Hello, and welcome to
ASI, here in beautiful,
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uh, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
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this is the DeVos
Place Convention Center.
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And you know, we did
some figuring a little earlier
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and this is the 67th
International Convention
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and, Yvonne,
people ask sometimes,
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what does ASI stand for?
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And that's Adventist
Laymen's services in Industries.
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So we welcome all of you,
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we gonna have an
incredible program tonight.
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Yvonne, tell me what you been
enjoyed most of at ASI, so far?
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You know, Mollie, I
love seeing old friends
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and I get to see
a lot of folks here
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that I don't
normally get to see,
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and the other thing is,
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that whole idea of
movers and shakers for God.
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I love that, I love
to be in that environment
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where people are
wanting to do things for God
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and ASI is a place for that.
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It certainly is, and you know,
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tonight we are going
to hear from men and women
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who share Jesus
Christ in their market place,
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we're looking at
members in action,
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but after the program tonight,
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Yvonne, we've got
something special happing.
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We have a
special live nightline.
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Yes.
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And it's gonna be amazing,
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it's gonna be
about women's ordination.
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So make sure you
stay tuned for that.
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Yes, stay tuned for that,
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but now let's join this
program that's already started.
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Amen.
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Good evening, ASI.
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We are so glad that
you are here this evening.
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Let's go ahead and
began with a word of prayer.
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Dear Father, in heaven,
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I thank you so much for this day
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and for bringing us all
here together this evening,
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please bless the speaker
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and the other
presentations tonight,
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and prepare our
hearts to listen,
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so that we might be blessed.
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Thank You, for the
opportunity to be here
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and to worship freely,
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I ask that we would
never take that for granted.
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Please protect those
who are still traveling
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and may we make the
effort, this weekend,
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to gain a huge blessing,
in Your name, I pray, Amen.
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What a friend
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We have in Jesus
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All our sins
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And grief's to bear
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What a privilege
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To carry
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Everything to God
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In prayer
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Oh, what peace
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We often forfeit
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Oh, what needless pain we bear
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All because
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We do not carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Have we trials and temptations
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Is there trouble anywhere
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We should never be discouraged
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Can we find a friend so faithful
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Who will all our sorrows share
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Jesus knows our every weakness
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Oh, how He loves you and me
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Oh, how He loves you and me
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He gave His life
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What more could he give
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Oh, how He loves you
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Oh, how He loves me
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Oh, how He loves you and me
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Are we weak and heavy-laden
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Cumbered with a load of care
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Precious
Savior, still our refuge
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Do thy friends
despise, forsake thee
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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In His arms He'll
take and shield thee
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Thou wilt find
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A solace there
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Thou wilt find
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Thou wilt find
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A solace there
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Good evening, ASI.
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Welcome to the evening
session on Thursday evening.
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We're just
delighted that you're here
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to be with us this evening,
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we're looking
forward to the blessings
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that are in store,
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we're looking
forward to the encouragement
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that we're
going to receive here.
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And we have a very
special evening, this evening,
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we have something
special on your seats
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that we've placed there.
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I hope you've all found them,
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we have a special edition
of the "Adventist Review"
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that has been placed
there for your enjoyment,
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and to be blessed.
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And in fact, you might notice
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that it says right
on there, "ASI Issue",
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and it's been a few years now
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that we've been collaborating
with the Adventist Review,
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and it is just a blessing
to have this relationship.
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It's a blessing to
be working together
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and I'm not gonna be
doing most of the talking
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in the next few minutes,
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I'm going to give the
time to the two gentlemen
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that I have here with me.
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We have Bill Knott, who
is not a stranger to us,
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he has been here
a number of years,
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he's gonna tell us how
many years in a few moments,
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and we also have Claude Richi,
who is here with us as well
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and we're delighted to have him.
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Well, you know,
people begin to ask questions
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when there's changes,
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I'm sure you get
questions as well
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and you know, with printing
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that is recently been
terminated in Maryland,
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by the Adventist Review,
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the Review and Herald
Publishing Association,
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you know, a lot of people wonder
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what impact is
that gonna have on us,
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so would you like to
address that question?
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The Adventist Review,
and the Review and Herald
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Publishing
Association have, for 160 years,
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enjoyed one of the
most special partnerships
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in the history of
Christian publishing.
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We have been
through so much together,
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working side by side
to deliver assurance,
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comfort, truth and mission
to generations of Adventists.
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When the decision was
made to consolidate printing,
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however, in one
publishing house,
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many people thought
that perhaps that meant
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something about the
future of the Adventist Review,
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that we were,
ourselves going away.
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The good news is,
no, your Adventist Review
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is going to be what it has been
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and what it will
continue to be, by God's grace,
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a journal of
inspiration and hope,
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as the add in the inside front
cover of your addition says,
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"We're pressing on."
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Amen.
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Well, we're delighted
to have you here with us,
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this evening, Claude, in fact,
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Claude and I have
something in common,
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we've both spent time in Quebec.
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I live there currently
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and he's lived
there in the past.
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He was the Quebec
conference president
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and fulfilled other
roles there as well.
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So we're delighted to have him,
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he's actually
in-charge of marketing,
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he is the marketing director
among other responsibilities
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that he has as well.
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And we'd like to know,
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what do you feel people need
to know, about this transition
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that you going
through right now?
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The transition is not
going to affect our readers
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in any way, shape, or form,
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they will continue
to receive the magazine
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in their mailbox
on a weekly basis.
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What they can
look forward to is,
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in fact, a
redesign of the magazine,
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we're going to
use this opportunity
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also to bring the magazine
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even to the next
level of excellence.
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Amen.
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You're already
used to excellence,
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and we want to
even-up this game further,
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and also to do even better
in terms of digital delivery
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by developing a tablet
version of the magazine.
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Those of you,
who are familiar with
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what we have on the website,
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have noticed that we have done--
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made some
significant strides there, also,
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but again, we want to improve
as the opportunities allow.
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Okay, wonderful.
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Bill, I noticed
here, in the magazine,
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on page six in your editorial,
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some very
interesting questions here,
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especially in your article,
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it's called, "The
Visit of the Magi",
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would you like to
tell us a little bit,
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what's on your heart,
and may be some of the things
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that you are wanting to express?
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My geometry teacher
in high school taught me
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that the shortest
distance between two points
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is a straight line.
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Well, the shortest distance
between a spirit inspired idea
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and it's accomplishment
in the life of the church,
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ought to be a straight line,
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and with all
deference to where I work,
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not another committee.
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My concern is that
we need to find a way
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to empower good
ideas in Adventism,
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to make sure that we
learned how to be cheerleaders
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and supports of what the
spirit is doing among us.
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ASI represents
such a rich diversity
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of giftedness and calling,
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and one of our goals at
the magazine is to discover
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what God is calling people
in this organization to do,
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to tell those stories and to see
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what the Spirit is going to do.
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I think that
means, for a lot of us,
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that we've got to
be-- take a few more risks
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in the name of the Gospel
and see what God can do for us.
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Amen.
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Claude,
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Adventist Review actually
has a sister publication,
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and in fact it's the one
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we receive up in Quebec, Canada,
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it's translated into
French, and it's translated,
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I believe, into about a
dozen languages actually.
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No, at least-- as a
matter of fact, right now,
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we are printing the magazine
and it's daughter publication,
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Adventist World
Digest in 29 languages.
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We have just launched, at
the beginning of this year,
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12 languages for the
Indian sub continent.
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Including
Assamese, Bengali, Hindi,
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Oriya, Guajarati, Marathi.
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Malayalam,
Kannada, Telugu and Tamil.
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And we've
introduced this quarter,
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Urdu for
Pakistan and Vietnamese,
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and at the end of this year,
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we will launch
our first languages
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in the African context,
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one being Kinyarwanda for Rwanda
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and Amharic for Ethiopia.
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And we're also
looking forward to creating
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a number of additions
for the Inter-American region
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where they speak,
believe it or not,
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besides French,
Spanish or English,
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they also still speak a
number of native languages
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such as K'iche, Quechua,
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Cakchiquel,
Navajo, Maya and others,
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and we would like to be able
to reach those members as well.
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You know, one of the
things that really, really
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is important
about Adventist World,
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is that, it is a magazine
to unite Seventh-day Adventist
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everywhere in beliefs,
faith, mission and hope.
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And we are, indeed, perhaps
the most tangible presence,
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besides the Seventh--
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the Quarterly
Sabbath School Bulletin,
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to unite our
members around the world
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and to do that in
those various languages.
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Amen, Amen.
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Bill, I think you've
actually been coming to ASI
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for a quite a number of years,
maybe around 15 years even.
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What brings you back to ASI?
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Why do you come year after year?
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In one word, this
is where I find hope.
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I come here each
year and I find people
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genuinely excited
about their church,
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excited about
mission, eager to press on
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and do what the
Spirit is bidding us to do.
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It's fun to come here
because you're around people
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who have stories of
God's grace and goodness
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and those of the kinds
of stories we love to tell
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in Adventist Review
and Adventist World.
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We've been
taking the opportunity
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to give you the window
to come and talk with us
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and tell us your stories.
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Many of you have signed up
for those windows over the--
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yet today and tomorrow,
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we look forward to
meeting you in the hallways
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and learning what God is doing.
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This is where we
find encouragement
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and we share it
with the world church.
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Thank you so much. All right.
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Good even, ASI.
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Thank you, to our
Adventist Review team,
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they do a great job, Amen.
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We want to ask you a question,
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how many of you guys were
able to attend a seminar today?
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Raise your hand,
Amen. Were you blessed?
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Okay, how many of you wished
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you could have attended
the seminar today, the morning?
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Okay, that's great.
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Well, tomorrow you
can have the opportunity
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to go to some more
wonderful seminars,
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we really believe that it's
important to have these at ASI
00:17:19.35\00:17:22.36
because we want you
to grow spiritually,
00:17:22.39\00:17:24.72
we want you to have
more Bible knowledge,
00:17:24.75\00:17:26.68
how to be a leader,
all kinds of things,
00:17:26.71\00:17:28.53
help you in your relationships.
00:17:28.56\00:17:30.10
And just here, to my left,
00:17:30.13\00:17:31.71
we have a sampling
of some of the seminars
00:17:31.74\00:17:33.84
that are gonna take
place tomorrow here at ASI.
00:17:33.87\00:17:36.73
And so we are gonna
hear a little bit from them
00:17:36.76\00:17:38.89
and in just 45
seconds or less, okay, guys.
00:17:38.92\00:17:43.11
Watch your clock-- all
right, 45 seconds guys,
00:17:43.14\00:17:44.96
so keep them on their toes.
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They're gonna share
with us about their seminars,
00:17:46.41\00:17:48.04
we're starting
right now with Ron.
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Good evening, my
name is Ron Duffield,
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I just flew in from
the state of Washington.
00:17:52.44\00:17:55.94
And my seminar is
tomorrow morning at 10:45.
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In 1891 Ellen Right--
Ellen White, wrote these words,
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"Christ, the Great Teacher,
00:18:03.96\00:18:06.36
had an infinite
variety of subjects
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from which to choose,
00:18:08.51\00:18:10.11
but the one upon
which He dwelt most largely
00:18:10.14\00:18:13.51
was the endowment
of the Holy Spirit.
00:18:13.54\00:18:16.52
What great things He
predicted for the church
00:18:16.55\00:18:19.43
because of this endowment."
00:18:19.46\00:18:21.73
And tomorrow in my
seminar which is titled
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"The History of
God's Intervention
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to Bring the Latter Rain",
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we will take a brief look at how
00:18:27.97\00:18:30.17
God sent the
beginning of the latter rain
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in around the year
1888, and the loud cry,
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and the result of that
in the years that followed.
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And the reason being is
we have nothing to for--
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we have nothing to fear for
the future unless we forget,
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and if we learn the
principles from our past
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it's very good for us.
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That sounds wonderful,
I'd like to go to yours.
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There is a lot of information
00:18:56.23\00:18:57.81
and materials on
leadership today.
00:18:57.84\00:18:59.72
It's a big subject,
00:18:59.75\00:19:01.87
but as Christian
leaders we're different,
00:19:01.90\00:19:05.23
it's not so much what we know,
as who, we, as leaders follow.
00:19:05.26\00:19:11.96
Leadership is influence,
nothing less, nothing more,
00:19:11.99\00:19:16.65
the question is, whose
influence is leading me?
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Hi, I'm Nicole Parker,
00:19:24.76\00:19:27.04
you know, as
Seventh-day Adventist
00:19:27.07\00:19:28.46
we have this
tremendous message about health
00:19:28.49\00:19:32.01
and we've worked
so hard as a church
00:19:32.04\00:19:34.23
to come to the point where,
00:19:34.26\00:19:35.42
if anybody comes up
to anyone us and says,
00:19:35.45\00:19:37.86
you know, I wish I
could quit smoking,
00:19:37.89\00:19:39.95
I need to stop drinking,
I would like to lose weight.
00:19:39.98\00:19:42.80
We have an answer, we
know what to say to them,
00:19:42.83\00:19:45.35
and we have the
resources to share with them.
00:19:45.38\00:19:47.75
But what about when
people come up to you and say,
00:19:47.78\00:19:50.54
I was abused as a
child and I don't know
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how to get over it?
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What if they say, I'm depressed,
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is it sinful to be depressed?
00:19:56.23\00:19:57.72
What if they say,
00:19:57.75\00:19:58.78
I'm struggling with
panic attacks or anxiety?
00:19:58.81\00:20:02.13
What do we do with these things?
00:20:02.16\00:20:03.87
Do we have a gospel
that applies to these things?
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Can we bring healing?
00:20:07.52\00:20:09.44
I believe that we have a
tremendous health message
00:20:09.47\00:20:12.59
and one of the most
powerful things about it
00:20:12.62\00:20:15.48
is emotional healing,
00:20:15.51\00:20:17.03
but we don't preach
it, the way that we should.
00:20:17.06\00:20:20.16
So tomorrow I'm
gonna try to condense down
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the masters degree
in biblical counseling
00:20:22.71\00:20:25.10
to give you an
hour and 15 minutes
00:20:25.13\00:20:27.32
of the most crucial things
00:20:27.35\00:20:28.82
you need to be
able to help people
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through these issues and others,
00:20:31.45\00:20:33.24
how you can help them
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break the bondage of
darkness in their minds
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because that's where
we transformed, right?
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By the renewing of our minds.
00:20:39.28\00:20:43.11
Hello, my name is Scott Ritsema,
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.29
I'm not presenting the Media
00:20:45.32\00:20:47.44
on the Brain
seminar at ASI this year,
00:20:47.47\00:20:49.52
but I'm very excited to
be talking about a topic
00:20:49.55\00:20:52.50
that it affects all of us,
00:20:52.53\00:20:53.92
whether we have children or not,
00:20:53.95\00:20:55.34
and that is parenting.
00:20:55.37\00:20:56.72
We all as members of the church,
00:20:56.75\00:20:58.81
want to raise up the last
generation of earth's history
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and I-- I've wandered,
00:21:02.05\00:21:03.36
what will the parenting be like,
00:21:03.39\00:21:05.58
that produces the
last generation of children
00:21:05.61\00:21:08.14
to ever witness
the great controversy
00:21:08.17\00:21:10.21
happening on planet Earth,
00:21:10.24\00:21:11.96
and so "The Raising
the Remnant" seminar
00:21:11.99\00:21:14.75
will get into the
topic of how spiritually
00:21:14.78\00:21:18.23
strong children are raised up.
00:21:18.26\00:21:20.19
And there some
very good research
00:21:20.22\00:21:21.88
on this coming from
the evangelical world,
00:21:21.91\00:21:24.05
I looked at the Barna
Research Group findings
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on how the spiritually
00:21:26.64\00:21:28.03
strong young adults
of today were raised.
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We now know what
kind of parenting
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actually produces a
spiritually strong young person,
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.85
but then I compare that
with our inspired councils
00:21:35.88\00:21:39.33
on parenting and guess what?
00:21:39.36\00:21:40.75
It's the exact same script,
00:21:40.78\00:21:42.51
where this is nothing new to us.
00:21:42.54\00:21:44.37
But to understand
this, to grasp it, to own it
00:21:44.40\00:21:46.73
and then to look at
some practical steps
00:21:46.76\00:21:48.96
for how to apply
these inspired councils
00:21:48.99\00:21:52.17
in this recent
research on parenting,
00:21:52.20\00:21:54.60
it's going to be a
fast paced 75 minutes,
00:21:54.63\00:21:57.06
but I invite anybody
there, specially parents.
00:21:57.09\00:22:01.37
Good evening, my
name is William Pergerson,
00:22:01.40\00:22:03.20
and I'm very happy
to be here with you
00:22:03.23\00:22:05.60
and all of who are
watching around the world
00:22:05.63\00:22:07.74
at this ASI
entitled "Lift Him Up."
00:22:07.77\00:22:10.94
And my seminar is
entitled "Lift Him Up,
00:22:10.97\00:22:13.21
Evangelism's
Last and Only Hope",
00:22:13.24\00:22:15.92
and in that seminar
I'm gonna be sharing
00:22:15.95\00:22:18.31
my personal
testimony on how a message,
00:22:18.34\00:22:21.61
the message of
Christ, our righteousness
00:22:21.64\00:22:23.78
was introduced
to me 12 years ago
00:22:23.81\00:22:26.05
and how it
literally changed my life
00:22:26.08\00:22:29.21
and transformed my ministry.
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.30
And as an evangelist I have
had the privilege of traveling
00:22:31.33\00:22:34.61
across America,
Canada, West Africa
00:22:34.64\00:22:37.54
and seeing God, use the message
of Christ's righteousness,
00:22:37.57\00:22:41.24
the love of God, to literally
baptized hundreds of people,
00:22:41.27\00:22:44.63
so many people
that, when it's done,
00:22:44.66\00:22:47.18
leaders were
shocked at the results
00:22:47.21\00:22:49.38
of simply lifting Him up.
00:22:49.41\00:22:51.79
And so we gonna
spend that time on today--
00:22:51.82\00:22:53.58
to talk about Christ,
00:22:53.61\00:22:56.37
His righteousness, how
that impacts us personally
00:22:56.40\00:22:59.40
and transforms our
personal and public evangelism.
00:22:59.43\00:23:05.32
Speaking of the
battle for the mind
00:23:05.35\00:23:09.45
and protecting your mind,
00:23:09.48\00:23:11.90
please come to my seminar
tomorrow morning presentation,
00:23:11.93\00:23:17.73
45 to 50 minutes long,
starts with the discussion
00:23:17.76\00:23:21.71
of major features in
teaching of the emerging church
00:23:21.74\00:23:25.62
and how those
features in teachings impact
00:23:25.65\00:23:27.95
the Seventh-day
Adventist moment.
00:23:27.98\00:23:30.56
And ends with
the discussion about
00:23:30.59\00:23:32.54
the real origins of
the emerging church.
00:23:32.57\00:23:35.56
When and where the
emerging church originated,
00:23:35.59\00:23:39.06
I will reveal tomorrow.
00:23:39.09\00:23:41.12
25 to 30 minutes long time
is reserved for your questions.
00:23:41.15\00:23:47.03
In the afternoon session,
00:23:47.06\00:23:48.71
I will continue
with the exposition
00:23:48.74\00:23:50.67
of emergence
Christianity, what it is?
00:23:50.70\00:23:54.54
What are its
origins? Why it matters?
00:23:54.57\00:23:58.44
And how it impacts the
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.89
the creation
account, the atonement,
00:24:01.92\00:24:04.77
the three angel's message
and the last day eschatology.
00:24:04.80\00:24:08.90
Also questions and
answers period is reserved,
00:24:08.93\00:24:12.53
by the name-- by the
way, my name is John Markovic,
00:24:12.56\00:24:15.79
I'm professor of history,
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.17
in church history
at Andrew's University.
