Music...
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If you will join us in
singing our theme song,
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"This Witness I Will Bear. "
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Piano...
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Song...
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Amen.
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Pause...
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Buenas nochas GYC,
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Buenas noches...
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Louder: Buenas noches.
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Audience: Buenas noches.
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This is... this is
the Spanish part of GYC.
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We came here to tell you what
is happening in Latin America.
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There are great things
happening all over the world
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because the Holy Spirit
speaks all the languages, amen.
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Amen...
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Amen, so I have
with me here, Michelle.
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Michelle is part
of the Leadership Team
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of our Latin America affiliates
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and she's going to tell
us a little bit more about
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what's happening in Colombia.
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This year, we have the
first GYC in Colombia, amen.
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Amen, can you tell us a
little bit more about it?
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Yes David, so there
were 70 young people
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who came from all over Colombia,
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they were studying
about their purpose
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within the three angels' message
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and how can we finish
this work in our generation.
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So, they went door to door
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and they were seeking out people
who want to study the Word
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and also health needs
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but out... as a
result of that survey,
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they found 300 people that
would like to study the Bible.
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David: Amen. Michelle: Amen.
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David: We are so happy to
see the... the... the... the...
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the impact that that the
GYC is taking place in Colombia
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but that's not it, right?
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Michelle: No... no.
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David: Because what
happened at the end of the...
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of the Conference?
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Michelle: Yeah, so at
the end of that Conference,
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there was an appeal made
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for those that would be
willing to dedicate three months
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to go revive a dying church
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in an area where there was
hardly any young people present.
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David: So, you said that
five people decided to go there.
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Michelle: Five, yeah.
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David: But they needed
five or... they needed...?
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Michelle: No, they needed
six. David: They needed six...
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Michelle: Yeah.
David: So what happened?
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Michelle: They were searching up
and down for that sixth person,
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could not find it...
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they decided,
"We're going to go forward,
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they went to this place...
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they called the
project: Misión Theo
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and they go there and
they find this young person
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who had just recently
given his life to Jesus...
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he saw what they were
doing and then he said,
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"I need to join this full time"
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and so, he joined their team
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as the sixth team
player that they needed.
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David: Amen, so
basically, a local young person
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saw what these
five people there did
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and... and he joined them.
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Michelle: Hmmm... hmmm...
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David: So, he was the
sixth... Michelle: Yes.
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David: So, what
was the result of...
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of... of the whole three months
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because they
just finished, right?
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Michelle: Yeah, yeah, so,
you know, results have just...
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service is obviously revival
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and so, revival
happened in that church...
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there were many people
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who decided to give
their lives to Jesus,
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and now the Union is
asking these young people
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to continue another
three months in that area
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to continue the work
that God has started...
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So, the Union saw
the work and they said...
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"Three months is not enough,
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you need to stay
another three months... " amen.
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Amen.
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This is what young people
are doing in Latin America
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and also, I have
someone here with me,
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can you tell us your name and
which GYC are you representing?
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My name is Heligalon Salas
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and I'm representing GYC
Guatemala in Central America.
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Amen, so, GYC has a...
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this is their third
year of GYC in Guatemala,
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so can you tell us, did
GYC just pop up in Guatemala
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or how... how
did it get started?
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Well, actually no, GYC Guatemala
started here in the States
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three years ago in a hotel
room in Louisville, Kentucky
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after me and two other
friends attended to the GYC
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back in Louisville, Kentucky,
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and we just prayed in that room
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and asked for
the guidance of God
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to start our GYC in Guatemala.
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Amen, so, you...
you never know that
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right now, in a hotel
room, can be starting a new GYC,
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amen.
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So, can you tell us what...
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what has been
happening in Guatemala?
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Yes, well, as you mentioned,
this was our third Conference,
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and last year, we
had at the outreach
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for this Evangelistic
Campaign that was going to...
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to be set after the
Congress as a Post Conference,
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and after that post Conference,
over 20 people in that area
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decided to be
baptized after this.
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So, you guys did
the... the post Conference
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which was in an
Evangelistic Series
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and after that, young
people stayed and they preached
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and more than 20 people
got baptized after that.
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That's right.
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Amen, so, many of you,
you have heard probably
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in the news that a
volcano erupted in Guatemala.
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How many of you saw that?
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Can you tell us,
did GYC respond to that
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or what happened?
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Yes, we did, actually we
partnered with ADRA this year
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we gathered some
food and some supplies
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to get to these families that
basically have lost everything,
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their homes...
their families and all...
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but there was this man
that was in one of the shelters,
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he lost his
family... he lost his home...
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and he was like a little bit
apart from the rest of the group
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So, wait a second,
he lost his home...
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but his whole
family passed away...
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that they died
during that situation? Wow!
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Yes, that's right,
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and three of our GYC volunteers
approached this man...
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they prayed for him
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and after that,
he was more receptive
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about hearing
more about the Bible
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and he also tells us like...
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for those weeks that we
were visiting the Shelter,
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we became his new family.
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So, he said, "I lost a family
but now you became my family.
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Amen, this is what GYC
is doing in Latin America...
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touching people's lives...
young people doing that work...
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we also have now about Panama...
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can you tell us
what's happening in Panama?
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Yes, so, David, there's
going to be 100s of 1,000s
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of young people
coming to Panama.
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David: Amen.
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So, that's going to be
the largest GYC ever, right?
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Not really, so it's the
World's Youth Conference
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for the Catholics.
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Okay, so, 100s of
1,000s of young people
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are coming to Panama
for a Youth Conference.
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From all over the world.
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David: Wow! and
they're Catholics.
