Have you ever wondered
what the most important subject
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in the Bible might be
for you and for myself?
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I have many times. I've
searched the Scriptures to find
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out Lord, what is the greatest
work that you would have me to
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do? And I have found out
one thing that goes through
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all the Bible.
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If you haven't
guessed it, it's Family.
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We're going to have a
lovely couple on today,
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Tom and Alane Waters
from Restoration International
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and they're going to be sharing
their experiences and how they
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took the Bible and made
it practical in their lives
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and their Families. You
won't want to miss this.
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Come on in and join us.
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Welcome to another
edition of Bible Alive.
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I am so excited today because
I have a couple of friends that
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that I have not known for one
year or two years or five years
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but 22 years and longer.
That kind of tells me my age
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maybe but anyways we're
going to have a good time today.
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We're going to be talking
about the Family and I'd like to
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introduce you to
my two good friends.
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Tom, glad to meet you today.
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Well, it's great to be here.
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It's nice to have you and Alane,
it's nice to have you too.
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Glad to be here, Dwight.
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And we're going to be talking
about some exciting things
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and some serious things.
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That's right.
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Family - and I love Family.
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And so before we start
though, you have a text.
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I think Alane, you told me
that you thought that the people
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would enjoy - we want to
springboard off on this Family.
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What is that text?
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Malachi Chapter
4, verses 5 and 6.
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Okay, Malachi - so get your
Bibles, let's open our Bibles
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and get that text and before
we read, I want to have a prayer
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but that's
Malachi 4:5 and 6, right?
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Correct.
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Okay, let's see if I could
find it. You see I have my quick
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notes here. Oh, that's
the wrong one. Okay, Malachi -
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remember, Malachi 4:5 and 6.
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But before we
start the Word of God,
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let's have a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, we thank you
so much for the time that we can
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share together and we're going
to be talking about Family, Lord
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and I pray that all the Viewers
would have an open heart.
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And Father, I know that there
are many hurting people out
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there with Families that
have lost their sight of you.
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I pray that you'll bless this
program today and I thank you
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for hearing this
prayer because I pray it
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in the name of
Jesus and in faith. Amen.
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Okay, well, I like to read
that- and Malachi 4:5 and 6- Let
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me put my little
glasses on here. It says,
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So maybe before we go
on- so what does that text
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practically mean to you two?
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Well, I can tell you what
it has come to mean to me.
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Okay.
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There is an important order in
that. It says that Fathers need
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to turn our hearts to the
Children and it doesn't say the
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Children need to turn first.
I need to turn and one of the
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greatest blessings in our
Family and in my life as a man,
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as a Husband and Father has been
to recognize that my first work-
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while I would have told
you years ago, Dwight and we've
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known each other for quite a
while, I would've told you, yeh
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my first work is my Family.
But really was it my first work?
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I mean, it was my first work
Right when everything else did
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not crowd it out and so coming
to recognize as a Father that if
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I really want to win the
hearts of my children, if that's
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really my first mission field,
something's got to happen with
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me and I need to take
time to make that the priority.
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And it has been my - I
could've always done it right
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but you know, you feel...
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I guess you're human
like the rest of us, right?
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That's right but I'll tell you
that I don't have any regrets
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about turning my heart and I've
seen the hearts of my Children
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turn to me just
like this promise.
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And I think if I'm not mistaken
at least I've always taken it
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this way that this is a last-
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it's a last verses
in the Old Testament.
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That's right.
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It's something that's going
to transpire before Jesus comes.
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And I know that the Family
is near and dear to my heart-
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with our Family, we live
together but this is something
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that has to transpire
before the end of time.
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That's right.
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Young people need to see how
Mom and Dads really do things.
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You know, I can remember that
when I was young, sometimes my
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Parents - and I did the same
thing. You know, we get ready to
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go to church and we're
frustrated and we can be upset
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with one another, the Kids see
that and then we go to Church
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and we put on or paste little
smiles, say how much we love
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Jesus but the Kids know
differently. So you're saying
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that our lives have
to represent Christ?
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Yeh, and even if that happens
and certainly it's happened to
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us but it's how do we really
deal with that? Are we going to
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be a hypocrite about it? Or are
we going to take care of it with
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our Children and say,"You
know, this doesn't add up.
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I mean, your Mom and I were not
really happy campers on the way
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to Church you know, yes but we
don't have to remain unhappy. "
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That's right.
