Music playing...
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some more music
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more music playing
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On the Road...
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more instrumental music
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some more instrumental
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ASI Tampa,
Florida Members in Action
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ASI Youth Orchestra
playing "Unto Thee O Lord"
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Congregation
says, "Amen" and claps.
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Lorayne Barton
walking to the stage.
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Thank you very much.
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It's time again tonight for
our favorite part of the Program
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that's "Members
in Action Time again"
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wouldn't you like to
be on here next year?
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You're a member
in action as well
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so we are so thankful
again that you are here,
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and tonight, we're
going to start off our Program
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with Don and Laura Noble,
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how many of you here know
who Don and Laura Noble are?
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Oh yes, I see that they
do know but Don and Laura,
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I think maybe there is
one percent of the audience
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that doesn't know
what you do or who you are
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so can you please tell me what
Organization do you represent?
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We represent ASI.
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Thank you, they are the
largest ASI Organization
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in the Pacific Union,
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so I think that that's a
wonderful thing to represent.
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What is the name
of your Organization?
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We're Maranatha
Volunteers International
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and we're really excited to be
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involved with ASI
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because most of the people
that go on the projects with us
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come from other
parts of ASI Organizations
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or individual members.
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Actually I see a lot
of you out there, so...
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That's right, how many here
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have been on a
project with Maranatha,
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could I see your hands?
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Wow, that's at least one-fourth
of the audience don't you think?
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Yeah, I think so. Exactly.
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Excellent, well you know,
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my dad and mother
were involved with ASI
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for maybe about 20 years,
and I promised my dad something
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if I would see you,
to say, "Hello" to you
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from my 90-year
old father, Jim Gray,
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and I want to say, "Hi" too.
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And I remember
your father. You do?
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Absolutely, your father,
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Jim Gray, has been on
a lot of projects with us
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so, it's nice to remember that.
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He always tries to get
me to go, so I have to say,
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"Hi Dad... out there"
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all right, do you
know how many churches,
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schools, orphanages and
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other buildings
you've built over the years?
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You know, you would ask me
that, it's quite a few thousand,
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I can't tell you exactly
but Maranatha started in 1969
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and I know it has involved over
70,000 volunteers at this point
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so it's exciting to see
people involved in mission
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because you can see pictures
and you can hear stories
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but when you go yourself
and you get involved in mission,
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and you watch what God's
doing with your own eyes,
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it changes your life
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and that's what
Maranatha is about
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not simply the building
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but changing the
lives of both the volunteers
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and recipients of the projects.
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Can you tell me what projects
that you're currently working on
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that are the most interesting
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or most exciting
projects currently?
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Well, we're focused in three
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specific areas
right now in the world
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one that we've been involved
in for ten years is India,
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and I know quite a few
of you have been to India,
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and God's done
amazing things in India,
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we've been lucky to
watch it, privileged actually
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because when we
started in India,
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ten years ago,
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there were only
200,000 members there,
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and so many things
have happened there,
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God's brought a lot of different
organizations and people there,
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and now there are 1.3 million
members in just ten years.
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That's amazing!
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That's really thanks
to so many people in ASI
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that really
makes the difference.
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Laura, I was going to ask you,
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do you think
there is any benefit
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to you personally from
having been involved in ASI?
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No benefit whatsoever,
nothing, no, yeah, no,
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this has
absolutely changed my life,
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there is nothing like
doing something for God,
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I mean, I know every
person in the chairs out there
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and probably watching TV,
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has been involved in
doing something for God
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and really is there anything
more exciting than that,
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is there anything
more life giving than that?
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You know, Maranatha
is probably best known
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for building buildings
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and going back to the
first focus area of India
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almost 2,000 churches now
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as well as quite a few
schools and those are places
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where people come every day
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to worship God and
that's just exciting to know
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that we've been able
to be involved in that
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and a lot of
people here have also...
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What countries are you
most involved with now?
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We're involved in
India, like Don was saying,
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we are also involved in
the country of Mozambique
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that's in the southern
part of the continent of Africa,
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and we're doing
hundreds of churches
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and also schools,
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we're also involved with
some other Organizations there
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to have training adults and
training children, of course,
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in the traditional education of
reading, writing and arithmetic
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and that would be
a Christian education
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of course, the Seventh-day
Adventist Christian education
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and we're also doing some
other things in Mozambique.
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One of the things that's
probably the most exciting
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people react to the most
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is the fact that
we're drilling wells
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and a lot of these
people in these villages
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in Africa don't have any water,
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and that causes all
kinds of health problems,
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people may carry water on
their heads for 3 to 5 miles
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and they do not
have enough water
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so we just
started drilling wells
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and it's exciting,
just below the surface there
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in Mozambique, an
average of about a 100 feet,
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there is... like
a river of water,
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we've been hitting
wells at 100 gallons a minute,
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they drill in about
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less than four hours
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and these people
have been carrying water
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their whole lives on their head
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and now they're going
to have water right next
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to the new Seventh-day Adventist
church... praise the Lord.
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So that will
bring a lot of people
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from their
surrounding villages won't it?
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Absolutely. You
get two kinds of water.
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Yeah, it's a great combination
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and giving people a very
practical way of surviving,
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and also, of course,
a spiritual life, so...
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Laura, what do you think
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has been your
favorite project to work on?
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That's a tough one,
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hey, you didn't tell me you
were going to ask that question.
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You know, I would say,
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probably the country
that's impacted me most
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is the country of India,
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it might have been
the time in my life,
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I'm not really sure,
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but it was such a
cultural change for me,
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it definitely gets you
out of your comfort zone,
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and makes you realize what
you really need... to live,
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you know, if somebody said
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you can have three
things to take on this plane
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for the next three
weeks, what do you really need?
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And it really got me
closer to God and I would say,
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I was probably the
closest to God in my life
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in India and there is absolutely
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nothing like it in the world,
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I'd give up everything I own
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to be that close to
God every day of my life.
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Thank you so much,
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I know I'm not
supposed to say anything
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about this structure
over here on the left,
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because we're going
to be talking about it
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all through the meetings,
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but Don, do you have
anything in relationship
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with this building over
here or what should we do,
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shall we talk about it
tonight or shall we wait?
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You're going to get
me in a lot of trouble,
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some have heard
of One-Day Church
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and I hope you're
here on Sabbath morning
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to learn more
about the One-Day Church
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it's exciting because there's
such a need around the world.
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Please come, you're
going to hear about it more
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but if you'd like to know
a little bit more about it,
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you can stop over
at the booths tonight
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and see what the
One-Day Church is like.
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Absolutely, can I mention
the third area of the world
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that we're working on
is South America right now,
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specifically now
in Chile and Ecuador
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and that's where, actually,
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most of the volunteers are going
right now from North America
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to that part of the world.
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We just had almost 200 youth,
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every year they go on an
"Ultimate Workout" project
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in some place in the world,
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and it's changing the
lives of young people too.
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Thank you so much, I
really appreciate what
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Maranatha is
doing and I just hope
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so many more of
you will get involved
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with Maranatha
or another ministry
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that is working as hard
as they are around the world.
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Thanks so much. Thank you.
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Audience clapping.
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Oh, next come my good friends
this is Phil and Sherry Mills
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and they brought with
them a couple of friends
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James and Sarah
Dietrich over here
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and Phil, how did
I get to know you,
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what do you think, how
long have we known each other?
