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Series Code: 14ASIC
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00:18 Hello, and welcome to ASI, here in beautiful,
00:23 uh, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 00:25 this is the DeVos Place Convention Center. 00:28 And you know, we did some figuring a little earlier 00:31 and this is the 67th International Convention 00:35 and, Yvonne, people ask sometimes, 00:37 what does ASI stand for? 00:40 And that's Adventist Laymen's services in Industries. 00:44 So we welcome all of you, 00:45 we gonna have an incredible program tonight. 00:48 Yvonne, tell me what you been enjoyed most of at ASI, so far? 00:52 You know, Mollie, I love seeing old friends 00:56 and I get to see a lot of folks here 00:58 that I don't normally get to see, 01:00 and the other thing is, 01:01 that whole idea of movers and shakers for God. 01:04 I love that, I love to be in that environment 01:06 where people are wanting to do things for God 01:09 and ASI is a place for that. 01:10 It certainly is, and you know, 01:12 tonight we are going to hear from men and women 01:15 who share Jesus Christ in their market place, 01:19 we're looking at members in action, 01:22 but after the program tonight, 01:24 Yvonne, we've got something special happing. 01:26 We have a special live nightline. 01:28 Yes. 01:29 And it's gonna be amazing, 01:31 it's gonna be about women's ordination. 01:33 So make sure you stay tuned for that. 01:35 Yes, stay tuned for that, 01:37 but now let's join this program that's already started. 02:08 Amen. 02:13 Good evening, ASI. 02:16 We are so glad that you are here this evening. 02:19 Let's go ahead and began with a word of prayer. 02:23 Dear Father, in heaven, 02:24 I thank you so much for this day 02:26 and for bringing us all here together this evening, 02:29 please bless the speaker 02:31 and the other presentations tonight, 02:33 and prepare our hearts to listen, 02:35 so that we might be blessed. 02:37 Thank You, for the opportunity to be here 02:39 and to worship freely, 02:41 I ask that we would never take that for granted. 02:44 Please protect those who are still traveling 02:46 and may we make the effort, this weekend, 02:48 to gain a huge blessing, in Your name, I pray, Amen. 03:39 What a friend 03:42 We have in Jesus 03:49 All our sins 03:52 And grief's to bear 03:58 What a privilege 04:03 To carry 04:08 Everything to God 04:13 In prayer 04:21 Oh, what peace 04:23 We often forfeit 04:29 Oh, what needless pain we bear 04:41 All because 04:44 We do not carry 04:50 Everything to God in prayer 05:08 Have we trials and temptations 05:16 Is there trouble anywhere 05:27 We should never be discouraged 05:34 Take it to the Lord in prayer 05:42 Can we find a friend so faithful 05:49 Who will all our sorrows share 05:57 Jesus knows our every weakness 06:05 Take it to the Lord in prayer 06:14 Oh, how He loves you and me 06:25 Oh, how He loves you and me 06:35 He gave His life 06:40 What more could he give 06:50 Oh, how He loves you 06:55 Oh, how He loves me 07:01 Oh, how He loves you and me 07:22 Are we weak and heavy-laden 07:28 Cumbered with a load of care 07:35 Precious Savior, still our refuge 07:43 Take it to the Lord in prayer 07:50 Do thy friends despise, forsake thee 07:58 Take it to the Lord in prayer 08:11 In His arms He'll take and shield thee 08:19 Thou wilt find 08:21 A solace there 08:28 Thou wilt find 08:37 Thou wilt find 08:46 A solace there 09:18 Good evening, ASI. 09:20 Welcome to the evening session on Thursday evening. 09:23 We're just delighted that you're here 09:25 to be with us this evening, 09:26 we're looking forward to the blessings 09:28 that are in store, 09:29 we're looking forward to the encouragement 09:31 that we're going to receive here. 09:32 And we have a very special evening, this evening, 09:35 we have something special on your seats 09:37 that we've placed there. 09:38 I hope you've all found them, 09:40 we have a special edition of the "Adventist Review" 09:43 that has been placed there for your enjoyment, 09:46 and to be blessed. 09:48 And in fact, you might notice 09:50 that it says right on there, "ASI Issue", 09:53 and it's been a few years now 09:55 that we've been collaborating with the Adventist Review, 09:57 and it is just a blessing to have this relationship. 10:00 It's a blessing to be working together 10:03 and I'm not gonna be doing most of the talking 10:05 in the next few minutes, 10:06 I'm going to give the time to the two gentlemen 10:08 that I have here with me. 10:10 We have Bill Knott, who is not a stranger to us, 10:14 he has been here a number of years, 10:16 he's gonna tell us how many years in a few moments, 10:19 and we also have Claude Richi, who is here with us as well 10:23 and we're delighted to have him. 10:26 Well, you know, people begin to ask questions 10:28 when there's changes, 10:29 I'm sure you get questions as well 10:31 and you know, with printing 10:33 that is recently been terminated in Maryland, 10:37 by the Adventist Review, 10:39 the Review and Herald Publishing Association, 10:41 you know, a lot of people wonder 10:43 what impact is that gonna have on us, 10:45 so would you like to address that question? 10:48 The Adventist Review, and the Review and Herald 10:51 Publishing Association have, for 160 years, 10:55 enjoyed one of the most special partnerships 10:58 in the history of Christian publishing. 11:00 We have been through so much together, 11:02 working side by side to deliver assurance, 11:06 comfort, truth and mission to generations of Adventists. 11:11 When the decision was made to consolidate printing, 11:14 however, in one publishing house, 11:16 many people thought that perhaps that meant 11:18 something about the future of the Adventist Review, 11:20 that we were, ourselves going away. 11:22 The good news is, no, your Adventist Review 11:24 is going to be what it has been 11:26 and what it will continue to be, by God's grace, 11:28 a journal of inspiration and hope, 11:31 as the add in the inside front cover of your addition says, 11:34 "We're pressing on." 11:35 Amen. 11:37 Well, we're delighted to have you here with us, 11:39 this evening, Claude, in fact, 11:41 Claude and I have something in common, 11:43 we've both spent time in Quebec. 11:44 I live there currently 11:46 and he's lived there in the past. 11:47 He was the Quebec conference president 11:49 and fulfilled other roles there as well. 11:52 So we're delighted to have him, 11:54 he's actually in-charge of marketing, 11:56 he is the marketing director among other responsibilities 11:59 that he has as well. 12:00 And we'd like to know, 12:02 what do you feel people need to know, about this transition 12:05 that you going through right now? 12:07 The transition is not going to affect our readers 12:10 in any way, shape, or form, 12:11 they will continue to receive the magazine 12:13 in their mailbox on a weekly basis. 12:16 What they can look forward to is, 12:18 in fact, a redesign of the magazine, 12:21 we're going to use this opportunity 12:22 also to bring the magazine 12:24 even to the next level of excellence. 12:26 Amen. 12:27 You're already used to excellence, 12:29 and we want to even-up this game further, 12:32 and also to do even better in terms of digital delivery 12:35 by developing a tablet version of the magazine. 12:41 Those of you, who are familiar with 12:43 what we have on the website, 12:44 have noticed that we have done-- 12:46 made some significant strides there, also, 12:48 but again, we want to improve as the opportunities allow. 12:52 Okay, wonderful. 12:54 Bill, I noticed here, in the magazine, 12:57 on page six in your editorial, 12:59 some very interesting questions here, 13:02 especially in your article, 13:03 it's called, "The Visit of the Magi", 13:05 would you like to tell us a little bit, 13:07 what's on your heart, and may be some of the things 13:09 that you are wanting to express? 13:12 My geometry teacher in high school taught me 13:14 that the shortest distance between two points 13:17 is a straight line. 13:19 Well, the shortest distance between a spirit inspired idea 13:23 and it's accomplishment in the life of the church, 13:26 ought to be a straight line, 13:27 and with all deference to where I work, 13:29 not another committee. 13:31 My concern is that we need to find a way 13:35 to empower good ideas in Adventism, 13:38 to make sure that we learned how to be cheerleaders 13:41 and supports of what the spirit is doing among us. 13:44 ASI represents such a rich diversity 13:47 of giftedness and calling, 13:49 and one of our goals at the magazine is to discover 13:52 what God is calling people in this organization to do, 13:55 to tell those stories and to see 13:57 what the Spirit is going to do. 13:59 I think that means, for a lot of us, 14:01 that we've got to be-- take a few more risks 14:03 in the name of the Gospel and see what God can do for us. 14:06 Amen. 14:08 Claude, 14:09 Adventist Review actually has a sister publication, 14:12 and in fact it's the one 14:13 we receive up in Quebec, Canada, 14:15 it's translated into French, and it's translated, 14:17 I believe, into about a dozen languages actually. 14:20 No, at least-- as a matter of fact, right now, 14:23 we are printing the magazine and it's daughter publication, 14:26 Adventist World Digest in 29 languages. 14:31 We have just launched, at the beginning of this year, 14:33 12 languages for the Indian sub continent. 14:36 Including Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, 14:39 Oriya, Guajarati, Marathi. 14:41 Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. 14:46 And we've introduced this quarter, 14:48 Urdu for Pakistan and Vietnamese, 14:51 and at the end of this year, 14:52 we will launch our first languages 14:55 in the African context, 14:58 one being Kinyarwanda for Rwanda 15:00 and Amharic for Ethiopia. 15:04 And we're also looking forward to creating 15:07 a number of additions for the Inter-American region 15:10 where they speak, believe it or not, 15:12 besides French, Spanish or English, 15:14 they also still speak a number of native languages 15:17 such as K'iche, Quechua, 15:19 Cakchiquel, Navajo, Maya and others, 15:22 and we would like to be able to reach those members as well. 15:27 You know, one of the things that really, really 15:29 is important about Adventist World, 15:31 is that, it is a magazine to unite Seventh-day Adventist 15:34 everywhere in beliefs, faith, mission and hope. 15:40 And we are, indeed, perhaps the most tangible presence, 15:45 besides the Seventh-- 15:46 the Quarterly Sabbath School Bulletin, 15:51 to unite our members around the world 15:53 and to do that in those various languages. 15:55 Amen, Amen. 15:57 Bill, I think you've actually been coming to ASI 16:00 for a quite a number of years, maybe around 15 years even. 16:05 What brings you back to ASI? 16:06 Why do you come year after year? 16:09 In one word, this is where I find hope. 16:12 I come here each year and I find people 16:15 genuinely excited about their church, 16:17 excited about mission, eager to press on 16:19 and do what the Spirit is bidding us to do. 16:22 It's fun to come here because you're around people 16:25 who have stories of God's grace and goodness 16:27 and those of the kinds of stories we love to tell 16:30 in Adventist Review and Adventist World. 16:32 We've been taking the opportunity 16:34 to give you the window to come and talk with us 16:37 and tell us your stories. 16:38 Many of you have signed up for those windows over the-- 16:40 yet today and tomorrow, 16:42 we look forward to meeting you in the hallways 16:43 and learning what God is doing. 16:45 This is where we find encouragement 16:47 and we share it with the world church. 16:49 Thank you so much. All right. 16:54 Good even, ASI. 16:57 Thank you, to our Adventist Review team, 16:59 they do a great job, Amen. 17:01 We want to ask you a question, 17:03 how many of you guys were able to attend a seminar today? 17:07 Raise your hand, Amen. Were you blessed? 17:10 Okay, how many of you wished 17:11 you could have attended the seminar today, the morning? 17:12 Okay, that's great. 17:13 Well, tomorrow you can have the opportunity 17:17 to go to some more wonderful seminars, 17:19 we really believe that it's important to have these at ASI 17:22 because we want you to grow spiritually, 17:24 we want you to have more Bible knowledge, 17:26 how to be a leader, all kinds of things, 17:28 help you in your relationships. 17:30 And just here, to my left, 17:31 we have a sampling of some of the seminars 17:33 that are gonna take place tomorrow here at ASI. 17:36 And so we are gonna hear a little bit from them 17:38 and in just 45 seconds or less, okay, guys. 17:43 Watch your clock-- all right, 45 seconds guys, 17:44 so keep them on their toes. 17:46 They're gonna share with us about their seminars, 17:48 we're starting right now with Ron. 17:50 Good evening, my name is Ron Duffield, 17:52 I just flew in from the state of Washington. 17:55 And my seminar is tomorrow morning at 10:45. 17:58 In 1891 Ellen Right-- Ellen White, wrote these words, 18:03 "Christ, the Great Teacher, 18:06 had an infinite variety of subjects 18:08 from which to choose, 18:10 but the one upon which He dwelt most largely 18:13 was the endowment of the Holy Spirit. 18:16 What great things He predicted for the church 18:19 because of this endowment." 18:21 And tomorrow in my seminar which is titled 18:24 "The History of God's Intervention 18:26 to Bring the Latter Rain", 18:27 we will take a brief look at how 18:30 God sent the beginning of the latter rain 18:32 in around the year 1888, and the loud cry, 18:36 and the result of that in the years that followed. 