Welcome back to the conclusion
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of 3ABN's 32nd
anniversary special.
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Well, we welcome all of you.
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We keep trying to put a period
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on this 32nd
anniversary celebration
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and it keeps being a coma,
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our hearts are so full
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and we have so much
more we want to share,
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don't we, Danny?
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We do, Mollie.
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And we're so thankful,
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and we're glad that
you are still with us.
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And some of you maybe,
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they were gonna be watching us,
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we probably
repeated a time or two.
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So if you are joining us live
or if this is your first time
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just thank you so
much for your love
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and your prayers and
financial support of 3ABN.
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I hope that you've been
blessed because it's done.
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It's done me
personally a lot of good
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to look back over 32 years.
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Now it's so small,
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you can't look over 32 years
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in four hours or
six hours or eight.
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But the theme of it all
is that God is in control
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and that He will
provide every need and He has.
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So when we look into future,
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right now the future looks scary
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from a physical
standpoint, the future of 3ABN,
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all of us, our
lives looks scary, right?
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But we don't have
to worry about it,
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because I think Ellen
White made a statement.
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She says, you don't
have to fear the future
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when all you have to
just look back into the past
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to see how God has led us.
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And so that's
what I'm thankful for.
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I'm thankful for
each and every one of you.
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We let some of them go home.
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You know, the older folk
couldn't stay up with us young,
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us young kids
over here while ago.
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We kept as
youngsters on, you know.
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We do stomp,
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run over from the
church here to the studio.
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So we would have
nicer chairs to sit in
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and you all just look
so beautiful over there.
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We have Kenny
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and his precious wife Chris,
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and Greg and Jill,
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they stag with the
Pastor Lomacang and Angie,
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and of course Yvonne.
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It is so good to have
you all continuing with us,
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as again I want to say it again,
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our hearts are overflowing.
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When we look at back
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at all that God
has done over 32 years.
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He has just
blessed this ministry
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and the people so much.
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We thanked our
viewers so much but we also,
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we wanted to take
just a little bit of time.
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And that's why we chose to do
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a little more of the programming
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because I don't
know where 3ABN would be
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without some of
the board members
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that have been here for so long,
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and some of those are
now resting in Jesus asleep.
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And we wanted to talk
about those just a little bit,
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Mollie, and just
to say, you know,
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to the families
and to all the people
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that know these board members.
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People would have testimonies;
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we could do
programs for hours and hours
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and hours on
each one of the lives
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that they have
affected around the world.
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They didn't just participate
or board members here at 3ABN,
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but we're in ministries
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that literally
reach the world for Jesus.
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Amen.
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You know, I came to
3ABN over 21 years ago,
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and several of these were
board members at that time.
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And I just want to mention
some of the board members
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that have already
gone to sleep in Jesus.
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First of all is May Chung.
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What a blessing she was.
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Oh, absolutely, and those
of who don't know May Chung,
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we literally
could talk for hours.
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I mean, May if I couldn't look
at one person in my life that
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has had such a
tremendous influence on me
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when it comes to faith.
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I don't think I've ever
seen anybody with more faith.
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Whenever the Lord will
call them, they would go.
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That's right.
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And I always think about
the story with the Philippines,
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some of you heard.
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She called me in the
evening and you know,
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she is probably
mid 70s by this time.
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She called me son,
I called her mom...
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I told her, I call her mom
because she bossed me all time.
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She said, you
should do this son,
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you should do that, I'd say yes.
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First day you say, yes ma'am,
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yes ma'am then I'd
say yes mom, yes mom.
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Reminded me of my
mother, you know, Kenny.
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But then, you know,
all in good, I mean,
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she was such a wonderful person.
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But she said, you know what,
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son I just
thought I'll let you know,
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I'm getting ready to
get on airplane here in LA
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I'm going to Philippines.
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I said, all right so why are
you going to the Philippines?
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And she said, well, I
really don't know, she said,
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but the Lord impressed me to go.
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And I said, May, you can't be...
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who is going with you?
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Oh, I'm just going, me
and the Lord she would say,
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and I said, well,
you have to have a plan.
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She said you know,
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I used to make plans
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but the Lord always changed them
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so now I don't
worry about making plans.
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I just do what
He ask and I said,
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what are you gonna do there?
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Where are you gonna stay?
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You know son, I
don't worry about that.
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The Lord's got
it all planned down,
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I'm just supposed to go.
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I mean, what incredible faith.
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I said your kids know that?
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She said, well, if they did,
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they wouldn't let me go
so you let them know that,
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you know if they
are worried about me
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and we didn't
have cell phones then,
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so this might would
have been, you know,
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late 90s or something like that.
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She didn't have phone or way
to reach her so she said but,
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when I get a chance I'll
call and I'll let you know that
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I'm okay, I tried
to talk her out of it.
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Three, four, five days later
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I get a phone call and hey son,
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I said, mom where are you?
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What are you doing?
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I haven't heard from
you, I don't know if you're...
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She said, well, I'm
traveling on a train right now
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with President
Ramos and we're at...
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I said who?
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She said, you
know, President Ramos,
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president of the Philippines
and he was doing a tour.
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He is...
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it's during
election time campaigning
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and he asked me to ride with him
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on the train for few days.
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And I'm like, wait a minute,
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how do you get
to not even knowing
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why you are going to the
president of the country?
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And you're riding
with the president
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across the Philippines, I mean.
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So I said, May what happened,
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she said, well long story short.
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I was sitting on the airplane,
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I got upgraded 'cause
I have a lot of miles.
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They upgraded me and I
was sitting beside a man
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that ended up
being in the cabinet
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for the president,
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and I said, oh my
husband knew President Ramos,
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he was the general
and during, I guess,
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I'm not sure which there
is a war or after the war
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but anyway her
husband actually treated
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when he was General Ramos.
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So the guy said, oh,
where are you staying?
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And she said, well, I
really don't have a...
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Well, you must
stay with my wife and I.
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So she gets on the plane,
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she ends up
riding beside someone
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who takes her home
and says in the morning,
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I must take you to
meet the president,
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'cause I'm sure
he want to see you,
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so she went to the...
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We call it the White House there
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and she went there and met him.
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And they had this talk
and May told him what she does
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and she basically
travels around the world,
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just telling people about Jesus,
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giving precedence
to Ten Commandments,
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you remember how
she used to do that.
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And so he said, well,
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why don't you
come and go with me.
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And they were traveling
across the Philippines and said,
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is there
anything I can do for you.
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And she said, yes, we
need to build a hospital.
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I'd like some acreage.
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Well, now when you are asking
for acreage in Philippines
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that's, I mean,
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especially in
Manila that, you know,
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that is worth fortune
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because there is
it's 24 million people
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in metro Manila.
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So they ended
up giving property,
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ended up
building a hospital there.
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And so I mean May Chung,
her faith was incredible to me
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and nothing, I
never saw her upset.
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Kenny, you knew her
for 30 years, I mean,
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25 years we knew her...
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I never saw her
upset, never angry,
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no matter what
people would say to her,
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she always had a
smile on her face
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and she'd let people
say whatever they want
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and she would just continue
to witness for the Lord,
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but she when, financially
she was a tremendous help.
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We needed something I
could call and say, mom,
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could you think
about helping this,
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that or the other
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and just recently
we actually have just
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sold some property that
we've had for some years
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that she left us there in Hawaii
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and it couldn't come
at a better time I think.
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God allowed her to sell
exactly when we needed it
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to pay some bills
to keep us on the air.
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And so May Chung,
what a wonderful lady,
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I look forward to seeing her.
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I know all of you want
to that haven't met her.
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Now, Yvonne, I
don't think you met her,
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I think most of the rest of you
have didn't you all meet May.
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But you want to meet May
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'cause you could
spend in eternity
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just talking to her
and learning from her.
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I'm looking forward to it.
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I'm gonna say how very
pleased May would be to know
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that even while
she's sleeping in Jesus,
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she's still helping the gospel
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being proclaimed
all over the world.
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She was actually
the very first person
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to really catch the
vision other than the McAlpins
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who started here,
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we went in ASI, we met her there
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and she introduced me
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to Ellsworth
McKee of McKee Foods
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now who we'll talk
about in a little bit.
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But May was one of
those who helped raise funds,
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not only gave it but she
would talk to other people
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about supporting 3ABN.
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What would we do without her,
and then there was Owen Troy,
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with Carmelitas on
the board still today.
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Carmelita's daughter is
there and how wonderful,
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what a great guy.
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When we started 3ABN, we
didn't know much, I mean,
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we were from Southern Illinois.
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I never been to
general conference,
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you hear about those things
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and I had seen the
Illinois Conferences
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for as I had been to, I
don't even think I'd been.
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You know, hardly
to the Lake Union
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and you know,
until I was growing
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and what have you,
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so I didn't really
know how the church works,
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but of course we have
communication director
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for North America
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and general conference
communication director
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but when we first
started Kenny and I met,
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we got a call from Owen Troy,
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and I think it was Bob
Nixon that ask us to meet.
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Could we meet him in St.
Louis, so they wanted to know,
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we hear that you
guys are building,
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you're Seventh-day Adventist
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but you're building
a television station,
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you say it's the one
that's gonna reach the world.
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Now we weren't on the air,
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we were just
starting but they said,
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you know, we thought you
should come and talk to us,
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we're surprised, you
didn't come and talk to us.
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And I said,
well, we didn't know,
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we're supposed to you know
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and so as we
began to talk to them,
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we say well we
didn't, we didn't know,
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I said I figure that the
timing is right we need to,
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you all may come
to us which they did.
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We met him there in St. Louis.
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Owen caught the
vision immediately
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and instead of saying, men,
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you guys are way over your head.
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Now he is a
communication director
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for the whole
entire North America.
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He knows about the media centre,
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how much it cost
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and how tremendous
an operation it was,
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but Owen said, do you know what,
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this is got be of the Lord,
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I want to support you
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and so Owen Troy
literally brought
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stability to young folks
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starting out
saying don't laugh at him,
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don't scoff him,
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let's support him and
he did for many, many years
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and literally
until he died, I mean,
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Owen was working in Africa.
