Well, Night Light tonight
is not in a metropolitan area.
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Night Light
tonight is in the country.
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We're at just a little
town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin;
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beautiful, beautiful city.
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And with some of the
most beautiful young people
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that you have ever seen.
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My partner, C. A.
Murray, is still recuperating.
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C. A. you're in our prayers.
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And we'll bring a
little update to you right now.
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In fact he's doing better.
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He's home, he's on the mend.
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He's not out of pain
yet, because this is always
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an operation that
sets you back quite a bit.
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So keep C. A. in your prayers.
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And, C. A., we miss you.
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We wish you were here tonight.
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Nobody wishes you were
here more than Greg Morikone.
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And, Greg... That's
true... Thank you for joining me
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tonight. Oh, it's a
privilege to be here.
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But also, Pastor C. A.,
we do keep you in prayer,
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and, of course,
your dear wife Irma.
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And we wish you were here.
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We missed you
also at ASI, didn't we?
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Which was just
before Oshkosh here.
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We really did, and, you know, we
usually are in suits and ties,
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and we said, That just doesn't
seem to fit for a young person's
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meeting, like this; for a
great number of kids coming in.
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When we drove by
tonight coming in,
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when you drive by on the
freeway, folks you've never
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seen anything
like it in your life.
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There are more tents, and more
kids than you have ever seen.
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I almost was brought to tears.
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I said to Camille, Look at this!
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These are our Seventh-day
Adventist young people.
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I know some of you older
folks sometimes think, Well, the
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church is this or that, or gone.
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Listen, we've got the greatest
young people in this world.
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What we need to
do is hold onto them.
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Because if we can have events
like this, and we can involve
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them in mission work, and we
can get them involved in talking
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about Jesus, they're
going to stay with us.
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And if they stay with us they're
going to continue to grow.
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They'll have
families, and children,
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and it will continue to be
a tremendous, powerful church
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that's energetic
because of the young people.
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Well, tonight we have the
father of this whole situation
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at Oshkosh, Ron Whitehead.
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Ron, we welcome you.
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So happy that
you could be with us.
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Elder Ron Whitehead is the
director for the Center for
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Youth Evangelism
at Andrews University.
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Tell me a little bit
about the Center first
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before we get going.
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Sure, the Center For Youth
Evangelism is based at Andrews
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University, and we
teach about 540 seminary
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students from around the world.
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And the Center For Youth
Evangelism is like a laboratory,
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like a real
world experience place,
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where you just teach theory.
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It's not book learning,
it's not research, it's actually
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practical
application to ministry.
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So we call it active learning.
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That's what CYE is all about.
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So, in other words, if I can
go back in the history a little
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bit, if I remember, I remember
a tall, skinny young man who was
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working with another tall,
skinny, little bit older guy
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by the name of
Don Schneider. Yes.
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And so some of this experience
that you're talking about,
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where youth are working
with youth, and so forth.
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you were involved with yourself.
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It's true, it's true.
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Don Schneider is a tremendous
mentor and role model for me.
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He always had a
passion for Jesus. Yes.
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And then he had a
passion for young people.
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And when you put
those two things together,
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that's a powerful passion.
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It really is. And he
did a tremendous job as a
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youth director than
as an administrator,
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and always he never
lost sight of the kids.
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And tonight Don, we say Hi
to you, and we thank you for
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mentoring this guy,
and helping him along.
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How many of these camporees
have you been in charge of?
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Well, you know,
we've had seven total.
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There was one in '85,
'89, and the one that I started
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participating with in
1994: Dare to Care Camporee,
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre
in Denver, Colorado.
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So this will be my
fifth international camporee.
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So there have been nine and
you've been involved with five?
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Yep, that's right. It's been
seven, and involved in nine.
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Alright, yeah. No!
There've been a few.
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Numbers aren't, I
don't know, that's true.
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You know one of the things
we were talking about Oshkosh,
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Wisconsin, so for those at home,
they're saying, Okay, we know
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where Oshkosh, Wisconsin is.
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And where we're
located here; we're at the EAA,
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which we're at the
great big airfield.
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So tell us how big this
area is, and what exactly is
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happening here at Oshkosh.
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We're talking about
all the young people,
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but what's happening,
and what's taking place here?
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And what is EAA? That right.
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EAA stands for Experimental
Aircraft Association.
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It's a great
organization helping all ages,
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especially young
people connect to flight,
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and the beauty of it,
and the majesty of it.
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And it's just a
great organization.
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In fact, a week and a half
ago one of the world's largest
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air shows took
place on this property.
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And they're
wonderful to work with.
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The EAA organization has
a passion for young people
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making a difference.
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And so we've been partnering
for this will be our third
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camporee, maybe fourth now.
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Yeah, fourth
camporee on this property.
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Its 550 acres. Anyone that's
watching, viewing tonight,
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that knows
anything about airplanes,
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they know about Oshkosh.
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Yes, they do. That's true.
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Well, listen, that's exciting.
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And tell us some of the
things that will take place;
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some of the special
things that will happen.
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Oh, I'd love to
highlight for you.
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You know, we have
right at 50,000 participants
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from 80 different countries,
so we're looking for a variety
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of activities to offer
them such as community service.
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About 5,000 young people go
in to the community each day
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to make a
difference in the community.
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And that's rebuild trails,
help with the environment.
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You know, clean up some areas.
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It's a whole score of
things. You can imagine.
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But one of my favorite things
to highlight for you is not only
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do we go out there and do some
great service for the community,
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but we give out a
lot of literature; a lot.
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And I love
telling you about this.
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Today only over a
thousand pieces of literature
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the young people went out door
to door to make sure that people
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knew about Jesus
Christ, their personal Savior.
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In the Oshkosh
area, you're saying?
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That's right.
Right in this area.
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Now you just
briefly touched on a number.
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You just kind of
passed over that.
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You said 50,000 young people,
and staff here? That's right.
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Now that's huge,
because that's a city.
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That is, that's big.
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That's like Thompsonville.
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Ten, hundred times, yeah.
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Exactly. So where we come from,
Thompsonville, what 600 maybe?
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counting the cows. Right.
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But 50,000 young people.
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So then you said 1994
was the first one here
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with international.
Is that correct, 1994?
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It was 1999, first
one on this property.
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Okay. And I was reading in your
little newspaper that you give
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out, I think there were
12,000 young people then.
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Somewhere around that number,
I think, somewhere there.
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So now we're up to 50,000 young
people from around the world.
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And some of those were passing
out literature today. They were.
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That's a powerful thing.
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Tomorrow more literature
is going out to the community.
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Talk about Daniel; he's
an amazing person to talk
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about in the Bible.
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He stood, you know.
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Dare to be a Daniel.
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Right, and the theme here is
Forever Faithful. That's right.
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And tell us about Daniel then
is going to be sort of the theme
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of this whole thing.
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I love talking about this.
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I mean I like everything else,
but this is fun to talk about.
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This generation
needs to connect to...
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You know, they're
embattled aren't they?
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There's spiritual
warfare taking place.
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And the warfare is much more
accentuated today than it was
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twenty years ago, so we
as leaders need to be just as
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you know,
aggressive, if you will.
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And the whole theme, each
evenings program, which starts
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here in just about forty-five
minutes, each evenings program
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focuses on the life of
Daniel, and the three Hebrews.
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As we know, in the Bible,
and those who are watching
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no doubt, or have heard
of the Godly man, Daniel,
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he never compromised,
never, ever compromised.
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It wasn't until he was in
his eighties, as you recall,
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that people tried to trick him
into being something, you know,
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bad for the
government, if you will.
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And so they tricked
him into making a law.
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And in his eighties he
went to the lion's den.
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But the Lord was there
for him, right? Yeah, He was.
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He was faithful. He
was forever faithful.
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Our God is
forever faithful to us.
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Why shouldn't we be
forever faithful for Him?
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Wow, that's
great. Praise the Lord.
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Yeah, and praise the Lord that
we have those Bible characters
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that we can put before the
young people, and give them more
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information and, of
course, someone to emulate
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and follow after as well. Right.
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You know, we have a little bit
of B roll, because we know you
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have to run to the main
program that starts in 37,
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45 minutes or so. Yep, yep.
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So we had a little bit of
B roll, if you want to start
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rolling that actually.
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You can tell us a little
bit about what we're seeing
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here on the screen.
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Love to. Yeah, this is
the entrance to the property.
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All those flags. Oh
flags from every country is
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present at the
camporee. That's huge.
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This is a large, I'm
told it's one of the larger
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Bible story presentation
portable stages in the world.
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It took us seven
days to build it.
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We brought in a variety of
skilled labor, and a lot of
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summer camp labor from
the Lake Union Conference;
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a lot of young adults.
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If you recognize
this, this is Ishtar Gate.
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Back in Bible; remember
the three Hebrews and Daniel
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were taken from Jerusalem?
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It was conquered by the
country of, you remember?
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Help me, help me. Yeah.
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Who came there?
Babylon, you remember?
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So Babylon, and the young people
are taken out to Babylon. Okay.
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And that's the Ishtar Gate
that you can still see today
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in that part of the world.
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Oh, this is the
Pathfinder plane. Yes.
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I love the Pathfinder plane
because it tells the gospel.
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It goes to places
nobody can get to.
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So these are Pathfinders
that we're looking at here.
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They sure were, they sure were.
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And years ago, in 1999, the
first time we were here at this
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property, Pathfinders donated a
starter, or say another piece of
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equipment for the plane.
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And they rebuilt that plane.
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And we hope to raise a
$100,000.00 to resend that plane
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back out, because it's wore out.
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It's been in South
America, and it needs...
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So it's a mission plane.
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It's a mission plane for sure.
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Thank you. Wow! Yeah.
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So these are just some of
the exciting activities that the
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young people are involved with.
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And I know each night Pastor
Gilley will be showing different
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things that we have here
on this beautiful campus here.
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But that's just
some of what we have.
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Yeah, some of those... What are
some of the things that maybe we
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haven't mentioned that
you'd like to share with us?
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Some of the highlights? Yeah.
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Well, you know, not only
what I love, especially for the
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viewer that doesn't
understand the word Pathfinder.
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What's that about? Right.
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It's like a coed Boy
Scout, Girl Scout organization
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where we teach kids Bible
knowledge and outdoor skills,
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and how to be a
part of the community.
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You know, make a difference.
