Welcome to ASI Video Magazine.
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I am Dan Houghton.
Having been an ASI member
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for a number of years,
I've heard so many inspiring
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stories of ASI
members, who are sharing
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Christ in the marketplace.
Being active in outreach
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to those around us
is emphasized at ASI.
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And today we are
going to meet two ASI member
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organizations that are sharing
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Christ right in
their own communities.
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It's my very own,
it's a unique ministry.
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They provide gift
bags for children,
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who are taken
into the care of the
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Local Child Protective Services.
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The gift bag
contains a handmade quilt,
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brand new toys
and large daft animal;
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it helps provide
some comfort for children
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in a very difficult situation.
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The program is
even expanded outside of
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North American.
Let's find out more.
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Well, I need to tell you
that one of the basis things
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that started is
my very own is it
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I was being very discouraged
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about my working for the Lord,
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it just wasn't happening.
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Everything I
tried seemed to fail,
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and so one day I
just threw my hands
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in the air and I said Lord,
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I want to work for
you, but I don't know
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what it is you want me do.
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And he impressed me with
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what do you have in your hands?
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And the thing I said
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was well I have
got lot of fabric.
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Well I've got
something with me tonight,
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this bag right
here that you probably
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haven't seen before,
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this is what is
called a bag of love.
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Let me show you what's inside,
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it may take me a minute.
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Look at this a
huge teddy bear, a toy,
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there is personal
items in this area right here
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and a beautiful,
beautiful handmade quilt inside,
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it's all for
Meth Orphans children,
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who have been
separated from their parents,
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because of the
power of Methamphetamine,
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but with all of this, one lady
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is healing the
small it's a broken heart.
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Barbara watched out
heart wrenching special report,
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Meth Orphans last November.
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It highlighted a
growing number of children
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in the region left with
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relatives or foster families,
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because their
parents were busted for Meth.
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And he ran over
to the window and
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you held your
microphone up to the window,
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and you could hear the children
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in there just sobbing
their little hearts out,
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and that really, that got to me.
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The thing that I wanted to point
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out is that it is not
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just focused in one channel,
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that there is room
for everybody to be,
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to be in this
program, because everybody has
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a heart for the children.
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And we don't, we like to
include the entire community
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and that's, that's
how this is developed
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and when you
mentioned that about
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the inter-agency meeting,
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we had invited a
newspaper reporter to come in
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and she became so excited,
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when she heard the presentation
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that when she went back
she took a lot of pictures
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and the next time
the paper came out,
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we had better than a
half a page of pictures
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and story and as
a result of that,
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that's what really launched.
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It's my very own
in this community.
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It just felt so
absolutely perfectly right
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that you know that as
much as we care about kids God
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cares about kids
that much more and,
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and it just felt
like this was something
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he was saying here is
how, we need to care for these
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children of mine
that are in distress.
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To me it has seemed
absolutely unbelievable,
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that it wasn't
already being done.
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You know that that we
could be careless as a community
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and not provide something
special for these children;
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you know we do
something to give them comfort.
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I didn't realize at the time,
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until I have gotten
involved with the other program
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that these kids
weren't given anything that
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there was no provision made.
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It was all left to
charitable organizations
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and this program was absolutely
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practically perfect.
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Well we first
started it we thought that
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you know we would
do it here in Kentucky.
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You know we do our county
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and then we'd
move to the next county
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and get them develop and
then go to the next county
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and this is what our plan was,
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but the Lord
let us know right up
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front that you are
not moving fast enough,
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and so he started opening doors
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and literally pushing
us through if we hesitated,
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he just pushed us
through and it's just,
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it's just been a
totally awesome journey.
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And I want to
introduce these two little boys,
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these are my grandsons.
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And they are adopted by Teresa,
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do you want to come in?
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So this is their
mom, their adopted mom.
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I have been
fussing for a very longtime
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and it's doing
over my grandchildren
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knowing that my
daughter was using drugs.
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Well we gone up to
visit, and I could tell she was
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doing the drugs really bad,
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because she had
lost so much weight
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and she just
looked horrible, but also
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the Lord impressed me
that she was pregnant,
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and I just knew it,
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I knew it even though
she kept denying that I knew
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Alex, I would like to
have you hold bag open,
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so that Skye can fill it.
