My name is Leasa
Hodges. I am the vice president
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for membership for ASi.
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And this is Philip Baptiste.
He is our secretary-treasurer
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for ASi. He works at
the North American Division
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building. And Philip, you
have been in our ASi family
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for one year and three days.
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That's right! And so what
have you learned about ASi
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during that time
that will keep you going
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another year and three days?
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Well thank you, Leasa.
And I'm so humbled and honored
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to serve. And ASi is a depart-
ment of the North American
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Division, and ASi
exists to equip and empower
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lay business people,
lay professional people,
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lay ministry people
to engage in our mission
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of sharing Christ
in the marketplace.
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And I'm so excited
about that mission because
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it's the lay people that
are going to finish the work.
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And we've got to
work together to activate
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every single Adventist lay-
member: Total Member Involvement
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and that's why you need
to become a part of ASi.
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Young
professionals can be a part.
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Everyone can be a part.
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And Leasa, you have
been involved in ASi
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since, you know, almost when
I was a little kid. Careful.
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Careful! OK?
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For like 35 years now.
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I think I was just
running around. Yeah... yeah.
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So tell us: what drives
you? What motivates you?
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What keeps you involved in ASi?
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Well, I actually was bribed to
come to my first ASi convention.
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But I was so glad
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and it's been a
life-changing experience.
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I was converted,
actually, at an ASi meeting.
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I was just... You
know, I got baptized
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when I was 8 'cause
my dad told me I had to.
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And it wasn't until
I came to my first ASi
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that I met a God who
was really much bigger
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than I had ever even thought of.
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You know, and one of
the things that... that...
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We all go to our local churches.
We all have our ministry...
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our local ministries. And
sometimes we can bring God
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down to that size.
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But when you come to ASi
and you go to the exhibit booth
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and you see those hundreds
of booths and ministries
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and you think:
"The same God that
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holds you up and that
holds your ministry up
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He is holding all
these hundreds of ministries
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that are going around the world.
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And He is providing for them; He
is leading and guiding them. "
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And you get a much
much bigger picture of God
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and the work that He has for us.
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And so ASi is just
one of those places
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and events at a convention
where you can be inspired
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and encouraged and strengthened
to go and do that work
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for the rest of the year. So
Leasa, you are vice president
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membership. You've served in
that role for the last 2 years.
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Tell us: why should
someone become an ASi member
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if they're not today?
If you want to wake up,
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if you don't want to be a
Laodicean church any more,
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join ASi. They will
give you a shot of vitamin A,
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B, C, D, and Z.
Come on, preacher!
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And they will get
you out of your pews
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and into your community
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to be missionaries
and to finish the work.
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Amen! Thank you.
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I think the thing
that inspires me the most
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is the testimony of a
life of self-sacrifice.
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When I go throughout
my day I try to think
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of what other people
have gone through before me...
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especially on the days
that I feel a little selfish
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or I feel like I
don't want to do ministry.
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I think about the people
that really didn't have a lot
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or not even
have a lot of support
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but they kept on going anyway
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because they had a greater
reward, a greater goal in mind
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than just how I feel right now
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and having comfort
and pleasure right now.
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And the greatest example
of that of course is Jesus.
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And honestly, that's
where I got my greatest source
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of inspiration. I
guess my question would be:
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why would you
not want to join ASi?
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Everyone should
be a part of ASi!
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There are all types
of people: young, old,
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you know... or college students.
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Rich businessmen and women.
And everyone is all together
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for a common goal.
Really just worshiping together
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and going for that one mission
of seeing Jesus come soon.
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All of the interactions
and all of the connections
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that I've had with
ASi have been so positive
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because they serve to
inspire people in ministry
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and give you
resources and training.
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And it's such a huge
inspiration and encouragement
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for anyone. And I would
just encourage everyone to be
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a part of it.
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Our opening hymn this
morning is from hymn # 619
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Lead On, O King
Eternal. Let's stand together
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as we sing and ring out
our voices together in worship
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to our God.
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Amen! You may be seated.
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Happy Sabbath, ASi!
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Amen! So I would
like to introduce to you
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Tara Vang, she's
the VP for Evangelism
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and Aubrey Seiler
who's the VP for Logistics.
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And they represent GYC.
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Aubrey, tell us:
what does GYC stand for
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for those who may not know?
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And what is the purpose of GYC?
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GYC stand for
Generation. Youth. Christ.
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And the purpose of GYC
is to challenge and inspire
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young people to take sacrificial
initiative for Christ.
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One of the main ways
we do that is through
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hosting an annual
international conference.
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Every year over the New
Years we have young people from
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all over the country and all
over the world come and attend.
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Now ASi has been a
long supporter of GYC
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and God has blessed you to
accomplish phenomenal things.
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Share with us a little
bit about what the outcome was
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of the outreach
that you had last year.
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Yes, thank you. Last
year we were in Houston.
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And Houston is home to
the... it resettles the most
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refugees in America.
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And we thought we should
maximize on this opportunity
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to reach the world next door.
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So we took out 32 busses
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and 1/3 of those busses
went into refugee territory.
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And we were able to meet
the needs of the refugees
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as well as going to the
more affluent neighborhoods
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to ask them to donate
items that would benefit
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the refugees in
their neighborhood.
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And by doing so, we were
able to meet the needs of
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both classes and
reach them both for Jesus.
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That is wonderful!
And what kind of response
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did you get from those who were?
Was it difficult to get people
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to donate? No! When we went
into the affluent neighborhoods
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we actually left tote bags 3
days before the main outreach
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and asked them:
"Please donate these items
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for refugees in
your community. "
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When we came back
there were more items
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than we could... We didn't
know what to do with them.
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It was what we called
Tote Bags Until Jesus Comes.
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So it was remarkable
that you were able actually to
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reach out to those with means
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and giving them an
opportunity to share.
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And that's what opened
them up to receive what you had
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for them! Yes. So
typically we go in
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and we have like
a Bible or a survey.
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But this time we went in
and we asked them to give
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to their community. And
in doing so, they were open
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to a spiritual conversation.
