Good afternoon, ASI.
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How was your lunch?
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Well, we're in for a blessing.
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Aren't we,
Philip, this afternoon?
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Absolutely. I can't wait. Amen.
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Now, Philip,
this is your first ASI
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with being an officer with this.
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How does it feel?
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It feels incredible
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to see God's amazing
blessings here at ASI.
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Amen.
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Now this afternoon, we have
a very special program for you.
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You may or may not know
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that ASI is a department of
the North American Division,
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and as such we work together
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with the North
American Division.
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And this
program, this afternoon,
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we'll showcase
how we work together.
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You know, it tells us in John 17
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that when there
is unity among us,
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the world will
know that in fact,
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Jesus Christ was sent.
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So is a testimony
to who Jesus Christ is
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when we can all work together.
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And we hope that the
program this afternoon
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will inspire you to go
home and work with your churches
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as you are ASI members.
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And now, Philip, why don't
you open this up with prayer?
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All right, let us pray.
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Father God, we're so grateful
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that we have this
privilege of coming
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to be inspired, to be touched,
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to be moved by Your Holy
Spirit at this ASI convention.
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We thank You for
the incredible blessings
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we've experienced thus far.
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We thank You for
calling each one of us
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to be ministers for You.
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We thank You for the opportunity
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we have as
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
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to get involved in
Total Member Involvement
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that every single person
can get actively involved
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in the mission of the church.
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We pray that You will
empower us and equip us
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to use our gifts
and talents for You.
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And we pray that we will
leave this place energized
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and ready to do
all we can to hasten
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the soon coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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This is our prayer.
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Now bless our
program this evening.
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In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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Okay, let's stand again
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as we sing our
opening song tonight,
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"My Maker and My King."
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My Maker and my King
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To Thee my all I owe
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Thy sovereign
bounty is the spring
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Whence all my blessings flow
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Thy sovereign
bounty is the spring
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Whence all my blessings flow
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The creature of Thy
hand On Thee alone I live
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My God, Thy benefits demand
More praise than I can give
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My God, Thy benefits demand
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More praise than I can give
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Lord, what can I impart
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When all is Thine before?
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Thy love
demands a thankful heart
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The gift, alas! how poor
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Thy love
demands a thankful heart
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The gift, alas! how poor
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O! let Thy grace inspire
My soul with strength divine
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Let every word and each
desire And all my days be Thine
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Let every word and each desire
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And all my days be Thine
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Please be seated.
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Good afternoon, ASI.
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The intention of this program
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is to show some of
the unique collaborations
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that are happening not
only here in the United States,
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but around the
world between lay people
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and the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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on the topic of mission.
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This afternoon our
first story comes to us
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from the country of Romania.
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I have two gentlemen
here with me this afternoon,
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Reinhard Suciu,
who is the director,
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the development director
for this project in Romania,
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and also Eduard Calugaru.
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I'm not sure, if I've
said that exactly right,
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but you'll forgive
me for my pronunciation,
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who is a pastor and
also serves as a treasurer
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for the Romanian union.
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He also serves in Romania
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as the ASI representative
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to help coordinate the
work of ASI in Romania.
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So it's a blessing to
have both of these gentlemen
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here with us today
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as we talk about
this very unique project.
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So tell us,
Reinhard, what is the purpose?
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The project is
a hospital, right?
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What is the purpose of
this hospital in Romania?
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Well, the main
purpose of the hospital
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is gonna be mission.
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Of course,
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we want to continue the teaching
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and healing of Jesus Christ.
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We want to treat
the person as a whole
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as body, mind, and spirit.
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Most of the hospitals
are treating the disease.
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So we want to try
to treat the person.
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Now this is the disease.
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Also,
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in the minds of some of us,
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there's a conflict between
these two approaches on cancer
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about the natural approach
and the classical approach.
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We want to do something unique.
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We want to do something new
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and put these both of
them under the same roof.
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So let's just back up
just a little bit, Reinhard.
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So a cancer hospital in Romania,
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why did you
choose a cancer hospital?
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What reason would there be
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that Romania
needed a cancer hospital?
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The people in Romania, and
actually in Eastern Europe,
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they suffer because of cancer,
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just like the other
people around the world.
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The thing is that they
need higher quality treatment,
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they need screenings,
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they need to be treated,
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as I said before, like a whole.
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And in Romania,
the health system...
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Let's put it this
way, it's not that good.
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So we want to bring a
higher quality treatment
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in Romania.
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And then there is no Adventist
Hospital in Eastern Europe,
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none of...
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So there is no
Adventist Hospital
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in all of Eastern Europe.
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There isn't actually.
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So this is a real
opportunity to do something
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in terms of health care
in Eastern Europe as a whole.
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I really liked what you said
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when you said it's
unique from the standpoint
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that you're
putting under the same roof
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the best practice for modern,
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what we call
modern medicine practice.
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That's true.
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And also the best
practice for lifestyle medicine
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both under the same roof.
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This is a very unique
approach to treating cancer.
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I'm not sure
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if there is actually any
other hospital in the world
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that has this exact approach.
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I know here in Florida, we have
the Adventist health system,
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and we have creation health
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associated with
our hospital here.
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And both elements
are given some emphasis.
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But as far as having
both under the same roof
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and the same direct management,
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I think this is quite unique.
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Actually, as far as we know,
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there is no hospital
doing this around the world.
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So this is going to
be a first time thing.
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And we would like to be
an inspiration for others
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also regarding this.
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Now, you folks will notice
that there's an empty chair
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here on the platform today.
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And that's for a
couple of reasons.
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One of our
interviews has more people.
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But in this
interview this afternoon,
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we wanted to have
Dr. Hart here with us.
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And many of you know Dr. Hart,
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he is the president
of Loma Linda University.
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However, his
schedule prevented him
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from being here with us today.
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But he sent a little statement
about this project because Loma
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Linda has been a collaborator
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in helping to
develop this concept
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and to put it together.
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And I just wanna
read this afternoon
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the statement that
Dr. Hart sent to me.
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He said, "Loma
Linda University Health
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is pleased to collaborate
with colleagues in Romania
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to develop an
Adventist Cancer Hospital.
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They already have an
attractive piece of land
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and are developing a
viable business plan.
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It is clear
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that the country is
ready for specialist hospitals
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and we are supportive of
this project moving ahead."
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So Dr. Hart's saying, yes,
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he wants to see this
project move ahead as well.
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So we have a
very unique hospital
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that is being developed there.
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How did this come about?
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Where was the idea?
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Where this came about from?
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I would like to
tell you my opinion...
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And I would like
to spread this idea.
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I think that for the first time
that idea came about in heaven.
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Amen.
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It was there for the first
time and then it came to us.
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In Romania, we have
many Adventist physicians...
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Many students.
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There are many
Adventist work in the health...
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And they've seen this need.
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Few years ago,
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approximately three years ago...
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People of Romania, they
came out on the streets...
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And they had some
demonstrations there.
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And they shouted we
want hospitals not churches.
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People saw this need in Romania.
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The Adventist
Church saw this need.
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But they want to emphasize
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the role that ASI
had in this project.
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ASI puts together
these groups in the church.
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The people...
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The church administrators...
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The Adventist
physicians in Romania...
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And from the dream, it
has become a real project.
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Okay, that's amazing.
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So ASI actually played a role
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in helping to bring
together the physicians
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and the church administration
to talk about this project.
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And I know ASI played a role
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in the funding of
this project as well
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and helping to
generate some funds.
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In the end though
the project will be owned
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by the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, right?
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Yes, that is correct.
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So the project will be
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owned by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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So what we're seeing here today
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is a very unique collaboration
that has occurred between
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the lay people of the church,
the physicians of the church,
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and the
administration of the church,
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and not only just in
the country of Romania
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but
collaborating across the world
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with Loma Linda University
and developing this concept
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and bringing together
this very unique project.