18:39 And the reason being is we have nothing to for-- 18:42 we have nothing to fear for the future unless we forget, 18:46 and if we learn the principles from our past 18:49 it's very good for us. 18:52 That sounds wonderful, I'd like to go to yours. 18:56 There is a lot of information 18:57 and materials on leadership today. 18:59 It's a big subject, 19:01 but as Christian leaders we're different, 19:05 it's not so much what we know, as who, we, as leaders follow. 19:11 Leadership is influence, nothing less, nothing more, 19:16 the question is, whose influence is leading me? 19:24 Hi, I'm Nicole Parker, 19:27 you know, as Seventh-day Adventist 19:28 we have this tremendous message about health 19:32 and we've worked so hard as a church 19:34 to come to the point where, 19:35 if anybody comes up to anyone us and says, 19:37 you know, I wish I could quit smoking, 19:39 I need to stop drinking, I would like to lose weight. 19:42 We have an answer, we know what to say to them, 19:45 and we have the resources to share with them. 19:47 But what about when people come up to you and say, 19:50 I was abused as a child and I don't know 19:52 how to get over it? 19:54 What if they say, I'm depressed, 19:56 is it sinful to be depressed? 19:57 What if they say, 19:58 I'm struggling with panic attacks or anxiety? 20:02 What do we do with these things? 20:03 Do we have a gospel that applies to these things? 20:07 Can we bring healing? 20:09 I believe that we have a tremendous health message 20:12 and one of the most powerful things about it 20:15 is emotional healing, 20:17 but we don't preach it, the way that we should. 20:20 So tomorrow I'm gonna try to condense down 20:22 the masters degree in biblical counseling 20:25 to give you an hour and 15 minutes 20:27 of the most crucial things 20:28 you need to be able to help people 20:31 through these issues and others, 20:33 how you can help them 20:34 break the bondage of darkness in their minds 20:37 because that's where we transformed, right? 20:39 By the renewing of our minds. 20:43 Hello, my name is Scott Ritsema, 20:45 I'm not presenting the Media 20:47 on the Brain seminar at ASI this year, 20:49 but I'm very excited to be talking about a topic 20:52 that it affects all of us, 20:53 whether we have children or not, 20:55 and that is parenting. 20:56 We all as members of the church, 20:58 want to raise up the last generation of earth's history 21:02 and I-- I've wandered, 21:03 what will the parenting be like, 21:05 that produces the last generation of children 21:08 to ever witness the great controversy 21:10 happening on planet Earth, 21:11 and so "The Raising the Remnant" seminar 21:14 will get into the topic of how spiritually 21:18 strong children are raised up. 21:20 And there some very good research 21:21 on this coming from the evangelical world, 21:24 I looked at the Barna Research Group findings 21:26 on how the spiritually 21:28 strong young adults of today were raised. 21:30 We now know what kind of parenting 21:32 actually produces a spiritually strong young person, 21:35 but then I compare that with our inspired councils 21:39 on parenting and guess what? 21:40 It's the exact same script, 21:42 where this is nothing new to us. 21:44 But to understand this, to grasp it, to own it 21:46 and then to look at some practical steps 21:48 for how to apply these inspired councils 21:52 in this recent research on parenting, 21:54 it's going to be a fast paced 75 minutes, 21:57 but I invite anybody there, specially parents. 22:01 Good evening, my name is William Pergerson, 22:03 and I'm very happy to be here with you 22:05 and all of who are watching around the world 22:07 at this ASI entitled "Lift Him Up." 22:10 And my seminar is entitled "Lift Him Up, 22:13 Evangelism's Last and Only Hope", 22:15 and in that seminar I'm gonna be sharing 22:18 my personal testimony on how a message, 22:21 the message of Christ, our righteousness 22:23 was introduced to me 12 years ago 22:26 and how it literally changed my life 22:29 and transformed my ministry. 22:31 And as an evangelist I have had the privilege of traveling 22:34 across America, Canada, West Africa 22:37 and seeing God, use the message of Christ's righteousness, 22:41 the love of God, to literally baptized hundreds of people, 22:44 so many people that, when it's done, 22:47 leaders were shocked at the results 22:49 of simply lifting Him up. 22:51 And so we gonna spend that time on today-- 22:53 to talk about Christ, 22:56 His righteousness, how that impacts us personally 22:59 and transforms our personal and public evangelism. 23:05 Speaking of the battle for the mind 23:09 and protecting your mind, 23:11 please come to my seminar tomorrow morning presentation, 23:17 45 to 50 minutes long, starts with the discussion 23:21 of major features in teaching of the emerging church 23:25 and how those features in teachings impact 23:27 the Seventh-day Adventist moment. 23:30 And ends with the discussion about 23:32 the real origins of the emerging church. 23:35 When and where the emerging church originated, 23:39 I will reveal tomorrow. 23:41 25 to 30 minutes long time is reserved for your questions. 23:47 In the afternoon session, 23:48 I will continue with the exposition 23:50 of emergence Christianity, what it is? 23:54 What are its origins? Why it matters? 23:58 And how it impacts the Seventh-day Adventists, 24:01 the creation account, the atonement, 24:04 the three angel's message and the last day eschatology. 24:08 Also questions and answers period is reserved, 24:12 by the name-- by the way, my name is John Markovic, 24:15 I'm professor of history, 24:17 in church history at Andrew's University. 24:20 All right, thank you so much to our seminar presenters, 24:23 we look forward to your topics tomorrow. 24:24 Now ASI, I just want to ask you one question. 24:26 Can you commit to going to at least one seminar tomorrow? 24:30 Can I see your show hands? Amen. 24:33 We didn't come to ASI just a socialize, 24:35 that's a good thing. 24:36 We can make the most of these opportunities 24:38 to learn and to grow spiritually. 24:39 So I want to challenge us to all attend 24:41 at least one seminar and God will speak to us. 24:43 Thank you, guys, we will be looking 24:44 forward to what you have tomorrow. 24:48 Good evening, ASI, 24:50 I am delighted to bring you 24:52 another Offering in Action segment, 24:54 we want you to know how God is using your offerings 24:58 and we'll use your offerings 25:00 to impact the world for His soon coming. 25:03 With me is Natasha Nebblett, she is the president of GYC, 25:08 and next to her is Erwin Nanasi, 25:11 who is the assistant to the president 25:13 for International Affairs. 25:15 Natasha, tell us for those who are new to ASI, 25:18 or may not be aware, what does GYC stand for? 25:21 And what is the organization? 25:23 So GYC stands for Generation of Youth for Christ. 25:27 And it was a moment that was started about 10 years ago 25:30 a little bit more than that by 3 college age, young people, 25:34 that looked around them and said, 25:35 that they wanted to get back to the Bible, 25:38 get back to the Bible with such seriousness, 25:41 Debbie, that we'll be willing die for it. 25:43 As so many have throughout the years 25:45 and also to live that lifestyle, 25:48 to know that when Christ told His disciples to-- 25:52 to go in to all the world 25:53 and make disciples of all nations, 25:54 he didn't add an age qualifier, 25:56 and that means the young people are bound to do that too. 26:00 And also to live a lifestyle of excellence 26:03 and an uncompromising life. 26:05 And so we took um, the young people took that-- 26:08 those values and that dedication 26:11 and they started having meeting together with their friends, 26:14 out of that GYC kind of as we know it now, was born, 26:17 and we have a conference 26:19 every December here in North America, 26:22 where we get together, 26:23 we seek the Lord, worship, pray, 26:26 we also receive a lot of training in evangelism, 26:29 I mean how to reach out to other people, 26:31 seek that renewal, 26:32 when 5,000 young people to get together 26:34 that have that goal, it is powerful. 26:36 That's powerful, its sounds like, 26:37 just like a little of ASI. 26:39 It is. 26:40 Erwin, I understand 26:41 that you just had a convention in Austria, 26:44 share with us a little bit about what happened there? 26:46 What were some of your observations about 26:47 what occurred? 26:49 Well, the description that Natasha 26:50 just gave is very fitting 26:51 because that's exactly what happened. 26:53 People studied scripture, they prayed together, 26:55 they listened to powerful sermons, 26:57 and the Lord was able to use the speakers 26:59 that we had invited, for the workshops that we had 27:02 and also the evening messages with powerful appeals 27:05 and the people responded. 27:07 And so it was very interesting to see 27:09 how the Lord can use young people 27:11 that lead other young people. 27:13 We have it here, we had it there 27:15 and it was very powerful 27:16 because in only these five days lives were changed, 27:19 people came from all over the world, 27:20 not just from Europe, not just from Austria, 27:22 from all over the world and spending the time together 27:24 and just going through that renewal 27:27 and that refreshing, that revival, 27:29 that can spark a reformation, 27:30 and so it was wonderful to seem 27:32 that young people had the opportunity to do it again 27:36 because we had it before. 27:37 But this time it was very special 27:39 and we are looking forward to what 27:40 is going to happen in the future. 27:42 I just want to pick up on something you said, 27:43 Natasha, you were in Austria sometime ago, 27:46 so this is your second time here, 27:48 you were in Austria couple of years ago, 27:50 share with us some, some of the things 27:52 that you observed might have been different 27:53 from the first time that you were there. 27:56 So some of the differences, we went-- we went to Austria, 27:59 actually same location, same city, 28:01 Linz, two years ago, in 2012 in July, 28:04 and so then we went back, this time, 28:07 I'll tell you, it was interesting 28:09 because we're going back to the same location, 28:11 same venue, everything is like, 28:12 yo, how was the conference going to be different? 28:15 And as we there-- I'll just share a couple of the things, 28:18 that were quite a few things 28:19 that were maybe different to about it, 28:20 but sharing a few of the things one of the first things 28:24 we noticed was just the atmosphere. 28:27 Two years ago, it was kind of, 28:29 a bit of novelty that GYC was coming to Europe 28:31 and we were holding a conference 28:34 that was for every young-- 28:35 every young person across Europe, 28:36 as far as you know, we were concerned, 28:38 we want them all. 28:39 And as, so young people were like 28:41 oh, here's GYC they've heard 28:43 about it in America, here it's coming, 28:44 and so a lot of young people came, 28:46 and experienced GYC. 28:50 But this year people understood a little bit more clearly 28:54 what the idea behind GYC was, 28:56 and so our attendance was actually a little bit lower, 28:59 it was about 800 to a 1,000 29:01 but the young people that came, came 29:04 because they wanted to be there, 29:06 they wanted to be in the Word, 29:07 they wanted to be on their knees, 29:09 the prayer times were powerful, 29:10 they wanted to be out doing evangelism, 29:13 and so we saw a difference in the atmosphere, 29:16 as far as the spirit of reverence was amazing, 29:21 it was something like, I have like, 29:23 I don't think ever experience before. 29:26 And the dedication, the seriousness, 29:29 the music last time because of the-- 29:31 the music restrictions that they have in Austria, 29:33 last time we just had to have a couple of groups 29:35 just do all the music, 29:36 but this time we were able to let the attendees do it, 29:38 like we usually do here, in North America. 29:41 And it was so amazing to see the-- the amount of investment, 29:44 the buy in, the excitement, during the outreach, 29:47 we did it a few differences with the outreach as well. 29:51 Last time we just went door to door, 29:52 and we went door to door again, 29:54 but we also had a couple of other things 29:55 such as a health expo, we did actually like 29:58 a flash mob, into the city of Linz, 30:01 where we went into downtown and sang 30:03 and a lot of people responded to that. 30:06 We had a prayer booth where we went 30:07 and pray with people in the middle of the city. 30:10 It was just a-- it was just 30:12 such an amazing experience to see 30:13 how the young people responded, acknowledged the Word of God, 30:17 and-- but to also being able to reach out 30:19 to other people in many different ways, 30:21 not just in one way, 30:23 but to be able to use their talents 30:24 in what ever the capacity they had them, 30:26 to reach out to other people. 30:27 Erwin, just in a last few seconds 30:29 that we have left, what kind of impact 30:32 that it have on so many young people. 30:33 That anybody come up to you and say this was really great 30:35 I had a fun time, were they moved spiritually? 30:38 What might they have shared with you? 30:39 Well, with an attendance of 800 to 1,000 people, 30:43 if more than 100 people make the decision for baptism, 30:45 it's very powerful. 30:46 And so many more, when they appeal was made, 30:49 did not just response to be Baptist 30:50 but also to spend their life as a missionary 30:52 and be trained. 