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05:22 >> THANK YOU FOR SINGING, PLEASE BE SEATED. 05:26 >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO EACH ONE OF YOU. 05:30 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. 05:32 ISN'T AT IT BLESSING TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 05:41 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE BEING BLESSED HERE? 05:44 PRAISE THE LORD. >> WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH 05:47 ME AS WE PRAY. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU 05:51 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE AT A -- ASI. 05:59 WE HAVE COME THIS EVENING TO EXPRESS OUR PRAISE AND 06:04 THANKSGIVING TO YOU, TO HEAR REPORTS OF YOUR MIRACLE-WORKING 06:11 POWER. LORD YOU HAV CALLED EACH OF US. 06:14 WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY YOU. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING 06:21 YOU. WE ASK THAT DO YOU WOULD BLESS 06:24 AND THAT JESUS BE UPLIFTED IN ALL THAT IS SAID AND DONE THIS 06:29 EVENING, WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, -AMEN. >> AMEN. 06:54 ♪ ♪ 08:26 ♪ ♪ 10:29 [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, ASI. 10:37 WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE EACH ONE OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE 10:41 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BLESSING THAT GOD IS GOING TO GIVE US. 10:45 I HAVE BILL KNOT, AND HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVENTIST 10:49 WORLD, AND I HAVE THE MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR ADVENTIST REVIEW 10:54 AND DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND INNOVATION FOR SOMETHING CALLED 10:59 AR TV. SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE 11:02 ABOUT THAT. AND ASI ENJOYS A LONG 11:08 RELATIONSHIP WORKING TOGETHER WITH THESE PEOPLE. 11:10 WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GETTING SMALLER THESE 11:15 DAYS. YOU KNOW, THE ADVENTIST REVIEW 11:17 WENT FROM A LARGER FORMAT DOWN TO A SMALLER FORMAT, AND 11:24 SUDDENLY WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE CARD. 11:28 >> IN REALITY THIS IS JUST ILLUSTRATING SOMETHING ABOUT HOW 11:32 THIS MINISTRY HAS BEEN GROWING SO RAPIDLY IN THE LAST TWO 11:36 YEARS. WE'RE A FAMILY OF PRODUCTS NOW, 11:38 NOT JUST ONE. WE'RE CALLED ADVENTIST REVIEW 11:42 MINISTRIES, BUT WE PUBLISH ADVENTIST WORLD MAGAZINE, KIDS 11:47 VIEW, OUR PRODUCT FOR KIDS, WE HAVE LARGE WEBSITES, SOCIAL 11:52 MEDIA OPTIONS. WE ARE NOW A FAMILY THAT'S THE 11:56 OLDEST THING IN THE CHURCH AND ALSO THE NEWEST THING OF THE 11:59 CHURCH. >> OKAY. 12:00 SO WHAT WE CAN SEE THEN IS THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY PARTNERS WITH 12:04 ALL DIFFERENT OTHER MINISTRIES AS WELL. 12:06 >> I OFTEN TELL OUR TEAM, WE DID NOT BUILD THIS ORGANIZATION, 12:11 TITHE AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF CHURCH MEMBERS BUILT THIS. 12:18 SO IT'S OUR JOB TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE 12:23 DOING AND HOW THE LORD IS WORKING THROUGH THEM. 12:26 >> JARED IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR TITLE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 12:30 THAN LAST YEAR. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CHANGES 12:32 ARE. >> YEAH, WE HAVE GOT SOMETHING 12:35 EXCITING, AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING. 12:37 IT'S REALLY A THOUGHT OF WHAT DOES TOMORROW LOOK LIKE? 12:40 AND HOW DO YOU SERVE THE CHURCH? AND THOSE THAT WE LOVE AROUND US 12:44 THROUGH THE CONTENT OF THE ADVENTIST REVIEW AND ALL OF THE 12:47 THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND JOY 12:53 OF AGITATING AND RATTLING BILL'S CAGE AND FINDS WAYS IN WHICH WE 13:01 CAN BETTER SERVE OUR CHURCH. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS ARTV. 13:07 I COULD SAY IT IS INSPIRED BY CHRIST OBJECT LESSONS. 13:13 ELLEN WHITE SAYS OF JESUS, THAT THE REASON HE SPOKE IN PARABLES 13:20 IS BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF STORYTELLING, 13:24 ESPECIALLY WITH THE GREEKS. >> OKAY. 13:26 >> WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IS BY THE YEAR 2020, 8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE 13:32 WILL BE USING THE INTERNET, AND 8 OF THE 10 WILL BE USING IT ON 13:38 THEIR MOBILE DEVICE, WATCHING A VIDEO, CALLED SHORT-FORM 13:43 CONTENT. SO ARTV IS REALLY HOW DO WE 13:47 DELIVER THIS TIMELESS MESSAGE IN VIDEO FORMAT, MOBILE FIRST, AND 13:52 FINE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN EASILY SHARE IT WITH THOSE AROUND US. 13:56 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THAT LAUNCHES THIS OCTOBER. 13:59 >> OKAY. THAT SOUNDS EXCITING. 14:01 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOOTS, AND WHERE 14:06 THE PEOPLE SHOULD GO BY IT? >> WE HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED A 14:13 PRODUCTION AND PROJECT WHERE WE SENT A TEAM TO FILM IN VIRTUAL 14:17 REALITY, AND IF YOU COME BY OUR BOOTH, OR YOU CAN GO BY ADRA'S 14:28 BIRTH, AND YOU CAN PUT THESE GOGGLES ON AND IMMERSE YOURSELF 14:37 OF BEING IN A VILLAGE. SO I WANT TO JUST ININVITE YOU, 14:44 COME BY OUR BOOTH, AND EXPERIENCE WHAT THAT IS LIKE. 14:47 >> OKAY. SOUNDS EXCITING. 14:51 BILL, I KNOW WE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT OF ADVENTIST REVIEW, OR 14:57 ADVENTIST WORLD OF BEING MEDIA. BUT CAN YOU TELL US HOW IT IS 15:01 CHANGING OR PROGRESSING? >> YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES PEOPLE 15:06 THINK THAT IF YOU ARE LEANING FORWARD TOWARDS NEW 15:10 TECHNOLOGIES, SOMEHOW YOU ARE LEANING AWAY FROM BIBLICAL 15:16 TRUTHS. WE'RE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES 15:18 TO TRUTH, BUT WE'RE PROGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO METHODOLOGY.-WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO DELIVER 15:25 TO AUDIENCES, THE TIMELESS TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE IN A WAY 15:30 THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND AND CHANGE THEIR THINKING. 15:32 SO WE'RE DEVELOPING AUDIO PODCASTS. 15:36 WE'RE WORKING AS JARED HAS SAID IN SHORT-FORM ON-DEMAND VIDEO. 15:42 WE CONTINUE TO PUBLISH THE MOST WIDELY SPREAD MAGAZINES IN THE 15:47 ADVENTIST CHURCH, BUT IT'S A RANGE OF THINGS. 15:50 IT'S A FAMILY OF THINGS, BECAUSE OUR GOAL ISN'T JUST TO REACH 15:55 READERS. IT'S ANYONE WHO WE CAN PUT THE 15:57 GOOD NEWS IN FRONT OF. >> AMEN. 16:00 IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE EVERY YEAR. 16:04 I KNOW WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTNERING FOR A NUMBER OF 16:10 YEARS NOW. JARED WHY DO YOU COME EVERY 16:14 YEAR? >> I HAVE FOUND OVER THE LAST 16:17 TEN YEARS COMING TO ASI, AND NOW WITH OUR ADVENTIST REVIEW TEAM, 16:21 WE COME HERE FOR THE BEST IDEAS. WE COME HERE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE 16:26 AND WE COME HERE TO BE INSPIRED. WHAT THE SEMINARS GIVE US IS A 16:32 BLESSING, WHAT IS DONE ON THIS STAGE IS A BLESSING, BUT I OFTEN 16:37 FIND IT'S THOSE SHORT CONVERSATIONS IN THE HALLS, AND 16:40 AT LUNCH AND DINNER THAT MAKE ME WANT TO SAY I WANT TO BE AN 16:45 ADVENTIST THIS YEAR, THIS WEEK. SO THAT'S WHY WE COME. 16:50 >> AND WE GET AMAZING STORIES FROM HERE. 16:53 PEOPLE WALKING THE HALLS WHO STOP AND SAY, COULD I TALK TO 16:57 YOU FOR A MOMENT, AND SUDDENLY UNFOLDS A STORY THAT WE WANT TO 17:01 TELL THE WORLD ABOUT. IT'S A STORY OF FAITH OR 17:05 COURAGE, SOMETIMES CHALLENGE WITH DAUNTING CIRCUMSTANCES, 17:08 THOSE ARE STORIES THAT COME OUT OF THIS CONVENTION EVERY YEAR, 17:11 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WE'RE HERE. 17:14 >> AMEN. I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR 17:17 PARTNERING WITH ASI, WE'RE SO HAPPY WITH THE RELATIONSHIP. 17:24 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 17:26 GOD BLESS. >> GOOD EVENING, ASI. 17:32 SO HOW MANY OF YOU WENT TO THE SEMINARS TODAY? 17:35 HOW MANY OF YOU WENT TO THE SEMINARS? 17:39 OH WOW, LOOK AT ALL OF THE HANDS? 17:42 HOW MANY OF YOU WERE BAD PEOPLE AND DID NOT GO TO THE SEMINARS 17:46 TODAY? YOU MISSED OUT. 17:48 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE -SEMINARS. THEY WERE REALLY WELL ATTENDED. 17:53 I WEPT THROUGH SEMINAR AFTR SEMINAR, AND I WAS JUST REALLY 17:57 BLESSED. AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 18:00 TREATS THAT YOU HAVE FOR TOMORROW. 18:01 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. 18:04 REMEMBER, THERE'S TWO SETS OF SEMINARS. 18:07 THERE'S A MORNING -- SEMINAR AND AN AFTERNOON SEMINAR. 18:14 >> I'M WITH COMING OUT MINISTRIES, AN TOMORROW WE'RE 18:18 GOING TO BE SHOWING OUR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND NEWLY RELEASED 18:25 DOCUMENTARY, JOURNEY INTERRUPTED, REVEALING THE 18:30 REDEEMING POWER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO REACH THE 18:35 UNREACHABLE AND CHANGE TH UNCHANGEABLE. 18:37 >> I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE AT THAT ONE, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER ONE 18:42 AT 10:45. MY NAME IS JULIAN. 18:46 I'M FROM AUSTRALIA, I RUN A MINISTRY CALLED FAITH VERSUS 18:51 FINANCE. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE 18:53 QUESTION IS IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE FINANCIALLY SECURE WITHOUT 18:58 BECOMING SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT. AND AT 10:45, WE'LL BE ANSWERING 19:05 THE QUESTION ABOUT CHRISTIAN AND IT THREEISTS, A CHILDREN WHO 19:09 BELIEVES IN GOD BUT TRUSTS IN MONEY. 19:13 >> I'M JIM DAVIDSON WITH JESUS IN SCIENCE SEMINARS. 19:17 WHY JESUS AND SCIENCE? WHY NOT THE MORE PALATABLE GOD 19:25 AND SCIENCE. WE POINT TO JESUS THROUGH 19:29 ROCK-SOLID SCIENCE COMBINED WITH ROCK-SOLID SCRIPTURE.-pCOME READ WITH US, AND LEARN 19:38 ABOUT WHO IS LYING ABOUT GOD, AND THE JESUS THE CREATOR, WHO 19:42 CAN DAILY CREATE IN US, NEW HEARTS. 19:46 >> AMEN. THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN 19:49 LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND 19:53 ENJOYING IT. GOD JUST WANTS US TO RELISH HIM. 19:58 GOD WANTS US TO DELIGHT IN HIM. AND YET FOR MOST OF MY CHRISTIAN 20:03 LIFE THAT WAS NOT MY EXPERIENCE. IT TOOK ME 30 YEARS AFTER MY 20:08 BAPTISM TO FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 20:10 WHAT WAS I MISSING? HOW COULD I MISS SOMETHING SO 20:15 IMPORTANT? HOW CAN WE ENJOY GOD? 20:17 HOW CAN WE RELISH OUR TIME WITH HIM, AND RELISH SHARING HIM WITH-THE WORLD? 20:23 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 3:30, WE'RE GOING TO LIKE AT THE 20:29 LIGHTING AND THE ALL MIGHTY. WE'RE LOOK ANOTHER HOW WE CAN 20:33 ENJOY GOD TO THE FULLIST. >> MY NAME IS BILL, AND THE 20:39 TITLE OF OUR SEMINAR IS WITNESSING COLD TURKEY. 20:43 WITNESSING COLD TURKEY. WE'RE GOING TO TELL A LOT OF 20:46 STORIES. STORY AFTER STORY. 20:48 WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO VIEW A FOUR MINUTE VIDEO FROM AN 20:53 ATHEIST DESCRIBES HOW HE FELT AS HE WAS APPROACHED BY A 20:57 CHRISTIAN. WE'LL LOOK AT RECENT SEARCH THAT 21:02 WAS JUST RELEASED FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE 21:06 EFFECTIVENESS OF APPROACHING PEOPLE COLD TURKEY, AND LOTS OF 21:11 STORIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. >> I'M TED WILSON, AND WE ARE 21:18 GOING TO BE SHARING -- ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE SHARING TOMORROW 21:22 ABOUT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. EVERYBODY DOING SOMETHING FOR 21:26 JESUS. IT'S AMAZING HOW THIS SIMPLE 21:30 CONCEPT, WHICH IS CERTAINLY NOTHING NEW, BUT IT IS SOMETHING 21:34 THAT THE LORD HAS INSPIRED US WITH, HOW IT IS CATCHING ON ALL 21:39 OVER THE WORLD. GOD TELLS US THAT UNLESS OUR 21:44 MEMBERS AND OUR PASTORS AND CHURCH WORKERS JOIN TOGETHER, 21:49 WE'LL STILL BE HERE. LET'S HEAD TO HEAVEN. 21:52 TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. >> WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT JESUS 21:56 IS COMING SOON, AMEN? >> AMEN. 22:00 >> WE BELIEVE WE CAN HASTEN HIS RETURN, SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE 22:07 YOU TO COME, AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER IN WHAT REALLY MATTERS 22:11 AS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS. 22:13 PLEASE COME TO OUR SEMINAR AND BE INSPIRED. 22:16 >> NOW WE JUST GAVE YOU A LOT OF TOUGH CHOICES, DIDN'T WE? 22:21 AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MORE. 22:23 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT -- NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT 22:28 SOMETIME OR ANOTHER, IN YOUR ASI BOOKLET, ON PAGE 11, IT GIVES 22:34 YOU A LIST OF ALL OF THE SEMINARS. 22:37 WE HAVE RON, RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH, SEEN FURTHER THAN MARTIN 22:44 LUTHER. HIS BOOK IS AMAZING, AND HE IS 22:47 GOING TO BE DOING A SEMINAR. ALSO DR. MARUM, HE IS GOING TO 22:53 BE TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND HEALING, AND HOW 22:58 YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE REALLY EFFECTS HOW YOU FEEL PHYSICALLY. 