Good morning once
again, ladies and gentleman.
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I hope you enjoyed the first
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episode that we had this
morning and for the next part
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I'd like you to brace yourself
again for these are other
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issues that I would
like to bring to you
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as witnesses for the Lord.
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You know, as representatives
of God and as soldiers
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as Paul calls us, we
don't only use one method.
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There are several
methods that we use in attacking
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or getting into the objective
of the goals that we have,
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and our goals here are bringing
souls for the Kingdom. Amen?
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That is our goal. Amen? Amen!
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Please all say
"Amen" loud! AMEN!
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You can't be
heard in New Zealand!
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You must be heard
the whole Australia!
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You know, you don't
say, amen... so weak.
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SAY AMEN! AMEN! Praise the Lord!
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As I've said, we
use several methods;
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one method that you have
just heard a while ago...
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You know, when you use
the capacity that you have...
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Like, for instance, if you are
an ambassador of your country
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you know where to place
yourself what floor you can use.
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Some of you might be thinking,
"Oh you can do that Ambassador
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because you are an ambassador.
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But friends, you are also
an ambassador and God has given
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you also another set
of people to approach.
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You are not expected to approach
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the prime
minister of this country.
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Not even to the
president of my country,
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you can't get there to
the palace... No, you can't.
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Ambassador Tejano
can go in and out,
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and that is why he has
given me this privilege
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to witness to this people,
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but you can come
close to your neighbor.
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If you are a carpenter, you
can come close to those people
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who would like
their houses to be fixed,
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and that is where you
have to unload the mission that
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God has given you.
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If you are a nurse, the moment
you touch a patient, friend,
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you have the privilege to
tell them about Jesus, Amen?
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You can point to
them the Great Physician,
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and if you are a doctor,
you don't only open their
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pockets, you also open
their hearts... laughter
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You know doctors are
known to be wealthy people
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because they get a lot of money.
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I say that because
my wife is a doctor...
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I mean, there are doctors who
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are just
interested of getting money.
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I'm sorry to tell about this,
but I am speaking the reality.
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But there are doctors who
don't care whether they can
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make money or not
for as long as they can
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share the Word of God.
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This morning, I was
so much impressed about
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Dr. Aviles, Sarah, was
sharing to the audience...
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Boy... where is
she? Is the doctor here?
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You're right there!
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She's a surgeon,
right? You are a surgeon.
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I tell you, you can open
all the skins of the people
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and put in the Word
of God wherever you want.
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Surgeons can command their
patients not to say anything
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and not to move...
That's their privilege.
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Just like my wife,
she is an obstetrician,
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she can't stop the baby coming
out with that box of things
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If someone don't listen to her,
"I'll not let the baby out."
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You know, I've been
watching her deliver babies,
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and I had the privilege
of praying for those mothers
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who for like 12 hours, 24
hours, 30 hours, the baby is not
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coming and already pleading,
"Please doctor, do a cesarean."
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But my wife doesn't trust that;
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the cesarean is always a
good money, but you know,
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I used to pray while I
put my hands on their tummy,
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and I have witnessed
how the Lord has helped.
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My wife used to work at the
hospital before she joined me
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in this foreign service.
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She worked for 18
years, and I've seen a lot of
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babies and
mothers coming in and out.
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My wife, for the first
part of her medical work,
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we were having a lot
of time in our living,
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but she made a
commitment to her life,
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maybe because she is
the wife of a pastor,
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and maybe because I
over-evangelized her.
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That I told her, "You know,
it would be good if you can
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do charity work,
charity work for the people.
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If you think, you
know, when they come to you
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they're pregnant and then they
are not actually thinking about
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the baby coming out,
but about the money to pay,
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you should be able to
read in-between lines,
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and assure them
before the baby comes out,
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don't worry about the payment,
I'll make it free for you,
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maybe the baby will
come easily. Laughter
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And I indoctrinated my
wife with that kind of...
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"Please do that," you know.
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And, you know,
they will remember you.
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And the mother will tell
the child, "You know, child,
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you were
delivered FREE of charge,
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and you know who delivered
that one - that doctor,"
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and you will be remembered
as long as that child lives.
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My wife was listening; somehow
I think she got the message.
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And you know what happened?
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In that hospital,
there were 5 of them,
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5 of them in the hospital...
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So, the arrangement with
the hospital is that the doctor
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receives the
"P.F." What is P.F.?
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Dr. Aimee? Dr. Aimee
knows the "professional fee."
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So 100% of the professional
fee goes to the doctor.
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So now they can decide whether
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to make it free
or charge them a lot.
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You know what
commitment she made?
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She said - "All right."
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All that I think
do not have money,
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I'll deliver the child
free of charge," and it happens.
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Since there are 5 doctors and
they have the same arrangement,
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it's almost like everyone is
competing to get more patients.
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More patients, more money,
right? Simple arithmetic, simple
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And then how can you make money
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when you are
making so many free?
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So that was another irony.
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But I said, "You do
it," the Lord will bless us."
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And I tell you, my wife
just became very popular
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among the poor people.
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Among all those poor
people, the word spread out
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in that Caloocan City, you
know, it's a big city in Manila.
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It just spread out even
out to Paranaque, out to Passi,
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all the Metro
Manila and in Metro Manila
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you have 24 million
people and it spread out to the
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Seventh-day Adventist Community.
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When they see people
living in a makeshift
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and all the
squatters area, they would say,
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"You know you can
deliver your child free,"
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and it spreads out.
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But the good thing is
this, when one pregnant woman
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comes to the hospital
and she delivered her child
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free of charge, when she
goes home, this woman will start
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to talk to all these people who
have money and when she comes
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back for a check
up, she will bring like
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5 or 10 pregnant
women with money!
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And you could imagine how many
patients my wife has to deliver.
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That's why for the past 18 years
I pleaded with her "stop it now,
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stop - no more - no
more, you have to join me
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because we will
phase another ministry."
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And so my wife, since I
joined the Foreign Service,
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she stopped
practicing as a doctor.
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Now what is the
point I'm driving here?
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With so many methods
that we use, I'm telling you
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the church has used a
very effective method,
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and Ellen G. White
called this as what? John...
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She called this as
what? Come on church...
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Please don't disappoint me,
you're bright students here.
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You look so bright, I
don't know what's inside of you.
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Come on! Ellen
White calls this as what?
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Look at my hands, what is this?
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What is this first?
Is this the right hand?
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I want to test your
senses. What is this? Left hand!
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And what is this? Right hand!
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And Ellen G. White said,
"The right hand of the gospel
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is what?" "Medical ministry."
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Friends, the church has advanced
so fast because our church
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was able to use this instrument.
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This is the opening
words of the gospel.
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And Ellen White said...
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I have a very old book
here, but it's all listed about
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Medical
Ministry... it's just old.
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When people look at this, say,
"What is the Ambassador doing,
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doesn't he have money
on him to buy a new one?"
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Friends, I
cannot depart from this.
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It has been here with
me for the past 28 years.
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And what I read in here is
just instruction for the church
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and Ellen G. White said,
"Every member of the church
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should become a
medical missionary worker."
