God at this very moment
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of the 16,000 some
people groups in the world
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may hear a
beautiful choir in Swahili
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or a fantastic
quartet in Portuguese.
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But He's not hearing praise
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in 4,051
unreached people groups.
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There is silence
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and almost half of those are
in the great country of India.
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When I had the privilege of
traveling through that country
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and seen just the taste
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of the 1,943
unreached people groups
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each with their own
culture, dialect or language,
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my heart was moved.
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The devotion to their religion,
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to the many things that
they are about the spirituality,
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seen Jainism, Buddhism,
Sikhism, and on it goes.
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God has thousands and millions
of Hindus waiting to hear
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and to know Him,
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but He has
brought so many of them
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right here to our country.
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When I was in Houston recently,
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as soon as I came
to the car rental,
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the lady there
who was an Indian,
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I asked her, "Where can I
find some good Indian food?"
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And she directed me to a place
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that had so many Indian
restaurants I couldn't count.
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As I sat down to eat
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my favorite
Indian food, masala dosa
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with my fingers,
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I looked around and I
was listening to Hindi,
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and Punjabi, and Urdu,
and I don't know what all.
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But as I researched it,
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I found out right
there just in Houston, Texas
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were 22,000 Hindis,
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15,000 Tamils,
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11,000 Gujarati,
and 10,000 Punjabi.
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Isn't it incredible
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where God has brought
right to our door step,
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and the majority of
those are Hindus or Sikhs?
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No wonder he said to us
in Evangelism, page 571,
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a quote that God gave
us through Ellen White,
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"Wake up, wake up,
my brethren and sisters,
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and enter the fields in America
that have never been reached.
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In the cities of America,
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here are people of
almost every language.
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They need the light
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that God has
given to His church."
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In the little place up
near Berrien Springs, Michigan,
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I walked into a gas station.
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I saw a man behind
the desk with a turban,
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I stopped and I asked him,
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"Do you speak any other
languages besides English?"
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He laughed and held up his hand
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and said, "Punjabi,
Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati..."
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I don't remember
all the ones he said.
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But so much knowledge,
so much ability right there.
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In a country, they
have come from a country
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with so much
heartache and so much need
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and we have the privilege.
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I was able to give him a card,
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mylanguagemylife.com
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with Seventh-day
Adventist materials in it.
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Will you pray with me tonight
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that God will use
us to reach to them
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that they might reach
back to their own country?
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Let's embrace
this beautiful mission
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that God has sent next door.
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Invite you to kneel with
me as far as possible to pray,
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to ask the Lord
to send His Spirit
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to bless richly this weekend,
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this Sabbath
that He has planned.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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You sent Your Son on a mission,
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a mission to bear the sins
of every person whoever exists
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and because of
His love we have hope,
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we have joy, we
have eternal life.
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But there are millions tonight,
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in fact, around
3 billion unreached
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who've not had a
chance to know what we know.
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Please, please,
we plead with You,
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raise us up
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and raise up more
labors for this mighty harvest.
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Throw us out into the harvest
that they might be reaped
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and you could receive the glory
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just as You've promised,
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when all nations worship
You and love You for eternity.
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May that great
choir, that great orchestra
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be filled with
every single language,
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tribe and tongue.
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We pray in Jesus'
name, bless our Sabbath.
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Amen.
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My name is Claire
Luz Diaz-Henderson
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and I have the honor of leading
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the youth
convention again this year.
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My two lovely assistants here
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Shari Gonyea
from Oklahoma Academy
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where she's my colleague
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and Rosie
Tresenrider from Grants Pass
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who's a special Ed's
teacher have been my assistants.
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It has taken a year
of conference calls,
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emails, phone calls
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and strategizing
and getting ready
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the theme for this year
which is "Watch and Pray".
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And so we've invited all
of our young people together
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to sing the theme song for you
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which is Watch and Pray.
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Our leaders come
from all over the globe
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and they are here because
they have a heart for children
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and a love of Jesus.
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Amen.
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In the front, you'll
see our kindergarten class
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and they've been studying
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some really neat
things in the stars.
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Then we have our primary class
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with some special hats
that you'll find out about.
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And then our juniors
have been really excited
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about studying about the brain
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and how we gain victory.
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And behind them we
have our early teen class
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and the youth that
are coming behind them
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and the Youth for Jesus
all the way in the back,
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and we will try to
make a joyful noise
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in our day and a half of
having a couple of practices.
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Jesus came to
earth to show the way
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How to live for others every day
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He said we must
watch and always pray
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Have you knelt before Him today?
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Prayer is the key
just try it and see It
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Will unlock heaven's storehouse
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Where there's blessings for all
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Whenever we call
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Just waiting to be poured out
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He's calling
you, He's calling me
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Can you hear His
voice so tenderly?
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Don't delay to pray another day
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Prayer will open heaven's gate
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I'm praying for
you, please pray for me
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Together our
prayers will bring victory
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God's blessings will
flow His Spirit He'll bestow
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Just watch and pray each day
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Just watch and pray each day
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Just watch
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And pray each day
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Amen.
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Our kindergarten leader
comes from Shawnee, Texas,
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her name is Joyce Thornton
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and her assistant is
Cindy Rene from Alvarado, Texas.
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And, Joyce, tell
us a little about
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what you've
been doing this week?
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First I want to say thank
you to the Lord for children,
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and secondly, thank you families
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for sharing them with us,
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it's such a rich blessing.
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This week we've been
studying the Bible stories
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that we can see in
the starry constellations.
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So you might want to
ask your children about
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what that picture
really is a picture of.
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We have many Bible
stories in the sky.
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They teach us of Jesus' love
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and the song we've been
learning is the Lord's prayer,
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so they're gonna
sing it for you now.
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Our Father, who art in heaven
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Hallowed be thy Name
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Thy kingdom
come Thy will be done
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On earth as it is in heaven
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Give us this day our daily bread
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And forgive us our trespasses
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As we forgive those
who trespass against us
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And lead us not into temptation
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But deliver us from evil
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For thine is the kingdom
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And the power, and the glory
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Forever and ever
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Our Father, who art in heaven
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Hallowed be thy Name
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Amen. Amen.
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This year our
primary teacher comes,
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Connie O'Peaker
comes from Missouri
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and her assistant
is the Batista family
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from North Virginia.
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And we are a family
friendly organization, right?
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And so the whole family is here
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helping in one
department or another,
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so move forward primaries.
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Prayer force,
let's move forward.
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This is the primary prayer force
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and we've been learning
about the battle for our...
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the battle
between Christ and Satan
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and how this is a
battle for our brain.
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We have been learning
to guard, watch our senses,
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we've been learning about
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how the
importance of our thoughts
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and all the things
that come through our senses
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that affect our brain.
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Yes, I'm very happy
to have our assistants
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Ariel and Mitchell
Batista from West Virginia.
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They've been
leading out wherever
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but mostly in crafts
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and just their boys are also
some of our youth assistants.
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Each of our youth assistants
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have been involved in
telling a nature story,
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bringing out watchfulness
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and there are so many blessings
for us that are involved.
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And we have Andy
Martinez over there on the end
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who has been
leading us in united prayer
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and teaching us about prayer
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and making it
practical for the children.
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We are told to watch and pray
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and this is the key to victory
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as we think about
the battle for our brain.
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And so it's been such a
blessing to hear the children
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participate in that prayer
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and it was a little
slow beginning but they're...
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it could go for a long time.
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They're really enjoying it.
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And our theme song,
battle for the brain,
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we're going to
sing for you next,
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and as we were coming home
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from our field
trip this morning,
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we sang it on the bus
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and then the kids
just kept singing it
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all the way
into their classroom.
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And I just...
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We pray that
this will go with them
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as they leave
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and that they
will make right choices
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that they can be
victors in this battle.
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So we're going to
sing for you now...
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Is everybody up front?
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Okay.
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Let's smile and
sing with our heart.
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Christ is
captain, soldiers are we
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To be like Christ is our plea
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Flesh and blood we wrestle not
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Choose the
narrow lane empty or not
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Battle for the brain
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Battle for the brain
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We will win the fight
when we watch and pray
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In the battle for the brain
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On God's word, we can rely
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Stand for the truth is our cry
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We will have sweet victories
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When we surrender all our needs
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Battle for the brain
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Battle for the brain
00:14:03.94\00:14:07.81
We will win the fight
when we watch and pray
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In the battle for the brain
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Won't you join us in that march?
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Don't be in
corner stand and watch
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Battle for the brain
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Battle for the brain
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We can win the fight
when we watch and pray
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In the battle for the brain
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Thank you primaries
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and now our
juniors will be presenting,
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lead by Pastor Christian Martin
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from Grants Pass, Oregon
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and his assistant also
is from Grants Pass, Oregon,
00:15:00.96\00:15:04.37
Kim Wagner,
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and we're so glad that
they came from far away
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to enthusiastically
lead our junior class.
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Thank you Claire.
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From the very beginning
this week our theme has been...
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Jesus with me. Jesus with me.
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We've learnt to watch
Jesus and pray to be like Him.
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And during this week we've
done all sorts of activities.
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We've discovered that
Jesus is not only someone
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who wants to redeem us
and save us for eternity
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but He's a God who
wants us to delight
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and to enjoy life and have fun.
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So we've done
many fun activities,
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team based activities.