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Now the first thing
that we are gonna do,
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is we are going to
put a quilt in the bottom.
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Do you wanna put this
in the bottom of the bag?
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Hold that open for him,
so he can put it in there.
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We prayed for that
little boy and we'll do,
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what ever you got to do
to safe that little guy.
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And he was born
on New Year's Day,
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in fact he was the
first baby born in that area.
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He was the New
Year's baby that year,
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he was born addicted to drugs,
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so he did have
some major struggles,
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but the State
stepped in and took the baby
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and also took the two-year-old,
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because they felt
that they were definitely
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in danger and they
put him into Foster Care.
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Most of the time
if it's a removable
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they don't have a
lot time to getting
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lot of that stuff together,
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and this is really bare by ones,
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the cloths that
you need and so this is
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something extra
for them to have.
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When they
removed this child it's
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just very shattering for them.
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And so when they
get them to the car,
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they give them this
bag and this bag is large
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and it bulges in all
of the interesting places
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and so their focus is now
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on the bag
instead of the problems
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that they've just had going,
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so it softens it
not only for the child,
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but also for the caseworker.
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Isn't this fun? Yeah, Yeah,
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so now the next
thing we are going to do,
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is we are going to
find toys just your age.
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What kind of toys do you like?
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Okay that looks good,
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so then they gave
her every opportunity
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to get her act
together they send her to rehab.
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She wasn't ready, but
they gave her 18 months
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and she just couldn't
put it together the drugs
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had a bigger pull on
her. In fact they gave her
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more chances than
they normally give
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you know for her
to clean up her act,
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because the thing is
that lot of people think,
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oh they look for
any reason they can
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to remove children from
homes and that's not true.
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They try like crazy to
keep families together.
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And that's and when she
was being so belligerent
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and not working with the court,
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the judge finally
said that's it Valerie,
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you have lost
your parental rights
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and you will go to jail.
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The one bag that I
remember giving out
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the girl that he had
sent foster care very long,
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thank, goodness,
but you know she opened
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and I mean like her
eyes were just you know
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it was her own, I
mean you could see
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that this was
something that she wanted
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and you know
something that she needed
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and when she pulled
out the blanket you know
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she immediately wrapped
up herself in the blanket.
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She hogged the teddy bear.
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And it's so exciting, because
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as you're working
on this quilts you're
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thinking of the child
that's going to receive it,
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even though you never meet them,
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you are thinking about them
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and you are
able to pray for them
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as you are doing it.
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And those prayers
stay with that quilt.
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And the beauty of it is
that everyone who reports
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to us also says
how easy it is to
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involve their community.
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And we've all had really
good experiences with them,
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and we love them and
the kids everything okay,
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that we are given to,
really they enjoy them.
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We are going to put
stuffed animals in there,
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so watch your step;
it's a big step going down.
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There you go.
When we were talking
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to the welfare before,
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I just kept saying do
not separate this boys,
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keep them together and
we want them down here.
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We don't want them
off some place else,
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if they go up for
adoption, we want them.
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We were hoping that she
would put herself together,
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and so they did
not send them our away
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and then when unfortunately
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when somebody
looses parental rights,
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the whole family
looses that child,
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and so we had to
really do some talk
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and to convince them
to let me have the kids.
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I would like this, this one.
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That one? Yeah.
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What do you think Skye?
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Think that's a good
one too. Hug it and see?
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Yeah, yeah it fits good, okay,
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it fits good. It's
now broken. Bye, bye.
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They gave me some things
that I had to accomplish,
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before they do
that one of them was to
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get the foster parent training
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and it was through that
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that I was first made aware of,
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what these children go through.
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And we have no clue the horrors
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that these kids are exposed to,
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and I mean either
my two boys ever once
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a while you know
they will have nightmares
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or something and little things
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will come out and it just,
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it just breaks your heart and,
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and so that's where the
need first presented itself
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to me that something is to
be done for these children.
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Okay and we need a
toothbrush, toothbrush,
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I think, yeah
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you would like to
brush your teeth with that
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wouldn't you?
Due to this Ministry,
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we have been enabled
to be associated with ASI
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and we have met so
many wonderful people
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that are all members of ASI.
