:42.13\00:42:44.45
about being there,
00:42:44.48\00:42:45.73
but her friend
had dragged her along.
00:42:45.76\00:42:48.12
She was at a point in her life
00:42:48.15\00:42:49.61
where she had to make a decision
00:42:49.64\00:42:51.19
what past to take in
life and she was actually
00:42:51.22\00:42:54.99
considering leaving the church.
00:42:55.02\00:42:57.46
But at GYC in Europe
she was so encouraged
00:42:57.49\00:43:00.44
when she met
all the young people
00:43:00.47\00:43:02.80
that were in fire for God,
00:43:02.83\00:43:04.42
also the Bible based preaching
really touched her heart
00:43:04.45\00:43:08.01
and today she is convinced
that she wants to live her life
00:43:08.04\00:43:11.11
for Christ and with Christ.
00:43:11.14\00:43:13.49
Amen.
00:43:13.52\00:43:14.67
Amen, isn't that
powerful friends?
00:43:14.70\00:43:17.09
So, Samuele, what do you think
00:43:17.12\00:43:19.76
it was that
attracted young people
00:43:19.79\00:43:20.96
to come to GYC, Europe?
00:43:20.99\00:43:23.00
I have a friend that came there,
00:43:23.03\00:43:24.74
there was no expectation.
00:43:24.77\00:43:26.87
They came-- they are
the kind of Adventist
00:43:26.90\00:43:29.15
that grew up in the church
but they are not believing.
00:43:29.18\00:43:33.03
When they was there,
00:43:33.06\00:43:34.11
there was seating hour Thursday,
00:43:34.14\00:43:39.06
there was attached by the power
00:43:39.09\00:43:41.88
of the full Adventist message.
00:43:41.91\00:43:43.59
They came straight
from the Word of God,
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.71
a message that
changed the heart.
00:43:45.74\00:43:46.97
Amen.
00:43:47.00\00:43:48.03
So the Holy Spirit
descended upon the--
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.47
the congregation that was there
00:43:50.50\00:43:52.36
and it was powerful to see
00:43:52.39\00:43:53.82
how the Lord unified all of the,
00:43:53.85\00:43:56.81
the young people that came
00:43:56.84\00:43:57.87
all these
different countries together.
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.48
Jon, you are
from Iceland, correct?
00:43:59.51\00:44:02.16
Okay, tell me how was it--
00:44:02.19\00:44:04.44
how was it experience
for you to be able to meet
00:44:04.47\00:44:06.51
with young people from 50
different countries in Europe?
00:44:06.54\00:44:10.40
Well, in Iceland there
are only 200 to 300 Adventist,
00:44:10.43\00:44:14.70
so when I came to GYC, Europe,
00:44:14.73\00:44:17.15
it was actually
kind of phenomenon
00:44:17.18\00:44:18.90
because I was seeing people
from all parts of my continent,
00:44:18.93\00:44:23.23
and that is
specifically exciting
00:44:23.26\00:44:25.41
because Europe tends
to be very fragmented,
00:44:25.44\00:44:28.36
plus we really
work a lot together,
00:44:28.39\00:44:30.40
so when I was just
looking and seeing people
00:44:30.43\00:44:32.53
from very different countries
becoming friends in networking,
00:44:32.56\00:44:36.20
it made me
personally really happy
00:44:36.23\00:44:38.14
because in front of
my eyes I was seeing
00:44:38.17\00:44:40.47
how the church in Europe
00:44:40.50\00:44:41.67
is becoming more
unified and stronger.
00:44:41.70\00:44:44.20
Amen.
00:44:44.23\00:44:45.49
That is exciting.
00:44:45.52\00:44:46.58
Now just so that actually
let's keep the mike down there.
00:44:46.61\00:44:50.27
Just to mix things
up, we don't want to get
00:44:50.30\00:44:52.23
too comfortable
up here or anything.
00:44:52.26\00:44:54.53
Just to reiterate you said
00:44:54.56\00:44:55.82
there is 200 or 300 Adventist,
00:44:55.85\00:44:58.32
total across the
country in Iceland?
