Ron and Marta
Davis are Managers of the
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Better Life Broadcasting Network
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so we're still
dealing with Media,
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so notice how different
things... different ways...
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all of us can participate
even if it's the same area
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so, tell us a little
bit about Better Life.
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Well, Better Life was founded
in 1990... well actually...
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it was founded in 1988,
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we started broadcasting
into Grants Pass in 1990
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by an
Engineer... local Engineer...
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a man named Delmer
Wagner and his wife Evelyn
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and so, it's been
broadcasting now for 25 years,
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this is our 25th
anniversary on July...
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in July, we celebrate 25
years of broadcasting, right?
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So, tell me how you
got involved in this,
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were you educated in
the area of broadcasting?
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No, we weren't, we
didn't have any idea
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like... how to turn on a
TV or how to turn it off...
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that was about it.
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Well, that's kind
of scary but you're
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leading a Media Ministry
with television broadcasting.
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Well, in 1996, we moved...
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we started watching
Better Life Broadcasting Network
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it's an affiliate of 3ABN and
we've been Christians since 1979
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so we ourselves
became Seventh-day Adventists
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as a result of
the 3ABN programming
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and Doug Batchelor. Marta: Yes.
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So, praise the
Lord. Debbie: Amen.
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Yeah, we know how impactive and
effective the broadcast can be.
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Give us a little bit of context,
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what is the programming
and what's the coverage,
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where can Better Life be seen?
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Well, right now, we are
broadcasting about 80 percent
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of 3ABN's programming and
we have a Production Truck
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and a Studio and everything
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and we developed
local programming,
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we go out to churches
and our mission is to...
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we believe God's
given us directive
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to "Go ye into all of Oregon"
and further into California
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to reach as
many people as we can
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and as quickly as we can
with the saving message of Jesus
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and we endeavor to do...
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to help connect the
churches with the people
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and the people
with the churches, so...
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So you're
connecting people with churches
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and churches with people,
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are you getting any
feedback from these viewers?
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Yes, we get lots of feedback,
we get lots of calls and letters
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and people coming into
the churches every day,
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every week... we
have people coming
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and they're ready to be baptized
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and they are really
ready... the Pastors say...
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and over 450 were
baptized in the last decade
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in two local churches there
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right near our
Studio in Grants Pass Area.
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Yeah, these are the testimonies
from the two pastors there
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that... that that...
that that many were baptized
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as a result of some
participation with Better Life.
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Now I understand that
you're venturing out...
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and you're doing something new,
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you're adding three
stations or three channels?
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Share a little bit
about what that means.
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Well, maybe what I can do
is to tell you a bit about
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what's been happening since
and then we'll go into that
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unless, we run out of
time but... at any rate...
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right now, we're broadcasting
on 27 Television Stations
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okay, ranging from
Southern Washington
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right on down through Oregon
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and contiguously
through... into California...
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down into the Bay Area
and the 27th one was added
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very recently and
that's the San Jose,
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Reno...
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Well, Reno was... yeah...
but we've been broadcasting
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in Reno but San Jose
was just broadcasting...
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and soon the 28th
one will be in Monterey,
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so, yeah, we're taking
seriously God's Directive
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to Go ye into all of Oregon
and further into California.
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Okay, so... so now tell us about
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what our offering
is supporting this year
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which is
supporting 3 Channels...
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Yeah, we are so
blessed to be part of ASI
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and we just get inspired
and encouraged by being here
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but... it's built
on faith... you know...
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and so we
can... we can follow...
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we believe what God's
providing... opportunities...
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but we have been developing
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some additional
television stations...
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I mean... channels...
three additional channels,
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we've been broadcasting on one,
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it's been Better Life TV
throughout our broadcast area
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and now we have recently gone
on the air with Better Health TV
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which is a health channel,
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we believe that it
will reach many, many people
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in the huge metropolitan areas
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who don't want to hear
anything about religion
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you know, but they're
very health-conscious people
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who will tune in
and God can draw them
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by the power of the Holy Spirit
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and a saving
relationship with Jesus
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and so, that's
the mission of that...
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and that is on the air...
that's been broadcasting since?
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April... April of
2015... just about six months.
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That's right and it's
broadcasting right now
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into Southern Oregon and
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all the way down
through the California Area,
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we... and our mission is to
get it to other places as well,
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but this
Friday... this Friday...
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Marta: Day after tomorrow.
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Ron: we are going
to... we're launching our new
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Vida Mejor TV Television Station
which is a Spanish Station
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and Vida Mejor TV
means Better Life TV
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but it is... it is
3ABN Latino programming...
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that we'll be doing
also local programming,
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yeah, local
programming is essential
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to reach the communities.
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Wonderful, can you share with us
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a testimony that
you have heard...
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maybe someone's written in
and shared how much it's meant
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to be able to
watch your programming.
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Well, we've received letters
and we have one person who was
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a gangster... he was a
Hell's Angels kind of guy...
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motorcycle guy...
anyhow, he was in prison
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in Crescent City in Pelican Bay
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and he started
watching Better Life,
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he has since... gotten
out... he is now an Elder
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of the church in
Redding and he's also running
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a motorcycle ministry
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and we are getting many
more requests for information
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from that Pelican Bay
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as they continue to show
the programs in that area.
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Oh, wonderful,
is there another...
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you were telling me about...
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There's a lady who
was 99-years old who...
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who had contacted the station
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and we went to
visit her personally
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and she... we
invited her to attend
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an Evangelistic Station...
our Evangelistic Program...
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at the time... the series
and so she came every night
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that the series was going...
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and wound up being
baptized at a 100-years old.
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Isn't that amazing?
So, you know, I mean...
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it reaches people of all ages
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and we're just blessed to be
a part of such a vital ministry.
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It's never too late and I
just want to thank you so much
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for what you're doing through
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Better Life
Broadcasting Network.
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Thank you and just real
quick... God's not done yet
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He's shown us that
there's a station in LA
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and we have our eye on
that and praying about it.
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It has the potential of
17 million people there.
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God bless you.
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Debbie: Amen,
praise God, thank you.
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Now, Tony Moore, now
you may have recognized him
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because of the
uniform that he's wearing,
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and when you see him on
television or with his Series,
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where he's known as
the man in the blue shirt
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but... Tony... tell us a little
bit about Biblical World...
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for those who may not be
acquainted with Biblical World.
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Well, Biblical World is
a really special ministry,
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it's my favorite
ministry, actually
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and we get to go and tell
all the great Bible stories
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and film them on location
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and try and
relate them in that way
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and so we have a very
special Series, for instance,
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on the life of Apostle Paul,
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some of you might
have seen that Series,
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and I get to wear a
blue shirt for that one,
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this is actually the third
generation of uniform so...
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so we have the
Series on the life of Paul
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and the other Series
on the life of Jesus...
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So, knowing His footsteps...
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Tony: In The Footsteps of Paul.
Debbie: In The Footsteps of Paul
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and so this is intriguing to
me because there are a number...
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especially as of
late... there seems to be
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a number of
programs that are trying to
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portray Biblical
characters or Bible stories
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and I don't know
how much of a good job
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they are doing... so tell me
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what kinds of things is
Biblical World trying to do...
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to counter that
kind of an influence.
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We're really trying by...
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and bring the
Bible story to life
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and that they be
historically accurate...
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to be Scripturally...
faithful to Scripture...
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and spiritually relevant,
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now, it's true, there
are some recent movies
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that were pretty wild about some
of our favorite Bible stories,
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but we're trying to do
them in a very Biblical way
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In The Footsteps of Paul and
Tracing The Footsteps of Jesus,
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they're really
wonderful programs,
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that bring those
Bible stories to life
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and they can actually be used
evangelistically... by the way.
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There's beautiful
advertising you can use,
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if they stop by our
Booth they could actually see
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some of the
Evangelistic opportunities
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that you would have
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in using that in public
meetings or in small groups
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but we're... we're wanting
to think beyond that actually
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beyond just some of
the programs we've done
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to a little bit wider audience
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and I think that's what
you were thinking about.
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Yes and so... as
you're thinking about
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how to kind of broaden your
reach to a different audience,
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you're actually looking
at developing programming
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that could be
available on commercial TV,
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why is that necessary?
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We have it
available on 3ABN and Hope
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and why commercial television?
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Well we're wanting to do
something that would reach out
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into a broader,
perhaps, less religious audience
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and it's my belief that
people have a soft memory
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at least in this
Country about Jesus...
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most people have that but
maybe they don't go to church,
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and maybe they won't
look at religious programming
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and actually...
several years ago,
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there was a
program called "The Bible"
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on the History
Channel, now they tell us...
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a 100 million people saw that,
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now, I don't know,
that's what they say,
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and... but a 100 million
people and I'm thinking...
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"Wow! what an
opportunity to reach far out
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into the secular world
through commercial television"
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so that's what
we've been working on...
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a five-part Series for
another five one-hour Series,
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and we're actually praying
and trying to prepare this
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so it will be such quality
that it could actually be
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in prime time that
they would desire and want
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to show during prime time.
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Now tell us... I know
that we actually have a clip
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that maybe we can... introduce
that gives us a picture
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of at least how this looks
and what the beginnings are.
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Well, we're
pretty excited about that
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but let me tell
you about the title,
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because it's called... and
they're going to see the clip,
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it's called,
"Mysteries of the Fifth Gospel"
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Debbie: Fifth gospel? I
thought there were four gospels.
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Yes, there are four
gospels, now some people
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think the fifth
gospel is the book of Acts
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or some people
think it's Revelation
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and... but there's
a wonderful line...
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"There are five gospels
that tell the story of Jesus,
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four you'll find in books,
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and one you'll find in
the land they call: Holy...
