You know we're gonna
sing a song that I think
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is dear to our
hearts and we're going to
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rely on your memory to
call forth the glory of
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the Lord as we sing,
6:33, "When we all get
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to heaven", that
standard that causes us
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to give glory to the
Lord, "When we all get
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to heaven what a day a rejoicing
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that shall be", 6:33.
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Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
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Sing His mercy and His grace.
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In the mansions
bright and blessed
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He'll prepare for us a place.
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When we all get to Heaven,
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What a day of
rejoicing that will be!
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When we all see Jesus,
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We'll sing and
shout the victory!
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While we walk
the pilgrim pathway,
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Clouds will overspread the sky;
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But when
traveling days are over,
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Not a shadow, not a sigh.
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When we all get to Heaven,
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What a day of
rejoicing that will be!
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When we all see Jesus,
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We'll sing and
shout the victory!
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Onward to the prize before us!
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Onward to the prize before us!
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Soon His beauty we'll behold;
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Soon the pearly gates will open;
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We shall tread
the streets of gold.
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When my friends?
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When we all get to Heaven,
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What a day of
rejoicing that will be!
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When we all see Jesus,
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We'll sing and
shout the victory!
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Now stand with me
this morning as we sing
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our song of hope,
"We have this hope
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that burns
within our heart Hope in
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the coming of the Lord".
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We have this hope that
burns within our hearts,
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Hope in the coming of the Lord.
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We have this faith
that Christ alone imparts,
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Faith in the
promise of His Word.
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We believe the time is here,
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When the nations far and near
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Shall awake, and shout and sing
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Hallelujah! Christ is King!
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We have this hope that
burns within our hearts,
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Hope in the coming of the Lord.
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We have this hope that
burns within our hearts,
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Hope in the coming of the Lord.
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We have this faith
that Christ alone imparts,
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Faith in the
promise of His Word.
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We believe the time is here,
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When the nations far and near
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Shall awake, and shout and sing
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Hallelujah! Christ is King!
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We have this hope that
burns within our hearts,
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Hope in the coming of the Lord.
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Amen!
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Good morning. Good
morning! I sing in the
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men's chorus
called his voice and we go
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by a text in the
Bible, John 10:29, My Father
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which gave them
to me, I am sorry,
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it's 27, "My sheep
hear my voice and I
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know them and they follow me".
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Our Father we come
to you this morning,
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we want to know
your voice, we want
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to hear your
voice. We'd ask that you
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would be with us
as we learn more about
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you today and as
the program comes
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this morning we
want to hear your voice
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and we want to
be your children and
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ask Lord that you
would guide and direct
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each one of us
in our daily lives.
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And as the Holy Spirit
touches us this morning,
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let us make sure
that we are your sheep
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and we hear your voice. In Jesus
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name we ask these things, amen.
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More about Jesus I would know,
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More of His
grace to others show;
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More of His saving fullness see,
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More of His love Who died for me
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More about Jesus; in His Word,
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Holding communion with my Lord;
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Hearing His voice in every line,
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Making each faithful saying mine
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More, more about Jesus,
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More, more about Jesus;
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More of His saving fullness see,
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More of His love Who died for me
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More, more about Jesus,
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More, more about Jesus;
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More of His saving fullness see,
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More of His love Who died for me
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I want to love
Jesus more and more.
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Good morning ASI
family! We have an exciting
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program for you
this morning and so sit
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on and hold on
because we're gonna
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try to give you a
drink of water through
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a fire hose
because we have so much to
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tell you in such a
short period of time.
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ASI has taken the
initiative tell the
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world and tell
them now, there is
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a very important
part of our initiative.
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ASI sharing Christ
in the market place
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is as same as what we paralleled
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with the church,
on working together
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to tell of the
soon coming of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. I
have with me Pastor
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Mike Ryan from
the General Conference
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and Mike how is
important is our DVD program?
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Well I think I have
an opportunity to look
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at a lot of
evangelism initiatives around
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the world and it
should come as no secret
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to anyone here
that the ones that are
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successful have one
foundational element,
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and that is active
committed lay people
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who are involved in
witness for the Lord
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Jesus Christ. Amen.
And where you see that
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taking place those
evangelism initiatives
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are successful and
so I'd say that the DVD
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program as
tremendously important
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because it involves lay
people who are committed
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to proclaiming the
Gospel to the world. Amen.
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Well ASI family as
you know we've been
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involved with the
DVD project through the
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years and last year
you are very generous
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in your support of
taking the DVD program
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to a new level of
small groups and sharing
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Christ around the
world. How has been
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around the world has,
has it affected the whole
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world? It
certainly has, as you know
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every year the ratio
of Adventist to world
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population that ratio
gets smaller. Our church
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is growing, it's
one of the churches it's
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growing very rapidly
and I think the reason
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is because we have lay
people who are committed
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to the mission
of the church. Amen.
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And you know, I know
that I am gonna introduce
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Viorel Catarama and
nobody here is confused
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as to who he
is? He is one of the
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visionaries of this
DVD program and initiated
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it but you not
only were a part of that
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initiation and that
initial visioning but
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you have actually
be now implementing
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the program. And
I know that recently
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you have been to
Tanzania and I want
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you to tell me a
little bit about that.
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Going to Tanzania
was not planned I just
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walked out last
year from this convention
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and a lady just
stopped me and said
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let's go to
Tanzania, said let's go to
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Tanzania. Only when I got there,
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I found out what I
said yes because the
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blessings was
tremendous not only
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for the 300 people
that were present there
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getting trained
and receiving the right
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tools to do their
evangelist series but
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the blessings to
our side as well.
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Well now I know that
you took 300 DVD players,
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you trained 300
people they are now
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in motion. Groups are
studying across Tanzania
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and you brought
three pictures to take our
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audience to Tanzania.
I'd like to bring those
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pictures up right
now and have you tell us
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what's going on
there. We have a beautiful
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students for 2 full
days just grasping and
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soaking everything,
how to present successful
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evangelist series.
