We'd like to welcome
you to 3ABN on the Road.
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My name is Jeannie
Larrabee, and I'm here
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with Danny Shelton
and the whole crew.
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And we're just excited
today that you have joined us.
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And, Danny, what kind of things
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we're going to have on
the program this afternoon?
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Oh, we have a
wonderful schedule.
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One is this, we're going to
get some young people involved
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and they're
going to come and share
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some testimonies with us.
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They're going to be
doing some music for us.
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And then we have
the ACTS group here.
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If you don't know what ACTS is,
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you will know in
just a little bit.
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We're just
privileged that they're here.
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We have some special
music by somebody named
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Darell Marshall
and John Lomacang
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and my daughter Melody.
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And we have Hal
and Mollie Steenson
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are going to be here,
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so we have a
lot of things going.
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Just a whole live crew
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and when I was waiting back
the energy is just powerful.
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Kids are
singing, kids are talking,
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they're on fire.
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And here at Fletcher
Academy, we want to welcome you.
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For those of you
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who may not be
familiar with our school.
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Fletcher Academy is located
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in North
Carolina near Asheville.
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It has a secondary
school and elementary school.
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And we've had the privilege
of being on Danny show before.
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The elementary
school does pre K-8,
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and they're about 135 students.
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The academy does grades 9-12,
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and they have
about 150 students.
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But you know, now that you know
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who we are and what size we are,
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I want to tell
you about the passion
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that this community has
for Adventist education.
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And it's not just the teachers
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and it's not just administration
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or our CEO, Curt Watkins.
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It is a group of people.
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And if you come
to our community,
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you will know.
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I have three churches
who open up their wallets,
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month after month,
thousands of dollars
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to make it affordable for kids
to have a Christian education.
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Amen.
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And I want to say no
matter where your school is,
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make sure that you're supporting
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Adventist education,
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because you will
meet young people today
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and you will know,
Danny, that Christian education
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is making a
difference in their life.
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And just when you
see their faces glowing
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or where you see them
singing about Jesus Christ,
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you'll know that our church
is in good hands for the future.
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Amen.
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Jeannie just needs to
get a little more excited
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about her school, doesn't she?
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She's passionate and
that's what I love about
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when I come here between.
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You talk to her,
you talk to Rob here,
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the academy
principal, these folk love Jesus
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and its infectious,
these young people the things
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that they they're
doing, I'm always amazed
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how you have them
in the Lord's work
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and they're loving doing it.
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And, so it is a privilege
to be here at Fletcher Academy.
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And right here in
the Fletcher area,
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North Carolina.
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For those of you
watching around the world.
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Thank you for your
love, and your prayers,
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and financial support
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of Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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as we endeavor to
go into all the world.
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Okay, so tell us
we're going to have
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some special music right now?
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Well, yes, I'm a little partial,
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one of the groups
from Captain Gilmer
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is going to be singing,
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and it's a group
that the children
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have named themselves
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"His Way" and that
is with the capital H
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because when they
sing, they want you to know
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that they're
talking about Jesus Christ.
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And they're going
to do a song for us
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that they did just
recently at one of our concerts.
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It's called the
Rose of Bethlehem.
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And it's referring to
Jesus Christ as the rose.
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How beautiful, how sweet
is the Rose of Bethlehem.
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Amen. All right,
here they come now.
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Let's make 'em
welcome, all right.
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Give 'em a big amen
and praise the Lord.
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There's a Rose in Bethlehem
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With a beauty quite divine
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Perfect in this world of sin
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On this silent, holy night
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There's a
fragrance much like hope
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That it sends upon the wind
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Reaching out to every soul
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From a lowly manger's crib
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Oh, Rose of Bethlehem
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How lovely, pure and sweet
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Born to glorify the Father
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Born to wear the thorns for me
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There's a Rose in Bethlehem
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Colored red like mercy's blood
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Tis the flower of our faith
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Tis the blossom of God's love
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Though its bloom
is fresh with youth
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Surely what will be He knows
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For a tear of morning dew
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Is rolling down the Rose
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Oh, the Rose of Bethlehem
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How lovely, pure and sweet
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Born to glorify the Father
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Born to wear the thorns for me
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Oh, Rose of Bethlehem
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How lovely, pure and sweet
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Born to glorify the Father
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Born to wear the thorns for me
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Born to glorify
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The Father
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Born to wear
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The thorns for me
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Glorify, glorify
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Glorify, oh glorify
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Glorify
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Thy Name
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Thy Name
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Good afternoon,
Church, and happy Sabbath.
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You guys happy at
Sabbath? Excellent.
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My name is James Carter
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and I have the
privilege of being
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the chaplain here
at Fletcher Academy,
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and it has been a
blessing to be here.
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My wife and I have
been here for two years now.
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We have the
opportunity to work with
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lovely young people like this.
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We are going to
share a little bit
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about the opportunities
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that God has given us to witness
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to His hurting people.
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You know, we are
living in a sinful world
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and there are many people
out there that are hurting
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and it is such a joy
to be able to bring some,
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some happiness into their lives.
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Before we get started,
I just wanted to kind of
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share the mission
of Fletcher Academy.
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Fletcher Academy is
committed to providing
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a distinctly Adventist education
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which prepares
every young person
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for a life of service.
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And just real quick
want to relate a story.
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A couple weeks ago, we
were at the nursing home
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on our campus here.
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And typically we have
a bunch of young ladies
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who come but on
this particular Sabbath,
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we had a bunch of guys
and we had two young ladies.
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We went up there,
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they had made
cards few weeks prior
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and we were going up there
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and handing out cards one group,
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both, both
groups were doing cards.
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One group was singing
songs and handing out cards,
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the other group
was handing out cards
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and reading Bible passages
to the residents up there.
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At the end of
our hour stay there,
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and we were wrapping things up.
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I said, "It's time to go now."
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And I had some
guys come up and say,
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"It can't be time to
go, we're enjoying this.
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We want to stay here and
spread more cheer and joy
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to the residents here."
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And you know,
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that just filled
my heart with joy
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because, you know, it
is a wonderful thing to go
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and serve others.
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And it was just so reassuring
to hear from young people.
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"Hey, we enjoy this.
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We want to continue sharing
God's love while we're here."
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But anyway, we
would like to share,
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we had two
different groups here.
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We have a group that
some participants that
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went down to Las Tablas, Panama
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on our spring
break mission trip.
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And we're also going
to talk a little bit about
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our week of
prayer, which was a student
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led week of prayer.
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So to begin with, we'll
ask Miss Caroline Christiansen.
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She is a freshman
at Fletcher Academy
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and she was a valuable
asset on our trip down there.
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What was your...
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Tell us a little bit
about your experience?
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Well, we were out there,
and we went to this church
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and we were getting it
ready for dedication this fall.
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So we were
cleaning up and painting
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and we did a mural
for the little kids.
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And that was a lot of fun.
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But we ended up
painting each other a lot.
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You know, that happens
when you're with your friends,
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and you get let
loose with some paint,
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but, and we built
a drainage system.
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And we did prison ministries
and so on and so forth.
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Yeah, what was really
neat, thank you for sharing.
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What was really neat was
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we had the
opportunity to go into a prison,
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our students will...
