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>> Hello and welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Last week you will remember
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that we met with Nwamiko
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Madden and his story was
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unusual; a young man who,
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before he was born, his mother
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had dedicated him to the Lord.
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Now he didn't know anything
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about this, but when he went
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to school, he said to himself,
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"I wanna make a name for God."
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And so in his own heart he had
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a desire to serve the Lord, he
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wanted to glorify God, but no
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one knew about his faith and
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so he wanted to share that
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with his classmates, he wanted
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to share it with the world.
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And so he thought to himself,
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"If I can become a well-known"
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"actor, if I could become"
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"famous then I can bring"
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"glory to God."
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And sure enough, God opened
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door after door for him and he
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shared that with us last week
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and he was climbing higher and
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higher in the acting world.
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And then he got to a place
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where he went to a prayer
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meeting and he had to make
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a decision.
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God was speaking to him and
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saying to him, "You're not"
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"gonna go on to the next set,"
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"you're not going to go to"
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"the next level, you're not"
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"going to go to L.A.," and he
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felt this conviction of the
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Holy Spirit and he was
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wrestling with this in
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his heart.
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And then he began to tell us a
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story about how he had decided
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not to go to L.A. and then a
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friend called him and then I
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rudely interrupted his story.
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And so, Nwamiko, you're here
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with us today.
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I want you to go back and
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kinda retell that story and
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then continue it past the
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cliff-hanger where I
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cut you off.
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>> Sure thing.
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Yeah, so that was perfect
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timing, by the way.
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What happened at that point
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was I had gotten back in
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contact with my friend and he
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basically said he was in a
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crisis of his life and he
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basically came to see me.
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He was extremely nervous, came
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to my house, put me downstairs
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in my basement and made sure
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no one was in the house and he
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says, "Listen, I'm gonna tell"
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"you something I have not"
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"told a single sole."
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"Are you ready?"
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And I'm like, "Yes,"
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"what happened?"
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And he's like, "Listen,"
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"it was me and my girlfriend"
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"and my son in the city and I"
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"was working construction"
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"and then I got offered"
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"to do something.
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"I got offered $50,000 to"
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"participate in a grow op."
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So this is when marijuana was
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illegal, right.
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So he was gonna go up in the
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northern woods of Quebec and
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grow this marijuana for some,
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you know, some mob boss and he
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was gonna make all this money
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and everything was gonna be
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great, right.
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So he says, "Everything was"
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"going amazing, about three"
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"months in, they're about"
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"like five to ten days from"
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"the harvest, the plants were"
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"taller than you, Nwamiko,"
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he said, and he's like,
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"Everything was going great."
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And then he's like, "One day"
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"I got up at 6:00 in the"
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"morning, not a cloud in the"
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"sky, I look around and look,"
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"it's a beautiful day, all"
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"this stuff is growing, like,"
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"life is good."
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And then all of a sudden as
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he's looking at everything, he
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looks outside and he sees this
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one cloud and this one cloud
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is perfectly shaped
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like an angel.
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And he said you could see the
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chest, the abdominals, the
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arms outstretched, the wings,
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and it had a sword in its hand
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and it was slowly turning
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towards the ground where he
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was standing.
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And he said literally he felt
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the hair on the back of his
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neck stand up so he runs
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inside and he wakes up the two
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other guys who are inside.
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He's like, "Guys, guys, guys,"
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"you gotta come see this!"
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"Come see this!"
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And they're like, "What?"
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He like, "Wake up," and
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they're like, "Is it the cops?"
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"No, no, no!"
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"Come, come, come, come, come!"
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Run outside, he literally
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says, he runs outside and he
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goes, "Look! Behold!"
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And they're like,
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"What, what, what?"
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And he's like, "You guys"
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"don't see it?"
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They're like, "See what?"
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He's like, "You guys don't"
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"see the angel?"
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They're like, "Dude, stop"
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"using the boss's stuff, man,"
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and they, you know, turn
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around and walk away and he's
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like, "No, I'm not high!"
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He's like, "You guys don't"
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"see the angel?"
