Thank you for the hope
that you have given us.
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The hope of your soon
return to take us home.
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Thank you for
this ASI Convention
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that we can be
gathered together to fellowship
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and to worship you.
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We pray tonight that
you will be with each one
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that has a part in the program.
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Lord, we pray that you
will speak through them
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in the words of that they say.
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I pray for our hearts,
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that we will be
open and receptive
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to your leading and
your guiding tonight.
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And as a result of
what we hear that we will
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be closer connected
with you as a result.
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We thank you and we praise you
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for being here tonight,
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in your name I pray, amen.
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Please be seated.
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Good evening.
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Now is another
time when we can take
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a look back to reflect
a little bit on the past,
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the humble beginnings of ASI.
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Tonight, as we talk a
little bit you will hear
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the rest of the story about
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some of the beginnings of ASI.
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And with me I have Ann Goodge,
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and Ann Goodge
has a very interesting
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connection with ASI.
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Ann, tell us a
little bit about your first
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beginnings with ASI?
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Well, my first
beginnings with ASI was
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when I was 3
years old and my parents
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attended the
meeting in Cincinnati
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where ASI begin in 1947,
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and I've heard
about ASI ever since
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and I've come to
many of the meetings.
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Now I understand that
you are related to someone
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who is actually
pretty special to ASI.
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Who is that? Well,
of course, my father
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and I want to say
how blessed someone
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can be to be born to
parents that love ASI
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and came to ASI.
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My father was very active in ASI
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and also became
the ASI president
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and I think it was 73, 72-73
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and he was president for 6 years
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and all the time I've
been able to attend many,
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many ASI meetings and I love it
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more today then I did.
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I guess that, that's something
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that happens with ASI people.
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The more you
come, the more you come,
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the more you come,
because he just love it.
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Now tell me a little
bit about I recall you
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telling me that your father
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used to talk
about ASI in some very
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endearing ways,
I'm talking about
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the kind of
people that were here?
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Well, my father said
there were no better friends
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in the world than ASI friends.
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And he spoke of many of them
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that he met and learned
as the salt of the earth
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and even when I didn't go to ASI
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then my parents would come home,
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they would tell all
the new people who had
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joined ASI and what
wonderful people they were,
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so whether I went or not
I thought I've been there.
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Now, I know that
there are somethings
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that happened now
that maybe didn't happen
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when ASI first started.
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Let's talk about
something that very near
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and dear and
close to our hearts.
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Or should I say
maybe our stomachs.
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Tell us about what happened
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with the
fellowship meals back then?
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Well, my early
remembrances of ASI
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was taking food
from home and my mother
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would prepare meals in our room
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at the hotel and
invite friends and family
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and so forth into eat with us
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and there just
wasn't money to go
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to a restaurant and eat,
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so we had many
fellowship meals in our room.
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Now was the meeting,
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were the meetings
still like Wednesday evening
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through the weekend,
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were they that
long, do you know?
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I don't believe they were,
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I think they were more Friday
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and Saturday Sabbath.
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So it's kind of a
weekend experience.
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Yes. Now we just
jump back to the food.
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So everyone kind of
fellowship in small groups,
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how many people
would come to ASI?
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Were these many, many, many,
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many rooms that
people would cluster together
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and have meals?
No, no, I would say
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many of the ASI
meetings early on I attended,
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I am a bit surprised if
there were a hundred people
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all together
there, small groups.
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When, at what point
did the shift happen
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when there were fellowship meals
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of all the members together?
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Did that happen
during your time?
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Well, it did.
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I remember I did
not go to the meeting,
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but I remember my
parents coming and talking about
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the wonderful
meals that Paul DiMaggio
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had prepared for
them and so forth,
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and that was quite exciting
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and now we have
Sharon Robertson doing that
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and I just want to
say that I think the meals
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are one of the
most wonderful things
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that happened because
of all of the fellowship
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that you have sitting
at the table with different
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people every meal
and it's just a wonderful
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time and I certainly
want to give them a wonderful
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thanks for all
they do in that respect,
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and those of you that
don't remember the days
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when we didn't have
meals you would understand
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my feeling. Now I remember
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you told me about an experience,
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just emphasize this
point that a particular person
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that you always wanted
to meet and you were able
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to actually
have a meal with them
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when you were here at ASI.
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Well, yes I
remember a few years ago when
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Don Snyder was elected
the North American Division.
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And I thought well I
would like to talk to him
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and I thought
there is no way I will.
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And while I was at ASI I think,
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he and his wife sat
at my table a couple of
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different times.
So I enjoyed that
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and finding out
that his wife grew up
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where my mother did and
it was very interesting.
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So you were so much
more brothers and sisters
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and alike then
we are really apart
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and it's a
wonderful thing that ASI
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brings us together. Yes.
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Tell us did we
have members in action
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in the same way that we do now?
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Oh, yes, we did, that
is one trademark of ASI
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that has not faded away.
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That's always been the
thing where the members
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told of so many
wonderful experiences
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and so forth and I remember that
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from early on. Do you have a
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favorite memory
of members in action
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that you recall?
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Well, there is a lot
of people I could mention
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but one that stands in my mind
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is Jesse Harris and her home,
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the children and
even as a young person
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I loved to hear her
get up and tell the stories
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and all of the
needs of the children
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and somehow she had
room for all of them.
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And those of you
that don't remember her
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or weren't members,
try reading the book,
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"A Promise in the Cornfield"
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that was written
by Madlyn Hamblin
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and it's a wonderful to read.
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So just tell me Ann,
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as long as we are
here on this earth,
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if we keep
having ASI Conventions,
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do you think you will be here?
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Something big will
have to keep me away.
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I love coming.
Thank you very much
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for sharing of the
humble beginnings of ASI.
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Thank you.
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I love ASI and one of
the best things about it
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is the projects that
we've done in the past.
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Who do I have with me tonight?
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Musa Mitakro.
Musa Mitakaro. Yes.
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So are you like from Kentucky.
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No, I am from
Tanzania in Africa.
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Tanzania in East in Africa. Yes.
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Now you have a
ministry over there,
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is that right? Yes.
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Tell us about what
kind of ministry you have?
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The ministry's name
is Twing Association
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for Health Evangelism
and Education Development.
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So you have and
how long is this,
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have you had this
ministry in Tanzania?
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We started in
2000. Two thousand. Yes.
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So now, ASI last
year give you some money
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to your ministry. Yes.
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And what did you
do with those moneys?
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We conducted thirteen
[foreign] site evangelism.
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Thirteen different sites. Yes,
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in unentered villages.
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So in Tanzania,
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now we hear lots about Africa
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but you had
unentered areas in Tanzania.
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Yes, not only in Tanzania,
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in whole Africa we
have some parts where
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the three angels
message hasn't reached.
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You have, the people
haven't been reached,
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and so now, how
did you originally
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become associated
with this ministry?
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A missionary family from USA
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came to Africa in 1970.
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When I was 14 years old
I was taken in that family.
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So they taught me from that age,
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they taught me how to preach,
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they taught me
English and from that time
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I started preaching.
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You started preaching at age 14.
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Now my
understanding is your father,
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not your Father in Heaven
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but your father on
this earth was a King,
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right, of the
area. You're a tribal.
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Yes, He was a King of
Haya tribe in Tanzania.
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And from there from
being the son of a tribal King
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you became one who
works for the Lord at age 14.
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Yes, the
missionary when they came,
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the first thing they did
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they approached to my father.
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He became an Adventist
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and then we were taught also
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and we became Adventist.
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And you became an Adventist.
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Now, this project you did,
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you went and you
went out to the villages,
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thirteen villages, right. Right.
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Now out of those
thirteen villages
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that you did your meetings
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how many baptisms did you have?
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We baptized 4000 souls
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and not only 4000,
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currently the
membership were doubled
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from those villages.
So you've doubled it.
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Now for those of
you who like to get
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value for your dollar
that works out for about
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$6 and 25 cents of baptism.
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So you baptized, so you
baptized the 4000 people,
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now tell us
there was some people
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that were baptized,
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Alisha or tell us
about some of the stories
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of people that
you baptized there?
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Well, in our meeting,
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in one of those
thirteen meetings
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we experienced the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit.
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It was a dry
season and therefore,
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we were excited
to do the crusades
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in the dry
season, but though we are
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excited then
there was one problem,
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there was no water for baptism.
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So we had to walk five
miles to find the water
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in the jungles and
then we received the message
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that we have to go for
baptism in three villages
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in one day and
here there was no water.
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So what should we do?
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I asked the
church members to pray
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and after the
prayer, within 2-3 days there
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was much rain and so
that we had plenty of water.
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We thank God that
God answered our prayer.
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So you prayed for
rain to have your baptisms.
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Yeah. Praise God.
Tell me, in shortly,
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in our time,
tell us about Aisha?
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She was a woman who
came to your meetings
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and you baptized
her, talk about her?
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Aisha was from
the Muslim believers
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and therefore she
decided with her daughters,
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three of them, to
attend the meeting.
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But first I made the
call and Aisha couldn't stand
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because she was
afraid of the people
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and even the husband,
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because she didn't say
anything to the husband
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that she is attending
the meeting and therefore,
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Aisha decided to go back
and talk with her husband.