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He had such a vision
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and what a
incredible individual,
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another one of
those that has an impact
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on all of our lives.
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And Carmelita is following
right into his footsteps.
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Then there is Bill Hulsey.
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Bill Hulsey,
incredible man had...
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from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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and originally from Florida.
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But Chattanooga
for many, many years,
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had a big business
there, they built cabinets
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and what have you,
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and he was in charge of
Collegedale wood products
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I think when he was younger
and got out of the service
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and then ended up
building a large business.
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And when I met Ellsworth McKee,
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and asked
Ellsworth to be on the board.
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Ellsworth McKee
who is, you know,
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has thousands of
employees, runs a huge business.
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He said, I'll come on the board
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on one condition that
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you bring my friend
Bill Hulsey on the board.
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I didn't know
Bill, and I said, well,
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I'd like to know him and
what he believes and, you know,
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see if how our
personalities do and I said,
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why is it
important you bring Bill.
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And Ellsworth said to me,
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he is the smartest
businessman that I know.
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And I'm like wow,
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Ellsworth a great businessman
running great company,
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but he said Bill Hulsey is
the smartest businessman I know,
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this man is brilliant
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and he not only is
brilliant in business
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and got a great mind,
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but he also loves the
Lord and has a passion
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to get the gospel
to the world, so...
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I will say his memorial
service and there were two words
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that I kept hearing
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over and over
concerning Bill Hulsey,
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integrity and wisdom.
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Absolutely, and we
would have our board meetings
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and if somebody would
make a motion and you say,
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how we gonna word that
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and everybody look
and say Bill word that.
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He'd just, just spell
it out right there, Mollie,
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you would be writing down
and everybody be like wow,
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did he just come up
with that so we say,
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did you have
that already planned.
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Of course, he didn't because
we just now are asking him,
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but the guy had
a brilliant mind,
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wonderful person and a
great supporter of 3ABN
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and now resting in Jesus.
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You know Brother Danny
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that Bill Hulsey
speaking with him.
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He was one of those
rare people in my opinion
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that when he spoke,
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soon as he open his
mouth, you close yours.
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And you listen to
every word that he said.
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Lot of people you
just don't, you do that,
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you kind of...
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but once he open
his mouth to speak,
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he was right on target
and what he said always fit
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right where it's supposed to,
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and we always learned from him,
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and I thought man,
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we need that kind
of spirit that he has.
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So you hit on the head,
not only was a businessman,
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he was a spiritual man.
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Yeah, and you didn't
move him off of center point,
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what it was no
matter what you did,
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if you came to him,
one way or the other,
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he knew where we
needed to go and kept us there
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and I'm thankful for the spouse,
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you know, Ann Troy.
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What a wonderful woman
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she is and great
support and still,
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and you look at Myrtle Hulsey,
great supporters, I mean,
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they had great, great
spouses and they all support it.
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Amen.
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You know, Merlin
and Joe Ann father,
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that's another
and I think of Merlin
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and he is somebody I
think of as a wise man.
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Oh, absolutely, he is
one of those they say,
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E.F. Hutton, when you,
because Merlin wasn't a talker.
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Merlin was very
quiet and he came...
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we met him years
ago was out in Oregon,
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and they invited
us to their home,
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and I saw his
burden for ministry
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in getting the
gospel to the world.
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He is a businessman but
not like I'm real mouthy.
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In other words he was very quiet
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unless you ask him something,
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he rarely just volunteered it.
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And so, you know,
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different people
have different natures
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but when I got to know him,
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I said this man
is very intelligent,
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he is very smart,
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but what I loved about
him in a same way with Bill
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and some of the
others, common sense.
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And that's the
commodity today very few people
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really have common sense,
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and Merlin just could
make something that was so,
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you know, seem like it
was here where are we going.
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He just cut through it
and get to the black and white
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and say well, here
is what we should do.
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And so as I say, E.F. Hutton
in that old commercial when he
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speaks, you listen
and Merlin and Joe Ann
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were incredible people
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and Joe Ann is
still wonderful person,
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still supportive.
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Thank you Joe Ann
for what you do to
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for the cause of God,
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and of course
Merlin for all the years
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that he supported 3ABN,
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and then one time I got a
call, he started 5,000 a month,
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their business grew as the more
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he dedicated time
to in finances to 3ABN.
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He said the Lord
blessed, gave us 10,000 month,
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then later that we
were given 15, 000 a month
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and this is not a huge business.
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This is a lot of
sacrificing to do this,
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then I went to with McNeiluses
and Maranatha to India
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and then I was in India,
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he watched it on television,
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40, 50, 000 you
saw some of the video
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just a little bit ago,
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a night coming, he
called me, and he said man,
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there is such a
need for churches.
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Do you mind if I quit
giving you that 15, 000
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and give it to India.
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And you're like...
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Take a big swallow like...
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So I just said, well,
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Merlin I'll tell you what to do,
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he said now if you
don't want me too, I won't.
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And I said, you know what,
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wherever the Lord is
impressing you to give it,
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that's where you should give.
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And he did, he
began to give there
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and literally
because of that one family
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and we give the God
the credit for this.
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Because of this one
family their sacrifice
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getting others to support
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and help financially
working with Maranatha,
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several hundreds thousands,
I must say that again.
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I think 2 to 300,000 people
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have joined the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in India
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because of that ministry.
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What if I had said no,
don't support, you know,
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don't support that's
why we don't know God's will
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and the Lord is
impressing, you know,
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let's let people do what
they want to do and he did it,
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and so Bruce and his family,
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the rest of the
family and Jackie,
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they've caught that vision,
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and Bruce now is a
chairman of our board.
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So it's interesting some of it
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went from the
parents to the kids
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that have stayed on the board
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and kept the family name going,
00:17:32.35\00:17:34.22
and so we
appreciate them so much
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and Bruce for his leadership.
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Same commitment
reminds me so much of his dad,
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I can't tell you,
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I didn't know Bruce
for the first several years
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when Merlin was on the board
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but as I got to know Bruce,
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I said not only looking at him
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but how he thinks, you know.
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And again, it's common
sense and spiritual sense.
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You know, Danny,
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one of the other thing that sync
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when you said that the theme
of these individuals, you know,
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father and son,
and this is one thing
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that just
indelibly got in my mind,
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I thought man,
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Lord help me to keep that
straight as he said one time,
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'cause he's talking
about how many baptisms,
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several hundred
thousand baptisms.
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And the question
was asked to them,
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how many baptisms,
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you know, all time
you've been working in India,
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how many baptisms.
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He said, however many
there were they are not,
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he said, it's not enough.
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He never gave a figure;
00:18:23.90\00:18:25.53
he said however
many, it's not enough.
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And I thought how wonderful
that is to think about,
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it's not just
enough, there is not enough,
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so that just did
something to my heart,
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I said, that's
where I want to be.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Another lady
that was on our board
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that when I think
about faith and wisdom,
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I think about Pam Rhodes.
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Oh, absolutely, you all
love Pam Rhodes and know her,
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I mean, what an
incredible lady she and Jim
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and Jim still great person,
00:18:49.82\00:18:52.33
and always been
supportive of 3ABN.
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Thank you for what you're doing.
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And Pam just died way
too early and way too early.
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I wouldn't give her name
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because not that
she would know it now
00:19:01.40\00:19:03.10
but at resurrection sometime
00:19:03.14\00:19:04.57
I might have to mention her age,
00:19:04.61\00:19:06.57
but we were
close to the same age,
00:19:06.61\00:19:08.48
but what a wonderful person.
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And the people to
be around both of them,
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I mean, the Rhodes just,
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you couldn't be sad,
you couldn't be depressed,
00:19:13.62\00:19:15.38
you can't be discouraged
when they are around,
00:19:15.42\00:19:17.22
you're gonna be happy.
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And of course the
music they provided,
00:19:18.69\00:19:20.99
but also financially they
were great support to 3ABN,
00:19:21.02\00:19:25.06
but just being
around them it's infectious
00:19:25.09\00:19:27.63
because they believed
00:19:27.66\00:19:29.00
in getting the
gospel to the world,
00:19:29.03\00:19:30.90
telling people about Jesus
00:19:30.93\00:19:32.30
and letting people
know you're a Christian,
00:19:32.33\00:19:34.50
not by telling them
but by your actions.
00:19:34.54\00:19:37.11
And so Pam
Rhodes is an incredible,
00:19:37.14\00:19:39.77
incredible woman who
is now sleeping in Jesus,
00:19:39.81\00:19:43.35
resting for the second coming,
00:19:43.38\00:19:45.21
but what a
privilege to have people
00:19:45.25\00:19:47.88
and get to know
people like that, you know,
00:19:47.92\00:19:51.45
and you think about
it, we need eternity
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because all
people that we met here,
00:19:55.86\00:19:58.53
sitting at the feet of Jesus,
00:19:58.56\00:20:00.26
getting to know
people from around the world,
00:20:00.30\00:20:02.40
it would take an
eternity to do all that, right?
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.67
We're not gonna be up
there twirling our thumbs
00:20:04.70\00:20:06.43
and nothing to do.
00:20:06.47\00:20:07.97
We're going to be busy,
busy folks, reacquainting,
00:20:08.00\00:20:10.84
reuniting with those
00:20:10.87\00:20:12.41
who are now resting in the Lord.
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Two other gentlemen that
are enjoying their golden years
00:20:15.41\00:20:20.92
and both of them served
as chairman of the board
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at one time or
another are Ellsworth McKee
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.05
and Dr. Walter Thomson.
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Absolutely, two
incredible individuals,
00:20:27.76\00:20:30.16
and if you all are watching,
you know that I love you.
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First of all we
love you very much,
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I can say that personally.
00:20:33.96\00:20:35.46
I've learned so
much from both of you
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and both gentlemen,
00:20:38.17\00:20:39.67
both men of integrity,
00:20:39.70\00:20:41.47
and Ellsworth
runs a huge business
00:20:41.50\00:20:45.04
but is humble a
person as you will ever meet.
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I mean he's humbler
person as you will ever meet.
