Happy Sabbath and
welcome to our ASI Convention.
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We're so happy you are here
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and it's our prayer
that God will be here
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in the midst of our convention.
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And that we'll uplift Jesus
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and that we'll learn
new ways of sharing Christ
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in our marketplace.
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And that you
will make new friends
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and that we can
be together very soon
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in our eternal home.
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Amen, I like to welcome you also
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and I pray that the Lord
will bless us with conviction,
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conversion and that
we'll feel committed
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to accept the commission
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that he is going
to give us, welcome.
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Let us all rise and
bow our heads for prayer.
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Heavenly Father,
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this morning at our
ASI Convention in Phoenix.
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We humbly
approach your throne room
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with thrilled hearts
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as we've heard
these stories this morning
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of how our church
leaders and lay are the,
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are witnessing for
you around the world.
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This morning Lord, we invite
your presence to be with us
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in our main service.
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We thank that our
ASI family gathered here,
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those who are
watching on television
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and perhaps online,
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we pray for special out
pouring of the Holy Spirit.
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This morning we especially
think of Sabbath keepers
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by the millions,
worshiping on this Sabbath day
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around the world.
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Some perhaps Lord,
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in less than ideal conditions,
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perhaps there
are safety concerns,
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but we ask that you
send them a special blessing
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and your angels for protection.
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We thank you for
your many blessings.
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We pray for every
one here, TV Land online.
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All the loved ones
who represented here Lord,
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May you bless our endeavors,
be with our loved ones
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and forgive us of our sins,
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we pray in our
Christ name, amen.
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Praise to our God immortal,
invisible, God only wise.
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Immortal,
invisible, God only wise.
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In light
inaccessible hid from our eyes,
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Most blessed, most
glorious, the Ancient of days,
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Almighty, victorious,
Thy great name we praise.
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Unresting,
unhasting, and silent as light,
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Nor wanting, nor
wasting, Thou rulest in might,
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Thy justice like
mountains high soaring above
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Thy clouds, which
are fountains of goodness
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and love.
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To all life, thou
givest to both great and small,
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In all life, thou
livest, the true life of all,
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We blossom and flourish,
like leaves on the tree,
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Then wither and perish,
but naught changeth thee.
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Great Father of
glory, pure Father of light,
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Thine angels adore
thee, all veiling the sight,
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All laud we would
render, O help us to see
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'Tis only the
splendor of light hideth thee.
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Amen, please be seated.
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Good morning and happy Sabbath.
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Hasn't that been
beautiful so far?
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We've come to that
time in our worship
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of what we've had the
worship of the spoken word.
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We've had the worship of prayer
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and we've had worship of music.
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And now it's time for us to
have worship through giving.
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This annual offering
at our ASI Convention
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has become a great
staple of our convention,
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but we've the opportunity
to return an offering,
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a thank offering for
the way God has blessed us
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in a way that will bless
people all around the world.
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I want you to have
close by your program
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that has the different
projects listed in there
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as well I will be calling
for an envelop a little later
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and I just wanted you
to find out where that is,
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don't fill it out yet please?
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Just know where
that is at if you would.
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To begin our special focus
on our offering this morning,
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I would just
like to states for you
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a position of our
ASI leadership team
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and I'm sure all of
ASI members as well.
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And that is that we
affirm our churches position
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on the inspiration of scripture,
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including Genesis 1 through 11.
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You know,
whenever I hear those words
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in the beginning God,
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there is something deep
inside me that is moved.
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When I think about a
God who breathes out stars,
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who breathes out planets,
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who creates you and me
with the word of His mouth.
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I'm grateful for that
and I'm excited about that.
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It also reminds me
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whenever I hear the
words in the evening,
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in the morning
were the first day
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and the evening and the morning
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were the second day
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and on down to where we have
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and the seventh day God
rested from all of His work.
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It also reminds
me of a memory verse
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that I learned
in the fifth grade
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back in a little church school.
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We're going to be talking about
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Christian
education this morning.
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In the church school in Nevada,
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I went, it went like this.
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By the word of the
Lord with the heavens made
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and all the hosted them
by the breath of His mouth,
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He commanded, He
spoken it was done,
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He commanded and it stood fast..
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I'll never forget
that and I'm grateful
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for that and one another things
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that I want to
point out this morning.
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I want to quickly talk
about three of our projects
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that are designed to
bolster our creation scientists
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Number one, our
Southern Adventist University,
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Dr. Michael Hasel and
his team of Archeology,
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his Archeology department
are continuing to work in Israel
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and other places
within the Middle East
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to find ways
where the spade truly
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confirms the word of God.
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Now, we believe that
the Bible is the record,
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but, you know what,
there's a lot people out there
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that need to have evidence
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and so why should we not
be showcasing the evidence.
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And I'm thankful
for Michael Hasel
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and his team at
Southern Adventist University.
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Number two,
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Dr. Art Chadwick at our
Southwestern University.
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Dr. Chadwick has, has
actually done some study
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and he is in the middle
of doing some major study
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in the geological column.
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And as a lay person
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I have done my
best to understand this
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and what he has done is
he has taken the data points
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from many, many, many studies
through out North America
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and the world and put
them all in a data base
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over one million data points.
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This afternoon Dr.
Chadwick is going to be
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doing a program on that,
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you're not gonna
want to miss that.
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But one of the things he
is finding is in that program
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that there is
incredible evidence
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for the creation story.
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And ASI part of your
offering this morning
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will be going to
help support that program
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at Southwestern
Adventist University.
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And by the way
how many of you knew
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that our own
Loma Linda University
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has the only accredited
program in earth science
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and biology and geology
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that is creation
based in the world.
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Any of you know that?
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Our own Loma Linda and so
we actually are going to be
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supporting a
program this year as well
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at Loma Linda University.
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But we'll be
sponsoring some research
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and development money for
that organization as well,
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as we'll be helping to
sponsors several students
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that will become
graduate students
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and will be able to
go and teach at other of
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our Adventist
colleges and universities.
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I'm pretty pleased
that those two things are
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in our program,
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or those three items are
in our offering this morning.
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This time I would like to invite
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Jasmine Jacob from
the Reach International,
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because we're also,
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we're talking
about foundations here
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and how important
the foundations are?
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We also have a lot of kids
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that ASI members
are working with in
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and Jasmine I would like
you to share if you would?
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Did you know that
18,000 children die everyday
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because of hunger?
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850 million people go to bed,
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go to bed every
night on empty stomachs?
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The largest number
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of malnourished
children are in India,
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more than 100 million.
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Nine and a half
million babies die
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before their fifth birthday,
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Reach was organized 36
years ago to eliminate hunger,
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especially among
the orphaned, abandoned
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and destitute children
in the developing world.