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The husband refused. He said,
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you can't join the
church that eats pig meats.
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And therefore,
Aisha thought about it.
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The following day she
came back to the lay person
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to ask him about pig meat eating
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and the lay person told him,
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told her that we
Adventists we don't eat pig meat
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and therefore,
Aisha was so happy,
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she said, now come that
you may teach my husband
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about the food. The lay person
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went to that
family, he was invited well.
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He started teaching
from Leviticus chapter 11
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about the meat and the man,
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Ibrahim the husband of Aisha
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understood that we
Adventists doesn't eat
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unclean foods and
one of it is pig meat.
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So Ibrahim allowed
the wife to be baptized
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and to join the
church. Can we say amen?
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Musa, Thank you so
much for your ministry
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and what you do. Thank you.
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Next coming out
is Cheryl Martin.
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Hi Cheryl. Hello.
How are you? Great.
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Now Cheryl, where you from?
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What ministry do you
represent this evening?
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I represent the Kids
in Discipleship Ministry,
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that's based in
Collegedale, Tennessee.
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Collegedale,
Tennessee, Kids in Discipleship.
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What does it mean
when you talk about Kids
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in Discipleship? Number one,
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how do you define a kid?
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Any young person,
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our ministry is
targeted towards children
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at the ages of 8 to
13. So you're putting,
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you have a ministry
that targets children between
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the ages of 8 and 13.
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that's right, and our
goal for these children
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is best summed upon
our mission statement
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which is mentoring
kids to be empowered
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disciples of Jesus now.
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Wow! I just love
that mission statement.
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So you, you
want to empower kids,
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we talk about young
people, youth for Jesus,
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here we're talking
about kids, 8 to 13 years old.
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So now you're based what?
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you are out of
Collegedale, Tennessee.
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That's right.
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Our ministry the kids
in discipleship ministry
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is a church based ministry
of the Collegedale church
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and we operate
small group interact
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Bible studies for families,
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designed for families
but focused on the children.
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So when you say it's
designed for families,
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tell me more about that?
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What you, doesn't all families
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know how to teach
their kids about Jesus?
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Not necessarily,
but that's our goal
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with the ministry. What we do is
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we help parents to
become the primary disciple
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of their children spiritually
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and we do that by Bible studies.
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We bring in the
families and we help them
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through the
means of twelve Bible
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study lessons to learn,
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to go closure to God themselves
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and to learn how to disciple
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their children to Jesus.
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So you teach,
you teach the parents
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how to kind of give
their kids Bible studies
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and show them about Jesus.
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Exactly, well we tell
our parents is basically
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if we want our kids
to go deeper with God
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we need to go
deeper with God ourselves.
00:18:54.73\00:18:57.15
So now do you
just do this locally
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or what happens,
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do you have other
people that come and learn?
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We sure do. We are so excited
00:19:03.37\00:19:05.84
and God has really
blessed this ministry
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is all over the United States
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and now in four different
divisions of the world.
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Four different
divisions of the world,
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all the over the United States.
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How many groups
you had come through?
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We've had over 80 church teams
00:19:17.34\00:19:20.42
from different
churches and different divisions
00:19:20.43\00:19:23.01
of the world. Eighty teams,
00:19:23.02\00:19:25.04
so around the church
from the North America
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and the world
have come to hear about
00:19:27.75\00:19:31.01
what you do there.
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Now last year we gave some money
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for Australia I believe,
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so tell us how you would down
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and help the people down under?
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That is so
exciting, God is so good,
00:19:42.39\00:19:45.38
He has taken this
ministry to children,
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to benefit children all over
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and we are so
grateful for the money
00:19:50.31\00:19:52.26
that the ASI
family has given for this.
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A team came from
Australia a year ago,
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saw the ministry model
in the Collegedale church
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and then went
back to the Avondale
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Memorial Church,
gathered their families
00:20:03.32\00:20:05.51
together and began a small group
00:20:05.52\00:20:07.65
Bible studies for them.
00:20:07.66\00:20:08.72
So a small group Bible studies
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to teach the parents
to teach their children.
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That's right, we
start with the parents
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and then we bring the
children and basically
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have interactive Bible studies
00:20:18.66\00:20:20.33
for the whole family.
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Do you have any
specific examples
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or stories that
happened down there?
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Absolutely, I'm glad you asked.
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We had a gentleman who
shared in the ministry.
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He took his family through
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and at the end of the
first evening of training,
00:20:34.92\00:20:38.65
we had about 80
people there at the Avondale
00:20:38.66\00:20:41.23
Memorial Church
and parents were asked
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about their
testimony, what did this class
00:20:44.39\00:20:46.39
do for you? And
one father picked up
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a microphone and he said,
00:20:49.48\00:20:50.60
a year and half
ago I was in a life
00:20:50.61\00:20:52.76
threatening accident.
00:20:52.77\00:20:53.95
He messed up his back,
00:20:53.96\00:20:55.76
he shattered a leg and over time
00:20:55.77\00:20:58.39
as this didn't
heal, didn't heal,
00:20:58.40\00:20:59.94
he began to get depressed
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.67
and that depression turned
00:21:01.68\00:21:02.77
to suicidal
thoughts and he said,
00:21:02.78\00:21:04.88
I was just a mess,
00:21:04.89\00:21:05.89
I separated
myself from my family,
00:21:05.90\00:21:07.93
from my wife, from
my church and from God,
00:21:07.94\00:21:10.59
and he said about that
time kids in discipleship
00:21:10.60\00:21:13.55
started at our
church and this family
00:21:13.56\00:21:16.46
was invited to
participate and he said
00:21:16.47\00:21:18.84
its changed my life.
He gave his wife a hug,
00:21:18.85\00:21:21.62
he said, now we
are closer together
00:21:21.63\00:21:24.26
and the family is
close to God again
00:21:24.27\00:21:26.49
and just he said,
Kids in Discipleship
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has made that difference
00:21:29.15\00:21:30.12
and now he has a
ministry for children
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in the community,
Children's Church.
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.80
Children's Church,
00:21:34.81\00:21:36.28
so he took what you
teach at your ministry
00:21:36.29\00:21:39.77
and now he has
appointed in Australia. Amen.
00:21:39.78\00:21:43.03
The essence
really of the ministry
00:21:43.04\00:21:44.83
is that gentle
life transformation
00:21:44.84\00:21:46.75
that God does in our lives
00:21:46.76\00:21:48.62
and then turns us
around out of love for Him
00:21:48.63\00:21:50.98
to share with
others in our market place.
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It's similar to what
our president talked about
00:21:53.68\00:21:56.24
last night about we
start with ourselves
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in our heart and
we change ourselves
00:21:59.88\00:22:02.31
on the inside, the Lord changes
00:22:02.32\00:22:03.99
us on the inside and
then we can reach out.
00:22:04.00\00:22:06.55
Now you've got, you've also done
00:22:06.56\00:22:08.82
this with people in England.
00:22:08.83\00:22:11.61
Tell me about
maybe you have a story
00:22:11.62\00:22:15.41
about England and
what happened there
00:22:15.42\00:22:18.49
with your ministry
that's kind of international?
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We were in
England, in London, England,
00:22:21.08\00:22:23.49
a couple months ago
where we established
00:22:23.50\00:22:25.38
the training center
for the Trans-European
00:22:25.39\00:22:27.23
Division and after
one class the facilitator
00:22:27.24\00:22:30.68
asked the children.
00:22:30.69\00:22:31.66
The class was on sharing Christ
00:22:31.67\00:22:33.15
with your friends and
she asked the children,
00:22:33.16\00:22:35.58
is there something that
you would like to share,
00:22:35.59\00:22:37.71
someway that you
want to share Jesus
00:22:37.72\00:22:39.74
with others. One little girl
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.16
raised her hand and she said,
00:22:41.17\00:22:42.59
you know I really like to draw
00:22:42.60\00:22:44.45
and I know there is
a boy down the street
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.48
who likes to draw and
he is really good at it.
00:22:46.49\00:22:47.97
I think I want to
invite him to my home,
00:22:47.98\00:22:51.27
into my family and
we'll draw together
00:22:51.28\00:22:53.98
and I am going to be
praying while I'm drawing
00:22:53.99\00:22:55.79
that God will help me
to be able to share Jesus
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.73
with this boy. And
how old was this girl?
00:22:57.74\00:22:59.83
She was about 9 years old.
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Nine years old, so there is a
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market place for children.
00:23:04.09\00:23:06.46
When we talk
about sharing Christ
00:23:06.47\00:23:08.41
in the market place,
00:23:08.42\00:23:09.46
we think of just business
00:23:09.47\00:23:11.77
but this is their market place,
00:23:11.78\00:23:13.99
these young people,
00:23:14.00\00:23:14.97
you know as the saying goes,
00:23:14.98\00:23:16.90
preach always and
use words if necessary,
00:23:16.91\00:23:20.97
and boy is this very
applicable to this girl
00:23:20.98\00:23:24.46
in England. Well, tell us,
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.23
you've had 80 different people
00:23:27.24\00:23:30.72
come through and
have you had people
00:23:30.73\00:23:32.62
approach you
while you've been here
00:23:32.63\00:23:34.70
at your booth here at ASI?
