We're looking forward to
the meeting this morning,
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there's gonna be testimonies,
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we're going to
hear exciting ways
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that we can share Christ.
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And I was
thinking about the blessing
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of being able to share
Christ in the marketplace,
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and we each have
our own experience.
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And I'm happy to
be here with Brenda.
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She is Vice
President for Finance.
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We're really glad that
you're here this morning.
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It's going to
be a wonderful day.
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The children are getting
ready to go on a field trip.
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They're going to
the Ark Encounter.
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Sounds exciting. Oh,
they are very excited.
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We've been there.
It's a great place to go.
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Well, if you ask
any of them this morning
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if they were going,
their eyes just light up,
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they say, "Yes, they are."
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They do. Yes.
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They're looking forward to it.
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Yes, we're so glad
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that each of you
are here this morning.
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And before we get started,
we'd like to just bow our heads
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and ask the Lord to bless us.
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We're going to ask Him
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to bless the
children on their trip
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and to bless us as we
go through the day today.
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Let's just bow our heads.
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Our Dear Heavenly Father,
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we're so very, very
thankful for Your blessings.
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We're thankfull
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that we can come together
in this family once a year,
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and rejuvenate, and network
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and be a part of your community.
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Please bless us as we work
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and interact with
the people of this city.
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We pray that You'll
bless the children today
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as they take their trip
and that they will learn a lot
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and to be a blessing
and a witness for You.
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And we pray for this
meeting in a special way,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Now we have
something special for you.
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The Weaver
children are so anxious
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to go on their trip
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that their Daddy
emailed me and he said,
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"Oh, they're supposed to
sing at the end of the service,
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and they won't
make it for the trip."
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And so I said,
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"Oh, we're going
to take care of that.
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We'll make sure that
they can come and sing first.
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And then we're going
to get them on the bus."
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This is the Weaver family.
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O brother, be faithful!
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Soon Jesus will come
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For whom we have waited so long
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O, soon we shall
enter our glorious home
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And join in the conqueror's song
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O brother, be faithful!
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For why should we prove
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Unfaithful to Him who hath shown
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Such deep, such
unbounded and infinite love
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Who died to redeem us his own
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O brother, be faithful!
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The city of gold
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Prepared for the
good and the blest
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Is waiting its
portals of pearl to unfold
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And welcome thee into thy rest
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Then, brother, be faithful!
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Not long shall we stay
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In weariness here, and forlorn
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Time's dark night of
sorrow is wearing away
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We haste to the glorious morn
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O brother, be faithful!
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Eternity's years
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Shall tell for
thy faithfulness now
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When bright smiles of gladness
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Shall scatter thy tears
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A coronet gleam on thy brow
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O brother, be faithful!
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The promise is sure
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That waits for
the faithful and tried
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To reign with the ransomed
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Immortal and pure
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And ever with Jesus abide
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And ever with Jesus abide
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Amen.
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Wasn't that beautiful?
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Praise God.
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How many of you are
familiar with Soles for Souls?
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Our outreach initiative here,
that was not enough hands yet.
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So we are doing a program
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that we can
actually help the people
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of Louisville in a specific way
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by providing shoes
and socks for people.
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Now if some of you did not yet
get a pair of shoes or socks,
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I want to encourage you,
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just get your phone out
and look for a shoe store.
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You will find a place nearby
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where you can
get a pair of shoes.
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Nina, I have a few
questions for you this morning.
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Good morning.
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We're so glad you're here.
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Thank you very
much for joining us.
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Thanks for having us.
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Please tell us a little bit
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about the Wayside
Christian Mission.
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How long has it been around?
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Wayside Christian
Mission was founded in 1957
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by Reverend Dick Anderson.
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Since that time, we
opened with a shelter for 10 men
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on December 8, 1957.
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Today, we house
anywhere up to 650 men, women,
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and families every night.
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Every night? Every night.
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Six hundred and fifty
people are coming there.
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Now, our specific ASI project
is called Soles for Souls.
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So we're providing
shoes and socks for people.
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Is that really a big need?
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That is definitely a big need.
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A lot of the homeless
folks live out in camps,
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they live on the streets.
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They have only what
they carry with them.
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And we do see them
coming in without shoes,
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and especially without socks.
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And so we're always trying
to find these things for folks.
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In addition, we run a
good Samaritan patrol.
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We've done that since 1988,
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where we actually do ministry
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out on the
streets and in the camps.
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And so anytime we can
find resources to help folks,
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we're very
grateful for that help.
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That's fantastic.
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So the Wayside
Christian Mission,
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I was reading in the newspaper,
doing a little bit of homework,
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and I found out that
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the mission has
done a great deal
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to help the
people of Louisville.
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Can you tell us a little bit
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about the
challenge of homelessness
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here in this city?
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We have a lot of
homeless folks in this city,
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around about 7,000 people.
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We only have 1,800
shelter beds in the city.
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And so there's a
lot of need for folks.
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We at Wayside have a
full gamut of services
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from emergency shelter
to transitional shelter,
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to permanent supportive housing.
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And in December,
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we actually opened
a low-barrier shelter
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that has an
additional 100 people.
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So we have a great need here.
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And anytime we can
partner with folks to help,
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that's really important.
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About one third of the
homeless people nationwide,
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and it holds true
in Louisville as well,
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are homeless due to
substance abuse issues.
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So we run a
large recovery program
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for men and for women.
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And in addition,
we do job training,
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we do parenting classes.
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We do a lot of
services in conjunction
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with the universities here
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so we can help people
get back on their feet
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and live a good
self-sufficient life.
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Well, again,
Nina, we're just so glad
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that we can partner with you
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in this small
part of the mission.
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And ASI family,
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I want to
encourage you once again.
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If you have not yet put
your pair of shoes or socks
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in the receptacles
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that are found by
the registration booth.
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Please do so today or tomorrow.
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Thank you so
much. God bless you.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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This morning, Philip,
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we want to take
just a little bit of time
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to talk about ASI
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and kind of its
strategy going forward.
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ASI was founded as
most of you know in 1947.
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Now that's just a few years ago.
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In fact, it was
before I was born.
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Me too. Philip, you too?
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Yeah, absolutely. Oh, wow.
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Okay, well, we're...
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So the organization
has a few years on it.
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And ASI, the executive team
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has spent the
last couple of years
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thinking about
the future of ASI.
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But when you think
about the future of something,
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you also have to think about
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the history of the organization.
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And so this morning
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we're gonna just talk
a little bit about that.
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ASI was founded as a result
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mostly of the work
going on at Madison College.
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Now in your registration packet,
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you received a little booklet
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called ASI Strategic Plan 2019,
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Sharing Christ with the
World in our Generation.
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And so if you have
that with you this morning,
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we're going to spend a
little time looking at this.
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And as I was thinking, I
said, well, it's kind of dry,
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but it may be that it's
really exciting, Philip,
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because what we're talking about
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is how to take
ASI to the future.
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Amen? Amen.
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We want ASI to be
a strong organization
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until Jesus comes.
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That's right.
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Because we believe that
if we empower the lay people,
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we can help get the job done.
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They're just not
enough preachers.
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Now, Philip, if you would
share with the audience today
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what is the purpose of ASI?
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What is the purpose?
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The executive committee spent
a lot of time on these words,
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just share with us
what is the purpose?
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Steve, I'm so
excited to share the purpose.
