Welcome back to
Mending Broken People,
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the 3ABN miracle
story. If you don't stand
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for something
brother you're gonna fall
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for anything, that's
right. And, and I appreciate
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the Seventh-Day
Adventist because they know
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what they believe, they
know why they believe it
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and they are not afraid
and ashamed to stand for it.
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And so at least through
three angels broadcasting
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isn't either and
so I appreciate that.
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That's when I
was running my little
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auto shop that I had
there in West Frankfort
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and Rick bless his
heart, he was a big man and
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he drove a 1980 Ford Pinto.
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And that Pinto became the
connection between he and I.
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I would take this car
into Ronnie and Ronnie would
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patch it up for me
and then it would be about
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two weeks and
something else would go wrong
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with this car. And I thought,
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Lord why are you
doing this to me.
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I was blaming the
Lord and it was just
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because we live in the world,
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where things were out.
And as he would come in
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you know and we began
to talk and he was pastor
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in Assemblies
Church at that time.
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And as we talk you
know he would talk about
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what you know, you
Adventists you know
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do this or that or believe this
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or that so every
time he'd come in
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we'd have a spiritual
conversation about the
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differences between
our two beliefs you know.
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With this greasy box
over near Ronnie's desk
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and he would always
say hey Rick and he said
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take the book out of that box,
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he said it's
absolutely free. And to make him
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feel good I would
take a book and I know that
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the first six or seven
books that I got from Ronnie
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I threw it away, oh
mercy. Confessions good for the
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soul thou heart in
the reputations, yes.
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I didn't know what
God was doing in his life
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in the background. I
didn't know exactly how that
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was impacting him.
But I could tell that
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it was having an
effect. I started reading some
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of the material and
I thought now this is
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pretty interesting
stuff. And so I rode
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off to Maryland to
the general conference
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of Seventh-Day Adventist
and got some Bible studies.
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As he was picking up his
car and I handed him this
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and he said I've got that one,
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I said you have, okay.
I haven't got that one.
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How about this, he
said I've got that,
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I said of course you
get those I said didn't give
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you all of those, he said
no you didn't he said I've
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got everything
you've got in that box,
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I said where did you
get it, he said I contacted
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your conference headquarters
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and I told them
what I was interested in,
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I just said send
me everything you got,
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he said they did. I went
back to the basic doctrines
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of the Bible and
began to study them
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and the basic
doctrines of the Bible including
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the Sabbath,
including hell, including the
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character of God,
the state of the dead,
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basic Bible doctrines
that I had a little different
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view than what I was
reading in these Bible studies,
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but I thought that's okay
we just let the Bible shine
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it's own light. And we are
all just gonna have to see,
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you have a degree
or two don't you and,
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yeah I had two, two
degrees what were they?
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And well one is
in Biblical studies
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and one is in
counseling. On a Friday evening
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I'll never forget it,
I went in got cleaned up
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preparing for the
Sabbath you know sat down
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had my supper and
I thought you know
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I might call Rick and
see just where he is at,
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see what is he
thinking and I called him,
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I think Jane answered
she passed the phone to him
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and she said Rick,
Ronnie is on the phone,
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so Rick come to
the phone and he said,
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I said how are you doing Rick?
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He was down, you know,
Rick just didn't get down.
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Rick was always
smiling and unhappy,
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he sounded kind of down.
And I said what's going on?
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Well he said I've
given my Church notice,
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I'm gonna be
leaving. I needed to settle
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this in my own heart
and if someone had ask me
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at that time when we
left our church that you
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would become the
Seventh-Day Adventist
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I would probably said
absolutely not, hey look
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I'm just
re-examining some scriptures.
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And so we began to
share a little more,
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little more and I said
Rick, I said have you heard
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of 3ABN, he said
yeah I've heard of it,
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he said I've never been there.
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He said I've heard that
they are doing some things,
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I've read some
pieces in the paper you know
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some articles
and I said how would
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you like to go, he said
oh I like that, I like that.
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So we set up a
time when we could go,
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and I picked him up
and brought him out to 3ABN
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then it was the old building
you know with the big huge
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32 foot
satellite dish out there.
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And I am
remembering getting up looking
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up at that thing, wow
you know it just looked
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immense. You know
and I took him through
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and in the mean
time I had called Danny
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and updated him and
I said I'm bringing him
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up today, so get him
out, Danny was erred me
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this and Danny gave us
the tour then of the place,
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you know. And at that
time Rick was just all
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ice until he was all
ice and he brought Danny
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up to date about
what he has been studying
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and that he didn't
have a job, didn't know what
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he was gonna do
and Danny said Rick how
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would you like to
work here for 3ABN, yeah.
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Well what can I do?
You know, I don't know what
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you are doing and I
don't know anything about
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television what can I
do? Well we had kind of an
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entry level there
called master control
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and so many people
started in master control.
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When you came you said
I don't want you to think,
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lead you on then
I am gonna become a
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Seventh-Day Adventist,
that's not my intention
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I won't say I
won't be, but that's not
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who I am you know
quitting to come out here.
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And for a year and a
half, I said on the midnight
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shift in master
control and was able to study
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the Bible doctrines. I
don't like to call them
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the Seventh-day
Adventist doctrines
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because they just happened
to be the Bible doctrines
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that the
Seventh-day Adventists happen
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to embrace. And,
so I did study to
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make a long story
short, I studied and I found
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that the Sabbath
enhanced my relationship
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with my heavenly father, Amen.
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That the character of
God, what the Bible teaches
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about the character
of God enhances my love
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and appreciation
for my heavenly father,
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that what the Bible,
the Bible version of hell
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and the Bible version
of the death just enhanced
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my relationship
with my heavenly father.
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Somebody said oh I
hate to see you lose,
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so many years of ministry,
brother I didn't lose a
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thing. He used
to tell me he said,
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I tell you what, me
and Joe Crews have argued
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about this. He
said Joe Crews has been,
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that was with
evangelists then you know.
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He said Joe Crews
and I have spent many a
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night together, he
said because he was right
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there in my living
room, he said because he take
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copies of the tapes
home with him and study.
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And he said, you know
I said out I was gonna
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prove this man wrong, he
said and I couldn't do it,
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I couldn't do it.
And so I think he sat in
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master control, 18
months maybe two years
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something like that,
putting the Adventists
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programming on the
year. And he didn't change
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a thing, but it
changed him, it changed him.
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I think it maybe a year
and a half that he did that,
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maybe two years
and he was going home
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and as he put these
tapes on the air at home
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to look at him of
course his wife Jane
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and their daughter
Kim would set there
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and they all go
through those things.
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At the end of that about a year
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and a half I believe
it was he said you know
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I want to become a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Oh, tremendous and
they were all baptized
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and that was the
beginning entry of him
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into pastoral ministry
here in an Adventist church.
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Amen well welcome,
we want to welcome each
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of you this
morning the Bible says.
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Rick although played a
vital role during his time
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at 3ABN he spent
many years mending broken
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people who called into
the pastoral department.
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Rick also went
on to pastor several
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Adventist
churches through the years.
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Rick passed away in early 2010.
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I said Danny the
Russian church leadership
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has asked me to run a
campaign at the Kremlin.
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Danny said I think you
better come up to 3ABN.
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So I came up to 3ABN,
I could still remember.
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We've received an
invitation to preach
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inside the Kremlin,
yes. The first time in the
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history of Russia to
preach inside the Kremlin.
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And that's had
Danny Shelton and 3ABN
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got involved
because of the challenge of
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preaching the Gospel in Moscow,
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but that didn't
happened. Yes it is true,
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we were denied going to Moscow,
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going to the
Kremlin. And when people think
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they are
frustrating the work of God,
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they aren't
kidding themselves because
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God has got a
bigger and better and a
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different plan. And
so I said to 3ABN to
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Danny Shelton, Danny
would you like to come
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with us, I would
you like you to come
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and help us to
preach Christ to the Russian
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people in the city
of Nizhny Novgorod,
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the soul of a visionary
in the heart of a missionary.
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Danny said yes
you can count on us,
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we will come and
that's how 3ABN got
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involved and we
thank God they did
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because they had the vision.
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We hired the Palace of
Sport in Nizhny Novgorod.
