Music...
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more music...
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more...
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some more music...
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getting ready to
go on the road...
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On the Road...
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ASI Tampa, Florida
Friday Night, Youth in Action
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This evening we would
like to share with you
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a little bit of what
has been happening this week
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at the ASI Youth Convention.
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We put a lot of value
on our young people at ASI
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and we try to take the best...
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make the best use that
we can of this opportunity
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to provide wholesome, uplifting
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and Christ-Centered
programs for our children,
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I want to thank
all of our Leaders
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in each Department who
have put a great deal of time
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and energy in preparing
for all of these meetings,
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and I especially
want to thank the Lord
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for His help as He
is ultimately the one
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who brings everything together
and He blesses our efforts.
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I would like to end
with a short quotation
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from one of my
favorite books, Child Guidance,
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page 476 which says, "The
management and instruction
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of children is the
noblest missionary work
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that any man or
woman can undertake"
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now we'll hear a little bit
from each of our Departments.
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God calls for
all of us to know Him
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and this year in the
Kindergarten Department,
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our theme has been,
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"Repairers of the breach,
God's call to higher ground"
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So what is the breach
that we've been learning about?
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Separation from God. Amen.
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And who is the
repairer of the breach?
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Jesus...
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Okay, now, why did
Jesus come the first time?
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To save us from
our sins. All right...
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so what's our call
now? Come higher...
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Oh... I believe God is
calling all of us to come higher
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and to prepare this generation.
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We shall raise
up our foundations
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of many generations
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and thou shalt be called
"the repairer of the breach"
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the restorer of pastures dwell.
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We shall raise
up our foundations
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of many generations
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and thou shalt be called
the repairer of the breach
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the restorer of
pasture dwelling.
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Okay, so, now,
what is God's call?
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Climb higher...
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oh... and how
do we climb higher?
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Let Jesus come into our hearts.
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Okay...
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Open my eyes
Lord... open this...
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we're always in your hands...
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the glory of the Lord our King
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in me is living...
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From glory to glory
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even that's what was given
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of our Lord...
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Now is it our
choice to climb up higher?
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Yes...
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All right, so we need
to make that choice right?
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Jesus watches me by day
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I should follow through the way
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when it's time to fall asleep
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Jesus, always on you I lean.
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Do we each take that call?
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When I sometimes fall,
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climb higher, climb higher...
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Audience clapping...
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The Primary theme this year
was "Light bearers for Christ"
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and we focused on
different Adventist Pioneers
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like Joseph Bates,
Uriah Smith and from them
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we learned how we can
be Light bearers for Christ
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and one of the things the
children did in Class this year,
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to let their light
shine was to prepare boxes
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that have a new outfit
in them, and a pair of Crocs
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and these were all put in
nice boxes that they decorated
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and it will be sent
to an overseas child
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by the
Organization, "Dress a child"
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at this time, we
would like to sing
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our theme song
which goes along with our
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program that was especially
written for us this year at ASI.
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Piano playing...
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God cares for us
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we are the light of the world
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sharing the Son
into the night...
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we're Light bearers for Christ.
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God cares for us...
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we are the light of the world
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telling the
story Jesus our glory
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we're Light bearers for Christ
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God cares for us,
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we are the light of the world
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sharing the Son
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into the night...
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we're Light
bearers for Christ...
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we're Light bearers for Christ.
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Audience clapping...
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children leaving the stage
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still leaving the stage...
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Good evening, I'm Cynthia Knecht
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and I've been the Leader of
the Junior Department this year
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and Ephesians 5:14 tells us that
Christ shall give thee light,
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and our Junior theme has
been "To Walk in the Light"
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and the children
have been studying
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about the Adventist Pioneers
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the light that God
has given us in the past
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that brought this message,
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and study the different pioneers
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that we have had in the past,
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then we have studied the
light on the health message
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so that the
children can be healthy
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to be children who
give the light to the world.
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To give our light to the world,
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we wanted to do something to
make a difference in the city
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here... where the
Convention is being held,
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and so, we are going to be
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working with Kids
Charity of Tampa Bay
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and our children have
been bringing school supplies
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and we're filling backpacks
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and giving them to the
Foster Children in Tampa.
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They have got about...
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I think we're going to
have close to 80 backpacks
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that we're going to
have filled to give to the...
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over... there's
over 6,000 children
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it will make a
little difference.
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Audience clapping...
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One thing though,
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one of our children
came up to me and she said,
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"Mrs. Knecht, I am so excited
about our service project. "
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I said, "You are, Tasha?"
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And she said,
"Yes, I'm very excited"
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and I said, "Tasha,
why are you excited?"
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And what did you tell me?
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Because I'm a Foster
Kid... I was a Foster Kid.
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She had been a Foster
Child, you notice the "was"
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you have a new mom and dad,
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you've been
adopted, haven't you?
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Yes.
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And did you get a
few brothers and Sisters?
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Nodding yes...
Audience clapping...
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How many new brothers
and sisters do you have?
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Three...
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Three brothers and
sisters but Tasha said,
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that one of the things
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that was tough
about being a Foster Child
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she didn't get hardly any
new things, so you were excited
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that these children were
going to be getting new supplies
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and a backpack that they
can keep for themselves, right?
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Yes...
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So, anyway, I'd like all the
boys and girls to turn around,
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looks like we're
ready to go hiking
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but actually
we're ready to go...
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walk in the light... for Jesus.
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Children leaving the stage
with backpacks on their backs...
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children leaving the stage...
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Well good evening ASI,
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my name is Maria Lodencamp
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and I have had the privilege
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of working with the
Earliteen Department
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and I have brought up
three of our fine students
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and I brought a
Mentor up, Luther Whiting,
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and this has been his
first time serving in Earliteen
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and we just want to
share a little bit about
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what we have been
doing in our class.
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Courtney, we've had some
special speakers in our room
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and I was wondering if
you'd be willing to share
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just a little bit how
that has impacted your life.
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Well, my favorite Speakers were
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Don Maclntosh and then Paul Rain
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and Don
Maclntosh was talking about
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how he had fallen
away from the Lord
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and he was basically...
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I mean, he was an Atheist
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and his patients
that he was taking care of
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brought him back to the Lord,
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and for me that
was really exciting
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just to know that
through anything...
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God can and will do everything.
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And also, Paul was
talking about how Satan...
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he just can't stand prayer,
or if you're quoting Scripture
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and he has to leave,
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and I thought
that was really cool
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because anytime you're
tempted you can just be like,
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"God, help me," or
you can quote Scripture
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and you know
it's really powerful.
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As Mrs. Lodencamp mentioned
it has also been my privilege
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to work in the
Earliteen Department
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and as I see their
energy and their enthusiasm,
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I feel life in there,
and their passion for service
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it has also inspired
me quite a great deal.
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All right now,
Kendall, we've been studying
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some pretty interesting things
in the Earliteen Department
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that have meant a lot to me
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and, I'm sure, the
rest of the class as well.
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Can you share with me a
little bit about the themes
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that we've been studying
in the Earliteen Department?
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Our theme in the
Earliteen Department this year
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has been "Divine Connection"
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Divine Connection is
the connection with Christ
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and He's the vine
and we are the branches
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and when we're in Him
then He will take care of us
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and we'll bear fruit
and we'll be able to grow
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in our relationship with
Him and with other people.
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That's excellent
Kendall, you know John 15:5 is
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an exceedingly practical text,
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it's about abiding in
the vine which is Jesus,
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and I'm convinced
that if these young people
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take this message to
heart, if they abide in the vine
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which is Jesus, our
Church has a bright future.
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Hannah, we've gone
on a couple of outings
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but there has been one
that especially has impacted you
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would you share a
little bit about that?
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Yes, actually it
was this afternoon
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it was natural disaster
training that we went to
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in this place
where they trained us
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how to help when
natural disasters hit
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like hurricanes and stuff,
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so it was really
interesting and fun
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and it was really
beneficial since we know
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in this time and
age that we live in
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that those things are ahead
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and that we can
prepare to help out...
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to help out with them,
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with a Christian's
perspective so, yeah...
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Absolutely, I just
wanted to ask one of you
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if you would share anything
that you've learned this week
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that you're going to take
from the Earliteen Department
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challenging you...
that will impact your life
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once you leave this place?
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Luther, is there
anything that you can share
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with regards to that?
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Well, along the lines of
what I was saying earlier,
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I think, this Church's
young people are very capable
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and also as I've mentioned
I've seen the motivation
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and the
enthusiasm that they've put
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into what they've
been doing and so...
