Good evening.
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We would like to welcome you
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to the 59th
International ASI Convention.
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You know, Ron, I love our theme.
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Tell them now.
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It's such an urgent theme
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and it tells us that we need
to share the love of Christ now
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because the world is
headed for destruction.
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That's right, Debbie.
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I look behind me I
see an orange globe
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and it reminds me that
the world is heating up.
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There's global
warming with hurricanes
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and changes of weather.
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Then we have pestilences
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and then we have the heating up
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of situations
like the Middle East.
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There is no doubt that
the world is heating up.
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And even more why we need
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to really embrace this
theme to tell them now.
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We need to let the world know
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that there is a
Savior who loves them.
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And that He will
save us from this world
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headed towards destruction.
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You know I think
what we need to do
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is we need to
pray for the hot fire
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of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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We need to pray that
through these meetings,
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the Holy Spirit will
come down and touch us
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with change and motivate us.
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And so as you attend the
meetings and the seminars,
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as you hear the
messages and the music
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and the
testimonies of God's goodness.
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Even as you tour
through the exhibit hall
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and view the
many different tools
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that God has given us
in order to share His love.
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We pray that you will look
for, that you will yearn for,
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that you will pray for
the fire of the Holy Sprit.
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So as we are
motivated and energized.
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We will tell the
world and tell them now.
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Welcome.
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Good evening.
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How is everybody this morning
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or evening or wherever we're at?
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I am Terry Anderson
and I have Kim here.
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And we're gonna
talk about a project
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that we funded
last night or last year,
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I'll get it together.
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Kim, where are you from?
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I'm from Cookie's Retreat
Center in Washington State.
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And what do you do there?
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We serve women and children
that are victims of abuse.
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Is that your ministry?
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Yes, it is.
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Now you, last year you
had your part of our offering
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and you talked about what
you did there in Washington.
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How long have you had--
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What's the name
of your ministry?
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Cookie's Retreat
Center. Cookie's Retreat.
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How long have
you been doing that?
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This is our fourth
year serving clients.
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This is your fourth year.
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And we've been
with ASI for two years.
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You've been in
ASI for two years?
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Yes.
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Now, you have family
that help you out there,
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that help you with your ministry
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or what your husband do there?
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My husband is principal
of the local SDA School.
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And, yes, he does help.
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Many times we have children
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that come with their
mothers that are school age.
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And if it's
safe and appropriate,
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we put them in the
school, at our local schools.
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So you put them in the-- you
put them in the school there.
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So, now last year
you said you had three--
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I think you said
you had three people
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that have come to the Lord
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because of the
work you're doing there.
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Yes, we did.
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And this year
we've had two more.
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And one of them was
actually a 16 year old
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who just recently was baptized.
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So we're very
thrilled with that.
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A 16 year old? Yes.
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Now when you work
with this ministry,
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is it a easy ministry or
is it a difficult ministry?
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Well, it's easy to
love the women and children
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but it's very hard obviously
to see the pain and suffering
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that they all go through,
so kind of a little of both.
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How do you get
involved with this?
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That's a long story.
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But a real short one is that
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I was praying
the prayer of Jabez
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asking God to
expand my territory.
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Be really careful if
you ever pray that prayer.
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God will take
you very seriously.
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So here I am.
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And here you are
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and you started your
ministry four years ago,
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two years ago you were
here, you're now at ASI.
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Yes.
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Tell us about some
of the stories without,
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you know, of course
giving us any names,
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but tell us some of the
stories that have happened.
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You and I visited
and there was some people
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that have gone to college,
on to college and schools.
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Sure. Sure.
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Within the last
year we've served,
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actually two gals
from the same family.
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There were five children
and all that were very abused.
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Father is in prison
and mom is on the run
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and the two older
girls came to our facility.
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They pretty much didn't
have plans in their lives,
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especially the
younger of the two.
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She kind of didn't
figure she was worth much.
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There wasn't anything she
could ever do in her life.
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And now I am very happy to say,
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in two days she flies out to
attend one of our universities
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and her sister flew out
yesterday to a university.
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So they are
moving on in their lives
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because of God's healing
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that they received
at Cookie's Retreat.
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Amen.
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So you're
working with the people
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at one person at a time.
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You know, some of the
ministries that we hear,
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we hear about stories
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about how thousands have
come to the Lord at one time.
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But yet there are
ministries that reach out
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and touch the
women and the children
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as the Bible has
called us to do one at a time.
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So now you have
there-- you have a daughter,
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does she help you out
in your ministry there?
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When she's not at
school, yes, she does.
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She volunteers
in the child care,
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teaches the arts
and crafts sometimes.
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And yeah, my whole
family is involved.
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It's kind of a
family ministry, so.
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Now, you have talked
about the kids there,
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some of them get
hope they haven't had.
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Some of them don't have fathers
and the Cookie's Retreat,
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you try to help them
in that manner too by,
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they have some male
mentors occasionally,
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your husband, what they do?
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My husband actually fairly
frequently takes the kids,
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the young boys out to baseball
games and different activities,
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because most of these kids
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are starving
obviously for a father figure.
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And most of the
children and the women
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don't have a real
great view of men.
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So for them to
be able to have time
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with good strong Christian
men is very important for them.
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And we have to remember
that these women and children
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don't come all from
unfaith backgrounds.
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Actually 70% of
the women we serve
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are from
Seventh-day Adventist homes.
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Thirty percent
are from unfaithed
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or other denominations
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and out of that 30%
those baptisms came from, so.
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Now this, you talked earlier
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about the two
girls who went to college
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and the mother is on the run
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and the father is
currently in prison.
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I assume they did not come
from a Christian background?
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Oh, yes, they did.
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They attended
church every Sabbath.
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He held an office in
the church and they thought,
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they were thought
off by their community
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as a wonderful Christian family.
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They had a good image going on,
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but there was
horrible, horrible abuse
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going on at home for years.
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And so these were the kind
of people that you deal with.
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How do you-- How are
you able to personally help?
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You know, you must
have a strong connection
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with the Lord to be going,
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go through the kind of emotions
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that you have to go
through with these women.
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Our ministry was based on prayer
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from the very, very beginning
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and every single day,
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not only do I
obviously have my personal time
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that gives me the
strength to keep going
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but every day the staff,
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all meet for prayer,
every morning in the office.
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And the clients know
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when the office door is
closed they are praying,
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so don't knock,
unless it's an emergency.
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And then we obviously
have worship every morning.
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A lot of the
women love that time
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because it teaches them
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how to have their
own personal worship
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as well as worship
with their children too, so.
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Now the people that
you have in your ministry--
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How many people help you
there at Cookie's Retreat?
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Well, we have nine paid staff,
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but we have
dozens of volunteers.
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And obviously the volunteers
are what help keep us going,
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so lot's of people.
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You have lots of people, so.
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Well, this is an
exciting ministry.
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Now, I'm sure some of the people
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who are out there wondering.
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If last year they
remember the story,
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there was a
woman who was baptized,
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who had cancer
and was gonna be here
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but she was too sick to come.
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Can you give us
maybe a little update?
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The update on Patty because
I did share her name with you.
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As she's still
alive, praise the Lord.
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And she actually just
flew out yesterday to Norway
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to a health clinic there
for treatments for her cancer.
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It did go into
remission and it has come back
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but they have good hope
for her where she's going.
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Well, let's pray for her.
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Amen.
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Kim, thanks a lot
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and it's wonderful the
ministry you're doing there.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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We're gonna talk with Rick Fleck
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and some of you may know
Rick and some of you may not.
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But, Rick, where are you from?
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We're from
Vancouver, Washington.
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Vancouver, Washington.
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There's a lot of
people from Washington here.
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I run into many of them.
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And what do you do
there in Vancouver?
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We have
International Children's Care.
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It's a ASI Organization
from the very beginning.
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And we work now in 19 different
countries around the world,
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taking care of children.
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Nineteen different countries?
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So now you do
this ministry fulltime?
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Yes, fulltime.
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We have about 11 people in
our office there in Vancouver.
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Eleven people.
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Now, how often do you get around
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to see these
different orphanages
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or children or
whatever you have?
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Children's
villages we call them.
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Yeah.
