Our opening song
sermon is Marching desire.
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I invite you to stand as
we sing our opening hymn.
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Come, we that love the
Lord And let our joys be known
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Join in a song with sweet accord
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Join in a song with sweet accord
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And thus surround the throne
And thus surround the throne
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We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
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We're marching upward to Zion
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The beautiful city of God
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Let those refuse to
sing Who never knew our God
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But children of
the heavenly King
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But children of
the heavenly King
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May speak their joys abroad
May speak their joys abroad
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We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
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We're marching upward to Zion
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The beautiful city of God
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The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
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Before we reach
the heavenly fields
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Before we reach
the heavenly fields
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Or walk the golden streets
Or walk the golden streets
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We're marching to Zion
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Beautiful, beautiful Zion
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We're marching upward to Zion
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The beautiful city of God
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Then let our songs abound
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And every tear be dry
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We're marching
through Immanuel's ground
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We're marching
through Immanuel's ground
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To fairer worlds on high
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To fairer worlds on high
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We're marching to Zion
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Beautiful, beautiful Zion
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We're marching
upward to heavenly Zion
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The beautiful city of God
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Thank you so much for
singing. You may be seated.
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Good evening, ASI.
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You know, the ASI experiences
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all about
meeting in the hallways,
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seeing people you
haven't seen since last year.
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It's about going
to various meetings
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like this one tonight.
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It's about worshiping, sharing.
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I see people in the
corners, praying together,
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having their Bibles out.
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ASI experiences are awesome,
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and Thursday night is
one of the special times.
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We're just glad to
welcome you here tonight.
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Hope that you enjoy everything
that happens in this place
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this evening.
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Now I want to just
think about some of the things
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that have gone on today.
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There have been seminars.
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How many were in seminars today?
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Okay. They were excellent.
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All over the place, there
were different things happening.
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We were in one of
the seminars today
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and enjoyed it very much.
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And one of the things
that we're praying for
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and always happens
at an ASI Convention
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because of prayer is
the Holy Spirit comes down.
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And I was talking with
our prayer coordinator,
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and she was
saying that this morning,
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there were over 75 people.
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It's 5 or 6 o'clock in
the morning to go to prayer
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to just pray for the outpouring
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of the Holy
Spirit in this place.
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And that's our
prayer as we start
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the Thursday night program,
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which we filled with
inspiration, and ideas,
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and things that will draw us
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closer into
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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It's our prayer that as
that happens this evening
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that you will
experience everything
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that God has in store for you.
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And, Karen, would
you please pray for us
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as we open Thursday night.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Father in
heaven, we're so thankful
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we can be here tonight
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to worship and praise Your name.
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I asked that You
would be with each speaker
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that presents
tonight as they share
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how You have led in their lives.
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Now I asked that
You would fill us
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with Your Holy Spirit,
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and bless us, and
make us a blessing.
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I ask it all in the
name above all names,
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Jesus Christ, amen.
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If I ask you
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how many of you know
the Adventist Review,
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I suspect just about
every hand would go up.
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The Adventist
Review has been part
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of your family's
traditions for perhaps decades.
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We're now at almost 170 years,
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but do you really
know the Adventist Review?
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You may have thought
of it as a print journal,
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you may be
getting it in your home.
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I hope you are.
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But the Adventist
Review is a lot more
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than a print journal today,
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it's an on-demand
television network,
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it's a brand new
series of podcasts,
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it's social media
pushing these messages
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about Adventist truths
widely around the world.
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It's a media lab.
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It's a variety of ways of taking
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the same central
messages of Adventism
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and putting them out
there for new audiences
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on new platforms.
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One of those new
platforms is our ARTV platform,
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and Rico Hill's going
to tell you about that.
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ARTV, what is that, Bill?
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ARTV? Well,
you're going to tell.
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That's the
question that people ask
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when they come to our `booth.
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What's ARTV?
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Well, ARTV is a new
platform, a new digital platform
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where we have over 700
pieces of Christian programming
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in our catalog.
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But we're not just
programming and publishing,
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we're actually doing
original content as well.
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We have things that we
are producing and developing
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and with a strong
emphasis on development,
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making sure that what we produce
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is more outward facing
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than just speaking to ourselves.
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So we're creating
content that is uniquely
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and definitely evangelistic.
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Amen.
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I want to share with
you about what we're doing
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in some of the other areas,
one of those is listening.
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We're finding that
more and more of us
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may not have as
much time as we used to
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to sit down and
enjoy a piece of content.
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So we're finding ways
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of how do you get
that into audio form.
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So as you're
driving or exercising,
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you can listen to
podcasts of different interviews
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and different topics
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on some of the things
where we're publishing.
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Another area is
what we're calling
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the AR Media Lab,
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augmented reality
and virtual reality.
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So we'd love to have
you come by our booth,
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if you've got a smartphone
and if you have a child
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or grandchild, bring them by
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because our newest
issues of kids view,
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you have the ability
to pull out your phone,
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download our new app
and pointed at the magazine
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and outgrows the
statue of Nebuchadnezzar.
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And you can walk around
it, and you can learn about
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lots of different details.
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We got this in a
lot of different areas,
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also a project
with voice of prophecy
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launching next week at
the Teachers' Convention.
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The last thing I
want to share with you
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is our new fundraising program.
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I just want to invite you.
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If you know of a school
that is in need of funding,
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we want to talk to you
about a new fundraising program,
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we've got launching next week
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that we think can help schools
and students afford tuition
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and also help
advance the advent message.
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Every year, we come
to the ASI Convention,
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between us, I think I
was figuring out today,
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we probably got
more than 40 years
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of attending ASI
conventions between us,
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and I've got about
almost 17 of those myself.
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We come here
because this is where
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creative, innovative people
who are willing to take risks
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for the gospel
show up every year.
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That's our kind of audience.
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And that's why every
year we take the opportunity
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with the addition
of the Adventist Review
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you see in front
of you this evening
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to partner with ASI, to
share the stories of ASI,
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not just with those of you
here or those of you watching,
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but with tens of thousands
of people around the world
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on our websites,
in our print journals,
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and our social media.
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We do that because we believe
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this is one of the
creative heart of Adventism
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continues to speak in
fresh contemporary ways
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to the world to the marketplace.
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If you haven't
taken the opportunity,
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pull out our most recent
issues of Adventist Review
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or go online, go
to the Documentaries,
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go to the Podcasts
at AdventistReview.org,
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you're going to find
yourself in the middle
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of a 7-part series
called Digging Deeper.
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And Digging Deeper is
exactly what it implies
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going at core
Adventist messages.
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The first one in that
series was Mark Finely interview
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on the Mark of the Beast.
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Mark's been preaching
this message for 50 years.