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We feed and educate them
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because we believe that
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education is
salvation for the poor.
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This baby is
struggling to stay alive.
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He has lost both
parents to HIV/AIDS.
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This toddler is too
weak to eat unaided.
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This small child sits in the sun
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vacantly staring
into space hour after hour
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because she has no
strength to run and play.
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Extreme poverty, debt,
hunger make people desperate
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and desperate people do
desperate things to survive.
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For example in
India babies are aborted
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or killed at birth
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because it is one more
unaffordable mouth to feed.
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Girls as young as ten are
sold as brides to old men,
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or given to the temple,
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or are forced to
sell their bodies.
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Children are sent to beg,
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so that the family
can have one meal a day.
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We attempt not only feed
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but to give the
children a Christian education.
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If children stay in our program,
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over 90 percent will accept
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Jesus as their personal Savior.
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A group of war
hardened Ethiopian
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orphans were
living with the soldiers
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in a dilapidated
rusty army barracks,
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they were introduced to me.
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I was told by Calvin Richards,
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the ADRA
Director, an Australian,
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that they had been
unable to find any help for them
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not even in Australia.
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It was a God moment,
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immediately I
said I will take them.
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The villagers told the children
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I was not orthodox.
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I was a stranger, I ate
cats, I cried before eating.
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They were trying to scare them,
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yet 60 boys and girls
came to the Reach home.
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In the beginning all
they wanted was food,
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a place to sleep
and then education.
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Today many of them
are respected workers
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in the Adventist
church in Ethiopia.
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One of those
boys Tenya Rold Harbon
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is the Tigrinya language
program director for AWR
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in Addis Ababa.
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Some are
evangelist in difficult places
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that others can't go.
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One is staying with me
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and attending
Andrews University.
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He has already
converted six people.
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We not only save
them for the kingdom
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but they become
soul winners for God.
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There are more than
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14 million AIDS
orphans in Africa.
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One out of every
three children is an orphan.
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You can't find even one family
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that has not experienced AIDS.
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There are many
villages with no patents at all.
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There are only
children and old people.
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Here is the grandmother.
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She had four children,
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all four and
their spouses have died.
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She has 14
grandchildren to take care of.
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The oldest girl 14
years old was raped.
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Now she has a baby
and may be HIV as well.
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Ten year old Kaka and his
seven year old sister Affero
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continue to live
alone in their hut
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when their
parents were both buried.
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Both Kaka's feet
are infected and oozing,
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he can hardly walk.
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But he has to find
food for two of them.
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He wraps his bleeding
feet with some dirty rags
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and with the help of a stick
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hobbles around begging for food.
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To help these AIDS orphans,
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we're starting a new project
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on the banks of Lake Victoria.
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Patricks Scalzitt,
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and new Andrews
graduate from Phoenix
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from the same town,
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today he is in Rwanda
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learning how to
run this orphanage.
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A container filled with
one day church type buildings
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and two brick machines
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have already are
going to that location.
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Ten one day school
classrooms will be built first
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to start the school.
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This will allow us to feed
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and educate these AIDS orphans
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while the children's
homes have been built.
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Children are the most used
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and abused
minority in the world.
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They re young,
inexperienced and helpless.
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It is up to us
adults to provide for them.
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If not for the grace of God
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you and I could be
one of these poor people
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in these parts of the world.
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We have done nothing to
merit what God has given us.
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Christ was born poor, He
identified with the poor.
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He said suffer little
children to come unto me.
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He is coming very soon
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and all of the angles in heaven.
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He will divide the
sheep and the goats
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according to what we have done
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or neglected to
do for our fellowmen.
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We cannot touch divinity
until we touch humanity.
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Amen, thank you Jasmine.
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I liked that, we
cannot touch divinity
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until we've touched humanity.
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Bill Dull you
have been coming to ASI
00:17:11.82\00:17:14.70
for a long time.
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When did you first come?
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Hold your mic.
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Thirty two years ago.
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Okay, but there, have
you ever missed a Convention?
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I haven't missed anything...
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See, I thought I was
doing good with 26 years.
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Bill talked to us
about kids who are abandoned,
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destitute or orphans.
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Okay, I'm happy to be able
to be here at this Convention.
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I'm the proud
father of a 183 children
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in our orphanages in India.
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And I want to thank ASI
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and ASI members
for all the support
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and help that you
been to our work in India
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in supporting these children.
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You know, I believe that
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God has a very
special love for children.
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I believe that God sees
the potential in every child,
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and if our
children have an opportunity
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to have good
Christian education.
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Our children have an
opportunity of becoming
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a great witness and
the great power for God.
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The devil also sees
the great opportunity
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and the great
potential for children
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and the devil does everything
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he can to try to
destroy the minds and brains
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and bodies of little children.
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You know it may be
hard for you to believe
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little girls are trafficked,
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kidnapped, taken,
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put into prostitution,
just from India alone.
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And it's, it's a horrible crime
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that has
affected so many children,
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but you know by taking children
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into our schools and orphanages,
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we can save them
from being trafficked
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and taken into these
prostitution centers.
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In the last several years
God has given us the opportunity
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to be able to rescue
many little girls and boys,
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the girls from prostitution
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and I want to share the story
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of one of those
girls with you today.
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She came to us
about three years ago,
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I'm going to call her name Sally
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just for her protection.
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Well, Sally was
born in a Hindu home
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and when she was
about 11 years old
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she came out of
school, public school one day
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and a friendly lady met her
and said come over by my car
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have a soft drink to drink.
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She went over by the
car, she drank a soft drink,
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excuse me, and she woke
up in a prostitution house.
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In the dormitory with
over a hundred little girls
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8 to 15 years of age
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and she said that at night
when the little girls cried,
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those men would
come in with belts
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and pull their little
naked bodies out of the covers
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and beat them with belts,
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when they cried for their momma.
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She along with the others
were beaten into subjection,
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to do anything
that a man with his lust
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chose for them to do.
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For two years she
was in prostitution
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but then she escaped
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and God's mercy
and God's blessing
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she didn't know it at the time
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but God made a way of escape.
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Her mother brought her to us,
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she was, there were,
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the people were trying
to get a hold of her again.
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The mother snuck her
through a field and around
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and out into our school
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and ask us to please take her.
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When they brought
her into our orphanage,
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then the mother
introduced her to me,
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I reached out my
hand to shake her hand
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and she literally fell down
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behind her mother on the ground
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and cried out loud,
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her eyes were bulging in fear.
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She was afraid to touch me.
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Her mother said, please
take her into your orphanage.
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So, we took her
into our orphanage
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and I asked one
of the orphan girls
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to help in to take her.
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And to watch over her
and make her feel at home.