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I asked the Lord to change me
Yes and I told your Mother that
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I was sorry you heard that and
I'm telling you now in the way
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home from Church that the way
I conducted myself there on the
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way to Sabbath School
this morning was not good.
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I know.
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If Children see that we're real
people and they're real people
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and they make mistakes, it's
when we try to cover it over and
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And we just say,
"It doesn't matter, Yeh
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I'm your Father" That's right.
Do what I say. I'm your Mother.
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Do as I say. That's right, yeah.
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Okay. And that's what we're
going to be sharing about today
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is Family. Maybe before we get
into it I want to just - there's
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a lot - go ahead
Elaine. Yes, yes.
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Can I just make a comment
because I think this is really
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important as we look at
this verse in the Old Testament.
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In Scripture, the Father
represents the head of the
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household but today
we have many households
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that are single
Parent households.
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Yes.
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And really what this text means
to me is the head of the house
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whether that's the Father in the
home or if it's a single Parent
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home with only a
Mother in the home.
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Yes.
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That we as the Parent, we turn
our hearts first to our Children
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and then in that process - and
we have seen this when our young
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people, when our Children know
that we're really in tune with
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them and we really are seeking
their best good they are very
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much more all
ears, all eyes, all heart
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to be right there with us.
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Because again, it's the real
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That's right.
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practical you know, this
comment I've used for years and
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years that Kids don't look
at you, they look through you
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Uh hmm They truly see what's
going on and that's what we're
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going to be talking
about. So- but I want to back up
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just a little bit, okay? I want
to back up and Alane, I think
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we might have met in 1988.
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Yeh.
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So we were talking a
little bit before we started
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the program here -
that's been 22 years.
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It doesn't seem
that long to me anyway.
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That's amazing.
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Although that
makes us a little older.
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That makes us a little
older, hopefully a little wiser.
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But Tom, you and I go-
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Way back.
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Way back. Tom and I were
actually roommates in Academy.
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Tom comes from Michigan
originally - Jackson, Michigan
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and myself here in Coldwater
and I met you in- at Adelphian
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Academy back then in 9th Grade.
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Sure we don't want to
get in the whole story. No,
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we don't want to get in to the
whole story. There was a couple-
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we were not really good friends
back whenñ no we first met,
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were we? No. Not when
we first got together.
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It's amazing how God can turn
things around and now I can say
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you're a very close friend that
I have for years and- but back
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then it wasn't that way and
then I got in some trouble at
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Adelphian and I've shared that
on air a number of times. I was
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in a- like four High Schools in
less than one semester but I got
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kicked out of Adelphian and then
I went to- they call it Great
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Lakes now but it was Cedar Lake
Academy in Michigan and you were
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there and because I
didn't know anybody else...
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too. That's why...
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I wasn't going to say that, Tom.
We had a few things in common
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besides just not liking each
other. But anyways, we were-
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you know what, we were kind
of - we had our own minds and I-
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you know God rules us from the
time that we're born and works
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with us even though we might be
way out thereñ I know he still
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loves us so much that he will
rule us and but he allows us
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to make that choice. And I look
back at my life thinking we were
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discussing that, where God has a
plan for each one of us and he's
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so patient and I look back
now and I can see where God was
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leading my life even though I
was going the wrong way. But you
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know, I think Alane, you
mentioned this GPS and what do
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you call- what do you call that?
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God's Positioning
System. Yeh. God's positioningñ
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It's pre-calculating.
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Yeh, it's pre-calculating
and you know when you make a
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mistake, many of you that
have a GPS, you make a mistake
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instead of always telling
you to make a U-turn, it will
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recalculate and get you to get
on the track without backing up
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and taking a long time
back tracking and God wants
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to do that all the time.
But when we were in School
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at the other place at
the Great Lakes, Cedar Lake
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back then since I didn't know
anybody, all of the sudden you
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became my friend and we were
roommatesñ Yeh and we did a lot
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of things and then I want to
share that Tom. We- I left that
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School too, got
kicked out. You never did.
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I made it through.
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You made it through, that was
a good thing and I came to you
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that summer with my car,
picked you up at your house.
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Yeah, your Cobra.
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My Cobra, a Ford Torino Cobra
and it was pretty souped-up and
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I picked you up and we did -
I don't even remember what we
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did that day. But I remember
dropping you off at your house
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and obviously, we were doing
things we weren't supposed to
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but I dropped you off and it was
not until 14 years later that I
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even knew about you and I
can remember praying when I
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rededicated my life, "Lord I-"
It used to bother me that here's
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Tom and I was- "I could've
been this influence and I wonder
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where Tom's at today" and little
did I know Tom, that you had
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rededicated your
life to the Lord too.