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I'm excited to see what God
has in store for these people
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when they take
this message to heart,
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and we have lots
to look forward to.
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Thank you for allowing us
to work with your Earliteens.
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Audience clapping...
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Good evening, in the
book Education we read,
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"Never was any previous
generation called to meet
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issues so momentous,
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never before were
young men and women,
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confronted by perils so
great, as confront them today"
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I think as you look
at the world around,
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you would have to agree with me
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that these words
were even more...
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are even more apropos today,
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in this 21st Century
world, complex as it is,
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there are pitfalls and perils
that abound for young people
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our theme in the Youth
Division this year and our goal
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has been to
challenge young people
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to live and develop...
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live lives and
develop characters
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of uncompromised integrity
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in a world of
unparalleled complexity
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I have here with me this evening
David Kamma and Michelle Palia
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to share with us
about what we've been doing
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in our Youth Division...
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first, David, tell
us, what have you learned
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about how to live a
life of unparalleled,
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of uncompromised
integrity in this day and age.
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Okay, on Thursday evening
Samuel Pippin talked to us about
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having a purpose in
life and he said that
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if we want to have a purpose,
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then we need to be focused
and not let anybody else,
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friends, family,
money, whatever...
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distract us from our mission
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and he pointed
out the three worthies
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in Daniel chapter 4, I believe,
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how they told
King Nebuchadnezzar,
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"We would rather go to
the furnace than to disobey
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what God has said,
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'Thou shalt not bow down
to any other graven image. '"
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Rather than
compromise their integrity...
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Yes... yes...
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And by having the same purpose
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you too and me too
can have that integrity
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and Michelle, in the
mornings we've been together
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and Dr. Tim Reesenburger
has been sharing with us
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what have you
learned from those meetings
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that have been
especially important to you?
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Well, I particularly enjoy
00:18:00.44\00:18:03.14
the key that
unlocks the entire Bible
00:18:03.18\00:18:06.01
and basically what
he talked about was
00:18:06.05\00:18:09.08
his encounter when
he went to South America
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and there were
these two church members
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that were just dying to have
a copy of The Great Controversy,
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and he asked
them, he was curious,
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.86
he asked them,
"What would you do
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if you had a copy of
The Great Controversy?"
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And they answered,
"Oh, we would read it,
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we would study it,
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and we would take
it to Bible Study"
00:18:31.57\00:18:33.71
and so he got them a
copy of The Great Controversy,
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and not only did
they read it and study it,
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they also shared it with
all the people that they knew
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now this story
is the very epitome
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of what our
church should be doing
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we should have
this child-like...
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we should have this child-like
desire to share God's Word
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these children... these
were children, actually,
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they were the ages of 6 and 9,
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they were sharing God's
Word at such an early age,
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and they were reading The
Great Controversy already.
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So, I learned a lot from
this because you need to have...
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you need to be able
to have this passion
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and this desire to
learn about God, as a child,
00:19:18.89\00:19:23.43
and this will help
you find your purpose
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that God wants you to have
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and this will eventually
lead to our Theme... which is...
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Uncompromised integrity
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in a world of
unparalleled complexity.
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On Thursday, we
had the opportunity
00:19:39.41\00:19:42.68
of teaming up
with ACTS World Relief,
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an Adventist
Disaster Response Organization
00:19:46.08\00:19:49.98
that has a special
purpose to engage young people
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to train them, equip
them and empower them
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to become the hands
and the feet of Jesus,
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to help people in
the times of disaster.
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And so, David, where did we go
00:20:01.93\00:20:03.97
on Thursday and what did
we have a chance to visit?
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Okay, we went to the
Hillsboro Community Emergency
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or EOC... yeah...
00:20:12.17\00:20:15.31
What does that stand
for, what is the EOC?
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Emergency Operations Center.
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The Emergency Operations
Center for Hillsboro County
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and this is significant because
this is hurricane territory
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where do we actually
receive the training at?
00:20:29.99\00:20:32.06
We receive the training in
the "War Room" as they call it,
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which... they bring all their
guys in... you might call them.
00:20:35.76\00:20:39.37
Disaster strikes,
this is where it happens,
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this is where
disaster relief takes place
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you received your training
there, what type of training...
00:20:44.14\00:20:46.84
a little bit... just briefly...
00:20:46.88\00:20:48.21
Well, we were
trained how to respond
00:20:48.24\00:20:51.98
when a hurricane or
tornado or whatever strikes
00:20:52.01\00:20:56.35
a certain area and what to do...
00:20:56.38\00:20:57.85
Okay, and Michelle,
also you received training
00:20:57.89\00:21:01.86
on a little, special device,
that is cutting-edge technology
00:21:01.89\00:21:05.09
utilizing young people
00:21:05.13\00:21:06.46
to try to save lives in a
disaster, tell us about that.
00:21:06.49\00:21:08.96
Well, we had cell
phones and it was very handy
00:21:09.03\00:21:12.47
because we went
around the neighborhood
00:21:12.50\00:21:14.60
simulating a
disaster and what we did was,
00:21:14.64\00:21:17.74
we recorded
information on that cell phone
00:21:17.77\00:21:20.08
and you can hook
that up to a computer
00:21:20.14\00:21:22.38
and basically you can see
what areas need the most help,
00:21:22.41\00:21:27.32
and it was really handy for us
00:21:27.35\00:21:29.35
because our generation
is really good at texting.
00:21:29.38\00:21:31.45
Enjoy that... they can text...
00:21:31.49\00:21:33.49
they blew out some
records on texting...
00:21:33.52\00:21:35.49
and it was exciting to
see what young people can do
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.89
and how they could
save lives in a disaster.
00:21:38.93\00:21:41.43
You know elsewhere in
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:21:41.46\00:21:43.90
we are told, that never before
00:21:43.93\00:21:45.67
was there so much at stake,
00:21:45.70\00:21:48.57
never were there
such weighty results
00:21:48.60\00:21:52.11
depending upon a
generation as upon those now...
00:21:52.14\00:21:55.24
coming upon the stage of action.
00:21:55.28\00:21:57.08
I believe this is true
00:21:57.15\00:21:58.71
that in the
complexity of these last days,
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.58
I believe that there is
an army of young people...
00:22:01.65\00:22:04.12
a generation of
youth emerging...
00:22:04.15\00:22:06.59
who are
responding to the challenge
00:22:06.62\00:22:09.49
to live lives and
develop characters
00:22:09.52\00:22:12.36
of uncompromised integrity
00:22:12.39\00:22:15.43
in a world of
unparalleled complexity.
00:22:15.46\00:22:18.33
It's been a privilege and a
joy to work with many such youth
00:22:18.37\00:22:23.74
this year at ASI in
the ASI Youth Department.
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Amen... audience clapping...
00:22:27.81\00:22:34.52
Good evening, happy Sabbath,
00:22:34.55\00:22:41.22
it's wonderful to be
back at ASI once again,
00:22:41.26\00:22:45.69
and we are the Youth for Jesus,
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.03
this is an ASI Program,
ASI-funded, ASI-managed,
00:22:49.06\00:22:54.47
and well... by volunteers...
00:22:54.50\00:22:57.71
and I just like to welcome
you to our Friday evening report
00:22:57.74\00:23:02.21
of what's been happening
here in Tampa, Florida,
00:23:02.24\00:23:05.25
for the past six months,
00:23:05.28\00:23:08.52
we've been here since
March with Bible Workers,
00:23:08.55\00:23:13.05
and our Evangelistic
Meetings began on July 9th
00:23:13.09\00:23:17.53
and we just had a
wonderful baptismal harvest
00:23:17.56\00:23:22.73
on this past
Tuesday evening, August 5th,
00:23:22.76\00:23:27.77
and I wish that all of
you could have joined in
00:23:27.80\00:23:30.87
and experienced this
wonderful time that we had there
00:23:30.91\00:23:36.34
and tonight what
we want to do is...
00:23:36.38\00:23:39.18
just give you a brief glimpse
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.98
of what has been
happening here in Tampa,
00:23:42.02\00:23:44.99
God is working everywhere,
00:23:45.02\00:23:47.26
and even here in Tampa,
well especially here in Tampa
00:23:47.29\00:23:51.06
and what I'd like to
do now is to introduce
00:23:51.09\00:23:54.20
the Florida Conference
President, Mike Cauley,
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.70
and the Florida
Conference has been wonderfully
00:23:57.73\00:24:01.20
supportive of us,
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.57
and he is going to
share a few words with us.
