Otakar is the other director
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of Country Life in Prague,
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and he is going to
tell us a little bit about,
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exactly what Country Life is?
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Hello, OCI friends.
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Oh, ASI friends I am sorry,
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but there are OCI
friends too there.
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So Country Life is a
two body institution,
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and first body
is the business body
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and it includes an organic farm
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of 200 acres, a mill, a bakery,
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a major wholesale,
five stores downtown Prague,
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three vegetarian restaurants
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and we have food
premises contacts
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with thousand
of customers a day.
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And this is also the
main income generator
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for an institution and
is also the opportunity
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for work for hundred
and twenty five workers.
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Now Otakar, I understand that
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Country Life is a
lot more than just
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about food. Are
there other programs,
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other initiatives
that you direct through
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Country Life?
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Sure! This is just
the upper part of Iceberg.
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I think the bigger
part is the outreach
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which maybe not
everybody sees like
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they are not so
visible but they are very
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well pleasant. So the outreach
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parts incorporates,
around the outreach
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parts on their own
non-profit corporation
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and it need corporate lectures,
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publishing books and magazines.
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We organize also health expos.
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We have heath clubs.
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This is a program
we are also exporting
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to other countries just
most recently to Israel,
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and we have the
new staff health weeks
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which we run
several times in a year
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and rented premises
and we have 300 to 400
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customers a year. We have also,
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what we start a
special restaurant church,
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it's an alternative church
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where this little
different literature
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that we are
used in our churches.
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We are also
building a community center
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up above the restaurant,
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and we have also
medical missionary school.
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Last year we had
about 108 students
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on that school. A daily student
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and distance students
and this school is open
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also for Non-Adventist
so not the Christians.
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The school has different
teaching different topics.
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We have six states
recognize certificates;
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one is lifestyle counselor,
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natural remedies, massage,
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vegan cook, organic farm
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and humanitarian workers.
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And we include always
with those health topics,
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we include also
spiritual topics.
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So, we had so far 420 graduates
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and many of them
are coming like atheists
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and became believers
during their studies.
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Its sounds like a
very comprehensive
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and sophisticated operation.
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I am tired just listening to you
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because there is so
much stuff is going on.
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It sounds remarkable.
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Can you show with
us a little bit about
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some of the
challenges you may have faced.
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Is it true that it's difficult
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to real challenge to
do outreach in Europe
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and so and the area
where you are working?
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How receptive our individuals
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to the message?
Especially in our country
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which is one of the
most secularist country in,
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not only in
Europe, but in the world.
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It's always
difficult to touch people,
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but we have a very
good armory of tools
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and I have told you
about several of them
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so this is a very
interesting thing because
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we have different steps
where we can reach people.
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Not only by one specialize topic
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but we can, they can go from
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one program to the other
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and then increase
or deepen their roots
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and gradually
they became Christian.
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Do you have a story
that you can share with us.
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Oh, yeah, we have a
story of a young lady
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maybe you show
her on the slides.
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Her name is Dana.
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She was involved
with different schools
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and religions in the past,
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and she was a
very sacrificial person
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but was betrayed several times
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in her life,
lost her life savings,
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her marriage broke
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and she wanted
to commit suicide.
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But she felt that,
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she does not have
the right to do that
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and nevertheless she
hoped when she will seek
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for justice
through some knowledge
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that she will find them.
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She overcame her depression
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and started ethical therapy
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but again she was betrayed
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and she was
disappointed by different
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kind of healers and suddenly
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they noticed that
there are health lectures
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that come though life.
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She felt that
this is the right place
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where she can
find truth and love.
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So she enrolled to our school
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and she went
through the whole studies
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the different topics
of course with the here
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studies she
also, I was reached by
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the Christian
message, and despite she was
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Buddhist oriented person.
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She admired the special sort
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of Christians who
are even vegetarian.
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Through their
studies a lot of questions
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have been
answered and the teaching
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starts to create truth to God.
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She filled her with new hope
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and she was
happy to find Christian
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representatives which contrary
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to other
denominations are valuing health
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and also that they are excepting
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the full truth and
the full commandments,
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lot of commandments,
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I mean the Decalogue.
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Last summer she
was baptized. Amen.
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And one topic, she
became very valuable
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tool now in Lord's hands.
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She started counseling,
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at the counseling practice
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and she is using
the Christian methods,
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she is using Christ methods,
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she also has
sent lot of students
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to our new set, to our school
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and also to our health clubs.
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So, she found purpose on
her life by serving Jesus.
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Otakar that sounds wonderful.
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Thank you so much for sharing
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what's going on
there at Country Life
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and all of the
things that are happening
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and all the people
there being touched.
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Thank you very
much for sharing with us
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this afternoon.
Yeah, we pray for the nine
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new people who are getting ready
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for baptism in September. Amen.
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They are all our students.
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Very good, thank you.
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Thank you.
Thank you for ASI too.
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Isn't it marvelous to see
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what God can do?
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We put our minds of
work if we really think
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about how he can be created
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the touch peoples lives?
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Now standing with me
is Charles Cleveland.
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He is the
director of HER resources
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that's how he
looks when I spell it
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actually stands for
health education and resources,
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and tell us
little bit about HER?
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What it is all about?
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Health Education Resources
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seeks to provide educational,
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health education materials
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with the idea of
trying to find something
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that reasonable
prices at any of our churches
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or lay members could afford.
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Now, I am really
happy for health education
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resources because
our church has been
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recipients of those materials
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and it's been very useful.
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Can you describe for us exactly
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what they look
like and what's involve,
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what's included
in these resources?
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We based our
health expos banners
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on the eight laws
of health and ministry
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of healing, and so
there are two representing
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each concept to for
exercise and nutrition
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and so forth. And they are
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professionally
designed with certain
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educational
plans, so that is people
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coming through
the screen in program
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they can also be
learn at the same time.
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And it gives a
very professional look
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to the health expo. Now Charles
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I understand that these,
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are these available
in a variety of languages
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or it just English available?
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No, we are, in about
40 different languages
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and the Lord has
blessed ever since
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we start to doing
this that we've probably
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have sent around
the world over 500
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different sets. Amen.
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Tell us about some of
the results you might have
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heard as a result of
the use of the materials
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around the world?
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Well, maybe
Debbie I could tell you
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about a local
experience in my own hometown.
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You know I have had privilege
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of an institutional
work for many years,
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and so I have
been traveling a lot
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but in the last several
years we've settled down
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not too far from Collegedale,
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Tennessee and Dunlap,
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Tennessee and
It's been privilege
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to just try working
in the local community
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even though I still
work a lot of overseas.
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And so our
community's 5000 people,
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and we decided
to train our church
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and out of 100
members we have 60 of them
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come out for training
and they just been really
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tremendous to work with.
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We got the city hall
training center to use it
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in downtown Dunlap
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where our one stoplight is,
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but everybody in town knows
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that and it's fun to
work at a small community
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because advertising is
a lot easier to reach out,
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so even the Sunday
churches were cooperative
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and we hope to get a
100 people in a small town
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and God gave us 200. Oh, amen.
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And the expo is a time
where you get acquainted
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with them enough
where they can just walk
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and sort of try it out.
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Once they get their they think
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what a tremendous program it is
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and there we start sign them up
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for follow our programs.
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We singed up about a 11 people
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for stop smoking,
hard to find them today
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they want to quit smoking
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if they have been already.
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And a week later we
started and seven of them
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came and stop smoking.
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We signed up 50 of
them for a cooking class
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and three weeks
later we have 54,
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so it already does
help to prepare the way.
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That's sounds
really fascinating.
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I am curious to
what some of the results
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might be around the
world since they are
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available so many
different languages.
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Well, let me tell you
about a recent experience
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in Israel, my first time
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to go to Israel in May, June.
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I was invited by Dr.
Nick Dan of our Herghelia
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Health Center in Romania to come
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and help him to run
one of our light schools
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that Linda Horner described
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a few minutes ago.
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And we have a few
pictures we can show you.
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They trained the 30
individuals in Israel,
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Adventist individuals,
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how to do the
health expo as well as
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to be a medical missionary
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and then we
rented a large auditorium
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in Haifa on the
Mediterranean sea,
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and there we were
able to have our health
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expo over a six
day period of time.
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And that period of
time we screened between 600
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and 700 individuals
and got to know them.
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They came back
several times many of them
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and from there we
offered them to sign up
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also for future classes.
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We wondered if they would,
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if they would trust us.
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Do you know that nearly one-half
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of every one of them
went to the health expo,
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signed up and said
they are interested
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in follow our programs?
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So, now we have thanks to Otakar
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was just here. They collaborate
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with all network
together and OCI.
