It is hard to find on a map.
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There are no large
cities just a few small towns
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that dot the area.
It's a place known for its
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simple life and
traditional values.
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Farming and coal
mining make up its industry.
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Some say Southern
Illinois one of the most
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unlikely places
to touch the world.
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Yet, in one of those
small towns, a man's heart was
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changed and filled with a
vision to reach the world.
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That man shared
the vision with others,
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who caught the vision.
This is a story about a
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miracle. God using the
most unlikely in the most
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unlikely time and place
to send a message that now
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touches the globe. "
This is God taking the
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foolish things of this
world to shame the wise
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and taking the weak
things to shame the strong.
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This is the story of
3ABN." A voice that was really
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speaking to me was not
an audible voice but an
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impression, was
saying I want you to build a
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television station that
will reach the world with
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an undiluted
Three Angels Messages,
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one that would
counteract the counterfeit,
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and well that wasn't
me you see because I've
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never been a what's
you call a dreamer or
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someone who tries to
set goals that aren't
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you know that maybe
are way beyond my reach.
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I've never heard of
Seventh-day Adventist
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in the majority of
Christianity as I knew it,
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had never heard of
Seventh-day Adventist.
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It was probably one
of the best kept secrets
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in Christianity.
I found out about,
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the Adventist
movement and the truth of the
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Sabbath through Danny Shelton.
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We met someone that he
had that same faith and
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belief in God that
God really was the God of
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miracles, the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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It has to be an, a
big impact, when you see
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these things taking
place and you are saying this
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can't be anything
else but from God.
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God was willing to take
people in our family and
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use us for something
of this magnitude that he
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was going to use to
teach the world about Jesus.
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The Lord did the
work, we were just tools and
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he allowed us to have
a part, a piece of it,
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he could have done
it with other people,
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he could have done it himself.
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Still, get goosebumps.
As I think back, as I see
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God's hand working
mightily and what he has
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done today it's just
like so far over my head.
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My dad built houses and
he sang, but he didn't do TV.
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Imagine being 13 years
old and telling your friends.
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My dad said God told
them to build a television
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station that would reach
the world and it happened.
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Danny Shelton was one
of five children born into
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a low-income job
challenged community in
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Southern Illinois. In
the early years, his parents
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Tommy and Goldie
Shelton would known to
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be accomplished
country singers and musicians.
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Music and eventually
their faith in God became
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the foundation for
the Shelton family.
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One specific miracle
made a lasting change in
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the Shelton
household, when Goldie was
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stricken with polio.
When I managed to get
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down on my knees by
the side of the bed,
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and I confessed my
sins and I said Lord I have
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known all along
better than to do this.
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I've been studying
this message for two years
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and I've been fighting
it, I saw it long before
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that but I wouldn't accept
it, and I said Lord if you
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see fit to heal me,
I'll accept what I believe
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to be right, and I will
serve you the longest day
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I live. And I'll turn
these children over to you
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and I will raise my
family in the way that you
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would have me to go
and I was healed within 20
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minutes and my husband
was sitting there on the
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bed and he saw my
fingers straightened out
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and he saw the
color come back into my
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cheeks, and he said
well honey just as soon as
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I can make enough
money to make a down
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payment on a truck, he
said I'll get rid of this
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night club and I'll never
go back to the night clubs
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anymore because
he saw this healing,
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he saw what God could do.
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My mother became a
Seventh-day Adventist
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Christian when I was,
the year I was born, 1951.
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So, I grow up in a home
that was very religious,
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we did certain things
at certain times and there
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are certain things
that we didn't do anytime.
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There are certain ways
we dressed, certain words
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that we didn't say,
certain things we could
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say and so as growing
up we went to church just
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about every time
the doors were opened.
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And we had two
wonderful christian parents, and
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there was a lot of
music. My dad by the time
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I was born my dad was
disabled. And his whole
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life was music and that
was the one thing that he
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could do that
wouldn't cause him pain or
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hardship on his health
and so we had a little music
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room on the back of our
house and he had reel to
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reel Sony tape recorders
and little Mickey Mouse
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microphones I'd like
to call them and so we had
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an old up right
piano. We used to do a lot of
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music and singing and
he would record it and
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church was, he is not
like some people are with
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their children now,
church was not an option,
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it was not optional,
we just knew that every
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Sabbath morning we were
up and ready to go unless
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we were deadly
sick. And my Mom and Dad
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did a lot of music
at church and my mom was
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the church pianist
for actually 50 something
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years. And so, we
had really a wonderful
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childhood even
though we didn't have much,
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it was full of love
and it was full of God.
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As children my
brother Tommy could play,
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we always said he
could play the keys off the
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piano because our old
piano was so bad it didn't
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have the keys, the
ivory part almost of him and
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of course, they were
that way when we got that
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I'm sure but we say boy
he can play that, the ivory
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right off the piano,
but Tommy would play the
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piano, my dad
played guitar, Kenny played
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guitar, my brother
Ronnie played bass,
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Tammy didn't come along
till eight years, she was
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younger than me but she
could sing and so we did
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stuff growing up is
a family, Friday nights
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gathered around the
piano, sing songs to the Lord,
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I'll always
remember and cherish those
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times as a family.
I always see Danny as,
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I can remember him so
far back in our, in the
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childhood that he
loved, he loved the Lord and he
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loved music, seemed
like more than anything he
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loved and I could
remember him getting
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the guitar and when he
couldn't even get his hand
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up over the top of it
and he had tried to make the
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chords and sometime I'd
walk by and his little eyes
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would be, be closed and
he'd be singing praises to
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the Lord. And at that
time I didn't quite get it you
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know little older
brother and so on so forth there
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was times I'd walk by
him and he's got his eyes
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closed and he's singing a
song and I kind of lightly
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tap him on the head just
a little bit and I say Danny
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come out of it. I'm glad
he didn't, you know as an
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older brother like
Danny come on, but as far as
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back as I can remember
he always loved Jesus and
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he always loved to sing
for Jesus and that never
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changed all the
times growing up through
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school through high
school and so o, so forth
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and his great love was to
serve Jesus and to do lot,
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lot of music.
So, I remember those
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things well with
him. As long as I can
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remember he's
always been optimistic.
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He never was bad
tempered as a kid growing up.
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He would argue from
now till doomsday with
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our mother about
something but he would
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never lose his temper,
he would never be smart
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mouth or anything
like that. He was always
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whistling, he was
always singing and when we
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would walk to school
and back, he always had this
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up being optimistic attitude.
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Danny's father
Tommy Shelton senior was
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disabled by a heart
attack and then cancer,
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even after a miraculous
healing from cancer the
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set backs took a
financial toll on the family.
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Danny like his other
siblings, learned to work
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hard providing for the family.
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Graduating high school,
unable to go to college,
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Danny took a trade.
We had an uncle from
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California come to a
visit with a friend of his and
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his friend said man
I'd like you to built me
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a house I'm gonna retire
back in Southern Illinois,
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originally from Southern
Illinois, I like you to built
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me a house. So, I
talked to Kenny let's do it.
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Well, Kenny was
making good money as a coal
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miner and I wasn't
making that much money.
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So he had more to lose
than me, but eventually
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we talked to this guy
we said you know what,
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I think we can build
a house so we right out
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here just within a mile
of where we're sitting at
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3ABN studios today. We
built a first house ever
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someone else I think
I was 20 Kenny was maybe
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24 years old. We dug
the footings by hand,
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we didn't have
backhoe, we used the shovel.
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Dug the footings,
poured the concrete ourselves,
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laid the blocks for us
by ourselves and we didn't
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think about hiring very
much out at all, I think
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we did heat and conditioning and
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carpeting. My brother
Ronnie is a electrician,
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self learned electrician,
he did the wiring for us
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so then Ronnie started
working with us and three
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of us started
working in construction.
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We never ran out of
work from that point on,
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the time we got
that house done somebody
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else wanted one
built, they wanted new room
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here, they wanted
something. So we learned as we
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went, and so I'm glad
for the patience that the
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people had and frankly
today if I were building
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a new house and
some young guys 20 and 24
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years old wanted me to
sign a contract with them,
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I would really doubt
they could do the job and do
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the work because where did they
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get this
experience. Humble beginnings in
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a small town, a hard
work ethic, a positive outlook
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and his growing
faith in God prepared
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Danny for what was to come.
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You know God can take
every experience in your
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life, negative you
know as well as positive,
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and turn it around
and use it for good.
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My favorite Bible verse
is "For I know the plans
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I have for you, declares
the Lord, plans to prosper
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you and not to
harm you, plans to give
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you hope and a future."
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A friend of his was
saying that they were
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gonna try to get a
quartet together, and wanted
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to know if he wanted to
be a part of it and he did,
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the man said. I want
you to hear this woman,
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there's this woman
that you really got to hear,
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she's really got a
good voice, my dad's like.
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I don't want to sing with
a woman, I want to sing in
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a male quartet, he said
oh come on you got to hear
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Well, he said they went
to the church, she gotten
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there earlier and he
heard her and she was
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singing and playing
piano when he got there.
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That voice joined
more than just a group of
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singing Shelton Brothers.
Kay became Danny's wife
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and the mother of a
baby girl named Melody.
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Melody wasn't the
only child Kay brought two
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other daughters to
the new family. Now, Danny
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had a singing
family to take on the road.
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Well, it was my mom
and dad and I would sing.
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My sister Ronda
would play the bass guitar
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and my sister Lisa
would play the piano and she
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would occasionally
sing too. You know we're
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traveling around a lot
and we just got to spend a
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lot of extra time
together 'cause we were driving
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everywhere and, it was a really
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good time, we were close.