We call it Cart Style
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and that part of the
word we call it Heart Style.
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You know I can
help and interrupt
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you here just a little
bit, ASI family look at
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these pictures
because you have been partners
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in putting that
many people into motion.
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Amen. What are we seeing here?
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At this time we see
these people that receive
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their tools to go
back to their homes and
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the pictures we had
before I interview that
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fellow and I asked
where are you coming from?
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He told me the name
of the town where he
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is coming from and I
said, I am sorry I am
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not good at
geography. And then I said could
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you tell me how far
is that? So he start
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to tell me that he
start two and half days ago,
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he walked on foot
for few hours then with
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the boat and train
and the bus and finally
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two and half days
later he made it to
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the training. He said
why are you going home,
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I am in not hurry to
get back home because
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I have a group of
people waiting for me
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to start this. Yeah,
so he made the sacrifice
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in coming but then
he also was in a hurry
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to get home because
he had a group waiting
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there, listen I
wanna thank you for being
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part of our
presentation this morning
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and communicating
back to people who have
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supported this
project. How successful it's
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been in one location
from around the world.
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Amen. Thank you very
much. Appreciate that,
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our next guest Lynn Bartholomew.
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I you know had a
chance to meet you up
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in there little room
over planning this thing and
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I was impressed
with your enthusiasm for
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this project. I know
you recently returned
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from Guatemala and
you were involved in
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the distribution and
training of DVD players
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there, tell me about
that. I heard about the
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DVD players in 7
minutes from last year's
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meeting and I
decided that needed to be
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something done
and our project gone
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in Guatemala. And
we are grateful that we
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did that project
like that. Okay and how
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many people were
actually involved in the
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program that you
initiated. The program
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we're initiated in
the drilling program down
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there, we had about
40 people down there
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last year and we
just need out reach along
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going with it and
that's the way we went.
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Okay, now recently
you went there with 50 DVD
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players, is that
correct? That was at the same
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time, yes sir. Okay
and you had some already
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some interesting
results from that initial
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results. Tell me
about that. Oh yes,
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give these DVD
players to these people.
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When I'm asked by a
fellow will you teach
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us English? And he
says yes but first now
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there's 3
families listening to that.
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Another fellow
says I need a church.
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I've got standing
room only now, after he has
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had the DVD players for a while.
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Went to church one
Sabbath, thatch roof,
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sitting on boards,
that seven year old gave
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us a lesson from new beginnings.
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I didn't have him
in my class and it was
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only a week after
the DVD players had gone
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out but what an inspiration and
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another fellow. He
walked two hours for
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Wednesday evening
meetings and after
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the meetings he
walks two hours home in
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those jungles.
Yeah and you know,
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and I know that when
you come to a meeting
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like that you've meet
people that are excited
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about the Lord Jesus
Christ and they make a
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lot of sacrifice.
Absolutely! And it's
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the kind of
sacrifice that sometimes in
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a more cozy
environment, we don't like
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making those kind
and so I am gonna ask
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you something. What
did the church leadership
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think of this
program there? The church
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leadership
evaluated this. I went down
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having not even
talk to them about the
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DVD players. We got
down there and I ask
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them and communication
is a challenge in a
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foreign country especially when
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I don't know the
language where people working
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with us and the
leadership said yes.
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A week from this
Sunday we'd like to have
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you bring these to
us, after the program
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the president in
the conference says
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I can hear four years
ago with responsibility
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of making a conference
in Northern Guatemala,
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last September we
were officially organized
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there is a
conference and he says you have
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just done more for
this conference than
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anybody else
has. That's fantastic.
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Thank you ASI.
That's fantastic, thank you
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again for being,
adding to this initiative
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now I understand.
Did we show the graphic
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the picture that you
brought? Right there,
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that's graphic of
DVD players and front are
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the brand new Guatemala Northern
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Conference. And
we just say thank you
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to each one. Yeah,
ASI what do you say
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to this report when
you see that you have
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already 80 people
baptized. Thank you
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very much Lynn
for being part of our
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program today.
Our next guest Barbara
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Taylor and David
Weber and I wanna welcome
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you to the program this morning.
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Thank you, thank
you very much. We are
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on a little bit of
world win tour here and
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as you know we've
been to several countries
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already but I know
that you recently came
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from three countries
in and around America,
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where were you at?
We were in Costa Rica,
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Nicaragua and El
Salvador. And of course
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the purpose there
was to go and distribute
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DVD players. Yes, we
trained over 2000 lay
00:19:05.48\00:19:09.33
people. I mean
that's just fantastic and
00:19:09.34\00:19:13.54
to think that those
DVD players are actually
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in motion and
there's little groups
00:19:18.11\00:19:20.01
surrounding those
pictures every evening
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and you know that
has to touch your heart.
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Barbara what
does that mean to you?
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It was the most
impressive experience
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that I have ever had
I saw an witnessed lay
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people that were so
on fire and so dedicated
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to the Lord and
His service. We had
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experiences with
people that were just beyond
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comparison and if
you bring up a couple
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of the slides we can
show you what that was
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like in areas. This is
a 78 year old grandmother
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that was so excited
about sharing Christ,
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she could not stand
still. She just was so
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motivated and so
excited. She was so prepared
00:20:00.90\00:20:03.61
for the lessons
that when she got up to
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show and train, she
was ready with her lessons
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to know them and
understand what the
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presentation was
going to be about.
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That was the most
impressive part of it.
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Let's move through
with these pictures.
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Yes please, this is
here again in El Salvador.
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This is the
training that we gave in El
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Salvador, that
was just inspiring.
