Welcome back to mending broken
00:00:01.98\00:00:03.61
people. The 3ABN miracle story.
00:00:03.73\00:00:06.50
The construction
continued on what had only
00:00:16.68\00:00:18.96
been a dream. The
Lord blessed the hard work
00:00:19.02\00:00:21.98
at the new Three
Angels Broadcasting network.
00:00:22.08\00:00:24.37
With a gravel road
in place Danny and Kenny
00:00:24.93\00:00:27.46
Shelton took
another giant step of faith.
00:00:27.55\00:00:30.08
So, we went to build
a building and we didn't
00:00:30.69\00:00:33.73
know how big to
build, we didn't know what a
00:00:33.81\00:00:35.33
building we needed, so
we go to built a building.
00:00:35.50\00:00:37.75
My brother has one
end of a tape, we have a
00:00:38.41\00:00:40.26
150 foot tape. So, we
said well trusses can only
00:00:40.37\00:00:43.43
go, I think its 70 or
80 feet at the time 70 feet
00:00:43.69\00:00:46.87
wood trusses. You know
free standing without post,
00:00:47.18\00:00:49.78
so we decided okay we'll
go that distance if it's 70
00:00:50.10\00:00:52.79
feet or whatever it
was. And so that's a width
00:00:52.84\00:00:55.11
we'll make it, so I said
well how long you think we
00:00:55.20\00:00:57.19
need Kenny, I don't
know? We stuck some posts in
00:00:57.32\00:00:59.45
the ground, so I went
walking and I went down
00:00:59.59\00:01:01.71
about 60, 70 feet
to make a rectangular,
00:01:01.79\00:01:04.68
I said how's that looking,
he said well that's fine,
00:01:04.71\00:01:06.53
so I said do you like
that, he suggested I walked
00:01:07.04\00:01:08.89
a little further. I
ended up going a 100 feet;
00:01:08.92\00:01:11.21
I said do you like that
and he said oh I'm really
00:01:11.41\00:01:13.16
liking that, so I said if
you like this I bet you love
00:01:13.33\00:01:15.86
this, so I went out about
a 120 feet. I said how you
00:01:15.91\00:01:19.51
like it? He just from
the other end, his thumbs up,
00:01:19.56\00:01:21.96
I said oh let's just if
we're gonna be a grizzly,
00:01:22.01\00:01:24.49
that's be you know
going to be a bear,
00:01:24.52\00:01:26.26
lets be a grizzly. You
know, so I went out the tape
00:01:26.34\00:01:28.76
as far as we can
ago, it's about hundred;
00:01:28.95\00:01:30.10
I think it's 150 feet or
160. So, I said do you like
00:01:30.30\00:01:33.06
this, he said I love
it. That tape measure just
00:01:33.13\00:01:35.76
kept growing and,
growing and expanding and
00:01:35.79\00:01:38.33
you know the more, it
seemed like the more you
00:01:38.82\00:01:40.10
step out in faith for
God, the more that he enables
00:01:40.19\00:01:43.25
you to just take another
step. But you realize the
00:01:43.28\00:01:45.66
first little bit taped
out, couldn't afford that,
00:01:45.75\00:01:48.43
there is no way you can
build that you know within
00:01:48.98\00:01:50.87
ourselves but all of a
sudden we're getting bigger
00:01:50.97\00:01:53.09
and bigger and bigger
and both of us are saying
00:01:53.19\00:01:55.50
God can do it. You
know a lot of times we step
00:01:55.98\00:01:58.48
in the water and we
take baby steps now.
00:01:58.80\00:02:01.47
When we live in a time
where God requires us to
00:02:02.19\00:02:05.43
take giant leaps of
faith. And so it took faith,
00:02:05.46\00:02:09.65
faith that maybe he didn't
realize, I didn't realized
00:02:10.49\00:02:12.46
at the time but we
said, yes this is it,
00:02:12.49\00:02:14.57
stretch that tape out
and then lets stretch it
00:02:15.21\00:02:16.88
again. So, stretched out
the tape then stretched it
00:02:17.03\00:02:19.72
a little bit further in
faith, believing that God
00:02:19.75\00:02:21.82
can do it and God did
exactly. He did according to
00:02:22.00\00:02:25.46
our faith, I believe we'd
stretch it another 100 feet
00:02:25.61\00:02:28.49
or another 50 feet, he
would have done it too.
00:02:28.52\00:02:31.55
I really do because God
was doing awesome things
00:02:31.69\00:02:33.65
and he continues to do
those things. We put the
00:02:33.68\00:02:35.79
corners in it, next day
we were building digging
00:02:35.82\00:02:39.15
footings, that's the
size of the building then we
00:02:39.23\00:02:41.28
decided, I used to do
floor plans and all that so
00:02:41.31\00:02:43.67
little scales you know
drums so then we go home
00:02:43.96\00:02:45.88
at night and draw up
the plans and how it fits on
00:02:45.97\00:02:48.44
the inside, that's the
way we built the thing,
00:02:48.50\00:02:50.63
we didn't have an
architect, we didn't have plans
00:02:50.72\00:02:52.85
ahead of time. We just
dug it, took it get one
00:02:52.88\00:02:55.09
step at a time, the
old song says one day at a
00:02:55.15\00:02:57.54
time. So, on this we say
well let's dig the footing,
00:02:57.62\00:03:00.52
God supplied everything
so far, he is not gonna let
00:03:00.83\00:03:03.51
this thing just fill
up with water, he's gonna
00:03:03.54\00:03:05.51
provide the money
for the concrete but we
00:03:05.55\00:03:07.59
didn't have time to go
out, we didn't want to go
00:03:07.62\00:03:09.31
beg, we just were
busy working literally both
00:03:09.53\00:03:11.98
of us out doing our
work. So, we pray about it,
00:03:12.01\00:03:15.10
go home my phone
rings, a lady says my name is
00:03:15.51\00:03:18.25
Rosella McColpin and
we're from Collegedale,
00:03:18.35\00:03:21.70
Tennessee, Chattanooga
area and we were going
00:03:21.73\00:03:24.71
up to Wisconsin on a
little mission project my
00:03:24.85\00:03:28.00
husband and I, he was
77 and I think she is 75.
00:03:28.03\00:03:31.50
And said we were going
up through Illinois and we
00:03:32.08\00:03:33.67
heard that you are
building this station,
00:03:33.79\00:03:36.21
television,
Christian station, I said yes.
00:03:36.33\00:03:38.18
And she goes can
we stop by and see
00:03:38.52\00:03:39.81
what's you're
doing? I said sure.
00:03:40.01\00:03:41.14
I did read a little two
paragraph article perhaps
00:03:41.64\00:03:46.57
several months before
and so when I met this
00:03:46.70\00:03:51.87
friend coming out of
the post office she had a
00:03:51.98\00:03:53.90
tape of Melody, your
daughter's tape and she was
00:03:53.97\00:03:58.35
excited because she
was going to go home play
00:03:58.39\00:04:00.15
this tape. We had
made some contact with your
00:04:00.18\00:04:02.66
folks and got a little
bit interest, so I said to my
00:04:02.78\00:04:06.49
husband, I said why
can't we, we planned to be
00:04:06.55\00:04:09.02
away a few weeks
anyway, what's the difference
00:04:09.10\00:04:11.08
now if we take off and
go up and see what he's
00:04:11.11\00:04:13.59
doing up there that
Three Angels Broadcasting
00:04:13.62\00:04:15.75
thing. So, about a day
or two later here these
00:04:15.84\00:04:18.61
folks came knocking
on our door, so we took
00:04:18.75\00:04:20.62
them out, showed
them the property, showed
00:04:20.75\00:04:23.28
them the drive way we
had so far, now we had
00:04:23.32\00:04:25.46
this footings that we
were digging it weren't
00:04:25.88\00:04:27.71
quite finished, but we
were about to finish each
00:04:27.81\00:04:30.53
day, we prayed dear
Lord, you know it's your
00:04:30.57\00:04:33.55
project, you have
to provide every need.
00:04:33.68\00:04:35.79
So, we're there, these
folks come out and they
00:04:35.99\00:04:38.76
were in a station
wagon, and they were just
00:04:38.79\00:04:41.61
sitting there, they had
laid their tailgate down
00:04:41.75\00:04:43.91
and set watches and
as we were digging and
00:04:44.22\00:04:46.34
forming up the footings
and putting stakes in and
00:04:47.08\00:04:49.13
you have to put the
stakes in, and then to
00:04:49.20\00:04:51.34
level up you know to,
with the transit to make
00:04:51.37\00:04:53.67
sure when you pour the
concrete it's all gonna be
00:04:53.74\00:04:55.88
the footings, gonna be
leveled. So, they were just
00:04:55.95\00:04:57.77
watching us, it's very
boring to watch that part of
00:04:57.85\00:05:00.28
construction, it's not
like you're lifting walls,
00:05:00.31\00:05:02.47
you know putting in
windows and doors and all
00:05:02.90\00:05:04.86
of this, very boring.
They sat for hours and so
00:05:04.94\00:05:08.87
then they said well we
want to stay all night,
00:05:09.03\00:05:10.24
can we stay all
night? I said, sure.
00:05:10.35\00:05:11.85
So my brother said
well I have got an extra bed
00:05:12.00\00:05:13.72
room stay at our
house. We didn't know the
00:05:13.84\00:05:15.53
folk. So, first day they
were there, come noon time
00:05:15.56\00:05:19.50
we're hungry. So, I say
to them, hey so I said my
00:05:19.53\00:05:23.37
brother maybe we
should go and eat we'll take
00:05:23.49\00:05:25.66
them into Bonanza there
in Benton and I think it's
00:05:25.74\00:05:27.87
four or five dollars,
you know all you can eat
00:05:28.07\00:05:30.13
buffet. So, I said hey
would you guys like to go
00:05:30.33\00:05:32.79
into Bonanza, Benton.
I said we will buy your
00:05:32.84\00:05:35.34
lunch and they
said, you mean you eat at
00:05:35.47\00:05:38.46
restaurants? I
said oh yeah sometimes,
00:05:38.63\00:05:40.64
you know you travel
they said oh no we don't
00:05:40.67\00:05:43.11
waste our money on
food and restaurants and I
00:05:43.20\00:05:45.07
said you don't? What
do you when you travel?
00:05:45.10\00:05:47.29
Oh well, we will bring
our own food, and I said
00:05:47.51\00:05:49.75
but you leave from
home, you go to Wisconsin and
00:05:49.96\00:05:52.04
you're able to have
food, summer, you know fall.
00:05:52.14\00:05:54.66
And it's warm weather,
they said oh yeah we got
00:05:55.06\00:05:57.95
food, said tell you what
we don't wanna waste any,
00:05:58.11\00:06:00.32
go all the way to
Benton that's eight or nine
00:06:00.35\00:06:02.24
miles why waste gas?
Why don't you just eat
00:06:02.55\00:06:04.78
with us? They said. I
said wow well and you know,
00:06:04.89\00:06:07.26
I don't know, they
said yeah come on over here,
00:06:07.41\00:06:09.51
so we go to the car.
They had a, what we call
00:06:09.55\00:06:11.83
Muskmelon, you know
and it was about this big
00:06:11.96\00:06:14.61
around and probably it
was good a week before,
00:06:14.65\00:06:17.04
but right now it looked
just a little overly soft for
00:06:17.69\00:06:20.53
me and they pulled out
a can of green beans and
00:06:20.56\00:06:24.32
had a can opener,
opened it up, green beans and
00:06:24.41\00:06:27.40
they had a loaf of
bread. And they said,
00:06:27.43\00:06:30.18
the guy said here look
just share this with us,
00:06:30.43\00:06:32.71
where could you get a
better meal than this,
00:06:32.77\00:06:34.30
and my mind said
Bonanza, you know McDonald's
00:06:34.85\00:06:38.24
anywhere, you know
because I was shocked you
00:06:38.32\00:06:40.52
know they said oh
no, we don't waste money.
