Good evening, everyone.
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I hope you're happy you're here.
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About a year ago,
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as you all know the
economy began to meltdown
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and I was worried that maybe ASI
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wouldn't be quite
the same this year.
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But you know what a privilege
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it is that God has
organized it for us to be here.
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And I don't know if
it goes through your mind
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but He has to do a lot of work
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to get this many
people here for the blessing
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that we're about to enjoy.
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I'm going to invite you to stand
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to thank God for this blessing.
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Heavenly Father,
Lord, you're awesome.
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Thank you for
bringing us here together.
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Thank you for
working out our protection
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and preparing our
mind for the things
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that are about to happen.
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And, Father, more and more
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we ask that you would help us
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to feel our need
because we do need you.
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And we know that you've
prepared for us a feast,
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help us to be
hungry for it this evening
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and as the days follow through.
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Bless the seminars.
Bless all the speakers.
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Bless us individually
so that as we return home
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we'll return home stronger than
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how we came to be a blessing
to a greater number of people.
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Thank you for being
our God and blessing
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ASI this year in
Jesus' name, amen.
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You may be seated.
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Good evening, we
are excited to see
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such a lovely crowd
out here this evening.
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Are we not, Ramon?
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Yes, beautiful from up here.
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It is a beautiful
sight and we're also happy
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that we have our
3ABN audience with us
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and our Hope
Channel audience with us.
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That's wonderful.
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Greetings to all those
folks out there watching.
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Absolutely. We
know it's warm here
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in Phoenix but
it's even warmer in here
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because we are
with our ASI family.
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It's cool in here, right?
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I hope you're gonna stay in here
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the entire rest of the week.
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We're gonna keep it
warm outside for that reason.
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That's right. Now why would
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we want them to stay in here?
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Because we have a fantastic
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lineup of
speakers and presenters.
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You don't want to
miss any of the programs.
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That's right. We do have
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a lot of special plans for
you during this special weekend.
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And we don't want
you to miss anything.
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But there is one particular area
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that I must mention and
that's the exhibit hall.
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What all are we
gonna find there, Ramon?
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Well, there are over 200
hundred exhibits over there
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and these people have
worked very, very hard
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putting together what
they have in display for you.
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You don't want to
miss what's there.
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Tonight between 9:00 and 10:30
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we invite you to
go to exhibit hall,
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the far left of this corridor
when you exit this auditorium
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and tomorrow and
Friday, from 11:00 a.m.
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until 5 o'clock in the evening.
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Don't miss going
into the exhibit hall.
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You'll meet friends, network
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and learn a lot
of new techniques,
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how to share Jesus
in the marketplace?
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That's right and isn't
there also a one-day church?
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One-day church
and a one-day school.
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You'd want to go and see that.
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The one-day school,
we're gonna be hearing
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a little bit more
about that but that something
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we do wanna see.
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Yes, by all means.
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All right I
want to see something
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from this audience tonight.
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I wanna know how many people
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are attending
for the first time.
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If you are attending
for the time stand up.
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Let's see. Wow. Amen, amen.
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Amen. How exciting.
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We're so happy you're here
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with our AS--to
join our ASI family.
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Whatever we can do
to make you feel welcome
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please don't hesitate
to tell us what you need.
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We're happy you're here.
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And what's
happening in the morning
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for these people, Ramon?
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Well, after you
have a nice breakfast
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you want to be right there.
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Because there will be a service
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and you don't want to miss
what's going to happen here.
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And is there a special breakfast
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for these first time attendees?
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Yes, the first time attendees
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you will be eating with your
fellow first time attendees.
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Go through the line,
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get your meal
and follow direction.
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There's a special place
for you inside the cafeteria.
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And I'm gonna be there,
Roman is going to be there
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and we want to meet you.
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It's very important
that you get to know us
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and we want to
get to know you also.
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Now in your packages,
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you probably got
some special things.
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What do you think
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that we gave you this
year is this first thing,
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what is this, Ramon?
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It says, "Fellow
Workers with Him."
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And the author is W.D. Frazee.
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That's right.
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You know he's a
special man believe it or not.
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Even though Elder
Frazee is not alive anymore
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I still listen to his sermons.
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My husband downloads
those sermons into my iPod
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and as I am walking
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I am being
blessed by those sermons.
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You must not miss
listening to that sermon.
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It will be such a blessing
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and we appreciate so much
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that we have this as a
part of our package this year.
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We've got something else.
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The "Acts of the Apostles."
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Its a new book, ASI book.
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You probably received one
when you registered today.
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We wanna make sure
that you get a copy.
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This is another one
of the classical books
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that ASI has
printed over the years.
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And as you open the book
you'll see the other books
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that are available through
the Pacific Press of course.
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Wonderful book,
reasonable price,
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you need to buy
one, buy a dozen,
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buy a hundred and
share them with your friends.
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Oh, I like that word share.
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That's what we're
about here at ASI.
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We want to
share Jesus, don't we?
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-Amen. -We've
got a world to tell
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and there are so
many opportunities
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and ways of witnessing.
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And speaking of witnessing,
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what is going to be given
out on Friday night, Ramon?
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You know I have
purchased a lot of books,
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this made simple
that made simple.
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Well, one of our
own put together,
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compiled a
little booklet called,
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"Witnessing Made Simple."
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In this little book you
will find a lot of resources,
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source of
material that you can use
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to help you
enhance your ministry.
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This is a wonderful resource
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and you want to
keep it very handy.
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You won't be receiving
that until Friday evening.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I thought
you got it today in the packet.
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That's okay, that's okay.
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He is so
enthusiastic and excited.
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He wants you to
have it right now.
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But you will be
blessed by this little book.
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Our vice
president for membership
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and recruitment has
been working hard on this.
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And we are excited to share
it with you Friday evening.
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Well, we want you to
be spiritually blessed.
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We want you to go away
knowing Jesus even more.
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What's our theme
this whole weekend, Ramon?
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"Changed by Knowing Him."
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We do want you to be changed.
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We aren't here to entertain.
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We're here to
know more about Him.
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We're here to learn
new ways or even do things
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that we've never
done before for Him.
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We want to be witnessing.
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We know Jesus is coming soon.
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We can't wait.
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You know I believe in the Bible.
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And I'm interested in the Bible.
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But I believe in our Bible.
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I believe in the
truth that we've been given.
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And tonight and throughout
this weekend it's my prayer
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and in fact it's
our entire team's prayer
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that you will be
blessed abundantly.
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So thank you for being here.
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God bless you and we
look forward to sharing
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-this time with you. -Amen.
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[Music]
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Well, good evening, ASI.
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Oh, no, come on.
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Can we try that one
more time. Good evening, ASI.
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Good evening.
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It's so good to
see all of you here
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for our opening night
for our 2009 convention.
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I wanna ask you a question.
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How many of you got one
of these in your packets?
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"The Adventist Review." Okay.