23:03 AND THEN COMING OUT OF COMPL 23:10 COMPLAISANCESY. HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT BAD 23:12 STRESS AND GOOD STRESS, AND HOW SOME STRESS IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR 23:16 YOU. SO THAT'S AN EXCITING SEMINAR. 23:19 SO REMEMBER WE HAVE TWO SETS OF SEMINARS. 23:22 WE HAVE A MORNING SEMINAR AT 10:45, AND THEN AN AFTERNOON 23:28 SEMINAR AT 3:30. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. 23:31 ENJOY. ♪ 26:59 ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] 27:08 >> HELLO, ASI FAMILY MEMBERS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, RIGHT? 27:14 FAMILY? I LOE COMING TO ASI. 27:19 SO MANY OF US HAVE AMAZING STORIES, DON'T WE? 27:26 YOU -- YOU GO DOWN TO THE EXHIBIT HALL AND HERE AMAZING -STORIES. 27:36 DR. BRIAN SCHWARTZ IS FROM DAYTON, OHIO. 27:41 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU PRAY WITH ALL OF YOUR PATIENTS. 27:50 H HOW DID YOU START DOING THAT? 27:57 >> THANK YOU, ESTHER. AFTER GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL, I 28:01 WAS NOT PERSONALLY COMFORTABLE PRAYING WITH PATIENTS, BUT 28:05 AROUND 2004, 2005, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT FORMED AMEN. 28:11 WE WERE CHALLENGED BY PASTOR MARK FINLEY TO JUST START HAVING 28:16 A SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION WITH OUR PATIENTS. 28:19 AND I CAME BACK FROM THAT MEETING CONVICTED AND CHANGED, 28:22 AND REALIZED THAT I NEEDED TO START DOING THAT. 28:25 SO I WOULD PICK OUT A PATIENT HERE AND THERE AND START PRAYING 28:30 WITH THEM. I PICKED OUT THE ONES THAT I 28:34 THOUGHT WOULD RESPOND AT FIRST, BUT AFTER A WHILE I BECAME 28:38 CONVINCED I NEEDED TO PRAY WITH EVERY SINGLE PATIENT. 28:42 >> THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL CAN DO. 28:44 WHETHER YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, OR FIRE CHIEF, OR POLICE OFFICER, 28:49 YOU CAN ALWAYS PRAY WITH SOMEBODY. 28:52 YOU CONSIDER TELLING ME ABOUT A FIRE CHIEF AND SOME PRAYERS YOU 28:55 HAD WITH HIM. >> HAVING STARTED PRAYING WITH 28:58 MY PATIENTS, THIS JUST REVOLUTIONIZED BY PRACTICE. 29:03 IT USED TO BE I WOULD GO TO WORK. 29:05 THAT WAS WHERE I WORKED. I WOULD GO ON MISSION TRIPS, BUT 29:09 THIS HAS CHANGED MY PRACTICE INTO A MINISTRY, AND I REALIZED 29:14 THAT I HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT COME TO MY 29:17 OFFICE. I DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT THERE TO 29:19 PASS OUT LITERATURE. THEY ARE COMING TO ME. 29:22 SO ONE OF THEM IS THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ONE OF 29:25 OUR AREA CITIES. HE NEEDED HEART SURGERY 29:29 AND -- AND AS MY HABIT IS, WE MADE THE VISIT. 29:33 WE GOT THE RIGHT REFERRALS, AND I SAID BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE 29:41 THINGS I DO WITH ALL OF MY PATIENTS IS HAVE A PRAYER. 29:44 AND HE GOT TEARS IN HIS EYES, AND HELD MY HAND, AND AFTER WE 29:50 WERE DONE, HE SAID CAN YOU PRAY ONE MORE TIME. 29:53 AND THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR THEM TO REALIZE THAT I AM A SAFE 29:58 PERSON TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION WITH. 30:00 SO TWO YEARS LATER AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM SURGERY, HE HAS 30:06 GOTTEN PROBABLY THE THIRD PATIENT FROM THE END, AND HE IS 30:10 LIKE, DOC, YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL PERSON, CAN I ASK YOU A 30:14 QUESTION? AND HE ASKED ME HOW DO YOU KNOW 30:17 THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE. AND THAT TURNED INTO A 45-MINUTE 30:24 VISIT WHERE MY NURSE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SAID, DOC, YOU HAVE 30:28 A COUPLE MORE PATIENTS TO SEE. AND NEXT YEAR HE CAME BACK, DOC, 30:35 YOU ARE A SMART PERSON. YOU BELIEVE IN CREATION. 30:38 TELL ME WHY. SO IT JUST OPENED THE DOOR TO 30:42 SEE THAT I WAS SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE COULD GO TO, 30:47 TO ASK THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS WHEN HE WAS SEARCHING IN HIS OWN 30:51 HEART. >> IT'S SIMPLE, ISN'T IT? 30:53 JUST GAINING TRUST. NOW YOU PRAY WITH ALL OF YOUR 30:58 PATIENTS. DOES THAT MEAN YOU PRAY WITH 31:00 PATIENTS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD? 31:02 >> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AT FIRST I SELECTED A FEW, 31:07 PRETTY SOON I STARTED OFFERING TO ALL OF MY PATIENTS. 31:10 BECAUSE IF MISSED ONE THAT I PRAYED WITH BEFORE, THEY GOT 31:15 UPSET WHEN I MISSED ONE. SO THEN THERE ARE A FEW THAT 31:25 SAY, NO, THEY DEFINITELY DON'T PRAYER. 31:31 BUT I HAVE PRAYED WITH A JEWISH RABBI. 31:37 HE HAD A PACEMAKER AND DECIDED I JUST WANT TO GO TO HOSPICE. 31:45 AND ANY PARTNER SAID TALK TO DR. SCHWARTZ ABOUT IT. 31:50 AND I SAID WOULD YOU MIND IF I HAD A PRAYER WITH YOU? 31:54 AND I PRAYED THE WAY I PRAY A CHRISTIAN PRAYER, AND HE HAD 32:00 TEARS IN HIS EYES, AND AFTERWARDS HE SAID I'LL HAVE 32:04 THAT PACEMAKER. AND WE HAVE GOTTEN TO BE 32:08 FRIENDS, AND HE CONFIDED IN MY WIFE LATER, THAT WHEN I WALKED 32:17 IN THE ROOM, THOUGHT PRAISE GOD, I HAVE FOUND A DOCTOR THAT 32:25 DOESN'T THINK HE IS GOD. [ LAUGHTER ] 32:27 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND THERE IS ANOTHER STORY YOU 32:30 WANTED TO SHARE. WOULD YO LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT 32:33 A MUSLIM PERSON THAT YOU -- >> YEAH, THIS ISN'T DIRECTLY 32:38 RELATED TO PRAYING WITH PATIENTS. 32:40 BUT WE TRAIN DOCTORS WHO HAVE FINISHED THEIR RESIDENCY AND 32:46 THEN GO ON TO SPECIALIZE IN CARDIOLOGY. 32:50 AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERVENTION CARDIOLOGY 32:54 FELLOWSHIP. SO MY FELLOWS SEE MY INTERACTING 32:58 WITH MY PATIENTS. AND MOHAMMED IS MUSLIM. 33:03 AND VERY DEVOUT, VERY KIND HEARTED. 33:07 BUT ONE OF MY PARTNERS DECIDED PARTWAY THROUGH THE YEAR LAST 33:11 YEAR, THAT WE WOULD START A BIBLE STUDY GROUP. 33:16 AND WE DECIDED TO SHOW THE THUNDER IN THE HOLY LAND SERIES. 33:24 AND MOHAMMED SAW ME ROLLING THE MACHINE DOWN TO THE ROOM. 33:32 AND HE SAID LET ME HELP YOU. AND I SAID YOU ARE WELCOME TO 33:36 STAY. WE'RE HAVING A BIBLE STUDY, AND 33:41 HE STAYED AND HE WATCHED THE BIBLE STUDY, AND PRETTY SOON IT 33:47 TURNED INTO A DISCUSSION OF THIS IS WHAT BEBELIEVE AS CHRISTIANS, 33:52 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? AND BY THE TIME THAT HE 33:57 GRADUATED A YEAR LATER, AND HE IS NOW PRACTICING IN A NEARBY 34:01 TOWN, HE SAID DR. SCHWARTZ, I JUST WART TO THANK YOU FOR 34:05 SHARING JESUS WITH ME. HE SAID I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS 34:09 THE MESSIAH, THAT HE IS COMING BACK SOON, AND WHEN HE COMES 34:13 BACK, I'M GOING TO BE READY. SO JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, HE IS 34:18 OFF IN A PRACTICE, HE IS RESPECT RESPECTED IN HIS COMMUNITY, HE 34:24 SENT ME A CHECK FOR $3,000 AND SAID DR. SCHWARTZ PLEASE SEND 34:30 THIS TO THAT MINISTRY YOU TALKED ABOUT WHERE PHYSICIANS GO 34:34 OVERSEAS AND HELP PEOPLE. SO HE IS FUNDING OUR MINISTRIES. 34:38 HE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THE FACT THAT I TOOK THE TIME TO PRAY 34:42 WITH PATIENTS AND THEN ALMOST NONCHALANTLY SHARED JESUS WITH 34:53 HIM. >> AMEN. 34:54 THAT'S SOMETHING EVER ONE OF US CAN DO. 34:56 THAT'S VERY POWER. SO WE HAVE THIS PHYSICIAN HERE. 34:59 WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF PHYSICIANS. 35:03 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR. TELL US YOUR NAME. 35:05 >> I'M CARLOS, AND THIS IS MY WIFE, KATHY. 35:09 WE'RE BOTH FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIANS. 35:11 WE WORK IN PUERTO RICO ON A MISSION TERM FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS 35:17 AND THEN MOVED TO LOUISIANA WHERE THE PRACTICED PRIVATE 35:24 PRACTICE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, AND WE RETIRED THIS PAST 35:28 DECEMBER. >> OH, YOU ARE RETIRED. 35:30 THAT MEANS YOU ARE PICKING UP NEW HOBBIES, GOING ON VACATION, 35:36 SPENDING TIME WITH GRANDCHILDREN, RIGHT? 35:38 >> WELL, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE WERE WONDERING ABOUT. 35:41 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN WE RETIRE? 35:44 THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT CROSSED OUR MINDS. 35:47 ONE WAS WE WANTED TO BE NEAR AN ADVENTIST COLLEGE TO BENEFIT 35:53 FROM THE ENERGY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PROGRAMMING, ALSO 35:56 WE WANTED TO HAVE A HOME THAT WOULD HAVE ENOUGH ROOM SO THAT 36:01 WE COULD INVITE GUESTS WHO WERE -- AND ACCOMMODATE GUESTS 36:05 WHO WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 36:09 I NEED TO DEFINE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, ELLEN WHITE ELIN AT 36:18 IT -- DELINEATES THAT VERY WELL, WHERE SHE SAYS PURE AIR, EXER 36:27 SIDES, WATER, TRUST IN DIVINE POWER, THESE ARE THE TRUE 36:31 REMEDIES. WE HAVE TRIED TO TEACH THESE TO 36:34 OUR PATIENTS, AND HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY GRADFIED TO SEE 36:39 SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS IN THOSE -- THE RELATIVELY FEW WHO 36:43 HAVE LISTENED AND MADE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES. 36:45 NOW WE WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND INVITE PEOPLE 36:49 INTO OUR HOME, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER HELP THEM TO INTERNALIZE 36:54 THESE CONCEPTS BY ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM IN -- GETTING THEIR 36:57 HANDS INTO IT, SO TO SPEAK, SO RATHER THAN JUST LISTENING TO 37:03 LECTURES, WE WANT TO HAVE THEM ACTUALLY PRACTICE SHOPPING FOR 37:07 THE FOOD. THEY WILL PREPARE MANY OF THE 37:11 MEALS, AND THEY WILL LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE TIME IN THEIR 37:14 DAY FOR EXERCISE AND DEVOTIONALS. 37:19 >> OKAY. SO HOME. 37:21 KATHY, HE IS TALKING ABOUT INVITING PEOPLE INTO YOUR HOME. 37:24 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> IT LOOKS LIKE FUN. 37:27 >> ALL RIGHT. >> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 37:32 OUR HOME SLASH HEALTHY LIVING CENTER, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING 37:38 THING THAT IT IS COMING AROUND. THERE IT IS ON THE SCREEN. 37:42 THIS IS A WORK OF THE LORD. HE PLANNED OUR RETIREMENT. 37:47 HE'S GIVEN MORE THAN WE COULD ASK OR THINK IN PROVIDING FOR US 37:56 A PLACE WHERE WE WILL LIVE AND BE ABLE TO ALSO HAVE THIS PLAN 38:03 OF A HEALTHY LIVING CENTER. IT IS CONSTRUCTED AND GETTING 38:07 FINISHED WITH THE WARTER INSHIP OF WASHTA HILLS. 38:12 MANY HOURS OF LABOR GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION. 38:16 WE HAVE BEEN IN LOUISIANA FOR A GOOD PART OF THAT TIME AND IT'S 38:21 JUST INTERESTING TO ME, THAT SO MANY HANDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. 38:26 I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY ACADEMY STUDENT, EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT 38:31 HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING OF THIS PLACE, AND THE 38:33 STAFF. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN INVOLVED, BUT 38:36 NOT ONLY THAT, BROTHER STEVE DICKMAN BROUGHT A TEAM OF YOUNG 38:42 PEOPLE, AND THEY CAME AND LABORED -- PUT UP SHEETROCK. 38:47 THAT WAS WONDERFUL. SO WE HAVE THIS. 38:49 NOW IT'S LOCATE ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO WASHATA HILLS. 38:56 AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 39:00 THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS BOTH AN ACADEMY AND COLLEGE. 39:05 IT'S LOCATED IN A BEAUTIFUL SPOT-pIN ARKANSAS, CLOSE TO AMITY, ARKANSAS. 39:13 AND YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP ON YOUR MAP. 39:16 SO THIS IS OUR PLAN. IT'S NEARING COMPLETION, BUT NOT 39:20 QUITE THERE YET. WE WANT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE 39:23 HOME WITH US. WE HAVE A LARGE COMMON AREA. 39:26 IT HAS VERY AMPLE KITCHEN COUNTERS AND STUFF, SO PEOPLE 39:32 CAN BE REALLY INVOLVED IN A LARGE OPEN LIVING ROOM WHERE WE 39:36 CAN HAVE INSTRUCTION GIVEN. >> SO INSTEAD OF GOING TO A 39:39 CLASS WHERE THEY LERN ABOUT HEALTHY LIVING, WHETHER IT BE A 39:43 COOKING CLASS OR JUST -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 39:47 HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, SO YOU WITH 39:51 TALKING ABOUT PUTTNG PEOPLE IN A HOME SETTING TO PRACTICE 39:54 COOKING, AND PRACTICE SLEEPING, FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME THAT COULD 40:00 CAN BE A STRUGGLE, GETTING THAT REST. 40:03 AND THEY CAN GET SUNSHINE, FRESH AIR, AND LEARN HOW TO EXERCISE, 40:08 AND LEARN HOW TO GARDEN. >> THAT GARDEN IS NOT THERE YET. 40:12 BUT WE WANT TO INCLUDE A GARDEN, AND WE HOPE TO INCLUDE ALL OF 40:17 THESE PHASES THAT INCLUDE THE EIGHT NATURAL REMEDIES THAT THEY 40:23 WOULD LIVE WITH US FOR MAYBE A WEEK SESSION. 