We're glad you're here tonight,
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and on behalf of
the 20,000 members
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of the Arizona
Conference, welcome to Arizona.
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We thank ASI for being here
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and the wonderful,
wonderful things ASI does
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around the world.
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Praise the Lord. God bless ASI.
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Let us pray as we
begin tonight's program.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we are truly
thankful for Your blessings.
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Lord, tonight we pray
for Your Spirit to guide
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and direct each one who speaks,
each testimony that's given.
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Lord, may it truly
bring us closer to heaven.
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Lord, we pray that You
bless each person here tonight,
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that the Holy Spirit
would speak to their heart,
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and help them to
really experience
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the wonderful love of Jesus.
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Lord, most of all,
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we're preparing
for that great day
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when Jesus will come again.
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And we just pray
that every one of us here,
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our families included
will be ready for that day
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that we will be of those
that say, "This is our Lord,
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we have waited for
Him, and He will save us."
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Lord, bless this
gathering tonight we pray
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in the name of our
savior Jesus, amen.
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More about Jesus
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I would know
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More of His grace to others show
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More of His saving fullness see
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More of His love who died for me
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I want more, more about Jesus
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We need more, more about Jesus
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More of His saving fullness see
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More of His love who died for me
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More about Jesus
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I would learn
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More of His holy will discern
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Spirit of God, my teacher be
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Showing the
things of Christ to me
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More, more about Jesus
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More, more about Jesus
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More of His saving fullness see
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More of His love
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Who died for me
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More about Jesus on His throne
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Riches in glory all His own
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More of His
kingdom sure increase
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More of His
coming, Prince of Peace
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I want more, more about Jesus
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Tell me more, more about Jesus
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More of His saving fullness see
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More of His love
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Who died for me
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I want more, more about Jesus
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We need more, more about Jesus
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More of His saving fullness see
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More of His love
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Oh, more of His love
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Oh, more of His love
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Who died for me
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Oh, He died for me
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Amen.
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This evening,
we're going to continue
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with an exciting
interview with Adventist Review
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and they're coming out here.
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We have Bill Knot
and Jared Thurmon.
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I thank you so
much for joining us,
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but I understand that
you've been playing hooky
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that you just showed up.
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You weren't even here yesterday.
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So, tell us, Jared, why
weren't you here yesterday?
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We had the pleasure of
sponsoring a two day conference
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at the Camelback
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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called Fruition Lab.
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And it was an Adventist
entrepreneurial gathering,
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individuals who have
a passion for ministry
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that may not be in a
local church as a pastor,
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but they have a
calling to the business world,
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sharing their
faith in the marketplace
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on a day to day basis.
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So it was a number of
executives and entrepreneurs
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coming together to
teach practical skills
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on how people can
refine their craft,
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get started in one,
start their own nonprofit.
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And it was a huge
success, great turnout,
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and it was a big blessing.
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Wonderful.
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Well, Bill, why
don't you tell us
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why Adventist
Review would be interested
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in sponsoring this sort of event
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or helping to
sponsor it at least?
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Well, it's
exactly the kind of thing
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that ASI has stood for 60 years
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but it's bringing a new market
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of young Adventist entrepreneurs
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into the circle of ministry.
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There are several ways
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in which the Lord works with us.
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Sometimes He says, "You
go, fit this job description."
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But more typically
the Holy Spirit says,
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"Church, frame a
ministry around the gifts
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that I have given individuals."
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And that's what
we're trying to do,
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discovering the gifts that God
has given to talented people,
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business people, and
find a way to empower them
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to bring their
witness into the marketplace.
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I'll tell you,
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watching a 120 people
packing out an auditorium,
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standing against the walls,
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enthusiastic about
sharing their faith
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in relevant high
quality business principles,
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that's encouraging
to old man like me.
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Yes, that sounds wonderful.
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Well, we really
appreciate the relationship
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that Adventist Review and ASI
have had for quite some time.
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In fact, it's
almost been a decade
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that we have
been working together
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in a close way.
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Why is this
relationship important to you?
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There is nothing
more faith building
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than being around people
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who are doing frontline witness.
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I get to meet people in
all kinds of environments
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including many individuals
who are several steps removed
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from frontline witness,
still doing important work,
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but I love the
opportunity to talk with people
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who have fresh stories
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of how the gospel changed today,
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and yesterday, and
will change tomorrow.
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That's what we get
when we come to ASI.
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We spend most of our time here
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talking with
you in the hallways,
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listening to your
stories, taking notes,
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following up so
that our operation
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both on the web, and in
print, and soon coming app,
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on short video we
get to tell the stories
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of God's faithfulness
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worked out in the
lives of ASI members.
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Amen.
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Well, I see this evening
that on all of our chairs,
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we have this beautiful new
copy of the Adventist Review.
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It's titled the Least of These.
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And, Jared, could you
share with us a little bit,
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what's inside?
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Absolutely, we live in a world
where issues are pressing at us
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from all directions.
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And just before
the return of Christ,
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we are told immensely
in the Spirit of Prophecy
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that we would get back to a work
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that was deeply to
the least of these.
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And Matthew 25 tells us
that when we help those in need,
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we are helping Christ.
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So this issue is
packed with some edgy topics,
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real issues that are
taking place in this world
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that we are excited
to be speaking about.
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In it, you'll find also
some ASI featured ministries,
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Don Otis and
Heritage Health Food
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who recently acquired Cedar Lake
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and Worthington Foods
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which has made
us all happy, right?
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So anyway, we're excited,
we hope you'll check it out.
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We hope you'll subscribe
to the Adventist Review.
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Wonderful.
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Well, when we think
about Adventist Review,
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primarily we
think of the magazine,
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the Adventist Review, right,
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because that's what
we're familiar with.
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But when I say Adventist Review,
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what are you thinking of?
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These days, the print journal
is one of the least things
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I'm thinking
about because, actually,
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God has brought eyes
and ears to this operation
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that never look
at the print journal.
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We now have nearly half
a million unique viewers
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every month who come for
the best in Adventist news,
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short video,
opportunities to read stories,
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and commentary at length.
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We're soon
rolling out our own AR TV,
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a streaming channel
that will be shown up
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in mid September,
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and Adventist Review app
will also be out in September.
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Every possible way we can
to help persons find faith,
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find a community.
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One of the things
that has come back to us
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in the analytics
in this last year
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that has startled all of us,
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of those half
million unique viewers,
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the analytics tell us
that 62 percent of them
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are millennials.
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That's more than
300,000 young Adventists
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or persons on
the edge of Adventism
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who are engaging
with the Adventist Review.
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They're your children,
they're your grandchildren.
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They're people you care about
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who are finding
faith through this bridge.
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We want to
encourage you to pray for us,
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send us your comments.
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Tell us how we
can do a better job
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at serving that church.
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Amen.
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Well, on behalf of ASI,
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I want to thank
you, Bill and Jared,
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for the beautiful partnership
that we can enjoy together.
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Thank you.
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Jesus made an incredible promise
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in Matthew 24:14,
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that He will get the gospel
to every nation in the world.
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And then, He will come back.
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But it seems so impossible.
And yet, He has His ways.
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And one of those
is to bring the world
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from around the
world to us next door.
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Consider with me, Bhutan.
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Bhutan is one of those countries
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that is hardly known.
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It is so tiny nestled there
among the Himalayan Mountains
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dwarfed by Nepal, by Bangladesh,
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by China, by India.
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But in that country of
less than a million people
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are 73 distinct people groups.
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Can you imagine?
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So many in that place
with a different culture,
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different language or dialects.
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They are part of
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what the Joshua
project describes
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as the unreached people
that are yet to be reached
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before Christ comes,
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those among 4051
groups yet to be reached.
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So how can it happen?
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When we worked with the
Center for East Asian religions
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with Global Missions,
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we would often pray for Bhutan.
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We say, "Lord, please find a way
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to open this
very resistant country
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that has been closed to
the gospel for so long."
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But we were never able to visit
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and very little
happened there on the border.
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And one day, I
flew into Washington DC.
