Dear Lord we trust
You, your love for us is
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wonderful and we want
to learn more about it.
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To have been a creation
as Adam and Eve were and
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to have had direct
communication with you
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would have been so wonderful.
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But we understand that
there is war going on here
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in this planet, not
only between nations but
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warfare between
you Christ and Satan.
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So, as we live our
lives in the many cities and
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towns that we come
from, yes from all over
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America and even other nations.
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Let us take seriously
the opportunity we have to
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present You in the market place.
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Let us be bold in
telling others of your creative
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power, Your love for
us as demonstrated when
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You came to this
earth to give us an example.
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We have different ways
to show that love during
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these last days of the
war between good and evil.
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Our first is by accepting
you as humble children.
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It feels good to be Your child,
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but this warfare is
hard on us. As we meet here,
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fill this hall,
this whole city with Your
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Holy Spirit so that
we can receive wisdom and
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commands from
you as to what to do.
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Show us how to
personally witness better,
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better ways to
use the printed page,
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the radio
signals, the telephones,
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television signals
and yes the Internet.
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The ASI conventions
bring us close together,
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fills our hearts
and lives with hope,
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fellowship and happiness.
As we now open the 60th
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convention, may it be
the greatest of all and may
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we find harmony,
love and sharing as you
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would have it. We love You and
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want to serve you, amen, amen.
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Good evening, good evening.
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And welcome to
the ASI Convention,
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the 60th anniversary.
This is a special year
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isn't it Debbie. Oh!
It's truly special, wow,
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think about God has
led us to this point,
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that's right, to
experience 60 years
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of sharing Christ
in our market place.
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That's right, you
know years ago our pioneers
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never thought we'd
have 60 additional years
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after 1947. I am sure
that was never in their
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thinking, no and you
know I think maybe what
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had been in their
thinking Ron is that so soon
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we would be in
heaven. That's right,
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and that is our
yearning. While we are extremely
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excited that God has
brought us to this point
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we really do want to
accelerate the pace so we
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can go on. And that's
why we are here tonight
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isn't it? Yes it is,
and there are some special
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things besides this
60th, there are some special
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things happening at
this convention aren't they.
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Oh! Yes because it's
the 60th we have a number
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of exciting features
that we want everyone to
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take advantage
of. Now I was in the
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exhibits just a little
bit ago and it seemed like
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it was especially full,
in the past we had about
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300, just under 300 exhibits.
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What's happened this
year? Well you know I
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happen to bring a
list of, Ron, oh really,
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let me just here, oh
really, if we just slip
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right over here I
have a very short list,
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you're organized
Debbie. Well you know I didn't
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want to really miss anything so,
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can we just
highlight a few of them.
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Oh! Let's see, okay alright,
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I know it really is
just a few, oh yeah,
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well actually we do
have so much to share,
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you think we can
highlight all of these or,
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we'll just take a
few. Okay we'll just take
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a few, okay we will
just take a few, yeah,
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yeah okay. Well you
mention the exhibits,
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right, and we
actually have over 320 exhibits
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this year, wow. So
it's a record breaking
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experience. Oh!
That's wonderful,
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that you know these
exhibitors have a special
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presentation. Each
one of them have something
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special to say to
us, right. Yes they do,
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they want to let us
know that there are different
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ways, many ways that
we can share Christ in the
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market place. I
understand that there is
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something unusual
happening in the back of
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the exhibit hall this
year. Oh! That's right,
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way in the back
usually the place where no one
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goes, where it's kind
of difficult for exhibitors
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that are back
there, I know that,
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but we have
some exciting things.
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You know what we're
going to have back there Ron?
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Well, tell me? A health expo.
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A health expo,
you know when I walk
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around the
convention I get tired,
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my muscles just
really, really feel it after
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a while. Would
they have massage?
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Yes, we have something
for those tired muscles,
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oh well. For those
aching feet we have
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massage therapist
that can help relax those
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muscles. Oh that's for
me, that's for me, yes.
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And we have some
other exciting things, okay,
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okay, some other features.
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This is one of the
places, at the times we are
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able to premier some
exciting new things that
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are going to
happen for ASI members.
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Well we are in a new era, yes,
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we absolutely
are, of technology,
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yes, but are we into technology?
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Yes, we are into technology,
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we are going to take
advantage of it, really,
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by using the netadventist.org,
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NetAsi, yes, NetAsi,
NetAsi. So we will be able
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to provide to our
members as a benefit a free
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websites. No, no, yes,
I understood that this was
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worth about $250 a
year. It is, it's really
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a fancy stuff,
it's complimentary from
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ASI. Wow, and it's for
the purpose of ministry.
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You see websites,
technology is no good
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unless you use it,
wow. But if you can harness
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that power in order
to be just really get the
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word out then it's
really, it be really useful.
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Now if you're an
organizational member,
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a nonprofit supporting
ministry or a business,
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you are an
organizational member,
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you can actually
sign up for it here.
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Yes you can and
actually right here,
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there are
actually going to be some
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demonstrations, oh,
some so people can ask
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questions, so we can
watch out, we can get
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training right here.
Oh! Right here, right here,
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we want to encourage
everyone who is interested
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to having their
website to sign up,
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because this is
for ministry purposes.
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So, even those who have
a business while they may
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have their own
website, they can still use it,
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they can still
use it for ministry.
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Oh! That's wonderful,
because that's what we
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are all about,
sharing Christ in the
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market place. I'm thrilled.
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Oh and something
else, yeah, you know we have
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our standard 20
seminars, that's wonderful,
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yes we have 20
seminars, I can get training in
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different areas.
In different areas,
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and we are actually
going to hear more about each
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of those later in the
program. Oh good, good,
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so we'll have that,
okay we can leave that along.
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Oh! another exciting thing Ron,
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I am really excited about this,
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the train them now initiative,
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train them now, yes,
who we are trying to train?
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Well, we're training
more lay people to do
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ministry. We're
going to train lay people?
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We are going to train
lay people to share the
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gospel. I thought
we were lay people
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being trained. We are
being trained and we are
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training lay people to train,
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well you get the point.
Oh well, well, the whole
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point is that we've
actually embarked on this
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training initiative
and we are going to hear
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highlights of
that experience at the
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convention this
year. That sounds great,
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that's wonderful. Oh
let's see what else do
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we have, oh now
this is really exciting.
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You know you can't
have a 60th anniversary
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without reflecting on
the past and understanding
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how it has
brought us to this point,
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that's right. So we
actually going to be
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looking at two important
pillars on which ASI has
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been founded.
During this convention?
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During this convention, okay,
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so on Thursday morning,
two pillars, two pillars,
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yes, what would that
be? Well the two pillars are
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the medical
missionary work, okay, okay,
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and then the
education, self supporting work,
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oh wonderful. So,
we're going to really
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be highlighting and
understanding, right,
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how those have
contributed to our
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existence today,
right. And look at this big
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crowd out here,
oh isn't it wonderful
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to see so many people
get a passion about sharing
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Christ. We want to
welcome each of you here,
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you took time out of
your busy schedule to be
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with us during these
important days and we want
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to thank you for your
presence and your support.
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We do and we want you
to take advantage of all
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that we have planned
through the Holy Spirit so
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that we can share
Christ more effectively in our
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market place. Oh I
can't wait to get to the rest
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of this list, oh I tell you,
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yes it's quite a bit.
Well we'll save this for
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the rest of the convention.
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Well thank you, appreciate that.
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It's my privilege
tonight to interview one of
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our pioneers, an
old timer, Ed Martin.
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Ed, do you have a
microphone there, okay.
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Yeah there you got
that right on the old timer.
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You know, you know
Edwin we put out a special
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magazine this time for
the convention and this is
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the 60th anniversary magazine.
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It looks a little old
and may be it has some
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features that are a
little different then usual.
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This picture, do you
remember this picture?
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I sure do, yes, yes I
do. When do you think this
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picture was taken?