00:06:40.55\00:06:42.31
And they were so
frugal with their money.
00:06:43.02\00:06:44.78
We were digging, I went
down the back on digging
00:06:45.03\00:06:47.10
some footings like four
feet deep and I'll never
00:06:47.26\00:06:49.49
forget what this man
said. He came up and I'm
00:06:49.70\00:06:52.88
sure I was told you
like, this man didn't have
00:06:52.93\00:06:55.10
two nickels rubbed
together but you know it was
00:06:55.16\00:06:57.24
another man, so we
started to talk to me,
00:06:57.27\00:06:58.80
he got out. And
you looked and he said,
00:06:58.83\00:07:00.15
have you got money to
fill all these footings up
00:07:00.31\00:07:02.99
because we were doing
the post and all we wanted
00:07:03.13\00:07:04.72
to set them like four
feet of concrete and I said,
00:07:04.79\00:07:07.34
no don't have the
money. He said you know it's
00:07:08.31\00:07:10.84
gonna rain a day or
so, I said well that a risk
00:07:10.87\00:07:12.94
go ahead, we were
going. He said well, you don't
00:07:13.05\00:07:15.15
have the money
to put concrete in,
00:07:15.18\00:07:16.58
and we said no we
don't right now but when
00:07:16.74\00:07:18.04
we're finished we
will. He said yeah, right,
00:07:18.07\00:07:20.59
he said if you don't
have money to put the
00:07:20.71\00:07:21.94
concrete in here, he said
it's gonna fill up with water
00:07:22.13\00:07:24.00
and you gonna swim in
it. At the end of the several
00:07:24.10\00:07:26.83
days, I say its
several days I knew they didn't
00:07:26.86\00:07:29.03
have any money their
car was old, they didn't
00:07:29.13\00:07:31.75
you know, they
didn't spend money on their
00:07:31.78\00:07:33.36
clothes very much,
they were nice people,
00:07:33.51\00:07:35.63
they were clean, but I
said these folk don't have
00:07:35.85\00:07:38.43
money, they said can
we meet with you before
00:07:38.49\00:07:40.49
we leave and we said
sure. So, they come over
00:07:41.04\00:07:43.74
to my brother's house,
so we went to meet with
00:07:43.85\00:07:45.36
them and they said
we've been, the lady said,
00:07:45.39\00:07:48.01
the man said I was
so impressed with what
00:07:48.70\00:07:50.33
you're doing and that
the Lord impressed me to
00:07:50.36\00:07:53.03
leave you a check for
$25000. Well, our jaws
00:07:53.54\00:07:56.62
were like, you know
just dropped opened and
00:07:56.68\00:07:59.42
I said 25000 before
that could get out she goes
00:07:59.45\00:08:02.31
well yeah and, and,
and I want to be part of
00:08:02.63\00:08:04.91
it too, so the
Lord's impress me to give
00:08:04.99\00:08:06.51
$25000. They left us
$50000 which would be enough
00:08:06.68\00:08:11.59
to get this thing
shelled up out of the rain no I
00:08:11.73\00:08:14.64
didn't do the concrete
inside, didn't do the walls,
00:08:14.71\00:08:17.48
didn't do the electrical,
but got us where we could
00:08:17.56\00:08:19.54
work through the
winter. And so $50000,
00:08:19.57\00:08:22.85
we are amazed at
that, these folks don't have
00:08:23.13\00:08:25.14
any money what I
found out later, which was
00:08:25.21\00:08:27.61
so incredible, the
folks did not have the money,
00:08:27.67\00:08:30.38
they said hold those
checks for about three or
00:08:30.50\00:08:32.38
four days, hold them,
don't spend them for three or
00:08:32.44\00:08:35.24
four days, we said
okay. We waited three,
00:08:35.34\00:08:37.80
four days I mean
whatever time they told us
00:08:37.83\00:08:39.80
call the bank are
these checks any good?
00:08:39.95\00:08:42.02
We didn't know what
to expect, yeah they're
00:08:42.13\00:08:43.77
fine, we cashed them
immediately. Six months later
00:08:43.81\00:08:47.41
they came up and said
you know, when we and the
00:08:47.52\00:08:50.00
building was much
further advanced by then they
00:08:50.03\00:08:51.88
said when we gave
you the $50000 we didn't
00:08:52.11\00:08:55.31
have any money. We
went home and mortgaged our
00:08:55.34\00:08:57.64
farm, we borrowed
$50000. Now, these are retired
00:08:57.75\00:09:01.70
people in their
70s, pushing close to 80.
00:09:01.87\00:09:05.74
We didn't have any
money but he said I bought
00:09:06.22\00:09:08.45
some property and I buy
and sell property with a
00:09:08.53\00:09:12.50
friend of mine and Bill
Hulsey is one who is now
00:09:12.54\00:09:14.79
one of our board
members and we buy and sell
00:09:14.93\00:09:16.87
property and he said
you know what I went home
00:09:16.93\00:09:19.16
borrowed the money
against our house for this
00:09:19.71\00:09:22.15
property and within six
months the Lord profited
00:09:22.33\00:09:25.60
me $50000 on property
I had bought and sold.
00:09:25.68\00:09:30.91
And made the profits;
the Lord gave him back
00:09:31.26\00:09:33.61
every penny of that
$50000 that he gave us.
00:09:33.84\00:09:37.11
I mean all you can
say that's a two hander;
00:09:37.73\00:09:39.19
you know it's praise
the Lord. We didn't know
00:09:39.30\00:09:42.26
what we were gonna
do and you all handed us
00:09:42.31\00:09:44.53
two checks and we
pretty well could have just
00:09:44.64\00:09:47.10
fell over and passed
out. You handed us two
00:09:47.16\00:09:49.98
checks for $25000 a
piece or a total a $50000
00:09:50.12\00:09:54.51
which was what we
needed to shield this and to
00:09:54.55\00:09:56.78
take care of these
other equipment. And we were
00:09:56.88\00:10:00.72
so totally amazed,
we gave the 25 one day
00:10:00.75\00:10:04.23
and the next another
day. Yeah, and which surprised
00:10:04.27\00:10:07.48
our own selves that
we made up our mind to do
00:10:07.51\00:10:09.28
it. What I can't
understand we didn't miss
00:10:09.31\00:10:13.41
it, I don't know
where the, money was back in
00:10:13.44\00:10:16.85
the bank almost just a
few weeks and I've been
00:10:16.94\00:10:20.40
telling this day they
were in from. During the
00:10:20.63\00:10:23.18
McColpin's visit a
miracle confirmed God's guarding
00:10:23.22\00:10:26.37
hand in the efforts
to build Three Angels
00:10:26.45\00:10:28.26
Broadcasting
network. God would demonstrate
00:10:28.38\00:10:31.14
his power through power
in the middle of nowhere.
00:10:31.33\00:10:34.46
While Marvin and
Rosella McColpin were here,
00:10:41.90\00:10:44.28
I get a phone call about
9 O'clock at night and it
00:10:44.91\00:10:47.30
was from Clarence
Larson. Clarence said,
00:10:47.34\00:10:49.93
the one who said this
will work, this area would
00:10:50.11\00:10:52.45
work, Clarence calls me
and he says Danny I really
00:10:52.60\00:10:56.03
got a problem here,
he said I'm in really
00:10:56.15\00:10:58.03
concerned, what's that
Clarence? The three phase
00:10:58.08\00:11:01.43
power, he said this
uplink station takes three phase
00:11:01.54\00:11:04.03
power and I said and,
and he goes well a mile and
00:11:04.06\00:11:08.04
half here, about a
mile and half after the main
00:11:08.07\00:11:10.24
road, and there is hardly
there is nothing commercial
00:11:10.55\00:11:13.89
there was already few
residential places. I doubt
00:11:14.14\00:11:16.86
there is gonna to be
three phase power and I said
00:11:16.89\00:11:19.26
so tell me what that
it means exactly Clarence?
00:11:19.43\00:11:22.14
He said that means it
could cost a buku bucks,
00:11:22.48\00:11:25.22
lots of money to
run three phase power,
00:11:25.81\00:11:28.26
because it's
nearly from highway 34,
00:11:28.40\00:11:30.32
it's about a mile
North then he goes I don't
00:11:30.35\00:11:33.52
want to say quarter
mile or something to East
00:11:33.55\00:11:36.58
and then back 1400 feet
and or. He said if we have
00:11:36.65\00:11:39.71
to provide three phase
power that's gonna sink
00:11:39.83\00:11:43.17
this whole project.
Farm land, I mean we are,
00:11:43.34\00:11:46.37
we are talking about
an area that has soy beans
00:11:46.53\00:11:48.75
and corn and wheat; we
are not talking about a
00:11:48.78\00:11:52.83
developed area. I was
very seriously concerned
00:11:53.29\00:11:56.11
about the fact that
might not have three phase
00:11:56.19\00:11:58.22
power. And then if
we didn't have where was
00:11:58.31\00:12:02.29
it adding how many
miles of posts where we have
00:12:02.32\00:12:06.00
to put up and pay for in
order to get the power in.
00:12:06.07\00:12:09.82
So, even at that time
I said Clarence God has
00:12:10.08\00:12:12.53
provided everything
so far so I'm not worried
00:12:12.62\00:12:15.10
about it, let's go out
and look at it. You wanna look
00:12:15.13\00:12:17.55
at it tonight, I said
sure. So, Mr. McColpin was there
00:12:17.60\00:12:20.78
well what's going on so
I told him, well I wanna go
00:12:21.03\00:12:23.39
out with you. There
were three of us that was in
00:12:23.47\00:12:25.80
the van at the time
and third person was
00:12:25.93\00:12:29.10
Mr. McColpin and he
was wanting to consider
00:12:29.19\00:12:32.65
contributing to the
project and I called Danny,
00:12:33.23\00:12:36.24
well Mr. McColpin was
there telling him that this
00:12:36.77\00:12:40.62
project could be in trouble.
So, we took a flash light,
00:12:41.15\00:12:44.79
drove out to highway
34 as we turn north on
00:12:45.57\00:12:49.00
the road leads down
to the main 3ABN road.
00:12:49.03\00:12:52.12
Clarence is looking up
and he said, there is no three
00:12:52.20\00:12:54.82
phase power it's just
not here so we go all the
00:12:55.01\00:12:57.74
way down, he shine and
flash light out as we were
00:12:57.77\00:13:00.35
driving the van. There
was no three phase power
00:13:00.42\00:13:03.06
here he said, we get
all the way to the end of
00:13:03.10\00:13:04.84
the road right in front
of where 3ABN where we go
00:13:04.93\00:13:08.49
Fonda Summers drive
way. We got into the vehicle
00:13:08.65\00:13:13.44
and we drove out and we
got to looking and there
00:13:13.48\00:13:17.13
was three phase power
right in front of the,
00:13:17.20\00:13:20.57
right at the property.
So, it was not going to be
00:13:20.79\00:13:23.86
a problem. And he goes
I can't believe it there
00:13:23.89\00:13:28.06
is three phase power,
why in the world is there
00:13:28.09\00:13:31.74
a three phase power right
here in front of the drive
00:13:31.77\00:13:34.62
way. And I said well
Clarence I don't know except
00:13:34.65\00:13:38.65
the Lord had this planned,
that's all there is to it.