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And 30% of those who donated
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signed up for Bible
studies. Amen! Amen!
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So what's on the
books for this year?
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What are the
plans for this year?
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So this year we're going
to be... In 5 months we'll be
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right here in Louisville, and we
want to use the same principles
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of asking those who
have the means in Louisville
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to give to the
community that needs those means
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here in their own city.
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And we think God is
going to bless again
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by using the same
principle. Amen! Amen!
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Aubrey, tell me: is GYC
something that's kind of local
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to the United States? GYC
started in the United States
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but it has since
spread really around the world
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in a lot of ways.
Because actually I was just
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telling you
before we came up here
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that at this last
conference in Houston
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we had over 46 countries
represented at our event...
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which is really phenomenal.
It's so fun! It's like walking
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around the conference and
hearing all different kinds of
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languages being
spoken. And so the message
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and the spirit of GYC
as a sacrificial initiative
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has really spread to
Europe, to South America,
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to Australia, to
different parts of Asia.
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So it started here but
it's not stopping here.
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That's great! That's great!
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Now I know that it's been
a blessing for ASi to be able
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to support youth initiatives
like Youth for Jesus and GYC.
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Why do you believe it's a
good return on our investment
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to continue doing so?
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Well, if you invest in young
people, then you're investing
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in your future. I
actually was a Youth for Jesus
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participant. I
started when I was 15...
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so that was quite a while ago
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even though I
only look like I'm 16.
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Thank you. Yeah!
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I get that all the time.
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Yeah, so I started as a
Youth for Jesus participant
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back in 2008 and
went through that program
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for multiple
summers. It impacted my life.
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That's where I decided
to give my heart to Jesus
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and was baptized.
And then after years
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of going through Youth
for Jesus and just being
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reminded over and
over why I exist on earth
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when the call came
to get involved in GYC
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it was like the
natural next step. And so...
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And there have been a lot of
my friends and peers who have
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done the exact same thing.
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It just changes the trajectory.
I mean, I'm even involved
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in... I'm
involved in my local church
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which is a really
important aspect of what we do.
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We want young people to
get involved in their local
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churches. I am involved leading
the youth class in my church.
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I sit on the church board
and, you know, things that
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I probably would not have
done if it hadn't been for ASi
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initiatives like
Youth for Jesus and GYC.
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Amen! So there is a reason
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why we need to
continue giving support
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to Youth for Jesus,
GYC, other youth initiatives,
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many of the other ministries
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because it helps people
become and stay immersed
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in a culture of evangelism.
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So thank you so much
for what you are doing
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for and with young
people around the world.
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Thank you very
much. Thanks, Debbie.
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And we have coming to the podium
now Clive and Charlene Coutet.
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And we actually have a
video that we'd like to "T up"
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and play at this time before
we get into our discussion.
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Wow! That was some
incredible footage!
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I can't believe you
young people actually travelled
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to locations like that in
order to get that footage.
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Clive, you are the
media director for Lineage.
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I believe in our
program guide it says Ad Fontes
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also or otherwise
known as Lineage Productions.
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Share with us how this
all started and what it is.
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Well, Lineage is
an educational tool.
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We're trying to
educate young people
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about the Reformation, about
history, and how it's relevant
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to them today. So it's
really an educational tool.
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I'm showing them how
important that history is
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and how it's
preparing us for the future.
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And it basically
started when I was reading The
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Great Controversy. And
unfortunately, I was looking on
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line for resources to
deal with the Great Controversy
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and I was really
struggling to find stuff that
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I could connect with.
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They were either really really
long or really really old.
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So these videos...
And really really boring.
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Well... yeah.
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So these videos are really
short. They're kind of like
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snapshots of the Reformation.
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They're 5 minutes long
and they're geared toward
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young people with an
evan- gelistic appeal at the end
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so they can teach them how
relevant this information is
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for them today.
Oh, that's wonderful!
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And Charlene, you have
something to add to that.
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Yes. What started
out as a small project
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all of these episodes
have been... There's 100 in all
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as season 1 and 2.
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They've been translated
into over 20 languages
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with subtitles and dubbed into
four with many more to come.
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So it started out as something
just for the UK actually.
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Has blossomed and
transformed around the world.
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And that seems to be a theme.
Something that you start off
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that you just want to affect
just a few people if you're
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praying for that, and
somehow God just multiplies it.
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So tell us who is on your team.
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Well, it started with 2
people: my husband Clive
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and the presenter
Pastor Adam Ramdin
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and quickly
blossomed into ten people.
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All volunteers.
Everybody works full time.
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For example, Pr. Adam
Ramdin is the youth director
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of the North England Conference.
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Clive is the media
director at Weimar Institute.
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And everybody works
for an organization that
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wonderfully support missions.
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So without the support of people
we actually work full time with
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we couldn't do this.
We use our spare time
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to be able to
impact into this ministry
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because we're all
passionate about young people
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and finishing the
work. So speaking of impact,
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Clive. Tell me... has
anybody watched these videos?
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Yes! So we have
so many testimonies.
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I got an e-mail a
couple of weeks ago
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of a lady who was
not Seventh-day Adventist
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and she started
watching the Reformation videos.
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And because the Reformation
continued into Adventist history
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at the end of the whole
journey she ended up joining
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a local church
and getting baptized.
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We also had another
lady who was Adventist
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and her husband wasn't. And
she started watching the videos
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and at the end of the journey
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her husband got
baptized as well.
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We also heard of them
being played in prisons.
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A particular prison
ministry is using them
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and studying out a topic
and then giving Bible studies.
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And finally we had
lots of secular schools
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and Christian schools who are
using the videos as a resource
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in their classrooms.
But one in particular
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we got a message from some-
one who is actually an Adventist
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but he goes to
a Catholic school.
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And the teacher is
actually an atheist.
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And he was
sitting in class one day
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and the teacher just randomly
started playing the videos.
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So we don't know how far these
videos are going, to be honest.
