Hello again, and
welcome again to this segment of
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ASI Members in Action, where
we are listening to what ASI
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members are doing in
their part of God's vineyard.
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Have you enjoyed the
stories so far this evening?
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Each one of these gentlemen
represent different ministries,
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so welcome to all of you
who are joining me here on the
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platform also this evening.
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Vaughan Sparrow is the President
of Wildwood Institute and
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Lifestyle Center in Clinock.
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Vaughan welcome. We're going
to be talking about Wildwood for
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just a minute, but before we do
that I'd like to maybe introduce
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you, and perhaps you
could tell us where you're from,
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and how you got involved, and
how long you've been involved
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as President there at Wildwood.
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I've noticed a little
Southern accent in your speech,
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but not the kind of
Southern accent that you'd run
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into here in Texas.
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It comes from the deep South.
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Deep South! Okay. Ha!
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South Africa. South Africa.
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I was born to farming
parents in South Africa.
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At the end of my high
school my father wanted us to
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get some education.
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Went to Heidelberg
College in South Africa.
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When I graduated
there we went farming.
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And the Lord
convicted us to get involved in
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medical missionary work.
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Worked it out that we could
come to Wildwood, and we've been
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there for about
twelve and a half years.
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Wonderful! Give me a
birds-eye view of what Wildwood
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is and what you do there.
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Wildwood is a ministry of
dedicated lay people, volunteers
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to service trying to
spread God's love and His Word
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to hasten His soon return.
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We have a video that will
explain a little bit more about
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what Wildwood does.
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And so perhaps if we could
roll that video at this moment,
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and it will give you a good idea
as to what Wildwood's about.
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Thank you.
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Hidden among the outskirts
of Chattanooga there is a place
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called Wildwood; a community
of Seventh-day Adventists that
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focus on the ministry of
Christ by claiming lives for His
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Kingdom through
medical missionary work,
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health evangelism,
and social interactions.
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Ah, the involvement, the mindset
of the place is beautiful.
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It's not the money, it's
the love, the understanding,
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the person in
general; the physical part,
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and the spiritual part.
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We can't come here
and not be smiling.
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Everybody waves to you: Hi!
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So it's new, but I love it.
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I hope I can use that to change
myself, my people I came from.
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What I love about Wildwood
is that Wildwood is so much more
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that what happens
here on this campus.
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It may start here, but
then people go out from here,
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and they go out and
they start lifestyle centers,
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they start projects, they do
mission work, they change their
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communities, they
work with their churches.
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Wildwood is
basically like a launching pad.
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It's somewhere that
people come, they get inspired,
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they get trained, but then they
go to all corners of the world
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and do amazing
things for the Lord.
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How does
something like this happen?
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Wildwood is the
result of many miracles.
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It's inspiring reading and
hearing about those miracles
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from the many resources
that we have available.
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The men and women who
started Wildwood had a vision.
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They believed in ministry
that would impact the world,
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as well as
their local community.
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We are now living in the
consummation of that vision
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as Medical Missionary work
has extended across the globe.
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Vaughan you
recently, you celebrated an
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Anniversary there at Wildwood.
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What was your...
What year was it?
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75 years. 75 years.
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And in that time there've
been many miracles that have
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happened, but
some challenges also.
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I understand that this
year there was a challenge,
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but you were able to
overcome that with God's help.
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Tell us a little bit about it.
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I believe that we are
blessed but challenged.
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And this past year we've
had challenges on our education
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front with our medical
missionary training program.
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We were seeking a different
type of Visa, and as we asked
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questions the state decided that
they needed to shut us down.
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And they told us to remove
our web page, and they did some
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further investigation.
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But by the Lord's grace, we
were able to get legal opinion.
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And as we sought that
legal opinion we were eventually
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granted religious exemption
for our education program.
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I mean that was a real blessing.
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You see the Lord's hand
in that decision then? Amen!
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Amen. So the
Education Department is
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back up and running?
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Back up and running, and
we're training missionaries
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that go all around the world.
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And there is a project
that ASI is helping you with.
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What's that all about?
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We have a Community
Center that we've started.
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It's a project, and thanks to
ASI and our donors, we were able
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to start this project.
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We've had many challenges in
location, in licensing, weather,
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but we are ready to roll.
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And, hopefully, by the end
of this summer we will have
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at least the earthwork done.
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And so it's
been a real blessing.
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And, again, we want to thank
you, ASI, for the support that
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is being given to us.
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In that 75 years, again, many,
many stories that couldn't be
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recounted, but perhaps
you have just one that you
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could share with us.
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We have so many and this;
on the education front we have
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lives being changed,
character's being formed.
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In our Lifestyle
Center though we get to see
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firsthand God's healing.
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And Michelle was experiencing
numbness, tingling in her arms,
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hands, and feet, and
legs, and eventually she
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was diagnosed with MS.
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And after a lot of medication,
a hospital stay, she decided
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that she didn't want to continue
with this the rest of her life.
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After she was released from the
hospital she decided to go on a
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juice fast, and take
things into her own hands.
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She experienced
healing in a significant way,
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but a short time after
she started to slip again.
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And her own words here: We
called Wildwood, and within a
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few hours we arrived.
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I did not think that I could
financially afford to stay the
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twenty-five days,
but God opened the door.
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It was such a blessing under
the care of doctors who are not
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trying to push poison into your
veins, but who use God's method
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of healing, combined with
a knowledge of the body to
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facilitate
healing and restoration.
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And she says, I appreciated the
fact that the doctors took time
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to pray with each
of us as patients.
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I've seen Him work some miracles
in my life, and in the lives of
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the other guests
that were with me.
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Before I left Wildwood
my symptoms had abated.
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During my time at Wildwood
I received not only physical
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healing, but also emotional,
and spiritual healing.
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And as we listened to these
testimonies of these lifestyle
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guests, it's a highlight
every two weeks in our program
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to hear how the Lord is
actively healing people,
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and changing lives.
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It's... the physical
healing is important. Right.
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But it's the spiritual
healing that we're really after,
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isn't it? That's right.
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Well, Vaughan, it's been
a pleasure speaking to you.
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Thank you so much.
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John Davidson is the
President of Eden Valley.
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Perhaps you could tell me,
was let's say five years ago,
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being the President of Eden
Valley something that you were
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planning to do, and was
on the top of your list?
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Well, five years ago
I wouldn't, excuse me.
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Oh, I'm sorry about that.
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Five years ago? No.
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I... one year ago, No.
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Really? Okay.
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It wasn't on... It
was not on the radar.
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Okay, tell us how it happened.
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Well, it kind of is a
longer story, but it happened by
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Lisa Hodges coming to my
house and asking me to do that.
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But there is kind of a lengthy
story that goes along with that.
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Yeah, we don't have time
for the whole story, of course,
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but the key here is when
God calls, you need to be
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ready to answer it.
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And we discussed just
a little bit about what
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that means for you.
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Okay, well, being born in
a Seventh-day Adventist home,
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and baptized at twelve
years old, like many of us,
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you grow up being a Seventh-day
Adventist, but really not
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dedicating your
life to the Lord.
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You do all the right things,
but you don't dedicate yourself.
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And my dad would tell me as I
grew up, and even he would tell
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me today, You have to dedicate
yourself unconditionally.
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And that's the hard part,
isn't it? unconditionally?
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Think about that for a second.
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When a military army surrenders
unconditionally; and that's your
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heart giving that to God
and saying, Whatever You want
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me to do, I will do.
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Amen. Now we've got a video
that explains just a little bit
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about what Eden Valley is about.
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And also you've
had some challenges
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in the last year or so.
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And so we want to
know what those are.
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But if we could look at the
video that will explain what
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Eden Valley is
and what you do there.