00:13:38.68\00:13:41.33
So, he said, well listen
there is two power companies
00:13:41.43\00:13:44.89
this could be, I won't
give you the names of them
00:13:45.01\00:13:47.26
but he said there is
two power companies and one
00:13:47.30\00:13:49.96
of them is a little
cheaper than the other and the
00:13:49.99\00:13:51.42
way things are going
for you it's probably the
00:13:51.46\00:13:53.20
cheap company, so why
don't you call them tomorrow.
00:13:53.23\00:13:55.73
So, the next day I
called the cheap company and
00:13:56.02\00:13:58.51
said yes we do own
that, and I said well we are
00:13:58.67\00:14:01.08
gonna be doing a
building and we need three phase
00:14:01.11\00:14:03.58
power, well that's not
a problem we can get you
00:14:03.69\00:14:05.74
the three phase power
and I said why is there
00:14:05.84\00:14:09.21
a three phase power
and when you come from
00:14:09.24\00:14:11.50
the east to the west
on 34, three phase powers
00:14:11.71\00:14:14.81
following the highway
about a mile before it gets
00:14:14.86\00:14:18.66
to 3ABN. It heads north
then it goes back through
00:14:18.69\00:14:22.93
by a gravel road, it's
not a highway like most where
00:14:23.30\00:14:26.71
the three phase power
and then soon as it passed
00:14:26.74\00:14:29.37
where the property she
gave us is the very next
00:14:29.41\00:14:31.78
corner it heads back
again south right back out to
00:14:31.85\00:14:35.33
the main highway 34. And
I said, I just want to ask
00:14:35.36\00:14:38.69
you this question, why
there is a power go off
00:14:38.72\00:14:41.70
with the main road
and he said you know that
00:14:41.73\00:14:44.35
happened so many
years ago, I have no idea.
00:14:44.38\00:14:46.65
Somebody had some
idea that it needed to be
00:14:46.81\00:14:49.73
there. The power
company couldn't mention why
00:14:49.86\00:14:51.69
they put that
three phase line there.
00:14:51.72\00:14:53.86
The power company said,
"just be thankful it was
00:14:53.94\00:14:56.11
there". And we are
very thankful that the Lord
00:14:56.14\00:14:58.62
had that there for us.
I think our whole power
00:14:59.46\00:15:02.14
to run power was like
$1800 and that was because
00:15:02.66\00:15:06.26
we run an underground
that 1400 feet but it
00:15:06.29\00:15:09.09
literally is at the
end of the drive way.
00:15:09.16\00:15:11.41
Years later I was up in
studio when Mr. McColpin
00:15:12.05\00:15:15.57
was here and I said,
"Mr. McColpin, you remember
00:15:15.60\00:15:20.18
whenever we went out and
we were talking about the
00:15:20.27\00:15:23.67
three phase power"?.
Yeah, he did you know and
00:15:23.75\00:15:27.88
I said, "you went ahead
and contributed to Danny's
00:15:27.91\00:15:30.46
project. You knew that
there were, we were just
00:15:30.50\00:15:34.16
starting, there was
bound to be other problems;
00:15:34.21\00:15:36.12
big problems that we
would need to address.
00:15:36.45\00:15:39.45
And I said why did you
give the money to him?"
00:15:40.71\00:15:46.19
And Mr. McColpin said,
"One time the Lord asked me
00:15:47.31\00:15:50.92
to do a project and
I didn't do it, and I
00:15:50.96\00:15:54.44
always regretted it".
And he says, "I wasn't gonna
00:15:54.47\00:15:56.97
make the same mistake
twice." Knowing all the people
00:15:57.07\00:16:01.76
I worked around
probably 500 people at that
00:16:02.36\00:16:05.50
different time. Hearing
all the rhetoric from the
00:16:05.53\00:16:08.32
people of those two
crazy brothers, carpenter
00:16:08.35\00:16:11.36
brothers out there that's
erecting this huge building
00:16:11.47\00:16:14.22
and for what. We hear
that there are Seventh-day
00:16:14.48\00:16:17.62
Adventist you know we
will put a lot of hay in that
00:16:17.65\00:16:19.92
barn once they fold
and just things like that,
00:16:20.06\00:16:22.98
listening to that
everyday you know they wait
00:16:23.12\00:16:27.70
on you and but
yet the next time we
00:16:27.75\00:16:29.56
would be there
doing it all over again.
00:16:29.59\00:16:31.36
I think Bruce would be
the first to tell you that
00:16:37.77\00:16:39.66
he is pessimistic,
that he, he hasn't more
00:16:40.20\00:16:42.60
pessimistic personality.
He would, he shook his
00:16:42.63\00:16:46.19
head over what they
were trying to do and would
00:16:46.24\00:16:48.97
say I don't know what's
gonna happen I don't know
00:16:49.03\00:16:51.11
what they are, this is
never going to work and yet
00:16:51.28\00:16:54.71
at the same time he was
one of the first one's there
00:16:54.88\00:16:57.51
to help whenever it came
down to the physical work
00:16:57.59\00:17:00.25
and building the building
and then the drive way and
00:17:00.75\00:17:03.60
all that kind of
thing. Bruce Chance was always
00:17:04.15\00:17:07.21
concerned for his two
brother-in-laws Danny and
00:17:07.27\00:17:09.93
Kenny Shelton. This
concern grew when one local
00:17:09.96\00:17:13.23
land owner blocked the
way for the infant 3ABN
00:17:13.39\00:17:15.99
construction project
to continue. He adamantly
00:17:16.05\00:17:19.04
opposed 3ABN to the
utmost and he you know he
00:17:19.13\00:17:24.67
made no bones about
it. He didn't like you,
00:17:24.74\00:17:27.30
he didn't want you
to there, he is gonna do
00:17:27.38\00:17:28.65
anything he could do to
prevent you from be in there.
00:17:28.69\00:17:31.28
He owned three sides of
the original seven acres
00:17:31.60\00:17:33.87
and so he was something
to deal with and anyhow
00:17:34.44\00:17:39.52
we'd come to the point
through construction that
00:17:40.09\00:17:42.89
we have went as far as
we could go without three
00:17:43.08\00:17:45.99
phase power than
needed which was actually on
00:17:46.02\00:17:48.57
that road. So, we
get to the point Kenny
00:17:48.64\00:17:51.51
and I we get off the
roof from we came and down
00:17:51.55\00:17:54.38
and I'm the
doubting Thomas that I am,
00:17:54.75\00:17:56.56
I am saying what are
we doing, we are doing all
00:17:56.72\00:18:00.14
this work all this
construction. Putting all this
00:18:00.17\00:18:02.30
make towards such that
and we can't get the most
00:18:02.36\00:18:05.15
elementary central
thing power, what are you
00:18:05.33\00:18:08.18
gonna do, we don't know.
We are gonna pray about it.
00:18:08.30\00:18:12.24
So, we had prayer and
literally with in five minutes
00:18:12.33\00:18:18.31
after prayer. Kenny and
I just had time to get back
00:18:18.97\00:18:20.95
up on roof doing
what we were doing.
00:18:20.98\00:18:22.68
Truck pull in, you know
that drive way is a quarter
00:18:23.67\00:18:26.06
mile long. So, it's
quite a waste to the entrance
00:18:26.10\00:18:30.03
of it, I seeing pull in
I turn to Kenny and I say
00:18:30.09\00:18:32.82
Kenny here comes
trouble and so we get down
00:18:33.04\00:18:36.77
notified Danny who is
coming and we meet him
00:18:38.49\00:18:42.54
when he comes in and
it was just a miraculous
00:18:42.74\00:18:45.66
change he did. I mean
it was a 360 turn around
00:18:46.23\00:18:48.86
change for him. He said
that God had spoken to him
00:18:48.94\00:18:52.90
and revealed to him
that not to stand in the way
00:18:53.60\00:18:57.07
and he was not want to
stand in the way of this
00:18:57.62\00:19:02.75
and that he would
offered them more ground,
00:19:02.84\00:19:05.38
he would or sell them at
a very economical price if
00:19:05.61\00:19:09.23
they needed to
expand. He would sign the
00:19:09.39\00:19:11.16
easements that day
for them to continue on
00:19:11.45\00:19:16.01
whether, which was
extremely big and it touched
00:19:16.04\00:19:21.83
me, because at the
time I know, you know that
00:19:21.87\00:19:29.69
could not have
happened without God intervened,
00:19:29.75\00:19:33.77
it just could not
have happened. One miracle
00:19:34.33\00:19:37.35
after another
happened and where he could see
00:19:37.38\00:19:42.46
the God's hand was in it
the pessimism grew smaller
00:19:42.74\00:19:46.52
and the optimism grew
larger because then he
00:19:46.78\00:19:49.91
would come home and
say there was no money
00:19:49.94\00:19:53.22
and, and they ordered
this and it came and Danny
00:19:53.34\00:19:55.57
had the exact amount in
the mail, the check was the
00:19:55.69\00:19:59.10
exact amount. Amount
that, it was gonna become
00:19:59.23\00:20:02.66
a reality and it was
something far bigger and far
00:20:02.80\00:20:08.47
greater than these
two ignorant brothers
00:20:08.51\00:20:12.21
that's trying to
accomplish something that's
00:20:12.30\00:20:16.19
accomplishable by
people in our minds at that
00:20:16.22\00:20:21.30
time. Despite impossible
odds by human standards
00:20:21.45\00:20:24.62
the 3ABN project
continued in the middle of farm
00:20:25.17\00:20:27.92
land in Southern
Illinois. Soon the miracles of a
00:20:28.14\00:20:31.49
television station to
reach the world would spread
00:20:31.55\00:20:34.20
but not without
opposition. We are still at
00:20:34.74\00:20:41.73
this point singing in
churches and so we travel on
00:20:41.89\00:20:44.78
weekends and sing, we
want to build the television
00:20:44.96\00:20:47.51
station but you know
still have to something
00:20:47.54\00:20:50.17
weekends but I use
this as an opportunity,
00:20:50.21\00:20:52.76
I am so excited here
we have charismatic pastor
00:20:53.31\00:20:56.41
donating $100000
worth of Camera equipment,
00:20:57.03\00:21:00.15
television equipment we
have a Methodist lady in
00:21:00.19\00:21:03.27
her 70s donating you
property talked to a Baptist
00:21:03.30\00:21:07.92
engineer working for
charismatic station whose
00:21:07.95\00:21:11.43
helping Seventh-day
Adventist do the technical
00:21:11.87\00:21:14.75
work and to be able
to put together an uplink
00:21:14.78\00:21:16.94
station to reach the
world. I am so excited about
00:21:17.11\00:21:19.73
it but people call us
because they know us as
00:21:19.82\00:21:22.30
the singers. So, we
go to church just to sing
00:21:22.33\00:21:24.80
but I can't sing very
much because I am too busy
00:21:25.10\00:21:27.80
having to share this
story. I was in California and
00:21:28.23\00:21:31.79
I was up front
fairly large church and I am
00:21:31.89\00:21:34.56
telling about this television
station we sing a song
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.38
or two or three, then I
say I got to tell you what's
00:21:37.41\00:21:39.61
happening. So, I am
excited about it, the pastor
00:21:39.67\00:21:42.46
who is sitting down
towards the front got up
00:21:42.50\00:21:44.37
and walk towards the
back. So, I could see him
00:21:44.40\00:21:46.87
in the back by the
foyer behind the last fuse.