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Now this atheist teacher
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was playing
videos on the Reformation
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which you said has an evan-
gelistic appeal at the end.
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That's right. How is
it that he came to find
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and use that particular video?
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As part of the curriculum
they were studying a topic
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on Aidan. His name is
Aidan. He evangelized England
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and he had a training
hub, a missionary island,
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called Holy Island. So
they were studying this topic
00:19:03.97\00:19:06.71
and the teacher was
looking for online resources
00:19:06.91\00:19:10.01
so he punched in
Google and found our videos
00:19:10.21\00:19:11.91
and that's how they
ended up watching it.
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Now Aside from videos
are there any other resources
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that Lineage is working on?
00:19:16.65\00:19:18.55
Yes. We have a website
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that we have set up
as an educational tool.
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We finally went to
many locations, and you know
00:19:24.13\00:19:26.83
the little placards
that say what's going on.
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We found that history is
actually being re-written
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and we wanted to be
able to provide a resource
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that is authentic. That actually
portrays exactly what happened.
00:19:34.40\00:19:37.87
So it's not just the videos.
But we have somebody who works
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in Australia really
hard to create excellent
00:19:41.18\00:19:43.85
articles and further resources
for every single episode that we
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have. We also have T-shirts
which have some light humor
00:19:47.52\00:19:51.92
on them to keep things fun.
00:19:52.12\00:19:54.02
We also have study
guides that are coming
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so people can use
these in their classrooms
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for the Bible
study. And we also have
00:20:00.50\00:20:03.37
a coloring book - an
educational coloring book -
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that is going to be... I think
they're going to show a video
00:20:06.07\00:20:08.87
of it. But it's an incredible
resource that we have.
00:20:09.07\00:20:12.84
We have an illustrator
who has created custom
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drawings. And by the
side of each coloring page
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there is information
on exactly what happened.
00:20:22.58\00:20:26.29
There is a "QR" code
so you can go directly
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to the video that's fun fact.
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We want to make history
exciting for our young people.
00:20:31.63\00:20:34.63
We want it to be accessible.
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.90
So history, if you don't
interact with it, it's sad.
00:20:37.10\00:20:39.73
It's nothing. We
can't learn from it.
00:20:39.93\00:20:41.40
So we want our young
people to be excited by it
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and to use these resources
so they can get involved.
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Excellent! Clive, tell
us: what's in the future?
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In the future we're
planning to shoot a season 3.
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If you look at season 1, it's
really the Great Controversy,
00:20:52.08\00:20:54.72
Reformation, and
then Adventist history,
00:20:54.92\00:20:56.65
but we want to go all the
way back and cover Patriarchs
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and Prophets and
then work our way up.
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So that's hopefully in
the plans for the future.
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God willing. OK.
And that's the project
00:21:02.72\00:21:06.13
for funding this
year. That's right. Yes.
00:21:06.33\00:21:08.16
OK... excellent.
Well God bless you
00:21:08.36\00:21:10.27
in everything that
you're doing through Lineage
00:21:10.47\00:21:11.93
to expose us to the
history so that we understand
00:21:12.13\00:21:14.74
better about what's
coming for the future.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Isn't that remarkable?
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Now it's funny to me...
Actually, it's not funny.
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It's just a fact of life
that cell phones have become
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a major device of communication
beyond just "this. "
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All right? And even beyond
"this. " You know... texting.
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It's a whole lot
more. So we have Kyle Allen
00:21:40.86\00:21:44.07
who's a vice president
for Adventist World Radio.
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And Cami Ekman, Oetman!
Oetman, OK... who's the VP
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for advancement. Kyle,
tell us: how is Adventist
00:21:53.48\00:21:56.54
World Radio doing anything
with phones? Cell phones?
00:21:56.75\00:21:59.35
Well, you know Debbie...
that's a great question.
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How many of you
have one of these?
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Just about everybody, right?
00:22:02.35\00:22:03.69
Do you know that just last
week a study was published,
00:22:03.92\00:22:06.19
Debbie, that over 2/3
of the world's population
00:22:06.39\00:22:09.62
has a cell phone.
That's over 5 billion people!
00:22:09.82\00:22:12.89
Right. And so we see
an incredible opportunity
00:22:13.09\00:22:15.80
in today's world to reach people
through these mobile devices.
00:22:16.00\00:22:18.93
You know, Adventist World
Radio has been broadcasting
00:22:19.33\00:22:21.24
for many years on
over 1,000 radio stations
00:22:21.44\00:22:23.77
around the world:
FM, AM, short wave.
00:22:23.97\00:22:25.71
But with these
incredible opportunities
00:22:25.91\00:22:28.54
through cell phones we believe
we can reach even more people -
00:22:28.74\00:22:31.45
Amen - around the
world. OK, so you believe
00:22:31.65\00:22:33.31
you can reach more people. Yes.
Are you reaching more people?
00:22:33.52\00:22:35.75
Yes. God is actually doing this.
00:22:35.95\00:22:37.29
Actually, two years ago we were
connected with a man in Africa.
00:22:37.35\00:22:40.29
His name is Neville.
You'll see his picture there
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.16
in just a moment. But
he actually had this vision
00:22:42.36\00:22:44.83
for using the cell phone
to send messages to people.
00:22:45.03\00:22:48.03
And what it is is
like taking a sermon
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and clipping the
audio into short segments
00:22:50.43\00:22:52.70
and sending it over an
app. You know, like you have
00:22:52.90\00:22:55.04
apps in your phone like What's
App. Like Facebook Messenger
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.74
and instead of just sending
a "Hey, how're you doing" text
00:22:57.94\00:23:00.88
sending them Bible studies.
Sending these short audio
00:23:01.08\00:23:03.68
segments so that they
can learn about the truth.
00:23:03.88\00:23:07.08
And it's incredible - yes
- because over 100,000 people
00:23:07.78\00:23:11.55
in 2 years... Over 100,000
people conservative estimate
00:23:11.75\00:23:15.09
have now been receiving
these Bible studies. Amen!
00:23:15.29\00:23:17.53
So you just send it to
someone and they receive it and?