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Let me share with
you some of the names
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that they've come up
with for their teams,
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have been the Golden
Lions, and the Blue Princess,
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the Red Sea, and
the Green Emerald.
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Very creative.
00:16:09.13\00:16:10.47
And we've been inspired
this week to live for Jesus,
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to always carry Jesus
with us wherever we go.
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One of the promises
that we learnt this week
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that has been a very
precious promise to all of us.
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Has been one when Jesus said,
00:16:23.71\00:16:27.05
"I will never leave
you nor forsake you,
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do not be afraid,
do not be discouraged."
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Deuteronomy 31:8.
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And as we take
this promise to heart,
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we discover that
Jesus is always with us.
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We have several,
several, missionaries
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come and share their
firsthand experiences
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in the mission
field where they had...
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When they had Jesus with them.
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We were also inspired and
challenged by some thought
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provoking talks by Dr. Brunette,
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and one of the most
inspiring challenges
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came from Elder Ted Wilson
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who came to our division
to share with the juniors.
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You know, I have to share
with you one activity we did,
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that was probably
the most favorite.
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We challenged the teams
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by groups to go
out into the convention
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up to the third floor and
anywhere in the convention,
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and find people, random people,
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walking in the hallways,
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and approach
them, surround them,
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it was called
operation ring of fire.
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Surround them and
simply share a Bible promise,
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then ask, "Is there
anything we can pray for you?"
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And then one of the
juniors would offer prayer.
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I would like to
invite two of our juniors
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Carissa and Michael
if they could join me,
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I want you to hear from
them the experience they had.
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Let's begin with you, Michael.
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Michael, I
understand that your team
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went out into the convention
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and you didn't just find
one or two people to pray with.
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How many people
did you pray with?
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We prayed with six.
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Six people. Wow!
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And did you pray with
one of those six people?
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I prayed with two.
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With two? Excellent!
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Now one of them had
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a very, very, serious
prayer request, didn't they?
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Yeah, they had a friend
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who have been falsely
accused by her husband
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and hadn't seen
her son for two years
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so she wants our prayers.
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Well, so it was a
very serious prayer request
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and you prayed for
that person, didn't you?
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And after you prayed,
how did that make you feel?
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Like I had just
delivered them...
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help delivered a message.
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Help delivered a
message. A message to who?
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God. A message to God.
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Our juniors who are out there
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doing the work that
Christ commissioned us to do
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and, Carissa,
thank you, Michael.
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And, Carissa, as you were
out there praying with people,
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you received certain responses.
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How did one person in particular
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respond to your prayers?
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They hugged each
of our team members
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to how they appreciated it.
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Awesome.
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So they expressed
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really, really, appreciation
for what you did, didn't they?
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Wow!
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Our juniors are
learning to be fearless
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and to share
Jesus wherever they go.
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And I believe that by
the end of ASI this year,
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our juniors will be committed
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to carry Jesus with
them wherever they go.
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Thank you.
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Amen.
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Thank you, juniors.
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And now our early teens
are going to come forward.
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Their leader was Julia Arroyo.
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She's a colleague of
mine from Oklahoma Academy
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and she enjoys young people.
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So we were glad to
have her and her assistant
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is Jared
Wesbrook from New Mexico.
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I can't think of the
title, it's a little town.
00:19:55.42\00:19:58.36
And we were very
pleased to have this team
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come forward
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and present what
they've been learning this ASI.
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I have definitely been blessed
to work with these young people
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so far and we're
gonna keep working tomorrow.
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Our theme has
been watch and pray
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through the generations,
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and we've been doing this
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by studying different
characters in the Bible
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and what did they
watch and pray for.
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So I have a question
for one here for Beatrice.
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What character did
you enjoy the most?
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I enjoyed David the
most because we got to learn
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how he was able to
communicate to Jesus with nature
00:20:38.27\00:20:42.97
and we also got to illustrate
00:20:43.00\00:20:45.24
some of the songs that he wrote.
00:20:45.27\00:20:47.81
We also learned
about Adam and Eve
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and we looked into Enoch
00:20:50.31\00:20:51.91
and we still have few
more characters to talk about
00:20:51.95\00:20:54.82
before the end of
our time together.
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The other thing that we
did together was we prayed,
00:20:57.19\00:21:00.82
and it's so
important to have an attitude
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and a lifestyle of prayer.
00:21:04.53\00:21:06.70
So we went through a
couple different ways to pray
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and to make it
applicable in our life.
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So, Jalene, which
method did you enjoy the most?
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My favorite kind of
prayer was united prayer
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and in united
prayer we have four stages.
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We start with
praise, we have confession,
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and after that we
move into supplication,
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and finally, we
finish with thanksgiving.
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And what I like
about united prayer is that
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everyone gets a chance to pray,
00:21:31.72\00:21:33.56
and it's a time where we can
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really open our
hearts out to God.
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If any of you have
ever tried united prayer,
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you know what a
huge blessing it is.
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And the more you do it,
00:21:43.30\00:21:44.80
the more you want to be involved
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with the united prayer.
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Some other
techniques that we used to pray
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in different ways, we
created this prayer chain.
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Each link
represents a different prayer
00:21:54.48\00:21:57.45
that the students had
00:21:57.48\00:21:58.81
and each color represented
the different type of prayer
00:21:58.85\00:22:02.05
whether it was for supplication,
00:22:02.08\00:22:03.89
for thanksgiving, a
prayer for somebody else.
00:22:03.92\00:22:06.65
So we were able to
create this out of the prayers
00:22:06.69\00:22:09.42
that we have.
00:22:09.46\00:22:10.83
And it's been such a blessing
to work with all of them
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and I've really enjoyed it.
00:22:14.33\00:22:17.33
Thank you, Julia and Jared.
00:22:17.37\00:22:20.24
And our youth now
are going to stand
00:22:20.27\00:22:23.24
and they're going to share
what they've been learning,
00:22:23.27\00:22:26.64
their intrepid
leader is Shaun Neblett
00:22:26.68\00:22:30.15
who has as much
energy as they do.
00:22:30.18\00:22:32.71
And there's...
00:22:32.75\00:22:34.08
his assistant is Paul Diesinker
00:22:34.12\00:22:36.58
and his wife
Natasha came with him.
00:22:36.62\00:22:39.15
So we've had a power
house in the youth department
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.22
with an excellent guest
speaker who shared his testimony
00:22:42.26\00:22:46.26
that kept everyone on
the edge of their seats.
00:22:46.29\00:22:49.66
Tell us Shaun.
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Oh, Claire, it's been beautiful.
00:22:51.07\00:22:52.73
So, we the youth
department and we're kind of
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.87
some of us wearing blue
shirts, some in maroon shirts,
00:22:55.90\00:22:58.97
and some in other shirts.
00:22:59.01\00:23:00.88
But we're all
together, we're one spirit
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.44
and we have really enjoyed
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.18
sharing the theme of
the entire youth convention
00:23:05.21\00:23:08.35
which of course is
being watch and pray.
00:23:08.38\00:23:10.45
Now at this particular juncture
00:23:10.49\00:23:12.69
in the life of a
young person at this age,
00:23:12.72\00:23:15.56
this is the time
that's recognized
00:23:15.59\00:23:18.23
as being a time
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.03
when we're really
searching for identity,
00:23:20.06\00:23:22.16
for meaning, and satisfaction,
00:23:22.20\00:23:24.30
and all those
other things in life,
00:23:24.33\00:23:27.07
and what better
place to search for that.
00:23:27.10\00:23:29.37
As Christians we
know that our identity
00:23:29.40\00:23:31.21
comes from somewhere higher,
00:23:31.24\00:23:33.11
comes from understanding Christ.
00:23:33.14\00:23:35.41
So we've been studying
through the Lord's prayer
00:23:35.44\00:23:37.88
and not like you'd normally
00:23:37.91\00:23:39.25
study through the Lord's prayer.
00:23:39.28\00:23:40.62
We discovered that when
the disciples ask Jesus,
00:23:40.65\00:23:43.85
"Lord teach us to pray."
00:23:43.89\00:23:47.49
What Jesus gave
the disciples was yes,
00:23:47.52\00:23:49.42
a model prayer but it
was also, it was the gospel.
00:23:49.46\00:23:53.19
It was the whole
gospel start to finish.
00:23:53.23\00:23:55.06
He was introducing
His disciples to the God
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.63
that was His Father.
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.00
So we found
through the Lord's prayer,
00:23:59.03\00:24:00.37
studied the Lord's
prayer that God is love,
00:24:00.40\00:24:02.00
that He is good, that
His kingdom is forever
00:24:02.04\00:24:04.21
and that we can
participate in that kingdom
00:24:04.24\00:24:07.01
in a mighty and powerful way.
00:24:07.04\00:24:09.94
And, you know, as Jesus
came to the end of His life,
00:24:09.98\00:24:12.48
He didn't just say, "Pray."
00:24:12.51\00:24:14.48
He said, "Watch and pray."
00:24:14.52\00:24:16.55
And we wanted to bring it
down and make it very practical
00:24:16.58\00:24:19.75
for each one of us
as young people up here
00:24:19.79\00:24:22.86
and, you know, not too long ago,
00:24:22.89\00:24:24.23
my wife and I had
the amazing privilege
00:24:24.26\00:24:27.30
of meeting a pastor
00:24:27.33\00:24:29.16
who has over 50% of
the Bible memorized.
