Good evening, ASI family.
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We've been inspired
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as we've heard
that we are Called,
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Chosen, and Committed
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but I was thinking
of the words of Jesus,
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He said, "Many are
called but few are..."
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And I wonder why
that was the case
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and then I realized that not
everyone responds to the call.
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Tonight, we're going to be
challenged by the Word of God
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and I'm thankful
that we can not only say,
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"Lord, I accept
the call to be chosen
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but by Your grace and
the power of Your Spirit
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I want to be committed."
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So whether you're joining us
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via television, internet,
or here in Houston, Texas,
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let's open our
hearts to the Spirit of God
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and be blessed.
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What do you say? Amen.
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Let's stand for prayer
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and let's bow our
heads and worship together.
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Dear Father in heaven,
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we thank You so
much for our family here,
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each one of us.
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And we want to praise
You together and thank You.
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You're such an awesome God,
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and You fill our hearts
with Your unfailing love,
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and we bless Your name.
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And we just pray that now
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as we are coming
close to the Sabbath
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that we can
release all the things
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that bind us to this earth,
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which include our anxieties,
and concerns, and cares,
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and just draw us
heavenward through Your Spirit.
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Open our hearts
to receive Your Word
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and I pray for
our speaker tonight
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that he would be
filled with Your Spirit
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and we would be
blessed to be in Your presence.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Kyle, we've been working
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with the North
American division,
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we've been trying to figure out
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how we can work more
effectively together.
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That's right.
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This entire week
we've been talking about
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how the work of God on
this earth won't be finished
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until lay people
join hands with the church
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to finish the work.
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And ASI is actually
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a part of the North
American division, Steve.
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Amen.
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We're a part of our church,
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and we're here to
support our church,
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and to work
together to finish the work.
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So one of the
initiatives that's happening
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across the North
American division right now
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is a church planting initiative.
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We have with us
tonight Elder Jose Cortez
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who is our director
of... ministerial director.
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How many
churches have been planted
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in the North American
division in the last year?
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Last year for the glory of God,
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we had the opportunity to see
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250 new church plants
right here in North America.
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Praise God. And
that is a blessing.
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Wow, that's amazing,
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250 new churches in the
North American division.
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And this year up to this month
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we have over 100 new churches
this year in North America.
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So between last
year and this year 350.
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That is a great thing. Okay.
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But let me ask you a question,
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how many churches
do we need to plant...
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Well, no, how many churches
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we have in the North
American division first of all?
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Between churches,
companies, and groups
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we have about 6,700 right now
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in the North American
divisions and that is great.
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Six thousand seven hundred?
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Going towards 7,000.
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That is correct.
That is pretty amazing.
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How many do we
need to get a church
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in every town of the
North American division?
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You see, Steve, in order
to make sure that we have
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that every person
living in North America
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has access to the gospel
through an Adventist church,
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we would need to have one church
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for every 25,000 people.
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That would be above
40,000. That's a big church.
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That would be above 40,000,
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no, no, one church for every
25,000 people in the community.
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Well, I think we should
convert them all though.
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I think we should but we would
need right now 14,000 churches.
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Fourteen thousand,
we only have seven.
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We only have seven, so
we have long ways to go.
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That's why we
need to work together.
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Amen, amen.
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Well, anyway,
we're working on this,
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we're talking about how
we can be more effective.
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Elder Jackson,
tell us what do we,
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you know, what do we
really need to focus on here?
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You know the reality is
and all of us are aware of it
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that Jesus is coming soon.
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Amen.
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That the work won't
be finished for any of us
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until it's
finished by all of us.
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Amen.
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And the time has come for us
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and I appreciate the invitation,
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I appreciate being here.
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But there's a
reality that goes like this,
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every one of us sitting
in this auditorium tonight,
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and there may be some
guests and praise God for that,
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we are all members
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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We are all a part
of the remnant church
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God's movement
in these last days
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and we must pull together.
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That's what
God's ideal is for us.
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Amen. Amen.
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So as we move to the future,
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we are working
in a coordinated way
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and we hope to
return to you ASI family
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with some very real plans
that will include real places
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where they need
Seventh-day Adventist churches
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and real people
that will go there
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and help to establish
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Seventh-day Adventist
churches in these towns
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across the United
States of America,
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so that
everyone in North America
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can have access to a
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Ellen White told us plainly
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that our witness
should be lifted up
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in every town and city.
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We need to work
together to plant churches
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in areas where
there are none today.
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God will be honored
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and we will fulfill
His dream and His mission.
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Amen. Thank you ASI family.
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It was 16 years ago,
16 years ago this summer
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that I surrendered
my life to Jesus Christ.
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Interestingly
enough a month later,
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I wound up for my
very first ASI Convention
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in Sacramento, California.
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And to be so inspired
to see what church members
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are doing to further
the mission of Jesus.
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I believe the
power for that mission
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is only found in a personal
connection with Jesus Christ.
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I'm here with my friends
Bob and Audrey Folkenberg.
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Now you're no
strangers to the ASI family,
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but tell us for those who
may be here for the first time,
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what you folks have been
doing for the last five years?
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For the last five years,
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the Lord has called
us back to work in China
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with our over 4,000 churches
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to preach the good
news of Jesus Christ
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to the 1.4 billion
people living there.
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One point four billion people,
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I can't imagine the
challenges that presents.
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Can you tell us
a little bit about
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what that looks
like practically?
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Well, humanism, secularism
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are just growing
threats to society
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but also the church.
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And so you see a
church that's growing,
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we also see a church
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that is facing
these in their witness
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as well as even in
their heart and soul.
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So what are the great
needs that we have in the church
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is developing
new methods to reach
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this kind of people in China
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as well as to pray for revival
in our own churches in China.
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Now, Audrey, you are
Prayer Ministries director
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for the entire country
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and you've taken the ten
days of prayer initiative
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that the General Conference
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Prayer Ministries
Department produces
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and you've adapted that
to the context in China.
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Can you tell us a
little bit about what you did?
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Sure, it's exciting what
God is doing with the material
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that's been
made available to us.
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For 2014 we
took all the material
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and we translated
it into a simplified
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and traditional
Chinese characters,
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and we put it on
websites across China
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as well as sent it out through
our leaders in the office,
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to the leaders across China.
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Then in 2015 and 2016,
we did a little different,
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we said, "Hey, not only are
we going to make it available,
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encourage it
across our territory
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but we're also going to
utilize it in our office."
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So with all the
traveling that's done,
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I approached our
administrative team
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and I said, "Could we
have a one week moratorium."
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Travel moratorium in January.
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And we had it, we
had a week of prayer
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and we used the 10
Days of Prayer material
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in 2015 and 2016
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for our office week of prayer.
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And it was such a blessing
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every day, morning
and afternoon to meet.
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Twenty seventeen, for
this year we bumped up
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our game a little bit
as we got around the table
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and I was
reviewing the material,
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it occurred to me that
packaging is everything.
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So we took the
material for 10 Days of Prayer
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and put it into a booklet form,
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and all across
China this was sent
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almost 48,000 copies
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which is kind of a
drop in the bucket.
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That's what our goal is going
to be about 400,000 next year.