00:23:17.73\00:23:20.40
Yes. So how
does this work? They?
00:23:20.60\00:23:22.63
So they receive the messages
and then they forward them on
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.87
to other people. Oh! So
it's kind of an exponential -
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.64
OK - sending of messages.
That's right. Excellent.
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.54
And we're actually
training people how to do this.
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.44
In fact, we're
developing training videos.
00:23:34.64\00:23:36.34
That's right.
You can go to awr.org
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.28
Soon we're going to have
those up for people to know...
00:23:38.48\00:23:40.68
so you can know how you
can use your cell phone.
00:23:40.88\00:23:43.28
OK... then for the training
00:23:43.49\00:23:45.05
we don't necessarily need
to go to a particular location.
00:23:45.25\00:23:47.79
We'll have access to
them online. Absolutely!
00:23:47.99\00:23:50.19
So that's coming up
soon. That sounds great.
00:23:50.39\00:23:51.89
Debbie, this is
cool, OK? In Israel
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we have a pastor. He's
an Arabic-speaking pastor.
00:23:54.70\00:23:57.43
The only Arabic-speaking
Adventist pastor in Israel.
00:23:57.63\00:24:00.00
His name is Wisam. By the way,
has a tremendous testimony...
00:24:00.20\00:24:03.54
Yes, they can
watch it on awr.org
00:24:03.74\00:24:06.74
We can't share it here... that's
right. Along with many other
00:24:06.94\00:24:08.28
videos are there. But
Wisam said: "What if we
00:24:08.34\00:24:10.78
take these cell phone evangelism
Revelation of Hope sermons,
00:24:10.98\00:24:13.95
translate them into Arabic,
00:24:14.15\00:24:15.48
and then send
them out to people?
00:24:15.62\00:24:16.95
Well, by God's grace
today an entire Baptist church
00:24:16.99\00:24:20.36
just as an example is
receiving these messages
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.99
in Israel. Amen? Amen!
00:24:23.19\00:24:24.86
That's phenomenal. Yes!
Now this is not only happening
00:24:25.06\00:24:27.76
in Africa and Israel
but also let's go to Mexico.
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.33
In Mexico there's a
young man by the name of Luis.
00:24:31.73\00:24:34.44
Thirty-five years old.
Last Thanksgiving he decides
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.81
he's going to translate
these sermons into Spanish.
00:24:37.01\00:24:39.47
So he does that. By Sunday
night of Thanksgiving weekend
00:24:39.87\00:24:42.81
he sends it out at 8 o'clock.
00:24:43.01\00:24:44.78
He sends it to ten
people as a test pilot.
00:24:44.98\00:24:46.95
He thinks: "Lord, if You
could just even give me 100
00:24:47.15\00:24:49.72
what a miracle. " Do
you know, within 2 hours
00:24:49.92\00:24:52.79
750 people responded. Amen?
00:24:52.99\00:24:56.52
Amen! Amen! This is incredible.
00:24:56.73\00:24:58.13
So he thought: "Oh
wow! " By the next evening
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.30
it was 1,500 people. He
thought there must have been
00:25:01.50\00:25:04.90
some kind of a jinx or some
kind of a fluke or something
00:25:05.10\00:25:07.80
so he confirmed it
with each one of them
00:25:08.00\00:25:10.17
that yes, they all wanted
to receive these Bible studies.
00:25:10.37\00:25:12.94
So now to this point he
has trained 5,000 people
00:25:13.44\00:25:17.61
that we know of and
then reached 80,000 people.
00:25:17.81\00:25:22.05
Just one young guy
saying "I want to do something
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.09
for the Lord. " Wow! Amen!
So he sends it to a friend.
00:25:24.29\00:25:26.45
They send it to a friend; those
friends send it to a friend
00:25:26.65\00:25:29.22
and on and on and on and
so that's how it happens.
00:25:29.42\00:25:31.13
I believe this is how God
is going to finish the work.
00:25:31.33\00:25:33.06
So, you know, out of
these 80,000 messages
00:25:33.26\00:25:36.23
that have been received,
many have been by government
00:25:36.43\00:25:38.53
officials, pastors of
different denominations,
00:25:38.73\00:25:41.07
anti-government
forces, the commanders,
00:25:41.27\00:25:43.34
even criminals with
drug cartels... Colombia.
00:25:43.54\00:25:46.01
Actually speaking of which I
want to tell you about Maria.
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.81
Maria is a young woman. She
was in an abusive relationship.
00:25:50.01\00:25:52.98
Her husband was
actually a preacher
00:25:53.38\00:25:55.12
and he was having
affairs on her and she became
00:25:55.32\00:25:57.65
so depressed. He lost
his job and they divorced.
00:25:57.85\00:26:00.39
Well she went through a
terrible time, but she found
00:26:00.79\00:26:03.32
the love of her life two years
later. He was a good policeman
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.80
and they had two children. Well
one of these times he was out
00:26:07.00\00:26:11.60
he discovered a
huge drug shipment
00:26:11.80\00:26:16.27
and he turned it
in to the precinct.
00:26:16.47\00:26:18.17
So those drug lords came after
him and threatened his life.
00:26:18.57\00:26:23.58
Well one day when
he was coming home
00:26:24.11\00:26:25.88
he parked his car
and as he was getting out
00:26:26.08\00:26:30.02
sure enough:
motorcyclists with machine guns
00:26:30.22\00:26:32.39
did a drive-by shooting
shooting at him and his wife.
00:26:32.59\00:26:35.12
He dove over his wife
and with his last breath said
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.49
"Take care of our
precious children. "
00:26:37.69\00:26:39.09
So this crushed her, of course.
Here the love of her life
00:26:39.79\00:26:42.76
and now she has lost him too.
00:26:42.96\00:26:44.37
Very shortly after
that her mother passed away.
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.70
So she decided: "You know what?
I miss him so much I'm going to
00:26:47.90\00:26:50.81
have a séance because I
want to talk to them even though
00:26:51.01\00:26:53.11
they're dead. " So she
starts doing this, right?