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This is something that
we're very excited about.
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And I have my good friend
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Bill Knott here with me tonight.
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Now, Bill, you
have something to do
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with this magazine, what is it?
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Well, they call me the editor
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but actually I
just get to direct
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the talented team of people
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who help bring out good
quality material every week.
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Wonderful. Now many of us
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at convention have grown
up with the Adventist Review.
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It's played a
major spiritual role
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on our church for a longtime.
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Can you tell us a
little bit more about
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what this journal is meant
to the church all these years?
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I was thinking
about this last week
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because last week
was the 160th anniversary
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of that 8 Mile Walk James
White took with the first copy
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of what is today
the Adventist Review.
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Taking it to the
printer in Middletown,
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Connecticut. He
said at that time
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that he wanted to publish
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present truth for
the scattered flock.
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For James and Ellen White
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that was about three or
four hundred persons in 1849.
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Well, today the mission
is remarkably the same except
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that the flock is scattered
to about 17 million people
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in about 200 countries.
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But the mission
is still the same.
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Now I've noticed because
I like reading magazines,
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I'm into design.
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I've noticed that you've changed
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the cover and the
format a little bit.
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But you've done more than that.
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There's
something that is changed
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in between the covers.
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Tell us a little bit about that.
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In 2008, we went through
a process literally across
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the United States
visiting college campuses
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and congregations
and church leaders.
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And saying, tell us what matters
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to you in this magazine.
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Tell us what you
want to see week by week
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that will feed you,
that will convince you
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again that you're
in the right place
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as part of God's remnant people.
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We heard many wonderful things.
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We also heard some
things we needed to fix.
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We came out with a
new design last October.
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Again a new
version of the new review
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as some of you have
called it but we change things
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by making it much more timely.
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Updating information,
making sure that news of
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the church was very
current and relevant.
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By clearly marking off
sections at the magazines
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so that it's
easy to find your way
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and find your favorite sections.
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We did that with the
team that's really dedicated
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to listening well to
the church and that's why
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we're here at this
convention again this year.
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You know I was paging
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through this Adventist Review.
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And I don't know, if you
haven't looked at this yet
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you need to because
this is the first time that
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we've actually had a
collaboration between
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ASI and the Adventist Review.
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And as I was going
through you'll seethat there are
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ministry features, all
different types of articles.
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One thing I noticed
specifically was that
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you have
something called Kids' View.
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In the magazine I
noticed that there was ASI theme
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which I was very
happy about but I know that
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you're working on
trying to communicate
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with some
special specific groups.
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Kids' View is one of those.
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Tell us about Kids' View
but also some of the other
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groups that you're
working on reaching out to.
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We decided some years
ago to focus on populations
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in the Adventist
Church that needs
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special support and care.
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One of those
was children between
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the ages of 6 and 12.
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And today Kids'
View our publication for
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Adventist kids goes
to 25 thousand students
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in Adventist Elementary Schools.
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Grades K through 6 and also
is stapled into the magazine
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every month so
about 50 thousand copies
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specifically targeted in
a child friendly way with
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the message of
hope that the rest
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of the magazine maintains.
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We also focus on new believers.
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We work with
conferences across North America
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to sponsor of one
year subscriptions to the
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Adventist
Review to new believers
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in every conference.
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Thousands of
persons who've been baptized
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in the last year get
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of the world church
they've joined by reading
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this magazine every week.
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We've recently
launched a literacy project to
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reach out to individuals
who are learning about
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Adventism in India.
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And many, many
of you in this hall
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responded with contributions.
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We exceeded our goal
by three times because
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people like you
said, we wanna help people
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learn to read
the Bible in India.
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And we found that
project another one that help
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communicate the
gospel to a target population
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that really needs support.
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Now I just wanna come back to
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this ASI themed
Adventist Review.
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I know you and your editorial
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staff put this together.
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Tell us a little bit about
what that process was like,
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putting together the specific
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ASI themed Adventist Review.
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Well, Danny is being
modest about this but we talked
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a lot with ASI officers
and members of the staff.
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We wanted to find out
how we could get across
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the story of ASI
to a world church
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that sometimes doesn't
know the dynamic things that
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happen not only at this
convention but year round.
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And we found that the
partnership talking back
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and forth sharing
ideas, sharing story ideas and
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program ideas helped
us craft an edition that
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we think will
represent your story well
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to the rest of the church.
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Every month more than
a hundred thousand people
00:18:38.28\00:18:40.80
pick up this magazine
either on the web or in print
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and look at it.
They hand that on.
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They hand that information on.
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We reach a large percentage
of the Adventist church
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in North America
through this journal and through
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Adventist World
literally around the world.
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We're trying to tell
that story because we believe
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the church is a lot bigger
than the building I work in.
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The church is a lot
bigger and much more widespread
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with its message than anything
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we can convey in one structure.
00:19:05.03\00:19:07.69
And so telling the ASI
story is doing with this journal
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it was intended to
do from the beginning.
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To tell the story
of God's remnant people
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wherever they are
and wherever they go.
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Well, Bill, I just
wanna tell you thank you
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on my behalf and on
behalf of our ASI membership
00:19:20.71\00:19:24.17
we appreciate the
collaboration and we hope that
00:19:24.18\00:19:26.08
that can continue in the future.
00:19:26.09\00:19:27.52
We're delighted to do
that. Thank you so much.
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Couple of other things
that I want to share with you--
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we have been really
making some strides in our
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ASI website and I
think that we have
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that website, I'd
like them to put on
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the screen
right now if they can.
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Couple of things I
just want you should
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be aware of and know about.
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This convention is
the first year or we are
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going to be not only
capturing everything that
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happens here at
convention both the seminars,
00:19:55.65\00:19:57.59
the plenary sessions here.
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We're gonna capture all
that and we're gonna post it on
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the internet
where you can access
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and download it for nothing.
00:20:04.51\00:20:07.37
And we're trying to do
that in a timely manner.
00:20:07.38\00:20:09.96
We're trying to
turn it around in
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a 24 hour time period.
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There are a lot of other things
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that happen on this website.
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There is a
newsfeed where you can go.
00:20:16.76\00:20:18.99
We regularly give updates
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about different ASI ministries.
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Things that might
be of interest to you.
00:20:21.93\00:20:23.77
And I want you to go
visit www.asiministeries.org
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and checkout all the resources
00:20:28.72\00:20:30.43
that we have there.
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One other thing I
also wanna promote,
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we have our ASI update
that goes out every two weeks.
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It's an email that
we send out, that talks
00:20:37.68\00:20:40.33
about different
ministries, it has news
00:20:40.34\00:20:42.57
and announcements, talks about
00:20:42.58\00:20:43.98
some of the
different projects and updates
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on those projects
as they are happening.
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We have about
2,000 people that we send
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this to and we found
that only one-third of you
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open these up when
we send them to you.
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So we want- please
take note of those,
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open those, look at them.
