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00:11 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪
00:26 WELCOME TO ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF 00:30 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". THOSE OF YOU WHO SEE US OFTEN KNOW 00:35 THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT BRINGS YOU STORIES OF 00:39 WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT ON THE FRONT LINE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:46 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BOARD MEETINGS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WELL AS A BI-ANNUAL 00:58 RALLY THAT WAS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT GOD 01:02 IS DOING WITH AND THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION. 01:06 I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION. 01:12 THIS IS IN THE SPRING OF 2011, AND A NEW BOARD HAS 01:17 JUST BEEN PUT IN PLACE WITH LOTS OF VISION. 01:21 YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE WONDERFUL REPORTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 01:27 TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. I HAVE MY DEAR FRIEND GERALD HERE TODAY. 01:42 WELCOME GERALD. 01:45 SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN HIM AT A PIANO AND HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE 01:52 MUSIC THAT SEEMS TO FLOW OUT OF THE ENDS OF HIS FINGERS. 01:57 WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, GERALD. 01:59 THANK YOU, DAN. 02:01 YOU HAVE COME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH A BURDEN ON YOUR HEART, A VISION IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU 02:13 SHARED THAT WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:17 WHAT FIRST PROMPTED YOU TO COME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:28 LET ME TAKE YOU BACK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS. 02:34 SOMEHOW WE ALL FIND OUR WAYS THROUGH THE INTERVENTION 02:40 OF THE LORD IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND CAREERS. 02:43 I HAD A CAREER THAT WAS HEADING TO NEW YORK ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. 02:50 I WAS ABOUT TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH AN AGENT TO PERFORM AT THE CARNEGIE HALL. 03:02 AS WITH ANY ASPIRING MUSICIAN, AND I WAS A CLASSICAL PIANIST, THERE IS RIGID, GRUELING 03:09 DISCIPLINE NEEDED FOR THIS WORK. I DID NOT HESITATE TO COMMIT MYSELF TO IT. 03:16 I WAS ABOUT TO SIGN A CONTRACT BUT THROUGH A TURN OF EVENTS, 03:26 MY CAREER CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. 03:32 I WAS NOT ABLE TO PLAY PIANO FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. 03:39 SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH MY LEFT HAND. 03:44 I'M LEFT-HAND DOMINANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PIANO. 03:47 I THINK I WAS BORN LEFT HANDED BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 03:50 YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. 03:55 FOR TWO YEARS I SEARCHED AND SOUGHT EVERY KIND OF MEDICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND 04:05 FOR TWO YEARS I SEARCHED AND SOUGHT EVERY KIND OF MEDICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND 04:10 PSYCHIATRIC HELP AND HAD COUNSELING AND CONSULTATIONS. 04:14 YOU NAME IT. NO ONE COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY LEFT HAND. 04:19 IT JUST WOULD NOT PLAY. I LOST CONTROL OF IT. 04:23 I WOULD HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE TREMORS. 