40:27 AND IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THIS OPPORTUNITY IN OUR 40:31 RETIREMENT, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TEACH ON THE CAMPUS, AND THAT 40:37 GIVES US MORE EXPOSURE TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH IS JUST SUCH 40:42 A THRILL. >> AMEN.-NOW WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE 40:46 YOUR FIRST SESSION. YOU SAID IT'S NOT FINISHED YET. 40:49 >> IT IS NOT QUITE FINISHED YET, IT IS GETTING THERE. 40:53 WE HAVE TO GIVE FURTHER WORK TO PREPARING FOR THE SESSIONS, SO 40:57 RIGHT NOW, WHERE OUR TARGET DATE IS TO HAVE OUR FIRST SESSION 41:02 SOMEWHERE IN EARLY 2018. >> UH-HUH. 41:04 >> WONDERFUL. SO HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE 41:07 HERE OR WATCHING ON 3ABN, HOW CAN THEY GET MORE INFORMATION 41:11 FROM YOU? >> JUST COME TO THE WASHATA 41:17 BOOTH, NUMBER 607. 607. 41:22 BOOTH 607. >> BEAUTIFUL. 41:24 YOU NEED TO VISIT THEM AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. 41:26 I WANT TO GO TO WENDY. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT 41:30 OPENING UP YOUR HOME TO DO THIS HEALTHY LIVING INSTRUCTION, BUT 41:34 WHAT IF THERE ISN'T A HOME? WHAT IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A 41:38 TENT? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING 41:40 FROM MENDY WHO IS WITH IMPACT HOPE, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND 41:45 PLAY THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW. >> MY NAME IS LEAH, AND M 41:51 FRIENDS GO TO AFRICA A LOT. THERE WAS A WAR THAT MADE PEOPLE 41:54 HAVE TO RUN AWAY FROM THEIR OWN HOMES AND NOW LIVE IN ANOTHER 42:01 COUNTRY. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR 42:08 HOMES TO REF -- REFUGEE CAMPS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 42:21 THEY ONLY HAVE ONE MEAL A DAY. THERE ARE NO [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 42:25 NO SHOWERS. THEY CAN ONLY GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL 42:29 9TH GRADE IN THE CAMP. WHEN MY MOM AND DAD HEARD ABOUT 42:34 THESE PEOPLE, THEY WERE SAD, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE 42:45 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS LIKE US. 42:56 >> MY MOM STARTED SOMETHING CALLED [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY ARE 42:59 TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO SEND KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL, SO THEY 43:03 CAN GET JOBS, SO THEY -- SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. 43:10 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> THERE ARE LOTS MORE KIDS WHO 43:41 WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. WILL YOU HELP US? 43:49 >> OKAY. NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 43:53 REFUGEES FROM CONGO AND RWANDA, CORRECT? 43:57 >> RIGHT. >> THE VIDEO TALKED ABOUT THIS, 44:00 BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 44:02 >> THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE 44:08 REFUGEE CAMPS IN RWANDA. BUT THE THING THAT CAUGHT OUR 44:12 ATTENTION IS -- WELL, WE NEW ABOUT THE GENOCIDE THAT HAPPENED 44:16 IN 1994, BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 44:21 SO THE GENOCIDE SPILLS OVER INTO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES INCLUDING 44:32 ZIARE, WHICH IS NOW RWANDA. AND THEY FLED. 44:39 BUT IN SIARE, THEY CAME ACROSS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THE 44:50 SAME TRIBAL SYSTEMS AS IN RWANDA. 44:53 SO WHEN THEY SAW THE LUSH FARM SYSTEMS AND THE HERDS OF CATTLE, 44:59 AND THEY BEGAN GENOCIDE AGAIN. WELL, THIS AREA THAT WAS 45:04 TARGETED HAD BEEN [ INAUDIBLE ] BY EVANGELISTS IN THE EARLY 1900 45:14 S. SO THIS LEAD TO INFLUX OF 45:18 REFUGEES INTO RWANDA, AND AT TIMES THERE WERE AROUND 100,000. 45:23 CURRENTLY THERE'S 80,000 REFUGEES, AND AROUND 80% AND 45:28 HIGHER, AND IN SOME CASES, IN SOME CAMPS, 100% OF THEM ARE 45:35 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. SO MY HUSBAND AND I, WHEN WE 45:38 HEARD THIS, WE FELT COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 45:43 I'M A NURSE, AND MY HUSBAND IS A BUSINESSMAN. 45:46 BUT WE PRAYED TO DO SOMETHING INVOLVING MISSIONS. 45:51 AND WE FELT LIKE GOD WAS CALLING US TO TAKE PART IN HELPING IN 45:57 SOME WAY THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 45:59 >> RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 46:02 PEOPLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BROTHERS AND 46:05 SISTERS, AND THEY ARE OUR FAMILY. 46:08 AND THIS STORY REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING 46:11 ABOUT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IT COULD EASILY BE ANY OF US 46:17 HERE. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 46:20 >> WELL, AS WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE CAMP 46:24 AND THE SITUATION WITH THE STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 46:27 WE FOUND OUT THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] RWANDA IS IN THE CAMP, AND THEY 46:30 PROVIDE EDUCATION UP TO THE NINTH GRADE. 46:34 BUT AFTER THAT, THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR FURTHER EDUCATION. 46:38 SO MY HUSBAND AND I STARTED IMPACT HOPE. 46:43 AND WE'RE SENDING STUDENTS TO ANY CAMPS FOR GRADES 10 THROUGH 46:50 12 TO ADVENTIST BOARDING SCHOOLS IN RWANDA. 46:52 SO IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT THING FOR THE STUDENTS AND ALSO 46:56 TO HELP THE ADVENTIST SCHOOLS IN RWANDA AS WELL. 47:00 >> WE HAVE A PICTURE UP ABOUT THIS YOUNG LADY WITH A MATTRESS, 47:05 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> SO FOR $600 A SCHOOL YEAR, WE 47:11 CAN TAKE ONE REFUGEE AND PUT THEM IN AN ADVENTIST BOARDING 47:17 SCHOOL. AND THEY SAY YOU ARE TAKEN US TO 47:20 EUROPE, BECAUSE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CAMP AND THESE 47:23 BOARDING SCHOOLS IS SO EXTREME THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE 47:27 BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. 47:31 AND THEY HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE AND THEY FEEL THAT THEIR DREAMS 47:35 HAVE COME TRUE. DREAMS THAT THEY NEVER WOULD 47:37 HAVE ANTICIPATED. ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT THEY 47:41 ARE IN AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL IS ESPECIALLY GREAT. 47:44 >> THE LAST PICTURE YOU SAW WAS EILEEN, SHE IS ONE OF OUR 47:48 SHINING STARS AND SHE IS IN TECHNICAL SCHOOL RIGHT NOW 47:52 SHE GRADUATED LAST YEAR, AND NOW SHE IS TAKING SEWING. 47:56 AND SHE HAS A FEATURE, AND SHE KNOWS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO 48:04 REMAIN IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS. AND SHE IS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL 48:08 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAN MONEY, MAKE A LIVING, AND 48:12 PROVIDE FOR NOT ONLY HERSELF BUT FUTURE FAMILY. 48:16 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPACT, AND I DON'T THINK 48:21 WE'RE UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPACT UNTIL WE GO TO HEAVEN. 48:24 >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU ARE ALSO HELPING THEM GET A 48:28 LIVELIHOOD, AND PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN DO 48:31 MISSION WORK. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO 48:34 REMEMBER TOO. SO THIS HAS ONLY BEEN GOING ON 48:38 FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND ALREADY 410 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED? 48:42 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE 410 STUDENTS, AND THEY 48:47 ARE ALL SPONSORSHIP BASED. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO 48:52 IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR, TO COME TO OUR BOOTH 48:56 ANOTHER NUMBER 404, IT'S CALLED IMPACT HOPE. 48:59 YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUTS ON OUR WEBSITE, AT IMPACT-HOPE.ORG. 49:05 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GROW THE NUMBERS AND HELP MORE OF OUR 49:11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR ONLY $50 A MONTH. 49:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 49:20 I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SHARING YOUR STORIES TONIGHT. 49:28 >> I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO MY FIRST ASI CONVENTION, I ACTUALLY 49:36 DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT ASI EVEN WAS. 49:40 I ONLY WENT BECAUSE I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS GOING WHO INVITED 49:44 ME. BUT IT OPENED MY EYES TO A WORLD 49:47 THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 49:51 THERE ARE ALL OF THE PEOPLE DOING THESE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR 49:55 THE LORD, AND I MADE A STRONG -IMPACT ON MY LIFE. IN FACT, I CAN TRACE MY FIRST 50:03 DESIRES TO GO INTO DOING MORE MINISTRY FOR GOD THROUGH ASI, 50:12 AND PEOPLE I MET THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT HAD IT 50:17 NOT BEEN FOR ASISH. >> I SENSE A NEED IN OUR CHURCH 50:24 FOR A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER. 50:27 FOR A PLACE TO BELONG IN THE CHURCH. 50:28 I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT GETS PORTRAYED LIKE THE EPITOME OFFED 50:39 A REPRESENT -- ADVENTISM IS JUST GOING TO CHURCH. 50:44 BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 50:50 BUT WHERE DO WE COME TOGETHER? HOW DO WE GET REINSPIRED AND 50:54 NETWORKED AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED? 50:56 AND I SEE THAT AS A HUGE NEED. I SEE THAT AS SOMETHING 51:02 THAT -- IF WE COULD FORM THAT KIND OF NETWORK AND DO THIS 51:05 TOGETHER, THAT ALL OF US COULD BENEFIT AND GROW AND FEEL LIKE 51:09 WE MEAN SOMETHING IN THE CHURCH. LIKE WE HAVE A PURPOSE, WE HAVE 51:13 A PLACE IN THE CHURCH. AND THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE ABLE 51:20 TO USE -- YEAH, NOT JUST THE PASTORS, NOT JUST THE ELDERS, 51:25 BUT THOSE OF US IN EVERY DAY LIFE TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM. 51:32 >> HELLO AGAIN, AND WELCOME TO THIS SEGMENT OF ASI MEMBERS IN 51:37 ACTION. WHERE WE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT 51:39 ASI MEMBERS ARE DOING IN THEIR PART OF GOD'S VINEYARD. 51:43 HAVE YOU ENJOYED THE STORIES SO FAR THIS EVENING? 51:46 EACH OF THESE GENTLEMEN REPRESENT DIFFERENT MINISTRIES. 51:54 DON IS THE PRESIDENT AND -- OF WILDWOOD INSTITUTE AND LIFESTYLE 52:00 CENTER AND CLINIC. WELCOME. 52:02 >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING 52:05 ABOUT WILDWOOD FOR JUST A MINUTE, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I 52:09 WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE INTRODUCE YOU. 52:11 AND PERHAPS YOU CAN ELL US WHERE YOU ARE FROM, AND HOW YOU 52:14 GOT INVOLVED AND HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AS PRESIDENT 52:18 OF WILDWOOD. I NOTICED A LITTLE SOUTHERN 52:22 ACCENT IN YOUR SPEECH, BUT NOT THE KIND THAT YOU WOULD RUN INTO 52:26 HERE IN TEXAS. >> IT COMES FROM THE DEEP SOUTH. 52:30 >> OKAY. >> SOUTH AFRICA. 52:31 >> OKAY. >> I WAS BORN TO FARMING PARENTS 52:34 IN SOUTH AFRICA. AT THE END OF MY HIGH SCHOOL, MY 52:37 FATHER WANTED US TO GET SOME EDUCATION. 52:42 WENT TO [ INAUDIBLE ] COLLEGE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 52:45 WHEN WE GRADUATED THERE, WE WENT FARMING. 52:48 AND THE LORD CONVICTED US TO GET INVOLVED IN MEDICAL MISSIONARY 52:52 WORK. WORKED IT OUT THAT WE COULD COME 52:54 TO WILDWOOD AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 12.5 YEARS. 52:59 >> WONDERFUL. WHAT DO YOU DO THERE AND WHAT IS 53:04 WILDWOOD? >> IT'S A MINISTRY OF DEDICATED 53:09 LAY PEOPLE, VOLUNTEERS, TO SERVICE TRYING TO SPREAD GOD'S 53:16 WORD TO HASTEN HIS RETURN. >> WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO, SO 53:20 PERHAPS IF WE COULD ROLL THAT VIDEO AT THIS MOMENT, AND IT 53:23 WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA AS TO WHAT WILDWOOD IS ABOUT. 53:27 >> THANK YOU. ♪ 53:29 >> HIDDEN AMONG THE OUTSKIRTS OF CHATTANOOGA, THERE IS A PLACE 53:35 CALLED WILDWOOD, A COMMUNITY OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS THAT 53:40 FOCUS ON THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST BY CLAIMING LIVES FOR HIS 53:44 KINGDOM THROUGH MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK, HEALTH -EVANGELISM, AND SOCIAL 53:52 INTERACTIONS. >> THE MIND SET OF THE PLACE IS 53:55 BEAUTIFUL. IT'S NOT THE MONEY. 53:57 IT'S THE LOVE, THE UNDERSTANDING, THE PERSON IN 54:02 GENERAL. THE PHYSICAL PART AND THE 54:05 SPIRITUAL PART. YOU CAN'T COME HERE AND NO END 54:09 UP SMILING. EVERYBODY WAVES AND SAYS HI. 54:11 SO IT'S NEW, AND I LOVE IT. I HOPE I CAN [ INAUDIBLE ]. 54:16 ♪ >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WILDWOOD IS 54:24 THAT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENS HERE ON CAMPUS. 54:28 IT MAY START HERE, BUT THEN PEOPLE GO OUT FROM HERE, AND 54:31 THEY GO OUT AND TEY START LIFESTYLE CENTERS AND PROJECTS 54:35 AND MISSION WORK, THEY CHANGE THEIR COMMUNITIES. 