I don't know for sure
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but between around 1938 to 40.
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Okay, okay, and so
you saw this picture way
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back then? Yes, long time ago.
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You know the man on this cover
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I knew the man on the cover.
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Wow, now why would we
put this man on the cover
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of the 60th anniversary?
Because he was the one
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who had the
ideas, the one was the
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background for starting ASI,
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and Dr. E.A.
Sutherland. And you knew him?
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I did, wow, I am
just looking at here and
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thinking that about
these many people in this
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first 10 seats here
and so attended the very
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first meeting. Can't
believe it, that's right,
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that is
impressive, a long time ago.
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So, ASI started back in 1947 and
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Dr. E.A. Sutherland was
the first president, yes.
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And what was his
credentials to be the first
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president of ASI,
what was this all about?
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Well he was the one who started
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Madison Institution
which fostered a lot of
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little self supporting
institutions all through
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the south. Now
Madison College began when?
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1904, 1904. Now was
there anything special about
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this school? Well
everything was special
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about it. I was
just thinking about
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Dr. Sutherland and
you know he was a deeply
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spiritual man, he
believed in Mrs. White,
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he believed in the
Spirit of Prophecy,
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he believed in the
teachings of the Bible
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and he thought that
they should be made practical
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in everything we
do. Wherever we go,
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whatever we do, we
should be living out
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these principles. So
he was an action man?
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He was an action
man. Now I understand that
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you went, you went to
school at one of the units,
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one of the Madison
units, yes, but what was that?
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Fountain Head which
is now Highland Academy.
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Fountain Head, now
I actually worked at
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Fountain Head.
Actually Highland Academy
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several years
ago. But what did you,
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you know what was
unique about Fountain Head
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these units that
came out in Madison.
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What was, what type
of education did you get?
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I frequently said
that I didn't get a lot of
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book learning. I did
very poorly in school,
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but I did learn to
work. You learned to work?
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I learned to work,
okay, and the Lord has bleesed
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my ability to get up
and go to work everyday.
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Okay, lets just talk a
little bit so, you're a
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retired business man.
What was your business?
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We were into
nursing home business.
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A nursing home, we
had about 2000 beds,
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2000 beds and you
recognized the training
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you received from
Fountain Head Academy as a
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training that taught
you the importance of value
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of the work ethic. I
did, now Dr. Sutherland,
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you were talking about
this stool of education,
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a three legged, three-
legged stool of education.
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And so it was
tied around spiritual
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principles to begin
with, in order to be a member
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of ASI which was
the association of self
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supporting
institutions, you had to have an
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institution and that
institution had to have
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three major components, really.
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They had to have an
agricultural program,
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a medical program and
an educational program.
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And if you didn't have
those three you were not
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eligible to belong
to what was then called,
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early on it was the
Laymen's Extension League
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that was before ASI.
Now I understand that
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actually your
wife Mary Bill attended
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Madison College but
what brought her to come to,
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why did she come to
Madison to go to school.
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Well her mother
was an Adventist,
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her father
wasn't. But there was an
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article that came out
in the Readers Digest on
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Madison and your
ability to be able to go to
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Madison and work
your way through school.
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Wow, and her dad was
not able to put her in
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college, so she read
about this and said hey,
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that the place I go
and work my way through
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school. So Mary Bill
read in the Readers Digest
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about Madison College
and saw an opportunity to
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receive an education
even though she didn't have
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the resources, that's
right, within college,
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that's right. Well
that is impressive,
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now Madison
College is located where.
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Well just out in
Nashville, oh it's not,
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not two and
half hours from here.
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Yeah, just about, yeah okay.
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Now that's the
Southern Union, yes.
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And so out of
Madison these units came up,
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right, what impact
did these units and these
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schools have on
the Southern Union.
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When you were growing
up as a young person in
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your day, what was the
relationship between the
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supporting ministry
schools and the church
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schools or the
conference led school.
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Well to be honest,
they were only to my
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knowledge and I
think I am right,
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there were only 2
schools, academies in the
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Southern Union that
were operated by the church,
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and that was Collegedale
and Forest Lake Academy.
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And that was the only
schools that we had with
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academies in the Southern Union,
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and so they there were
probably half a dozen self
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supporting
schools. Half a dozen self
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supporting
schools, can you name a few
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of those? Oh yes,
okay, Madison itself had one,
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Madison okay, Fletcher, Pisgah,
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Fountain Head,
where I went to school,
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trying to think of the others,
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now Forest Lake
Academy, not Forest Lake,
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now Georgia
Cumberland, Pine Forest Academy,
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Pine Forest,
down in Mississippi,
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Georgia Cumberland
head something but I am not
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sure just what it
was. Okay, okay, there were
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the Georgia
Cumberland Academy is today,
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there was a little
school there and a medical
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work there. Now tell me
about the personality of
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Dr. Sutherland.
You know we hear about
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E.A. Sutherland and
his influence on the church
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and on ASI
especially because we are a
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product of Dr. Sutherland's
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Madison College
program in some ways,
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tell us about his
personality what type
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of man was he?
He was a very strong
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man in his thinking
and he was a thinker.
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He tried to teach other
people to think on their
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own and he wanted you
to much like I did when
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my children were growing up.
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I wanted them to think
for themselves until they
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began to think
different then I did.
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Alright, but I
didn't like that certainly.
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You told me, you told
me that Dr. Sutherland
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had a habit of
talking to some young people,
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some of the kids
bringing them into his office
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for a conversation.
And the young people
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didn't like
coming into his office.
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Now tell me about
that? Well, I just thinking
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probably about the
fact that someone would say
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to someone else
Dr. Sutherland looking
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for you, oh yeah,
and he said oh sure,
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I know he is but I
don't want to see him.
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Yeah. Because, he's
going to try to convince
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me what the Lord wants
me to do and I don't want
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to do that, so I
don't want to see him.
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Right, right, he was a
master psychologist, yes,
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he knew how to deal with people.
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Well, well, you know
Edwin I really appreciate
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talking to you
because I think you are one of
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the few that, that has
this personal acquaintance
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with the founder of
ASI, Dr. Sutherland.
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It was real privilege
to know and I can tell you
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that. And God
has blessed us with a
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wonderful history,
a wonderful heritage
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and a wonderful opportunity to
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learn from the past as
we look toward the future
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to the second
coming of Jesus, amen.
00:17:15.56\00:17:17.89
Thank you so much,
thank you so much Ron,
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God bless you.
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One of the most exciting
things I think about ASI
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is the opportunity
that all of us here at this
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convention and
also throughout the year
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have in supporting some
of the wonderful projects
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that we have all
going on as ASI members.
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And one of the
those projects is the
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Advent Home that
Dr. Blondel Senior runs
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and Dr. Senior would
you tell us just a little
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bit what is in case
someone doesn't know what
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is the Advent Home?
Advent Home is a license
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residential
treatment program for boys with
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ADHD, Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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And we take kids
with the various types of
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learning problems.
Kids who are failing
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in school or about to
fail and they come to the
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Advent Home so we can
give them a new start.
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This is kind of
a unique program.
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Isn't it you actually
were able to patent this
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program weren't you.
Well yeah we designed it,
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I never liked the
word unique but yeah it's
00:18:23.73\00:18:26.51
different, okay, and
we cater to a special type
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of need and a
special type of students.
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Tell us a little bit
about the services that
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Advent Home
provides? Well first we provide
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residential care,
they come and they
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live in our
program like a dormitory.
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And we have what is
called a minimum distraction
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environment, that
is we remove all the
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distractions like
computer games, baggy pants,
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hairdo, drugs,
cigarette and girls.
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We provide counseling,
we provide group sessions,
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we provide schooling
both remedial school and
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accelerated
school. We provide a lot of
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tutoring, we
provide parents training.
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Work is therapy at the
Advent Home and most kids
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come there allergic to work.
