Sometimes things
happen in your life
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that make you doing a bout face.
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You think everything
is going well for you.
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It's like the rich young
ruler who approached Jesus
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and Jesus had
one phrase for him,
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"One thing thou lackest."
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Jesus has a way
of letting us know
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that something needs to
turn around in our lives.
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He can take your life,
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even if you
think it's going well,
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and help you realize
your deep need for him,
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that there is
something missing in your life.
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This afternoon, you are going
to listen to Dr. Dosung Kim.
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He is a dentist who
is trained at Loma Linda,
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but now he's
living in South America.
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You are about to find out
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why he's living
in South America.
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Because at one point in
his life, Jesus reached out,
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touched him and said
"One thing thou lackest."
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Greetings from Bolivia.
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Glad to be here
with you this evening.
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It was a day I
will never forget,
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October 29, 1995.
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We were visiting
our family in Loma Linda
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with my airplane,
with my two young boys.
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We took off after visiting
the weekend from Riverside,
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from Redlands,
I'm sorry, airport,
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to head back to Oakdale,
California, where we lived.
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It was nearing
dark and we took off
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and through the passes,
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through the deserts
and on to Highway 5,
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we were headed up toward home.
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By this time, it had already,
the sun had already set.
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And it was just my family
and I in this little airplane,
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humming along.
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Within 30 minutes of our home,
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the plane starts
to have problems,
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like engine problems.
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And the engine is losing power
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and the plane is
starting to descend,
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and I do not want to descend.
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I call for
emergency, declared emergency,
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asked for my options.
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They told me where
the nearest airport was,
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I started heading that way.
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You know, at this moment,
what did not go through my mind
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was how much
money I had in the bank,
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what kind of house I
owned, what kind of car I drove.
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Nothing mattered
except one thing,
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how am I going to
survive with this crash.
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It was imminent
and I had no choice.
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My friends!
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We are on an
imminent course today.
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This world is an imminent course
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toward destruction.
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And we have a choice
today. What choice we make?
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God has already told us
how to prepare for this crash.
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And our work
today is to tell others
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about the imminent crash.
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Well, we crashed,
obviously, we survived,
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the whole family,
with hardly a scratch.
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When I went back to
the airport the next day,
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the NTSP was
already swarming the area,
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reporters, pilots.
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And they told us,
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"We can't believe you
guys lived through that.
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You guys should have died."
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Yes, I know.
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We should have died
that day, that night.
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But God saved us
and I was thinking,
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why did God save us.
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Why did God
save me specifically,
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from this
imminent physical death?
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And I began to search my heart.
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I began to search
for the meaning of life,
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why do I exist?
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Do I exist to go
to work, make money,
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bring home a paycheck,
feed my family, go to sleep,
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repeat the cycle, day after day?
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Is this what life is about?
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We had a dog at the time
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and I realize if
that's what life was about,
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my life was no
different than my dog.
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But God created us
with a different dimension
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than dogs have.
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And that's the
ability to acknowledge God.
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To study what the
Bible says about God.
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And to
understand his love for us
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and respond to that love,
and this is why God made us.
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And I begin to realize
as I spend time with God,
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I wasn't used to this.
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And so, I mean,
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I grew up in the
Seventh-day Advent church.
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But when I had
success, I began to feel like
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"God, thank you,
but I'm okay for now."
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So this is the life that
I was living at this moment,
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and so...
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But when I began to
really search my heart,
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what is the meaning of life?
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I began to study the
Bible, spend time with God.
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And five minutes
turned into ten minutes,
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and then twenty
minutes, day after day.
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And then it
became thirty minutes
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and then it was
forty five minutes
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and then hour, I
couldn't have enough of God,
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because I was
falling in love with God,
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a God that I could not
see with my physical eyes
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but I could
sense him in my life.
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I could sense that he was
real and he was a personal God,
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and he was reaching
down, deep into my heart.
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Not only to save me physically,
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but to save me spiritually.
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I praise God
for that experience,
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because if that
wasn't for that experience,
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I don't know
where I would be today.
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Amen. Thank you.
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So the during the
following months, my life,
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I felt like I was born again,
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a new life.
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Do you think that I could
possibly relive the same way
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I had been living in the past?
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No! I couldn't go back.
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Something had to
change in my life.
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So I decided, okay.
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After months of God
working in my heart,
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I finally came to
point where I said
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"God, you have
been so good to me,
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you saved me physically,
you saved me spiritually,
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now I have eternal life,
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now I'm ready to consecrate
everything I have to you,
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all the money I had,
which wasn't very much.
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Even though I
made a lot of money,
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I spent it all,
usually more than I had.
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My house, that the bank owned.
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But everything I have is yours.
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My life is completely yours,
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do whatever you
want with my life.
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And I remember exactly
this moment where I was,
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I was kneeling
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in the dining room of our house,
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and this
overwhelming sense of relief,
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this peace came over me,
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a peace that I have
never felt before in my life.
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It was an incredible
experience and I said
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"God, if this is what is like,
why didn't I do this before?"
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My only regret was I
didn't do this when I was young,
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but sometimes it takes a
while to learn our lessons.
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But praise the Lord, I
finally learnt my lesson.
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And from then on, every
day I dedicated my life to God.
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And you know what happens
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when you
dedicate your life to God?
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God, have you ever
seen the sign that says
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"God is my copilot?"
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Absolutely not.
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God became my pilot, and
I was in the copilot seat.
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Wherever you want
me to go, I will go.
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Whatever you want
me to do, I will do.
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Whatever you want
me to say, I will say.
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God, I am yours.
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And every day, I've been
dedicating my life to God.
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We moved to the Montana...
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met Mark and Conna, others,
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beautiful experience in
the mountains of Montana,
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living in the
wilderness and the country,
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had a close walk with God.
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I used to get up 3 o'clock,
4 o'clock in the morning,
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have my personal devotional time
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and then I would
spend time with my wife,
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having worship with
her, praying with her,
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that God would
bless her that day.
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And then I would go
to my older son's room,
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wake him up, and
have worship with him.
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And even today,
even to this day,
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he tells me that was when
he felt the closest to God.
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Why? Because his daddy was home.
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Daddy was
spending time with him.
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And he experienced God through
his experience with his daddy.
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And then I would go
my second son's room,
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wake him up and
spend time with him,
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praying with him,
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praying for him
that God would bless him.
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And then my third son,
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and then we would have worship
time together as a family.
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How many times I've
had a worship so far?
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Six, I count. Okay,
before I go to work.
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And then I go to work,
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I have these two young
ladies are whom Adventists,
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home-schooled young kids,
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training them to
be dental assistant
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and receptionist.
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We would go to work
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and we would pray
over every single patient
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that was on our list.
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We would pray that
God would use our office
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to be a missionary center,
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not to make money but to make...
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reach souls for Jesus.
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And we would have
discussions with our patients
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when they came in, we would pray
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with every single
one of our patients,
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with permission, of course.
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And we found just about
every single one of them
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just loved and appreciated
the prayers that we prayed.
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I learned this
at AMEN by the way.
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Well, wonderful,
wonderful ministry AMEN is.
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And so, we went through this,
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and every day, we
would pray for our patients.
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And then we would
speak to our patients
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and some time, and we
took away all the magazines,
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the worldly magazines,
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and we replaced them
with Steps to Christ.
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Great controversy,
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Elder Mark
Finley's books Superpower,
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something like
that, wonderful book.
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Ministry of Healing.
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And the patients would be
sitting in the waiting room,
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they start reading these books
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and they would be so
engrossed in these books
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that even though we
were ready to see them,
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we would just sit
back and watch them read.
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And then when they
start putting that book down
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then we would call
them into the office.
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On the outside, it
said dental office,
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but the inside it
was an undercover.
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We were saving souls.
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And you would think...
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And then after an
hour of discussion,
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Bible study with these patients,
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they had many, many problems,
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health
problems, mental problems,
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family problems,
marital problems,
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all kinds of problems.