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I went to a Target to buy
some American food goodies
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to take back to my children.
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And I was
walking down the aisle,
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I saw a tall man,
shaved head, orange robe.
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And just by his look, I
thought maybe he's from Bhutan.
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I went up and met him
and sure enough he was.
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And that got me thinking
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and wondering how many had
come to America from Bhutan.
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Ten percent of the country,
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71,000 refugees
over the last ten years
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have come into our country,
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they're scattered all over Ohio,
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Pennsylvania, Texas.
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God is moving and He has a plan,
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I am thrilled.
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At the same
time, my heart breaks
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to know that among
this group are many
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who have
experienced so much sorrow
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that they are counted
as the largest suicide rate
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for any group of refugees.
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They need you and me
to become their friends
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and bring the
hope of Jesus Christ.
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So these 73
people groups unreached
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that are part of that
4051 are on God's heart.
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Think of this
paraphrase of John 3:16,
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"God so loved 4051
unreached people groups
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that He gave His
only begotten Son
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that whosoever of the 3,065,065,
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maybe 67, 68 now believes in Him
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should not perish but
have everlasting life."
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So join me to pray for
them and ask God to raise you up
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or somebody up to find out
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where they are
right here in America
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and share
Christ's love with them.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
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we cannot comprehend
what Jesus experienced
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on the cross as He bore the sins
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of the people from Bhutan
and every single people group.
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But we know that
Your love is great enough
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that You will come
through on Your promise
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to take the
gospel to every kindred,
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tribe and tongue.
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We want to be a part of
that and You have brought them
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and thrust them into our arms
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that they might
receive the good news
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and take it
back to their people.
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Forgive us for
our lack of faith.
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Forgive us for our lack of love,
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we need the
eyesalve, we need the raiment,
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the gold tried in the
fire that we might, with You,
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invite them to come
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and let you knock on
their door come inside
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and save them for eternity.
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Take us, Lord, and help us
to reach the world next door
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as soon as possible,
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Hello, everyone.
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We are continuing this evening
with one of our favorite parts
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of our ASI Convention.
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And that is our
members in action segment.
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And right now, I
have with me, Lew Keith.
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Perhaps, you could tell us
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just a little
bit about yourself.
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There may be someone
here who does not know you,
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and perhaps would like to
know a few things about you.
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Have you always
been a Christian?
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Well, not always.
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I was a...
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You could say
heavy drinker or drunk.
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I was criminal.
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I was as far from
God as man could be.
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I met my wife.
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She was a new age
spiritualist, she read my palm,
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did my astrology
chart, rode a motorcycle
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and this is how we met.
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And she got pregnant,
took her to Wildwood Hospital,
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met Seventh-day Adventist,
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and that's how I
came to know God.
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Okay.
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And so, in a nutshell,
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you've told us how
you became a Christian.
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Tell us now, where you are?
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Well, I hope to be
in God's hands tonight,
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but I went to
Wildwood, joined the staff,
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Pastor Atwood studied with me.
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He endured the Bible
study, baptizes my wife and me.
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And then I went to Wildwood.
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And there, I
developed an orientation toward
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using natural remedies for,
you know, health challenges.
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And in Wildwood, we
purchased land in our city,
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Tennessee, they sent us there.
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And my wife and I,
we had the thinking,
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the mindset that we
would just take guest
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and use the natural
remedies to help them.
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And as it turned
out our first guest,
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nobody knew we were
there, we had no money,
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we had an old farmhouse,
nobody knew we were there.
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We had no
furniture, we just prayed.
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And, you know, I've noticed that
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when you pray
from an earnest heart,
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God always hears and He answers,
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but not always in
the way you think.
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So we prayed,
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the Lord sent
us our first guest,
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he was a crack
addict from New York City.
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Second guest came out
of jail in Silverdale jail,
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and he was a dope
dealer from Chattanooga.
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And then the third
guest, and the fourth guest,
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and the fifth guest
and they were all problems
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with addictions, alcohol,
depression, mental disorders,
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and everything else.
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And so we used natural methods.
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You know what I found out,
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they were just fine
whatever the problem,
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one size fits what?
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Fits all, right.
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So we used that
and it really worked.
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And by the way,
that's a growing problem,
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the war on drugs
back in the '60s,
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just say, no, it didn't work.
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That's a growing problem
outside and inside the church.
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So as the ministry developed
that was what we started doing.
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And of course, on
ministering to the same kind of
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to the people, I
was somebody like that.
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So it's very easy to sympathize
and have some compassion.
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And by the way, in the
Bible, you see, you know,
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Mary has seven
devils, the woman at the well,
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John 4, had five
husbands working on number six.
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And Mark 5, the
demoniac had a legion of devils
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between his ears.
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Those people, when
they get turned around,
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make the very best missionaries.
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Can anybody say amen? Amen.
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So I'm just going to give
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just a short
couple of stories about
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what God has done
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and this is
recent like yesterday...
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Before you do
that... I'm sorry, Calvin.
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We have one mic.
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And I wound him up
and now he's going.
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Lew? Yes, sir.
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Tell us the name
of your organization,
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you have told us about it.
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But tell us where you're
at and the name you said,
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I haven't said it before.
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Yeah, we're in a
western part of Tennessee,
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Butler Creek
Health Education Center.
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So we have a health
center, small health center.
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We have an educational program,
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one year health
evangelism training school
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in organic farm.
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We grow the food,
food to feed our guests,
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and to feed our patients.
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But, you know, this morning,
I got a phone call this morning
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from a good friend named Travis.
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He came to our program
five weeks ago, crystal meth.
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Everybody had told him,
"You're a five time loser."
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I say, "With Christ,
you're a one time winner.
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You're a new creature.
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God can make a difference,
God can change things."
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In our program, you know,
of these new start things,
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the most
important is number last
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which is what?
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Trusting God.
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You know it, Romans
8:24 "We're saved by" what?
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"Hope."
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And to give people hope,
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they come hopeless and
helpless and to give them hope.
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This is the best
medicine we can give them.
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Would you agree?
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Proverbs 17:22,
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"A merry heart
doeth good like" What?
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"Medicine."
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And hope brings a merry heart.
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So I got a call this morning,
he came through a program,
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God change that man's heart,
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and he went back to Chattanooga.
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Got a call from him
this morning, had a baby.
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He didn't have it,
his friend had the baby,
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eight pounds three
ounces, the baby's healthy.
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This friend of
mine is now healthy,
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his heart is healthy I expect,
be going to first a marriage
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and then a baptism very soon.
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Now day before yesterday,
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we had a lady
Jerry leave our program.
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I had their
permission to use their names
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and tell their story.
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She came with
debilitating depression,
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completely pessimistic,
completely negative,
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saying she had no
hope and she had no help.
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And I knew she
came to the right place,
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not because of what we
do but what God can do.
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And God took that woman
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and changed her life completely.
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She walked out of here
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yesterday of our
program filled with hope,
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filled with a positive attitude,
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rejoicing in the Lord when?
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Always, and again
I say what? Rejoice.
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And she found
something to rejoice about,
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she found her savior.
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In spite of the
weak human agents,
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she found the savior.
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When I met my wife,
she is also a Buddhist.
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We had a lady called
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and she said,
"You have a morning
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and evening
devotion on your program."
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She said, "I'm a Buddhist
and I don't wanna come."
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I said, "Well, that's fine."
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We offer it but it's optional.
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So she came and as we did
the first morning devotional,
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she's standing out in the foyer
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but I can tell, she's listening.
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You know, the message
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we have reaches past the outside
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because Buddhist,
Hindu, atheist, Jainist,
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whatever you
are, you have a body,
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and you have health issues.
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So when we say
things like Proverbs 26:2,
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the curse doesn't
come without a cause,
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that woman's ears perked up.
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You can't prevent breast cancer
unless you know the cause.
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So we began to
reason from cause and effect
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and she was
drawn into the worship.
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She came to all
our worship services
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and when she left,
that woman was baptized
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way from the Buddhist
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into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And just over,
and over, and over,
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we've run our facility.