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In 1962 Eden Valley Institute
of Wellness was founded
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at the foothills of the
Rocky Mountain National Park.
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A Lifestyle Center was started
a few years later to reach out
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to those who
were in health crisis.
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Implementing God's natural laws
of health outlined in the Bible,
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and our treatments, our
guests experience rest, healing,
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and peace in the
beautiful nature settings
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surrounding the property.
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More importantly, they
were brought to the knowledge of
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Jesus, who only
can give true healing,
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both
physically, and spiritually.
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Today Eden Valley is blessed
with more than thirty dedicated
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volunteers on staff.
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Our two week natural remedies
program has helped hundreds of
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people to restore their
health, and their faith.
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Our three month educational
program, which combines medical
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missionary work and evangelism
has provided our students with
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knowledge and tools that have
been used to improve the lives
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of believers, and non-believers
all across the globe.
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In 2017 we also started a
new program geared towards
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health professionals.
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The Natural Remedies program
for Health Professionals is an
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intensive one month program
designed to equip individuals
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with medical background.
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Here at Eden
Valley our mission is to
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But the challenges
are big and ever changing.
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In 2010 Eden Valley operations
were threatened by some
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requirements
imposed by the county.
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Included in their list was a
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By God's grace, since
August 2016 the new sewer plant
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has been fully operational.
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The boy's dormitory has been
recently renovated with funds
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donated for this purpose.
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All rooms received new
carpet, a fresh coat of paint,
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and new furniture.
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Eden Valley's Lifestyle
Center must be expanded.
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More space and new equipment
means we can accommodate more
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guests and perform treatments
and programs that are not
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possible with our
current structure.
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Until our Lord and Savior
returns, many people still need
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to be touched by the
medical missionary work.
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Please pray for Eden Valley
as we continue in our journey
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to share God's love through
the gift of better health.
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Now John, the video
mentioned one challenge,
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but there's another challenge
that you mentioned also,
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and you're a recipient of the
project offering that will help
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with that challenge.
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Tell us what it is.
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Yeah, that
challenge is a new kitchen.
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The county came, just like they
did with the sewer plant there,
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and they said we
needed to make a change.
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And the change is we
needed a commercial kitchen.
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We are cooking there and
it's not legal, if you will.
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And so we are working
towards building a brand new
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commercial kitchen.
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So they said, We
love what you're doing;
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you just need to be legal.
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So we can be legal.
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Okay. It wouldn't be complete
if you didn't tell us a little
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bit of a story about what's
going on, and what the Lord's
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doing at Eden Valley right now.
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Well you saw a little bit
about the education department's
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students learning to do
what we do there at Eden Valley,
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our Lifestyle Center.
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I'm just going to
tell you a quick story
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at the Lifestyle Center.
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There was a group
of people that came.
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It was about a month ago.
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We do an outreach session.
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It's one week long.
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And there was a man there
that talked to me, and he said,
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I really didn't have
a good picture of God.
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I had a picture in my
mind of what God was like.
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But after dealing with
our people there in the
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Lifestyle Center, and
studying the Bible each morning.
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We have worship
at 6:30 each morning.
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He says, Now I have a
new picture of what God is.
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God is love. The way
that you treat me here
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shows what God is like.
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And so his complete
picture of God has changed.
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I see a loving God,
a God who wants me to
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spend eternity with Him.
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Yeah. That's the
picture that we need to leave
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with people, isn't it?
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In fact whether they're Bible
believing Christians or not
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Bible believing Christians, they
still need to have that picture
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at all of our institutions.
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John thank you for talking
to us this evening. Thank you.
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The next organization is
a new organization called
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Adventist Help, and in fact
it's a, I guess you could say,
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actually a fast moving, up
and coming entrepreneurial,
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rough-and-tumble
kind of organization.
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And so you're
doing some exciting work.
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I'd like to introduce to
some of you, probably most of
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you know Kim Busl.
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He's been in mission work for
many decades, and a good friend.
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And also a new friend,
Dr. Michael Von Horsten.
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I think I mangled
your name appropriately.
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And you are also
involved in this new work.
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I'd like for Kim to take just
a moment to give us the cliff
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notes version of
what the work is,
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and how it really came to be.
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It's something
that's fairly brand new,
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and just always evolving.
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So give us an
overview of it Kim.
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Two years ago at the
ASI Europe of Convention
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we went to Budapest.
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We found 3,500 refugees sleeping
in the local train station.
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An ASI member from North America
came to me and said, Kim,
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can you get me ten minutes
with your board? Said, Sure.
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He presented to the board
an opportunity to serve these
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hundreds of thousands of people
in a tangible way as they were
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fleeing war and terror
in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan.
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And we had no
idea what would happen.
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Three months later, what
you see here, Adventist Help
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initiative was created.
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We ended up with a
bus turned into a clinic,
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on the shores of Lesbos.
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This facility was the one
and only medical emergency
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facility on that island.
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As you see the picture of the
boats here, people coming in,
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just imagine
yourself having lived in a
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desert, you end up here.
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We all know that
thousands of people have
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drowned on their way.
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The Lord led
wonderfully in this ministry.
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Thousands of people
have been ministered unto.
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Volunteers from around
the world fly themselves,
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they pay for themselves
to be there, and they serve
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the needs of these folks.
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When they closed Turkey so
the boats couldn't come out,
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they closed the gates
of Greece so the refugees
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couldn't enter Europe.
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They asked us to establish
a facility at a refugee camp.
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And you saw in that
slide a 40 foot container.
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A person whom we all
know, Elder Neil Wil... Elder...
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Did I say that right?
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Ted Wilson, sorry Ted!
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I remember your Dad.
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...heard about Adventist Help.
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He appealed to Vereotho Filao,
the President if ASI Europe.
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He said, Can
Adventist Health come to Iraq?
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There's a great need in
Iraq for this type of ministry.
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We kind of drew sticks to see
who would win the trip to Iraq,
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and I won, so I
got to go to Iraq.
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And shortly
thereafter my good friend here,
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Dr. Michael von
Horsten, from South Africa,
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came to spearhead
that work in Iraq.
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He was a great
strength to us in Greece.
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And so in Iraq, which you're
going to see, is a partnership
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between Maana, the
Middle East North Africa, right?
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And ADRA, and
Adventist Health, and volunteers
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from around the world.
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Dr. Michael, maybe you
can give us an idea of what
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typically is going on at this...
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Well, it's a
hospital there in Iraq.
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And also how did it get going
exactly there in that vicinity?
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And did you do
it all by yourself?
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No, definitely not.
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So this has been one of the
most exciting projects I've ever
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been involved in
my medical career.
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So we came to Iraq in
February of this year.
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I went there to possibly open
up a small clinic like we've
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opened in Greece;
possibly two or three beds.
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And I walked into the
ADRA office and we talked about
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the possibilities for opening
up this unit, and collaborating
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with ADRA Kyrgyzstan.
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And from there
it just skyrocketed.
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I actually don't even
know how it all happened.
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But the facility that we have
on the ground now is a 45 bed
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hospital, a 6 consultation
room Primary Care Units,
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a Mental Health Unit, a Dental
Unit that's busy being developed
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at the moment, and 9 bed
Emergency Unit with a 3 bed
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Heart Care Unit, and X-ray
Units, an Ultrasound Facility,
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and a Laboratory, plus a
Pharmacy, which is absolutely
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nothing short of a miracle.
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So, yeah, we're really
excited to be on the ground.
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Just to give you an idea of
the location, we're actually
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20 kilometers east of the...
20 miles east of the city of
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Morcell, so for those of
you who have been following the
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Middle Eastern... Things events
happening in the Middle East,
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this is one of the
strongholds of Isis.
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And the deliberation process
that's been underway for the
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past two months in
the area has displaced
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hundreds of thousands of people.