54:38 THEY WORK WITH THEIR CHURCHES. WILDWOOD IS BASICALLY LIKE A 54:43 LUNCHING PAD. IT'S SOMEWHERE THAT PEOPLE GET 54:48 INSPIRED AND TRAINED AND THEN GO TO ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND 54:53 DO AMAZING THINGS FOR THE LORD. >> WILDWOOD IS THE RESULT OF 54:58 MANY MIRACLES. IT'S ABOUT READING FROM THE 55:02 MIRACLES FROM THE MANY RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 55:05 THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STARTED WILDWOOD HAD A VISION. 55:09 THEY BELIEVED IN MINISTRY THAT WOULD IMPACT THE WORLD AS WELL 55:13 AS THEY LORD CALL COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN THE 55:18 CONFIRMATION OF THAT MISSION. AS MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK HAS 55:25 EXTENDED ACROSS THE GLOBE. >> YOU RECENTLY CELEBRATED 55:31 ANNIVERSARY AT WILDWOOD. WHAT YEAR WAS IT? 55:35 >> 75 YEARS. >> 75 YEARS. 55:38 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MIRACLES, BUT CHALLENGES AS WELL. 55:42 I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR, BUT YOU 55:45 WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME IT WITH GOD'S HELP. 55:49 TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I BELIEVE WE ARE BLESSED BUT -CHALLENGED. 55:53 AND IS THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES ON OUR EDUCATION 55:59 FUND WITH OUR MEDICAL MISSION NEIR TRAINING FUND. 56:04 WE WERE SEEKING A VISA, AND AS WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, THE 56:11 STATE TOLD DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO SHUT US DOWN. 56:15 BUT BY THE LORD'S GRACE WE WERE ABLE TO GET LEGAL OPINION AND AS 56:21 WE SOUGHT THAT LEGAL OPINION, WE WERE EVENTUALLY GRANTED RELY 56:28 HOUSE EXEMPTION. >> YOU SEE THE LORD'S HAND IN 56:34 THAT DECISION? >> AMEN. 56:35 >> AMEN. >> SO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 56:38 IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. >> BACK UP AND RUNNING. 56:41 >> AMEN. >> AND THERE IS A PROJECT THAT 56:44 ASI IS HELPING YOU WITH. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? 56:47 >> WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE HAVE STARTED. 56:51 AND WE WERE ABLE TO START THIS PROJECT. 56:54 WE HAVE HAD MANY CHALLENGES, IN LOCATION, IN LICENSING, WEATHER, 56:58 BUT WE ARE READY TO ROLL AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS 57:06 SUMMER, WE WILL HAVE THE WORK DONE. 57:08 SO IT HAS BEEN A REAL BLESSING AND WE WANT TO THANK ASI FOR THE 57:13 SUPPORT THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO US. 57:15 >> IN THAT 75 YEARS, AGAIN, MANY, MANY STORIES THAT COULDN'T 57:20 BE RECOUNTED, BUT PERHAPS YOU HAVE JUST ONE THATYOU COLD 57:24 SHARE WITH US. >> WE HAVE SO MANY, AND ON IS 57:29 THIS -- ON THE EDUCATION FRONT WE HAVE LIVES BEING CHANGED AND 57:33 CHARACTERS BEING FORMED. WE NEED TO SEE FIRSTHAND GOD'S 57:39 HEALING. AND MICHELLE WAS EXPERIENCING 57:41 NUMBNESS, TINGLING IN OUR ARMS, HANDS, FEET AND LEGS, AND 57:48 EVENTUALLY SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MS. 57:51 AND AFTER A LOT OF MEDICATION, A HOSPITAL STAY, HE DECIDED HE IS 57:56 DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. 58:01 SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THINGS INTO HER OWN HANDS. 58:05 SHE EXPERIENCED HEALING IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY, BUT A SHORT 58:09 TIME AFTER SHE STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN. 58:12 HER OWN WORDS, WE CALLED WILDWOOD AND WITHIN A FEW HOURS 58:17 WE ARRIVED. GOD OPENED THE DOOR. 58:20 IT IS SUCH A BLESSING UNDER THE CARE OF DOCTORS WHO ARE NOT 58:25 TRYING TO PUSH POISON INTO YOUR VEINS BUT USE GOD'S HEALING TO 58:32 FACILITATE HEALING AND RESTORATION. 58:34 AND SHE SAID I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT DOCTORS TOOK TIME TO 58:39 PRAY WITH EACH OF THEIR PATIENTS. 58:43 BEFORE I LEFT WILDWOOD MY SYMPTOMS HAD ABATED. 58:46 DURING MY TIME, I RECEIVED NOT ONLY PHYSICAL HEALING, BUT 58:49 ALWAYS EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING, AND AS WE LISTEN TO 58:54 THESE TESTIMONIES, IT'S A HIGHLIGHT EVERY TWO WEEKS IN OUR 58:58 PROGRAM TO HEAR HOW THE LORD IS ACTIVITY HEALING PEOPLE AND 59:01 CHANGING LYES. >> IT'S -- THE PHYSICAL HEALING 59:04 IS IMPORTANT. BUT IT'S THE SPIRITUAL HEALING 59:08 WE'RE REALLY AFTER. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 59:10 >> IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SPEAKING TO YOU. 59:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> PERHAPS YOU COULD TELL ME, 59:22 LET'S SAY FIVE YEARS AGO WAS BEING THE PRESIDENT OF EDEN 59:27 VALLEY SOMETHING YOU WERE PLANNING TO DO AND ON THE TOP OF 59:30 YOUR LIST. >> WELL, FIVE YEARS AGO, NO. 59:34 I -- ONE YEAR AGO, NO. >> REALLY? 59:38 OKAY. >> IT WAS NOT ON THE RADAR. 59:40 >> OKAY. TELL US HOW IT HAPPENED. 59:43 >> WELL, IT KIND OF IS A -- A LONGER STORY, BUT IT HAPPENED BY 59:50 LISA HODGES COMING TO MY HOUSE AND ASKING ME TO DO THAT, BUT 59:53 THERE IS KIND OF A LENGTHY STORY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. 59:58 >> YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE WHOLE 01:00:01 STORY, OF COURSE, BUT THE KEY HERE IS, WHEN GOD CALLS, YOU 01:00:08 NEED TO BE READY TO ANSWER IT. AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT THAT MEANS 01:00:12 FOR YOU. >> OKAY. 01:00:15 WELL-BEING BORN IN AN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HOME AND 01:00:19 BAPTIZED AT 12, LIKE MANY OF US, YOU GROW UP BEING A SEVENTH-DAY 01:00:23 ADVENTIST, BUT REALLY NOT DEDICATING YOUR LIFE TO THE 01:00:26 LORD. YOU DO ALL OF THE RIGHT THINGS, 01:00:29 BUT YOU DON'T DEDICATE YOURSELF. AND MY DAD WOULD TELL ME, YOU 01:00:33 HAVE TO DEDICATE YOURSELF UNCONDITIONALLY, AND THAT'S THE 01:00:38 HARD PART, ISN'T IT? UNCONDITIONALLY? 01:00:42 THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. WHEN A MILITARY ARMY SURRENDERS 01:00:50 UNCONDITIONALLY, AND THAT'S YOUR HEART GIVING IT TO GOD AND 01:00:52 SAYING WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, I WILL DO. 01:00:54 >> AMEN. WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS 01:00:58 WHAT EDEN VALLEY IS ABOUT, AND YOU HAVE HAD CHALLENGES IN THE 01:01:02 LAST YEAR OR SO, BUT IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT WIL 01:01:06 EXPLAIN WHAT EDEN VALLEY IS, AND WHAT YOU DO THERE. 01:01:09 ♪ >> IN 1962, EDEN VALLEY 01:01:17 INSTITUTE OF WELLNESS WAS FOUNDED AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE 01:01:23 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. A LIFESTYLE CENTER WAS STARTED A 01:01:27 FEW YEARS LATER TO REACH OUT TO THOSE IN HEALTH CRISIS. 01:01:32 IMPLEMENTING GOD'S NATURAL LAWS OF HEALTH OUTLINED IN THE BIBLE 01:01:36 AND OUR TREATMENTS. OUR GUESTS EXPERIENCE REST, 01:01:40 HEALING, AND PEACE IN THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE SETTING 01:01:44 SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WERE 01:01:47 BROUGHT TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS WHO ONLY CAN GIVE TRUE 01:01:51 HEALING, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. 01:01:54 DADE EDEN VALLEY IS BLESSED WITH MORE THAN 30 DEDICATED 01:01:58 VOLUNTEERS ON STAFF. OUR TWO-WEEK NATURAL REMEDIES 01:02:02 PROGRAM HAS HELPED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO RESTORE THEIR HEALTH 01:02:05 AND THEIR FAITH. OUR THREE-MONTH EDUCATIONAL 01:02:08 PROGRAM, WHICH COMBINES MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK AND EVANGELISM 01:02:14 HAS PROVIDED OUR STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS THAT HAVE 01:02:17 BEEN USE DOED ED -- USED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BELIEVERS 01:02:25 AND NON-BELIEVERS. WE ALSO STARTED A NEW PROGRAM 01:02:30 GEARED TOWARDS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 01:02:32 IT'S AN UNTENSIVE ONE-MONTH PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EQUIPMENT 01:02:37 INDIVIDUALS WITH MEDICAL BACKGROUND. 01:02:40 >> HERE AT EDEN VALLEY OUR MISSION IS TO REAR TO THE LIVES 01:02:43 OF OUR GUESTS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THROUGH THE 01:02:47 USE OF SCRIPTURE-BASED EDUCATION, NATURAL REMEDIES, AND 01:02:53 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT. >> BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE BIG 01:02:57 AND EVER CHANGING. IN 2010, EDEN VALLEY OPERATIONS 01:03:01 WERE THREATENED BY SOME REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE 01:03:04 COUNT THINK. INCLUDED IN THEIR LIST WAS A 01:03:09 $1 MILLION NEW SEWER PLANT. BY GOD'S GRACE SINCE 01:03:13 AUGUST 2016, THE NEW SEWER PLANT HAS BEEN FULLY OPERATIONAL. 01:03:21 THE BOY'S DORMITORY HAS BEEN RENOVATED. 01:03:23 ALL ROOMS RECEIVED NEW CARPET, A FRESH COAT OF PAINT AND NEW 01:03:28 FURNITURE. EDEN VALLEY'S LIFESTYLE CENTER 01:03:31 MUST BE EXPANDED. MORE SPACE AND NEW EQUIPMENT 01:03:34 MEANS WE CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE GUESTS AND PERFORM TREATMENTS 01:03:37 AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT POSSIBLE WITH OUR CURRENT 01:03:41 STRUCTURE. UNTIL OUR LORD AND SAVIOR 01:03:44 RETURNS, MANY PEOPLE STILL NEED TO BE TOUCHED BY THE MEDICAL 01:03:48 MISSIONARY WORK. PLEASE PRAY FOR EDEN VALLEY AS 01:03:51 WE CONTINUE ON OUR JOURNEY TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE THROUGH THE 01:03:56 GIFT OF BETTER HEALTH. ♪ 01:04:00 >> NOW, JOHN, THE VIDEO MENTIONED ONE CHALLENGE, BUT 01:04:05 THERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT YOU MENTIONED ALSO, AND YOU ARE 01:04:08 A RECIPIENT OF THE PROJECT OFFERING THAT WILL HELP WITH 01:04:11 THAT CHALLENGE. TELL US WHAT IT IS. 01:04:14 >> YEAH, THAT IS A NEW KITCHEN. THE COUNTRY CAME -- JUST LIKE 01:04:19 THEY DID WITH THE SEWER PLANT, AND THEY SAID WE NEEDED TO MAKE 01:04:22 A CHANGE. AND THE CHANGE IS WE NEEDED A 01:04:25 COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. WE ARE COOKING THERE, AND IT'S 01:04:28 NOT LEGAL, IF YOU WILL, AND SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING 01:04:33 A -- A BRAND NEW COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. 01:04:36 >> SO THEY SAID WE LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, JUST NEED TO BE 01:04:40 LEGAL. >> SO WE CAN BE LEGAL. 01:04:43 >> OKAY. WOULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 01:04:44 OF A STORY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT THE LORD IS DOING AT 01:04:49 EDEN VALLEY RIGHT NOW. >> YOU SAW ABOUT THE EDUCATION 01:04:52 DEPARTMENT, STUDENTS LEARNING TO DO WHAT WE DO THERE AT EDEN 01:04:56 VALLEY. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A QUICK 01:05:00 STORY AT THE LIFESTYLE CENTER. THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT 01:05:03 CAME -- IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 01:05:06 WE DO AN OUTREACH SESSION. AND THERE WAS A MAN THAT TALKED 01:05:09 TO ME, AND HE SAID I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF 01:05:13 GOD. I HAD A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF 01:05:15 WHAT GOD WAS LIKE. BUT AFTER DEALING WITH OUR 01:05:18 PEOPLE THERE IN THE LIFESTYLE CENTER AND STUDYING THE BIBLE 01:05:22 EACH MORNING, HE SAYS NOW I HAVE A NEW PICTURE OF WHAT GOD IS. 01:05:27 GOD IS LOVE. THE WAY THAT YOU TREAT ME HERE, 01:05:31 SHOWS WHAT GOD IS LIKE, AND SO HIS COMPLETE PICTURE OF GOD HAS 01:05:35 CHANGED. I SEE A LOVING GOD. 01:05:37 A GOD WHO WANTS ME TO SPENDING ETERNITY WITH HIM. 01:05:41 >> YEAH, THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE WITH PEOPLE, -ISN'T IT? 01:05:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHETHER THEY ARE 01:05:48 BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS, OR NOT, THEY STILL NEED TO HAVE 01:05:51 THAT PICTURE. >> AMEN. 01:05:53 >> JOHN THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US THIS EVENING. 01:05:55 >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ORGANIZATION IS A 01:05:58 NEW ORGANIZATION CALLED ADVENTIST HELP, AND IT'S A -- I 01:06:05 GUESS YOU COULD SAY A FAST-MOVING ENTREPRENEURIAL 01:06:09 ROUGH AND TUMBLE ORGANIZATION, AND YOU ARE DOING EXCITING WORK. 01:06:13 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF YOU, PROBABLY MOST OF YOU 01:06:17 KNOW KIM. HE HAS BEEN IN MISSION WORK FOR 01:06:20 MANY DECADES, AND ALSO A GOOD FRIEND. 01:06:24 AND ALSO DR. MICHAEL VONHORSTON, AND YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN 01:06:32 THIS NEW WORK. I WOULD LIKE FOR TIM TO GIVE US 01:06:38 THE CLIFF NOTE'S VERSION OF WHAT THE WORK IS AND HOW IT CAME TO 01:06:44 BE. GIVE US AN OVERVIEW. 01:06:46 >> TWO YEARS AGO, AT THE EUROPE CONVENTION, WE WENT TO BUDAPEST, 01:06:56 AND FOUND 3,500 PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE TRAIN STATION. 