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In June of 1982 we
had traveled to Berrien
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Springs, Michigan to
sing in churches in that
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Michigan area where
we had made friends.
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Driven 7000 miles was
home a few hours until
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my wife said I need to
go in little poodle had been
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staying at a place,
somebody keeping it,
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I need to go get our
little poodle in town.
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So, Melody you come
and go with me and so
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she drove, she was gone
I went out of, I remember
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I have a little shed out
there and that little cart
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board shop and so I
went out to that and she had
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gone two, three minutes
and I heard this car horn
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just solid and finally
it started getting on my
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nerves, I wonder what
did somebody know this car
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horn is just stuck, so
I go back out and I'm kind
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of looking down the
road and this car pulls in my
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drive way extremely
fast and a neighbor from
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down the road jumps out
Judy Steinmetz jumps out
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and says Danny come
quickly your wife and
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Melody has been in
an automobile accident
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and so I jumped in her
car and we raced down and
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ambulance wasn't there
yet. And we were going to get
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the dog, we got about
three blocks or so from
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the house and this car
just slammed into the side
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of us and I
remember spinning around
00:13:06.05\00:13:08.78
and getting thrown all
the way to the back of the
00:13:09.45\00:13:12.85
van and back out the
front and through the
00:13:12.89\00:13:14.22
windshield and I landed
on my arm it was broken,
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I didn't realize it at
the time, it didn't hurt until
00:13:18.73\00:13:21.06
later. I remember
looking for my mom and
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I couldn't find her.
I said oh is Melody and
00:13:24.30\00:13:27.60
Kay okay, she said well
Melody, she's gonna to be
00:13:27.64\00:13:33.54
okay she has a
broken arm and I but she is,
00:13:33.58\00:13:36.08
I don't know where
your wife is and I said you
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don't know where she is
she said I don't see her
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oh we can't find her,
and it was a flat area open
00:13:41.85\00:13:44.92
field she couldn't
have been gone so as soon as
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we got to the corner,
I called her name didn't
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see any answer I
looked under the van and when
00:13:50.09\00:13:51.96
I looked under the van
she was in the ditch face
00:13:51.99\00:13:54.66
down the wheels wasn't
on her she was just laying
00:13:54.73\00:13:57.33
in the ditch face down.
So, I reached on there and
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I called her name she
didn't answer, I remember
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that I reached out and I
touched her and instantly
00:14:02.57\00:14:05.37
I knew she was dead.
That was my worst fear.
00:14:05.77\00:14:08.74
The thing that, you know
that had been in the back
00:14:11.08\00:14:13.72
of my mind before,
maybe a year before or
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so, someone had been
telling about how their
00:14:16.02\00:14:17.62
mother died, in a
Tornado, when they were
00:14:17.65\00:14:21.39
11 and I hope that
never happens, but you know
00:14:21.42\00:14:26.03
my mom was my
best friend, we were
00:14:26.06\00:14:28.03
absolutely and I've never
been that close to anyone.
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I said your mom didn't
do so well oh well, was she
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okay, so finally I said
honey she is really not,
00:14:36.14\00:14:39.14
oh what do you mean by
that? So finally I said
00:14:39.71\00:14:42.21
well honey the worst
thing you can think of,
00:14:42.24\00:14:44.28
what's the worst thing
you could think of that
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could happen, I
don't know and when was she
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was lying on the table
and nurses were coming in,
00:14:48.88\00:14:51.22
who's working on her
and the doctor was here,
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so I said what's the
worst thing you can think of
00:14:53.66\00:14:55.82
honey I could not say
those words, not only for
00:14:55.86\00:14:58.46
her but maybe for
myself to really cope with the
00:14:58.49\00:15:01.26
fact your wife's dead
and so I said, I said honey
00:15:01.30\00:15:05.60
was the worst I
don't know daddy so finally
00:15:05.63\00:15:08.10
I said well honey
you mommy didn't make it.
00:15:08.14\00:15:10.04
She said what do you
mean? I said well your
00:15:10.07\00:15:13.64
mom is dead and she
said oh and she just looked
00:15:13.68\00:15:17.51
away didn't say
anything and it was the hardest
00:15:17.55\00:15:20.58
thing I've ever had to
say in my life that afternoon
00:15:20.62\00:15:23.69
we went home and she
was taken up to Parker-
00:15:23.72\00:15:27.09
Reedy Funeral Home,
here in West Frankfort
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and so Melody and I
were home and people started
00:15:28.76\00:15:31.23
coming, bringing food
and just saying you know
00:15:31.26\00:15:34.30
we want a happier lady
call me and it's Christian
00:15:34.46\00:15:38.03
of another denomination
really nice lady and she
00:15:38.07\00:15:40.10
said I'm a friend of
the family and she said
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I would just want to
tell you something may be to
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help you out, I'm so
sorry about your wife's death
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but I want you to
know at the moment of your
00:15:46.78\00:15:49.58
wife's accident, look at
it like this God just needed
00:15:49.61\00:15:52.51
another beautiful angel
voice for the angel choir
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and I just was taken,
so taken back by that and
00:15:56.28\00:15:59.42
I said there are
not wanted to be unkind
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I mean I've just lost
you know a mother and a wife
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and I said, what did you
just say and she said well
00:16:04.76\00:16:09.23
you know just think
about it, God needed another
00:16:09.63\00:16:11.77
beautiful angel
voice for the angel choir,
00:16:11.80\00:16:13.64
so he took your wife
and I said to her you know
00:16:13.67\00:16:15.60
what, to tell you the
truth I appreciate your thoughts
00:16:15.64\00:16:18.37
I said who, where did
you, in the Bible where
00:16:18.41\00:16:20.84
did you read that and
she said well my daddy
00:16:20.88\00:16:23.24
always told me that
you know she said I'm just
00:16:23.28\00:16:25.91
trying to make you
feel better and I just found
00:16:25.95\00:16:27.68
myself saying, well,
I appreciate you saying
00:16:27.72\00:16:30.19
that, that I don't serve
a God, who gets bored with
00:16:30.22\00:16:34.32
his angels choir
and he looks down and he
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willing to take a wife
and a mother. John 10:10 says
00:16:36.22\00:16:39.36
the Thief, Satan comes,
but for to steal kill and to
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destroy Jesus says I've
come to give you life and
00:16:43.10\00:16:46.33
give it more abundantly
and I said I'm not offended
00:16:46.37\00:16:49.60
by that I'm just taken
back by that, I want you
00:16:49.64\00:16:52.11
to know that this has
nothing to do with God,
00:16:52.14\00:16:54.68
this has to do with the
Devil, he's angry at what
00:16:54.98\00:16:58.21
we're doing and he's out
to steal and kill, not just
00:16:58.25\00:17:01.95
her, all of us, our
souls. Well, from that moment
00:17:01.98\00:17:07.52
on I knew there was a
call in my life that was more
00:17:07.56\00:17:10.56
than just singing,
because I didn't feel like even
00:17:10.59\00:17:13.80
saying that to this woman
and yet I was trying to be
00:17:13.83\00:17:16.83
you know tactful and
not be because she met so
00:17:17.43\00:17:20.24
well, but I said you
know what kind of world do we
00:17:20.27\00:17:23.10
live in and what are we
as Christians that believe
00:17:23.14\00:17:26.27
that we serve that kind
of God who cares so little
00:17:26.31\00:17:28.58
about this little girl for
11 years mom is her favorite
00:17:28.61\00:17:32.91
word, I mean dad was
number two, everything
00:17:32.95\00:17:35.28
was mom this mom that,
God's gonna do that now
00:17:35.32\00:17:37.99
we need to get our
priorities straight and we
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sat there all night I
laid with her and she was
00:17:39.75\00:17:43.32
I mean miserable and I
just laid down beside her
00:17:43.49\00:17:46.66
I said honey you know
let's go through these
00:17:46.70\00:17:48.76
Bible scriptures. I wanted
her to know that the devil
00:17:48.80\00:17:52.63
is out to steal, kill
and destroy, that's why she
00:17:53.20\00:17:55.67
was willing to sing for
her mother's funeral and
00:17:55.70\00:17:59.37
I am so thankful
that she did because her
00:17:59.94\00:18:02.51
relationship with
God changed my life, that
00:18:02.71\00:18:05.55
day I said Lord I want
the relationship with you that
00:18:05.58\00:18:10.69
my 11-year-old
daughter has, the Lord gave me a
00:18:10.72\00:18:13.39
Godly sorrow and from
that point on it's been a
00:18:13.42\00:18:17.09
relationship and
guess what it grows and it
00:18:17.13\00:18:20.10
grows and it grows and the more
00:18:20.13\00:18:22.56
I learn about God,
the more I love it.
00:18:22.60\00:18:24.87
I sang if heaven ever
was promised to me and
00:18:25.97\00:18:28.74
live for Jesus. As far
as it having an effect on
00:18:28.77\00:18:32.67
my dad's life, I
had no idea I did know.
00:18:32.71\00:18:35.91
You know I was a
child, I didn't know two years
00:18:36.68\00:18:40.78
later when he was
speaking up for it somewhere.
00:18:40.82\00:18:43.02
It's just amazing Danny,
Danny just did everything
00:18:43.79\00:18:47.86
anything and everything
that he could to be the
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father and the husband
that any daughter or any
00:18:51.66\00:18:56.26
wife would want Danny was a good
00:18:56.30\00:18:58.33
husband and a good
father. I remember the tragedy
00:18:58.37\00:19:01.40
of it and I had only
known Kay as she came
00:19:01.44\00:19:04.64
to our church to sing
and, and she was seemed a bit
00:19:05.17\00:19:08.94
shy, but she was a
very sweet lady and it was
00:19:09.91\00:19:13.28
such a tragedy to
you know find that Danny
00:19:13.31\00:19:17.29
had lost his, his wife
and Melody her mother that
00:19:17.32\00:19:21.16
was heart
reaching. Melody was so very
00:19:21.26\00:19:23.22
young, but something I
recall from those years
00:19:23.26\00:19:26.23
he just seemed so
committed to Melody to
00:19:26.26\00:19:29.43
see that she had all the
loving nurturing that she
00:19:29.46\00:19:33.13
needed even if it was
just coming from her father.