00:21:46.95\00:21:49.50
And I am saying in the
Lord's blessing and we are
00:21:49.53\00:21:51.93
gonna build the
television station to reach
00:21:51.96\00:21:53.73
the world and I seem
go like this. Yeah, I do
00:21:53.76\00:21:56.62
remember that, we
were signing some other
00:21:56.65\00:22:00.09
church I think California
and my dad started telling
00:22:00.18\00:22:03.67
about 3ABN and the
pastor was standing in the
00:22:03.70\00:22:06.77
back and he was doing
this, we couldn't figure
00:22:06.80\00:22:09.77
out why you know, he
didn't want my dad to
00:22:09.80\00:22:12.85
tell about it, and you
know, I didn't understand
00:22:12.99\00:22:15.62
why? You know I was
a child and couldn't
00:22:15.68\00:22:19.43
understand why people wouldn't
00:22:19.48\00:22:20.78
believe what he was saying.
00:22:20.96\00:22:22.02
Word begins to get
around, a couple guys Danny
00:22:29.57\00:22:33.03
and Kenny Shelton
are building a television
00:22:33.07\00:22:35.27
station to reach the
world and things are starting
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.69
to happen they got
property, they got money
00:22:37.72\00:22:41.25
for the drive, they got
building going up all these
00:22:41.33\00:22:44.27
things were happening.
So, I heard about this
00:22:44.38\00:22:46.78
meeting out at a media
center out in California
00:22:46.81\00:22:50.77
where would be
broadcasters whether its
00:22:51.20\00:22:53.54
radio or television,
layman that they were going
00:22:53.79\00:22:56.55
to help with in and
said why don't you all come
00:22:56.58\00:22:58.55
out we have
workshops, we have seminars you
00:22:58.58\00:23:01.09
can learn about building
a television, not building
00:23:01.12\00:23:04.27
television station but
learned about doing programs
00:23:04.33\00:23:06.78
for either radio or television
and it's basically you
00:23:06.83\00:23:11.08
know you give a
little bit amount of money,
00:23:11.11\00:23:12.52
it wasn't very
much but three days.
00:23:12.64\00:23:15.68
So, I said you know, may
be I should go out there,
00:23:16.20\00:23:18.44
I should go meet some
of these people see people
00:23:18.51\00:23:21.31
at this media
center learn what we can,
00:23:21.35\00:23:23.79
so I told you him all
against education so I said,
00:23:24.10\00:23:27.79
may be we should go
out and get what we can.
00:23:28.42\00:23:29.75
I'll do my three days
of education so I go out
00:23:29.82\00:23:32.36
to this media center
and so we are there and for
00:23:32.42\00:23:35.76
the first day or two
people are getting up
00:23:35.79\00:23:38.20
introducing
themselves and the speaker says
00:23:38.32\00:23:40.46
the commentator who
was very well known I had
00:23:40.91\00:23:43.73
programs on
national programs said,
00:23:43.85\00:23:46.07
why don't you come up
give your name and what
00:23:48.03\00:23:50.40
are you doing and
what's your ministry.
00:23:50.43\00:23:51.98
Well, people get
up and say well we are
00:23:52.50\00:23:53.99
developing a one minute
radio spot, a health tip
00:23:54.08\00:23:57.54
on such and such
channel down in, you know
00:23:57.99\00:24:00.11
Huntsville, Alabama,
or we are doing this one
00:24:00.20\00:24:02.54
you know this little
five minute spot that will air
00:24:02.71\00:24:05.69
once a week on a local
radio station in Lincoln,
00:24:05.82\00:24:08.81
Nebraska. And
people would go they were
00:24:08.98\00:24:11.54
clapping you know
they praised the Lord,
00:24:11.67\00:24:13.48
I mean two or three
hundred laymen from all
00:24:13.51\00:24:15.67
around the United
Sates doing something as big
00:24:15.84\00:24:18.64
as this one guy got
up. And he said, they said
00:24:18.69\00:24:21.98
what are you doing? He
said well I am developing
00:24:22.08\00:24:24.64
a half hour television
program that will show once
00:24:24.98\00:24:27.79
a week on a program in
Florida. And people went
00:24:27.91\00:24:30.55
oh, they were shocked
and he said you are doing
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.59
a half, do you know
how much money that takes
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.16
for a half program.
The guys said yeah we've
00:24:36.19\00:24:37.92
already done some;
well that's an amazing
00:24:37.95\00:24:40.36
accomplishment. You
gonna do a half hour and then
00:24:40.46\00:24:43.52
pay air time to a local
channel there, oh yeah and
00:24:43.60\00:24:46.85
it will reach you
know 50000 people of what
00:24:47.01\00:24:48.77
having and people
were that's just awesome.
00:24:48.80\00:24:51.40
So, I'm waiting for two
days thinking boy I really
00:24:52.03\00:24:54.16
want you know this
chance so finally he says
00:24:54.26\00:24:56.69
it's my turn. What's
your name, where are you
00:24:57.81\00:24:59.83
from? I am Danny
Shelton, Southern Illinois and
00:25:00.08\00:25:01.90
what you gonna be
doing? I said, well the Lord
00:25:02.07\00:25:04.15
impressed me to build
a television station that
00:25:04.18\00:25:06.88
will reach the world
with an undiluted Three
00:25:06.91\00:25:08.97
Angels messages,
one would counteract or
00:25:09.01\00:25:11.31
counterfeit and he
looked him and he said,
00:25:11.47\00:25:13.83
do what? I said to build
a television station that
00:25:14.16\00:25:16.46
will reach the world, who
is? I said well the Lord's
00:25:16.49\00:25:19.67
impressed me to build
the television station to
00:25:19.74\00:25:21.51
reach. You are gonna
build a television station
00:25:21.70\00:25:23.91
to reach the world?
And you can hear a pin drop
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.88
the whole place
nobody was clapping,
00:25:26.91\00:25:28.86
no one was cheering
there were all just quiet,
00:25:28.90\00:25:31.22
just staring. And he
goes do you have any idea
00:25:31.28\00:25:34.61
what you just said?
And I said well no not
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.61
really other than I am
supposed to build this.
00:25:37.64\00:25:39.51
He said let me ask you a
question his whole tenure
00:25:40.00\00:25:42.95
dropped, changed of
this talk. You know he'd been
00:25:43.89\00:25:47.82
happy smile he says,
do you have any idea what
00:25:47.85\00:25:51.11
it costs to build the
television station to reach the
00:25:51.15\00:25:53.52
world I said no,
you don't have any idea,
00:25:53.56\00:25:56.91
is it going to cost a
half million, is it gonna cost
00:25:57.09\00:25:59.19
five million. I said I
don't know. So, I began to
00:25:59.75\00:26:04.55
think either I'm not
talking plain or he doesn't
00:26:04.65\00:26:06.98
hear me because he
would keep repeating himself,
00:26:07.06\00:26:09.04
but you're gonna
build a television station,
00:26:09.46\00:26:10.87
but you don't know if
it cost a half million or
00:26:11.04\00:26:13.22
five million, and I
said no sir I don't. He said,
00:26:13.48\00:26:15.13
let me ask you
something do you have a
00:26:15.22\00:26:16.89
prospectus and I
thought to myself, prospectus
00:26:16.92\00:26:20.04
I don't even know what
that? I never heard that
00:26:20.15\00:26:21.75
word. I said I don't
guess, you don't have a
00:26:21.84\00:26:25.01
prospectus, he had his
mic in hand interview him,
00:26:25.19\00:26:27.33
you don't even have a
prospectus, and I said
00:26:27.51\00:26:30.45
well I don't think so.
Well, either you do or you
00:26:30.50\00:26:32.81
don't so do you have
one or you don't and I
00:26:33.00\00:26:36.14
thought to myself well
since I don't know what
00:26:36.39\00:26:37.87
the word means I
guess I don't have one.
00:26:37.90\00:26:40.08
So, I said know I
don't and then he looked at
00:26:40.59\00:26:43.77
people, he doesn't
even have a prospectus he
00:26:43.80\00:26:45.85
is gonna build a television
station that will reach
00:26:45.90\00:26:47.99
the world he said. He
has no idea what it cost,
00:26:48.03\00:26:50.66
no prospectus so
finally I heard myself say to
00:26:50.69\00:26:53.67
my sake you don't
sound very excited. I said I
00:26:53.84\00:26:56.69
would have thought
at this meeting that you
00:26:56.75\00:26:59.19
would be excited, you
were excited when people
00:26:59.22\00:27:01.77
said they are gonna do
one minute radio spot or
00:27:02.07\00:27:04.57
extremely excited if
they are gonna do a five
00:27:05.08\00:27:07.09
minute health tips
somewhere and somebody to
00:27:07.25\00:27:09.67
do one 30 minute
program was just of the charts.
00:27:09.70\00:27:13.63
But if I am gonna
build a television station to
00:27:14.08\00:27:16.20
reach the world; you
are not just excited why?
00:27:16.24\00:27:18.18
And he said well I'll
tell you why. He said every
00:27:18.71\00:27:21.35
time somebody like you
comes along said in our
00:27:21.46\00:27:24.28
church in the Adventist
church, the financial pie
00:27:24.42\00:27:27.05
is only so big and it
can only be cut into so many
00:27:27.11\00:27:29.98
slices. So, people
given to ministries like ours
00:27:30.01\00:27:33.73
that's reaching people
doing something and every
00:27:33.96\00:27:36.46
time somebody like
you comes along and people
00:27:36.52\00:27:39.96
believe that and by
end of that and give
00:27:40.08\00:27:42.65
you money, my
financial piece of the pie gets
00:27:42.68\00:27:45.23
thinner. I remembered
the man used the term pie,
00:27:45.31\00:27:48.60
he said there are enough
pieces of pie to go around
00:27:49.17\00:27:51.22
for everyone.
Especially for my dad so my dad
00:27:51.30\00:27:56.75
said, well I think if you
go look in the refrigerator
00:27:56.86\00:27:59.61
God has lot more pies
in there. That brought some
00:27:59.64\00:28:02.55
response, I didn't
say that to be smart,
00:28:02.58\00:28:04.28
I didn't intended, I
didn't know what was coming
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.29
but my mind was, I
was so convinced God was
00:28:06.68\00:28:09.72
gonna do what he
said he would do and what
00:28:09.77\00:28:11.88
he impressed me to
do and what must be done
00:28:11.91\00:28:13.70
to get the gospel to
the world as we believe as
00:28:13.75\00:28:16.36
Seventh-day Adventist
Christians. The three angels
00:28:16.41\00:28:18.73
messages getting to
the world, that's somebody
00:28:18.76\00:28:21.09
had to do this, no
one else had done it.
00:28:21.20\00:28:23.68
So, why not me,
why not this place,
00:28:24.05\00:28:26.08
why not just be and
willing. God doesn't need
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.68
people; he is just
needs somebody willing.
00:28:29.10\00:28:30.96
Now I can understand
it looking back and as an
00:28:31.42\00:28:33.89
adult I can
understand that why they weren't
00:28:34.04\00:28:37.12
believe him or why they
think he was crazy getting
00:28:37.21\00:28:39.15
up sand, you know
God wants me to reach the
00:28:39.21\00:28:41.15
world. A lot of people
would you know feel shy
00:28:41.30\00:28:44.46
about that or
embarrassed just say the least.
00:28:44.54\00:28:46.80
But now he's got a
nerve and God can use that.
