ASI is a ministry
that's networking all these
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different ministries
together with the church.
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Being involved with
ASI meeting other people.
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ASI convention is an
excellent opportunity just
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a great
opportunity. In ASI there is a
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particular fellowship,
ASI is really the stamp,
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it's the glue that holds
all the ministries together.
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Welcome to ASI Video Magazine.
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I am Dan Houghton.
ASI members are committed
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to sharing Christ in the
market place and are very
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involved in a wide
variety of outreach efforts.
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Some are active in
large evangelistic meetings,
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others in
personal outreach, and some
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witness through health
and lifestyle programs,
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while others witness
the technology and media.
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But, the ultimate goal
is bringing people to Jesus.
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Wildwood Lifestyle
Center in Wildwood,
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Georgia is a long time
ASI member organization,
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in fact it was one of the
founding ASI organizations.
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Most guests arrive
at Wildwood with serious
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health issues and
they're looking to improve their
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lives, how they eat, exercise
and their daily routines.
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And there are many
stories of lives changed at
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Wildwood are nothing short
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of amazing. Let's find out more.
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There is a special
revulsive treatment,
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where you put the heart
across the chest, you have
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a steam tank in which you
get that as really hot and
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then you put towels
around it to make it just
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as hot as you can
stand. And I'm gonna catch it
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right here, so it will
be in shape. Give him enough
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nose room to breathe.
After three minutes of
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that, then a ice
whole pack is put across the
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chest and they do that
three times and it helps
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the lungs to flush
the congestion out.
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Put it right up, how is
it Joshua, now you don't
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want that on there
more than three minutes
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because it's got to
be quick stimulating
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type of treatment.
We have had people like
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who could hardly walk a
block, you know, down at
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the end of the hall
and they will leave here
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walking several miles, so
its I guess that testimony
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as it goes out draws
lot of people to come.
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We have three entities,
we have a small hospital,
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we have a clinic, and then
we have the lifestyle center.
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And the unique thing
about Wildwood is that
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it's one of the few I
now think only one in America
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that has a lifestyle center
connected with the hospital.
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Wildwood Lifestyle
Center is a program,
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where people come into
change their lifestyle.
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They want to learn to
eat healthy, they want to
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learn to get on a
regular routine, their diet is
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important, we
teach a vegan diet.
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They do a lot of outdoor
work as well, exercise in
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the outdoor, walking.
We have many trails around.
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We do have a few, who'll
call in that are meat eaters
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and at first it
seems to shock them,
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but they come
around. We also have a small
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gym for individuals
that need you know may be a
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little bit more,
who can't walk as much.
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And they have a
complete physical examination
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when they come here.
We have medical doctors
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then we
practice hydrotherapy and
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massage therapy, which
is included in the program.
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They do go to
cooking demonstrations.
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So, they can learn how
to cook and I am now giving
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them a book that it
should help them when they go
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home to continue with
the vegan diet, which is
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difficult when you come
from a meat eating situation.
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It's rather difficult to
become a vegan, you know.
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And when they come here
they learn that the food
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can be good. 'Cause
out, you know some places
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where you go and eat
some people's cooking,
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it's not real great
especially vegan it's hard
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to make it tasty,
but it can be done.
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We get people
from everywhere and the
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reason that they
come usually is that some
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friend of theirs or
some teen from here went to
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their church and
talked about what Wildwood
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does and so they were
inspired to think when
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they were having
health problems that Wildwood
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is the place to
go to receive relief.
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We have a whole
medical staff and
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we have our own lab.
What we are doing the
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most of I guess is
those diseases, where a change
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in lifestyle can
improve or even eliminate the
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disease, one of
the best is diabetes.
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People can come here
and within 17 days often
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leave with no insulin needed.
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And we try of course and
get our hospital patients
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up as much as
possible and get out into the
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sunlight and moving
about I mean getting
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active again. Well
their program has to
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be monitored carefully
by our physicians and we
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don't take people off
from insulin or any drug that
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they're on just
overnight, we don't do
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that except tobacco.