00:24:29.20\00:24:35.00
Over 50% of the book
00:24:35.04\00:24:36.37
that I hold in
my hand right here,
00:24:36.40\00:24:37.74
that you have in
your laps memorized.
00:24:37.77\00:24:39.61
Such an inspiration,
and so brought that memory
00:24:39.64\00:24:42.54
here to our youth,
00:24:42.58\00:24:45.35
and throughout our convention
00:24:45.38\00:24:47.98
we've been memorizing
the first verses in John 17.
00:24:48.02\00:24:52.59
And focusing on the fact that
00:24:52.62\00:24:54.89
Bible
memorization is merely a tool.
00:24:54.92\00:24:59.59
Jesus says, "Watch and pray."
00:24:59.63\00:25:02.80
But the word of
God itself has...
00:25:02.83\00:25:05.57
It's not like our words.
00:25:05.60\00:25:06.94
The word of God itself
is a word that is creative.
00:25:06.97\00:25:10.67
It is a word that is powerful.
00:25:10.71\00:25:12.64
Jesus spoke the words and
worlds came into existence,
00:25:12.67\00:25:16.44
the stars came into existence.
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.75
We recognize that victory,
00:25:18.78\00:25:21.22
a clean heart and
victory in our lives
00:25:21.25\00:25:24.72
comes through the
creative power of Christ,
00:25:24.75\00:25:27.29
but watching and praying
00:25:27.32\00:25:28.96
and hiding His word in our heart
00:25:28.99\00:25:30.99
is a means to sustain
that victory in our lives.
00:25:31.03\00:25:34.76
And so we've been hiding
the word of God in our hearts
00:25:34.80\00:25:37.17
and there's
nothing more important
00:25:37.20\00:25:38.63
that we could be doing
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.00
at this time in earth's history
00:25:40.04\00:25:41.37
than making ourselves
familiar with the word
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.27
that we hold in our hands
00:25:43.30\00:25:44.91
that so many people
have given their lives for.
00:25:44.94\00:25:49.24
Amen. So the future is bright.
00:25:49.28\00:25:51.01
We've learnt great things
00:25:51.05\00:25:52.45
and I look forward to going home
00:25:52.48\00:25:53.82
and putting the
things into practice
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.82
and seeing how God...
00:25:55.85\00:25:57.19
What God does and how He works
00:25:57.22\00:25:58.65
in the individual lives of
your young people after ASI.
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.96
Good voice. Thank you.
00:26:17.31\00:26:18.64
You want to record it.
00:26:18.67\00:26:20.01
I live here in this house,
00:26:28.48\00:26:29.95
which is right by
the railway track,
00:26:29.98\00:26:31.39
it's a house that nobody
wants because of the train,
00:26:31.42\00:26:34.12
but it's got one
of the nicest views
00:26:34.16\00:26:35.86
as you can see back here.
00:26:35.89\00:26:37.53
I've been here in Georgia
in Wildwood for 25 years,
00:26:48.87\00:26:52.04
and what motivates me is
that there are souls everywhere,
00:26:52.07\00:26:55.01
young and old,
00:26:55.04\00:26:56.38
are longing for
something better,
00:26:56.41\00:26:58.28
and I want to bring them
out from darkness into light
00:26:58.31\00:27:02.42
to meet them in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:27:02.45\00:27:04.05
Well, I'm looking
forward to my 83rd birthday
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.49
in a couple of months
00:27:12.53\00:27:13.90
and what makes me
passionate about...
00:27:13.93\00:27:16.06
I'm a health evangelist actually
00:27:16.10\00:27:17.83
and when I was in my
40s I got very, very, sick.
00:27:17.87\00:27:20.60
I was studying at a school
at Loma Linda, I got very sick,
00:27:20.64\00:27:23.20
and I heard about the
eight natural remedies,
00:27:23.24\00:27:25.47
and so I decided,
00:27:25.51\00:27:26.84
well, I should like to
make that a part of my life.
00:27:26.88\00:27:31.61
You know, one of the
most exciting activities
00:27:31.65\00:27:34.25
is to go door-to-door
00:27:34.28\00:27:35.88
and this is what
people are afraid of.
00:27:35.92\00:27:38.05
They think because
they're not a preacher,
00:27:38.09\00:27:39.42
they're not a teacher,
00:27:39.45\00:27:40.79
they're not a graduate
from school and from college,
00:27:40.82\00:27:42.76
they can't do much for the Lord.
00:27:42.79\00:27:44.26
But the Lord will use you
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.13
no matter where
you are in this world,
00:27:46.16\00:27:47.66
no matter how young, how old,
00:27:47.70\00:27:49.66
how educated, or
uneducated you are,
00:27:49.70\00:27:52.37
the Lord can use you.
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.87
As you go and reach
out to people, forget self,
00:27:53.90\00:27:56.54
put self aside and
ask God to help you.
00:27:56.57\00:27:59.31
Take Him with you, He says,
00:27:59.34\00:28:00.68
"I will go with
you wherever you are."
00:28:00.71\00:28:02.18
He says, "Fear thou
not if I'm with you.
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.41
Be not afraid, for I'm your God,
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.05
I will help you.
00:28:06.08\00:28:07.42
Yeah, I will strengthen you
00:28:07.45\00:28:09.12
and I'll pull you
with the right hand
00:28:09.15\00:28:10.49
of My righteousness."
00:28:10.52\00:28:11.85
So claiming that
promise, I go out here,
00:28:11.89\00:28:15.06
everywhere around the world
and I know you can do the same
00:28:15.09\00:28:19.56
because God is with you.
00:28:19.59\00:28:21.03
He's coming soon
and soon he will say,
00:28:21.06\00:28:23.13
"Well done, good
and faithful servant,
00:28:23.16\00:28:26.03
enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord."
00:28:26.07\00:28:28.67
And this will be the experience
that I want to be a part of,
00:28:28.70\00:28:31.41
and I want to meet
you all around the world
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.48
when Jesus comes.
00:28:33.51\00:28:34.88
Happy Sabbath, ASI.
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.05
Happy Sabbath.
00:28:40.08\00:28:41.42
Well, we have
had an amazing month.
00:28:41.45\00:28:45.35
It's been amazingly
busy, amazingly exhausting,
00:28:45.39\00:28:50.29
and amazingly wonderful.
00:28:50.33\00:28:52.73
And so this is the
2016 Youth for Jesus report.
00:28:52.76\00:28:57.97
You know, it's been amazing
00:28:58.00\00:28:59.33
because everything we
plan was turned upside down,
00:28:59.37\00:29:04.67
and so we were supposed
to be in Phoenix, Arizona
00:29:04.71\00:29:08.01
and then we got moved
to Beckley, West Virginia.
00:29:08.04\00:29:11.05
A week before we got there,
they had a thousand year flood,
00:29:11.08\00:29:16.08
and from there
we have experienced
00:29:16.12\00:29:19.75
all kinds of not disasters
00:29:19.79\00:29:23.93
but interesting experiences.
00:29:23.96\00:29:27.23
And so this year
at Youth for Jesus,
00:29:27.26\00:29:29.36
we had not just
evangelistic meetings,
00:29:29.40\00:29:33.10
but we did the pre-work
00:29:33.13\00:29:35.14
for Pathway to
Health held in Beckley,
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.97
and I'm sure you
heard a report about that.
00:29:38.01\00:29:40.44
And we did a two
week evangelistic meetings
00:29:40.48\00:29:44.68
and so we were very busy,
00:29:44.71\00:29:47.92
our schedule changed
like every three days
00:29:47.95\00:29:50.42
and it was fun, right?
00:29:50.45\00:29:53.05
Right.
00:29:53.09\00:29:54.49
Okay, yes.
00:29:54.52\00:29:56.99
They're supposed to say that.
00:29:57.03\00:29:58.36
Okay.
00:29:58.39\00:30:00.53
So this year
00:30:00.56\00:30:03.20
I want to introduce
our assistant director,
00:30:03.23\00:30:07.24
this is Max Suekert.
00:30:07.27\00:30:09.14
And, Max, how
was your experience?
00:30:09.17\00:30:13.84
It was good.
00:30:13.88\00:30:15.38
We're still tired
but, Max, we had a...
00:30:18.38\00:30:22.25
Because we only did a two
week evangelistic meeting,
00:30:22.28\00:30:25.92
we also had a very shortened
Bible work, tell us about that?
00:30:25.95\00:30:30.23
Yes, it was, as well
as being short in time
00:30:30.26\00:30:33.93
we only had about
a month of pre-work
00:30:33.96\00:30:36.06
with the Bible work,
00:30:36.10\00:30:37.43
was also short
00:30:37.47\00:30:39.07
in the number of
Bible workers we had.
00:30:39.10\00:30:40.77
We only had six
Bible workers and,
00:30:40.80\00:30:43.87
but yet God still blessed
even with just six people
00:30:43.91\00:30:47.14
and only a month of pre-work,
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.84
there were over 250
drop-off Bible studies
00:30:48.88\00:30:52.41
and 67 in-home Bible studies.
00:30:52.45\00:30:55.28
Amen? Amen.