00:44:58.35\00:45:00.35
And so coming together
00:45:00.38\00:45:01.44
and seeing all these
young people worship together
00:45:01.47\00:45:03.55
from 50 different
countries inspired
00:45:03.58\00:45:05.92
and nothing quite like it.
00:45:05.95\00:45:08.63
Now we were in Linz, Austria
00:45:08.66\00:45:11.17
and so I'm just
wondering the local impact
00:45:11.20\00:45:13.20
I think you even
go to the Linz Church,
00:45:13.23\00:45:15.42
what was the local impact in
Austria that GYC, Europe had?
00:45:15.45\00:45:18.89
Yeah, it impacted
us in several ways
00:45:18.92\00:45:20.83
because-- yeah,
00:45:20.86\00:45:22.31
first on the local
church level in Linz
00:45:22.34\00:45:25.19
we're having Bible
workers in January.
00:45:25.22\00:45:28.02
They dedicate the first,
00:45:28.05\00:45:29.61
Pacific Church planting project.
00:45:29.64\00:45:31.96
Second, young
people are starting to--
00:45:31.99\00:45:35.24
to work with
the youth department
00:45:35.27\00:45:38.03
and they starting
grassroots movement
00:45:38.06\00:45:41.48
and third, I think for
the first time in Europe,
00:45:41.51\00:45:45.66
people really
unite-- people really
00:45:45.69\00:45:47.60
unite have a
vision-- dream that vision
00:45:47.63\00:45:51.42
and, think that vision is that
00:45:51.45\00:45:55.99
we able to
accomplish that vision.
00:45:56.02\00:45:58.71
Amen.
00:45:58.74\00:45:59.78
now our question
to the GYC audience
00:45:59.81\00:46:03.47
what is typically
one of the highlights
00:46:03.50\00:46:04.91
to GYC here in
the United States.
00:46:04.94\00:46:06.58
Outreach.
00:46:06.61\00:46:08.10
Outreach, absolutely
all those buses going out--
00:46:08.13\00:46:11.83
going out into the streets,
00:46:11.86\00:46:12.97
young people by the
thousands knocking on doors,
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.41
now the assumption is sometimes
00:46:15.44\00:46:17.96
that outreach doesn't happen
or is not successful in Europe.
00:46:17.99\00:46:23.23
Did we do outreach
over in GYC Europe?
00:46:23.26\00:46:25.08
We sure did.
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.16
Tell us about it.
00:46:26.19\00:46:27.35
It was exciting the
hall where we would gather
00:46:27.38\00:46:31.40
and where we would
usually see a lot of people
00:46:31.43\00:46:33.48
when there was no meetings
going on, would be full,
00:46:33.51\00:46:37.84
but during
outreach it was empty,
00:46:37.87\00:46:39.56
virtually everyone
went out to do outreach
00:46:39.59\00:46:41.06
it was very exciting.
00:46:41.09\00:46:43.05
Unlike you're in the States,
00:46:43.08\00:46:45.06
we stayed in the city of Linz
00:46:45.09\00:46:46.50
and that's a pretty density,
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.50
so we just
walked to our locations,
00:46:48.53\00:46:50.52
there we did door knocking,
00:46:50.55\00:46:52.17
and we went out in
the city and we sang,
00:46:52.20\00:46:55.79
and we gave out
300 Great Controversies
00:46:55.82\00:46:59.40
and 7,000 glow tracts.
00:46:59.43\00:47:01.73
So that exciting.
00:47:01.76\00:47:03.32
One of the reports
that came back to us
00:47:03.35\00:47:05.50
was from this
young Adventist lady
00:47:05.53\00:47:08.52
who's friend had emailed
her today after outreach.
00:47:08.55\00:47:11.76
She said her mom
who lives in Linz
00:47:11.79\00:47:13.82
was visited by--
in Germany it said,
00:47:13.85\00:47:17.66
so she got a book from--
who from star and dimension,
00:47:17.69\00:47:22.17
which means from shiny people,
00:47:22.20\00:47:23.78
which means they
to glow about them,
00:47:23.81\00:47:25.18
the people who visited her
00:47:25.21\00:47:26.71
they were so shiny for Jesus
00:47:26.74\00:47:27.99
that she was so excited
she start reading the book
00:47:28.02\00:47:30.07
and the young lady who
would call their friend
00:47:30.10\00:47:31.65
he would also-- also
said I want the book also.