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You know, as Christians
we should be salt and light.
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Is that right? Yeah.
Don't you think? That's right.
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And so this is
these great role models.
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I'm, how do you say?
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I'm honored to work with
these adults that mentor.
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You know, people take vacation
time, they put their own money
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into making sure transportation,
so the kids can come to this
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international camporee.
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It's like a jamboree in
the Boy Scout organization.
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Well, it is amazing.
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And I can't imagine anyone
having more than 50,000 people
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attend any type of a
jamboree, or anything else.
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We were out today and there
were young people literally
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from all over the
United States that we met.
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And we took some footage,
and all afternoon we've been
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breaking with every hour,
and sometimes thirty minutes
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with a little one and a half
minute snippet about what we
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saw there, what we were
seeing, interviewing the kids,
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and talking to them,
and pointing them out.
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Some of them were
playing games, some of them were
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practicing for the parade, all
the different activities that
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they were involved with.
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It was cold. It was wet.
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And, by the way, we want
to tell you that the rain has
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stopped, the clouds
are gone, the sun is out,
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and it's beautiful here.
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And we're saying, they're
telling us the next three days
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should be very
good weather, we hope.
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That's what we're hearing.
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It should be good weather.
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And just for the viewers,
and especially my friends here,
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thank you 3ABN for
being here, being present to
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support young people.
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So often it's about the adults.
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We spend time, and
assets, and money to highlight.
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And adults aren't bad
people, because I'm one of them,
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you know. I like the adults.
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But sometimes we
need to invest the most
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in the best in
young people. Right.
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And I think you're part of an
event that's making that happen.
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And thank you for your presence.
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Well, young people
are very vital to us.
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In fact we have a
3ABN Kids Network.
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I hear about this.
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And we've just launched it.
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We're getting
ready to build a studio.
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You'll be hearing
more about that a little
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later on in our program.
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But we believe that
kids have to hear the three
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angel's message as well.
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In fact they
should hear it first.
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You know, we just had a
tragedy happen yesterday
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with Robin Williams, a
man who was loved by millions,
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and who made just
about everybody laugh.
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But Robin Williams
was an unhappy individual;
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sadly took his own life.
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When we can tell our young
people, Look, the way to have
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happiness is not through
the lifestyle that is so often
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held up to them as
being the way to happiness.
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The way to happiness is through
commitment to Jesus Christ,
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service for Him, and making
your life count for others.
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Now there's some of those areas
that definitely Robin Williams
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didn't have, but obviously there
was something missing there.
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And with each of our young
people we have got to be doing
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the very best that we can to
witness to them to help them.
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You see, if you can get
your young people involved with
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Pathfinders, if you
don't have a Pathfinder program
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it's the base for
starting the young people.
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And then you keep them
going, and they continue to get
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involved with mission trips.
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Ron, one of the times I ran
into you was over in Ukraine.
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And you had a whole group of
young people on a mission trip.
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And it changed their
lives when they were out there
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working for souls.
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If you involve... You cannot
just expect the kids to show up
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Sabbath morning, go into a
class, and that this is how
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we're going to
keep our young people.
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You have to
involve their whole life.
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I'm here because good Christian
people in the Dallas Central
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Seventh-day Adventist Church,
when I was a teenager, started
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involving me in things.
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When Henry Barron, our, he
was our Associate Pastor there,
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and he was my mentor.
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I've had several, but Henry
was definitely one of them.
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And when these people
begin to work with young people,
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you, and you'd be surprised the
laity had every bit as much of
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an impact on me as
the professionals did.
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So you can have an
impact on young people's lives:
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putting your arms around them,
talking to the Lord rather than
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condemning them about maybe
something that they are doing
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that disappoints you.
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And keep pointing them to Jesus,
pointing them to people like
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Daniel and that experience.
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But if you have a young
person, a grandchild, a child,
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whatever, make sure
that five years from now,
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Lord, if He delays His coming,
we'll be right back here.
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And make sure
they're at Oshkosh.
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It's a tremendous experience.
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And do you have any parting
words for us Ron, because I do
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know you have to head off.
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Well, you know the three
Hebrews: Shadrach, Meshack,
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and Abednego,
Daniel forever faithful.
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Let's call each other
to be forever faithful.
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Amen. Alright,
thank you so much.
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We appreciate you coming.
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And anything that we can do
for you, please let us know,
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because we believe in
what you're doing. Thank you.
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We really do, and
that's why we're here.
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Because when we got
the opportunity to come,
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somebody said, Would you come?
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We said, Yes, we will come.
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We want to be a
part. That's great.
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And so we're happy
that 3ABN can be here.
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Again, Ron, thanks and we're
going to hear some more from you
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before the week's over.
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Yep, we'll be back.
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And, alright. Well,
we'll be looking forward to it.
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Thank you. God bless you
at the meeting this evening.
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Thank you so much. Pray for us.
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Alright. We sure will.
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Well, that was an
exciting thing. It sure was.
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And Greg, you've
been around today.
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What are some of the
things that you've seen
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and really appreciated?
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Well, I wanted to say what a
blessing it is to have people
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like Elder Ron Whitehead
being out with the young people.
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Because, like he's saying, and
as you're saying, young people,
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to invest in young
people, you can't go wrong;
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especially presenting
to them the word of God.
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And these Bible characters,
I think is so important.
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And I know in my own life, I
think of those who have poured
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stuff into my life; mentorship.
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What a blessing it is.
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So they were
talking about Pathfinders.
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And one thing, I don't know,
I think you mentioned it also,
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is that this happens,
Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee
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happens every five years.
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And I think the reason
it happens every five years
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is because this is a huge event.
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If they did that every
year, wow, what an undertaking.
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Because, folks, we're
going to show you some footage
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here in just a moment, but
this is absolutely amazing.
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You'll, ha, I was here five
years ago, but when I saw it
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again this year,
whew, it's totally amazing
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and overwhelming really.
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Well, this is
my first trip here.
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I've always had something that
would interfere with my coming.
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And so I just want you
to know I was blown away.
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When Camille and I
came up the road yesterday,
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I just, I just
could not believe it.
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There was over a mile
long stream of traffic
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waiting to get in.
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You're absolutely right.
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And that was from one
direction, and almost that far
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from the other direction.
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I was just
unbelievably impressed
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with what was going on.
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Well, you think about... I'm
sorry, I just interrupted you.
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No, you did not. Go ahead.
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Well, I was
thinking, 50,000 people,
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that's what Elder
Ron Whitehead said.
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That's a lot. So
basically it's a city,
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like we talked about earlier.
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And, so basically you
have your own fire department,
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your own health
department here, I understand.
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They have their
own security here.
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It's really quite amazing to
see how all this works together.
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It's actually
quite an undertaking,
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which is quite amazing.
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But, so today is Tuesday. Yeah.
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Right? I'm not too tired.
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Today's Tuesday, isn't it? Yeah.
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Tuesday Night Live.
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We're coming to
you here from Oshkosh.
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And we took some footage,
because when we were here
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we took some footage of all
the crowd and stuff coming in.
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So we'd like to start rolling
that now so you can see the
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young people again.
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Here's the shot of the
opening gate at Oshkosh.
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And you can just see in the
background the lower left hand
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side of the screen,
or now on the right hand
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side of the screen, you
can see the cars waiting
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to get in the main gate.
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Look at that! Now
this is actually not
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the main road outside.
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This is inside the camp.
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And this has been sped up
so you can see people stop
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and go, stop and go.
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It is absolutely amazing
to see the people filing in.
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This was, wow, I don't know,
this was... Well you can see
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if you look in that
direction, people walking,
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and stop and go again.
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There's lots and lots of young
people waving, and everyone is
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really very excited, and
happy to be here at Oshkosh,
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because, again,
this is a very big event.
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You can see them
setting up their campsites.
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It's very organized actually.
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Actually people
don't just camp randomly.
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They camp in a
very organized fashion.
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There is one group's luggage.
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You can see some of these camps
actually are quite elaborate.
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They have some beautiful...
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Oh I don't know if you want
to say decorations, but actually
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camp entrances to
their Pathfinder group.
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They actually go, I understand,
by division, and then union,
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and then conference,
and then actually the clubs
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within the conference.
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So its laid out in a
very organized fashion.
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Now I want to tell you
folks, as you see the sky there,
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it's nice and blue.
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Now this was yesterday.
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So yesterday we
had beautiful sunshine.
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It was actually quite warm as we
we're setting up our trucks here
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at Pathfinder Camporee.
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And as you can see there, the
clouds are, well, it's not quite
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as blue, the skies.
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And we'll tell you
what happened next.
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So obviously it's a little warm.
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They're bringing in their water.
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A lot of the
Pathfinders unpacking
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all their camping gear.
00:20:54.38\00:20:55.72
Now notice quickly
here, they're trading pins.
00:20:55.75\00:20:58.09
We'll talk about
that in just a moment.
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They'd like to trade their club
pins, or different pins from the
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conferences or unions.
00:21:03.46\00:21:05.33
And I like some of these campers
have the same color of tents.
00:21:05.36\00:21:09.83
And it's actually
quite color coordinated,
00:21:09.86\00:21:12.43
which is really neat.
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.17
So here's some campers
doing some fun photo shoots.
00:21:14.20\00:21:17.67
You see those white trucks?
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Those, I
understand, are showers.
00:21:19.11\00:21:20.98
You see those? You
probably recognize those.
00:21:21.31\00:21:24.78
It's amazing here because
those are what they use for the
00:21:24.81\00:21:27.92
bathroom facilities
are those Porto Johns.
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.98
I've asked for a number
and no one has told me how many
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there are, but there seem to be
hundreds and hundreds of them.
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.72
There you can see the
South Atlantic Conference.
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This is Florida Conference, and
again, these are just some snap
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shots of some of
the clubs that are here.
00:21:40.43\00:21:43.57
That was Oklahoma.
00:21:43.60\00:21:44.93
That is the Southern Union.
00:21:44.97\00:21:47.10
I can't quite
pronounce that word.
00:21:47.14\00:21:49.50
But welcome to Iowa, Missouri.
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And quite, again some elaborate
entrances to these clubs.
00:21:51.47\00:21:56.01
Right, they are.
00:21:56.04\00:21:57.38
Yes, and again the
Forever Faithful theme.
00:21:57.41\00:21:59.15
That's the Ontario Conference.
