Participants: Pr. Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201108
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00:03 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, THREE
00:04 YOUNG PEOPLE SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY OF HOW THEY CAME 00:06 TO ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR. 00:10 NOT AS A RESULT OF AN EVANGELISTIC EFFORT OR ANY 00:11 TYPE OF OUTREACH BUT IN THE CLASSROOM. CHRISTIAN 00:17 EDUCATION IS THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" 00:21 PROGRAM. WE WILL BE BACK IN ONE MINUTE. 00:40 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:43 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:47 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:51 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:54 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:09 >>BILL: WELL, LET ME WELCOME YOU TO TODAY'S 01:10 "IT IS WRITTEN" TELEVISION PROGRAM. WE'RE GLAD 01:11 THAT YOU'RE HERE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MOST 01:14 INTERESTING PROGRAMS FOR US TO DO ARE THE ONES 01:15 WHERE WE GET TO TALK TO FOLKS AND HEAR THEIR 01:17 TESTIMONIES AND TODAY WE HAVE THREE YOUNG PEOPLE, 01:23 THREE STUDENTS THAT HAVE JOINED US. THAT WILL SHARE 01:24 WITH US THEIR PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF HOW THEY 01:28 CAME TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS A RESULT 01:32 OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. 01:32 I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN 01:36 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR THIS AND WHY NOT 01:37 INVITE THEM TO JOIN YOU NOW AS WE GET INTO THIS 01:40 PROGRAM. JOINING ME IS THE FIRST OF THESE STUDENTS IS 01:44 CINDY TROMBLEY. CINDY, WELCOME TO THE "IT IS 01:45 WRITTEN" PROGRAM. >>CINDY: OH, THANK YOU. >>BILL: 01:48 IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. NOW, CINDY, TELL 01:51 US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. IF I UNDERSTAND, 01:52 YOU ARE IN GRADE TEN AS WE SPEAK HERE RIGHT NOW, 01:55 GOING INTO GRADE ELEVEN BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT 01:59 ABOUT YOU. WHERE YOU WERE BORN? WHERE YOU ARE FROM? 02:00 >>CINDY: WELL, I WAS BORN IN QUEBEC, MONTREAL AND 02:03 I LIVED IN THE STATES FOR A FEW YEARS. MY PARENTS 02:07 WORKED AS MISSIONARIES. 02:08 AND THEN WE FELT THAT GOD WAS CALLING US TO COME 02:14 BACK TO QUEBEC AND WE CAME BACK TO QUEBEC FOR A 02:15 COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN LIFE MESSED UP A LITTLE 02:18 BIT AND THEN WE FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO GO BACK TO A 02:26 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND GET LIFE BETTER. AND SO, WE 02:27 CAME TO ONTARIO AND NOW I'M GOING TO KINGSWAY. 02:35 >>BILL: SO, YOU ARE AT KINGSWAY COLLEGE WHICH IS 02:37 IN OSHAWA AND THAT'S A HIGH SCHOOL. GRADES NINE 02:38 THROUGH TWELVE. AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE HOW LONG NOW? 02:44 >>CINDY: THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR. >>BILL: OKAY. SO, 02:47 WHAT'S THAT EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AT 02:48 KINGSWAY? >>CINDY: WELL, IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 02:51 I REALLY LOVE KINGSWAY THERE'S REALLY A FEELING 02:57 OF BELONGING MORE TO FAMILY AS TO WHERE IT 02:58 IS IF IT'S A BIG SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S SMALL. THE 03:02 STUDENTS, WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. WE SAY 'HI' WHEN WE 03:08 GO IN THE HALLWAYS. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN GOING 03:09 TO A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL. 03:12 WHEREAS PEOPLE ARE MORE DISTANT AND THEY'RE NOT 03:13 GOING TO ASK YOU MUCH ABOUT 'HOW IS YOUR DAY?' 03:19 THEY JUST ON THEIR WAYS. 03:19 >>BILL: YEAH. I MEAN, YOUR CLASSROOM SIZES ARE 03:25 MUCH SMALLER. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE SIZE? HOW MANY 03:28 PEOPLE WOULD YOU HAVE IN A CLASSROOM GENERALLY 03:29 >>CINDY: ABOUT TWENTY TO THIRTY. >>BILL: OKAY. 03:32 >>CINDY: TWENTY TO THIRTY. 