01:07:04 AND WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THESE 01:07:08 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEEL IN A TANGIBLE WAY AS THEY WERE 01:07:13 FLEEING WAR AND TERROR IN SYRIA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND WE HAD NO 01:07:18 IDEA WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THREE MONTHS LATER, WHAT YOU SEE 01:07:22 HERE IS ADVENTISTS HELP INITIATIVE WAS CREATED. 01:07:26 WE ENDED UP WITH A BUS TURNED INTO A CLINIC ON THE SHORES. 01:07:30 THIS FACILITY WAS THE ONE AND ONLY MEDICAL EMERGENCY FACILITY 01:07:36 ON THAT ISLAND. YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF THE BOATS 01:07:41 HERE COMING IN. IMAGINE ENDING UP HERE. 01:07:44 WE ALL KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED ON THEIR 01:07:48 WAY. LORD LEAD WONDERFULLY IN THIS 01:07:50 MINISTRY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 01:07:53 MINISTERED UNTO. VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 01:07:56 FLY THEMSELVES. THEY -- THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES 01:08:00 TO BE THERE AND THEY SERVE THE NEED OF THESE FOLKS. 01:08:05 WHEN THEY CLOSED TURKEY, THEY CLOSED THE GATES OF GREECE, THEY 01:08:13 ASKED US TO ESTABLISH A FACILITY AT A REFUGEE CAMP. 01:08:18 AND YOU SAW THAT 40-FOOT CONTAINER. 01:08:22 A PERSON WE ALL KNOW ELDER TED WILSON -- SORRY TED -- 01:08:28 >> YES. >> -- I REMEMBER YOUR DAD. 01:08:30 HEARD ABOUT ADVENTIST HELP.-HE SAID CAN ADVENTIST HELP COME TO IRAQ? 01:08:36 THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN IRAQ FOR THIS TYPE OF MINISTRY. 01:08:40 WE KIND OF DREW STICKS TO SEE WHO WOULD WIN THE TRIP TO IRAQ, 01:08:44 AND I WON, SO I GOT TO GO TO IRAQ, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MY 01:08:49 GOOD FRIEND HERE FROM SOUTH AFRICA CAME TO SPEAR HEAD THAT 01:08:53 WORK IN IRAQ. HE -- HE WAS A GREAT STRENGTH TO 01:08:57 US IN GREECE, AND SO IN IRAQ, WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IS A 01:09:03 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA -- MIDDLE EAST 01:09:09 NORTH AFRICA, RIGHT? AND ADRA, AND ADVENTIST HELP AND 01:09:15 VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 01:09:17 >> DOCTOR MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPICALLY IS 01:09:22 GOING ON AT THIS -- WELL, IT'S A HOSPITAL THERE IN IRAQ, AND ALSO 01:09:26 HOW DID IT GET GOING EXACTLY THERE IN THAT -- IN THAT 01:09:30 VICINITY, AND DID YOU DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF? 01:09:33 >> DEFINITELY NOT. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 01:09:37 EXCITING PROJECTS I HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN MY MEDICAL 01:09:41 CAREER. WE CAME TO IRAQ IN FEBRUARY THIS 01:09:45 YEAR. I WANTED TO OPEN UP A SMALL 01:09:48 CLINIC, AND I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE 01:09:52 POSSIBILITIES FOR OPENING UP THESE UNITS AND COLLABORATING, 01:09:56 AND FROM THERE IT JUST SKYROCKETED. 01:09:59 I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I HAPPENED. 01:10:01 THE FACILITY WE HAVE ON THE GROUND NOW IS A 45-BED HOSPITAL, 01:10:07 A 6-CONSULTATION AND PRIMARY CARE UNITS AND MENTAL HEALTH 01:10:11 UNITS, A [ INAUDIBLE ] UNIT THAT-IS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE MOMENT, A 9-BED EMERGENCY UNIT, 01:10:18 AN EXTRA UNIT, ULTRA SOUND AND L 01:10:32 LAB BORE TORRE. WE'RE 20 MILES EAST OF THE CITY 01:10:40 OF MOSUL. SO THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWING WHAT 01:10:48 IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST,-pTHIS IS THE STRONG HOLD OF ISIS. AND CURRENTLY WE -- THERE IS A 01:10:58 CLUSTER OF FIVE CAMPS WITH COLLECTIVE POPULATIONS OF A 01:11:04 HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. WITH NO ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CARE 01:11:10 ON THE GROUND. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE STEPPED IN 01:11:12 AND PUT THIS FACILITY TOGETHER. SO, YEAH, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE 01:11:18 THERE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF 01:11:20 PEOPLE WE'RE DEALING WITH. THIS IS A POPULATION WHO HAVE 01:11:25 HAD ABSOLUTELY NO MEDICAL CARE FOR THREE YEARS. 01:11:30 WE SEE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN STARVING TO DEATH. 01:11:33 THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING ON RICE WATER. 01:11:36 THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN EATING GRASS, AND CAT MEAT. 01:11:43 THEY HAVE BEEN STARVING. AND SO WE'RE DEALING WITH 01:11:48 CHILDREN WITH SEVERE MALNUTRITION AND PEOPLE WITH 01:11:51 SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN 01:11:56 CRUCIFIXIONS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 01:11:58 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CHILDREN BEHEADED. 01:12:01 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROWN OFF 01:12:04 OF BUILDINGS, WHO HAVE BEEN SEX SLAVES, CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN 01:12:09 ELE ELE 01:12:12 ELECTRIC -- ELECTROCUTED AND TORTURED BY ISIS. 01:12:17 THESE ARE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WAY INTO THE 01:12:24 WINDOW HERE. >> THIS TYPE OF WORK IS 01:12:26 SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL US STORIES 01:12:30 FOR -- FOR HOURS. FORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAVE A FEW 01:12:39 SECONDS LEFT. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GET 01:12:41 INVOLVED, HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED IN 01:12:43 >> WE HAVE AN ADVENTIST HELP BOOTH HERE, AND I INVITE YOU TO 01:12:48 COME AND SEE US. THIS HAS BEEN A FAITH VENTURE 01:12:52 FROM DAY ONE. WE RESPONDED TO A CALL THAT WAS 01:12:55 PUT BEFORE US, AND IT HAS BEEN A MIRACLE TO WATCH IT HAPPEN. 01:13:00 WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO KEEP THIS HOSPITAL 01:13:04 OPEN. WE WENT FROM A 40-FOOT CLINIC, 01:13:07 TO A 45-BED HOSPITAL. WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATION. 01:13:11 WE HAVE NO PAID HELP. IT'S SIMPLY A MIRACLE THAT WE 01:13:15 SEE GOD WORKING TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND SHARE THE 01:13:19 LOVE OF CHRIST IN A TANGIBLE WAY. 01:13:22 PLEASE COME BY THE BOOTH OR YOU CAN VISIT WWW.ADVENTISTHELP.ORG. 01:13:33 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH GENTLEMEN. WE KNOW THAT GOD IS BLESSING AND 01:13:37 WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS IN THE FUTURE. 01:13:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. 01:13:42 >> I BELIEVE THAT THE GOSPEL IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COMPELLING 01:13:46 THING THERE IS, AND AT TIMES I DON'T BELIEVE WE COMMUNICATE IT 01:13:51 AS BEAUTIFULLY AS WE CAN. SO I DESIGNED FOR MINISTRIES OF 01:13:56 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THE MESSAGE IS BEAUTIFUL. 01:14:01 >> I THINK ASI IS REALLY GREAT, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES AN 01:14:05 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MEET A BUNCH OF REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WHO 01:14:08 HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY INSPIRING WORK IN THE CHURCH. 01:14:12 AND I WANT TO WORK WITH ADVENTIST MINISTRIES AND HELP 01:14:18 THEM WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IT INSPIRES ME TO BE A BETTER 01:14:23 CHRISTIAN, AND THAT IS A REALLY GREAT VALUE. 01:14:29 >> WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME 01:14:34 FANTASTIC THINGS THAT GOD IS DOING IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO 01:14:38 ARE MINISTERING RIGHT OUT ON THE FRONT LINES. 01:14:40 I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO IT. FRED AND JILL CORNFORTH WITH 01:14:45 HERE. FRED IS OUR NEW CHAPTER 01:14:48 PRESIDENT FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE OF ASI -- OUR 01:14:55 ASI CHAPTER UP THERE. FRED YOU WERE A PART OF ASI 01:15:04 YEARS AGO, BUT TELL US. >> YES, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH 01:15:08 GOOD WORK DONE BY ASI THAT WE FELT DRAWN BACK TO IT. 01:15:13 AND WE HAVE BECOME VERY INVOLVED. 01:15:15 AND WE JUST SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND AS YOU CAN TELL 01:15:19 FROM ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE, JUST WONDERFUL MIRACLES 01:15:23 OF GOD HAPPENING EVERY DAY. IN BOISE, WHICH IS WHERE OUR 01:15:27 HOME IS, WE JUST COMPLETED AN AMEN CLINIC, WHERE WE HAD JUST 01:15:32 UNDER 1400 PEOPLE THAT CAME OVER A THREE-DAY PERIOD, AND I THINK 01:15:38 ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE THINGS TO ME WAS THAT OVER HALF 01:15:41 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WERE IN THEIR 20S AND 30S, SO IT WAS A YOUNGER 01:15:47 GROUP, BUT IT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE 01:15:51 GETTING INVOLVED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND MY WIFE HAS SOME 01:15:55 STORIES THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO TELL. 01:15:58 >> WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS TO WORK IN THE MISSION FIELD OF 01:16:02 BOISE. I KNOW WE HEAR ABOUT THE MISSION 01:16:04 FIELD BEING SO FAR AWAY, BUT REALLY IN OUR HOMETOWNS, YOU CAN 01:16:09 FIND MISSION FIELDS WHEREVER YOU LIVE. 01:16:12 SO YES, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO SERVE THERE IN THIS 01:16:17 MEDICAL CLINIC. I'M A PEDIATRIC NURSE, AND SO I 01:16:22 GRAVITATE TOWARD TS THE CHILDREN, AND ONE OF MY STORIES 01:16:26 IS ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO'S NAME WAS NAMI. 01:16:31 AND THERE WERE THREE KIDS, AND A MOTHER AND FATHER, THAT CAME TO 01:16:35 BY ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY HAD WAITED IN LINE FOR FIVE HOURS TO 01:16:40 FINALLY GET HER DAUGHTER TO BE SEEN FOR VISION, ONLY TO FINE 01:16:44 OUT THAT SHE DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THE AGE BRACKET THAT WE 01:16:49 ADVERTISED FOR, AND WERE TURNED AWAY. 01:16:52 THEY WENT BACK IN LINE AND WAITED AGAIN, AND WAITED THE 01:16:56 THREE HOURS TO GET TO DENTAL, BECAUSE SHE ALSO HAD A TOOTH 01:17:00 ACHE. SO THEY MADE IT TO THE FRONT OF 01:17:02 THE LINE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS GETTING TO BE THE END OF 01:17:05 THE DAY, AND THESE PEOPLE WERE SO GRACIOUS AND -- AND BEAUIFUL 01:17:09 ABOUT HAVING TO WAIT THIS WHOLE TIME. 01:17:12 THEY WEREN'T ANGRY, SO WE ENDED UP GETTING THEM IN, BECAUSE WE 01:17:16 REALIZED SHE REALLY NEEDED HER VISION DONE, WE GOT HER THROUGH 01:17:20 THE PROCESS REALLY QUICK, AND SHE WAS JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT 01:17:24 FINALLY GETTING GLASSES, SHE JUST SAID, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I 01:17:29 JUST WANT TO SAY. AND THEY FOUND OUT SHE HAD SUCH 01:17:33 HORRIBLE VISION THAT WE COULDN'T HELP HER THAT DAY 01:17:36 AND SHE WAS JUST SOBBING, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SEE. 01:17:40 COME TO FIND OUT HER PARENTS -- HER MOTHER WAS A STAY 01:17:43 AT HOME MOM, BUT HER DAD HAD THREE JOBS AND THEY WERE ALL 01:17:48 PART-TIME, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY HEALTH INSURANCE AND SHE 01:17:52 WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SCREENED FOR VISION UNTIL SECOND 01:17:56 GRADE AND SHE WAS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. 01:17:59 SO HE ENDED UP GIVING HER THE STRONGEST PRESD -- PRESCRIPTION 01:18:08 GLASSES THAT WE COULD AND SEND HER HOM. 01:18:11 SO SHE WAS SO EXCITED. AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, SHE GOT 01:18:16 HER REAL GLASSES. SO WE KNOW THAT WE HELPED THIS 01:18:20 ONE FAMILY. THEY CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND 01:18:24 GOT ALL OF THEIR DENTAL WORK DONE. 01:18:28 AND ANOTHER SUPER FAST STORE I HAVE IS WE HAD -- IT SEEMED LIKE 01:18:31 A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE THAT CAME FOR THE DENTAL NEEDED 01:18:36 EXTRACTIONS, AND A LOT OF THEM HAD JOB INTERVIEWS THAT THEY 01:18:42 WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO, AND WANTED TO BE THEIR BEST. 01:18:47 >> OUR THEME IN BOISE WAS LOVE HEALS, AND THAT BE THE TITLE OF 01:18:55 OUR CONVENTION IN THE SPRING OF 2018. 01:18:57 BUT WE HAD A HOME THAT OU COMPANY HAD BUILT THAT WAS ON 01:19:01 THE MARKET. AND A REALTOR HAD SHOWN THE HOME 01:19:06 AND NOTICED THE CRAWL SPACE COVER WAS NOT QUITE IN PLACE. 01:19:12 AND AFTER THE SHOWING WENT BACK AND LOOKED IN THE SPACE AND 01:19:17 FOUND A SLEEPING BAG AND CLOTHING. 01:19:19 AND WE FOUND OUT A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS 18 YEARS OLD, WHO HAD AGED 01:19:24 OUT OF THE FOSTER PROGRAM, HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO LIVE, SO HE 01:19:28 WOULD LIVE THERE AT NIGHT AND WHEN HE WOULD GO TO SCHOOL -DURING THE DAY, HE WOULD PUT HIS 01:19:34 STUFF IN THE CRAWL SPACE. SO THAT IMPACTED US, AD WE'RE 01:19:39 SETTING UP HOMES IN THE AREA THAT WILL HAVE AN OLDER COUPLE 01:19:43 THAT WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE OF THESE KIDS WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF 01:19:46 THE FOSTER SYSTEM, AND WE'RE HOPING THEY CAN LIVE THERE FOR 01:19:52 TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTIL THEY GET ON THEIR FEET AND HOPEFULLY 01:19:56 GO TO COLLEGE. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE BLESSING TO 01:20:00 US. THERE HAVE BEEN 30 OR SO 01:20:03 ORPHANAGES THAT WE HAVE HEPED. AND SOMETIME THERE IS SO MUCH 01:20:07 NEED. AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE 01:20:10 POSITIVE FACTORS AFTER ASI IS YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 01:20:14 AND THERE IS SO MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN YOU ARE WITH 01:20:19 PEOPLE WITH LIKE MINDEDNESS OF BEING A CONDUIT OF LOVE. 01:20:26 AND WE SEEK OUT PEOPLE THAT AR LIKE MINDED AND LIKE HEARTED. 01:20:31 ONE -- TWO LAST LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH 01:20:34 TOO -- AND I SHOULDN'T SAY LITTLE, BUT -- I DON'T KNOW IF 01:20:38 WE HAVE THE SLIDE ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 01:20:41 THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN HUMAN 01:20:44 TRAFFICKING RIGHT NOW, AND ONLY 1% ARE ACTUALLY RESCUED FROM 01:20:49 THAT ENVIRONMENT. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? 01:20:50 JUST 1% ARE ACTUALLY RESCUED. AND WE -- OUR AREA IN BOISE, 01:20:56 WHICH HAS THE COMMUNITY OF BOISE ABOUT 700,000 PEOPLE HAS OVER 01:21:03 70% CHURCH ATTENDANCE, BUT WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST HIT 01:21:06 RATES FOR REPORTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SO EVEN THOUGH YOU 01:21:09 WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE GOT 01:21:12 A REAL PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS, AND WE'RE REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO 01:21:16 DO SOMETHING THERE AS WELL. >> SO FRED AND JILL, YOU ARE 01:21:20 ACTUALLY IN THE BUSINESS OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. 01:21:23 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> BUT YOU ARE FINDING EVERY WAY 01:21:26 THAT YOU CAN DO TO MINISTRY EVERY MINUTE. 01:21:31 AMEN. THAT'S AWESOME. 01:21:36 DEE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU GREW UP IN THE SHADOW OF A 01:21:41 BIG SATELLITE DISH? >> YEAH, I GREW UP 25 TO 30 01:21:47 MILES AWAY FROM THE HEADQUARTERS. 01:21:49 AND I FOUND IT ON TELEVISION IN THE FALL OF 2006. 01:21:54 >> SO THE TELEVISION STATION NEXT DOOR YOU DISCOVERED IN 01:22:00 2006. SO WHAT DID YOU START WATCHING. 01:22:05 >> DOUG'S MOST AMAZING PROPHET SERIES WAS THE FIRST THING. 01:22:10 I REMEMBER THINKING I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS 01:22:16 WHAT I WAS HEARING. AND I WENT TO FIND ANYTHING 01:22:23 AFTER THAT. >> YOU WERE BAPTIZED WHEN? 01:22:27 >> 2010. >> THEN YOU HAVE BECOME INVOLVED 01:22:33 IN MINISTRY. IN MARKET I BELIEVE YOU ARE NOW 01:22:36 LEADING A MINISTRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO 3ABN. 01:22:39 >> YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOCATED ON MIRACLE LANE. 01:22:48 UNSEEN MEDIA GROUP IS WHO WE WORK FOR. 01:22:51 WE'RE A PROFESSIONAL FILM-MAKING ORGANIZATION, SO WE CREATE 01:22:55 CONTENT INTERNALLY. BUT THIS PICTURE HERE HAS 01:23:01 DEVOTIONAL PICTURES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRODUCING THROUGH FACEBOOK. 01:23:04 THERE IS A PICTURE WE HAVE AFTER THIS, OF A COOKING PROGRAM WE 01:23:07 DID FOR A PHYSICIAN HERE IN TEXAS, AND SHE HAS A TELEVISION 01:23:13 PROGRAM ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET HEALTHY AND HOW TOE USE FOOD 01:23:17 AS MEDICINE. SO WE FILMED SOME PROGRAMS THAT 01:23:24 SHE HAS. WE HAVE DONE STUFF FOR NET 01:23:28 SCHOOL EVANGELISM. SO THAT'S THE INDUSTRY THAT WE 01:23:31 USED TO RAISE FUNDS TO DO A LOT OF MINISTRIES. 01:23:35 SO WE DO FILM MAKING PROFESSIONALLY, BUT OUR BURDEN 01:23:38 IS TO RAISE FUNDS INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF 01:23:43 MINISTRIES. OUR BURDEN IS TO MAKE CONTEND TO 01:23:47 REACH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT IS PRINCIPLED AND CHRIST-CENTERED 01:23:51 AND MODERN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TRAINING 01:23:55 PROGRAMS TO EQUIP PEOPLE TO DO MEDIA. 01:23:59 WE HAVE 13 TO 17 YEAR OLDS FOR TWO WEEKS IN THE SUMMER. 01:24:04 THEY GET A CHANCE TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN FILM. 01:24:10 WE TEACH THEM TO WRITE A SCRIPT, HOW TO FILM IT, ED IT DIGIT, AND 01:24:20 CUT IT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A 01:24:24 NINE-MONTH INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM CALLED IDEA. 01:24:25 THIS IS ONE OF OUR INTERNS ACTUALLY GIVING A DEVOTIONAL, 01:24:32 AND THE NEXT PICTURE IS OF SMALL GROUPS HAPPENING WHERE WE HAD A 01:24:37 YOUTH EVENT CALLED WAR PLANS, BASICALLY TRAINING CHURCHES TO 01:24:41 START SMALL GROUPS AND PARTICULARLY TO GROW THEIR YOUTH 01:24:45 GROUPS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THEN THEY BREAK INTO SMALL 01:24:49 GROUPS AND START TO DIGEST EVEN MORE. 01:24:52 AND THEN WE LEAVE THEM WITH MATERIALS TO WATCH TOGETHER AND 01:24:57 DO SMALL GROUPS TO GROW THEIR YOUTH GROUP. 01:25:00 THE IDEA PROGRAM, THE NINE-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM IS BASICALLY 01:25:05 LIKE FILM SCHOOL AND A SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM PUT TOGETHER, SO HOW 01:25:13 TO GIVE A BIBLE STUDY, HOW TO SHARE THEY FAITH, WE TEACH THEM 01:25:17 ALL OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT JUST SITTING IN 01:25:21 CLASSROOM ALL DAY LEARNING, IT'S VERY, VERY HANDS ON. 01:25:25 WHEN WE TRAVEL AND DO FILMINGS FOR GYC AND OTHERS, OUR GIRLS 01:25:31 ACTUALLY FILMED THAT AND DID THE EDITING FOR IT. 01:25:35 YOU GET HANDS ON PROJECTS. IT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY, 01:25:38 REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. SO THAT'S THE MINISTRY SIDE OF 01:25:43 IT. WE DO CHURCHES, WEEKENDS, WEEK 01:25:45 OF PRAYERS, AND ANY YOUTH EVENTS, THANKS LIKE THAT. 01:25:49 THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST BURDENS, NOT JUST TO MAKE 01:25:52 CONTENT BUT ALSO BE INVOLVED IN PERSONAL MINISTRY. 01:25:57 AND SINCE AUGUST OF 2015, SOMEONE WOULD GET AN DVD OF A 01:26:05 SERMON I MADE LOCALLY. SO THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO DO A 01:26:09 LOT OF PERSONAL MINISTRY AND OTHER THINGS. 01:26:12 SO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME FROM THIS, WAS I PREACHED IN A 01:26:16 CHURCH, AND A FAMILY MEMBER GAVE THEM THE DVD. 01:26:21 AND THIS PERSON HAS WRESTLES WITH HOMOSEXUALITY FOR YEARS 01:26:26 SINCE THEY WERE A YOUNG PERSON. AND THEY HEARD THIS MESSAGE, AND 01:26:29 THEY HAD THE MOST PROFOUND RESPONSE TO THE GOSPEL I HAVE 01:26:34 EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, AND THEY COULD NOT TURN THIS MESSAGE OFF. 01:26:38 THEY LITERALLY PUT IT ON REPEAT FOR DAYS. 01:26:43 THEY EVEN LEFT THIS THING PLAYING FOR THEIR DOGS TO LISTEN 01:26:46 TO WHEN THEY LEFT THEIR HOUSE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE, 01:26:50 HE SAW HE COULD BE SAVED. HE HAD AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE IN 01:26:55 ANOTHER CHURCH, AND HAD RECEIVED A WHOLE LOT OF SCRUTINY AND 01:26:59 UNBELIEF BEING HEAVED UPON HIM BY CHRISTIANS, AND SO HE THOUGHT 01:27:04 THIS IS THE WAY CHRISTIANS FEEL ABOUT ME, THIS MUST BE THE WAY 01:27:08 THAT GOD FEELS ABOUT ME. BUT HE SAW THAT GOD IS NOT HATE 01:27:13 AND ACTUALLY CARES FOR ME. AND HE SAID THAT MESSAGE 01:27:19 SEPARATED ME FROM BEING GAY. IT LITERALLY SEPARATED HIM FROM 01:27:25 A FORMER IDENTITY THAT HE HAD HAD, AND HE SAID FOR THE FIRST 01:27:29 TIME IN MY LIFE I SAW I DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A 01:27:36 HOMOSEXUAL. AND JUST AN AMAZING STORY THAT 01:27:39 HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN MY FAITH IN THE GOSPEL AND TO KNOW 01:27:43 THAT BECAUSE OF THE WORK GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO DO IN FILM MAKING, 01:27:49 WE CAN DO THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 01:27:52 >> SO THERE ARE TWO REALLY GOOD PASSIONS -- TWO REALLY STRONG 01:27:56 PASSIONS YOU HAVE. ONE IS TRAINING. 01:27:57 >> YEAH. >> YOU WANT TO TRAIN OTHER 01:28:00 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE 01:28:04 PASSION THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM, BUT YOU ARE ALSO REACHING OUT 01:28:07 AND TOUCHING SPECIFIC PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR MINISTRY. 01:28:12 >> YES, 100%. >> THAT'S AWESOME. 01:28:15 THANK YOU. >> DHANG -- THANK YOU. 01:28:21 >> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE RAWDEEM. 01:28:26 HE COMES FROM THE CITY OF PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. 01:28:35 AND HE MAKES HIS LIVING IN REAL ESTATE. 01:28:38 BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO YOU DISCOVERED THAT YOUR PASSION WAS 01:28:42 TO SEE PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST AND EVANGELISM, AND YOU HEARD ABOUT 01:28:47 A PROGRAM CALED NEW BEGINNINGS, AND I WANT YOU TO TELL US A 01:28:52 LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE USED NEW BIN GIN -- BEGINNINGS 01:29:00 WHICH IS THE DVD PROJCT WHERE WE TEACH LAY PEOPLE TO PREACH 01:29:04 SERMONS. YOU HAVE USED THAT EXTENSIVELY 01:29:08 IN PRAGUE. TELL US ABOUT IT. 01:29:11 >> GOOD EVENING. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ASI 01:29:17 FAMILY FOR THE AMAZING TOOL NW BEGINNING. 01:29:20 ONE OF THE WAYS WE USE THIS IS PUBLIC MEETINGS, TYPICALLY FIVE 01:29:25 TIMES A WEEK. WE ARE DOING ONCE A YEAR. 01:29:28 AND WE STARTED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF YEAR AGO TO DO SOMETHING 01:29:32 FOR THE BUSINESS PEOPLE, BECAUSE BUSINESS PEOPLE VERY READILY CAN 01:29:39 ATTEND ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, FIVE TIMES A WEEK. 01:29:42 SO WE DECIDED TO PREPARE FOR PEOPLE FROM BUSINESS COMMUNITY 01:29:45 DURING THREE DAYS, ALL 26 LECTURES, PLUS LIFE STORY OF THE 01:29:52 PREACHER. >> THAT'S AWESOME. 01:29:53 SO TWO WAYS -- I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, THE TRADITIONAL WAY 01:29:58 OF PREACHING YOU HAVE USED, BUT ALSO THE INTENSIVE. 01:30:02 AND THAT INTENSIVE IS SOMETHING NEW. 01:30:05 WE HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WATCHING THAT THREE-DAY 01:30:09 INTENSIVE. YOU HAVE TESTED THAT OUT. 01:30:11 SOMETIMES THE EUROPEANS LEAD THE WAY, AND WE'RE GLAD FOR THAT. 01:30:15 BUT THERE WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD. 01:30:18 YOU TOOK A GROUP DOWN TO TANZANIA, AND YOU WERE GOING TO 01:30:22 DO A MISSION TRIP FROM CENTRAL EUROPE, AND YOU WERE GOING TO GO 01:30:32 ON THAT PROJECT. TELL US HOW YOU AND RICHARD GOT 01:30:36 INVOLVED IN THIS. >> I WORKED WITH RICHARD'S 01:30:39 FATHER A LONG TIME FOR PRIVATE VIDEOS AND THE CORPORATION 01:30:43 VIDEOINGS FOR US, AND HIS FATHER ASKED ME BEFORE WE WENT TO 01:30:49 TANZANIA TO TAKE ALSO HIS SON WITH US AND MY DECISION WAS 01:30:54 IMMEDIATE, BECAUSE I HOPE IT WOULD BE GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR 01:30:57 HIM. >> OKAY. 01:30:58 NOW RICHARD, YOU -- I WANT TO DIRECT A QUESTION TO YOU NOW. 01:31:02 YOU GOT TO GO ON THIS TRIP. WHAT WAS YOUR SITUATION RIGHT AT 01:31:06 THAT TIME IN YOUR LIFE? >> WELL, DAN, MY SITUATION -- I 01:31:10 CAN TELL YOU AT THAT TIME, I WAS A BIG MESS. 01:31:14 I WAS A BIG WRECK. IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS I ENDED 01:31:18 UP EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS ANDENED UP BEING ADDICTED FOR 01:31:22 ABOUT TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE, AND RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT I MET 01:31:29 RADEEM WAS ABOUT THE TIME THAT MY MOM HAD ENOUGH OF ME HERE IN 01:31:33 THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE SAID GO BACK AND WORK WITH YOUR 01:31:37 FATHER, MAYBE WE'LL STRAIGHTEN YOU OUT. 01:31:39 SO THINKING THAT I WOULD JUST GO BACK TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND 01:31:43 KIND OF ESCAPE THIS ADDICTION. IN THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. 01:31:48 IT GOT WORSE. I ENDED UP USING HEROIN AND 01:31:53 METHAMPHETAMINES OVER THERE. I DID END UP MEETING RADEEM, AND 01:31:59 SOME OF THE FIRST WORK WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WAS THE 01:32:02 NEW BEGINNINGS. AND WHEN WE STARTED THE NEW 01:32:06 BEGINNINGS, AND STARTED SEEING SOME VERY REVOLUTIONARY THINGS 01:32:10 THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. I HEARD OF JESUS BEFORE, BUT 01:32:15 MAYBE AS A MYTHICAL CHARACTER. BUT THE THINGS THAT I HEARD 01:32:18 THERE, THE WHOLE 25 LECTURES WE HAD, I MEAN, MY WHOLE WORLD GOT 01:32:25 FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF 01:32:28 MAYBE SOME SORT OF AT LEAST MENTAL TRANSFORMATION. 01:32:31 SO SOON ENOUGH, I HEARD THE THEORY, BECAUSE I DID THREE OF 01:32:35 THOSE SEMINARS, AND AFTER THAT -- BUT MY ADDICTION KEPT 01:32:39 GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. I MEAN, I WAS JUST A WRECK. 