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If you're not
subscribed to that list
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you can go to the website,
you can plug in your email
00:21:00.68\00:21:03.84
and instantly be--
start getting news,
00:21:03.85\00:21:07.42
notes and different events
that are happening for ASI.
00:21:07.43\00:21:11.19
So we would
encourage you to take advantage
00:21:11.20\00:21:13.23
of the resources that
we there to stay connected
00:21:13.24\00:21:16.51
with the ASI
family. Thank you so much.
00:21:16.52\00:21:19.73
Good evening, ASI.
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Are you excited to
be here tonight? Yes.
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One of my favorite
parts of ASI is always
00:21:34.31\00:21:37.04
the members and
action. How about you?
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Tonight we have two ASI members
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Darry and Ginny Campbell.
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And we're excited to
hear what they've been doing.
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And what ASI and
their involvement with ASI
00:21:48.22\00:21:51.61
has helped encouraged them
to do both around the world
00:21:51.62\00:21:54.93
and also in their
hometown where they're at.
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So where are you from?
We're Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Now I know you're gonna
tell us some stories tonight
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and experiences
and providences from
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a little ways away
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Where has God led you to
be experiencing his providence
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in his working in
other parts of the world?
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We've had a few
trips to Thailand.
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Okay, how has that gone?
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How you've seen God working
in your trips to Thailand?
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Well, the one thing
you can always be sure of
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if God calls you to do something
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He makes himself
responsible for the success
00:22:34.42\00:22:36.94
of what He calls you to do.
00:22:36.95\00:22:38.94
Our part in it is to
answer the call. Amen.
00:22:38.95\00:22:42.52
And so He's
blessed us in many ways.
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The other thing you
can be sure of is that
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He is going to surprise
you many times. That's right.
00:22:47.36\00:22:50.73
And as He asked
you to go and sow seeds
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you never know what's
gonna grow from those seeds.
00:22:53.84\00:22:57.25
And I'd like to share
a story that has happened
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in Lampang, Thailand. Please.
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In Lampang when
we first went there
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about 7-8 years ago we found
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a little church with 14 members.
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They were meeting
at the pastor's house
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in the middle of the city.
00:23:16.39\00:23:18.05
Lampang has
about 200,000 people.
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Surrounding area has
another half a million people.
00:23:22.03\00:23:25.41
But they were
meeting in their home.
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I think I have a slide here
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.64
showing where they were meeting.
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It was the carport
of the pastor's house.
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And they would set that up
00:23:36.71\00:23:38.92
and have their
church meeting here.
00:23:38.93\00:23:40.82
The children would
meet out under the trees.
00:23:40.83\00:23:44.08
But as we met there we
had evangelistic series.
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There are about four times.
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And one of the projects
that we took on was to help
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them to build a new church.
00:23:55.66\00:23:57.59
And so about four years
ago we were able to build
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a new church for
the city of Lampang
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and I think that
church is on the screen also.
00:24:05.18\00:24:08.48
It's a beautiful church.
00:24:08.49\00:24:11.01
The congregation
has grown and they have
00:24:11.07\00:24:18.45
many plans for evangelism.
00:24:18.46\00:24:20.61
One year we were there
and they said, we'd like to
00:24:20.62\00:24:24.21
introduce the people
to the health message and
00:24:24.22\00:24:27.83
could you help us to
raise the money we want
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to start making
whole wheat bread
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so that we can introduce
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the people to healthy living.
00:24:34.63\00:24:38.16
Whole wheat bread is not
a mainstay of the Thai diet.
00:24:38.17\00:24:42.97
And so we didn't know
what was going to happen
00:24:42.98\00:24:45.01
with that but we
came back to our chapter.
00:24:45.02\00:24:47.79
We presented the
project to them and we were able
00:24:47.80\00:24:51.57
to buy some bakery
equipment for them.
00:24:51.58\00:24:54.59
And we bought them a mixer.
We bought them some ovens.
00:24:54.60\00:24:59.00
And they started
producing whole wheat bread
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for their people there
and using that to witness
00:25:01.58\00:25:05.96
and also to provide labor
for the ladies at the church
00:25:05.97\00:25:08.94
so they could make a living.
00:25:08.95\00:25:11.02
And that when you say
our chapter that's the
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Lake Union
Chapter of ASI, right?
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That's the Lake Union Chapter.
00:25:13.98\00:25:15.62
And so we started with
that and as they were going out
00:25:15.63\00:25:21.60
and sharing that bread
they shared it with a lady
00:25:21.61\00:25:25.42
who owned a radio station.
00:25:25.43\00:25:28.29
And the lady was so impressed
00:25:28.30\00:25:29.79
with the health
message that she offered them
00:25:29.80\00:25:33.70
time on her radio
station for a fee of course.
00:25:33.71\00:25:37.96
She wanted $300 a
month and they could be
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.32
on the radio 3 or
4 hours every day.
00:25:40.33\00:25:44.32
And so that was
a burden for them.
00:25:44.33\00:25:46.17
They presented it
to the Thai Mission.
00:25:46.18\00:25:48.99
The Thai Mission was
not able to afford it and so
00:25:49.00\00:25:53.51
one of the businessmen
over there pledged to pay
00:25:53.52\00:25:56.71
half of it if the church
would pay the other half.
00:25:56.72\00:26:00.42
So the church
promised to pay the other half.
00:26:00.43\00:26:02.54
They weren't
paying it so the pastor
00:26:02.55\00:26:04.64
was paying it out of his pocket.
00:26:04.65\00:26:06.91
When we found out
about that we presented that
00:26:06.92\00:26:09.37
as a project again to
the Lake Union Chapter.
00:26:09.38\00:26:12.79
And we sent funds over
to help him pay to keep
00:26:12.80\00:26:16.35
the radio station on the air.
00:26:16.36\00:26:20.55
After a year on the
air, with the support of ASI,
00:26:20.56\00:26:25.87
people at the TM Nation saw
00:26:25.88\00:26:29.34
the benefit of
the radio station.
00:26:29.35\00:26:31.50
Last year, actually
this February when we where
00:26:31.51\00:26:35.25
there Thailand Mission
bought the radio station
00:26:35.26\00:26:39.28
and has
relocated it to the church.
00:26:39.29\00:26:42.32
And today they
have 10 new members
00:26:42.33\00:26:46.15
in that church
attending that church
00:26:46.16\00:26:48.31
because of that radio broadcast.
00:26:48.32\00:26:50.63
All from whole wheat bread?
All from whole wheat bread.
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.45
Amen. God surprises us.
00:26:53.46\00:26:55.35
We plant the
seed and we never know
00:26:55.36\00:26:57.42
what will grow. Amen.
00:26:57.43\00:26:59.59
Now tell me a little bit about
00:26:59.60\00:27:01.84
what you are doing
right here at home.
00:27:01.85\00:27:06.44
There's a lot that
you could share i've been
00:27:06.45\00:27:08.55
hearing stories and tit
bits from you all evening.