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They sent a man
from Czech Republic,
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there was an
expert in health clubs
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and trained our
mission field there,
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how to do the follow a programs
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on a weekly basis.
And then our long term
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range goal is we
must have a permanent
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health center and
medical missionary
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school in Israel.
It was two weeks ago,
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I was getting to
ready to go back to Europe
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to the Geneva for
the general conference
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lifestyle summit
that they were having
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with the World
Health Organization.
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I was privileged to present our
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workshop there,
and I was just going
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through security
in Atlanta and I,
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you know, you are putting your
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shoes back on,
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put your computer
back in your backpack
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and an orthodox
Jew sat down next to me
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and he was getting his shoes on.
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And I just
normally don't try to agree
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with them because we are not
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always the most
friendly it was gentiles.
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But having just been
there I kind a wanted to
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but I still hesitated
and my mouth did it anyway
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I just found myself greeting him
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and he warmly greeted me backed.
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We got out shoes
on and we started down
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the elevator,
escalator to the train
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and ended upon
the same concourse,
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and I asked where he was from?
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I assumed Israel and he said,
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well, I was raised
in Northern California.
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So, already so
was I, where you born?
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He said, born in
Berkeley. I said well,
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I was born in Berkeley.
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And we started comparing notes.
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Can any good thing
come out of Berkeley
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and anyway we kind a hated up,
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but he lives in North Israel,
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not far from the Sea of Galilee.
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I said, you are
kidding we would love
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to have a health center there.
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He said, what do you
mean by health center?
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And so I described to
him what we would love
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to have kind of a, you know,
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where we have 10 or
20 people there to time,
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two weeks, three
weeks and go through
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the principles of health,
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follow up on the health expo
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and he became very
interested, you know,
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what his name
is? Noah. I like it.
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Anyway he said, well,
look at I am traveling
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for three weeks, you
are traveling three weeks,
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you email me and I
will tell you my cousin
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is in real estate. I
said, but I heard it's hard
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to get real estate
property in Israel,
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and he said, well,
it's not if you are
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persistent. I said, well,
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I come from those
kinds of people so I said,
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I am interested. He said, okay,
00:14:47.80\00:14:49.64
my cousin has a
property that sounds
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just like what
you are looking for.
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He emailed me five times;
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he showed me a
property that looks perfect.
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I can't believe it
I never had so easy,
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so we're gonna be
taking up our OCI board
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meeting tomorrow
and we are just praying
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that the Lord is going
to let us follow through,
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assist the mission
we are hand in hand
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and see if we could
advance the work there,
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there in Israel. Oh, well,
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Charles we are
looking forward to the
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rest of the story,
thank you very much
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for sharing. God bless you.
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This is the
marvelous what happened again
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when we extend
ourselves and maybe go outside
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of our comfort
zone so little bit
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to touch people.
Now we have joining me
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James Rafferty and Ty Gibson.
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They are the
co-directors of Light Bearers
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Ministry, yeah, and
I understand that Light
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Bearers has
something to do with paper.
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Paper is what we are all about.
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So tell me what
you do with this paper
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when it comes to you.
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Well, Debbie as you
know the print medium
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was actually
invented under inspiration
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of the Holy
Spirit by Hon. Gutenberg
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for the
publication of the word of God.
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The kingdom of God
owns the printing medium.
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It was raised into
existence to proclaim
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the Gospel and
Light Bearers Ministry
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has everything to
do with paper because
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we publish the
Gospel in multiple languages
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and send it as a gift to the
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world church to
missions, conferences,
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unions and
divisions around the world
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for missionary
work and evangelism.
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Now this is really
quite a blessing one
00:16:20.98\00:16:23.72
of the earlier
interviews mentioned
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about networking
and you guys seems
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to be experts of
that because every time
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I hear something about
someone doing something
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around the world,
somehow I hear about
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Light Bearers and Light Bearers,
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they are doing and
what they are providing.
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James how do you
make those contacts
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and how does someone
get you to partner with them
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so that you can send
this wonderful paper.
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Good question Debbie.
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I am giving an
example; a couple weeks ago
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I was in Poland
for there camp intend
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a camp meeting and
Ty and I have been doing
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meetings by Bible says
of evangelism for 25 years
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and that's how I began.
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So, I am in Poland,
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doing a camp
meeting and what I am there
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I show them our 10 minute video,
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the news one and the people,
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they were so excited
about that immediately
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after that I met with
the conference president
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and union president,
and after about 15 minutes
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it's don on them
what we were offering.
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Two to three
million pieces of literature
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in a container,
free of charge for them
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to use for outreach
in this country that's
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90 percent
Catholic. They got so excited
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and immediately we
began making plans for giving
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literature in Poland next year,
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hopefully at least
one contain of literature
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in Poland next year.
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So a lot of it
takes place as we travel
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and we connect with
people doing seminars
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and evangelism and outreach.
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But it also happens
through our website,
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the website
lbm.org publishing ministry
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this form there
the people can fill out
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whether any people know
goes out by word of mouth
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and they can just
fill out that form,
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contact us and let us know
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that they want literature.
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Now, Ty tell us a
little bit about what
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might be avail in
terms of languages and
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scope of content or topics?
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Well, what we've done
so far about 35 different
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languages and the
spectrum would be from,
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of course
English Spanish, French,
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all the way to
Swahili which is a project
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that we just did
and few other dialogues
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of African
languages and this literature
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as far as content is concern
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and this is very vital,
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this is important to understand.
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Light Bearers
Ministry's specifically
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is interested in giving
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the full message of the first,
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second and third
angels message in the context
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of the Gospel and
the incredibly beautiful
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and powerful and
empowering love of God.
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So, our afford is
not just to give the
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barebones facts of the doctrines
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but to wave the
Gospel into all of these
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precious doctrines
that we hold as a people
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so this literature will
include Bible study sets.
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It will include
multiple tracks series.
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It will include the
whole book of Revelation
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broken down verse
by verse and explain
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the whole book of Daniel verse
00:19:08.15\00:19:09.80
by verse and
explain and multiple
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spirit of prophecy
tracks on different subjects
00:19:12.39\00:19:15.60
from the conflict
of the ages series,
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the book steps to Christ,
00:19:17.88\00:19:19.37
broken down into
individual small bytes
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tracks that are
produced in mass by the millions
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as James said and
then send to the frontlines
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for mission work as a gift.
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James tell me and
just left remaining
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few seconds that we have,
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what's in the future
for Light Bearers Ministry?
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Well right now we are reaping
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in the consequences,
00:19:37.70\00:19:38.67
the cause of consequences
move we made in 2006.
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In 2001, we kind
of topped out of about
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22 containers in a year,
00:19:44.71\00:19:45.99
and we started going back down
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from there because our resources
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in personally available.
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The setter was
difficult where are living
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so we moved Oregon,
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New Jean, Oregon area right
00:19:54.49\00:19:55.67
across Laurelwood Academy
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and in this new
location we began
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with the hopes
that we will be able to
00:20:01.02\00:20:03.59
increase our production.
00:20:03.60\00:20:04.80
Well, the first
year we got 10 containers
00:20:04.81\00:20:06.58
then a 11 containers.
00:20:06.59\00:20:07.56
This year we plan for 12
00:20:07.57\00:20:08.75
and we have sent
our 15 containers
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that's about two a month
00:20:11.82\00:20:13.20
and at the way we
are going we are hoping
00:20:13.21\00:20:15.50
to get out 24 for
the years so our future,
00:20:15.51\00:20:18.22
the potential we are
looking for is to double
00:20:18.23\00:20:20.71
if not go beyond the production
00:20:20.72\00:20:23.99
of literature and get
out to the fields like
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India and China.
Once those doors open,
00:20:26.78\00:20:28.90
well, we have
not yet been able to
00:20:28.91\00:20:31.18
send tracks like
leaves of autumn.
00:20:31.19\00:20:33.29
Well, we will continue
to pray for Light Bearers
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Ministry as you get
the word out through
00:20:35.77\00:20:37.77
the leaves of
autumn our literature.
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Thank you. Thank
you Debbie. Amen.
00:20:39.56\00:20:43.02
A few years ago I had
the privilege of attending,
00:20:49.34\00:20:52.11
supporting ministry academy
00:20:52.12\00:20:54.06
and this next
segment we are going to be
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interviewing some
people that are working
00:20:57.69\00:21:00.39
at different academies,
00:21:00.40\00:21:01.54
and I have with me Chester
00:21:01.55\00:21:03.00
and Harriett Clark
from Ouachita Hills Academy,
00:21:03.01\00:21:05.43
and I would like
to ask you a question,
00:21:05.44\00:21:08.08
I understand that
Ouachita Hills Academy
00:21:08.09\00:21:11.28
was started about 22 years ago,
00:21:11.29\00:21:13.25
in fact, you are
the founders of Ouachita
00:21:13.26\00:21:15.13
Hills Academy.
