In the country of China,
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the situation of the lepers
has become a great tragedy.
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There are 600 colonies
and more then 250,000 lepers.
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The first time I saw the lepers
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and I looked upon their faces,
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I felt a great
pain inside my heart
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but I felt called to serve them
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because they are the
sons and daughters of God.
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These people were
abandoned by society
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and they feel
that they don't belong.
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Our goal is to
help them feel special,
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that they are loved,
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but we also want them to know
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that Jesus made the
ultimate sacrifice for them,
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that they are redeemed
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and they have
their kingdom for them.
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I went to China in 2006
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and saw the
situation with the lepers
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and found out
that not one Adventist
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was working to help them.
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I wanted to do
something to help.
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We are involved,
we've 18 projects,
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and we have more
than 70 volunteers.
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We live among the
people in the colony.
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We eat with them. We serve them.
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Jesus Christ served the people.
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He provided for their needs,
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that is what we
are trying to do here.
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We want to help these people,
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and to provide for their
needs, just like Jesus did.
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So far, 327 lepers
have been baptized.
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My goal is to
train these new converts
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to serve and help other lepers.
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The first time, we touch
the wounds of the lepers,
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it helps them to feel
that someone cares about them.
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Through this, we are showing
the love of Jesus to them.
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We are earning their trust.
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Something is happening.
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Something is happening in
China in the leper colonies.
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My name is Joy Cho
and this is Grace Lee
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and we are
missionary volunteers in China.
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God has given us a privilege
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of serving in
these lepers colonies.
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There are 600 leper colonies
in China with 240,000 lepers.
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Although they have
now taken the medication
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that stops the
spread of leprosy,
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they still suffer the effects.
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They need Jesus.
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Who will share Jesus with them?
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Our ministry has
about 100 volunteers
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and we are only in 10 out
of the 600 leper colonies.
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We need you.
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Jesus wants to
comeback very, very soon,
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but He needs us to fulfill
prophecy to become his remnant.
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In order to become the remnant,
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God has given us
a way to prepare.
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He's given us the
work of Isaiah 58.
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Guys, the work of Isaiah 58
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is helping
those who are in need,
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living among
them, working with them,
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serving them just as Jesus did.
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As we do the work of
Isaiah 58, He qualifies us,
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He cleanses us
from all of our sins.
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He gives us new characters
to become just like Jesus.
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It's been such a privilege,
about six and a half months ago,
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I went to China to
checkout the leper colonies
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because I wanted to
comeback to the States
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and recruit
people for mission trips,
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but with my one little
carryon luggage and my backpack,
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Jesus told me, you need to stay.
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Give up your job as
a teaching principal,
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come and stay.
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God has changed
my life completely.
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He's doing miraculous things.
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The Holy Spirit
is working mightily,
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not just in the lives
of the lepers who are open,
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they are soaking up the gospel
and the love that's shown.
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There's one
grandpa who's in his 80s.
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He's blind, uneducated,
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and yet he has memorized
large portions of scripture.
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Psalm Chapter
119, over 176 verses,
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he can recite
and that's just one.
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One of our Chinese volunteers
reads the Bible to him
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and he memorizes
it, he shares it,
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he sees it as his work.
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We have another
leper grandpa and he says,
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God has done two
miracles in my life.
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The first one is it
to restore my sight,
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so now I can read the
Bible and Spirit of Prophecy
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and the second is He healed,
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I wounded my leg
that I've had for a while
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but I believe that God will
do a third miracle in my life.
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He believes that
Jesus will heal his leg
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so that he can walk
again, for he is a cripple.
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God is doing mighty things.
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The work in China is
the work of God's appointing
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and what a privilege.
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This is my friend Grace
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and she's gonna share a
little bit more with you.
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You know, Sister White says
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in Councils on
Stewardship page 85, she says,
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"The leprosy of selfishness
has taken hold of the church."
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And that's us,
she says, "However,
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The Lord Jesus
Christ would heal the church
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of this terrible
disease if she would be healed."
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The remedy is found in
the 58th chapter of Isaiah.
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We would like to invite you guys
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to come and checkout the booth
at the expo just across the way
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and to find out
more information.
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But please come and learn more.
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God is working in powerful ways
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in China and
also around the world.
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Thank you.
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Good evening, GYC. Good evening.
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One of the most
exciting things to me
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about GYC is the amazing things
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that attendees do
throughout the year
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and this evening we're
gonna be featuring a project
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by Bass Memorial
Academy called Beyond Bass
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and so I want to turn
your attentions to the screen
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as we show you a quick video.
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I guess the big picture
goal is to pass our books to--
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pass out 'The Great Controversy'
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that is to everyone in
the area surrounding Bass
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which is Lumberton, Purvis,
Pipersville and Hydesburg
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There is a great
need in our world
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and as we went door to
door, we saw that even more.
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Now more then ever,
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Satan has employed
agencies and employed tactics
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to lead people away from Christ.
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It talks about the war
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that's going on
between God and Satan
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and this time it's we're
like living in the last days
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and so people need
to know and understand
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what really happened
and what's really going on.
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If you want to pass
"The Great Controversy"
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in your town, my
best suggestion for you
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is to just ask for donations,
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find the money, raise the money,
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get the books and
just go out there.
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Beyond Bass started
when we were in class
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and the teacher
started explaining
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that she
couldn't sleep that night.
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She told us that she
was gonna teach everything
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that we were gonna
supposed to do second semester.
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She told us the plan was to give
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The Great Controversy
out to everyone in Lumberton.
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This is what God
brought to my mind
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and I started
writing the numbers
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on the board of how many homes
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there were in
the surrounding towns
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and basically saying what if we,
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as a this small class
get to this area first
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and in the next year the
next one and we continue on.
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Well, I was in my office one day
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and my Bible
teacher comes in and says,
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I have an idea and it's
a little out of the box,
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but I want to see
what you think of it.
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When I first heart of that,
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I really didn't
know what to expect.
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Miss Chelsy was
explaining it out,
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like oh you know,
this could be fun,
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it could be interesting,
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but then, you know, I
was also kind of nervous
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like I don't know how I
feel about going door to door.
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Door to door I was like no.
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I don't do that.
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At first I
thought it was impossible,
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first to do it 'cause
we had a really small class
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and it was just
like, all 14 of us.
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So went through with
the training in the class,
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I gave them a canvas and I said,
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okay, you guys need to do this.
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We just started
reading with the person
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and just
practicing back and forth
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and kind of memorized it,
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which actually
took it quick on that.
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They started calling people.
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They raised all the
money for the books.
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They started making maps,
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here's the areas
we're gonna cover.
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They just took ownership of it.
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The money really
wasn't the hard part.
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We probably knocked that
out in about a week or two.
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We had all the money
that we needed for the books.
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The hard part was
getting out there.
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The other part of the
project was to read the book.
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And I was-at first, I
thought it's you know,
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it's gonna be
really, really long
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and but actually
it went by pretty fast
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and you know, you
learn a lot of new things.
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I hadn't really read
the Great Controversy.
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I mean, I read
bits and parts of it
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but now I'm going
through the whole book,
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chapter by chapter.