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And they're like,
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"Whatever, man."
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And so he kinda just was just
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like what a weird moment that
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was, but a couple days later
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instead of my friend waking
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them up, it was the sound
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of a [propeller sound].
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It was an RCMP helicopter.
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So an RCMP helicopter swoops
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down early in the morning and
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they literally get up like
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headless chicken, just start
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grabbing their stuff trying to
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put it in their pockets and
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then they hide from the
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windows to pretend like
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they're not there and the
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helicopter goes to land and
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they're like, "Now we gotta"
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"make a break for it."
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And so they literally grab
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their stuff and sprint, burst
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out the doors and as soon as
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they burst out the doors the
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helicopter wasn't actually
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fully landed and it saw them
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and so it came straight
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towards them.
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And so they're like,
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"Into the woods!"
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So they start running, those
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three guys, running into the
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woods, trying to get reception
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from a friend to come pick
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them up, but they can't get
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reception 'cause they're in
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the middle of nowhere and so
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they literally split and then
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the helicopter is chasing them
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over the trees.
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My friend splits away,
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helicopter chases the other
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guys and he makes it out.
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He walks like two or three
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days to get back to the city.
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And he's like, "Nwamiko,"
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"I walked three days to get"
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"back to the city."
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"I have no job, I have no"
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"prospects and I just have"
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"one question for you."
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He's like, "You were the"
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"really religious kid in"
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"elementary school,"
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"why did God do this to me?"
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>> So, Nwamiko, what-- tell us
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what happened to your friend.
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>> Yeah I'm-- yeah, I'm sure
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you wanna know and so for me,
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when I heard that, I was just
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like, "Why in the world would"
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"you ask me why did God do"
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"this to you?"
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I mean, 'cause this could have
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been the Devil, too, right?
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But I was-- I didn't say that
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to him, but I was like, "OK,"
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"this is a pastoral moment,"
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"let me try to be invitational"
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"to him," and I said, "Buddy,"
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"do you know where you are in"
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"your life, do you know where"
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"your life is, do you know"
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"what life is about?"
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And he's like, "I don't," you
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know, and I was like,
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"Do you wanna know?"
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And he's like, "Well, I guess"
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"I got no better choice."
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I was like, "So why don't we"
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"study the Bible?"
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He's like, "Study the Bible?"
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And I was like, "Yeah!"
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"'Cause I can tell you what"
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"God wants to do with your"
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"life that way."
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And he's like, "Yeah, I guess"
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"we can do that."
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So we start studying
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the Bible.
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[MIKE] Were you a good Bible
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study giver?
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>> I've never given Bible
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studies in my life, but I felt
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like Mark Finley in that
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moment, I just felt like the
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door was opened, like...
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>> It was your first time.
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>> Yeah, the first
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opportunity.
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I'm like, "You should take"
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"Bible studies," and I'm like,
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"Did I just say that?" you
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know, "Who just said that,"
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right.
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And so I'm like, "Yeah,"
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"I gotta give this guy"
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"Bible studies."
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So I go find some Bible study
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guides, like, itiswritten.com,
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or amazing-- like, just, you
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know, some other ministry or
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something like that and then I
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got the study guides and then
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we started studying the Bible
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together and wow!
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I mean, it was a complete
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transformation.
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His life changed, he saw the
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truth for the first time, his
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mind was blown, I could tell
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you all these different
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miracles, I mean, on one night
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we studied about family
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relations and, like, he was
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like, "So you're saying I--"
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the marriage plan, he's like,
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"So you're saying I shouldn't"
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"be sleeping with my"
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"girlfriend right now until"
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"you get married?"
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And I was like, "Is that what"
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"the Bible is saying?"
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And he's like, "Hmm."
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So he drops me off one night,
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just to give you an example of
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how the Lord is working in
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this man's life, and then I
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remember he dropped me off at
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my house after the Bible study
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and he stayed in the car for a
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couple minutes then drove off.
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And for-- you do that for
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men-- for ladies, but you
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don't usually do that for
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guys, but he had said a prayer
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in the car.