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We met from ASI and also AMEN,
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we met right here
during these conferences
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through our
association with AMEN
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which is Adventist
Medical Evangelism Network
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which you heard a
little bit about last night
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but you're here tonight
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representing a
different Organization
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can you tell me about that?
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Yes, "My Bible First"
which is also birthed by ASI.
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Why was that, you came to ASI
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and what did you discover?
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Well, I should have
Sherry talk about that.
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I discovered a lot
of wonderful people
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just sharing their testimonies
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and I was so
inspired that I said,
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"Lord, I want a ministry,"
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and within a few
months, this is what came to us.
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So, what is "My Bible First?"
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Can you please
explain just a little bit
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for those who may
never have heard of this,
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what does "My Bible First" do
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and by the way, I
gave it the name MBF.
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Well, My Bible First, I
think all of us are very aware
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that we are at the end of time,
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and I had a great
burden for children
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as a Sabbath School
Superintendent in our church,
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our families are
under severe attack
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and the only
safeguard was the Scriptures
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and I asked the Lord, how
can we reach our children,
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we have one
precious hour one time a week
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that we can give
to them, the Bible,
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how are we using it,
what are we filling it with,
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are we just entertaining them,
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or are we laying a solid
Biblical foundation for them
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and that is what My
Bible First is all about
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helping our
children know Him better.
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Oh, that's great, I
visited Cradle Roll recently
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with my grandson
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and what I noticed was
that behind every child
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they are seating two
sometimes even three adults
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these are young people
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that may not have been
to church for many years,
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and they're
bringing their kids back now
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so what do you
think we can do with that?
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Well, I teach
Cradle Roll in our church
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and I am really
thankful as a teacher
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for the built-in audience
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of having parents come with
their children to the class.
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It's a great opportunity to
teach children and their parents
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about Bible truths,
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we just finished
with a Program Theme
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on the Sabbath, and recently
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we have had a new
Seventh-day Adventist
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come to our church
bringing their little boy
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and as I would teach the class,
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I was helping to
teach the children,
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about the Sabbath,
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I was also keen into talking
to the parent who was coming
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about how to keep the
Sabbath and making key points
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about how to
actually keep the Sabbath
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and what to do for Sabbath
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and so, it's been really helpful
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these lessons have helped me to
look at my Sabbath School time
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as a real key
missionary opportunity.
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Thank you, I'm not really sure
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that all of you
have gotten the idea
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that this is a
set of Bible lessons
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with not only
beautiful pictures,
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beautiful color
pictures in them,
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they're better
than any I've ever seen
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but the content is deep.
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The content is something
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that you can use
through the week,
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you could use it
for Sabbath School
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but you can also use it
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to teach for
worship, is that correct?
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We really designed it...
we had a lot of new members
00:17:11.46\00:17:15.53
in our church who
designed it for our church
00:17:15.56\00:17:17.63
and we wanted to teach
00:17:17.67\00:17:19.93
parents how to
have family worships
00:17:20.00\00:17:22.97
so, My Bible First is designed
as a family worship training,
00:17:23.00\00:17:28.64
family-worship
friendly kind of Bible lessons.
00:17:28.68\00:17:33.78
When I came to your
house once for lunch
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a long ways away
from where I lived,
00:17:36.69\00:17:39.45
and you took me of a
tour of your basement,
00:17:39.49\00:17:42.12
and I was just amazed,
00:17:42.16\00:17:44.03
their basement is entirely
filled with printing presses
00:17:44.06\00:17:48.13
and computer
equipment and stacks of lessons
00:17:48.16\00:17:51.87
throughout the whole section,
00:17:51.90\00:17:53.40
I don't know how you're
going to get that out of there.
00:17:53.44\00:17:55.70
We have now
grown out of two homes
00:17:55.74\00:17:58.81
and we'll be having
to go to our third...
00:17:58.84\00:18:01.34
That's okay,
you're going to move again
00:18:01.38\00:18:03.81
anyway, so, might as
well just expand some more.
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We are grateful for that.
00:18:07.02\00:18:08.52
I really,
really appreciate that,
00:18:08.58\00:18:11.05
I think that you really
could call, "My Bible First"
00:18:11.09\00:18:14.19
MBF... Moving By Faith
00:18:14.26\00:18:16.99
because this is a
program that we can use
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to not only
attract our own children
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but children in our
neighborhoods don't you think?
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In fact, we have...
we've been doing that
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in our church, seeking to get...
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even if the parents don't come,
00:18:32.31\00:18:35.28
we are seeking to have
neighborhood children come.
00:18:35.31\00:18:38.91
Sherry, you told me one story
about a family in your church
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that is really doing
a lot with little kids,
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can you just quickly...
we only have a minute left.
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I would love to share the story,
00:18:50.16\00:18:51.56
we have a lady in
our church who is a widow
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she was a foster parent
with three precious children
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who had been taken
out of very abusive homes,
00:18:57.43\00:18:59.63
they would be
locked up in their bedroom
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while their
parents were shooting drugs
00:19:01.57\00:19:03.74
and they were
hungry, dirty, filthy,
00:19:03.77\00:19:06.64
they were
removed from their home
00:19:06.68\00:19:08.01
and give to this
lady as a foster mother,
00:19:08.04\00:19:10.31
she couldn't bear to
let these children go
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she saw their
potential and so she prayed
00:19:12.78\00:19:15.15
and the Lord
answered her prayers
00:19:15.18\00:19:16.75
and allowed her to adopt
these children as her very own
00:19:16.79\00:19:20.02
she said they were like
three little heathen girls
00:19:20.06\00:19:23.22
so then... she was praying,
00:19:23.26\00:19:32.83
"Next Lord, how can I
lead these children to you?"
00:19:32.87\00:19:35.47
Just at that next
Sabbath, we came in...
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and we were new
members in the church there
00:19:38.87\00:19:42.14
we had moved to the area,
00:19:42.21\00:19:43.58
we introduced our
lessons to her and she said,
00:19:43.61\00:19:47.25
"Oh, thank the Lord, this
is an answer to my prayers"
00:19:47.28\00:19:50.12
The lessons are
designed as Phil said
00:19:50.19\00:19:53.15
for daily Bible
Study, with texts to look up
00:19:53.19\00:19:56.89
and with thought questions.
00:19:56.93\00:19:58.26
She faithfully went through
these lessons with her girls
00:19:58.29\00:20:01.23
and I can tell you,
00:20:01.26\00:20:02.93
as one of the
teachers in that department
00:20:02.96\00:20:04.93
these girls know as much Bible
if not more as many adults do
00:20:05.00\00:20:09.84
and they are just
on fire for the Lord,
00:20:09.87\00:20:13.21
they love Jesus
with all their hearts
00:20:13.27\00:20:16.58
and we are thrilled for that.
00:20:16.61\00:20:17.95
Thank you so
much and God bless you
00:20:18.01\00:20:20.45
as you continue
this work. Thank you.
00:20:20.48\00:20:22.92
Audience clapping.
00:20:22.95\00:20:32.43
Hi Mary... Hi...
00:20:32.46\00:20:34.46
How are you tonight?
00:20:34.50\00:20:35.83
Excellent, thank you.
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.20
What is your name
and where are you from?
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My name is Mary Berndt and
I am from Ardmore, Oklahoma.