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He's, by the way, also a member
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of the Adventist
Review editorial staff.
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Mark's been
preaching this message,
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fascinating interview with him,
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but an even more
intriguing documentary
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that Rico and
Jared helped produce.
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And a podcast, whatever
your preferred platform is,
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you'll find Digging Deeper
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a place you'll
want to spend time.
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The second one in that series
on the Trinity, this month,
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on Great Deception
at the End of the Time,
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Investigative Judgment,
Sabbath, State of the Dead,
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all of these topics
focused on an Adventist Review.
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We think this is a place
you're going to find the ideas
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that will
inspire you to witness.
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Thank you.
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When I saw what laid
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Before me
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Lord, I cried
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What will You do?
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I thought He
would just remove it
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But He gently led me through
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Without fire there's no refining
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Without pain no relief
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Without flood there's no rescue
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Without testing no belief
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Through the Fire
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Through the Flood
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Through the Water
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Through the Blood
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Through the dry
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And barren places
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Through life's dense
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And maddening mazes
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Through the pain
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And through the glory
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Through will always
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Tell the story
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Of the God
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Whose power and mercy
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Will not fail
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To take us
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Through
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Good evening, ASI.
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I have with me tonight a
very diverse group of people
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from Weimar College.
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I have administrators,
faculty, and students,
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and they've launched
a very unique program
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that is actually a spin-off
of Total Member Involvement.
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Most of our
audience is probably familiar
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with Total Member Involvement,
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but what they've
done is taken that idea
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and launched what's called
Total Community Involvement.
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Would you, first of
all, tell me who you are,
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and each of you, I'll
let you introduce yourselves,
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and then I'd like
for you to tell us
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what TCI is all about.
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Welcome.
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I am Verlyn Benson,
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Vice President for
Academic Affairs at Weimar.
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I'm Anita Benson,
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the Executive
Secretary at Weimar.
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Hi, my name is
Laura Boyer Nedley,
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and I am a
business faculty member.
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My name is Rebecca Wong,
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and I teach in the
education department
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as a faculty.
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Hi, my name Joletta Red.
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I am a business
student at Weimar
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focusing on
organizational management.
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So back to Benson,
tell us what is TCI?
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What are you actually doing?
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My wife and I are
just new at Weimar.
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We arrived in
January of this year.
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We came in
November to interview,
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and I asked, "What is TCI?"
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"I don't know myself,
I'd never heard of it."
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Well, you can tell
that this is a new program.
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In fact, just
less than a year ago,
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Elder Wilson came and
helped launch this program.
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And this is to get
out into the community,
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Total Community Involvement,
instead a total member.
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And so we are
reaching out to the community.
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And I think it's
such a good program
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because we all
get in ruts in life.
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And this is something
to begin making a habit
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early on in life.
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We always talk
about when you graduate,
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when you're out
there in the real world,
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someday you'll begin witnessing,
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you'll have a
witnessing program,
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it's never going to happen
unless you start building now
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those habits.
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So you're out in the community.
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So tell us what exactly
are you doing in the community?
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Well, we are reaching
out to the community itself.
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And I'd like Laura just to talk
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about how we got started,
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find out what the
needs of the community are.
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And so, Laura.
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So we first
learned how to do surveys.
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So the faculty and students,
we would go through a survey
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and kind of survey each other.
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But then we were
able to be equipped
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to go door-to-door
and survey our neighbors
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and find out
what their needs were.
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And so it could be anything
from yard work, babysitting,
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just someone who needed company,
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people who needed moved,
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basically just
meeting people's basic needs.
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So you actually have
students that are going out
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and doing yard work,
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and do the faculty
participate in this as well.
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Absolutely.
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In fact, my wife
is a trained nurse
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and she has gone
out with the students.
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I first became
acquainted with TCI
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when Pastor Don came over
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and brought us his own
group over to our house
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and helped us move in.
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And I said, "I want to
belong to a group like that."
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So I joined the
nursing TCI group,
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and we've been able to go
out to the community shut-ins
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out around our community,
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and have been
able to sing with them,
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and pray with them, and have had
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really good reviews for it.
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So how often do
you do this program?
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We do it once a week,
once every Wednesday afternoon.
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So you've got a
school full of busy students,
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how do you manage
to find one day a week
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to do community service?
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Well, we have had
some kickback with it.
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And we had one
student in particular
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that was in my group.
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And every week she would come
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with not really
an attitude to serve.
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And this one particular week,
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she had a test
the following day.
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And I just felt impressed
to ask her to be my partner,
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even though her attitude,
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you could just
feel it in the bus.
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And so I asked
her to be my partner.
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And I think she
ended up getting caught up
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because I caught her smiling,
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and she seemed to
be enjoying herself
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going door-to-door,
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and she seems to
forget about her tests,
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and her
attitude totally changed.
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And the next day, she
did better on that test
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than she had on any of her tests
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the whole semester.
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Wow!
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So you got a
little pushback at first,
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but after people got
involved, they found out,
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"Hey, this isn't
so bad after all.
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In fact, this is
actually a blessing."
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So let's talk about that.
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What kind of impact
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has this program
had on your community?
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Well, it's had a really
big impact on the community
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and on the student body as well.
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I can speak for myself.
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My TCI group, we're
a group of introverts.
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And first day going
out, very quiet on the van,
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we prayed
together, we sang together,
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that was about it.
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But throughout the
year, throughout the semester,
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we began to
talk with each other,
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we work together,
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and we began to bond
into a cohesive group.
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And now I think we may be
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one of the most
vocal groups that we have
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because we've had so much
fun getting to know each other
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as well as
members of our community.
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Let me just add to
that just for a moment.
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We came in January,
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and one of the
first things we had to do
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is get our cars
registered for California,
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which means smog test
and all the different things.
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And I went to three
different dealerships
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for auto repairs.
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Every one of them when
they saw the registration
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was going to be
Weimar, California,
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they said, "Hey,
are you part of Weimar
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in that TCI program?"
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Now this is 12 miles away.
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And they said, "We
know about that program,
00:19:41.08\00:19:43.18
and you couldn't be
doing a better thing.
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In fact, I have a
brother that lives close to you,
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I want you to go see him.
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I think your young
people are the only ones
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that could reach him socially."
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So you're making an
impact in the community.
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Well, thank you so much
for the work that you're doing.
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May God bless you.
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And I know that this
program is going to have
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a tremendous, tremendous impact
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not only for
here, but for eternity.
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Thank you so much.
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Joining me on the stage
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are two very
energetic young people
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from New York.
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They have a
multifaceted ministry
00:20:23.75\00:20:26.39
called Heidi's Health Kitchen.
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And they're just
doing any number of things,
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they're both Bible workers,
00:20:31.53\00:20:33.19
they are also
passionate about health.