00:24:17.20\00:24:20.14
All right, thank you so
much to our seminar presenters,
00:24:20.17\00:24:23.03
we look forward to
your topics tomorrow.
00:24:23.06\00:24:24.55
Now ASI, I just want
to ask you one question.
00:24:24.58\00:24:26.93
Can you commit to going to
at least one seminar tomorrow?
00:24:26.96\00:24:30.50
Can I see your show hands? Amen.
00:24:30.53\00:24:33.29
We didn't come to
ASI just a socialize,
00:24:33.32\00:24:35.20
that's a good thing.
00:24:35.23\00:24:36.53
We can make the most
of these opportunities
00:24:36.56\00:24:38.39
to learn and to
grow spiritually.
00:24:38.42\00:24:39.58
So I want to
challenge us to all attend
00:24:39.61\00:24:41.28
at least one seminar
and God will speak to us.
00:24:41.31\00:24:43.38
Thank you, guys,
we will be looking
00:24:43.41\00:24:44.44
forward to what
you have tomorrow.
00:24:44.47\00:24:45.91
Good evening, ASI,
00:24:48.58\00:24:50.58
I am delighted to bring you
00:24:50.61\00:24:52.19
another Offering
in Action segment,
00:24:52.22\00:24:54.94
we want you to know how
God is using your offerings
00:24:54.97\00:24:58.69
and we'll use your offerings
00:24:58.72\00:25:00.05
to impact the world
for His soon coming.
00:25:00.08\00:25:03.39
With me is Natasha Nebblett,
she is the president of GYC,
00:25:03.42\00:25:08.00
and next to her is Erwin Nanasi,
00:25:08.03\00:25:11.10
who is the
assistant to the president
00:25:11.13\00:25:13.21
for International Affairs.
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.31
Natasha, tell us for
those who are new to ASI,
00:25:15.34\00:25:18.94
or may not be aware,
what does GYC stand for?
00:25:18.97\00:25:21.40
And what is the organization?
00:25:21.43\00:25:23.34
So GYC stands for
Generation of Youth for Christ.
00:25:23.37\00:25:27.01
And it was a moment that
was started about 10 years ago
00:25:27.04\00:25:30.11
a little bit more than that
by 3 college age, young people,
00:25:30.14\00:25:34.74
that looked
around them and said,
00:25:34.77\00:25:35.89
that they wanted to
get back to the Bible,
00:25:35.92\00:25:38.86
get back to the Bible
with such seriousness,
00:25:38.89\00:25:41.16
Debbie, that we'll
be willing die for it.
00:25:41.19\00:25:43.87
As so many have
throughout the years
00:25:43.90\00:25:45.78
and also to live that lifestyle,
00:25:45.81\00:25:48.18
to know that when
Christ told His disciples to--
00:25:48.21\00:25:52.40
to go in to all the world
00:25:52.43\00:25:53.49
and make
disciples of all nations,
00:25:53.52\00:25:54.84
he didn't add an age qualifier,
00:25:54.87\00:25:56.79
and that means the young
people are bound to do that too.
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.46
And also to live a
lifestyle of excellence
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.83
and an uncompromising life.
00:26:03.86\00:26:05.55
And so we took um, the
young people took that--
00:26:05.58\00:26:08.32
those values and that dedication
00:26:08.35\00:26:11.16
and they started having meeting
together with their friends,
00:26:11.19\00:26:14.09
out of that GYC kind of
as we know it now, was born,
00:26:14.12\00:26:17.90
and we have a conference
00:26:17.93\00:26:19.75
every December
here in North America,
00:26:19.78\00:26:22.51
where we get together,
00:26:22.54\00:26:23.76
we seek the Lord, worship, pray,
00:26:23.79\00:26:26.56
we also receive a lot
of training in evangelism,
00:26:26.59\00:26:29.81
I mean how to reach
out to other people,
00:26:29.84\00:26:31.72
seek that renewal,
00:26:31.75\00:26:32.80
when 5,000 young
people to get together
00:26:32.83\00:26:34.60
that have that
goal, it is powerful.
00:26:34.63\00:26:36.24
That's
powerful, its sounds like,
00:26:36.27\00:26:37.75
just like a little of ASI.
00:26:37.78\00:26:39.65
It is.
00:26:39.68\00:26:40.71
Erwin, I understand
00:26:40.74\00:26:41.77
that you just had a
convention in Austria,
00:26:41.80\00:26:44.45
share with us a little
bit about what happened there?
00:26:44.48\00:26:46.11
What were some of
your observations about
00:26:46.14\00:26:47.94
what occurred?
00:26:47.97\00:26:49.01
Well, the
description that Natasha
00:26:49.04\00:26:50.25
just gave is very fitting
00:26:50.28\00:26:51.34
because that's
exactly what happened.
00:26:51.37\00:26:53.22
People studied
scripture, they prayed together,
00:26:53.25\00:26:55.80
they listened to
powerful sermons,
00:26:55.83\00:26:57.62
and the Lord was
able to use the speakers
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.39
that we had invited, for
the workshops that we had
00:26:59.42\00:27:02.58
and also the evening
messages with powerful appeals
00:27:02.61\00:27:05.35
and the people responded.
00:27:05.38\00:27:07.21
And so it was
very interesting to see
00:27:07.24\00:27:09.66
how the Lord
can use young people
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.54
that lead other young people.
00:27:11.57\00:27:13.44
We have it here, we had it there
00:27:13.47\00:27:15.35
and it was very powerful
00:27:15.38\00:27:16.45
because in only these
five days lives were changed,
00:27:16.48\00:27:19.65
people came from
all over the world,
00:27:19.68\00:27:20.76
not just from Europe,
not just from Austria,
00:27:20.79\00:27:22.78
from all over the world
and spending the time together
00:27:22.81\00:27:24.90
and just going
through that renewal
00:27:24.93\00:27:27.10
and that
refreshing, that revival,
00:27:27.13\00:27:29.15
that can spark a reformation,
00:27:29.18\00:27:30.53
and so it was wonderful to seem
00:27:30.56\00:27:32.46
that young people had the
opportunity to do it again
00:27:32.49\00:27:36.08
because we had it before.
00:27:36.11\00:27:37.61
But this time
it was very special
00:27:37.64\00:27:39.79
and we are
looking forward to what
00:27:39.82\00:27:40.85
is going to
happen in the future.
00:27:40.88\00:27:42.42
I just want to pick
up on something you said,
00:27:42.45\00:27:43.94
Natasha, you were in
Austria sometime ago,
00:27:43.97\00:27:46.66
so this is your
second time here,
00:27:46.69\00:27:48.46
you were in Austria
couple of years ago,
00:27:48.49\00:27:50.68
share with us
some, some of the things
00:27:50.71\00:27:52.23
that you observed
might have been different
00:27:52.26\00:27:53.81
from the first time
that you were there.
00:27:53.84\00:27:56.13
So some of the differences,
we went-- we went to Austria,
00:27:56.16\00:27:59.39
actually same
location, same city,
00:27:59.42\00:28:01.07
Linz, two years
ago, in 2012 in July,
00:28:01.10\00:28:04.50
and so then we
went back, this time,
00:28:04.53\00:28:07.30
I'll tell you,
it was interesting
00:28:07.33\00:28:09.14
because we're going
back to the same location,
00:28:09.17\00:28:11.13
same venue, everything is like,
00:28:11.16\00:28:12.26
yo, how was the conference
going to be different?
00:28:12.29\00:28:15.05
And as we there-- I'll just
share a couple of the things,
00:28:15.08\00:28:18.22
that were quite a few things
00:28:18.25\00:28:19.28
that were maybe
different to about it,
00:28:19.31\00:28:20.34
but sharing a few of the
things one of the first things
00:28:20.37\00:28:24.16
we noticed was
just the atmosphere.
00:28:24.19\00:28:26.99
Two years ago, it was kind of,
00:28:27.02\00:28:29.37
a bit of novelty that
GYC was coming to Europe
00:28:29.40\00:28:31.95
and we were holding a conference
00:28:31.98\00:28:34.02
that was for every young--
00:28:34.05\00:28:35.49
every young
person across Europe,
00:28:35.52\00:28:36.78
as far as you
know, we were concerned,
00:28:36.81\00:28:38.04
we want them all.
00:28:38.07\00:28:39.21
And as, so
young people were like
00:28:39.24\00:28:41.67
oh, here's GYC they've heard
00:28:41.70\00:28:43.06
about it in
America, here it's coming,
00:28:43.09\00:28:44.45
and so a lot of
young people came,
00:28:44.48\00:28:46.75
and experienced GYC.
00:28:46.78\00:28:50.15
But this year people understood
a little bit more clearly
00:28:50.18\00:28:54.75
what the idea behind GYC was,
00:28:54.78\00:28:56.83
and so our attendance was
actually a little bit lower,
00:28:56.86\00:28:59.29
it was about 800 to a 1,000
00:28:59.32\00:29:01.95
but the young
people that came, came
00:29:01.98\00:29:04.70
because they wanted to be there,
00:29:04.73\00:29:06.03
they wanted to be in the Word,
00:29:06.06\00:29:07.45
they wanted to
be on their knees,
00:29:07.48\00:29:09.15
the prayer times were powerful,
00:29:09.18\00:29:10.86
they wanted to be
out doing evangelism,
00:29:10.89\00:29:13.91
and so we saw a
difference in the atmosphere,
00:29:13.94\00:29:15.99
as far as the spirit
of reverence was amazing,
00:29:16.02\00:29:21.21
it was something
like, I have like,
00:29:21.24\00:29:23.78
I don't think
ever experience before.
00:29:23.81\00:29:26.37
And the
dedication, the seriousness,
00:29:26.40\00:29:29.18
the music last
time because of the--
00:29:29.21\00:29:31.22
the music restrictions
that they have in Austria,
00:29:31.25\00:29:33.71
last time we just had
to have a couple of groups
00:29:33.74\00:29:35.52
just do all the music,
00:29:35.55\00:29:36.59
but this time we were able
to let the attendees do it,
00:29:36.62\00:29:38.88
like we usually do
here, in North America.
00:29:38.91\00:29:41.36
And it was so amazing to see
the-- the amount of investment,
00:29:41.39\00:29:44.41
the buy in, the
excitement, during the outreach,
00:29:44.44\00:29:47.68
we did it a few differences
with the outreach as well.
00:29:47.71\00:29:51.04
Last time we just
went door to door,
00:29:51.07\00:29:52.47
and we went door to door again,
00:29:52.50\00:29:54.27
but we also had a
couple of other things
00:29:54.30\00:29:55.87
such as a health
expo, we did actually like
00:29:55.90\00:29:58.96
a flash mob,
into the city of Linz,
00:29:58.99\00:30:01.61
where we went
into downtown and sang
00:30:01.64\00:30:03.90
and a lot of
people responded to that.
00:30:03.93\00:30:06.02
We had a prayer
booth where we went
00:30:06.05\00:30:07.79
and pray with people
in the middle of the city.
00:30:07.82\00:30:10.16
It was just a-- it was just
00:30:10.19\00:30:11.98
such an amazing
experience to see
00:30:12.01\00:30:13.58
how the young people responded,
acknowledged the Word of God,
00:30:13.61\00:30:17.54
and-- but to also
being able to reach out
00:30:17.57\00:30:19.76
to other people in
many different ways,
00:30:19.79\00:30:21.84
not just in one way,
00:30:21.87\00:30:23.11
but to be able
to use their talents
00:30:23.14\00:30:24.51
in what ever the
capacity they had them,
00:30:24.54\00:30:26.48
to reach out to other people.
00:30:26.51\00:30:27.58
Erwin, just in
a last few seconds
00:30:27.61\00:30:29.25
that we have left,
what kind of impact
00:30:29.28\00:30:32.35
that it have on
so many young people.
00:30:32.38\00:30:33.50
That anybody come up to you
and say this was really great
00:30:33.53\00:30:35.46
I had a fun time, were
they moved spiritually?
00:30:35.49\00:30:38.23
What might they
have shared with you?
00:30:38.26\00:30:39.91
Well, with an attendance
of 800 to 1,000 people,
00:30:39.94\00:30:42.99
if more than 100 people
make the decision for baptism,
00:30:43.02\00:30:45.48
it's very powerful.
00:30:45.51\00:30:46.91
And so many more,
when they appeal was made,
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.98
did not just
response to be Baptist
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.48
but also to spend
their life as a missionary
00:30:50.51\00:30:52.81
and be trained.
00:30:52.84\00:30:53.90
And so those are affects that,
00:30:53.93\00:30:55.60
these results we will
see in the future also.
00:30:55.63\00:30:58.30
And so many came back
and said this was powerful,
00:30:58.33\00:31:00.36
the songs that we sang
and the straight messages,
00:31:00.39\00:31:02.56
the straight
testimony, back to the Bible,
00:31:02.59\00:31:04.51
the spirit of
prophecy, the hope that we have
00:31:04.54\00:31:06.64
the Jesus is coming
soon and we can be ready,
00:31:06.67\00:31:09.34
that was something that
was felt and that is heard
00:31:09.37\00:31:11.65
and at this point we
also want to thank ASI
00:31:11.68\00:31:14.18
because without
ASI we would probably
00:31:14.21\00:31:15.72
not have been able to go there
and so thank you there also.
00:31:15.75\00:31:18.62
And the Lord is really blessed
00:31:18.65\00:31:20.60
and we're looking forward
to expand not just in Europe,
00:31:20.63\00:31:22.74
but all over the world
so that Jesus can come.
00:31:22.77\00:31:24.66
Thank you very
much, Natasha and Erwin.
00:31:24.69\00:31:26.91
ASI we have a work to do,
00:31:26.94\00:31:29.07
and our young
people have a work to do,
00:31:29.10\00:31:30.61
we are in good hands as
long as we train them right
00:31:30.64\00:31:33.85
and support them as they
go out to spread the message.
00:31:33.88\00:31:36.93
Now coming to the
podium, our two individuals
00:31:36.96\00:31:40.10
that should be
no strangers to you,
00:31:40.13\00:31:42.10
I kind of recognize them,
let's see this is Jim Gilley.
00:31:42.13\00:31:48.35
I'm Danny, and
this is Jim. Okay.
00:31:48.38\00:31:50.39
And this is Danny
Shelton. No confusions.
00:31:50.42\00:31:51.96
Listen, we are so
grateful, as ASI, for 3ABN,
00:31:51.99\00:31:57.01
because of you the world knows
a little bit more about ASI
00:31:57.04\00:32:01.18
we're even more
grateful for 3ABN
00:32:01.21\00:32:03.16
because of all
the wonderful things
00:32:03.19\00:32:05.10
that you have
done and accomplished,
00:32:05.13\00:32:06.80
and allowed ministries to
do through your assistance,
00:32:06.83\00:32:09.78
so we just wanted you to share
00:32:09.81\00:32:10.86
a little bit
about what's going on.
00:32:10.89\00:32:12.92
So I'm just gonna
let you take it away
00:32:12.95\00:32:15.18
and do your thing
watching the clock.
00:32:15.21\00:32:17.17
All right. Watching the clock.
00:32:17.20\00:32:18.79
We're good at
that. We watch everyday.
00:32:18.82\00:32:21.67
You know, Danny, this
is-- how many have you been to?
00:32:21.70\00:32:25.28
This is actually 29,
00:32:25.31\00:32:27.17
my first ASI was
Big Sky, Montana.
00:32:27.20\00:32:30.60
Wow. And in 1985.
00:32:30.63\00:32:33.24
That's where the
miracle took place.
00:32:33.27\00:32:34.99
Actually, the
rain storm. Absolutely.
00:32:35.02\00:32:37.47
And you were able to tell people
00:32:37.50\00:32:39.29
about 3ABN during the rain.
00:32:39.32\00:32:42.16
That's right, in 1985
several folk had heard,
00:32:42.19\00:32:45.16
I was 33 years old,
00:32:45.19\00:32:46.99
you can do the
math from that now,
00:32:47.02\00:32:48.94
I was excited, thought everybody
00:32:48.97\00:32:50.44
would want to know about
this new Adventist station
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.39
to reach the world, trouble
was I didn't have any money,
00:32:53.42\00:32:56.27
didn't have an
education in television
00:32:56.30\00:32:58.62
didn't have much
for an education period,
00:32:58.65\00:33:00.46
and I thought everybody
would be excited about it,
00:33:00.49\00:33:02.89
but some folks started saying,
but we want to hear about it,
00:33:02.92\00:33:05.41
but of course ASI says,
00:33:05.44\00:33:06.91
but we plan our
programs way in advance.
00:33:06.94\00:33:09.25
So they said that's
okay, may be next year,
00:33:09.28\00:33:11.92
and then Friday
came-- was Friday afternoon,
00:33:11.95\00:33:15.05
there were gonna be
rides up in the mountains,
00:33:15.08\00:33:19.13
and a big rain storm came in,
00:33:19.16\00:33:21.07
any of you who was
there in 1985, all right,
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.76
so I got witnesses out here.
00:33:23.79\00:33:25.38
They're are still alive, Danny.
00:33:25.41\00:33:26.44
Big storm came and
it's pouring down raining,
00:33:26.47\00:33:28.67
I was setting into meeting,
00:33:28.70\00:33:30.05
the national convention
had about 250 to 300 people
00:33:30.08\00:33:33.91
then, was much
smaller organization
00:33:33.94\00:33:36.74
and I remember seeing--
Phil Winstead was president,
00:33:36.77\00:33:40.16
Henry Martin was vice president.
00:33:40.19\00:33:41.76
Now I remember
him, looking over my way
00:33:41.79\00:33:44.00
and doing like this,
so I didn't know anybody,
00:33:44.03\00:33:46.96
nobody knew me, and so I thought
00:33:46.99\00:33:48.61
well, they're not talking to me,
00:33:48.64\00:33:50.65
so they kept motioning for me,
00:33:50.68\00:33:52.33
so finally I said
well, I went like this,
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.96
I didn't want to do
this, and them say no,
00:33:54.99\00:33:57.04
I'm not talking to you.
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.24
So I did this and they nodded,
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.20
so I finally, I said
well, I'll walk by them,
00:34:00.23\00:34:01.99
if they stop me, then I'll go,
00:34:02.02\00:34:03.95
you know 'cause maybe
they're still looking,
00:34:03.98\00:34:06.23
so finally I
remember Henry said,
00:34:06.26\00:34:08.40
can you do us a big favor,
00:34:08.43\00:34:09.77
I have several hundred
people here this afternoon,
00:34:09.80\00:34:12.88
we were
schedule for a free time,
00:34:12.91\00:34:14.58
but because of this storm
we need to hear your story,
00:34:14.61\00:34:19.14
about this new
television network
00:34:19.17\00:34:21.35
you're building called 3ABN
00:34:21.38\00:34:22.87
and that was a start of
our relationship with ASI,
00:34:22.90\00:34:27.25
and just a few short years later
00:34:27.28\00:34:29.48
probably three
or four years later,
00:34:29.51\00:34:31.67
we were able to
start televising those
00:34:31.70\00:34:34.30
literally around the world.
00:34:34.33\00:34:35.52
ASI is an
incredible organization,
00:34:35.55\00:34:38.11
we've supported it
from the very first time
00:34:38.14\00:34:40.68
I went there,
we're so privileged
00:34:40.71\00:34:42.71
and we want to thank all of you
00:34:42.74\00:34:44.06
and ASI for your support of 3ABN
00:34:44.09\00:34:47.56
what a great relationship
00:34:47.59\00:34:49.36
to get the gospel
into all the world.
