Rescue the
perishing, care for the dying,
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Snatch them in pity
from sin and the grave;
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Weep o'er the erring
one, lift up the fallen,
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Tell them of
Jesus, the mighty to save.
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Rescue the
perishing, care for the dying,
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Jesus is
merciful, Jesus will save.
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Though they are slighting
Him, still He is waiting,
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Waiting the
penitent child to receive;
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Plead with them earnestly,
plead with them gently;
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He will forgive
if they only believe.
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Rescue the
perishing, care for the dying,
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Jesus is
merciful, Jesus will save.
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Someone is out there,
looking for the reason,
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Someone is trying
to find a way to pull
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to be the one to be with Lord.
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Rescue the
perishing, duty demands it;
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Strength for thy
labor the Lord will provide;
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Back to the narrow
way patiently win them;
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Tell the poor
wand'rer a Savior has died.
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Good evening to ASI
family. Good evening.
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It is my distinct and
real privilege to invite to ASI
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tonight my friend
Bill Knott who is presently
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serving as editor of
the Adventist Review.
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We are grateful for
his service and he has the
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privilege also on
Sabbath evening of bringing our
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key note address but
tonight we are going to
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talk about the Adventist Review.
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And Bill can I ask
you some questions?
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You may in fact.
The Adventist Review is
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one of the longest
published papers in the
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Adventist Church.
What role has it played
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as the church has developed?
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I was trying to describe
not long ago the role of
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the Adventist Review as
sort of being the center
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pole of the Adventist
Church for the last 161
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years, it's where you go
to get the best information
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to get doctrinal materials,
to read about mission.
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It's a place of
gathering and always has been in
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the life of the
church we see ourselves as
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committed to the
central cord, not only of the
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teaching of
Adventism, but of the people of
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Adventism. My
wife and I happen to
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have the privilege of
being at GC a few weeks
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ago and every
morning when we came down the
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long walk way from
the hotel to the meeting.
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There would be young
folks handing out flyers,
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that showed us what
happened and most of the
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days there was a
new edition of the
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Adventist Review.
How in the world did you
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manage that logistically?
Well that way, that's one
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of the things
we spend five years
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getting ready to do.
When you try to turn out
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a 32 page four color
magazine every 24 hours
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for about 8 days. The
challenge is especially
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when you're publishing
house is about 700 miles
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away are events.
Everyday we would
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send the content digitally
to Hagerstown, Maryland
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under the Review
and Herald Publishing
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Association about 6:00
pm. They would plate it
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and print it and bind it
and box it and put it on a
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private charter plane
by 2:30 in the morning in
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Hagerstown. It would
arrive in Atlanta at 5:00
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and it was sitting on
the table of the steering
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committee by 6:30
am and we walked in for
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breakfast. I have to
admit that was one of those
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moments that a huge team
of people contributed to.
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I have said and I
will say again publicly,
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an enormous thanks to
the good folks at the Review
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and Herald. Who
made that possible by
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literally staying up all night.
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Now, I believe you're
rolling out some of those
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issues to regular
subscribers aren't you
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too? I think I have
seen them in the mail.
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In fact, all eight
special daily bulletins are in
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addition to the
normal 36 that you get in
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annual subscription in
2010 and in every GC year
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Now, Bill you are an
editor right? Yes, and that
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means you make some decisions.
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Do you print
everything that comes to you or
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you exert some kind
of editorial prerogative?
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I don't want to
discourage people by giving away
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the actual percentage
of what we print or what
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comes in the mail.
But, I can tell you that
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we would look at every
article with the point of
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view that asks how will
this build up God's people?
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How will it teach them?
How will it instruct them?
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How it will encourage
them? If it doesn't passes
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those tests. We thank
the authors and send it back,
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but if it meets those
tests. We publish those things
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working carefully with
authors to make sure that
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the impact of the ideas
the Lord gave them really
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get communicated to the Church.
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We believe that your
policy as you reply today
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is representative
of mainline traditional
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Seventh-day
Adventist. Absolutely, we're
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committed to those
values as persons as an
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editorial team. We
take council regularly with
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the leadership of
the church both lay and
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administrative
trying to make sure that we
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stay on balance. That
we stay focused on the
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mission of the church
that we note the essential.
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I have seen in our local
conference paper that you
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were a speaker of
one of our camp meetings.
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You are out on the
circuit, you are on TV.
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Why are you out so
much? Out and about?
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One of the things you
have to do when edit a
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magazine in today's
culture is help people
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understand what value
it has for their lives.
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I get to look at people
in the eye and say you read
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this magazine your
faith will be strengthened.
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You read this magazine
you are gonna fall more
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in love with Jesus.
Read this magazine your
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children are gonna
grow up maturing in the Lord
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Jesus Christ. This
evening when you walk out here
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you're gonna get your
copy at the door, test that
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out see if I am
telling the truth.
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My wife and I read
the letters to the editor.
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And some, some of
them more interesting
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conversation or points
of view are expressed there
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sometimes it's back and
forth. Sometimes it's not
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always commendatory,
sometimes it's critical.
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Do you have any
particular themes of
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letters or particular
experiences with letters
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that you like to share?
A lot of our writers send
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very encouraging
notes and if we printed all
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those, everyone would
think we are only about
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self congratulation.
What you read in the
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letter section at
the Adventist review is
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frequently just a
sampling usually reacting to the
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content of previous
issues. Most of the time people
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write us to say, do more
of this, print more of that
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kind of things.
Sometimes we have honest voices
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who say, I don't
think you got it right here.
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We listen carefully to
those, and if you are one
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those who is written a
letter we try to respond to
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your letter personally
as well as publish the most
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useful ones that we
think the church is gonna be
00:11:06.27\00:11:08.41
helped by. Would you be willing
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to let us take a hand
poll here of how many people
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read and or
subscribe to the reviews
00:11:12.32\00:11:14.26
that what you say?
You're welcome to do
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and in fact I hope
more hands keep going up.
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How of you receive
the Adventist review on a
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regular basis? So,
you're in friendly territory
00:11:21.29\00:11:25.20
Adventist now you are anonymous.
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Well you know that
means I still have work to do.
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That's why I come to
places like ASI and GYC.
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I go to camp
meetings continuing to put the
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word out. This
magazine has been and continues
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to be the center
pole of the Seventh-day
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Adventist church.
We want you to come
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gather here and,
and learn what God is
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gonna do with this people.
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Now, if you're one of
ASI members and those in
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the 3ABN audience to
have a take away point
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of view what would you
want us to know or think
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or have an impression
about the Adventist review?
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I want you to trust it.
As a place that you can open
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up on Sabbath or
Friday evening that's the way
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I grew up reading the
Adventist review, little
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knowing that someday
I would be responsible
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for the words in
those pages. I want you to
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know that when you
come away from these
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pages your faith
is gonna be built.
