Hello and welcome
to iSITE number seven.
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We are Greg and Jill Morikone,
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and again, we are
here in Phoenix, Arizona
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for the evangelistic series,
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"Pathway to Life,"
and it is going well.
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Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now in iSITE number six,
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we were at a park
called Hole in the Rock.
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Now that's just that
direction just off to my left.
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We are here by really
special garden, aren't we?
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We are.
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This is the
Desert Botanical Garden,
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and I love flowers of any kind.
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And in this
Desert Botanical Garden,
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they have all these arid plants,
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plants that grow in the desert.
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There's over 50,000 plants there
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and that's incredible.
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And right behind us,
you can see another rock.
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It sort of looks
like Hole in the Rock.
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This whole
section of the country,
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the Sonoran
Desert with the cacti
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and the plants is beautiful.
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It is.
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In this rock that's behind us,
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it's may be hard to
see in the camera shot.
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But it's interesting
because the Hole in the Rock
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that we saw in iSITE
six is very interesting.
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It reminds me of
something almost man-made.
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It looks like red concrete
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with like stones embedded in it.
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It's just really incredible
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but it has been
here since creation.
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Well, I guess since the flood
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when all of the
earth was upheaval,
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there's a lot of upheaval
and stuff but just incredible,
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like Jill has
mentioned, to see this life.
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We've had some rain recently
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and you can just
see the green leaves
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from day to day.
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There's yellow flowers
here right behind the crew
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and I should mention the crew.
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Our crew today, we
have Brad Walker here,
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we have Summer Boyd,
and we have Danae Babb,
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and they are doing a great
job plus our crew that's out
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in the Botanical
Garden right now.
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They're filming there right now.
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And before we get to that,
we want to give a shout out
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to those of you who
are watching on Facebook.
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We are streaming on
Facebook and YouTube
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and any of those other
avenues, and of course, 3abn.tv,
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and these are
people who have shared
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previous programs.
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Yeah, this is excellent.
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This is Devin, Edwenda,
Tom, Quora, Ada, Alicia, John,
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Debbie, Genevieve,
Lorena, Clayton, Amy, Kim, Mona,
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Marsha, Sandra, Anne-Marie, Amy.
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Wow.
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Ooh, Marilyn, Helena, Arielle,
Anna, Oscar, Rudy, Caroline,
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and many others.
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So thank you so much.
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Please keep
sending in your comments
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and sharing the video.
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Yeah, because we
like hearing from you
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because we again
appreciate your prayers
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and financial support
for the ministry of 3ABN.
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Because of your
support of this ministry,
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we are able to go to
events like this in Phoenix
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where souls are
being changed for eternity.
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And again in this iSITE,
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we are going to hear
some incredible testimonies.
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We will indeed.
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But first, we are going
to go, I know Greg mentioned,
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the crew is in
the botanical gardens
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now filming,
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and they are
going to put together
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a beautiful
montage, aren't they?
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Yes, they are.
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And they are getting some
shots of the beautiful cacti
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from southern Illinois.
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We don't see this
on a day to day basis.
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So for us, this is pretty neat,
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pretty cool as you
hear some people say
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and we have Tim Parton
who is just so talented.
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He is.
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God has given him so
many gifts with music
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and he's played
a beautiful song.
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He has.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful.
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He put together
the music for it,
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and let's go to that right now.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful.
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The Lord God made them all.
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Thank you, Tim Parton,
for that piano rendition
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and also for the crew
for the beautiful footage
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that they got from
the botanical gardens.
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When Jill and I
started, we were down,
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we are up high here
overlooking part of Phoenix,
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but we were down there
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and we've not necessarily
climbed our way up here.
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We drove to a little parking lot
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and then hiked the
rest of the way up here.
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But what a beautiful spot here,
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overlooking almost
a 360 view of Phoenix
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and the mountain
ranges around us,
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but where are we?
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We are here at
Governor Hunt's tomb.
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He was the first
governor of Arizona.
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That was back in 1912
when it became a state.
