This year, I've been
given the opportunity
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to be the leader for
the Youth Department.
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And I'm very grateful
for the last number of years
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that I've worked with
Janice in the Youth Department.
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And we have a
great team of leaders,
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you will see now
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just a little bit of
what they've been doing.
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They've been very busy up there.
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And I'm just really grateful
for each one of the leaders.
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And so may you be
blessed and encouraged
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as you see what they've done.
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We've had the joy of
teaching our kindergarten class,
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and our theme has
been the harvest is now.
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Now, we believe it's a
time that children can work
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with the master gardener
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in harvesting
souls for His kingdom.
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So we want to share with you
a little of what we've learned
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about the garden of our hearts.
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Our hearts are
where God wants to
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plant His seeds.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Everyone has a garden,
it's the garden of the heart.
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Where is the
garden of your heart?
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In our minds.
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We have chosen
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to let Jesus be the
garden of our hearts.
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Who is the
gardener of our hearts?
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Jesus. Jesus.
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Let's ask Jesus
to come plant seeds
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in our heart gardens.
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Ask, ask, ask, we shall receive
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Ask, ask, ask, we shall receive
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John 16:24
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Ask, ask, ask, we shall receive.
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What are the seeds
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that Jesus wants us
to plant in our hearts?
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Word of God.
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Oh, I don't think the
people in the back could hear.
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What is it?
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Word of God.
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We're seeds of our God.
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We're seeds of our God.
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We're seeds of our God.
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We plant God's
words in our hearts,
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it changes our lives.
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Whatsoever a man soweth
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That shall he also reap
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Whatsoever a man soweth
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That shall he also reap
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Galatians 6:7
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Amen.
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Jesus teaches us to
have good minds for Him,
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so others can have
heart gardens for Jesus too.
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Lord Jesus we pray
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Lord Jesus we pray
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Luke 11:1
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Says Lord
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Teach us to pray
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All right,
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let's ask Jesus to be
our gardeners of our hearts.
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Dear Jesus,
dear Heavenly Father,
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please come be the
garden of our hearts
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and help us plant
good seeds of Bible seeds
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in our hearts in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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The primary theme this
year has been share Jesus now.
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Each morning
and evening programs
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we have a nature nugget time,
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which the
children have learned about
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one of God's creatures
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that He has created
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and the lesson that we can learn
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from God's creatures.
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Natalie, can you tell me
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what you learned
from the hummingbird?
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I learned that even though
the hummingbird is very small,
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it's powerful.
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And I learned that even
though I'm a little child,
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I can still serve God.
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The children
along with their parents
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have been very enthusiastic
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about our service
project this year.
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We are donating items
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to the local
Newborns in Need organization,
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which helps provide
essential baby items
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to needy children
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who are born in the
Parkland Hospital system.
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And we have a few children here
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that would like to
show you something.
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Hannah, can you tell
us a little bit about
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what the projects
you guys have been doing?
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We have been making
hats for the newborns.
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And this is how we made the hats
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and we would take some thread
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and go around it
and then loop it.
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And it was fun because
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we did it as a group.
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And you know what else I heard?
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I heard the primary class,
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they have gotten 18
boxes of stuff to give
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to these children.
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And I'm going to ask,
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what you have to show.
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We have been collecting clothes
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for the newborns in Texas.
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I mean, in Dallas, and...
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I can't remember the rest.
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Thank you, Yuhanna.
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And, Johnny, what
have you been doing
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this week to help the newborns?
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We have been making blankets
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for the newborns to keep warm.
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And we have a little
song that just goes along with
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what we've been learning.
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We are His hands
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To touch the world around us
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We are His feet
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To go where He may lead
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We are His love
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Burning in the darkness
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We are His love
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Shining in the night
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We are His eyes
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To see the need in others
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We are His voice
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To tell of His return
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We are His love
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Burning in the darkness
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We are His love
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Shining in the night
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Good evening.
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This is the juniors
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and their theme has
been "Prepare to Share."
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So they've been working
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on how they can
share their faith.
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And not only just
thinking about future
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but how they can
prepare right now,
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at their age 10 to
12, to serve the Lord,
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and we've been talking
about a lot of different things.
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We've been having
devotionals that deal with
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what they can do now
to share their faith.
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We've been talking
about how to take care
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of the most magnificent
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and amazing
machine in the world,
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the human body.
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And we have mission projects
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and lots of different
things we've been doing.
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But I'd like to introduce
you to a couple juniors
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that we've had in the group.
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This is Vicki and Seth.
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And, Vicki,
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what was your
favorite part of the program?
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The arts and crafts.
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Okay, the arts and crafts.
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Now, what kind of
things did you make in that?
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I made a pen.
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I made a book and another pen.
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Okay.
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They're doing quite
a few different things.
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And, Seth, I see you
made yourself a cool hat here.
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Well, I actually
didn't make myself a cool hat.
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I made it for the
kids in an orphanage.
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Okay.
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So you made it for
kids in the orphanage.
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Tell us...
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Where was that orphanage?
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It's actually in El
Salvador at the ICC Village.
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Okay, the
International Children's Care
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and instead of
just making things
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for themselves to take back,
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they've been very
unselfish and enthusiastic
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about making something
to share with the orphans
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in South America,
in Middle America.
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So we also today we have a song
that we want to share with you.
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It's been our theme song.
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Joshua 1:9,
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we're gonna
share that this time.
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Have I not commanded you?
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Be strong and of good courage
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Be strong Be strong
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And of good good
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Good good courage
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Do not be
afraid, Nor be dismayed
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For the Lord
Your God is with you
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Be strong Be strong
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And of good good
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Good good courage
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Be strong Be strong
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And of good good
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Good good courage
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Joshua 1:9
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I've had the
wonderful opportunity
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to work this week with
the early teen department,
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their age is 13 through 15.
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And so I brought some
wonderful young ladies tonight
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to share with us.
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One is Angela and
another one is Serena.
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Let me ask them some questions.
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Now I understand that
today you did a very fun event.
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Where did you go today?
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We went to the
Dallas Life Foundation
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which is in the downtown Dallas.
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Okay, Serena, can you tell me
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a little bit
about this foundation?
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The Dallas Life
Foundation is an organization
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that takes in people
from every walk of life
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and helps them get
back on their feet.
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They have 10 months to work,
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to find a job and
find a place to live,
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and then they leave
and have a better life.
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Well, we had a lot
of fun there today.
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First we arrived,
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then we got a tour of the place.
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How many people
can this place hold?
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It can hold 500 people.
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Five hundred people,
was a very big place.
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And first they
took us downstairs
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where we got to
do some fun stuff.
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What did we do?
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They show...
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No, we did, sorted clothes.
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For the Mexico trip
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we sorted them
into piles for ladies,
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men, girls and boys.
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We put shoes together
and match them in sizes,
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and bag them, and mark them.
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And we sorted
toys and put the ripped
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and torn ones and threw them out
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and kept the others.
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All right now
after that you had lunch
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and we all ate together.
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And then what did you do?
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Then we cleaned
up in the kitchen.
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We washed tables,
washed dishes, swept floors.
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Okay now, how did these
tables and floors get dirty
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in the first place, Serena?
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Well, the first group
went and we cooked in...
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We helped to make
the meal for them.
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And some of us helped
and served the people.
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And that's how all
the tables really messy.
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Okay, so half of you
sorted clothes in the morning
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and then half of you are helping
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to serve the people.
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What were the
expressions of these people?
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What were their faces like
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when you were
helping them through line?
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Were they sad or
were they happy for this?
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Some are happy, some
were a little gloomy but,
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I know that it
was really fun seeing
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how their face looks...