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We would talk and pray.
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And instead of
having a dental office,
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it was more of a
counseling office.
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And after it was time to finish,
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I would tell the patient
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"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mrs. Patient,
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your time is already up
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and our next
patient is already here.
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What are we gonna do?"
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"Oh, it's okay, doc.
Well, I'll come back next time.
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How much do I owe you?"
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I would tell them
"You don't owe me anything,
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I haven't done anything,"
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and they would
gladly reschedule.
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And you are
thinking, a practice like this,
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"How could it make money?"
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Well, I wasn't
worried about money,
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because God had
promised when we are his,
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what, he will
provide for our needs.
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And, yes, we made less
money, but our net was higher.
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So after we actually
provided enough for our food
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and living expenses
and other needed items,
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we had more than enough.
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We started giving
away to ministries.
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What a wonderful
experience that was,
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to be able to
support ministries.
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And then in the middle of this,
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God calls us to Bolivia.
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I said "What? Bolivia?" I
had to look it up in a map.
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I didn't know where Bolivia was.
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I knew it was in South America,
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I knew they spoke Spanish.
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I had two years of
high school in Spanish.
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Bolivia, to what?
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To start a medical
missionary training school.
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I hadn't done anything
like this before in my life.
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I was, in the past,
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I had dedicated my life to
the profession of dentistry.
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And so that was
the only thing I knew,
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but now to go to Bolivia
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to start a medical
ministry training school,
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I didn't know
how to do anything.
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I spend many years in school.
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I knew what I was
like to be a student.
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It wasn't very lovely,
but to start to school.
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Well, one of our
church members told us,
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you know, "God doesn't
always call the equipped,
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but equips the call."
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And with that I didn't
know where it came from,
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I didn't know if it was
from a Bible Verse read.
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They didn't tell us,
but I grabbed on to that,
00:15:05.97\00:15:08.67
"God, if You're calling us,
00:15:08.70\00:15:10.04
You have to
provide for our needs,
00:15:10.11\00:15:11.44
you have to provide
what we need to do this work.
00:15:11.47\00:15:16.95
Provide the
finances, provide the people,
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provide everything we need."
00:15:18.75\00:15:21.18
And it was kind of a
covenant I made with God.
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And what do you think he said?
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Of course, he said "Of course,
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why would I
call you to something
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that you cannot do?"
00:15:30.86\00:15:33.50
So we went down and started
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a medical
missionary training school.
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And first year,
we had 12 students.
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No advertising, I don't
know where they came from?
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But they came, we
didn't tell very many people
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but they came.
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And we started, and
three of them graduated.
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And then the next
year, twelve more came,
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six of them graduated.
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And next year we had 28,
next year we had 30 something,
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and this year we
have almost 40 students.
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A nine month program
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and second year advance
course nine month program.
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And we send these kids out,
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first of all they
don't, they've been,
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many of them have been
raised Seventh-day Adventists,
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they don't know anything,
about what Bible teaches.
00:16:19.14\00:16:22.18
They don't know how
to give Bible study,
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so that's the
first thing we teach.
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How to study the
Bible for yourself?
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How to have a
relationship with God?
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How to share your
faith with others.
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And then we send them out,
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and some of them
are reluctant to go out
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but after the first
time or second time,
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they come back with
smiles on their faces.
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They are experiencing
the love and the joy
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of seeing souls
accepting Jesus Christ.
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And from then on, we tell them,
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don't, "We can't
go, oh, we want to go."
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They'll walk through the rivers,
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rain or shine to go
out to give bible studies.
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I have to tell you
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about Joseline and her family.
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We did a health fair
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at the request
of a mayor's office.
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When we did the
health fair, a family came,
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Carlos and his family.
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And after the health fair,
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we signed them up for a
health club, eight weeks.
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Every week, health
class, spiritual class,
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and good cooking
class every week.
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Well, after they took,
went through this class,
00:17:41.82\00:17:44.33
they say "We want more.
00:17:44.36\00:17:46.16
Can you teach us Bible?"
00:17:46.19\00:17:48.13
We started giving
them Bible studies.
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And then as the
father wanted his daughter
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who had finished high
school to come to our school,
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not our faith.
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So we decided to make an
exception, have her come.
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At the end of the year,
the whole family was baptized.
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And today, he is one
of the pillars of a church
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that we helped to start.
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And today, we have
eight different places
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that our students go,
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working with an existing church,
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working which
places there are no church.
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And they are working
and they are learning
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how to save souls,
00:18:28.94\00:18:30.91
how to hasten
the coming of Jesus.
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Now before I finish,
I have to share a few...
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God could have
reached his object
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in saving
sinners without our aid,
00:18:43.15\00:18:46.19
but in order for us
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to help develop a
character like Christ,
00:18:47.59\00:18:51.86
we must share in his work.
00:18:51.89\00:18:54.76
In order to enter into His joy,
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the joy of seeing souls
redeemed by His sacrifice,
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we must
participate in His labors
00:19:01.40\00:19:04.54
for their redemption.
00:19:04.57\00:19:08.94
We must be
laborers together with God.
00:19:08.98\00:19:12.05
For God will not
complete His work
00:19:12.08\00:19:13.98
without human agencies.
00:19:14.05\00:19:17.92
A distinct work is
assigned to every Christian.
00:19:17.95\00:19:22.42
God requires everyone to
be a worker in His vineyard,
00:19:22.46\00:19:26.46
where every one of
you a living missionary,
00:19:26.49\00:19:29.66
the message for this
time would speedily proclaimed
00:19:29.70\00:19:32.93
in all
countries to every people,
00:19:32.97\00:19:35.10
nation and tongue.
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Every true disciple
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is born into the
kingdom of God as a missionary.
00:19:39.24\00:19:41.84
God expects personal
service from every one
00:19:41.88\00:19:44.88
to whom He has entrusted
a knowledge of the truth
00:19:44.91\00:19:48.85
for this time.
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To save souls,
should be the life work
00:19:51.79\00:19:54.69
of every one who profess Christ.
00:19:54.72\00:20:01.50
Did you get the message
or do I need to keep going?
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I teach my students, if
God says something once,
00:20:04.93\00:20:07.60
it's very important.
00:20:07.64\00:20:09.04
If God says something twice,
it's very, very important.
00:20:09.07\00:20:12.24
If God says
something three times,
00:20:12.27\00:20:14.08
it's very, very...
00:20:14.14\00:20:16.71
you're getting your idea.
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.38
How many times does
God have to repeat this,
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that every Seventh-day Adventist
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is born again to be
a missionary for Jesus,
00:20:25.19\00:20:29.49
to do the work of saving souls?
00:20:29.52\00:20:31.86
I praise the Lord, I resisted
when God called us to Bolivia,
00:20:36.03\00:20:40.10
but I praise the
lord, we ended up there.
00:20:40.17\00:20:42.80
I praise the Lord
00:20:42.84\00:20:44.17
because every day
we see Satan working
00:20:44.24\00:20:46.81
but we see God
working mightily than,
00:20:46.84\00:20:49.04
more mightily than Satan.
00:20:49.08\00:20:52.85
I praise the Lord
00:20:52.88\00:20:54.25
for the experience
that we have every day,
00:20:54.28\00:20:56.08
working with young people.
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Some of them are very difficult,
00:20:57.52\00:20:58.95
but one thing we find
out is our own characters.
00:20:58.99\00:21:02.56
We see our own characters
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.13
when we work in such
close relationship with others.
00:21:04.16\00:21:08.06
I found out I was
selfish. I was very selfish.
00:21:08.10\00:21:12.47
I found that I
was very proudful.
00:21:12.50\00:21:15.10
I found out a lot
of things about me.
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.47
But praise the Lord,
00:21:17.51\00:21:18.84
we are in his work
and we are seeing things,
00:21:18.87\00:21:21.91
miracles happen before our eyes.
