Participants: Jim Gilley (Host), Greg Morikone (Host), Ron Whitehead, Brenda Walsh, Lynda Johnson
Series Code: NL
Program Code: NL014006
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00:22 Well, Night Light tonight is not in a metropolitan area.
00:26 Night Light tonight is in the country. 00:30 We're at just a little town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; 00:33 beautiful, beautiful city. 00:35 And with some of the most beautiful young people 00:38 that you have ever seen. 00:40 My partner, C. A. Murray, is still recuperating. 00:44 C. A. you're in our prayers. 00:45 And we'll bring a little update to you right now. 00:50 In fact he's doing better. 00:52 He's home, he's on the mend. 00:54 He's not out of pain yet, because this is always 00:58 an operation that sets you back quite a bit. 01:01 So keep C. A. in your prayers. 01:04 And, C. A., we miss you. 01:06 We wish you were here tonight. 01:08 Nobody wishes you were here more than Greg Morikone. 01:11 And, Greg... That's true... Thank you for joining me tonight. 01:14 Oh, it's a privilege to be here. 01:15 But also, Pastor C. A., we do keep you in prayer, 01:18 and, of course, your dear wife Irma. 01:20 And we wish you were here. 01:21 We missed you also at ASI, didn't we? 01:23 Which was just before Oshkosh here. 01:24 We really did, and, you know, we usually are in suits and ties, 01:29 and we said, That just doesn't seem to fit for a young person's 01:33 meeting, like this; for a great number of kids coming in. 01:40 When we drove by tonight coming in, 01:42 when you drive by on the freeway, folks you've never 01:45 seen anything like it in your life. 01:48 There are more tents, and more kids than you have ever seen. 01:52 I almost was brought to tears. 01:54 I said to Camille, Look at this! 01:57 These are our Seventh-day Adventist young people. 02:00 I know some of you older folks sometimes think, Well, the 02:03 church is this or that, or gone. 02:05 Listen, we've got the greatest young people in this world. 02:09 What we need to do is hold onto them. 02:12 Because if we can have events like this, and we can involve 02:17 them in mission work, and we can get them involved in talking 02:20 about Jesus, they're going to stay with us. 02:23 And if they stay with us they're going to continue to grow. 02:26 They'll have families, and children, 02:28 and it will continue to be a tremendous, powerful church 02:35 that's energetic because of the young people. 02:38 Well, tonight we have the father of this whole situation 02:42 at Oshkosh, Ron Whitehead. 02:45 Ron, we welcome you. 02:46 So happy that you could be with us. 02:48 Elder Ron Whitehead is the director for the Center for 02:53 Youth Evangelism at Andrews University. 02:55 Tell me a little bit about the Center first 02:57 before we get going. 02:59 Sure, the Center For Youth Evangelism is based at Andrews 03:02 University, and we teach about 540 seminary 03:06 students from around the world. 03:07 And the Center For Youth Evangelism is like a laboratory, 03:11 like a real world experience place, 03:13 where you just teach theory. 03:15 It's not book learning, it's not research, it's actually 03:18 practical application to ministry. 03:20 So we call it active learning. 03:22 That's what CYE is all about. 03:23 So, in other words, if I can go back in the history a little 03:28 bit, if I remember, I remember a tall, skinny young man who was 03:35 working with another tall, skinny, little bit older guy 03:39 by the name of Don Schneider. Yes. 03:41 And so some of this experience that you're talking about, 03:45 where youth are working with youth, and so forth. 03:48 you were involved with yourself. 03:50 It's true, it's true. 03:51 Don Schneider is a tremendous mentor and role model for me. 03:56 He always had a passion for Jesus. Yes. 03:58 And then he had a passion for young people. 04:00 And when you put those two things together, 04:02 that's a powerful passion. 04:03 It really is. And he did a tremendous job as a 04:08 youth director than as an administrator, 04:11 and always he never lost sight of the kids. 04:14 And tonight Don, we say Hi to you, and we thank you for 04:17 mentoring this guy, and helping him along. 04:20 How many of these camporees have you been in charge of? 04:24 Well, you know, we've had seven total. 04:26 There was one in '85, '89, and the one that I started 04:30 participating with in 1994: Dare to Care Camporee, 04:33 Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. 04:35 So this will be my fifth international camporee. 04:38 So there have been nine and you've been involved with five? 04:41 Yep, that's right. It's been seven, and involved in nine. 04:44 Alright, yeah. No! There've been a few. 04:47 Numbers aren't, I don't know, that's true. 04:49 You know one of the things we were talking about Oshkosh, 04:51 Wisconsin, so for those at home, they're saying, Okay, we know 04:54 where Oshkosh, Wisconsin is. 04:56 And where we're located here; we're at the EAA, 04:58 which we're at the great big airfield. 05:01 So tell us how big this area is, and what exactly is 05:04 happening here at Oshkosh. 05:05 We're talking about all the young people, 05:06 but what's happening, and what's taking place here? 05:08 And what is EAA? That right. 05:10 EAA stands for Experimental Aircraft Association. 05:14 It's a great organization helping all ages, 05:17 especially young people connect to flight, 05:19 and the beauty of it, and the majesty of it. 05:22 And it's just a great organization. 05:24 In fact, a week and a half ago one of the world's largest 05:28 air shows took place on this property. 05:29 And they're wonderful to work with. 05:32 The EAA organization has a passion for young people 05:35 making a difference. 05:37 And so we've been partnering for this will be our third 05:40 camporee, maybe fourth now. 05:43 Yeah, fourth camporee on this property. 05:45 Its 550 acres. Anyone that's watching, viewing tonight, 05:49 that knows anything about airplanes, 05:51 they know about Oshkosh. 05:52 Yes, they do. That's true. 05:53 Well, listen, that's exciting. 05:55 And tell us some of the things that will take place; 05:58 some of the special things that will happen. 06:00 Oh, I'd love to highlight for you. 06:01 You know, we have right at 50,000 participants 06:04 from 80 different countries, so we're looking for a variety 06:07 of activities to offer them such as community service. 06:11 About 5,000 young people go in to the community each day 06:14 to make a difference in the community. 06:15 And that's rebuild trails, help with the environment. 06:18 You know, clean up some areas. 06:20 It's a whole score of things. You can imagine. 06:22 But one of my favorite things to highlight for you is not only 06:25 do we go out there and do some great service for the community, 06:28 but we give out a lot of literature; a lot. 06:31 And I love telling you about this. 06:32 Today only over a thousand pieces of literature 06:35 the young people went out door to door to make sure that people 06:38 knew about Jesus Christ, their personal Savior. 06:40 In the Oshkosh area, you're saying? 06:42 That's right. Right in this area. 06:43 Now you just briefly touched on a number. 06:44 You just kind of passed over that. 06:46 You said 50,000 young people, and staff here? That's right. 06:50 Now that's huge, because that's a city. 06:53 That is, that's big. 06:55 That's like Thompsonville. 06:56 Ten, hundred times, yeah. 06:58 Exactly. So where we come from, Thompsonville, what 600 maybe? 07:01 counting the cows. Right. 07:02 But 50,000 young people. 07:04 So then you said 1994 was the first one here 07:07 with international. Is that correct, 1994? 07:09 It was 1999, first one on this property. 07:10 Okay. And I was reading in your little newspaper that you give 07:13 out, I think there were 12,000 young people then. 07:16 Somewhere around that number, I think, somewhere there. 07:18 So now we're up to 50,000 young people from around the world. 07:21 And some of those were passing out literature today. They were. 07:24 That's a powerful thing. 07:25 Tomorrow more literature is going out to the community. 07:27 Talk about Daniel; he's an amazing person to talk 07:30 about in the Bible. 07:31 He stood, you know. 07:32 Dare to be a Daniel. 