30:53 And so those are affects that, 30:55 these results we will see in the future also. 30:58 And so many came back and said this was powerful, 31:00 the songs that we sang and the straight messages, 31:02 the straight testimony, back to the Bible, 31:04 the spirit of prophecy, the hope that we have 31:06 the Jesus is coming soon and we can be ready, 31:09 that was something that was felt and that is heard 31:11 and at this point we also want to thank ASI 31:14 because without ASI we would probably 31:15 not have been able to go there and so thank you there also. 31:18 And the Lord is really blessed 31:20 and we're looking forward to expand not just in Europe, 31:22 but all over the world so that Jesus can come. 31:24 Thank you very much, Natasha and Erwin. 31:26 ASI we have a work to do, 31:29 and our young people have a work to do, 31:30 we are in good hands as long as we train them right 31:33 and support them as they go out to spread the message. 31:36 Now coming to the podium, our two individuals 31:40 that should be no strangers to you, 31:42 I kind of recognize them, let's see this is Jim Gilley. 31:48 I'm Danny, and this is Jim. Okay. 31:50 And this is Danny Shelton. No confusions. 31:51 Listen, we are so grateful, as ASI, for 3ABN, 31:57 because of you the world knows a little bit more about ASI 32:01 we're even more grateful for 3ABN 32:03 because of all the wonderful things 32:05 that you have done and accomplished, 32:06 and allowed ministries to do through your assistance, 32:09 so we just wanted you to share 32:10 a little bit about what's going on. 32:12 So I'm just gonna let you take it away 32:15 and do your thing watching the clock. 32:17 All right. Watching the clock. 32:18 We're good at that. We watch everyday. 32:21 You know, Danny, this is-- how many have you been to? 32:25 This is actually 29, 32:27 my first ASI was Big Sky, Montana. 32:30 Wow. And in 1985. 32:33 That's where the miracle took place. 32:35 Actually, the rain storm. Absolutely. 32:37 And you were able to tell people 32:39 about 3ABN during the rain. 32:42 That's right, in 1985 several folk had heard, 32:45 I was 33 years old, 32:47 you can do the math from that now, 32:48 I was excited, thought everybody 32:50 would want to know about this new Adventist station 32:53 to reach the world, trouble was I didn't have any money, 32:56 didn't have an education in television 32:58 didn't have much for an education period, 33:00 and I thought everybody would be excited about it, 33:02 but some folks started saying, but we want to hear about it, 33:05 but of course ASI says, 33:06 but we plan our programs way in advance. 33:09 So they said that's okay, may be next year, 33:11 and then Friday came-- was Friday afternoon, 33:15 there were gonna be rides up in the mountains, 33:19 and a big rain storm came in, 33:21 any of you who was there in 1985, all right, 33:23 so I got witnesses out here. 33:25 They're are still alive, Danny. 33:26 Big storm came and it's pouring down raining, 33:28 I was setting into meeting, 33:30 the national convention had about 250 to 300 people 33:33 then, was much smaller organization 33:36 and I remember seeing-- Phil Winstead was president, 33:40 Henry Martin was vice president. 33:41 Now I remember him, looking over my way 33:44 and doing like this, so I didn't know anybody, 33:46 nobody knew me, and so I thought 33:48 well, they're not talking to me, 33:50 so they kept motioning for me, 33:52 so finally I said well, I went like this, 33:54 I didn't want to do this, and them say no, 33:57 I'm not talking to you. 33:58 So I did this and they nodded, 34:00 so I finally, I said well, I'll walk by them, 34:02 if they stop me, then I'll go, 34:03 you know 'cause maybe they're still looking, 34:06 so finally I remember Henry said, 34:08 can you do us a big favor, 34:09 I have several hundred people here this afternoon, 34:12 we were schedule for a free time, 34:14 but because of this storm we need to hear your story, 34:19 about this new television network 34:21 you're building called 3ABN 34:22 and that was a start of our relationship with ASI, 34:27 and just a few short years later 34:29 probably three or four years later, 34:31 we were able to start televising those 34:34 literally around the world. 34:35 ASI is an incredible organization, 34:38 we've supported it from the very first time 34:40 I went there, we're so privileged 34:42 and we want to thank all of you 34:44 and ASI for your support of 3ABN 34:47 what a great relationship 34:49 to get the gospel into all the world. 34:51 You know, one of the things that they told me 34:53 before I came on the stage, is, your phone turned vibrate, 34:56 and by the way, the only telephone call 34:59 I ever got on the air was from Danny, 35:02 and we were doing a live-- he wasn't there 35:05 and I don't think he realize 35:07 that I was doing a live at the time, 35:09 but I do want you to remember that-- the 3ABN app 35:15 if you don't have it on you iPhone or on-- 35:19 we got on the other one too, the android, 35:21 if you don't have it, get it, 35:23 it's not gonna cost you anything, 35:25 and you can watch 3ABN where ever you are. 35:29 Anywhere in the world, 24/7, 35:31 all six networks on your phones, 35:33 your iPhones, your androids, your iPads, 35:36 that's incredible technology. 35:38 It really is. 35:39 And we're finding people telling us 35:41 that they watching all the time. 35:45 A few weeks ago, we were just finishing 35:48 our anchor series with Ron Halverson, 35:50 how many of you saw some of that, with Ron, 35:53 we had him there with us, in West Frankfort, 35:57 and Ron was, we're just finished 36:00 and we stepped down off the platform 36:01 to have an after glow with the folks that were there. 36:05 Phone rings, and it's my daughter, 36:08 and she says, dad, we've got a person, 36:11 they live in Dyersburg, Tennessee, 36:14 so we have a man that's been coming here 36:16 with his wife have been coming to church for a few weeks, 36:20 we're without a Pastor right now, 36:22 he wants to be baptized and each week he comes thinking 36:26 there is going be a Pastor there to baptize him, 36:28 and today he was really disappointed, 36:31 he thought a man was coming from the conference 36:33 but then he founded out the man 36:35 was not physically able to do the baptism, 36:38 and he is so disappointed, 36:40 we came-- he came home to have a celebration with us, 36:43 if we were to bring him up would you baptize him? 36:47 And I said yes, we would baptize him. 36:48 He will be a member then of the Dyersburg Church, 36:51 we've done that several times before. 36:53 And so they jumped in the car, 36:55 I turned to our group and I said, 36:57 we having vespers tonight at our house, 7:30 37:01 and I bought this house, it already had a pool, 37:04 I wouldn't have built a pool, I don't swim very well, 37:08 but I float a little bit, 37:11 but I-- I said we will baptize him our pool, 37:14 we've had a number of baptisms there, 37:16 it's been a great thing for that. 37:17 And so they got there, about 7:30, 37:21 I turned around to Ron and I said Ron, 37:23 why don't you do this baptism. 37:24 Roy says, I'll do it, you know Ron. 37:26 He's ready and so Paul Hallas came, 37:31 tremendous middle aged gentleman, 37:34 a man who's had a real journey, 37:38 but this journey led him to 3ABN 37:41 and to the gospel of Jesus Christ 37:43 and the three angel's message, 37:45 he knows this message better than I do, 37:47 I tell you and Ron baptized him there. 37:50 And it's happing all over the world. 37:52 Debby just asked us are there any still, 37:54 you know, miracles? 37:56 The way say miracles-- constantly, 37:58 just in the last few weeks, 38:00 we get letters all the time, today, 38:02 Angie Lomacang was telling me, she works in 3ABN radio, 38:06 that a lady called the station a little upset, 38:09 she said, what is happening with my radio, 38:12 I turned to 3ABN and I got 3ABN, 38:16 but it was you know, Christiany, 38:17 what, heavy spiritual, so I didn't want to watch it 38:20 so I turned the channel, 38:22 it turn back by itself later on, 38:25 so she said it continued to do that 38:27 and she finally called the station and said, 38:29 what are you doing to my radio? 38:31 You are controlling the channels of here 38:34 because it keeps coming back, well she ended up accepting, 38:37 you know, the Lord and joining the Adventist Church, 38:39 we could write a book on channels stuck on 3ABN. 38:45 Just the other day, we did a program with Jim and Molly, 38:47 and Molly had some good letters 38:49 and some of those continually say, 38:51 oh, I got my cable station only would get 3ABN 38:56 and for we could not get it fixed, 38:57 people with satellite dishes, 38:59 it's keeps getting stuck on 3ABN. 39:02 God knows who's ready and who isn't? 39:05 And so I believe Jesus is coming very soon, don't you? 39:08 And because of that I believe that there is, 39:11 that God has a plan for each and everyone of us, 39:14 individually, collectively as a church, 39:17 as a people to get the-- undiluted three angels messages 39:21 and to all the world. 39:22 And this November again is 30 years and I think about that 39:25 and I give God honor and glory and praise. 39:28 I'll take the credit for the bad things, 39:29 but we give God the credit for all the good things. 39:32 Thank you for your love and your prayers 39:34 and support of 3ABN. 39:35 You know, Stan and Cathy Smith, were riding in taxi cab today 39:40 and the cab driver asked them what they were doing here 39:44 and they told him what was happening 39:46 and he said, now not by any chance 39:50 would Danny Shelton be here, would he? 39:53 And they said well, yes, he-- I think he is. 39:55 I haven't seen him but I think he is. 39:57 He said well, I just was sure 39:59 I saw him walking down Monroe Street here today. 40:03 And he said, I thought, what he can't be here, 40:07 but it's amazing this is a gentleman 40:09 that watches 3ABN all the time and was recently baptized. 40:14 So your message what you are doing 40:17 in supporting this ministry is having tremendous results. 40:22 We appreciate you being a part-- 40:25 our being a part of this offering that will be coming. 40:28 We ask you to pray about being generous, 40:31 there's so many different groups there 40:33 and they all are very much in need, 40:35 as you know we bring ministry after ministry on 3ABN 40:39 to talk about their needs 40:42 and we want you to support each one them 40:44 because God wants us to share and to be with each other 40:50 and to be supporting each other. 40:53 And this year, we're trying to, to get our studio finished, 40:57 our control room in the worship center. 41:01 Because for years we've had to bring our mobile truck up 41:04 and hook up to it, which is okay, 41:07 but that means that 41:08 when we with the mobile truck goes out of town, 41:11 we can't have a television program there 41:15 in the worship center 41:16 or if we're having a program in the worship center 41:19 we can't send the truck out, 41:21 so we would really like to finish that this year, 41:24 and that's what the commitment is, 41:26 thank you so much. 41:27 All right God bless you. 41:32 Ladies and gentlemen, once again welcome, to ASI, 41:36 are you ready for Members in Action? 41:40 Oh, are you ready for Members in Action? 41:42 Yes. 41:43 Now you know that Members in Action 41:46 is the very heartbeat of ASI 41:49 because only what we do for Christ will last. 41:53 And I'm gonna tell you, 41:54 you might not be as excited as I am now, 41:57 but when you start hearing some of the-- the testimonies 42:00 you will be exuberant with excitement, 42:03 okay, right now with me I have Richard Alva, 42:07 who is a nutritionist and health educator 42:11 and we have Elton DeSousa who is a Chaplain 42:15 and Bible worker, now the thing with these two gentlemen, 42:18 they both work at a medical practice, 42:21 Medicore Partners. 42:23 Yes, we have a Chaplain in Bible worker with a nutrition 42:26 and health educator at a medical practice. 42:29 How is this possible? Good evening, ASI. 42:33 Well, we have an amazing opportunity 42:36 the God has provided, 42:37 Medicore Partners it's a medical practice 42:40 that was started by Dr. Manuel and Esther Alva, 42:43 those are my parents 42:45 and they've been in ministry, in health ministry, 42:47 during that work for a few years now. 42:50 So how is the two married? 42:52 Because you know, traditional with you know, 42:55 natural typically doesn't blend. 42:58 What's beautiful is that God is the one that does the work. 43:02 And so because God is the great physician, 43:05 and salvation comes from Him and health also comes from Him. 43:12 God is the means by which people receive health. 43:16 So God uses conventional means, He uses natural approaches 43:21 and that's why Elton and I have the opportunity 43:23 to work together in ministry. 43:25 Okay, so now how did the two of you come together? 43:29 I mean where did you find you know, a Chaplain? 43:32 And a Bible worker? 43:34 For a few years I was working there in the clinic 43:36 giving health education classes and we have that going. 43:40 Inside the clinic? Inside the clinic. 43:42 And so one thing that really laid the foundation 43:46 was the way that the doctors, my parents are physicians, 43:49 interact with the patients, praying with their patients, 43:53 talking to their patients about God, 43:55 winning their trust and their confidence that way, 43:58 introducing them to Christ. 43:59 So when I came along they were prepared 44:03 and ready to hear about nutrition, 44:06 to hear about health, to hear about better living, 44:09 and then Elton came along. 44:11 So Brother Elton, 44:13 you are the Chaplain and Bible worker, 44:15 how are you working this in? 44:17 I mean, you just, I'm sick 44:20 and you're gonna talk to me about the Bible, 44:21 is that how you do it? 44:23 Yes. Really? 