Participants: Debbie Young (Host)
Series Code: 13ASIC
Program Code: 13ASIC000001
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00:19 I have the privilege of once again bringing to you
00:21 our offering in action segment. 00:24 This is a time when we can hear from project recipients, 00:28 reports about how your gifts 00:30 and your donations have been used 00:31 for their ministries to reach the world for Jesus Christ. 00:35 You know, we are really happy, Jim, 00:37 to be in partnership with so many ministries 00:39 and so many initiatives to be able to reach out 00:43 and we take this really very seriously. 00:45 We monitor and review and assure 00:48 that the funding that comes in, that the gifts 00:51 that you give are used for the gifts 00:54 or for the projects I should say 00:55 that have been approved for support. 00:59 So that's very important to us 01:01 and 3ABN as one of the projects for this year, 01:04 we are very deeply appreciative for being a partner with 3ABN. 01:09 Tell us what's going on. 01:10 Well, likewise because our partnership began in 1984. 01:15 Danny Shelton went to Big Sky, Montana. 01:18 And he was at the ASI Convention there. 01:24 And you-- most of you have heard the story before, 01:27 but he was not supposed to speak, 01:29 and on Friday there was an event plan 01:33 that we're going to go up on the mountain side 01:35 and have a great time together, 01:37 and there came a downpour of rain, 01:41 and so those that were in charge came and said, 01:44 Danny would you tell about your project. 01:46 Now they've already told him he was not gonna have 01:49 an opportunity to tell about it, 01:51 and that is when he told 01:53 about his dream of beginning a ministry 01:57 that would reach the world with the Three Angels' Message. 02:01 By the way I want to ask you a question. 02:03 How many of you were there that day? 02:06 Let me see your hand. 02:07 It's just amazing to see how 3ABN has grown 02:11 and with your growth 02:12 you've taken all ministries with you. 02:15 Well, you know, it's a very humbling thing for us 02:17 because we don't-- we look at this 02:19 and we say praise the Lord, this is what God has done. 02:23 This is what ASI has supported. 02:26 This is what the membership and those who are believers 02:29 around the world have supported. 02:31 And the amazing thing is that even though our base 02:35 is the Seventh-day Adventist membership, 02:38 about 50% of our gifts now come from those who are not 02:42 part of the Seventh-day Adventist fellowship. 02:46 So and we hear from people all over the world 02:50 that tell us, I believe everything I hear on 3ABN. 02:56 I just don't live anywhere near a Seventh-day Adventist church 02:59 and I live two blocks from the church 03:02 where I was confirmed or baptized 03:04 or whatever their expression might be, 03:06 but I want you to know, that I believe 03:09 and then they sent an offering 03:10 and we praise God for those that-- 03:14 we call them Closet Adventists. 03:16 Now I know 3ABN has done a great job 03:19 at keeping pace with technology. 03:21 Tell us about some real exciting things coming up? 03:23 Well, the real new and right now is our app. 03:27 How many of you have iPhones or iPads. 03:30 I want to see the hands of those that are here. 03:33 Right now, you can take that be sure 03:36 it's on vibrate, but you can take that 03:41 and go to the app store, if you push that 03:45 and when it goes to search write in 3ABN 03:50 and then hit the search, it will come up, 03:53 it will give an opportunity, in fact Denzil McNeilus, 03:56 right you just did it 03:58 a few minutes ago right back there. 04:00 And you hit that free thing put in your password 04:05 and here it is, each of the ministries of 3ABN 04:10 are right here on this phone live. 04:13 You can watch wherever you are, live. 04:18 Now, this is something that cost money. 04:20 It's not free, but we felt like that investing in this 04:24 was something you would want us to do. 04:27 It's helping to reach more people, wherever they are. 04:31 Jim, some of the stories and testimonies 04:34 that we hear from 3ABN are always 04:35 so riveting and inspiring. 04:37 Is there anything that you can share with us? 04:39 You know, we are just amazed by some of the things 04:43 that we do here. 04:45 One, recently a lady right over here in New Port Richey, 04:49 she began watching, and then she went 04:53 to the New Port Richey Church, make contact with them there, 04:57 she was baptized. 04:59 I think the folks that studied with her are here tonight. 05:03 She will be here tomorrow 05:05 and through the rest of the time, 05:07 and you can read about her in our 3ABN World Magazine. 05:12 It is a thrilling story. 05:14 And then another individual recently 05:17 as I mentioned some of these people 05:19 that are watching but may be haven't yet, 05:21 he send us $100 and he said, 05:25 I live at least 75 miles from any Adventist church. 05:28 He said, I'm not young, 05:30 I was baptized in the Lutheran Church 05:32 he said just two blocks from my house. 05:35 He said I will continue going to the Lutheran Church, 05:39 but I believe 100% like a Seventh-day Adventist. 05:43 And then he said I'm so proud of the contributions 05:47 that Martin Luther made to the Adventist theology. 05:50 And I was impressed by that because 05:54 he's not only involved financially, 05:56 but he's involved as far as promoting our message, 06:00 even to those the church where he goes, 06:02 he tells them the truths about the Sabbath. 06:05 Oh, that is wonderful. 06:06 Jim, thank you so much for sharing with us, 06:08 what's happening with 3ABN. 06:09 Thank you, ASI. Amen. 06:14 Coming to the podium is James Hartley. 06:17 James Hartley is the president of LIGHT 06:20 and he's gonna tell us what LIGHT is an acronym, 06:23 what it stands for and how it got started? 06:25 You know what, James, I was just thinking, 06:27 seems like we were just here yesterday. 06:29 I was talking with you and you were sharing 06:30 a little bit about LIGHT. 06:31 Of course that was last year, 06:33 but many things have happened since then. 06:35 First catch us up, tell us little bit 06:37 about the fundamentals of LIGHT 06:39 and then we'll go into little bit more. 06:40 Sure, thanks, Debbie, for those that-- 06:41 that haven't heard or not aware LIGHT. 06:43 First stands for the Lay Institute 06:45 for Global Health Training. 06:47 And we are a global initiative for the training 06:49 and equipping of lay members 06:51 to be active medical missionaries 06:53 in their local churches and wherever God leads them. 06:56 We have a network now, a growing network of 37 schools 07:01 that are on all main continents. 07:03 We haven't started-- 07:04 we haven't been in Antarctica yet, 07:05 but in all the other continents we have trainees 07:08 'cause we want to see people 07:09 able to get trained in their country, 07:11 and in their language. 07:12 So there is now 37 schools 07:13 that are conducting a 6 months training package, 07:16 that like we are helping to create curriculum, 07:18 get it translated in different languages, 07:19 send that out and then all these 37 schools 07:22 that are producing hundreds of graduates every year. 07:25 You know, in every six months, 07:27 we're giving them opportunities for involvement. 07:29 We send them out in teams of four and five 07:32 with one leader to do short trainings often one month. 07:36 We've condensed our six month course into 07:39 what we call the essentials of health evangelism. 07:42 And so this essentials of health evangelism 07:44 is about 140 hours of training, and we-- 07:48 our students come in with our staff 07:50 and do like an intensive church training 07:53 and this often revives church, helps them to see 07:55 how they can get more involved in their communities, 07:57 active in health expos and door to door 07:59 and how to use-- you know, how to use the health message 08:02 as an entering wedge for the gospel. 