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He said, "Lord, give me a"
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"sign so that when I get home"
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"I know that it's not--"
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"I'm not supposed to sleep"
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"with my wife."
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He gets home, opens the door,
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she's like, "Honey, you'll"
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"never guess what happened!"
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He's like, "What?"
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He's like, "Look at what"
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"the cat did!"
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The cat pooped right on his
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side of the bed right where he
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would sleep that night.
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[laughs] And so God is telling
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him, "Don't sleep in the bed"
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"tonight," you know.
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So it was just like, I mean,
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mind-blowingly obvious what
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God was trying to do, you
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know, and so, but that was,
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like, the beginning of the
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conversion experience and then
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we started working together to
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study the Bible with
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other people.
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So he got baptized, his wife
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got baptized, they got married
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and then we started sharing
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our faith with other people
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and bringing them into
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the faith.
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So that was God saying to me,
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He's like, "Nwamiko, all this"
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"would not have happened if"
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"you went to Los Angeles."
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This was not-- this was before
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cell phones were really
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popular and stuff like that
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and so I wouldn't have-- I
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would have been in L.A. and
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not gotten that phone call
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when he was needing me the
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most and so God is like,
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"That's why I called you at"
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"this time for this purpose."
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>> So what happened next in
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your journey?
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>> Right, so at this point I'm
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like, "Wow," just reeling from
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seeing what God is doing with
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my friend's life and other
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people's lives as a result of
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this and at this time I'm
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trying to get closer to God
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and saying, "OK, Lord, you"
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"don't want me to go to"
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"Hollywood, but I'll just"
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"stay here and be an actor."
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But I started reading, you
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know, the Bible and other
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inspired writings and that
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information started to, for
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the first time, to come clear
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to me that God was actually
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saying, "You know, this career"
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"is something I might want you"
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"to be stepping away from."
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And then I came to that
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conclusion base on the things
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I was reading and I was like,
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"Wow, OK," and it just was
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really clear, right.
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That summer I was like, there
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was the possibility there was
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gonna be a third season for
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the show that I was working on
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'cause it was doing really
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well and it's an international
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show, it was airing in Europe,
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all over Europe, all over
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Australia, and Canada, and the
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States, so I was like, "Man,
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"Lord, please don't let there"
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"be a third season," because I
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don't wanna say no to these
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people, I wanna just go off
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into the sunset because these
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people had changed the diet on
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set when I became vegetarian,
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they changed the entire
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shooting schedule for me so
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that I didn't have to shoot on
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Saturdays and I was like,
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"I don't wanna say no to them,"
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right.
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But I'll never forget, it was
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like yesterday, one day in the
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summer, it was, like, in June,
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I woke up in the morning and I
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felt the strongest impression
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today is the day.
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And I was like, "Today is the"
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"day for what, Lord?"
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You know, I'm like, "What"
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"does that mean," you know.
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I'm like, "I've already gone"
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"through enough roller coaster"
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"ride of my life," but He's
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like, "Today is the day," so
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I'm like, "OK, fine," so I
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started studying the Bible and
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then the phone rings and then
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God is like, "Pray before you"
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"answer the phone," and I'm
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like, "I don't even have"
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"enough time to like get the"
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"ringer before," you know what
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I mean, "the prayer's over."
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And then He's like,
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"Pray every single time."
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So I pick up the phone,
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it's my mom.
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She's like, "Hey, Nwamiko,"
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"I know you're a big actor"
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"and everything, but did you"
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"wash the dishes?"
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And I was like, "Uhh, I'm"
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"gonna wash the dishes after"
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"my study."
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She's like, "OK, just make"
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"sure you wash the dishes and"
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"the windows need some"
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"cleaning, too, and--" and
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it's like, "OK, Mom, alright"
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"we'll do that, alright, love"
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"you, K, bye." [click]
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And then I'm like, "OK, back"
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"to my study," and I'm deep
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into the study and it's
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really, really interesting and
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then the phone rings four more
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times and guess what, every
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single time...
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[MIKE] It's your mom.
