You know we serve a risen
savior, did you know that?
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Isn't that good
news? He's alive today
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and I know he is alive
because he lives in here,
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that's how you know it.
He's in the world today,
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no matter what
anybody may say, he lives.
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I serve a risen Savior
He's in the world today.
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I know that He is
living, Whatever men may say.
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I see His hand of mercy;
I hear His voice of cheer;
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And just the time I
need Him He's always near.
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He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
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He walks with me
and talks with me
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along life's narrow way.
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He lives, He lives,
salvation to impart!
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You ask me how I know He lives?
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He lives within my heart.
In all the world around me
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I see His loving care,
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And though my heart grows weary,
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I never will despair; I
know that He is leading,
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Through all the stormy blast;
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The day of His
appearing Will come at last.
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He's coming my friends.
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He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
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He walks with me
and He talks with me
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along life's narrow way.
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He lives, He lives,
salvation to impart!
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You ask me how I know He lives?
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He lives within my heart.
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Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian,
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Lift up your voice and sing
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Eternal hallelujahs
To Jesus Christ the King!
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The Hope of all who seek Him,
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The Help of all who
find, None other is so loving,
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So good and the kind.
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He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
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He walks with me
and talks with me
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along life's narrow way.
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He lives, He lives,
salvation to impart!
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You ask me how I know He lives?
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He lives within my heart.
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That is my
testimony this morning,
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may God richly bless you. Amen.
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Good morning and welcome to ASI,
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how are all of you this morning?
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Bow your heads
with me for prayer.
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Dear heavenly Father
we are thankful to be here
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at ASI this morning,
we are thankful for the
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testimonies we are
about to hear how lives
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have been changed
actual miracles Lord.
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Please be with
these people that are
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about to share
with us. Give them peace
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in their heart as they
honor and glorify you Lord
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and we thank you that
ASI has 60 years of service
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for you Lord,
but we don't want 70,
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please come soon
Lord, in Jesus name, amen.
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Good morning, good to
see all of you this morning.
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I'm so privileged to be
here this morning, to share
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another one of our
favorite parts of ASI right?
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This is the time
period where we see what
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our members in
action are really doing.
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So this morning my
real distinct pleasure to
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introduce to you 3 members
of the corporation of BMW,
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aren't you
impressed? Yes, these are all my
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Korean friends from Bicycle
Ministry to the world and
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Family Building Ministry
also known as BMW and FBM.
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Jessica, how did you get
involved in this ministry?
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[Foreign Language].
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We started by
God's grace. Higher.
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Yes, I know we
started because after hearing
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how pastors in Africa
were walking everywhere,
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taking care of 10 or
20 churches and hearing
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the difficulties
that they were having with
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the transportation,
we started this ministry.
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How many years
ago did this happen?
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[Foreign Language].
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This ministry
started four years ago.
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Jessica is the
daughter of Pastor David Jim,
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that is Pastor Jim
and this is his daughter
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and about four years
ago they found out that
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all these pastors had no
way to get to their places.
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They had no idea
that ASI was doing
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a Bicycle Ministry
in Africa, did they?
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Nothing at all, this
is the first time you've
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heard about it. Isn't it? Yes.
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Okay, so how did you
find out which people
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actually needed
anytime, any of these bicycles?
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[Foreign Language].
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We met pastors
from Africa who were
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studying in Philippines.
And all of this came about
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because of your interest
in, how did you find out
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about these people
in Africa, you found
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all of them through the
school in the Philippines
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and when you started
there, where did it spread
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from Africa where also
has this spread this ministry?
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[Foreign Language].
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The work that started in
Africa, now it's spreading
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to South America
and Asia as well.
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And I understand you
have a picture of some of
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these bicycles and
that you also have been
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involved in digging wells
in Africa, is that correct?
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Yes. Alright and you
know ASI has been involved
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in sending bicycles to
Africa but we have never
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thought of paying for somebody
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to have a horse or a donkey.
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I understand you even
help people find a horse
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or a donkey to
get to places where
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no one else can
get, is that right?
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That's true, that's correct.
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Because we've seen so
many roads that bicycles
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can't reach, they requested
us for mules and horses.
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So we are providing
those transportations as well.
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And how do you get
the money to pay for
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all these thousands of bicycles.
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[Foreign Language].
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Because of the language
limitation we could reach
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out to only Korean
communities so far,
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so Korean STA members from US
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and Korea have been helping us.
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Okay and you are also
building medical clinics.
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Yes. [Foreign Language].
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After having started
this bicycle ministry,
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we've seen too many
needs when we got there.
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So we started medical
rallies and also God has
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expanded our work to
evangelistic meetings
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and also church constructions,
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hospital buildings
and scholarship as well.
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Did you guys know that
there was actually almost
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a separate ASI
within the Korean community
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and none of us
ever knew about it.
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This is their first
introduction almost to ASI
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and I was interviewing
these people last night
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I found out
something even more exciting.
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Dr. Sung Um, where
do I know you from,
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have I ever met you
before? Well, you look familiar
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but I don't
think I never met you.
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He is involved with his
ministry that are joining
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together they're
Family Building Ministry
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that go to all
the Korean churches
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in the whole United States.
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He lives how far away
from me, where do you think?
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I live in Glendale, California.
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And I live in
Glendale, California.
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We are just
neighbors. We never met,
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we're neighbors and
guess what he has in roads
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to all of the Korean
professional people in the
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United States and he
and I are going to be
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witnessing and
bringing in the Koreans into
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the ASI movement,
isn't that amazing?
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Amen, amen. That's our goal.
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I just wanna let you
know that you know that
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FBM Ministry, our
Family Building Ministry
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is all about
building family and this was
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my first time to come here.
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I came to realize that
ASI is all about building
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family as well and
so we're gonna build
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families together. I
am gonna bring all the
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young professionals from
all over the United States
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to come and to sense
the God's direction in their
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lives and to really
come together to finish
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God's work so
that he may come soon.
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You know, we know how
much the Korean people in
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Korea and in this country
are on fire for the Lord.
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We have never tapped into that.
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We've tried really
hard to reach the Korean
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and the Asian
community in California;
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we have not been able
to get through to them
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but now we have this connection,
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the Lord is providing.
The other important thing is
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they accept all types of
donations specially BMW's.
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We accept car
donations. Yes, so as we work
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together I'd like to
know what do you think
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we can accomplish in
the future if ASI joins
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with the Korean
Adventist Community.
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[Foreign Language].
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With our unity I think
we can spread the Gospel
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faster and would
see Jesus coming soon.
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Thank you very much,
it's been a pleasure.
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You know, young people have been
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the focus of ASI
now for about 10 years.
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About 6 years ago
in Columbus, Ohio.
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I met for the first
time the Oliver Family.
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They came to sing and
they sing for us again
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this time and Richard I
understand that you came
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with your parents that
year to ASI in Columbus,
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is that correct? That's right,
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that was my first year.
That was your first year,
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how old were you
about at that time?
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I wanna say about 15
may be. About 15 years old,
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so Richard came to ASI
and did that inspire you
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or did you get
turned on by ASI or did you
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just so to go
along your usual way.
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I think what it
there for me the most was
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it opened my eyes up to
see that it didn't matter
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where you are from
or how old you were,
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that God could use you
in whatever way he wants.