08:04 How to make friends and we teach them 08:05 how to set up health clubs, not, 08:07 not like a health club that you would think of 08:09 where, you know, like stereo master. 08:10 Where you work out in, okay. 08:11 Yeah, yeah, not that sort of thing, 08:12 like a health club where people come like on a regular basis, 08:16 monthly and just have like a learn how to-- 08:19 have a cooking class, a health seminar, 08:22 you know, it's a fellowship group from the community, 08:24 not necessarily attached to a church 08:27 or you might have an community center 08:29 and this provides a really relax forum 08:31 for making friends with people. 08:33 And this is, you know, this is a key to evangelism, 08:36 and so one you needs to really get close with people, 08:38 make friends with them, you know, a health expo, 08:40 you're not gonna build a long lasting relationship 08:42 usually in health expo, right, but that health expo 08:45 may lead you into a health club. 08:46 So we want to see, you know, 08:48 a movement of God's people let you know, 08:50 really utilizing the health message 08:53 like it's meant to be used in soul winning 08:55 and so we're doing everything 08:56 we can to expand this type of training. 08:59 Now you have some pictures and I like you 09:01 to kind of walk us through what those pictures represent 09:04 because it shares with us a little bit about 09:07 what's happening with the trainees? 09:08 Or what are they doing? How are they using this? 09:10 A good friend of mine Denzil McNeilus once said, 09:12 tools are only as good as they are used. 09:15 And so, they are not just trained, 09:16 but they're actually using this 09:18 training to go out and reach people. 09:19 Tell us a little bit about 09:20 what we might see on the screen. 09:21 Okay, yeah, this is-- 09:22 these are our most recent graduates from the-- 09:24 in the Philippines, the Philippines, 09:26 this project here is really our main core project 09:28 in South East Asia. 09:30 We just graduated 30 students and we're continually 09:33 appealing to our graduates to get to use 09:35 what they have learned. 09:36 We don't want people to sit down of course. 09:38 So these students we divided into five regions 09:42 to do five evangelistic campaigns 09:44 and graduates from the Philippines school 09:46 have gone off to start a new school in Indonesia 09:48 which you see a picture here, and also in Cambodia. 09:50 So in Indonesia working to reach Muslims, 09:53 a health message has been a perfect entering wedge. 09:56 This year alone we've done 20 health expos in Indonesia, 09:59 and one of the mission trip projects 10:02 was that our students went into a village, 10:04 a pure Muslim village 10:06 and they spent two weeks there, 10:07 and they worked with the people there 10:09 just on a health basis, they got to know 10:11 the leader of that village. 10:13 And they were really warmly received, 10:15 they shared that they were Christians 10:16 and through that two weeks, you know, 10:18 they became were really life friends with these people 10:20 and barriers were broken down and this is really helping. 10:24 You know, this shows how health can help to enter 10:27 into very difficult people groups and cultures. 10:31 Now tell us a little bit about 10:32 the medical missionaries in Cuba? 10:34 Oh, yeah, yeah. 10:35 Now Latin America, nowhere, 10:37 may be there are some Latin Americans 10:38 in the crowd this evening, 10:39 but nowhere is the gospel and the health message 10:43 spreading faster than in Latin America. 10:45 We really can't keep up with it, 10:47 so we are needing more missionaries to get involved, 10:49 that picture was taken in Brazil, 10:55 I should know that country. 10:56 My wife is Brazilian. 10:57 We did several health expos there, 10:59 but that just shows, you know, in Nicaragua, in Honduras, 11:02 in Dominican Republic, in Venezuelan, 11:04 in Colombia, in Bolivia, in Chile, in Peru, 11:08 these are all countries that we've run 11:09 trainings in and the word-- and has just taken off. 11:11 In Cuba is one of the most interesting stories, 11:14 a very difficult country 11:15 to even enter into for Americans, 11:18 but through the-- with the help of the Stubb family, 11:21 Henry and Arlene Stubbs, 11:23 we've gone there several years in a row, 11:24 and I have trained over a 100 medical missionaries 11:26 who just had a convention this past year, 11:29 and 32 of those graduates 11:31 are being stipend as full time Bible workers 11:34 and so they are out there just covering 11:36 this country of Cuba 11:38 and doing medical gospel of evangelism work. 11:40 It just been amazing, 11:42 so the Adventist church has seen it, 11:44 and they've invited us to their seminary and said, 11:46 can you set up a LIGHT school right here on our seminary? 11:49 We see this is working, we want more of it. 11:52 We can print our material on the press that have they there. 11:54 You can't print, you can't bring materials in, 11:56 you can't print elsewhere, but on the Adventist campus 11:59 you can print material, so we're gonna be-- 12:01 we're gonna be doing that and so. 12:02 There's been 70-- 12:03 we just had a recent training in Cuba 72 graduates. 12:06 Can you tell James this just a little bit excited? 12:09 You know, what I don't want you to miss 12:12 is that the offerings that have gone, come to LIGHT 12:15 have enabled all of this to happen, 12:17 so it has provided support for the trainers to go out 12:20 and to teach and to train, so it's one really represents 12:23 it just multiples, multiples, it's a ripple effect. 12:25 Absolutely, there is a picture here of Andresa. 12:28 She is working in the Amazon. 12:31 She is a Brazilian that came to Wildwood for training 12:34 and then linked up with LIGHT and we sent her 12:35 to the Amazon Lifesavers, led by Brad Mills, 12:39 so she's on the right there, she is now working. 12:41 They've started the school, training medical-- 12:44 gospel medical missionaries to work 12:45 in the Amazon River Basin and here she is working 12:48 doing Bible work and with her students 12:50 doing our gospel work there, 12:52 so she's one another example is Cabello 12:54 from South Africa. 12:56 He was also trained. 12:57 A friend of mine from several ago at Wildwood, 13:00 he's leading our work in South Africa. 13:03 This is an amazing story they've started up a church 13:06 in an area of South Africa, 13:07 that there was no Seventh-day Adventist church. 13:09 Our students throughout the six months 13:10 doing so much community work, 13:12 helped build up that church and are now meeting regularly 13:16 and the project is doing well and we just had a visit 13:18 from the South-- 13:20 Southern Africa Union Personal Ministries director, 13:23 he came right through our office at Wildwood 13:25 and he said, he heard about what we were doing, 13:27 we talked it all over, we met for an hour, 13:29 he wants LIGHT courses off through his entire union 13:32 to train lay members 'cause they are very interested 13:34 in Southern Africa in a comprehensive of evangelism. 13:39 More holistic type. 13:41 James, we want to thank you so much 13:43 for what you're doing through LIGHT 13:44 and to where people are doing 13:46 all around the world giving training, 13:48 so that Jesus can come soon. 13:49 Thank you very much. 13:50 Thank you, pleasure to be in God's work. 13:54 You know, it's wonderful to be a partner 13:56 with these ministries. 