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But we issued this and
we sent it across China
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in addition to
using it in the office,
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they used it across
China and fell in love with it.
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Amen.
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So Bob is Mission President,
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you're hearing reports
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of what 10 Days of Prayer
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is doing all across the country.
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Can you share with us
just a little bit tonight?
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Just a few weeks ago,
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we brought the leaders of
China together for a meeting
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and we invited them to share
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what God was doing in
each of their territories
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and unprompted in any way,
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probably two-thirds
of them begin to say,
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they began their
reports by saying,
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"Let us tell you
about the 10 Days of Prayer
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and what a difference it
has made in our church life."
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They use it in small groups,
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they use it in
their house churches,
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they use it in
their leadership teams.
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Even one pastor in
the island of Hainan said
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that somehow another pastor
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of another
denomination got a hold of it,
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came to them and said,
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"Can we order a 100
copies of this for our church?"
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Amen.
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Seventh-day
Adventists this evening,
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do you need power in your
life, in your congregations.
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This is not about a program,
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this is not about
performing a ritual,
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this is about
connecting person to Lord Jesus
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and experiencing His
power flowing through us
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into our ministries to reach
the world before Jesus comes.
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Wanna invite you to
visit 10daysofprayer.org.
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Sign up your church
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and don't miss the opportunity
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to pray with
Seventh-day Adventists
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all over the world
this coming January.
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God bless you.
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Few weeks ago, I had a
very interesting experience.
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In Taiwan, I was eating
with one of the pastors.
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While we were eating,
he took out his smart phone
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and he showed me some pictures
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and he said, "I
baptized this person last week."
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And then he
showed the other person,
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"I baptized this
person and that person."
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And in fact, he said, he
has 70 names in his smart phone
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and he's praying
for them every day
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and he is looking
for an opportunity
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to give Bible study to them
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and he is
baptizing them one by one.
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I was inspired.
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Immediately, I repented my sin
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and then I began
to develop a list
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on my smart phone too.
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So I have quite a
few names on smart phone.
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I'm praying for them
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and then I want to be an example
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to all our church members
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that we need to be involved
in the mission of the church.
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My dear brothers and sisters,
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we believe that
Jesus is coming soon
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and we have to finish the
gospel as soon as possible.
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But pastors and paid workers
cannot finish the work alone,
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for we all lay
people and then pastors,
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we have to really work together
to finish the gospel work.
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And I'm so glad
that in our church
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we have many
dedicated lay people,
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I really appreciate that.
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And then let us
continue working together
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with the same spirit
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to finish the
work in our generation.
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Maranatha, Jesus
is coming very soon.
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I'm learning to be
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Like Jesus
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I'm following
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In his ways
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I'm learning to love
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Like he did
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In all that I do and say
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At times I am tempted
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To make a wrong choice
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But I want to listen
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As the still
small voice whispers
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Love one another
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As Jesus loves you
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Learn to show kindness
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In all that you do
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Be gentle and loving
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In deed and in thought
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For these are the things
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Jesus taught
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I'm learning
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To love my neighbor
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I'm learning
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To serve my friends
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I watch
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For that day of gladness
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When Jesus will come again
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I want to remember
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The lessons he taught
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Then the Holy Spirit
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Enters into my thoughts
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Saying Love one another
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As Jesus loves you
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Learn to show kindness
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In all that you do
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Be gentle and loving
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In deed and in thought
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For these are the things
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Jesus taught
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Love one another
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As Jesus loves you
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Learn to show kindness
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In all that you do
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Be gentle and loving
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In deed and in thought
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For these are the things
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Jesus taught
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We're so happy
you're here with us today,
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you know, it's
great to meet new friends
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and have them be a
part of our ASI family.
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And I just had the
privilege last evening
00:16:14.17\00:16:16.40
of meeting Randy Meyer.
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Randy, can you tell
us about your ministry
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because we're here
to hear mission stories.
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International Caring Hands
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is an organization
dedicated to using dental work
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as medical missionary work
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and we cannot do that alone.
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We're a very
small ASI organization
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and as I mentioned
before this morning,
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we are a family,
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and the ASI
family is the only way
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that we can do what we do.
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We work in coordination
with other organizations
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including Riverside
Farms Institute in Zambia.
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They have been very
instrumental in helping us
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get a mobile dental
clinic up and going there.
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We work in coordination
with ADRA Madagascar.
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Without ADRA, we would not
be able to serve the people
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there in Madagascar
as efficiently as we do.
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And we're also blessed to
work with other organizations
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such as Maranatha,
Volunteers International,
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and we're also able to work
00:17:15.23\00:17:16.93
with Pathways to
Health in Spokane,
00:17:16.97\00:17:19.27
and also we work
regularly with AMEN,
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and had the first AMEN
Clinic in the Pacific Northwest
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roughly about two
and a half years ago.
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So we are very blessed
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to work with these
different organizations
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and have this opportunity
to be part of the ASI family.
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Isn't that exciting?
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All these
ministries that are cooperating
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and working together,
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that's what we're doing here.
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I think you've got
some exciting stories
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to share with us today, Randy,
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and you've also
got some pictures
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that are going to be
shown during this time.
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So please share.
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The first story that we'll
have is from Chuuk, Micronesia.
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In Chuuk, Micronesia,
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it's a
population of 50,000 people
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living on about 16 islands.
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And in those islands
there is no private dentist
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to provide any care
to the people there.
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And there was this young girl,
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she was 12 years old at the time
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and there's a lot of
domestic violence in Chuuk
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and her brother had kicked
out her four upper front teeth.
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Can you imagine
what that would be like?
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Have your four
front teeth knocked out,
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no way to get any
services to do anything.
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Her mother threw her
teeth in the garbage can.
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But her uncle came
by and her uncle said,
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"Hey, the Adventist dentist
is here at the dental clinic."
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Let's see if he
can do something.
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So they grabbed
what they thought
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was all of the
teeth out of the garbage
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and headed down
to our dental clinic.
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Dr. Cedric Hayden
gathered the teeth up
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and he actually started
doing root canals in his hand
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on three of those teeth.
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Unfortunately, they didn't
show up with the fourth one.
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So he told them go back
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and get the fourth
tooth out of the garbage
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and so they got that tooth.
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Dr. Hayden
worked on them for hours
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and was actually
able to get those teeth
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put back into the sockets
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and used fishing
line to melt on there
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to hold them together.
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And then the first picture
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that I have will show
a picture of her teeth
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after they've been put back in
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and now she is able to smile
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and come and visit
us on a regular basis
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and all of her teeth are
healthy at the current time
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which was an amazing thing.
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Dr. Hayden was not sure
00:19:40.24\00:19:41.58
that these teeth
would be able to be restored
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but they were.
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We also work in
Madagascar with Peter Delhove
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and we've been very
blessed with our work there.
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We work about two
hours south of Antananarivo.
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We've had people
come in with abscesses
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roughly about the size
of softballs to grapefruit.
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Huge abscesses the
first time we come here.
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In this picture you'll
see, this is our waiting area
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when we show up in the morning,
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and so you can see that there's
an awful lot of people there.
