I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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Thank you, for joining us
as you do each and everyday.
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Thank you, for your
love and your prayers
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and financial support of 3ABN,
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as we endeavor to
take this great gospel
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of the kingdom
into all the world.
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One of the things that I love
doing is hearing testimonies
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of what God is doing.
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We serve a God
that's alive and well.
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He's on the throne.
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He's ever inner
seating for you and me
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at the very right
hand of the Father.
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That's an amazing thing
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that the Creator
God can love us enough
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that He literally
made a plan of redemption,
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a plan of salvation to
save a lost in dying world.
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Praise God for
the plan of salvation.
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And when we accept Jesus Christ
as Lord and Savior of our life,
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He says, go ye
into all the world.
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So I'm thankful, the scripture
write in Matthew 28:18-20.
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The first one says,
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"All power is given
me in heaven and earth."
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Jesus is saying that once you
accept me as Lord and Savior,
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all that power that I have
I'm gonna give that to you.
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And now you're gonna
be able to go literally
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into all the world to be
a witness to all nations,
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teaching them who deserve
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whatever things I
have commanded you.
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Today I have some people
here that they love Jesus
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with all their
heart, soul and mind.
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Well, now I'm gonna
start with the pastor
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and Pastor Glenn Farinola
from New Orleans, right?
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Yes, that's correct.
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What's the church
there? Which church?
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New Orleans First.
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First church, all right.
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Praise the Lord
you're here today
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and you brought a guest today.
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Yes, I did.
Toshia, right, Cartman?
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Yes, Toshia Cartman.
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Toshia, how are you?
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I'm doing great. How are you?
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All right. I love
that smile on you.
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Thank you.
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Something tells
me you love Jesus.
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I do very much.
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All right.
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So we're gonna hear
testimonies today about work
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that you've been doing,
not only here in America
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but around the world, huh?
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I guess that's right.
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All right, you look
like pretty young gal,
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but we may find out she's older
than she looks, I don't know.
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But at least with women
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you always want to stay
on the underside, right?
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Amen.
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I've been around
long enough to know that.
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But before we get
into the testimony
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I know that
you'll love music here
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and we have some
special music today
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and we have Todd Parrish
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and he's gonna be
singing "To Be Like Jesus."
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A little boy is
crying for affection
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A little girl
needs a hand to hold
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And oh, how He loves
those little children
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How He longs to be a
friend to young and old
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His tender spirit
welcomes all who seek Him
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His giving heart
asks little in return
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And I have found
His promises faithful
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I seek to live my
life that I may learn
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To be like Jesus,
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to be like Jesus
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To be the one I
was created to be
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To be like Jesus,
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to be like Jesus
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May all who see my life,
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find Him in me
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When I received
His supreme salvation
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His heavenly love
filled my earthly soul
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And I became His new creation
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My brokenness He
made completely whole
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And through the
darkness of this world
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I've been commissioned
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To be a light that
shines for Him alone
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Surrounded by His infinite mercy
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May my life always be known
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To be like Jesus,
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to be like Jesus
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To be the one I
was created to be
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To be like Jesus,
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to be like Jesus
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Oh, my only
earthly goals fulfilled
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When I'm centered in His will
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May all who see my heart
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find Him in me
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Amen. Thank you, Todd.
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And that's the goal of
all of us to be like Jesus.
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Again I have Toshia here,
Pastor Glenn from New Orleans.
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And you're down I guess
of course during the Katrina?
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Yes.
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We were there, some
3ABN went and helped too.
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What did that do to your church
basically and your membership?
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How did that affect you?
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You know when Katrina hit,
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we actually lost
half of our membership
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that relocated
and never returned.
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And so we're still building
up from that experience,
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building up our membership.
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We had rebuilt our
church after Katrina.
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One year later we
had a church dedication.
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I think we had a,
have a slide of that
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with Pastor Dwight Nelson
from Pioneer Memorial Church.
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He came down and had a
rededication of our church
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and we were quite blessed
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and the Lord
worked everything out.
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But you know, Danny, it was a,
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it was a really
a good experience
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for the church in some ways.
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You know we never do
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what it was like to
just lose everything.
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And our membership,
you know, our members,
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many of those people
lost everything they had,
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all their valuables,
all their possessions,
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all their, their
pictures of their loved ones.
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Some places in New Orleans
were 20 feet under water.
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And many of our
members suffered through that.
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And, but it
helped the church to,
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to understand how
quickly you can have something
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and it could be taken away.
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Yes.