Tell us why did you
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.96
desire to start
Ouachita Hills Academy?
00:21:17.97\00:21:20.50
Well, as I recall
there were several factors
00:21:20.51\00:21:23.46
that played a fact part of this.
00:21:23.47\00:21:25.76
One was that we saw
a lot of our academy
00:21:25.77\00:21:29.68
and college
classmates losing their joy
00:21:29.69\00:21:32.18
of the Lord and
losing their way spiritually
00:21:32.19\00:21:35.54
and living for the world,
00:21:35.55\00:21:36.96
and in the mid 80s
we read a book entitled
00:21:36.97\00:21:40.09
"Madison, God's Beautiful Farm"
00:21:40.10\00:21:41.82
and that was a real inspiration
00:21:41.83\00:21:43.71
as we saw how the
influence of Madison
00:21:43.72\00:21:45.57
actually help
to develop the work
00:21:45.58\00:21:49.62
not just in the Southern Union
00:21:49.63\00:21:51.04
but around the world
as well as they train
00:21:51.05\00:21:52.70
and equip young
people to go into
00:21:52.71\00:21:54.57
dark un-entered
areas and that's why
00:21:54.58\00:21:56.57
we were involved
with in Southwest Arkansas
00:21:56.58\00:21:59.10
at the time. So in short,
00:21:59.11\00:22:00.86
we were realizing
that rightly training
00:22:00.87\00:22:04.57
an army of young
people would help us
00:22:04.58\00:22:06.26
get office plan
at the little sooner.
00:22:06.27\00:22:07.80
Amen, well, tell us
how was Lord blessed
00:22:07.81\00:22:10.58
your ministry since
you start it 22 years ago?
00:22:10.59\00:22:13.04
Well, there are so
many things it's hard
00:22:13.05\00:22:15.85
to know just exactly what to say
00:22:15.86\00:22:17.91
but since we met
with the ASI family
00:22:17.92\00:22:21.46
last year one of our
prayers was answered.
00:22:21.47\00:22:24.75
We needed to as
the colleges developing
00:22:24.76\00:22:27.66
we needed to have
more room to develop
00:22:27.67\00:22:29.56
the college
buildings and dormitories,
00:22:29.57\00:22:31.90
and we were able
to purchase with the
00:22:31.91\00:22:34.21
generosity of
several of our ASI family.
00:22:34.22\00:22:36.81
The forty acres
had joined our campus
00:22:36.82\00:22:39.54
and we were on the
process of developing
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.78
that for the college program,
00:22:41.79\00:22:44.67
but from a spiritual standpoint
00:22:44.68\00:22:47.51
we have done a research recently
00:22:47.52\00:22:50.52
and found that 93
percent of our graduates
00:22:50.53\00:22:54.69
are still active in
the Adventist church. Amen.
00:22:54.70\00:22:56.97
And that gives us an
offer lot of satisfaction
00:22:56.98\00:22:59.87
as we see our
young people maturing
00:22:59.88\00:23:02.88
and taking responsibilities
becoming leaders
00:23:02.89\00:23:05.38
and generation
for youth for Christ
00:23:05.39\00:23:08.37
and many of our
evangelist, pastors and teachers
00:23:08.38\00:23:11.73
and we were involved
in several church plans
00:23:11.74\00:23:13.96
as well with the
college students. Amen.
00:23:13.97\00:23:16.96
Well, why don't you
share some of the other things
00:23:16.97\00:23:20.25
that you doing
currently and I believe we have
00:23:20.26\00:23:22.36
some pictures as well
that we can see to get
00:23:22.37\00:23:25.21
really an idea what's
happened at Ouachita Hills
00:23:25.22\00:23:27.71
Academy currently. Certainly!
00:23:27.72\00:23:29.67
You know God's counsels
are that our young people
00:23:29.68\00:23:33.04
and our teacher
should walk closely together
00:23:33.05\00:23:34.45
and we find students
and teachers work together
00:23:34.46\00:23:39.53
and we are just
like a big family
00:23:39.54\00:23:41.71
and it's really delightful
to see them participating
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.89
in church services
and the areas around us.
00:23:44.90\00:23:47.73
We have an
annual Christmas program
00:23:47.74\00:23:49.81
that for our
community and there was just
00:23:49.82\00:23:53.38
many things that
especially we well here it's
00:23:53.39\00:23:57.11
going to talk
about the mission program
00:23:57.12\00:23:58.88
that our students
were involved with as well.
00:23:58.89\00:24:00.37
Okay, tell us about that?
00:24:00.38\00:24:01.84
Since 98 we have
been doing evangelistic
00:24:01.85\00:24:05.76
meetings around the
world and it's just been
00:24:05.77\00:24:07.78
thrilling as we
have seen young people
00:24:07.79\00:24:10.54
not only may cause
for baptism that resulted
00:24:10.55\00:24:15.38
in over 5000 baptism
so far but give their own
00:24:15.39\00:24:19.27
lives to Lord. This year,
00:24:19.28\00:24:21.09
I had a very excited
father call me around 10:30
00:24:21.10\00:24:23.79
at night and he said he
just gotten off the phone
00:24:23.80\00:24:26.02
with his son. He was
over in the Philippines,
00:24:26.03\00:24:28.24
and his son had made
the call for baptism.
00:24:28.25\00:24:31.17
He was a nice young
man but he never given
00:24:31.18\00:24:33.41
his heart to Lord, not fully
00:24:33.42\00:24:35.55
and so he called
his dad and he said,
00:24:35.56\00:24:38.75
dad when I get
home I can't put this
00:24:38.76\00:24:41.28
up any longer, I
have to be baptize,
00:24:41.29\00:24:43.23
make arrangements
when I get home. Amen.
00:24:43.24\00:24:45.25
And I think
evangelism is life changing
00:24:45.26\00:24:50.19
and it's just so
exciting for us as we see our
00:24:50.20\00:24:54.88
young people making
decisions for the Lord.
00:24:54.89\00:24:56.97
This summer we've had
one of our young people
00:24:56.98\00:25:00.11
preaching in the
meetings here in phoenix.
00:25:00.12\00:25:03.43
We've had another
one who was conducting
00:25:03.44\00:25:06.11
an evangelist
meeting in Texarkana
00:25:06.12\00:25:08.96
and was thrilled
because his own dad responded
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.73
to the call for baptism. Amen.
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.48
And we had another
young man who focus in our
00:25:13.49\00:25:16.44
missionaries in Nepal
and he is just preached
00:25:16.45\00:25:19.66
two weeks
series there, you know,
00:25:19.67\00:25:21.33
Nepal is not a
really easy me place
00:25:21.34\00:25:23.23
to have meetings.
00:25:23.24\00:25:24.21
Why don't you give
us just a little glimpse
00:25:24.22\00:25:26.86
of maybe one of your
evangelist campaigns?
00:25:26.87\00:25:29.20
We have a video and
will later audience see them.
00:25:29.21\00:25:31.49
You can tell us
what you did over there?
00:25:31.50\00:25:33.64
Actually the,
what you gonna be seen
00:25:33.65\00:25:36.11
is a few clips. We conducted
00:25:36.12\00:25:39.08
four simultaneous
meetings in the Philippines.
00:25:39.09\00:25:41.87
Our young people
preached the health meetings,
00:25:41.88\00:25:45.14
they preached the sermons.
00:25:45.15\00:25:46.37
We are so thankful
for the ASI DVD program
00:25:46.38\00:25:49.91
and new
beginnings. They conducted
00:25:49.92\00:25:54.04
the children's
meetings and they just,
00:25:54.05\00:25:56.51
you know, reached
out and touch the lives
00:25:56.52\00:25:59.75
of hundreds of people
and it is indeed evangelism.
00:25:59.76\00:26:03.95
Not only for the
country they go to go
00:26:03.96\00:26:07.25
for the young people. Amen.
00:26:07.26\00:26:08.74
Well, why don't you
tell us in the few minutes
00:26:08.75\00:26:10.93
that remain what you
do in order to network
00:26:10.94\00:26:14.09
with other ministries
and how do you cooperate
00:26:14.10\00:26:15.84
with people that
are doing similar things
00:26:15.85\00:26:17.60
or in ministry for the Lord.
00:26:17.61\00:26:19.19
In 30 seconds I'm
gonna tell you about
00:26:19.20\00:26:20.88
two networking opportunities
00:26:20.89\00:26:22.22
that were so excited about.