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That's been my story
so many times as I've gone
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back in the archives
of this magazine I get the
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privilege to see what
God has done through the
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pages of this
journal. Hundreds of thousands
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of people have been won
to faith and strengthened
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in their faith by what
God has put in the pages of
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this magazine. It began
with a prophetic vision.
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I think we are still
following that vision of
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sending like, like streams
of light around the world.
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Thank you very
much Bill. Thank you.
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Just a few minutes
ago you heard a beautiful
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rendition from Wayne Atwood.
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You know 8 years ago
Wayne decided to pull up
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sticks from the United
States and go to a foreign
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country. When he moved
to this foreign country
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he realize that
there was something missing
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in his life. There was
no ASI family and he began
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to dream and pray,
and wished and hope that
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he could interact
with ASI family in a day to
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day basis in this
foreign country. Well, two years
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ago something happened,
a series of events took
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place that would
change everything and bring to
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fruition his dream.
Wayne, tell us about it.
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Well, I am very excited
to share this with you this
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evening because as Ramon
said it's true that I found
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it a little bit difficult
to be where there weren't
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many Adventists and
where there wasn't a
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thriving group like ASI.
And so it took a while to
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kind of you know
adjust to the move and to a
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different culture because
I live in Quebec, Canada.
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So, its French speaking,
so first of all I had a
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language to learn and
then second of all a few
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cultural things to learn
as well. But, about a couple
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of years ago the
conference president
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his name, of the
Quebec Conference his name is
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Dragan Stojanovic.
And he approached me
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and he told me about
an experience that he had
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when he was a
Pastor in Michigan.
00:14:12.68\00:14:14.13
And that
experience how to do with ASI.
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ASI was involved in an
evangelistic project there
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in his church. And he
was so impressed to see the
00:14:20.43\00:14:24.18
way they lay people
work together with the church
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that he said we have to
have ASI here in Quebec,
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Canada as well. And
that story really touched my
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heart because I felt
here is an individual that the
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reason he wants
ASI is because he's
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experienced ASI.
And those of you that
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have experienced ASI
you know that, that's the
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thing that we should
have everywhere, where lay
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people are working
hand in hand with the
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organized church to be
able to share the gospel
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and work in many different ways.
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So, it took a
little bit of time.
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But, we, we worked
together, together with
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the conference
president and together with some
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supporting ministries
that are there in Quebec.
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And together of course
with business people to
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try to form a first
board in order to really be
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pioneers to bring ASI to Quebec.
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That's the way NAD would respond
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spontaneously to
start chapter. That's true.
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ASI is always programmed
within the environment
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of the church and
we're part of the division.
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The North American
Division that covers
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Quebec. So, Wayne
got in touch with us once
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he had his group in
place, we came to a strategy
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session and once it was
clear that you guys were
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in the spirit of ASI,
you had groups and you
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were doing what the
ASI does. We wrote it as an
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ASI board to
bring you into our fold.
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That still wasn't the
end. I had to contact Dan
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Jackson who was then
president of the Canadian
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Union and he had to take
it through his union board
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and they had to
approve it which he did.
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No one knew I'm sure
he didn't know he would be
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the president of the
division, but months ago
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this year they
approved the organization of the
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Quebec chapter and
so you are now formally
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a part of the North
American Division ASI.
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When you mentioned the
language challenges what
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other challenges
did you face up there?
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Well, you know they
are a lot of challenges and
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one of the challenges
that we face is just how small
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the church in Quebec.
They are less than 3000
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members in the whole province.
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And there are about 8
million people that live in
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the country of
Quebec. And you know we can
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look at it from the
side that oh they aren't very
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many but I choose to
look at it from the side that
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ASI is going to have
such an impact in Quebec.
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Because everybody
knows each other and
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once they catch the
vision of what ASI is all about.
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I believe that it's going
to really change that church
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in Quebec. In a way that
will really get lay people
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involved in on fired to
do something and so that's
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what I'm really
excited about to see how people
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are getting on board
and they're wanting to see
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thing develop and
I know it's gonna be
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a positive experience.
So, it's on fire in Quebec.
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What about the rest of Canada?
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What's your
dream, your vision for
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the rest of Canada?
Well, of course as you
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mentioned it is for
Quebec and so we are
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gonna be French
speaking in, in the chapter that
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we are developing
of course we're also
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providing English translation.
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But, it's primarily
for the French. And so the
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English people need
something too, Amen.
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It's unusual that
the French people start
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things, usually it's
the English people that
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started things.
But, the French people,
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the English people
need things as well,
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so my encouragement
to any of you that are
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Canadian members or any
of you that are interested
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in becoming Canadian
members to get organized
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as well. There is
plenty of room for everybody,
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Canada is so vast
it's much larger then the
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United States but the
population is so small
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that it makes a lot
more sense in the ASI board
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agreed that it makes so
lot more sense to organize
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by sector and in order
to more efficiently work
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together and
collaborate. But, we wanna
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communicate all together
and so I encourage those
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of you that are
Canadian let's get organize
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and let's do
something. And so, that's means
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likely a chapter west
of the Rockies somewhere
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in British Columbia
at chapter somewhere
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perhaps in Ontario
and we are open to it.
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We want it to happen
historically there was an
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Eastern and Western
chapter in Canada so
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it is time to revival.
Now, Wayne I understand
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that you involved with
a ministry also, tell us
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about it? Well,
Sabbath you gonna be talking
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about it right? That's
right. Can you give a little
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preview what you
gonna be talking about?
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Well, we are involved in
Media Ministry it's called
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better living. And
that's true on Sabbath afternoon
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we will be talking about
it so be sure to come back
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and here it but we
believe that media is one way to
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reach this very
secular people. We are gonna
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share with you all the
things that we are doing
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try to reach non
Adventists for Jesus
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so come back. Amen. Thank you.
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Hello ASI. Hello. I
love this part of the
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program. We have some
wonderful stories here
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I have with me Meiring
and Juanita and they are
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from Riverside,
Riverside Farms Institute.
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That's right. And
Meiring tell me about yourselves
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and where are you
from and little bit
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about what are you
doing? My wife and I are from
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Riverside Farms Institute
as you said from Zambia.
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And we have been
working there for 9 years now.
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And Riverside is
supportive ministry of
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the Seventh-day
Adventist church member
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of OCI, Outpost
Centers International, yeah.
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Okay, okay
Juanita now you have an
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evangelism
department is that right?
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That's quite correct.
So, what does that entail?
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We are the
coordinates for the evangelism
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department for Riverside
farm. We work in Zambia
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and in the
countries around where we go,
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we do some
teaching of some lay people,
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we teach them
evangelism, we teach
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them health. At the
same time we do evangelistic
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series. We also
have Global Bible workers
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that we work with at
Riverside. We have about
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120 of those at Riverside
that work with Riverside
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currently, but only 65
of those are actually donor
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paid the others were
sacrificially but they
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do give reports to
us. Wow, wow that's
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exciting. So, now how
do these pioneers reach
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people of Africa,
what are they doing?