07:34 Right, and the theme here is Forever Faithful. That's right. 07:36 And tell us about Daniel then is going to be sort of the theme 07:40 of this whole thing. 07:41 I love talking about this. 07:43 I mean I like everything else, but this is fun to talk about. 07:46 This generation needs to connect to... 07:49 You know, they're embattled aren't they? 07:51 There's spiritual warfare taking place. 07:52 And the warfare is much more accentuated today than it was 07:56 twenty years ago, so we as leaders need to be just as 07:59 you know, aggressive, if you will. 08:01 And the whole theme, each evenings program, which starts 08:05 here in just about forty-five minutes, each evenings program 08:08 focuses on the life of Daniel, and the three Hebrews. 08:11 As we know, in the Bible, and those who are watching 08:15 no doubt, or have heard of the Godly man, Daniel, 08:18 he never compromised, never, ever compromised. 08:22 It wasn't until he was in his eighties, as you recall, 08:25 that people tried to trick him into being something, you know, 08:29 bad for the government, if you will. 08:31 And so they tricked him into making a law. 08:34 And in his eighties he went to the lion's den. 08:37 But the Lord was there for him, right? Yeah, He was. 08:39 He was faithful. He was forever faithful. 08:41 Our God is forever faithful to us. 08:43 Why shouldn't we be forever faithful for Him? 08:45 Wow, that's great. Praise the Lord. 08:47 Yeah, and praise the Lord that we have those Bible characters 08:49 that we can put before the young people, and give them more 08:52 information and, of course, someone to emulate 08:54 and follow after as well. Right. 08:55 You know, we have a little bit of B roll, because we know you 08:57 have to run to the main program that starts in 37, 09:00 45 minutes or so. Yep, yep. 09:01 So we had a little bit of B roll, if you want to start 09:03 rolling that actually. 09:04 You can tell us a little bit about what we're seeing 09:05 here on the screen. 09:07 Love to. Yeah, this is the entrance to the property. 09:11 All those flags. Oh flags from every country is 09:14 present at the camporee. That's huge. 09:18 This is a large, I'm told it's one of the larger 09:21 Bible story presentation portable stages in the world. 09:24 It took us seven days to build it. 09:26 We brought in a variety of skilled labor, and a lot of 09:30 summer camp labor from the Lake Union Conference; 09:32 a lot of young adults. 09:33 If you recognize this, this is Ishtar Gate. 09:36 Back in Bible; remember the three Hebrews and Daniel 09:39 were taken from Jerusalem? 09:40 It was conquered by the country of, you remember? 09:42 Help me, help me. Yeah. 09:44 Who came there? Babylon, you remember? 09:46 So Babylon, and the young people are taken out to Babylon. Okay. 09:50 And that's the Ishtar Gate that you can still see today 09:52 in that part of the world. 09:54 Oh, this is the Pathfinder plane. Yes. 09:55 I love the Pathfinder plane because it tells the gospel. 09:57 It goes to places nobody can get to. 09:59 So these are Pathfinders that we're looking at here. 10:01 They sure were, they sure were. 10:02 And years ago, in 1999, the first time we were here at this 10:05 property, Pathfinders donated a starter, or say another piece of 10:10 equipment for the plane. 10:12 And they rebuilt that plane. 10:13 And we hope to raise a $100,000.00 to resend that plane 10:16 back out, because it's wore out. 10:18 It's been in South America, and it needs... 10:19 So it's a mission plane. 10:21 It's a mission plane for sure. 10:22 Thank you. Wow! Yeah. 10:24 So these are just some of the exciting activities that the 10:25 young people are involved with. 10:27 And I know each night Pastor Gilley will be showing different 10:29 things that we have here on this beautiful campus here. 10:33 But that's just some of what we have. 10:34 Yeah, some of those... What are some of the things that maybe we 10:36 haven't mentioned that you'd like to share with us? 10:38 Some of the highlights? Yeah. 10:40 Well, you know, not only what I love, especially for the 10:42 viewer that doesn't understand the word Pathfinder. 10:45 What's that about? Right. 10:46 It's like a coed Boy Scout, Girl Scout organization 10:49 where we teach kids Bible knowledge and outdoor skills, 10:52 and how to be a part of the community. 10:55 You know, make a difference. 10:56 You know, as Christians we should be salt and light. 10:58 Is that right? Yeah. Don't you think? That's right. 10:59 And so this is these great role models. 11:02 I'm, how do you say? 11:04 I'm honored to work with these adults that mentor. 11:07 You know, people take vacation time, they put their own money 11:11 into making sure transportation, so the kids can come to this 11:14 international camporee. 11:15 It's like a jamboree in the Boy Scout organization. 11:17 Well, it is amazing. 11:20 And I can't imagine anyone having more than 50,000 people 11:25 attend any type of a jamboree, or anything else. 11:30 We were out today and there were young people literally 11:35 from all over the United States that we met. 11:37 And we took some footage, and all afternoon we've been 11:42 breaking with every hour, and sometimes thirty minutes 11:45 with a little one and a half minute snippet about what we 11:50 saw there, what we were seeing, interviewing the kids, 11:52 and talking to them, and pointing them out. 11:54 Some of them were playing games, some of them were 11:56 practicing for the parade, all the different activities that 12:00 they were involved with. 12:01 It was cold. It was wet. 12:03 And, by the way, we want to tell you that the rain has 12:06 stopped, the clouds are gone, the sun is out, 12:12 and it's beautiful here. 12:14 And we're saying, they're telling us the next three days 12:18 should be very good weather, we hope. 12:20 That's what we're hearing. 12:21 It should be good weather. 12:23 And just for the viewers, and especially my friends here, 12:27 thank you 3ABN for being here, being present to 12:30 support young people. 12:31 So often it's about the adults. 12:33 We spend time, and assets, and money to highlight. 12:35 And adults aren't bad people, because I'm one of them, 12:38 you know. I like the adults. 12:39 But sometimes we need to invest the most 12:41 in the best in young people. Right. 12:44 And I think you're part of an event that's making that happen. 12:46 And thank you for your presence. 12:47 Well, young people are very vital to us. 12:50 In fact we have a 3ABN Kids Network. 12:54 I hear about this. 12:55 And we've just launched it. 12:58 We're getting ready to build a studio. 13:00 You'll be hearing more about that a little 13:01 later on in our program. 13:02 But we believe that kids have to hear the three 13:07 angel's message as well. 13:09 In fact they should hear it first. 13:11 You know, we just had a tragedy happen yesterday 13:15 with Robin Williams, a man who was loved by millions, 13:20 and who made just about everybody laugh. 13:24 But Robin Williams was an unhappy individual; 13:28 sadly took his own life. 13:30 When we can tell our young people, Look, the way to have 13:34 happiness is not through the lifestyle that is so often 13:39 held up to them as being the way to happiness. 13:43 The way to happiness is through commitment to Jesus Christ, 13:47 service for Him, and making your life count for others. 13:53 Now there's some of those areas that definitely Robin Williams 13:58 didn't have, but obviously there was something missing there. 14:02 And with each of our young people we have got to be doing 14:06 the very best that we can to witness to them to help them. 14:10 You see, if you can get your young people involved with 14:13 Pathfinders, if you don't have a Pathfinder program 14:16 it's the base for starting the young people. 14:20 And then you keep them going, and they continue to get 14:24 involved with mission trips. 14:25 Ron, one of the times I ran into you was over in Ukraine. 14:30 And you had a whole group of young people on a mission trip. 14:34 And it changed their lives when they were out there 14:38 working for souls. 14:40 If you involve... You cannot just expect the kids to show up 14:45 Sabbath morning, go into a class, and that this is how 14:48 we're going to keep our young people. 