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Because we build
homes for the children
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and we hired native Adventist
couples to take care of them.
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My wife Sharon and I go to
these projects all year along.
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And you can imagine
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trying to go to all of
these different places.
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We just got back from Cambodia
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and the
Philippines a few days ago.
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And we're heading down to
the ASI in Panama pretty soon.
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And we'll also visit
our project in Nicaragua,
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in El Salvador
while we're down there.
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Now, how many children
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do you try to reach and
help throughout the world?
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Right now I think
there's about 1,200 children
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that are
directly under our care.
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Now ASI, how much did
we give you last year?
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Twenty thousand dollars
came for the ICC Congo Project,
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that's in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
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in the middle of Africa.
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Now we've heard a little bit
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in the news
lately about the Congo.
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There's been some
political elections I think
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that have been
going on over there.
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Tremendous
strife in that country.
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Over the last few years,
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estimates are that more
than four million people
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have lost their
lives in that country
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because of the conflict, famine,
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mostly unnecessary loss of life
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because it's disease and
things that are happening
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because of political problems.
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Well, I know tonight,
Rick, you brought a video
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and you want to talk
a little bit about that.
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So what they are gonna do
is, we're gonna play the video
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and then maybe you can give
us some comments on that video.
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Yeah, we took some video
the last time we were there,
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and I wanted to show
some of what we're doing
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and some of where
the money from ICC,
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from the ASI is going.
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This is on a island in
Congo, in the big lake Kivu.
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We've been
taking care of children
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in these
temporary wooden structures.
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We've built two houses
like the one you see there.
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We had to put two
families of children
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in each home temporarily
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until we can
construct additional homes.
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The money from ASI is to help
us build an additional home.
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And so during
the times since then
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we've been
working on making blocks
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right there on the island.
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It's a very remote place and
it's a beautiful construction
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that they are able
to do way out there
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in the middle of nowhere.
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Everything has to be
taken across the lake
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about four hours
in a little boat.
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A lot of hand labor
goes into the construction,
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but the children are so excited.
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You know what they like most?
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They like to be
able to go school.
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I don't know if your kids like
that, but they are so excited.
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When we were there, I
laid the ceremonial cornerstone
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and that's the kind of
house that we're building.
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Now, while we were there,
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the foundations were
complete to some of the houses
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and since then we
have I think a still photo
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of some of the houses
that are being completed.
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And I understand that at least
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one or two of those
houses are complete now,
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and we've moved
some children into them.
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Thanks to the
offering that ASI has made
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and other generous donors
00:14:22.31\00:14:23.56
that have helped
us with this project.
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So right there on that island,
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it's an amazing
little construction
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that you can see
that they are able to do
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way out there in
the middle of nowhere.
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So you built these
facilities on an island?
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It's an island and
it's called the Patmos,
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ICC's Patmos Children's Village.
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That's what they
decided to call it, right there.
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We have been doing some
drawing of corn, cashews,
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beans, other things out
there, so that they can--
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Yuca is something, some people
refer to it as yuca or cassava.
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This is a mill that
we were able to get.
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And that mill is a
little industry now.
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Because the village ladies come
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and instead of
pounding their own flour,
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they can bring it here
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and in exchange for a
little bit of their product,
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we will grind it for them.
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And so that's a way for them
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to earn some money
for the operation there.
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This cassava, it's a
yuca, they grinded into flour
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and that's one
of their main foods
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that they eat on the island.
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As we were leaving,
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the kids stood on the
foundation of the house
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that they were going to live in,
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singing in appreciation
for what's being done for them.
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Looking forward to the time
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that they can have
their very own home
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and their own place that
they can lay their head down.
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Well, that's
exciting about the work
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that you're doing in this
particular project, the Congo.
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How many kids are in
this particular village?
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There's about 180
children in that village.
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Now because of the
conflict and the strife
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that has been going
on there in the Congo
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and the elections coming up,
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the children that we had,
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we have a receiving center
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in the town of
Goma which is nearby.
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They have to move all
those children out there too,
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and they have just been bunking
up together with everybody else
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until some of this dies down.
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But you know this
island is kind of a haven
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and they don't hardly
ever have any conflict
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right out there on the island,
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that's why we decided to
locate there in this case.
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So God opened
the door for you guys
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to go out there on
this island which is,
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I mean, it's
pretty symbolic an island
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that you have for these children
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to get away from the conflict
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that they have
been through already,
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probably losing their
parents through the process.
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And many of them,
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they have lost their
parents through the conflict,
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through disease,
through, you name it.
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And you have an
opportunity to witness
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and tell these kids about Jesus?
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They are learning to sing
all the same songs that you know
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and they speak French
there as a second language
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and so most of what
they learn is in French,
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but they have even learned
some things in English too.
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Now do you speak French?
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No, I have to go
through an interpreter
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when we were over there.
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Oh, that's great.
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Well, Rick, thanks a lot
00:17:15.51\00:17:16.78
and may God
bless in your ministry
00:17:16.81\00:17:19.51
and continued support.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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We have a booth here,
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and so if people want to come by
00:17:22.76\00:17:24.12
and see some more,
we'll be glad to share
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with our other
countries that we're into.
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Okay. Thank you.
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Thanks, Terry.
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Now, I got to tell you.
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Rick, he showed up here.
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I hadn't had a chance to
talk to him a little bit,
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but I was sure glad when he did.
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And now Virgil is a
little bit different.
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I've known Virgil for a while,
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since we're both
from the same union.
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Virgil, where are you from?
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Lincoln,
Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Now how long have you
lived in Lincoln, Nebraska?
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Oh, since 1961.
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And what do you do there?
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Running an assisted
living retirement center.
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So, but you're not
here tonight to talk
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about assisted
living, retirement centers?
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No. Peru Projects.
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Peru Projects.
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So last year ASI through
the generous contributions
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helped your Peru Project, right,
00:18:19.46\00:18:21.59
yours and other
people's Peru Projects.
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ASI donated $25,000 to
Peru Projects last year
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and we hopefully
have used it wisely.
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Tell us about those.
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What-- the Peru Project?
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What's your goal?
What's your vision?
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What do you want
to see happen there?
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To take the gospel
to the jungle of Peru.
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So now do you
have chapels there?
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I imagine you have chapels
with little like highways
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that goes by and they are on
streets and blocks and stuff,
00:18:55.56\00:18:58.58
like we have here?
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No highways.
00:19:00.00\00:19:02.21
Our highway is
the river or the air.
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And we do have chapels with
ASI and the Quiet Hour moneys,
00:19:05.83\00:19:11.94
we've been able to build
six chapels in the last year
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and have another six or seven
in the process of being built.
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How important is it
to have a chapel there?
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Do they-- To have a
church for the people to go to?
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Well, if you want a congregation
00:19:28.10\00:19:30.51
to be able to
flourish and to continue,
00:19:30.54\00:19:33.88
you need to
have a place for them
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to worship that
they can call their own.
00:19:36.41\00:19:39.11
Now, you have some, some
workers, some gospel workers,
00:19:39.14\00:19:42.20
some missionaries
that, that work there.
00:19:42.23\00:19:44.67
With again with ASI
money and Quite Hour money,
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we have about 24 indigenous
missionary volunteers.
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Most of them are
couples, some are even families
00:19:55.67\00:19:59.67
that leave their home
and go to a different village
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to live and work for a
period of at least 18 months
00:20:04.87\00:20:08.63
to establish that congregation
00:20:08.66\00:20:11.54
and then some
satellite congregations.
00:20:11.57\00:20:14.16
Now, how do these missionaries,
the people, the volunteers,
00:20:14.19\00:20:17.62
how do they get around
to the different villages?
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.47
Well, Peru Projects
has a mission launch
00:20:20.50\00:20:24.86
and then two airplanes,
00:20:24.89\00:20:27.41
one is an amphibious airplane
that can land on the rivers,
00:20:27.44\00:20:32.00
the other one is the Cessna 182.
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And we're able
to transport workers
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back and forth as needed.
00:20:39.34\00:20:42.38
So you got the launch too
that goes up and down the rivers
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and then you got planes that
can take people in that way.