00:23:34.71\00:23:37.22
We have, we've had
a conference president
00:23:37.23\00:23:40.07
and several key leaders,
00:23:40.08\00:23:42.13
just interested church members,
00:23:42.14\00:23:45.00
we'd love to have
more come by and learn.
00:23:45.01\00:23:46.78
So it's a way to
reach out to our children,
00:23:46.79\00:23:51.32
8 to 13. You're
doing a great ministry.
00:23:51.33\00:23:55.31
Anything you want
to say in closing.
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No. Just come by the booth
00:23:57.22\00:24:00.09
if you're here
in Louisville 427,
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.81
or if you're
watching on the web or 3ABN,
00:24:02.82\00:24:06.61
we'd love to have
you visit our website at
00:24:06.62\00:24:08.71
kidsindiscipleship.org.
Thanks Cheryl.
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There are days I know
00:24:24.83\00:24:28.48
when you get so discouraged,
00:24:28.49\00:24:32.57
It seems that all hope is gone.
00:24:32.58\00:24:38.80
But there's only One
who can give you courage
00:24:38.81\00:24:46.73
And strength to carry on.
00:24:46.74\00:24:53.34
Never give up, Jesus is coming.
00:24:53.35\00:25:00.69
It's the darkest
just before dawn.
00:25:00.70\00:25:07.83
Never give up, Jesus is coming.
00:25:07.84\00:25:15.00
Never give up, keep holding on!
00:25:15.01\00:25:22.70
This old world I know
can't last much longer,
00:25:22.71\00:25:31.46
And sin will soon pass away.
00:25:31.47\00:25:37.76
But my faith in God simply
00:25:37.77\00:25:42.78
keeps growing stronger,
00:25:42.79\00:25:46.09
For Jesus is coming some day!
00:25:46.10\00:25:51.39
Please join me.
00:25:51.40\00:25:52.37
Never give up, Jesus is coming.
00:25:52.38\00:26:00.01
It's the darkest
just before dawn.
00:26:00.02\00:26:07.62
Never give up,
O Jesus is coming.
00:26:07.63\00:26:14.51
Never give up, keep holding on!
00:26:14.52\00:26:23.91
Never give up, keep holding on!
00:26:23.92\00:26:36.09
Amen. For 60 years ASI
00:26:42.20\00:26:45.66
put a strong
emphasis on having members
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.94
share their
testimonies and stories
00:26:47.95\00:26:49.69
of how the Lord is
working in their lives.
00:26:49.70\00:26:51.36
This members in
action has served
00:26:51.37\00:26:53.34
as an
inspiration to many who hear
00:26:53.35\00:26:55.67
and often results
in lives being changed.
00:26:55.68\00:26:58.40
Tonight will be no
exception is my prayer.
00:26:58.41\00:27:01.67
This evening I am
joined on stage here
00:27:01.68\00:27:04.55
with Pastor Wendell Jeffrey
00:27:04.56\00:27:05.73
and DuPriest
Eastern and I am so thrilled
00:27:05.74\00:27:09.50
for you Pastor
Jeffrey to share with us
00:27:09.51\00:27:11.07
a little bit
about your background
00:27:11.08\00:27:12.78
and your
passion for working with
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.41
marginalized individuals?
00:27:14.42\00:27:16.02
Thank you very much Joy.
00:27:16.03\00:27:17.64
It has always been my pleasure,
00:27:17.65\00:27:20.94
my life work it
seems to work with the
00:27:20.95\00:27:23.13
marginalized and
those who are suffering
00:27:23.14\00:27:25.49
in the community. Ever
since I was a little boy,
00:27:25.50\00:27:27.39
growing up in the projects,
00:27:27.40\00:27:29.70
back there in the Caribbean,
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.33
I would remember
that when the guys
00:27:31.34\00:27:32.73
would be
pelting at the old folks
00:27:32.74\00:27:34.41
or pulling at
the mentally retarded
00:27:34.42\00:27:36.17
I would be one to say,
no, don't do that and so on.
00:27:36.18\00:27:39.30
And I grew up like that,
00:27:39.31\00:27:40.95
I felt a call to
the ministry and began
00:27:40.96\00:27:43.59
my theological studies
back there in Trinidad.
00:27:43.60\00:27:46.00
I didn't complete it there,
00:27:46.01\00:27:48.67
I came over here
and I was working
00:27:48.68\00:27:51.81
with a very large company.
00:27:51.82\00:27:53.92
I was a senior
executive sales representative.
00:27:53.93\00:27:56.46
I am working for a lot of money
00:27:56.47\00:27:58.14
but I didn't feel satisfied,
00:27:58.15\00:28:00.81
so I quit the
job and finished my
00:28:00.82\00:28:03.69
theological
studies at Oakwood College
00:28:03.70\00:28:06.03
and then went
onto in the seminary
00:28:06.04\00:28:07.91
at Andrews University.
00:28:07.92\00:28:09.55
And then you got started working
00:28:09.56\00:28:11.77
at a church
that was in a Ghetto,
00:28:11.78\00:28:14.28
and share with us how your
00:28:14.29\00:28:15.79
Practical Christianity
Ministry grew from that?
00:28:15.80\00:28:17.88
Amen. Well, I was
assisting at the church
00:28:17.89\00:28:21.24
there in South Bay, Indiana.
00:28:21.25\00:28:22.84
And I wanted to go
after the marginalized people.
00:28:22.85\00:28:27.91
The people who
were really hurting
00:28:27.92\00:28:29.27
and I contacted a
couple who had a bar,
00:28:29.28\00:28:33.79
a tavern that they had bought
00:28:33.80\00:28:37.38
and they weren't
using and we went
00:28:37.39\00:28:41.34
and we got at the
bar and we made the bar
00:28:41.35\00:28:44.43
into a church. It
seems like a likely place.
00:28:44.44\00:28:47.55
Yeah, and so while we were,
00:28:49.51\00:28:51.16
I had the guys, I
would go to the homeless
00:28:51.17\00:28:54.98
shelter and I would
get the guys to come in
00:28:54.99\00:28:57.06
and help me got that bar
00:28:57.07\00:28:58.45
and so on as we were
preparing it for a church
00:28:58.46\00:29:01.25
and then it dawned to me
00:29:01.26\00:29:02.63
that this would be a
good way to get these guys
00:29:02.64\00:29:05.82
employed and to keep
them out of the prison
00:29:05.83\00:29:08.02
and that's how
the ministry started.
00:29:08.03\00:29:09.66
Okay, so that was
Practical Christianity
00:29:09.67\00:29:11.90
Ministry and then
you also were able
00:29:11.91\00:29:14.73
to get into prison.
00:29:14.74\00:29:15.71
Share a little bit
about that story as well.
00:29:15.72\00:29:17.50
Okay, well, after we
became know in South Bay
00:29:17.51\00:29:21.56
as the church
where these ex-offenders
00:29:21.57\00:29:25.92
and recovering
addicts could come.
00:29:25.93\00:29:27.45
Word began to get out as to
00:29:27.46\00:29:30.11
what we were doing,
00:29:30.12\00:29:31.11
we would receive
a number of calls.
00:29:31.12\00:29:32.88
There was a meeting where they,
00:29:32.89\00:29:35.26
there was a guy
who was the Chaplin
00:29:35.27\00:29:38.27
over all the prisons in Indiana.
00:29:38.28\00:29:40.74
I went a meeting that he was at,
00:29:40.75\00:29:42.82
I made a few
comments in the meeting.
00:29:42.83\00:29:44.76
And when it was
finished he approached me
00:29:44.77\00:29:47.07
and he said that he
would like me to work
00:29:47.08\00:29:48.93
with the Department of
Corrections for Indiana.
00:29:48.94\00:29:51.22
And they asked me
to come in as a Chaplin
00:29:51.23\00:29:53.49
and I went and they
gave me a course that
00:29:53.50\00:29:57.06
they asked me to teach.
00:29:57.07\00:29:58.57
Well, when I
looked at the course,
00:29:58.58\00:30:00.33
I am a ex-offender myself,
00:30:00.34\00:30:02.88
so I looked at a
course and I said to myself
00:30:02.89\00:30:05.75
that if I was in
prison and somebody
00:30:05.76\00:30:08.47
shared this with me.
00:30:08.48\00:30:10.44
It wouldn't mean anything to me.
00:30:10.45\00:30:12.06
So I wrote a
proposal to the prison,
00:30:12.07\00:30:13.94
the largest in Indiana,
00:30:13.95\00:30:16.67
they have close to
2000, close to 3200 men.
00:30:16.68\00:30:19.83
And so I wrote a
proposal and I said to them,
00:30:19.84\00:30:22.00
can I create a lecture series
00:30:22.01\00:30:25.15
to teach instead of
this and they accepted
00:30:25.16\00:30:27.53
the proposal.
And when we started
00:30:27.54\00:30:29.29
we had 80 men
coming to the class,
00:30:29.30\00:30:31.42
now we have three
hundred in meeting.