00:20:39.30\00:20:43.20
That sounds like a
familiar name to me
00:20:43.24\00:20:45.51
Ardmore, Oklahoma, are
you associated in any way
00:20:45.54\00:20:48.94
with Nedley Publishing
or anything like that?
00:20:48.98\00:20:51.98
Well, I'm not associated
with Nedley Publishing,
00:20:52.01\00:20:54.98
although the Nedleys
are very good friends
00:20:55.05\00:20:57.52
and a lot of our materials
will be at their booth.
00:20:57.55\00:21:01.32
All right, so go by the booth
00:21:01.36\00:21:03.36
and you're going to hear
more about what Mary does,
00:21:03.39\00:21:05.83
Mary, I hear you're
with a ministry called SHINE.
00:21:05.86\00:21:08.16
Yes. What does that stand for?
00:21:08.20\00:21:10.07
SHINE is an acronym for
00:21:10.10\00:21:12.37
School of Health Integrating
Natural Remedies and Evangelism.
00:21:12.40\00:21:16.10
Well, that's a long name
what does SHINE actually do?
00:21:16.14\00:21:21.04
Well, SHINE trains
mostly young people
00:21:21.08\00:21:24.91
although we've had
some "older young people"
00:21:24.95\00:21:27.62
but mostly young
people in health evangelism.
00:21:27.65\00:21:31.59
They receive courses
in massage and phlebotomy,
00:21:31.62\00:21:35.49
we train them how to run
health and nutrition seminars
00:21:35.52\00:21:39.29
they learn how to
cook in a restaurant
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.43
and they learn how
to cook healthy, tasty,
00:21:42.46\00:21:45.13
delicious vegetarian
and in fact, vegan food,
00:21:45.17\00:21:47.77
they learn how to
run a health-food store
00:21:47.80\00:21:50.81
we also train them
in Daniel and Revelation
00:21:50.84\00:21:53.81
and then we take them
00:21:53.88\00:21:55.78
and we run an
Evangelistic series
00:21:55.81\00:21:58.05
with the whole
class while they're there.
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.32
So it sounds like they're
learning more practical things
00:22:00.38\00:22:03.22
than just only educational
things is that correct?
00:22:03.25\00:22:06.59
It's very practical,
we're taking these young people
00:22:06.62\00:22:09.92
and really
molding the young person
00:22:09.96\00:22:12.63
because we want
to... when they go out,
00:22:12.66\00:22:15.30
we want them to
be self-motivated,
00:22:15.33\00:22:18.13
hard working and
we want them to know
00:22:18.17\00:22:20.94
how to reach souls for the Lord
00:22:20.97\00:22:22.97
and just in every
way, shape and form,
00:22:23.00\00:22:25.41
really at SHINE,
we touch their lives.
00:22:25.44\00:22:27.74
Mary, about ten years
ago, we met a young man
00:22:27.78\00:22:32.45
that came to ASI, his
name is David Asscherick
00:22:32.48\00:22:37.09
and I understand that you
had something to do with that,
00:22:37.12\00:22:41.69
can you tell me about that?
00:22:41.72\00:22:44.16
Well, about 15 years ago,
00:22:44.19\00:22:46.59
I first opened a
Health-food store
00:22:46.63\00:22:50.00
in Rapid City, South
Dakota, and I fell in love
00:22:50.07\00:22:52.50
with four young Punk Rock girls,
and I'll be honest with you,
00:22:52.53\00:22:57.21
these girls were
really special girls,
00:22:57.24\00:23:00.74
very smart, very bright,
00:23:00.78\00:23:02.11
well, one day these
girls came in with some boys
00:23:02.14\00:23:05.08
and I didn't like
those boys so much
00:23:05.11\00:23:07.62
those boys had purple hair,
00:23:07.65\00:23:09.58
they had earrings
all over the place
00:23:09.62\00:23:12.79
and I said to the girls
00:23:12.85\00:23:14.19
there was one of those
young men who especially
00:23:14.22\00:23:18.16
was just kind of a
little loud and obnoxious
00:23:18.19\00:23:22.23
and I said to one of the
girls, "Who is that young man?"
00:23:22.26\00:23:24.77
And we shouldn't
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.27
try to associate with those
kinds of people, should we?
00:23:26.30\00:23:29.04
I associated
with them frequently
00:23:29.10\00:23:30.94
to win them, but I said,
00:23:30.97\00:23:34.01
"Who is that young
man?" and she said,
00:23:34.04\00:23:35.54
"That's David Asscherick,
he's Cara's boyfriend"
00:23:35.58\00:23:37.98
and I thought to myself,
00:23:38.01\00:23:39.71
"Hmmm... not if I have
anything to say about it,
00:23:39.75\00:23:43.45
he's not going to be... "
00:23:43.49\00:23:44.82
and later on I felt bad about
that and I prayed, Lorayne,
00:23:44.85\00:23:49.32
I asked the Lord to forgive me
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.03
and told Him that I didn't have
much love for those young men,
00:23:51.09\00:23:54.16
and I loved the young
ladies, but not the young men,
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.50
forgive me that...
00:23:56.53\00:23:57.87
To make the
really long story short,
00:23:57.90\00:24:00.17
what happened to
those four young men?
00:24:00.20\00:24:02.60
Well, we opened a restaurant,
00:24:02.64\00:24:04.67
they started
eating there everyday,
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.44
they had health problems,
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.11
they came to me with
their health problems,
00:24:08.14\00:24:09.74
and one day those young
men were sitting at a table
00:24:09.78\00:24:12.91
in my restaurant
and I heard them say,
00:24:12.95\00:24:14.82
"Whooo hooo" and I said,
00:24:14.85\00:24:16.18
"Well, what are you
guys whoo hoooing about?"
00:24:16.22\00:24:17.62
and they said,
"We just figured out
00:24:17.65\00:24:18.99
that you're old
enough to be our mother"
00:24:19.02\00:24:20.36
and I said, "Yes, I am"
00:24:20.39\00:24:22.92
and they said,
"Well, would you adopt us?"
00:24:22.96\00:24:24.56
and I said, "Okay,
you're all officially adopted
00:24:24.59\00:24:27.86
by Mary Berndt,
young sons of mine,
00:24:27.90\00:24:31.07
we're now going to pray"
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.43
and they looked up at
me and were like, "What?"
00:24:32.47\00:24:34.00
and four of those young men
actually ended up being pastors
00:24:34.04\00:24:40.58
in the Conference at Michigan.
00:24:40.64\00:24:43.35
Isn't that amazing,
and as far as we know...
00:24:43.38\00:24:48.48
what happened to
David Asscherick.
00:24:48.52\00:24:49.85
Yes, yes, so, out of
that little encounter
00:24:49.88\00:24:53.39
at a health food
store, started by one person,
00:24:53.42\00:24:56.93
look what has happened,
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.46
what is happening around
the country and around the world
00:24:58.49\00:25:00.76
through one
encounter, that we never know...
00:25:00.80\00:25:03.47
you may not know that somebody
you have interacted with
00:25:03.50\00:25:08.00
has become an Evangelist
but it probably has happened.
00:25:08.04\00:25:12.51
Isn't that
amazing? It's very true.
00:25:12.54\00:25:14.54
It's amazing, and Mary,
00:25:14.58\00:25:15.91
do you have anymore
Davids in the pipeline?