14:50 You have to involve their whole life. 14:53 I'm here because good Christian people in the Dallas Central 14:58 Seventh-day Adventist Church, when I was a teenager, started 15:01 involving me in things. 15:03 When Henry Barron, our, he was our Associate Pastor there, 15:08 and he was my mentor. 15:10 I've had several, but Henry was definitely one of them. 15:13 And when these people begin to work with young people, 15:17 you, and you'd be surprised the laity had every bit as much of 15:21 an impact on me as the professionals did. 15:24 So you can have an impact on young people's lives: 15:28 putting your arms around them, talking to the Lord rather than 15:33 condemning them about maybe something that they are doing 15:38 that disappoints you. 15:40 And keep pointing them to Jesus, pointing them to people like 15:43 Daniel and that experience. 15:46 But if you have a young person, a grandchild, a child, 15:51 whatever, make sure that five years from now, 15:54 Lord, if He delays His coming, we'll be right back here. 15:58 And make sure they're at Oshkosh. 16:00 It's a tremendous experience. 16:03 And do you have any parting words for us Ron, because I do 16:07 know you have to head off. 16:08 Well, you know the three Hebrews: Shadrach, Meshack, 16:10 and Abednego, Daniel forever faithful. 16:12 Let's call each other to be forever faithful. 16:15 Amen. Alright, thank you so much. 16:18 We appreciate you coming. 16:19 And anything that we can do for you, please let us know, 16:23 because we believe in what you're doing. Thank you. 16:26 We really do, and that's why we're here. 16:28 Because when we got the opportunity to come, 16:32 somebody said, Would you come? 16:34 We said, Yes, we will come. 16:36 We want to be a part. That's great. 16:38 And so we're happy that 3ABN can be here. 16:42 Again, Ron, thanks and we're going to hear some more from you 16:45 before the week's over. 16:47 Yep, we'll be back. 16:48 And, alright. Well, we'll be looking forward to it. 16:49 Thank you. God bless you at the meeting this evening. 16:51 Thank you so much. Pray for us. 16:52 Alright. We sure will. 16:53 Well, that was an exciting thing. It sure was. 16:56 And Greg, you've been around today. 16:58 What are some of the things that you've seen 17:00 and really appreciated? 17:02 Well, I wanted to say what a blessing it is to have people 17:03 like Elder Ron Whitehead being out with the young people. 17:06 Because, like he's saying, and as you're saying, young people, 17:09 to invest in young people, you can't go wrong; 17:11 especially presenting to them the word of God. 17:13 And these Bible characters, I think is so important. 17:15 And I know in my own life, I think of those who have poured 17:18 stuff into my life; mentorship. 17:19 What a blessing it is. 17:21 So they were talking about Pathfinders. 17:22 And one thing, I don't know, I think you mentioned it also, 17:25 is that this happens, Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee 17:29 happens every five years. 17:32 And I think the reason it happens every five years 17:34 is because this is a huge event. 17:37 If they did that every year, wow, what an undertaking. 17:40 Because, folks, we're going to show you some footage 17:42 here in just a moment, but this is absolutely amazing. 17:44 You'll, ha, I was here five years ago, but when I saw it 17:47 again this year, whew, it's totally amazing 17:50 and overwhelming really. 17:52 Well, this is my first trip here. 17:53 I've always had something that would interfere with my coming. 17:57 And so I just want you to know I was blown away. 18:00 When Camille and I came up the road yesterday, 18:03 I just, I just could not believe it. 18:07 There was over a mile long stream of traffic 18:12 waiting to get in. 18:14 You're absolutely right. 18:15 And that was from one direction, and almost that far 18:17 from the other direction. 18:18 I was just unbelievably impressed 18:24 with what was going on. 18:25 Well, you think about... I'm sorry, I just interrupted you. 18:27 No, you did not. Go ahead. 18:29 Well, I was thinking, 50,000 people, 18:30 that's what Elder Ron Whitehead said. 18:32 That's a lot. So basically it's a city, 18:34 like we talked about earlier. 18:35 And, so basically you have your own fire department, 18:40 your own health department here, I understand. 18:42 They have their own security here. 18:45 It's really quite amazing to see how all this works together. 18:48 It's actually quite an undertaking, 18:50 which is quite amazing. 18:52 But, so today is Tuesday. Yeah. 18:54 Right? I'm not too tired. 18:56 Today's Tuesday, isn't it? Yeah. 18:57 Tuesday Night Live. 18:58 We're coming to you here from Oshkosh. 19:00 And we took some footage, because when we were here 19:02 we took some footage of all the crowd and stuff coming in. 19:05 So we'd like to start rolling that now so you can see the 19:08 young people again. 19:09 Here's the shot of the opening gate at Oshkosh. 19:13 And you can just see in the background the lower left hand 19:17 side of the screen, or now on the right hand 19:18 side of the screen, you can see the cars waiting 19:20 to get in the main gate. 19:22 Look at that! Now this is actually not 19:24 the main road outside. 19:25 This is inside the camp. 19:27 And this has been sped up so you can see people stop 19:31 and go, stop and go. 19:32 It is absolutely amazing to see the people filing in. 19:35 This was, wow, I don't know, this was... Well you can see 19:40 if you look in that direction, people walking, 19:41 and stop and go again. 19:43 There's lots and lots of young people waving, and everyone is 19:47 really very excited, and happy to be here at Oshkosh, 19:51 because, again, this is a very big event. 19:53 You can see them setting up their campsites. 19:57 It's very organized actually. 19:59 Actually people don't just camp randomly. 20:01 They camp in a very organized fashion. 20:04 There is one group's luggage. 20:05 You can see some of these camps actually are quite elaborate. 20:10 They have some beautiful... 20:12 Oh I don't know if you want to say decorations, but actually 20:14 camp entrances to their Pathfinder group. 20:18 They actually go, I understand, by division, and then union, 20:21 and then conference, and then actually the clubs 20:24 within the conference. 20:25 So its laid out in a very organized fashion. 20:27 Now I want to tell you folks, as you see the sky there, 20:30 it's nice and blue. 20:32 Now this was yesterday. 20:34 So yesterday we had beautiful sunshine. 20:36 It was actually quite warm as we we're setting up our trucks here 20:41 at Pathfinder Camporee. 20:42 And as you can see there, the clouds are, well, it's not quite 20:46 as blue, the skies. 20:48 And we'll tell you what happened next. 20:49 So obviously it's a little warm. 20:50 They're bringing in their water. 20:52 A lot of the Pathfinders unpacking 20:54 all their camping gear. 20:55 Now notice quickly here, they're trading pins. 20:58 We'll talk about that in just a moment. 20:59 They'd like to trade their club pins, or different pins from the 21:03 conferences or unions. 21:05 And I like some of these campers have the same color of tents. 21:09 And it's actually quite color coordinated, 21:12 which is really neat. 21:14 So here's some campers doing some fun photo shoots. 21:17 You see those white trucks? 21:19 Those, I understand, are showers. 21:21 You see those? You probably recognize those. 21:24 It's amazing here because those are what they use for the 21:27 bathroom facilities are those Porto Johns. 21:30 I've asked for a number and no one has told me how many 21:31 there are, but there seem to be hundreds and hundreds of them. 21:34 There you can see the South Atlantic Conference. 21:37 This is Florida Conference, and again, these are just some snap 21:40 shots of some of the clubs that are here. 21:43 That was Oklahoma. 21:44 That is the Southern Union. 21:47 I can't quite pronounce that word. 21:49 But welcome to Iowa, Missouri. 21:51 And quite, again some elaborate entrances to these clubs. 21:56 Right, they are. 21:57 Yes, and again the Forever Faithful theme. 21:59 That's the Ontario Conference. 22:00 Bermuda, and again it's from around the world. 22:03 And a lot of the cars have a lot of things 22:05 written on the windows. 