Hi, I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin. 00:00:01.36\00:00:02.70 I'm Arthur Nowlin. 00:00:02.73\00:00:04.07 And welcome to Making it Work. 00:00:04.10\00:00:05.43 We are so happy today to have a very special guest. 00:00:37.97\00:00:40.70 All our guests are special 00:00:40.74\00:00:42.40 but today our nephew Austin James Humphreys. 00:00:42.44\00:00:46.57 Welcome to Making it Work. 00:00:46.61\00:00:47.94 I'm excited and blessed to be here today. 00:00:47.98\00:00:49.68 Excellent. Excellent. 00:00:49.71\00:00:51.05 Well, I thank the Lord. 00:00:51.08\00:00:52.41 Austin is my sister's son, her oldest son. 00:00:52.45\00:00:55.58 She has two sons and his brother's name is Jeran 00:00:55.62\00:00:58.85 who is a sophomore at Southern University in Tennessee. 00:00:58.89\00:01:03.69 Austin, what's going on? 00:01:03.73\00:01:05.76 Everything is going well, I'm about to graduate 00:01:05.79\00:01:07.63 in just a few weeks from Oakwood University, 00:01:07.66\00:01:10.07 so I'm excited about that, getting my B.A in theology 00:01:10.10\00:01:13.40 and a minor in biblical languages. 00:01:13.44\00:01:15.07 Biblical languages, okay, is that Latin and Greek, 00:01:15.10\00:01:17.61 you know, you can speak all of that? 00:01:17.64\00:01:18.97 Yeah, I know all of that, Hebrew, all that. 00:01:19.01\00:01:20.88 So yeah, I know that well. 00:01:20.91\00:01:22.24 Yeah, speak a little bit for me. 00:01:22.28\00:01:23.81 I wasn't prepared to bring that here today. 00:01:23.85\00:01:27.32 Well, today our program is entitled God's setup. 00:01:27.35\00:01:31.72 Indeed how God has set Austin up, 00:01:31.75\00:01:34.72 and, Arthur, you remember 00:01:34.76\00:01:36.39 Austin's first haircutting was with us, 00:01:36.42\00:01:38.09 he was four years old. 00:01:38.13\00:01:39.46 Absolutely. 00:01:39.49\00:01:40.83 And we took him. 00:01:40.86\00:01:42.20 We took him and his parents... 00:01:42.23\00:01:43.57 Yeah, I took him to the barber shop. 00:01:43.60\00:01:44.93 Yeah and I went because I was trying to direct things. 00:01:44.97\00:01:46.30 Yes, it was. 00:01:46.33\00:01:47.67 I still have those pictures. 00:01:47.70\00:01:49.04 We took him to the zoo in the stroller. 00:01:49.07\00:01:50.41 Baseball game. 00:01:50.44\00:01:51.77 We took him to the theater, 00:01:51.81\00:01:53.14 we still took him to see the tigers. 00:01:53.17\00:01:54.84 You know do you remember any of that? 00:01:54.88\00:01:56.21 All of it. 00:01:56.24\00:01:57.58 I was impressed with the tiger's gale, I love that. 00:01:57.61\00:01:58.95 I love that. 00:01:58.98\00:02:00.32 You know but he has always been so faithful, very caring, 00:02:00.35\00:02:03.12 reaching out to us as his aunt and uncle and... 00:02:03.15\00:02:06.72 Well, you know I think it's just 00:02:06.76\00:02:08.09 a communication is really has been positive 00:02:08.12\00:02:13.09 and no strings, he felt, feels comfortable 00:02:13.13\00:02:17.20 in communicating with me most of the time. 00:02:17.23\00:02:19.57 But he beat you in basketball, haven't you let that go. 00:02:19.60\00:02:21.77 Beat you.. He won't let it go. 00:02:21.80\00:02:23.34 He just won't let it go. 00:02:23.37\00:02:24.71 Austin knows that he was thought 00:02:24.74\00:02:27.94 how to play basketball by me. 00:02:27.98\00:02:29.31 By you? Of course. 00:02:29.34\00:02:30.68 Okay. Him and his brother. 00:02:30.71\00:02:32.05 Yeah, all right, right. 00:02:32.08\00:02:33.42 What we want you to tell our viewers today about 00:02:33.45\00:02:35.95 how God has set you up. 00:02:35.98\00:02:38.72 And when you listen to that, it sounds really kind of harsh. 00:02:38.75\00:02:41.79 But we gonna let you tell the story. 00:02:41.82\00:02:43.59 You were born and raised in Chicago, Illinois? 00:02:43.63\00:02:45.43 That's right, yes, ma'am. 00:02:45.46\00:02:46.80 And you are product of the Lake Region Conference, 00:02:46.83\00:02:49.66 and the Lake Region Conference is one of the conferences 00:02:49.70\00:02:52.27 that's located within the Northern America division. 00:02:52.30\00:02:55.60 And we are here within the five states of Minnesota, 00:02:55.64\00:02:59.97 Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, 00:03:00.01\00:03:03.65 and that is known as the Lake Region Conference 00:03:03.68\00:03:06.11 of the Seventh-day Adventist church 00:03:06.15\00:03:07.92 so... 00:03:07.95\00:03:09.62 You know I'm really concerning about where he is... 00:03:09.65\00:03:15.09 his choice. 00:03:15.12\00:03:16.46 His choice of where he intends to go when this is all done, 00:03:16.49\00:03:20.66 when he is getting ready to get his degree 00:03:20.70\00:03:22.80 and he can make it big, give him a call and survey. 00:03:22.83\00:03:25.27 I know he is probably... 00:03:25.30\00:03:26.63 Well, we're gonna get to that, 00:03:26.67\00:03:28.00 we're jumping ahead of schedule. 00:03:28.04\00:03:29.37 Well, I mean, I'm just anxious to hear that. 00:03:29.40\00:03:30.81 Okay, we're gonna let you know about 00:03:30.84\00:03:32.87 where he would like to go versus 00:03:32.91\00:03:34.88 where God wants him and I know he is open to God's will, 00:03:34.91\00:03:37.81 but can you tell us what happened over your story 00:03:37.85\00:03:42.88 when you left the Lake Region Conference 00:03:42.92\00:03:44.59 and where did you go? 00:03:44.62\00:03:45.95 Well we left Lake Region Conference in 2003, 00:03:45.99\00:03:48.86 went to Huntsville, Alabama where my dad 00:03:48.89\00:03:50.66 James Humphreys got the job as chaplain at Oakwood College 00:03:50.69\00:03:53.63 which is now Oakwood University. 