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And so we teach them
to work and we provide
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community outreach and
placement and follow up.
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When our kids are
through we place them in the
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school we think they
should go to and we follow
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up to see that they
continue to be successful.
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You know I was really
interested to hear what
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were saying about the
different aspects of the
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Advent Home. You
know in a lot of ways,
00:19:41.28\00:19:44.05
what you just heard
about what constituted self
00:19:44.32\00:19:47.75
supported institutes
back years ago is very much
00:19:47.76\00:19:50.87
alive and well at
the Advent Home isn't it.
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Yes, yes, we provide schooling,
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we provide work as
therapy and we provide various
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types of activities
that gets the kids involved
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and they like to work.
Work is therapy, right,
00:20:03.86\00:20:06.22
right. Tell us, you
received a little bit of
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help from your ASI
family and tell us just
00:20:09.79\00:20:13.67
exactly how you're
involved in the community
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and what that,
those funds went to.
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First, I must say thank
you ASI for a grant that
00:20:17.61\00:20:22.17
we received this past
year, $10,000 grant to
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help with our
community outreach program.
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And at the Advent Home
the health message is a
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wedge, there is no
doubt, but the health message
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is a very good wedge
to get into the community.
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So our boys take a
regular class on health.
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And in it they
learn lots of things,
00:20:44.69\00:20:46.72
and the teacher Miss
Yoins take the kids into
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the community and put
into practice what they
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have learned. The
first thing we do,
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we conducted a survey
in a community in which
00:20:55.78\00:20:59.00
we live. Now there was
about maybe 2500 people
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in that little city
and we do a survey in terms
00:21:02.68\00:21:06.21
of their needs and we
discover that they have
00:21:06.22\00:21:08.74
the same needs like
everybody else obesity,
00:21:08.75\00:21:11.61
smoking, drug
problems, alcohol and you know
00:21:11.62\00:21:17.44
basic lifestyle
problems. And so we designed a
00:21:18.35\00:21:22.57
program, first
thing we did, we trained
00:21:22.58\00:21:24.33
the staff. So we went
and we got training, CPR,
00:21:24.34\00:21:28.14
crises prevention
intervention and other
00:21:28.15\00:21:31.79
types of first aid training.
00:21:31.80\00:21:33.33
And so our staff are
certified to conduct these
00:21:33.34\00:21:36.93
types of first aid
training and lifestyle
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training. And then
we go into the community
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and we conduct
health exposes and health
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seminars and we go to
the public schools and we
00:21:46.73\00:21:51.31
will conduct seminars
in the public schools and
00:21:51.32\00:21:54.10
we have as many as
200 and 400 kids attending
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antismoking, drugs, et
cetera, obesity problems
00:21:58.73\00:22:02.49
and they really liked
it. And you know what they
00:22:02.50\00:22:05.01
have asked us, they
have asked us to comeback
00:22:05.02\00:22:07.09
and make it a regular
part of their curriculum in
00:22:07.10\00:22:09.79
public school. And we
are working with at least 3
00:22:09.80\00:22:12.25
schools now and
several community agencies.
00:22:12.26\00:22:15.79
We even went to
Wal-Mart and we thought that
00:22:15.80\00:22:18.66
Wal- Mart was going
to put us at some little
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.77
corner on the
outside of their store,
00:22:20.78\00:22:22.83
they put us in the
center of the store inside
00:22:22.84\00:22:26.71
the store. Now that's unusual,
00:22:26.72\00:22:27.95
can you imagine
that, that's unusual, yeah,
00:22:27.96\00:22:29.47
yeah. Now I want to
know if those who are
00:22:29.48\00:22:31.81
here and know Advent
Home, how many of you were
00:22:31.82\00:22:34.12
aware that they were
involved in the community
00:22:34.13\00:22:36.10
in this way.
Not very many, yeah.
00:22:36.11\00:22:38.42
Now I thought of Advent
Home really as a specific
00:22:38.43\00:22:41.21
need, yes, and I think
most people do but it's
00:22:41.22\00:22:43.29
amazing to hear how you
been able to reach out to
00:22:43.30\00:22:45.85
the community in this
way and ASI has been able
00:22:45.86\00:22:48.22
to help you. Well they,
may I just say one thing
00:22:48.23\00:22:50.58
that the myth is that
young people with ADHD are
00:22:50.59\00:22:53.96
bad kids, no, they are
very, very bright kids.
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.48
Brighter then the
average but they learn
00:22:56.49\00:22:58.35
differently, yeah
that's true, I can speak from
00:22:58.36\00:23:01.33
experience on that.
Let me talk just a little
00:23:01.34\00:23:04.76
bit about something
that's near to my heart and
00:23:04.77\00:23:06.74
that is radio, okay
radio. I spend some time in
00:23:06.75\00:23:09.53
radio as an announcer
and also we have a little
00:23:09.54\00:23:12.59
radio station of our
own. Now I understand that
00:23:12.60\00:23:14.15
you do as well, yes
we have a little radio
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.42
station out there in the forest.
00:23:16.43\00:23:17.78
Oh how about that, so
tell me, and it was funded
00:23:17.79\00:23:20.03
by ASI, you do a radio
program as well Senior.
00:23:20.04\00:23:23.62
Yes, we have a
radio program 24 hours,
00:23:23.63\00:23:26.40
we do approximately 14
hours of downing from 3ABN
00:23:26.91\00:23:31.58
and then we design
our own program and once a
00:23:31.59\00:23:35.87
week we invite a
public official to come to our
00:23:35.88\00:23:39.89
seminar, and come to
our radio station and
00:23:39.90\00:23:42.63
conduct a seminar on
health for the public,
00:23:42.64\00:23:46.53
amazing, and
the public likes it.
00:23:46.54\00:23:48.51
We invite the ministers
in the community to come
00:23:48.52\00:23:51.79
and conduct programs
and they really like it
00:23:51.80\00:23:54.52
really having a real
positive effect upon the
00:23:54.53\00:23:58.10
community in terms of
disseminating information.
00:23:58.11\00:24:00.95
Dr. Senior we
appreciated hearing from you.
00:24:01.57\00:24:03.80
About 20 seconds left,
can you tell us how this
00:24:04.44\00:24:08.22
benefits the community?
Well first it benefits
00:24:08.23\00:24:12.23
our own students.
Last year we baptized 19,
00:24:12.24\00:24:14.94
this year we have
baptized 8 already, amen.
00:24:15.87\00:24:18.77
We have baptized parents,
00:24:18.78\00:24:20.65
we're sharing
information with community on
00:24:23.24\00:24:25.64
health and they are
responding positively.
00:24:25.65\00:24:29.01
Thank you so much for
being with us and talking
00:24:29.02\00:24:31.10
a little bit about Advent Home.
00:24:31.11\00:24:32.47
We want to also give
you the opportunity not just
00:24:32.94\00:24:37.91
to support with your
money but also with your
00:24:37.92\00:24:40.39
prayers. Thank you so
much for being, thank you.
00:24:40.40\00:24:42.18
Our next person
that we want a project,
00:24:43.23\00:24:45.70
that we want to talk
about this evening and a
00:24:45.71\00:24:48.24
project that you have
been able to help several
00:24:48.25\00:24:49.90
times has been Bill
and Lois Dull at the
00:24:49.91\00:24:54.24
Living Springs
Overseas Retreats, right,
00:24:54.25\00:24:57.48
Missions. Now tell us
just a little bit about
00:24:57.49\00:25:00.72
what you're doing
there, where your home is?
00:25:00.73\00:25:04.26
Our home is in India.
Okay and how long have
00:25:05.59\00:25:08.55
you been there?
For about the last
00:25:08.56\00:25:10.43
14 years we lived
full time in India.
00:25:10.44\00:25:12.83
Just what really
drew you to go to India?
