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Series Code: ISITE
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00:08 Hello, and welcome to iSITE.
00:09 It's another day here in London, and we're taking the crew down 00:12 to downtown to Victoria, and then down to maybe Big Ben, 00:16 and maybe Westminster Abby, and a little bit of a trip 00:18 we're going to be pitching to iSITE REVIEW. 00:20 Which is again, we're coming to you from the different churches 00:23 here in London that are doing the campaign 2016. 00:26 And with our crew, who do we have with us today that we're 00:28 going downtown with? 00:29 We have, actually, everyone who's staying at our hotel; 00:31 almost everyone who's staying at our hotel. 00:33 Our hotel is just around the corner from here, 00:35 Croydon Park Hotel. 00:37 We left that this morning; walked down 00:38 to the train station. 00:39 We got our Oyster cards. 00:41 And this gives us a pass to get on that train. 00:44 We're at the East Croydon Station. 00:47 So we're going to take the fast train. 00:48 Hopefully we get the fast one. 00:50 We have, Curtis is here behind the camera right now. 00:52 We have Michael. He's doing audio. 00:54 Brad's directing, and he's behind the camera. 00:56 Tiera's over here. That's Brad's daughter. 00:59 She's taking pictures. 01:00 And then Tim Parton, just behind Tiera over there. 01:03 And we're going to hear some more from Tim. 01:05 He's been playing the piano here for the London campaign. 01:07 He has been every night. 01:09 And we're going to hear more from him today. 01:13 And then we have Ralph Sanchez. 01:14 He's been doing audio, and editing, 01:16 and he's along for the ride today. 01:17 So why don't we hop on that train and let's 01:20 see where it takes us. 01:21 Let's take a trip downtown. 01:29 Right. Ah this is the noon train. 01:30 Oh yeah, thank you. 01:32 So this is the fast one here. 01:36 Westminster Abbey... 01:38 I don't know, we're going to go somewhere. 01:50 This is the fast train. 03:12 And the campus is right back here. 03:14 I can't believe that it's so beautiful here. 03:35 Well, we finally arrived from our start at East Croydon. 03:39 We've made it all the way. 03:40 It's not really downtown London, but we're down by Big Ben. 03:44 You can see over my shoulder here. 03:45 We have West, no we have Parliament. 03:47 Make sure I get this right. 03:49 Parliament between us here, and we're also by the 03:51 West Minster Bridge. 03:52 And the Tims River is right over this wall that's right here. 03:56 And, you know, as our trip down here we were helped by a 03:59 gentleman on the train that actually showed us, 04:01 because it's a little bit confusing actually 04:03 all the underground, and the subway system, and all of that. 04:06 But we praise the Lord for him. But we're here. 04:08 We're here. Absolutely. 04:10 It's exciting! You know, just coming on the, 04:12 we came on the fast train. We did. 04:13 We did the tube underground and we came out. 04:16 And as soon as came out, we came out right over here 04:19 at Big Ben and Parliament. 04:20 And I was like, Wow! 04:22 It's more beautiful than you would think. 04:23 In pictures it doesn't do it justice. 04:26 It's beautiful here. 04:28 The intricacy; see the big tower and the clock, 04:31 and the Parliament building. 04:32 And we are here in London for the purpose of spreading 04:36 the gospel message of evangelism. 04:38 That's very true. You know, I was thinking about 04:40 that as far as Big Ben. 04:41 When we stepped out of the train station it was 04:43 right there before us. 04:44 You know, I think about heaven when it's said that the eye 04:47 can't even, or the mind can't even comprehend what heaven 04:49 is going to be like. 04:51 So we're just awed by what we're seeing here; what man has done. 04:53 But we look forward to heaven, of course, someday soon. 04:56 And that's what this whole campaign is about, 04:58 is about reaching souls for the kingdom of God. That's right. 05:02 Now what are we going to next? 05:03 We want to go to Tottenham. 05:05 Pastor C. A. Murray is there, and he's speaking with one of 05:07 the Elders at the church there. 05:08 This is kind of a heavy testimony. It is. 05:11 It's something that just took place a couple nights ago. 05:14 At his meeting a young man came into church and we want to hear 05:19 what happened to him. 05:24 You just got back from holiday, and have run into a very 05:28 interesting experience, and one that we need to pray for. 05:30 Walk us through that experience, if you will. 05:32 Yes, I have just come back from holiday after 05:35 six weeks being away. 05:36 And I have a neighbor, my next door neighbor who's... 05:40 Her son is actually having challenges at the moment. 