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Quick little story,
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.98
we one time here
in West Frankfort
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to Chamber of Commerce,
we wanted to know, wow,
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do you think you could get
00:20:58.52\00:20:59.85
Ellsworth McKee
to come and speak.
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It was Frankfort, now
we're 9,000 people, right.
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So you think you can get him
to come and speak, and I said,
00:21:04.69\00:21:08.10
now Ellsworth, he
doesn't get up front,
00:21:08.13\00:21:10.23
he is not talkative, you
know, I'm sure he won't do it.
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They said would you ask
him and I said, oh, I'll ask,
00:21:13.07\00:21:15.60
so I called Bonnie his
secretary and said, Bonnie,
00:21:15.64\00:21:18.57
I know Ellsworth won't do
this but would he come in,
00:21:18.61\00:21:21.81
the Chamber of Commerce
wants him to come and speak
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to the business
people in West Frankfort.
00:21:24.61\00:21:26.75
She said, well, let me ask him.
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.12
To my surprise she
called back and said,
00:21:28.15\00:21:30.45
he said he'd be happy
to if it can help 3ABN
00:21:30.49\00:21:33.32
and it will do something,
00:21:33.36\00:21:34.69
so I said now I
know to help 3ABN,
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.19
he is gonna go out
of his comfort zone.
00:21:37.23\00:21:39.19
It would have been easier
probably to ask for donation
00:21:39.23\00:21:41.90
than to get him
to come and speak
00:21:41.93\00:21:44.40
but he did and he came
and did a incredible job,
00:21:44.43\00:21:47.84
did a fantastic job,
00:21:47.87\00:21:49.44
and everybody there said,
00:21:49.47\00:21:50.81
I thought you said he
wasn't much of a speaker.
00:21:50.84\00:21:52.94
I said no, I didn't said,
he wasn't much of a speaker,
00:21:52.97\00:21:55.51
I said, he doesn't
speak much, but when he spoke,
00:21:55.54\00:21:58.41
that it was really,
00:21:58.45\00:21:59.78
I mean he held the
attention of everybody,
00:21:59.81\00:22:02.08
but the thing that
people said was he is so humble,
00:22:02.12\00:22:05.89
you would not know that
00:22:05.92\00:22:08.16
he was a man of
this type of means.
00:22:08.19\00:22:11.09
And years ago when
we had the governor,
00:22:11.13\00:22:15.23
general president
of Uganda came here
00:22:15.26\00:22:18.97
and so it was a big
deal for a Southern Illinois,
00:22:19.00\00:22:22.00
so they had police
cars and escorts and so,
00:22:22.04\00:22:25.04
while he was here,
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.41
we brought the
governor general to see 3ABN.
00:22:26.44\00:22:30.15
he rode in the same vehicle,
00:22:30.18\00:22:32.05
newspaper writer Bob Ellis rode
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.95
in the same vehicle
rode with Ellsworth and May
00:22:34.98\00:22:38.09
and with the president,
00:22:38.12\00:22:40.09
and one thing he said
when it was all said and done,
00:22:40.12\00:22:43.43
it was all over, he
would call me and he said,
00:22:43.46\00:22:46.29
I can't get over these
people how humble they are.
00:22:46.33\00:22:50.47
They don't talk
about themselves.
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.13
I tried to get them
to talk about themselves,
00:22:52.17\00:22:54.17
they only want to talk
about the Lord and His word.
00:22:54.20\00:22:56.94
And so that's Ellsworth
McKee and Ellsworth sharing,
00:22:56.97\00:23:00.61
thank you for all the
support, Debbie, Rusty,
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.64
all the family for what you do,
00:23:02.68\00:23:04.61
not only 3ABN but for
what you do around the world,
00:23:04.65\00:23:08.45
I mean, thousands of
churches have been built,
00:23:08.48\00:23:10.65
wells being
drilled, literally drilled,
00:23:10.69\00:23:12.95
people being fed, orphanages,
00:23:12.99\00:23:15.32
things, seminaries,
00:23:15.36\00:23:16.96
I mean literally
what this family has done
00:23:16.99\00:23:18.99
their heart is for mission.
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.70
Thank you so much.
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.06
Then quickly Dr. Thompson.
00:23:22.10\00:23:23.73
Dr. Thompson is a man,
00:23:23.77\00:23:25.87
he was surgeon
for many, many years
00:23:25.90\00:23:27.67
and when we went to Hinsdale,
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.50
when we were first
starting our first invitation
00:23:29.54\00:23:33.41
to go speak of
Hinsdale, Illinois
00:23:33.44\00:23:35.78
which is a biggest
church in the state,
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.78
Dr. Thompson was there.
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.41
We didn't have anything going,
00:23:39.45\00:23:40.78
we were just talking about
00:23:40.82\00:23:42.15
what the Lord
impressed us to do.
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.52
He caught the vision right away
00:23:43.55\00:23:45.05
and said, you know what?
00:23:45.09\00:23:46.42
He said I
remember his $5000 check
00:23:46.45\00:23:48.36
that was huge at
that time didn't know him,
00:23:48.39\00:23:51.09
he said I was at the meeting,
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.46
what you're doing
is the Lord's will,
00:23:52.49\00:23:55.46
I'll help you anyway that I can.
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.07
And 30 years later,
00:23:58.10\00:23:59.70
I have probably may
have times that well,
00:23:59.73\00:24:02.84
I wished that, you know,
00:24:02.87\00:24:04.41
volunteered because
he's traveled the world,
00:24:04.44\00:24:06.71
he was chairman of the board,
00:24:06.74\00:24:08.21
good time and bad times.
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.64
You know when you're
what's Wintley Phipps say
00:24:09.68\00:24:12.05
when you are,
00:24:12.08\00:24:13.42
ego people shoot at
you when you are up above,
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.42
well, when you are on
the chairman's position,
00:24:15.45\00:24:17.52
you know, in a
ministry or business
00:24:17.55\00:24:20.32
you're gonna
have people shooting,
00:24:20.36\00:24:21.69
but we'll talk about integrity,
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.83
there is a man
that loves the Lord,
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.69
he is honest, man of integrity.
00:24:25.73\00:24:27.83
And if I could
count on all the people
00:24:27.86\00:24:29.66
that I knew in a world,
00:24:29.70\00:24:31.03
maybe five people that
have had this impact in my life
00:24:31.07\00:24:35.40
as Dr. Thompson.
00:24:35.44\00:24:36.77
He would be one of those
00:24:36.81\00:24:38.14
because I have seen him
year after year after year,
00:24:38.17\00:24:40.81
good times and bad times.
00:24:40.84\00:24:42.71
And, Yvonne, now guess
what, who is on our board?
00:24:42.74\00:24:46.18
Greg, his son Greg Thompson,
00:24:46.21\00:24:48.18
so it's just as the
mantle has been handed down,
00:24:48.22\00:24:51.25
and what a great
guy we're finding out
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.22
that Greg is and the vision.
00:24:53.25\00:24:54.99
So thank you to Thompsons
for all that you've done to.
00:24:55.02\00:24:58.23
And we just found like
00:24:58.26\00:24:59.59
we wouldn't be right
to do all of these hours
00:24:59.63\00:25:02.00
and not maybe honor
especially some of these folk
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.77
that who have
had such an impact,
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.77
not only just
ministry but me personally
00:25:08.80\00:25:11.21
that's helped me to
go through good times
00:25:11.24\00:25:14.91
and bad times and
many of you here too.
00:25:14.94\00:25:17.15
You know, both of these
men, Ellsworth and Dr. Thompson
00:25:17.18\00:25:21.22
served on our
board sacrificially for,
00:25:21.25\00:25:23.89
it was 26 or 28
years for many, many years
00:25:23.92\00:25:27.26
they've been a part of this.
00:25:27.29\00:25:28.62
Yeah, I know,
Bill Hulsey all of them
00:25:28.66\00:25:29.99
right in the beginning.
00:25:30.03\00:25:31.36
Literally first
year to Owen Troy,
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.73
all of these men
came, they stayed on,
00:25:32.76\00:25:35.16
and it was not always popular
00:25:35.20\00:25:36.53
because we weren't
part of the church,
00:25:36.56\00:25:38.43
we were independent
or supporting ministry,
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.87
and people didn't know
how to react back in the 80s
00:25:40.90\00:25:43.67
because they are used to just
people working with the church
00:25:43.71\00:25:46.81
and not having
supporting ministries
00:25:46.84\00:25:48.84
who are not answering,
00:25:48.88\00:25:50.21
and you're going out
literally going into places
00:25:50.25\00:25:54.12
no one's ever been
when it comes to media,
00:25:54.15\00:25:56.08
and you representing
an entire world church
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.25
and they're scared, well,
00:25:58.29\00:25:59.62
we don't know
who these folk are,
00:25:59.65\00:26:00.99
and what they're going to
be preaching and all of these,
00:26:01.02\00:26:03.09
but having these
types of people on our board
00:26:03.12\00:26:06.29
that everybody in
the world church knows
00:26:06.33\00:26:08.93
brought some balance in,
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.40
right to us, John?
00:26:10.43\00:26:12.00
You know the Bible
says the steps of a good man
00:26:12.03\00:26:14.24
are ordered by the Lord
00:26:14.27\00:26:15.60
and he delights in
his ways, Psalm 37:23,
00:26:15.64\00:26:18.97
the men and women that God
sent to be in this ministry,
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.81
you could never have
gone out and pick them.
00:26:21.84\00:26:24.08
God order their
step to something here
00:26:24.11\00:26:25.95
to support this
ministry and while were there,
00:26:25.98\00:26:28.45
all the better for it.
00:26:28.48\00:26:29.82
I wanted to say something
regarding Dr. Thompson,
00:26:29.85\00:26:32.62
you know, he has
just poured wonderful,
00:26:32.65\00:26:35.09
I mean just he is
very willing to speak,
00:26:35.12\00:26:36.93
he is the man of the God
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.29
and he has just
given us lots of input,
00:26:38.33\00:26:41.70
you know, through the years
00:26:41.73\00:26:43.06
but one of the things that
00:26:43.10\00:26:44.43
I also appreciate
about Dr. Thompson,
00:26:44.47\00:26:45.80
I had this quick story on him.