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some people's face lit up
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when they saw
people helping them.
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Some were really happy and
they were saying thank you.
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And it was fun, like
giving people compliments,
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making them feel
better about themselves.
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And telling them
that there's going
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to be a better day
and it was really fun.
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Well, thank you, Serena.
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I am so glad you
guys had the opportunity
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to work there today.
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Now, yesterday,
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we went on a train
ride and a canoe trip.
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And that was kind of fun.
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And then when we
came together at night,
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we had a really fun event
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and I think it has something
to do with your T-shirt.
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Why don't you tell me
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a little bit about your T-shirt?
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My T-shirt says "Your
Talents use them now."
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And it is our theme for
the early teens this year.
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And it basically means
to use the gifts and talents
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God has given you
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and use them to
bring other people to Him.
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Okay, so when we
got together that night,
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we had workshops to
help you develop your talents
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so that you could
be a blessing to others
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and bring them to Christ.
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Tell me about the
workshops you went to, Angela?
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I went to childcare
first and then organization.
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Childcare was learning
about how to take care of babies
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and organization
was learning about
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how to keep your room
and things neat and orderly,
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and they gave us a
little box of papers
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to show us where we put stuff.
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So we could do it easier.
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All right, how
about you, Serena?
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The two workshops...
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The two workshops I took
were hospitality and homecare.
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And what we did in
homecare was learned a lot about
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the different products
used to keep our house clean.
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And the second
one was hospitality.
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And we learned a lot about
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making people feel
welcome in our house
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and making them feel like
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they're wanted and
needed in your life.
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Well, good.
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It sounds like you have
been able to learn some things
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that are gonna help you
to be a blessing to others.
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And I understand there's
even more workshops to come.
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Is that correct?
Okay, we have some tonight.
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And then tomorrow morning,
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we have things like
Christian songwriting,
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and Christian story
writing, Christian storytelling,
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child
evangelism and a lot of fun
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other workshops
that will help you
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to really be a
blessing to others.
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So in closing, I know
you've also been having
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some really neat
morning speakers,
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or at least a speaker
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who's been telling you
different wonderful things.
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Tell me a little bit about that?
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Well, this morning,
our speaker told us about
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making decisions
about how Lot made,
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he was started out very good
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and he made
these little decisions
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that which led
him in the wrong way,
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where he eventually ended
up with none of his family
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and was lost and
then about Joseph
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who made right decisions,
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even though
they were just little
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and how it led him
and he had everything.
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Okay, and the night
before or the morning before,
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what did we hear about?
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He taught us more
about our talents,
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and he used the
story of the three servants
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that were giving them talent
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to from their boss so
that they can multiply it
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and we learned how
the last servant had one,
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but he buried it
and he didn't use it
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and he showed us how
God gave us lot of talents
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like singing,
musical, instruments,
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and doing a lot of other things,
00:19:06.47\00:19:08.28
but we bury them
like he buried his talent,
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and we don't use
them for His glory.
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All right, well,
thank you ladies.
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I hope that we can
use what we've learned
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to reach souls for Christ.
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Good evening, my
name is Christine Neall.
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And I am working with
the youth here at ASI.
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The Bible says in
Revelation 22:12-13.
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"And behold, I come quickly."
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Jesus is coming soon, isn't He?
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The next verse says,
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"I am the Alpha and Omega,"
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the beginning and the end,
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the first and the last.
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Our theme this year
has been Jesus first,
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last, and best.
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And we've been
enjoying experiencing Him.
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I have with me this evening,
00:20:04.27\00:20:06.90
Shauna Chung from Georgia
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and Elizabeth
Ruling from Tennessee.
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And is this your
first year at ASI
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or have you come before?
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This is my fifth or
sixth year attending ASI.
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This is my second ASI.
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Okay, and so you've
both been here before.
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What type of activities
have we done this year?
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Well, this
afternoon, we went canoeing,
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and we were able to
witness God's nature.
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We saw fish and birds
and we think a few snakes.
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And then afterward we cooled off
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by having a water balloon toss.
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And yesterday,
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we picked up trash as a
community service project
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and although it
wouldn't have been
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my first choice to pick up trash
00:20:52.25\00:20:53.82
in extremely hot weather,
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it was a
completely humbling experience
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.85
and just to know that we
helped to make a difference
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really made it worth it.
00:21:00.89\00:21:03.19
You would have been
proud to see those young people
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dripping sweat,
drinking lots of water,
00:21:05.73\00:21:09.90
and all having a
positive attitude.
00:21:09.93\00:21:12.33
I was just thrilled to
be able to work with them.
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You know, we've also
been having some seminars
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and meetings.
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What is something
that you've learned
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here this week?
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The other night,
Dr. Pippen spoke to us.
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And one of the
things that he said
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that really touched my heart
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was that to know
God is to love Him,
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and to love Him is to serve Him.
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And it just really made me think
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how true that is
in our everyday life
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that we need all three, to
know, to love, and to serve.
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And if we have
these in our lives,
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then our relationship
with Christ is bound to grow.
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This morning, we
had a series of seminars
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on music, guidance, and parents.
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The seminar that
really impacted me
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was honoring your parents
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because I learned
that honoring your parents
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is not robotically
submitting to everything
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that your parents command
00:22:06.19\00:22:07.79
but heart fully and willfully
accepting what they have to say
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because it is the
right thing to do.
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Amen.
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You know, when I come to ASI,
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it seems that every year,
00:22:19.67\00:22:22.84
I make some new resolution.
00:22:22.87\00:22:25.14
Have any of you
felt that way before?
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Sometimes I make
resolution to do more outreach
00:22:28.08\00:22:32.51
or to study my Bible more,
00:22:32.55\00:22:34.58
but always it's
something that inspires me
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to gain more out of
my Christian experience.
00:22:37.72\00:22:40.76
And I was wondering,
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is there anything that
you've learned this week
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that you can
apply to your own lives?
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Well, there has
been a special emphasis
00:22:49.60\00:22:51.73
on having a
devotional life with Christ.
00:22:51.77\00:22:55.40
And so the lesson
that I will take back
00:22:55.44\00:22:57.24
with me to Georgia is
to have a more consistent,
00:22:57.27\00:23:00.88
more heartfelt,
more deeper relationship
00:23:00.91\00:23:04.21
with Christ
through morning devotions.
00:23:04.25\00:23:08.62
And mine's along the
same lines as Shauna,
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is to have a more
heartfelt devotions with Christ
00:23:10.95\00:23:14.59
and get to know Him
as my personal Savior,
00:23:14.62\00:23:17.43
and develop that stronger
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.43
and deeper relationship with Him
00:23:19.46\00:23:21.20
through
spending time in His Word
00:23:21.23\00:23:22.93
and applying it to my life.
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We've really enjoyed
our time here this year.
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I know that all of
the division leaders
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can say we have
loved your young people.
00:23:32.01\00:23:34.71
And we're just thankful that
00:23:34.74\00:23:36.64
God has given us
so many opportunities,
00:23:36.68\00:23:39.05
and so many ways
that we can serve Him
00:23:39.08\00:23:41.28
through our lives.
00:23:41.32\00:23:42.65
Thank you.
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.02
Boy, that's bright.
00:24:04.57\00:24:05.97
Good evening.
00:24:20.06\00:24:23.16
We just want to welcome you
to the Friday night ASI Youth
00:24:23.19\00:24:26.23
for Jesus presentation.
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.30
And we're so happy
that you could join us.
00:24:28.33\00:24:30.77
We've had a fantastic month,
00:24:30.80\00:24:33.47
it's been very blessed.