00:03:53.66\00:03:55.50 Served there, it was a great, great job for him, he loved it. 00:03:55.53\00:04:00.67 And when he left Lake Region, he had a lot of things going. 00:04:00.70\00:04:03.97 He was a youth director as you all remember 00:04:04.01\00:04:05.54 in Lake Region Conference, so he loves young people, 00:04:05.57\00:04:07.81 his passion for ministry and it just kind of carried over 00:04:07.84\00:04:10.45 to Oakwood University in a major, major way. 00:04:10.48\00:04:13.45 And we moved in 2003, that was exciting for me, 00:04:13.48\00:04:16.85 my brother, new setting, new friends, new family. 00:04:16.89\00:04:19.29 At first I wasn't really in agreeance with it at first, 00:04:19.32\00:04:22.69 the adjustment was tough but it's definitely a blessing now 00:04:22.72\00:04:26.49 when I look back on it. 00:04:26.53\00:04:27.86 In 2005 tragedy struck our home, 00:04:27.90\00:04:32.17 he passed away, May 2005. 00:04:32.20\00:04:35.20 Can you tell us how and what happened that day? 00:04:35.24\00:04:36.67 And it was tough. 00:04:36.71\00:04:38.04 That day he woke up and he made me 00:04:38.07\00:04:40.71 and my brother our favourite breakfast sandwich 00:04:40.74\00:04:43.28 and it was of course egg stripples on hoagie bun 00:04:43.31\00:04:47.48 toasted to perfection. 00:04:47.52\00:04:49.58 What's a stripple? 00:04:49.62\00:04:50.95 And the stripple is basically veggie baking. 00:04:50.99\00:04:53.72 Soy, soy. 00:04:53.76\00:04:55.09 Soy baking for our viewers and we just loved it 00:04:55.12\00:04:58.66 and he would have fried up to perfection. 00:04:58.69\00:05:01.23 I always love mine with cheeses, 00:05:01.26\00:05:02.96 little bit of jelly on it, and it was awesome. 00:05:03.00\00:05:05.07 And he said to himself that, 00:05:05.10\00:05:07.10 and it was just a little bit of pain 00:05:07.14\00:05:08.84 and that he was thinking about going to the doctor 00:05:08.87\00:05:10.87 after he dropped me and my brother off for path finders. 00:05:10.91\00:05:13.91 So he got dressed and he was getting in the shower 00:05:13.94\00:05:16.85 and I got in the shower, and the next thing 00:05:16.88\00:05:19.15 that I can remember is my mother 00:05:19.18\00:05:20.52 screaming in her room and saying, Austin, call 911. 00:05:20.55\00:05:24.55 Hopped off the shower, put some clothes on 00:05:24.59\00:05:26.76 and rush to my father's aid, 00:05:26.79\00:05:28.12 and I can remember just a surreal experience. 00:05:28.16\00:05:31.79 Never forget talking to the 911 person on the phone 00:05:31.83\00:05:34.86 and just how... 00:05:34.90\00:05:36.63 It just seem to me was taken so long 00:05:36.67\00:05:38.40 for emergency to get there. 00:05:38.43\00:05:40.00 Just kind of watching my father's life 00:05:40.04\00:05:41.67 just be sucked out of him. 00:05:41.70\00:05:43.14 So we did CPR, my mother and I... 00:05:43.17\00:05:45.57 I can't remember where my brother was, 00:05:45.61\00:05:47.81 but we are calling 911 and I'm doing CPR 00:05:47.84\00:05:51.25 and I can remember that it just wasn't working. 00:05:51.28\00:05:54.28 I just begin to beat on his chest and calling his name, 00:05:54.32\00:05:57.09 but he's just not responding 00:05:57.12\00:05:58.55 and eventually emergency gets there, 00:05:58.59\00:06:01.76 they pull me away and I could just imagine, 00:06:01.79\00:06:03.99 I'm just in shock, praying to God 00:06:04.03\00:06:06.26 that he will be revived. 00:06:06.29\00:06:08.16 They take him to the ambulance truck, 00:06:08.20\00:06:09.53 my mother goes and my neighbours 00:06:09.56\00:06:11.50 across a street take him to the hospital. 00:06:11.53\00:06:14.37 But that day about the time we got there, 00:06:14.40\00:06:16.14 it was just too late, 00:06:16.17\00:06:17.51 and he had died in the ambulance. 00:06:17.54\00:06:19.47 So it's definitely a tough experience for myself, for me. 00:06:19.51\00:06:23.98 And I think that's where I kind of feel like 00:06:24.01\00:06:25.71 God had set my family up. 00:06:25.75\00:06:28.25 Everything was fine where we were, 00:06:28.28\00:06:29.98 so I have thought of Lake Region, 00:06:30.02\00:06:31.75 I loved my church, I loved my community. 00:06:31.79\00:06:34.19 And I just felt like why would God bring us there, 00:06:34.22\00:06:36.76 if only to experience pain and sorrow. 00:06:36.79\00:06:39.36 And so for a long time as a young man, 00:06:39.39\00:06:41.10 I always felt that when my dad needed me the most, 00:06:41.13\00:06:44.27 I just couldn't do it. 00:06:44.30\00:06:45.93 Where he needed life, I could not bring it. 00:06:45.97\00:06:48.27 And so, as a young man, as you all can imagine 00:06:48.30\00:06:50.41 that was very difficult and hard and hard to handle up. 00:06:50.44\00:06:54.64 I believe I was a freshman in high school, 00:06:54.68\00:06:57.68 so I was only 15 or 16 at the time. 00:06:57.71\00:07:00.05 And it was just a tough experience, 00:07:00.08\00:07:01.92 I was going through a transition, 00:07:01.95\00:07:03.45 gotten into a new school. 00:07:03.49\00:07:05.79 I was very excited. 00:07:05.82\00:07:07.96 Girls, I was really starting to talk to girls 00:07:07.99\00:07:10.03 and really start to get into the thing 00:07:10.06\00:07:11.39 and, you know, playing sports, and I can remember 00:07:11.43\00:07:14.80 playing ball with my dad the week before 00:07:14.83\00:07:16.77 how much fun we had. 00:07:16.80\00:07:18.40 And some of those things that 00:07:18.43\00:07:19.77 I just could not believe were taking place. 