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We were asked, if we
would like to be members,
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then I said I would
love to be a member of ASI.
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Because, when I go
to the ASI conventions,
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I love it,
because it's all positive
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you don't hear negativity
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everybody is so
on fire for the Lord
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and you come away
from there just so excited,
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you just really want to
get involved in and do things.
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If the world knew
the amount of good
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it's being done
through the people of ASI,
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it's a news media,
who have to promote it,
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people would be overwhelmed.
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And do you know
what we have forgot?
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What? We forgot
to get a color book,
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pick out a color
book to put into there
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and some color crayons.
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When they first came
into my life I was angry,
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that they were
being put through this,
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that they had the pain
that they had to go through.
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But now I get to see,
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the power of God and his love
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and how he is able to
work through these children
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and it's true
watching his power of
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mending their little hearts
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and their lives that gives me so
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much hope for this ministry,
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because I know, that because
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we pray for these
bags and these blankets
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for each child that
gets them that he can work.
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Get that tied on there
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and this one is
all through, now Alex
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do you wanna pray
over this one? Yeah. Okay.
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Dear Jesus, thank
you for this bag, I love.
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It's amazing to see
how it's my very own
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is helping kids in such
difficult circumstances;
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and they are involving
lay people in ministry.
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Here in North
America and overseas as well,
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that's what ASI is all about.
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Getting lay people actively
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involved in
missions and service.
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For more information about,
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it's my very own
visit www.imvo.org.
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In 2008 ASI unveiled
the One-Day Church Project.
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It's an effort to
provide Church homes
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for the thousands of Adventist
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congregations around the world,
00:13:56.25\00:13:57.64
that worship in
ramshackle facilities
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are even under trees.
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It's a galvanized deal frame and
00:14:02.07\00:14:04.25
roof that can be
built in just one day.
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It provides a
durable basic church building
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with room for a
150 people to worship.
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Visit www.onedaychurch.org
to learn more.
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Sharing Christ
in the marketplace
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is not just for the adults,
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but it is for
the young people too.
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If I give them an
opportunity to come
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through forefront
and use their talent
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and ability that
has God given to them.
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They learned
that God can use them,
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they are not too
young. You see God using you
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to impact other people's life.
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I find it
difficult to find something
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more effective than what,
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the youth for
Jesus is doing today.
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La Verdad Presente
Spanish for the present truth;
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is a Spanish
language television ministry
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operated by
Yolanda and Obed Matus.
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Yolanda is a professor
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and Obed a
builder in Magellan Texas.
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They use their earnings
to support La Verdad Presente
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and have given
countless volunteer hours to
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developing this ministry,
00:15:10.33\00:15:11.48
producing the
programs and holding related
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evangelistic series
in Texas and in Mexico.
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Good morning friends,
welcome to your program,
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lessons to live by.
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I had been a pastor
at the church in mission
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for 12 years and the time came
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for me to leave that church.
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At that time I
received an invitation to
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start a type of
ministry possibly radio,
00:16:05.70\00:16:08.67
but it ended up being
a television ministry.
00:16:09.28\00:16:11.38
We started to make plans;
00:16:16.74\00:16:18.35
they would send us the programs.
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We were motivated to do this
00:16:21.28\00:16:22.78
because we have it in our blood.
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My father is a pastor,
my father-in-law is a pastor
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and we're
convinced of the message
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that we have that
Jesus will soon return.
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I talked with my
brother-in-law Raul
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and decided to preach
this message via television.
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I have wound that it
actually worked very well,
00:16:44.81\00:16:47.68
even better than
expected. We didn't,
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I didn't know how
many people got up earlier,
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how many will have
the opportunity to see it,
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until people start
calling and calling and calling
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and we saw people
coming in and interest in it,
00:16:56.37\00:16:58.82
and I said wow this
is, you know this is great,
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praise the Lord.
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Well I though it was good idea,
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I didn't think it
would get this big.
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He talked about one
program Sunday nights
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and so that's
how we started with
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one program Sunday nights.
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Since I am the
presenter of the program,
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the people see me everyday.
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We have three
television programs;
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one is aired Monday to Friday
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called Good morning Lord Jesus.
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It is a short
devotional program,
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where we encourage the people
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to pray before
they leave their homes
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and start their activities.