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If you are a
member of this church,
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God expects you to be
His right arm of the gospel!
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And to tell you the
truth, the reason why I have an
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easy access to these
people in high places like
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the president, kings and
prime ministers is because
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when we have the opportunity,
when we run out of conversation
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of politics, I don't have
so much facts about politics,
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about the
economy, about diplomacy...
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I'm a poor pastor, I
started from grassroots.
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But, when I ran out
of all these issues,
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I turned to the health
message and everyone of them
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would just open their eyes
and..."Ohhh, I have rheumatism"
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"Can you help me cure this?"
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I am talking about
my President... See?
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"How can you help me?"
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Because you can
see him on television,
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he is walking like this...
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And he pretended to
be... back straight.
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And then in our personal,
"Please, how can you help,
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very painful."
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Then started talking...
"You know, Mr. President,
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there is a simple way
of relieving the pain,
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and that is hydrotherapy."
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"You can soak your leg
up to here in your bathtub,
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with hot water coming
in and then soak it again
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in cold water and then
alternate and you will have this
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hydrotherapy treatment."
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And he tried it and
said, "It's working."
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Now we have
something to talk about.
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Simple, just water.
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You have the water in
your faucet anywhere you go.
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You have all this, God
provided so that it can be used
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for any opportunity that
you can present the gospel.
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And you know, this
president, I ended up having him
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operated in "Hong
Kong Adventist Hospital."
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And when he was operated,
he called me and he said,
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"How can I join the
Seventh-day Adventist Church?"
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Isn't that
amazing, it's so amazing!
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And I just say, "It's
simple, simple methodology
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of presenting the gospel."
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Of course we have our
sanitariums, hospitals all over,
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but we have a
responsibility as a church.
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You and I can be partakers of
this as we present the gospel.
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Pastor Bartolome was saying,
"Oh I found one technique."
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Those who are having nose
bleeds... come here, come here,
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come here, come here! You
come here... you come here.
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Where is your key? Here.
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All right, put it right here.
I think I'm having nosebleeds.
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How many times? Just two times.
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Oh come on, drop it, drop it.
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You drop it like that
see. Oh come on, I'm wired...
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All right. It's very effective.
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And you tried it? I
tried it with my granddaughter
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yesterday.
Yesterday, no right now
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can we try it? Let
your nose bleed now
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so that I can... Okay...
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Look at this, you might
laugh, but there might be some
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scientific effect on
this because you know
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when you put anything
like metal on your body,
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the electrical changes,
whatever this is, might happen,
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but, you know, I'm not
even surprised about that. Why?
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Actually, you can even
drop this one and the bleed
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in the nose will stop. Laughter
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You know why? Yesterday,
if you remember my message,
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Jesus even used His saliva.
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But anything can be used
to advance the work of God.
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So I am saying that you
who are engaged in witnessing,
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friends, prepare yourself with
a humble knowledge in health,
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simple home remedies,
hydrotherapy, massage,
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maybe a counsel,
maybe taking blood pressure.
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In fact, if I am a
propose, pastor in massages,
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whenever we again have
this kind of gathering like this
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as you do it, division-wide,
I would propose if you have
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like 5 days or 4 days gathering,
please let us have one day
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for community service.
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That would become
more memorable to all of us
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rather than you guys just
be sitting there and we are
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talking here and you go home
and you forget what we said.
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But when you are involved,
now in the new technology,
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no matter how good is the thing,
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if you don't have
on-hands practice,
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you forget everything.
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So I propose, next
time around, maybe our next,
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maybe in New Zealand or
anywhere else around the world,
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please make use of
it, maybe we can visit
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the president or your
prime minister or your governor,
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or your mayor in this
community and tell them that
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this is what we do,
and maybe in few hours
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we spend like
distributing "Steps to Christ,"
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get 50,000
copies, distribute them.
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We go home, we are satisfied,
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we did a lot of
job for the Lord! Amen!
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Use so many methods
on how we can carry out
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this message of salvation,
that is the health ministry.
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You know when I was... sorry,
were running out of time here,
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but when I first became
a pastor, I graduated from
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"Mountain View College," I was
assigned in a village where the
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bulk of Catholicism was
started in the Philippines.
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That was the place
where Magellan landed.
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You know Magellan started
Christianity in the whole region
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of Asia. All right?
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So he landed in Homonhon
Island, and if you go to
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Homonhon Island, there are
huge, big Catholic Churches.
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One of my professors
at Mountain View College
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always gave
lectures and the class said,
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"Oh, I have been assigned
to this island for 10 years,
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and not a single sick soul
really accepted Jesus Christ,
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14 years of his pastoral work...
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And I kept saying, I was still
sitting in his class and said,
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"Lord, please don't
assign me there." Laughter
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Because, you know,
young students, you are afraid
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to take those risks.
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Then after my graduation,
the first letter I received
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from the Mission said,
"You are assigned on the
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Island of
Homonhon... I almost melted.
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But you know, when you
make a commitment to the Lord,
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and we sing, "Lord send me
wherever You want me to go."
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So I went there, I was
assigned as a young pastor.
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I got my Bible... always
wore like - you know, PACK!
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And I memorized a
lot of texts here,
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and I was thinking the
moment someone comes and
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initiate any debate, I
will bombard them with all
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the texts that I have here.
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You know, a young
pastor is also aggressive.
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I said, "Come on, tell me your
doctrine and I'll attack you
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head to foot."
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But when I
arrived in that community,
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when they learned that I was
a Seventh-day Adventist pastor,
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they started to
shun away from me.
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When they saw me, they would
try, when I'm walking on the
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street, they would detour,
and I was really hurt, you know,
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for the first 6 months of
my ministry in that village.
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Now I started to understand
my professor why he was
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not able to convert
one, and I was so hurt,
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I said, "Oh
Lord, what shall I do?"
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When I was at Mountain
View College, I learned how
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to do some simple home
remedies and treatment,
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so I started to put aside a
little for a while, my Bible,
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and I started
walking around the community
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trying to hear if there
are some people who are sick,
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and finally, I heard someone,
a very prominent family,
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he has rheumatism, arthritis,
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so I said, "I know how
to do that - hydrotherapy."
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So I went there and said,
"I hear that you have problem
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with your knees
and your ankles."
00:21:12.90\00:21:14.64
"Oh yes, so
painful I cannot move."
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I said, "Do you have a bucket
or a pail?" He said, "Yes."
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Kindly boil water.
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You know, when you
do some kind of things
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you just act as if
you're a professional,
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even if this is your
first time to do it. Laughter
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But be sure that you
practice it at home... Okay?
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So they listened and
the daughter prepared
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and boiled it and
everything, so I soaked the leg.
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And while he was there sitting,
"Oh, I'm starting to get relief
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from all this pain."
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So I did it 2
times, 3 times, 4 times,
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and then massage a little
bit and then went back home.
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The following day, I came
back again - he was smiling!
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I thought, "Lord, thank
you, maybe he is relieved."
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He said, "You know,
last night, your sturdy hand,
00:22:03.02\00:22:05.69
I was able to sleep... good,
good!" "Well we'll do it again!"
00:22:05.72\00:22:09.02
So we did it again
and this time neighbors
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were really trying to peep into
the windows, they were watching.