13:57 You may not to be, you be able to go 13:59 and actually do the training, may be you're not a trainee, 14:02 but you can be in partnership 14:04 by giving your gifts and your offerings, 14:06 so that they can reach the world. 14:08 Huh, Alistair Huong, how are you? 14:11 Hi, Debby. Good. Wonderful. 14:12 Tell me about AudioVerse? 14:14 Well, first of all how many of you have 14:16 actually heard of AudioVerse? 14:19 There are still a few that don't 14:21 and we need to change that right now, Debby. 14:25 So tell us what is AudioVerse? 14:27 It sound like I listen to verses, 14:28 is that what that is? 14:29 Well, that's not too far off the truth. 14:31 AudioVerse is a website. www.audioverse.org, 14:36 where you can download thousands of free Bible based 14:39 Christ centered Holy Spirit filled sermons 14:42 and all for free. 14:44 Now how did this get started? 14:46 In 2005 two friends not me, but good friends of mine 14:49 started a website really to cut down the work 14:54 involve the burning CDs in their local church ministry, 14:57 you know how that goes? 14:58 Burn CDs that cost money, it takes time, 15:01 why not just put it online 15:03 'cause there was such a thing called an iPod in 2005. 15:07 We don't know what they are anymore, 15:09 but it just took off and ministry after ministry 15:13 thought this is a wonderful opportunity to share 15:16 the gospel to the world, and from 2005 till now, 15:21 AudioVerse regularly has grown to the point 15:24 of serving over 3 million downloads every single year, 15:28 and over 30,000 unique visitors to our website 15:31 every single month, so, the word is getting out. 15:35 Oh, it certainly is. 15:36 Now your project is one that is being funded 15:39 so that you can ramp up or upgrade your equipment. 15:43 Since all of this is happening online, 15:45 why do you need more equipment? 15:46 How does that work? 15:47 Yeah, you'll actually see some of our volunteers 15:49 running around here at ASI. 15:51 We are actually recording ASI again. 15:54 This is a real privilege for us to do that 15:56 but we've been using outdated equipment for a long time. 16:00 We try to keep the cost low 16:02 in order to provide the sermons for free 16:04 and so a lot of our equipment 16:06 from shipping back and forth and hundreds of hours 16:08 of use every year, they're wearing out. 16:10 And because of the volume of sermons that we're producing, 16:13 we need more equipment 16:14 that we really don't have enough of 16:17 and actually for a long time our volunteers 16:19 all have used their own personal computers 16:22 to do the editing and uploading 16:24 and everything it's really a sacrificial work. 16:27 And we figured to give the Lord our best 16:29 to do the quality work that He expects of us, 16:33 it's time to upgrade. 16:34 Now you send volunteers, it sounds like 16:36 this is probably a pretty tremendous work for us. 16:38 Do you have lots of paid personnel 16:40 that's working at AudioVerse? 16:42 We actually have three and two of them are part time. 16:46 And but the bulk of the work 16:48 really are done by our volunteers. 16:50 So they really believe in the mission of AudioVerse. 16:54 So, all right, there is something you said, 16:55 so you're giving all these, and when you said 3 million 16:58 downloads a year that's a lot of-- 17:01 You know, what I think that if you just, 17:03 just a dollar for each of those downloads, 17:05 you would be all set, so why give them for free? 17:10 Almost half of our downloads, most of our downloads actually 17:13 over half of our downloads come from 17:15 countries outside of the US 17:18 and a large number of our users simply cannot pay, 17:23 and aren't those the people we're trying to reach? 17:26 The purpose of AudioVerse is to get the message 17:29 out to the world, to bring the preacher 17:33 because faith cometh by hearing 17:35 and hearing by the word of God 17:36 and we intend to bring the word of God to the people. 17:39 God gave us the gospel for free. 17:41 Jesus died for us for free. 17:43 And we intend to give that message 17:45 out to the world for free. 17:46 It's not about the money, it's about souls being won. 17:49 Amen. 17:51 Tell us you were sharing with me 17:52 some exciting testimonies. 17:55 Share with our ASI family, 17:58 how AudioVerse is actually touching lives? 18:00 Yes, just recently I received an email 18:02 from a young lady who lives in Great Britain. 18:05 She grew up being sexually abused by 18:07 a gentleman close to her family 18:09 and she had come to the point 18:11 where she was losing hope in life. 18:14 She happen up on AudioVerse, 18:15 she found one of our messages by our speaker 18:17 who went through a similar experience 18:20 but yet found healing in Jesus Christ, 18:23 and she had a revival experience in Jesus. 18:25 She got in touch with the speaker 18:27 and she wrote me an email telling her story to me 18:31 the very day before she was going to meet with her abuser 18:34 to tell him that she has forgiven him. 18:37 AudioVerse has changed that young lady's life. 18:40 And another young lady recently wrote me an email. 18:42 She said, I'm a young person, 18:44 I'm a high school student on the island of Guam, 18:46 I don't know how to give Bible studies 18:48 so I just play AudioVerse sermons 18:50 to my friends during lunch time Bible study. 18:53 And through that process, 18:54 she led four of her six friends, 18:56 in that Bible study, to baptism. 18:59 Amen. 19:00 And the only reason the other two weren't-- 19:02 did not accept the call to baptism was 19:04 because they already were, so AudioVerse was a tool 19:09 for this young lady to lead her friends to Jesus, 19:12 to make a commitment for Him. 19:14 And may be just one last story. 19:17 There was a gentleman 19:18 who wrote me a story about his life. 19:21 He got into drugs, he went away from the Lord, 19:24 his marriage was in shambles and he found himself in jail. 19:28 And he realizes what's the purpose in life? 19:32 And then in the quietness of his room, 19:33 he found some messages 19:34 on AudioVerse about righteousness by faith. 19:37 He learned what it meant to be 19:38 saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. 19:40 He had a revival experience and to cut a long story short, 19:44 he ended up mending up his marriage 19:47 and both he and his wife ended up 19:49 being full time Bible workers. 19:51 And they are currently now in full time ministry. 19:53 Amen. 19:54 The Holy Spirit can work in such simple ways 19:57 and in quiet ways in people's personal lives. 20:01 You know, Alistair, I'm just thrilled that the ASI family 20:04 can actually participate 20:06 and be a partner in this ministry with AudioVerse. 20:10 Thank you so much for every thing 20:11 that you are doing through AudioVerse 20:13 and may God be with you. 20:14 Thank you. 20:16 Good evening, ASI I have with me tonight Jeff Reich, 20:21 Jeff is the CEO of Laymen Ministries. 20:25 Jeff has a passion for helping lay people to do ministry 20:29 and he also has many mission projects around the world 20:32 and but we're not here to talk about that tonight. 20:36 We're here to talk about his latest project. 20:38 He is creating a documentary called The Days of Noah. 20:42 Jeff, would you tell us a little bit about that? 20:44 Yes, actually CEO sounds little stuffy, doesn't it? 20:47 so I kind of like-- you know, they call me 20:50 the chief cook in bottle washer 20:51 most of the time at the ministry. 20:53 But anyhow this documentary on the days of Noah, 20:56 it's a unique documentary that's never been produced 20:58 by the Adventist Church 20:59 in the history of the Adventist Church, 21:01 anything like this. 21:02 It's a really unique documentary 21:03 that's made up of four segments. 21:05 And the first segment is basically a reenactment 21:08 through animation of the story of the flood 21:11 as described in the book Patriarchs and Prophets. 