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But they said in the late 1800s,
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he was from Missouri,
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and he and a friend
came out here to Arizona
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and they lived in a cave.
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In a cave?
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All he had was
clothes on his back
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and they lived in a
cave with a little tin
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that leaned to in the front.
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But he became a
successful businessman
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and then the first governor,
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and he served
several terms as governor.
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I believe.
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Well, we met a tour
guide actually up here on top
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just before we started
this and I think he said
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seven out of the
first nine terms,
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he served as governor.
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Wow. Popular governor.
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Absolutely.
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And he went, he
spent some time overseas
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and he enjoyed the
architecture in Egypt.
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So when his wife passed away,
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he had this pyramid right here
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designed for her and
then when he passed away,
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he was buried there as well.
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Wow. Yes, pretty incredible.
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It's quite an
amazing view from up here.
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And you may hear
in our microphones
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that sound like airplanes.
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Well, they are
because the Phoenix airport
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is just off in the
distance and we seem to be close
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to a flight pattern here.
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But I like the
wildlife too. I enjoy nature.
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And on our way up here,
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I saw I guess a
western roadrunner,
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maybe there's only one
type of roadrunner out here,
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I don't know.
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And then I saw I
think is a western quail,
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the little quail,
it has a little doodad
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that sticks out on the
top of his head like that.
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Really cute.
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But it's really
neat to see the nature,
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even with the city
and stuff around us.
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It's just neat
how God has created
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so much for us to enjoy.
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The Lord God made them all,
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all things bright and beautiful.
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We are going to
Chandler Church right now.
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Chris Shelton had the chance
to talk with the gentleman
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who is Catholic for 57 years.
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He has been attending
the church just a short while
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and he said how he
fell in love with Jesus
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and he never knew
Jesus like he did.
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Right now, he has devotions.
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He spends time watching 3ABN
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and let's listen
to that interview now.
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Hi, I am Chris Shelton.
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Welcome again from the Chandler
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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here in Chandler, Arizona.
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And I have with
me Brother Frank.
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And Brother Frank has been...
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I think you've been
at every single meeting,
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haven't you?
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Yes, I have so far
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and I tend to
come to all of them.
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Okay.
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And you know, I
noticed last night
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when we were talking
about getting connected
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and Pastor Kenny was saying,
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you know that some of us,
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we might have had
a loose connection
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and we want to come back,
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we want to take a
stand and really tighten up
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our relationship with Jesus
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and you were the
first one to stand
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and it just
really touched our heart.
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Frank, tell us
about your experience.
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Where are you from?
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What's brought
you to this church?
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And where do you
think God is leading?
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Okay.
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Well, my name is Frank Melita,
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and I've been coming
here about six months
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to the Chandler's
Church right here,
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Seventh-day Adventist church.
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And I was formerly a
Catholic for 57 years,
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and I am coming
here, and I love it.
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I'm feeling I'm
getting connected with God
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and trying to have
a close relationship.
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And the best part is
that Jesus is my friend
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and I never had that
before, and it feels great,
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and I'm really
getting closer to the Lord
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and I appreciate
everything that is coming to me
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and my family.
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Amen.
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And what about this
evangelistic series?
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Has the Lord
spoke to you in any way?
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Has it just maybe
bonded you closer to Him
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than where you thought you were?
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I am, most
definite. It really has.
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I love it.
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We love coming here, me
and my wife, and tonight,
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one of my sons came
and that was really nice.
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And it's definitely, you know,
I am getting definitely bonded
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and I'm starting
to feel more connected
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and I'm definitely
feeling closer to the Lord,
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you know, every
night I come here.
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Do you think that the connection
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has anything to
do with the truth
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that's being presented?
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Most definite.
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When you go with the
Bible, you just can't go wrong.
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The scriptures that
Pastor Danny has given
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is beautiful
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and it's just a
beautiful experience
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I would have and
I'm really enjoying it.
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You know that the Bible says
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that the truth
shall set you free.
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And we've been learning
that sin separates us from God
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and we need to build
our life upon the truth.