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And currently we...
There's a cluster of five IDP,
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Internally Displaced Persons,
camps with collected populations
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of 100,000 people; that's
20,000 children sitting with no
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access to
emergency care, inpatient
00:19:54.16\00:19:56.79
facilities on the ground.
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And that's where ADRA and
Adventist Health have stepped
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in and put this
facility together.
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So, yes, it's
incredible to be there.
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We, just to give you an idea
of people we're dealing with,
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this is a population that
has had absolutely no medical
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care for three years.
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You know, there every day
we've seen children that are,
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have been starving to death.
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They've been
living on rice water.
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The parents have been
eating grass, which they buy
00:20:20.48\00:20:23.92
for $12 a kilogram.
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They've been eating
cat meat that they buy
00:20:25.42\00:20:28.02
for $45 per kilogram.
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They've been starving.
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It's been a siege of
Biblical proportions.
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And so we're dealing
with children with miasmas,
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severe acute malnutrition.
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We're dealing with people with
severe mental health issues.
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We're dealing with
people who've seen crucifixions
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on a day-to-day basis, people
that have had their children
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beheaded, and people who've
had their brothers and sisters
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thrown off buildings, and who've
been sex slaves, who've been
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tortured, and we see children
in our clinics that have been
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electrocuted and
tortured by Isis.
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So this is a group of people
that are incredibly vulnerable.
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These are not terrorists,
these are victims of terrorism.
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And we are here
to reach out to them.
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It's a beautiful entering wedge
into the 10/40 window. Yeah.
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This type of work is something
that you could probably tell
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us stories for hours.
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Unfortunately, we only
have a few seconds left.
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So if someone wants to get
involved in the work that you're
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doing; if someone here is
listening and they'd like to
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get involved, how can they get
involved in what you're doing?
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Well, right now we have an
Adventist Health booth here
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at the Convention, and I
invite you to come see Claus,
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see Michael, see myself.
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This has been a
faith venture from day one,
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where we responded to a
call that God put before us,
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and it's been a
miracle to watch it happen.
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Every two weeks we have bills
to pay, and we have no money
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in the bank account.
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We need volunteers from
around the world to keep
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this hospital open.
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We went from a 40 foot
clinic to a 45 bed hospital.
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We have no administration;
we have no paid help.
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It's simply a miracle that
we see God working to touch the
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lives of people, to share the
love of Christ in a tangible way
00:22:03.95\00:22:07.79
in countries where we have
not had success in years past.
00:22:07.82\00:22:11.46
Please come by the
booth, or you can visit
00:22:11.49\00:22:13.96
www. AdventistHelp. org
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Thank you so much gentlemen.
00:22:16.40\00:22:18.17
And ASI is praying for
each one of your ministries.
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We'll keep you in prayer.
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And we know that God is
blessing, and He will continue
00:22:23.14\00:22:25.37
to bless in the future.
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Thank you so
much. Thank you, Cal.
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I do what I do because I
believe that the gospel is
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compelling thing there is, and
at times I don't believe that we
00:22:34.32\00:22:38.25
communicate it as
beautifully as we can.
00:22:38.29\00:22:40.86
So I design for ministries
of the Adventist Church because
00:22:40.89\00:22:44.63
the message is beautiful.
00:22:44.66\00:22:46.70
The audience
doesn't always see it.
00:22:46.73\00:22:48.70
I think ASI is really
great because it provides
00:22:48.73\00:22:51.33
an opportunity for me to meet
a bunch of really great people
00:22:51.37\00:22:55.44
who have been doing very
inspiring work in the church.
00:22:55.47\00:22:58.17
And as I want to work
with Adventist ministries,
00:22:58.21\00:23:01.28
and help them communicate what
they are doing, I love knowing
00:23:01.31\00:23:04.85
what they are doing, and
it inspires me to be a better
00:23:04.91\00:23:08.15
Christian, and I think
that's something that we can all
00:23:08.18\00:23:11.39
see as having really
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We're delighted to be here
tonight, and to talk about some
00:23:21.33\00:23:25.13
fantastic things that God
is doing in the lives of people
00:23:25.17\00:23:28.94
who are ministering
right out on the front lines.
00:23:28.97\00:23:32.84
I want to get right to it.
00:23:32.87\00:23:34.28
Fred and Jill
Cornforth are here.
00:23:34.31\00:23:37.35
I want you to know that Fred
is our new Chapter President
00:23:37.38\00:23:40.58
for the North Pacific
Union Conference and ASI,
00:23:40.62\00:23:44.59
our ASI Chapter up there.
00:23:44.62\00:23:45.95
Fred, you were a part of ASI
a long time ago, but tells us.
00:23:46.02\00:23:49.86
Yeah, no, it's remarkable to
think, to be back involved with
00:23:49.89\00:23:53.70
ASI the last two or three years.
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.40
There's been so much good done
by ASI that we felt drawn back
00:23:55.46\00:24:00.17
to it, and we've become
very involved, very involved.
00:24:00.20\00:24:04.91
And it's been a
wonderful experience.
00:24:04.94\00:24:06.78
We just see so much potential.
00:24:06.81\00:24:08.34
And, as you can tell from
all the other people before,
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.18
just wonderful
miracles of God happening in
00:24:11.21\00:24:13.68
people's lives every day.
00:24:13.72\00:24:15.05
So in Boise, which is where
our home is, we just completed
00:24:15.08\00:24:20.49
an Amen Clinic where we had
just under 1,400 people that
00:24:20.52\00:24:26.19
came over a three day period.
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.66
And I think one of the
most remarkable things to me was
00:24:28.73\00:24:31.83
that over half of our volunteers
were in their 20's and 30's.
00:24:31.87\00:24:37.11
So it was a younger group.
00:24:37.14\00:24:38.47
But it was really remarkable
to see these people getting
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.78
involved in people's lives.
00:24:41.81\00:24:43.14
And my wife has some stories
that she'd like to tell that
00:24:43.18\00:24:46.51
came from the clinic itself.
00:24:46.55\00:24:48.08
What a pleasure it was to work
in the mission field of Boise.
00:24:49.08\00:24:53.15
I know that we hear about the
mission field being so far away,
00:24:53.19\00:24:57.19
but really in our home
towns you can find mission
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.96
fields wherever you live.
00:25:00.00\00:25:01.33
So, yes, it was a privilege
for us to serve there in this
00:25:01.36\00:25:05.47
capacity at this medical clinic.
00:25:05.53\00:25:07.87
I am a Pediatric Nurse by
education, and by training,
00:25:07.90\00:25:12.24
and so I gravitate
towards the children.
00:25:12.27\00:25:14.84
And one of my stories
is about a little girl.
00:25:14.88\00:25:17.51
Her name was Nomi, and her
mother, actually their whole
00:25:17.55\00:25:22.35
family; there were three
kids, and a mother and a father,
00:25:22.38\00:25:25.09
that came to my
attention because they were a
00:25:25.12\00:25:27.66
very special family.
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.02
They had waited in line for
five hours to finally get her
00:25:29.06\00:25:32.23
daughter to be seen for vision,
only to find out that she didn't
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.73
quite make the age bracket
that we'd advertised for,
00:25:35.76\00:25:39.67
and so were turned away.
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
Long story short, we... they
went back in line and waited
00:25:41.07\00:25:46.37
again, and waited the
three hours to get to dental,
00:25:46.44\00:25:50.15
because she
also had a toothache.
00:25:50.18\00:25:51.98
So they made it to the front of
the line only to find out that,
00:25:52.01\00:25:55.75
you know, it was getting
to be the end of the day,
00:25:55.78\00:25:57.52
and these people were so
gracious and beautiful about
00:25:57.55\00:26:01.62
having to wait this whole time.