00:19:33.17\00:19:36.14
And just before
the beginning of 3ABN
00:19:40.18\00:19:42.38
there was a spiritual
revival going on in his
00:19:42.94\00:19:47.18
life as well as in
mine and I think Danny was
00:19:47.22\00:19:49.98
seeking for this and
I was seeking for this.
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And as, as we began to
commit our life to Jesus
00:19:54.02\00:19:56.83
Christ. And I know my
prayer and I believe that
00:19:56.86\00:19:59.09
as well his was I
finally get one day said Lord
00:19:59.13\00:20:02.33
I've got to hold your
hand and I'm not gonna let you
00:20:02.93\00:20:05.90
go until you bless me.
And well I wanna have a
00:20:05.93\00:20:08.40
part and his prayer was
to in finishing the work,
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.37
don't care how small
it is, how long it would,
00:20:11.41\00:20:13.21
I just wanna have a
part in finishing the work.
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.84
And I believe God
honored that all the way around.
00:20:16.54\00:20:18.51
That's what I'm saying
through all of these years
00:20:24.75\00:20:26.32
since my wife is
killed in automobile accident,
00:20:26.35\00:20:28.59
what I love about God
is that he takes the ugly
00:20:29.36\00:20:32.73
situations of sin,
death, disease and sickness
00:20:32.76\00:20:36.30
and being a creator
he does what he knows how
00:20:36.53\00:20:39.33
to do best. He creates
beautiful things around
00:20:39.37\00:20:42.74
these ugly things, but
we have to have a mind set
00:20:42.77\00:20:45.74
to trust him enough
to watch that happened.
00:20:45.77\00:20:48.81
We've began to sing,
week after week and that
00:20:49.24\00:20:51.35
little girl stood up
casting around singing.
00:20:51.38\00:20:54.62
We started getting
calls from other TV stations
00:20:54.82\00:20:57.19
and so well we heard
about this one of the TV
00:20:57.59\00:21:00.06
programs talked about my
wife died and I know that
00:21:00.09\00:21:03.36
this wasn't what the
people saw theologically
00:21:03.39\00:21:05.73
but the
interviewer was pressing me.
00:21:05.89\00:21:07.50
Well, you go
forward, why do you go forward
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.86
and how do you
feel about you know,
00:21:09.90\00:21:11.80
your wife's in
Heaven, can she see all this.
00:21:12.13\00:21:14.20
So, finally I said to
him you know I won't be just
00:21:14.24\00:21:16.34
as honest live TV
program, honest I can be,
00:21:16.37\00:21:18.71
my wife is not in
Heaven and he just, my wife
00:21:19.01\00:21:21.24
not in Heaven you
know I guess he was
00:21:21.28\00:21:24.35
thinking the opposite
as I was getting ready to
00:21:24.38\00:21:25.91
tell I said my wife
has sleep in Jesus, she is
00:21:25.95\00:21:28.68
resting till the
second coming of the Lord and
00:21:28.72\00:21:31.39
Savior. And so we
begin to talk about you know
00:21:31.42\00:21:34.59
what happens, what
happens to you when you die?
00:21:34.62\00:21:37.13
And I didn't even
realize that I had known because
00:21:37.66\00:21:40.46
I was growing up I was
taught a lot of scripture.
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.73
But I just had my
religion had, I hadn't seen a
00:21:43.03\00:21:47.30
purpose to really
use it all that much.
00:21:47.34\00:21:49.14
But suddenly now I saw
this is an opportunity,
00:21:49.47\00:21:52.44
so I told him, you
know what and I have also
00:21:52.47\00:21:54.61
getting defected,
you know this didn't,
00:21:55.24\00:21:56.95
God didn't take my
wife. This was the devil right
00:21:56.98\00:22:00.42
after the program.
Right after our interview
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.25
one of the phone caller
has said hey a guy wants
00:22:02.58\00:22:04.82
to talk to you. Guy,
I answer to phone I just
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.56
heard your testimony
on this channel, oh yes
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.99
he said do you
know what when I was 9,
00:22:11.59\00:22:13.36
I'm 64-years-old when
I was 9 my mother died
00:22:13.40\00:22:17.03
and I was without a
mother my whole life,
00:22:17.53\00:22:19.33
I would go to school
every time no mother take
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.80
me to school, no
mother to cook for me.
00:22:21.84\00:22:23.71
No mother to be there
when friends come over,
00:22:23.91\00:22:25.74
any functions we had
at Church, no mother and
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.71
everybody said oh!
God took your mother to
00:22:28.74\00:22:30.85
Heaven. He said do
you know what? I began to
00:22:30.88\00:22:32.85
hate God, I want
nothing to do with God, how can
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.42
God care so little
about me that he would take
00:22:35.45\00:22:38.42
my mother to Heaven?
And he said all of these
00:22:38.45\00:22:40.72
years I have never been a
Christian, no desire to be
00:22:40.76\00:22:43.83
want tonight I was
flipping channels and just
00:22:43.86\00:22:46.09
heard you mentioning
a thought I wanna hear
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.40
what he is gonna say
and he said I've never heard
00:22:48.43\00:22:51.03
present at the way you
did. Is it too late for me
00:22:51.07\00:22:53.77
would God accept
me, my, my, my salvation
00:22:54.27\00:22:57.54
tonight would he
save me, is it too late.
00:22:57.57\00:23:00.04
I said of course he would,
led him in sinner's prayer
00:23:00.08\00:23:02.74
that to me was like I'm
so unfacetious to say look
00:23:02.78\00:23:07.22
at the power of
television went on and spoke.
00:23:07.25\00:23:10.02
I don't know this
man, will never meet him on
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.59
this earth probably if
it did, we would know each
00:23:12.62\00:23:15.19
other probably I
wouldn't know him if I saw him.
00:23:15.22\00:23:16.96
And yet right now he,
I led him in a sinners
00:23:17.59\00:23:20.10
prayer, he gave
his life to Jesus?
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.26
We are Seventh-day
Adventist in the media,
00:23:22.63\00:23:24.40
shouldn't we be the
heads and not the tails.
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.50
So, I began to think
about it every time, I went on
00:23:26.74\00:23:28.97
Christian programming
you know I wish people
00:23:29.00\00:23:32.11
come up. All these
singers and all these
00:23:32.14\00:23:34.11
you know preachers
and people, they had the
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.44
green rooms back and
they have food out and so
00:23:36.48\00:23:38.68
in between when
you're not on, somebody else
00:23:38.91\00:23:41.05
and they would say
hey brother who are you?
00:23:41.62\00:23:43.42
What's your name?
Where are you from?
00:23:43.45\00:23:44.79
I'm Danny Shelton
from Southern Illinois, oh!
00:23:44.82\00:23:46.92
good, good to have
you here, hey what's name
00:23:46.96\00:23:48.76
your Church? You know,
what's Church you go to?
00:23:48.79\00:23:51.06
I at here and the
entire where, the Church of the
00:23:51.09\00:23:52.56
Dove, I'm this denomination,
00:23:52.59\00:23:54.20
and I'm that.
Brother what Church you go to
00:23:54.23\00:23:56.97
a Seventh-day
Adventist, oh! Seventh-day
00:23:57.43\00:24:01.17
Adventist well I've got
a brother that's a Mormon,
00:24:01.20\00:24:03.67
I said no I'm not an
Mormon, I'm a Seventh
00:24:04.11\00:24:05.61
day Adventist. So,
I would go home and
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.31
I would lay in bed
at night and I said Lord
00:24:07.34\00:24:09.14
where are we? Why
doesn't the Church catch
00:24:09.44\00:24:11.65
the vision? Why
doesn't this leadership?
00:24:11.68\00:24:13.45
And I began to get
negative on it, you know
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.88
we are to be out there
and one night I made the
00:24:16.22\00:24:19.42
mistake if you wanna
call of that, if you don't
00:24:19.45\00:24:22.36
wanna do some for God
don't be questioning him
00:24:22.39\00:24:24.36
and tell anyone,
everybody else should
00:24:24.39\00:24:25.73
do because he may put
that right back on you.
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.10
And so, I was laying
there and couldn't hardly
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.03
sleep it's 2 in the
morning I had just heard some
00:24:31.07\00:24:33.60
things on a Christian
television I knew it was
00:24:33.64\00:24:35.80
not true. And I knew
they weren't true and I said
00:24:35.84\00:24:38.54
Oh! Lord, how is this
truth, the further we go
00:24:38.57\00:24:43.14
that behind we get,
the old saying says.
00:24:43.18\00:24:45.31
Lord, that's what
happening to us, how do
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.75
we get this truth out to
the world? When will this
00:24:47.78\00:24:50.82
Church wake up and I
heard this voice in my
00:24:50.85\00:24:53.79
ears say I want you to
build a television station
00:24:53.82\00:24:57.76
that will reach the
world with an undiluted three
00:24:58.06\00:25:00.43
Angels messages. One
that would counteract
00:25:00.46\00:25:02.60
the counterfeit, I
sat straight up and I said
00:25:02.63\00:25:06.53
I can't even
believe I knew it wasn't me
00:25:07.40\00:25:10.31
because I didn't
even know what it meant,
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.17
I had never heard
the term undiluted three
00:25:12.44\00:25:15.01
Angels messages, to tell
you the truth I'm ashamed
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.01
that I didn't even
know a lot about this three
00:25:18.28\00:25:20.55
Angels messages
the whole message.