22:06 You saw that, didn't you? 22:08 We did, and we saw a lot of them coming up the road. 22:09 That's right. We were coming through 22:10 driving from Chicago here. 22:12 And, again, there's the stage. 22:13 It was amazing. Well, it's an exciting event. It is. 22:17 One of the things that... You showed all that water. 22:21 When we first got here we went to Wal-Mart. 22:25 Yes. And Camille, we were getting some 22:27 water and some things. 22:29 And I have never seen so much water going out of a 22:33 building in my life. Oh, yeah. 22:35 People had whole great big push carts full of water, 22:40 and that was just for their club. Yeah. 22:42 And I'm sure that somebody clued Wal-Mart in because they 22:46 had a lot of water set out. Oh yeah. 22:48 And... Pallets of water... and they sold a lot of water to this 22:52 particular group. Absolutely. 22:54 Well, listen, it was great to have Ron Whitehead with us. 22:56 Absolutely. But things have certainly picked up here 23:00 by Brenda Walsh coming. 23:01 And you just look a lot better than Ron Whitehead. 23:04 I'm just teasing. But thank you Brenda for coming. 23:08 You've had a full day already. 23:09 I've had a full day, and its been a wonderful day. 23:12 Yes. What have you been doing? 23:13 I've been at the booth. 23:14 Well, actually at the camporee this week we're here to tape 23:18 Learning Time, which we'll talk about in a little bit. 23:20 But today is the only day I actually had at the booth to be 23:24 there and meet and greet the kids. 23:26 And it was amazing. 23:27 It was really a fun thing to do, and to see so many. 23:30 It's kind of what heaven's going to be like, don't you think? 23:33 When we run around and we see familiar faces, and a lot more 23:36 people knew me than I knew them. 23:38 And they would start off with, You don't know me, 23:42 but I know you. And I thank the Lord, because that means 23:45 they're watching Kids Time. Right. 23:46 And so, yeah, we had an amazing time at the booth. 23:49 I've got an incredible crew that was going on. 23:51 And we're got our Kids Time dogs, 23:54 and our Kids Network shirts. 23:56 You know, you mentioned kids watching Kids Time, 23:59 and they definitely do. 24:01 We run into them all over. 24:03 We were amazed today as we drove around and we shot 24:08 a bunch of sequences. 24:09 We showed them every hour here in the afternoon. 24:12 We were amazed at how many people, how many kids, said Jim, 24:18 Jim is that you? Jim, 3ABN, Jim. 24:21 And, you know, you think, Well, how would kids know? 24:25 The kids watch... Kids are watching. ... all 3ABN. They do. 24:29 And they know who we are. Yes, they do. 24:31 So that's a good sign. 24:33 And we have a lot of adult kids that are 24:35 watching Kids Time, too. 24:36 Oh yes, we really do. 24:37 I've told this story many, many times, but we find as many of 24:43 those that are 65 and above that watch Kids Time 24:47 as there are kids that watch. 24:49 That's right, that's right. 24:50 And enjoy it so much. 24:52 It's like they're having time with their 24:54 grandkids or something. 24:56 Well, I think they, from what people share with me, 24:58 they're truly blessed by the program. 25:00 And there's so much on the program. 25:02 It's not so... I mean there's such a variety of program, 25:06 there's something for everyone. 25:07 And so I don't think you have to be any particular age to say, 25:10 you know, that you're going to enjoy that show. 25:11 I think it's for all ages. 25:13 And God's kids come in all ages. 25:15 Right. Well, as you know, we are dedicated to the three 25:19 angels' messages going to kids around the world. Amen! 25:23 That's our dedication, because we really believe that if you 25:27 can get them when they're young,... Yes! 25:30 ...then they don't have to overcome all these 25:33 habits and problems, and there's no reason for them 25:36 to go over fools hill. Exactly. 25:38 Some people think, Well, they've got to go over fools hill 25:40 and they'll come back. 25:41 Well, I praise God for every one that comes back, 25:44 but it scares me to think of those that never do. 25:48 I love the Bible text, Train up a child in the way he should go, 25:53 and when he's old he will not depart from it. 25:55 And I claim those promises for a lot of people I pray with. 25:58 I pray with a lot of parents, today even, and I claim that 26:01 promise as one of my favorite promises 26:04 in the Bible for our children. 26:06 Yeah, well, but we've got to remember to train them, too. 26:09 Exactly! And training them does not necessarily mean beating 26:13 them over the head with stuff, but involving them. 26:17 Real training is not just preaching to somebody, 26:20 it is involving them in activities like this Camporee. 26:24 Getting your kids working for Jesus. Involving them. 26:28 You can't expect them to put them aside, put them aside, 26:31 and then wonder why when they're old they want 26:32 nothing to do with you. Right. 26:34 We really need to love our children to Jesus, 26:36 to get them involved, get them working in our churches, 26:39 get them involved in mission work, get them involved in 26:42 Pathfinders, in Camporee. 26:43 You know, let's spiritually feed our children. 26:46 Oh, I think that was excellent, because what Elder Whitehead 26:49 was saying is that today even 1000 kids went out and 26:52 distributed literature, and that's what 26:53 you're talking about. 26:54 Yeah, young people going out and doing work. 26:56 And then on your show, Kids Time, there is Sharing Time. 26:59 That's right. Which is talking about sharing Jesus. 27:02 Which is absolutely important. 27:04 And we've had that. 27:05 I've been doing this now, producing Kids Time 27:07 for fifteen years, if you can imagine. 27:09 And we were taking about my day-to-day. 27:11 It's kind of a humbling day, too, can I just say? 27:14 Because I had, you know, all kinds of kids that are a whole 27:18 lot older that were saying, Oh, I watched you when I was little. 27:22 Oh yeah, right! And someone even introduced me to their child, 27:27 you know, that was saying, Oh, yeah, when I was little 27:29 I used to watch Kids Time. 27:30 Well, now I've got one of my own, and they love Kids Time. 27:32 Right! So it was really a blessing. It truly was. 27:35 And I just, it, meeting all the people was just the highlight 27:40 of the day, and to talk, and talk, and talk. 27:42 And, in fact, we didn't even take a lunch break. 27:44 Even none of our crew took a lunch break. 27:45 We were literally just non-stop people. 27:48 You know, we saw a bunch of kids exchanging pins. 27:53 What's that all about? 27:54 Well, I'm glad you asked, Pastor Gilley, because I actually want 27:57 to do a pen exchange with you. 27:58 Oh, wow! You see we have our brand new Kids Network pin. 28:02 And, in fact, I don't know if they can get a close up. 28:04 I have one on me right here, as you can see. 28:07 And that's our brand new Kids Network pin, and it looks... 28:12 that's our logo for Kids Network. 28:14 And so I've been trading pins all day. 28:17 Here at Pathfinder Camporee I found out, I've been here 28:20 several times now, but I found out that pins are a really big 28:24 deal, and clubs have pins designed. 28:26 There's a lot of work that goes into all of the clubs designs. 28:29 Union Conferences design them. 28:31 The conference of each state designs them. 28:34 And everybody is out trading to get the pins that they want. 28:37 So I brought some, because I've been trading pins all day. 28:40 In fact, can I trade a pin with you? 28:42 I've got our Kids Network pin right here. 28:44 And, see if I give you a pin, you have to 28:46 give me something back. 28:48 That's trading. And that's what I'm going to do. 28:49 So I'll say, Okay, I'll give you this pin, 28:52 and you give me your pin. 28:54 So there we go, I've got my Kids Network pin. 28:56 So let me just show you just a second here, 28:59 some of the pins that we got today. You'll be amazed. 29:01 There are the ones I traded. 29:03 So a lot of them said, Please make sure ours get on the air. 29:05 So I can't show everyone, but I'm going to show some of these. 29:08 Just a minute. So while she's getting those pens 29:13 I just wanted to say... 29:15 Wow! That's incredible! 29:17 That's one day's trading. 29:19 That's one day. And just look at that. 29:21 You gave them a pin for one of these. 