03:33 >>BILL: SO A NICE RATIO BETWEEN STUDENT.AND 03:35 NOT THAT MANY STUDENTS. 03:36 NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING PERFECTLY CLEAR 03:39 THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO BASH PUBLIC EDUCATION. I 03:42 WENT THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL. THERE'S A LOT OF 03:43 COMMITTED TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 03:46 BUT THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THOUGH, IN A 03:50 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. YOU WERE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL BEFORE 03:51 RIGHT? >>CINDY: YEAH. 03:54 >>BILL: WHAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR 03:55 YOU? TRANSITIONING FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO A 03:58 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL? >>CINDY: WELL THERE'S A BIG 04:01 DIFFERENCE, A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IN PUBLIC 04:02 SCHOOL YOU GET TEASED A LOT. YOU GET LAUGHED 04:06 AT FOR NO REASON. THERE'S DRUGS, THERE'S SMOKING. AT 04:12 RECESS JUST TO GO OUT AND ENJOY FRESH AIR, YOU CAN'T 04:13 EVEN ENJOY THE FRESH AIR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OUT 04:18 SMOKING AND TAKING DRUGS THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE 04:22 AND RIDICULOUS, RIDICULOUS FOR NOTHING. THE TEACHERS, 04:23 THEY DON'T CARE AS MUCH. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM 04:33 WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST BUT THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING. 04:38 AND WHEN YOU GO TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, I FEEL 04:39 MORE HAPPY. I KNOW THAT I FEEL MORE HAPPY. THE 04:44 TEACHERS, THEY PRAY FOR YOU. AT THE BEGINNING OF 04:48 CLASS WE ALWAYS PRAY TOGETHER AND ON DAYS WHEN 04:49 I FEEL DOWN AND I NEED SOMEBODY TO LISTEN TO 04:54 ME - JUST RECENTLY I WAS FEELING REALLY SAD AND ONE 05:00 OF THE TEACHERS CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "CINDY, COME 05:02 HERE." AND SHE SAID, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER AND I WAS 05:06 LIKE, YOU KNOW, I STARTED CRYING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 05:09 IT TOUCHES ME THAT SHE REALLY, SHE REALLY WANTS 05:10 TO HELP ME AND SHE PRAYED. 05:15 AND JUST TO KNOW THAT GOD - THERE'S A FEELING THAT, 05:16 A SENSE THAT GOD IS THERE AROUND US DURING THE 05:21 CLASSES. AND WE ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT THE EMPTY 05:24 CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR THE ANGEL, YOU 05:25 KNOW THERE'S A SENSE OF BELONGING TO A FAMILY AND 05:29 OF BEING ACCEPTED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LAUGHED 05:33 AT. I MEAN, WE LIKE TO JOKE BUT EVERYONE RESPECTS 05:34 EACH OTHER. >>BILL: NOW, THE ACADEMICS IS, 05:38 YOU KNOW, IS HIGH. AND KINGSWAY'S KNOWN FOR IT'S 05:43 HIGH ACADEMICS BUT SPEAK TO ME SPECIFICALLY - WE'VE 05:44 GOT A COUPLE MINUTES HERE - ABOUT HOW THIS HAS 05:47 STRENGTHENED YOUR WALK WITH JESUS, BEING IN THE 05:52 CLASSROOM, BEING IN THAT CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT 05:53 >>CINDY: WELL I SAY THE INFLUENCE OF FRIENDS ALSO. 05:56 WHEN YOU GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS WHEN I WENT TO A 06:01 PUBLIC SCHOOL YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE EACH DAY WHO 06:02 ARE NOT CHRISTIANS SO YOU CAN'T - IF YOU'RE GOING 06:06 THROUGH A ROUGH TIME YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT GOD 06:09 BECAUSE YOU, BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEY 06:10 DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. AND SO YOU CAN'T SHARE WHAT 06:16 YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AND IT'S 06:18 VERY HARD. EVERYDAY YOU'RE FACED WITH PEOPLE WHO 06:19 ARE TRYING TO GET YOU INTO DOING BAD THINGS. BUT IT 06:26 REALLY CHANGED ME WHEN I, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH 06:32 TOUGH TIMES IN PUBLIC SCHOOL MY PARENTS 06:33 DECIDED TO SEND ME TO A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 06:36 