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And the truth is
what separates us
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from all the
confusion in the world.
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You mentioned you were
Catholic for a long, long time.
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So there must have
been something and I assume
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it was the truth
that has brought you
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from Catholic,
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the Catholic
Church and now attending,
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you haven't been baptized
yet but you are attending
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a Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Am I right or wrong or close?
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You are absolutely right, Chris.
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I am learning the truth now
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and I am trying
to walk with the Lord
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and by knowing the
Bible and following the Bible
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and the commandments,
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that's how you get
closer to the Lord I feel
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and it just feels, I
feel great, I really feel,
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I feel great about everything.
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You know, Frank, I think
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that you're not a
once-a-week Christian.
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I think you're probably one
that opens the Bible every day.
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Am I right?
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No, I have been.
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I have been actually reading
the Bible in the mornings.
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My wife, first
thing in the morning,
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we read the Bible and
I never did that before,
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didn't really read the
Bible that much at all.
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So I'm learning it and
with these type of series
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and prophecies that we do watch,
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and 3ABN, we watch,
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you know, we
listen, we watch that,
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me and my wife and I'm
learning more and more.
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Praise God.
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You know, that's
what makes a difference.
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I remember years ago,
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that's when my
life began to change
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is when I began to
eat of the Word first.
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In fact, when I was teaching
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and during the
lot of the sermon,
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evangelistic series
that my husband and I give,
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we always
encourage people to eat
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of the spiritual food first
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before you ever take a
bite of anything physical
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because it's a
spiritual that we need.
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And I'm so glad to have
gotten to meet you and your wife
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and I didn't see
your child here tonight.
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But I know that
that was on her heart.
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So that's an answer to
prayer. Thank you folks at home.
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Is there anything
that you'd like to say
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before we end this
little short interview?
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I like to say that
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I just wish
everybody to come down
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because you
really learn a lot here
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and you feel
great when you leave
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and the Lord is
definitely with you
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when you leave this church.
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That is
definitely the Holy Spirit.
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Thank you guys for
watching. See you next time.
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What a great testimony
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from the Chandler
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
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How encouraging to
hear Frank's testimony
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and how God
brought him out of darkness
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into this marvelous
light or into more of the truth
00:14:02.90\00:14:06.17
in God's Word
and how he's growing
00:14:06.21\00:14:08.11
in his walk with Jesus?
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You know, that's
just so encouraging
00:14:09.51\00:14:11.08
and I just want to
encourage you at home
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to pray for the people,
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pray for those who
are making decisions,
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pray for Frank,
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pray for the other's testimonies
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that we share here on iSITE.
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And what God is doing here
in the Greater Phoenix area?
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Yeah, very true and I think,
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you know, maybe you're someone
that has accepted Jesus Christ
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for the first time.
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Maybe rededicated
your life to Jesus Christ
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and I think we want
to lift you up in prayer
00:14:32.37\00:14:34.27
and you at home,
lift them up in prayer
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because we know
00:14:35.77\00:14:37.11
that the series
is making an impact.
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As we were mentioning earlier,
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we're getting a
lot of comments back
00:14:39.91\00:14:41.34
through either Facebook,
YouTube, our 3ABN website,
00:14:41.38\00:14:44.91
and 3abnphoenix.com.
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It's encouraging to
see how God is working
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in all of our
lives and I think Christ,
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the Holy Spirit talks
to each one of us each day
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and we need to listen and obey.
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So we're here.
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I know may be a little confusing
00:14:58.19\00:14:59.53
as to where in the
world are Greg and Jill.
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So the Hole in the
Rock is just to my left,
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the Hunt's tomb
is just to my right,
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and we are down
by the little oasis
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that we talked about earlier
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I think on iSITE six
and we could look down
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on the beautiful palm trees
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and this lake and we think
of the ripple effect, don't we,
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when we think of
water and the pond
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and how we all
can have an influence
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on those around us,
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when you throw
that little pebble in,
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that ripple continues
to grow and grow and grow
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and get bigger and bigger.