00:26:53.31\00:26:56.28
She becomes so suicidal, one
night she's sitting in her home
00:26:56.78\00:26:59.68
in complete
darkness ready to give up.
00:26:59.88\00:27:02.48
And do you know that the light
of her phone began to shine?
00:27:02.88\00:27:07.12
And she looked on her
phone and it was a message
00:27:07.32\00:27:10.16
from her sister. It was
the AWR cell phone evangelism
00:27:10.36\00:27:14.70
audio text. Amen! Amen!
She started to listen to it
00:27:14.90\00:27:17.67
and she began to
be filled with hope.
00:27:17.87\00:27:19.83
She got to the section
on the state of the dead
00:27:20.04\00:27:22.67
and she realized she'd
been talking to demons.
00:27:22.87\00:27:25.17
You know, she got rid
of all of her candles.
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.08
She got down on her knees
and she asked for forgiveness.
00:27:27.28\00:27:29.58
"Lord, come into my life. I
want to know the truth. " Amen!
00:27:29.78\00:27:32.81
And by doing that, the
Lord impressed her to reach out
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.58
to those people
that she hated the most:
00:27:35.78\00:27:38.09
to her ex-husband...
her first husband...
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.16
and then also the
killers of her second husband.
00:27:40.36\00:27:43.93
Wow! So she sent out a text
00:27:44.13\00:27:46.23
and said to her
ex-husband: "I forgive you.
00:27:46.43\00:27:48.66
Do you want to know
how and why I can do this?
00:27:48.86\00:27:51.33
I have some messages of
hope to share with you. "
00:27:51.53\00:27:53.44
And he was in such
shock he said: "Yes, please. "
00:27:53.84\00:27:57.67
She did that and then
sent the messages of hope
00:27:57.87\00:28:00.44
the AWR Bible studies to him.
00:28:00.64\00:28:02.54
He is now attending the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:28:02.74\00:28:04.65
Amen? Amen! Amen! So then
00:28:04.85\00:28:06.58
the finale is that
really... the killers...
00:28:06.98\00:28:11.15
Can you imagine
sending texts to the killers?
00:28:11.35\00:28:13.19
She got ahold of
their information
00:28:13.39\00:28:15.36
and there were three killers.
She sent and did the same thing
00:28:15.56\00:28:17.96
to them. Two of them are
currently studying right now.
00:28:18.16\00:28:21.96
Amen? God can use
the cell phone! Amen.
00:28:22.16\00:28:25.73
Amen! Amen! That's a
phenomenal testimony!
00:28:25.93\00:28:28.34
That's great, but it reminds me
00:28:28.54\00:28:31.41
Cami, Debbie that
people around the world
00:28:31.61\00:28:33.68
many people just like Maria
they're sitting in darkness.
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.95
They're in despair.
Maybe they're depressed.
00:28:37.15\00:28:38.91
And they need a message of hope.
And God has given each of us
00:28:39.31\00:28:42.65
incredible opportunities
- each one of us - to share
00:28:42.85\00:28:45.79
right from our very cell phones!
00:28:45.99\00:28:48.62
Right! We can
share these messages.
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.56
The shyest person
can be an evangelist!
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.43
That's right. And you
know Ellen White had a vision.
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.76
She talked about
seeing streams of light
00:28:55.16\00:28:57.20
encircling the globe. She was
talking about our publications.
00:28:57.40\00:29:00.10
But in today's world, think
about what our publications
00:29:00.30\00:29:04.51
mean today. We can
actually send in an instant
00:29:04.71\00:29:07.71
messages around the world -
Amen - to people who are hurting
00:29:07.91\00:29:11.31
who are needing Jesus.
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
God wants us to use the
tools that He has given us
00:29:12.98\00:29:15.38
to send messages of hope.
To send these streams of light
00:29:15.58\00:29:17.99
around the world. Amen! Amen!
00:29:18.19\00:29:20.42
He's going to do miracles
even still before He comes.
00:29:20.62\00:29:21.96
Amen! Thank you so
much. Thank you so much.
00:29:21.99\00:29:24.23
AWR 360 is
doing... using cell phones
00:29:24.43\00:29:27.93
to spread the gospel.
Amen; praise God! Yes,
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.76
From broadcast to baptism.
Yes, From broadcast to baptism.
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.13
All right. Thank
you. Thank you so much.
00:29:33.34\00:29:34.67
Do you think they're
just a little excited?
00:29:34.70\00:29:36.57
Doesn't that make you excited?
00:29:37.24\00:29:38.87
It should. It should because
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.74
sharing the gospel
is an exciting venture.
00:29:41.94\00:29:44.58
And oh, wow! Look at here.
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.18
We have a couple of
surgeons... a couple of doctors.
00:29:47.38\00:29:50.35
And we have Andrew
Trecartin and his wife Megan.
00:29:50.75\00:29:54.82
Andrew is a general surgeon
00:29:55.22\00:29:56.89
and Megan is a
family medicine physician.
00:29:57.09\00:29:59.79
And it looks like
you are ready to go off
00:30:00.00\00:30:03.30
and start surgery. So
tell me: this is actually about
00:30:03.50\00:30:07.27
Bere Hospital located in Chad.
00:30:07.47\00:30:10.41
Tell us a little about
Bere Hospital and how you became
00:30:10.61\00:30:13.34
acquainted with it. So we
first heard about Bere Hospital
00:30:13.54\00:30:16.21
when we heard about
the work of James Appel.
00:30:16.41\00:30:18.78
And then my brother went to
volunteer there as a student
00:30:18.98\00:30:22.15
missionary and I learned
about the severe surgical needs.
00:30:22.35\00:30:25.79
And then Megan actually
went before we were married
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.82
as a medical student there.
00:30:29.02\00:30:31.86
And I spent a month
there and I was just amazed
00:30:32.06\00:30:34.33
at such primitive
resources they have there
00:30:34.53\00:30:37.63
and how they were trying their
best to take care of patients
00:30:37.83\00:30:40.07
and how even little things
made such a big difference
00:30:40.47\00:30:44.47
in that community.