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.37
You know, he is a surgeon
00:26:47.40\00:26:48.74
and I had this
little thing on my leg,
00:26:48.77\00:26:51.84
and I asked Dr.
Thompson some years ago.
00:26:51.87\00:26:53.48
I said, oh,
would you take a look
00:26:53.51\00:26:54.84
at this thing on my leg.
00:26:54.88\00:26:56.21
He said sure,
I'll take a look at it,
00:26:56.24\00:26:57.58
so he takes a
look at it and he says,
00:26:57.61\00:26:58.95
oh, we'll take it off right now.
00:26:58.98\00:27:01.08
I said, you'll
take it off right now.
00:27:01.12\00:27:02.45
He said, yeah,
00:27:02.48\00:27:03.82
I got some little
sutures over here,
00:27:03.85\00:27:05.19
a little bit of
stuff to numb it,
00:27:05.22\00:27:06.55
and I've got a knife.
00:27:06.59\00:27:08.76
So lo and behold, I
was there, he numbed it,
00:27:08.79\00:27:11.09
and I was trying
to dab the blood,
00:27:11.13\00:27:12.46
there was no nurse and he said,
00:27:12.49\00:27:16.13
oh, this is much
better than doing this
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.70
under a jungle tree in Africa.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.10
He said this room
is so much cleaner,
00:27:19.13\00:27:21.24
that's Dr.
Thompson for he is so quiet,
00:27:21.27\00:27:23.64
but yet so full
of wisdom and man,
00:27:23.67\00:27:26.07
we've been so blessed to
get to know him and his wife.
00:27:26.11\00:27:28.44
Yeah, but just a
great, a great guy.
00:27:28.48\00:27:30.15
Absolutely.
00:27:30.18\00:27:31.51
Yvonne.
00:27:31.55\00:27:34.02
We also should thank
Jim Gilley for the time
00:27:34.05\00:27:36.42
that he was here as well
00:27:36.45\00:27:39.29
because he gave
several years here.
00:27:39.32\00:27:41.82
Absolutely, almost
eight years, seven plus years.
00:27:41.86\00:27:44.89
We're gonna get into
that in a few minutes
00:27:44.93\00:27:46.80
but where we're at it, I
mean, Jim came and Camille,
00:27:46.83\00:27:50.53
and they came in a
time when it was...
00:27:50.57\00:27:53.54
we needed somebody
and they prayed about it,
00:27:53.57\00:27:57.47
Jim said, he thought,
oh well, it won't be me,
00:27:57.51\00:28:00.21
you know, they got
two or three other people,
00:28:00.24\00:28:02.14
then he was
shocked when I called him
00:28:02.18\00:28:03.75
and said the board
really wants you to come,
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.95
and he came here and said,
00:28:05.98\00:28:07.88
you know this was a best time
of his life and they retired,
00:28:07.92\00:28:11.95
they're out in
California with grandkids
00:28:11.99\00:28:14.02
but we do want to say thank
you to Jim and Camille Gilley
00:28:14.06\00:28:17.16
for the years that
they put here as president
00:28:17.19\00:28:20.73
and chairman of the board,
00:28:20.76\00:28:23.00
and what a great
job that they did
00:28:23.03\00:28:26.20
because it's not easy,
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.64
and you're responsible
for so much going on.
00:28:27.67\00:28:30.74
And of course we
can't do it without you,
00:28:30.77\00:28:33.17
but when it comes to finances,
when it comes to employees,
00:28:33.21\00:28:35.61
when it comes
to all these things
00:28:35.64\00:28:37.75
and you're looking
around at world vision,
00:28:37.78\00:28:40.62
it's a tough seat
to set in sometime
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.88
especially if you're not
the right one for the job.
00:28:42.92\00:28:45.69
He said I love
it, I love being here.
00:28:45.72\00:28:47.56
Owen Troy said,
00:28:47.59\00:28:48.92
that he said I've been on boards
00:28:48.96\00:28:50.29
in the church for years.
00:28:50.33\00:28:51.66
This is the only one I
love coming to and enjoy
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.33
because I get so encouraged
by all the testimonies.
00:28:54.36\00:28:59.40
Let me just read a
list of the men and women
00:28:59.43\00:29:02.97
that have served
through the years,
00:29:03.00\00:29:05.07
Ken. Denslow, G. Ralph Thompson,
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.98
Larry Welch, Wintley Phipps,
00:29:08.01\00:29:10.21
Larry Romrell, Garwin McNeilus,
00:29:10.25\00:29:12.91
Stan Smith, Max
Trevino and Jim Stevens,
00:29:12.95\00:29:16.65
and now the current
setting board is Danny Shelton,
00:29:16.69\00:29:20.46
Mollie Steenson, Carmelita Troy,
00:29:20.49\00:29:22.42
Bruce Fjarli, C. A. Murray,
00:29:22.46\00:29:24.29
Yvonne Lewis, Brian Hamilton,
00:29:24.33\00:29:26.19
Greg Thompson and Greg Morikone.
00:29:26.23\00:29:28.46
So I know Danny and I
from the bottom of our hearts
00:29:28.50\00:29:31.63
we thank all of you
00:29:31.67\00:29:33.17
that helped us
for so many years.
00:29:33.20\00:29:35.17
We appreciate you so much
00:29:35.20\00:29:36.74
and for you
that are sitting now,
00:29:36.77\00:29:38.41
we need your help
and we need your love
00:29:38.44\00:29:40.24
and we need your prayers
and we thank you so much.
00:29:40.28\00:29:42.74
Amen. Absolutely.
00:29:42.78\00:29:44.11
We want to talk a little bit...
00:29:44.15\00:29:46.48
Chris, you've been involved
00:29:46.51\00:29:49.08
and I know you've been sitting
over there for several hours,
00:29:49.12\00:29:51.42
Chris always has
good things to say
00:29:51.45\00:29:53.62
and she just
quietly didn't say anything,
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.99
and I know Greg and Jill,
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.59
but you look back
now for four plus hours,
00:29:57.63\00:30:01.23
give us something, encourage us,
00:30:01.26\00:30:03.50
something what you
see for the future.
00:30:03.53\00:30:06.23
What do you have in your heart?
00:30:06.27\00:30:07.60
Well, I was sitting
quiet but I was about to burst.
00:30:07.64\00:30:11.07
My heart was about to burst
00:30:11.11\00:30:13.31
because you know 32 years ago,
00:30:13.34\00:30:15.71
we had no idea
what satellite TV was,
00:30:15.74\00:30:18.51
and to get a dish,
00:30:18.55\00:30:19.91
most of us
couldn't afford a dish.
00:30:19.95\00:30:21.75
We didn't even
know what a dish was.
00:30:21.78\00:30:24.52
And I remember just
watching the rolls and looking,
00:30:24.55\00:30:28.22
and of course I know a
lot of behind the scenes too.
00:30:28.26\00:30:31.59
And I thought wow,
00:30:31.63\00:30:34.03
what God has done and
I was quietly whispering
00:30:34.06\00:30:37.00
and so many times I
was saying thank you Lord.
00:30:37.03\00:30:39.83
This came about
differently, you know,
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.97
before we started this,
00:30:43.00\00:30:44.51
this After Glow
program you mentioned that,
00:30:44.54\00:30:47.01
that 3ABN is like the greatest
00:30:47.04\00:30:49.84
television station in the world.
00:30:49.88\00:30:52.61
Evangelistic tool,
00:30:52.65\00:30:54.08
I'll say television station too,
00:30:54.12\00:30:56.82
because God
actually had his hand
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.85
in every step of the way.
00:30:59.89\00:31:01.66
He knew the
explosion of technology,
00:31:01.69\00:31:05.19
none of us had a clue.
00:31:05.23\00:31:07.40
We didn't have, in fact,
if any of us sitting here,
00:31:07.43\00:31:10.33
except maybe Pastor John,
00:31:10.37\00:31:13.70
if we were asked to
do a lot of these things,
00:31:13.74\00:31:16.27
we still are technologically
ignorant as it were,
00:31:16.30\00:31:21.28
but wow, what he knew.
00:31:21.31\00:31:23.51
And you know, I think
about you mentioned earlier
00:31:23.55\00:31:25.81
about we need help,
we need help right now.
00:31:25.85\00:31:29.05
This is not a time that
we should be going backwards,
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.85
but it's a time to go forward.
00:31:31.89\00:31:33.96
You know, you
mentioned earlier about
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.09
the babies that
you've had, and you know,
00:31:36.12\00:31:38.59
I know some of the babies
like Dare to Dream are no longer
00:31:38.63\00:31:41.43
on some of the main
television stations.
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.57
And we have an
interesting perspective
00:31:43.60\00:31:45.67
being at Behold the Lamb,
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.74
and to be quite honest,
00:31:47.77\00:31:49.54
we don't get near the
phone calls we used to get.
00:31:49.57\00:31:52.97
You know I realize
that a lot of this is
00:31:53.01\00:31:55.31
accessible to internet
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.55
that people are
still like the rest of us,
00:31:57.58\00:32:00.15
we want to go
turn on the channel.
00:32:00.18\00:32:02.12
We want to see it,
00:32:02.15\00:32:03.69
and so I just implore
people this is different.
00:32:03.72\00:32:07.29
A lot of the other stations,
00:32:07.32\00:32:08.72
they came after the
technology was here.
00:32:08.76\00:32:11.39
God put this one in play before,
00:32:11.43\00:32:14.60
and you mentioned
May Chung in the faith.
00:32:14.63\00:32:17.47
I can think of
you boys in the faith.
00:32:17.50\00:32:20.20
How many times
you would go and buy
00:32:20.24\00:32:22.50
a five gallon bucket
of gasoline not knowing
00:32:22.54\00:32:25.71
where the money
was going to come,
00:32:25.74\00:32:27.48
digging the
foundation not knowing
00:32:27.51\00:32:30.11
where the money
was going to come.