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And the first day there weren't
so many people in the line
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and we wondered why?
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They thought we
weren't using anesthetic.
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And so the next
day they showed up
00:20:20.42\00:20:22.28
because they heard we
were using anesthetic.
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And then our next
place is in Zambia.
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In Zambia we work with
Riverside Farms Institute
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and have a mobile dental clinic,
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that's 4-wheel
drive that goes out
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into the rural
and remote villages
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in the Southern Zambezi River.
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And you'll see here a
picture of Dr. JoyJoy Falia.
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I love that name,
you gotta love it.
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JoyJoy, wouldn't you
love to have a name like that?
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She's a little lady
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packed with a lot
of dynamite for Jesus,
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and she works hard,
00:20:53.98\00:20:55.32
and you can see her here
00:20:55.35\00:20:56.69
with a couple of assistants
in our clinic in Zambia
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working with the children there.
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And then our next location
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that we've gone
has been to Madagascar
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and, I mean, I'm
sorry, not Madagascar,
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but to Mongolia,
00:21:14.30\00:21:16.34
and in Mongolia we
actually work with It Is Written
00:21:16.37\00:21:20.04
with John Bradshaw there,
00:21:20.08\00:21:21.94
and we got a dental chair
00:21:21.98\00:21:24.85
and some dental unit to
work on the teeth there.
00:21:24.88\00:21:29.28
And we're actually
able to see about 300 people
00:21:29.32\00:21:32.82
there with It Is Written,
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.19
and It Is Written
had over 100 volunteers
00:21:34.22\00:21:36.62
that did eye surgeries
00:21:36.66\00:21:37.99
and all sorts of services there.
00:21:38.03\00:21:39.79
And many of my
Mongolian brothers
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.66
who went with me on
that trip are sitting here
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.90
and it's good to see them.
00:21:44.93\00:21:47.00
And we've been
very blessed by this
00:21:47.04\00:21:48.94
and in fact there
were a total of 70 people
00:21:48.97\00:21:53.41
baptized in Mongolia.
00:21:53.44\00:21:55.41
This is a picture of
the It Is Written team
00:21:55.44\00:21:57.95
and the baptisms
that we had there.
00:21:57.98\00:22:00.85
In addition to there, we
work in the Pacific Northwest,
00:22:00.88\00:22:04.85
and we've been very
blessed to work with AMEN,
00:22:04.89\00:22:07.62
and we plan to continue working
with them again this year.
00:22:07.66\00:22:11.23
We'll have a clinic
there in Eugene, Oregon
00:22:11.26\00:22:14.83
where we're from
and also in Portland.
00:22:14.86\00:22:17.13
So if you're
interested in signing up
00:22:17.17\00:22:18.80
for one of those clinics,
00:22:18.83\00:22:20.17
it will be in Portland
on August 18th and the 20th.
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And in Eugene on the
24th and 25th of September
00:22:25.01\00:22:29.64
and you can go to amensda.org
to sign up for one of those.
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In closing, I think
you had a couple of quotes
00:22:34.98\00:22:37.19
that you wanted to
leave us with today.
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When we look at what
Ellen White shares with us
00:22:40.82\00:22:43.12
in relation to
medical evangelism,
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.89
I just wanted to read
a couple of quotes here.
00:22:44.93\00:22:47.63
"How shall we reveal Christ?
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I know no better way
00:22:49.53\00:22:51.40
than take hold of the
medical missionary work
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.97
in connection with ministry."
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Medical Ministry, page 319,
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.31
"And then Christ gave
a perfect representation
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.78
of true godliness
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.48
by combining the work of
a physician and a minister,
00:23:03.51\00:23:06.95
ministering to the
needs of both body and soul,
00:23:06.98\00:23:10.15
healing physical disease,
00:23:10.19\00:23:11.99
in speaking words
brought to the troubled heart."
00:23:12.02\00:23:15.12
Counsels to Health, page 528.
00:23:15.16\00:23:18.39
Thank you, Randy,
and to God be the glory.
00:23:18.43\00:23:21.13
Amen.
00:23:21.16\00:23:22.50
Good morning, ASI
and happy Sabbath.
00:23:26.90\00:23:30.47
So happy to see each
one of you here today
00:23:30.51\00:23:32.77
and isn't it nice to be
able to have one day a week
00:23:32.81\00:23:35.34
where we can rest
00:23:35.38\00:23:36.71
even if we're busy
enjoying lots of things,
00:23:36.75\00:23:38.61
we can rest in God's presence.
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.98
Well, I'm delighted
to have three people here
00:23:41.02\00:23:43.15
that I know well.
00:23:43.18\00:23:44.52
In fact, I enjoy
working with them
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.55
and leading up to ASI,
00:23:46.59\00:23:49.02
we did something
very interesting,
00:23:49.06\00:23:51.49
and I'd like to
ask Floyd to tell us
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.10
a little bit
about the health expo
00:23:54.13\00:23:55.73
that we had the
first day, Wednesday
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.23
and why we decided to do that?
00:23:58.27\00:24:01.47
Yes, I'm glad to tell you
then, one reason of course was
00:24:01.50\00:24:04.34
because ASI
National wanted us to do it.
00:24:04.37\00:24:08.44
And, but we were
thankful they were
00:24:08.48\00:24:10.08
because we felt like...
00:24:10.11\00:24:11.81
As we all know the medical work
is the right arm of the gospel
00:24:11.85\00:24:16.25
and so we wanted to practice it,
00:24:16.28\00:24:17.79
put into practice here
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.29
and also if
possible give kind of a model
00:24:19.32\00:24:21.69
so those other members of
ASI who are coming can see
00:24:21.72\00:24:25.19
what it is like
to do a health expo.
00:24:25.23\00:24:28.56
And also we feel like we
really owe the communities
00:24:28.60\00:24:34.40
where we meet for ASI.
00:24:34.44\00:24:36.50
We'd like to give back to them
00:24:36.54\00:24:37.97
as well as receive the blessings
00:24:38.01\00:24:39.54
of being in their
facilities and things like that.
00:24:39.57\00:24:43.31
So those are really
probably the main reasons
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.01
why we felt like
we wanted to do it
00:24:46.05\00:24:48.02
and we're happy
that we could do that.
00:24:48.05\00:24:49.82
Floyd Courtney was the president
00:24:49.85\00:24:51.85
of ASI Southwestern
Union for quite some time,
00:24:51.89\00:24:55.86
and Dawn has taken his place
for the last couple of years,
00:24:55.89\00:24:59.03
and so I'm delighted to
have both of them here with us.
00:24:59.06\00:25:02.06
Pat Humphrey as well
has been very involved
00:25:02.10\00:25:04.23
with ASI for a number of years.
00:25:04.27\00:25:06.20
And I'd like to ask you
00:25:06.23\00:25:07.84
what was it like
to get the word out?
00:25:07.87\00:25:09.64
How did that go, getting
the word out to everybody
00:25:09.67\00:25:11.47
about what was happening?
00:25:11.51\00:25:12.84
Well, as always it's a challenge
00:25:12.87\00:25:14.21
to get the word out
00:25:14.24\00:25:15.58
especially in a
large city like Houston
00:25:15.61\00:25:17.65
but we had a lot
of help actually.