00:27:08.56\00:27:12.90
Just a little bit
about what God is doing
00:27:12.93\00:27:14.88
in your own
community through you?
00:27:14.89\00:27:16.98
I'll let Ginny share
about her Bible studies.
00:27:16.99\00:27:20.96
You know after working overseas
00:27:21.00\00:27:22.72
she can't help but
bring that desire and the fire
00:27:22.73\00:27:26.32
back to our people here.
00:27:26.33\00:27:28.70
Our little church in Beaver Dam
00:27:28.71\00:27:31.20
was almost snuffed down.
00:27:31.21\00:27:33.76
The years had
come and gone and only
00:27:33.77\00:27:35.50
a few members were going there.
00:27:35.51\00:27:38.36
We were called to
come back to Beaver Dam.
00:27:38.37\00:27:42.60
In the last two years
our membership has went from
00:27:42.61\00:27:46.03
8 to 15 active members to
49 on a daily basis. Amen.
00:27:46.04\00:27:52.86
The people are so on
fire that they have decided
00:27:52.87\00:27:55.78
to start a
company in Fond du Lac
00:27:55.79\00:27:57.98
about 40 miles away.
00:27:57.99\00:27:59.92
So the Lord is working
but He's called me to give
00:27:59.93\00:28:02.63
Bible studies and just
the last few months the Lord
00:28:02.64\00:28:06.23
has given me 8 to 15
people that I can touch.
00:28:06.24\00:28:10.68
And I praise the Lord
on a daily basis because
00:28:10.69\00:28:15.26
we must be his ambassadors
here as well as overseas.
00:28:15.29\00:28:20.73
But we have to be willing
vessels to be used by Him.
00:28:20.74\00:28:24.54
And I praise Him
for the opportunity.
00:28:24.55\00:28:27.12
Amen. God is good.
00:28:27.13\00:28:29.67
And as we step out in faith
00:28:29.68\00:28:31.53
He gives us the
opportunities. Amen.
00:28:31.54\00:28:33.76
Thank you, Darry and Ginny,
for being willing to share
00:28:33.77\00:28:36.43
for yourselves and
for sharing this members
00:28:36.44\00:28:39.08
in action with us,
ASI family tonight.
00:28:39.09\00:28:42.14
Our next members
in action is from
00:28:42.15\00:28:45.86
Feeding His Lambs, Lisa Quade.
00:28:45.87\00:28:48.61
She's going to share with
us about this unique ministry.
00:28:48.62\00:28:52.63
What is Feeding His Lambs, Lisa?
00:28:52.64\00:28:55.81
Well, its child evangelism.
00:28:55.82\00:28:58.13
In the scope of
preparing our children to stand
00:28:58.14\00:29:01.25
before kings and
judges in these end times and
00:29:01.26\00:29:03.76
preparing them to have
characters fit for heaven.
00:29:03.77\00:29:07.50
Okay, I think
you have a number of
00:29:07.51\00:29:08.69
slides here also.
00:29:08.70\00:29:10.67
And just tell me a
little bit about when
00:29:10.68\00:29:13.18
Feeding His Lambs was born
00:29:13.19\00:29:15.44
the idea of Feeding His Lambs.
00:29:15.45\00:29:18.00
Well, as a child and
feeding my little lambs
00:29:18.01\00:29:21.80
I realized that there
was one thing I needed
00:29:21.81\00:29:23.66
to be very particular about.
00:29:23.67\00:29:25.72
And that was giving
them pure warm milk.
00:29:25.73\00:29:29.32
And of course you
can translate that
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.59
into spiritual application.
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.94
For one thing I found 30 minutes
00:29:33.95\00:29:36.56
of feeding that little lamb,
00:29:36.57\00:29:38.09
taking care of them
with pure warm milk and
00:29:38.10\00:29:40.88
they would follow me
for life and then I could
00:29:40.89\00:29:44.18
try all my life to
teach a grown stubronb sheep
00:29:44.19\00:29:48.01
to follow me. And I
was almost fruitless.
00:29:48.02\00:29:51.32
Now why is it so important?
00:29:51.33\00:29:52.82
You've touched on it
there but why is it so important
00:29:52.83\00:29:54.87
for us to reach
out to young people
00:29:54.88\00:29:59.62
while they're just children?
00:29:59.63\00:30:01.18
Well, one thing we
saw and you saw it there
00:30:01.19\00:30:03.97
the greatest
returns are in reaching
00:30:03.98\00:30:07.49
children ages 5 to 13.
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.72
And those
children ages 5 to 13 have
00:30:10.73\00:30:14.22
a 32% probability
of accepting Christ.
00:30:14.23\00:30:18.09
Teens just 4%, adults
just 6% who else knows this.
00:30:18.10\00:30:23.94
Think about Macintosh Computers.
00:30:23.95\00:30:25.98
They put the
computers in the schools.
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.91
McDonalds the
playground, the largest church
00:30:27.92\00:30:31.19
in the world
the Catholic Church.
00:30:31.20\00:30:33.38
Barna Research
showed us that evangelism's
00:30:33.39\00:30:36.44
greatest returns come
from the children. Okay.
00:30:36.45\00:30:39.80
So tell us about
your ministry and your
00:30:39.81\00:30:42.95
materials and how you
are trying to accomplish
00:30:42.96\00:30:46.52
this task of
reaching the children
00:30:46.53\00:30:47.87
while they're young. Yes.
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.65
Well, we do public evangelism
00:30:49.66\00:30:51.48
that's coordinated evangelism.
00:30:51.49\00:30:53.34
So for example when we worked
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.85
with Pastor Doug
in prophecy code.
00:30:54.86\00:30:56.95
He preached on
the mark of the beast.
00:30:56.96\00:30:58.77
The children learned about
00:30:58.78\00:30:59.84
the mark of the
beast very same night.
00:30:59.85\00:31:02.28
We do evangelism
training that's workshops,
00:31:02.29\00:31:05.59
equipping others,
producing training DVDs
00:31:05.60\00:31:08.27
that help
others to do this work.
00:31:08.28\00:31:11.23
We also do internet
evangelism for children.
00:31:11.26\00:31:14.12
We have over five websites.
00:31:14.13\00:31:15.68
Four hundred people a
day come to those websites
00:31:15.69\00:31:18.63
watching more than a
hundred children's Bible
00:31:18.66\00:31:21.37
videos with our truths
from the word every week.
00:31:21.38\00:31:26.65
We also do church development
00:31:26.66\00:31:28.83
and we partnered with
ASI in training the church
00:31:28.84\00:31:32.71
across the
country of Zambia to reach
00:31:32.72\00:31:34.60
our children more effectively.
00:31:34.61\00:31:36.57
We produce Bible
videos every week.
00:31:36.58\00:31:39.23
Filming our
Bible class at church.