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.37
And we've had a wonderful,
00:24:35.40\00:24:37.84
wonderful month of
evangelistic programs
00:24:37.87\00:24:41.44
in the Dallas community.
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.41
But before this month,
00:24:43.45\00:24:45.01
there were quite
a lot of work done
00:24:45.05\00:24:46.95
in the Dallas metro area.
00:24:46.98\00:24:50.12
And we want to
share with you tonight
00:24:50.15\00:24:51.75
the testimonies and the results
00:24:51.79\00:24:53.99
of what the Bible
workers were doing,
00:24:54.02\00:24:56.09
what the youth were doing,
00:24:56.12\00:24:57.99
the way that God has blessed.
00:24:58.03\00:25:00.56
And I know that
they will inspire you
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.67
and encourage you
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.03
to go out to your communities
and to work for God also.
00:25:05.07\00:25:09.37
Tonight, I just want to...
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This is Our
Youth For Jesus Group
00:25:11.57\00:25:13.48
with our Bible workers
and our youth participants,
00:25:13.51\00:25:16.98
and our staff.
00:25:17.01\00:25:18.51
And I just want
to first of all say
00:25:18.55\00:25:20.52
a great big
thank you to our staff.
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.72
It's, you know, 40 young people.
00:25:23.75\00:25:27.62
The energy from
the 40 young people
00:25:27.66\00:25:30.09
is boundless.
00:25:30.13\00:25:31.66
And I know you
parents of teenagers,
00:25:31.69\00:25:34.33
you know how
boundless that energy is.
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.90
And it's been just a joy
to work with your children,
00:25:36.93\00:25:42.34
but sort of challenging
for the staff sometimes.
00:25:42.37\00:25:46.24
So I just want to say
thank you for the staff.
00:25:46.27\00:25:48.58
If the staff would just step up.
00:25:48.61\00:25:51.11
We had a very
young staff this year.
00:25:51.15\00:25:53.25
And I just want to
say a heartfelt thank you
00:26:05.73\00:26:08.70
from the bottom of my
heart for their contribution,
00:26:08.73\00:26:12.47
for their patience,
00:26:12.50\00:26:13.84
for their love for the children,
00:26:13.87\00:26:15.64
for their support of me.
00:26:15.67\00:26:20.28
Thank you very much.
00:26:20.31\00:26:22.21
And also, the Bible
work actually began,
00:26:22.24\00:26:26.75
the pre work
began back in January.
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.88
And I'd like to
introduce Kevin Sears.
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Kevin Sears was our
Bible worker coordinator.
00:26:32.29\00:26:35.19
He came in the month of January
00:26:35.22\00:26:37.23
to start working
with the churches,
00:26:37.26\00:26:39.06
to set up the churches,
00:26:39.09\00:26:41.33
to be involved in this program.
00:26:41.36\00:26:45.03
And, Kevin, when
you came in January,
00:26:45.07\00:26:48.77
what did you do?
00:26:48.80\00:26:51.21
I laid all the groundwork
down for the coordinators
00:26:51.24\00:26:54.38
that were coming in in February,
00:26:54.41\00:26:56.51
made sure that all
the sights were all set
00:26:56.54\00:26:58.98
and spoke with the pastors
00:26:59.01\00:27:00.35
and the
leadership in the churches,
00:27:00.38\00:27:02.18
and just kind of
laid down the groundwork
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.65
for the coordinators to come in.
00:27:04.69\00:27:07.16
Thank you so much.
00:27:07.19\00:27:08.52
And at this point,
I'd really like to thank
00:27:08.56\00:27:11.46
the Texas Conference.
00:27:11.49\00:27:13.29
You know, when we came down here
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.36
last September or October,
00:27:15.40\00:27:17.47
if we could have
Elder Holly come out.
00:27:17.50\00:27:20.84
When we came down
here last October,
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.17
September or October, I
can't remember exactly when,
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.34
it was end of
September, I think.
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.01
We met with the
Texas Conference personnel.
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.74
And they were so
encouraging and so supportive
00:27:29.78\00:27:34.28
and so excited
about this program,
00:27:34.32\00:27:36.92
and I just
really, really appreciated
00:27:36.95\00:27:40.36
their enthusiastic support.
00:27:40.39\00:27:44.49
Now, we've had some
wonderful experiences.
00:27:44.53\00:27:49.30
And what we want to
do right now is share
00:27:49.33\00:27:53.54
what some of
those experiences were.
00:27:53.57\00:27:56.07
We have some Bible workers
00:27:56.10\00:27:58.24
that want to
give their testimony,
00:27:58.27\00:28:02.78
and I know when you hear
them that you will be inspired.
00:28:02.81\00:28:07.35
Well, good
evening, everyone again.
00:28:07.38\00:28:09.82
Good evening, everyone.
00:28:09.85\00:28:11.49
All right.
00:28:11.52\00:28:12.85
Are you with us
tonight? Excellent.
00:28:12.89\00:28:14.52
We could literally share
100 stories with you tonight.
00:28:14.56\00:28:19.19
We don't have the
time for that, obviously.
00:28:19.23\00:28:20.80
So we're just gonna share a few.
00:28:20.83\00:28:22.46
And our first one, Lindsey,
why don't you come up here.
00:28:22.50\00:28:24.70
Lindsey Gilmore,
she was a Bible worker
00:28:24.73\00:28:26.53
with the Dallas First Church.
00:28:26.57\00:28:28.24
And she has a very
interesting story to tell us.
00:28:28.27\00:28:30.37
So why don't you
tell us, Lindsey?
00:28:30.41\00:28:32.37
Well, when I first met
Don, I was gonna study with her.
00:28:32.41\00:28:36.61
And her fiancé
Cedric was there and I said,
00:28:36.64\00:28:39.65
"Cedric, why don't you join us?"
00:28:39.68\00:28:41.38
And he says, "No, I don't know,
00:28:41.42\00:28:42.75
the Bible is not my thing.
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.12
And besides that,
00:28:44.15\00:28:45.49
I'm going to jail
in a couple of days."
00:28:45.52\00:28:47.36
Going where? To jail.
00:28:47.39\00:28:48.79
To jail.
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.79
So I said, "Okay,"
00:28:50.83\00:28:52.16
and he listened to the
Bible sitting at a distance.
00:28:52.19\00:28:54.30
And the next week I went back
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.06
to pick up Don for the
meetings and he was there.
00:28:56.10\00:28:58.10
So I said "Cedric,
what are you doing here?"
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.07
He say, "Oh, they lost my file."
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.40
I said, "Praise the Lord,
why don't you come with us?
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.14
You got nothing better to do."
00:29:04.17\00:29:05.51
And he says, "Okay."
00:29:05.54\00:29:06.94
And he came,
00:29:06.98\00:29:08.31
and he still wasn't sure
if the Bible was his thing,
00:29:08.34\00:29:10.28
but he was liking the meetings,
00:29:10.31\00:29:11.68
and then they
put him back in jail.
00:29:11.71\00:29:13.68
And he was gone
for a couple of days.
00:29:13.72\00:29:16.28
And then I went back and
he was at home and I said,
00:29:16.32\00:29:18.62
"Cedric, what
are you doing here?"
00:29:18.65\00:29:20.06
He says, "Well, somewhere
between jail or downtown jail
00:29:20.09\00:29:24.03
and the main jail,
they lost my file."
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.26
And, I said "Praise the Lord,
why don't you come with us?"
00:29:27.30\00:29:31.73
Well, he started to
really like the meetings,
00:29:31.77\00:29:34.00
and this guy
started to come on fire.
00:29:34.04\00:29:36.24
But he says, "I don't
know if this is gonna work.