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So I know that there's a
lot of stories you could tell,
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but tell us a story
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about how this project
got started with the land
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and how God worked there,
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so that you can
have the land you needed.
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The most important
thing for a project
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is to know that God is with you.
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It doesn't have to
be just a nice dream,
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but you have to know that
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God is leading you step-by-step.
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When we decided on
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where the project
is going to happen...
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Romanian Adventist businessman
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donated four hectares of land...
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and he said this
is my contribution
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to this project.
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We said, well, four
hectares, it's enough for us.
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We said thank
you and we moved on.
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But a neighbor
from around there,
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a neighbor of the
land that we had now...
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He was a non-Adventist,
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and he found out that we want
to build a hospital over there.
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And he said,
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"I want to
donate a piece of land
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for this hospital."
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It was 7,500 square meters.
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And there was another person
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that donated approximately
3,000 square meters.
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So we have now
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a little over
five hectares of land.
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And we said, "Oh, that's
more than enough for us."
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It's good.
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But in a couple of days
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some documents came for
us from the government...
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And they had
some conditions for us
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for building the hospital.
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And one of them
was saying this...
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"The minimum piece
of land that you need...
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has to be five hectares.
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So God had actually worked
all this out ahead of time.
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He knew what
the requirement was,
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and he had provided
just the right amount of land
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so that you could
build the hospital.
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It's amazing.
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The total project for this
hospital is about $25 million
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in euros rather, it's
about 25 million euros.
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So it's a huge project.
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I understand you're probably
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around 6 million euros
committed to this project,
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you're planning on
breaking ground in October.
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And I know that God is going
to bless this in an amazing way
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as the lay people of the church
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and the
administration of the church
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continue to work
together in this unique project.
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Friends, today, if
you want more information,
00:16:27.68\00:16:29.75
maybe you'd
like to go to Romania
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and see this project,
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maybe you'd like to
help them in some way,
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booth 1,100 over
in the exhibit hall.
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They have a booth set up there,
00:16:37.89\00:16:40.26
and these gentlemen would
be happy to share with you
00:16:40.30\00:16:42.56
how God is
leading on this project
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as we were telling
the story to each other
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and kind of preparing for this.
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There's just a
lot more to this story
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lot of miracles
that God has done.
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It's amazing to
see what God has done
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what He continues to do.
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Thank you for
sharing with us today.
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Thank you. All right.
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How deep the
Father's love for us
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How vast beyond all measure
00:17:08.49\00:17:15.76
That He should give His only Son
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To make a wretch His treasure
00:17:22.34\00:17:29.34
How great the
pain of searing loss
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The Father turns His face away
00:17:36.08\00:17:42.72
As wounds which
mar the Chosen One
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Bring many sons to glory
00:17:49.46\00:17:55.20
Behold the man upon a cross
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My sin upon His shoulders
00:18:05.38\00:18:12.02
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
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Call out among the scoffers
00:18:18.33\00:18:25.03
It was my sin
that held Him there
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Until it was accomplished
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His dying breath
has brought me life
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I know that it is finished
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I will not boast in anything
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No gift, no power, no wisdom
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But I will boast in Jesus Christ
00:19:07.91\00:19:14.18
His death and resurrection
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Why should I
gain from His reward?
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I cannot give an answer
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But this
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I know with all my heart
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His wounds have paid my ransom
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Amen.
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What a beautiful
song there this afternoon
00:20:01.50\00:20:04.97
to know why we're here
because Jesus paid our ransom.
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Amen.
00:20:08.47\00:20:09.80
Thank you for
that beautiful music.
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This afternoon, I have
Manuel and Esther Alva with us.
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And for those of you who
are long time ASI members,
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they are no strangers to you.
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You've been a part
of ASI for many years.
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I'm not sure I can
give you the number,
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maybe you can tell me.
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We're since 2003.
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2003.
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So about 15 years
you've been coming to ASI.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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I can remember back
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when you shared a story
00:20:37.87\00:20:40.64
of how that you were
having church in your office.
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Now for those of
you who don't know,
00:20:45.37\00:20:47.81
both Esther and
Manuel are both physicians,
00:20:47.84\00:20:51.68
and they've been
practicing medicine
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for a number of years now,
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.89
and they really
have a passion for that.
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How many years?
Over 20 years in Chicago.
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Over 20 years in Chicago area.
00:21:01.72\00:21:04.96
They have a
passion for sharing Christ
00:21:04.99\00:21:07.66
in their marketplace.
00:21:07.70\00:21:09.70
And so that's the story,
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
that part of the
story is not unique.
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However, I
remember the second time
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I heard your testimony
00:21:15.44\00:21:17.27
in which you had, not only
had church in your office there
00:21:17.31\00:21:22.18
where you were
practicing physician,
00:21:22.21\00:21:24.48
but due to some circumstances,
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.61
you are now having
church at a carwash.
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That's right.
00:21:29.75\00:21:31.09
I remember some of
those pictures in the early,
00:21:31.12\00:21:33.02
seeing those pictures of
having church in a carwash.
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But God has moved you
beyond the carwash now
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and has supplied
you with a building,
00:21:39.63\00:21:42.26
and you're
having church and a...
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Well, I'm going
to let you tell us
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.50
where you're having church.
00:21:48.54\00:21:50.31
Yes, the idea
was to have a church,
00:21:50.34\00:21:54.84
and medical office,
00:21:54.88\00:21:57.38
and even a vegetarian restaurant
00:21:57.41\00:22:00.78
or a health food store
00:22:00.82\00:22:02.18
because we
thought that was the way
00:22:02.22\00:22:03.75
to introduce
health to our community,
00:22:03.79\00:22:05.99
which is mainly hispanic
in the area where we are,
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.76
which is west of the
city limits of Chicago
00:22:08.79\00:22:11.49
in Berwyn.
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But God has some other plans,
00:22:12.89\00:22:15.30
how to attract people
00:22:15.33\00:22:16.67
that could benefit
from this endeavor,
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.33
and He supplied us
with a young, energetic,
00:22:19.37\00:22:22.40
spirit-filled pastor that said,
00:22:22.44\00:22:25.64
"We're going to do something
to bring the community in."
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And the next thing we knew is
00:22:28.58\00:22:30.45
ASI had
advertised on their magazine,
00:22:30.48\00:22:33.65
nonprofit, of course,
00:22:33.68\00:22:35.35
I believe it
was in New York City
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or something like that
00:22:36.89\00:22:39.42
for people that
wanted to run nonprofits.
00:22:39.45\00:22:41.62
So the pastor
attended, I want to...
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He came up with a new idea of
00:22:43.32\00:22:45.73
just making this
useful for the community,
00:22:45.76\00:22:48.90
a service center
for the community.
00:22:48.93\00:22:50.40
So a thrift store was started.
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So you don't
start a thrift store
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without a place though.
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What kind of
place did God give you?
00:22:57.11\00:22:59.24
Well, we were
praying for a long time
00:22:59.27\00:23:03.18
and seeing different buildings,
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.71
one of the brothers was
helping as was a realtor,
00:23:04.75\00:23:07.25
and then all of a sudden
we came with this building
00:23:07.28\00:23:09.58
which is in route 66,
00:23:09.62\00:23:12.09
the old route 66
arriving to Chicago
00:23:12.12\00:23:14.69
in the middle of a
bustling commercial area,
00:23:14.72\00:23:16.89
and he said,
"This is the building."
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The price seemed attractive.
00:23:18.29\00:23:19.63
The building was
abandoned for two years.
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.46
It used to be a
used car dealership,
00:23:21.50\00:23:24.83
before that it was a restaurant
and a carwash combined.
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Go figure that.
00:23:28.47\00:23:29.80
But it was abandoned completely.