29:24 I gave them a pin for every one they exchanged to me. Wow! 29:28 And then the trading, because, you know, you're trading and you 29:31 want to do a good deal. 29:32 For instance someone gave me a spinner pin. 29:38 Now watch this. Maybe you can hold this. 29:40 Okay, I'll hold this here. 29:42 And you can spin it around. 29:43 And now for a spinner pin, I decided that that, 29:46 I would give them about five of my Kids Time pins for one of 29:49 those, because those are big special ones, you see. Alright! 29:51 And... Wow now this is a neat one here, too. Wow! 29:55 Isn't that? It is. Now let's take... 29:57 Let's see which one is that one? 29:59 This is the hot air balloon that says,... 30:02 Yes, South Western, South Eastern California 30:04 Conference Pathfinders. 30:06 And look, we have an It Is Written pin. 30:08 They're our neighbors next door. 30:09 And he says, Hey, I'll give you a pin. 30:10 Will you show it on the air? 30:12 So I want him to know that I kept my word. We showed that. 30:15 That's John Bradshaw's organization. 30:16 That's right, we have Potomac. 30:17 Here's a conference pin. 30:19 The Potomac... Potomac... Potomac Conference. 30:21 Potomac, there you go. Thank you. 30:22 I was not pronouncing it right. 30:24 Well, these are elaborate pins. 30:25 And we have... God's special agent it says on it. 30:28 We have a college pin right here, or Collegedale. 30:30 There's Collegedale close by. 30:32 They've got some fancy pins. 30:33 So we have some really just amazing different kinds of pins. 30:38 This one is North Eastern Conference. Alright. 30:41 I even had someone from Columbia come and gave me his pin. Wow! 30:46 And he gave me this little pin right here. 30:49 And we had all different. 30:51 Bermuda Conference came and gave me their pins. 30:53 I mean we've got New Jersey, we've got Michigan. 30:56 And so I am going to take these pins back, and on Kids Time, 31:01 and we're going to do a Sharing Time program all about our 31:05 Pathfinder Camporee. 31:06 And we'll show these pins. 31:07 I did it the last two camporees as well. 31:09 So I gotta, we've got a tradition going here. 31:12 Alright. Hold up our, the Kids Time pin so they can see that. 31:17 Because Thursday night on our Live those who call in with any 31:23 gift for the Kids Network, 3ABN Kids Network, we're going to 31:27 send them one of those pins on Thursday night. 31:30 Oh, fantastic! So you start thinking about that. 31:32 So we can trade with them. 31:34 We will trade their gift for a pin. Exactly! 31:38 But it's helping to build the Kids studio. 31:41 And pray for us. We're right down, we hope right at the, 31:45 close to getting that property that we're looking at. 31:48 Well, let's talk about that in a minute. 31:49 But since we were talking about the camporee, and we still have 31:52 a lot I still have. Oh, yeah. 31:53 I've got some video roll I'd like to show. Right. 31:55 But before we do, when we were talking about the donations, 31:58 and giving them a pin, I have a special guest. 32:00 If you wouldn't mind if we invited her to come up. 32:03 I had met someone today that is really special. 32:07 In fact we can just put this aside, Greg. 32:10 And I'd like her to come up, and I'd like to 32:13 introduce her to you. 32:14 Come right up here. 32:16 Her name is Linda Johnson. Alright. 32:18 And Linda, would you just set right up in here? 32:20 I've heard that name before. 32:21 You have a sister by that name. 32:22 I, did I say that right? 32:24 Linda Johnson, right? 32:25 And I know, cause my sister's name is Linda Johnson. Right. 32:27 I'll just set that down there. Sure. 32:28 Ah, but Linda came by the booth today, and I was so excited 32:33 to see her because when she shared with me that her father 32:38 lives in South Africa. Uh huh. 32:40 She grew up in South Africa. Right. 32:42 And that he had sent her, mailed her something to give to me. 32:45 And she'd left it back in her tent. 32:47 So it's quite a ways to walk. Yeah. 32:48 And she said she'd have to give it to me later. 32:50 And I said, Why don't you come on tonight? 32:52 I'd like to introduce you, so that her father could see 32:54 her present the gift. 32:56 Is that okay? Alright. 32:58 So Linda, just very quickly, if you could tell me, 33:00 you grew up South Africa. 33:03 What part of South Africa? 33:04 Well, I grew up in Southern Africa actually. 33:07 My parents were missionaries in Zambia, Rhodesia, Rwanda, 33:11 which is Central Africa. 33:13 Then they came back to Zimbabwe in South Africa. 33:16 Yeah, so Southern Africa. 33:18 So your Mom and Dad live where now? 33:21 They live near Durban. 33:23 Okay, so I want to just look right in the camera right there. 33:25 Let's just look straight in there and so, Hi Mom and Dad! 33:27 Hi Mom and Dad! Ha! 33:29 And so they live in Durban, and they are... 33:32 Are they Kids Time watchers? 33:34 Yes, they are. Yes. 33:36 And tell me, you said your parents really have... 33:38 They're missionaries. Yes. 33:40 And so they have a heart for missions. 33:41 And what did your father send to you? 33:44 Well, he sent a check for $1,000.00. 33:48 A $1,000.00! Did you hear that? Wow, Amen! 33:52 For our brand new Kids Network. 33:53 I was so excited! Yes! 33:56 And you have your check with you? 33:58 Yes, I do. And I was going to mail it. 34:00 And he said, Well, Brenda's going to be 34:02 right there at Oshkosh. 34:03 Why don't you just give it to her? so... 34:04 Yep, save that postage. 34:06 Thank you very much! 34:07 Isn't this wonderful? 34:08 I'm going to pass it right on to Pastor Gilley, 34:10 who's going to take it over there and put it right 34:12 towards our Kids Network. 34:14 I'll make sure it gets in the right place, too. Alright. 34:15 And is your father a wealthy man? 34:18 No, he's not. Since he's been a missionary, you know, 34:22 he's not too wealthy. 34:24 And, in fact the $1,000.00 was about a sixth of his savings. 34:27 Wow! And I even asked him. 34:29 I wanted to make sure. 34:31 Dad are you sure you want to give a $1,000.00? 34:33 And he said, Yes, I'd rather die without any money, 34:37 and give it to a cause I believe in. 34:39 So he really believes in 3ABN, and especially 34:43 Kids Time and the youth. 34:44 And since he has great grand kids in Collegedale, 34:47 he's real excited that they're moving there. Right. 34:49 So he knows all about our new network. 34:51 You can tell he's a watcher, because he knew all 34:55 about we were going there. 34:56 And he's got grandkids there, great grandkids there. 34:57 Great grand kids. So, great grand kids. 34:59 What is your father's name? 35:01 George McKee. George McKee. 35:02 Yeah, George and Edith McKee, yes. 35:04 George and Edith, I just want to personally say thank you so much 35:08 for, you know, for your generous donation. Absolutely. 35:12 And that's sacrificial giving, right? 35:14 It certainly is. A sixth of your savings. 35:16 That's sacrificial giving. 35:17 And I just really, truly want to thank you for being the person 35:21 that brought it to us, and also for your parents. 35:25 That just really touches my heart. 35:27 So thank you so much. I appreciate it. 35:29 You're welcome. God bless you! 35:31 Amen! Thank you Linda. Thank you. 35:33 Well, listen, I know you had an exciting day, as we all did. 35:37 Well, when you have a meeting like that during the day, 35:40 I was pretty excited! You were! 35:42 You know, it's going to take a lot to get our 35:44 Kids Network off the ground. 35:45 And we need our studios built now, not five years from now. 35:49 Oh, yeah. And it needs everyone's sacrificial giving 35:52 to make this happen. 35:53 Well, we're excited about it. 35:55 I, in fact I'm getting a lot of text messages. I don't usually 35:59 I don't usually read them, but they're coming in saying, 36:03 Thank you for coming Live from Oshkosh. 36:06 It's very nice to see how the camporee is going. Thank you. 36:10 And so we appreciate that. 36:12 You can send us an e-mail if you wish. 36:15 Oh, sure, and maybe we could give them a little more idea. 36:18 They're probably going to see some of their kids. 36:21 All the watchers at home that are looking right now, 36:24 and watching; they're going to... 36:25 Look carefully, because we're going to show some of the 36:26 pictures of where I was today. 