00:47:31.68\00:47:34.04
So you know what that means?
00:47:34.07\00:47:36.13
It means when young people
00:47:36.16\00:47:38.23
or those when people
who are in fire from Jesus,
00:47:38.26\00:47:40.06
who are shining for
Jesus, go out in Europe,
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.55
secular Europe
and do evangelism,
00:47:42.58\00:47:44.49
that do works and
they will find people
00:47:44.52\00:47:45.96
who wants to hear it too.
00:47:45.99\00:47:47.43
Amen.
00:47:47.46\00:47:49.53
Amen, so Jonathan,
you are at GYC, Europe
00:47:49.56\00:47:52.96
you had a special
experience in the sense that
00:47:52.99\00:47:54.88
you were not only
just attending there,
00:47:54.91\00:47:56.52
but you're heavily involved
in some of the planning.
00:47:56.55\00:47:58.76
Tell me how was the
GYC experience for you
00:47:58.79\00:48:01.45
and how did that
impact your life?
00:48:01.48\00:48:03.35
Well, I was part
of the logistic team,
00:48:03.38\00:48:05.96
so I'm throughout the
months before the GYC event
00:48:05.99\00:48:09.38
we were heavenly all
of us for involved in this
00:48:09.41\00:48:11.76
and we had to plan and--
00:48:11.79\00:48:13.70
what I could
experience through the planning
00:48:13.73\00:48:15.41
and also during the conference
00:48:15.44\00:48:17.29
was a sense of very
deep spiritual community
00:48:17.32\00:48:21.91
where we were
always praying together,
00:48:21.94\00:48:24.00
planning
together and we could see
00:48:24.03\00:48:25.20
God moving
mightily for-- for us,
00:48:25.23\00:48:27.20
He was preparing the
way all the way through.
00:48:27.23\00:48:29.81
And so also
through out the conference,
00:48:29.84\00:48:32.21
the experience that
I had was an experience
00:48:32.24\00:48:34.73
of deep Christian love
amongst the attendees all though
00:48:34.76\00:48:37.86
they have never met before.
00:48:37.89\00:48:39.65
You could feel that
the Holy Spirit was moving
00:48:39.68\00:48:41.84
and touching the hearts
00:48:41.87\00:48:43.37
and all the different
people attending there to.
00:48:43.40\00:48:45.42
So there's
diverse group of Europeans
00:48:45.45\00:48:47.45
were united by the
spirit and what I caught
00:48:47.48\00:48:51.08
there was a glimpse
of the Book of Acts.
00:48:51.11\00:48:53.69
So if you think
that Acts happened
00:48:53.72\00:48:55.66
2,000 years ago, think twice
00:48:55.69\00:48:58.47
because the revolution is
continuing all over the world.
00:48:58.50\00:49:01.76
Amen.
00:49:01.79\00:49:02.87
Amen, absolutely.
00:49:02.90\00:49:03.94
So I hope that
you have been inspired
00:49:03.97\00:49:06.51
as we heard how God is working
00:49:06.54\00:49:08.26
around the globe, friends.
00:49:08.29\00:49:10.25
The Holy Spirit
is being poured out
00:49:10.28\00:49:11.61
and Jonathan said
00:49:11.64\00:49:12.86
Acts the revolution
continues that's today.
00:49:12.89\00:49:16.38
And I pray that you
been inspired by the report
00:49:16.41\00:49:18.43
that we had from
our European brother,
00:49:18.46\00:49:20.54
inspired by what
is happening in Europe
00:49:20.57\00:49:24.31
and that you will be
desirous of being participating
00:49:24.34\00:49:27.55
in that revolution
continuing in our lives today.
00:49:27.58\00:49:29.85
And we can do that
through a lifestyle
00:49:29.88\00:49:32.32
of radical commitment,
a lifestyle of missions,
00:49:32.35\00:49:36.52
a lifestyle of faithfulness
and that is our prayer.
00:49:36.55\00:49:41.22