00:30:44.67\00:30:46.01
So then this last
December we went to visit
00:30:46.04\00:30:49.31
and the verses that were going
through our minds at that time
00:30:49.51\00:30:53.25
was: "Is not this the
fast that I have chosen:
00:30:53.45\00:30:56.08
to loose the
bands of wickedness,
00:30:56.28\00:30:57.62
to undo the heavy burdens,
00:30:57.79\00:30:59.12
and to let the oppressed go free
00:30:59.25\00:31:00.59
and that ye break every yoke. "
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.02
And we thought: You
know, there's few people
00:31:02.52\00:31:06.16
qualified who are willing
to go meet the severe need...
00:31:06.36\00:31:09.60
establish themselves in a
country and meet the severe
00:31:09.80\00:31:12.50
need in Chad. And we're both
willing, so we'd better go. "
00:31:12.70\00:31:15.90
Gotcha. That's incredible!
That's really remarkable.
00:31:16.10\00:31:19.14
I want to know... You
noticed when you went there
00:31:19.64\00:31:23.78
in Bere, I understand
that the One-Day structures
00:31:23.98\00:31:27.22
have greatly improved
the facilities on the campus.
00:31:27.42\00:31:30.55
So for those of us who are
familiar with One-Day Church
00:31:30.95\00:31:33.46
who has also built
One-Day Schools and Clinics
00:31:33.66\00:31:37.36
they've also had an impact
on the campus of Bere Hospital.
00:31:37.56\00:31:40.96
And we're so grateful for that.
00:31:41.36\00:31:42.70
What has that done
for Bere Hospital campus?
00:31:42.80\00:31:45.73
So the One-Day Hospital...
There are basically several
00:31:46.23\00:31:49.14
different buildings. They've
added a new maternity ward,
00:31:49.34\00:31:51.21
an ICU ward, an OR,
00:31:51.41\00:31:54.51
a private ward
and lots of other...
00:31:54.71\00:31:56.75
It just expanded their
ability to hold patients.
00:31:56.95\00:31:59.61
And some of them are
still empty shells, though,
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.88
and we're wanting to fill those.
00:32:03.08\00:32:05.29
And they also provided
housing for the physicians
00:32:06.05\00:32:09.66
and some of the people
teaching in the nursing school
00:32:09.86\00:32:12.19
and the other things.
We're actually going to live
00:32:12.39\00:32:13.73
in a One-Day structure
when we move there. OK...
00:32:13.76\00:32:16.40
so it's really made a big
difference in that community.
00:32:16.60\00:32:19.27
So you and your
one-year-old daughter - yes -
00:32:19.47\00:32:22.04
Adelaide are going to be
leaving soon to go to Chad.
00:32:22.24\00:32:25.51
That's correct. OK.
00:32:25.71\00:32:27.04
Now you mentioned
some of them are shells...
00:32:27.08\00:32:29.74
you know, still
waiting to be equipped.
00:32:29.94\00:32:31.51
So the offering for this
year is to actually equip
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.95
those facilities - yes
- and to have a couple of
00:32:35.15\00:32:38.25
additional
operating rooms and equipment.
00:32:38.45\00:32:41.26
So what? Why do we need those?
00:32:41.46\00:32:44.93
I mean... So let me
give you a little background
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.53
of the hospital. So
the hospital is 104 beds
00:32:47.73\00:32:50.50
plus overflow capacity.
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.30
And they have a nursing school,
really the best nursing school
00:32:52.50\00:32:56.17
in the country which is about
to graduate their first 3-year
00:32:56.37\00:32:59.67
nursing degree
students which I believe will
00:32:59.87\00:33:01.61
be helping to
transform the quality of care
00:33:01.81\00:33:04.28
throughout the country.
00:33:04.48\00:33:05.81
And they see about
60 new patients per day
00:33:05.91\00:33:08.52
and perform over 1,400
surgical operations per year.
00:33:08.72\00:33:12.22
Most all of those operations
are in a single old dilapidated
00:33:12.82\00:33:16.86
operating room. And
just to put it in perspective
00:33:17.06\00:33:20.10
they're all... most of
them done by a single surgeon.
00:33:20.30\00:33:23.37
A surgeon here in the US... a
busy surgeon... performs about
00:33:23.77\00:33:27.24
500 operations per
year... so about 1/3 of that.
00:33:27.44\00:33:30.67
And there's times when they are
00:33:31.17\00:33:34.58
doing 200
operating cases in a month.
00:33:34.78\00:33:38.21
And the team is
working from before sunrise
00:33:38.41\00:33:41.68
in the morning until
late at night after sunset.
00:33:41.88\00:33:46.05
Not stopping for lunch; not
eating dinner until after dark.
00:33:46.25\00:33:49.86
And there's times when they'll
be operating on one patient
00:33:50.46\00:33:54.20
on the table and a
pregnant mother will
00:33:54.40\00:33:57.23
come in having seizures requir-
ing an emergency C-section.
00:33:57.43\00:34:01.14
And they'll have to wheel her
00:34:01.70\00:34:05.04
next to the one patient
that's already open on the table
00:34:05.44\00:34:09.41
and two people will
be working back-to-back
00:34:09.61\00:34:12.21
on the two patient simul-
taneously in the same room.
00:34:12.41\00:34:14.62
Wow! Sounds like a MASH unit!
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.42
OK, so tell us...
Megan, you were sharing with me
00:34:18.25\00:34:21.26
some of the... describing
to me some of the need
00:34:21.46\00:34:24.49
for these services. Yes.
00:34:24.69\00:34:28.66
I think there's a picture of
a group of women that will...
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.97
may have seen or already seen.
00:34:31.13\00:34:32.83
They repair fistulas
there, and to describe fistulas
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.44
I first need to tell you
that being a woman in Chad is
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.54
not a good
thing. Childbirth there
00:34:39.74\00:34:42.91
is very very
dangerous. One in fifteen women
00:34:43.11\00:34:46.31
die in childbirth in Chad.