00:31:39.24\00:31:41.63
Multitude of different things.
00:31:41.64\00:31:43.14
We're very busy you can tell.
00:31:43.15\00:31:44.68
Oh, it's
exciting all for children?
00:31:44.69\00:31:46.35
Yes. All for children.
00:31:46.36\00:31:48.24
Now are any of these programs
00:31:48.25\00:31:50.55
available for others to use?
00:31:50.56\00:31:52.85
Yes, we have a
children's program
00:31:52.86\00:31:55.03
called
"Discoveries for Children."
00:31:55.04\00:31:56.60
Its evangelistic program
and this evangelistic program
00:31:56.61\00:32:00.59
is like the new beginnings
for adults or the Share Him
00:32:00.60\00:32:03.88
but it's the children's
version of that program.
00:32:03.89\00:32:07.65
And what makes
these programs unique
00:32:09.08\00:32:12.16
as opposed to
the adult versions?
00:32:12.17\00:32:15.27
Well, there's many things
you'll have to taste and see.
00:32:15.28\00:32:17.90
But one of them is
really exciting to us
00:32:17.91\00:32:21.03
and we call that Digital Felts.
00:32:21.04\00:32:22.64
Digital Felts? Yes.
00:32:23.65\00:32:25.84
We have to cut them out?
00:32:25.85\00:32:27.67
Well, we do all the
cutting for you on the computer
00:32:27.68\00:32:31.46
rather than the
old phonograph board
00:32:31.47\00:32:33.05
we have to put the felts up.
00:32:33.06\00:32:34.40
These are digital so
they happen on the screen.
00:32:34.41\00:32:37.09
You see here some images
that each piece is separate,
00:32:37.10\00:32:41.55
just like the felts.
00:32:41.56\00:32:42.86
Here is the millennium.
00:32:42.87\00:32:44.36
But you build the
scene, we build it for you.
00:32:44.37\00:32:46.81
And you can
share the Bible lessons
00:32:46.82\00:32:49.01
with the children in
a highly graphic way.
00:32:49.02\00:32:54.73
So these are graphics that
can be used to teach children,
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.02
but you can
manipulate them and change them
00:32:57.03\00:32:59.13
and arrange them as you wish?
00:32:59.14\00:33:00.52
Yes, that's right. And--
00:33:00.53\00:33:02.99
I think adults would like that,
00:33:03.00\00:33:04.24
don't you think?
Isn't that we need?
00:33:04.25\00:33:05.83
Well, I know the children
are on the edge of their seats
00:33:06.84\00:33:08.88
and we've tried that on
adults and they seem to be, too.
00:33:08.89\00:33:11.42
In fact, we have a video clip
00:33:12.75\00:33:15.20
that will show you
not only the still images
00:33:15.21\00:33:17.34
but show you these
digital felts in action.
00:33:17.35\00:33:20.39
Instead of the hand moving
the felts across the board
00:33:20.40\00:33:23.29
you just click your mouse.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.74
And here you see the
children going to visit Jesus
00:33:25.75\00:33:29.08
so they can be blessed by Him.
00:33:29.09\00:33:31.21
Many of these
digital felts have been used
00:33:32.51\00:33:35.40
in many countries already.
00:33:35.41\00:33:37.02
Canada, Hungary, Ukraine
00:33:37.03\00:33:38.60
and of course,
across the United States.
00:33:38.61\00:33:40.18
There you see the stars falling,
00:33:40.19\00:33:41.99
science of the times,
00:33:42.00\00:33:43.87
the man digging for the treasure
00:33:43.88\00:33:46.93
and here he has
found the treasure
00:33:46.94\00:33:49.09
and what is he going to do.
00:33:49.10\00:33:50.71
Can't you just see the children
00:33:51.92\00:33:53.30
sitting on the edge
of their seats watching?
00:33:53.31\00:33:55.71
We can see the adults
00:33:55.72\00:33:56.75
sitting on the edge of
their seats and watching.
00:33:56.76\00:33:59.23
Yes, and we have
these built for you
00:33:59.24\00:34:02.76
or you can build your own story,
00:34:02.77\00:34:05.07
any story in the Bible,
you can build with these.
00:34:05.08\00:34:09.27
Quickly share with
us some testimonies
00:34:09.28\00:34:11.62
of how these have been used
00:34:11.63\00:34:13.10
and impacted children
and adults and others.
00:34:13.11\00:34:16.26
Yes, well, we have seen,
00:34:16.27\00:34:19.09
as we've used
these in evangelism,
00:34:19.10\00:34:22.21
we have seen
children who have attended
00:34:22.22\00:34:27.14
and I think particularly
of Christine and Daniel.
00:34:27.15\00:34:31.48
They were there on the
edge of their seats every night.
00:34:31.49\00:34:34.57
I was giving the appeal
on the subject of Babylon,
00:34:34.58\00:34:37.91
holding up the commitment card
00:34:37.92\00:34:40.31
and Daniel raised his hand.
00:34:40.32\00:34:41.54
I thought, oh, no, a distraction
00:34:41.55\00:34:44.37
not now when I'm
making the appeal.
00:34:44.38\00:34:46.85
But I called on
him and I listened.
00:34:46.86\00:34:51.08
Daniel said
with all seriousness,
00:34:51.09\00:34:52.95
I've got to tell my father
00:34:52.96\00:34:55.37
we can't go to
church on Sunday anymore.
00:34:55.38\00:34:57.89
Those are the
churches of Babylon,
00:34:57.90\00:34:59.42
Jesus wants us to come out.
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.15
They were receiving the message
00:35:02.52\00:35:04.53
and taking it to
heart and taking action.
00:35:04.54\00:35:07.49
Joseph was another boy.
00:35:07.50\00:35:09.94
I went to his home for a
clearing visit for baptism.
00:35:09.95\00:35:12.64
He was baptized.
00:35:13.69\00:35:14.72
Oh, what a precious
experience to see him
00:35:14.73\00:35:17.02
take his stand for Christ.
00:35:17.03\00:35:19.27
And then I visited
his home after baptism.
00:35:19.28\00:35:22.06
I took him the
book "Christ Our Savior"
00:35:22.07\00:35:24.24
which is Desire
of Ages for children.
00:35:24.25\00:35:26.07
He excitedly ran to the corner,
00:35:27.32\00:35:29.79
sat down, opened it
up and before I left
00:35:29.80\00:35:32.32
he read three chapters.
00:35:32.33\00:35:35.45
Talk about, excited
about the word of God
00:35:35.46\00:35:38.37
and God changing their hearts.
00:35:38.38\00:35:40.11
One last experience I
wanted to share with you
00:35:43.22\00:35:45.57
is the impact
that it has not only
00:35:45.58\00:35:48.75
on the children and teachers
00:35:48.76\00:35:51.60
who are using our
program are excited
00:35:51.61\00:35:53.91
and call us nearly
every week but on the family.