21:14 And then the second part of it is actually going into-- 21:17 it's kind of a spin on words investigating the judgment, 21:20 if this cataclysmic flood really did happen, 21:23 there should be some kind of evidence for it. 21:25 And so we were-- we've been interviewing, 21:27 paleontologists, geologists and looking 21:29 at some of the hardest hitting evidences that show 21:32 that the flood story is actually true. 21:34 The third part of the documentary 21:36 goes into this thing about parallel world views. 21:39 Where did this other world view of evolution come from? 21:42 And why did it spring up interestingly 21:44 enough at the end of the 17th century right 21:48 when William Miller and Joseph Wolff, 21:50 and all these other people started preaching 21:52 the Three Angels' Messages, 21:53 and it's just a really amazing parallel. 21:57 And then the last part of the documentary, 21:58 the most important part is the contrast 22:01 between Noah's message 22:02 which was a judgment hour message 22:05 and the Three Angels' Messages 22:07 which is a judgment hour message, 22:09 fear God, glory to Him for the hour of His what? 22:12 Judgment has come and do what? Worship Him who did what? 22:16 Create the heavens and the earth. 22:17 And what is the modern ark today 22:19 that God's calling us to get into. 22:21 And that's kind of where we were going 22:22 in the last part of this documentary. 22:23 It's a 90 minute production, and it's a lot of information 22:28 we try to put into. 22:29 We've been doing interviews 22:30 with people all over and that's been-- 22:33 So you spend a lot of time in the parks 22:35 and the national and state parks. 22:37 Tell us about that? 22:38 What kind of challenges did you face? 22:40 You know, because of the fact that we're trying 22:41 to get a lot of unique footages really cinematic, 22:44 beautiful footage shot on a red camera, 22:46 4k camera with Gibb, 22:48 we are going to a lot of different parks 22:49 around the United States and state parks 22:52 and national parks and of course, 22:53 if you've ever been any of the national parks, 22:55 if you see a geological formation 22:57 or something like that in a national park, 22:59 you always see these little plaques right? 23:01 And those plaques say, oh, God created the heavens 23:04 and the earth and this was, 23:06 no that's not what it says at all. 23:07 There is always propaganda 23:08 that goes on all the national parks 23:10 about all these different geological formations or, 23:13 you know, certain force and how old the trees are there 23:16 and everything like that. 23:17 And so it create some challenges for, you know, 23:20 a Christian group going into these parks 23:22 and shooting a video that's dealing with creationism 23:24 and also dealing with the flood stories. 23:26 So propaganda sinners for evolution, 23:31 that must have given you 23:32 quite an opportunity to witness. 23:34 What kind of stories can you share with us? 23:35 Opportunity is an apprehension sometimes, 23:38 you know it's like-- 23:39 in some of the parks you can just go in 23:42 and set up your camera gear. 23:43 The park ranger say, oh, that's cool, 23:44 you know, go a head and do it. 23:45 They don't bother you. 23:47 Other places you have to get film permits 23:49 and you go in and like a-- like for instance 23:52 there's one park and I have to be really careful about 23:54 what I'm saying here, but this one particular park, 23:56 we went to-- we drew a film permit to go in, 24:00 and then the lady that was doing 24:01 the film promo was telling us all the details about 24:03 how where we could shoot, where we couldn't shoot 24:06 and then she said, what is this film about? 24:09 And I started to tell her, 24:11 and her whole tone of voice changed 24:14 because you see there is a lot of like 24:16 government grants and money that come to help fix parks 24:19 up to help propagate evolution at some of these parks, 24:21 and so you're talking financial income for the parks, 24:25 and so what it-- ended up happening is we ended up 24:30 finding out that this one particular situation 24:32 the person became very hostile towards us. 24:34 And so, if anybody seen me on television, 24:37 I'm always kind of like, 24:39 fly by the seat of your pants kind of guy, 24:41 you know, I'm not scripted but now we are shooting 24:43 these kind of narrations with Gibbs 24:44 and he have to be at a certain place 24:46 at a certain time and everything is got to be 24:47 scripted just perfect and then they said, 24:50 oh, you gonna have to have a park ranger, 24:51 monitoring you at $80 an hour, the whole time 24:54 you're shooting, most of the time 24:55 and having a park ranger with his arms folded watching 24:58 while you're trying to do this kind of narration 24:59 can be pretty tough. 25:01 And so there is all this apprehension and so, 25:03 we went in and the first park ranger 25:05 that came with just watch us one day was a young girl, 25:08 was a fairly new park ranger and she saw us 25:11 and we started talking to her, 25:12 and then before we knew it she said, 25:14 you guys are cool, we'll see you later and she just left. 25:16 Well, then later she followed us to another location 25:19 and she start asking about the documentary 25:22 and I start sharing with her, turned out 25:23 she was raised in the Christian home. 25:24 And she said it's so refreshing to hear a different world view 25:29 than what I always hear with all the other people 25:31 that come to the park and then we had one place 25:36 we went to where there was large indoor museum, 25:38 they allowed us to set up our equipment 25:40 that big jibing stuff inside this museum and we-- 25:43 was after hours when all the tourist were gone 25:45 so we can get really quality video footage. 25:47 The ranger helped us actually carried the gear 25:49 into the museum and then, he's standing around 25:53 and he's looking at this equipment, 25:54 he starts asking about this and he says, 25:56 you know, I listen to all these different scientists 25:58 and geologists coming here and they talk about 26:00 all these dinosaur bones and everything like 26:02 that and he said I just-- it just they all contradict 26:06 each other and he said what are you guys believe? 26:08 And I started sharing with him, 26:09 he goes well that makes a whole a lot more sense. 26:13 It was kind of interesting you know, but the-- that really 26:17 I know our time is about up 26:18 but the one really interesting happen 26:20 is one of the administrative people 26:21 from one of the parks had to go out with us one day, 26:23 and that person followed us around, 26:26 I got to talking with her while the guys were filming 26:28 and she told me that-- she said, you know, 26:32 Jeff you guys are doing wonderful work, 26:34 you go a head and film anywhere in this park you want 26:37 and she just really thanked us for being there. 26:40 So you've really seen God work through this project. 26:43 Yeah. You've seen His hand working. 26:45 Yeah, it's been really, really a blessing to interface 26:47 with some of the-- the administrative people 26:49 on the parks in session. 26:52 Been a real witnessing opportunity a lot of times. 26:55 Well, it sounds like a great project. 26:56 I can't wait to see the finished product. 26:59 So if people want to know more about this project, 27:01 how can they find out about it? 27:03 Come by our booth and pick up 27:04 one of our magazines down at the convention center, 27:07 we had the booth there in. 27:09 We hope to release this in March 2014 27:12 when Aronofsky's movie called Noah is released. 27:16 Anthony Hopkins is in that movie. 