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I thought it really
was awesome, I loved it.
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I mean, the beginning was
history and I like history.
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We had to pick a chapter
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and present it
for a class period,
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about 40 minute class
period and then assign homework,
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that was one way
where we had to make
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The Great
Controversy kind of ours.
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It made it a whole lot
easier to just to give the book
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because when people ask you,
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you know, what's the book about?
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You know, I say,
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you know, it was a lot
easier to explain to them
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and tell them what it was.
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Because we didn't
knew The Great Controversy
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and still having
the same end to it,
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it had in the beginning like
I don't want to share this with.
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I couldn't have the attitude
because I know it's in here
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and I know that
everyone needs to read it.
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Once you've read
it then it's like
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you won't want
to not give it out.
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Going door to door, passing
out The Great Controversy was--
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it basically like being a part
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of The Great
Controversy kind of.
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It was like becoming a
part of the book almost.
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So just last year, 14 students,
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a small little class,
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each student gave out
about 50 books in the community.
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They covered an
entire town near us
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and now this
year, this year's class
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is going to cover the next town.
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Imagine if every person at GYC
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went home and said I'm
gonna give out 50 books,
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that's only in half of the year,
the whole year, a 100 books.
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Imagine what
that would accomplish.
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Hi, my name is Phil Wilhelm,
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I'm the Principal of
Bass Memorial Academy.
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And I cannot tell
you how excited I was
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when my Bible teacher
brought this idea to me
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and I want to
encourage each one here
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that might have a similar idea
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that is waiting
on somebody else.
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The leadership is anxious
to have people bring ideas.
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They are 100% behind it
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if somebody will
just do the work.
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The money is there and
I just want to encourage
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each of you in that respect.
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I've Amber and
Rayford here with me tonight
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and they would like to share it
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from their
perspective about this project.
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Okay, how many of
you have ever handed out
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or sold A Great Controversy?
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Okay.
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Well, I have
canvassed for three summers.
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I was able to sell and
give out A Great Controversy
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and for me it was good
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but I never got into
actually read the book myself.
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And so Beyond
Bass actually gave me
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the opportunity to
be able to read it.
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Several times, I
was enjoying the book
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with friends and family.
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I was able to
actually get into the book.
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I was able to see God
in a whole different light.
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A lot of people see
God as some harsh person
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but I was actually
able to see God's love.
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And so-- one thing I
want to challenge you
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about is to go
home, to read it yourself
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and to actually make
it a part of your life.
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Now, how many you
have actually read
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The Great Controversy?
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Hey, good. A lot
of you, that's great.
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I had read it before actually
as a challenge at another GYC.
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David Asscherick in one
of his last seminars of--
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the session that he had
challenged everyone to go out
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and read the whole entire
conflict of the ages series.
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I believe this was in
Houston if I'm not mistaken.
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And I took that to heart
and I made sure I read the book.
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Didn't do much with it though,
it was a lot of good knowledge.
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A lot of knowledge that
helped my own personal life
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but I didn't share it until this
project started and from there,
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it was truly for
me it was amazing
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because it was a
step into the book,
00:25:40.08\00:25:44.67
into the story, into
reality, making myself
00:25:44.70\00:25:49.10
not only just a person who
saw the whole entire picture
00:25:49.13\00:25:53.73
that God wanted us to see
00:25:53.76\00:25:54.79
but made myself a part
of the whole entire reality
00:25:54.82\00:25:58.97
that's playing out around
us and fought on God's side
00:25:59.00\00:26:01.86
and passing out the
book giving other people
00:26:01.89\00:26:04.90
the opportunity
to learn of the truth
00:26:04.93\00:26:07.05
and make their own choice
00:26:07.08\00:26:08.56
and become a part of
The Great Controversy also.
00:26:08.59\00:26:11.27
So I challenge you guys
to-- in your own churches,
00:26:11.30\00:26:15.79
in your own schools, pass out
00:26:15.82\00:26:20.24
The Great
Controversy, people need it.
00:26:20.27\00:26:23.47
So Beyond Bass, I'm
so excited about it.
00:26:23.50\00:26:25.84
I'm gonna use the last of
my voice to appeal to you.
00:26:25.87\00:26:29.58
This project has
been so inspiring,
00:26:29.61\00:26:31.76
reading the book,
passing it out to people,
00:26:31.79\00:26:35.48
giving The
Great Controversy out,
00:26:35.51\00:26:36.79
it's not a new
concept but reading it
00:26:36.82\00:26:40.26
and going to the
doors as students will say,
00:26:40.29\00:26:41.83
hi, I'm reading this
book and it's blessing me,
00:26:41.86\00:26:44.69
so we've raised the
money to give you one for free.
00:26:44.72\00:26:47.33
We didn't have people
who were turning us away,
00:26:47.36\00:26:49.53
they were excited to see that.
00:26:49.56\00:26:51.50
I want to
encourage you to go home,
00:26:51.53\00:26:54.10
to read The Great Controversy
00:26:54.13\00:26:56.02
and then to go
beyond your school,
00:26:56.05\00:26:57.76
beyond your
church, beyond your home
00:26:57.79\00:27:00.32
as we're working
to go Beyond Bass.
00:27:00.35\00:27:02.42
What if, imagine--
what if all of us at GYC,
00:27:02.45\00:27:06.23
we go beyond what
we're comfortable with
00:27:06.26\00:27:09.39
and we go beyond
and we cover our area.
00:27:09.42\00:27:11.46
Look how we showed that map,
00:27:11.49\00:27:12.85
look how quickly
that area could be covered
00:27:12.88\00:27:15.06
if we're willing to go beyond
our area to share this message.
00:27:15.09\00:27:19.45
How many of you would be willing
00:27:19.48\00:27:22.07
to go home to
read it if you haven't
00:27:22.10\00:27:24.61
and to share
this book with others.
00:27:24.64\00:27:25.78
Raise your hand.
00:27:25.81\00:27:27.48
God wants to use us
to share this message.
00:27:27.51\00:27:30.52
If you want to
join in the project
00:27:30.55\00:27:32.90
or learn more
about it, come see us,
00:27:32.93\00:27:34.63
we're in row 200,
we've a booth there.
00:27:34.66\00:27:37.12
If you can't
find us, look for it,
00:27:37.15\00:27:38.18
it is written and then
come find us to the left.
00:27:38.21\00:27:40.61
Come see us, we'll love for
you to be part of this project
00:27:40.64\00:27:44.53
to go beyond to
share God's word.
00:27:44.56\00:27:46.85
With me this evening, I
have a new friend Elder Knott
00:27:51.97\00:27:56.83
and he's part of one
of the most historic parts
00:27:56.86\00:27:59.91
of the Adventist Church.
00:27:59.94\00:28:01.14
Can you tell us a
little bit about that?
00:28:01.17\00:28:03.11
Well, you're not sure
you want to be telling
00:28:03.14\00:28:04.93
teens and young
adults that you're really old
00:28:04.96\00:28:07.75
but at 165 years
old, the Adventist Review
00:28:07.78\00:28:11.60
is still the
newest thing in the church
00:28:11.63\00:28:14.03
because if you
go to your website,
00:28:14.06\00:28:16.28
you will see this week's
edition of the Adventist Review,
00:28:16.31\00:28:18.93
all unlocked there
with the freshest news,
00:28:18.96\00:28:21.41
the newest content.