00:07:19.80\00:07:24.34 For a period no one could talk to me, 00:07:24.37\00:07:27.38 no one could tell me what to do, 00:07:27.41\00:07:28.74 no one could tell me how to act. 00:07:28.78\00:07:30.45 I remember that I was angry all the time. 00:07:30.48\00:07:34.48 My attitude was nasty. 00:07:34.52\00:07:37.42 I broke the law, I've gotten arrested 00:07:37.45\00:07:39.89 when I was younger, but thank to Lord, 00:07:39.92\00:07:43.16 they dropped the charge, nothing serious, 00:07:43.19\00:07:46.13 and I think that was kind of my turning point, 00:07:46.16\00:07:48.63 where I need to get my life together. 00:07:48.66\00:07:51.50 When I finished high school, everything was great. 00:07:51.53\00:07:55.47 Oakwood Academy which is on the campus 00:07:55.50\00:07:57.37 of Oakwood University and I really... 00:07:57.41\00:07:59.57 And that's located and I'm sorry. 00:07:59.61\00:08:00.98 Oakwood University and Oakwood Academy 00:08:01.01\00:08:03.04 is one of our schools within the North America division, 00:08:03.08\00:08:06.01 it's located in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:08:06.05\00:08:08.82 Definitely and so, I just really, 00:08:08.85\00:08:10.89 really enjoyed my time there. 00:08:10.92\00:08:13.05 During this period, I'd really gotten closure to my mother. 00:08:13.09\00:08:17.23 She really provided all that we needed my brother and I. 00:08:17.26\00:08:20.50 And she really sacrificed her life for me. 00:08:20.53\00:08:22.76 When I went to Oakwood, the transition was tough 00:08:22.80\00:08:26.94 because my father worked on the campus, 00:08:26.97\00:08:28.77 people knew who I was, and I just kind of felt 00:08:28.80\00:08:31.84 a sense of entitlement to, you know, 00:08:31.87\00:08:36.21 where I was, you know, my father's service, 00:08:36.24\00:08:38.15 he has built great things here, 00:08:38.18\00:08:39.85 and I needed to experience God for myself. 00:08:39.88\00:08:44.09 I think so often in my life, 00:08:44.12\00:08:45.55 I was viewing God through his eyes. 00:08:45.59\00:08:47.56 I really didn't have a connection with him. 00:08:47.59\00:08:49.36 I used to be while all the time my father died, 00:08:49.39\00:08:51.69 it was like half of myself going with him 00:08:51.73\00:08:54.96 because so much of his spirituality I relied on. 00:08:55.00\00:08:58.23 And I realized, the only way I was gonna make it out 00:08:58.27\00:09:00.57 was to know him for myself. 00:09:00.60\00:09:03.67 Going to Oakwood, not a lot of people know this. 00:09:03.71\00:09:06.98 My first major was not theology. 00:09:07.01\00:09:09.11 I think I had gotten into like IT tech or something like that. 00:09:09.14\00:09:12.38 I was undecided and I'm really calling Uncle Arthur 00:09:12.41\00:09:15.05 just to tell him I wasn't sure what to do. 00:09:15.08\00:09:17.22 And I basically was just being like gentlemen, 00:09:17.25\00:09:18.92 just kind of running away from the calling of God. 00:09:18.95\00:09:22.09 And I remember in my room one night, 00:09:22.12\00:09:25.79 and the Lord was just wrestling with me, 00:09:25.83\00:09:27.40 and He just wouldn't let me sleep. 00:09:27.43\00:09:29.06 And it was almost like a clear, clear voice telling me 00:09:29.10\00:09:31.90 that I'm supposed to be a minister of the gospel 00:09:31.93\00:09:34.10 and that He has called me for this purpose and... 00:09:34.14\00:09:36.60 All right, let me interrupt you here. 00:09:36.64\00:09:37.97 Yes. 00:09:38.01\00:09:39.34 A young man, you know, experiencing 00:09:39.37\00:09:40.71 all these different things, just new environment, 00:09:40.74\00:09:44.15 you know, and yet you were running away from your calling. 00:09:44.18\00:09:49.25 Right. 00:09:49.28\00:09:50.62 But still something was holding you, you know, 00:09:50.65\00:09:54.22 keeping you together to the point 00:09:54.26\00:09:55.69 were you wouldn't do anything extremely 00:09:55.72\00:09:59.79 out of character in and of itself. 00:09:59.83\00:10:01.16 And what was that? 00:10:01.20\00:10:02.63 I just think it was the anointing on my life. 00:10:02.66\00:10:04.83 I think after a period of time, 00:10:04.87\00:10:07.30 I remember I could have done worse, 00:10:07.34\00:10:09.70 and I could have gone out 00:10:09.74\00:10:12.17 and lashed out in a greater way. 00:10:12.21\00:10:13.71 But I think the anointing on my life and a calling 00:10:13.74\00:10:16.04 because I tell people all the time, 00:10:16.08\00:10:18.25 it was the Holy Spirit 00:10:18.28\00:10:19.61 that really has just saved my life. 00:10:19.65\00:10:22.15 I remember there has been some times 00:10:22.18\00:10:24.19 where I wanted to leave home, run away, 00:10:24.22\00:10:27.16 because the pain was so real and it was so new, 00:10:27.19\00:10:29.62 and it was just hard going through life as a young man 00:10:29.66\00:10:32.49 in the prime time of, you know, his life, 00:10:32.53\00:10:35.26 not being able to have a father, 00:10:35.30\00:10:36.63 but I do remember that the connection with my mother, 00:10:36.67\00:10:39.43 the family worship that we would have at home, 00:10:39.47\00:10:42.17 that was staple in my household. 00:10:42.20\00:10:44.87 No matter where, I can remember 00:10:44.91\00:10:46.41 even the day my father died that night, 00:10:46.44\00:10:48.68 we still had family worship. 