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.58
Praise the Lord, thank you.
00:21:24.61\00:21:25.95
Why should I feel
00:22:37.39\00:22:41.66
Discouraged
00:22:41.69\00:22:45.96
Why should the shadows come
00:22:45.99\00:22:52.03
Why should my heart feel lonely
00:22:53.03\00:22:59.61
and long for heav'n and home
00:23:00.68\00:23:06.72
When Jesus is my portion?
00:23:06.75\00:23:13.66
My constant Friend is He
00:23:13.69\00:23:20.20
His eye is on the sparrow
00:23:20.23\00:23:26.90
And I know He watches me
00:23:26.94\00:23:33.68
His eye is on the sparrow
00:23:33.74\00:23:40.08
And I know He watches me
00:23:40.12\00:23:47.02
I sing because I'm happy
00:23:47.06\00:23:51.59
And I sing because I'm free
00:23:51.63\00:23:56.00
For His eye is on the sparrow
00:23:56.03\00:24:01.67
and I know He watches me
00:24:01.70\00:24:07.84
Whenever I am tempted
00:24:13.62\00:24:20.19
Whenever clouds arise
00:24:21.19\00:24:28.06
When songs give place to sighing
00:24:28.10\00:24:34.60
When hope within me dies
00:24:35.60\00:24:41.94
I draw the closer to Him
00:24:41.98\00:24:48.32
From care He sets me free
00:24:48.35\00:24:55.02
His eye is on the sparrow
00:24:55.06\00:25:01.66
And I know He watches me
00:25:01.70\00:25:08.07
His eye is on the sparrow
00:25:08.10\00:25:14.34
And I know He watches me
00:25:14.38\00:25:20.12
I sing
00:25:24.35\00:25:28.62
Because I'm happy
00:25:28.66\00:25:32.06
And I sing because I'm free
00:25:32.09\00:25:36.63
For His eye is on the sparrow
00:25:36.67\00:25:42.87
And I know He watches me.
00:25:42.90\00:25:49.88
His Eye is on the sparrow,
and I know He's watching me.
00:26:16.54\00:26:22.64
Paul and Silas knew this,
00:26:22.68\00:26:24.81
they found
themselves in a dungeon
00:26:24.85\00:26:26.75
and the Bible
says they sang songs
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.45
to praise to God.
00:26:28.48\00:26:30.69
How is this possible,
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.05
singing praises to
God from a dungeon?
00:26:32.09\00:26:34.49
Well, they knew that
God was watching over them.
00:26:34.52\00:26:37.93
Friends, next time you
find yourself in a dungeon,
00:26:37.96\00:26:41.80
remember, that's the time
the God wants to hear you sing.
00:26:41.83\00:26:45.30
Their chains were fastened tight
00:26:53.07\00:26:57.78
Down at the jail that night
00:26:57.81\00:27:01.22
Still Paul and Silas would not
00:27:01.25\00:27:05.62
Be dismayed
00:27:05.65\00:27:09.22
They said, It's
time to lift our voice
00:27:09.26\00:27:13.83
And sing praises to the Lord
00:27:13.86\00:27:18.03
Let's prove
that we can trust Him
00:27:18.07\00:27:22.30
Come what may
00:27:22.34\00:27:26.31
God wants to hear you sing
00:27:26.34\00:27:30.35
When the waves are
crashing 'round you
00:27:30.38\00:27:34.12
When the fiery
darts surround you
00:27:34.15\00:27:37.89
When despair is all you see
00:27:37.92\00:27:41.89
God wants to hear your voice
00:27:41.92\00:27:45.59
When the wisest man has spoken
00:27:45.63\00:27:49.26
And says, "Your circumstance
is as hopeless as can be"
00:27:49.30\00:27:56.40
That's when God
wants to hear you sing
00:27:56.44\00:28:03.48
He loves to hear our praise
00:28:12.09\00:28:16.76
On our cheerful days
00:28:16.79\00:28:19.63
When the pleasant
times outweigh the bad
00:28:19.66\00:28:23.47
By far
00:28:23.50\00:28:25.40
But when suffering comes along
00:28:25.43\00:28:31.94
And we still sing Him the songs
00:28:31.97\00:28:37.25
That is when we
bless the Father's heart
00:28:37.28\00:28:44.29
God wants to hear you sing
00:28:44.32\00:28:47.69
When the waves are
crashing 'round you
00:28:47.72\00:28:51.33
When the fiery
darts surround you
00:28:51.36\00:28:54.76
When despair is all you see
00:28:54.83\00:28:58.20
God wants to hear your voice
00:28:58.23\00:29:01.80
When the wisest man has spoken
00:29:01.84\00:29:05.14
And says, "Your circumstance
is as hopeless as can be"
00:29:05.17\00:29:11.81
That's when God
wants to hear you sing
00:29:11.85\00:29:19.39
God wants to hear you sing
00:29:19.42\00:29:26.03
When the waves are
crashing 'round you
00:29:26.06\00:29:29.46
When the fiery
darts surround you
00:29:29.50\00:29:32.90
When despair is all you see
00:29:32.93\00:29:37.77
God wants to hear your voice
00:29:37.81\00:29:41.68
When the wisest man has spoken
00:29:41.71\00:29:44.98
And says, "Your circumstance
is as hopeless as can be"
00:29:45.01\00:29:51.42
That's when God
wants to hear you sing
00:29:51.45\00:29:58.43
That's when God wants to hear
00:29:58.46\00:30:05.33
You sing
00:30:05.37\00:30:12.67
You sing.
00:30:12.71\00:30:19.71
We pray for blessings
00:31:05.36\00:31:09.23
We pray for peace
00:31:09.26\00:31:13.20
Comfort for family
00:31:13.23\00:31:16.77
Protection while we sleep
00:31:16.81\00:31:21.31
We pray for healing
00:31:21.34\00:31:25.38
For prosperity
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.72
We pray for Your mighty hand
00:31:28.75\00:31:32.99
To ease our suffering
00:31:33.02\00:31:37.19
And all the while,
You hear each spoken need
00:31:37.23\00:31:45.10
Yet love is way too
much to give us lesser things
00:31:45.13\00:31:52.67
'Cause what if your
blessings come through raindrops
00:31:52.71\00:31:57.08
What if Your
healing comes through tears
00:31:57.11\00:32:00.75
What if a
thousand sleepless nights
00:32:00.82\00:32:04.82
Are what it takes
to know You're near
00:32:04.85\00:32:10.83
And what if trials of this life
00:32:10.86\00:32:15.50
Are Your mercies in disguise
00:32:15.53\00:32:20.70
We pray for
wisdom Your voice to hear
00:32:26.44\00:32:33.38
We cry out in anger
00:32:33.42\00:32:36.95
When we cannot feel You near
00:32:36.99\00:32:42.02
We doubt Your goodness
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.63
We doubt Your love
00:32:45.66\00:32:49.03
As if every promise
from Your Word is not enough
00:32:49.06\00:32:56.94
And all the while, You
hear each desperate plea
00:32:56.97\00:33:04.71
And long that we'd
have faith to believe
00:33:04.75\00:33:12.02
'Cause what if your
blessings come through raindrops
00:33:12.05\00:33:16.02
What if Your
healing comes through tears
00:33:16.06\00:33:19.86
And what if a
thousand sleepless nights
00:33:19.89\00:33:23.83
Are what it takes
to know You're near
00:33:23.87\00:33:29.34
And what if trials of this life
00:33:29.37\00:33:34.04
Are Your mercies in disguise
00:33:34.08\00:33:40.08
When friends betray us
00:33:40.12\00:33:43.12
When darkness seems to win
00:33:43.15\00:33:45.62
We know that pain
reminds this heart
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.96
That this is not,
this is not our home
00:33:48.99\00:33:54.36
'Cause what if your
blessings come through raindrops
00:33:54.36\00:33:58.17
What if Your
healing comes through tears
00:33:58.20\00:34:01.74
And what if a
thousand sleepless nights
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.91
Are what it takes
to know You're near
00:34:04.94\00:34:10.05
What if my
greatest disappointment
00:34:10.08\00:34:14.62
Or the aching of this life
00:34:14.65\00:34:18.52
Is a revealing
of a greater thirst
00:34:18.55\00:34:22.92
This world can't satisfy?