00:34:49.39\00:34:51.21
You know, one of the
things that they told me
00:34:51.24\00:34:53.35
before I came on the stage,
is, your phone turned vibrate,
00:34:53.38\00:34:56.74
and by the way,
the only telephone call
00:34:56.77\00:34:59.87
I ever got on the
air was from Danny,
00:34:59.90\00:35:02.07
and we were doing a
live-- he wasn't there
00:35:02.10\00:35:05.79
and I don't think he realize
00:35:05.82\00:35:07.00
that I was doing
a live at the time,
00:35:07.03\00:35:09.48
but I do want you to
remember that-- the 3ABN app
00:35:09.51\00:35:15.75
if you don't have it
on you iPhone or on--
00:35:15.78\00:35:19.28
we got on the other
one too, the android,
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.95
if you don't have it, get it,
00:35:21.98\00:35:23.56
it's not gonna
cost you anything,
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.72
and you can watch
3ABN where ever you are.
00:35:25.75\00:35:29.19
Anywhere in the world, 24/7,
00:35:29.22\00:35:31.07
all six networks on your phones,
00:35:31.10\00:35:33.87
your iPhones, your
androids, your iPads,
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.70
that's incredible technology.
00:35:36.73\00:35:38.31
It really is.
00:35:38.34\00:35:39.50
And we're
finding people telling us
00:35:39.53\00:35:41.49
that they watching all the time.
00:35:41.52\00:35:45.49
A few weeks ago,
we were just finishing
00:35:45.52\00:35:48.70
our anchor series
with Ron Halverson,
00:35:48.73\00:35:50.92
how many of you saw
some of that, with Ron,
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.57
we had him there with
us, in West Frankfort,
00:35:53.60\00:35:57.49
and Ron was, we're just finished
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.34
and we stepped
down off the platform
00:36:00.37\00:36:01.91
to have an after glow
with the folks that were there.
00:36:01.94\00:36:05.64
Phone rings, and
it's my daughter,
00:36:05.67\00:36:08.75
and she says, dad,
we've got a person,
00:36:08.78\00:36:11.57
they live in
Dyersburg, Tennessee,
00:36:11.60\00:36:14.02
so we have a man
that's been coming here
00:36:14.05\00:36:16.38
with his wife have been coming
to church for a few weeks,
00:36:16.41\00:36:20.11
we're without a
Pastor right now,
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.57
he wants to be baptized
and each week he comes thinking
00:36:22.60\00:36:26.10
there is going be a
Pastor there to baptize him,
00:36:26.13\00:36:28.58
and today he was
really disappointed,
00:36:28.61\00:36:31.10
he thought a man was
coming from the conference
00:36:31.13\00:36:33.71
but then he founded out the man
00:36:33.74\00:36:35.27
was not physically
able to do the baptism,
00:36:35.30\00:36:38.53
and he is so disappointed,
00:36:38.56\00:36:40.18
we came-- he came home to
have a celebration with us,
00:36:40.21\00:36:43.78
if we were to bring him
up would you baptize him?
00:36:43.81\00:36:47.05
And I said yes,
we would baptize him.
00:36:47.08\00:36:48.80
He will be a member
then of the Dyersburg Church,
00:36:48.83\00:36:51.50
we've done that
several times before.
00:36:51.53\00:36:53.93
And so they jumped in the car,
00:36:53.96\00:36:55.91
I turned to our
group and I said,
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.57
we having vespers
tonight at our house, 7:30
00:36:57.60\00:37:00.99
and I bought this
house, it already had a pool,
00:37:01.02\00:37:04.64
I wouldn't have built a
pool, I don't swim very well,
00:37:04.67\00:37:08.51
but I float a little bit,
00:37:08.54\00:37:11.20
but I-- I said we
will baptize him our pool,
00:37:11.23\00:37:14.38
we've had a
number of baptisms there,
00:37:14.41\00:37:16.10
it's been a
great thing for that.
00:37:16.13\00:37:17.86
And so they got
there, about 7:30,
00:37:17.89\00:37:21.29
I turned around to
Ron and I said Ron,
00:37:21.32\00:37:23.06
why don't you do this baptism.
00:37:23.09\00:37:24.78
Roy says, I'll
do it, you know Ron.
00:37:24.81\00:37:26.66
He's ready and
so Paul Hallas came,
00:37:26.69\00:37:31.17
tremendous
middle aged gentleman,
00:37:31.20\00:37:34.32
a man who's had a real journey,
00:37:34.35\00:37:38.01
but this journey led him to 3ABN
00:37:38.04\00:37:41.21
and to the
gospel of Jesus Christ
00:37:41.24\00:37:43.92
and the three angel's message,
00:37:43.95\00:37:45.60
he knows this
message better than I do,
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.64
I tell you and Ron
baptized him there.
00:37:47.67\00:37:50.65
And it's happing
all over the world.
00:37:50.68\00:37:52.09
Debby just asked us
are there any still,
00:37:52.12\00:37:54.85
you know, miracles?
00:37:54.88\00:37:55.99
The way say
miracles-- constantly,
00:37:56.02\00:37:58.56
just in the last few weeks,
00:37:58.59\00:38:00.84
we get letters
all the time, today,
00:38:00.87\00:38:02.49
Angie Lomacang was telling
me, she works in 3ABN radio,
00:38:02.52\00:38:06.15
that a lady called the
station a little upset,
00:38:06.18\00:38:09.81
she said, what is
happening with my radio,
00:38:09.84\00:38:12.38
I turned to 3ABN and I got 3ABN,
00:38:12.41\00:38:16.20
but it was you know, Christiany,
00:38:16.23\00:38:17.80
what, heavy spiritual,
so I didn't want to watch it
00:38:17.83\00:38:20.25
so I turned the channel,
00:38:20.28\00:38:22.46
it turn back by itself later on,
00:38:22.49\00:38:25.34
so she said it
continued to do that
00:38:25.37\00:38:27.61
and she finally
called the station and said,
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.30
what are you doing to my radio?
00:38:29.33\00:38:31.26
You are controlling
the channels of here
00:38:31.29\00:38:34.39
because it keeps coming back,
well she ended up accepting,
00:38:34.42\00:38:37.34
you know, the Lord and
joining the Adventist Church,
00:38:37.37\00:38:39.66
we could write a book
on channels stuck on 3ABN.
00:38:39.69\00:38:45.02
Just the other day, we did
a program with Jim and Molly,
00:38:45.05\00:38:47.94
and Molly had some good letters
00:38:47.97\00:38:49.24
and some of
those continually say,
00:38:49.27\00:38:51.75
oh, I got my cable
station only would get 3ABN
00:38:51.78\00:38:56.07
and for we could
not get it fixed,
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.82
people with satellite dishes,
00:38:57.85\00:38:59.52
it's keeps
getting stuck on 3ABN.
00:38:59.55\00:39:02.43
God knows who's
ready and who isn't?
00:39:02.46\00:39:05.65
And so I believe Jesus is
coming very soon, don't you?
00:39:05.68\00:39:08.89
And because of that I
believe that there is,
00:39:08.92\00:39:11.25
that God has a plan for
each and everyone of us,
00:39:11.28\00:39:14.80
individually,
collectively as a church,
00:39:14.83\00:39:17.41
as a people to get the--
undiluted three angels messages
00:39:17.44\00:39:21.14
and to all the world.
00:39:21.17\00:39:22.21
And this November again is
30 years and I think about that
00:39:22.24\00:39:25.82
and I give God honor
and glory and praise.
00:39:25.85\00:39:28.16
I'll take the
credit for the bad things,
00:39:28.19\00:39:29.83
but we give God the
credit for all the good things.
00:39:29.86\00:39:32.64
Thank you for your
love and your prayers
00:39:32.67\00:39:34.19
and support of 3ABN.
00:39:34.22\00:39:35.94
You know, Stan and Cathy Smith,
were riding in taxi cab today
00:39:35.97\00:39:40.06
and the cab driver asked
them what they were doing here
00:39:40.09\00:39:44.04
and they told him
what was happening
00:39:44.07\00:39:46.10
and he said, now
not by any chance
00:39:46.13\00:39:50.52
would Danny
Shelton be here, would he?
00:39:50.55\00:39:53.25
And they said well,
yes, he-- I think he is.
00:39:53.28\00:39:55.89
I haven't seen
him but I think he is.
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.88
He said well, I just was sure
00:39:57.91\00:39:59.74
I saw him walking down
Monroe Street here today.
00:39:59.77\00:40:03.84
And he said, I
thought, what he can't be here,
00:40:03.87\00:40:07.24
but it's amazing
this is a gentleman
00:40:07.27\00:40:09.09
that watches 3ABN all the
time and was recently baptized.
00:40:09.12\00:40:14.00
So your message
what you are doing
00:40:14.03\00:40:17.29
in supporting this ministry
is having tremendous results.
00:40:17.32\00:40:22.31
We appreciate you being a part--
00:40:22.34\00:40:24.99
our being a part of this
offering that will be coming.
00:40:25.02\00:40:28.44
We ask you to pray
about being generous,
00:40:28.47\00:40:31.20
there's so many
different groups there
00:40:31.23\00:40:33.47
and they all are
very much in need,
00:40:33.50\00:40:35.96
as you know we bring
ministry after ministry on 3ABN
00:40:35.99\00:40:39.81
to talk about their needs
00:40:39.84\00:40:42.04
and we want you to
support each one them
00:40:42.07\00:40:44.91
because God wants us to
share and to be with each other
00:40:44.94\00:40:50.39
and to be supporting each other.
00:40:50.42\00:40:53.01
And this year, we're trying
to, to get our studio finished,
00:40:53.04\00:40:57.29
our control room
in the worship center.
00:40:57.32\00:41:01.13
Because for years we've had
to bring our mobile truck up
00:41:01.16\00:41:04.64
and hook up to
it, which is okay,
00:41:04.67\00:41:07.52
but that means that
00:41:07.55\00:41:08.94
when we with the
mobile truck goes out of town,
00:41:08.97\00:41:11.36
we can't have a
television program there
00:41:11.39\00:41:15.25
in the worship center
00:41:15.28\00:41:16.59
or if we're having a
program in the worship center
00:41:16.62\00:41:19.64
we can't send the truck out,
00:41:19.67\00:41:21.43
so we would really like
to finish that this year,
00:41:21.46\00:41:24.28
and that's what
the commitment is,
00:41:24.31\00:41:26.48
thank you so much.
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.68
All right God bless you.
00:41:27.71\00:41:29.13
Ladies and gentlemen,
once again welcome, to ASI,
00:41:32.78\00:41:36.07
are you ready for
Members in Action?
00:41:36.10\00:41:40.09
Oh, are you ready
for Members in Action?
00:41:40.12\00:41:42.62
Yes.
00:41:42.65\00:41:43.93
Now you know
that Members in Action
00:41:43.96\00:41:46.53
is the very heartbeat of ASI
00:41:46.56\00:41:49.73
because only what we
do for Christ will last.
00:41:49.76\00:41:53.14
And I'm gonna tell you,
00:41:53.17\00:41:54.83
you might not be as
excited as I am now,
00:41:54.86\00:41:56.98
but when you start hearing
some of the-- the testimonies
00:41:57.01\00:42:00.36
you will be
exuberant with excitement,
00:42:00.39\00:42:03.16
okay, right now with
me I have Richard Alva,
00:42:03.19\00:42:07.89
who is a
nutritionist and health educator
00:42:07.92\00:42:11.63
and we have Elton
DeSousa who is a Chaplain
00:42:11.66\00:42:15.09
and Bible worker, now the
thing with these two gentlemen,
00:42:15.12\00:42:18.31
they both work at
a medical practice,
00:42:18.34\00:42:20.98
Medicore Partners.
00:42:21.01\00:42:23.17
Yes, we have a Chaplain in
Bible worker with a nutrition
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.89
and health educator
at a medical practice.
00:42:26.92\00:42:29.55
How is this
possible? Good evening, ASI.
00:42:29.58\00:42:33.61
Well, we have an
amazing opportunity
00:42:33.64\00:42:36.39
the God has provided,
00:42:36.42\00:42:37.82
Medicore Partners
it's a medical practice
00:42:37.85\00:42:40.23
that was started by
Dr. Manuel and Esther Alva,
00:42:40.26\00:42:43.80
those are my parents
00:42:43.83\00:42:45.39
and they've been in
ministry, in health ministry,
00:42:45.42\00:42:47.66
during that work
for a few years now.
00:42:47.69\00:42:50.89
So how is the two married?
00:42:50.92\00:42:52.54
Because you know,
traditional with you know,
00:42:52.57\00:42:55.51
natural typically doesn't blend.
00:42:55.54\00:42:58.40
What's beautiful is that God
is the one that does the work.
00:42:58.43\00:43:02.26
And so because God
is the great physician,
00:43:02.29\00:43:05.91
and salvation comes from Him
and health also comes from Him.
00:43:05.94\00:43:12.06
God is the means by
which people receive health.
00:43:12.09\00:43:16.87
So God uses conventional means,
He uses natural approaches
00:43:16.90\00:43:21.45
and that's why Elton
and I have the opportunity
00:43:21.48\00:43:23.55
to work together in ministry.
00:43:23.58\00:43:25.12
Okay, so now how did the
two of you come together?
00:43:25.15\00:43:29.54
I mean where did you
find you know, a Chaplain?
00:43:29.57\00:43:32.34
And a Bible worker?
00:43:32.37\00:43:34.05
For a few years I was
working there in the clinic
00:43:34.08\00:43:36.71
giving health education
classes and we have that going.
00:43:36.74\00:43:40.38
Inside the
clinic? Inside the clinic.
00:43:40.41\00:43:42.71
And so one thing that
really laid the foundation
00:43:42.74\00:43:46.27
was the way that the doctors,
my parents are physicians,
00:43:46.30\00:43:49.67
interact with the patients,
praying with their patients,
00:43:49.70\00:43:53.45
talking to their
patients about God,
00:43:53.48\00:43:55.72
winning their trust and
their confidence that way,
00:43:55.75\00:43:58.00
introducing them to Christ.
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.47
So when I came
along they were prepared
00:43:59.50\00:44:03.37
and ready to
hear about nutrition,
00:44:03.40\00:44:06.77
to hear about health, to
hear about better living,
00:44:06.80\00:44:09.30
and then Elton came along.
00:44:09.33\00:44:11.79
So Brother Elton,
00:44:11.82\00:44:13.82
you are the
Chaplain and Bible worker,
00:44:13.85\00:44:15.94
how are you working this in?
00:44:15.97\00:44:17.50
I mean, you just, I'm sick
00:44:17.53\00:44:20.10
and you're gonna talk
to me about the Bible,
00:44:20.13\00:44:21.50
is that how you do it?
00:44:21.53\00:44:23.04
Yes. Really?
00:44:23.07\00:44:24.70
Well, Jesus is
the great physician
00:44:24.73\00:44:27.89
and working at the clinic,
00:44:27.92\00:44:30.71
I learned that eventually
00:44:30.74\00:44:33.07
everybody has
some level of stress
00:44:33.10\00:44:36.12
and the patients
that Richard sees
00:44:36.15\00:44:39.17
everyday, with his class,
00:44:39.20\00:44:41.99
he introduces to the
stress management class
00:44:42.02\00:44:45.51
that we have at the
clinic and this class--
00:44:45.54\00:44:50.19
when people come to the class,
00:44:50.22\00:44:52.00
they expected to be
healed with their stress,
00:44:52.03\00:44:56.48
there will be some
kind of a psychologist
00:44:56.51\00:44:58.74
or some you know, person.
00:44:58.77\00:45:00.95
So are they looking for a pill,
00:45:00.98\00:45:03.67
I mean because
when I come to a doctor
00:45:03.70\00:45:05.21
or when people come,
00:45:05.24\00:45:06.27
they're typically looking
for a-- yeah, yeah, quick fix.
00:45:06.30\00:45:10.35
That's right,
they do, in especially
00:45:10.38\00:45:13.05
when they come with
their stress they expect,
00:45:13.08\00:45:15.42
you know, way that we're
gonna give some kind of a pill
00:45:15.45\00:45:19.37
or some kind of a
you know, yoga treatment
00:45:19.40\00:45:22.93
or something like
that, but then I tell them,
00:45:22.96\00:45:27.36
I have to be honest
to you I cannot help you
00:45:27.39\00:45:30.75
but I know some one that can.
00:45:30.78\00:45:32.96
And when I say
that they look at me
00:45:32.99\00:45:35.37
and I bring a "Steps to Christ"
00:45:35.40\00:45:37.18
and I tell them,
the Christ is the way.
00:45:37.21\00:45:40.30
Would you like to sign up
00:45:40.33\00:45:42.55
and then continue
with this Bible study?
00:45:42.58\00:45:45.82
So you are
prescribing "Steps to Christ"?
00:45:45.85\00:45:48.60
Yes. Okay, okay.
00:45:48.63\00:45:50.16
So what happens, I
mean you were telling me
00:45:50.19\00:45:52.19
that 90%-- are they
Seventh-day Adventist?
00:45:52.22\00:45:54.89
I mean, are they--
00:45:54.92\00:45:56.12
No, 90% of the people
that we are working with,
00:45:56.15\00:46:00.25
they are Catholics.
00:46:00.28\00:46:01.91
And in their region, there,
00:46:01.94\00:46:03.90
there is a lot
of Catholic people
00:46:03.93\00:46:05.32
so they start
reading the "Steps to Christ"
00:46:05.35\00:46:08.26
and they get very impressed
to how we are saved by grace--
00:46:08.29\00:46:11.33
Elton, Richard looks like
00:46:11.36\00:46:12.39
he's just bursting
with something to say.
00:46:12.42\00:46:14.63
How about that?
00:46:14.66\00:46:15.92
It's incredible
because when you see somebody
00:46:15.95\00:46:19.68
who has the right
healthy living information,
00:46:19.71\00:46:24.19
but they don't have
Christ, it's one thing
00:46:24.22\00:46:28.08
but when Christ is
introduced into that equation,
00:46:28.11\00:46:31.92
it changes everything.
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.55
Now since you
brought in a Bible worker
00:46:33.58\00:46:35.87
into the practice
00:46:35.90\00:46:37.05
what has been the results?
00:46:37.08\00:46:38.12
Now how long has he
been in the practice?
00:46:38.15\00:46:40.96
Well, we are
there for four moths
00:46:40.99\00:46:44.51
and we have 105 steps to Christ
00:46:44.54\00:46:48.90
given in the 105
Bible studies set up.
00:46:48.93\00:46:53.00
Okay, so now, Richard,
you been there since when?
00:46:53.03\00:46:55.48
Right.
00:46:55.51\00:46:57.06
I started working
with my parents in 2003
00:46:57.09\00:46:59.53
with the health
education in 2006
00:46:59.56\00:47:02.02
and then fulltime since 2011
00:47:02.05\00:47:04.65
with the series of
health education classes
00:47:04.68\00:47:07.22
but since we started making
00:47:07.25\00:47:09.35
Bible studies
available to the patients
00:47:09.38\00:47:12.29
we have not
seen health out comes
00:47:12.32\00:47:15.18
so quickly as we are seeing now.
00:47:15.21\00:47:17.38
So you're literally seeing
00:47:17.41\00:47:18.86
physical results in
addition to spiritual.
00:47:18.89\00:47:21.31
Both.
00:47:21.34\00:47:22.37
And they go
together, absolutely.
00:47:22.40\00:47:23.98
Okay, we going
to run out of time,
00:47:24.01\00:47:25.14
but I want to see your pictures,
00:47:25.17\00:47:26.84
I think we have a few pictures.
00:47:26.87\00:47:30.40
I want to share real quick,
there this man comes to me
00:47:30.43\00:47:33.47
and when he hears about
the stress management class
00:47:33.50\00:47:37.68
he calls me aside and he
say, how do you do this class?
