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We'd like to welcome you
all to our ASI convention. I've
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received a wonderful blessing
and I know that you have as well
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We're looking forward to
even more this weekend and so we
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praise the Lord for being here.
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Shall we bow. Heavenly Father,
it's been a tremendous blessing
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and we want to thank you
with all of our hearts for the
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inspiration that we're gaining
here. But we want even more than
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inspiration; we want a change of
heart. We're putting ourselves
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in your hands this morning
asking that you would touch us
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in such a way that when we leave
this place we are better than
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when we came and we'll be
reaching out to all the folks
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that we meet. Bless us.
Bless the continuing of this
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convention We thank you
for it, in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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¤In the morning when I
rise In the morning when I rise¤
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¤In the morning when
I rise/ Give me Jesus. ¤
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¤Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus
You may have all this world¤
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¤but give me Jesus.
Oh, and when I am alone,¤
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Oh, and when I am alone,
Oh, and when I am alone,¤
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¤Give me Jesus. Give
me Jesus Give me Jesus. ¤
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¤You may have all this
world, but give me Jesus. ¤
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¤And when I come to die,
Oh, and when I come to die. ¤
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¤Oh, and when I come
to die Give me Jesus. ¤
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¤Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus
You may have all this world¤
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¤But give me Jesus. You
may have all this world¤
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¤But give me Jesus. ¤ Amen.
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Good morning, ASI. We're glad
to bring you another Offering In
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Action segment, an interview
with James Hartley, who is the
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president of LIGHT, L-I-G-H-T,
and James for those who might
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possible not know what LIGHT is
please explain what that acronym
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is and a little
bit about the ministry.
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Sure, happy to. LIGHT stands
for the Lay Institute for Global
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Health Training. We're located
in North Georgia on the campus
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of Wildwood Lifestyle Center and
our mission is to provide health
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evangelism training to every
church member worldwide. We want
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training to be available in
everyone's country and in their
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language. So, we have a
standardized curriculum that
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we mainly use as a one-month
intensive course. It's 125 hours
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in length. We have that
curriculum translated in 12
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languages now. We're supporting
50 missionaries full time that
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are overseas continually
running these programs year
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round on every continent.
So in the past, ASI has been a
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great support for us the past
10 years. We started in 2008.
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This is kind of our 10th year.
By God's grace we've seen well
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over 20,000 church members
trained through that program in
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these years,
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and we've seen tremendous impact
that it's made in local churches
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around the world in using health
as an entering wedge for the
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gospel. Now I
remember talking with you
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some time ago, James, and
I was just amazed to hear how
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God continues
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to provide even when you don't
know where it's coming from and
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how it's going to happen. To see
that you've been in existence
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for 10 years and God has
provided, many times through ASI
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it's just remarkable. You talked
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about impact. So what kind of
impact have you see as a result
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of LIGHT?
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Well let me
share a couple. One I
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want to start in Brazil. You
know there are more Seventh-day
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Adventists living in Brazil than
any other country. So, we've
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worked very hard there. We've
run dozens of LIGHT courses in
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Brazil and we've really seen a
lot of great fruits of recent...
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Just two weeks ago we finished
a one-month training course, and
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this is a great story here. This
family in the middle, husband
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and wife and a couple children,
were all baptized. They were not
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Seventh-day Adventists when they
came into our program. In fact,
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we had five baptisms just out of
that one one-month course. This
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year there's been seven
in Brazil. So it's kind of an
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interesting take that we didn't
really expect but sometime we
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bring in people who are not
Seventh-day Adventists into our
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courses and they get amazed by
the wholeness of the message. We
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give them Bible Studies in the
evening and they see the health
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and the gospel working together
and their health has improved,
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their lives have changed and
they're even joining the church.
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Also in Brazil at around
the same time we had a small
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convention of graduates that
we've had over recent years.
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And it's interesting. The person
that organized the convention
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was not myself. It was the
Union health director, the Rio
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Dejenero Health director. So
we've got a great relationship
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with the church down there.
They thought we needed to get
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together, so they organized
kind of a supporting ministry
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themselves It was fantastic.
There were 80 people there,
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there were 15 ministries. And I
think that out of the 15 all but
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probably three were really as
a result of LIGHT graduates that
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had started these projects. So
in the past year in Brazil there
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have been over 300 health expos.
It has really spread very broad.
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So there's ministry starting up,
there's church activity. That's
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one of the
examples of action results.
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So you've had tremendous
collaboration, sometimes without
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even asking for
it or looking for it.
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Yeah, that's true. Let me share
one other collaboration that
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we've had is with MENAU, the
Middle East North Africa Union.
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We really have an interest,
not only to work the areas like
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Brazil where there is a bee hive
of activity of Adventism but in
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the Middle East there's not
many We thought for a long time
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what can we do?
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This past year God helped us to
raise some money to purchase a
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home just across the Turkey
border that would be used as a
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training center for missionaries
that would work throughout the
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Middle East and North Africa.
I've got a picture of the house
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here. This is a simple structure
but we've just had a graduation
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of a six-month training course.
We had 12 graduates there and
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they are now working in Turkey
kind of undercover, covertly,
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because you can't outwardly
preach the gospel or anything.
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But we just finished a health
expo. There's another slide of a
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health expo here that was in
Turkey with our graduates. Had a
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tremendous turnout. Over
200 people came through. We see
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health as a very effective tool
in reaching the Muslim world.
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So we're really excited
about that. As well as yesterday
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Svetlana shared a report
from Kazachstan. We're also
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also supporting them. This
would be the first ever health
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lifestyle center and mission
training school in all of
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central Asia as well as a very
Muslim area. So we're studying
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the health, we're studying the
gospel and we're studying how to
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reach Muslims with the right arm
of the message. So just a few
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testimonies from the field.
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Excellent, excellent. So zero in
on the specific details for this
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particular project that's
in the offing for this year.
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Sure. So offering money
will go toward supporting our
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missionaries that are in the
field. So it is more wide spread
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that way, but the specifically
we have a few really, really
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fresh projects. One is working
in China and we're just about
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80 to 90 percent finished with
our Chinese Mandarin translation
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This is our manual now, if
you can read that that. This is
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Chinese Mandarin. We've got
a couple Chinese right now at
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Wildwood recording classes.