00:26:22.23\00:26:23.74
One is with audio verse;
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.56
audio verse has
is reaching people
00:26:25.57\00:26:28.94
in a hundred and forty
countries with downloads
00:26:28.95\00:26:32.58
of truthful messages
and they have asked us
00:26:32.59\00:26:34.67
help them by
providing hard copies for people
00:26:34.68\00:26:37.33
who don't want to download,
00:26:37.34\00:26:39.94
but want to give CDs and DVDs
00:26:39.95\00:26:42.79
to their neighbors
and friends or family.
00:26:42.80\00:26:45.38
But the most
exciting is 3ABN Latino
00:26:45.39\00:26:49.07
and my time is
now up but I want,
00:26:49.08\00:26:52.45
if you show just a video
00:26:52.46\00:26:54.13
I will speak for two seconds.
00:26:54.14\00:26:56.24
We have a
college meeting program,
00:26:56.25\00:27:00.70
2 year program. We
don't want to train people
00:27:00.71\00:27:02.45
for Hollywood, we
want them to train from
00:27:02.46\00:27:05.13
ministry and it's
just been really exciting
00:27:05.14\00:27:08.07
as our college people
have had this opportunity.
00:27:08.08\00:27:10.56
Amen. We thank ASI
for the opportunities
00:27:10.57\00:27:14.56
and networking
and in fellowship.
00:27:14.57\00:27:17.01
Amen, thank you so
much for share it's so
00:27:17.02\00:27:19.28
encouraging to see
the way that the Lord
00:27:19.29\00:27:21.36
is blessing and
the students lives
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.36
that are changed. We
are going to be speaking
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.80
about another academy now.
00:27:25.81\00:27:27.43
This is one that I
visited several times.
00:27:27.44\00:27:29.56
It's a beautiful
one in Castle Valley,
00:27:29.57\00:27:32.99
Utah, DayStar
Academy and I have Jerry
00:27:33.00\00:27:35.60
and Wendy here is with me today
00:27:35.61\00:27:37.36
and we are happy to be
talking a little bit about
00:27:37.37\00:27:40.47
what's happened in there?
00:27:40.48\00:27:41.56
Tell us a little bit
about DayStar, Jerry?
00:27:41.57\00:27:44.07
If you don't mind
and show us a picture
00:27:44.08\00:27:45.61
to what DayStar looks like?
00:27:45.62\00:27:47.09
Okay, DayStar
Academy is located in the
00:27:47.10\00:27:49.75
South East Corner of Utah.
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.66
We are located in
the beautiful valley,
00:27:51.67\00:27:53.90
we are surrounded on 3
size by red rock masses,
00:27:53.91\00:27:57.66
the other side is
the La Sal mountains.
00:27:57.67\00:28:00.56
We have numerous peaks
of there above 12,000 feet.
00:28:00.57\00:28:03.73
We have a Christ
centered academy program
00:28:03.74\00:28:07.50
and we also have a
strong work program.
00:28:07.51\00:28:10.67
We emphasize
the practical skills
00:28:10.68\00:28:12.85
for the students
and our work program
00:28:12.86\00:28:17.62
kind of centers around our farm.
00:28:17.63\00:28:18.90
We have a very diverse farm.
00:28:18.91\00:28:20.05
We have green houses.
00:28:20.06\00:28:22.81
We have an orchard,
00:28:22.82\00:28:23.79
we got alfalfa weeds.
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.47
We have like 15
acre market garden.
00:28:25.48\00:28:28.15
So, they got quite
experience for that.
00:28:28.16\00:28:30.75
We also do a
weekly outreach program
00:28:30.76\00:28:34.84
and every year all
the students are involved
00:28:34.85\00:28:37.42
in a mission
program. Okay, well,
00:28:37.43\00:28:40.25
do you have
anything that's new that just
00:28:40.26\00:28:42.27
started at DayStar
some new programs perhaps.
00:28:42.28\00:28:44.57
Yeah, one thing
that we are starting
00:28:44.58\00:28:47.17
this year is we
are calling at DayStar
00:28:47.18\00:28:50.03
Outdoor Education Program,
00:28:50.04\00:28:51.88
and with environment
we are in we kind of an
00:28:51.89\00:28:54.58
outdoor recreation heaven.
00:28:54.59\00:28:56.74
Our area is world
wide known for especially
00:28:56.75\00:29:01.35
for the Mountain
Biking and the rock climbing.
00:29:01.36\00:29:03.21
So, we are setting up
our program where we gonna,
00:29:03.22\00:29:05.37
we have some local
actually some of the
00:29:05.38\00:29:09.05
local experts in
the areas that are gonna
00:29:09.06\00:29:10.54
do teaching in
the rock climbing,
00:29:10.55\00:29:12.01
mountain biking.
We're gonna do horsemanship,
00:29:12.02\00:29:16.14
we're gonna do river rafting,
00:29:16.15\00:29:17.42
we're gonna do
some boarding classes
00:29:17.43\00:29:20.80
and a numerous
things. We're gonna present
00:29:20.81\00:29:23.29
them so that any of
the students regardless
00:29:23.30\00:29:26.45
of their skill level
can be involved in them.
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.63
We gonna do it as
an educational things
00:29:28.64\00:29:31.84
so they can learn how
to do this stuff properly,
00:29:31.85\00:29:34.35
they can learn safety techniques
00:29:34.36\00:29:35.83
and also recreation.
I feel it's important
00:29:35.84\00:29:40.98
that our kids have
appropriate recreation
00:29:40.99\00:29:44.47
especially in these day and age
00:29:44.48\00:29:45.95
and lot of their
recreation that the
00:29:45.96\00:29:47.81
world provides.
And we also putting
00:29:47.82\00:29:52.35
an outreach and witnessing twist
00:29:52.36\00:29:54.79
to this program so
each of this energy
00:29:54.80\00:29:57.47
will be involved
when whether they are
00:29:57.48\00:29:59.73
rafting on the river
or learning rock climbing.
00:29:59.74\00:30:02.86
There will be
an outreach program
00:30:02.87\00:30:04.92
on that and one
of them we've worked
00:30:04.93\00:30:07.25
with for a number
of years there was
00:30:07.26\00:30:09.47
a horsemanship program,
00:30:09.48\00:30:10.45
so Wendy tells you a
little bit about that.
00:30:10.46\00:30:12.38
Our horsemanship program
00:30:12.39\00:30:15.95
has been going for a many,
00:30:15.96\00:30:17.49
many years and that classifying
00:30:17.50\00:30:19.59
into the outdoor
education even though
00:30:19.60\00:30:21.24
we have been
doing it quite a while
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.42
and that's kind how
we got to think about
00:30:22.43\00:30:24.35
these other things
most of the exciting things
00:30:24.36\00:30:26.25
we were seen
about our horse program,
00:30:26.26\00:30:27.75
you take a horse,
you take a student
00:30:27.76\00:30:29.87
and they learn things,
00:30:29.88\00:30:31.36
they learn how to ride better,
00:30:31.37\00:30:33.35
they learn how to care,
00:30:33.36\00:30:34.33
they learn the responsibility
00:30:34.34\00:30:35.71
and it's really
exciting because it's not long
00:30:35.72\00:30:38.63
and these two become a team
00:30:38.64\00:30:40.46
and there was
just nothing like it.
00:30:40.47\00:30:42.01
The other thing
that happens is the thing
00:30:42.02\00:30:44.42
learn to encourage one another,
00:30:44.43\00:30:46.52
yeah, we see a lot of that
00:30:46.53\00:30:48.38
and then that kind of
third thing that happened
00:30:48.39\00:30:52.59
which we are
really excited about
00:30:52.60\00:30:53.78
is our horse
program that we designed for
00:30:53.79\00:30:56.49
the students has
become a witnessing program
00:30:56.50\00:30:58.76
and that is just
thrilling because
00:30:58.77\00:31:02.13
we started inviting some people
00:31:02.14\00:31:04.39
from the
community, come and join us
00:31:04.40\00:31:05.89
and we go for ride or meet us
00:31:05.90\00:31:07.47
at the arena we
were working on some
00:31:07.48\00:31:08.63
techniques and the fellowship
00:31:08.64\00:31:11.33
is just wonderful.
00:31:11.34\00:31:12.37
In fact, one of the couples came
00:31:12.38\00:31:13.98
and spent the
entire graduation weekend
00:31:13.99\00:31:16.41
going to all of the meetings
00:31:16.42\00:31:19.10
and I visited with
the girl and she just was,
00:31:19.11\00:31:21.09
she felt like our
kids that are graduating
00:31:21.10\00:31:23.76
moving on and we
are so proud of them.
00:31:23.77\00:31:25.33
Amen. That's
what ASI is all about.