00:30:55.32\00:30:57.12
Now I'd like to introduce
our Bible work coordinator
00:30:57.15\00:30:59.45
Jericho Batista.
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.49
Good evening ASI, how are you?
00:31:01.52\00:31:04.39
It's definitely a
pleasure to be here.
00:31:04.43\00:31:05.89
So yes, the Bible
Worker Coordination Program
00:31:05.93\00:31:08.33
started in April.
00:31:08.36\00:31:09.96
I was called, that's
when Lisa called me and said,
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.93
"Hey, I need a Bible worker."
00:31:11.97\00:31:13.70
So I said, "Okay,
I'll be a Bible worker
00:31:13.74\00:31:15.34
and then she presumed to
ask me to be the coordinator
00:31:15.37\00:31:18.01
so I said, "Okay, no problem.
00:31:18.04\00:31:19.74
I'll pray about it."
00:31:19.77\00:31:21.11
And the Lord
definitely opened door
00:31:21.14\00:31:22.48
so I started coordinating
00:31:22.51\00:31:25.11
and making phone calls,
interviewing Bible workers,
00:31:25.15\00:31:29.05
and just the whole
process started in April
00:31:29.08\00:31:32.32
and we had our
first Bible worker started
00:31:32.35\00:31:34.69
I'd say just before June
00:31:34.72\00:31:36.66
and we had four
churches to work with.
00:31:36.69\00:31:40.03
We had the Summersville
Church which was our main church
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.33
that was where our base was.
00:31:42.36\00:31:43.77
Then we had Braxton,
Rainelle and Webster Springs,
00:31:43.80\00:31:46.90
those were all
three smaller churches
00:31:46.94\00:31:48.77
and, you know, a lot of
us think of small churches.
00:31:48.80\00:31:51.07
These churches were very small.
00:31:51.11\00:31:53.58
I'm talking church
membership of five members,
00:31:53.61\00:31:56.51
six members, and
seven members strong,
00:31:56.54\00:31:59.15
you know, and it was
really, really, powerful to see
00:31:59.18\00:32:01.92
how the church
is pulled together
00:32:01.95\00:32:03.72
and really helped
the Bible workers,
00:32:03.75\00:32:06.22
really helped the
team, really helped with ASI.
00:32:06.25\00:32:08.92
And yes, you know,
as Max mentioned here,
00:32:08.96\00:32:11.29
you know, we had 67
in-home Bible studies.
00:32:11.33\00:32:14.56
Now keep in mind, we only had
00:32:14.60\00:32:15.93
a one month to work,
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.87
that definitely was a blessing,
that was very powerful to me
00:32:17.90\00:32:21.17
because to
think that God can use
00:32:21.20\00:32:26.31
five Bible workers and
myself, six Bible workers,
00:32:26.34\00:32:30.95
and in one month
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.68
to have 67 solid
in-home Bible studies
00:32:32.71\00:32:35.15
and over 250 drop-offs.
00:32:35.18\00:32:37.02
Amen? Amen.
00:32:37.05\00:32:38.92
That's definitely
powerful, you know,
00:32:38.95\00:32:41.32
as he also
mentioned we had a flood,
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.19
and so the flood
really did some damage
00:32:43.22\00:32:47.20
and hurt the community
00:32:47.23\00:32:48.56
and we were able to come in
00:32:48.60\00:32:49.93
and doors were opened
for us as Bible workers
00:32:49.96\00:32:53.23
that would never
have been opened.
00:32:53.27\00:32:54.90
See, I'm gonna share...
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.27
I'm gonna have James
share his testimony real quick
00:32:56.30\00:32:58.47
of some experiences
that the Bible workers had.
00:32:58.51\00:33:04.25
Amen. God is good, isn't He?
00:33:04.28\00:33:06.98
Amen.
00:33:07.02\00:33:08.35
So as one of the Bible workers,
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.29
I have the privilege of
starting the pre-work there
00:33:10.32\00:33:14.42
and I'll tell you this.
00:33:14.46\00:33:16.62
When I went to West
Virginia, I did not think
00:33:16.66\00:33:20.00
that the houses
were so spread out.
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.46
So the houses are
very, very spread out
00:33:22.50\00:33:24.63
and they're very, very, long
00:33:24.67\00:33:26.03
but we stayed
diligent, we stayed diligent.
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.90
And I ended up
meeting this one young lady,
00:33:28.94\00:33:32.14
she was 19 years old.
00:33:32.17\00:33:33.68
She didn't have a lot
of self esteem in her life.
00:33:33.71\00:33:36.24
She actually...
00:33:36.28\00:33:37.61
When I met her at the door,
I was like, "Okay, you know,
00:33:37.65\00:33:39.75
I'm gonna come
back for a Bible study."
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.35
But I didn't think
it was that strong.
00:33:41.38\00:33:43.82
You know, that the
seed then I got wasn't,
00:33:43.85\00:33:46.59
it didn't seem that strong,
00:33:46.62\00:33:47.96
but as I went back
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.32
and as I start
studying the Bible with her,
00:33:49.36\00:33:52.36
we started seeing changes,
00:33:52.39\00:33:53.80
we started seeing light,
you know, coming on her face.
00:33:53.83\00:33:57.83
We actually saw that
the Holy Spirit was working
00:33:57.87\00:34:00.84
and she ended up coming
to our evangelistic series.
00:34:00.87\00:34:04.31
She started coming
night after night after night
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.68
and when it came
to the baptismal,
00:34:06.71\00:34:09.64
she actually accepted
that call to get baptized.
00:34:09.68\00:34:13.25
God is good and you
never know, you never know who,
00:34:13.28\00:34:17.69
no matter what door
it is that you can reach.
00:34:17.72\00:34:21.26
Be persistent. Be persistent.
00:34:21.29\00:34:24.03
Amen. What a powerful testimony.
00:34:24.06\00:34:25.86
Now it's just one
of many testimonies.
00:34:25.89\00:34:27.86
We had Bible study contacts
00:34:27.90\00:34:30.60
that wanted us
to do Bible studies
00:34:30.63\00:34:32.23
for five days a week straight.
00:34:32.27\00:34:35.07
You know, come every
night and do Bible studies.
00:34:35.10\00:34:37.27
We had contacts that
would have us come in
00:34:37.31\00:34:40.14
and group,
00:34:40.18\00:34:42.21
bring their family,
00:34:42.24\00:34:43.58
bring their
aunts, uncles, cousins.
00:34:43.61\00:34:44.95
We had one that was like
six people in a Bible study
00:34:44.98\00:34:48.25
as a group.
00:34:48.28\00:34:49.62
And that was, it was definitely
a tremendous blessing.
00:34:49.65\00:34:51.25
A lot of blessings came
out of the whole situation,
00:34:51.29\00:34:55.06
it was a tremendous blessing.
00:34:55.09\00:34:56.59
So if I can say one thing,
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.69
if you feel God
calling you to ministry,
00:34:58.73\00:35:01.00
do not hold back
00:35:01.03\00:35:02.40
because He will
take you through,
00:35:02.43\00:35:04.83
He will carry you through
and He will strengthen you.
00:35:04.87\00:35:08.27
Thank you very much.
Give the mike to him.
00:35:08.30\00:35:10.81
Okay, you know, they mentioned
a number 67 Bible studies.
00:35:10.84\00:35:15.64
You have to realize
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.51
that the four
churches that we worked with
00:35:17.55\00:35:19.71
combined church
membership of all four churches
00:35:19.75\00:35:23.32
was less than a hundred.
00:35:23.35\00:35:26.02
And so, you know,
00:35:26.05\00:35:27.66
we're going to do follow up
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.26
in one of the bigger churches
00:35:29.29\00:35:31.29
in Mountain View Conference
is Summersville Church
00:35:31.33\00:35:35.10
where we were housed
00:35:35.13\00:35:36.80
and this is Dr.
Wesley and lovely Judi Olson.
00:35:36.83\00:35:41.90
And, you know,
when we went there,
00:35:41.94\00:35:45.97
you know, we worked
with a lot of churches
00:35:46.01\00:35:48.78
and some churches
are very supportive
00:35:48.81\00:35:51.01
and some churches tolerate us,
00:35:51.05\00:35:54.72
but this church
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.92
was one of the most
supportive churches.
00:35:56.95\00:35:59.02
I told them that I wanted
to just shrink the whole church
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.52
and just take it with us
wherever Youth for Jesus goes.
00:36:01.56\00:36:04.89
And so, I just want
to thank you so much
00:36:04.93\00:36:08.20
for your support
00:36:08.23\00:36:09.56
and all the things
that you did for us.
00:36:09.60\00:36:11.20
And I want you to
share with our ASI family
00:36:11.23\00:36:15.04
what being a host
church member is like?
00:36:15.07\00:36:18.97
Oh, being a host family for
us meant people in our house
00:36:19.01\00:36:21.91
at all times.
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.28
I never knew when I got
home from work in the evening
00:36:23.31\00:36:24.65
who is gonna answer when I
say, "Hello, honey, I'm home."
00:36:24.68\00:36:30.05
But we did enjoy it.
00:36:30.09\00:36:32.45
I was particularly impressed
00:36:32.49\00:36:33.82
with the
quality of the speakers.
00:36:33.86\00:36:35.62
You wonder sometimes
where the next generation
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.39
of evangelists
is gonna come from
00:36:37.43\00:36:39.36
and they're right behind me.