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And when we booked
the Palace of Sport
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in January of 1992
in the midst of a very,
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very cold winter. The
old communist official
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sitting under a
picture of Karl Max
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and also Lennon, he said to me.
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No one will come you
know through the translation,
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he said no one will
come, we have taught
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the people here not
even to think of him.
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That director of
the Palace of Sport was
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almost trampled to
death in the charge of the
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Russian people coming to
hear the Gospel of Christ.
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And so when the
doors would open right on
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2:30 they would
be a wall of people
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and they would come running,
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if you were in there
way you could get trampled
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to death seeing
those people rush in to get
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the best seat or
you know to get A seat.
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Because if I
understand correctly,
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if I remember
correctly they end up having
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to shut the
doors, you know they were
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filled the seating
capacity and they couldn't allow
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anymore else to come
in you know and they were
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people outside who
didn't get to come in.
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There was an old man
stood outside crying out,
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I waited 70 years
for Jesus in the name
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of God let me in. We
even saw people trying
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to unearth the foundations
of the building, digging
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hole to stand, to
climb in under the ground
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and come up. I
couldn't get to the meeting
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myself at the start,
I couldn't get there.
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They came and told me
you can't get near the hall,
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we can't get you to the meeting.
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They contacted
the Russian government
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and the Russian
government contacted
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the Russian army and
the Russian army sent
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along a military vehicle
and took me to the meeting.
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The Russian army
got me to the meeting.
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Thank you Russian
army. So the man who said
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we told the people
not even to think of him.
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Nobody is going to
come; now I had his neck on
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the line. You
know what the KGB did?
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They sent their
officers and young men dressed
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in black. And they
came and acted as deacons
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and ushers. The KGB
worked for us and the
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Russian army, how
can we forget those days?
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It was the Book of
Acts repeated by the power
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of God and was
only the start, and 3ABN
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was involved in
this. Already after the
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opening of these
programs. [Foreign Language]
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Danny called the
United States of America.
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[Foreign Language]
And they did a coast
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to coast
broadcast. [Foreign Language]
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Using the
telephone. [Foreign Language]
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Telling the American
people. [Foreign Language]
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Of the wonderful
meetings we are having here.
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[Foreign Language]
Well, Doctor Julia came
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to the meeting
since 1992 to hear English
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as she should be
spoke. She didn't realize it,
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she wasn't gonna
hear English at all,
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she gonna hear Australian.
I had never heard anyone
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who is mother
tongue would be English,
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so I came to those meetings
just to listen to English
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and that was very
good learning experience
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because I
learned a lot of words,
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I learned a lot of new notions.
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And she became
fascinated by what
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she heard, she
came as an atheist.
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It was probably and
actually the first time
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when I heard Psalm
1 speaking about God
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I never thought there was God.
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I was supposed there
might be some force some energy,
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which I was very
much unsure about.
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If it exist at all and
then when he spoke about God,
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about Jesus Christ,
about the Holy Spirit,
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about God's care and
protection of my life
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that in spite of myself
was wrapping hold of my heart.
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It happened when
Pastor John Carter read don't
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you that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit
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and that just
struck me it's struck me.
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I didn't regarded in
the context of a health
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message, I was not
thinking that it was
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directed to the
believers in coherence,
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I just knew that the
Lord was speaking to me,
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don't you know that
your body is a temple
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of the Holy Spirit.
And so it filled my heart
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with such
tremendous joy and happiness.
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Me as imperfect as
I'm, as sinful as I'm.
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God wants to dwell
that I'm good enough
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for him that was a moment of my
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conversation I
remember it so well.
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This book is the very
word of the living God.
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[Foreign Language]
And this book tells me
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that there is a
creator of God in heaven.
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[Foreign Language]
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And this book tells
me that God loves you.
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The largest secular
crowds on planet earth
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attending religious
meetings and learning about God.
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They were thinkers
and they were readers,
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the leader of
the KGB the Journal,
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the Journal Vladimir
came to the meetings.
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He came night after
night and he sends a
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message come and
preach to the KGB.
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Pastor Carter please
come, I ate with the Journal
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and his staff. We
were met at the steps by
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two full blown colonels.
Then he said now I want
00:16:02.89\00:16:07.86
you to go ahead and
preach strong to my man,
00:16:07.86\00:16:09.96
evidence for the
Bible and preach Daniel 2,
00:16:10.00\00:16:13.13
Daniel 7, Matthew
24, gave them everything
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just about. Then
I had an altar call
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and a thousand
came forward this was a
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golden moment in
history. It was because the time
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was special it was the
right place at the right time.
00:16:27.78\00:16:33.39
God prepared the
soil the harvest was ripe.
00:16:35.16\00:16:38.56
People say it just
doesn't happen, you know,
00:16:38.59\00:16:40.76
that couldn't
happen. We've seen Pentecost,
00:16:40.80\00:16:43.80
we've seen the opera
in the Spirit of God,
00:16:43.83\00:16:46.47
we have seen the latter of rain.
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People will say no,
no, no, no those things
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don't happen,
maybe doesn't happen,
00:16:50.21\00:16:51.81
where they live
maybe doesn't happened
00:16:51.84\00:16:53.21
to them. But it does
happen. The fact that
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we had reached out
to another continent,
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you know half
way around the world.
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And here we're video
taping a series that will show
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on 3ABN and you
know this is a ministry.
00:17:01.95\00:17:06.65
This is a message
that is going to reach
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how much of Russia we
had no idea at the time
00:17:08.39\00:17:12.43
you know but that is
what open the door for
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the you know the
3ABN evangelism center
00:17:15.53\00:17:18.50
and you know the
starting of the work in
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Nizhny Novgorod I
mean that one key thing
00:17:21.00\00:17:24.84
is what started at
all, I feel like for
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Nizhny Novgorod and for Russia.
00:17:27.34\00:17:29.08
When we had the
Baptism in the Novgorod river
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with the help of
the Russian army,
00:17:31.31\00:17:32.65
who served as a deacons,
set up the tents and who
00:17:32.68\00:17:35.28
supplied me with the
truck on which to stand
00:17:35.32\00:17:38.35
in the PA system and
all of that good staff,
00:17:38.39\00:17:41.09
who supplied me with
the stage that will made
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up of those boxes in
which they put handgrenades
00:17:43.19\00:17:46.76
and all those stuff.
When we had that great
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Baptism when we went
there, when we saw out of the
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stuff we had a
great problem because we
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didn't have a
place to put the people
00:17:57.84\00:17:59.47
and this is with Danny
Shelton had the vision.
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Danny said we need to get
an evangelism center here.
00:18:02.71\00:18:07.55
And the member of that team,
00:18:07.58\00:18:08.92
an old man who came
from California he said
00:18:08.95\00:18:11.72
to Danny, because Danny was used
00:18:11.75\00:18:14.19
by the spirit of God
to make this presentation.
00:18:14.22\00:18:16.39
They gave Danny
a hundred thousand
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dollars that was the seed money.
00:18:18.09\00:18:20.50
You came and what do
you think about these plans
00:18:20.53\00:18:23.63
of building evangelism center.
00:18:23.67\00:18:25.03
Well, I think it's
exciting and TV station whole
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works, the whole works
it's just great to have
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a part in it. And
if we can contribute
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something toward the
cause here in this country,
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hey let's do it.
Danny Shelton thought of
00:18:40.62\00:18:46.55
starting 3ABN in Russia,
he went to saw those crowds,
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those Baptized people.
The idea in his heart was
00:18:52.13\00:18:57.43
first that this
people need a place to meet
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somewhere and second
that many more people
00:19:01.87\00:19:06.37
could be influenced if
Russia had it's own 3ABN,
00:19:06.41\00:19:10.58
so it was that time
that they started looking
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for a facility and it
was the time of the first
00:19:16.79\00:19:21.19
ever auction of
private property in Nizhny
00:19:21.22\00:19:25.33
Novgorod after the
all the years of communism
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so 11 projects
were put on that auction
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for to be sold. Ten
of these deals of selling
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the non-finished
constructions during
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that first auction have
been recognized invalid.
00:19:42.71\00:19:47.85
But the only deal that
was recognized as valid
00:19:47.88\00:19:52.52
at that auction was our deal the
00:19:52.55\00:19:56.62
purchase of this building,
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so, 3ABN bought this building.