00:24:02.60\00:24:05.61
We want to
welcome you to Florida,
00:24:05.64\00:24:08.38
we're just delighted that
ASI could be in our territory
00:24:08.41\00:24:12.11
along with
Southeastern Conference
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.68
during these last few weeks
00:24:14.72\00:24:16.92
as we've seen the Holy
Spirit working through the
00:24:16.99\00:24:20.02
Youth for Jesus Ministry.
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.59
I praise God that He is
raising up an army of youth
00:24:21.62\00:24:25.46
through ASI and that
young people are hearing
00:24:25.49\00:24:29.06
the voice of God
saying, "Go and make disciples"
00:24:29.10\00:24:32.63
it has been a blessing to us
00:24:32.67\00:24:34.44
and an inspiration
to the churches in Tampa
00:24:34.50\00:24:36.24
and a blessing to all
of us here in Florida,
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.64
thank you, God bless you.
00:24:39.67\00:24:41.01
Thank you Pastor
for your support.
00:24:41.04\00:24:43.04
Well, as you see, this
is our Youth for Jesus 2008
00:24:43.08\00:24:47.62
Youth for Jesus crew,
and this year we had quite...
00:24:47.65\00:24:52.15
audience clapping...
00:24:52.19\00:24:56.16
this year we've had the
biggest number of youth...
00:24:56.19\00:25:00.93
largest number of
youth that we've ever had.
00:25:00.96\00:25:03.57
We had 52 youth
participants, 19 Bible workers,
00:25:03.60\00:25:08.30
and these young people
came from 11 Countries,
00:25:08.34\00:25:13.01
so we are an
international movement.
00:25:13.04\00:25:15.48
They came from
Australia, Bermuda, Costa Rica,
00:25:15.51\00:25:19.55
Czech Republic,
Hungary, Mexico, Portugal,
00:25:19.61\00:25:23.28
Puerto Rico, Slovakia,
Ukraine and 14 different states.
00:25:23.32\00:25:27.96
So God is moving on
the hearts of young people
00:25:27.99\00:25:31.46
everywhere, amen... Amen...
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.53
We conducted
meetings in five sites
00:25:33.56\00:25:37.57
including one Jewish
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.00
This was the first time
that we've partnered with
00:25:41.04\00:25:44.94
a Jewish church and
it was very interesting
00:25:44.97\00:25:49.61
very learning experience and...
00:25:49.64\00:25:53.88
plus we had two
supporting off...
00:25:53.92\00:25:58.09
well two sites that we
were not directly funded by ASI,
00:25:58.15\00:26:03.53
but two sites that were
operated by the NAPS Group
00:26:03.56\00:26:08.03
and so, I'd
like to introduce you
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.33
to the Bible Workers...
00:26:10.37\00:26:11.70
if the Bible Workers could
wave "Hi" to your ASI family...
00:26:11.73\00:26:14.10
and then our youth...
our youth participants...
00:26:14.14\00:26:22.48
say, "Hello" to the family,
00:26:22.51\00:26:23.98
and this year we had a wonderful
team of volunteer staff,
00:26:24.01\00:26:32.22
they gave a month
of hard, no-rest work,
00:26:32.25\00:26:40.83
we didn't get any
breaks, and they were so happy
00:26:40.86\00:26:45.20
and they worked so hard,
and they were so willing to give
00:26:45.23\00:26:49.17
and share, and
we cried, we prayed,
00:26:49.20\00:26:53.54
we laughed, and
we went without sleep
00:26:53.58\00:26:57.81
but we had the most wonderful
time... working with our youth.
00:26:57.88\00:27:02.25
So our staff...
thank you very much.
00:27:02.28\00:27:04.75
Audience clapping...
00:27:04.79\00:27:10.66
And we're going
to be interviewing
00:27:10.69\00:27:15.03
several of the people
00:27:15.06\00:27:16.97
that have been
involved with this Program,
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.80
and the first interview
00:27:18.83\00:27:23.07
will be by our Site
Coordinator, Kevin Sears,
00:27:23.10\00:27:26.61
Kevin Sears has been here since
March organizing the churches
00:27:26.68\00:27:35.65
doing church-member training
00:27:35.68\00:27:37.72
and he is going to give
you an overall site report
00:27:37.75\00:27:40.06
overall report
for all the sites.
00:27:40.12\00:27:42.19
Good evening everyone.
00:27:42.22\00:27:44.06
Good evening.
00:27:44.13\00:27:45.46
Are you excited
to be here tonight?
00:27:45.49\00:27:46.83
Yes...
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.20
We are so excited back here,
I can't even explain it to you,
00:27:48.23\00:27:50.13
Here we are again,
00:27:50.17\00:27:51.50
for another ASI
Youth for Jesus night here,
00:27:51.53\00:27:54.77
this time in Tampa
00:27:54.80\00:27:56.67
and we just had a
tremendous program this year
00:27:56.71\00:27:59.77
and so I have the privilege
of giving you the site...
00:27:59.81\00:28:03.18
the overall Site
Reports and in our Seminars,
00:28:03.21\00:28:07.32
with all the series
going on simultaneously,
00:28:07.35\00:28:11.35
we had over 400 visitors,
non-Seventh-day Adventists
00:28:11.39\00:28:15.59
coming to our
meetings, did you hear that?
00:28:15.62\00:28:19.56
Over 400
non-Seventh-day Adventists...
00:28:19.59\00:28:22.36
coming to the
meetings it was incredible,
00:28:22.43\00:28:25.13
out of those, we had 103
decisions to keep the Sabbath
00:28:25.17\00:28:32.61
in our
meetings, 103 decisions...
00:28:32.67\00:28:35.71
we also had 94 decisions...
00:28:35.74\00:28:39.81
people that
wanted to get baptized
00:28:39.85\00:28:43.28
94 people... wanted to
get baptized this summer
00:28:43.32\00:28:47.46
in this short
program and out of those
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.29
22 have already gotten
baptized in our first round
00:28:50.33\00:28:54.03
if you would call it that,
and then the rest are follow up
00:28:54.06\00:28:57.23
and we have a lot of good
follow up for the churches
00:28:57.27\00:29:00.44
and so all the
rest... 72 will be followed up
00:29:00.47\00:29:06.41
and they'll be getting baptized
over the next few months
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.04
and so we just had a tremendous
time... many lives were changed
00:29:09.08\00:29:12.91
as you are going
to see this evening
00:29:12.95\00:29:15.38
and I'd like to call up
the Bible Worker, Matt Dooley,
00:29:15.42\00:29:19.42
Matt, come on up here,
00:29:19.45\00:29:21.02
Matt Dooley was one of
our first Bible Workers
00:29:21.06\00:29:23.86
that arrived,
shortly after myself,
00:29:23.89\00:29:26.13
and Matt was working
at the Plant City Church,
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.76
that Site... and Matt
has got... he wants to share
00:29:29.80\00:29:33.37
he's got a number of
incredible testimonies
00:29:33.40\00:29:36.44
but tonight, we just
have time for one of those,
00:29:36.47\00:29:39.14
and he's going to talk to
us about Gina and Loretta.
00:29:39.17\00:29:42.14
Matt, what is so significant
about Gina and Loretta?
00:29:42.18\00:29:47.98
Well, Kevin, Loretta was
one of my Bible-Study contacts
00:29:48.02\00:29:53.69
and Gina was her daughter
00:29:53.72\00:29:55.79
and they told me
that they would never,
00:29:55.82\00:29:58.56
ever step foot in a church
00:29:58.59\00:30:00.96
that they would never
come out to the Series,
00:30:01.00\00:30:03.13
but by a miracle
of God, they came out
00:30:03.16\00:30:05.23
and the first night...
00:30:05.27\00:30:06.70
they didn't even
come into the Series
00:30:06.74\00:30:08.07
they were outside
arguing the whole time
00:30:08.10\00:30:10.21
and so...
00:30:10.24\00:30:12.34
So they said, they
would never come out...
00:30:12.37\00:30:14.21
step foot in a church,
they come out on opening night
00:30:14.24\00:30:17.11
but they don't
step foot in the church,
00:30:17.15\00:30:18.58
They'd never step
foot in the church...
00:30:18.61\00:30:19.98
so they called me about
30 minutes after it was over
00:30:20.02\00:30:23.85
and said, "We're not coming
back, we're never coming back"
00:30:23.89\00:30:26.29
and so we got the
Youth for Jesus together
00:30:26.32\00:30:28.86
we got together and we prayed,
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.83
and we prayed hard for
these people and I went home
00:30:30.89\00:30:33.70
and I never felt a
burden like this in my heart
00:30:33.73\00:30:36.50
and I prayed for them, I
got on my knees and I cried
00:30:36.53\00:30:39.17
for these people and guess what?