So we have plans to establish a
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small, covert, health school in
southern China as well recording
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an on-line school because with
on-line we can make our training
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available to any Adventist via
the web. And especially in China
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we think is going to be very
useful. So we're working with
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the Chinese Union Mission.
Pastor Falkenburg and I have had
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great conversations this ASI
talking about this; how to use
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our on-line training, how to
use the manual and he sees great
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potential for that, so we're
really excited for the work in
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China. Let me continue. There's
also... for years I have to
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admit we forgot about the
children. Now I have a little
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daughter and so my heart's
been softened so now we produced
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LIGHT for Kids. Maybe you can
show a picture. This is our new
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training manual. Okay. It
is Light 4 Kids. It is going to
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teach the eight laws of health
and also the importance of
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service and giving into the
communities. So this will be a
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couple examples of what it
looks like. There'll be a lot of
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activities. We'll go through the
eight laws of health. There will
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passive activities and workbook
type things that they'll go
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through. So this is going to
be printed and distributed in
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countries around the world.
We're in the translation process
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We're planning on using it with
Pathfinders, we're going to use
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it with vacation Bible schools,
with evangelistic efforts, in
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Adventist schools around the
world, getting them started when
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they're young. Lastly, I've got
one other thing. This is a door-
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to-door project. I've got
a picture of a little booklet
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that we've put together
called Light Up Your Life!. It's
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adopting a new health habit
every week. It's a seven-week
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program. So our door-to-door
workers will go through and
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introduce a new health habit
each week and they will keep
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track of their results. So this
is on meal planning day. They
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score themselves whether they
ate a good breakfast that day
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and they get a weekly score and
the next week we'll talk about
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sleep and water and so forth and
we'll go through and using the
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right arm of the gospel is about
developing relationships. This
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is how Christ worked. He
won their confidence through
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ministry to them. So we want to
have a little time. So with our
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health programs our health
expos we're teaching follow-up
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programs; the health clubs or
you can develop the
relationship. Through this
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door-to-door program over seven
weeks you'll be developing that
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relationship and then
transitioning it into more
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spiritual programs,
Bible studies and so forth.
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Well James I'm excited to see
how LIGHT is expanding all over
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the world and in different
areas, different arenas, moving
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into children's programs
and door-to-door. I look forward
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to what God is going to do to
our offering so that we can make
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that happen.
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Thank you, we appreciate
the support. Let me just say if
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anyone wanted to learn more of
our ministry, we're in aisle 300
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and our website is
lightingtheworld. org.
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Excellent. Thank you.
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You know, God has called us all
to be part of his body and there
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are many members, part of the
body of Christ. And one of the
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most important reasons in
my mind to be part of ASI is
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because it's all of us coming
together. And we're working
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together. We're doing different
things. The hand does different
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things but those different
things. We all have different
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aspects but being part of ASI
is exciting because we're moving
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together as one body in unity
to fulfill the mission that the
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gospel can be proclaimed and we
can go home. TMI - Total Member
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Involvement is just a powerful
thing that I see taking over the
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church. It's not just about
giving an evangelistic series,
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not just an event, it's about
a lifestyle, a lifestyle of
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reaching out to those around you
because we each have a witness,
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we each have a circle of
influence others don't have. We
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And so we each need to be part
of total member involvement.
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The vision that God is calling
us to fulfill is impossible in
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our strength. But through his
power we're told in Mark 10:27
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things that are impossible with
men are possible with God. So
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through his power what
we're praying for is going to be
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accomplished.
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Amen. Well we just heard on the
video, Melody talked about total
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member involvement and with me
to my left is Elder Duane McKey
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from the General Conference,
President of Adventist World
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Radio and you also happen to be
the director of the total member
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involvement
initiative. That's right Kyle.
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And someone's next to you.
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Yes, Ranelle and she's my
associate in the same department
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I'm very blessed. Yeah, thank
you, Kyle. I noticed that too.
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Yes, I have very much so. So
Elder McKey can you tell us why
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total member involvement is
so exciting and what is this...
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Oh it's thrilling because I
believe, I know Elder Wilson
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believes with all his heart that
the work will never be finished
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Jesus will never come until all
the members, because we're told
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this, inspiration tells us
that till all of us get involved
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working together to finish the
work so Jesus can come. That's
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why I'm so excited about it.
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And that's really the mission
of ASI. All of our church
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members get involved in sharing
the gospel. Tell us, I think you
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have some stories.
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I have a story. We just came
back from the Island of Mindoro.
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We went there to prepare for
a very special event because we
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brought Japanese pastors and lay
people from Japan, 52 of them,
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to preach the first evangelistic
meetings in their lives. One
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conference president said,
I have never even been to an
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evangelistic meeting. Well, he
said, I remember back when I was
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a kid I went to one. So here
he is preaching, these pastors
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are preaching because next year
we want to go to Japan and get
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them excited, get them involved
with total member involvement,
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preparing for a series
of meetings there as well.
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So in the Philippines in Mendoro
they all preached their first
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meeting. To prepare for
the meetings the lay people got
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involved all across the island.
We had nine radio stations, four
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lay people who had never been
broadcasting before, never been
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at a radio station before, four
of them at each of the stations
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did all of the work, they
broadcast daily 1-3 hours, nine
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radio stations Perfecto. He's
up in the mountains in Mendoro
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He listens to one radio station
every day and on that radio
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station all of a sudden there's
different programing. It's our
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programing, AWR, and he's
listening to it. He says this is
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different. He got his kids on it
and they all listened. They got
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the question of the day, a
special question that went out
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the day before. Then if they got
it right then they could get a
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special gift. So people
came from the radio station, lay
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people, went up in the
mountains, started giving him
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Bible studies. Perfecto was
a pagan, never been to church
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before in his life. I baptized
him three weeks ago with 120
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of his villagers because all the
lay people of the island were
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actively involved. They
sponsored it themselves.
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That wouldn't have happened
if the lay people hadn't gotten
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involved. That's
right. It was their
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project. They did it.
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How about here in America?
Do we see that happening here in
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America. Absolutely, we sure do.
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It's thrilling and exciting
as we all get involved in our
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churches and again, Jesus
won't come until that happens.
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So, Elder McKey,
you have next to you...