00:30:31.43\00:30:33.41
Praise the Lord. And
they have now asked us
00:30:33.42\00:30:34.65
to teach the course
to all 3200 men. Amen.
00:30:34.66\00:30:38.84
Now Pastor Jeffrey
would you share with us
00:30:43.96\00:30:46.30
just a little I think everybody
00:30:46.31\00:30:47.93
would be interested to know
00:30:47.94\00:30:49.31
some of the
statistics in the United States
00:30:49.32\00:30:51.42
on prisons. We
have a disaster to say
00:30:51.43\00:30:56.57
the least with
prisons in the United States.
00:30:56.58\00:30:59.29
As we speak, there
are 2 million people
00:30:59.30\00:31:03.78
incarcerated in
the United States.
00:31:03.79\00:31:05.86
Then we have 7
million who have been released
00:31:05.87\00:31:11.20
but are still monitored
by the Federal government
00:31:11.21\00:31:14.38
or by the local on
probation or parole
00:31:14.39\00:31:16.99
or house arrest or work release
00:31:17.00\00:31:19.48
or something like that.
00:31:19.49\00:31:20.46
So as we speak
you've got 9 million people
00:31:20.47\00:31:23.43
who are being, who
are either incarcerated
00:31:23.44\00:31:26.02
or being
monitored. Now only 10 percent
00:31:26.03\00:31:31.38
of released prisoners
find gainful employment.
00:31:31.39\00:31:35.07
In other words, 90
percent of the people
00:31:35.08\00:31:39.50
who are coming out of
prison are not gainfully
00:31:39.51\00:31:41.30
employed and that is
why three out of every
00:31:41.31\00:31:43.51
five people who go to prison,
00:31:43.52\00:31:45.66
three out of every
five go back to prison.
00:31:45.67\00:31:48.02
I'm gonna share some
statistic with you Joy.
00:31:48.03\00:31:50.54
Eighty percent of all
prisoners don't have a GED
00:31:50.55\00:31:57.60
or A high school diploma,
00:31:57.61\00:31:58.65
another 80 percent or 80 percent
00:31:58.66\00:32:01.77
of the same number
were not gainfully employed
00:32:01.78\00:32:06.01
at the time they were
arrested for the crime.
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.79
No matter what the crime was,
00:32:07.80\00:32:09.30
80 percent of
them were not working,
00:32:09.31\00:32:11.41
90 percent of all
prisoners were not actively
00:32:11.42\00:32:17.21
involved in any church
at the time of the arrest.
00:32:17.22\00:32:20.34
And so what we've
done with the Practical
00:32:20.35\00:32:22.50
Christianity Ministry
is we have realized that
00:32:22.51\00:32:25.23
in order to reduce recidivism.
00:32:25.24\00:32:27.48
You have to
answer those questions.
00:32:27.49\00:32:29.85
You've got to
educate the prisoner,
00:32:29.86\00:32:31.43
you've got to
teach them the skill
00:32:31.44\00:32:33.46
and you've got to
find a church for them.
00:32:33.47\00:32:35.71
And unless we
answer those questions
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.52
we will not reduce recidivism
00:32:38.53\00:32:41.01
in the United States of America.
00:32:41.02\00:32:42.85
Okay, so let's
talk now with DuPriest
00:32:42.86\00:32:45.44
who has a testimony of his own.
00:32:45.45\00:32:48.42
Would you share just a
little bit of that with us
00:32:48.43\00:32:50.69
and how it tied into
Practical Christianity?
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.87
Thank you Joy.
Oh, I was incarcerated
00:32:52.88\00:32:56.26
when I was 19 years old.
00:32:56.27\00:32:58.27
I did eleven and
half years straight.
00:32:58.28\00:33:00.48
And I came out of prison in 2003
00:33:00.49\00:33:03.54
and when I came out it
was hard for me because
00:33:03.55\00:33:07.22
I couldn't find a job, you know
00:33:07.23\00:33:10.01
I put in
applications everywhere I went,
00:33:10.02\00:33:12.98
everybody turned me
down and a friend of mine
00:33:12.99\00:33:16.87
he gave me
Pastor Jeffrey's number
00:33:16.88\00:33:19.59
and I called Pastor
Jeffrey and then I met
00:33:19.60\00:33:23.33
and talked with him.
And the next day we met
00:33:23.34\00:33:26.45
the Mayor together
and then two days later
00:33:26.46\00:33:29.49
I was working for him.
00:33:29.50\00:33:30.98
So you know it was a blessing.
00:33:30.99\00:33:33.94
Now Pastor Jeffrey, he
was a wonderful addition
00:33:33.95\00:33:37.05
to your team, wasn't he?
00:33:37.06\00:33:38.34
Joy, he was a
wonderful addition to my team
00:33:38.35\00:33:41.31
and some people
come into the program.
00:33:41.32\00:33:43.37
We teach them construction,
00:33:43.38\00:33:44.65
I teach them how
to renovate houses
00:33:44.66\00:33:46.30
and we have
trained 60 people so far
00:33:46.31\00:33:49.22
in the last three years,
00:33:49.23\00:33:50.30
but when DuPriest
come to the program,
00:33:50.31\00:33:52.56
DuPriest didn't know
what side of the hammer
00:33:52.57\00:33:54.47
to hold and now DuPriest
00:33:54.48\00:33:56.84
is not only doing construction
00:33:56.85\00:33:58.26
but he is teaching
the other junior guys
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.33
who come into the
program how to renovate houses.
00:34:00.34\00:34:02.67
Praise the Lord.
00:34:02.68\00:34:04.03
Now I would like Pastor Jeffrey
00:34:10.22\00:34:11.74
to just share one
more story with us
00:34:11.75\00:34:14.64
about an individual who was
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.64
impacted by
Practical Christianity?
00:34:16.65\00:34:19.78
A young lady came to us because
00:34:19.79\00:34:23.26
we have women in
the program sometimes
00:34:23.27\00:34:25.44
and she was, she
was out on the streets,
00:34:25.45\00:34:28.19
she was a lady of the night,
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.86
she was trying out
in drugs and somebody
00:34:29.87\00:34:32.50
told her about the program.
00:34:32.51\00:34:33.59
When she came to
us she had no way
00:34:33.60\00:34:35.69
to leave so I spoke to
my wife and she came to live
00:34:35.70\00:34:37.85
at our house,
because we couldn't,
00:34:37.86\00:34:39.47
we have houses for the guys,
00:34:39.48\00:34:40.76
where we couldn't
her with the guys.
00:34:40.77\00:34:41.95
So she came to our house to live
00:34:41.96\00:34:44.40
and we worked with her,
00:34:44.41\00:34:46.40
she was involved
with the program,
00:34:46.41\00:34:47.97
she learned, she
was doing construction
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.00
with the guys and
then one day she said
00:34:50.01\00:34:52.40
she want to be
baptized and we did some studies
00:34:52.41\00:34:55.14
with her and she was baptized
00:34:55.15\00:34:56.77
and she is now moved on,
00:34:56.78\00:34:58.82
she's in, I think Battlecreek
00:34:58.83\00:35:03.06
but she is studying to
be a minister of the gospel.
00:35:03.07\00:35:08.04
Praise the Lord. Thank you both
00:35:08.05\00:35:09.56
so much for sharing. Amen, amen.
00:35:09.57\00:35:12.23
My next guest is Melody George
00:35:18.36\00:35:21.25
and Melody has a
calling that is very unusual
00:35:21.26\00:35:26.58
for most of us and Melody,
00:35:26.59\00:35:28.63
I just wanted
you to share how God
00:35:28.64\00:35:30.57
impressed on your heart to do
00:35:30.58\00:35:32.59
what you do in ministry?
00:35:32.60\00:35:34.24
Well, when I was
at junior high school
00:35:34.25\00:35:36.88
I didn't know what I
was gonna do for a career.
00:35:36.89\00:35:40.57
I knew that I
wanted to have something
00:35:40.58\00:35:41.91
that I love doing
and then have some
00:35:41.92\00:35:43.32
sort of ministry to be
involved in on the site.
00:35:43.33\00:35:45.44
But I remember I
went to a very meaningful
00:35:45.45\00:35:48.09
week of prayer
and I just remembered
00:35:48.10\00:35:50.37
walking out of that meeting
00:35:50.38\00:35:51.45
and thinking I want,
00:35:51.46\00:35:53.07
I want every
aspect of what I do.
00:35:53.08\00:35:55.73
You know, every
minute, every hour,
00:35:55.74\00:35:58.21
my entire career
to be 100 percent
00:35:58.22\00:36:00.93
focused toward serving God
00:36:00.94\00:36:02.39
and at that point
I had a little bit of
00:36:02.40\00:36:04.82
interesting film and
video and acting and song.
00:36:04.83\00:36:08.05
And it just
stroked me in that moment,
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.80
I'm gonna be a film maker.
00:36:09.81\00:36:11.79
And so you went on to
00:36:11.80\00:36:14.58
Southern Adventist University,
00:36:14.59\00:36:16.14
you graduated with
your film making degree
00:36:16.15\00:36:18.27
and as soon as you graduated
00:36:18.28\00:36:21.04
I am sure Hollywood people
00:36:21.05\00:36:22.09
were knocking on
your door for Christian
00:36:22.10\00:36:25.16
themed movies.