00:35:53.92\00:35:57.84
Rachel and her
family we're on their way
00:35:57.85\00:36:00.66
to the fireworks
in Massachusetts,
00:36:00.67\00:36:02.84
4th July our
meetings open that night.
00:36:02.85\00:36:05.78
But it rained so hard that
the fireworks were cancelled.
00:36:05.79\00:36:11.66
She looked at her
mom and dad and said,
00:36:11.67\00:36:13.32
I received a flyer about this
children's program, can we go?
00:36:13.33\00:36:17.22
Her parents
said, only this once.
00:36:17.23\00:36:19.46
We're 2½ hours away we
will not come back every night.
00:36:19.47\00:36:23.35
So they attended the first one.
00:36:23.36\00:36:25.68
But you can tell me the rest.
00:36:25.69\00:36:27.26
They were back every night.
00:36:27.27\00:36:29.72
Their family learned the
truth from the word of God.
00:36:29.73\00:36:33.99
Father at first said they
went with his arms crossed
00:36:34.00\00:36:35.91
very unhappy he had to come.
00:36:35.92\00:36:38.34
But slowly Holy
Spirit worked in his heart.
00:36:38.35\00:36:41.94
The mother Monica told me that
children are changing at home.
00:36:41.95\00:36:45.49
I see them more
helpful, more obedient,
00:36:45.50\00:36:47.56
Jesus is
working in their hearts.
00:36:47.57\00:36:50.72
The father saw the change.
00:36:50.73\00:36:52.41
He decided Jesus
could help him, too,
00:36:52.42\00:36:54.51
and asked how to stop smoking.
00:36:54.52\00:36:57.12
The whole family took
their stand for Christ
00:36:57.13\00:37:00.25
and was baptized to
a new life in Christ,
00:37:00.26\00:37:03.41
vibrant Christian
family following Christ.
00:37:03.42\00:37:06.89
Because the little lambs,
00:37:06.90\00:37:09.81
their children
wanted to follow Jesus
00:37:09.82\00:37:13.54
and the parents
followed Him, too.
00:37:13.55\00:37:15.50
Amen. If you'd
like more information
00:37:16.32\00:37:18.82
about Feeding His Lambs
you can stop by booth 232
00:37:18.83\00:37:23.04
and Lisa will be
happy to share with you more
00:37:23.05\00:37:26.17
about what they are
doing and what you can do
00:37:26.18\00:37:29.74
and also tomorrow morning you
have a seminar. Is that right?
00:37:29.75\00:37:32.14
That's right. Yeah,
10:45 in the morning
00:37:32.15\00:37:33.88
we have a seminar called
"Leading Little Ones to Christ."
00:37:33.89\00:37:37.63
It can also be described
as child evangelism powered.
00:37:37.64\00:37:40.94
You want some power
to reach to children
00:37:40.95\00:37:43.23
within your scope of influence.
00:37:43.24\00:37:45.07
Whether it be children's
story, the grandchildren,
00:37:45.08\00:37:48.59
Sabbath school or your
own children in your home
00:37:48.60\00:37:50.97
or just your
neighborhood children
00:37:50.98\00:37:52.82
across the street, come.
00:37:52.83\00:37:55.50
Thank you, Lisa,
for sharing with us
00:37:55.51\00:37:57.80
and also for sharing
with God's littlest children.
00:37:57.81\00:38:01.62
Praise the Lord. Thank you.
00:38:01.63\00:38:03.15
Our next interview,
our next members in action
00:38:03.84\00:38:07.09
are from a very
special organization
00:38:07.10\00:38:11.17
I know to many
of us here at ASI.
00:38:11.18\00:38:13.87
And we have Alonna
Smith and Chelsey Jordan
00:38:13.88\00:38:17.24
and these are really
actually ASI young people.
00:38:17.25\00:38:24.66
Alonna I think
sort of grew up in ASI.
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.89
How many years have you
been coming to ASI, Alonna?
00:38:26.90\00:38:29.47
Yes, I sat down last
week through the math
00:38:29.48\00:38:31.75
and this is my 18th convention.
00:38:31.76\00:38:34.81
Now Alonna likes math.
00:38:34.82\00:38:37.73
Her father is Stan Smith
our finance vice president.
00:38:37.74\00:38:41.86
And Alonna also
has a special role,
00:38:41.87\00:38:45.89
an important role in an
organization called GYC.
00:38:45.90\00:38:51.27
She is the
logistics vice president.
00:38:51.28\00:38:54.05
Tell us a little
bit about GYC, Alonna.
00:38:54.06\00:38:56.06
Yes, well, to me GYC and
ASI are closely connected
00:38:56.07\00:39:01.71
and ASI has been
intricately involved
00:39:01.72\00:39:04.68
in the mentoring
and growth of GYC.
00:39:04.69\00:39:08.12
And some of you
are probably wondering
00:39:08.13\00:39:10.57
a little bit about GYC
and what it's all about
00:39:10.58\00:39:12.50
and since I work in logistics
and it's all about numbers
00:39:12.51\00:39:15.67
I'll give you a few
numbers from last year
00:39:15.68\00:39:18.75
and we were in
San Jose last year
00:39:18.76\00:39:21.13
and we had 25
countries represented.
00:39:21.14\00:39:23.97
And we had 3500
people registered
00:39:23.98\00:39:28.55
and almost we were over
5000 on Sabbath for church.
00:39:28.56\00:39:33.23
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:39:33.24\00:39:35.11
GYC stands for
Generation of Youth for Christ.
00:39:35.12\00:39:37.48
These were young
people, mostly young people,
00:39:37.49\00:39:39.86
who were coming
together to focus
00:39:39.87\00:39:41.40
on studying the word of God
00:39:41.41\00:39:43.47
and learning more about Him.
00:39:43.48\00:39:46.38
and I believe we have a video.
00:39:46.39\00:39:49.34
Right? Yes, we do.
00:39:49.35\00:39:50.70
That we're going to share now
00:39:50.71\00:39:52.61
about GYC in the
coming convention.
00:39:52.62\00:39:54.69
What's the right thing to
do with the life God gave me?
00:40:10.29\00:40:12.48
I'm opinion for this purpose
to draw a line in the sand.
00:40:12.49\00:40:17.46
I wanna go out
and the limit tell us
00:40:17.47\00:40:18.97
that purpose is
to be the generation
00:40:18.98\00:40:21.80
that actually
finishes the worse.
00:40:21.81\00:40:23.58
Say Lord my life is yours.
00:40:23.59\00:40:25.38
What do you want me
to do? You fill it in.
00:40:25.39\00:40:27.23
I struggle a lot with my faith.
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.92
Basically I'm kind of
drifted away from God.
00:40:30.93\00:40:34.78
So what happens if we have
a reoccurring sin in our lives
00:40:34.79\00:40:37.90
something that
we're struggling with?
00:40:37.91\00:40:39.49
I don't know how to
take it to the next level.