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Ranela. Yes, she believes in
TMI, Total Member Involvement
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Something special is going to
happen this afternoon. What time
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was that? I forgot.
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Yes, we're having a seminar
on Total Member Involvement from
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2- 3:15 p. m. It's actually not
during any other seminar time.
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It's just after lunch, so
we hope to see everyone there.
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Wait, wait, wait. You said not
during any other seminar time.
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That means there's no excuse.
There's no excuse. We should see
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everyone there.
00:17:08.99\00:17:10.36
Who's coming to the
TMI seminar this afternoon.
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Amen, amen.
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Elder Wilson's going
to be with us and others.
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Yes, Elder Wilson will be there.
You'll be there. Ranela will be
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there. Our friend Mike Tuazon
is going to be there speaking.
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Ranela, I just want to know
why you are so passionate about
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Total Member Involvement?
What drives you for this?
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Well 12 years ago when I was 15
I preached my first evangelistic
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series in Africa. And I have
grown up 7th-day Adventist my
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whole life. My dad was a pastor.
But it really hadn't become my
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own. And when I started
preaching, I started sharing the
00:17:40.86\00:17:43.73
message that we have, my eyes
were opened and a light bulb
00:17:43.83\00:17:46.80
went off and I realized, wow,
I really want people to know
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about the message we have, and
since then for the last 12 years
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I've dedicated my life to seeing
church members, young people,
00:17:53.23\00:17:56.71
alike, everyone to be able
to have that moment where they
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realize the real meaning of life
the real joy in life is service
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and hastening Jesus's coming.
00:18:04.71\00:18:06.61
Do you see why I just
hired Ranela and Adventist World
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Radio to be one
of our associates.
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Don't worry, I see why, and
I'm glad you did. This way she's
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closer to me. But Elder McKey,
so we want everyone to come this
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afternoon to the Total
Member Involvement Seminar.
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What time was that. Two
p. m. in room 360F. Third
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level and up there somewhere.
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Now for those that are watching
online or on 3ABN, how can they
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get involved in the Total
Member Involvement initiative?
00:18:32.87\00:18:35.08
Oh absolutely. You know on the
website, they can look there.
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On Facebook, I think Ranela is
just putting some things up on
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Facebook for you. Talk to
your pastor. Talk to your church
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leaders and say we want to
do something. We have to have a
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plan in our church to help
finish the work in our community
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because even though the work
may be finished in Africa, Jesus
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won't come until it's finished
in Scotland, until it's finished
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in America, et cetera.
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Well thank you. God bless you
Elder McKey, Ranela. God bless
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you and the Total Member
Involvement initiative will
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continue to grow and strengthen
and we'll see you at 2 o'clock.
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All right. Amen. Wonderful.
Well next up we have a very
00:19:09.71\00:19:13.38
special friend of
mine, Randy Bates.
00:19:13.45\00:19:16.05
Good morning Kyle.
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It's good to see you Randy.
Thanks for joining me here at
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ASI. How many of you have seen
those little signs that say 70
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on them here at the convention?
Because it is our 70th
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anniversary, right? Well I
learned last night that one of
00:19:30.27\00:19:34.57
our member ministries of
ASI, the Quiet Hour, is actually
00:19:34.60\00:19:38.91
celebrating 80 years.
So you beat us by 10 years.
00:19:38.94\00:19:42.98
I wasn't there when it
began though, just to clarify.
00:19:43.01\00:19:46.95
OK. So Randy you're the director
and present CEO of Quiet Hour.
00:19:47.02\00:19:50.32
That's correct. Tell
us a little bit about the
00:19:50.39\00:19:52.89
history of Quiet Hour and what
the mission of this organization
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is. Thank you
Kyle. The History of
00:19:55.82\00:19:57.53
Quiet Hour began July 7, 1937
when J. L. Tucker, a pastor in
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the Portland area, was given
the opportunity, the unexpected
00:20:01.36\00:20:05.13
opportunity, to do a radio
broadcast because of leftover
00:20:05.17\00:20:08.64
time from an evangelistic series
J.L. says that when he did that
00:20:08.70\00:20:13.14
first live broadcast his knees
were applauding under the table.
00:20:13.17\00:20:17.61
He was so nervous. That
broadcast grew into a twice-
00:20:17.65\00:20:21.82
a- day broadcast. Twelve
years later Quiet Hour pioneered
00:20:21.85\00:20:25.79
Adventist television in the
Oakland area with a television
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program on KGO, again broadcast
live. None of this edit and
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reedit and fix it up. So that's
how Quiet Hour began. We are now
00:20:34.56\00:20:40.37
located in Redlands, California
where we do international
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mission trips helping the
lay people become involved in
00:20:43.94\00:20:47.54
international evangelism. And
Quiet Hour's mission trips are
00:20:47.58\00:20:50.71
unique in that we don't just
do church construction, we don't
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.85
just do children's programming
or medical clinics or
00:20:53.88\00:20:56.82
evangelism meetings. We do all
four of those. We think that's
00:20:56.85\00:21:00.66
important because that's really
Jesus' method of evangelism,
00:21:00.69\00:21:04.26
right? He mingled with the
people, he met their needs and
00:21:04.33\00:21:07.83
then he shared a message with
them. That's Quiet Hour's method
00:21:07.86\00:21:11.20
as well. We mingle with
the people and meet their needs
00:21:11.23\00:21:14.10
through medical clinics and
dental and optical clinics. We
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.87
also do children's programming
and church construction and then
00:21:16.91\00:21:20.44
we share with them that all-
important message of how much
00:21:20.48\00:21:23.21
Jesus loves them and how much he
cares for them. That's the heart
00:21:23.24\00:21:26.55
and soul of
Quiet Hour Ministries.
00:21:26.58\00:21:28.25
Amen. So Randy that sounds
really exciting and do you have
00:21:28.32\00:21:32.12
any stories that you could share
with us today. I mean, you've
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tons of stories.
00:21:35.96\00:21:37.29
We do. Now Kyle you should
actually have some stories
00:21:37.33\00:21:39.56
yourself. You were on a Quiet
Hour mission trip and actually
00:21:39.59\00:21:42.63
led a Quiet Hour
mission trip as well.
00:21:42.66\00:21:44.37
That's really true. Actually
I can personally say that the
00:21:44.40\00:21:47.20
Quiet Hour mission trip, I've
gone on two of them or three of
00:21:47.27\00:21:50.04
them. They were very,
very influential in my life.