And this whole lifestyle is
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then shared with them
and there are times when
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a patient think is
well enough that they come
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and they can join the lecture,
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join the cooking class.
So, that they can go home
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you know with
the education and the
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foundation on
which to build again.
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Out in the world you get
big salaries and in a self
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supporting ministry
we work on a volunteer
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basis, where people
are given a basic living
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allowance and accommodation.
So, it's not the big bucks
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of the world as it
were and it's definitely a
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calling for people to
come here, professional people
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too as nurses and physicians
to work in our hospital.
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And we had a definite
shortage and we had to go
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inactive, the state
allows a period of 12 months,
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where the
hospital can go inactive.
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The Lord blessed and
we were able to get nurses
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and we were also
able to do a lot of
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revamping in our
hospital. We were able to do a
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hydrotherapy area
and painting, and we were
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able to get new beds,
and the Lord blessed and we
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were able to open and
we passed our inspection,
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it was a rigorous inspection.
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We had six inspectors
here for three days and
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the Lord blessed
and we were able to
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open without any deficiencies.
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In the world today,
teachers graduate from
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school, but they
don't always understand.
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While the Lifestyle
Center was officially
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organized in 1942
and they've always had an
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educational program, we
run primarily a six month
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training course to
train lay members of the
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church to use the
right arm of the Gospel.
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We teach them in both,
we train them as health
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educators and we also
train them how to share
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Jesus and we give Bible classes.
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So, it's a combination
of Bible and health classes
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and how to use the
health message as the right arm
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of the Gospel and communities.
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We teach them how to
do health expositions,
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cooking classes, seminars.
We teach them how to do
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door to door work, so
when they're finished,
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they are ready to work in
their communities, they're
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ready to work in their
churches, they're ready to
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go overseas and
help share knowledge with
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people that they can
save them from so much
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sickness and disease.
We recently had a student
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that came and took our
course and during, during
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the one year that she
was here because she worked
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for six months first to
pay off her tuition and she
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took the six month
course, and she in that
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year lost 75 pounds and
it was just a real miracle to
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see her just totally
change her lifestyle around and
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she really had a testimony then.
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We have many students
that have graduated from
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here that go out into
all different countries.
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Well, I went on a
mission trip with her and a team
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of students to Brazil,
while we help establish a
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Lifestyle Center
outside Rio de Janeiro and she
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had such a good
experience and she was
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eager to share that,
she wanted to be involved in
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this type of work and
so I asked her if she would
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be willing to stay and
help with the Lifestyle
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Center in Brazil and
she did, and she's worked
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there now for two years
and she is just having a
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great experience and
she is just a committed
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worker for the Lord.
You know, when the students
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are finished with
their training and they have
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opportunities to work in
Lifestyle Centers here in
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the United States or
overseas, well more than
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that we're working on a
global initiative to foster
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more training programs
and more lifestyle centers
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like we have at
Wildwood. We're working in
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harmony with different
ministry leaders from ASI.
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And then of course
ASI is a real blessing to
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Wildwood because when
we get to go once a year
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and we hear the stories
of what other people are
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doing and our workers
hear that, we show it over
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the satellites, so all
of our workers can see it.
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But, it just, it creates
a moral that makes people
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even more eager to do
something for the Lord.
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Our greatest area of
expansion is in reaching
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out to other places
other than Wildwood because
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not everybody can come here.
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I have been Director
of the school at Wildwood
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for six years and I've
seen, you know, hundreds
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of applications. I've
got stacks of applications
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from around the world
and I realize, you know,
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these people need
training, they want
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training, but we can't
send them all here, it's not
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practical to fly to
the United States and it's,
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you know, very
impossible to do so for
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most and to get in. So,
our goal is to establish
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short training courses
for lay members in every
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union of the world
field. So, we think every church
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member should
have an opportunity
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to receive the
training. This past year we've
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started eighteen
schools and our graduates from
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the six month course
go to these different
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countries to help
share what they've learned.