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>> It's my mom, but God tells
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me to pray before.
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And I'm like, "Lord, speak"
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"through me when I answer"
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"this phone call," every
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single time, I don't know why.
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And so I'm just like-- it's
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just like, and then the sixth
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time the phone rings I'm like,
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"Oh my goodness, Mom," 'cause
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I'm studying for three hours,
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I was really-- and I grab the
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phone, praying, "Lord, calm"
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"me down, help me to speak to"
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"my mom in the right way."
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"In Jesus' name, amen."
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"Hello?"
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"Nomo! Guess what!"
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"It's the producers!"
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"We got a third season"
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"of the show!"
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And I was like, "Get out"
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"of town."
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It literally was the producers
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of the show and they're like,
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"Guess what, this show went"
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"so amazing last season, we"
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"want you to come back, we"
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want you to sing on the show."
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And I didn't mention this
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earlier, but, like, I had
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gotten a small-time recording
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contract, you know, and so the
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music career was starting to
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build up, but they're like,
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"We want you to sing on the"
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"show," we did an episode last
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year where I sang on the show,
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"We want you to sing again on"
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"the show, we have a whole"
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"bunch of ideas for your"
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"character, everything is"
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"going amazing and the show"
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"is gonna be syndicated now"
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"so it's even more money,"
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and I'm just like,
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"Lord, have mercy."
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And in my head he's saying all
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this good stuff, but in my
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mind I know I have to say no
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to this and so I'm like,
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"Lord, what do you want me to"
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"do, Lord, what do you want"
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"me to do?"
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And so I tell them, "No,"
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"I can't."
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"Listen, you guys are"
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"amazing people, amazing"
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"people, amazing writers,"
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"you've been amazing to me,"
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"but my journey's different."
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"This is what I'm supposed to"
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"be doing right now, you know,
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"you guys are amazing people,"
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"you're going to be fine."
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"OK, take care, bye."
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And I was like, "I knew it."
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"I knew it, how did I know it?
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I knew it, I knew this call
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was gonna come and I thought
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that was it.
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But there was more.
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And so what happened was I was
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like, "OK, well,"
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I guess I'm out of my career."
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But then the next day I got a
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phone call and it was my agent
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saying, "OK, they want you to"
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"come on and do three"
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"goodbye episodes."
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And I was like, man, I wanna
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go back, I wanna get the
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money, but I'm like, if I'm
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going back I wanna do the
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whole season, I'm not doing
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just three episodes, right?
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And so I was like, "Yeah,"
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"guys, my agent said they"
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"want you just to come back"
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"and do those three goodbye"
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"episodes," and I was like,
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"That's-- it's OK," like, I
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have to make a clean--
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you know.
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And then the next day my agent
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says, "Listen, they're gonna"
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"give you your own trailer,"
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"your own space, you don't"
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"have to talk to them, just"
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"be by yourself and do these"
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"three goodbye episodes."
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And I was like, "No, it's not"
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"about them, I love the"
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"people, they're great"
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"people, they're such loving,"
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"kind people, I just know"
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"that this is not my journey"
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"right now."
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And then my agent hangs up the
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phone and he's like, "OK."
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And then he calls me back the
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third day and he's like,
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"Listen, Nwamiko."
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"They said to me, 'we can"
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"delete your character with"
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"the flick of our pen, but"
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"there's over a million fans"
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"in Europe and we as producers"
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"don't see too many black role"
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"models and so we think you"
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"owe it to the fans to play"
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"this character for the last"
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"time and not destroy all"
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"those fans, these worldwide"
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"fans that have confidence"
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"in you.'"
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And I was like, "Lord,"
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"have mercy!"
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I was like, "Doug Bachelor,"
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"Mark Finley, anybody!"
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"Somebody talk to me!"
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And then at the end of it, you
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know, my agent said, "You know,"
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"if I got a role with Denzel"
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"Washington where you're"
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"playing his brother and it"
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"was on a Saturday, you know,"
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"you wouldn't take it?"
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I was like, "That was like the"
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"first thing I told you, man."