00:36:39.39\00:36:40.73
Amen.
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.10
Beautiful presentations,
00:36:42.13\00:36:43.47
one of them I
remember in particular
00:36:43.50\00:36:44.93
they crammed the
1,260 days, 2,300 years,
00:36:44.97\00:36:49.30
three angels' message,
00:36:49.34\00:36:50.67
identifying marks
of the remnant church
00:36:50.71\00:36:52.71
and Ellen White, all
in one huge sermon, so...
00:36:52.74\00:36:57.11
Well, we don't normally do that
00:36:57.15\00:36:59.15
but remember we
only had two weeks so...
00:36:59.18\00:37:03.55
It was good.
00:37:03.59\00:37:04.92
Yes, and I just
want to point out that
00:37:04.95\00:37:06.69
all of us were not in his house.
00:37:06.72\00:37:09.49
We just kind of came and went.
00:37:09.52\00:37:14.16
So, Judi, what
was it like for you?
00:37:14.20\00:37:17.27
Well, first of all
fell in love with the kids.
00:37:17.30\00:37:22.50
Parents if you're out
there, you can be very proud.
00:37:22.54\00:37:26.01
Amen.
00:37:26.04\00:37:28.24
They were
wonderful and I can tell you
00:37:28.28\00:37:30.75
about all the work
they did in the community,
00:37:30.78\00:37:33.88
all of their contacts.
00:37:33.92\00:37:35.35
I can tell you about the
help with the flood work.
00:37:35.38\00:37:38.19
I can tell you about painting
our entire elementary school
00:37:38.22\00:37:42.86
as well as many other projects
they did around the campus.
00:37:42.89\00:37:47.06
But I guess the thing
that impressed me most
00:37:47.10\00:37:49.46
was the first morning
00:37:49.50\00:37:50.83
because of my job as
a child care director.
00:37:50.87\00:37:54.10
I was on campus everyday,
00:37:54.14\00:37:58.57
and so I went over to
one of their worships,
00:37:58.61\00:38:01.74
and I thought this is
fantastic to see those kids
00:38:01.78\00:38:06.88
so
enthusiastically singing hymns
00:38:06.92\00:38:10.65
out of the hymnbook.
00:38:10.69\00:38:12.02
Everybody
wanted their hymn sung,
00:38:12.05\00:38:15.02
and just with incredible gusto.
00:38:15.06\00:38:18.93
It was inspiring.
00:38:18.96\00:38:21.20
And then they had
a testimony period,
00:38:21.23\00:38:24.50
and halfway back the
church was lined up with kids,
00:38:24.53\00:38:28.80
spontaneously they want
to share their testimony.
00:38:28.84\00:38:32.07
When does that happen?
00:38:32.11\00:38:35.01
It was amazing, and I
thought this is too good,
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.41
I've got to share this.
00:38:37.45\00:38:39.08
And so I arranged
00:38:39.11\00:38:40.45
for some of the
school aged children
00:38:40.48\00:38:42.25
to come over and
listen and sing with them.
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.69
The kids were so sweet.
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.72
They showed them how
their instruments worked.
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.79
Some of them went around
and introduced themselves,
00:38:49.82\00:38:52.46
got their names,
made them feel so at home.
00:38:52.49\00:38:55.83
Did special songs
just for the little kids,
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.97
special stories
just for the little kids.
00:38:59.00\00:39:01.94
The last day I had my
four year olds go over
00:39:01.97\00:39:05.21
and the teacher
spontaneously told me,
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.81
"They loved it.
00:39:07.84\00:39:09.84
They were so good and so quiet."
00:39:09.88\00:39:14.08
We also have an adult
education teacher on campus,
00:39:14.12\00:39:18.79
wonderful guide,
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.16
doesn't happen to be a Christian
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.96
but he told me, just
spontaneously he said,
00:39:21.99\00:39:26.70
"When you told me
that we're gonna have,
00:39:26.73\00:39:30.37
you know, 46 up to
60 teenagers on campus."
00:39:30.40\00:39:34.97
He said, "I was
really skeptical."
00:39:35.00\00:39:37.84
And then he said,
00:39:37.87\00:39:40.48
"But I must say they
were very inspiring."
00:39:40.51\00:39:45.95
And he said...
00:39:45.98\00:39:48.38
What did he say?
00:39:48.42\00:39:50.09
He said, "Oh, yes, it gave
me hope in the next generation."
00:39:50.12\00:39:55.16
Oh, amen.
00:39:55.19\00:39:56.52
Thank you so much,
and thank you again.
00:39:56.56\00:39:59.26
They were just most
wonderful church members.
00:39:59.29\00:40:02.20
This is Elder Larry Bogas.
00:40:02.23\00:40:04.63
Amen.
00:40:04.67\00:40:06.00
From the Rocky
Mountain, not Rocky Mountain,
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.97
I'm from Rocky
Mountain Conference.
00:40:09.00\00:40:10.34
You're from
00:40:10.37\00:40:11.71
Mountain View
Conference, West Virginia.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.07
Mountain View Conference.
00:40:13.11\00:40:14.44
That's right. Okay, yes.
00:40:14.48\00:40:15.81
West Virginia-Western Maryland.
00:40:15.84\00:40:17.48
Okay, now the churches
that we're talking about...
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.85
How many churches do
you have in that conference?
00:40:20.88\00:40:22.48
We have 34
churches and two companies.
00:40:22.52\00:40:24.92
Okay. And how
many active members?
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.72
We have about 900
active members out of 2,300.
00:40:27.76\00:40:31.13
Okay.
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.49
There are churches
bigger than we are a conference.
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.63
Yes, I know.
00:40:34.66\00:40:36.00
Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:36.03\00:40:37.37
So one of the
churches that we went to
00:40:37.40\00:40:39.23
was Summersville with
a membership of about 70.
00:40:39.27\00:40:42.54
One church was Rainelle
00:40:42.57\00:40:45.01
and that church happened
to be totally flooded out...
00:40:45.04\00:40:47.74
Totally flooded.
Yes, have to rebuild.
00:40:47.78\00:40:49.41
Yes, and that
has about 15 members.
00:40:49.44\00:40:51.05
At the most. At the most, okay.
00:40:51.08\00:40:53.48
Webster Springs has
seven members, four attending?
00:40:53.52\00:40:56.45
Yes, that's correct. Okay.
00:40:56.48\00:40:57.82
It's way out in the mountains.
00:40:57.85\00:40:59.25
Yes, and all these
churches that you have
00:40:59.29\00:41:01.56
are like an hour apart.
00:41:01.59\00:41:02.92
Yes, that's correct.
00:41:02.96\00:41:04.29
So it is almost
like a mission field.
00:41:04.33\00:41:07.03
It is a mission field
but thank you very much.
00:41:07.06\00:41:09.66
Yes, so if you want to
go into a mission field
00:41:09.70\00:41:13.74
and do evangelism,
00:41:13.77\00:41:15.20
you don't have to
go out of the country.
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.71
Amen.
00:41:16.74\00:41:18.07
They can come to
Mountain View Conference.
00:41:18.11\00:41:20.24
That's right.
That's right. Thank you.
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.61
And I want to thank you so much
for your support and for coming
00:41:21.64\00:41:24.98
and actually having
a class for our kids.
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.72
So what was it
like teaching again?
00:41:27.75\00:41:29.98
It was wonderful to be
with these young people
00:41:30.02\00:41:32.52
and to listen to them respond.
00:41:32.55\00:41:36.79
We were talking about
00:41:36.83\00:41:38.16
how to know God's
will for our life.
00:41:38.19\00:41:40.10
And so we were just
talking, but it is so wonderful
00:41:40.13\00:41:44.33
to be able to
be in their company
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.40
and to listen to
their very positive,
00:41:46.43\00:41:50.97
good answers to life.
00:41:51.01\00:41:54.64
And as Dr. Olson said,
00:41:54.68\00:41:57.28
"These young
people are just unreal
00:41:57.31\00:41:59.81
and we don't have to
worry about the future
00:41:59.85\00:42:02.58
when we have these
kinds of young people."
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.59
Right. This is an army
of youth rightly trained.
00:42:04.62\00:42:06.22
Army of youth rightly
trained, that's right.
00:42:06.25\00:42:08.32
Yes.
00:42:08.36\00:42:09.69
Well, I just want to
thank you so much for your...
00:42:09.72\00:42:11.73
For letting us
come first of all.
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.36
Well, it's an
answer to prayer, Lisa.
00:42:13.40\00:42:16.26
This whole thing
Youth for Jesus, Pathway,
00:42:16.30\00:42:20.10
all of that was
an answer to prayer.
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.07
So you are an answer to
prayer, the Youth for Jesus
00:42:22.10\00:42:25.04
were an answer to prayer,
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.44
and I've got to say
thank you to Youth for Jesus,
00:42:26.47\00:42:30.91
to many more, and Lisa,
00:42:30.95\00:42:34.92
and ASI, I mean,
00:42:34.95\00:42:38.29
I've often dreamed
about having young people
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.36
come to Mountain View
00:42:40.39\00:42:41.72
and it happened
because of prayer.
00:42:41.76\00:42:43.59
Amen.