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From time to time,
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we've run our facility
from people that came in
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and got an experience with God.
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Now I think there's
a stigma attached to,
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you know, people that
drink, smoke, and take drugs,
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not in the eyes of God.
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You agree, not
in the eyes of God.
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When God sees a person
with those kind of issues,
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He said, "That is a
missionary in the making."
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And when I turn
that soul around,
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He will do those things for Me
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because He which
is forgiven much,
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he does what?
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Come on, does
what? Love as much.
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And then one more,
I got my 40 seconds.
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We had a lady that came
to our program a year ago,
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heavy drinking problem.
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She came, had a
beautiful experience,
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went back home,
started drinking,
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came back, beautiful experience,
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.07
went back home
and started drinking,
00:21:52.11\00:21:53.44
came back for two programs,
had a beautiful experience,
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went back home
and started drinking.
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Came back to our program,
had a beautiful experience,
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.38
and people began to
say, 'It's never gonna work."
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They do not know who Christ is
00:22:03.02\00:22:05.55
because if God is for
you, Romans 8:31, what?
00:22:05.59\00:22:08.89
Who can be against you?
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That woman went home
and kept the experience.
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She was married
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and then baptized as
a Seventh-day Adventist
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.87
and are close
friends of our ministry.
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I say, praise the Lord. Amen.
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Thank you, Lew,
before you leave...
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Times up, yes.
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Tell us if someone wants to help
00:22:29.94\00:22:31.91
or someone wants to contact you,
00:22:31.95\00:22:33.31
how can they do that?
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I say number one, pray for us.
00:22:34.92\00:22:36.69
Number two, come by
our booth and talk to us.
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God has a plan and
a place for everybody
00:22:39.49\00:22:42.06
including someone like me.
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Yes.
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Thank you so much, Lew.
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Two forty something.
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It's amazing that God
can use all of us, no matter,
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.51
and he has quite
a unique ministry.
00:22:57.54\00:22:59.34
Well, joining me now is the man
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that actually
needs no introduction.
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.41
You've just introduced yourself.
00:23:02.44\00:23:03.78
But for those who
perhaps, maybe one or two,
00:23:03.81\00:23:07.55
who came in late,
maybe you can say who you are
00:23:07.58\00:23:09.75
and where you're from.
00:23:09.78\00:23:11.72
Okay. My name is Steve Grabiner.
00:23:11.75\00:23:13.32
I'm president of OCI,
Outpost Centers International,
00:23:13.36\00:23:17.06
currently coming from Tennessee.
00:23:17.09\00:23:18.79
Tell us just a
little bit about OCI
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.90
and what you
are doing right now?
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.16
Sure, OCI is a family
of supporting ministries
00:23:23.20\00:23:26.53
about a 124 in 44
different countries
00:23:26.57\00:23:30.54
all around the world.
00:23:30.57\00:23:31.91
It's exciting to see
what lay people are doing
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.31
in a variety of situations
00:23:34.34\00:23:36.24
and in very
difficult circumstances,
00:23:36.28\00:23:39.18
but it's a privilege
to be working with them.
00:23:39.21\00:23:42.45
Now, Outpost Centers is involved
00:23:42.48\00:23:45.02
with something
that is brand-new,
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.49
well, always involved in
things that are brand-new.
00:23:47.52\00:23:50.73
But a specific project
that has caught my attention
00:23:50.76\00:23:54.86
and yours too, tell us about it?
00:23:54.90\00:23:57.17
Sure, about six
or seven years ago,
00:23:57.20\00:23:59.70
the field president from
the Israeli field contacted OCI
00:23:59.73\00:24:04.11
and some of its members,
asking if we could come help,
00:24:04.14\00:24:07.04
try to do something
in the country of Israel.
00:24:07.08\00:24:09.74
You know, in the early 1900s,
00:24:09.78\00:24:11.78
Ellen White had addressed
a General Conference session
00:24:11.81\00:24:15.05
encouraging the
church to do a specific work
00:24:15.08\00:24:17.75
for Jewish people
found all around the world.
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.82
In fact, in the early 1900s,
the church bought a building
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.43
outside the old
city of Jerusalem.
00:24:23.46\00:24:26.49
And so we went...
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.90
some people from
Herghelia in Romania,
00:24:28.93\00:24:30.93
and from ATR here in Tennessee,
00:24:30.97\00:24:34.00
and from Novi Obihody, a
lifestyle center in Ukraine
00:24:34.04\00:24:37.17
and combined together to
start doing some health work
00:24:37.21\00:24:40.21
in the country of Israel.
00:24:40.24\00:24:42.08
We have some pictures.
00:24:42.11\00:24:43.45
Perhaps...
00:24:43.48\00:24:44.81
are they
pictures of the facility?
00:24:44.85\00:24:46.58
They are.
00:24:46.61\00:24:47.95
Just let me give
a short background
00:24:47.98\00:24:49.95
before we get to
pictures, is that okay, Cal?
00:24:49.98\00:24:51.55
And so for the past six years,
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.36
we've been looking
for the right place
00:24:53.39\00:24:55.12
to start a
lifestyle center in Israel
00:24:55.16\00:24:57.79
to minister to
the secular Israeli.
00:24:57.83\00:25:00.10
And after six years of looking,
and looking, and looking,
00:25:00.13\00:25:04.13
we finally found
a beautiful place.
00:25:04.17\00:25:05.53
And maybe we can get a
couple of those pictures up.
00:25:05.57\00:25:07.37
It's in a little
town called Migdal.
00:25:07.40\00:25:10.77
It's really where
Mary Magdalene was from.
00:25:10.81\00:25:14.31
You can see behind that
hill little bit is Nazareth,
00:25:14.34\00:25:18.18
the area is, you
know, very kind of Rome.
00:25:18.21\00:25:21.18
The next slide, please.
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.82
This is the
picture of the house,
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.82
it's got five guest
rooms attached to it,
00:25:24.85\00:25:27.89
plus four
bedrooms in the main house.
00:25:27.92\00:25:30.53
Next one, thanks.
00:25:30.56\00:25:31.89
Here in the inside
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.26
where we'll be doing
some health lectures.
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.73
This is one of the suites
that guests will be staying.
00:25:35.76\00:25:41.30
Got nice place outside
for lectures and health talks.
00:25:41.34\00:25:44.94
And it's right
near the Sea of Galilee.
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.51
And on a very clear day,
00:25:46.54\00:25:47.88
you can see Mount
Hermon in the distance.
00:25:47.91\00:25:49.61
Again it's a beautiful facility,
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.55
most of the land in Israel is
00:25:52.58\00:25:54.68
actually owned
by the government,
00:25:54.72\00:25:56.69
and somehow lease to
the different individuals.
00:25:56.72\00:25:59.15
Only about 6%
is privately owned,
00:25:59.19\00:26:02.19
this land is privately owned.
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.69
Every other
property we looked at
00:26:04.73\00:26:06.06
had some kind of
legal issues to it,
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.66
or maybe a building
wasn't built properly,
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.63
or it was built on
the neighbor's property
00:26:10.67\00:26:12.83
or something like that,
00:26:12.87\00:26:14.57
but this property is
really perfectly situated
00:26:14.60\00:26:18.27
for the work that we want to do.
00:26:18.31\00:26:20.84
There must be some miracles
00:26:20.88\00:26:22.48
that have been
associated with you
00:26:22.51\00:26:24.61
acquiring this
property, finding this property.
00:26:24.65\00:26:27.65
I'm sure that you'd
probably like to tell us,
00:26:27.68\00:26:29.92
I don't know how much time
we could go into all of that,
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.59
but is there maybe
something that you could tell us
00:26:32.62\00:26:34.62
as far as how you were able
to get this type of property?
00:26:34.66\00:26:38.26
It's been the
result of a lot of prayer
00:26:38.29\00:26:40.60
and a lot of work.
00:26:40.63\00:26:41.96
Again, situation there
in Israel is very unique
00:26:42.00\00:26:45.20
in terms of property,
00:26:45.23\00:26:47.47
little home that
I own in Tennessee
00:26:47.50\00:26:50.54
would probably worth much more
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.21
than a million
dollars in Israel.