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The purpose of ASI is to connect
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and equip lay
ministries, business people,
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and professionals,
and their families
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to regularly and passionately
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share Christ in the marketplace,
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and to actively support
the Adventist church's message
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of sharing the
three angels' messages
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of God's love and grace
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in preparation for
Jesus' soon return.
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Philip, I'd like to emphasize
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a couple of
things in that statement
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because when we just read
it, maybe it doesn't fully...
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We don't fully grasp
exactly what we're saying here.
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Awesome.
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We're saying we
have a target audience.
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And the target audience
that we have is the lay people,
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first of all.
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And then within
the group of lay people
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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we focus on several
subgroups of that...
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That's right.
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Business
owners, professionals...
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And ministry
people. And ministries.
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That's right.
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So business owners,
professionals, and ministries,
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that's the target
group, the focus group of ASI.
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Now, we included something here
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though an interesting
word we said and their...
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And their families.
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Families. That's right.
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How many of you have family?
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Anybody here have family? Amen.
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Do you love your
family? Absolutely.
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Do you want to involve them
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in something exciting, like ASI?
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Absolutely. Yes.
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In fact, I just tell
you, my daughter is here.
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And I have two
grandchildren here.
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And I have my
daughter's husband here.
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And then the cousins
and their families came.
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That's five
cousins, right, Steve?
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Yeah, five more cousins.
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So there's like...
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We're doing a
little takeover here
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in the kids department
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since so we're
gonna apologize for that.
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I've got six-month
old PJ, Philip Jr. men.
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And I want to get
him involved in ASI,
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even now I'm
teaching him about it.
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Amen. Amen.
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Start them early. That's right.
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All right, good.
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So, Philip, ASI has
for years had a motto.
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What is that motto?
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Our motto is sharing
Christ in the marketplace.
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That's our motto.
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Now if you've
heard the term ASI,
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you probably
have connected with it
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that understanding
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that we're here to share
Christ in the marketplace.
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I want to share though
now, there are some things
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that are very,
very important to ASI.
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And we've made
the list quite short
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so that we can
try and remember it
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because, you know,
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we have to make
things easy, right?
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Right.
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So there's just three things
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that we think are
very, very important.
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And we've kind of
reduced it down to three things.
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First of all,
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if you're
involved in ASI in any way,
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whether as a member
or as a chapter, officer,
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or in the
leadership of the national
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or on the ASI board...
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Right.
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We believe that
every individual in that
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and in those
categories should be committed
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to the Seventh-day Adventist
Church and its mission.
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It's actually under our Values
if you want to follow along
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in the PowerPoint
slide under Values.
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That's the first thing,
committed to Adventist Church.
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Committed to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and its values.
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If they're not
committed to that, like,
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you could go
somewhere else, you know, Okay.
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There are a lot of organizations
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in this world, right?
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You can go check
it on the internet,
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nonprofit organizations.
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They could join any
one of those, right?
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That's right. That's right.
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But what we are about is
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we are committed to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and its mission.
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That is a powerful thought
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to think we have the
opportunity to partner
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with the mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Secondly,
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this organization is empowered
by lay-driven leadership.
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Amen.
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Now you see a lot of
people running around here,
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and you'll see a lot
of people doing things.
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But these are volunteers.
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Lay people who
volunteer their time,
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their energy, their passion...
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Their talents.
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Their talent and
their resources...
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That's right. To help us.
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Amen.
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Philip, the last thing is
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if you're associated with ASI,
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you should be
actively engaged in ministry.
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Actively engaged
in ministry. Actively.
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I like the way
you said actively.
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Yeah. Got to do something.
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And you need to be
doing it all the time,
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not just now and then.
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Yeah, not just coming to
church and sitting on the pew
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but getting involved.
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Philip, our
strategy to accomplish this
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and take us to the future
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is that we
would continue to plan
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and execute a
powerful annual convention.
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Amen.
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You know, this in fact is...
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The way I would
describe it is the showcase
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of what you as members
are doing throughout the year.
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That's right.
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It's not to
showcase, Philip, or me,
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or whatever else,
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it's to
showcase what our members
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are doing throughout the year.
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Our exhibit hall is full
of ministries doing things.
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It's amazing to go
in the exhibit hall
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and just see
what's happening there.
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It really is. Okay.
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The other thing
that's really important,
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as we looked at the
future on a strategy
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is that we be collaborating.
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We're not out here to
do something by ourselves,
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but we're going to collaborate.
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The other thing is
we're going to innovate.
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That's right.
We're going to innovate.
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We're known as
an entrepreneurial
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kind of organization.
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People who
think about new ideas,
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and then just
don't think about them,
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they go do something.
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Yes.
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So innovators and
collaborating with our church.
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The last thing on
that list of strategies is
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we want to engage
the next generation.
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And so today, I hope
that as you look around
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and you see young people here,
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you will
encourage them to come back.
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So we're happy with that.
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Philip, I want to
end this morning though
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by talking about something
that's really on my heart.
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And that's the opportunity.
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Yes.
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Philip, just think
about this for a moment.
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Can you imagine
what would happen?
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I just want you to think
this morning for a minute.
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If every single
Seventh-day Adventist
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business person,
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professional,
00:18:01.94\00:18:03.78
and ministry
person was 100% engaged
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in taking this three
angels' message to the world.
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Wow!
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With about 19
million members worldwide.
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I don't know how
many of those are business
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and professional people,
but there's a good number.
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Yes.
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There's a lot of lay
people involved in ministry.
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But can you
imagine what would happen
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to the work of God
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if all of us were all in?
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Like the 12 disciples,
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we could be known as the ones
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that turned the world
upside down for Jesus Christ.
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Today, we pray
that God will bless you
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and your experience here at ASI,
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and that you would join
us in the mission of ASI
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of taking the
gospel to the world
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in this generation.
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Amen.
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Hey, everyone, I'm with Sandra
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who is the Executive Director
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for Adventist
Colleges Abroad or ACA.
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Sandra, tell me how does
ACA contribute to the mission
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of a Seventh-day
Adventist Church?
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Good morning.
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I will answer your
question in just one second.
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Okay.
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First, I would
like to tell you all
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that confirm that you receive
this magazine in your bags.
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And here you have a
lot of information already
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about these
programs and who they serve,
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about the countries
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where our young
people can go and study.
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Every registration bag,
so if you look in your bag,
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you can see the magazine.
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So how does
Adventist Colleges Abroad
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contribute to our church mission
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in many ways and
very powerful ways?
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Nelson Mandela said
that, I'm going to paraphrase.
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But if you talk to
somebody in a foreign language,
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you are talking to their head.
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But if you are talking to
them in their native language,
00:22:02.78\00:22:05.62
you talk to their heart.
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Amen.
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Our mission in our church,
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whatever we do in
our different ministries,
00:22:09.96\00:22:12.79
we all have the same
goal, which is reaching hearts.
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And so ACA also
contributes to that goal
00:22:17.33\00:22:21.24
by equipping our young people
with the knowledge of language.
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We can't give a
message if we don't have words,
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if we don't have the language.
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Did you know that in
America right here at home,
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there is no official language.
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And that is because
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there are 350 languages
spoken right here at home
00:22:41.19\00:22:46.83
in the United States.
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So we are equipping our
young people to do mission,
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not only in the world but
here and at right at home.
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So we send them to 11 countries.
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Wow.
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And we mostly send
university students.