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The launch
generally goes to a village
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and stays there for a week,
00:20:52.55\00:20:55.64
maybe to as many as three weeks,
00:20:55.67\00:20:58.58
providing medical
health and education,
00:20:58.61\00:21:02.83
their personal
hygiene, community hygiene,
00:21:02.86\00:21:08.46
health education type activity.
00:21:08.49\00:21:12.04
So your goal first when you
go in there is to make friends,
00:21:12.07\00:21:15.72
help them with the
missionary side of things
00:21:15.75\00:21:19.20
and then build them a chapel?
00:21:19.23\00:21:22.90
With the success of
the Lord working with us,
00:21:22.93\00:21:26.83
we would hope
that a congregation
00:21:26.86\00:21:29.23
would be raised up
00:21:29.26\00:21:30.32
and then of course we want to
teach people to sponsor others
00:21:30.35\00:21:36.63
and to work with others and
maybe another village nearby.
00:21:36.66\00:21:40.97
So you're getting these--
00:21:41.00\00:21:42.65
the churches or the
chapels that you raise up,
00:21:42.68\00:21:45.31
hopefully they will
throw more churches.
00:21:45.34\00:21:48.92
That's for sure.
00:21:48.95\00:21:50.50
It's sort of a spoke and wheel
00:21:50.53\00:21:55.67
or hub and wheel method
00:21:55.70\00:21:57.41
where you have a central village
00:21:57.44\00:21:59.11
and then you can
go to outline villages
00:21:59.14\00:22:02.80
from where you're living
00:22:02.83\00:22:04.80
without having to
establish a new base.
00:22:04.83\00:22:07.82
So you have their people
helping their own people.
00:22:07.85\00:22:11.17
That's the idea. Wow.
00:22:11.20\00:22:14.56
And this has been successful.
00:22:14.59\00:22:18.15
We've had some
changes in personnel
00:22:18.18\00:22:20.57
over the last year and half,
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.88
but for the most part
people stay with the commitment
00:22:22.91\00:22:28.19
and learn to witness
in a more effective way.
00:22:28.22\00:22:33.06
And then they
are going to transmit
00:22:33.09\00:22:36.99
that knowledge to
these new believers.
00:22:37.02\00:22:40.55
Now, this
project, is it pretty easy?
00:22:40.58\00:22:43.56
You don't have much troubles,
00:22:43.59\00:22:44.72
you're just, you're able to
raise all the funds you need
00:22:44.75\00:22:48.24
and go over there and
do all the missionary work
00:22:48.27\00:22:50.34
and it's a happy skippy life.
00:22:50.37\00:22:52.78
Well, God is good
and God does provide,
00:22:52.81\00:22:56.40
there's no doubt about that.
00:22:56.43\00:22:58.48
With all of your
help and the Quiet Hour
00:22:58.51\00:23:01.98
and various
other individual donors
00:23:02.01\00:23:05.49
that we have a
very modest budget.
00:23:05.52\00:23:09.87
We have a pilot and his wife
that have been there since 1998
00:23:09.90\00:23:16.19
and then another
administrative person
00:23:16.22\00:23:20.45
to help lighten the
load and carry the burden.
00:23:20.48\00:23:24.96
Well, that's sounds
like an exciting ministry.
00:23:24.99\00:23:28.26
How many-- do you have an idea
00:23:28.29\00:23:29.49
of how many people you
can reach on an annual basis?
00:23:29.52\00:23:32.99
Well, the villages vary in size,
00:23:33.02\00:23:36.79
from a very few to
maybe several hundred.
00:23:36.82\00:23:41.56
And so at this point in the year
00:23:41.59\00:23:46.96
we've baptized
several hundred people.
00:23:46.99\00:23:51.58
I don't have the exact count
but it's several hundred people
00:23:51.61\00:23:55.54
when you're baptizing 25
to 50 people per baptism.
00:23:55.57\00:24:02.36
The Lord has been good.
00:24:02.39\00:24:04.57
That sounds like
an exciting ministry.
00:24:04.60\00:24:07.35
Well, we've enjoyed it.
00:24:07.38\00:24:10.18
Clyde Peters was
our founding sponsor.
00:24:10.21\00:24:14.56
He had been a missionary there
00:24:14.59\00:24:16.25
for in the '60s and
early '70s and he's a pilot.
00:24:16.28\00:24:21.31
And he's been very
inspirational to all of us
00:24:21.34\00:24:25.31
that work with the Peru Project.
00:24:25.34\00:24:27.45
Thanks a lot, Virgil.
00:24:27.48\00:24:29.32
Good evening.
00:27:51.51\00:27:53.10
It's exciting to be here
tonight with our ASI family
00:27:53.13\00:27:56.95
and this is one
of my favorite parts.
00:27:56.98\00:27:59.57
It's doing interviews.
00:27:59.60\00:28:01.12
Finding out what is going on
00:28:01.15\00:28:03.14
around the world
and also right here.
00:28:03.17\00:28:05.99
And tonight I've
got the privilege
00:28:06.02\00:28:08.12
of introducing you
to some fine people.
00:28:08.15\00:28:10.57
And who do we have
here this evening with me.
00:28:10.60\00:28:13.19
I'm Barbara Neher.
00:28:13.22\00:28:15.23
And I'm Jack Neher.
00:28:15.26\00:28:16.82
Where do you guys live?
00:28:16.85\00:28:18.76
Cadiz, Kentucky.
00:28:18.79\00:28:20.53
Western
Kentucky. Western Kentucky.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.15
And tell me is this
your first time to ASI?
00:28:23.18\00:28:26.95
Yes, ma'am. Sure is.
00:28:26.98\00:28:28.68
Well, we're glad
that you're here.
00:28:28.71\00:28:30.47
What's your
impression of ASI so far?
00:28:30.50\00:28:33.19
Awesome.
00:28:33.22\00:28:34.70
Awesome. That's good.
00:28:34.73\00:28:36.92
Well, you have a
really special project.
00:28:36.95\00:28:40.01
And I want you to
tell me a little bit about
00:28:40.04\00:28:42.58
what your project is
called and what you're doing?
00:28:42.61\00:28:46.40
Well, it's called--
00:28:46.43\00:28:47.60
it's My Very
Own, the Bags of Love.
00:28:47.63\00:28:51.46
Now what does that
mean, Bags of Love?
00:28:51.49\00:28:55.13
Okay.
00:28:55.16\00:28:56.37
It's all about--
00:28:56.40\00:28:58.61
these bags we give to the
child protective services.
00:28:58.64\00:29:03.09
When they have to go
out and remove children
00:29:03.12\00:29:06.09
due to drugs or abuse
00:29:06.12\00:29:08.51
and this way they have something
00:29:08.54\00:29:10.16
to give to the children
00:29:10.19\00:29:11.30
because this is a
very stressful time.
00:29:11.33\00:29:14.14
And it's
stressful for the children
00:29:14.17\00:29:15.79
as well as the CPS case worker.
00:29:15.82\00:29:18.45
So what's inside that bag?
00:29:18.48\00:29:20.75
We have lots of goodies.
00:29:20.78\00:29:22.58
In the top of the bag we
have a large stuffed animal
00:29:22.61\00:29:26.72
because they
need to have a friend
00:29:26.75\00:29:28.75
and something they
can cry to and to hug.
00:29:28.78\00:29:31.76
So this is
their new best friend.
00:29:31.79\00:29:34.97
Then we also have
two brand new toys.
00:29:35.00\00:29:38.77
I like to open new
things and I'm sure that you do.
00:29:38.80\00:29:43.92
This is obviously
for a little girl,
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.81
but we have them brand new
00:29:46.84\00:29:49.01
so that they have
something to open up
00:29:49.04\00:29:51.04
because this is very
special at this time.
00:29:51.07\00:29:54.41
So, but we have all kinds
of little things in there.
00:29:54.44\00:29:58.45
More toys I see. Yes.
00:29:58.48\00:30:00.67
And then in the
bottom of the bag
00:30:00.70\00:30:03.76
we have a handmade quilt
00:30:03.79\00:30:05.95
and I insist on
having a handmade quilt
00:30:05.98\00:30:09.59
because what this does
00:30:09.62\00:30:11.34
is it shows that
somebody really cares.