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So I did it seriously as if
I'm a professional, you know,
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"arbularyo"... but
with all my praise, Lord,
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I am not an "arbularyo," please.
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"Arbularyo" is a
quack doctor, you know.
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So, I'm just doing this
Lord, I know this is scientific,
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You know it... this
is professional-one,
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so I was doing that...
and then I went back home.
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The third time I came, the
morning when I visited him...
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Oh, he was so
happy... the whole family.
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I looked at the table,
they prepared a nice breakfast
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for me... I said, "Come
on, I'm going to eat now."
00:22:49.03\00:22:52.60
So before I
started... "Can we eat first?"
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I said, we eat first. Okay...
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I started eating,
enjoying nice food, you know.
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Good vegetables and
fruits and some fish,
00:23:01.44\00:23:04.65
but I said, "I
don't eat this meat."
00:23:04.68\00:23:07.88
I started to inject
the message that I had.
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He said, "No, it's
very nice, it's pork."
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I said, "Yeah but it
might even add to that pain."
00:23:14.12\00:23:18.59
REALLY? I said, "Yes."
So he started, "Oh okay."
00:23:18.63\00:23:21.93
"Grandma, don't serve me
PORK." "No pork" products.
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All these kinds of meat products
"No more meat products!"
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So I started to
inject the message.
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But the third time
I did give to him,"
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.55
I said, "Sir, you know actually
the reason why the healing
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is so fast is because
after I left your home,
00:23:44.62\00:23:48.06
I went back to my house
and I knelt down and prayed
00:23:48.09\00:23:53.06
that the good Lord
will help you recuperate."
00:23:53.09\00:23:57.67
And he opened his eyes and
said, "Then can we pray here?"
00:23:57.70\00:24:01.67
I said, "Yes."
"Okay, let's pray."
00:24:01.70\00:24:04.74
"Okay, let's pray."
00:24:04.77\00:24:06.11
And then I noticed him,
he said, "Okay let's pray."
00:24:06.14\00:24:09.84
And then he was
moving his chair like this,
00:24:09.88\00:24:13.01
and then I was just
waiting for him to knee down...
00:24:13.05\00:24:16.02
"Okay let's pray." Here,
here, here, here... Mr. Tejano
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And I saw all the...
I thought that I was...
00:24:19.09\00:24:27.10
because it was a good ready
position here to kneel down,
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.93
but he was... here,
here, okay, okay, okay, okay
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.63
Come on here... here, here.
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And oh, when I looked at all
the Santa Maria, everything and
00:24:34.30\00:24:39.17
all the infant Jesus and
all the San Pedros and San Juan,
00:24:39.21\00:24:43.91
and, you know, you
don't object to that.
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Yeah, of course, I faced them,
but I said, "All right you can
00:24:48.58\00:24:54.76
close your eyes if you want."
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.32
He said, "No, I
want to see Virgin Mary."
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.56
I said, "Okay, look at her."
00:24:58.59\00:25:00.13
So I just prayed, I prayed.
00:25:00.16\00:25:04.00
I tell you, it
just took me 3 months,
00:25:04.03\00:25:06.27
the whole family
was baptized. Amen
00:25:06.30\00:25:09.84
The whole family!
00:25:09.87\00:25:11.81
In my 2 years of internship,
with the Lord's help,
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and it's there, I was
able to establish 7 churches,
00:25:17.95\00:25:22.18
and one church school with
2,000 church members baptized.
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Simple health approach.
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Another method -
this communication.
00:25:29.96\00:25:33.90
The Lord has blessed
us, this communication,
00:25:33.93\00:25:37.30
this technology.
00:25:37.33\00:25:40.04
We have the 3ABN, Three
Angels Broadcasting Network,
00:25:40.07\00:25:45.44
very powerful instrument
in reaching a lot of people,
00:25:45.47\00:25:49.24
wealthy people.
00:25:49.28\00:25:54.02
You know, if you happen
to go to the Philippines,
00:25:54.05\00:25:57.12
go to the big churches;
their services is not only once,
00:25:57.15\00:26:01.82
3 times in the morning because
people will just come into
00:26:01.86\00:26:06.66
the church - you
don't know their faces.
00:26:06.70\00:26:09.83
Some times I was so
amazed, I'd ask, "Who are you?"
00:26:09.86\00:26:16.47
And they would introduce;
I'm Agnes? "Oh, you are members
00:26:16.50\00:26:22.48
of this church?" "No, we
don't know anybody here."
00:26:22.51\00:26:25.45
"How did you come?"
00:26:25.48\00:26:26.82
"Oh, we were told by
Doug Batchelor to look for a
00:26:26.85\00:26:31.22
Seventh-day Adventist
Church, or sometimes Mark Finley
00:26:31.25\00:26:36.42
told me that the Sabbath
is the true day of worship,
00:26:36.46\00:26:41.13
so we found out that it's
the Seventh-day Adventist,
00:26:41.16\00:26:43.47
so we came here."
00:26:43.50\00:26:44.83
"In fact, we are bringing
our tithes and offerings,
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.04
we shall report this one."
00:26:47.07\00:26:48.70
I was surprised, you
know, and a lot of them,
00:26:49.64\00:26:53.14
They are professional, sometimes
I meet them in the palace,
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.41
sometimes I meet them in some
working place in high places.
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.98
I said, "Oh
brother, why are you here?"
00:27:00.02\00:27:02.25
"Well I was listening to
Doug Batchelor, you know..."
00:27:02.28\00:27:04.49
or we listen to
3ABN, do you have that?"
00:27:04.52\00:27:07.92
They are asking me,
"What do want us to put
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.86
the 3ABN in the Philippines?"
I said, "Somehow, yeah."
00:27:09.89\00:27:13.40
And they said, "Oh boy, this is
00:27:13.46\00:27:15.50
a very nice,
very nice broadcast."
00:27:15.53\00:27:18.17
He said, "You know one
time, we were having difficulty
00:27:18.20\00:27:21.40
in our home, I could not
sleep; there were no more
00:27:21.44\00:27:25.47
television stations operating,
so I put on my television
00:27:25.51\00:27:28.74
trying to scan if
there is someone operating,
00:27:28.78\00:27:31.25
and I opened at 3ABN and there
Doug Batchelor was hammering
00:27:31.28\00:27:34.68
about the Sabbath."
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.05
And I looked at him and
then he talked about the food,
00:27:36.08\00:27:38.62
he talked about
all this doctrine,
00:27:38.65\00:27:40.32
and I asked my family,
and they found Jesus Christ."
00:27:40.36\00:27:44.36
So amazing! Now,
in the elite area in
00:27:44.39\00:27:48.83
Makati where the
wealthy people are,
00:27:48.86\00:27:50.83
there is a big
group now gathering.
00:27:50.87\00:27:53.70
They are
multimillionaire people.
00:27:53.74\00:27:56.50
You know the Philippine
National Book Store's owner?