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understand the fifth
gospel... the Holy Land...
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and the world of the four
gospels will open before you. "
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So I'm
praying... "What's our edge?
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What's the attraction of
the commercial television?"
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I think, "Ah, that's
kind of edgy isn't it... "
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you know, the fifth gospel...
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because many people
think the fifth gospel is
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Mary Magdalene
as the wife of Jesus
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where he's got seven kids and
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commercial television
often portrays Jesus in a...
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in a very sarcastic way
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and undermines
the faith in Scripture
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and so, we're wanting to do it
in a very positive, winsome way
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and... and actually the second
line of that Series is called,
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"Exposing the Real Jesus"
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now, "exposing" is a
great word in photography,
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terrible word for
tabloid journalism, however,
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but we want to reveal
or bring out the detail...
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the real Jesus... as we
look at the Biblical world
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and that's what
this clip is about.
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Okay, so we can
roll that clip now
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and get a feel for what
it's going to look like.
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The Holy Land...
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For centuries, Christians
have focused on these gospels
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while strangely
neglecting the fifth,
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in this fascinating
Series, our host, Tony Moore,
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follows the narrative
of the written gospels
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while seeking to unravel
mysteries from the fifth gospel
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that expose... the real Jesus.
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Blowing of a horn...
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music...
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Tony, I want to ask you,
what is behind the scenes?
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There's something
special about the scenes,
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and your narration that's
bringing out certain things
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for our commercial audience.
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Well, we're trying to bring out
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the rich details
of the Bible story,
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where they happened
and that fifth gospel...
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brining the Bible story to life
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and that's really
what that was about
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and while we can't do a full
court press about Bible Study
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and so on, we
could actually open up
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the Western Wall in
Jerusalem on Friday afternoon
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where we see
thousands of Jewish people
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in their finest garments,
streaming out of the wall
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to welcome in the Sabbath
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or we can crawl
around in the tomb of Lazarus
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and tell the story of
how Jesus was teaching
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that death is a
sleep in that setting,
00:14:06.21\00:14:08.21
so, we're very excited
about trying to tell the story
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on location in that way
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and just like the little
voice of the narrator there,
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she happened to be our
Tour Guide... last year
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on the Island of Patmos
and she turned out to be
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an Actress in the UK
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and so we're
pretty excited about
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getting her to do that narration
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with the special
little voice that she had.
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Well, we are praying
that God will be able to
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go before you and open up doors
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so that that can be
used in a marvelous way
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to be able to share
Jesus with an audience
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that otherwise
might not hear about him.
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And you know, for folks here,
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could I just tell
them to come by our Booth,
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it's Number 818 and
we have a very special
00:14:42.78\00:14:44.78
newsletter... just for ASI...
00:14:44.81\00:14:46.28
that talks about
this and they can have...
00:14:46.31\00:14:48.52
and if you're not able to
do that, go on our website,
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was it, "fifth gospel"
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spelled out? Debbie: Yes
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fifthgospel. net
is up on the screen
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and you can find out
that we're very careful about
00:14:55.92\00:14:58.76
what we say even on the website
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because we don't want
people to misunderstand...
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that is... the television
people to misunderstand
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what we're trying to do,
00:15:05.33\00:15:06.67
but we want to tell
the best story about Jesus
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that anyone has heard
on commercial television
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and that's where it
was going and by the way
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we'll have a
Viewer Version of this
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that will also be
available for Adventists to use
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and... before
Evangelistic Meetings
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and to be on
Adventist television as well.
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Great, thank you very much
Tony. Tony: Thank you Debbie.
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I tell you, we have
lots of opportunities
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through a variety
of different means
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to be able to share the gospel.
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This is Members in Action,
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these are stories of
ministry and inspiration
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that you can use to
take home the ASI experience.
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Tonight, I have
with me Janet Evert
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and Janet, where do you live?
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In Chelan, Washington.
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Leasa: Not too far away.
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No... about two hours...
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Now, you have a ministry
called: Young Disciples...
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Janet: That's correct.
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That you minister to a lot
of children around the world.
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Janet: That's correct.
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But you have a... you have
one that's much more personal
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and this is why we have
these four little lambs here.
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Can you tell us about
your personal ministry?
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Okay, well, it starts
with being a grandparent
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and, you know, when we have...
when we have grandchildren,
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we find out what
really loving a child means.
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Yes we do, now I just very
recently became a grandmother,
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finally, and I just want
to spoil that little child
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and that was my
plan until I heard
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your ministry to
your grandchildren,
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can you tell us about that?
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Well, yes, it's... we
do... we want to spoil them...
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we want to give them
everything they want,
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we want to make them happy,
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we want them to smile,
we want them to love us,
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but, what do we
want most of all?
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We want them in the Kingdom
and so I feel that my ministry
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to my grandchildren is
to support their parents,
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to make sure that I don't spoil
them but that I strengthen them.
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So you don't send
them home full of sugar?
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No, I don't sugar
them up and send them home.
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Okay, what do you do with them?
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Okay, one of the things
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we started out with
is called: Lamb's Club
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and you
referred to them as lambs
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and they are
Christ's little lambs
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that we want to
see in the Kingdom
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and so we have...
every Friday night...
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a Lamb's Club.
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And what do you do at your Club?
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Well, we... we
do a lot of things.
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One of the things is that...
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well, we started out
with making sure that
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they know the Lambs Law
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and that's why I brought
them out here this morning.
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This is four of
the seven grandchildren
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and they're going to
recite the Lamb's Law for you.
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Be obedient, be
pure, be kind, be true,
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be respectful, be
helpful, be cheerful,
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be thoughtful, be reverent.
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Leasa: Amen... Janet:
Thank you, you can go.
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Now, if we could teach
all of our grandchildren
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those precious... what
do you call those things?
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Characteristics or well...
whatever they're called...
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we would have a much
better world... would we not?
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So, Janet,
besides the Lamb's Club,
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you have a philosophy
00:18:37.91\00:18:41.08
of being a
grandparent and you called it,
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"Intentional Grandparenting"
what does that mean?
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It really... it just kind of...
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in the title... you kind
of see what it's talking about
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because I have an intent,
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very intentionally to
help them be in the Kingdom
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and that's really what
the Lamb's Club is all about,
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we have our little law but
we talk about character traits,
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we talk about little things
that maybe I saw during the week
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that weren't
quite right to help them
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become more like Jesus and so
we do all sorts of fun things,
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we have a Bell
Choir, we study nature,
00:19:12.91\00:19:17.19
we do shells and rocks and
all sorts of different things,
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we do crafts and...
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So these are kind of
like a little Pathfinder Club
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or Adventurer Club that
goes on every Friday night?
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Yes and they look forward to it.
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If I'm out of town, they
sometimes call me and say,
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"Grammy, are
you going to be home
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in time for Little Lambs' Club?
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Now, is it just
for your grandchildren?
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Well, that's kind of what
I thought at the beginning
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but it has expanded and so now,
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we have kids from the
church, kids from the community
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that will come and be
part of the Lambs' Club.
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And how many come?
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It really depends,
sometimes we'll have 10 or 12,
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sometimes we'll
have just our own kids,
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sometimes we'll have even more.
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Now, it's not just work
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or teaching them
positive character traits,
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you also have fun.
00:20:04.10\00:20:05.80
Janet: Oh, it has to be fun.
00:20:05.83\00:20:07.47
Yeah, for sure, I
mean, they're little lambs...
00:20:07.50\00:20:10.37
they need to have fun
00:20:10.41\00:20:11.91
so what kind of
fun things do you do.
00:20:11.94\00:20:13.34
Besides the Lambs' Club?
00:20:13.38\00:20:14.71
Besides the Lambs' club.
00:20:14.74\00:20:16.08
Okay, we have "Grammy Camp. "
00:20:16.11\00:20:17.45
About once a year,
they all get together
00:20:17.48\00:20:19.15
and we have... maybe
five days where they stay over
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.55
and we just do a camp with them,
00:20:21.58\00:20:23.82
with marching and gymnastics
and crafts and cooking
00:20:23.89\00:20:28.16
and all sorts of things.
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Okay and on their birthdays
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I know you do
something special with each one.
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Each one gets a birthday trip,
we take them somewhere special
00:20:34.40\00:20:38.13
and this is such
a... really special time
00:20:38.17\00:20:39.50
when we can really
zero in on them personally,
00:20:39.53\00:20:42.14
they know how
much we care about them
00:20:42.17\00:20:43.97
and special time
where we seize opportunities
00:20:44.01\00:20:47.21
to bring them closer to Jesus.
00:20:47.28\00:20:48.71
So, do you take them
out in the backyard... and
00:20:48.74\00:20:50.68
where do you go?
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Well, sometimes we
go to a national park
00:20:52.45\00:20:54.62
and go camping, we
go rock collecting,
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.82
we've taken
them to Williamsburg,
00:20:56.85\00:20:59.15
it just depends on how many
frequent flier miles we have.
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Okay, so how grandmothers
out there is this inspiring?
00:21:03.53\00:21:08.86
Yes, okay, so we need to
change our strategy, I think,
00:21:08.90\00:21:13.94
after hearing her plans,
00:21:13.97\00:21:16.57
and what she does
with her grandchildren,
00:21:16.60\00:21:20.08
I know that my son
is going to appreciate
00:21:20.11\00:21:23.51
my intentional grandparenting
so thank you Janet,
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Oh, Janet, you have a
story to share with us...
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Yes, I do, the two little
boys that you saw up here...