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So, Heidi, tell us
00:20:35.50\00:20:37.37
what is Heidi's
Health Kitchen all about?
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Just tell us about that.
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Sure, so Heidi's Health Kitchen
is a health food ministry.
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We give cooking classes,
Bible studies, help lectures,
00:20:46.31\00:20:49.41
and we operate a
pop-up restaurant,
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an Adventist pop-up restaurant,
and we're also a caterer,
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and we do many things.
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How do you find the
time to do all of that?
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Only by God's grace.
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Amen. All right.
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Well, I believe you
brought a video to show.
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Yes.
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And so I think that will give us
00:21:07.90\00:21:09.23
a little bit of
insight into what you're doing.
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Sure.
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It's a pleasure for me to
have Heidi's Health Kitchen
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as part of the Plant Pure
Communities Restaurant family.
00:21:18.21\00:21:23.04
Four years ago in Brooklyn,
God gave Ivan the ministry
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and business model for
Heidi's Health Kitchen.
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Grace and I have been working
with Heidi's Health Kitchen
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.96
for the past two years,
00:21:33.99\00:21:35.32
and it's been a blessing for me,
00:21:35.36\00:21:36.69
and a blessing
for the community.
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.06
God gave Heidi the
wisdom to develop CARUBIES,
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a Carob Spread,
00:21:43.20\00:21:44.80
and several other
delicious and healthy foods.
00:21:44.83\00:21:48.10
In 2016, Heidi's
Health Kitchen began operating
00:21:52.34\00:21:56.51
as the first Adventist
owned pop-up restaurant.
00:21:56.54\00:22:00.38
Highly recommend
anyone trying it,
00:22:00.42\00:22:02.78
whether they are
vegan or not vegan.
00:22:02.82\00:22:04.69
I'll share is that everything
is natural and healthy for you.
00:22:04.72\00:22:09.52
The food was great.
00:22:09.56\00:22:10.89
The idea is heaven's file.
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.59
Heidi's Health
Kitchen was started to fund
00:22:18.40\00:22:22.20
our ongoing Bible
work in New York City,
00:22:22.24\00:22:25.94
which has now
become a worldwide ministry
00:22:25.97\00:22:29.38
with Bible
students from nine countries
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on four continents
leading to baptisms.
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We've seen on something
that was mentioned in there
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talked about pop-up restaurants.
00:23:26.84\00:23:29.00
Now we've heard
of pop-up posters,
00:23:29.04\00:23:31.01
we've heard of pop-up campers,
00:23:31.04\00:23:33.38
but what is a pop-up restaurant?
00:23:33.41\00:23:36.85
So a pop-up
restaurant is something
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.35
that operates periodically.
00:23:38.38\00:23:40.35
We, although our
goal is eventually to open
00:23:40.38\00:23:42.68
an Adventist restaurant,
especially in New York City,
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there hasn't been
one for over nine years,
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.86
we're just not there yet.
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And so a couple years
ago, Ivan and I were praying
00:23:49.36\00:23:53.03
about what we could do
00:23:53.06\00:23:54.46
with what God
has put in our hands
00:23:54.50\00:23:56.23
and God impressed Ivan.
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God gave this idea to me.
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And I contacted a gentleman
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.77
or actually a couple
who owned a coffee house
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.77
because God
impressed upon me in a dream
00:24:05.81\00:24:08.54
to go and talk to this
couple who in the restaurant
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.15
to rent the
restaurant when they are closed
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.78
and operate as a
Heidi's Health Kitchen,
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.85
Adventist pop-up restaurant.
00:24:15.88\00:24:17.22
Wow! So this is a
heaven inspired idea.
00:24:17.25\00:24:20.49
Amen.
00:24:20.52\00:24:21.99
All right, so we only
have a few minutes remaining,
00:24:22.02\00:24:25.06
and I want to be sure
00:24:25.09\00:24:26.43
that we talk about
another aspect of ministry.
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Yeah.
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Ivan, I understand
that your ministry extends
00:24:30.50\00:24:33.77
far beyond New York, in
fact, into the Middle East.
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Please tell us about that. Sure.
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.27
So as you all would have seen,
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.21
we have Bible
students around the world.
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.18
We offer Bible studies
over phone or social media.
00:24:43.21\00:24:46.78
And we received or
I received a message
00:24:46.82\00:24:49.98
on a Facebook page for
which I was a Facebook admin.
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It was a Facebook page
00:24:53.62\00:24:54.96
of a church named Bicholim
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:24:54.99\00:24:58.13
and it was from
a Muslim gentleman,
00:24:58.16\00:25:02.60
and he asked
where we are gathering
00:25:02.63\00:25:04.27
and when we are gathering.
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.63
I said, we are gathering
in Manhasset on Saturdays.
00:25:05.67\00:25:08.84
And then I asked
him, "Where are you from?"
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.21
And he mentioned the
name of his location,
00:25:10.24\00:25:11.97
and turns out it
was from Middle East.
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He lives in Middle
East, and he has a group,
00:25:14.41\00:25:16.44
and they are Sabbath keepers.
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.31
And they from the Sabbath truth
while researching the Bible.
00:25:18.35\00:25:22.75
They left Islam and
they are now Christians,
00:25:22.78\00:25:24.89
and they thought no
one else in the world
00:25:24.92\00:25:27.29
knows about the Sabbath message.
00:25:27.32\00:25:29.89
So how did he happen
upon this particular website?
00:25:29.92\00:25:34.20
Because he was
searching for a Jewish synagogue
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'cause he couldn't find
00:25:37.30\00:25:38.63
any Christian places
of worship on Saturday.
00:25:38.67\00:25:41.37
And when he searched
Bicholim Seventh-day Adventist
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.94
Facebook page popped
up in the search result.
00:25:43.97\00:25:46.34
And you just happen to
be able to respond to him.
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.71
Yeah.
00:25:48.74\00:25:50.08
So I understand there's a
group there that's meeting.
00:25:50.11\00:25:51.85
Yes.
00:25:51.88\00:25:53.31
Tell us about that.
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Yes, we also have sent them
00:25:54.72\00:25:56.58
some literature in Farsi
and Arabic to that country,
00:25:56.62\00:25:59.99
and we also have sent...
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It is written Bible
studies in Farsi and Arabic.
00:26:01.39\00:26:04.96
And we actually have a
conversation over the phone
00:26:04.99\00:26:09.33
or Bible studies over the phone,
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.70
actually a video call.
00:26:10.73\00:26:12.20
And we also have translators
from their own community
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.00
who were Muslims
until two months ago,
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.44
and now as they
start translating,
00:26:17.47\00:26:19.44
when they found,
00:26:19.47\00:26:20.81
especially the deep love
that God has for His children
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.11
that touched their hearts.