Tell us a little bit of about
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what you did before,
prior to going into the prison,
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you know, about the
book, bags and stuff.
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The bags.
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We had to, we
packed lots of bags,
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with clothes and school supplies
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and we took them
out to their families
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because they're trying to
live without their fathers.
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So we thought we would help
the families out a little bit,
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and get them some stuff
that they really needed.
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Yeah.
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And what was really
neat about the prison,
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was that one of our students
was actually able to preach,
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he has done, had
the opportunity to do
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evangelistic series
in India and in Africa.
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And so that was
tremendous preparation for him.
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You know, as he
went into this prison,
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we had a translator, and
he shared about God's love,
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God's forgiveness, in the hope
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that we as Christians can have
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and how we're
looking forward to heaven,
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and it was such a blessing.
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Our next student that we
have here is Abby Herbert.
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And Abby is also a freshman,
we had a lot of freshmen.
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So it's nice to see
that we have a wide interest
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and strong, we
got a strong school,
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young people who are coming up.
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And Abby's going to
tell us a little bit about
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some of our outreach
projects that we had.
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Well, my favorite
outreach project was
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when we went out into
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one of the really poor villages,
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and we were just
able to give them clothes
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and just stuffed animals
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and toys that
people had given us
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before we left, to give away.
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And it was just so
neat to see all their faces
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then just light up
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when you would
give them just like,
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a piece of candy or something.
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And how grateful they
were for absolutely anything.
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And it's just, that was
just really neat to see,
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just like,
whatever you give them
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they'll just be
so grateful for it.
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Right.
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You know, we take so many things
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for granted in America
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and just like she said, a
tiny little piece of candy.
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I remember this
one, this one old man
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was kind of like, oh,
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they're just here for all those,
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you know, young kids
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and we threw some
candy out, and he got a piece
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and he was like, this is for me
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and he just had
the biggest smile.
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It was incredible to see.
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All right, we're going
to start down here again
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with Caroline and
then we'll go down here.
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Ladies just share real quick,
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what was, how
did this mission trip
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impact your life and change you?
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It really makes you
think about what you have,
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and how much you have,
and how little they have
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and so it makes you thankful
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for what you have
and makes you realize
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how much you do
have, even though
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you don't think
you have that much.
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It impacted me in a way that
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I don't think I
could ever describe.
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It was just like we were saying,
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how you go there
to bless other people
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but instead you are the one that
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become blessed you know
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and helping the
people and knowing that,
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you know, God is using you
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to touch the lives of
those people over there
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and knowing that you're a vessel
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that God is using, so.
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It really affected my life.
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It's just like
everything, we don't realize
00:14:33.60\00:14:36.57
how much we take for
granted and just like,
00:14:36.60\00:14:39.17
how much, how little they have
and how much we have is just,
00:14:39.21\00:14:42.81
it's just so neat to
like, to realize what,
00:14:42.84\00:14:45.91
what all we have
that they don't have,
00:14:45.95\00:14:48.48
they don't have any of
that and it's just really,
00:14:48.52\00:14:51.09
it just shows you
how much that you have.
00:14:51.12\00:14:55.16
All right, thanks
so much for sharing.
00:14:55.19\00:14:57.03
All right, moving
on to our next topic.
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Student led week of prayer.
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We have down here, Leus Bowman.
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Leus is a senior, and
she had the opportunity.
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She was one of the many students
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who had the opportunity
00:15:10.67\00:15:12.01
to speak for the
student led week of prayer.
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Leus, what was it that
motivated you to be a speaker
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for student led week of prayer?
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Well, you know, it's very
easy, especially as teenagers,
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but I think as any Christians,
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it's very easy to kind of fall
00:15:28.56\00:15:29.89
into the same kind
of pattern and routine.
00:15:29.92\00:15:34.46
And just kind of
forget our motivation,
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forget our mission.
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And I recently went to
GYC, General Youth Conference.
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And it's a really great place.
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They say that they're preparing
an army of young people.
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And it's really awesome
00:15:50.38\00:15:52.61
because they get
you on fire for God.
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And it's great if
you're on fire for God,
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before you go there too.
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But you can't leave
without being on fire for God,
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and they just
really, just encourage you
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and stuff to just reach out
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and try to share the love
00:16:09.06\00:16:12.23
that you have
for God with others,
00:16:12.27\00:16:13.87
and be on fire
and don't let yourself
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get lulled to sleep,
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because so many
of us are asleep.
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And I just wanted to share that
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and hopefully if
anybody was asleep,
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to wake them up.
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All right, thank you very much.
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Leus has also had the
opportunity to speak up in,
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was it Virginia?
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West Virginia. West Virginia.
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This last fall, they
did an evangelistic series
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with Pastor Baute of
the Hendersonville Church.
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So, thank you,
Church, for sponsoring them.
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We know that that was
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a life changing
experience for many,
00:16:42.86\00:16:44.80
many of our young
people as well as those
00:16:44.83\00:16:46.94
that heard the message.
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All right, our next
student is Cecily Garcia.
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Cecily is a junior
at Fletcher Academy,
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and she's going to
tell us a little bit how,
00:16:55.74\00:16:58.05
about how this student
led week of prayer came about?
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Well, last year, we
had the gymnastics team
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from Greater Lakes
Academy and Michigan, come over.
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And they, it was
just a great impact
00:17:08.79\00:17:10.56
because they
didn't only do gymnastics,
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but they were
like, on fire for God.
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They talked about God,
they did skits about God.
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And it was like,
really spiritual, you know.
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And so whenever we saw that,
00:17:19.77\00:17:22.30
we said, okay, well,
we're thinking, you know.
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There's so many
young people out there
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and usually young people listen
00:17:26.91\00:17:28.24
more to young people
than they do to older people.
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So we were like, well,
00:17:31.45\00:17:32.95
if there's young
people out there doing that,
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how come we're
not doing anything,
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you know, we should be
doing something too for God.
00:17:35.92\00:17:37.95
We should stand up
for God and talk about God
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because He's
done so much for us.
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And the least we
could do is do something,
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you know what,
like, speak for Him.
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So we thought, okay,
well, this week of prayer
00:17:45.76\00:17:48.73
instead of
having an adult speak,
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because adults are
great speakers too,
00:17:51.00\00:17:52.33
but we just decided
to have youth speak,
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you know, like students speak.
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And it was great,
like, from the audience,
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I didn't go up there and speak.
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But from the
audience I saw, you know,
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and I saw these
people go up there.
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And I could tell that
maybe they were nervous,
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maybe yeah, they,
they were little scared
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of what people
might think of that.
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But the thing is,
they stood up for God,
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you know, and they
did something for God.
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And it made me think, to like,
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I need to do something for God,
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you know, I need to stand up
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and share my faith to those,
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because there's so many people
out there who don't have that.
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And we have the message.
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So we need to talk
about it and tell others
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about the message that we have.
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Thank you very much.
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This is just part of our army
of youth that, rightly trained,
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will go into all the world.
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God is working
in a powerful way,
00:18:42.35\00:18:45.19
here at Fletcher Academy.
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And we thank you for
your prayers, your support.
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And as these young people
go throughout their lives,
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it is our hope and
prayer that they will leave
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Fletcher Academy on fire
00:18:55.83\00:18:58.23
and emboldened to
serve for our Savior.