SCHOOL, A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND THAT REALLY MADE IT 06:41 DIFFERENT FOR ME. AT THE BEGINNING I DID NOT WANT 06:42 TO BE THERE BUT AFTER A WHILE I SAID, I REALIZE 06:45 HOW MUCH - YOU KNOW, HE REALLY DID A LOT FOR ME, 06:51 JESUS CHRIST. AND JUST SEEING THE TEACHERS CARING 06:52 MORE ABOUT ME MADE ME REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I 06:59 DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH HE REALLY DID CARE, HE DOES 07:04 CARE ABOUT ME. IN PUBLIC SCHOOL THE IMAGE YOU HAVE 07:05 FOR JESUS IS EVERYONE ELSE DOESN'T REALLY CARE MUCH. 07:10 PEOPLE WILL LAUGH AT YOU IF YOU TALK ABOUT JESUS 07:15 BUT GOING TO KINGSWAY, GOING TO A CHRISTIAN 07:16 SCHOOL IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE 07:21 THAT LOVES GOD AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM. >>BILL: 07:25 SO, BE SURROUNDED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEACHERS THAT 07:26 ARE LIKE-MINDED HAS BEEN A REAL SUPPORT. WELL, I'LL 07:30 TELL YOU THAT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MINUTES. OUR TIME HAS 07:33 JUST ZIPPED THROUGH. YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE HAD YOU 07:34 TAPE A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC FOR US TO USE AND WE'RE 07:40 GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THAT NOW. 07:41 I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES. 07:43 LET ALL OF CREATION TESTIFY, 07:55 LET THIS LIFE WITHIN ME CRY. 08:00 I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES TO TAKE AWAY MY SHAME. 08:15 AND HE LIVES FOR EVER I PROCLAIM. 08:24 THAT THE PAIN FOR MY SIN 08:29 WAS THE PRECIOUS LIFE HE GAVE 08:35 BUT NOW HE'S ALIVE THERE'S AN EMPTY GRAVE. 08:44 NOW, I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES, 08:54 I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES. 09:03 LET ALL OF CREATION TESTIFY, 09:08 LET THIS LIFE WITHIN ME CRY. 09:13 I KNOW MY REDEEMER, HE LIVES. 09:34 >>BILL: I WANT TO THANK CINDY FOR BEING WITH US 09:35 AND FOR SINGING FOR US. 09:38 AND NOW, JOINING ME IS HANNAH JENSON. HI HANNAH. 09:39 >>HANNAH: HI. >>BILL: NOW HANNAH WHERE ARE YOU 09:40 FROM? WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 09:41 >>HANNAH: FERGUS, ONTARIO. 09:43 >>BILL: FERGUS, ONTARIO. 09:43 AND YOU ARE IN GRADE EIGHT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? 09:48 >>HANNAH: YES. >>BILL: GOING INTO GRADE NINE AND 09:49 WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? 09:51 >>HANNAH: COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >>BILL: 09:52 COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH HAPPENS TO 09:55 BE ON THE SAME CAMPUS AS KINGSWAY COLLEGE WHERE 09:57 CINDY GOES IN OSHAWA. 09:58 >>HANNAH: YEAH. >>BILL: NOW, I FIND YOUR STORY 10:02 REALLY QUITE INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU MADE 10:02 A CONSCIENCE DECISION TO COME TO A CHRISTIAN 10:08 SCHOOL. >>HANNAH: YEAH. >>BILL: NOW, WHAT 10:11 HAPPENED? WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 10:12 >>HANNAH: WELL, SOME OF OUR FRIENDS WERE TELLING 10:15 US ABOUT COLLEGE PARK AND THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS AN 10:17 AWESOME SCHOOL SO MY PARENTS DECIDED TO PUT ME 10:18 IN IT. >>BILL: YOU WERE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL AT THAT 10:20 POINT. >>HANNAH: YEAH. 10:20 >>BILL: OKAY, AND YOU COME OVER TO COLLEGE PARK, 10:22 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NOTICE? >>HANNAH: 10:26 WELL, THE PEOPLE ARE A LOT FRIENDLIER THERE AND THEY 10:27 TREATED YOU LIKE YOU WERE A BIG FAMILY AND YOU'RE 10:30 A PART OF THAT FAMILY >>BILL: AND THAT WAS 10:32 IMPORTANT TO YOU. 10:32 >>HANNAH: YEAH. >>BILL: WELL, THAT'S GREAT. AND 10:34 SO, DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH 10:35 THE TEACHERS OR IN THE CLASSROOM? ANYTHING 10:39 THEY DID THAT WAS KIND OF >>HANNAH: THEY WERE A LOT 10:41 NICER. >>BILL: OKAY. 10:42 >>HANNAH: AND THEY DON'T YELL AT YOU AS MUCH. 10:45 >>BILL: (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE YOU BEHAVE. YOU SEE, IF 10:46 YOU DON'T BEHAVE THEY'LL STILL YELL. >>HANNAH: 10:49 YEAH. THEY WERE A LOT NICER AND THEY CARED ABOUT 10:51 YOU MORE. >>BILL: OKAY. 10:52 SO, YOU CAME TO COLLEGE PARK IN WHAT GRADE? 