00:21:50.07\00:21:51.51
First when I was a speaker and
then when I was able to lead my
00:21:51.57\00:21:55.64
church to go on a Quiet Hour
trip. I can tell you, seeing
00:21:55.68\00:21:58.38
people get involved in mission,
total member involvement,
00:21:58.41\00:22:01.15
seeing the church members
helping preach or helping run
00:22:01.18\00:22:05.09
VBS or helping run a medical
clinic, it is so inspiring to
00:22:05.12\00:22:08.99
see them get on fire for
missions. Because really they
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.19
come home and they're
more energized to do the work.
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.36
Absolutely. Quiet
Hour is such a blessing.
00:22:15.40\00:22:16.97
I want to thank you for
the ministry you guys do.
00:22:17.03\00:22:18.57
Thank you for your help.
We couldn't do it without
00:22:18.60\00:22:20.10
volunteers like Kyle and
you guys. You're welcome to come
00:22:20.14\00:22:22.90
and join us too. I do want
to tell you a couple of stories.
00:22:22.94\00:22:26.64
The first story has to do with
why I am so passionate about
00:22:26.68\00:22:30.41
evangelism. It was in 2009.
It was in Cusco, Peru and I was
00:22:30.45\00:22:34.82
preaching my first series.
My first sermon. Part of the New
00:22:34.85\00:22:38.69
Beginning series sponsored
by ASI and I was preaching the
00:22:38.72\00:22:42.52
series the sermon about how
we have an advocate in the court
00:22:42.99\00:22:44.86
Series the sermon about how we
have an advocate in the court of
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.76
heaven, a friend in the court
of heaven, how Jesus is our
00:22:46.80\00:22:50.50
advocate there. And in the
audience was a lady who was
00:22:50.53\00:22:54.07
weeping and I could tell
that her weeping was not just
00:22:54.10\00:22:58.01
external but it came from a
deep place inside her. She was
00:22:58.04\00:23:02.01
weeping because she came
from a Christian faith where the
00:23:02.61\00:23:06.35
judgment was something to be
feared, not something to embrace
00:23:06.38\00:23:09.42
not something to be excited and
enthusiastic about. As she wept
00:23:09.45\00:23:13.69
my heart was touched because I
realized I had watched a miracle
00:23:13.76\00:23:17.96
happen right in front of my eyes
God had changed a life, changed
00:23:18.03\00:23:22.16
a heart right in front of me and
I got to be part of that. What
00:23:22.20\00:23:26.37
an exciting moment and it
has changed my life since. I now
00:23:26.40\00:23:30.07
am absolutely committed to
helping others have that same
00:23:30.11\00:23:33.64
experience because, it does,
it changes your life forever. My
00:23:33.74\00:23:37.68
second story has to do with that
kind of thing as well. One of
00:23:37.71\00:23:41.68
our team members came on a
mission trip with us to San
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Vicente, Columbia. Now this team
member did not want to be there.
00:23:44.95\00:23:50.09
She was 16. She came because
her parents had decided they
00:23:50.13\00:23:54.13
needed to do something other
than vacations with their time
00:23:54.20\00:23:57.80
off. And so they wanted to do
a mission trip. She did not want
00:23:57.83\00:24:01.57
to be there and it was
very obvious. Any of you who are
00:24:01.60\00:24:04.31
familiar with 16 year olds know
that when they're not happy it's
00:24:04.34\00:24:08.61
pretty apparent, right? You
could tell by her posture, by
00:24:08.64\00:24:11.91
her demeanor, by her facial
expressions. She did not want
00:24:11.95\00:24:15.15
to be there. But she had come
and she engaged and participated
00:24:15.18\00:24:19.35
She actually was part of the
children's programing doing the
00:24:19.39\00:24:23.53
VBS for the the kids in
San Vicente. That experience
00:24:23.56\00:24:28.40
changed her so much that by
the end of the week that we were
00:24:28.46\00:24:32.17
there, she was on stage in
front of 400 people giving her
00:24:32.20\00:24:35.67
testimony about how God had
changed her life through that
00:24:35.70\00:24:39.67
mission trip. She spoke Spanish
and English but she was so
00:24:39.71\00:24:43.81
emotionally involved in the
story that she wanted to tell
00:24:43.85\00:24:48.08
it in English which meant
that her father translated that
00:24:48.12\00:24:51.79
message into Spanish to the
audience. Can you imagine being
00:24:51.82\00:24:55.72
parent and translating your
child's testimony that happened
00:24:55.76\00:25:00.43
in the last week. Oh what
an inspiring moment. And that's
00:25:00.46\00:25:04.57
why we do mission trips
because it does change people.
00:25:04.60\00:25:08.54
It changes those who go and
it changes those who hear the
00:25:08.57\00:25:12.44
message. Amen, that
is so powerful Randy.
00:25:12.47\00:25:14.54
I can definitely tell you that
I have seen that same experience
00:25:14.58\00:25:18.18
I've watched persons who go on
those trips and seen their lives
00:25:18.21\00:25:21.78
changed by being involved
in evangelism. Now as we look
00:25:21.85\00:25:25.05
to the future, Quiet Hour is 80
years in now and by God's grace
00:25:25.09\00:25:29.19
we're very close to the soon
coming of the Lord. But what is
00:25:29.22\00:25:33.26
ahead just in the
future for Quiet Hour?
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.53
What's ahead in the future
for Quiet Hour is we want to
00:25:35.56\00:25:37.97
continue this legacy that God
has blessed us with. In the last
00:25:38.03\00:25:41.17
10 years Quiet Hour has been
in every single division of the
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.74
World Church. We've been in 88
countries. We've had more than
00:25:44.77\00:25:48.68
5000 team members go out, more
that 2200 evangelistic series
00:25:48.71\00:25:52.71
have been presented and more
than 90,000 people have been
00:25:52.75\00:25:56.42
Baptized. Amen. We are so
excited to see that continue.
00:25:56.45\00:26:00.12
We're starting with a new sermon
series called My Friend Jesus.
00:26:00.19\00:26:03.86
Helping people to build that
relationship with Jesus that is
00:26:03.89\00:26:07.46
so important, so important.