00:28:47.20\00:28:50.42
Our ignorance might
be a plus rather than a
00:28:50.46\00:28:52.23
minus because when we
were training in the world
00:28:52.41\00:28:55.44
we are trained in the
ways of the world dollars and
00:28:56.09\00:28:59.14
cents have much more
value than they should
00:28:59.21\00:29:02.62
actually have, what
we really need to do as a
00:29:03.07\00:29:06.37
people, as Christian
people today is listen to the
00:29:06.48\00:29:08.89
Holy Spirit. As God
impresses us to do something to
00:29:09.02\00:29:13.29
say my, how much money
will this cost is to say
00:29:13.33\00:29:16.74
Philippians 4:13 it
says I can do all things to
00:29:16.87\00:29:19.41
Christ which
strengthens me, and in the 19
00:29:19.78\00:29:22.50
verses, but my God
shall supply all your needs
00:29:22.57\00:29:25.39
according to His
riches in Glory through Christ
00:29:25.51\00:29:27.38
Jesus. In the eyes of
man 3ABN was impossible,
00:29:27.46\00:29:32.39
time after time God
continued to prove himself
00:29:33.24\00:29:36.28
step by step in
every detail God provided.
00:29:36.87\00:29:40.69
In order to reach the
world from Thompsonville,
00:29:41.64\00:29:43.87
Illinois. Danny
Shelton and others knew that it
00:29:43.93\00:29:47.11
would take more than
just a step but a giant
00:29:47.20\00:29:50.10
leap to get this signal
to satellite again God was
00:29:50.29\00:29:55.17
preparing the way.
I've always like the, the,
00:29:55.20\00:30:04.85
the unique. The people
who are stepping out in
00:30:05.09\00:30:08.03
faith the people who
have dreams and visions of
00:30:08.06\00:30:13.48
interesting things and
then ways to share Jesus.
00:30:13.60\00:30:17.11
What I'm doing
here, I said very humbly,
00:30:17.88\00:30:19.56
but through the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:30:20.00\00:30:21.98
this station is being
built and I'm not here to say,
00:30:22.34\00:30:25.76
if, if some of you
give us or some of you
00:30:25.93\00:30:28.06
lend support it will be
built. I'm just simply here
00:30:28.15\00:30:30.98
telling you it's being
built right under your noses.
00:30:31.07\00:30:33.31
The very words spoken
in 1985 by an unscheduled
00:30:33.39\00:30:37.36
speaker. Danny
Shelton at the 1985 Adventist
00:30:37.69\00:30:41.12
Laymen's Services and Industries
00:30:41.25\00:30:42.69
Convention in Big Sky, Montana.
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.03
God doesn't bless you
for just set an around.
00:30:50.50\00:30:52.37
No, no. When, when
you all gave this money to
00:30:52.61\00:30:55.48
us a short time after
that I told you we were
00:30:55.60\00:30:59.72
going to Montana
to a meeting with some
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.19
Christian
business people out there
00:31:02.78\00:31:04.68
and she says, I'll go with you.
00:31:05.11\00:31:06.87
When the come time for
this ASI meeting we had.
00:31:06.90\00:31:09.44
Danny Shelton was
encouraged to attend the
00:31:09.65\00:31:11.79
Adventist Laymen's
Services and Industries
00:31:11.97\00:31:14.18
Convention commonly know as ASI.
00:31:14.22\00:31:16.28
Again having no
money God provided the
00:31:16.67\00:31:19.63
resources to
attend the meetings.
00:31:19.86\00:31:21.72
He also provided an
effective public relations
00:31:21.89\00:31:24.23
agent through a Rosella
McColpin. And excited Rosella
00:31:24.28\00:31:27.48
told everyone she
could about the miracles at
00:31:27.62\00:31:30.08
a fiery place called
Thompsonville, Illinois.
00:31:30.11\00:31:33.39
Kind of like a
word went around at,
00:31:33.42\00:31:35.75
at ASI especially
among the people who had few
00:31:35.84\00:31:39.34
little booths. And
they were all talking about,
00:31:39.37\00:31:41.92
did you know there
is a person here who
00:31:41.98\00:31:45.21
thinks they are going to
start this, this television
00:31:45.60\00:31:49.21
network, but it's going
to take the, the Adventist
00:31:49.82\00:31:52.72
message to the
world. And so I thought that
00:31:52.83\00:31:56.72
was kind of
interesting and, and so as we
00:31:56.82\00:32:00.96
finally met and, and I
got very, very interesting
00:32:01.04\00:32:05.34
and I said, oh you
have cassettes because there
00:32:05.37\00:32:08.64
were cassettes
available of the music.
00:32:08.67\00:32:10.87
The Danny had done
and I said, well you
00:32:11.90\00:32:13.71
should just bring
your cassettes over to my
00:32:13.75\00:32:16.16
booth because they are
listen to the extra little
00:32:16.40\00:32:18.29
table and I said,. I
will make a little background,
00:32:18.44\00:32:22.54
a little cardboard
background like I have.
00:32:22.57\00:32:24.65
And we will just
share this booth and you can
00:32:25.07\00:32:26.65
sell your
cassettes. And so that was my
00:32:26.85\00:32:29.28
introduction to,
to Danny Shelton.
00:32:29.34\00:32:32.20
And the dream of
building this network,
00:32:32.61\00:32:35.45
but then we would run
around from all of us.
00:32:36.06\00:32:38.89
You know we want to
hear the whole story,
00:32:39.78\00:32:41.19
but he can't tell
the whole story because
00:32:41.68\00:32:44.20
nobody will let him
speak because he hasn't
00:32:44.44\00:32:46.76
gone through all the
requirements and God on
00:32:46.86\00:32:50.92
the program first
and people who have taken
00:32:51.01\00:32:52.73
advantage of this. So,
he they will let him speak
00:32:52.88\00:32:56.01
and so in the process
of, of all the talking.
00:32:56.48\00:32:59.56
I introduced him
to May Chung and,
00:32:59.76\00:33:01.55
and a number of
other quite large,
00:33:02.15\00:33:05.04
not large people, but
you know well known in
00:33:06.13\00:33:09.55
the ASI Organization.
So, finally came down
00:33:09.68\00:33:13.60
that God sent
this horrible storm,
00:33:14.62\00:33:18.52
it was just the
whole mountain was fogged
00:33:18.98\00:33:22.08
in and everybody
that Friday afternoon was
00:33:22.24\00:33:24.88
going up on the
top of the mountain to,
00:33:24.95\00:33:27.33
to see the beautiful
view. We couldn't go any
00:33:27.36\00:33:29.59
place, it was some
raining just torrents and
00:33:29.85\00:33:33.17
they were always
people with nothing to do,
00:33:33.26\00:33:36.04
and so that's how
they finally asked Danny
00:33:36.59\00:33:39.21
because we were all
saying ask Danny Shelton,
00:33:39.52\00:33:42.02
ask Danny Shelton
to tell the story.
00:33:42.19\00:33:44.18
And there was so
much peer pressure among
00:33:44.62\00:33:48.27
the members of ASI
that they couldn't do
00:33:48.41\00:33:50.70
anything else. But,
humble themselves and say
00:33:50.79\00:33:55.04
okay, if you wanna
take this time, its dead
00:33:55.11\00:33:58.08
time we have and
had anything planned
00:33:58.12\00:34:00.22
and you can tell your story.
00:34:00.44\00:34:01.61
Well, let me tell
you that room was filled.
00:34:01.78\00:34:06.07
Last November about
the 15th one night all
00:34:06.40\00:34:09.74
evening God begin
to impress me that he
00:34:09.79\00:34:12.65
wanted me and I want
you to listen closely
00:34:12.76\00:34:14.64
that he wanted me
to raise up a Christian
00:34:14.70\00:34:17.12
station that would
preach and undiluted
00:34:17.23\00:34:19.60
Three Angels
Messages to the world.
00:34:19.75\00:34:21.83
We formed a
non-profit corporation and
00:34:21.97\00:34:24.35
we appropriately I named it
00:34:24.38\00:34:26.28
Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
00:34:26.57\00:34:28.30
Everybody was
excited about this the whole
00:34:28.78\00:34:32.99
idea that this
could actually happen.
00:34:33.11\00:34:35.53
The whole idea
that God has spoken and,
00:34:36.09\00:34:39.24
and called this
person. I mean we have no idea
00:34:39.37\00:34:42.72
where West
Frankfort Illinois was you
00:34:42.96\00:34:44.96
know but it, it
sounded interesting to us.
00:34:45.06\00:34:47.80
I have, I have no
money, I don't have any
00:34:47.88\00:34:50.38
education in
communications. Lord willing,
00:34:50.48\00:34:53.13
it will happen and it
will happen I'm convinced
00:34:53.85\00:34:56.86
of it, we are gonna
reach the world with
00:34:56.92\00:34:59.35
an undiluted Three
Angels Messages, thank you.
00:34:59.51\00:35:02.39
I tell you, it made
an incredible impression
00:35:05.63\00:35:07.76
up on me. I don't
think anything, any other
00:35:07.79\00:35:10.25
program has ever
made an impression up on
00:35:10.35\00:35:13.61
me. As that miracle
story at the beginning,
00:35:13.68\00:35:16.78
the calling to a
nobody to become the head of,
00:35:17.38\00:35:23.61
of an organization
that would bring the
00:35:23.87\00:35:25.94
gospel to the world. I
mean it was incredible.
00:35:26.11\00:35:28.24
In the audience of
the convention where
00:35:28.71\00:35:30.36
individuals blessed by
God with vast financial
00:35:30.44\00:35:33.29
resources for many of
them. The vision of 3ABN
00:35:33.34\00:35:36.67
became their passion.
Many miracles took place
00:35:36.92\00:35:40.19
at the 1985 ASI
convention including a rainbow
00:35:40.30\00:35:44.14
after the storm. 3ABN
continues to participate
00:35:44.31\00:35:47.61
in the ASI
convention to this day.
00:35:47.68\00:35:50.02
I don't see ABC, MBC,
or CBS or anybody else
00:35:52.31\00:35:56.02
that coming out to a
remote area. And investing
00:35:56.13\00:36:01.43
that type of capital
to around their operation.
00:36:01.51\00:36:06.96
It probably doesn't
make sense but it did make
00:36:10.03\00:36:13.50
sense for the ministry
to do it. And I'm convinced
00:36:13.70\00:36:17.79
that that's where
the Lord wanted it.
00:36:17.92\00:36:19.39
I'm talking with
Clarence Larson. He got us
00:36:26.03\00:36:29.14
in contact with
Scientific Atlanta.
00:36:29.24\00:36:31.89
Scientific Atlanta
send out a man name Bill.
00:36:32.55\00:36:34.94
He was surprised to go
out in the middle of the
00:36:35.44\00:36:37.54
field with hardy, with
hardly anyone around way
00:36:37.65\00:36:41.07
out in the county to see
this big shell of a building
00:36:41.21\00:36:43.92
going up. And he said
tell me about this project.
00:36:43.96\00:36:47.39
So, we began to tell it,
well who is your financing?
00:36:47.54\00:36:50.22
What do you as just
us? Well, I mean, who is
00:36:50.79\00:36:54.00
your packing, who is
our banking? What's your
00:36:54.03\00:36:56.68
credit, you know you
want to do this system we
00:36:57.01\00:36:59.42
found out this 350
to $375000 to get that
00:36:59.53\00:37:05.53
system up.
Everything we knew be close to
00:37:05.73\00:37:08.76
400,000, but Scientific
Atlanta's part was something
00:37:08.87\00:37:12.28
like $350,000. So, he
said man, I would love,
00:37:12.42\00:37:15.70
I'm in the business of
selling uplink systems,
00:37:15.73\00:37:18.52
but right now I need to
get some information I said,
00:37:19.04\00:37:21.86
well we really
don't have any credit.