00:47:37.71\00:47:43.66
Because I went
to a psychologist,
00:47:43.69\00:47:45.55
I went to you
know, some yoga classes,
00:47:45.58\00:47:48.39
and everybody tells me the same,
00:47:48.42\00:47:50.37
it inside of me
that I have the answer.
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.46
But then he calls me and he ask
00:47:53.49\00:47:56.07
are you gonna tell
me something similar
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.54
'cause I don't
want to waste my time
00:47:58.57\00:48:00.71
and I tell him no I won't
00:48:00.74\00:48:02.60
'cause I believe that
only Christ has the answer.
00:48:02.63\00:48:06.12
Amen. Amen.
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.41
So they took our
pictures away. It's okay.
00:48:07.44\00:48:11.68
Well, with the results
that you are seeing now
00:48:11.71\00:48:14.91
what would you
admonish the rest of us to do?
00:48:14.94\00:48:18.95
I'm reminded of John, John 16:13
00:48:18.98\00:48:23.14
where it says Jesus is speaking
00:48:23.17\00:48:24.71
and He says that the spirit
will lead you into all truth.
00:48:24.74\00:48:29.36
Christ is truth, and
we see amazing results
00:48:29.39\00:48:33.33
that work, not because of us,
00:48:33.36\00:48:35.19
but because of the work
that the Holy Spirit is doing.
00:48:35.22\00:48:37.81
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:48:37.84\00:48:39.42
Thank you so much.
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.48
Truly the health message is
the right arm of the gospel,
00:48:40.51\00:48:44.97
it's our entering
wedge and-- when we use it
00:48:45.00\00:48:47.89
as the Lord has commissioned
us to-- you see results.
00:48:47.92\00:48:51.76
I was just amazed,
in a medical practice.
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.24
Now Gary, this gentleman
00:48:54.27\00:48:57.69
now who still believes
in modern day miracles?
00:48:57.72\00:49:04.20
This is Gary
Morgan and his ministry is
00:49:04.23\00:49:07.82
Search for One Incorporated,
now first, come on closer,
00:49:07.85\00:49:12.08
explain what Search for
One incorporated, what is that?
00:49:12.11\00:49:15.13
What do you do?
00:49:15.16\00:49:16.97
Melissa, Search for One,
we're doing a medical ministry
00:49:17.00\00:49:20.75
in the Republic of
Kiribati, South Pacific.
00:49:20.78\00:49:24.33
Where, who, what?
00:49:24.36\00:49:25.52
The Republic of Kiribati,
00:49:25.55\00:49:26.58
we are south of
the Marshal Islands.
00:49:26.61\00:49:28.59
Not Kiricel.
00:49:28.62\00:49:29.65
Kiribati. Okay.
00:49:29.68\00:49:31.40
It's the local
word for Gilberts.
00:49:31.43\00:49:33.15
Formally the Gilbert
Islands in the South Pacific,
00:49:33.18\00:49:35.55
so we are south of
the Marshall Islands
00:49:35.58\00:49:37.11
and were north of Fiji,
00:49:37.14\00:49:38.87
and about 2,000
miles away from Hawaii,
00:49:38.90\00:49:42.27
so right out there in
the middle of no where.
00:49:42.30\00:49:44.97
Okay, so another words,
00:49:45.00\00:49:46.60
you don't have the Hawaiian feel
00:49:46.63\00:49:48.00
and all of the luxuries.
00:49:48.03\00:49:49.46
No, we do not. No.
00:49:49.49\00:49:50.81
How did you get way out there?
00:49:50.84\00:49:53.52
Well, you know, tonight
is a very special night,
00:49:53.55\00:49:56.30
it was exactly 19
years ago, tonight,
00:49:56.33\00:50:00.02
that I walked into my
very first ASI meeting,
00:50:00.05\00:50:03.39
and I walked in and
joined the audience,
00:50:03.42\00:50:06.32
and I was blown
away with what I heard,
00:50:06.35\00:50:09.02
the reports from around
the world were phenomenal
00:50:09.05\00:50:12.37
and that night I walked
through the display booths
00:50:12.40\00:50:15.99
and there was a sail boat set
up in the back the auditorium,
00:50:16.02\00:50:19.33
it was "search
for one's first ASI"
00:50:19.36\00:50:21.78
and they were there
looking for a boat captain,
00:50:21.81\00:50:24.59
and a host family
to go start the work
00:50:24.62\00:50:27.36
in Republic of Kiribati.
00:50:27.39\00:50:28.42
I said where do I sign up.
00:50:28.45\00:50:30.48
So I've been doing ever since.
00:50:30.51\00:50:31.59
Just like that. Just like that.
00:50:31.62\00:50:34.04
Now what is the purpose of
search for one incorporated?
00:50:34.07\00:50:38.65
Well, we are taking
medical, dental teams
00:50:38.68\00:50:42.30
into the outer islands
where there are no doctors.
00:50:42.33\00:50:45.01
Tarawa has got a
hospital/clinic with doctors,
00:50:45.04\00:50:49.14
but the outer
islands do not have any.
00:50:49.17\00:50:52.10
So our focus has been to take
00:50:52.13\00:50:53.79
medical help to
the outer islands.
00:50:53.82\00:50:55.99
But that work has been
growing through the years,
00:50:56.02\00:50:58.22
we're now taking
construction teams out
00:50:58.25\00:51:00.11
to help with building churches,
00:51:00.14\00:51:02.50
building on our
Kauma Adventist School,
00:51:02.53\00:51:05.75
we are also taking
evangelistic teams out there,
00:51:05.78\00:51:08.22
and we have some big
things planed for the future.
00:51:08.25\00:51:10.48
And what are those big things?
00:51:10.51\00:51:13.11
We are looking
forward to starting
00:51:13.14\00:51:14.82
a new clinic on
Tarawa this next year,
00:51:14.85\00:51:17.63
Dr. Ray Andreassen,
from Delta Junction Alaska,
00:51:17.66\00:51:21.42
was out with us
this last February.
00:51:21.45\00:51:23.91
And he-- he was so excited
with what he saw out there,
00:51:23.94\00:51:27.22
the response from
the people and the needs
00:51:27.25\00:51:29.83
that he is looking
forward to sharing his staff,
00:51:29.86\00:51:34.21
his medical expertise,
00:51:34.24\00:51:36.12
in time was setting
up a clinic on Tarawa
00:51:36.15\00:51:39.94
for the people out there.
00:51:39.97\00:51:41.12
Okay, so now within this clinic,
00:51:41.15\00:51:43.12
how are you and incorporating
the building, the evangelism,
00:51:43.15\00:51:46.58
I mean everything that
you've, you know, expanded on.
00:51:46.61\00:51:50.13
You know, it all works together,
00:51:50.16\00:51:51.72
but the medical arm of
our work is the leading edge.
00:51:51.75\00:51:56.08
Two years ago Dr. Dan
Wilson, out of Lewiston, Idaho,
00:51:56.11\00:52:00.01
went with us to a closed island,
00:52:00.04\00:52:02.15
this is an
island where they forbid
00:52:02.18\00:52:04.09
any evangelism, any teaching
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.86
other than the established
religion on that island.
00:52:06.89\00:52:09.86
With up to a threat
of death for doing it.
00:52:09.89\00:52:12.78
So we went in
with our dental team
00:52:12.81\00:52:15.18
and we were
welcomed with open arms,
00:52:15.21\00:52:17.20
we now have it
island opened to evangelism
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.60
because of the
medical team that went first.
00:52:19.63\00:52:21.67
That right arm again. Exactly.
00:52:21.70\00:52:24.19
Okay, now were telling me
about the un-entered territories
00:52:24.22\00:52:28.11
that you are interested in
going into, with the others.
00:52:28.14\00:52:31.27
We still have other islands
00:52:31.30\00:52:32.77
that have never been
entered with any Adventist work,
00:52:32.80\00:52:36.20
and we are
looking for the volunteers
00:52:36.23\00:52:38.57
that want to help us do that.
00:52:38.60\00:52:39.96
So I mean, do you
already have these pegged out?
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.79
Do you know where you're gonna--
00:52:41.82\00:52:42.86
Yes, we do. Can you tell us?
00:52:42.89\00:52:45.27
So there are still
a number of islands
00:52:45.30\00:52:48.14
that have never been
entered due to the local people
00:52:48.17\00:52:53.13
and local religion.
00:52:53.16\00:52:54.81
Wanting to keep any
other influences out.
00:52:54.84\00:52:57.51
Okay, so like right now,
00:52:57.54\00:52:58.64
what is the projected plan to
try to enter into these areas?
00:52:58.67\00:53:03.50
Well, we are planning
to start a mission college
00:53:03.53\00:53:05.45
for evangelism out there,
00:53:05.48\00:53:06.71
we want to train lay
people in doing lay Bible work,
00:53:06.74\00:53:12.78
gardening,
fundamental health principals,
00:53:12.81\00:53:16.35
we would like to
have a lay evangelist
00:53:16.38\00:53:18.19
in every village in
that country, God willing.
00:53:18.22\00:53:22.95
You have a very-- and this is
00:53:22.98\00:53:24.56
what I was gonna tell
you about the miracle,
00:53:24.59\00:53:26.59
you have a very special
miracle to share with us,
00:53:26.62\00:53:29.01
it's a short
story, but it's powerful
00:53:29.04\00:53:31.28
and it's encouraging to know
00:53:31.31\00:53:32.90
that God is still
working miracles today.
00:53:32.93\00:53:35.35
You know, God has influence,
every trip we've out there,
00:53:35.38\00:53:38.55
but last year we
arrived with a construction team
00:53:38.58\00:53:43.43
and we got to the
island of Abemama,
00:53:43.46\00:53:45.96
where we have our
Kauma Adventist School,
00:53:45.99\00:53:47.65
we're gonna be
working on the cafeteria,
00:53:47.68\00:53:49.76
and we found that the
island was out of food,
00:53:49.79\00:53:53.04
the seas were running high,
00:53:53.07\00:53:55.28
and the governments supply ships
00:53:55.31\00:53:58.25
had not been there
in quite some time,
00:53:58.28\00:54:01.22
so I tried for three days
00:54:01.25\00:54:02.80
to get our large
sail boat started,
00:54:02.83\00:54:06.19
and I was unsuccessful,
00:54:06.22\00:54:08.00
I've never had
that problem before,
00:54:08.03\00:54:09.65
but for three days in
a row, would not start,
00:54:09.68\00:54:12.31
so I looked at Takamais,
my local right hand man
00:54:12.34\00:54:15.20
who takes care of
the boats out there,
00:54:15.23\00:54:16.47
so Takamais what about
taking the old Macgregor 26?
00:54:16.50\00:54:21.04
It was our first sail
boat in the country out there,
00:54:21.07\00:54:23.46
but it had been on the
beach for a while and not used,
00:54:23.49\00:54:25.61
he said yeah, he said I
think that would make it.
00:54:25.64\00:54:28.24
So we put a new motor
on the back of that boat,
00:54:28.27\00:54:32.99
spent a day preparing
and we took off for Tarawa,
00:54:33.02\00:54:35.90
80 miles away to get a supply
of rice and flour and sugar,
00:54:35.93\00:54:40.87
for the school and to
share with the island out there.
00:54:40.90\00:54:43.89
Now this
happened because you said
00:54:43.92\00:54:45.70
you checked back at the
school and they had no food?
00:54:45.73\00:54:48.38
They were opening
school with no food there.
00:54:48.41\00:54:51.06
So we made a very
quick trip to Tarawa,
00:54:51.09\00:54:54.08
got the boat loaded, 5
o'clock the next evening
00:54:54.11\00:54:57.13
we were back on the
sea headed back to Abemama.
00:54:57.16\00:54:59.61
But as soon as we
hit the open ocean,
00:54:59.64\00:55:02.22
we knew it was gonna
be a rough rugged trip.
00:55:02.25\00:55:04.88
We'd taken twice
the amount of fuel
00:55:04.91\00:55:07.11
that we usually budgeted
for that particular trip.
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.34
But as we went
through the night,
00:55:10.37\00:55:12.33
each time I transferred
fuel from our barrels
00:55:12.36\00:55:14.70
to the running
tank it became obvious
00:55:14.73\00:55:17.43
that we were running short.
00:55:17.46\00:55:18.99
The wind, the waves we
had swells up over 25 feet
00:55:19.02\00:55:24.23
and we were bailing
water, we had several ways--
00:55:24.26\00:55:27.54
Not to mention you got
knocked up side the head
00:55:27.57\00:55:29.51
and the-- I mean,
that's a whole different--
00:55:29.54\00:55:31.23
That's right, by 2
o'clock Friday afternoon
00:55:31.26\00:55:33.72
I picked-- pulled out
my satellite telephone,
00:55:33.75\00:55:36.44
I called mission head
quarters let them know
00:55:36.47\00:55:38.30
that we are
running short on fuel,
00:55:38.33\00:55:39.74
we were 26 miles from
the island of Abemama,
00:55:39.77\00:55:43.64
and we were late,
it was questionable
00:55:43.67\00:55:46.07
whether we would make shore.
00:55:46.10\00:55:47.83
So it was God's blessing,
00:55:47.86\00:55:49.89
there was a secretary
there to take that call,
00:55:49.92\00:55:52.36
she emailed the school principal
00:55:52.39\00:55:54.67
at our Kauma Adventist School,
00:55:54.70\00:55:56.73
he rang the emergency
bell they had a prayer session,
00:55:56.76\00:55:59.81
assembled the whole student body
00:55:59.84\00:56:01.78
and faculty at
exactly 3 o'clock.
00:56:01.81\00:56:04.58
The very same time that you
are having issues with that.
00:56:04.61\00:56:07.17
Exactly, the
engine at 3 o'clock quit,
00:56:07.20\00:56:10.39
I went back, opened up the big
hatch at the back of the boat,
00:56:10.42\00:56:13.40
to try and pull start the engine
00:56:13.43\00:56:14.75
after
transferring more fuel to it,
00:56:14.78\00:56:17.54
a wave and wind
caught that back of the boat
00:56:17.57\00:56:19.98
and as I looked up it hit
me right square in the face,
00:56:20.01\00:56:23.73
fore head and nose,
00:56:23.76\00:56:25.29
I had blood running down
in front of me on to the deck,
00:56:25.32\00:56:28.79
so I called Takamais who is down
00:56:28.82\00:56:30.37
bailing water out
of the main cabin,
00:56:30.40\00:56:32.12
I said Takamais, I said
need some help back here.
00:56:32.15\00:56:34.96
He looked out and says,
Gary, oh, no what to I do?
00:56:34.99\00:56:37.23
I said, through me
your shirt or rag something
00:56:37.26\00:56:39.54
I can clean my face with.
00:56:39.57\00:56:40.80
Now jump us to when you
get to share the experience
00:56:40.83\00:56:44.41
because they gonna
run me out of time.
00:56:44.44\00:56:45.80
Yeah, okay, so anyway
that last transfer of fuel
00:56:45.83\00:56:50.39
ran twice as long as
all of the other fuel tanks
00:56:50.42\00:56:54.09
that run on the trip
and we traveled four times
00:56:54.12\00:56:57.10
as far on that tank of fuel,
00:56:57.13\00:56:59.00
that tank of fuel
took us all the way
00:56:59.03\00:57:01.40
to the Lagoon at Abemama.
00:57:01.43\00:57:04.85
So I got in about
11:30 that night to my hut,
00:57:04.88\00:57:07.59
next Sabbath morning I was able
to walk in to Sabbath School
00:57:07.62\00:57:11.41
and tell these children,
beginning of the school year,
00:57:11.44\00:57:15.15
told them of our
miracle the day before
00:57:15.18\00:57:17.51
and how their
prayers had saved us at sea.
00:57:17.54\00:57:20.52
So as a tremendous start
for the-- their school year.
00:57:20.55\00:57:23.31
May the good Lord bless it
and Gary, thank you so much.
00:57:23.34\00:57:26.34
You know, this
almost makes me want to cry
00:57:26.37\00:57:28.00
because truly only what
we do for Christ will last.
00:57:28.03\00:57:31.25
He is waiting for
us to go out there,
00:57:31.28\00:57:34.04
to step out on faith
00:57:34.07\00:57:35.77
and He will work
miracles for you.
00:57:35.80\00:57:37.89
Don't be afraid,
don't look for that security
00:57:37.92\00:57:40.65
under your feet,
walk out on faith
00:57:40.68\00:57:43.11
even if you walking on
air with the faith of God,
00:57:43.14\00:57:46.42
He will sustain you.
00:57:46.45\00:57:47.56
Thank you, Gary.
Than you, Melissa.
00:57:47.59\00:57:49.36
You know, I don't
know if you realize
00:57:52.04\00:57:55.90
how close to
Christ's return that we are,
00:57:55.93\00:57:59.96
but when you hear
some of these stories
00:57:59.99\00:58:02.30
you will understand
00:58:02.33\00:58:03.77
why the Lord is
commissioning us to go
00:58:03.80\00:58:07.22
and will you
hear our next couple,
00:58:07.25\00:58:10.23
you'll understand just
what our mission really is.
00:58:10.26\00:58:12.66
Come closer, we
have Don and Trudi--
00:58:12.69\00:58:17.05
Starlin.
00:58:17.08\00:58:18.28
Starlin, and your ministry--
I just-- I spent hours
00:58:18.31\00:58:22.40
just really going over it,
00:58:22.43\00:58:24.07
their ministry is
working with refugees,
00:58:24.10\00:58:27.00
now when we say go,
00:58:27.03\00:58:29.03
are you going into all of
these countries and lands,
00:58:29.06\00:58:31.92
where is your ministry?
00:58:31.95\00:58:34.06
Well, we have been
involved in four missions,
00:58:34.09\00:58:36.89
between the two of us,
00:58:36.92\00:58:37.95
we have about 40 years
of combined experience,
00:58:37.98\00:58:40.84
but now the
refugees are here among us.
00:58:40.87\00:58:45.20
So you all are actually,
00:58:45.23\00:58:46.51
you have to tell
me more about that.
00:58:46.54\00:58:47.86
Here in the
United States of America?
00:58:47.89\00:58:50.00
That's right, approx
of the 100 least reach
00:58:50.03\00:58:54.19
people groups on planet earth
about 20 of them are now here
00:58:54.22\00:58:58.18
in significant
numbers in the United States.
00:58:58.21\00:59:01.51
How is that so?
00:59:01.54\00:59:03.97
Well, five years ago
we just found out that,
00:59:04.00\00:59:07.17
there is a lot of refugees,
been immigrant to America
00:59:07.20\00:59:10.93
and when I was working in AFM
one of our development persons.
00:59:10.96\00:59:15.17
Oh, you worked for them. Yeah.
00:59:15.20\00:59:17.30
And you know,
came back and said,
00:59:17.33\00:59:19.06
there's a church that have
a group of people coming here
00:59:19.09\00:59:21.32
and they are from Burma,
00:59:21.35\00:59:22.39
that they don't
speak the language
00:59:22.42\00:59:24.41
and they ask me
if I could help them
00:59:24.44\00:59:27.17
and so I am
originally from Burma
00:59:27.20\00:59:29.43
and I can speak
Korean and Burmese.
00:59:29.46\00:59:31.82
And so I was able
to help them connect
00:59:31.85\00:59:34.29
and trying to explain
to them, who they are?
00:59:34.32\00:59:37.57
Where they are from?
00:59:37.60\00:59:38.97
And that's how we
got started. Okay.
00:59:39.00\00:59:42.25
Now in some of the-- you
know, the information you sent,
00:59:42.28\00:59:45.07
you were saying that you know
America has a misunderstanding
00:59:45.10\00:59:49.24
or misinterpretation
of what needs to be done.
00:59:49.27\00:59:52.68
Could you explain that?
00:59:52.71\00:59:53.87
Well, most of the
refugee that comes
00:59:53.90\00:59:55.72
they are literally
coming from the jungle.