10:56 >>HANNAH: GRADE FOUR. 10:56 >>BILL: IN GRADE FOUR, OKAY. SO YOU COME AND WERE 10:59 YOU A PRACTICING CHRISTIAN? LIKE WERE YOU 11:00 GUYS GOING TO CHURCH? 11:04 >>HANNAH: WE WERE GOING TO CHURCH BUT LIKE I BELIEVED 11:05 IN GOD, I KNEW HE WAS THERE BUT IT WASN'T LIKE 11:09 CHRISTIAN. >>BILL: OKAY. 11:09 SO WHAT HAPPENED? YOU STARTED GOING TO 11:13 SCHOOL.>>HANNAH: WELL, THE TEACHERS THEY TALKED ABOUT 11:16 GOD AND HOW JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR US AND I 11:17 THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING HOW SOMEONE COULD LOVE YOU SO 11:22 MUCH AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU. SO, IT'S REALLY 11:26 INTERESTING. >>BILL: SEE, I THINK THAT'S ONE THE 11:27 INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 11:29 IS THE FOCUS ON, NOT ONLY THE ACADEMICS BUT IN 11:32 TRANSMITTING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, LIKE YOURSELF, 11:33 WHAT JESUS DID. SO, YOU'RE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM 11:40 ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER ACADEMICS AND SOMETHING 11:45 BEGINS TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE. >>HANNAH: YEAH. SO 11:46 I STARTED GOING TO COLLEGE PARK CHURCH AND THEN 11:49 I WOULD BRING MY PARENTS EVERY SATURDAY, WE WOULD 11:53 GO, BECAUSE I REALLY LIKED IT THERE. AND THEY 11:54 KEPT ON GOING WITH ME AND THEN.YEAH. >>BILL: SO 11:58 WHAT DID YOU PARENTS THINK ABOUT THIS CHANGE THAT WAS 12:03 GOING ON IN YOU? >>HANNAH: THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD 12:04 OBVIOUSLY AND THEY LIKED THE CHURCH TOO SO THAT 12:07 WAS GOOD. >>BILL: SO, YOU THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCE AT 12:10 COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROUGHT YOUR WHOLE 12:11 FAMILY TO A DEEPER WALK WITH JESUS. >>HANNAH: 12:18 YES. >>BILL: AND WERE BAPTIZED.>>HANNAH: YES. 12:21 >>BILL:.INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 12:22 CHURCH. >>HANNAH: YEP. 12:24 >>BILL: SO, YOU'RE QUITE THE MISSIONARY. >>HANNAH: 12:25 ACTUALLY MY FRIEND ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO 12:28 GET BAPTIZED WITH HER SO.>>BILL: AND YOU DID. 12:31 >>HANNAH: YES. >>BILL: THAT'S A, WHAT A POWERFUL, 12:32 POWERFUL STORY. NOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME YOUNG 12:36 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT ARE IN GRADE 12:41 EIGHT.>>HANNAH: YEP. 12:41 >>BILL:.MAYBE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. >>HANNAH: YEP. 12:43 >>BILL: WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? >>HANNAH: 12:44 WELL, GOING TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IS THE 12:47 BEST DECISION OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET 12:50 TO WALK WITH GOD AND HE'S, LIKE, THE BEST THING EVER 12:51 >>BILL: HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO YOU? >>HANNAH: 12:54 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YES. 12:54 VERY. >>BILL: SO THAT YOU NOT ONLY ACQUIRE THE 12:58 ACADEMIC SKILLS.>>HANNAH YEP. >>BILL:.BUT THAT 13:00 UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION AND OF JESUS CHRIST AND OF 13:02 HIS SACRIFICE. >>HANNAH: YEAH. >>BILL: HOW BIG IS 13:07 YOUR CLASSROOM? >>HANNAH: MY CLASSROOM IS - THEY 13:09 HAVE 23 STUDENTS IN IT. AND I LIKE THAT SIZE 13:10 BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN GO TO THE TEACHER FOR HELP 13:15 AND STUFF AND IT'S NOT HUGE, SO.>>BILL: SO GOOD 13:22 SIZE STUDENTS, YOU GET PLENTY OF ATTENTION FROM 13:23 TEACHERS, YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, 13:25 LEARNING ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. AND YOU INTRODUCED 13:29 YOUR PARENTS TO JESUS AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU SAW 13:30 THERE AND THAT'S TERRIFIC. 