00:21:29.25\00:21:32.99
after Lambs' Club
every Friday night,
00:21:33.02\00:21:36.73
we have... a couple
of them will stay over
00:21:36.76\00:21:39.13
and so it was
their turn to stay over,
00:21:39.16\00:21:41.50
I tucked them in, they...
00:21:41.53\00:21:43.23
but before I tucked
them in we have prayer
00:21:43.26\00:21:46.13
so they knelt down and
the first little guy...
00:21:46.17\00:21:49.04
went through
the whole Lambs' Law
00:21:49.07\00:21:52.51
one by one, "Oh
Lord, there were...
00:21:52.54\00:21:55.41
sometimes this week
where I was not obedient
00:21:55.44\00:21:58.58
and I need your help"
and then he went through
00:21:58.61\00:22:01.65
every single one of them
and it probably took 15 minutes.
00:22:01.68\00:22:06.25
Leasa: Amen.
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.69
So, when he was
finished, the other little guy
00:22:07.72\00:22:12.06
went through the
whole plan of salvation
00:22:12.09\00:22:15.36
and when they
were finished, I said,
00:22:15.40\00:22:18.60
"You know, you guys,
those were like sermons"
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.37
and I said, "You know, you ought
to consider being a pastor"
00:22:21.40\00:22:25.71
and they're
like... looked at me...
00:22:25.74\00:22:27.54
and I tucked them
in and went downstairs
00:22:27.58\00:22:30.48
and I didn't hear any more
from them until the next morning
00:22:30.51\00:22:32.81
and the next morning,
one of them came to me
00:22:32.85\00:22:34.18
and said, "Grammy,
I need to tell you,
00:22:34.22\00:22:35.75
we didn't go to sleep
right away after you left... "
00:22:35.78\00:22:39.92
I said, "Oh, really?"
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.89
He said, "Yes, we were
praying about being pastors. "
00:22:41.92\00:22:46.33
Audience laughing...
00:22:46.36\00:22:49.10
Well that particular day
00:22:49.13\00:22:50.93
when we got to church,
there was an announcement,
00:22:50.97\00:22:52.73
there was going to be a
seminar in another church
00:22:52.80\00:22:54.54
where they were going
to teach how to preach,
00:22:54.57\00:22:56.47
so those little guys saw that...
00:22:56.50\00:22:59.04
and they said,
"We are going... "
00:22:59.07\00:23:01.58
and they did... they
went to the whole thing.
00:23:01.61\00:23:03.45
Amen, amen... thank you so much,
00:23:03.48\00:23:08.38
you know, you're my... I
mean you're my inspiration
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.85
you're like a super grandma,
00:23:10.89\00:23:12.22
so, thank you so much
Janet. Janet: Thank you.
00:23:12.25\00:23:16.02
Next we have a
very special story...
00:23:16.06\00:23:19.56
this is an ASI member who
lives in Eastern Kentucky,
00:23:19.59\00:23:24.23
now, I grew up reading
Catherine Marshall's books
00:23:24.27\00:23:27.94
of working in the Appalachians,
how many of you did?
00:23:27.97\00:23:31.61
Yeah, quite a few of you,
00:23:31.64\00:23:33.58
Peter Marshall, his
wife, Catherine Marshall...
00:23:33.61\00:23:36.24
and this is
Kristina and Kristina, you...
00:23:36.28\00:23:41.18
where did you come from?
00:23:41.22\00:23:42.92
Where did you originally live?
00:23:42.95\00:23:45.05
I grew up in Washington State.
00:23:45.09\00:23:46.89
Leasa: Washington
State... and you moved to?
00:23:46.92\00:23:50.29
Right here in Spokane.
00:23:50.33\00:23:51.66
Oh, amen...
okay... local girl...
00:23:51.69\00:23:55.06
so you moved to where?
00:23:55.10\00:23:56.97
To eastern Kentucky.
00:23:57.00\00:23:58.83
Okay, specifically in the...?
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.24
In a little County
called McCreary County,
00:24:01.30\00:24:04.54
there's no incorporated
town in the entire county.
00:24:04.57\00:24:07.88
And who lives there?
00:24:07.91\00:24:10.61
Like what kind of people?
00:24:10.65\00:24:14.42
They're my favorite
people, can I say that?
00:24:14.45\00:24:18.45
Leasa: Amen.
00:24:18.49\00:24:19.99
I love them...
I... it's basically
00:24:20.02\00:24:23.09
a group of people that moved out
00:24:23.12\00:24:26.09
and were isolated from
the rest of the United States,
00:24:26.13\00:24:30.90
known today as Appalachia
or Appalachia... as we say it
00:24:30.93\00:24:35.54
and because of their isolation,
00:24:35.57\00:24:39.61
they really
developed their own culture
00:24:39.67\00:24:42.94
and not even a
sub-culture of the US.
00:24:43.01\00:24:46.25
So what made you move there?
00:24:46.31\00:24:48.95
My husband grew up
not too far from there
00:24:48.98\00:24:52.32
and he had a love and a
desire to get to know them
00:24:52.35\00:24:57.23
and to be a
missionary among them
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.56
and I grew up...
here in Washington State
00:24:59.59\00:25:03.40
wanting to be a missionary
00:25:03.43\00:25:05.30
to an unreached people
group in the United States.
00:25:05.33\00:25:07.67
I had no idea they existed.
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.77
Amen... amen... and
so when you moved there
00:25:09.80\00:25:12.37
and you started
working with them,
00:25:12.41\00:25:15.18
how long before you really
evaluated what was needed?
00:25:15.24\00:25:18.95
We spent the first six
months doing cultural research
00:25:18.98\00:25:22.65
just trying to get
to know the people,
00:25:22.68\00:25:25.02
see what their needs were
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.39
and how we could
reach out to them.
00:25:26.42\00:25:28.39
And what jumped out at you?
00:25:28.42\00:25:30.13
The first thing was
health... very poor health...
00:25:30.16\00:25:34.50
Leasa: Very poor
heath... because...?
00:25:34.53\00:25:36.23
Very poor diet.
00:25:36.26\00:25:37.83
Okay, so what was so
poor about their diet?
00:25:37.87\00:25:41.34
They didn't eat very
many fruits and vegetables.
00:25:41.37\00:25:45.31
Leasa: What did they eat?
00:25:45.34\00:25:46.68
Groundhogs...
squirrels... rabbits...
00:25:46.71\00:25:55.02
Leasa: Oh yikes...
00:25:55.05\00:25:56.48
And, of course, more nowadays...
junk food and meat and potatoes.
00:25:56.52\00:26:01.09
Okay, so you're trying to teach
00:26:01.12\00:26:04.09
them to eat
fruits and vegetables,
00:26:04.13\00:26:07.06
so what is your approach?
00:26:07.10\00:26:09.06
We started with a
simple class once a month
00:26:09.10\00:26:12.63
on how to use
fruits and vegetables
00:26:12.67\00:26:14.50
and add them to your diet.
00:26:14.54\00:26:15.87
We featured one fruit or
one vegetable each month.
00:26:15.90\00:26:19.31
Okay... and... so did
people start eating them?
00:26:19.34\00:26:22.74
Yes...
00:26:22.78\00:26:24.65
and oftentimes it
was the first time
00:26:24.68\00:26:27.35
they had eaten
that fruit or vegetable
00:26:27.42\00:26:29.98
but our little health
talk was five minutes on
00:26:30.05\00:26:34.66
why that fruit or vegetable
00:26:34.69\00:26:36.32
is good for you and
why you should eat it
00:26:36.39\00:26:38.03
and so they would go
home and they'd eat it.
00:26:38.06\00:26:40.76
Okay and this led you
to open a restaurant...
00:26:40.80\00:26:43.47
After five years
and growing the class
00:26:43.53\00:26:48.40
because of popular demand,
now in four different counties,
00:26:48.44\00:26:52.27
two of them every single month,
and then there's periodically...
00:26:52.31\00:26:56.11
people started saying,
00:26:56.14\00:26:57.88
"Well, your food tastes so
good, we just want to buy it. "
00:26:57.91\00:27:01.05
Okay, so you
opened a restaurant,
00:27:01.08\00:27:03.39
now, restaurant is hard work,
00:27:03.42\00:27:05.39
I mean, it is
really labor intensive
00:27:05.42\00:27:08.26
and even people
in the best of health
00:27:08.29\00:27:11.03
it's very... stressful
for them, how do you do it?
00:27:11.09\00:27:13.73
It's a miracle from God,
00:27:13.76\00:27:16.00
I've had an auto-immune
disease most of my life,
00:27:16.03\00:27:18.70
I live in chronic pain,
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.47
I don't always have
to use a wheelchair,
00:27:20.50\00:27:22.80
I do have stools placed
strategically in the kitchen
00:27:22.84\00:27:26.74
and behind the
counter and through prayer
00:27:26.78\00:27:29.44
my health has actually
improved in the past year
00:27:29.51\00:27:33.08
since I started the restaurant.
00:27:33.11\00:27:34.45
Amen... amen... so, why
do you do all this work?
00:27:34.48\00:27:38.49
What is your end goal?
00:27:38.52\00:27:40.76
I want to share
Jesus with others,
00:27:40.82\00:27:43.19
I want them to
know the joy of Jesus...
00:27:43.22\00:27:45.43
the joy that he's given
me, the peace that I have,
00:27:45.46\00:27:49.26
I want them to have it too.
00:27:49.30\00:27:51.00
And in the restaurant,
00:27:51.03\00:27:52.37
do you have an
opportunity to do that?
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.74
Oh, so much more than
I ever dreamed possible.
00:27:53.77\00:27:57.84
The thrill for us when
we opened the restaurant
00:27:57.87\00:28:01.54
is that we're small...
it's a small community...