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So you went on and
you are now in college
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and about a couple of
years ago I understand
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you and some friends
were getting together,
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trying to see what
you could do for the Lord
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and as you were brainstorming
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what did you guys come up with?
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we had a group of young
people that were meeting
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on Friday nights at
our church and we were
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meeting with the sole
purpose of coming together
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to pray, to read the
Bible and to spend time asking
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God what we could do
for Him, for his cause.
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We didn't know what it
was and we were just looking
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for the Holy Spirit to
just tell us what to do.
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And what did some
of your friends decide
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they would like to do?
They had a lot of great ideas,
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some of them live
closer to the city and they had
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some ideas like going
into say a cafe or a bar
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and holding Bible
studies there and then inviting
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the people that
were already there in the
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establishment to come
and join the Bible study
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and then talking to
them about God afterwards.
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And I thought this was
a great idea but it just
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didn't seem like
something I would be
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completely
comfortable with. So as you were
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thinking about
this and thinking about
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how could you
personally witness, what came to
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your mind and how did you decide
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what you decided to
do. Well, my initial human
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tendency was Lord, I
am out of my comfort zone;
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give me something to
do in my comfort zone.
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Little did I know
that I would not be in my
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comfort zone if I was
witnessing that's just how
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it works I guess. Okay,
so what college were you at,
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at this time? I was at
Amherst College Amherst,
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Massachusetts half
an hour from Chicago.
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And studying what? Psychology,
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I am a Psychology
major. Alright, so you are a
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Psychology major
and so Psychology majors
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they would probably
want to do something in the
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Psychology field
right? In asking God
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and the Holy Spirit what
I could do I was impressed
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with an idea that was
so obvious it made me feel
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humbled and just I
couldn't believe that
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it hadn't
occurred to me and that was
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I felt the Lord speaking
to me saying you are student,
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so witness in your environment.
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Witness in school, I mean
how simple does that sound.
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That's right, where
are we supposed to witness
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everybody in our
market place where we're at.
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Not somewhere else,
not go some place where we
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don't know anything about
it, witness where you are.
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So what did you do
Richard? Oh it dawned on me that
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it wasn't a
coincidence that I was alive,
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that I was a student
at this time and that
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there were these
eople around me that I had
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been put in that
position and witness to,
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Amherst college is
a Christian school,
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it's not a
Seventh-day Adventist school
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and I guess you could
say it's not as Christian
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as you would think it
is. It's more Christian
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by name, not so much
by appearance and action.
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Okay, so tell us what you
did? I would stand outside
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after class by the
administration building
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where people come in
to eat or on their way
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out to class to in
from class and I would ask
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if they wanted to pray.
And the initial response
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was pray? Why would
we wanna pray? Who prays?
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Pray for what? And.
This is a Christian college.
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Right and I would just
tell them that we can pray
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for anything, it
can be school related,
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home related, job
related it doesn't matter.
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Wherever you want to pray about,
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we'll pray about it
and that's how it started,
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we would do that and
over a courses of few days
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people started
warming up to the idea and
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you would see soon
start to see groups of people
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praying together in
the middle of campus
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just completely
unbelievable. Well anything
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come out of that,
did you make friends,
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did you get any
Bible studies started
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out of that or anything.
I did I think the first
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encouraging time I
had wondering if this was
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having any positive
affect, how this was working.
00:19:05.84\00:19:08.54
Was sitting in class
and over hearing people
00:19:08.88\00:19:11.70
talking about hey,
that weird guy that prays?
00:19:11.71\00:19:14.09
Have you seen him? He
is a real nut you know
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but they would and
then they would talk
00:19:17.13\00:19:19.47
about it as if, wow I
can't believe someone's doing,
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this is great. My
friend, she prayed with somebody
00:19:22.93\00:19:25.59
and now things
are better for her and
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they really seem to get into it.
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That was really encouraging.
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Well thank you so
much Richard, you know
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I think it really is
worth it to bring your
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kids to ASI, would
you agree? Certainly.
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Okay, have a
wonderful life. Thank you.
00:19:38.63\00:19:41.03
Friends, I don't
think we can underestimate
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the privilege of bringing
our friends with us to ASI,
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especially our
children. Good morning.
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Good morning. How
are you this morning?
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Marvelous. Marvelous.
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Well I think you
are Marvella Burton
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isn't that right? Yes I am.
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Does that have
anything to do with
00:20:05.31\00:20:06.79
your ministry
Marvella? Absolutely.
00:20:06.80\00:20:08.50
What is the name
of your Ministry?
00:20:08.83\00:20:10.06
Marvelous Lifestyle
Ministry. And Marvella,
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I understand that you
operate a self supporting
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school, can you
tell me about that? Yes,
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when I was about 4
years old my mother
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started teaching.
She was my first teacher
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and since that time
she taught for many years
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and then she went
and taught for the
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public school and
send us to Oakwood but then
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she reopened the
school and now it has been
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in existence for about 40 years.
00:20:35.33\00:20:37.41
What age group do you teach?
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I teach grade 6 and
up. And the school itself
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has how many
grades? Last year we had
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46 students pre-k through 12.
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And I understand that
you are running a school
00:20:48.92\00:20:52.57
for exceptional
children is that correct?
00:20:52.58\00:20:54.89
Yes, it's a
special education program,
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what makes it
special is that we teach true
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Christian education and
the students are special
00:21:00.18\00:21:03.26
because they are an
heritage from the Lord,
00:21:03.27\00:21:05.61
and we are special
teachers because we love
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the Lord and we
are missionaries.
00:21:09.42\00:21:10.82
So special education
does not have to mean
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that the
children are handicapped.
00:21:13.46\00:21:15.90
Oh no, well they
are handicapped because.
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Are all children handicapped?
00:21:18.59\00:21:19.62
They come into
the world disabled.
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Disabled from
what Marvella? Sin.
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That's right, can you
tell me how this is affected
00:21:24.72\00:21:30.99
the children that come
to you, tell me a little
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bit about some of the
children that have been
00:21:34.50\00:21:36.61
affected by this
school. Well one story comes
00:21:36.62\00:21:39.87
to mind that involved
an 8-year-old boy who came
00:21:39.88\00:21:43.51
to our school and he
had been to several schools
00:21:43.52\00:21:46.76
who had said that
he could not learn.
00:21:47.09\00:21:49.33
So did he learn
anything at your school?
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Boy did he ever learned
and then he became a teacher,
00:21:51.72\00:21:54.48
I remember we had a
smoking Sam and I was
00:21:54.49\00:21:57.97
teaching a health
class about smoking and show
00:21:57.98\00:22:01.23
them pictures of the
lungs and told them that
00:22:01.24\00:22:04.36
anybody that smoked
had a habit that God
00:22:04.37\00:22:07.43
could deliver them
from. And so, he went home
00:22:07.44\00:22:10.34
that night, both of
his parents smoked and he
00:22:10.35\00:22:13.30
told his parents what
I had said and said that
00:22:13.31\00:22:16.04
Jesus can deliver
you, let's pray and so they
00:22:16.05\00:22:19.64
got down on their
knees and they prayed.
00:22:19.65\00:22:22.05
They had been
smoking 20 years or more.