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And we had her
there for a few weeks
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and then we began to get threats
00:22:20.15\00:22:23.79
that they wanted
that girl back again
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and so we took her quietly
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and secretly out of our place
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and took her
over a thousand miles
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to another orphanage
that I have in South India.
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We thought she
would be safe there.
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Surely they would
never come a thousand miles.
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About two months went by
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and she was
learning to know Jesus,
00:22:46.81\00:22:50.10
but one day I got a phone call,
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she said was crying,
00:22:52.59\00:22:54.74
she said uncle they
have come to my mother,
00:22:54.75\00:22:57.03
they are threatening my family
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.44
and they said
they know where I'm.
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I said Sally, you
can only trust Jesus
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and so I told her
to read Psalm 34:7,
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"The angle of the Lord
encamps round about them
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that fear him,
and delivereth them".
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And then I called one of
our very dedicated orphan girls
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that's in the same orphanage
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and I asked her to
study the Bible with her
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and to pray with her.
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A few two weeks later
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she took her evening
bath went up on the roof
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of the dormitory on
Friday evening to meditate.
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She looked down the road
00:23:38.68\00:23:41.30
and she saw a car
pull up in the driveway.
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She looked two men
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and a woman get out of the car.
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They were the very people
that had her in prostitution
00:23:50.97\00:23:55.66
and then she called for Marina,
00:23:55.67\00:23:58.40
our orphan girl that was
studying with her to come up
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and to be with her and
to, and so Marina came up
00:24:01.42\00:24:05.23
and they got
down behind the wall
00:24:05.24\00:24:06.83
and they were watching to
see what was going to happen.
00:24:06.84\00:24:11.11
And then seven or
eight motorcycles came up
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and the men got
off the motorcycles.
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They were all at
the end of our driveway
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about 250 foot
away from the dormitory
00:24:17.80\00:24:22.53
and then they all began
00:24:22.54\00:24:23.72
to come up the
road to get Sally.
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Sally and Marina cried
out to God to deliver them.
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They came about
half way up our driveway
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and then they just stopped.
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The women took her
camera out and took a photo.
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The man got on his cell
phone and made a phone call
00:24:45.83\00:24:50.35
and then they all
turned around and went back.
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Down got on their motorcycles
00:24:54.28\00:24:56.12
and went about a
thousand feet down the road
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and there they stayed
until after midnight that night
00:25:00.63\00:25:06.34
and then they all left.
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Why did they leave?
00:25:09.37\00:25:12.87
What did they see?
00:25:12.88\00:25:15.16
What a miracle of God,
00:25:15.17\00:25:16.85
could it be that they saw
angels with flaming swords.
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And so you know,
00:25:22.02\00:25:26.08
Sally has become a
very dedicated Christian.
00:25:26.09\00:25:30.20
She loves the Lord
with all of her heart
00:25:30.21\00:25:33.42
and she studies her Bible.
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.40
She prays, she knows that
00:25:35.41\00:25:36.85
God has worked
the miracle for her.
00:25:36.86\00:25:39.89
There could be a
thousand other families out
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doing the same thing we're doing
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.96
and could touch many lives.
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God bless every one of
you to do what you can do
00:25:48.71\00:25:52.89
to help prepare the
way for Jesus coming.
00:25:52.90\00:25:56.19
Thank you Bill, thank you.
00:25:56.20\00:25:58.20
Isn't that awesome, go ahead.
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Leasa, Leasa
Hodges as many of you know
00:26:07.25\00:26:09.60
Leasa is one of our
Vice-Presidents in ASI.
00:26:09.61\00:26:12.29
Tell us what you think about
this whole thing of orphans
00:26:12.30\00:26:15.16
and abandoned children
00:26:15.17\00:26:16.31
and children that have
no resources, no money.
00:26:16.32\00:26:20.08
Well, I was one of
those abandoned children.
00:26:20.09\00:26:22.26
I was abandoned
00:26:22.27\00:26:23.24
at a Seventh -day Adventist
hospital in Seoul, Korea.
00:26:23.25\00:26:27.93
Well, some many years ago.
00:26:27.94\00:26:29.76
And you know my
life is a testimony
00:26:29.77\00:26:33.44
that God can
rescue, He can provide for,
00:26:33.45\00:26:37.16
He can train and He equip anyone
00:26:37.17\00:26:40.98
in any
situation to be of service
00:26:40.99\00:26:43.09
in anywhere in this world.
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.65
And so as we support our
orphans as we care for them,
00:26:45.66\00:26:51.43
you don't know what that
person is going to be doing.
00:26:51.44\00:26:55.58
Are you grateful Leasa
00:26:55.59\00:26:57.40
that someone took an
interest in an orphan girl?
00:26:57.41\00:27:00.90
I'm very grateful
00:27:00.91\00:27:02.08
and that person I think was God
00:27:02.09\00:27:04.26
and he provided a family
that's very mission minded,
00:27:04.27\00:27:07.39
very active in His service
that they just train me too.
00:27:07.40\00:27:11.96
And Praise the Lord.
00:27:11.97\00:27:12.94
We're all glad for that,
00:27:12.95\00:27:13.92
thank you so much. Thank you.
00:27:13.93\00:27:15.96
You know, we're
going to be talking
00:27:15.97\00:27:17.56
in just a few
minutes little bit more about
00:27:17.57\00:27:19.13
how we can help
00:27:19.14\00:27:21.18
and actually get an idea about
00:27:21.19\00:27:22.46
what's happening
around our world.
00:27:22.47\00:27:24.05
Our ASI members
are caring for ten's of
00:27:24.06\00:27:27.05
thousands of young
abandoned children, Garwin.
00:27:27.06\00:27:30.87
You know, when I
think of children.
00:27:34.38\00:27:37.90
You need a micro phone here...
00:27:37.91\00:27:39.15
When I think of
children I can't help
00:27:42.40\00:27:44.62
but think of, many times
00:27:44.63\00:27:46.89
we've taken
children into the orphanages
00:27:46.90\00:27:49.15
and if I see
these little children
00:27:49.16\00:27:51.38
and they come
and they are afraid,
00:27:51.39\00:27:54.35
they are in their ragged cloths
00:27:54.36\00:27:56.62
and many times they just
have the little bundle up
00:27:56.63\00:27:59.98
may be wrapped in a paper
bag or something of that nature
00:27:59.99\00:28:03.47
and I can't help but think,
00:28:03.48\00:28:04.84
and I think of
this almost daily.
00:28:04.85\00:28:06.83
How we need to be
like little children
00:28:06.84\00:28:09.30
and how God reaches out to
us as we reach out to them.
00:28:09.31\00:28:13.14
And then we say come
00:28:13.15\00:28:15.48
and you know, over
in Asia you go like this
00:28:15.49\00:28:18.53
and God calls us to come to Him.