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If you'll notice a
lot of these pictures they
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have the same building,
well these are buildings
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that were built by
Maranatha. So you'll
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see the evangelism
centers in Nicaragua,
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Costa Rica and El
Salvador where all from
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there. Here again
this is in Nicaragua we
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had two young man
19 years old, that were
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willing to travel
for 3 days, they had
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to take off from
their work and they travel
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not only by land on
foot but they traveled
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by horse and they
also traveled by boat and
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a bus rather to get
there. So these were
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dedicated young
people, here again we have
00:21:03.17\00:21:06.00
more people that are
just every single one
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of them had an
inspiring story I just,
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go ahead. Can you
tell me about an 11 year
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old boy that was
involved in this program
00:21:15.78\00:21:19.03
just in a sentence
or two. Okay, we had
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a 11 year old boy
that was so eager and
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had his memory and
his mind of a scriptures
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of the holy and of
the Bible. He was not
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only ready to
teach the lessons but he
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got up and spoke
for memory and taught
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the lessons as
they were showing up on
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the screen. And I understand you
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had a crime
pastor there also. Yes.
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Who was
disappointed because. He came
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to me and his
tears were flowing down
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his cheeks and he
cried and he said I have
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14 churches and
we are so poor in our
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area that we couldn't
afford to bring anyone
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with us and he just
cried and said please,
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please help me to
get some more DVDs so
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I can take back to
my people. Yeah. And
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we make sure he
did. Let me ask David
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a question here
very quick, he's been
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standing here.
David you know, what was
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your impression
going there and being
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involved in this as a
young person, of course
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you look like an
experienced evangelist
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I can see that, go
ahead. Well to me it was
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.63
just such an
honor to be involved
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in the program, you
know and the youth are not
00:22:22.20\00:22:27.44
the church of
tomorrow, they are the church
00:22:27.45\00:22:29.06
of today and it was
just really cool to get
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to see all that was happening.
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I understand that
there was a quotation said
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about young people on the radio,
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did you remember
what that was? Yeah.
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Well what did they
say? They said that the
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church doesn't need
to try and entertain
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the youth because
the church can't compete
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with the world in
entertainment but they
00:22:46.29\00:22:47.63
don't have to because
sowing is the best joy
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in life that you can
find. Okay. Amen. Thank
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you very much for
being here and adding
00:22:52.91\00:22:55.52
to the excitement
of the program. Chester
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and Harriet Clark
are no strangers to ASI
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and again welcome
to the Sabbath morning
00:23:03.07\00:23:05.03
program. I
understand that you recently
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came back from
Bulgaria and a little side touch
00:23:07.26\00:23:10.10
to Turkey, tell me
about that. Well, we
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had the thrill of going
to Bulgaria and training
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the lay people with
the train them now program.
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We have a few slides
that one weekend were
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in Sofia and
trained something like 300,
00:23:22.42\00:23:24.90
this is the church
there in Sofia. We trained
00:23:24.91\00:23:27.66
about 300 lay
people with the DVD program
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and here they are
excitedly holding up
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their boxes of DVD
players. And the next
00:23:34.17\00:23:38.16
weekend we were at
a gypsy camp meeting
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in Cushendale and
there were 2 or 3000 people
00:23:41.09\00:23:44.45
there and we had the
privilege of training
00:23:44.46\00:23:46.57
about 65 of those
lay men there and also
00:23:46.58\00:23:50.88
in Sofia there were
a few that came across
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the border from
Turkey. Okay, so in total
00:23:53.75\00:23:56.16
in Bulgaria you
distributed how many DVD
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players? About 400.
About 400! You know I
00:23:58.86\00:24:02.57
don't know how
this comes on your ears
00:24:02.58\00:24:04.30
but that's 400
little evangelism meetings
00:24:04.31\00:24:07.79
that are taking place
in a country like that.
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So you know, I know
that you know it just
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strikes me is
thrilling. I know that you
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brought some other
pictures, I'd like to
00:24:13.47\00:24:14.74
move through those as
we can and it represents
00:24:14.75\00:24:17.68
a story I believe
and Harriet can you tell
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.43
us a story of some
other things that taken
00:24:19.44\00:24:21.57
place there. This
couple are being ministered
00:24:21.58\00:24:26.16
to by lay men who
were trained at the meeting
00:24:26.17\00:24:29.41
in Sofia that
actually been visiting this
00:24:29.42\00:24:32.01
couple for about
2 years. The husband
00:24:32.02\00:24:34.23
was a university
professor but he was
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.77
stricken with polio
and he had spent 40 years
00:24:36.78\00:24:39.27
in a hospital
specializing with polio
00:24:39.28\00:24:42.48
patients. And the
wife had advanced diabetes
00:24:42.49\00:24:45.38
and they were very
needy couple. And the
00:24:45.39\00:24:47.31
lay people who had
been going and giving
00:24:47.32\00:24:49.80
them treatments
bringing them food,
00:24:49.81\00:24:51.38
they are actually
even built a ramp for the
00:24:51.39\00:24:53.97
wheelchair, but
they didn't know how to
00:24:53.98\00:24:55.81
transition into a
spiritual message for
00:24:55.82\00:24:58.48
them. And so when
they came and they
00:24:58.49\00:25:00.25
received the
training, they were just so
00:25:00.26\00:25:01.80
excited and that
very week they took
00:25:01.81\00:25:04.12
the program to
their home wondering how
00:25:04.13\00:25:07.07
this couple would
react and the couple loved
00:25:07.08\00:25:09.38
that. And so every
week they are going
00:25:09.39\00:25:11.50
back and giving
them the DVD program.
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That's fantastic
now, you know you told me
00:25:14.20\00:25:16.78
about another
little story too and I said
00:25:16.79\00:25:19.45
if we had time and
we've got just a few
00:25:19.46\00:25:21.12
seconds here you
can share that with us.
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What else took
place there that really
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inspired you? Well,
it was really exciting
00:25:25.43\00:25:27.27
to go see the Gypsies
and learn of their love
00:25:27.28\00:25:30.41
for the Lord and when
we did the training session
00:25:30.42\00:25:32.66
for the Gypsies,
there was a 15 year old girl
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who attended. The
next week when we are
00:25:35.11\00:25:37.86
in Sophia she came
to our meeting to again
00:25:37.87\00:25:40.12
go through the
training program and she
00:25:40.13\00:25:42.01
told us how she'd
already began holding meetings
00:25:42.02\00:25:44.71
and she had 6 adults
attending her meeting.