00:10:48.71\00:10:50.45 And I believe that family worship 00:10:50.48\00:10:52.11 back then was still a staple for me 00:10:52.15\00:10:55.78 even then when I was in college, 00:10:55.82\00:10:58.55 I always had worship and I think those connections 00:10:58.59\00:11:01.12 which was small at time then be, 00:11:01.16\00:11:02.59 may not want to do it, but the impact was amazing. 00:11:02.62\00:11:06.03 So that's really what kind of got me through 00:11:06.06\00:11:08.66 my first couple of years of college. 00:11:08.70\00:11:11.00 I've really gone through a rough patch 00:11:11.03\00:11:12.70 my sophomore junior year dealing with ministry. 00:11:12.73\00:11:17.77 I was wrestling with the calling, 00:11:17.81\00:11:19.61 I wasn't sure if I was worthy if I could, 00:11:19.64\00:11:22.61 if I could do it. 00:11:22.64\00:11:23.98 I felt as though I was insignificant. 00:11:24.01\00:11:26.41 I felt as though, I could not meet the expectations 00:11:26.45\00:11:29.98 that my father had exceeded and I really... 00:11:30.02\00:11:33.22 So you felt pressure a little bit... 00:11:33.25\00:11:34.82 Oh, of course, Of course going into the ministry 00:11:34.86\00:11:37.26 and the name he had built for himself 00:11:37.29\00:11:39.46 at Oakwood University. 00:11:39.49\00:11:40.83 He was respected highly, and I kind of felt as though, 00:11:40.86\00:11:43.77 I wasn't meeting the expectation, 00:11:43.80\00:11:45.73 so I was forcing, 00:11:45.77\00:11:48.00 I guess a feeling that I could be great 00:11:48.04\00:11:50.74 instead of just with time maturing 00:11:50.77\00:11:53.44 and letting the Lord mature me into the man 00:11:53.48\00:11:55.11 that he wanted me to be. 00:11:55.14\00:11:56.48 So it was just a kind of a rough patch for me. 00:11:56.51\00:11:58.91 My grade slipped, not afraid to say that. 00:11:58.95\00:12:01.18 And the Lord took me through a period 00:12:01.22\00:12:02.55 where I need to define myself and start over, 00:12:02.58\00:12:06.49 and become really just brand new. 00:12:06.52\00:12:09.32 I think that in that year, I got closed to my brother. 00:12:09.36\00:12:12.66 I got closer again with my mother. 00:12:12.69\00:12:15.20 And I think that through just the power of a family, 00:12:15.23\00:12:19.37 you all know, you all helped me, 00:12:19.40\00:12:20.87 and I believe that it has just made me a better man. 00:12:20.90\00:12:25.37 I've realized that my father, 00:12:25.41\00:12:27.11 his only expectation was to see Jesus 00:12:27.14\00:12:30.58 and his standard was God. 00:12:30.61\00:12:32.35 And once I took my focus off my father's accomplishments 00:12:32.38\00:12:35.55 and face my eyes toward the cross, 00:12:35.58\00:12:37.69 I realized it even he was insignificant without Jesus. 00:12:37.72\00:12:41.76 And so, I realized now that no matter what I've done, 00:12:41.79\00:12:44.96 no matter where I've preached, no matter who I've met, 00:12:44.99\00:12:47.60 I still remember that we're all at a centre of the cross, 00:12:47.63\00:12:51.03 and if we keep our eyes on Him that we'll be all right. 00:12:51.07\00:12:53.97 And so that was kind of my staple 00:12:54.00\00:12:56.07 to get me through the rough passage. 00:12:56.10\00:12:58.77 I believe that God is, 00:12:58.81\00:13:02.84 He kind of has a sense of humor. 00:13:02.88\00:13:04.71 You know, I'd always tell God, 00:13:04.75\00:13:06.08 I never want to be a pastor, never. 00:13:06.11\00:13:07.48 I used to be at, you know, 00:13:07.52\00:13:08.88 here at Lake Region camp meetings 00:13:08.92\00:13:11.35 and I would just hate the process. 00:13:11.39\00:13:13.69 I would hate doing it. 00:13:13.72\00:13:15.06 I would hate having to go wake up early, 00:13:15.09\00:13:17.49 pack up the car, pack up that van... 00:13:17.53\00:13:20.56 A green and white van. 00:13:20.60\00:13:22.13 A green and white van I hated it, 00:13:22.16\00:13:24.80 and now I find myself can't, just can't wait to do it. 00:13:24.83\00:13:28.94 You know can't wait to be in the ministry 00:13:28.97\00:13:31.24 that my father was in, 00:13:31.27\00:13:32.61 and I can't wait to make an impact. 00:13:32.64\00:13:35.31 If my life can be just half of what James Humphreys did, 00:13:35.34\00:13:38.45 then I'll be satisfied. 00:13:38.48\00:13:40.25 Do you still feel that at this point in your life that they, 00:13:40.28\00:13:43.99 that people compare you, you know, 00:13:44.02\00:13:46.49 right now with what they remember about your dad, 00:13:46.52\00:13:49.59 they compare you as also, okay. 00:13:49.62\00:13:50.96 Oh, sure, oh, sure, all the time. 00:13:50.99\00:13:52.39 Wherever I've preached, I preached somewhere 00:13:52.43\00:13:53.76 where someone knew my father, they'll always say, 00:13:53.80\00:13:55.86 I just want to see your father inside of you. 00:13:55.90\00:13:58.33 When I go speak somewhere, if I go meet somebody, 00:13:58.37\00:14:00.67 they just said, "Oh, you look just like Jimmy." 00:14:00.70\00:14:03.00 And I take it as a hard compliment 00:14:03.04\00:14:05.91 because he was such an awesome guy, 00:14:05.94\00:14:08.04 but he never made himself above anyone else. 00:14:08.08\00:14:10.98 He always was level with the people, 00:14:11.01\00:14:12.71 he loved the people. 00:14:12.75\00:14:14.08 And I think that it's just an honor 00:14:14.12\00:14:16.79 to be called a son of James Humphreys 00:14:16.82\00:14:18.99 but also, I have to remember, 00:14:19.02\00:14:20.46 I have to make a name for myself. 