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Yeh, he'd done a lot of
recalculating for both of us.
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Yes, he had. And you
were in - I think in Chicago
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and what were you
doing there? You were?
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I was the Director of
the Radiography School,
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the X-ray School and my Wife was
there as a Nurse Recruiter and
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Intensive Care Nurse.
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Wow! and that's been a lot of
years ago but it's amazing and
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the thing is Tom's Parents came
to our Church and they hadn't
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changed at all and I was up on
the Rostrum there and I saw them
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and I'll never forget that
when we got down, I wondered-
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I want to find out where you're
at and I went up to them and
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I said, "Hey, aren't
you Tom Water's Parents?"
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And they said, "Yes. " I
said, "Well, you probably
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don't remember me
but Tom and I... "
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I think they probably did.
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Yeh, the first words they said
was, "Oh yes, we remember you. "
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They don't forget that easy but
that's when I asked about you
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and what you were doing. They
say you were out in Montana and
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I said, "Montana? What in the
world would he's be doing out in
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Montana? " They said you were
selling Real Estate. They didn't
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say you had given
your heart back to the Lord
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that you already had for years.
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Yeh.
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And that's where we're going to
pick up. We got to take a break
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but that's where we're going to
pick up - moving out to Montana,
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your Ministry, what's it all
about and what are you doing?
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So don't go away, we're going
to take a break. I hate taking
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something exciting to show you
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and we'll be right back.
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I'm glad that you've stayed with
us. We're just getting started
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with Tom and Alane's Ministry,
Restoration International
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Right? Correct.
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And - but we'd kind of got
to Montana and Tom, I'll never
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forget that - you know, in my
business, when I left you off in
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that 14 years then I talked to
your Parents and they said you
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were selling Real Estate in
Montana but they never said he's
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a Christian and so it really
bothered me and I asked for your
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number and I put it in my wallet
and then I forgot about it for
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about a month or two. But I
had to take this trip out to
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California and so I thought,
well, you know what, maybe on
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the way back, I could stop and
see you. I wanted to see you.
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And so I called you up and
I asked if you remembered me.
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You remember -
did you remember that?
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Oh, yes.
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That was back in maybe '80-
I'm not sure, maybe '86 or '87,
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somewhere there and we talked
a little bit and so I wanted to
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tell you the business I was
in. I had a secular business and
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then - but I also had start to
run a Publications. So I want to
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I didn't want to say, "Are
you a Christian right now, Tom?"
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You want to
find out where I was.
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I want to know where you're
at, that's right. And so I want
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to be polite and then you
started telling me about what?
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I started telling
about a little Ministry
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we're doing ourselves.
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And I was so excited
and that Ministry was?
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Yes, Restoration International.
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and you know pretty much
the name tells what it is
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but what is that?
What are you doing?
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Our focus because of the work
that God obviously did in those
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years Yes that we were apart and
you're wondering about me and I
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had to say I was wondering about
you too, because of the work
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that God was doing in
our hearts, we were very busy
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Medical Professionals and
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wouldn't you say
we were very busy?
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Oh, yeh.
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We loved our Children. We
believe like we've talked about
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this first Yes that our Family
should be our first mission
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field but it wasn't in reality.
And God really challenged us to
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a complete change of our lives.
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And it wasn't that you
didn't love your Children.
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Oh When you're
saying those things
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we loved them our
Children but, yes.
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somehow they got on the back.
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Yeh, and even people thought we
had wonderful Children you know,
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we're in this 1,300 member
Church and you know, I was an
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Elder and Personal Ministries
Director and she's you know
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working with the Sabbath School
programs and we do all these
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great things,
doing Bible Studies.
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Good things.
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Oh, very good things.
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People are- lives are changing.
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Yeh, and we recognize though
this, there's got to be more to
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Christianity than this because
at the bottom of it all, I did
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not really know how to
deal with the Christian life.
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I didn't have time for God and
I hate to say that but you know,
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I'm being honest and some of you
out there may understand this.
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I was telling people how to
study the Bible, I told people
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what they needed to do and I
could give the right text and
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everything but you
know, I jump out of bed,
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I like breakfast.
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Yes.
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So I won't miss my breakfast.