36:28 And they go, Wow! That's my daughter! 36:30 That's my son! That's my grandchild. Alright. 36:32 Why don't we run some of those right now? Okay. 36:35 Because we've been talking about them. 36:37 Sure. Well, here's the entrance into the hanger where all the 36:40 vendor booths are at. 36:41 So that's where the Adventist Book Center is, 36:44 and It Is Written, and My Place With Jesus. 36:47 And you have all... In fact the Guide magazine has a 36:51 really, really cool there. 36:53 And then most of my day is spent giving lots of hugs, 36:58 and also just giving autographs, and trading pins. 37:02 And everybody wants to trade pins. 37:04 So I'm excited to be able to look at the pins. 37:05 to look at the pins. 37:08 And I let them choose what they want to give me. Yeah. 37:10 And I say, What is it for? 37:13 And, of course, we've done this for a couple of Pathfinders. 37:15 They know that the pins are going to be on the air. 37:18 So they're looking for that show. 37:19 But there's our booth right there. 37:21 You can see behind, and its all about our Kids Network. 37:24 It's all focused on our Kids Network; trying to get the word 37:27 out about our Kids Network. 37:29 And I did a lot of pictures. 37:30 I did a lot of hugs, and a lot of signing. 37:32 And the kids were so excited. 37:34 One little boy started to walk past the booth, 37:37 and all of a sudden he stopped, and he came back, 37:40 and he just started crying. 37:42 And I was just, I said, Oh honey, what's the matter? 37:46 And I misunderstood him. 37:47 He said, he said, I thought, he said, you didn't read my letter! 37:51 Because apparently in our our sharing time, 37:53 I read the letters on the air. 37:55 And I felt so bad! 37:57 And, of course, my assistant, Melissa Hoffman, was right 38:00 there to help me out. 38:01 She said he said you did read his letter. 38:03 He was on the air. You read his letter on the air. 38:06 And he was so excited to see me that he was, you know, 38:08 seeing the person that had read his letter on the air. 38:11 So I was like, Ah, good tears! 38:14 So we had good hugs over that. 38:17 And look at all the pins over there. You can see that. 38:19 Now people are pretty imaginative with their pins. 38:22 You'll see them pin all their different types of pins 38:25 they're going to trade. 38:26 They pin them on their shirts. 38:27 They, people that wear vests, and they put them on that. 38:29 They put them on their hats. 38:30 See, I just got a good one there. 38:33 You can tell that. I was really excited. 38:35 And some of them are really elaborate pins. 38:38 You know they really took a lot to design them. 38:41 And there's people out from every kind of 38:45 country I met today. 38:47 I met them from all over the world. 38:48 I met some people from Nigeria. 38:50 I met them from British Columbia. 38:52 And I met a whole group of people from Bermuda 38:57 today that came over. 38:58 And they remembered when I'd come over there and spoke 39:01 to them at their school. 39:02 And they said, Do you remember us? 39:03 Do you remember us? 39:05 And there was one girl that was so excited to see me, 39:09 and she said, I know you remember me. I sang for you. 39:13 And do you know, God gave me that name right then and there? 39:16 I didn't have a clue what the name was, because, you know, 39:18 I meet thousands and thousands of kids. 39:20 So I'm meeting the big kids, too. 39:22 Even the big kids are in the trading business. 39:24 Look at all those pins right there. 39:25 They are really looking at all of them, and seeing what, 39:30 which one they want. 39:31 And I'm really very touched at... 39:34 Look at that. They're holding out what they're going 39:36 to give me right there. 39:38 I've met so many kids here today that actually have been 39:41 on the Kids Time program. Really? Wow! 39:43 Yes, I met former Kids Time Praise singers, 39:47 and I met the kids that had been on Sharing Time with me, 39:50 and talking about sharing their faith. 39:53 And I have a little confession to make. 39:55 I was a little mischievous today. 39:58 I, you know I... I can't imagine! 40:01 My maiden name is Micheff, you know. That's right! 40:03 And my sisters and I are often called the Mischief sisters. 40:06 So I had to do a little something mischievous today. 40:08 Right. I wish we'd had a B roll of that because our Kids Time 40:12 director has been with me, Brad Walker, he's been with me 40:16 for fifteen years now. Yes. 40:17 I could, I really could, would never want to do this 40:21 program without him. 40:22 He's just wonderful. 40:23 And he's a little bit shy behind the scenes, wouldn't you say? 40:26 Yes. So he came over just to see how we're doing, 40:28 and where the booth was, and everything. 40:30 And they, a whole bunch of kids were around, 40:33 so I whispered to them. 40:34 I said, Hey, you see that guy over there? 40:35 I said, That's our Brad Walker. 40:38 He's our Kids Time director. 40:40 I said, I need you,... And he's really kind of shy, 40:42 so I used everybody. 40:43 I said, You run over to him and you say, Are you Brad Walker? 40:46 Can I have your autograph? 40:48 Ha ha, I'm sure he loved it. Yeah. 40:52 He looks over at me like, Ah! 40:54 I'll get you later! 40:56 And he was so good, he... I mean they stood in line. 40:59 I bet there were twenty kids. Yeah. 41:02 And he stood there and signed every one of them. 41:03 Yeah, so he came back over here where we're doing out setup, 41:06 and he said, You'll never guess what Miss Brenda just did to me. 41:09 Ha ha ha! It was so fun! 41:12 But I am really, really touched, and excited because I felt the 41:16 excitement from people coming by the booth. 41:18 Our booth is all decorated about the Kids Network, and there is 41:21 a lot of excitement about our Kids Network. 41:24 And everybody's asking, When are we going to have 41:27 our building built? 41:28 Is it going to happen in Collegedale? 41:30 Where's it at? And the answer is, we're getting closer. 41:34 Yeah. And it's... We can really believe that it's God's will, 41:38 because it is just, you know, sometimes a thing like this, 41:43 it just takes a little while. 41:44 And it is taking a little while for the right 41:47 property to be found. 41:48 That's right. It's got to be the right spot. 41:50 Yeah, you can't just, you know... 41:51 When we first started looking we thought, Well, we'll just 41:55 find some acreage and that's it. 41:57 Then we started saying, Well, no it has to have Phase 3. 42:02 3 Phase power. 3 Phase power. 42:04 It's got, and then we started looking at... 42:07 We looked at one piece of property that the site 42:11 preparation on it would have probably have been close to 42:13 a half a million dollars, just to get it where 42:16 you could build on it. 42:18 Well, I had someone offer almost, there was like seven 42:21 acres of land and they said,... 42:22 No, I'm sorry, it was forty acres of land, but there was 42:25 only seven acres of it that was buildable. 42:28 It was on the top of a cliff. 42:29 And they were willing to give it to us. 42:30 Well, it would probably cost a couple 42:32 million to get that ready. 42:33 There wasn't even a road up there. 42:35 So the property has to be in the right spot. 42:38 You have to be very careful. 42:40 And one of the things that I found out many years ago, 42:43 is some of the most expensive land that can be given, 42:46 that you can ever have is that which is given to you. 42:49 Because there's usually a reason. 42:52 I had somebody give me some land one time for religious work 42:59 and it was contaminated with, you know, it had some asbestos 43:05 on it and everything. 43:07 Oh, you don't want that. 43:08 It cost more money to clean it up than it was worth. 43:11 We ended up actually just giving it to a company that cleans up 43:16 those things for the land. 43:18 Well, the good news is that we have found land that I believe 43:21 God wants us to have. Oh, I do, too. 43:22 It is in the perfect location in Collegedale. Yes. 43:25 Only a mile from the actual college. Yes. 43:29 And so it... and the reason I wanted it so close to there, 43:32 and I believe God wants it, more importantly, so close, 43:35 is so that the students from the college can come over 43:37 and do volunteer work. 43:39 They can run camera, they can work at the studios. 