00:28:18.54\00:28:21.88
And you take the
little child by the hand,
00:28:21.89\00:28:23.71
you give him a
hug for reassurance
00:28:23.72\00:28:26.23
and you know, as we
respond to God's love,
00:28:26.24\00:28:28.71
He embraces us
with His arms of love.
00:28:28.72\00:28:32.39
And you take the
child and you feed him,
00:28:32.40\00:28:34.96
and yes God feeds us.
00:28:34.97\00:28:37.10
You obey them, God
obeys us with His blood.
00:28:37.11\00:28:42.03
When the child gets
her first new clothes,
00:28:42.04\00:28:45.60
God clothes us
with His righteousness.
00:28:45.61\00:28:49.04
Then you take the
child to their new home,
00:28:49.05\00:28:51.88
you show him their
first bed, their first pillow
00:28:51.89\00:28:56.14
and you show him how
to lay their head on it.
00:28:56.15\00:28:59.28
You know God is leading us
home as he prepares for us,
00:28:59.29\00:29:03.70
that he has prepared for us.
00:29:03.71\00:29:06.11
And when a child reaches
the, receives the warmth,
00:29:06.12\00:29:09.35
the food, the shelter, the love.
00:29:09.36\00:29:12.16
You know their minds
are open to be educated
00:29:12.17\00:29:15.22
to receive a Christian
education and learn more
00:29:15.23\00:29:19.19
about the
everlasting love of Jesus.
00:29:19.20\00:29:22.49
Yes, I think often,
often about the children.
00:29:22.50\00:29:26.63
What an example
and I thank Bill,
00:29:26.64\00:29:29.70
and Jasmine for their work.
00:29:29.71\00:29:32.59
Last year Meryln and I
had the opportunity to visit
00:29:32.60\00:29:35.23
Riverside Farms in Zambia
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.18
helping to build
a one day church.
00:29:38.19\00:29:42.24
Afterwards we
traveled to Livingstone,
00:29:42.25\00:29:44.38
where Don and
Denzel did the DVD training
00:29:44.39\00:29:46.72
that was showed this morning.
00:29:46.73\00:29:49.67
Well, at Livingstone we enquired
00:29:49.68\00:29:52.54
where is your church school?
00:29:52.55\00:29:55.30
The answer we have none.
00:29:55.31\00:29:58.18
We desperately
need a church school.
00:29:58.19\00:30:01.43
In fact in Livingstone,
00:30:01.44\00:30:02.53
there are few Sabbath school
classrooms for the children
00:30:02.54\00:30:06.98
in the existing churches.
00:30:06.99\00:30:09.49
Then we asked how
many churches in the area?
00:30:09.50\00:30:14.33
Now Livingstone is a
city of about 200,000,
00:30:14.34\00:30:18.21
they said 32 churches
and church groups in one city
00:30:18.22\00:30:23.30
and you think of
that then we said what,
00:30:23.31\00:30:26.73
how many members are there?
00:30:26.74\00:30:29.34
The answer over
12,000, just in a city
00:30:29.35\00:30:33.94
and as you think of it
00:30:33.95\00:30:35.32
12,000 members
without a church school.
00:30:35.33\00:30:39.90
This made quite an impression,
00:30:39.91\00:30:42.10
because church
schools have been a,
00:30:42.11\00:30:43.92
so much a part of our
lives and as we traveled home
00:30:43.93\00:30:47.00
we thought about
the tremendous need.
00:30:47.01\00:30:50.49
And how could the one day
00:30:50.50\00:30:53.13
church building fill this need.
00:30:53.14\00:30:56.47
When I got home I talked
with Don Noble of Maranatha
00:30:56.48\00:30:58.90
to discuss with him
the Livingstone area needs
00:30:58.91\00:31:02.54
which are church schools,
00:31:02.55\00:31:05.64
children Sabbath
school classrooms
00:31:05.65\00:31:08.14
and one day churches.
00:31:08.15\00:31:10.26
And when you think about it
00:31:10.27\00:31:12.01
next week ShareHim is
having 40 evangelistic efforts
00:31:12.02\00:31:16.35
in the Livingstone area.
00:31:16.36\00:31:18.36
You can just imagine
the needs after the effort.
00:31:18.37\00:31:22.65
Of the 32 church groups
and churches in Livingstone,
00:31:22.66\00:31:27.35
some of them are very large.
00:31:27.36\00:31:29.69
In fact most have been
00:31:29.70\00:31:31.63
finished with rifts over Africa.
00:31:31.64\00:31:34.46
But you know they
don't have children
00:31:34.47\00:31:36.24
Sabbath school classrooms.
00:31:36.25\00:31:38.92
Services are being
held in rented buildings,
00:31:38.93\00:31:41.25
I went to
schools they were packed,
00:31:41.26\00:31:43.60
public schools under the trees
00:31:43.61\00:31:46.44
and you know right
across the river in Zambia
00:31:46.45\00:31:49.68
we're facing, Zimbabwe,
00:31:49.69\00:31:52.32
we're facing similar challenges.
00:31:52.33\00:31:55.65
Now, Marilee and I
went back to Lewiston.
00:31:55.66\00:31:58.93
Oh, let me tell you
when I was in the airport,
00:31:58.94\00:32:01.25
I'm in the Atlanta airport
waiting to board my plane,
00:32:01.26\00:32:04.80
they announce the gate
00:32:04.81\00:32:07.67
and they said we're just
going to hold for a group
00:32:07.68\00:32:10.97
and I heard this group of
young people singing hymns
00:32:10.98\00:32:15.27
and I looked up
and here they come
00:32:15.28\00:32:17.25
they are walking in beautiful.
00:32:17.26\00:32:20.50
And I looked on the
back perhaps at maps,
00:32:20.51\00:32:23.68
of course right
away I had an idea
00:32:23.69\00:32:26.05
and I said to
one of the young men,
00:32:26.06\00:32:28.66
where are you going?
00:32:28.67\00:32:30.24
He says we're going to
build a one day church,
00:32:30.25\00:32:32.33
do you know about it?
00:32:32.34\00:32:35.57
I says, well, tell me about it
00:32:35.58\00:32:38.75
and he said he gave
me a little sales talk
00:32:38.76\00:32:41.69
on the one day church.
00:32:41.70\00:32:43.86
I thought this was really neat.
00:32:43.87\00:32:45.66
Then I noticed the supervisor
in the back the doctor
00:32:45.67\00:32:49.29
and we exchanged a few words.