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Yes, so they're going
to be coming to Panama
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as well as the Pope
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and we're going to
be having GYC Leaders
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come from all
over Latin America,
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we're going to be training
them, "How to share literature"
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and we're going to be doing
a one-million-Glow Challenge
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where they're going
to be passing out Glow
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to all of these young
people that are coming...
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just seeking to plant
gospel seeds as they are there.
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And... and guess what?
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We have developed a
new Glow Tract for that
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and in Spanish it's called,
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"Bendita entre
todas las mujeres"
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Blessed among all women.
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It's about Mary...
and it teaches you that...
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that the authority is not
in Mary... it's in the Bible
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because Mary
herself said, "Do... "
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you know, "May Your will
be according to Your Word"
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so that's what it's about right?
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Yes, amen, so we're excited
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because this is a purpose of GYC
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to train and to galvanize
young people to finish the work
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in whose generation?
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In our generation.
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David: In our generation,
and these are lot of Leaders
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are going to come to Panama,
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they're going to be trained
how to do this mission trips,
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and they are going to do it
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and they're going to
go back to their countries
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and do the same thing
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and I want to finish
with a... with another country
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which is GYC in Venezuela.
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The situation has
been really hard that
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us from the US... we're not
able to enter to the country
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because of political situations
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but I will tell you this
that there are young people
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that are committed
to the work over there
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and I will tell
you a couple of stories
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and one will show
you the commitment
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of these young people.
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We went to the border
between Colombia and Venezuela
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to meet this
group of young people
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to give them some
training and their goal...
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we only asked them...
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just come to the
border, that's all that we want.
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so, people have to come
and they came to the border
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and they needed some
money to make the transportation
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from the border side
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to the place where we
were meeting inside Columbia,
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one of the girls...
she's a medical student,
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she had money only
to go to the border,
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but she didn't have money...
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and her money's worth
nothing in Colombia...
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she didn't have money
to move within Colombia
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to go to the place
where we were meeting
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and she told us her story
that nothing will stop her
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to get some training about GYC
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and the message of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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What she did is...
she made in her home
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before traveling,
she made rice desserts
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and crossing the border,
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she started selling
those desserts on the streets,
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so she can have some money
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and this is the very same
girl that she saw the need
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because in Venezuela, right
now there's so much starvation
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that the kids... the children
are passing out in the streets
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because they're
not eating at home...
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they're not eating anywhere
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so, she saw the need
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and she opened a little
school called: Benjamin School,
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where they're
hosting young children
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and they're feeding them
and also giving them education
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and more than 90% of those
children are not Adventists
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and all their parents
are receiving Bible Studies
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through that
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and this year they
were able to... to...
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to open the third
school in Venezuela
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so, we will... we
will ask you for prayers
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in Latin America
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and I hope that
many young people realize
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that you can do a lot of things
for God if you are willing,
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thank you very much.
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Pause...
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Greetings, it's my
pleasure to tell you about
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our upcoming ASI Convention.
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I'm Pastor Philip Baptiste,
I'm the Departmental Director
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and ASI Secretary-Treasurer
for the North American Division.
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ASI is a Department of
the North American Division
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and ASI stands for Adventist
Laymen Services and Industries
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and ASI exists to mobilize
and empower lay business people,
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lay ministry people...
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lay professionals to
engage in our mission
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of sharing Christ
in the Marketplace
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and this year, we
have an exciting...
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next year actually, we
have an exciting ASI Convention
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happening July 31 to August
3rd in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Our theme is Business Unusual
and during that Convention,
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we have, on the Friday,
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a very special
Young Professionals Event.
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That Young Professional Event is
all day Friday, meals included
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and if you register for that
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one-day Young
Professionals' Event,
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it's only $99 and we give
you a complimentary registration
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to the entire four days of
the rest of the ASI Convention.
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Now, I have with me
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some exciting,
dynamic Young Professionals
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Mark Paden, tell us
what's the first reason why...
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we're going to share
with you three reasons why
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you should register to come to
that Young Professionals' Event
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what's the first reason why?
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Yeah, so the first thing
that we do here is networking.
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You know, I'm a
Young Professional...
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all of us are
Young Professionals.
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I'm a freelance filmmaker and
I live on networking, you know,
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being able to work
with other people in my...
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in my category of work
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and other people with
complementary skill sets
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is super helpful for me,
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so like, being able to
network with other people
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who do well at
finances or marketing...
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that is so helpful...
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so, that's the first thing that
you'll I get... networking...
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now, the other cool thing
that I should mention though
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about this event is that we are
some of the Organizers for this
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and we're young
people, you know,
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and we saw a need for young
people to be able to network
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with other young people
about professional work,
00:15:45.71\00:15:48.01
you know, we're young
and we want help from others
00:15:48.04\00:15:50.21
so, that's another
cool thing about this event.
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Thank you... Chris,
what's the next reason why?
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The second reason why
you're not going to want to miss
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the Young Professionals'
ASI Event this year
00:15:57.95\00:16:00.32
is because of Mentorship,
00:16:00.36\00:16:02.96
so, I personally own a
Digital Marketing Company,
00:16:02.99\00:16:05.43
and I know that
mentorship is critical
00:16:05.49\00:16:07.90
to becoming
successful in any business
00:16:07.93\00:16:09.93
there are people
who carve the way
00:16:09.96\00:16:11.87
and find success before
us that we can learn from
00:16:11.90\00:16:14.40
and there are people
in the Adventist Church
00:16:14.44\00:16:16.77
who have found success
in business... in ministry
00:16:16.81\00:16:20.01
that are offering this
mentorship to us as young people
00:16:20.04\00:16:22.88
so, some of the people
that we've had in the past
00:16:23.14\00:16:25.15
are Gary Rayner.