So if you have a school, your
00:26:07.50\00:26:10.60
church, anybody that would be
interested in going on a mission
00:26:10.67\00:26:14.04
trip, please contact Quiet Hour
Ministries. We would love to
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.41
help you do that.
We can be reached at
00:26:17.44\00:26:19.44
QHMinistries. org; that's
our web site. There's our phone
00:26:19.47\00:26:23.11
number, everything else that
you could need to contact us.
00:26:23.18\00:26:26.82
And you have a booth
here at the exhibit hall?
00:26:26.85\00:26:28.22
We do not have a booth this year
It's just me. So find me, I'll
00:26:28.25\00:26:32.12
be happy to talk to
you. I love to tell stories.
00:26:32.15\00:26:34.09
Thank you Randy, God bless you.
And may God continue to bless
00:26:34.16\00:26:36.66
and expand the
work at Quiet Hour.
00:26:36.73\00:26:38.49
Thank you so much
Kyle. Thank you ASI.
00:26:38.53\00:26:39.86
The main reason I do who I do is
because I'm really just tired.
00:26:39.89\00:26:50.17
Every time I hear the news,
every time I look around me, I
00:26:50.21\00:26:54.88
see the world is just a mess.
Horrible stories coming in from
00:26:54.91\00:26:59.05
overseas. You look at the news
paper, or you just look around
00:26:59.08\00:27:03.25
the neighborhood and you
see people in pain and misery.
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.72
Whether that's in society or
whether it's just somebody over
00:27:06.79\00:27:11.56
here whose marriage is falling
apart, some kid who's lonely.
00:27:11.59\00:27:15.53
All these horrible things that
are going on in the world. You
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.53
got some people, it seems
like they wake up in the morning
00:27:19.57\00:27:23.54
trying to figure out how to
make the world more miserable,
00:27:23.61\00:27:28.91
more painful. And I just decided
that enough is enough and I
00:27:28.94\00:27:32.51
just figured if there are going
to be people out there in the
00:27:32.55\00:27:35.98
trying to make the world a
miserable place, I for one was
00:27:36.02\00:27:39.35
going to be one person who was
pushing back and going the other
00:27:39.42\00:27:43.66
way. I wanted to make sure
that there was at least somebody
00:27:43.73\00:27:47.00
standing up for the truth,
somebody standing up for what
00:27:47.03\00:27:50.13
was right, standing up to
help somebody who was hurting. I
00:27:50.23\00:27:54.74
might not be able to change the
world but that drives me. I am
00:27:54.77\00:27:59.17
so angry at all the stuff
that goes on in the world and my
00:27:59.21\00:28:03.58
revenge is to something good,
my revenge is to do something
00:28:03.61\00:28:09.62
right. My revenge when
people are hurting is to help.
00:28:09.65\00:28:16.76
We have another offering in
action segment for you. This is
00:28:16.79\00:28:21.93
a project report. Chester Clark
is a board member of Ouachita
00:28:22.00\00:28:26.84
Hills in Amity, Arkansas. Tell
us what was the project and how
00:28:26.94\00:28:31.71
was the money used?
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.07
Well you know we really
appreciate ASI because there's
00:28:33.11\00:28:36.11
a vision not just help our
self-supporting institutions
00:28:36.14\00:28:39.11
but also to help them help
themselves. And through your
00:28:39.15\00:28:42.65
generous funding we were able
to build a warehouse to house
00:28:42.68\00:28:46.19
our literature evangelism books.
Now what this does for us is
00:28:46.22\00:28:50.16
several things. But importantly
it helps us to buy books in
00:28:50.23\00:28:53.70
larger quantities so that our
students, when they go out and
00:28:53.73\00:28:57.17
sell them can have more profit,
the school can have more profit
00:28:57.23\00:29:00.77
and we can continue to do
this work and bless others.
00:29:00.80\00:29:06.04
Now beyond the students
at Ouachita Hills Academy and
00:29:06.07\00:29:10.48
college, there are other
benefits that other schools were
00:29:10.51\00:29:14.78
able to benefit
from this, right?
00:29:14.82\00:29:16.15
That is because we are able to
buy in such larger quantities.
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.29
For example, the different
organizations, schools, unions
00:29:19.32\00:29:23.09
publishing departments, had
gotten together to try to buy a
00:29:23.12\00:29:26.09
printing together to get the
price down. They were hoping to
00:29:26.13\00:29:29.23
get the price down about 25
percent, but with the larger
00:29:29.26\00:29:32.37
warehouse and inventory we're
able to have we made a larger
00:29:32.40\00:29:35.57
order and we were able to
get the price down 37 percent
00:29:35.60\00:29:38.71
from what we usually would pay
for them and that helped all of
00:29:38.74\00:29:42.38
us, all the different schools
and publishing workers around
00:29:42.41\00:29:46.01
the North American Division.
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.42
So it really is a phenomenal
collaboration to get the word
00:29:47.45\00:29:52.12
our through
literature evangelism.
00:29:52.15\00:29:54.16
And I think it's also perhaps
one of the largest, if not the
00:29:54.19\00:29:57.99
largest one day structure
that we've built so far. It's a
00:29:58.03\00:30:00.90
beautiful warehouse. You'll
see more about that in a minute.
00:30:00.93\00:30:03.93
OK, so we can go ahead and
roll that video now. All right.
00:30:03.97\00:30:09.97
Canvassing is part of our
curriculum. It helps the school,
00:30:10.01\00:30:15.84
it helps the students, and most
importantly it helps us as a
00:30:15.88\00:30:20.78
army of youth to fulfill the
gospel commission. We distribute
00:30:20.82\00:30:25.62
over 71,000 books a year.
But what if other schools and
00:30:25.65\00:30:32.73
churches or families want to
do the same, but they don't have
00:30:32.76\00:30:36.70
the volume to get the discounted
prices. With the in mind, ASI
00:30:36.80\00:30:40.70
supported Ouachita Hills
Warehouse project and in October
00:30:40.77\00:30:44.97
2016, 65 students, the
canvassers themselves and
00:30:45.01\00:30:49.58
volunteers came together
to build the first one-day
00:30:49.64\00:30:54.15
warehouse. What's
exciting is just knowing
00:30:54.25\00:31:03.83
that the books that are going
to be housed in this building
00:31:03.86\00:31:06.23
won't stay here long, but
they're going to be going out
00:31:06.26\00:31:10.03
around the world. God is
going to use this to make a_
00:31:10.07\00:31:13.84
for the work. It's exciting
to see all the students working
00:31:13.90\00:31:15.57
together. It's just like
Nehemiah's day when all hands
00:31:15.60\00:31:19.31
were on deck seeing the work
done in a quick, timely fashion.