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We also have a natural
food store that does very
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well, it's right here on
our campus. Our campus is
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only ten minutes from
Chattanooga, so it's pretty
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easy for people to get
to. And you know it's one of
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the industries that
really sustains our campus more
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than that it brings in
a class of people that we
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would not
otherwise be able to reach.
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So, selling the health
foods and it helps you to
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start discussions with
people about health and
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then they ask, you
know, what is this place and
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what are you guys doing
here, and it just opens up
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so many ways to
share about your faith.
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Natural remedies work
and you don't get that bad
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side affects off of them
that you do also, let's say
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pharmaceutical type medicines.
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One of the big ones
is Goldenseal because
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Goldenseal has a lot of really
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great properties to
it. It's antifungal,
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antibacterial, antiviral
stuff, it's used to treat a
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lot of different
things, another one we use is
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charcoal. Charcoal's
got to be one of the best
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natural remedies that
you can possibly have.
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Now we also have an
organic farm and so it
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helps us to reach
that class as well.
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We sell farm produce and
we deliver, we deliver our
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produce to different
restaurants and stores in
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town and that gives
us more avenues to share.
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There are 40,000
workers on any given day of the
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week that spill out
into the streets looking for
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food and so we're the
only vegetarian restaurant
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in Chattanooga.
People do take Bible
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studies and sometimes
people will be baptized
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and come into a church
to our program, which is
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a real blessing, you know,
that's what we're here for,
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you know, the
physical healing is
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as important as spiritual.
We have a certain number
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of patients and
Lifestyle guests that will start
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asking questions,
well why do you keep the
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Sabbath and why do you
do this, and then often we
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can give Bible
studies while they're here.
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The results are really
encouraging at the end of
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a session, we have a
graduation and it's really
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encouraging to see
that and I encourage many of
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our staff if they ever
wonder, if they're being
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effective here to go
and listen to one of those
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graduation services.
Yeah, there is a lot that's
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included in our
program and people, you know,
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when they go through
our program they give
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testimonies at the end
of it. And they're just
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thrilled with our
program. What a testimony to the
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healing touch of our creator.
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ASI is blessed to
have member organizations
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like Wildwood and
others that are focused on
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service and
outreach, sharing Christ in the
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marketplace. If you'd
like more information about
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Wildwood Lifestyle
Center, call 1-800-634-9355
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or visit www.wildwoodhealth.org.
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ASI was founded in
1947 when a group of 25 self
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supporting Adventist
schools and healthcare
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ministries form the
association of Seventh-Day
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Adventist self
supporting institutions or ASI.
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As ASI expanded over
the years the number of
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businesses, entrepreneurs, and
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professionals joined us well.
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So, to better reflect
ASI's diverse membership in
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1979 our name was changed to
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Adventist-Layman's
Services & Industries.
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When you're out there
in the mission field and
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you're working trying
to build God's kingdom,
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you know, you sometimes
may feel a little lonely.
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Sometimes we feel
like Elijah, I am alone.
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Coming to the ASI
conference really has
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helped me to see
that there are other
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professionals around the world.
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If you want to
get encouraged in your
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ministry you
need to come to ASI.
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A focus on evangelism
was one of the things that
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drew Norman and
Gayle Wrights to ASI.
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And as ASI
members they have enjoyed
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associating with
people, who are excited about
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sharing Christ.
Norman and Gayle have gone on
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evangelism trips for a
number of years now and
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they're active in reaching
out to people right in their
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own community. They
even brought their bank
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teller to church.
Let's find out how God
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has worked through them.
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This is the receipt for
the cow that was purchased
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in station Ghanpur, India.
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Station Ghanpur was a
site of our meeting, they
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have 12 villages
outside of station Ghanpur and
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one of those villages
as we were walking around
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from house to house,
there was a family that
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was crying, they
were in tears, we thought
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somebody had died,
that was the translation
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obtained through by
our guide that someone has
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died and we learned
that it have been their cow,
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their sole source of
livelihood, it gave them
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milk, it gave them cheese,
and they could sell it, and
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so it was their cash
income. They didn't know how
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they are going to survive.