05:44 He's a young son. He's having challenges. 05:46 We've been working, I've been working with 05:47 the pastor with him. 05:49 But during the six weeks I've been away, I noticed that 05:52 there's been a few other challenges going on. 05:54 I took the opportunity to invite my neighbor to church, 06:00 because we have the evangelistic program going on at Tottenham. 06:04 I invited him to church and he said, agreed with no hesitation. 06:10 He said, Yes, he would come. 06:12 I thought because of the problems that's been going on, 06:14 I think it would be best if he came to church, 06:16 and for the two week period. 06:18 And he said, Yes, he would come every day. 06:20 Brought him to church that day, and he actually came in, 06:24 and he sat on the second row at the front. 06:26 And I was very surprised he went straight to the front, 06:28 sat there getting prepared for the, preliminaries before the 06:32 actual sermon took place. 06:34 About five minutes before the sermon took place he asked me 06:38 if he could use the bathroom, and went downstairs. 06:40 Went downstairs. I was waiting, and waiting. 06:43 He didn't come back up for awhile. 06:45 The sermon had begun and he still hadn't come up, 06:48 but I still waited in prayer. 06:50 And then he turned up with a tissue on his wrists, 06:53 and asked if he could have a word with me. 06:55 I went downstairs with him, and he showed me that he'd just 06:58 been to the bathroom and cut his wrist. 07:00 He didn't actually get to hear the sermon. 07:03 The sermon actually was profound because it was about young 07:08 people, and prisons. 07:09 And the letter which you had actually read out, 07:12 I found that it would have been something he would have been 07:14 very interested in. 07:15 After I spoke to him I said, Well, actually, what happened? 07:18 We looked at him. He got up as he was outside in the gate, 07:22 and collapsed on the floor. 07:24 And for the rest of the evening we would spend with the 07:27 ambulance service, and him in the ambulance 07:30 putting things right. 07:31 I felt at that stage the great controversy was definitely 07:36 in control at this stage. 07:38 I knew that there was something going on. 07:40 I could feel that the Devil obviously did not want him 07:44 to hear this sermon. 07:45 I'm asking for prayer. 07:47 I'm asking for prayers for my neighbor that God will take 07:50 control, and that whatever's controlling him, 07:54 it will be released. 07:55 Elder thank you so very much. 07:58 This is, as the Elder has said, the great 08:01 controversy being played out. 08:02 Satan has attached himself to this young life and does not 08:06 want to let this young man go. 08:07 This is a young teen. 08:09 We won't give his age. 08:10 We cannot give his name certainly at this point, 08:12 but we would ask you to pray that Christ would have His way. 08:16 Whenever you step out to serve the Lord the Devil tries to 08:19 intervene and interfere. 08:21 But we know that greater is He that is in us, 08:23 than he that is in the world. 08:25 So keep this matter in your prayer. 08:26 This is from the Tottenham Seventh-day Adventist Church. 08:29 And we thank you for your love and your prayers. Thank you. 08:32 Thank you so much Pastor C. A. 08:35 We are standing here on the Westminster Bridge actually. 08:38 This is going right over the Thames River. 08:40 We you can hear Big Ben right now. 08:42 It's chiming 12:00 o'clock at noon. 08:44 And it reminds me that time is running out for this world. 08:48 Jesus is coming soon, and that's why this 08:52 campaign is so important; to share Jesus Christ with a 08:56 lost and dying world. 08:57 We want to encourage you at home to pray for that young man. 09:00 As they mentioned in the interview, we're not mentioning 09:02 his name, but the Lord Jesus knows it. 09:05 He has it engraven on the palm of His hand. 09:07 And I know that God has a plan for his life. 09:10 And we just want to encourage you to pray for him. 09:12 Absolutely. And, you know, you look at the crowds that are 09:14 passing on this bridge, I mean London is a very busy city, 09:17 and you know all of us have what they call the God void, 09:20 where we need God in our lives. 