43:41 And also it's close to the schools. Yes it is. 43:44 They, you know, where if we have a program and we need some kids 43:47 for a couple of hours, then it's not a big deal to come over. 43:49 It's not like a field trip to come and be on the program. 43:52 They can come out for a couple of hours and go back to school. 43:54 And you've got enough kids they can be in their 43:56 own bed that night. 43:57 That's right. Well, there's over... 43:58 Just where the property that I believe God wants us to be, 44:02 and we are negotiating on it right now. 44:05 So I'm really asking everybody to pray. Just pray. 44:08 That you would just really pray and ask God... 44:11 If He'll give us that property. 44:13 That we'll receive this property. 44:14 And I think God is going to give us this property. 44:16 It is really just the perfect location. 44:19 It is, and we want... 44:21 Southern Adventist University... 44:26 Yeah, they own it. They own the land. 44:29 And they're the most fantastic group. 44:31 And we'll be good neighbors. 44:32 I've already met with their media department. 44:35 And we're excited about working together, and what we can do 44:37 to enhance: we can provide internships; 44:40 we can provide places for them to put into practice 44:43 everything they're learning. Right. 44:44 And it would put their media department on the map. 44:47 No other place would have anything like that. 44:50 And so I think it's going to be a good marriage. 44:52 Just the 5,000 kids, just really within a mile away from me. 44:55 Absolutely, absolutely. 44:57 Yeah, it's going to be amazing. 44:58 And I'm really excited about it. 45:00 Well, one of the biggest problems we do have where we are 45:01 is getting the kids there, as you know. Yes. 45:05 And many of them come right now from Collegedale up there, 45:08 but it's an eight hour drive. 45:11 On top of that we have to house them, because we don't have 45:14 that kind of housing ability. 45:16 Well most of our kids this year came from other countries. Yeah. 45:19 So they flew in from everywhere. 45:21 And, you know, people will often ask me, 45:23 Where do you find the talent? 45:25 God sends me the talent. 45:26 And they've come. This is an international network. 45:28 And so our talent comes from all around the world. 45:30 We had, even our pianist that did accompany us, 45:34 she came from Australia. Yes. 45:36 So we had really, it's an International Network. 45:38 They came from all over the world. Yes. 45:40 Another beauty of being in the Collegedale location, 45:43 because there are three international airports all within 45:47 two hours of Collegedale. Right. 45:49 So you have Atlanta, you have Nashville, you have Birmingham. 45:52 I mean that, plus a really nice airport right there in 45:55 Chattanooga, so I believe that's the spot God has for us. 45:58 And I'm really excited about that. 46:01 And, of course, my husband's kind of excited about that, too. 46:03 Because I've been volunteering for fifteen years, 46:06 as I mentioned, and most people don't know that most of the 46:10 year, seven months out of the year, 46:12 I'm at 3ABN taping programs. Right. 46:14 I don't have the privilege of coming home at night. 46:17 And my husband works in Chattanooga, so for the first 46:20 tine in fifteen years, when we get this new studio going, 46:23 I'll be able to actually go to work each day, 46:25 and come home at night. 46:26 And when I shared that with my husband he just got all choked 46:30 up, and the only thing he could say was, Isn't God faithful? 46:34 You know, It is Written is moving there as well. 46:36 Yes, we're going to be good neighbors. 46:38 Yeah. And one of the things we have found is that for the 46:43 future, if the Lord delays His coming, it's so much easier 46:47 for us to secure workers where they can have their children 46:51 in our educational institutions. Exactly. 46:53 And there they can go from kindergarten through the 46:56 university and still live at home. 47:00 So it's a very convenient place for us to do kids ministry. 47:05 And look at all the kids that you can reach right there. 47:07 One thing I hadn't mentioned as well, too, is that we have a lot 47:11 of energetic senior citizens that are retired there. 47:13 But they are energetic, have a real missionary spirit, 47:16 have a lot to give to the Lord's work. and I'm counting on them 47:18 And I'm counting on them for volunteer work, too. 47:21 So I'm really excited about what God is going to do. 47:24 And we need to have more programming for children. 47:27 When I think about it, 99.9% of the evangelism 47:30 dollars go for adults. 47:32 We need to do more for our children. 47:33 And we wonder why they're not in the church today. 47:36 Well, it's not a big mystery. 47:37 You know, if they're growing up in all their violent video 47:40 games, and all of their mysticism, and spiritualism, 47:43 and all that, it's not rocket science. No! 47:46 So we need to spiritually feed our children, and provide Christ 47:50 centered programming. 47:51 And I'm actually working a lot right now, 47:53 with getting new programs. 47:55 We've already launched on the internet. 47:56 So for people wanting to see, you can go right online 47:59 to see our Kids Network right on the internet. 48:03 And we've got, very soon, before the end of the year, 48:06 we're going to be loading up new programs that are going 48:08 to be coming up there. 48:10 And it's going to be a, we're going to build this up to be 48:11 an awesome network. 48:13 So probably in a year, when we're ready to move into our new 48:15 studios, we'll be ready to launch to satellite right away. 48:18 Wow! You know, one of the things I wanted to talk about, too, 48:21 Brenda, is because this is amazing. 48:22 Because we were showing shots earlier of you at the booth. 48:24 Yes! Now this is a huge project for those of you at home, 48:27 because you were supposed to be doing Learning Time today. Yes. 48:31 You weren't supposed to be at the booth. No. 48:32 So you had the wonderful opportunity of being at the 48:34 booth today, because we... Why didn't we do 48:36 Learning Time today? 48:37 Well, first of all, did you already share with them? 48:39 We're here because Ben Roy is our Learning Time host. 48:42 We are going to tape Learning Time right here at 48:44 Pathfinder Camporee, where hundreds of people can be, 48:46 hundreds of kids, Pathfinders from around the world 48:48 have a chance to be on the program. 48:50 Kids told me today they're so excited. 48:52 I never dreamed I could be on Kids Time! 48:54 I'm so excited! And they were really... 48:57 It is an opportunity, unique opportunity, they'd 48:59 normally never have. 49:00 So we're taping it here every single day. 49:03 And we were actually supposed to tape here 49:04 today starting at noon. That's right. 49:06 And we woke up to a very dreary day. 49:08 Let's start actually rolling some of that footage. 49:10 We actually had some people out getting some of that footage. 49:12 So last night we showed a video of footage earlier of the 49:15 clouds kind of coming in. 49:16 It was beautiful, beautiful weather yesterday. 49:19 Well, the downpour started last night, 49:21 and it rained, and it rained. 49:23 And look at all those tents. 49:24 Look at those mud puddles. 49:25 So last night it was raining. 49:27 We woke up this morning and we thought, 49:29 Maybe it will clear out. 49:30 Wow! We woke up this morning and these are the shots. 49:32 And not only did it rain hard, it turned colder. Yes. 49:37 You see some of these people, I felt very sorry for them. 49:40 They're on the way to the showers and stuff this morning. 49:42 They were shivering. 49:43 And I saw some of the little ones shivering 49:45 with their little rain coats on, because it was in the 50's, 49:48 I believe this morning when I woke up, with a cold 25 mph 49:52 wind out of the north. 49:53 And so we were praying. 49:55 And you can see how muddy the fields, 49:56 and the grass and stuff were. 49:57 There you are Pastor Jim. Yeah! 49:59 Playing a little football with the guys. 50:00 You can see the jackets on, everyone has. 50:02 It was cold so we were praying. 50:04 I was cold with that jacket on, I guarantee you. 50:06 So we were praying hard, because this affects us. We're outside. 