00:25:15.94\00:25:18.05
Well, I do have a David
in the pipeline actually
00:25:18.08\00:25:21.75
and I would appreciate it if
all of you would pray for him
00:25:21.78\00:25:25.19
his name is not
David, his name is Ryan
00:25:25.22\00:25:27.69
and it's interesting
because Ryan is a lot like David
00:25:27.72\00:25:31.83
he's very
smart, he's very funny,
00:25:31.86\00:25:34.26
he keeps us
laughing all the time,
00:25:34.30\00:25:36.63
and one day he
came to me and he said,
00:25:36.67\00:25:39.87
"Mary, would you adopt me?"
and I said, "Yes, I would Ryan,"
00:25:39.93\00:25:46.01
he said, "No, would
you really adopt me?"
00:25:46.04\00:25:49.51
and I said, "Ryan, I
would really adopt you,
00:25:49.54\00:25:52.78
you are now my son,"
00:25:52.81\00:25:54.55
and I've told him frequently,
00:25:54.58\00:25:57.95
"Son, I'm a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:25:57.99\00:26:01.02
and you're a Baptist,
00:26:01.06\00:26:02.76
you wanted to be my son, we
need to get with the program"
00:26:02.79\00:26:06.19
and so, the
Lord is working there
00:26:06.23\00:26:09.56
and he's coming
down the pipeline
00:26:09.60\00:26:12.87
so please pray for Ryan.
00:26:12.93\00:26:14.30
And you know what? I've heard,
00:26:14.34\00:26:17.34
that out of your restaurant
and out of your ministry,
00:26:17.37\00:26:20.48
there is a really
high rate of people
00:26:20.51\00:26:23.71
that have been baptized.
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.71
One of the things we struggle
with... in the Adventist Church,
00:26:25.75\00:26:29.48
is taking the
ministries that we do
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.39
through our churches, you know,
00:26:31.45\00:26:33.76
like having a
seminar... a health seminar
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.12
and bringing those
people right on into the church
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.99
but Mary isn't
having that kind of problem
00:26:39.03\00:26:41.20
do you think you could
tell me what maybe some of that
00:26:41.23\00:26:43.73
is done, how you do that?
00:26:43.77\00:26:45.93
Well, you know Lorayne, I
believe the old saying is true
00:26:46.00\00:26:49.64
"The way to a man's
heart is through his stomach"
00:26:49.67\00:26:51.77
and I'm blessed
to have a restaurant.
00:26:51.81\00:26:55.44
We need a lot more restaurants
around this country, you guys.
00:26:55.48\00:26:59.38
I agree 100 percent,
00:26:59.41\00:27:01.18
there is something
about serving people food,
00:27:01.25\00:27:03.18
you become their mother,
00:27:03.25\00:27:04.59
and they could become very
united and very close to you
00:27:04.62\00:27:10.06
and then we can help
them with their health
00:27:10.09\00:27:11.96
then when we help
them with their health,
00:27:11.99\00:27:13.80
then we become like their doctor
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.46
and... do you
know Sister White says
00:27:15.50\00:27:17.67
that once they see that we
have the health message correct,
00:27:17.70\00:27:21.47
they will know that we have the
00:27:21.50\00:27:22.97
spiritual
message correct as well,
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.24
and so it is
totally an opening wedge,
00:27:25.27\00:27:27.48
how else would I ever have
gotten to know punk rockers?
00:27:27.51\00:27:31.41
Right, but on the other hand,
00:27:31.45\00:27:33.42
I'm sure that it isn't
just feeding people food,
00:27:33.45\00:27:36.72
you have to be
able to have that heart
00:27:36.75\00:27:39.95
that they can see the
love of God in your heart
00:27:39.99\00:27:42.62
and I see that in you
and I see the holy spirit
00:27:42.66\00:27:45.29
and I just want to pray for you
00:27:45.33\00:27:46.73
and if any of you want
to see what she's doing,
00:27:46.80\00:27:49.16
and learn more about it,
00:27:49.20\00:27:50.53
go by the Nedley
Publishing Booth, okay...
00:27:50.57\00:27:53.27
Yes... thank you.
00:27:53.30\00:27:54.64
Thank you so much
Mary. Yes, thank you Lorayne.
00:27:54.67\00:27:56.00
Good night.
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.37
New participants
walking on stage.
00:27:58.44\00:28:02.34
Hi Danny. Hello
Lorayne, how are you?
00:28:02.38\00:28:06.28
Weren't you out here
last night? Danny: I was.
00:28:06.31\00:28:08.88
Haven't I seen you at
ASI for a lot of years?
00:28:08.92\00:28:11.45
it's been a couple
of years in a row, yes.
00:28:11.49\00:28:14.36
Can you tell me how long it's
been since you've been with ASI?
00:28:14.42\00:28:17.66
I actually started coming to
ASI when I was seven years old,
00:28:17.69\00:28:20.83
and this is my 25th year
in a row, I've got this one.
00:28:20.86\00:28:24.87
Wow! yeah, and I know that
00:28:24.90\00:28:26.53
you're involved with
netASI, netAdventist, et cetera,
00:28:26.57\00:28:30.77
can you tell me, so
what is netAdventist?
00:28:30.81\00:28:34.61
NetAdventist is a way
for churches and schools
00:28:34.64\00:28:39.98
to communicate
with their communities,
00:28:40.02\00:28:42.42
via the internet. Okay.
00:28:42.45\00:28:44.89
Can I say just a little bit
more just a little bit more?
00:28:44.95\00:28:48.56
It actually is a
web-based software platform
00:28:48.59\00:28:52.19
that provides websites
for churches and schools
00:28:52.23\00:28:55.76
around the globe,
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.13
it can be translated into any
left- or right-reading language
00:28:57.17\00:29:00.14
and it was actually
made available via a grant
00:29:00.17\00:29:03.74
from Tom and Wisa
Park, ASI members.
00:29:03.77\00:29:07.11
So it started
out as an ASI Project
00:29:07.14\00:29:10.45
with a lot of support from
various Organizations as well
00:29:10.48\00:29:16.05
and I've heard that
00:29:16.08\00:29:18.49
there are a lot of
churches using it now
00:29:18.52\00:29:20.56
do you have any idea
00:29:20.59\00:29:21.92
how many churches
are now on netAdventist?
00:29:21.96\00:29:24.46
We have over 2,500 churches
on three different continents
00:29:24.49\00:29:27.86
that are using netAdventist.
00:29:27.93\00:29:29.26
Wow! and can it be
translated into other languages?
00:29:29.30\00:29:33.44
It can be translated in any
left- or right-reading language
00:29:33.47\00:29:36.27
and we currently have six
languages that are translated.
00:29:36.30\00:29:39.07
And, I've heard that
even some churches...
00:29:39.11\00:29:42.48
because they've
put this on the web
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.65
they now have
baptisms through there...
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.01
That's correct.
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.38
Do you have any
stories about that?