00:59:55.75\00:59:58.19
And so they lived in a
place there is no running water,
00:59:58.22\01:00:00.35
no electricity,
01:00:00.38\01:00:01.82
and let alone having to
work or learning to drive
01:00:01.85\01:00:05.20
as so when they come to America,
01:00:05.23\01:00:07.22
they are put in a
housing places that--
01:00:07.25\01:00:11.23
it's basically concrete
jungle and so they don't know
01:00:11.26\01:00:14.85
how to run the
electricity meters,
01:00:14.88\01:00:17.17
that, how to turn the stove on,
01:00:17.20\01:00:19.10
you know, the running water
and having to learn to drive,
01:00:19.13\01:00:23.54
do the banking you
know, and learn the language.
01:00:23.57\01:00:25.95
So simple daily things. Right.
01:00:25.98\01:00:29.57
Simple daily things
that we take for granted.
01:00:29.60\01:00:33.56
So you're saying
that we need to go
01:00:33.59\01:00:35.48
and to reach them,
here in the United States.
01:00:35.51\01:00:38.73
That's right they are
here in United States.
01:00:38.76\01:00:42.71
They are all around us,
01:00:42.74\01:00:43.85
in fact information is
on government websites,
01:00:43.88\01:00:48.04
various refugee
resettlement programs,
01:00:48.07\01:00:50.20
that are you can Google that,
01:00:50.23\01:00:52.00
find people that
are close to you.
01:00:52.03\01:00:54.18
Yeah, well, I made a list here,
01:00:54.21\01:00:55.88
you were saying
there was some needs,
01:00:55.91\01:00:57.73
friendship,
support their pastors,
01:00:57.76\01:01:00.30
what do you mean by
support their pastors?
01:01:00.33\01:01:03.68
We found as we've gone around
01:01:03.71\01:01:05.90
and first of all made
friends with the people,
01:01:05.93\01:01:08.78
met their needs,
01:01:08.81\01:01:10.23
we've discovered
that God in his wisdom,
01:01:10.26\01:01:14.95
has placed strategically
people who are already trained
01:01:14.98\01:01:19.16
spiritually amongst
many of these tribal groups,
01:01:19.19\01:01:22.65
they are here,
01:01:22.68\01:01:23.72
but instead as
working as pastors
01:01:23.75\01:01:25.96
and ministers
they're doing menial tasks,
01:01:25.99\01:01:29.56
they are slaughtering chickens,
they're driving Ford trucks,
01:01:29.59\01:01:34.13
they're involved in, in
fact there's one pastor,
01:01:34.16\01:01:37.91
right here in the Grand
Rapids area, from Burma,
01:01:37.94\01:01:40.80
who is working at a factory,
01:01:40.83\01:01:42.36
making wiring harnesses instead
of out encouraging his people.
01:01:42.39\01:01:46.44
Or establishing
churches, I mean--
01:01:46.47\01:01:48.40
That's right, and he could
be. So what is that we can do?
01:01:48.43\01:01:52.65
I mean, it sounds simple,
I mean I can tell some one
01:01:52.68\01:01:55.81
how to shop, too good, you know.
01:01:55.84\01:01:58.33
Well, I think in North America,
01:01:58.36\01:02:00.31
we have been so focused
abroad that we haven't realize
01:02:00.34\01:02:05.15
the massive influx of
refugees that have come in
01:02:05.18\01:02:08.52
from these
strategically located countries
01:02:08.55\01:02:11.24
in terms of the
gospel, outreach, places
01:02:11.27\01:02:14.29
where we simply
cannot work today,
01:02:14.32\01:02:17.67
and have not been able
to work for many decades
01:02:17.70\01:02:21.33
from Bhutan, Nepal, Burma,
01:02:21.36\01:02:24.38
and many of the Middle Eastern
and North African countries
01:02:24.41\01:02:27.33
where work is very hard to do.
01:02:27.36\01:02:30.83
Okay, well, now
Trudi, you were saying
01:02:30.86\01:02:32.86
that we need to
rethink strategies
01:02:32.89\01:02:35.08
and I had to write this
down so I wouldn't misquoted,
01:02:35.11\01:02:37.65
rethink strategies for church
planting in North America.
01:02:37.68\01:02:43.07
Well, basically what I'm,
and would like to encourage
01:02:43.10\01:02:46.82
everybody is
that, look around you,
01:02:46.85\01:02:51.05
you'll see the people
they may look different to you,
01:02:51.08\01:02:54.18
but they are our
brothers and sisters,
01:02:54.21\01:02:57.66
and when allow this
refugee that came to America
01:02:57.69\01:03:00.50
a lot of them are Adventist,
01:03:00.53\01:03:02.85
already Adventist
and looking for Adventist
01:03:02.88\01:03:05.27
brothers and
sisters to help them
01:03:05.30\01:03:07.61
and, they don't
understand the language.
01:03:07.64\01:03:11.07
Tell them who is
helping them, as we're not.
01:03:11.10\01:03:16.54
Well, she is really
want me to say this,
01:03:16.57\01:03:21.58
let me tell you one example,
the story that we visited
01:03:21.61\01:03:25.12
a family in Rock
Island, Illinois,
01:03:25.15\01:03:28.30
and we stayed
with the host family,
01:03:28.33\01:03:30.80
and Sabbath morning came
01:03:30.83\01:03:32.35
and they were
worship in a home church,
01:03:32.38\01:03:34.48
you know, basically in
home and Sabbath morning came
01:03:34.51\01:03:37.76
and he told us
that Jehovah witness
01:03:37.79\01:03:39.82
is coming to
give him Bible study,
01:03:39.85\01:03:42.15
this is quarter to eight.
01:03:42.18\01:03:43.98
And Don and I looked
at each other and we said,
01:03:44.01\01:03:47.15
we hear that all the time,
01:03:47.18\01:03:49.38
you know, they
Korean people will say,
01:03:49.41\01:03:51.05
yeah, Jehovah
witness is knocking our door,
01:03:51.08\01:03:53.14
but we have yet to
Adventist come to our door,
01:03:53.17\01:03:56.05
so we wanted to see
what they were doing,
01:03:56.08\01:03:57.50
so they came, they
dressed up really nice,
01:03:57.53\01:04:01.26
you know, and they o--
when they got to the door
01:04:01.29\01:04:03.88
they take their shoes
off, this is Asian cultures
01:04:03.91\01:04:07.94
and they sit on the floor,
and there is a couch there
01:04:07.97\01:04:12.25
but they do not
choose to sit there,
01:04:12.28\01:04:13.83
they sat on the floor
they spread their material
01:04:13.86\01:04:17.60
and to our surprise that there
was material in their language,
01:04:17.63\01:04:22.54
colorful illustrated
01:04:22.57\01:04:23.61
and they had the
Bible in the Korean language
01:04:23.64\01:04:25.84
and they have the father
read the Bible in Korean,
01:04:25.87\01:04:28.36
and the little girl
seven or eight years old
01:04:28.39\01:04:30.24
she's attending public school
01:04:30.27\01:04:31.46
so she was even
reading it in English,
01:04:31.49\01:04:34.91
and so guess what's
gonna happen that little girl.
01:04:34.94\01:04:38.45
We are missing
out the opportunity.
01:04:38.48\01:04:40.37
So sieze the opportunity.
01:04:40.40\01:04:42.40
Yeah, and we don't live by there
01:04:42.43\01:04:43.65
so we can't really go there,
01:04:43.68\01:04:44.97
we can only go and encourage
whenever we can and are able.
01:04:45.00\01:04:50.75
Well, we have a
commission not only from them
01:04:50.78\01:04:53.66
but especially from God.
01:04:53.69\01:04:55.24
Thank you, Don,
thank you, Trudi.
01:04:55.27\01:04:58.31
Our time is run
out. Our time, I'm sorry.
01:04:58.34\01:05:01.76
But I do want to
leave you with the quote
01:05:01.79\01:05:03.28
that they had that
I-- I want to share,
01:05:03.31\01:05:05.52
"If befriended and loved
are more open to the gospel
01:05:05.55\01:05:10.37
than at any other
time in their lives
01:05:10.40\01:05:13.28
because their entire world
view is being reinterpreted",
01:05:13.31\01:05:17.81
We can give them the
truth we have the truth,
01:05:17.84\01:05:21.04
so let's each one reach one.
01:05:21.07\01:05:24.45
God bless.
01:05:24.48\01:05:25.69
ASI ministries,
they are so marvelous,
01:10:29.57\01:10:34.58
we hear from far and near,
members working in the Pacific
01:10:34.61\01:10:40.07
and members working close by,
even Benton Harbor, Michigan.
01:10:40.10\01:10:44.95
I have with me,
Garren and Bonnie Dent
01:10:44.98\01:10:47.69
from the Berrien Springs area,
01:10:47.72\01:10:50.52
and actually you have a business
01:10:50.55\01:10:51.75
right in down town
Berrien Springs don't you?
01:10:51.78\01:10:54.26
We do. What is your business?
01:10:54.29\01:10:56.35
We have a retail
hard warestore in Berrien.
01:10:56.38\01:10:58.15
Okay, but now you
have been as a family,
01:10:58.18\01:11:00.61
involved in some
Benton Harbor ministry,
01:11:00.64\01:11:03.33
how did that start?
01:11:03.36\01:11:05.46
About 10 years ago,
Pioneer Memorial Church
01:11:05.49\01:11:08.45
was on the campus of
Andrew's University there,
01:11:08.48\01:11:11.09
started, the students had a--
been pressed by the Holy Spirit
01:11:11.12\01:11:15.29
to simply go to
our local Intercity,
01:11:15.32\01:11:18.66
which is about 12
miles from Berrien
01:11:18.69\01:11:20.55
and just pray with
people up and down the streets
01:11:20.58\01:11:22.92
and out of that they
developed a little group
01:11:22.95\01:11:26.19
and that group started
meeting and they rented a church
01:11:26.22\01:11:28.64
and so a little
congregation was formed,
01:11:28.67\01:11:30.69
as a new plant,
start group out of PMC.
01:11:30.72\01:11:34.90
And that's
called Harbor of Hope.
01:11:34.93\01:11:36.40
Right now it's
called Harbor of Hope, yeah.
01:11:36.43\01:11:37.56
Fits Benton Harbor doesn't it?
01:11:37.59\01:11:38.66
It does. Yeah.
01:11:38.69\01:11:39.88
So what's the ministry like?
01:11:39.91\01:11:41.42
Bonnie?
01:11:41.45\01:11:42.89
The ministry has a
lot of facets to it,
01:11:42.92\01:11:46.22
primarily, what we
have is a church service,
01:11:46.25\01:11:50.33
Sabbath School
then church there's some
01:11:50.36\01:11:52.23
youth group
activities that go on,
01:11:52.26\01:11:55.42
they have what's called
Side Rock Sabbath School,
01:11:55.45\01:11:57.56
they take a big truck out
and they do different types of
01:11:57.59\01:12:01.82
street ministries on the street.
01:12:01.85\01:12:04.06
Multi faceted, one of
the other facets of it
01:12:04.09\01:12:07.78
is a food program,
and what happens is,
01:12:07.81\01:12:10.99
every Sabbath
morning we have a breakfast,
01:12:11.02\01:12:14.36
and, and then we have
Sabbath School or Bible study
01:12:14.39\01:12:18.26
and then we have church and
then we have a Sabbath dinner,
01:12:18.29\01:12:21.41
and that comprises a
very unique and diverse
01:12:21.44\01:12:25.77
and great mix of people.
01:12:25.80\01:12:27.78
We have people that come in
off the street, tea, breakfast,
01:12:27.81\01:12:30.52
we have students from
Andrew's that come to help
01:12:30.55\01:12:32.86
mentor the kids and help
teach the kids about the Bible,
01:12:32.89\01:12:36.67
we have our members
that have become baptized
01:12:36.70\01:12:39.85
into this congregation
01:12:39.88\01:12:41.76
and so it's a
really great mix of people
01:12:41.79\01:12:44.81
when they come in off the street
01:12:44.84\01:12:46.32
and they're eating breakfast,
we can sit on and say,
01:12:46.35\01:12:48.45
hey, how have you been doing?
01:12:48.48\01:12:49.99
Yeah, we have church
and we have Bible study,
01:12:50.02\01:12:52.01
please stay and
they'll stay for church
01:12:52.04\01:12:55.07
and that's kind of
how we've been involved.
01:12:55.10\01:12:57.38
We were initially involved
with sitting with the kids,
01:12:57.41\01:13:00.42
and helping teach
the kids Bible stories
01:13:00.45\01:13:02.47
and now we've gotten involved
01:13:02.50\01:13:03.97
in the food part of the program.
01:13:04.00\01:13:05.83
And about how many
young people and folks
01:13:05.86\01:13:07.96
come in on a
typical Sabbath with you?
01:13:07.99\01:13:09.91
Yeah, it varies during the
Andrew's University School year
01:13:09.94\01:13:13.16
we have closer to,
more up towards a 100
01:13:13.19\01:13:15.85
because a lot of our students
at Andrew's are learning,
01:13:15.88\01:13:19.90
how to do Intercity
ministry through this program,
01:13:19.93\01:13:24.16
but it varies even
down to 60 to 100, yeah.
01:13:24.19\01:13:27.41
So you started sort of sitting
with the kids for a while,
01:13:27.44\01:13:29.90
now you are feeding that group.
01:13:29.93\01:13:31.98
What's it like when the kids,
01:13:32.01\01:13:33.47
young people from
the Intercity come in,
01:13:33.50\01:13:35.55
and even have
breakfast with you.
01:13:35.58\01:13:37.61
Yeah, we have-- we have a group
01:13:37.64\01:13:39.67
and it's kind of a
breakfast group that comes,
01:13:39.70\01:13:41.73
it was started
because a lot of the kids
01:13:41.76\01:13:43.25
would come to church
and they were so hungry,
01:13:43.28\01:13:45.88
they would say,
I need some to eat,
01:13:45.91\01:13:47.38
and you ask them and
truly they haven't eaten
01:13:47.41\01:13:49.35
since school on Friday.
01:13:49.38\01:13:51.40
It just home life is such
there was not regular meals
01:13:51.43\01:13:54.64
and if they found anything,
but they-- they could eat it,
01:13:54.67\01:13:57.05
if not then would
come to church hungry,
01:13:57.08\01:13:58.86
they couldn't sit and
concentrate for church,
01:13:58.89\01:14:00.72
so we started offering
just a small breakfast,
01:14:00.75\01:14:03.28
and that what we do
now, and then the main meal's
01:14:03.31\01:14:05.78
of course set after the sermon.
01:14:05.81\01:14:07.45
Now how long have you
been involved in this ministry?
01:14:07.48\01:14:10.03
We've involved for
about 10 years now.
01:14:10.06\01:14:12.12
So you've seen some
Intercity kids growing up?
01:14:12.15\01:14:14.96
We have, it's
been very exciting,
01:14:14.99\01:14:16.82
they just-- they
started as young people
01:14:16.85\01:14:18.79
and of course they are
10 years at least older now
01:14:18.82\01:14:22.09
and they are, some
still attend, some do not,
01:14:22.12\01:14:25.36
some attend occasionally
and we are just praying that
01:14:25.39\01:14:28.47
a little bit impact we
had when they were younger,
01:14:28.50\01:14:30.90
that they-- they will--
it will stick with them.
01:14:30.93\01:14:33.72
How many get older?
01:14:33.75\01:14:35.08
You're trying to--
you're building relationships,
01:14:35.11\01:14:38.41
you're mentoring
them, give us an example.
01:14:38.44\01:14:41.94
Right, well, it kind
of has developed into
01:14:41.97\01:14:45.51
deeper relationships,
and we kind of saw the need,
01:14:45.54\01:14:49.38
I was sitting with a young girl,
01:14:49.41\01:14:52.53
a pretty young girl
01:14:52.56\01:14:54.31
and we were eating
Sabbath dinner together,
01:14:54.34\01:14:56.73
and she was new and
I was talking to her
01:14:56.76\01:14:59.21
about her life
and what was going on.
01:14:59.24\01:15:00.88
She was excited about a new job,
01:15:00.91\01:15:02.84
but she was expressing to
me that she had concerns about
01:15:02.87\01:15:05.13
how she was
gonna get to that job
01:15:05.16\01:15:06.82
because she had no car,
she was gonna get off late,
01:15:06.85\01:15:10.22
at about 10 o'clock,
01:15:10.25\01:15:11.28
I had visions of
this beautiful young girl
01:15:11.31\01:15:13.13
walking home in the
bad part of the Intercity,
01:15:13.16\01:15:16.63
and when I-- so I said
okay, why don't I pick you up
01:15:16.66\01:15:20.03
and I will take you home,
01:15:20.06\01:15:21.47
and so that's
what I decided to do
01:15:21.50\01:15:23.66
and so in the
process when I picked her up
01:15:23.69\01:15:26.55
she was suppose to
count out the drawer,
01:15:26.58\01:15:28.62
at the end of her of shift,
01:15:28.65\01:15:30.07
and literally because of
the challenging situation
01:15:30.10\01:15:33.91
she had at school, not
been able to learn as well,
01:15:33.94\01:15:37.03
she couldn't even do that skill,
01:15:37.06\01:15:38.95
and it made us aware
that there is a huge need
01:15:38.98\01:15:41.82
for these
people to be integrated
01:15:41.85\01:15:45.11
and that's a purpose of ASI
as Christ in the market place,
01:15:45.14\01:15:48.36
so we felt like, we need to
start mentoring these people
01:15:48.39\01:15:51.86
at my husband's work
not just vocationally
01:15:51.89\01:15:54.71
but as you are
teaching them these skills
01:15:54.74\01:15:57.21
that relate to their work,
01:15:57.24\01:15:58.68
you can also help them
learn biblical principals,
01:15:58.71\01:16:02.72
and you can help them
learn about Christ's love,
01:16:02.75\01:16:05.24
and you can share that with them
01:16:05.27\01:16:06.84
and what we found
in that process is it
01:16:06.87\01:16:09.52
they have truly mentored us.
01:16:09.55\01:16:11.45
We have seen
huge character flaws
01:16:11.48\01:16:13.29
that we have needed
to deal with and that,
01:16:13.32\01:16:15.65
Christ has really
called us out on through them,
01:16:15.68\01:16:19.03
so it's been a wonderful
reciprocal relationship.
01:16:19.06\01:16:22.17
So you're actually bringing
some of these young people
01:16:22.20\01:16:24.22
home with you at times,
01:16:24.25\01:16:26.08
they're going to work
with you during the day,
01:16:26.11\01:16:27.63
you're teaching
them responsibility,
01:16:27.66\01:16:30.21
you really are getting
close to these young people,
01:16:30.24\01:16:31.78
aren't you?
01:16:31.81\01:16:32.86
What a blessing to do that.
01:16:32.89\01:16:35.00
I think you living
out of bit of Isaiah 58
01:16:35.03\01:16:37.89
right in Benton
Harbor, and praise the Lord for
01:16:37.92\01:16:40.13
Pioneer Memorial Church
for doing this initiative.
01:16:40.16\01:16:43.28
What would you
say our ASI family
01:16:43.31\01:16:45.32
from your experience,
01:16:45.35\01:16:46.76
that would be an encouragement
to us for the future.
01:16:46.79\01:16:49.34
I would say that
01:16:49.37\01:16:50.74
because ASI members
are in the market place,
01:16:50.77\01:16:54.03
whether you own a
business or work in a business,
01:16:54.06\01:16:56.04
I would just ask
you to pray and ask God
01:16:56.07\01:16:59.46
to give you these relationships
that will allow you to work,
01:16:59.49\01:17:03.13
we all need to work, we
all have our responsibilities,
01:17:03.16\01:17:06.10
but how we can integrate
that with sharing Christ,
01:17:06.13\01:17:09.35
and being
mentored by these people
01:17:09.38\01:17:12.11
that have life
experiences that can enrich you,
01:17:12.14\01:17:14.42
while you're mentoring them.