00:37:21.90\00:37:23.48
Well, do you have a
letter credit? I didn't
00:37:24.19\00:37:25.93
really even know
what that was it the time
00:37:26.03\00:37:27.65
I said, no I don't. He
said, well how do you expect
00:37:27.77\00:37:30.86
to pay for this? And I
said, well the Lord is blessed
00:37:30.89\00:37:33.06
he will continue to
bless. But he said you know,
00:37:33.47\00:37:35.65
I would love to
sell you the system,
00:37:36.08\00:37:37.42
but I really need
you to talk to Sue in our
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.70
accounting
department. So, I call down and
00:37:41.15\00:37:43.01
talked to Sue and
told Sue, look Sue, we are
00:37:43.23\00:37:45.55
building this
uplink station the Lord has
00:37:45.61\00:37:47.75
bless and I ask
her you are Christian?
00:37:47.88\00:37:49.39
Oh, I'm I think she
said, Baptist Christian.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.55
I said then you'll
understand, it's great,
00:37:52.01\00:37:53.28
I can talk to you,
you'll understand. God's
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.35
providing every need,
so far he's provided us
00:37:55.39\00:37:57.72
property, the road,
you know foundation,
00:37:58.53\00:38:00.46
the shell of the building.
God is just blessing and
00:38:01.18\00:38:03.35
but she says, well
listen when we you know we
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.51
sell you the system,
you, you have our letter
00:38:06.64\00:38:08.80
credit, or you have
to have the money of
00:38:08.90\00:38:10.92
course or a bank.
Somebody there to back you,
00:38:10.97\00:38:14.26
but how much
money do you have down?
00:38:14.85\00:38:16.05
I said, we have
$10,000. God will supply this
00:38:16.08\00:38:19.24
we go, we said we
are not gonna borrow
00:38:19.30\00:38:20.88
money. And so I'm not
looking for financing.
00:38:20.91\00:38:23.52
Well, how are you are
gonna do this? I said the
00:38:23.98\00:38:25.47
Lord will bless it. Finally
to my surprise pleasantly,
00:38:25.56\00:38:30.15
one day she said
I'm gonna do this and I
00:38:30.66\00:38:33.65
don't know why I'm
doing this, but for some
00:38:33.72\00:38:36.16
reason I believe, I've
talked to Bill and we put
00:38:36.29\00:38:39.57
our heads together
we believe this is gonna
00:38:39.60\00:38:41.45
work. And so over the
time we needed $70,000.
00:38:41.57\00:38:44.93
I had gone to 1985
Big Sky, Montana talk to
00:38:45.34\00:38:49.51
May Chung, meet
Ellsworth McKee there,
00:38:49.78\00:38:51.60
between the two of
them, they had ended up
00:38:52.08\00:38:54.19
donating was gonna
donate made a commitment
00:38:54.37\00:38:56.39
for a $100,000 a
peace. So, we got our $70,000
00:38:56.61\00:39:00.00
when other
people heard about it,
00:39:00.11\00:39:01.78
the building going up,
the satellite dish being
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.40
constructed. The
$160,000 was there.
00:39:04.50\00:39:07.35
The last day
when they got the dish
00:39:07.83\00:39:09.35
up Got it working,
shooting signals for the first
00:39:09.41\00:39:11.88
time. We handed in the
last bit of the check and
00:39:12.04\00:39:15.17
as you could imagine
Bill and Sue were thrilled,
00:39:15.20\00:39:17.70
they were so
happy but we were too.
00:39:18.07\00:39:19.79
If that woman hadn't
off step out in faith on
00:39:19.97\00:39:23.30
at Scientific
Atlanta, we wouldn't had that
00:39:23.88\00:39:25.88
Dish. And if Danny
hadn't came up with the money,
00:39:26.00\00:39:29.16
she wouldn't had a
job. That's the bottom line.
00:39:29.61\00:39:34.29
Everyone who
follows him and gives up
00:39:36.17\00:39:38.34
everything for him
does receive a 100 fond
00:39:38.47\00:39:41.90
in this world
with persecutions, yes.
00:39:41.99\00:39:45.55
And in the world
to come eternally,
00:39:45.58\00:39:47.35
I think you can bear
witness to the truth of
00:39:47.76\00:39:49.56
that with this
station. Because this station
00:39:49.68\00:39:52.42
did not come
about because your rich.
00:39:52.91\00:39:54.99
Right, it came
about, about in spite of
00:39:55.55\00:39:58.12
the fact that we
weren't rich that
00:39:58.15\00:39:59.68
we didn't have any money.
00:39:59.76\00:40:00.80
Every good thing
that's ever happened to most
00:40:00.99\00:40:03.14
of us, if we're
Christians. Has really
00:40:03.23\00:40:06.04
happened in spite of
us not because of us.
00:40:06.13\00:40:09.49
The, the biggest
most amazing thing was,
00:40:10.49\00:40:12.30
when the satellite
came and it was bigger than
00:40:12.38\00:40:14.45
anything would ever
seen around here and
00:40:14.48\00:40:17.37
you now that kind of
made it a reality once that
00:40:17.91\00:40:21.37
thing was set in place
and we used to come out
00:40:21.52\00:40:24.70
after church couple of
different churches actually.
00:40:24.77\00:40:28.10
And the family would
come out after church
00:40:28.50\00:40:30.14
on Sabbath and we
would stand around that
00:40:30.24\00:40:32.83
satellite and hold
hands and we would pray and
00:40:32.97\00:40:34.90
we would saying
and you know everybody
00:40:34.93\00:40:37.50
would take a
turn praying that God
00:40:37.53\00:40:39.06
was going to
bless this ministry.
00:40:39.09\00:40:40.84
You got a feeling and
it was, it was special.
00:40:41.23\00:40:43.57
So, we would all call
it Holy ground even today.
00:40:43.69\00:40:47.78
You would have
that feeling and that it
00:40:49.43\00:40:50.43
was Holy ground
something special was happening.
00:40:50.62\00:40:52.86
The miracles
continued to lease the satellite
00:40:53.38\00:40:56.34
transponder time
would cost $50,000 per
00:40:56.45\00:40:59.07
month and
required a 3 year contract.
00:40:59.27\00:41:01.56
May Chung called and
offered a plot of land she
00:41:02.10\00:41:04.34
own to use as
collateral for 3ABN's monthly
00:41:04.39\00:41:07.33
satellite fees. 3ABN
never missed a payment.
00:41:07.51\00:41:10.97
Without a completed
building for studious and
00:41:11.60\00:41:13.70
equipment, the infant
3ABN was ready to send
00:41:13.78\00:41:17.34
a signal to space, with
God's provision and plan.
00:41:17.56\00:41:21.25
What would have
taken 6 to 8 years for
00:41:21.91\00:41:23.81
any television
network to build became
00:41:23.89\00:41:26.27
a reality in
less than two years.
00:41:26.30\00:41:28.80
Now, comes the
time, the uplinks systems
00:41:39.30\00:41:41.17
working, we don't
have a studio yet,
00:41:41.24\00:41:43.25
but we get some
programs we called them
00:41:43.71\00:41:45.52
canned programs at
the time and I remember
00:41:45.62\00:41:48.12
George Vandeman from
It Is Written was one
00:41:48.17\00:41:50.00
of those. Joe Crews
with Amazing Facts was
00:41:50.03\00:41:53.20
one of those that
sent us some program,
00:41:53.29\00:41:55.18
but we decided it's
time to go up, uplink to
00:41:55.48\00:41:58.93
satellite. We brought
a video tape player and
00:41:59.06\00:42:02.14
a video tape player
recorder. And we brought
00:42:02.17\00:42:04.70
a switcher that you
could switch from one tape
00:42:06.02\00:42:08.33
machine to another.
And two cameras for ID.
00:42:08.41\00:42:12.33
So, there was
little camera out there and
00:42:13.31\00:42:15.06
an ID placed up on
the wall some place with
00:42:15.18\00:42:17.67
light shining on it.
We're, we're talking very,
00:42:17.77\00:42:20.80
very little bit of
stuff to, to do that.
00:42:20.87\00:42:25.57
So, we put on this
program and Clarence Larson
00:42:25.78\00:42:28.65
literally has a little
small switcher that just a
00:42:29.07\00:42:31.44
few knobs. So,
he switches this up,
00:42:31.55\00:42:33.66
then he figures out
of a way to scroll across
00:42:34.08\00:42:35.87
the bottom for a free
gift call this number.
00:42:35.94\00:42:39.05
With the phone number
I put and so people could
00:42:39.08\00:42:41.89
call in. And we run
into some problem the
00:42:42.00\00:42:45.46
phone would ring, but
we couldn't hear them.
00:42:46.31\00:42:49.87
It is was in the shed
out there and there was
00:42:50.30\00:42:51.69
so much noise,
I've had the phone
00:42:51.79\00:42:53.03
outside and try
to take the orders.
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.45
We put an extension
code on the phone and
00:42:55.72\00:42:58.36
that would allow us
to talk to the people
00:42:58.39\00:43:00.18
that were, that were calling in.
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.24
Well, we found so
surprising was, how many people
00:43:02.56\00:43:06.00
were watching when
they didn't know when
00:43:06.08\00:43:08.32
we are gonna be
there. Because they made
00:43:08.49\00:43:11.20
a special offer and
people kept calling.
00:43:11.23\00:43:13.86
People say I'm
calling about the free offer.
00:43:14.03\00:43:16.27
I just saw you on the
satellite and is like your
00:43:16.69\00:43:19.98
heart almost stops is
like this is really working.
00:43:20.05\00:43:22.78
Everything that we
thought about for the last year
00:43:23.19\00:43:25.40
and half for so since
the Lord impress to do it or,
00:43:25.97\00:43:28.04
here whatever its been.
It's amazing, its working.
00:43:28.46\00:43:31.77
So, we would hang up
the phone, hello couldn't
00:43:33.23\00:43:35.22
hear, Shh, Shh, wait,
wait. Hey, we're supposed
00:43:35.29\00:43:38.33
to be a television
network. No one would dream,
00:43:38.36\00:43:41.14
no one would dream
we're in a little building
00:43:41.60\00:43:43.45
this about 12 by 20.
And you have maybe 30
00:43:43.48\00:43:46.54
people this transmitter
shacks and all the noise
00:43:46.62\00:43:48.97
going on and so we
literally pull the phone lines
00:43:49.04\00:43:51.83
outside and it was
cool in the evening and was
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.55
standing outside.
Hello, Three Angels
00:43:54.60\00:43:56.63
Broadcasting
Network may we help you?
00:43:56.76\00:43:58.72
And it's time we're on
it kind of got cold out
00:43:58.84\00:44:01.92
there so, conversations
probably got a little
00:44:01.95\00:44:04.68
shorter than they
were earlier whenever is
00:44:04.78\00:44:08.29
little bit warmer. We
saw it as a very special
00:44:08.34\00:44:11.26
moment. And we
were, we were delivering
00:44:11.31\00:44:13.83
something for the Lord
and you suddenly realize
00:44:13.86\00:44:17.43
that you have piece
of,of touching those
00:44:17.50\00:44:20.54
people. Whenever
that was happening
00:44:20.66\00:44:23.07
how think we all felt that, all.
00:44:23.19\00:44:25.38
It's like God turn
the light on that reached
00:44:25.56\00:44:27.77
all the way around
the world and it was
00:44:28.22\00:44:29.46
so luminous, it got the
attention of whole world.
00:44:29.49\00:44:32.63
It wasn't just a little
place out in Thompsonville.
00:44:33.36\00:44:35.94
It's like when
that switch when on it.