00:36:25.17\00:36:26.61
Right, right,
it's a big deal.. So...
00:36:26.62\00:36:30.12
that's too much.
00:36:30.13\00:36:31.10
So how did you make the decision
00:36:31.11\00:36:33.31
to go to Hollywood?
00:36:33.32\00:36:34.43
Well, when I
graduated from Southern
00:36:34.44\00:36:36.99
I spent about 6 months living in
00:36:37.00\00:36:39.66
Chattanooga and
working on campus
00:36:39.67\00:36:41.54
actually at
Southern and obviously
00:36:41.55\00:36:43.65
you only have a
certain amount of time
00:36:43.66\00:36:45.31
that you are
able to work on campus
00:36:45.32\00:36:47.95
and that period ended
00:36:47.96\00:36:49.27
and so I started
looking for jobs.
00:36:49.28\00:36:50.72
And it had always
been an idea in the
00:36:50.73\00:36:54.03
back of my mind,
maybe I will go to L.A.
00:36:54.04\00:36:55.97
one of these days but not yet
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.81
and I talked to my
dad on a phone one night
00:36:57.82\00:37:00.02
that I was applying
for job in Chattanooga.
00:37:00.03\00:37:01.61
He said, well,
what about that old idea
00:37:01.62\00:37:03.48
of going out to L.A. and I said,
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.45
well, I just
don't feel ready yet,
00:37:05.46\00:37:07.23
I don't know just
doesn't feel right
00:37:07.24\00:37:08.93
but we got off the phone
00:37:08.94\00:37:10.27
and it was like
God just impressed upon
00:37:10.28\00:37:12.97
my heart that this
was where I needed to go
00:37:12.98\00:37:15.18
because I can't
stop thinking about it
00:37:15.19\00:37:16.53
for the next couple of days
00:37:16.54\00:37:18.37
and I talked to
my parents again,
00:37:18.38\00:37:20.63
we prayed about it together
00:37:20.64\00:37:21.77
and we just unanimously
felt that it was time
00:37:21.78\00:37:24.36
for me to go and about
three weeks from that day
00:37:24.37\00:37:26.98
I was in my car on the road
00:37:26.99\00:37:29.24
driving from
Chattanooga out to Los Angeles.
00:37:29.25\00:37:32.13
What you would
define as the worldly world.
00:37:32.14\00:37:35.80
Yes, for sure.
00:37:35.81\00:37:36.92
Tell me a little bit
about how God affirmed
00:37:36.93\00:37:40.21
your choice and how He
had led in this mission.
00:37:40.22\00:37:43.80
Well, He just
affirmed once I got out to L.A.
00:37:43.81\00:37:46.47
just that I was
suppose to be there
00:37:46.48\00:37:48.32
by really providing
for my needs once I got
00:37:48.33\00:37:51.48
there because I did not have
00:37:51.49\00:37:53.23
you know a job waiting for me.
00:37:53.24\00:37:55.56
I had possibilities but
00:37:55.57\00:37:57.25
I had applied for
a job before I even
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.07
left Chattanooga and
I was with a Christian
00:38:00.08\00:38:03.27
guy who is looking for
an editor in the program
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.57
that I specialize
in. He said, well,
00:38:05.58\00:38:07.53
I like your work,
give me a call once
00:38:07.54\00:38:09.75
you get out and
so I got out to L.A.
00:38:09.76\00:38:12.15
I called him, you
know, within a couple of days
00:38:12.16\00:38:14.13
of having arrived
and I interviewed within
00:38:14.14\00:38:17.54
that week and he
hired me and he interviewed
00:38:17.55\00:38:19.53
me at Universal
Studio and so it's been
00:38:19.54\00:38:22.42
amazing to have
somebody who is a committed
00:38:22.71\00:38:24.77
Christian to sort
of mentor me because
00:38:24.78\00:38:26.55
he has been
working in the industry for
00:38:26.56\00:38:27.75
for several years.
So just the fact that
00:38:27.76\00:38:30.26
I met him and he was
hired immediately in sort
00:38:30.27\00:38:33.50
of a freelance position was
00:38:33.51\00:38:34.72
definitely an affirmation.
00:38:34.96\00:38:36.49
So that was a
wonderful positive affirmation
00:38:37.15\00:38:39.37
but everybody knows
here that they are lot
00:38:39.45\00:38:42.62
of moral dilemmas
that occur when you are
00:38:42.63\00:38:44.82
working in that
environment there.
00:38:44.83\00:38:46.59
It is not a
Christian place as a whole.
00:38:46.78\00:38:50.14
What has been some
of your experiences
00:38:50.15\00:38:52.25
where you have
been able to use your
00:38:52.26\00:38:53.52
friendship evangelism?
Right, well, it's been
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.20
definitely a bit
of culture shock,
00:38:57.51\00:38:58.68
but I had to get used
to. But I remember the first
00:38:58.85\00:39:02.03
job I had working on
set. Just some of the people
00:39:02.51\00:39:05.55
that you run into,
you definitely work in
00:39:05.56\00:39:07.44
some very dark places,
it's a stereotype but it
00:39:07.45\00:39:10.11
definitely has some truth to it.
00:39:10.37\00:39:11.87
And I remember just
one man that I met him
00:39:12.08\00:39:14.64
worked with, it
was unbelievable that,
00:39:14.65\00:39:17.78
it was sort of
like he was one of those
00:39:18.30\00:39:19.60
cliched bad guys
from a movie, you know,
00:39:19.61\00:39:22.01
one of the villains
that's out to get you
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.57
and I just remember thinking,
00:39:23.72\00:39:25.02
do people like
this actually exist,
00:39:25.66\00:39:27.66
and they do. But and you know,
00:39:28.59\00:39:30.81
but, you know I
have grown up all my life
00:39:33.86\00:39:36.30
hearing about loving your enemy,
00:39:36.31\00:39:39.35
blessing those who
curse you and doing
00:39:39.71\00:39:41.44
good to those who hate you.
00:39:41.45\00:39:42.50
I've never had
such an opportunity
00:39:42.82\00:39:45.14
to exercise that,
and. Praise the Lord.
00:39:45.15\00:39:48.58
He has given the
grace to do it and it's been
00:39:49.51\00:39:53.14
amazing to out and
finally be in that setting
00:39:53.15\00:39:56.24
and see the
difference that it can make for
00:39:56.68\00:39:58.41
somebody who has
Christ to be able to
00:39:58.42\00:40:01.52
uphold those
principles and just maintain
00:40:01.53\00:40:03.80
your peace. And
just to communicate that,
00:40:03.81\00:40:06.72
the way you're
treating me does not affect
00:40:06.96\00:40:09.41
me because you
know I have the balance,
00:40:09.42\00:40:13.13
I am solid I know that
my value comes from Christ
00:40:13.23\00:40:15.93
and you know not
that I would say that
00:40:15.94\00:40:17.54
specifically to Him but
just you're demeanor on set,
00:40:17.55\00:40:18.52
demeanor on set, you know just
00:40:19.83\00:40:22.15
that communicate so
much that you can just
00:40:22.45\00:40:24.05
serve with a
humble heart and take it
00:40:24.06\00:40:27.29
you know that you
can take the criticism
00:40:27.30\00:40:29.23
it says a lot. Being like Jesus
00:40:29.93\00:40:31.88
in a very Godless
place. You've committed
00:40:31.89\00:40:36.09
yourself to the
frontlines of ministry
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.32
in Hollywood something
that a lot of us probably
00:40:38.33\00:40:41.07
would not be able
to do. Do you have any
00:40:41.08\00:40:43.40
request from the
audience for your work?
00:40:43.41\00:40:44.38
Just pray your
prayers because it's
00:40:46.67\00:40:48.46
you know it's easy to say well,
00:40:48.85\00:40:50.07
please pray for
us but the spiritual
00:40:50.08\00:40:52.18
battle is very,
very real and I've
00:40:52.19\00:40:54.80
definitely witnessed
some very dark places
00:40:54.81\00:40:58.09
and worked in
some very dark places
00:40:58.10\00:41:00.86
and I never before have I,
00:41:01.35\00:41:02.83
have I needed so
much to spend that time
00:41:02.84\00:41:06.28
abiding with God every morning.
00:41:06.96\00:41:08.89
I am just
connecting and we connecting
00:41:09.17\00:41:12.25
so that
throughout the day I have
00:41:12.44\00:41:14.01
that peace it's really important
00:41:14.02\00:41:15.73
so I appreciate
your prayers just for me
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.92
and for other Christians
all my crews out there.
00:41:17.93\00:41:20.62
You have such a
wonderful opportunity to offer
00:41:21.10\00:41:23.49
the world's
spiritual theme to films
00:41:23.50\00:41:25.17
and we just praise the
Lord for your work there.
00:41:25.44\00:41:27.72
Thanks Joy.
Thanks Melody. Thank you.
00:41:28.23\00:41:29.41
Hi, Ted. Hi. Ted,
you're a tough guy
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.42
to track down and he,
00:41:39.43\00:41:40.55
he is working with the youth,
00:41:41.55\00:41:42.94
wonderful,
wonderful. I understand that
00:41:43.66\00:41:46.60
you yourself are
a young disciple.