00:25:13.72\00:25:18.71
We went India 33 years
ago, 34 years ago for the
00:25:20.47\00:25:24.88
first time we never
could get it off of our mind
00:25:24.89\00:25:27.81
after that and so when
the Lord opened the door
00:25:27.82\00:25:31.44
for us to go we went
and we moved over and we
00:25:31.45\00:25:34.02
been there ever
since. Now I could get you go
00:25:34.03\00:25:37.54
on the stories but tell
us what it is that you do
00:25:37.55\00:25:40.08
there in India? We have several
00:25:40.09\00:25:43.55
ministries that we've begun.
00:25:43.56\00:25:45.15
We have two
orphanages, we have three Bible
00:25:45.84\00:25:49.76
seminaries and a
midwifery training
00:25:49.77\00:25:51.83
school that my wife
runs. How many orphan
00:25:51.84\00:25:55.10
children do you have there?
00:25:55.11\00:25:56.08
We have about a 150
children that we care for
00:25:56.09\00:25:59.47
and love and house and
feed and cloth and teach
00:25:59.48\00:26:04.90
and train. You got some
amazing things that have
00:26:04.91\00:26:08.44
happened over the years.
00:26:08.45\00:26:09.43
Tell us just a
little bit about some of the
00:26:09.44\00:26:10.86
changes that you
seen in people lives,
00:26:10.87\00:26:13.44
children lives there
that you are working with.
00:26:13.45\00:26:15.56
Our children come to
us from many different
00:26:16.54\00:26:19.28
backgrounds. From,
and are, from unbelievable
00:26:19.29\00:26:28.50
circumstances that I
can't take the time to go
00:26:28.51\00:26:31.28
in detail to explain
to you but some of them
00:26:31.29\00:26:33.94
have been brutally
used. Many of our girls have
00:26:33.95\00:26:37.05
been brutally molested
and all and so they when
00:26:37.06\00:26:43.98
they come to our place
they need a lot of help.
00:26:43.99\00:26:45.96
But we have
seen changes that are
00:26:46.51\00:26:48.44
unbelievable in our
children and we've seen
00:26:48.45\00:26:53.31
miracles of God in
with the children and I just
00:26:53.32\00:26:57.37
like to share an
experience with you.
00:26:57.38\00:26:59.35
We got a girl
last summer from a,
00:27:00.43\00:27:04.25
she was taken when
she was 11 years old,
00:27:05.56\00:27:07.89
when she was, for two
and half years she was
00:27:07.90\00:27:11.48
kidnapped and put
into a prostitution center
00:27:11.49\00:27:13.87
and this girl
escaped, she made it out to our
00:27:15.01\00:27:22.01
place. Her mother
brought her, she was terrified
00:27:22.02\00:27:28.79
when she first came,
but her life was totally
00:27:28.80\00:27:32.27
changed. We put her
in one of our orphanages
00:27:32.28\00:27:37.84
long ways away so that
the people would not come
00:27:37.85\00:27:41.74
to get her. After two months,
00:27:41.75\00:27:44.97
a group came to get
her at this place where we
00:27:46.14\00:27:49.46
put here in our
orphanage, another orphanage
00:27:49.47\00:27:54.25
that we have.
They came to get her,
00:27:54.26\00:27:58.09
a whole gang of them
came, they parked their
00:27:58.10\00:28:01.64
vehicles at the end of
our road and they started
00:28:01.65\00:28:04.63
walking up the road
to our girls dormitory to
00:28:04.64\00:28:08.65
get her. She saw
them coming, she panicked,
00:28:08.66\00:28:12.44
she called for one
of the other girls.
00:28:12.95\00:28:15.03
They came out they
prayed and the people stopped,
00:28:15.60\00:28:23.66
they stood on the
road and then they turned
00:28:25.13\00:28:28.83
around and they
left, praise God,
00:28:28.84\00:28:33.49
they went about a 1000
feet down the road where
00:28:33.50\00:28:36.53
they can still see the
dormitory and they stayed
00:28:36.54\00:28:40.20
there clear into
the middle of the night
00:28:40.21\00:28:41.94
and then they left
and our girl is safe.
00:28:43.36\00:28:46.99
She is learning to
know Jesus, she loves Jesus,
00:28:47.66\00:28:50.11
her whole life has been changed.
00:28:50.12\00:28:51.71
And we just praise
God. Amazing story isn't it?
00:28:51.72\00:28:54.73
Well, amen, before
we run out of time,
00:28:55.49\00:28:58.95
Sister Lois, can you
tell us just a little bit
00:28:58.96\00:29:01.75
about what you are up here for?
00:29:01.76\00:29:03.16
Yes we been working
in India for many years
00:29:04.55\00:29:08.55
and just a little over
a year ago at the end of
00:29:08.56\00:29:12.09
2005 we began a
pilot program to train
00:29:12.10\00:29:17.68
midwifery, to
training midwifery,
00:29:17.69\00:29:20.64
midwives and I had
11 midwifery students,
00:29:20.65\00:29:23.93
alright, and we
went into the homes,
00:29:23.94\00:29:26.97
we worked in about 10
villages and we just were
00:29:26.98\00:29:32.24
looking to find a way
to train these young women
00:29:32.25\00:29:34.75
to save lives. In
India a mother dies
00:29:34.76\00:29:39.67
every 5 minutes in the
process of gestation and
00:29:39.68\00:29:43.24
child birth. And
most of it is totally
00:29:43.25\00:29:46.77
unnecessary, 90 percent
of the births are in the
00:29:46.78\00:29:51.32
home and this is
a great challenge.
00:29:51.33\00:29:54.26
They have those, most
of those babies are born
00:29:54.27\00:29:57.10
by a traditional
midwives and we are just giving
00:29:57.11\00:30:02.69
them the skills that
they need to monitor the
00:30:02.70\00:30:05.90
baby, monitor the
mother, get help when they
00:30:05.91\00:30:09.11
needed and prevent a
lot of unnecessary deaths,
00:30:09.12\00:30:13.01
amen. Okay, so
that's a service that really
00:30:13.02\00:30:15.64
needed and you are
helping people to be able
00:30:15.65\00:30:17.49
to provide that services well.
00:30:17.50\00:30:18.94
Yes, we have the same
problems there that you
00:30:18.95\00:30:22.29
have here. Alcohol is
rampant in the villages,
00:30:22.30\00:30:25.30
in homes, we deal
with a lot of that,
00:30:25.31\00:30:28.94
a lot of mental
problems among the mothers.
00:30:28.95\00:30:31.70
We had one mother
whose third baby had died
00:30:31.71\00:30:35.27
and she came to
us pregnant with her
00:30:35.28\00:30:37.54
fourth and she was
very frightened of the witch
00:30:37.55\00:30:43.49
that had bewitched her
and caused her third baby
00:30:43.50\00:30:46.11
to die and she wanted
to give birth in our little
00:30:46.12\00:30:48.77
clinic. She gave
birth in the hospital with a
00:30:48.78\00:30:53.73
cesarean because this
fourth baby probably would
00:30:53.74\00:30:56.64
have died also. We
were able to detect the
00:30:56.65\00:30:59.23
emergency and
she had a cesarean.
00:30:59.24\00:31:03.18
Two days later she ran
away from the hospital,
00:31:03.19\00:31:05.66
was scared. We brought
her back with us for two
00:31:05.67\00:31:09.28
weeks of recovery and
she is now studying to be
00:31:09.29\00:31:12.65
a Christian. When the
girls went to study with
00:31:12.66\00:31:15.26
her they were 35 of
the people in her village
00:31:15.27\00:31:17.76
waiting to study
with them also, amen.