00:23:29.84\00:23:31.27
Anyways it's pretty
good state of this repair.
00:23:31.31\00:23:33.78
And that was the
most central position
00:23:33.81\00:23:37.88
that we could be in.
00:23:37.91\00:23:39.58
So God gave you a
storefront, carwash,
00:23:39.61\00:23:44.72
automobile store,
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.22
all kinds of things together,
00:23:46.25\00:23:47.92
and now you're turning
that into a center of influence
00:23:47.96\00:23:51.53
right there in Chicago.
00:23:51.56\00:23:53.46
And your initial
dream was to have like,
00:23:53.50\00:23:55.33
you know, the
vegetarian restaurant
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.70
all the stuff going on there,
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.60
those plans have been
adjusted just a little.
00:23:58.63\00:24:00.20
I think we have
a video right now
00:24:00.24\00:24:03.14
that where we can see
00:24:03.17\00:24:04.51
just a little peek at
some of those things that
00:24:04.54\00:24:07.04
that God has given you there.
00:24:07.08\00:24:08.41
Yeah, probably
people here in the audience
00:24:08.44\00:24:10.71
or people watching
have read the book,
00:24:10.75\00:24:14.12
The Blueprint by Rico
Hill and Jared Thurmon,
00:24:14.15\00:24:19.22
which illustrates
what our churches should be
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.96
just before Jesus came in,
00:24:21.99\00:24:23.49
a center, a
beehive they call it,
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.49
that's the term used by
Ellen G White, a beehive.
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This is...
00:24:27.93\00:24:29.26
Well, this is a
little beehive there.
00:24:29.30\00:24:30.63
This is a state that it was
00:24:30.67\00:24:32.57
when we first
set our eyes upon it.
00:24:32.60\00:24:35.44
We first acquire it.
00:24:35.47\00:24:36.94
The parking lot
was somewhat destroyed,
00:24:36.97\00:24:41.81
there were all kinds
of leaks from the rain
00:24:41.84\00:24:43.51
inside the building.
00:24:43.55\00:24:45.35
This was a good
shell, it's about what?
00:24:45.38\00:24:47.22
10,000...
00:24:47.25\00:24:48.58
Ten thousand square feet.
00:24:48.62\00:24:49.95
Ten thousand
square feet of building,
00:24:49.98\00:24:51.32
plus about
forty-two spaces for parking.
00:24:51.35\00:24:54.52
And it seemed
appropriate for the office,
00:24:54.56\00:24:58.79
for health food
store, for church,
00:24:58.83\00:25:02.20
auditorium, and the place,
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.03
the daily nutritional lectures
or health education lectures,
00:25:05.07\00:25:08.47
and the stress
management lectures
00:25:08.50\00:25:10.41
are run by our pastor
can be performed there.
00:25:10.44\00:25:15.04
So this was it.
00:25:15.08\00:25:18.61
That's where we started.
00:25:18.65\00:25:19.98
So God gave you
a building there,
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.75
gave you, He supplied a building
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.05
that you could get involved
in purchasing for this ministry.
00:25:25.09\00:25:29.02
And you had an energetic
young pastor even got training,
00:25:29.06\00:25:32.06
now you have a
distribution center
00:25:32.09\00:25:34.56
there we call it a thrift center
00:25:34.60\00:25:36.53
where people can
come in and get items
00:25:36.56\00:25:38.40
that are lightly or well used,
00:25:38.43\00:25:40.30
depending on the condition,
00:25:40.34\00:25:42.20
and it's been a blessing there.
00:25:42.24\00:25:43.97
What else is going on
inside of that building now?
00:25:44.01\00:25:47.18
Well, we have in this building,
the nutrition lectures,
00:25:47.21\00:25:51.01
the clinic,
00:25:51.05\00:25:52.61
there's a family practitioner
00:25:52.65\00:25:54.82
that is
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:25:54.85\00:25:56.52
Our church is very
small, it's about 35, 40 members
00:25:56.55\00:26:00.09
that are attending
faithfully every week.
00:26:00.12\00:26:03.43
But among them, we
have people that have run
00:26:03.46\00:26:06.73
a vegetarian
restaurant and a store.
00:26:06.76\00:26:08.90
We have another lady
00:26:08.93\00:26:10.27
that has massage and
spa business in Downtown.
00:26:10.30\00:26:14.34
We have people that are
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.00
electricians,
painters, builders.
00:26:16.04\00:26:17.97
So this is the center
now a few months after,
00:26:18.01\00:26:21.21
and you can see
there's furniture there.
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.55
The warehouse,
00:26:23.58\00:26:24.91
which is not
finished is full of donations.
00:26:24.95\00:26:28.18
There's a track that was
native by another church.
00:26:28.22\00:26:30.89
This is a place where
many churches are converging.
00:26:30.92\00:26:33.79
The white truck was donated by
00:26:33.82\00:26:35.59
one of the churches
that Pastor D'Souza has also.
00:26:35.62\00:26:38.73
There is a bus where
people are transported
00:26:38.76\00:26:41.16
when they have
no transportation.
00:26:41.20\00:26:44.03
The warehouse which is there,
00:26:44.07\00:26:46.07
it's supplied by
an organization called
00:26:46.10\00:26:49.04
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
00:26:49.07\00:26:51.14
They have a Seventh-day
Adventist under board,
00:26:51.17\00:26:53.41
and they have too
many things to donate,
00:26:53.44\00:26:55.11
furniture, and clothing,
and electro domestic things.
00:26:55.14\00:26:59.11
So as the ministry develops
00:26:59.15\00:27:04.05
and kind of the Lord
sets these things up,
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.96
you're moving forward with that.
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.59
So I just want to kind of review
00:27:08.62\00:27:10.49
clinic and thrift
store in the same building
00:27:10.53\00:27:14.63
along with health lectures.
00:27:14.66\00:27:17.90
How many days a
week is this church open?
00:27:17.93\00:27:22.30
Well, opens on Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
00:27:22.34\00:27:26.07
all days of the week.
00:27:26.11\00:27:27.44
And we are closing
the store with big size,
00:27:27.48\00:27:30.15
closed on Saturday,
00:27:30.18\00:27:31.51
but people are invited
to come into Bible lectures
00:27:31.55\00:27:35.85
and a delicious vegetarian meal
00:27:35.88\00:27:38.39
that is served by the church
every week, every Sabbath.
00:27:38.42\00:27:42.42
So it's open seven days a week.
00:27:42.46\00:27:44.39
Wow!
00:27:44.43\00:27:45.76
You know, I know a lot
of churches that are open
00:27:45.79\00:27:47.70
basically one, maybe
one and a half days a week.
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.67
So to say that the
facility is open and active
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.87
in the community seven
days a week is amazing.
00:27:52.90\00:27:55.34
Now, Esther I know that
00:27:55.37\00:27:56.71
you don't get into
a project like this
00:27:56.74\00:27:58.11
without a lot of involvement.
00:27:58.14\00:28:00.68
How has God put on your
heart to work in this ministry?
00:28:00.71\00:28:05.35
Well, mostly as
a supportive role,
00:28:05.38\00:28:08.72
but I'm there
every day pretty much,
00:28:08.75\00:28:12.09
except some Sundays
where I stay at home.
00:28:12.12\00:28:15.59
But on the theme
of Business Unusual,
00:28:15.62\00:28:18.99
we saw it when we
went to seek permits
00:28:19.03\00:28:22.96
with the local government,
00:28:23.00\00:28:25.63
they could not figure out
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.17
how could we have a
clinic, a thrift shop,
00:28:27.20\00:28:34.04
a food store,
which we are starting,
00:28:34.08\00:28:37.08
small food store,
health food store,
00:28:37.11\00:28:40.22
lectures on health
in the same building.