00:41:46.61\00:41:48.71
Yes, well, I was
about 14 years old when
00:41:52.66\00:41:53.63
Young Disciples
Ministries began and so I guess
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.64
I just sort of grew
up with it and I can't
00:41:56.16\00:41:58.77
believe it's
already been about 15 years
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.95
that I have been
involved and Young Disciples
00:42:00.96\00:42:02.69
has been such a blessing to me.
00:42:02.70\00:42:04.06
Tell me more about the ministry
00:42:04.38\00:42:06.65
of Young Disciple?
Well, Young Disciple
00:42:06.66\00:42:09.66
Ministries started
with the Young Disciple
00:42:09.67\00:42:12.52
Magazine that
many of you've seen
00:42:12.53\00:42:14.46
and it was a Bible
study magazine had true
00:42:14.47\00:42:18.05
stories and my mom started it,
00:42:18.06\00:42:22.60
looking for
something for us kids.
00:42:22.61\00:42:25.06
And she didn't find
what she was looking
00:42:25.71\00:42:27.40
for something that
really taught Bible study
00:42:27.41\00:42:29.36
principles and
dealt in a little deeper
00:42:29.37\00:42:31.91
and so she kind of
just started something
00:42:31.92\00:42:33.91
for us and it
just grew from there
00:42:33.92\00:42:36.43
and now it's a full
column magazine that goes
00:42:36.44\00:42:38.50
all over the world. So you have
00:42:38.51\00:42:40.17
the magazine and
then you also have a camp.
00:42:40.18\00:42:42.77
Yes. I am now the
camp director for Young
00:42:43.45\00:42:46.85
Disciple Youth
Bible Camps and we just
00:42:46.86\00:42:50.25
got finished with
camp about a week before
00:42:50.26\00:42:52.55
ASI started. And had about 200
00:42:52.72\00:42:56.55
campers that came,
wanting to learn more
00:42:56.56\00:42:59.49
about how they
can study the Bible
00:42:59.50\00:43:01.28
and going home
with the desire to start
00:43:02.23\00:43:05.31
outreach in their
churches and learning how
00:43:05.37\00:43:08.59
to share and to study
the Bible and to bring
00:43:08.60\00:43:11.86
that home to make it
alive in their lives.
00:43:11.87\00:43:14.70
And the reason I introduced Ted
00:43:14.97\00:43:16.62
as a young disciple
is that we kind of a
00:43:16.63\00:43:19.88
special impact
that's happening from
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.95
this ministry
because Ted himself already
00:43:21.96\00:43:25.50
is an officer of
ASI, North Specific
00:43:25.51\00:43:27.71
Union Chapter,
he is a youth leader
00:43:27.72\00:43:30.43
and it's just an
amazing opportunity for us
00:43:30.75\00:43:33.27
to gather these
very Bible based,
00:43:33.28\00:43:36.03
wonderful students of the Bible.
00:43:36.52\00:43:38.44
So just wanted to
mention that you have
00:43:38.89\00:43:42.32
a new tool
available that people can use,
00:43:42.33\00:43:46.58
that's specifically
focused on the youth.
00:43:46.59\00:43:49.18
Would you share a
little bit more about that?
00:43:49.33\00:43:51.31
Yes. Well, the
truth for youth program
00:43:51.44\00:43:54.65
was born just a
little over a year ago
00:43:54.82\00:43:58.67
and it started out
kind of the same way
00:43:59.59\00:44:02.09
as the magazine
did in terms that we do
00:44:02.10\00:44:05.20
youth of
evangelism also every year
00:44:05.21\00:44:07.13
we take a group of
teens to the Philippines.
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.80
They do the preaching,
00:44:10.19\00:44:11.16
they do the Bible work,
they do the kids meetings
00:44:11.20\00:44:13.21
but we had the
wonderful new beginnings
00:44:13.22\00:44:17.14
program to use
for the adult meetings
00:44:17.15\00:44:19.13
and that what's the
teens are preaching but
00:44:19.14\00:44:20.93
when we went to kids
program we didn't find
00:44:23.73\00:44:24.70
anything like and
we were using crafts,
00:44:24.71\00:44:26.01
we were using
felts. When you have 300
00:44:26.02\00:44:28.85
kids they can't see the
felts and we were looking
00:44:28.86\00:44:32.38
for something that we could use
00:44:32.39\00:44:34.56
and we didn't find
it. And so again we
00:44:35.01\00:44:37.55
thought well, we will just hav e
00:44:37.56\00:44:38.55
to sort of put
something together that we can
00:44:38.56\00:44:40.77
use and so we
started to finding out about
00:44:40.78\00:44:43.88
it and it's just
kept growing and growing,
00:44:43.89\00:44:45.64
the more we told
people about it the more
00:44:45.65\00:44:47.53
they said, oh,
yeah, you put it together,
00:44:47.54\00:44:49.75
we want that
too. And so that's how
00:44:49.76\00:44:53.20
I came into being,
00:44:53.21\00:44:54.18
we were working with ASI,
00:44:54.19\00:44:57.18
we were working
with global evangelism
00:44:57.19\00:44:59.79
and we were able to
put together as a team,
00:45:00.72\00:45:05.75
beautiful pictures
just like the new beginnings
00:45:06.38\00:45:09.31
with the borders and
truth for today pictures.
00:45:09.74\00:45:13.57
And the script
that you can present
00:45:14.24\00:45:16.45
or young people can
present ages 5 to 13,
00:45:16.46\00:45:19.60
so now we have not
only the new beginnings
00:45:19.61\00:45:22.70
and other
programs for the adults but
00:45:22.71\00:45:25.30
there is a complete program for
00:45:25.31\00:45:28.19
the ages 5 to 13,
an evangelistic series.
00:45:28.20\00:45:31.76
So now we don't
just produce what we
00:45:31.77\00:45:33.23
don't just preach
one of evangelistic
00:45:33.24\00:45:34.95
series but two;
one for the adults
00:45:34.96\00:45:37.39
and one for the
kids. Now, when we talked
00:45:38.07\00:45:41.67
a little bit I just
found it fascinating that
00:45:41.68\00:45:46.22
there are some
good stories related to
00:45:46.50\00:45:49.93
the use of these CD and DVD.
00:45:49.94\00:45:51.86
Would you like to share it?
00:45:52.25\00:45:53.22
Sure, Well, we were
sort of testing it out
00:45:53.23\00:45:56.32
in the Philippines as
it was underdevelopment
00:45:56.33\00:45:58.59
and then finally ASI
actually helped produce,
00:45:58.60\00:46:02.38
the North West
ASI chapter it helped
00:46:03.11\00:46:05.97
with the funding to produce it.
00:46:06.26\00:46:07.85
In the first year we produced,
00:46:08.20\00:46:09.76
we did an evangelistic series
00:46:09.77\00:46:11.94
and the ministerial director for
00:46:12.61\00:46:13.91
the North
Specific, North Philippines
00:46:13.92\00:46:17.03
Union mission came
and he was observing
00:46:17.04\00:46:20.56
the program and he
was with the adults
00:46:20.57\00:46:22.14
and he was
watching the kids preaching
00:46:22.15\00:46:23.75
and he was really
excited about that and we said,
00:46:23.76\00:46:26.34
Pastor, come and
look at the kids meetings.
00:46:26.82\00:46:29.63
We want you to see this program.
00:46:30.46\00:46:32.15
He said, oh, no
that's, you know,
00:46:32.16\00:46:33.92
he was watching
the adult meetings
00:46:33.93\00:46:35.60
and so we
finally dragged him over
00:46:35.61\00:46:38.62
there and said, come
on, you got to see this.
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.64
And so He went over
and he never went back
00:46:41.55\00:46:43.26
to adult meetings.
He just got stuck there
00:46:43.27\00:46:47.10
and when we saw
him later, excuse me,
00:46:47.11\00:46:50.37
later that night,
he was just totally
00:46:50.38\00:46:53.72
blown away and he
said, you have to come
00:46:53.73\00:46:55.84
and do this in
Manila. We have a field school
00:46:55.85\00:46:57.80
training for all of
our pastors that graduate
00:46:57.81\00:47:00.89
and we need you to train them
00:47:01.13\00:47:02.71
in this kind of evangelism.
00:47:02.98\00:47:04.49
And so the next year we
went to Manila and did a,
00:47:05.30\00:47:08.36
there was a large
of evangelistic series
00:47:08.37\00:47:10.11
in the city for the
adults and they also
00:47:10.12\00:47:12.65
wanted us to do
the kids program with
00:47:12.66\00:47:14.69
the truth for
youth. And so they had a
00:47:14.70\00:47:18.58
building all prepared
for us but some reason
00:47:18.59\00:47:20.71
they demolished it
just before we got there
00:47:20.72\00:47:22.52
so they ended up
putting us in the parking lot.