09:22 And so again, for this campaign of London 2016 your part can be 09:26 you can pray, and, of course support this campaign. 09:28 But God is doing marvelous things, and we've heard it, 09:30 in these different testimonies already. 09:32 And we're going to Shelley Quinn... We are! 09:34 ...and her church. This is Stoke Newington. 09:36 And we actually won't see Shelley, but we have three 09:38 different testimonies that they have there at that church. 09:41 We want to go to them at this time. 09:48 I've been attending Stoke Newington campaign, One Life, 09:53 and it's been an amazing pleasure for me to be able to 09:57 be here in this church attending, and to listen to 10:01 Shelley Quinn's preaching for us. 10:05 She's been bringing us amazing details of the story of 10:11 the Bible, the story of Jesus, for these past two days. 10:14 And for me as a theology student, I'm doing my P.A. in 10:21 Newbolt, it's always a pleasure to be able to listen to new 10:27 details, to new things, because we are always here to be able to 10:32 learn and know more about the Bible. 10:35 We are in constant process of learning. 10:38 So for me as a student of theology, imagine it's so 10:44 important, imagine for those that are out there that still 10:49 don't know about the word of God, the impact that this 10:54 campaign brings to all of them to be able to know and 10:59 understand, and realize who Jesus is, 11:02 who God is in their lives. 11:05 It's been an immense privilege for me also, because I've been 11:10 also filming the campaign, working for 11:15 the media department, and be able to put everything 11:21 together, be able to participate in that way so that we can move 11:26 forward for the future, for other people to be able to see. 11:30 It's an immense pleasure, and it's an immense blessing for 11:34 everyone to be able to see this. 11:40 My name Ana Maria and my life story is quite long, 11:45 but tonight I would just like to share with you a little bit of 11:49 what God has done for me. 11:51 And what I understood from being a Christian, 11:57 and what I understood from being in an environment where people 12:02 are sharing the same ideas, the same truth, it was when I 12:08 understood that I was in a very dark place. 12:11 I was in a place where nothing could have taken me out of 12:14 except God and His mercy and His grace. 12:17 And the reason why I'm here tonight at Stoke Newington 12:23 it is partly because I have been watching 3ABN for the past three 12:27 months on a very regular basis; that is every day. 12:33 Due to a car accident I had, I have had this time as a 12:39 blessing, as an opportunity to soak even deeper 12:43 into the word of God. 12:44 And I could say that Sister Shelley Quinn has made a 12:48 tremendous difference into my life. 12:51 I could identify with her teachings. 12:53 And she has been a mentor from a distance for me. 12:58 And I just wanted to thank God for the opportunity of London 13:04 organizing such a wonderful event, that I could come 13:07 and speak to her myself, and hear those messages 13:11 in a different way than on a screen. 13:15 I have not only been blessed, but I have been touched 13:19 to the innermost of my heart. 13:22 I could thank God for this wonderful opportunity that 13:27 I'm able to share and learn more truth. 13:35 I was born in a Seventh-day Adventist family. 13:38 I was being taught all the doctrines and everything, 13:44 but apparently I missed the most important things to have a 13:51 personal relationship with Jesus. 13:53 And from a period of time I discovered I have, I'm lacking 14:01 this relationship with Him, and I wanted to approach Him more. 14:11 But while I was doing this, I started to have more 14:17 difficulties in my life. 14:19 And I started to feel more, let's say depressed, 14:27 and crisis of identity, and where I'm going. 14:31 And today at Stoke Newington church Shelley Quinn preached 14:42 about Jesus, that He has a plan for us. 14:47 And I want to... I love Jesus more; have a deeper relationship 14:54 with Him, and I want to serve Him, 15:00 and I want to discover myself. 15:05 I know it's not just myself in this situation. 15:09 There are lots of people out in the world that's in my 15:13 situation, and I can help, through my experience, 15:20 to help others as well. 15:23 We're standing here with Kathy Dawkins. 15:26 She is 3ABN's My SDA TV representative here in U.K. 15:29 But Kathy, you live pretty close to here, right? 