00:25:20.58\00:25:22.55
oh! I could argue with
people about the Sabbath
00:25:22.58\00:25:24.59
and the state of the
dead you know what you eat
00:25:24.62\00:25:26.59
and all these kind of
things but I did not have
00:25:26.62\00:25:29.29
the entire picture of
what present truth really was.
00:25:29.32\00:25:32.59
I thought I did, found
out I didn't and I said isn't
00:25:32.63\00:25:34.83
that amazing, God
is saying to me, reach
00:25:34.83\00:25:37.27
the world with an
undiluted Three Angels
00:25:37.30\00:25:39.13
Messages, one that would
counteract the counterfeit,
00:25:39.17\00:25:41.57
never heard those
terms, never used those terms.
00:25:41.87\00:25:44.27
So, I said this is either
if there Lord or this is the
00:25:44.64\00:25:47.24
devil, I knew that this
was God, I knew it was God
00:25:48.01\00:25:50.98
because I had seen it
and I had been praying
00:25:51.01\00:25:53.42
about it. Lord
where are we in the media.
00:25:53.58\00:25:55.62
So, I didn't want to do
I had met a friend Jim and
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.79
Ann Greer down in
Louisiana, and so I didn't
00:25:58.82\00:26:02.59
know why, but 2 in
the morning I wanted
00:26:02.62\00:26:04.69
somebody to talk to and
I said they'll understand,
00:26:04.73\00:26:07.83
they'll listen, so I
called and told them the Lord's
00:26:07.86\00:26:10.27
impressed me to build a
television station that will
00:26:10.30\00:26:12.27
reach the world and
she had kept talking Three
00:26:12.30\00:26:14.77
Angels Messages, I
talked Sabbath stated of that,
00:26:14.80\00:26:17.01
Three Angels Message
present truth to give to
00:26:17.31\00:26:19.64
the world. I'd listen but
I hadn't, hadn't really put
00:26:19.67\00:26:22.58
all my efforts into
that. When I told her what she
00:26:22.61\00:26:25.48
says so shocked me she
said oh! That's wonderful,
00:26:25.51\00:26:28.08
that says the Lord I tell
you what, Jim's in school,
00:26:28.12\00:26:31.79
so he won't be able to
work, but I get, I'm taking
00:26:31.82\00:26:35.36
classes I'll be out so
tomorrow night it's a 12
00:26:35.39\00:26:37.56
hour drive. I think
from Shreveport, tomorrow
00:26:37.59\00:26:40.46
night I'll be there,
I'll drive all night and we'll
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.40
come up and start
building the station.
00:26:43.43\00:26:44.77
Well, I remember is
the very next morning or
00:26:45.23\00:26:47.80
might have been that
evening he come down to
00:26:48.27\00:26:49.67
my house knock on the
door he's excited, he said
00:26:49.70\00:26:54.38
Kenny the Lord has
impressed we're to build,
00:26:54.41\00:26:56.41
build a TV station
that would reach the world
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.95
and when that was
said. Something inside of my
00:27:00.85\00:27:04.39
heart said that's exactly
right that's it, that's it.
00:27:04.42\00:27:08.86
And he says you know
we wanna work together
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.56
with you all that
from just matter of
00:27:11.59\00:27:13.09
hours and I said yes.
Well, with me as well as
00:27:13.13\00:27:17.30
him, it made some changes, I had
00:27:17.33\00:27:20.50
construction
business for 18 years, my own
00:27:20.90\00:27:23.14
business, that's all I
ever did but when he said
00:27:23.17\00:27:26.24
that I was as well he
what it rate to give up.
00:27:26.27\00:27:29.11
All of those things it
just didn't matter this was
00:27:29.88\00:27:32.55
something that as soon
as he mentioned it my heart
00:27:32.98\00:27:35.68
said this is it. This is
what it's all about, what we've
00:27:35.72\00:27:39.22
been praying for, to be
able to reach the world,
00:27:39.25\00:27:41.32
to be able to work for
Jesus and so I guess I was
00:27:41.36\00:27:44.46
probably excited and he
was back, I could hardly
00:27:44.49\00:27:46.43
stand out this is it.
And then the thought was
00:27:46.46\00:27:49.46
happened, but where
do you begin. What do you
00:27:49.50\00:27:52.57
do, you know we
know nothing about,
00:27:52.60\00:27:55.67
we don't have any
money. Well, when you fellows
00:27:55.70\00:27:57.77
told me that vision
that you had, I thought oh!
00:27:57.81\00:28:01.21
How big, how big, how
big and then I thought but
00:28:01.24\00:28:03.71
we have a big God. My
mother was very excited
00:28:03.75\00:28:07.48
when Danny first
talked her about this.
00:28:07.85\00:28:10.12
I think when she told me
I think probably my first
00:28:10.72\00:28:13.15
question was why
would he pick him?
00:28:13.19\00:28:16.02
Why would he pick
you know, when him and
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.89
Kenny were going to
do it together, why them
00:28:19.93\00:28:22.93
I mean they don't
know anything about TV,
00:28:22.96\00:28:24.93
they don't know anything
about media and you know
00:28:24.97\00:28:28.04
it just sounded like
something that was really
00:28:28.07\00:28:30.64
far fetched and just
kind of a dream that you know
00:28:31.34\00:28:37.55
could this possibly
ever really happen I just,
00:28:37.58\00:28:40.92
I couldn't imagine and
even if I did, even when
00:28:41.18\00:28:43.92
I when the building was
starting to get erected and
00:28:43.95\00:28:46.76
that kind of thing.
And I could visualize it
00:28:46.79\00:28:49.02
little bit, I still visualized
as a little, a little local
00:28:49.06\00:28:53.19
thing you know like
our, our local stations here,
00:28:53.73\00:28:57.17
television stations.
No, inkling in a million
00:28:57.20\00:29:02.47
years that this would
be a worldwide ministry,
00:29:02.50\00:29:05.44
I mean just nothing
like that would enter had
00:29:05.71\00:29:08.11
entered my mind.
Filled only with the
00:29:08.14\00:29:11.51
words, build a television
station to reach the world
00:29:11.55\00:29:14.65
and his commitment to
go forward if God supplied
00:29:15.18\00:29:18.29
every need. Danny
Shelton's faith in God
00:29:18.32\00:29:21.26
would be launched to
new heights God's profession
00:29:21.29\00:29:24.36
would began in the
most unlikely place a
00:29:24.39\00:29:27.03
Charismatic
Church down the road.
00:29:27.03\00:29:28.80
I actually met Danny
in just a few months after
00:29:33.67\00:29:35.90
we got up here, he was
building a building for
00:29:36.57\00:29:40.51
friend of ours in Main
street and we had moved
00:29:40.54\00:29:42.68
out of a base, or
we started searching a
00:29:42.94\00:29:44.48
basement and move to
store front building on
00:29:44.51\00:29:46.92
Main street and he
had ministered for us here
00:29:46.95\00:29:50.12
came and sang for us
he and Melody and Kay,
00:29:50.15\00:29:54.12
and Kay this has been
before Kay had been lost
00:29:54.26\00:29:57.73
her life in an
accident. And get to know him
00:29:57.76\00:30:01.36
there and he is a precious
brother we matter of fact
00:30:01.40\00:30:03.63
we used to stand
around on the Main street and
00:30:04.63\00:30:06.13
sing Danny and Kenny
and I they put up with me
00:30:06.17\00:30:08.94
trying to sing and.
Danny build Children Church
00:30:08.97\00:30:11.91
tables for us and as
every move we made actually
00:30:11.94\00:30:15.34
Danny was instrumental
in doing carpentry work
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.88
for us in different
things and I knew him, he is a
00:30:18.91\00:30:20.88
carpenter first and
foremost as a brother-in
00:30:20.92\00:30:23.28
the-law he just really
precious to and he did a
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.95
lot of work for us matter
of fact. Yes, this is going
00:30:26.02\00:30:28.32
to some kind of nice
we would hire him to do a
00:30:28.36\00:30:30.93
little bit of dry wall
work for us. And we'd watch
00:30:30.96\00:30:34.23
him do it, and then we'd
try it and do the rest of it
00:30:34.30\00:30:36.60
ourselves. He'd let us
do that though, he would
00:30:36.63\00:30:41.20
actually he would
teach us how to do something
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.17
and then let us
you know finish it
00:30:43.20\00:30:45.14
up do the rest of it.
He very gracious in doing
00:30:45.17\00:30:47.84
that, because he knew
we were a fledging Church
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.55
on a limited
budget and everything but
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.38
he very, very precious really.
00:30:52.41\00:30:54.52
The only thing I could
think of, Hal and Mollie
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.43
Steenson charismatic
pastors both of them,
00:31:03.46\00:31:06.09
they had a fast growing
Church, one of the fastest
00:31:06.36\00:31:08.33
growing biggest Churches
in the area. I used to go
00:31:08.36\00:31:10.73
out and sing for
them with them and help
00:31:10.77\00:31:13.57
brother Hal build when
he had on to this Church or
00:31:13.60\00:31:16.17
whatever. I used to do
a lot of that with them,
00:31:16.20\00:31:18.31
I said well they've got a
little studio, we've sang,
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.78
I guess if I am gonna get
in television I better see
00:31:21.81\00:31:24.08
what television's like
you know go out and let just
00:31:24.11\00:31:27.05
time I've never
thought about what does
00:31:27.08\00:31:28.42
equipment cost, how do
you run it, what are you do?