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And I've seen some
little ducks out here.
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Again, I like the wildlife,
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seen some ducks
bobbing around on the water.
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They were having a
fight just a moment ago.
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Yeah, they were.
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And right over to my left,
there're some neat little birds
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with a little red head beak,
and looks like some green legs.
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I'll have to look
them up in my bird book.
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But anyways, it's a
blessing to be here in nature
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and here in Phoenix, Arizona
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helping to spread the
gospel around the world.
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Amen.
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And we were talking
about people making decisions
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for Jesus.
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I just want to encourage you,
00:15:54.55\00:15:55.88
if you have made
a decision for Jesus
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during these
meetings, let us know about it.
00:15:57.29\00:15:59.69
If you've
rededicated your life to Christ,
00:15:59.72\00:16:02.09
if you've accepted
Him for the first time,
00:16:02.12\00:16:04.46
send us an email, just 3abn.tv
and send us an email there.
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Let us know,
00:16:09.43\00:16:10.77
and we want to pray
for you in a special way.
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Right now, we're
going to the Phoenix
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Central
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Shelley and JD Quinn
are ministering there,
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and there's a
couple of great testimonies
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we'll hear just now.
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Hello.
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We're coming to you
from the Central SDA Church
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here in Phoenix.
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I'm so excited
because I'm introducing you
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to Stephen Neal.
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And, boy, what a
testimony this is.
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How long have you been
in this wheelchair, Stephen?
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Yeah, 40 years.
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How long? Forty years.
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Forty years.
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And I'll guarantee
you, when the doors are open
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at this church, Stephen is here.
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And then whenever
the door is closed,
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then he leaves.
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But I want you to look and
look how good Stephen looks.
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Now Stephen,
he's always looking,
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every night, he's
dressed for the occasion.
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And, Stephen, do you really,
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how long have you
been coming to this church?
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I've been coming to
this church about 25 years.
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Twenty five years,
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you've been a
member of the Central
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Seventh-day Adventist church
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which is I understand the
mother church in this area,
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is that right?
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That's right.
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This is the mother
church and been 25 years.
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Twenty five years,
and of course, Stephen,
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he has a lovely wife, and
your lovely wife's name is.
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Savannah Neal. Savannah.
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Savannah leads
out here every night
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during our 6:30 to 7:00
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and so she has a
leadership position here,
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is that right?
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Yes, she's the leader
here in Vacation Bible School
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and she's the head over
the young adult children.
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What all do you
do here, Stephen?
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I know that you show up.
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What all do you do
besides being an inspiration
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that you're always here.
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I'm one of the
elders of the church,
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and I'm also with
the music committee.
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Amen.
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And of course, I
think a night or two ago,
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you got to hear
some music from Albert.
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Albert, he gave
a piano testimony
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which is a little unusual
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but we were all
certainly blessed.
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Okay.
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I know that
evangelism plays a big part.
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Evangelism and love
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are the two basic
pillars of this church.
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And what does it mean
that 3ABN has come in,
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that Shelley Quinn has come in
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and will have
this evangelism time?
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What is our goal?
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Our goal here is to follow Jesus
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and do as Jesus tell us to do,
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and one of the
main things that with me
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is it takes a long
time for me to get dressed
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and my wife had to dress me.
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And so we were going to,
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well, I was going to
not come the first night.
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But anyway the Lord
had put it on my heart.
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I had to be here.
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And we got dressed and got here.
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Well, I can just
speak for myself,
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Stephen, that you certainly
have been an inspiration to me
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and I just think,
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I know that there
are many people out there
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that probably, they'll
sit back in their easy chair
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and here,
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you've got to actually
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go to all these
effort to get here,
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and to be in a
leadership position.
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I just want to just tell
you how much Jesus loves you
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and how much I love you.
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God bless from
the Central Church.
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We're coming from
the Central SDA Church,
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and I have the opportunity
to spend a few minutes here
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with Vertis Rogers.
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Vertis is a man of God.
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He leads out in
our music every night.