01:32:43 I COULD STILL VIDEOTAPE AND FUNCTION AND ALL OF THAT, BUT AS 01:32:48 LONG AS I HAD MY DOSE. THAT WAS MY PRIORITY AT THAT 01:32:51 TIME. THAT WAS MY GOD. 01:32:53 MY FATHER NEW OF THAT, SO HE ASKED RADEEM, HE SAID LOOK, CAN 01:32:58 I TAKE MY SON WITH ME TO TANZANIA, AND MAYBE THAT WILL 01:33:03 HAVE AN INFLUENCE, BECAUSE WE WAS HOPE LESSL WITH ME. 01:33:13 >> SO WE HAVE RISK TAKERS. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ASI 01:33:17 BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE TO BE RISK TAKERS. 01:33:20 SO YOU TOOK A RISK THAT THIS GUY COULD COME AND STILL CONTRIBUTE, 01:33:26 RIGHT? ARE YOU GLAD YOU TOOK THAT RISK? 01:33:28 >> WE'RE ALL RISKY PEOPLE FOR JESUS. 01:33:31 >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO YOU WERE GRATEFUL THAT WE 01:33:34 TOOK THE RISK ON YOU, AND YOU RECOGNIZED THAT HE TOOK THE 01:33:38 RISK. >> YEAH, IT WAS A BIG RISK, BUT 01:33:41 I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT 01:33:44 I WAS ACTUALLY IN A COMMUNITY WITH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FOR 01:33:48 ONE MONTH. I MEAN, COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE, 01:33:50 AND I MET THIS OTHER GUY, BILL, AND HE WENT THROUGH AN ADDICTION 01:33:55 AS WELL, SO I TALKED TO HIM, AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I 01:33:59 ACTUALLY OPENED UP TO, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I WAS KIND OF 01:34:02 HIDING IT. I WAS EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT. 01:34:07 AL-BILL, WAS LIKE I WAS AN ADDICT AS WELL, WITH MY WIFE, 01:34:12 BUT WE GAVE OURSELVES TO THE LORD, AND FROM THAT TIME IT WAS 01:34:16 JUST GONE. THEY TELL YOU AT ALL OF THESE 01:34:19 MEETINGS AT AA AND ALL OF THAT, LIKE YOU ARE AN ADDICT FOR LIFE. 01:34:25 AND HE WAS LIKE JUST GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO JESUS. 01:34:28 JUST TALK TO HIM. PRAY. 01:34:29 SO I WENT BACK TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC AFTER THIS WHOLE 01:34:33 INSPIRING MOMENT, AND IT TOOK ME STILL ABOUT ANOTHER TWO YEARS, 01:34:38 AND I WENT TO REHAB THERE, AND I DID JUST THAT WHEN THE BIG 01:34:44 WITHDRAWAL CAME THROUGH, BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH SEVEN YEARS OF 01:34:47 OPIATES, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S ROUGH. 01:34:50 SO OVER IN THE DETOX, I SAID LORD, IF YOU ARE OUT THERE AND 01:34:53 LISTENING TO ME, LIKE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SAID THAT YOU WERE, 01:34:56 I PROMISE, I WILL GO THE RIGHT -pWAY, JUST GET ME OUT OF THIS SITUATION, AND I CAN TELL YOU 01:35:02 THE NEXT DAY HE DID JUST THAT. >> AMEN. 01:35:06 I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW -- YEAH, GO AHEAD. 01:35:10 [ APPLAUSE ] >> EXPRESS IT. 01:35:12 THERE IS A TWO-PART FORMULA THAT RICHARD HAS SHARED AND I WANT 01:35:18 ALL OF YOU BOTH -- THOSE OF YOU WATCHING FROM HOME, THOSE OF YOU 01:35:21 IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU MAY HAVE STRUGGLED WITH ADDICTIONS 01:35:25 YOURSELF. YOU MAY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER 01:35:29 THAT STRUGGLES WITH ADDICT SHUNS. 01:35:33 ADDICTIONS ARE EVERYWHERE IN OUR SOCIETY.-BUT THIS MAN HAD A TWO-PRONGED 01:35:39 APPROACH. ONE WAS GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS 01:35:43 AND PRAY. AND SECONDLY YOU GOT 01:35:46 PROFESSIONAL HELP AD WENT INTO REHAB, AND THE PRAYERS WERE 01:35:49 ANSWERED AND YOU HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY SINCE THAT 01:35:53 TIME. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR 01:35:56 JOURNEY. OKAY? 01:35:57 NOW IN THAT JOURNEY SINCE YOU HAD THAT VICTORY AND YOU BEGAN, 01:36:02 YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN FULL OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 01:36:05 TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. 01:36:07 SO THE FIRST THING WAS AFTER THIS MIRACULOUS HEALING THAT 01:36:12 CAME ABOUT -- AND THIS WAS JUST AFTER ONE PRAYER. 01:36:16 I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. THE NEXT DAY, I FELT LIKE I WAS 01:36:20 MAYBE TEN YEARS YOUNGER, AND I HAD THIS TINGLE IN MY SPINE AND 01:36:24 I JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE WAY. 01:36:27 EVERYTHING JUST CLICKED FROM WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE NEW 01:36:32 BEGI BEGINNINGS, AND EVERYTHING JUST 01:36:35 CLICKED. I WENT OUT OF THERE AND I'M 01:36:38 LIKE, I'M DRUG FREE FOR LIFE. AND PEOPLE WERE DOUBING ME AND 01:36:42 ALL OF THAT, BUT I NEW ALREADY IN MY HEART THAT ONCE I FOLLOWED 01:36:49 JESUS HE WILL BE ABLE TO GET ME OUT. 01:36:52 AND I WAS LIKE WHAT I WAS DOING WAS BAD. 01:36:55 AND I NEED TO GO THE WHOLE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS FAR AWAY 01:37:01 AS I CAN. AND I WAS LIKE THE BEST THING TO 01:37:04 DO IS FOLLOW JEUS. I MEAN HE WAS THE DEFINITION OF 01:37:08 GOOD. >> YEAH. 01:37:08 >> SO I DID JUST THAT AND FROM THEN ON, I FIGURED -- I WAS 01:37:13 LIKE, I GOT TO TELL MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. 01:37:16 IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS 01:37:18 WAY BACK.-SO I ENDED UP GOING BACK TO THE REHAB, BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE 01:37:25 AA MEETINGS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO, PRAGUE'S FINEST. 01:37:33 AND I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK OVER THERE, AND SHARE MY TESTIMONY 01:37:36 WITH THEM. DURING THE WINTER TIME I GO 01:37:39 THERE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. >> OKAY. 01:37:42 LAST QUESTION, IF YOU -- LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO YOU 01:37:45 RIGHT NOW, AND YOUR TESTIMONY IS A VERY POWERFUL ONE, RICHARD. 01:37:49 IF YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING, 01:37:53 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> OKAY. 01:37:55 I WOULD SAY THAT -- YOU DO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S REALLY 01:37:59 DIFFICULT WITH ADDICT S. I MEAN YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM, 01:38:05 WHICH WAS WHY I WAS SURPRISED THAT RADEEM DID. 01:38:11 I WAS VERY UNRELIABLE. I WOULD SAY TO THEM, DEFINITELY 01:38:15 HAVE COMPASSION AND A LOT OF LOVE. 01:38:18 THE TRUST PART -- YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT, BUT THE 01:38:23 PRAYER IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT RADEEM AND A 01:38:28 BUNCH OF PEOPLE WERE PRAYING FOR-ME, BECAUSE MY DAD REACHED OUT TO THEM, SO THE PRAYER IS 01:38:34 DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT, AND LIKE YOU SAID IN THE BEINNING, I 01:38:39 MEAN THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY STRONG FOR 01:38:42 ME. YOU CAN HEAR A LOT OF THINGS, 01:38:44 LET'S SAY, ON THE STREET, BUT WHEN YOU INVOLVE SOMEBODY IN 01:38:50 LIKE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST COMMUNITY, THAT THEY CAN SEE THE 01:38:53 TRUE LOVE, I WAS TELLING MYSELF, THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING I 01:38:58 HAVE NEVER HAD. THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT I 01:39:00 REALLY, REALLY WANT. AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP 01:39:03 HAPPENING. SO THE PRAYER AND THEN THE 01:39:05 INVOLVEMENT. >> AMEN. 01:39:07 CAN YOU SAY AMEN. >> AMEN! 01:39:09 >> THANK YOU. RADEEM ARE YOU GLAD THAT YOU 01:39:14 INVITED HIM TO TANZANIA? >> I'M GRATEFUL TO GOD. 01:39:18 BECAUSE HE IS SO GOOD. AND THIS EXPERIENCE OVERCAME OUR 01:39:22 EXPECTATIONS. >> AMEN. 01:39:25 AMEN. THANK YOU. 01:39:25 ♪ >> I REMEMBER ONCE UPON A TIME I 01:39:34 STARTED PASTORING VERY EARLY. I WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OLD, AND I 01:39:39 REMEMBER SITTING IN MY FIRST BOARD MEETING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW 01:39:44 ANYTHING ABOUT ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDER OR ANYTHING. 01:39:47 AND I SAID WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? 01:39:51 THAT BOARD MEETING STARTED AT 6:00 AND WE ENDED AT 10:00 THAT 01:40:02 EVENING, FOUR HOURS. BEFORE WE EXPECT A GREAT OUTCOME 01:40:05 WE MUST BE WILLING TO WORK BEFOREHAND. 01:40:09 THE REASON WHY THAT BOARD MEETING TOOK ABOUT FOUR HOURS IS 01:40:14 I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE MEETING, AND 01:40:20 AS A RESULT WE WASTED TIME. AND ASI HELPS WITH THOSE THINGS. 01:40:25 THEY GIVE YOU TOOLS AND VISION, SKO YOU ARE ABLE TO WORK WELL 01:40:31 AND NOT WASE PEOPLE'S TIMES, AND HAVE A GREAT OUTCOME. 01:40:35 AND THAT IS MY TIP THAT I WANT -TO LEAVE WITH YOU. WORK AND WORK AND WORK WELL FOR 01:40:42 CHRIST. >> GOOD EVENING, ASI. 01:40:45 WE HAVE ANOTHER OFFERING IN ACTIONS SEGMENT FOR YOU. 01:40:48 THIS IS A PROJECT REPORT. CHESTER CLARK IS A BOARD MEMBER 01:40:54 OF WASHATA HILLS AM ANITY. >> THROUGH YOUR GENEROUS FUNDING 01:41:10 WE ARABLE TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE TO HOUSE OUR BOOKS. 01:41:13 WHAT THIS DOES FOR US IS SEVERAL THINGS, BUT IMPORTANTLY IT HELP 01:41:18 US TO BUY BOOKS IN LARGER QUANTITIES, SO THAT OUR STUDENTS 01:41:23 WHEN THEY GO OUT AND SELL THEM CAN HAVE MORE PROFIT, THE SCHOOL 01:41:27 CAN HAVE MORE PROFIT AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK AND 01:41:31 BLESS OTHERS. >> NOW THIS WENT BEYOND THE 01:41:34 STUDENTS AT YOUR ACADEMY AND COLLEGE. 01:41:36 THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS THAT OTHER SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO 01:41:40 BENEFIT FROM THIS, RIGHT? >> IT DOES. 01:41:43 BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO BUY IN SUCH LARGER COUNTCOUNTITIES. 01:41:50 THEY HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER TO TRY TO BUY PRINTING TOGETHER TO GET 01:41:53 THE PRICE DOWN. AND THEY ARE HOPING TO GET THE 01:41:56 PRICE DOWN ABOUT 25%. BUT WITH THE LARGER INVENTORY WE 01:42:00 WERE ABLE TO HAVE, WE MADE A LARGER ORDER, AND WE ABLE TO GET 01:42:09 THE PRICE DOWN ABOUT 35%. AND THAT HELPS ALL OF US. 01:42:13 >> SO IT REALLY IS A PHENOMENAL COLLABORATION. 01:42:17 >> IT IS. >> TO GET THE WORD OUT. 01:42:22 >> AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST 01:42:30 STRUCTURE. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A MOMENT. 01:42:33 >> OKAY. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE 01:42:37 VIDEO NOW? ALL RIGHT? 01:42:39 >> CANVASSING HELPS THE SCHOOLS. IT HELPS THE STUDENTS. 01:42:45 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS US AS AN ARMY OF YOUTH TO 01:42:50 FULFILL THE GOSPEL COMMISSION. WE DISTRIBUTE OVE 71,000 BOOKS 01:42:58 A YEAR. BUT WHAT IF OTHERS WANT TO DO 01:43:01 THE SAME, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOLUME? 01:43:05 WITH THAT IN MIND, ASI SUPPORTED THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT. 01:43:12 65 STUDENTS THAT CANVASSED THEMSELVES AND VOLUNTEERS CAME 01:43:17 TOGETHER TO BUILD THE FIRST WAREHOUSE. 01:43:20 ♪ >> WHAT IS IT EXCITING IS 01:43:30 KNOWING THE BOOKS THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN THIS BUILDING WON'T 01:43:34 STAY HERE LONG, BUT THEY WILL BE GOING OUT AROUND THE WORLD, AND 01:43:38 GOD IS GOING TO USE THIS. IT IS EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THE 01:43:43 STUDENTS WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN ALL HANDS 01:43:46 WERE ON DECK, SEEING THE WORK DEVELOP IN A TIMELY FASHION. 01:43:51 >> IT'S SO EXCITING, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS FULLY 01:43:56 DEVELOPMENT. >> TODAY IN ARKANSAS, WE HAVE A 01:44:00 CENTER WHERE SMALL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS CAN 01:44:04 ORDER CANVASSING BOOKS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE THANKS TO THE 01:44:08 VISION AND GENEROSITY OF ASI MEMBERS. 01:44:11 >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN GOD'S PROMISE SO REAL. 01:44:14 >> IT CHANGED MY LIFE. >> THIS COULD BE YOUR EXPERIENCE 01:44:18 IN YOUR CHURCH, IN YOUR SCHOOL, AND IN YOUR OWN LIFE. 01:44:22 THANK YOU ASI FOR YOUR FAITHFUL COMMITMENT TO FINISHING THE 01:44:26 WORK. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE, CHESTER. 01:44:34 >> WE'RE JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR ASI FOR THEIR VISION AND 01:44:39 ASSISTANCE. AND WE JUST PRAY THAT THESE 01:44:41 BOOKS WILL BE A BLESSING TO MANY. 01:44:43 I WAS READING RECENTLY ABOUT LATENT BAPTISMS, AND THAT IS 01:44:48 THAT PEOPLE ARE READING TRUTHS, BUT AS THE END EVENT HAPPEN THE 01:44:54 HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO BE POWER TO THOSE THAT ARE READING. 01:44:59 SO THANK YOU, ASI. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHESTER. 01:45:03 OUR NEXT INTERVIEW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BY WAY OF VIDEO. 01:45:07 LET'S WATCH. 