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.58
In the States that's
like 1 in 4,200 or something
00:34:49.38\00:34:52.25
like that. And so often women
don't have anyone attending them
00:34:52.45\00:34:56.86
when they're in labor
and they can labor for weeks.
00:34:57.06\00:34:59.03
Now when a baby's head is
in that part of a woman's body
00:34:59.23\00:35:01.66
for a long period of
time there's no circulation
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.93
and those tissues die.
00:35:05.13\00:35:06.57
And if the baby doesn't get
out soon enough the baby dies.
00:35:06.77\00:35:09.07
And so then this
woman is left with no baby
00:35:09.47\00:35:12.67
and dead tissue with a
hole between her bladder
00:35:12.87\00:35:15.78
and her birth canal
00:35:15.98\00:35:17.61
which basically means she
smells like urine all the time
00:35:18.38\00:35:22.88
and constantly is leaking.
00:35:23.72\00:35:25.55
And these women are
ostracized by their families.
00:35:26.29\00:35:30.83
Often rejected
by their husbands.
00:35:31.03\00:35:33.03
Are really outcasts in society.
00:35:33.83\00:35:36.16
And so the hospital there...
they'll have fistula weeks
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.54
where they'll
advertise and women will come in
00:35:40.74\00:35:42.70
to have their fistulas repaired.
00:35:42.90\00:35:44.74
And they could have had
their fistulas for 20 years.
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.31
One woman wanted to
commit suicide before she got
00:35:48.21\00:35:52.18
the surgery. So when
they come to get surgery
00:35:52.38\00:35:55.28
it's a very complicated
operation as you can imagine.
00:35:55.48\00:36:00.02
They stay at the hospital a long
time, and while they're there
00:36:00.86\00:36:02.96
they get a Godpod,
they get a picture book,
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.69
and they get also a new
dress so they don't smell.
00:36:05.89\00:36:10.13
So I want you to hear
this. So when they come in
00:36:10.33\00:36:12.63
and they receive those physical
services to restore their life
00:36:12.83\00:36:15.80
back to them. Then we give
them something that can help
00:36:16.00\00:36:19.17
their spiritual lives. So
My Bible First is an ASi member
00:36:19.37\00:36:23.45
is a ministry, and so
we have those picture books
00:36:23.65\00:36:26.28
in their
language that they receive
00:36:26.48\00:36:28.52
as well as what we
call a "Godpod" which is?
00:36:28.72\00:36:30.82
It's a MP3 player with an
audio version of the Bible
00:36:31.02\00:36:34.69
in their language. Incredible!
So there's a whole lot more
00:36:34.89\00:36:38.53
than physical healing that
is happening at Bere Hospital.
00:36:38.73\00:36:41.86
We don't have much time
left. I just want you to tell us
00:36:42.16\00:36:44.67
about Somidy. OK. So
Chad is one of the countries
00:36:44.87\00:36:51.61
in the Lancet
Commission on Global Surgery
00:36:51.81\00:36:54.44
where over 90% of the population
has no access to surgical care.
00:36:54.64\00:36:58.81
And there's more people
dying of lack of access to
00:36:59.01\00:37:01.08
safe surgical care than from
malaria, HIV, and TB combined.
00:37:01.28\00:37:05.55
There's no surgical
training program in the country.
00:37:05.75\00:37:08.69
And in that context, I want
to tell you the story of Somidy.
00:37:09.09\00:37:11.39
Somidy started work at
Bere Adventist Hospital
00:37:11.59\00:37:13.83
in the 1970's as a teenager
00:37:14.03\00:37:16.23
sweeping, raking
leaves. But he worked so hard
00:37:16.43\00:37:20.20
that he rose through the
ranks to become a janitor
00:37:20.40\00:37:24.41
in the hospital. And he worked
very hard keeping the hospital
00:37:24.61\00:37:27.58
clean. But his curiosity still
unsatisfied, he started helping
00:37:27.78\00:37:31.15
the nurses learning how to
take BP and provide medications.
00:37:31.35\00:37:36.72
He was diligent
and had integrity
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.42
and so was recruited
into the operating room
00:37:40.62\00:37:42.32
and started out
scrubbing surgical instruments,
00:37:42.52\00:37:44.59
autoclaving
them, sterilizing them.
00:37:44.79\00:37:46.76
But he learned
quickly and was so available
00:37:46.96\00:37:50.73
that visiting
surgeons began recruiting him
00:37:50.93\00:37:53.30
to assist them in the operating
room. Learned how to perform
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.90
the sterile surgical scrub.
00:37:56.10\00:37:57.47
Put a sterile gown and gloves
on and hand them instruments.
00:37:57.67\00:38:00.58
Tie sutures; cut sutures.
00:38:00.98\00:38:03.04
And he did this for years.
And watched, assisted with
00:38:03.45\00:38:06.85
hundreds of operations.
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.38
There was then a time
when there was no doctor
00:38:08.58\00:38:11.25
in the hospital.
And one day a woman came
00:38:11.45\00:38:15.39
who needed an urgent C-section
00:38:15.59\00:38:18.59
and there was nobody to do it.
00:38:18.79\00:38:21.56
The hospital
administrator because Somidy had
00:38:21.76\00:38:24.27
observed hundreds of
these, assisted with hundreds
00:38:24.47\00:38:27.37
of C-sections
with other surgeons,
00:38:27.57\00:38:29.47
asked him - in fact, begged
him - to perform the operation.
00:38:29.67\00:38:33.38
His fellow nurses begged him.
00:38:33.58\00:38:35.18
The patient's family
and the patient herself
00:38:35.58\00:38:37.35
begged him to
perform the operation.
00:38:37.55\00:38:39.31
And so with no
formal medical training
00:38:39.71\00:38:42.22
but a long experience assisting
he performed the operation
00:38:42.42\00:38:46.39
and it was a
success. He saved her life.
00:38:46.59\00:38:49.92
He continued to invest
tremendous effort in learning
00:38:50.33\00:38:53.33
surgical
technique. Visiting surgeons
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.70
put a lot of
effort into training him.