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Thank you for
allowing us to share with you.
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Thank you.
00:19:10.28\00:19:11.61
Next, I'd like to
introduce my daughter Melody.
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And Melody has Baby
Jonah with her today.
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Now, Baby Jonah is back there.
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Some young ladies
are taking care of him.
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But I think we
have another baby.
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You have another
one in here? Yes.
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This one's, let's
see you had Haley,
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she's 13 and Jesse's almost 12
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and you got Justin
about 8 and Jonah or Noah,7.
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Jonah, how many months?
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Ten months Ten
months, and this one...
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This is baby girl.
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A baby girl, okay,
00:19:41.01\00:19:42.34
after four boys
to come in a girl,
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four boys and then
you have two others.
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All together, you got eight.
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All right, but we're
glad that you're here
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and glad that you're singing.
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What are you gonna
sing today? I can touch him.
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All right, you're
gonna do two songs?
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Mm-hmm. And
what's the second one?
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I've just been with Jesus. Okay.
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Desperately she pushed
her way Through the crowd
00:20:24.15\00:20:31.96
They were crushing her now
00:20:31.99\00:20:36.36
They were crying aloud
00:20:36.40\00:20:40.77
But she didn't care
It was her only hope
00:20:40.80\00:20:48.68
This was an issue of life
00:20:48.71\00:20:52.85
And she could no longer cope
00:20:52.88\00:20:58.39
If she'd ever be healed
00:20:58.42\00:21:03.29
If she'd ever be whole
00:21:03.32\00:21:07.76
Then He was the one
00:21:07.80\00:21:12.73
And she knew in her soul
00:21:12.77\00:21:17.61
She had to touch Him
00:21:17.64\00:21:21.48
Oh, she said I can touch Him
00:21:21.51\00:21:28.38
He is here within my reach
00:21:28.42\00:21:32.22
I can touch Him
00:21:32.25\00:21:36.26
Oh, I feel the healing flow
00:21:36.29\00:21:41.00
My faith will make me holy
00:21:41.03\00:21:46.87
It is Jesus and I can touch Him
00:21:46.90\00:21:53.14
There comes a time
00:22:01.08\00:22:04.15
When you give all you can give
00:22:04.19\00:22:09.79
You've exhausted your mind
00:22:09.82\00:22:14.06
You don't think you can live
00:22:14.10\00:22:18.43
Tormented by fear,
00:22:18.47\00:22:21.70
You face the unknown
00:22:21.74\00:22:27.28
People are there
00:22:27.31\00:22:30.45
Yet you feel all alone
00:22:30.48\00:22:36.02
Then you reach out in faith
00:22:36.05\00:22:40.19
And confess once again
00:22:40.22\00:22:45.19
Jesus is here
00:22:45.23\00:22:49.73
And there's healing in Him
00:22:49.76\00:22:54.70
You can touch Him
00:22:54.74\00:22:59.67
You can touch Him
00:22:59.71\00:23:05.78
He is here within your reach
00:23:05.81\00:23:09.78
You can touch Him
00:23:09.82\00:23:14.02
Oh, just feel the healing flow
00:23:14.06\00:23:18.69
Your faith will make you holy
00:23:18.73\00:23:24.97
It's Jesus
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.90
And you can touch Him
00:23:27.94\00:23:30.71
Oh, we can touch Him
00:23:35.24\00:23:39.91
He is here within our reach
00:23:39.95\00:23:44.35
We can touch Him
00:23:44.39\00:23:47.82
Oh, I feel the healing flow
00:23:47.86\00:23:52.09
My faith will make me holy
00:23:52.13\00:23:58.67
It's Jesus
00:23:58.70\00:24:01.47
And we can touch Him
00:24:01.50\00:24:06.84
It is Jesus
00:24:06.88\00:24:12.41
It is Jesus
00:24:12.45\00:24:17.59
And we can touch Him
00:24:17.62\00:24:21.86
I've just been with Jesus
00:24:48.32\00:24:53.86
I've just seen His glory
00:24:53.89\00:24:59.56
I've just felt His presence
00:24:59.59\00:25:05.23
As I feel it now
00:25:05.27\00:25:10.71
He is all I long for
00:25:10.74\00:25:16.44
There is no one I desire more
00:25:16.48\00:25:21.88
For I've just been with Jesus
00:25:21.92\00:25:27.36
And I am with Him now
00:25:27.39\00:25:33.43
Here in His place
00:25:33.46\00:25:37.43
My soul is satisfied
00:25:37.47\00:25:41.87
You have erased
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.74
The wounds I've
tried So hard to hide
00:25:45.77\00:25:53.25
I'm learning how
00:25:53.28\00:25:57.09
To abandon all my fears
00:25:57.12\00:26:02.66
Each time I meet You here
00:26:02.69\00:26:07.26
I've just been with Jesus
00:26:07.30\00:26:12.97
I've just seen His glory
00:26:13.00\00:26:18.64
I've just felt His presence
00:26:18.67\00:26:24.28
As I feel it now
00:26:24.31\00:26:29.82
He is all I long for
00:26:29.85\00:26:35.39
There's no one I desire more
00:26:35.42\00:26:40.86
For I've just been with Jesus
00:26:40.90\00:26:46.53
And I'm with Him now
00:26:46.57\00:26:50.41
Nothing but you
00:26:58.31\00:27:02.02
That's all my eyes can see
00:27:02.05\00:27:06.49
Finally I've found
00:27:06.52\00:27:10.43
The place my
heart Has longed to be
00:27:10.46\00:27:17.77
My own Jesus,
00:27:17.80\00:27:21.70
They don't matter any more
00:27:21.74\00:27:27.41
My will, my life is yours
00:27:27.44\00:27:32.01
I've just been with Jesus
00:27:32.05\00:27:37.59
I've just seen His glory
00:27:37.62\00:27:43.36
I've just felt His presence,
00:27:43.39\00:27:49.06
as I feel it now
00:27:49.10\00:27:54.60
He is all I long for
00:27:54.64\00:28:00.14
There is no one I desire more
00:28:00.18\00:28:05.51
For I've just been with Jesus
00:28:05.55\00:28:11.25
And I am with Him now
00:28:11.29\00:28:14.89
I've just been with Jesus
00:28:23.40\00:28:28.27
And I am with him now
00:28:28.30\00:28:33.98
You know, when my wife
and I travel around the world,
00:28:47.12\00:28:49.99
we get a chance to
meet some wonderful people,
00:28:50.03\00:28:52.76
that maybe we
will never see again.
00:28:52.79\00:28:56.10
And we always say
we're going to make
00:28:56.13\00:28:57.53
an appointment with you.
00:28:57.57\00:28:59.13
And so there may be
some of you in Fletcher
00:28:59.17\00:29:01.24
that we will not see again.
00:29:01.27\00:29:03.10
But if we don't in this
earth, let's make an appointment
00:29:03.14\00:29:06.57
to see you the
third week in heaven
00:29:06.61\00:29:08.64
around the tree of life.