00:23:00.71\00:23:04.71
And the preferred experience
that we advise them all
00:23:04.75\00:23:08.68
to do is one academic year
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.72
because not only they
are learning more language,
00:23:11.75\00:23:14.59
but they are
getting an experience
00:23:14.62\00:23:16.49
that they will never forget,
00:23:16.52\00:23:18.56
and that will impact
their life for ministry.
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What are some of the
countries you send them to?
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Oh!
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Well, they are mostly in Europe.
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Spain, Italy,
France, Germany, Austria,
00:23:27.77\00:23:31.74
Lebanon for Arabic,
00:23:31.77\00:23:34.14
for Portuguese, we have Brazil.
00:23:34.18\00:23:37.01
For Spanish, we
have two countries,
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two experiences, we
have Argentina and Spain.
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Israel in the summer for Hebrew.
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Our Hebrew students
in the theology programs.
00:23:46.82\00:23:50.96
And we have Chinese,
Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan.
00:23:50.99\00:23:55.26
Now I see you have this hat.
00:23:55.30\00:23:56.63
Tell me about
this hat? All right.
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.10
So I have more
information about these,
00:23:58.13\00:24:01.70
two minutes is not enough.
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.41
So I am very
happy to talk to you.
00:24:03.44\00:24:08.88
Please come, ask me questions.
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.75
We not only send
university students
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but we also send
students 15 years old and up.
00:24:15.52\00:24:19.85
So your academy students,
they can also go abroad.
00:24:19.89\00:24:23.16
Come ask me the questions.
00:24:23.19\00:24:24.89
And so... Please.
00:24:24.93\00:24:27.80
Okay, that's a fancy hat.
00:24:27.83\00:24:30.33
I think you can't miss
me with this hat, right?
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.20
So at the end of this meeting
00:24:33.23\00:24:35.50
I will wear this hat
00:24:35.54\00:24:37.67
so you can spot me
and you can come to me.
00:24:37.71\00:24:40.61
I have a few more
materials for you.
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.74
So just look for the
lady in the beautiful hat.
00:24:42.78\00:24:46.21
Wow!
00:24:46.25\00:24:47.58
And last question, how
can we get more involved?
00:24:47.62\00:24:49.88
How can we help?
00:24:49.92\00:24:52.35
Well, would you
pray for our students?
00:24:52.39\00:24:57.06
When they go abroad, they travel
00:24:57.09\00:24:58.89
and that is part
of their maturity.
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.36
We want them to grow.
00:25:01.40\00:25:02.73
We want them to make friends
with people of other cultures.
00:25:02.76\00:25:05.73
We want them to be quick
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.67
at empathizing
and slow to judge.
00:25:07.70\00:25:11.91
We want them to
embrace differences,
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.41
to embrace diversity.
00:25:14.44\00:25:17.25
And so they travel.
00:25:17.28\00:25:18.95
And we ask your
prayers for that.
00:25:18.98\00:25:21.18
But we also ask you
to share in your churches
00:25:21.22\00:25:25.55
with your friends,
your family, relatives
00:25:25.59\00:25:29.66
that this opportunity
is for all of our students.
00:25:29.69\00:25:34.23
Even if your
student is not enrolled
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.63
at the Seventh-day
Adventist University
00:25:36.67\00:25:39.13
or at an academy,
still, talk to me.
00:25:39.17\00:25:42.77
I will give you
some news. Awesome.
00:25:42.80\00:25:45.07
I have a brother that went
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.81
to Adventist
Colleges Abroad overseas
00:25:46.84\00:25:48.48
and he came back transformed.
00:25:48.51\00:25:49.84
So thank you for the
ministry that you're doing.
00:25:49.88\00:25:51.61
God bless you.
00:25:51.65\00:25:53.11
I just want to ask,
00:25:53.15\00:25:54.48
I'm sure there are ACA
alumni in this room here
00:25:54.52\00:25:58.25
'cause I see a show
of hands very quickly.
00:25:58.29\00:26:01.02
Are you ACA alumni? Or...
00:26:01.06\00:26:03.69
I see some hands. Awesome.
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.66
Or if you have a child
00:26:05.69\00:26:07.80
or a grandchild
that went to ACA,
00:26:07.83\00:26:10.33
ACA is going to
turn 60 years old.
00:26:10.37\00:26:13.40
And would you
please do send the text
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.71
as it says on the screen.
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.07
I promise you will
only receive two texts
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.94
and that's it from us.
00:26:20.98\00:26:22.31
Thank you so much.
00:26:22.34\00:26:23.68
Thank you, everybody.
00:26:23.71\00:26:25.05
Good morning, ASI.
00:26:27.58\00:26:29.58
This is another
offering in action segment
00:26:29.62\00:26:32.05
when we highlight projects
00:26:32.09\00:26:34.46
that will be recipients
in this year's offering.
00:26:34.49\00:26:37.46
And with me is Brad Mills.
00:26:37.49\00:26:38.99
He's the Director
of Amazon Lifesavers.
00:26:39.03\00:26:42.86
And tell us first, Brad,
what is Amazon Life Savers?
00:26:42.90\00:26:46.23
Debbie, good morning.
00:26:46.27\00:26:47.60
Amazon Lifesavers is a ministry
00:26:47.64\00:26:49.00
that connects lay people
with the Northwest Brazil union
00:26:49.04\00:26:53.04
to do church planting.
00:26:53.07\00:26:55.71
And where do you do
this church planting?
00:26:55.74\00:26:57.81
So the Amazon is a big basin,
00:26:57.85\00:27:00.35
actually is in
several countries,
00:27:00.38\00:27:02.35
and we are in the
northwest area of Brazil,
00:27:02.38\00:27:05.49
working in the jungle areas
in the northwest of Brazil.
00:27:05.52\00:27:09.42
So exactly what do you do there?
00:27:09.46\00:27:11.93
So we actually look to do
church planting global missions
00:27:11.96\00:27:16.50
and initiative with
the local lay people
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.80
to take volunteers
out into the jungle
00:27:19.83\00:27:23.37
and plant churches
00:27:23.41\00:27:24.74
where the Adventist
church has never entered before.
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.94
So we do that
using various ways.
00:27:26.98\00:27:29.04
For example, we actually
use mission groups on boats.
00:27:29.08\00:27:32.45
And we will travel out on boats
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.58
into the jungle with a
group of 25 to 30 people
00:27:34.62\00:27:37.72
and serve the community.
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.25
So you can imagine a
group of young people
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.76
sleeping on a hammock,
heading out onto a boat
00:27:41.79\00:27:44.03
and working in the community
to reach what their needs are.
00:27:44.06\00:27:47.86
For example, this very month
00:27:47.90\00:27:49.96
we had a group that
went out into the jungle
00:27:50.00\00:27:52.13
in a village that has never
had an Adventist in the area.
00:27:52.17\00:27:56.50
And we went in,
and we put in a well,
00:27:56.54\00:27:59.11
and we plumbed
the whole village.
00:27:59.14\00:28:01.64
The group came
in and put water in.
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.45
You can see the picture here.
00:28:03.48\00:28:04.81
This actually was this month
00:28:04.85\00:28:06.88
what happened is these people
live on the bank of the river,
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.55
but they don't have
fresh drinking water.