00:42:43.63\00:42:44.96
And I want to thank
the North American division
00:42:44.99\00:42:46.63
who helped, Colombian
Union Leadership helped,
00:42:46.66\00:42:49.83
and so everybody worked together
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.67
and it was so awesome.
00:42:51.70\00:42:53.13
So awesome to see
these young people
00:42:53.17\00:42:55.40
and to see them leave
00:42:55.44\00:42:57.91
was really a
bitter-sweet experience.
00:42:57.94\00:43:01.34
So I just want to
say thank you, Lisa,
00:43:01.38\00:43:03.81
thank you Youth for Jesus.
00:43:03.85\00:43:05.18
Thank you.
00:43:05.21\00:43:06.55
You know, we're
supposed to press together
00:43:06.58\00:43:07.92
and work together...
00:43:07.95\00:43:09.28
Amen. To finish this work.
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.65
And I could see
that the students
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.02
were pressed
together in their bunk beds
00:43:12.05\00:43:14.06
when you were there.
00:43:14.09\00:43:15.42
Yes.
00:43:15.46\00:43:16.79
We traveled with our beds
when we don't have dormitories
00:43:16.83\00:43:20.33
and these
classrooms are very small
00:43:20.36\00:43:22.20
so they were kind
of pressed together.
00:43:22.23\00:43:23.87
Yes they were.
00:43:23.90\00:43:25.23
I took pictures
just to prove it.
00:43:25.27\00:43:26.60
Yes, so...
00:43:26.63\00:43:28.04
Yes, well, we're
in the mission field.
00:43:28.07\00:43:29.80
Yeah, thank you very
much. So, yes, thank you.
00:43:29.84\00:43:33.48
Now we have a short
video with some pictures
00:43:33.51\00:43:36.01
from some of the destruction
that happened in West Virginia
00:43:36.04\00:43:40.18
actually just at the
beginning of this summer
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.68
if that's going to
be up on the screen.
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.75
Well, anyways, it
was a huge destruction,
00:43:44.79\00:43:47.92
I'm sure you all heard of it
in the news in West Virginia.
00:43:47.96\00:43:53.53
The water went very
fast, it rose very fast,
00:43:53.56\00:43:56.13
flash flooding over 20...
00:43:56.16\00:43:59.07
Well, there was
20 people that died
00:43:59.10\00:44:01.27
and hundreds of
people lost their homes.
00:44:01.30\00:44:03.51
This was all right
before Youth for Jesus
00:44:03.54\00:44:05.54
came to the area.
00:44:05.57\00:44:06.91
So, you know, Satan had
some attack there in that area
00:44:06.94\00:44:10.51
and then God sent His people
00:44:10.55\00:44:11.88
right in there at the right time
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.25
with that with
Pathways to Health.
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.72
Even amidst the destruction,
one of the churches there,
00:44:15.75\00:44:18.75
the Rainelle Church
also in partnered up
00:44:18.79\00:44:21.26
with the Youth for Jesus
00:44:21.29\00:44:22.62
and they were helping
with the disaster relief.
00:44:22.66\00:44:24.39
For about two weeks,
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.90
helping to feed
volunteers that were helping,
00:44:26.93\00:44:29.13
helping to clear out trash,
00:44:29.16\00:44:31.40
and but unfortunately
the Rainelle Church
00:44:31.43\00:44:34.10
that was there was
actually destroyed with water,
00:44:34.14\00:44:36.30
was just not be
able to be used anymore.
00:44:36.34\00:44:39.41
Outside it looks okay,
00:44:39.44\00:44:41.38
but there was a huge amount
of water damage on the inside.
00:44:41.41\00:44:43.91
Six inches of water in
the sanctuary, black mould,
00:44:43.95\00:44:47.68
asbestos, it's condemned.
00:44:47.72\00:44:50.65
So they don't have a
place to meet anymore.
00:44:50.69\00:44:53.56
One of the church sites,
00:44:53.59\00:44:54.92
and this was a problem
for us when we got there.
00:44:54.96\00:44:59.43
Now I've got
with me Caleb Batista.
00:44:59.46\00:45:03.26
He's a treasurer
from the Rainelle Church.
00:45:03.30\00:45:05.53
And I just have a
couple of questions for you
00:45:05.57\00:45:07.54
about your church, Caleb.
00:45:07.57\00:45:08.90
Now, obviously it was
destroyed right before
00:45:08.94\00:45:12.44
YFJ was able to be there,
00:45:12.47\00:45:13.81
and we were supposed
to have meetings there,
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.18
so what did you guys do?
00:45:15.21\00:45:16.68
Well, one of the
grateful individuals
00:45:16.71\00:45:18.55
that we helped
out is Youth for Jesus
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.45
and the
community lended us a tent
00:45:22.48\00:45:24.05
to have the meetings
and it was very successful.
00:45:24.09\00:45:26.79
The people were
more receptive to it
00:45:26.82\00:45:29.59
considering that they
don't see a tent meeting
00:45:29.62\00:45:33.60
or arrival that often.
00:45:33.63\00:45:34.96
Now, how many
visitors did you have
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.33
that came to the tent meeting?
00:45:36.36\00:45:37.70
A total of 16 visitors.
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.20
Okay, but now where
are these visitors gonna go
00:45:39.23\00:45:41.14
and where the church members
gonna go to meet now that,
00:45:41.17\00:45:44.31
because that's not
a permanent structure
00:45:44.34\00:45:46.37
you got with the tent?
00:45:46.41\00:45:48.24
Well, we're looking
to rebuild the church
00:45:48.28\00:45:51.41
but the first step is finances.
00:45:51.45\00:45:54.45
We need help, we're
trying to raise money to rebuild
00:45:54.48\00:45:58.12
the Rainelle
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:45:58.15\00:45:59.89
You told me that's gonna take
something like $78,000, right?
00:45:59.92\00:46:03.06
That's correct.
00:46:03.09\00:46:04.46
Now where are you
gonna get that money?
00:46:04.49\00:46:06.03
The Lord will provide.
00:46:06.06\00:46:07.56
Okay, well, that's
where you all come in.
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.53
If there's anybody out
there that feels impressed
00:46:09.56\00:46:12.67
to help sponsor this church,
00:46:12.70\00:46:15.20
Caleb, how can
they get a hold of you?
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.11
Well, the easiest way is
probably my email address,
00:46:17.14\00:46:20.84
it's caleb.batista@icloud.com
00:46:20.88\00:46:24.88
and just get a hold of me there,
00:46:24.91\00:46:26.25
and I can give you as
much information as you need.
00:46:26.28\00:46:29.08
Is there a place
that can meet you here?
00:46:29.12\00:46:30.79
Yes it's at the
Eden Valley booth.
00:46:30.82\00:46:34.46
Okay. That's number 740
at the Eden Valley booth.
00:46:34.49\00:46:36.93
If you want to talk to
Caleb and see how you can help
00:46:36.96\00:46:39.79
with the Rainelle Church.
00:46:39.83\00:46:41.16
Thanks, Caleb. Thank you.
00:46:41.20\00:46:42.66
Now, I've got a couple
of the students up here
00:46:42.70\00:46:45.20
that are gonna share a few
testimonies from this month.
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.90
The first one is
Bailey from California.
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.44
Now, Bailey, this is
your third year at YFJ
00:46:50.47\00:46:53.04
but there was
something different
00:46:53.07\00:46:54.41
about this year
for you, what was that?
00:46:54.44\00:46:56.64
Yes, this year I
had the privilege
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.48
of being one of
the eight speakers
00:46:58.51\00:47:00.28
to speak for the
evangelistic meetings.
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.28
Now, have you
ever preached before?
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.39
I went on a
mission trip with my school
00:47:04.42\00:47:06.25
to the Philippines
00:47:06.29\00:47:07.62
and I preached two
sermons there with a translator.
00:47:07.66\00:47:10.26
So this is my first
time here in America
00:47:10.29\00:47:12.49
speaking in English to anyone.
00:47:12.53\00:47:14.56
You also had more
sermons here than in...
00:47:14.60\00:47:16.43
Oh, yeah, we had a lot more.
00:47:16.46\00:47:18.40
Okay, now how was
the experience for you?
00:47:18.43\00:47:21.57
It was amazing.
00:47:21.60\00:47:23.07
It really pushed me
out of my comfort zone.
00:47:23.10\00:47:25.27
Naturally, I'm a
very shy, reserved person
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.78
but speaking made me
come out of my comfort zone
00:47:27.81\00:47:30.48
and shared what I believed
00:47:30.51\00:47:32.15
and it gave me that confidence
and the boldness to do so.
00:47:32.18\00:47:35.08
And I really
learned the emphasis
00:47:35.12\00:47:36.85
of having to rely on
God for your strength.
00:47:36.89\00:47:39.85
There was one instance I was
supposed to preach that evening
00:47:39.89\00:47:42.76
and I could hardly stand
up for more than a few minutes
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.43
without feeling like
I was going to faint.
00:47:45.46\00:47:47.63
And I prayed, and I prayed
with some of the other speakers
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.20
and staff members,
00:47:50.23\00:47:51.63
and I got to right
before I was supposed to
00:47:51.67\00:47:53.97
preach my sermon and I
still could not stand up.
00:47:54.00\00:47:56.60
And I was praying
00:47:56.64\00:47:57.97
and then right when I was
supposed to get up I got up
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.68
and I was able to go
through my 35 minute sermon
00:48:00.71\00:48:03.08
without feeling faint at all.