00:34:22.96\00:34:27.86
And what if trials of this life
00:34:27.93\00:34:32.57
The rain, the
storms, the hardest nights
00:34:32.60\00:34:37.51
Are Your mercies in disguise?
00:34:37.57\00:34:44.01
Mercies in
00:35:02.70\00:35:07.04
Disguise?
00:35:07.07\00:35:13.71
I have heard how
Christians long ago
00:35:35.56\00:35:40.24
Were brought
before a tyrant's throne
00:35:40.30\00:35:44.74
They were told that he
would spare their lives
00:35:44.77\00:35:49.01
If they would
renounce the name of Christ
00:35:49.04\00:35:53.78
But one by one they chose to die
00:35:53.82\00:35:58.12
For the Son of
God they'd not deny
00:35:58.15\00:36:02.46
Like a great angelic choir sings
00:36:02.49\00:36:06.93
I can almost
hear their voices ring
00:36:06.96\00:36:11.20
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:36:11.23\00:36:16.14
With all my
strength, with all I am
00:36:16.17\00:36:20.71
I will seek to
honor His commands
00:36:20.78\00:36:25.48
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:36:25.51\00:36:33.39
Now the years have
come, and the years have gone
00:36:39.16\00:36:43.87
But the cause of
Jesus still goes on
00:36:43.93\00:36:48.50
Now our time has
come to count the cost
00:36:48.54\00:36:53.07
To reject this
world, to embrace the cross
00:36:53.11\00:36:57.68
And one by one
let us live our lives
00:36:57.71\00:37:02.18
For the one who
died to give us life
00:37:02.22\00:37:06.45
Till the trumpet
sounds on the final day
00:37:06.49\00:37:11.29
Let us proudly
stand and boldly say
00:37:11.33\00:37:15.26
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:37:15.30\00:37:20.44
With all my
strength, with all I am
00:37:20.47\00:37:25.17
I will seek to
honor His commands
00:37:25.21\00:37:29.84
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:37:29.88\00:37:37.39
To the Lamb of
God who bore my pain
00:37:37.42\00:37:42.36
Who took my
place, who wore my shame
00:37:42.39\00:37:48.23
I will seek to
honor His commands
00:37:48.26\00:37:53.44
I pledge allegiance
00:37:53.50\00:37:56.30
To the Lamb
00:37:56.34\00:38:01.68
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:38:04.75\00:38:09.45
With all my
strength, with all I am
00:38:09.48\00:38:13.79
I will seek to
honor His commands
00:38:13.82\00:38:18.39
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:38:18.43\00:38:22.90
I pledge allegiance to the Lamb
00:38:22.93\00:38:27.54
With all my
strength, with all I am
00:38:27.57\00:38:31.84
I will seek to
honor His commands
00:38:31.87\00:38:36.34
I pledge allegiance
00:38:36.38\00:38:39.15
To the Lamb
00:38:39.18\00:38:45.59
To the Lamb
00:38:45.62\00:38:51.16
To the Lamb.
00:38:51.19\00:38:58.83
Absolutely amazing.
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.91
I love music so much
that I listen to it on my way
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.45
to work each
morning and I, I walk.
00:39:14.48\00:39:16.75
It's five miles from
my house to the office.
00:39:16.82\00:39:18.85
And as I walk to the office,
00:39:18.89\00:39:21.36
I go past Lake
Loveland in Loveland, Colorado,
00:39:21.39\00:39:23.99
which is the spot that H.
M. S. Richards was baptized.
00:39:24.06\00:39:27.40
So I walk past
that every morning
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.90
and I'm listening to music.
00:39:28.93\00:39:30.27
And I listen to the
radio a lot as I walk
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.50
with a little headset in.
00:39:32.53\00:39:34.67
And one morning as I
was listening to the radio,
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.84
I heard about this
program, that was titled,
00:39:36.91\00:39:40.88
I thought it was
titled Pathways to Hell.
00:39:40.91\00:39:45.58
And I thought this was
going to be some fiery sermon.
00:39:45.61\00:39:47.68
And I turned it up
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.05
and it wasn't
Pathways to Hell at all,
00:39:49.08\00:39:50.42
it was Pathways to Health.
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.32
I still think it
would be a good sermon title
00:39:52.35\00:39:54.16
for an evangelistic campaign.
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.66
So I wondered what
is Pathways to Health,
00:39:56.73\00:40:00.03
with the "th" on the end?
00:40:00.10\00:40:01.93
And I listen and it proved to be
00:40:01.96\00:40:03.93
one of the most impactful things
00:40:03.97\00:40:05.57
that God has led His
people to do in recent history.
00:40:05.60\00:40:09.67
I want you to watch
what God has been doing is,
00:40:09.70\00:40:11.94
we follow the
council we've been giving
00:40:11.97\00:40:13.84
and ministering
to people's needs
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.64
as we introduce
them to Jesus Christ.
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.68
Watch this video
00:40:17.71\00:40:19.05
as to what took place
in San Antonio, Texas.
00:40:19.08\00:40:24.65
The dream began in
California's Bay Area
00:40:24.69\00:40:27.32
to serve, to heal,
to love on a mass scale,
00:40:27.36\00:40:32.99
one person at a time.
00:40:33.03\00:40:35.10
Free medical care,
00:40:35.13\00:40:36.60
free dental care, free eye care,
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.27
absolutely free,
no strings attached.
00:40:39.30\00:40:43.04
Soon, more and
more were talking about
00:40:43.07\00:40:45.54
what they had seen,
what they had heard,
00:40:45.57\00:40:48.64
what they had experienced.
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.78
Questions arose, how
could we only do this once?
00:40:50.81\00:40:55.08
Where can we go next?
00:40:55.12\00:40:56.95
San Antonio, Texas was
chosen as the next city
00:40:57.02\00:41:01.26
whose residents would
receive the love of Christ
00:41:01.29\00:41:04.23
through the hands and feet
of anyone willing to serve,
00:41:04.26\00:41:07.60
an event became a movement,
500 volunteers' became 1000,
00:41:07.66\00:41:11.80
then 1500, then 1700.
00:41:11.83\00:41:15.54
They came from all parts
of North America and beyond,
00:41:15.57\00:41:19.07
and from all walks of life.
00:41:19.11\00:41:21.08
They came to register, to
greet, to host, to organize,
00:41:21.11\00:41:26.05
to sing, to teach, and to heal.
00:41:26.08\00:41:29.38
And as they came,
00:41:29.42\00:41:30.95
so did the
residents of San Antonio.
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.96
They came the
day before the event.
00:41:34.02\00:41:36.46
They came in the sun.
They came in the rain.
00:41:36.49\00:41:40.06
Services offered inside were
more comprehensive than ever.
00:41:40.10\00:41:43.70
Eye care services
included complete eye exams,
00:41:43.73\00:41:47.07
consultations,
retinal scans for glaucoma
00:41:47.10\00:41:50.34
and retinal detachment,
and fittings for glasses,
00:41:50.37\00:41:53.91
dental caring who did cleanings,
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.21
fillings, crowns,
extractions, x-rays,
00:41:56.24\00:42:00.32
digital scans, and more.
00:42:00.35\00:42:02.78
Medical care
included primary care visits,
00:42:02.82\00:42:05.45
women's health services,
00:42:05.49\00:42:07.16
consultation by
medical specialists,
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.89
including heart evaluation
as well as gastroenterology,
00:42:09.92\00:42:13.63
neurology,
pulmonology, rheumatology,
00:42:13.70\00:42:17.13
infectious
disease, podiatry services,
00:42:17.17\00:42:20.24
immunizations,
pharmacy, medical massage,
00:42:20.30\00:42:23.47
physical therapy, x-rays,
laboratory services and more.