00:29:36.27\00:29:37.84
I had to go back to jail."
00:29:37.87\00:29:39.31
And I said,
"Don't worry about that."
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.28
And then the next
day, he was there,
00:29:41.31\00:29:44.35
they wound up losing
his file five or six times.
00:29:44.38\00:29:48.22
And he came to
almost every single meeting
00:29:48.25\00:29:50.75
for a whole month.
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.65
And this was an amazing miracle.
00:29:52.69\00:29:56.02
And he's ready to get baptized
but he's in jail right now.
00:29:56.06\00:29:59.09
He will be when he's out.
00:29:59.13\00:30:02.50
But in the meantime,
00:30:02.53\00:30:04.07
he has spread the
gospel in his neighborhood.
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.94
And his mom is now
attending an Adventist church
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.67
due to a Bible study he gave her
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.37
and this man is on fire.
00:30:11.41\00:30:13.78
So pray for Cedric
'cause he's a powerful man.
00:30:13.81\00:30:16.61
Thank you.
00:30:16.64\00:30:17.98
You know, it's amazing.
00:30:22.58\00:30:24.55
Before Cedric went
to jail, he said to me,
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.52
"Kevin, I can't
wait to get in that jail
00:30:26.55\00:30:28.82
and teach
everybody about the Sabbath."
00:30:28.86\00:30:32.09
It's good for you.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.46
All right, our next one is Omar.
00:30:33.50\00:30:35.76
And Omar Mosquera was
not only a Bible worker,
00:30:35.80\00:30:40.07
he also was a speaker
00:30:40.10\00:30:41.47
and coordinator for
the Plano Spanish site.
00:30:41.50\00:30:45.21
And Omar has a very interesting
story for us as well.
00:30:45.24\00:30:47.94
He's gonna share with us.
00:30:47.98\00:30:49.51
Well, in the beginning I
was a little disappointed
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.88
because in the first week
of the evangelistic series,
00:30:51.91\00:30:54.28
we don't have any,
00:30:54.32\00:30:55.65
lot of people
coming to the meetings,
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.02
and I was praying about it,
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.39
you know,
because we were supposed
00:30:58.42\00:31:00.06
to have a lot of
visitors in the meetings,
00:31:00.09\00:31:02.29
so but praise the
Lord, in the first week,
00:31:02.32\00:31:04.89
we have a real
revival in the church.
00:31:04.93\00:31:07.20
A lot of people,
00:31:07.23\00:31:08.56
you know, church members
then came to the meetings,
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.00
and we have a real revival
00:31:11.03\00:31:12.50
talking about the
doctrines of the church.
00:31:12.53\00:31:14.60
And it was
beautiful because of what said
00:31:14.64\00:31:16.40
after the first meeting,
00:31:16.44\00:31:18.17
excuse me,
after the second week,
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.74
you know, just the visitors
started coming to the meetings,
00:31:20.78\00:31:23.08
and we have
such a nice blessing.
00:31:23.11\00:31:25.45
But let me tell you one story.
00:31:25.48\00:31:27.12
One day was a very
hot day here in Dallas.
00:31:27.15\00:31:30.85
No.
00:31:30.89\00:31:34.02
So I went to visit some somebody
00:31:34.06\00:31:36.96
that I have Bible
studies with this family,
00:31:36.99\00:31:39.23
but I got lost.
00:31:39.26\00:31:40.60
You know, I got lost
and I can't find the house
00:31:40.63\00:31:42.80
and I was driving
around the neighborhood
00:31:42.83\00:31:44.37
and I can't find the house.
00:31:44.40\00:31:45.93
So finally, I saw,
00:31:45.97\00:31:47.84
you know,
somebody selling ice cream
00:31:47.87\00:31:50.31
and I say "Well, I'm
gonna drink something cold"
00:31:50.34\00:31:56.04
because I was so hot.
00:31:56.08\00:31:57.41
So anyways, I went
to talk to this guy.
00:31:57.45\00:32:01.25
And he was amazing
because when he saw me,
00:32:01.28\00:32:03.65
he said, "What
are you doing here?"
00:32:03.69\00:32:05.65
And I said, "Well,
I'm a Bible worker."
00:32:05.69\00:32:07.66
And he said,
"Can you pray for me?"
00:32:07.69\00:32:09.42
And I said, "Okay,
we can go to your house
00:32:09.46\00:32:10.89
and I can pray for you."
00:32:10.93\00:32:12.26
So we went to the house,
and when we kneel in prayer.
00:32:12.29\00:32:16.13
I said, "What do you
want me to pray for?"
00:32:16.16\00:32:18.43
And he said, "Well, I
drink a lot of alcohol.
00:32:18.47\00:32:20.90
Please pray for me."
00:32:20.94\00:32:23.20
So believe me, I pray for him.
00:32:23.24\00:32:25.57
And I said to
him, "Now you're free.
00:32:25.61\00:32:27.64
God in a mighty way give
you the victory right away
00:32:27.68\00:32:30.35
because the Bible says that
00:32:30.38\00:32:31.85
'The gospel is the
power of God for salvation.'
00:32:31.88\00:32:35.18
"And now you're free.
00:32:35.22\00:32:36.99
The next week, I
went to visit him,
00:32:37.02\00:32:39.19
because he asked me
for the Bible studies.
00:32:39.22\00:32:41.36
And he told me,
"Omar, you know what,
00:32:41.39\00:32:43.43
I'm not drinking anymore."
00:32:43.46\00:32:44.99
So later, two weeks
later, I went to visit him,
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.20
and he told me, "Omar,
I'm not drinking anymore."
00:32:48.23\00:32:50.77
And that is amazing, you know,
00:32:50.80\00:32:52.13
because one of the
most wonderful things
00:32:52.17\00:32:55.97
to do evangelist
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.34
is because you
can see the people,
00:32:57.37\00:32:58.94
how the people change, you know.
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.38
And that is amazing.
00:33:00.41\00:33:01.74
Amen. Amen.
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.71
Thank you.
00:33:03.75\00:33:05.91
Thank you, Omar.
00:33:05.95\00:33:07.42
Come on up here, Jon.
00:33:07.45\00:33:08.85
Jon Tillay was a
speaker for the Mesquite
00:33:08.88\00:33:11.69
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.05
and he has a very
interesting story as well.
00:33:13.09\00:33:15.96
Well, this summer
was the first time
00:33:15.99\00:33:17.69
I'd ever been accused
of being an axe murderer.
00:33:17.73\00:33:21.56
An axe murderer,
I thought to myself,
00:33:21.60\00:33:23.26
"Do I look like
an axe murderer,"
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.23
but that's what she
accused me of being.
00:33:25.27\00:33:27.74
I was a simple Bible
worker knocking on doors,
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.14
doing surveys trying to
study the Bible with people.
00:33:30.17\00:33:33.01
And she was wondering,
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.38
"Well, who are you?
What are you all about?"
00:33:34.41\00:33:36.54
Praise the Lord.
00:33:36.58\00:33:37.91
She accepted Bible
studies on two conditions.
00:33:37.95\00:33:40.58
She said number one,
00:33:40.62\00:33:41.95
we have to meet
in a public place.
00:33:41.98\00:33:43.32
So I don't do anything,
00:33:43.35\00:33:44.75
you know, I don't kill
her with an axe or something.
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.06
And number two,
00:33:47.09\00:33:48.42
I had to bring someone with me.
00:33:48.46\00:33:49.79
So we met at
McDonald's week by week.