00:16:25.18\00:16:26.51
Gary Rayner has
invented a special phone case
00:16:26.55\00:16:29.22
it's called the
Lifeproof Cases...
00:16:29.28\00:16:30.62
a waterproof
case for your iPhone
00:16:30.65\00:16:32.12
and so, he's a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian,
00:16:32.15\00:16:34.42
he has a really big business
00:16:34.49\00:16:35.82
and so, we've
had people like him,
00:16:35.86\00:16:37.63
we've also had
people like Justin Coo
00:16:37.66\00:16:40.30
who is a famous
vlogger on YouTube
00:16:40.33\00:16:42.53
and so, we've
had people like that,
00:16:42.56\00:16:44.73
we've also had
people like Chef Choo
00:16:44.83\00:16:46.33
who is a world famous Chef
00:16:46.40\00:16:48.27
who has started restaurants
to reach the inner city
00:16:48.30\00:16:50.81
and who has a whole
line of vegetarian meats.
00:16:50.84\00:16:53.71
Pause...
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Awesome, so,
networking... mentoring...
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what's the
third thing, Michelle?
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All right, the third
reason is training...
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so, this event is
meant to be practical...
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we're going to
learn things like,
00:17:06.02\00:17:07.56
"How do we
become better leaders?"
00:17:07.59\00:17:09.02
Maybe you're wanting to
grow in your profession...
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in your career...
00:17:10.43\00:17:11.76
and you're
figuring out how to do that
00:17:11.79\00:17:13.43
but not just for the
sake of climbing a ladder
00:17:13.46\00:17:15.73
but for the sake of
how to spread the gospel...
00:17:15.76\00:17:18.00
how do we become leaders
00:17:18.03\00:17:19.43
in sharing Christ
in our professions.
00:17:19.47\00:17:21.70
We're going to talk
about financial empowerment...
00:17:21.74\00:17:24.27
a lot of people ask me
as a Business Professor...
00:17:24.31\00:17:26.54
as a young person...
00:17:26.57\00:17:27.91
"How do I really
deal with my finances?"
00:17:27.94\00:17:29.81
That was feedback we got,
00:17:29.84\00:17:31.45
we're going to
cover that this year,
00:17:31.48\00:17:32.81
we're going to talk
about dealing with conflict.
00:17:32.85\00:17:35.25
How to deal with
conflict in the workplace?
00:17:35.28\00:17:37.69
We're going to talk about
how to be culturally relevant
00:17:37.72\00:17:40.39
in the workplace
without compromise.
00:17:40.42\00:17:42.52
How do we share Christ?
00:17:42.56\00:17:44.06
How do we be
relevant in the world
00:17:44.09\00:17:46.29
yet be true to what we believe
00:17:46.33\00:17:48.50
and we're also going to
talk about entrepreneurship,
00:17:48.73\00:17:51.30
I know that there are some here
that God has given you a burden
00:17:51.33\00:17:54.00
for a business or a
ministry you want to start
00:17:54.04\00:17:56.64
and you're wondering how
00:17:56.71\00:17:58.57
and we're going
to talk about that
00:17:58.61\00:18:00.48
and give real
skills at this event.
00:18:00.51\00:18:02.84
Wow! Michelle, I
can't wait to come
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to the ASI Young
Professionals' Event next year,
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July 31 to August 3rd
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and that one-day event
is specifically August 2nd.
00:18:10.72\00:18:14.12
So, as people leave tonight,
00:18:14.16\00:18:16.42
we're going to give
them something very special
00:18:16.46\00:18:18.53
in their hands,
00:18:18.56\00:18:19.89
Michelle, what are
we going to give them
00:18:19.93\00:18:21.26
and what do they
want to do with it?
00:18:21.30\00:18:22.63
All right, so
you're going to get a card
00:18:22.66\00:18:24.00
as you go out the door
00:18:24.03\00:18:25.37
and on this card
is a phone number...
00:18:25.40\00:18:27.17
please text: Go ASI to
the phone number on this card
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you'll be the first to know
about early-bird registration
00:18:31.47\00:18:35.08
when it starts... and get
50% off regular registration
00:18:35.14\00:18:38.71
so, don't miss this...
00:18:38.75\00:18:40.35
make sure you get a card
00:18:40.38\00:18:41.92
and text: Go ASI
to that number today.
00:18:41.95\00:18:44.45
All right, look at your
neighbor and say, "Go ASI... "
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Audience: Go ASI.
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God bless you everyone.
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Music...
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How many of you have the
Ellen White App on your phone
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or your tablet?
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Okay, how many of you
use it at least once a week,
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if not more?
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A lot of you...
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so imagine if you
did not have access
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to the writings of Ellen White
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because it was
written in a language
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you could not understand?
00:20:30.16\00:20:31.49
This is a reality for so many
of our brothers and sisters.
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Of the official 440
publications of Ellen White,
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only about a quarter of them
00:20:39.07\00:20:40.84
have been
translated into Spanish
00:20:40.87\00:20:43.77
for the Ellen White Library.
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.14
German and French
have been translated
00:20:45.17\00:20:48.54
into about 15%
and 12% respectively
00:20:48.58\00:20:51.75
and many languages have
been translated in less than 1%.
00:20:51.78\00:20:56.48
As Adventists, we believe that
Ellen White's writings speak
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with prophetic authority
00:21:01.22\00:21:03.49
and provide
guidance, instruction
00:21:03.53\00:21:06.53
and correction for our church
00:21:06.56\00:21:08.03
but there are so many who do not
have the writings of Ellen White
00:21:08.06\00:21:12.53
available to them.