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And he's like, "Ah, I don't"
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"get you," and "click," that
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was the end of that phone call.
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And that was the last time I
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spoke to my agent.
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So basically I tell my mother
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this and she's kinda like,
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"Oh, so there's no more"
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"acting happening?"
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And I was paying the mortgage
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at the time so that didn't go
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over too well...
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>> Much more pressure on you.
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>> Exactly and so I was like,
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"What's gonna happen?"
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And so she's like, "Well, I'm"
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"gonna find a way to get"
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"money," and she says,
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"I'm gonna bring in some"
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"student exchange students"
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"and then they're gonna come"
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"here and we'll get money from"
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"that extra means of income."
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And so this guy comes over to
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the house not too long after
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and he's inspecting the house
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and he's looking and picking
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things up and he's like, you
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know, and with the little
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notepad and it felt so
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demeaning 'cause I was
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supporting my mom and now she
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has to do this and it was such
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a depressing moment and I
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felt, like, a weird energy and
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depression in the house and I
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was just, I was starting to
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get almost emotional, no tears
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were coming out and then
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literally at around 8:00 at
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night it felt like there was,
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like, something in my room and
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I couldn't pray and I felt
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really scared and like there
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was an energy in the house and
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I started to cry and I was
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just crying and crying and
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going through, like, a
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depression and I went to bed
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in that state and at around
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3:00 in the morning the phone
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rings and I can tell it's the
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long-distance ring.
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And I'm not up, I'm not
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answering the phone 'cause in
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the state that I'm in, I can't
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talk to anybody, right.
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But my younger brother plays
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video games all night so he
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answers the phone, comes to
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find out it's my father, my
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father who's not in Canada,
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who's in Jamaica and my dad
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calls and he's like, "I wanna"
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"speak to Nwamiko," so my
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brother comes in, he's like,
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"Dad wants to talk to you,"
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so I'm like, "Hello?"
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And he's like, "Nwamiko,"
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"what's going on?"
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And I'm like, "What do you"
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"mean what's going on?"
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He's like, "I used to have"
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"these things from since"
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"childhood."
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"Tell me what's going on."
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And he's like, "You're doing"
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"something, you're deciding"
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"about something," and I was
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like, "Yeah, about acting."
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And he's like, "I knew it,"
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"don't make any decision 'til"
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"I come back to Canada."
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"Don't make any decision,"
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"alright?"
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I was like, "Yeah...what..."
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I didn't know what to say
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'cause I didn't tell him I was
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quitting acting so there's no
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way he could have known that.
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Come to find out, he tells me
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that he was building a house
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in Jamaica, right, and he's
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into real estate and doing
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some of those other things,
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but building a house in
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Jamaica, didn't even have a
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phone installed in the house,
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but he saw a vision and in
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that vision basically, he
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interpreted it as it was
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about me, three different
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scenes, I don't have time to
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tell them now, but the three
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different scenes he
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interpreted as me needing to
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go back into the entertainment
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industry.
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And I was like, "But that"
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"doesn't go with what I've"
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"been reading and studying,"
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but he's like, "That's what"
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"I'm seeing, you're supposed"
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"to go back into the industry,"
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and I was like, "This is not"
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"making sense."
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And so I went to my mom next
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and I had a heart-to-heart
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with her and I said, "What's"
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"going on with Dad? Like..."
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And she's like, "Yeah, he's"
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"had things like that before,"
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"but I forgot to tell you"
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"something; when you were a"
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"child, I dedicated you to"
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"God before you were born."
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"That's why this is happening."
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And I was like, "Thanks, Mom,"
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you know what I mean?
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Thanks for letting me know
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now, you know, but she
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literally is like, "Yeah, I"
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"dedicated you to God so"
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"you're actually supposed to"
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"be dedicated to God's"
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"service."
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And I was like, "Oh, wow!"
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And so I was like, that's why
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I came out the womb basically,
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like, believing right away
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that there was a God the way
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that I did and so now
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everything started to make
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sense and I was like, "OK,"
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"Lord, like, what's next?"