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
I do, I do, in fact the
church just down the road
00:29:48.78\00:29:51.62
from my home church
in Fallbrook, California,
00:29:51.65\00:29:54.46
it's in Escondido, California,
00:29:54.49\00:29:55.89
there was a young couple
that had moved into the area,
00:29:55.92\00:30:00.90
that had three children,
00:30:00.93\00:30:02.26
they just had a new
baby and they wondered
00:30:02.30\00:30:04.57
what they needed to do to
consecrate this baby to the Lord
00:30:04.60\00:30:08.34
and so they began to check all
the different church websites
00:30:08.37\00:30:12.07
in the Escondido area,
00:30:12.11\00:30:13.44
they stopped at the Seventh-day
Adventist church website,
00:30:13.48\00:30:16.01
it happened to be a
netAdventist website
00:30:16.04\00:30:17.55
that we had built with them,
00:30:17.58\00:30:18.91
and they were able to find some
information on baptism there
00:30:18.95\00:30:21.92
so they sent an e-mail to
the pastor through the website,
00:30:21.95\00:30:24.95
and when he received the e-mail
he decided to go and visit them,
00:30:24.99\00:30:28.56
very quickly he realized
00:30:28.62\00:30:30.36
that they did not know anything
about Seventh-day Adventists
00:30:30.39\00:30:33.60
but he used it as a
chance to begin sharing
00:30:33.66\00:30:36.50
our message with them,
fast forward three months
00:30:36.56\00:30:39.93
and the entire
family was baptized,
00:30:39.97\00:30:43.14
they ended up bringing
over 30 family relatives
00:30:43.17\00:30:46.17
with them to the baptism,
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.54
which also created a
witnessing opportunity as well.
00:30:47.58\00:30:50.75
It's where so many
people are communicating today
00:30:50.78\00:30:54.02
via the web and it's critical
that our churches be able to
00:30:54.08\00:30:58.25
talk via this media.
00:30:58.29\00:31:00.49
Right... and John, this
is John Beckett, correct?
00:31:00.52\00:31:04.09
Yeah, that's right.
00:31:04.13\00:31:05.53
Okay, and John I understand that
you are the former webmaster
00:31:05.56\00:31:10.87
for the General
Conference is that correct?
00:31:10.90\00:31:13.23
Yeah, I manage the
Adventist. org website and
00:31:13.27\00:31:15.57
the news. adventist. org website
00:31:15.60\00:31:17.57
for quite a number of years.
00:31:17.61\00:31:18.94
Wow! and what's your opinion
of netAdventist, altogether?
00:31:18.97\00:31:23.85
Well, as you know,
Tagnet has a great history
00:31:23.88\00:31:27.42
of helping churches
and ministries work online
00:31:27.48\00:31:30.95
and they've taken this expertise
that they've had for many years
00:31:30.99\00:31:35.16
and used it to help
00:31:35.19\00:31:38.43
with their creation of
the netAdventist free software
00:31:38.46\00:31:41.46
and they've done...
gone to extraordinary lengths
00:31:41.50\00:31:44.43
to make sure that this software
is going to work very well
00:31:44.47\00:31:46.87
for local churches
to manage their websites
00:31:46.94\00:31:49.77
and for the people that
are going to manage the servers
00:31:49.80\00:31:53.38
to have an easy time of it too.
00:31:53.41\00:31:54.81
And so, what do you think are
going to be the best benefits
00:31:54.84\00:31:59.35
for the different churches?
00:31:59.38\00:32:00.72
For local churches, I
think it's going to make it
00:32:00.75\00:32:03.49
easy for them to do some things
00:32:03.52\00:32:06.45
that they might not
have been able to do before,
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.06
and so, that's
going to be exciting.
00:32:08.09\00:32:10.96
It's also great
that it's going to let
00:32:10.99\00:32:14.13
our church
Organizations offer content
00:32:14.20\00:32:17.30
through local church websites,
00:32:17.33\00:32:18.93
if the websites want to
have it on there, on their site,
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.67
they'll be able to
easily put it on their sites.
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.27
It's going to be
useful in a lot of ways.
00:32:24.31\00:32:26.74
And Danny, I hear
there are a lot of changes
00:32:26.78\00:32:29.38
going on at netAdventist,
00:32:29.41\00:32:31.21
what's actually
happening there currently?
00:32:31.25\00:32:33.82
Well, we're actually
finishing the software up
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.38
on September 1st,
00:32:36.42\00:32:37.99
it has taken us a
little bit longer to build it,
00:32:38.02\00:32:39.75
it was a bigger chunk to
bite off than initially thought
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.49
working with the
translation and so many things
00:32:42.52\00:32:44.39
it's complex, but
we're finishing it up
00:32:44.43\00:32:47.23
September first,
00:32:47.26\00:32:48.60
and we're actually
handing it off to John's office
00:32:48.63\00:32:51.27
at the General Conference
00:32:51.30\00:32:52.63
for distribution
for our world church.
00:32:52.67\00:32:54.14
That's wonderful, it's
going to now be available
00:32:54.17\00:32:57.04
to everybody, is that
right, for every church?
00:32:57.07\00:32:58.84
Yeah, for every church,
00:32:58.87\00:33:00.38
we also have an
agreement in place that allows
00:33:00.41\00:33:04.38
ASI Members to use
this software as well,
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.82
it's called, netASI
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.42
that will also be available
on September 1st as well.
00:33:08.45\00:33:11.02
So, if you have a ministry
00:33:11.05\00:33:12.89
and you would like to
have media on the web,
00:33:12.92\00:33:15.62
would like to use that
vehicle of communication
00:33:15.66\00:33:18.33
ASI will provide that for you.
00:33:18.36\00:33:19.86
Yeah, didn't we promise
that to people last year?
00:33:19.89\00:33:23.03
We did, we did.
00:33:23.06\00:33:24.40
But this year, it's
really happening, you guys,
00:33:24.43\00:33:26.87
and everybody who
has an Organization
00:33:26.90\00:33:29.97
or a need for ministry,
and you don't have a website
00:33:30.01\00:33:33.74
and would really like an
up-to-date, wonderful website,
00:33:33.78\00:33:37.48
this is really
going to be it isn't it?
00:33:37.51\00:33:39.31
I believe so, yes. Thank
you so much Danny and John
00:33:39.35\00:33:41.75
Thank you.
00:33:41.78\00:33:43.89
Audience clapping
00:33:43.92\00:33:51.29
Waiting for the
next participant.
00:33:51.33\00:33:58.63
Good evening, Good evening.
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.94
This is Julia O'Carey and
you're with what Organization?
00:34:00.97\00:34:06.44
I'm with ASAP.
00:34:06.47\00:34:08.18
Oh, that's a good term, ASAP,
00:34:08.21\00:34:11.11
that means "as
soon as possible" right?
00:34:11.15\00:34:12.98
Yes it does, ASAP's motto is:
00:34:13.01\00:34:15.72
"Christ is coming
ASAP, reach Asia now"
00:34:15.78\00:34:19.39
and our name actually means,
00:34:19.42\00:34:21.59
"Adventist South
East Asia Projects"
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.53
so it has a double meaning.
00:34:23.56\00:34:25.03
All right, and I
understand you've been with
00:34:25.06\00:34:29.56
this Organization
for quite a while,
00:34:29.60\00:34:31.93
tell me, how did you
actually get started with ASAP?
00:34:31.97\00:34:36.10
Well, I started actually
when I was a little child
00:34:36.14\00:34:40.21
living in Thailand,
00:34:40.24\00:34:41.58
my mother and father
worked in the refugee camps
00:34:41.61\00:34:45.11
and I learned a lot about
missions through that experience
00:34:45.15\00:34:49.98
and God put it in my heart to
help win these people to Christ
00:34:50.02\00:34:55.46
and so, when I became an adult,
about three years ago, actually,
00:34:55.49\00:35:00.06
is when I started
working with ASAP.