00:30:11.37\00:30:15.89
And by-- this
gives them then something
00:30:15.92\00:30:19.75
to snuggle with and to cuddle
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.21
and with their
little stuffed animal
00:30:22.24\00:30:24.24
they are able to cuddle
and take care of their wounds.
00:30:24.27\00:30:27.47
So how much does it
cost for a bag like this,
00:30:27.50\00:30:30.45
this bag of love?
00:30:30.48\00:30:31.55
If you had to do it
from scratch it's $35 to $40.
00:30:31.58\00:30:35.84
Okay.
00:30:35.87\00:30:36.90
If we had to buy
it each and everyone.
00:30:36.93\00:30:39.59
Now you told me that
you're in more then one state.
00:30:39.62\00:30:43.58
Tell us about
where you're located
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.48
and what happened there?
00:30:45.51\00:30:46.67
Well, the Lord
blessed us I'm telling you.
00:30:46.70\00:30:50.78
We were invited to go on 3ABN
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.83
and the cork blew
out of the bottle.
00:30:53.86\00:30:56.04
We are everywhere.
00:30:56.07\00:30:57.39
We're in 42
states and 10 countries.
00:30:57.42\00:31:00.66
We have three
chapters down in Australia.
00:31:00.69\00:31:04.17
We're just so
excited. I'm so excited.
00:31:04.20\00:31:07.16
I'm so happy for you.
00:31:07.19\00:31:11.83
The Lord's work.
00:31:11.86\00:31:15.66
You know we can't all go out
00:31:15.69\00:31:18.25
and do things like go
to India or go to Africa.
00:31:18.28\00:31:23.09
But we have-- excuse me.
00:31:23.12\00:31:26.36
We have a mission field
right in our own backyard
00:31:26.39\00:31:30.31
and this is the way to reach it.
00:31:30.34\00:31:32.63
And by doing this, we
not only help children
00:31:32.66\00:31:35.93
that are in a desperate need.
00:31:35.96\00:31:38.20
This is at a time
00:31:38.23\00:31:39.30
that they are at the
lowest point in their lives
00:31:39.33\00:31:41.60
and when they are
taken from their homes,
00:31:41.63\00:31:43.39
they can take nothing
with them when it's in matte.
00:31:43.42\00:31:46.09
So when they come out of there,
00:31:46.12\00:31:47.38
it's just whatever they
have on their little bodies.
00:31:47.41\00:31:50.09
And then they are taken and
they are disinfected basically.
00:31:50.12\00:31:53.84
And so they need
to have something
00:31:53.87\00:31:56.21
that they can
call their very own.
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.86
Now tell me how long you
have been in this little project
00:31:59.89\00:32:04.87
that you've got going on?
00:32:04.90\00:32:06.82
Well, we were
doing it for about a year
00:32:06.85\00:32:09.53
and it was growing and
it's developing beautifully.
00:32:09.56\00:32:14.85
And like I said
the Lord had a plan
00:32:14.88\00:32:17.43
and when we were
invited to do 3ABN,
00:32:17.46\00:32:20.90
it exploded and so we're
just only about 18 months old.
00:32:20.93\00:32:24.95
Only 18 months old
00:32:24.98\00:32:26.99
and you're in all these
states and all these countries.
00:32:27.02\00:32:30.07
Well, God is really blessing.
00:32:30.10\00:32:31.65
Yes, He is.
00:32:31.68\00:32:32.72
Now I visited with
Barbara and Jack on the phone
00:32:32.75\00:32:35.26
a few weeks ago and
I was really touched.
00:32:35.29\00:32:38.05
Anything that has
to do with young people
00:32:38.08\00:32:40.09
really it touches my heart.
00:32:40.12\00:32:42.35
And you told me a
very special story,
00:32:42.38\00:32:45.17
would you share that
with our family here?
00:32:45.20\00:32:47.43
One of the case workers told us
00:32:47.46\00:32:49.43
that as she went out
to pick up these children,
00:32:49.46\00:32:51.75
there was a
sister and a brother,
00:32:51.78\00:32:53.58
they were about 10 and 14.
00:32:53.61\00:32:56.22
And when they saw the bag
00:32:56.25\00:32:58.66
and the one
thing we didn't mention
00:32:58.69\00:33:01.13
was the personal care items
that are in the side pocket
00:33:01.16\00:33:05.20
and it has a brush, toothpaste,
toothbrush and all of that.
00:33:05.23\00:33:08.87
Well, the older one spotted
that and he opened this up,
00:33:08.90\00:33:14.94
the pocket because that was
the easiest thing to get into
00:33:14.97\00:33:18.06
and he looked in there
and he saw the toothbrush
00:33:18.09\00:33:20.32
and he says, oh, great.
00:33:20.35\00:33:21.95
I get my own toothbrush.
00:33:21.98\00:33:23.40
I don't have to share anymore.
00:33:23.43\00:33:26.29
And you see we don't realize
the simplest little things,
00:33:26.32\00:33:30.24
how much they mean.
00:33:30.27\00:33:32.05
And this bag
itself is very important
00:33:32.08\00:33:35.22
because they get moved quite
frequently from home to home
00:33:35.25\00:33:39.76
and this is their luggage
00:33:39.79\00:33:42.08
and it gives them
a sense of ownership.
00:33:42.11\00:33:45.21
Jack, you look like you
have something to tell us.
00:33:45.24\00:33:47.01
Well, just recently
Barbara heard from a lady
00:33:47.04\00:33:50.14
who used to be a supervisor
for the CPS in New York City
00:33:50.17\00:33:54.44
and she said, this bag
was of great importance.
00:33:54.47\00:33:58.66
This gives that
child some esteem
00:33:58.69\00:34:01.16
that most of the
time only have to carry
00:34:01.19\00:34:03.82
the things in as
the garbage sack.
00:34:03.85\00:34:06.85
Well, you're telling me
00:34:06.88\00:34:08.80
then we can all be involved
in this outreach opportunity.
00:34:08.83\00:34:12.69
Yes, your
church, your pathfinders,
00:34:12.72\00:34:16.25
we have a 10 year old girl
that is sewing quilts for us.
00:34:16.28\00:34:20.82
How old is she?
00:34:20.85\00:34:22.17
She's 10 years old and
she's on her fifth quilt.
00:34:22.20\00:34:25.01
So we all can do this.
00:34:25.04\00:34:26.33
Pathfinders and juniors, I mean
they can all become involved.
00:34:26.36\00:34:31.35
Amen.
00:34:31.38\00:34:32.45
Well, I want to encourage
00:34:32.48\00:34:33.91
our ASI family to
stop by your booth
00:34:33.94\00:34:36.29
because you have a
lot more information
00:34:36.32\00:34:38.60
and it's a worthy project.
00:34:38.63\00:34:40.36
And God bless you, guys,
and welcome to our ASI family.
00:34:40.39\00:34:43.89
Thank you. Thank you so much.
00:34:43.92\00:34:45.47
Welcome.
00:34:55.57\00:34:56.85
Well, thank you.
00:34:56.88\00:34:58.47
I have not met
this precious lady,
00:34:58.50\00:35:01.83
only by the phone about
a week ago, is that right?
00:35:01.86\00:35:05.01
That's correct.
Tell us who you are.
00:35:05.04\00:35:07.64
My name is Dirci.
00:35:07.67\00:35:10.48
And I'm from the
beautiful country of Brazil.
00:35:10.51\00:35:13.70
Oh, it's a
beautiful country I agree.
00:35:13.73\00:35:16.45
Where are you living right now?
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.78
In Frederick, Maryland,
where we have our business.
00:35:18.81\00:35:21.88
Well, tell me what is
your business all about?
00:35:21.91\00:35:27.56
My business is very exciting.
00:35:27.59\00:35:32.17
Just to make it
simple we import design,
00:35:32.20\00:35:38.05
custom fabricate and
install exotic, eccentric,
00:35:38.08\00:35:43.40
ornamental stone counter tops.
00:35:43.43\00:35:46.62
But I'll tell
you one more thing.
00:35:46.65\00:35:48.26
We have the access to the
heart of the American homes.
00:35:48.29\00:35:51.78
When we enter a kitchen,
00:35:51.81\00:35:53.48
the kitchen is
never the same again.