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Bermuda, and again
it's from around the world.
00:22:00.55\00:22:03.28
And a lot of the
cars have a lot of things
00:22:03.32\00:22:05.42
written on the windows.
00:22:05.45\00:22:06.79
You saw that, didn't you?
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.16
We did, and we saw a lot
of them coming up the road.
00:22:08.19\00:22:09.52
That's right. We
were coming through
00:22:09.56\00:22:10.89
driving from Chicago here.
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.26
And, again, there's the stage.
00:22:12.29\00:22:13.63
It was amazing. Well,
it's an exciting event. It is.
00:22:13.73\00:22:17.37
One of the things that...
You showed all that water.
00:22:17.40\00:22:21.00
When we first got
here we went to Wal-Mart.
00:22:21.04\00:22:25.27
Yes. And Camille,
we were getting some
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.74
water and some things.
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.11
And I have never seen so
much water going out of a
00:22:29.14\00:22:33.28
building in my life. Oh, yeah.
00:22:33.31\00:22:35.15
People had whole great
big push carts full of water,
00:22:35.18\00:22:40.76
and that was just
for their club. Yeah.
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.72
And I'm sure that somebody
clued Wal-Mart in because they
00:22:42.76\00:22:46.06
had a lot of
water set out. Oh yeah.
00:22:46.09\00:22:47.96
And... Pallets of water... and
they sold a lot of water to this
00:22:48.00\00:22:52.93
particular group. Absolutely.
00:22:52.97\00:22:54.34
Well, listen, it was great
to have Ron Whitehead with us.
00:22:54.37\00:22:56.84
Absolutely. But things
have certainly picked up here
00:22:56.91\00:23:00.04
by Brenda Walsh coming.
00:23:00.08\00:23:01.48
And you just look a lot
better than Ron Whitehead.
00:23:01.51\00:23:04.75
I'm just teasing. But
thank you Brenda for coming.
00:23:04.78\00:23:07.98
You've had a full day already.
00:23:08.02\00:23:09.65
I've had a full day, and
its been a wonderful day.
00:23:09.68\00:23:12.05
Yes. What have you been doing?
00:23:12.09\00:23:13.42
I've been at the booth.
00:23:13.46\00:23:14.79
Well, actually at the camporee
this week we're here to tape
00:23:14.82\00:23:18.19
Learning Time, which we'll
talk about in a little bit.
00:23:18.23\00:23:20.50
But today is the only day I
actually had at the booth to be
00:23:20.56\00:23:24.20
there and meet
and greet the kids.
00:23:24.23\00:23:26.27
And it was amazing.
00:23:26.30\00:23:27.70
It was really a fun thing
to do, and to see so many.
00:23:27.74\00:23:30.91
It's kind of what heaven's going
to be like, don't you think?
00:23:30.94\00:23:33.94
When we run around and we see
familiar faces, and a lot more
00:23:33.98\00:23:36.95
people knew me than I knew them.
00:23:36.98\00:23:38.41
And they would start
off with, You don't know me,
00:23:38.45\00:23:42.42
but I know you. And I thank
the Lord, because that means
00:23:42.45\00:23:45.02
they're watching
Kids Time. Right.
00:23:45.05\00:23:46.62
And so, yeah, we had an
amazing time at the booth.
00:23:46.65\00:23:49.16
I've got an incredible
crew that was going on.
00:23:49.19\00:23:51.63
And we're got
our Kids Time dogs,
00:23:51.66\00:23:54.06
and our Kids Network shirts.
00:23:54.10\00:23:56.63
You know, you mentioned
kids watching Kids Time,
00:23:56.67\00:23:59.93
and they definitely do.
00:23:59.97\00:24:01.94
We run into them all over.
00:24:01.97\00:24:03.87
We were amazed today as
we drove around and we shot
00:24:03.91\00:24:08.54
a bunch of sequences.
00:24:08.58\00:24:09.91
We showed them every
hour here in the afternoon.
00:24:09.94\00:24:12.05
We were amazed at how many
people, how many kids, said Jim,
00:24:12.08\00:24:18.75
Jim is that you? Jim, 3ABN, Jim.
00:24:18.79\00:24:21.69
And, you know, you think,
Well, how would kids know?
00:24:21.72\00:24:25.43
The kids watch... Kids are
watching. ... all 3ABN. They do.
00:24:25.46\00:24:29.60
And they know who
we are. Yes, they do.
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.67
So that's a good sign.
00:24:31.70\00:24:33.03
And we have a lot
of adult kids that are
00:24:33.07\00:24:35.10
watching Kids Time, too.
00:24:35.14\00:24:36.50
Oh yes, we really do.
00:24:36.57\00:24:37.91
I've told this story many, many
times, but we find as many of
00:24:37.94\00:24:43.85
those that are 65 and
above that watch Kids Time
00:24:43.88\00:24:47.68
as there are kids that watch.
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.28
That's right, that's right.
00:24:49.32\00:24:50.85
And enjoy it so much.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.92
It's like they're
having time with their
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.76
grandkids or something.
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.12
Well, I think they, from
what people share with me,
00:24:56.16\00:24:58.93
they're truly
blessed by the program.
00:24:58.96\00:25:00.90
And there's so
much on the program.
00:25:00.93\00:25:02.76
It's not so... I mean there's
such a variety of program,
00:25:02.80\00:25:06.10
there's something for everyone.
00:25:06.13\00:25:07.47
And so I don't think you have
to be any particular age to say,
00:25:07.50\00:25:10.11
you know, that you're
going to enjoy that show.
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.61
I think it's for all ages.
00:25:11.67\00:25:13.27
And God's kids come in all ages.
00:25:13.31\00:25:15.18
Right. Well, as you know,
we are dedicated to the three
00:25:15.21\00:25:19.48
angels' messages going to
kids around the world. Amen!
00:25:19.51\00:25:23.72
That's our dedication, because
we really believe that if you
00:25:23.75\00:25:27.76
can get them when
they're young,... Yes!
00:25:27.79\00:25:30.23
...then they don't
have to overcome all these
00:25:30.26\00:25:33.19
habits and problems, and
there's no reason for them
00:25:33.23\00:25:36.73
to go over fools hill. Exactly.
00:25:36.77\00:25:38.57
Some people think, Well, they've
got to go over fools hill
00:25:38.60\00:25:40.54
and they'll come back.
00:25:40.57\00:25:41.90
Well, I praise God for
every one that comes back,
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.91
but it scares me to
think of those that never do.
00:25:44.94\00:25:48.21
I love the Bible text, Train up
a child in the way he should go,
00:25:48.24\00:25:53.15
and when he's old he
will not depart from it.
00:25:53.18\00:25:55.12
And I claim those promises
for a lot of people I pray with.
00:25:55.15\00:25:58.12
I pray with a lot of parents,
today even, and I claim that
00:25:58.15\00:26:01.09
promise as one of
my favorite promises
00:26:01.12\00:26:04.69
in the Bible for our children.
00:26:04.76\00:26:06.13
Yeah, well, but we've got
to remember to train them, too.
00:26:06.16\00:26:09.63
Exactly! And training them does
not necessarily mean beating
00:26:09.66\00:26:13.10
them over the head with
stuff, but involving them.
00:26:13.13\00:26:16.97
Real training is not
just preaching to somebody,
00:26:17.01\00:26:20.78
it is involving them in
activities like this Camporee.
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.61
Getting your kids working
for Jesus. Involving them.
00:26:24.65\00:26:28.08
You can't expect them to
put them aside, put them aside,
00:26:28.12\00:26:31.55
and then wonder why
when they're old they want
00:26:31.59\00:26:32.95
nothing to do with you. Right.
00:26:32.99\00:26:34.32
We really need to
love our children to Jesus,
00:26:34.36\00:26:36.89
to get them involved, get
them working in our churches,
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.49
get them involved in mission
work, get them involved in
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.03
Pathfinders, in Camporee.
00:26:42.06\00:26:43.70
You know, let's
spiritually feed our children.
00:26:43.73\00:26:46.60
Oh, I think that was excellent,
because what Elder Whitehead
00:26:46.63\00:26:49.27
was saying is that today
even 1000 kids went out and
00:26:49.30\00:26:52.17
distributed
literature, and that's what
00:26:52.24\00:26:53.58
you're talking about.
00:26:53.61\00:26:54.94
Yeah, young people
going out and doing work.
00:26:54.98\00:26:56.31
And then on your show, Kids
Time, there is Sharing Time.
00:26:56.34\00:26:59.81
That's right. Which is
talking about sharing Jesus.
00:26:59.85\00:27:02.48
Which is absolutely important.
00:27:02.55\00:27:04.25
And we've had that.
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.62
I've been doing this
now, producing Kids Time
00:27:05.65\00:27:07.92
for fifteen years,
if you can imagine.
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.96
And we were taking
about my day-to-day.
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.96
It's kind of a humbling
day, too, can I just say?
00:27:11.99\00:27:14.06
Because I had, you know, all
kinds of kids that are a whole
00:27:14.10\00:27:18.77
lot older that were saying, Oh,
I watched you when I was little.
00:27:18.80\00:27:22.87
Oh yeah, right! And someone even
introduced me to their child,
00:27:22.90\00:27:27.31
you know, that was saying,
Oh, yeah, when I was little
00:27:27.34\00:27:29.41
I used to watch Kids Time.
00:27:29.44\00:27:30.78
Well, now I've got one of my
own, and they love Kids Time.
00:27:30.81\00:27:32.55
Right! So it was really
a blessing. It truly was.
00:27:32.58\00:27:35.65
And I just, it, meeting all the
people was just the highlight
00:27:35.68\00:27:40.26
of the day, and to
talk, and talk, and talk.
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.29
And, in fact, we didn't
even take a lunch break.
00:27:42.32\00:27:44.09
Even none of our
crew took a lunch break.
00:27:44.13\00:27:45.59
We were literally
just non-stop people.
00:27:45.63\00:27:48.56
You know, we saw a
bunch of kids exchanging pins.
00:27:48.60\00:27:52.97
What's that all about?
00:27:53.00\00:27:54.34
Well, I'm glad you asked, Pastor
Gilley, because I actually want
00:27:54.37\00:27:57.27
to do a pen exchange with you.
00:27:57.31\00:27:58.64
Oh, wow! You see we have
our brand new Kids Network pin.