00:32:49.30\00:32:52.33
Soon we got on
that all night flight
00:32:52.34\00:32:54.17
and I decided I'm gonna go back
00:32:54.18\00:32:56.27
and see what they
are doing and I went back
00:32:56.28\00:33:00.12
and it was dark,
everyone was asleep
00:33:00.13\00:33:02.97
and I went back and I looked
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.47
and here is some
and here is some setting
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.86
and the night lights were on
00:33:06.87\00:33:08.98
and there on the little flip
00:33:08.99\00:33:11.09
in front of them
were their Bibles.
00:33:11.10\00:33:13.86
They went to sleep reading
the Bible, I was impressed.
00:33:13.87\00:33:17.32
And when I got to
Johannesburg airport
00:33:17.33\00:33:19.11
the next morning,
00:33:19.12\00:33:20.52
here again heard
they are singing,
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.89
they were going off,
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.15
it was certainly a good witness.
00:33:24.16\00:33:26.03
But, anyway when
we got to Livingstone,
00:33:26.04\00:33:29.91
we found two nice tracks of land
00:33:29.92\00:33:31.77
next to the two
of the churches ideal
00:33:31.78\00:33:35.93
for lower grade school.
00:33:35.94\00:33:38.24
Well, we just had
the weekend and Sunday,
00:33:38.25\00:33:40.43
we got a bulldozer
00:33:40.44\00:33:41.45
and we cleared the land
staked out the buildings
00:33:41.46\00:33:45.29
and the classrooms in
each site has a dockers room,
00:33:45.30\00:33:51.08
larger one which
is the dockers room.
00:33:51.09\00:33:53.43
The dockers ladies
are very active in Africa.
00:33:53.44\00:33:57.99
We have plans for
two lower grade schools
00:33:58.00\00:34:00.48
with 24 classrooms,
00:34:00.49\00:34:03.20
30 children
Sabbath school classrooms,
00:34:03.21\00:34:06.82
25 one day churches.
00:34:06.83\00:34:08.88
Now some of these
are extra big churches,
00:34:08.89\00:34:11.42
if you went just to the one day
00:34:11.43\00:34:13.40
this would be a
total of 87 buildings
00:34:13.41\00:34:16.30
in that area to
fill these needs.
00:34:16.31\00:34:20.09
And I want to
encourage each of you
00:34:20.10\00:34:22.75
go on a trip of a life time,
00:34:22.76\00:34:24.96
an incredible
Maranatha volunteer project
00:34:24.97\00:34:28.22
in an ideal situation
next to Victoria falls,
00:34:28.23\00:34:32.52
the National Game
Park 15 minutes away.
00:34:32.53\00:34:35.92
But you know most of
all is filling the needs
00:34:35.93\00:34:39.02
for churches,
children Sabbath schoolrooms
00:34:39.03\00:34:42.94
and church schools
in this deserving area.
00:34:42.95\00:34:46.82
The church is
relive in Livingstone.
00:34:46.83\00:34:51.04
God wants Christian education
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.74
in the Livingstone,
Victoria Falls area.
00:34:53.75\00:34:58.01
You know, as we think about
00:35:01.53\00:35:03.28
Adventist Christian education,
00:35:03.29\00:35:05.14
our church schools, academies,
00:35:05.15\00:35:07.01
colleges and universities.
00:35:07.02\00:35:09.45
I want to ask each
one of you a question.
00:35:09.46\00:35:12.05
How many of you
here today have been
00:35:12.06\00:35:14.36
influenced by
Christian education
00:35:14.37\00:35:16.91
or have you supported someone
with Christian education?
00:35:16.92\00:35:19.76
Can I see your hands?
00:35:19.77\00:35:23.05
I think that's just about
every hand in this audience
00:35:23.06\00:35:26.08
and I'm thankful
today for grandmother
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.08
whose influenced and guidance
00:35:28.09\00:35:29.52
in my life was
responsible for me
00:35:29.53\00:35:31.60
having a Christian education.
00:35:31.61\00:35:33.78
If it wasn't for that,
I wouldn't be here today,
00:35:33.79\00:35:36.06
my children, or
my grand children.
00:35:36.07\00:35:38.54
And this is why
I'm so passionate
00:35:38.55\00:35:40.26
about Christian education.
00:35:40.27\00:35:42.75
You know, only in heaven
00:35:42.76\00:35:43.80
will we know the
souls have been saved
00:35:43.81\00:35:47.10
because we helped someone to
attend a Christian education.
00:35:47.11\00:35:51.28
And I'm thankful to our founders
00:35:51.29\00:35:52.62
who established Christian
education 150 years ago.
00:35:52.63\00:35:56.69
You know, we have a friend
00:35:56.70\00:35:57.88
who always said Christian
education is the genius
00:35:57.89\00:36:02.47
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
00:36:02.48\00:36:04.69
the genius of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:36:04.70\00:36:07.23
I believe that,
00:36:07.24\00:36:08.64
but most importantly I believe
00:36:08.65\00:36:10.13
what the Spirit of Prophecy
says in the Desire of Ages.
00:36:10.14\00:36:13.63
Children are
the most susceptible
00:36:13.64\00:36:15.97
to the teaching of the gospel.
00:36:15.98\00:36:18.51
Their hearts are
open to divine influences
00:36:18.52\00:36:21.41
and strong to retain
the lessons received.
00:36:21.42\00:36:25.67
They need to be
educated in spiritual things
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.56
that they may form characters
00:36:28.57\00:36:30.41
after the similitude of
the character of Christ.
00:36:30.42\00:36:35.58
Why do we have
Christian education?
00:36:35.59\00:36:38.59
Christian education prepares
children to meet Jesus. Amen!
00:36:38.60\00:36:44.23
I'm grateful for my
Christian education.
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.88
Donna, our ASI
President Donna McNeilus,
00:36:57.89\00:37:00.64
tell us quickly
some things about ASI?
00:37:00.65\00:37:04.58
Did you know
that every single day
00:37:04.59\00:37:08.33
around the entire globe,
00:37:08.34\00:37:11.06
there are hungry, thirsty,
00:37:11.07\00:37:14.00
cold and sick little children?
00:37:14.01\00:37:18.18
They have no place to lay
their head on a soft pillow,
00:37:18.19\00:37:22.46
they don't even have a bed,
00:37:22.47\00:37:24.96
no job skills, no education
00:37:24.97\00:37:29.13
and in fact
they have never heard
00:37:29.14\00:37:32.27
the name of Jesus Christ.
00:37:32.28\00:37:35.27
Proverbs 22:6 tells us,
00:37:35.28\00:37:38.33
"Train up a child in
the way he should go,
00:37:38.34\00:37:41.94
and when he is old he will not,
00:37:41.95\00:37:45.57
will not depart from it."
00:37:45.58\00:37:48.71
Praise God that
there are ASI Ministries
00:37:48.72\00:37:52.01
that have heard the call.