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I know that his
mother comes to church.
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I know that his
daughter comes to church.
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But this is a tough time
in Vertis's life right now
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because he lost his
wife just in the last week.
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Is that right, Vertis?
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Yes. Yeah.
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Kind of a surprise,
went in for a surgery
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and something went wrong.
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Yes.
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She had prior, had
surgery a month and a half ago
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and in one morning,
she was found struggling
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and from that point on, it
just kind of went downhill.
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But it has been
a rough transition
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because she was very much
loved and it surprised us all.
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I mean there's times
when there are no words
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for a situation like this.
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But the thing about
it is is that Vertis,
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as his walk progresses in life,
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he is a warrior for the kingdom.
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So how long have you
been coming here, Vertis?
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I've been coming
here at Phoenix Central
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.67
for seven years.
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How long have you had
a love affair with Jesus?
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All my life.
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All of his life.
So good to see this.
00:20:48.88\00:20:50.58
I know that your mother
Gloria, she attends here.
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Yes, she does.
00:20:53.35\00:20:54.68
She was the one
who brought me here.
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And when I came here,
there was so much love,
00:20:58.02\00:20:59.99
I just had to stay,
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and I haven't
gone anyplace else.
00:21:01.39\00:21:02.92
You know, that's one thing
00:21:02.96\00:21:04.29
that I've experienced each night
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.23
that Shelley and I attend.
00:21:06.26\00:21:08.30
We're just loved
all over the place.
00:21:08.33\00:21:09.93
I mean this is
indeed a church of love.
00:21:09.96\00:21:12.37
And it's also a church
that believes in evangelism.
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So with 3ABN
coming in to participate,
00:21:15.34\00:21:19.24
partner with the
Arizona Conference
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with Shelley leading out,
00:21:21.34\00:21:22.78
what do we hope
to gain from this?
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We hope to gain
00:21:26.85\00:21:28.22
some more souls
to win for the Lord.
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That is the whole purpose.
00:21:31.12\00:21:32.45
We want to see more
people get the opportunity.
00:21:32.49\00:21:35.09
With the times in
the way they are today,
00:21:35.12\00:21:38.19
you can see that God is moving
and that he wants us to do
00:21:38.23\00:21:42.40
what he asked us to do,
00:21:42.43\00:21:44.13
and that is to
spread the gospel.
00:21:44.17\00:21:45.97
So with that being said,
00:21:46.00\00:21:47.77
that's my hope in Jesus
for more people to be saved.
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Amen.
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So anyway, we're just glad
that we have this opportunity
00:21:53.31\00:21:56.08
to spend with each other.
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We come each and every night.
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I know that your daughter
was here also a couple of,
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well, last Sabbath,
as a matter of fact,
00:22:02.45\00:22:04.45
and so you know
this is a family affair,
00:22:04.49\00:22:07.39
and I don't
guess there's anything
00:22:07.42\00:22:08.76
that makes anybody happier
than to see three generations,
00:22:08.79\00:22:12.76
mama, daddy, and daughter
all coming to the same church.
00:22:12.79\00:22:18.73
Wow. Thank You J.D. Quinn.
00:22:18.77\00:22:20.24
Two incredible testimonies.
00:22:20.27\00:22:21.77
Think about the gentleman
that was in the wheelchair,
00:22:21.80\00:22:24.57
has been in the
wheelchair for 40 years.
00:22:24.61\00:22:27.24
And then Vertis,
he just lost his wife.
00:22:27.28\00:22:29.61
I mean how tragic.
00:22:29.64\00:22:30.98
His support for these
meetings is just amazing.
00:22:31.01\00:22:33.58
And his walk with God.
00:22:33.62\00:22:34.95
And his walk with God too
and how he's coping with this,
00:22:34.98\00:22:38.85
oh, man, loss in his life.
00:22:38.89\00:22:41.02
Yeah, just tremendous. So
thank you so much for that.
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.06
Thank you J.D.
00:22:43.09\00:22:44.43
and of course, Shelley
Quinn that's their church,
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.56
the Phoenix Central
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:22:46.59\00:22:49.56
Jill and I are here by...