00:30:39.20\00:30:42.04
The next night,
00:30:42.07\00:30:43.41
20 minutes before
it was going to start,
00:30:43.44\00:30:46.91
she called me,
"Matt, can we come back?"
00:30:46.94\00:30:50.58
I said, "Of course, of
course you can come back"
00:30:50.61\00:30:54.55
so... and actually
despite them telling us
00:30:54.58\00:30:56.92
over and over and over again,
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.29
they weren't going to come back,
00:30:58.32\00:30:59.65
they kept coming back
00:30:59.69\00:31:01.02
and Gina, the
daughter, got baptized
00:31:01.06\00:31:03.22
and Loretta is going
to get baptized as well.
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.13
It's a miracle to see God
work in these people's lives...
00:31:05.16\00:31:07.90
it's awesome.
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.30
Thank you very much Matt,
00:31:09.33\00:31:10.67
you know when God is
working in your life,
00:31:10.70\00:31:12.73
never say never, amen,
00:31:12.77\00:31:14.84
and now we have
Tatiana, better known to us as
00:31:14.87\00:31:18.64
Tanya, and I'm going
to attempt her last name
00:31:18.67\00:31:22.44
it's Rutkouskyy... Rutkouskyy...
00:31:22.48\00:31:25.51
and she's from the Ukraine,
we had a number of workers
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.95
from the
Ukraine, and Tatiana came
00:31:28.98\00:31:32.82
in March, I believe?
00:31:32.85\00:31:34.66
In the middle of March...
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.02
Middle of March, and her
and her husband, Leonard came,
00:31:36.06\00:31:38.83
and Tatiana is going to
share with us a story about
00:31:38.86\00:31:41.70
Adriana and Roger and...
tell us about Adriana and Roger,
00:31:41.73\00:31:45.40
now Tanya was working
at the Carrollwood Site.
00:31:45.43\00:31:48.40
In spring, a colporteur team
came from Oshita Hills College
00:31:48.47\00:31:53.61
and they did canvass
00:31:53.64\00:31:54.98
and they did
Literature Evangelistic work
00:31:55.01\00:31:58.61
and one lady did
businesses one night
00:31:58.65\00:32:02.45
and she... it was late...
00:32:02.48\00:32:04.82
and she decided to
do one more business
00:32:04.85\00:32:08.42
so she met a wonderful
family, Adriana and Roger,
00:32:08.49\00:32:11.73
and she gave
them spiritual books
00:32:11.79\00:32:16.56
and then, they
signed up for Bible Studies
00:32:16.60\00:32:20.44
and myself and Leonard
followed up with these people
00:32:20.47\00:32:23.94
and we couldn't have
Bible studies with them
00:32:23.97\00:32:26.74
almost for a month,
we were really busy,
00:32:26.78\00:32:29.44
but then we had some Bible
studies every week with them
00:32:29.48\00:32:33.68
especially with Adriana
because Roger was taking care of
00:32:33.72\00:32:37.55
phone calls and customers
because we had Bible Studies
00:32:37.59\00:32:41.39
in their office,
employees saw this,
00:32:41.42\00:32:44.16
customers saw this,
00:32:44.23\00:32:45.56
so it was a great
testimony for them also
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.56
and then the Bible answered
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.67
many questions
they had at that time,
00:32:50.70\00:32:53.77
and they went to
the Revelation Seminar
00:32:53.80\00:32:56.84
and joined the church
00:32:56.87\00:32:58.37
and in the end she told us,
00:32:58.41\00:33:00.81
Leonard and myself, she told us,
00:33:00.84\00:33:03.48
"I am so amazed at
the way God led us"
00:33:03.51\00:33:07.52
then this lady came
00:33:07.55\00:33:09.85
who was not
supposed to be there...
00:33:09.88\00:33:11.49
Came to where?
00:33:11.52\00:33:13.02
To that office...
00:33:13.05\00:33:14.49
You actually had the
Bible Studies in her office?
00:33:14.52\00:33:17.79
Right... right... and
it was a difficult time
00:33:17.86\00:33:21.16
for the family,
they prayed a lot
00:33:21.20\00:33:23.20
for God's wisdom and
guidance in their lives
00:33:23.23\00:33:25.70
they had a lot of questions
00:33:25.73\00:33:27.07
and they were
searching for God's truth.
00:33:27.10\00:33:28.47
And it was an incredible answer
from the Lord to this prayer,
00:33:28.50\00:33:33.27
and I'm so thankful to God
00:33:33.31\00:33:35.21
that these people had
open and receptive hearts
00:33:35.24\00:33:38.28
and they were not only listeners
00:33:38.31\00:33:40.55
but also
followers of God's truth.
00:33:40.58\00:33:42.72
Amen, thank you
Tanya, thank you all...
00:33:42.75\00:33:45.25
you're going to hear
some more testimonies,
00:33:45.29\00:33:47.36
we could stay up
here for hours tonight
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.22
just talking about
testimonies, thank you.
00:33:49.26\00:33:50.99
I have with me here,
Damion Miller and Tyler Beaufort
00:33:51.06\00:33:59.37
and they are
from Oakwood College
00:33:59.43\00:34:02.37
and they're with a group
called NAPS... now NAPS...
00:34:02.40\00:34:06.57
what do you guys do
00:34:06.61\00:34:08.01
do you take lots of naps,
00:34:08.04\00:34:09.44
what is NAPS?
00:34:09.48\00:34:12.15
Well, NAPS stands for the
00:34:12.18\00:34:13.88
National Association for
the Prevention of Starvation
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.35
and by the grace of God
00:34:16.38\00:34:17.95
we are able to help people's
needs... whether it's feeding,
00:34:18.02\00:34:20.02
or whether it's
by spiritual needs
00:34:20.06\00:34:21.76
or whether just being there
00:34:21.79\00:34:23.43
for someone in
their time of pain,
00:34:23.46\00:34:26.49
by the grace of
God, our Team Leader
00:34:26.53\00:34:29.50
his name is Charles
Pettey and Lisa Mahoney,
00:34:29.53\00:34:32.97
they were led by God to
come to Tampa this summer
00:34:33.00\00:34:36.74
and by the grace of God,
00:34:36.77\00:34:38.57
right now he's at Loma
Linda at Medical School
00:34:38.61\00:34:41.44
and she's at Oakwood
working to be... as a teacher.
00:34:41.48\00:34:43.98
Now, you are the
Mission Coordinator for NAPS
00:34:44.01\00:34:50.05
what does that mean?
00:34:50.09\00:34:51.69
Well, our Mission Coordinator
for this mission in the summer,
00:34:51.75\00:34:55.56
as I said, Charles
Pettey and Lisa Mahoney
00:34:55.62\00:35:02.16
were not able to be here so
I'm fulfilling that position
00:35:02.20\00:35:05.33
right now while they're
away, and what I mean is
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.44
by the grace of
God we went to lead out
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.34
to help the team
to do Bible work,
00:35:09.37\00:35:11.17
to help the team to
do children's program
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.44
and to just work with the team
00:35:13.48\00:35:16.11
to be a blessing to the
Community and to the Church.
00:35:16.14\00:35:18.28
Now, you came here
on faith, I understand,
00:35:18.31\00:35:22.08
with no budget, no
money, how did that work?
00:35:22.12\00:35:25.55
Well, praise God for
Literature Evangelism,
00:35:25.59\00:35:28.92
we go door to door
and ask... let them know
00:35:28.99\00:35:32.26
that we would like to make
a difference in the Community
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.73
we ask them for help,
and they give us donations
00:35:34.76\00:35:36.87
and by the grace of God
00:35:36.90\00:35:38.23
we were able to bless them with
the literature that we have,
00:35:38.27\00:35:40.20
whether they give money or not
00:35:40.24\00:35:41.57
and we also go to Churches
and ask them for their support
00:35:41.60\00:35:44.47
and members like you...
00:35:44.51\00:35:46.27
and we're on the
road that helps...
00:35:46.31\00:35:47.84
so we thank you
for your support.
00:35:47.88\00:35:49.34
And how many churches
were involved in your project?
00:35:49.38\00:35:53.15
Approximately two churches,
First University Church in Tampa
00:35:53.18\00:35:57.39
and also
Westside Community Church
00:35:57.42\00:35:59.12
with Pastor Bonner
and Pastor Chimone Taylor.