00:31:17.77\00:31:21.45
Now Brother Bill,
ASI family was able
00:31:21.46\00:31:23.86
to help you with some projects,
00:31:23.87\00:31:25.01
can you tell us what
they were and what you done
00:31:25.02\00:31:26.98
with that? Yes, the
last, this last project that
00:31:26.99\00:31:30.68
ASI helped us
with was $30,000 for a
00:31:30.69\00:31:35.19
building a
vocational arts building in our
00:31:35.20\00:31:38.84
Calcutta orphanage and
we, the building is almost
00:31:38.85\00:31:43.27
completed. It's well
on its way and we have
00:31:43.28\00:31:48.38
training program for
tailoring, for welding,
00:31:48.39\00:31:51.81
carpentry, electrical work,
00:31:52.65\00:31:55.40
electrical motor
rewinding, we are teaching
00:31:55.41\00:31:58.05
our children and our
seminaries students all of
00:31:58.06\00:32:01.34
the various
trades, and agriculture and
00:32:01.35\00:32:06.06
then on the second
floor of that building we have
00:32:06.07\00:32:08.24
a housing for staff and workers.
00:32:08.25\00:32:11.61
So we just really want
to thank ASI for what you
00:32:11.62\00:32:16.24
have done for us in
our projects in India.
00:32:16.25\00:32:19.72
We are completely
out of time, yeah,
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.14
and I am so sorry but
we will have to wind it up.
00:32:21.15\00:32:22.91
I do appreciate you
taking the time to spend with
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.15
us this evening and I
know that the family also
00:32:26.16\00:32:28.58
appreciate that as
well. Thank you ASI and keep
00:32:29.55\00:32:32.40
praying for these projects.
00:32:32.41\00:32:33.84
Good evening ASI
family, it's so exciting to be
00:36:08.56\00:36:11.50
here with you
tonight and we have wonderful
00:36:11.51\00:36:14.09
testimonies and who do
I have standing with me
00:36:14.10\00:36:16.55
tonight. Janet Fournier from
00:36:16.56\00:36:18.63
Eden Valley Foster Care Mission.
00:36:18.64\00:36:20.82
And Janet, what do you do?
00:36:21.41\00:36:22.95
I work with AIDS
orphans in Tanzania, Africa.
00:36:23.34\00:36:26.81
Okay, I think that
you have some pictures to
00:36:27.56\00:36:29.96
share with us
tonight and some stories?
00:36:29.97\00:36:32.04
Yes, I do. Let's
have that first picture,
00:36:32.05\00:36:34.56
okay, that's the, let's
start talking about this
00:36:34.57\00:36:41.09
picture that we
see on the screen.
00:36:41.10\00:36:42.99
Okay, this is Shamimu
and her little brother.
00:36:43.00\00:36:48.07
Shamimu is one of
our little orphans and
00:36:48.08\00:36:52.37
actually she has a
mother but her father
00:36:53.02\00:36:54.85
has died.
Shamimu has come to us,
00:36:54.86\00:36:57.87
actually she ran away
from home and came to us
00:36:57.88\00:37:00.65
with wounds on her
chest and on her cheek.
00:37:00.66\00:37:05.16
And if you change the
picture you will see that
00:37:05.17\00:37:07.99
at her house we've
bandaged her and looked
00:37:08.00\00:37:13.22
after her. But we found
that this isn't the first
00:37:13.23\00:37:16.40
time that
Shamimu has been wounded.
00:37:16.41\00:37:19.59
One time as a baby
she fell into the fire and
00:37:19.60\00:37:23.83
her head was burned and
so the hair doesn't grow
00:37:23.84\00:37:27.03
on half her head.
Then the second time
00:37:27.04\00:37:31.54
she ran away from the
home because the workload
00:37:31.55\00:37:35.22
apparently was too
heavy and so her mother put
00:37:35.23\00:37:38.88
her feet over the
fire so she wouldn't run
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.29
away again. And
then this time her mother
00:37:41.30\00:37:44.47
took a stick, a poker
out of the fire and burnt
00:37:44.48\00:37:47.47
her on the cheek and
on the chest and Shamimu
00:37:47.48\00:37:53.27
ran away and came to
our house and you know when
00:37:53.28\00:37:56.52
her mother came to
get her, we talked very
00:37:56.53\00:37:58.55
seriously to the
mother. And Shamimu had to go
00:37:58.56\00:38:02.85
back with her mother
but we would report her
00:38:02.86\00:38:05.74
mother to the
authorities so that this could
00:38:05.75\00:38:07.91
never happen again and
if it did that we would
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.45
take Shamimu
away from her mother.
00:38:10.46\00:38:12.63
And that seems like
an awful thing to do but
00:38:13.24\00:38:15.72
under the circumstances it's
00:38:15.73\00:38:18.22
merciful thing to
do. Shamimu hung on to
00:38:18.23\00:38:21.15
the bumper of my truck
and it took one of the men
00:38:21.16\00:38:25.01
to come and pull her
away, to drag her home with
00:38:25.02\00:38:29.13
her mother. This is a
terrible thing because
00:38:29.14\00:38:31.73
home should be a place
where children love to be,
00:38:31.74\00:38:34.71
amen. Let's go
to the next picture.
00:38:34.72\00:38:37.40
And what's this story about?
00:38:37.94\00:38:39.40
This is Tyson, Tyson
and his little sister.
00:38:39.78\00:38:42.91
One evening my
Bible workers who live in,
00:38:43.64\00:38:46.62
some of them live in
the same house as we do.
00:38:46.63\00:38:49.07
He and his wife
could hear this baby crying
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.70
around 10 O'clock at
night. I want you to know
00:38:51.71\00:38:54.26
that I don't live in hot Africa,
00:38:54.27\00:38:55.95
I live where it's cool
and sometimes very frosty.
00:38:55.96\00:38:59.14
And so Tyson with his
little sister had been
00:38:59.52\00:39:04.42
chased by their
parents, who entered the bar
00:39:04.43\00:39:08.04
because he didn't
finish filling the water
00:39:08.05\00:39:10.28
buckets. And Tyson
came and tried to sleep on
00:39:10.29\00:39:15.15
our porch, it was
freezing cold and Tyson,
00:39:15.16\00:39:20.76
when my Bible workers
heard this crying they
00:39:24.51\00:39:27.35
went out to find out
what happened and so they
00:39:27.36\00:39:30.31
found them on
there, we brought them in,
00:39:30.32\00:39:32.15
we wrapped them in blankets.
00:39:32.16\00:39:33.43
They were frozen and
then we went to find their
00:39:33.44\00:39:35.78
parents which were at
the bar and then we talked
00:39:35.79\00:39:39.48
to the parents seriously
again and Tyson is now a
00:39:39.49\00:39:43.08
happy little boy
because his parents don't dare
00:39:43.09\00:39:45.81
do such a thing again, amen.
00:39:45.82\00:39:48.33
Let's go to our next picture,
00:39:48.34\00:39:49.86
what's this about
Janet? Oh this is Alex,
00:39:49.87\00:39:52.75
Alex is our
newest little guy, Alex,
00:39:52.76\00:39:56.69
he was just a little
boy sitting on the road had,
00:39:59.42\00:40:02.91
was picking at his
feet, was crying, dirty,
00:40:04.83\00:40:08.22
his feet were
bleeding. He had Funzas,
00:40:08.23\00:40:11.03
Funzas is a flea and I
will show you in a minute
00:40:11.46\00:40:14.50
what Funzas can do.
And anyway I said Twandy
00:40:14.51\00:40:17.92
and so he has come and
so I took him by the hand
00:40:17.93\00:40:22.09
and he followed me
home, no problem at all.
00:40:22.10\00:40:24.84
Washed him up, his
feet and started pulling out
00:40:25.50\00:40:29.72
these Funzas, we can
go to the next slide.
00:40:29.73\00:40:32.16
And these Funzas, it's
quite painful and so we,
00:40:32.82\00:40:39.49
we got rid of the
Funzas and then we went to
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.84
find the family out
about the family situation.
00:40:41.85\00:40:45.33
He lives with his
grandmother who has
00:40:45.81\00:40:47.59
elephantiasis, elephantiasis,
00:40:47.60\00:40:50.12
she can't work in the
fields and do farm work,
00:40:50.50\00:40:52.98
so she is a beggar.