00:33:49.82\00:33:52.09
And as people were
eating their French fries
00:33:52.13\00:33:53.96
and thinking
about Ronald McDonald,
00:33:54.00\00:33:55.83
we were breaking
the bread of life
00:33:55.86\00:33:57.33
thinking about Jesus Christ.
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.77
By the grace of God,
00:33:59.80\00:34:01.14
she came out to the meetings
night by night faithfully,
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.24
and I saw her trust build in me.
00:34:03.27\00:34:06.31
She began to get confidence
00:34:06.34\00:34:07.94
that I was a trustworthy person.
00:34:07.98\00:34:09.71
But more importantly than that,
00:34:09.74\00:34:11.21
she saw that Jesus
was a trustworthy person,
00:34:11.25\00:34:14.32
someone that didn't
want to do her harm.
00:34:14.35\00:34:16.52
In fact, she realized
that prayer doesn't jinx you,
00:34:16.55\00:34:19.35
prayer doesn't
make bad things happen,
00:34:19.39\00:34:20.92
prayer makes good things happen.
00:34:20.96\00:34:22.86
And by the grace of God,
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.23
she's made a decision to
follow through in baptism.
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.00
Not only that,
00:34:27.03\00:34:28.36
but her son also who
comes in black clothing
00:34:28.40\00:34:31.00
proclaims to be an
atheist has also decided
00:34:31.03\00:34:33.57
to become a Christian
00:34:33.60\00:34:34.94
and wants to follow
eventually in baptism.
00:34:34.97\00:34:37.51
Praise the Lord, prayer works.
00:34:37.54\00:34:39.11
Amen.
00:34:39.14\00:34:40.48
Thank you, Jon. Thank you.
00:34:40.51\00:34:41.84
Okay, I want to thank
00:34:47.62\00:34:48.95
Elder Leighton
Holley for joining us.
00:34:48.98\00:34:50.35
He is the president
of the Texas Conference.
00:34:50.39\00:34:52.69
And this summer we
held evangelistic efforts
00:34:52.72\00:34:57.36
at nine churches.
00:34:57.39\00:35:00.16
Five English speaking churches,
00:35:00.20\00:35:02.36
and four Spanish
speaking churches,
00:35:02.40\00:35:04.43
and I just want
to thank Elder Holley
00:35:04.47\00:35:06.33
for attending as many of
those meetings as possible.
00:35:06.37\00:35:09.20
I know how busy he is.
00:35:09.24\00:35:10.81
And now you've
attended those meetings.
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.07
And you've come in and
shared worship with our Youth
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.41
For Jesus participants.
00:35:16.44\00:35:18.81
What was your
impression of the program?
00:35:18.85\00:35:21.12
And how has this
impacted your conference?
00:35:21.15\00:35:25.05
It's not hard for
people in the audience
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.89
to tell that we
were greatly blessed.
00:35:26.92\00:35:30.16
It was a privilege
for us to have them.
00:35:30.19\00:35:32.96
And in fact,
00:35:32.99\00:35:34.53
it's been a real
blessing to our churches
00:35:34.56\00:35:36.93
that were
participating churches.
00:35:36.97\00:35:39.57
We would have
loved to have even more,
00:35:39.60\00:35:42.20
but they've been very effective.
00:35:42.24\00:35:44.67
The Lord has blessed
them with many baptisms.
00:35:44.71\00:35:47.84
The best thing about it though,
00:35:47.88\00:35:49.44
is the inspiration
that they are to others
00:35:49.48\00:35:52.91
and that they
experience themselves
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.78
is life changing and
that's most exciting to me.
00:35:55.82\00:35:59.95
Now your wife came
with you to our worship.
00:35:59.99\00:36:02.62
And she told me something
afterwards and she said,
00:36:02.66\00:36:04.86
"I have never
heard youth of our church
00:36:04.89\00:36:07.36
sing hymns like that."
00:36:07.40\00:36:09.40
She said it made
goose bumps on her arms.
00:36:09.43\00:36:12.63
It was tremendous.
00:36:12.67\00:36:14.34
They have a wonderful
Holy Spirit experience.
00:36:14.37\00:36:18.37
That's the bottom line.
00:36:18.41\00:36:19.81
Well, that's the
most important thing.
00:36:19.84\00:36:21.18
Thank you so much, Elder Holley.
00:36:21.21\00:36:22.54
Thank you for
coming. And welcome to Texas.
00:36:22.58\00:36:25.78
Thank you.
00:36:25.81\00:36:27.15
Now, many people ask
what is Youth For Jesus?
00:36:31.15\00:36:35.02
What is ASI Youth For Jesus?
00:36:35.06\00:36:37.06
And so I'd like to
take just a few minutes
00:36:37.09\00:36:39.96
and tell you what
Youth For Jesus is.
00:36:40.00\00:36:42.56
Youth For Jesus is a program
that impacts three areas.
00:36:42.60\00:36:48.40
It impacts the
youth that participate,
00:36:48.44\00:36:51.41
it impacts the church
where we have these meetings,
00:36:51.44\00:36:55.58
it impacts the community.
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.85
And many people ask,
00:36:57.88\00:36:59.78
"Well, what do they do?
00:36:59.81\00:37:02.28
Do they just come and they just,
00:37:02.32\00:37:04.59
you know, sing
songs and do they...
00:37:04.62\00:37:06.92
What do they do?"
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.29
Well, I want to
tell you right now
00:37:08.32\00:37:09.66
that Youth For
Jesus is a program
00:37:09.69\00:37:12.79
that puts your youth
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.66
on the front
lines of evangelism.
00:37:14.70\00:37:17.30
When they come,
00:37:17.33\00:37:18.67
they participate in a
program from greeting,
00:37:18.70\00:37:23.84
ushering, special music,
organizing children's programs,
00:37:23.87\00:37:28.58
to preaching all the messages.
00:37:28.61\00:37:33.68
But we don't just
throw them into those jobs
00:37:33.72\00:37:36.22
without giving them training.
00:37:36.25\00:37:37.82
We give them a
thorough training.
00:37:37.85\00:37:39.82
In the mornings
we give them a class
00:37:39.85\00:37:43.06
on how to do evangelism,
how to go door to door,
00:37:43.09\00:37:46.06
how to give Bible studies,
00:37:46.09\00:37:47.80
how to lead
people to make decisions,
00:37:47.83\00:37:51.50
and when the time comes,
00:37:51.53\00:37:52.87
how to clear
people for baptisms,
00:37:52.90\00:37:54.74
and they work
with the Bible workers
00:37:54.77\00:37:56.10
that have been in the
community for a few months.
00:37:56.14\00:37:59.41
Now, in the afternoon
they go out into the community
00:37:59.44\00:38:04.31
and they actually
put what they learned
00:38:04.35\00:38:06.11
in the morning into practice.
00:38:06.15\00:38:08.22
But evangelism is not
all that we have classes for.
00:38:08.25\00:38:13.15
We also discuss
teen life issues,
00:38:13.19\00:38:17.16
like dating and courtship,
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.79
like dress, like
music, computer games,
00:38:18.83\00:38:23.23
you know, your time,
00:38:23.26\00:38:24.83
how to lead other
teenagers to Christ,
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.80
not just the community.
00:38:28.84\00:38:31.07
And so it's an
all around program.
00:38:31.11\00:38:33.34
It's a very intense program,
00:38:33.38\00:38:35.74
the, you know,
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.11
and when the temperature
was in the triple digits
00:38:37.15\00:38:40.75
for 13 days in a row.
00:38:40.78\00:38:43.28
Your youth kept
going out every afternoon,
00:38:43.32\00:38:46.76
they came back to the
school looking pretty tired
00:38:46.79\00:38:50.99
and pretty worn out.