27:18 Really, it's a multimillion dollar production 27:21 and we are hopping to release this exactly the same time. 27:24 Thank you very much. Thank you. 27:27 Joining me on the stage tonight are Linda De Romanett 27:32 and two of her friends and we'll introduce them 27:35 to you in just a moment. 27:37 Linda, you have a radio network called Family First. 27:42 Tell us a little bit about your network? 27:46 We have stations across the south of the US, 27:49 and we are a city ministry. 27:51 We think it's really important 27:53 that we be in the bigger cities. 27:55 And radio is a way to penetrate without-- without walls. 28:01 So tell us about your programming, 28:03 what kind of, is it music format? 28:05 Tell us about your format? 28:07 No, we do all talk, no music. 28:10 We do religious liberty, we do revelation seminars, 28:13 we do sermons, we do health, we do children's programs. 28:20 And your radio ministry, is it reaching people, 28:23 tell us about that? 28:25 Tell us about what it's doing to reach people? 28:27 We've had so far that we know 503 baptisms 28:32 in the various areas we are at. 28:34 Wow, did you hear that? 28:36 503 baptisms as a result of her radio network. 28:40 But that's just a tip of the iceberg. 28:42 Those are people that have showed up 28:44 and showing up at the churches and said, 28:46 I want to be an Adventist. 28:49 Wow, so we've got some people with you tonight, 28:53 we have Sandra and David Yandoh, 28:56 is that correct? 28:57 And you were Sandra, you were driving down 29:01 the street one day listening to your radio, 29:05 you decided to flip the dials and all of a sudden 29:07 you came upon 91.5. 29:10 Tell us what happened? 29:11 What did you hear and what caught your attention? 29:15 Well, I was very excited-- 29:17 I was actually listening to Charles Brooks, 29:19 I didn't know it was Charles Brooks, 29:22 but it was just-- this is where the rubber hits the road. 29:27 For me, it was extremely powerful 29:30 and I was really looking for the truth, 29:36 I wanted to go deeper into my Christianity 29:39 and I really didn't know how because they were 29:43 all music stations, but here it was. 29:45 So how did this radio program impact your life? 29:49 What changed as a result? 29:51 It was amazing, after listing to the radio station 91.5, 29:58 it was just hearing sermons and speeches 30:04 and extremely powerful. 30:08 It just had an enormous impact. 30:10 What was your favorite program? 30:14 I like the sermons actually 30:16 and because they really dwelt deeply into the Bible 30:20 and I was looking for God and that's where I found it. 30:23 So you found God, but you also found 30:25 the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 30:27 How did that happened? 30:28 So how did you find the church? 30:29 Because after a little bit of listening 30:33 over a period of several weeks, 30:36 I realize this is a Seventh-day Adventist radio station. 30:40 Thank you, Linda. 30:41 And who are they and I wanted to know more 30:44 and we went searching for church. 30:48 And you found the church. 30:49 And we found the church 30:50 in North Lake Church in Leesburg, in Florida. 30:54 Okay. 30:55 And we've never looked back. We were baptized there. 30:59 We have Bible study there. 31:01 We're very involved now. It's amazing. 31:04 And so, David, what did you think about all this? 31:06 Your wife comes home and she tells you, 31:08 I found this new teaching, I've listened to these programs 31:13 and it's really changed my life 31:15 and what did you think about all that? 31:18 I thought she won the lottery. 31:21 She was jumping up with joy, she was full of the Holy Spirit 31:25 and next thing I knew we were going to-- 31:30 we are looking for a Bible study. 31:32 And we found the Bible study in at North-- 31:38 at the hospital where I work and we had-- 31:42 And you work at which hospital? 31:44 Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, 31:47 and it's an Adventist hospital and yet I work there 31:50 I didn't really-- 31:52 I was not a member of that church at the time, 31:55 I was a Methodist, but we had Bible study 31:59 with retired pastor at the North Lake Church 32:03 and going to that church was like walking 32:07 into a bookstore full of encyclopedias, 32:10 there's seven retired pastors that attend that church. 32:15 So if you had a question then you had an answer in. 32:19 It may be it just that's what we're hungered for us, 32:22 Sandra is hungry for it and it pleased us. 32:26 All right, thank you very much. My next guest is Pat Arrabito. 32:32 Good evening. 32:34 Pat is president of LLT Productions. 32:38 She is also executive producer of the Seventh-day 32:41 which you may have seen 32:42 and also the Israel of the Alps, 32:44 but tonight we gonna talk about her new project called 32:49 Hell and Mr. Fudge and this is a feature film 32:54 that she has produced. 32:56 Pat, tell us a little bit about this film? 32:58 Well, it's really an unusual way of witnessing, 33:02 I think producing a film. 33:05 It's based on the story of a man 33:08 who is hired to find out 33:09 what the Bible really teaches about hell and eternal torment. 33:14 We want to talk about that subject 33:17 because I think a lot of people are confused about it 33:19 and misled and God is misrepresented 33:23 by that doctrine of Him tormenting people for eternity 33:27 if they don't go to heaven. 33:29 So I think you brought a video clip with you to show. 33:33 Yeah. 33:34 I have a little few clips of the film 33:36 that you can see tonight and we'll talk about it. 33:43 Is he in hell? 33:47 Is Dave in hell? 33:51 It's a tragic thing to die without knowing the Lord. 33:55 Edward who? 33:56 Fudge as delicious as it sounds. 34:00 Gospel is not about building up walls, 34:03 to keep people out. 34:04 It's about breaking down walls to invite people in. 34:16 Not without a fight. 34:18 And if isn't eternal fire how come we can't go see it? 34:20 How come we can't go drive out in the desert 34:22 somewhere and watch it burn? 34:24 You're firing me? 34:26 What's wrong with this picture? 34:27 Where in the Bible does this say immortal soul? 34:35 Folks are partial to the truth that they've already got. 34:39 Bible never mentions it. 34:41 Now, somehow it snuck its way into our beliefs been 34:43 in 2000 years and it's alive. 34:45 Alive. 34:49 So where is this being shown? 34:51 What kind of venues are you playing it in 34:53 and what's happening with this? 34:55 Well, our goal is to get it in theaters across the country. 34:58 Right now, we're working with local people 35:01 to bring it to their local communities. 35:03 So we have it set up for a rental program, 35:06 people can bring it to their community through 35:08 renting a theater or occasionally a theater 35:10 will book for film, it's also available 35:12 for church rentals. 35:14 So tell us about some of the showings, 35:15 I know you've had a number of showings around the country, 35:18 what's happening with that? 35:19 Yeah, it's been in over 30 theaters 35:21 so far and many more than that, churches or schools. 35:27 We had some really interesting response in Bakersfield, 35:29 the local churches all got together. 35:31 The local Adventist churches got together 35:33 and rented a big beautiful 1,500 seat theater 35:38 and invited the community 35:39 and they sold over 1,300 tickets. 35:41 Wow. 35:42 It was a fun night because several of our casts 35:45 were there as well. 35:47 And you might be interested in one of the stories? 35:49 Yes. 35:50 I would like to know how did the cast respond. 35:53 You used real actors, is that correct? 35:55 Our lead actor is Mackenzie Astin 35:58 and he told a little bit about his mom, 36:01 who is a well-known actress. 