00:28:01.58\00:28:05.25
but when customers come in,
00:28:05.28\00:28:07.18
they expect us to sit down
and talk to them while they eat.
00:28:07.22\00:28:11.29
Leasa: Amen.
00:28:11.32\00:28:12.65
I mean, what
better can you ask for?
00:28:12.69\00:28:15.12
It is such a
blessing and so exciting.
00:28:15.16\00:28:17.99
So, in your
conversations with them,
00:28:18.03\00:28:20.93
do you have
opportunities to witness?
00:28:20.96\00:28:23.87
Yes.
00:28:23.90\00:28:25.23
Can you share a
couple of stories with us?
00:28:25.27\00:28:26.94
Oh, I'd love to.
00:28:26.97\00:28:28.44
One of my favorite couples
00:28:28.47\00:28:34.84
started coming in,
00:28:34.88\00:28:36.21
a mother and her son
and they started coming in
00:28:36.24\00:28:38.35
just because they
liked fruits and vegetables
00:28:38.38\00:28:41.15
and wanted to know
that they were eating a
00:28:41.18\00:28:43.95
healthy meal once in a while,
00:28:43.99\00:28:45.32
so they started coming in
00:28:45.35\00:28:46.96
probably about
once or twice a week
00:28:47.02\00:28:48.96
and after a while, they
got to know me well enough
00:28:48.99\00:28:53.09
that pretty soon... they
came just to eat lunch with me
00:28:53.13\00:28:56.83
which means, when
they walk in the door,
00:28:56.87\00:28:59.20
if I'm not busy
with other customers,
00:28:59.23\00:29:01.47
they want me to go in the
kitchen... and get my food too
00:29:01.50\00:29:04.24
and sit down and
eat lunch with them
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.54
and it's been such a joy to
develop a relationship with them
00:29:06.57\00:29:11.21
now we can talk
about Bible topics,
00:29:11.25\00:29:14.98
I now have an open
invitation to go to their house,
00:29:15.02\00:29:18.65
drop in on them any
time which is a real blessing
00:29:18.69\00:29:22.26
and just to be
able to pray together,
00:29:22.32\00:29:25.96
share a prayer request
and it's just such a blessing.
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.50
Now, besides health needs,
what other needs do they have?
00:29:29.53\00:29:33.60
They have a need for Jesus,
you know, it's the Bible belt
00:29:33.64\00:29:37.91
but they don't understand
how simple salvation really is
00:29:37.97\00:29:42.21
and the
superstition is very high
00:29:42.24\00:29:45.25
and for me... I was shocked,
00:29:45.28\00:29:48.75
I felt like I had arrived
in a different country...
00:29:48.78\00:29:51.09
Now these people...
this group of people...
00:29:51.12\00:29:53.92
especially... are very
suspicious of outsiders
00:29:53.96\00:29:56.56
and it's
extremely hard to reach them
00:29:56.62\00:29:59.09
with a prophecy
seminar or anything like that
00:29:59.13\00:30:02.56
so are you able to... do they...
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.57
what kind of relationships
do you have with them
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.77
that can help you to
teach them about Jesus?
00:30:07.80\00:30:10.94
Well, I'll share
with you one more story.
00:30:10.97\00:30:14.04
A lady, I will call
Doris, she grew up Catholic
00:30:14.08\00:30:18.71
and she never
understood the love of Jesus
00:30:18.75\00:30:22.18
and she got to know us
through our cooking classes
00:30:22.22\00:30:25.39
and then through the restaurant
00:30:25.45\00:30:27.42
and got to know us as
friends as time went on
00:30:27.46\00:30:31.66
and pretty soon she
just started opening up to us
00:30:31.69\00:30:35.83
and said, "I want to understand
the love of Jesus more,
00:30:35.86\00:30:39.23
I want to know Him better,"
00:30:39.27\00:30:41.94
and after a couple of years
00:30:41.97\00:30:44.54
of me just sharing a
Bible promise with her
00:30:44.57\00:30:47.21
or praying with her
and encouraging her,
00:30:47.24\00:30:49.94
she came with me
to a Women's Retreat
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.58
last fall and
accepted Jesus as her Savior
00:30:52.61\00:30:56.75
for the very first
time. Leasa: Amen, amen...
00:30:56.79\00:30:58.12
And she's coming with me
00:30:58.15\00:31:00.09
to Women's Retreat
again in a couple of weeks,
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.16
she's having Bible
Studies with my husband and I
00:31:02.19\00:31:05.56
and she attended our church
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.60
until she had to
move a little ways away
00:31:07.63\00:31:09.63
but God is still working
with her and I'm excited.
00:31:09.66\00:31:13.03
You know there are
all kinds of fruits...
00:31:13.07\00:31:14.90
different types of fruits...
00:31:14.94\00:31:16.27
and this is one type of fruit
00:31:16.30\00:31:18.41
that will last for
eternity. Kristina: Amen.
00:31:18.47\00:31:20.34
Thank you so much Kristina.
00:31:20.38\00:31:25.38
Next we have Debbie Baker...
00:31:25.41\00:31:26.75
Debbie Baker and
Jeremiah Samuels.
00:31:26.78\00:31:30.39
Now, Jeremiah...
00:31:30.42\00:31:31.82
was one of my "Youth
For Jesus Kids" this year
00:31:31.85\00:31:34.56
and last year... actually...
00:31:34.59\00:31:35.92
and so I'm glad to
see him as a student.
00:31:35.96\00:31:40.53
Okay, Debbie, where do
you teach or what do you do?
00:31:40.60\00:31:45.17
Well, I'm an Administrator
at Heritage Academy
00:31:45.20\00:31:47.80
in Monterey, Tennessee.
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.70
Okay, Monterey, Tennessee,
is Southern United States.
00:31:49.74\00:31:54.88
Yes, sort of... ish...
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.48
Leasa: ish... okay, well I think
they would disagree with you.
00:31:57.51\00:32:00.92
but... anyway, you
know the weather is
00:32:00.95\00:32:04.05
pretty nice... most of the time,
00:32:04.09\00:32:06.15
I mean, I'm from...
originally from Minnesota,
00:32:06.19\00:32:08.72
it's nothing like
Minnesota. Debbie: No... no...
00:32:08.76\00:32:11.16
Okay, but last
February, what happened?
00:32:11.19\00:32:14.30
Well, we typically have
snow but not usually ice...
00:32:14.33\00:32:21.70
and so, we woke up
the end of February
00:32:21.77\00:32:24.51
to an inch of ice over
all of our vehicles and trees
00:32:24.57\00:32:29.74
and it was terrible.
00:32:29.78\00:32:31.11
Okay, and you also
woke up to no electricity?
00:32:31.15\00:32:33.95
No power... no lights...
00:32:33.98\00:32:35.38
No power... how wide
of an area did it cover?
00:32:35.42\00:32:36.89
It covered about nine counties,
00:32:36.92\00:32:38.75
about 50,000
people were without power.
00:32:38.79\00:32:41.46
Okay and for how long?
00:32:41.52\00:32:43.39
For our area, most of us were
out of power for about 7 days.
00:32:43.43\00:32:46.73
Okay and so... you
are at Heritage Academy,
00:32:46.76\00:32:52.30
you have students there,
00:32:52.33\00:32:54.27
you're running a
school with no electricity.
00:32:54.30\00:32:56.57
That's right, there are
about a hundred of us on campus,
00:32:56.60\00:32:58.61
we wake up to no
power... it's Sabbath morning,
00:32:58.64\00:33:01.41
we were all
anticipating going to church
00:33:01.44\00:33:03.31
and... so we all woke up and
kind of took stock of everything
00:33:03.35\00:33:07.82
and decided, we're going
to meet and have church and
00:33:07.85\00:33:10.52
start a little
generator to have some heat
00:33:10.55\00:33:12.89
and met in our
chapel and held church.
00:33:12.92\00:33:15.16
So you needed to do something
for your internal survival.
00:33:15.19\00:33:19.59
That's right.
00:33:19.63\00:33:21.03
But instead of just
working for yourselves,
00:33:21.06\00:33:23.70
you guys did
something pretty amazing.
00:33:23.73\00:33:26.43
We did, you know, we
travel all over the Country
00:33:26.47\00:33:30.41
doing Disaster Response
00:33:30.44\00:33:31.77
and we found that right now
the disaster was at our place
00:33:31.81\00:33:35.84
and it was a
very different feeling
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.31
when we realized
that this is us and...
00:33:38.35\00:33:41.38
so we took stock of our campus
00:33:41.42\00:33:43.59
and then said, "Now,
we need to reach out"
00:33:43.62\00:33:45.55
and we took a drive off campus
00:33:45.62\00:33:48.32
and found that we
couldn't hardly leave,
00:33:48.36\00:33:50.43
on both sides... both directions
on the way to Monterey
00:33:50.46\00:33:54.23
and then our other local town,
00:33:54.26\00:33:55.60
the roads were completely
blocked for miles and miles.
00:33:55.63\00:33:58.63
Now, you have a
video that can show us
00:33:58.70\00:34:01.40
what really actually happened.
Debbie: That's right...
00:34:01.47\00:34:03.44
Okay, so while
they load the video,
00:34:03.47\00:34:05.41
Jeremiah, you are a
student at Heritage Academy.
00:34:05.44\00:34:10.85
Yes.
00:34:10.88\00:34:12.21
Okay and where are you from?
00:34:12.28\00:34:15.02
I'm from New York.
00:34:15.05\00:34:16.62
New York... so you are used
to ice storms and power outages?
00:34:16.65\00:34:20.56
Jeremiah: No... Leasa: No?
00:34:20.59\00:34:21.96
Jeremiah: I live in the city
so... I have power in abundance.