I jump out of bed and I have
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about five minutes on my
knees with my head spinning.
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Yes.
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Because I didn't
slow down. Right.
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You know, now I know
that it says in Psalm 46:10,
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"Be still" Yeh "and know that
I am God. " I wasn't doing that.
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So who's God? I'm running my own
life and I'm running off to work
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and I'm running to do all these
things and I didn't have time
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for my - I really didn't
have time for my marriage like I
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should've had, I didn't have
time for the Children and God
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began calling to us that
there's another way, Yeh and
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In other words, what
you're kind of saying is
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that you knew about God.
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Oh, yeh.
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But you didn't- you
weren't walking with God.
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Yeh, I knew and I knew God's
power and I'd tasted of it and
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I believed in the Bible, I
believed in prayer but I was-
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really I got to the place where
we're so busy doing good things
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for God.
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Yes.
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We didn't have time for God and
that's where God challenged us.
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In the practical
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Yeh, daily life.
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Because that's what- because
Dev and I were going through the
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same things at the same time and
we're finding the same thing-
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I tell people I could- you
know, I was Head Elder on the
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Church Board, the Church School
Board doing Sabbath School class
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and I could do a Bible Study and
then come home and yell at my
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Wife and literally be upset and
she really didn't do anything
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but - and I was doing the
same thing. I'd memorize the
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Scripture, I knew all the do's
and the don'ts. I love the Lord.
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I truly did. I loved him with
all my heart, mind and soul but
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there was something missing and
so I knew about God. I wasn't
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walking with God and I
wanted that walk with God.
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And that's what we wanted -
that walk with God and when God
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challenged us to sell our
property, leave our jobs Uh hmm
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and you know about this, Dwight.
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Yeh, I know, yeh.
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I know you know about this a lot
of people don't know about this
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but when we did that 23 years
ago, a lot of people thought we
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were crazy Yeh.
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And when we actually left
the suburbs of Chicago, we had
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a three year old son.
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A three month old.
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A three-month old, thank you.
Our eldest Daughter at that time
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was five and Emily was three and
it was a leap of faith Uh hmm
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but we knew absolutely that
God was calling us to do this.
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We had both- you
both had a good jobs.
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Yeh.
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Good medical benefits, good
retirement benefits - I mean
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working in a Hospital - I
mean, that to leave all that, of
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course people are
going to think you're crazy.
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Yeh.
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And the same thing happened to
Dev and I when we left, sold our
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Company and in fact, our Pastor
back then, a great Godly man
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but I was giving a number of
Bible studies and I went to him
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for my problems. I couldn't
put it together Hmm and he said,
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"Dwight, really what you need
is give another Bible Study."
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And I said, "If I give another
Bible study, I'm going to shoot
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somebody. " I mean, because
it wasn't helping me with my
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patience Yeh and so that
was you and I remember when I
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called you and we were talking,
you shared about your Ministry.
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I sent you, I think a set of
our Complex Series from Remnant
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Publications to show you what
we're doing and you sent me a
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set of tapes and on one of those
tapes was the title, it was
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about Noah building the Ark.
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That's right.
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And my Wife, Dev and I - first I
listened to those tapes and Dev
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and I had been doing the same
thing at home. We got rid of our
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TV. We said we have got to
be- we've got to walk with God.
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He's got to be in our hearts
every day Hmm but we couldn't
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find anyone- I'm not saying it
wasn't- you were doing it That's
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right but I couldn't find
anybod that I could talk to that
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understood that and I couldn't
really put it all together. I
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just knew that I needed to make
those changes. So we started
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getting rid of things, the
TV and then we heard those tapes
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and I won't ever forget. I took
Dev up, we had a Motor Home and
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took her up and I had a campfire
and I open the back end and we
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had like a Cherokee with a
backdoor that came up like an
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SUV and I turned you know the
car stereo on and we listened to
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those tapes, around that
campfire, we listened to two or
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three of them and I
said, "Honey," I said, "This is
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exactly what we've been doing"
and this is what Dev said, this
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but she can't be here
today but here's what she said.
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She said, "Dwight, I
love the tapes but I don't
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want to see them. " I
said, "Well Honey, why not?"
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She said, "Because I've been so
disappointed. People will talk
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the talk" Hmm "but
they won't walk the walk. "
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And so that's when I thought and
decided to come out and see you
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folks. And we hadn't taken a
vacation for 10 years with the
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Family which is way too long
and my Wife want to go somewhere
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where she considered
fun. Fun was not in Montana.