00:26:01.66\00:26:03.43
They weren't angry.
00:26:03.49\00:26:04.83
So we ended up getting
them in because we realized she
00:26:04.86\00:26:08.30
really needed her vision done.
00:26:08.33\00:26:09.66
We got her through the process
really quick, and she just was
00:26:09.70\00:26:13.84
so excited about
finally getting glasses.
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.20
She just said, I
just want to see!
00:26:16.24\00:26:17.64
I just want to see!
00:26:17.67\00:26:19.01
So upon testing found out that
she had such horrible vision
00:26:19.04\00:26:24.31
that we couldn't
help her that day.
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.05
And she was just sobbing,
you know, I just want to see!
00:26:26.11\00:26:30.45
Come to find out her family,
her parents, her mother was a
00:26:30.49\00:26:34.42
stay at home mom, but her dad
had three jobs, and they were
00:26:34.46\00:26:38.33
all part time, so they didn't
have any health insurance.
00:26:38.36\00:26:40.90
And she wasn't going to be able
to get screened for vision till
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.83
second grade, and she
was only six years old.
00:26:43.87\00:26:46.94
So she was going to
have to wait several
00:26:46.97\00:26:48.74
years to get screened.
00:26:48.77\00:26:50.11
So we ended up giving her the
strongest prescription glasses
00:26:50.14\00:26:54.61
that we could and sent her home.
00:26:54.64\00:26:56.48
So she couldn't still see very
well, but she was just sobbing
00:26:56.51\00:27:00.55
when she put on her
bright yellow glasses
00:27:00.58\00:27:02.42
that she had picked.
00:27:02.45\00:27:03.79
She was so excited.
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.15
So we know in a few weeks
later she got her real glasses.
00:27:05.19\00:27:07.69
So we know that we
just helped this one family.
00:27:07.72\00:27:09.99
They came back the next day and
got all their dental work done.
00:27:10.59\00:27:13.40
And it was just such a privilege
to be placed in her life.
00:27:13.43\00:27:18.60
Another super-fast story is
we had, it seemed like a lot of
00:27:18.63\00:27:22.44
our people that came for
the dental needed extractions,
00:27:22.47\00:27:26.07
and a lot of them had job
interviews that they were really
00:27:26.11\00:27:29.58
looking forward to doing,
so wanted to do their best.
00:27:29.61\00:27:32.71
So we just really felt
like we were empowering people
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.75
by helping their health.
00:27:34.78\00:27:36.12
Our theme in
Boise was Love Heals.
00:27:36.15\00:27:39.82
And that's going to be the title
of our Northwest Convention
00:27:39.85\00:27:43.63
in the Spring of 2018.
00:27:43.66\00:27:46.43
But we had a home
that our company had built
00:27:46.46\00:27:50.37
that was on the market.
00:27:50.40\00:27:51.73
And a realtor had showed the
home and had noticed that the
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.90
crawl space cover was not quite
in there straight and correct,
00:27:54.94\00:27:59.64
and after the showing went
back and looked and found in the
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.94
crawl space that there was a
sleeping bag and some clothes.
00:28:02.98\00:28:07.15
And we found out that a young
man, 18 years old, who had aged
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.99
out of the foster care program,
and was still just a junior in
00:28:11.02\00:28:14.52
high school, had nowhere else
to live, and so he had somehow
00:28:14.56\00:28:17.79
found his way into the
home and lived there at night.
00:28:17.83\00:28:20.70
And then when he'd go off to
school during the day, he would
00:28:20.73\00:28:23.10
put his stuff
in the crawl space.
00:28:23.13\00:28:24.73
And so that impacted us.
00:28:24.77\00:28:27.24
And we're setting up some homes
in the area that have an older
00:28:27.27\00:28:31.47
couple that will have two or
three of these kids that have
00:28:31.51\00:28:34.64
aged out of the
foster care system.
00:28:34.68\00:28:36.51
And we're hoping that they're
going to be able to live there
00:28:36.54\00:28:38.51
for two or three years
till they get on their feet,
00:28:38.55\00:28:40.62
maybe even get into
college, is our hope.
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.38
We're also helping with a number
of orphanages around the world.
00:28:42.42\00:28:46.02
It's been a huge blessing to us.
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.76
There's been about thirty or so
orphanages that we have helped
00:28:48.79\00:28:52.43
in different places.
00:28:52.46\00:28:53.96
And there's just... You know,
sometimes there's so much need.
00:28:54.00\00:28:57.83
And I think that's one of the
positive factors about ASI is
00:28:57.87\00:29:01.07
that, you know,
you can't do it alone.
00:29:01.10\00:29:03.04
And there's so much
encouragement that comes when
00:29:03.07\00:29:05.77
you're with people that have
that like-mindedness of being
00:29:05.81\00:29:08.44
a conduit for God's love.
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.15
And that's something that Jill
and I both, we have committed
00:29:10.18\00:29:13.25
ourselves to, is seeking
out people that are like-minded,
00:29:13.28\00:29:16.72
that are like-hearted;
and whether it's a clinic,
00:29:16.75\00:29:19.92
an orphanage, a foster home.
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.92
One, two last little things
that we're involved with too,
00:29:21.96\00:29:26.46
and I shouldn't say little,
but I don't know if we have the
00:29:26.49\00:29:30.43
slide about human trafficking.
00:29:30.47\00:29:32.60
There's millions of
people that are caught up
00:29:32.63\00:29:34.94
in human trafficking right now,
and only 1% are actually rescued
00:29:34.97\00:29:39.61
from that environment.
00:29:39.64\00:29:40.98
Can you imagine that?
00:29:41.01\00:29:42.34
Just 1% are actually rescued.
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.91
And we, our area in Boise, which
has the community of Boise,
00:29:44.95\00:29:50.05
about 700,000 people, has
over 70% church attendance,
00:29:50.09\00:29:55.39
but we have one of the
highest hit rates for reported
00:29:55.42\00:29:58.69
human trafficking.
00:29:58.73\00:30:00.06
So even though you would
think it would be a Christian
00:30:00.10\00:30:02.43
community, we've got a
real problem on our hands.
00:30:02.46\00:30:05.43
And we're also
reaching out and trying to do
00:30:05.47\00:30:06.90
something there as well.
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.27
So, Fred and Jill, you are
actually in the business of
00:30:08.30\00:30:12.24
commercial real estate.
00:30:12.27\00:30:13.61
That's correct.
00:30:13.64\00:30:14.98
But you are finding every
way that you can to do ministry.
00:30:15.01\00:30:18.01
Every minute!
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.38
Amen, that's awesome.
00:30:19.41\00:30:20.75
Dee Casper, Dee
glad to have you here.
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.62
Now, Dee, it's my understanding
that you grew up in the shadow
00:30:23.65\00:30:28.99
of a big satellite dish.
00:30:29.02\00:30:30.73
Ha ha ha, that's true!
00:30:30.76\00:30:32.09
Tell us about that.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.46
Yeah, I grew up about 25
to 30 miles away from the 3ABN
00:30:33.50\00:30:36.16
world headquarters, and
had never actually heard of a
00:30:36.20\00:30:38.43
Seventh-day Adventist
for 21 years, and found it on
00:30:38.47\00:30:41.37
television in the Fall of 2006.
00:30:41.40\00:30:43.64
Okay, so the
television station next door
00:30:43.67\00:30:46.24
you discovered in 2006.
00:30:46.27\00:30:48.84
So what programs
did you start watching?
00:30:48.88\00:30:51.38
Doug Batchelor's, Most Amazing
Prophecy series that he did
00:30:51.41\00:30:55.05
at Berrien Springs
was the first thing.
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.69
It was super helpful.
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.05
I remember thinking, I
wasn't doctrinally rooted.