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.75
How do I make sure
that I don't get softened
00:40:41.76\00:40:43.88
to the worldly philosophies?
00:40:43.89\00:40:45.64
I just got a
question and my question is--
00:40:45.65\00:40:47.43
My question is
this regarding marriage.
00:40:47.44\00:40:49.28
What prospective we
should have on politics?
00:40:49.29\00:40:51.18
Dating. Music
styles and also worship.
00:40:51.19\00:40:53.70
How can we separate
ourselves from the world?
00:40:53.71\00:40:55.81
And how do I keep on
fire after I live here.
00:40:55.82\00:40:59.35
GYC really
represents a movement.
00:41:01.10\00:41:03.70
It's about young people
that you can see out here.
00:41:03.71\00:41:06.15
Young people that come together
00:41:06.16\00:41:07.78
and they want
something better in their life.
00:41:07.79\00:41:09.92
This upcoming
generation is not just
00:41:09.93\00:41:12.98
in the Seventh-day Adventist
church but in every movement.
00:41:12.99\00:41:15.17
We see that the more orthodox,
00:41:15.18\00:41:16.76
the more conservative,
00:41:16.77\00:41:18.08
they're tired of their
baby boomer generation.
00:41:18.09\00:41:21.03
They're tired of the fake.
They're tired of power point.
00:41:21.04\00:41:23.33
They're tired of the
guitars and the spotlights--
00:41:23.34\00:41:25.62
and you know these
are all okay things.
00:41:25.63\00:41:28.44
But I think you know they're
going back to the apostolic,
00:41:28.45\00:41:30.71
the real faith, the organic.
00:41:30.72\00:41:33.51
What caused the
early church to start?
00:41:33.52\00:41:36.09
There is a whole new
youth revival movement.
00:41:36.10\00:41:40.91
That is that kids are
saying to themselves you know,
00:41:40.92\00:41:44.64
you know, I can play,
I can do all the things
00:41:44.65\00:41:47.82
that young
people do but in the end
00:41:47.83\00:41:50.44
that it's not gonna give
me what I really want to have.
00:41:50.45\00:41:53.91
And people, young
people are finding
00:41:53.92\00:41:56.45
in Christianity in
an authentic experience
00:41:56.46\00:41:58.65
with Jesus Christ
that there's something more
00:41:58.66\00:42:00.96
and I think God is bringing
about a revival of young people
00:42:00.97\00:42:05.53
who are catching that vision
00:42:05.54\00:42:07.14
and participating in the mission
00:42:07.15\00:42:09.06
and is giving their
life some serious meaning.
00:42:09.07\00:42:11.91
GYC or Generation of
Youth for Christ is an event
00:42:11.92\00:42:14.88
which will teach you how
to implement your talents
00:42:14.89\00:42:18.76
into witnessing and
finishing the word for God.
00:42:18.77\00:42:21.77
We're supposed to take
ownership of our church,
00:42:21.78\00:42:24.13
the Adventist church
is more than a church,
00:42:24.14\00:42:26.70
it's a movement and it
was started by young people
00:42:26.71\00:42:31.04
and I believe its gonna
be finished by young people
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.17
and this is just a program
where we can come together
00:42:33.18\00:42:36.91
as God's remnant church.
00:42:36.92\00:42:38.87
His youth and learn
00:42:38.88\00:42:41.02
how to spread the
gospel more effectively
00:42:41.03\00:42:43.19
and bring this great
controversy to a close.
00:42:43.20\00:42:46.05
The very first year I
believed there were 17 buses.
00:42:46.64\00:42:49.69
This year there were 50.
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.31
So the number of buses,
00:42:51.32\00:42:53.92
there are so many
people that wanna go,
00:42:53.93\00:42:55.53
outreach becomes the highlight
of GYC for many people.
00:42:55.54\00:42:58.62
They come here
and they're so excited
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through the
whole week for Saturday
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so they can go on outreach.
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And they do surveys.
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They pass out
Bibles to the cars.
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They pass out literature.
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They pray with
people at the door.
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Incredible
experiences take place.
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And God
orchestrates divine appointments
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for those young people.
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I will say what
really inspired me
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was going door-to-door.
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I was so afraid
as I missed the bus,
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I had no idea who
I was gonna go with
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and I was absolutely terrified.
00:43:23.55\00:43:24.72
Yeah, we don't
necessarily look like
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the Bible worker type of people.
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So this is our first
time doing this sort of thing.
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And we had gone to this door,
00:43:30.48\00:43:31.63
and the door opened up
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and a lady who
is dressed in scrubs
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said, yeah, what do you want?
00:43:35.70\00:43:36.84
At first it was a
little bit skeptics.
00:43:36.85\00:43:38.41
As soon as we mentioned religion
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and God his face
completely changed.
00:43:39.83\00:43:42.40
He was-- oh, talking about God.
00:43:42.41\00:43:44.31
My son, my son just tried
to commit suicide last night.
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All the same
time they've lost job.
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Their spouses have left them.
00:43:51.48\00:43:52.97
And they've had a
death in the family.
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Can you guys pray for me?
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He lost nine family
members within eight months.
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And he just continued to share
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why would God allow
this to happen. Why?
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Right in there, it
was a moment saying
00:44:05.24\00:44:08.13
we need to come
and pray with you.
00:44:08.14\00:44:09.25
Can we pray with you?
00:44:09.26\00:44:10.51
And they all came together,
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there was mellow
music in the background
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and we asked the
family to come gather around.
00:44:14.24\00:44:16.30
They gathered around
and they just, you know,
00:44:16.31\00:44:19.66
wide knuckle just
clenched, confused,
00:44:19.67\00:44:22.25
wondering why
their son had done this.
00:44:22.26\00:44:24.33
And we got down there
and we prayed with them.
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And we encourage
them with our prayers.
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But as soon as we pray
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the Lord just started
opening up things for us.
00:44:30.75\00:44:33.03
Yeah, we went out
there not knowingly.
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You know a whole of the guy--
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it's just like
God can use anyone.
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It's like God led you to us.
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as the God did lead us,
God did lead us to you, man.
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Like--this is
like, this is rare.
00:44:42.85\00:44:44.48
It was the coolest thing.
00:44:44.49\00:44:45.50
Right when we
get off the bus man
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it was the most
encouraging things.
00:44:46.73\00:44:47.72
My first year it
seems like God's moving.
00:44:47.73\00:44:50.05
Praise the Lord.
00:44:50.06\00:44:51.36
And GYC exist because hundreds
00:44:51.78\00:44:54.32
and thousands of
countless volunteer hours
00:44:54.33\00:44:57.44
go into the organization.
00:44:57.45\00:44:59.44
Its young people
that come together
00:44:59.45\00:45:00.87
that say we want
to be used by God
00:45:00.88\00:45:03.35
and as a result we
get meetings like this.
00:45:03.36\00:45:05.80
We get evangelism like this.