44:24 Well, Jesus is the great physician 44:27 and working at the clinic, 44:30 I learned that eventually 44:33 everybody has some level of stress 44:36 and the patients that Richard sees 44:39 everyday, with his class, 44:42 he introduces to the stress management class 44:45 that we have at the clinic and this class-- 44:50 when people come to the class, 44:52 they expected to be healed with their stress, 44:56 there will be some kind of a psychologist 44:58 or some you know, person. 45:00 So are they looking for a pill, 45:03 I mean because when I come to a doctor 45:05 or when people come, 45:06 they're typically looking for a-- yeah, yeah, quick fix. 45:10 That's right, they do, in especially 45:13 when they come with their stress they expect, 45:15 you know, way that we're gonna give some kind of a pill 45:19 or some kind of a you know, yoga treatment 45:22 or something like that, but then I tell them, 45:27 I have to be honest to you I cannot help you 45:30 but I know some one that can. 45:32 And when I say that they look at me 45:35 and I bring a "Steps to Christ" 45:37 and I tell them, the Christ is the way. 45:40 Would you like to sign up 45:42 and then continue with this Bible study? 45:45 So you are prescribing "Steps to Christ"? 45:48 Yes. Okay, okay. 45:50 So what happens, I mean you were telling me 45:52 that 90%-- are they Seventh-day Adventist? 45:54 I mean, are they-- 45:56 No, 90% of the people that we are working with, 46:00 they are Catholics. 46:01 And in their region, there, 46:03 there is a lot of Catholic people 46:05 so they start reading the "Steps to Christ" 46:08 and they get very impressed to how we are saved by grace-- 46:11 Elton, Richard looks like 46:12 he's just bursting with something to say. 46:14 How about that? 46:15 It's incredible because when you see somebody 46:19 who has the right healthy living information, 46:24 but they don't have Christ, it's one thing 46:28 but when Christ is introduced into that equation, 46:31 it changes everything. 46:33 Now since you brought in a Bible worker 46:35 into the practice 46:37 what has been the results? 46:38 Now how long has he been in the practice? 46:40 Well, we are there for four moths 46:44 and we have 105 steps to Christ 46:48 given in the 105 Bible studies set up. 46:53 Okay, so now, Richard, you been there since when? 46:55 Right. 46:57 I started working with my parents in 2003 46:59 with the health education in 2006 47:02 and then fulltime since 2011 47:04 with the series of health education classes 47:07 but since we started making 47:09 Bible studies available to the patients 47:12 we have not seen health out comes 47:15 so quickly as we are seeing now. 47:17 So you're literally seeing 47:18 physical results in addition to spiritual. 47:21 Both. 47:22 And they go together, absolutely. 47:24 Okay, we going to run out of time, 47:25 but I want to see your pictures, 47:26 I think we have a few pictures. 47:30 I want to share real quick, there this man comes to me 47:33 and when he hears about the stress management class 47:37 he calls me aside and he say, how do you do this class? 47:43 Because I went to a psychologist, 47:45 I went to you know, some yoga classes, 47:48 and everybody tells me the same, 47:50 it inside of me that I have the answer. 47:53 But then he calls me and he ask 47:56 are you gonna tell me something similar 47:58 'cause I don't want to waste my time 48:00 and I tell him no I won't 48:02 'cause I believe that only Christ has the answer. 48:06 Amen. Amen. 48:07 So they took our pictures away. It's okay. 48:11 Well, with the results that you are seeing now 48:14 what would you admonish the rest of us to do? 48:18 I'm reminded of John, John 16:13 48:23 where it says Jesus is speaking 48:24 and He says that the spirit will lead you into all truth. 48:29 Christ is truth, and we see amazing results 48:33 that work, not because of us, 48:35 but because of the work that the Holy Spirit is doing. 48:37 Amen. Thank you so much. 48:39 Thank you so much. 48:40 Truly the health message is the right arm of the gospel, 48:45 it's our entering wedge and-- when we use it 48:47 as the Lord has commissioned us to-- you see results. 48:51 I was just amazed, in a medical practice. 48:54 Now Gary, this gentleman 48:57 now who still believes in modern day miracles? 49:04 This is Gary Morgan and his ministry is 49:07 Search for One Incorporated, now first, come on closer, 49:12 explain what Search for One incorporated, what is that? 49:15 What do you do? 49:17 Melissa, Search for One, we're doing a medical ministry 49:20 in the Republic of Kiribati, South Pacific. 49:24 Where, who, what? 49:25 The Republic of Kiribati, 49:26 we are south of the Marshal Islands. 49:28 Not Kiricel. 49:29 Kiribati. Okay. 49:31 It's the local word for Gilberts. 49:33 Formally the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific, 49:35 so we are south of the Marshall Islands 49:37 and were north of Fiji, 49:38 and about 2,000 miles away from Hawaii, 49:42 so right out there in the middle of no where. 49:45 Okay, so another words, 49:46 you don't have the Hawaiian feel 49:48 and all of the luxuries. 49:49 No, we do not. No. 49:50 How did you get way out there? 49:53 Well, you know, tonight is a very special night, 49:56 it was exactly 19 years ago, tonight, 50:00 that I walked into my very first ASI meeting, 50:03 and I walked in and joined the audience, 50:06 and I was blown away with what I heard, 50:09 the reports from around the world were phenomenal 50:12 and that night I walked through the display booths 50:16 and there was a sail boat set up in the back the auditorium, 50:19 it was "search for one's first ASI" 50:21 and they were there looking for a boat captain, 50:24 and a host family to go start the work 50:27 in Republic of Kiribati. 50:28 I said where do I sign up. 50:30 So I've been doing ever since. 50:31 Just like that. Just like that. 50:34 Now what is the purpose of search for one incorporated? 50:38 Well, we are taking medical, dental teams 50:42 into the outer islands where there are no doctors. 50:45 Tarawa has got a hospital/clinic with doctors, 50:49 but the outer islands do not have any. 50:52 So our focus has been to take 50:53 medical help to the outer islands. 50:56 But that work has been growing through the years, 50:58 we're now taking construction teams out 51:00 to help with building churches, 51:02 building on our Kauma Adventist School, 51:05 we are also taking evangelistic teams out there, 51:08 and we have some big things planed for the future. 51:10 And what are those big things? 51:13 We are looking forward to starting 51:14 a new clinic on Tarawa this next year, 51:17 Dr. Ray Andreassen, from Delta Junction Alaska, 51:21 was out with us this last February. 51:23 And he-- he was so excited with what he saw out there, 51:27 the response from the people and the needs 51:29 that he is looking forward to sharing his staff, 51:34 his medical expertise, 51:36 in time was setting up a clinic on Tarawa 51:39 for the people out there. 51:41 Okay, so now within this clinic, 51:43 how are you and incorporating the building, the evangelism, 51:46 I mean everything that you've, you know, expanded on. 51:50 You know, it all works together, 51:51 but the medical arm of our work is the leading edge. 51:56 Two years ago Dr. Dan Wilson, out of Lewiston, Idaho, 52:00 went with us to a closed island, 52:02 this is an island where they forbid 52:04 any evangelism, any teaching 52:06 other than the established religion on that island. 52:09 With up to a threat of death for doing it. 52:12 So we went in with our dental team 52:15 and we were welcomed with open arms, 52:17 we now have it island opened to evangelism 52:19 because of the medical team that went first. 52:21 That right arm again. Exactly. 52:24 Okay, now were telling me about the un-entered territories 52:28 that you are interested in going into, with the others. 52:31 We still have other islands 52:32 that have never been entered with any Adventist work, 52:36 and we are looking for the volunteers 52:38 that want to help us do that. 52:39 So I mean, do you already have these pegged out? 52:41 Do you know where you're gonna-- 52:42 Yes, we do. Can you tell us? 52:45 So there are still a number of islands 52:48 that have never been entered due to the local people 52:53 and local religion. 52:54 Wanting to keep any other influences out. 52:57 Okay, so like right now, 52:58 what is the projected plan to try to enter into these areas? 53:03 Well, we are planning to start a mission college 53:05 for evangelism out there, 53:06 we want to train lay people in doing lay Bible work, 53:12 gardening, fundamental health principals, 53:16 we would like to have a lay evangelist 53:18 in every village in that country, God willing. 53:22 You have a very-- and this is 53:24 what I was gonna tell you about the miracle, 53:26 you have a very special miracle to share with us, 53:29 it's a short story, but it's powerful 53:31 and it's encouraging to know 53:32 that God is still working miracles today. 53:35 You know, God has influence, every trip we've out there, 53:38 but last year we arrived with a construction team 53:43 and we got to the island of Abemama, 53:45 where we have our Kauma Adventist School, 53:47 we're gonna be working on the cafeteria, 53:49 and we found that the island was out of food, 53:53 the seas were running high, 53:55 and the governments supply ships 53:58 had not been there in quite some time, 54:01 so I tried for three days 54:02 to get our large sail boat started, 54:06 and I was unsuccessful, 54:08 I've never had that problem before, 54:09 but for three days in a row, would not start, 54:12 so I looked at Takamais, my local right hand man 54:15 who takes care of the boats out there, 54:16 so Takamais what about taking the old Macgregor 26? 54:21 It was our first sail boat in the country out there, 54:23 but it had been on the beach for a while and not used, 54:25 he said yeah, he said I think that would make it. 54:28 So we put a new motor on the back of that boat, 54:33 spent a day preparing and we took off for Tarawa, 54:35 80 miles away to get a supply of rice and flour and sugar, 54:40 for the school and to share with the island out there. 54:43 Now this happened because you said 54:45 you checked back at the school and they had no food? 54:48 They were opening school with no food there. 54:51 So we made a very quick trip to Tarawa, 54:54 got the boat loaded, 5 o'clock the next evening 54:57 we were back on the sea headed back to Abemama. 54:59 But as soon as we hit the open ocean, 55:02 we knew it was gonna be a rough rugged trip. 55:04 We'd taken twice the amount of fuel 55:07 that we usually budgeted for that particular trip. 55:10 But as we went through the night, 55:12 each time I transferred fuel from our barrels 55:14 to the running tank it became obvious 55:17 that we were running short. 55:19 The wind, the waves we had swells up over 25 feet 55:24 and we were bailing water, we had several ways-- 55:27 Not to mention you got knocked up side the head 55:29 and the-- I mean, that's a whole different-- 55:31 That's right, by 2 o'clock Friday afternoon 55:33 I picked-- pulled out my satellite telephone, 55:36 I called mission head quarters let them know 55:38 that we are running short on fuel, 55:39 we were 26 miles from the island of Abemama, 55:43 and we were late, it was questionable 55:46 whether we would make shore. 55:47 So it was God's blessing, 55:49 there was a secretary there to take that call, 55:52 she emailed the school principal 55:54 at our Kauma Adventist School, 55:56 he rang the emergency bell they had a prayer session, 55:59 assembled the whole student body 56:01 and faculty at exactly 3 o'clock. 56:04 The very same time that you are having issues with that. 56:07 Exactly, the engine at 3 o'clock quit, 56:10 I went back, opened up the big hatch at the back of the boat, 56:13 to try and pull start the engine 56:14 after transferring more fuel to it, 56:17 a wave and wind caught that back of the boat 56:20 and as I looked up it hit me right square in the face, 56:23 fore head and nose, 56:25 I had blood running down in front of me on to the deck, 56:28 so I called Takamais who is down 56:30 bailing water out of the main cabin, 56:32 I said Takamais, I said need some help back here. 56:34 He looked out and says, Gary, oh, no what to I do? 56:37 I said, through me your shirt or rag something 56:39 I can clean my face with. 56:40 Now jump us to when you get to share the experience 56:44 because they gonna run me out of time. 56:45 Yeah, okay, so anyway that last transfer of fuel 56:50 ran twice as long as all of the other fuel tanks 56:54 that run on the trip and we traveled four times 56:57 as far on that tank of fuel, 56:59 that tank of fuel took us all the way 57:01 to the Lagoon at Abemama. 57:04 So I got in about 11:30 that night to my hut, 57:07 next Sabbath morning I was able to walk in to Sabbath School 57:11 and tell these children, beginning of the school year, 57:15 told them of our miracle the day before 57:17 and how their prayers had saved us at sea. 57:20 So as a tremendous start for the-- their school year. 57:23 May the good Lord bless it and Gary, thank you so much. 57:26 You know, this almost makes me want to cry 57:28 because truly only what we do for Christ will last. 57:31 He is waiting for us to go out there, 57:34 to step out on faith 57:35 and He will work miracles for you. 57:37 Don't be afraid, don't look for that security 57:40 under your feet, walk out on faith 57:43 even if you walking on air with the faith of God, 57:46 He will sustain you. 57:47 Thank you, Gary. Than you, Melissa. 