00:27:56.54\00:27:59.54
He is one of those there,
they are there doing having
00:27:59.57\00:28:04.71
Bible study every
morning on Saturday with our
00:28:04.75\00:28:08.48
Conference
President, Pastor Gala
00:28:08.52\00:28:11.02
They are studying
the Bible, and they said,
00:28:11.05\00:28:14.69
"Pastor Tejano, I'm just
so excited, I don't know what
00:28:14.72\00:28:17.16
to do with these
wealthy people...
00:28:17.19\00:28:18.66
You know, when they come
with all their limousines,
00:28:18.69\00:28:21.46
and all their security
guards and all this, and then,
00:28:21.50\00:28:24.53
you know, I have to be
very careful about what I say."
00:28:24.57\00:28:28.00
I said, "Go on brother,
the Lord has opened the way."
00:28:28.04\00:28:31.77
And this is the
power of this communication
00:28:31.81\00:28:34.54
the 3ABN Broadcasting Network.
00:28:34.58\00:28:37.48
Now you have it
here in Australia,
00:28:37.51\00:28:40.35
you have it in New
Zealand, you have it everywhere.
00:28:40.38\00:28:42.58
Then you say, "Oh
pastor, what is our role?
00:28:42.62\00:28:45.05
Of course the
3ABN is broadcasting."
00:28:45.09\00:28:46.96
What is our role, friends?
00:28:46.99\00:28:48.92
You can have the part of this.
00:28:48.96\00:28:53.76
You can have the satellites
installed in your house.
00:28:53.80\00:28:58.40
You can have connection
with cable and then invite
00:28:58.43\00:29:02.10
your neighbor and
perhaps they don't want to come
00:29:02.14\00:29:05.04
because you don't
smile too much to them.
00:29:05.07\00:29:07.44
That's what you do sometimes.
00:29:07.48\00:29:10.45
That's why you
don't know your neighbor.
00:29:10.48\00:29:13.01
BUT, you can tell
them, "Hey, we have a nice
00:29:13.05\00:29:16.85
program on 3ABN, I understand
you don't have it here."
00:29:16.89\00:29:20.69
And then you can sponsor
one and say, "Would you like
00:29:20.72\00:29:23.43
it if I put one in your house?"
00:29:23.46\00:29:26.76
Who would ever say "No."
00:29:26.80\00:29:28.13
This is a television
program, you know, both these
00:29:28.16\00:29:31.80
antenna or receiver
and put it in the house,
00:29:31.83\00:29:34.50
and I tell you,
friends, when you have it
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.40
installed in your house,
you have the 24-hour broadcast
00:29:36.44\00:29:39.47
and the
evangelism day and night,
00:29:39.51\00:29:41.98
and I'm doing it
now in New Zealand.
00:29:42.01\00:29:44.88
I'm in the Filipino community,
00:29:44.91\00:29:46.58
I said, "Do you have this
3ABN?" "No, we don't have."
00:29:46.61\00:29:49.22
"You like I put one?"
00:29:49.25\00:29:51.15
"Pastor, really?" I said, "Yes."
00:29:51.19\00:29:53.82
"Are you doing that? "Yes."
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.36
"Oh, if it's from you, I
will listen day and night."
00:29:55.39\00:29:58.89
So I would have it installed.
00:29:58.93\00:30:01.00
And now in my embassy
because there are a lot of
00:30:01.03\00:30:04.47
people coming every day.
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.13
They want to have visa,
they need to have renewal
00:30:06.17\00:30:09.44
of all those documents.
00:30:09.47\00:30:11.11
What I did is to
put a television station
00:30:11.14\00:30:14.11
right in the waiting
area and then I put it on...
00:30:14.14\00:30:19.28
And while they wait, they watch.
00:30:19.31\00:30:27.36
They cannot wait if
they will not watch.
00:30:27.39\00:30:32.23
And they are so
delighted and happy because
00:30:32.26\00:30:35.76
sometimes they come at
the time when there's cooking
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.93
for the
mothers... aww, the women do
00:30:37.97\00:30:40.50
"Aww, these are the healthy
foods, what channel is this?"
00:30:40.54\00:30:46.47
You know they
ask, my consul general
00:30:46.51\00:30:50.05
is watching
always, my television,
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.75
I have it in my office
and then also in my house
00:30:51.78\00:30:55.12
I installed one so that
when I have guests from all over
00:30:55.15\00:30:59.12
some congressman,
senators, some guests from
00:30:59.15\00:31:02.19
around the world,
they come to my house,
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.29
I would purposely put
on the television station,
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.53
and they watch the singing,
you know... "Oh they're so
00:31:07.56\00:31:10.50
beautiful, I
don't know if there is a
00:31:10.53\00:31:11.93
station like
this in my country."
00:31:11.97\00:31:13.97
I said, "You have it there."
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.57
Now look church,
I am a believer that
00:31:16.60\00:31:20.58
the Lord is coming very soon.
00:31:20.61\00:31:24.65
But sometimes before
the introduction of this
00:31:24.68\00:31:26.88
communication, I said,
"How can these things happen
00:31:26.92\00:31:31.69
when the Bible said, "And
this gospel of the Kingdom
00:31:31.72\00:31:34.72
shall be preached
into all the world,
00:31:34.76\00:31:37.96
and then the end shall come."
00:31:37.99\00:31:41.90
Now, while I was thinking...
You know I am the kind of
00:31:41.93\00:31:44.30
pastor who just doesn't accept,
that's why I was telling you
00:31:44.33\00:31:48.74
the verse that I cited yesterday
about when the Lord said,
00:31:48.77\00:31:53.38
"No one is to be blamed,"
I really would like to ask
00:31:53.41\00:31:56.44
when He comes again, I
said, "Jesus, if only there is
00:31:56.48\00:31:59.91
someone to blame to just
tell the people about who really
00:31:59.95\00:32:03.65
sinned, the boy or the parents."
00:32:03.69\00:32:06.76
You know, in the same
manner, I was asking...
00:32:06.79\00:32:09.72
and the gospel shall be preached
and then the angel come,
00:32:09.76\00:32:13.06
then there are so many
people who have not heard
00:32:13.09\00:32:15.63
the word of God;
how about in China,
00:32:15.66\00:32:17.70
there are more than 1 billion,
India, more than 1 billion.
00:32:17.73\00:32:21.50
The Philippines has
just high-rocketed population
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.74
all over the world, you know.
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.08
Oh by the way, the Filipino
outside of the Philippines
00:32:27.11\00:32:29.71
have 13 million Filipinos
working include you and myself.
00:32:29.74\00:32:34.55
Thirteen million, and thank you
for the remittance, on behalf
00:32:34.58\00:32:40.36
of my president, I
would like to thank you,
00:32:40.39\00:32:43.83
and on behalf of the government.
00:32:43.86\00:32:45.89
If not for your help
and remittance your friends
00:32:45.93\00:32:49.20
and relatives back at
home, the Philippines would have
00:32:49.23\00:32:51.93
gone down because you are
remitting 12 billion dollars
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.84
every year and thank you very
much on behalf of our president.
00:32:55.87\00:33:01.14
We count you as our
hero, the silent hero,
00:33:01.18\00:33:05.11
the supporter of our economy.
00:33:05.15\00:33:06.82
Now let me go back
to the evangelism...