00:42:23.51\00:42:28.91
And for the first time,
00:42:28.94\00:42:30.41
medical care
included general surgery,
00:42:30.45\00:42:32.55
including hernia
repair, hysterectomies,
00:42:32.58\00:42:35.55
vasectomies, mass
and skin cancer removal,
00:42:35.58\00:42:38.89
and gallbladder removal.
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.12
Other first time services
included haircuts and styling,
00:42:41.16\00:42:44.46
nutrition and healthy
cooking demonstrations,
00:42:44.49\00:42:47.46
and men's suits
offered free of charge.
00:42:47.50\00:42:50.80
And once again,
while patients waited,
00:42:50.83\00:42:54.07
volunteers sang, played, taught,
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.54
and took the opportunity
to meet those who had come.
00:42:57.57\00:43:01.51
Some told their stories,
some gladly welcomed prayer,
00:43:01.54\00:43:06.18
others reflected on
their newly found hope.
00:43:06.21\00:43:10.49
Those who came did
not leave the same.
00:43:10.52\00:43:13.86
Smiles returned to
faces, pain was left behind,
00:43:13.89\00:43:18.23
and perhaps, most importantly,
hearts were touched,
00:43:18.26\00:43:22.83
and in some cases, healed.
00:43:22.86\00:43:25.93
The event was, without a
doubt, a tremendous success.
00:43:25.97\00:43:29.97
1700 Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.17
from around North America
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.04
saturated the
city of San Antonio
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.88
with the tangible love of Christ
00:43:37.91\00:43:40.48
and brought hope
00:43:40.52\00:43:41.95
and healing to over
6000 of the city's residents.
00:43:41.98\00:43:46.35
That is mission.
00:43:46.39\00:43:48.39
That is mission accomplished.
00:43:48.42\00:43:51.46
That is mission
accomplished together.
00:43:51.49\00:43:57.23
Matthew 4: 23 tells
us that Jesus went about
00:43:57.30\00:44:00.77
all Galilee
teaching in their synagogues,
00:44:00.84\00:44:03.54
preaching the
gospel of the kingdom
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.51
and healing all
manners of sickness
00:44:05.54\00:44:07.51
and all manners of disease.
00:44:07.58\00:44:10.05
You know what I love
about Pathway to Health
00:44:10.08\00:44:11.48
is that we see
Christ's method of ministry
00:44:11.51\00:44:13.62
being implemented in
the lives of the people
00:44:13.65\00:44:15.62
in the cities that we go to.
00:44:15.65\00:44:16.99
And this afternoon,
00:44:17.02\00:44:18.35
we have the opportunity of
talking with some volunteers
00:44:18.39\00:44:20.76
whose lives were drastically
impacted by Pathway to Health.
00:44:20.79\00:44:24.43
Now the first two that we have
is Paul Pitts and Karyl Pitts.
00:44:24.46\00:44:28.46
Now, they volunteered
not only here in Spokane,
00:44:28.50\00:44:30.97
but also in San Antonio.
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.07
And they told me
that the reason is,
00:44:33.10\00:44:34.87
is that they've seen
God touch peoples lives
00:44:34.90\00:44:36.91
not only physically,
not only spiritually,
00:44:36.97\00:44:39.87
but emotionally in
all the different pieces
00:44:39.91\00:44:41.84
in the aspects
of that who we are.
00:44:41.88\00:44:44.01
Now, Paul, can
you share one story
00:44:44.05\00:44:45.65
of how you saw God use you
and touching people's lives?
00:44:45.68\00:44:49.72
Yes, Tuesday morning,
00:44:49.75\00:44:51.49
I happen to be
serving as a chaplain
00:44:51.52\00:44:53.66
over in the
surgical services area.
00:44:53.72\00:44:57.23
A nurse that was there
by the surgery check-in
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.73
brought me over to
a patient and said,
00:45:00.76\00:45:03.23
"Would you please
pray with this lady?
00:45:03.26\00:45:06.03
She is asking
for special prayer."
00:45:06.07\00:45:09.14
I knelt near her,
I wished it with her,
00:45:09.17\00:45:11.81
I found out that the
reason she was there,
00:45:11.84\00:45:15.01
was she was
scheduled a week or two before
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.88
to have a small skin
cancer removed from her face.
00:45:17.91\00:45:22.98
But her husband lost his job
00:45:23.02\00:45:26.86
a few days before she
was supposed to go in.
00:45:26.89\00:45:30.03
She had to
cancel that appointment,
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.09
they lost their insurance,
they didn't have any money.
00:45:32.13\00:45:35.60
And so she found out
about Pathway to health, came.
00:45:35.63\00:45:40.00
I prayed with her,
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.54
I prayed that the Lord
would restore employment
00:45:41.57\00:45:44.27
for her husband.
00:45:44.31\00:45:45.64
I prayed that she
would have comfort and peace,
00:45:45.67\00:45:48.04
while she was
receiving her services,
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.61
the Lord would
guide the doctors'
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.11
and nurses' hands.
00:45:52.15\00:45:53.82
And when I finished praying,
00:45:53.88\00:45:55.48
she was smiling big and
crying at the same time.
00:45:55.52\00:45:59.22
And she told me, she
says, "I cannot believe
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.52
that I am able to
get the services I need,
00:46:02.56\00:46:05.56
I never thought I would,
and then to have someone come
00:46:05.59\00:46:08.93
and lovingly pray with me,
00:46:08.96\00:46:10.67
you have really
touched my life."
00:46:10.70\00:46:13.10
Folks, everyone can do this.
00:46:13.13\00:46:16.20
No matter who you
are, no matter what you do,
00:46:16.24\00:46:19.34
come join us,
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.71
at Pathway to
Health in Los Angeles.
00:46:20.78\00:46:22.91
It's amazing.
00:46:22.94\00:46:24.28
Maybe, you may not be
a medical professional,
00:46:24.31\00:46:25.65
but you can still
pray with someone.
00:46:25.68\00:46:28.18
And God can use
you to restore hope
00:46:28.22\00:46:29.72
in that individual.
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.09
Now, Karyl, you have
another interesting testimony
00:46:31.12\00:46:33.25
of how God used you
to touch someone's life.
00:46:33.29\00:46:35.86
I do.
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.93
I was working
in orthopedic area,
00:46:37.96\00:46:39.66
and this lady came in
to the orthopedic surgeon
00:46:39.69\00:46:42.60
and said "I have
pain in my right knee
00:46:42.63\00:46:44.90
and, you know, I'm hurting."
00:46:44.93\00:46:47.60
And so her friend said,
"Well, you're gonna have
00:46:47.64\00:46:49.47
to have a total
knee replacement."
00:46:49.50\00:46:51.34
So she came here to be checked
00:46:51.37\00:46:53.74
and the
orthopedic surgeon and...
00:46:53.78\00:46:56.38
Oh, she was sad
too, she was very sad,
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.28
because she had no money.
00:46:58.31\00:46:59.65
And she had no, you
know, means of having surgery
00:46:59.68\00:47:03.92
and she had no insurance.
00:47:03.95\00:47:06.59
So, the orthopedic
surgeon checked her knee,
00:47:06.62\00:47:10.19
and with a thorough examination,
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.93
realized that it was Bursitis,
00:47:12.96\00:47:15.03
and she did not need a
total knee replacement.
00:47:15.06\00:47:17.60
She goes "Really, I
don't need surgery?"
00:47:17.63\00:47:20.47
And the orthopedic
surgeon said, "No."
00:47:20.54\00:47:23.17
So, but he said "I can help you.
00:47:23.20\00:47:25.34
I can give you an
injection in your knee
00:47:25.37\00:47:26.98
to help your pain."