00:26:52.24\00:26:53.64
Land is very expensive,
00:26:53.68\00:26:55.14
very hard to
come across anything.
00:26:55.18\00:26:57.25
So for years, like as I
said, a little team there
00:26:57.28\00:27:00.25
that have been working
in leadership positions
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.65
in the local church have
been scouring the countryside
00:27:02.68\00:27:05.62
from north toward
the Lebanese border,
00:27:05.65\00:27:08.19
toward Nord,
closer toward Jerusalem.
00:27:08.22\00:27:11.63
And again, finally
the Lord directed us
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.40
through a series of providences
00:27:13.43\00:27:14.96
where, it was a
friend of a friend
00:27:15.00\00:27:16.73
who heard of the place
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.10
told one of our
church members there.
00:27:18.13\00:27:19.97
She went to see it
and instantly felt,
00:27:20.00\00:27:22.20
"This is the right place."
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.67
And what's really
exciting, when I went to visit
00:27:24.71\00:27:26.54
and Dr. Dan went to
visit, we all had that sense,
00:27:26.57\00:27:29.28
"Now this is
the right location."
00:27:29.31\00:27:31.85
The only problem was that
00:27:31.88\00:27:33.62
it cost about a
million and a half,
00:27:33.65\00:27:35.35
it was very expensive,
00:27:35.38\00:27:36.72
but the Lord has really blessed,
00:27:36.75\00:27:38.09
a number of people
have come together.
00:27:38.12\00:27:40.32
We've raised all the funds,
we've purchased the property
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.89
and we take possession
at the end of this month.
00:27:42.92\00:27:45.93
There are some unique challenges
00:27:45.96\00:27:49.03
in working in this
particular type of environment,
00:27:49.06\00:27:51.10
a very secular environment.
00:27:51.13\00:27:53.27
How do you think that
00:27:53.30\00:27:55.04
you will be able to reach people
00:27:55.07\00:27:57.77
that have the secular mindset?
00:27:57.81\00:28:00.71
That's a great question.
00:28:00.74\00:28:02.08
And really, there is
a two classes of people
00:28:02.11\00:28:05.01
we could say
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.38
among the Israelis particularly.
00:28:06.41\00:28:08.25
There are the Orthodox Jews
00:28:08.28\00:28:10.05
who are very devout and
consecrated to their faith.
00:28:10.09\00:28:13.02
And then there is
the secular Israelis
00:28:13.05\00:28:14.42
as you mentioned,
00:28:14.46\00:28:15.79
which is the vast
majority of the population.
00:28:15.82\00:28:18.19
Our target is
the secular Israeli,
00:28:18.23\00:28:21.56
and target is the wrong word,
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.06
the people we want to
serve are the secular Israelis.
00:28:23.10\00:28:27.47
So that's gonna be our focus.
00:28:27.50\00:28:29.20
We're gonna
invite people to come,
00:28:29.24\00:28:31.01
it's gonna be
kind of like a bread
00:28:31.04\00:28:32.37
and breakfast to start.
00:28:32.41\00:28:33.74
We have permission
to have people come,
00:28:33.78\00:28:35.61
we can give them health talks,
we can feed them breakfast.
00:28:35.64\00:28:38.61
We can't feed them,
we cannot feed them lunch
00:28:38.65\00:28:41.22
unless we do a
cooking class together,
00:28:41.25\00:28:44.19
and then if we do a
cooking class together,
00:28:44.22\00:28:46.02
they can eat what they cooked
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.22
and then we can do
the same thing for supper.
00:28:48.26\00:28:50.23
And so we can have them
come, we can do massage,
00:28:50.26\00:28:53.56
health lectures,
and introduce them
00:28:53.60\00:28:55.50
to a healthy lifestyle that way.
00:28:55.53\00:28:57.73
But again, it will
be a very gentle drawing
00:28:57.77\00:29:02.17
and winning of
the people's hearts.
00:29:02.20\00:29:05.01
Seem to remember a
quotation in some book,
00:29:05.04\00:29:06.94
some place about
Christ method alone
00:29:06.98\00:29:09.38
will give us true success.
00:29:09.41\00:29:11.41
How Jesus mingled with
people, won their confidence,
00:29:11.45\00:29:14.98
and then bathe
them to follow Him.
00:29:15.02\00:29:17.19
And that's
really gonna be our aim,
00:29:17.22\00:29:19.35
is to simply make friends,
to serve the people there,
00:29:19.39\00:29:22.56
to show that we're real people.
00:29:22.59\00:29:24.89
And hopefully,
00:29:24.93\00:29:26.26
gently introduce
them to their Messiah.
00:29:26.29\00:29:29.06
So we're looking at a
very unique sermon in Jews
00:29:29.10\00:29:32.33
that will be
reaching the people of Israel.
00:29:32.37\00:29:35.27
Something that we
should've done all along,
00:29:35.30\00:29:37.34
and certainly something
that the Lord has blessed you
00:29:37.37\00:29:41.01
with being able to
acquire this property.
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.11
Now if someone wants
to know more about this
00:29:43.14\00:29:45.21
or wants to help in some way,
00:29:45.25\00:29:47.38
how will they get
in touch with you?
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
Well, you could...
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.12
for here you could
come by the OCI booth,
00:29:50.15\00:29:51.65
Outpost Centers
booth, booth number 616.
00:29:51.69\00:29:54.56
And when you hear
about a health tour to Israel
00:29:54.59\00:29:58.89
where you could come see Israel
00:29:58.93\00:30:00.90
and as well come
on a health vacation,
00:30:00.93\00:30:03.06
remember, that's us.
00:30:03.10\00:30:04.43
By the way, the name
of the place is gonna be
00:30:04.47\00:30:06.53
called Migdalia.
00:30:06.57\00:30:08.34
Migdal means fortress or
tower, lia of course, Yahweh,
00:30:08.37\00:30:12.94
Yahweh is my tower, my strength.
00:30:12.97\00:30:16.24
Migdalia, pray for us,
pray for the work in Israel.
00:30:16.28\00:30:19.55
Thank you, Cal.
Thank you, Steven.
00:30:19.58\00:30:21.22
Wasn't that powerful?
00:30:25.49\00:30:27.29
God is truly
moving around the world
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.99
to prepare for His soon return.
00:30:30.03\00:30:31.89
Well, I have a
question for you tonight.
00:30:31.93\00:30:34.30
How many of you have
heard of a ministry called
00:30:34.33\00:30:36.20
Your Best Pathway to Health?
00:30:36.23\00:30:38.23
Anybody? Okay. You
can put your hands down.
00:30:38.27\00:30:40.44
Now second question,
00:30:40.47\00:30:41.80
how many of you have volunteered
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.87
at Your Best Pathway to Health?
00:30:43.91\00:30:46.21
Quite a few hands,
amen. Excellent, excellent.
00:30:46.24\00:30:48.34
If you haven't heard of it,
00:30:48.38\00:30:50.05
Pathway to Health
is a mobile mega clinic
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.81
that provides medical,
dental, surgical, and eye care
00:30:52.85\00:30:55.58
to the uninsured and
underinsured populations.
00:30:55.62\00:30:58.99
And, so far, Pathway has served
six cities in North America
00:30:59.02\00:31:03.12
in the last two years providing,
00:31:03.16\00:31:05.06
get this, $86
million in free health care.
00:31:05.09\00:31:08.60
Amen.
00:31:08.63\00:31:09.96
Servicing over 23,000 patients.
00:31:10.00\00:31:12.73
And on top of that
to get all that done,
00:31:12.77\00:31:14.84
we've had over 9,000 volunteers
that have made this possible.
00:31:14.87\00:31:18.84
And just recently,
just about a few weeks ago,
00:31:18.87\00:31:21.01
we were in
Beckley, West Virginia
00:31:21.04\00:31:22.71
in the mountains
of West Virginia,
00:31:22.74\00:31:24.38
and we had over 700
volunteers at that event.