57:52 You know, I don't know if you realize 57:55 how close to Christ's return that we are, 57:59 but when you hear some of these stories 58:02 you will understand 58:03 why the Lord is commissioning us to go 58:07 and will you hear our next couple, 58:10 you'll understand just what our mission really is. 58:12 Come closer, we have Don and Trudi-- 58:17 Starlin. 58:18 Starlin, and your ministry-- I just-- I spent hours 58:22 just really going over it, 58:24 their ministry is working with refugees, 58:27 now when we say go, 58:29 are you going into all of these countries and lands, 58:31 where is your ministry? 58:34 Well, we have been involved in four missions, 58:36 between the two of us, 58:37 we have about 40 years of combined experience, 58:40 but now the refugees are here among us. 58:45 So you all are actually, 58:46 you have to tell me more about that. 58:47 Here in the United States of America? 58:50 That's right, approx of the 100 least reach 58:54 people groups on planet earth about 20 of them are now here 58:58 in significant numbers in the United States. 59:01 How is that so? 59:04 Well, five years ago we just found out that, 59:07 there is a lot of refugees, been immigrant to America 59:10 and when I was working in AFM one of our development persons. 59:15 Oh, you worked for them. Yeah. 59:17 And you know, came back and said, 59:19 there's a church that have a group of people coming here 59:21 and they are from Burma, 59:22 that they don't speak the language 59:24 and they ask me if I could help them 59:27 and so I am originally from Burma 59:29 and I can speak Korean and Burmese. 59:31 And so I was able to help them connect 59:34 and trying to explain to them, who they are? 59:37 Where they are from? 59:39 And that's how we got started. Okay. 59:42 Now in some of the-- you know, the information you sent, 59:45 you were saying that you know America has a misunderstanding 59:49 or misinterpretation of what needs to be done. 59:52 Could you explain that? 59:53 Well, most of the refugee that comes 59:55 they are literally coming from the jungle. 59:58 And so they lived in a place there is no running water, 01:00:00 no electricity, 01:00:01 and let alone having to work or learning to drive 01:00:05 as so when they come to America, 01:00:07 they are put in a housing places that-- 01:00:11 it's basically concrete jungle and so they don't know 01:00:14 how to run the electricity meters, 01:00:17 that, how to turn the stove on, 01:00:19 you know, the running water and having to learn to drive, 01:00:23 do the banking you know, and learn the language. 01:00:25 So simple daily things. Right. 01:00:29 Simple daily things that we take for granted. 01:00:33 So you're saying that we need to go 01:00:35 and to reach them, here in the United States. 01:00:38 That's right they are here in United States. 01:00:42 They are all around us, 01:00:43 in fact information is on government websites, 01:00:48 various refugee resettlement programs, 01:00:50 that are you can Google that, 01:00:52 find people that are close to you. 01:00:54 Yeah, well, I made a list here, 01:00:55 you were saying there was some needs, 01:00:57 friendship, support their pastors, 01:01:00 what do you mean by support their pastors? 01:01:03 We found as we've gone around 01:01:05 and first of all made friends with the people, 01:01:08 met their needs, 01:01:10 we've discovered that God in his wisdom, 01:01:14 has placed strategically people who are already trained 01:01:19 spiritually amongst many of these tribal groups, 01:01:22 they are here, 01:01:23 but instead as working as pastors 01:01:25 and ministers they're doing menial tasks, 01:01:29 they are slaughtering chickens, they're driving Ford trucks, 01:01:34 they're involved in, in fact there's one pastor, 01:01:37 right here in the Grand Rapids area, from Burma, 01:01:40 who is working at a factory, 01:01:42 making wiring harnesses instead of out encouraging his people. 01:01:46 Or establishing churches, I mean-- 01:01:48 That's right, and he could be. So what is that we can do? 01:01:52 I mean, it sounds simple, I mean I can tell some one 01:01:55 how to shop, too good, you know. 01:01:58 Well, I think in North America, 01:02:00 we have been so focused abroad that we haven't realize 01:02:05 the massive influx of refugees that have come in 01:02:08 from these strategically located countries 01:02:11 in terms of the gospel, outreach, places 01:02:14 where we simply cannot work today, 01:02:17 and have not been able to work for many decades 01:02:21 from Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, 01:02:24 and many of the Middle Eastern and North African countries 01:02:27 where work is very hard to do. 01:02:30 Okay, well, now Trudi, you were saying 01:02:32 that we need to rethink strategies 01:02:35 and I had to write this down so I wouldn't misquoted, 01:02:37 rethink strategies for church planting in North America. 01:02:43 Well, basically what I'm, and would like to encourage 01:02:46 everybody is that, look around you, 01:02:51 you'll see the people they may look different to you, 01:02:54 but they are our brothers and sisters, 01:02:57 and when allow this refugee that came to America 01:03:00 a lot of them are Adventist, 01:03:02 already Adventist and looking for Adventist 01:03:05 brothers and sisters to help them 01:03:07 and, they don't understand the language. 01:03:11 Tell them who is helping them, as we're not. 01:03:16 Well, she is really want me to say this, 01:03:21 let me tell you one example, the story that we visited 01:03:25 a family in Rock Island, Illinois, 01:03:28 and we stayed with the host family, 01:03:30 and Sabbath morning came 01:03:32 and they were worship in a home church, 01:03:34 you know, basically in home and Sabbath morning came 01:03:37 and he told us that Jehovah witness 01:03:39 is coming to give him Bible study, 01:03:42 this is quarter to eight. 01:03:44 And Don and I looked at each other and we said, 01:03:47 we hear that all the time, 01:03:49 you know, they Korean people will say, 01:03:51 yeah, Jehovah witness is knocking our door, 01:03:53 but we have yet to Adventist come to our door, 01:03:56 so we wanted to see what they were doing, 01:03:57 so they came, they dressed up really nice, 01:04:01 you know, and they o-- when they got to the door 01:04:03 they take their shoes off, this is Asian cultures 01:04:07 and they sit on the floor, and there is a couch there 01:04:12 but they do not choose to sit there, 01:04:13 they sat on the floor they spread their material 01:04:17 and to our surprise that there was material in their language, 01:04:22 colorful illustrated 01:04:23 and they had the Bible in the Korean language 01:04:25 and they have the father read the Bible in Korean, 01:04:28 and the little girl seven or eight years old 01:04:30 she's attending public school 01:04:31 so she was even reading it in English, 01:04:34 and so guess what's gonna happen that little girl. 01:04:38 We are missing out the opportunity. 01:04:40 So sieze the opportunity. 01:04:42 Yeah, and we don't live by there 01:04:43 so we can't really go there, 01:04:45 we can only go and encourage whenever we can and are able. 01:04:50 Well, we have a commission not only from them 01:04:53 but especially from God. 01:04:55 Thank you, Don, thank you, Trudi. 01:04:58 Our time is run out. Our time, I'm sorry. 01:05:01 But I do want to leave you with the quote 01:05:03 that they had that I-- I want to share, 01:05:05 "If befriended and loved are more open to the gospel 01:05:10 than at any other time in their lives 01:05:13 because their entire world view is being reinterpreted", 01:05:17 We can give them the truth we have the truth, 01:05:21 so let's each one reach one. 01:05:24 God bless. 01:10:29 ASI ministries, they are so marvelous, 01:10:34 we hear from far and near, members working in the Pacific 01:10:40 and members working close by, even Benton Harbor, Michigan. 01:10:44 I have with me, Garren and Bonnie Dent 01:10:47 from the Berrien Springs area, 01:10:50 and actually you have a business 01:10:51 right in down town Berrien Springs don't you? 01:10:54 We do. What is your business? 01:10:56 We have a retail hard warestore in Berrien. 01:10:58 Okay, but now you have been as a family, 01:11:00 involved in some Benton Harbor ministry, 01:11:03 how did that start? 01:11:05 About 10 years ago, Pioneer Memorial Church 01:11:08 was on the campus of Andrew's University there, 01:11:11 started, the students had a-- been pressed by the Holy Spirit 01:11:15 to simply go to our local Intercity, 01:11:18 which is about 12 miles from Berrien 01:11:20 and just pray with people up and down the streets 01:11:22 and out of that they developed a little group 01:11:26 and that group started meeting and they rented a church 01:11:28 and so a little congregation was formed, 01:11:30 as a new plant, start group out of PMC. 01:11:34 And that's called Harbor of Hope. 01:11:36 Right now it's called Harbor of Hope, yeah. 01:11:37 Fits Benton Harbor doesn't it? 01:11:38 It does. Yeah. 01:11:39 So what's the ministry like? 01:11:41 Bonnie? 01:11:42 The ministry has a lot of facets to it, 01:11:46 primarily, what we have is a church service, 01:11:50 Sabbath School then church there's some 01:11:52 youth group activities that go on, 01:11:55 they have what's called Side Rock Sabbath School, 01:11:57 they take a big truck out and they do different types of 01:12:01 street ministries on the street. 01:12:04 Multi faceted, one of the other facets of it 01:12:07 is a food program, and what happens is, 01:12:11 every Sabbath morning we have a breakfast, 01:12:14 and, and then we have Sabbath School or Bible study 01:12:18 and then we have church and then we have a Sabbath dinner, 01:12:21 and that comprises a very unique and diverse 01:12:25 and great mix of people. 01:12:27 We have people that come in off the street, tea, breakfast, 01:12:30 we have students from Andrew's that come to help 01:12:32 mentor the kids and help teach the kids about the Bible, 01:12:36 we have our members that have become baptized 01:12:39 into this congregation 01:12:41 and so it's a really great mix of people 01:12:44 when they come in off the street 01:12:46 and they're eating breakfast, we can sit on and say, 01:12:48 hey, how have you been doing? 01:12:50 Yeah, we have church and we have Bible study, 01:12:52 please stay and they'll stay for church 01:12:55 and that's kind of how we've been involved. 01:12:57 We were initially involved with sitting with the kids, 01:13:00 and helping teach the kids Bible stories 01:13:02 and now we've gotten involved 01:13:04 in the food part of the program. 01:13:05 And about how many young people and folks 01:13:07 come in on a typical Sabbath with you? 01:13:09 Yeah, it varies during the Andrew's University School year 01:13:13 we have closer to, more up towards a 100 01:13:15 because a lot of our students at Andrew's are learning, 01:13:19 how to do Intercity ministry through this program, 01:13:24 but it varies even down to 60 to 100, yeah. 01:13:27 So you started sort of sitting with the kids for a while, 01:13:29 now you are feeding that group. 01:13:32 What's it like when the kids, 01:13:33 young people from the Intercity come in, 01:13:35 and even have breakfast with you. 01:13:37 Yeah, we have-- we have a group 01:13:39 and it's kind of a breakfast group that comes, 01:13:41 it was started because a lot of the kids 01:13:43 would come to church and they were so hungry, 01:13:45 they would say, I need some to eat, 01:13:47 and you ask them and truly they haven't eaten 01:13:49 since school on Friday. 01:13:51 It just home life is such there was not regular meals 01:13:54 and if they found anything, but they-- they could eat it, 01:13:57 if not then would come to church hungry, 01:13:58 they couldn't sit and concentrate for church, 01:14:00 so we started offering just a small breakfast, 01:14:03 and that what we do now, and then the main meal's 01:14:05 of course set after the sermon. 01:14:07 Now how long have you been involved in this ministry? 01:14:10 We've involved for about 10 years now. 01:14:12 So you've seen some Intercity kids growing up? 01:14:14 We have, it's been very exciting, 01:14:16 they just-- they started as young people 01:14:18 and of course they are 10 years at least older now 01:14:22 and they are, some still attend, some do not, 01:14:25 some attend occasionally and we are just praying that 01:14:28 a little bit impact we had when they were younger, 01:14:30 that they-- they will-- it will stick with them. 01:14:33 How many get older? 01:14:35 You're trying to-- you're building relationships, 01:14:38 you're mentoring them, give us an example. 01:14:41 Right, well, it kind of has developed into 01:14:45 deeper relationships, and we kind of saw the need, 01:14:49 I was sitting with a young girl, 01:14:52 a pretty young girl 01:14:54 and we were eating Sabbath dinner together, 01:14:56 and she was new and I was talking to her 01:14:59 about her life and what was going on. 01:15:00 She was excited about a new job, 01:15:02 but she was expressing to me that she had concerns about 01:15:05 how she was gonna get to that job 01:15:06 because she had no car, she was gonna get off late, 01:15:10 at about 10 o'clock, 01:15:11 I had visions of this beautiful young girl 01:15:13 walking home in the bad part of the Intercity, 01:15:16 and when I-- so I said okay, why don't I pick you up 01:15:20 and I will take you home, 01:15:21 and so that's what I decided to do 01:15:23 and so in the process when I picked her up 01:15:26 she was suppose to count out the drawer, 01:15:28 at the end of her of shift, 01:15:30 and literally because of the challenging situation 01:15:33 she had at school, not been able to learn as well, 01:15:37 she couldn't even do that skill, 01:15:38 and it made us aware that there is a huge need 01:15:41 for these people to be integrated 01:15:45 and that's a purpose of ASI as Christ in the market place, 01:15:48 so we felt like, we need to start mentoring these people 01:15:51 at my husband's work not just vocationally 01:15:54 but as you are teaching them these skills 01:15:57 that relate to their work, 01:15:58 you can also help them learn biblical principals, 01:16:02 and you can help them learn about Christ's love, 01:16:05 and you can share that with them 01:16:06 and what we found in that process is it 01:16:09 they have truly mentored us. 01:16:11 We have seen huge character flaws 01:16:13 that we have needed to deal with and that, 01:16:15 Christ has really called us out on through them, 01:16:19 so it's been a wonderful reciprocal relationship. 