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.55
And the group came
in, they put in the water,
00:28:11.59\00:28:13.66
and they went door to door
00:28:13.69\00:28:15.49
into the little
jungle village huts
00:28:15.52\00:28:17.83
and turned on the
faucet with the people
00:28:17.86\00:28:19.69
for the very first time.
00:28:19.73\00:28:21.06
This is a picture of the kids
00:28:21.10\00:28:22.56
playing in the
water for the first time.
00:28:22.60\00:28:24.77
That night if you can imagine
00:28:24.80\00:28:26.67
these people never
had an Adventist church,
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.04
that night, we had our very
first meeting in the village
00:28:28.07\00:28:30.97
and every single
person in the whole village
00:28:31.01\00:28:33.34
came to find out
00:28:33.38\00:28:34.71
who these people are
and what they have to say.
00:28:34.74\00:28:36.98
So that's really wonderful.
00:28:37.01\00:28:38.65
But help me understand this,
00:28:38.68\00:28:40.45
this all you do is
'cause ASI boats in water?
00:28:40.48\00:28:44.89
No, Debbie.
00:28:44.92\00:28:46.42
We are all
about church planting.
00:28:46.45\00:28:48.66
So we believe
exactly what Jesus did.
00:28:48.69\00:28:51.03
As we work with the
people, meet their needs,
00:28:51.06\00:28:54.50
we can gain their confidence.
00:28:54.53\00:28:56.20
And through this work,
health fairs, medical work,
00:28:56.23\00:28:59.87
dental work, putting in water,
putting in village gardens,
00:28:59.90\00:29:04.37
then we can
place in Bible workers.
00:29:04.41\00:29:06.94
So we have a program that
we have Bible training school,
00:29:06.98\00:29:11.05
and we send them out two by two.
00:29:11.08\00:29:13.72
You'll see a picture here
00:29:13.75\00:29:15.08
of two of our
Bible workers going out,
00:29:15.12\00:29:16.75
and they will
live for over a year
00:29:16.79\00:29:19.32
in a jungle village
with the Indian people
00:29:19.35\00:29:22.32
or with the river people.
00:29:22.36\00:29:23.83
There's two
different types of people
00:29:23.86\00:29:25.19
that live in the river.
00:29:25.23\00:29:26.56
This picture is a
picture of Lucas and Georgia,
00:29:26.59\00:29:28.90
and they are heading out
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.27
and they lived in
an indigenous area.
00:29:30.30\00:29:32.30
And this area and
that they lived in,
00:29:32.33\00:29:34.04
we have worked
for over five years.
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.30
But it is an area
where the Indians,
00:29:36.34\00:29:38.17
they live very
primitively still.
00:29:38.21\00:29:41.31
They're very cautious
00:29:41.34\00:29:44.28
to have us come into their area.
00:29:44.31\00:29:45.75
They don't know who we
are, what we really want to do.
00:29:45.78\00:29:48.22
And so I remember the first time
00:29:48.25\00:29:49.95
we went to their
village, they actually asked us
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.45
to leave after a
day of medical care.
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.42
They watched us,
00:29:55.46\00:29:56.79
we took care of
them with medical care.
00:29:56.83\00:29:58.16
We had a group of
physicians and dentists,
00:29:58.19\00:29:59.53
and by the end of the day,
00:29:59.56\00:30:00.90
they said we could
leave their village.
00:30:00.93\00:30:02.26
And so we came back again.
00:30:02.30\00:30:03.77
And we came back again.
00:30:03.80\00:30:05.13
And after a long
time of working here,
00:30:05.17\00:30:07.60
they said, "Hey, we would
have some people live with us."
00:30:07.64\00:30:10.04
So Lucas and Georgia
went out and lived with them.
00:30:10.07\00:30:12.67
After living with
them, working with them
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.14
going out to their
gardens and fishing,
00:30:15.18\00:30:16.91
then they're able to
start doing Bible studies.
00:30:16.95\00:30:19.35
And they'll sit with the people,
00:30:19.38\00:30:21.12
and they'll open up the Bible,
and they'll study God's word.
00:30:21.15\00:30:24.59
In this actual,
00:30:24.62\00:30:25.95
and you'll see
the picture of them
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.32
sitting with the people.
00:30:27.36\00:30:28.69
In this village, Lucas was able
to learn the local language.
00:30:28.72\00:30:32.29
It's an indigenous dialect.
00:30:32.33\00:30:34.03
We wrote the very first ever
Bible study in their language.
00:30:34.06\00:30:40.20
He studies with
them in their language.
00:30:40.24\00:30:42.64
And so I went out and
visited this very village
00:30:42.67\00:30:45.87
about a month ago.
00:30:45.91\00:30:47.78
We have a program, so
we're taking out groups
00:30:47.81\00:30:50.35
and we open up the villages
00:30:50.38\00:30:51.71
and we put in our Bible workers.
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.18
And then we come
out with a floating boat
00:30:53.21\00:30:55.22
that our union has
to do public evangelism.
00:30:55.25\00:30:57.65
But I went out to
do a visit and say,
00:30:57.69\00:31:00.56
"Is this community
00:31:00.59\00:31:01.92
that has been so resistant to us
00:31:01.96\00:31:03.53
really open to any
kind of evangelism?
00:31:03.56\00:31:06.39
You know, can you
take that step forward?"
00:31:06.43\00:31:08.06
And I went out, and
I met the Indian chief.
00:31:08.10\00:31:10.20
And Lucas, the Bible
worker presented me as his chief
00:31:10.23\00:31:13.37
because I'm the
director of the program.
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.74
So this was chief
to chief having a talk.
00:31:14.77\00:31:16.87
And he brought me into
his hut, and we sat and talk.
00:31:16.91\00:31:20.08
And I asked him, you know,
how was it going with Lucas
00:31:20.11\00:31:23.31
and how did he feel about us
00:31:23.35\00:31:24.98
being more
present in the community?
00:31:25.01\00:31:27.02
And he said to me, he said,
00:31:27.05\00:31:28.78
"I want Lucas's
church here in my community."
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.35
We were so excited
00:31:32.39\00:31:33.72
because they've
never been open for that.
00:31:33.76\00:31:35.39
So right now, in
this very moment,
00:31:35.42\00:31:37.89
we have our floating church
in front of the community.
00:31:37.93\00:31:41.16
I spoke to the pastor that
lives on the boat yesterday.
00:31:41.20\00:31:44.27
Just yesterday, he said to me,
00:31:44.30\00:31:45.83
we have 50 people
00:31:45.87\00:31:47.84
that are going to be
baptized the end of this month.
00:31:47.87\00:31:50.14
So this is brand new.
00:31:50.17\00:31:51.51
This is an area
00:31:51.54\00:31:52.87
that we've never had an
Adventist church before.
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.68
So Amazon Lifesavers
00:31:54.71\00:31:56.54
really looks to
do a complete service
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.78
with the social work
that really just opens up,
00:31:58.81\00:32:01.45
finding out the need,
working with the people,
00:32:01.48\00:32:03.52
loving the people and
leaving churches as we go.
00:32:03.55\00:32:05.92
So what will
this year's project do
00:32:05.95\00:32:09.16
from the offerings
that you'll receive?
00:32:09.19\00:32:11.29
This year, we have
partnered with ASI,
00:32:11.33\00:32:13.50
and you guys are helping us
00:32:13.53\00:32:14.96
so that we can
reach 10 new areas.