00:31:24.41\00:31:27.18
Dee Hilderbrand was
one of our volunteers.
00:31:27.22\00:31:29.62
Dee, first question for you,
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.72
this was not the only
pathway that you've been at.
00:31:31.75\00:31:34.46
Tell us how many
pathways you've volunteered for?
00:31:34.49\00:31:36.52
This is my third one, I
started in Spokane, did LA,
00:31:36.56\00:31:39.43
and then I did West Virginia.
00:31:39.46\00:31:42.03
Once you start, you can't stop.
00:31:42.06\00:31:43.53
You can't stop, like
the Pringles, right? Okay.
00:31:43.57\00:31:45.77
So, Dee,
question for you, how...
00:31:45.80\00:31:48.20
First, what is
your normal day job?
00:31:48.24\00:31:49.80
You're not a
medical person, are you?
00:31:49.84\00:31:51.47
Oh, no. I'm not medical.
00:31:51.51\00:31:52.97
Actually, I worked for
3ABN for the last 20 years
00:31:53.01\00:31:56.28
behind the camera, not out here.
00:31:56.31\00:31:59.08
So, we're glad to put you
in front of the camera tonight.
00:31:59.11\00:32:01.42
Praise the Lord for
the ministry of 3ABN,
00:32:01.45\00:32:02.92
we're so thankful for them.
00:32:02.95\00:32:04.29
Amen.
00:32:04.32\00:32:05.65
And now, you're
invited to a Pathway event,
00:32:05.69\00:32:07.72
or how did that happen?
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.09
Well, I heard about
it, of course, through 3ABN
00:32:09.12\00:32:10.96
and then when I
heard all the stories,
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.49
I got very excited.
00:32:12.53\00:32:13.86
And I said, "Please,
can I go to Spokane early
00:32:13.90\00:32:16.23
and volunteer?" Amen.
00:32:16.26\00:32:17.73
And it was wonderful
because it's life changing.
00:32:17.77\00:32:19.67
Amen.
00:32:19.70\00:32:21.04
Now most recently, you
served in Los Angeles and in...
00:32:21.07\00:32:24.14
West Virginia.
Yes. West Virginia?
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.81
In the patient
assistance department.
00:32:26.84\00:32:28.91
Tell us how did it
impact you serving?
00:32:28.94\00:32:32.01
It's wonderful,
because you find out
00:32:32.05\00:32:34.02
that you can
change lives in a physical
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.32
and spiritual way.
00:32:36.35\00:32:37.69
And I'm not a medical
person, so I never knew that
00:32:37.72\00:32:39.49
that would be a
joy I'd get to enjoy
00:32:39.52\00:32:41.19
and it's wonderful.
00:32:41.22\00:32:42.92
The people that you meet,
00:32:42.96\00:32:44.29
the lives that you see
change and changing your life,
00:32:44.33\00:32:47.46
and the people, the patients,
and the people you get to meet
00:32:47.50\00:32:50.20
and work with
the other volunteers.
00:32:50.23\00:32:51.67
Amen.
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.03
Now, Dee, one
more question for you
00:32:53.07\00:32:54.40
before we move to Melody.
00:32:54.44\00:32:56.47
When you go on vacation,
00:32:56.50\00:32:57.84
you probably
like to go to Hawaii
00:32:57.87\00:32:59.21
or stay at the beach, right?
00:32:59.24\00:33:00.68
Is that what you do
with your vacation time?
00:33:00.71\00:33:02.04
No. I save my vacations
and use them for Pathways.
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.51
What do you say?
00:33:05.55\00:33:06.88
Amen. Amen.
00:33:06.92\00:33:08.25
Dee uses her
vacation time to serve others,
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.78
that's the true ASI spirit.
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.29
Praise the Lord, Dee.
00:33:11.32\00:33:12.65
Thank you for being a volunteer.
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.09
Well, Melody, not only Dee
00:33:14.12\00:33:16.22
but we have a lot of
other volunteers in Beckley.
00:33:16.26\00:33:18.49
Tell us a little
about the variety of people
00:33:18.53\00:33:21.40
that came together?
00:33:21.43\00:33:22.76
That's amazing, Kyle,
we actually had people
00:33:22.80\00:33:24.53
that came all the way
from Bermuda, from Brazil,
00:33:24.57\00:33:28.64
we had somebody
that drove from Mexico,
00:33:28.67\00:33:31.04
even from Hungary just
from all over the place.
00:33:31.07\00:33:34.94
All over the world?
Yes, all over the world.
00:33:34.98\00:33:36.91
And we even had
people in the community
00:33:36.95\00:33:38.91
that asked to volunteer.
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.28
We had a phlebotomy student
00:33:40.32\00:33:41.65
that came from
the local college.
00:33:41.68\00:33:43.52
And she was only planning
to be there for four hours,
00:33:43.55\00:33:46.15
and it was just so powerful,
00:33:46.19\00:33:47.62
she had to stay the entire time.
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.59
She was asking the team
there, "Who are you people?
00:33:49.62\00:33:53.80
Who are Seventh-day Adventists?"
00:33:53.83\00:33:55.53
She even came to
the evening meetings.
00:33:55.56\00:33:57.00
Okay. Well, that is powerful.
Now, Melody, just a question.
00:33:57.03\00:34:00.10
There's probably an
age limit, right, like,
00:34:00.14\00:34:02.30
if you're over a certain age,
00:34:02.34\00:34:03.77
I don't think you
can volunteer like,
00:34:03.81\00:34:05.24
maybe if you're over
80 or 85, is that the cap?
00:34:05.27\00:34:08.88
There's no age
limit. You know what?
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.35
This last Pathway,
we had a lady volunteer
00:34:10.38\00:34:12.71
that was 99 years old.
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.15
Ninety-nine years
old? What do you say?
00:34:14.18\00:34:16.89
How many of you are
99? No hands went up.
00:34:16.92\00:34:19.55
Maybe a few of you,
okay. Well, you know what?
00:34:19.59\00:34:21.42
If you're 99, actually
if you're 100, over 100,
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.43
you can volunteer for Pathway.
00:34:23.46\00:34:24.79
If you can smile and
you have a heartbeat,
00:34:24.83\00:34:27.30
you can volunteer.
00:34:27.33\00:34:28.66
Amen. Amen. Well,
it's truly a blessing.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.40
Now, Melody, how does
this impact you personally
00:34:31.43\00:34:33.84
to volunteer?
00:34:33.87\00:34:35.20
It was just powerful, you know,
00:34:35.24\00:34:36.57
I've been part of a
lot of mission trips,
00:34:36.60\00:34:37.94
a lot of
activities over the years.
00:34:37.97\00:34:39.31
And I would say
that Pathway to Health is
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.21
one of the most impactful events
00:34:41.24\00:34:43.08
that you could ever
be part of, amazing.
00:34:43.11\00:34:44.45
Amen. Amen.
Amen. That's awesome.
00:34:44.48\00:34:46.11
But, you know, Kyle, it doesn't
just affect the volunteers.
00:34:46.15\00:34:48.92
It affects the communities
where the event is being held.
00:34:48.95\00:34:52.52
Every city we've gone to,
00:34:52.55\00:34:54.02
the mayor's
office is being involved.
00:34:54.06\00:34:55.89
Tell me a little bit
of the Mayor of Beckley?
00:34:55.92\00:34:57.53
That's right.
00:34:57.56\00:34:58.89
So the Mayor of Beckley
00:34:58.93\00:35:00.26
actually came to
visit Pathway on Thursday.
00:35:00.30\00:35:02.76
You did that tour, Dr.
Lela. Yes, that was exciting.
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.90
And he walked around
and he saw everything
00:35:04.93\00:35:06.60
that was happening
and, you know, I remember
00:35:06.63\00:35:08.37
because I was
following you guys around.
00:35:08.40\00:35:09.84
And even then, his
eyes were a little misty,
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.97
he was a little misty eyed.
00:35:12.01\00:35:13.34
He seems to be very impressed.