00:38:51.03\00:38:52.36
But they had
wonderful testimonies to share.
00:38:52.39\00:38:54.73
And so I would like to share
00:38:54.76\00:38:56.10
some of those
testimonies right now.
00:38:56.13\00:38:57.77
And we have four youth
here who are going to tell
00:38:57.80\00:39:00.84
what this experience has
done to impact their lives.
00:39:00.87\00:39:05.84
And we will start with...
00:39:05.87\00:39:09.64
Who are we going to start with?
00:39:09.68\00:39:12.25
Michael Anderson?
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.48
I'm sorry,
00:39:14.52\00:39:15.85
I didn't write
the name down here.
00:39:15.88\00:39:18.59
Okay, Michael,
you are an ASI kid?
00:39:18.62\00:39:22.66
Yeah, I've been here a
lot. This is my sixth year.
00:39:22.69\00:39:25.73
Okay, and your
father is Terry Anderson
00:39:25.76\00:39:28.00
who is involved with ASI?
00:39:28.03\00:39:30.27
Correct.
00:39:30.30\00:39:31.63
Okay, so since
you've been coming
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.10
to these ASI conventions,
00:39:33.13\00:39:38.27
you know what ASI
Youth For Jesus is,
00:39:38.31\00:39:40.41
you've heard the reports?
00:39:40.44\00:39:41.78
Oh, yeah.
00:39:41.81\00:39:43.14
So when you came was
it what you expected?
00:39:43.18\00:39:47.75
Yes and no, I mean, I
didn't expect sitting in a,
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.59
you know, living in a classroom
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.02
and going out
in 107 degree heat.
00:39:52.05\00:39:55.59
And it was really
hot and kind of cramped.
00:39:55.62\00:39:59.56
Now you had a
wonderful experience
00:39:59.59\00:40:03.43
while you were here.
00:40:03.47\00:40:05.37
Can you share
with us your testimony?
00:40:05.40\00:40:07.30
Well, to start off with,
00:40:07.34\00:40:08.90
I actually did my
first Bible study here
00:40:08.94\00:40:10.97
and it was amazing.
00:40:11.01\00:40:12.34
I mean, I felt really
cruddy when I did it, I did...
00:40:12.37\00:40:15.18
You know, I was
speaking, I was stuttering,
00:40:15.21\00:40:17.15
it just felt really bad.
00:40:17.18\00:40:18.81
But as I went through it,
00:40:18.85\00:40:20.58
I, you know, started
to get a little better
00:40:20.62\00:40:23.75
and pick up speed and
the people were interested
00:40:23.79\00:40:26.96
in what I was talking about,
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.32
they gave
feedback and they were,
00:40:28.36\00:40:29.82
you know,
receptive toward the topic.
00:40:29.86\00:40:34.60
Okay, now, that
was a Bible study
00:40:34.63\00:40:36.30
that you did from your
Bibles workers' contact?
00:40:36.33\00:40:39.87
Yes. Okay.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.24
Now what
happened a few days later?
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.74
Well, a few days
later, my friend and I Noah,
00:40:42.77\00:40:45.44
we were out get, you
know, we were doing surveys,
00:40:45.47\00:40:47.84
trying to get a Bible studies.
00:40:47.88\00:40:49.51
So the first like three,
00:40:49.54\00:40:52.21
three whole apartment
buildings were, you know,
00:40:52.25\00:40:54.22
just stores in our
face or no one was home.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.85
So we finally get to this lady
and she doesn't speak English,
00:40:56.89\00:41:01.22
but, you know, Noah my friend,
he knows how to, you know,
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.93
see if there's anyone
else who speaks English.
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.26
Well, her
daughter spoke English.
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.16
So we asked her and we
gave her the Bible study and,
00:41:08.20\00:41:11.27
you know, we came back later
00:41:11.30\00:41:12.83
and she didn't
do the Bible study
00:41:12.87\00:41:14.60
but she said she really,
00:41:14.64\00:41:16.84
you know, enjoyed our survey
and she wanted us to come back
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.87
but I told her I
couldn't because,
00:41:19.91\00:41:21.48
you know, YFJ
goes really fast, so...
00:41:21.51\00:41:25.75
So you got to do
a first Bible study
00:41:25.78\00:41:27.92
from your Bible workers'
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.28
contact and then you
got your own Bible study?
00:41:29.32\00:41:31.52
Yes. Then I got
my own Bible study.
00:41:31.55\00:41:33.32
Now, what will you
do when you go home?
00:41:33.36\00:41:35.69
Hopefully give
more Bible studies
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.83
and my dad probably
wants me to preach one.
00:41:37.86\00:41:40.60
So I think that
would be very exciting.
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.66
Amen.
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.23
Thank you, Michael.
00:41:44.27\00:41:45.77
Now, Xavier.
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.14
This is Xavier Collins,
00:41:51.21\00:41:53.27
and he comes to us
from Sacramento, California.
00:41:53.31\00:41:56.61
Now, Xavier,
00:41:56.64\00:41:59.51
tell me when were you baptized
00:41:59.55\00:42:01.48
into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:42:01.52\00:42:03.35
I was baptized June 3 of 2006.
00:42:03.39\00:42:08.82
So you were baptized
basically about three weeks
00:42:08.86\00:42:11.36
before you came to
Seventh-day Adventist
00:42:11.39\00:42:14.46
Youth Evangelistic Program?
00:42:14.50\00:42:17.87
Yes.
00:42:17.90\00:42:19.23
Okay, now had you heard
00:42:19.27\00:42:20.84
of Seventh-day
Adventist before that?
00:42:20.87\00:42:22.90
I've heard of the
church but I didn't know
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.57
what the
Seventh-day Adventist believed,
00:42:24.61\00:42:26.34
I didn't really know anything
about Seventh-day Adventist
00:42:26.37\00:42:28.58
but they had a lot of rules,
00:42:28.61\00:42:31.58
that's all I knew.
00:42:31.61\00:42:35.98
And so coming fresh
00:42:36.02\00:42:38.35
from being
baptized into this church,
00:42:38.39\00:42:42.72
into this very
intense evangelistic program,
00:42:42.76\00:42:46.63
what was your impression?
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.20
Really, I didn't know
00:42:48.23\00:42:49.56
what to expect
to start off with.
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.33
But I was
really excited about it
00:42:51.37\00:42:53.54
because of a
good friend of mine.
00:42:53.57\00:42:56.50
The one who actually
invited me to this seminar
00:42:56.54\00:42:58.61
held on were from Amazing Facts.
00:42:58.64\00:43:02.44
I was truly blessed by that
00:43:02.48\00:43:03.81
and that's really
what impressed me to come.
00:43:03.85\00:43:05.98
But I didn't know
really what to expect
00:43:06.01\00:43:09.52
through the evangelistic series,
00:43:09.55\00:43:10.99
I had no idea.
00:43:11.02\00:43:14.19
So now after you've
gone through this experience,
00:43:14.22\00:43:18.13
what did you learn?
00:43:18.16\00:43:20.93
I came in knowing nice
amount about the Bible,
00:43:20.96\00:43:24.90
and I knew I love the Lord.
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.27
But I know now that
I love the Lord 105%,
00:43:26.30\00:43:30.24
I can say 1000 times more.
00:43:30.27\00:43:32.04
I've learned so much
and I was truly blessed.
00:43:32.07\00:43:34.14
And I truly know now
that I've made friends
00:43:34.18\00:43:36.71
that can truly last a lifetime.
00:43:36.75\00:43:39.78
Now, what are your
plans when you go home?