01:17:14.45\01:17:15.73
I would also ask you to
pray, ask the Holy Spirit,
01:17:15.76\01:17:19.31
if you would like to
support it financially,
01:17:19.34\01:17:21.41
every ministry
needs financial support,
01:17:21.44\01:17:24.45
you could do that
by giving to Pioneer
01:17:24.48\01:17:26.81
and marking it
Harbor of Hope Ministry.
01:17:26.84\01:17:29.08
Harbor of Hope.
01:17:29.11\01:17:30.14
If you'd like to
learn more about it tonight
01:17:30.17\01:17:31.71
during the
exhibit time, come to 7:32
01:17:31.74\01:17:35.63
and the folks
will be there with you.
01:17:35.66\01:17:37.90
Thank you so
much, Garren and Bonnie.
01:17:37.93\01:17:42.61
Well, let's leave this
area now and go up to Minnesota,
01:17:42.64\01:17:46.56
the land of lakes,
01:17:46.59\01:17:47.75
and you're gonna
be pretty blessed also
01:17:47.78\01:17:51.15
with Jimmy Hansen,
01:17:51.18\01:17:52.96
so glad to have you
out here with us today.
01:17:52.99\01:17:54.46
Thank you.
01:17:54.49\01:17:55.55
Jimmy, you-- you were
raised a Seventh-day Adventist,
01:17:55.58\01:17:57.85
is that right?
01:17:57.88\01:17:58.91
I was, I come from a
third generation family
01:17:58.94\01:18:01.78
of Seventh-day Adventist.
01:18:01.81\01:18:03.60
Well, that's wonderful,
now that's a privilege.
01:18:03.63\01:18:05.91
Now you told me though
that, from a youth you had a--
01:18:05.94\01:18:10.77
an interest peaked in you
that is probably not so typical
01:18:10.80\01:18:14.19
of Seventh-day
Adventist, tell us about that.
01:18:14.22\01:18:17.08
When I was a child I
heard about a relative
01:18:17.11\01:18:20.31
that was a deputy
sheriff, and as child and a boy,
01:18:20.34\01:18:25.11
I dreamt about that
01:18:25.14\01:18:26.59
and my dreams of
becoming a police officer
01:18:26.62\01:18:29.44
became a reality.
01:18:29.47\01:18:31.42
So you-- you perused a
course in law enforcement?
01:18:31.45\01:18:34.73
Yes, I did.
01:18:34.76\01:18:36.06
So you-- do I
understand that you--
01:18:36.09\01:18:38.62
you worked as a
patrol officer for a while.
01:18:38.65\01:18:41.23
I did, I worked on the
street as a patrol officer,
01:18:41.26\01:18:44.90
and I've worked
at, as a police officer
01:18:44.93\01:18:49.34
also at a reservation
01:18:49.37\01:18:50.68
and now as a chief
law enforcement officer.
01:18:50.71\01:18:54.03
Okay, and an
investigator at one time.
01:18:54.06\01:18:56.24
Correct.
01:18:56.27\01:18:57.33
Okay, well you have an
interesting background up
01:18:57.36\01:18:59.23
there in Minnesota,
you never know what happens
01:18:59.26\01:19:00.98
up in that area, do you?
01:19:01.01\01:19:02.58
Correct.
01:19:02.61\01:19:03.64
Now I come from a small town
it's called Dunlap, Tennessee,
01:19:03.67\01:19:06.29
and we have only
about 5,000 people.
01:19:06.32\01:19:09.08
Tell me about Akeley, Minnesota.
01:19:09.11\01:19:11.76
Let's reduce that by a about--
01:19:11.79\01:19:15.26
10? 10, we're back to 10%--
01:19:15.29\01:19:18.39
500.
01:19:18.42\01:19:19.55
About 5 to 600
in the winter time
01:19:19.58\01:19:22.07
and may be tripled
that in the summer time.
01:19:22.10\01:19:24.72
So you really get
to know your community?
01:19:24.75\01:19:26.90
No, each one of them almost.
01:19:26.93\01:19:28.73
Wow, how did you get involved
in that community though?
01:19:28.76\01:19:32.60
I was recruited
actually by a citizen
01:19:32.63\01:19:35.46
to come and apply there
when there was an opening,
01:19:35.49\01:19:38.87
when I was working
as an investigator.
01:19:38.90\01:19:40.99
Okay, so you were
interviewed and they hired you?
01:19:41.02\01:19:43.57
Correct. How many years ago?
01:19:43.60\01:19:45.71
That is been about
five years ago now.
01:19:45.74\01:19:48.70
Okay, now you-- you
go to church in Akeley?
01:19:48.73\01:19:53.28
I do not, I go
to church in Wadena,
01:19:53.31\01:19:55.49
which is about an
hour from where I work.
01:19:55.52\01:19:58.74
Okay, but you had a
burden for the town you work in?
01:19:58.77\01:20:02.91
Correct.
01:20:02.94\01:20:04.06
To help people that
would be spiritually open,
01:20:04.09\01:20:07.02
how did your home
church get involved in that?
01:20:07.05\01:20:11.05
My home church has
evangelism outreach programs,
01:20:11.08\01:20:15.17
and one of the programs
they have done over the last
01:20:15.20\01:20:19.12
three or four years is
supply "The Great Controversy'
01:20:19.15\01:20:23.20
with the church and the members
01:20:23.23\01:20:26.35
to who ever would
like to past them out.
01:20:26.38\01:20:28.92
And the church pays for them
01:20:28.95\01:20:31.96
and orders them
and supplies them.
01:20:31.99\01:20:34.28
So you have some in your office?
01:20:34.31\01:20:36.55
I have some in my
office as well, as my vehicle.
01:20:36.58\01:20:39.72
And some in the police car. Yes.
01:20:39.75\01:20:41.44
So as you're out
serving the public,
01:20:41.47\01:20:45.13
you looking for
opportunities to place
01:20:45.16\01:20:47.14
"The Great
Controversy" in people's lands.
01:20:47.17\01:20:49.18
When somebody shows
the desire for a hope
01:20:49.21\01:20:53.03
or something better
than this life has to offer.
01:20:53.06\01:20:56.84
Then I get into action
and they get a book of hope.
01:20:56.87\01:21:01.55
What you think about
that ASI? Amen. Amen.
01:21:01.58\01:21:03.78
Chief of the police
giving out "Great Controversy."
01:21:03.81\01:21:06.59
That's a blessing,
we're so glad to hear that.
01:21:06.62\01:21:09.44
Tell us what's this like?
01:21:09.47\01:21:10.81
When you meet people,
give us an example of something
01:21:10.84\01:21:13.93
that you've been able to impact
through your police ministry.
01:21:13.96\01:21:16.76
I will share with you
a call that I received,
01:21:16.79\01:21:20.46
it's been
little over a year ago,
01:21:20.49\01:21:22.56
about a lady that
needed medical attention,
01:21:22.59\01:21:25.71
and it was called in
and I receive that call
01:21:25.74\01:21:28.96
and went to the
call, and found a lady
01:21:28.99\01:21:31.32
sitting along side the road,
that when you're in Minnesota,
01:21:31.35\01:21:34.93
and it's march and it's
40 above that's a nice day.
01:21:34.96\01:21:37.98
Okay.
01:21:38.01\01:21:39.74
She was out for a walk,
01:21:39.77\01:21:41.32
so medically
everything was fine,
01:21:41.35\01:21:44.26
but something told
me to go check on her,
01:21:44.29\01:21:46.67
in a couple of days to see
how things were, and I did,
01:21:46.70\01:21:49.98
and she was not home.
01:21:50.01\01:21:51.90
I went a few days later, and
I went back to her three times
01:21:51.93\01:21:55.84
and each time spoke
with her husband and at--
01:21:55.87\01:22:00.96
I would say two
or three of the times
01:22:00.99\01:22:02.59
her husband had some questions
concerning Bible truths,
01:22:02.62\01:22:06.62
the fourth time I went
back, Shirley was there.
01:22:06.65\01:22:10.48
We laugh about it now,
01:22:10.51\01:22:11.81
she was there all the
other three times too.
01:22:11.84\01:22:14.74
But she was a little
apprehensive with the uniform.
01:22:14.77\01:22:19.17
But she asked if
I could come back
01:22:19.20\01:22:20.82
and give her
some more information
01:22:20.85\01:22:23.31
concerning questions
she had about the Bible.
01:22:23.34\01:22:26.42
And they decided
to move across town,
01:22:26.45\01:22:29.22
she had invited me
over to their new house
01:22:29.25\01:22:31.35
with her
grandchildren listening,
01:22:31.38\01:22:33.93
while we talked about
Bible questions and answers.
01:22:33.96\01:22:38.36
Today she is going to
church with her grandchildren
01:22:38.39\01:22:43.02
and she is
studying to be baptized.
01:22:43.05\01:22:45.65
Amen. Isn't that a blessing?
01:22:45.68\01:22:48.17
Well, chief, what can
you say to our ASI family,
01:22:48.20\01:22:51.92
about ministry?
01:22:51.95\01:22:54.51
Number one thing
that I see today is
01:22:54.54\01:22:58.06
the urgency of the hour,
01:22:58.09\01:23:00.30
and the urgency of the hour is
01:23:00.33\01:23:02.02
God calling each and
every one of us to do this work.
01:23:02.05\01:23:05.77
And if He can use
a person in uniform
01:23:05.80\01:23:09.03
at 1am in the morning
to share the love of Jesus,
01:23:09.06\01:23:13.74
in front of a bar,
he can use anybody.
01:23:13.77\01:23:17.07
And I didn't choose this,
01:23:17.10\01:23:18.76
God choose me or
I won't be doing it.
01:23:18.79\01:23:21.57
And when He chose me,
He also opened up doors
01:23:21.60\01:23:25.06
and I'll share
this with the audience,
01:23:25.09\01:23:27.10
that where ever He plants
you, it's already blooming.
01:23:27.13\01:23:30.57
And it's a wonderful thing.
01:23:30.60\01:23:32.77
Thank you chief,
may God bless you
01:23:32.80\01:23:34.74
and your ministry in Minnesota.
01:23:34.77\01:23:36.17
Thank you.
01:23:36.20\01:23:39.43
Now we'd like to
tell you about a ministry
01:23:39.46\01:23:41.40
that is impacting
people all over the world
01:23:41.43\01:23:46.22
by the 10's of 1,000's
01:23:46.25\01:23:49.66
and I can't wait to be
able to tell you more about this
01:23:49.69\01:23:52.59
from Merlin and Vonda
Beerman, so glad to have here.
01:23:52.62\01:23:57.08
Now these both combined
01:23:57.11\01:23:58.40
a couple of ministries together,
01:23:58.43\01:24:00.08
Vonda is a soloist,
01:24:00.11\01:24:02.47
who, actually
would be singing for us
01:24:02.50\01:24:04.80
in a little while this evening.
01:24:04.83\01:24:06.79
She been on 3ABN with quiet hour
01:24:06.82\01:24:09.83
and as they have
had her music ministry
01:24:09.86\01:24:12.97
and as Merlin as helped her,
01:24:13.00\01:24:15.92
another ministry
grew out of that called
01:24:15.95\01:24:18.28
Revelation
Publication Internationals,
01:24:18.31\01:24:21.49
sounds amazing.
01:24:21.52\01:24:22.55
Vonda, how did that happened?
01:24:22.58\01:24:25.74
You mean how did it
come out of a music ministry?
01:24:25.77\01:24:28.20
Yeah. That's true.
He was helping you.
01:24:28.23\01:24:30.65
That's kind of a good question.
01:24:30.68\01:24:31.92
Well, I have the privilege
of our sharing the love of Jesus
01:24:31.95\01:24:36.14
through music and
song, and love my job
01:24:36.17\01:24:39.26
and can't
believe that the doors,
01:24:39.29\01:24:42.08
so many doors
that have been opened,
01:24:42.11\01:24:44.91
all over the world,
including prison doors.
01:24:44.94\01:24:48.31
And one of our
favorite things to do
01:24:48.34\01:24:50.60
is to go into the
prisons, and as I give a concert
01:24:50.63\01:24:54.28
and men and women's
hearts are being led to the Lord
01:24:54.31\01:24:59.06
through these songs,
01:24:59.09\01:25:01.55
my husband and I
felt this need to,
01:25:01.58\01:25:04.78
continue to nurture
them and it was there,
01:25:04.81\01:25:10.24
that a Bible study based on
01:25:10.27\01:25:12.68
"The Steps to
Christ" book was created
01:25:12.71\01:25:16.87
and I'll let my
husband finish the rest.
01:25:16.90\01:25:19.63
So were you giving
out steps to Christ
01:25:19.66\01:25:21.45
in the prison sometimes?
01:25:21.48\01:25:23.86
Yes, we would pass them out
and the prisoners would say,
01:25:23.89\01:25:27.80
they would write us back
and say, this is a great book.
01:25:27.83\01:25:30.54
But I don't
understand all the big words,
01:25:30.57\01:25:33.13
so to make a long story
short, we made a paraphrased,
01:25:33.16\01:25:36.26
Bible study out
of "Steps to Christ."
01:25:36.29\01:25:39.34
And the focus of our ministry
now is to-- is very simple,
01:25:39.37\01:25:45.49
follow the gospel commission
and take them to the world.
01:25:45.52\01:25:49.01
So you put
together "Steps to Christ",
01:25:49.04\01:25:51.15
as kind of a lesson, a
Bible study lesson for them.
01:25:51.18\01:25:54.57
How did that end
up getting into this
01:25:54.60\01:25:56.36
Revelation
Publication International?
01:25:56.39\01:25:59.45
Well, over time, praise
God and all the glory to Him.
01:25:59.48\01:26:04.10
The study guides
eventually spread,
01:26:04.13\01:26:06.08
people started asking for them
01:26:06.11\01:26:07.59
and pretty soon that
ABCs were carrying them
01:26:07.62\01:26:09.75
and a lot of the
bigger ministries
01:26:09.78\01:26:11.50
and distribution
within the United States
01:26:11.53\01:26:14.26
was pretty good.
01:26:14.29\01:26:15.45
But then people from
out side the United States
01:26:15.48\01:26:18.26
would contact by email or phone
and once they found out that
01:26:18.29\01:26:22.61
the cost of shipping
was more than the book,
01:26:22.64\01:26:24.64
most of them wouldn't buy.
01:26:24.67\01:26:26.68
And so one day I'm--
I'm on my knees in my office
01:26:26.71\01:26:30.14
with the world map
and I'm just praising--
01:26:30.17\01:26:32.73
or just pleading with God,
please take these to the world,
01:26:32.76\01:26:36.27
by the power of your Holy Spirit
01:26:36.30\01:26:37.47
give me wisdom.
01:26:37.50\01:26:38.94
And in that
conversation with God,
01:26:38.97\01:26:40.88
He impressed me
to make a website,
01:26:40.91\01:26:43.11
and we have a
graphic of that here.
01:26:43.14\01:26:44.93
It's a bible-lessons.org.
01:26:44.96\01:26:48.05
And He impressed me to
put these Bible studies
01:26:48.09\01:26:50.28
in every language possible,
01:26:50.31\01:26:51.72
at this website
for free download.
01:26:51.75\01:26:54.78
Well, in my limited
knowledge at the time
01:26:54.81\01:26:56.83
I'm asking, oh,
Lord are you sure?
01:26:56.86\01:26:59.82
I'll do it but anybody
know anything about the internet
01:26:59.85\01:27:02.85
you know, you either have
to know somebody's address
01:27:02.88\01:27:05.12
to get to their website,
01:27:05.15\01:27:06.20
of course nobody
is gonna know mine
01:27:06.23\01:27:08.18
or somebody does the
search engine search,
01:27:08.21\01:27:12.05
and some little guy like
me is gonna be on page 15
01:27:12.08\01:27:16.05
so whose gonna go to page 15
to download the Bible studies,
01:27:16.08\01:27:19.00
but I was faithful
to Lord said, okay,
01:27:19.03\01:27:21.53
sure enough the first
year there was about 30 there
01:27:21.56\01:27:24.08
and the next
year may be 50 some.
01:27:24.11\01:27:26.52
Another year or two ticked by
01:27:26.55\01:27:28.63
and one day a neighbor came over
01:27:28.66\01:27:30.77
and he was telling me
about his lottery business
01:27:30.80\01:27:32.93
and he told me how
he made a ad in Google
01:27:32.96\01:27:35.81
and you make a little ad
we got a graphic of that too,
01:27:35.84\01:27:39.60
if they can show
that, these are the very ads
01:27:39.63\01:27:42.16
where we use that
first day by the way.
01:27:42.19\01:27:44.31
And you can make a
picture ad or a text ad.
01:27:44.34\01:27:47.32
And in that ad
you set up key words
01:27:47.35\01:27:49.81
where, as people are searching
for free Bible studies,
01:27:49.84\01:27:52.49
then your ad will popup,
01:27:52.52\01:27:54.11
and then you give
Google a daily budget
01:27:54.14\01:27:56.38
and they charge your credit card
01:27:56.41\01:27:58.00
every time somebody
goes to your website.
01:27:58.03\01:27:59.92
We thought why
do we have to loose,
01:27:59.95\01:28:01.78
we'll make a little
ad, we'll put $5 on it,
01:28:01.81\01:28:03.71
and see what happens?
01:28:03.74\01:28:05.36
So we did that.
01:28:05.39\01:28:06.55
Went in the next
morning, seven hits,
01:28:06.58\01:28:10.48
I thought praise the Lord
that's more than we get in
01:28:10.51\01:28:12.57
three month, this is awesome,
01:28:12.60\01:28:14.80
well, it gets
better, a lot better.
01:28:14.83\01:28:17.47
And by the way that
was $5, four people,
01:28:17.50\01:28:20.91
you know, here's four
people somewhere in the world
01:28:20.94\01:28:23.05
looking to know the Lord
and I can give that to Him
01:28:23.08\01:28:25.61
for a dollar and a quarter?
01:28:25.64\01:28:27.09
Well, the next day there was
30 some, the next day 60 some,
01:28:27.12\01:28:31.37
next day 120, and the
numbers keep going up,
01:28:31.40\01:28:34.96
and finally the
numbers are leveled off
01:28:34.99\01:28:36.45
and I'm going, what's going on?
01:28:36.48\01:28:37.85
And I figured it out,
well, Google is not gonna
01:28:37.88\01:28:39.54
advertise for free
right, once the money's spent
01:28:39.57\01:28:42.83
they're not gonna
put your ad up anymore,
01:28:42.86\01:28:44.65
so Vonda and I
started getting excited
01:28:44.68\01:28:46.39
and started putting
our personal money in this,
01:28:46.42\01:28:48.06
more and more and
upping the budget each day
01:28:48.09\01:28:50.11
and pretty soon there was
500, 700, a 1000, in a day,
01:28:50.14\01:28:56.39
2000 then the day
of Pentecost, hit 3000,
01:28:56.42\01:29:00.67
we're just praising the Lord.
01:29:00.70\01:29:02.30
In one day? In one day.
01:29:02.33\01:29:04.40
Praise the Lord.
How long ago was that?
01:29:04.43\01:29:07.76
This is happened-- took off
about two and half years ago,
01:29:07.79\01:29:11.51
and to this point, right
we have a graphic of that too
01:29:11.54\01:29:14.69
of a world map, anywhere
you see color on that map,
01:29:14.72\01:29:18.83
God has heard my prayer
and taken these to the world.
01:29:18.86\01:29:22.08
Can you say Amen?
01:29:22.11\01:29:23.67
And you can look at
a worked map like that
01:29:23.70\01:29:25.40
just about any day of the
year and it will look the same.