We talked later that day
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with the handlers from
Maranatha and they said
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yes they could arrange
to buy a cow and they found
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a cow, and they bought
it from a market two towns
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away and they brought
it to the family and that
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family came till the
last night of the meetings and
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was extremely appreciative.
You know they bowed
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down, we have to
tell them don't bow down,
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you know, not, not, not
to worship, but to rejoice
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that God is good and
for them it meant their
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livelihood, it meant
that four people had a way to
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live, they had a business.
It comforted us because
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that's what ASI
is all about really.
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We are self employed,
the criteria for a full
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membership in ASI is
that you are a personal entity
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that makes a panel.
You know what it means to
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have expenses, to
have income and to make the
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business work. That's
exactly what they had in
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this family, they had a
cow, they had to feed it
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and it gave them their life.
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I made my living for 35
years by practicing law.
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First half in my
career, I practiced Patent
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Trademark
Copyright Law, now I practice
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estates and trust.
Outside of that, we have a
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Nathan Green picture
called the silent partner,
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it shows a customer and
a business man with Jesus
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in the background and
that I would say for 90%
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of our clients is a sign
that we are a believer in God.
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Jesus is the silent
partner in this business
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and we must have
had several dozen people
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comment that they know
we're Christian and that
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they're a believer too.
It's very interesting that when
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we put up that picture,
we intended to put blinds
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in the front of our
office, we have three windows,
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we intended to have
privacy with the blind,
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and the landlord
promised us as a condition of
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moving in that he would
put blinds there, and he
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didn't do it after a
couple of months, we reminded
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him, he didn't do it.
And after a year he hadn't
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done it and I realized
that because the blinds weren't
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there, people would walk
by the front of our office
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could see the picture
and comment, and so I just
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decided we will leave
the blinds down, let the
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picture tell a story.
We have three literature
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racks in our office,
we have material that
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particularly relates to
death because our estate
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practice is oriented
that way, every time we meet
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a client we are
talking about what happens when
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you die. What do you
want to happen, who are
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your heirs, it's not a
taboo subject, it is the subject
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that we are dealing
with. You didn't do the trust
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that your brother
would be your heir and that's
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not what you want. Right.
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You want your stepchildren.
Yes, because I feel that
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they have a future and
Shelby, she is a grade A
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student, she's a 4.1,
right, she was good in high
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school and they have potential
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of going a long way.
Good. About two weeks we will
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send your draft
and we will see you
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back here after that.
Okay. So, I'm glad to have you
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as a client. Thank you.
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The best indicator that
we are different is my wife
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who was our office
manager and receptionist.
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She is the people,
the person that people see
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they hear her, they
talk to her, she is nice to
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everybody, and that's
not common in this world.
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People will say they've
called three law offices
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and they got a
certain kind of treatment and
00:19:45.66\00:19:48.42
then they talk to my
wife and she is nice to them,
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she is thorough with
them, and she greets them
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in person, she treats
everybody like a friend,
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like they're worthy of
respect. By the time they
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see me, you know, they
are sold on the fact that
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this is person that want to be.
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Thank you. How are you today?
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Cold, but not bad.
That's going to warm up
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they say. We have the
literature rack and we
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just, we have pictures
of Jesus as our partner,
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and we have the Ten
Commandments up there,
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and we just let
people know that we are
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Adventists and sometimes
there is a situation that we
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can even pray with our
clients when they're here.
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I would say we have
half a dozen of our clients,
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who have become
Seventh-Day Adventists
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over the years. There are
different stories, different
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ways, my forte is
preaching, but we will
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also have Bible studies,
in this office we have held
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probably four
series of Bible studies.
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We had a woman
come to our Bible study.
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She was going through,
she decided to become an
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Adventist and then her
husband got notice that he
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was gong to be
transferred, transferred
00:21:05.10\00:21:07.38
from Alameda Naval Air
Station to San Diego, and
00:21:07.41\00:21:11.06
so she wanted to
get baptized here in
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Hayward, this is where
she studied, this is where
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she made her decision.