00:35:59.15\00:36:02.32
And how many
visitors came to your meetings
00:36:02.36\00:36:05.19
and how many baptisms
resulted from those meetings?
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.73
By the grace of God
we had over 60 visitors
00:36:08.76\00:36:12.53
they were
non-Seventh-day Adventists
00:36:12.57\00:36:14.50
and by the grace of
God we had 12 people
00:36:14.54\00:36:16.44
that gave their lives
to the Lord in baptism.
00:36:16.47\00:36:19.74
Amen, now Tyler, you
were one of the Speakers
00:36:19.77\00:36:23.14
now have you ever had
any experience before?
00:36:23.18\00:36:26.48
I did speak once but this time
00:36:26.51\00:36:29.25
it was totally
different... it was exciting
00:36:29.28\00:36:31.55
and the Lord really brought me
out of my comfort zone this time
00:36:31.59\00:36:34.26
and I'd like to
share a testimony
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.09
and that testimony is, I
was thinking of something
00:36:36.12\00:36:39.43
to say to you guys
and all I could think of
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.96
my testimony is: Jesus Christ
because if it weren't for Jesus,
00:36:42.00\00:36:45.30
I looked around at
all the different booths,
00:36:45.33\00:36:47.07
all the different people
00:36:47.10\00:36:48.60
and if it weren't for
Jesus dying on that cross,
00:36:48.64\00:36:50.81
none of this... we
wouldn't be able to do
00:36:50.84\00:36:53.04
any of this... and Jesus...
He challenges us, He changes us,
00:36:53.07\00:36:55.91
He puts us out
of our comfort zone
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.28
and uses us to win
souls, one particular time
00:36:57.31\00:36:59.45
we had a meeting and as NAPS,
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.82
we usually target lower
income minority neighborhoods
00:37:01.85\00:37:05.25
and we target the
youth because you know
00:37:05.29\00:37:07.89
they're the next
generation, and so we went
00:37:07.92\00:37:09.89
and we had our
meetings at a basketball gym
00:37:09.92\00:37:11.83
it was a little building
right next to the basketball gym
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.50
and one particular
night I was going to speak
00:37:14.53\00:37:16.63
and I opened my Bible
just seeking the Lord,
00:37:16.67\00:37:18.77
and He showed me a
text where it talks about
00:37:18.80\00:37:21.14
how it's our
obligation to deliver the wicked
00:37:21.17\00:37:23.47
and so we walked in and I saw
00:37:23.51\00:37:25.37
all the kids on
the basketball court
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.11
and I used to play
basketball all the time
00:37:27.14\00:37:28.54
and as I walked by to go inside
00:37:28.58\00:37:30.88
of where the place
of the meeting was,
00:37:30.91\00:37:32.61
it was as if the
Holy Spirit said,
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.08
"You are just
going to walk by them?"
00:37:34.12\00:37:35.48
So I had to do something so
I went on the basketball court
00:37:35.52\00:37:38.22
with my friend, Jeffrey,
00:37:38.25\00:37:39.65
and we just went on the
middle of the basketball court
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.02
during the middle of
the game and held up a Bible
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.49
and we said, "You
know, we're having
00:37:43.53\00:37:45.66
studies right now on
the signs of the times
00:37:45.69\00:37:48.60
we're talking
about Jesus Christ"
00:37:48.63\00:37:50.43
and all these
players just stopped
00:37:50.47\00:37:52.20
and were staring at us,
00:37:52.23\00:37:53.87
and my heart was
starting to beat now
00:37:53.90\00:37:55.50
I'm a little
nervous, and one of the guys,
00:37:55.54\00:37:57.54
he stood... and he said,
00:37:57.57\00:37:59.04
"Man, you're making me
mad, get off the court,"
00:37:59.07\00:38:02.08
and I was taken aback,
00:38:02.11\00:38:03.85
and I kept
speaking, I kept saying,
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.38
"Is there anyone
who wants to come?"
00:38:05.41\00:38:06.85
and you know, we
left, no one came that night
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.25
but the next night, those
basketball players started
00:38:09.28\00:38:11.62
coming to our meetings
and I praise God because
00:38:11.65\00:38:13.59
at the end of our
meetings because of Jesus,
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.82
over 12 people gave
their lives to Jesus Christ
00:38:15.86\00:38:18.33
in baptism and it's
all to the glory of God
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.76
and I saw a church, the
church I was working at,
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.60
First University, they
got a fire in them now,
00:38:23.63\00:38:26.03
the youth are ready
to go spread the gospel
00:38:26.07\00:38:28.40
and because of Jesus also,
00:38:28.44\00:38:29.94
and what He's
done in you guys' life,
00:38:29.97\00:38:31.67
the torch has been passed to
us and we want to be faithful
00:38:31.71\00:38:34.64
we're the next
generation of ASI,
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.41
we are the next generation
00:38:36.44\00:38:37.95
and because of
your faithfulness,
00:38:37.98\00:38:39.31
we promise you that we're going
to be faithful to His calling,
00:38:39.35\00:38:41.95
we thank you
Lisa, for your ministry
00:38:41.98\00:38:43.69
and the Youth for Jesus Program.
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.29
I don't believe that
you are the next generation,
00:38:45.35\00:38:47.82
I believe that you are
"this generation" of ASI, amen.
00:38:47.86\00:38:51.53
Thank you so
much. Amen, thank you.
00:38:51.56\00:38:54.90
And now we are going to be
speaking with some of our youth
00:38:54.93\00:38:58.57
we have four young people,
00:38:58.60\00:39:01.14
if Kevin will
bring them out here,
00:39:01.20\00:39:04.47
and, you know,
00:39:04.54\00:39:05.97
sometimes we get
youth come to the program
00:39:06.01\00:39:08.74
and they think, "What can I do,
00:39:08.78\00:39:10.65
I'm only 15 years old
I'm only 16 years old,"
00:39:10.68\00:39:14.12
this year we had
six young speakers
00:39:14.18\00:39:17.79
aged 15 through 21
00:39:17.82\00:39:21.09
and our 15-year-old,
I just have to tell you,
00:39:21.12\00:39:24.49
he's not with us right
now, but I have to tell you
00:39:24.53\00:39:28.03
we had a Speaker lined up
who was a little bit older,
00:39:28.06\00:39:31.27
he was 17 and he was
supposed to come down here...
00:39:31.30\00:39:33.87
two weeks before he was
supposed to come down here,
00:39:33.94\00:39:36.50
he called and said that
he had a family emergency,
00:39:36.54\00:39:39.07
he could not come,
00:39:39.11\00:39:40.64
now you have to
understand that we gave
00:39:40.68\00:39:42.94
all the materials for
them to practice preaching
00:39:42.98\00:39:46.82
like months and
months ago, and so,
00:39:46.85\00:39:51.25
we had two weeks
before the meeting started
00:39:51.29\00:39:54.16
and what were we
going to do, so in a panic,
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.99
I called our ASI President
and she said, "Well... "
00:39:57.03\00:40:01.60
I said, "Can an
older Bible Worker do this,
00:40:01.63\00:40:04.73
you know, someone
who's had experience?"
00:40:04.77\00:40:07.84
and she said, "Absolutely not,
00:40:07.87\00:40:09.47
this is Youth for
Jesus" and so, I told her,
00:40:09.50\00:40:13.71
"Well then, you find
me a youth" and she did,
00:40:13.74\00:40:18.05
and she made a suggestion
and one of our Speakers
00:40:18.08\00:40:22.35
had a 15-year-old
brother who had preached
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.89
a partial series with
her, so I called the mother
00:40:24.92\00:40:28.86
in a panic and I said,
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.26
"Karen, you have to help me"
and I talked to the young man
00:40:30.29\00:40:35.16
and I said, "David,
you pray about this okay
00:40:35.20\00:40:37.60
and I'm going to pray that the
Holy Spirit will convict you"
00:40:37.63\00:40:40.80
and, you know, God is so good,
00:40:40.94\00:40:44.11
He did, and he called back
00:40:44.17\00:40:46.81
and he said, "Okay, I'll try"
00:40:46.84\00:40:49.44
and you know this young
man spoke at our main site
00:40:49.48\00:40:52.51
and he did a
phenomenal job and he was...
00:40:52.55\00:40:57.59
you could tell,
00:40:57.62\00:40:58.95
you could tell from the
very first sermon to the next
00:40:58.99\00:41:03.02
to the next, he had
just improved all the time
00:41:03.06\00:41:05.69
and so, Kevin, who do
you have here with you now?