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We realized the role
that the lay people have to
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play in these last
days you know to bring the
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message of Jesus Christ
to the people and we use
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these lay workers, we
train them, we send them
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out to the furthest
parts of the Zambia and even
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across the borders of
the Zambia. And they really
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go to places where
you and I cannot go.
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They understand the
language, they understand
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the culture and so we
work together with them.
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Actually we see
ourselves as a team.
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My wife and I visit them
four months out of the year.
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Sleep in a tent, we
visit them, eat with them,
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sleep with them.
Encourage them to do the
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work and we use a
specific method that
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I wanna speak
about that tonight.
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And that is using
literature in a very
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powerful way. We
found that, that literature
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works very
effectually within Zambia.
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In Africa there is a
hunger for spiritual things.
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So, if people are
hungry we want to feed them.
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And especially I want
to mention Light Bearers
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Ministry and even
Remnant Publishers that
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have given us a lot of
material and specifically
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Light Bearers have
given us Bible lessons which
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are called the
voice of prophecy lessons.
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And we use those
lessons to increase the Bible
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studies with these
pioneers within the field
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as we train them.
So, they come once in a
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year in January. We
give a seminar to them.
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We train them, we tell
them what to do, we work
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as a team, we make
a plan for the year.
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And then they go out to
every single part that we
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can think of. They go
to marketplaces, they go to
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hospitals, they go
to schools, they go to
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prisons, we have a
pioneer that is only
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working in prisons.
He goes into the prisons,
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he has full authority
to go into any of the state
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prisons and he goes in
doing these Bible lessons
00:22:19.71\00:22:23.99
with the prisoners
and then have a full
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evangelistic you know
meeting with them inside
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the prisons and we
find that we have increased
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not just a number of
baptisms, but also the
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number of Bible studies
that one person can give.
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And through this training
the pioneers actually train
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others also to
be involved in us.
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And we have found
that at the moment they,
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we have abut 3000 to
4000 baptisms in a year.
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And more than 20000
people are studying these
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Bible lessons, so,
Amen. God has helped us to
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increase, not just a
one on one but people
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can just find these
lessons, study them and
00:23:04.18\00:23:06.89
they are ready for
baptism. Amen, can you say
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Amen? Amen. So, can
you tell me a story about
00:23:09.34\00:23:13.44
one of these
pioneers a testimony story?
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Yes, I can do that. One
of our pioneers was sitting
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in his office one day
and he was busy working
00:23:19.71\00:23:22.62
when he looked up
and a mad man walked
00:23:23.08\00:23:25.02
into his office. And he
politely just said sat down
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and the pioneer
didn't know how to get rid of
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this man. And he
wanted to give him money
00:23:30.11\00:23:32.34
because he thought well
may be if I give the man
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.28
money he would leave.
And the man refused the
00:23:34.31\00:23:38.11
money he looked around
the office and saw a stack
00:23:38.14\00:23:40.50
of Bible lessons
lying there. And he said he
00:23:40.53\00:23:43.47
wants these, the
pioneer wanted to just get rid
00:23:43.50\00:23:46.12
of him said it's
fine, take it and go.
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The man walked down
the street and he saw a
00:23:49.01\00:23:51.23
lady on the other
side crossed over the road.
00:23:51.26\00:23:53.55
And he went to her
and he gave her the
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.97
whole stack of
lessons. She didn't know what to
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do with the mad man, so
she just took the lessons
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to get rid of him.
She walked down the road
00:24:01.94\00:24:05.19
and she saw that
there was a telephone number
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.54
for the pioneer
written behind and planning to
00:24:07.57\00:24:10.47
give him the lessons
later. She started looking at
00:24:10.50\00:24:13.33
them and getting really
interested in some of the
00:24:13.36\00:24:15.09
titles. She went through
all 26 studies, contacted
00:24:15.12\00:24:20.03
the pioneer and said
she is ready for baptism.
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Wow, that is incredible.
Well you must have an
00:24:24.70\00:24:28.37
incredible budget to
sponsor and to work with
00:24:28.40\00:24:32.08
all these people. What is
it cost sponsor a pioneer?
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Is about $80 in a
month to sponsor pioneer.
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$80 a month, wow.
Yeah they live from very
00:24:40.70\00:24:43.19
little you know
sometimes we eat with
00:24:43.22\00:24:45.66
them and you get a
bowl of rice for breakfast,
00:24:45.69\00:24:47.60
that's what you get. So,
that's what they live on.
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That is, that is incredible.
Well, thanks so much for
00:24:51.93\00:24:55.33
your time. Do you
have anything else that you
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.47
wanna add? Thank
you very much for
00:24:57.50\00:25:00.26
the time that we
could share with you.
00:25:00.29\00:25:01.62
Thank you. And we really want to
00:25:02.07\00:25:03.04
invite people to
come to the booth
00:25:03.05\00:25:04.02
and pray with us.
Get to know, get to know
00:25:04.05\00:25:06.40
these people there in the
exhibit hall and you'll get
00:25:06.43\00:25:08.89
to, be able to know them
a little bit and ask them
00:25:08.92\00:25:11.87
some tough questions
okay. Alright thank you
00:25:11.90\00:25:14.92
so much. Thank you very much.
00:25:14.95\00:25:15.92
That's wonderful now I
have a special, special
00:25:23.53\00:25:27.38
friend here that
I want you to meet.
00:25:27.41\00:25:29.66
And these, these folks
are very dear to my heart.
00:25:30.48\00:25:33.80
Rarely will you
meet someone with so much
00:25:34.33\00:25:37.36
joy in the Lord. And
this is Geoffrey and Martha
00:25:37.39\00:25:41.32
Ngige and they
are here from Kenya.
00:25:41.35\00:25:44.24
And Geoffrey tell
me something have you
00:25:45.18\00:25:47.98
always been blind? I
was, when I was a child
00:25:48.19\00:25:55.40
I could be seen very
perfectly. I was born as
00:25:56.29\00:26:01.20
an Anglican and
raised up as an Anglican and
00:26:01.23\00:26:05.85
when I was a youth I
go to this message of the
00:26:05.88\00:26:10.27
Adventist and I was
on fire, I wanted to make
00:26:10.88\00:26:15.87
sure that everybody
had known this message and
00:26:15.90\00:26:20.23
I continued doing
Bible study, house to house.
00:26:20.26\00:26:24.43
And I was so amazed.