00:28:21.44\00:28:22.47
So it's very old but very new.
00:28:22.50\00:28:26.63
Now the Adventist Review is
particularly interesting to me
00:28:26.66\00:28:29.60
because I've been
involved in the publishing work
00:28:29.63\00:28:31.34
for the last few years.
00:28:31.37\00:28:32.92
My grandma has read
your magazine multiple times,
00:28:32.95\00:28:34.88
my mom reads it as well.
00:28:34.91\00:28:36.53
But what do you
think is the largest impact
00:28:36.56\00:28:38.57
or what excites you
the most about the Review?
00:28:38.60\00:28:42.14
The Review is designed to
gather the scattered flock.
00:28:42.17\00:28:46.59
That was James
White's original term.
00:28:46.62\00:28:48.90
He saw this
magazine designed to connect
00:28:48.93\00:28:51.48
Adventists all around the globe.
00:28:51.51\00:28:53.45
You may remember Ellen
White's great vision of the 1848
00:28:53.48\00:28:56.51
before the
magazine was published.
00:28:56.54\00:28:58.14
She said, she saw it
going like streams of light
00:28:58.17\00:29:01.20
clear around the world.
00:29:01.23\00:29:02.57
Well, today, Adventist Review
00:29:02.60\00:29:03.90
and Adventist world
reach 165 countries,
00:29:03.93\00:29:08.00
about eight million Adventists
every month read the magazine
00:29:08.03\00:29:11.87
or within the
reach of the magazine.
00:29:11.90\00:29:13.86
We get to see and
hear those stories of it
00:29:13.89\00:29:16.03
connecting
Adventists to each other
00:29:16.06\00:29:18.29
and to the central
truths of Adventism,
00:29:18.32\00:29:20.49
that's what makes it
fun to go to work everyday.
00:29:20.52\00:29:22.67
Now you're telling me
that happens on a weekly basis.
00:29:22.70\00:29:25.31
Adventist Review is
published every week,
00:29:25.34\00:29:27.99
it's been doing that
for all those years, 165.
00:29:28.02\00:29:31.02
Adventist World is
published once a month
00:29:31.05\00:29:33.64
and that literally
goes around the globe
00:29:33.67\00:29:36.06
fulfilling that
vision of Ellen White's
00:29:36.09\00:29:37.80
and carrying
news and inspiration
00:29:37.83\00:29:40.15
to millions of Adventists.
00:29:40.18\00:29:41.51
I've never had a chance to meet
00:29:41.54\00:29:42.98
but on one day I'm
going to meet in the kingdom
00:29:43.01\00:29:44.57
and there's gonna
be more of them there
00:29:44.60\00:29:46.58
because of the
ministry, these magazines.
00:29:46.61\00:29:48.20
So outside of
informing Adventist
00:29:48.23\00:29:49.77
on what's going
on in the church,
00:29:49.80\00:29:51.44
what are the other impacts
that the Review is having?
00:29:51.47\00:29:54.56
You know, we
particularly appreciate
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.68
the opportunity to reach
out and draw young authors
00:29:56.71\00:30:00.28
into the ministry
of these two magazines,
00:30:00.31\00:30:02.31
specifically, Adventist Review.
00:30:02.34\00:30:04.54
Everywhere I go, I
meet people who say,
00:30:04.57\00:30:06.51
you know, Bill, I think
the Lord's been giving me
00:30:06.54\00:30:08.58
some talent to write,
I've certainly got some ideas
00:30:08.61\00:30:10.97
I'm passionate about.
00:30:11.00\00:30:12.26
One of the jobs
I have is to go out
00:30:12.29\00:30:14.10
and find those
teens and young adults
00:30:14.13\00:30:16.80
at every
convention I go to and say,
00:30:16.83\00:30:18.60
if you want to
write, come find me.
00:30:18.63\00:30:20.68
I'm hearing the hauls,
I'll give you my business card
00:30:20.71\00:30:23.17
and the email address
works, you'll reach me directly.
00:30:23.20\00:30:26.02
An opportunity to learn about
00:30:26.05\00:30:27.63
what God is doing
impressing your heart,
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.94
to write for the magazine,
to write for publication.
00:30:29.97\00:30:32.74
God never wastes the
ideas he gives His people.
00:30:32.77\00:30:36.05
And if He's given you something
you're passionate about,
00:30:36.08\00:30:38.31
we'd love to be the ones
00:30:38.34\00:30:39.67
who help you
get that into print.
00:30:39.70\00:30:42.00
You will notice as you
look through our magazine
00:30:42.03\00:30:43.79
sitting on your chairs tonight,
00:30:43.82\00:30:45.08
that we feature
some of the biggest
00:30:45.11\00:30:46.77
and best names in Adventism.
00:30:46.80\00:30:48.56
Our cover story
by Shawn Boonstra.
00:30:48.59\00:30:50.61
Editorial by Mark Finley
who's on my staff I might add.
00:30:50.64\00:30:54.46
We feature
columnists like Cliff Goldstein
00:30:54.49\00:30:57.11
and Andy
McChesney and Jill Morikone.
00:30:57.14\00:31:00.12
We do that
because these are authors
00:31:00.15\00:31:02.18
who found fresh original
ways to communicate truth.
00:31:02.21\00:31:05.37
Our readers tell us,
00:31:05.40\00:31:06.48
this is helping us
in our spiritual life.
00:31:06.51\00:31:08.85
So, Elder Knott, you're saying,
00:31:08.88\00:31:09.91
if we'd have Bachelors in
Journalism or Communication
00:31:09.94\00:31:13.19
then we can write and submit
to the Review, is that correct?
00:31:13.22\00:31:15.95
You don't need anything
like a degree like that.
00:31:15.98\00:31:18.00
What you need to do is
00:31:18.03\00:31:19.06
to be able to put an
English sentence together
00:31:19.09\00:31:21.27
and have something
you're passionate about.
00:31:21.30\00:31:23.39
Editors like to
do work with people.
00:31:23.42\00:31:25.74
Don't send us everything
after it's all polished,
00:31:25.77\00:31:28.41
we'll be out of a job.
00:31:28.44\00:31:29.81
Editors like to work with you,
00:31:29.84\00:31:31.25
develop ideas with
you, and we make sure
00:31:31.28\00:31:33.89
that what comes
out under your name
00:31:33.92\00:31:35.70
is your work, not ours.
00:31:35.73\00:31:37.60
So you're
telling any attendee here
00:31:37.63\00:31:39.22
can submit something
to you for editorial work?
00:31:39.25\00:31:41.37
Absolutely. I welcome that.
00:31:41.40\00:31:43.45
I know that a number of you,
00:31:43.48\00:31:44.73
God has laid a
burden on your heart.
00:31:44.76\00:31:46.70
Come find me
over the next two days
00:31:46.73\00:31:48.50
here at this conference.
00:31:48.53\00:31:49.65
I'll give you my business card
or go to adventistreview.org.