00:32:30.15\00:32:31.95
The satellite dish not even
understanding about what is it,
00:32:31.98\00:32:36.12
satellite
Atlantic or what I forget.
00:32:36.15\00:32:38.82
Scientific Atlantic and the cost
00:32:38.85\00:32:41.52
to even get it started,
00:32:41.56\00:32:43.39
and just the fact
that there was not even
00:32:43.43\00:32:47.10
'cause I know that SIU,
00:32:47.13\00:32:50.20
I'm an alumni of SIU
here in Southern Illinois,
00:32:50.23\00:32:53.23
and they had look us back,
00:32:53.27\00:32:54.60
then you had to have a
hole in the radio waves
00:32:54.64\00:32:57.64
and they couldn't find
one to start a station.
00:32:57.67\00:33:00.48
But God had his hand over it.
00:33:00.51\00:33:02.78
This is a
special, special station,
00:33:02.81\00:33:05.95
and some of the people that
00:33:05.98\00:33:07.32
I have met and continue to meet,
00:33:07.35\00:33:10.19
they're different when
they keep this channel on.
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.75
I kid you not.
00:33:12.79\00:33:14.29
And I know some that had
joy and a love for the Lord,
00:33:14.32\00:33:17.56
they've come
into the truth so many
00:33:17.59\00:33:19.73
because of 3ABN but you know
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.20
the enemy is always out to kill,
00:33:21.23\00:33:22.56
steal and destroy.
00:33:22.60\00:33:23.93
And we've been talking
about this over the weekend
00:33:23.97\00:33:25.83
because there are a
few that were so on fire
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.74
had such a love for Jesus
00:33:28.77\00:33:30.97
and then they start
going to the internet
00:33:31.01\00:33:32.84
and they hear
this one and that one
00:33:32.87\00:33:34.44
and who is the
accuser of the brethren,
00:33:34.48\00:33:36.78
sisters, who is it?
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.15
Satan.
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.51
And they think that
they're doing the Lord's work
00:33:39.55\00:33:41.78
by accusing and
stealing all the stuff
00:33:41.82\00:33:44.29
what they are
listening to on the internet
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.05
and really they're destroying,
00:33:46.09\00:33:47.42
they're actually
working for the enemy,
00:33:47.46\00:33:50.26
and they're
destroying God's work.
00:33:50.29\00:33:52.26
But you know I'm like you.
00:33:52.29\00:33:54.00
There is a elder in our
church and has helped me
00:33:54.03\00:33:57.30
so many times 'cause he says,
00:33:57.33\00:33:58.70
we have nothing to worry about,
00:33:58.73\00:34:00.47
but we have a lot to pray about.
00:34:00.50\00:34:02.87
There you go. That's good.
00:34:02.90\00:34:05.17
That's a church
of that explosion...
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.21
Thank you.
00:34:07.24\00:34:08.91
I want to go over go to
Angie for just a little bit,
00:34:08.94\00:34:11.81
and I know John, you used to,
00:34:11.85\00:34:13.25
John doing most of the
talk and within little bit,
00:34:13.28\00:34:15.22
we got a few minutes,
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.58
we're gonna bring C.A
and Irma out here but,
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.15
Angie, maybe give a
word to us, you've been here,
00:34:19.19\00:34:21.42
how many years you've all been?
00:34:21.46\00:34:22.89
Thirteen years.
00:34:22.92\00:34:24.26
Thirteen years,
and in a nutshell
00:34:24.29\00:34:25.63
what's your experience here?
00:34:25.66\00:34:27.90
This is a place of miracles.
00:34:27.93\00:34:30.23
I've seen
miracles almost everyday.
00:34:30.27\00:34:33.50
And I'm blessed
beyond measure to be here,
00:34:33.54\00:34:36.94
John and I as a couple
in ministry to be here,
00:34:36.97\00:34:41.28
we're totally blessed.
00:34:41.31\00:34:42.68
And I never thought I'd be
working in a media ministry,
00:34:42.71\00:34:46.11
and I worked in radio
00:34:46.15\00:34:47.65
which I
absolutely love 3ABN Radio,
00:34:47.68\00:34:50.65
and I do editing, I
even host a program,
00:34:50.69\00:34:54.49
never thought, I
would host a program
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.19
in a million years, that's God.
00:34:57.23\00:34:59.73
So I'm so privileged to be
here and to be the pastor's wife
00:34:59.76\00:35:04.47
and to get to know
people on the personal basis,
00:35:04.50\00:35:08.40
going to their homes
and minister with people.
00:35:08.44\00:35:11.17
And I'm just blessed
to know Danny, Mollie,
00:35:11.21\00:35:14.18
you two are such a
blessing to this place.
00:35:14.21\00:35:16.31
You are anchors in this place.
00:35:16.34\00:35:18.45
And I'm so glad and
privileged to know you both,
00:35:18.48\00:35:21.38
and I just thank
God for this ministry,
00:35:21.42\00:35:23.82
it is a blessing,
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.19
it continue to be a blessing
in my life and John's life.
00:35:25.22\00:35:28.02
We appreciate you guys
00:35:28.06\00:35:29.42
because you're
like our world PRP,
00:35:29.46\00:35:32.03
for you guys
traveled around the world,
00:35:32.06\00:35:33.90
and I guess a lot of that
00:35:33.93\00:35:35.26
because people have
seen you John on 3ABN, right.
00:35:35.30\00:35:37.97
You get request
around the world.
00:35:38.00\00:35:39.53
Yeah, we do
00:35:39.57\00:35:42.47
and we always go
on that very premise.
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.74
We always say, we
would like to welcome,
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.74
we like to say hello
on behalf of our president
00:35:46.78\00:35:49.48
and founder of 3ABN,
00:35:49.51\00:35:50.85
wherever we go,
00:35:50.88\00:35:52.21
we make sure
that people remember.
00:35:52.25\00:35:53.98
If we go, we talk about
what's available at 3ABN.
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.75
How to get the app,
how to get the mySDA tv,
00:35:56.79\00:36:00.39
how to be a part
of the go evangelism
00:36:00.42\00:36:02.59
because we know that
00:36:02.62\00:36:03.96
the world is
really our audience.
00:36:03.99\00:36:06.49
Sometimes we are here at home
where we sit in these chairs
00:36:06.53\00:36:08.66
or we do a program,
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.50
and I say to
people that visit here,
00:36:10.53\00:36:12.43
sometimes they would
come to the worship centre
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.14
and preach a
sermon or do something.
00:36:14.17\00:36:15.94
I'll say, don't
look at the audience,
00:36:15.97\00:36:18.31
look at the camera,
they are potentially...
00:36:18.34\00:36:21.14
What's the potential audience?
00:36:21.18\00:36:22.51
1.2 billion, I think, Mollie.
00:36:22.54\00:36:24.25
I'll go with that.
You'll go with that.
00:36:24.28\00:36:27.22
And so those are the people that
00:36:27.25\00:36:28.58
God has called us to minister to
00:36:28.62\00:36:29.95
but it is
humbling because anyone,
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.79
we said and I want to
talk about this one day,
00:36:31.82\00:36:33.76
anybody could have been chosen,
but after I've come to 3ABN,
00:36:33.79\00:36:36.99
I see that God had a particular
reason to bring us here.
00:36:37.03\00:36:39.69
I remember back in 2002
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.86
when we just said no, no, no, no
00:36:41.90\00:36:44.20
to come to the mid west,
00:36:44.23\00:36:45.60
here we on a
thriving church in California,
00:36:45.63\00:36:47.60
what's in the mid west.
00:36:47.64\00:36:48.97
We've never been there.
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.41
From the East
Coast to the West Coast
00:36:50.44\00:36:52.04
but in the
Midwest, what's out there.
00:36:52.07\00:36:54.28
And the Lord imposed
upon us to come out here
00:36:54.31\00:36:57.38
by reading a devotion one day.
00:36:57.41\00:36:59.11
And Oswald Chambers says,
00:36:59.15\00:37:00.72
"Woe be unto you
00:37:00.75\00:37:02.08
if you put your foot
in any other direction
00:37:02.12\00:37:04.49
once the call of
God has gripped to you.
00:37:04.52\00:37:07.82
That helped us decide
and then we got to St. Louis
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.29
and were there for
nine months and said Lord,
00:37:10.33\00:37:13.16
this is not
what you had in mind,
00:37:13.19\00:37:14.53
why would you take us
from California to St. Louis,
00:37:14.56\00:37:16.46
and you call me two days later.
00:37:16.50\00:37:18.43
And I didn't know
you like I know you now,
00:37:18.47\00:37:20.40
and the Lord
moved upon your heart
00:37:20.44\00:37:21.77
to invite us to be a
pastor and wife of this church
00:37:21.80\00:37:24.24
and so here is now,
00:37:24.27\00:37:25.61
we've seen each other grow up.
00:37:25.64\00:37:27.54
Yeah, I came here
idealistically with black hair,
00:37:27.58\00:37:31.61
thanks to just for men,
00:37:31.65\00:37:33.11
but I've decided to
allow a time to show
00:37:33.15\00:37:36.18
so we can look back and say
00:37:36.22\00:37:38.02
praise God for what he has done
00:37:38.05\00:37:39.42
and to be a part of it,
00:37:39.45\00:37:41.32
I mean that any pastor could
have been chosen to be here.
00:37:41.36\00:37:44.66
It's humbling to
think to be a part of this,
00:37:44.69\00:37:46.56
so thank you, Danny,
surely thank you, Mollie.
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.93
Somebody
watching maybe right now
00:37:48.96\00:37:50.97
and we're at the end of the year
00:37:51.00\00:37:52.83
thinking about their
giving and what they should do,
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.97
what would you say
looking into the camera
00:37:56.00\00:37:57.61
and talk to that
person right now is
00:37:57.64\00:37:59.61
we're looking at
the end of the year,
00:37:59.64\00:38:01.71
in the year giving
and for 3ABN for them,
00:38:01.74\00:38:05.21
what would you say to folk?
00:38:05.25\00:38:06.88
Well, you know, I
would say to those
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.25
who are thinking about giving...