00:35:53.51\00:35:55.82
It isn't, is it? Yeah.
00:35:55.85\00:35:57.54
Well, now how did you
get into this business?
00:35:57.57\00:36:02.31
Attraction for the
beauty of nature maybe.
00:36:02.34\00:36:05.28
Okay.
00:36:05.31\00:36:06.34
The powerful aspect of it.
00:36:06.37\00:36:09.02
Okay.
00:36:09.05\00:36:10.08
Well, I'm sure being
an Adventist business lady
00:36:10.11\00:36:14.12
and it's a family
business, is that correct?
00:36:14.15\00:36:15.99
Yes, correct. I run
it with my two sons.
00:36:16.02\00:36:18.64
You have two sons
that are involved.
00:36:18.67\00:36:21.58
Now I'm sure there are
some challenges in your business
00:36:21.61\00:36:24.98
being a
committed Christian lady.
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.25
Could you tell me
something about that?
00:36:27.28\00:36:29.14
Yes, indeed.
00:36:29.17\00:36:31.05
I think the...
00:36:31.08\00:36:34.83
Sabbath was really what made
us different from the others.
00:36:34.86\00:36:41.42
Because when we
decided to start this venture,
00:36:41.45\00:36:45.16
the competition, the
experts in the area said,
00:36:45.19\00:36:47.72
you must be absolutely
crazy, you're a Sabbath keeper.
00:36:47.75\00:36:52.00
You will never
succeed. You are up to failure.
00:36:52.03\00:36:55.13
What they didn't know,
Donna, is that, you know,
00:36:55.16\00:36:58.70
when God is your
partner things are different.
00:36:58.73\00:37:01.94
Amen.
00:37:01.97\00:37:04.28
And we have tested
that in a great way.
00:37:04.31\00:37:09.03
Amen.
00:37:09.06\00:37:10.76
Now I know that you
have another project.
00:37:10.79\00:37:15.18
This is a really
exciting outreach opportunity.
00:37:15.21\00:37:18.29
Tell us about this.
00:37:18.32\00:37:21.06
Well, after 5 years this
company was started in 2000.
00:37:21.09\00:37:24.95
It has doubled every year
and I only thank God for that.
00:37:24.98\00:37:31.36
But our commitment was that,
we wanted to make a difference,
00:37:31.39\00:37:34.68
we wanted to be a different
type of business people
00:37:34.71\00:37:38.58
that are not just
there for making money.
00:37:38.61\00:37:41.57
We wanted actually
to give something back.
00:37:41.60\00:37:44.28
To give something back not
just the community around us
00:37:44.31\00:37:47.33
which is in good
products and good services,
00:37:47.36\00:37:49.55
but the communities
where our products came from.
00:37:49.58\00:37:53.25
And I don't know
if you knew that,
00:37:53.28\00:37:55.07
but 80% of the
exotic granites of the world
00:37:55.10\00:37:58.28
come from my country.
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.99
Okay, that's good to know.
00:38:00.02\00:38:01.66
So imagine that
my responsibility now
00:38:01.69\00:38:04.50
is to help those communities.
00:38:04.53\00:38:06.09
And we picked up an area in
the Northeast country of Brazil
00:38:06.12\00:38:11.17
which is named Aquiraz.
00:38:11.20\00:38:13.65
And today after 5
years of volunteer work,
00:38:13.68\00:38:19.28
we have thousands of people
whose lives have been changed.
00:38:19.31\00:38:23.36
We have more than 400
children learning music,
00:38:23.39\00:38:26.44
it's almost magical.
00:38:26.47\00:38:27.73
What God has been
able to accomplish
00:38:27.76\00:38:31.10
with common and
ordinary people like you and me
00:38:31.13\00:38:34.49
doing extraordinary things
just because God was put first.
00:38:34.52\00:38:38.67
And I tell you one more thing.
00:38:38.70\00:38:40.08
Today, I think I'm
busier with the ministry
00:38:40.11\00:38:45.42
than with my own business.
00:38:45.45\00:38:47.43
Well, amen, that's why
God blesses your business
00:38:47.46\00:38:50.45
so that you can be
involved in His business.
00:38:50.48\00:38:52.84
That's correct.
00:38:52.87\00:38:53.90
Now this ministry that you
started, what's the name of it?
00:38:53.93\00:38:58.46
Grantops, Ston'Art
Galleria was then founded later.
00:38:58.49\00:39:03.88
And today we are the
only in the Mid-Atlantic area,
00:39:03.91\00:39:09.69
the only exotic
Ston'Art Galleria.
00:39:09.72\00:39:12.79
Okay.
00:39:12.82\00:39:13.85
So now you have taken volunteers
00:39:13.88\00:39:16.75
outside of this country.
00:39:16.78\00:39:18.39
Correct.
00:39:18.42\00:39:19.47
And you have
taken them to Brazil.
00:39:19.50\00:39:21.21
Yes.
00:39:21.24\00:39:22.27
What do they do in Brazil?
00:39:22.30\00:39:25.39
At five plus years we
have had more than 80 missions,
00:39:25.42\00:39:29.64
most of them
were health related.
00:39:29.67\00:39:32.53
And we got volunteers
from all over the country.
00:39:32.56\00:39:35.55
But last year we had
a different approach,
00:39:35.58\00:39:39.47
was not just an
upcoming help, people to people.
00:39:39.50\00:39:44.43
We decided, we wanted
to leave something more.
00:39:44.46\00:39:46.99
We started evangelistic meetings
00:39:47.02\00:39:48.92
and vacation Bible
school and planting church,
00:39:48.95\00:39:51.95
so now we have a
different challenge.
00:39:51.98\00:39:54.74
It's incredible.
00:39:54.77\00:39:55.88
And by the way, if
you or anybody else
00:39:55.91\00:39:59.41
who wants to check our
new developed mission serve
00:39:59.44\00:40:03.92
interlocking building system.
00:40:03.95\00:40:07.74
I'll tell you what that does.
00:40:07.77\00:40:10.03
It's so easy, it's so easy
not just a homeowner can do,
00:40:10.06\00:40:14.98
a housewife, but
even lawyers can do that.
00:40:15.01\00:40:18.52
Well, that sounds exciting.
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.00
Well, tell us more.
00:40:20.03\00:40:21.19
Well, it's all--
00:40:21.22\00:40:23.79
It's like the little
toy the kids play Lego.
00:40:23.82\00:40:27.90
And anybody can
assemble those walls.
00:40:27.93\00:40:31.18
So the plan is that
we arrive on Thursday,
00:40:31.21\00:40:33.80
start the work Friday,
00:40:33.83\00:40:35.65
the first Sabbath
where either under the tree
00:40:35.68\00:40:38.03
or in the garage or anywhere,
00:40:38.06\00:40:40.35
but and we work the whole
week building these blocks,
00:40:40.38\00:40:44.89
the next Sabbath the
church is inaugurated.
00:40:44.92\00:40:47.98
Praise the
Lord. That's exciting.
00:40:48.01\00:40:50.30
Well, you know, I actually
went through the booth area
00:40:50.33\00:40:52.66
looking for you this afternoon
00:40:52.69\00:40:54.32
and I saw them
building a church.
00:40:54.35\00:40:57.34
Is that correct?
00:40:57.37\00:40:58.40
Is that's what's
going on in your booth?
00:40:58.43\00:41:00.02
That's correct.
00:41:00.05\00:41:01.19
I mean we want to prove
to people that it works.
00:41:01.22\00:41:03.09
So we have a
machine, it was flown here.
00:41:03.12\00:41:06.17
It was flown here from Brazil
because we tested them there
00:41:06.20\00:41:10.10
with the mud and everything
to make sure it worked.
00:41:10.13\00:41:13.38
We brought it here.
00:41:13.41\00:41:14.44
We had the bricks
made, so the plan is that,
00:41:14.47\00:41:17.21
the volunteers will come
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.29
and the bricks are
readymade by the locals,
00:41:19.32\00:41:21.54
so they can work together.
00:41:21.57\00:41:23.09
And the bricks
have to dry 7 days.
00:41:23.12\00:41:24.91
So they have to be
done the week before.
00:41:24.94\00:41:28.12
We assemble everything.