01:29:25.43\01:29:29.36
There is two countries that
I can see one is North Korean,
01:29:29.39\01:29:32.74
where internet
is blocked in there
01:29:32.77\01:29:34.10
somewhere in the Sahara desert,
01:29:34.13\01:29:35.81
there's probably not
internet, the God is good.
01:29:35.84\01:29:39.71
So Google ads has
open up the store for you,
01:29:39.74\01:29:42.50
now when we were back stage
you were showing me right now
01:29:42.53\01:29:46.39
147 people are
at this very moment
01:29:46.42\01:29:49.47
on your website,
at this second 149.
01:29:49.50\01:29:50.97
This very second.
01:29:51.00\01:29:53.70
How many-- how may yesterday.
01:29:53.73\01:29:56.25
Yesterday was a
record about 16,000.
01:29:56.28\01:29:59.05
In one day, on the internet.
01:29:59.08\01:30:01.15
And I want to say this,
our budget typically is about
01:30:01.18\01:30:05.30
with a-- we are a non profit
we have a few donors that help.
01:30:05.33\01:30:08.68
It's usually
about 3,000 a month.
01:30:08.71\01:30:11.55
And we were averaging
about 4,000 hits a day,
01:30:11.58\01:30:13.68
about two months ago somebody
hands me a check for $7,000
01:30:13.71\01:30:16.74
so the budget's been up,
in the last couple of days
01:30:16.77\01:30:19.52
because I wanted
come and make a point,
01:30:19.55\01:30:21.26
that this is something that
each one you could be doing.
01:30:21.29\01:30:23.40
We upped the budget, yesterday
was a record of 16,000.
01:30:23.43\01:30:27.74
And here is the
part, on that slide,
01:30:27.77\01:30:30.68
to date 4.4 million people
at the website in two years.
01:30:30.71\01:30:35.42
In two years. Amen every one.
01:30:35.45\01:30:37.48
The way this can be applied
to each of your ministries here,
01:30:37.51\01:30:40.98
when somebody goes on
there looking for truth,
01:30:41.01\01:30:42.94
they need to find every one
of our ministries on page one
01:30:42.97\01:30:45.93
and it can happen.
01:30:45.96\01:30:47.34
Come to our web, our booth, 115
01:30:47.37\01:30:50.57
and we would be glad
to talk to you about it,
01:30:50.60\01:30:53.12
we have some little tracks
we're giving out for free,
01:30:53.15\01:30:55.97
that have the website
01:30:56.00\01:30:57.03
if you want to
point some people to this,
01:30:57.06\01:30:58.55
for free Bible studies.
01:30:58.58\01:30:59.90
That's networking.
01:30:59.93\01:31:00.96
Go by and see his
booth and learn more
01:31:00.99\01:31:02.98
how to use the internet
to reach so many people.
01:31:03.01\01:31:05.75
Thank you so much for
sharing. It's amazing.
01:31:05.78\01:31:08.35
Isn't it amazing to see
01:31:12.11\01:31:13.79
what God is doing
all around the world,
01:31:13.82\01:31:15.84
it's just one of my
favorite parts of ASI
01:31:15.87\01:31:19.09
is doing Members in Action
01:31:19.12\01:31:21.08
and hearing the
stories of how God is it work.
01:31:21.11\01:31:23.78
Have you been
blessed this evening
01:31:23.81\01:31:25.12
by the stories you've heard?
01:31:25.15\01:31:26.32
Amen.
01:31:26.35\01:31:27.41
Amen, well, we are
not quite finished yet.
01:31:27.44\01:31:29.69
Just a couple of more stories
01:31:29.72\01:31:31.00
and I have here with me
this evening, Mark Cromwell,
01:31:31.03\01:31:34.09
who is vice president for
the Mid-America, chapter of ASI.
01:31:34.12\01:31:38.58
And Jane Smith on this
side who is our vice president
01:31:38.61\01:31:42.13
from membership
there, and Vivian Neuharth
01:31:42.16\01:31:45.13
who is a new member of ASI.
01:31:45.16\01:31:47.77
So welcome her as our
new member this evening.
01:31:47.80\01:31:49.46
Right. Amen. Thank you.
01:31:49.49\01:31:52.34
Now, oh, I understand
that the Mid-America chapter
01:31:52.37\01:31:56.41
did an interesting event
for their spring conference,
01:31:56.44\01:31:59.57
Vivian, tell us what
was happening at that event?
01:31:59.60\01:32:02.47
We had an awesome
program, and for my first one
01:32:02.50\01:32:05.78
in the
Mid-America, it was wonderful,
01:32:05.81\01:32:07.52
we had like 1,
200 people show up.
01:32:07.55\01:32:10.04
We did it in a town
called Lee Summit, Missouri.
01:32:10.07\01:32:12.99
And we had Doug Batchelor and
Scott Ritsema as our speakers.
01:32:13.02\01:32:17.34
And so it drew a large crowd.
01:32:17.37\01:32:20.18
Well, now, Vivian, I
know how these things work
01:32:20.21\01:32:23.04
and even if you
have Doug Batchelor
01:32:23.07\01:32:25.23
as your speaker
and just show up,
01:32:25.26\01:32:26.54
you are not
necessarily going to get a crowd
01:32:26.57\01:32:28.82
even though he is
a wonderful speaker
01:32:28.85\01:32:30.50
and does have some
attraction, and what did--
01:32:30.53\01:32:32.80
what else was done as
pre work to this event?
01:32:32.83\01:32:35.06
Well, I think Jane
might have some input on that.
01:32:35.09\01:32:38.47
Thank you.
01:32:38.50\01:32:40.20
Yes, we went to all the
churches in Kansas city,
01:32:40.23\01:32:43.05
and we spoke to the
pastors and the board members
01:32:43.08\01:32:46.96
and we asked them if
they would be willing to
01:32:46.99\01:32:48.85
close their churches for
our ASI and worship all together
01:32:48.88\01:32:52.53
in one location on the
Sabbath that we had that.
01:32:52.56\01:32:55.88
And it was a
powerful moving experience
01:32:55.91\01:32:58.84
and we had over
1,200 people there.
01:32:58.87\01:33:01.51
Wow, over 1,200
people and so the ASI event,
01:33:01.54\01:33:06.07
all the churches
closed, everybody came together,
01:33:06.10\01:33:08.53
what was that experience like?
01:33:08.56\01:33:10.64
Well, it was
powerful and you get to see
01:33:10.67\01:33:13.54
how this is bigger than
just once small little church
01:33:13.57\01:33:16.55
especially being
here, that you can see that
01:33:16.58\01:33:18.57
this is a movement
and the Lord is working
01:33:18.60\01:33:21.12
to get this message
spread through out the world.
01:33:21.15\01:33:23.24
So I understand you had
some exhibiters there too,
01:33:23.27\01:33:25.72
how did that work out?
01:33:25.75\01:33:26.79
We had 18 exhibiters and
it was such a powerful event
01:33:26.82\01:33:30.55
that we're gonna have the
ASI Mid-America conference
01:33:30.58\01:33:33.25
in Kansas city again next year
01:33:33.28\01:33:35.23
and all the 18 exhibiters
are coming back and more.
01:33:35.26\01:33:39.09
Praise the Lord.
01:33:39.12\01:33:40.57
And so working
with the local church
01:33:40.60\01:33:43.66
and getting
these things to happen,
01:33:43.69\01:33:45.64
Mark, I know that
there some other things
01:33:45.67\01:33:47.65
going on behind the scenes
because that's quite a feat
01:33:47.68\01:33:50.53
to get, like what, 14
churches to close down
01:33:50.56\01:33:53.14
and come to one venue.
01:33:53.17\01:33:55.08
You know, it was
such a blessing that
01:33:55.11\01:33:57.82
we were able to
organize in the way that we did
01:33:57.85\01:34:00.67
and I thank-- you
know, I give thanks to our--
01:34:00.70\01:34:03.09
to our team and everybody
that contributed their time
01:34:03.12\01:34:07.27
and their
knowledge and what we did,
01:34:07.30\01:34:09.26
those people that we recruited
out of the churches were,
01:34:09.29\01:34:12.07
we went to the Pastors
and really wanted people
01:34:12.10\01:34:14.53
that were on fire, we
needed help to get pull off
01:34:14.56\01:34:16.64
this convention in Kansas city,
01:34:16.67\01:34:18.75
we really wanted ASI to
leave a footprint behind,
01:34:18.78\01:34:21.62
not just come
doing event and leave.
01:34:21.65\01:34:23.81
So we really got people
that really were talented,
01:34:23.84\01:34:27.25
really on fire, wanted
to make this thing work,
01:34:27.28\01:34:30.04
and as a result of
that organizing committee,
01:34:30.07\01:34:32.24
they stayed together
and are forming a group
01:34:32.27\01:34:36.19
that's gonna be a grass roots,
01:34:36.22\01:34:38.83
lay persons effort to
form small study groups,
01:34:38.86\01:34:43.16
and small prayer
groups, all over the city,
01:34:43.19\01:34:45.53
and using these events because
we're having ASI back again
01:34:45.56\01:34:49.56
to get those
people that are coming,
01:34:49.59\01:34:51.92
we had over 200 visitors
that we weren't prepared for,
01:34:51.95\01:34:54.95
and so this time when
we-- we're gonna announce
01:34:54.98\01:34:58.04
to their Christian community
and the community Kansas city
01:34:58.07\01:35:01.24
to come back and join us again
01:35:01.27\01:35:03.75
and this time we're
gonna be prepared with people
01:35:03.78\01:35:06.64
that are gonna help
them connect with us better
01:35:06.67\01:35:10.58
and get to know us,
form a relationship with us
01:35:10.61\01:35:12.85
so we can mentor
them into our church.
01:35:12.88\01:35:15.03
So this working together
with all these churches,
01:35:15.06\01:35:18.35
does this have a
name, is there something
01:35:18.38\01:35:20.25
you're calling this now?
01:35:20.28\01:35:21.40
Yeah, we're Adventist
United, we conversed through,
01:35:21.43\01:35:25.06
and had a meeting and everybody
bouncing names off the wall
01:35:25.09\01:35:28.79
and this is what we
are, we're Adventist,
01:35:28.82\01:35:31.37
we're united on our message,
we want to get the message out,
01:35:31.40\01:35:34.93
we believe in small
groups and facilitating those,
01:35:34.96\01:35:38.08
and small prayer
groups is the way to go.
01:35:38.11\01:35:40.32
We need to build relationships
01:35:40.35\01:35:42.54
and so that's what we are doing,
01:35:42.57\01:35:43.60
and we're gonna make it happen.
01:35:43.63\01:35:44.87
So what is ASI Mid-America union
01:35:44.90\01:35:46.87
doing to train these
people so that they can do a,
01:35:46.90\01:35:50.43
you know, great job
with these small groups?
01:35:50.46\01:35:52.58
Part of our plan, we
had a mission-in statement
01:35:52.61\01:35:54.87
and a description for an
organization put together,
01:35:54.90\01:35:59.92
that basically we develop
three or four curriculums
01:35:59.95\01:36:03.31
to teach people, so
we had trainers come in
01:36:03.34\01:36:06.41
for the four curriculums are,
New Beginnings, Care and Lose,
01:36:06.44\01:36:12.43
Lifting up Jesus,
the High Study Program
01:36:12.46\01:36:14.83
which Intel card
is here with that.
01:36:14.86\01:36:16.91
And then a fourth curriculum
which is developed on Interest,
01:36:16.94\01:36:20.35
so if we have
somebody that has an interest
01:36:20.38\01:36:23.12
say, creation or the-- you know,
01:36:23.15\01:36:25.46
struggling with the
believing in the Bible,
01:36:25.49\01:36:27.35
we're gonna start them
at a study at that point
01:36:27.38\01:36:29.26
but this also taught
people in that class,
01:36:29.29\01:36:32.22
that took their class,
what was the next progression,
01:36:32.25\01:36:35.47
what was the next logical
progression from that interest.
01:36:35.50\01:36:38.57
So you could continue on,
discover their next interest
01:36:38.60\01:36:41.59
and move in a
progressive way in that study.
01:36:41.62\01:36:44.01
So it's really great
because everybody is kind of
01:36:44.04\01:36:46.94
on the same page, they're
not just doing random studies,
01:36:46.97\01:36:49.82
so they can send somebody
to another study across town,
01:36:49.85\01:36:53.36
it's the same one
that they're having here,
01:36:53.39\01:36:55.19
and say, you have
a friend across town
01:36:55.22\01:36:58.20
and you really like
to study that your--
01:36:58.23\01:37:00.29
Right.
01:37:00.32\01:37:01.35
Take it on and you go,
hey, you go to same study,
01:37:01.38\01:37:04.02
a right of where you live.
01:37:04.05\01:37:05.50
So that's why we're kind
of keeping it really organized
01:37:05.53\01:37:08.31
and keeping them--
keeping things rolling.
01:37:08.34\01:37:11.20
Praise the Lord, sounds
like ASI is having an impact
01:37:11.23\01:37:13.57
in that community
there in Kansas city,
01:37:13.60\01:37:16.57
Vivian, tell us a
story about someone's life
01:37:16.60\01:37:19.11
who was impacted by this event.
01:37:19.14\01:37:21.41
This is so awesome,
the last night of our ASI
01:37:21.44\01:37:25.61
we had a gentleman that
came by as we had already closed
01:37:25.64\01:37:29.44
and he-- I was showing him,
01:37:29.47\01:37:32.18
I was working with Scott Ritsema
01:37:32.21\01:37:33.86
at the belt of truth,
that he had a booth there,
01:37:33.89\01:37:36.85
and I showed him this
tape and said, oh, sir,
01:37:36.88\01:37:39.45
you have just got to buy this,
01:37:39.48\01:37:41.23
get this Media on
the Brain video tape,
01:37:41.26\01:37:43.94
you will not be sorry,
01:37:43.97\01:37:46.15
so he went ahead and brought it
01:37:46.18\01:37:48.33
and he came back Sunday morning,
01:37:48.36\01:37:50.27
we already closed,
we were shutting down,
01:37:50.30\01:37:52.39
and he goes where is
this Scott Ritsema guy,
01:37:52.42\01:37:54.87
I want to meet him, and
I said, he's already left,
01:37:54.90\01:37:57.86
and he goes, well,
I want to talk to him.
01:37:57.89\01:38:00.15
Well, from that encounter,
Scott has been on our local
01:38:00.18\01:38:05.39
secular political
radio station two times,
01:38:05.42\01:38:09.32
they want him back for
more and they want him to be
01:38:09.35\01:38:12.80
teaching
prophecy on this program.
01:38:12.83\01:38:15.23
Amen. From our get-together.
01:38:15.26\01:38:17.56
Amen.
01:38:17.59\01:38:18.73
See how God works
when we just step out
01:38:18.76\01:38:20.87
in a little of
faith for Him now,
01:38:20.90\01:38:22.62
Vivian, you're a new
member, you just joined,
01:38:22.65\01:38:24.73
it was your first time,
how did this effect you?
01:38:24.76\01:38:27.11
You know, seeing
all these booths here,
01:38:27.14\01:38:29.22
and to see also
at our Mid-America,
01:38:29.25\01:38:31.53
what all our
church is doing, wow,
01:38:31.56\01:38:35.20
we should be so
proud as a denomination,
01:38:35.23\01:38:37.52
how we are
reaching out to the world
01:38:37.55\01:38:39.32
that is starving for us,
and so what a great opportunity,
01:38:39.35\01:38:43.26
it's been very enriching to me.
01:38:43.29\01:38:44.81
Amen.
01:38:44.84\01:38:45.87
Thank you for
sharing with us this evening.
01:38:45.90\01:38:47.67
Amen. Thank you.
01:38:47.70\01:38:49.59
All right.
01:38:49.62\01:38:52.70
Well, you know,
it's such a blessing
01:38:52.73\01:38:54.70
to have these
stories that we hear about
01:38:54.73\01:38:56.43
what's happening
all around the world,
01:38:56.46\01:38:58.50
and at this point we are
going to see a short video clip
01:38:58.53\01:39:01.52
just before our next interview.
01:39:01.55\01:39:03.76
The line began forming 20 hours
01:39:30.84\01:39:32.93
before the doors
were scheduled to open,
01:39:32.96\01:39:35.48
residence of the Bay area,
eager to be the first in line
01:39:35.51\01:39:38.82
to receive free
medical and dental services,
01:39:38.85\01:39:42.11
spent the night
anticipating relief
01:39:42.14\01:39:44.17
with the coming of the dawn.
01:39:44.20\01:39:46.17
They came with pain,
they came with questions,
01:39:46.20\01:39:49.96
they came to bring a friend
or relative in desperate need.
01:39:49.99\01:39:55.17
By the time the door is opened,
01:39:55.20\01:39:56.62
thousands had gathered in both
01:39:56.65\01:39:58.18
San Francisco and
Oakland, California.
01:39:58.21\01:40:01.24
For the Bridges to Health
medical and dental clinics.
01:40:01.27\01:40:04.38
Which promised
free of charge services,
01:40:04.41\01:40:06.98
on a first come
first serve basis.
01:40:07.01\01:40:10.36
Organized by the
Western US chapter
01:40:10.39\01:40:12.64
of Adventist
Services in Industries or ASI.
01:40:12.67\01:40:16.18
The unprecedented event
included the involvement
01:40:16.21\01:40:18.79
and partnership of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
01:40:18.82\01:40:21.83
in both Central and
Northern California.
01:40:21.86\01:40:24.69
The church's Pacific
area union head quarters,
01:40:24.72\01:40:27.71
the office of the
mayor in both San Francisco
01:40:27.74\01:40:30.11
and Oakland, the
department of health,
01:40:30.14\01:40:32.84
and others civic ministry and
health related organizations.
01:40:32.87\01:40:37.89
Over a three day
period, close to 500
01:40:37.92\01:40:40.57
healthcare professionals
and volunteers staff,
01:40:40.60\01:40:43.34
worked tirelessly to
provide dozens of medical
01:40:43.37\01:40:46.65
and dental services to
close to 3,000 local residents.
01:40:46.68\01:40:51.32
Volunteers most of
whom are members of the
01:40:51.35\01:40:54.32
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
01:40:54.35\01:40:56.54
came from all
parts of North America,
01:40:56.57\01:40:58.93
some even from as
far as Saudi Arabia,
01:40:58.96\01:41:02.31
driven by a spirit of
service and the desire to meet
01:41:02.34\01:41:05.52
the tangible needs
of those who would come.
01:41:05.55\01:41:07.74
The clinics were organized
into specific service areas,
01:41:11.36\01:41:14.68
each with its
team of specialized
01:41:14.71\01:41:16.69
healthcare professionals
and trained volunteers.
01:41:16.72\01:41:20.22
Patients were
registered, triaged efficiently
01:41:20.25\01:41:23.33
and escorted to the proper
area by hospitality volunteers.
01:41:23.36\01:41:27.87
Waiting area were
setup near each service area
01:41:27.90\01:41:30.71
as patients
awaited personalized care.
01:41:30.74\01:41:35.00
The service is offered were
comprehensive by any standards,
01:41:35.03\01:41:38.51
considering that
the clinics were housed
01:41:38.54\01:41:40.34
in multipurpose venues.
01:41:40.37\01:41:43.22
Using high end technology,
01:41:43.25\01:41:45.17
highly skilled
dental professionals
01:41:45.20\01:41:47.00
provided crowns,
fillings, extractions,
01:41:47.03\01:41:50.77
cleanings and
necessary root canals.
01:41:50.80\01:41:54.19
Meanwhile, on site technicians
ensure that the equipment was
01:41:54.22\01:41:58.04
well maintained and
available at all times.