That God could save soul
00:26:24.91\00:26:29.92
you see me just a
new believer and I really
00:26:30.41\00:26:34.83
develop that anxiety of
preaching. I started even
00:26:34.86\00:26:40.32
preaching in the
street and many people started
00:26:40.61\00:26:44.91
coming to listen to
the message and many people
00:26:45.19\00:26:48.49
after every session I could
call, I call out and people
00:26:49.09\00:26:53.61
could come out and I
could introduce them to
00:26:53.64\00:26:57.33
a nearby church in
Nairobi and they're
00:26:57.36\00:27:00.00
baptized. And, at
this time I had been
00:27:00.03\00:27:04.86
diagnosed with a
retina problem and the doctor
00:27:04.89\00:27:09.36
showed me that I gonna
be blind but I didn't take
00:27:09.81\00:27:14.02
it and I knew I was
preaching about the living
00:27:14.05\00:27:17.64
God and I knew that he
could live us this or he
00:27:17.67\00:27:22.42
could help me not to
continue being washed.
00:27:22.45\00:27:26.74
But, eventually,
unfortunately I started
00:27:27.12\00:27:32.33
experiencing that I
could not read the Bible.
00:27:32.62\00:27:35.33
I was very angry with
God, I was very bitter.
00:27:35.76\00:27:39.47
But, I was
inspired because you know
00:27:39.80\00:27:43.08
every time you fight
with God. You are lose, you
00:27:43.32\00:27:45.86
are fighting a
losing battle. God warned me
00:27:45.89\00:27:49.56
and I accepted my faith
and I had a lot of question
00:27:50.03\00:27:54.10
which had no answer. If
I get blind and I am just
00:27:54.31\00:27:58.49
a young man, would I
cease from preaching,
00:27:58.52\00:28:01.53
oh where will I
ever get a wife to marry.
00:28:02.11\00:28:06.23
You know in Africa
when you are blind you are
00:28:06.64\00:28:08.76
condemned to be in the
street begging money so,
00:28:08.79\00:28:12.48
I knew this was the end
of my life but the good Lord
00:28:12.51\00:28:17.02
inspired me because he
is the one who knew better
00:28:17.05\00:28:20.17
than I. Paul inspired
me in Romans 8 verse 28.
00:28:20.20\00:28:23.86
When he say, all things
to those who fear the Lord
00:28:24.32\00:28:26.75
work for good. I
could not comprehend this
00:28:26.78\00:28:29.87
and I could not
know how blindness
00:28:30.18\00:28:33.16
could be of any
good. But when I accepted
00:28:33.19\00:28:37.02
this message, when I
accepted the reality that
00:28:37.05\00:28:40.85
good Lord started
hearing my heart, he started
00:28:40.88\00:28:44.06
binding my wounds
and you know, he started
00:28:44.09\00:28:47.27
performing great miracle,
that's the great question.
00:28:47.30\00:28:51.37
I was asking where
would I get a wife, he gave me
00:28:51.72\00:28:55.21
this wonderful
lady here. Amen. Amen.
00:28:55.24\00:28:59.42
So, Geoffrey what,
what happened, what happened
00:29:03.75\00:29:08.44
next, what happened
and how did your life turn
00:29:08.47\00:29:11.69
around for the good.
Then my life turn alone
00:29:11.72\00:29:15.19
for good because I was
thinking that was the end
00:29:15.22\00:29:18.69
of my preaching.
But, after the good Lord
00:29:18.72\00:29:23.34
gave me this
beautiful wife here.
00:29:23.37\00:29:25.61
She started helping
me to come and preach
00:29:25.94\00:29:30.32
through memory. And I
was back in this street
00:29:30.66\00:29:33.86
again. Preaching
and many people accepted
00:29:33.89\00:29:37.05
Christ and there after I
can experience the benefit
00:29:37.08\00:29:42.32
of the good news and
how it can transform a
00:29:42.50\00:29:47.08
hopeless man like me.
And I tell you now I am
00:29:47.41\00:29:51.73
experiencing a good
wife, two children. I'm running
00:29:51.76\00:29:55.83
a ministry by the
name Passing the Light
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.97
Ministry and I'm so
excited that I'm part
00:29:58.00\00:30:02.19
of God's work. Amen, Amen.
00:30:02.22\00:30:06.37
You know Geoffrey
turned to me and he was
00:30:11.90\00:30:16.21
telling me about
when he went blind how
00:30:16.24\00:30:17.95
depressed he was and he
turned to me and he said
00:30:17.98\00:30:20.72
but, who knew that
people would flock to
00:30:21.06\00:30:25.33
hear a blind man
preach. Amen. And Geoffrey has
00:30:25.36\00:30:28.97
planted 15 churches and
100's of people baptized
00:30:29.00\00:30:33.64
he's trained
Bible workers in Kenya.
00:30:33.67\00:30:36.04
And, and they've even
started another little
00:30:36.50\00:30:39.77
program but tell me,
I'm gonna tell you a story
00:30:39.80\00:30:43.86
cause we have just
a second here, but you
00:30:43.89\00:30:46.40
know I'm, during the
political unrest in Kenya,
00:30:46.43\00:30:50.24
they had some real
trouble and I got an e-mail
00:30:51.08\00:30:53.95
from a lady that was
over there telling about the
00:30:54.59\00:30:57.33
violence and how
they were attacked by mobs
00:30:57.36\00:31:00.75
and their car was
beaten and windows were
00:31:00.78\00:31:02.71
broken out and over
and over they would drag
00:31:02.74\00:31:05.49
Geoffrey out of the
car and try to make him
00:31:05.52\00:31:08.00
speak because his
dialect would tell them where he
00:31:08.03\00:31:11.48
was from and they
would have kill him.
00:31:11.51\00:31:13.04
And the mobs killed a
lot of people they say mobs
00:31:13.07\00:31:15.97
and one village after another.
00:31:16.38\00:31:17.89
God delivered them
and she told me this
00:31:18.02\00:31:20.54
harrowing story and I, so
I started calling Geoffrey,
00:31:20.80\00:31:24.13
calling Geoffrey and
finally I got Geoffrey on
00:31:24.16\00:31:26.04
the phone and I said
Geoffrey, Geoffrey you
00:31:26.07\00:31:29.02
need to come back to
the States and I said,
00:31:29.05\00:31:32.19
you have trouble
there. He says oh, the Lord is
00:31:32.22\00:31:34.45
good, the Lord is
blessed us. Amen, Amen.
00:31:34.48\00:31:37.27
And I said but you
have trouble Geoffrey.
00:31:37.30\00:31:39.39
And he says the Lord
takes care of us, we had
00:31:39.77\00:31:41.94
a little trouble but
the Lord is good, we baptize
00:31:41.97\00:31:44.75
35 more people. And
I said but Geoffrey you
00:31:44.78\00:31:48.63
should come home until
the political unrest settles
00:31:48.66\00:31:51.12
down. And Geoffrey
says Mark, I'm determined to
00:31:51.15\00:31:57.42
be spent for the gospel, amen.