00:41:05.73\00:41:08.30
We have Alvin Cardona with us
00:41:08.33\00:41:10.80
and Alvin was... I
thought I lost him...
00:41:10.83\00:41:16.57
Alvin was one of our
Speakers at the Spanish site,
00:41:16.60\00:41:20.34
is that correct? That's right.
00:41:20.38\00:41:22.21
And Alvin, how
old are you? I'm 18...
00:41:22.24\00:41:24.75
Eighteen... so
he's an old-timer here
00:41:24.78\00:41:27.25
in the Youth for Jesus Program
00:41:27.28\00:41:29.15
and tell me, at 18 years old
00:41:29.18\00:41:30.99
what possibility can
an 18-year-old do for God?
00:41:31.02\00:41:34.52
You know Kevin,
00:41:34.56\00:41:35.89
as I look at all
the mistakes I make,
00:41:35.92\00:41:37.93
especially preaching and
all of the rest of the stuff
00:41:37.96\00:41:41.26
I think to myself,
00:41:41.30\00:41:42.63
there really isn't that
much I can do, there isn't...
00:41:42.66\00:41:45.13
I really can't make that
much of a difference in life,
00:41:45.17\00:41:48.20
but then I look at the
promise of what God wants to do
00:41:48.27\00:41:51.41
in the lives of young
people through His Holy Spirit,
00:41:51.44\00:41:54.54
and I see, and I
have to believe that
00:41:54.58\00:41:56.88
through His power,
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.28
we really can take this
message to the whole world.
00:41:58.31\00:42:01.12
Amen, and talking
about that message,
00:42:01.18\00:42:04.05
the three angels' message
that we have been entrusted to,
00:42:04.09\00:42:07.96
let me ask you a question,
00:42:07.99\00:42:09.32
as you were
preaching these messages,
00:42:09.39\00:42:11.76
you were
preaching on the Sabbath
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.10
and the change of the Sabbath
and the Mark of the Beast
00:42:14.13\00:42:16.53
all these very intriguing
and difficult messages,
00:42:16.56\00:42:20.14
what did those
messages do for you
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.17
as you were preaching them to
others that needed to hear them?
00:42:22.20\00:42:25.17
I would have to say is that the
thing that struck me the most,
00:42:25.21\00:42:28.11
was seeing how beautiful,
practical and Christ-centered
00:42:28.14\00:42:32.31
our message really
is, I'm just seeing that
00:42:32.35\00:42:34.88
this message is
way more than theory
00:42:34.92\00:42:36.92
but actually life-changing,
life-transforming...
00:42:36.95\00:42:40.39
as I stood there
preaching the Word of God
00:42:40.42\00:42:43.12
I saw these
visitors, these friends of mine
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.83
coming over night after night,
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.40
seeing the fire that
they had in their eyes and
00:42:47.43\00:42:50.37
the thirst that
they showed for the truth
00:42:50.40\00:42:53.34
I thought to myself,
"Do I have, that same fire
00:42:53.37\00:42:56.57
do I have that same
thirst for the Word of God
00:42:56.60\00:42:59.81
that these people have,
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.18
am I willing to
put anything aside,
00:43:01.21\00:43:03.38
am I willing to
sacrifice anything
00:43:03.41\00:43:05.35
for the Word of
God for His truth?"
00:43:05.38\00:43:07.25
Hmmm... so you
certainly could say
00:43:07.28\00:43:09.12
as you preached these messages
00:43:09.15\00:43:10.79
you were preaching
to yourself as well
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.52
and it has made some
changes in your life, amen.
00:43:12.55\00:43:15.66
Thank you very much Alvin,
now we have here, Kay Turnbull,
00:43:15.69\00:43:18.96
and Kay, how old
are you? I'm 18...
00:43:18.99\00:43:21.83
Eighteen... Kay is from...
all the way from Australia
00:43:21.86\00:43:25.63
and she's come here to
be a part of the Program
00:43:25.67\00:43:28.60
and how in the world did
you end up here from Australia?
00:43:28.64\00:43:31.97
Well, I came to
ASI in 2003 and 2004
00:43:32.01\00:43:36.51
and I really enjoyed ASI,
00:43:36.54\00:43:39.95
and I heard about
the Youth for Jesus,
00:43:39.98\00:43:41.48
and so... I've been
wanting to come ever since
00:43:41.55\00:43:43.65
so... this is my opportunity.
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.22
Amen, so you
finally made it here
00:43:45.25\00:43:46.76
and Kay is actually a
missionary, her and her family,
00:43:46.79\00:43:49.46
so they've been to many
different parts in the world
00:43:49.49\00:43:51.99
doing mission work
and she finds herself here
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.50
in the States,
right here in Tampa
00:43:54.53\00:43:56.33
doing mission work with us here
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.07
and so we're very
grateful for Kay to be here
00:43:58.10\00:43:59.93
now Kay, as you came out,
you were part of the Program,
00:43:59.97\00:44:03.34
tell us a little
bit about the classes,
00:44:03.37\00:44:05.31
what kind of classes were taught
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.28
at the Youth for Jesus Program?
00:44:07.31\00:44:09.18
Okay, well we had many
different Speakers come
00:44:09.21\00:44:12.71
and share
different topics with us
00:44:12.75\00:44:14.38
some were about
Christian Relationships,
00:44:14.42\00:44:17.39
about dating,
music, Christian music,
00:44:17.42\00:44:21.46
and Christian
standards and video games
00:44:21.52\00:44:24.53
and how we should
have a Christian life
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.60
we should live
our Christian life,
00:44:27.63\00:44:29.53
and also about
personal devotions,
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.43
how we can strengthen
our personal devotions.
00:44:31.47\00:44:34.17
Oh, so there was a
whole slew of different topics
00:44:34.20\00:44:36.84
in the
classes... and how did you
00:44:36.87\00:44:39.64
like those
classes, did you like them?
00:44:39.67\00:44:41.28
Yes, I enjoyed all of
them, they were really good.
00:44:41.31\00:44:43.71
All right, good, so...
who was your favorite class
00:44:43.75\00:44:46.08
if you could say you had
one or two favorite classes?
00:44:46.11\00:44:48.42
Well, I really
enjoyed Sean Brinster's class
00:44:48.45\00:44:52.25
about how to give Bible Studies
00:44:52.29\00:44:53.62
and how to go from door
to door doing door-knocking
00:44:53.66\00:44:56.62
and I also really
enjoyed Kevin's testimony,
00:44:56.69\00:44:59.19
he gave a
testimony during one of our
00:44:59.23\00:45:00.76
class times and
it was really good,
00:45:00.80\00:45:02.26
it was really inspiring
how God works through him.
00:45:02.30\00:45:04.17
Praise the Lord and so,
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.20
Kay, would you
say that this Program
00:45:06.23\00:45:09.30
has impacted you
as a young person?
00:45:09.37\00:45:12.37
Yes, it's been a
great experience for me,
00:45:12.41\00:45:14.84
while I've been
here at Youth for Jesus,
00:45:14.88\00:45:17.25
my spiritual life with
God has really deepened
00:45:17.28\00:45:20.02
and my prayer life as well,
I've really enjoyed the Program.
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.45
Amen, now if you could...
there could be some young people
00:45:23.49\00:45:26.82
right now, watching this,
debating on whether they should
00:45:26.86\00:45:30.13
or could be a
part of this Program,
00:45:30.16\00:45:32.13
what would you say to them?
00:45:32.16\00:45:33.50
I would say, "If you
have the opportunity,
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.00
go ahead, it's
really a good Program,
00:45:35.03\00:45:36.97
just take the
opportunity and go for it. "
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.70
Amen, thank you.
00:45:38.73\00:45:40.07
Audience clapping...
00:45:40.10\00:45:45.01
Well, I have two more
young people here with me,
00:45:45.04\00:45:48.14
oh, where did they go?
00:45:48.18\00:45:49.88
Okay, there they are, okay,
00:45:49.91\00:45:54.48
this is Ariel Pankratz,
and Ariel, where are you from?
00:45:54.52\00:45:59.85
I'm from Texas.
00:45:59.89\00:46:01.42
And how old are you?
00:46:01.46\00:46:02.79
I'm sixteen...
00:46:02.82\00:46:04.26
Now, you had kind of
an interesting road to
00:46:04.29\00:46:07.16
ASI Youth For
Jesus, share it with us.