00:26:24.15\00:26:25.48
Wow.
00:26:25.51\00:26:26.85
And the
translators are also interested
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.22
in coming to the truth.
00:26:28.25\00:26:29.68
And we right now
have over 31 of them
00:26:29.72\00:26:32.75
gathering in that
region in the Middle East.
00:26:32.79\00:26:34.69
Wow, 31. Thirty one.
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.42
So where do you see
all of this leading to?
00:26:36.46\00:26:41.23
When God gives us means, we
would like to do two things.
00:26:41.26\00:26:43.83
One for the
business, we would like to,
00:26:43.87\00:26:45.60
of course, have
food truck in New York.
00:26:45.63\00:26:48.17
The next point is to
have a business setup
00:26:48.20\00:26:51.77
of Heidi's Health
Kitchen in the Middle East,
00:26:51.81\00:26:54.41
and if possible, have a
cultural center as well,
00:26:54.44\00:26:57.55
so that people in the region
00:26:57.58\00:26:59.05
will not be afraid to
connect with Christians.
00:26:59.08\00:27:01.85
Wow!
00:27:01.88\00:27:03.22
Well, may God bless you
00:27:03.25\00:27:04.59
in the ministry
that you're doing,
00:27:04.62\00:27:05.95
and God has
certainly opened doors
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.46
that too many of us are closed,
00:27:08.49\00:27:12.29
but thank you for
allowing Him to use you.
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.96
Thank you for
having us. Thank you.
00:27:15.00\00:27:16.33
We have many more
testimonies that we could share,
00:27:16.36\00:27:18.00
so we encourage you to
come to our booth number 216,
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.17
try our Carob products
00:27:21.20\00:27:22.87
and we'd love to
share some stories with you.
00:27:22.90\00:27:24.47
Yes, their carob
products are yummy.
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.71
And I understand,
before I let you go,
00:27:26.74\00:27:28.74
there's
something coming up next.
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.78
Well, actually, it's this month.
00:27:30.81\00:27:32.15
So would you like
to tell us about that?
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.52
September 23rd.
00:27:33.55\00:27:34.88
It's actually September 23rd,
00:27:34.92\00:27:36.25
the very first New
York City Plant-based summit
00:27:36.28\00:27:39.85
hosted by
Heidi's Health Kitchen.
00:27:39.89\00:27:41.72
And we have Rico Hill
as our health evangelist.
00:27:41.76\00:27:45.49
And also the
Brooklyn borough president
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.26
has agreed to be the
keynote speaker for this event.
00:27:47.30\00:27:50.67
All right, so visit
them in their booth,
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.73
and you'll find
out more about them.
00:27:52.77\00:27:54.37
Yeah, absolutely.
Thank you so much.
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.07
Thank you.
00:27:56.10\00:27:57.44
Our next guests are
no strangers to ASI.
00:28:01.18\00:28:06.11
I have here with me Brent
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.32
and Brenda Palmer.
00:28:09.35\00:28:11.72
Brenda actually serves as
ASI's financial vice president,
00:28:11.75\00:28:17.96
and they've been
involved with ASI for some time.
00:28:17.99\00:28:22.26
But they've had some, a
series of traumatic events
00:28:22.30\00:28:25.97
that have happened
over the past few months.
00:28:26.00\00:28:27.90
So, Brenda, tell us
beginning in September 2016,
00:28:27.94\00:28:33.71
what began to happen?
00:28:33.74\00:28:36.01
Well, Brent was traveling
to a job site in Texas,
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.15
and he totaled our car.
00:28:39.18\00:28:42.22
And then in January 2017,
when he went to do the job,
00:28:42.25\00:28:47.19
a young man hit him
and totaled our pickup.
00:28:47.22\00:28:50.69
So then later on,
after we've replaced our car,
00:28:50.73\00:28:54.96
somebody hit him on
Friday afternoon also.
00:28:55.00\00:29:00.07
So did you ever wonder,
00:29:00.10\00:29:04.11
is somebody out
to get me or why me,
00:29:04.14\00:29:06.78
why is all this happening?
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.54
Well, Brent's a good driver.
00:29:08.58\00:29:10.41
So yes, I did.
00:29:10.45\00:29:11.95
In fact, that
Sabbath after he got hit,
00:29:11.98\00:29:15.25
the third time I
talked to the Lord about,
00:29:15.28\00:29:19.09
I said, "Is the devil
trying to do something
00:29:19.12\00:29:21.32
or what is
actually happening here?"
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.53
And it was kind of like
in my prayer that God said,
00:29:23.56\00:29:26.63
"You know, Brent belongs to me,
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.20
and whatever
happens is my will."
00:29:29.23\00:29:32.43
That was quite a
Sabbath afternoon.
00:29:32.47\00:29:34.80
Amen.
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.17
Okay, so then June 23rd comes,
it's the middle of the night,
00:29:36.20\00:29:41.61
you're fast asleep,
and the phone rings.
00:29:41.64\00:29:45.71
The phone rings, and I
wake up and I barely hearing it.
00:29:45.75\00:29:49.28
And it's, "This is the
emergency room in Amarillo,
00:29:49.32\00:29:52.39
your husband has
just been airlifted in,
00:29:52.42\00:29:55.62
and I will hop back
to that Sabbath afternoon
00:29:55.66\00:29:57.59
when I had given
Brent's life to God
00:29:57.63\00:30:00.96
and I said, "It's okay."
00:30:01.00\00:30:03.37
And then she
handed the phone to Brent,
00:30:03.40\00:30:05.67
and I had him back.
00:30:05.70\00:30:09.10
So despite that, you
were trusting and believing
00:30:09.14\00:30:14.48
that God was with you
00:30:14.51\00:30:16.44
and with him and
that saved his life.
00:30:16.48\00:30:19.45
It was.
00:30:19.48\00:30:20.82
We spent 15 days in Texas,
00:30:20.85\00:30:22.32
which is 15 hours from our home.
00:30:22.35\00:30:28.09
Then to get him home,
00:30:28.12\00:30:29.46
we had to take an
18-hour ambulance drive
00:30:29.49\00:30:32.49
straight through.
00:30:32.53\00:30:33.86
We got home at 4
o'clock Sabbath morning,
00:30:33.90\00:30:37.03
and we had no medical attention
for another 3 or 4 days
00:30:37.07\00:30:40.70
before all the
paperwork caught up from him.
00:30:40.74\00:30:42.90
It was a very
interesting experience.
00:30:42.94\00:30:46.21
And it's been a long
road to recovery, hasn't it?
00:30:46.24\00:30:49.64
Yes, it's been a year.
00:30:49.68\00:30:51.95
He has 22 pins in his left arm.