00:29:08.68\00:29:10.45
Now the reason I
say that the first week
00:29:10.48\00:29:11.85
was spending with Jesus,
00:29:11.88\00:29:14.05
second week and
I had to spend time
00:29:14.08\00:29:15.55
at the prophets and
the apostles to find out
00:29:15.58\00:29:18.75
about all that God
brought them through,
00:29:18.79\00:29:20.56
but the third week,
I pray that this song
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.32
will encourage you
that if we never meet again,
00:29:23.36\00:29:26.09
this side of heaven.
00:29:26.13\00:29:27.73
Let's make our plans to
meet on that beautiful shore.
00:29:27.76\00:29:31.13
There are places I remember
00:29:42.68\00:29:47.85
Some have gone, And some remade
00:29:47.88\00:29:53.89
Some forever not for better
00:29:53.92\00:29:59.13
Some are gone
And some's the same
00:29:59.16\00:30:04.93
All these places
have Their moments
00:30:04.97\00:30:10.41
With people and friends
00:30:10.44\00:30:13.54
I still can recall
00:30:13.58\00:30:16.04
Some are dead
And some are living
00:30:16.08\00:30:21.82
But in my heart I loved them all
00:30:21.85\00:30:26.79
But of all these
friends And loved ones
00:30:35.73\00:30:40.80
There is no on compared With You
00:30:40.84\00:30:46.78
All these
memories lose Their meaning
00:30:46.81\00:30:52.21
When I think of
love as something new
00:30:52.25\00:30:57.79
Now I know I'll
never lose affection
00:30:57.82\00:31:03.43
For people and
friends I met before
00:31:03.46\00:31:09.13
I know I'll often
stop And think about them
00:31:09.16\00:31:14.84
But in my heart I love You more
00:31:14.87\00:31:20.28
Soon we'll come to the end
00:31:30.02\00:31:34.49
Of life's journey
00:31:34.52\00:31:38.99
And perhaps
00:31:39.03\00:31:41.26
We'll never meet anymore
00:31:41.30\00:31:47.34
Till we gather
00:31:47.37\00:31:49.97
In Heaven's bright city
00:31:50.01\00:31:55.61
Far away on that
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.61
Beautiful shore
00:31:58.65\00:32:03.99
So if we never meet again
00:32:04.02\00:32:08.09
This side of Heaven
00:32:08.12\00:32:12.26
As we struggle thru this world
00:32:12.29\00:32:16.26
And its strifes
00:32:16.30\00:32:21.10
There's another meeting place
00:32:21.14\00:32:25.01
Somewhere in Heaven
00:32:25.04\00:32:29.41
By the beautiful River of Life
00:32:29.44\00:32:34.65
Where the charming roses
00:32:37.85\00:32:40.56
Bloom forever
00:32:40.59\00:32:46.09
And separations come no more
00:32:46.13\00:32:51.23
So if we never meet again,
00:32:54.27\00:32:58.47
This side of Heaven
00:32:58.51\00:33:02.71
I will meet you On
that beautiful shore
00:33:02.74\00:33:09.98
Amen, see you there.
00:33:21.53\00:33:26.10
David Canther is my name.
00:33:26.13\00:33:27.47
I'm the founder of
ACTS Disaster Response.
00:33:27.50\00:33:30.24
But first of all,
00:33:30.27\00:33:31.61
I'd like to say a
very special thank you
00:33:31.64\00:33:34.24
to 3ABN and the
partners of 3ABN.
00:33:34.28\00:33:37.41
If it weren't for 3ABN
when ACTS Disaster Response
00:33:37.45\00:33:40.78
began some years ago,
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.68
we would not be able to respond
with hurricanes, tornadoes
00:33:42.72\00:33:47.66
whenever they're
happening across the country.
00:33:47.69\00:33:49.96
It's from partners like you
that have made that possible
00:33:49.99\00:33:52.79
to go out and feed the survivors
00:33:52.83\00:33:55.46
of today's last day events.
00:33:55.50\00:33:58.03
So thank you very much.
00:33:58.07\00:33:59.80
I want to thank Danny,
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.17
he's been out in
the field with us,
00:34:01.20\00:34:02.74
and down in Katrina
when he brought a crew in,
00:34:02.77\00:34:05.27
and you'll see a little bit
of footage of this on a CBS,
00:34:05.31\00:34:08.24
little footage here too today.
00:34:08.28\00:34:10.15
But they have been
excellent in being able to,
00:34:10.18\00:34:13.82
to help bring the good
news to hurting people today.
00:34:13.85\00:34:16.92
Well, ACTS actually
has four new divisions
00:34:16.95\00:34:19.65
as it continues
to expand and grow.
00:34:19.69\00:34:22.02
We have our DR
00:34:22.06\00:34:23.39
which is ACTS Disaster Response.
00:34:23.43\00:34:25.43
We actually have our CM,
which is Creative Ministries.
00:34:25.46\00:34:29.40
We do a lot of creative things
00:34:29.43\00:34:31.27
happening around
the United States,
00:34:31.30\00:34:32.70
especially in the Southeast.
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.20
And we have a couple
of special individuals,
00:34:35.24\00:34:37.41
we have Nikki who
is our new director
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.47
of Creative Ministries
and Task Force interns,
00:34:39.51\00:34:42.54
who are with us for like
a 10 month period of time.
00:34:42.58\00:34:46.01
We have Maritsa
on the opposite end,
00:34:46.05\00:34:47.78
from Union College, working with
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.62
the International
Rescue and Response.
00:34:49.65\00:34:51.75
That's our MD
side, the medical side.
00:34:51.79\00:34:54.56
We have a
Mobile Medical Hospital
00:34:54.59\00:34:56.22
at Union College
00:34:56.26\00:34:57.59
and a part of the
students from Union College,
00:34:57.63\00:35:00.23
have been there assisting.
00:35:00.26\00:35:01.60
We did 2700,
inoculations in Katrina
00:35:01.63\00:35:04.37
and continue to develop
00:35:04.40\00:35:05.73
the medical side
of what ACTS does.
00:35:05.77\00:35:07.94
We also have an EDU side,
which is our education side,
00:35:07.97\00:35:11.47
training going
around in prayer rooms,
00:35:11.51\00:35:13.71
a lot of things to
train our young people,
00:35:13.74\00:35:16.04
as an army of youth, amen?
00:35:16.08\00:35:18.28
An army of youth to be able
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.75
to respond in a significant way.
00:35:19.78\00:35:22.55
Well, ACTS is
continuing to grow in a way that
00:35:22.58\00:35:25.35
some of you may have
heard of Operation Compassion.
00:35:25.39\00:35:28.49
That's a worldwide organization
00:35:28.52\00:35:31.09
that has 18 warehouses
across the United States
00:35:31.13\00:35:33.80
and around the world.
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.16
They have asked
us that they said,
00:35:35.20\00:35:36.87
"We would like to
actually sponsor you.
00:35:36.90\00:35:39.17
We like what you're
doing out on the field.
00:35:39.20\00:35:41.50
Would you like our warehouses
00:35:41.54\00:35:43.24
of supplies to
feed your kitchens,
00:35:43.27\00:35:45.74
and to feed and
mass distribution?
00:35:45.77\00:35:48.41
And we said, "Yes."
00:35:48.44\00:35:50.61
And so from now on, actually,
our name is kind of combining,
00:35:50.65\00:35:54.35
so it's ACTS of Compassion.