00:22:22.42\00:22:24.75
That night ended their
smoking career and today
00:22:25.36\00:22:30.93
the entire family are
Seventh Day Adventist.
00:22:30.94\00:22:34.08
Isn't that marvelous?
And this is a child that
00:22:34.74\00:22:39.49
people had told you
was difficult and could not
00:22:39.50\00:22:42.78
learn and he learned
how to witness for the Lord.
00:22:42.79\00:22:46.28
And a tag on that was
that they sent their relatives
00:22:46.29\00:22:51.01
to our school, three
little children and the
00:22:51.02\00:22:53.80
7-year-old girl would go
home every Friday and say
00:22:53.81\00:22:56.55
we've got to go to
church tomorrow it's Sabbath.
00:22:56.96\00:22:59.73
Well after a couple
of years of doing that
00:23:00.12\00:23:02.42
about two summers
ago, eight members of her
00:23:03.15\00:23:06.25
family were baptized at a tent
00:23:06.26\00:23:07.96
effort in Huntsville, Alabama.
00:23:07.97\00:23:09.42
So can we witness in
every place that we are,
00:23:10.24\00:23:12.73
whether it's a school
or business or anything,
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do you feel that way Marvella?
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We must witness. We must
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and Marvella, is this
your first time at ASI?
00:23:18.94\00:23:21.67
This is a first convention
but I just found out of
00:23:22.10\00:23:24.78
about ASI couple of years ago
00:23:24.79\00:23:26.71
and I joined this past spring.
00:23:26.72\00:23:28.32
So she is a new
member, I want you to remember
00:23:28.89\00:23:31.64
to come up and
say hello to Marvella.
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Marvella, I
understand that you had another
00:23:35.36\00:23:39.03
experience that was
really exciting about an
00:23:39.04\00:23:41.54
8th grader, can
you tell me about this.
00:23:41.55\00:23:44.01
Yes, I could write
volumes about my exciting
00:23:44.02\00:23:47.07
stories but this
exciting story was about a
00:23:47.08\00:23:51.07
young man who came
from New York and his mother
00:23:51.08\00:23:54.22
wanted him to attend our
school so badly but I told
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.32
her that we didn't
have a boarding academy.
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.13
So she begged for me
to take him into my home
00:23:59.76\00:24:02.86
and so I talked to the
Lord and he told me okay.
00:24:03.30\00:24:06.05
The first day he
arrived there on the bus,
00:24:06.39\00:24:09.06
I wanted to ship him home
and so I called his father
00:24:09.77\00:24:13.68
and said, this is
not going to work.
00:24:13.69\00:24:16.15
Now I believe in
children being respectful
00:24:16.77\00:24:19.12
and even though he
had a street background,
00:24:19.13\00:24:21.69
he had been raised
in a Adventist's home
00:24:21.70\00:24:23.27
but he was just off
the chain and so the father
00:24:23.28\00:24:28.37
begged and pleaded
for me to just give him
00:24:28.38\00:24:31.00
one more chance and
today I stand here rejoicing
00:24:31.39\00:24:35.78
in the Lord to let
you know that a week later
00:24:35.79\00:24:38.86
I was in the kitchen
preparing food and he said
00:24:39.15\00:24:41.25
Mrs. Burton, I
want to be baptized,
00:24:41.26\00:24:44.63
I want to be a
Christian and I want to be a
00:24:44.64\00:24:46.30
medical missionary.
After just one week.
00:24:46.31\00:24:48.47
One week. What did
you do? I almost fell out,
00:24:48.83\00:24:52.03
and I am saying okay Lord
and then my mind went back
00:24:53.39\00:24:57.11
what if you had send
him home. I am so glad
00:24:57.12\00:24:59.88
I can hear the voice
of God speaking to me
00:24:59.89\00:25:02.39
and being willing to
yield my will to the Lord.
00:25:02.70\00:25:06.63
Well, he stayed with
me 2 ½ years and he went
00:25:07.07\00:25:10.78
back home and I
just spoke with him
00:25:10.79\00:25:15.28
last week he called
me. He keeps in touch,
00:25:15.29\00:25:17.58
he has been in the CNA program.
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.52
He attended our seminar
there in job core he found,
00:25:21.53\00:25:24.83
he called me to find
the nearest Adventist church
00:25:24.84\00:25:27.65
and he took 6 to 8 young men
00:25:27.98\00:25:30.42
to the seminars every night.
00:25:30.43\00:25:32.53
And today he is preparing
to enter the LPN program,
00:25:33.68\00:25:39.08
now when he came to
me as an 8th grader,
00:25:39.09\00:25:41.22
he could barely
read. I had to send him
00:25:41.43\00:25:44.07
to my mother side,
she teaches grades 3
00:25:44.08\00:25:46.45
and up to start
him on basic reading
00:25:46.46\00:25:49.55
and spelling skills.
He had no Math skills
00:25:49.56\00:25:53.09
and I said how did
you get to the 8th grade?
00:25:53.10\00:25:55.73
He said I don't
know they just move us to
00:25:55.74\00:25:57.77
the next grade but today
he is going to be a nurse,
00:25:57.78\00:26:02.16
can you say amen to
that? Amen and Marvella,
00:26:02.17\00:26:05.99
I understand that in
your little school there
00:26:06.31\00:26:12.23
that your mother
is still working,
00:26:12.54\00:26:14.46
why doesn't she retire?
Well she retired from the
00:26:14.78\00:26:18.21
public school system
and I guess she remembers
00:26:18.22\00:26:21.62
the story about Moses,
until God sits you down,
00:26:21.63\00:26:24.98
you keep on working and
she is way up there in age.
00:26:24.99\00:26:27.80
How old is your
mother? She is in her 80s.
00:26:27.81\00:26:29.44
Okay, so ASI members,
I want you to know this,
00:26:30.20\00:26:34.18
we don't retire. Praise God.
00:26:34.19\00:26:36.24
Okay, thank you
very much Marvella.
00:26:36.25\00:26:38.12
You're welcome. God bless.
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.43
As Elder Folkenberg
says, we do not discriminate
00:26:44.55\00:26:48.55
on age here at ASI.
Good morning. Good morning.
00:26:48.56\00:26:52.27
I have got here with
me Jessica and Robert,
00:26:53.03\00:26:56.85
Robert, I can pronounce
your last name but Jessica
00:26:56.86\00:26:59.61
I am going to
just call her Jessica K
00:26:59.62\00:27:01.78
and this is Robert Kuczek.
00:27:02.14\00:27:03.87
Robert, you're from
Poland, is that correct?
00:27:04.31\00:27:07.24
Yes. And what organization
are you with in Poland.
00:27:07.25\00:27:10.84
I am involved
with ministry called
00:27:11.20\00:27:13.30
Springs of Life
Foundation. And what does
00:27:13.31\00:27:15.50
Springs of Life Foundation do?
00:27:15.51\00:27:17.35
Well our goal is to
publish books on the health,
00:27:18.10\00:27:20.74
on the Bible and books
for the children and since
00:27:20.75\00:27:24.06
I am coming from
a Catholic country,
00:27:24.07\00:27:25.82
we would like to
place those books
00:27:26.17\00:27:27.75
in every house in
Poland. That's wonderful.