50:08 We're outside, and we're doing programming. 50:11 And the ground was so wet that we couldn't even move 50:12 some of our equipment without sinking in mud. 50:15 So we made an executive decision to have a day where 50:20 we'll just start in the morning on the on a sunny day. 50:22 Look at the wind blowing there. 50:23 Isn't that something? 50:25 Oh yeah, I felt so sorry for these campers. 50:26 Oh, I did, too. So we were praying that it would clear. 50:29 And, by God's grace, you can't really see it, 50:32 we're experiencing now, but there's actually a beautiful 50:33 sunset; well, not a sunset, but the sun is setting, 50:35 and it's clear out, and it warmed up today. 50:38 So here is again those poor Pathfinders suffering. 50:41 But the Lord is good! He is! 50:43 And for those that weren't able to see, we were literally 50:45 rushing here to the very end just getting this nightlight 50:48 up and going, because we were basically how far behind? 50:50 Maybe, possibly a day? 50:51 Well, a full day behind. 50:53 And it just; we're going to catch up. 50:57 You know what? God's, this is God's program. 50:59 He's going to give us what we need. 51:00 He sure will. Yes, absolutely. 51:02 And look at that, even the young people, though they're wet, 51:04 and a little cold, did you see the smiles? 51:05 They're still happy! Yeah. 51:07 And they're still trading pins, even in the rain, 51:09 as you were talking about. 51:11 That's right. And by the way, Ben Roy, 51:12 we appreciate Ben so much! 51:15 Yeah, Oh, he's been with me from the beginning. Yeah. 51:17 All fifteen years! Dedicated man of God, and he loves kids. 51:21 And let me tell you what, kids love him! 51:24 Yes, they do. They really do. 51:25 You know, while we were out doing some shots, 51:27 a little kid came up next to me, and he says, I need to be on 51:31 the front row. I'm Ben Roy's grandson. 51:33 I said, Yes, you do! Ha ha! 51:36 You know, speaking of kids, you and I have, well, Greg, 51:41 all of us know, and a special friend of all of ours, 51:44 and someone Miss Brenda loves so much wanted to be here 51:48 so bad at Pathfinders. 51:49 She, it would have been her first Pathfinders. 51:52 She just turned old enough to come, and she was so excited. 51:55 She fell ill, and she's actually in the hospital right now. Oh! 51:58 And so I wanted to say a special shout out to Nori. 52:01 I wanted you to know, Nori, that Miss Brends loves you. Yes! 52:04 And I'm sending back a special thing just for you. 52:09 You know, we're going to have a special prayer for her. 52:12 Greg, lead us in prayer, would you? 52:14 Father in Heaven, Lord what a privilege it is to be able to 52:18 talk to You, our God, our King. 52:20 Father, You don't want any of your children to suffer, 52:23 Father, whether young or old 52:25 And right now we lift up our dear little friend, Lord, Nori, 52:30 for this was going to be her first Pathfinder. 52:31 But, Lord, she's sick. 52:33 She has fallen ill, but, Lord, You know all about it. 52:35 And, Lord, we just pray that Your hand would be upon her. 52:39 And, Lord, all that she's suffering with, Father would 52:41 be lifted, and that she would have, Lord, just wonderful 52:46 years ahead of her without any medical procedures, 52:50 and things following up, Lord, with what 52:52 she's dealing with now. 52:53 Thank You God that we know You hear our prayers. 52:55 You hear the prayers of her parents, because that's a lot of 52:58 stress on them as well, and her siblings, Lord. 53:00 Please be with them. 53:01 Give them comfort and peace. 53:03 And, Father, we just thank You for hearing, and answering our 53:06 prayer according to Your Son, Jesus Christ, Amen. Amen. Amen. 53:11 Nori, I want you to know that Jesus loves you, and I do too. 53:15 Amen, and you know this is a very serious illness. 53:19 It's is not just a minor thing. 53:21 She was so disappointed. 53:23 She wanted to be here so bad. Yeah. 53:25 So I've got a little few surprises for her. 53:27 Yeah. And I believe the Lord is going to bring her healing. 53:31 Amen. I really do. We need to pray for each other. 53:33 And I've asked everybody to pray for Nori. 53:36 You know, lift her up in prayer. 53:37 I believe in the power of prayer. 53:39 I do, too! Boy, that's for sure. 53:40 So please pray for her. 53:42 And, by the way, we're going to have a wonderful program 53:44 for you tomorrow night. 53:45 Terry Dodge is going to be here. 53:47 Terry Dodge is the historian when it comes to Pathfinders. 53:52 He's going to give us the full history, 53:55 from the very beginning of Pathfinders. 53:57 I'm looking forward to it. I am, too. 53:59 And so tell your friends. 54:01 If you've ever had any interest in this at all, you're going to 54:05 really enjoy tomorrow night. 54:07 We have some... And you'll be back. 54:09 And we'll be showing shots from Learning Time, 54:12 so that you'll see all the kids that came and were a part of our 54:15 Learning Time programs. 54:16 So you'll be able to see us in action. 54:17 I'll bring some footage for you that we can watch, 54:20 and I'm sure people stay tuned because they 54:23 want to see their kids. 54:24 Oh, absolutely! And we'll try to bring as many shots, 54:27 and from different places around. 54:29 I'm going to see if Jill will go out and do some on the spot 54:32 reporting for us, and we'll bring her on. 54:35 If not Live, by tape, or Live if we can. 54:39 So we're looking forward to our program tomorrow night. 54:43 Plan to be with us: 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night. 54:45 Again, we'll be coming, Lord willing, 54:48 Live, right here from Oshkosh. 54:51 And I'm going to ask you to continue to pray that we have 54:56 good weather here, that God will continue to bless everything 55:00 that takes place on this camp ground. Amen! 55:04 And that these kids will be kept safe. 55:06 Because anytime you get 50,000 young people together 55:10 you can have problems. 55:12 You can have accidents. 55:13 You can have things happen. That's right. 55:14 There is more energy here than you'll ever see 55:18 any place in the world. 55:20 And I'd ask that the prayers go up for the kids here, too, 55:23 that they'll be drawn closer to Jesus. Oh, yes! 55:25 There is a guy that came up to me today, and he's a little 55:30 older teenager, and he said, I want you to know, he said, 55:32 I came here with my brother. 55:34 He said, But I had a really incredible experience 55:38 in my tent with everybody; listening to how 55:41 spiritual they were. 55:43 And he said, I've got to say, he said, I renewed 55:44 my walk with Jesus last night. Wow! Amen. 55:47 Well, it was good to have you, Greg. 55:50 Thank you. It's fun to be here. 55:52 I miss C. A. Oh, I know, I do, too. 55:54 But you did a great job, and it was good to have you. 55:58 And again, I apologize for wearing these loud shirts, 56:02 but we just did not feel like wearing suits here. 56:05 Well, if you could see, we're actually under a tent. 56:07 Aren't we? A big tent. 56:09 And it is a kids program; a kids event. 56:10 So I think that right there. 56:12 And we come in in sports shirts, and then Whitehead shows up 56:16 in a tuxedo almost. 56:17 I mean he was dressed up in his Pathfinder uniform. 56:21 And, of course, he's the ranking Pathfinder here, so he's got to 56:27 dress the part. Yes. 56:29 Alright, you be thinking about us, and remember that 3ABN 56:35 is your network, and it's God's network. Yeah, true. 56:39 This network exists for one purpose only; to spread this 56:43 message around the world. 56:45 And we will continue to do so. 56:48 We try to bring you things that are interesting, and maybe even 56:52 sometimes controversial, because we want you to know that we're 56:57 sort of on the cutting edge with things. 56:59 But this network can only continue because you support it. 57:05 That's true. Amen. 57:06 And we thank you for your prayers 57:08 and for your financial support. 57:10 It is through this that we're able to continue growing, 57:14 and going, and adding such things as our Kids Network. 57:18 So we'll be hoping to see you again tomorrow night. 57:21 Until then remember to keep on keeping on with Jesus Christ, 57:26 our Lord, our God, our Creator, and our Savior. 57:30 Amen. |
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