00:45:05.81\00:45:07.51
We get new outreach materials.
00:45:07.52\00:45:09.80
We just get a
whole spectrum of things
00:45:09.81\00:45:12.05
because God says,
yes, young people,
00:45:12.06\00:45:15.01
you know, we don't have
all the right words to say
00:45:15.02\00:45:17.27
or a lot of our
deficiencies shine through
00:45:17.28\00:45:20.14
but God says I can use that.
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.20
And young people pick up that
and they say, what can I do?
00:45:22.21\00:45:25.36
And as a result you
see things like this.
00:45:25.37\00:45:28.21
Since we've been
here we've just seen,
00:45:28.22\00:45:30.81
I've seen two
of our young people
00:45:30.82\00:45:32.44
giving their hearts to the Lord
00:45:32.45\00:45:33.66
and I just see a transformation
00:45:33.67\00:45:36.36
going on in their
hearts and their minds.
00:45:36.37\00:45:38.94
The messages, the things
that they're hearing and seeing,
00:45:38.95\00:45:42.22
they're being challenged,
they're being inspired,
00:45:42.23\00:45:44.54
they're seeing
true Christian life.
00:45:44.55\00:45:49.96
Well, it's so
inspiring to be here
00:45:49.97\00:45:52.15
and to hear so
many powerful preachers
00:45:52.16\00:45:54.12
and we have so much to choose
00:45:54.13\00:45:55.62
from that you can even
decide which one to go.
00:45:55.63\00:45:58.99
They said they just
could watch it on in TV.
00:45:59.00\00:46:01.35
But it's not the
same. Yeah, it's not same.
00:46:01.36\00:46:03.10
Yeah, it's a lot
better to be here in person.
00:46:03.11\00:46:04.93
Because you got to see
everybody here and like--
00:46:04.94\00:46:06.45
You need to do it.
00:46:06.46\00:46:07.52
You get to feel of it's energy
00:46:07.53\00:46:09.52
and it just
makes it more big here.
00:46:09.53\00:46:11.50
Next year will be
our best conference
00:46:11.51\00:46:13.63
we've ever had by
far. And I'll tell you why.
00:46:13.64\00:46:16.41
We're gonna have the
same inspirational speakers.
00:46:16.42\00:46:18.96
We're gonna have the
same exciting evangelism.
00:46:18.97\00:46:21.31
We're gonna have those same
things improved from years past
00:46:21.32\00:46:25.25
or we're gonna add a few things.
00:46:25.26\00:46:26.96
So we picked the unashamed,
00:46:26.97\00:46:28.59
the kind of portray the message
00:46:28.60\00:46:30.09
that God wants to
use you where you're at,
00:46:30.10\00:46:32.80
at that point no
matter what you're doing.
00:46:32.81\00:46:35.50
And we've actually
have a few exciting projects
00:46:35.51\00:46:39.23
that we're gonna launch
designed by young people,
00:46:39.24\00:46:42.05
four young people at
our unashamed conference.
00:46:42.06\00:46:45.34
ASI as a young person you came
00:47:10.11\00:47:11.87
to the youth for Jesus program.
00:47:11.88\00:47:13.26
I think its 2004 and
have been a Bible worker
00:47:13.27\00:47:17.79
or now you're
evangelism director for GYC.
00:47:17.80\00:47:21.81
Tell us a little bit
about how GYC is involved
00:47:21.82\00:47:25.00
in public evangelism.
00:47:25.01\00:47:27.16
Well, for me the first thing
that impressed me about GYC
00:47:27.17\00:47:31.52
when I went the very first year
00:47:31.53\00:47:33.06
was that at the
heart of GYC is evangelism.
00:47:33.07\00:47:36.38
They're putting young
people on the frontlines
00:47:36.39\00:47:38.79
and on Sabbath afternoon
we always have an outreach day
00:47:38.80\00:47:42.07
where this last
year 50 school buses,
00:47:42.08\00:47:45.10
packed full of young people
00:47:45.11\00:47:46.65
went out
door-to-door in the community.
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.32
They knocked on almost
on 24,000 doors in San Jose.
00:47:48.33\00:47:52.14
Amen. Amen.
00:47:52.15\00:47:53.35
And over 1,300 people
requested Bible studies
00:47:53.36\00:47:56.82
in just those couple of
hours on Sabbath afternoon.
00:47:56.83\00:47:59.93
Praise God. And we're thankful
for ASI because this last year
00:47:59.94\00:48:02.57
they helped to sponsor
us to have young people
00:48:02.58\00:48:05.17
preach an
evangelistic meeting after.
00:48:05.18\00:48:07.23
And I wanna tell
you about Leonard.
00:48:07.24\00:48:09.63
Leonard was 22 years old.
00:48:09.64\00:48:12.10
Two GYC young
people knocked on his door.
00:48:12.11\00:48:14.79
And they told him
they would come back
00:48:14.80\00:48:16.13
and do Bible studies
00:48:16.14\00:48:17.14
and with the
help of the sponsors
00:48:17.15\00:48:18.40
we had a team of
young Bible workers there.
00:48:18.41\00:48:20.50
They went back to
study with Leonard.
00:48:20.51\00:48:22.60
Leonard had been
waiting and waiting
00:48:22.61\00:48:24.03
and he wasn't
really interested at first
00:48:24.04\00:48:25.88
but he was wondering
00:48:25.89\00:48:26.95
when these people are gonna
come, they said they'd come.
00:48:26.96\00:48:29.42
Aikel one of the Bible
workers showed up at his door
00:48:29.43\00:48:32.26
and he was excited
'cause it was a young person
00:48:32.27\00:48:34.36
another young person excited
about studying the Bible.
00:48:34.37\00:48:37.17
Leonard started
studying the Bible
00:48:37.18\00:48:38.64
and I was just told
that he's been attending
00:48:38.65\00:48:40.92
the camp meeting, he is
very involved in the church,
00:48:40.93\00:48:43.68
very involved
in the young people
00:48:43.69\00:48:45.76
and he is going to
be baptized very soon.
00:48:45.77\00:48:48.90
Praise the Lord that through
that evangelistic meeting
00:48:48.91\00:48:51.89
that he came to through
the young people working.
00:48:51.90\00:48:54.09
Through your sponsorship
00:48:54.10\00:48:55.18
we were able to
reach more people
00:48:55.19\00:48:57.19
and as young people
be on the frontlines.
00:48:57.20\00:48:59.37
Thank you, Alonna and Chelsea,
00:49:00.57\00:49:02.62
for what you're doing at GYC.
00:49:02.63\00:49:03.75
And thank you, ASI,
for supporting the mission
00:49:03.76\00:49:06.27
of young people
who want to be taking
00:49:06.28\00:49:08.42
the gospel this
Three Angels' messages
00:49:08.43\00:49:10.18
to the world in this
generation. Thank you.
00:49:10.19\00:49:13.20
[Music]
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