13:38 >>HANNAH: YES. >>BILL: NOW, I KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE 13:39 SOME FRIEND THAT SINGAND YOU GUYS TAPED SOME STUFF 13:42 FOR US AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARINGABOUT THAT IN 13:46 JUST A MINUTE OR TWO. 13:46 ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION THAT, ABOUT THE 13:51 SCHOOL THAT YOU DON'T LIKE? >>HANNAH: NO. 13:52 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT I DON'T LIKE. >>BILL: 13:55 WOW. >>HANNAH: IT'S A FANTASTIC SCHOOL, YEAH. 13:57 >>BILL: WOW. GOOD TEACHERS. >>HANNAH: YES. 13:58 >>BILL: GOOD ACADEMICS. 13:59 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SOCIAL THINGS YOU GUYS DO 14:00 >ANNAH: SOCIAL THINGS. 14:04 WELL, WE GET THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE GOD TOGETHER 14:05 AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO THEY HAD BAPTISIMAL CLASSES 14:12 AT OUR SCHOOL. SO, YOU CAN DO THOSE WITH YOUR FRIENDS 14:14 TOO. >>BILL: SO TELL US WHAT BAPTISIMAL CLASSES 14:15 ARE? WHAT'S THAT? 14:17 >>HANNAH: SO YOU GET, YOU STUDY, YOU STUDY ABOUT 14:18 JESUS AND STUFF AND THEN YOU GET BAPTIZED. >>BILL: 14:22 OKAY. SO, THEY PREPARE YOU.>>HANNAH: YES. 14:24 >>BILL:.THEY ACTUALLY PREPARE YOU FOR 14:25 BAPTISM.>>HANNAH: YES. 14:27 >>BILL:.AND GIVE YOU AND UNDERSTANDING. I KNOW YOU 14:28 GUYS DO SOME OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY TOO. SOME 14:31 COMMUNITY WORK. WHAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF YOU GUYS 14:34 DO THERE? >>HANNAH: WELL, WE LIKE, LAST YEAR WE WENT 14:35 TO THE FOOD BANK AND THEN WE HELPED DELIVER FOOD 14:39 AND PUT FOOD IN BAGS AND STUFF. >>BILL: SO, IS 14:44 THERE ANY REASON WHY SOMEONE WHO'S WATCHING 14:45 HERE THAT'S HAS CHILDREN SCHOOL AGE OR A 14:50 YOUNG PERSON YOUR AGE, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THEY 14:54 SHOULDN'T? >>HANNAH: NOPE. 14:55 THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN'T COME. >>BILL: 14:58 IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE. >>HANNAH: YES, 14:59 DEFINITELY. >>BILL: IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE 15:01 FOR YOU. WELL, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE SOME, 15:03 THERE'S SOME VERY DEDICATED TEACHERS THERE 15:04 AND THERE'S SOME VERY DEDICATED TEACHERS IN THE 15:08 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TOO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 15:10 THAT THERE'S SOME FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 15:11 THAT WORK VERY HARD BUT THE FOCUS OF THE PUBLIC 15:14 SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO PRIMARILY PREPARE YOU 15:17 ACADEMICALLY, RIGHT? 15:17 >>HANNAH: YEP. >>BILL: WHEREAS IN CHRISTIAN 15:19 EDUCATION, NOT ONLY IS THE ACADEMIC PART IMPORTANT 15:20 BUT ALSO THAT SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND THEY'VE 15:26 PREPARED QUITE A MISSIONARY HERE. YOU'VE 15:30 ALREADY BROUGHT YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. >>HANNAH: 15:31 YES. >>BILL: WELL, HANNAH, I HOPE THAT YOU REMAIN 15:34 FAITHFUL TO THIS COMMITMENT YOU HAVE TO 15:39 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, TO YOUR WALK WITH JESUS 15:40 CHRIST AND THAT YOUR FAMILY IS JUST THE FIRST 15:42 OF MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL BRING TO JESUS 15:46 CHRIST. GOD BLESS YOU. 15:47 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, NOW, HEAR 15:52 YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS IN SOME OF THE MUSIC YOU GUYS 15:53 TAPED FOR US A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THANK YOU. 15:54 >>HANNAH: YOU'RE WELCOME. 15:55 LET YOUR GRACE FALL ON US. 16:05 LORD, LET YOUR LOVE, 16:11 LOVE WITH NO END COME OVER US. 16:19 LORD, LET YOUR LOVE, 16:26 LOVE WITH NO END COME OVER US. 16:33 THAT WE MAY BE SAVED; 16:40 THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE 16:48 TO FIND OUR WAY IN THE DARKEST NIGHT. 16:57 LET YOUR LOVE COME OVER US. 17:05 THAT WE MAY BE SAVED; 17:12 THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE 17:19 TO FIND OUR WAY IN THE DARKEST NIGHT. 