00:27:58.67\00:28:02.68
And, in fact, I don't know
if they can get a close up.
00:28:02.71\00:28:04.65
I have one on me
right here, as you can see.
00:28:04.68\00:28:07.28
And that's our brand new Kids
Network pin, and it looks...
00:28:07.32\00:28:12.52
that's our logo
for Kids Network.
00:28:12.55\00:28:14.69
And so I've been
trading pins all day.
00:28:14.72\00:28:17.33
Here at Pathfinder Camporee
I found out, I've been here
00:28:17.36\00:28:20.93
several times now, but I found
out that pins are a really big
00:28:20.96\00:28:24.57
deal, and clubs
have pins designed.
00:28:24.60\00:28:26.90
There's a lot of work that goes
into all of the clubs designs.
00:28:26.94\00:28:29.57
Union Conferences design them.
00:28:29.60\00:28:31.81
The conference of
each state designs them.
00:28:31.87\00:28:34.58
And everybody is out trading
to get the pins that they want.
00:28:34.61\00:28:37.61
So I brought some, because
I've been trading pins all day.
00:28:37.65\00:28:40.62
In fact, can I
trade a pin with you?
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.38
I've got our Kids
Network pin right here.
00:28:42.42\00:28:44.65
And, see if I give
you a pin, you have to
00:28:44.72\00:28:46.96
give me something back.
00:28:46.99\00:28:48.32
That's trading. And
that's what I'm going to do.
00:28:48.36\00:28:49.86
So I'll say, Okay,
I'll give you this pin,
00:28:49.92\00:28:52.13
and you give me your pin.
00:28:52.16\00:28:54.10
So there we go, I've
got my Kids Network pin.
00:28:54.13\00:28:56.60
So let me just show
you just a second here,
00:28:56.63\00:28:59.57
some of the pins that we
got today. You'll be amazed.
00:28:59.60\00:29:01.90
There are the ones I traded.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.27
So a lot of them said, Please
make sure ours get on the air.
00:29:03.30\00:29:05.87
So I can't show everyone, but
I'm going to show some of these.
00:29:05.91\00:29:08.81
Just a minute. So while
she's getting those pens
00:29:08.84\00:29:13.28
I just wanted to say...
00:29:13.31\00:29:15.68
Wow! That's incredible!
00:29:15.72\00:29:17.42
That's one day's trading.
00:29:17.45\00:29:19.05
That's one day.
And just look at that.
00:29:19.09\00:29:21.62
You gave them a
pin for one of these.
00:29:21.66\00:29:24.13
I gave them a pin for every
one they exchanged to me. Wow!
00:29:24.16\00:29:28.73
And then the trading, because,
you know, you're trading and you
00:29:28.76\00:29:31.47
want to do a good deal.
00:29:31.50\00:29:32.83
For instance someone
gave me a spinner pin.
00:29:32.87\00:29:38.54
Now watch this.
Maybe you can hold this.
00:29:38.57\00:29:40.78
Okay, I'll hold this here.
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.14
And you can spin it around.
00:29:42.18\00:29:43.51
And now for a spinner
pin, I decided that that,
00:29:43.55\00:29:46.01
I would give them about five
of my Kids Time pins for one of
00:29:46.05\00:29:49.15
those, because those are big
special ones, you see. Alright!
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.62
And... Wow now this is
a neat one here, too. Wow!
00:29:51.65\00:29:55.79
Isn't that? It
is. Now let's take...
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.79
Let's see which one is that one?
00:29:57.83\00:29:59.76
This is the hot air
balloon that says,...
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.96
Yes, South Western,
South Eastern California
00:30:02.00\00:30:04.83
Conference Pathfinders.
00:30:04.87\00:30:06.20
And look, we have
an It Is Written pin.
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.10
They're our neighbors next door.
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.47
And he says, Hey,
I'll give you a pin.
00:30:09.50\00:30:10.84
Will you show it on the air?
00:30:10.87\00:30:12.21
So I want him to know that I
kept my word. We showed that.
00:30:12.24\00:30:14.98
That's John
Bradshaw's organization.
00:30:15.01\00:30:16.34
That's right, we have Potomac.
00:30:16.38\00:30:17.71
Here's a conference pin.
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.08
The Potomac...
Potomac... Potomac Conference.
00:30:19.11\00:30:21.45
Potomac, there
you go. Thank you.
00:30:21.48\00:30:22.82
I was not pronouncing it right.
00:30:22.85\00:30:24.19
Well, these are elaborate pins.
00:30:24.22\00:30:25.55
And we have... God's
special agent it says on it.
00:30:25.59\00:30:28.42
We have a college pin
right here, or Collegedale.
00:30:28.46\00:30:30.46
There's Collegedale close by.
00:30:30.49\00:30:32.06
They've got some fancy pins.
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.50
So we have some really just
amazing different kinds of pins.
00:30:33.53\00:30:38.13
This one is North
Eastern Conference. Alright.
00:30:38.17\00:30:41.27
I even had someone from Columbia
come and gave me his pin. Wow!
00:30:41.30\00:30:46.07
And he gave me this
little pin right here.
00:30:46.11\00:30:49.51
And we had all different.
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.35
Bermuda Conference
came and gave me their pins.
00:30:51.38\00:30:53.72
I mean we've got New
Jersey, we've got Michigan.
00:30:53.75\00:30:56.28
And so I am going to take these
pins back, and on Kids Time,
00:30:56.32\00:31:01.19
and we're going to do a Sharing
Time program all about our
00:31:01.22\00:31:05.16
Pathfinder Camporee.
00:31:05.19\00:31:06.53
And we'll show these pins.
00:31:06.56\00:31:07.90
I did it the last
two camporees as well.
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.83
So I gotta, we've got
a tradition going here.
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.97
Alright. Hold up our, the Kids
Time pin so they can see that.
00:31:12.03\00:31:17.47
Because Thursday night on our
Live those who call in with any
00:31:17.51\00:31:23.14
gift for the Kids Network, 3ABN
Kids Network, we're going to
00:31:23.18\00:31:27.88
send them one of those
pins on Thursday night.
00:31:27.92\00:31:30.35
Oh, fantastic! So you
start thinking about that.
00:31:30.39\00:31:32.75
So we can trade with them.
00:31:32.79\00:31:34.12
We will trade their
gift for a pin. Exactly!
00:31:34.16\00:31:38.26
But it's helping to
build the Kids studio.
00:31:38.29\00:31:41.30
And pray for us. We're right
down, we hope right at the,
00:31:41.33\00:31:45.53
close to getting that
property that we're looking at.
00:31:45.57\00:31:48.47
Well, let's talk
about that in a minute.
00:31:48.50\00:31:49.94
But since we were talking about
the camporee, and we still have
00:31:49.97\00:31:52.37
a lot I still have. Oh, yeah.
00:31:52.41\00:31:53.91
I've got some video
roll I'd like to show. Right.
00:31:53.94\00:31:55.68
But before we do, when we were
talking about the donations,
00:31:55.71\00:31:58.21
and giving them a pin,
I have a special guest.
00:31:58.25\00:32:00.82
If you wouldn't mind if
we invited her to come up.
00:32:00.85\00:32:03.92
I had met someone
today that is really special.
00:32:03.95\00:32:07.26
In fact we can just
put this aside, Greg.
00:32:07.29\00:32:10.33
And I'd like her to
come up, and I'd like to
00:32:10.36\00:32:13.33
introduce her to you.
00:32:13.36\00:32:14.70
Come right up here.
00:32:14.73\00:32:16.06
Her name is
Linda Johnson. Alright.
00:32:16.10\00:32:18.20
And Linda, would you
just set right up in here?
00:32:18.23\00:32:20.14
I've heard that name before.
00:32:20.17\00:32:21.50
You have a sister by that name.
00:32:21.54\00:32:22.87
I, did I say that right?
00:32:22.90\00:32:24.24
Linda Johnson, right?
00:32:24.27\00:32:25.61
And I know, cause my sister's
name is Linda Johnson. Right.
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.04
I'll just set
that down there. Sure.
00:32:27.08\00:32:28.51
Ah, but Linda came by the booth
today, and I was so excited
00:32:28.54\00:32:33.31
to see her because when she
shared with me that her father
00:32:33.35\00:32:38.49
lives in South Africa. Uh huh.
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.29
She grew up in
South Africa. Right.
00:32:40.32\00:32:42.22
And that he had sent her, mailed
her something to give to me.
00:32:42.26\00:32:45.39
And she'd left
it back in her tent.
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.16
So it's quite a
ways to walk. Yeah.
00:32:47.20\00:32:48.86
And she said she'd
have to give it to me later.
00:32:48.90\00:32:50.67
And I said, Why
don't you come on tonight?
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.33
I'd like to introduce you,
so that her father could see
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.77
her present the gift.
00:32:54.80\00:32:56.14
Is that okay? Alright.
00:32:56.17\00:32:58.11
So Linda, just very
quickly, if you could tell me,
00:32:58.14\00:33:00.38
you grew up South Africa.
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.28
What part of South Africa?
00:33:03.31\00:33:04.65
Well, I grew up in
Southern Africa actually.
00:33:04.68\00:33:07.55
My parents were missionaries
in Zambia, Rhodesia, Rwanda,
00:33:07.58\00:33:11.75
which is Central Africa.
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.12
Then they came back to
Zimbabwe in South Africa.
00:33:13.15\00:33:16.49
Yeah, so Southern Africa.
00:33:16.52\00:33:18.86
So your Mom and
Dad live where now?
00:33:18.89\00:33:21.60
They live near Durban.
00:33:21.63\00:33:22.96
Okay, so I want to just look
right in the camera right there.
00:33:23.00\00:33:24.97
Let's just look straight in
there and so, Hi Mom and Dad!
00:33:25.00\00:33:27.64
Hi Mom and Dad! Ha!
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.74
And so they live in
Durban, and they are...
00:33:29.77\00:33:32.74
Are they Kids Time watchers?
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.11
Yes, they are. Yes.
00:33:34.14\00:33:36.08
And tell me, you said
your parents really have...
00:33:36.11\00:33:38.91
They're missionaries. Yes.
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.28
And so they have a
heart for missions.
00:33:40.32\00:33:41.78
And what did your
father send to you?
00:33:41.82\00:33:44.75
Well, he sent a
check for $1,000.00.
00:33:44.79\00:33:48.72
A $1,000.00! Did you
hear that? Wow, Amen!