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.45
I remember thinking,
I've never heard this before,
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.49
but that's what the text says.
00:31:01.52\00:31:02.86
And the more I was hearing...
00:31:02.89\00:31:04.23
After that was
David Asscherick's,
00:31:04.26\00:31:05.76
Discover Prophecy series.
00:31:05.79\00:31:07.13
And from there I went to
find anything of David's that I
00:31:07.16\00:31:10.37
could on the
Internet to just learn more.
00:31:10.40\00:31:11.73
You were baptized when?
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.10
At December 4th, 2010.
00:31:13.23\00:31:15.14
Okay, December 4th of 2010 is
your Anniversary, and you became
00:31:15.17\00:31:18.91
a Seventh-day Adventist because
of the television station next
00:31:18.94\00:31:21.54
door, and their ministry.
00:31:21.58\00:31:22.91
And then you've
became involved in ministry.
00:31:22.94\00:31:25.38
In fact, I believe you
are now leading a ministry
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.08
right next door to 3ABN.
00:31:28.12\00:31:29.72
Yeah, where the
ministry is actually located
00:31:29.75\00:31:31.39
is on Miracle Lane.
00:31:31.42\00:31:32.95
We're on Miracle Lane right
next to the original TV studio.
00:31:32.99\00:31:35.42
So UnScene Media Group,
the ministry I work for,
00:31:35.46\00:31:38.03
that's where
we're located. Yeah.
00:31:38.06\00:31:39.39
Okay, now tell us a
little bit about that ministry.
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.10
So we are a professional
film making organization,
00:31:42.13\00:31:44.43
so we create content internally,
but we're doing a lot of work
00:31:44.47\00:31:47.90
for other organizations.
00:31:47.94\00:31:49.27
So this picture here is some
devotional videos that GYC's
00:31:49.30\00:31:52.47
been releasing through Facebook.
00:31:52.51\00:31:53.84
We produced those for them.
00:31:53.91\00:31:55.31
There's another video we, or
a picture we have right after
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.71
this of a cooking program
we did for a physician here in
00:31:57.75\00:32:00.52
Texas, Dr. Donna Cooper Dockery.
00:32:00.55\00:32:03.28
And she has a television program
encouraging people to get
00:32:03.32\00:32:07.12
healthy, and how to
use food as medicine.
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.12
And so we actually filmed
some cooking programs for those
00:32:09.16\00:32:11.86
television shows that
she has while we were down in
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.73
Texas earlier this year.
00:32:14.76\00:32:16.10
We've done stuff for
like NET School of Evangelism.
00:32:16.13\00:32:18.27
We made their promo
video in other places.
00:32:18.30\00:32:20.07
So that's the industry
that we use to raise funds to
00:32:20.10\00:32:24.37
do a lot of ministry.
00:32:24.41\00:32:25.74
So we do film making
professionally, but our burden
00:32:25.77\00:32:28.28
is to raise funds
to use internally,
00:32:28.31\00:32:31.48
to be able to do
a lot of ministry.
00:32:31.51\00:32:32.98
So we have, basically our burden
is to make content to reach
00:32:33.01\00:32:36.79
young people through
social media that's principled,
00:32:36.82\00:32:39.65
that's Christ centered,
that's modern, but we also have
00:32:39.69\00:32:43.22
training programs to
equip young people to do media.
00:32:43.26\00:32:45.69
So the next picture
we have here is from
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.10
our Summer Film Camp.
00:32:48.13\00:32:49.46
Basically we have 13
to 17 year olds for two
00:32:49.50\00:32:52.00
weeks in the summers.
00:32:52.03\00:32:53.37
They get a chance to
actually learn how to make
00:32:53.40\00:32:55.07
their own short film.
00:32:55.10\00:32:56.44
We teach them how to write
the script, how to do the story
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.64
boarding, how to film
with 4K cameras, how to edit
00:32:58.67\00:33:02.01
on Final Cut Pro,
and we let them use
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.21
MacBook Pros to do that,
and then we have a film festival
00:33:04.25\00:33:07.42
through the 3ABN church at
the end of those two weeks,
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.48
for them to show
what they've made.
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.85
It was a huge success the
year that we did it, last year.
00:33:10.89\00:33:13.46
And then we also have a
nine month internship training
00:33:13.49\00:33:16.56
program called Idea.
00:33:16.59\00:33:17.93
This is one of our Interns
actually giving a devotional
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.26
at Harvard Hills
Academy, where we did a
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.33
Week of Prayer this last Fall.
00:33:22.36\00:33:23.73
And the next picture is of
small groups happening in Texas,
00:33:23.77\00:33:28.67
where we had a youth
event called War Plans,
00:33:28.70\00:33:30.67
basically training
churches to start small groups,
00:33:30.71\00:33:33.44
and particularly to grow their
youth groups in their community
00:33:33.48\00:33:36.54
dealing with heart issues for
young people, short and to the
00:33:36.58\00:33:39.08
point like Ted Talk format.
00:33:39.11\00:33:40.62
Then they break into
small groups and start
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.12
to digest even more.
00:33:42.15\00:33:43.49
And then we kind of leave
them with materials to watch
00:33:43.52\00:33:45.75
together, then do small
groups for the following weeks
00:33:45.79\00:33:48.19
to grow their youth group.
00:33:48.22\00:33:49.56
So that's our burden
is media and evangelism.
00:33:49.59\00:33:52.43
The Idea program, the
nine months training program is
00:33:52.46\00:33:55.36
basically like film
school, and a school of
00:33:55.40\00:33:57.47
evangelism put together.
00:33:57.50\00:33:58.83
So if people have an
interest in digital media,
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.10
but also have an interest
in how to give a Bible study,
00:34:01.14\00:34:03.74
how to preach, how
to share their faith.
00:34:03.77\00:34:05.44
We teach them all of that,
and it's an internship format.
00:34:05.47\00:34:08.48
So it's not just sit in a
classroom all day, and learning.
00:34:08.51\00:34:11.68
It's very, very hands on.
00:34:11.71\00:34:13.18
So when I travel and do a
Week of Prayer, and speak at a
00:34:13.21\00:34:15.22
school somewhere, they
come with; they share too.
00:34:15.25\00:34:17.75
When we travel and do film, for
GYC and others, our girls last
00:34:17.79\00:34:21.52
year actually filmed that,
and did the editing for it.
00:34:21.56\00:34:23.79
So you get to work on
hands on projects to advance the
00:34:23.83\00:34:26.70
world church's mission.
00:34:26.73\00:34:28.06
It's an awesome opportunity.
00:34:28.10\00:34:29.43
We're really excited for it.
00:34:29.46\00:34:30.80
So that's the
ministry side that we're doing.
00:34:30.83\00:34:32.63
We travel and speak in churches,
we do weekends, Week of Prayers,
00:34:32.67\00:34:36.97
and any youth
event; things like that.
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.87
That's one of our biggest
burdens is to not just make
00:34:38.91\00:34:41.08
content, but also be
involved in personal ministry.
00:34:41.11\00:34:44.18
And probably the most amazing
testimony I've witnessed in the
00:34:44.21\00:34:48.18
time that I've been at UnScene,
since of August of 2015 is
00:34:48.22\00:34:52.35
someone that was given
a DVD of a sermon I shared
00:34:52.39\00:34:55.06
at the church locally.
00:34:55.09\00:34:56.42
So running this filmmaking
industry has allowed us to do
00:34:56.46\00:34:59.59
lots of personal ministry,
and preach in churches,
00:34:59.63\00:35:01.96
and do other things.
00:35:02.00\00:35:03.33
That's what
keeps the doors open.
00:35:03.37\00:35:04.70
So one opportunity that came
from this was I preached in a
00:35:04.73\00:35:06.43
church, and a family member
gave them the DVD, The Message.