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It bought it for
the local conference
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and that was in 1992,
and in the following 1992,
00:20:05.60\00:20:11.11
I started working at
this project as a translator.
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I want to thank 3
Angels Broadcasting Network
00:20:20.08\00:20:23.18
from all my heart 3
angels build our Church.
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And by the grace of
God 3ABN got that center
00:20:27.69\00:20:31.83
and after a number of
years of intensive work
00:20:32.59\00:20:36.50
Danny got the job done.
00:20:36.53\00:20:37.93
Danny needs credit
for that. Goodness credit
00:20:37.97\00:20:41.30
I believe he is
got in heaven for it
00:20:41.34\00:20:42.84
because nobody knows the battle,
00:20:42.87\00:20:45.94
trying to get the
money, trying to build
00:20:45.97\00:20:48.78
the building,
trying to get the work men
00:20:48.81\00:20:50.91
to come to work
when they won't drunk,
00:20:50.95\00:20:52.31
tremendous battle. The
studio was finished in 1996
00:20:52.35\00:20:57.75
and the big sanctuary,
the rest of the facility was
00:20:58.99\00:21:03.79
finished in 1998. This
is when the whole building
00:21:03.83\00:21:09.40
was dedicated to the
Lord. But while the construction
00:21:09.43\00:21:14.74
was going on, Danny
wanted for us to start creating
00:21:14.77\00:21:19.74
our own Russian
language 3ABN programming.
00:21:19.77\00:21:23.91
I am so proud of that
center. Dr. Julia said,
00:21:24.48\00:21:27.28
she calls me Pastor John. I
Baptized her. Dr. Julia with
00:21:27.32\00:21:31.82
PhD in linguistic. She
said, may I show you some
00:21:31.85\00:21:35.82
of our programs. There are
programs on marriage. There
00:21:35.86\00:21:40.50
is all different sorts
of programs. Goodness to me.
00:21:42.13\00:21:45.63
I am so proud what she
has done and I am so proud
00:21:47.04\00:21:50.44
of what 3ABN is
done with the tremendous
00:21:50.47\00:21:55.04
sort of opposition. 3ABN
is my life, it is my love,
00:21:55.08\00:21:59.78
and my service. I can't
thank God enough for it.
00:21:59.81\00:22:04.09
Well, I didn't have a
GPS when I made my first trip
00:22:08.06\00:22:10.43
to 3ABN. I had some
directions are written
00:22:10.46\00:22:12.99
on a piece of
paper after leaving St.
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.53
Louis and driving across
the river it seem like we
00:22:15.56\00:22:21.47
were getting further
and further away from
00:22:21.50\00:22:23.27
civilization and then
after turning off the highway
00:22:23.30\00:22:26.84
there in van and
heading towards Thompsonville
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.44
I had to lean forward up
against the steering wheel
00:22:30.21\00:22:32.98
to try and find this
turn off that ended up being
00:22:33.01\00:22:38.32
gravel road by the time
we got to 3ABN and I thought
00:22:38.35\00:22:42.12
myself, so this is gonna
be broadcasting to the world.
00:22:42.16\00:22:45.86
Somebody actually gave
me a video tape and there
00:22:51.17\00:22:54.44
was a Danny in a
Church sharing the vision
00:22:54.47\00:22:57.57
and story of how he
wanted to start this network.
00:22:57.61\00:23:01.18
And it's also before my
time with Central Church
00:23:01.71\00:23:04.11
and Amazing Facts, Karen
and I were doing conference
00:23:04.15\00:23:07.25
of evangelism in Northern
California as well as Pastor
00:23:07.28\00:23:10.52
in the small Church in the
lovely little valley called
00:23:10.55\00:23:13.49
Covelo and that was
during that time we did a series
00:23:13.52\00:23:16.93
of meetings up right in
California, video tape the
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.93
Revelation series and
the number of those tapes
00:23:23.33\00:23:24.67
made the way around the
country and I understand
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.03
that one of them
found it's way to 3ABN.
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.90
Danny later told me that
he saw the tapes and actually
00:23:29.94\00:23:33.54
sat on the shelf for
about a year before he had
00:23:33.58\00:23:36.98
viewed them. I received
the call and Danny asked
00:23:37.01\00:23:41.05
if we willing to come
out and do an interview
00:23:41.08\00:23:45.09
and I was
thrilled. Doug Batchelor,
00:23:46.22\00:23:48.19
it's good to have you.
Hi, Danny good to be here.
00:23:48.89\00:23:50.59
It's probably your first time,
00:23:50.63\00:23:53.06
to the Southern
Illinois and 3ABN?
00:23:53.09\00:23:54.86
Yes, Southern
Illinois its first time.
00:23:56.13\00:23:57.77
While I was there they
said we would like to tape
00:23:58.77\00:24:00.64
some programs where
you answer Bible questions
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.10
because in our tapes
Danny had seen we took time
00:24:03.14\00:24:07.48
every program and
dedicated it to answering
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.85
Bible questions. So
that's when we started
00:24:10.88\00:24:13.82
a series called Bible Answers.
00:24:13.85\00:24:17.52
Welcome to the program
that brings you Bible Answers
00:24:20.02\00:24:21.96
to your questions,
and now here is your host
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.43
Doug Batchelor. We are
glad you can join us friends,
00:24:25.13\00:24:28.73
and this program is
dedicated to answering the
00:24:28.76\00:24:31.47
most common questions
that come in regarding
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.27
the Bible, spiritual
things in Christianity.
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.67
Well, you notice a
dramatic difference after 3ABN
00:24:36.27\00:24:39.87
began to air our videos
that once we had recorded in
00:24:39.91\00:24:43.35
reading were little
higher quality because we put
00:24:43.38\00:24:46.11
them on 1 inch tape, and
I don't think most people
00:24:46.15\00:24:49.02
even know what 1 inch
tape looks like anymore the
00:24:49.05\00:24:51.12
recorders were as
big as washing machines
00:24:51.15\00:24:53.12
I'm not exaggerating.
But it was a little higher
00:24:53.15\00:24:56.86
quality in the day and
so we sent these great big
00:24:56.89\00:25:00.33
the one program was on
a real this big like just
00:25:00.36\00:25:04.37
the great big thick real.
And so we sent those programs
00:25:04.40\00:25:07.44
to 3ABN, they began
to air them, and as we
00:25:07.47\00:25:11.71
traveled around we
were running into more and
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.78
more people that were
saying oh! we really enjoyed
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.41
your broadcasting. It
was a marked and noticeable
00:25:16.44\00:25:21.02
difference how many
people were now encountering
00:25:21.05\00:25:23.92
the programs
once 3ABN to air them,
00:25:23.95\00:25:27.19
and it did a lot for
our ministry ultimately.
00:25:27.22\00:25:33.09
I received a call from
Pastor Joe Crews and he was
00:25:34.10\00:25:37.13
watching a set of the
half inch tape showed them
00:25:37.17\00:25:40.54
to the Amazing Facts staff
back in Frederick, Maryland
00:25:40.57\00:25:43.74
and they said, you know,
we are interested in talking
00:25:43.77\00:25:45.34
to this gentleman
about coming and training
00:25:45.37\00:25:49.54
in to take my position.
And so it may have been the
00:25:49.58\00:25:53.98
3ABN broadcast that
he had got an hold of.
00:25:54.02\00:25:56.69
But we noticed a big
difference once the programs
00:25:56.72\00:26:00.29
were going up on
3ABN with invitations that
00:26:00.32\00:26:02.36
were coming to do of
evangelism everywhere.
00:26:02.39\00:26:04.89
Only an eternity,
where we be able to measure
00:26:04.93\00:26:08.56
the impact of 3ABN has had
on a kaleidoscope of Christian
00:26:09.43\00:26:14.30
ministries giving them
a platform and I always
00:26:14.34\00:26:17.07
appreciate the
openness. Tell us about your
00:26:17.11\00:26:19.61
ministry, put the
address upon the screen
00:26:19.64\00:26:22.14
we want people to
know how to contact you.
00:26:22.18\00:26:24.51
There has been so many
ministries that have been
00:26:25.05\00:26:27.62
bit blossomed and been
respond through the platform
00:26:27.65\00:26:32.62
of being able to shared
with people through 3ABN.