00:47:22.53\00:47:25.37
And so we thought well,
00:47:26.61\00:47:27.73
that's fun you know,
00:47:27.74\00:47:28.71
felt a little put
down but we went out there
00:47:29.45\00:47:31.28
and we did it and
we asked for pastors
00:47:31.29\00:47:34.50
to come in the last
night because we knew
00:47:34.51\00:47:36.04
a lot of young
people were gonna make a
00:47:36.05\00:47:37.51
decision for
Christ. We're gonna want
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.56
to be baptized
and no pastor showed
00:47:39.57\00:47:42.11
up and we said, where are they,
00:47:42.12\00:47:44.00
well, they are on
the adult meeting,
00:47:44.01\00:47:45.28
and so finally
brought them out and it turns
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.74
out more young
people even though
00:47:47.75\00:47:50.11
there are about
five hundred young people
00:47:50.12\00:47:51.72
and thousands in
the adult meeting more
00:47:51.73\00:47:54.16
of the children made
a decision for Christ
00:47:54.17\00:47:56.38
even than the adults
did. So when we start noticing
00:47:56.84\00:47:59.84
people dwindling in
this meeting to well know
00:47:59.85\00:48:01.64
where where to find them.
00:48:01.65\00:48:02.62
Amen. I know this is
a tool and a resource
00:48:02.87\00:48:06.37
the people are
gonna want to use.
00:48:06.38\00:48:08.42
Where can they find
it? Can they come by
00:48:09.10\00:48:12.12
your booth and
discuss more with you.
00:48:12.13\00:48:14.21
We have a booth here at ASI,
00:48:14.57\00:48:16.97
also youngdisciple.com.
It's being translated
00:48:16.98\00:48:20.30
things to ASI into
four different languages
00:48:20.31\00:48:23.08
and others are
also in the works.
00:48:23.09\00:48:24.99
Thank you so much
for sharing. Thank you.
00:48:25.44\00:48:27.56
I am so excited to get to share,
00:48:36.12\00:48:38.28
have Daryl and Mary
Jo share a little bit.
00:48:39.27\00:48:41.24
I know that we
could probably spend about
00:48:41.39\00:48:43.16
three hours talking with there,
00:48:43.26\00:48:46.10
with them about their ministry.
00:48:46.73\00:48:48.02
Tell me about how the
Lord led you into ministry?
00:48:49.71\00:48:53.31
Hi, I am Daryl,
and I am Mary Jo.
00:48:54.25\00:48:56.40
And we are
business owners from Payson,
00:48:56.56\00:48:58.22
Arizona. This is
story is not about us,
00:48:58.23\00:49:00.87
it's about how
good God is to us.
00:49:00.88\00:49:03.76
In year 2000, Mary and my,
00:49:05.11\00:49:07.42
our lives took us
so far away from church
00:49:07.43\00:49:10.65
that we would do, our membership
00:49:10.66\00:49:12.19
from the Adventist
Church and even though
00:49:12.20\00:49:14.91
we gave upon God, God
did not give up on us.
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.77
Several years
later we found ourselves
00:49:18.90\00:49:21.04
working away back
to the church knowing
00:49:21.78\00:49:23.57
we had something
very missing in our life
00:49:23.58\00:49:25.82
and one Sabbath we
decided we're gonna
00:49:26.65\00:49:29.31
go back to the
home church in Payson.
00:49:29.32\00:49:31.67
We weren't
suppose to be there but we
00:49:32.58\00:49:33.88
had an opportunity to
get back in town early.
00:49:33.89\00:49:36.60
We arrived at
church and lo and behold
00:49:37.07\00:49:38.60
there was a man name Duane McKey
00:49:38.61\00:49:40.12
that he was preaching there.
00:49:40.13\00:49:41.29
We didn't know Duane
had no idea who he was
00:49:41.96\00:49:44.06
but he had a wonderful sermon.
00:49:44.07\00:49:45.64
Our little church
had a potluck afterward
00:49:46.23\00:49:48.10
and by the time, it was the time
00:49:48.40\00:49:50.12
for Mary Jo and I to
sit down there were no
00:49:50.13\00:49:51.79
seats left except for
next to the conference
00:49:51.80\00:49:54.90
president of who we
would have never chosen
00:49:54.91\00:49:56.80
to sit next to at that time.
00:49:56.81\00:49:58.91
Now we can't ever get
to sit with Elder McKey.
00:49:59.16\00:50:01.59
Anyway leading up
to that two days before
00:50:02.82\00:50:07.29
I have been for months before,
00:50:07.60\00:50:08.91
I have been praying to God.
00:50:08.92\00:50:09.97
God worship what
should we do about church?
00:50:10.22\00:50:11.80
Should we go to Payson?
00:50:11.81\00:50:12.78
Should we go to this
Church down in Phoenix,
00:50:12.79\00:50:14.97
where do you want us to be,
00:50:14.98\00:50:15.95
and out of
frustration two days before I've
00:50:15.96\00:50:18.38
finally say God;
I will go where ever
00:50:18.39\00:50:20.05
you want us to go
and then we met Duane
00:50:20.06\00:50:22.55
and probably if you
know Duane and Kathy,
00:50:22.56\00:50:24.66
you know what happened to us.
00:50:24.67\00:50:26.04
Now the rest of the story.
00:50:26.94\00:50:28.12
So, basically you now
have a lot of ministry,
00:50:30.52\00:50:33.87
is that right? That's
correct. Share with me
00:50:34.47\00:50:36.05
a little bit about what the Lord
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.35
has led you to do?
Well, as a result of that
00:50:37.36\00:50:40.03
potluck that day,
that meeting with Duane
00:50:40.04\00:50:42.08
and Kathy McKey.
They invited us to go
00:50:42.09\00:50:43.94
to Kenya and we
were totally shocked
00:50:43.95\00:50:47.16
by this invitation,
we were very unlikely
00:50:47.17\00:50:49.25
missionaries but we
went home and we prayed
00:50:49.26\00:50:52.66
about it and we
decided well if God would
00:50:52.67\00:50:54.55
open now the
doors with our business
00:50:54.56\00:50:56.38
so that we could
live for that long that
00:50:56.81\00:50:59.03
we would do it
and amazingly there
00:50:59.04\00:51:01.42
was only about a month
until it was time to go.
00:51:01.43\00:51:03.45
We were able to
make arrangements
00:51:03.46\00:51:05.40
for our
business, get the airline
00:51:05.41\00:51:07.45
reservations and
we were able to go.
00:51:08.02\00:51:10.64
It totally changed our lives.
00:51:11.54\00:51:13.29
The experience of
getting the ShareHim
00:51:13.50\00:51:15.70
presentations and
how to depend on God
00:51:15.71\00:51:19.26
for everything. We were so far
00:51:19.27\00:51:21.48
out of our
comfort zone and totally
00:51:21.49\00:51:24.10
depended on God.
We loved that feeling,
00:51:24.11\00:51:26.85
we never wanted lose that.
00:51:27.32\00:51:29.07
Before we left
Kenya we prayed together
00:51:29.24\00:51:32.18
and we made a
commitment to God that
00:51:32.48\00:51:34.13
we would God home and
get to work right away.
00:51:34.14\00:51:38.12
And one of the
first things we did was we
00:51:38.86\00:51:40.90
thought well, if we can do those
00:51:40.91\00:51:42.20
meetings in Kenya
we need to do them
00:51:42.21\00:51:44.35
here at home.
So we talked to our
00:51:44.36\00:51:47.31
pastor and He was
agreed with it so we
00:51:47.32\00:51:51.18
arranged between
our Pastor and our
00:51:51.19\00:51:53.42
church to secure an
outreach meeting place
00:51:53.43\00:51:56.66
which we call the meeting place.
00:51:56.67\00:51:58.30
We had some meetings right away.
00:51:58.66\00:52:00.31
We've been having a
number of evangelistic
00:52:01.92\00:52:04.62
programs there ever
since in the last two years.
00:52:05.46\00:52:08.04
It has just been incredible
00:52:08.05\00:52:09.32
in our little
town. We also see our
00:52:09.57\00:52:13.11
business differently.
We were able to join
00:52:13.12\00:52:15.41
ASI and then it's
helped us to see our business
00:52:15.42\00:52:18.66
as a way to spread the good news
00:52:19.07\00:52:20.99
and not just to
make money and God has
00:52:21.36\00:52:23.96
blessed us as a
result. So, and then our major
00:52:23.97\00:52:28.90
focus is what we
want to do in Kenya.
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.14
We've been back
there a number of times
00:52:31.15\00:52:32.94
and I would like
Daryl tell about that.
00:52:32.95\00:52:34.50
So the Lord flipped
things upside down for you.
00:52:34.52\00:52:36.71
It used to be 90
percent business,
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.38
well, almost no
ministry and now it's
00:52:39.10\00:52:40.82
90 percent
ministry, praise the Lord.
00:52:40.83\00:52:43.20
And you now have
a special emphasis
00:52:43.89\00:52:46.09
that he has caught your heart
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.07
and the Lord has
led you to work on.
00:52:48.08\00:52:49.81
Share with me a
little bit about how
00:52:50.16\00:52:51.86
that occurred?
Yes, we have been back
00:52:51.87\00:52:54.20
to Kenya in two years.
it was exactly two years
00:52:54.21\00:52:56.53
ago we went first time,
00:52:56.54\00:52:57.54
we've been back five times.