00:35:54.38\00:35:56.38
So you can see how
God is moving and growing.
00:35:56.42\00:35:58.89
So that when
we're out in the field,
00:35:58.92\00:36:00.82
millions of dollars of supplies
00:36:00.86\00:36:02.79
that go toward
different organizations.
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.16
They can be bringing
it with their semis to us
00:36:05.19\00:36:07.86
in the field as well.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.40
Well, the last two tornadoes.
00:36:09.43\00:36:10.87
How many of you
heard of the tornadoes,
00:36:10.90\00:36:12.43
The Lady Lake and Enterprise?
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.40
All right.
00:36:14.44\00:36:15.77
These are some of the students
that actually were involved
00:36:15.80\00:36:18.04
in helping in
those recent tornadoes.
00:36:18.07\00:36:20.98
I like to look
at Fletcher Academy
00:36:21.01\00:36:22.74
as probably being
00:36:22.78\00:36:24.11
one of the best modeled schools.
00:36:24.15\00:36:26.55
We have over 13,000 volunteers
coming from around the country,
00:36:26.58\00:36:30.49
helping us in the
field, being that army,
00:36:30.52\00:36:32.69
but Fletcher is right
on the top of that list.
00:36:32.72\00:36:35.96
Fletcher came out and was...
00:36:35.99\00:36:37.33
Let's give them a hand.
00:36:37.36\00:36:41.00
Oh, they're great young people.
00:36:41.03\00:36:42.96
And I tell you,
what their role modeling
00:36:43.00\00:36:44.80
is that they are able to be seen
00:36:44.83\00:36:47.37
as being the
hands and feet of Jesus,
00:36:47.40\00:36:49.54
because they work hard.
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.04
Do you know I've never had
any trouble out of any of them,
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.68
because they're
servants for God.
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.21
When they come out to the field,
00:36:56.24\00:36:57.58
they work hard and tirelessly,
00:36:57.61\00:36:59.88
from morning till night and even
00:36:59.91\00:37:01.55
into the night unloading semis.
00:37:01.58\00:37:03.02
Whatever they're needed to
do, they're there to do it.
00:37:03.05\00:37:05.79
But I love it that
they're missionaries right here
00:37:05.82\00:37:08.49
in the good old USA.
00:37:08.52\00:37:10.13
I thought I'd never
lived to see the day
00:37:10.16\00:37:11.89
when people died
for lack of water
00:37:11.93\00:37:13.86
in the good old USA.
00:37:13.90\00:37:16.03
But that's going on.
00:37:16.06\00:37:17.40
We're living in the last
days, there will be more of it.
00:37:17.43\00:37:19.83
And we have a
plan and a solution.
00:37:19.87\00:37:22.27
Actually, I'm now
fully self employed.
00:37:22.30\00:37:26.14
You might call it independent
ministries with ACTS.
00:37:26.17\00:37:28.98
I've been a pastor of
25 years, but now ACTS
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.35
is a fully independent ministry.
00:37:31.38\00:37:33.42
And so that's how we're able to
keep moving forward, by faith.
00:37:33.45\00:37:37.15
I don't know where my
salary comes from next month,
00:37:37.19\00:37:39.52
or to pay our
different taskforce workers,
00:37:39.55\00:37:41.72
but it comes
through partners like you.
00:37:41.76\00:37:43.79
So we want to
thank you for that.
00:37:43.83\00:37:45.43
Now I'd like to
introduce Yomara,
00:37:45.46\00:37:48.10
who is a very
special individual.
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.96
She was out in the
field with us in Lady Lake
00:37:50.00\00:37:52.13
where we did 13,000 hot meals,
at Enterprise we did about
00:37:52.17\00:37:56.30
another 14,000 hot meals,
but they were first responders
00:37:56.34\00:38:00.34
coming from
Fletcher, she led the pack.
00:38:00.38\00:38:03.08
Fletcher was there once again.
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.01
Yomara, how did being out there
00:38:05.05\00:38:08.05
with the
survivors affect your life?
00:38:08.08\00:38:11.15
Talk in.
00:38:11.19\00:38:12.52
Well, when I was there,
and I saw the people, like,
00:38:12.55\00:38:17.36
they lost everything.
00:38:17.39\00:38:19.39
And I thought, like,
I'm so thankful to God
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.60
because He gave me
everything that I need.
00:38:22.63\00:38:25.30
And I have enough to live good.
00:38:25.33\00:38:27.34
And I just wanted to
help them to, I don't know,
00:38:27.37\00:38:32.31
like build their
house again or everything,
00:38:32.34\00:38:34.68
and I'm really thankful to God,
00:38:34.71\00:38:36.71
because He gave me
everything that I need.
00:38:36.75\00:38:38.81
And, I, my relationship with God
00:38:38.85\00:38:43.28
is closer because,
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.15
I don't care
about material things.
00:38:45.19\00:38:47.22
I just care about God in me.
00:38:47.26\00:38:50.23
Praise God, Yomara.
00:38:50.26\00:38:51.59
And that's an example
of many of our young people
00:38:51.63\00:38:54.20
whose lives are changed forever,
00:38:54.23\00:38:56.16
when they come to realize how
00:38:56.20\00:38:57.63
when people lose
everything, God is there.
00:38:57.67\00:39:00.90
Now we have Amanda,
00:39:00.94\00:39:02.27
who's a very special individual.
00:39:02.30\00:39:04.37
Now, Amanda, if you could share.
00:39:04.41\00:39:07.74
You work with
somebody very special.
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.25
Fletcher went
right across the road
00:39:10.28\00:39:12.18
to an individual
where a lot of the media
00:39:12.21\00:39:13.75
didn't even know.
00:39:13.78\00:39:15.12
And nobody knew his
house was back there
00:39:15.15\00:39:17.29
with an entire
nursery 10 acres large.
00:39:17.32\00:39:20.22
What did you
find at his nursery,
00:39:20.26\00:39:21.76
right across the road.
00:39:21.79\00:39:23.12
The media was focusing on
the Church of God property
00:39:23.16\00:39:25.69
where a tent was
set up and feeding.
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.60
But right across the
road, you found their nursery.
00:39:27.63\00:39:31.17
Tell us about that nursery.
00:39:31.20\00:39:32.63
What did it look
like when you got there?
00:39:32.67\00:39:34.17
And how did you impact
Roger's life, that was there?
00:39:34.20\00:39:37.64
Well, we didn't
really know a whole lot about
00:39:37.67\00:39:39.34
this situation
until we got there.
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.04
And when we showed up
this, this 10 acre property
00:39:41.08\00:39:45.05
where the buildings once
stood, it was just completely
00:39:45.08\00:39:48.92
just the remnants
of their buildings
00:39:48.95\00:39:51.19
of their cars of everything
that they owned, their spoons,
00:39:51.22\00:39:54.99
you just see everything there.
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.56
And that's like
their whole existence
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.16
of material things there
and they had their nursery,
00:39:59.19\00:40:02.30
which was their
source of income,
00:40:02.33\00:40:04.33
and thousands of dollars.
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.33
And the thousands of plants
00:40:06.37\00:40:08.27
that were just strewn
everywhere, broken pots.