00:26:32.65\00:26:35.52
It's been just tremendous
opportunity and it has been
00:26:36.56\00:26:38.46
a great service
through the Church and to the
00:26:38.49\00:26:40.10
people who benefited
from those ministries.
00:26:40.13\00:26:42.10
It was early in the
morning, sun and just basically
00:26:44.33\00:26:47.20
come up and God spoke
to me and I am not type
00:26:47.24\00:26:51.51
of person that says
God told me this and
00:26:51.54\00:26:53.81
God told me that,
it just woke me up.
00:26:53.84\00:26:56.48
It just had broken
daylight and all the voice said,
00:26:57.41\00:27:02.45
it was prepared something
for television and that
00:27:02.48\00:27:05.49
was it and I took that
as a mandate from God to
00:27:05.52\00:27:09.82
prepare some for television,
so we prepared a whole
00:27:10.83\00:27:15.56
television series. They
did put it on the air and it
00:27:15.60\00:27:20.84
did nothing, I
mean absolutely zero,
00:27:20.87\00:27:24.21
and I don't discourage
real easy and I just said,
00:27:25.57\00:27:29.51
well you are young you
just learn in you just need
00:27:29.54\00:27:32.31
more experience and so
we did another whole series
00:27:32.35\00:27:36.48
for television, put
on the air did nothing.
00:27:36.52\00:27:40.19
I mean not one
response. Through the years more
00:27:41.29\00:27:45.16
attempts to
produce television programs
00:27:45.19\00:27:47.13
were made but nothing
worked until the series of
00:27:47.13\00:27:50.20
home videos recorded by
Australian Carl Branster
00:27:50.23\00:27:53.64
began to
circulate in his country.
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.54
Soon Pastor Cox was
invited to Melbourne,
00:27:56.10\00:27:58.61
Australia for series
and this time Carl hired a
00:27:58.64\00:28:02.18
professional television
crew but the Lord set up yet
00:28:02.21\00:28:05.38
another divine appointment.
00:28:05.41\00:28:06.85
There was rumors,
let's put it that way,
00:28:07.65\00:28:09.45
you know, they had the
great divine works and I
00:28:09.48\00:28:11.89
had heard some rumblings
but I hadn't really didn't know
00:28:11.92\00:28:15.52
anything until I was
holding a meeting in Keene,
00:28:15.56\00:28:18.49
Texas and Danny
showed up and came up
00:28:18.53\00:28:21.96
and talked to me after it's
over and told me that he was
00:28:22.00\00:28:24.80
gonna build a station
here to reach the world
00:28:24.83\00:28:27.44
and what he was doing and
would like for us to be part
00:28:28.27\00:28:32.27
of it and all in, of
course, I had a real burden
00:28:32.31\00:28:37.01
in my heart for the message
to be spread and anything
00:28:37.05\00:28:42.02
as far as I'm concerned
can be done to get the message
00:28:42.05\00:28:45.32
our there. We need to be
doing it, so I encouraged
00:28:45.35\00:28:47.72
him move ahead and do
what you can, make it work.
00:28:47.76\00:28:51.59
Somehow later Danny
invited me to come and
00:28:52.16\00:28:56.90
to talk about our
ministry in what we were doing.
00:28:56.93\00:29:00.80
Thank you Danny.
Well, Cox it's good to have
00:29:01.40\00:29:02.90
you here. Is this
your first time to 3ABN.
00:29:02.94\00:29:05.11
It's my first time to
3ABN. You got a look around.
00:29:05.84\00:29:07.94
Yes, we've enjoyed it,
I had a good look here and
00:29:07.98\00:29:11.75
the new facility and
all, looks wonderful.
00:29:11.78\00:29:14.18
Well, God is blessing.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.55
And that's the first
time I came out to 3ABN
00:29:15.58\00:29:17.92
and I can remember
driving here and out through the
00:29:17.95\00:29:21.49
corn fields and that
time everything was over
00:29:21.52\00:29:25.79
on the other side here.
I spent my life going from
00:29:25.83\00:29:29.36
one Church to
another holding meetings,
00:29:29.40\00:29:31.37
so I didn't have the
money to put the programs
00:29:31.40\00:29:33.44
on television. I just
didn't have that and after
00:29:33.47\00:29:37.14
visit with Danny and
he was kind enough to say
00:29:37.17\00:29:41.71
we will send me your
programs and when we have
00:29:41.74\00:29:44.31
a spot we can put them
in, we will put in there,
00:29:44.35\00:29:46.72
and that's what I did.
I sent it to him and from
00:29:46.75\00:29:50.49
time to time he would
put them in and show them
00:29:50.52\00:29:52.79
and that is the
first time and from that it
00:29:52.82\00:29:56.73
began to grow and
began to take place.
00:29:56.76\00:29:59.96
That's what started
it. First when we did,
00:30:00.00\00:30:02.90
in which 3ABN was
involved and they came
00:30:05.03\00:30:08.57
and filmed it in all
was the one in Chicago
00:30:08.60\00:30:12.37
in 2000 that was wonderful
as far as I'm concerned
00:30:12.41\00:30:16.81
they did a fabulous
job and we appreciate
00:30:16.85\00:30:19.71
working with them
and I have no doubt
00:30:19.75\00:30:22.08
in my mind that my
ministry has benefited
00:30:22.12\00:30:28.69
tremendously from 3ABN, I
have no doubts about that.
00:30:28.72\00:30:33.33
I have no doubts
that Amazing Facts
00:30:33.36\00:30:37.73
got a report, even it
is written and some of them
00:30:39.57\00:30:45.11
have all grown and benefited
wonderfully from what 3ABN
00:30:45.14\00:30:51.31
has done for them.
When the Lord spoke to Danny
00:30:51.35\00:30:54.42
and told him to prepare
a station that would preach
00:30:54.45\00:30:59.22
the undiluted Three
Angels Message some that would
00:30:59.25\00:31:03.69
counteract to
counterfeit, it's clear
00:31:03.73\00:31:06.83
you know the purpose
must be to get the message out
00:31:06.86\00:31:11.43
that must be your purpose.
00:31:11.47\00:31:13.30
It's not for any other
reason, but to proclaim
00:31:13.34\00:31:18.41
the message of Jesus
Christ and prepare people
00:31:18.44\00:31:22.64
for the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.95
And I'm sure that as
they have faced in the past,
00:31:24.98\00:31:30.95
real struggles that
people trying really to stop him
00:31:30.99\00:31:35.59
or shut him down,
I'm sure they will face
00:31:35.62\00:31:38.59
more than you can, you
can't do that kind of thing
00:31:38.63\00:31:42.73
and not have the Devil
attack that's part of it.
00:31:42.76\00:31:45.93
So you learn to put everything
00:31:45.97\00:31:49.44
in Lord's hands, trust
him and let him handle it.
00:31:49.47\00:31:53.14
You and I just need
to be strong in our faith
00:31:53.17\00:31:57.65
and as 3ABN does that, as
you fulfill god's purpose.
00:31:57.68\00:32:03.12
I know that God has
been sold the instrumental
00:32:07.32\00:32:10.89
in the ministry but the
God uses people to get things
00:32:10.93\00:32:13.83
accomplish and
to get things going.
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.36
At many times that
were those of us who came in
00:32:15.40\00:32:17.93
who had no experience,
but God also brought in people
00:32:17.97\00:32:21.47
who did have
experience and had the ability
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.87
to have a vision and to see.
00:32:23.91\00:32:26.71
Yeah, this is where we are now,
00:32:26.74\00:32:28.48
but we need to be going here.
00:32:28.51\00:32:30.15
Things like these
downlink stations are starting
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.35
to pop up all over aren't they.
00:32:37.39\00:32:39.02
We are right getting our
handful on the lot of them
00:32:39.05\00:32:41.82
and there is a lot of
work that needs to be done
00:32:41.86\00:32:45.79
to reach the people.
It's important why do we need
00:32:45.83\00:32:48.60
downlink station?
Well lot of the people
00:32:48.63\00:32:50.20
that were trying to
reach have television sets
00:32:50.23\00:32:53.07
inside their home and
they don't know about 3ABN,
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.84
they are not
specifically looking for 3ABN
00:32:55.87\00:32:58.01
on satellite. And this
would give them an opportunity
00:32:58.04\00:33:02.04
to turn around on
their little television set
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.41
and stumble
across as we might say.