00:31:19.34\00:31:23.04
It's been an amazing experience
watching the exterior phase.
00:31:23.08\00:31:26.78
So exciting I can't
wait to see it fully up.
00:31:26.82\00:31:29.88
Today in Amity, Arkansas
we have a center where small
00:31:29.92\00:31:34.96
institutions, churches and
individuals can order canvassing
00:31:34.99\00:31:38.43
books at a discounted
price thanks to the vision and
00:31:38.46\00:31:41.66
generosity of ASI members.
00:31:41.70\00:31:44.50
I've never seen God's promises
so real as I have in canvassing.
00:31:44.53\00:31:49.34
This work has changed my life.
This could be your experience in
00:31:49.40\00:31:53.71
your church, in your school and
in your own life. Thank you ASI
00:31:53.81\00:31:58.05
for your faithful commitment
to finishing the work.
00:31:58.08\00:32:06.76
That's incredible,
Chester. Very remarkable.
00:32:06.79\00:32:09.96
We're just very grateful for
ASI for their vision, for their
00:32:10.03\00:32:13.26
assistance and we just pray that
these books will be a blessing
00:32:13.29\00:32:16.50
to many. I was reading in
Publishing Ministry recently
00:32:16.53\00:32:20.04
about latent baptisms, and
that is that people are reading
00:32:20.10\00:32:23.77
truths that as the end events
happen, the Holy Spirit is going
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.98
give power to what they've been
reading and many are going to be
00:32:27.04\00:32:29.84
converted to the truth by the
books that are already out there
00:32:29.88\00:32:32.65
And the many that are still
to be sold. So thank you ASI.
00:32:32.68\00:32:35.68
Thank you very much, Chester.
00:32:37.05\00:32:38.39
Our next interview I'd like
to introduce by way of video.
00:32:38.42\00:32:41.32
Let's watch.
00:32:41.36\00:32:44.13
So I'm an energy advisor. I
specialize advising individuals
00:32:58.07\00:33:04.18
with their solar needs as
well as air conditioning, any
00:33:04.25\00:33:09.02
electric or gas questions they
have. My job is to make sure
00:33:09.05\00:33:12.69
that their home is more
energy efficient which helps the
00:33:12.72\00:33:16.59
environment out, which also
helps the community out, helps
00:33:16.62\00:33:19.76
the customers out save money
so it's a win/win. It's a great
00:33:19.79\00:33:23.13
way to help provide for me
family God has blessed me with.
00:33:23.16\00:33:26.50
When I first met this
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.87
guy my friend that introduced
me to. He gave me all the
00:33:27.90\00:33:30.87
answers straight from the Bible
and that's what I respected
00:33:30.91\00:33:35.01
about Adventist faith, answers
came directly from the Bible and
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.58
it wasn't man's opinion or man's
understanding. So I was very
00:33:38.61\00:33:42.12
blessed by that. Today my wife
and I are Seventh-day Adventists
00:33:42.15\00:33:45.59
We've been blessed by the church
more importantly by our Savior
00:33:45.62\00:33:49.09
Jesus Christ. It's just actually
a blessing to have him in our
00:33:49.12\00:33:52.56
lives to save our marriage.
Today he's blessed us with a
00:33:52.59\00:33:55.90
good family, two wonderful kids,
a son and daughter, and just
00:33:55.93\00:34:00.44
absolutely blessed. So we're
very appreciative of our friends
00:34:00.47\00:34:04.81
and those who led us to
Christ and we feel that it's our
00:34:04.84\00:34:09.41
desire to lead others to Christ
as well. The thing is in our
00:34:09.44\00:34:13.25
community, our neighborhood,
there's not as many Adventists
00:34:13.28\00:34:17.02
however, there's an Adventist
right below us. Since they moved
00:34:17.09\00:34:20.79
in about three months ago we
started thinking OK how can we
00:34:20.86\00:34:24.23
evangelize our little area
together. So we started inviting
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.20
our neighbors, family members
and friends, non-Adventists to
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.33
come over and study. So it's
been an absolute blessing. We've
00:34:30.37\00:34:33.50
reached out to some of
our neighbors by just simply
00:34:33.54\00:34:35.87
inviting them out Friday nights.
Sometimes it might be a little
00:34:35.94\00:34:38.84
challenging for them. But the
secret is keep being persistent
00:34:38.87\00:34:41.81
and they eventually come. They
may not come every night but
00:34:41.84\00:34:45.85
at least they seize upon it.
It's absolutely amazing to see
00:34:45.91\00:34:49.55
people who are hungering for the
truth. They want to study and
00:34:49.58\00:34:53.32
they're anxious to study and
here we have the truth and the
00:34:53.36\00:34:56.99
only way to get out there is by
making the effort, taking action
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.79
and going out there and wanting
to study with people. It's just
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.73
really good to know the Bible,
because if you know that you
00:35:02.76\00:35:06.40
know the Bible people will bring
people to you. That's exactly
00:35:06.43\00:35:09.74
what happened to this guy
named Alfonzo here. His daughter
00:35:09.77\00:35:12.71
brought him to me and we began
studying the Bible and before
00:35:12.74\00:35:16.11
you know it the daughter studies
the Bible and the father gets
00:35:16.14\00:35:19.08
baptized, the daughter does
profession of faith, her friend
00:35:19.11\00:35:22.35
Greg gets baptized and now
her two brothers, I believe, are
00:35:22.38\00:35:25.82
baptized. One is a deacon in the
church. I believe even the mom
00:35:25.85\00:35:31.03
is now doing Bible studies. So
absolutely amazing. So Alfonzo,
00:35:31.06\00:35:36.00
he loves the Lord, I can tell.
It's just amazing to see his
00:35:36.03\00:35:40.97
whole family and households
come together in Christ.