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
And so after the injection,
00:47:28.38\00:47:30.25
he had a beautiful prayer
with this lady and her family.
00:47:30.28\00:47:33.42
And I helped her off the table.
00:47:33.45\00:47:35.35
As we were walking
away, she turned around,
00:47:35.38\00:47:38.02
she goes "I'm
not in pain at all,
00:47:38.05\00:47:40.76
I don't have any pain."
00:47:40.79\00:47:42.22
She gave me a great
big hug and she goes
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.39
"What you folks are
doing here is a blessing,
00:47:44.43\00:47:47.50
and it's marvelous,
00:47:47.50\00:47:48.90
and I'm just so
happy to be here."
00:47:48.93\00:47:51.23
Amen.
00:47:51.27\00:47:52.60
Now, for me,
personally, I'm on a roll.
00:47:52.63\00:47:56.81
I have that momentum
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.64
to continue working
with Pathway to Health
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.68
and I'm looking forward
to the next Pathway to Health
00:48:01.71\00:48:04.88
next year.
00:48:04.91\00:48:06.25
Amen, Amen. God is
doing amazing things.
00:48:06.28\00:48:08.58
When you can look
in the face of someone
00:48:08.62\00:48:09.98
who's been experiencing
excruciating pain for years,
00:48:10.02\00:48:13.52
and now is finding relief,
00:48:13.59\00:48:15.06
and the seeing
the joy of the Gospel
00:48:15.09\00:48:16.96
practiced in their lives,
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.36
there is nothing
more rewarding than that.
00:48:18.39\00:48:20.33
Now the next person
we have to chat with
00:48:20.36\00:48:22.53
is Dr. Chris Lewis.
00:48:22.56\00:48:24.27
And I was joking
with Dr. Chris Lewis
00:48:24.30\00:48:26.03
that he is
actually an evangelist
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.44
and he is a surgeon on the side.
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.20
And the reason why is
I've never met someone
00:48:29.24\00:48:31.44
who's so
interested in peoples soul's.
00:48:31.47\00:48:33.98
It's not just
about medical care here,
00:48:34.01\00:48:36.11
but it's also how can
you help the whole person.
00:48:36.14\00:48:38.41
Now you have some
interesting stories
00:48:38.45\00:48:39.78
from these last few days,
00:48:39.81\00:48:41.15
how have you
seen the Lord working?
00:48:41.18\00:48:42.68
I want to tell you, Taylor,
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.09
just briefly
about three patients
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.45
that I had a privilege of seeing
00:48:45.49\00:48:46.82
at the Pathway, Spokane.
00:48:46.86\00:48:48.32
So the first
one was a gentleman,
00:48:48.36\00:48:50.83
may be a few
years older than myself.
00:48:50.86\00:48:52.89
And so, he came in
with a number of tumors,
00:48:52.93\00:48:55.63
six separate
tumors, all over his scalp.
00:48:55.66\00:48:59.10
Now if you can
imagine, you know,
00:48:59.13\00:49:00.70
having these big
growths on your head,
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.97
just think about
going to the grocery store,
00:49:03.00\00:49:04.81
or you know, meeting
a new person, you know,
00:49:04.84\00:49:06.71
eating out in a restaurant,
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.11
it impacted his
life tremendously.
00:49:08.14\00:49:09.71
It's embarrassing.
Oh, terribly, terribly.
00:49:09.74\00:49:11.58
And he grew his hair out long,
00:49:11.61\00:49:13.45
and I think our
appearance affects
00:49:13.48\00:49:15.68
even our behavior and so.
00:49:15.72\00:49:18.22
First thing we did is
we send him for a haircut,
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.85
because at Pathway to Health
00:49:19.89\00:49:21.22
we're here for haircut services.
00:49:21.26\00:49:22.59
And so he basically had a shave
over all of his entire head
00:49:22.62\00:49:25.43
so we could see
what we're dealing with,
00:49:25.46\00:49:27.23
were these six separate tumors.
00:49:27.23\00:49:28.90
And then, we talked about a plan
00:49:28.93\00:49:30.77
and went to work on this guy.
00:49:30.80\00:49:32.13
So takes a little while
to take off six tumors off
00:49:32.17\00:49:34.67
of somebody's scalp.
00:49:34.70\00:49:36.04
It's an area with
a rich blood supply.
00:49:36.07\00:49:37.64
But while we were
doing it, you know,
00:49:37.67\00:49:39.37
I've got a captive audience.
00:49:39.41\00:49:41.21
So this is a good time
00:49:41.24\00:49:43.21
to have a Bible
study with somebody,
00:49:43.24\00:49:45.28
when they are there
and they can't go anywhere.
00:49:45.31\00:49:47.35
Amen.
00:49:47.42\00:49:48.75
So, and if they are asleep,
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.62
if any of you who
take care of patients
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.46
who happen to be asleep,
00:49:53.49\00:49:54.82
you can work on
the others in the room.
00:49:54.86\00:49:56.39
But, nonetheless, so
this guy is there awake,
00:49:56.42\00:49:59.46
you know, he's numbed up,
he's got lidocaine in place,
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.46
so I could share with him
00:50:01.50\00:50:02.83
and I got to
know him a little bit,
00:50:02.86\00:50:04.23
ask him, you
know, about his life.
00:50:04.27\00:50:05.60
Turns out that this gentleman
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.60
was raised a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:50:07.64\00:50:09.84
Went to, you know,
one of our academies,
00:50:09.87\00:50:11.81
but he drifted
away from the church.
00:50:11.84\00:50:13.78
Still has, you know,
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.24
family members that
are Seventh-day Adventists.
00:50:15.28\00:50:18.21
And so I was able
to share with him,
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.78
I felt like God
impressed me to share with him,
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.82
some of the, kind of,
signs at the times, you know,
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.75
things that are going on
in the world that tell us
00:50:24.79\00:50:27.22
that we are right, you know,
00:50:27.26\00:50:29.39
down at the end of
this world's history.
00:50:29.42\00:50:31.63
Amen? Amen.
00:50:31.66\00:50:33.76
This guy could see it.
00:50:33.80\00:50:35.10
And I said, you know,
the things that you've heard,
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.73
you know, when
you are growing up,
00:50:36.80\00:50:38.20
kind of shared
some from Revelation 13,
00:50:38.23\00:50:40.27
you know, did you,
right where we are just for,
00:50:40.30\00:50:42.37
you know, Christ
second coming and so forth.
00:50:42.40\00:50:45.07
And he could see it
00:50:45.11\00:50:46.44
and you could see
that he was interested.
00:50:46.47\00:50:48.04
And the other thing is he saw
00:50:48.08\00:50:49.61
that these are all
Seventh-day Adventists
00:50:49.64\00:50:51.28
and he'd been away
from Seventh-day Adventist
00:50:51.31\00:50:53.01
for some time, and he saw
00:50:53.05\00:50:54.42
that that this
was the kind of church
00:50:54.45\00:50:56.25
that he wanted to be a part of.
00:50:56.28\00:50:57.85
And he said he
wanted to come back.
00:50:57.89\00:50:59.69
Amen.
00:50:59.72\00:51:01.12
You would never imagine
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.49
the amount of disenfranchised
Seventh-day Adventists
00:51:02.52\00:51:05.09
who are starting to
come back to the church
00:51:05.13\00:51:06.80
as a result of
Pathway to Health.
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.13
Not only here in Spokane,
but also in San Antonio,
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.63
we've heard results of that too.
00:51:10.67\00:51:12.37
Now there's a few
other stories you have,
00:51:12.40\00:51:14.10
so I don't want
to take your time.
00:51:14.14\00:51:15.47
What, what else happened?