00:33:48.76\00:33:52.09
For our brand new Kids Network.
00:33:52.13\00:33:53.86
I was so excited! Yes!
00:33:53.90\00:33:56.06
And you have
your check with you?
00:33:56.10\00:33:58.17
Yes, I do. And I
was going to mail it.
00:33:58.20\00:34:00.14
And he said, Well,
Brenda's going to be
00:34:00.17\00:34:02.07
right there at Oshkosh.
00:34:02.10\00:34:03.44
Why don't you just
give it to her? so...
00:34:03.47\00:34:04.81
Yep, save that postage.
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.17
Thank you very much!
00:34:06.21\00:34:07.54
Isn't this wonderful?
00:34:07.58\00:34:08.91
I'm going to pass it
right on to Pastor Gilley,
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.51
who's going to take it
over there and put it right
00:34:10.55\00:34:12.78
towards our Kids Network.
00:34:12.81\00:34:14.15
I'll make sure it gets in
the right place, too. Alright.
00:34:14.18\00:34:15.52
And is your
father a wealthy man?
00:34:15.55\00:34:18.25
No, he's not. Since he's
been a missionary, you know,
00:34:18.29\00:34:22.62
he's not too wealthy.
00:34:22.66\00:34:23.99
And, in fact the $1,000.00 was
about a sixth of his savings.
00:34:24.03\00:34:27.06
Wow! And I even asked him.
00:34:27.10\00:34:29.10
I wanted to make sure.
00:34:29.16\00:34:31.10
Dad are you sure you
want to give a $1,000.00?
00:34:31.13\00:34:33.84
And he said, Yes, I'd
rather die without any money,
00:34:33.87\00:34:37.34
and give it to a
cause I believe in.
00:34:37.37\00:34:39.24
So he really believes
in 3ABN, and especially
00:34:39.27\00:34:43.35
Kids Time and the youth.
00:34:43.38\00:34:44.71
And since he has great
grand kids in Collegedale,
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.25
he's real excited that
they're moving there. Right.
00:34:47.28\00:34:49.68
So he knows all
about our new network.
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.62
You can tell he's a
watcher, because he knew all
00:34:51.65\00:34:55.12
about we were going there.
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.49
And he's got grandkids
there, great grandkids there.
00:34:56.52\00:34:57.93
Great grand kids.
So, great grand kids.
00:34:57.96\00:34:59.33
What is your father's name?
00:34:59.36\00:35:01.16
George McKee. George McKee.
00:35:01.20\00:35:02.93
Yeah, George and
Edith McKee, yes.
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.63
George and Edith, I just want to
personally say thank you so much
00:35:04.70\00:35:08.44
for, you know, for your
generous donation. Absolutely.
00:35:08.47\00:35:09.80
And that's
sacrificial giving, right?
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.11
It certainly is. A
sixth of your savings.
00:35:14.14\00:35:16.08
That's sacrificial giving.
00:35:16.11\00:35:17.68
And I just really, truly want to
thank you for being the person
00:35:17.71\00:35:21.55
that brought it to us,
and also for your parents.
00:35:21.58\00:35:25.05
That just really
touches my heart.
00:35:25.09\00:35:27.52
So thank you so
much. I appreciate it.
00:35:27.56\00:35:29.92
You're welcome. God bless you!
00:35:29.96\00:35:31.69
Amen! Thank you
Linda. Thank you.
00:35:31.73\00:35:33.43
Well, listen, I know you had
an exciting day, as we all did.
00:35:33.46\00:35:37.63
Well, when you have a meeting
like that during the day,
00:35:37.67\00:35:40.74
I was pretty excited! You were!
00:35:40.80\00:35:42.54
You know, it's going
to take a lot to get our
00:35:42.57\00:35:44.01
Kids Network off the ground.
00:35:44.04\00:35:45.37
And we need our studios built
now, not five years from now.
00:35:45.41\00:35:49.11
Oh, yeah. And it needs
everyone's sacrificial giving
00:35:49.14\00:35:52.08
to make this happen.
00:35:52.11\00:35:53.45
Well, we're excited about it.
00:35:53.48\00:35:55.78
I, in fact I'm getting a lot of
text messages. I don't usually
00:35:55.82\00:35:59.39
I don't usually read them,
but they're coming in saying,
00:35:59.45\00:36:03.39
Thank you for
coming Live from Oshkosh.
00:36:03.43\00:36:06.76
It's very nice to see how the
camporee is going. Thank you.
00:36:06.80\00:36:10.53
And so we appreciate that.
00:36:10.57\00:36:12.77
You can send us an
e-mail if you wish.
00:36:12.80\00:36:15.07
Oh, sure, and maybe we could
give them a little more idea.
00:36:15.10\00:36:18.81
They're probably going
to see some of their kids.
00:36:18.84\00:36:21.44
All the watchers at home
that are looking right now,
00:36:21.48\00:36:24.01
and watching;
they're going to...
00:36:24.05\00:36:25.38
Look carefully, because
we're going to show some of the
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.95
pictures of where I was today.
00:36:26.98\00:36:28.78
And they go, Wow!
That's my daughter!
00:36:28.82\00:36:30.62
That's my son! That's
my grandchild. Alright.
00:36:30.65\00:36:32.95
Why don't we run some
of those right now? Okay.
00:36:32.99\00:36:35.26
Because we've been
talking about them.
00:36:35.29\00:36:37.16
Sure. Well, here's the entrance
into the hanger where all the
00:36:37.23\00:36:40.53
vendor booths are at.
00:36:40.56\00:36:41.90
So that's where the
Adventist Book Center is,
00:36:41.93\00:36:44.73
and It Is Written,
and My Place With Jesus.
00:36:44.77\00:36:47.74
And you have all... In
fact the Guide magazine has a
00:36:47.77\00:36:51.17
really, really cool there.
00:36:51.24\00:36:53.81
And then most of my day
is spent giving lots of hugs,
00:36:53.84\00:36:58.25
and also just giving
autographs, and trading pins.
00:36:58.28\00:37:02.52
And everybody
wants to trade pins.
00:37:02.55\00:37:04.22
So I'm excited to be
able to look at the pins.
00:37:04.29\00:37:05.65
to look at the pins.
00:37:05.69\00:37:08.39
And I let them choose what
they want to give me. Yeah.
00:37:08.42\00:37:10.76
And I say, What is it for?
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.99
And, of course, we've done this
for a couple of Pathfinders.
00:37:13.06\00:37:15.90
They know that the pins
are going to be on the air.
00:37:15.93\00:37:18.33
So they're
looking for that show.
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.80
But there's our
booth right there.
00:37:19.83\00:37:21.20
You can see behind, and
its all about our Kids Network.
00:37:21.24\00:37:24.57
It's all focused on our Kids
Network; trying to get the word
00:37:24.61\00:37:27.78
out about our Kids Network.
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.31
And I did a lot of pictures.
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.75
I did a lot of hugs,
and a lot of signing.
00:37:30.78\00:37:32.81
And the kids were so excited.
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.68
One little boy started
to walk past the booth,
00:37:34.72\00:37:37.82
and all of a sudden he
stopped, and he came back,
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.89
and he just started crying.
00:37:40.92\00:37:42.76
And I was just, I said,
Oh honey, what's the matter?
00:37:42.79\00:37:46.29
And I misunderstood him.
00:37:46.33\00:37:47.66
He said, he said, I thought, he
said, you didn't read my letter!
00:37:47.70\00:37:51.80
Because apparently
in our our sharing time,
00:37:51.83\00:37:53.84
I read the letters on the air.
00:37:53.87\00:37:55.27
And I felt so bad!
00:37:55.30\00:37:57.71
And, of course, my assistant,
Melissa Hoffman, was right
00:37:57.74\00:38:00.14
there to help me out.
00:38:00.18\00:38:01.51
She said he said
you did read his letter.
00:38:01.54\00:38:03.55
He was on the air. You
read his letter on the air.
00:38:03.58\00:38:06.25
And he was so excited to
see me that he was, you know,
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.92
seeing the person that had
read his letter on the air.
00:38:08.95\00:38:11.55
So I was like, Ah, good tears!
00:38:11.62\00:38:14.39
So we had good hugs over that.
00:38:14.42\00:38:17.16
And look at all the pins
over there. You can see that.
00:38:17.19\00:38:19.73
Now people are pretty
imaginative with their pins.
00:38:19.76\00:38:22.40
You'll see them pin all
their different types of pins
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.07
they're going to trade.
00:38:25.10\00:38:26.43
They pin them on their shirts.
00:38:26.47\00:38:27.80
They, people that wear vests,
and they put them on that.
00:38:27.84\00:38:29.37
They put them on their hats.
00:38:29.40\00:38:30.74
See, I just got
a good one there.
00:38:30.77\00:38:33.44
You can tell that.
I was really excited.
00:38:33.48\00:38:35.54
And some of them are
really elaborate pins.
00:38:35.58\00:38:38.75
You know they really
took a lot to design them.
00:38:38.78\00:38:41.92
And there's people
out from every kind of
00:38:41.98\00:38:45.95
country I met today.
00:38:45.99\00:38:47.32
I met them from
all over the world.
00:38:47.36\00:38:48.69
I met some people from Nigeria.
00:38:48.72\00:38:50.63
I met them from
British Columbia.
00:38:50.66\00:38:52.63
And I met a whole
group of people from Bermuda
00:38:52.69\00:38:57.17
today that came over.
00:38:57.20\00:38:58.53
And they remembered when
I'd come over there and spoke
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.00
to them at their school.
00:39:01.04\00:39:02.54
And they said,
Do you remember us?
00:39:02.57\00:39:03.94
Do you remember us?
00:39:03.97\00:39:05.31
And there was one girl
that was so excited to see me,
00:39:05.34\00:39:09.28
and she said, I know you
remember me. I sang for you.
00:39:09.34\00:39:13.92
And do you know, God gave me
that name right then and there?
00:39:13.98\00:39:16.65
I didn't have a clue what
the name was, because, you know,
00:39:16.69\00:39:18.55
I meet thousands
and thousands of kids.
00:39:18.59\00:39:20.72
So I'm meeting
the big kids, too.
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.49
Even the big kids are
in the trading business.
00:39:22.52\00:39:24.33
Look at all
those pins right there.