00:43:39.81\00:43:43.15
Well, I'm looking forward
to going to AFCO in January,
00:43:43.18\00:43:46.09
and coming back
to Youth For Jesus
00:43:46.12\00:43:47.56
next year as a Bible worker.
00:43:47.59\00:43:50.76
Amen.
00:43:50.79\00:43:52.13
Thank you, Xavier.
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.23
Okay, this is Olivia Webber
00:43:54.26\00:43:57.33
and she was our last entry
00:43:57.37\00:44:00.94
into the Youth
For Jesus program.
00:44:00.97\00:44:02.34
How did that happen?
00:44:02.37\00:44:04.14
Well, three days before
Youth For Jesus started,
00:44:04.17\00:44:07.24
I was told through a friend
00:44:07.28\00:44:08.61
that there were
three open spots.
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.31
And if I wanted to do it
00:44:10.35\00:44:11.68
that I'd have to
decide the next day.
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.38
So I was immediately interested
and I started to pray.
00:44:13.42\00:44:16.79
But the really cool
thing about this is the Sabbath
00:44:16.82\00:44:19.85
before Youth For Jesus started.
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.86
We were sitting in
church and our pastor said,
00:44:21.89\00:44:24.56
"If you feel like you
want a spiritual revival?
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.23
If you want to just totally
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.30
be re-energized in
your spiritual life,
00:44:30.33\00:44:32.40
then try sharing
Jesus with somebody."
00:44:32.43\00:44:37.47
And right there I just prayed.
00:44:37.51\00:44:39.01
I was like, "God,
00:44:39.04\00:44:40.91
I want to share You
but I don't know how.
00:44:40.94\00:44:42.64
So if you really
want me to do this,
00:44:42.68\00:44:44.41
then give me some
opportunity to learn
00:44:44.45\00:44:46.18
how to share others with You.
00:44:46.21\00:44:47.82
And then it was that
Monday morning I think,
00:44:47.85\00:44:50.75
that I got the call
00:44:50.79\00:44:52.12
telling me
about Youth For Jesus.
00:44:52.15\00:44:53.49
So I felt like God just...
00:44:53.52\00:44:54.99
It was amazing
to see the miracle
00:44:55.02\00:44:56.42
He worked out.
00:44:56.46\00:44:57.89
Now you learned
how to share Jesus,
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.56
and what will you do with this?
00:44:59.59\00:45:01.60
I hope when I get
home my plan is to try
00:45:01.63\00:45:04.37
to plan an
evangelistic series of my own
00:45:04.40\00:45:06.90
and me and
another one of the youth
00:45:06.94\00:45:08.40
we would like to hopefully
do our own evangelistic series
00:45:08.44\00:45:12.41
and maybe do some door
knocking and Bible work as well.
00:45:12.44\00:45:16.54
Amen.
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.01
Thank you, Olivia.
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.38
You know,
throughout the history of ASI
00:45:23.15\00:45:26.82
Youth For Jesus,
which began eight years ago,
00:45:26.86\00:45:29.46
several of the
youth have gone back
00:45:29.49\00:45:31.59
to their communities,
00:45:31.63\00:45:32.96
to their churches,
to their academies.
00:45:32.99\00:45:35.53
And they have
organized evangelistic meetings
00:45:35.56\00:45:38.23
similar to what we do here
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.70
and have held whole series
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.60
impacting those
communities and churches.
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.84
Now, next we have
Julia, this is Julia.
00:45:45.87\00:45:50.75
I'm not going to
say her last name,
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.11
I'm going to let her say it.
00:45:52.15\00:45:53.85
And, Julia, first of all,
00:45:53.88\00:45:55.22
tell us what your name
is and where you're from?
00:45:55.25\00:45:57.29
My name is Julia
and I'm from Ukraine.
00:46:05.63\00:46:09.36
And now Ukraine is a
long ways away from you,
00:46:12.87\00:46:16.60
in fact it's about
halfway around the world.
00:46:16.64\00:46:19.11
What made you decide to come?
00:46:19.14\00:46:21.88
Well, the purpose of our
visit to come here in the States
00:46:42.43\00:46:46.10
was to see this
Youth For Jesus program,
00:46:46.13\00:46:49.07
to participate
00:46:49.10\00:46:50.44
and as we go back home
to do the same thing there.
00:46:50.47\00:46:53.07
I heard a lot about this program
00:47:09.42\00:47:11.43
but you can never
explain with the words
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.03
what evangelism is all about.
00:47:14.06\00:47:16.36
You have to try it.
00:47:16.40\00:47:18.20
And the Youth For Jesus program
gives you this opportunity.
00:47:18.23\00:47:22.90
Now in this country,
00:47:22.94\00:47:24.57
we've done this
Youth For Jesus program,
00:47:24.61\00:47:26.61
youth evangelism for
a number of years now
00:47:26.64\00:47:29.34
and it's getting
more widely accepted.
00:47:29.38\00:47:31.91
In Ukraine is that
the same situation?
00:47:31.95\00:47:35.68
Mostly all of the
evangelistic series'
00:47:46.70\00:47:49.26
or evangelism is
done by the older people.
00:47:49.30\00:47:52.17
And nobody even knows that
00:47:58.27\00:47:59.87
the young people can do
something meaningful for God.
00:47:59.91\00:48:02.94
And that's why young
people do not do anything.
00:48:09.88\00:48:12.45
And that's why
lots of young people
00:48:12.49\00:48:14.36
leave the church.
00:48:14.39\00:48:15.72
And so our goal as we go back
to Ukraine is to show and prove
00:48:28.34\00:48:32.57
the young people
that we can serve
00:48:32.61\00:48:34.91
and do something
meaningful for God today.
00:48:34.94\00:48:37.91
Amen.
00:48:37.95\00:48:39.35
Amen.
00:48:39.38\00:48:40.72
You know, we can share
hundreds of more testimonies,
00:48:48.19\00:48:51.79
how youth are
impacted through this program,
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.80
not just the youth that
participate in the program,
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.63
but the youth in
the churches also.
00:48:57.67\00:49:00.27
And that's the second area
where the focus of ASI Youth
00:49:00.30\00:49:05.51
For Jesus program is,
00:49:05.54\00:49:06.88
is to impact the youth and
also to impact the churches
00:49:06.91\00:49:11.45
that participate with us.
00:49:11.48\00:49:12.88
Hello again, everyone.
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.82
Hello again, everyone.
00:49:18.85\00:49:20.72
All right.
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.09
Are you guys getting fired up?
00:49:22.12\00:49:23.86
This is exciting, isn't it?
00:49:23.89\00:49:26.13
These are life
changing experiences of people,
00:49:26.16\00:49:30.17
hundreds of people
in your Metroplex area.
00:49:30.20\00:49:33.60
Can I get an amen?
00:49:33.64\00:49:34.97
Amen.
00:49:35.00\00:49:36.34
Here we have
Pastor James Buckmaster.
00:49:36.37\00:49:39.17
He was the youth pastor
at the Dallas First Church.
00:49:39.21\00:49:42.41
And, James, why
don't you tell us
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.38
how long have you been
involved with the youth?
00:49:44.41\00:49:47.02
Well, I started
with youth ministry
00:49:47.05\00:49:48.38
when I was about 14
years old at summer camp.
00:49:48.42\00:49:50.59
Fourteen years
old? Fourteen years ago.
00:49:50.62\00:49:51.95
Couple of years ago.
00:49:51.99\00:49:53.32
A little bit back.
00:49:53.36\00:49:54.69
Been doing it ever since
00:49:54.72\00:49:56.06
and I've been
loving youth ever since.
00:49:56.09\00:49:57.43
Excellent.