00:34:21.99\00:34:25.23
Okay... okay...
so... when this happened
00:34:25.29\00:34:29.33
what did you do?
00:34:29.36\00:34:30.77
I was kind of frustrated
00:34:30.80\00:34:33.37
because I really,
really despise the cold, so...
00:34:33.40\00:34:36.14
That's why you went
to school in Tennessee?
00:34:36.17\00:34:39.34
Jeremiah is nodding his head.
00:34:39.37\00:34:41.01
Okay, let's watch the video
and then we'll talk some more.
00:34:41.04\00:34:45.35
There is like...
about an inch of ice
00:34:45.41\00:34:47.08
and it was enough to
take down a couple of trees
00:34:47.12\00:34:49.22
and then most of the
roads were pretty blocked
00:34:49.25\00:34:51.32
and stuff like that and so,
00:34:51.35\00:34:53.39
we as a couple of
kids from the school...
00:34:53.42\00:34:56.86
we went out and
had a chainsaw...
00:34:56.89\00:34:59.33
chainsaw groups and we
all just cut some trees off
00:34:59.36\00:35:03.00
and pushed them to
the side of the road
00:35:03.03\00:35:07.50
for six miles... we
covered six miles...
00:35:07.54\00:35:11.94
And what's happening here?
00:35:11.97\00:35:13.48
Okay, here we had pretty
much like a soup kitchen,
00:35:13.51\00:35:17.91
we fed... we fed...
about 1,000 people, so...
00:35:17.98\00:35:25.52
Leasa: How many meals?
00:35:25.55\00:35:27.06
Ten days' worth of meals.
00:35:27.09\00:35:28.69
Ten days' worth of meals...
00:35:28.72\00:35:30.26
about a
thousand people per meal.
00:35:30.29\00:35:31.63
Wow! okay so that's 3,000 meals,
00:35:31.66\00:35:35.90
that's like 30,000
meals... you've served.
00:35:35.93\00:35:38.10
Yes, that's right,
in that little kitchen.
00:35:38.13\00:35:40.27
So, through this experience of
reaching out to the community,
00:35:40.30\00:35:44.81
did you learn
anything about your community?
00:35:44.84\00:35:47.34
Well, the kids that
were talking in the video...
00:35:47.38\00:35:50.81
they had the
opportunity to go door to door
00:35:50.85\00:35:52.25
you know... we...
00:35:52.28\00:35:53.62
this was widespread
in a lot of communities
00:35:53.65\00:35:55.92
and we sat down and met with
00:35:55.95\00:35:57.82
Emergency
Management folks everyday
00:35:57.85\00:36:00.62
and those folks said that
00:36:00.66\00:36:02.99
all other counties
in our area except ours,
00:36:03.02\00:36:07.13
there was loss of life
and they said the reason why
00:36:07.16\00:36:10.83
there was not a loss
of life in our County
00:36:10.87\00:36:13.00
was because these
kids went door to door
00:36:13.03\00:36:15.17
making sure that
everybody was okay
00:36:15.20\00:36:16.74
and several of them in
the video mentioned that
00:36:16.77\00:36:20.78
folks were so appreciative that
they were going door to door
00:36:20.84\00:36:25.15
and when they would
ask, "Why are you here?"
00:36:25.18\00:36:27.72
They'd say, "We're
here to help you. "
00:36:27.78\00:36:29.12
They'd ask,
"Where are you from?"
00:36:29.15\00:36:30.49
They'd say, "Well,
we're from Heritage Academy...
00:36:30.52\00:36:31.85
just down the street"
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.22
and they'll say,
"Well, are you guys okay?"
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.36
And they'd say, "Well,
we're without power too"
00:36:35.39\00:36:38.29
and just the idea that
the kids were without power,
00:36:38.33\00:36:41.16
out serving other people that
didn't have power, was powerful.
00:36:41.20\00:36:45.87
Audience: Amen.
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.60
Now, were you known
before this... this event?
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.77
A little bit, you know,
we were that little school
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.27
down at the end of the
road with the... you know...
00:36:53.31\00:36:56.64
at the dirt road and things
where the kids did canvassing
00:36:56.68\00:36:59.88
and a lot of outreach
but absolutely nothing
00:36:59.91\00:37:03.12
compares to how
meeting the need of folks
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.29
just at that time...
the difference it made
00:37:06.32\00:37:08.82
for them, so... Leasa: Amen.
00:37:08.86\00:37:10.19
Forty percent of our local
community is impoverished...
00:37:10.23\00:37:12.86
we found that out as
we were serving them,
00:37:12.89\00:37:15.73
and so our goal is that
00:37:15.76\00:37:17.93
the kids are going
to go out once a month
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.77
and feed the folks in Monterey
00:37:19.80\00:37:23.07
and a free meal and
have a music concert
00:37:23.10\00:37:26.71
and share Jesus with them
00:37:26.74\00:37:28.24
while hearts are
opened and they're excited
00:37:28.28\00:37:30.88
and... I tell you... we
have the greatest group of kids
00:37:30.91\00:37:34.52
trained in disaster response
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.35
better than most
people you'll know,
00:37:36.38\00:37:37.95
we've just been so excited
to see them being used by God
00:37:37.99\00:37:42.22
as the hands and feet
of Jesus in a disaster.
00:37:42.26\00:37:45.03
Amen... amen... so Jeremiah...
00:37:45.06\00:37:46.70
what was your personal
experience with this disaster?
00:37:46.73\00:37:50.97
Okay, so... like I said before,
00:37:51.00\00:37:53.50
I totally despise the cold
00:37:53.54\00:37:54.97
and it was really frustrating
waking up to a cold...
00:37:55.00\00:37:57.84
cold mornings... and
spending the day in the cold
00:37:57.87\00:38:00.68
but helping other
people and like...
00:38:00.71\00:38:04.18
being able to reach out to them
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.85
like supplying them with food
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.55
and then seeing
their gratefulness
00:38:07.58\00:38:09.15
gave a lot of us... like that
warm sensation in your heart...
00:38:09.18\00:38:13.79
like... true happiness...
like satisfaction...
00:38:13.82\00:38:18.13
you know, Jesus said,
00:38:18.16\00:38:19.49
"Whatever you've done
to the least of these,
00:38:19.53\00:38:22.06
you've done to me" and so,
it was really a great blessing.
00:38:22.10\00:38:25.47
Amen... amen... you
know, there's nothing like
00:38:25.50\00:38:29.20
using the Isaiah 58
model to reach your community
00:38:29.24\00:38:33.34
and... so... what...
00:38:33.38\00:38:35.51
do you have
plans for a follow up,
00:38:35.54\00:38:37.15
you said about
"once a month thing"
00:38:37.18\00:38:39.41
but was your
student experience...
00:38:39.45\00:38:41.65
what are some other
plans that you have?
00:38:41.68\00:38:44.29
Well, the kids are
trained in Disaster Response
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.86
so they travel to
lots of different places
00:38:46.89\00:38:49.42
training other young
people and communities
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.89
in disaster
response so they're prepared
00:38:51.93\00:38:54.26
should something like
this happen... and for us...
00:38:54.30\00:38:56.56
we'd been to lots of places
but it never had happened to us
00:38:56.60\00:39:00.00
and so, it really gives us
a very different perspective.
00:39:00.04\00:39:03.37
We're taught not to say,
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.74
"I understand what
you're going through,"
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.98
because you don't...
but in this moment...
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.38
Jerry could stand
next to a guy and say,
00:39:09.41\00:39:11.78
"I'm without power,
you're without power,"
00:39:11.81\00:39:14.12
he could have prayer with
them and they could understand
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.22
the compassion in
his heart for them
00:39:16.25\00:39:18.15
going through the exact same
thing... so, it was really neat.
00:39:18.19\00:39:21.09
Amen... amen... and
that's what Pathway to Health
00:39:21.12\00:39:24.13
this weekend was all about also,
00:39:24.16\00:39:25.63
you know, if we can
reach out to our community
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.83
and meet their needs, we
can share Jesus with them
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.97
much more
effectively, thank you so much.
00:39:32.00\00:39:34.04
This is Ty Gibson,
00:39:34.07\00:39:37.21
he's a
Co-Director for Light Bearers
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.14
and Ty, first tell us a
little bit about Light Bearers.
00:39:39.17\00:39:42.28
I'm intrigued to know
00:39:42.34\00:39:43.85
that Light Bearers is a
lot more than just literature.
00:39:43.88\00:39:47.68
It is... and I begin by saying
that this is where it began
00:39:47.75\00:39:50.75
right here in Spokane, a
lot of people don't know that
00:39:50.79\00:39:53.76
but my wife, Sue and I
were baptized in this city
00:39:53.79\00:39:56.86
when we were 18-years old and...
00:39:56.89\00:39:59.16
Debbie: Just a
few short years ago.
00:39:59.19\00:40:01.33
Yeah, yeah... was
that five years ago?
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.47
Yeah, we came to know
the Lord here in Spokane
00:40:03.50\00:40:07.57
and we had a very motivational
pastor who believed that
00:40:07.60\00:40:12.47
young people should
be involved in ministry
00:40:12.54\00:40:14.78
and so... right
here in this city,
00:40:14.81\00:40:16.81
we got a map and a
yellow highlighter pen
00:40:16.85\00:40:20.15
and I know this area,
00:40:20.18\00:40:21.68
we literally walked through
all the streets of Spokane,
00:40:21.72\00:40:26.65
street by street and
marked each street off
00:40:26.69\00:40:31.06
doing door-to-door work
and it was a privilege...
00:40:31.09\00:40:33.66
this is where we began
Light Bearers Ministry.