00:37:52.02\00:37:53.86
You have heard that today,
00:37:53.87\00:37:55.71
they are helping
these precious children.
00:37:55.72\00:37:58.58
I've had the privilege of
traveling around the world
00:37:58.59\00:38:01.17
and I've been it at
these many orphanages
00:38:01.18\00:38:03.24
and these homes
00:38:03.25\00:38:04.57
where children are
being taken care off.
00:38:04.58\00:38:07.74
If we go to Africa,
00:38:07.75\00:38:09.52
there are lot of ASI ministries
00:38:09.53\00:38:12.43
that are feeding some
290,000 meals every year.
00:38:12.44\00:38:18.66
They are providing uniforms,
00:38:18.67\00:38:20.41
I know about a little
boy who was given a uniform
00:38:20.42\00:38:24.75
and he was able to graduate
at the top of his class.
00:38:24.76\00:38:29.44
He received a scholarship
and went on to high school.
00:38:29.45\00:38:33.66
Let's go to Asia,
00:38:33.67\00:38:35.80
I know in India that
they are providing meals
00:38:35.81\00:38:38.49
for more than
600,000 meals every year.
00:38:38.50\00:38:43.52
Wells are being
dug for clean water.
00:38:43.53\00:38:47.01
Thousands are
receiving an education
00:38:47.02\00:38:49.80
through ASI
members and ministries.
00:38:49.81\00:38:53.99
You know what these little
orphans they get this bed,
00:38:54.00\00:38:57.05
they get that pillow,
they get that blanket,
00:38:57.06\00:38:59.89
they get uniforms
it's a privilege for them,
00:38:59.90\00:39:03.63
it changes their life.
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.40
They are learning how
to make their own uniforms.
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.61
In these schools
00:39:09.62\00:39:10.59
they are not only
been taught A-B-C's
00:39:10.60\00:39:12.73
and 1-2-3's, they are
been taught about Jesus Christ.
00:39:12.74\00:39:17.80
Twenty seven
orphanages for His children
00:39:17.81\00:39:21.92
that are being
operated by ASI members
00:39:21.93\00:39:24.91
and ministries
just in Asia alone,
00:39:24.92\00:39:28.21
and Central America.
00:39:28.22\00:39:30.27
1.4 million meals are
provided for His children
00:39:30.28\00:39:36.70
in Central America every year.
00:39:36.71\00:39:39.81
1300 children are
cared for in 38 homes,
00:39:39.82\00:39:45.24
and hundreds of students
00:39:45.25\00:39:46.89
in seven schools are
receiving an education.
00:39:46.90\00:39:51.33
Let's go to North America,
00:39:51.34\00:39:53.59
my very own bags
00:39:53.60\00:39:57.73
that are given to faster
children have been provided
00:39:57.74\00:40:01.65
for children this last year.
00:40:01.66\00:40:04.63
Many pieces of
clothing have been distributed,
00:40:04.64\00:40:07.56
food, housing,
00:40:07.57\00:40:08.64
schooling, medical
care for our Native American
00:40:08.65\00:40:12.57
reservations have been provided,
00:40:12.58\00:40:14.90
14,000 meals to
students every year.
00:40:14.91\00:40:19.26
How about our
supporting schools?
00:40:19.27\00:40:21.82
They are providing education.
00:40:21.83\00:40:24.09
How about the
work study programs?
00:40:24.10\00:40:27.65
South America, 100,000
breakfasts are provided
00:40:27.66\00:40:34.04
for students in local schools.
00:40:34.05\00:40:37.03
There's a crisis
centre for abused
00:40:37.04\00:40:39.50
and abandoned girls
where they are housed
00:40:39.51\00:40:42.07
and fed and they are taught
about a real Heavenly Father.
00:40:42.08\00:40:47.65
There is a lot more,
we could tell you more,
00:40:47.66\00:40:50.83
but you know what
this only represents
00:40:50.84\00:40:53.49
a portion of the work
00:40:53.50\00:40:55.55
that's been done
all over the world
00:40:55.56\00:40:57.98
by ASI members and ministries.
00:40:57.99\00:41:02.40
These are real children
whose needs are being met
00:41:02.41\00:41:07.31
and they are being introduced
to their loving Father
00:41:07.32\00:41:11.03
and savior Jesus Christ.
00:41:11.04\00:41:14.26
I just want you to
realize that our ASI family
00:41:14.27\00:41:18.88
in this last year
provided over 2,314,000 meals
00:41:18.89\00:41:26.83
for children and you,
yes you were a part of that.
00:41:26.84\00:41:32.90
You helped to get thousands
00:41:32.91\00:41:34.50
and thousands of
pieces of clothing.
00:41:34.51\00:41:37.22
You provided
schooling for children,
00:41:37.23\00:41:40.14
the gift bags of love provided.
00:41:40.15\00:41:42.99
And some day soon
we'll be rewarded.
00:41:43.00\00:41:46.83
Won't it be a wonderful day
00:41:46.84\00:41:48.29
when we can sit
around the tree of life
00:41:48.30\00:41:50.86
with all God's
precious children? Amen,
00:41:50.87\00:41:54.56
You know, as Karen
joins me here just now,
00:42:02.68\00:42:06.94
I want you to have
that envelop handy.
00:42:06.95\00:42:08.94
You can get it
outwards closer to you now
00:42:08.95\00:42:10.55
and get your pen ready because
00:42:10.56\00:42:11.63
we're gonna be talking
about that in just a minute.
00:42:11.64\00:42:13.75
But, I'm struck
that in the moment
00:42:13.76\00:42:18.47
that we possess right now,
00:42:18.48\00:42:21.22
where we're living
in the stream of time,
00:42:21.23\00:42:24.63
there has never been
a greater opportunity
00:42:24.64\00:42:28.40
in our world to serve and
to meet the needs of people.
00:42:28.41\00:42:32.55
And what's this
really all about?
00:42:32.56\00:42:34.71
Yes, we're providing meals
00:42:34.72\00:42:36.12
and by the way did you realize
00:42:36.13\00:42:37.89
that we can provide a meal
00:42:37.90\00:42:39.10
for a little orphan
for about a quarter,
00:42:39.11\00:42:41.93
about 25 cents.
00:42:41.94\00:42:43.71
Stop and think about that.
00:42:43.72\00:42:45.75
How many meals would
a hundred bucks provide?
00:42:45.76\00:42:50.96
Okay, think about
a thousand dollars,
00:42:50.97\00:42:52.38
a thousand dollars
would provide 4000 meals,
00:42:52.39\00:42:56.24
that's 11 orphans all year long.
00:42:56.25\00:43:00.27
And you can just
take that up to 10,000,
00:43:00.28\00:43:02.62
would provide 40,000 meals.