15:32 Very close, and I love it. 15:35 It's an amazing place to be, with a lot of history. 15:37 So this is the place to be when you come to London. 15:40 Yeah, we've enjoyed our time here so far, too. 15:42 This is a lovely place. 15:43 It's beautiful. And now you're holding something here. 15:45 Let's hold it up, and tell me about this. 15:48 So this is the mySDATV box, and this is the M10. 15:53 And we have three types. 15:55 We have a M10, M8, and Dongle. 15:57 The only difference with this box isn't that. 16:01 It is the fastest in terms of loading the content on 3ABN. 16:05 But this is a great tool to have in our homes. 16:09 It connects us to God. 16:11 And I encourage everyone to get one of these. Amen. 16:14 This has all of the 3ABN channels. 16:16 And you've been traveling around. 16:18 Do you take the bus? 16:19 Do you take the train? 16:21 Do you take? We just came on the train this morning. 16:22 But how do you travel around with the boxes? 16:24 Well, I take the bus mostly. 16:28 Say if I have to go to somebody's house to delivery 16:31 the box, I'll wake up very early and get on the bus. 16:34 Because you know London is a big city, and it takes a lot of time 16:38 to get to where I'm going. 16:39 So I mostly take the bus. 16:40 If I do take the train it will be expensive, so I take the bus. 16:45 Yeah. And for the campaign you've been going around with 16:50 the campaign here to the different churches. 16:52 Because we have nine different churches involved. 16:55 And you're going around to the different 16:56 churches with the boxes. Yes. 16:57 And last night I went to Chiswick. 16:59 And I took the train from Westminster. 17:02 We're close by. And it was quick. 17:05 And Chiswick pastor was Pastor Hart, 17:08 and the sermon was really good. 17:10 I encourage all the members to get one of these, 17:13 even if they have the roof already, which they already 17:16 said, Oh, I have the roof of above. 17:18 This is a great tool to give away as a gift, because at any 17:22 day God is coming back. Amen! 17:24 And we are witnessing to people. 17:26 We want them to come into the church and also to one day hear 17:30 the words, Well done thou good and faithful servant. 17:33 And one of the nice things about this is that it's also a 17:35 video on demand, so to speak. 17:37 So it goes back several weeks. 17:38 And you can actually, like if you missed some of the campaigns 17:42 that are going on here. 17:43 If it says, Pastor John Lomacang; you didn't get to hear 17:45 it, you can actually go back and listen to it. 17:47 Isn't that right? That's a huge benefit. 17:48 That is a real, real big benefit to this box. 17:52 Because a lot of times we end up missing different programs 17:56 and there's no way of going back. 17:57 Now this box enables us to go back and watch various programs 18:03 way back when. Great tool to have! 18:06 That's great! And right now we want to go to 18:09 Pastor Kenny Shelton's church over at Hampstead. 18:12 And thank you so much Kathy for what you do 18:15 for the cause of God here. 18:16 Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. 18:18 And we will have an incredible testimony over there that we 18:21 want to go to just now. 18:25 Oh, I was so blessed when I just started watching; 18:30 when I went to the website. 18:32 And I thought, I have to watch this online. 18:35 Because it's the Sabbath day, and I can't... 18:38 You don't get the same blessing unless you're really, you know, 18:43 you're feeding on God's word. 18:45 So the Holy Spirit said to me, Hampstead church. Wow! 18:51 And tune in there. And I wasn't disappointed. Praise the Lord. 18:58 Aw look! I was just gripping myself. Wow! 19:02 And so I went back in the evening, but I couldn't... 19:06 It wasn't broadcast live in the evening, was it? 19:11 Because I couldn't find it. 19:12 Maybe, maybe, I don't know. 19:13 At half past five I was there again on my computer. 19:16 So yesterday we had a very busy day, 19:21 but I tuned again last night. 19:26 And while I was watching it last night, and I was contemplating 19:33 and reflecting on how the Bible breathes life into us, 19:39 and I thought, That is so true! 19:41 And then sister said she put out this challenge that the only 19:46 way we're going to make it in this life is to get ourselves up 19:52 in the morning... And what was it she said was, Before we take 19:57 one bite... Yeah, that's right. 