00:27:27.76\00:27:31.50
And I understand that
you have been very successful
00:27:31.86\00:27:35.91
with the project
"The Great Controversy,"
00:27:35.92\00:27:37.97
is that right? Well
the Lord really blessed,
00:27:37.98\00:27:40.54
it was some years ago
we're together with the
00:27:40.55\00:27:43.18
Polish Union
when we took up on the
00:27:43.19\00:27:44.99
project of the
great controversy.
00:27:45.00\00:27:47.49
Our goal was to
publish the 100,000 copies of
00:27:47.88\00:27:51.53
The Great Controversy
but the Lord really blessed
00:27:51.54\00:27:54.72
and it came to the
point where in our print shop
00:27:54.73\00:27:58.09
we were actually
printing 10,000 copies of great
00:27:58.10\00:28:00.81
controversy every
second month and it went like
00:28:00.82\00:28:03.40
this for the whole
year. As a result until now
00:28:03.41\00:28:07.37
we sold more than close
to 200 thousand copies of
00:28:07.86\00:28:11.50
great controversy and
the great controversy became
00:28:11.51\00:28:14.54
the fourth best
selling book in the country.
00:28:14.55\00:28:17.19
You say the
fourth best selling book
00:28:17.54\00:28:19.89
in the whole
country? Fourth best selling
00:28:19.90\00:28:21.95
and I am. Of Christian books?
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.43
No, not just
Christian books, of all books,
00:28:23.44\00:28:25.78
all
commercially published books.
00:28:25.79\00:28:27.69
That's fantastic,
isn't it. Alright,
00:28:28.18\00:28:31.41
now I understand
that Springs of Life is
00:28:33.77\00:28:35.75
also involved in health
ministry and health work.
00:28:35.76\00:28:38.57
Yes, Springs of Life
about five years ago took on
00:28:39.31\00:28:42.88
another avenue of our ministry;
00:28:42.89\00:28:45.17
we don't have a
lifestyle center.
00:28:46.18\00:28:47.68
We don't have any
building to conduct a
00:28:48.00\00:28:50.91
New Start program
but we decided to do them
00:28:50.92\00:28:53.35
anyway in a rented
places. So, 5 years ago
00:28:53.36\00:28:57.43
we decided to rent
the facility and start our
00:28:57.44\00:29:01.80
first 10 day New
Start program and what was
00:29:01.81\00:29:05.71
interesting about
this we didn't know that
00:29:05.72\00:29:07.91
the Lord will really
bless this to the point where
00:29:07.92\00:29:10.51
right now we have
people waiting for the program,
00:29:10.87\00:29:14.80
there is no. We are not
able to handle more than
00:29:15.09\00:29:18.14
what we are doing. So
you have a waiting list
00:29:18.15\00:29:20.52
for your program?
Yes. That's fantastic
00:29:20.53\00:29:22.96
and have you had any
interesting experiences
00:29:23.33\00:29:26.19
in your lifestyle
center, I am sure you've had a
00:29:26.20\00:29:28.98
few and what, how
do you reach out to
00:29:28.99\00:29:32.42
the upper class in Poland.
Is it through this center?
00:29:32.43\00:29:35.85
Yes, actually this is
the way where we can reach
00:29:36.15\00:29:39.28
people who are not, we're
from the upper class group
00:29:39.29\00:29:43.17
I could tell you many
experiences, many stories.
00:29:44.01\00:29:47.00
What is
interesting that for the first,
00:29:47.62\00:29:49.44
during the first five
programs that we conducted,
00:29:49.45\00:29:52.78
we already had 5
baptisms. One baptism for
00:29:53.16\00:29:57.34
one program and of
course I could tell you
00:29:57.35\00:30:00.18
more stories but I
have a friend with me
00:30:00.19\00:30:01.97
who can tell the
real story. Right, Jessica
00:30:02.31\00:30:05.52
I understand that a
few years ago you suddenly
00:30:05.53\00:30:10.06
heard about this
program, how did you
00:30:10.07\00:30:12.05
hear about it the first time?
00:30:12.06\00:30:13.53
Okay, it's quite a
long story, but for the
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.68
first time my mom
actually heard about the program
00:30:16.69\00:30:19.21
and she signed up
for it and the way that
00:30:19.60\00:30:22.74
God has been
leading us to this program
00:30:22.75\00:30:24.77
is just amazing. So
how long do you think
00:30:24.78\00:30:28.54
the Lord has been
preparing you before you
00:30:28.55\00:30:30.80
have even heard
about Springs of Life?
00:30:30.81\00:30:32.82
My whole life but I
think around 4 years ago
00:30:33.14\00:30:38.96
was the most
important time in my life when I
00:30:38.97\00:30:41.31
knew that God is
speaking to me personally.
00:30:41.32\00:30:43.69
I guess it all started, I
come from a wealthy family
00:30:44.75\00:30:48.11
and a lot of people
wonder if I come from such a
00:30:48.97\00:30:51.71
family than why am I searching
00:30:51.72\00:30:54.11
for something more.
Do you think that God
00:30:54.12\00:30:57.60
has everybody trying to
search for something more,
00:30:57.61\00:31:01.21
is there a place in
our heart, in our head
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.53
that we're missing something?
00:31:03.91\00:31:05.25
Jessica was missing something.
00:31:05.54\00:31:07.05
What did you feel
you are missing Jessica?
00:31:07.38\00:31:09.15
Well I knew that I
am missing somebody that
00:31:09.46\00:31:11.44
I am missing love
and I am missing someone
00:31:11.96\00:31:14.02
who really loves me,
and this is really amazing
00:31:14.44\00:31:16.54
but at one point of my
life I actually wrote a
00:31:16.55\00:31:18.48
letter that someone
who I miss so much and I
00:31:18.49\00:31:21.84
didn't know who it
was. Who do you think
00:31:21.85\00:31:25.30
it was now? It was Jesus;
00:31:25.31\00:31:26.93
He was putting that in my heart.
00:31:28.81\00:31:30.24
So tell us how you
actually got to this center
00:31:30.55\00:31:33.45
or how your mother got
to this center and then
00:31:33.79\00:31:35.60
what happened? Okay
I'll start perhaps from
00:31:35.61\00:31:38.36
how the Lord was
preparing me just before I
00:31:39.30\00:31:41.47
found out about
the New Start program,
00:31:41.48\00:31:43.26
this was during my
entrance into university
00:31:44.29\00:31:47.03
and at this point of
life I was going through
00:31:47.74\00:31:50.84
a huge depression.
I really didn't know
00:31:50.85\00:31:52.76
what the sense of
life is and I was studying
00:31:52.77\00:31:55.17
and it didn't make
sense to me. And so the Lord
00:31:55.18\00:31:59.21
was watching all
this and he said okay,
00:31:59.22\00:32:01.22
I can't leave
Jessica alone anymore,
00:32:01.58\00:32:03.31
I have to tell her
I'm here. So what the Lord
00:32:03.62\00:32:07.11
did is he gave me
love and so I was asking
00:32:07.12\00:32:10.36
the question, what
is the point of life?
00:32:10.37\00:32:11.99
And the Lord gave me
love, so when I found
00:32:12.41\00:32:14.91
love I knew what the
sense of life is and I said
00:32:14.92\00:32:18.48
now I know why I am
living. So how did you
00:32:18.49\00:32:22.58
get to Springs of Life?