01:45:18 ♪ >> I'M AN ENERGY ADVISOR, 01:45:27 ESPECIALLIZE IN ADVISING INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR SOLAR 01:45:30 NEEDS AS WELL AS AIR CONDITIONING, ANY ELECTRIC OR 01:45:36 GAS QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HOME 01:45:41 IS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, WHICH HELPS THE ENVIRONMENT, THE 01:45:46 COMMUNITY, AND THE CUSTOMERS. SO IT'S A WIN-WIN. 01:45:49 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY, GOD HAS BLESSED ME 01:45:54 WITH. WHEN I FIRST MET THIS GUY, HE 01:45:57 GAVE ME ALL OF THE ANSWERS STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE. 01:46:00 AND THAT'S WAT I RESPECTED ABOUT THE ADVENTIST FAITH. 01:46:06 SO I WAS VERY BLESSED BY THAT. TODAY MY WIFE AND I ARE 01:46:13 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE 01:46:16 CHURCH AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 01:46:18 HE SAVED OUR MARRIAGE. TODAY HE BLESSED US WITH A GOOD 01:46:22 FAMILY, TWO WONDERFUL KIDS, A SON AND A DAUGHTER, AND JUST 01:46:26 ABSOLUTELY BLESSED, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE O OUR FRIENDS 01:46:30 AND THOSE WHO LEAD US TO CHRIST, AND LEAD US ON OUR MISSION AND 01:46:35 OUR DESIRE TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST AS WELL. 01:46:38 THE SCHOOL THING IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 01:46:41 THERE IS NOT AS MANIED AS REPRESENT ADVERTISES, HOWEVER, 01:46:44 THERE IS AN ADVENTIST RIGHT BELOW US, AND SINCE THEY MOVED 01:46:48 IN, WE STARTED THINKING HOW CAN WE EVANGELIZE OUR LITTLE AREA, 01:46:53 SO WE STARTED NEIGHBORS TO COME OVER AND STUDY, SO IT HAS BEEN 01:46:58 AN ABSOLUTE BLESSING. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF 01:47:01 OUR NEIGHBORS BY INVITING THEM OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. 01:47:05 BUT THE SECRET IS KEEP BEING PERSISTENT AND THEY WILL 01:47:09 EVENTUALLY COME. THEY MAY NOT COME EVERY NIGHT, 01:47:13 BUT AT LEAST THE SEEDS ARE PLANTED.-IT'S AMAZING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO 01:47:17 ARE HUNGRY FOR THE TRUTH. THEY WANT TO STUDY, AND THEY ARE 01:47:21 ANXIOUS TO STUDY. AND HERE WE HAVE THE TRUTH. 01:47:23 THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT THERE IS BY TAKING ACTION AND WANTING TO 01:47:27 STUDY WITH PEOPLE. AND IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD TO 01:47:30 KNOW THE BIBLE. BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 01:47:35 THAT YOU KNOW THE BIBLE, THEY WILL BRING PEOPLE TO YOU. 01:47:41 WE BEGAN STUDYING THE BIBLE, AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT THE DAUGHTER 01:47:49 STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE, AND NOW THEY ARE BAPTIZED AND ONE OF 01:47:54 THE BROTHERS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH, SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY 01:48:02 AMAZING. ALFONZO LOVES THE LORD, I CAN 01:48:06 TELL. AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HIS 01:48:09 WHOLE FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD COME TOGETHER IN CHRIST. 01:48:14 >> EXCELLENT. MICHAEL IS THE DIRECTOR FOR I 01:48:19 SHARE AND [ INAUDIBLE ] WEST, YOU KIND OF WEAR A COUPLE OF 01:48:22 HATS. AT THE END IT SAID TOTAL MEMBER 01:48:26 INVOLVEMENT. BUT WHAT DOES ISHARE HAVE TO DO 01:48:31 WITH THIS? >> IT STANDS FOR I SEEK TO HELP 01:48:35 ADVANCED RERIVAL AND EVANGELISM, AND WHEN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 01:48:40 WAS COMING UP WITH THIS INITIATIVE, THEY REALIZED THAT 01:48:45 WE WERE DOING THIS ALREADY. WE WERE GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND 01:48:50 LAITY INVOLVED, SO THEY ASKED US TO MAKE VIDEOS TO FEATURE ALL OF 01:48:55 THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN NOW ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, AND 01:48:58 ARE WINNING OTHERS TO CHRIST, SO WE MADE THESE SMALL VIDEOS, AND 01:49:02 WE WANT THEM TO GO VIRAL, BASICALLY. 01:49:05 >> SO WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH? 01:49:08 >> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE REALIZE THAT ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO 01:49:13 ARE DOING EVANGELISM, AND A LOT OF TIME WE DON'T KNOW IT. 01:49:17 MAYBE WE FEEL ALONE OR LIKE WE'RE THE ONLY ONES DO IT, SO WE 01:49:23 THOUGHT WE COULD FEATURE STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE PACIFIC UNION, 01:49:27 WHERE I'M FROM, AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE OTHERS, CHURCH MEMERS 01:49:31 AND OTHERS, AND IT CAN GO VIRAL. THEY CAN SHARE IT VIA SOCIAL 01:49:35 MEDIA AND AT THEIR CHURCH. I HOPE YOU SAW THIS, AN I HOPE 01:49:39 YOU ARE INSPIRED TO SHARE THIS AT YOUR CHURCH NOW. 01:49:43 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I 01:49:46 THOUGHT. I SAID I HAVE TO GET MY HANDS ON 01:49:50 THAT VIDEO AND SHARE IT WITH MY CHURCH MEMBERS. 01:49:53 SO IF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING AHOLD OF 01:49:58 THESE, HOW CAN THEY GET MORE INFORMATION? 01:50:00 >> WELL, ONE WAY IS WE HAVE THE TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT SEMINAR 01:50:05 TOMORROW. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 01:50:08 MORE METHODS AND SHOW MORE VIDEOS, JUST LIKE THESE, BUT 01:50:12 WE'LL BE PUTTING THEM ON THE WEBSITE. 01:50:15 AND YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR ISHARECONFERENCE.ORG AND WE'LL 01:50:24 HAVE MORE INFORMATION THERE. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US MORE 01:50:28 INFORMATION ABOUT ISHARE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 01:50:31 >> YOU ARE WELCOME. AND NOW COMING TO JOIN ME IS THE 01:50:37 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR WEMAR JUST OUTSIDE OF 01:50:44 SACRAMENTO? >> YES, IN THE FOOTHILLS. 01:50:46 >> HE HAS THE BLESSING OF BEING IN THE OFFERINGS AS WELL AS ON 01:50:50 OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE OVERFLOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING 01:50:54 FOR, FOR TOMORROW. SO TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON. 01:50:57 >> I -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, BUT WHERE I REALLY 01:51:01 WANT TO BEGIN IS SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED JUST IN THE 01:51:06 LAST YEAR OR TWO. WHEN I STARTED THERE FOUR YEARS 01:51:09 AGO, WE STARTED ENGAGING OUR NEW START LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE 01:51:14 REALIZED THAT PEOPLE COME TO US WITH HEALTH CONITIONS, BUT WE 01:51:18 REALIZE THEY ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL BATTLE, AND WE CREATED 01:51:21 A TEAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE 01:51:26 PATIENTS SO THAT THEY COULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR HEALTH 01:51:30 CHOICES, AND YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS ALREADY -- AND MIND YOU 01:51:35 THESE PEOPLE ARE PAYING TO ALLOW US TO EVANGELISM THEM. 01:51:40 WE ARE ON TRACK TO BAPTIZE OVER 65 PEOPLE THIS YEAR OUT OF NEW 01:51:45 START. AND THAT'S JUST NEW START. 01:51:47 WE JUST STARTED A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM TODAY, AND THAT PROGRAM 01:51:50 IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET US UP TO A HUNDRED. 01:51:54 IT PROBABLY BAPTIZED ABOUT ANOTHER 35. 01:51:57 WE WOULD BAPTIZE PROBABLY MORE OUT OF DEPESSION AND RECOVERY, 01:52:01 BUT THERE ARE FEWER SESSIONS, SO OVER A HUNDRED PATIENTS ARE 01:52:05 GETTING BAPTIZED NOW EVERY YEAR, AND WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE 01:52:09 EVANGELISM. THEY ARE PAYING US TO ALLOW US 01:52:12 TO EVANGELIZE THEM. WHAT KIND OF PARADIGM IS THAT? 01:52:15 THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S EXCITING THAT WE'RE 01:52:18 DOING THAT, AND GOD IS REALLY BLESSING US. 01:52:21 >> NOW THERE IS SMETHING ELSE THAT IS REALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART 01:52:25 THAT IS HAPPENING, AS FAR AS CLINIC. 01:52:28 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD 01:52:31 THE VISION OF CREATING A CLINIC ON CAMPUS. 01:52:34 WE HAD A CLINIC BUILDING, BUT THE CLINIC WAS BASICALLY SEEING 01:52:38 OUR NEW START GUESTS AND MAYBE A FEW CLINIC PEOPLE. 01:52:45 WE'RE IN A DEMOGRAPHIC IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE ARE A LO 01:52:49 OF MEDICAID PATIENTS, AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING ADEQUATE CARE. 01:52:54 SO WE HAD THE PLAN OF RECRUITING YOUNG AGGRESSIVE LIKE-MINDED 01:52:59 PHYSICIANS, AND CREATING A RURAL HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH IS A 01:53:05 FEDERAL DESIGNATION SO YOU CAN TREAT THOSE PATIENTS AND BE 01:53:12 REIMBURSED YOUR COSTS. THE TEAM SUCCESSFULLY GOT RURAL 01:53:18 HEALTH CLINIC STATUS, AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE ALSO 01:53:21 REMODELED A LARGE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND PUT 01:53:25 IN A -- ACTUALLY A SIX-ROOM DENTAL CLINIC. 01:53:29 AND I HAVE TOLD YOU THE NUMBERS ALREADY. 01:53:33 WE'RE NOW SEEING ONE THOUSAND PATIENTS A MONTH. 01:53:37 >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. >> ONE THOUSAND PATIENTS A 01:53:41 MONTH. AND WE HAVE HAD OUR FIRST 01:53:44 BAPTISM FROM THE CLINIC, BEAUSE THEY HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE 01:53:52 FOLLOW-UP, AND BIBLE STUDY AND OUTREACH PROGRAM WITHIN THE 01:53:56 CLINIC, AND WE HAD A CONTRACTOR WHO WAS HOMELESS. 01:54:00 WE PROVIDED HIM A PLACE TO STAY. AND WE WANTED TO HIRE HIM, BUT 01:54:04 WE HAD A PLICY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 01:54:09 MEMBER. AND HIS POINT WAS, I'M NOT GOING 01:54:11 TO GET BAPTIZED JUST TO GET A JOB. 01:54:14 SO WE WORKED WITH HIM, AND HE FINALLY GOT BAPTIZED, AND HE IS 01:54:18 NOW WORKING FULL-TIME ON YOUR PLANT SERVICES, AND THIS IS KIND 01:54:22 OF OUR FIRST TROPHY THAT CAME OUT OF THE CLINIC. 01:54:24 >> WONDERFUL. TELL US ABOUT THE NURSING 01:54:27 PROGRAM. >> THE NURSING PROGRAM IS 01:54:29 AMAZING. WHEN I STARTED THERE FOUR YEARS 01:54:32 AGO, I REALLY THOUGHT THE NURSING PROGRAM WAS A TOTAL 01:54:35 WASTE OF MONEY. I WAS WRONG. 01:54:39 WE REALIZED IT WAS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT $2 MILLION TO GET THE 01:54:44 NURSING PROGRAM OFF OF THE GROUND, BECAUSE THE STATE OF 01:54:48 CALIFORNIA, THE BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSES HAVE STANDARDS 01:54:51 YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE. WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE 01:54:59 TO HAVE A SKILLS LAB WITH MANNEQUINS. 01:55:04 THEY ARE $70,000.-WE NEEDED ABOUT $400,000 JUST IN OUR SKILLS LAB. 01:55:10 WE NEEDED HOSPITAL BEDS. AND I CONTACTED ADVENTIST 01:55:14 HEALTH, AND I SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY HOSPITAL BEDS? 01:55:17 HE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY, AND HE SAID RANDY, WE HAVE EIGHT OF 01:55:23 THEM. AND I SAID WE ONLY NEED SIX. 01:55:27 AND HE SAID, TAKE THEM ALL OR DON'T TAKE ANY. 01:55:30 SO WE GOT THOSE FREE. BUT WE WERE APPLYING FOR 01:55:36 ACCREDITATION, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY AN UPHILL BATTLE, AND 01:55:38 WE WENT DOWN TO IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, ELDER WILSON'S 01:55:43 DAUGHTER -- NOT DAUGHTER -- SISTER, SHIRLEY 01:55:49 ANDERSON WAS THE HEAD OF OUR NURSING PROGRAM AT THE TIME SHE 01:55:52 WAS THERE, AND THEY WERE AT THIS MEETING WHERE WE WERE DECIDING 01:55:56 WHETHER WE COULD GET APPROVAL. AND THE PROGRAM WAS PUT ON 01:56:01 PROBATION BECAUSE THEIR SKILLS TRAINING WAS 30 MILES AWAY FROM 01:56:04 THE SCHOOL. NOW WE HAD PLACES IN LOMA LINDA, 01:56:09 AND GLEN DALE, AND I'M THINKING THEY ARE GOING TO CRUCIFY US. 01:56:13 WE GOT UP THERE, AND THEY SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ABOUT THE 01:56:18 STUDENTS TRAVELLING ALL OF THOSE MILES? 01:56:21 AND DR. ANDERSON SAID, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRANSPORT 01:56:25 THEMSELVES OURSELVES. AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AND HE SAID 01:56:28 IS THAT RIGHT? AND I SAID, YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT. 01:56:31 AND HE SAID FINE. WHY DIDN'T THAT OTHER SCHOOL DO 01:56:37 THAT? AND THEY GAVE US FULL APPROVAL. 01:56:40 AND HE SAID I HAD AN UNCLE WHO WAS 01:56:45 WASSED A OAKWOOD COLLEGE. GOD HAD GONE BEFORE US. 01:56:48 AND WE GRADUATED OUR FIRST COHURT OF NURSES, AND 100% OF 01:56:56 THEM HAVE PASSED THEIR EXAMINATIONS. 01:56:58 SO PRAISE GOD. >> AMEN. 01:57:01 SO YOUR OFFERING CAN HELP TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO 01:57:05 SUPPORT ALL OF THESE MINISTRIES. >> YEAH, TYPICALLY PEOPLE DON'T 01:57:09 LIKE TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE OFFERINGS IS GOING TO BUILD 01:57:14 STAFF AND STUDENT HOUSING, BUT WITHOUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE 01:57:18 BAPTISMS CAN OCCUR. THE GRADUATIONS CAN OCCUR. 01:57:22 WE CAN BE SENDING THESE MISSIONARIES INTO ALL OF THE 01:57:27 WORLD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:57:29 >> THANK YOU ASI. >> COLLABORATION IS SO 01:57:31 IMPORTANT. FOR US WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN 01:57:34 ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE. ♪ |
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