00:30:51.98\00:30:57.15
He has several pins
and metal in his leg,
00:30:57.19\00:31:00.89
and his left hip is...
00:31:00.92\00:31:03.32
The doctor says
it's healed enough
00:31:03.36\00:31:04.89
that we can do a hip
replacement after ASI.
00:31:04.93\00:31:08.46
But it's been a journey.
00:31:08.50\00:31:11.07
So something
like this not only has
00:31:11.10\00:31:13.90
obviously an
emotional and physical impact,
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.81
but it can also
have a financial impact.
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.17
Tell us about that.
00:31:19.21\00:31:20.91
Well, I really don't
know how all this happened.
00:31:20.94\00:31:24.78
Someday, I'm going to
go back and look and see
00:31:24.81\00:31:26.61
how the bills got paid,
insurance covered everything.
00:31:26.65\00:31:30.79
But of course,
we have a business
00:31:30.82\00:31:32.15
and I had to cover our
employees all along too.
00:31:32.19\00:31:35.19
And so any medical disability
checks that he was getting
00:31:35.22\00:31:39.26
weren't even
covering our payroll.
00:31:39.29\00:31:42.90
So this was in June
23, by the time of October,
00:31:42.93\00:31:47.94
1st of November, I thought,
"You know, we're contractors,
00:31:47.97\00:31:51.14
Brent's doing a little better,
home health it's done, let's...
00:31:51.17\00:31:55.31
I'm not going to pray
about something, it was jobs,
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.85
but I'm going to ask the
Lord that we need some now.
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.48
I'm ready."
00:32:00.52\00:32:01.85
So I went out hiking and said,
00:32:01.88\00:32:04.05
"Dear Lord, thank
you for some jobs."
00:32:04.09\00:32:05.69
Well, you know, by
the time I got home,
00:32:05.72\00:32:08.59
Brent was on the
phone, he had a job
00:32:08.62\00:32:09.99
that need to be done right then.
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.79
We do very large nursing
homes and retirement centers.
00:32:11.83\00:32:15.00
So we're not
talking about a little job,
00:32:15.03\00:32:16.73
these are big jobs.
00:32:16.77\00:32:18.13
And by that
evening, he had a second job,
00:32:18.17\00:32:21.17
by Sabbath, we had a third
job, and by the next Thursday,
00:32:21.20\00:32:23.64
we had four jobs, all of which
had to be done by Christmas.
00:32:23.67\00:32:27.11
Amen. God is good. But
the story's not over yet.
00:32:27.14\00:32:31.71
So if all this wasn't enough,
00:32:31.75\00:32:34.98
what was the next
thing that happened?
00:32:35.02\00:32:38.29
The next step in our journey,
00:32:38.32\00:32:42.02
I've taken Brent
to outpatient therapy
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.29
that morning,
00:32:45.33\00:32:46.66
after we've
gotten our fourth job.
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.66
And in the meantime,
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.67
we'd had a little
electrical problem in the shop,
00:32:50.70\00:32:53.03
we manufacture hardwood moldings
00:32:53.07\00:32:55.30
and then install them.
00:32:55.34\00:32:56.67
So anyway, the
equipment was going bad.
00:32:56.71\00:32:59.04
And so as I picked him
up, I got a phone call,
00:32:59.07\00:33:02.98
and the shop was on fire.
00:33:03.01\00:33:06.25
We lost everything that day,
00:33:06.28\00:33:11.05
except each other and God.
00:33:11.09\00:33:14.86
You know, a lot of
people would be very discouraged
00:33:14.89\00:33:18.33
having gone through
something like that.
00:33:18.36\00:33:20.00
Some people even give up on God.
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.36
What kept you going?
00:33:22.40\00:33:23.77
I mean, you're always
smiling, you're always positive.
00:33:23.80\00:33:27.40
And what is your secret, Brenda?
00:33:27.44\00:33:31.71
My secret is
giving it all to God.
00:33:31.74\00:33:34.71
You know, another
thing that morning,
00:33:34.74\00:33:37.28
it's always
important to ask God.
00:33:37.31\00:33:38.81
The morning that Brent got ready
00:33:38.85\00:33:40.18
to leave for Amarillo,
00:33:40.22\00:33:43.02
I had thought, "You
know what, I'm caught up,
00:33:43.05\00:33:44.92
I got ASI taking care of.
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.29
I'm going to go with him,"
00:33:46.32\00:33:47.66
because we
didn't have a job then.
00:33:47.69\00:33:49.02
So I ran up to the office,
I was going to get ready to go
00:33:49.06\00:33:51.19
and I thought,
"No, I need to ask God."
00:33:51.23\00:33:53.43
And I asked God, sort of
kind of off the top of my head.
00:33:53.46\00:33:56.40
"I'd like to go with Brent,"
00:33:56.43\00:33:57.77
and immediately I had
the impression, "Don't go."
00:33:57.80\00:34:00.27
And I spoke out loud.
00:34:00.30\00:34:01.97
I said, "God, I
didn't want to hear that."
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.74
What would have
happened if I'd gone with him?
00:34:04.77\00:34:08.41
So, Brent, tell us
00:34:08.44\00:34:10.35
how has this whole
thing impacted you,
00:34:10.38\00:34:12.58
and what has carried
you through this experience?
00:34:12.61\00:34:16.25
Well, for myself, I
wanted to say thank you to ASI.
00:34:16.28\00:34:20.96
You've been very
supportive during this time,
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.83
and sent leadership out to
the hospital there in Texas.
00:34:23.86\00:34:27.66
And I really appreciate that.
00:34:27.70\00:34:30.13
There is a
statement that I learned
00:34:30.17\00:34:31.57
at oak cabin many years ago.
00:34:31.60\00:34:33.17
It says, "Above the
distractions of earth,
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.17
God sits enthroned,
00:34:35.20\00:34:36.54
and from His
great and calm eternity,
00:34:36.57\00:34:38.37
He orders that which
His providence sees best."
00:34:38.41\00:34:42.24
Whatever happens in our life...
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.31
Yes, we have Business Unusual
going on in our life this year.
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.75
We do.
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.12
It's a little bit
different unusual.
00:34:49.15\00:34:51.02
I really don't know
what God has next for us
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.09
completely at this point.
00:34:53.12\00:34:55.06
But I know the other point
00:34:55.09\00:34:57.03
that I want to make very quickly
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.73
is that at a time
that you think not,
00:34:58.76\00:35:02.03
the Son of Man cometh.
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.00
I had the second
coming that night,
00:35:04.03\00:35:05.90
I did not
anticipate it, I was awakened.
00:35:05.93\00:35:10.01
I never knew I had the
wreck until I was awakened.