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.10
So with the money
00:32:17.13\00:32:18.47
that we're going to
be receiving from ASI,
00:32:18.50\00:32:19.83
we will train
beginning in January
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.77
10 new groups of Bible workers,
00:32:21.80\00:32:23.94
they come at our base,
00:32:23.97\00:32:25.81
and they do a
two-month training course
00:32:25.84\00:32:27.54
where we have all
the different areas
00:32:27.58\00:32:29.18
they are trained in
00:32:29.21\00:32:30.55
and then they'll be living out
in the jungle for a whole year.
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.78
We hope by the end of 2020
00:32:32.81\00:32:34.58
to have 10 new
regions with 10 new churches.
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.79
Amen.
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.15
Well, thank you so
much for everything.
00:32:38.19\00:32:39.52
It's happening
with Amazon Lifesavers.
00:32:39.55\00:32:41.36
Now I understand
that my next interviewee,
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.53
James Hartley who leads LIGHT,
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.56
is a partner of
yours in ministry.
00:32:47.60\00:32:49.16
How does that work?
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.53
He is, Debbie.
00:32:50.57\00:32:51.90
LIGHT has actually
been a partner with us.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.27
We have another
school in our union as well
00:32:53.30\00:32:55.97
where we train medical mission,
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.97
and LIGHT has been a
great partner with us
00:32:58.01\00:33:00.48
both in our
training school in the Amazon
00:33:00.51\00:33:02.44
and our training
school in Honduras,
00:33:02.48\00:33:03.81
where we train medical missions.
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.18
Thank you for helping me
00:33:05.21\00:33:06.55
introduce James to the audience.
00:33:06.58\00:33:07.92
Thank you.
00:33:07.95\00:33:09.98
So now we'll have James Hartley,
00:33:10.02\00:33:11.75
who is the president of LIGHT
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.36
come out and tell us
a little bit more about
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.06
that ministry.
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.42
Of course, you know,
we've been here on stage
00:33:16.46\00:33:18.03
so much together.
00:33:18.06\00:33:19.39
That's right, Debbie.
00:33:19.43\00:33:20.76
You should
probably me interviewing me.
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.13
Debbie, could
you tell the audience
00:33:22.16\00:33:23.50
what LIGHT stands for?
00:33:23.53\00:33:24.87
Well, I'll let you go
ahead and do that today.
00:33:24.90\00:33:26.23
I've put you on the spot.
00:33:26.27\00:33:27.60
So LIGHT stands
for the Lay Institute
00:33:27.64\00:33:28.97
for Global Health Training.
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.34
Our partners with ASI,
something we really appreciate.
00:33:30.37\00:33:32.91
So LIGHT is a
nonprofit organization
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.78
that provides
quality health evangelism
00:33:35.81\00:33:39.08
training to church
members around the world.
00:33:39.11\00:33:42.82
And, you know, we do
that through short courses,
00:33:42.85\00:33:45.29
through workshops,
through online studies.
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.56
And our goal is
really to provide
00:33:47.59\00:33:48.96
health evangelism
training to every church member
00:33:48.99\00:33:51.09
in their country
and in their language.
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.53
What we want to
see what our goal,
00:33:53.56\00:33:54.90
what our
vision, I should say is,
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.83
is to see that
every Adventist Church
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.43
is a thriving
community health center,
00:33:59.47\00:34:01.97
where the church members
are sharing the love of Christ
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.84
through ministering
to the practical needs
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.51
of the community around them,
00:34:06.54\00:34:07.88
not just warming
their church pews,
00:34:07.91\00:34:09.24
but out actively
engaged in the community.
00:34:09.28\00:34:10.98
This is what LIGHT is about.
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.45
So we have a
350-page training manual.
00:34:12.48\00:34:16.65
It's a little hefty.
00:34:16.69\00:34:18.02
Okay, it takes 125
hours to go through
00:34:18.05\00:34:20.52
because we want
them to be well-equipped.
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.29
And through the program,
00:34:22.32\00:34:23.66
which is normally
three or four weeks,
00:34:23.69\00:34:25.59
we get them
engaged in the community.
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.10
So our staff are out
working with the students
00:34:27.13\00:34:29.93
in the community,
conducting health expos,
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.43
doing door to door work,
00:34:32.47\00:34:33.80
doing health
seminars, and so forth.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.30
And so we're teaching them.
00:34:35.34\00:34:36.67
So when we leave,
00:34:36.71\00:34:38.04
and then we also
leave them with materials,
00:34:38.07\00:34:39.57
so they can continue
on in that type of work.
00:34:39.61\00:34:42.28
So yeah, it was just something
00:34:42.31\00:34:44.35
I feel
privileged to be a part of.
00:34:44.38\00:34:45.91
It's amazing.
00:34:45.95\00:34:47.28
I was thinking of
my first ASI was 2001.
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.35
I've been Seventh-day
Adventist for 20 years,
00:34:49.38\00:34:53.36
and I've been pretty much doing
this type of work ever since.
00:34:53.39\00:34:55.59
And, you know, it's just
exciting to be a part of it.
00:34:55.62\00:34:58.09
And, you know,
we're just trying to help
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.86
strengthen the
right arm of the gospel
00:34:59.89\00:35:01.63
and equip church
members to be able to use it,
00:35:01.66\00:35:04.53
you know, more effectively.
00:35:04.57\00:35:05.90
So how do ASI funds
help support LIGHT efforts?
00:35:05.93\00:35:09.04
So LIGHT has a network of
over 50 LIGHT missionaries,
00:35:09.07\00:35:13.07
we call them that are
scattered throughout the world
00:35:13.11\00:35:14.94
that work full time
throughout the whole year.
00:35:14.98\00:35:17.35
They're traveling,
00:35:17.38\00:35:18.71
they're conducting short courses
00:35:18.75\00:35:20.08
three to four weeks,
00:35:20.12\00:35:21.45
some of them help
with six-month schools
00:35:21.48\00:35:23.55
and engaged in a lot of other
community health evangelism,
00:35:23.59\00:35:27.12
you know, activities.
00:35:27.16\00:35:28.49
And so it's supporting
those 50 plus missionaries.
00:35:28.52\00:35:31.99
Also we're
translating our material.
00:35:32.03\00:35:33.66
Our curriculum is in
12 different languages.
00:35:33.70\00:35:37.00
And so we produce materials,
00:35:37.03\00:35:38.50
and we also have
the materials that...
00:35:38.53\00:35:39.87
We have the training materials,
the health expo materials
00:35:39.90\00:35:42.00
that we use in our courses.
00:35:42.04\00:35:43.47
So since we've been
an ASI member since 2008,
00:35:43.51\00:35:47.48
and so since that
time is about 11 years now,
00:35:47.51\00:35:49.38
we've trained well
over 25,000 church members
00:35:49.41\00:35:52.71
through our
curriculum in over 90 countries.
00:35:52.75\00:35:55.48
So that's kind of, you
know, it's right around...
00:35:55.52\00:35:58.52
I guess around
2,000 or so per year
00:35:58.55\00:36:00.72
that we're training right now.
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.46
We're not trying to get numbers,
00:36:02.49\00:36:03.89
but we want to
have accountability,
00:36:03.93\00:36:05.33
it's what we do.
00:36:05.36\00:36:06.70
So all of our missionaries
provide activity reports
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.56
to the regional LIGHT directors
00:36:08.60\00:36:09.93
would send that
to our main office.