00:41:28.15\00:41:30.11
It's like one of how to
do little book for kids.
00:41:30.14\00:41:34.57
That's that easy. Oh.
00:41:34.60\00:41:36.18
So you're saying that our ASI
family can be involved in this?
00:41:36.21\00:41:39.60
Oh, sure.
00:41:39.63\00:41:40.72
And are you wanting
people to come by your booth
00:41:40.75\00:41:43.35
and ask how they
can volunteer with you?
00:41:43.38\00:41:45.28
No, I want more than that.
00:41:45.31\00:41:46.65
Okay.
00:41:46.68\00:41:47.78
What I want is
to tell everybody.
00:41:47.81\00:41:49.72
If you want a countertop, this
sort of advertisement, right.
00:41:49.75\00:41:54.21
If you want a countertop that's
made of a special gem stone,
00:41:54.24\00:42:00.27
you call the Ston'Art Galleria.
00:42:00.30\00:42:04.02
Now, if you want
an experience in life
00:42:04.05\00:42:07.77
that would change
your life for, forever.
00:42:07.80\00:42:11.82
You call this Ston'Art Galleria,
00:42:11.85\00:42:13.75
but ask them to transfer you
to mission serve international
00:42:13.78\00:42:17.34
and then they
can give their names
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.44
and you can bring your
friends and your family.
00:42:19.47\00:42:22.93
We are going to have
00:42:22.96\00:42:25.06
an ASI short term
international mission trip
00:42:25.09\00:42:28.99
in February for the
Colombia Union members.
00:42:29.02\00:42:32.39
Okay.
00:42:32.42\00:42:33.45
So that's a beginning.
All right, that's a beginning.
00:42:33.48\00:42:35.39
That's a beginning. Okay.
00:42:35.42\00:42:36.45
So we're gonna come by her booth
00:42:36.48\00:42:37.82
and check you out, Dirci.
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.26
Thank you.
00:42:39.29\00:42:40.44
Thank you so much for
sharing with us tonight.
00:42:40.47\00:42:41.95
You're welcome.
00:42:41.98\00:42:43.57
Well, good evening, gentlemen.
00:42:49.72\00:42:51.70
Good evening, Donna.
00:42:51.73\00:42:52.82
And who do I
have with me tonight?
00:42:52.85\00:42:54.81
Harold Lance. Ray Hamblin.
00:42:54.84\00:42:56.92
And, Harold, where do you live?
00:42:56.95\00:42:58.98
We live in Ukiah, California.
00:42:59.01\00:43:01.10
And, Ray, where do you live?
00:43:01.13\00:43:02.41
I live in Brooklyn, Michigan.
00:43:02.44\00:43:04.73
Well, there's
something special about you two
00:43:04.76\00:43:06.97
because I like
being in the company,
00:43:07.00\00:43:09.06
our past ASI presidents.
00:43:09.09\00:43:12.12
I'm married to one.
00:43:12.15\00:43:13.68
So tonight are you
two past ASI presidents?
00:43:13.71\00:43:17.85
Six years each.
Well, that's good.
00:43:17.88\00:43:21.09
Now I happened to know something
00:43:21.12\00:43:22.73
very special about you two.
00:43:22.76\00:43:24.81
You work well together.
00:43:24.84\00:43:27.14
I believe.
00:43:27.17\00:43:28.35
Amen. That's right.
00:43:28.38\00:43:30.04
And by working well together,
00:43:30.07\00:43:32.38
tell us what happened a few
years ago in the Philippines?
00:43:32.41\00:43:37.16
Harold.
00:43:37.19\00:43:39.20
The ASI decided to initiate
00:43:39.23\00:43:43.20
a special evangelistic
series called "New Beginnings."
00:43:43.23\00:43:48.25
They had to try it out
on someone and by someone
00:43:48.28\00:43:52.05
and we went to the
Philippines with the first group
00:43:52.08\00:43:55.59
to try out "The New Beginnings"
evangelistic materials.
00:43:55.62\00:44:00.87
Was that the first time you
had ever co-preached together?
00:44:00.90\00:44:04.18
That was the first time.
00:44:04.21\00:44:05.61
In the
Philippines? In the Philippines.
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.40
And so you decided that
if you could do it together,
00:44:07.43\00:44:10.25
you might continue this project
together, is that correct?
00:44:10.28\00:44:13.78
That's kind of
worked out that way.
00:44:13.81\00:44:15.51
It kind of worked out that way.
00:44:15.54\00:44:17.20
So since the
Philippines, what's happened?
00:44:17.23\00:44:20.12
Well, we have done now
00:44:20.15\00:44:22.36
four evangelistic
campaigns working together
00:44:22.39\00:44:26.64
as a team in the
Dominican Republic,
00:44:26.67\00:44:29.91
the Philippines and Ukraine.
00:44:29.94\00:44:33.81
Now you have been
in several countries,
00:44:33.84\00:44:36.29
they are all not
warm, is that correct?
00:44:36.32\00:44:39.90
That's right. That's right.
00:44:39.93\00:44:41.90
Now, Ray, tell me
00:44:41.93\00:44:43.75
what has been the
biggest blessing in your life
00:44:43.78\00:44:46.33
by being involved with Harold
00:44:46.36\00:44:48.74
co-preaching using
the New Beginnings.
00:44:48.77\00:44:51.37
And tell us what
the New Beginnings is?
00:44:51.40\00:44:53.47
Just explain that a
little bit for our audience?
00:44:53.50\00:44:55.56
Well, The New Beginnings is
the series of lessons that ASI
00:44:55.59\00:44:59.58
and It Is Written
together produced.
00:44:59.61\00:45:03.25
And they're really
designed for lay members
00:45:03.28\00:45:06.59
to use in evangelist series.
00:45:06.62\00:45:11.23
And if we can do
it, anyone can do it.
00:45:11.26\00:45:13.75
So that's really a nice
thing about New Beginnings.
00:45:13.78\00:45:18.38
Well, now, when we were visiting
00:45:18.41\00:45:20.85
behind the stage
here for a little bit,
00:45:20.88\00:45:23.21
you told me that
there are other things
00:45:23.24\00:45:25.19
that were involved in
getting this together.
00:45:25.22\00:45:27.43
What were some
of things, Harold,
00:45:27.46\00:45:28.99
that you were telling me about?
00:45:29.02\00:45:30.92
Well, in order to
make the presentation
00:45:30.95\00:45:34.91
really effective and
really meet needs of the people,
00:45:34.94\00:45:39.29
we found out that
the health component
00:45:39.32\00:45:42.61
is probably the most important
aspect of bringing people there
00:45:42.64\00:45:48.00
and having them through better
appreciation of their health,
00:45:48.03\00:45:53.91
sense their need of God.
00:45:53.94\00:45:56.90
That's good.
00:45:56.93\00:45:57.96
So the health message is
definitely the right arm,
00:45:57.99\00:46:00.70
isn't that right?
00:46:00.73\00:46:01.76
It gets us in places sometimes
00:46:01.79\00:46:03.38
that other things
won't get us into.
00:46:03.41\00:46:05.10
Yes.
00:46:05.13\00:46:07.27
The health materials that
we use are also lay friendly.
00:46:07.30\00:46:14.38
They can be done by someone
00:46:14.41\00:46:16.15
who is not a nurse or physician
or anything of that kind.
00:46:16.18\00:46:20.02
And they were
developed in a project
00:46:20.05\00:46:22.74
that was
co-ventured by ASI and Wildwood
00:46:22.77\00:46:28.65
and primarily
with Chuck Cleveland
00:46:28.68\00:46:31.72
in his, her ministries
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.46
and they are very effective ways
00:46:33.49\00:46:36.03
of giving people an insight
00:46:36.06\00:46:39.31
into the health issues
that really affect them.
00:46:39.34\00:46:42.99
It really opens the door
in a non threatening way.
00:46:43.02\00:46:45.75
It allows you to develop
friendships and confidence.
00:46:45.78\00:46:48.49
Right.
00:46:48.52\00:46:49.66
Let's go back to your preaching.
00:46:49.69\00:46:52.55
Knowing that you
had not preached before,
00:46:52.58\00:46:55.30
was it easy to use this tool
00:46:55.33\00:46:57.67
as far as the New
Beginnings was concerned?