01:16:22 So you're actually bringing some of these young people 01:16:24 home with you at times, 01:16:26 they're going to work with you during the day, 01:16:27 you're teaching them responsibility, 01:16:30 you really are getting close to these young people, 01:16:31 aren't you? 01:16:32 What a blessing to do that. 01:16:35 I think you living out of bit of Isaiah 58 01:16:37 right in Benton Harbor, and praise the Lord for 01:16:40 Pioneer Memorial Church for doing this initiative. 01:16:43 What would you say our ASI family 01:16:45 from your experience, 01:16:46 that would be an encouragement to us for the future. 01:16:49 I would say that 01:16:50 because ASI members are in the market place, 01:16:54 whether you own a business or work in a business, 01:16:56 I would just ask you to pray and ask God 01:16:59 to give you these relationships that will allow you to work, 01:17:03 we all need to work, we all have our responsibilities, 01:17:06 but how we can integrate that with sharing Christ, 01:17:09 and being mentored by these people 01:17:12 that have life experiences that can enrich you, 01:17:14 while you're mentoring them. 01:17:15 I would also ask you to pray, ask the Holy Spirit, 01:17:19 if you would like to support it financially, 01:17:21 every ministry needs financial support, 01:17:24 you could do that by giving to Pioneer 01:17:26 and marking it Harbor of Hope Ministry. 01:17:29 Harbor of Hope. 01:17:30 If you'd like to learn more about it tonight 01:17:31 during the exhibit time, come to 7:32 01:17:35 and the folks will be there with you. 01:17:37 Thank you so much, Garren and Bonnie. 01:17:42 Well, let's leave this area now and go up to Minnesota, 01:17:46 the land of lakes, 01:17:47 and you're gonna be pretty blessed also 01:17:51 with Jimmy Hansen, 01:17:52 so glad to have you out here with us today. 01:17:54 Thank you. 01:17:55 Jimmy, you-- you were raised a Seventh-day Adventist, 01:17:57 is that right? 01:17:58 I was, I come from a third generation family 01:18:01 of Seventh-day Adventist. 01:18:03 Well, that's wonderful, now that's a privilege. 01:18:05 Now you told me though that, from a youth you had a-- 01:18:10 an interest peaked in you that is probably not so typical 01:18:14 of Seventh-day Adventist, tell us about that. 01:18:17 When I was a child I heard about a relative 01:18:20 that was a deputy sheriff, and as child and a boy, 01:18:25 I dreamt about that 01:18:26 and my dreams of becoming a police officer 01:18:29 became a reality. 01:18:31 So you-- you perused a course in law enforcement? 01:18:34 Yes, I did. 01:18:36 So you-- do I understand that you-- 01:18:38 you worked as a patrol officer for a while. 01:18:41 I did, I worked on the street as a patrol officer, 01:18:44 and I've worked at, as a police officer 01:18:49 also at a reservation 01:18:50 and now as a chief law enforcement officer. 01:18:54 Okay, and an investigator at one time. 01:18:56 Correct. 01:18:57 Okay, well you have an interesting background up 01:18:59 there in Minnesota, you never know what happens 01:19:01 up in that area, do you? 01:19:02 Correct. 01:19:03 Now I come from a small town it's called Dunlap, Tennessee, 01:19:06 and we have only about 5,000 people. 01:19:09 Tell me about Akeley, Minnesota. 01:19:11 Let's reduce that by a about-- 01:19:15 10? 10, we're back to 10%-- 01:19:18 500. 01:19:19 About 5 to 600 in the winter time 01:19:22 and may be tripled that in the summer time. 01:19:24 So you really get to know your community? 01:19:26 No, each one of them almost. 01:19:28 Wow, how did you get involved in that community though? 01:19:32 I was recruited actually by a citizen 01:19:35 to come and apply there when there was an opening, 01:19:38 when I was working as an investigator. 01:19:41 Okay, so you were interviewed and they hired you? 01:19:43 Correct. How many years ago? 01:19:45 That is been about five years ago now. 01:19:48 Okay, now you-- you go to church in Akeley? 01:19:53 I do not, I go to church in Wadena, 01:19:55 which is about an hour from where I work. 01:19:58 Okay, but you had a burden for the town you work in? 01:20:02 Correct. 01:20:04 To help people that would be spiritually open, 01:20:07 how did your home church get involved in that? 01:20:11 My home church has evangelism outreach programs, 01:20:15 and one of the programs they have done over the last 01:20:19 three or four years is supply "The Great Controversy' 01:20:23 with the church and the members 01:20:26 to who ever would like to past them out. 01:20:28 And the church pays for them 01:20:31 and orders them and supplies them. 01:20:34 So you have some in your office? 01:20:36 I have some in my office as well, as my vehicle. 01:20:39 And some in the police car. Yes. 01:20:41 So as you're out serving the public, 01:20:45 you looking for opportunities to place 01:20:47 "The Great Controversy" in people's lands. 01:20:49 When somebody shows the desire for a hope 01:20:53 or something better than this life has to offer. 01:20:56 Then I get into action and they get a book of hope. 01:21:01 What you think about that ASI? Amen. Amen. 01:21:03 Chief of the police giving out "Great Controversy." 01:21:06 That's a blessing, we're so glad to hear that. 01:21:09 Tell us what's this like? 01:21:10 When you meet people, give us an example of something 01:21:13 that you've been able to impact through your police ministry. 01:21:16 I will share with you a call that I received, 01:21:20 it's been little over a year ago, 01:21:22 about a lady that needed medical attention, 01:21:25 and it was called in and I receive that call 01:21:28 and went to the call, and found a lady 01:21:31 sitting along side the road, that when you're in Minnesota, 01:21:34 and it's march and it's 40 above that's a nice day. 01:21:38 Okay. 01:21:39 She was out for a walk, 01:21:41 so medically everything was fine, 01:21:44 but something told me to go check on her, 01:21:46 in a couple of days to see how things were, and I did, 01:21:50 and she was not home. 01:21:51 I went a few days later, and I went back to her three times 01:21:55 and each time spoke with her husband and at-- 01:22:00 I would say two or three of the times 01:22:02 her husband had some questions concerning Bible truths, 01:22:06 the fourth time I went back, Shirley was there. 01:22:10 We laugh about it now, 01:22:11 she was there all the other three times too. 01:22:14 But she was a little apprehensive with the uniform. 01:22:19 But she asked if I could come back 01:22:20 and give her some more information 01:22:23 concerning questions she had about the Bible. 01:22:26 And they decided to move across town, 01:22:29 she had invited me over to their new house 01:22:31 with her grandchildren listening, 01:22:33 while we talked about Bible questions and answers. 01:22:38 Today she is going to church with her grandchildren 01:22:43 and she is studying to be baptized. 01:22:45 Amen. Isn't that a blessing? 01:22:48 Well, chief, what can you say to our ASI family, 01:22:51 about ministry? 01:22:54 Number one thing that I see today is 01:22:58 the urgency of the hour, 01:23:00 and the urgency of the hour is 01:23:02 God calling each and every one of us to do this work. 01:23:05 And if He can use a person in uniform 01:23:09 at 1am in the morning to share the love of Jesus, 01:23:13 in front of a bar, he can use anybody. 01:23:17 And I didn't choose this, 01:23:18 God choose me or I won't be doing it. 01:23:21 And when He chose me, He also opened up doors 01:23:25 and I'll share this with the audience, 01:23:27 that where ever He plants you, it's already blooming. 01:23:30 And it's a wonderful thing. 01:23:32 Thank you chief, may God bless you 01:23:34 and your ministry in Minnesota. 01:23:36 Thank you. 01:23:39 Now we'd like to tell you about a ministry 01:23:41 that is impacting people all over the world 01:23:46 by the 10's of 1,000's 01:23:49 and I can't wait to be able to tell you more about this 01:23:52 from Merlin and Vonda Beerman, so glad to have here. 01:23:57 Now these both combined 01:23:58 a couple of ministries together, 01:24:00 Vonda is a soloist, 01:24:02 who, actually would be singing for us 01:24:04 in a little while this evening. 01:24:06 She been on 3ABN with quiet hour 01:24:09 and as they have had her music ministry 01:24:13 and as Merlin as helped her, 01:24:15 another ministry grew out of that called 01:24:18 Revelation Publication Internationals, 01:24:21 sounds amazing. 01:24:22 Vonda, how did that happened? 01:24:25 You mean how did it come out of a music ministry? 01:24:28 Yeah. That's true. He was helping you. 01:24:30 That's kind of a good question. 01:24:31 Well, I have the privilege of our sharing the love of Jesus 01:24:36 through music and song, and love my job 01:24:39 and can't believe that the doors, 01:24:42 so many doors that have been opened, 01:24:44 all over the world, including prison doors. 01:24:48 And one of our favorite things to do 01:24:50 is to go into the prisons, and as I give a concert 01:24:54 and men and women's hearts are being led to the Lord 01:24:59 through these songs, 01:25:01 my husband and I felt this need to, 01:25:04 continue to nurture them and it was there, 01:25:10 that a Bible study based on 01:25:12 "The Steps to Christ" book was created 01:25:16 and I'll let my husband finish the rest. 01:25:19 So were you giving out steps to Christ 01:25:21 in the prison sometimes? 01:25:23 Yes, we would pass them out and the prisoners would say, 01:25:27 they would write us back and say, this is a great book. 01:25:30 But I don't understand all the big words, 01:25:33 so to make a long story short, we made a paraphrased, 01:25:36 Bible study out of "Steps to Christ." 01:25:39 And the focus of our ministry now is to-- is very simple, 01:25:45 follow the gospel commission and take them to the world. 01:25:49 So you put together "Steps to Christ", 01:25:51 as kind of a lesson, a Bible study lesson for them. 01:25:54 How did that end up getting into this 01:25:56 Revelation Publication International? 01:25:59 Well, over time, praise God and all the glory to Him. 01:26:04 The study guides eventually spread, 01:26:06 people started asking for them 01:26:07 and pretty soon that ABCs were carrying them 01:26:09 and a lot of the bigger ministries 01:26:11 and distribution within the United States 01:26:14 was pretty good. 01:26:15 But then people from out side the United States 01:26:18 would contact by email or phone and once they found out that 01:26:22 the cost of shipping was more than the book, 01:26:24 most of them wouldn't buy. 01:26:26 And so one day I'm-- I'm on my knees in my office 01:26:30 with the world map and I'm just praising-- 01:26:32 or just pleading with God, please take these to the world, 01:26:36 by the power of your Holy Spirit 01:26:37 give me wisdom. 01:26:38 And in that conversation with God, 01:26:40 He impressed me to make a website, 01:26:43 and we have a graphic of that here. 01:26:44 It's a bible-lessons.org. 01:26:48 And He impressed me to put these Bible studies 01:26:50 in every language possible, 01:26:51 at this website for free download. 01:26:54 Well, in my limited knowledge at the time 01:26:56 I'm asking, oh, Lord are you sure? 01:26:59 I'll do it but anybody know anything about the internet 01:27:02 you know, you either have to know somebody's address 01:27:05 to get to their website, 01:27:06 of course nobody is gonna know mine 01:27:08 or somebody does the search engine search, 01:27:12 and some little guy like me is gonna be on page 15 01:27:16 so whose gonna go to page 15 to download the Bible studies, 01:27:19 but I was faithful to Lord said, okay, 01:27:21 sure enough the first year there was about 30 there 01:27:24 and the next year may be 50 some. 01:27:26 Another year or two ticked by 01:27:28 and one day a neighbor came over 01:27:30 and he was telling me about his lottery business 01:27:32 and he told me how he made a ad in Google 01:27:35 and you make a little ad we got a graphic of that too, 01:27:39 if they can show that, these are the very ads 01:27:42 where we use that first day by the way. 01:27:44 And you can make a picture ad or a text ad. 01:27:47 And in that ad you set up key words 01:27:49 where, as people are searching for free Bible studies, 01:27:52 then your ad will popup, 01:27:54 and then you give Google a daily budget 01:27:56 and they charge your credit card 01:27:58 every time somebody goes to your website. 01:27:59 We thought why do we have to loose, 01:28:01 we'll make a little ad, we'll put $5 on it, 01:28:03 and see what happens? 01:28:05 So we did that. 01:28:06 Went in the next morning, seven hits, 01:28:10 I thought praise the Lord that's more than we get in 01:28:12 three month, this is awesome, 01:28:14 well, it gets better, a lot better. 01:28:17 And by the way that was $5, four people, 01:28:20 you know, here's four people somewhere in the world 01:28:23 looking to know the Lord and I can give that to Him 01:28:25 for a dollar and a quarter? 