00:40:33.70\00:40:36.20
James Rafferty, my Associate,
was baptized here as well
00:40:36.23\00:40:39.67
shortly thereafter and...
00:40:39.70\00:40:41.60
and we started the ministry
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.51
as an in-home,
small-group Bible Study.
00:40:43.54\00:40:46.84
We had small
groups, 10 to 15 of them
00:40:46.88\00:40:49.58
meeting all around
the greater Spokane
00:40:49.61\00:40:52.25
and Coeur D'Alene area for a
number of years... it was great.
00:40:52.28\00:40:55.22
Isn't it? So this is really
like "coming home" for you.
00:40:55.25\00:40:57.75
Yes it is, I love this City.
00:40:57.79\00:40:59.12
Right to its beginnings.
Ty: Yeah... yeah... yeah...
00:40:59.15\00:41:01.26
So, I mentioned
literature because
00:41:01.29\00:41:04.13
I think many of
us know Light Bearers
00:41:04.16\00:41:06.93
for the literature distribution
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.40
but it is more than
that... you mentioned...
00:41:08.43\00:41:11.10
Yeah, it actually
began as a teaching ministry,
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.80
literature was an afterthought
00:41:13.84\00:41:16.40
because as new
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.07
we started noticing in
the writings of Ellen White
00:41:19.14\00:41:21.74
the idea that the
Preacher's work should be
00:41:21.78\00:41:25.08
supplemented by or
backed up by written material
00:41:25.11\00:41:28.58
so, as we were teaching
and as we were preaching,
00:41:28.62\00:41:31.95
we began writing
and producing materials,
00:41:32.02\00:41:35.36
we bought a
copy machine at first
00:41:35.39\00:41:36.73
and then we bought
a printing press...
00:41:36.76\00:41:38.09
and figured out we
didn't know how to run it
00:41:38.13\00:41:40.16
so we hired a guy to run it
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.53
and we began
producing literature
00:41:41.56\00:41:44.23
but Light Bearers is
also a teaching ministry,
00:41:44.27\00:41:48.40
we run a school called "Arise"
00:41:48.44\00:41:50.21
and that runs two
courses every year,
00:41:50.24\00:41:52.91
one here in the United
States, the last week of August
00:41:52.94\00:41:55.84
we began our course here,
it's a three-month discipleship
00:41:55.88\00:41:58.55
training course and we run one
in Australia each year as well,
00:41:58.58\00:42:02.68
it's a Media Ministry,
00:42:02.72\00:42:04.65
we produce a lot
of video projects,
00:42:04.69\00:42:06.76
you may want to
check out Digma. com
00:42:06.79\00:42:08.76
and... yeah... and a lot
of teaching and preaching,
00:42:08.79\00:42:11.56
we have four
full-time evangelists...
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.66
myself, James
Rafferty, Jeffrey Rosario
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.70
and David Asscherick
and we preach and teach
00:42:15.73\00:42:18.77
and we're eager
for Jesus to come
00:42:18.80\00:42:21.10
so that's what we're
doing with ourselves.
00:42:21.17\00:42:22.70
Well, praise the Lord,
00:42:22.74\00:42:24.07
and it sounds like you
guys have been really busy.
00:42:24.11\00:42:25.61
Busy... better to
be busy than bored.
00:42:25.64\00:42:27.84
Debbie: Yes... Ty: Yes.
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.21
Tell us then, what
particular projects
00:42:29.24\00:42:31.28
are happening right now
00:42:31.31\00:42:32.65
in addition to the
regular schedule of training?
00:42:32.68\00:42:36.08
Well, the... the present project
that we're super excited about
00:42:36.12\00:42:40.62
is called Truth Link...
00:42:40.66\00:42:42.42
we have a Booth
specifically for Truth Link...
00:42:42.46\00:42:44.59
please check it out
or go to truthlink. org
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.73
and these are Bible Studies,
you'll be delighted to find out
00:42:46.76\00:42:50.67
that are really powerful
00:42:50.70\00:42:53.00
because they achieve
two things... number one...
00:42:53.03\00:42:55.60
these Bible Studies
are doctrinally sound...
00:42:55.64\00:42:57.94
they are theologically rich...
00:42:57.97\00:43:00.08
they move systematically through
00:43:00.11\00:43:01.94
the entire Adventist message,
00:43:02.01\00:43:03.78
including First, Second
and Third Angels' messages
00:43:03.81\00:43:06.41
with a very intentional focus
on weaving in gospel concepts
00:43:06.48\00:43:11.45
righteousness by faith
concepts, justification,
00:43:11.49\00:43:14.29
salvation concepts
through every doctrine,
00:43:14.32\00:43:16.69
so it doesn't matter
what you're encountering
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.69
whether you're
studying the Sabbath...
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.40
you're studying...
justification by faith,
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.06
you're studying the
third angel's message...
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.07
you're studying
righteousness by faith,
00:43:24.10\00:43:25.70
you're studying the sanctuary...
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.20
you're encountering the gospel.
00:43:27.24\00:43:28.64
So that's Truth Link
and these Bible Studies...
00:43:28.67\00:43:31.47
you'll want to
acquaint yourself with them
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.54
and that's what
we're presently doing.
00:43:33.58\00:43:35.51
So now, the project that is
in the Offering for this year
00:43:35.54\00:43:39.68
is something different,
00:43:39.71\00:43:41.05
so there's
something new on the horizon
00:43:41.08\00:43:42.62
describe that for us.
00:43:42.65\00:43:43.99
Well, the project that
you as ASI will be supporting
00:43:44.02\00:43:48.56
this year...
actually we've decided
00:43:48.62\00:43:50.86
for it to
encompass two projects.
00:43:50.89\00:43:53.06
The offering that you'll
give to Light Bearers this year
00:43:53.09\00:43:56.80
which I think is 40,000
dollars will contribute to
00:43:56.87\00:44:00.20
number one... a container
of literature for Tanzania,
00:44:00.24\00:44:04.21
these publications are
going to Tanzania specifically
00:44:04.24\00:44:08.18
to be follow-up
00:44:08.21\00:44:09.54
for the Ted Wilson
Evangelistic Meetings
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.71
that just occurred
there in the spring,
00:44:11.75\00:44:13.88
we also provided the
pre-work evangelistic literature
00:44:13.92\00:44:18.12
leading up to his meetings,
00:44:18.15\00:44:19.49
so in Tanzania,
they've already distributed
00:44:19.55\00:44:21.89
two containers of literature
00:44:21.92\00:44:23.63
surrounding his
Evangelistic Meetings
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.83
and a container of literature
has two million publications
00:44:25.86\00:44:30.13
and so Tanzania is one of the
projects that you're supporting
00:44:30.17\00:44:34.37
and then also...
00:44:34.40\00:44:35.74
one of the containers
will be sent to South Africa
00:44:35.77\00:44:39.07
for three conferences
there that have banned together
00:44:39.11\00:44:42.28
and they have a lot of
evangelistic meetings planned
00:44:42.31\00:44:45.45
because we don't send...
00:44:45.51\00:44:48.25
we don't just... drop
off a container of literature
00:44:48.28\00:44:50.99
somewhere in the world,
00:44:51.02\00:44:52.35
they have to be very
intentional, deliberate,
00:44:52.39\00:44:56.12
aggressive,
high-energy, proactive efforts
00:44:56.16\00:45:00.00
that are going on
00:45:00.03\00:45:01.36
and then we
send that material...
00:45:01.40\00:45:03.06
then people distribute it,
00:45:03.10\00:45:04.73
they engage people in
Bible Studies systematically
00:45:04.77\00:45:07.24
and what we're doing
by sending this literature
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.64
to the mission field...
one container after another...
00:45:09.67\00:45:12.77
is we are raising
the Biblical literacy
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.58
for our people
and our new converts
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.35
rather than the
Evangelist just arriving
00:45:18.38\00:45:20.05
and kind of a "hit-and-run"
00:45:20.12\00:45:21.45
doing a two-week or a
three-week evangelistic campaign
00:45:21.48\00:45:23.62
and then baptizing a few hundred
or a thousand or two thousand...
00:45:23.65\00:45:27.16
sometimes thousands of
people and then leaving...
00:45:27.19\00:45:30.86
the literature produces
a mature theological faith
00:45:30.89\00:45:33.90
so a person who becomes
a Seventh-day Adventist...
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.40
they know what it means
to be a Seventh-day Adventist
00:45:37.47\00:45:40.90
in their belief system,
00:45:40.94\00:45:42.27
we believe that the
character development part
00:45:42.30\00:45:46.68
of Christian
experience follows Theology
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.61
so we believe people need to be
richly, theologically educated
00:45:48.64\00:45:54.15
and that's what this
material will be doing.
00:45:54.18\00:45:55.82
That sounds like it's
going to be a phenomenal project
00:45:55.85\00:45:58.22
and we look forward
to being in partnership
00:45:58.25\00:46:00.46
supporting Light Bearers.
00:46:00.49\00:46:01.82
Thank you to ASI for supporting
these two containers this year.
00:46:01.86\00:46:06.90
Right, thank you very
much, Ty, I appreciate it.
00:46:06.93\00:46:08.76
Coming to the podium
now is James Hartley.
00:46:08.80\00:46:13.13
James Hartley
directs another light...
00:46:13.17\00:46:16.24
well light...
00:46:16.27\00:46:17.81
James: We get
confused a lot... that's true.
00:46:17.84\00:46:22.51
So James, tell me a
little bit about LIGHT...
00:46:22.54\00:46:25.25
what does that name mean,
00:46:25.31\00:46:26.92
it's an
acronym... James: Yeah...
00:46:26.95\00:46:28.35
And describe the
scope of its ministry.