00:38:08.28\00:38:10.12
Don't think about giving,
00:38:10.15\00:38:11.62
pray and ask the Lord
what he will have you to give.
00:38:11.65\00:38:14.82
I mean, this to
me is a no brainer,
00:38:14.86\00:38:17.16
when we think about the gospel
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.53
that the Lord says is
going to go into all the world
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.53
and when it does the end comes.
00:38:21.56\00:38:23.70
You may not be the preacher,
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.07
may not be the singer
or the speaker or teacher,
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.60
but you can participate
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.04
by the finances that
God has given to you.
00:38:29.07\00:38:31.47
I'm mindful of a text in James,
00:38:31.51\00:38:33.34
you know when
the last days come,
00:38:33.38\00:38:35.28
and this is a humbling
text to share with you.
00:38:35.31\00:38:38.01
If we fight
ourselves in the last days
00:38:38.05\00:38:40.45
saving for that
rainy day as it were,
00:38:40.48\00:38:43.99
the times will
come and catch us,
00:38:44.02\00:38:45.62
we're in such an
unstable world today.
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.49
You have the opportunity
to make a decision about
00:38:47.52\00:38:50.36
where your
finances are going to go
00:38:50.39\00:38:52.16
and every dollar
you send and I know,
00:38:52.19\00:38:54.06
I've been here
at 3ABN translates
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.70
into another program,
another life for the kingdom,
00:38:55.73\00:38:58.93
another ministry that
touches people in darkness,
00:38:58.97\00:39:01.50
so many of the people that
00:39:01.54\00:39:03.07
we meet around
the world had said,
00:39:03.10\00:39:05.07
had it not been for 3ABN,
00:39:05.11\00:39:07.38
I would not
know the truth today.
00:39:07.41\00:39:09.28
I would not come to Christ.
00:39:09.31\00:39:10.65
Even in prisons, they
said, where we could not go,
00:39:10.68\00:39:13.52
we could not go behind the bars,
00:39:13.55\00:39:15.28
people said the Lord
somehow chose that ministry
00:39:15.32\00:39:18.05
to be on in our prison.
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.42
So don't think about giving,
00:39:19.45\00:39:21.36
pray and ask God
00:39:21.39\00:39:22.72
what would you have me to give
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.53
because there is
no better investment
00:39:24.56\00:39:27.40
than an investment in
souls for the kingdom.
00:39:27.43\00:39:30.00
You know, I remember
once a treasurer I knew said,
00:39:30.03\00:39:33.74
when the Lord comes and
we have money in the bank,
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.60
it should be there
for only two reasons.
00:39:35.64\00:39:37.31
One we are so busy giving
that God keeps giving back.
00:39:37.34\00:39:40.88
Or the second reason
which is not the one we want
00:39:40.91\00:39:43.08
that we have given nothing
00:39:43.11\00:39:45.58
and has now cankered up
as a witness against us.
00:39:45.61\00:39:48.48
God says when you give,
it will be given back to you,
00:39:48.52\00:39:50.92
press down, shaking
together and running over.
00:39:50.95\00:39:53.05
And so if you think
about how much to give,
00:39:53.09\00:39:55.52
not whether or not
to give, consider 3ABN
00:39:55.56\00:39:58.06
and you're
giving for the New Year
00:39:58.09\00:39:59.43
and you along with all of us
00:39:59.46\00:40:01.53
who are working
for the cause of Christ
00:40:01.56\00:40:02.93
will one day hear the words,
00:40:02.96\00:40:04.50
well done thou good
and faithful servant.
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.67
This is the time,
00:40:06.70\00:40:08.04
there is no better time than now
00:40:08.07\00:40:09.77
to give to a cause that
will one day eternally triumph.
00:40:09.80\00:40:12.61
God bless you.
00:40:12.64\00:40:13.98
Thank you, John,
what we're gonna do,
00:40:14.01\00:40:15.34
we're gonna bring a
couple of more folk in
00:40:15.38\00:40:16.71
but since that's
such a great appeal,
00:40:16.75\00:40:18.91
I think we put up our address,
00:40:18.95\00:40:20.95
and if the Holy
Spirit is impressing
00:40:20.98\00:40:22.52
and you would
like to support 3ABN,
00:40:22.55\00:40:24.92
you may do so at
the following address.
00:40:24.95\00:40:26.96
If the Holy Spirit impresses you
00:40:30.03\00:40:31.63
to support 3ABN's
world wide ministry,
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.43
you can do so in
a variety of ways.
00:40:34.46\00:40:36.53
You can write to
3ABN, PO Box 220,
00:40:36.56\00:40:40.54
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896.
00:40:40.57\00:40:44.07
Again that's 3ABN, PO Box 220,
00:40:44.11\00:40:48.11
West Frankfort, Illinois 62896
00:40:48.14\00:40:51.68
You can call us at 618-627-4651.
00:40:51.71\00:40:55.98
That's 618-627-4651.
00:40:56.02\00:40:59.95
You can also visit us
online for a live programs,
00:40:59.99\00:41:03.29
schedules and more at 3abn.tv.
00:41:03.32\00:41:07.46
That's 3abn.tv.
00:41:07.50\00:41:12.97
You know Danny,
00:41:13.00\00:41:14.34
what Pastor
Lomacang said reminded me,
00:41:14.37\00:41:17.31
at this past camp
meeting a couple came up
00:41:17.34\00:41:19.71
and they said
that they had overheard
00:41:19.74\00:41:21.64
us talking on behind the scenes
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.01
where we said
that's it not the seed
00:41:24.05\00:41:26.58
that's in the barn
that produces a crop.
00:41:26.61\00:41:28.92
It's the seed that
you plant and just...
00:41:28.95\00:41:31.75
They said, we have God,
we've been talking it over,
00:41:31.79\00:41:35.09
we've been praying about
it, we've got some property
00:41:35.12\00:41:38.09
that when the Lord returns
or when we go to sleep in Jesus,
00:41:38.13\00:41:42.23
we don't want that property
to just be sitting there.
00:41:42.26\00:41:45.27
We want to put it into
the work of the kingdom
00:41:45.30\00:41:48.10
and so they're
planting their seed
00:41:48.14\00:41:51.01
and there will
be a mighty harvest
00:41:51.04\00:41:53.68
and what we're looking for is
00:41:53.71\00:41:55.04
a harvest of
souls for the kingdom.
00:41:55.08\00:41:56.95
Amen.
00:41:56.98\00:41:58.31
And speaking to that for
those who have properties
00:41:58.35\00:42:01.18
who want to contact
00:42:01.22\00:42:02.85
our department is
Roy and Arleen, right.
00:42:02.88\00:42:04.85
Roy and Arleen, yes.
00:42:04.89\00:42:06.22
And I guess, you can call
here and get phone number.
00:42:06.25\00:42:08.42
Just ask for Roy and Arleen Hunt
00:42:08.46\00:42:10.79
and they'll be
happy to put you their way
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.46
because a lot of folk,
00:42:13.50\00:42:14.83
it helps 3ABN tremendously
00:42:14.86\00:42:17.30
when they remember us
in their wills and trust
00:42:17.33\00:42:20.00
and what have you,
00:42:20.04\00:42:21.37
so thank you for
what you're doing.
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.57
Well, we've added CA
Murray and Irma Murray,
00:42:23.61\00:42:27.14
we're glad that
you guys are here.
00:42:27.18\00:42:28.58
Before we go to
you for a minute,
00:42:28.61\00:42:30.48
I want to talk to Greg and Jill,
00:42:30.51\00:42:31.85
they have sat for
four and half hours,
00:42:31.88\00:42:33.52
really not said a word
00:42:33.55\00:42:35.25
and these are folk that are been
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.02
such an
incredible blessing to us.
00:42:37.05\00:42:39.72
They've been here
what nearly 15 years or...
00:42:39.75\00:42:42.02
It's actually over
17, I'm working on 18.
00:42:42.06\00:42:43.63
Seventeen
years, I'm sorry, yeah,
00:42:43.66\00:42:45.09
17 years and but
you haven't changed,
00:42:45.13\00:42:48.16
you still look
young to me, both of you.
00:42:48.20\00:42:49.86
Praise the Lord.
00:42:49.90\00:42:51.23
Still look young but we believe
00:42:51.27\00:42:52.60
that God has really
positioned you people
00:42:52.63\00:42:55.54
that should the Lord
tarry in a few years that,
00:42:55.57\00:42:58.27
you know, with this kind
of gonna be handed to you,
00:42:58.31\00:43:00.51
we all be here to help
you but you got the youth
00:43:00.54\00:43:02.81
and the brains and
the physical everything
00:43:02.84\00:43:05.15
that you need, right.
00:43:05.18\00:43:06.51
Strength to go forward and so...
00:43:06.55\00:43:08.28
And a heart for God.
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.65
Absolutely, and a
heart for ministry.
00:43:09.68\00:43:11.89
So, Greg, give us a little,
00:43:11.92\00:43:13.42
you've been
here all these years?
00:43:13.46\00:43:15.12
Well, we know that
all things come from God.
00:43:15.16\00:43:17.23
So we're grateful for
the opportunity to be here,
00:43:17.26\00:43:19.39
you know, as we've been
sitting here for these hours...
00:43:19.43\00:43:22.13
What a blessing though it is
00:43:22.16\00:43:23.50
because I think of the
song to God be the glory,
00:43:23.53\00:43:26.23
how great things He has done.
00:43:26.27\00:43:28.60
You know think about how
God has led this ministry
00:43:28.64\00:43:30.87
for all of these years
00:43:30.91\00:43:32.61
and how you literally
started out with nothing.
00:43:32.64\00:43:35.44
What God has done, it
reminds me of like those
00:43:35.48\00:43:37.55
the five loaves
and the two fish,
00:43:37.58\00:43:39.35
what God can do,
00:43:39.38\00:43:40.78
He can multiply
things and look where 3ABN...
00:43:40.82\00:43:43.49
Yesterday and I think back,
00:43:43.52\00:43:44.92
I think it was at the first hour
00:43:44.95\00:43:46.89
when we're showing
some of those old clips
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.22
and you were singing the song,
00:43:49.26\00:43:50.93
"I want to spend my
life, mending broken people,"
00:43:50.96\00:43:54.33
and how that
song was given to you.