36:04 He said my mom was raised in a church 36:06 that taught eternal torment, an even as a child 36:09 she was terrified of going to hell. 36:12 He said that terror followed her into adulthood. 36:14 And he said it gave me great satisfaction to be able 36:17 to tell my mom that first of all there is no sin 36:20 that's so bad that she could ever commit 36:22 that would be too bad for the grace of God. 36:24 And secondly there is 36:25 no eternal fire waiting for her. 36:28 When the film showed up in Spokane, 36:30 he flew up and took his mom to see it, 36:33 he said she's gonna cry all the way through it, 36:34 but she'll love it. 36:35 And he told me afterwards he said 36:37 we had a fabulous discussion about it afterwards. 36:40 Wow. 36:41 So tell us some more stories about 36:43 how this people are responding to this? 36:45 Sure, in St. Lina, we showed in the local theater 36:49 and we did a little survey afterwards ask people 36:52 to fill out a form and a note that came back to us 36:55 was from a person who have also been raised in a church 36:58 where she was taught eternal torment 37:00 and she said even as a child I couldn't understand 37:05 how a God who calls Himself 37:06 love could torment people for eternity in fire. 37:10 And she said you have confirmed my childhood beliefs 37:13 and I can hardly wait to tell my friends and family 37:15 and show them the film. 37:16 Wow. So has this film won any awards or? 37:21 We won a Platinum Award 37:22 at the Houston Film Festival last summer 37:26 and that's basically the highest award 37:28 that you can get in a category, it was the category for films 37:32 with the Christian theme. 37:33 And what's next? 37:35 Well, next is marketing 37:37 that's all we're working on right now, 37:38 and we want to just get it out there as far 37:41 and as wide as we can. 37:43 I believe that people are confused 37:46 about the character of God. 37:48 And if they think that God torments sinners 37:51 in fire for eternity, they have a wrong view of God. 37:55 And not only that, they are also open to lying spirits 37:59 if they believe that you are alive when you're dead, 38:01 they are open to lying spirits and I want people to know 38:04 what God is really like. 38:05 It breaks my heart that 38:06 they would think of Him in that way. 38:09 So it's a really important message 38:11 that you're trying to get out. 38:13 I believe it's foundational. 38:15 And we found even-- 38:18 we've gotten a very good response so far, 38:20 but occasionally we'll get a response from someone 38:22 who feels like we are watering down scripture, 38:25 if we take eternal torment away. 38:28 They believe it's taught in the Bible. 38:30 The movie is about a man name Edward Fudge, 38:32 a real man, it's based on his real story and he-- 38:36 the result of his research was a very thick book, 38:39 entitled the Fire that Consumes, 38:42 where he shows very clearly what the Bible teaches. 38:46 He himself believed in eternal torment 38:48 until he did that research and wrote that book. 38:51 And now he understands that God is much nicer than that. 38:54 So has he actually seen the movie 38:56 and what's his response to that? 38:57 Oh, he worked real closely with us, 38:59 you know, we worked with him to get his story 39:02 we-- he worked with us so as we developed the script 39:05 and when the first time he saw the movie 39:07 he cried all the way through it. 39:10 He loved it. 39:11 Well, thank you so much, this is exciting 39:14 and just one last thing 39:16 if people want to show this film in their community 39:19 what do they need to do? 39:20 Come to me or email me. 39:22 I have a little card with a website, 39:25 with all of the information for how to use that film, 39:29 how to bring it to your community 39:30 and we'll be happy to work with you. 39:32 We want you to bring it to your community. 39:34 We want your people to know what God is really like. 39:37 All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. 39:39 Thank you. 39:41 This is our offering in action segment, 39:45 and once again we are excited to hear 39:49 from our previous year project recipients 39:52 about the work that has been done 39:55 and to hear highlights from others 39:57 for this year's projects about what they plan to do. 40:01 So for right now we're actually going to hear 40:03 from Darryl Thompson, 40:05 he's from the Ellen G. White Estate, 40:07 and he's gonna give us a project report 40:10 on the digitization of Ellen G. White writings. 40:14 So give us some context 40:16 and tell us what was the current plan 40:19 or the original plan? 40:20 The original plan was 40:21 as many of you heard our Ellen G. White writing CD 40:25 and we had six different databases that we managed. 40:28 And we wanted to unify that. 40:30 So in 2007 we started working on bringing all the writings 40:34 into one electronic database. 40:37 And then in 2009 we said why not expand that? 40:42 To including all the languages of Ellen White, 40:46 that had been translated into one database 40:49 so that was the dream 40:51 and that's where we sort of heading to now. 40:53 So up to last year or give us some status update. 40:56 Where are we on the translations 40:58 and moving them into the online environment-- 41:03 Database, yeah. 41:06 Some of you may visit egwwritings.org 41:09 which is the website 41:11 in which we have all the writings available 41:14 and there are 58 languages out there. 41:16 At present we have 500 books available in the 58 languages. 41:22 In the past year with ASI funding, 41:24 we added another 35, the previous year we added 105. 41:30 This year we concentrated on adding languages 41:32 that people requested. 41:34 So we did some Slovak, Czech and 58 books in Korean. 41:40 And we stared working on the Japanese books as well. 41:44 And that is working in eight books in Arabic. 41:47 Those books are a lot harder to do 41:49 because if any of you have ever looked at Arabic script, 41:53 it's nothing like the Romanist characters that we have. 41:56 And so, that's what we've being working on. 41:59 And we've got like-- 42:00 we know there's about 2,000 translated books out there. 42:03 We've access to nearly 800 of them 42:07 and so far we've done 500 of what we're having. 42:10 That's a quite a feet, 42:12 you must have a large staff to work on all of this. 42:17 We have a decent size staff. 42:19 We have like 30 employees 42:22 that are scattered all across the globe. 42:25 And they are working on various parts of the project, yes. 42:29 Now, this seems to be the year of the apps, 42:31 something we've heard about 3ABN's apps, 42:33 we've heard about may be the sermons 42:37 that could be considered in the app store with AudioVerse, 42:41 just the whole lot of those things 42:42 we understand E.G. White has an app. 42:45 And so tell us a little bit about that 42:46 and then how you're working on moving the digitalization 42:51 on to the app for that availability. 42:55 Who here actually knows about EGW writings app and uses it? 42:59 Ah, good to see all those hands, yes. 43:01 So we have an android app, 43:03 EGW writings and that's available in 11 languages. 43:07 And then we have the iOS app 43:08 and that's available also in 11 languages. 43:11 Some of you may heard about iOS7 43:13 which is kind of be a big change. 43:15 We're working on a new app and a new interface for that. 43:18 I don't know if we'll coincide with this release, 43:20 but we're working towards that. 43:22 Okay, now I have to stop, 43:23 you said an iOS and that's not a language 43:25 that I'm familiar with, can you explain that a little bit? 43:27 Apple, you know. 43:29 Oh, sorry, it's okay. 43:31 Sorry, so if you have an iPhone or an iPad, 43:35 there's the new version gonna be coming out 43:37 and we're working on a total new interface 43:39 to integrate in with iOS7. 