00:43:02.63\00:43:04.29
A 100,000 dollars
will provide 400,000 meals.
00:43:04.30\00:43:08.59
Why we're interested
in those meals for kids
00:43:08.60\00:43:10.24
we're interested
ultimately in souls
00:43:10.25\00:43:11.85
for the kingdom, aren't we?
00:43:11.86\00:43:13.86
We're, Karen talk
about some of the things
00:43:13.87\00:43:16.52
this offering
touches your heart with.
00:43:16.53\00:43:19.83
Well, we heard the stories
this morning about the abused
00:43:19.84\00:43:22.73
and the neglected
and abandoned children.
00:43:22.74\00:43:25.50
And I believe that
children have a special place
00:43:25.51\00:43:29.19
in the heart of our Creator.
00:43:29.20\00:43:31.38
When He was on the earth
00:43:31.39\00:43:32.41
he said suffer the
little children to come on to me
00:43:32.42\00:43:35.38
and mothers would
bring their babies
00:43:35.39\00:43:36.98
and their little ones to
him to be blessed by him.
00:43:36.99\00:43:40.72
Dan and I feel
that it's a privilege
00:43:40.73\00:43:42.80
to be able to give
00:43:42.81\00:43:44.00
and be a blessing
to His other children.
00:43:44.01\00:43:47.05
it says,
00:43:47.06\00:43:49.93
"A generous person will prosper,
00:43:49.94\00:43:53.17
and those who refresh others
00:43:53.18\00:43:55.04
will themselves be refreshed".
00:43:55.05\00:43:58.05
Isn't it amazing that we gain
00:43:58.06\00:44:00.86
and are blessed when we give.
00:44:00.87\00:44:04.82
How many of you can say
that you have been blessed
00:44:04.83\00:44:07.15
in the past when you have given?
00:44:07.16\00:44:08.96
Can I see your hands?
00:44:08.97\00:44:10.36
Haven't we all been
blessed when we give?
00:44:10.37\00:44:12.73
We've been put in this
world to be able to share
00:44:12.74\00:44:15.29
and be a conduit to
others of God's children.
00:44:15.30\00:44:18.40
And there are so
many more out there
00:44:18.41\00:44:20.15
that I'm looking
forward to getting acquainted
00:44:20.16\00:44:21.56
with throughout our eternity
00:44:21.57\00:44:22.56
because I want them
living in the same neighborhood
00:44:22.57\00:44:24.85
that I live in.
00:44:24.86\00:44:25.94
And I hope that
they will want me
00:44:25.95\00:44:27.09
in their
neighborhood as well in heaven,
00:44:27.10\00:44:28.40
I don't know about you?
00:44:28.41\00:44:30.06
But I'm thinking about,
00:44:30.07\00:44:32.59
the major
projects in our offering.
00:44:32.60\00:44:34.12
You have gone through
00:44:34.13\00:44:35.10
and looked at the different
projects in the magazine
00:44:35.11\00:44:38.10
and those of you who
are watching by television,
00:44:38.11\00:44:40.89
I don't want you
to turn the channel
00:44:40.90\00:44:41.99
when we finish
because I'm going to be coming
00:44:42.00\00:44:43.23
and talking to you
after we go off camera here,
00:44:43.24\00:44:46.17
because we want you
to participate as well.
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.40
But those of who are
here in our live audience
00:44:48.41\00:44:50.41
in Phoenix, Arizona.
00:44:50.42\00:44:52.40
You have looked at
those and you have seen them
00:44:52.41\00:44:55.20
and I pray that as you
laid them out last night
00:44:55.21\00:44:57.57
and prayed over them that
the spirit of God touched you
00:44:57.58\00:45:01.90
and what we would liked
to have you do just now,
00:45:01.91\00:45:05.12
is like to have
you take that envelop,
00:45:05.13\00:45:08.09
want you to fill your name out,
00:45:08.10\00:45:09.50
you got to put
your name and address
00:45:09.51\00:45:10.81
and the
different things on there,
00:45:10.82\00:45:12.45
may be you have
already done that.
00:45:12.46\00:45:14.04
Then I want you to think about
00:45:14.05\00:45:15.09
what you're going to
be able to do this year.
00:45:15.10\00:45:17.35
Obviously you can
put money in that envelop
00:45:17.36\00:45:19.48
or a check if you like to
put a check in that envelop.
00:45:19.49\00:45:22.07
Or you can
write down as a pledge
00:45:22.08\00:45:24.20
and you want to pay
that out over this next year.
00:45:24.21\00:45:27.46
What you're going to be doing
00:45:27.47\00:45:28.48
is going to be
helping all the projects
00:45:28.49\00:45:30.94
that are listed in
here and I just want to,
00:45:30.95\00:45:32.62
to mention that we have on,
on page 23 of your magazine,
00:45:32.63\00:45:38.71
we have put in
there the provision
00:45:38.72\00:45:41.73
for an overflow offering.
00:45:41.74\00:45:44.33
And in that overflow offering
00:45:44.34\00:45:45.59
we're talking
about one day schools
00:45:45.60\00:45:48.20
and of course we all know
the one day church concept,
00:45:48.21\00:45:50.85
but, you know,
00:45:50.86\00:45:51.83
you can also create a
one day school really easily,
00:45:51.84\00:45:54.24
you heard various people
00:45:54.25\00:45:55.26
talking about that this morning
00:45:55.27\00:45:57.26
and also more of train them now.
00:45:57.27\00:45:59.31
There are so many more
lay people around our world
00:45:59.32\00:46:02.30
waiting to be
trained with the resources
00:46:02.31\00:46:04.37
that we have developed in ASI
00:46:04.38\00:46:05.86
and train them now DVD program.
00:46:05.87\00:46:08.35
I just want you to think about
00:46:08.36\00:46:09.51
something with these one
day schools for a moment.
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It costs about $3000
to built a one day school.
00:46:14.12\00:46:19.90
For $3000 you can
actually built a one day school.
00:46:19.91\00:46:24.47
If you stop and think
about that for 10 schools
00:46:24.48\00:46:28.38
if you want to built
10 schools that's $30,000,
00:46:28.39\00:46:30.45
$30,000 put 10 schools in place
00:46:30.46\00:46:33.26
where these kids
coming out of the orphanage,
00:46:33.27\00:46:34.96
out of the
villages can actually come
00:46:34.97\00:46:36.83
and learn about Jesus
while they are learning about
00:46:36.84\00:46:38.96
how to deal in this world.
00:46:38.97\00:46:41.63
For $300,000 you can
put up 100 one day schools
00:46:41.64\00:46:47.40
and I can go on with the math.