00:33:06.85\00:33:10.09
that's not my topic,
please, just for the sake of my
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.29
president but he is doing good.
00:33:13.32\00:33:15.92
Now, what I was saying is
that we can use this as a tool
00:33:15.96\00:33:22.63
in reaching a lot of
people, and I was not truly a
00:33:22.66\00:33:26.20
believer when it says, "and
the gospel shall be preached
00:33:26.23\00:33:29.30
and then the end shall come."
00:33:29.34\00:33:30.67
I said, "Lord, how
can we finish this one."
00:33:30.71\00:33:32.74
But when this communication
came into our time,
00:33:32.77\00:33:36.18
mind you friends, I am
the number one believer
00:33:36.21\00:33:41.55
of the verse that says, "And
the gospel shall be preached
00:33:41.58\00:33:45.19
and then the end shall come."
00:33:45.22\00:33:46.92
And my church... listen, if
you will not support and help
00:33:46.96\00:33:50.89
in this evangelism, just the
same, the work will be finished.
00:33:50.93\00:33:56.13
But it's a pity if you are
not a partaker of this job.
00:33:56.16\00:34:00.90
You will not even enjoy even
if you are saved in the Kingdom.
00:34:00.94\00:34:04.97
But when you are a part
of the workforce, I tell you,
00:34:05.01\00:34:08.24
you will enjoy
singing the song of Moses
00:34:08.28\00:34:11.55
and the song of the
Lamb because you have
00:34:11.58\00:34:14.12
something to share on
that music and the lyrics
00:34:14.15\00:34:19.35
because you too, yourself,
has become an instrument
00:34:19.39\00:34:22.46
for some souls that were
brought into the Kingdom of God.
00:34:22.49\00:34:26.70
You can be a part.
00:34:26.73\00:34:30.67
That's why when I
started to understand this,
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.60
I said, "Lord, what can we
do now, Lord, what shall we do?"
00:34:34.64\00:34:40.24
"Look, in the Philippines,
how can we reach these people?
00:34:40.28\00:34:44.31
many of them don't
know about Your ways.
00:34:44.35\00:34:49.98
They don't even
know about the Sabbath
00:34:50.02\00:34:52.25
which is a sign
between You and Your children."
00:34:52.29\00:34:56.02
So I started thinking, "How can
we have a television station?"
00:34:56.06\00:35:00.70
I prayed, I talked
to the Union president,
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.73
and my Union president said,
"Ah Brother Tejano, you are
00:35:03.77\00:35:06.50
dreaming so
much, please wake up."
00:35:06.53\00:35:10.37
And I said, "No, look at
the other Protestants group,
00:35:10.41\00:35:13.91
they have like 10
hours, 24 hours broadcasts.
00:35:13.94\00:35:17.58
They are preaching the gospel;
00:35:17.61\00:35:19.08
we are an organized
church, what happened?
00:35:19.11\00:35:20.98
Why can we not put it on?"
00:35:21.02\00:35:24.12
He said, "Aww, that's
okay. You know, even if we
00:35:24.15\00:35:27.19
only going to rent by hours,
they are chalking up by the
00:35:27.22\00:35:29.72
millions and we
cannot afford to operate."
00:35:29.76\00:35:32.26
But you know, down
deep in my heart said,
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.43
"You know, the
Lord... perhaps some means."
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.87
That was my dream before
3ABN came to the Philippines,
00:35:36.90\00:35:42.10
I said, "Well I hope we
can have a television station."
00:35:42.14\00:35:46.34
And he told me, "You
know, even in the whole
00:35:46.37\00:35:49.11
Pacific and Asia there
is no television station
00:35:49.14\00:35:52.11
owned by the
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:35:52.15\00:35:53.72
are you aware of
that, Brother Tejano."
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.55
I said, "Yes, but Lord,
you know why are all those
00:35:55.58\00:35:57.99
people are having... You
know Benny Hinn and all these
00:35:58.02\00:36:00.49
other Protestants - they
are making all this evangelism
00:36:00.52\00:36:04.79
by television and radio...
Why can't we not do this?"
00:36:04.83\00:36:09.96
Then that was the time I
was assigned as an ambassador.
00:36:10.00\00:36:17.14
You know Channel 9 was for
sale, owned by the government.
00:36:18.67\00:36:23.21
I approached Channel 9, and
they are selling it to us for
00:36:23.24\00:36:27.45
the figure is more of a billion.
00:36:35.39\00:36:39.26
Mr. Tejano I can
give you the quotation...
00:36:39.29\00:36:40.96
He said, "More or less
roughly, including everything,
00:36:41.00\00:36:43.57
we can give it to you
for about 2.5 to 3 billion."
00:36:43.60\00:36:46.67
I said, "Billion?"
00:36:46.70\00:36:49.27
"I don't even have a ticket
going to Palawan." Laughter
00:36:49.30\00:36:54.64
And, it's almost impossible
because all these things
00:36:54.68\00:36:58.45
are so
expensive, very expensive.
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.15
So, I almost
dismissed this idea of having a
00:37:01.18\00:37:04.49
television station
in the Philippines.
00:37:04.52\00:37:07.19
When I was appointed as
ambassador, I happened to
00:37:07.22\00:37:11.99
meet someone who
a owns franchise.
00:37:12.03\00:37:20.47
He has a radio station all over
the country, he's a wealthy man.
00:37:20.50\00:37:25.21
He owns 13 radio
stations in the country,
00:37:25.24\00:37:30.28
and he owns a franchise which
was approved by the congress
00:37:30.31\00:37:35.52
during the time of
Corazon Aquino and Marcos,
00:37:35.55\00:37:40.66
approved by the congress,
approved by the senate,
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.53
but not signed by the president.
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.09
And, it has a timeframe
that if it will not be signed
00:37:46.13\00:37:49.50
within that period, that
franchise will be cancelled.
00:37:49.53\00:37:53.30
I met this man, we had a dinner.
00:37:53.34\00:37:57.61
He told me, "Yeah,
I have radio stations,
00:37:57.64\00:38:00.68
in fact, I have franchise and
licenses, but not signed by the
00:38:00.71\00:38:04.75
president." I
said, "How would you
00:38:04.78\00:38:06.85
work it?" I said, "Well, if
the president will sign this,
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.25
I can put up television
station all over the country."
00:38:09.28\00:38:12.55
It so happened at that time,
I was appointed as ambassador,
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.89
I said, "Can I try that?"
00:38:15.92\00:38:19.09
He said, "Well, if
you can have this signed,
00:38:19.13\00:38:22.03
I'll allow you to use
one of the licenses here
00:38:22.06\00:38:26.40
that I have in the
whole Philippines."
00:38:26.43\00:38:28.30
I said "Really? Can I
try that?" He said, "Yes"
00:38:28.34\00:38:33.68
So I thought... Hold it!
00:38:34.41\00:38:36.78
I said, I want to
go to the president."
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.65
You know, the good
thing of the ambassador is
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.72
you have the access
to the office of the
00:38:40.75\00:38:43.12
president anytime
you want. All right?
00:38:43.15\00:38:46.65
So, because I am his and
he is my friend, you know.