00:14:20.49\00:14:22.52 I know that the people when they, 00:14:22.56\00:14:25.19 when they see me when I preached 00:14:25.23\00:14:26.56 and they gonna see James Humphreys, 00:14:26.59\00:14:28.26 they're gonna get Austin Humphreys in his new way. 00:14:28.30\00:14:30.57 But I still have the same values that my father did. 00:14:30.60\00:14:33.00 I still have the same vision, the same passion for ministry. 00:14:33.03\00:14:37.24 I tell people this all the time, 00:14:37.27\00:14:38.61 my main goal is salvation. 00:14:38.64\00:14:40.08 Okay. 00:14:40.11\00:14:41.44 And if that's what, if that's my goal, 00:14:41.48\00:14:43.65 then I've got to do things 00:14:43.68\00:14:45.01 and I've got to be about kingdom building. 00:14:45.05\00:14:46.38 Kingdom. 00:14:46.41\00:14:47.75 And making it to the kingdom and that's my goal. 00:14:47.78\00:14:49.12 Let's talk about your values. 00:14:49.15\00:14:51.29 What are your values today being 23 years of age, 00:14:51.32\00:14:54.72 you know, being in celibate, you are in a relationship. 00:14:54.76\00:14:58.19 Yes. 00:14:58.23\00:14:59.56 How do you talk to young people about remaining celibate, 00:14:59.59\00:15:03.40 waiting until marriage? 00:15:03.43\00:15:05.47 I know you're a pastor, 00:15:05.50\00:15:06.84 you're looking forward to getting married and, 00:15:06.87\00:15:10.11 so what are your values today being a young man 00:15:10.14\00:15:13.27 in this life that we're living today? 00:15:13.31\00:15:15.98 Well, I think, you know now, now that I'm 23 years old 00:15:16.01\00:15:19.68 and you know being celibate is not easy, it's difficult. 00:15:19.71\00:15:24.09 But I know that when I speak to other people about it, 00:15:24.12\00:15:27.66 I have to be real, those feeling are there. 00:15:27.69\00:15:29.72 And I think that I've made a commitment to God, 00:15:29.76\00:15:33.09 and I've made a choice to stay celibate 00:15:33.13\00:15:36.90 until I get married, until I receive the proper, 00:15:36.93\00:15:42.57 I guess covering and blessing to receive that. 00:15:42.60\00:15:46.01 I think my values, they really haven't changed 00:15:46.04\00:15:49.28 as far as who I still am today, 00:15:49.31\00:15:52.85 I still have a strong prayer life. 00:15:52.88\00:15:55.02 I think a part of it is my relationship 00:15:55.05\00:15:56.45 with Jesus Christ. 00:15:56.48\00:15:57.82 I think you know, I tell people this all the time. 00:15:57.85\00:16:00.12 I say it, you know, I talk to God 00:16:00.16\00:16:02.79 as if you know he is like my homey, 00:16:02.82\00:16:05.06 my best friend, I talk to him all the time 00:16:05.09\00:16:07.10 when I'm driving, when I wake up in the morning, 00:16:07.13\00:16:09.73 when I go to bed in night, when I'm at work, 00:16:09.76\00:16:11.43 even when I'm about to preach, 00:16:11.47\00:16:12.80 I just always in constant communication, 00:16:12.83\00:16:15.00 and that allows me to be able to hear his voice 00:16:15.04\00:16:17.31 and to make the proper decisions now. 00:16:17.34\00:16:18.94 I think now that I'm older I'm realizing 00:16:18.97\00:16:22.24 that it is hard to walk in this life 00:16:22.28\00:16:24.48 without having a connection with him and so... 00:16:24.51\00:16:28.75 One of the things that I think about you is that 00:16:28.78\00:16:31.75 you went through a tragedy, 00:16:31.79\00:16:33.36 you know especially when experiencing 00:16:33.39\00:16:35.09 the situation with your dad 00:16:35.12\00:16:37.33 and now you have come to the point were you'll be... 00:16:37.36\00:16:41.30 You will soon be a pastor in a particular church. 00:16:41.33\00:16:43.83 Yeah. 00:16:43.87\00:16:45.20 You know, so how do you reach out to these people 00:16:45.23\00:16:48.04 that may have gone to these tragic experiences. 00:16:48.07\00:16:51.37 Of course. 00:16:51.41\00:16:52.74 You know so what's gonna be your motivation for it? 00:16:52.77\00:16:55.04 I think each tragedy is different in its own right. 00:16:55.08\00:16:57.25 I think that in my specific case, 00:16:57.28\00:17:00.65 it was just a dramatic experience for me, 00:17:00.68\00:17:03.15 but I think how I can be able to reach out to people 00:17:03.18\00:17:06.09 is that, I know where you've been, 00:17:06.12\00:17:08.09 you know, I know what you are going through. 00:17:08.12\00:17:09.76 I think but the one thing 00:17:09.79\00:17:11.13 that got me through was simply Jesus Christ, 00:17:11.16\00:17:14.56 and I think my motivation is to restore, 00:17:14.60\00:17:18.47 restore your peace of mind. 00:17:18.50\00:17:20.30 I think one of the major things about me 00:17:20.34\00:17:22.10 when I went through my tragedy is that I had no peace. 00:17:22.14\00:17:24.47 You know I was... 00:17:24.51\00:17:25.84 I hated myself, I hated God and... 00:17:25.87\00:17:28.48 You know sometimes we had to realize 00:17:28.51\00:17:30.91 that God does certain things and it's always for our good. 00:17:30.95\00:17:35.82 And I think that's kind of why I feel like God set me up, 00:17:35.85\00:17:38.65 because I knew for a while that I was called to the ministry, 00:17:38.69\00:17:42.62 but didn't have that close relationship with him. 00:17:42.66\00:17:44.36 When my father passed away, it was difficult 00:17:44.39\00:17:47.53 and I felt as though, I just wasn't gonna make it, 00:17:47.56\00:17:51.43 but I realize now that through his death, 00:17:51.47\00:17:54.30 a new life has resurrected in me, 00:17:54.34\00:17:56.54 and that I have a life and I have a certain peace 00:17:56.57\00:17:59.14 that just surpasses all understanding. 