04:28 IN 1998 AFTER SEEKING MANY DOCTORS, I FOUND A DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN 04:40 MUSICIAN'S HANDS. HE HIMSELF WAS A MUSICIAN PRACTICING IN SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY. 04:46 I WENT UP THERE. HE SAID I HAD TO BE THERE FOR A WHOLE WEEK. 04:52 FIRST DAY, HE SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY HAND. 04:56 SECOND DAY, HE SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY HAND. 04:58 HE SAID, "WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S ACTING LIKE THIS." THIRD AND FOURTH DAY PASSED. 05:00 ON THE FIFTH AND LAST DAY OF THE TESTING, HE SAID, "I HAVE A DIAGNOSIS." 05:09 HE SAID, "I'M DIAGNOSING YOU WITH FOCAL DYSTONIA." I KNEW ABOUT IT. 05:19 HE SAID, "I'M DIAGNOSING YOU WITH FOCAL DYSTONIA." I KNEW ABOUT IT. 05:24 TO ME, IT WAS A DEATH SENTENCE. DYSTONIA FOR A MUSICIAN IS A DEATH SENTENCE. 05:30 FOR SOME OF US WHO ARE NOT WISE IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, 05:35 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE T0 SPELL IT OUT FOR US, GERALD. 05:38 SURE. DYSTONIA CAN HAPPEN TO ANY PART OF YOUR BODY THAT IS 05:44 REPETITIVELY USED AND ABUSED IN THE PROCESS. 05:49 WRITERS GET IT IN THEIR HANDS. HAIR STYLISTS GET IT IN THEIR WRISTS. 05:54 IT IS NOT CARPEL TUNNEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 05:56 THESE ARE DEEP, INGRAINED NERVE MISBEHAVIORS THAT ARE IRREVERSIBLE. 06:04 THEY BASICALLY GO INTO DETERIORATION. IT WAS LIKE A TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT. 06:15 THE DOCTOR SAID, "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ANYMORE UNLESS YOU START FROM ZERO LIKE 06:21 A GROWN MAN STARTING TO WALK ALL OVER AGAIN, CRAWLING. 06:26 HE SAID HE DIDN'T EVEN SEE ASSURANCE OF THAT. 06:30 HE DIDN'T THINK I WOULD PLAY PIANO AGAIN. 06:33 TWO YEARS OF SEARCHING CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION. 06:38 I CAME BACK FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY. ONE EVENING, I WAS ALONE AT MY HOUSE. 06:47 I WANTED TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOD OF THE BIBLE. 06:52 HE HAD FORSAKEN ME AND I WAS GOING TO FORSAKE HIM. I DIDN'T NEED HIM. 06:56 I TOLD HIM, "WHY DID YOU GIVE ME THIS GIFT OF PLAYING IF YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE IT 06:59 AWAY FROM ME?" SO THERE WERE ALL THESE INTERNAL FIGHTS, WARS, QUARRELS, 07:03 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND UNANSWERED PRAYERS. ONE EVENING I WAS HOME ALONE. 07:10 MY GRAND PIANO WAS SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THERE WAS AN OPEN CHURCH HYMNAL. 07:14 AFTER TWO YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND EVEN PONDERING SUICIDE, BELIEVE IT OR 07:19 NOT, I WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND SAT AT THE PIANO. I LOOKED AT THE CHURCH HYMNAL. 07:27 I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SONG IT WAS, BUT I SAID TO MYSELF, "LET ME TRY TO PLAY." 07:34 I STARTED PLAYING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE HYMNAL AND I WAS AFRAID TO LOOK DOWN AT MY FINGERS. 07:40 MY HAND WAS PLAYING AND I GOT A SHOCK. 07:43 I THOUGHT THIS CAN'T BE; MY HAND IS PLAYING. I WENT BACK AND TRIED IT AGAIN. 07:49 I TURNED TO ANOTHER HYMN AND WENT THROUGH IT AND MY HAND WAS PLAYING. 07:57 I THOUGHT I'D TRY IMPROVISING. AND I'VE BEEN IMPROVISING AND PLAYING EVER SINCE. 08:04 SO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING TO US IS A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT HAS NO COMPARISON 08:14 AND A MIRACLE THAT GOD PERFORMED WITHOUT YOU REALLY ASKING FOR IT. 08:21 I WAS BEGGING TO BE HEALED SO THAT I COULD GO TO CARNEGIE HALL AND PERFORM. 08:27 THAT WAS THE PLAN OF MY LIFE, BUT THE LORD HAD OTHER PLANS. 