20:00 Before we take one bite of physical food, 20:05 we have to open the word of God. 20:08 And that just was ingrained in my mind. 20:11 And I thought, That's what's missing. 20:14 And I got out of bed; I set the alarm. 20:16 Quarter past five I was out of bed and I thought, Yes! 20:22 It's a wonderful experience, isn't it? 20:23 It was amazing! That's beautiful. 20:26 And it was lovely! And sat there this morning with my Bible open, 20:30 and I really need wisdom right now. 20:34 It's been a very trying two weeks. 20:37 And I was reading about Solomon and how he went to the Lord, 20:42 and he asked for wisdom above all else, and God granted him 20:46 because he didn't ask for wealth. 20:48 And I said to the Lord, I need wisdom right now. 20:53 And, you know, I felt a peace after that. 20:59 And I got on my way to work. 21:01 I was on the train, and I thought, Yes! 21:05 I had the best day. 21:08 And do you know something? my day at work was the best day 21:10 My day at work was the best day I've ever had 21:13 for such a long time. 21:14 It was so busy! And I couldn't wait to get out of work 21:17 actually, to come here tonight. 21:19 Praise the Lord! And I saw you coming down bright and early. 21:22 Oh, look! Well, I went to... 21:24 Do you know something? 21:26 I got lost here because I was so busy with some correspondence 21:30 I had in my bag, and I thought, Oh, I'm going to get off at 21:35 this station, which was on the... 21:38 No, well I was heading for Belsize Park. 21:42 And I missed the stop, and I had to go back and forwards, 21:48 and then back again. 21:50 But I ended up stopping very early. 21:52 Yeah, yeah, I saw you walking down the road. 21:53 Praise the Lord! Yeah, Praise the Lord! 21:55 Amen! Tremendous testimony there! 21:58 And I tell you, it's always neat to see what God is 21:59 doing in people's lives. 22:01 That was at Hampstead? 22:02 That was at Hampstead. 22:04 I kind of get a little confused; all these church's names. 22:06 But there are nine of them plus more have joined actually, 22:09 in this campaign here for London 2016. 22:11 We're obviously not downtown London right now. 22:14 We're at the Crydon Seventh-day Adventist Church, 22:16 and we've had a wonderful time. 22:18 I don't want to say, On the town, because that can come 22:19 across bad, but traveling and seeing more of the historical sites 22:23 here of London, and it's been a really fun day. 22:25 It has been a wonderful day. 22:26 And seeing the testimonies. 22:28 We hope that you've been blessed by the testimonies this evening 22:31 from the churches; the changed lives, the people who have come 22:33 to the meetings, and who have given their hearts to Jesus, 22:36 who have made a decision to change direction in their lives. 22:40 We're sitting, as Greg said, on the steps here with 22:43 Brother Tim Parton, and we've been blessed to spend the 22:45 day with him as well. 22:47 And, Tim, just share what's on your heart tonight. 22:49 Sure thing. It has been such a privilege. 22:51 Today was a beautiful sunny, day in London. 22:54 It was a perfect day to go down and see some of the sites. 22:57 It truly was. You hear about a foggy day in London town. 23:00 Not today. But today was the opposite. 23:02 It was just wonderful. 23:04 In fact, I had taken a long sleeved shirt 23:06 and I didn't need it. 23:08 I had to roll up my sleeves because it was 23:10 such a beautiful day. 23:11 You were sweating. 23:12 I was sweating kind of profusely down there, yeah. 23:14 Yes, and Jill was perspiring, or glistening. 23:15 Is that what they say? 23:17 Anyway, it was such a... It was a treat! 23:19 And now it's such a beautiful... 23:20 There's a breeze, and the sun is going down. 23:22 And it's wonderful getting ready to go into church 23:25 to hear John preach. 23:26 And as we were in town today I was struck... 23:30 We got to take the tube, as they call it, the subway into, 23:34 and the train; the different forms and varieties of 23:38 transportation that they have here in this massive city. 23:41 And I was struck by the fact that we have come in contact 23:45 with so many people, and the hundreds of people that we were 23:49 walking by, and sitting next to, as we were commuting into town. 23:54 And you could reach out literally and touch them, 23:57 and yet there's, like there's, we have this wall between us. 24:02 And a wall, I guess it's the bubble around us that we all 24:07 try to maintain our respect for each other. 