43:43 Now, some of you may liked-- 43:46 I don't know those android users out here, 43:48 but that is growing market in rapidly. 43:52 And a feature that we've had 43:53 for the last 18 months on android, 43:55 we gonna be bringing to iOS 43:57 and that is the ability to be able to play audio books 44:01 directly through the app. 44:02 This been one of our most popular features on android. 44:05 So if you in a book, you can just hit the play button 44:08 and you can start listening to the book. 44:11 We have about 50 books that have been recorded, 44:14 those that are not we use TTS which is text to speech, 44:17 so if you have a kindle reader 44:19 some of you might have heard of-- 44:21 you know, being able to tap and listen to the book 44:23 instead of having to read it. 44:24 A lot of people have loved it, especially young people 44:26 'cause they can be driving and drive time to work, 44:29 and they can just press play 44:31 and they can be listening to Desire of Ages 44:33 or Steps to Christ or Evangelism 44:35 or any book that they'd like to as they're driving to work. 44:38 So you don't have any down time, 44:39 you know, you can be listening to Ellen White all the time. 44:42 And so that's been really popular 44:44 and that will come to iOS. 44:46 The other big feature that a lot of people liked, 44:48 just you use as the study center in their app, 44:50 it will make step Bible studies out of it. 44:52 But it's locked on to that device. 44:54 So we're going to be looking at putting the app in the cloud, 44:58 so you'll be able to all your notes, 45:01 your bookmarks, and your highlights, 45:03 you be ought to move from I-- 45:04 you know, your iPad, your iPhone 45:06 or to your computer and take the study centers with you. 45:09 And best of all if you create a study center, 45:12 you'll be able to share that with other people as well. 45:15 So that's something that we are working 45:16 on the next 12 months and hope to bring out. 45:18 Great things on the horizon. 45:20 So tell us some why do this? 45:23 Why all of the effort and the expense 45:26 to have Ellen G. White writings available in that way? 45:31 I think if we asked anyone here 45:33 they could answer that question as well. 45:35 I mean this church has been 45:36 especially blessed by the writings of Ellen White. 45:39 You just have to look at the comments that come in 45:42 if any one of you ever looked in the comment section 45:43 or the emails that come in, and thank her much. 45:46 You know, back in 1991 45:48 I bought my first Ellen White CD for $500. 45:52 Now, we give it to you for free. 45:55 When I came to the White Estate in 2002 45:57 that was my mission to make it free, 45:59 to get partners like ASI, 46:01 people like you to contribute to the project, 46:04 so that we can make it to the world for free 46:06 because the words that are contained in there 46:09 cannot be replaced. 46:11 As I read it daily, it gives me the spiritual insight 46:15 that I need to be ought to get through that day 46:17 just like reading the Bible. 46:19 And the Spirit of Prophecy goes hand in hand 46:21 with the Bible that will lead us in one direction, 46:24 to His kingdom. 46:25 Darryl, thank you very much 46:26 and for allowing us to be partners with you in ministry. 46:29 Thank you. Thank you. 46:31 Coming to the podium now is Rene Metz. 46:35 He is the director for Maranatha O.S. 46:38 And I'm gonna ask Rene, 46:40 tell us exactly what you do with Maranatha O.S. 46:43 That's a little bit different than Maranatha 46:45 as we understand it here. 46:46 Absolutely, it is different Maranatha, 46:48 it's not the Maranatha International, 46:50 but it's just a coincidence in names 46:54 however I believe the purpose is the same. 46:56 So we are a supporting organization in-- 46:59 For the church in the Czech Republic 47:01 for Czechoslovakia Union 47:03 and our focus is to bring people to Jesus 47:06 so evangelism is our main focus. 47:08 And as such then the Youth for Jesus program 47:11 which is a project for this year, 47:13 falls under your banner, your responsibility. 47:14 Absolutely, absolutely, 47:16 Youth for Jesus is one of our main projects. 47:18 Tell us a little bit about 47:19 Youth for Jesus in the Czech Republic? 47:23 As all of you are familiar with Youth for Jesus program, 47:25 I don't believe I have to go into details, 47:27 but I would like to extend a thank you to ASI 47:32 because in Tampa, we brought a group of young people 47:35 to get excited, get motivated 47:38 and get ready to start the project 47:41 in the Czech Republic. 47:43 And since 2009 47:45 every summer we've had a group of young people 47:47 working in the project Youth for Jesus. 47:50 And our main goal in this project is 47:53 that we are trying to teach and motivate the churches 47:56 that this is not just a summer project, 47:59 but it is year around project, 48:01 it is not ASI's or Maranatha's project, 48:05 but it is their own project so we teach them 48:07 and motivate them to take it as their own, 48:10 so when the young people leave and go home, 48:13 the church-- the church members stay motivated 48:17 and they start to stay in unction. 48:19 Share with us a few of the specific challenges, 48:22 some of the things that are different 48:24 in the Czech Republic environment than here, 48:26 that you're faced with? 48:27 As we all know, as we all know 48:30 some of the challenges are similar, 48:33 but Europe is very secular continent. 48:37 Czech Republic is one of the most 48:39 secular countries of the world. 48:41 So one of the big challenges is 48:43 when the young people come to the door 48:45 and especially the new ones who have no experience, 48:48 it is very hard for them, 48:50 when they knock at the door and they get this very cold 48:52 and tough response, 48:54 so it is our job to motivate them, 48:56 to explain to them 48:58 and to prayerfully get over this challenge. 49:01 Also, in big cities 49:03 intellectual mindset is big challenge in Czech Republic 49:08 because for intellectual people 49:09 many times the simple salvation is way too simple, 49:13 it must be much more complicated, 49:15 so in the Bible studies it's kind of difficult to-- 49:19 to discuss with them, but by God's grace 49:22 He is speaking to those people as well. 49:24 And may be the last one which could be similar 49:27 across the world is this self prejudice thinking, 49:32 when you come to the door, 49:33 and you already think that you will be rejected, 49:36 and that's something we all have to pray for that 49:39 we've come to the door with expectation of blessing. 49:43 Yes. Yes, that's wonderful. 49:45 Tell us some, a few testimonies 49:47 or what are some of the activities that you may do 49:51 when I think we may have a couple of pictures 49:52 that will guide us through that-- 49:53 Absolutely, we do have a few pictures 49:55 so if--if we see them on the screen 49:57 this is a group of young people 49:59 that actually is meeting this year in Slovakia 50:02 in the city called Banska Bystrica. 50:05 The young people, on the next picture 50:07 we'll see are going to the squares, 50:10 they talk to people, they invite them 50:12 to health programs and to the evening meetings as well. 50:18 And on the next picture we have something that is exciting. 50:22 Wherever we go, we like to see young people being involved 50:26 and you see four young ladies, three of them are sisters, 50:30 one of them is named-- her name is Christina, 50:33 she came to the Youth for Jesus program 50:35 when she was 14 years old. 50:37 And that year she was also preaching the message. 