01:28:27 Well, the next day there was 30 some, the next day 60 some, 01:28:31 next day 120, and the numbers keep going up, 01:28:34 and finally the numbers are leveled off 01:28:36 and I'm going, what's going on? 01:28:37 And I figured it out, well, Google is not gonna 01:28:39 advertise for free right, once the money's spent 01:28:42 they're not gonna put your ad up anymore, 01:28:44 so Vonda and I started getting excited 01:28:46 and started putting our personal money in this, 01:28:48 more and more and upping the budget each day 01:28:50 and pretty soon there was 500, 700, a 1000, in a day, 01:28:56 2000 then the day of Pentecost, hit 3000, 01:29:00 we're just praising the Lord. 01:29:02 In one day? In one day. 01:29:04 Praise the Lord. How long ago was that? 01:29:07 This is happened-- took off about two and half years ago, 01:29:11 and to this point, right we have a graphic of that too 01:29:14 of a world map, anywhere you see color on that map, 01:29:18 God has heard my prayer and taken these to the world. 01:29:22 Can you say Amen? 01:29:23 And you can look at a worked map like that 01:29:25 just about any day of the year and it will look the same. 01:29:29 There is two countries that I can see one is North Korean, 01:29:32 where internet is blocked in there 01:29:34 somewhere in the Sahara desert, 01:29:35 there's probably not internet, the God is good. 01:29:39 So Google ads has open up the store for you, 01:29:42 now when we were back stage you were showing me right now 01:29:46 147 people are at this very moment 01:29:49 on your website, at this second 149. 01:29:51 This very second. 01:29:53 How many-- how may yesterday. 01:29:56 Yesterday was a record about 16,000. 01:29:59 In one day, on the internet. 01:30:01 And I want to say this, our budget typically is about 01:30:05 with a-- we are a non profit we have a few donors that help. 01:30:08 It's usually about 3,000 a month. 01:30:11 And we were averaging about 4,000 hits a day, 01:30:13 about two months ago somebody hands me a check for $7,000 01:30:16 so the budget's been up, in the last couple of days 01:30:19 because I wanted come and make a point, 01:30:21 that this is something that each one you could be doing. 01:30:23 We upped the budget, yesterday was a record of 16,000. 01:30:27 And here is the part, on that slide, 01:30:30 to date 4.4 million people at the website in two years. 01:30:35 In two years. Amen every one. 01:30:37 The way this can be applied to each of your ministries here, 01:30:41 when somebody goes on there looking for truth, 01:30:42 they need to find every one of our ministries on page one 01:30:45 and it can happen. 01:30:47 Come to our web, our booth, 115 01:30:50 and we would be glad to talk to you about it, 01:30:53 we have some little tracks we're giving out for free, 01:30:56 that have the website 01:30:57 if you want to point some people to this, 01:30:58 for free Bible studies. 01:30:59 That's networking. 01:31:00 Go by and see his booth and learn more 01:31:03 how to use the internet to reach so many people. 01:31:05 Thank you so much for sharing. It's amazing. 01:31:12 Isn't it amazing to see 01:31:13 what God is doing all around the world, 01:31:15 it's just one of my favorite parts of ASI 01:31:19 is doing Members in Action 01:31:21 and hearing the stories of how God is it work. 01:31:23 Have you been blessed this evening 01:31:25 by the stories you've heard? 01:31:26 Amen. 01:31:27 Amen, well, we are not quite finished yet. 01:31:29 Just a couple of more stories 01:31:31 and I have here with me this evening, Mark Cromwell, 01:31:34 who is vice president for the Mid-America, chapter of ASI. 01:31:38 And Jane Smith on this side who is our vice president 01:31:42 from membership there, and Vivian Neuharth 01:31:45 who is a new member of ASI. 01:31:47 So welcome her as our new member this evening. 01:31:49 Right. Amen. Thank you. 01:31:52 Now, oh, I understand that the Mid-America chapter 01:31:56 did an interesting event for their spring conference, 01:31:59 Vivian, tell us what was happening at that event? 01:32:02 We had an awesome program, and for my first one 01:32:05 in the Mid-America, it was wonderful, 01:32:07 we had like 1, 200 people show up. 01:32:10 We did it in a town called Lee Summit, Missouri. 01:32:13 And we had Doug Batchelor and Scott Ritsema as our speakers. 01:32:17 And so it drew a large crowd. 01:32:20 Well, now, Vivian, I know how these things work 01:32:23 and even if you have Doug Batchelor 01:32:25 as your speaker and just show up, 01:32:26 you are not necessarily going to get a crowd 01:32:28 even though he is a wonderful speaker 01:32:30 and does have some attraction, and what did-- 01:32:32 what else was done as pre work to this event? 01:32:35 Well, I think Jane might have some input on that. 01:32:38 Thank you. 01:32:40 Yes, we went to all the churches in Kansas city, 01:32:43 and we spoke to the pastors and the board members 01:32:46 and we asked them if they would be willing to 01:32:48 close their churches for our ASI and worship all together 01:32:52 in one location on the Sabbath that we had that. 01:32:55 And it was a powerful moving experience 01:32:58 and we had over 1,200 people there. 01:33:01 Wow, over 1,200 people and so the ASI event, 01:33:06 all the churches closed, everybody came together, 01:33:08 what was that experience like? 01:33:10 Well, it was powerful and you get to see 01:33:13 how this is bigger than just once small little church 01:33:16 especially being here, that you can see that 01:33:18 this is a movement and the Lord is working 01:33:21 to get this message spread through out the world. 01:33:23 So I understand you had some exhibiters there too, 01:33:25 how did that work out? 01:33:26 We had 18 exhibiters and it was such a powerful event 01:33:30 that we're gonna have the ASI Mid-America conference 01:33:33 in Kansas city again next year 01:33:35 and all the 18 exhibiters are coming back and more. 01:33:39 Praise the Lord. 01:33:40 And so working with the local church 01:33:43 and getting these things to happen, 01:33:45 Mark, I know that there some other things 01:33:47 going on behind the scenes because that's quite a feat 01:33:50 to get, like what, 14 churches to close down 01:33:53 and come to one venue. 01:33:55 You know, it was such a blessing that 01:33:57 we were able to organize in the way that we did 01:34:00 and I thank-- you know, I give thanks to our-- 01:34:03 to our team and everybody that contributed their time 01:34:07 and their knowledge and what we did, 01:34:09 those people that we recruited out of the churches were, 01:34:12 we went to the Pastors and really wanted people 01:34:14 that were on fire, we needed help to get pull off 01:34:16 this convention in Kansas city, 01:34:18 we really wanted ASI to leave a footprint behind, 01:34:21 not just come doing event and leave. 01:34:23 So we really got people that really were talented, 01:34:27 really on fire, wanted to make this thing work, 01:34:30 and as a result of that organizing committee, 01:34:32 they stayed together and are forming a group 01:34:36 that's gonna be a grass roots, 01:34:38 lay persons effort to form small study groups, 01:34:43 and small prayer groups, all over the city, 01:34:45 and using these events because we're having ASI back again 01:34:49 to get those people that are coming, 01:34:51 we had over 200 visitors that we weren't prepared for, 01:34:54 and so this time when we-- we're gonna announce 01:34:58 to their Christian community and the community Kansas city 01:35:01 to come back and join us again 01:35:03 and this time we're gonna be prepared with people 01:35:06 that are gonna help them connect with us better 01:35:10 and get to know us, form a relationship with us 01:35:12 so we can mentor them into our church. 01:35:15 So this working together with all these churches, 01:35:18 does this have a name, is there something 01:35:20 you're calling this now? 01:35:21 Yeah, we're Adventist United, we conversed through, 01:35:25 and had a meeting and everybody bouncing names off the wall 01:35:28 and this is what we are, we're Adventist, 01:35:31 we're united on our message, we want to get the message out, 01:35:34 we believe in small groups and facilitating those, 01:35:38 and small prayer groups is the way to go. 01:35:40 We need to build relationships 01:35:42 and so that's what we are doing, 01:35:43 and we're gonna make it happen. 01:35:44 So what is ASI Mid-America union 01:35:46 doing to train these people so that they can do a, 01:35:50 you know, great job with these small groups? 01:35:52 Part of our plan, we had a mission-in statement 01:35:54 and a description for an organization put together, 01:35:59 that basically we develop three or four curriculums 01:36:03 to teach people, so we had trainers come in 01:36:06 for the four curriculums are, New Beginnings, Care and Lose, 01:36:12 Lifting up Jesus, the High Study Program 01:36:14 which Intel card is here with that. 01:36:16 And then a fourth curriculum which is developed on Interest, 01:36:20 so if we have somebody that has an interest 01:36:23 say, creation or the-- you know, 01:36:25 struggling with the believing in the Bible, 01:36:27 we're gonna start them at a study at that point 01:36:29 but this also taught people in that class, 01:36:32 that took their class, what was the next progression, 01:36:35 what was the next logical progression from that interest. 01:36:38 So you could continue on, discover their next interest 01:36:41 and move in a progressive way in that study. 01:36:44 So it's really great because everybody is kind of 01:36:46 on the same page, they're not just doing random studies, 01:36:49 so they can send somebody to another study across town, 01:36:53 it's the same one that they're having here, 01:36:55 and say, you have a friend across town 01:36:58 and you really like to study that your-- 01:37:00 Right. 01:37:01 Take it on and you go, hey, you go to same study, 01:37:04 a right of where you live. 01:37:05 So that's why we're kind of keeping it really organized 01:37:08 and keeping them-- keeping things rolling. 01:37:11 Praise the Lord, sounds like ASI is having an impact 01:37:13 in that community there in Kansas city, 01:37:16 Vivian, tell us a story about someone's life 01:37:19 who was impacted by this event. 01:37:21 This is so awesome, the last night of our ASI 01:37:25 we had a gentleman that came by as we had already closed 01:37:29 and he-- I was showing him, 01:37:32 I was working with Scott Ritsema 01:37:33 at the belt of truth, that he had a booth there, 01:37:36 and I showed him this tape and said, oh, sir, 01:37:39 you have just got to buy this, 01:37:41 get this Media on the Brain video tape, 01:37:43 you will not be sorry, 01:37:46 so he went ahead and brought it 01:37:48 and he came back Sunday morning, 01:37:50 we already closed, we were shutting down, 01:37:52 and he goes where is this Scott Ritsema guy, 01:37:54 I want to meet him, and I said, he's already left, 01:37:57 and he goes, well, I want to talk to him. 01:38:00 Well, from that encounter, Scott has been on our local 01:38:05 secular political radio station two times, 01:38:09 they want him back for more and they want him to be 01:38:12 teaching prophecy on this program. 01:38:15 Amen. From our get-together. 01:38:17 Amen. 01:38:18 See how God works when we just step out 01:38:20 in a little of faith for Him now, 01:38:22 Vivian, you're a new member, you just joined, 01:38:24 it was your first time, how did this effect you? 01:38:27 You know, seeing all these booths here, 01:38:29 and to see also at our Mid-America, 01:38:31 what all our church is doing, wow, 01:38:35 we should be so proud as a denomination, 01:38:37 how we are reaching out to the world 01:38:39 that is starving for us, and so what a great opportunity, 01:38:43 it's been very enriching to me. 01:38:44 Amen. 01:38:45 Thank you for sharing with us this evening. 01:38:47 Amen. Thank you. 01:38:49 All right. 01:38:52 Well, you know, it's such a blessing 01:38:54 to have these stories that we hear about 01:38:56 what's happening all around the world, 01:38:58 and at this point we are going to see a short video clip 01:39:01 just before our next interview. 01:39:30 The line began forming 20 hours 01:39:32 before the doors were scheduled to open, 01:39:35 residence of the Bay area, eager to be the first in line 01:39:38 to receive free medical and dental services, 01:39:42 spent the night anticipating relief 01:39:44 with the coming of the dawn. 01:39:46 They came with pain, they came with questions, 01:39:49 they came to bring a friend or relative in desperate need. 01:39:55 By the time the door is opened, 01:39:56 thousands had gathered in both 01:39:58 San Francisco and Oakland, California. 01:40:01 For the Bridges to Health medical and dental clinics. 01:40:04 Which promised free of charge services, 01:40:07 on a first come first serve basis. 01:40:10 Organized by the Western US chapter 01:40:12 of Adventist Services in Industries or ASI. 01:40:16 The unprecedented event included the involvement 01:40:18 and partnership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:40:21 in both Central and Northern California. 01:40:24 The church's Pacific area union head quarters, 01:40:27 the office of the mayor in both San Francisco 01:40:30 and Oakland, the department of health, 01:40:32 and others civic ministry and health related organizations. 01:40:37 Over a three day period, close to 500 01:40:40 healthcare professionals and volunteers staff, 01:40:43 worked tirelessly to provide dozens of medical 01:40:46 and dental services to close to 3,000 local residents. 01:40:51 Volunteers most of whom are members of the 01:40:54 Seventh-day Adventist Church, 01:40:56 came from all parts of North America, 01:40:58 some even from as far as Saudi Arabia, 01:41:02 driven by a spirit of service and the desire to meet 01:41:05 the tangible needs of those who would come. 01:41:11 The clinics were organized into specific service areas, 01:41:14 each with its team of specialized 01:41:16 healthcare professionals and trained volunteers. 