00:49:57.46\00:49:58.79
You were the youth
pastor at Dallas First
00:49:58.83\00:50:00.16
which is where we kept,
we housed all the youth.
00:50:00.20\00:50:03.16
And this was the main site.
00:50:03.20\00:50:05.23
Tell me what were some things
00:50:05.27\00:50:06.77
that we got the
youth involved in that
00:50:06.80\00:50:08.54
may have been
different in other churches?
00:50:08.57\00:50:11.21
Oh, it was really nice.
00:50:11.24\00:50:12.57
We're starting
the media ministry
00:50:12.61\00:50:14.08
at Dallas First Church.
00:50:14.11\00:50:15.44
That was the whole reason
you were brought in, correct?
00:50:15.48\00:50:17.31
Right. Well, youth and media.
00:50:17.35\00:50:18.68
Youth and media.
00:50:18.71\00:50:20.35
And the young
people in our church
00:50:20.38\00:50:21.72
had the
opportunity to run the cameras,
00:50:21.75\00:50:24.19
run the switcher, direct,
00:50:24.22\00:50:26.25
something they haven't
got to do in other churches.
00:50:26.29\00:50:28.29
They produced and duplicated
all the shows of every night.
00:50:28.32\00:50:32.93
How many CDs and
DVDs did they duplicate?
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.96
The young people
here have put out
00:50:36.00\00:50:37.63
over 6000 pieces of media
00:50:37.67\00:50:40.47
and left it in this community
to continue their ministry.
00:50:40.50\00:50:43.27
How many?
00:50:43.30\00:50:44.64
Six thousand.
00:50:44.67\00:50:46.01
Did you hear that?
00:50:46.04\00:50:47.38
Six thousand pieces
of CDs and DVDs as well
00:50:47.41\00:50:52.58
have flooded your
communities as a result of
00:50:52.61\00:50:55.38
what these
youth have been doing?
00:50:55.42\00:50:56.82
Absolutely awesome.
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.19
So we see...
00:50:58.22\00:50:59.55
Let me ask you,
having the youth,
00:50:59.59\00:51:02.46
having this
program in your church,
00:51:02.49\00:51:04.53
how has this
impacted your church?
00:51:04.56\00:51:06.66
Well, I had one of my youth
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.03
that I was actually driving back
00:51:08.06\00:51:09.40
and forth from home
00:51:09.43\00:51:10.77
because I needed
him on the switcher.
00:51:10.80\00:51:12.73
And so for the first week,
00:51:12.77\00:51:14.10
I drove him back
and forth every night
00:51:14.14\00:51:15.47
so that he could be
there to help run the switcher.
00:51:15.50\00:51:19.17
Did this have an
impact on him specifically?
00:51:19.21\00:51:22.28
You could say that.
00:51:22.31\00:51:23.65
Tell us what happened?
00:51:23.68\00:51:25.01
He decided to join the group
00:51:25.05\00:51:26.38
and so he came and stayed
00:51:26.41\00:51:27.75
in the dormitory with the group.
00:51:27.78\00:51:29.12
And, you know what? What?
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.49
Tuesday night I got to
watch him get baptized.
00:51:30.52\00:51:32.32
Amen. Amen.
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.59
What a blessing that was,
00:51:34.62\00:51:36.22
you know, we can...
00:51:36.26\00:51:37.59
Thank you very
much, James. Thank you.
00:51:37.63\00:51:38.96
We can see how this program
not only impacts the community,
00:51:38.99\00:51:43.00
it impacts people
of other denominations,
00:51:43.03\00:51:45.73
it impacts our churches,
and it also impacts our youth.
00:51:45.77\00:51:49.44
What a blessing.
00:51:49.47\00:51:50.81
Here we have Hubert
Duarte and Hubert was an elder
00:51:50.84\00:51:54.11
or is an elder at the
Richardson Church is it?
00:51:54.14\00:51:57.25
At the Richardson
Spanish Church and this is Jay,
00:51:57.28\00:52:00.42
he's gonna translate for us.
00:52:00.45\00:52:02.55
We have a very interesting
story here with Hubert.
00:52:02.58\00:52:05.12
He's an elder at the
church and he is a Bible worker.
00:52:05.15\00:52:09.22
Tell us, Hubert,
how long have you been
00:52:09.26\00:52:10.59
doing Bible work?
00:52:10.63\00:52:11.99
About two months.
00:52:19.10\00:52:20.44
About two months.
That's interesting.
00:52:20.47\00:52:22.10
What did you do
before Bible work?
00:52:22.14\00:52:23.71
He was a cement
worker in construction.
00:52:34.72\00:52:36.32
So he was a construction worker
00:52:36.35\00:52:38.15
and why only two months
you've been a Bible worker?
00:52:38.19\00:52:41.26
How did this come about?
00:52:41.29\00:52:42.62
Well, I was
anticipating the opportunity
00:52:59.47\00:53:01.44
for a long, long
time to get involved
00:53:01.48\00:53:03.75
in soul winning.
00:53:03.78\00:53:05.11
And by the grace of
God ASI came to my city.
00:53:05.15\00:53:07.48
And now I'm a
Bible worker today.
00:53:07.52\00:53:09.25
So what actually took place?
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.19
Let me... So everybody knows.
00:53:11.22\00:53:13.32
Hubert, let me say
this. He has a family of five.
00:53:13.36\00:53:16.49
And as ASI came to his church
and began training his church,
00:53:16.52\00:53:22.16
Hubert was already on fire
wanted to work for the Lord
00:53:22.20\00:53:24.77
but didn't know exactly how.
00:53:24.80\00:53:26.57
He actually quit his job
as a construction worker.
00:53:26.60\00:53:29.84
Family of five,
did I tell you that?
00:53:29.87\00:53:31.84
He actually quit his job
and took a very serious pay cut
00:53:31.87\00:53:36.18
to do Bible work for ASI and...
00:53:36.21\00:53:39.45
Amen. Let me get an amen.
00:53:39.48\00:53:41.15
Family of five and
two cars to pay off.
00:53:49.69\00:53:53.09
Praise the Lord.
00:53:53.13\00:53:54.46
Well, let me ask you something.
00:53:54.50\00:53:55.83
How many Bible studies
were you giving every week?
00:53:55.86\00:53:57.93
Approximately about 25
Bible studies per week.
00:54:05.84\00:54:08.11
Twenty five
Bible studies a week.
00:54:08.14\00:54:10.41
This is a Bible
worker right here.
00:54:10.45\00:54:14.28
Amen.
00:54:14.32\00:54:15.65
Out of those 25
that you were giving,
00:54:15.68\00:54:17.89
how many people
came out to your meetings
00:54:17.92\00:54:20.19
out of your contacts?
00:54:20.22\00:54:21.92
About 13 of the 25 came
to the evangelistic meetings.
00:54:33.10\00:54:35.34
Thirteen people
came to the meetings
00:54:35.37\00:54:37.07
as a result of God
working through Hubert.
00:54:37.11\00:54:40.01
Amen.
00:54:40.04\00:54:41.74
This I'd like to say
to the Texas Conference,
00:54:41.78\00:54:44.08
this man you want to pick him up
00:54:44.11\00:54:46.05
as a Bible worker.
00:54:46.08\00:54:47.42
This man is on fire,
00:54:47.45\00:54:48.78
25 Bible studies a week.
00:54:48.82\00:54:50.15
We would love to have
all of our Bible workers
00:54:50.19\00:54:52.25
giving 25 Bible studies a week.
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.29
So I want to thank Hubert
00:54:54.32\00:54:55.92
and I'd like to
thank all of you.
00:54:55.96\00:54:57.29
God bless you.
00:54:57.33\00:54:58.66