00:31:57.45\00:32:00.16
And he stayed there and
he had another evangelist
00:32:00.56\00:32:02.60
campaign and
baptized more people. Amen,
00:32:02.63\00:32:06.04
Amen. So, Geoffrey
and Martha have started an
00:32:06.07\00:32:11.00
orphanage and from,
there are a lot of orphans
00:32:11.03\00:32:15.02
from this political
unrest and from AIDS there
00:32:15.05\00:32:18.06
and so you need to stop
by their booth and get to
00:32:18.52\00:32:21.34
know them a little
bit. Can you say Amen?
00:32:21.37\00:32:22.96
Amen. Thank you
two, both so much
00:32:22.99\00:32:25.49
for being here,
Amen, thank you, thank you.
00:32:25.52\00:32:27.50
Next I have doctors and
Chris and Lela Lewis and
00:32:34.23\00:32:40.03
they're here to
talk to us a little bit.
00:32:40.21\00:32:42.24
And can you tell us a
little bit about yourselves
00:32:42.67\00:32:44.87
and you are up to what
you are doing in our ministry?
00:32:44.90\00:32:47.40
Yes thank you Mark,
we are both graduates of
00:32:47.85\00:32:51.01
Loma Linda
University School of Medicine.
00:32:51.04\00:32:53.31
I'm a general surgeon
and Lela is an OB-GYN.
00:32:53.68\00:32:56.30
Together we found it
Right Arm of Love which
00:32:56.82\00:32:59.06
is a non-profit
organization which
00:32:59.09\00:33:00.98
provides free health
screening and free health
00:33:01.01\00:33:03.75
counseling in
Phoenix, Arizona. Also we are
00:33:03.78\00:33:06.61
heavily involved in
health media and we've recently
00:33:06.64\00:33:09.72
founded the medical and surgical
00:33:09.75\00:33:11.17
Health And Healing Institute.
00:33:11.20\00:33:12.72
Since our
ministry's origination in 2003
00:33:13.15\00:33:15.79
by God's grace we've
distributed over 20,000
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.90
peaces of present
truth literature, generously
00:33:18.93\00:33:21.54
donated by project
restore. To God's grace
00:33:21.57\00:33:24.46
we've provided
20,000 individuals with free
00:33:24.49\00:33:27.23
health screening and
by God's grace provided
00:33:27.26\00:33:30.63
15,000 Bible study
context to the Seventh-
00:33:30.66\00:33:33.36
day Adventist church.
Wow, Amen. Praise God,
00:33:33.39\00:33:37.44
Praise the Lord, can
you, can you tell me though
00:33:37.47\00:33:40.79
how you went from health
screening to health media.
00:33:40.82\00:33:43.59
Well, in 2005 we began
doing a teaming up with
00:33:44.42\00:33:49.07
pastors and evangelists
and with combining our
00:33:49.10\00:33:52.10
health lectures with full blown
00:33:52.13\00:33:53.79
evangelistic
seminars. The results were
00:33:53.82\00:33:56.80
absolutely
astronomical. The Lord opened
00:33:56.83\00:33:59.48
amazing doors with
Trinity Broadcasting
00:33:59.51\00:34:01.52
Network, CBS and NBC
where we were actually
00:34:01.55\00:34:03.97
filmed for free air
time. And addition to that the
00:34:04.00\00:34:07.08
Arizona Government
gave their full support as
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.32
in the executive branch
of the Arizona government,
00:34:09.35\00:34:11.71
as well as multiple
evangelical church support.
00:34:12.02\00:34:14.79
Also the health
lectures opened doors for the
00:34:15.38\00:34:17.79
television show Practical
Living which is produced
00:34:17.82\00:34:20.43
by Loma Linda
Broadcasting Network.
00:34:20.46\00:34:22.09
And Practical Living
is currently re-aired in
00:34:22.52\00:34:25.03
Phoenix on Good New
Television that's a local
00:34:25.06\00:34:28.00
Seventh-day
Adventist TV station.
00:34:28.03\00:34:29.44
Of course the most
exciting results were
00:34:29.66\00:34:31.51
those seen by those
individuals who gave
00:34:31.54\00:34:33.37
their heart to Jesus,
on the screen you'll see a
00:34:33.40\00:34:35.46
picture of Mr. Bob
Bradley, Mr. Bradley
00:34:35.49\00:34:38.34
actually became acquainted with
00:34:38.37\00:34:39.75
Adventism through
coming to the Arizona
00:34:39.78\00:34:42.37
State Fair Health
Board. He then followed up
00:34:42.40\00:34:44.67
coming to the booth
going to a health lectures
00:34:44.70\00:34:46.76
series and then an
evangelistic series
00:34:46.79\00:34:48.79
and praise God he
give his heart to Jesus.
00:34:49.05\00:34:51.28
He is just one of
many people who have given
00:34:51.31\00:34:53.15
their heart to Jesus
through health evangelism.
00:34:53.18\00:34:55.32
Praise the Lord, and
you know I know the Lord
00:34:55.99\00:34:59.02
uses lifestyle medicine
and lifestyle care but you
00:34:59.05\00:35:03.23
are both acute care providers.
00:35:03.26\00:35:05.23
Can, can the Lord use
that to lead people to Jesus?
00:35:05.26\00:35:08.11
Absolutely Mark, on the
screen you will also see a
00:35:08.42\00:35:11.06
picture of Mrs. Antoinette
Venega, she was a patient
00:35:11.09\00:35:13.86
of mine when I
was at Loma Linda.
00:35:13.89\00:35:15.46
Antoinette had something
called a Placenta Percreta,
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.28
which is where essentially
the Placenta acts like a
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.52
cancer, it grows through
the lining of the uterus.
00:35:20.55\00:35:22.82
It goes out into the
bowel the bladder and even the
00:35:23.12\00:35:25.28
blood vessels and as
you can imagine it's a life
00:35:25.31\00:35:27.67
threatening emergency
because the patients can
00:35:27.70\00:35:29.83
bleed to death. As
such we plan ahead, we plan
00:35:29.86\00:35:32.97
for a cesarean
hysterectomy, which is where you
00:35:33.00\00:35:35.64
deliver the baby
by C-section and then
00:35:35.67\00:35:37.41
you immediately
followed by taking out
00:35:37.44\00:35:39.59
the uterus. These
patients are often admitted to
00:35:39.62\00:35:42.30
the hospital from
months on end even and this is
00:35:42.33\00:35:45.45
exactly what happened
to Antoinette, we were
00:35:45.48\00:35:47.91
watching her very
carefully during this
00:35:47.94\00:35:49.78
period of time she was
not the least but interested
00:35:49.81\00:35:52.80
anything spiritual.
And then the dreaded day
00:35:52.83\00:35:55.77
arrived. And she
started bleeding, we were racing
00:35:55.80\00:35:58.46
her down to the
operating room and on the way
00:35:58.49\00:36:00.54
down there, everyone
was crying the nurses
00:36:00.57\00:36:02.94
Antoinette, I
clasped her hands and I said
00:36:02.97\00:36:05.01
Antoinette, can I
pray with you please.