Okay, and from that part
00:32:22.59\00:32:25.19
and I was going
through an experience,
00:32:27.31\00:32:31.73
because you know when
you love someone so much,
00:32:31.74\00:32:33.66
you don't want to miss
them, you don't want to
00:32:33.67\00:32:35.66
lose them and me and
my boyfriend we were going
00:32:35.67\00:32:39.72
through a hard time and
during this time the Lord
00:32:39.73\00:32:42.84
was by my side and I
don't know how he spoke
00:32:42.85\00:32:45.34
to me but I just knew
that whatever is going on
00:32:45.35\00:32:47.36
it's gonna be okay.
And at the same time my mom
00:32:47.37\00:32:50.47
was going through
depression as well and
00:32:50.48\00:32:52.82
she found out
through her friend.
00:32:52.83\00:32:54.53
She got the number to the
Springs of Life Foundation
00:32:54.96\00:32:58.16
and she called them
and found out about the
00:32:58.17\00:33:00.76
New Start program and signed up.
00:33:00.77\00:33:02.54
So she signed up and
that's how it started.
00:33:03.41\00:33:05.73
And she came back and
what did you notice that
00:33:06.27\00:33:08.98
was different about
your mom? Everything,
00:33:08.99\00:33:11.02
I was so shocked when
I saw mom because she was
00:33:12.11\00:33:14.98
full of peace and she
had a new sense of mission.
00:33:14.99\00:33:19.48
She came home and
she made us a wonderful
00:33:19.49\00:33:22.45
vegetarian
breakfast and this was like
00:33:22.46\00:33:24.36
amazing to me,
because beforehand we would
00:33:24.37\00:33:27.19
all just eat separately
and then here comes mom
00:33:27.20\00:33:29.64
and she made a
wonderful breakfast.
00:33:29.65\00:33:31.11
It was the best breakfast
I ate and I was observing
00:33:31.12\00:33:33.99
mom and I am just watching
her like this is something
00:33:34.00\00:33:36.99
for me and I am
like you know how it is
00:33:37.00\00:33:40.01
when you love
someone you want to know
00:33:40.02\00:33:41.45
how to cook the
best foods. So I'm like,
00:33:41.46\00:33:43.18
I have to go there and I
have to learn how to cook
00:33:43.19\00:33:44.78
the best food. So
then you got there and what
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.77
happened once you
came to Springs of Life
00:33:47.78\00:33:49.95
and how are you involved
now? Okay, so when I got
00:33:49.96\00:33:53.80
there then it was then
that I knew that it was
00:33:53.81\00:33:57.17
Jesus speaking to me
and I was, I just knew
00:33:57.18\00:34:03.32
it was God who was
preparing me all the way
00:34:03.33\00:34:05.19
and I was there with
my mom and I was listening
00:34:05.56\00:34:09.39
to the lectures and
the person who is giving
00:34:09.40\00:34:12.95
out lectures,
my good friend now.
00:34:12.96\00:34:15.71
She had no idea about
the impact that the words
00:34:16.51\00:34:19.42
she was saying had on my heart.
00:34:19.43\00:34:21.31
I just felt
something breaking up in me
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.59
and I was
sitting there with my mom
00:34:23.60\00:34:24.92
and I started crying
and I was crying and crying
00:34:25.23\00:34:28.51
and that was the
beginning. And from that point
00:34:28.52\00:34:31.25
on I was just
like sponge you know,
00:34:31.26\00:34:33.88
I was so eager
to learn everything.
00:34:33.89\00:34:36.08
I was reading all the
books that I just got into
00:34:36.09\00:34:38.56
my hands and the
Bible; I said we need a Bible.
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.39
And it was so obvious
to me because I knew it was
00:34:41.73\00:34:44.73
the voice of the Lord
who was speaking to me.
00:34:44.74\00:34:46.56
He was there with me through all
00:34:47.20\00:34:48.52
my experiences; he
is with me right now.
00:34:48.53\00:34:50.97
And did you get
baptized or anything?
00:34:51.75\00:34:54.12
Yes, two years
ago. So two years ago
00:34:54.51\00:34:56.74
you got baptized,
praise God. Two years ago.
00:34:56.75\00:34:58.71
And are you anxious
to have everybody else
00:34:59.11\00:35:02.30
here about this as
well? Absolutely yes,
00:35:02.31\00:35:04.87
I know that there is
no greater joy for me
00:35:04.88\00:35:08.65
in my life but to
tell people about Jesus
00:35:08.66\00:35:11.72
what he did in my life
and that he is near every
00:35:11.73\00:35:15.02
single person, he
misses every single one of us
00:35:15.03\00:35:17.35
and this is not the
end because he is working
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.86
so wonderfully in
my family. I just can't
00:35:19.87\00:35:22.89
express how grateful I
am, you know just two weeks
00:35:22.90\00:35:25.91
ago I was praying
together with my mom and my dad.
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.98
Four years ago this
would be impossible.
00:35:28.67\00:35:30.37
And so I know that
the Lord is guiding us.
00:35:32.57\00:35:34.44
So when God reaches
into the heart of one person,
00:35:34.45\00:35:37.95
the repel
effect goes everywhere,
00:35:38.40\00:35:40.57
goes out to your
neighbors, goes out to your
00:35:40.58\00:35:42.51
loved ones, your
friends, your family and then
00:35:42.52\00:35:45.15
from there where do you
expect it would go Robert?
00:35:45.16\00:35:47.94
Well we hope that there
would be many other people
00:35:48.64\00:35:51.68
who will also find the
same joy. That's right,
00:35:51.69\00:35:55.10
so we want to pray for
Springs of Life Foundation
00:35:55.46\00:35:58.87
and I know that you
will be blessed by being here
00:35:59.22\00:36:02.43
and we look
forward to seeing you
00:36:02.77\00:36:05.33
and all of your family
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:36:05.34\00:36:07.50
Thank you. Thank you ASI.
00:36:07.51\00:36:09.36
You know some 28 years
ago Madeline and I attend
00:36:10.86\00:36:14.57
our first ASI convention
and there were two things
00:36:14.58\00:36:18.68
that really hooked me onto ASI.
00:36:18.69\00:36:20.60
One was hearing the
testimonials, the other
00:36:21.39\00:36:24.23
was hearing the
project reports and you know
00:36:24.24\00:36:27.95
that was the thing
that really opened my eyes
00:36:27.96\00:36:30.27
to ASI and the
potential of working together
00:36:30.28\00:36:33.89
as a group and in our
own market places being
00:36:33.90\00:36:39.92
able to be a
positive influence and so
00:36:39.93\00:36:43.18
this morning it's a
delight to bring you to
00:36:43.19\00:36:45.72
what I consider
to be very important
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.33
project reports.