00:35:06.47\00:35:08.94
And I covered the
sufferings of Christ
00:35:08.97\00:35:10.34
from Gethsemane
through the cross.
00:35:10.37\00:35:12.07
And this person has wrestled
with homosexuality for years,
00:35:12.11\00:35:16.75
since they were a young person.
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.45
And they heard this message,
and they had the most profound
00:35:18.48\00:35:22.45
response to the gospel
I've ever seen in my life.
00:35:22.48\00:35:24.75
And they could not
turn this message off.
00:35:24.79\00:35:28.59
They literally put it on
repeat when the message ended,
00:35:28.62\00:35:30.53
and put that on
nonstop repeat for days.
00:35:30.56\00:35:33.70
They even left this thing
playing for their dogs to listen
00:35:33.73\00:35:36.26
to when they left their house.
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.63
They couldn't turn it
off, because for the first time
00:35:37.67\00:35:40.20
in his life he saw
that he could be saved.
00:35:40.24\00:35:42.50
First time in his life!
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.27
He had an awful
experience in religion;
00:35:44.31\00:35:45.77
not in
Adventism, another church.
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.38
But he'd just been, had received
a whole lot of scrutiny,
00:35:47.41\00:35:50.51
and unbelief being
heaped upon him by Christians.
00:35:50.55\00:35:53.88
And so he thought, If
this is the way Christians feel
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.25
about me, this must be the
way that God feels about me.
00:35:56.28\00:35:58.39
But to hear this message
he saw that God is not hate,
00:35:58.42\00:36:01.72
and that God actually
loves and cares for me.
00:36:01.76\00:36:04.46
And what ended
up happening was...
00:36:04.49\00:36:06.06
He told me the
most profound thing I've
00:36:06.09\00:36:07.86
ever heard in my life.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.23
He said, That message
separated me from being gay.
00:36:09.26\00:36:13.37
It literally separated him
from a former identity he'd had.
00:36:13.40\00:36:18.14
And he said that it was, For
the first time in my life I saw
00:36:18.17\00:36:20.88
that I don't have to
identify myself as a homosexual;
00:36:20.91\00:36:23.65
that Jesus
doesn't see me that way.
00:36:23.68\00:36:25.85
And just an amazing, an amazing
story that has continued to
00:36:25.88\00:36:30.02
strengthen my faith in the
gospel, and to know that because
00:36:30.05\00:36:33.15
of the work that God has
allowed us to do in filmmaking,
00:36:33.19\00:36:35.29
we can actually see this make
a difference in people's lives
00:36:35.32\00:36:37.79
all around the country.
00:36:37.83\00:36:39.16
Dee, if I'm hearing correctly,
and it's very moving. Thank you.
00:36:39.19\00:36:43.57
There's two really
good good passions,
00:36:43.60\00:36:46.13
two really strong passions
you have: one is training. Yes.
00:36:46.17\00:36:50.21
You want to train other
people, especially young people,
00:36:50.24\00:36:52.44
to be able to utilize the
passion that God has given them
00:36:52.47\00:36:56.14
in their skill development,
but you're also reaching out and
00:36:56.18\00:36:58.71
touching specific
people through your ministry.
00:36:58.75\00:37:01.45
Yeah, personal ministry 100%.
00:37:01.48\00:37:03.22
That's awesome! Thank you very
very much for what you're doing.
00:37:03.25\00:37:05.25
Thank you.
00:37:05.29\00:37:06.62
It's my privilege to introduce
my good friend Radim Passer.
00:37:06.65\00:37:09.89
Radim hails, he comes from
the beautiful city of Prague,
00:37:09.92\00:37:15.76
Czech Republic, and
Radim is a businessman.
00:37:15.80\00:37:20.07
He actually is in commercial...
00:37:20.10\00:37:22.20
He makes his living in
commercial real estate.
00:37:22.24\00:37:24.24
We have two commercial real
estate people up here today.
00:37:24.27\00:37:26.27
But Radim, several years ago
you discovered that your passion
00:37:26.31\00:37:32.55
was to see people come
to Christ, and evangelism.
00:37:32.58\00:37:36.92
And you heard about a little
program called New Beginnings.
00:37:36.95\00:37:40.02
And I want you just to tell us
a little bit about how you have
00:37:40.06\00:37:45.29
used New Beginnings, which
of course, all of you know is
00:37:45.33\00:37:49.13
the DVD project
where we actually teach
00:37:49.16\00:37:52.40
laypeople to preach sermons.
00:37:52.43\00:37:55.47
You've used that extensively
in Prague. Tell us about it.
00:37:55.50\00:37:58.87
Good evening guests.
00:37:58.91\00:38:01.41
We would like to thank the
ASI family for the amazing tool,
00:38:01.44\00:38:06.41
which is New Beginnings.
00:38:06.45\00:38:07.88
Using this project typically
two ways: one of them is public
00:38:07.92\00:38:15.22
meetings,
typically five times a week,
00:38:15.26\00:38:17.53
which we are doing once a year.
00:38:17.56\00:38:20.86
And we started about one and
a half years ago to do something
00:38:20.90\00:38:24.43
for the business people.
00:38:24.47\00:38:25.80
Because business people
very rarely can attend all
00:38:25.83\00:38:29.67
these meetings
five times a week.
00:38:29.70\00:38:31.64
So we decided to prepare
for people from the business
00:38:31.67\00:38:34.64
community during
three days, all 26 lectures,
00:38:34.68\00:38:38.91
plus the life
story of the preacher.
00:38:38.95\00:38:40.75
And things got... It's feasible.
00:38:40.78\00:38:44.22
That's awesome. So two ways.
00:38:44.25\00:38:46.52
I just want to point out,
the traditional way of preaching
00:38:46.55\00:38:48.52
you've used, where you
do the regular programs,
00:38:48.56\00:38:51.49
but also the intensive, and
that intensive is something new.
00:38:51.53\00:38:55.10
We've all been very
impressed watching that three
00:38:55.13\00:38:58.33
day intensive, Radim.
00:38:58.37\00:38:59.70
You've tested that out.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.07
Sometimes the
Europeans lead the way.
00:39:01.10\00:39:03.10
And we're glad for that.
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.34
But, you know, there was
an experience that you had.
00:39:05.37\00:39:08.74
You took a group
down to Tanzania.
00:39:08.78\00:39:11.08
And in Tanzania you were
going to do a mission trip from
00:39:11.78\00:39:15.18
Central Europe, and you were
going to go on that project.
00:39:15.68\00:39:19.39
Tell us a little bit
about how many people you took,
00:39:19.42\00:39:21.92
and how this guy
sitting next to you, Richard...
00:39:21.96\00:39:24.23
Richard, glad to
have you here, too.
00:39:24.26\00:39:26.53
...how Richard
got involved in this.
00:39:26.56\00:39:28.06
I worked with Richard's
father a long time for private
00:39:28.10\00:39:32.07
videos, and for the
corporation videos for us.
00:39:32.10\00:39:34.84
And his father asked me before
we went to Tanzania to take
00:39:34.87\00:39:40.98
also his son with us.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.04
And my decision was immediate,
because I hoped it would be
00:39:43.08\00:39:47.98
a great experience for him.
00:39:48.02\00:39:49.35
Okay, now Richard, I want to
direct the question to you now.
00:39:49.38\00:39:54.26
You got to go on this trip.
00:39:54.29\00:39:55.92
What was your situation
right at that time in your life?
00:39:55.96\00:40:00.10
Well, Dan, my situation,
I can tell you at that
00:40:00.13\00:40:03.97
time I was a big mess.