00:35:41.00\00:35:47.88
Excellent. Michael Tuazon is
a director for ISHARE and for
00:35:47.94\00:35:54.42
Souls West. You kind of wear a
couple of hats. Tell us so I saw
00:35:54.45\00:35:57.55
that at the end of the Total
Member Involvement but what does
00:35:57.59\00:36:00.69
ISHARE have to do with it?
00:36:00.72\00:36:03.32
ISHARE is an acronym. It's a
ministry of the Pacific Union
00:36:03.36\00:36:06.46
Conference and it stands for
I Seek To Help Advance Revival
00:36:06.49\00:36:09.70
and Evangelism. When the General
Conference was coming up with
00:36:09.73\00:36:12.60
this initiative of Total Member
Involvement they realized that
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.47
in the West Coast, Souls
West and Glow and ISHARE we were
00:36:15.50\00:36:21.08
were doing this already. We were
getting young people and laity
00:36:21.11\00:36:24.61
involved and so they asked us
to make some videos to feature
00:36:24.65\00:36:28.82
all of these people who now are
Seventh-day Adventists and are
00:36:28.85\00:36:33.76
winning others to Christ. So we
made these small videos and we
00:36:33.79\00:36:38.59
want them to go viral basically.
00:36:38.63\00:36:40.00
So what do you hope to
accomplish by using these
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.37
vignettes. What we
want to do is we realize
00:36:43.43\00:36:45.30
that there are many people who
are doing evangelism and a lot
00:36:45.33\00:36:48.37
of times we don't know it. We're
in a local church and maybe we
00:36:48.40\00:36:51.41
feel alone, maybe we feel
like we're the only ones doing
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.84
it and so we thought that one
way we can do this is feature
00:36:54.88\00:36:58.51
stories from all over the
Pacific Union, where I'm from,
00:36:58.55\00:37:02.62
and hopefully inspire others,
church members and others, and
00:37:02.65\00:37:05.65
it can go viral. They can share
it via social media, they can
00:37:05.69\00:37:09.06
share it at their church. I hope
you saw this and I hope you're
00:37:09.12\00:37:11.96
inspired to share this at your
church now. And that's what we
00:37:11.99\00:37:15.56
really want. We want people
to go out and reach others for
00:37:15.60\00:37:18.63
Jesus. Well it's
interesting you say
00:37:18.70\00:37:20.04
that because that's exactly what
I thought. I said I could get my
00:37:20.07\00:37:22.87
hands on that video and share
it with my church members. So
00:37:22.90\00:37:26.98
if the people here would are
interested in getting a hold of
00:37:27.01\00:37:30.45
these, then how can
they get more information?
00:37:30.48\00:37:32.58
Well this just hot off the press
We've just made these. One way
00:37:32.61\00:37:36.25
is we have the Total Member
Involvement seminar tomorrow.
00:37:36.28\00:37:39.25
Myself, Ted Wilson, Ranela,
Duane McKey. We're going to be
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.82
talking about more methods and
we're going to show more videos
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.63
just like these, but we're
going to be putting them on the
00:37:44.66\00:37:47.10
website. They'll be on the
General Conference Total Member
00:37:47.13\00:37:49.40
Involvement website and
you can also check out our
00:37:49.43\00:37:53.17
ishareconference. org and we're
going to have them up there in
00:37:53.20\00:37:54.94
the future. OK.
Excellent. Michael thank
00:37:54.97\00:37:57.17
you so much for this brainstorm
and for giving me more
00:37:57.21\00:38:00.11
information about ISHARE.
00:38:00.14\00:38:01.48
Thank you for having
me Debbie. You're Welcome.
00:38:01.51\00:38:03.58
And now coming to join me is
Randy Bivens. Randy Bivens is
00:38:03.61\00:38:09.48
the chief operating officer for
Weimar located just outside of
00:38:09.52\00:38:15.42
Sacramento in California.
00:38:15.46\00:38:16.79
Yeah, just north of
Sacramento up in the foothills.
00:38:16.86\00:38:19.03
OK. Now Weimar has the blessing
of being in the offering as well
00:38:19.06\00:38:23.37
as one of the recipients of the
overflow that we are praying for
00:38:23.40\00:38:27.67
for tomorrow. So tell us a
little bit about what's going
00:38:27.70\00:38:29.90
on. There are lots of
things going on at Weimar.
00:38:29.94\00:38:32.01
Well I don't even know where to
begin but I'll tell you where I
00:38:32.04\00:38:35.04
really want to begin
is something that's really
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.48
happened just in the last year
to a year and a half. When I
00:38:37.55\00:38:41.28
started there four years ago
we started engaging our NEWSTART
00:38:41.32\00:38:45.32
leadership team and we really
realized that people come to us
00:38:45.35\00:38:48.96
with health conditions, but
we realize they're fighting a
00:38:48.99\00:38:52.73
spiritual battle. And we created
a team that would provide
00:38:52.76\00:38:56.53
spiritual support for those
patients so that they could
00:38:56.56\00:39:00.37
actually be more successful in
their health choices. And I have
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.34
to tell you, Debbie, you know
the numbers already but we're
00:39:03.37\00:39:06.27
on track for this year, and mind
you, these people are paying to
00:39:06.31\00:39:10.78
allow us to evangelize them,
we're on track to baptize over
00:39:10.81\00:39:15.22
65 people this year out
of NEWSTART. And that's just
00:39:15.25\00:39:20.59
NEWSTART. We just started a
depression recovery and anxiety
00:39:20.62\00:39:22.66
program, a residential program,
today and that program is
00:39:22.69\00:39:26.33
probably going
to get us up to 100.
00:39:26.36\00:39:28.26
It probably
baptizes about another 35.
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.07
We have baptized probably more
out of depression recovery but
00:39:31.10\00:39:34.17
there are fewer sessions than
we have in NEWSTART. So over
00:39:34.24\00:39:38.67
a hundred patients are getting
baptized now every year and
00:39:38.71\00:39:42.14
we're not paying for the
evangelism. They're paying us
00:39:42.18\00:39:45.51
to allow us to evangelize them.
What kind of paradigm is that?
00:39:45.58\00:39:49.62
That is a great program and
that's exciting that we're doing
00:39:49.65\00:39:53.69
and God is really blessing it.
00:39:53.76\00:39:55.96
Now there's something else
that's really close to my heart
00:39:55.99\00:39:58.99
that's happening
as far as the clinic.