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.05
But Anne came she
is ready to go to work,
00:31:31.45\00:31:33.19
so she comes out
and I said well what do
00:31:33.62\00:31:36.09
we're gonna do. Let's
go visit Hal and Mollie.
00:31:36.12\00:31:38.36
I believe that Danny
did call me and ask if he
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.40
could come by, had
some lady with him that had
00:31:40.43\00:31:42.86
come up from the
South, I believe Louisiana,
00:31:43.26\00:31:45.00
to pray with him about
this he had a dream and a
00:31:45.37\00:31:48.60
vision I believe it
really it was a night vision.
00:31:48.64\00:31:51.14
And I said sure, I was
busy as in our studio at
00:31:52.07\00:31:54.54
the Church, it was a
fledgling Church like two
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.68
years old and had all
this television equipment
00:31:56.71\00:31:58.58
that God had provided
for us and so he came out
00:31:58.61\00:32:01.88
and came in the studio
and I was sitting there
00:32:02.18\00:32:04.05
and he said. Well, I
want to talk with you,
00:32:04.09\00:32:06.86
you know about that in
all this TV equipment to
00:32:08.12\00:32:11.33
getting all and everything
and I said okay what is it.
00:32:11.36\00:32:13.50
He said, I had this dream and.
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.46
I, I tell him, pastor
Hal the Lord has impressed
00:32:15.50\00:32:18.77
me to build a television
station to reach the world
00:32:18.80\00:32:21.10
with an undiluted
Three Angels Message as one
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.14
that would counteract
the counterfeit. I don't even
00:32:23.17\00:32:25.27
know what all of it
means, but I know it's God.
00:32:25.31\00:32:27.78
Well, I don't know what
the three Angels message
00:32:28.11\00:32:29.81
was, I never heard it
before and he didn't know
00:32:29.84\00:32:32.65
what the counteract
the counterfeit, was he
00:32:32.68\00:32:36.42
talking about me was I
counterfeit, I didn't even
00:32:36.45\00:32:38.85
hear that. But what I
did hear was reach the world,
00:32:38.89\00:32:43.73
when I said heard him say
world it went off like fire
00:32:43.76\00:32:47.96
works went of in
me. He'd just asked me
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.50
question, I don't know
Hal, I really don't pastor
00:32:50.53\00:32:53.40
I just, I just know
I'm supposed to, we got to
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.94
do something this lady
drove up from Louisiana,
00:32:56.97\00:32:59.14
let us look at your
equipment. So we went,
00:32:59.91\00:33:01.58
looked at Hal, I think
they had something like
00:33:01.61\00:33:03.78
a $100,000 worth of
retail equipment, that's a
00:33:03.81\00:33:06.48
tremendous amount of
money, it's a lot of money
00:33:06.51\00:33:09.55
now it was tremendous
amount of money back there.
00:33:09.58\00:33:12.25
About three weeks or
two weeks before that a guy
00:33:13.15\00:33:15.79
had come from Indiana
a pastor had heard that
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.86
I was gonna selling
our television equipment.
00:33:18.89\00:33:20.93
And the reason why it
was because God did not
00:33:22.70\00:33:25.33
call me to start a
television ministry and
00:33:25.37\00:33:28.74
we had, had I guess I
can say this Paul Crouch from
00:33:28.77\00:33:33.78
TV and he had called
us and we would know we
00:33:33.81\00:33:35.71
are going to buy a
local television station he
00:33:35.74\00:33:38.05
would purchase it for
us and we could start a
00:33:38.08\00:33:40.92
organization and be over
the television station and
00:33:40.95\00:33:44.82
I told my prayer about it
but he didn't think so God
00:33:44.85\00:33:46.89
didn't called me to
start television station.
00:33:46.92\00:33:48.69
And that's just the
truth of it and God told me no,
00:33:49.72\00:33:52.86
as matter of fact I was
getting too involved with it.
00:33:53.93\00:33:56.03
He would come over to
buy it and I told him no
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.37
I don't think, I'm
gonna sell it to you matter of
00:33:58.40\00:34:01.44
fact God might we
won't me to give it away.
00:34:01.50\00:34:03.14
So, he is the guy
from Indiana smile with big
00:34:04.07\00:34:06.21
like I'm want this
television equipment,
00:34:06.24\00:34:07.81
but God didn't tell
me to give it to him.
00:34:07.84\00:34:09.28
And so when Danny
came by and told me said
00:34:10.58\00:34:12.38
well you've got all
this equipment, I don't have
00:34:12.41\00:34:15.02
anything and I said
well who knows Danny and
00:34:15.05\00:34:19.45
leave what I told you
but God might not have
00:34:19.49\00:34:21.06
us to give it to you.
And the way he said it
00:34:21.09\00:34:24.29
was this, the Lord
impressed me that there
00:34:24.33\00:34:26.73
will be a time and
a place and person.
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.86
And I'm getting a
terrible feeling this is a time
00:34:29.23\00:34:31.53
and the place and
you might be that person.
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.30
And I thought that he
just say what, it sound a like
00:34:33.97\00:34:36.47
he said am I give you
all this equipment so I can't
00:34:36.50\00:34:40.24
believe it so we left
there shocked, just lady and me
00:34:40.28\00:34:42.74
we were shocked. So,
I went on that night,
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.61
went to bed couldn't
sleep. So, is that night I think
00:34:46.11\00:34:49.02
about 11O'clock I
don't decide go into bed and
00:34:49.05\00:34:52.29
whatever the phone
ringing and Danny said
00:34:53.12\00:34:54.76
you're the reason
why I can't sleep.
00:34:54.79\00:34:56.12
What you are talking about?
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.06
Brother Hal, yes,
you know I know it's
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.96
emergency is a pastor,
yes brother Danny I said
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.73
Brother Hal, because
of you, today I couldn't
00:35:05.77\00:35:07.84
sleep I said what you
said that I couldn't sleep
00:35:07.90\00:35:10.11
what's that? I said
well when you said that the
00:35:10.14\00:35:12.14
Lord impressed you not
to sell the equipment but,
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.04
he impressed you there
will be a time and a place
00:35:14.98\00:35:16.68
and a person and
you suppose to give this
00:35:16.71\00:35:18.48
where as, so I can't
rest then I told my brother
00:35:18.51\00:35:20.38
about it I said I don't
know I guess I'll just call
00:35:20.42\00:35:24.19
you every hour on the
hour if I can't sleep you're
00:35:24.22\00:35:26.79
not gonna sleep
after doing this to me.
00:35:26.82\00:35:28.92
And he said, he said
brother relax the Lord's
00:35:29.46\00:35:33.43
impressed me over the
course of the evening,
00:35:33.46\00:35:35.53
he said do you know
our ministry is a local
00:35:35.56\00:35:38.80
ministry that the
Lord impressed me that
00:35:38.83\00:35:40.90
we're to support you
and gave you this equipment
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.64
as you're gonna
reach the world. Said it so
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.51
calm and I said
you're gonna give the
00:35:46.54\00:35:47.94
equipment. And he
said yes I said can you do
00:35:47.98\00:35:49.81
that? He said well
why can't I and I said
00:35:49.84\00:35:52.18
and my Church is same
called the Church Board
00:35:53.21\00:35:54.95
and well wouldn't
your Church Board let your
00:35:55.62\00:35:57.59
Pastor give away I
said $100,000 worth of,
00:35:57.62\00:36:00.39
in my Church I said the
particular Church I go to,
00:36:01.66\00:36:04.73
if he gave away a
cassette player he better have
00:36:04.76\00:36:06.53
some answers for everybody.
00:36:06.56\00:36:07.93
I told him brother go
to sleep, I have already
00:36:08.20\00:36:10.73
talked to the Board,
my Board consisted of the
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.03
Mollie and my
associate pastor who was the
00:36:13.07\00:36:15.34
president, vice
president secretary treasurer.
00:36:15.37\00:36:17.37
And we've talked
about it we're gonna give
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.24
you this equipment.
You know, he felt, he
00:36:19.27\00:36:21.41
impressed of the Lord
that we needed to make
00:36:21.44\00:36:23.81
this commitment of
the equipment to Danny
00:36:23.85\00:36:25.65
and so it was just like
this is the direction the Lord
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.68
is leading with him,
who wants to against God.
00:36:28.72\00:36:31.02
As I'd go Church and
just tell them and people
00:36:31.45\00:36:33.46
didn't believe me I
would say look into miracles
00:36:33.49\00:36:36.02
God impressed as
Charismatic really well,
00:36:36.06\00:36:38.49
do you have the
equipment in the hand,
00:36:38.63\00:36:39.96
no but he says as soon
as we wanted. It's not him
00:36:40.00\00:36:42.33
holding it up, it's us, why
I would I take it put it in a
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.90
barn or put it in
shed, soon as we get our
00:36:44.93\00:36:47.30
building up, so I
finally called Mr. Brother Hal
00:36:47.34\00:36:50.07
I know I hate to do
this but could you guys get
00:36:50.11\00:36:52.57
your Church Board to
sign an official after they
00:36:52.61\00:36:55.24
would saying that you
have donated this to our
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.78
new young ministry
3ABN, yes certainly
00:36:58.15\00:37:00.55
he said and they
did. That encouraged him,
00:37:00.58\00:37:03.72
that spurred him
forward and gave him an impetus
00:37:04.29\00:37:08.09
to move forward, that
was another one of those
00:37:08.12\00:37:10.09
faith builders just to
know that equipment was
00:37:10.13\00:37:13.90
committed to him,
although he never needed
00:37:13.93\00:37:16.00
that equipment. Well,
let see at the time it was,
00:37:16.03\00:37:18.50
it was and I didn't
know a lot about television,
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.97
it was good
equipment this was back TV
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.37
equipment when he went
on the air that wouldn't
00:37:23.41\00:37:26.57
have worked to gone
to satellite. But it was
00:37:26.64\00:37:29.44
a spark that got the fire going.