00:31:49.68\00:31:53.51
Really simple, you're gonna see
00:31:53.54\00:31:54.93
one of the freshest
websites in the church.
00:31:54.96\00:31:58.51
It is also one of the
largest websites of the church.
00:31:58.54\00:32:01.60
Adventist news
refreshed every 12 hours.
00:32:01.63\00:32:03.92
You will find
writers' guidelines there.
00:32:03.95\00:32:05.63
They'll give you
ideas how to write for us,
00:32:05.66\00:32:08.19
how to get what
you're passionate about
00:32:08.22\00:32:09.93
into these magazines.
00:32:09.96\00:32:11.16
So adventistreview.org
00:32:11.19\00:32:12.77
is a place where
we all can connect,
00:32:12.80\00:32:14.15
to send in and
submit articles to you?
00:32:14.18\00:32:16.19
Absolutely and this
week, it is all unlocked,
00:32:16.22\00:32:19.95
all free to everyone at GYC
00:32:19.98\00:32:22.07
and literally
everyone around the globe.
00:32:22.10\00:32:23.99
Once a year, we unlock
the magazine to make sure
00:32:24.02\00:32:26.81
that everyone who comes
to GYC gets an opportunity
00:32:26.84\00:32:29.51
to see everything that's there.
00:32:29.54\00:32:31.11
Search the
archives, go back and find out
00:32:31.14\00:32:33.61
if your grand
parents were missionaries.
00:32:33.64\00:32:35.90
Where they served in the church,
00:32:35.93\00:32:37.28
you can find
historical records there.
00:32:37.31\00:32:39.49
You can also find
high quality writing,
00:32:39.52\00:32:42.02
ideas that provoke you
and help increase your witness
00:32:42.05\00:32:45.52
for the Lord and
to His soon coming.
00:32:45.55\00:32:47.99
So I want to
encourage all of you.
00:32:48.02\00:32:49.05
Why don't we
checkout adventistreview.org.
00:32:49.08\00:32:51.93
Checkout the magazine,
00:32:51.96\00:32:53.13
that's gonna inform with
what's happening in our church
00:32:53.16\00:32:54.91
and also submit the articles
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.54
that God has laid on
your heart to Elder Knott
00:32:56.57\00:32:59.30
and I'm sure he
would love to read them.
00:32:59.33\00:33:01.11
I look forward to
seeing you in the hall
00:33:01.14\00:33:03.31
and seeing you in the kingdom
00:33:03.34\00:33:04.90
because you're
reading the material
00:33:04.93\00:33:06.76
God's putting in
front of you. Thank you.
00:33:06.79\00:33:10.41
Good evening GYC. Good evening.
00:33:10.44\00:33:12.98
Then you like the
sound of that rain?
00:33:13.01\00:33:15.45
Sounds really good tonight
00:33:15.48\00:33:17.05
but it would be really
bad tomorrow, why is that?
00:33:17.08\00:33:21.05
Because we have Outreach.
00:33:21.08\00:33:22.50
If you look at your--
00:33:22.53\00:33:23.56
if you look at
the weather channel,
00:33:23.59\00:33:24.69
there's a window of time
00:33:24.72\00:33:26.48
where there's no
rain and that's tomorrow.
00:33:26.51\00:33:29.29
We're gonna tell you a little
bit about Outreach tonight,
00:33:29.32\00:33:31.74
but first I'm gonna tell you
00:33:31.77\00:33:32.80
a little bit of
something about how Outreach
00:33:32.83\00:33:34.61
has actually
already happened. Michel?
00:33:34.64\00:33:37.43
When the executive committee
decided on Before Men and Angels
00:33:37.46\00:33:40.29
as the theme for
this year's conference,
00:33:40.32\00:33:41.83
we thought it would be
so great if we passed out
00:33:41.86\00:33:45.04
The Great
Controversy at a conference
00:33:45.07\00:33:47.17
that's all about
The Great Controversy.
00:33:47.20\00:33:49.51
So we teamed up with
Pacific press to come up
00:33:49.54\00:33:51.46
with a good looking, attractive,
unabridged Great Controversy
00:33:51.49\00:33:55.31
that we could hand out
at this year's conference
00:33:55.34\00:33:56.91
and many of you have
stopped by our booth,
00:33:56.94\00:33:58.90
have already seen our new
design of this controversy.
00:33:58.93\00:34:02.82
But what's interesting
and what's a little funny
00:34:02.85\00:34:05.28
is that even
before I or any members
00:34:05.31\00:34:08.13
of the executive
committee could get our hands
00:34:08.16\00:34:10.22
on this new edition of the GC,
00:34:10.25\00:34:12.84
our press contact
had already given away
00:34:12.87\00:34:16.20
a copy to his neighbor.
00:34:16.23\00:34:17.84
So the very
first copy of this GC
00:34:17.87\00:34:19.68
that many of
you've held in your hands
00:34:19.71\00:34:21.67
was not given away to
a member of our church
00:34:21.70\00:34:25.81
but it was actually given away
to our press contact's neighbor
00:34:25.84\00:34:30.52
who is not Adventist.
00:34:30.55\00:34:31.58
So from the very beginning,
00:34:31.61\00:34:32.71
this was created
as a sharing resource.
00:34:32.74\00:34:35.74
Amen.
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.30
I've a confession to make.
00:34:37.33\00:34:39.33
I've never actually
been on Outreach at GYC.
00:34:39.36\00:34:44.72
I've always gotten my
students on to the buses
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.32
and then there was
nothing left for me
00:34:47.35\00:34:48.69
or I've been working for GYC.
00:34:48.72\00:34:50.37
But guess what's
going to happen tomorrow?
00:34:50.40\00:34:53.32
I'm going on Outreach
and I hope you're going, too.
00:34:53.35\00:34:58.00
We're gonna show you
the video one more time
00:34:58.03\00:34:59.86
to help you prepare
for Outreach tomorrow.
00:34:59.89\00:35:02.42
Just tomorrow,
you can pick them up
00:36:46.29\00:36:47.57
at breakfast if
you have a meal plan
00:36:47.60\00:36:49.45
and meet us here
in this auditorium.
00:36:49.48\00:36:51.81
But if you noticed in the video,
00:36:51.84\00:36:54.16
there's not only the possibility
of you going door to door.
00:36:54.19\00:36:57.82
Eric, can you tell
us a little bit about
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.50
what else may
happen for our attendees?
00:36:59.53\00:37:01.19
All right, well, so Outreach
has nine different ministries
00:37:01.22\00:37:05.36
or ways that we
reach the community
00:37:05.39\00:37:06.81
and you will be
able to participate
00:37:06.84\00:37:08.05
in several of them.
00:37:08.08\00:37:09.57
Just some examples, one
of them is Hospital Ministry.
00:37:09.60\00:37:12.69
Hospital Ministry, what we do
is we actually go room to room,
00:37:12.72\00:37:15.97
we sing a song or
two for the patient.
00:37:16.00\00:37:19.14
We... pray with
them and then we--
00:37:19.17\00:37:23.47
if the opportunity arises,
00:37:23.50\00:37:24.79
we stay back to create
a relationship with them.