00:40:04.00\00:40:05.33
I was a big wreck. In my
high school years I ended up
00:40:05.37\00:40:09.87
experimenting with some drugs
and I ended up being addicted
00:40:09.90\00:40:13.88
for about ten years of my life.
00:40:13.91\00:40:15.74
And right around the time that
I met Radim is about the time
00:40:15.78\00:40:20.22
that my Mom had enough
with me over here in the
00:40:20.25\00:40:22.58
United States, and she said,
Go back to your father and work
00:40:22.62\00:40:26.19
with him for some time.
00:40:26.22\00:40:27.56
Maybe he'll straighten out.
00:40:27.59\00:40:28.92
So thinking that I would just
go back to the Czech Republic
00:40:28.96\00:40:32.26
and kind of
escape this addiction...
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.10
Um, that did not happen.
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.33
Actually it got even worse.
00:40:37.37\00:40:38.70
I ended up using Heroin and
methamphetamines over there.
00:40:38.73\00:40:41.54
I did end up meeting Radim,
and started doing some video
00:40:41.57\00:40:46.74
work for him with my father.
00:40:46.78\00:40:48.71
And some of the first work that
we had the opportunity to do
00:40:48.74\00:40:52.95
was the New Beginnings.
00:40:52.98\00:40:54.32
And when we started the
New Beginnings I started seeing
00:40:54.35\00:40:57.55
some very revolutionary
things that I never heard of.
00:40:57.59\00:41:01.82
I mean I've heard of Jesus
before, but just as, you know,
00:41:01.86\00:41:04.93
some maybe mythical character.
00:41:04.96\00:41:06.90
But the things that I heard
there, the whole 25 lectures
00:41:06.93\00:41:10.67
we had, I mean my world
got flipped upside down.
00:41:10.70\00:41:13.50
And so that was the beginning
of maybe some sort of at least
00:41:13.54\00:41:19.87
a mental transformation.
00:41:19.91\00:41:21.78
So then soon enough I
heard the theory, because I did
00:41:21.81\00:41:25.78
three of those seminars.
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.05
And after that...
But my addiction kept
00:41:28.08\00:41:31.39
getting worse and worse.
00:41:31.42\00:41:32.75
I mean I was just a wreck.
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.76
I mean I could still video tape,
I could still function and all
00:41:34.79\00:41:37.79
that, but as
long as I had my dose.
00:41:37.83\00:41:40.36
That was priority at that time.
00:41:40.40\00:41:41.90
That was my God. So what ended
up happening, my father already
00:41:41.93\00:41:45.60
knew of that, so he asked
Radim, He said, Look, can I take
00:41:45.63\00:41:49.27
my son with me to Tanzania?
00:41:49.30\00:41:51.47
Maybe that will have an
influence, because, I mean,
00:41:51.51\00:41:53.61
trust me, he was
hopeless with me.
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.08
I mean he didn't
know what to do anymore.
00:41:55.11\00:41:57.18
So Radim said yes, and
I appreciated that a lot,
00:41:57.21\00:42:00.02
because they knew about
my situation and, you know,
00:42:00.05\00:42:02.65
I was sketchy to say the least.
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.02
So we have, you
know, risk takers.
00:42:04.05\00:42:06.59
One of the things
about ASI; business people
00:42:06.62\00:42:08.42
have to be risk takers.
00:42:08.46\00:42:10.09
So, Radim, you took a risk
that this guy could come and
00:42:10.13\00:42:14.50
still contribute, right?
00:42:14.53\00:42:15.86
Are you glad you did that risk?
00:42:15.90\00:42:17.73
We are all risky
people for Jesus.
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.97
That's right.
We're looking for Jesus.
00:42:20.00\00:42:21.57
So you were grateful that he
took the risk on you, Richard.
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.37
And you recognized
that he was taking a risk?
00:42:24.41\00:42:26.81
Yeah, I did recognize that.
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.74
I mean it was a big risk, but
at the same time, what ended up
00:42:28.78\00:42:31.88
happening is that I was
there for about one month.
00:42:31.91\00:42:34.22
And that was the first
time that I was actually in a
00:42:34.25\00:42:37.39
community with Seventh-day
Adventists for one month.
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.99
I mean you couldn't
go anywhere, you know.
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.16
And I met this other guy, Bill,
and he had the same experience;
00:42:42.19\00:42:45.16
or he went through
an addiction as well.
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.63
So I talked to him, and
he was the first person I
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.43
actually opened up to.
00:42:50.47\00:42:51.80
Because at that time
I was kind of hiding it.
00:42:51.83\00:42:53.37
I mean I was kind of
embarrassed about it.
00:42:53.40\00:42:54.80
So Bill was like, Man, I
was, you know, I was an addict
00:42:54.84\00:42:59.44
as well with my wife, but
we gave ourselves to the Lord,
00:42:59.47\00:43:01.74
and from day to
day it was just gone.
00:43:01.78\00:43:03.95
From that time, I mean, I was
just going through hopelessness.
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.88
I thought it was
never going to end.
00:43:06.92\00:43:08.25
I mean they tell you, you know,
at all these meetings in AA,
00:43:08.28\00:43:10.62
and all that, that like,
Oh, you're an addict for life.
00:43:10.65\00:43:12.85
So that's a very
helpless situation.
00:43:12.89\00:43:15.76
But, so he was like, Just
give yourself over to Jesus.
00:43:15.79\00:43:19.79
Just talk to Him. Pray.
00:43:19.83\00:43:21.26
So I went back to the
Czech Republic after this
00:43:21.30\00:43:23.90
whole inspiring moment.
00:43:23.93\00:43:25.27
And about... It still took
me about another two years.
00:43:25.30\00:43:27.44
I mean it was quite some time.
00:43:27.47\00:43:28.80
And I went to rehab there.
00:43:28.84\00:43:30.74
And I did just that when that
big withdrawal came through,
00:43:30.77\00:43:34.11
because that was
seven years of opiates.
00:43:34.14\00:43:35.78
And I can tell you
right now that's, it's rough.
00:43:35.81\00:43:39.25
So over there in the
detox I said, Lord, I was like,
00:43:39.28\00:43:43.49
if You're out there, and
if You're listening to me like
00:43:43.52\00:43:45.95
all these people said
that You were, I promise
00:43:45.99\00:43:49.29
I will go the right way.
00:43:49.32\00:43:50.66
Just get me out
of this situation.
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.03
And I can tell you that
the next day He did just that.
00:43:52.06\00:43:55.13
Amen! Amen! I
want you all to know...
00:43:55.16\00:43:57.90
Yeah, thank you! Go ahead!
00:43:57.93\00:43:59.27
Say, express your feelings!
00:43:59.30\00:44:00.67
Um, there's a two part
formula that Richard has shared.
00:44:01.24\00:44:07.64
And I want all of you, both
those of you who may be watching
00:44:07.68\00:44:10.35
from home right now, those
of you who are in the audience,
00:44:10.38\00:44:12.85
you may have struggled
with addictions yourself.
00:44:12.88\00:44:16.62
You may have a family member
that struggles with addictions.
00:44:17.22\00:44:20.62
Addictions are
everywhere in our society.
00:44:21.76\00:44:24.06
But I want you to know
that here's a man that had a
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.59
two pronged approach:
one was give your heart to
00:44:26.63\00:44:30.17
Jesus and pray, right?
00:44:30.20\00:44:31.77
When a man gives, or a woman
gives their heart to Jesus,
00:44:31.80\00:44:34.37
and prays, things happen.
00:44:34.40\00:44:35.74
Secondly, you got professional
help, and went into rehab.
00:44:35.77\00:44:38.37
And the prayers were answered,
and you have had an incredible
00:44:38.41\00:44:42.44
journey since that time.
00:44:42.48\00:44:44.05
Now I want to take a few
more minutes and just talk about
00:44:44.08\00:44:46.88
your journey, okay?