00:35:10.04\00:35:12.77
And that would have been
the Second Coming if Christ
00:35:12.81\00:35:15.14
did not awaken me.
00:35:15.18\00:35:16.58
So each of you, I hope
that we'll all live our life
00:35:16.61\00:35:19.71
because the Second
Coming is an instant away
00:35:19.75\00:35:23.22
and He's always there.
00:35:23.25\00:35:24.59
Amen. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
00:35:24.62\00:35:25.95
You are both an
inspiration. Thank you so much.
00:35:25.99\00:35:27.32
I appreciate all
the support of ASI.
00:35:27.36\00:35:29.96
Amen, what an amazing testimony,
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.89
isn't it?
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.26
This evening, you
know, ASI is made up of more
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.20
than just chapters
00:35:36.23\00:35:37.57
here in the
United States of America.
00:35:37.60\00:35:39.43
I have with me
delegation from Europe.
00:35:39.47\00:35:42.60
Christiane is the
ASI Europe President,
00:35:42.64\00:35:45.71
Gabriel is the Vice President
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.74
and Michael is
the Treasurer there
00:35:47.78\00:35:50.15
for the ASI, Europe.
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.68
We're so happy to
have you here tonight.
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.15
Thank you for coming all the way
00:35:53.18\00:35:54.85
to join us here at ASI.
00:35:54.88\00:35:56.82
Christiane, you're the
president of ASI, Europe,
00:35:56.85\00:35:59.62
what is your
vision as you think about
00:35:59.65\00:36:01.86
what needs to be done to finish
spreading the gospel in Europe?
00:36:01.89\00:36:04.86
What is your vision?
00:36:04.89\00:36:06.90
My personal vision
and the vision of the team
00:36:06.93\00:36:09.53
is that we are
really getting your back
00:36:09.56\00:36:12.13
and fire for evangelism.
00:36:12.17\00:36:14.80
Amazing.
00:36:14.84\00:36:16.17
Christiane, how did God
lay that burden on your heart
00:36:16.20\00:36:19.57
personally?
00:36:19.61\00:36:20.94
It's a few years ago
I had a sports accident,
00:36:20.98\00:36:23.78
and this was followed
00:36:23.81\00:36:25.35
by a life
threatening brain surgery.
00:36:25.38\00:36:28.32
Just before the
surgery, I made a deal with God
00:36:28.35\00:36:30.79
that if you still need
me, please give me recovery.
00:36:30.82\00:36:34.79
And it was only during
an evangelistic campaign
00:36:34.82\00:36:37.43
in the Philippines,
00:36:37.46\00:36:38.79
while I was
preaching that I realized,
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.43
it was not God who needed
me, it was that I was not ready.
00:36:40.46\00:36:45.63
So since...
00:36:45.67\00:36:47.00
When you say you were not ready,
00:36:47.04\00:36:49.34
what I assume you're
saying is at that point,
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.81
your heart was not really right.
00:36:51.84\00:36:53.51
You would maybe you
questioned your salvation
00:36:53.54\00:36:56.58
even at that point?
00:36:56.61\00:36:57.95
Yes, yes.
00:36:57.98\00:36:59.31
But God gave you another chance.
00:36:59.35\00:37:00.68
Yes.
00:37:00.72\00:37:02.05
And through
evangelism, what happened?
00:37:02.08\00:37:03.82
Yes.
00:37:03.85\00:37:05.19
He actually
really brought me in fire
00:37:05.22\00:37:06.82
to spread the gospel
right where I live in Europe.
00:37:06.86\00:37:10.73
Amen.
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.09
So what's happening there
00:37:12.13\00:37:13.70
as you're getting
your team ready now,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.30
you want to set Europe
on fire for evangelism...
00:37:15.33\00:37:17.47
Yes.
00:37:17.50\00:37:18.83
You're coming together,
00:37:18.87\00:37:20.20
what have you
done this last year
00:37:20.24\00:37:21.57
as you prepare for that?
00:37:21.60\00:37:23.17
First of all, we turned a
board meeting of ASI Europe
00:37:23.20\00:37:27.38
that's consisting
out of 18 chapters
00:37:27.41\00:37:29.91
into a mini-convention,
00:37:29.94\00:37:32.08
and we realigned all
chapters for evangelism.
00:37:32.11\00:37:35.92
Amen.
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.29
And secondly, we went...
00:37:37.32\00:37:38.65
I took a team of ASI Europe
00:37:38.69\00:37:40.96
to the TMI evangelistic campaign
00:37:40.99\00:37:43.36
to Zambia to preach there.
00:37:43.39\00:37:45.79
Okay, so you say, we're
going to get ready for this.
00:37:45.83\00:37:47.60
And in order to get ready,
00:37:47.63\00:37:48.96
we're going to go
do some evangelism.
00:37:49.00\00:37:50.33
Yes.
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.70
Michael, tell us, how
did that change your life?
00:37:51.73\00:37:54.70
How did that affect you to
go to Zambia and do evangelism?
00:37:54.74\00:37:58.54
Zambia, a month ago,
00:37:58.57\00:38:00.84
an outpouring
of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.35
I could hear with my
ears, but then my eyes saw it.
00:38:03.38\00:38:08.15
I saw the Holy
Spirit coming down,
00:38:08.18\00:38:09.88
and in one day,
10,000 people got baptized.
00:38:09.92\00:38:13.66
Amen. Amen.
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.02
Praise God.
00:38:15.06\00:38:16.39
And how did that
affect your life,
00:38:16.42\00:38:17.99
and even your wife?
00:38:18.03\00:38:20.03
The real converts were we.
00:38:20.06\00:38:24.07
Now wait a
minute, you just said,
00:38:24.10\00:38:25.43
the real converts were you.
00:38:25.47\00:38:27.30
Yes, the real
convert was me because now
00:38:27.34\00:38:30.27
I am a converted
believer in the power of God.
00:38:30.31\00:38:32.97
Amen, amen.
00:38:33.01\00:38:35.31
So as you're preparing
now, you're thinking about this,
00:38:35.34\00:38:38.85
you take your
team to do evangelism.
00:38:38.88\00:38:40.72
How many meetings did you end up
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.32
doing there in Zambia?
00:38:42.35\00:38:45.65
All together, we
as a team of ASI,
00:38:45.69\00:38:48.09
we covered six sites.
00:38:48.12\00:38:49.92
Six different sites.
00:38:49.96\00:38:51.29
But at the same time,
there were 1000 sites.
00:38:51.33\00:38:52.83
Wow, it's amazing.
00:38:52.86\00:38:54.20
And you covered
six of those. Yes.
00:38:54.23\00:38:55.66
And God really
blessed through that effort.
00:38:55.70\00:38:57.97
But you're not stopping
there, you have plans now,
00:38:58.00\00:39:00.80
tell us what are
your plans for next year.