08:33 HE SAID, "I GAVE YOU THIS GIFT OF PLAYING NOT TO GLAMORIZE 08:37 YOURSELF OR SOMEBODY ELSE BUT TO GLAMORIZE ME." 08:41 AS THAT DRAMATIC EXPERIENCE TRANSPIRED, WHAT WENT ON IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT ALL OF THAT? 08:52 THAT THERE IS A PLAN; I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS; BUT I'VE BEEN GIVEN A 08:59 NEW LEASE ON LIFE. MY HAND CAME BACK AND I STARTED PLAYING. 09:04 SINCE THAT EVENING AND TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NOT USED THESE FINGERS TO PLAY ANYTHING OTHER 09:10 THAN MUSIC THAT GLORIFIES GOD. I CAN PLAY MUSIC NOW THAT I WAS NOT ABLE 09:14 TO PLAY WHEN I WAS AT A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL GOING TO NEW YORK. 09:20 GOD LEFT A LITTLE THORN IN THE FLESH TO REMIND ME NOT TO GO BACK. 09:28 EVERY NOW AND THEN I HAVE GESTURES AND I HAVE SOME SPASMS IN MY HAND, BUT NOBODY NOTICES 09:36 IT AND WHEN I PLAY, BY GOD'S GRACE, NO ONE NOTICES IT. 09:41 BUT I KNOW IT, AND I KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM. 09:45 SOMETIMES GOD IS SILENT FOR A REASON. 09:57 YOU HAVE CDS AND SOME DVDS DON'T YOU? 10:04 YES. 10:06 ARE THEY AVAILABLE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 10:08 YES. 10:12 FROM WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD OF GERALD'S STORY, YOU'RE GOING 10:20 TO WANT TO HEAR HOW THAT LEFT HAND PLAYS NOW. 10:25 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THE INSPIRING 10:26 TESTIMONY THAT COMES THROUGH GERALD'S MUSIC. 10:31 I WANT TO DIRECT OUR VIEWERS TO THE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN 10:35 CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH BY MAIL, EMAIL, TELEPHONE, OR WEBSITE. 10:46 NOW THAT YOU'VE MET GERALD, ASK ABOUT HIS MUSIC BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING 10:52 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN YOUR HOME. 11:03 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN YOUR HOME. 11:08 YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION GERALD, BUT WE NEEDED TO HEAR YOUR STORY. 11:15 NOW YOU'RE PLAYING TO GLORIFY GOD DELIBERATELY AND YOU'VE FOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. 11:25 HOW DID GOSPEL OUTREACH COME ACROSS YOUR PATH? 11:30 THE LORD STARTED MATERIALIZING HIS VISION AND HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE, AND IT STARTED WITH MUSIC 11:36 BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS THE MOST SACRED THING TO ME. 11:40 SO REALIZING THERE IS A DEFINITE PLAN, VERY SHORTLY AFTER THIS I FELT THE CALL TO PREACH. 11:50 IT WASN'T MY IDEA AND IT WASN'T MY WANTING. 11:53 I WAS TEACHING, AND I WAS CONDUCTING A CHOIR GROUP IN A 11:57 FILIPINO CONGREGATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 12:01 THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD CONDUCT THEIR CHOIR SO I AGREED AND STARTED CONDUCTING THE CHOIR. 12:06 IN FIVE MONTHS OF REHEARSALS, THE CHOIR GREW FROM 10 PEOPLE TO 35 PEOPLE. 12:12 WE WERE ABOUT TO DO A CONCERT. 12:15 I'M A TASKMASTER WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING MUSIC, AND I GAVE THEM SOME BREATHING EXERCISES TO 12:21 DO DURING THE WEEK BEFORE THE CONCERT. 12:28 RIGHT BEFORE THE CONCERT, I WAS PASSING THROUGH ALL OF THE SINGERS IN THE CHOIR TO SEE IF 12:33 THEY HAD DONE THEIR BREATHING EXERCISES. 12:35 NO ONE HAD DONE A BREATHING EXERCISE. I GOT FRUSTRATED AND MAD. 12:43 BY THE WAY, THE SENIOR PASTOR AND THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR. 12:50 THE CHOIR MEMBERS WERE ALL SITTING DOWN, AND I SHUT MY EARS AND EYES AND I RANTED. 12:54 I JUST LET THEM HAVE IT. I WAS SAYING, "IS THIS HOW YOU WANT TO PRAISE GOD? 12:59 YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE." BLA, BLA, BLA. I WENT ON FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. 