00:40:08.30\00:40:11.11
It was just incredible.
00:40:11.14\00:40:12.47
Now, Roger was crying to me
00:40:12.51\00:40:13.84
when I came over
after you had left.
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.94
And he said, "I have never
seen a group of young people
00:40:15.98\00:40:18.11
work so hard.
00:40:18.15\00:40:19.78
And they were able to let
Jesus be seen through them."
00:40:19.81\00:40:24.72
And, you know, I asked
him, I said, "Roger," I said,
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.52
"How is your relationship
with God through all this,
00:40:27.56\00:40:29.39
you must just be at the bottom."
00:40:29.42\00:40:30.76
And he said, he
said, "You know what?
00:40:30.79\00:40:32.63
I've realized
I've lost everything.
00:40:32.66\00:40:34.70
But watching these young people
00:40:34.73\00:40:36.26
and seeing God in
them I've," he said,
00:40:36.30\00:40:37.97
"I want to recommit
my heart to the Lord."
00:40:38.00\00:40:40.04
We stopped there
and we prayed together,
00:40:40.07\00:40:42.50
and we brought in
counselors to work with him,
00:40:42.54\00:40:45.14
but it's just
another example of somebody
00:40:45.17\00:40:47.14
who loses everything,
00:40:47.18\00:40:48.84
but is drawn
closer to God through it.
00:40:48.88\00:40:50.95
If you want to be a
partner in helping survivors,
00:40:50.98\00:40:53.48
you can be able to do
so when you leave today.
00:40:53.52\00:40:55.22
There's little green things
or you can go to the website
00:40:55.25\00:40:57.45
actsdr.org.
00:40:57.49\00:40:59.29
A-C-T-S-D-R.org, or you can go,
00:40:59.32\00:41:02.16
you can call them
the toll free number
00:41:02.19\00:41:03.66
(866) 558-2287,
00:41:03.69\00:41:08.43
and be able to
sponsor survivors for a $100.
00:41:08.46\00:41:11.23
And also these young
people as they go out.
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.94
We're gonna show
you a DVD right now,
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.77
that shows the recent
tornadoes and how God used ACTS.
00:41:15.80\00:41:19.74
Thank you.
00:41:19.77\00:41:23.11
CBS News In Focus,
responding to disaster.
00:41:23.14\00:41:26.41
The federal
government can do it.
00:41:26.45\00:41:28.68
FEMA has some 3.4 billion
tax dollars a year to spend.
00:41:28.72\00:41:32.85
And since its
disastrous performance
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.16
after Hurricane Katrina, FEMA
00:41:35.19\00:41:37.36
has promised to move faster,
00:41:37.39\00:41:39.13
but sometimes the people
00:41:39.16\00:41:40.50
who show up
first after a disaster,
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.76
are volunteers,
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.43
as national correspondent
Byron Pitts reports,
00:41:44.47\00:41:46.94
volunteers with
the American Spirit.
00:41:46.97\00:41:51.57
Thank you, kids.
00:41:51.61\00:41:52.94
Like so many tornado survivors,
00:41:52.97\00:41:54.94
64 year old Maryland
Fisher, Lake Mac, Florida
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.28
is rebuilding her
life one piece at a time.
00:41:58.31\00:42:01.25
I wish I had arms long enough
to reach around all of you.
00:42:01.28\00:42:05.02
Maryland's surrounded
00:42:05.05\00:42:06.39
by volunteers from
around the country,
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.29
all part of a
Christian nonprofit organization
00:42:08.32\00:42:10.86
called ACTS, Active
Community Team Services.
00:42:10.89\00:42:14.00
We have some
great 18 year olds...
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.50
David Canther, a
preacher who left the pulpit,
00:42:15.53\00:42:18.20
founded ACTS three years ago.
00:42:18.23\00:42:20.14
I love to rally business people,
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.67
volunteers from all
over, college students,
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.71
high school
students, to be on site
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.78
after disaster happens
00:42:26.81\00:42:28.14
within 24 hours, feeding people.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.94
Canther calls this
effort 'an army of everyone'.
00:42:29.98\00:42:33.11
Go teams bring food, water,
supplies and medical services
00:42:33.15\00:42:36.99
straight into disaster zones.
00:42:37.02\00:42:39.29
When Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf Coast,
00:42:39.32\00:42:42.22
ACTS hit the ground
00:42:42.26\00:42:43.76
There are trees all
over the main highways
00:42:43.79\00:42:46.63
and we're cutting our way
in, man, we're determined.
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.60
You cut your way into Louisiana?
00:42:48.63\00:42:49.96
Cut out way in there.
00:42:50.00\00:42:51.33
And so it was in
all through the night.
00:42:51.37\00:42:54.37
It took us five hours
to go five miles about.
00:42:54.40\00:42:58.44
Five hours
turned into nine months.
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.31
In that time, ACTS
distributed more than
00:43:01.34\00:43:03.61
$23 million in donated goods
00:43:03.65\00:43:06.65
and serve nearly a
half million hot meals.
00:43:06.68\00:43:10.29
This trailer here is
designed to be in the field.
00:43:10.32\00:43:12.82
It'll cook 200 pizzas an hour.
00:43:12.85\00:43:14.79
Oh, my goodness.. Acts
has never received a dime
00:43:14.82\00:43:17.56
from the Federal or
any State government.
00:43:17.59\00:43:20.03
Everything comes
from private donations.
00:43:20.06\00:43:22.56
The goal, feed both
the body and the soul.
00:43:22.60\00:43:27.37
Sound stages will be used
00:43:27.40\00:43:29.04
constantly for
emotional therapy.
00:43:29.07\00:43:31.24
Emotional
therapy? Emotional therapy.
00:43:31.27\00:43:32.84
You do more than
just feed people?
00:43:32.87\00:43:34.21
They need emotional healing.
00:43:34.24\00:43:35.58
They have no theaters
open, they have no power.
00:43:35.61\00:43:37.18
They have no
TVs, radios for weeks.
00:43:37.21\00:43:39.51
They need more than that
food and water to begin with.
00:43:39.55\00:43:41.72
Food and Fellowship.
00:43:41.75\00:43:43.99
There are 12,000
volunteers nationwide,
00:43:44.02\00:43:46.69
including students from
00:43:46.72\00:43:48.06
Christian
colleges and high schools,
00:43:48.09\00:43:50.09
who are given time off from
class when disasters strike.
00:43:50.13\00:43:54.33
How do I phrase this
question in a sensitive way?
00:43:54.36\00:43:56.46
Are you guys just weird?
00:43:56.50\00:43:57.93
High school kids just
wanna sacrifice their time.
00:43:57.97\00:44:01.20
When I know I have the ability
to help somebody in need,
00:44:01.24\00:44:03.47
it makes me feel
good to know that
00:44:03.51\00:44:04.97
they've been helped, you
know, that I made a difference.
00:44:05.01\00:44:07.38
They've made a difference
in Maryland Fisher's life.
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.65
A broken hand,
fractured collar bone,
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.98
from the tornado that
destroyed her home a month ago.
00:44:13.01\00:44:16.28
Her husband is
still in the hospital,
00:44:16.32\00:44:18.42
and she's still waiting on FEMA.