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I tell you, that's
just fantastic amen.
00:25:47.62\00:25:49.51
It was really
exciting. Let me just ask this
00:25:49.52\00:25:52.06
question in
general you know, you and
00:25:52.07\00:25:53.92
I went to school
together Chester, so I know
00:25:53.93\00:25:56.01
that you didn't
take homiletics and you
00:25:56.02\00:25:57.59
know these things. You
were involved in science
00:25:57.60\00:25:59.26
and a few things.
Would you recommend this
00:25:59.27\00:26:01.41
to people here, can
they become involved
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.58
not only in
conducting the meetings but in
00:26:03.59\00:26:05.47
the training and
distribution of these
00:26:05.48\00:26:06.95
DVD players. Yes
and I would definitely
00:26:06.96\00:26:08.95
encourage it, I've
been on many mission trips.
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.03
I pulled hundreds of
teeth but knowing that
00:26:11.04\00:26:13.70
we are training an
equipping lay people
00:26:13.71\00:26:16.09
to relief pain and suffering for
00:26:16.10\00:26:18.52
eternity is an added
dimension that it gives
00:26:18.53\00:26:21.95
us a tremendous
amount of satisfaction.
00:26:21.96\00:26:23.09
Thank you for coming
and adding some excitement
00:26:23.10\00:26:25.14
and little bit
initiative to this DVD program,
00:26:25.15\00:26:28.03
thank you so much. I
think Tine Finley and
00:26:28.04\00:26:37.18
Crystal Catarama
and Mike Ortel. I wanna
00:26:37.19\00:26:40.00
welcome you to our
program. Thank you.
00:26:40.01\00:26:41.86
Thank you. And I
now that lot of people,
00:26:41.87\00:26:44.73
they say that
evangelism is dead in North
00:26:44.74\00:26:50.33
America is that
true Ernestine? No way.
00:26:50.34\00:26:53.47
I know that we are
here to talk about this so
00:26:55.13\00:26:57.69
I know you not long
ago are returning to
00:26:57.70\00:27:00.31
Portland Maine,
why are you doing that?
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I am returning to
Portland Maine because
00:27:01.86\00:27:04.64
first of all the Holy
Spirit is convicted me
00:27:04.65\00:27:07.08
to go back to the
city and the place where
00:27:07.09\00:27:09.85
I grew up and was
converted to Christ
00:27:09.86\00:27:13.93
and also where
the message began and
00:27:13.94\00:27:16.77
where we are
counseled to go back to
00:27:16.78\00:27:19.21
preach the Three
Angels Message powerfully
00:27:19.22\00:27:22.31
where the 1st and
2nd angels message were
00:27:22.32\00:27:24.75
praying. Okay, so
you had it back there in
00:27:24.76\00:27:26.14
September? Yes.
Did you have a plan?
00:27:26.15\00:27:27.83
Oh we have a very
comprehensive plan,
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.08
we have a full scale,
developed a full scale
00:27:30.09\00:27:34.31
plan and in fact an
evangelistic count down
00:27:34.32\00:27:37.20
calendar for that
series of meetings. We're
00:27:37.21\00:27:41.10
going to be doing
health. We're already
00:27:41.11\00:27:44.04
in our health
meetings and we have had ship
00:27:44.05\00:27:46.87
program and lifestyle
matters and depression
00:27:46.88\00:27:51.17
recovery and a
number of things. And we
00:27:51.18\00:27:52.85
have a 127 Bible
studies going because
00:27:52.86\00:27:55.71
we have young
people doing Bible studies
00:27:55.72\00:27:58.43
and door to door work. So a very
00:27:58.44\00:27:59.90
comprehensive preprogram in
00:27:59.91\00:28:02.86
preparation for the
evangelistic meetings.
00:28:02.87\00:28:04.73
Now it's my understanding
that you have 250 DVD
00:28:04.74\00:28:07.79
players that they have
distributed it already.
00:28:07.80\00:28:09.73
Yes, we've been
blessed because of the fact
00:28:09.74\00:28:12.05
that ASI has joined
us and this trust is gone
00:28:12.06\00:28:14.81
beyond Portland
Maine although we started
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.12
there, we're
going through out the
00:28:17.13\00:28:18.30
conference, and ASI
leadership has taken on
00:28:18.31\00:28:21.44
the challenge to come
and help us so that we
00:28:21.45\00:28:24.12
can have an
evangelistic trust in Bangor and
00:28:24.13\00:28:27.67
Augusta the capital
and young people developing
00:28:27.68\00:28:30.91
a plan in Camden
Maine and then I am going
00:28:30.92\00:28:35.16
to have an evangelistic
series in the university
00:28:35.17\00:28:38.47
of Maine in
Portland and we have that's
00:28:38.48\00:28:41.86
beginning
September 28 to November 3
00:28:41.87\00:28:45.89
and so we have a
very comprehensive plan
00:28:45.90\00:28:48.59
where the conference is
involved and lay people,
00:28:48.60\00:28:51.57
young people, we're
excited. Well, I can
00:28:51.58\00:28:54.35
tell yeah you are
excited and of course
00:28:54.36\00:28:55.88
I have known you and
you are a person who you
00:28:55.89\00:28:58.23
know, adds that
initiative and makes
00:28:58.24\00:28:59.30
things go. Listen,
you know just as side note
00:28:59.31\00:29:02.03
since we are in
North America actually
00:29:02.04\00:29:03.82
this is just a
little sample of us taking
00:29:03.83\00:29:05.26
place to lot of places
in North America. Church
00:29:05.27\00:29:07.28
growth is alive in
North America and also
00:29:07.29\00:29:09.59
church planting and
that's truly. Let me
00:29:09.60\00:29:11.33
just come to Crystal
if I can, you are a young
00:29:11.34\00:29:14.19
person. You look like
you are an experienced
00:29:14.20\00:29:15.43
evangelist and
you've had, you probably
00:29:15.44\00:29:19.13
haven't had a
lot experience with
00:29:19.14\00:29:21.32
evangelism but how
did this program, how
00:29:21.33\00:29:24.58
did it impress you?