00:17:59.17\00:18:01.24 And I'm thankful now that, you know... 00:18:01.28\00:18:04.08 People ask me all the time, would you change 00:18:04.11\00:18:06.51 anything right now, would you change. 00:18:06.55\00:18:07.88 If you can go back in time and change 00:18:07.92\00:18:09.92 and do anything all over again, I just don't think I would. 00:18:09.95\00:18:12.95 I think I'm glad that my father is resting and waiting 00:18:12.99\00:18:15.99 for the King of kings and the Lord of lords 00:18:16.02\00:18:17.36 to call his name. 00:18:17.39\00:18:18.73 And I'm thankful that through his death, I have new life. 00:18:18.76\00:18:21.53 Now, go ahead. 00:18:21.56\00:18:22.90 And so I just feel as though when I see people 00:18:22.93\00:18:25.53 and see what they are going through, 00:18:25.57\00:18:27.00 I want them to experience and it's difficult. 00:18:27.04\00:18:29.84 The grieving process is hard. 00:18:29.87\00:18:31.24 It doesn't take, you know, 00:18:31.27\00:18:32.61 it's not just gonna be a 12 step process 00:18:32.64\00:18:34.24 that you go through. 00:18:34.28\00:18:35.61 It's not gonna be just, you know, 00:18:35.64\00:18:36.98 few sessions with counselors. 00:18:37.01\00:18:38.35 It takes years to get over things of that nature. 00:18:38.38\00:18:40.48 Doesn't matter who it is, it can be a brother, 00:18:40.52\00:18:42.12 it can be a sister, it can be a grandmother, 00:18:42.15\00:18:44.05 aunt, uncle, it doesn't matter. 00:18:44.09\00:18:45.95 Losses are real and death is real, 00:18:45.99\00:18:48.22 but I serve a Savior who still lives, 00:18:48.26\00:18:50.59 and I want to get that message out to all the world. 00:18:50.63\00:18:52.89 That's a blessing. 00:18:52.93\00:18:54.26 You know yesterday when you, you know, 00:18:54.30\00:18:56.60 my nephew came here to preach for a Youth Federation, 00:18:56.63\00:19:00.54 and we have it in the spring and the fall, 00:19:00.57\00:19:02.67 and what that it is for the young people 00:19:02.70\00:19:04.67 from our 21 churches 00:19:04.71\00:19:06.51 within the Motor City district of Detroit, 00:19:06.54\00:19:09.44 and Austin was invited to be the guest speaker. 00:19:09.48\00:19:12.85 And when you were preaching, someone turned around afterward 00:19:12.88\00:19:17.09 and said, I see a little bit of Dr. Kim in him. 00:19:17.12\00:19:20.29 You know and here we are family and I was just... 00:19:20.32\00:19:24.03 I was really blessed but here we are from a family, 00:19:24.06\00:19:28.10 you know our Taylor family. 00:19:28.13\00:19:29.96 Your father, Uncle Derrick, 00:19:30.00\00:19:33.23 Cousin Ricardo, your mother, me, 00:19:33.27\00:19:38.14 here we're all speakers and preachers and eloquent 00:19:38.17\00:19:42.34 before the Lord, even Uncle Arthur in his own right. 00:19:42.38\00:19:45.88 You know, I know it's a gift from God what we have. 00:19:45.91\00:19:49.92 You know not just a gift of gap but when we say things, 00:19:49.95\00:19:52.59 we say things with substance. 00:19:52.62\00:19:54.36 And we're all here serving the Lord and in the midst. 00:19:54.39\00:19:58.89 You know, I want to tell you something, 00:19:58.93\00:20:00.26 I don't know if you knew this story. 00:20:00.30\00:20:01.70 I talk to your father then on May on the... 00:20:01.73\00:20:05.57 I guess it was April 30th on that Saturday night, 00:20:05.60\00:20:08.90 and I was making the decision 00:20:08.94\00:20:10.67 whether not to be stewardship leader. 00:20:10.71\00:20:12.51 Stewardship leaders, what, it's like a trustee 00:20:12.54\00:20:15.04 and helping with the finances of the church 00:20:15.08\00:20:17.75 and the programs of the church, 00:20:17.78\00:20:19.11 and I didn't want to do it, 00:20:19.15\00:20:20.62 and I didn't even know what it was, 00:20:20.65\00:20:21.98 okay. 00:20:22.02\00:20:23.35 And your father said, sis, you need to pray 00:20:23.39\00:20:28.39 and I see that you need to pray at 5.30 00:20:28.42\00:20:31.03 and I said is that AM or PM. 00:20:31.06\00:20:33.26 And he says sis that's AM. 00:20:33.29\00:20:35.63 He said I need you to get on your knees and pray, 00:20:35.66\00:20:38.30 and God is gonna open that door for you. 00:20:38.33\00:20:40.74 He said but call me tomorrow and I'm gonna do 00:20:40.77\00:20:43.84 some research for you and, 00:20:43.87\00:20:46.34 but I feel that you should do this for the Lord. 00:20:46.37\00:20:48.68 And I said, brother, 00:20:48.71\00:20:50.75 I said I just can't, you know, do this. 00:20:50.78\00:20:53.38 And he was my pastor, that was my pastor. 00:20:53.42\00:20:56.18 I called, I got a call from Micah 00:20:56.22\00:20:58.89 on that morning that he was sick, 00:20:58.92\00:21:00.76 then I get a call that he had passed. 00:21:00.79\00:21:02.12 Right. 00:21:02.16\00:21:03.49 I said that can't be, I just spoke too him. 00:21:03.53\00:21:05.46 And it was again God saying, you know, the setup, 00:21:05.49\00:21:09.93 you know, but I got to tell another testimony, 00:21:09.96\00:21:12.00 and I'm not ashamed of what God has done. 00:21:12.03\00:21:14.67 My husband and I was in some financial situation 00:21:14.70\00:21:17.77 and your mother had received some finances 00:21:17.81\00:21:20.48 from your father's life insurance 00:21:20.51\00:21:22.98 and our house loan was three months behind. 