00:37:29.74\00:37:32.21
We ended up with
equipment, the miracle
00:37:32.25\00:37:35.28
that says you know
what if the Charismatic
00:37:35.32\00:37:37.15
Pastor will
donate that much to us.
00:37:37.75\00:37:41.12
God is surely behind
this. Hal and Mollie Steenson
00:37:41.62\00:37:44.76
Church was named
Praise World Outreach, because
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.60
Hal had a dream, a
dream that's Southern Illinois
00:37:47.66\00:37:50.60
was somehow the
hub of the wagon wheel.
00:37:50.63\00:37:52.63
With spoke reaching the
entire world for Christ,
00:37:53.03\00:37:55.87
that dream would become
a reality but at that time
00:37:56.40\00:37:59.37
the question was how
can you reach the world?
00:37:59.41\00:38:02.38
Yeah, I was working at
the television stations,
00:38:05.85\00:38:08.22
one I'm that I made or
help to construct and as
00:38:09.02\00:38:15.22
time went on I was sold
into the ministry and the
00:38:15.26\00:38:17.66
ministry started to grow
and I had a suspicion that
00:38:17.69\00:38:24.53
they were going to
want to expand out the
00:38:24.57\00:38:29.10
operation into other
cities. And if that was going to
00:38:29.14\00:38:32.87
happened they would
need a way to deliver
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.58
ministry programming to
those cities and satellite
00:38:35.91\00:38:39.58
would be the way
that it would be done so
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.72
I was doing research
into programming delivery
00:38:41.75\00:38:44.82
through the satellites
and had develops reasonable
00:38:44.85\00:38:51.76
amount of knowledge
that I pretty well knew how
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.93
that, how that
might be accomplished.
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.60
After I talked to
Pastor Hal and sister Mollie,
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.77
and they made a
commitment to donate television
00:39:06.51\00:39:09.34
equipment to us. I
was so excited about it,
00:39:09.38\00:39:11.95
I told my brothers
about it. And then Danny's
00:39:11.98\00:39:13.85
mind is working right
now, where do we start,
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.52
where to begin?
And so go right down.
00:39:15.55\00:39:17.72
Find out somebody
that can give us some
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.42
directions then he met
to Clarence Larson as soon
00:39:19.45\00:39:20.92
as he talked him he
comeback and called me
00:39:20.96\00:39:22.29
said I've met the
most wonderful man and
00:39:22.32\00:39:24.66
I mean his got
information, he is
00:39:24.69\00:39:26.66
somebody that can
really help, I said praise God
00:39:26.70\00:39:29.20
Danny because you and I.
00:39:29.23\00:39:30.57
We don't know anything about it.
00:39:30.60\00:39:31.93
So, the next day I
said why don't we go down
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.97
we'll eat, I buy it,
you didn't how much I buy
00:39:34.00\00:39:37.21
you lunch in Marion,
if you go with me I want
00:39:37.31\00:39:40.28
you to see this TV station,
I had sang on it, local TV
00:39:40.31\00:39:43.61
station at Marion,
Illinois and there was a really
00:39:43.65\00:39:46.21
nice guy there
I mean just always
00:39:46.25\00:39:48.52
smile Clarence
Larson. I was working on a VCR
00:39:48.55\00:39:51.89
machine and Danny showed up and
00:39:51.92\00:39:56.12
want me to tour the
facility and he brought
00:39:56.16\00:39:59.03
two other
brothers with him I think.
00:40:00.16\00:40:01.60
So, we started looking
at it and he indicated that
00:40:01.90\00:40:06.27
he was going to
want to deliver a message
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.90
to the world and
how would go about that.
00:40:09.94\00:40:12.47
That question caught
me off guard coming from
00:40:13.14\00:40:16.18
Danny carpenter. So, he
showed us all this equipment
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.88
it was Greek, I had no
idea, what any of it was for,
00:40:19.91\00:40:23.12
how it worked. I would always
just look straight into the
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.82
camera when I was
singing or talking didn't ever
00:40:25.85\00:40:29.09
spent little time thinking
what it look like from the
00:40:29.12\00:40:31.99
other perspective. So, as
I was talking to Clarence,
00:40:32.03\00:40:35.10
he said he said hey I
need to, I need to talk
00:40:35.86\00:40:38.80
to you he said I fell
like in. So, we went in an area
00:40:38.83\00:40:41.24
where they were building
part of new offices I remember
00:40:41.27\00:40:44.07
there is an open
insulation in there.
00:40:44.11\00:40:46.07
So, I explain to him that
he could use satellite to do
00:40:46.11\00:40:50.58
that it would be only way
that I know of that he could
00:40:51.25\00:40:52.88
do that in a timely
manner I was using words
00:40:52.91\00:40:56.08
in terms and I am sure
that he hadn't heard before.
00:40:56.12\00:40:58.92
I saw the smile so didn't
know is that a laugh because
00:40:58.95\00:41:02.12
I had seem some of those
already, is that the belly,
00:41:02.16\00:41:05.09
you know belly laugh
is that what is that?
00:41:05.13\00:41:07.10
And he smiled then he
said wow that's really
00:41:07.13\00:41:09.66
interesting he said I
want to tell you some thing
00:41:09.70\00:41:11.20
I have been doing the study
and he said about it uplink
00:41:11.23\00:41:14.97
and I said what's that he
said well on uplink station
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.17
is a station that we were
shoots signals to satellite
00:41:17.21\00:41:19.84
that then can be
rebroadcast to different parts
00:41:19.87\00:41:22.64
to the world then he
said I think there is an area
00:41:22.68\00:41:25.01
that in Southern Illinois
appear that will work he said
00:41:25.05\00:41:28.72
I said really and he said
yeah think there is he said
00:41:29.45\00:41:32.39
I just feel impressed to
talk to you about it and again
00:41:32.42\00:41:36.32
he said I know that you
are carpenter and singers
00:41:36.36\00:41:38.86
and I don't what's your
background isn't any of this
00:41:38.89\00:41:42.36
but some how I think I am
supposed to tell you about
00:41:42.40\00:41:45.03
this and I said man I
love to meet with you where
00:41:45.07\00:41:47.20
to do you live?
Whenever we were three looking
00:41:47.24\00:41:49.34
in three talking and
then they left I really kind
00:41:49.37\00:41:53.14
of thought that there
will be a possibility that I
00:41:53.17\00:41:55.48
wouldn't hear anymore
about it because he saw
00:41:55.51\00:42:00.92
a lot of stuff that he
was don't have to deal with
00:42:00.95\00:42:05.15
and not being as familiar
with it I am sure that it was
00:42:05.19\00:42:09.42
threatening back little
bit. I felt very uncomfortable
00:42:09.46\00:42:14.50
telling him and I've
wondered why I was telling him
00:42:14.56\00:42:16.60
that I wend ahead and
I was prompted to do it
00:42:16.63\00:42:20.10
and I went ahead and did
that I didn't think that much
00:42:20.14\00:42:23.81
about it after I did,
except I felt uncomfortable
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.74
and then when ever he
started talking about well
00:42:26.78\00:42:31.51
what is an uplinks
station, then I thought oh
00:42:31.55\00:42:34.22
boy I've really blown
this. You missed it. Yeah.
00:42:34.25\00:42:37.22
I kept thinking well as
time goes on and he look
00:42:37.82\00:42:40.56
into this further and
further he just might go away
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.39
and I'd be great I
shared time with Danny,
00:42:43.43\00:42:46.39
I shared time with
some other people and that
00:42:46.43\00:42:48.70
would probably be
what would come of it but
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.87
I did see the
determination in Danny I am glad
00:42:50.90\00:42:55.20
that he choose to come
in talk with me about it
00:42:55.24\00:42:57.97
because that led to my
healing and it led to one
00:42:58.01\00:43:02.11
of the best projects that
I had not pretended to do.
00:43:02.14\00:43:07.32
God prepaid Clarence
Larson for the right moment
00:43:07.35\00:43:11.05
a Baptist engineer
working for Christian television
00:43:11.09\00:43:14.26
station confirming
what seemed to be impossible
00:43:14.29\00:43:17.23
to reach the world,
Danny Shelton needed land near
00:43:17.86\00:43:21.03
the small town of
Thompsonville, Illinois.
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.70
By faith he began looking
for land but God had a bigger
00:43:23.73\00:43:27.77
plan using an elderly
woman who attended a local
00:43:27.80\00:43:32.04
Christian Church in the area.
00:43:32.07\00:43:33.64
I wanted to do something
for the Lord as I would
00:43:36.18\00:43:40.95
hear on TV and hear on
radio religious programs
00:43:40.98\00:43:49.26
and I would long to do
something myself for the Lord
00:43:49.29\00:43:52.76
then I've seem
to have any talents.
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.86
Fonda Summers, 77
years old hardly knew her my
00:44:02.04\00:44:05.64
mother met her once
came to a prayer meeting,
00:44:05.67\00:44:07.68
'cause a literature
evangelist had gone to her door,
00:44:07.71\00:44:09.91
the week before and
12 people I said at West
00:44:09.94\00:44:13.25
Frankfort Church.
Lord's impressed to me build
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.28
a television station to reach
the world they all knew me.
00:44:15.32\00:44:18.12
So, they knew there is
no way that could happen.