00:33:05.45\00:33:07.65
Larson was busy, maintaining
the station on the air
00:33:07.68\00:33:10.25
here I was hired
to be an engineer
00:33:10.29\00:33:12.29
and I was performing
a engineering duties,
00:33:12.32\00:33:14.89
when I came there
were only two TV stations
00:33:14.92\00:33:17.96
in a local here in
Johnson City and one in Salem.
00:33:17.99\00:33:21.33
Right after I got
here there was a window
00:33:21.36\00:33:24.53
of applications
would have to see.
00:33:24.57\00:33:26.87
So, I took an
advantage of that window
00:33:26.90\00:33:29.07
and I apply for
many, many TV stations
00:33:29.10\00:33:31.61
all over the U.S. They
were being granted left
00:33:31.64\00:33:35.01
and right and so he had
to put everything together
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.31
to get these
downlink stations on the air
00:33:38.35\00:33:40.48
and I personally have
been to many of those sites
00:33:40.52\00:33:43.32
and turned on many
of those transmitters,
00:33:43.35\00:33:45.19
and I remember lots of them,
00:33:45.22\00:33:46.79
I remember Jacksonville, Florida
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.16
and Sarasota,
Florida, I remember Asheville,
00:33:48.19\00:33:50.16
North Carolina, Tyler,
Texas, Lincoln, Nebraska.
00:33:50.19\00:33:54.13
I don't know
Green Bay Wisconsin,
00:33:54.20\00:33:55.83
and Berrien Springs in Michigan
00:33:55.86\00:33:58.13
and Grand Rapids Michigan
there was a lot of downlinks
00:33:58.17\00:34:00.30
in about seven or
eight years a bunch of them.
00:34:00.34\00:34:04.07
Moses was very fond
of putting transmitters
00:34:04.11\00:34:06.24
in buildings and
sometimes very tall buildings.
00:34:06.27\00:34:08.84
I remember Clarence
and I being out there
00:34:08.88\00:34:10.95
where you could
literally look over the edge
00:34:10.98\00:34:13.78
29 storey's down.
And we are out there
00:34:13.82\00:34:17.12
wrestling installing a
satellite dish to mount
00:34:17.15\00:34:20.72
to pick up the
signals so that we could be
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.72
re-transmitted on
the local airwaves.
00:34:22.76\00:34:24.39
And that was scary I
mean it was, it was cold
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.60
and the wind came
straight up that, that building
00:34:27.60\00:34:31.80
and it was so cold
and we are out there
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.64
and we prayed in all the
way Lord please don't let
00:34:33.67\00:34:36.57
the wind get a hold
to this dish because
00:34:36.60\00:34:38.11
we never see it again and
you now we were right down
00:34:38.14\00:34:41.11
in town, and who knows
what damage it will do.
00:34:41.14\00:34:44.41
What sticks with me today is,
00:34:44.45\00:34:45.85
I still remember a
lot of the local people
00:34:45.88\00:34:48.52
who came out to help us,
people who had no experience,
00:34:48.55\00:34:52.69
no background some of
them did, but lot of them
00:34:52.72\00:34:54.96
did not but they are
just willing to help,
00:34:54.99\00:34:56.79
to be a local contact
person for that transmitter
00:34:56.83\00:34:59.73
and to kind of take
responsibility for it,
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.76
you know, I mean
common what's 3ABN
00:35:02.80\00:35:05.23
about if it's not
about people you know.
00:35:05.27\00:35:06.97
God had this all in mind.
I know that God is very wise
00:35:07.00\00:35:12.97
and he does
things on his own time.
00:35:13.01\00:35:14.74
And God was waiting
for this baby to grow
00:35:14.78\00:35:20.12
a little bit and be able
to chew on stronger things
00:35:20.15\00:35:24.92
Danny said well. I had
the vision to take this all
00:35:24.95\00:35:28.29
around the world,
but I don't know how.
00:35:28.32\00:35:30.26
So I told him I
don't know how either,
00:35:30.29\00:35:32.49
but the Lord knows
and he will tell us how.
00:35:32.53\00:35:35.66
So, I started
research, I went to Danny and
00:35:35.70\00:35:39.30
said I think I found
that the way of doing is
00:35:39.33\00:35:42.97
convert from analog to digital.
00:35:43.00\00:35:44.91
Moses had a bunch of
new equipment brought in
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.54
and installed
over the old facility,
00:35:47.58\00:35:49.18
a dish that pointed
over the Atlantic Ocean.
00:35:49.21\00:35:52.41
You know that was
shooting to a satellite over
00:35:52.45\00:35:54.72
there and it was
taken off at satellite
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.55
and I'm gonna to had
this translation equipment
00:35:56.58\00:35:59.02
because there is
different methods of
00:35:59.05\00:36:00.72
TV transmission in Europe.
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.72
So, it was a digital signals.
00:36:03.06\00:36:04.99
They had all this
new equipment brought in
00:36:05.03\00:36:06.63
and they had to be
wired up and some of things
00:36:06.66\00:36:09.26
we were I really think
we were ran over our heads
00:36:09.30\00:36:11.53
but you know from
the human standpoint,
00:36:11.57\00:36:13.90
but the Lord was with
the ministry all the way
00:36:13.94\00:36:16.30
and you know
things got done, things
00:36:16.34\00:36:20.11
got accomplished
that by human standards,
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.11
probably could not
have you know could
00:36:22.14\00:36:24.05
not have been. 3,
2, 1 praise the Lord.
00:36:24.08\00:36:28.98
In 1996, we did the
first multi-language evangelism
00:36:35.69\00:36:43.40
series from here.
It was the first series
00:36:43.43\00:36:47.84
that was done in the
11 different languages
00:36:47.87\00:36:51.21
with the Mark Finley. It
was the first time in the whole
00:36:51.24\00:36:55.54
history of the
Seventh-Day Adventist church
00:36:55.58\00:36:58.95
to do an 11 different
languages and this was only
00:36:58.98\00:37:03.35
possible because of
the impact to the DVD
00:37:03.39\00:37:06.29
compression that it was
able to do worldwide campaign.
00:37:06.32\00:37:11.73
In 1997, they started to
use that technology for a
00:37:12.43\00:37:18.07
companies like for
instance Sky Angel and then
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.67
in 1998, we started
with Sky Angel broadcasting
00:37:20.70\00:37:25.01
also to small 18
inches alloy dishes.
00:37:25.04\00:37:28.04
Besides Sky Angel our
dish network and direct TV
00:37:28.78\00:37:32.25
and even what we
call a DTH direct to home
00:37:32.28\00:37:37.95
and other satellites that
were using this technology
00:37:37.99\00:37:43.43
not only here in the
U.S, but they were using this
00:37:43.46\00:37:47.30
in abroad and it was
just a matter of contacting
00:37:47.30\00:37:51.20
them and say look we
have this channel and is
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.80
already compressed all
that you have to do is put
00:37:53.84\00:37:56.10
on your platform. So I
think that was a tremendous
00:37:56.14\00:37:59.51
leap of viewership for 3ABN.
00:37:59.54\00:38:02.51
At long last Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
00:38:03.38\00:38:06.48
founded it signal
beginning to reach the world.
00:38:06.51\00:38:09.12
Fulfilling the vision given
to Danny Shelton years before.
00:38:09.15\00:38:12.69
We started to
broadcast a test period on a new
00:38:13.52\00:38:17.59
satellite called
Thaicom 3. You will see that the
00:38:17.63\00:38:21.36
footprint of the satellite
covers all the way from
00:38:21.40\00:38:23.87
Africa, all the ways to
Australia and New Zealand.
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.84
And then we finally
went from only one satellite
00:38:28.57\00:38:32.07
and we went to second
satellite and then we went
00:38:32.11\00:38:35.48
from only United States
base and we went all from
00:38:35.51\00:38:40.28
Africa all the way to
Australia with the one
00:38:40.32\00:38:44.09
satellite called Thaicom
at that time was Thaicom 3.
00:38:44.12\00:38:48.59
On June 28th 2000, the
impossible became a reality.