00:39:00.84\00:39:02.80
We have huge plans for Europe.
00:39:02.84\00:39:07.74
We are so
excited to share Christ
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.11
with a secularized
population of North France
00:39:10.15\00:39:13.42
that we have
planned for next year,
00:39:13.45\00:39:15.48
April 20 to 27 to have
an evangelistic campaign
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.72
in North France
in the Paris area.
00:39:19.75\00:39:22.66
And because there
are so many people
00:39:22.69\00:39:25.09
who need to know Jesus,
00:39:25.13\00:39:26.70
we have thought that
each one will win one.
00:39:26.73\00:39:30.27
We need the church
members, we need the pastors,
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.70
we need you, we need
everybody who wants to help us.
00:39:32.73\00:39:36.40
Well, I heard you say
00:39:36.44\00:39:37.77
you're planning an
evangelistic campaign.
00:39:37.81\00:39:40.24
How many series of meetings
00:39:40.28\00:39:42.04
you're planning to do
simultaneously in Paris
00:39:42.08\00:39:45.38
next year in the month of April.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.85
We are planning to have
simultaneously 100 sites
00:39:47.88\00:39:52.59
where evangelistic
campaigns will be presented.
00:39:52.62\00:39:55.92
Amazing.
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.29
So next year, April
in the city of Paris,
00:39:57.33\00:40:00.80
100 series of meetings
happening simultaneously.
00:40:00.83\00:40:03.40
Yes.
00:40:03.43\00:40:04.77
Wow, can you believe what
God is going to do with that
00:40:04.80\00:40:07.14
in a secular city like Paris
00:40:07.17\00:40:08.94
to do something
amazing for His name.
00:40:08.97\00:40:11.37
So we have the opportunity
to do several things tonight.
00:40:11.41\00:40:14.54
Christiane, tell us
how can people help now.
00:40:14.58\00:40:16.85
What is it that
someone can do in helping
00:40:16.88\00:40:20.15
with what you're
doing there in Europe?
00:40:20.18\00:40:22.22
We need people who'll
help us to prepare the ground.
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.99
That means being trainers
00:40:25.02\00:40:27.19
to show how to
run Bible studies,
00:40:27.22\00:40:30.26
and we also need speakers
for the evangelistic campaign,
00:40:30.29\00:40:34.36
not only in French,
but also in English,
00:40:34.40\00:40:36.77
in Romanian, in Croatian,
in Russian, just name it.
00:40:36.80\00:40:41.00
So that's where you
can support us in Europe,
00:40:41.04\00:40:44.51
in France in 2019.
00:40:44.54\00:40:48.38
So you have an opportunity
to participate in this event.
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My friends, you can go
there, you can get involved,
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you can sign up.
00:40:52.95\00:40:54.28
You have a website?
00:40:54.32\00:40:55.65
We have a
website ASI-Europe.org,
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you will find the project Seed.
00:40:57.49\00:41:00.39
And what's going
to happen tonight
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if you're
interested in getting involved,
00:41:02.76\00:41:04.29
this team is going to
be at a main ASI booth
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in the exhibit hall,
00:41:06.80\00:41:08.43
and they have a
little packet of seed there,
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the title of their event there,
they're naming it Seed 2019.
00:41:10.30\00:41:15.27
And they want you to
take that packet of seed home
00:41:15.30\00:41:17.27
and pray for this event,
00:41:17.31\00:41:19.01
and considering
participating in this event.
00:41:19.04\00:41:21.28
Thank you so much for sharing
00:41:21.31\00:41:22.74
what God is doing in ASI Europe.
00:41:22.78\00:41:24.45
Thank you so
much for your support.
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.08
When the night is long
00:41:34.82\00:41:38.63
He is the dawn
00:41:38.66\00:41:44.30
Light that never fails
though other hope is gone
00:41:44.33\00:41:52.31
He is the balm for every wound
00:41:52.34\00:41:56.68
For every sorrow great or small
00:41:56.71\00:42:01.28
He is my strength, He is my song
00:42:01.32\00:42:05.92
He is my all
00:42:05.95\00:42:08.66
When my world is
troubled He is peace
00:42:16.60\00:42:22.44
When my soul is burdened
00:42:25.27\00:42:29.11
He is my release
00:42:29.14\00:42:32.91
He is my solace when I weep
00:42:32.95\00:42:37.25
He is my rescue when I call
00:42:37.29\00:42:41.56
He is my strength, He is my song
00:42:41.59\00:42:46.09
He is my all
00:42:46.13\00:42:50.37
He is my way, my truth,
my life, my joy in living
00:42:50.40\00:42:56.24
He is my comfort when I
fall, and sweet forgiving
00:42:58.51\00:43:06.45
He is my fortress and
the rock that cannot fail
00:43:06.48\00:43:12.49
He is my strength, He
is my song, He is my all
00:43:14.69\00:43:20.90
So through all my days
00:43:24.67\00:43:27.80
He is my King
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.41
Source of endless love
and all the praises I sing
00:43:33.17\00:43:40.28
And when at last
I kneel before Him
00:43:40.32\00:43:45.05
Safe at home in heaven's halls
00:43:45.09\00:43:48.72
Then as before, and ever more
00:43:48.76\00:43:52.86
He will be my all
00:43:52.89\00:43:56.60
He is my Savior, sure and strong
00:43:59.17\00:44:03.24
He is the light that leads me on
00:44:03.27\00:44:07.74
He is my strength, He is my song
00:44:07.78\00:44:11.85
He is my all
00:44:16.89\00:44:20.89
Amen, amen, ASI.
00:44:36.14\00:44:38.11
Thank you, Beth and Heidi.
00:44:38.14\00:44:39.87
How many of you
like to be a guinea pig?
00:44:39.91\00:44:44.45
Okay, maybe I
should rephrase that.
00:44:44.48\00:44:46.01
How many of you like to
be the Lord's guinea pig?
00:44:46.05\00:44:49.25
Okay, little more
brave, brave hands there.
00:44:49.28\00:44:52.62
Well, the
programming team decided
00:44:52.65\00:44:54.82
that they wanted to
start having the chapters
00:44:54.86\00:44:58.29
share some short testimonies
00:44:58.33\00:45:01.13
of things
happening in their chapters.
00:45:01.16\00:45:03.80
So they, I guess,
reviewed the various chapters,
00:45:03.83\00:45:08.20
and they decided that
00:45:08.24\00:45:09.57
since you're in
the southern union,
00:45:09.60\00:45:11.54
that they would
make the southern union
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.17
the guinea pig for this
first series of reports.