13:04 THEN I STOPPED AND PUT MY HANDS IN MY POCKET WAITING FOR THE PASTOR TO SAY "DON'T LET THE 13:10 DOOR HIT YOU IN THE BACK, BUDDY." VERY PRUDENTLY, VERY CAUTIOUSLY HE RAISED HIS HAND 13:17 AND HE SAID, "BROTHER GERALD." I SAID, "WHAT?" HE SAID, "WOULD YOU PREACH FOR 13:25 US NEXT SABBATH?" I SAID, "WHAT?" I'M A MUSICIAN. I'M A PIANIST. 13:33 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PREACHING AND HE ASKS IF I 13:35 WOULD YOU PREACH FOR THEM NEXT SABBATH? 13:38 I SAID, "NO, I'M NOT A PREACHER." HE SAID, "YES, YOU ARE A PREACHER. 13:41 YOU JUST PREACHED TO US. 13:43 START PREACHING NEXT SABBATH." TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED AND I HAVE NOT STOPPED PREACHING SINCE. 13:49 SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PROCESS. 13:51 I KNEW THAT THE WAY OF THE FUTURE WAS TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA, SATELLITE, TELEVISION, INTERNET 13:58 AND ALL OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKING. 14:01 I STARTED PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS. 14:03 I KNEW WHERE THE NEEDS WERE AND THE NEED IN MY SITUATION WAS THE WORLD OF ISLAM. 14:09 THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL BE THE LAST HARVEST FOR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH TO EVANGELIZE, AND THEN 14:21 THE LORD WILL COME. I AM FULLY CONVINCED OF THAT. 14:25 SO I STARTED BUYING EQUIPMENT, CAMERAS, AND EVERYTHING FOR PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS. 14:33 WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THOSE SHOWS? 14:35 ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I APPROACHED ONE OF OUR LEADING NETWORKS, WHICH I WON'T NAME. 14:42 I SAID, "I HAVE THIS SHOW AND I CAN PREACH TO MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD. 14:48 I SPEAK THE FARSI LANGUAGE AND I'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK. 14:52 WOULD YOU PLEASE AIR IT FOR ME?" AT THE TIME THE OWNER OF THE NETWORK HAD NO CONCEPT OF 14:59 WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE SAID, "WE CANNOT BROADCAST THAT TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 15:05 WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOOTPRINTS SO TO SPEAK." AND THEY DIDN'T. 15:11 BUT I DIDN'T STOP SEARCHING. I WAS SEARCHING FOR A NETWORK 15:15 AND LO AND BEHOLD AT THE SAME TIME AN ORGANIZATION HAD BEEN 15:18 SEARCHING FOR ME FOR TWO YEARS BY THE NAME OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:23 I GOT A CALL OUT OF NOWHERE ONE EVENING FROM MY SUPERIOR, DR. BRUCE MOYER. 15:33 I GOT A CALL OUT OF NOWHERE ONE EVENING FROM MY SUPERIOR, DR. BRUCE MOYER. 15:42 HE SOUNDS LIKE JAMES EARL JONES IF YOU KNOW BRUCE. 15:47 HE SAID, "IS THIS GERALD?" I SAID, "YES IT IS." HE SAID, "ARE YOU FROM 15:53 IRAN?" I SAID, "YES I AM, BUT I'M NOT INVOLVED IN ANY FUNNY STUFF." HE SAID, 15:59 "NO, NO, WE WANT YOU TO PRODUCE TELEVISION SHOWS FOR US FOR THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 16:06 ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO COME UP TO WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON?" 16:10 THAT WAS IN 2008 AND THE REST IS HISTORY. 16:14 YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH AN INSPIRING ACCOUNT OF THE WAY OUR GOD LEADS US STEP BY STEP. 16:26 SOMETIMES WE TAKE DETOURS AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHO WE ARE, 16:32 WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO OR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. HE NEVER ABANDONS US. 16:37 AMEN. 16:38 WE ARE BEING LED FAITHFULLY ALL THE WAY. 16:44 WE HAVE MORE MATERIAL THAN WE CAN POSSIBLY COVER IN THE PROGRAM TODAY. 