00:51:15.50\00:51:16.84
So the second patient
I want to tell you about
00:51:16.87\00:51:18.21
was a young lady,
00:51:18.24\00:51:19.57
a young mother facing some
very challenging circumstances
00:51:19.61\00:51:22.61
as far as, you know,
00:51:22.64\00:51:24.01
child-rearing as a single parent
00:51:24.05\00:51:26.01
and just some real
challenges from, you know,
00:51:26.05\00:51:28.48
a pending divorce and so forth.
00:51:28.52\00:51:30.25
And she wanted three
separate skin lesions taken off.
00:51:30.29\00:51:35.16
She has a familial condition
00:51:35.19\00:51:36.73
of a very malignant
skin condition potentially.
00:51:36.79\00:51:39.36
So she wanted
these three taken off.
00:51:39.39\00:51:41.80
And that gave
me more time for...
00:51:41.83\00:51:44.93
Bible study. Bible study, Amen.
00:51:44.97\00:51:46.90
And so as we're
working on this young lady,
00:51:46.97\00:51:48.94
she is a very,
very, thinking person,
00:51:48.97\00:51:51.57
a very intelligent person.
00:51:51.61\00:51:52.94
She has a biochemistry degree,
00:51:52.97\00:51:54.48
going back to school
from mathematics degree
00:51:54.51\00:51:56.21
and so forth.
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.58
And she began to
share as we talked
00:51:57.61\00:52:00.82
about how she was
raised a protestant she said,
00:52:00.85\00:52:04.09
as a teenager she
became an atheist,
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.62
but being in a
community with so many atheists
00:52:06.65\00:52:10.26
actually drove her
back to Christianity.
00:52:10.33\00:52:12.46
And she became a Roman Catholic.
00:52:12.49\00:52:14.30
And then from there,
00:52:14.36\00:52:15.66
she became acquainted
with the Mormon community
00:52:15.70\00:52:18.27
and calls her, considers
herself to be a Mormon.
00:52:18.30\00:52:20.74
And so, you know, Protestant,
Atheist, Catholic, Mormon,
00:52:20.80\00:52:24.17
what is this lady doing?
00:52:24.21\00:52:25.77
Searching. Searching, Amen.
00:52:25.81\00:52:27.74
So I said, I didn't, you know,
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.78
challenge any of her
beliefs, I simply said, "Wow,
00:52:29.81\00:52:32.75
I can see that you are
searching for the truth."
00:52:32.78\00:52:35.62
And so I was able
to share with her,
00:52:35.65\00:52:36.99
that I said "There
is an absolute truth
00:52:37.05\00:52:38.65
and you're gonna find it."
00:52:38.69\00:52:40.02
And this allowed us
to talk about, you know,
00:52:40.06\00:52:41.82
the origin of evil,
the origin of the universe,
00:52:41.86\00:52:44.43
you know, Lucifer turned
Satan, the fall, and you know,
00:52:44.46\00:52:47.76
The Great Controversy theme,
what does God allow, you know,
00:52:47.76\00:52:50.50
bad things to happen
00:52:50.53\00:52:51.87
if he's a good and
caring God et cetera,
00:52:51.90\00:52:53.50
the kind of answers that
only the Three Angels message,
00:52:53.57\00:52:56.54
only God's
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:52:56.57\00:52:58.41
has the answers to
these questions, Amen.
00:52:58.44\00:53:00.78
Amen.
00:53:00.81\00:53:02.14
She saw that we had the answers,
00:53:02.18\00:53:03.51
she could see it,
she's, like I said,
00:53:03.55\00:53:05.08
intelligent person, she saw it.
00:53:05.11\00:53:07.15
She went home to read a book
00:53:07.22\00:53:08.88
called the
Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.89
so praise God.
00:53:10.92\00:53:12.25
Amen, you know, Dr. Lewis,
00:53:12.29\00:53:13.66
you saw a God do a
many amazing things.
00:53:13.69\00:53:15.79
And it's still unbelievable
that God can reach people
00:53:15.82\00:53:17.89
who've may be left his
church and bring them back
00:53:17.93\00:53:20.50
through the care of
your best Pathway to Health.
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.86
But not only
that, he can lead people
00:53:22.90\00:53:24.87
who are searching
back to his church.
00:53:24.90\00:53:27.60
And now we have one last person
00:53:27.64\00:53:29.04
who's gonna be speaking with us.
00:53:29.07\00:53:30.41
And, Pamela, you have a
very interesting perspective
00:53:30.47\00:53:32.71
of what happened at
your best Pathway to Health?
00:53:32.74\00:53:34.84
Can you tell us
about the conversation
00:53:34.88\00:53:36.91
that you had with
one of our volunteers?
00:53:36.95\00:53:38.45
Oh, definitely.
00:53:38.48\00:53:39.81
Tuesday evening, when we
were all done from volunteering,
00:53:39.85\00:53:42.18
I was just visiting
with one older women.
00:53:42.22\00:53:44.59
And she asked me if I
had a couple of minutes
00:53:44.62\00:53:46.59
to share something with me.
00:53:46.62\00:53:48.42
She told me that
three weeks prior,
00:53:48.46\00:53:50.83
she had woken up and
she was arguing with God,
00:53:50.89\00:53:53.56
"Why did you wake me up?
00:53:53.60\00:53:55.03
I'm dead weight. I'm
not good for anything.
00:53:55.06\00:53:57.70
I can barely walk.
00:53:57.73\00:53:59.07
My cataracts are
so bad I can't see.
00:53:59.10\00:54:00.77
I'm good for nothing."
00:54:00.84\00:54:02.40
But she had heard
about Pathways to Health
00:54:02.44\00:54:04.24
and she has a daughter
who is a dental hygienist.
00:54:04.31\00:54:06.71
And she wanted her
daughter to know about it.
00:54:06.78\00:54:09.31
So she shared it
with her daughter
00:54:09.34\00:54:10.75
and her daughter was excited
00:54:10.78\00:54:12.11
and said "Well,
I'm gonna sign up, mom.
00:54:12.15\00:54:13.75
I want you to sign
up." And she said, "No.
00:54:13.82\00:54:16.58
They won't want me,
I can't do anything,
00:54:16.62\00:54:18.49
I'm just dead weight."
00:54:18.52\00:54:19.85
So, she was completely
hopeless at this point?
00:54:19.89\00:54:21.22
She was
completely, entirely hopeless.
00:54:21.26\00:54:23.73
So her daughter
said, "Well, okay,
00:54:23.76\00:54:25.36
I'm gonna sign myself and you."
00:54:25.39\00:54:28.63
So then she looked at
me and she said, "You know,
00:54:28.66\00:54:31.03
I think God has
a sense of humor,
00:54:31.07\00:54:32.93
because guess what I've been
doing for the past two days,"
00:54:32.97\00:54:36.04
she says "I have
cataract so bad I can't see,
00:54:36.07\00:54:38.41
but I've been
working in vision."
00:54:38.44\00:54:40.24
Amen. Amen.
00:54:40.28\00:54:41.61
So God will use someone
who can't necessarily see,
00:54:41.64\00:54:43.71
to help others see.
00:54:43.75\00:54:45.08
So what happened,
00:54:45.11\00:54:46.45
that's not the end of the story?
00:54:46.48\00:54:47.82
Not at all, so then I looked
her in the eyes and I said,
00:54:47.85\00:54:49.18
"Now are you still gonna
tell me you're dead weight?"
00:54:49.22\00:54:51.62
And she said "No, I'm not."
00:54:51.65\00:54:53.66
I said "Well,
what are you gonna do?"
00:54:53.72\00:54:55.06
She says, "I'm gonna pray.
00:54:55.09\00:54:56.83
I'm gonna pray
for everyone who came.
00:54:56.89\00:54:58.93
But not only that,
00:54:58.96\00:55:00.36
I'm gonna pray for
those that couldn't come."
00:55:00.43\00:55:02.30
Amen.
00:55:02.33\00:55:03.67
You know, God is
doing amazing things.