Well because of this
00:29:24.59\00:29:27.26
program I am
committed to the mission of
00:29:27.27\00:29:29.68
a church and also
when you think about it
00:29:29.69\00:29:32.59
and you have so
many people who have been
00:29:32.60\00:29:34.74
trained and are doing
these sermons in their
00:29:34.75\00:29:36.63
homes and churches.
More people are getting
00:29:36.64\00:29:39.04
to know Christ and
this is what we want
00:29:39.05\00:29:41.60
because our motto is
train the world, I mean
00:29:41.61\00:29:44.44
"tell the world
tell them now". And so in
00:29:44.45\00:29:47.47
answer to the
question why are you involved
00:29:47.48\00:29:48.88
in this, you are just
saying it's because you
00:29:48.89\00:29:50.81
want to be involved
in God's mission. Yeah.
00:29:50.82\00:29:52.25
What would you say
to young people who are
00:29:52.26\00:29:53.51
watching you right
now? Don't be afraid
00:29:53.52\00:29:55.30
to do what the God
is calling you to do.
00:29:55.31\00:29:57.67
That's fantastic,
thank you Crystal for that.
00:29:59.07\00:30:01.09
PastorMike let me just
ask you a question here,
00:30:01.10\00:30:03.42
how important is
this program to the North
00:30:03.43\00:30:05.92
Eastern Conference?
Northern New England
00:30:05.93\00:30:08.63
Conference! Northern
New England Conference,
00:30:08.64\00:30:10.00
I am sorry. It's
very important in the fact
00:30:10.01\00:30:10.98
that we have so
few Adventists in
00:30:10.99\00:30:13.19
that area where
the cradle of Adventism
00:30:13.20\00:30:15.69
where it all
began. We have such a low
00:30:15.70\00:30:18.05
percentage of
Adventist ratio around the
00:30:18.06\00:30:21.12
world there's one Adventist for
00:30:21.13\00:30:22.81
480 people. There
it's one Adventist for
00:30:22.82\00:30:25.64
every 668 people,
so you can see the work
00:30:25.65\00:30:30.08
is needing to go
out and Tiny and ASI has
00:30:30.09\00:30:32.60
just made this thing
begin to start a fire.
00:30:32.61\00:30:35.80
We got lay people
train 300 to do this work.
00:30:35.81\00:30:39.30
That's what I was
gonna ask you, do you see
00:30:39.31\00:30:40.87
a response among
the members in that area
00:30:40.88\00:30:43.89
to through this
program? Yes, we were
00:30:43.90\00:30:45.47
anticipating when
ASI came to do training
00:30:45.48\00:30:47.88
weekends that we
would. You know, in my mind
00:30:47.89\00:30:50.46
I am thinking if we
get 20 people per area and
00:30:50.47\00:30:53.64
it ended up being
50 people, never had
00:30:53.65\00:30:55.52
enough materials
that people came out and
00:30:55.53\00:30:57.41
drove in, committed
and signed up for this
00:30:57.42\00:30:59.22
program. Okay, we had
three graphics till they
00:30:59.23\00:31:01.31
come up, let's take
our members. I think
00:31:01.32\00:31:04.42
we had three
pictures for this and I just
00:31:04.43\00:31:06.14
want to know very
quickly what we're looking
00:31:06.15\00:31:07.60
at here. Oh these are
people who came and did
00:31:07.61\00:31:12.10
the instruction,
ASI leaders and who are
00:31:12.11\00:31:14.51
very grateful.
Okay, let's go to the next
00:31:14.52\00:31:16.53
one move through
them if you would.
00:31:16.54\00:31:17.93
There is a lay person
in Augusta Maine, who is
00:31:17.94\00:31:21.03
doing his trial learn
of being a speaker at one
00:31:21.04\00:31:24.79
of these meetings.
Fantastic! And there we
00:31:24.80\00:31:27.93
see the same thing
happening of a lady
00:31:27.94\00:31:30.33
who is wanting to
commit herself and finding
00:31:30.34\00:31:32.84
people that were
just didn't have a
00:31:32.85\00:31:34.98
inspiration at
all, now they become
00:31:34.99\00:31:36.99
a fire want to see
God's word go. Yeah,
00:31:37.00\00:31:40.07
so would you be
opposed if a quiet
00:31:40.08\00:31:42.56
a few of these
people here would come to.
00:31:42.57\00:31:43.77
If they would fall in
fear we will find places
00:31:43.78\00:31:46.34
where they can
preach, they can do a Bible
00:31:46.35\00:31:48.00
studies, whatever it
might be we're excited.
00:31:48.01\00:31:50.02
That's great, I wanna
thank the three of you
00:31:50.03\00:31:51.62
for coming. Thank
you. And just giving us a
00:31:51.63\00:31:53.40
small picture was
taking place in the North
00:31:53.41\00:31:55.16
American division,
thank you very much.
00:31:55.17\00:31:56.47
Thank you, bye, bye. Very good!
00:31:56.48\00:31:58.16
Our next "guest",
who is better known than
00:31:58.17\00:32:06.23
you guys? You
know, Denzil I understand
00:32:06.24\00:32:09.86
that you are
going to be asking some
00:32:09.87\00:32:12.57
questions now. Yes,
Dwight and I and Elder
00:32:12.58\00:32:17.12
Ryan went to in
March. Where did we go
00:32:17.13\00:32:19.45
Dwight? We went to
Jakarta, Indonesia.
00:32:19.46\00:32:21.85
And what did we
do there? Well, we
00:32:22.66\00:32:24.16
conducted a training
seminar and preparation
00:32:24.17\00:32:27.24
for evangelism and
Denzil if you wouldn't
00:32:27.25\00:32:30.28
mind I'd like to just
do a little flash back.