And so we talked to this
00:40:52.99\00:40:55.95
grandmother we found
her in the bar and said,
00:40:55.96\00:40:59.22
don't you love this
boy and she says oh I love
00:40:59.72\00:41:02.07
him very much,
but what can I do,
00:41:02.08\00:41:03.98
look at me. And
so we said alright,
00:41:03.99\00:41:09.69
we will take Tyson
to live with us and she
00:41:10.06\00:41:12.99
agreed. The next day
she was there at our fence
00:41:13.00\00:41:15.72
watching in our yard
to see how Tyson was doing
00:41:15.73\00:41:18.96
and she walked
away because Tyson
00:41:19.43\00:41:21.70
was doing fine. Our
carpentry teacher said,
00:41:21.71\00:41:25.08
you know I know one
thing for sure that Tyson
00:41:25.09\00:41:28.71
is a very happy little
boy since he has moved to
00:41:28.72\00:41:31.38
your place. Okay we
have another slide that
00:41:31.39\00:41:33.71
we would like to see
and tell us about this one
00:41:33.72\00:41:36.20
Janet. This is Funzas,
Funzas is a little flea
00:41:36.21\00:41:39.42
that burrows into the skin.
00:41:39.43\00:41:40.93
It causes deformities.
They go deeper and deeper
00:41:40.94\00:41:45.85
and pretty soon some
of these kids can't walk.
00:41:45.86\00:41:48.58
It infects the toes,
the heels, the fingers,
00:41:48.59\00:41:51.64
you can see it's
a horrible thing.
00:41:51.65\00:41:53.72
Oh it looks
absolutely painful also.
00:41:54.30\00:41:56.75
Very painful, very
painful to take these out.
00:41:56.76\00:41:59.97
Well this is a
challenge isn't it.
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.59
It is, it is, we have
another slide for you.
00:42:01.60\00:42:04.34
Well this is an exciting slide.
00:42:05.60\00:42:07.07
Yes it is, you know we
have a carpentry school,
00:42:07.08\00:42:11.44
we have a sowing
school, we have the nursery
00:42:11.45\00:42:13.36
school and now after
four years of working in
00:42:13.37\00:42:17.93
Africa with these young
people they are just now
00:42:17.94\00:42:21.76
taking their stand for Christ.
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.62
They get 45 minute of
Bible studies everyday
00:42:23.97\00:42:28.24
before their classes begin.
00:42:28.25\00:42:30.37
It's such a
wonderful thing to see them.
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.70
Well I would like for
you to tell our ASI family
00:42:33.54\00:42:36.44
exactly a challenge to
us, how we can be involved
00:42:36.45\00:42:41.37
in your project
and challenge us Janet.
00:42:41.38\00:42:44.07
You know the passion of
my heart is to work with
00:42:44.56\00:42:49.73
these, with these
young people and you know
00:42:49.74\00:42:54.55
industry is the
tools that we have,
00:42:54.56\00:42:57.58
I am just an old
lady. I can do this,
00:42:58.02\00:43:02.54
I've seen the need,
I can go and do this.
00:43:02.55\00:43:05.11
How many of you can go
out and do this who have
00:43:05.43\00:43:08.11
more life, more
youth, more strength.
00:43:08.12\00:43:11.13
Come, help us out
there, bring these children
00:43:11.47\00:43:14.59
to Christ. This is
what we're there for.
00:43:14.60\00:43:18.22
Thank you Janet so
much for sharing with us
00:43:18.89\00:43:21.32
tonight and you
will be in our prayers.
00:43:21.33\00:43:23.34
Okay, thank you very much,
00:43:23.35\00:43:24.71
thank you, appreciate it.
00:43:24.72\00:43:26.01
Alright, I have a young
man here with me in fact
00:43:32.27\00:43:35.54
I am old enough
to be your mother.
00:43:35.55\00:43:37.33
Who do I have with me.
My name is Jared Thurmon.
00:43:37.34\00:43:40.26
And where do
you come from Jared?
00:43:40.71\00:43:42.33
I am from Marietta, Georgia.
00:43:42.34\00:43:44.04
And tell me a
little bit about you?
00:43:44.54\00:43:47.30
I am a newly wed
in the past year.
00:43:48.13\00:43:50.94
I went to Adventist
schools my whole life.
00:43:51.81\00:43:55.32
I was actually home
school as a child and
00:43:55.33\00:43:57.63
loved every minute
of that and I went on to
00:43:57.64\00:44:00.55
Southern
Adventist University where I
00:44:00.56\00:44:03.16
graduated and I
was prepared to be the
00:44:03.17\00:44:06.48
Fortune 500 President
that they taught me to be
00:44:06.49\00:44:08.70
and as they do all
their business majors.
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.57
And I graduated and
got into the workforce,
00:44:11.69\00:44:15.45
that's a little bit about me.
00:44:15.46\00:44:17.16
Well that sounds
like a awful lot.
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.01
You told me you had
an international business
00:44:19.02\00:44:20.98
degree and you
planned on using that,
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.15
is that correct? I
did, I had about two books
00:44:23.16\00:44:26.48
hundreds of pages each,
with all the ideas in the
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.73
world of how to make a buck.
00:44:28.74\00:44:30.99
Well that's sounds interesting,
00:44:31.53\00:44:32.99
but I think
something happened to you,
00:44:33.00\00:44:35.67
can you tell me a
little bit about that?
00:44:36.15\00:44:37.66
It did, yeah after a
few years working and doing
00:44:37.67\00:44:40.60
the daily grind, I
wasn't feeling fulfilled in
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.78
the evening when I
would get off work and so
00:44:43.79\00:44:46.93
after that over and
over that happened again and
00:44:48.10\00:44:50.29
again, then my dad
got sick and when you see
00:44:50.30\00:44:53.61
someone go through an
illness and death is at
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.57
the doorstep and make
sure reassessing things.
00:44:55.58\00:44:57.65
So that happening and
in the midst of that a
00:44:58.61\00:45:00.81
friend calls me and
says hey we're going to
00:45:00.82\00:45:02.58
India, we want you to
go. And I told him India is
00:45:02.59\00:45:05.73
far away and I have
been on mission trips to the
00:45:05.74\00:45:08.26
Caribbean, Mexico but
India is just a long way.
00:45:08.27\00:45:10.20
He says come on we are
going for three and half
00:45:10.21\00:45:11.41
weeks with
ShareHim we need you to go.
00:45:11.42\00:45:13.37
So I went with him
and that's when the turn
00:45:14.45\00:45:17.25
started. The
turn started in India,
00:45:19.68\00:45:20.65
did you go once
or twice to India?
00:45:20.66\00:45:21.63
I went once and then
he says hey we are going
00:45:21.64\00:45:23.14
back in about six more months,
00:45:23.15\00:45:24.37
so we went back to
India and upon coming home
00:45:24.38\00:45:27.77
I said you know there
is just something about
00:45:27.78\00:45:29.94
that call Jesus made
to the men to say hey,
00:45:29.95\00:45:32.11
leave the boat in
the water and follow Me.
00:45:32.12\00:45:33.56
And I couldn't give
my allegiance to work and
00:45:34.12\00:45:38.17
ministry, so I decided
to take the latter out.
00:45:38.18\00:45:41.09
So instead of
fishing for business,
00:45:41.10\00:45:43.83
you it sounds like
to me that you started
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.17
thinking about
fishing for souls.
00:45:46.18\00:45:48.00
I did, I did, I
started thinking how could we
00:45:48.01\00:45:51.18
apply business
skills to a ministry.
00:45:51.19\00:45:54.62
And so as I started to
think of all the things in
00:45:55.00\00:45:57.16
the world that I enjoy and do,
00:45:57.17\00:45:58.49
the Internet is involved
with, heavily with that.