16:52 SO YOU WILL WANT TO TUNE INTO FUTURE EPISODES OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." GERALD WILL 16:57 RETURN AT A FUTURE TIME AND TELL US MORE ABOUT HIS MINISTRY. 17:04 WHEN THAT CHURCH HYMNAL WAS ON THE PIANO, THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN BY CHANCE. 17:16 TELL US ABOUT YOUR EARLY UP BRINGING. 17:19 I'M A THIRD GENERATION ADVENTIST. 17:22 MY GRANDPA ACCEPTED THE ADVENT MESSAGE IN IRAN IN THE FORTIES. THEN MY MOM ACCEPTED THE FAITH. 17:31 OBVIOUSLY, SHE WAS NO THEOLOGIAN BUT BASED ON THE LIGHT THAT SHE HAD, SHE RAISED US THREE KIDS IN 17:38 AN ADVENTIST HOME WITH THE ADVENTIST TRUTH. 17:42 SHE TOOK US TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH, SO THE SEEDS WERE PLANTED EARLY ON AT THE RIGHT 17:50 TIME AND WITH A MODEL LIFESTYLE THAT MY MOM CREATED IN THE HOME. 17:56 SHE DID NOT COMPROMISE. SHE IS NOT A THEOLOGIAN BUT ACCORDING 18:02 TO THE LIGHT THAT SHE HAD, SHE WAS FAITHFUL TO IT. 18:08 WE MIGRATED TO THE U.S. OVER 30 YEARS AGO. 18:16 THE GIFT OF LANGUAGES WAS PART OF OUR HOME. 18:19 WE WERE BORN AND RAISED WITH FOUR LANGUAGES AND SPOKE FOUR LANGUAGES ON A DAILY BASIS. 18:26 WHEN I WAS A KID IN SABBATH SCHOOL, EVERY TIME THERE WAS A CHALLENGING VERSE TO MEMORIZE, 18:37 THE SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER WOULD POINT AT ME TO SAY IT. 18:40 SHE WOULD PUT ME RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM. 18:43 ALL THE REST OF THE KIDS WOULD SAY LITTLE VERSES LIKE "JESUS WEPT", 18:49 BUT SHE WOULD GIVE ME ONES LIKE II CORINTHIANS 5:10-14. 18:56 AS A KID, I WOULD WONDER WHY SHE WAS DOING THIS. 18:58 WHY DO I HAVE TO DO ALL THE DIFFICULT VERSES? 19:02 THAT SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER LATER TOLD ME THAT FROM THE TIME I FIRST CAME TO CHURCH, WHEN I 19:15 WAS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD, SHE COULD TELL THAT 19:18 I WAS VERY VERSED IN MEMORIZING AND LANGUAGES. 19:24 AND THAT I WAS BOLD AND KIND OF COCKY, SO SHE PUT ME RIGHT UP FRONT. 19:29 THOSE LITTLE SEEDS CAME TO FRUITION LATER ON. 19:35 THAT EARLY MEMORIZATION GIVES YOU CURRENT RECALL SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 19:48 GERALD, I WANT TO HAVE OUR AUDIENCE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF 19:58 THE PRODUCTION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 20:01 WE'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT FOR OUR PROGRAM. 20:09 THIS IS A COLLAGE OF THREE LANGUAGES THAT HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED SO FAR. 20:15 AND YOU'LL TELL US MORE ABOUT IT AFTER WE SEE IT. 20:21 ♪VIDEO MUSIC♪ 20:31 ♪VIDEO MUSIC♪ 21:55 I AM IMPRESSED WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN. 22:04 ONE IS THE PACE WITH WHICH YOU ARE PRODUCING PROGRAMS REVELANT 22:12 FOR TELEVISION VIEWERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 22:21 NUMBER TWO IS THE RELEVANCY OF YOUR VIDEO GRAPHICS. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP WATCHING. 22:30 IT'S NOT LIKE PUTTING UP A 15 OR 30 SECOND MESSAGE THAT STARTS 22:38 YOU YAWNING BEFORE THE THING IS OVER. YOU'VE GO TO KEEP WATCHING. 22:42 THAT'S DELIBERATE IN YOUR PRODUCTION, ISN'T IT? 22:44 YES, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 22:47 NUMBER ONE IS I GET BORED WITH THE SAME FORMAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE I'M A MUSICIAN. 22:52 WE DON'T PLAY THE SAME PHRASE TWICE THE SAME WAY. 22:55 NUMBER TWO IS THAT WHEN WE ARE PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS FOR THE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES, 23:01 ESPECIALLY CENTRAL ASIA WHICH IS HOME TO IRANIANS, AFGHANIS, PAKISTANIS AND THE SAUDIS; 23:07 WE'RE DEALING WITH ABOUT 70 TO 80 MILLION PEOPLE BELOW THE AGE OF 30. 