00:21:12.60\00:21:13.94
They're left in the dark.
00:21:13.97\00:21:16.14
But translating is no easy task.
00:21:16.17\00:21:18.84
If we go about it
by traditional means,
00:21:18.87\00:21:21.28
just for one of
the major languages,
00:21:21.31\00:21:23.61
it would be millions of dollars
invested and countless hours.
00:21:23.65\00:21:27.02
More than a 100
years have passed
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and the job
hasn't been completed
00:21:29.42\00:21:31.69
which is why we
need a new approach...
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something faster,
something less expensive.
00:21:34.02\00:21:37.79
What if all
bilingual or multilingual
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Seventh-day Adventists
from every country in the world
00:21:42.03\00:21:45.70
came together to translate
the writings of Ellen White
00:21:45.73\00:21:49.37
into their native language?
00:21:49.40\00:21:51.91
Well, the General
Conference and the White Estate
00:21:51.94\00:21:54.81
likes this idea and
have decided to fund it
00:21:54.84\00:21:57.31
and that is how
"ellen4all" began.
00:21:57.35\00:22:00.28
But how can we
change these statistics?
00:22:00.32\00:22:03.18
How can we find more
of Ellen White's writings
00:22:03.22\00:22:06.32
in other languages?
00:22:06.35\00:22:07.76
Well, think Wikipedia...
00:22:07.79\00:22:09.42
the world's youngest, largest
00:22:09.46\00:22:12.36
and most quoted
encyclopedia in the world.
00:22:12.39\00:22:14.56
This innovative,
open-source approach
00:22:14.60\00:22:17.93
is growing exponentially
in content and reach
00:22:17.97\00:22:20.57
at a fraction of the cost
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.74
and "ellen4all" provides
00:22:22.77\00:22:24.87
a similarly
collaborative platform.
00:22:24.91\00:22:27.18
Any given church member
who speaks another language
00:22:27.21\00:22:31.08
can translate a text while
more experienced translators
00:22:31.11\00:22:35.02
can edit that text
00:22:35.05\00:22:36.38
and once a final
version has been produced,
00:22:36.42\00:22:39.35
there are a few
trusted proofreaders
00:22:39.39\00:22:41.82
who will check that
over in that language.
00:22:41.86\00:22:43.63
Once it's been approved by
a White Estate Representative,
00:22:43.66\00:22:46.53
it's published
00:22:46.56\00:22:48.26
on the Ellen G.
White Apps and websites.
00:22:48.30\00:22:50.43
In other words,
it's a global community
00:22:50.47\00:22:53.10
of Adventist volunteers
who are translating, editing
00:22:53.13\00:22:56.54
and regulating the translations
of Ellen White's writings
00:22:56.57\00:22:59.97
which means we have
an improved translation
00:23:00.01\00:23:03.81
in less time and less cost
00:23:03.85\00:23:06.41
providing Ellen White's
writings for free digitally.
00:23:06.45\00:23:09.72
GYC, we are this
global community.
00:23:09.78\00:23:13.66
We saw on
Outreach how many people
00:23:13.69\00:23:17.53
speak different languages.
00:23:17.59\00:23:18.93
Well, currently
"ellen4all" is Beta testing...
00:23:18.96\00:23:21.76
is in the Beta-testing
phase for German and Swahili
00:23:21.80\00:23:24.87
but soon the
translation of 12 main books
00:23:24.90\00:23:27.87
will be opening in 55 languages
00:23:27.90\00:23:30.31
which is part of the
General Conference Initiative.
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.67
256 translators
are on the platform now
00:23:32.71\00:23:37.88
and they have spent
over 750 hours translating
00:23:37.91\00:23:42.05
so, with the help of
GYC and other Organizations,
00:23:42.08\00:23:45.72
our hope is to grow
that to 1,000s of translators
00:23:45.75\00:23:49.36
from around the world
00:23:49.39\00:23:50.73
and to have
these books translated
00:23:50.76\00:23:52.76
by GC Session in 2020.
00:23:52.79\00:23:54.86
We invite everyone who
loves the Spirit of Prophecy
00:23:54.90\00:23:59.23
and who wants to help translate
it into their native language,
00:23:59.27\00:24:02.40
to join this Movement
00:24:02.44\00:24:03.94
and if you don't
speak another language,
00:24:03.97\00:24:06.47
you probably
know somebody who does
00:24:06.51\00:24:08.64
so we encourage
you to share this.
00:24:08.68\00:24:10.75
Be a part of something bigger,
something of eternal value,
00:24:10.78\00:24:15.08
if you have any questions,
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.42
you're welcome to stop by the
00:24:17.45\00:24:18.79
Outpost Centers
International Booth, Number 404
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.56
and we also encourage you
to check out: ellen4all. org
00:24:21.59\00:24:24.96
and start
translating, thank you.
00:24:24.99\00:24:27.96
Pause...
00:24:28.03\00:24:32.77
more pause...
00:24:32.80\00:24:38.61
On Friday and Sabbath
Jonathan and I stood here
00:24:38.64\00:24:41.98
and talked to you
about our vision for GYC
00:24:42.01\00:24:45.08
and for you as GYC...
00:24:45.11\00:24:47.28
for GYC beyond... going
beyond just a Conference,
00:24:47.32\00:24:50.95
for going to the world...
00:24:50.99\00:24:52.35
for sharing the
gospel with others.
00:24:52.39\00:24:54.52
We talked to you about
our idea for Iceland...
00:24:54.56\00:24:57.93
to go to this place
00:24:57.96\00:24:59.59
where we have such a
small Christian presence
00:24:59.63\00:25:03.90
and to share with
them just one simple thing.