17:28 LET YOUR LOVE COME OVER US. 17:35 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE ON US. 17:52 >>BILL: I WANT TO THANK KANA, AND DANI, AND ANNIE, 17:53 AND ALBANY FOR THAT SONG. 17:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 17:58 AND NOW JOINING ME, LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, 18:02 JEREMY RODNEY HALL. THAT'S QUITE THE NAME YOUNG MAN 18:03 >>JEREMY: I KNOW. >>BILL: THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH 18:08 US, JEREMY. >>JEREMY: NO PROBLEM. >>BILL: NOW 18:10 JEREMY HOW OLD ARE YOU? 18:11 >>JEREMY: I'M SEVENTEEN. 18:11 >>BILL: YOU'RE SEVENTEEN AND YOU ARE IN GRADE? 18:14 >>JEREMY: TWELVE. >>BILL: GRADE TWELVE. AND YOU GO 18:16 TO SCHOOL WHERE? >>JEREMY: AT CRAWFORD ADVENTIST 18:17 ACADEMY. >>BILL: CRAWFORD ADVENTIST ACADEMY WHICH 18:19 IS BATHURST.>>JEREMY BATHURST AND FINCH. 18:23 >>BILL:.AND FINCH. NORTH YORK. WHAT WE FORMALLY 18:24 CALL NORTH YORK. >>JEREMY: YEAH. >>BILL: AND HOW 18:27 LONG HAVE YOU BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL THERE? >>JEREMY: 18:29 I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS IN GRADE ONE 18:30 >>BILL: OKAY. WHAT'S THAT EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE FOR 18:32 YOU? >>JEREMY: IT'S BEEN GOOD, FOR THE MOST PART. 18:37 WHEN I WAS GOING THERE WHEN I WAS LITTLE I DIDN'T 18:38 WANT TO MOVE FROM MY KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL 18:40 BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY 18:43 HOUSE. GOING TO CRAWFORD WAS FAR AND EVERYONE HAD 18:44 THESE BAD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN I GOT 18:48 THERE IT WAS PRETTY GOOD THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY 18:50 NICE. >>BILL: OKAY SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU 18:51 NOTICED, THAT THE TEACHERS WERE VERY FRIENDLY. 18:56 >>JEREMY: YEAH. THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING TO ME AS A 18:59 NEW STUDENT. THEY EVEN MOVED ME UP IN A GRADE AT 19:00 THAT TIME JUST TO SEE HOW THE CLASS WOULD BE LIKE 19:06 AND THEY BROUGHT ME ON A DAY WHEN IT WAS A FIELD 19:09 TRIP SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD. >>BILL: SO YOUR 19:10 FIRST DAY YOU GOT TO GO ON A FIELD TRIP? >>JEREMY: 19:13 YEAH. >>BILL: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. >>JEREMY: 19:14 YEAH. >>BILL: THAT'S NOT A BAD START. NOW, WHERE 19:15 WERE YOU BORN, JEREMY? 19:17 >>JEREMY: I WAS BORN AT SCARBOROUGH GRACE HOSPITAL 19:18 IN SCARBOROUGH. >>BILL: OKAY. SO BORN IN 19:21 SCARBOROUGH. >>JEREMY: BUT RAISED IN TORONTO. >>BILL: 19:23 OKAY. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE FRIENDS THAT GO TO PUBLIC 19:24 SCHOOL? >>JEREMY: NOT THAT MANY ACTUALLY. >>BILL: OH, 19:32 OKAY. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOST INTERESTING THING? 19:35 SO, I MEAN, THINK OF SOMEONE, HERE'S A YOUNG 19:36 PERSON WATCHING THIS PROGRAM, JUST LIKE I SAID 19:43 TO HANNAH, RIGHT? A YOUNG PERSON'S WATCHING THIS AND 19:45 THINKING I'M NOT SURE THAT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS FOR 19:47 ME. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? IF THEY WERE SITTING 19:50 RIGHT HERE INSTEAD OF ME SITTING HERE, RIGHT? WHAT 19:52 WOULD.THEY'RE SAYING, UH, THEY'RE SAYING, I'M NOT 19:53 SURE JEREMY IF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS FOR ME. WHAT 19:56 WOULD YOU SAY? >>JEREMY: THE DIFFERENCE WITH 19:57 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IS THAT JESUS IS THE FOCUS 19:58 IN SCHOOLS. >>BILL: OKAY. 20:03 >>JEREMY: SO, IN CLASSES, A LOT OF TIME IN CLASSES 20:04 IN A REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOL YOU JUST START CLASS. 20:08 IN OUR SCHOOL WE TAKE TIME BEFORE SCHOOL, HAVE 20:12 WORSHIP, PRAY, THEN WE START THE CLASS LEADING 20:13 CLASS WITH GOD. SO, GOD'S ALWAYS FIRST. >>BILL: HOW 20:18 DOES THAT IMPACT YOU AS A YOUNG PERSON? >>JEREMY: IT 20:23 IMPACTS ME BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO SLOW DOWN 20:24 SOMETIMES. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN A PUBLIC 20:29 SCHOOL YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET TO THE NEXT 20:32 CLASS, YOU'RE ALWAYS MOVING AS FAST AS YOU CAN 20:33 BUT WHEN YOU GET IN OUR SCHOOL, WHEN YOU GO TO 20:36 YOUR CLASS YOU GET TO SLOW DOWN, HEAR GOD'S VOICE, 20:41 WHAT HE'S SAYING TO YOU, HAVE THAT WORSHIP SERVICE, 20:42 THAT ONE ON ONE WITH YOUR TEACHER AND JUST, YOU 20:46 KNOW, JUST BE YOU. >>BILL: SO, YOU KNOW, JESUS IS 20:52 PRESENT IN ALL OF THE SUBJECTS. >>JEREMY: 20:53 ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL: RIGHT? 20:57 IN EVERYTHING, IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS 20:58 DO. NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN, A STRONG 21:00 YOUNG MAN. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 21:02 SPORTS ACTIVITIES? 21:03 >>JEREMY: RIGHT NOW, WELL, WE JUST FINISHED OUR 21:07 BASKETBALL SEASON NOT TOO LONG AGO. PROBABLY TWO 21:08 MONTHS AGO. WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >>BILL: 21:13 WOW. >>JEREMY: WE GOT THE CHANCE TO GO TO NORTH BAY 21:16 TO PLAY IN THE ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIP. WE CAME IN 21:17 FIFTH. THEY RANKED US LAST SO, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. 21:21 WE MADE HISTORY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPORTS TEAM AT MY 21:26 SCHOOL. ALL WE DO IS PLAY BASKETBALL. >>BILL: PLAY 21:27 BASKETBALL. YOU GUYS SEEM PRETTY GOOD 21:29 AT IT. >>JEREMY: YEAH. 21:30 >>BILL: NOW DO YOU PLAY BASKETBALL? >>JEREMY: 21:33 YEAH. >>BILL: YOU DO. 21:33 SO, YOU GET TO PLAY SOME BASKETBALL. HOW ABOUT - I 21:36 KNOW THE, LIKE, THE ARTS AND THE MUSICAL PART. 21:41 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS, TOO, RIGHT 21:42 >>JEREMY: YEAH. WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG MUSIC 21:45 PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY WENT TO KINGSWAY 21:48 TO DO THE KIWANIS FESTIVAL AND WE WON GOLD. SO, THAT 21:49 WAS REALLY GOOD. >>BILL: WOW. SO, FIFTH PLACE IN 21:54 ONTARIO IN BASKETBALL GOLD AT THE KIWANIS 21:59 FESTIVAL. THAT WAS SINGING? THAT WAS CHOIR? 22:00 >>JEREMY: THAT WAS BAND ACTUALLY. >>BILL: YOUR 22:02 BAND. >>JEREMY: YEAH. 22:03 >>BILL: OKAY, SO, YOU'VE GOT THIS FOCUS ON, YOU 22:05 KNOW, JESUS WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. THE ACADEMICS. 22:10 BUT YOU HAVE THE SPORTS AND YOU HAVE THE ARTS. 22:11 SO, A WELL-ROUNDED, A WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCE. 22:14 DO YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF 22:17 THAT? >>JEREMY: YEAH. 22:18 IT'S REALLY GOOD. >>BILL: IT'S GOOD. >>JEREMY: YEAH. 22:20 >>BILL: YOUR FRIENDS. YOU MAKE A LOT OF GOOD FRIENDS 22:21 AT, YOU KNOW, AT SCHOOL. 22:33 >>JEREMY: UM HM. >>BILL: DOES JESUS COME UP IN YOUR 22:34 DISCUSSION? >>JEREMY: AT SCHOOL MOST OF THE TIME 22:36 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL WORK BUT WHEN WE'RE ON 22:39 TRIPS, LIKE WHEN WE WENT ON OUR CLASS TRIP I FOUND 22:40 MYSELF - WELL, WHILE THE OTHER STUDENTS WERE DOING 22:45 OTHER THINGS, THEY WERE TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES, 22:47 ME AND MY FRIEND MAKEER TULLOCH AND MY FRIEND, 22:48 PRINCE HARVEY WE ALL JOINED TOGETHER AND HAD A 22:52 LITTLE BIBLE STUDY IN OUR ROOM. JUST TALKING ABOUT 22:55 GOD AND STUFF BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LIKE 22:56 TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE SO IRRELEVANT BUT 23:01 JESUS IS - HAVING JESUS IN YOUR LIFE IS SO RELEVANT. 23:06 SO. >>BILL: JEREMY, HOW IS YOUR WALK WITH JESUS 23:07 DIFFERENT IF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE TO 23:09 THIS SCHOOL? HOW DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 23:14 DIFFERENT HAD YOU NOT GONE TO THIS SCHOOL? >>JEREMY: 23:15 I GUESS IT JUST KEEPS ME GROUNDED IN CHRIST. 23:18 BECAUSE I WOULDN'T SAY GOING TO AN ADVENTIST 23:23 SCHOOL IS EASIER, SO TO SAY. I THINK IF I WENT 23:24 TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IT WOULD CHALLENGE ME EVEN MORE 23:29 BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO FOCUS ON PRAYING AND MAKING SURE 23:33 THAT I AM 100 WITH GOD EVERY DAY. SO, IT'S MORE 23:34 OF - IT'S BIG. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN AN 23:41 ADVENTIST SCHOOL IT KEEPS YOU GROUNDED. BECAUSE WHEN 23:43 YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET OFF THE TRACK YOU COME TO 23:44 SCHOOL ON MONDAY AND YOU IMMEDIATELY PRAY AND HAVE 23:48 WORSHIP AND THE SERMON COULD JUST CHANGE YOUR 23:50 WHOLE WEEK. >>BILL: WOW. 23:51 YOU KNOW, OUR TIME HAS JUST WRAPPED UP. LET ME 23:54 ASK YOU. YOU'RE IN GRADE TWELVE, TRANSITION 23:55 TO.WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO - WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS ON 23:57 UNIVERSITY? >>JEREMY: I'M GOING TO GO TO C.U.C. AND 24:01 STUDY THEOLOGY AND BECOME A PASTOR. >>BILL: GOOD FOR 24:02 YOU, JEREMY. AND YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT EARLIER YOU 24:04 TAPED A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC AND WE'RE GOING TO 24:07 GET A CHANCE TO HEAR THAT RIGHT NOW. THANK 24:08 YOU. >>JEREMY: THANKS. 24:12 THE AGONY OF BEING ALONE, 24:15 THE FEAR OF DOING THINGS ON MY OWN. 24:22 THE TESTS AND TRIALS IN MY LIFE THAT GOD HAS 24:23 EVER MADE ME STRONG. 24:34 THE FEELINGS OFGUILT, SHAME AND DEFEAT, THE 24:39 TRIALS THAT BEAT UP ON ME. 24:43 BUT YOU KNOW LORD THAT IN YOU I'VE GOT VICTORY. 24:52 I NEED YOU NOW. 24:56 I NEED YOU NOW. 25:02 I NEED YOU NOW. 25:07 I NEED YOU NOW. 25:13 AND I NEED YOU NOW. 25:15 >>BILL: YOU KNOW I CAN'T HELP BUT BE MOVED 25:16 EVERYTIME I HEAR YOUNG 26:06 >>BILL: YOU KNOW I CAN'T HELP BUT BE MOVED 26:07 EVERYTIME I HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE GIVING THEIR 26:09 TESTIMONY OF HOW THEY HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE 26:11 THEIR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. MAYBE 26:12 YOU'RE PARENT WATCHING AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, I WANT 26:15 THAT EXPERIENCE FOR MY YOUNG PERSON. OR MAYBE 26:19 YOU'RE WATCHING AND SAYING I WANT THAT EXPERIENCE FOR 26:20 MYSELF. WELL, A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED IS READING 26:23 THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE BOOK CALLED "STEPS TO JESUS". 26:28 IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY IT WILL BE A GIFT TO YOU 26:29 FROM "IT IS WRITTEN". 26:35 HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 27:11 >>BILL: WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER "IT 27:12 IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING 27:13 AND YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON CHRISTIAN 27:17 EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY, THE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS 27:18 WITHIN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EDUCATION 27:21 SYSTEM, VISIT OUR "IT IS WRITTEN" WEBSITE, 27:25 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA AND WE'LL HAVE A LINK THERE 27:26 WHERE YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 27:30 ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN CANADA WITHIN THE 27:34 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. BUT 27:35 BEFORE WE GO I'D BETTER THANK ALL OF MY GUESTS AND 27:38 NAME THEM BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WILL NEVER FORGIVE 27:43 ME FOR THAT. SO, THANK YOU CINDY, ANNIE, ALBANY, 27:44 HANNAH, DANI, AND OUR BASKETBALL PLAYER, JEREMY 27:52 IN THE BACKGROUND. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING ON THE 27:56 PROGRAM AND YOUR TESTIMONY AND FOR SINGING. AND MAY 27:57 GOD BLESS YOU AND CONTINUE USING YOU GUYS IN A 27:59 POWERFUL WAY TO INTRODUCE OTHER PEOPLE TO JESUS 28:04 CHRIST. AND FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. FOR 28:06 BEING FAITHFUL VIEWERS OF THIS PROGRAM. 28:09 REMEMBER THE WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 28:12 REMEMBER OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND YOU CAN FOLLOW 28:13 US ON TWITTER. WELL, WE'LL BE PRAYING THAT THE 28:17 GOOD LORD ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY OF JOINING YOU 28:23 AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS 28:24 WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 28:30 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:38 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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