24:10 And yet the last Sabbath that we talked about Jesus gaining the 24:16 confidence of the people that He was in contact with, 24:20 by the miracles that He did, by the feeding them, and getting to 24:25 know them, talking to them, preaching to them. 24:27 For them to hear Him speak, and learn His heart, and for 24:31 them to know what His purpose and mission on earth was. 24:34 That allowed Him to gain their confidence, 24:37 so He could speak into their lives. 24:39 Yeah. That's powerful, isn't it? 24:41 And it's so important for us to be a part of a local church, 24:44 and the part of a small group of Bible study, 24:46 where we can do that to each other. 24:49 We can speak into each other's lives. 24:50 We can know each other's goal and mission in life, 24:54 so that if we have troubles, or if we see anything in each 24:58 other's life, we can speak into it. 25:00 Because you can't just go up to somebody on the street and start 25:03 talking to them, because it's awkward, it's uncomfortable. 25:08 You know, I've seen people do it, but they don't... 25:12 Yeah, there has to be that trust. 25:13 there has to be that trust. 25:15 So even tonight as we're filming this, cars are driving by, 25:18 and people are turning, and looking, and walking by, 25:20 watching us wondering what we're doing. 25:22 And we want you all to come in here, and hear what we have 25:26 to say, because the fact is the Bible says, 25:31 Loving God, loving each other. 25:33 And so I feel more struck than any time I can remember 25:37 to love each other, and to gain each other's confidence, 25:42 so that we can be Jesus to each other. 25:45 That is very powerful, because, you know, like today, 25:48 like you're mentioning, there's hundreds, thousands of people 25:50 that we came in contact with. 25:52 And I didn't even look at a lot of these people in the eye. 25:54 And I hate to say that. 25:55 You know, a lot of the... what we all go around with. 25:57 Either we're looking down at our iPhones, or whatever phone 26:00 we have, or we just don't want to... 26:03 Again, it's just uncomfortable sometimes to keep eye, 26:06 to make eye contact. 26:07 But it can be as simple as a smile. 26:09 Absolutely! Because even though I may never find out this 26:13 person's name, I can just say, How are you? 26:15 And, How's your day going? 26:16 Or just looking, I guess Jesus coming through. 26:19 That's what we want. 26:20 Oh, that was definitely my prayer this morning when I knew 26:23 we were going downtown. 26:24 Because I knew that it was going to be more people than 26:26 than were at the breakfast table at breakfast. 26:30 So, I said, Lord, You're going to have to shine through me. 26:33 You know, and I'm thinking about, because you're doing a 26:36 lot of music here at the different campaign sites. 26:38 And the theme song for this campaign is a powerful one, isn't it? 26:41 powerful one, isn't it? 26:42 It is powerful. Someone here wrote the theme song. 26:45 It says, Everyone, everywhere, tell someone Jesus loves them. 26:50 Sharing love, sharing hope, everybody, everywhere. 26:55 Amen! And that's what it's going to take us all getting familiar 27:01 with each other; making personal relationships. 27:03 I think about this simple little song, and it's not simple, 27:06 but powerful: Jesus loves me this I know, 27:08 for the Bible tells me so. Right. 27:11 So all of us have that part of, you know, to spread God's word. 27:14 That's the blessing of being here at London 2016, 27:17 the evangelistic campaign. 27:19 And thank you for your support and prayers for the ministry 27:21 of 3ABN, and for making this possible. Right. 27:23 That's right. It's a blessing here. 27:25 Tim we so appreciate your work and ministry. 27:28 He's been going around, as we mentioned, to each one of 27:30 the different campaign sites. 27:31 So Praise the Lord for that. 27:33 We're had a wonderful day here in London. 27:34 We want to encourage you to stay tuned, because coming up next 27:37 is the message from Pastor John Lomacang, right here through 27:40 these doors in the Croydon Seventh-day Adventist Church. 27:43 And I know that it's going to bless and 27:44 minister to your heart. 27:46 Know that we love you at home, that we pray for you, 27:49 and we so appreciate your prayers for this ministry. 27:52 This is the end of our iSITE for tonight. 27:54 We'll see you tomorrow night. |
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