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And I was super depressed,
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super emotional 'cause I'm
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like, I just gave up five
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years of my life and what the
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momentum that I was building
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and so I'm like, "Lord, what's"
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"next, like, I have nothing,"
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and, you know, it's funny
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because I tell people, people
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say, you know, money talks,
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right, but the problem with
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money is that she'll say
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things like, "Oh, you're so"
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"great that you have me now,"
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you know, "I'm gonna be with"
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"you forever," but then the
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last thing money said to me
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was, "Bye-bye," 'cause money
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left. [laughs]
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Because the money leaves when
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the party's over, so to speak,
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you know, and I was no longer
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in the entertainment industry
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and, like, certain things
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happened and it was just
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really difficult so I was
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like, "OK, Lord, what's next?"
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And I got an offer to work at
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a Christian school as a
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substitute teacher and I was
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like, I didn't wanna take this
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job 'cause it was literally a
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rough, dead-end kind of job
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right beside the train tracks,
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literally there was like a
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train right there beside the
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school and I was like,
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"I don't wanna take this job,"
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and it's really problem kids
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and stuff, but I was like,
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"OK, God, if You're telling"
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"me to take this job, I'll"
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give You a chance to show up."
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"Tonight, there's gonna be a"
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"live presentation by a"
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"pastor via satellite and if"
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he wears a red tie tonight,"
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"I will take that job"
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"no problem, right."
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But if you don't do this, I'm"
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"not gonna do anything"
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"because all this crazy stuff"
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"is happening to me and"
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"You're not speaking to me"
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"and telling me what I'm"
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"supposed to do."
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"So that's it, that's all."
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So I go to the event that
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night, sit at my church and
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usually people don't wear red
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ties because it's just not
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good on camera, you know what
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I mean?
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As you guys would know.
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Guy comes out, Pastor Walter
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Pearson comes out,
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bam, red tie.
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I was like, "No!" [laughs]
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So I was like, "Lord, did You"
00:19:13.08\00:19:14.85
"really just do that to me?"
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And I was like, "OK, I guess"
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"I gotta go work at the school."
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So I work at the school for a
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month and it was amazing
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because it was almost like God
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slapping me on the wrist, but
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it was like, "Wow, I got a"
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"slap on the wrist from God,"
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you know what I mean?
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And He indicated by another
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sign shortly thereafter that
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He wanted me to stay on with
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the school for a little bit
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and so I did that for a little
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bit of time, but that was the
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first time I started seeing
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that God was leading in my
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life, He's saying, "Because"
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"you've given me everything,"
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"now I can give you"
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"everything, now I can show"
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"you everything."
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"You've emptied yourself so"
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"now I can fill you up."
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It was amazing, it was like a
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soul-searching time in my
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life, I basically just
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withdraw from hanging out with
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friends and everything and the
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way God told me I needed to do
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it was I started studying the
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Bible, but He said, "You need"
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"to turn off the television"
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and turn on the Ellen-vision."
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[laughs]
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We have an inspired writer
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that we've heard about, an
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author, Ellen White and her
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writings and there's some
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powerful material in those
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writings and so I said, "You"
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"know, I heard a lot about"
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"these things, let me inspect"
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"them for myself."
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And so I started to do some
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introspection and here's the
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crazy thing because my gift
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was my imagination, but what I
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notice about films is that you
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get so sucked into that world,
00:20:26.62\00:20:28.86
after it's over, you still
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want to exist in the world
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that you were a part of.
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Right?
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Like it...
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It diminishes your
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appreciation for reality.
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And there's something called
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"Avatar depression" which was
00:20:40.90\00:20:41.94
actually a thing after
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that movie, it was so
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beautiful, the movie, Avatar,
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that people got depressed
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after going back to real life,
00:20:46.68\00:20:48.11
right, so that's what those
00:20:48.11\00:20:49.64
movies will do, your
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imagination still wants to
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live in that world.
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Well, I read the book The
00:20:53.62\00:20:54.98
Great Controversy and you read
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about the climax of history in
00:20:56.99\00:20:59.29
the battle between good and
00:20:59.29\00:21:00.76
evil is taking place in your
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lifetime.