00:32:30.29\00:32:33.28
Please. How many of
you were in Grand Rapids,
00:32:33.29\00:32:37.57
Michigan in the year
2000, were you there?
00:32:37.58\00:32:40.71
I see a lot of
hands there. You know one
00:32:41.59\00:32:44.45
of the things that I
remember from that time
00:32:44.46\00:32:46.48
was the moment our
program when we had
00:32:46.49\00:32:52.02
several people who
came out and read in
00:32:52.03\00:32:54.70
different languages
the Bible and elder Paulson
00:32:54.71\00:32:57.77
came the very last
one and then on the
00:32:57.78\00:33:00.87
screen they flashed
the pictures from the new
00:33:00.88\00:33:04.80
beginnings DVD
program concerning people
00:33:04.81\00:33:07.51
in Africa. The
excitement that took place
00:33:07.52\00:33:10.46
there I thought
could not be excelled.
00:33:10.47\00:33:13.24
But you know
through the use of training,
00:33:14.13\00:33:16.88
the new beginnings
DVD program has been
00:33:17.98\00:33:21.46
taken to a whole
new level. God has
00:33:21.47\00:33:23.89
let in a way that I
believe is absolutely
00:33:23.90\00:33:26.49
fantastic. Amen.
And that's what we were
00:33:26.50\00:33:28.25
doing. Amen. We
were training people to
00:33:28.26\00:33:30.85
use the DVD
players in the settings of
00:33:30.86\00:33:34.55
evangelism in their
homes and little meeting
00:33:34.56\00:33:38.39
places or whatever
else to spread the Gospel,
00:33:38.40\00:33:41.60
the Lord Jesus
Christ in that area. And how
00:33:41.61\00:33:44.98
many people did
we train? We got some
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.69
pictures let's see
the pictures. Well we
00:33:46.70\00:33:49.06
started out with
the concept that we will
00:33:49.07\00:33:52.19
train 500 people and
we took DVD players there
00:33:52.20\00:33:55.79
and we took 1200
discs. And that Sabbath
00:33:55.80\00:33:59.69
morning as you
can see right there on
00:33:59.70\00:34:01.32
the screen the
building was filled and we have
00:34:01.33\00:34:05.27
people even on the
outside and there was
00:34:05.28\00:34:07.49
over a thousand that
showed up that morning.
00:34:07.50\00:34:09.27
Yes, you can see in
the picture as actually
00:34:09.28\00:34:11.15
I went out behind
and there were people
00:34:11.16\00:34:13.11
standing out in
grass there and they had
00:34:13.12\00:34:17.09
projectors because
they're so far that they
00:34:17.10\00:34:19.06
could not see it
from inside the building.
00:34:19.07\00:34:20.82
And the excitement
level was such that you
00:34:21.74\00:34:24.93
could hardly believe
was taking place the picture
00:34:24.94\00:34:28.08
on there where we
were giving the pastors
00:34:28.09\00:34:30.80
the boxes of DVD
players and these DVD
00:34:30.81\00:34:35.41
players were to be
assigned to the lay people
00:34:35.42\00:34:38.06
to conduct the studies
in their homes and various
00:34:38.07\00:34:41.93
places and one of
the things that we did
00:34:41.94\00:34:44.87
was each person who
received the DVD player
00:34:44.88\00:34:47.84
made a commitment to
use it at least 3 times
00:34:47.85\00:34:52.21
each year for 2
years. And that these DVD
00:34:52.22\00:34:57.00
players were
committed totally to the
00:34:57.01\00:35:00.02
use of evangelism,
they weren't to take them
00:35:00.03\00:35:03.08
to play the latest
movies or what ever like that
00:35:03.09\00:35:05.22
but to use them
evangelism. After we did
00:35:05.23\00:35:09.14
the training Mike
what happened? Well
00:35:09.15\00:35:12.59
I just came back
from Indonesia, matter
00:35:12.60\00:35:16.25
of fact last
Sabbath I was standing in
00:35:16.26\00:35:17.93
an auditorium with
about 12000 people in it.
00:35:17.94\00:35:21.33
Amen. and it was
at conclusion of some
00:35:22.11\00:35:24.32
reaping meeting so
that was a direct result
00:35:24.33\00:35:26.53
of the DVD
program. We have a video and
00:35:26.54\00:35:30.16
I'd like to go to
that video right now if we
00:35:30.17\00:35:32.10
could and I wanna
take this audience to
00:35:32.11\00:35:34.08
Jakarta,
Indonesia. Jakarta, Indonesia
00:35:34.09\00:35:36.44
immediately is 14
million people and in the
00:35:36.45\00:35:40.03
extended Megalopolis
it is 22 million people.
00:35:40.04\00:35:44.59
It is a very typical
city in some sense as you
00:35:45.30\00:35:49.36
see huge diversity
there; every world religion
00:35:49.37\00:35:53.08
is represented in
that city. It is also
00:35:53.09\00:35:55.97
represented by
various scales of economy
00:35:55.98\00:35:58.94
and as you take a
look at that city as
00:35:58.95\00:36:03.44
many of the cities
in the world, you ask
00:36:03.45\00:36:04.99
yourself the question,
how can the church rise
00:36:05.00\00:36:08.70
to the challenge
of evangelism? Amen.