00:45:58.50\00:46:01.09
So I decided to
start a website and call it
00:46:01.10\00:46:03.95
Presenttruth.com. So
what got you interested
00:46:03.96\00:46:07.64
in doing this website?
What's out there that we
00:46:07.65\00:46:11.02
need this new website of yours?
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.12
Seeing that the
Internet is something that
00:46:13.85\00:46:15.56
changes every second.
This website we've created
00:46:15.57\00:46:18.57
is something that we
have the frame work where
00:46:18.58\00:46:20.79
anybody and everybody
can come and gain free
00:46:20.80\00:46:23.16
resources that will
equip them to be a better
00:46:23.17\00:46:25.52
witness to the world around us.
00:46:25.53\00:46:27.50
And it is an
Adventist focus site,
00:46:27.51\00:46:29.11
so it is Adventist
material, free sermons,
00:46:29.57\00:46:32.28
free study resources,
free videos, lots of free
00:46:32.29\00:46:36.31
things which free
is always a good so,
00:46:36.32\00:46:38.40
that's where we focused.
00:46:38.41\00:46:39.38
And is this for everybody?
00:46:39.39\00:46:41.10
This is for
everybody, every age group.
00:46:41.78\00:46:43.37
We have some big ideas
and we actually have some
00:46:43.38\00:46:46.29
multi language
platforms we're trying to plan
00:46:46.30\00:46:48.68
for, because not
everyone speaks English in the
00:46:48.69\00:46:50.54
world so. So this is really new,
00:46:50.55\00:46:52.89
do you have other
people working with you?
00:46:52.90\00:46:54.94
We do, I am blessed to
have hired someone in very
00:46:54.95\00:46:58.26
recent past and I
have a number of people
00:46:58.27\00:47:01.06
volunteering to help
me out and they brought
00:47:01.07\00:47:03.02
into this vision
which we are staying up very
00:47:03.03\00:47:05.63
many late nights
preparing for today,
00:47:05.64\00:47:08.00
which is our official launch.
00:47:08.01\00:47:09.07
So did it launch today?
00:47:09.08\00:47:10.59
It did, oh congratulations,
00:47:10.60\00:47:12.90
and how exciting.
Now I know having a
00:47:12.91\00:47:15.81
son close to your age
that when you go to college
00:47:15.82\00:47:18.86
you are thinking
about your career.
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.54
And it's very
important that you follow your
00:47:24.06\00:47:25.03
career, but I see that
Jesus had something else
00:47:25.04\00:47:26.92
in mind for you.
Could you challenge our
00:47:26.93\00:47:28.90
ASI family and
youth around the world of
00:47:28.91\00:47:32.22
how they could be
involved in doing something for
00:47:32.23\00:47:34.55
Jesus? I would
love to say something,
00:47:34.56\00:47:37.17
if you look at the
world around you Jesus is
00:47:38.12\00:47:41.18
coming. And the
motto to tell them now,
00:47:41.19\00:47:43.85
I have taken that
personally tell me now.
00:47:44.33\00:47:46.41
Get into the Bible
everyday, the world is
00:47:46.87\00:47:49.86
starving for this
gospel that I believe
00:47:49.87\00:47:52.38
Adventists have a
special burden to preach.
00:47:52.39\00:47:54.59
And so to young
people, old people everyone we
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.02
have family members
maybe that aren't in the
00:47:57.03\00:47:58.84
church anymore. We
have people that we work
00:47:58.85\00:48:02.14
with that need to
hear this and this,
00:48:02.15\00:48:04.69
this sweet message
that we have is something
00:48:04.70\00:48:08.96
that I believe is
growing very rapidly right now
00:48:08.97\00:48:12.52
and if you, I guess
required in your life
00:48:12.53\00:48:15.15
like I am trying to
be in listening people.
00:48:15.16\00:48:17.99
The thing is stirring
and if I could I love to
00:48:18.00\00:48:20.52
read something that
was the tipping point of
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.39
encouragement for
me. We would love to hear
00:48:22.40\00:48:25.05
what was so encouraging to you.
00:48:25.06\00:48:27.54
This is from
Testimonies volume 7 page 249
00:48:28.88\00:48:32.25
it says, at this time
God's cause is in need of
00:48:32.26\00:48:35.27
men and women who
posses rare qualifications and
00:48:35.28\00:48:38.72
good administrative
powers. Men and women who
00:48:38.73\00:48:41.75
will make patient
thorough investigation of the
00:48:41.76\00:48:44.79
need of the work
in various fields.
00:48:44.80\00:48:46.93
Those who have a
large capacity for work,
00:48:47.63\00:48:49.71
those who posses warm,
kind hearts, cool heads,
00:48:50.11\00:48:53.72
sound sense and
unbiased judgment.
00:48:53.73\00:48:56.88
Those who are sanctified
by the spirit of God and
00:48:57.28\00:49:00.10
can fearlessly say
no or yeah and amen to
00:49:00.11\00:49:03.84
propositions. Those who
have strong convictions,
00:49:03.85\00:49:07.30
clear understanding and
pure sympathetic hearts,
00:49:07.31\00:49:10.29
those who practice the
words all ye are brethren,
00:49:10.30\00:49:13.79
those who strive to
uplift and restore fallen
00:49:13.80\00:49:16.75
humanity, amen.
Well you know Jared,
00:49:16.76\00:49:20.59
you will be in our
prayers, let's pray for
00:49:20.60\00:49:23.11
Jared and his ministry
and God bless you as you
00:49:23.12\00:49:26.75
continue working
for Him, thank you,
00:49:26.76\00:49:28.88
thank you for sharing.
00:49:28.89\00:49:29.99
I want you to put
on your seat belts,
00:49:39.60\00:49:42.11
because we are in for
one fast paced interview.
00:49:42.12\00:49:47.87
Who do I have
here with me tonight?
00:49:48.28\00:49:49.73
Brenda Silva from
Greeneville, Tennessee.
00:49:49.74\00:49:52.36
From Greeneville,
Tennessee and we are
00:49:52.37\00:49:54.68
excited you're
here. Brenda, thank you,
00:49:54.69\00:49:56.11
I want you to tell us,
our family how your team
00:49:56.12\00:49:59.07
began their ministry.
Well most of you know in
00:49:59.08\00:50:02.25
2004 the movie the
Passion of Christ came out.
00:50:02.26\00:50:05.45
There was such a
phenomenal interest
00:50:05.46\00:50:07.73
created from that
movie that many hearts were
00:50:07.74\00:50:10.20
more receptive at that
time to hear about Jesus.
00:50:10.21\00:50:13.35
Well I believe that God
wanted to take advantage
00:50:13.74\00:50:16.13
of that opportunity.
Well as a result of that
00:50:16.14\00:50:18.91
movie, Remnant
Publications came out with
00:50:18.92\00:50:21.31
the movie Passion of
Love. God moved on our
00:50:21.32\00:50:24.90
hearts to take those
books to Thunder Over
00:50:24.91\00:50:28.90
Louisville, an event
which draws between 250 to
00:50:28.91\00:50:32.67
500,000 people
during Derby week.
00:50:32.68\00:50:35.82
That day nine of us,
mostly family passed out
00:50:36.27\00:50:41.37
4000 books, amen. We
developed such a passion
00:50:41.38\00:50:46.20
for going to events
that attracted large numbers,
00:50:46.21\00:50:49.56
masses of people.
Well, on the way home from
00:50:49.57\00:50:52.64
Louisville that day
I believe God gave us a
00:50:52.65\00:50:55.65
vision to go to
Bristol Motor Speedway on race
00:50:55.66\00:51:00.32
weekend to pass out the book,
00:51:00.33\00:51:02.93
Race to Victory
Lane. This event attracts a
00:51:02.94\00:51:07.84
165,000 people. This
also coincided with an
00:51:07.85\00:51:14.70
upcoming
evangelistic meeting that
00:51:14.71\00:51:16.90
Pastor John Earnhardt
was having in our church
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.26
in Greeneville, Tennessee.