00:25:03.97\00:25:08.20
We decided that we
are going to go there
00:25:08.24\00:25:11.27
and we're going to pray for
every single person we can find,
00:25:11.31\00:25:14.84
we're going to walk
around the cities...
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.24
we're going to
walk around that island
00:25:16.28\00:25:17.61
and we're going to
pray and we're going to wait
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.28
and we're going to see
what God is going to do.
00:25:19.31\00:25:21.08
Pause...
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.78
Jonathan will tell you a
little bit more about that
00:25:22.82\00:25:25.35
in just a moment
but before we do that,
00:25:25.39\00:25:27.16
while we wait
for him to get here,
00:25:27.19\00:25:28.89
take a look at the short video.
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.56
All right, everybody,
00:25:30.63\00:25:32.13
are you ready to go to the end?
00:25:32.16\00:25:33.90
Music...
00:25:33.93\00:26:17.64
To the end...
00:26:17.67\00:26:24.01
Music... Iceland 2019.
00:26:24.05\00:26:30.39
Jonathan, can you hear me?
00:26:30.42\00:26:32.22
Pause...
00:26:32.25\00:26:34.22
I can hear you all right Eric,
loud and clear, can you hear me?
00:26:34.26\00:26:38.56
Where are you right now?
00:26:38.59\00:26:39.93
Pause...
00:26:39.96\00:26:41.90
Greetings GYC from Iceland...
00:26:41.93\00:26:45.27
I'm freezing out here
in the middle of Reykjavik
00:26:45.33\00:26:48.57
behind me is the
Polar night and it's dark
00:26:48.60\00:26:53.84
and it keeps Iceland
dark throughout the winter
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.98
and it reminds me about
00:26:57.01\00:26:59.75
how sin keeps this
world in the darkness.
00:26:59.81\00:27:03.18
God has called us
to light up this world.
00:27:03.22\00:27:06.39
As you can
probably hear behind me,
00:27:06.42\00:27:09.19
there's still fireworks
going on welcoming the New Year
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.96
but we are looking for
more than temporary life,
00:27:11.99\00:27:14.30
we're looking for God's light...
00:27:14.36\00:27:16.13
for Jesus to come back...
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.50
we want to welcome Him
00:27:17.53\00:27:18.87
and we want His glory
to be seen in this world.
00:27:18.90\00:27:21.70
Jesus told us to
go into all the world
00:27:21.74\00:27:24.41
and to share the gospel.
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.27
He gave us the Holy Spirit
00:27:26.31\00:27:28.08
and He will
empower us to go to the end
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.75
because He promised
to be with us to the end.
00:27:30.78\00:27:34.68
In 2019... and I'm
already in 2019 over here,
00:27:34.72\00:27:38.39
we will go to
Iceland as Eric has shared
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.32
I'm here... and so,
we're going to start right now
00:27:41.36\00:27:44.39
as I go to the
first door... join me.
00:27:44.46\00:27:47.10
Pause...
00:27:47.13\00:27:49.96
Jonathan is walking
to the door of a house...
00:27:50.00\00:27:55.70
climbing the stairs...
00:27:55.77\00:28:03.81
knocking on the door.
00:28:03.85\00:28:12.29
Audience: Amen.
00:28:12.32\00:28:13.66
GYC... may today
mark the beginning
00:28:13.69\00:28:16.36
of a movement of people
who are sold-outs to Christ,
00:28:16.42\00:28:20.00
ready to go to the end
for Christ in this generation
00:28:20.03\00:28:23.60
to see him come soon.
00:28:23.63\00:28:25.33
If you are interested
in signing up for this
00:28:25.37\00:28:29.17
and for going
to the end as well,
00:28:29.20\00:28:30.97
we challenge you to
commit to at least sign up
00:28:31.01\00:28:34.04
for more
information as it comes out,
00:28:34.08\00:28:36.64
you can go to
gycweb. org/Iceland
00:28:36.68\00:28:39.18
you can open the "attendify" App
and click on the Iceland link
00:28:39.21\00:28:42.58
or you can text it at
the number 610 text gyc
00:28:42.65\00:28:49.39
you see it on the
screen right there
00:28:49.42\00:28:50.76
and you can say... if
you're committing to go...
00:28:50.79\00:28:52.49
if you've made up your
mind and you're ready to go,
00:28:52.53\00:28:54.26
you can say, "I will go"
00:28:54.30\00:28:56.06
and then we'll get that
00:28:56.10\00:28:57.83
but even if you
aren't able to go,
00:28:57.87\00:29:00.44
even if you can't
join us in Iceland...
00:29:00.47\00:29:03.30
fly all that far
distance just to pray for people
00:29:03.34\00:29:06.31
and to do
something radical for Christ,
00:29:06.34\00:29:07.88
your mission starts
here... your mission starts now
00:29:07.91\00:29:11.65
to go to the end
for Christ right now.
00:29:11.68\00:29:14.78
Go beyond GYC.
00:29:14.85\00:29:18.52
more pause...
00:29:18.55\00:29:22.19
Good evening GYC...
00:29:22.22\00:29:23.86
so, we'll be having our
second and last offering
00:29:23.89\00:29:28.03
for the Convention,
00:29:28.06\00:29:29.53
and to put on a Convention
like GYC, it costs quite a bit
00:29:29.56\00:29:33.34
and actually, we are...
00:29:33.40\00:29:35.94
I was asked to let you guys know
00:29:35.97\00:29:37.51
that we're actually
$12,000 short of our budget
00:29:37.54\00:29:41.44
and, for example, to
put this into perspective,
00:29:41.51\00:29:44.38
to go on Outreach...
when we rent the buses...