50:40 And that was in 2010 50:41 and this year she brought with her two sisters as well, 50:45 so it is exciting to see that when somebody gets on fire, 50:50 will talk to someone else 50:52 and bring the young people with them, 50:53 so we're happy for that. 50:55 And just as a side note, this is really significant 50:59 because the young people are very kind of liberal 51:02 in their thinking and so it's difficult for them 51:05 to kind of get attached to spiritual things. 51:07 So to have them involved 51:08 in Youth for Jesus is pretty remarkable. 51:10 Absolutely. 51:12 For instance, I spoke with my colleague Yuri 51:14 who is running this project 51:16 and he told us that we've had few students 51:19 who came for one week and they said well, 51:21 after week I'm done, I'm going home. 51:23 They went home and in two days they were right back 51:26 decided that they want to stay 51:28 for the remaining of the program. 51:30 And you're right, Debbie, in the big cities 51:33 and that might be true for the whole world as well. 51:36 In the big cities we're struggling 51:38 with the liberal mindset 51:40 where young people are not much interested in spiritual things 51:45 and I'm thankful that the project Youth for Jesus 51:47 is really working on the minds of young people. 51:51 Tell us about the next picture, there's a young lady there? 51:54 This young lady, her name is Adela. 51:57 She actually happened-- 51:58 and we don't believe in accidents, do we? 52:00 But she actually happened to be at Youth for Jesus program 52:04 without even wanting to be there, so she ended up there. 52:08 And she went through the course of the program, 52:10 she got excited, 52:12 the Holy Spirit touched her heart 52:15 and she will be baptized this fall. 52:19 So Youth for Jesus is really touching 52:21 the hearts of young people, not only the people at the door 52:24 but people that are actually doing this service 52:27 and this mission and we're excited 52:30 that this has this double blessing. 52:32 It's a blessing to see people being baptized from outside, 52:35 but it's blessing to see our young people being converted, 52:39 having a new, a renewed experience with Jesus. 52:42 And that brings us to our last picture 52:44 which really kind of commentates 52:45 and gives us the reason why all of this is happening. 52:48 Absolutely. 52:50 In our union, 52:53 the youth in Prague is really struggling spiritually 52:56 and I've heard someone saying that someone said, 52:59 I'll give a big prize to someone 53:00 who will inspire young people to live a spiritual life, 53:05 to give them something spiritual. 53:07 And now this picture you saw Luke who was baptized. 53:10 He is the member of one of the Prague churches. 53:13 And my colleague Yuri 53:16 he started after starting the Youth for Jesus project. 53:18 He started a bible study group. 53:20 Every Friday there are meetings studying the Bible. 53:22 And this is really making a change 53:25 in the young people's lives and those people actually, 53:28 10 of them out of this year in Slovakia 53:31 being part of the Youth for Jesus program 53:34 and this young man was baptized as a result of Youth for Jesus 53:38 and following Bible study, so we praise God 53:42 for using this beautiful project 53:44 to change the lives of young people. 53:46 And Rene, thank you very much for letting us know 53:48 how we can be partners with you in ministry. 53:50 Thank you. Thank you. 53:54 Our next project report from last year 53:57 comes from the group NAPS 53:59 and I let them tell you what this-- 54:01 what NAPS stands for and this is Darla. 54:04 Good morning, NAPS is the National Association 54:08 for the Prevention of Starvation. 54:10 Tell us little bit about the project 54:12 that was funded for last year, 54:14 it was to build a wellness center 54:16 in a particular location. 54:17 Share with us a little bit about that? 54:19 Yes, the area we working in, 54:21 I don't know how familiar you are 54:24 with the Black Belt area, 54:26 but there is an area in the Southern US 54:28 called the Black Belt. 54:30 And this area is noted 54:32 for having the poorest education system, 54:38 medically deprived, 54:39 highest rates in mortality 54:42 dealing with multiple illnesses, 54:43 diabetes, hypertension, people dying needlessly, 54:47 one-- there's been cases where we've been working with-- 54:51 we have a clinic that's running there right now every Friday 54:55 and it's given us a taste of the area. 54:57 There was one day a patient came into the clinic 55:00 kind of staggering in 55:03 and as he entered he went into cardiac arrest. 55:06 The doctor and the NAPS doctor immediately came out 55:08 and we started calling 911. 55:11 We called once, twice, six times 55:16 before anybody ever answered the phone, 55:19 when they finally came, 55:22 when they finally came one of the things 55:25 the lady asked on 911 is it an old man 55:29 and then she put us on hold, 55:31 while she finished her conversation, 55:33 when they finally came the EMTs didn't really understand 55:36 what the doctor had done, they hadn't received training. 55:39 And in so situations like that people have said 55:43 that their mother was dead, they called 911, 55:46 their mother was dead for 45 minutes 55:48 before an ambulance came 55:49 and these people are begging not just for medical relief, 55:52 but spiritual, we believe that the medical message 55:55 is just an avenue for bringing Jesus Christ 55:58 and hastening His coming. 56:00 Now, you mentioned to me that the two young ladies 56:02 standing next to you that are participants in NAPS 56:06 that they work in the community 56:08 and the community just loves them. 56:11 And I want to know when I talk to-- 56:13 Kristin, why do people love you? 56:15 Well, the beautiful thing about that is 56:18 it's truly the love of God. 56:20 There is nothing of ourselves 56:22 that can attract anybody to us except for God's love, 56:26 and I'm-- as we work with the children 56:27 they see something is different in us, 56:29 that they can't see in their communities, 56:32 in their houses, they see the love of God 56:35 and the most important part is 56:37 we've had a privilege to be working in the schools there 56:40 as well as in the boys and girls club. 56:42 We do many children evangelistic work, 56:44 so basically we teach them 56:45 about the principles of our faith 56:47 and the children accepts it and they accept it 56:50 because they've received love 56:51 and if there is anything that I've truly learned 56:55 about drawing a community to Christ is through love. 56:58 So I praise God for that. 57:00 Genise, you had some remarkable experiences 57:03 working in that area. 57:04 Share with us a little bit about that? 57:06 Well, I know that another reason 57:08 that we've been able to receive 57:10 so much love from the communities, 57:11 we've been able to give love to them as well 57:13 and really become a family. 57:15 And the way that we've been able to do that 57:17 is like by going to their schools, 57:19 doing programs with their kids, going to their church services, 57:24 even just visiting them at their homes, 57:26 where we meet them, seeing them every once in a while, 57:28 we're showing them that we love them 57:30 and because of that they've been able-- 57:32 they've been more interested 57:34 in what we're doing at the wellness center. 57:36 Even though it's not finish, 57:37 the staff houses that are finished 57:39 have been having Bible studies every Friday night. 57:42 So people have been coming to the Bible studies, 57:44 fellowshipping with us 57:46 and being more comfortable with the idea 57:48 and bringing other friends and family with them as well. 57:51 I tell you NAPS keep doing what you are doing 57:53 and thank you for letting us 57:55 be in partnership with you in ministry. 57:58 Thank you. |
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