00:44:36.80\00:44:38.21
Oh, I see a light
going all the way around the
00:44:38.36\00:44:42.28
world and the
attention of the world was going
00:44:42.34\00:44:44.62
to be focused up
on this that wow,
00:44:44.65\00:44:47.47
this is just the
beginning of what God is
00:44:47.60\00:44:50.06
going to do and it
was just the beginning.
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.42
Three Angels
Broadcasting Network continued
00:44:57.51\00:44:59.73
it's limited broadcasting
schedule from a tiny
00:44:59.89\00:45:02.15
transmitter shack,
at the same time family,
00:45:02.31\00:45:05.38
friends and paid
and volunteer employees
00:45:05.60\00:45:08.11
continue the
construction work on
00:45:08.54\00:45:09.96
the facility now
known as the Uplink.
00:45:09.99\00:45:12.28
When I got out a
high school I started
00:45:12.32\00:45:13.63
coming out of the volunteer and,
00:45:13.66\00:45:14.90
and helping do
different things and I got
00:45:15.05\00:45:17.96
you know really
interested after that so
00:45:18.13\00:45:19.76
that was amounts and
amounts, and amounts,
00:45:19.79\00:45:21.39
of electrical wiring.
And had all pulled in filled
00:45:21.42\00:45:24.21
the lighting and
everything. And so you
00:45:24.29\00:45:25.85
know one day you
might be doing that and
00:45:25.88\00:45:27.04
next day you might be
painting in some offices
00:45:27.20\00:45:29.19
or you might be just
sweeping the floor at
00:45:29.32\00:45:31.33
the end of the day
or whatever. You know
00:45:31.38\00:45:32.80
just coming out and
whatever they needed done.
00:45:32.85\00:45:34.72
One important
volunteer Gonzalo Santos,
00:45:35.55\00:45:38.64
a Chicago area electrician
drove 300 miles every
00:45:39.38\00:45:42.85
weekend to work on the
special 3 phase wiring needs
00:45:42.97\00:45:45.84
required by the
rural broadcast facility.
00:45:45.92\00:45:48.34
Much of the work was done before
00:45:48.66\00:45:50.17
3ABN began broadcasting.
00:45:50.33\00:45:52.20
I think I was most
impressed with Gonzalo
00:45:52.40\00:45:54.67
because he seemed
to really have a vision
00:45:54.83\00:45:57.61
about what was going
on. You know be in small
00:45:57.66\00:46:00.19
town community
people you would tend to do
00:46:00.28\00:46:02.56
things on a small
scale. But, I think he
00:46:02.59\00:46:04.58
understood that this
was a really big project.
00:46:04.75\00:46:07.36
I have been waiting
for a time really where
00:46:07.87\00:46:10.42
we could reach
through the mass media to
00:46:10.65\00:46:12.80
the public through
the general public.
00:46:13.02\00:46:14.30
And so in a
sentence not only I many
00:46:15.05\00:46:17.54
people have being
waiting for a 3ABN you know.
00:46:17.58\00:46:19.93
Many of the early
volunteers like Gonzalo Santos,
00:46:19.98\00:46:22.81
Clarence Larson and
others eventually became
00:46:23.32\00:46:25.76
paid employees.
Many were willing to give
00:46:25.84\00:46:28.24
up secure jobs and work the long
00:46:28.28\00:46:30.42
hours at the young 3ABN.
00:46:30.55\00:46:32.46
As I look back I see
where God had directed
00:46:32.53\00:46:35.30
me into doing this
kind of work. And I think
00:46:35.40\00:46:38.56
that God best direct
people into certain areas.
00:46:38.59\00:46:40.96
The few with
broadcast experience taught the
00:46:41.45\00:46:43.40
many how to work in
the television world.
00:46:43.48\00:46:45.84
Being able to learn
things that you never even
00:46:46.52\00:46:48.75
dreamed of you know
it's not like we had a
00:46:48.80\00:46:51.66
desire or I had a
desire to run camera.
00:46:51.74\00:46:53.77
I never thought I would
be put in that position.
00:46:53.80\00:46:55.30
As things progressed,
Kenny and I did a lot of
00:46:55.70\00:46:58.63
traveling together
and we would take our
00:46:58.69\00:47:01.53
camera. We had one
camera that was remote
00:47:01.64\00:47:03.58
and we would take
all the equipment and
00:47:03.67\00:47:06.23
when he would
preach a sermon I would run
00:47:06.87\00:47:09.18
the camera and then
at the closing I would do
00:47:09.39\00:47:12.63
the closing song and
which, which places and
00:47:12.76\00:47:14.75
he would come down
and run the camera,
00:47:14.81\00:47:16.22
will I do the
closing song. It seems awful
00:47:16.25\00:47:19.63
amateurish, now I
know, but you know we do
00:47:19.74\00:47:22.29
what we have to do
and, and nobody was too,
00:47:22.40\00:47:25.35
too good or too
elevated to say well that's
00:47:25.82\00:47:27.84
not my job I'm not
gonna do that. You know
00:47:27.88\00:47:29.82
we just we did
whatever we needed to.
00:47:29.92\00:47:31.70
Original
programming became a priority
00:47:32.37\00:47:34.39
for the infant 3ABN
as work on the uplink
00:47:34.53\00:47:37.07
building continued.
One of our goals is to have
00:47:37.19\00:47:40.27
a live program
maybe an evening program
00:47:40.30\00:47:43.35
where we can
interview a guest and bring
00:47:43.94\00:47:45.97
guest in that are
involved in different
00:47:46.07\00:47:48.33
ministries that God
has put them in as to
00:47:48.36\00:47:51.20
be a help and a
blessing to those might be
00:47:51.23\00:47:54.13
who the Lord is impressing
to get into the ministries,
00:47:54.19\00:47:56.56
but you just can't
really take that step and go
00:47:56.68\00:47:59.04
forward into this
ministry and you need a
00:47:59.09\00:48:01.19
help and encouragement to see,
00:48:01.26\00:48:02.49
how other people are
doing it. So, we wanna
00:48:02.60\00:48:04.64
bring in people all the
way from missionaries to
00:48:04.73\00:48:07.98
gospel singers and to
who ever to really get
00:48:08.51\00:48:12.31
testimonies about
what Christ has done,
00:48:12.39\00:48:14.48
how was living in their
lives and their ministries.
00:48:14.60\00:48:16.81
In time this live
program became known as
00:48:16.98\00:48:19.52
3ABN presents the
fore runner to 3ABN today.
00:48:19.78\00:48:23.39
Again members of the
Shelton family brought
00:48:23.89\00:48:25.88
the talent to start
the network program.
00:48:26.06\00:48:28.36
Hi, and welcome to
Three Angels Broadcasting
00:48:28.71\00:48:30.72
Network thank you,
for joining us today.
00:48:30.78\00:48:32.72
We should have an
exciting program for you.
00:48:33.24\00:48:35.45
3ABN presents became
the networks flagship
00:48:36.03\00:48:38.63
program. Shortly
after the program began
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.56
Denny recruited
another member of the family
00:48:42.01\00:48:43.91
to be is co-host his
wife Linda. Danny and
00:48:44.07\00:48:47.82
Linda were married
shortly after the vision was
00:48:47.94\00:48:49.89
given to Danny to
build a television station to
00:48:50.00\00:48:52.47
reach the world. Until
that time Linda like many
00:48:52.60\00:48:56.25
others worked behind
the scenes to make 3ABN
00:48:56.39\00:48:58.82
a reality and in
time that will changed.
00:48:58.90\00:49:02.56
Eventually Danny and
Linda took major roles in
00:49:03.08\00:49:06.16
the networks
operation but for most viewers
00:49:06.19\00:49:08.78
they were known as the
hosts of 3ABN presents.
00:49:09.34\00:49:12.46
Okay, you stand by queue, Danny
00:49:13.34\00:49:15.71
and Linda and 5,
4, 3, 2, 1, and queue.
00:49:16.24\00:49:22.83
Hello and
welcome to Three Angels
00:49:23.98\00:49:25.04
Broadcasting
Network. Thank you Lord,
00:49:25.19\00:49:29.44
for saving my soul.
Now, we are located in
00:49:29.77\00:49:34.53
Southern Illinois
near West Frankfort we're
00:49:34.63\00:49:36.53
actually upliking
from a little place called,
00:49:36.58\00:49:38.68
I would look on my
map because if I were you,
00:49:39.68\00:49:41.47
it's probably not
there, Thompsonville Illinois.
00:49:41.50\00:49:43.60
The 3ABN presents
program featured many
00:49:43.83\00:49:46.37
familiar faces including
friends, supporters and
00:49:46.50\00:49:49.78
for the first time on a
Christian television network
00:49:49.81\00:49:52.21
many Adventist speakers,
teachers and preachers.
00:49:52.70\00:49:57.18
Amazing facts not
only has a printed.
00:49:57.37\00:49:59.91
Publishing ministries
as you notice from these
00:50:00.74\00:50:03.21
books. We not only
have a radio, television
00:50:03.40\00:50:06.49
ministry but we have a
public Evangelist Crusade
00:50:06.55\00:50:09.51
Ministry. The
3ABN presents program
00:50:09.57\00:50:12.45
started with a simple set.
00:50:12.58\00:50:13.95
But very
quickly began to expand.
00:50:14.64\00:50:16.71
I do remember doing
the 3ABN presents and
00:50:17.24\00:50:21.28
we had just two
people in the studio along
00:50:21.44\00:50:24.20
with the Danny and
Linda and the guests.
00:50:24.23\00:50:25.80
There wasn't a big
place. It was very small.
00:50:26.27\00:50:28.76
As I remember
it, we had 3 cameras,
00:50:30.81\00:50:32.87
2 camera operators
and a lock down camera
00:50:33.07\00:50:35.91
in the middle, limited
lighting and limited space.
00:50:36.08\00:50:40.02
We were a small team.
None of us knew really how
00:50:40.23\00:50:42.98
to build sets. But
the few of us together we
00:50:43.03\00:50:48.00
created a few
simple, set the worked and
00:50:48.16\00:50:53.52
we didn't really have a
lot of resources either.
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.04
All they had was the
first building which we
00:50:56.60\00:50:59.43
now called the uplink
center. And I remember
00:50:59.59\00:51:05.07
that they were just
decorating the center;
00:51:05.10\00:51:08.17
wall papering the
bathrooms and they said,
00:51:08.71\00:51:11.53
oh! Yes, we have a
place for you to stay,
00:51:11.58\00:51:13.82
and they took me
upstairs and there was a
00:51:14.58\00:51:18.30
very small bedroom
that they had. That opened
00:51:18.98\00:51:22.24
up unto a kitchen
area, and at that time,
00:51:22.40\00:51:26.61
all the staff ate
around a small dining room
00:51:26.77\00:51:31.37
table in that kitchen
area. And the next memory
00:51:31.49\00:51:36.42
I really have is of
standing on that little tiny
00:51:36.54\00:51:40.75
stage with a lotus
background behind me with
00:51:41.14\00:51:45.55
1 maybe 2 cameras,
but I don't think it was 3
00:51:45.93\00:51:49.10
cameras in front of me,
doing a parenting program
00:51:49.13\00:51:53.79
without any
prompts whatsoever they
00:51:54.05\00:51:57.46
just said you
have 28 minutes, talk.
00:51:57.58\00:52:00.65
And now Dr. Kay Kuzma presents A
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.18
Hug & a Kiss and
a Kick in the pants.
00:52:03.27\00:52:05.64
I know why you're here. Now you
00:52:06.25\00:52:08.34
understand a hug and a kiss,
00:52:08.45\00:52:11.27
but that kick in the pants.