00:37:24.82\00:37:27.72
We're also going to
a section 8 complex,
00:37:27.75\00:37:29.91
we've been there for a year now
00:37:29.94\00:37:32.81
and we're gonna be
using this as a way
00:37:32.84\00:37:34.70
to thank them for letting
us be there for that year.
00:37:34.73\00:37:39.75
We're gonna be
in the nursing home
00:37:39.78\00:37:41.02
creating
relationships with them.
00:37:41.05\00:37:42.18
They hardly get any
visitors at all, so be there.
00:37:42.21\00:37:45.44
So would you like to know
00:37:45.47\00:37:46.50
how to go on one
of the service buses?
00:37:46.53\00:37:49.56
It's completely random.
00:37:49.59\00:37:53.07
As you load the buses,
00:37:53.10\00:37:55.09
you may or may not be on
one of the service buses.
00:37:55.12\00:37:57.86
It's about a one in six chance.
00:37:57.89\00:38:00.06
Tell us a little
bit about the follow up
00:38:00.09\00:38:02.16
this all has been
planned here in Orlando.
00:38:02.19\00:38:03.95
I'd be glad to.
00:38:03.98\00:38:05.28
So now it doesn't matter
00:38:05.31\00:38:06.58
what bus you get
into because we need help
00:38:06.61\00:38:09.58
for the initial follow up
00:38:09.61\00:38:11.03
but also for the
long term follow up.
00:38:11.06\00:38:13.65
So first about
the initial follow up.
00:38:13.68\00:38:16.11
On your buses, there
will be a sign up sheet.
00:38:16.14\00:38:19.46
We need at least
five people per bus
00:38:19.49\00:38:23.55
but not limited to five people,
00:38:23.58\00:38:25.29
so we want everyone to help up
00:38:25.32\00:38:26.83
because what we need to do
00:38:26.86\00:38:28.20
is to call everyone of those
contacts that we've established
00:38:28.23\00:38:32.18
so that they know that
we are reaching out to them.
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.59
We want to make sure we
break a ground with them
00:38:34.62\00:38:37.52
and tell them that
there will be more things
00:38:37.55\00:38:40.81
coming up to follow up with them
00:38:40.84\00:38:43.04
and that leads me
to the second thing.
00:38:43.07\00:38:45.45
There is a long term follow up
00:38:45.48\00:38:47.02
that we need to do
for Central Florida.
00:38:47.05\00:38:49.95
How many of you
live here in Orlando...
00:38:49.98\00:38:53.17
in the Central Florida region?
00:38:53.20\00:38:54.53
I know there's more of
you out there, come on.
00:38:54.56\00:38:57.28
This is my first year at GYC
00:38:57.31\00:38:59.38
and I was
excited to get out here.
00:38:59.41\00:39:01.63
I'm excited to participate
in Outreach and Evangelism.
00:39:01.66\00:39:05.30
So I know there's
more of us out there,
00:39:05.33\00:39:07.42
but anyway, the
long term follow up--
00:39:07.45\00:39:11.00
what we're gonna do is
actually create a workshop
00:39:11.03\00:39:13.70
to train people as
community missionaries.
00:39:13.73\00:39:17.43
This way, you
can keep in contact
00:39:17.46\00:39:19.13
with those that you've met,
00:39:19.16\00:39:20.69
that you knocked on
doors with and hopefully
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.65
minister to them
for the long term.
00:39:22.68\00:39:25.26
Isn't that exciting? Amen.
00:39:25.29\00:39:27.07
Oh, come on, this
is what it's about.
00:39:27.10\00:39:29.52
Establishing long term
relationships with people
00:39:29.55\00:39:32.60
so that when you
get to the kingdom,
00:39:32.63\00:39:34.68
you can see him and say,
hey, I knocked on your door.
00:39:34.71\00:39:38.97
I gave you that
Great Controversy
00:39:39.00\00:39:41.78
and we can all
say, praise the Lord.
00:39:41.81\00:39:44.31
So remember that.
00:39:44.34\00:39:45.37
I just took
quickly to announce that.
00:39:45.40\00:39:47.28
The workshop is
actually next weekend,
00:39:47.31\00:39:49.47
January 11, at
Kress Memorial Church.
00:39:49.50\00:39:52.94
And we'll have more information
at the Irish side booths
00:39:52.97\00:39:55.79
and also the Salt booths.
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.02
So if you have any
questions, go to those booths
00:39:57.05\00:39:59.10
and we'll give
you more information.
00:39:59.13\00:40:00.61
And you know, there's not
time but there is even more.
00:40:00.64\00:40:02.55
They are planning
an evangelistic series.
00:40:02.58\00:40:04.34
There's a lot
going on to follow up
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.48
where you're going
to be doing tomorrow.
00:40:06.51\00:40:08.51
Tell us what
it's like at a door?
00:40:08.54\00:40:11.50
Yes, for those of you
00:40:11.53\00:40:12.56
who have gone
door to door before,
00:40:12.59\00:40:14.06
you know that personal labor
00:40:14.09\00:40:15.95
is one of the most
awesome experiences.
00:40:15.98\00:40:18.43
You are going one
on one to these people
00:40:18.46\00:40:21.17
and meeting them
right where they are at.
00:40:21.20\00:40:22.42
You're meeting people
who probably wouldn't walk
00:40:22.45\00:40:24.99
into the evangelistic series
on their own or into church,
00:40:25.02\00:40:28.23
but there are people
out there that are open
00:40:28.26\00:40:29.77
but may be they just haven't
gone to church or whatever.
00:40:29.80\00:40:32.26
But when they see you,
00:40:32.29\00:40:33.49
a young person
that's smiling and happy,
00:40:33.52\00:40:36.15
it gives them a
different idea of Christianity
00:40:36.18\00:40:38.96
and they are actually
a lot more open about it.
00:40:38.99\00:40:41.61
And so we're gonna go tomorrow.
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.24
We're gonna be loading
55 buses to go into Orlando,
00:40:43.27\00:40:46.28
door to door and we're-could
be passing out globe.
00:40:46.31\00:40:49.27
This is what
David Asscherick wrote
00:40:49.30\00:40:51.32
about his personal experience
with The Great Controversy,
00:40:51.35\00:40:54.25
but we're gonna be doing
something different as well.
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.49
We're gonna be
leaving The Great Controversy
00:40:56.52\00:40:58.22
on a donation basis.
00:40:58.25\00:41:00.55
So we'll be training you
guys tomorrow on what to do.
00:41:00.58\00:41:04.09
We actually have
these training cards.
00:41:04.12\00:41:05.78
So as you can
see, they are small.
00:41:05.81\00:41:07.42
It's not rocket
science. It's very simple.
00:41:07.45\00:41:09.73
It will be an
easy training tomorrow.
00:41:09.76\00:41:12.12
You can actually pick these
up at the glow booth tonight.
00:41:12.15\00:41:15.87
So you can actually start
00:41:15.90\00:41:17.14
training and
memorizing the canvas.
00:41:17.17\00:41:19.28
I just want to
encourage you guys to come
00:41:19.31\00:41:20.90
because there
are people out there
00:41:20.93\00:41:22.05
that you're gonna
reach that will probably
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.59
not be reached
if we didn't go out.