00:46:28.38\00:46:30.65
Okay so... LIGHT stands for the
00:46:30.69\00:46:32.49
Lay Institute for
Global Health Training
00:46:32.52\00:46:34.36
and we are providing
health evangelism training
00:46:34.39\00:46:36.86
to pastors and lay
people around the world.
00:46:36.89\00:46:39.33
We started in 2008
00:46:39.36\00:46:42.46
and ASI has always
been a strong supporter
00:46:42.53\00:46:44.13
of this project
00:46:44.17\00:46:45.50
and collectively we're
just adding up figures...
00:46:45.53\00:46:48.24
we've trained over
14,000 pastors and lay people
00:46:48.27\00:46:51.24
in over 85
countries of the world.
00:46:51.27\00:46:53.58
Wow! that's a lot of countries.
00:46:53.61\00:46:55.84
It's something that
God has taken control of...
00:46:55.91\00:46:57.25
we don't even
know how that happened
00:46:57.28\00:46:58.71
but God just took the reins
00:46:58.75\00:47:01.15
in steering it in the
right direction... we are
00:47:01.18\00:47:02.92
training people that are
going out and training others
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.75
and it's just been multiplying
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.52
and where... people are
learning how to reach souls
00:47:06.55\00:47:09.22
with "Jesus results,"
00:47:09.26\00:47:10.59
with the right arm of the
gospel... getting close to them
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.93
and teaching them how
to... how to reach the hearts
00:47:12.96\00:47:15.76
and use the health
message as an entering wedge
00:47:15.83\00:47:18.60
through a variety
of community programs
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.60
so when people come
into our training programs,
00:47:20.64\00:47:23.14
let me just say, our
training is 125 hours
00:47:23.20\00:47:26.44
it's not a
weekend training, okay,
00:47:26.47\00:47:28.14
it takes a full
commitment... a one-month...
00:47:28.18\00:47:30.15
it's a four-week
course, intensive
00:47:30.18\00:47:32.51
and so we
bring... usually in the
00:47:32.55\00:47:34.15
summer months or
on vacation times,
00:47:34.18\00:47:36.22
we're in Brazil,
we're in Venezuela,
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.29
we're in
Zimbabwe, we're in Thailand
00:47:38.32\00:47:40.79
and Cambodia and Indonesia and
Australia... around the world,
00:47:40.82\00:47:44.19
lay people are
coming in... and pastors...
00:47:44.23\00:47:46.26
we have shorter
trainings for pastors,
00:47:46.29\00:47:48.26
we really want to see
our churches getting active
00:47:48.30\00:47:51.00
and one of the easiest ways
for lay people to get active
00:47:51.03\00:47:53.37
is getting involved in
these different health programs,
00:47:53.40\00:47:55.67
they don't have to be
a medical professional
00:47:55.70\00:47:57.57
but we need the
medical professional's help
00:47:57.61\00:47:59.44
to lead out these programs
00:47:59.47\00:48:00.81
so to teach them how to
do health expos, all right...
00:48:00.84\00:48:03.14
and how the lay people
can help with those events
00:48:03.18\00:48:05.71
but not only help... a
health expo... you know...
00:48:05.75\00:48:08.22
if doesn't accomplish that
much if it's only an event,
00:48:08.25\00:48:10.25
right, but we
have follow up plans
00:48:10.29\00:48:12.19
where we teach churches
how to set up health clubs,
00:48:12.22\00:48:14.12
that will be like an
on-going regular meeting
00:48:14.16\00:48:16.52
throughout the
year that where...
00:48:16.56\00:48:17.89
people are
learning how to live healthy
00:48:17.93\00:48:19.39
as a community health club,
00:48:19.43\00:48:20.76
it doesn't have to be
at the Adventist Church,
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.13
in fact it's usually
better not to have it
00:48:22.16\00:48:23.70
at the Adventist Church so
it just... brings people in
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.80
and letting health
break down prejudice...
00:48:25.83\00:48:28.57
break down barriers,
so we're teaching that
00:48:28.60\00:48:31.27
you can use health to
reach Muslims and Buddhists
00:48:31.31\00:48:34.54
and Hindus and all
religions in the world
00:48:34.58\00:48:36.75
even Roman Catholics,
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.55
I was raised a Roman
Catholic in Wisconsin,
00:48:38.58\00:48:40.45
I was really
brought into the health...
00:48:40.52\00:48:42.32
into the church...
through the health message
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.29
if it wasn't for a
vegetarian restaurant
00:48:44.32\00:48:46.29
in Bowser Switzerland,
I wouldn't be here today.
00:48:46.32\00:48:49.02
So, the health message,
I know it's very powerful
00:48:49.06\00:48:51.19
and so this is what
we're trying to get out there.
00:48:51.23\00:48:53.33
You know, it's
interesting you say that
00:48:53.40\00:48:54.83
because I was having a
conversation with Vicky Griffin
00:48:54.86\00:48:58.33
and she mentioned a statement
which I think is very true
00:48:58.40\00:49:01.80
health ministry is a vehicle
for teaching the truth about God
00:49:01.84\00:49:07.11
and so this is a
very important work
00:49:07.14\00:49:09.51
that you're
training individuals to do.
00:49:09.54\00:49:11.85
It shares the character of God,
00:49:11.88\00:49:13.25
because when you
have an opportunity
00:49:13.31\00:49:15.08
to show the love
of God in a sincere...
00:49:15.12\00:49:16.79
ministering to
somebody's needs... it just...
00:49:16.85\00:49:18.79
it makes a
connection with somebody...
00:49:18.82\00:49:20.69
it's just... it's just...
we need to use the right arm
00:49:20.72\00:49:23.09
if we are not using
that tool, we're just...
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.29
we're doing evangelism
00:49:25.33\00:49:26.66
with our right arm
tied behind our back.
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.63
So what is
happening with LIGHT now...
00:49:28.66\00:49:30.67
what project are
you involved with?
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.33
Let me show you a
picture here, this is a...
00:49:32.37\00:49:34.40
this is our new online school
00:49:34.44\00:49:36.81
and I don't know if
you recognize the language,
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.74
you recognize one
word up there at least
00:49:38.77\00:49:40.31
this is our Korean online school
so we have our online training
00:49:40.38\00:49:45.21
it's 125 hours of
training in English, Spanish
00:49:45.25\00:49:48.55
and we have the whole
thing complete in Korean,
00:49:48.58\00:49:51.82
and we've partnered with our
Korean Union Health Department
00:49:51.85\00:49:54.42
and we just launched
this school one month ago,
00:49:54.46\00:49:57.76
just before the GC... a
little... maybe six weeks ago,
00:49:57.79\00:50:00.93
we have over 100 students
registered into that program
00:50:00.96\00:50:03.80
that the Korean Union themselves
promoted... and are bringing in
00:50:03.83\00:50:06.63
we're training
Koreans that are in China...
00:50:06.67\00:50:09.54
that are in Korea... that are
all across the United States,
00:50:09.57\00:50:12.07
you know the Koreans have
a very strong mission focus,
00:50:12.11\00:50:15.34
you find them all
over Southeast Asia,
00:50:15.38\00:50:17.35
right, so we're training
them, getting this message in...
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.48
we have a plan to train them...
00:50:20.52\00:50:21.98
those that are
especially in China
00:50:22.02\00:50:23.55
to be missionaries there
00:50:23.59\00:50:25.85
and those spread all
throughout Southeast Asia,
00:50:25.89\00:50:27.82
our work is
growing in Southeast Asia.
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.19
Debbie: Very good.
00:50:29.22\00:50:30.56
Let me... let me... I
got one other picture..
00:50:30.59\00:50:31.93
one other picture
here is from Vietnam,
00:50:31.96\00:50:33.93
this is not an
easy picture to get.
00:50:33.96\00:50:36.50
Vietnam is probably
the most difficult country
00:50:36.53\00:50:39.93
in Southeast
Asia to minister in.
00:50:39.97\00:50:42.50
We tried to have ASI meeting
there we were present there
00:50:42.57\00:50:46.01
and sadly the Government came
00:50:46.04\00:50:47.58
and just shut
down the whole meeting
00:50:47.61\00:50:50.58
so it is not easy
to work in Vietnam
00:50:50.61\00:50:53.68
but little by
little in a secretive way
00:50:53.72\00:50:56.75
working in our churches,
00:50:56.79\00:50:58.59
you have to be in our
church to do training,
00:50:58.62\00:51:00.79
we completed... we have
graduates now in Vietnam
00:51:00.82\00:51:02.92
that went through
our training course,
00:51:02.99\00:51:04.36
so, let me also just
mention... in Thailand...
00:51:04.39\00:51:07.13
we have trained half
of the pastors in Thailand
00:51:07.20\00:51:09.90
with a short, condensed training
00:51:09.93\00:51:11.27
and now, their
eyes are just wide open,
00:51:11.30\00:51:13.37
calling our teams
all over Thailand,
00:51:13.44\00:51:15.47
training church members
to use the health message
00:51:15.50\00:51:17.61
to reach Buddhists
mainly... in this country.
00:51:17.64\00:51:19.64
Debbie: We have another picture.
00:51:19.67\00:51:21.14
Oh yeah... yeah...
yeah... let me... look...
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.21
well this is a
different continent now,
00:51:23.24\00:51:24.95
this is Zimbabwe... and
it might be a little hard
00:51:25.01\00:51:28.05
to figure out
what's going on in there
00:51:28.08\00:51:29.72
but this is a Health Expo, okay,
00:51:29.75\00:51:31.82
can anybody guess how many
people were at this Health Expo?
00:51:31.85\00:51:34.39
It looks like a lot...