00:28:40.25\00:28:44.95
They still could not understand
00:28:44.99\00:28:47.46
how can you do all these things?
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.89
Tell me one thing I understand,
but two, three things,
00:28:49.92\00:28:53.40
it's business
unusual definitely.
00:28:53.43\00:28:57.40
So the city said as
we're discussing this,
00:28:57.43\00:29:01.30
they mentioned this,
the city kind of thought
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.00
maybe you're
trying to evade taxes
00:29:03.04\00:29:05.87
or something like that,
00:29:05.91\00:29:07.31
but you share them, no,
00:29:07.34\00:29:08.68
this is care for
the whole person.
00:29:08.71\00:29:11.55
And it's...
00:29:11.58\00:29:12.91
You know, it's
really God's plan, isn't it?
00:29:12.95\00:29:14.35
Yes.
00:29:14.38\00:29:15.72
And I wonder what would happen
00:29:15.75\00:29:17.09
if all of our churches
were open seven days a week
00:29:17.12\00:29:19.55
doing some kind of
ministry in their community.
00:29:19.59\00:29:22.16
We need a lot of
volunteers for that.
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.96
And that's why we're
blessed to have a pastor
00:29:23.99\00:29:26.09
who has four churches
00:29:26.13\00:29:27.46
and we have an
Illinois Conference,
00:29:27.50\00:29:30.23
we've Pastor
Aguilera, the president
00:29:30.27\00:29:31.77
that is fully
supporting this now.
00:29:31.80\00:29:33.47
Thanks to our pastor that
has shown the plan of action.
00:29:33.50\00:29:37.97
We have a union president
like Pastor Maurice Valentine
00:29:38.01\00:29:40.68
that is also behind this.
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.14
We're blessed to have all
this spiritual leaders heading,
00:29:42.18\00:29:46.72
spearheading this effort.
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.48
So this is because it's
not what we would consider
00:29:48.52\00:29:51.15
a regular church
building kind of plan.
00:29:51.19\00:29:54.62
How did the conference
in the union relate to that?
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.46
How did you get through that,
00:29:57.49\00:30:00.20
you know, to get to this point?
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.83
Well, when you say you
wanna do something medical,
00:30:02.86\00:30:06.94
people get nervous as if
you get blamed or something...
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.24
There's liability for
the whole church corporation.
00:30:09.27\00:30:12.44
But we were counseled to form
another nonprofit corporation
00:30:12.47\00:30:17.58
to which the
building is owned by.
00:30:17.61\00:30:20.18
This is our
church group there. Amen.
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.28
As you see,
there are not too many,
00:30:22.32\00:30:23.65
but everyone has a role,
00:30:23.69\00:30:25.02
and we're trying
to evolve everyone
00:30:25.05\00:30:27.16
young and old to do this.
00:30:27.19\00:30:28.59
This is where we're meeting.
00:30:28.62\00:30:29.96
Now we're
meeting in the warehouse
00:30:29.99\00:30:31.33
because the front,
which was the church space
00:30:31.36\00:30:33.19
before the auditorium
is now the thrift store.
00:30:33.23\00:30:36.03
So everything is educational.
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.87
We try to
educate, educate, educate,
00:30:38.90\00:30:40.80
we do every worship service,
00:30:40.84\00:30:42.30
we do every time
that we meet there,
00:30:42.34\00:30:44.31
and the God
always brings people.
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.11
This is our health,
00:30:46.14\00:30:48.41
I'm sorry, the
nutrition, the cooking class
00:30:48.44\00:30:50.51
that was run last week actually.
00:30:50.55\00:30:53.25
It's good to see that
00:30:53.28\00:30:55.25
our health
educator, which is our son,
00:30:55.28\00:30:57.35
and the other
members of the church,
00:30:57.39\00:30:59.02
Velorama has run
the cooking school.
00:30:59.05\00:31:01.06
They can function
without any supervision,
00:31:01.09\00:31:03.49
they just have the
days that they have set,
00:31:03.53\00:31:05.39
and they just run the service.
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.40
It's God moving there.
00:31:07.43\00:31:09.36
So I hear Total
Member Involvement.
00:31:09.40\00:31:11.30
Amen.
00:31:11.33\00:31:12.67
Which is something that I
think all of our churches need.
00:31:12.70\00:31:15.30
Everybody involved
in doing something.
00:31:15.34\00:31:17.34
Amen.
00:31:17.37\00:31:18.71
Now, Esther, as we close today,
I want you to give a challenge,
00:31:18.74\00:31:21.78
I'm assuming
that not everyone here
00:31:21.81\00:31:23.81
is going to go start
and center of influence,
00:31:23.85\00:31:26.72
but what would
you say to someone
00:31:26.75\00:31:30.12
who they feel like God is
calling them to do something
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.79
that is bigger than
what they think they can do?
00:31:32.82\00:31:35.02
What would you say to them?
00:31:35.06\00:31:37.49
I would say pray
first for guidance,
00:31:37.53\00:31:40.90
and then the Lord will
give you an idea what to do.
00:31:40.93\00:31:44.47
Something's easy, simple,
something that you can do,
00:31:44.50\00:31:47.60
even if it's
juicing, baking bread,
00:31:47.64\00:31:51.01
sharing recipes
in your neighborhood,
00:31:51.04\00:31:53.94
something that the
Lord puts in your heart
00:31:53.98\00:31:56.41
that you already know how to do.
00:31:56.44\00:31:58.61
And going
partnership with your pastor,
00:31:58.65\00:32:02.42
ask him for ideas,
don't work by yourself.
00:32:02.45\00:32:05.99
Amen.
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.99
Thank you so much
for sharing with us today
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.03
your passion to
see the city of Chicago
00:32:10.06\00:32:12.39
be reached for Christ.
00:32:12.43\00:32:14.16
May God bless you, and continue
to bless you in your ministry
00:32:14.20\00:32:16.93
and what you're doing there
as you do Business Unusual.
00:32:16.97\00:32:20.64
Amen.
00:32:20.67\00:32:22.17
It's hard to take the first step
00:32:31.81\00:32:35.98
When I don't know the way
00:32:36.02\00:32:40.49
Each turn is so uncertain
00:32:40.52\00:32:44.86
I learn to walk by faith
00:32:44.89\00:32:49.30
But You gave me a promise
00:32:49.33\00:32:53.84
That You will never leave
00:32:53.87\00:32:58.37
You will lead and guide me
00:32:58.41\00:33:02.81
Lord I do believe
00:33:02.84\00:33:07.38
Lead me lord
00:33:07.42\00:33:12.42
I will follow
00:33:12.45\00:33:17.79
Lead me Lord
00:33:17.83\00:33:21.10
I will go
00:33:21.13\00:33:26.50
You have called me
00:33:26.53\00:33:30.81
I will answer
00:33:30.84\00:33:35.31
Lead me Lord
00:33:35.34\00:33:38.78
I will go
00:33:38.81\00:33:44.89
Your plans for me are perfect
00:33:44.92\00:33:49.42
I never need to fear
00:33:49.46\00:33:53.76
And though at times I feel alone
00:33:53.80\00:33:58.03
I know that you are near
00:33:58.07\00:34:02.44
My heart just longs to follow
00:34:02.47\00:34:07.11
I'm willing to obey
00:34:07.14\00:34:11.68
Take my hand and guide me
00:34:11.71\00:34:15.98
I follow all the way
00:34:16.02\00:34:21.42
Lead me lord
00:34:21.46\00:34:26.13
I will follow
00:34:26.16\00:34:31.83
Lead me Lord
00:34:31.87\00:34:35.27
I will go
00:34:35.30\00:34:40.98
You have called me
00:34:41.01\00:34:45.45
I will answer
00:34:45.48\00:34:50.09
Lead me Lord
00:34:50.12\00:34:53.36
I will go
00:34:53.39\00:34:58.79
You have called me
00:34:58.83\00:35:03.10
I will answer
00:35:03.13\00:35:07.80
Lead me Lord
00:35:07.84\00:35:11.51
I will go
00:35:11.54\00:35:14.94
Amen.