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And that made a
tremendous spiritual impact
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in our lives of
many of our members.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I know we were there,
people were devastated,
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but we saw God in the midst.
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We saw a lot of people come
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to the Lord through devastation.
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And sometimes
that's what it takes.
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Absolutely.
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Today, we're here again with--
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Toshia, I want
to go over to you.
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Now, where are you from?
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I'm originally
from Chicago, Illinois.
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Okay. Well, that's only
about 300 miles north of here.
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That's right it is. It is.
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All right.
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You still have
relatives up there?
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Most of my family is there,
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my sisters, my
brothers, my mom, my dad--
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Is that right?
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Most of them are there.
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How did you end up all
the way down in New Orleans?
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Louisiana. Yeah.
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It's interesting.
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Actually I had never been
there until I moved there.
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Is that right?
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I got scholarship for college
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and it was a
full tuition and fees
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and I couldn't pass it up
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and so I thought
I want to go for it
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and that's how I ended up
in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Chicago girl, by yourself
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moving to New
Orleans, Louisiana.
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I had family there
in Slidell, Louisiana.
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I have aunt,
uncle and cousins there,
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but I still hadn't been there.
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So that's was my first
visit was when I moved there.
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How long you've been there?
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I have been there
for 14 years already.
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Wow. So you apparently like it.
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You adjusted there?
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I too like it. I
enjoyed the weather.
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The weather is warm--
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Yeah, boy, especially this time
of year it's nice to be down--
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Yes, exactly, it's beautiful.
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I know, it gets
kind of cold here
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and much even colder
200 miles northern Chicago
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than even here in the
southern part of Illinois.
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But you got a great testimony.
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Tell me a little bit
about your background.
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Our viewers when you
come on, we like to hear,
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where people are
from and as we say,
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what makes them tick?
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But tell me, you say
you're raised in Chicago.
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Where you raised
in Christian home?
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I was raised in
the Christian home.
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My mom is a Christian lady,
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my favorite
person, my best friend.
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All right.
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And my grandma too.
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We went to church
with them every week
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and they loved the Lord too
and they are the very reason
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why I'm here today is
because they love me so much.
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Praise the Lord. What
church were you raised in?
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Baptist Church.
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Baptist?
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God has a lot of
people in the Baptist Church.
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So many people.
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I have some great friends
and people we work with here.
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Of course God has
people in all churches.
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And that thing, you know,
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there are some,
some denominations.
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Some churches think
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they are the only
ones are gonna be saved.
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And you know, so I've
come to the conclusion
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a longtime ago,
you're not gonna be saved
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by the name over the
doorpost of your church.
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Adventist,
Baptist, Catholic, whatever.
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But God looks on heart.
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Aren't you glad that He
looks on heart of individuals?
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So there gonna be a lot of us--
Adventists that won't be saved
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and a lot of
folk with other names
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that will be and wise versa.
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So this is all about,
you know, I'm thankful
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for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I'm thankful for the truth.
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I believe it's
God's remnant church
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in the closing
moments of world's history
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to take a three angel
messages to all the world.
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But God saves all
of us, wherever we are,
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and He has more people,
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we're told that
not in the church
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than out of
denominationally wise.
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So when I see people I
love meeting Christian people.
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So we have friends
from all denominations.
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And I praise the
Lord for our viewers.
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Our viewers support us.
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We get donations from Catholics,
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from Lutherans, from Baptists
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and that's amazing to
me, but I'm thankful that
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because they see that our goal
is not to promote a religion
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but is to promote Jesus.
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Right.
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So you were raised
in a Christian home.
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Yes.
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And so at a college
age you decided to go down,
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you get a
scholarship down in New Orleans.
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Yeah. All right.
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I actually prayed
about that because I,
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I applied for the school
because my aunt asked me to,
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because she lived there.
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And it was
expensive and I prayed.
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Well, I don't
think I'm gonna there
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because it's too
expensive so I stay in Illinois.
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And then my
counselor in high school,
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she handed me a
scholarship application.
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I filled it out, but I
didn't think anything of it.
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I didn't think
I was gonna get it
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because they were only
few and I prayed about it.
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If I get it I'm going to
go and I got it and so I went.
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And I didn't like it at first.
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I want to go back home
'cause I missed my mom a lot,
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I missed my sisters,
but I got used to the city,
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the friendly
people, the warm weather
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and I liked the
school, so I stayed.
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And God placed me there.
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I know that now,
that He placed me
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in New Orleans at that time.
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And what did
you take in college?
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Chemistry.
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My major was
chemistry and my minor biology.
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I'm a little
intimated right now.