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On Sabbath, we have a review of
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the Sabbath school lesson;
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the program is
called Lessons to live by.
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On Sunday's our
program has a doctrinal theme
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and it's called
the Present Truth,
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currently we are presenting
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a series entitled
the pillars of our faith,
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which are the
Adventist doctrines.
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The people, who
watch our program regularly
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and know that we
meet every Saturday
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are the once who attend.
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Pastor Garcia was recommended
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to us by someone, not
so much as a preacher,
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but as someone to
introduce the program.
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Because we were first using
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programs that
were already pre-made
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and then we, but
when we heard him speak,
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we thought that
you know there is a lot
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of talent in this person.
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Pastor Heriberto
Garcia, he speaks
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directly from the Bible,
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he doesn't use notes, which
is something I inspired to.
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And he is a very,
very passionate speaker,
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very well articulates
and I understand Spanish
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and I have, I have
translated his sermons of
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the English and
so the rest of our
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congregation could hear.
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And he knows how
to captivate you,
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even without the
power point presentation.
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First of all the way the pastor
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presents his message
is easy to understand
00:19:03.38\00:19:05.85
and to believe it
comes from the Bible.
00:19:05.88\00:19:08.00
Because, he
proves it from the Bible,
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we check it for ourselves
and find it to be true.
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Me and my partner, we
had a production house
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and we used to
do local production,
00:19:23.40\00:19:25.26
and the local TV station
would sort of contract us,
00:19:25.79\00:19:30.65
so would outsource with us,
00:19:31.33\00:19:33.06
so we always use to make fun
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of our clients especially,
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well, yeah I
have the question one,
00:19:37.53\00:19:39.96
because that just
wouldn't make a lot of sense
00:19:39.99\00:19:43.00
and they were just
an easy target for us.
00:19:43.54\00:19:46.55
So, until I met
this group of people,
00:19:47.10\00:19:50.43
who were actually
very knowledgeable
00:19:51.01\00:19:53.05
and we sort of tried to
make fun of them at first,
00:19:53.08\00:19:55.53
but it didn't workout too well,
00:19:56.12\00:19:57.79
because they actually
knew what they were doing
00:19:57.82\00:19:59.68
and very soon we
realize they knew especially me,
00:19:59.71\00:20:02.93
I realized that,
wow these guys know
00:20:02.96\00:20:05.33
what they are talking about,
00:20:05.36\00:20:06.33
they are not just picking up
00:20:06.34\00:20:08.16
a Bible and just
speaking it out, I mean
00:20:08.19\00:20:10.18
I would throw questions at them
00:20:10.21\00:20:11.84
and especially Pastor Garcia.
00:20:11.87\00:20:13.61
I've always poked that
people and you know to see,
00:20:14.15\00:20:17.36
how much they
really know and generally
00:20:17.39\00:20:19.34
I could just argue
with pastors for ever,
00:20:19.37\00:20:21.99
you know
because they know enough
00:20:22.02\00:20:23.32
and when I would
argue or try to argue
00:20:23.84\00:20:27.73
with Pastor
Garcia, he would stop me
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.77
and my tracks right away,
00:20:29.80\00:20:31.07
and because he knew
what he was talking about,
00:20:31.63\00:20:33.48
so I actually
begin to become curious
00:20:34.11\00:20:35.88
about what they were
talking about at that point.
00:20:35.91\00:20:38.27
Through a television program
00:20:42.15\00:20:43.52
the pastor
Heriberto calls present truth.
00:20:43.55\00:20:46.54
My wife and I
began to see the program
00:20:54.89\00:20:56.92
and we became
aware that the program
00:20:57.53\00:20:59.18
and the pastor were
coming to the Alamo church,
00:20:59.21\00:21:01.88
which we were
already acquainted with.
00:21:01.91\00:21:04.01
My wife and I
attended the whole event,
00:21:15.74\00:21:17.93
which was 20 meetings.
00:21:17.96\00:21:19.45
We found out that he
would preach on prophecy
00:21:37.47\00:21:39.85
and that
interested us very much.
00:21:39.88\00:21:42.23
At the program, we
heard about the Sabbath,
00:21:42.96\00:21:45.41
we were baptized 15 days ago
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and we are now
part of the family of
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the Adventist church.