00:55:03.70\00:55:05.03
What I love about
Your Best Pathway to Health
00:55:05.07\00:55:06.60
is it gives
opportunities for everyone
00:55:06.63\00:55:08.87
to volunteer in
Christ's service.
00:55:08.90\00:55:11.01
You may be not
be a medical doctor,
00:55:11.04\00:55:12.37
you may not be a physician,
but you can pray with people.
00:55:12.41\00:55:15.31
You might feel like
you're just dead weight,
00:55:15.34\00:55:16.68
you might be in a wheel chair,
00:55:16.75\00:55:18.08
you might be
handicapped in other ways,
00:55:18.11\00:55:19.51
but God can use
you in his service
00:55:19.55\00:55:22.28
to do mighty
things for his kingdom.
00:55:22.32\00:55:24.19
We just want to
thank you guys so much
00:55:24.22\00:55:25.55
for the way that
God worked through you
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.59
and in the lives of
many other individuals
00:55:27.66\00:55:29.89
at Your Best Pathway to Health.
00:55:29.92\00:55:35.66
Thank you so much,
00:55:35.70\00:55:37.03
wonderful
stories this afternoon,
00:55:37.07\00:55:38.40
as we're hearing
about what happened
00:55:38.43\00:55:39.77
at Your Best Pathway to Health.
00:55:39.80\00:55:41.57
I have with me, this
afternoon, Eric Louw.
00:55:41.60\00:55:44.27
Eric, you also were
serving at Pathway to Health,
00:55:44.31\00:55:46.78
tell us about a
life that was changed.
00:55:46.84\00:55:48.88
Yes, I was
serving at registration
00:55:48.91\00:55:50.91
and an older woman and
her mother came through
00:55:50.95\00:55:53.62
for their eyesight.
00:55:53.68\00:55:55.55
And so I was
filling up the form for her,
00:55:55.58\00:55:57.09
going through
the medical history,
00:55:57.15\00:55:58.62
and she had so
many different problems,
00:55:58.65\00:56:00.79
it was just
heartbreaking, quite honestly.
00:56:00.82\00:56:03.49
And so we went
through the medications just,
00:56:03.56\00:56:05.46
it must taken me
at least 10 minutes.
00:56:05.49\00:56:07.86
And finally, we
get to the section
00:56:07.86\00:56:09.50
where we offer
prayer, prayer needs.
00:56:09.53\00:56:12.07
And so she checked off the one
00:56:12.10\00:56:13.44
"Yes, I need
prayer for my family."
00:56:13.47\00:56:15.64
"Of course, I need, I
need prayer for my finances.
00:56:15.67\00:56:18.17
And, well, I need
prayer for my health,
00:56:18.21\00:56:20.01
because that's why I'm here."
00:56:20.08\00:56:21.58
And then she got to
the section just below that
00:56:21.61\00:56:24.31
"On friends"
00:56:24.35\00:56:25.81
and she paused
there for a moment
00:56:25.85\00:56:27.25
and she looked up at me
she was kind of quietly said,
00:56:27.32\00:56:30.69
"I don't have any
friends, I wish I had friends."
00:56:30.72\00:56:34.56
And as I sat there, I was
trying to hold back tearing up
00:56:34.59\00:56:38.33
just sitting there with
her, and I got to pray with her,
00:56:38.36\00:56:41.50
I got to send her on
into the rest of the sections.
00:56:41.53\00:56:45.33
But I just praise the
Lord for the opportunity
00:56:45.37\00:56:47.44
that Pathway to Health
provides to connect people
00:56:47.50\00:56:49.97
with a health information
sent to church afterwards.
00:56:50.01\00:56:53.54
And I pray that she'll be
able to connect with people
00:56:53.58\00:56:56.31
that can be her friends.
00:56:56.34\00:56:58.18
I think the answer
to this next question
00:56:58.21\00:56:59.85
is kind of obvious, but,
Eric, how has being a volunteer
00:56:59.88\00:57:03.52
at Your Best Pathway to
Health impacted you personally?
00:57:03.55\00:57:07.22
You know as, as I
passed in my community,
00:57:07.29\00:57:10.09
I see lot of needs but
I don't see those rapidly.
00:57:10.16\00:57:12.96
What really hit
me was going back,
00:57:12.99\00:57:15.76
looking for
people who need friends.
00:57:15.80\00:57:18.83
And this afternoon,
00:57:18.87\00:57:20.24
Taylor, you also served
in chaplaincy department,
00:57:20.27\00:57:23.07
tell us a story
about someone's life
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.47
who you saw that
was changed there?
00:57:24.51\00:57:26.71
Oh, we had a very
interesting story.
00:57:26.78\00:57:28.11
Anthony came through and
he was seen by the dentist,
00:57:28.14\00:57:30.45
and he had a
wonderful experience there.
00:57:30.48\00:57:32.11
After being seen by the dentist,
00:57:32.15\00:57:34.45
he went over to Mr. Sam.
00:57:34.48\00:57:36.52
Mr. Sam was the man
handing out the suits
00:57:36.55\00:57:38.45
and he gets fitted for the suit.
00:57:38.49\00:57:40.16
And he said something to
Sam that caught his attention,
00:57:40.19\00:57:41.99
he said, "You know, I
think God has sent me here."
00:57:42.02\00:57:44.49
Now, Sam turned a
little bit evangelistic on him
00:57:44.53\00:57:46.70
and said "I definitely
agree with you, brother,
00:57:46.73\00:57:48.53
I believe that the
Lord has sent you here."
00:57:48.56\00:57:51.73
Anthony looked at him
and said "You know, Sam,
00:57:51.77\00:57:53.70
the reason why I'm
here is 'cause I believe
00:57:53.74\00:57:55.07
God is trying to bring a
transformation in my life,
00:57:55.10\00:57:57.61
not only physically
but also spiritually."
00:57:57.64\00:58:00.71
Well, Sam took the opportunity
to bring it over to chaplaincy,
00:58:00.74\00:58:03.14
and when I when
met Sam or when I...
00:58:03.18\00:58:05.25
Sorry, when I met Anthony,
00:58:05.28\00:58:06.61
the first words
out of his mouth was
00:58:06.65\00:58:08.55
"I want to be
baptized, what do I need to do?"
00:58:08.58\00:58:10.82
Well, that always a good sign.
00:58:10.85\00:58:12.19
And so we
started talking to him,
00:58:12.22\00:58:14.29
and before I knew it,
00:58:14.32\00:58:15.76
he was talking with the chaplain
00:58:15.79\00:58:17.16
and was kind of ushered of.
00:58:17.19\00:58:18.89
And someone said, "Hey,
have you heard about that guy
00:58:18.93\00:58:20.63
who wants to be baptized?"
00:58:20.66\00:58:21.96
And I said, "Well, which one?"
00:58:22.00\00:58:23.33
Because we had
had multiple that day.
00:58:23.37\00:58:24.70
Well, they show me
this picture of a guy
00:58:24.73\00:58:26.07
with short hair, wearing a suit,
00:58:26.10\00:58:27.44
looks totally different,
00:58:27.47\00:58:28.80
nothing like
someone I had seen before,
00:58:28.84\00:58:30.21
but I found out
that it was Anthony.
00:58:30.24\00:58:32.34
Anthony had gone, he
had gotten a haircut.
00:58:32.37\00:58:34.18
He had come in with
hair past his shoulders
00:58:34.21\00:58:36.24
and scraggly jeans
and a torn up t-shirt.
00:58:36.28\00:58:38.71
But by the time he left,
he had short hair, a new suit,
00:58:38.75\00:58:42.65
was walking
around like a new man,
00:58:42.68\00:58:44.45
and he had a new side
on the inside as well.
00:58:44.49\00:58:47.06
You know, the Lord had blessed
00:58:47.09\00:58:48.42
to bring a transformation
in his life completely.
00:58:48.46\00:58:51.23
Amen.
00:58:51.26\00:58:52.59