00:35:13.38\00:35:14.71
As he saw the ministry
00:35:14.74\00:35:16.08
that was taking place
to the people of his city.
00:35:16.11\00:35:18.41
And he was so impressed
00:35:18.45\00:35:19.95
and just kept thanking
us for what was happening.
00:35:19.98\00:35:21.68
Then we actually invited him...
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.99
To come to the
gratitude session.
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.49
To come to a gratitude session
00:35:25.52\00:35:26.99
just because we wanted
to say thank you to the city
00:35:27.02\00:35:29.26
for allowing us to come.
00:35:29.29\00:35:30.63
So we said, "Mr. Mayor,
00:35:30.66\00:35:31.99
please come at 3
o'clock on Saturday.
00:35:32.03\00:35:33.36
And he said he'd come.
00:35:33.40\00:35:34.73
And we thought
he was gonna come.
00:35:34.76\00:35:36.10
So he said he was gonna come.
00:35:36.13\00:35:37.47
But we were there 3 o'clock
on Sabbath and what happened?
00:35:37.50\00:35:41.04
No mayor. What do
you think happened?
00:35:41.07\00:35:43.51
The mayor didn't show up.
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.07
And we were so sad
because we wanted him to come
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.71
but we thought, "Well,
you know, he's a busy guy."
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.64
You know, he's the
mayor of 20,000 plus people
00:35:49.68\00:35:52.95
so it was okay.
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.32
Well, the next day on Sunday,
00:35:54.35\00:35:56.22
we're packing up
00:35:56.25\00:35:57.59
and pretty much
everybody is gone.
00:35:57.62\00:35:58.95
The parking lot is empty.
00:35:58.99\00:36:00.32
Empty. Empty.
00:36:00.36\00:36:01.69
And all the
equipments in the trucks.
00:36:01.72\00:36:03.12
And I was
running late like usual
00:36:03.16\00:36:04.93
and anyway the
Lord had a reason for me
00:36:04.96\00:36:08.60
being late that day.
00:36:08.63\00:36:09.96
And I was pulling
out of the parking lot
00:36:10.00\00:36:12.27
and guess who drives in?
00:36:12.30\00:36:14.77
The mayor. The mayor.
00:36:14.80\00:36:16.47
It was 3 o'clock on
Sunday and the mayor pulls in.
00:36:16.50\00:36:19.74
And I saw him get out of his car
00:36:19.77\00:36:21.11
and he's got his suit on,
he's got a speech right there
00:36:21.14\00:36:23.21
and he's walking up.
00:36:23.24\00:36:24.58
And we're like, "Oh,
shoot. We need to go talk.
00:36:24.61\00:36:25.95
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor."
And he's like, "Oh, man.
00:36:25.98\00:36:28.72
I'm so sorry." He
was so apologetic.
00:36:28.75\00:36:31.32
He's like, "The parking
lots are empty, did I miss it?"
00:36:31.35\00:36:34.72
And we're like,
"Yeah, you missed it.
00:36:34.76\00:36:36.42
It was yesterday."
00:36:36.46\00:36:37.79
And he was so
sorry, he was so sorry.
00:36:37.83\00:36:40.70
But then, we went
in and we met with him
00:36:40.73\00:36:44.43
and we talked with him.
00:36:44.47\00:36:45.80
And he was just so thankful
that we had come to his city
00:36:45.83\00:36:48.74
and blessed the
people of his town.
00:36:48.77\00:36:51.51
And, you know what he said?
00:36:51.54\00:36:52.87
He said, "I've been..."
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.28
He's only been the mayor
for two weeks at that point.
00:36:54.31\00:36:57.21
He's a new mayor
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.58
but he has lived in
that city his whole life.
00:36:58.61\00:36:59.98
And he said, "I was here
when this building was built
00:37:00.02\00:37:02.52
and, you know, I've been
to countless basketball games,
00:37:02.55\00:37:05.39
and conferences, and
other events at this place.
00:37:05.42\00:37:08.42
But never in my life,
00:37:08.46\00:37:10.79
not in this entire 30 years
00:37:10.83\00:37:12.36
has every square
inch of this building
00:37:12.39\00:37:14.73
been put to better use
than it was this week."
00:37:14.76\00:37:16.10
Amen.
00:37:16.13\00:37:17.47
"And I want to thank you
for ministering to our city."
00:37:17.50\00:37:19.83
And, you know, we prayed for him
00:37:19.87\00:37:21.44
and when we said
amen, I looked up
00:37:21.47\00:37:23.71
and his tears were
streaming down his face.
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.51
And he was so
thankful for the ministry
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.74
that had taken place.
00:37:27.78\00:37:29.11
And, you know what?
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.48
He even said that he's coming
to our evangelistic meetings
00:37:30.51\00:37:32.08
starting this month.
00:37:32.11\00:37:33.45
That awesome,
Kyle. That's so awesome.
00:37:33.48\00:37:35.22
So, it impacts
not only the community
00:37:35.25\00:37:37.49
but it also impacts patience.
00:37:37.52\00:37:39.82
And Beckley was very special
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.59
because, you know,
people get their teeth fixed,
00:37:41.62\00:37:44.23
and their eye
glasses, and even haircuts
00:37:44.26\00:37:46.03
but in Beckley,
00:37:46.06\00:37:47.76
something very
special happened, Dr. Lela.
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.53
Tell us about that?
00:37:49.56\00:37:50.90
To me, every
event was very special
00:37:50.93\00:37:53.07
but Beckley was
especially exciting.
00:37:53.10\00:37:55.50
And that was because
00:37:55.54\00:37:56.87
we change the focus
of the evening meetings.
00:37:56.91\00:37:58.97
We made it patient focus
so we invited the patients
00:37:59.01\00:38:01.81
to come join us and they came.
00:38:01.84\00:38:04.18
We changed it to
whole person care.
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.91
It was very, very, exciting.
00:38:05.95\00:38:07.38
So is there one particular story
00:38:07.42\00:38:09.02
that impacted you the most?
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.45
Yes, you know, I
think of Tiffany,
00:38:10.49\00:38:11.82
and when we look on our screen,
00:38:11.85\00:38:13.19
we'll have a picture of Tiffany.
00:38:13.22\00:38:14.56
Tiffany did provide us
permission to share her story.
00:38:14.59\00:38:17.26
You know, Kyle, it
was Friday afternoon,
00:38:17.29\00:38:19.16
and we were doing the thing
that we hate to have to but...
00:38:19.19\00:38:21.20
Yes, you don't like to do it.
00:38:21.23\00:38:22.56
The last dental patient
has been seen for the day.
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.80
And we know we've got
to make the announcement
00:38:24.83\00:38:26.57
to the crowds outside,
"No more dental patients."
00:38:26.60\00:38:28.90
We convert them
to other services.
00:38:28.94\00:38:30.27
We convert them,
yes, and they convert.
00:38:30.31\00:38:31.74
And this one
particular lady named Tiffany.
00:38:31.77\00:38:34.71
I just felt a
special drawing to her.
00:38:34.74\00:38:37.08
And I went up to her
and I said, "Tiffany."
00:38:37.11\00:38:39.11
Of course, she
introduced herself,
00:38:39.15\00:38:40.48
"You know, I really want you
to come to the evening meeting.
00:38:40.52\00:38:42.38
I know we can't do dental,
we have these other services
00:38:42.42\00:38:44.35
but would you
please come tonight?
00:38:44.39\00:38:46.02
And we have free tickets
for our evening meal as well."
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.26
And she came, she
was so excited, she came.
00:38:49.29\00:38:51.86
She didn't just come,
she brought her husband,
00:38:51.89\00:38:53.46
she brought her
daughter, and their baby.
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.23
And they were so excited.
00:38:55.26\00:38:56.60
And her little daughter,
00:38:56.63\00:38:57.97
her little nine
year old daughter,
00:38:58.00\00:38:59.33
Taylor came that
night, Friday night.