00:44:18.15\00:44:20.59
I heard you make your
announcement what you was
00:44:20.62\00:44:23.89
wanting to do I wanted
to do it so bad and the Lord
00:44:23.93\00:44:29.70
when I got home that I
couldn't get the idea out
00:44:29.73\00:44:32.20
of my mind and
the Lord kept saying,
00:44:32.23\00:44:34.60
I have talked to the Lord
and I've said I want to do
00:44:34.64\00:44:39.04
it but here I haven't got
anything and the Lord said
00:44:39.07\00:44:42.64
what is this in your
hands? It come to me well I said
00:44:42.68\00:44:46.41
that they only made it 2
acres of land and it wasn't
00:44:46.45\00:44:52.05
this land didn't
have any crop on it and
00:44:52.09\00:44:55.39
the sprouts are
starting to grow back.
00:44:55.42\00:44:57.56
this little lady went
home called my mother on Friday
00:44:58.36\00:45:01.33
night and said you know I
was listening to what your
00:45:01.36\00:45:04.83
boy said Kenny and me
with there my brother,
00:45:04.87\00:45:07.80
that they needed
property to build the TV,
00:45:07.84\00:45:10.84
I said we are looking
for property, she said I got
00:45:10.87\00:45:12.94
some property and I would
like to give you all of it
00:45:12.97\00:45:15.98
out from me, she said I
got 2 acres in the back I
00:45:16.01\00:45:18.55
could probably give you
and so she said just tell the
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.78
boys if they need this 2
acres I will give it to them.
00:45:21.82\00:45:24.29
So, my mother called me
she said would you believe
00:45:24.32\00:45:26.52
it this lady we don't
even know Fonda Summers
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.29
is willing to give 2
acres and so me now knowing
00:45:29.32\00:45:31.99
everything about
television already because
00:45:32.03\00:45:34.00
I am in the business I
said well mom it doesn't work
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.50
that way I talk to
Clarence Larson an engineer
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.40
he says there is only
certain spots that you can put
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.50
in I said I found out
the word uplink to know
00:45:42.54\00:45:45.01
what that was shooting
up to satellite and I said
00:45:45.04\00:45:48.14
Clarence says there is
only certain places that you
00:45:48.18\00:45:50.88
can put uplink there
are so many interferences
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.91
I won't get into the
technical part because
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.35
I don't know all about
it and I know you won't
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.45
understand it but it's
not likely that it would
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.59
work but you know if it
work sure we'll be happy.
00:45:59.62\00:46:02.89
So, I asked would she
like if we went to Benton,
00:46:02.92\00:46:06.73
Illinois and go out
about 7 miles and then go back
00:46:06.76\00:46:09.86
about a mile to the north
that is about were the area is.
00:46:09.90\00:46:12.93
So, I called Clarence
Larson and I said Clarence,
00:46:12.97\00:46:15.90
a lady donated some
property and she says she
00:46:15.94\00:46:19.31
is impressed to give this
property to us and he said
00:46:19.34\00:46:22.48
well it won't really
work there is only he said
00:46:22.51\00:46:25.01
I have been studying
you know the area looking up
00:46:25.05\00:46:28.72
microwave, microwaves
signals and he said you
00:46:28.75\00:46:30.85
would have to have a
place from the best I can
00:46:30.89\00:46:32.92
tell out by Thompsonville.
Well, Thompsonville is 6,
00:46:32.95\00:46:35.86
7 miles you know east
of Benton and out so I
00:46:35.89\00:46:40.76
said what he goes well
yeah out you know out by
00:46:40.80\00:46:43.03
Thompsonville I just
said the lady lives out of
00:46:43.06\00:46:45.40
Thompsonville,
you're kidding he said.
00:46:45.43\00:46:46.80
I heard about that
from Danny that Ms. Summers
00:46:46.84\00:46:50.01
gave the land and I had
already heard the significance
00:46:50.04\00:46:54.31
as to why Danny was
looking at that land
00:46:54.34\00:46:57.28
and Danny had made
the connection I had.
00:46:57.31\00:47:00.95
So, he said well listen
I know a company in Western
00:47:01.88\00:47:04.42
Virginia that will
Comsearch and for $6000 they
00:47:04.45\00:47:09.02
can do a study, I said
$6000, Clarence I don't have
00:47:09.06\00:47:11.89
$600 I don't have $6 for
that well but you got to know
00:47:12.53\00:47:15.86
for sure you can't
just build a TV station.
00:47:15.90\00:47:18.23
So by faith, we called
Comsearch, I don't have time
00:47:18.27\00:47:22.27
to go through all the
miracles but God provided
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.44
that $6000 which is a
huge amount of money the
00:47:24.47\00:47:27.64
little 2 acres that
Fonda Summers donated,
00:47:27.68\00:47:30.38
dedicated to us, gave
to us, she said I saw I had
00:47:30.41\00:47:33.95
a dream and in this
dream years ago we were gonna
00:47:33.98\00:47:37.45
sell the property she
said and in this dream
00:47:37.49\00:47:40.12
I saw the most beautiful
fatted cattle coming from
00:47:40.16\00:47:43.32
all directions it
had a fence around it,
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.29
the south end my
husband had opened the gate
00:47:45.33\00:47:47.76
and all this beautiful
fatted cattle began to fill in
00:47:47.83\00:47:50.63
this little 2 acres and
she said I knew then that God
00:47:50.67\00:47:54.57
some how would want
this property be used for his
00:47:54.60\00:47:58.77
honor and glory and she said
now I look this the potential
00:47:58.81\00:48:02.08
of the city station
bringing in souls from the
00:48:02.11\00:48:05.31
word of God, she says that
from, from, from God's word
00:48:05.35\00:48:08.45
and because it could be
preached from this little
00:48:08.48\00:48:11.19
spot. So, I believe
the Lord wants me to
00:48:11.22\00:48:13.39
donate it Comsearch
came did the testing.
00:48:13.42\00:48:15.99
They were not really
pleased that we picked the site
00:48:16.93\00:48:20.53
they said that's what
they do, they would do a
00:48:20.56\00:48:23.16
complete search and
tell you where you could put
00:48:23.20\00:48:25.50
this satellite. Danny
came to him and said I know the
00:48:25.53\00:48:29.27
certain the location I
want you to do the test
00:48:29.30\00:48:33.58
to see that is okay
forward to be there.
00:48:33.61\00:48:36.21
Danny didn't go away
he come back and he had
00:48:36.24\00:48:38.91
question about this
and question about that and
00:48:38.95\00:48:42.58
pretty quick he was,
he was pretty well had
00:48:42.62\00:48:45.75
a good idea that, that
it was possible to do it.
00:48:45.79\00:48:50.06
There were
tremendous amount of potential
00:48:51.73\00:48:54.10
interferences, not one
interferences in this little
00:48:54.10\00:48:58.00
2 acres we had
scientific land to come from
00:48:58.03\00:49:00.80
Atlanta Georgia they
came out and did test with
00:49:00.84\00:49:03.64
moon and everything
else at night and it was so
00:49:03.67\00:49:06.94
particular that we
can only put the dish even
00:49:06.98\00:49:09.28
on one corner of
the 2 acres to not have
00:49:09.31\00:49:12.81
any interferences
as you can do up it,
00:49:12.85\00:49:14.35
but build shields and
getting into a lot of expense,
00:49:14.38\00:49:16.55
but we didn't need
anything and they were around
00:49:16.58\00:49:19.65
22 satellites I
think in space at the time,
00:49:19.69\00:49:22.56
he says you can shoot
at any of these satellites
00:49:22.59\00:49:24.63
you want to, I mean incredible,
00:49:24.66\00:49:26.46
miracle after miracle. I
got selfish and I felt like
00:49:26.49\00:49:30.40
I should have offered a
piece right out on the road
00:49:30.43\00:49:33.94
because the building
should sit out publicly but
00:49:33.97\00:49:38.44
I thought well my
children might not want me to do
00:49:38.47\00:49:42.58
it there and
because if they wanted it,
00:49:42.61\00:49:45.35
or when I was gone,
they would want to use that
00:49:45.38\00:49:49.45
part of the land. So I
said you'd have to have
00:49:49.48\00:49:52.55
it back in the back and
as it turned out you did
00:49:52.59\00:49:56.86
bought the land and
that was the only spot any
00:49:56.89\00:50:02.80
place that you could
have used but I gave it to
00:50:02.83\00:50:06.13
the Lord for his work. Alright.
00:50:06.17\00:50:08.60
No matter what
name they worked under
00:50:08.64\00:50:11.84
I gave it to God. Amen. And
of course, it had to be done
00:50:11.87\00:50:17.98
in earthen vessels
somebody who he used
00:50:18.01\00:50:23.15
as his stewards and I
knew he would bless us,
00:50:23.18\00:50:27.19
and I couldn't see any
difference in your faith you
00:50:27.22\00:50:31.93
believed in God's word and I
did and it is for God and for
00:50:31.96\00:50:38.80
his work and still yet I
don't know what will come
00:50:38.83\00:50:44.14
I still ask the Lord that
he will work and watch and
00:50:44.17\00:50:48.28
what he one said will
be said and those he wants
00:50:48.31\00:50:52.08
to reach will be
reached. Well, I think lot of
00:50:52.11\00:50:55.15
times it's a city on
the hill to me as I look up
00:50:55.18\00:50:59.39
here it's a little hill
and at night my bedroom window
00:50:59.42\00:51:03.49
and I look there and I
say Lord there is the city
00:51:03.53\00:51:06.86
on the hill. God
supplies, he supplied
00:51:06.90\00:51:16.34
when it was needed,
never was it in the bank never
00:51:17.17\00:51:20.48
was it there to say
okay we can do this because
00:51:20.51\00:51:23.45
we have it every step
whether we say small or
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whatever it might be
was we had to do in faith.
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First and then God
supplied the finances for it.