00:46:07.20\00:46:10.23
Well, I first heard
about Youth for Jesus
00:46:10.27\00:46:12.57
from my two
friends, Devin and Michael,
00:46:12.60\00:46:14.80
and so I decided to apply to
this... the fall of that year
00:46:14.84\00:46:20.58
and at first... well I
told all my friends about it
00:46:20.61\00:46:24.35
and they all applied
and I was the only one that
00:46:24.38\00:46:28.08
didn't get accepted
so I was pretty sad,
00:46:28.15\00:46:31.02
and all my
friends... they were praying
00:46:31.05\00:46:33.89
really, really hard for
it, for me to be accepted
00:46:33.92\00:46:37.26
and I have some family friends,
00:46:37.29\00:46:40.03
Dr. Carlos
Japas and Gracie Japas
00:46:40.06\00:46:43.03
and they really wanted me to go
and they were praying for it too
00:46:43.06\00:46:46.80
and we had some ASI meetings
at the Fort Worth Church,
00:46:46.84\00:46:50.41
and so, Gracie
told me to go home
00:46:50.44\00:46:54.41
and write out
another application,
00:46:54.44\00:46:58.38
print it off and go
all the way back to church,
00:46:58.41\00:47:00.88
so I did that, and
I gave it to Dr. Japas
00:47:00.92\00:47:04.12
and he gave it to
somebody, he talked to somebody,
00:47:04.15\00:47:07.42
I don't know who...
and later, I got an e-mail
00:47:07.46\00:47:10.69
that said that I was accepted
and so, I was super happy.
00:47:10.73\00:47:13.93
Persistence pays off,
00:47:13.96\00:47:15.60
now Ariel, we
had a theme this year
00:47:15.66\00:47:18.23
at Youth for
Jesus, what was that?
00:47:18.27\00:47:20.84
Prayer...
00:47:20.87\00:47:22.40
And did we pray?
00:47:22.44\00:47:25.17
Yes, we prayed a lot.
00:47:25.21\00:47:28.28
Now you had a very
interesting experience,
00:47:28.31\00:47:32.58
first-hand experience
about an answered prayer
00:47:32.61\00:47:36.85
on the last day of the Program,
00:47:36.89\00:47:39.59
give us a...
tell us what happened.
00:47:39.62\00:47:42.22
Well, it was the
night of the baptisms
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.79
and everybody was happy that
a bunch of people got baptized
00:47:44.83\00:47:48.56
and I get a message
on my friend's phone
00:47:48.60\00:47:50.97
that said that I
needed to call my dad,
00:47:51.00\00:47:53.34
so I called my dad
and he tells me that
00:47:53.37\00:47:55.64
that day, someone
had broken into our house
00:47:55.67\00:47:58.17
and they stole
my sister's computer
00:47:58.21\00:48:01.48
and her Viola, and
so, I got my friend
00:48:01.51\00:48:04.75
and we prayed about it,
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.05
and my friend prayed that
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.28
God would convict
the heart of the thief
00:48:09.32\00:48:12.29
and help him to come to Jesus
00:48:12.32\00:48:14.09
and later in the
car I was praying,
00:48:14.12\00:48:16.12
"Yeah, convict him," you know,
00:48:16.16\00:48:17.63
and so the next day I
get a message from my sister
00:48:17.66\00:48:22.73
that says that
my cousin went home
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.47
and on the front steps
were her computer and her Viola
00:48:24.50\00:48:29.14
and so I learned that
God does answer prayers
00:48:29.20\00:48:35.11
and it really
boosted my faith in God.
00:48:35.14\00:48:37.75
Amen, now I also have
with me here, Juraj Turoci,
00:48:37.78\00:48:44.55
Turotzi, okay, well, it's "ci"
00:48:44.59\00:48:48.26
but in Czech
Republic it's something else,
00:48:48.29\00:48:52.53
anyway, Juraj, you
are from Czech Republic
00:48:52.56\00:48:56.73
I was born in Slovakia
00:48:56.77\00:48:59.50
but I moved to Czech
Republic... to my wife,
00:48:59.53\00:49:04.17
because my wife is from Czech.
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.84
Oh, I see, okay,
well that's a good plan,
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.31
okay, well, you know, this year
00:49:09.34\00:49:13.38
we started a brand-new
Program at Youth for Jesus,
00:49:13.42\00:49:16.99
because we had so many
people around the world
00:49:17.02\00:49:20.56
wanting to do what happens here
00:49:20.59\00:49:23.02
in North America
and ASI Youth for Jesus
00:49:23.09\00:49:25.29
and so we couldn't go over...
00:49:25.33\00:49:27.83
we couldn't take our team and
go over to all these countries
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.27
and hold these
meetings, and so we said,
00:49:30.30\00:49:32.83
"Okay, let's start
an internship program
00:49:32.87\00:49:35.17
where we invite Bible
Workers and Youth Leaders
00:49:35.20\00:49:37.81
to come and join us
00:49:37.84\00:49:39.37
for the whole
duration of the Program
00:49:39.41\00:49:41.28
so they know
exactly what happens
00:49:41.31\00:49:43.08
and they sit in
on our staff meetings
00:49:43.11\00:49:44.91
as we go
through all the training
00:49:44.95\00:49:47.12
and so, Juraj was
one of our interns,
00:49:47.18\00:49:49.25
and now, Czech
Republic has been wanting to do
00:49:49.28\00:49:52.95
a Youth for Jesus
Program for quite some time
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.89
and so what were your thoughts
00:49:55.92\00:49:58.19
as you try to
organize it in Czech Republic?
00:49:58.23\00:50:00.63
First of all, I
would like to say
00:50:00.66\00:50:04.57
that it's a very big privilege
that I stay here and I thank God
00:50:04.60\00:50:08.87
that me and my friends
from Czech and Slovakia Republic
00:50:08.90\00:50:13.88
we could spend an
exciting time in Tampa
00:50:13.91\00:50:16.88
and before... when we
came to Florida, to Tampa,
00:50:16.91\00:50:21.52
I heard a lot of information
about Youth for Jesus Program
00:50:21.55\00:50:26.86
but I still thought that we
cannot make the same project
00:50:26.89\00:50:32.19
in our countries,
because you know, it's a very...
00:50:32.23\00:50:35.40
some parts there's a
difference, like... in America,
00:50:35.43\00:50:38.60
but when we spent an
exciting time in Tampa,
00:50:38.63\00:50:45.17
now I can say
that this Program...
00:50:45.21\00:50:48.28
you can make it everywhere,
00:50:48.31\00:50:51.51
and, of course,
in our Countries too.
00:50:51.55\00:50:54.92
Amen, and now I
understand that you have
00:50:54.95\00:50:58.25
a definite date in mind for the
Czech Republic Youth for Jesus.
00:50:58.29\00:51:01.69
I don't know the definite date
00:51:01.72\00:51:04.56
but I know that it
will be on next summer.
00:51:04.59\00:51:08.60
Summer of 2009. Exactly.
00:51:08.63\00:51:11.87
Great, well we'll make sure
that we keep you in our prayers.
00:51:11.93\00:51:15.70
I would like to say
a very important thing,
00:51:15.74\00:51:20.88
me and my colleague from
Czech and Slovakia Republic,
00:51:20.91\00:51:24.05
we learned very important things
00:51:24.08\00:51:26.11
that prayer has very
strong... very amazing power.
00:51:26.15\00:51:32.35
Amen, amen, well, you know,
00:51:32.39\00:51:36.76
we've impacted the
lives of our youth,
00:51:36.79\00:51:40.80
we've impacted the lives of
00:51:40.83\00:51:42.76
the church members
that have attended,
00:51:42.80\00:51:44.87
the visitors that have attended,
00:51:44.90\00:51:46.23
but we do this Program to
win souls for God, amen...
00:51:46.27\00:51:50.87
and we have at least one person
00:51:50.91\00:51:55.11
who was the brand-new member
00:51:55.14\00:51:59.31
of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church family
00:51:59.35\00:52:01.08
and so I would like to
have Kevin bring Jim out here
00:52:01.12\00:52:05.19
and let's give an ASI Family
welcome to our newest member.
00:52:05.22\00:52:09.26
Audience clapping...
00:52:09.29\00:52:14.63
Here, I would like
to introduce to you
00:52:14.66\00:52:17.57
Jim McQuerter, Jim
was coming out to the
00:52:17.60\00:52:20.47
meetings almost every night,
00:52:20.50\00:52:21.84
he started a little
late and then came just about
00:52:21.87\00:52:25.17
every night and Jim,
00:52:25.21\00:52:27.38
what would you say
about this ASI Program,
00:52:27.44\00:52:29.74
now you're coming in from
the outside of this Program,
00:52:29.78\00:52:32.41
what would you say
about this Program?