00:21:23.01\00:21:24.88 Wow. 00:21:24.91\00:21:26.25 Gone into foreclosure. Wow. 00:21:26.28\00:21:28.18 Going into foreclosure and your mom called me, 00:21:28.22\00:21:31.02 she knows her sisters. 00:21:31.05\00:21:32.62 She said to me what's wrong. 00:21:32.65\00:21:34.56 I said nothing, nothing. 00:21:34.59\00:21:36.12 We cannot be ashamed to ask for help 00:21:36.16\00:21:38.33 when we're going through difficulties, 00:21:38.36\00:21:40.46 and she said what is it? 00:21:40.50\00:21:41.83 And I said, you know, the business is slow, 00:21:41.86\00:21:43.90 money is not coming in, we're behind in house loan. 00:21:43.93\00:21:47.14 She said how much do you need. 00:21:47.17\00:21:49.30 She send it immediately to the bank. 00:21:49.34\00:21:51.37 Wow. 00:21:51.41\00:21:53.01 Three days later my checks started coming in, 00:21:53.04\00:21:55.94 I reimbursed your mother the whole amount, 00:21:55.98\00:21:59.05 the whole amount. 00:21:59.08\00:22:00.78 But God in the midst of everything, 00:22:00.82\00:22:04.65 she stopped what she was doing 00:22:04.69\00:22:06.82 not in mourning and grieving 00:22:06.86\00:22:09.59 and said what are your needs, big sister? 00:22:09.62\00:22:11.83 And I'm the elder sister, and you know and I told her, 00:22:11.86\00:22:15.96 if I ever once got to pull all this together, 00:22:16.00\00:22:18.57 I will do right 'cause it used to be about me, 00:22:18.60\00:22:21.07 you know how Aunty Kim was. 00:22:21.10\00:22:22.57 You know all about Aunty Kim 00:22:22.60\00:22:24.44 you know that every child has that fabulous aunty 00:22:24.47\00:22:27.41 that's what I thought of myself. 00:22:27.44\00:22:28.78 Okay. 00:22:28.81\00:22:30.15 That's what I was about to say. 00:22:30.18\00:22:31.51 You used to be I mean like... 00:22:31.55\00:22:32.88 God has done a mighty work. 00:22:32.91\00:22:35.78 You know, but I want to tell you 00:22:35.82\00:22:37.85 how much your father meant to us, 00:22:37.89\00:22:40.72 and in the fellowship we all had together 00:22:40.76\00:22:42.99 when you were babies. 00:22:43.02\00:22:44.36 Right. 00:22:44.39\00:22:45.73 And you remember, you were born with a... 00:22:45.76\00:22:47.10 You now, you didn't talk about that how you were born 00:22:47.13\00:22:48.66 with a hole in your heart. 00:22:48.70\00:22:50.03 Got hole in my heart, right. 00:22:50.07\00:22:51.40 Before you talk about that, you know, 00:22:51.43\00:22:53.54 I think what's important is the fact that 00:22:53.57\00:22:57.57 the relationship that we all had is different. 00:22:57.61\00:23:00.78 Right. 00:23:00.81\00:23:02.14 You know my relationship with Jimmy was different. 00:23:02.18\00:23:05.58 But it was to the point where he allowed me 00:23:05.61\00:23:10.15 to express my feelings to him and he was encouraging 00:23:10.19\00:23:14.12 because I was not born into 00:23:14.16\00:23:16.52 the Seventh-day Adventist faith, 00:23:16.56\00:23:18.86 and he walked me through and showed me the humility 00:23:18.89\00:23:24.27 that was required for me to understand 00:23:24.30\00:23:27.70 what it really meant to love Jesus 00:23:27.74\00:23:30.44 and to really be motivated enough to extend myself 00:23:30.47\00:23:35.74 and to be more inquisitive to understand 00:23:35.78\00:23:38.58 what I was getting myself into. 00:23:38.61\00:23:39.95 Right. 00:23:39.98\00:23:41.32 And he really was my friend, you know, 00:23:41.35\00:23:44.25 I really considered him to be a very, 00:23:44.29\00:23:46.52 very good friend of mine. 00:23:46.55\00:23:47.89 Definitely. 00:23:47.92\00:23:49.26 People keep asking why haven't I come back to Oakwood alumni 00:23:49.29\00:23:52.26 for years and years and years, 00:23:52.29\00:23:54.00 because I remember standing in the front of the Von Braun 00:23:54.03\00:23:56.73 taking those pictures with your dad. 00:23:56.77\00:23:58.83 And then a few weeks later, I get the call 00:23:58.87\00:24:01.07 and I couldn't go back. 00:24:01.10\00:24:02.60 Austin, I couldn't go back. 00:24:02.64\00:24:03.97 This was the first time I've been back in seven years. 00:24:04.01\00:24:06.57 Wow. Seven years. 00:24:06.61\00:24:08.24 I never knew that, wow. 00:24:08.28\00:24:09.61 Yes. 00:24:09.64\00:24:10.98 Well, I just think that, that just shows his impact 00:24:11.01\00:24:13.21 that he had in all of us. 00:24:13.25\00:24:14.68 It wasn't just us, you know, Uncle Arthur I know he truly, 00:24:14.72\00:24:18.79 you were one of his best friends, you know. 00:24:18.82\00:24:21.12 Every time you got a chance to come, 00:24:21.16\00:24:22.89 you all come, we come over there. 00:24:22.92\00:24:24.83 You know, he would always want that time 00:24:24.86\00:24:26.19 when we'll go to bed 00:24:26.23\00:24:27.56 and he would just sit up and talk to you. 00:24:27.60\00:24:28.93 I always used to wonder, you know, 00:24:28.96\00:24:30.30 what would you all talk about sitting up, 00:24:30.33\00:24:31.67 and now that I'm older, I can understand 00:24:31.70\00:24:33.60 and just talk to you and just you get a point to me in. 00:24:33.64\00:24:36.57 You know, can we love you just as a sister, 00:24:36.60\00:24:38.34 and I think that when we get to the kingdom, 00:24:38.37\00:24:40.94 the embrace that we all will share, 00:24:40.98\00:24:43.85 you know, I think that 00:24:43.88\00:24:45.25 I can't imagine what it's gonna be like. 00:24:45.28\00:24:47.18 Often times I dream about, you know, 00:24:47.22\00:24:49.32 what will I do, you know, 00:24:49.35\00:24:51.05 what emotions will I have and it's just... 00:24:51.09\00:24:54.09 I just got to get there. You know I go to get there. 