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.98
And one of the first
things that happened is
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.25
that the ASI leaders
00:25:22.28\00:25:23.65
along with Dawn
our Chapter president
00:25:23.69\00:25:26.02
met with the
pastors, the local pastors
00:25:26.05\00:25:28.72
and they were excited
about working along with this
00:25:28.76\00:25:33.29
and they helped us quite a bit
00:25:33.33\00:25:34.83
to get the word
out to the community
00:25:34.86\00:25:36.83
as well as their church members.
00:25:36.87\00:25:38.60
We also did an ad
00:25:38.63\00:25:40.77
that the Sunday
prior to the event.
00:25:40.80\00:25:43.27
We had an ad in the newspaper,
00:25:43.30\00:25:44.91
we were able to
get something out
00:25:44.94\00:25:46.47
through the city news website,
00:25:46.51\00:25:50.55
and we also did
community calendars,
00:25:50.58\00:25:54.48
we worked with
community agencies
00:25:54.52\00:25:56.48
to get the word out to
the people that they serve.
00:25:56.52\00:25:59.82
And so through a number of ways
00:25:59.85\00:26:01.86
we were able to
get the word out.
00:26:01.89\00:26:03.83
Very good.
00:26:03.86\00:26:05.19
Well, Dawn, I'd like to ask you
00:26:05.23\00:26:06.56
what kind of services
were you able to offer here?
00:26:06.59\00:26:09.43
We were offering services
according to the Newstart model
00:26:09.46\00:26:13.84
so we did in the
typical expo style.
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.30
We did a nutrition station,
exercise, water, sunshine,
00:26:16.34\00:26:19.84
temperance, air, rest
and trust in divine power.
00:26:19.87\00:26:23.95
But then in addition we also
offered some expanded services,
00:26:23.98\00:26:28.22
so we had oral health screening,
00:26:28.25\00:26:29.85
vision health
screening, barber and beauty
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.55
and we also had a pelvic
floor biofeedback station
00:26:32.59\00:26:36.02
which was very,
very interesting.
00:26:36.06\00:26:37.59
Okay, so a lot of good services
00:26:37.63\00:26:39.59
that we could
offer to the community.
00:26:39.63\00:26:40.96
That's wonderful.
00:26:41.00\00:26:42.46
Pat, where did you work in
particular, in what station?
00:26:42.50\00:26:45.27
I worked at the health
age assessment station.
00:26:45.30\00:26:48.00
And so this is where there's
a computerized assessment
00:26:48.04\00:26:51.27
and you interview the person
00:26:51.31\00:26:53.21
and they give you their data,
00:26:53.24\00:26:55.14
their age, their
weight, and height
00:26:55.18\00:26:59.45
and you take all
that information,
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.22
put it into the computer,
00:27:01.25\00:27:02.58
and what it does is it generates
00:27:02.62\00:27:04.39
what we call the health age.
00:27:04.42\00:27:06.65
So they can find out
how old they really are.
00:27:06.69\00:27:11.19
How many years of life
00:27:11.23\00:27:14.03
either they can
have additional years
00:27:14.06\00:27:18.60
and in some cases people's age
00:27:18.63\00:27:21.37
is actually higher than
their chronological age,
00:27:21.40\00:27:24.67
so it gives a lot
of good information,
00:27:24.71\00:27:26.37
Wonderful.
00:27:26.41\00:27:27.74
And how about you, Floyd,
00:27:27.78\00:27:29.11
what were you involved
with for the health expo?
00:27:29.14\00:27:31.61
I didn't work a lot
in one specific station.
00:27:31.65\00:27:34.35
I was kind of a floater
00:27:34.38\00:27:35.78
seeing that
everything was going okay
00:27:35.82\00:27:37.49
because, you know, in
an operation like that,
00:27:37.52\00:27:40.26
lot of times a certain need can
come up or something like that.
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.92
So I was kind of floating
00:27:42.96\00:27:44.39
and checking to see if
everything's going okay.
00:27:44.43\00:27:46.53
When I wasn't helping somebody,
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.00
I also, I worked
pretty much as a greeters
00:27:48.03\00:27:51.37
because it's a large
area, people coming in
00:27:51.40\00:27:53.37
and we want to
make sure they got to us
00:27:53.40\00:27:56.27
and to where they needed to be
00:27:56.30\00:27:57.64
so I helped also in
that area of being greeter.
00:27:57.67\00:27:59.71
Okay. Very good.
00:27:59.74\00:28:01.71
So we want to get
down to finding out
00:28:01.74\00:28:04.71
what the impact was.
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.08
And I'd like to ask it
in two ways actually, Dawn.
00:28:06.11\00:28:08.58
I'd like to find out
00:28:08.62\00:28:09.95
first of all, what the
response was from the community?
00:28:09.98\00:28:13.19
And also what the response was
00:28:13.22\00:28:15.89
or how the volunteers
were benefited and blessed
00:28:15.92\00:28:18.53
by this experience?
00:28:18.56\00:28:20.30
It was really a
wonderful experience.
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.03
The community, they
were just really happy.
00:28:22.06\00:28:25.10
Many of the
people came and said,
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.47
they'd never seen
anything like this
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.30
and they were just very excited
00:28:28.34\00:28:29.67
to be able to
receive the services.
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.24
Some of them came and
they stayed and stayed and,
00:28:31.27\00:28:34.31
so we got a lot of opportunities
00:28:34.34\00:28:36.14
to interact with them.
00:28:36.18\00:28:37.58
And in terms of the volunteers,
they too were very excited.
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.88
Some people had
never worked in expo before
00:28:40.92\00:28:43.85
and they were just so
happy to be able to reach out
00:28:43.89\00:28:47.09
and touch the
members of the community.
00:28:47.12\00:28:48.72
So it gave everyone
00:28:48.76\00:28:50.19
who was involved an opportunity
00:28:50.23\00:28:51.73
to really
participate in this work
00:28:51.76\00:28:53.90
of being the
hands and feet of Jesus.
00:28:53.93\00:28:56.23
And we started out, you know,
with a very conservative goal,
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.57
we would like to get 200
but we'd be happy with 120.
00:28:59.60\00:29:04.07
We ended up with
about 170 volunteers,
00:29:04.11\00:29:07.18
and that's just
what was on paper,
00:29:07.21\00:29:08.84
and people just
kept coming in the door,
00:29:08.88\00:29:10.21
"I want to
help. I want to help."
00:29:10.25\00:29:11.61
We had people
traveling from Killeen
00:29:11.65\00:29:13.72
that had been involved
in previous health events
00:29:13.75\00:29:16.65
in our jumpstart clinic,
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.02
people who had been
involved in Pathway,
00:29:18.05\00:29:20.96
they came and helped,
00:29:20.99\00:29:22.32
so it was really a blessing.
00:29:22.36\00:29:24.66
So we'd like to
hear some stories
00:29:24.69\00:29:26.23
of some
experiences that you had.
00:29:26.26\00:29:27.76
Pat, would you have one
you like to share with us?