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Oh I have seen
the excellent results
00:22:00.04\00:22:02.10
that the many, many
people have been baptized,
00:22:03.15\00:22:06.37
due to this program. In Reynosa,
00:22:06.93\00:22:10.80
already a Church
has been established,
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.74
because so many people
have responded to the message.
00:22:12.77\00:22:16.45
You know there is
people that call me
00:22:17.85\00:22:19.96
Sunday mornings,
Saturday mornings
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and everyday of the week.
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Not only in the
morning, there is people that
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call even during the day,
00:22:24.98\00:22:26.27
sometimes they call at night,
00:22:26.30\00:22:27.68
oh I heard the
program this morning
00:22:27.71\00:22:29.02
and I didn't have
a chance to call you,
00:22:29.05\00:22:30.94
because I had to go to work.
00:22:30.97\00:22:31.94
Could you please
send me the Bible course
00:22:31.95\00:22:33.22
that you're offering;
00:22:33.25\00:22:34.22
see we offer Bible course
00:22:34.23\00:22:36.16
and this is about
Bible correspondence course,
00:22:36.70\00:22:39.15
people will call,
I answer the phones,
00:22:39.18\00:22:41.48
I take their names,
send them the lessons,
00:22:41.51\00:22:43.31
they send them back to
us, we grade the lessons,
00:22:43.34\00:22:46.20
send them back to them
00:22:46.23\00:22:47.20
and then when they
finish the 20 course lesson,
00:22:47.21\00:22:49.46
we send them a certificate.
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La Verdad Presente has
been serving the valley
00:22:51.01\00:22:54.69
in the Southwest chapter
for a number of years now,
00:22:54.72\00:22:58.12
probably six, seven
years they have been
00:22:58.68\00:23:01.67
having their program,
00:23:02.42\00:23:03.68
television program
airing in the Valley.
00:23:03.71\00:23:05.64
I ask Obed the other
day how many Bible studies,
00:23:07.43\00:23:11.23
he had now? He said
he's even lost count,
00:23:11.26\00:23:12.86
doesn't know it.
I know at one time,
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.86
several years back
he told me that he had
00:23:15.44\00:23:17.66
600 Bible studies going in just
00:23:17.69\00:23:19.64
the city of Bronzeville alone.
00:23:19.67\00:23:21.35
We are talking
about a population
00:23:24.14\00:23:25.94
of about three million,
00:23:25.97\00:23:27.61
because we are reaching
both sides of the border.
00:23:27.64\00:23:30.42
South of the border in Mexico,
00:23:30.45\00:23:32.46
there are two important cities.
00:23:32.49\00:23:34.56
One of which is Reynosa
00:23:34.59\00:23:36.98
with about a
million inhabitants.
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.05
The other city is Matamoros,
00:23:39.57\00:23:42.09
which has a
population of about 800,000.
00:23:42.12\00:23:45.16
Just with the
population of these two cities,
00:23:46.02\00:23:48.97
we are talking
about 1.8 million people.
00:23:49.00\00:23:52.12
There are many
other cities such as
00:23:52.80\00:23:54.97
Villahermosa, Rio
Bravo, and others,
00:23:55.00\00:23:57.15
there are many cities.
00:23:57.18\00:23:58.53
These are the cities on
the Mexico side of the border.
00:24:00.09\00:24:02.97
On the American side we
have the cities of McAllen,
00:24:03.73\00:24:06.05
Mission, Edinburg,
Harlingen, Brownsville
00:24:06.08\00:24:09.55
and together
they have a population
00:24:09.58\00:24:11.91
of about three
million that we can reach
00:24:11.94\00:24:14.61
with our program.
00:24:14.64\00:24:15.61
Something very
important is that our program
00:24:17.09\00:24:19.59
does not air on a
Christian channel.
00:24:19.62\00:24:21.73
It is a commercial channel,
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.17
which means the
people we are reaching,
00:24:23.20\00:24:25.27
many of whom have
never heard this message.