00:35:26.15\00:35:30.06
Our next story this afternoon
showing unusual activity,
00:35:30.09\00:35:33.96
unusual collaboration,
00:35:34.00\00:35:35.50
unusual business comes to us.
00:35:35.53\00:35:40.17
And I have on
the platform with me
00:35:40.20\00:35:41.97
Rusty McKee, Dan
Houghton, and Elder Mark Finley.
00:35:42.00\00:35:45.64
And I think you can see
just by looking at this group
00:35:45.67\00:35:48.88
that there's some unusual
things that could happen.
00:35:48.91\00:35:51.98
And so we are excited to
have them here with us today.
00:35:52.01\00:35:58.02
You know, there's something
about the ASI spirit that
00:35:58.05\00:36:03.49
when the business people see
something that should happen,
00:36:03.53\00:36:07.83
they tend to
become pretty active,
00:36:07.86\00:36:10.17
and almost get agitated
00:36:10.20\00:36:11.97
if it's not
happening quickly, right?
00:36:12.00\00:36:14.50
And this project is an
example of that as well.
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.47
Now today, I
just want to ask Dan,
00:36:18.51\00:36:21.74
if he would
just describe for us,
00:36:21.78\00:36:24.31
just briefly
describe this project
00:36:24.35\00:36:27.55
and give us a
little bit of background.
00:36:27.58\00:36:30.55
I know there's not much history
00:36:30.59\00:36:32.35
because it's
happened pretty quickly,
00:36:32.39\00:36:34.06
but just give us a little
description and background.
00:36:34.09\00:36:36.29
I'll do that, Steve.
00:36:36.32\00:36:37.66
We call this our Three
Angels' Messages Project.
00:36:37.69\00:36:40.80
And it actually
was born six weeks ago.
00:36:40.83\00:36:44.17
Amen. Okay?
00:36:44.20\00:36:45.83
And but it actually goes
back a little further than that,
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.67
Rusty McKee and
another friend of ours, Brad,
00:36:48.70\00:36:51.41
we were talking about this
almost a year and a half ago
00:36:51.44\00:36:53.58
saying, "What can we do to
get the three angels messages
00:36:53.61\00:36:56.11
ratcheted up in the
attention of our kids?"
00:36:56.14\00:36:58.78
And I think,
00:36:58.81\00:37:00.15
you know, before I go
into that description,
00:37:00.18\00:37:01.58
I'd like to have foundation
as Rusty's experience,
00:37:01.62\00:37:04.69
and why it's driven.
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.05
He's the catalyst
that made this happen.
00:37:06.09\00:37:07.76
All right, Rusty, share with us.
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.82
Well, so on the
Sabbath afternoon,
00:37:09.86\00:37:11.69
I love taking
hikes in the mountains,
00:37:11.73\00:37:14.16
right there in Collegedale,
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.66
right next to
Southern Adventist University
00:37:15.70\00:37:17.97
on these beautiful trails.
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.53
And when I see these young folks
00:37:19.57\00:37:21.10
that look like
college kids, I'll ask them,
00:37:21.14\00:37:23.30
"Hey, do you guys go to
that college over there?"
00:37:23.34\00:37:26.64
And they'll say, "Yes."
00:37:26.68\00:37:28.21
And then I say, "Oh, then
are you Seventh-day Adventist?"
00:37:28.24\00:37:31.31
And they say, "Yes."
00:37:31.35\00:37:33.01
And I go, "Oh, I got
some more questions."
00:37:33.05\00:37:34.78
I said, "Do you
guys believe that...
00:37:34.82\00:37:37.12
Are you guys...
00:37:37.15\00:37:38.49
Do you guys believe
that you're Protestant?"
00:37:38.52\00:37:40.52
And there's a
pause and most say yes.
00:37:40.56\00:37:43.99
And then I say, "Oh, fantastic,
00:37:44.03\00:37:45.36
so what are you
protesting against?"
00:37:45.39\00:37:46.73
What I'm hoping to
hear one of these days
00:37:49.66\00:37:51.10
is were protesting anything
that is not biblically true,
00:37:51.13\00:37:56.00
haven't heard that yet.
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.44
Well, then I say I got
more questions, and I say,
00:37:57.47\00:37:59.14
"Okay, so as Seventh-day
Adventist 1 John 4:8,
00:37:59.17\00:38:02.98
you believe God is love
00:38:03.01\00:38:04.51
in everything from
everything in His word,
00:38:04.55\00:38:07.25
and what He's done in the past,
00:38:07.28\00:38:08.62
and day and
forevermore, is that right?"
00:38:08.65\00:38:10.59
Yes, solid answer. And I
always love hearing that.
00:38:10.62\00:38:13.36
Well, then,
here's my final question.
00:38:13.39\00:38:15.69
"Now, don't Adventist have this
00:38:15.72\00:38:17.39
first, second, and
third angel's message.
00:38:17.43\00:38:19.83
And it's for the last days.
It's right before Christ comes.
00:38:19.86\00:38:22.66
And could you share that with me
00:38:22.70\00:38:24.73
and more importantly,
00:38:24.77\00:38:26.10
share it in a way
that I hear God's love
00:38:26.13\00:38:28.34
so it draws me to that message."
00:38:28.37\00:38:31.54
And there's a long pause.
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.68
A dozen years,
00:38:33.71\00:38:35.51
many of us and
these students have
00:38:35.54\00:38:37.21
Seventh-day
Adventist Christian education,
00:38:37.25\00:38:39.38
Why doesn't this
flow just from our heart?
00:38:39.41\00:38:42.42
Amen.
00:38:42.45\00:38:44.05
So you saw a need.
00:38:44.09\00:38:46.22
You saw a need for
some way to encourage
00:38:46.25\00:38:51.23
this three angels'
messages to be highlighted more
00:38:51.26\00:38:55.56
in the teaching
process in the classroom.
00:38:55.60\00:38:57.97
So what happened after that?
00:38:58.00\00:38:59.33
Okay, so
basically what happens is
00:38:59.37\00:39:02.50
Rusty and our
friend, Brad, called me
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.47
about a year and a half ago.
00:39:04.51\00:39:05.94
They were sitting at some place,
00:39:05.97\00:39:07.31
let's call Dan and get him
involved in this discussion.
00:39:07.34\00:39:09.04
And so we started
talking, I agreed,
00:39:09.08\00:39:10.41
hey, this is a wonderful idea.
00:39:10.45\00:39:12.55
And in our initial stages,
00:39:12.58\00:39:13.92
we were trying to be too complex
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.32
and trying to figure
out two sophisticated ways.
00:39:15.35\00:39:18.39
Well, about six weeks ago
00:39:18.42\00:39:20.69
in a conversation I was having
between the Sacramento Airport
00:39:20.72\00:39:23.56
and Weimar Institute
where I was driving to,
00:39:23.59\00:39:25.93
on a phone call,
we started saying,
00:39:25.96\00:39:27.93
"Well, you know, we
could do something like this.
00:39:27.96\00:39:30.10
And besides that,
the teachers convention
00:39:30.13\00:39:31.80
for every
teacher in North America
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.57
comes together for
every five years, Steve,"
00:39:33.60\00:39:36.10
and that's happening starting
actually Monday in Chicago.
00:39:36.14\00:39:39.81
And so we said,
"Hey, we could do this."
00:39:39.84\00:39:42.28
And so we said, "Let's
just simply take a piece of art
00:39:42.31\00:39:46.35
that Nathan Green had done
00:39:46.38\00:39:48.55
for Doug Batchelor 19
years ago for his Net 99
00:39:48.58\00:39:52.75
of the three angels' messages."