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.50
Yes, I had a young
man that was 22 years old
00:29:29.53\00:29:32.27
who came and did the
health age assessment.
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.94
After he
completed the questionnaire
00:29:34.97\00:29:36.87
turned out that he was 32.
00:29:36.91\00:29:39.71
His health age was actually 32,
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.71
and I went through
some of the recommendations
00:29:41.74\00:29:44.58
that are given
with this questionnaire,
00:29:44.61\00:29:46.65
and he was just so
grateful to find out
00:29:46.68\00:29:49.88
that he could
actually do some lifestyle,
00:29:49.92\00:29:52.49
make some lifestyle changes
00:29:52.52\00:29:53.96
and lower his health
age even to as low as 16
00:29:53.99\00:29:57.53
if he would put
those things into practice.
00:29:57.56\00:29:59.36
Okay. Wonderful,
and how about you, Dawn?
00:29:59.39\00:30:01.70
Do you have some stories
you'd like to share with us?
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.70
Yes, I had been in and
out of the FedEx office
00:30:03.73\00:30:06.40
at the convention center all day
00:30:06.43\00:30:08.00
pretty much making copies.
00:30:08.04\00:30:09.70
And the young lady who
was assisting me to marriage,
00:30:09.74\00:30:12.27
she said, "What are you doing?"
00:30:12.31\00:30:13.78
And when I told her what
services we were offering,
00:30:13.81\00:30:16.34
she says, "This is
an answer to prayer.
00:30:16.38\00:30:17.91
I really need to have
00:30:17.95\00:30:19.51
some of these things looked at."
00:30:19.55\00:30:21.08
And when she took her break,
00:30:21.12\00:30:22.45
I saw her going
through the expo.
00:30:22.48\00:30:23.99
Okay, wonderful.
00:30:24.02\00:30:25.35
Well, thank you so much
for all of the hard work
00:30:25.39\00:30:27.79
that you've all put
00:30:27.82\00:30:29.16
into organizing
this health expo.
00:30:29.19\00:30:30.99
It's been a wonderful experience
00:30:31.03\00:30:32.36
to be able to have
local church members
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.70
be more in contact with ASI
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.60
as well as ASI be
involved in reaching out
00:30:36.63\00:30:39.40
and giving back
as you've mentioned.
00:30:39.43\00:30:41.20
Thank you so
much. Amen. Thank you.
00:30:41.24\00:30:42.57
God bless. Thank you.
00:30:42.60\00:30:44.44
So one of the organizations
00:30:44.47\00:30:46.78
that we've probably
mentioned more than any other
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.64
and maybe even without
knowing it is one called AMEN.
00:30:49.68\00:30:53.18
Don't you agree?
00:30:53.21\00:30:54.55
We've probably said amen more
00:30:54.58\00:30:55.92
than we've mentioned
any other organization.
00:30:55.95\00:30:58.25
And I'm delighted to have
with me Dr. Brian Schwartz
00:30:58.29\00:31:01.39
as well as Vinh Trinh
with us here from AMEN,
00:31:01.42\00:31:04.19
both of them are from AMEN.
00:31:04.23\00:31:05.83
And we're excited
because this is similar
00:31:05.86\00:31:08.73
to what we've just heard about
00:31:08.76\00:31:10.10
in reaching out through
the right arm of the gospel,
00:31:10.13\00:31:12.23
the health message
in order to touch lives.
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.90
And so I'd like
for you to tell us,
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.11
Dr. Schwartz, what is AMEN?
00:31:17.14\00:31:19.57
AMEN is the Adventist
Medical Evangelism Network.
00:31:19.61\00:31:23.18
It was started around 2004
00:31:23.21\00:31:26.18
by a group of
physicians and dentists
00:31:26.21\00:31:28.38
who were actually
here involved at ASI
00:31:28.42\00:31:31.22
and got together in a
small breakout session at ASI
00:31:31.25\00:31:33.96
and decided that we
needed a regular organization
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.19
that could really
develop the right arm
00:31:36.22\00:31:38.29
initially to help
physicians like myself
00:31:38.33\00:31:40.80
and dentists to make
their medical practice
00:31:40.83\00:31:43.03
into a ministry,
00:31:43.06\00:31:44.53
but then it quickly
expanded into a national work
00:31:44.57\00:31:48.90
doing AMEN free clinics
and even internationally.
00:31:48.94\00:31:51.31
Okay.
00:31:51.34\00:31:52.67
Well, we'd like to
know a little bit more
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.04
about the AMEN free clinics.
00:31:54.08\00:31:55.41
Could you tell us
a little bit about
00:31:55.44\00:31:56.78
how that has developed
and what you actually do?
00:31:56.81\00:32:00.25
So in 2013, we begin the idea
00:32:00.28\00:32:03.25
of actually going into a region.
00:32:03.28\00:32:05.89
This is similar
to what Pathways does
00:32:05.92\00:32:08.02
but at a smaller scale to help
local churches and communities
00:32:08.06\00:32:11.63
or several churches get together
00:32:11.66\00:32:13.03
and put on a weekend event,
00:32:13.06\00:32:15.20
one day, two day, three days.
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.83
Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
00:32:16.87\00:32:19.27
just to get together
to provide medical care
00:32:19.30\00:32:22.67
with health screening and
simple medical treatments,
00:32:22.70\00:32:25.61
full dental
care including crowns
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.68
and tooth extractions
and also vision care.
00:32:27.71\00:32:32.71
Okay.
00:32:32.75\00:32:34.08
And it's been
just growing rapidly.
00:32:34.12\00:32:35.48
Okay.
00:32:35.52\00:32:36.85
Well, I'm delighted to
have Vinh Trinh here as well.
00:32:36.89\00:32:39.42
He's actually
the clinic director
00:32:39.45\00:32:41.19
and you can imagine
00:32:41.22\00:32:42.56
that when you're
organizing clinics
00:32:42.59\00:32:43.93
all over the place,
he stays pretty busy.
00:32:43.96\00:32:45.86
Why don't you tell us a little
bit more about the clinics
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.76
and especially Clinic-in-a-Box,
a very unique tool?
00:32:48.80\00:32:52.70
So we decided that we
needed to move backwards
00:32:52.73\00:32:56.40
to serve smaller churches,
00:32:56.44\00:32:58.31
so Clinic-in-a-Boxes
are scaled down version
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.84
of our larger clinic.
00:33:00.88\00:33:02.88
What we're doing is putting
a spotlight into the church,
00:33:02.91\00:33:06.25
within the community.
00:33:06.28\00:33:07.62
And I believe we
have a video to showcase
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.22
just to give a glimpse about
00:33:09.25\00:33:10.59
what
Clinic-in-a-Box is all about.
00:33:10.62\00:33:11.95
Okay. Wonderful
we'll let that roll.
00:33:11.99\00:33:13.49
Since 2013, AMEN
has flung open the doors
00:33:27.10\00:33:31.41
to what it means
00:33:31.44\00:33:32.77
to be a mission
minded medical professional.
00:33:32.81\00:33:35.34
Thousands of patients
have walked into a gym, church,
00:33:35.38\00:33:39.05
convention center,
and even a refugee camp.