00:35:00.10\00:35:02.06
Well, it's a joy.
00:35:02.10\00:35:04.27
I've heard it said, Julia,
00:35:04.30\00:35:07.14
that you're an American
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.00
with an Asian
heart, is that true?
00:35:09.04\00:35:11.21
Well, you know, my
husband has gotten used to
00:35:11.24\00:35:14.48
eating a lot of rice
00:35:14.51\00:35:15.84
and I do love the
culture and the people,
00:35:15.88\00:35:18.65
but I think God put
a passion in my heart
00:35:18.71\00:35:21.55
and the Director of ASAP happens
to be my mother, Judy Aikin,
00:35:21.58\00:35:25.72
and she has a
passion in her heart also
00:35:25.75\00:35:28.62
for the people of Asia
00:35:28.66\00:35:30.03
and we want to see all of
them saved in God's kingdom.
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.79
So, tell me, what are the areas
that you're working in most now
00:35:32.86\00:35:39.07
and I've heard that you are
doing a lot of work in Laos,
00:35:39.10\00:35:42.44
right now, tell us about Laos.
00:35:42.47\00:35:44.44
Well, we work in Thailand,
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
00:35:44.47\00:35:49.18
and just last year,
we went into Myanmar,
00:35:49.21\00:35:52.01
it's exciting
what's happening in Laos,
00:35:52.05\00:35:54.78
there are 1.5 million Lao
people here in North America,
00:35:54.82\00:35:59.05
and over 7 million
people in this country
00:35:59.09\00:36:01.89
and so many of
them are unreached
00:36:01.92\00:36:03.59
and so, ASAP has been working
to establish churches in Laos
00:36:03.63\00:36:10.20
praise the Lord,
00:36:10.27\00:36:11.60
six churches
were built last year
00:36:11.63\00:36:13.27
but in addition to this,
we support church planters
00:36:13.30\00:36:17.17
all over the country
that are bringing the gospel
00:36:17.21\00:36:20.28
to the little villages,
let me tell you a story
00:36:20.31\00:36:23.38
about this lady, 18-years old,
00:36:23.41\00:36:25.78
married in this
village in southern Laos,
00:36:25.81\00:36:28.75
her name is Vaung,
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.12
and Vaung got
pregnant, had a baby,
00:36:30.15\00:36:33.69
lost her baby in childbirth,
00:36:33.72\00:36:36.06
this depressed her so much
00:36:36.09\00:36:38.33
that she would not
go out of the house,
00:36:38.39\00:36:41.73
an evil spirit, which is
common in these countries
00:36:41.76\00:36:45.23
came into her life and her heart
00:36:45.27\00:36:48.47
and she would
roam the village naked
00:36:48.50\00:36:50.81
yelling unintelligible words
00:36:50.84\00:36:53.38
and her family did
not know what to do,
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.64
they brought her
to a Medicine Doctor,
00:36:56.68\00:36:59.65
they gave over $1,000
to try to find a solution
00:36:59.68\00:37:05.52
but nobody had a cure for
her until Pastor Kampasong,
00:37:05.55\00:37:09.76
one of the ASI Church
Planters went to this village
00:37:09.79\00:37:14.00
to visit one of
his Christian friends,
00:37:14.03\00:37:16.77
while he was there,
the husband of Vaung
00:37:16.80\00:37:19.50
heard that he was
there, and he said,
00:37:19.53\00:37:21.30
"We've tried everything else,
there is nothing we can do,
00:37:21.34\00:37:24.67
why don't we see if this
Christian can do anything. "
00:37:24.71\00:37:26.74
So, he prayed for
her, nothing happened,
00:37:26.78\00:37:30.55
the next Sabbath, he came back,
00:37:30.58\00:37:32.58
prayed again, three Sabbaths...
00:37:32.61\00:37:34.58
the fourth
Sabbath when he came back,
00:37:34.62\00:37:37.82
she was dressed,
clean, beautiful,
00:37:37.85\00:37:41.02
smile on her face,
00:37:41.06\00:37:42.96
and she was
praising the living God
00:37:42.99\00:37:45.96
for taking away that evil spirit
and changing her life forever.
00:37:45.99\00:37:49.56
So God is working in Laos.
00:37:49.63\00:37:52.03
That's marvelous. Amen.
00:37:52.10\00:37:54.44
Do we have any
special stories about Vietnam?
00:37:54.50\00:37:59.07
Yes, I want to share a text
before I talk to you about that,
00:37:59.11\00:38:03.91
Luke 18:27 says,
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.01
"The things which
are impossible with men
00:38:06.05\00:38:09.28
are possible with
God" and in Vietnam,
00:38:09.32\00:38:12.52
one month ago, Pastor Isah Young
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.92
who runs the underground
house church movement
00:38:15.96\00:38:19.43
in this country, was
given the awesome privilege
00:38:19.46\00:38:22.90
of speaking on a
satellite TV program
00:38:22.93\00:38:26.90
one hour a day.
00:38:26.94\00:38:28.54
In this program, he preaches
the Word of God in Vietnamese,
00:38:28.60\00:38:32.97
all over the world
00:38:33.07\00:38:34.74
and it's going
into Communist Vietnam
00:38:34.78\00:38:37.08
and one of the lay
pastors got a call from the
00:38:37.15\00:38:41.55
police and they said,
"Pastor Isah, he's on the...
00:38:41.58\00:38:46.29
you work with...
00:38:46.32\00:38:47.66
Pastor Young must be
a very influential man,
00:38:47.69\00:38:49.36
that he would get permission
to speak the Word of God
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.79
on TV, one of
the 13 most popular
00:38:52.83\00:38:56.46
TV stations in Vietnam, wow!"
00:38:56.50\00:39:00.10
and the lay pastor said,
"No, he's not influential,
00:39:00.14\00:39:04.21
his boss is influential
and his boss is God. "
00:39:04.24\00:39:08.28
Amen, amen...
That's wonderful, you know,
00:39:08.31\00:39:11.45
Pastor Young actually...
00:39:11.51\00:39:13.72
Young actually lives in my
Union in the Pacific Union...
00:39:13.75\00:39:17.49
he, not only reaches
out to people in Vietnam,
00:39:17.52\00:39:21.09
but to the
Vietnamese in this country
00:39:21.12\00:39:23.22
all over, so he
produces all of these programs
00:39:23.26\00:39:26.33
and that's just been wonderful,
00:39:26.36\00:39:28.10
any other
stories you can tell us?
00:39:28.13\00:39:30.27
Yes, Lorayne, I
want to tell you about
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.63
how God is
reaching all walks of life,
00:39:32.67\00:39:34.77
from the poor
people in the villages
00:39:34.80\00:39:36.84
all the way to influential,
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.34
I heard last week
about this Civil Engineer
00:39:38.37\00:39:42.61
who came to know about God
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.11
through the Peace and
Happiness radio broadcast
00:39:45.18\00:39:47.65
and that is a project that
ASAP and Adventist World Radio
00:39:47.68\00:39:52.65
have partnered in for
the last... over ten years.