00:36:09.96\00:36:11.63
And so I get to read
those, and all these testimonies
00:36:11.67\00:36:14.00
and all these stories.
00:36:14.04\00:36:15.37
So I've got two that I
wanted to share, you know,
00:36:15.40\00:36:18.21
'cause one of our projects
is providing LIGHT courses
00:36:18.24\00:36:22.74
to every conference and
union in the country of India.
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.85
And so I have a story of a lady.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.78
We just conducted our
course this spring in India.
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.75
And one of our
missionaries, her name's Jane.
00:36:30.79\00:36:33.05
She didn't speak
the local dialect.
00:36:33.09\00:36:35.46
So we had a health expo,
lots of people attending,
00:36:35.49\00:36:39.33
so she was at the massage booth
00:36:39.36\00:36:40.70
'cause she couldn't
communicate in the language.
00:36:40.73\00:36:43.03
And for an hour,
00:36:43.06\00:36:44.40
she was massaging all
these different women.
00:36:44.43\00:36:46.00
One woman came
and she looked very,
00:36:46.03\00:36:48.30
you know, wore out
and discouraged and down,
00:36:48.34\00:36:51.24
and so she
dialogue with the woman.
00:36:51.27\00:36:53.24
The woman said she had pain
from her shoulder to her feet,
00:36:53.27\00:36:55.98
she hadn't slept in nights.
00:36:56.01\00:36:57.58
She was just in a
terrible condition.
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.65
And so, you know,
00:37:00.68\00:37:02.15
our missionary is giving advice
about what to do and so forth.
00:37:02.18\00:37:04.69
But it was just...
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.22
The lady was just discouraged.
You know, it wasn't...
00:37:06.25\00:37:08.29
It wasn't resonating
with her. So she said...
00:37:08.32\00:37:10.03
You know, she felt impressed
to offer a full body massage.
00:37:10.06\00:37:13.13
So she's like, you know
what, I want to try to help you.
00:37:13.16\00:37:14.63
So they found a room,
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.00
she went into a
back room and gave,
00:37:16.03\00:37:19.10
spent 45 minutes
giving this woman
00:37:19.13\00:37:21.54
from head to toe this massage
00:37:21.57\00:37:23.37
and she could sense
the woman's breathing
00:37:23.41\00:37:25.17
was becoming more relaxed.
00:37:25.21\00:37:26.68
Finally, the woman fell asleep,
00:37:26.71\00:37:28.04
but she hadn't
done in a long time.
00:37:28.08\00:37:29.54
And she was just there
snoring away on the bed.
00:37:29.58\00:37:32.41
And so our missionary is like,
I'm not going to disturb her.
00:37:32.45\00:37:34.78
I mean, this
woman needs rest, right?
00:37:34.82\00:37:37.05
You know, she lives a hard life.
00:37:37.09\00:37:38.42
Many of them
sleep on dirt floors,
00:37:38.45\00:37:39.79
they might just have a mattress,
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.16
but they might have to
surrender to their kids.
00:37:41.19\00:37:43.09
You know, it's a hard life.
So she's just let her sleep.
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.66
She goes outside,
tells her husband.
00:37:45.69\00:37:47.36
You know, can we
just let her rest,
00:37:47.40\00:37:48.73
so she sleeps
there for quite a while.
00:37:48.76\00:37:50.20
Finally, she comes out
and her face is relaxed.
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.90
She's smiling.
00:37:52.93\00:37:54.27
She's really, you know,
relaxed and she was so happy
00:37:54.30\00:37:56.57
trying to
communicate to her appreciation.
00:37:56.60\00:37:58.57
And so anyway, the
next day at LIGHT course,
00:37:58.61\00:38:00.91
this lady shows up in the class.
00:38:00.94\00:38:03.35
So this is a
picture actually of the lady
00:38:03.38\00:38:05.21
with this pink
shawl circled there.
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.48
So she just shows
up to our LIGHT course,
00:38:07.52\00:38:09.32
and she brings with
her four other women.
00:38:09.35\00:38:11.02
And this is in
fact a massage class.
00:38:11.05\00:38:13.46
And so she gave a testimony
00:38:13.49\00:38:14.96
and all the ladies with her
asking all kinds of questions
00:38:14.99\00:38:17.99
this woman from the community.
00:38:18.03\00:38:19.59
And then the next day she
came with five more women.
00:38:19.63\00:38:22.40
And so it was like,
this group was growing.
00:38:22.43\00:38:24.40
And these women are
asking all kinds of questions
00:38:24.43\00:38:26.23
where our missionaries
were visiting their homes,
00:38:26.27\00:38:28.20
giving them advice.
00:38:28.24\00:38:29.57
And so this, you know,
00:38:29.60\00:38:31.24
experience along with
others lead this woman
00:38:31.27\00:38:34.41
to convert to Christianity
00:38:34.44\00:38:36.28
and give her heart
to the Jesus Christ,
00:38:36.31\00:38:37.71
so it was just really exciting
to see that sort of thing.
00:38:37.75\00:38:40.08
Now another story.
00:38:40.12\00:38:41.68
We just finished a
course in Romania this summer,
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.75
just in June.
00:38:43.79\00:38:45.12
And there's this Moldovan
lady, her name is Larissa.
00:38:45.15\00:38:48.72
She was living in Romania.
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.99
And it's really a tragic story.
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.06
She was given...
00:38:53.09\00:38:54.53
She was diagnosed with
cancer a year and a half ago.
00:38:54.56\00:38:57.47
She has two little children.
00:38:57.50\00:38:59.10
And she's not a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:59.13\00:39:03.57
So in April, end of April,
00:39:03.61\00:39:06.37
she had to get a surgery
due to some complications
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.04
with her medical condition.
00:39:09.08\00:39:10.55
And they realized that
00:39:10.58\00:39:11.91
this cancer had
metastasized severely.
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.15
After the surgery,
she was on a respirator,
00:39:14.18\00:39:17.35
she was riddled with cancer.
00:39:17.39\00:39:18.72
The doctors
basically gave her up for dead.
00:39:18.75\00:39:20.72
And I've heard
of telling someone,
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.62
you know, you've got
three months to live.
00:39:22.66\00:39:24.49
They told her she
has three days to live.
00:39:24.53\00:39:26.66
They said...
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.03
But in this condition,
00:39:28.06\00:39:29.40
she's going to
die in three days.
00:39:29.43\00:39:30.77
So her family's crying
and they're supporting her,
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.13
and she even tried to
kill herself in that time.
00:39:32.17\00:39:36.10
And her family
ended up, you know,
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.91
charming her with love
00:39:37.94\00:39:39.27
and begging the doctors
to let her go home to die
00:39:39.31\00:39:41.98
and say goodbye to
her family and so forth.
00:39:42.01\00:39:43.71
They let her go.
00:39:43.75\00:39:45.11
So then one family member, like
00:39:45.15\00:39:46.82
pulls her, hears
about our training
00:39:46.85\00:39:48.52
and this little, like,
00:39:48.55\00:39:50.19
home like lifestyle
program that they heard about,
00:39:50.22\00:39:53.29
which were a ministry
that we are partnering with.
00:39:53.32\00:39:55.26
So they bring her there, okay,
00:39:55.29\00:39:57.59
which is unusual, as
a terminally ill person.
00:39:57.63\00:40:01.00
But our students
surround her, they hear her case
00:40:01.03\00:40:03.13
and they just
surround her with prayer.