00:38:56.90\00:38:59.03
And then when
civil war broke out
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.27
at times Somidy was held
at gunpoint, asked to operate
00:39:03.47\00:39:07.64
on a soldier. Or another
day depending on who occupied
00:39:07.84\00:39:11.58
the territory
operate on one of the rebels.
00:39:11.78\00:39:13.78
At a time when the
hospital was about to close
00:39:14.62\00:39:18.42
the salary was $10 per month.
The hospital was little more
00:39:18.92\00:39:22.52
than a run-down
chicken coop in resemblance
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.49
Somidy kept the hospital open.
00:39:26.29\00:39:28.56
He continued operating.
00:39:29.20\00:39:31.57
Finally in 2006 HI
with the help of donors
00:39:32.40\00:39:36.44
sent Somidy to
nursing school. In 2009
00:39:36.64\00:39:39.67
he graduated with his
first official medical diploma
00:39:39.87\00:39:43.65
of nursing school.
And now ten years later
00:39:43.85\00:39:47.72
in 2019 Somidy retired.
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.85
It's time to train the next
generation of Adventist surgeons
00:39:51.25\00:39:54.72
in Africa.
Surgeons who will work as
00:39:54.92\00:39:59.39
hard as Somidy. Surgeons
who will be as dedicated
00:39:59.59\00:40:03.33
to their patients as he
was and who will save lives
00:40:03.53\00:40:07.64
and open the door to the
Holy Spirit to save souls.
00:40:07.84\00:40:10.64
The equipping of the operating
rooms will help do just that.
00:40:11.04\00:40:14.78
Thank you so much, the
Trecartins, for your dedication
00:40:14.98\00:40:18.61
and your commitment to
the gospel to go into a land
00:40:18.81\00:40:21.98
unheard of with
such desperate conditions
00:40:22.38\00:40:26.45
to be able to do
that. Thank you very much.
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.32
Last night Jared Thurmon
said something in his message
00:40:30.39\00:40:33.40
that struck me. He said
that we owe it to the world
00:40:33.60\00:40:37.13
to share the truth
00:40:37.33\00:40:39.30
to everyone with
whom we come in contact.
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.57
Over the last couple of days
00:40:41.97\00:40:43.51
we shared with you
just a few ministries
00:40:43.71\00:40:46.17
who are committed to
reaching those people:
00:40:46.37\00:40:49.28
everyone in our world community.
00:40:49.48\00:40:51.68
God has called each of
us for a specific work.
00:40:52.08\00:40:55.08
He's called the youth among us.
00:40:55.38\00:40:57.32
GYC, YFJ, Share Him!
00:40:57.52\00:41:01.36
NAPS for their energy, their
courage and their determination.
00:41:01.56\00:41:05.63
And they have responded.
00:41:06.63\00:41:08.40
He's called the
creative among us
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.13
like Lineage
Journey, Little Light Studios,
00:41:11.33\00:41:14.44
Amazing Facts, and they are
responding through the medium
00:41:14.64\00:41:18.54
of social media.
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.48
He's called the bold
and courageous among us
00:41:20.88\00:41:24.05
like Mission North,
LIGHT, Bere Hospital physicians.
00:41:24.25\00:41:29.68
Church planters and Bible
workers, armed with the truth,
00:41:29.88\00:41:33.96
through picture
rolls and so many more.
00:41:34.16\00:41:37.76
Now God calls us
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.33
to do our part to encourage,
00:41:41.73\00:41:44.90
to equip, and to
support these ministries
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.50
so they can accomplish what God
has laid on their hearts to do.
00:41:48.70\00:41:53.24
How will we respond?
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.54
I am moved that I
need to do more. Are you?
00:41:56.41\00:41:59.98
You have an offering
envelope in your hand.
00:42:00.92\00:42:03.95
Does everyone have
an offering envelope?
00:42:04.15\00:42:05.92
If you can hold that up
I want to make sure that
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.39
everyone has one available.
00:42:08.59\00:42:10.29
If you need one,
please raise your hand
00:42:10.49\00:42:12.99
and the deacons
will provide one for you.
00:42:13.40\00:42:15.76
On that offering envelope
are the instructions about
00:42:16.06\00:42:19.53
how you can provide support
for the ministries that are
00:42:19.73\00:42:23.00
highlighted and for those
that are listed in your program.
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.07
And so we invite you at
this time to do just that.
00:42:26.47\00:42:30.01
I also want to mention that
for those that are in Canada
00:42:30.45\00:42:33.95
we are now able to
provide donation receipts.
00:42:34.15\00:42:38.15
So you can contact the
ASi office for details.
00:42:38.35\00:42:41.76
So we're happy to
be able to include
00:42:42.16\00:42:44.39
your desire to donate
and support these ministries.
00:42:44.59\00:42:47.93
Our goal this year is $1,250,000
00:42:48.53\00:42:53.23
but I know God
is going to bless us
00:42:53.64\00:42:56.14
with so much more so
that the five ministries
00:42:56.34\00:43:00.08
that are part of the overflow
00:43:00.28\00:43:01.98
will receive in abundance
00:43:02.18\00:43:03.85
in order to
support their ministries.
00:43:04.05\00:43:06.25
So I ask at this time if
you would prepare to receive
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.65
the deacons so that they
can collect the offering.
00:43:09.85\00:43:13.92
I'll call them forward and
then we will have a short prayer
00:43:14.12\00:43:17.79
and God will do the rest.
00:43:17.99\00:43:19.96
Let us bow our heads please.
00:43:20.36\00:43:22.20
Father in heaven,
00:43:22.70\00:43:24.03
now is Your time
00:43:24.87\00:43:27.27
and I ask that You
would make us responsive
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and willing servants.
Help us to realize that
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nothing gets done by chance
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and that You
have provided for us
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opportunity and
blessings of resource
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so that we can
give back to the work
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and support the efforts
that You have laid on the hearts
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of those who are doing the work.
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Bless us now, and we thank you
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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