00:41:23.62\00:41:25.72
Now I don't want
you to be intimidated
00:41:25.75\00:41:27.79
by raising
money for two reasons.
00:41:27.82\00:41:29.42
One, if we don't raise money
00:41:29.45\00:41:31.56
SALT is not going to be able
to follow up on the contacts.
00:41:31.59\00:41:35.25
So we need to raise money.
00:41:35.28\00:41:36.77
But more importantly,
there's someone out there
00:41:36.80\00:41:39.29
that needs to be touched.
00:41:39.32\00:41:40.61
There's someone out
there that needs to be touched.
00:41:40.64\00:41:42.10
Can you tell us your experience?
00:41:42.13\00:41:44.80
One hot summer
in Holt, Michigan.
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.39
I was big
booking and big booking
00:41:47.42\00:41:50.42
is where you sell The
Conflict of the Ages series,
00:41:50.45\00:41:53.05
the big blue books.
00:41:53.08\00:41:54.68
And I knocked on one door
on three different occasions.
00:41:54.71\00:41:58.64
The first time I knocked,
00:41:58.67\00:41:59.78
a young
gentleman answered the door
00:41:59.81\00:42:02.17
and unexcitedly
brushed me off to his mother.
00:42:02.20\00:42:05.17
I went in and she greeted
me, fed me, what a blessing.
00:42:05.20\00:42:09.89
I showed her the books
and she was so interested,
00:42:09.92\00:42:13.30
she said, can you get
these to me in Spanish?
00:42:13.33\00:42:16.28
I said sure. I'll comeback.
00:42:16.31\00:42:18.73
I came back the second time,
00:42:18.76\00:42:20.69
but unfortunately the
books in Spanish hadn't arrived.
00:42:20.72\00:42:23.79
So I still
went, I talked to her,
00:42:23.82\00:42:25.95
made good friends
with her and also spoke
00:42:25.98\00:42:28.11
some more with her
son who was planning
00:42:28.14\00:42:29.82
to move to
California to be an actor.
00:42:29.85\00:42:33.28
I left and on
the third occasion,
00:42:33.31\00:42:35.17
I finally came back, I came
and I had the Spanish books,
00:42:35.20\00:42:39.83
but his mother was
not home, he was home.
00:42:39.86\00:42:43.02
So I started talking
to this young gentleman.
00:42:43.05\00:42:45.22
He invited me in and I
showed him the books that I had.
00:42:45.25\00:42:48.43
And do you what book
he was interested in?
00:42:48.46\00:42:51.29
The Great Controversy
and also Steps to Christ.
00:42:51.32\00:42:54.49
He was so
interested and he's like wow.
00:42:54.52\00:42:56.99
I started telling him
about the book and he asked me,
00:42:57.02\00:43:00.27
where can I
learn more about this?
00:43:00.30\00:43:01.97
I said, well, hey, are you
interested in Bible studies?
00:43:02.00\00:43:04.41
He said, yes, of course.
00:43:04.44\00:43:05.69
Is it free? Do I pay them?
00:43:05.72\00:43:06.98
Like, no, no, no, no charge.
00:43:07.01\00:43:09.21
But we can have a
Bible study this week.
00:43:09.24\00:43:11.71
That same week, at
the end of the week,
00:43:11.74\00:43:14.05
Friday afternoon, we
had our first Bible study
00:43:14.08\00:43:16.51
on Daniel Chapter 2.
00:43:16.54\00:43:18.24
He was so blessed, we continued
00:43:18.27\00:43:20.04
and in the course
of a couple of months,
00:43:20.07\00:43:21.97
he was baptized and now
he's currently finishing
00:43:22.00\00:43:24.85
a theology degree
at Southern University.
00:43:24.88\00:43:27.91
John Bradshaw, David Asscherick,
00:43:30.54\00:43:35.11
Clifford
Goldstein, Doug Batchelor,
00:43:35.14\00:43:39.25
these are names of people
00:43:39.28\00:43:40.32
who have had an
enormous impact on us
00:43:40.35\00:43:44.18
and they were
brought into the church
00:43:44.21\00:43:46.22
through this book.
00:43:46.25\00:43:48.06
Who's out there waiting for you?
00:43:48.09\00:43:50.46
I'm asking you, please.
00:43:50.49\00:43:52.85
We've got a thousand more spots
00:43:52.88\00:43:56.67
than we had last
year to fill for Outreach.
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.96
Please come, please join us
tomorrow morning, God bless.
00:43:59.99\00:44:03.20
Good evening GYC.
00:44:10.48\00:44:13.36
God is good? All the time!
00:44:13.39\00:44:15.46
God is good? All the time!
00:44:15.49\00:44:17.32
I'm excited
about those testimonies
00:44:17.35\00:44:19.42
they have been sharing
and we're here again to share
00:44:19.45\00:44:21.89
the testimonies
of what God is doing.
00:44:21.92\00:44:24.48
And I'm here with
Sikhu and our friends.
00:44:24.51\00:44:27.24
And Sikhu is the
director of GYC Affiliates
00:44:27.27\00:44:30.84
in North America.
00:44:30.87\00:44:31.95
And she will be sharing with us
00:44:31.98\00:44:33.40
what God is doing
here in North America.
00:44:33.43\00:44:37.13
Thanks, Valmy.
00:44:37.16\00:44:38.72
You know a lot of times
when we think about missions
00:44:38.75\00:44:40.71
and we think about going
somewhere faraway overseas
00:44:40.74\00:44:44.01
but as you
know, the world church
00:44:44.04\00:44:46.44
has been emphasizing
mission to the cities
00:44:46.47\00:44:48.61
because there's a mission field
right here in our own backyard.
00:44:48.64\00:44:51.82
So, Joanne, you are
part of a city mission
00:44:51.85\00:44:55.89
that happened
this past year in 2013.
00:44:55.92\00:44:59.08
Yes.
00:44:59.11\00:45:00.14
So this last summer back in--
I think it was, yeah mid-summer.
00:45:00.17\00:45:04.81
We joined
forces with Simplicity,
00:45:04.84\00:45:07.06
a mission group
that's based in Pennsylvania
00:45:07.09\00:45:09.40
and their focus is meeting
the needs of the local people
00:45:09.43\00:45:13.03
within their community
and it's practical needs.
00:45:13.06\00:45:15.74
Their groceries,
laundry, whatever they need,
00:45:15.77\00:45:18.20
and they are following that
up with a spiritual component.
00:45:18.23\00:45:20.98
So we partnered up with them
00:45:21.01\00:45:23.11
and we hosted a VBS
program for the kids.
00:45:23.14\00:45:25.96
We had a health
seminar in the evenings
00:45:25.99\00:45:27.89
and during the
day, they went out
00:45:27.92\00:45:29.33
and did surveys
in the community.
00:45:29.36\00:45:31.28
Within the one
week, within one week,
00:45:31.31\00:45:34.02
we had almost 200
Bible study interest.
00:45:34.05\00:45:36.64
Can you believe that?
00:45:36.67\00:45:38.91
The harvest is ripe,
right here in our own backyard.