Joining me for the
00:36:48.91\00:36:51.42
first report is Steven Grabnier,
00:36:51.43\00:36:54.81
he is Vice President at
OCI. Steve, we often hear
00:36:55.20\00:37:00.37
OCI mentioned, some of
these folks may not know
00:37:01.06\00:37:04.53
who OCI is and some
may. But tell us what
00:37:04.54\00:37:09.41
OCI is about and some
of the interesting things
00:37:09.42\00:37:13.01
going on currently. Sure
it'll be my pleasure Ray,
00:37:13.02\00:37:16.94
OCI is an acronym
like ASI and many people
00:37:17.31\00:37:21.45
don't know what ASI stands
for or what OCI stands for
00:37:21.46\00:37:25.18
but OCI stands for
Outpost Centers International
00:37:25.38\00:37:29.04
and the name came
from a concept found
00:37:29.43\00:37:33.11
in writings of Ellen
White where God's people are
00:37:33.12\00:37:36.54
encouraged to minister to
the cities through centers
00:37:36.55\00:37:40.56
located out in the rural areas.
00:37:40.57\00:37:42.54
And so Outpost
Centers International is a
00:37:42.93\00:37:45.64
network organization of around
00:37:46.12\00:37:48.72
seventy ministries world wide.
00:37:48.73\00:37:50.78
United States, South
America, Asia, Africa,
00:37:51.15\00:37:54.05
Europe, Eastern and
Western Europe, Australia
00:37:54.06\00:37:57.25
and each of these
ministries have a history
00:37:57.60\00:38:00.71
that's actually closely
connected to ASI's origins.
00:38:00.72\00:38:04.33
Okay and what are
you excited about today,
00:38:04.84\00:38:07.53
you've, I first met
Steve in Africa back in
00:38:07.54\00:38:10.85
how many years ago? That
was probably 11 years ago.
00:38:11.61\00:38:14.29
And since then Steve
and his family were at
00:38:14.30\00:38:17.51
River Side and that
was one project that really
00:38:17.52\00:38:20.81
caught my interest
early on. So now I had a
00:38:20.82\00:38:24.34
privilege of
visiting there, but tell us
00:38:24.35\00:38:25.81
you've been back
serving as Vice President
00:38:25.82\00:38:27.72
at the Head Quarters
in Collegedale now for
00:38:27.73\00:38:30.46
how many years?
About a year and a half.
00:38:30.47\00:38:31.97
About a year and a
half, from your perspective
00:38:31.98\00:38:33.92
what is that you
are excited about?
00:38:33.93\00:38:35.45
It was just as, as
Debbie was sharing yesterday
00:38:35.73\00:38:39.13
her excitement
about ASI members,
00:38:39.14\00:38:40.78
OCI members are doing
tremendous exciting things
00:38:40.79\00:38:44.61
in a variety of
places around the world.
00:38:44.62\00:38:46.53
One of our
interesting projects for example
00:38:47.28\00:38:48.91
you'll see it in your
brochure is Blue Projects
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.52
down in South
America working along the
00:38:52.53\00:38:54.82
Amazon river basin.
They have Bible workers,
00:38:54.83\00:38:58.30
lay pastors
training, a medical launch
00:38:58.61\00:39:01.45
where they go up
and down the river,
00:39:01.46\00:39:03.25
a plane o help them
reach the more remote places.
00:39:03.67\00:39:07.17
I remember Ray one
time you were visiting
00:39:07.49\00:39:09.05
one of our projects
in Tanzania, Kibidula
00:39:09.06\00:39:12.02
and you went out to
visit one of the Bible workers,
00:39:12.29\00:39:14.63
how long did it take
you to drive out the two.
00:39:14.87\00:39:17.06
You flew out there
right? Bill Norton and I flew us
00:39:17.38\00:39:20.10
in there, to place,
took this about 20 minutes.
00:39:20.11\00:39:23.20
20 minutes and the
Bible workers who took
00:39:23.21\00:39:25.43
their bicycles took
about 8 to 10 hours? Something
00:39:25.44\00:39:29.10
like that? 8 plus
hours, they got there just
00:39:29.11\00:39:31.35
before Sabbath school,
we had breakfast and flew
00:39:31.36\00:39:34.43
over there in 20
minutes. That's right and so
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.98
aviation can be
a tremendous help,
00:39:36.99\00:39:38.87
South America, in Africa
other parts of the world.
00:39:39.57\00:39:43.42
So our member
organizations and again
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.46
we have about 75 different
OCI member organizations
00:39:46.47\00:39:50.47
and members of ASI as
well and they are doing
00:39:50.48\00:39:54.15
tremendous things,
they like to be on the front
00:39:54.16\00:39:56.96
edge of evangelism, an outreach.
00:39:56.97\00:40:00.94
For example one of
the most difficult places
00:40:01.29\00:40:03.43
I think we all realize
to reach are the cities,
00:40:03.44\00:40:05.97
particularly the secular cities,
00:40:06.69\00:40:08.19
Western Europe for example.
00:40:08.91\00:40:10.19
So, in Prague we
have several restaurants
00:40:10.53\00:40:13.38
reaching out to the
secular people in that
00:40:13.79\00:40:16.07
city and they had done
a tremendous work doing
00:40:16.08\00:40:18.57
health clubs and
education and evangelism.
00:40:18.58\00:40:21.17
Even starting a church,
a Sabbath school in their
00:40:21.43\00:40:25.34
restaurant on Sabbath mornings.
00:40:25.35\00:40:26.95
Customers come in,
there's no restaurant service
00:40:27.46\00:40:30.61
but there is Bible
study, they get a meal and
00:40:30.62\00:40:33.90
through this venue
they're able to reach many, many
00:40:34.25\00:40:37.33
souls who
otherwise would not come to a
00:40:37.34\00:40:39.99
regular evangelistic
series. I am gonna tell
00:40:40.00\00:40:43.12
you another. Sure. Kind of like
00:40:43.13\00:40:44.81
cutting edge one
of our ministries,
00:40:44.82\00:40:46.49
just kind of a
new baby ministry.
00:40:46.50\00:40:48.42
It's being birth out of
Kibidula and it's called
00:40:48.73\00:40:51.50
Congo Frontlines Missions.
Now Congo, a huge country
00:40:51.51\00:40:55.75
in central Africa,
there is a good sizeable
00:40:55.76\00:40:59.07
Adventist population
in certain parts of it but
00:40:59.08\00:41:02.36
in certain regions
in Congo it's very,
00:41:02.37\00:41:05.44
the Adventist
presence is very small.
00:41:06.12\00:41:07.79
So young man by
the name of Keith Moser
00:41:08.19\00:41:09.91
is planning on moving to
the Congo to a very humid,
00:41:10.29\00:41:13.34
somewhat dangerous
part of the country
00:41:13.35\00:41:15.25
and he is hoping to
start a medical outreach,
00:41:15.54\00:41:18.11
evangelistic training,
training local workers to
00:41:18.50\00:41:22.61
minister to the
people in that area,
00:41:22.62\00:41:23.98
we're really
excited to be part of that
00:41:23.99\00:41:26.00
just new birth
venture. That's really
00:41:26.27\00:41:28.32
progress isn't
it? OCI birth Kibidula
00:41:28.33\00:41:31.72
farms in Tanzania. That's right.
00:41:31.73\00:41:33.34
And now they are birthing.
00:41:33.35\00:41:34.45
And then Kibidula
Frontlines Congo Missions,
00:41:34.46\00:41:37.89
Congo Frontlines
Missions. Steve, OCI has been a
00:41:37.90\00:41:40.76
member of ASI for a long
time. Since our beginning.
00:41:40.77\00:41:44.24
You mentioned that it
start kind of parallels
00:41:44.25\00:41:46.72
ASI's, how has the
association of OCI with
00:41:47.43\00:41:51.79
ASI affected OCI over the years?