00:52:32.45\00:52:34.08
Well, this is an
absolutely incredible program
00:52:34.12\00:52:36.89
I've seen a lot of Programs and
I've been to a lot of churches
00:52:36.92\00:52:41.12
around the Country, I've
been to some mega churches
00:52:41.16\00:52:43.73
and I've heard some
very fantastic speakers
00:52:43.76\00:52:45.99
but what these
youth have done here
00:52:46.03\00:52:49.40
I certainly want to
thank every single one of them,
00:52:49.43\00:52:51.93
what these youth have done here
for myself and for my family
00:52:51.97\00:52:56.87
by bringing my family in
00:52:56.91\00:52:58.34
with their love
and encouragement
00:52:58.37\00:53:02.18
and enthusiasm, it's
just absolutely outstanding
00:53:02.21\00:53:06.31
I've never seen
anything like it anywhere
00:53:06.35\00:53:08.88
the Bible Study Workers
00:53:08.92\00:53:12.15
are just absolutely,
incredibly well informed.
00:53:12.19\00:53:16.62
My Bible Study
Worker, Julie Ford,
00:53:16.66\00:53:20.83
came to my house in
March, I guess it was,
00:53:20.86\00:53:24.43
and with her love for Christ
and her passion for the Bible
00:53:24.47\00:53:31.04
has convinced me
and made it known to me
00:53:31.07\00:53:36.44
how the Adventists
00:53:36.48\00:53:39.15
are Bible believers,
00:53:39.18\00:53:41.78
I've been in a
traditional church
00:53:41.82\00:53:44.72
for years and years
and years here in Tampa,
00:53:44.75\00:53:46.82
and thought that I was
doing things the right way,
00:53:46.86\00:53:50.59
but Julie showed
me and Kevin as well,
00:53:50.63\00:53:54.73
I've spent a lot
of time with Kevin,
00:53:54.76\00:53:57.70
they've showed
me in Biblical fact
00:53:57.73\00:54:00.64
where I've been wrong, my
old church has been wrong,
00:54:00.67\00:54:04.94
thousands of us have been wrong
00:54:04.97\00:54:07.08
and I want to thank everyone
of you supporters out there
00:54:07.11\00:54:12.31
who support this group of
ASI because they saved my life.
00:54:12.35\00:54:17.49
Amen, thank you very much Jim,
00:54:17.55\00:54:21.29
and it was such a
pleasure to have Jim and Lucas
00:54:21.32\00:54:26.80
and Priscilla
come out each night,
00:54:26.83\00:54:29.53
it was such a blessing
for us to have them come
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.80
and his family has
just truly inspired us
00:54:32.83\00:54:35.57
and the youth as
they come out each night
00:54:35.60\00:54:38.31
and we just love all these guys
and so, thank you very much Jim.
00:54:38.34\00:54:41.44
We were going to have...
00:54:41.48\00:54:44.05
Audience clapping...
00:54:44.08\00:54:45.85
Jim's a great guy.
00:54:45.88\00:54:47.58
I want to tell you
a story about Carl,
00:54:47.62\00:54:50.79
now I have a hard
time saying that name,
00:54:50.82\00:54:53.96
C a r I Carl was coming out
00:54:53.99\00:54:57.93
to the meetings
each night as well,
00:54:57.96\00:54:59.93
and he was just on
fire for these messages
00:54:59.96\00:55:03.30
as he would hear them,
00:55:03.33\00:55:04.70
and I remember one
night in particular
00:55:04.73\00:55:07.07
David Webber, as
Lisa talked about,
00:55:07.10\00:55:09.20
the 15-year-old
that was preaching,
00:55:09.24\00:55:11.27
he preached... I
believe his best message
00:55:11.31\00:55:13.98
was on the health
message, he had so much fun
00:55:14.04\00:55:16.64
and in the health message,
he was talking about pork
00:55:16.68\00:55:20.02
and he gave a story,
he told a story about pigs
00:55:20.05\00:55:23.99
and it was rather
disgusting and it was funny
00:55:24.05\00:55:27.96
and it was a good impact
00:55:27.99\00:55:30.09
and then after that he
was talking about shrimp
00:55:30.13\00:55:33.03
and he says,
00:55:33.06\00:55:34.43
"Can I tell you a
story about shrimp?"
00:55:34.46\00:55:36.56
And Carl jumped up and
said, "No, not shrimp,"
00:55:36.60\00:55:40.27
and everybody just
laughed and so he sat down
00:55:40.30\00:55:43.91
and he was shaking his head
00:55:43.94\00:55:45.27
through this
disgusting story about shrimp
00:55:45.31\00:55:47.08
and so Carl continued to come,
00:55:47.14\00:55:49.64
and he won a
Vegetarian Cookbook, by the way,
00:55:49.68\00:55:52.81
divine providence...
and he took that thing
00:55:52.88\00:55:55.88
like it was gold, and he said,
00:55:55.92\00:55:58.29
"Kevin, you don't
understand... I cook... "
00:55:58.35\00:56:00.32
he's a single parent, he says,
00:56:00.36\00:56:02.19
"I cook for my kids and
they don't even eat what I cook,
00:56:02.22\00:56:04.36
I can't even cook rice"
00:56:04.39\00:56:05.83
and so he opened
up that cookbook,
00:56:05.86\00:56:07.80
and guess what was in
there, "How to cook rice"
00:56:07.83\00:56:10.97
and he said,
"Kevin, I can't believe it,
00:56:11.03\00:56:13.50
'How to cook rice'
and I'm getting... "
00:56:13.54\00:56:15.94
so he went home and
he's going to study the book,
00:56:15.97\00:56:19.67
so, we went to clear
Carl, I took William with me,
00:56:19.71\00:56:23.24
he was a permanent
Bible Worker at Tampa First,
00:56:23.28\00:56:27.28
and William and I went
to clear Carl for baptism,
00:56:27.32\00:56:30.92
and everything is going
smoothly in Carl's home,
00:56:30.95\00:56:34.52
and we're just
about ready to clear him,
00:56:34.56\00:56:37.23
and I said, "Carl,
is there anything else,
00:56:37.26\00:56:39.66
anything you'd
like to talk about... "
00:56:39.69\00:56:41.03
and he said,
00:56:41.06\00:56:42.40
"As a matter of
fact, there is, Kevin,"
00:56:42.43\00:56:43.77
and he went in his room and he
came out with two bulletins...
00:56:43.80\00:56:46.20
church bulletins,
00:56:46.23\00:56:47.57
I thought this is
odd, I'm thinking,
00:56:47.60\00:56:49.17
"Oh, man, maybe he saw something
00:56:49.20\00:56:51.17
in one of our
bulletins that he didn't like,"
00:56:51.21\00:56:52.97
and he gave one to
me and one to William
00:56:53.01\00:56:55.28
so we open up the bulletins
and it's not from our church,
00:56:55.31\00:56:59.61
it's from the Baptist Church
and as I look, I scroll down,
00:56:59.65\00:57:03.89
it says, "The
Reverend Carl so and so"
00:57:03.92\00:57:07.22
he's a Baptist
Pastor... we never knew...
00:57:07.26\00:57:11.09
and he said,
"Kevin, I never expected
00:57:11.13\00:57:13.50
to be getting baptized,
00:57:13.56\00:57:14.90
it's not why I came
out to these meetings,
00:57:14.93\00:57:16.87
I came out to
get more information
00:57:16.90\00:57:19.73
on prophecy for my congregation,
and here I am getting baptized,"
00:57:19.77\00:57:24.71
he couldn't believe
it, and so... incredible...
00:57:24.74\00:57:28.24
and so he said,
"Kevin, I have a dilemma,
00:57:28.28\00:57:31.18
I don't know what to
do now, should I continue
00:57:31.21\00:57:34.48
or should I just tell them
I'm not going to come anymore?"
00:57:34.52\00:57:37.82
And so, we left that decision
up to him, we prayed about it
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and Carl got baptized
and is a member of the
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Seventh-day
Adventist Church and... amen...
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so we just... we could
tell you story after story,
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it was an incredible program
I want to thank all of you,
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all the supporters
it's just incredible!
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Thank you ASI, you
know Youth for Jesus
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is part of your
offering every year,
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and you know...
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I know that God
doesn't need our money,
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He doesn't need our resources,
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but He does need
our hearts, amen...
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and these young
people, these Bible Workers,
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our staff, we put
all of our hearts in it
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for you... on behalf
of you... the ASI Family.
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