00:45:38.94\00:45:42.26
So would you say
that going into a city
00:45:42.29\00:45:45.76
and doing this kind of work
00:45:45.79\00:45:46.82
would be
worthwhile maybe at all?
00:45:46.85\00:45:48.14
Oh, absolutely.
00:45:48.17\00:45:49.23
It's so practical and the
fact that it's right here.
00:45:49.26\00:45:51.73
It's amazing to see how it fit
so well within our lifestyle.
00:45:51.76\00:45:54.82
We have an
amazing message to share
00:45:54.85\00:45:56.62
and to be able to
walkout your front door,
00:45:56.65\00:45:58.66
knocking that
door right next door
00:45:58.69\00:45:59.98
and there you go, City Ministry.
00:46:00.01\00:46:02.08
And this was a
collaborative effort between--
00:46:02.11\00:46:04.38
you've mentioned
Simplicity-- And GYC.
00:46:04.41\00:46:07.09
GYC Missions Department
and GYC Atlantic Affiliate?
00:46:07.12\00:46:11.40
Yes.
00:46:11.43\00:46:12.46
I'm putting words
in her mouth, okay.
00:46:12.49\00:46:13.77
We move on to Bethany.
00:46:13.80\00:46:15.47
You went to an
event that was organized
00:46:15.50\00:46:19.28
by one of the affiliates
which was--which affiliate?
00:46:19.31\00:46:23.28
CYC.
00:46:23.31\00:46:24.43
CYC is standing for
Carolina Youth For Christ.
00:46:24.46\00:46:26.82
Carolina Youth For Christ.
00:46:26.85\00:46:27.88
Okay, awesome.
And how old are you?
00:46:27.91\00:46:29.66
I'm 15. You're 15, okay.
00:46:29.69\00:46:32.34
Why did you go to that event?
00:46:32.37\00:46:34.59
Well, I was gonna
go to a horse camp
00:46:34.62\00:46:37.06
but I was like, you know,
that would be putting horses
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.58
and what I want, before God,
00:46:40.61\00:46:42.51
so I decided to go to CYC.
00:46:42.54\00:46:44.47
Awesome. And what
were they doing at CYC?
00:46:44.50\00:46:47.20
In the mornings, we had like
meetings on fundamental beliefs
00:46:47.23\00:46:51.64
and we took notes on like
how to give Bible studies.
00:46:51.67\00:46:55.62
And then in the afternoons,
00:46:55.65\00:46:57.09
we had a meeting on Evangelism
00:46:57.12\00:46:59.45
and how we could
preach to others.
00:46:59.48\00:47:01.29
And then in the
evenings, we would buddy up
00:47:01.32\00:47:03.45
and we would go door knocking
00:47:03.48\00:47:06.48
and pass out literature and--
00:47:06.51\00:47:09.55
Awesome.
00:47:09.58\00:47:10.61
Now, I'm not gonna
ask you about experiences
00:47:10.64\00:47:12.05
you had during that
week of cross training
00:47:12.08\00:47:15.41
but what happened after
when you came back home,
00:47:15.44\00:47:17.58
what did you do
with the material
00:47:17.61\00:47:18.73
that you had
gathered from that experience?
00:47:18.76\00:47:20.02
Well, I've been doing
Bible studies with my neighbor.
00:47:20.05\00:47:23.94
Is your neighbor 15 as well?
00:47:23.97\00:47:25.69
No.
00:47:25.72\00:47:28.18
He's older. Okay, okay.
00:47:28.21\00:47:30.83
Yeah, I already
gave him Bible studies
00:47:30.86\00:47:33.67
and he was really
excited that I was going.
00:47:33.70\00:47:35.59
He's like, you will have
more stuff to share with me
00:47:35.62\00:47:38.47
and I was like yeah,
this is gonna be great.
00:47:38.50\00:47:40.54
So I went back and I
gave him the Bible studies
00:47:40.57\00:47:43.57
and he's like amazed.
00:47:43.60\00:47:44.70
He's like how did you
learn this much in one week?
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.74
He's like I don't
understand how this is possible.
00:47:47.77\00:47:49.82
I was like well, you know,
00:47:49.85\00:47:51.78
with God's help,
we got it all down
00:47:51.81\00:47:53.89
and I'm here to
share it with you.
00:47:53.92\00:47:56.87
And how-- did he
make any decisions?
00:47:56.90\00:47:59.67
He's in to valley?
00:47:59.70\00:48:00.85
Like, well, he's
headed towards baptized.
00:48:00.88\00:48:03.52
Amen.
00:48:03.55\00:48:04.61
So we should pray for him?
00:48:04.64\00:48:05.72
Yes, please pray for him.
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.15
Okay, awesome.
00:48:07.18\00:48:08.53
We're gonna move right on just
00:48:08.56\00:48:10.15
'cause they give
us such a short time.
00:48:10.18\00:48:12.29
Patrick? Yes.
00:48:12.32\00:48:13.53
You are here
representing which affiliate?
00:48:13.56\00:48:17.50
I'm here representing GYC West.
00:48:17.53\00:48:19.25
GYC West on the west coast.
00:48:19.28\00:48:20.83
On the west coast.
00:48:20.86\00:48:21.89
And this is not a
mission that happened
00:48:21.92\00:48:23.95
but something that
is going to happen.
00:48:23.98\00:48:26.01
What is it?
Where is it gonna be?
00:48:26.04\00:48:27.67
Why is it?
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.35
At the end of August,
00:48:29.38\00:48:31.12
we're gonna have a mission
trip to Lakeport, California.
00:48:31.15\00:48:34.39
And the focus
of the mission trip
00:48:34.42\00:48:36.11
is going to be reaching out
00:48:36.14\00:48:37.25
to the Native
American community.
00:48:37.28\00:48:39.63
And the burden that
we have is to fulfill
00:48:39.66\00:48:42.93
that principle in
scripture that says,
00:48:42.96\00:48:45.48
those who are strong should
bear the burdens of the weak.
00:48:45.51\00:48:48.60
And the Native
American community has a history
00:48:48.63\00:48:52.97
that I think
demands more attention
00:48:53.00\00:48:55.34
when it comes to service.
00:48:55.37\00:48:57.03
And so what we want
to do is build a team
00:48:57.06\00:49:00.26
that's gonna go out
at the end of August
00:49:00.29\00:49:02.78
and you can get more details
at the GYC booth this evening.
00:49:02.81\00:49:07.61
And we're going to go
door to door, do canvassing.
00:49:07.64\00:49:10.77
One of the features is
that we're going to raise money
00:49:10.80\00:49:13.91
for the
education of the children.
00:49:13.94\00:49:18.47
And in addition to that,
we'll also do health programs,
00:49:18.50\00:49:22.35
vacation bible school
00:49:22.38\00:49:24.04
and trying to create a
holistic evangelism effort
00:49:24.07\00:49:28.27
that can demonstrate to
them the holistic restoration
00:49:28.30\00:49:31.77
that God wants to bring about
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.60
in their lives and
in their community.
00:49:33.63\00:49:35.53
So is this something that
00:49:35.56\00:49:36.75
people here can
get involved with?