00:36:08.71\00:36:10.40
And I can tell you
that this DVD program
00:36:10.41\00:36:14.55
that was initiated
in March has electrified
00:36:14.56\00:36:18.50
the membership and
the leadership of the
00:36:18.51\00:36:20.54
Jakarta conference,
they have been excited
00:36:20.55\00:36:23.90
about this program
and of course they not
00:36:23.91\00:36:25.98
only had the 500 but
then they had to extend
00:36:25.99\00:36:28.26
it to 750. They
conducted 31 reaping meetings
00:36:28.27\00:36:34.20
simultaneously
starting two weeks ago on
00:36:34.21\00:36:37.77
a Friday night. Well
actually on a Sabbath
00:36:37.78\00:36:41.05
really and they
had people come in from
00:36:41.06\00:36:45.20
all over Jakarta to
these 31 meetings and so
00:36:45.21\00:36:49.39
they you know I
happen to be one of the
00:36:49.40\00:36:52.28
presenters at
the meetings. We had
00:36:52.29\00:36:54.13
an average
attendance of 18000 or 19000
00:36:54.14\00:37:01.05
each evening and
what was interesting that
00:37:01.06\00:37:05.02
as you look down on
the audience that you
00:37:05.03\00:37:07.56
found that there were
9000 of them that were
00:37:07.57\00:37:11.46
not members of
our church. Amen. So,
00:37:11.47\00:37:13.94
probably half or
little more than half were
00:37:13.95\00:37:16.83
9 members and it
reached out to the various
00:37:16.84\00:37:20.61
cultures. This
happens to be a mediate took
00:37:20.62\00:37:22.38
place focused on the
Chinese. As many of you
00:37:22.39\00:37:26.65
know I have
chance to look at a lot f
00:37:26.66\00:37:28.47
evangelism programs
from around the world.
00:37:28.48\00:37:30.16
The city of Jakarta on
the scale of difficulty
00:37:30.96\00:37:33.43
is one of the more
difficult cities in the
00:37:33.44\00:37:36.42
world but I am not
going to mention why but
00:37:36.43\00:37:38.54
for those of you do
just casual reading,
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.89
you know why. And
so it was thrilling to
00:37:40.90\00:37:44.83
see the people
respond and come forward
00:37:44.84\00:37:47.42
actually they started
last Sabbath with a huge
00:37:47.43\00:37:53.57
rally where they
brought all of the people who
00:37:53.58\00:37:56.08
would committed
their lives to Christ. They
00:37:56.09\00:37:58.05
were involved in
the small group program;
00:37:58.06\00:37:59.79
they have 687
small groups taking place
00:37:59.80\00:38:03.82
in Jakarta as I
speak right now. Amen.
00:38:03.83\00:38:06.26
And that's was
taking place as a result
00:38:06.27\00:38:08.53
of these DVD
players and so we had
00:38:08.54\00:38:10.77
this rally where everybody came
00:38:10.78\00:38:12.21
togetherlast
Sabbath I was there in the
00:38:12.22\00:38:14.56
platform 12000
people and a tremendous
00:38:14.57\00:38:19.67
percentage of
them were not members,
00:38:19.68\00:38:21.58
they had come there
because they have a new
00:38:21.59\00:38:23.83
hope and that hope
is been because there
00:38:23.84\00:38:26.13
had been ASI
members that have committed
00:38:26.14\00:38:29.05
themselves to
providing a DVD program
00:38:29.06\00:38:30.85
from around the
world. And so at the
00:38:30.86\00:38:33.82
conclusion of this
we went to the a little
00:38:33.83\00:38:36.69
swimming pool and
we had the opportunity
00:38:36.70\00:38:39.06
of witnessing a
baptism there, a mass baptism.
00:38:39.07\00:38:42.47
Those that have
been baptized in the past
00:38:42.48\00:38:48.11
four weeks as a
result to this program,
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.07
last Sabbath and
then this Sabbath they
00:38:50.08\00:38:53.42
are having a special
baptism that involves
00:38:53.43\00:38:55.66
about 350 people.
The total is 1,638 have
00:38:55.67\00:39:03.48
made an initial
decision for the Lord Jesus
00:39:03.49\00:39:05.37
Christ. Amen. And
there is a meeting that will
00:39:05.38\00:39:10.88
take place in our
October another reaping
00:39:10.89\00:39:13.50
meeting as a result
of this DVD program and
00:39:13.51\00:39:17.65
it they are anticipating
that probably a vast
00:39:17.66\00:39:22.58
majority of those 9000
that are attending will
00:39:22.59\00:39:25.75
make a decision
for the Lord. Amen.
00:39:25.76\00:39:27.71
Mike we have Dr.
Simmons here from the,
00:39:27.72\00:39:30.41
is a Vice President
of The General Conference
00:39:30.42\00:39:32.29
and Dr. Simmons, you
were involved in this
00:39:32.30\00:39:34.29
reaping series? I certainly was
00:39:34.30\00:39:36.54
and I'll say
Solomon Sabbath, I learn to
00:39:36.55\00:39:39.59
say happy
Sabbath there in Bahasa.
00:39:39.60\00:39:41.64
I was part of
this wonderful, most
00:39:42.17\00:39:45.27
wonderful and
glorious experience I have
00:39:45.28\00:39:48.44
experience in public
speaking. That's been
00:39:48.45\00:39:51.26
part of my life for
quiet sometime, so that
00:39:51.27\00:39:53.90
was not new to me
but there was something
00:39:53.91\00:39:56.41
different about
this. I even came into
00:39:56.42\00:39:59.79
the church through
an evangelistic effort
00:39:59.80\00:40:03.03
such as this one,
right here in this city
00:40:03.04\00:40:05.85
Louisville
Kentucky, my home town.
00:40:05.86\00:40:07.86
So all of that was
familiar but I never
00:40:07.87\00:40:11.54
been to
evangelist before. How did it
00:40:11.55\00:40:15.14
go for you? It
went just wonderful,
00:40:15.15\00:40:18.59
it went smoothly;
it was exciting from
00:40:18.60\00:40:21.64
beginning to end.
When we arrive there
00:40:21.65\00:40:24.16
a week ago on
Friday, we were reminded
00:40:24.17\00:40:27.98
that we would all
speak at one of the local
00:40:27.99\00:40:30.49
churches on Sabbath. So
I went to my Lee Church,
00:40:30.50\00:40:33.68
the Salinda church
in my group. The church
00:40:33.69\00:40:36.21
was packed; there
were people there from
00:40:36.22\00:40:38.50
every where. I
sort of identified about
00:40:38.51\00:40:41.24
45 or 50 guests who
had been part of the small
00:40:41.25\00:40:45.52
groups. I was later
told that there were
00:40:45.53\00:40:47.53
a 100 there. These
were people who had worked
00:40:47.54\00:40:50.86
through the relationships
in the small groups
00:40:50.87\00:40:54.14
and had already
made a decision to follow
00:40:54.15\00:40:57.21
Christ with all that
they were learning and
00:40:57.22\00:41:00.22
I brought the sermon
that day and it started
00:41:00.23\00:41:04.59
and just did not
stop until we engaged in
00:41:04.60\00:41:08.16
that wonderful celebration of
00:41:08.17\00:41:09.73
baptism last Sabbath.