23:17 WE'RE TALKING VERY YOUNG AUDIENCES. 23:22 THEY'RE ALL PACKING AROUND THEIR OWN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY 23:26 THAT ACCESSES THE REST OF THE WORLD. 23:29 YOU'VE GOT TO FIT IN WITH THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GRAB THEIR ATTENTION. 23:33 AND SINCE WE'RE PRODUCING SHOWS AND AIRING THEM ON SATELLITE, SATELLITE NETWORKS 23:37 HAVE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CHANNELS, AND IT'S ALL THE MATTER OF A CLICK OF A BUTTON. 23:42 I DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND ANALYZING AS TO HOW TO KEEP THE 23:49 VIEWER ATTUNED AND FOCUSED FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 SECONDS. 23:56 IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, IF YOU KEEP THEM FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS 24:00 YOU CAN KEEP THEM FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. 24:03 ONE OF MY FIRST DECISIONS WAS TO TRY TO BE AS REAL AND AS ANIMATED AS POSSIBLE, 24:11 SO WE STARTED SHOOTING ON LOCATIONS AND NOT IN THE STUDIOS. 24:16 NOT SITTING AND TALK HEAD FORMAT BUT MOSTLY IN OUTSIDE 24:20 STATE PARKS, STADIUMS, STREETS, DOWNTOWN AND SO FORTH. 24:25 YOUR MUSICIANS LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF MUSICIANS PEOPLE MY AGE 24:35 YOUR MUSICIANS LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF MUSICIANS PEOPLE MY AGE 24:40 WOULD GO ON PAST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT US. 24:45 BUT WE ARE NOT THE PERSONS WHO NEED TO BE REACHED WITH THIS MESSAGE. 24:51 WITH OUR SHOWS I HAVE PRETTY MUCH THAT WHOLE STRATA IN MIND. 24:55 IT'S NOT JUST THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, 24:58 BUT THE MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE AND THE OLDER FOLK. 25:00 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK OUR MUSIC KIND OF EXPRESSES. 25:05 WE HAVE MODERN SOUNDING MUSIC. WE HAVE TRADITIONAL SOUNDING MUSIC. 25:12 AND TO COVER IT ALL, WE ALSO HAVE CLASSICAL. 25:17 I WOULD SAY WITHIN THOSE THREE GENRES, WE COVER PRETTY MUCH THE 25:20 WHOLE STRATA OF MUSIC WITHOUT OFFENDING OR WITHOUT DEFENDING. 25:25 THE FOLKS WHO JUST SAW WHAT YOU SAMPLED FOR US SAW THOSE STEPS MOVING UP. 25:36 EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT SAYS IN THOSE LANGUAGES. 25:41 WE DID SAMPLES OF THREE SHOWS, FARSI, ARABIC AND ARMENIAN. THE NAME OF 25:48 THE FARSI SHOW IS "A BETTER TOMORROW." THE NAME OF THE ARABIC SHOW IS "A MESSAGE 25:53 OF PEACE." THE NAME OF THE ARMENIAN SHOW IS "STEPS TO CHRIST." I ASKED MY EDITOR TO 26:00 COME UP WITH A GRAPHIC, AND I KIND OF HELPED HIM WITH THE SIZINGS AND THE GRIDS. 26:07 I NEEDED STEPS AND I NEEDED FEET TO GO UP ON THOSE STEPS 26:13 INDICATING, REFLECTING STEPS TO CHRIST. 26:15 MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT WHY THAT FITS THE 26:18 ARMENIAN APPEAL BETTER THAN IT WOULD THE OTHERS. 26:22 GERALD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US IN THIS PROGRAM. 26:27 WE'VE BARELY TOUCHED SOME OF THE EXCITING POTENTIAL. 26:37 WE'VE BARELY TOUCHED SOME OF THE EXCITING POTENTIAL. 26:42 THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING. 26:44 WE INVITE OUR VIEWERS TO JOIN US FOR ANOTHER BROADCAST, TOO. 26:47 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR VIEWING FAMILY WHO PRAY AND SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY. 26:50 AND I'LL BE HERE NEXT TIME TOO. 26:52 BYE NOW. 26:53 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06