00:52:57.55\00:52:59.08
I was talking about
someone little bit ago,
00:53:00.34\00:53:01.68
we've actually done
five ShareHim campaigns
00:53:01.69\00:53:04.73
there now in two
years. When we were there
00:53:04.74\00:53:08.48
on our first
campaign that we noticed
00:53:08.49\00:53:10.38
on Sabbath morning
they started coming about
00:53:10.39\00:53:12.14
7, 7:30 and they
stayed all day long
00:53:12.15\00:53:15.42
and we're in Sub-Saharan,
00:53:15.43\00:53:16.47
it was very hot
there. So twelve and thirteen
00:53:16.48\00:53:19.26
hours they went
without drinking any water
00:53:19.27\00:53:21.64
at all and we were
going something is very
00:53:21.65\00:53:23.01
wrong with this picture.
We started checking into
00:53:23.02\00:53:25.86
it and we realized
that so many of them
00:53:25.87\00:53:28.39
were dying
because the water was so
00:53:28.40\00:53:30.53
polluted there.
So when we came back,
00:53:30.54\00:53:33.60
we took it as a
personal ministry
00:53:33.61\00:53:35.06
I thought well, you know,
00:53:35.07\00:53:36.15
it shouldn't be that
hard to get fresh water,
00:53:36.16\00:53:38.50
so we started putting
in a water purification
00:53:38.98\00:53:41.84
system that oh it
was a good thing that God
00:53:41.85\00:53:45.49
gives us just what we
can handle a little bit
00:53:45.50\00:53:47.61
at a time because
if we would have seen
00:53:47.62\00:53:49.19
two years ago how
big this project was we
00:53:49.20\00:53:52.01
would have been discouraged,
00:53:52.02\00:53:52.99
but we came back
last week arrived home
00:53:53.00\00:53:55.12
on Friday, and last Wednesday
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.00
culminated our
efforts of a year and half of
00:53:58.53\00:54:01.46
being able to provide
fresh water to a village
00:54:01.47\00:54:04.37
that's never
had the fresh water,
00:54:04.38\00:54:06.10
we now have, when the wind
00:54:06.58\00:54:07.88
is blowing we have
4 inch pipe that goes
00:54:07.89\00:54:11.04
out in the Lake Victoria,
00:54:11.05\00:54:12.29
that pulls the
water and spreads it over
00:54:12.30\00:54:15.21
almost a two mile area
with 5 spouts and 18,000
00:54:15.51\00:54:18.97
gallons of water
storage and that's just one
00:54:18.98\00:54:22.64
of the first phase
what we were doing with
00:54:22.65\00:54:24.29
the water
project. And I understand,
00:54:24.30\00:54:26.98
oh, yes. Praise the Lord.
00:54:26.99\00:54:28.67
Like I said we could
spent three hours here,
00:54:32.98\00:54:34.84
it just gets more
and more exciting.
00:54:34.85\00:54:36.55
While you were there working
00:54:37.43\00:54:38.40
on the water project, you had a,
00:54:38.41\00:54:40.64
a story that, that has
led you into the next phase.
00:54:41.94\00:54:44.70
One of the things we
noticed the first trip
00:54:45.74\00:54:47.29
we went there was
the number of orphans,
00:54:47.30\00:54:49.28
there were so
many orphans children,
00:54:49.29\00:54:50.91
we were actually
shocked to find out
00:54:51.24\00:54:52.96
that just
because they are orphans,
00:54:52.97\00:54:54.64
does not mean they
are living in orphanage,
00:54:54.95\00:54:57.31
they live in child
headed homes which was
00:54:57.75\00:55:00.89
just incredible to us,
that's one of the things
00:55:01.99\00:55:04.52
we wanted to be
help with and its very
00:55:04.53\00:55:07.73
sad for the
children Sthere because
00:55:07.74\00:55:10.11
there is no orphanage,
00:55:10.12\00:55:11.19
there is no supervision,
they are lucky if they
00:55:11.20\00:55:12.98
can scrounge for
anything at all to eat.
00:55:12.99\00:55:15.41
We really wanted to do
what we could help them.
00:55:15.63\00:55:17.80
The reason there are
so many orphans is because
00:55:18.91\00:55:20.84
of the high rate of
AIDS and that is spread
00:55:20.85\00:55:24.50
by the fishing culture
there in Lake Victoria,
00:55:24.51\00:55:27.22
where the fishermen
travel around and they
00:55:27.23\00:55:29.99
will only sell the fish
to the women and the girls
00:55:30.00\00:55:33.46
who give them what they want.
00:55:33.47\00:55:34.88
It's a very sad thing
and its spreading AIDS
00:55:35.12\00:55:38.43
at an incredible
rate. So its left an entire
00:55:38.44\00:55:40.79
generation
missing, where they had just
00:55:40.80\00:55:43.06
young children and
older people but no parents.
00:55:43.54\00:55:46.99
We really had a
burden to help them.
00:55:48.05\00:55:49.71
So we are involved
in an orphan feeding
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.59
program over there
now, helping with it.
00:55:51.60\00:55:54.07
Right now we are able to feed 48
00:55:54.56\00:55:56.52
of the 200
orphans, one meal a day,
00:55:56.53\00:55:59.99
five days a
week. That's not much
00:56:00.00\00:56:01.90
but we like to
increase it to feed all two
00:56:01.91\00:56:03.81
hundred to do that
we need to get a orphan
00:56:03.82\00:56:06.74
feeding shelter built,
that's our next big focus.
00:56:06.75\00:56:09.59
One of the other
things we did while
00:56:11.39\00:56:12.83
we were there,
each time we tried
00:56:12.84\00:56:14.40
to do meetings
and this last trip
00:56:14.41\00:56:16.65
was no exception.
We did meeting in two
00:56:16.66\00:56:18.55
different villages
and the second village
00:56:18.56\00:56:21.95
was just had an
incredible Church behind
00:56:22.55\00:56:26.02
these meeting. They
did so much preparation,
00:56:26.03\00:56:28.60
they cleared out a
clearing in the middle
00:56:28.61\00:56:30.66
of the bush.
Hand, hand built a road
00:56:30.67\00:56:34.07
about a mile long to
get to the meetings site,
00:56:34.08\00:56:36.52
personally visited
every family which is probably
00:56:36.92\00:56:39.53
about three hundred
homes and incredible
00:56:39.54\00:56:42.44
stories came out that meeting.
00:56:42.45\00:56:43.89
I'll let Daryl talk
first about one of those
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.44
special ones.
Well one of the thing
00:56:46.45\00:56:49.08
that really
touched us is we found out
00:56:49.09\00:56:50.93
the reason they
wanted to have these meetings
00:56:50.94\00:56:53.58
in this area that
were so remote is because
00:56:53.59\00:56:56.27
there was one church
there was in that area,
00:56:56.28\00:56:58.23
there wasn't an
Adventist church and they
00:56:58.24\00:57:00.53
wanted to have this
meetings out where there
00:57:00.54\00:57:02.86
was a lot of non-church members.
00:57:02.92\00:57:05.44
So that's why they went all this
00:57:05.75\00:57:06.83
work to do this
well. As the baptisms
00:57:06.84\00:57:09.74
were taking place
one of the church elders
00:57:09.75\00:57:11.73
started saying well,
00:57:11.74\00:57:12.71
you see that whole family there.
00:57:12.72\00:57:13.83
They were
converted and started telling
00:57:14.29\00:57:15.97
stories but the
most compelling story was
00:57:15.98\00:57:18.84
about a little,
a 11-year-old girl
00:57:18.85\00:57:21.33
whose parents
were actually running
00:57:21.44\00:57:23.67
this other church,
this inner faith church
00:57:23.91\00:57:26.67
and they wanted
her to join the church
00:57:27.00\00:57:28.67
and she had been in
touch with the elders
00:57:28.90\00:57:31.43
of the Adventist church,
00:57:31.44\00:57:32.41
the local church
there and she refused it,
00:57:32.42\00:57:34.84
11 years old, she refused her
00:57:34.85\00:57:36.37
parents to join
she says you are not
00:57:36.38\00:57:39.05
teaching truth, you are not
00:57:39.06\00:57:40.70
teaching truth
so. She convinced them
00:57:40.71\00:57:43.33
to start coming
to the meetings that
00:57:43.41\00:57:44.89
we were holding.
They came to the meeting,
00:57:44.90\00:57:47.71
the entire
church was closed down
00:57:47.72\00:57:49.85
and was
baptized. Praise the Lord,
00:57:49.86\00:57:52.48
that's because of
an 11-year-old girl,
00:57:53.95\00:57:55.68
so don't think ever
think that children do not
00:57:55.69\00:57:58.74
have a place in
sharing the good news of Jesus.
00:57:58.75\00:58:01.82
I want to thank you
both so much for sharing
00:58:02.51\00:58:04.31
and you're an
inspiration to drop everything
00:58:04.32\00:58:06.82
that we're doing
and serve the Lord.
00:58:06.83\00:58:08.61
Thank you guys.
Thank you very much.
00:58:09.12\00:58:10.19