00:51:29.98\00:51:34.19
Once we have the
property from Fonda Summers,
00:51:42.13\00:51:45.33
once Comsearch says
yes you can build an uplink
00:51:45.37\00:51:48.04
station we need a
driveway, we don't,
00:51:48.07\00:51:51.11
we really don't have
money for a driveway.
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.51
This property was donated
there is some little hills
00:51:54.11\00:51:56.04
some sort of couple
of acres there were but
00:51:56.08\00:51:58.11
to get the road back
there and to try to get the
00:51:58.15\00:52:00.35
property leveled off
and him and I was like you
00:52:00.38\00:52:02.82
knows it's too much
for a shovel, but God did
00:52:02.85\00:52:05.29
say do it you know
we're gonna have to level
00:52:05.32\00:52:06.86
it off to build a
building and we just hadn't been
00:52:06.89\00:52:08.96
working for a man
which is rare nowadays he
00:52:08.99\00:52:12.39
had a what we call it bulldozer,
00:52:12.43\00:52:14.40
a little cat one
that moves in six ways,
00:52:14.46\00:52:16.43
the blade moves and
all and I was doing some,
00:52:16.46\00:52:18.60
we are doing some work
for him and I just mentioned
00:52:18.63\00:52:21.67
it, I said you know we
got some property I need to,
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.54
he said just why don't
you take, take this little
00:52:23.57\00:52:26.21
bulldozer of mine and
just keep track of the hours
00:52:26.24\00:52:30.28
and just pay whatever you
think it's worth and so I said
00:52:30.31\00:52:35.38
brother is wonderful
and so he even loaded it up
00:52:35.42\00:52:38.09
brought it to Thompsonville,
put it on the property
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.96
where the first building's
at and the dish unloaded it,
00:52:40.99\00:52:44.63
but he decided he
wasn't gonna run it,
00:52:44.66\00:52:46.90
I'd have to run it and
so I was so excited about
00:52:46.93\00:52:49.43
how wonderful it is, but
he look at me and he said
00:52:49.46\00:52:50.87
you have to buy the
fuel. And Danny and I looked
00:52:50.90\00:52:54.27
back to each other,
that's a little tough
00:52:54.30\00:52:56.44
right now too. And
we didn't have money
00:52:56.47\00:52:58.81
for diesel we were
buying 5 gallons can at a time
00:52:58.84\00:53:02.14
and people would come
out from our little church
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.68
and definitely say we
heard you're doing this building
00:53:04.71\00:53:06.95
well that's great well
here let me give you $20
00:53:06.98\00:53:08.98
and you know let me
give you $5 and they didn't
00:53:09.02\00:53:11.95
ask for receipts, they
said hey we see what you're
00:53:11.99\00:53:15.02
doing, here it is I
mean we were just starting
00:53:15.06\00:53:17.53
to put this whole
network together and getting
00:53:17.56\00:53:20.10
aboard and getting our bylaws
00:53:20.13\00:53:22.13
and trying to make it all
legal and get a corporation
00:53:22.16\00:53:24.37
going so this was all
you know how people are
00:53:24.40\00:53:27.84
just willing to help
so literally $5 here,
00:53:27.87\00:53:30.27
$10 here, $20
there. So, by faith we said
00:53:30.31\00:53:33.34
I'll tell you what we do,
we buy 5 gallons of the fuel
00:53:33.38\00:53:36.08
and so we bought 5
gallons of fuel and I have
00:53:36.11\00:53:39.25
put in the back the
truck and I went out there
00:53:39.28\00:53:40.62
and you know if you carry
a load on side it's a little
00:53:40.65\00:53:43.39
unbalancing he'd tell
you the same thing and after
00:53:43.42\00:53:46.42
a few days of that we
just poured 5 gallons in about
00:53:46.45\00:53:49.59
time it ran we
stopped and prayed that we get
00:53:49.62\00:53:52.03
another enough to
another 5 gallon finally
00:53:52.06\00:53:54.60
said let's by a faith
let's buy two 5 gallons cans
00:53:54.63\00:53:57.57
'cause if I carry
them Dan, you can carry how
00:53:57.60\00:53:59.83
you want, but if carry
them I feel better to carry
00:53:59.87\00:54:01.90
One in each hand I balance
it better. So, by faith we
00:54:01.94\00:54:04.91
start out 5 gallons
and then went to 10 gallons
00:54:04.94\00:54:07.41
and then we can
fill the thing up.
00:54:07.44\00:54:08.78
I called raw
Sprague rock company,
00:54:08.81\00:54:11.78
and little out here in
Thompsonville they sell rock
00:54:11.81\00:54:15.68
and they, it's 1400 feet
off the main road, I think
00:54:15.72\00:54:19.39
it was and so they say
well, it cost about $6000,
00:54:19.42\00:54:22.66
but God had provided
at that point commitments
00:54:22.69\00:54:25.39
from people, provided
property and I just knew that
00:54:25.43\00:54:29.26
it was of God. So, I said
we got to step out in faith,
00:54:29.30\00:54:31.83
so I told that company
can you bring it like a week
00:54:31.87\00:54:35.77
from whatever it
was, it was Tuesday,
00:54:35.80\00:54:37.97
can you bring it about
a week. Yeah, that's one,
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.11
you know we had to space
it to their schedule yeah
00:54:40.14\00:54:43.21
we can do it about a
week. So I told my brother,
00:54:43.24\00:54:45.48
now I just ordered $6000
wroth of rock we don't have
00:54:45.51\00:54:48.28
any money, we go
home and we pray for it
00:54:48.32\00:54:50.35
and two or three days go by
we go to the mailbox because
00:54:50.39\00:54:53.52
I am already going to
churches telling people what
00:54:53.56\00:54:55.19
we're doing, this is like
Monday before they're coming
00:54:55.22\00:54:57.99
Tuesday maybe
it's Sunday or Monday,
00:54:58.03\00:55:00.06
go to post office West
Frankfort, open up PO box,
00:55:00.10\00:55:02.46
we open it up there is
only two letters it doesn't
00:55:02.50\00:55:05.33
look good, we're
getting a little nervous.
00:55:05.37\00:55:07.27
We got $6000 of
rock, open the first letter
00:55:07.30\00:55:10.24
a lady says I
read about your story,
00:55:10.27\00:55:12.74
someone wrote a story
and put in one of our Church
00:55:12.77\00:55:15.41
papers up in Michigan,
just out of Chicago in the
00:55:15.44\00:55:21.45
edge of Michigan. I was
so impressed with the story
00:55:21.48\00:55:24.32
the Lord
impressed me send you $2000,
00:55:24.35\00:55:26.42
we have never had a
$2000 donation I mean that
00:55:26.45\00:55:29.69
was just huge. So I
opened up the second letter
00:55:29.72\00:55:32.69
it was from Dale and
Ruth Hall, I believe from I
00:55:32.73\00:55:38.23
had been out in
San Diego, California.
00:55:38.27\00:55:40.34
And they said they had a
little note and I had spoke
00:55:41.40\00:55:43.77
at the Church, I didn't
know the folk but this letter
00:55:43.81\00:55:47.21
came and said to Lord
impressed us of the urgency
00:55:47.24\00:55:49.54
in which you need
these $4000, so two letters
00:55:49.58\00:55:52.98
$6000 huge for us,
absolutely huge we get the
00:55:53.01\00:55:57.49
rock in. Now we need
to dig a footing we know
00:55:57.52\00:56:00.26
that our shell of
building gonna cost you know
00:56:00.29\00:56:02.69
25000 if we put roof on
it do everything we need
00:56:02.72\00:56:06.09
we are gonna be
looking at $50,000 just,
00:56:06.13\00:56:08.60
we were done it like
person says why did you know,
00:56:08.63\00:56:13.03
you didn't have it all
out, you didn't have your
00:56:13.07\00:56:14.90
prospective sort to
speak all that and I said
00:56:14.94\00:56:17.31
we did it like you, somebody
said how to eat an elephant,
00:56:17.34\00:56:20.01
one bite at a time.
Danny and I, we never failed
00:56:21.14\00:56:23.28
to get down on our
knees, I can't tell you how
00:56:23.31\00:56:25.61
many times, dozens
I could say hundreds,
00:56:25.65\00:56:29.25
I don't think it's
an exaggeration at all,
00:56:29.28\00:56:30.85
for every aspect of
that work we would get down
00:56:30.89\00:56:34.06
on our knees and say
God this is your project,
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.32
we have nothing, we
have nothing which to offer
00:56:36.36\00:56:38.56
except for
ourselves, we promise to show up
00:56:38.59\00:56:40.26
and work for you and
as we do this you promised
00:56:40.30\00:56:43.57
to supply all of our
needs and we're gonna claim
00:56:43.60\00:56:45.57
that promise. And
God was always faithful,
00:56:45.60\00:56:48.34
every time he was
faithful, after we were ready,
00:56:48.37\00:56:51.74
after there is
nothing else we could do,
00:56:51.77\00:56:53.98
he would supply and
take care of that need
00:56:54.01\00:56:56.18
and then we'd go on to
the next step that happened
00:56:56.21\00:56:58.71
through the whole
project but God was maybe
00:56:58.75\00:57:02.62
testing the faith,
increasing the faith,
00:57:02.65\00:57:04.72
because there were
larger thing ahead,
00:57:04.75\00:57:06.99
no longer was it 5
gallons of fuel but it become
00:57:07.02\00:57:11.33
you know 20,000
become 50,000, a 100,000,
00:57:11.36\00:57:15.56
300,000 you know
these kind of things.
00:57:15.60\00:57:18.23
And so God was
leading his children.
00:57:18.27\00:57:21.14
That's what we are,
we are his children,
00:57:22.54\00:57:23.94
a step at a time to enable
us to be ready for that so.
00:57:23.97\00:57:27.91
He is an awesome God by the way.
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