00:38:59.37\00:39:00.70
She stood up on the stage
00:39:00.74\00:39:02.07
and she said, "I
just want to tell you all,
00:39:02.10\00:39:04.21
I wanna volunteer
at your next event."
00:39:04.24\00:39:06.54
It was just so
beautiful. Amen, amen.
00:39:06.57\00:39:08.54
And she was crying,
Tiffany. And she was crying.
00:39:08.58\00:39:10.18
Tiffany was crying
00:39:10.21\00:39:11.55
but she didn't
just end Friday night.
00:39:11.58\00:39:12.91
She came to
church the next morning,
00:39:12.95\00:39:14.62
she came to Sabbath afternoon.
00:39:14.65\00:39:16.38
And when she came to the
Sabbath afternoon meeting,
00:39:16.42\00:39:18.49
she looked out
of the congregation
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.12
and she said, "I just
want to tell you all something.
00:39:20.16\00:39:22.69
You didn't just
ministered to me physically,
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.56
you ministered
to me emotionally,
00:39:25.59\00:39:27.60
but most
importantly spiritually.
00:39:27.63\00:39:29.50
Amen. You are my family.
00:39:29.53\00:39:31.27
Amen. Amen. Amen.
You are my family.
00:39:31.30\00:39:33.37
My friends, God is calling
us to see others as our family.
00:39:33.40\00:39:37.57
God is calling us to
impact the world for Him.
00:39:37.61\00:39:40.11
How many of you
want to be members
00:39:40.14\00:39:41.58
in action tonight?
00:39:41.61\00:39:43.11
Jesus is coming soon
00:39:43.14\00:39:44.71
and Jesus is
calling each one of us
00:39:44.75\00:39:46.41
to get up out of our seats
00:39:46.45\00:39:47.98
and to share the love of
Jesus with the hurting world.
00:39:48.02\00:39:50.55
May God bless you. Amen.
00:39:50.59\00:39:54.36
Tell you what? I
love members in action.
00:39:54.39\00:39:56.73
How about you?
It's always exciting.
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.39
I feel like we get a
chance to pull back the screen
00:39:59.43\00:40:02.43
and see behind what
the Holy Spirit is doing
00:40:02.46\00:40:05.10
and what he longs to
do in a much greater way.
00:40:05.13\00:40:07.97
I'm excited to be
here this afternoon
00:40:08.00\00:40:09.84
with Alan Knowles from
Riverside Farm in Zambia.
00:40:09.87\00:40:13.31
Alan, tell us a little bit
about what Riverside Farm is?
00:40:13.34\00:40:16.54
Riverside is a
adult training school
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.01
in the country of Zambia.
00:40:19.05\00:40:20.95
And we are
privileged to have a farm
00:40:20.98\00:40:25.49
that funds our education system.
00:40:25.52\00:40:28.39
Amen.
00:40:28.42\00:40:29.76
Tell us a little more about
00:40:29.79\00:40:31.13
what's been
happening there recently
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.49
and how that works?
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.76
We have some pictures for
you here of Riverside Farm.
00:40:34.80\00:40:37.83
Yeah, let's go ahead
and get a picture up here.
00:40:37.87\00:40:39.77
We are having privilege
over the past few years
00:40:39.80\00:40:43.14
to be funded by ASI
with several projects.
00:40:43.17\00:40:46.57
Here in the picture, you
can see in the foreground,
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.54
three houses.
00:40:49.58\00:40:51.28
These are one day
project houses for our staff
00:40:51.31\00:40:54.15
that had been built recently.
00:40:54.18\00:40:55.78
In the background,
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.15
you see two center
pivots for irrigation systems
00:40:57.19\00:41:00.66
for our wheat and
soy bean harvests.
00:41:00.69\00:41:03.89
But in the center is
00:41:03.93\00:41:05.26
what I wanna talk
about this evening,
00:41:05.29\00:41:07.83
the banana crop.
00:41:07.86\00:41:10.30
This has been funded
for us from ASI recently.
00:41:10.33\00:41:13.87
Okay, now for the
mathematicians among us,
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.84
you should listen
in, check this out.
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.67
In December 2014,
we've received the funding
00:41:19.71\00:41:24.11
and we started planting.
00:41:24.15\00:41:26.35
Now you only planted
just a few bananas, right?
00:41:26.38\00:41:29.22
Yeah, 20,000 banana plants.
00:41:29.25\00:41:33.46
If you line those banana
plants up in a single row,
00:41:33.49\00:41:36.93
it'd be 20 miles long.
00:41:36.96\00:41:39.23
Wow. Right.
00:41:39.26\00:41:42.23
Our workers are
proud of those bananas.
00:41:42.26\00:41:45.33
They even say they
have them named already,
00:41:45.37\00:41:47.90
each one of them.
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.27
One year later, December
2015, the first fruits came out.
00:41:52.74\00:41:59.21
And from
December 2015 till date,
00:41:59.25\00:42:03.28
the record that I
just got from Jabil
00:42:03.32\00:42:06.59
is that we have harvested
600 metric tons of bananas
00:42:06.62\00:42:10.99
in the last six months.
00:42:11.03\00:42:13.19
Now, how many of you
like bananas for breakfast?
00:42:13.23\00:42:17.17
Okay. Get ready.
00:42:17.20\00:42:18.97
Well, I need to
translate the 600 metric tons
00:42:19.00\00:42:21.47
for some of you, I'm sure.
00:42:21.50\00:42:23.47
That's 1.3 million pounds
of bananas this year so far
00:42:23.51\00:42:28.71
or let's say, it's
4.5 million bananas.
00:42:28.74\00:42:36.05
Are you hungry?
00:42:36.08\00:42:38.79
Well, by the end of
the year, we project that
00:42:38.82\00:42:41.86
that number will
be 1000 metric tons
00:42:41.89\00:42:44.46
or 2.2 million
pounds or 7 million bananas.
00:42:44.49\00:42:51.13
And looks like there's about
a 1000 people out here, Craig.
00:42:51.17\00:42:54.60
I think so.
00:42:54.64\00:42:56.64
How many bananas is
that for each of you?
00:42:56.67\00:42:58.81
Mathematicians,
it's your chance.
00:42:58.84\00:43:02.08
Yeah, that's a lot
bananas for each of you.
00:43:02.11\00:43:05.21
About 20 a day
for the whole year.
00:43:05.25\00:43:08.58
You better be hungry for
breakfast is all I can say.
00:43:08.62\00:43:11.69
Now you do this
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.76
because you like to
grow bananas, right?
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.52
We do it because we
need to grow bananas to sell.
00:43:16.56\00:43:20.70
Okay.
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.06
So we can run
our training program.
00:43:22.10\00:43:25.37
As I mentioned,
adult training program
00:43:25.40\00:43:27.34
where we train
evangelists, health educators,
00:43:27.37\00:43:31.37
we train in
tailoring, and in gardening.
00:43:31.41\00:43:35.24
Very good.
00:43:35.28\00:43:36.64
It's really exciting to see
what you've given going to work
00:43:36.68\00:43:42.18
and multiplying like
the story of the talents
00:43:42.22\00:43:45.09
and putting more and
more workers in the field.
00:43:45.12\00:43:48.22
Sure.
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.59
And this also provides
work for local people too,
00:43:49.62\00:43:53.23
about 40 local people
work in this banana farm.
00:43:53.26\00:43:56.40
And it gives them
ability to send their children
00:43:56.43\00:44:00.27
to Christian education, Craig,
that's a very important thing,
00:44:00.30\00:44:04.01
to provide their family
with adequate food and shelter,
00:44:04.04\00:44:08.58
and to get
adequate medical care also.
00:44:08.61\00:44:11.68
So there's a lot of people
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.05
that are affected
outside of our school
00:44:13.08\00:44:14.75
that come in and work every day.
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.69
So Riverside Farm
has been a blessing
00:44:16.72\00:44:19.05
not only to the students
but to our community around.
00:44:19.09\00:44:21.12
Community as
well. It's very good.
00:44:21.16\00:44:22.56
Anything else
you'd like to share?