00:39:52.79\00:39:54.52
Nathan's too busy
00:39:54.56\00:39:55.89
he's booked out
to 2023 right now.
00:39:55.92\00:39:58.09
But hey, we could actually
have another digital artist
00:39:58.13\00:40:00.50
that I know, we
can work on this.
00:40:00.53\00:40:01.86
And so within just a
matter of a few minutes,
00:40:01.90\00:40:05.43
we came up with a plan,
00:40:05.47\00:40:06.94
and then we began to execute,
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.30
and God began to open every door
00:40:08.34\00:40:09.67
right in front of us.
00:40:09.70\00:40:11.04
The digital artist says,
00:40:11.07\00:40:12.41
"I wish you'd have
called me two weeks ago,
00:40:12.44\00:40:13.78
I had time and I..."
00:40:13.81\00:40:15.14
And before we
finished our conversation,
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.51
he said, "Okay, I'll do it."
00:40:16.54\00:40:17.88
And he had it
done in three days.
00:40:17.91\00:40:19.25
Pastor Mark was over
in Greece at the time.
00:40:19.28\00:40:21.68
We said, "Okay,
the wording on this,
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.95
we want him to sit down."
00:40:23.99\00:40:26.42
And so he got back on Wednesday.
00:40:26.45\00:40:28.32
And on Wednesday he called me
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.73
from when he got
back into the US.
00:40:30.76\00:40:34.73
And I said,
"Mark, I got a project,
00:40:34.76\00:40:36.10
and here's what I want.
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.47
I want you to think about
00:40:37.50\00:40:38.83
sitting down in front of
your 10 year old granddaughter
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.37
and I want you to summarize
and a couple of sentences
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.60
what each of the
three angels' messages are,"
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.67
and I described what
we were coming up with.
00:40:44.71\00:40:47.01
He said, "Well, I'll..."
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.38
He immediately said,
he caught the visions
00:40:48.41\00:40:50.11
and said, "Okay, we can do it,
00:40:50.15\00:40:51.48
but I can't do it
till Sunday morning."
00:40:51.51\00:40:52.85
I said, "Okay." That
was Wednesday evening.
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.78
When I woke up in California,
00:40:54.82\00:40:56.89
West Coast time
on Thursday morning,
00:40:56.92\00:40:59.02
I have an email from Mark,
00:40:59.05\00:41:00.39
and he's got the
first draft of that done.
00:41:00.42\00:41:01.92
Amen.
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.29
I said, "Wow, this
is coming together."
00:41:03.32\00:41:04.93
And then on top of that
I called and checked out
00:41:04.96\00:41:07.73
where we could get it printed
00:41:07.76\00:41:09.10
because, you know, we
sold our printing company.
00:41:09.13\00:41:10.80
We no longer own
Color Press, it's gone.
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.57
But I started
making arrangements,
00:41:13.60\00:41:14.94
who could I get to do
this, and who would design it,
00:41:14.97\00:41:17.31
and all those pieces
fell into perfect line.
00:41:17.34\00:41:19.61
And then the big piece
was I called Larry Blackmer,
00:41:19.64\00:41:23.18
the Vice President of
education for North America.
00:41:23.21\00:41:25.21
I said, "Larry,
we're already going to be
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.18
at the North American
Division Teachers Convention
00:41:27.22\00:41:29.02
on some other things with art.
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.69
What do you
think about this idea?"
00:41:31.72\00:41:33.05
And he said, "I
love it. Let's push it."
00:41:33.09\00:41:35.29
And so bottom line,
what's happened, Steve,
00:41:35.32\00:41:37.43
is that we actually
have already started shipping
00:41:37.46\00:41:41.76
this set of four posters
that you see on the stage
00:41:41.80\00:41:44.80
to every
classroom in North America,
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.74
not every school.
00:41:47.77\00:41:49.50
Every school gets a set
of these for every classroom.
00:41:49.54\00:41:53.07
And in the meantime,
we have contracted...
00:41:53.11\00:41:55.44
We have contracted with a
group of educational writers
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.18
that regularly
write curriculums,
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.05
and we are creating
a two week curriculum.
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.39
In other words,
for 10 school days,
00:42:07.42\00:42:10.53
we have a curriculum
that will be downloadable
00:42:10.56\00:42:12.59
off the NAD Education a website
00:42:12.63\00:42:15.10
I'm going to tell
you about in a minute.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.46
And out of that material,
00:42:16.50\00:42:19.37
the teachers will have
our first and second grade,
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.27
third and fourth
grade, fifth and sixth grade,
00:42:21.30\00:42:23.14
seventh and eighth
grade, nine through twelve,
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.04
there'll be a separate set of
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.41
lesson plans and study materials
00:42:26.44\00:42:27.98
to go with these
posters for the classrooms
00:42:28.01\00:42:30.15
that they can download
for free off of the internet
00:42:30.18\00:42:32.38
and use if they want.
00:42:32.41\00:42:33.92
Amen.
00:42:33.95\00:42:35.28
So we have now
00:42:35.32\00:42:36.82
in just a few
weeks come together
00:42:36.85\00:42:38.85
with a project
that has the potential
00:42:38.89\00:42:40.89
to impact every
Seventh-day Adventist student
00:42:40.92\00:42:43.73
in the whole system of education
00:42:43.76\00:42:45.66
within our North
American Division.
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.86
That's right, and
not only the division,
00:42:47.90\00:42:50.33
but also all of our
supporting ministry schools.
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.70
It's amazing what God is
doing to bring this about.
00:42:52.73\00:42:56.07
I say that's business unusual.
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.41
Time must be short,
God wants to do something.
00:42:58.44\00:43:01.21
This is our last
day message. Amen.
00:43:01.24\00:43:03.81
This is not some other message.
It's our last day message.
00:43:03.85\00:43:07.68
Elder Finley, I know
you're here this afternoon,
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.35
and you have
participated in this project.
00:43:10.39\00:43:15.32
You've been a part of this.
00:43:15.36\00:43:17.33
Share with us today
how this affects your heart
00:43:17.36\00:43:20.26
as you think
about what's happening.
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.40
I've stood on the
great platforms of the world
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.93
head over 100 countries,
00:43:24.97\00:43:27.60
and I've seen the power of
the three angels' messages,
00:43:27.64\00:43:31.27
touch hearts and change lives.
00:43:31.31\00:43:34.94
Let me tell you a story.
00:43:34.98\00:43:37.28
The World War II ended
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.85
September 2, 1945.
00:43:39.88\00:43:43.62
When the World War II ended,
00:43:43.65\00:43:46.39
there were many Jewish children
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.59
whose parents had been
killed in the Holocaust.
00:43:49.62\00:43:54.36
These children during
the World War II as Jews
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.60
were taken into
Catholic orphanages.
00:43:57.63\00:44:00.74
So at the end of
the World War II,
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.94
many rabbis wanted to
recover the Jewish children
00:44:02.97\00:44:07.71
from the Catholic orphanages.
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.94
When they went
there, the priest said,
00:44:09.98\00:44:11.78
"We have no
Jewish children here."
00:44:11.81\00:44:13.55
The rabbi said,
"Well, what about the names?"
00:44:13.58\00:44:16.18
They said, "Oh,
those are Polish names.
00:44:16.22\00:44:18.02
We can't tell the difference.
00:44:18.05\00:44:19.39
There's no
Jewish children here."
00:44:19.42\00:44:21.39
Rabbi Yosef Kahaneman
went to a Catholic orphanage
00:44:21.42\00:44:24.23
and was turned
away in the morning.