00:31:25.34\00:31:27.66
Witnessing in our marketplace
00:31:27.67\00:31:29.07
wherever the
Lord, wherever we are,
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.31
we are there to
witness for the Lord.
00:31:31.32\00:31:32.97
So why don't you tell us then
00:31:32.98\00:31:35.52
a little bit
about how your network
00:31:35.53\00:31:37.43
with other
ministries. How do you work
00:31:37.44\00:31:39.63
with others to be
able to accomplish
00:31:39.64\00:31:41.30
to come and go?
One of the things
00:31:41.31\00:31:43.54
we do in this year
with networking is,
00:31:43.55\00:31:46.61
is our mission
program and we are really
00:31:46.62\00:31:49.26
excited about it.
Their star is uniting
00:31:49.27\00:31:53.17
with Maranatha
with mission projects
00:31:53.18\00:31:55.33
incorporated in ASI,
and what we are doing is,
00:31:55.34\00:31:58.37
we are doing the
one day church project
00:31:58.38\00:32:01.14
down in Belize,
so we gonna have a
00:32:01.15\00:32:03.31
container load of
churches shipped down there,
00:32:03.32\00:32:06.14
Maranatha and ASI
will take care of that
00:32:06.15\00:32:09.86
that part of the
thing and then mission
00:32:09.87\00:32:13.53
projects is working
on to determine the sites
00:32:13.54\00:32:17.46
and stuff down there.
00:32:17.47\00:32:18.80
Then we will bring our
students down in January
00:32:18.81\00:32:20.32
and we split them
up in four, five groups
00:32:20.33\00:32:23.47
and we will build
the thirty churches
00:32:23.48\00:32:25.40
down there. So,
we are really excited
00:32:25.41\00:32:26.45
about networking
and being involved
00:32:26.46\00:32:29.24
in this project.
Well I thank you so
00:32:29.25\00:32:31.08
much for sharing. We
really appreciate it,
00:32:31.09\00:32:33.11
and Wendy maybe
you could just tell us
00:32:33.12\00:32:35.20
a short story
about maybe something
00:32:35.21\00:32:36.82
that happened to a
student at DayStar?
00:32:36.83\00:32:38.71
This is maybe a touch different,
00:32:38.72\00:32:41.94
but I tell you
what? Last summer I had
00:32:41.95\00:32:43.57
the opportunity
to work protestant,
00:32:43.58\00:32:45.33
hadn't do much of
that and I saw this
00:32:45.34\00:32:48.35
gentleman some
produce and he was walking
00:32:48.36\00:32:50.40
to his car, he got
about half ways there
00:32:50.41\00:32:52.12
and turned around he
came back and he said,
00:32:52.13\00:32:53.54
I just see
something in the faces of each
00:32:53.55\00:32:56.80
of one of you out there. Amen.
00:32:56.81\00:32:58.53
Because you have something,
00:32:58.54\00:32:59.71
you have this peace,
there is a gentleness
00:32:59.72\00:33:01.83
and he goes,
thank you so much for
00:33:01.84\00:33:04.11
what you have
given to our community
00:33:04.12\00:33:05.62
and I just want to
take a breath moments
00:33:05.63\00:33:08.01
I said, thank you
ASI, thank you donors,
00:33:08.02\00:33:10.94
thank you parents who sacrifices
00:33:10.95\00:33:13.24
for Christian
education, it is not wasted.
00:33:13.25\00:33:15.85
We see thanks in
students every day. Amen.
00:33:15.86\00:33:19.12
We can witness even by
just a smile sometimes.
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.60
Thank you so much for sharing
00:33:22.61\00:33:24.28
and may God richly
bless your academy,
00:33:24.29\00:33:26.57
your ministry and may
move forward as you continue
00:33:26.58\00:33:29.30
to network with others as well.
00:33:29.31\00:33:30.92
Thank you so much.
And now we are going
00:33:30.93\00:33:34.08
to move to my
neighbors that live all the way
00:33:34.09\00:33:36.77
across the country
in British Colombia
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.08
and Fountainview
Academy is here with us.
00:33:39.09\00:33:41.99
They are going to
share a few things
00:33:42.00\00:33:44.02
that God is doing through
their school and blessing
00:33:44.03\00:33:46.95
that He has given to them.
00:33:46.96\00:33:48.60
So, could you tell
us a little bit about
00:33:48.61\00:33:50.36
Fountainview
Academy, Scott? Well,
00:33:50.37\00:33:52.65
Fountainview Academy
is a academy just like
00:33:52.66\00:33:54.81
Ouachita Hills and DayStar,
00:33:54.82\00:33:56.49
very similar many respects.
00:33:56.50\00:33:58.33
We have a little
bit stronger emphasis
00:33:58.34\00:34:00.27
on music that's
probably what you know people
00:34:00.28\00:34:03.07
would remember
us for but you know
00:34:03.08\00:34:04.57
what somebody comes by the booth
00:34:04.58\00:34:05.55
and they ask me
to tell them about
00:34:05.56\00:34:06.92
Fountainview Academy.
00:34:06.93\00:34:08.03
If there is a student
or parent of a student
00:34:08.04\00:34:11.60
around I will just well,
00:34:11.61\00:34:13.59
why don't you ask
them because I am a
00:34:13.60\00:34:14.88
little bit biased,
so I'm gonna ask Caitlin
00:34:14.89\00:34:17.88
to tell us what you thinks about
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.43
Fountainview Academy.
00:34:19.44\00:34:20.41
You know the biggest blessing
00:34:20.42\00:34:22.83
to me in going to Fountainview
00:34:22.84\00:34:24.02
was that are really provided a
00:34:24.03\00:34:27.98
spiritual
environment for me to grow.
00:34:27.99\00:34:30.11
As a young Christian,
00:34:30.12\00:34:31.24
I was
surrounded by encouragement
00:34:31.25\00:34:33.40
and mentors
that could help me as
00:34:33.41\00:34:36.73
I began my Christian walk. Amen.
00:34:36.74\00:34:39.44
Well, I understand
that you have an exciting
00:34:39.45\00:34:41.29
new witnessing to all.
00:34:41.30\00:34:42.89
Why don't you tell
us about it, Scott?
00:34:42.90\00:34:44.19
Well, we do have a
strong emphasis on music
00:34:44.20\00:34:47.29
and over the
years we've had concerts
00:34:47.30\00:34:49.98
all over the place
and what we typically
00:34:49.99\00:34:52.25
do is we have the
students do an introduction
00:34:52.26\00:34:55.18
to each song. Tells
a little bit about what
00:34:55.19\00:34:57.87
the songs gonna be about?
00:34:57.88\00:34:58.85
But you know we
thought let's do something
00:34:58.86\00:35:01.06
a little bit
different. Let's let the message
00:35:01.07\00:35:04.60
drive the song
instead of the song drive
00:35:04.61\00:35:06.68
the message. So,
we have taken the book
00:35:06.69\00:35:08.63
"Steps to Christ"
and we read through
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.00
the whole thing
outlined every chapter
00:35:11.01\00:35:12.82
and there is 13
chapters in the book.
00:35:12.83\00:35:14.45
We took each
chapter and we summarize
00:35:14.46\00:35:18.00
the main point into
three main points per chapter,
00:35:18.01\00:35:21.69
then we took those summaries,
00:35:21.70\00:35:23.82
put them in a
paragraph and let that be
00:35:23.83\00:35:25.70
the introduction to the song,
00:35:25.71\00:35:27.05
then we chose
songs that would go along
00:35:27.06\00:35:29.89
with the chapter summary right.
00:35:29.90\00:35:32.07
So, we let the
message drive the music.
00:35:32.08\00:35:34.93
We want to include
music in presenting
00:35:34.94\00:35:38.07
this because music
speaks to the emotions.
00:35:38.08\00:35:40.10
It gives an it's way to
communicate emotionally.
00:35:40.11\00:35:42.55
Then what we did
was we took that format
00:35:42.56\00:35:46.75
and we made it
into thirteen-half
00:35:46.76\00:35:49.97
hour segments,
half hour programs
00:35:49.98\00:35:52.08
where we have a group
of one of our teachers
00:35:52.09\00:35:56.01
and four students will
be in a natural environment.
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.50
They are out on our campus,
00:35:59.51\00:36:01.52
we've got a beautiful campus
00:36:01.53\00:36:02.70
where in British
Colombia, Canada.
00:36:02.71\00:36:04.16
So, it's just a
beautiful British Colombia.