00:38:49.52\00:38:53.83
3ABN signal reached
the world. During the years
00:38:53.86\00:39:02.10
3ABN was expanding its
technical ability to reach
00:39:02.14\00:39:05.14
an ever growing audience,
through downlink stations
00:39:05.17\00:39:07.84
and satellites. The
networks ability to produce
00:39:07.88\00:39:10.98
programming and
meet the needs of callers
00:39:11.01\00:39:13.15
increased. More
property and the construction
00:39:13.18\00:39:16.55
of a new production
center and additional
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.95
buildings brought
new possibilities to the
00:39:18.99\00:39:21.66
growing network. In
1996, 3ABN moved into
00:39:21.69\00:39:26.39
its new facility. More
space was available to meet
00:39:26.43\00:39:29.93
the growing
volume of male orders and
00:39:29.96\00:39:31.90
correspondence. The
new production center
00:39:31.93\00:39:34.57
gave the network more
studios for program creation.
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.51
Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
00:39:37.54\00:39:39.94
was able to
expand into new avenues.
00:39:39.97\00:39:43.35
We trust God that he
will supply our needs and he
00:39:51.65\00:39:55.69
does. Then God trust us
to be good stores of this
00:39:55.89\00:39:59.59
funds that he
provides for us and as the need
00:39:59.69\00:40:04.27
comes in of course the
daily operations that goes
00:40:04.47\00:40:07.07
without saying, but
some times and Moses Primo
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.81
was the one that will
bring these things to our
00:40:10.87\00:40:12.74
attention. There will be
these whole people group.
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.04
This whole area of the
world that haven't heard that
00:40:15.14\00:40:18.85
the good news of Jesus
Christ and Moses will come
00:40:18.98\00:40:21.95
inside we got this incredible
opportunity to build a
00:40:22.05\00:40:24.92
radio station or a television
station someway to get
00:40:25.02\00:40:28.49
the message into that
area and how do you saying
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.43
out to that. It was a
project that in the beginning
00:40:31.56\00:40:37.53
was not very
well accepted, but the
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.50
Lord starts to put in
some different people's heart
00:40:39.53\00:40:42.57
that this is was a
project that had a need and it
00:40:43.07\00:40:48.14
had a acceptance. The
administration said that
00:40:48.31\00:40:52.05
yeah it maybe we can do
it. If its not gonna be a
00:40:52.15\00:40:55.08
new burden on the
3ABN's budget, if there is
00:40:56.22\00:40:59.79
donations for this
project and specific for that
00:40:59.92\00:41:03.09
maybe we can do it.
So just in few weeks we
00:41:03.36\00:41:07.13
had a control
room, we had a studio
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.53
and we had a signal
to put on satellite.
00:41:10.03\00:41:12.90
3ABN Radio got started
back in 1999 and then in
00:41:13.03\00:41:17.84
February of the year
2000 we went on the air.
00:41:17.91\00:41:20.51
We went to satellite.
3ABN realized that there was
00:41:20.98\00:41:23.71
a whole new
audience out there to reach.
00:41:23.75\00:41:25.78
With radio there people
who driving down the street,
00:41:26.25\00:41:29.15
there people at work,
working on the computers.
00:41:29.45\00:41:31.52
They turned the radio
on. They can listen on the
00:41:31.92\00:41:33.56
internet. It's just a
whole new way to get it.
00:41:33.76\00:41:36.52
They can now listen to
us by cell phones so there
00:41:37.26\00:41:39.43
had been a lot of, a
lot of changes and a lot of
00:41:39.66\00:41:43.03
growth in the
last number of years.
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.10
As far as the radio
production goes we have a
00:41:45.53\00:41:47.64
regular department
here that does I'm part of
00:41:47.77\00:41:49.84
the production
department and we have some
00:41:50.01\00:41:51.94
other people as well
that work on production and
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.41
what we do is we
will record say if
00:41:54.51\00:41:56.38
it's a local
program for 3ABN Radio.
00:41:56.48\00:41:58.61
We will put it together,
we will put an introduction
00:41:59.05\00:42:01.72
on it, we will put a
close on it and we will send it
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.12
to our system that
plays back our programs and
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.62
so far so we do that.
We take radio programs that
00:42:07.76\00:42:10.76
other people do as well
and put them on the air and
00:42:10.89\00:42:13.80
so we are extending
the reach of 3ABN through
00:42:13.83\00:42:16.97
the Radio Ministry
around the world and
00:42:17.83\00:42:20.17
exactly the
same way the TV does.
00:42:20.20\00:42:22.47
I don't think
anybody realize what
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.27
a passion Danny has
had for music since he was
00:42:26.34\00:42:29.08
a little boy and the
desire of having a recording
00:42:29.21\00:42:32.48
studio to the point
where he build on his own home
00:42:32.55\00:42:35.32
and then tried to build
one but put it off because
00:42:36.25\00:42:38.82
that wasn't God's
time. He did it again,
00:42:38.89\00:42:40.72
put it off because
it wasn't God's time.
00:42:41.22\00:42:42.59
And quite literally
quit pursuing until all
00:42:43.16\00:42:46.26
the sudden it was
the right time and when
00:42:46.29\00:42:47.76
God did it. I can't
tell you how that happened.
00:42:47.76\00:42:50.13
Where this is gonna
go, I mean who knew where
00:42:50.83\00:42:53.00
it was gonna go. The
3ABN Sound Center was
00:42:53.23\00:42:55.50
built as a audio
recording studio.
00:42:55.74\00:42:58.41
There is a State-of-the-Art
recording studio.
00:42:58.97\00:43:01.81
We are able to
basically do about anything that
00:43:02.24\00:43:05.11
anybody in the
ministry can do. That's we have
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.12
been blessed God has
built it. It was founded
00:43:07.15\00:43:10.42
initially. I think in
Danny's mind to be able to
00:43:10.65\00:43:13.69
produce the music so
that we would have 3ABN
00:43:13.86\00:43:16.62
CDs to the people to
listen to and be minister to and
00:43:17.13\00:43:20.53
also to help with the
music and the network that
00:43:20.56\00:43:22.86
needed to be to
needed to that, that was the
00:43:23.06\00:43:24.60
initial I think direction
as we begin to built it we
00:43:24.70\00:43:28.10
realized that there
are ministries out there,
00:43:28.27\00:43:30.37
Christian ministries
that make product and that
00:43:30.41\00:43:33.71
always able to go into
the industry with a huge
00:43:33.88\00:43:37.11
cost. I believe that we
are tiding out of them the
00:43:37.21\00:43:40.08
blessings that people
bring to the 3ABN to get the
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.15
message over the airwaves,
we were tiding back into
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.85
other ministries so that
it doesn't just stop here.
00:43:45.92\00:43:48.72
It goes into ministries,
music ministries all over the
00:43:48.89\00:43:51.89
world also that come
here and work and I just I
00:43:51.93\00:43:54.93
think that's really
what God is doing with it.
00:43:55.03\00:43:56.67
He is using us to bless
others as he blessed us.
00:43:56.73\00:43:59.60
I do believe the
miracles of Russia help to
00:44:00.87\00:44:03.74
pave the way for
3ABN Latino, but this is a
00:44:03.81\00:44:06.81
Faith Ministry. You
know we would rely upon the
00:44:06.94\00:44:08.68
Lord. I saw the need
for his Spanish channel and
00:44:08.84\00:44:10.75
I said Lord if it is your
will for a Spanish channel
00:44:10.81\00:44:14.55
to start at 3ABN
impress Danny. Danny blinked
00:44:14.68\00:44:17.85
once and said well
let's do it. I said I wasn't
00:44:18.09\00:44:24.06
really prepared for
that. So, I said to myself did
00:44:24.09\00:44:27.60
he say let's do it. It
was another miracle to me
00:44:27.86\00:44:31.50
to see that 3ABN taking
another step of faith to,
00:44:32.07\00:44:36.17
to start a Spanish
channel and miracles after
00:44:36.67\00:44:41.88
miracle after miracle
happened and 3ABN Latino
00:44:41.91\00:44:44.35
went on the air in the
year 2003 and since then
00:44:44.45\00:44:48.45
the Lord has shown
his mighty hand and 3ABN
00:44:48.88\00:44:51.92
Latino has grown
incredibly fast and we are now
00:44:51.99\00:44:54.49
on over about 800
cable companies and couple of
00:44:54.52\00:44:58.23
channels re-broadcasting
our signal and as
00:44:58.39\00:45:02.16
somehow the Lord
draws the people to the
00:45:02.23\00:45:05.30
channel. People changing
channels and you know the
00:45:05.33\00:45:08.54
Lord leads them to the
channel. Well, the greatest
00:45:08.57\00:45:12.91
resource that we
have here at 3ABN in my
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.28
opinion are the
employees. God has graced this
00:45:15.31\00:45:19.38
ministry gifted this
ministry with men and women
00:45:19.48\00:45:22.42
from all over the world
we say it like this from
00:45:22.62\00:45:25.32
around the world, from
across the United States
00:45:25.35\00:45:28.32
and even next door. God
had sent people into this
00:45:28.49\00:45:30.83
ministry that are
gifted and talented to do
00:45:30.99\00:45:36.00
some of the most
incredible things we honestly
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.50
with the small
workforce that we have are able
00:45:38.70\00:45:42.07
to accomplish more
than, then so we are told
00:45:42.27\00:45:45.94
in some of
organizations that have three
00:45:46.41\00:45:49.71
times the number of
employees they don't put
00:45:49.74\00:45:51.78
out as much production
as we do here at 3ABN.