00:44:24.26\00:44:27.40
He went to some of
the American soldiers
00:44:27.43\00:44:30.20
who were overseeing
that area, and he said,
00:44:30.23\00:44:32.30
"Please, could you get
me in at least at night?"
00:44:32.33\00:44:35.24
So they came back,
negotiated with the priest,
00:44:35.27\00:44:37.31
and Rabbi Kahaneman was allowed
to walk through the orphanage.
00:44:37.34\00:44:41.68
As he was walking
through the orphanage,
00:44:41.71\00:44:43.65
he began to sing in Hebrew,
00:44:43.68\00:44:46.41
the Jewish
Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4,
00:44:46.45\00:44:50.45
"The Lord our God is One Lord."
00:44:50.49\00:44:52.65
As he began to sing,
00:44:52.69\00:44:55.36
a five year old
child began to cry
00:44:55.39\00:44:58.03
and say, "Mama, Mama."
00:44:58.06\00:44:59.83
A nine year old
said, "Mama, Mama."
00:44:59.86\00:45:02.73
You see, every
Jewish child knew the Shema.
00:45:02.76\00:45:07.17
They had been taught it
from their earliest ages.
00:45:07.20\00:45:10.27
It was part of their DNA.
00:45:10.31\00:45:12.07
And Rabbi Kahaneman
said, "That's one of mine.
00:45:12.11\00:45:14.38
That's one of mine.
That's one of mine."
00:45:14.41\00:45:18.08
What's the Adventist DNA?
00:45:18.11\00:45:21.18
What's the Adventist DNA?
00:45:21.22\00:45:24.05
What is it that should
boil the minds of our children
00:45:24.09\00:45:27.56
that should make
us a unique people?
00:45:27.59\00:45:30.79
It's a message
given, Revelation 14:6,
00:45:30.83\00:45:34.40
"I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
00:45:34.43\00:45:36.60
having the everlasting gospel
to go to the ends of the earth,
00:45:36.63\00:45:39.93
to every
nation, kindred, tongue,
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.67
and people saying
with a loud voice,
00:45:41.70\00:45:44.14
fear God and give glory to Him,
00:45:44.17\00:45:46.37
for the obvious
judgment has come."
00:45:46.41\00:45:48.24
Imagine every Seventh-day
Adventist young person
00:45:48.28\00:45:52.38
graduating from
an Adventist school,
00:45:52.41\00:45:54.85
eighth grade academy, college,
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.25
coming out with a
passion for mission,
00:45:57.29\00:45:59.85
a passion to share the
three angels' messages.
00:45:59.89\00:46:02.89
That's what this
project is all about.
00:46:02.92\00:46:05.63
Amen.
00:46:05.66\00:46:07.00
Business Unusual
00:46:14.40\00:46:16.37
is the theme of our
convention this year.
00:46:16.40\00:46:20.28
But, you know, I
think it should be
00:46:20.31\00:46:21.81
the theme of our entire lives.
00:46:21.84\00:46:26.72
These days in which we live
00:46:26.75\00:46:28.58
are different than days
in which we've lived before.
00:46:28.62\00:46:32.79
The collaboration that
we've exhibited this afternoon
00:46:32.82\00:46:35.92
between the ministries,
00:46:35.96\00:46:39.03
the businesses,
the business people,
00:46:39.06\00:46:42.26
the church, the church pastors,
00:46:42.30\00:46:45.03
the church administration
needs to be carried on.
00:46:45.07\00:46:49.10
This doesn't need to end here.
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.84
What we're hoping to do is that
00:46:51.87\00:46:54.54
when you leave this place today,
00:46:54.58\00:46:56.51
you will be inspired to go home
00:46:56.54\00:46:59.71
and do something just
a little bit different,
00:46:59.75\00:47:02.98
just a little bit unusual,
00:47:03.02\00:47:05.35
just a little bit challenging,
00:47:05.39\00:47:07.76
something that will require
just a little bit of sacrifice
00:47:07.79\00:47:12.39
or maybe even a lot of sacrifice
00:47:12.43\00:47:17.83
or maybe even a
lot of commitment
00:47:17.87\00:47:22.10
or maybe something that's
not just a little bit different,
00:47:22.14\00:47:24.64
but a lot different
than what we've done before
00:47:24.67\00:47:27.98
because I
believe with all my heart
00:47:28.01\00:47:29.68
that Jesus wants to come soon.
00:47:29.71\00:47:34.38
While He could do
all the work Himself,
00:47:34.42\00:47:36.32
He does not do that.
00:47:36.35\00:47:38.39
He allows us as sinful,
00:47:38.42\00:47:41.72
imperfect human
beings to have a part
00:47:41.76\00:47:45.03
in what He's
doing for the world.
00:47:45.06\00:47:48.30
This afternoon,
we're gathered here.
00:47:48.33\00:47:51.97
It's not our closing meeting
00:47:52.00\00:47:53.34
because we have one
more meeting after this.
00:47:53.37\00:47:56.17
We have some time to
go back to the booth yet
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.27
this afternoon, this evening,
00:47:58.31\00:48:01.38
but I want you
to go prayerfully,
00:48:01.41\00:48:04.25
and I want you to go carefully,
00:48:04.28\00:48:06.65
and I want you
to begin to ponder,
00:48:06.68\00:48:08.82
"What is God calling me
to do as an individual?"
00:48:08.85\00:48:14.96
It would be easy for us today
to leave this place and say,
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.63
"Isn't it exciting to see
00:48:18.66\00:48:20.10
what Dan Houghton is
doing through Heart Research,
00:48:20.13\00:48:23.63
and Rusty McKee is
doing or Elder Finley is doing
00:48:23.67\00:48:26.60
or the Alvas are doing
00:48:26.63\00:48:28.70
or they're happening in Romania.
00:48:28.74\00:48:30.07
It's just so exciting.
I'm glad I came to ASI."
00:48:30.11\00:48:34.04
And to go home and do nothing.
00:48:34.08\00:48:39.38
My challenge to you today
00:48:39.41\00:48:41.65
is to not let that happen.
00:48:41.68\00:48:44.35
God wants to use
00:48:44.39\00:48:45.72
every single
person gathered here.
00:48:45.75\00:48:48.12
There are no exceptions.
00:48:48.16\00:48:51.16
It doesn't matter
whether you're 98 or only 8.
00:48:51.19\00:48:56.90
God wants to use every one of us
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.70
to help get this
three angels' message
00:48:59.73\00:49:02.97
to the entire world.
00:49:03.00\00:49:05.01
That's our commission.
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.01
That's our marching orders.
00:49:07.04\00:49:09.34
That's what we need to be doing.
00:49:09.38\00:49:12.65
And to say, we'll
wait is a possibility,
00:49:12.68\00:49:17.19
but I don't think
it's the right answer.
00:49:17.22\00:49:20.06
I think we need to
say, "Yes, Lord, and now.
00:49:20.09\00:49:24.99
Use Me for
whatever you want to do,
00:49:25.03\00:49:28.20
help Me that I would just
dedicate my life entirely,
00:49:28.23\00:49:32.60
not partially, but entirely
to do something for You.
00:49:32.63\00:49:37.41
Even if You make me get
out of my comfort zone."
00:49:37.44\00:49:40.01
Amen.
00:49:40.04\00:49:42.08
Today, I thank you for coming.
00:49:42.11\00:49:44.51
Pastor Finley, we're
getting raised in this.
00:49:44.55\00:49:47.48
I'm just wondering
if you'd be willing
00:49:47.52\00:49:48.85
to pray for us this afternoon,
00:49:48.88\00:49:50.39
a prayer of dedication
00:49:50.42\00:49:53.02
and just, you know, we need.
00:49:53.05\00:49:55.96
I was here at the
end of church service
00:49:55.99\00:49:58.16
and I happen to be
standing behind the stage.
00:49:58.19\00:50:01.73
But we need that
commitment today.