00:46:47.41\00:46:49.63
Stop and think about the impact
00:46:49.64\00:46:52.26
that your gift this morning
can have in this coming year.
00:46:52.27\00:46:56.89
Now, I want to know we
actually have envelops,
00:46:56.90\00:47:00.53
they look like this.
00:47:00.54\00:47:01.51
How many of you have an envelop?
00:47:01.52\00:47:02.49
Can I see your envelops,
hold them up for a second
00:47:02.50\00:47:03.71
that you got them, all
right put your hands down.
00:47:03.72\00:47:05.98
Now is there
anyone in this audience
00:47:05.99\00:47:07.48
that does not have an envelop?
00:47:07.49\00:47:09.34
If there is anyone we
got deacon standing by
00:47:09.35\00:47:11.07
if you need an envelop
and you don't have one,
00:47:11.08\00:47:12.89
I want a deacon
somewhere close by
00:47:12.90\00:47:15.05
I don't see any hands.
00:47:15.06\00:47:16.31
You are all having, I'm sorry
I got a hand right up here,
00:47:16.32\00:47:18.58
please make sure this
lady, I got two hands,
00:47:18.59\00:47:20.81
I got several
hands, hold your hand high
00:47:20.82\00:47:22.47
if you need an envelop,
00:47:22.48\00:47:23.45
please hold your
hand where ever you are,
00:47:23.46\00:47:25.45
I want to make sure
you have an envelop.
00:47:25.46\00:47:27.32
So you have the blessing
00:47:27.33\00:47:29.02
of participating
in this active worship
00:47:29.03\00:47:32.31
which the offering is,
00:47:32.32\00:47:33.29
okay I believe we
have covered all those.
00:47:33.30\00:47:36.63
I'm going to pray
here in just a moment
00:47:36.64\00:47:39.15
and we're going to ask the Lord
00:47:39.16\00:47:40.31
to bless this
offering in a very special way.
00:47:40.32\00:47:43.70
And I wan to thank you right now
00:47:45.78\00:47:48.87
for your incredible generosity.
00:47:48.88\00:47:51.99
ASI members are
incredibly generous
00:47:52.00\00:47:57.61
and I'm just so
grateful for each one of you
00:47:57.62\00:47:59.38
and I pray that the blessing
00:47:59.39\00:48:01.93
that is brought as a result
of your gift this morning.
00:48:01.94\00:48:06.23
Some day in heaven
00:48:06.24\00:48:07.21
you are going to be
able to see the result of it,
00:48:07.22\00:48:08.73
because souls for the
kingdom will be there.
00:48:08.74\00:48:11.72
Would you bow your heads with me
00:48:11.73\00:48:12.80
just now where you are.
00:48:12.81\00:48:15.18
Holy Father in heaven,
00:48:15.19\00:48:17.51
we counted an
incredible privilege
00:48:17.52\00:48:20.27
to be able to come
before you just now
00:48:20.28\00:48:22.01
in an active worship
00:48:22.02\00:48:23.03
and give of the blessings
that You have given to us
00:48:23.04\00:48:27.01
for all the
projects that we have
00:48:27.02\00:48:29.65
in our ASI offering this year.
00:48:29.66\00:48:32.25
I pray Lord that you would
bless every single donation
00:48:32.26\00:48:35.64
and every single
person making a gift.
00:48:35.65\00:48:38.96
I pray that as this money
is traveled to various places
00:48:38.97\00:48:42.37
around the world in mission.
00:48:42.38\00:48:43.86
O Lord I pray,
that you will allow
00:48:43.87\00:48:46.63
through the power
of your Holy Spirit
00:48:46.64\00:48:48.07
for lives to be touched
for here and for eternity.
00:48:48.08\00:48:53.04
We're so grateful for
this privilege this morning
00:48:53.05\00:48:55.34
and thank you for
it in Jesus name, amen.
00:48:55.35\00:48:58.81
And those of you who
are watching on television,
00:48:58.82\00:49:00.42
please do not turn the channel,
00:49:00.43\00:49:01.54
I will be right back with you.
00:49:01.55\00:49:02.98
Savior, Thy dying
love Thou gavest me
00:49:13.77\00:49:24.98
Nor should I aught
withhold, dear Lord, from Thee
00:49:24.99\00:49:36.04
In love my soul would
bow, my heart fulfill its vow
00:49:36.05\00:49:46.64
Some offering bring
Thee now, something for Thee
00:49:46.65\00:49:59.62
At the blest mercy
seat, pleading for me
00:50:05.73\00:50:15.12
I want to thank you all
for participating with us
00:50:15.13\00:50:17.64
in our ASI Convention
here in Phoenix, Arizona.
00:50:17.65\00:50:19.88
Where ever you're just now,
00:50:19.89\00:50:21.48
if you would like to
participate in this offering
00:50:21.49\00:50:24.16
and be a part of reaching
out and touching children,
00:50:24.17\00:50:27.01
orphans, for the
many other projects
00:50:27.02\00:50:29.21
that you have heard
discuss this morning.
00:50:29.22\00:50:31.26
We would invite you
to make it check payable
00:50:31.27\00:50:33.68
to ASI ministries
00:50:33.69\00:50:35.03
and there will be an
address come up on your screen
00:50:35.04\00:50:37.68
where you will be
able to mail that check in,
00:50:37.69\00:50:39.66
so that you can be part of
00:50:39.67\00:50:40.87
this particular
offering this morning.
00:50:40.88\00:50:43.17
I want to thank
you for your generosity
00:50:43.18\00:50:44.66
and for those of you
who may be ASI members
00:50:44.67\00:50:47.56
who are not able to be
here with us in Phoenix today.
00:50:47.57\00:50:50.46
I want to just
thank you for tuning in.
00:50:50.47\00:50:52.09
We wish you were here.
00:50:52.10\00:50:53.41
For those of you who
may have never heard of
00:50:53.42\00:50:54.79
an ASI Convention,
we want you to tune in
00:50:54.80\00:50:56.42
to our website
asiministries.org.
00:50:56.43\00:50:59.94
Learn a little bit
more about our organization.
00:50:59.95\00:51:01.97
We love to have you at
our convention next year
00:51:01.98\00:51:04.14
in Orlando, Florida.
00:51:04.15\00:51:05.65
In the mean time
I just wan to pray
00:51:05.66\00:51:07.96
that God will
bless you abundantly
00:51:07.97\00:51:10.07
where ever you are,
00:51:10.08\00:51:11.65
so that you can experience
the fullness of His joy
00:51:11.66\00:51:14.79
in your life, thank you so much.
00:51:14.80\00:51:16.85
Thy face I see, my
ransomed soul shall be
00:51:22.85\00:51:31.18
Through all
eternity, something for Thee
00:51:31.19\00:51:48.07