00:49:36.78\00:49:38.51
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:49:38.54\00:49:40.25
You can get involved like I said
00:49:40.28\00:49:41.50
by getting more information
at the booth this evening,
00:49:41.53\00:49:45.02
but to begin the
process of communication,
00:49:45.05\00:49:48.86
email us at missions@gycweb.org.
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I already said that
so that's confusing me.
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at missions@gycweb.org
and we can begin the dialogue
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for getting you
plugged into this mission trip.
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Awesome. Thanks.
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We're gonna ask David a
couple of questions next
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but you know, one
thing that comes out
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of just talking with these
guys before coming up here is,
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these are regular
people and you know,
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they have regular jobs
but they are doing something,
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you know,
organizing a mission trip,
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that doesn't
have to go far away.
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You don't need a
passport. You don't need a visa.
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You can just go there
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and sometimes you can
even drive there, right?
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And, David, you
are a part of a mission
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that you had to
drive a bit of a distance.
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Yes, it was only
about eight hours.
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About eight hours? Yes.
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Okay. But eight hour drive.
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Yes. All right.
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Eight hour drive. And
which youth conference?
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Eastern Canada Youth Conference.
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Eastern Canada Youth Conference
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and what did they do
this past year, last year.
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Last year, we had a
mission in Manitoulin Island
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which is a small
island in Canada, Ontario.
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And actually on the island
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there's only one Adventist
person in the whole island.
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So our mission was
to knock door to door
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to get to know all the
people on the island and--
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Oh, you said, it's
an island in Canada--
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did you know there
were islands in Canada?
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But it's the largest
island in Canada so I've heard
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and there's only 170
Adventist family or a person.
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Well, it's a family but
only one Adventist person.
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Oh, my, okay, on
the entire island?
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On the entire island.
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So you guys went
there to provide support
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and try to
minister to them. Yes.
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And just quick
snippet, anything--
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Oh, oh, I should
ask your age too.
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I don't ask the old
people their age, you know,
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but the young ones, how old?
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I'm 17 years old. You're 17.
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Okay, 17 year old David.
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Any-- just a quick snippet,
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something
exciting that happened?
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I'd say the most exciting thing
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that happened to
me personally was,
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this one day
when we were walking
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and I just met a
person who is drunk
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and who's on the
verge of committing suicide
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and by the end of the mission
he had given his life to Christ
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and that really
touched me personally, so.
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Amen.
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You praise the Lord for that.
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Well, we have from the mission
trip that happened in Canada,
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a short video clip to
show you from testimonies
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that people had, but
the take home message
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that we're hoping
to take from this is,
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we can organize to do missions.
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There are places
right here in North America
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that have not heard the gospel.
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Whether if 170
Adventist were into a huge area
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or there is only
170 Adventist Church
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in a huge area and
they could use the support,
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they could use the
energy that young people
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can bring to the table.
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So I want to
encourage you to get involved,
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organize
something, let's do something
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and finish the work.
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And now we're gonna be
seeing that video real quick.
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Once considered
the most effective
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and efficient
way of communicating
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or delivering supplies,
00:52:48.93\00:52:50.70
door knocking is
now uncomfortable
00:52:50.73\00:52:52.94
and quite
frankly, very intimidating.
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One never knows what
awaits them on the other side.
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Today, technology
and digital communication
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makes knocking
on a stranger's door
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seem pre-historic.
00:53:08.49\00:53:10.55
But is it possible
that Literature Evangelism
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still has a
place in today's world?
00:53:13.39\00:53:16.49
Over the summer,
this group of young people
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push themselves to
the limit, to find out.
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The reason I
came on this mission
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was to serve Jesus
here in Manitoulin.
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After hearing about the
population of Adventists
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on the island,
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I was very intrigued
00:53:49.08\00:53:50.50
and I wanted to
be one of the people
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who God used to actually
bring the message to people
00:53:53.31\00:53:56.28
perhaps who've
heard of it before,
00:53:56.31\00:53:58.35
who never knew Jesus before
and so that's the very reason
00:53:58.38\00:54:01.13
I came to share my
life in Manitoulin.
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They were
announcing GYC inter missions
00:54:06.31\00:54:08.83
and I heard they was
one who went to Australia,
00:54:08.86\00:54:10.69
they were sent to New
York and then I heard Canada.
00:54:10.72\00:54:14.22
And I was like, well,
that's not really a mission trip
00:54:14.25\00:54:16.11
'cause that's like
my backyard, you know.
00:54:16.14\00:54:18.45
You know, I decided well, I
may take the house by myself.
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It's gonna be my first
canvassed house, by myself.
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So for-- you
guys know how people
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When I first saw the
door to door but, ah,
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I really didn't want to do it.
00:54:33.18\00:54:34.66
When we got the
packet that said,
00:54:34.69\00:54:36.22
half the group
would be canvassing,
00:54:36.25\00:54:37.37
most probably we
can have the group,
00:54:37.40\00:54:38.84
would it be, I was like, okay,
00:54:38.87\00:54:40.55
I hope I'm one
in the bottom group.
00:54:40.58\00:54:43.38
But no, that wasn't at all.
00:54:43.41\00:54:46.68
We just prayed with her
00:54:46.71\00:54:47.74
and she was
just surprised to see
00:54:47.77\00:54:49.12
that there's people
still out there going
00:54:49.15\00:54:51.40
door to door and praying.
00:54:51.43\00:54:52.67
And you know, it was
exciting new experience
00:54:52.70\00:54:54.87
and we're encouraging,
we're ready for more.
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Amen.
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I had a really
amazing experience here
00:54:58.29\00:55:01.01
with the health
expo that we did,
00:55:01.04\00:55:02.79
being able to educate
people about their health
00:55:02.82\00:55:05.20
as opposed to just
trying to give them drugs
00:55:05.23\00:55:07.62
and medications to treat them.
00:55:07.65\00:55:09.36
Many times, it looked like
we're gonna have pouring rain
00:55:09.39\00:55:12.99
and we just
gathered together and prayed
00:55:13.02\00:55:15.55
and over and over
and over we saw God,
00:55:15.58\00:55:18.61
you know, just holding the rain
00:55:18.64\00:55:20.82
and the clouds
were there but no rain.
00:55:20.85\00:55:23.53
All my teammates
are scared of dogs.
00:55:26.37\00:55:29.04
Now I love it and I'm
so comfortable with it
00:55:32.57\00:55:34.93
and I don't want to stop.
00:55:34.96\00:55:36.74
I don't want to stop sharing,
00:55:36.77\00:55:37.93
I don't want to stop praying.
00:55:37.96\00:55:39.17
As I looked, I
was just like, wow.
00:55:39.20\00:55:41.64
What if I had been
selfish and stayed in the car?
00:55:41.67\00:55:45.24
That would have been one soul
00:55:45.27\00:55:46.30
that we have lost
because of my selfishness.
00:55:46.33\00:55:49.11
Are we gonna give
him every single ounce
00:55:49.14\00:55:51.26
that we have today?
00:55:51.29\00:55:53.39
Seeing that we only
have just one more day.
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Get up. Let's go.
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