00:45:51.88\00:45:56.58
There are 17 departments
and its everything from
00:46:01.36\00:46:06.19
housekeeping to
administration and everything
00:46:06.53\00:46:09.86
in between in taping
a program production.
00:46:09.96\00:46:12.67
We will tape the
program, but before the
00:46:13.40\00:46:15.10
taping takes place in
a program the first that
00:46:15.20\00:46:18.77
was program
development than someone they
00:46:18.81\00:46:21.84
have turn around his
group had to construct
00:46:22.04\00:46:24.45
the set before you can
tape on it either that or
00:46:25.48\00:46:28.62
graphics had to design
a virtual set. So every
00:46:28.75\00:46:32.59
time you see a
program so much went into that
00:46:32.62\00:46:36.32
program before the
actual taping and once its
00:46:36.73\00:46:39.09
taped it has to go to
editing and then from editing
00:46:39.13\00:46:42.73
it has to go down to
programming. Programming
00:46:42.93\00:46:45.83
then ingested and its in
master control, then master
00:46:45.87\00:46:49.10
control puts it out
our here. Then our viewers
00:46:49.17\00:46:52.04
get to see it. There is
really two ways we create
00:46:52.11\00:46:56.31
series in a program
development department.
00:46:56.48\00:46:58.78
One is that we make
buying someone who has a
00:46:59.41\00:47:02.58
great message or
something to share with the
00:47:02.62\00:47:05.29
world and we develop
a program around that
00:47:05.32\00:47:08.72
host other times
we develop a program,
00:47:08.86\00:47:12.19
idea we get the
concept and then we develop
00:47:13.26\00:47:16.26
the program and
invite hosts at the
00:47:16.30\00:47:19.73
incubation program, will
develop the look and feel
00:47:19.87\00:47:23.34
of the program designing
the set. Working on the
00:47:23.44\00:47:27.64
development of
the set the colors,
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.74
the graphic animations,
the opening and closing
00:47:30.48\00:47:34.32
and then we put it all to
music it's a long process,
00:47:34.82\00:47:38.52
but we work with a
host to develop the content
00:47:38.59\00:47:41.12
and its an exciting
process. Production I think we
00:47:41.59\00:47:50.20
think ourselves as a sort
of a cake bakers, a lot of
00:47:50.33\00:47:53.64
ingredients are
put together to get a
00:47:53.77\00:47:56.74
final product and
that's what we do.
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.54
Our department is
large, it includes four
00:47:58.74\00:48:01.64
working studios. A
production truck which is
00:48:01.68\00:48:04.71
sort of a mobile studio,
00:48:04.75\00:48:06.08
editing is part of production.
00:48:06.11\00:48:07.98
What the person
sees, what they are
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.32
watching on TV
comes from our department.
00:48:10.35\00:48:12.55
How it is shot,
how it is edited,
00:48:12.59\00:48:14.52
it opens and
closes. What they see
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.13
is a function of the
production department.
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.23
If you take a
show like today's show,
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.06
like our today's
show, it's a flagship show
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.30
of the station. A
number of things happened
00:48:23.33\00:48:25.63
in what we called pre-production
00:48:25.67\00:48:27.54
than house
production and post production.
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.50
In pre-production, we
are talking with the guests,
00:48:29.54\00:48:31.14
we are finding out
what their burden is,
00:48:31.17\00:48:32.91
we are finding out
what their ministry is,
00:48:32.94\00:48:34.54
how we can
highlight that ministry,
00:48:34.58\00:48:36.14
how we can assist
them in showcasing
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.98
what they do, it's a
personal testimony or ministry.
00:48:39.01\00:48:42.18
We feel our job is
to make them shine.
00:48:42.22\00:48:45.35
The less people see
of us than more than
00:48:45.39\00:48:47.62
see of the guests
that's good for us.
00:48:47.66\00:48:50.46
In the production
end, there is a director,
00:48:50.49\00:48:54.83
a producer, video
graphics individual
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.87
and of course
camera people and all of
00:48:57.90\00:49:00.04
these individuals work
together to make a show.
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.70
The director
actually handles this board
00:49:02.74\00:49:05.84
that you see behind me.
00:49:05.87\00:49:07.38
There are we say
calling the shocks as a robot.
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.84
Each camera is a shot,
there are four cameras,
00:49:09.88\00:49:12.25
sometimes five. The
director actually pushes
00:49:12.28\00:49:14.85
the buttons, which
determines what the
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.62
person at home is
seeing. He works in concert
00:49:16.65\00:49:19.19
with the producer
who is the shopper.
00:49:19.22\00:49:23.09
He is the person
that gets everybody
00:49:23.12\00:49:24.73
together, he is a
person that kind of
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.49
determines the
angle that the show is
00:49:26.53\00:49:29.40
gonna be coming
from what's gonna be
00:49:29.43\00:49:32.33
focused on, what's
gonna be emphasized
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.20
or de-emphasized, so
the director and producer
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.81
work very, very
closely. The video graphics
00:49:37.84\00:49:40.31
person is also very
very important because
00:49:40.34\00:49:43.51
somebody is got to
determine what the show is
00:49:43.55\00:49:46.08
gonna look like as far
as are they gonna be name
00:49:46.11\00:49:49.15
supers that we gonna
identify who this person is,
00:49:49.18\00:49:50.99
if they have pictures
or video that will help
00:49:51.02\00:49:53.59
augment the story and
a video graphics person
00:49:53.62\00:49:57.33
puts all of that together.
00:49:57.36\00:49:58.73
Then we got a floor
director, we've got camera
00:49:59.13\00:50:00.66
people, we've
got a jib operator,
00:50:00.70\00:50:02.26
which is at long arm
that has a camera on the
00:50:02.30\00:50:04.97
end. All of these
things go behind the scenes
00:50:05.00\00:50:07.40
to make up a particular
show and then last but
00:50:07.47\00:50:11.37
not least of course is
editing, cutting out bad
00:50:11.41\00:50:15.38
things, putting in good
things and our show maybe
00:50:15.41\00:50:19.98
20 hours in the
making when we put together
00:50:20.28\00:50:22.32
the main hours for all of
these different individuals
00:50:22.42\00:50:25.45
and the different
pieces of input. One day,
00:50:25.49\00:50:28.49
I went to Danny and I
said Danny will you really
00:50:28.62\00:50:31.09
need a remote
trunk and he said what do
00:50:31.23\00:50:33.76
you mean a mobile
truck I said yeah everything
00:50:33.80\00:50:37.17
that we have in the
studio, we can put in a
00:50:37.20\00:50:38.97
truck in the four
wheels and that we can take
00:50:39.10\00:50:40.97
anywhere and Danny
started to mention that
00:50:41.20\00:50:44.61
on the air. The people
started to donate money
00:50:44.81\00:50:47.91
towards this mobile
truck that there was just a
00:50:48.08\00:50:51.15
dream in our minds and
finally in 1998 we started
00:50:51.38\00:50:57.35
to purchase the
equipment it took us a longtime
00:50:57.52\00:51:00.39
it was actually almost
a year to build to this
00:51:00.56\00:51:04.06
truck, it turn out to
be a very good truck that
00:51:04.23\00:51:06.90
we are still using
today it has been what 12
00:51:07.03\00:51:10.23
years since. Another
need that came later on
00:51:10.37\00:51:14.44
because people want
to do live and I said
00:51:14.94\00:51:17.11
while to do live we
need to have a satellite dish
00:51:17.17\00:51:20.14
and in order to do
that we could do either with
00:51:20.84\00:51:23.81
the fly wave or we
could actually put permanent
00:51:23.85\00:51:26.51
installation to the
truck and just drive the
00:51:26.55\00:51:28.12
truck to the location,
so we decide to do that
00:51:28.25\00:51:30.85
because it was more
cost effective and we build
00:51:31.09\00:51:34.46
this in the small truck
and has a satellite dish on
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.09
top and we can just
point to the satellite dish
00:51:37.23\00:51:39.59
every time when we
go to different location
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.03
and we can do a live
transmission from any where
00:51:42.50\00:51:44.70
in US. On the road
productions really if I can
00:51:44.80\00:51:51.81
use the term up the
anti because everything
00:51:51.91\00:51:54.34
that happens in the
studio happens in a smaller,
00:51:54.41\00:51:57.88
quicker,
condensed sense on the road.