00:50:01.76\00:50:05.43
Would you pray for us?
00:50:05.47\00:50:07.07
Let's bow our heads together.
00:50:07.10\00:50:10.04
Our Father,
00:50:10.07\00:50:12.81
at the cross of Calvary,
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.24
You paid the infinite
price for each one of us.
00:50:15.28\00:50:19.85
In there we find
forgiveness, and grace,
00:50:19.88\00:50:23.72
and mercy, and power.
00:50:23.75\00:50:26.55
But there we find motivation,
00:50:26.59\00:50:29.19
motivation to share Your love,
00:50:29.22\00:50:31.56
motivation to share Your grace.
00:50:31.59\00:50:34.70
Father, You've equipped
each one of us with gifts.
00:50:34.73\00:50:39.13
Those gifts are different,
00:50:39.17\00:50:41.47
each one of us have been
gifted in different ways.
00:50:41.50\00:50:45.17
Just now in the
quietness of this auditorium,
00:50:45.21\00:50:49.34
the best we know how,
00:50:49.38\00:50:51.38
we surrender our
lives to You again,
00:50:51.41\00:50:54.15
we've done it many a times,
we do it again this afternoon.
00:50:54.18\00:50:58.12
And we ask You in a
special way to impress us
00:50:58.15\00:51:01.76
with what You want us to do,
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.06
impress us how to use the gifts
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.46
You've given us
most effectively.
00:51:06.49\00:51:09.20
Impress us as we
leave this place,
00:51:09.23\00:51:12.07
how to take another step.
00:51:12.10\00:51:14.00
There's something more,
00:51:14.04\00:51:16.00
much more that You have for us.
00:51:16.04\00:51:18.27
There are new
doors of opportunity
00:51:18.31\00:51:21.18
that are opening,
00:51:21.21\00:51:22.74
new vistas for us to march into,
00:51:22.78\00:51:28.28
new horizons for
us to cross over.
00:51:28.32\00:51:31.72
Father, grant to us
00:51:31.75\00:51:34.76
the spiritual eyesight to see
00:51:34.79\00:51:37.89
the opening doors
of Your providence,
00:51:37.93\00:51:41.26
so that we can be part
00:51:41.30\00:51:43.60
of that message
called the three angels'
00:51:43.63\00:51:47.00
to bring the everlasting gospel
00:51:47.04\00:51:49.34
to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:51:49.37\00:51:51.97
So Jesus can come soon, we
pray in Christ' name, amen.
00:51:52.01\00:51:56.58
Amen.
00:51:56.61\00:51:57.95
I invite you to
sing together with us
00:52:05.25\00:52:06.96
a song of consecration,
00:52:06.99\00:52:09.59
"Take My Life and Let It Be.
00:52:09.62\00:52:11.99
Why don't we stand together?
00:52:12.03\00:52:15.16
Take my life, and let it be
00:52:15.20\00:52:20.34
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee
00:52:20.37\00:52:25.67
Take my hands, and let them move
00:52:25.71\00:52:31.01
At the impulse of Thy love
00:52:31.05\00:52:36.08
At the impulse of Thy love
00:52:36.12\00:52:42.36
Take my lips and let them be
00:52:42.39\00:52:47.83
Filled with messages from Thee
00:52:47.86\00:52:53.07
Take my silver and my gold
00:52:53.10\00:52:58.31
Not a mite would I withhold
00:52:58.34\00:53:03.58
Not a mite would
00:53:03.61\00:53:06.21
I withhold
00:53:06.25\00:53:10.19
Take my love, my Lord, I pour
00:53:10.22\00:53:15.62
At Thy feet its treasure store
00:53:15.66\00:53:20.90
Take myself, and I will be
00:53:20.93\00:53:26.07
Ever, only, all for Thee
00:53:26.10\00:53:31.31
Ever, only
00:53:31.34\00:53:34.04
All for Thee
00:53:34.08\00:53:39.05
Sing the last
verse one more time.
00:53:39.08\00:53:40.78
Take my love, my Lord, I pour
00:53:45.02\00:53:50.53
At Thy feet its treasure store
00:53:50.56\00:53:55.73
Take myself, and I will be
00:53:55.76\00:54:00.84
Ever, only, all for Thee
00:54:00.87\00:54:06.27
Ever, only
00:54:06.31\00:54:09.11
All for Thee
00:54:09.14\00:54:14.12
I invite you to bow your
heads as we pray together.
00:54:14.15\00:54:20.12
Father in heaven,
we are so thankful
00:54:20.16\00:54:23.56
for Your Holy Spirit
00:54:23.59\00:54:24.93
that we see
moving all around us.
00:54:24.96\00:54:27.70
We're thankful for the blessings
00:54:27.73\00:54:29.53
that You've showered upon us.
00:54:29.56\00:54:30.90
And we confess, we
repent of our lack of faith,
00:54:30.93\00:54:35.80
of what You promised
to do in and through us,
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.34
and that You would cover
the earth with your glory.
00:54:38.37\00:54:42.74
We pray that You
might increase our faith,
00:54:42.78\00:54:45.01
as the disciples prayed,
00:54:45.05\00:54:46.38
that we might enter
with You into Your work.
00:54:46.41\00:54:50.39
Wherever we see You working,
00:54:50.42\00:54:51.75
we just pray that You
will empower us, strengthen us.
00:54:51.79\00:54:55.16
We want Christ living in
us through the Holy Spirit
00:54:55.19\00:54:57.93
that we might see
the people around us
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.00
as You see them that we
might love them as you love them
00:55:01.03\00:55:04.87
because we don't have
that love in ourselves.
00:55:04.90\00:55:07.60
We know that You've loved
us with an everlasting love,
00:55:07.64\00:55:10.34
You've drawn us with
that everlasting love.
00:55:10.37\00:55:12.14
We know You're drawing
them with Your everlasting love.
00:55:12.17\00:55:15.34
And we pray that
00:55:15.38\00:55:16.88
as that love flows
through us and into the world,
00:55:16.91\00:55:20.85
that the world we
lightened with Your glory,
00:55:20.88\00:55:25.85
that the reward that
Christ so richly deserves
00:55:25.89\00:55:29.09
might be His'
00:55:29.12\00:55:30.76
and that He might be able to see
00:55:30.79\00:55:35.13
the travail of His
soul and be satisfied.
00:55:35.16\00:55:39.40
We thank you for Your promise.
00:55:39.43\00:55:41.20
We thank You for the
three angels' messages,
00:55:41.24\00:55:43.00
which are messages of
hope, messages of faith,
00:55:43.04\00:55:46.68
the messages of Your
power, the power of Your Word,
00:55:46.71\00:55:49.01
the power of
creation and recreation,
00:55:49.04\00:55:52.11
the power to win everyone,
00:55:52.15\00:55:57.72
everyone who will not resist.
00:55:57.75\00:55:59.75
We know, we draw,
00:55:59.79\00:56:01.12
and as we lift up
Christ to the world.
00:56:01.16\00:56:04.23
And to this end,
Lord, we ask Your blessing,
00:56:04.26\00:56:07.90
we're so glad that we've
been able to come together
00:56:07.93\00:56:10.13
and to share this time.
00:56:10.17\00:56:11.77
There's still
Sabbath hours left, we pray,
00:56:11.80\00:56:13.67
You'll bless our fellowship,
bless our conversation,
00:56:13.70\00:56:18.41
we pray that You'll bring
us to meet the people even here
00:56:18.44\00:56:21.78
that we can minister
to, we can partner with,
00:56:21.81\00:56:24.75
that Your work can be forwarded,
00:56:24.78\00:56:26.95
and that Jesus can come soon.
00:56:26.98\00:56:29.38
We pray all of these
things in His mighty name, amen.
00:56:29.42\00:56:34.69