00:43:54.36\00:43:55.70
Someone knocked at your door,
00:43:55.73\00:43:57.07
I think you said and just say,
00:43:57.10\00:43:58.43
I don't know if you
wanna sing this song or not
00:43:58.47\00:43:59.80
and what a theme song,
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.17
also I think for
the ministry of 3ABN.
00:44:01.20\00:44:03.47
And I know I want my life
to always be an honor to God
00:44:03.51\00:44:06.34
but I also want to spend my life
00:44:06.37\00:44:07.88
mending broken people,
00:44:07.91\00:44:09.48
and being a
minister for the Lord,
00:44:09.51\00:44:11.48
it's neat to be part of
this ministry all these years,
00:44:11.51\00:44:14.45
but man, it's
ministered to me, you know,
00:44:14.48\00:44:17.65
'cause we're all broken in
some way or another, and man,
00:44:17.69\00:44:20.89
what a
privilege it is to be here
00:44:20.92\00:44:22.72
and I was thinking also.
00:44:22.76\00:44:24.69
You know, it's
easy 3ABN, 32 years
00:44:24.73\00:44:27.63
it seems like quite a while
00:44:27.66\00:44:29.23
and you know for those at home
00:44:29.26\00:44:31.30
you may be have supported us
00:44:31.33\00:44:32.67
since the very beginning
and it's easy to just say,
00:44:32.70\00:44:35.60
wow, 3ABN is matured,
00:44:35.64\00:44:38.14
they don't need
my support anymore,
00:44:38.17\00:44:39.77
let me go
support something else.
00:44:39.81\00:44:42.04
But 3ABN continues
to need your support
00:44:42.08\00:44:44.91
even though it
maybe all grown up
00:44:44.95\00:44:46.68
at 32 years of age, wow,
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.52
we still need
the support here...
00:44:48.55\00:44:50.29
more than ever before
00:44:50.32\00:44:51.79
and you think about
the stories that come in
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.69
because, Mollie, you
get those good letters.
00:44:53.72\00:44:55.49
We call them on a daily basis
00:44:55.52\00:44:57.23
of how people's lives are
being touched for eternity.
00:44:57.26\00:45:00.76
This hasn't just
been just touched
00:45:00.80\00:45:02.13
for some temporal thing,
00:45:02.16\00:45:03.50
for eternity, how
much better it can get,
00:45:03.53\00:45:06.63
so anyway what a
blessing to be here.
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.14
Thank you, Jill...
00:45:08.17\00:45:10.21
It's a blessing to be
part of the ministry of 3ABN.
00:45:10.24\00:45:12.57
You know, I feel
like we've grown up here.
00:45:12.61\00:45:15.54
In the sets of 3ABN,
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.45
I was in my early 20s
00:45:17.48\00:45:19.08
when we came and
we're still young.
00:45:19.11\00:45:21.35
But...
00:45:21.38\00:45:23.32
But it's a
privilege to have a part.
00:45:23.35\00:45:27.02
To have a small part in
helping to spread the gospel
00:45:27.06\00:45:30.39
with each one of you,
to be mentored by you,
00:45:30.43\00:45:32.83
to learn more at
the feet of Jesus.
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.60
You know what a privilege
00:45:35.63\00:45:36.97
and just watching
through these five hours here
00:45:37.00\00:45:40.30
with that we've been sitting
00:45:40.34\00:45:41.67
and seeing what God has done
in this ministry is incredible.
00:45:41.70\00:45:47.28
God started with a vision,
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.88
with stepping out by
faith and walking in obedience
00:45:49.91\00:45:53.72
and to think of the
people way more than the 200,000
00:45:53.75\00:45:57.82
we just talked about with India,
00:45:57.85\00:45:59.82
the people who
have come to know Jesus.
00:45:59.85\00:46:03.46
When we get to have it,
00:46:03.49\00:46:04.83
the people who are
gonna come and say,
00:46:04.86\00:46:06.93
I'm here because
I flipped a channel
00:46:06.96\00:46:10.13
and I found out about Jesus.
00:46:10.17\00:46:13.23
I chose to give my life to Jesus
00:46:13.27\00:46:15.87
or I found out the
truth of the Sabbath.
00:46:15.90\00:46:18.61
I learn that when I die,
00:46:18.64\00:46:20.64
I'm gonna rest in the
grave until Jesus comes.
00:46:20.68\00:46:23.98
That's what this
ministry is all about.
00:46:24.01\00:46:26.05
Just this morning, if
I can share a scripture,
00:46:26.08\00:46:28.08
this was in my devotions,
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.55
I'm in Isaiah and I just
happened to read Isaiah 61.
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.95
And this is not the
beginning part of the chapter
00:46:32.99\00:46:35.56
which Jesus read, you know,
00:46:35.59\00:46:36.93
to announce His
messianic mission there,
00:46:36.96\00:46:39.79
I'm in Luke 4 he read
that, but this is not that,
00:46:39.83\00:46:42.16
this is toward the end.
00:46:42.20\00:46:43.97
It says, this is Isaiah 61:8,
00:46:44.00\00:46:46.53
"I will direct
their work in truth,
00:46:46.57\00:46:49.30
I will make with them
an everlasting covenant.
00:46:49.34\00:46:53.21
Their descendant shall
be know among the gentiles,
00:46:53.24\00:46:57.51
and their
offspring among the people,
00:46:57.55\00:47:00.52
all who see them
shall acknowledge them
00:47:00.55\00:47:04.02
that they are the posterity
whom the Lord has blessed."
00:47:04.05\00:47:07.89
And I know this was originally
written to the Israelites,
00:47:07.92\00:47:11.16
but I believe this
promise is for 3ABN.
00:47:11.19\00:47:14.10
For this ministry
here in the end time
00:47:14.13\00:47:17.63
that everyone who
sees the descendants,
00:47:17.67\00:47:20.10
the off spring,
00:47:20.14\00:47:21.47
the people who
come to know Jesus,
00:47:21.50\00:47:23.84
who come to the truth as
a result to this ministry
00:47:23.87\00:47:26.44
are going to acknowledge that
God has blessed this ministry.
00:47:26.47\00:47:30.78
Amen.
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.15
Thank you so much.
What a privilege to be part.
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.08
Irma Murray, what are you...
00:47:34.12\00:47:35.45
you guys been here?
00:47:35.48\00:47:36.82
How many years
you all been here?
00:47:36.85\00:47:38.19
We've been here 12 years,
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.55
Okay, you have
done most of the talking
00:47:39.59\00:47:40.96
but in the next
couple of minutes is yours.
00:47:40.99\00:47:43.32
What impact does this had
00:47:43.36\00:47:44.93
and what do you have to
say to the folk at home?
00:47:44.96\00:47:47.56
Danny, coming here to
3ABN was for the first time
00:47:47.60\00:47:51.13
that I worked for
a Christian entity.
00:47:51.17\00:47:56.47
I always worked in the
world and has challenges
00:47:56.50\00:48:01.04
that the Lord had for me,
00:48:01.08\00:48:03.28
so that I could
grow in many ways.
00:48:03.31\00:48:06.78
I am very sure
that He can do anything,
00:48:06.82\00:48:11.05
whatever you are,
00:48:11.09\00:48:12.42
but being in here is
been a big, big blessing.
00:48:12.45\00:48:16.79
And when we go places
and the people you can see
00:48:16.83\00:48:22.93
and they tell you by the
love that they have for 3ABN.
00:48:22.96\00:48:26.87
It is amazing,
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.30
and when I hear
your stories, Danny,
00:48:28.34\00:48:31.71
they always
really impresses my heart
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.28
and it touches my heart,
00:48:34.31\00:48:35.91
and the kind of
person that you have been
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.85
and how the Lord have used you,
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.02
and sometimes I
have said Lord, you know,
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.69
what else can I do.
00:48:43.72\00:48:45.49
Some people do so much,
00:48:45.52\00:48:48.22
but I know the Lord
every day has a plan for us
00:48:48.26\00:48:52.23
and sometimes we
don't do big things
00:48:52.26\00:48:54.53
but the Lord still
uses in small ways,
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.63
and it's been a big,
big blessing in growing.
00:48:57.67\00:49:01.44
When I answered the phones
00:49:01.47\00:49:04.47
that many times that
people wants the free offer.
00:49:04.51\00:49:09.21
But they always
say it, they says,
00:49:09.24\00:49:11.55
always say it has
changed my life, it has,
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.85
it's been so good,
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.22
and I want to share
it with other people,
00:49:16.25\00:49:19.29
and that is wonderful.
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.72
And then when they
said just this week,
00:49:21.76\00:49:24.56
last week at the
end of last week,
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.20
I had a phone call from a
man and he says, you know,
00:49:27.23\00:49:31.87
we were watching Lassa,
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.67
that's Spanish evangelical
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.64
and for but then all of a sudden
00:49:37.67\00:49:40.51
Lassa is not there,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.21
and then we find
this station 3ABN.
00:49:42.24\00:49:45.98
And we are so blessed,
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.95
it says because we have learned
00:49:47.98\00:49:51.15
so much truth about it.
00:49:51.19\00:49:53.79
So he was praising the Lord
00:49:53.82\00:49:56.83
and he want to pray
a prayer for his family
00:49:56.86\00:50:00.13
and so those things just really
make you excited and continue.
00:50:00.16\00:50:05.17
We're so thankful for
you and CA and all your work,
00:50:05.20\00:50:08.04
dedication over these years.
00:50:08.07\00:50:09.40
Yvonne, a couple of minutes,
00:50:09.44\00:50:10.97
well, tell us
what's on your heart?
00:50:11.01\00:50:12.67
Oh, oh my Chris, I might burst.
00:50:12.71\00:50:17.85
Well, you know,
00:50:17.88\00:50:19.21
I think so often we can
take things for granted.