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Right.
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But she'd see people
she never met, right?
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I mean, I wanted to see you.
I didn't- I want to meet Alane
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but I wanted to catch up on old
times and what you're doing and
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Dev did not want to go at all
and anyways, we got there and we
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viewed your
Family and I remember...
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That's cute, you
viewed our Family.
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We went to watch. In fact, Dev
wanted to stay, "I wanted to see
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if these folks practically lived
what they said on those tapes
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because if they don't, I don't
want anything to do with them. "
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She was very honest
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I actually
understand that very well.
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Yeh, and we- and then I
remember the last night we were
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there and you- I don't know
if you said it Alane or you, Tom
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but, "Hey, is there anything
that you'd like to ask us,
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if you have any questions? "
We said no and you guys kind of
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looked at each other because
I think you were- had already-
00:22:05.86\00:22:08.10
we're dealing with people coming
to Oh yeh your house for well,
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a weekend or
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Yeh.
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There was a
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So what were
they doing? They were
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They would come to visit because
they wanted encouragement and
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they wanted help OK with either
their marriage or with their
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Children and they wanted
practical ideas. So yeh, they
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wanted to see what we're doing
but they were really looking for
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how- what can I
learn that will help me?
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Yeh, and of course, we didn't
really come for that at least
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Exactly you know the first
thought's I wanted- I went to
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see you. Yeh.
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I just had to be
honest. I wanted to see you.
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That's great.
00:22:39.42\00:22:40.40
And Dev did not want to come
because she wanted- she did not
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want to be disappointed
but she was not disappointed.
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Praise the Lord.
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And we just said we're there
to view you and your Family.
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So were we a perfect Family?
00:22:49.73\00:22:50.70
No. I wondered
what the Viewers thought
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They weren't a perfect
Family Exactly but close.
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But we were living- we were
honestly doing what we believed
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God was asking us to do. Listen,
I just have to tell you that we
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had not done any of this. I
didn't know any scripture songs
00:23:01.55\00:23:03.91
but we were singing out of the
hymnal but I'll never forget you
00:23:03.94\00:23:07.90
sang these scripture songs.
I was so overjoyed and the Kids
00:23:07.93\00:23:12.08
were singing Yeh They were
behaving themselves. Our Kids
00:23:12.11\00:23:14.67
behaved but it was more or
less do or die xxx and but the
00:23:14.70\00:23:20.70
way you were going about it,
it's what I have been reading
00:23:20.73\00:23:23.35
and I so desired to want and so
did Dev and we saw those things
00:23:23.38\00:23:27.00
working and it just thrilled my
heart and that was the beginning
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of even a closer relationship.
00:23:31.83\00:23:34.11
Yeh, it was
really a reconnection.
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That was a reconnection.
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Yeh.
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And so now let's get
back in that - your Ministry,
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the Restoration International.
You do these things. Have you
00:23:40.38\00:23:44.21
been able to help people?
00:23:44.24\00:23:45.21
Many people, I mean it's a
Worldwide Ministry and so our
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focus is to you know help people
see the connection between what
00:23:51.13\00:23:55.31
they know in their head and
what they know is right and the
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principles of God's word and to
apply it and how that works in
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their everyday life in the home,
not in public because we all
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know how to have public proper
behavior. But how it really
00:24:04.07\00:24:07.12
works in the home and many
Families have been to our home
00:24:07.15\00:24:10.31
and we have Family camps
all over the United States.
00:24:10.34\00:24:12.50
That's right, that's right.
00:24:12.53\00:24:13.50
And so we talk and meet
with many Families who've been
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blessed and encouraged not by
to do what we're doing but to go
00:24:17.24\00:24:20.67
to the word of God and get the
instruction, learn how to walk
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with God so that they
can have that positive
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effect in their home.
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In other words, you
don't want them to copy you
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Exactly.
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But you want them
to take the principles.
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Yeh we want the word of God
to become practical because the
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power of God is powerful in
the life Yeh if they'll take the
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principles. Some people feel
like, "How can I ever be a real
00:24:38.62\00:24:41.13
Christian?" Yes but God
doesn't make it complicated.
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Absolutely.
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He just needs our heart
Absolutely The whole heart.
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The whole heart.
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Yeh Not a part. That's right.
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Now we just have about a minute
left on this program. We're
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gonna- I've already said we're
going to have you back but you
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just shared with me a letter.