00:22:49.60\00:22:52.10
Oh, I don't know,
there's probably what,
00:22:52.13\00:22:53.47
100 palm trees
around us right now?
00:22:53.50\00:22:55.34
A little stream is
running to my right,
00:22:55.37\00:22:59.04
and the pond that we
are at, the little oasis
00:22:59.07\00:23:01.11
that we were just at
is up here off to my left.
00:23:01.14\00:23:04.68
Beautiful spot. It is.
00:23:04.71\00:23:06.15
And the palm trees behind
us are Robusta palm trees.
00:23:06.18\00:23:08.75
And the guide we
met just a bit earlier,
00:23:08.78\00:23:11.19
he said that they're not native,
00:23:11.22\00:23:12.62
they're not native in this area,
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.26
they were transplanted
here or brought here,
00:23:14.29\00:23:18.69
and then they took
root, and they grew.
00:23:18.73\00:23:20.90
And it reminds
me in Jeremiah 29.
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.06
You know Jeremiah 29:11 is
the verse that we all know.
00:23:23.10\00:23:26.27
"I know the
plans I have for you,"
00:23:26.30\00:23:27.64
says the Lord.
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.00
But in that chapter,
00:23:29.04\00:23:30.37
God is speaking
through Jeremiah to the people
00:23:30.41\00:23:32.14
who are in captivity.
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.51
They are as it were
not in their homeland,
00:23:33.54\00:23:36.58
and there are two plant gardens,
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.85
and eat the fruit of them.
00:23:38.88\00:23:40.22
They're too have families.
00:23:40.25\00:23:41.58
There're too, I wrote
in the margin of my Bible,
00:23:41.62\00:23:43.99
bloom where you're planted.
00:23:44.02\00:23:45.82
So these palm trees
00:23:45.85\00:23:47.69
might not be where
they were originally
00:23:47.72\00:23:49.59
intended to be
but they are fertile,
00:23:49.62\00:23:52.29
they are blooming,
00:23:52.33\00:23:53.86
they are growing
here in the desert.
00:23:53.90\00:23:57.03
And no matter
where God has us placed,
00:23:57.07\00:24:00.04
we're called to grow,
we're called to bloom for him.
00:24:00.07\00:24:03.54
Very true.
00:24:03.57\00:24:04.91
And then I'm
thinking of this stream
00:24:04.94\00:24:06.27
that we mentioned
because we have that pond
00:24:06.31\00:24:07.64
that's just up
here, the little lake,
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.01
and it's flowing down the stream
00:24:09.04\00:24:10.38
from the
overflow of that pond down
00:24:10.41\00:24:12.48
to another little lake or pond
00:24:12.51\00:24:14.72
one on either
side of us over here.
00:24:14.75\00:24:16.42
And I think about the Dead Sea.
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.12
There's no outlet for it.
00:24:18.15\00:24:19.72
All the water flows
in, there's no outlet.
00:24:19.75\00:24:21.49
And I think for us,
00:24:21.52\00:24:22.86
it's important for
us to have an outlet
00:24:22.89\00:24:24.23
because if stuff's
just poured into us,
00:24:24.26\00:24:26.29
we learn these new
truths, we are encouraged again
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.80
by the messages
of Pastor Lomacang,
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.90
and we do nothing with it.
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Well, that's not good
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because then we become stagnant.
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So I think that this
beautiful little stream
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is flowing into another
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and I'm sure that
pond has an outlet as well.
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So I want to
encourage you to have an outlet,
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to share what you've learned,
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to share with
others because as we share,
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we in turn are
encouraged and grow as well.
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We are.
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We have one more
testimony for you this iSITE.
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And this is at
the Paradise Valley
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Angela Lomacang is there,
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and she
interviewed Dr. Lela Lewis.
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So let's listen
to that right now.
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Welcome to Pathway to Life.
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My name is Angela Lomacang,
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and today, we
have Dr. Lela with us.