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Spiritual warfare between the
00:21:03.32\00:21:05.06
forces of good, the forces of
00:21:05.06\00:21:06.43
evil, all of the conflict is
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.10
coming to a head right now in
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.96
this time in which you are
00:21:09.96\00:21:11.40
alive and you have a part to
00:21:11.40\00:21:12.80
play in that story and you
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close that book.
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But this story's real.
00:21:15.47\00:21:17.01
You've just been awakened to
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the fact that you're a part of
00:21:18.87\00:21:20.88
a greater reality so it's now
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.78
like you're more plugged in to
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the movie of your own
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experience and life.
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And so I was like, "Wow."
00:21:27.18\00:21:28.95
"Wow, wow, OK, OK, Lord."
00:21:28.95\00:21:31.15
So He's like, "Now I need to"
00:21:31.15\00:21:32.35
"give you purpose, I need to"
00:21:32.35\00:21:33.59
"inform you about what it is"
00:21:33.59\00:21:34.82
"you actually believe, what"
00:21:34.82\00:21:36.02
"this thing called life is"
00:21:36.02\00:21:37.09
"actually about."
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I started a city ministry with
00:21:38.49\00:21:40.96
some group of friends and we
00:21:40.96\00:21:42.66
started this non-profit to
00:21:42.66\00:21:43.93
reach downtown areas, inner
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city areas, and so many
00:21:45.73\00:21:47.50
testimonies happened from
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that, but God is really
00:21:48.67\00:21:49.97
showing me that, He's like,
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"Nwamiko, I called you out of"
00:21:51.14\00:21:52.54
"the darkness to put you into"
00:21:52.54\00:21:53.91
"the light," you know.
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And, you know, people who are
00:21:55.04\00:21:56.28
watching this show right now,
00:21:56.28\00:21:57.65
they might be wondering about
00:21:57.65\00:21:58.95
their own journey, but every
00:21:58.95\00:22:00.68
single one of us has a journey
00:22:00.68\00:22:02.05
that God wants to be powerful.
00:22:02.05\00:22:03.89
And here's the thing, I
00:22:03.89\00:22:05.32
thought I wanted...
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I thought I wanted Adventism
00:22:07.56\00:22:10.76
to have its own actor so that
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.66
that would be the star-power
00:22:12.66\00:22:14.46
of Adventism, but the Bible
00:22:14.46\00:22:15.86
showed me that Adventism
00:22:15.86\00:22:17.53
already has star power because
00:22:17.53\00:22:19.13
in Revelation it says that
00:22:19.13\00:22:20.54
Jesus is the bright and
00:22:20.54\00:22:21.74
morning star.
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Jesus is the bright and
00:22:22.80\00:22:24.07
morning star, we already have
00:22:24.07\00:22:25.37
a star in Adventism, but God
00:22:25.37\00:22:26.78
still needs you to play a
00:22:26.78\00:22:27.98
supporting role, right.
00:22:27.98\00:22:29.74
And then I was like, "OK, so"
00:22:29.74\00:22:30.85
"how is that?"
00:22:30.85\00:22:31.98
Well, He's like, "Nwamiko,"
00:22:31.98\00:22:33.18
"there's two versions of"
00:22:33.18\00:22:34.32
"yourself that you can play,"
00:22:34.32\00:22:35.42
because when you think about
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.58
David, David was a shepherd
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boy and He was like,
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"That's too small."
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"I want you to get up and go"
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"shepherd an entire nation."
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Peter was a fisherman and he's
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like, "That's too small,"
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"I need you to become a"
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"fisher of men," right.
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Paul used to go and capture
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people and bring them back to
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the Sanhedrin.
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He's like, "Now I need you to"
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"turn around and go capture"
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"people and bring them back"
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"to Christ."
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Moses was gonna give laws to
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Egypt, He's like, "That's too"
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"small, I need you to give"
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"the ten commandments to the"
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"entire world."
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You used to take the script
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and play it out, now you
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take the scripture and you
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preach it out.