00:38:46.69\00:38:51.09
So I went there... very funny
because when I was a pastor,
00:38:51.13\00:38:56.53
every time I went to the palace,
they would search my body
00:38:56.56\00:39:00.70
and examine everything in order
00:39:00.74\00:39:03.17
for me to be able to
come inside the premises,
00:39:03.20\00:39:06.34
but when I was
appointed ambassador,
00:39:06.37\00:39:08.74
everybody executed the salute
and I just nodded them, alright.
00:39:08.78\00:39:14.78
So I went there, I went to
the office of the president,
00:39:14.82\00:39:17.79
and then we had
pleasantries, talked together,
00:39:17.82\00:39:20.89
and I said, "Mr. President,
I have a very important
00:39:20.92\00:39:25.16
purpose and he said, "What?"
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.86
I said, "Mr. President, you
know, the Seventh-day Adventists
00:39:27.90\00:39:33.03
would love to have a television
station in this country."
00:39:33.07\00:39:37.31
And he looked at me
and he said, "Ahhh."
00:39:37.34\00:39:41.78
So I pulled out my
letter. I said, "Mr. President,
00:39:41.81\00:39:44.28
this is my letter to you,
asking if you can help us."
00:39:44.31\00:39:49.85
And he said, "I understand
all the licenses and all the
00:39:49.88\00:39:53.22
frequencies were already
assigned all over the country
00:39:53.25\00:39:55.29
a long time ago and
there is no more vacancy."
00:39:55.32\00:39:57.89
I said, "Yes, Mr. President,
but there is a one that is
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.76
being contested and I
know if you will give it to us,
00:40:01.80\00:40:10.71
this will be the only
television in the entire country
00:40:10.74\00:40:13.78
of the Philippines that
would broadcast on anything
00:40:13.81\00:40:18.75
on community
services like anti-smoking...
00:40:18.78\00:40:21.92
he is a chain-smoker,
so he opened his eyes,
00:40:21.95\00:40:26.02
anti-alcoholism... he drinks
a lot, and then I told him
00:40:26.05\00:40:31.39
and others like, anti-drugs,
cooking, all kinds of helpful
00:40:31.43\00:40:37.53
lifestyle will be
shown here and not so much
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.77
advertisement, Mr. President."
00:40:41.80\00:40:43.77
He said, "Do you know,
this is very expensive."
00:40:43.81\00:40:46.07
And I said, "I know,
Mr. President, but you know
00:40:46.11\00:40:48.84
Seventh-day Adventist
is a church worldwide.
00:40:48.88\00:40:52.91
We have our members
all over the world."
00:40:52.95\00:40:55.78
"Do you think you can
afford to put up a station?
00:40:55.82\00:40:58.89
I said, "Mr.
President, with God's help
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.12
we will be able to put it up."
00:41:01.16\00:41:02.69
"There is only one
available frequency."
00:41:02.72\00:41:07.83
"But there is a
franchise, Mr. President,
00:41:07.86\00:41:11.30
to be signed by you."
00:41:11.33\00:41:13.13
And you know, he pulled
out his pen and he started
00:41:13.17\00:41:16.34
writing what they
call a marginal note.
00:41:16.37\00:41:21.01
See, if this was my letter,
he started to write right here,
00:41:21.04\00:41:24.88
and instructed the commissioner
and said, "Mr. Commissioner,
00:41:24.91\00:41:28.35
release the license -
approved by the President
00:41:28.38\00:41:34.22
of the Republic
of the Philippines."
00:41:34.26\00:41:36.32
I tell you, friends, that
license was contested with
00:41:36.36\00:41:42.70
4200 applicants,
multimillionaire and for you
00:41:42.73\00:41:49.00
to be able to get that license,
sometimes you have to give a
00:41:49.04\00:41:53.11
grace money of not less than
00:41:53.14\00:41:54.54
200 million - 300
million to get that.
00:41:54.58\00:41:59.01
It was given to us by the
President free of charge. AMEN!
00:41:59.05\00:42:03.89
I brought that letter
for the commissioner...
00:42:03.92\00:42:07.09
Of course the
commissioner was not happy,
00:42:07.12\00:42:09.32
but I told him - this is the
instruction of the President.
00:42:09.36\00:42:11.76
Quickly it was approved!
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.80
And immediately, since
we don't have resources
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.30
on how to put up a
television station, I called up
00:42:17.33\00:42:20.34
3ABN in Illinois and I
talked to Danny Shelton,
00:42:20.37\00:42:24.61
and Danny said, "If we
have the license, next month
00:42:24.64\00:42:28.24
you will have all the equipment
brought to your country."
00:42:28.28\00:42:31.38
And in three months' time,
they brought the equipment.
00:42:31.41\00:42:34.92
It would be the
biggest television station
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.12
in the whole Pacific and Asia,
00:42:37.15\00:42:39.29
and now it is radiating
with 80,000 kilowatt power,
00:42:39.32\00:42:45.89
and it is radiating
to 24 million people.
00:42:45.93\00:42:49.26
That's why a lot of
people are coming in,
00:42:49.30\00:42:51.23
a lot of people coming in.
00:42:51.27\00:42:53.13
We have been operating
now for about 10 years now,
00:42:53.17\00:42:56.17
and we were not charged of
this license from the owner.
00:42:56.20\00:43:00.68
The owner, himself, was
watching the television station,
00:43:00.71\00:43:07.55
the owner himself,
the whole family...
00:43:07.58\00:43:10.22
three weeks ago, he was baptized
at Loma Linda University,
00:43:10.25\00:43:16.76
the whole family!
Audience applause...
00:43:16.79\00:43:21.80
Don't clap first because I'm
going to give you a bombshell.
00:43:21.83\00:43:29.40
After this, he
called me in New Zealand,
00:43:29.44\00:43:35.28
he calls me now, "brother."
00:43:35.31\00:43:37.51
"Brother Tejano," he said,
"I have joined your church,
00:43:37.55\00:43:43.52
and my entire family."
00:43:43.55\00:43:45.62
You know, I could not
hold my emotion on the phone.
00:43:45.65\00:43:50.99
I started crying... I said,
"Brother Manny, for 10 years,
00:43:51.03\00:43:55.30
I could not resist the truth
that your television station
00:43:55.33\00:44:01.87
was broadcasting; I
pretended not to listen,
00:44:01.90\00:44:05.97
but every time I opened
and checked the frequency
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.14
and the picture
whether it's good or not,
00:44:09.18\00:44:11.28
then Mr. Doug Batchelor
and Mark Finley, they were
00:44:11.31\00:44:14.85
talking to me
directly, and I had to yield
00:44:14.88\00:44:19.55
because I understand
that this is the Word of God.
00:44:19.59\00:44:22.22
Now, we've joined your church.
00:44:22.26\00:44:24.63
Thank you, Brother, for being
patient with me," he told me.
00:44:24.66\00:44:28.23
Then he started to
talk to me and said,
00:44:28.26\00:44:31.23
"I have a problem."
I said, "What is this?"
00:44:31.27\00:44:34.07
He said, "I have a cancer."
00:44:34.10\00:44:38.17
And he is having now an
intensive treatment in America.