00:39:24.36\00:39:25.69
They are really looking at
all of them, and seeing what,
00:39:25.73\00:39:30.07
which one they want.
00:39:30.10\00:39:31.57
And I'm really
very touched at...
00:39:31.60\00:39:34.74
Look at that. They're
holding out what they're going
00:39:34.77\00:39:36.81
to give me right there.
00:39:36.84\00:39:38.17
I've met so many kids here
today that actually have been
00:39:38.21\00:39:41.71
on the Kids Time
program. Really? Wow!
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.78
Yes, I met former
Kids Time Praise singers,
00:39:43.85\00:39:47.02
and I met the kids that had
been on Sharing Time with me,
00:39:47.05\00:39:50.95
and talking about
sharing their faith.
00:39:50.99\00:39:53.72
And I have a
little confession to make.
00:39:53.76\00:39:55.86
I was a little
mischievous today.
00:39:55.89\00:39:58.59
I, you know
I... I can't imagine!
00:39:58.66\00:40:01.30
My maiden name is
Micheff, you know. That's right!
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.43
And my sisters and I are often
called the Mischief sisters.
00:40:03.47\00:40:06.10
So I had to do a little
something mischievous today.
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.50
Right. I wish we'd had a B roll
of that because our Kids Time
00:40:08.57\00:40:12.34
director has been with me,
Brad Walker, he's been with me
00:40:12.37\00:40:16.11
for fifteen years now. Yes.
00:40:16.14\00:40:17.88
I could, I really could,
would never want to do this
00:40:17.91\00:40:21.15
program without him.
00:40:21.18\00:40:22.52
He's just wonderful.
00:40:22.55\00:40:23.89
And he's a little bit shy behind
the scenes, wouldn't you say?
00:40:23.92\00:40:25.99
Yes. So he came over
just to see how we're doing,
00:40:26.02\00:40:28.59
and where the booth
was, and everything.
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.79
And they, a whole
bunch of kids were around,
00:40:30.83\00:40:32.99
so I whispered to them.
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.36
I said, Hey, you
see that guy over there?
00:40:34.40\00:40:35.76
I said, That's our Brad Walker.
00:40:35.80\00:40:38.10
He's our Kids Time director.
00:40:38.13\00:40:40.34
I said, I need you,...
And he's really kind of shy,
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.50
so I used everybody.
00:40:42.54\00:40:43.91
I said, You run over to him and
you say, Are you Brad Walker?
00:40:43.94\00:40:46.68
Can I have your autograph?
00:40:46.71\00:40:48.44
Ha ha, I'm sure
he loved it. Yeah.
00:40:48.48\00:40:52.41
He looks over at me like, Ah!
00:40:52.45\00:40:54.65
I'll get you later!
00:40:54.68\00:40:56.02
And he was so good, he...
I mean they stood in line.
00:40:56.05\00:40:59.42
I bet there were
twenty kids. Yeah.
00:40:59.45\00:41:01.76
And he stood there and
signed every one of them.
00:41:02.29\00:41:03.79
Yeah, so he came back over here
where we're doing out setup,
00:41:03.83\00:41:06.59
and he said, You'll never guess
what Miss Brenda just did to me.
00:41:06.63\00:41:09.36
Ha ha ha! It was so fun!
00:41:09.40\00:41:12.07
But I am really, really touched,
and excited because I felt the
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.84
excitement from
people coming by the booth.
00:41:16.87\00:41:18.64
Our booth is all decorated about
the Kids Network, and there is
00:41:18.67\00:41:21.64
a lot of excitement
about our Kids Network.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.88
And everybody's asking,
When are we going to have
00:41:24.91\00:41:27.25
our building built?
00:41:27.28\00:41:28.62
Is it going to
happen in Collegedale?
00:41:28.65\00:41:29.98
Where's it at? And the
answer is, we're getting closer.
00:41:30.02\00:41:34.02
Yeah. And it's... We can really
believe that it's God's will,
00:41:34.06\00:41:38.56
because it is just, you know,
sometimes a thing like this,
00:41:38.59\00:41:43.06
it just takes a little while.
00:41:43.13\00:41:44.47
And it is taking a
little while for the right
00:41:44.50\00:41:47.44
property to be found.
00:41:47.47\00:41:48.80
That's right. It's
got to be the right spot.
00:41:48.84\00:41:50.27
Yeah, you can't
just, you know...
00:41:50.31\00:41:51.91
When we first started looking
we thought, Well, we'll just
00:41:51.94\00:41:55.14
find some acreage and that's it.
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.05
Then we started saying,
Well, no it has to have Phase 3.
00:41:57.08\00:42:02.18
3 Phase power. 3 Phase power.
00:42:02.22\00:42:04.15
It's got, and then
we started looking at...
00:42:04.19\00:42:07.46
We looked at one piece
of property that the site
00:42:07.49\00:42:11.03
preparation on it would
have probably have been close to
00:42:11.06\00:42:13.80
a half a million
dollars, just to get it where
00:42:13.83\00:42:16.90
you could build on it.
00:42:16.93\00:42:18.27
Well, I had someone offer
almost, there was like seven
00:42:18.30\00:42:21.47
acres of land and they said,...
00:42:21.50\00:42:22.84
No, I'm sorry, it was forty
acres of land, but there was
00:42:22.87\00:42:25.71
only seven acres of
it that was buildable.
00:42:25.74\00:42:28.14
It was on the top of a cliff.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.51
And they were
willing to give it to us.
00:42:29.54\00:42:30.88
Well, it would
probably cost a couple
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.25
million to get that ready.
00:42:32.28\00:42:33.62
There wasn't
even a road up there.
00:42:33.65\00:42:34.98
So the property has
to be in the right spot.
00:42:35.02\00:42:38.29
You have to be very careful.
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.76
And one of the things that
I found out many years ago,
00:42:40.79\00:42:43.93
is some of the most expensive
land that can be given,
00:42:43.96\00:42:46.90
that you can ever have is
that which is given to you.
00:42:46.93\00:42:49.83
Because there's
usually a reason.
00:42:49.86\00:42:52.53
I had somebody give me some
land one time for religious work
00:42:52.60\00:42:59.17
and it was contaminated with,
you know, it had some asbestos
00:42:59.21\00:43:05.75
on it and everything.
00:43:05.78\00:43:07.12
Oh, you don't want that.
00:43:07.15\00:43:08.48
It cost more money to
clean it up than it was worth.
00:43:08.52\00:43:11.95
We ended up actually just giving
it to a company that cleans up
00:43:11.99\00:43:16.46
those things for the land.
00:43:16.49\00:43:18.06
Well, the good news is that we
have found land that I believe
00:43:18.09\00:43:21.46
God wants us to
have. Oh, I do, too.
00:43:21.53\00:43:22.86
It is in the perfect
location in Collegedale. Yes.
00:43:22.90\00:43:25.93
Only a mile from
the actual college. Yes.
00:43:25.97\00:43:29.17
And so it... and the reason
I wanted it so close to there,
00:43:29.20\00:43:32.41
and I believe God wants
it, more importantly, so close,
00:43:32.44\00:43:35.08
is so that the students
from the college can come over
00:43:35.11\00:43:37.75
and do volunteer work.
00:43:37.78\00:43:39.11
They can run camera,
they can work at the studios.
00:43:39.15\00:43:41.85
And also it's close to
the schools. Yes it is.
00:43:41.88\00:43:44.79
They, you know, where if we have
a program and we need some kids
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.16
for a couple of hours, then it's
not a big deal to come over.
00:43:47.19\00:43:49.92
It's not like a field trip
to come and be on the program.
00:43:49.96\00:43:52.19
They can come out for a couple
of hours and go back to school.
00:43:52.23\00:43:54.23
And you've got enough
kids they can be in their
00:43:54.26\00:43:55.96
own bed that night.
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.33
That's right.
Well, there's over...
00:43:57.37\00:43:58.83
Just where the property that
I believe God wants us to be,
00:43:58.87\00:44:02.50
and we are
negotiating on it right now.
00:44:02.54\00:44:05.94
So I'm really asking
everybody to pray. Just pray.
00:44:05.97\00:44:08.74
That you would just
really pray and ask God...
00:44:08.78\00:44:11.48
If He'll give us that property.
00:44:11.51\00:44:13.18
That we'll
receive this property.
00:44:13.21\00:44:14.85
And I think God is going
to give us this property.
00:44:14.88\00:44:16.85
It is really just
the perfect location.
00:44:16.89\00:44:19.62
It is, and we want...
00:44:19.65\00:44:21.69
Southern Adventist University...
00:44:21.72\00:44:26.49
Yeah, they own
it. They own the land.
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.06
And they're the
most fantastic group.
00:44:29.10\00:44:31.17
And we'll be good neighbors.
00:44:31.20\00:44:32.53
I've already met with
their media department.
00:44:32.57\00:44:35.14
And we're excited about working
together, and what we can do
00:44:35.17\00:44:37.94
to enhance: we can
provide internships;
00:44:37.97\00:44:40.71
we can provide places
for them to put into practice
00:44:40.74\00:44:42.98
everything
they're learning. Right.
00:44:43.01\00:44:44.35
And it would put their
media department on the map.
00:44:44.38\00:44:47.62
No other place would
have anything like that.
00:44:47.68\00:44:50.05
And so I think it's
going to be a good marriage.
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.65
Just the 5,000 kids, just really
within a mile away from me.
00:44:52.69\00:44:55.89
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:44:55.92\00:44:57.26
Yeah, it's going to be amazing.
00:44:57.29\00:44:58.63
And I'm really excited about it.
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.00
Well, one of the biggest
problems we do have where we are
00:45:00.03\00:45:01.36
is getting the kids
there, as you know. Yes.
00:45:01.40\00:45:04.97
And many of them come right
now from Collegedale up there,
00:45:05.00\00:45:08.70
but it's an eight hour drive.
00:45:08.74\00:45:11.04
On top of that we have to house
them, because we don't have
00:45:11.07\00:45:14.88
that kind of housing ability.
00:45:14.91\00:45:16.78
Well most of our kids this year
came from other countries. Yeah.
00:45:16.81\00:45:19.78
So they flew in from everywhere.
00:45:19.81\00:45:21.65
And, you know,
people will often ask me,
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.72
Where do you find the talent?
00:45:23.75\00:45:25.09
God sends me the talent.
00:45:25.12\00:45:26.45
And they've come. This
is an international network.