00:36:04.17\00:36:06.21
And they are
sitting out under the trees
00:36:06.22\00:36:08.46
and the orchard
down by the river,
00:36:08.47\00:36:09.96
different
locations and they talk about
00:36:09.97\00:36:13.36
this topic in Steps to
Christ like they will take
00:36:13.37\00:36:16.32
each chapter whether
it's God's love for man
00:36:16.33\00:36:18.16
or repentance or confession
00:36:18.17\00:36:19.71
and they sit around
they talk about that chapter
00:36:19.72\00:36:22.91
and the young people
will share their personal
00:36:22.92\00:36:25.62
experiences in
regarding that particular topic.
00:36:25.63\00:36:30.49
And then what we do
is as they start like
00:36:30.50\00:36:32.60
that and then a
phase into the introduction
00:36:32.61\00:36:35.55
to the first song
and then the song goes
00:36:35.56\00:36:37.91
and then it comes
back to the group sitting
00:36:37.92\00:36:40.93
in the orchard
and they will discuss
00:36:40.94\00:36:42.12
the song and they
will discuss the chapter
00:36:42.13\00:36:44.57
that the subject
again and then it will fade
00:36:44.58\00:36:46.82
into another
song. It does have three
00:36:46.83\00:36:48.39
times so there is
three songs per chapter
00:36:48.40\00:36:50.33
and at the end of the production
00:36:50.34\00:36:52.15
we will have a little DVD case
00:36:52.16\00:36:55.28
that will have
three DVDs with almost six
00:36:55.29\00:36:57.84
and half hours of programming on
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.86
it as well as three CDs
that have an audio version
00:36:59.87\00:37:04.57
of the book Steps to
Christ and we will also have
00:37:04.58\00:37:07.93
a copy of Steps to
Christ in that DVD package.
00:37:07.94\00:37:11.09
And what we want to
do is we wants us to be
00:37:11.10\00:37:13.25
an evangelistic tool
and what we found is that
00:37:13.26\00:37:16.28
we've done a
couple of DVDs already
00:37:16.29\00:37:18.78
where our young
people are out in nature,
00:37:18.79\00:37:21.06
singing their songs so
we have their on beaches
00:37:21.07\00:37:23.56
there, in the mountains there,
00:37:23.57\00:37:25.54
in the forest and
people really sing to like that
00:37:25.55\00:37:29.46
they are attracted to it.
00:37:29.47\00:37:30.44
It's visually attractive.
00:37:30.45\00:37:31.76
And so what we have done then
00:37:31.77\00:37:33.35
is we have got this
package and this is something
00:37:33.36\00:37:36.09
that you can give
to your neighbors.
00:37:36.10\00:37:37.28
And just say, hey,
00:37:37.29\00:37:38.70
you know there is this
school and there is these
00:37:38.71\00:37:41.57
young people, they
have this music program
00:37:41.58\00:37:43.85
and they sing out
doors I think you would be
00:37:43.86\00:37:45.25
interested in watching this.
00:37:45.26\00:37:46.27
And they can watch
the video and then if they
00:37:46.28\00:37:49.98
are interested they
can go and read the book
00:37:49.99\00:37:51.50
and they can listen to it
in their car with an audio
00:37:51.51\00:37:53.78
version of that.
Woh! It sounds like
00:37:53.79\00:37:56.45
a really good project.
I am interested in know
00:37:56.46\00:37:59.28
and what is like from
a student prospective?
00:37:59.29\00:38:01.40
How are you
involved in this project?
00:38:01.41\00:38:02.95
It was actually really rewarding
00:38:02.96\00:38:05.69
to do this project
because as a student body
00:38:05.70\00:38:08.22
we were actively
engaged in almost every single
00:38:08.23\00:38:12.29
aspect of it. Coming back from
00:38:12.30\00:38:14.70
Christmas break we
were given opportunity
00:38:14.71\00:38:17.06
to read Steps to
Christ and to suggest
00:38:17.07\00:38:19.93
songs that we felt
what are in with the
00:38:19.94\00:38:22.92
different chapters.
As soon as the songs
00:38:22.93\00:38:25.23
were chosen,
students began orchestrating
00:38:25.24\00:38:28.47
and putting music
to their friend songs
00:38:28.48\00:38:30.42
and within hours of
song being finished it
00:38:30.43\00:38:33.04
will be printed up
and giving the orchestra
00:38:33.05\00:38:34.71
so they could start learning it.
00:38:34.72\00:38:36.15
And it was really a
blessing too because
00:38:36.16\00:38:38.94
we had thirty nine
songs to learn that's like
00:38:38.95\00:38:42.10
at least double
the amount of songs
00:38:42.11\00:38:44.56
that we would cover
over the course of the year
00:38:44.57\00:38:46.43
and we only had two
months to learn them
00:38:46.44\00:38:49.09
and to record them.
00:38:49.10\00:38:50.07
So as soon as
orchestra learnt it
00:38:50.08\00:38:53.57
we started getting
closure to our deadline
00:38:53.58\00:38:55.47
in March and the
orchestra was recorded then
00:38:55.48\00:38:59.34
the quire recorded
their music and then we left
00:38:59.35\00:39:02.90
for our film to an
April. And while we were
00:39:02.91\00:39:06.24
on the tour students
actually had the opportunity
00:39:06.25\00:39:10.09
to stand behind
cameras and to do the actual
00:39:10.10\00:39:12.98
filming of the different songs.
00:39:12.99\00:39:14.72
Once we got back from the tour.
00:39:14.73\00:39:17.45
The students were
able to use their different
00:39:17.46\00:39:22.44
interest to
added the visual film
00:39:22.45\00:39:26.42
and to put it
together with the audio
00:39:26.43\00:39:28.95
which they also were
involved with the pre
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.80
and post added of the audio.
00:39:30.81\00:39:31.84
And then with the Bible studies
00:39:31.85\00:39:34.08
we as student
forgiven the opportunity
00:39:34.09\00:39:36.40
to share different testimonies
00:39:36.41\00:39:37.83
that we had that
combined with the
00:39:37.84\00:39:40.87
different points that
we had in Steps to Christ.
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.20
So from start to
finish we were really
00:39:43.21\00:39:46.30
involved and so it
was really a lot of fun
00:39:46.31\00:39:48.24
to do this project.
Well, it sounds like a
00:39:48.25\00:39:50.53
really good project to
do and it sounds like it
00:39:50.54\00:39:52.82
really gave the students
all kinds of opportunity
00:39:52.83\00:39:56.41
to learn new things and in fact,
00:39:56.42\00:39:58.64
we have just a
sneak preview for you
00:39:58.65\00:40:00.83
this afternoon because
we have a little video clip
00:40:00.84\00:40:03.58
of one they
recorded and we would like to
00:40:03.59\00:40:06.71
present that to you right now so
00:40:06.72\00:40:08.54
that you can see this project.
00:40:08.55\00:40:10.03
It hasn't been
released yet but it will be
00:40:10.04\00:40:12.08
and I think about twelve weeks,
00:40:12.09\00:40:13.50
says what? Scott said,
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.07
so in twelve weeks
it will be released.
00:40:15.08\00:40:16.95
You can be
looking forward to that
00:40:16.96\00:40:18.04
and let's watch the
video clip right now
00:40:18.05\00:40:20.62
and see what they have done.
00:40:20.63\00:40:21.77
When I look at
the incredible beauty
00:40:25.06\00:40:26.74
around me I am
inclined to think that
00:40:26.75\00:40:29.42
whoever made these
things was inspired.
00:40:29.43\00:40:31.51
Inspired with
the sense of balance,
00:40:31.52\00:40:34.25
with the sense of color,
00:40:34.26\00:40:35.91
with the sense of texture.
00:40:35.92\00:40:38.75
The Bible says the God is love
00:40:38.76\00:40:41.67
that He made all of
these things for us to enjoy,
00:40:41.68\00:40:44.62
just as a
Father does good things
00:40:44.63\00:40:47.20
for His children.
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.34
O Lord my God!
when I in awesome wonder
00:41:27.04\00:41:36.69
Consider all the
works Thy hand hath made
00:41:36.70\00:41:47.83
I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder
00:41:58.67\00:42:09.05
Thy power throughout
the universe displayed
00:42:09.06\00:42:17.75
When through the woods
and forest glades I wander
00:42:17.76\00:42:25.93
And hear the birds
sing sweetly in the trees
00:42:25.94\00:42:33.48
When I look down from
lofty mountain grandeur
00:42:33.49\00:42:41.56
And hear the brook,
and feel the gentle breeze
00:42:41.57\00:42:50.99
Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God to Thee
00:42:51.00\00:43:02.14
How great Thou
art! How great Thou art!
00:43:02.15\00:43:13.81
Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God, to Thee
00:43:13.82\00:43:20.96
How great Thou
art! How great Thou art!