00:44:38.21\00:44:45.28
And now, because this franchise
that he owns, this company,
00:44:45.31\00:44:51.09
he has partners, and they want
to sell this whole franchise.
00:44:51.12\00:44:56.29
They want to sell it
before, I think, I hope not,
00:44:56.32\00:45:00.33
before he passed away.
00:45:00.36\00:45:02.46
The problem that I
am now entertaining,
00:45:02.50\00:45:05.13
in fact, I called up Danny,
first one I called up Danny
00:45:05.17\00:45:08.70
a few days ago before
I came here and almost
00:45:08.74\00:45:12.81
with tearful eyes, I
said, "Danny, we cannot let go
00:45:12.84\00:45:16.14
of this television station.
00:45:16.18\00:45:18.15
The tagged price of
4.5 million U.S. dollars.
00:45:18.18\00:45:23.49
Where shall we get that money?
00:45:23.52\00:45:25.89
I came here with a heavy
heart, but I know that the
00:45:25.92\00:45:31.03
Lord will hear our prayers.
00:45:31.06\00:45:33.50
I'm just letting
you know about this.
00:45:33.53\00:45:36.46
Please pray for this."
00:45:36.50\00:45:38.80
I talked to him
earnestly and said, "Brother,
00:45:38.83\00:45:41.70
can you not just donate to
the Seventh-day Adventists?"
00:45:41.74\00:45:45.74
He said, "I want you to do
that now that we are brothers,
00:45:45.77\00:45:48.84
but I have my
partners who partly own."
00:45:48.88\00:45:53.38
I said, "Could you... how
about making it a lower price?"
00:45:53.42\00:45:58.55
You know with all the
discussion on the telephone,
00:45:58.59\00:46:01.26
we spent about 3 hours...
00:46:01.29\00:46:02.62
He finally said, "Okay, if it
will be possible for our church
00:46:02.66\00:46:09.86
or anybody to help, I'll
just let it go... I'll convince
00:46:09.90\00:46:14.64
my partners so that
you'll just pay for their share,
00:46:14.67\00:46:18.11
and that is 2 million dollars
out of 4.2 million," he said
00:46:18.14\00:46:23.28
he can let it go for 2 million.
00:46:23.31\00:46:25.38
And so with this, I
said I'm going to bring it
00:46:25.41\00:46:30.29
to the knowledge of our church,
and you are the first group
00:46:30.32\00:46:33.59
that I have informed;
you are the first group.
00:46:33.62\00:46:37.29
This is a powerful television
station in the Philippines,
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.53
friends, and there are
few, not only a few, I think
00:46:40.56\00:46:44.90
religious groups
who wanted to buy it,
00:46:44.93\00:46:48.94
but Brother Manny who
became a member of our church,
00:46:48.97\00:46:52.31
he is resisting not to
let go not unless it goes
00:46:52.34\00:46:55.44
to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:46:55.48\00:46:57.88
So this is my prayer,
please help with this,
00:46:57.91\00:47:00.15
pray for this.
00:47:00.18\00:47:01.52
If God impresses your
idea, let it be and guide you
00:47:01.55\00:47:05.29
with the Holy Spirit, but
I want you to pray for this.
00:47:05.32\00:47:08.36
This is an instrument
that is being used in many ways
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.13
that the Lord can
bring souls to the kingdom.
00:47:12.16\00:47:15.13
Church, for the very
limited time, let me end up
00:47:17.03\00:47:23.91
with a very, I
hope, short story...
00:47:23.94\00:47:28.21
In Papua New Guinea, when
I was there as an ambassador,
00:47:28.24\00:47:32.28
I was in my office when
all of a sudden, a wife came,
00:47:32.31\00:47:39.79
I could hardly see her eyeballs
anymore because the eyes
00:47:39.82\00:47:44.86
were already closed, bulging.
00:47:44.89\00:47:47.63
She has been crying
for days and days and days.
00:47:47.66\00:47:51.40
And I don't know if they have
watched the television station
00:47:51.43\00:47:59.11
because when I was in Papua
New Guinea, the first thing I
00:47:59.14\00:48:01.84
did was also ask the government
to give us television license,
00:48:01.88\00:48:07.02
and now it's broadcasting
also in Papua New Guinea,
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.55
so it is there already in
Philippine and Papua New Guinea,
00:48:09.58\00:48:12.62
but this particular lady,
she came to my office and said,
00:48:12.65\00:48:15.76
"Mr. Ambassador, I have a
problem." I said "What is this?"
00:48:15.82\00:48:18.89
She said, "You know my
husband is in the jail."
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I said, "What happened?"
00:48:24.73\00:48:27.70
She said, "He was
charged with bribery."
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"Oh, so how much did he bribe?"
00:48:33.41\00:48:39.41
And then she cried more...
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"No," she said, "He was
given a sentence of 12 years
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with hard labor."
00:48:47.59\00:48:49.46
I said, "How much did he bribe?"
00:48:49.49\00:48:51.69
She said, "He bribed only $500."
00:48:51.73\00:48:56.90
And I said, "No wonder
why, he should have made it
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$5,000 or $50,000;
maybe they got angry
00:49:01.84\00:49:06.27
because your
bribe was very small."
00:49:06.31\00:49:09.91
I was joking with her,
but this could be the truth,
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because, you know,
but he was in things.
00:49:13.48\00:49:17.69
And this guy is a CPA,
certified public accountant.
00:49:17.72\00:49:21.89
He was the cashier - the
reason why he was charged
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was because the owner of
the company asked him to deliver
00:49:24.86\00:49:29.80
an envelop and there was
a $500 there and he thought
00:49:29.83\00:49:34.30
that it was only
a letter of thanks,
00:49:34.34\00:49:36.00
but they
interpreted it as a bribe.
00:49:36.04\00:49:37.77
Anyway, in short this guy
was jailed and he attempted
00:49:37.81\00:49:42.94
to commit suicide 2
times because when you are
00:49:42.98\00:49:46.08
in that jail friends, you would
rather choose death than life.
00:49:46.11\00:49:50.79
So horrible, I mean they
just pee and poo on the floor,
00:49:50.82\00:49:55.66
and you live there and you
don't even have a place to stay,
00:49:55.69\00:49:59.46
you just sit down...
you know it's so horrible!
00:49:59.49\00:50:02.50
I went there myself and
the reason why it caught my
00:50:02.53\00:50:06.33
attention
because he got blinded.
00:50:06.37\00:50:08.67
His one eye because he
was forced to do hard work
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and carry heavy
loads, his retina ruptured,
00:50:11.81\00:50:16.64
and that because of infection,
it is starting to move
00:50:16.68\00:50:19.21
to the other left eye and then
00:50:19.25\00:50:21.35
finally this guy
was almost blind.
00:50:21.38\00:50:24.42
I pleaded to the
judge to release him,
00:50:24.45\00:50:26.79
bring him to the
Philippines or to Australia
00:50:26.82\00:50:29.42
while he is under
treatment, but the jury
00:50:29.46\00:50:33.43
did not like and even the judge.