So tell me just a short, what
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happened in that letter.
Well I think it's amazing.
00:24:59.23\00:25:00.85
It's a simple story but very
profound and we had this Family
00:25:00.88\00:25:06.51
in our home, they were
ready to go their separate ways
00:25:06.54\00:25:08.77
and Divorce basically yes
00:25:08.80\00:25:11.53
Yes, they were- the Wife
couldn't handle it anymore but
00:25:11.56\00:25:14.86
she was willing to have
one more, she was willing to
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actually come and Attempt and
00:25:17.29\00:25:18.91
Try one more time.
00:25:18.94\00:25:19.91
And basically, she
thought we were going to
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work her Husband over.
00:25:21.73\00:25:23.25
That's why she
was willing to come.
00:25:23.28\00:25:25.90
We didn't end up doing that but
in the end, we told her a couple
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of things. That she was a
key to his heart and the change
00:25:29.68\00:25:33.03
that she could do. She bristled
that at first but- and we never
00:25:33.06\00:25:38.18
heard back from these
people and eight years later,
00:25:38.21\00:25:40.04
we got this letter.
00:25:40.07\00:25:41.04
Eight years.
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Eight years later,
we got this letter.
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And you just got this letter.
00:25:43.01\00:25:43.98
We just got this letter
here about a week or two.
00:25:43.99\00:25:45.04
We got this letter and the man
said, "I was at my Daughter's
00:25:45.07\00:25:48.60
8th birthday," and he
said, "I just realized I never
00:25:48.63\00:25:51.43
thanked you guys for what
happened that day. You never
00:25:51.46\00:25:53.37
knew what happened. But my Wife
told me when we came to your
00:25:53.40\00:25:57.02
place, we'll never
have another child, this is
00:25:57.05\00:25:59.24
her 8th birthday. " and he
said, "Praise be to God for your
00:25:59.27\00:26:03.73
willingness to bring us
into your home and give us some
00:26:03.76\00:26:05.52
practical counsel because our
lives have been changed since
00:26:05.55\00:26:08.90
that time and I just couldn't
pass by this birthday without
00:26:08.93\00:26:12.33
saying thank you for you
were willing to do to help us. "
00:26:12.36\00:26:15.60
Now, that's a
huge encouragement.
00:26:15.63\00:26:16.72
Absolutely.
00:26:16.75\00:26:17.93
This child was born out of a
difference, out of deeper love
00:26:17.96\00:26:21.24
that they have for one another
instead of them going on their
00:26:21.27\00:26:23.77
separate ways and splitting
the Family and the Children are
00:26:23.80\00:26:26.78
already being
torn back and forth
00:26:26.81\00:26:28.09
between
visitation Mother and Dad.
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.28
So they are living
happily ever after.
00:26:30.31\00:26:32.17
It's a tremendous, well
not perfectly but Yeh drawing
00:26:32.20\00:26:34.81
closer. So now if people want
to get information from you two,
00:26:34.84\00:26:38.36
Oh! they'll put it on the screen
right now? Now can you give the
00:26:38.39\00:26:40.42
address Sure for
Restoration International?
00:26:40.45\00:26:42.28
What is it?
00:26:42.31\00:26:43.47
Restoration International,
there's actually a couple of
00:26:43.50\00:26:46.30
addresses but
Restoration-International. org
00:26:46.33\00:26:50.07
that's the website Yep and the
P.O. Box is 2150. P.O. Box 2150
00:26:50.10\00:26:55.31
Eureka, Montana 59917.
00:26:55.34\00:26:57.95
And what is the phone number?
you have a toll free number?
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.41
We- We- let me just, the other
toll free or we can just give
00:27:00.44\00:27:04.16
them the regular office line
is, OK that is 406-889-3800.
00:27:04.19\00:27:11.27
I have to think on that
because I don't usually call it.
00:27:11.30\00:27:13.80
Right. Your own number, right?
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.17
Well, good. Well, I want
to just thank you so much.
00:27:15.20\00:27:18.40
This is exciting. We're going
to have Tom and Alane on again
00:27:18.43\00:27:21.31
and if you have any questions,
get with them. I know Families
00:27:21.34\00:27:24.66
are hurting out there, if you
want a better Family and draw
00:27:24.69\00:27:28.96
closer to God, pray about
it, God will lead you. If you
00:27:28.99\00:27:32.12
have any any questions, get hold
of Restoration International.
00:27:32.15\00:27:33.92
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