00:44:18.45\00:44:21.22
They're slower
than Moses. Forgive me.
00:44:21.26\00:44:24.16
But why are you even necessary?
00:44:24.19\00:44:25.96
We pay taxes.
00:44:25.99\00:44:27.53
We have organizations like FEMA.
00:44:27.56\00:44:29.56
There's a huge gap or a hole.
00:44:29.60\00:44:32.00
Faith based groups and
others fill a tremendous need.
00:44:32.03\00:44:35.60
And that is we mobilize quickly.
00:44:35.64\00:44:37.84
We don't have to be paid.
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.61
We love doing efficiently.
00:44:39.64\00:44:41.24
What do you say to
these kids when they come out
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.14
and there's
sweeping up, and picking up?
00:44:43.18\00:44:45.51
I hug 'em and I tell 'em thanks
00:44:45.55\00:44:47.98
and I appreciate
what they are doing.
00:44:48.02\00:44:51.42
And I just about
cry on their shoulder
00:44:51.45\00:44:54.96
because they've
been so good to us.
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.79
We love you, Maryland.
00:44:57.83\00:44:59.66
Well, I love all of you you.
00:44:59.69\00:45:02.43
It's hard not to, Byron Pitts,
CBS news, Lake Mac, Florida.
00:45:02.46\00:45:08.24
And as we mentioned a
bit earlier in the broadcast,
00:45:08.27\00:45:10.74
the first volunteers to
go to Enterprise, Alabama,
00:45:10.77\00:45:13.44
after the tornado, last week,
00:45:13.48\00:45:15.34
were from that very group, ACTS.
00:45:15.38\00:45:17.41
I have found a deep peace
00:45:30.49\00:45:32.89
That I never had known
00:45:32.93\00:45:38.13
And a joy this
world Could not afford
00:45:38.17\00:45:45.57
Since I've yielded
control Of my body and soul
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To my wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:45:53.35\00:45:58.82
If you know it,
you can sing with me.
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My wonderful Lord
00:46:01.22\00:46:05.43
My wonderful Lord
00:46:05.46\00:46:09.46
By angels and seraphs
00:46:09.50\00:46:13.13
In heaven adored
00:46:13.17\00:46:19.04
I bow at Thy
shrine O Savior divine
00:46:19.07\00:46:26.72
My wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:46:26.75\00:46:34.72
All the talents
00:46:34.76\00:46:36.69
I have I have laid at Thy Feet
00:46:36.73\00:46:42.50
Thy approval shall be my reward
00:46:42.53\00:46:50.31
Be my store great or small
00:46:50.34\00:46:54.91
I surrender it all
00:46:54.94\00:46:57.95
To my wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:46:57.98\00:47:05.39
My wonderful Lord
00:47:05.42\00:47:10.43
My wonderful Lord
00:47:10.46\00:47:13.73
By angels and seraphs
00:47:13.76\00:47:17.57
In heaven adored
00:47:17.60\00:47:23.54
I bow at Thy shrine
00:47:23.57\00:47:27.61
O Savior divine
00:47:27.64\00:47:31.58
My wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.95
Thou art fairer to me
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Than the fairest of earth
00:47:46.66\00:47:50.50
Thou
omnipotent, life-giving Word
00:47:50.53\00:47:58.41
O Thou Ancient of Days
00:47:58.44\00:48:02.71
Thou art worthy all praise
00:48:02.74\00:48:06.45
My wonderful, my wonderful Lord
00:48:06.48\00:48:14.06
My wonderful Lord
00:48:14.09\00:48:18.49
My wonderful Lord
00:48:18.53\00:48:22.33
By angels and seraphs
00:48:22.36\00:48:26.13
In heaven adored
00:48:26.17\00:48:32.24
I bow at Thy
shrine O Savior divine
00:48:32.27\00:48:39.95
My wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:48:39.98\00:48:44.62
My wonderful, wonderful Lord
00:48:51.13\00:48:56.97
I'm going to ask
my buddy and friend,
00:49:03.94\00:49:05.77
Brother Darrell
Marshall to come out.
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Any of you ever
hear Darrell sing before?
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All right, they're not
going to leave, Darrell.
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You'll stay here, won't you?
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.15
Oh, I saw that. Okay. All right.
00:49:13.18\00:49:15.25
I started to say, well,
these folks got excited,
00:49:15.28\00:49:17.22
I saw Darrell on the
side cheering them on.
00:49:17.25\00:49:19.59
All right.
00:49:19.62\00:49:20.96
Darrell, tell us
where you're from
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.32
in case somebody don't know you.
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Where are you from?
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I'm from Carmi,
Illinois, born and raised there.
00:49:25.09\00:49:26.96
But right now I'm
residing in Evansville, Indiana.
00:49:27.00\00:49:30.20
All right now you
didn't like Illinois,
00:49:30.23\00:49:32.13
so you moved to Evansville?
00:49:32.17\00:49:33.50
Well, it was time for a move...
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Time for a move. All right.
00:49:34.90\00:49:36.24
Time for a change.
00:49:36.27\00:49:37.61
And you're doing what,
you're getting ready to go.
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I mean, you sing a lot
but you're getting ready
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to do a big tour, I understand.
00:49:41.08\00:49:42.41
I do. This is my
first major tour.
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.95
This is what I do.
00:49:44.98\00:49:46.51
Travel and sing
across the country.
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.75
And because of
the exposure of 3ABN,
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.95
I've been able to set up
about two months of tours
00:49:50.99\00:49:55.12
and concerts out
through the West and Northwest
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and be with the Heritage Singers
00:49:58.53\00:49:59.86
for their
Northwest tour in June.
00:49:59.89\00:50:03.16
So I'll be gone for
about, on the road for
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a little over two months.
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Then you come back and
visit us some more, right?
00:50:07.14\00:50:09.20
We appreciate
Darrell, not only does
00:50:09.24\00:50:11.14
he have a great voice
that God has given him,
00:50:11.17\00:50:12.91
but he's just a lot
of fun to be around.
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.71
He's a happy excited
Christian and my family and I,
00:50:14.74\00:50:18.11
we enjoy traveling with Darrell.
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.62
Thank you. I'd
like to do an old song.
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You've ever heard that song,
just a closer walk with Thee?
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Would you help me sing it?
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Amen.
00:50:27.99\00:50:31.59
I am weak but Thou art strong
00:50:31.63\00:50:36.03
Jesus keep me from all wrong
00:50:39.83\00:50:44.41
I'll be satisfied as long
00:50:48.38\00:50:55.85
As I walk, Let me
walk close to Thee
00:50:55.88\00:51:03.83
Help me sing this chorus.
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.66
Just a closer walk with Thee
00:51:05.69\00:51:10.33
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
00:51:14.24\00:51:18.77
Daily walking close to Thee
00:51:22.71\00:51:30.25
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
00:51:30.29\00:51:36.56
When my feeble
00:51:39.96\00:51:43.57
life is o'er
00:51:43.60\00:51:48.47
Time for me will be no more
00:51:48.50\00:51:53.07
He will guide me gently
00:51:56.21\00:52:00.82
Safely o'er
00:52:00.85\00:52:04.65
To Thy kingdom's
shore, To Thy shore
00:52:04.69\00:52:10.56
Thro' this world of toils
00:52:18.53\00:52:22.44
And snares
00:52:22.47\00:52:27.08
If I falter, Lord, who cares
00:52:27.11\00:52:35.05
And who with me My burden shares
00:52:35.08\00:52:42.92
None but Thee Dear
Lord, None but Thee
00:52:42.96\00:52:50.47
Now, help me sing.