00:50:19.25\00:50:22.25
You know, some
station is on and you watch it
00:50:22.28\00:50:26.22
and you're blessed by it,
00:50:26.25\00:50:27.62
but you don't really
feel impressed to do anything
00:50:27.66\00:50:33.23
because you're just not,
00:50:33.26\00:50:34.60
you're not in touch with it.
00:50:34.63\00:50:36.43
Once you ask
God, what should I do,
00:50:36.46\00:50:39.57
it doesn't even
have to be money.
00:50:39.60\00:50:41.30
Sometimes it's something that
00:50:41.34\00:50:42.67
you have in that, you know,
00:50:42.70\00:50:45.27
one man's trash is
another man's treasure.
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.41
So we have a
donations department here,
00:50:47.44\00:50:49.94
and you can
send something there.
00:50:49.98\00:50:52.71
So we can all do something
00:50:52.75\00:50:55.58
and one thing that
00:50:55.62\00:50:57.79
I think is important to know
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.15
and that is that everybody here
00:50:59.19\00:51:01.46
really believes
in this ministry.
00:51:01.49\00:51:03.76
We are not just saying
this is a great ministry,
00:51:03.79\00:51:06.19
we really believe
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.56
because we see on a daily basis
00:51:07.60\00:51:09.76
what God is doing
through this ministry,
00:51:09.80\00:51:12.40
and so it is such a
privilege and a blessing
00:51:12.43\00:51:15.44
to be a part of 3ABN.
00:51:15.47\00:51:18.47
I feel so honored
and I feel as though,
00:51:18.51\00:51:21.04
we are here for
such a time as this
00:51:21.08\00:51:23.65
and that Jesus is coming soon.
00:51:23.68\00:51:26.38
And the sooner we
can all rally together
00:51:26.41\00:51:29.88
and come together
00:51:29.92\00:51:31.25
and really get the
gospel out with your help.
00:51:31.29\00:51:35.42
We can just get the word out,
so that nobody has to be lost.
00:51:35.46\00:51:41.06
And if people
don't hear about Jesus,
00:51:41.10\00:51:44.73
guess what is on us,
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.33
your blood is on us.
00:51:46.37\00:51:48.40
So we have to
really, really ask God
00:51:48.44\00:51:51.67
what He would have us to
do and then do it, just do it.
00:51:51.71\00:51:55.54
Good. Thank you.
00:51:55.58\00:51:56.91
CA, we have a couple of minutes.
00:51:56.95\00:51:58.28
We want to give
Kenny a couple of minutes.
00:51:58.31\00:51:59.65
Go on what's on
your heart four and half,
00:51:59.68\00:52:02.22
almost five hours now.
00:52:02.25\00:52:03.65
I know we're tired you
got any thoughts left for us?
00:52:03.69\00:52:07.19
You know, it's interesting that
00:52:07.22\00:52:08.56
Jill quoted from
the Book of Isaiah.
00:52:08.59\00:52:11.96
Isaiah is my
favorite Old Testament book
00:52:11.99\00:52:14.36
because in Isaiah we
see God on the stretch.
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.13
Okay.
00:52:17.17\00:52:18.50
We see a God who is
desperate to save His people
00:52:18.53\00:52:21.97
and 3ABN is a
latter day manifestation
00:52:22.00\00:52:25.37
of the desperation of God.
00:52:25.41\00:52:28.78
God was so desperate
that He roamed the earth,
00:52:28.81\00:52:31.41
His eyes roamed on the
earth and He says you know,
00:52:31.45\00:52:33.21
I'm gonna take this
little guy in Southern Illinois,
00:52:33.25\00:52:37.15
he doesn't know it
yet but he's got a burden
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.19
and I'm about to
put a big burden on him.
00:52:39.22\00:52:41.46
And you were just smart enough
to listen to the voice of God.
00:52:41.49\00:52:47.16
And God will use
anyone at anytime
00:52:47.20\00:52:49.36
and in any place
to do what He wants.
00:52:49.40\00:52:50.93
I've seen God do
so much with so little
00:52:50.97\00:52:53.13
for so long that
I'm convinced God
00:52:53.17\00:52:54.84
can do anything with nothing.
00:52:54.87\00:52:56.77
And what He has done here is
00:52:56.81\00:52:59.01
made this entity a
tool in the hands of God
00:52:59.04\00:53:02.41
for the salvation of
the souls of men and women,
00:53:02.44\00:53:04.71
and then He's brought people
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.08
from the various
parts of the world
00:53:06.11\00:53:08.38
and planted them here.
00:53:08.42\00:53:09.75
And there were some
people who came here,
00:53:09.78\00:53:11.12
who perhaps
shouldn't have been here
00:53:11.15\00:53:12.49
and then God just
moved them to something else,
00:53:12.52\00:53:14.36
and those who have the 12 years,
00:53:14.39\00:53:16.16
the 15 years or
the 17 years are here
00:53:16.19\00:53:18.73
because they have the vision.
00:53:18.76\00:53:21.23
I look at the
people on the board,
00:53:21.26\00:53:22.60
I do this real quick.
00:53:22.63\00:53:23.97
God has put people on the board,
00:53:24.00\00:53:25.90
who are not, yes people.
00:53:25.93\00:53:28.57
You look these are
all accomplished people
00:53:28.60\00:53:30.37
who know how to say no,
00:53:30.41\00:53:32.21
but the reason the
answer is always yes is
00:53:32.24\00:53:35.14
because the vision is the same,
00:53:35.18\00:53:36.98
and when you
got the same vision,
00:53:37.01\00:53:39.35
it doesn't take
a lot of selling,
00:53:39.38\00:53:40.72
it doesn't take a
lot of huckstering,
00:53:40.75\00:53:42.08
you just cast that vision
and people pick up the vision
00:53:42.12\00:53:44.12
because the vision is from God.
00:53:44.15\00:53:46.72
And 3ABN will go
just as far, just as fast,
00:53:46.76\00:53:49.26
just as long as God wants to go.
00:53:49.29\00:53:51.23
We are on the battlements now,
00:53:51.26\00:53:52.89
when we go others will come
on the battlements behind us,
00:53:52.93\00:53:55.70
and God will use this
ministry to save every man,
00:53:55.73\00:53:58.77
woman, boy or girl
that He wants to be saved.
00:53:58.80\00:54:01.17
And it is a
privilege and a pleasure
00:54:01.20\00:54:03.71
to work with such
wonderful Christian people,
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.77
and be part of something
that I know is bigger than me,
00:54:05.81\00:54:08.18
bigger than all of us,
00:54:08.21\00:54:09.54
it was something
in the mind of God
00:54:09.58\00:54:12.25
that He made
happen and we are...
00:54:12.28\00:54:14.22
It's marvelous, you know
00:54:14.25\00:54:16.05
this is the Lord is doing
00:54:16.08\00:54:17.42
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
00:54:17.45\00:54:19.05
Amen, Brother Kenny, 32 years?
00:54:19.09\00:54:22.12
Well, you know, I
was just thinking back,
00:54:22.16\00:54:24.56
I preached a sermon
just not too long ago
00:54:24.59\00:54:26.43
and I thought how
appropriate would be
00:54:26.46\00:54:27.80
at the end of the year,
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.16
you're talking about
people getting involved,
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and it says, how we
rob God even in death.
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It's interesting
subject, people are robbing God,
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you know, through
life even after they die,
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they are still robbing him.
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So we need to be
aware of how we might do it
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and a lot of
people are not aware
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because they are
taking what God has loan them.
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They are given to
unbelieving children,
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all those we learned about it.
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You know, they are not putting
it back into the treasury,
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so there are things
that we need to be doing
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since the work is
wrapping, Jesus is coming soon.
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We need to be
ready for His coming.
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This probably 3ABN as
everyone has said here,
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it's a real thrill and real
privilege for us to be involved
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what little bit we are,
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we've come to
love each and everyone,
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we see that the
love for Christ is real.
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If it was not,
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I wouldn't want to be here
and everyone agrees with that.
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The message is real,
it is a timely message,
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we need to be
giving that message
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and God's people,
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we want them to get involved,
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I think it's about
four five hours it's about,
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give God the praise, the honor
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and but please
everybody get involved.
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Everyone needs
to hear the gospel,
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everyone will hear
if their ears are open
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and God is gonna give us
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that opportunity and
privilege to hear this message.
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We need your help, please,
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help get this
message preached to the world
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so that the bottom line,
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I see, I heard just a passage
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'cause you talk about that
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the board members
also who passed away.
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I want this for
me if I happened rest
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before Jesus comes,
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I know you wanted to
found in Revelation 14:13,
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I'll hurry, it says here,
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"And I heard a voice
from heaven saying unto me,
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Write, Blessed are the dead
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which die in the
Lord from henceforth:
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Yea, saith the Spirit,
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that they may rest
from the their labors
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and their works do follow them."
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Okay. All right.
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praise God. Good, good.
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It's been a biggest blessing
in my life being part of 3ABN.
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Praise the Lord, me too.
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I just told
Yvonne the other day,
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woke up with this thought
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that you have to be
humble enough in ministry,
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you need to be humble enough
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to know you can't
do it on your own,
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but confident enough
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to know God can
do great and mighty,
00:56:31.29\00:56:34.32
and marvelous
things through you.
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Other words, so
it's not he is doing,
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it's not you is humble
enough to know you can't do it
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but get confident enough,
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strong enough to go forward
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and know and expect
00:56:46.67\00:56:48.07
great and
mighty marvelous things
00:56:48.10\00:56:49.54
to happen in spite of us.
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God work through us,
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Mollie, we have
few seconds in closing.
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In our
inability, He is our ability
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and in our
weakness He's made strong,
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in our insufficiency
He is our all sufficiency,
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and when we walk with that
in our hearts and in our minds,
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there is nothing
that God can't do
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through us and for us.
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All right, love it.
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Amen, can't believe that
our time is just about going
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and we are not
coming back on another hour,
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what have you, you can go home,
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go to sleep, go to bed
00:57:17.57\00:57:18.90
whatever you want to do,
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but thank you for your love
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and your prayers
and financial support.
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Until we see next time,
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may the Lord richly bless you
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abundantly more than
you could ever ask or think.
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Yes. Amen.
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All right.
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