00:29:44.41\00:29:47.25
it costs about $50 per row
00:29:47.28\00:29:50.49
so about $50 per two
people that go on Outreach.
00:29:50.52\00:29:53.49
So, I'm... I'm
sharing this with you
00:29:53.52\00:29:55.79
so you're all
aware of what it takes
00:29:55.82\00:29:58.06
and what our need is
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.43
and how much we
depend on your donations
00:29:59.46\00:30:01.83
to make this possible.
00:30:01.86\00:30:03.20
I mean, I get a
blessing when I come to GYC,
00:30:03.23\00:30:05.93
and if we want to be
able to rent a space like this
00:30:05.97\00:30:08.47
where 1,000s of us
can be under one roof,
00:30:08.50\00:30:10.61
encouraging one another...
inspiring one another...
00:30:10.64\00:30:12.64
being able to go back to...
making connections with people
00:30:12.67\00:30:15.78
and going home and
knowing that we have friends
00:30:15.81\00:30:17.65
that have the same mission,
00:30:17.68\00:30:19.38
we are... we need your support
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.05
so that's the Assistant
Treasurer's side of things,
00:30:21.08\00:30:24.62
but the more personal
"Madison side of things"
00:30:24.65\00:30:27.72
I'd like to share with you
is about a lesson that I learned
00:30:27.76\00:30:31.09
a few years ago
00:30:31.13\00:30:32.46
so, I'd like to say
that Jesus has my heart
00:30:32.49\00:30:34.73
but I know that
sometimes there are pieces of it
00:30:34.76\00:30:37.50
that I take back
and they aren't His...
00:30:37.53\00:30:40.07
so, few years ago, coming
back from a summer mission trip,
00:30:40.14\00:30:43.07
me and my two friends...
all our luggage was stolen,
00:30:43.10\00:30:46.27
our big suitcases...
our little suitcases...
00:30:46.31\00:30:49.34
backpacks... our
clothing... our Bibles...
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.31
personal notes from
friends and my brand-new laptop.
00:30:52.35\00:30:56.62
So, right when it
happened, it was kind of a shock
00:30:56.65\00:31:00.76
and, if you've ever had
anything stolen before, it...
00:31:00.79\00:31:04.86
it feels surreal...
00:31:04.89\00:31:06.80
it was interesting
going to the airport
00:31:06.83\00:31:08.96
and only having your wallet
00:31:09.00\00:31:10.77
it's was kind of fun to
not have to be responsible
00:31:10.80\00:31:13.17
for your luggage,
00:31:13.20\00:31:14.54
but that evening
when I boarded my plane
00:31:14.57\00:31:16.10
for a five-hour
trip home by myself,
00:31:16.14\00:31:17.67
I was tired...
exhausted... little bit cranky
00:31:17.71\00:31:20.81
and I started to think
about every single thing
00:31:20.84\00:31:23.91
that I had
lost... that was stolen
00:31:23.95\00:31:25.78
how much it cost...
how much I liked it...
00:31:25.81\00:31:28.15
and how I would be starting
college in a couple of weeks
00:31:28.18\00:31:30.65
and I needed a
laptop... "I needed a laptop"
00:31:30.69\00:31:33.72
so, I got home...
00:31:33.76\00:31:36.16
the next weekend
my family and I...
00:31:36.19\00:31:37.53
we went to a camp meeting
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.39
and they had an appeal
00:31:39.43\00:31:41.33
and I sat there with
$50 in my back pocket
00:31:41.36\00:31:44.27
and I thought, "I
really need this...
00:31:44.30\00:31:49.60
I have to get a new laptop,
00:31:49.64\00:31:51.91
I need to
replace some of my items,
00:31:51.94\00:31:54.28
I need... I need... I need. "
00:31:54.31\00:31:56.08
and it was a little bit of a
war in my heart with me and God
00:31:56.11\00:31:59.35
and then I realized that...
00:31:59.38\00:32:01.82
I learned that lesson
right there in my life
00:32:01.85\00:32:03.49
that money comes
and money goes...
00:32:03.52\00:32:05.25
possessions come
and possessions go...
00:32:05.32\00:32:06.99
but God... God is
always there for me forever
00:32:07.02\00:32:10.99
and I want to invest in God.
00:32:11.03\00:32:13.60
So, I'm sharing this with you
00:32:13.63\00:32:15.66
because I want to make
an appeal to you today,
00:32:15.70\00:32:18.53
I was going to say
that after the Convention,
00:32:18.60\00:32:21.40
but... to spend some time but
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.87
I would like you to
spend time this evening,
00:32:23.91\00:32:25.64
to ask God what parts of
your heart are not His yet...
00:32:25.67\00:32:30.05
to actually make God
the center of your life.
00:32:30.11\00:32:34.92
This is an appeal to me as well.
00:32:34.95\00:32:37.35
I'm not trying to twist your arm
00:32:37.39\00:32:39.69
but we will be
picking an offering up tonight
00:32:39.72\00:32:43.32
and if you decide to donate,
you won't be disappointed
00:32:43.39\00:32:47.13
but I will be much more happier
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.07
knowing that a few
1,000 young people spent time
00:32:50.10\00:32:52.60
looking at their heart
00:32:52.63\00:32:53.97
and giving what they
are still holding on to
00:32:54.00\00:32:56.14
back to the Lord so
He can have all of it.
00:32:56.17\00:32:58.07
So, that's my short sermon.
00:32:58.11\00:33:00.91
Now, if you'd like
to donate this evening,
00:33:00.94\00:33:03.65
I have seven ways you can donate
00:33:03.68\00:33:07.08
so you can pick the one that you
think is the most fun for you.