00:46:57.70\00:47:00.95
Well, having
conducted Revelation
00:47:00.98\00:47:02.76
and Daniel seminars previous,
00:47:02.79\00:47:06.04
I found The New
Beginnings lessons
00:47:06.07\00:47:08.12
to be just an excellent tool.
00:47:08.15\00:47:13.63
I thought they were very, very--
00:47:13.66\00:47:15.88
I wouldn't say easy
to use but they were,
00:47:15.91\00:47:19.97
they are designed so that
you can do it with a minimum
00:47:20.00\00:47:23.35
because remember
you meet every night.
00:47:23.38\00:47:26.09
So it was every morning
00:47:26.12\00:47:27.69
you were
preparing for that evening.
00:47:27.72\00:47:30.24
They're world class graphics,
00:47:30.27\00:47:32.51
they are the best
graphics that are available
00:47:32.54\00:47:34.51
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:47:34.54\00:47:36.54
And you know they are
fascinating to people.
00:47:36.57\00:47:42.20
They see them presented
00:47:42.23\00:47:44.13
in their own
language on the screen
00:47:44.16\00:47:47.00
and it's something that makes
a powerful impact with them.
00:47:47.03\00:47:50.70
The graphics really reinforce.
00:47:50.73\00:47:53.19
Well, I happened
to be with you two
00:47:53.22\00:47:55.51
when we were in the Philippines
00:47:55.54\00:47:56.62
because we were
part of that group.
00:47:56.65\00:47:58.78
And I can remember,
00:47:58.81\00:48:00.50
I actually had the opportunity
to go to Harold and Ray sight,
00:48:00.53\00:48:04.63
and I was so blessed
because here were two gentlemen
00:48:04.66\00:48:08.31
that were sharing Christ
using this, this wonderful tool.
00:48:08.34\00:48:12.69
And I just was wondering,
is there a particular story
00:48:12.72\00:48:16.72
or an event that happened
00:48:16.75\00:48:18.40
that you would like to
share with our ASI family
00:48:18.43\00:48:20.86
using The New Beginnings?
00:48:20.89\00:48:26.50
When we were in the Philippines,
00:48:26.53\00:48:28.57
we were in a
rather primitive situation
00:48:28.60\00:48:32.47
and we were getting ready
00:48:32.50\00:48:33.73
and getting the material
set up and the equipment set up
00:48:33.76\00:48:38.83
and it was in a rural area
00:48:38.86\00:48:40.48
and just before
the meetings began
00:48:40.51\00:48:44.53
here came a pig just running--
00:48:44.56\00:48:47.99
I don't know, I never
heard of a homing pig before
00:48:48.02\00:48:50.77
but this was a homing pig
00:48:50.80\00:48:52.54
and he ran
through the meeting place
00:48:52.57\00:48:55.49
and into the yard that was
right close by where they were.
00:48:55.52\00:48:59.83
But it was a fascinating thing
and in that series of meetings,
00:48:59.86\00:49:05.37
we were just one little
part of about 300 total meetings
00:49:05.40\00:49:11.42
and about 10 or 15 ASI
teams that were involved,
00:49:11.45\00:49:15.74
that resulted in a baptism
of over 3,000 people in one day.
00:49:15.77\00:49:21.64
It was such a
blessing to be there.
00:49:21.67\00:49:24.26
Well, as we end here, Ray,
00:49:24.29\00:49:26.36
is there some
words of encouragement
00:49:26.39\00:49:28.39
that you could share with us?
00:49:28.42\00:49:30.62
Well, I think,
Donna, we see Harold and I
00:49:30.65\00:49:33.88
that this is really an extension
00:49:33.91\00:49:36.34
of what ASI shared with us.
00:49:36.37\00:49:39.88
And the reason that ASI exists
is to promote lay involvement
00:49:39.91\00:49:44.34
and so I remember
00:49:44.37\00:49:46.59
and I see Henry and
Robin down here in front.
00:49:46.62\00:49:48.76
And I remember the
first convention and I said,
00:49:48.79\00:49:50.81
if those guys can
do it, I can do it.
00:49:50.84\00:49:53.17
And so all of us here tonight,
00:49:53.20\00:49:55.36
we can be active
partners with God
00:49:55.39\00:49:57.67
in sharing around the world.
00:49:57.70\00:49:59.40
Well, thank you.
Soon coming of Jesus.
00:49:59.43\00:50:01.14
Thank you so much. Thank you.
00:50:01.17\00:50:03.11
Well, I have a tall
gentleman here with me tonight.
00:50:09.12\00:50:12.38
And I just had the privilege
of meeting you, Michael.
00:50:12.41\00:50:15.21
Who are you?
00:50:15.24\00:50:16.27
Well, my name is Michael Smith.
00:50:16.30\00:50:17.71
I'm most recently working
in Country Life Restaurant
00:50:17.74\00:50:20.21
and now I'm working at Wildwood
Health Retreat in Iron City.
00:50:20.24\00:50:23.86
And where are you
living for us that don't know?
00:50:23.89\00:50:26.84
Well, where I'm
living right now?
00:50:26.87\00:50:28.14
Right now?
00:50:28.17\00:50:29.20
In Iron City, Tennessee.
00:50:29.23\00:50:30.98
In Iron City, Tennessee?
00:50:31.01\00:50:33.07
I just moved from Wildwood.
00:50:33.10\00:50:34.38
Just moved from Wildwood.
00:50:34.41\00:50:35.65
Okay. Okay.
00:50:35.68\00:50:36.71
Michael, you told me your
personal testimony tonight.
00:50:36.74\00:50:40.12
And I would
love for you to share
00:50:40.15\00:50:42.16
a little bit with us tonight
about what happened to you.
00:50:42.19\00:50:45.72
Well, about, not
quite 3 years ago
00:50:45.75\00:50:48.83
at institution at
Wildwood Health Retreat
00:50:48.86\00:50:51.18
that I'm now working at.
00:50:51.21\00:50:52.29
I was-- I went
there to get off drugs.
00:50:52.32\00:50:55.23
I overdosed on a combination
of pills and my parents--
00:50:55.26\00:51:00.70
the doctors told my parents
00:51:00.73\00:51:01.87
that I probably wouldn't make it
00:51:01.90\00:51:03.00
or turn out to be a vegetable,
00:51:03.03\00:51:04.48
but praise the Lord I made it
00:51:04.51\00:51:05.89
and they send me
to an Adventist rehab
00:51:05.92\00:51:08.06
and it changed my life.
00:51:08.09\00:51:09.78
My mind got restored
00:51:09.81\00:51:11.36
through reading God's
word in about 2 weeks.
00:51:11.39\00:51:14.84
Yes. Praise the Lord.
00:51:14.87\00:51:17.61
Michael, if you would
tell us, how old are you?
00:51:20.95\00:51:23.84
I'm 25.
00:51:23.87\00:51:24.90
You were raised in a
Seventh-day Adventist home?
00:51:24.93\00:51:27.08
Yes, I was.
00:51:27.11\00:51:28.21
You went to
Seventh-day Adventist schools?
00:51:28.24\00:51:29.82
Yes, I did.
00:51:29.85\00:51:30.89
And what happened to
you during this time?
00:51:30.92\00:51:33.51
Well, just some of
the wrong influences.
00:51:33.54\00:51:36.15
I got attracted
to the wrong things
00:51:36.18\00:51:39.02
and I liked excitement
more than going to church
00:51:39.05\00:51:42.03
and that kind of grew
and blossomed into something
00:51:42.06\00:51:45.15
that yielded
some really bad fruit
00:51:45.18\00:51:47.56
and some bad curiosities.
00:51:47.59\00:51:49.90
So Wildwood has
been an instrumental part
00:51:49.93\00:51:52.46
in changing your life?
00:51:52.49\00:51:53.76
Yes, it has.
00:51:53.79\00:51:54.82
Now you're
involved in a mission.
00:51:54.85\00:51:55.92
Yes.
00:51:55.95\00:51:56.98
An exciting opportunity
for us to be involved with.
00:51:57.01\00:52:00.14
I would like for you to tell us
what is happening in Thailand.