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And it's truth that's gonna
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last for eternity.
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So every single person, every
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single person has a role to
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play in their movie and God is
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the star-- Jesus is the star
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of their film, but you only
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get to experience that when
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you invite Him into your life.
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And so I think God is calling
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us as a generation to create
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media that's gonna impact the
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world for Him.
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And so I consider myself to be
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a vision-maker, not just a
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director or film-maker, but a
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vision-maker.
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And so if it's the most
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powerful way of communicating
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or compelling someone to
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understand something or to
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accept something, why not use
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that for the gospel?
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And so that's what I'm doing
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right now, I'm making
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documentary films, making
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music and making,
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not necessarily documentaries,
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films, but 3D animated films
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as well.
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I've had the opportunity to
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create a documentary on David
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and Goliath and it had 3D
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animation and just talks about
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the story of David and Goliath
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whether it was real so it can
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take you from the atheistic
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perspective to the Adventist
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perspective in one film.
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The big dream that I have
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though is I want to take the
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Conflict of Ages series,
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Patriarchs and Prophets,
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Desire of Ages, and The Great
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Controversy, and create them
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all, each as a two-hour 3D
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animated film.
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I actually have the company
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ready to make it with me, they
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are ready, they're on-- they
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are standing by right now, it
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just needs to be funded.
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The script is done, we just
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need to get the funding to do
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it and we wanna release that
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in theatres world wide and on
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online platforms.
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So to tell the story of what
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this world really is in the
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most compelling and the most
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amazing way possible.
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>> Nwamiko, you know, God has
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really inspired you with your
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vision that He gave you
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because the world is shifted
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so much today and so many
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people are spending time
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on screens...
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>> Yes.
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>> ...and so what a powerful
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vision that He gave you.
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>> That's why I'm excited that
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you guys do what you do.
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>> So how can people get
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ahold of you?
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>> OK, so online my company
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name is Certain Sound and so
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they can go to
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certainsound.org, that's my
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website, also Certain Sound
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Media, that is my YouTube
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channel, so we're gonna have
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some new material showing up
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there, you could also just
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search my first name on social
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media and I'm on Instagram,
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Facebook and all that stuff.
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>> Yeah, and I'd like them to
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be able to support your vision
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because you do need financial
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support for that.
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>> Prayers definitely help,
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but the other stuff doesn't
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hurt either. [laughs]
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>> Nwamiko, I wonder if you
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can please pray for us before
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we end our program today.
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>> Sure, sure, let's do it.
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Father in heaven, we thank You
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so much for Your goodness,
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Your grace, Your Mercy, Your
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love, Lord, and for the fact
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that Jesus is the star of each
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of our movies.
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Lord, we don't need to try to
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be the star because You are
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already there and willing to
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come to make our lives like
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the movie they were designed
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to be.
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I pray in a special way that
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You would please bless
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everybody who's watching out
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there who is in a valley of
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decision in their own lives.
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Help them to realize that You
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have the guidance that they
00:26:13.74\00:26:15.14
need and the answers that they
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need and You have a whole
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'nother side to life that they
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actually desire and want
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because You created them.
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So bless everyone who's
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watching and thank You for
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hearing and answering this
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prayer, in Jesus' name, amen.
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[MIKE] Amen, amen.
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Thank you, Nwamiko, you really
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blessed us with sharing your
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testimony, your experience and
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the way God is leading in your
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life right now.
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>> The pleasure was mine.
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>> Friends, today we want to
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give you the book that
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inspired Nwamiko, The Great
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Controversy, because I have
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read The Great Controversy and
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learned from it multiple
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times, I know that you are
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going to be equally inspired
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by this book.
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>> The Great Controversy has
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stood the test of time as a
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trusted source on Biblical
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truth and divine inspiration.
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>> Before you go, we would
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And if you go to our website,
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>> We also want you to
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experience the truth found in
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the words of Jesus when He
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said, "It is written, man"
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"shall not live by bread"
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"alone, but by every word"
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"that proceeds out of the"
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"mouth of God."
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