00:43:20.97\00:43:39.82
Throughout our
Steps to Christ sing song
00:43:53.17\00:43:55.67
project we have the
opportunity to share
00:43:55.68\00:43:57.23
many difference songs
but if there is one message
00:43:57.24\00:44:00.34
that we wanted to
be clearly communicated
00:44:00.35\00:44:02.11
through our music it's Jesus
00:44:02.12\00:44:04.14
and to bring
people to a knowledge
00:44:04.15\00:44:07.34
of Jesus as their
friend and savior.
00:44:07.35\00:44:09.77
This song poses a
question that we hope
00:44:09.78\00:44:12.58
and pray that you not
only asking your friends,
00:44:12.59\00:44:14.76
your neighbors, the
people you come in contact
00:44:14.77\00:44:16.64
with but there you
also asking yourself.
00:44:16.65\00:44:19.05
Have you a heart that's weary,
00:44:25.49\00:44:33.91
Tending a load of care?
00:44:33.92\00:44:39.35
Are you a soul that's seeking
00:44:39.36\00:44:46.46
Rest from the burden you bear?
00:44:46.47\00:44:52.76
Do you know (do
you know) my Jesus?
00:44:52.77\00:44:59.46
Do you know (do
you know) my friend?
00:44:59.47\00:45:05.54
Have you heard (have
you heard) He loves you,
00:45:05.55\00:45:12.12
And that He will
abide till the end?
00:45:12.13\00:45:18.44
Where is your heart, O pilgrim?
00:45:18.45\00:45:24.88
What does your light reveal?
00:45:24.89\00:45:30.76
Who hears your call for comfort
00:45:30.77\00:45:36.75
When naught but
sorrows you feel?
00:45:36.76\00:45:42.38
Do you know (do
you know) my Jesus?
00:45:42.39\00:45:49.00
Do you know (do
you know) my friend?
00:45:49.01\00:45:54.86
Have you heard (have
you heard) He loves you,
00:45:54.87\00:46:01.34
And that He will
abide till the end?
00:46:01.35\00:46:07.64
Who understands your heartaches?
00:46:07.65\00:46:14.90
Who sees it when you cry?
00:46:14.91\00:46:21.07
Who knows your disappointments?
00:46:21.08\00:46:27.48
Who dries the
tears from your eyes?
00:46:27.49\00:46:33.52
Do you know (do
you know) my Jesus?
00:46:33.53\00:46:40.16
Do you know (do
you know) my friend?
00:46:40.17\00:46:46.32
Have you heard (have
you heard) He loves you,
00:46:46.33\00:46:52.37
And that He will
abide till the end?
00:46:52.38\00:46:59.86
A visit in this auditorium
00:47:13.97\00:47:15.12
this afternoon,
will lead you to the
00:47:15.13\00:47:18.86
conviction that God
must be here because
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.98
lots of good things happen,
00:47:21.99\00:47:24.18
a visit to the
exhibits would tell you
00:47:24.19\00:47:29.86
that God has been
leading a group of people.
00:47:29.87\00:47:33.01
All of these would be
impossible on its own.
00:47:33.02\00:47:39.44
God inspires people,
00:47:39.45\00:47:43.29
gives them the
energy the ability
00:47:43.30\00:47:46.41
the ideas so
that ASI can continue.
00:47:46.42\00:47:50.53
We elect officers
for a two year term
00:47:50.54\00:47:54.61
and today we
changed to a new group.
00:47:54.62\00:47:59.34
One of our past
presidents is Debbie
00:47:59.35\00:48:04.99
she talks to us today.
00:48:05.00\00:48:07.12
This past
presidents don't seem to quit
00:48:07.13\00:48:10.04
they just keep right on going
00:48:10.05\00:48:12.15
and she has been in charge here
00:48:12.16\00:48:14.47
of many things talk to us.
00:48:14.48\00:48:17.01
It's my pleasure to thank Donna
00:48:17.02\00:48:21.28
and Denzil. Donna McNeilus
00:48:21.29\00:48:23.59
is the current president.
00:48:23.60\00:48:24.83
Donna, you have done
wonderers in listening
00:48:24.84\00:48:28.77
to God and
leading the organization.
00:48:28.78\00:48:31.67
We are so grateful
that we have chosen
00:48:31.68\00:48:34.56
to follow the Texas,
00:48:34.57\00:48:35.74
let you like so shine before men
00:48:35.75\00:48:39.62
that they make
see you good works
00:48:39.63\00:48:41.26
and glorify your
father which is in heaven.
00:48:41.27\00:48:43.35
And so this is just
a token to let you know
00:48:43.36\00:48:46.09
that you should
continue to let your light shine
00:48:46.10\00:48:48.36
as you continue to serve.
00:48:48.37\00:48:50.18
Thank you very much on behalf
00:48:50.19\00:48:51.73
of the ASI organization.
00:48:51.74\00:48:53.43
Thank you Debbie!
00:48:53.44\00:48:55.23
It's been my
privilege to serve for the last
00:48:59.04\00:49:01.90
two years as the ASI president
00:49:01.91\00:49:04.20
and I have made
new friends and friends
00:49:04.21\00:49:05.92
that I will have for life.
00:49:05.93\00:49:07.94
And I cant' wait
to be you in heaven
00:49:07.95\00:49:10.68
and you know I got
to thinking about before
00:49:10.69\00:49:14.08
I came I had made
this decision with God
00:49:14.09\00:49:16.43
that I knew He
was calling me in path
00:49:16.44\00:49:18.93
with my family
and I really felt it
00:49:18.94\00:49:20.86
was important
because I have two girlsv
00:49:20.87\00:49:21.84
that are seniors this year,
00:49:22.59\00:49:23.98
one in college
and one in Academy.
00:49:23.99\00:49:26.17
I am not leaving ASI,
you are still gonna see me.
00:49:26.18\00:49:29.52
I love this organization,
00:49:29.53\00:49:31.32
I love the mission
of this organization,
00:49:31.33\00:49:33.77
but I am so thankful
that you have included
00:49:33.78\00:49:37.30
us as a part of your family.
00:49:37.31\00:49:39.16
Please pray for us as
we continue to serve Him.
00:49:39.17\00:49:42.79
And now at this
time I get to introduce
00:49:42.80\00:49:46.55
your new president for
ASI and he is coming now
00:49:46.56\00:49:51.11
right now and this is Norm Reitz
00:49:51.12\00:49:53.55
and his beautiful
wife Gail and they will be
00:49:53.56\00:49:56.11
working as a team
together I just know.
00:49:56.12\00:49:58.48
So thank you for being here.
00:49:58.49\00:50:01.03
It's a privilege
to follow in the line
00:50:01.04\00:50:04.26
of leadership that has been here
00:50:04.27\00:50:06.15
and I am going
to share in a minute
00:50:06.16\00:50:09.29
about how we
absolutely must work together
00:50:09.30\00:50:12.93
as a team. Well, thank
you for those kind words.
00:50:12.94\00:50:16.36
I do have to
present you with something.
00:50:16.37\00:50:18.85
This is a tradition
that one president passes
00:50:18.86\00:50:22.40
to another president
and this is the gabble
00:50:22.41\00:50:24.76
and it says
president, and I thank you
00:50:24.77\00:50:27.38
understand that
but more important
00:50:27.39\00:50:29.59
we decided that we
would start a new tradition.
00:50:29.60\00:50:33.11
In fact I wish I could say that,
00:50:33.12\00:50:34.80
we came up with
this about ourselves,
00:50:34.81\00:50:37.13
but we didn't
actually my son GYC president
00:50:37.14\00:50:40.94
told me mom you
should pass the Bible.
00:50:40.95\00:50:43.84
So we are giving a
Bible that says ASI
00:50:43.85\00:50:47.00
president and all the
past living ASI presidents
00:50:47.01\00:50:51.46
have signed something in this,
00:50:51.47\00:50:53.69
either it's a quotation,
00:50:53.70\00:50:55.68
a Bible verse or
something that means
00:50:55.69\00:50:58.16
a lot to us
personally and so we want
00:50:58.17\00:51:01.45
to continue passing this down,
00:51:01.46\00:51:03.23
but this is for you.
It's for you to use along
00:51:03.24\00:51:06.93
with God and
everything you do Norm.
00:51:06.94\00:51:10.22
For us to have our two years
00:51:10.23\00:51:11.85
and we can put our
inscription in it at the end.
00:51:11.86\00:51:13.55
That's right. What an
awesome responsibility.
00:51:13.56\00:51:18.59
Yes, thank you.
You know some of you,
00:51:18.60\00:51:23.84
many of you probably
watch the Tour de France
00:51:23.85\00:51:26.44
here a few
weeks ago and you know
00:51:26.45\00:51:28.88
that there is a
dynamic to comparative cycling.