00:39:59.03\00:40:01.56
Yeah absolutely. Again
about three years ago we had the
00:40:01.60\00:40:05.50
vision of creating a clinic on
campus. We had a clinic building
00:40:05.53\00:40:09.80
but the clinic was basically
seeing our NEWSTART guests and
00:40:09.84\00:40:13.54
maybe a few clinic people, five
a week or something like that.
00:40:13.58\00:40:17.25
But we had an idea. Because
we're in a demographic in
00:40:17.31\00:40:19.88
California where there are a lot
of Medi-Cal, which is Medicaid,
00:40:19.91\00:40:23.22
Medi-Cal patients and they
weren't getting the adequate
00:40:23.25\00:40:27.02
care. So we had the plan of
recruiting young, aggressive,
00:40:27.06\00:40:31.49
like-minded physicians and
creating a rural health clinic
00:40:31.53\00:40:35.56
which is a federal designation
so that you can treat those
00:40:35.60\00:40:39.03
Medi-Cal patients and actually
get reimbursed your cost rather
00:40:39.07\00:40:43.14
than their regressive tax of $30
per contact visit or something
00:40:43.20\00:40:47.58
like that. The team successfully
got rural health clinic status
00:40:47.61\00:40:52.38
and shortly after that, we also
remodeled a large part of the
00:40:52.41\00:40:56.82
administration building and put
in actually a six-room dental
00:40:56.85\00:41:00.46
clinic, which also qualifies
under rural health clinic and
00:41:00.49\00:41:05.16
and I've told you the numbers
already, but we're now seeing
00:41:05.19\00:41:09.83
1000 patients a month.
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.20
That's incredible. Now tell
us about the nursing program.
00:41:11.23\00:41:14.64
The nursing program is really
amazing. When I started there
00:41:14.67\00:41:18.21
four years ago I really thought
that the nursing program was a
00:41:18.24\00:41:21.18
total waste of money. I'll just
be honest. I was wrong. I've
00:41:21.21\00:41:25.61
been wrong in other things. I
was wrong there. We realized it
00:41:25.65\00:41:29.98
was going to take about
two million dollars to get the
00:41:30.05\00:41:33.02
nursing program off the ground
because the State of California
00:41:33.05\00:41:36.19
the BRN the Board of Registered
Nurses have standards that you
00:41:36.22\00:41:39.73
have to achieve. For example
we need a skills lab. We used to
00:41:39.76\00:41:43.00
have mannequins and mannequins
are probably a hundred bucks.
00:41:43.03\00:41:46.23
Well the mannequins are not $100
they're $70,000. We needed about
00:41:46.27\00:41:52.94
$400,000 just in our skills
lab. We needed hospital beds and
00:41:52.97\00:41:58.51
those are probably $10,000
apiece. Actually Adventist
00:41:58.55\00:42:02.02
Health, I contacted them and
I said do you have any hospital
00:42:02.05\00:42:05.79
beds. He called me like the next
day and he says Randy we have
00:42:05.82\00:42:09.49
eight of them. And I said, I
only need six. And he said, no
00:42:09.52\00:42:13.09
you didn't hear me, I have eight
come get them all or don't take
00:42:13.16\00:42:16.40
any. So we got eight hospital
beds free from Adventist Health
00:42:16.46\00:42:19.73
but we were applying for
accreditation and actually I
00:42:19.77\00:42:23.37
thought it was really an uphill
battle. I wasn't sure that it
00:42:23.41\00:42:27.58
was going to happen. And we
went down to Irvine, California.
00:42:27.64\00:42:31.85
Elder Wilson's sister, Shirley
Anderson, was our head of our
00:42:31.88\00:42:35.28
head of our nursing program at
the time. She was there, there
00:42:35.32\00:42:38.45
were three of us and we were
at this meeting where they were
00:42:38.49\00:42:42.02
going to decide if we could get
approval and the program just
00:42:42.06\00:42:46.19
before us was actually put on
probation because their skills
00:42:46.23\00:42:51.10
training was about 30 miles
away from the school. Now we had
00:42:51.13\00:42:56.00
places in Loma Linda and
Glendale, we had them all over
00:42:56.04\00:42:58.57
the state and I'm thinking
they're going to crucify us.
00:42:58.61\00:43:01.11
We got up there and they said
what are you going to do about
00:43:01.18\00:43:04.81
the students traveling all those
miles. And Dr. Anderson said
00:43:04.85\00:43:08.45
well I was just talking to
Dr. Bivens and I think we're
00:43:08.48\00:43:11.49
probably going to go ahead
and pay for them, we're going to
00:43:11.52\00:43:14.09
transport them ourselves. And he
looked right at me and he goes
00:43:14.16\00:43:16.83
is that right? And I go well you
got me on the spot. Yeah that's
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.16
right. We'll do that. And he
goes fine. Why didn't that other
00:43:19.19\00:43:21.96
school do that? And they gave
us full approval. I went up and
00:43:22.00\00:43:24.77
talked to him afterward and I
said we just want to thank you.
00:43:24.80\00:43:27.54
And he said I know you
Adventists. He goes I had an
00:43:27.60\00:43:30.37
uncle who was at Oakwood College
God had gone before us and we
00:43:30.41\00:43:35.21
just graduated our first cohort
of nurses. All but one of them
00:43:35.24\00:43:39.75
have actually taken their NCLEX
exam and 100 percent of them
00:43:39.78\00:43:44.25
have passed their
examination. So praise God.
00:43:44.29\00:43:47.02
Amen. So you're offering can
help to build the infrastructure
00:43:47.06\00:43:51.19
to be able to support all of
these ministries that are going
00:43:51.23\00:43:55.36
on at Weimar. Thank you so much.
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.40
Typically people don't like
to pay for infrastruction. The
00:43:57.43\00:44:00.74
offering is going to build some
staff and student housing. But
00:44:00.77\00:44:03.91
without that infrastructure
the baptisms can't occur, the
00:44:03.94\00:44:08.44
graduations can't occur.
We can't be sending these
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.48
missionaries into all the world.
00:44:10.55\00:44:11.88
Well thank you very much.
00:44:11.91\00:44:14.22
And thank you ASI for
the generous offering.
00:44:14.25\00:44:17.09