00:40:03.16\00:40:04.50
They're on their
knees praying for her
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.00
doing everything
that they can, you know,
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.64
they just did
simple things, you know.
00:40:08.67\00:40:12.14
But she started
sitting in our classes
00:40:12.17\00:40:14.08
and started to
be impacted by this.
00:40:14.11\00:40:15.91
And she started living
one day, two days, three days,
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.28
one week, two weeks.
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.85
When she got there,
she could hardly walk.
00:40:19.88\00:40:21.98
Now she finished
the whole program
00:40:22.02\00:40:23.65
and was walking a kilometer,
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.32
her health just keeps
getting better and better.
00:40:25.35\00:40:27.49
And you know what,
00:40:27.52\00:40:28.86
she started
getting Bible studies,
00:40:28.89\00:40:30.23
she is gonna be...
00:40:30.26\00:40:31.59
She's scheduled to be baptized
next Sabbath on August 10.
00:40:31.63\00:40:34.86
And it's just an amazing story.
00:40:34.90\00:40:36.23
So she was given
three days to live
00:40:36.26\00:40:38.70
and she's been
living three months.
00:40:38.73\00:40:41.20
We don't know the result of it,
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.60
and we're not trying
to say it was, you know,
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.37
the food or whatever
that healed everything.
00:40:44.41\00:40:45.94
God healed her.
00:40:45.97\00:40:47.31
But, you know, I
just feel like, you know,
00:40:47.34\00:40:48.74
those kind of circumstances
when someone gets...
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.65
She has a new
motivation for life, you know,
00:40:50.68\00:40:53.08
and she just really
surrendered her heart to God,
00:40:53.11\00:40:54.82
and it's just...
00:40:54.85\00:40:56.18
You know, it's amazing
the body that God gave to us
00:40:56.22\00:40:58.19
and the healing
power that He has,
00:40:58.22\00:40:59.59
so we hope she lives long
and is able to be a missionary.
00:40:59.62\00:41:02.39
That's what she
wants to do. Yes.
00:41:02.42\00:41:03.76
But we don't know.
00:41:03.79\00:41:05.13
But her heart is
getting ready for the Lord's
00:41:05.16\00:41:06.49
for the Second
Coming regardless, so...
00:41:06.53\00:41:08.26
Isn't this amazing
00:41:08.30\00:41:09.66
what can happen when
God blesses our efforts?
00:41:09.70\00:41:13.10
Thank you so much with
what's happening through LIGHT.
00:41:13.13\00:41:16.00
And we pray that God
will continue the blessings.
00:41:16.04\00:41:18.31
God is good. Thank you, Debbie.
00:41:18.34\00:41:21.81
So now coming our last
story today is from NAPS.
00:41:21.84\00:41:27.12
And they have their
whole contingent with them.
00:41:27.15\00:41:31.45
So with us is...
00:41:31.49\00:41:33.05
This is Letitia Bullard,
00:41:33.09\00:41:37.29
who is the NAPS
impact mission food director.
00:41:37.33\00:41:40.36
And then Bethie Melidor,
who's the principal of NALA
00:41:40.40\00:41:44.53
and we'll explain that later.
00:41:44.57\00:41:46.10
So first I wanna
start with Letitia.
00:41:46.13\00:41:49.17
Tell us what NAPS is?
00:41:49.20\00:41:51.21
What was the original
purpose and where are we now?
00:41:51.24\00:41:55.11
Okay, so NAPS stands
for the National Association
00:41:55.14\00:41:58.75
for the
Prevention of Starvation.
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.75
And it was originally
started by a college student
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.89
who would pass by
some homeless people
00:42:03.92\00:42:06.35
who were under bridge
every day after school.
00:42:06.39\00:42:09.19
And then he finally
decided, you know what,
00:42:09.22\00:42:11.49
I have to do
something about this.
00:42:11.53\00:42:13.26
So he gathered some friends.
00:42:13.29\00:42:15.46
They decided to wake
up early before classes
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.90
and they start providing
these people with food.
00:42:17.93\00:42:20.30
This was over 40 years ago,
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.37
and now NAPS
has expanded so much
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.97
to where we do medical
relief, disaster relief,
00:42:25.01\00:42:28.78
feeding
programs, youth programs.
00:42:28.81\00:42:30.98
We have over 13
branches around the world,
00:42:31.01\00:42:33.55
three in the States.
00:42:33.58\00:42:34.92
We have a
wellness center in Alabama,
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.52
as well as the NAPS
Abundant Life Academy.
00:42:37.55\00:42:40.19
Okay, so you said the
NAPS Abundant Life Academy?
00:42:40.22\00:42:44.26
Yes, ma'am. That's NALA.
00:42:44.29\00:42:45.96
Que you.
00:42:45.99\00:42:47.33
All right, so then,
Bethie, tell us about NALA?
00:42:47.36\00:42:50.77
Where's Joy.
00:42:50.80\00:42:52.27
NALA to me is an
amazing opportunity for me.
00:42:52.30\00:42:56.87
As you said NALA stands
for NAPS Abundant Life Academy.
00:42:56.91\00:43:00.41
Letitia talked about
those college students
00:43:00.44\00:43:02.48
doing work going out
and serving their community
00:43:02.51\00:43:04.75
starting with
food and expanding.
00:43:04.78\00:43:07.08
One of those students
and one of those missions
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.25
decided to go serve in an
area that is amongst the poor
00:43:09.28\00:43:13.19
that has one of the
most poorest counties
00:43:13.22\00:43:15.22
it is hill county, green county,
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.86
Some of the counties,
00:43:16.89\00:43:18.23
they're on the top
five of the poorest counties
00:43:18.26\00:43:20.73
in the entire United States.
00:43:20.76\00:43:22.90
And because of
what she experienced
00:43:22.93\00:43:24.63
there at the time and
the educational relief
00:43:24.67\00:43:26.97
that she saw that was needed
00:43:27.00\00:43:28.34
because of the
struggling educational system
00:43:28.37\00:43:30.61
in that area.
00:43:30.64\00:43:31.97
She decided we
should start a school
00:43:32.01\00:43:34.78
and as a college students
she moved on that vision
00:43:34.81\00:43:38.65
and NAPS was
able to start NALA now
00:43:38.68\00:43:40.82
in K-8th school that
is serving in that area.
00:43:40.85\00:43:44.69
And NALA is not
a typical school.
00:43:44.72\00:43:47.36
NALA students have received
a gift of service from NAPS
00:43:47.39\00:43:52.19
and all the
missions and a history
00:43:52.23\00:43:54.20
and now they are
serving and reaching out
00:43:54.23\00:43:57.23
and doing missions on their own.
00:43:57.27\00:43:58.83
So these are
elementary age school children.
00:43:58.87\00:44:01.94
Yes. K-8th. Okay. All right.
00:44:01.97\00:44:03.30
So let's talk a little
bit about the food program.
00:44:03.34\00:44:06.74
Letitia.
00:44:06.78\00:44:08.11
Okay, so NAPS
Abundant Life Academy
00:44:08.14\00:44:11.31
is able to do a food
program every month, food bank.
00:44:11.35\00:44:15.52
And it so happened that
in the beginning of the year,
00:44:15.55\00:44:18.22
the director of the program
had to unexpectedly leave.