A pastor went to her home
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to go through the
check list for baptism.
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He had never met her,
she'd come to our office,
00:21:20.75\00:21:22.99
she would come to
our studies, and now she
00:21:23.02\00:21:24.57
wanted to get baptized,
and her husband who had
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never come to a study,
never come to church said
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pastor I want to get
baptized too, and the
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pastor said to him,
you've never been to church,
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you've never
taken a Bible study.
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How in the world can
you want to be baptized?
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And he said well my
wife would go to the studies
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on Sunday
afternoon, she would bring
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her lessons
home. She would tell me
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everything she learned,
as she learned I learned,
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and I accepted everything
all the way along as well,
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and I want to be baptized too.
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And the pastor was a
very wise man, he said
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okay, he went through
the same process, they were
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both baptized together,
the last Sabbath they were
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ever at the Hayward
church. I have never seen her
00:22:14.15\00:22:17.34
since, I hear about
them from time to time, but
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they left Hayward and
went to San Diego, they
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joined a church down there.
They became the pathfinder
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leaders, they sent both
of their children through San
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Diego Academy and
they're in the church today.
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Norm, how long have
we been members of ASI.
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Ten years. Ten years.
I tried to getting to be
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member before we
became members, he says
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I, he didn't have time to do it.
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Well, for many years
I resisted joining ASI,
00:22:48.34\00:22:51.09
we had a member of
our church who would go to
00:22:51.12\00:22:53.64
the meetings and come
back all enthused and try
00:22:53.67\00:22:55.88
to promote my wife and
I to join, but I was busy
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with many other
things, so I just didn't join.
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The reason that I joined
was because I have a very
00:23:02.74\00:23:06.59
strong interest in
evangelism and when
00:23:06.62\00:23:08.74
I learned that ASI
was really all about
00:23:08.77\00:23:12.66
supporting evangelism,
I decided we should go and
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.94
check it out, and in fact
it is mostly about getting
00:23:15.97\00:23:22.08
inspired, going
and hearing about other
00:23:22.11\00:23:23.85
people, rubbing
shoulders, networking
00:23:23.88\00:23:26.45
with people, who are
also doing evangelism.
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And you just see
people from all over the world
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that are lay people
just like we are and they're
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doing things for the
Lord. Well as a result of ASI
00:23:36.80\00:23:40.11
we've made connections
that have taken us to a
00:23:40.14\00:23:43.28
number of foreign
countries to do preaching.
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My business is about law,
I speak for a living, I get
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paid for words, whether
they're spoken or written.
00:23:49.96\00:23:51.94
I am all thumbs, I
couldn't lay brick easily,
00:23:52.63\00:23:56.48
I couldn't do other
things easily, but there are
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people who can and
are able to do that.
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What ASI is about? It's
not about being an elitist,
00:24:04.52\00:24:08.00
not about either having
a lot of wealth or a lot of
00:24:08.55\00:24:11.81
professional skill,
it's about inspiration.
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You go there and
you meet people who are
00:24:15.09\00:24:16.99
doing it, whether
they're drilling wells in Kenya,
00:24:17.02\00:24:20.47
whether they're running
an orphanage in Guatemala.
00:24:22.02\00:24:24.04
They're out there doing
it, and so my particular forte
00:24:24.66\00:24:28.58
is using words and
that would be in preaching.
00:24:28.61\00:24:30.71
So, the first
meeting that we went to
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was in the Philippines.
I met at an ASI meeting,
00:24:33.93\00:24:38.14
a Philippine pastor,
who said to me Norman lets
00:24:38.17\00:24:41.79
go do a meeting. You
do the preaching and I'll
00:24:41.82\00:24:44.58
make them happy. So, he
was the man that did the
00:24:44.61\00:24:47.77
song service and I
answered Bible questions,
00:24:47.80\00:24:51.48
and then he turned it
over to me and I did the
00:24:51.51\00:24:53.10
preaching. Well,
what ASI has done, it has
00:24:53.13\00:24:56.50
magnified our effectiveness.