00:41:51.80\00:41:55.22
ASI has been a
tremendous blessing to
00:41:55.60\00:41:57.47
OCI and OCI members
through both the fellowship
00:41:57.48\00:42:01.09
we get to convention
but also financial help
00:42:01.10\00:42:03.35
through the
donations that come in.
00:42:03.36\00:42:04.86
If you look in
your program there is
00:42:05.74\00:42:07.23
something called the
missionary assistance
00:42:07.24\00:42:08.83
program and that's
money is that people donate
00:42:08.84\00:42:11.72
that OCI administers
for expatiate missionaries
00:42:12.11\00:42:17.09
that are going
overseas on a sacrificial wage,
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.69
this helps us give them
a little bit to help carry
00:42:20.10\00:42:23.09
their burden while
they're there plus gives them a
00:42:23.10\00:42:25.83
little bit of financial
help when they come back
00:42:25.84\00:42:28.40
for furlough. So
it's, ASI has been a real
00:42:28.41\00:42:31.04
blessing both to OCI and
our member organizations.
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.78
And I also think that
OCI participation as an ASI
00:42:33.79\00:42:37.57
member has had a
positive result as well.
00:42:37.58\00:42:40.33
That's right, I
think there is a good
00:42:40.34\00:42:41.47
relationship between
the two. Just like to
00:42:41.48\00:42:43.49
close with one thing
who really like to help
00:42:43.50\00:42:45.73
people get involved in
missions and we like to
00:42:45.74\00:42:48.03
send somebody on an all expenses
00:42:48.49\00:42:49.81
paid on the mission
trip. I don't know if anyone
00:42:49.82\00:42:51.94
is interested in that,
all expenses paid for a
00:42:51.95\00:42:54.09
mission trip. Stop by
the OCI booth and pickup
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.60
your passport and it
might give you the opportunity
00:42:56.61\00:43:00.66
to go on an all
expenses paid mission trip
00:43:00.67\00:43:02.56
with one of our OCI
and ASI project member.
00:43:02.93\00:43:05.47
Do you know the booth number?
00:43:05.48\00:43:06.75
It's right between
200 and 300, we have about
00:43:07.03\00:43:09.97
4 booths together,
they're easy to find.
00:43:09.98\00:43:11.60
Alright, look them up,
go on a free mission trip.
00:43:11.61\00:43:13.39
Thanks very much. Thanks
Steven. Blessings to you.
00:43:13.40\00:43:15.29
Our next two
guests are also members of
00:43:21.47\00:43:24.93
an institution,
an OCI organization
00:43:24.94\00:43:28.28
Dr. Viriato Ferreira
and Pastor Daniel Bastos,
00:43:28.91\00:43:34.19
they are from the
country of Portugal.
00:43:34.85\00:43:36.71
You see ASI is indeed an
international organization
00:43:37.51\00:43:40.99
Dr. Viriato, what is it
that you are doing as an
00:43:42.86\00:43:47.58
ASI, OCI member in
Lisbon? What are you upto?
00:43:47.59\00:43:52.53
Well, Brother
Ray, about 5 years ago,
00:43:53.44\00:43:56.76
we went to Portugal to
try and establish a lifestyle
00:43:57.34\00:44:00.88
center in the school
of health evangelism.
00:44:00.89\00:44:02.99
But due to property
costs with ASI help we were
00:44:03.99\00:44:08.26
able to open the small
clinic in downtown Lisbon,
00:44:08.27\00:44:11.51
right in the heart of
Lisbon. Lisbon has about
00:44:11.52\00:44:14.16
3 ½ million people and
we thought that in this
00:44:14.17\00:44:16.99
country where most
people do not go to church,
00:44:17.00\00:44:19.41
they are closed to any
most forms of evangelism
00:44:19.42\00:44:23.30
that medical work
once again would be the
00:44:23.58\00:44:26.78
Jesus method to
work in that community.
00:44:26.79\00:44:29.00
So we opened that
center but another door opened
00:44:29.66\00:44:32.47
which was for us to get
involved in health expo's,
00:44:32.48\00:44:35.87
now you will have a
chance to see what the
00:44:35.88\00:44:38.30
health expo is if you
go to the blue section here
00:44:38.31\00:44:41.57
and to the exhibit hall.
Health expo's in Portugal
00:44:42.13\00:44:45.16
have reached in the
past 5 years over 65,000
00:44:45.17\00:44:49.77
people and now
this has been amazing,
00:44:49.78\00:44:52.33
we were not expecting
such a response and what
00:44:52.34\00:44:55.02
has done is helping
to break down tragedies.
00:44:55.03\00:44:58.57
It's bringing people
from the community that would
00:44:58.58\00:45:00.93
never come to evangelistic
series, they come in
00:45:00.94\00:45:04.04
contact with the church
and these opens the doors
00:45:04.05\00:45:08.94
for follow up work
and I would like to ask by
00:45:08.95\00:45:11.12
my colleague and
partner, Pastor Daniel Bastos.
00:45:11.61\00:45:14.07
He is the health
expo coordinator for the
00:45:14.08\00:45:16.20
whole country and
he has some stories
00:45:16.21\00:45:20.00
to tell you as well.
Being a pastor, I am totally
00:45:20.01\00:45:24.71
I'm totally
convinced that the health
00:45:25.41\00:45:28.68
way is the only almost way.
00:45:28.69\00:45:32.76
Our country is a
very Catholic country and
00:45:33.10\00:45:36.44
becoming more and
more secular and so we have
00:45:37.70\00:45:41.57
had these many
health expo's like 70 in the
00:45:42.09\00:45:46.47
last 5 years and
every health expo we have
00:45:46.48\00:45:50.69
many opportunities to
share. Recently, we had a
00:45:51.09\00:45:55.20
health expo where
almost thousand people
00:45:55.21\00:45:58.24
sign up for, by a
correspondence Bible study.
00:45:58.60\00:46:02.80
But the thing is, how
can we follow this people up.
00:46:03.42\00:46:06.16
Normally what we do
we have health expo,
00:46:06.50\00:46:10.32
we invite people
for health seminars,
00:46:10.65\00:46:12.93
like health secrets of
the Bible, five day plan
00:46:13.63\00:46:17.01
to stop smoking,
stress, nutritional seminar
00:46:17.02\00:46:20.16
and then we arrange to
meet these people at home
00:46:20.50\00:46:24.17
when we have done the seminars.
00:46:24.50\00:46:27.46
And normally we ask
people, what do you feel
00:46:28.07\00:46:32.03
about the seminars,
has there anything that
00:46:32.04\00:46:35.51
has touched you?
And people opened up
00:46:35.52\00:46:38.57
they we can pray with
them, so I firmly believe
00:46:38.99\00:46:42.78
that health work
and personal evangelism
00:46:42.79\00:46:47.93
is the way. Now my
question is why if it is
00:46:47.94\00:46:52.31
so clear, why so many
people are not doing this
00:46:52.32\00:46:55.67
and the answer may
come when we don't have a
00:46:56.33\00:47:01.11
training center,
where we don't have a lot of
00:47:01.12\00:47:04.67
people knowing and
experimenting this.