00:45:26.49\00:45:28.02
And so our talent comes
from all around the world.
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.53
We had, even our
pianist that did accompany us,
00:45:30.56\00:45:34.10
she came from Australia. Yes.
00:45:34.13\00:45:36.03
So we had really, it's
an International Network.
00:45:36.06\00:45:38.53
They came from all
over the world. Yes.
00:45:38.57\00:45:40.27
Another beauty of being
in the Collegedale location,
00:45:40.30\00:45:43.10
because there are three
international airports all
00:45:43.14\00:45:47.21
within two hours
of Collegedale. Right.
00:45:47.24\00:45:49.38
So you have Atlanta, you have
Nashville, you have Birmingham.
00:45:49.41\00:45:52.45
I mean that, plus a really
nice airport right there in
00:45:52.48\00:45:55.15
Chattanooga, so I believe
that's the spot God has for us.
00:45:55.18\00:45:58.89
And I'm really
excited about that.
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.02
And, of course, my husband's
kind of excited about that, too.
00:46:01.06\00:46:03.32
Because I've been
volunteering for fifteen years,
00:46:03.36\00:46:06.90
as I mentioned, and most people
don't know that most of the
00:46:06.93\00:46:10.73
year, seven
months out of the year,
00:46:10.77\00:46:12.10
I'm at 3ABN
taping programs. Right.
00:46:12.13\00:46:13.87
I don't have the privilege
of coming home at night.
00:46:14.27\00:46:17.17
And my husband works in
Chattanooga, so for the first
00:46:17.21\00:46:20.74
tine in fifteen years, when
we get this new studio going,
00:46:20.78\00:46:23.35
I'll be able to
actually go to work each day,
00:46:23.38\00:46:25.25
and come home at night.
00:46:25.28\00:46:26.61
And when I shared that with my
husband he just got all choked
00:46:26.65\00:46:30.45
up, and the only thing he could
say was, Isn't God faithful?
00:46:30.49\00:46:34.59
You know, It is Written
is moving there as well.
00:46:34.62\00:46:36.83
Yes, we're going
to be good neighbors.
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.36
Yeah. And one of the things
we have found is that for the
00:46:38.39\00:46:43.16
future, if the Lord delays
His coming, it's so much easier
00:46:43.20\00:46:46.97
for us to secure workers where
they can have their children
00:46:47.00\00:46:51.07
in our educational
institutions. Exactly.
00:46:51.11\00:46:53.17
And there they can go
from kindergarten through the
00:46:53.21\00:46:56.88
university and
still live at home.
00:46:56.91\00:47:00.02
So it's a very convenient place
for us to do kids ministry.
00:47:00.05\00:47:05.12
And look at all the kids
that you can reach right there.
00:47:05.15\00:47:07.86
One thing I hadn't mentioned as
well, too, is that we have a lot
00:47:07.89\00:47:10.99
of energetic senior
citizens that are retired there.
00:47:11.03\00:47:13.73
But they are energetic,
have a real missionary spirit,
00:47:13.76\00:47:16.70
have a lot to give to the Lord's
work. and I'm counting on them
00:47:16.73\00:47:18.30
And I'm counting on
them for volunteer work, too.
00:47:18.33\00:47:21.30
So I'm really excited
about what God is going to do.
00:47:21.34\00:47:24.27
And we need to have more
programming for children.
00:47:24.31\00:47:27.04
When I think about it,
99.9% of the evangelism
00:47:27.08\00:47:30.71
dollars go for adults.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.08
We need to do
more for our children.
00:47:32.11\00:47:33.58
And we wonder why
they're not in the church today.
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.32
Well, it's not a big mystery.
00:47:36.35\00:47:37.82
You know, if they're growing
up in all their violent video
00:47:37.85\00:47:40.36
games, and all of their
mysticism, and spiritualism,
00:47:40.39\00:47:43.69
and all that, it's
not rocket science. No!
00:47:43.73\00:47:46.76
So we need to spiritually feed
our children, and provide Christ
00:47:46.80\00:47:50.10
centered programming.
00:47:50.13\00:47:51.47
And I'm actually
working a lot right now,
00:47:51.50\00:47:53.03
with getting new programs.
00:47:53.07\00:47:54.97
We've already
launched on the internet.
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.34
So for people wanting to
see, you can go right online
00:47:56.40\00:47:59.57
to see our Kids
Network right on the internet.
00:47:59.61\00:48:03.11
And we've got, very soon,
before the end of the year,
00:48:03.14\00:48:06.48
we're going to be loading
up new programs that are going
00:48:06.51\00:48:08.68
to be coming up there.
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.05
And it's going to be a, we're
going to build this up to be
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.95
an awesome network.
00:48:11.99\00:48:13.32
So probably in a year, when
we're ready to move into our new
00:48:13.36\00:48:15.76
studios, we'll be ready to
launch to satellite right away.
00:48:15.79\00:48:18.49
Wow! You know, one of the things
I wanted to talk about, too,
00:48:18.53\00:48:21.23
Brenda, is
because this is amazing.
00:48:21.26\00:48:22.60
Because we were showing shots
earlier of you at the booth.
00:48:22.63\00:48:24.20
Yes! Now this is a huge project
for those of you at home,
00:48:24.23\00:48:27.54
because you were supposed to be
doing Learning Time today. Yes.
00:48:27.57\00:48:31.31
You weren't supposed
to be at the booth. No.
00:48:31.34\00:48:32.91
So you had the wonderful
opportunity of being at the
00:48:32.94\00:48:34.28
booth today, because
we... Why didn't we do
00:48:34.31\00:48:36.44
Learning Time today?
00:48:36.48\00:48:37.81
Well, first of all, did
you already share with them?
00:48:37.85\00:48:39.65
We're here because Ben
Roy is our Learning Time host.
00:48:39.68\00:48:42.02
We are going to tape
Learning Time right here at
00:48:42.05\00:48:44.35
Pathfinder Camporee,
where hundreds of people can be,
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.59
hundreds of kids, Pathfinders
from around the world
00:48:46.62\00:48:48.86
have a chance to
be on the program.
00:48:48.89\00:48:50.39
Kids told me today
they're so excited.
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.19
I never dreamed I
could be on Kids Time!
00:48:52.23\00:48:54.46
I'm so excited!
And they were really...
00:48:54.50\00:48:57.20
It is an opportunity,
unique opportunity, they'd
00:48:57.23\00:48:59.47
normally never have.
00:48:59.50\00:49:00.84
So we're taping it
here every single day.
00:49:00.87\00:49:03.20
And we were actually
supposed to tape here
00:49:03.24\00:49:04.57
today starting at
noon. That's right.
00:49:04.61\00:49:06.11
And we woke up to
a very dreary day.
00:49:06.14\00:49:08.54
Let's start actually
rolling some of that footage.
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.11
We actually had some people out
getting some of that footage.
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.21
So last night we showed a
video of footage earlier of the
00:49:12.25\00:49:15.15
clouds kind of coming in.
00:49:15.18\00:49:16.52
It was beautiful,
beautiful weather yesterday.
00:49:16.55\00:49:19.09
Well, the downpour
started last night,
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.22
and it rained, and it rained.
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.22
And look at all those tents.
00:49:23.26\00:49:24.59
Look at those mud puddles.
00:49:24.63\00:49:25.96
So last night it was raining.
00:49:25.99\00:49:27.83
We woke up this
morning and we thought,
00:49:27.86\00:49:29.20
Maybe it will clear out.
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.57
Wow! We woke up this
morning and these are the shots.
00:49:30.60\00:49:32.53
And not only did it rain
hard, it turned colder. Yes.
00:49:32.57\00:49:37.81
You see some of these people,
I felt very sorry for them.
00:49:37.84\00:49:40.54
They're on the way to the
showers and stuff this morning.
00:49:40.58\00:49:42.54
They were shivering.
00:49:42.58\00:49:43.91
And I saw some of
the little ones shivering
00:49:43.95\00:49:45.28
with their little rain coats
on, because it was in the 50's,
00:49:45.31\00:49:48.05
I believe this morning when
I woke up, with a cold 25 mph
00:49:48.08\00:49:52.32
wind out of the north.
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.69
And so we were praying.
00:49:53.72\00:49:55.06
And you can see
how muddy the fields,
00:49:55.09\00:49:56.56
and the grass and stuff were.
00:49:56.59\00:49:57.93
There you are Pastor Jim. Yeah!
00:49:57.96\00:49:59.29
Playing a little
football with the guys.
00:49:59.33\00:50:00.70
You can see the
jackets on, everyone has.
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.80
It was cold so we were praying.
00:50:02.83\00:50:04.30
I was cold with that
jacket on, I guarantee you.
00:50:04.33\00:50:06.94
So we were praying hard, because
this affects us. We're outside.
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.74
We're outside, and
we're doing programming.
00:50:08.77\00:50:11.04
And the ground was so wet
that we couldn't even move
00:50:11.07\00:50:12.67
some of our equipment
without sinking in mud.
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.44
So we made an executive
decision to have a day where
00:50:15.48\00:50:20.08
we'll just start in the
morning on the on a sunny day.
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.55
Look at the wind blowing there.
00:50:22.58\00:50:23.92
Isn't that something?
00:50:23.95\00:50:25.29
Oh yeah, I felt so
sorry for these campers.
00:50:25.32\00:50:26.92
Oh, I did, too. So we were
praying that it would clear.
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.66
And, by God's grace,
you can't really see it,
00:50:29.69\00:50:32.13
we're experiencing now, but
there's actually a beautiful
00:50:32.16\00:50:33.80
sunset; well, not a
sunset, but the sun is setting,
00:50:33.83\00:50:35.76
and it's clear out,
and it warmed up today.
00:50:35.80\00:50:38.57
So here is again those
poor Pathfinders suffering.
00:50:38.60\00:50:41.60
But the Lord is good! He is!
00:50:41.64\00:50:43.24
And for those that weren't
able to see, we were literally
00:50:43.27\00:50:45.47
rushing here to the very
end just getting this nightlight
00:50:45.51\00:50:48.61
up and going, because we
were basically how far behind?
00:50:48.64\00:50:50.55
Maybe, possibly a day?
00:50:50.58\00:50:51.91
Well, a full day behind.
00:50:51.95\00:50:53.72
And it just;
we're going to catch up.