00:45:13.21\00:45:17.15
So this evening, we're
going to share with you
00:45:17.18\00:45:19.85
just a mash up of
just some short testimonies
00:45:19.88\00:45:22.92
from five or six of the ASI
Southern Union chapter members.
00:45:22.95\00:45:28.49
So let's take a look.
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It was pretty tough.
00:45:43.34\00:45:44.67
It was much
more than I expected.
00:45:44.71\00:45:46.04
You guys are amazing.
00:45:46.07\00:45:47.41
I might have a
chance to recover.
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
And that was like,
like weeks worth of work.
00:45:48.81\00:45:51.88
He was just so
happy that we came.
00:45:51.91\00:45:53.72
And when I came
home, we all were here.
00:45:53.75\00:45:56.02
We're really being the
hands and feet of Jesus.
00:45:56.05\00:45:58.22
They were so grateful.
00:45:58.25\00:45:59.59
It fills my heart up
with a bunch of happiness.
00:45:59.62\00:46:01.62
Thank you. Thank you.
00:46:01.66\00:46:03.53
He just don't know
00:46:03.56\00:46:04.89
what a blessing
these people are.
00:46:04.93\00:46:06.26
Like shivers went
up and down my back,
00:46:06.29\00:46:07.63
and they just like felt
like God was right there.
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.43
Being a media missionary
can mean many different things.
00:46:10.47\00:46:13.80
It means the love of the whole
at the heart of the planets,
00:46:13.84\00:46:17.64
the intrepid
spirit of a village,
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.77
and the vibe of
a great metropolis.
00:46:19.81\00:46:22.48
It means camera
one and camera two.
00:46:22.51\00:46:26.25
It means transforming a
school, orphanage or hospital,
00:46:26.28\00:46:30.29
it means fire,
rain, ice, and snow.
00:46:30.32\00:46:34.39
It means gifts by the
dollar, and by the check.
00:46:34.42\00:46:38.19
It means donations that
roll, and donations that fly.
00:46:38.23\00:46:43.83
It's a movement on a
trail or down a motorway.
00:46:43.87\00:46:48.44
It means family.
00:46:48.47\00:46:51.34
All of us together.
00:46:51.37\00:46:52.81
And individually.
00:46:52.84\00:46:54.84
It's who you are or
who you are becoming,
00:46:54.88\00:46:58.38
and to her,
it's a simple gesture
00:46:58.41\00:47:01.48
that means hope.
00:47:01.52\00:47:02.85
Whatever it means to
you, being a media missionary,
00:47:02.88\00:47:06.45
it means more
than you might think.
00:47:06.49\00:47:08.36
The sun comes up
It's a new day dawning
00:47:17.87\00:47:25.17
It's time to
sing Your song again
00:47:25.21\00:47:31.11
Whatever may pass And
whatever lies before me
00:47:31.15\00:47:37.75
Let me be singing
When the evening comes
00:47:40.39\00:47:47.33
Bless the Lord oh
my soul Oh my soul
00:47:47.36\00:47:54.77
Worship His Holy name
00:47:54.80\00:48:00.68
Sing like never
before Oh my soul
00:48:00.71\00:48:08.02
I'll worship Your Holy name
00:48:08.05\00:48:14.89
I'll worship Your Holy name
00:48:14.92\00:48:18.39
Have you ever faced
a trial or a problem
00:48:27.80\00:48:30.51
that seems so hard
to handle on your own?
00:48:30.54\00:48:32.84
Well, I certainly have.
00:48:32.87\00:48:34.24
In fact, I face problems
that have made me give up.
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.58
That has also made me
feel like I'm not good enough.
00:48:37.61\00:48:40.62
After giving up and
failing over and over again,
00:48:40.65\00:48:44.35
eventually I
realized there's some things
00:48:44.39\00:48:47.69
I just can't get
through on my own.
00:48:47.72\00:48:50.16
There's a great verse quoted
in the book of Deuteronomy
00:48:50.19\00:48:53.03
that says, "Be
strong, and of good courage,
00:48:53.06\00:48:56.20
for the Lord, your
God, He is with you."
00:48:56.23\00:48:58.33
Welcome to the
video Bible study series
00:49:07.18\00:49:08.98
where we will explore
a variety of Bible topics
00:49:09.01\00:49:12.31
using video and print.
00:49:12.35\00:49:14.82
What is humility?
Do we need God's law?
00:49:14.85\00:49:17.99
Can I
understand the Holy Spirit?
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.89
Yes, you can.
00:49:19.92\00:49:21.26
And we're going
to solve that today
00:49:21.29\00:49:22.62
in five minutes or less.
00:49:22.66\00:49:23.99
They're designed to engage you
by watching a five-minute video
00:49:24.03\00:49:26.53
having a
discussion on the topic,
00:49:26.56\00:49:28.56
and diving deeper into
it with a lesson study.
00:49:28.60\00:49:33.94
Each study asks
questions as discussion points
00:49:33.97\00:49:37.17
and/or has activities.
00:49:37.21\00:49:40.58
Overall, we develop
this project for you
00:49:40.61\00:49:42.84
to have a closer walk with Jesus
00:49:42.88\00:49:44.28
as you explore relevant topics
00:49:44.31\00:49:46.15
either in a group
setting or on your own.
00:49:46.18\00:49:48.85
We hope you find
these a blessing.
00:49:48.88\00:49:50.62
If you want more information
go to www.LittleLightStudios.tv
00:49:50.65\00:49:55.19
or find us on your
favorite social media platform.
00:49:55.22\00:49:57.46
ASI Southern Union
has been a vital supporter
00:51:39.19\00:51:41.46
in the mission of AudioVerse
00:51:41.50\00:51:42.83
to take the
three angels messages
00:51:42.86\00:51:44.30
to the world
using online technology.
00:51:44.33\00:51:46.84
One of the exciting
projects sponsored by ASI SU
00:51:46.87\00:51:49.77
is the creation of
AudioVerse Courses,
00:51:49.80\00:51:51.94
Courses.AudioVerse.org,
00:51:51.97\00:51:54.24
an online school
with helpful classes
00:51:54.28\00:51:56.04
on how to make
our faith practical.
00:51:56.08\00:51:58.21
Thanks, students
can learn include
00:51:58.25\00:51:59.68
personal and public evangelism,
00:51:59.71\00:52:01.28
natural remedies,
organic gardening,
00:52:01.32\00:52:03.59
reversing heart
disease naturally and more.
00:52:03.62\00:52:06.62
These courses are conducted
00:52:06.65\00:52:07.99
in partnership with
various other ministries
00:52:08.02\00:52:09.92
and more courses are
being developed all the time.
00:52:09.96\00:52:12.43
Students from all over
the world have enrolled
00:52:12.46\00:52:14.46
and are being challenged
and prepared for service.
00:52:14.50\00:52:16.73