00:44:46.92\00:44:49.38
Now in that journey, since you
had that victory, and you began,
00:44:49.42\00:44:52.92
your life has been
full of all kinds of things.
00:44:52.95\00:44:55.69
Tell us a little bit about that.
00:44:55.72\00:44:57.36
Okay, so the first thing was
after this miraculous healing
00:44:57.39\00:45:02.36
that came about, and
this is just after one prayer.
00:45:02.40\00:45:05.07
That, I mean I didn't do
anything else, I just prayed.
00:45:05.10\00:45:07.80
So the next day I felt like
I was maybe ten years younger.
00:45:07.84\00:45:11.27
So, and I had this like tingle
in my spine, and I just knew
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.61
that this was the way.
00:45:14.64\00:45:16.08
I mean everything just clicked
from what I learned from the
00:45:16.11\00:45:19.35
New Beginnings, and everything
just clicked in altogether.
00:45:19.38\00:45:21.68
And so what happened then is
that, obviously, I went through
00:45:22.08\00:45:24.75
the whole rehab
and I came out fresh.
00:45:24.79\00:45:26.59
I mean I went out
of there, I was like,
00:45:26.62\00:45:28.42
I'm drug free for life.
00:45:28.46\00:45:29.79
I mean people were
like, Oh, you're crazy.
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.19
You know, you'll
be back here again.
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.56
And, you know, they're
doubting, you know that.
00:45:32.59\00:45:34.10
But I knew already in my heart
that once I followed Jesus,
00:45:34.13\00:45:37.63
that He'll be
able to get me out.
00:45:37.67\00:45:39.40
And, you know, frankly I
was like, Well, what I was doing
00:45:39.43\00:45:43.07
back then was bad, so I
needed to go the totally
00:45:43.10\00:45:45.87
opposite direction,
not just stay off of drugs.
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.74
I mean I needed to
go the whole nine yards,
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.98
as far away as I can.
00:45:50.01\00:45:51.41
And I was like, Well, the best
thing to do is to follow Jesus.
00:45:51.45\00:45:55.38
I mean He was sinless.
00:45:55.42\00:45:57.09
I mean, you know, He
was the definition of good.
00:45:57.12\00:45:59.75
Yeah. So I did just that.
00:45:59.79\00:46:02.02
And from then on I
figured, I was like,
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.83
I've got to tell
more people about this.
00:46:04.86\00:46:06.19
I mean, obviously, I mean this
is, if I would have known this
00:46:06.23\00:46:08.23
earlier I would
have done this way back.
00:46:08.26\00:46:10.13
So what ended up happening
is I ended up going back to the
00:46:10.17\00:46:13.00
rehab, because there were
these AA meetings that you're
00:46:13.03\00:46:15.64
allowed to go
back to as a member of
00:46:15.67\00:46:18.04
the rehab; Prague's finest.
00:46:18.07\00:46:20.41
I was able to go back
over there and share my
00:46:20.44\00:46:25.75
testimony with them.
00:46:25.78\00:46:27.12
During the wintertime I go there
at least once a week, so...
00:46:27.15\00:46:30.75
Okay, good! My last question.
00:46:30.79\00:46:32.62
I just want to ask, If you...
00:46:32.65\00:46:34.82
Lots of people are
listening to you right now.
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.26
And your testimony is a
very powerful one, Richard.
00:46:36.29\00:46:39.33
If you could say anything you
wanted to any of these people,
00:46:39.36\00:46:41.76
or anybody who might
be watching on television,
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.40
what would you say?
00:46:43.43\00:46:44.77
Okay, well I would say that
we do have to understand that
00:46:44.80\00:46:49.37
it's really
difficult with addicts.
00:46:49.40\00:46:50.74
I mean you can't trust
them, which is why I was even
00:46:50.77\00:46:54.64
surprised that Radim did.
00:46:54.68\00:46:56.01
I mean knowing that, I would,
I could cause a lot of trouble.
00:46:56.04\00:46:59.78
I was very unreliable.
00:46:59.81\00:47:01.28
So I would say to
them definitely have
00:47:01.32\00:47:05.45
compassion, and a lot of love.
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.09
You know, the trust part you
always have to keep an eye out,
00:47:07.12\00:47:11.89
nut the prayer, I
think, is very important.
00:47:11.93\00:47:13.96
The prayer is really important,
because I know that Radim and
00:47:14.00\00:47:17.57
a bunch of people from the
organization were praying for
00:47:17.60\00:47:19.80
me, because my dad
reached out to them.
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.44
I didn't know that until later.
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.00
And so the prayer is
definitely very important.
00:47:23.04\00:47:25.91
And then, like you said in
the beginning, the involvement
00:47:25.94\00:47:29.04
in the community, I
think, was very strong for me.
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.08
I mean that was a big testimony,
because you can hear a lot of
00:47:31.11\00:47:34.22
things, let's say on the street,
but when you involve somebody
00:47:34.25\00:47:38.45
in like a
Seventh-day Adventist community,
00:47:38.49\00:47:41.89
that they can see the true love.
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.63
I mean I was telling myself,
I was like, These people have
00:47:43.66\00:47:46.63
something that I've never had.
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.20
I mean they have some kind of
love that I really, really want.
00:47:48.23\00:47:51.03
And that's what
ended up happening.
00:47:51.07\00:47:52.73
That's what ended up
drawing me near to that.
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.34
So the prayer and
then the involvement.
00:47:55.37\00:47:57.97
Amen, can you say Amen? Amen!
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.28
Thank you all.
Now Radim are you...
00:48:00.31\00:48:01.71
Last question. Are you glad that
you invited him to Tanzania?
00:48:01.74\00:48:04.31
I am grateful to God, because
He is so good, and always,
00:48:04.35\00:48:09.48
this is
experience, by experience.
00:48:09.52\00:48:12.25
He's overcame our expectations.
00:48:12.29\00:48:15.02
Amen, Amen! Thank you!
00:48:15.06\00:48:17.03
I remember once
upon a time I was...
00:48:18.09\00:48:21.43
I started Pastoring very early.
00:48:21.46\00:48:24.60
I was about 21 years old.
00:48:24.63\00:48:26.74
And I remember sitting
in my first board meeting.
00:48:26.77\00:48:29.37
And I asked
them... I didn't know about
00:48:29.40\00:48:31.71
or anything of
that kind, and I said,
00:48:33.27\00:48:35.08
That board meeting started at
about 6:00 o'clock, and we ended
00:48:37.31\00:48:40.58
at 10:00 o'clock
that evening: 4 hours!
00:48:40.62\00:48:43.79
I learned an important thing
about organization, and that is
00:48:43.85\00:48:50.66
before we expect to have a great
outcome, we must be willing
00:48:50.69\00:48:54.26
to work beforehand.
00:48:54.30\00:48:55.63
The reason why that board
meeting took about four hours
00:48:55.66\00:48:58.60
is I realized that I had not,
I didn't have the tools to do
00:48:58.63\00:49:03.04
something great, or
to organize the meeting.
00:49:03.07\00:49:05.31
And as a result we
dragged on and wasted time.
00:49:05.34\00:49:09.78
And I really think
things like ASI, GYC,
00:49:09.81\00:49:12.21
help with those things.
00:49:12.25\00:49:13.58
They give you tools.
00:49:13.62\00:49:14.95
They give you a vision so
that you're able to work well
00:49:14.98\00:49:18.12
and not waste people's time,
and really have a great outcome,
00:49:18.15\00:49:21.96
idea, and be efficient.
00:49:22.02\00:49:23.73
And that is my tip that I want
to leave with you: work, and
00:49:23.76\00:49:28.86
work, and work well.
00:49:28.90\00:49:30.53