00:36:05.04\00:36:06.96
And she agreed, I
specifically prayed
00:36:07.26\00:36:09.78
dear Jesus please
guide our hands as surgeons
00:36:09.92\00:36:13.01
and also please bring
her through this very, very
00:36:13.28\00:36:15.66
dangerous operation
safely. We proceeded
00:36:15.69\00:36:18.72
with the C-section and
delivered a very healthy
00:36:18.75\00:36:20.96
baby boy and then
proceeded with the
00:36:20.99\00:36:22.42
hysterectomy and
taking out the uterus and we
00:36:22.45\00:36:24.57
noted Placenta had gone
into the pelvic side walls
00:36:24.60\00:36:27.39
and everything
bleeding profusely there was
00:36:27.67\00:36:30.06
nothing we could do
to stop it. Finally the
00:36:30.09\00:36:32.53
anesthesiologist leaned
over the curtain and said
00:36:32.56\00:36:34.84
something that a
surgeon never wants to hear.
00:36:34.87\00:36:37.25
He said you need to
start chest compressions now.
00:36:37.62\00:36:40.54
I said, oh you've got to
be kidding me, at which she
00:36:40.57\00:36:43.03
said no. At this
point I start crying out the
00:36:43.06\00:36:46.18
Lord aloud, I would
previously been crying
00:36:46.21\00:36:48.66
you know speaking to
him silently in my mind
00:36:48.69\00:36:51.27
and now I'm like Lord
please help, please help,
00:36:51.30\00:36:53.72
as 30 some people are
running around the room
00:36:53.75\00:36:55.79
and all chaos is breaking news.
00:36:55.82\00:36:57.50
We called for something
called a co-black, which
00:36:58.04\00:37:00.18
is where we accept
all uncross-matched blood
00:37:00.21\00:37:02.64
in the entire
hospital, this is at Loma Linda
00:37:02.67\00:37:04.89
University. 78 units
of packed red blood cells,
00:37:04.92\00:37:08.43
54 units of fresh
frozen plasma and 38 units of
00:37:08.46\00:37:11.63
platelets layered by
God's grace he miraculously
00:37:11.66\00:37:14.47
saved her. He brought
her through that operation
00:37:14.50\00:37:17.33
and by God's grace
as soon as operation was
00:37:17.85\00:37:19.98
over and she was
recovered, I went to
00:37:20.01\00:37:21.36
her bed I said
Antoinette, Jesus brought you
00:37:21.39\00:37:24.34
through that operation he
has a special plan for you
00:37:24.37\00:37:27.18
Jesus has a plan for
you, when she was discharged
00:37:27.90\00:37:30.04
from the hospital I
send her home with a
00:37:30.07\00:37:31.64
magazine on the
Sabbath and one that describes
00:37:31.67\00:37:33.96
what happens when we
die and I'm so happy to
00:37:33.99\00:37:36.61
tell you today by
God's grace she and her
00:37:36.68\00:37:38.58
husband both have given
their heart to Jesus and
00:37:38.61\00:37:40.88
were baptized. Amen,
Amen. God be praised,
00:37:40.91\00:37:44.13
God be praised.
Praise the Lord, well
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.54
I understand you have
a plan to blend lifestyle
00:37:46.57\00:37:50.29
medicine with acute
care can you tell me
00:37:50.32\00:37:52.53
about that briefly?
Yes, we believe that these
00:37:52.56\00:37:55.67
two are just completely
intertwined, there are so
00:37:55.70\00:37:57.95
many situations where
like a patient I had we
00:37:57.98\00:38:00.81
call him John. He had
severe Crohn's and after
00:38:00.84\00:38:03.61
I performed his
surgery for his complicated
00:38:03.64\00:38:05.82
Crohn's disease I was
able to share with him
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.94
God's lifestyle plan
for him and today he is
00:38:07.97\00:38:11.45
symptom from his
Crohn's. He is off all of
00:38:11.48\00:38:13.83
his Crohn's medications
so praise God for that,
00:38:13.86\00:38:16.11
that's why we are
planning to start a
00:38:16.73\00:38:17.90
Seventh-Day Adventist
Hospital combined with
00:38:17.93\00:38:21.28
lifestyle center on
the outskirts Phoenix,
00:38:21.31\00:38:24.02
Arizona. Amen. Wow, well I know
00:38:24.05\00:38:28.46
it's often difficult to
sustain lifestyle centers.
00:38:29.29\00:38:34.35
How do you
planned over come this?
00:38:34.61\00:38:36.31
The Holy Spirit
impressed us to start
00:38:37.11\00:38:38.72
the Medical and
Surgical Health and Healing
00:38:38.75\00:38:41.60
Institute. The
acronym is actually MSHHIN
00:38:41.77\00:38:45.83
pronounced mission.
As in the great gospel
00:38:45.86\00:38:48.41
commission to use
Jesus, Three angels messages
00:38:48.44\00:38:51.03
using his health message
to turn those people to his
00:38:51.06\00:38:54.37
Three Angels messages
and a life with Jesus.
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.05
What the physicians at
the mission and tell they
00:38:57.51\00:39:00.14
accept and reduced significantly
00:39:00.17\00:39:02.19
reduced salary.
Those safe salary goes
00:39:02.22\00:39:05.24
into a trust fund at
the Arizona conference and
00:39:05.27\00:39:07.60
then those salaries are
then utilized to purchase
00:39:07.63\00:39:10.69
the land, the building then
self sustain the institution
00:39:10.72\00:39:13.79
in it's entirety, both
the lifestyle center and the
00:39:13.82\00:39:15.99
acute care setting.
The Lord has provided
00:39:16.02\00:39:18.75
amazing opportunities
because we feel this is
00:39:18.78\00:39:21.34
the Holy Spirit's
leading. We actually have an
00:39:21.37\00:39:23.49
appointment to meet with
the Governor of the State
00:39:23.52\00:39:25.21
of Arizona in the
next couple of months to
00:39:25.25\00:39:27.16
discuss these issues
as well as we will be
00:39:27.19\00:39:29.82
re-filming with
Trinity Broadcasting Network
00:39:29.85\00:39:31.72
starting August 27th.
Wow, have you seen any
00:39:31.97\00:39:35.77
evangelistic success
from these new efforts.
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.75
Well, we've just
opened our doors for a medical
00:39:39.36\00:39:41.15
practice but already
we're already seeing God
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.00
producing fruit. We
send out 37,000 flyers to the
00:39:44.17\00:39:47.31
surrounding homes.
We've had a number of
00:39:47.34\00:39:49.36
calls of people that
wanna come to our practice
00:39:49.39\00:39:51.76
simply because
they recognize something
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.25
different about our
practice. In addition
00:39:53.28\00:39:54.88
several have
come or have schedule
00:39:55.39\00:39:57.15
appointment
specifically because we are a
00:39:57.18\00:39:58.86
Seventh-day
Adventist practice and many of
00:39:58.89\00:40:01.40
them are non-Adventist.