Actually from your side
00:41:09.74\00:41:12.62
you had how many
baptized? Well I was
00:41:12.63\00:41:15.38
told that, that day
we had about 200 people
00:41:15.39\00:41:18.52
there and I think a
150 people actually were
00:41:18.53\00:41:22.71
baptized last
Sabbath. Fantastic! From that
00:41:22.72\00:41:24.78
just a one site
that she came from.
00:41:24.79\00:41:26.19
Isn't that wonderful?
Amen. How has the small
00:41:28.29\00:41:35.63
groups and being
involved with the preparation
00:41:35.64\00:41:37.99
work and the
follow up work been as far
00:41:38.00\00:41:40.67
as bringing the
people closer to Jesus.
00:41:40.68\00:41:42.57
This is the key.
The small groups and the
00:41:43.27\00:41:46.86
training that took
place in preparation for the
00:41:46.87\00:41:50.37
small group work is
just the key. There would
00:41:50.38\00:41:52.95
have been no
reaping whatsoever had there
00:41:52.96\00:41:55.80
not been all of that
work, the relationship
00:41:55.81\00:41:59.18
building, loving
people and systematically
00:41:59.19\00:42:02.26
and methodically
teaching and training
00:42:02.27\00:42:05.03
people in the
word overtime. I could
00:42:05.04\00:42:09.01
tell in my group we
had 600 to 800 people
00:42:09.02\00:42:14.01
present at our
meetings every night and
00:42:14.02\00:42:16.73
more than 600 were
guests we would call them
00:42:16.74\00:42:19.41
guests. Those who
were seeking the Lord
00:42:19.42\00:42:21.15
and I guess there
is administrator in me
00:42:21.16\00:42:24.61
and a lot of teacher
in me. So I learned the
00:42:24.62\00:42:28.47
faces of the individuals,
not the names but the
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.41
faces and I spoke
each night, I could gauge
00:42:31.42\00:42:35.79
the level of understanding and
00:42:35.80\00:42:37.82
acceptance. I
could tell who had been
00:42:37.83\00:42:40.08
through the small
group experience, who
00:42:40.09\00:42:41.85
already understood
and then of course there
00:42:41.86\00:42:44.13
were those who were
new. So of course I had
00:42:44.14\00:42:46.36
to make some
adjustments and how I
00:42:46.37\00:42:47.93
presented the word
but the small group
00:42:47.94\00:42:51.19
experience is the key
to at all. And I am totally
00:42:51.20\00:42:55.04
committed to that,
I totally support it
00:42:55.05\00:42:57.07
and I will do this
again. Amen. And what's
00:42:57.08\00:43:00.40
exciting about that
is not what's happening
00:43:00.41\00:43:02.89
today but what is
happening for the future
00:43:02.90\00:43:04.67
in Jakarta. Yeah,
absolutely, absolutely
00:43:04.68\00:43:07.83
you know in October
they were gonna have
00:43:07.84\00:43:10.23
another reaping
meeting and I may mentioned
00:43:10.24\00:43:12.47
the fact that well
we baptized a thousand
00:43:12.48\00:43:13.83
six plus, 600 plus,
but in October I keep
00:43:13.84\00:43:19.96
thinking of the 9000, there were
00:43:19.97\00:43:22.96
non-members who
were attending those
00:43:22.97\00:43:24.62
meetings and
according to the leadership
00:43:24.63\00:43:26.42
they will have
enough time to have gone
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.34
through those
programs, but we expect that
00:43:28.35\00:43:30.25
there will be
probably a much larger baptism
00:43:30.26\00:43:32.25
at that time. So
the DVD program has been
00:43:32.26\00:43:34.10
tremendous. I think
probably the thing it
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.84
impressed me most
about it was it has inspired
00:43:36.85\00:43:39.48
and given vision to a
church there that really
00:43:39.49\00:43:42.64
struggles under
some unusually difficult
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.64
circumstances.
That's right. Brothers
00:43:44.65\00:43:47.86
and Sisters I've
been involved in a lot of
00:43:47.87\00:43:49.80
evangelism
activities throughout the years
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and the thing that I
have noticed more than
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anything else is when
I see the joy as pastor
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Ryan has just said
of lay people realizing
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they could do more to
tell others about Jesus,
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there is nothing
that brings more happiness
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then seeing other
people telling others about
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Jesus and training
them. Yeah. You know,
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we've been here;
we have visited a few
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countries now. Yes. And
in this little interview
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trying to give a
report back to this body on
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what's been taking
place with DVD players but
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I can tell you that
it's just a Micronism of
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what is taking place
around the world. There
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are places Denzil that
you and I have been with
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this DVD program, we
didn't even report on
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today. Well we
can't. Yeah, I mean they
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are thousands and thousands of
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these players and
groups that are taking place
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around the world and I
tell you what impresses
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about it. Because
at its foundation,
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evangelism and
church growth is only going
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to be successful as
the membership rises
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to the commission
that Jesus left for us.
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It's not going to be a
pay thing, it's done by
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workers this kind of
things but it's going
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to be a joint effort
working together and I
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have seen that
in this DVD program.
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Brothers and sisters
we all have a important
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part to play in the
soon coming of our Lord
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Jesus Christ. Let's
each one of us make a
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commitment to share
Christ in our market
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place, share Christ
all over the world tell
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everyone we can about
Jesus because they can
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tell someone and
they can tell someone
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and it won't be
long till we can be home
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in heaven, thank
you. Thank you very much.
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