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.98
Amen.
00:48:05.01\00:48:06.35
And that's just
a small testimony
00:48:06.38\00:48:07.72
of the way that God
can work through us,
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.92
not just
physically, but spiritually,
00:48:09.95\00:48:11.62
and emotionally, and mentally,
00:48:11.65\00:48:13.09
as we serve Him
through His preaching.
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.19
Now, how old are you, Bailey?
00:48:15.22\00:48:16.56
I'm 17.
00:48:16.59\00:48:17.93
So if she can preach
in evangelistic series,
00:48:17.96\00:48:19.49
you all can too, right?
00:48:19.53\00:48:21.86
Amen. All right.
00:48:21.90\00:48:23.37
Now we've got
Jeremy, he's also...
00:48:23.40\00:48:24.80
You're from
California as well, right?
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.17
That's correct.
00:48:26.20\00:48:27.54
Now, Jeremy, we...
00:48:27.57\00:48:28.90
Miss Lisa already mentioned
some of the different things
00:48:28.94\00:48:30.77
that we have this year.
00:48:30.81\00:48:32.14
There's a lot of
changes in the YFJ program
00:48:32.17\00:48:33.94
because of the
situation with the flood
00:48:33.98\00:48:36.38
and other things,
Pathways to Health.
00:48:36.41\00:48:38.68
What were some of the different
outreach things that we did
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.85
that were different?
00:48:40.88\00:48:42.22
Well, besides Pathways to Health
00:48:42.25\00:48:43.59
which is a pretty big one.
00:48:43.62\00:48:45.82
We did actually
quite a bit of canvassing,
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.96
and we also did
some Bible studies,
00:48:48.99\00:48:52.09
and the cleanup,
that was interesting.
00:48:52.13\00:48:56.20
Okay.
00:48:56.23\00:48:57.57
What about the
canvassing, how did that go?
00:48:57.60\00:48:59.37
It actually went pretty well.
00:48:59.40\00:49:00.74
It's like my first time,
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.24
actually going canvassing
for an extended period of time,
00:49:02.27\00:49:06.17
and the first
neighborhood that I went to,
00:49:06.21\00:49:09.84
it wasn't very receptive
00:49:09.88\00:49:11.48
and so after going
through the first time
00:49:11.51\00:49:14.88
actually canvassing and
getting complete rejections.
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.92
You start feeling a little
bit hesitant about the next one.
00:49:17.95\00:49:22.12
But then we went and
we got back in the van,
00:49:22.16\00:49:25.26
moved on to next neighborhood,
we prayed really hard about it.
00:49:25.29\00:49:28.40
The next neighborhood
was extremely receptive.
00:49:28.43\00:49:30.47
It was a blessing. Amen.
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.00
What about...
00:49:32.03\00:49:33.37
You said,
talked about a cleanup.
00:49:33.40\00:49:34.74
There was a special project
that one of the Bible workers
00:49:34.77\00:49:36.94
had with their
Bible study contacts.
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.71
Can you tell us a
little bit about that?
00:49:38.74\00:49:40.88
Okay.
00:49:40.91\00:49:43.48
This one it's really interesting
00:49:43.51\00:49:46.05
because one of them,
our Bible workers, James,
00:49:46.08\00:49:49.55
he was up on stage earlier.
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.05
He had a Bible study contact,
00:49:51.09\00:49:52.69
a retired teacher
with respiratory problems
00:49:52.72\00:49:55.32
that made it so that
she couldn't clean her house
00:49:55.36\00:49:57.33
for two years.
00:49:57.36\00:49:59.36
To top it off she
had a lot of animals,
00:49:59.39\00:50:01.66
notably birds
00:50:01.70\00:50:03.20
and when things
started to accumulating...
00:50:03.23\00:50:05.37
so...
00:50:08.50\00:50:09.84
What was on the
floor in her house?
00:50:09.87\00:50:12.21
It wasn't a very big house.
00:50:12.24\00:50:13.58
Yes, it was a
pretty small house.
00:50:13.61\00:50:14.94
But there were so
many things in that house
00:50:14.98\00:50:16.91
that we spend
maybe 30 minutes at least
00:50:16.95\00:50:20.08
just trying to clear the path
00:50:20.12\00:50:21.45
from the front
door to the back door.
00:50:21.48\00:50:23.62
What else was on
the floor though?
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.05
I would say give or take an inch
00:50:25.09\00:50:27.16
or an inch and a
half of bird seed,
00:50:27.19\00:50:29.16
bird droppings and other items.
00:50:29.19\00:50:31.83
It was pretty bad
00:50:31.86\00:50:33.33
and we actually had to
wear masks inside, right?
00:50:33.36\00:50:35.26
Yes, that's correct.
00:50:35.30\00:50:38.27
Well, actually one of the people
00:50:38.30\00:50:40.50
I was working with had to scrape
00:50:40.54\00:50:41.87
a dead bird off the floor.
00:50:41.90\00:50:43.91
And we found at least a
couple of dead mice too, right?
00:50:43.94\00:50:45.64
Yes.
00:50:45.67\00:50:47.01
It was pretty bad, this lady
really needed our help and...
00:50:47.04\00:50:49.64
Yeah.
00:50:49.68\00:50:51.51
We were able to clean most
of the stuff off the floor,
00:50:51.55\00:50:55.22
take out a lot of the
trash, sort some of the stuff.
00:50:55.25\00:50:58.05
We actually filled
I think a pretty large
00:50:58.09\00:51:00.62
maybe 20 foot tarp
00:51:00.66\00:51:02.39
with just trash
that we took out.
00:51:02.42\00:51:05.89
This is Christ
method in action, right?
00:51:05.93\00:51:09.23
Amen. Thank you, Jeremy.
00:51:09.26\00:51:12.83
Now we have
Dominique from Delaware.
00:51:12.87\00:51:15.20
Dominique,
00:51:15.24\00:51:16.94
at first you really didn't
want to come to YFJ, right?
00:51:16.97\00:51:19.71
No, it wasn't in my plans at all
00:51:19.74\00:51:22.14
actually I had this stuff
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.65
and with education
activities and I was like,
00:51:23.68\00:51:26.35
"I don't think I'm going there."
00:51:26.38\00:51:28.78
But after this
basically like a month before
00:51:28.82\00:51:31.75
I decided I'm
just gonna embrace it
00:51:31.79\00:51:33.92
and just gonna go
and at least take a time,
00:51:33.96\00:51:36.66
you know, and when I first...
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.46
I'm from the east coast,
so when I first got there,
00:51:38.49\00:51:41.10
I was like really confused
like, "Where is the houses?
00:51:41.13\00:51:44.20
Where is everything here?"
00:51:44.23\00:51:45.57
As so we first got
there, I put my luggage down
00:51:45.60\00:51:47.40
but it wasn't really hitting me,
00:51:47.44\00:51:48.77
my brother was like, "Dom,
00:51:48.80\00:51:50.14
we're gonna have so much fun."
00:51:50.17\00:51:51.51
He was laughing at me. I
was like, "Oh, goodness."
00:51:51.54\00:51:52.87
And it didn't really hit
me until I got in the car
00:51:52.91\00:51:54.81
with Miss Lisa and Miss Julie.
00:51:54.84\00:51:56.85
And I just started
crying, I was like,
00:51:56.88\00:51:58.45
"This is not
real, like I can't."
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.12
This is not happening.
00:52:00.15\00:52:01.48
I was just like, "Oh, my
gosh, I'm not gonna make it."
00:52:01.52\00:52:02.95
I'm very dramatic by
the way, so I was like,
00:52:02.98\00:52:04.95
"I'm just gonna walk
home, I'm gonna walk home,
00:52:04.99\00:52:07.09
someone gonna come get me.
00:52:07.12\00:52:08.46
I'm not gonna stay here."
00:52:08.49\00:52:09.82
You know, I was
just being some extra...
00:52:09.86\00:52:12.69
You were even crying, right?
00:52:12.73\00:52:14.06
Yeah, I was like
it's not possible,
00:52:14.10\00:52:16.63
I'm not staying here,
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.00
I don't know
what's going to go on
00:52:18.03\00:52:19.37
but it's just not for me...
00:52:19.40\00:52:21.70
But you ended up
enjoying the program, right?
00:52:21.74\00:52:23.81
Yes, actually I did.
00:52:23.84\00:52:25.27
We learned so
much stuff on schedules
00:52:25.31\00:52:27.24
we were like extremely tight,
00:52:27.28\00:52:28.78
but I was able to
adapt to it very quickly
00:52:28.81\00:52:31.85
and I was able to learn so much.
00:52:31.88\00:52:33.42
Now what was the
turning point for you?
00:52:33.45\00:52:35.25
Was there a certain
class or any outreach
00:52:35.28\00:52:38.19
or something that really
turned made a change for you?
00:52:38.22\00:52:41.32
Well, the first week, you know,
I wasn't as open I guess so,
00:52:41.36\00:52:45.69
you know, we had...
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.30
I went back to my church,
I'm very, very, like involved
00:52:47.33\00:52:50.50
but we got there and I was like,
00:52:50.53\00:52:53.44
"This is a lot of church
like, we do every morning,
00:52:53.47\00:52:55.64
we are doing worship
and then we have classes,
00:52:55.67\00:52:57.21
and it's just a
very tight schedule."