You know in Evangelism
00:51:19.27\00:51:23.18
page 35 and 36 it says
that we to have to device,
00:51:23.19\00:51:27.41
we have to device new
methods to attract people
00:51:27.42\00:51:31.06
where they are, go
to them where they are.
00:51:31.07\00:51:34.35
And I believe that's
what God has put on our
00:51:34.36\00:51:36.69
hearts and that's
what we are doing, amen.
00:51:36.70\00:51:39.58
Tara, tell us some of
the miracles that have
00:51:40.47\00:51:46.07
happened during your
ministry and tell us who
00:51:46.08\00:51:48.81
you are also. I am Tara Cohen,
00:51:48.82\00:51:50.72
I am her daughter and
I am going to run through
00:51:50.73\00:51:53.32
for it real quick,
the first one is you just
00:51:53.33\00:51:56.15
don't get into
Bristol Motor Speedway.
00:51:56.16\00:51:58.42
And from the very
beginning God gave
00:51:58.98\00:52:00.75
us favor with the
director of Raceway Ministries
00:52:00.76\00:52:03.38
which is predominantly
run by the Baptist church.
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.21
One of the most important
privileges that we were
00:52:06.59\00:52:08.87
given was that he
allowed us to bring our own
00:52:08.88\00:52:11.49
books in to pass out.
They had never done that
00:52:11.50\00:52:14.98
before, that second
thing we needed a place to
00:52:14.99\00:52:18.21
stay. God opened the
door up for us to have
00:52:18.22\00:52:22.50
a nice Christian home.
To go one mile from the
00:52:22.51\00:52:26.35
racetrack and we were
able to keep coming back
00:52:26.36\00:52:28.28
and forth very fast.
The third is we needed
00:52:28.29\00:52:32.40
books; we didn't
have anything to pass out.
00:52:32.41\00:52:34.76
By faith we
ordered 20,000 books,
00:52:34.77\00:52:38.49
in two weeks $24,000 was raised.
00:52:38.50\00:52:42.84
I can't tell you
how awesome that is.
00:52:42.85\00:52:44.69
The fourth thing is
a, we were told from the
00:52:45.27\00:52:47.63
beginning that we
only had one shot at giving
00:52:47.64\00:52:50.91
our books out. That was it,
00:52:50.92\00:52:52.58
we were not going to be
able to do it at any more
00:52:52.59\00:52:54.19
races. When the race
was over the director asked
00:52:54.20\00:52:58.45
us to bring our books
back for the next race and
00:52:58.46\00:53:01.96
since then the door has
been wide open to get our
00:53:01.97\00:53:04.74
stuff in. God is awesome,
00:53:04.75\00:53:07.11
praise the Lord, how exciting.
00:53:07.12\00:53:09.61
And Patti, tell us
who you are and tell us
00:53:10.77\00:53:14.07
what has happened since Bristol.
00:53:14.08\00:53:16.32
My name is Patti
Cohen and I am Tara's
00:53:16.33\00:53:18.67
mother-in-law and God
is, God is so good he is
00:53:18.68\00:53:23.97
opened so many doors
since this first race has
00:53:23.98\00:53:27.84
taken place. When we got home,
00:53:27.85\00:53:29.56
the very first thing
that stated happening was
00:53:29.57\00:53:32.38
our phones began to
ring off the hook with Sunday
00:53:32.39\00:53:35.52
school teachers and
ministers from Sunday
00:53:35.53\00:53:38.87
keeping church is
calling and wanting this book
00:53:38.88\00:53:42.41
to pass out to
their classes and their
00:53:42.42\00:53:45.32
churches. We
began, or Pastor Earnhardt
00:53:45.33\00:53:48.68
began getting calls
from ministers in different
00:53:48.69\00:53:52.69
areas wanting him
to come and minister.
00:53:52.70\00:53:55.66
The doors to
racetracks all through the south
00:53:55.98\00:53:59.27
have opened up for
him to be able to minister
00:53:59.28\00:54:02.06
in that have been
closed and its only God that
00:54:02.07\00:54:04.54
has opened these
doors. He's been called to
00:54:04.55\00:54:07.10
Charlotte, he's been
called to Darlington,
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.37
he's been called to Talladega,
00:54:09.38\00:54:11.47
he has been also
called to Daytona.
00:54:11.48\00:54:14.18
God is opening these
doors for him to be able
00:54:14.19\00:54:17.24
to minister to all of
these race fans across
00:54:17.25\00:54:20.84
America because of this
little book that has been
00:54:20.85\00:54:24.88
written. Amen,
your enthusiasm and
00:54:24.89\00:54:28.02
excitement is contagious.
In the spring of this
00:54:28.03\00:54:33.11
year God called
Pastor Earnhardt to come over
00:54:33.12\00:54:37.54
to Talladega through a
Baptist minister and he
00:54:37.55\00:54:40.95
called then he said,
I want you to come and I
00:54:40.96\00:54:43.30
want you to speak
to the people in the
00:54:43.31\00:54:45.64
campground. And
Pastor Earnhardt said I can't
00:54:45.65\00:54:48.19
do that. He said I
will be in the middle of an
00:54:48.20\00:54:50.63
evangelistic
meeting and so he said well,
00:54:50.64\00:54:53.89
we happen to have a man
in our congregation that
00:54:53.90\00:54:57.95
has his own airplane
and he will fly over,
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.25
over to South Carolina,
pick you up, fly you in,
00:55:01.26\00:55:05.46
so that you can speak
and fly you back home.
00:55:05.47\00:55:08.40
So you will be there
to preach to your people.
00:55:08.41\00:55:11.45
Amen, that's what
happened. Our family and a
00:55:11.46\00:55:15.70
couple of other
church members in Greenville,
00:55:15.71\00:55:18.12
we packed up Tara and
Steve's van, we went over
00:55:18.13\00:55:22.44
and we ministered for
two days on Sabbath and
00:55:22.45\00:55:25.22
Sunday in this campgrounds
passing out this book
00:55:25.23\00:55:28.86
we blanketed those
campgrounds and Pastor
00:55:28.87\00:55:32.24
John came over and
he told his testimony.
00:55:32.25\00:55:35.35
We have been invited
to go back and minister in
00:55:35.36\00:55:38.36
those same
campgrounds next fall.
00:55:38.37\00:55:41.37
This coming fall in
October and along with
00:55:41.38\00:55:44.68
that we have been
given the opportunity to
00:55:44.69\00:55:46.89
minister in one of
12 campgrounds over at
00:55:46.90\00:55:50.88
Bristol. Our little
group and our church has been
00:55:50.89\00:55:54.75
called to minister in
one of those campgrounds,
00:55:54.76\00:55:57.87
it's called Hillandale
that will take place in
00:55:57.88\00:56:01.09
three weeks from
this weekend and we are so
00:56:01.10\00:56:04.36
excited. Pastor
Earnhardt is coming once again
00:56:04.37\00:56:07.85
and he is going to be
ministering to the people
00:56:07.86\00:56:10.66
there again. And
so please keep us in
00:56:10.67\00:56:13.59
your prayer. God has called each
00:56:13.60\00:56:16.12
and every one of us,
every one of us to be
00:56:16.13\00:56:19.34
ministers of the
gospel and in doing that it
00:56:19.35\00:56:23.33
doesn't matter
what he asked you to do.
00:56:23.34\00:56:26.65
What he lays on your heart,
00:56:26.66\00:56:28.10
don't say this is
too big for me to do.
00:56:28.11\00:56:30.87
Because God can do anything,
00:56:30.88\00:56:33.17
think out of the
box. We are Out of the Box
00:56:33.18\00:56:38.03
Ministry for God. Thank
you and praise the Lord.
00:56:38.04\00:56:41.65