00:39:52.69\00:39:55.59
He came to know the Lord,
00:39:55.62\00:39:57.49
he became a member of a
secret house church in Vietnam,
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.30
and he had this burning desire
00:40:00.33\00:40:03.73
to share with
those in his circles,
00:40:03.77\00:40:06.33
so he's a member of the
Engineer Society in Vietnam
00:40:06.40\00:40:11.37
so he asked
permission from ASAP Lay Pastor
00:40:11.44\00:40:15.14
if he could put
Pastor Isah Young's sermons
00:40:15.18\00:40:18.85
on his blog, and so he risked it
00:40:18.91\00:40:22.28
Communist Vietnam,
00:40:22.32\00:40:23.65
and he put a bunch
of the sermons on there
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.35
and he was
amazed at the response.
00:40:25.42\00:40:27.59
He got 10,000
responses to those sermons
00:40:27.62\00:40:31.56
and most... all
of them were positive
00:40:31.59\00:40:35.63
and he said, "You
know, people in Vietnam
00:40:35.66\00:40:39.67
are thirsty for
spiritual things"
00:40:39.70\00:40:42.14
and the people are
influential that responded,
00:40:42.17\00:40:46.17
they are educated,
God is reaching all people
00:40:46.21\00:40:50.01
in all walks of life,
and it's very exciting
00:40:50.05\00:40:52.95
because God can
do the impossible,
00:40:52.98\00:40:55.48
Amen... Amen.
00:40:55.52\00:40:57.12
Amen, you know, we
may think that one little
00:40:57.15\00:41:01.99
item that we give to a project,
00:41:02.02\00:41:04.26
one little prayer that we do,
00:41:04.29\00:41:06.46
doesn't have much reach,
but God has a way of taking that
00:41:06.49\00:41:09.96
multiplying it, I remember when
00:41:10.00\00:41:12.30
Pastor Young first came,
00:41:12.33\00:41:14.90
when he was just
starting out with tiny,
00:41:14.94\00:41:17.61
tiny little radio
program in just one little area,
00:41:17.64\00:41:21.44
and now he's entirely over
the entire country of Vietnam
00:41:21.51\00:41:24.85
just a couple of years ago,
00:41:24.88\00:41:26.85
he would have been in
prison for that, wouldn't he,
00:41:26.88\00:41:28.78
if he had been caught.
00:41:28.82\00:41:30.15
Well, he still could be,
00:41:30.19\00:41:31.52
so keep him and
all the lay pastors
00:41:31.55\00:41:33.52
who are persecuted in Vietnam
00:41:33.56\00:41:34.99
in your prayers,
it's a very dangerous work
00:41:35.02\00:41:38.86
in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
because they're all Communist
00:41:38.89\00:41:42.63
but you know God is powerful
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.20
and so, I solicit your
prayers if you go on our website
00:41:44.23\00:41:48.74
asapministries. org you
can join our prayer team
00:41:48.80\00:41:52.97
and that is the
best gift you can give
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.21
is partnering with us in prayer
00:41:55.24\00:41:57.65
for the people
in Southeast Asia.
00:41:57.68\00:42:00.02
Thank you Julia and thank
you for growing up in ASI.
00:42:00.05\00:42:03.35
Thank you, and I do
want to invite all of you
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.72
to a special
mission report that we have
00:42:06.76\00:42:09.79
and that's going to be
tomorrow in the Marriott Hotel
00:42:09.82\00:42:14.40
and it will be in
Salon G and so, please come
00:42:14.43\00:42:21.17
because you'll hear
more exciting stories
00:42:21.20\00:42:22.94
of what God is
doing in those countries.
00:42:22.97\00:42:24.67
Thank you very much. God bless.
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.04
Audience clapping.
00:42:26.07\00:42:28.91
Good evening ASI,
00:42:28.94\00:42:31.81
there's a story
about this family
00:42:31.85\00:42:36.79
whose house caught on
fire, and they all got out
00:42:36.82\00:42:41.36
except for this one little boy,
00:42:41.42\00:42:43.56
this little boy somehow
managed to get to the roof,
00:42:43.59\00:42:49.20
and he's scared
00:42:49.23\00:42:52.43
because the fire is
starting to engulf the house,
00:42:52.47\00:42:56.07
the father is looking
up and sees his little boy,
00:42:56.10\00:43:00.51
and he yells, "Son, jump,
there's not that much time"
00:43:00.54\00:43:04.75
the little boy is scared,
he says, "Father, I can't see,
00:43:04.81\00:43:08.98
but the father says,
00:43:09.02\00:43:11.59
"I can see you and
that's all that matters"
00:43:11.62\00:43:15.49
you know, so many
times, we have problems
00:43:15.52\00:43:19.33
but do we place
it in God's hands?
00:43:19.36\00:43:22.50
It's my prayer that
we'll be able to say,
00:43:22.56\00:43:26.84
"Lord, I trust you, I
place my life in your hands"
00:43:26.87\00:43:31.74
Piano playing
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Life can be so good
and life can be so hard
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Never knowing why each day
will bring to where You are
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Sometimes I forget
And sometimes I can't see
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That whatever comes
my way You'll be with me
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My life is in Your hands
My heart is in Your keeping
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I'm never without hope
Not when my future is with You
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My life is in Your hands
And though I may not see clearly
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I will lift my voice and sing
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'Cause Your love
does amazing things
00:44:39.34\00:44:44.98
Lord, I know, my
life is in Your hands
00:44:45.01\00:44:50.55
Nothing is for sure
00:44:50.59\00:44:58.99
And nothing is for keeps
00:44:59.03\00:45:03.16
All I know is that Your
love Will live eternally
00:45:03.20\00:45:09.60
So I will find my rest
And I will find my peace
00:45:09.64\00:45:18.71
Knowing that
You'll meet my every need
00:45:18.75\00:45:25.32
My life is in Your hands
My heart is in Your keeping
00:45:25.35\00:45:33.23
I'm never without hope
Not when my future is with You
00:45:33.26\00:45:41.44
My life is in Your hands
And though I may not see clearly
00:45:41.47\00:45:49.64
I will lift my voice and sing
00:45:49.68\00:45:53.25
'Cause Your love
does amazing things
00:45:53.28\00:45:58.95
Lord, I know, my
life is in Your hands
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When I'm at my
weakest Oh, You carry me
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Then I become my strongest
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In Your hands
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Piano playing...
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more piano...
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My life is in Your hands
And though I may not see clearly
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I will lift my voice and sing
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'Cause Your love
does amazing things
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Lord, I know,
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my life is in Your hands
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I trust You Lord,
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my life is in
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Your
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hands
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ooooooh...
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Audience clapping...
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Participants coming on stage...
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Good evening ASI,
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you know one of my
favorite parts of ASI
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has always been the testimonies,
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I remember many
things from my first ASI,
00:47:39.05\00:47:42.76
when I was a teenager, I
remember some of the sermons
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.09
but what I really
remember is the stories
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of Adventist Lay people
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who are sharing
Christ in their marketplace,
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tonight I have
with me, Volker Schmidt
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and his
granddaughter Mary Katherine,
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Volker, tell us
where are you from?
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I'm from Lexington, Kentucky.
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And what do you do in Lexington?
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We build special machines
for the garment industry.
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Okay, I'm quite certain that
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probably most of
us have worn clothes
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that have been built
on your machines, in fact.
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I ideally tell people
that if you have to take off
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what our machines put
on, you might be embarrassed.
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Okay, now you have a particular
burden for part of the work,
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it's a burden that, I
think you and I share,
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tell us about that burden,
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what is your burden
for finishing God's work?