00:24:25.30\00:24:27.70
Our reach
through a channel that is
00:24:28.44\00:24:30.01
100 percent commercial,
00:24:30.04\00:24:31.59
we buy airtime from the stations
00:24:31.62\00:24:33.59
and we are able to reach people
00:24:34.12\00:24:35.73
that are used to
watching soap operas,
00:24:35.76\00:24:37.75
entertainment
programs and newscasts,
00:24:37.78\00:24:40.19
but who inadvertently happened
00:24:40.78\00:24:42.32
to find our program.
00:24:42.35\00:24:43.43
We are being involved with ASI,
00:24:43.46\00:24:45.24
I think that, for me
the two greatest benefits
00:24:45.94\00:24:48.81
are networking and inspiration;
00:24:48.84\00:24:51.83
and we need them both.
00:24:52.53\00:24:53.65
I have come to
understand that the ASI
00:25:01.44\00:25:03.88
organization has a
strong missionary emphasis,
00:25:03.91\00:25:07.10
few mutual friends Floyd Cotney
00:25:07.66\00:25:09.98
and the family of Dr. Vargas,
00:25:10.01\00:25:11.54
they insisted
that we go over there.
00:25:12.04\00:25:14.11
They told me about the story
00:25:21.20\00:25:22.56
about a television channel,
00:25:22.59\00:25:24.04
and now we want to
be more involved in ASI
00:25:24.52\00:25:27.26
people who are interested
in preaching the Gospel.
00:25:27.29\00:25:30.44
I really don't under
what is the motivation
00:25:33.39\00:25:36.06
for the ASI members,
00:25:36.09\00:25:37.72
who are very missionary minded,
00:25:37.75\00:25:39.59
who take money
from their own pockets
00:25:39.62\00:25:41.85
and give that
money for a project.
00:25:41.88\00:25:43.77
When we became ASI members,
00:25:54.31\00:25:56.06
I went to Oklahoma and
they presented programs
00:25:56.09\00:25:59.38
about what the
Southwestern Chapter
00:25:59.41\00:26:01.23
is going to do
during the next year.
00:26:01.26\00:26:03.31
And it's amazing
on Sabbath morning,
00:26:08.82\00:26:10.82
how much money is given.
00:26:10.85\00:26:12.48
I am also aware of
the National Convention,
00:26:13.01\00:26:19.44
where the projects
require millions of dollars
00:26:19.47\00:26:21.93
and how in one
day they give so much.
00:26:21.96\00:26:24.82
I admire all
those Adventist brothers
00:26:31.04\00:26:33.14
and sisters that are lay people,
00:26:33.17\00:26:35.42
because they
really give their lives
00:26:36.01\00:26:38.16
and give up their means,
00:26:38.65\00:26:39.92
so those missionary
projects can be realized.
00:26:39.95\00:26:42.45
That is why we
want to be a part of ASI
00:26:50.39\00:26:52.60
and desire to give so
that Jesus will come soon.
00:26:52.63\00:26:56.15
It is important even
though our beginnings may be
00:26:56.18\00:26:59.26
a little weak
with respect to ASI.
00:26:59.29\00:27:01.30
But I feel it
will be strengthened,
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.29
now that we have
seen how much benefit
00:27:05.32\00:27:07.52
this organization
gives to the church.
00:27:07.55\00:27:09.48
When you take a
moment to imagine
00:27:13.92\00:27:15.73
what God can do through us,
00:27:15.76\00:27:17.50
it's really with out limits.
00:27:17.53\00:27:19.68
ASI members or
people like Yolanda
00:27:20.19\00:27:22.32
and Obed Matus,
00:27:22.35\00:27:23.94
people who don't just
imagine what God can do,
00:27:23.97\00:27:26.52
but step out in faith
and follow his leading.
00:27:26.55\00:27:29.30
Being an ASI member is a
tremendous blessing for me.
00:27:29.89\00:27:33.10
And I encourage you
to try it for yourself,
00:27:33.73\00:27:36.10
visit www.asiministries.org
for more information.
00:27:36.62\00:27:41.74
I am Dan Houghton,
thanks for joining me today
00:27:42.47\00:27:45.19
on ASI Video Magazine.
00:27:45.22\00:27:47.38
Come back again next time,
00:27:47.41\00:27:49.00
for more stories of ASI member
00:27:49.43\00:27:51.29
sharing Christ
in the marketplace.
00:27:51.32\00:27:52.97
May God be with you.
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