00:51:28.89\00:51:33.06
Lance Armstrong has
won the Tour de France
00:51:33.07\00:51:35.85
seven-times, but he never would
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.79
have won at
once without his team
00:51:38.80\00:51:41.21
because the team gets together.
00:51:41.22\00:51:43.96
They are best
quality writers we can find
00:51:43.97\00:51:48.80
in the world and they
are dedicated to supporting
00:51:48.81\00:51:51.44
the object of the
team which is to win the
00:51:51.45\00:51:54.86
Tour de France and
so they gathered behind
00:51:54.87\00:51:58.12
what they call
the designated leader
00:51:58.13\00:52:01.92
and they protect
him, they drove him behind
00:52:01.93\00:52:07.97
them you get have
7 percent advantage
00:52:07.98\00:52:09.75
when you are
writing behind somebody
00:52:09.76\00:52:11.77
else so we don't have
to be out fun all the time,
00:52:11.78\00:52:14.31
you got somebody
there cutting the issues
00:52:14.32\00:52:18.98
ahead of you and they
are there position you
00:52:18.99\00:52:24.83
for the top task
of the final chart
00:52:24.84\00:52:27.79
for the goal lines.
00:52:27.80\00:52:28.77
So I believe that
leadership within ASI
00:52:28.78\00:52:32.20
is very much the
same that there is a
00:52:32.21\00:52:35.56
designated leader,
there is Ben I who has been
00:52:35.57\00:52:38.18
from Harrow Lands
all the way down to the
00:52:38.19\00:52:39.66
recent leaders and
now we have a change
00:52:39.67\00:52:42.73
but a criteria of
selection for our team
00:52:42.74\00:52:46.72
is that everyone of the
people here if necessary
00:52:46.73\00:52:50.53
could assume the
role of leadership.
00:52:50.54\00:52:53.53
And the Tour de
France this time Lance
00:52:53.54\00:52:57.37
Armstrong faltered near the end.
00:52:57.38\00:52:59.24
So Alberto Contador
won because in the third
00:52:59.25\00:53:03.34
of the last leg of
the race they changed
00:53:03.35\00:53:07.25
who was a designated
leader and they stood
00:53:07.26\00:53:09.09
behind him and he
finished and the team won.
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I would like to very
quickly introduce our team
00:53:11.58\00:53:14.73
that you don't get
to know them you already
00:53:14.74\00:53:17.26
know some of them.
Start of the other end
00:53:17.27\00:53:19.59
then if you would
somehow step forward
00:53:19.60\00:53:21.16
when I mention your names;
00:53:21.17\00:53:22.69
Stan and Kathy Smith.
Stan is a business person,
00:53:22.70\00:53:27.24
a financial guy
there in the agro business,
00:53:27.25\00:53:30.46
bakery business,
supporters of the
00:53:30.47\00:53:31.80
Adventist education. He
has a portfolio of finance.
00:53:31.81\00:53:35.48
We have Steve
Dickman and his wife Brenda.
00:53:35.49\00:53:38.80
Steve is a principle
of Harbert Hills Academy.
00:53:38.81\00:53:42.47
Brenda teaches there.
00:53:42.48\00:53:43.45
Steve has been a
very affective leader
00:53:43.46\00:53:46.76
in the Southern chapter of ASI.
00:53:46.77\00:53:50.23
He will have a
portfolio of recruitment
00:53:50.24\00:53:53.21
and membership. Terry Anderson
00:53:53.22\00:53:54.83
currently Mid America president,
00:53:54.84\00:53:57.14
he has a
portfolio of the evangelism.
00:53:57.15\00:53:59.49
I will take over a
very successful program.
00:53:59.50\00:54:02.31
His wife Colin and we are
glad to have you on board.
00:54:02.32\00:54:05.30
All of these
people could be president
00:54:05.31\00:54:07.52
if necessary. Danny
Houghton and his wife Sondra;
00:54:07.53\00:54:10.86
Danny is with heart research.
00:54:10.87\00:54:14.34
His portfolio is communication.
00:54:14.35\00:54:16.26
Harold Lance is the
president of Mission Inc.
00:54:16.27\00:54:21.19
I don't know
when and how you gonna
00:54:21.20\00:54:23.29
do the offering that
but I am not going to do it.
00:54:23.30\00:54:25.37
We are glad to have
you as part of our team.
00:54:25.38\00:54:28.02
Ramon Chow is our
secretary and employ of the
00:54:28.03\00:54:32.40
North American
division and an accountant
00:54:32.41\00:54:34.43
and someone is
very important to us.
00:54:34.44\00:54:37.16
And then in terms of
this introduction we have
00:54:37.17\00:54:40.93
Donna McNeilus, who I have asked
00:54:40.94\00:54:42.76
and she has agreed
to serve as the General
00:54:42.77\00:54:45.95
Vice-President.
She has been president.
00:54:45.96\00:54:48.98
Her husband Denzil
has been president.
00:54:48.99\00:54:51.25
They are repository wisdom.
They are source of inspiration,
00:54:51.26\00:54:56.40
and it's a pleasure
to have you on board
00:54:56.41\00:55:00.25
and to know that
you are on this team
00:55:00.26\00:55:03.83
and if you have to go
out for friends sometimes
00:55:03.84\00:55:07.38
that's a pleasure for
me to know you are there.
00:55:07.39\00:55:10.11
Pray for us because you
are part of the team as well
00:55:10.12\00:55:14.06
and in terms of
financial support,
00:55:14.07\00:55:17.01
in terms of prayer, in terms
of making the local chapter
00:55:17.02\00:55:20.99
successful, in
terms of recruiting
00:55:21.00\00:55:23.26
we are nothing without you.
00:55:23.27\00:55:25.15
So let us work
together for the success of ASI.
00:55:25.16\00:55:29.39
Amen! Norm has solicited
the prayers of all of us.
00:55:38.86\00:55:43.69
I will pray aloud
but I invite all of you
00:55:43.70\00:55:48.32
to pray for him.
Not only today but as
00:55:48.33\00:55:53.86
his term continues
and pray for each of our
00:55:53.87\00:55:56.92
officers that
God will be in charge
00:55:56.93\00:56:00.89
of this
organization. Father in Heaven,
00:56:00.90\00:56:03.96
we come to you asking,
00:56:03.97\00:56:09.94
begging of you to
send your spirit here.
00:56:09.95\00:56:15.24
This organization
works because you direct it
00:56:15.25\00:56:21.88
and we pray that
you will continue,
00:56:21.89\00:56:24.01
continue to direct
it through the leaders
00:56:24.02\00:56:27.58
that we've selected here.
00:56:27.59\00:56:29.05
Bless Norm and
Gail as they lead out,
00:56:29.06\00:56:34.48
but each of the
other leaders too,
00:56:34.49\00:56:37.47
every one of these officers.
00:56:37.48\00:56:41.02
We would want even
in greater things done
00:56:41.03\00:56:46.00
through this organization
because we believe that
00:56:46.01\00:56:51.76
Son Jesus will come
and we must tell everybody.
00:56:51.77\00:56:57.03
Bless all of those
who are exhibiting today.
00:56:57.04\00:57:02.65
Have a booth. All
people who are involved
00:57:02.66\00:57:09.81
in this ministry, but
we look for a double person
00:57:09.82\00:57:15.13
of yours spirit to fall
upon our officers for we
00:57:15.14\00:57:19.08
prayed in the
name of Jesus, amen.
00:57:19.09\00:57:22.73
Have you been
blessed? Stand with me for
00:57:35.57\00:57:37.52
the closing prayer.
Let's bow our heads.
00:57:37.53\00:57:42.37
Our loving Father in Heaven
00:57:42.38\00:57:44.92
we just thank you some
much for this afternoon
00:57:44.93\00:57:46.97
that we've been able to
worship together to fellowship
00:57:46.98\00:57:49.10
together to hear many
of the exciting reports
00:57:49.11\00:57:51.79
of your work around the world.
00:57:51.80\00:57:53.03
We just ask father
that your Holy Spirit
00:57:53.04\00:57:55.65
will continue to
bless each and every person
00:57:55.66\00:57:57.31
and each and every
project did every soul
00:57:57.32\00:57:59.51
that has been
touched and will be touched.
00:57:59.52\00:58:00.99
God sees the truth
that have been sown
00:58:01.00\00:58:03.44
and Lord may when
we reach to heaven,
00:58:03.45\00:58:05.01
see a great harvest for
the work that has been done.
00:58:05.02\00:58:07.38
I pray that your
spirit will be continue to be
00:58:07.39\00:58:09.81
with each of us
here to the closing hours
00:58:09.82\00:58:11.93
of the Sabbath and as
we travel home tomorrow.
00:58:11.94\00:58:14.35