00:50:53.75\00:50:57.09
You know what? God's,
this is God's program.
00:50:57.12\00:50:59.52
He's going to
give us what we need.
00:50:59.55\00:51:00.89
He sure will. Yes, absolutely.
00:51:00.92\00:51:02.26
And look at that, even the young
people, though they're wet,
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.06
and a little cold,
did you see the smiles?
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.83
They're still happy! Yeah.
00:51:05.86\00:51:07.76
And they're still
trading pins, even in the rain,
00:51:07.80\00:51:09.80
as you were talking about.
00:51:09.83\00:51:11.17
That's right. And
by the way, Ben Roy,
00:51:11.20\00:51:12.93
we appreciate Ben so much!
00:51:12.97\00:51:14.97
Yeah, Oh, he's been with
me from the beginning. Yeah.
00:51:15.00\00:51:17.21
All fifteen years! Dedicated
man of God, and he loves kids.
00:51:17.24\00:51:21.91
And let me tell you
what, kids love him!
00:51:21.94\00:51:24.18
Yes, they do. They really do.
00:51:24.21\00:51:25.95
You know, while we
were out doing some shots,
00:51:25.98\00:51:27.95
a little kid came up next to
me, and he says, I need to be on
00:51:27.98\00:51:31.65
the front row. I'm
Ben Roy's grandson.
00:51:31.69\00:51:33.66
I said, Yes, you do! Ha ha!
00:51:33.69\00:51:35.42
You know, speaking of kids,
you and I have, well, Greg,
00:51:36.32\00:51:41.16
all of us know, and a
special friend of all of ours,
00:51:41.20\00:51:44.87
and someone Miss Brenda
loves so much wanted to be here
00:51:44.90\00:51:48.24
so bad at Pathfinders.
00:51:48.27\00:51:49.60
She, it would have
been her first Pathfinders.
00:51:49.64\00:51:52.87
She just turned old enough
to come, and she was so excited.
00:51:52.91\00:51:55.84
She fell ill, and she's actually
in the hospital right now. Oh!
00:51:55.88\00:51:58.71
And so I wanted to say a
special shout out to Nori.
00:51:58.75\00:52:01.85
I wanted you to know, Nori,
that Miss Brends loves you. Yes!
00:52:01.88\00:52:04.85
And I'm sending back a
special thing just for you.
00:52:04.89\00:52:09.52
You know, we're going to
have a special prayer for her.
00:52:09.56\00:52:12.23
Greg, lead us in
prayer, would you?
00:52:12.26\00:52:14.60
Father in Heaven, Lord what
a privilege it is to be able to
00:52:14.63\00:52:18.00
talk to You, our God, our King.
00:52:18.03\00:52:20.10
Father, You don't want any
of your children to suffer,
00:52:20.14\00:52:23.71
Father, whether young or old
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.51
And right now we lift up our
dear little friend, Lord, Nori,
00:52:25.54\00:52:30.05
for this was going to
be her first Pathfinder.
00:52:30.08\00:52:31.95
But, Lord, she's sick.
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.31
She has fallen ill, but,
Lord, You know all about it.
00:52:33.35\00:52:35.52
And, Lord, we just pray that
Your hand would be upon her.
00:52:35.55\00:52:39.35
And, Lord, all that she's
suffering with, Father would
00:52:39.39\00:52:41.59
be lifted, and that she
would have, Lord, just wonderful
00:52:41.62\00:52:46.66
years ahead of her
without any medical procedures,
00:52:46.70\00:52:50.90
and things
following up, Lord, with what
00:52:50.93\00:52:52.33
she's dealing with now.
00:52:52.37\00:52:53.70
Thank You God that we
know You hear our prayers.
00:52:53.74\00:52:55.40
You hear the prayers of her
parents, because that's a lot of
00:52:55.44\00:52:58.14
stress on them as
well, and her siblings, Lord.
00:52:58.17\00:53:00.11
Please be with them.
00:53:00.14\00:53:01.48
Give them comfort and peace.
00:53:01.51\00:53:02.98
And, Father, we just thank You
for hearing, and answering our
00:53:03.01\00:53:06.08
prayer according to Your Son,
Jesus Christ, Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:53:06.11\00:53:11.72
Nori, I want you to know that
Jesus loves you, and I do too.
00:53:11.75\00:53:15.66
Amen, and you know this
is a very serious illness.
00:53:15.69\00:53:19.46
It's is not just a minor thing.
00:53:19.49\00:53:21.90
She was so disappointed.
00:53:21.93\00:53:23.26
She wanted to be
here so bad. Yeah.
00:53:23.30\00:53:25.40
So I've got a little
few surprises for her.
00:53:25.43\00:53:27.40
Yeah. And I believe the Lord
is going to bring her healing.
00:53:27.44\00:53:31.71
Amen. I really do. We
need to pray for each other.
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.78
And I've asked
everybody to pray for Nori.
00:53:33.81\00:53:35.98
You know, lift her up in prayer.
00:53:36.01\00:53:37.35
I believe in
the power of prayer.
00:53:37.38\00:53:39.01
I do, too! Boy, that's for sure.
00:53:39.05\00:53:40.68
So please pray for her.
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.05
And, by the way, we're going
to have a wonderful program
00:53:42.08\00:53:44.19
for you tomorrow night.
00:53:44.22\00:53:45.55
Terry Dodge is going to be here.
00:53:45.59\00:53:47.22
Terry Dodge is the historian
when it comes to Pathfinders.
00:53:47.26\00:53:52.23
He's going to give
us the full history,
00:53:52.26\00:53:55.66
from the very
beginning of Pathfinders.
00:53:55.70\00:53:57.93
I'm looking
forward to it. I am, too.
00:53:57.97\00:53:59.53
And so tell your friends.
00:53:59.57\00:54:01.24
If you've ever had any interest
in this at all, you're going to
00:54:01.27\00:54:05.44
really enjoy tomorrow night.
00:54:05.47\00:54:07.78
We have some...
And you'll be back.
00:54:07.81\00:54:09.61
And we'll be showing
shots from Learning Time,
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.28
so that you'll see all the kids
that came and were a part of our
00:54:12.31\00:54:14.98
Learning Time programs.
00:54:15.02\00:54:16.35
So you'll be able
to see us in action.
00:54:16.38\00:54:17.72
I'll bring some footage
for you that we can watch,
00:54:17.75\00:54:20.56
and I'm sure people
stay tuned because they
00:54:20.59\00:54:23.19
want to see their kids.
00:54:23.22\00:54:24.56
Oh, absolutely! And we'll
try to bring as many shots,
00:54:24.59\00:54:27.56
and from
different places around.
00:54:27.60\00:54:29.13
I'm going to see if Jill will
go out and do some on the spot
00:54:29.16\00:54:32.77
reporting for us,
and we'll bring her on.
00:54:32.80\00:54:35.80
If not Live, by
tape, or Live if we can.
00:54:35.84\00:54:39.77
So we're looking forward
to our program tomorrow night.
00:54:39.81\00:54:43.55
Plan to be with us:
7:00 o'clock tomorrow night.
00:54:43.58\00:54:45.88
Again, we'll be
coming, Lord willing,
00:54:45.91\00:54:48.45
Live, right here from Oshkosh.
00:54:48.48\00:54:51.65
And I'm going to ask you to
continue to pray that we have
00:54:51.69\00:54:55.99
good weather here, that God will
continue to bless everything
00:54:56.02\00:55:00.60
that takes place on
this camp ground. Amen!
00:55:00.63\00:55:04.20
And that these
kids will be kept safe.
00:55:04.23\00:55:06.90
Because anytime you get
50,000 young people together
00:55:06.94\00:55:10.61
you can have problems.
00:55:10.64\00:55:12.14
You can have accidents.
00:55:12.17\00:55:13.51
You can have things
happen. That's right.
00:55:13.54\00:55:14.88
There is more energy
here than you'll ever see
00:55:14.91\00:55:18.38
any place in the world.
00:55:18.41\00:55:20.45
And I'd ask that the prayers
go up for the kids here, too,
00:55:20.48\00:55:23.18
that they'll be drawn
closer to Jesus. Oh, yes!
00:55:23.22\00:55:25.32
There is a guy that came up
to me today, and he's a little
00:55:25.35\00:55:30.53
older teenager, and he said,
I want you to know, he said,
00:55:30.56\00:55:32.66
I came here with my brother.
00:55:32.69\00:55:34.66
He said, But I had a
really incredible experience
00:55:34.70\00:55:38.50
in my tent with
everybody; listening to how
00:55:38.53\00:55:41.80
spiritual they were.
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.17
And he said, I've got
to say, he said, I renewed
00:55:43.20\00:55:44.94
my walk with Jesus
last night. Wow! Amen.
00:55:44.97\00:55:47.54
Well, it was good
to have you, Greg.
00:55:47.58\00:55:50.38
Thank you. It's fun to be here.
00:55:50.41\00:55:52.21
I miss C. A. Oh,
I know, I do, too.
00:55:52.25\00:55:54.78
But you did a great job,
and it was good to have you.
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And again, I apologize
for wearing these loud shirts,
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but we just did not
feel like wearing suits here.
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Well, if you could see,
we're actually under a tent.
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Aren't we? A big tent.
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And it is a kids
program; a kids event.
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So I think that right there.
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And we come in in sports shirts,
and then Whitehead shows up
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in a tuxedo almost.
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I mean he was dressed up
in his Pathfinder uniform.
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And, of course, he's the ranking
Pathfinder here, so he's got to
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dress the part. Yes.
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Alright, you be thinking
about us, and remember that 3ABN
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is your network, and it's
God's network. Yeah, true.
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This network exists for one
purpose only; to spread this
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message around the world.
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And we will continue to do so.
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We try to bring you things that
are interesting, and maybe even
00:56:48.60\00:56:52.21
sometimes controversial, because
we want you to know that we're
00:56:52.24\00:56:57.91
sort of on the
cutting edge with things.
00:56:57.95\00:56:59.85
But this network can only
continue because you support it.
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That's true. Amen.
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And we thank
you for your prayers
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and for your financial support.
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It is through this that
we're able to continue growing,
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and going, and adding such
things as our Kids Network.
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So we'll be hoping to
see you again tomorrow night.
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Until then remember to keep
on keeping on with Jesus Christ,
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our Lord, our God, our
Creator, and our Savior.
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Amen.
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