00:52:50.50\00:52:52.70
Just a closer walk with Thee
00:52:52.73\00:52:58.01
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
00:53:01.44\00:53:06.08
I'll be daily walking
00:53:09.12\00:53:13.59
Close to Thee
00:53:13.62\00:53:17.36
Let it be, dear Lord
00:53:17.39\00:53:22.20
Let it be
00:53:22.23\00:53:26.07
Let it be, dear Lord
00:53:26.10\00:53:30.61
Let it be
00:53:30.64\00:53:33.54
Amen. Amen.
00:53:39.38\00:53:41.85
How many of you
believe that you are walking
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as close as you
can with the Lord?
00:53:43.79\00:53:45.69
Amen.
00:53:45.72\00:53:47.06
Don't we know that we could
always walk a little closer?
00:53:47.09\00:53:49.32
Amen.
00:53:49.36\00:53:50.69
Seems like a little
something comes our way
00:53:50.73\00:53:53.40
and we may stumble and fall.
00:53:53.43\00:53:55.30
But you know, God
is always right there
00:53:55.33\00:53:57.57
to pick us up, isn't He?
00:53:57.60\00:53:59.47
Hey, man, aren't you
thankful for that today.
00:53:59.50\00:54:01.37
The Bible says,
"Praise be to the God
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who is the father of
all comfort and compassion."
00:54:03.67\00:54:06.41
And I'm glad He is my
Heavenly Father today.
00:54:06.44\00:54:10.05
And I know that
somebody asked me here,
00:54:10.08\00:54:13.25
a while back, "Well,
00:54:13.28\00:54:14.62
what do you drink from
when your saucer overflows?"
00:54:14.65\00:54:20.16
And I said, Well, I don't know.
00:54:20.19\00:54:21.82
I thought about it for a minute.
00:54:21.86\00:54:23.19
And then I remember reading
some scripture that said,
00:54:23.22\00:54:25.79
that God is a Father
of comfort and compassion.
00:54:25.83\00:54:29.10
And just as the
sufferings of Christ
00:54:29.13\00:54:30.67
flow through Him onto
us, so our comfort overflows.
00:54:30.70\00:54:35.14
And so I thought about that
question they ask, and I said,
00:54:35.17\00:54:38.31
"Well, I don't want
to drink from my saucer.
00:54:38.34\00:54:42.31
When I'm that much blessed.
00:54:42.34\00:54:43.68
my cup overflows onto my saucer.
00:54:43.71\00:54:45.81
I want to be around others,
00:54:45.85\00:54:47.58
so that when this
comfort overflows,
00:54:47.62\00:54:50.29
it will flow on to
others, other hurting people."
00:54:50.32\00:54:53.29
There's hurting
people all over the world.
00:54:53.32\00:54:55.39
And I see them all the time
00:54:55.42\00:54:56.76
when I travel and meet them
00:54:56.79\00:54:59.26
and I want to be
able to encourage
00:54:59.29\00:55:01.73
and help and
help comfort people.
00:55:01.76\00:55:04.07
Amen. Amen.
00:55:04.10\00:55:05.83
I want you to
listen to this little song.
00:55:05.87\00:55:07.44
It's been requested
that I sing this song,
00:55:07.47\00:55:10.64
and it's probably
the most favorite.
00:55:10.67\00:55:12.77
It's called
"Drinkin' from My Saucer."
00:55:12.81\00:55:14.28
I've never made a fortune
00:55:23.82\00:55:30.73
And it's probably too late now
00:55:30.76\00:55:37.40
Oh, but I don't
Worry about that much
00:55:37.43\00:55:44.17
'Cause I'm happy anyhow
00:55:44.21\00:55:51.28
As I go along life's journey
00:55:51.31\00:55:57.92
I'm reaping better
00:55:57.95\00:56:00.36
Than I've sown
00:56:00.39\00:56:06.70
I'm drinking from my saucer
00:56:06.73\00:56:11.63
'Cause my cup has overflowed
00:56:11.67\00:56:16.20
A'int that good?
00:56:16.24\00:56:19.77
A'int got a lot of riches
00:56:19.81\00:56:25.75
Sometimes the going's rough
00:56:25.78\00:56:28.12
But I've got a friend in Jesus
00:56:32.35\00:56:39.16
And that makes me rich enough
00:56:39.19\00:56:42.10
I thank God for all
00:56:45.80\00:56:49.07
His blessings on me
00:56:49.10\00:56:52.54
And the mercy that
00:56:52.57\00:56:55.04
He's bestowed
00:56:55.08\00:57:01.52
I'm drinking from my saucer
00:57:01.55\00:57:06.76
'Cause my cup has overflowed
00:57:06.79\00:57:14.43
You know, my friend,
00:57:14.46\00:57:16.60
when sadness and
sorrow Comes our way there,
00:57:16.63\00:57:19.20
doesn't seem to be
much We can do about it.
00:57:19.23\00:57:21.60
But I remember one day,
When I was at my very lowest.
00:57:21.64\00:57:24.64
I reached up into heaven
00:57:24.67\00:57:26.17
And I touched His
precious nail-scarred hands.
00:57:26.21\00:57:29.08
God promised me that
00:57:29.11\00:57:30.45
He'd be faithful, to reach down,
00:57:30.48\00:57:32.51
Pick me up And
restore me to new.
00:57:32.55\00:57:35.25
Do you love Him today?
00:57:35.28\00:57:37.19
Amen.
00:57:37.22\00:57:39.05
Yes.
00:57:39.09\00:57:40.42
So Lord, help me not
to grumble And complain
00:57:40.46\00:57:47.23
About the tough rows that
00:57:47.26\00:57:49.40
I've hoed
00:57:49.43\00:57:56.00
I'm drinking from my saucer
00:57:56.04\00:58:01.41
'Cause my cup has overflowed
00:58:01.44\00:58:08.28
And if I should go on living
00:58:08.32\00:58:14.66
And if my way
gets steep And rough
00:58:14.69\00:58:22.06
I'll not ask for Other blessings
00:58:22.10\00:58:28.40
'Cause I'm
already blessed Enough
00:58:28.44\00:58:33.17
And this is my
prayer For y'all today.
00:58:33.21\00:58:35.54
That I may never be too busy
00:58:35.58\00:58:42.02
To help another
00:58:42.05\00:58:44.35
Bear his load
00:58:44.39\00:58:50.13
You see, I'm
drinking From my saucer
00:58:50.16\00:58:56.30
'Cause my cup has overflowed
00:58:56.33\00:59:02.37
Yes, I'll be
drinking From my saucer, Lord
00:59:02.40\00:59:07.44
Oh, yes, I will
00:59:07.48\00:59:10.95
This cup has overflowed
00:59:10.98\00:59:16.99
Has your cup over flowed?
00:59:17.02\00:59:20.99
Yes. Amen.
00:59:24.39\00:59:25.73