00:50:33.46\00:50:35.46
Because of my
compassion and I was so touched
00:50:35.50\00:50:39.47
... you know the lady, the wife
doesn't leave my office anymore,
00:50:39.50\00:50:43.30
and I was also crying already
00:50:43.34\00:50:45.74
because I saw the
children, you know.
00:50:45.77\00:50:48.14
You know when the wife started
to relate "we have children,"
00:50:48.18\00:50:51.45
you know we already
agreed with my children,
00:50:51.48\00:50:53.88
we will commit
suicide, all of us."
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.88
"We never expected this life.
00:50:55.92\00:50:59.29
The children agreed that we will
all kill ourselves together."
00:50:59.32\00:51:03.69
I was so moved, I cannot
stand with those kind of things.
00:51:03.73\00:51:07.86
I went to the
judge, asked him...
00:51:07.90\00:51:10.03
Please release that
guy, have him treated,
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.77
after the treatment, he
can come back and serve.
00:51:12.80\00:51:15.67
"NO!"
00:51:15.70\00:51:17.11
Out of my desperation, I
said, "Okay, I will write,
00:51:17.14\00:51:22.98
I'll guarantee, if he will not
come, I will pay all the charges
00:51:23.01\00:51:27.92
He said, "No.." "All right,
let him out, I'll go to jail."
00:51:27.95\00:51:31.35
He said, "You
cannot do that, Ambassador,
00:51:31.39\00:51:35.02
because you cannot be jailed."
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.13
"We know that, we
know that you have the
00:51:37.16\00:51:39.33
diplomatic
protection and if we jail you,
00:51:39.36\00:51:42.23
we'll be the one to be in jail."
00:51:42.26\00:51:43.77
I said, "Okay, I
will make my waiver."
00:51:43.80\00:51:45.83
And I did make my waiver.
00:51:45.87\00:51:47.97
"I waive my
privilege as ambassador,
00:51:48.00\00:51:52.44
let him just be treated."
00:51:52.47\00:51:54.01
And this guy was
allowed to be free.
00:51:54.04\00:51:57.78
I thought they
would put me in...
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.72
He said, "Ambassador no, we
will keep your promise here.
00:52:00.75\00:52:04.75
If this guy will not come
back, you will be in jail."
00:52:04.79\00:52:07.76
I said, "I accept that."
00:52:07.79\00:52:09.32
So he was escorted to the
Philippines with 4 soldiers,
00:52:09.36\00:52:13.83
4 policemen I mean, policemen,
00:52:13.86\00:52:16.10
and he was
treated right immediately
00:52:16.13\00:52:18.03
in "Makati Medical Center."
00:52:18.07\00:52:19.77
The whole
treatment, there were there,
00:52:19.80\00:52:21.34
and then the
policemen got tired,
00:52:21.37\00:52:23.47
they went back
home after 3 months.
00:52:23.51\00:52:25.57
After 4 months, the
doctor called me and said,
00:52:25.61\00:52:28.14
"Mr. Ambassador, the
guy is already healed,
00:52:28.18\00:52:31.91
so I will send him back."
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.98
I said, "Doctor, no he is not
yet healed." Audience laughter
00:52:35.02\00:52:44.29
And he said, "No, no, no,
he's okay, he is cleared."
00:52:46.06\00:52:48.63
"Look, he is still sick."
00:52:48.66\00:52:50.87
"No, no, I'm the
doctor, I'm talking to you now."
00:52:50.90\00:52:53.47
I said, "Doctor,
please, he's still... you know,
00:52:53.50\00:52:55.87
he needs further treatment."
00:52:55.90\00:52:57.57
"I'm the specialist!"
00:52:57.61\00:52:58.94
"Doctor, he is still sick,
please, look at his other eye."
00:52:58.97\00:53:02.11
"I know it," he said.
00:53:02.14\00:53:03.68
"Doctor, you don't
understand me PLEASE!"
00:53:03.71\00:53:06.55
"HE IS STILL SICK...
THE MOMENT HE COMES HERE,
00:53:06.58\00:53:08.75
HE'S BACK IN JAIL!"
00:53:08.78\00:53:11.05
He said, "Oh
really." I said, "Yes."
00:53:11.09\00:53:15.32
"Can you please have a
second, like a second opinion
00:53:15.36\00:53:19.49
like you have to
refer him to somewhere else
00:53:19.53\00:53:21.30
so that he will
have further treatment?"
00:53:21.33\00:53:23.03
"Yeah, but he's already..."
00:53:23.06\00:53:24.47
"Please not yet, okay, please."
00:53:24.50\00:53:26.30
He understood my
message, and I told him
00:53:26.33\00:53:31.47
have him for an opinion
back to the United States
00:53:31.51\00:53:34.21
to be sure that he is okay.
00:53:34.24\00:53:36.38
And then he was sent
to the United States...
00:53:36.41\00:53:40.05
This guy, instead of having
been treated or to the hospital,
00:53:40.08\00:53:46.89
he found a job and he landed
a good job in the United States.
00:53:46.92\00:53:50.99
One day, I was called
to the palace, Malacaņan,
00:53:51.66\00:53:59.57
and I was surprised,
the president was sitting,
00:53:59.60\00:54:05.11
and there was the
wife who pleaded with me
00:54:05.14\00:54:09.61
in the embassy; she
was smiling with her tears,
00:54:09.64\00:54:16.42
and the children were crying.
00:54:16.45\00:54:19.45
And when they saw
me, "Madam President,
00:54:19.49\00:54:21.76
this is the one,
that's the one, he's the one
00:54:21.79\00:54:24.99
who helped my husband."
00:54:25.03\00:54:27.20
"We never thought that
there would be an ambassador
00:54:27.23\00:54:30.20
like that - who is
willing to go to the jail
00:54:30.23\00:54:32.33
on behalf of my husband."
00:54:32.37\00:54:35.97
"Madam President,
thank you very much...
00:54:36.00\00:54:38.77
With all our lives,
we owe it from this man."
00:54:38.81\00:54:42.54
Then I explained to
the present, I told him,
00:54:42.58\00:54:45.15
"Madam President, it's always
my obsession wherever I can
00:54:45.18\00:54:52.25
be a part in relieving people."
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.32
And the president
thanked me very much.
00:54:54.36\00:54:57.66
But the greatest joy I
have is that their children
00:54:57.69\00:55:01.46
were sent to the Adventist
University in the Philippines,
00:55:01.50\00:55:05.23
and they became
baptized Seventh-day Adventists.
00:55:05.27\00:55:09.24
They are nurses
now. We praise the Lord!
00:55:09.27\00:55:13.07
God can use many
ways and many methods
00:55:13.11\00:55:17.61
for as long as
you open your heart
00:55:17.65\00:55:21.35
for the working
of the Holy Spirit.
00:55:21.38\00:55:24.12
It is my prayer,
church, that we will have this
00:55:24.15\00:55:27.39
opportunity to serve Him.
00:55:27.42\00:55:31.19
In fact, if God
impresses you to do His work,
00:55:31.23\00:55:34.03
please don't hesitate because
00:55:34.06\00:55:36.87
the One who is
behind you is known as
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.77
The King of Kings
and The Lord of Lords.
00:55:39.80\00:55:43.14
God bless you.
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