00:24:54.12\00:24:56.83 We as a family I've got to get there. 00:24:56.86\00:24:59.06 And I think that's the message 00:24:59.09\00:25:00.43 that I kind of have for young people living today. 00:25:00.46\00:25:01.93 I want to just go back. 00:25:01.96\00:25:03.30 My nephew was born with a hole in his heart, 00:25:03.33\00:25:05.47 and my wedding was going to have to be postponed 00:25:05.50\00:25:08.80 because Pastor Humphreys, he married Arthur and I 00:25:08.84\00:25:12.67 and my sister called and said Austin could travel, 00:25:12.71\00:25:15.74 and Jimmy could to the wedding 00:25:15.78\00:25:17.81 and you know look at you today, you know, 00:25:17.85\00:25:21.15 health wise how you are doing? 00:25:21.18\00:25:22.72 Doing good, really good. 00:25:22.75\00:25:25.95 I am excited that the hole in my heart 00:25:25.99\00:25:29.09 wasn't a thing that still reoccurs. 00:25:29.12\00:25:32.19 I'm able to preach the gospel with power. 00:25:32.23\00:25:34.13 Power. 00:25:34.16\00:25:35.50 I'm still able to whip Uncle Arthur on a basketball court. 00:25:35.53\00:25:37.97 So, you know the thing, we're doing good. 00:25:38.00\00:25:40.17 I think the hole in my heart, 00:25:40.20\00:25:42.30 I think I have a scar in my heart, 00:25:42.34\00:25:45.54 it's just a constant reminder I never forget 00:25:45.57\00:25:47.91 when I came out the operation room, 00:25:47.94\00:25:49.44 they will always tell me 00:25:49.48\00:25:50.81 the first person I cried out for was my father, 00:25:50.85\00:25:53.11 and I think it's just a testimony 00:25:53.15\00:25:54.85 everyday of God's grace and mercy. 00:25:54.88\00:25:58.42 Every time I feel discouraged, I always know 00:25:58.45\00:26:00.92 that I have this wound and I love the scars. 00:26:00.96\00:26:03.66 People say they hate the scars, 00:26:03.69\00:26:05.13 but my scar always remind me of what God did 00:26:05.16\00:26:07.86 and how he saved my life 00:26:07.90\00:26:09.30 and the connection I have with my dad. 00:26:09.33\00:26:10.67 I can remember embracing him, and I was scared and nervous, 00:26:10.70\00:26:13.74 but I just know that anytime I got into my dad's hands 00:26:13.77\00:26:17.24 or somebody's hands, 00:26:17.27\00:26:18.64 every time I got into his hands, 00:26:18.67\00:26:20.04 I always knew that there was safety. 00:26:20.08\00:26:22.24 And so, the scar just reminds me 00:26:22.28\00:26:25.28 even though it was years and years ago, 00:26:25.31\00:26:27.88 still is a constant reminder of the mercy and grace of God. 00:26:27.92\00:26:32.92 God's setup, you know, that was an powerful, 00:26:32.95\00:26:35.99 powerful message you had yesterday 00:26:36.02\00:26:38.99 but it made me think about how we think about setup. 00:26:39.03\00:26:43.50 A lot of times we think about setup 00:26:43.53\00:26:45.23 from a negative perspective. 00:26:45.27\00:26:46.74 Right. 00:26:46.77\00:26:48.54 In this case it was positive. 00:26:48.57\00:26:49.90 It's a positive thing you know God set us up, 00:26:49.94\00:26:52.97 because he saw what was down the lies, 00:26:53.01\00:26:55.14 he saw our future and he was actually trying to prepare us. 00:26:55.18\00:26:58.08 I agree. 00:26:58.11\00:26:59.45 You know so. I agree. 00:26:59.48\00:27:00.98 That first thought instead of it being negative, 00:27:01.02\00:27:03.72 we had to realize if it's coming from God, 00:27:03.75\00:27:06.45 it's going to be positive. Yes, we want to be positive. 00:27:06.49\00:27:08.26 Right, right, definitely I think the setup. 00:27:08.29\00:27:10.13 I think God sets all of us up in different ways. 00:27:10.16\00:27:12.89 Sometime it's a setup we won't even know about it. 00:27:12.93\00:27:16.06 We look at how God spared our lives 00:27:16.10\00:27:18.37 and we can always say that, you know, 00:27:18.40\00:27:21.10 when we see it and we look back over it 00:27:21.14\00:27:23.41 and we see the route that 00:27:23.44\00:27:25.07 we wanted to go was not the best. 00:27:25.11\00:27:27.48 I still even, you know, 00:27:27.51\00:27:28.84 remember not being outside of my father, 00:27:28.88\00:27:30.38 just I know God has set me up 00:27:30.41\00:27:32.58 to where I could have made decisions 00:27:32.61\00:27:33.98 where things happen out of nowhere, 00:27:34.02\00:27:36.22 and I believe my life, I'm still here 00:27:36.25\00:27:38.45 because he set me up, 00:27:38.49\00:27:39.82 so anytime he wants to set me up, he can do it. 00:27:39.85\00:27:41.19 He can do it. 00:27:41.22\00:27:42.56 And I know, so definitely. 00:27:42.59\00:27:43.99 Well, listen, we're out of time. 00:27:44.03\00:27:45.53 We have just a few minutes left. 00:27:45.56\00:27:46.90 I just want to say few seconds left. 00:27:46.93\00:27:49.03 God can set me up anytime and God is waiting 00:27:49.06\00:27:52.10 and he is willing to set you up. 00:27:52.13\00:27:54.07 Austin, congratulations on your graduation. 00:27:54.10\00:27:55.77 Thank you. 00:27:55.80\00:27:57.14 We will be there to watch you walk across that stage. 00:27:57.17\00:27:59.17 On that stage, yes. 00:27:59.21\00:28:00.68 And we love you and may God continue to bless you. 00:28:00.71\00:28:03.41 I'm Dr. Kim Logan-Nowlin. 00:28:03.45\00:28:04.81 I'm Arthur Nowlin. 00:28:04.85\00:28:06.18 And thank you and you continue to make it work. 00:28:06.21\00:28:08.82 God bless you. Let God set you up. 00:28:08.85\00:28:10.72 Amen. 00:28:10.75\00:28:12.09