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.36
Well, I just like
to say thank you to ASI
00:44:24.39\00:44:26.80
for the support
00:44:26.83\00:44:28.26
that you've given us
throughout the years.
00:44:28.30\00:44:31.03
And we hope to be faithful
00:44:31.07\00:44:33.44
that we can
have students trained
00:44:33.47\00:44:36.27
to go out into the field
00:44:36.30\00:44:37.97
to bring the
coming of Jesus sooner.
00:44:38.01\00:44:40.98
And we want to thank you
00:44:41.01\00:44:42.34
for
participating in that with us.
00:44:42.38\00:44:43.88
Thank you so
much, Alan, for that.
00:44:43.91\00:44:45.58
Isn't that
exciting? Can you imagine?
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.72
That's a lot of
bananas, isn't it?
00:44:47.75\00:44:50.05
The next project we
get to share with you
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.72
is actually coming from Congo.
00:44:52.75\00:44:55.22
We've got three
folks here with us.
00:44:55.26\00:44:57.83
We've got Pastor
Ongasa, we have Karolyn,
00:44:57.86\00:45:02.20
and Richard Leonard.
00:45:02.23\00:45:03.57
And they're gonna
tell us a little bit about
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.63
Train Them 2 Fish
00:45:05.67\00:45:07.00
and the work
God's doing in Congo.
00:45:07.04\00:45:08.60
Tell us a little bit
about what Train Them 2 Fish is,
00:45:08.64\00:45:10.81
and some stories that you have?
00:45:10.84\00:45:13.31
Train Them 2 Fish is
to help humanitarian work
00:45:13.34\00:45:16.31
as well as evangelism.
00:45:16.34\00:45:19.18
And I have a little
story that goes back to 2012.
00:45:19.21\00:45:23.05
When there were a
lot of Bible workers
00:45:23.08\00:45:26.62
who had been trained
00:45:26.65\00:45:28.09
and they had
brought people to the Lord
00:45:28.12\00:45:30.89
and they always are there
before the evangelistic series
00:45:30.93\00:45:36.00
so it helps.
00:45:36.03\00:45:37.77
But the interesting thing
is that there were five pastors
00:45:37.80\00:45:44.21
from different denominations.
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.04
There were three Pentecostals.
00:45:46.07\00:45:48.18
There was one
non-denominational,
00:45:48.21\00:45:52.28
and the other one was a Baptist.
00:45:52.31\00:45:54.55
They became interested
in this evangelistic series.
00:45:54.58\00:45:58.95
Pre-Adventists.
00:45:58.99\00:46:00.99
Yeah.
00:46:01.02\00:46:02.36
And the three of them were
sent to the Adventist University
00:46:02.39\00:46:06.76
in Lukanga.
00:46:06.80\00:46:08.43
And they're back now,
00:46:08.46\00:46:09.80
they had six months of training.
00:46:09.83\00:46:12.13
And they're
working as lay pastors
00:46:12.17\00:46:13.87
or Bible workers.
00:46:13.90\00:46:16.74
And last but not least,
the retention rate with these
00:46:16.77\00:46:22.01
newly baptized
people is 95% to 98%.
00:46:22.04\00:46:25.65
Amen.
00:46:25.68\00:46:27.02
Unheard of.
00:46:27.05\00:46:28.38
That's really a
testament, I believe,
00:46:28.42\00:46:29.95
to doing solid groundwork
with your evangelism project.
00:46:29.98\00:46:34.26
That's so exciting.
We've got another story.
00:46:34.29\00:46:36.16
Richard, tell us
what you have to share?
00:46:36.19\00:46:37.96
There was a number of pastors
00:46:37.99\00:46:39.33
who are meeting together one day
00:46:39.36\00:46:40.80
and this woman came up to them.
00:46:40.83\00:46:42.63
And she asks them,
"Can you pray for me?"
00:46:42.66\00:46:47.07
And they said, "Well, tell us
a little bit about your story."
00:46:47.10\00:46:49.30
And so they
prayed for this lady.
00:46:49.34\00:46:53.38
And what happened is
her husband had left her
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and she haven't
seen him for three years
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and wanted to just simply
pray that she could find him.
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Three days later, she came
back and was just all glowing
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because she was
able to find her husband
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and he was able to come back.
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Amen.
00:47:11.73\00:47:13.09
She asked to give a
testimony to the church.
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And the pastor says,
"Well, please tell us your story
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so we can go ahead
and have you do that."
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.74
And as he told, she
had been a prostitute
00:47:21.77\00:47:24.57
simply because
her husband had left.
00:47:24.61\00:47:26.98
She had no way to feed
and clothe her children.
00:47:27.01\00:47:30.95
And the fact is that
the church helped her
00:47:30.98\00:47:33.01
to have an education.
00:47:33.05\00:47:34.38
She now has her own business
00:47:34.42\00:47:36.45
and she's a faithful
member of the church.
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.42
She wanted to be a member of it
because God was in that church.
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You know, God's in the business
00:47:42.19\00:47:44.09
of changing some
people's business.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:47:45.59\00:47:48.63
Pastor Ongasa, tell
us a little bit about
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your burning
vision for the Congo?
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Yes, so the burning vision is
to have a school of evangelism
00:47:54.37\00:47:58.51
for the French
speaking countries.
00:47:58.54\00:48:01.08
The school will be
based in the Congo.
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So God has already
provided, I learnt.
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Our property, 24 acres,
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.42
so we're training Bible
workers already and lay pastors.
00:48:09.45\00:48:14.36
And we want to
include our training program
00:48:14.39\00:48:16.96
for medical
missionaries as well.
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.33
Now, real quick,
let me interrupt you.
00:48:19.36\00:48:21.63
Now, there's lots
of schools like that
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in the French
speaking part of Africa, right?
00:48:23.97\00:48:26.27
No.
00:48:26.30\00:48:27.64
Are there any?
00:48:27.67\00:48:29.00
No.
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.37
It's really a need for
French speaking training
00:48:30.41\00:48:32.37
there in that part of Africa.
00:48:32.41\00:48:33.74
In fact there is a great need
for our school of evangelism
00:48:33.78\00:48:36.75
to reach out to the
French speaking countries
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.78
in Africa because the gospel,
00:48:38.81\00:48:42.15
you know, let me
give you an example
00:48:42.18\00:48:43.79
where the school will be located
00:48:43.82\00:48:46.92
like a state of 9 million people
00:48:46.96\00:48:50.19
but there are only
270 Adventist pastors.
00:48:50.23\00:48:53.93
Wow.
00:48:53.96\00:48:55.30
So this project
want to fill that gap
00:48:55.33\00:48:58.97
and to train Bible workers,
lay pastors, church planters
00:48:59.00\00:49:02.97
as well as the
medical missionaries.
00:49:03.00\00:49:05.27
So April, we trained 68 people.
00:49:05.31\00:49:10.51
And right now,
they're visiting families
00:49:10.55\00:49:14.85
and over 2000 Bible
studies are going on every week.
00:49:14.88\00:49:20.66
Amen.
00:49:20.69\00:49:22.02
So God has
provided 24 acres property
00:49:22.06\00:49:24.89
so the project is already
there and we're expecting that
00:49:24.93\00:49:30.03
God will provide funds to
build the school of evangelism
00:49:30.07\00:49:32.97
to reach out to the
French speaking countries.
00:49:33.00\00:49:35.64
So tell me, if people
feel moved to get involved,
00:49:35.67\00:49:39.81
how do they find you?
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.94
They can go to booth number 125,
00:49:41.98\00:49:46.88
and Train Them 2 Fish is there,
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.45
and we'll be
willing to talk to them
00:49:49.48\00:49:51.55
and to share more
about this ministry.
00:49:51.59\00:49:53.25
Amen.
00:49:53.29\00:49:54.62
Keep in your prayers,
the work going on in Congo.
00:49:54.66\00:49:58.09
It is a field that really,
really needs more workers.
00:49:58.13\00:50:01.66
Thank you so much for
sharing with us today.
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Oh, we thank you very much.
00:50:03.53\00:50:04.87
Thank you.
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