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You know, Chester, our
forefathers in the church
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here who started this
church, were really disappointed
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because of what they had
gone through a 150 years ago,
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but they were sincere
and earnest and they searched
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and they asked God
to help them understand
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and they studied the Bible
and they get on their knees,
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and God revealed to them
a wonderful system of truth
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they discovered
that Jesus wasn't coming
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but that He actually
has gone into the Sanctuary
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interceding for His people
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and then they
discovered the Sabbath,
00:48:58.37\00:49:00.70
they discovered
healthful living,
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they discovered
the great controversy
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that's going on in the world,
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and when they realized
what God has given them,
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they said, "We can't believe
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that God is
entrusting this to us,
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we must go and share" and
so they started a Movement
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that's the
Seventh-day Adventist Movement,
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they didn't spare any
of their money or time,
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they went, rain
or snow, hot or cold,
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they left their
homes, they left their farms
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and went and shared
the message with everybody,
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today, we're over 150
years down the road, Chester,
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as we look around,
there are problems,
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there are no
solutions everywhere you look,
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we have hurricanes, earthquakes,
00:49:41.14\00:49:44.01
financially...
problems in this country,
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we need solutions,
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I believe, God has
entrusted this church
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with a special message,
let me read something here
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that we find in this book
that you may have picked up
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when you came into
ASI, here's what it says,
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"Seventh-day Adventists
have been chosen by God
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as a peculiar
people," that's you and I,
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"He has made them
His representatives
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and has called them
to be ambassadors for Him
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in the last work of salvation.
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The greatest wealth of truth,
ever entrusted to mortals"
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did you catch that?
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"the greatest wealth of
truth ever entrusted to mortals,
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the most solemn and
fearful warnings ever
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sent by God to man
have been committed to them
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to be given to the
world" that's you and I,
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and, you know,
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I am so thankful that
ASI has made available books
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like The Great Controversy
and Ministry of Healing
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or pamphlets that we can
give to the people around us,
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to share this wonderful
truth that is so unique
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and brings the
answers to everyone
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that's having problems today.
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So your special burden,
Volker, is the printed page,
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putting those truth-filled
materials into people's hands,
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what have you done, personally,
maybe in your own community,
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to help get this message out,
we don't want to just sit on it,
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it's a greatest wealth
ever entrusted to mortals
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what have you done,
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what are some of the
experiences you've had?
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Well, Chester, you know,
I feel it's very important
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that we care about
our neighbors and friends
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and so I've
embarked on a program
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where I devote a certain
amount of time every week,
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to going and visiting
my friends and neighbors
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and basically,
I've chosen Wednesday,
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after work, I go out, I
get about eight books ready,
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and let me have
that a minute, thank you,
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that's what I use,
Chester, I use DVDs,
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"Final Events,"
"Finding Peace with God,"
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and a little brochure,
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let me just share how it works,
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as I... before I go...
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I'm getting a
little head of myself,
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I get on my knees and say,
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.98
"Lord, you know
where the people are,
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please be with
me, open the doors,
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and may they read things
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that really will be
the answer to their lives"
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then I get out,
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and I go to the first
door and I knock on it,
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and I say, "Good
afternoon, I'm Volker Schmidt,
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I live over here
on this tar road,
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I like to share
something with you,
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I attended a Seminar
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and they talked about
the prophecies of the Bible,
00:52:19.67\00:52:21.77
and I learned a
lot, do you have a Bible?
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then I find out
they have one or don't,
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they read it or whatever it is,
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and then I go on and
say, "You know, maybe you...
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in the study of
my reading the Bible,
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I've come to the conclusion
00:52:32.35\00:52:33.68
we're living at
the very end of time,
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Jesus is just about to come back
have you found that to be true?"
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Again you find...
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you get different
impressions from the people,
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and then I say, "Do
you have a DVD player?"
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They say, "Oh yes," I say,
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"I'd like to leave this,
'Final Events' DVD with you,
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and there's a little book
I read that I really enjoyed
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and it's called,
'Finding peace within'"
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and you know,
people have said sometimes,
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"That's
interesting, that's what I need
00:52:55.90\00:52:57.81
I'm glad you came today,"
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I said, "Listen, the most
important thing you can do
00:52:59.24\00:53:02.71
is... ready and study
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and get ready for
Christ's soon coming
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it's really a matter of
life and death, God bless you"
00:53:06.75\00:53:10.22
and I go in my car,
mark where I've been,
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pray again, "Lord,
touch these people's hearts
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as they're reading
and looking at this DVD."
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That's really
very simple isn't it,
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don't you think
you could do that
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with your neighbors and friends?
00:53:20.43\00:53:21.76
Get to know your
neighbors, what have you learned
00:53:21.80\00:53:24.10
from your
granddaughter Mary Katherine?
00:53:24.13\00:53:26.53
You know, just last Sabbath
I was over at my son's place
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and we were eating in
the afternoon and I said,
00:53:30.47\00:53:31.94
"Mary Katherine, would
you like to take a walk?"
00:53:31.97\00:53:33.34
And what did you say? Yes.
00:53:33.38\00:53:35.08
"Yes, "she said,
and so we went out,
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I said, "Mary Katherine,
why don't we visit this house
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over here on the
end of the block?"
00:53:39.65\00:53:41.05
So we went up,
and what did you say?
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Let me ring the bell, right?
00:53:43.05\00:53:46.35
She said, "I want to
ring the bell grandpa"
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and so we go in
and the lady comes out
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and she said, "Oh good
to see you, come on in"
00:53:50.49\00:53:52.19
well we talked a little
while, but it didn't take long
00:53:52.23\00:53:54.96
we talked about
Christ's soon coming,
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I said to her "Have you
seen the 'Final Events' DVD?"
00:53:56.43\00:54:00.47
she said, "No, give me
one" I had nothing with me,
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I said, "We'll get one to you"
00:54:04.57\00:54:05.91
and so we ended
up visiting together
00:54:05.94\00:54:09.54
actually she hugged our little
daughter here, granddaughter...
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and we had said, "Goodbye"
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and as we're
going down the steps
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what did you say? "I
want to go visit my neighbor"
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she said, "Grandpa,
let's visit the neighbor
00:54:21.02\00:54:24.39
on the other side of
the road" how about that?
00:54:24.43\00:54:27.76
What an inspiration and
then... we went from there
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and then she said, "To
the other side of the road"
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I want to say here
today, let's get the enthusiasm
00:54:34.24\00:54:37.21
that our little children
have, and grandchildren...
00:54:37.24\00:54:40.74
let's take them and visit
our friends and neighbors,
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Jesus is coming soon, the
best and the greatest thing
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that you and I can do,
is... share this wonderful truth
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I have a vision, I
have a dream, Chester,
00:54:49.15\00:54:52.99
one day very, very
soon, we're going to see
00:54:53.02\00:54:56.79
hundreds and thousands
of Seventh-day Adventists,
00:54:56.83\00:55:00.40
going from house to house,
00:55:00.43\00:55:01.90
sharing the message
of Christ's soon coming
00:55:01.93\00:55:04.93
may each one of you
participate in that,
00:55:04.97\00:55:08.44
and before we know
it, Jesus will be here,
00:55:08.50\00:55:11.94
isn't that what you want? Amen.
00:55:11.97\00:55:13.31
Praise God, amen
00:55:13.34\00:55:15.14
thank you Volker
and Mary Katherine.
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