00:51:58.38\00:52:00.85
Since most of our on
the road material is live,
00:52:01.52\00:52:03.92
there is very little
room for air. Our on the road
00:52:04.75\00:52:08.59
crew is a great
group of guys and girls,
00:52:08.72\00:52:11.49
men and women who
have worked together for
00:52:11.53\00:52:13.66
number of years and
they developed sort of a
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.46
rhythm working
together since you are live,
00:52:15.80\00:52:19.03
you don't want
mistakes because all of your
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.60
mistakes the world
sees your mistakes.
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.81
So, we want to cut
down on mistakes by
00:52:24.27\00:52:25.84
being very efficient
knowing what we were doing
00:52:26.64\00:52:29.31
and helping our
guests to be very comfortable
00:52:29.81\00:52:31.88
a big part of what we
do in production is to
00:52:32.08\00:52:34.15
make the guest
comfortable enough so that they
00:52:34.18\00:52:36.85
again they shine so
that what they have to say is
00:52:37.52\00:52:40.92
transfer to the heart
and the mind of viewer.
00:52:41.12\00:52:43.43
The focus of course
is Jesus Christ in the
00:52:49.70\00:52:52.97
amazing way that he
has done thinks that just
00:52:53.00\00:52:58.97
were miraculous to
bring this ministry about
00:52:59.27\00:53:02.31
and they keep it to
float and our people must
00:53:02.74\00:53:05.65
understand that we
are completely and totally
00:53:05.71\00:53:07.98
depended upon them.
We have absolutely no
00:53:08.18\00:53:11.05
Church support,
denominational support
00:53:11.12\00:53:13.22
financially we do not.
So, I remember the first
00:53:13.36\00:53:15.92
time I saw Danny
Shelton, I met with him with
00:53:16.02\00:53:18.49
Dr. Lee brought Danny
to Keene, Texas and he
00:53:18.63\00:53:22.33
came to our
fellowship Sabbath school,
00:53:22.40\00:53:24.30
which was a large
Sabbath school group and
00:53:24.87\00:53:27.44
Melody was with
him and they sang
00:53:27.47\00:53:29.00
and then they
talked they told us about
00:53:29.04\00:53:31.04
the dream and
when he told us about
00:53:31.07\00:53:33.44
that dream I became so excited
00:53:33.48\00:53:36.48
and the amazing
thing it was it almost
00:53:36.51\00:53:39.41
like kidding out here in
Illinois with out any type
00:53:39.45\00:53:43.65
of opposition because
people were so far away
00:53:43.69\00:53:46.65
that they, they
couldn't really tell Danny not
00:53:46.69\00:53:49.19
to do it, he did
it and I praise God
00:53:49.22\00:53:53.06
for the fact that
this ministry began,
00:53:53.09\00:53:55.40
this is God's
ministry. Danny is the first
00:53:55.43\00:53:57.80
one I will tell you
that, this is his ministry,
00:53:57.83\00:54:00.64
but he reached down
and he choose a young man
00:54:00.67\00:54:03.84
at that time who is
still young and he choose
00:54:03.87\00:54:07.51
a young man who
wouldn't be stopped
00:54:07.54\00:54:09.81
who would keep going no matter
00:54:09.84\00:54:13.38
what who would
go against the odds
00:54:13.42\00:54:15.72
because he felt so deeply that
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.45
God had given him this
command to build the station
00:54:17.49\00:54:21.86
and as a result this
ministry exist and goes around
00:54:22.62\00:54:27.10
the world. I believe
the Lord wants this ministry
00:54:27.13\00:54:29.33
to be strong
right up until the time
00:54:29.36\00:54:31.30
when he comes back
and the clowns of glory
00:54:31.33\00:54:33.70
and I believe that,
that he is gonna use
00:54:33.74\00:54:37.21
this ministry in even
a greater more powerful
00:54:37.24\00:54:40.88
way then he is
ever used it before.
00:54:40.91\00:54:43.61
It's amazing to
me to see how God
00:54:47.95\00:54:50.52
has taken us from the conception
00:54:50.55\00:54:54.42
of this ministry and
now he has had us fulfill
00:54:54.46\00:55:00.53
his mission of go
all around the world
00:55:00.56\00:55:02.56
there is no place in
earth that you can go
00:55:02.60\00:55:04.87
that you cannot watch 3ABN,
00:55:04.90\00:55:08.10
so this is amazing
what God has done to fulfill
00:55:08.14\00:55:10.71
his mission of
getting this 3 Angels Message
00:55:10.74\00:55:13.41
all around the world.
00:55:13.44\00:55:15.04
If you wanna say your
life is good for something
00:55:20.75\00:55:23.39
then this is one
I can name back on
00:55:23.42\00:55:28.19
and say it was
good that I was here.
00:55:28.22\00:55:31.36
Starting of the
ministry in Russia,
00:55:31.39\00:55:34.46
going to Russia
to preach it was 3ABN
00:55:34.46\00:55:37.43
that came and stood
by my side nobody else.
00:55:37.47\00:55:40.74
When I first came to
3ABN I was a broken person
00:55:40.77\00:55:46.24
and 3ABN rescued
me, not only did I find
00:55:46.27\00:55:52.38
a loving family in the
workforce here at 3ABN,
00:55:52.41\00:55:56.79
but I started
attempting the local
00:55:56.82\00:55:59.85
Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
00:55:59.89\00:56:01.72
If you chose 3ABN
as a positive one,
00:56:06.73\00:56:09.10
3ABN will be on the air,
will be a mouth piece for God.
00:56:09.13\00:56:13.23
God will continue
to supply every need
00:56:13.27\00:56:15.47
as long as the
programming that's put out
00:56:15.50\00:56:19.54
by 3ABN brings on glory to God.
00:56:19.57\00:56:22.44
I believe the day
that we compromise,
00:56:22.48\00:56:24.98
the day that we dilute
there is a reason the Lord
00:56:25.01\00:56:27.35
impressed me 25
years ago a station
00:56:27.38\00:56:30.02
that will
counteract, the counterfeit,
00:56:30.05\00:56:32.09
there were many
counterfeits out there
00:56:32.12\00:56:34.19
as long as 3ABN is
holding fast to the pillars
00:56:34.22\00:56:37.99
of our faith to the
Bible to the word of God
00:56:38.03\00:56:40.43
and giving the
message in an undiluted way
00:56:40.46\00:56:43.73
straight forward,
straight from the word of God,
00:56:43.77\00:56:46.90
God will continue to bless it.
00:56:46.94\00:56:48.57
I want you to build a
television station that will
00:56:48.60\00:56:51.41
reach the world
with an undiluted
00:56:51.44\00:56:53.71
3 Angels Message is
one that would counteract.
00:56:53.74\00:56:56.18
Three Angels
Broadcasting Network,
00:56:56.21\00:56:58.31
thank you for joining
us today we should have
00:56:58.35\00:57:00.95
an exciting program for you.
00:57:00.98\00:57:02.62
I am speaking the
words that don't happened,
00:57:02.65\00:57:05.55
it's almost like
I am checking myself
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and said could
this really happen.
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