00:33:39.08\00:33:43.79
They were greeted and treated
by thousands of volunteers
00:33:43.82\00:33:47.46
who shared the same earnest
desire to be Jesus' hands
00:33:47.49\00:33:51.03
in helping and healing the sick.
00:33:51.06\00:33:54.00
Now four incredible years later,
00:33:54.03\00:33:56.67
it's time to circle back
to why all of this matters.
00:33:56.70\00:34:00.50
The patients' journey to Christ.
00:34:00.54\00:34:04.14
Clinic-in-a-Box is
a scaled down version
00:34:04.17\00:34:06.98
of the AMEN Clinic,
00:34:07.01\00:34:08.71
held over just one
day with a few providers
00:34:08.74\00:34:12.08
and all the same free services
00:34:12.11\00:34:13.88
that AMEN Clinic
has always featured.
00:34:13.92\00:34:17.45
Why the change?
00:34:17.49\00:34:19.09
Because rather than being
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.46
a revolving door
of medical procedures,
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.16
the clinic must be a
door that opens to the church.
00:34:23.19\00:34:28.20
The mission of Clinic-in-a-Box
is to put a spotlight
00:34:28.23\00:34:31.43
on even the
smallest Adventist church
00:34:31.47\00:34:34.24
and to empower its members
00:34:34.27\00:34:35.74
to become a light
in their community.
00:34:35.77\00:34:39.31
That's really what a
church should be, isn't it?
00:34:39.34\00:34:42.31
A safe place of
hope, healing, and love,
00:34:42.34\00:34:46.92
and that is what
your church can be.
00:34:46.95\00:34:49.78
Maybe all you need
is to plant the seed.
00:34:49.82\00:34:52.39
For more information about
00:34:57.33\00:34:58.66
how you can host
a Clinic-in-a-Box,
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.80
please email AMEN
00:35:00.83\00:35:02.60
at admin@amensda.org
00:35:02.63\00:35:06.60
or call 530-883-8061.
00:35:06.63\00:35:11.47
Well, that sounds very exciting
00:35:14.44\00:35:15.81
and we'll let you tell
us a little bit more about
00:35:15.84\00:35:17.65
how people can get
involved with that.
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.55
But before we go to that,
we'd like some stories as well.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.82
We'd like you to
tell us, Dr. Schwartz,
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.35
how you've been able
to reach out to patients
00:35:24.39\00:35:27.06
and maybe
especially because of AMEN,
00:35:27.09\00:35:29.62
and how you've been involved?
00:35:29.66\00:35:30.99
And how you've been
able to collect ideas
00:35:31.03\00:35:32.36
through that organization?
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.36
So with AMEN we have
an annual conference.
00:35:34.40\00:35:37.40
We get physicians,
dentists, optometrists,
00:35:37.43\00:35:39.77
all health care
providers together
00:35:39.80\00:35:41.20
just to share ideas
00:35:41.24\00:35:42.57
and we just keep
building on ways that that work.
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.47
But just a little story
00:35:45.51\00:35:47.38
about my experience
with an AMEN free clinic.
00:35:47.41\00:35:50.55
Okay.
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.51
Just having the opportunity
to take care of a gentleman
00:35:52.55\00:35:54.82
who has not been
able to get health care.
00:35:54.85\00:35:57.05
He comes in, he knows
nothing really about who we are,
00:35:57.09\00:35:59.39
what we're
doing, but it's just...
00:35:59.42\00:36:02.79
You can tell that he
just appreciates the love
00:36:02.82\00:36:04.89
that he's felt
through this process.
00:36:04.93\00:36:06.76
We take care of him,
00:36:06.80\00:36:08.13
give him a couple
simple prescriptions,
00:36:08.16\00:36:09.50
and help get him
in some resources
00:36:09.53\00:36:11.33
that he can follow up with
00:36:11.37\00:36:12.70
and hopefully get
plugged into a church.
00:36:12.73\00:36:14.44
But as I always do
with all my patients,
00:36:14.47\00:36:16.04
I say one of the things
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.41
they offer to do
is have a prayer,
00:36:17.44\00:36:18.77
"Would you like to
have a prayer with me?"
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.14
And as I pray with him,
00:36:20.18\00:36:21.51
he begins to cry and
he just turns and says,
00:36:21.54\00:36:23.61
"I don't know
what religion you are,
00:36:23.65\00:36:25.25
but I want to be a
part of this church."
00:36:25.28\00:36:26.88
Wow.
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.25
There's no
theology at this point.
00:36:28.28\00:36:29.85
He just senses
something and it convicted me
00:36:29.88\00:36:32.12
that it's more than
just preaching the gospel,
00:36:32.15\00:36:34.62
and sermons, and
evangelistic series.
00:36:34.66\00:36:36.73
The health message,
00:36:36.76\00:36:38.09
the gospel lived out in action
00:36:38.13\00:36:39.96
opens the door to
hearts and they respond.
00:36:40.00\00:36:42.10
Yes. Absolutely,
thank you for sharing that.
00:36:42.13\00:36:45.53
I think that this
is a wonderful tool
00:36:45.57\00:36:48.10
that you have here,
this Clinic-in-a-Box,
00:36:48.14\00:36:49.90
it just sounds like
it could really meet
00:36:49.94\00:36:51.67
the needs of a
lot of small churches,
00:36:51.71\00:36:54.01
or maybe even larger churches,
00:36:54.04\00:36:55.71
any size church
00:36:55.74\00:36:57.08
that doesn't have
their own equipment
00:36:57.11\00:36:58.45
which is probably
most of them, right?
00:36:58.48\00:37:00.32
Tell us a little bit about
how churches can get involved?
00:37:00.35\00:37:03.42
How they can
benefit from this tool
00:37:03.45\00:37:04.85
that you're offering?
00:37:04.89\00:37:06.22
So just to make the distinction,
00:37:06.25\00:37:07.92
AMEN does do
weekend free clinics
00:37:07.96\00:37:10.73
where we'll bring in our team,
we will coordinate volunteers,
00:37:10.76\00:37:14.56
and we will work
with the local churches
00:37:14.60\00:37:16.40
to put on an event.
00:37:16.43\00:37:17.77
We have just
recently been able to expand
00:37:17.80\00:37:20.14
to two trucks, two teams
00:37:20.17\00:37:21.50
and will be able to support
00:37:21.54\00:37:22.87
up to 44 of those
type of outreaches.
00:37:22.90\00:37:26.71
They're already booked
out for all of next year.
00:37:26.74\00:37:28.34
Okay.
00:37:28.38\00:37:29.71
So the Clinic-in-a-Box
is a simpler method
00:37:29.74\00:37:31.61
where if a church has a
few health care provider
00:37:31.65\00:37:34.78
and they want to put
together a small scale event,
00:37:34.82\00:37:37.19
we can ship that to them perhaps
00:37:37.22\00:37:38.79
with one of our team
members to help get it going.
00:37:38.82\00:37:40.92
So even the smallest of churches
00:37:40.96\00:37:42.39
can put these on.
00:37:42.42\00:37:43.76
Okay, wonderful,
00:37:43.79\00:37:45.13
so it's a little different
from the regular clinic
00:37:45.16\00:37:46.70
where there's a
whole team that comes.