We have had before ASI
00:24:56.53\00:25:01.14
gone to Poland, to
Armenia, to Indonesia,
00:25:01.17\00:25:04.22
and we had baptism
accounts like 20, 10, 70.
00:25:04.74\00:25:10.79
With ASI with the
materials and with the
00:25:11.64\00:25:13.85
opportunities, we've
been allowed the privilege of
00:25:13.88\00:25:17.51
going to larger venues
and being more effective.
00:25:17.54\00:25:20.44
ASI is integrated into
the world church and so if
00:25:20.91\00:25:24.86
you're connected with
ASI, you're accepted in a
00:25:24.89\00:25:27.56
lot of places and
you are given larger
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opportunities.
Through ASI, I have gotten
00:25:29.73\00:25:32.72
a broader range of
materials. About 10 years
00:25:33.25\00:25:36.38
ago, ASI leadership
decided to develop a
00:25:36.41\00:25:39.54
standard DVD, it's
called new beginnings.
00:25:39.57\00:25:43.18
This is the booklet
that has all the sermon texts
00:25:43.21\00:25:47.73
and everything in it.
The pictures match up to the
00:25:47.76\00:25:52.52
DVD that they're
given. And it has greater
00:25:52.96\00:25:56.60
graphics, that has
theologically harmonious
00:25:56.63\00:26:02.76
material, and it's
been translated into
00:26:02.79\00:26:05.94
about 42 languages.
So, it's not perfect,
00:26:05.97\00:26:08.87
it's kind of one size fits
all, but it takes the lowest
00:26:09.49\00:26:14.88
common denominator
to a very high level.
00:26:14.91\00:26:17.07
We were taking our
vacations, but why not
00:26:17.77\00:26:22.09
take a vacation with
the Lord. And so we set,
00:26:22.12\00:26:26.89
if we know that we are
going go on a mission trip
00:26:26.92\00:26:29.35
we set our calendar, so
that we get the work done
00:26:29.60\00:26:34.06
before and then set what
needs to be done after we
00:26:34.09\00:26:37.34
get back. And
the Lord blesses our
00:26:37.37\00:26:39.93
office while we're
gone. We have found without
00:26:39.96\00:26:44.71
exception that when
we are committed to do
00:26:44.74\00:26:48.08
mission work, we have
not suffered upon and he
00:26:48.11\00:26:53.57
can bring us one case,
one case that pays us for all
00:26:53.60\00:26:57.57
the time that we've ever given.
00:26:57.60\00:26:58.57
Yes, he is extremely
faithful and has allowed
00:26:59.30\00:27:01.91
us to really
commit to doing things.
00:27:01.94\00:27:06.44
We are leaving for two
weeks the end of next month.
00:27:06.47\00:27:10.58
We are going to be in
three countries, we'll
00:27:11.31\00:27:13.62
probably close our
office cold turkey and if past
00:27:13.65\00:27:17.61
experience is true,
there won't have been any harm
00:27:17.64\00:27:20.89
and there will be
things waiting to do.
00:27:21.45\00:27:23.08
Norman and Gayle
consider a blessing to
00:27:26.83\00:27:28.85
serve their Lord
both at home and abroad.
00:27:28.88\00:27:31.74
ASI is made up of
people who shared Norman and
00:27:32.34\00:27:35.10
Gayle's passion for
active service. People who are
00:27:35.13\00:27:38.58
excited to be involved in
00:27:38.61\00:27:39.87
winning souls for Jesus Christ.
00:27:39.90\00:27:41.48
For more information
about ASI and becoming
00:27:42.30\00:27:44.70
a member, call
301-680-6450 or visit
00:27:44.73\00:27:50.61
www.asiministries.org.
I am Dan Houghton,
00:27:50.64\00:27:56.00
thanks for joining me
today on ASI Video Magazine.
00:27:56.26\00:27:59.59
Come back next time
for more stories of ASI
00:28:00.19\00:28:02.65
members sharing Christ in
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the
marketplace. God be with you.
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