01:41:58.07\01:42:02.47
Close by, patients
received eye care services
01:42:02.50\01:42:05.73
including vision
testing and free glasses.
01:42:05.76\01:42:08.83
One patient went
tears in her eyes
01:42:08.86\01:42:11.03
explained how
she would no longer
01:42:11.06\01:42:12.77
need the large magnifying glass,
01:42:12.80\01:42:14.80
she had carried
around in order to read.
01:42:14.83\01:42:18.66
In yet another area, residence
were able to visit one on one
01:42:18.69\01:42:21.88
with primary care physicians,
who consulted with patients
01:42:21.91\01:42:25.49
and diagnosed a
number of concerns.
01:42:25.52\01:42:28.40
Specialize medical
services were also available
01:42:28.43\01:42:31.78
including, pediatrics,
OBGYN, STD and HIV screening,
01:42:31.81\01:42:37.43
medical massage,
physical therapy,
01:42:37.46\01:42:40.46
X-rays and laboratory services.
01:42:40.49\01:42:44.18
Perhaps the most
traumatic example
01:42:44.21\01:42:46.48
of the diversity of services
offered was a general surgery,
01:42:46.51\01:42:50.82
including an operation
performed on a patient.
01:42:50.85\01:42:53.75
In order to take out a lipoma,
the size of a great fruit.
01:42:53.78\01:42:59.33
And yet it seemed by
the event organizers,
01:42:59.36\01:43:01.99
led by ASI's Dr. Lela Lewis
01:43:02.02\01:43:04.70
that the Bridges to
Health experience could
01:43:04.73\01:43:06.69
and should be even broader.
01:43:06.72\01:43:09.33
In addition to personalized
and professional healthcare
01:43:09.36\01:43:12.48
patients were
offered a variety of
01:43:12.51\01:43:14.21
live musical
performances as they waited.
01:43:14.24\01:43:16.88
School choirs,
smaller ensembles,
01:43:16.91\01:43:19.94
solos, and
instrumentals fill the venues
01:43:19.97\01:43:22.55
as Bay area
residence awaited treatment.
01:43:22.58\01:43:25.53
Patients also
had the opportunity
01:43:25.56\01:43:27.28
to take advantage
of chaplaincy services,
01:43:27.31\01:43:29.84
and those who were
there over lunch time,
01:43:29.87\01:43:32.07
were offered a
free nutritious meal.
01:43:32.10\01:43:35.09
In the end, over $5
million in healthcare was giving
01:43:35.12\01:43:38.92
to nearly 3,000
residents of the Bay area.
01:43:38.95\01:43:42.30
By close to 500 service oriented
01:43:42.33\01:43:44.81
professionals and staff,
01:43:44.84\01:43:47.67
those could and
should be considered
01:43:47.70\01:43:49.91
tremendously successful results,
01:43:49.94\01:43:53.04
and yet perhaps
the greater results
01:43:53.07\01:43:55.71
by the intangible one's.
01:43:55.74\01:43:57.95
The effects in the lives
of those who returned home,
01:43:57.98\01:44:01.01
and to their communities
with less pain and more hope.
01:44:01.04\01:44:05.50
And that is a
purpose worth perusing
01:44:05.53\01:44:08.88
and a story worth telling.
01:44:08.91\01:44:10.59
Brigit Hausted MD and she
participated in this event
01:44:16.69\01:44:21.25
in San Francisco,
and we just wanted to
01:44:21.28\01:44:23.89
get a personal
perspective from her today.
01:44:23.92\01:44:28.00
Dr. Hausted, I
know that you were there
01:44:28.03\01:44:29.99
and you are serving as a--
in the family practice area,
01:44:30.02\01:44:34.89
and tell us a
story about someone
01:44:34.92\01:44:37.66
whose life was changed
by coming to this event.
01:44:37.69\01:44:41.75
Well, let's call the
gentleman's name Anthony,
01:44:41.78\01:44:44.89
he was a 56 year
old man that came in
01:44:44.92\01:44:47.67
and when he came in,
he had his back pack on
01:44:47.70\01:44:50.20
and had something
going on in his ears.
01:44:50.23\01:44:52.79
So he came in, I
told him, I said,
01:44:52.82\01:44:54.93
you need to take
that out of your ears,
01:44:54.96\01:44:57.66
so I ask him, do you mind
01:44:57.69\01:45:00.47
if I take a listen to
what you are listening to.
01:45:00.50\01:45:02.18
Oh, boy.
01:45:02.21\01:45:03.25
Well, the only problem
was that we shared this room
01:45:03.28\01:45:06.04
and there was just a curtain
between us and the next room,
01:45:06.07\01:45:08.87
so he started playing his music,
01:45:08.90\01:45:10.36
that was so loud
just through his ear bud,
01:45:10.39\01:45:12.63
and I said, wow, is
this what you listen to?
01:45:12.66\01:45:17.49
And then I said to
him, I said, so, tell me,
01:45:17.52\01:45:20.97
why are you here?
01:45:21.00\01:45:23.04
And he said well, I've
been-- I've been two years
01:45:23.07\01:45:26.65
clean and sober, and
for the last little bit,
01:45:26.68\01:45:30.18
I have been having terrible,
terrible night terrors,
01:45:30.21\01:45:33.44
I wake up at night
with the sweat and I just--
01:45:33.47\01:45:36.26
he said, I find myself doing
all kind of strange things,
01:45:36.29\01:45:38.70
I've broken mirrors, windows,
01:45:38.73\01:45:40.86
I found myself laying
on top of my roommate,
01:45:40.89\01:45:42.84
so it's definitely
creating a problem.
01:45:42.87\01:45:44.71
I would say so.
01:45:44.74\01:45:47.17
So at that point, I
said to him, I said now,
01:45:47.20\01:45:50.13
you said you were a deacon?
01:45:50.16\01:45:51.33
And what?
01:45:51.36\01:45:53.28
Doesn't the Bible
say something about,
01:45:53.31\01:45:55.14
as a man thinketh in his
heart and he finished, so is he.
01:45:55.17\01:45:58.90
So he knew the Bible.
01:45:58.93\01:46:00.44
He did, he knew the
Bible, he also knew that
01:46:00.47\01:46:05.64
he finished several of
the things that I thought
01:46:05.67\01:46:08.08
and so I looked at
him and said, well,
01:46:08.11\01:46:10.49
the music that you're
listening to, do you think?
01:46:10.52\01:46:13.91
What are those lyrics saying?
01:46:13.94\01:46:15.41
And he said, well,
can't you can't hear that?
01:46:15.44\01:46:17.27
Honestly I couldn't, he
said, oh, it's says you're mine,
01:46:17.30\01:46:20.70
mine, all mine.
01:46:20.73\01:46:23.06
So I'm thinking night terrors,
01:46:23.09\01:46:25.12
starting to get
little scared myself
01:46:25.15\01:46:26.69
actually, not
really, but then I said,
01:46:26.72\01:46:28.77
so what else do you listen to?
01:46:28.80\01:46:30.22
He said, Michel
Jackson, oh, was he a Christian?
01:46:30.25\01:46:34.45
Oh, No.
01:46:34.48\01:46:36.00
I said well, what does
the Bible say about that?
01:46:36.03\01:46:39.82
And he said-- he said, I said,
so if he's not a Christian,
01:46:39.85\01:46:44.61
who's music are listening to?
01:46:44.64\01:46:46.53
And he didn't miss a
beat, he said, Satan's.
01:46:46.56\01:46:49.17
So he recognized that he was
treading on Satan's territory.
01:46:49.20\01:46:53.63
Yeah, I don't think he
connected those two dots,
01:46:53.66\01:46:55.96
he just thought that
he can listen to his music
01:46:55.99\01:46:58.72
and some how
medicine needed to help him
01:46:58.75\01:47:00.50
with his night terrors.
01:47:00.53\01:47:02.61
So at that point, I said, well,
01:47:02.64\01:47:06.33
I think we have a
bigger problem here than
01:47:06.36\01:47:08.43
just what medicine can treat.
01:47:08.46\01:47:11.14
So I ask our nurse Tamy Mension,
01:47:11.17\01:47:12.61
would please go
get the Chaplain.
01:47:12.64\01:47:14.14
So well, well, she went to
go get the Chaplain, I ask him,
01:47:14.17\01:47:18.10
I said, you know, there
is a scripture in the Bible,
01:47:18.13\01:47:20.04
it's in James 5 and
it says, is anyone sick?
01:47:20.07\01:47:23.79
Let him call the
elders of the church--
01:47:23.82\01:47:26.01
And anoint him with oil
and the pray offered in faith
01:47:26.04\01:47:28.15
would make the sick person well.
01:47:28.18\01:47:29.88
So I ask him, I said, would
you be willing to get anointed?
01:47:29.91\01:47:34.29
He looked at me, he didn't
miss a beat, he said, yes.
01:47:34.32\01:47:36.67
Wow, so he-- he
recognized the value of that.
01:47:36.70\01:47:39.48
He did.
01:47:39.51\01:47:40.54
So then it was a bit,
for the Chaplain's to come,
01:47:40.57\01:47:43.70
and so he said,
well, how about this,
01:47:43.73\01:47:44.90
while we were waiting for them,
01:47:44.93\01:47:45.96
let's just pray and you and I
will both search our own hearts
01:47:45.99\01:47:49.54
and see if there is anything God
01:47:49.57\01:47:52.13
is asking us to surrender.
01:47:52.16\01:47:54.23
What's interesting
though is, in this time,
01:47:54.26\01:47:56.58
that thank you
for the phone ringing,
01:47:56.61\01:47:57.90
because it
remained me of something,
01:47:57.93\01:47:59.39
his phone went off
01:47:59.42\01:48:00.64
and it had something
terribly of obnoxious on there,
01:48:00.67\01:48:03.26
I said, oh, my lands,
01:48:03.29\01:48:04.32
I think we've got little
clean up work to do here.
01:48:04.35\01:48:06.70
So as I was
listening to his music,
01:48:06.73\01:48:08.82
I'm like, that's got to go.
01:48:08.85\01:48:09.90
So he very
faithfully took out his phone,
01:48:09.93\01:48:12.71
just started deleting, deleting
01:48:12.74\01:48:14.91
and he deleted his music library
01:48:14.94\01:48:17.37
but then those ringers,
01:48:17.40\01:48:18.85
so, oh, I think those
ringers need to go too,
01:48:18.88\01:48:21.53
so by the time
the Chaplains came,
01:48:21.56\01:48:23.38
the music had been deleted,
he was open, and I said,
01:48:23.41\01:48:28.07
did God impress anything
on your heart to surrender?
01:48:28.10\01:48:31.03
And he said, yeah, he said that,
01:48:31.06\01:48:33.11
he's been hanging
around some people that
01:48:33.14\01:48:35.52
maybe haven't
been the best influence
01:48:35.55\01:48:37.32
and he would like
to surrender that too.
01:48:37.35\01:48:39.71
So it was really beautiful
the Chaplain's came in,
01:48:39.74\01:48:42.65
one of the Chaplain's
came with Pastor Allen,
01:48:42.68\01:48:44.97
and he shared his story
that he used to be addicted to
01:48:45.00\01:48:47.53
alcohol and
cigarettes and you know,
01:48:47.56\01:48:49.59
I think sometimes
whenever we talk to people
01:48:49.62\01:48:51.04
they see us keen
and they are kind of,
01:48:51.07\01:48:53.98
but it's amazing
what touch can do
01:48:54.01\01:48:56.42
and so we just reached
over and I said you know,
01:48:56.45\01:48:58.90
I really appreciate
you sharing your story,
01:48:58.93\01:49:01.10
is there something you
would like to tell my friends?
01:49:01.13\01:49:03.94
And so they shared
a little testimony,
01:49:03.97\01:49:06.51
and we prayed over him
and it was just amazing,
01:49:06.54\01:49:09.04
it was absolutely amazing
01:49:09.07\01:49:10.61
how a sense of
peace just covered him.
01:49:10.64\01:49:13.85
So the work of a physician
is not necessarily always
01:49:13.88\01:49:18.20
just prescriptive in
nature from the stand point of,
01:49:18.23\01:49:21.71
you know, drink some more water,
01:49:21.74\01:49:23.80
things like that, you're
addressing his spiritual health
01:49:23.83\01:49:26.61
in that
encounter, that's amazing.
01:49:26.64\01:49:28.72
Now in this process
01:49:28.75\01:49:30.82
how did that affect you
personally as a physician?
01:49:30.85\01:49:34.25
What's interesting,
before we went to San Francisco,
01:49:34.28\01:49:36.52
my prayer was, God
help me to see these people
01:49:36.55\01:49:38.74
like you see them.
01:49:38.77\01:49:40.17
And it's easy to look at people
01:49:40.20\01:49:41.47
and kind of see
them from the out side,
01:49:41.50\01:49:42.99
you know, they
don't smell right,
01:49:43.02\01:49:44.25
they don't look
right, they-- but it's like,
01:49:44.28\01:49:46.57
when we were in San Francisco,
these were my buddies,
01:49:46.60\01:49:49.15
I mean, I, it
was really a blessing
01:49:49.18\01:49:51.19
and they can sense that,
that you care about them.
01:49:51.22\01:49:53.47
Amen.
01:49:53.50\01:49:55.00
So we've got this
evening as a report
01:49:55.03\01:49:59.55
certainly on what happened
in San Francisco and Oakland
01:49:59.58\01:50:02.92
but it's also an
appeal to you this evening,
01:50:02.95\01:50:06.41
about what is about to
happen in San Antonio, Texas,
01:50:06.44\01:50:11.18
April 8, 9 and 10 of 2015.
01:50:11.21\01:50:15.45
There will be an
event in San Antonio
01:50:15.48\01:50:18.20
similar to this
event, reaching out
01:50:18.23\01:50:20.40
with free medical care
to the community there,
01:50:20.43\01:50:22.88
the city has given
free use of the Alamo dome,
01:50:22.91\01:50:26.43
which is the same place
01:50:26.46\01:50:28.06
the general conference
meetings will be held,
01:50:28.09\01:50:30.75
for three days for this event
and the city of San Antonio
01:50:30.78\01:50:34.29
has challenged us to serve
6,000 people while we're there.
01:50:34.32\01:50:38.56
What happened in Oakland
and San Francisco was 3,000
01:50:38.59\01:50:41.79
and now they're challenging
us to serve 6,000 people,
01:50:41.82\01:50:45.29
we're gonna need
1,500 volunteers,
01:50:45.32\01:50:48.58
how many people do we
have here this evening?
01:50:48.61\01:50:51.05
Praise the Lord,
we've got about 1,500
01:50:51.08\01:50:53.49
I think we all ought
to show up and volunteer?
01:50:53.52\01:50:55.63
What you think? Amen.
01:50:55.66\01:50:57.18
Well, if you'll come by
booth 212 over the exhibit hall
01:50:57.21\01:51:01.84
we have a brochure for you
and we have a volunteer form
01:51:01.87\01:51:05.13
that you can sign up and
join us down in San Antonio,
01:51:05.16\01:51:08.29
April 8 to 10 for
a special blessing
01:51:08.32\01:51:11.58
that God will pour out up on you
01:51:11.61\01:51:13.50
as you are
ministering to those in need.
01:51:13.53\01:51:15.57
Thank you this evening.
01:51:15.60\01:51:17.16
Born into this world of sin
01:51:42.92\01:51:47.43
Goodness stops where I begin
01:51:47.46\01:51:54.12
I'm nothing on my own
01:51:54.15\01:52:00.25
And though I try so to be good
01:52:00.28\01:52:04.73
Yet I know I never could
01:52:04.76\01:52:11.58
Deserve the love You've shown
01:52:11.61\01:52:17.11
But in love you found a way
01:52:17.14\01:52:22.53
To pay the debt I could not pay
01:52:25.64\01:52:31.98
You gave me
01:52:32.01\01:52:34.22
Your life for mine
01:52:34.25\01:52:42.15
What love divine
01:52:42.18\01:52:49.33
That You would take my sin
01:52:49.36\01:52:53.38
And even called me friend
01:52:53.41\01:52:57.20
And give me
01:52:57.23\01:52:59.43
Your life for mine
01:52:59.46\01:53:05.11
And though You love me like I am
01:53:20.95\01:53:25.25
Still you have a better plan
01:53:25.28\01:53:31.94
You long to make me new
01:53:31.97\01:53:37.89
By Your grace I can be freed
01:53:37.92\01:53:42.29
From the sins that hinder me
01:53:42.32\01:53:48.76
From growing more like You
01:53:48.79\01:53:54.67
Plant Your love
01:53:54.70\01:53:56.80
Within my heart
01:53:56.83\01:54:03.07
And cleanse the
sinful, selfish part
01:54:03.10\01:54:09.41
And give me
01:54:09.44\01:54:11.79
Your life for mine
01:54:11.82\01:54:19.76
What love divine
01:54:19.79\01:54:26.73
That You would take my sin
01:54:26.76\01:54:30.76
And even called me friend
01:54:30.79\01:54:34.47
And give me
01:54:34.50\01:54:36.63
Your life for mine
01:54:36.66\01:54:44.55
By Your I've been healed
01:54:44.58\01:54:52.51
And through Your
death my life was healed
01:54:53.33\01:54:59.50
You gave me
01:54:59.53\01:55:01.99
Your life for mine
01:55:02.02\01:55:09.98
What love divine
01:55:10.01\01:55:16.90
That You would take my sin
01:55:16.93\01:55:21.01
And even called me friend
01:55:21.04\01:55:24.78
And give me
01:55:24.81\01:55:27.06
Your life
01:55:27.09\01:55:30.14
For mine
01:55:30.17\01:55:35.81
Your life for mine
01:55:35.84\01:55:43.66
Amen.
01:56:05.05\01:56:06.82
I've been asked to announce that
01:56:16.67\01:56:17.89
the exhibitory will be
open for your enjoyment
01:56:17.92\01:56:21.01
and also in the
morning, at6:30 in the morning,
01:56:21.04\01:56:23.70
the prayer room will
also be available to you.
01:56:23.73\01:56:26.29
Let's rise as we
have a closing prayer.
01:56:26.32\01:56:28.44
My gracious Father in heaven,
01:56:33.53\01:56:35.15
this has been a special evening.
01:56:35.18\01:56:37.33
We're so thankful,
so grateful to be here.
01:56:37.36\01:56:41.42
We're so appreciative
of our brothers and sisters
01:56:41.45\01:56:43.47
who have dedicated themselves
01:56:43.50\01:56:46.76
to spreading this
wonderful message.
01:56:46.79\01:56:50.43
We're thankful Lord
01:56:50.46\01:56:52.07
that we have been able to
listen to the way they used
01:56:52.10\01:56:55.15
such creative
ways to reaching out
01:56:55.18\01:56:57.32
to bring this message forward.
01:56:57.35\01:56:59.89
We thank you Lord that as
we go back to our home places,
01:56:59.92\01:57:03.50
we can take this passion with us
01:57:03.53\01:57:05.60
whether we
already have ministries
01:57:05.63\01:57:07.10
that we're working with
or whether we'd like to.
01:57:07.13\01:57:09.41
Lord, help us Lord
01:57:09.44\01:57:11.01
to realize this is
the message for the hour.
01:57:11.04\01:57:13.42
People need this message.
01:57:13.45\01:57:15.47
They are
worrying, they are concern,
01:57:15.50\01:57:18.10
we have an advent hope.
01:57:18.13\01:57:19.82
So, Lord, help us and bless us
01:57:19.85\01:57:22.58
that we can be a part
of this great movement
01:57:22.61\01:57:24.82
and we thank You, Lord,
01:57:24.85\01:57:26.71
for hearing and
answering our prayers
01:57:26.74\01:57:28.76
in Jesus' name.
01:57:28.79\01:57:29.85
Amen.
01:57:29.88\01:57:31.13