00:33:07.12\00:33:10.99
So, one, you can drop
money into the buckets
00:33:11.02\00:33:13.62
that will be passed around,
00:33:13.66\00:33:15.42
two, you could put
money into the envelop
00:33:15.46\00:33:18.03
that was left on your seats,
00:33:18.06\00:33:19.53
three, you can fill out
your Credit Card information
00:33:19.59\00:33:22.53
on this envelop,
00:33:22.56\00:33:23.90
number four, you
can use the QR Code...
00:33:23.93\00:33:26.77
number five, you can go
to our website: gycweb. org
00:33:26.80\00:33:31.77
to donate
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.14
also, you guys have the
new App... the Tend-to-buy App
00:33:33.17\00:33:35.58
you can go on there and
press "To Donate" as well
00:33:35.61\00:33:37.41
and the seventh way is, you
can text: go give to 313131.
00:33:37.45\00:33:44.02
Before the Ushers come
to collect the offering,
00:33:44.05\00:33:47.06
please bow your heads as I pray.
00:33:47.09\00:33:48.72
Pause...
00:33:48.76\00:33:51.29
"Dear heavenly
Father, thank you for GYC,
00:33:51.33\00:33:53.26
thank you for the
young people that are here.
00:33:53.29\00:33:55.20
Lord, please help... please
show us what is in our hearts
00:33:55.23\00:33:59.30
that we haven't
given over to you yet
00:33:59.33\00:34:01.74
that you can be the
center of our lives.
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.44
Please help us to
make investments in you,
00:34:04.47\00:34:07.14
because you are
always there for us
00:34:07.18\00:34:09.31
and we would like
to serve you in return.
00:34:09.34\00:34:12.15
In Jesus' name I pray, amen. "
00:34:12.18\00:34:14.15
Pause...
00:34:14.18\00:34:15.72
more pause...
00:34:15.75\00:34:22.22
Piano...
00:34:22.26\00:34:37.31
Disturb us Lord
00:34:37.34\00:34:40.81
when earthly things delight us
00:34:40.84\00:34:44.51
and we fail to look above,
00:34:44.55\00:34:48.05
when we withhold from others
00:34:48.08\00:34:51.75
though we've been given much
00:34:51.79\00:34:55.56
If the fire of our first love
is not burning bright as before
00:34:55.59\00:35:04.43
Disturb us Lord
00:35:04.47\00:35:10.74
music...
00:35:10.77\00:35:13.54
Disturb us Lord
00:35:13.58\00:35:16.64
when we're not in Your Word
00:35:16.68\00:35:19.51
and we don't
spend time on our knees
00:35:19.55\00:35:23.65
when we have a
chance but we don't speak
00:35:23.69\00:35:27.06
the truth that sets men free
00:35:27.09\00:35:30.26
If we don't worship you
with fiery passion anymore
00:35:30.29\00:35:39.83
disturb us Lord
00:35:39.87\00:35:45.07
music...
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.94
Sometimes in Your great love
00:35:47.98\00:35:53.85
You comfort the troubled
00:35:53.88\00:36:00.22
but other times
in Your great love
00:36:00.26\00:36:07.13
You trouble
00:36:07.16\00:36:10.93
the comfortable
00:36:10.97\00:36:18.04
music...
00:36:18.07\00:36:25.18
more music...
00:36:25.21\00:36:30.79
some more music...
00:36:30.82\00:36:35.09
Disturb us Lord
00:36:35.12\00:36:39.36
if our lives
never touch the lives
00:36:39.39\00:36:42.76
of those still in the dark
00:36:42.80\00:36:46.23
If we don't live
with hearts that break
00:36:46.27\00:36:49.64
with things
that break Your heart
00:36:49.70\00:36:53.04
In tenderness
please lead your Church
00:36:53.07\00:36:56.64
back to Your heart once more
00:36:56.68\00:37:02.32
Disturb us Lord
00:37:02.35\00:37:05.95
if we ever lose the wonder
of the cross that you once bore
00:37:05.99\00:37:15.53
Disturb us Lord
00:37:15.56\00:37:25.14
Disturb us Lord.
00:37:25.17\00:37:34.72
Pause...
00:37:34.75\00:37:41.42
To the end...
00:37:41.46\00:37:43.19
friends, I cannot believe...
this is the last night.
00:37:43.22\00:37:46.03
I don't want it
to end don't you?
00:37:46.06\00:37:49.83
And is it such a... when...
when we started GYC this year,
00:37:49.86\00:37:57.57
we started on a high note...
00:37:57.61\00:37:59.41
we started on a Sabbath
00:37:59.44\00:38:00.78
and now when we end
GYC, we end on a New Year
00:38:00.81\00:38:03.95
and tonight, we will
be welcoming New Year
00:38:03.98\00:38:07.28
in a very special way
00:38:07.32\00:38:08.65
so there is a very
special prayer session
00:38:08.68\00:38:11.62
at 10:30 to
12:30 in the morning,
00:38:11.65\00:38:15.12
not in our Ballroom
but in the Marriott...
00:38:15.16\00:38:18.79
Marriott second
floor, Houston Ballroom...
00:38:18.83\00:38:23.00
again, tonight, 10:30
to 12:30 in the morning
00:38:23.03\00:38:27.90
there will be a Prayer
Session in the Marriott
00:38:27.94\00:38:30.21
2nd Floor, Houston Ballroom,
00:38:30.24\00:38:33.81
and tomorrow morning will be
our last United Prayer Session
00:38:33.84\00:38:37.68
and Friends, for those of you
00:38:37.71\00:38:39.75
who have not
visited the Prayer Room,
00:38:39.78\00:38:43.15
this is your last chance, amen.