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.40
This is something
that's kind of do it yourself
00:37:48.43\00:37:50.37
with some
instructions, of course,
00:37:50.40\00:37:52.00
with the
equipment that you need...
00:37:52.03\00:37:53.40
Everything they need.
00:37:53.44\00:37:54.77
Everything you
need in order to offer
00:37:54.80\00:37:56.71
this free clinic
in your local area.
00:37:56.74\00:37:59.27
That's right. Okay. Wonderful.
00:37:59.31\00:38:00.64
Well, thank you
so much for sharing
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.28
and may God bless the
work that AMEN is doing.
00:38:02.31\00:38:04.55
Thank you, Wayne.
00:38:04.58\00:38:08.52
I think the
thing that inspires me
00:38:08.55\00:38:10.19
the most is the testimony
of a life of self-sacrifice.
00:38:10.22\00:38:14.62
When I go throughout my day,
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.46
I try to think
00:38:16.49\00:38:18.29
of what other people
have gone through before me
00:38:18.33\00:38:21.60
especially on the days
00:38:21.63\00:38:22.96
that I feel a little selfish
00:38:23.00\00:38:24.53
or I feel like I
don't want to do ministry.
00:38:24.57\00:38:27.57
I think about the people
that really didn't have a lot
00:38:27.60\00:38:31.37
or not even had
a lot of support,
00:38:31.41\00:38:33.24
but they kept on going anyway
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.44
because they had
a greater reward,
00:38:35.48\00:38:37.48
a greater goal in mind
00:38:37.51\00:38:39.05
than just how I feel right now
00:38:39.08\00:38:41.58
and having comfort
and pleasure right now.
00:38:41.62\00:38:44.32
And the greatest example
of that of course is Jesus.
00:38:44.35\00:38:48.66
And honestly that's where
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.03
I got my greatest
source of inspiration.
00:38:50.06\00:38:52.49
I guess my question would be,
00:38:52.53\00:38:54.26
why would you
not want to join ASI?
00:38:54.30\00:38:56.80
Everyone should
be a part of ASI.
00:38:56.83\00:38:58.87
There are all types
of people, young, old,
00:38:58.90\00:39:02.14
you know, poor college students,
00:39:02.17\00:39:04.61
rich businessmen and women,
00:39:04.64\00:39:06.61
and everyone is
altogether for a common goal
00:39:06.64\00:39:09.94
really just worshipping together
00:39:09.98\00:39:12.55
and going for that one mission
of seeing Jesus come soon.
00:39:12.58\00:39:17.49
All of the interactions
and all the connections
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.69
that I've had with
ASI have been so positive
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.82
because they serve to
inspire people in ministry,
00:39:21.86\00:39:25.43
and give you
resources, and training,
00:39:25.46\00:39:28.36
and it's such a huge inspiration
00:39:28.40\00:39:30.50
and encouragement for anyone,
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.70
and I would just encourage
everyone to be a part of it.
00:39:32.73\00:39:35.70
Welcome to another
offering in action segment.
00:39:40.51\00:39:44.38
With me is Moise Ratsara,
he's the president for GYC,
00:39:44.41\00:39:48.32
Generation Youth Christ.
00:39:48.35\00:39:51.02
Lela Lewis, who's
the CEO and president
00:39:51.05\00:39:53.15
of Your Best Pathway to Health
00:39:53.19\00:39:54.89
and Duane McKey,
00:39:54.92\00:39:56.26
president of
Total Member Involvement
00:39:56.29\00:39:58.46
in Adventist World Radio.
00:39:58.49\00:39:59.83
So we've got all the
big guys up here, girls.
00:39:59.86\00:40:02.73
Okay, so, Moise, first tell us,
00:40:02.76\00:40:04.93
this is a
phenomenal collaboration
00:40:04.97\00:40:06.47
that's going to be
taking place in Phoenix,
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.17
Arizona between
GYC, Pathway, and others.
00:40:08.20\00:40:11.27
But tell us a
little bit about that,
00:40:11.31\00:40:12.67
how did that come about
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.04
and a little bit more about GYC?
00:40:14.08\00:40:15.41
All right. Great, well,
thank you so much, Debbie.
00:40:15.44\00:40:17.65
You know, GYC
exist to engage, inspire,
00:40:17.68\00:40:21.25
and challenge young
people in the mission and vision
00:40:21.28\00:40:24.35
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:40:24.39\00:40:26.65
We believe that
young people can proclaim
00:40:26.69\00:40:28.96
the three angels' message
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.36
and we also believe
00:40:31.39\00:40:32.73
that young people can
live a life of service.
00:40:32.76\00:40:35.53
Pathway in a practical
way shows the love of Christ
00:40:35.56\00:40:40.17
through health care
and we say, you know,
00:40:40.20\00:40:42.20
why don't we use
both arms of the gospel,
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.27
the right and the left.
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.64
Let us do something
big so that we can go home.
00:40:45.67\00:40:48.61
Because at the end of the day
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.55
we are Seventh-day Adventists
00:40:50.58\00:40:53.68
and we believe that
Jesus is coming soon.
00:40:53.72\00:40:56.52
And if Jesus is gonna come,
00:40:56.55\00:40:58.19
then we need to
be involved in TMI,
00:40:58.22\00:41:01.32
Total Member Involvement.
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.56
But even beyond that
00:41:03.59\00:41:04.93
we need to be involved in
Total Ministry Involvement.
00:41:04.96\00:41:09.00
Amen. Amen.
00:41:09.03\00:41:10.37
So, Lela, this is
more, this is bigger than
00:41:10.40\00:41:12.13
just GYC and Pathway to Health,
00:41:12.17\00:41:13.97
who else is involved
in this collaboration?
00:41:14.00\00:41:15.67
You know, it's
so exciting, Debbie.
00:41:15.70\00:41:17.31
It was actually
exactly a year ago,
00:41:17.34\00:41:19.41
a whole bunch of us at ASI
in Phoenix sat down together
00:41:19.44\00:41:22.81
GYC, Pathway,
Total Member Involvement,
00:41:22.84\00:41:25.25
The North American
Division, 3ABN, Hope TV,
00:41:25.28\00:41:28.12
and many, many other ministries.
00:41:28.15\00:41:29.72
And we said,
"How can we do this?"
00:41:29.75\00:41:32.15
We want to
combine just what Moise,
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.16
you just said we want to combine
00:41:34.19\00:41:35.56
and make this the best
event for God next year.
00:41:35.59\00:41:38.49
So we came up with Christmas,
00:41:38.53\00:41:40.40
December 25, 26, and
27 for Pathway, Phoenix.
00:41:40.43\00:41:44.50
Now, Moise, this
is interesting to me.
00:41:44.53\00:41:46.13
I know that with GYC
00:41:46.17\00:41:47.50
there's always an
outreach during the convention.
00:41:47.54\00:41:50.17
This precedes the convention
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.24
and includes the
day of Christmas.
00:41:52.27\00:41:54.88
How do you think that
resonates with GYC attendees?