30,000 people... okay...
00:51:34.42\00:51:37.93
now I know we...
00:51:37.96\00:51:39.79
it's not quite to the
level of what Pathways is doing
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.43
in services okay...
but we are bringing in...
00:51:42.46\00:51:44.93
this is a
partnership with the Conference,
00:51:44.97\00:51:47.17
and it was our lay
team... our lay grads
00:51:47.20\00:51:49.34
who've done several short
LIGHT Courses, one-month courses
00:51:49.37\00:51:52.31
and they were the ones
and our Director in Zimbabwe
00:51:52.34\00:51:54.48
were the ones... helping to
lead out and train the masses
00:51:54.51\00:51:56.85
of Adventists that were
leading out this massive thing,
00:51:56.88\00:51:59.18
we're planning
another one in next spring
00:51:59.21\00:52:01.12
and you'd be invite,
Debbie, to just come,
00:52:01.15\00:52:03.18
it's in March... and
there's going to be 30...
00:52:03.22\00:52:05.25
they're expecting 35,000...
00:52:05.29\00:52:06.62
to see 35,000
people through that Expo.
00:52:06.65\00:52:09.19
Awww... my first
Health Expo Convention,
00:52:09.22\00:52:11.03
all right, I'll
look forward to that.
00:52:11.06\00:52:13.23
Let's quickly...
let's set way over to
00:52:13.26\00:52:15.36
what is the project
for the offering this year.
00:52:15.40\00:52:18.07
Sure, so, LIGHT is an
ongoing project, right,
00:52:18.10\00:52:20.70
and so the offerings that
ASI has helped to raise for...
00:52:20.74\00:52:24.51
is supporting
over 40 missionaries
00:52:24.57\00:52:26.78
that are well
screened and trained,
00:52:26.81\00:52:28.94
people that have
graduated through our programs,
00:52:28.98\00:52:31.05
have a good reputation,
they're full time in the field
00:52:31.08\00:52:32.88
year around...
conducting training courses,
00:52:32.91\00:52:34.98
right, we're
providing materials...
00:52:35.02\00:52:37.12
health expo
equipment and so forth
00:52:37.15\00:52:38.85
especially in areas that are...
00:52:38.89\00:52:40.76
that don't have
a lot of finances,
00:52:40.79\00:52:42.59
we're working in a
lot of poor countries
00:52:42.62\00:52:44.23
and you know... in
those countries it's amazing,
00:52:44.26\00:52:46.46
when you put on
health programs...
00:52:46.49\00:52:47.83
you just bring them
in by the thousands...
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.20
and I wish I
could say how many...
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.80
I was trying to figure it out,
00:52:50.83\00:52:52.17
it's in hundreds of thousands
of people that have gone through
00:52:52.20\00:52:54.40
our health programs... all
right in all of these countries
00:52:54.44\00:52:56.97
and hundreds of
baptisms that we know of,
00:52:57.01\00:52:59.31
I've got one more
picture here real quick...
00:52:59.34\00:53:01.61
of a baptism in South America...
00:53:01.64\00:53:03.14
I would be remiss to
not mention South America,
00:53:03.21\00:53:05.51
it's just been amazing...
00:53:05.58\00:53:06.92
our partnership with
the South American Division
00:53:06.95\00:53:08.68
and the support that we've
had there, this is from Chile,
00:53:08.72\00:53:11.62
our course that we conducted
in the Northern Conference there
00:53:11.65\00:53:14.59
this gentleman was an
Adventist but for years...
00:53:14.62\00:53:17.53
he had been out of the church...
00:53:17.56\00:53:18.89
and somehow he
wandered into one of our Expos
00:53:18.93\00:53:21.70
and just got
reacquainted with Adventists,
00:53:21.73\00:53:24.07
and his heart was
just burning within him,
00:53:24.10\00:53:26.37
he wanted to get Bible Studies
00:53:26.40\00:53:27.74
and within a month he
had rejoined the church
00:53:27.77\00:53:29.37
and so... we have testimonies
of people joining the church
00:53:29.40\00:53:32.37
around the world,
it's just exciting,
00:53:32.41\00:53:34.78
every week we're
getting e- mails and reports
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.61
in Brazil... we're
starting a new Lifestyle Center
00:53:36.64\00:53:39.95
and Training
School in the Rio Union,
00:53:39.98\00:53:43.12
at the... you know...
00:53:43.15\00:53:45.69
in Rio, there's the largest
Seventh-day Adventist Hospital,
00:53:45.72\00:53:48.02
it's called the
Silvestre Hospital,
00:53:48.06\00:53:49.92
1,200 employees... we have a
partnership with that hospital,
00:53:49.96\00:53:52.19
we're conducting
every... every weekend
00:53:52.23\00:53:54.60
LIGHT training
courses at this hospital
00:53:54.63\00:53:56.97
and we're doing all
of the community outreach
00:53:57.00\00:53:59.40
around Rio de Janeiro
promoting the hospital
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.80
and bringing...
bringing in people...
00:54:01.84\00:54:03.44
to the Expos and teaching...
introducing them to the church
00:54:03.47\00:54:06.57
so, we're getting very diverse
00:54:06.61\00:54:08.34
and we're just
excited about it... so...
00:54:08.38\00:54:10.38
I can tell...
you're really excited...
00:54:10.41\00:54:12.78
and we're excited
to be able to help you
00:54:12.81\00:54:14.92
and to help you to
raise the right arm...
00:54:14.95\00:54:16.99
and use the
right arm of the gospel
00:54:17.05\00:54:18.75
in order to share
the love of Jesus...
00:54:18.79\00:54:20.49
Amen... Jesus is coming soon...
00:54:20.52\00:54:21.86
He is... thank you...
James: Thank you Debbie...
00:54:21.92\00:54:23.59
So, here we
have... two other projects
00:54:23.63\00:54:27.23
that we really want to support
as they spread the gospel
00:54:27.26\00:54:31.53
through the means of
literature, health evangelism,
00:54:31.57\00:54:34.80
teaching... all
of those things...
00:54:34.84\00:54:36.94
so thank you so much
00:54:36.97\00:54:38.31
for the support
that you will provide.
00:54:38.34\00:54:39.74
Debbie is walking away...
00:54:39.77\00:54:47.52
Here's my good friend, Kyle.
00:54:47.55\00:54:49.82
Good morning,
Debbie, it's good to see you.
00:54:49.85\00:54:51.19
Debbie: Yes... Kyle: Thanks
for coming back to get me.
00:54:51.22\00:54:52.89
Debbie: Okay...
yeah... you know...
00:54:52.95\00:54:54.29
because we wanted to
talk a little bit about
00:54:54.32\00:54:56.99
something really
special that occurs overseas...
00:54:57.03\00:54:59.03
That's right
Debbie, thank you so much.
00:54:59.06\00:55:01.56
You know, ASI...
really the heart of ASI
00:55:01.60\00:55:04.10
is our members, amen...
00:55:04.13\00:55:05.67
not only our members that
are working in their businesses
00:55:05.70\00:55:08.84
in their workplaces
here in the United States
00:55:08.87\00:55:10.77
but also our ministry members
00:55:10.81\00:55:12.74
and we have so many
faithful, dedicated missionaries
00:55:12.77\00:55:16.44
around the world, amen
00:55:16.48\00:55:17.81
and I mean... when you...
00:55:17.85\00:55:19.18
when you think about
some of these ministries,
00:55:19.21\00:55:21.28
the word that comes
to my mind is sacrifice
00:55:21.32\00:55:24.42
because... a lot
of our missionaries
00:55:24.45\00:55:27.52
work on very little
pay but they're out there
00:55:27.56\00:55:29.79
because they believe
in what they're doing
00:55:29.82\00:55:32.16
and their purpose
is... sharing Christ.
00:55:32.19\00:55:34.50
So there is a particular
area that we want to focus on
00:55:34.56\00:55:38.23
and share something
about that ministry,
00:55:38.27\00:55:40.24
is that Riverside Farms?
00:55:40.30\00:55:41.64
That's right...
Riverside Farm... in Zambia...
00:55:41.67\00:55:43.07
and I had the privilege,
Debbie, of going to Zambia
00:55:43.10\00:55:46.47
last December and just seeing
00:55:46.51\00:55:48.71
this amazing
ministry and what they do.
00:55:48.74\00:55:50.38
Allen and Pauline Knowles,
Jaypel and Michelle Museller,
00:55:50.41\00:55:54.02
there are lots of
other missionaries,
00:55:54.05\00:55:55.38
that have served
there and given their time
00:55:55.42\00:55:57.82
to serve the Lord and to
reach the people of Zambia
00:55:57.85\00:56:01.22
and I'm telling you,
it's an amazing ministry.
00:56:01.26\00:56:02.99
We're talking
building one-day churches,
00:56:03.02\00:56:06.23
training lay people
not only in... how to...
00:56:06.26\00:56:09.06
how to make a living and
then farming and tailoring
00:56:09.10\00:56:12.07
and doing these kinds of things
00:56:12.10\00:56:13.44
but also how to share
Christ as lay Bible Workers
00:56:13.47\00:56:15.84
in doing that kind of ministry,
it's just an amazing thing
00:56:15.87\00:56:18.07
and on top of
that... they have farms...
00:56:18.11\00:56:20.58
huge banana
plantations which last year...
00:56:20.61\00:56:23.04
I think, ASI,
through the offering
00:56:23.08\00:56:25.78
provided some funding to
help plant some banana trees.
00:56:25.81\00:56:29.95
Debbie: That's right.
00:56:29.98\00:56:32.35
ASI Spokane, Washington.
00:56:32.39\00:56:34.72