00:44:18.25\00:44:21.52
So now
everyone's questioning like
00:44:21.56\00:44:24.66
who's gonna run this food bank,
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.63
you know, it's
servicing over 200 families,
00:44:26.66\00:44:29.63
over 500 individuals
who's gonna take that up?
00:44:29.66\00:44:32.60
And the kids from NAPS Academy,
00:44:32.63\00:44:34.94
they volunteer, they
say, "We are gonna do this."
00:44:34.97\00:44:37.37
So they divide
themselves up into groups
00:44:37.41\00:44:41.64
become leaders
decided to take on the calling
00:44:41.68\00:44:44.01
for the food bank,
00:44:44.05\00:44:45.71
the packing, the
unpacking, everything.
00:44:45.75\00:44:48.58
And it's such a blessing.
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.42
And we actually
have a short video
00:44:50.45\00:44:52.49
of one of the students
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.06
who was in
charge of it one time.
00:44:54.09\00:44:56.06
Her name is Diane
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.53
and we'll hear a little bit more
00:44:57.56\00:44:58.89
about what she
has to say about it.
00:44:58.93\00:45:00.26
Okay.
00:45:00.30\00:45:01.63
My name is Diane, and
I go to the school NALA.
00:45:01.66\00:45:05.27
And today we're
operating a food bank,
00:45:05.30\00:45:08.54
for the community.
00:45:08.57\00:45:10.17
And it just
makes me feel good just
00:45:10.21\00:45:12.81
to serve the people
for those who don't have,
00:45:12.84\00:45:16.24
for those who probably have,
00:45:16.28\00:45:17.68
but it's still a
blessing to share with them food
00:45:17.71\00:45:21.12
and to do the work for that.
00:45:21.15\00:45:23.85
Well, she's quite an
articulate little young lady.
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.92
She knows exactly what to do.
00:45:26.96\00:45:28.66
So what kind of impact is
that having on the community?
00:45:28.69\00:45:32.43
Well, what's so great
about doing the food bank
00:45:32.46\00:45:35.23
is that it not only caters to
00:45:35.26\00:45:36.77
the physical needs
of the community there,
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.03
but also what we're able to do
00:45:39.07\00:45:41.17
is that we can
invite all the families
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.81
that come through,
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.17
they are invited to
the exercise classes
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.58
at the wellness
center, that's not too far away
00:45:47.61\00:45:49.94
or they're invited
to the Bible study.
00:45:49.98\00:45:51.88
And the last time I
was there just a week ago,
00:45:51.91\00:45:54.38
so the Bible study was packed
00:45:54.42\00:45:56.32
and these are all
people who aren't Adventists
00:45:56.35\00:45:58.62
or don't know much
about it who we are,
00:45:58.65\00:46:00.26
but they're so
receptive to what we have to say
00:46:00.29\00:46:03.12
because we have met
their physical needs.
00:46:03.16\00:46:05.29
So just a
blessing around all around.
00:46:05.33\00:46:08.73
So has this had an
impact on the students
00:46:08.76\00:46:11.23
that are
participating in this way?
00:46:11.27\00:46:14.74
As a teacher,
I'll put it this way,
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.44
I have not seen any
amount of lesson planning
00:46:16.47\00:46:19.34
or even in class study,
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.84
do what one day of service
have done for these kids.
00:46:20.88\00:46:23.95
Amen.
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.31
I call it, my not so
secret weapon for academies.
00:46:25.35\00:46:28.28
We talk about the children
and the struggles with them,
00:46:28.32\00:46:30.89
engage them in service.
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.82
These children, their
hearts have been transformed.
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.56
Their character has been built,
00:46:36.59\00:46:38.59
and most
importantly, spiritually,
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.40
it's like they walk
in the walk of Jesus
00:46:40.43\00:46:42.26
and they identify
with the Bible in a way
00:46:42.30\00:46:44.50
that I haven't seen the children
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.33
do other places before.
00:46:46.37\00:46:48.07
So it's been an amazing journey
00:46:48.10\00:46:50.17
and just recently in our baptism
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.37
in May eight of those students
stood up to be baptized.
00:46:52.41\00:46:56.58
Amen.
00:46:56.61\00:46:57.95
And so just to show a
taste of what they get,
00:46:57.98\00:46:59.75
and we didn't have to
do must be on showing them
00:46:59.78\00:47:02.72
and they get to
walk the walk themselves.
00:47:02.75\00:47:04.95
Okay, now there's a
picture of a young man.
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.76
Oh, and there he is.
00:47:07.79\00:47:09.12
Tell us a little
bit about his story?
00:47:09.16\00:47:10.93
He's one of our
original students in NALA.
00:47:10.96\00:47:13.43
We call him DJ.
00:47:13.46\00:47:14.90
And it was amazing because
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.56
in that area as
well spiritually,
00:47:16.60\00:47:19.17
you need to get
the mental picture
00:47:19.20\00:47:21.00
that church for this community
is more like a heritage,
00:47:21.04\00:47:25.17
is this is where I was born
family history traditionally.
00:47:25.21\00:47:28.24
So it's not some situation
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.45
where you see
people are willingly
00:47:30.48\00:47:32.21
just trying to open to
learn about other faiths,
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.08
it's culturally lead that way.
00:47:34.12\00:47:36.12
So for him being
from that background,
00:47:36.15\00:47:39.32
he'd been in our
school for about four years,
00:47:39.35\00:47:42.26
and he wanted to transform.
00:47:42.29\00:47:43.79
He learned a lot.
00:47:43.83\00:47:45.16
He told his mother
00:47:45.19\00:47:46.53
that he wanted to
be able to be baptized,
00:47:46.56\00:47:49.40
but she said, "You know,
you've been at our church,
00:47:49.43\00:47:51.53
you've been baptized for?"
00:47:51.57\00:47:52.90
He said, "No,
Mom, what I'm learning,
00:47:52.93\00:47:54.64
the way I'm growing.
00:47:54.67\00:47:56.00
I want to be baptized here."
00:47:56.04\00:47:57.87
And after six students
had already been baptized,
00:47:57.91\00:48:00.48
he was struggling with that
00:48:00.51\00:48:01.84
he was on the
phone with his mom,
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.75
at that time did not
want the baptism to pass
00:48:03.78\00:48:06.95
and he stood until
she surrendered to him
00:48:06.98\00:48:09.58
and allowed him and
his sister to be baptized.
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.75
And this is him taken the core.
00:48:12.79\00:48:14.12
This is not us standing for
him pushing his parents for him.
00:48:14.16\00:48:17.23
These are the kids
themselves on the move,
00:48:17.26\00:48:19.96
ready to give their
life to Christ and to serve.
00:48:20.00\00:48:23.10
And we're talking
7 to 13 year olds.
00:48:23.13\00:48:25.83
Yes.
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.20
So the impact that we can
have on children is tremendous
00:48:27.24\00:48:30.51
if we just give them the
opportunity to serve Jesus.
00:48:30.54\00:48:32.87
Amen. That's wonderful.
00:48:32.91\00:48:34.24
And so the funds that
we will provide for NAPS
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.55
will help to
increase the capacity
00:48:37.58\00:48:40.15
for their food donor program
00:48:40.18\00:48:41.62
and obviously
impact many more lives.
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.59
Thank you.
00:48:43.62\00:48:44.95
We are so grateful
for all supporters.
00:48:44.99\00:48:46.69
Thank you very much.
00:48:46.72\00:48:48.06