01:41:20 Patients were registered, triaged efficiently 01:41:23 and escorted to the proper area by hospitality volunteers. 01:41:27 Waiting area were setup near each service area 01:41:30 as patients awaited personalized care. 01:41:35 The service is offered were comprehensive by any standards, 01:41:38 considering that the clinics were housed 01:41:40 in multipurpose venues. 01:41:43 Using high end technology, 01:41:45 highly skilled dental professionals 01:41:47 provided crowns, fillings, extractions, 01:41:50 cleanings and necessary root canals. 01:41:54 Meanwhile, on site technicians ensure that the equipment was 01:41:58 well maintained and available at all times. 01:42:02 Close by, patients received eye care services 01:42:05 including vision testing and free glasses. 01:42:08 One patient went tears in her eyes 01:42:11 explained how she would no longer 01:42:12 need the large magnifying glass, 01:42:14 she had carried around in order to read. 01:42:18 In yet another area, residence were able to visit one on one 01:42:21 with primary care physicians, who consulted with patients 01:42:25 and diagnosed a number of concerns. 01:42:28 Specialize medical services were also available 01:42:31 including, pediatrics, OBGYN, STD and HIV screening, 01:42:37 medical massage, physical therapy, 01:42:40 X-rays and laboratory services. 01:42:44 Perhaps the most traumatic example 01:42:46 of the diversity of services offered was a general surgery, 01:42:50 including an operation performed on a patient. 01:42:53 In order to take out a lipoma, the size of a great fruit. 01:42:59 And yet it seemed by the event organizers, 01:43:02 led by ASI's Dr. Lela Lewis 01:43:04 that the Bridges to Health experience could 01:43:06 and should be even broader. 01:43:09 In addition to personalized and professional healthcare 01:43:12 patients were offered a variety of 01:43:14 live musical performances as they waited. 01:43:16 School choirs, smaller ensembles, 01:43:19 solos, and instrumentals fill the venues 01:43:22 as Bay area residence awaited treatment. 01:43:25 Patients also had the opportunity 01:43:27 to take advantage of chaplaincy services, 01:43:29 and those who were there over lunch time, 01:43:32 were offered a free nutritious meal. 01:43:35 In the end, over $5 million in healthcare was giving 01:43:38 to nearly 3,000 residents of the Bay area. 01:43:42 By close to 500 service oriented 01:43:44 professionals and staff, 01:43:47 those could and should be considered 01:43:49 tremendously successful results, 01:43:53 and yet perhaps the greater results 01:43:55 by the intangible one's. 01:43:57 The effects in the lives of those who returned home, 01:44:01 and to their communities with less pain and more hope. 01:44:05 And that is a purpose worth perusing 01:44:08 and a story worth telling. 01:44:16 Brigit Hausted MD and she participated in this event 01:44:21 in San Francisco, and we just wanted to 01:44:23 get a personal perspective from her today. 01:44:28 Dr. Hausted, I know that you were there 01:44:30 and you are serving as a-- in the family practice area, 01:44:34 and tell us a story about someone 01:44:37 whose life was changed by coming to this event. 01:44:41 Well, let's call the gentleman's name Anthony, 01:44:44 he was a 56 year old man that came in 01:44:47 and when he came in, he had his back pack on 01:44:50 and had something going on in his ears. 01:44:52 So he came in, I told him, I said, 01:44:54 you need to take that out of your ears, 01:44:57 so I ask him, do you mind 01:45:00 if I take a listen to what you are listening to. 01:45:02 Oh, boy. 01:45:03 Well, the only problem was that we shared this room 01:45:06 and there was just a curtain between us and the next room, 01:45:08 so he started playing his music, 01:45:10 that was so loud just through his ear bud, 01:45:12 and I said, wow, is this what you listen to? 01:45:17 And then I said to him, I said, so, tell me, 01:45:21 why are you here? 01:45:23 And he said well, I've been-- I've been two years 01:45:26 clean and sober, and for the last little bit, 01:45:30 I have been having terrible, terrible night terrors, 01:45:33 I wake up at night with the sweat and I just-- 01:45:36 he said, I find myself doing all kind of strange things, 01:45:38 I've broken mirrors, windows, 01:45:40 I found myself laying on top of my roommate, 01:45:42 so it's definitely creating a problem. 01:45:44 I would say so. 01:45:47 So at that point, I said to him, I said now, 01:45:50 you said you were a deacon? 01:45:51 And what? 01:45:53 Doesn't the Bible say something about, 01:45:55 as a man thinketh in his heart and he finished, so is he. 01:45:58 So he knew the Bible. 01:46:00 He did, he knew the Bible, he also knew that 01:46:05 he finished several of the things that I thought 01:46:08 and so I looked at him and said, well, 01:46:10 the music that you're listening to, do you think? 01:46:13 What are those lyrics saying? 01:46:15 And he said, well, can't you can't hear that? 01:46:17 Honestly I couldn't, he said, oh, it's says you're mine, 01:46:20 mine, all mine. 01:46:23 So I'm thinking night terrors, 01:46:25 starting to get little scared myself 01:46:26 actually, not really, but then I said, 01:46:28 so what else do you listen to? 01:46:30 He said, Michel Jackson, oh, was he a Christian? 01:46:34 Oh, No. 01:46:36 I said well, what does the Bible say about that? 01:46:39 And he said-- he said, I said, so if he's not a Christian, 01:46:44 who's music are listening to? 01:46:46 And he didn't miss a beat, he said, Satan's. 01:46:49 So he recognized that he was treading on Satan's territory. 01:46:53 Yeah, I don't think he connected those two dots, 01:46:55 he just thought that he can listen to his music 01:46:58 and some how medicine needed to help him 01:47:00 with his night terrors. 01:47:02 So at that point, I said, well, 01:47:06 I think we have a bigger problem here than 01:47:08 just what medicine can treat. 01:47:11 So I ask our nurse Tamy Mension, 01:47:12 would please go get the Chaplain. 01:47:14 So well, well, she went to go get the Chaplain, I ask him, 01:47:18 I said, you know, there is a scripture in the Bible, 01:47:20 it's in James 5 and it says, is anyone sick? 01:47:23 Let him call the elders of the church-- 01:47:26 And anoint him with oil and the pray offered in faith 01:47:28 would make the sick person well. 01:47:29 So I ask him, I said, would you be willing to get anointed? 01:47:34 He looked at me, he didn't miss a beat, he said, yes. 01:47:36 Wow, so he-- he recognized the value of that. 01:47:39 He did. 01:47:40 So then it was a bit, for the Chaplain's to come, 01:47:43 and so he said, well, how about this, 01:47:44 while we were waiting for them, 01:47:45 let's just pray and you and I will both search our own hearts 01:47:49 and see if there is anything God 01:47:52 is asking us to surrender. 01:47:54 What's interesting though is, in this time, 01:47:56 that thank you for the phone ringing, 01:47:57 because it remained me of something, 01:47:59 his phone went off 01:48:00 and it had something terribly of obnoxious on there, 01:48:03 I said, oh, my lands, 01:48:04 I think we've got little clean up work to do here. 01:48:06 So as I was listening to his music, 01:48:08 I'm like, that's got to go. 01:48:09 So he very faithfully took out his phone, 01:48:12 just started deleting, deleting 01:48:14 and he deleted his music library 01:48:17 but then those ringers, 01:48:18 so, oh, I think those ringers need to go too, 01:48:21 so by the time the Chaplains came, 01:48:23 the music had been deleted, he was open, and I said, 01:48:28 did God impress anything on your heart to surrender? 01:48:31 And he said, yeah, he said that, 01:48:33 he's been hanging around some people that 01:48:35 maybe haven't been the best influence 01:48:37 and he would like to surrender that too. 01:48:39 So it was really beautiful the Chaplain's came in, 01:48:42 one of the Chaplain's came with Pastor Allen, 01:48:45 and he shared his story that he used to be addicted to 01:48:47 alcohol and cigarettes and you know, 01:48:49 I think sometimes whenever we talk to people 01:48:51 they see us keen and they are kind of, 01:48:54 but it's amazing what touch can do 01:48:56 and so we just reached over and I said you know, 01:48:58 I really appreciate you sharing your story, 01:49:01 is there something you would like to tell my friends? 01:49:03 And so they shared a little testimony, 01:49:06 and we prayed over him and it was just amazing, 01:49:09 it was absolutely amazing 01:49:10 how a sense of peace just covered him. 01:49:13 So the work of a physician is not necessarily always 01:49:18 just prescriptive in nature from the stand point of, 01:49:21 you know, drink some more water, 01:49:23 things like that, you're addressing his spiritual health 01:49:26 in that encounter, that's amazing. 01:49:28 Now in this process 01:49:30 how did that affect you personally as a physician? 01:49:34 What's interesting, before we went to San Francisco, 01:49:36 my prayer was, God help me to see these people 01:49:38 like you see them. 01:49:40 And it's easy to look at people 01:49:41 and kind of see them from the out side, 01:49:43 you know, they don't smell right, 01:49:44 they don't look right, they-- but it's like, 01:49:46 when we were in San Francisco, these were my buddies, 01:49:49 I mean, I, it was really a blessing 01:49:51 and they can sense that, that you care about them. 01:49:53 Amen. 01:49:55 So we've got this evening as a report 01:49:59 certainly on what happened in San Francisco and Oakland 01:50:02 but it's also an appeal to you this evening, 01:50:06 about what is about to happen in San Antonio, Texas, 01:50:11 April 8, 9 and 10 of 2015. 01:50:15 There will be an event in San Antonio 01:50:18 similar to this event, reaching out 01:50:20 with free medical care to the community there, 01:50:22 the city has given free use of the Alamo dome, 01:50:26 which is the same place 01:50:28 the general conference meetings will be held, 01:50:30 for three days for this event and the city of San Antonio 01:50:34 has challenged us to serve 6,000 people while we're there. 01:50:38 What happened in Oakland and San Francisco was 3,000 01:50:41 and now they're challenging us to serve 6,000 people, 01:50:45 we're gonna need 1,500 volunteers, 01:50:48 how many people do we have here this evening? 01:50:51 Praise the Lord, we've got about 1,500 01:50:53 I think we all ought to show up and volunteer? 01:50:55 What you think? Amen. 01:50:57 Well, if you'll come by booth 212 over the exhibit hall 01:51:01 we have a brochure for you and we have a volunteer form 01:51:05 that you can sign up and join us down in San Antonio, 01:51:08 April 8 to 10 for a special blessing 01:51:11 that God will pour out up on you 01:51:13 as you are ministering to those in need. 01:51:15 Thank you this evening. 01:51:42 Born into this world of sin 01:51:47 Goodness stops where I begin 01:51:54 I'm nothing on my own 01:52:00 And though I try so to be good 01:52:04 Yet I know I never could 01:52:11 Deserve the love You've shown 01:52:17 But in love you found a way 01:52:25 To pay the debt I could not pay 01:52:32 You gave me 01:52:34 Your life for mine 01:52:42 What love divine 01:52:49 That You would take my sin 01:52:53 And even called me friend 01:52:57 And give me 01:52:59 Your life for mine 01:53:20 And though You love me like I am 01:53:25 Still you have a better plan 01:53:31 You long to make me new 01:53:37 By Your grace I can be freed 01:53:42 From the sins that hinder me 01:53:48 From growing more like You 01:53:54 Plant Your love 01:53:56 Within my heart 01:54:03 And cleanse the sinful, selfish part 01:54:09 And give me 01:54:11 Your life for mine 01:54:19 What love divine 01:54:26 That You would take my sin 01:54:30 And even called me friend 01:54:34 And give me 01:54:36 Your life for mine 01:54:44 By Your I've been healed 01:54:53 And through Your death my life was healed 01:54:59 You gave me 01:55:02 Your life for mine 01:55:10 What love divine 01:55:16 That You would take my sin 01:55:21 And even called me friend 01:55:24 And give me 01:55:27 Your life 01:55:30 For mine 01:55:35 Your life for mine 01:56:05 Amen. 01:56:16 I've been asked to announce that 01:56:17 the exhibitory will be open for your enjoyment 01:56:21 and also in the morning, at6:30 in the morning, 01:56:23 the prayer room will also be available to you. 01:56:26 Let's rise as we have a closing prayer. 01:56:33 My gracious Father in heaven, 01:56:35 this has been a special evening. 01:56:37 We're so thankful, so grateful to be here. 01:56:41 We're so appreciative of our brothers and sisters 01:56:43 who have dedicated themselves 01:56:46 to spreading this wonderful message. 01:56:50 We're thankful Lord 01:56:52 that we have been able to listen to the way they used 01:56:55 such creative ways to reaching out 01:56:57 to bring this message forward. 01:56:59 We thank you Lord that as we go back to our home places, 01:57:03 we can take this passion with us 01:57:05 whether we already have ministries 01:57:07 that we're working with or whether we'd like to. 01:57:09 Lord, help us Lord 01:57:11 to realize this is the message for the hour. 01:57:13 People need this message. 01:57:15 They are worrying, they are concern, 01:57:18 we have an advent hope. 01:57:19 So, Lord, help us and bless us 01:57:22 that we can be a part of this great movement 01:57:24 and we thank You, Lord, 01:57:26 for hearing and answering our prayers 01:57:28 in Jesus' name. 01:57:29 Amen. |
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