00:47:04.68\00:47:07.15
Dr. Viriato, I know
you mentioned the downtown
00:47:08.28\00:47:11.66
medical center,
clinic. Yes. And I know that
00:47:11.67\00:47:14.80
for sometime you've had
your eye on some property,
00:47:14.81\00:47:17.69
I understand that
there is some good news,
00:47:18.41\00:47:20.43
would you like to
share that with us.
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.09
Well this good news,
yes we've seen many people
00:47:22.10\00:47:24.69
at the down town
medical centre and we have
00:47:24.70\00:47:27.45
wonderful opportunities
to pray with these patients
00:47:27.46\00:47:30.05
and it's wonderful to
see that when you come
00:47:30.43\00:47:33.04
to a point of need
the people just open up
00:47:33.05\00:47:35.88
and if you treat them
respectfully and you try
00:47:36.20\00:47:39.62
and help, they just
open up to the point that
00:47:39.63\00:47:42.14
I am convinced
today. That everybody is
00:47:42.15\00:47:45.04
spiritual, they may be
irreligious, they may be
00:47:45.05\00:47:47.98
secular but they have to
deal with spiritual issues.
00:47:47.99\00:47:50.73
So well once again with
the help of ASI last Thursday,
00:47:50.74\00:47:57.16
that was last week
from since last Thursday
00:47:57.17\00:48:00.33
we are able to move into
a property that will have
00:48:00.34\00:48:04.35
the lifestyle center
where we can follow up
00:48:04.36\00:48:06.58
these patients in the more
personal care that we'll be
00:48:06.59\00:48:10.76
giving and also a
school of health evangelism.
00:48:10.77\00:48:13.69
We would like to train
young people on practical
00:48:13.70\00:48:16.58
lines in evangelism,
also practical lines for them
00:48:16.59\00:48:19.35
to get a living to
make a living and I tell you
00:48:19.36\00:48:21.76
the projects, the
prospects are just opening up.
00:48:21.77\00:48:24.51
This is from Thursday
last week and it was with
00:48:25.19\00:48:27.59
ASI's help from last
year's offering, which we
00:48:27.60\00:48:30.86
would like to thank
you very much in the Lord
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.52
to thank you for
your contribution.
00:48:33.93\00:48:35.33
Now, I believe this is
going to be a wonderful
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.72
tool for evangelism in
Europe and I just want to
00:48:37.73\00:48:40.62
share you that the
health expos are now in
00:48:40.63\00:48:44.01
all western
countries except for one
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.87
which is Belgium and Luxemburg.
00:48:47.02\00:48:49.03
But Luxemburg is planning
a health expo in Belgium,
00:48:49.04\00:48:52.11
I got an email from
the health ministries
00:48:52.12\00:48:54.03
personally in that
union saying that they are
00:48:54.04\00:48:58.05
planning to have a
health expo as well.
00:48:58.06\00:48:59.89
So it's in Switzerland,
in Germany, in France,
00:48:59.90\00:49:02.07
in Spain and they are
getting exited and they're
00:49:02.08\00:49:04.81
using these method
more and more and I believe
00:49:04.82\00:49:07.22
that this center in
Portugal is going to
00:49:07.23\00:49:10.16
provide the spiritual
bases for follow up of these
00:49:10.17\00:49:13.81
people as well as
patient care like we haven't
00:49:13.82\00:49:17.36
been able to do
before and you know people
00:49:17.37\00:49:21.64
might say well you
know, have you had any
00:49:21.65\00:49:23.51
experience in
doing new start programs
00:49:23.52\00:49:26.05
for a week or two?
Well we did, we started,
00:49:26.06\00:49:28.62
we rented a hotel
and we started doing
00:49:28.63\00:49:31.82
life style
programs in the rented hotel
00:49:31.83\00:49:33.60
but let me tell
you, it's not the same.
00:49:34.05\00:49:36.02
The team is good but
you know the personnel
00:49:37.25\00:49:40.72
in the hotel they
don't have the same vision.
00:49:40.73\00:49:43.17
They are out on
mission field as well but they
00:49:43.18\00:49:45.54
don't have the same
vision, the same care
00:49:45.55\00:49:47.53
for the patients. We
are not able to do all
00:49:47.54\00:49:50.28
the treatments that
we would like to do.
00:49:50.29\00:49:51.99
So this clinic,
this new property will be
00:49:52.23\00:49:54.74
able to do that.
Thank you. I don't want you
00:49:54.75\00:49:57.63
to loose the
thought, the message that
00:49:57.64\00:49:59.79
Dr. Viriato and
Pastor Dan has brought to us
00:49:59.80\00:50:02.50
that the health message
can be the entering bridge
00:50:03.08\00:50:06.82
and it can be bridged
from medical to spiritual
00:50:06.83\00:50:10.76
and for many
people that's the only way
00:50:11.12\00:50:13.18
we will be able to
reach them. I also want you to
00:50:13.19\00:50:16.71
take this thought
with you from these
00:50:16.72\00:50:19.25
two project
reports. These two projects
00:50:19.26\00:50:23.87
represents 70 sum OCI
members who are working
00:50:24.23\00:50:27.99
on sacrificial wages
and for ASI we consider
00:50:28.33\00:50:32.08
it a privilege to
be associated with them
00:50:32.09\00:50:34.09
and our prayers are
with each member wherever
00:50:34.41\00:50:36.55
they are this
morning, thank you.
00:50:36.56\00:50:38.30
Thank you ASI and
thank you. Thank you.
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.80
My Lord is my
Shepherd, I shall not want.
00:51:06.14\00:51:12.85
He leads me
beside the still waters.
00:51:13.25\00:51:20.27
Though he prayeth and he gathers
00:51:20.70\00:51:24.49
and foes they oppress.
00:51:24.80\00:51:27.71
I find strength in
the hands of our Father.
00:51:28.05\00:51:36.72
We will walk through the valley,
00:51:37.14\00:51:41.00
we will walk in
peace. We will walk through
00:51:41.01\00:51:46.93
the valley, believing in God.
00:51:46.94\00:51:52.08
We will walk through the valley,
00:51:52.09\00:51:56.27
we will walk in peace.
00:51:56.28\00:52:00.16
We will walk through
the valley, with the God.
00:52:00.17\00:52:07.85
He prepares us a
table before all our foes.
00:52:19.50\00:52:26.64
And goodness
and mercy are there.
00:52:27.04\00:52:33.76
At the end of the
valley in the hands of a boy,
00:52:34.13\00:52:41.10
there forever his
goodness will shine.
00:52:41.61\00:52:50.32
We will walk through the valley,
00:52:50.71\00:52:54.30
we will walk in peace.
00:52:54.31\00:52:57.93
We will walk through the valley,
00:52:58.29\00:53:01.99
we will live in God.
00:53:02.00\00:53:05.38
We will walk through the valley,
00:53:05.70\00:53:09.34
we will walk in peace.
00:53:09.35\00:53:14.92
We will walk through the valley,
00:53:15.12\00:53:18.96
We will walk through the valley,
00:53:19.38\00:53:22.90
We will walk through
the valley, with the Lord.
00:53:23.36\00:53:29.25
With the Lord. With the Lord.
00:53:29.26\00:53:33.75
With the Lord. With
the Lord. With the Lord.
00:53:33.76\00:53:45.07