00:52:57.24\00:52:59.01
But then after
I was able to just
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.38
hear the first sermon
by Pastor Hyme, I heard.
00:53:01.41\00:53:04.08
And he said something that
just really got in my head.
00:53:04.11\00:53:06.25
He was like basically that
00:53:06.28\00:53:08.38
we say we don't have enough time
00:53:08.42\00:53:09.98
but it's because we occupy
our time with the wrong things.
00:53:10.02\00:53:12.59
And then after that, I
was able to listen more
00:53:12.62\00:53:16.02
and actually
embrace and just actually
00:53:16.06\00:53:17.73
pay a lot more attention.
00:53:17.76\00:53:19.23
Now, because of the program
00:53:19.26\00:53:21.03
you decided to be
re-baptized, right?
00:53:21.06\00:53:23.10
Yes. Why was that?
00:53:23.13\00:53:24.60
Well, I actually
heard that, you know,
00:53:24.63\00:53:27.34
people get
re-baptized every year
00:53:27.37\00:53:30.11
and I was like, "You know,
I've already been baptized,
00:53:30.14\00:53:32.27
I don't need to do that again."
00:53:32.31\00:53:33.98
But the Friday
night before baptism,
00:53:34.01\00:53:37.21
I heard the appeal
and I was like, wow,
00:53:37.25\00:53:39.68
this is like
actually kind of touching me.
00:53:39.71\00:53:42.12
But I was like, maybe
I'll just come back next year
00:53:42.15\00:53:44.22
and get baptized or something.
00:53:44.25\00:53:45.72
I wasn't really too sure
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.76
but then I
basically I just got for sign,
00:53:47.79\00:53:50.09
and not even five minutes
later he gave me that sign.
00:53:50.13\00:53:52.53
And so I was just
like, I need to show
00:53:52.56\00:53:55.00
God I'm actually
committed, I need to restart,
00:53:55.03\00:53:56.93
and I need to just do
over and actually show him like
00:53:56.97\00:53:59.90
I'm giving myself to Him again.
00:53:59.93\00:54:02.34
Now, what do you want to do
now that you're going back home.
00:54:02.37\00:54:05.21
I mean praise God for your
decision to be re-baptized.
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.21
Yes. But now what?
00:54:07.24\00:54:09.48
Well, you go back
home, even as a teenager
00:54:09.51\00:54:12.71
you have the same influences
00:54:12.75\00:54:14.38
but I like, I'm just
gonna turn myself to know that
00:54:14.42\00:54:17.55
I'm not living for myself,
I also have to live for God.
00:54:17.59\00:54:20.02
Amen.
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.39
How many of you here are
willing to pray for Dominique
00:54:21.42\00:54:23.79
and all of these YFJ
students when they go home?
00:54:23.83\00:54:27.36
Amen, because
they're gonna need it
00:54:27.40\00:54:28.96
when they go back away from
the influences that they have,
00:54:29.00\00:54:31.77
the good influences
here at YFJ and they go back
00:54:31.80\00:54:34.44
and they're alone
in their home churches
00:54:34.47\00:54:37.11
sometimes away from other youth.
00:54:37.14\00:54:41.44
Thank you, Max.
00:54:41.48\00:54:42.94
Well, we have a
surprise interview here.
00:54:42.98\00:54:46.21
He didn't know he was
gonna be coming up here
00:54:46.25\00:54:47.92
but we have some extra time.
00:54:47.95\00:54:49.38
So I wanted to ask
Cameron because, you know,
00:54:49.42\00:54:54.26
when Cameron first came,
00:54:54.29\00:54:56.26
he came with a purpose
00:54:56.29\00:54:58.03
and as the program went on
00:54:58.06\00:55:01.06
he got sidetracked a little bit.
00:55:01.10\00:55:03.00
But then towards the
end of it he realized,
00:55:03.03\00:55:05.73
"You know, hey,
this is a program
00:55:05.77\00:55:07.57
that is going to give
me an opportunities in life
00:55:07.60\00:55:10.07
that I don't get."
00:55:10.11\00:55:11.51
And so you talked to me
about wanting to go back
00:55:11.54\00:55:14.41
to which school?
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.18
Well, a school in Tennessee,
it's called Heritage Academy.
00:55:16.21\00:55:18.81
And what grade are you in?
00:55:18.85\00:55:20.35
I'm going into my
junior year so 11th grade.
00:55:20.38\00:55:21.98
Your junior year. Okay.
00:55:22.02\00:55:23.59
And so as you saw
what was happening,
00:55:23.62\00:55:27.46
what did you want to do?
00:55:27.49\00:55:29.46
Well, I was really
impressed that when I went back
00:55:29.49\00:55:32.26
that I wanted to start
an evangelistic meeting
00:55:32.29\00:55:33.96
in my school.
00:55:34.00\00:55:35.33
You know, I was really
impressed by the speakers
00:55:35.36\00:55:36.70
and I just...
00:55:36.73\00:55:38.07
I talked to a couple
of speakers, you know,
00:55:38.10\00:55:39.43
how is it like speaking.
00:55:39.47\00:55:40.80
I talked to Miss Lisa.
00:55:40.84\00:55:42.17
You now, when I came here,
you know, I saw my president,
00:55:42.20\00:55:43.61
my principal and I
talked to them about it
00:55:43.64\00:55:45.17
and they said they
were going to consider.
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.28
And yes...
00:55:48.31\00:55:49.64
And, you know,
this is a challenge
00:55:49.68\00:55:51.01
that we give to all our
people, all our students.
00:55:51.05\00:55:54.02
And the goal and the
mission of Youth for Jesus
00:55:54.05\00:55:57.99
is to provide an environment
for one month and I told them,
00:55:58.02\00:56:02.79
"If you live to be 90 years old
00:56:02.82\00:56:05.33
how many months
of life do you have?"
00:56:05.36\00:56:08.80
One thousand eighty months.
00:56:08.83\00:56:11.30
So 1080 months
you're going to have
00:56:11.33\00:56:13.54
so take this one month
00:56:13.57\00:56:15.30
and dedicate it to
your relationship with God.
00:56:15.34\00:56:18.94
And so we ask you to
put all distractions aside
00:56:18.97\00:56:23.68
and we help them
do that by taking,
00:56:23.71\00:56:27.12
by asking them not
to bring any media.
00:56:27.15\00:56:30.49
They only have their phones
00:56:30.52\00:56:32.22
for outreach for safety reasons,
00:56:32.25\00:56:34.62
and otherwise you don't
have too much distraction.
00:56:34.66\00:56:38.03
Yep, you're
right. No distractions.
00:56:38.06\00:56:40.90
Except each other,
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.60
so one of the things
that we ask them to do
00:56:43.63\00:56:45.70
is put all
personal relationships
00:56:45.73\00:56:48.50
on the back burner
and focus on friendship
00:56:48.54\00:56:52.54
and most of all
friendship with God.
00:56:52.57\00:56:55.08
And did you find that this
environment that was created
00:56:55.11\00:56:59.95
helped you in that goal?
00:56:59.98\00:57:01.38
Yeah, it did.
00:57:01.42\00:57:02.75
There was a lot
of special people
00:57:02.78\00:57:04.12
and the Bible
workers have helped,
00:57:04.15\00:57:05.49
the staff have helped a
lot, and they try to push us
00:57:05.52\00:57:08.16
and guide us from
their own direction.
00:57:08.19\00:57:09.69
You know, many of us found that
if you're willing to listen,
00:57:09.72\00:57:11.69
you got pushed in
the right direction.
00:57:11.73\00:57:13.06
Amen.
00:57:13.09\00:57:14.43
And so you're going
back to Heritage Academy
00:57:14.46\00:57:16.56
and you're going to organize
an evangelistic meeting.
00:57:16.60\00:57:19.23
Hopefully, yes. Yes.
00:57:19.27\00:57:20.60
Okay, you get those students
and the teachers to work.
00:57:20.64\00:57:22.80
All right. Okay,
thank you, Cameron.
00:57:22.84\00:57:25.11
All right, well, this is
our report for Youth for Jesus.
00:57:25.14\00:57:28.08
Next year we will be in Texas.
00:57:28.11\00:57:32.21
So ASI Convention
will be in Houston
00:57:32.25\00:57:35.32
and I spoke with a
conference president there,
00:57:35.35\00:57:37.39
I thought he was here
00:57:37.42\00:57:38.75
and I was gonna have him come up
00:57:38.79\00:57:40.12
and welcome ASI to Houston,
00:57:40.16\00:57:42.12
but he has
pastoral meetings at home,
00:57:42.16\00:57:45.03
so he wasn't able to be with us.
00:57:45.06\00:57:46.70
But he wanted me to make sure
00:57:46.73\00:57:49.06
that ASI will be more
than welcome to Houston
00:57:49.10\00:57:52.83
and for Youth for Jesus
00:57:52.87\00:57:54.20
to come and share
our blessings with them.
00:57:54.24\00:57:56.57
And so we want to
thank ASI, and LIFE,
00:57:56.60\00:57:59.97
and Mission Seek for supporting
00:58:00.01\00:58:01.84
this wonderful
program for your young people.
00:58:01.88\00:58:04.18