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Dr. Lela, welcome.
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Thank you so much.
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It's such a
pleasure to be with you.
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I tell you, she has
been a blessing every night,
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speaking on health,
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and giving us
wonderful health nuggets.
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How has these
meetings been to you?
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Has it been an eye-opener?
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I know you've been an
Adventist for all your life.
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It's been an absolute blessing.
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I've come personally,
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not just to give
the presentations
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but personally to get a blessing
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from Pastor
Lomacang's presentations
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and I have been blessed.
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I've gone home and thought
and it's actually transforming
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my own personal walk with Jesus.
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So for me, it's
an amazing blessing.
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Amen, amen.
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And she has
been a blessing to us
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as I mentioned every
night with the health nuggets.
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By God's grace. Amen.
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And you're the one that started
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the wonderful Pathway to Health.
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Yes, by God's grace, again, yes,
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.49
I was the founder and
the CEO of Pathway to Health.
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So, yes.
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Wow. Amen.
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And we've been having
quite a bit of visitors.
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Every night.
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What's so exciting...
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I mean normally, in
an evangelistic series,
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you see the numbers drop off.
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But it's just the
opposite happen here.
00:26:11.30\00:26:13.03
They're bringing
their friends. It's amazing.
00:26:13.07\00:26:15.40
It's really
exciting to see people.
00:26:15.44\00:26:17.37
It's the Holy
Spirit, let's just face it.
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It is. It is. Yes.
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And every night, it's
like more and more people.
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Yes. I mean I drove in.
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I had to come a little bit
late because of work today.
00:26:24.48\00:26:27.02
The parking lots are full.
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It's such a
blessing. Very exciting.
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Amen, amen. Okay.
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So anyway, we are so
glad to have our viewers
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and listeners
watching and listening to 3ABN,
00:26:37.53\00:26:40.53
and we thank you,
and we thank Dr. Lela
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for their wonderful
health nuggets every night.
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Thank you.
00:26:45.67\00:26:48.54
Thank you so much, Dr.
Lela, and Angela Lomacang.
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What a blessing Dr.
Lela is to the church.
00:26:51.51\00:26:54.51
I know that she's the one
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.24
who coordinated
Pathway to Health,
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because of her so many
people in the Phoenix area,
00:26:58.98\00:27:01.62
because of her and her team,
and the blessing of the Lord.
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Incredible.
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So many people
in the Phoenix area
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received free medical
care, dental care, eye care.
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And then the
follow up took place,
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and she was a lot
of the coordination
00:27:10.96\00:27:12.66
with the conference initially
for the evangelistic meetings,
00:27:12.69\00:27:15.50
and she's doing
an incredible job.
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For the evening meetings,
00:27:18.13\00:27:19.47
she and the team of the
doctors there at the church,
00:27:19.50\00:27:22.67
they call it date
night with the doctors,
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.37
and it's really
precious just going through
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the eight laws of
health each evening
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and such a blessing.
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So we're so
thankful for her. Amen.
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You know it's just a
team effort for sure.
00:27:32.91\00:27:34.25
The 3ABN crew, the conference,
00:27:34.28\00:27:35.75
the local
churches, and like Jill said,
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.72
we appreciate each one of them
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.32
and you for
joining us for iSITE,
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we just pray that
you take God at His Word,
00:27:41.56\00:27:44.59
that you open the Word of
God, that you study along here.
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In just a few minutes,
we're going to be joining
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Pastor Lomacang on the
stage at the Paradise Valley
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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But we want to encourage you
00:27:53.07\00:27:54.40
on a daily basis
to search God's Word,
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.74
for in it are
treasures that you can't exhaust
00:27:56.77\00:27:59.67
because God is a great God,
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.04
and what a
wonderful Lord that we serve.
00:28:01.08\00:28:03.11
Thank you again for
joining us for iSITE.
00:28:03.14\00:28:05.08
We thank you again for
your prayers and support
00:28:05.11\00:28:07.05
for the ministry of 3ABN.
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We'll see you
again tomorrow night.
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