00:38:43.18\00:38:47.59
Audience: Amen.
00:38:47.62\00:38:48.96
You look all so tired,
this is our last stretch
00:38:48.99\00:38:52.39
let's all make
it to the end, amen.
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.56
Audience: Amen.
00:38:54.60\00:38:56.13
And I remember,
one by one I just...
00:38:56.16\00:38:59.27
I just received
testimonies after testimonies...
00:38:59.30\00:39:02.64
people
approaching me along the way,
00:39:02.67\00:39:04.21
"Brother Gem, I did not
plan to come on the second day
00:39:04.24\00:39:07.54
because I'm... I'm thinking,
00:39:07.58\00:39:08.91
'no one could understand me
because I speak Spanish... '"
00:39:08.94\00:39:11.81
and this lady fell asleep
00:39:11.85\00:39:14.95
and she said, "I don't
want to wake up, my friend...
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.62
my friend might wake up
but I will not wake up... "
00:39:16.65\00:39:19.25
and Friends, you know what?
00:39:19.29\00:39:20.72
Early morning she was awakened
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.19
by the sound of
her friend getting up
00:39:22.22\00:39:23.89
and doing a lot of
things and there was an alarm
00:39:23.93\00:39:26.09
and she said,
"Okay, I'll get up"
00:39:26.16\00:39:27.60
and she knocked
on her friend's door
00:39:27.63\00:39:29.06
and said, "You woke me up"
00:39:29.10\00:39:30.43
and when she opened the door,
her friend was still sleeping.
00:39:30.47\00:39:32.70
The Lord is the
one who woke her up
00:39:32.73\00:39:35.40
and she came back to
the Prayer Room and said,
00:39:35.44\00:39:37.34
"Brother Gem, that
was the best experience,
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.27
I'm coming back on another day"
00:39:39.31\00:39:40.88
and she has been
there in the Prayer Room
00:39:40.91\00:39:43.28
day after day after day...
00:39:43.31\00:39:44.88
one miracle
after another, Friends,
00:39:44.91\00:39:47.22
and we would like to invite
you to visit the Prayer Room
00:39:47.25\00:39:50.35
because it is not just
that we want the Prayer Room
00:39:50.39\00:39:54.22
to be filled up,
00:39:54.26\00:39:55.72
we want you to experience
what we have experienced,
00:39:55.76\00:39:59.09
we want you to
see what we have seen.
00:39:59.16\00:40:01.26
So Friends, do not miss
out on this last opportunity
00:40:01.30\00:40:05.80
to spend time in
the presence of God
00:40:05.83\00:40:08.44
and I love this very
beautiful quote that says,
00:40:08.47\00:40:11.04
"It would be
well for us to spend
00:40:11.07\00:40:12.77
at least a
thoughtful hour each day
00:40:12.81\00:40:14.64
contemplating on
the life of Christ"
00:40:14.68\00:40:16.41
and if we do so, it
says here, "Our love...
00:40:16.44\00:40:20.58
our confidence in
Him will be more constant
00:40:20.62\00:40:23.25
and our love
will be quickened. "
00:40:23.28\00:40:24.75
My dear Friends,
00:40:24.79\00:40:26.15
this is the only
way to last till the end
00:40:26.19\00:40:29.79
is to fall in love
constantly with our Savior
00:40:29.82\00:40:33.40
day after day after day.
00:40:33.43\00:40:35.10
With this being
said, I'd like to request
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.70
the congregation
to be on their knees
00:40:37.73\00:40:40.74
as we spend a
short moment in prayer.
00:40:40.77\00:40:43.67
Pause...
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.91
more pause...
00:40:45.94\00:40:48.11
Song: I love you Lord,
00:40:48.14\00:40:52.51
and I lift my voice
00:40:52.55\00:40:58.35
to worship You
00:40:58.39\00:41:04.23
O my soul rejoice
00:41:04.26\00:41:10.83
Take joy my King
00:41:10.87\00:41:16.30
In what You hear
00:41:16.34\00:41:22.18
Make me a sweet, sweet sound
00:41:22.21\00:41:28.98
in Your ear.
00:41:29.02\00:41:34.59
"O dear Father,
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.66
we love You O Lord,
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.66
and dear God, we
pray that as we continue
00:41:38.69\00:41:42.43
to spend each and every
waking hour of the day with You,
00:41:42.46\00:41:46.57
may you draw us closer
00:41:46.60\00:41:48.60
and closer and closer
to Your heart, O Lord,
00:41:48.64\00:41:52.24
may what we have
learned in this Conference
00:41:52.27\00:41:55.84
will never stay here in Texas,
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.95
please Lord, help us to
bring it back to our homes...
00:41:57.98\00:42:01.18
bring it back to our churches...
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.39
let the fire go on
until the end, O Lord,
00:42:03.45\00:42:07.62
dear Father, may our lives
be fully surrendered to you,
00:42:07.66\00:42:13.23
teach us Lord to
lay it all on the altar
00:42:13.26\00:42:16.87
and help us Lord to be inspired
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.10
of the sacrifice
that you have done for us,
00:42:19.13\00:42:21.84
help us Lord to
sacrifice everything for You
00:42:21.90\00:42:24.74
because it is a joy to
sacrifice for our Master,
00:42:24.77\00:42:27.58
pause...
00:42:27.61\00:42:30.31
more pause...
00:42:30.35\00:42:32.95
Song: Thank you
Lord for saving my soul
00:42:32.98\00:42:39.92
thank you Lord
for making me whole
00:42:39.95\00:42:47.36
thank you Lord for giving to me
00:42:47.40\00:42:53.60
Thy great
salvation so rich and free.
00:42:53.64\00:42:59.24