We are really, really
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.88
happy that the Lord is
allowing us to participate
00:40:04.15\00:40:06.58
in with him as we attempt
to spread his Three angels
00:40:06.61\00:40:10.11
messages to the world.
We solicit your prayers
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.57
and we also want
to encourage each and
00:40:12.89\00:40:14.44
everyone of to
follow Jesus leading and
00:40:14.47\00:40:16.78
I guarantee you
will not be disappointed.
00:40:16.81\00:40:19.39
Amen, Amen. Well get
to know these young people
00:40:19.73\00:40:23.07
at the exhibits, so I
appreciate it, God bless.
00:40:23.10\00:40:25.48
And please tonight
to introduce you my dear
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.93
friend Reuben Dias
and he is from Portugal.
00:40:34.96\00:40:37.50
And I had the privilege
to meet Reuben at first time
00:40:37.86\00:40:39.92
in at this ASI
convention in 2007.
00:40:40.25\00:40:43.64
And Reuben, you asked
Don and I to come over
00:40:44.47\00:40:46.76
and help set up an
ASI chapter in Portugal in
00:40:46.79\00:40:49.92
2008. And so Don and
I went and got in car
00:40:49.95\00:40:53.06
with Reuben and we
took a 3 hour drive.
00:40:53.09\00:40:56.32
And it was one of those
what I call Henry Martyn
00:40:56.79\00:40:59.03
would call divine appointment.
00:40:59.06\00:41:00.35
Because at that time
Reuben you asked us how
00:41:00.70\00:41:03.45
ASI had changed our
life and we told you our
00:41:03.48\00:41:06.54
family story about how
ASI has changed our life
00:41:06.57\00:41:10.34
and our family and
given us what we have today
00:41:10.37\00:41:12.79
and the joys that
we have of service.
00:41:12.82\00:41:14.45
And what
happened when we talked?
00:41:14.85\00:41:16.80
Well, you touch our
heart because actually you
00:41:17.28\00:41:19.91
wanted to experience
that, we came to ASI before,
00:41:19.94\00:41:22.96
we heard stories and
we thought this has to
00:41:23.38\00:41:27.10
happen in our lives.
So, when you told about
00:41:27.78\00:41:30.55
this and specifically
about the DVD program,
00:41:30.58\00:41:33.48
I was touched and I
remember that I asked
00:41:33.92\00:41:36.51
you Denzil, we wanna
do something like this.
00:41:36.54\00:41:39.63
So, you did before,
tell me who to do it
00:41:39.95\00:41:43.21
and find me a
place. And I ask you what
00:41:43.56\00:41:46.14
county you want to go
to. And I remember I said
00:41:46.17\00:41:48.69
you know I don't
care about the country.
00:41:48.72\00:41:50.27
Okay just let's think about
it, let's pray about it and
00:41:50.30\00:41:53.63
whatever comes up we just go.
00:41:53.66\00:41:55.77
Okay and I told you that
I be think and pray about
00:41:56.05\00:41:59.04
this and I said give
me a couple of weeks.
00:41:59.07\00:42:00.93
What just so happen
he has took us to his
00:42:01.70\00:42:03.41
fantastic vegetarian
restaurant and just as
00:42:03.44\00:42:06.16
we sat down I got a
phone call and it was from
00:42:06.19\00:42:08.66
Pastor Mark
Finley. And he said Denzil,
00:42:08.69\00:42:11.52
I've just got back
from Cuba. And you can't
00:42:11.55\00:42:14.26
believe the exciting
things that's going on
00:42:14.29\00:42:16.53
in Cuba right now.
We need to get down
00:42:16.56\00:42:19.07
there and get involved
in doing DVD training and
00:42:19.10\00:42:22.35
training the lay
people to be involved in
00:42:22.38\00:42:24.15
evangelism. That's
right. And I said, I think
00:42:24.18\00:42:27.68
I know just the
person, I let you know.
00:42:27.71\00:42:30.72
And I hang up the
phone, and I told you about it.
00:42:31.20\00:42:33.07
Yeah there was about
while you were in the
00:42:33.39\00:42:35.16
phone about 10
minutes, yes, you came back and
00:42:35.19\00:42:37.71
you told me listen I
have the country for you
00:42:37.74\00:42:39.76
and I asked you what is
the country, that quick,
00:42:40.46\00:42:42.94
yes. What country is it right?
00:42:42.97\00:42:44.12
And I said Cuba. And
I said, oh that's good
00:42:44.60\00:42:46.76
because I have been
there before I know the
00:42:46.79\00:42:48.78
language my parents
were missionaries in South
00:42:48.81\00:42:50.61
America and I learned
Spanish and I said lets go.
00:42:50.64\00:42:53.68
Yeah, and I though was
even better because you
00:42:54.22\00:42:56.34
live in Portugal
and America we have a
00:42:56.37\00:42:58.57
tough time getting into Cuba.
00:42:58.60\00:42:59.80
That's right so as
you said it was a divine
00:43:00.08\00:43:02.34
appointment and
both of us were really
00:43:02.37\00:43:04.55
shocked by so was
a quick of an answer.
00:43:04.58\00:43:07.22
We were it was just amazing.
00:43:07.61\00:43:08.89
And so happen after
that? Well, we went together
00:43:09.66\00:43:11.90
actually we went
together and with another about
00:43:11.93\00:43:14.24
eight members of ASI
and that was in 2009.
00:43:14.27\00:43:17.93
It was a fabulous experience.
00:43:18.47\00:43:19.90
We actually took
Ramon our ASI executive
00:43:20.20\00:43:23.17
secretary and Ray,
Herald and several other
00:43:23.20\00:43:27.85
people and it was
Dwight, Dwight and we went.
00:43:27.88\00:43:30.46
And we went and what do we do?
00:43:30.90\00:43:31.88
Well, we were a great
team blessed by the Lord
00:43:32.28\00:43:34.38
and what
happened was tremendous.
00:43:34.41\00:43:36.34
Was it first time
that I experienced that in
00:43:36.66\00:43:38.19
my life. Again I
saw before with another
00:43:38.22\00:43:40.89
people but then I
experienced myself.
00:43:40.92\00:43:43.08
We went there and it
was scheduled to be training
00:43:43.49\00:43:46.57
1000 people. 1000
members and you know
00:43:46.87\00:43:50.20
what 1000 showed up
exactly nobody missed
00:43:50.23\00:43:54.06
so 1000 were trained
and equipped in that 2009.
00:43:54.09\00:43:57.26
And I think we
have some pictures to
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see on that don't we?