00:41:54.91\00:41:57.51
I think it's
going to be excellent
00:41:57.55\00:41:58.88
because we're not
going to lose a Christmas,
00:41:58.91\00:42:00.42
we're going to gain a Christmas
00:42:00.45\00:42:02.28
because we get to be the
hands and feet of Christ.
00:42:02.32\00:42:05.12
And young people want to serve,
00:42:05.15\00:42:06.76
young people want to make a
difference in a tangible way
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.76
and this is the
best way to do it.
00:42:09.79\00:42:11.79
And, you know,
Moise, that was intentional.
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.60
We picked Christmas
at very intentionally.
00:42:13.63\00:42:16.56
It's the day the world,
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.03
whether we
believe in Christ or not.
00:42:18.07\00:42:19.53
The world
celebrates the gift of God
00:42:19.57\00:42:22.40
through the eternal
life, eternal health
00:42:22.44\00:42:24.97
through His Son Jesus
00:42:25.01\00:42:26.34
and we get to be
that physical gift
00:42:26.37\00:42:28.44
of whole person healing,
00:42:28.48\00:42:29.91
physical, mental, emotional,
00:42:29.94\00:42:31.78
and spiritual health on the day
00:42:31.81\00:42:33.48
that we celebrate
that gift of life.
00:42:33.52\00:42:35.62
And you know that very fact
00:42:35.65\00:42:38.55
of Seventh-day
Adventist coming together
00:42:38.59\00:42:40.69
not to give up their Christmas,
00:42:40.72\00:42:42.26
but to gain the best
Christmas ever has gained
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.03
the attention of
the highest levels
00:42:45.06\00:42:46.93
of our federal government.
00:42:46.96\00:42:48.50
The governor's
office, the mayor's office,
00:42:48.53\00:42:50.97
some of the largest health care
networks in the United States
00:42:51.00\00:42:53.87
and largest health
insurance companies
00:42:53.90\00:42:56.24
are actually giving financially
00:42:56.27\00:42:59.01
to make Pathway
Phoenix a huge success for God.
00:42:59.04\00:43:01.74
In fact, we have 307,000
square feet available to us
00:43:01.78\00:43:06.31
at the Phoenix Convention Center
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.08
to be able to
service 10,000 patients
00:43:08.12\00:43:10.45
in two and a half days.
00:43:10.49\00:43:12.05
Well, that's really phenomenal.
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.42
Now you have a particular
target audience if you will,
00:43:13.46\00:43:17.23
that you're hoping
to reach at this event?
00:43:17.26\00:43:19.09
You know, that is the
most exciting thing to me.
00:43:19.13\00:43:22.20
There are
thousands upon thousands
00:43:22.23\00:43:24.90
upon thousands of refugees
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.17
in the Phoenix
area from countries
00:43:27.20\00:43:28.97
all around the
world including the 10/40,
00:43:29.00\00:43:31.21
which we haven't
been able to reach.
00:43:31.24\00:43:32.94
And we are planning, working
with the Arizona Conference
00:43:32.97\00:43:35.61
not only to reach them
00:43:35.64\00:43:37.45
but their family members
in their own home countries.
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.58
So this sounds like it's right
up your alley, Duane McKey.
00:43:40.62\00:43:42.48
Oh, yes, it is
exciting and thrilling.
00:43:42.52\00:43:44.09
You know, a PS first,
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.45
I just want to say I just
talked to Pastor Rudguree,
00:43:45.49\00:43:47.36
he's sitting right
back there from East Africa.
00:43:47.39\00:43:49.32
He did the same
method over there,
00:43:49.36\00:43:51.43
Pathways method
and then evangelism.
00:43:51.46\00:43:53.76
He just told me
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda,
00:43:53.80\00:43:57.13
they just baptized
251,000 people this year.
00:43:57.17\00:44:02.17
Amen. Isn't that thrilling?
00:44:02.20\00:44:04.11
Amen.
00:44:04.14\00:44:05.47
And then last
year, two years ago,
00:44:05.51\00:44:06.94
we were over
here in San Antonio.
00:44:06.98\00:44:08.51
We have six brand new
churches now because of this.
00:44:08.54\00:44:11.18
It works here
in America as well.
00:44:11.21\00:44:13.11
In Phoenix we're thinking
about all these refugees.
00:44:13.15\00:44:16.05
One thing we can
do is the new God pod.
00:44:16.08\00:44:19.19
It's a radio, it's a transistor,
00:44:19.22\00:44:20.72
we can broadcast on the radio,
00:44:20.76\00:44:22.09
we can load it with
three angels' messages
00:44:22.12\00:44:25.43
and the Bible in their language.
00:44:25.46\00:44:27.30
And then secondly,
this is absolutely amazing.
00:44:27.33\00:44:30.13
You've got lot of
things in your pocket.
00:44:30.17\00:44:31.50
A lot of things here.
00:44:31.53\00:44:32.87
Just your cell
phone that you know
00:44:32.90\00:44:34.80
that WhatsApp has 1.4
billion users around the world.
00:44:34.84\00:44:39.97
The largest social media,
00:44:40.01\00:44:41.44
second largest next
to Facebook in the world,
00:44:41.48\00:44:43.08
and Facebook just bought them.
00:44:43.11\00:44:44.45
They're smart, aren't they?
00:44:44.48\00:44:45.81
A friend of mine
Neveline in Namibia,
00:44:45.85\00:44:48.52
he's Afrikaan, he
gives on WhatsApp.
00:44:48.55\00:44:50.99
He's learned how to do this
00:44:51.02\00:44:52.42
and we're going to
do this in Phoenix,
00:44:52.45\00:44:54.62
3,000 Bible studies a day, a day
00:44:54.66\00:44:59.76
and in Phoenix all
these people would teach them
00:44:59.79\00:45:02.03
how to do it
with their cell phone.
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.40
And the sad news is...
00:45:03.43\00:45:05.23
Ah, it's a best news, it's free,
00:45:05.27\00:45:06.87
it doesn't cost anything.
00:45:06.90\00:45:09.44
They can contact
their family members
00:45:09.47\00:45:11.57
back home on WhatsApp
00:45:11.61\00:45:13.17
giving them Bible studies
00:45:13.21\00:45:14.54
of what they have
learned in Arizona.
00:45:14.58\00:45:16.11
So this outreach
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.48
will transcend Phoenix, Arizona.
00:45:17.51\00:45:19.31
It will actually
literally go around the world.
00:45:19.35\00:45:20.85
Globally. And you know what?
00:45:20.88\00:45:22.88
Whether you're young,
whether you're not so young,
00:45:22.92\00:45:25.85
if you have a smile
and you have a heartbeat
00:45:25.89\00:45:28.06
which I think all of us do here,
00:45:28.09\00:45:29.42
you can go to
pathwaytohealthvolunteer.org
00:45:29.46\00:45:33.70
and be a Christmas
gift to those in need.
00:45:33.73\00:45:36.33
Make this a
Christmas to remember.
00:45:36.36\00:45:38.80
Will you pray about coming?
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.94
And will you
come? God bless you.
00:45:40.97\00:45:42.40
Amen. Thank you.
00:45:42.44\00:45:43.77