00:52:00.17\00:52:03.05
And I believe we have some
pictures to share tonight also.
00:52:03.08\00:52:04.97
Yes, we do.
00:52:05.00\00:52:06.43
You can go ahead and show
the first picture while I talk.
00:52:06.46\00:52:09.39
This is what the jungles
look like in Burma and Thailand.
00:52:09.42\00:52:15.18
Two and half years ago,
00:52:15.21\00:52:16.83
I got introduced to a
special group of people
00:52:16.86\00:52:19.89
known as the Karen
00:52:19.92\00:52:20.95
who once lived in
the mountains of Burma.
00:52:20.98\00:52:23.86
And after World War II
00:52:23.89\00:52:25.59
they were pushed out
of their home country
00:52:25.62\00:52:27.03
all the way across
the river to Thailand.
00:52:27.06\00:52:29.12
And now they are basically
divided up into three groups.
00:52:29.15\00:52:31.83
The third group is the one
that I have been working with
00:52:31.86\00:52:35.27
and they basically
live life on the run.
00:52:35.30\00:52:38.57
And jungle full of four
types of malaria, dengue fever,
00:52:38.60\00:52:42.79
yellow fever,
dysentery, cholera and HIV.
00:52:42.82\00:52:45.41
Oh, my.
00:52:45.44\00:52:46.59
So their living
conditions are not very good.
00:52:46.62\00:52:48.76
I think the other pictures that
we have will show that for us.
00:52:48.79\00:52:51.09
This is a refugee camp
00:52:51.12\00:52:53.03
and that's the second
largest group of the Karen
00:52:53.06\00:52:55.97
and living
standards there are not best,
00:52:56.00\00:52:58.61
a lot of them escaped
out of the refugee camp
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.35
to live on the run.
00:53:00.38\00:53:02.49
Okay. And this
is another picture.
00:53:02.52\00:53:04.97
This is the typical Karen,
00:53:05.00\00:53:07.39
typical scene you
will see in the jungle.
00:53:07.42\00:53:09.36
A Karen woman
with some children,
00:53:09.39\00:53:11.38
most of them
probably not her own because,
00:53:11.41\00:53:13.48
what will happen, the soldiers
will come into the villages
00:53:13.51\00:53:15.75
and burn down the houses
00:53:15.78\00:53:17.38
and usually shoot
the older gentlemen
00:53:17.41\00:53:20.86
and that's why
there's a lot of orphans
00:53:20.89\00:53:23.48
that are left wandering,
00:53:23.51\00:53:24.75
they will find a family
to join a lot of the times.
00:53:24.78\00:53:27.64
Okay. And our next picture.
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.79
This is me and James
Hartley who was up here earlier.
00:53:29.82\00:53:32.66
Last July we went to Thailand.
00:53:32.69\00:53:35.02
We trekked up the mountain
00:53:35.05\00:53:37.06
about 10 hour hike into Thailand
00:53:37.09\00:53:40.49
and to a newly formed church.
00:53:40.52\00:53:43.24
And 5 years ago
there was no Adventists
00:53:43.27\00:53:45.86
in Thailand, in this area.
00:53:45.89\00:53:48.28
And now there are over
100, 4 churches, 2 schools
00:53:48.31\00:53:53.11
and the outcome of
these schools is amazing.
00:53:53.14\00:53:56.50
The heathen round about,
00:53:56.53\00:53:57.94
see the results from
these Adventist run schools.
00:53:57.97\00:54:02.71
So they send
their children there
00:54:02.74\00:54:03.92
and they teach
them our doctrines
00:54:03.95\00:54:05.61
and these are two
of the orphan children
00:54:05.64\00:54:10.51
that I grew especially closed
00:54:10.54\00:54:12.40
to up in the mountains of Burma.
00:54:12.43\00:54:14.71
And our next picture.
00:54:14.74\00:54:16.36
This is one of the hospitals
that was set up in the jungle.
00:54:16.39\00:54:20.33
And this man here has malaria,
00:54:20.36\00:54:22.58
one of the worst kind
malaria PF, this one too.
00:54:22.61\00:54:28.43
And our next picture.
00:54:28.46\00:54:29.98
Yes, this is the
most recent church
00:54:30.01\00:54:33.42
that was formed in
Thailand along the border.
00:54:33.45\00:54:36.93
This is me and
James Hartley last July
00:54:36.96\00:54:38.93
with that church group there.
00:54:38.96\00:54:41.68
Now, I'd like to
share a short story.
00:54:41.71\00:54:45.19
You know, they go the
schools and a lot of times
00:54:45.22\00:54:48.06
we go to schools
and things don't stick.
00:54:48.09\00:54:49.93
When I was walking around
and I was kind of in a rush
00:54:49.96\00:54:53.07
and I dropped a 1000 baht which
is worth quite a bit of money.
00:54:53.10\00:54:56.51
The ratio to America
dollars is about 50 to 1.
00:54:56.54\00:55:01.12
And I dropped a
1000 baht on the ground
00:55:01.15\00:55:02.82
and a little orphan
girl ran up and gave it to me
00:55:02.85\00:55:06.06
and several hours later
and said you dropped this.
00:55:06.09\00:55:08.53
Well, she could have kept that
and I asked her why she didn't.
00:55:08.56\00:55:11.10
I had a
translator and she said that
00:55:11.13\00:55:12.71
she was taught in
one of our schools
00:55:12.74\00:55:14.35
"thou shall not steal."
00:55:14.38\00:55:15.95
Oh, praise the Lord for that.
00:55:15.98\00:55:18.47
So there really wasn't a lot
00:55:18.50\00:55:21.05
that was
happening until 5 years ago.
00:55:21.08\00:55:22.93
Is that correct?
00:55:22.96\00:55:24.00
Yes, yes. Okay.
00:55:24.03\00:55:25.55
And how has this
work progress so rapidly?
00:55:25.58\00:55:29.42
Well, when the people
hear that it spreads fast
00:55:29.45\00:55:32.62
but there's in ratio
to the amount of people
00:55:32.65\00:55:36.81
that are accepting the truth.
00:55:36.84\00:55:38.34
The amount of lay workers that
are working there is very few.
00:55:38.37\00:55:40.92
So a lot of people
don't know about this.
00:55:40.95\00:55:42.80
This is probably the first time
00:55:42.83\00:55:44.57
a lot of people are
hearing about this right now.
00:55:44.60\00:55:46.77
And you know the devil has
really wanted to mess this up.
00:55:46.80\00:55:51.00
I've seen him working overseas
and he's worked here too.
00:55:51.03\00:55:54.29
I'm one of the few
people that know about this.
00:55:54.32\00:55:56.77
And I've gone there three times.
00:55:56.80\00:55:58.78
The second time I went there,
well, I was preparing to go,
00:55:58.81\00:56:02.03
my car got stolen,
00:56:02.06\00:56:03.34
so I couldn't drive to
different churches to go
00:56:03.37\00:56:05.78
and share my
presentation to raise money.
00:56:05.81\00:56:08.10
But I was able to go
00:56:08.13\00:56:09.51
just a few months
later than expected.
00:56:09.54\00:56:11.83
This last time that I went,
00:56:11.86\00:56:13.52
three days before my
mission trip, I was driving
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and actually driving
the man out to Iron City
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to go to a rehab.
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And I had a misunderstanding
with the police.
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Make a long story short.
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They kept my car and all
of my mission trip money,
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all the $5,000, three
days before my mission trip.
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And actually went to jail
and spent the night in jail.
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And I'm thinking Lord how is
this-- What was going on here?
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I've got to go to Thailand,
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I've got to take
this money with me.
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These children need
to be ministered too,
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but you know the Lord
can work what I did in six--
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or the Lord did in 6
months, he can do in three days.
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So I ended up going over there
with more money than I did,
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than I had originally.
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Praise the Lord,
Michael. How exciting?
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So we all can be a
part of this work, can't we?
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Yes. Yes, you can.
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And if we have
more questions, Michael,
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where are you going
to be, what booth area?
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I'll be at the
Wildwood Health Retreat
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and the number
there is 931-724-6706.
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Thank you, Michael, for
sharing with us tonight.
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What a testimony
that he has for us.
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Thank you.
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