00:52:11.86\00:52:14.31
Not long after I
came to work here, there
00:52:14.68\00:52:17.22
was a couple of
directors who came who had
00:52:17.25\00:52:20.02
experienced in
directing and that was really
00:52:20.63\00:52:22.73
helpful because
otherwise, you know,
00:52:22.76\00:52:25.00
it was the big team
we weren't really sure
00:52:25.52\00:52:27.40
and directors had an
idea they could, you know,
00:52:27.49\00:52:29.05
they do this thing,
you know, see what it
00:52:29.64\00:52:30.99
you know, what it
looks like and that will look
00:52:31.06\00:52:32.71
good on camera
that won't look good on
00:52:32.76\00:52:34.14
camera. So,
that helped us a lot.
00:52:34.18\00:52:35.46
Hello anybody in the
studio. Yes, yes, yes,
00:52:35.64\00:52:38.33
alright, camera 1,
who is on camera 1.
00:52:38.42\00:52:41.43
Three Angels
Broadcasting network continue to
00:52:42.80\00:52:45.42
grow. The original
programs have filled the empty
00:52:45.54\00:52:48.30
broadcast schedule.
New employees were added,
00:52:48.41\00:52:51.38
each with their own
personal story for joining
00:52:52.25\00:52:54.68
the network.
Much of the management
00:52:54.75\00:52:58.00
responsibilities
were taken on by Danny and
00:52:58.12\00:53:00.46
Linda Shelton. We were
so impressed the Lord said,
00:53:00.51\00:53:04.22
I want you to build a
station that will reach
00:53:04.33\00:53:06.43
the world, and we
decided to do something
00:53:06.46\00:53:08.88
and it has
changed my whole life.
00:53:09.01\00:53:10.93
The vision given to
Danny just a few years
00:53:11.12\00:53:13.53
earlier quickly became a
growing 24 hour operation.
00:53:13.91\00:53:17.57
After I started
working here I know,
00:53:22.92\00:53:25.85
I remember, I think
it was my Uncle Kenny
00:53:25.98\00:53:27.32
came to me and
said, hey, you know,
00:53:27.42\00:53:28.74
what you think about
just come and work in here
00:53:29.18\00:53:30.61
full time, you know, I
said, doing what, well,
00:53:30.86\00:53:33.18
whatever you
know, needs to be done,
00:53:33.37\00:53:34.76
so in that year
and half I went from,
00:53:34.85\00:53:38.10
you know, helper
to I think we started.
00:53:38.44\00:53:40.21
At the time we called
master control we called it
00:53:40.62\00:53:42.64
the switcher and so I
started learning to be a
00:53:42.67\00:53:45.44
switcher and I also
ran sound for the studio
00:53:45.52\00:53:49.02
for about a year. Yeah,
it was interesting times.
00:53:49.09\00:53:52.14
This is actually our
32 foot diameter dish.
00:53:55.70\00:53:58.57
It's from Scientific
Atlanta. They built it and we
00:53:58.73\00:54:01.98
purchased it and
they came and installed it
00:54:02.11\00:54:03.84
for us, and we were
just going to show you
00:54:04.41\00:54:06.22
that for a second
and then you will notice
00:54:06.45\00:54:07.88
behind there is a
little video shack we call and
00:54:07.97\00:54:10.85
this dish is a gigantic
system and it's amazing to
00:54:10.88\00:54:14.21
me that we can shoot
signals 22,300 miles to
00:54:14.24\00:54:18.01
space. Now, this is the
little tiny building beside
00:54:18.22\00:54:20.56
it and right now we
have people who actually,
00:54:20.60\00:54:23.10
two people work in that
little building full time.
00:54:23.16\00:54:25.53
Lord willing, as
funds allow us to, we are
00:54:26.03\00:54:29.88
bringing those
people upstairs and putting
00:54:29.99\00:54:31.65
master control in our
upstairs section of our
00:54:32.23\00:54:34.83
building. The
switcher that is master control
00:54:34.86\00:54:37.66
continues to operate
from the small video shack
00:54:38.10\00:54:40.60
where 3ABN's
broadcast to satellite began.
00:54:40.75\00:54:43.47
As soon as it was as
possible master control was
00:54:44.05\00:54:46.88
moved to the uplink
building. The first studio
00:54:47.00\00:54:49.01
of course, was
basically it was glorified
00:54:49.22\00:54:51.44
warehouse that had
the uplink center and the
00:54:51.47\00:54:54.42
studio in it. I arrived
late at night just because my
00:54:54.52\00:54:59.22
flight times and
they told me, you know,
00:54:59.33\00:55:01.15
you ring this buzzer
and somebody will come
00:55:01.36\00:55:04.13
down and I still
remember it was a
00:55:04.20\00:55:06.96
Mitch who still works with 3ABN.
00:55:07.06\00:55:09.62
This was at a time when
Danny was insisting that
00:55:09.85\00:55:14.83
the callers that were
calling in from watching the
00:55:15.49\00:55:18.33
programs whether
they were calling for free
00:55:18.44\00:55:21.00
literature whether they
were calling in for prayer.
00:55:21.09\00:55:23.26
Danny wanted a live
person to talk to them.
00:55:23.51\00:55:27.25
Well, after 5:30
every one left the building,
00:55:27.70\00:55:30.47
so the only one left
was master control when
00:55:30.72\00:55:33.99
guests would come in,
the master control operator
00:55:34.16\00:55:37.89
would give them a
tour, would make sure that
00:55:37.99\00:55:40.28
they got into their
guest room. If they needed
00:55:40.40\00:55:43.58
anything to make sure
that the guests got what
00:55:43.61\00:55:46.97
they needed. He came
down, he let me in and he
00:55:47.14\00:55:48.73
showed me where the
guest room was and I
00:55:48.86\00:55:50.16
got to go and visit
him and it was just very
00:55:50.27\00:55:53.04
inspiring to me to see
that here are the little
00:55:53.13\00:55:56.89
monitors and he was
explaining now this is
00:55:57.05\00:55:59.02
what's going on the
tape and this is here the
00:55:59.13\00:56:01.67
signal going up to
the satellite and here you
00:56:01.83\00:56:02.80
see the half second
delay. It's coming down from
00:56:04.86\00:56:07.01
the satellite and
it's been broadcast,
00:56:07.04\00:56:08.70
and I have to watch
this because as you know
00:56:08.79\00:56:11.02
FCC rules some one
has to be here remain for
00:56:11.16\00:56:13.10
24 hours a day. Sitting
there in master control,
00:56:13.27\00:56:16.71
just looking at the
TV monitor and realizing
00:56:17.15\00:56:20.71
this thing is going
out to who knows how many
00:56:21.18\00:56:25.76
people and really
at that time we were
00:56:25.87\00:56:28.98
broadcasting via
satellite and one satellite
00:56:29.66\00:56:32.54
and that satellite
was being received by who
00:56:35.17\00:56:37.45
knows how many tens
of thousands of people
00:56:37.63\00:56:39.29
with the big
satellite dishes. We were on one
00:56:39.33\00:56:43.47
downlink, one local
TV station in Salem,
00:56:44.17\00:56:47.88
Illinois and that was
the very first one that
00:56:47.95\00:56:51.90
3ABN had, but also
we were on the air on a
00:56:52.07\00:56:55.47
cable station in San
Diego, California from 2:00
00:56:55.62\00:56:58.61
in the morning to
6:00 in the morning.
00:56:58.81\00:57:00.46
Because this was 3ABN
that's way out in the middle
00:57:00.80\00:57:03.63
of a cow pasture. Any
time a small storm would
00:57:03.66\00:57:07.20
come through. 3ABN
would lose this power.
00:57:07.23\00:57:10.70
Whenever we lose
power everything shuts down,
00:57:10.88\00:57:13.38
so we would have to
go out and manually start
00:57:13.91\00:57:16.20
the generator then
go to another building,
00:57:16.99\00:57:19.55
manually reset the
transmitter come back into
00:57:20.15\00:57:23.80
the uplink building
manually set all of our
00:57:23.88\00:57:27.28
machines, start them
again, get your program
00:57:27.63\00:57:30.99
back on the air, so
your heart was go thump,
00:57:31.58\00:57:34.95
thump, thump, the
whole time that you're
00:57:35.04\00:57:36.76
running out in this
storm, rain, lightening.
00:57:36.91\00:57:40.06
So, we had one time
base corrective machine.
00:57:40.13\00:57:42.31
So when we went from
on machine to another and
00:57:42.65\00:57:46.80
the people saw the
video for the first 10, 15
00:57:46.83\00:57:49.47
seconds, if the person
appeared on the screen red
00:57:49.56\00:57:53.14
we gonna have, we
were having to adjust so
00:57:53.56\00:57:55.96
it looks like flesh
color. So, sometimes people saw
00:57:56.12\00:57:58.73
the people red, green
or some other color for
00:57:58.76\00:58:02.19
about 10, 15 seconds
we would adjust and then
00:58:02.26\00:58:04.30
it would be right.
Whenever the phone would
00:58:04.33\00:58:06.38
ring and then we
would have to pick it up
00:58:06.56\00:58:08.42
right when we would
doing the switch and it
00:58:08.91\00:58:11.33
might be someone
calling a credit card order in
00:58:11.47\00:58:17.13
and we would have to
take all the information.
00:58:17.35\00:58:18.88
It might even being
someone that was contemplating
00:58:19.01\00:58:22.27
suicide, so we're
talking to that suicidal person,
00:58:22.40\00:58:26.76
trying to talk them out
of it, praying for him and
00:58:27.17\00:58:30.11
as we were praying
from him, we were praying,
00:58:30.19\00:58:32.48
of course, with our
eyes open because we
00:58:32.63\00:58:34.03
have to watch the
clock and press the button,
00:58:34.07\00:58:36.56
you know at the
right time to put the right
00:58:36.99\00:58:38.32
program on. It was
fun. Having to answer the
00:58:38.53\00:58:43.32
prayer call was
very fulfilling for me,
00:58:43.38\00:58:45.10
because here I was
thinking I am going to
00:58:45.26\00:58:47.71
study to be a Pastor,
but the Lord sends me to
00:58:47.91\00:58:50.22
3ABN and it was very
clear to me that the Lord
00:58:50.33\00:58:52.92
sent to me to 3ABN. And
now I am talking to people,
00:58:53.01\00:58:56.13
helping them
understand what the Bible says.
00:58:56.17\00:58:59.26
Sometimes we have
prayer call, sometimes we
00:58:59.77\00:59:01.07
have Bible questions.
It was such a blessing for
00:59:01.15\00:59:04.08
me. I would go
home after work and say,
00:59:04.11\00:59:06.54
what a blessing.
This is wonderful.
00:59:06.73\00:59:08.41
To me it was the most
exciting thing that has
00:59:08.92\00:59:11.07
ever happened to me
to begin working at 3ABN.
00:59:11.18\00:59:13.48
3ABN's master
control continue to progress
00:59:14.54\00:59:17.41
as technology changed.
The counseling and phone
00:59:17.63\00:59:20.53
calls were given to
the pastoral departments in
00:59:20.63\00:59:23.47
the years to come,
more networks and computer
00:59:23.51\00:59:26.14
automation would
radically change the master
00:59:26.24\00:59:28.20
control operator's job.
You are watching Mending
00:59:28.34\00:59:32.85
Broken People. The
3ABN miracle story.
00:59:32.96\00:59:35.94
Stay with us for
our third and final hour
00:59:36.70\00:59:39.19
of this
documentary coming up on 3ABN.
00:59:39.22\00:59:42.10