Yes, we do we can bring
00:43:58.39\00:44:00.69
up some pictures
it's amazing how people
00:44:00.72\00:44:03.70
react in Cuba to
having the opportunity
00:44:04.26\00:44:07.13
to share the
message. And what was exciting
00:44:07.16\00:44:09.64
to see is the faces the
people when they realize
00:44:09.67\00:44:12.80
they can do more to tell
other about it, look at the
00:44:12.83\00:44:15.72
face of this lady right here.
00:44:15.75\00:44:16.72
This is an example
where you handle the
00:44:16.73\00:44:18.94
equipment and after
the training you are so
00:44:18.97\00:44:21.71
amazed you know
initially they were
00:44:21.74\00:44:23.17
frightened, they
think they can do it but at
00:44:23.20\00:44:25.79
the end they are so
involved with the Holy
00:44:25.82\00:44:27.88
Spirit that they just
want to go right way and do it.
00:44:27.91\00:44:30.27
Okay and then you
went what happen after that
00:44:30.83\00:44:32.55
you went did it again?
Well, I call this the chain
00:44:32.58\00:44:35.24
reaction because
you know I was impact by
00:44:35.27\00:44:38.38
somebody else by you
Denzil where you were
00:44:38.41\00:44:40.03
inspired of the Holy
Spirit and others inspired of
00:44:40.06\00:44:42.25
you. You know and then
went again in 2010 this
00:44:42.28\00:44:45.42
year so we did another
1000 with a pretty much
00:44:45.45\00:44:49.60
the same team we have
another dear friend from
00:44:49.63\00:44:53.61
Portugal, Carlos
also Randy, Bevins is here
00:44:53.64\00:44:57.88
and other friends so
we met another team and
00:44:58.25\00:45:01.02
we met another 800
family and more than that
00:45:01.05\00:45:04.54
showed up so we
had about 2000 families
00:45:04.57\00:45:07.23
now trained in Cuba.
Now, Reuben I know that
00:45:07.26\00:45:09.90
you could tell stories
all day long to our ASI
00:45:09.93\00:45:12.32
family, yes, tell
us one quick story.
00:45:12.35\00:45:13.92
You know one thing
that was really shocking
00:45:14.13\00:45:16.70
was that in this
training when I was giving the
00:45:17.13\00:45:21.29
training at the end
the local pastor came to me
00:45:21.32\00:45:24.35
actually the responsible
person responsible for
00:45:24.38\00:45:27.46
the personal ministries,
he came to me and said
00:45:27.49\00:45:29.72
listen we have surprise
are you prepared for the
00:45:30.00\00:45:32.41
surprise? There is
one person right now that
00:45:32.44\00:45:36.30
he is prepared for
baptism he has gone through the
00:45:36.33\00:45:38.19
studies and he wants
to be baptized right now.
00:45:38.22\00:45:41.13
What do you think about
it, I said sure let's do it.
00:45:41.96\00:45:43.74
So, and this persons
particular person was
00:45:44.29\00:45:48.18
a pastor of another domination.
00:45:48.21\00:45:50.64
And you know what was
incredible what happen
00:45:51.57\00:45:54.70
afterwards was that
he was baptized and I had
00:45:54.73\00:45:58.91
this blessing this
incredible opportunity
00:45:58.94\00:46:01.34
that I handover to him
his DVD player for him to do
00:46:01.65\00:46:06.23
the work afterwards,
Amen. So, let me get this
00:46:06.26\00:46:08.69
straight, a layman gave
him, led him to the Lord
00:46:08.72\00:46:13.68
down Cuba. A layman
from Portugal gave him
00:46:14.29\00:46:17.07
the equipment, so that
this pastor can now teach
00:46:17.10\00:46:20.58
the Adventist message
to other people in Cuba.
00:46:20.61\00:46:23.94
Yes, and you know that
we have reports actually
00:46:23.97\00:46:26.27
I received an email 2
days ago that another pastor
00:46:26.30\00:46:29.92
of another domination
also happened the same
00:46:30.43\00:46:32.86
thing and specifically
what happen was that
00:46:32.89\00:46:36.74
five of his
congregations that have now been
00:46:37.56\00:46:40.33
baptized in the
Adventist Church. Amen, amen.
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.48
So, more then 200
people already have been
00:46:42.51\00:46:45.19
accepted the message.
But, it didn't stop there
00:46:45.24\00:46:47.89
did it? Because we have some
00:46:47.92\00:46:49.20
more pictures to show you
00:46:49.23\00:46:50.28
from what happen next?
Yes, really quickly, you
00:46:50.31\00:46:52.18
know this is stop here,
we came back to Portugal
00:46:52.21\00:46:54.77
and we thought this
has to happen in Portugal
00:46:55.08\00:46:57.20
also so, right now
in Portugal we did the
00:46:57.23\00:47:00.51
same training process
so again the chain reaction
00:47:00.54\00:47:03.48
and we have 480 families
that were trained and they
00:47:03.87\00:47:08.11
are ready and they are
run their own small groups.
00:47:08.14\00:47:10.34
Amen. But then not
only did that happen what
00:47:10.92\00:47:14.15
did you decided to do personal?
00:47:14.18\00:47:15.58
Well, myself and Carlos
we are officers of ASI in
00:47:15.61\00:47:19.43
Portugal, we though listen
we cannot talk about it if
00:47:19.46\00:47:22.47
we don't do it. So, this
was a big challenge for us.
00:47:22.50\00:47:25.83
So, we decided to
set up our own group.
00:47:26.16\00:47:27.87
We have a photo here
and you know we don't have
00:47:27.90\00:47:30.55
any visits, any
visits initially so we prayed
00:47:30.58\00:47:33.05
about it we just thought
our two families and what
00:47:33.08\00:47:35.95
happen
afterwards was tremendous.
00:47:35.98\00:47:37.79
Because now we have
eight visitors attending
00:47:38.07\00:47:41.26
our small group. So,
we are a totally of 25
00:47:41.29\00:47:44.03
people of four
different families
00:47:44.06\00:47:45.96
running the small
group. ASI family did you hear
00:47:46.25\00:47:49.17
that now you understand
that the DVD program is
00:47:49.20\00:47:52.27
something that you have
generously given to and is
00:47:52.30\00:47:54.88
now had an impact.
Not only does it have an
00:47:55.18\00:47:57.24
impact here in North
America it has a huge
00:47:57.27\00:47:59.61
impact in Cuba, it has
a huge impact around the
00:47:59.64\00:48:03.07
world. And with
your offerings and your
00:48:03.10\00:48:05.17
financial support you
have been able to help
00:48:05.20\00:48:07.08
this grow and millions
of people have heard our
00:48:07.11\00:48:09.86
message through this program.
00:48:09.89\00:48:11.66
And its just exciting to
be a part of it and you'll be
00:48:12.05\00:48:14.63
able to play
another part of that in our
00:48:14.66\00:48:16.70
offering this
coming this Sabbath, Amen.
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.73
So, thank you very much.
00:48:18.76\00:48:19.73