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But don't be.
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Is that one of the
chemist here you know.
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So, where do you work now?
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Now I work in agricultural lab.
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Yeah.
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I'm a lab
technician and we test DNA.
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Well, it's kind of complicated
I don't want to get into it
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because it will be too much.
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We test DNA,
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that what I like to tell
people, the way it's just--
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Yeah, I knew
it's too complicated.
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When I first heard about DNA
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I think it was during
the O.J. Simpson trial
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and I didn't know much about it.
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They were talking
about DNA and I heard him say
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there are billions of
DNA cells in your body.
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And I said, billions?
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I didn't know
there were billions
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of anything in our body,
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but that's you know,
God is great God, isn't He?
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He is amazing. He did that.
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I'm sure as a Christian
when you're working with DNA
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and you're working,
you're getting to see things
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that most of us don't see,
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is it does have
an impact on you?
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It does. It does.
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God is very good. He
is awesome, that's true.
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All right.
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But today
besides doing, you know,
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what you do in the lab,
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you're doing
something else which,
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you know, has nothing to do
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with your
education as far as there.
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But I hear
you're a Bible worker.
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I am, yes.
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And you've
traveled recently to where?
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Where was your last trip?
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My last trip was
Africa, Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe?
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Yes, that's where I went.
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And...
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Now, now how in the world
where did you get Zimbabwe?
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What would cause you
to want to go to Zimbabwe?
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I was invited
to go by my pastor.
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Oh, the pastor..
Yes, by the pastor.
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I was invited to go
there after holding meetings
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in New Orleans at our church.
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And he asked me to go Africa
and I thought well, why not?
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You know, it's
another opportunity
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to share the gospel with
people who want to hear it.
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They want to listen,
that's all we want to do is,
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tell people who want to know.
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You know, if you want to know,
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I want to tell
you and so I went.
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All right.
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Tell me a little
bit how you became--
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you're a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian, right?
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How did you become an Adventist?
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Okay.
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I am-- I always
believed in God, always.
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My mom raised me to know
that there was a God, you know.
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I never doubted that.
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The Bible I read it
here and there you know,
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not that much,
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but I heard all these different
views about God, so many.
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Everybody has different things
to say about this one God.
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You know, He
cannot be this and that,
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if those two things
contradict themselves.
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He has to be one thing.
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There's one truth about math,
2+2 is 4 that' it, you know.
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And so I need to know who He is.
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I needed to know who God was,
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not just where He was
or you know, how He is?
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I know who my mom
is. I know she loves me.
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You know I know
my grandma loves me.
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I know who she is.
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Who is this God?
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And things that people would say
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sometimes don't
make Him look that good.
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They make
sometimes make me afraid.
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And I heard a lot
of things from people
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who absolutely do
not believe in God at all
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and I respect their
views and so I listen to them,
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but I needed to know
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and so I began to
study my Bible which is,
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what I grew up believing in.
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And so I studied
it like every night
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for a couple of
years and I prayed a lot
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and I prayed a lot and I just--
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This when you're in college?
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Yes, no, I had
graduated from college.
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I was working my
job. I was about 25.
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Okay.
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And I prayed, and I prayed
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and I just couldn't
seem to find the answers
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that I needed to
satisfy my longing,
00:17:21.27\00:17:24.05
my desire to know Him.
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And after two weeks of praying
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and I hadn't
talked to anybody about it
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because I was just tired
of talking and listening,
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so I just stopped
talking and just prayed.
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And got a flyer in the mail
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and it was Amazing
Facts seminar you know.
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And there was the
picture of Emanuel Beck,
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he was the evangelist.
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And I was interested in
going, so I went by myself and--
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Okay, it just
showed up in your mailbox?
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It showed up in my
mailbox. It was a handbill.
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All right, pastor.
There you go, way to go.
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Yes. Thank God for them.
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Yeah.
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And I went and the first day
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they preached Daniel
Chapter 2 and I loved it.
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I loved
everything I was hearing.
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It showed me that the
Bible was the Word of God
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without a doubt
that one day and then--
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Without going into
detail, but what it is--
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for our viewers that don't know
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what is it
about Daniel Chapter 2
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that's different
than John, John Chapter 3?
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It's a good question.
Daniel Chapter 2 is prophetic.
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It tells us what's going
to happen before it happens.
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The Bible is prophetic
and that is amazing to me.
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When I heard that I
couldn't believe it.
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It was like histories blueprint
before it had even happened
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and I could trust the Bible.
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So it predicted down the future
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and what kingdoms would be
setup and this type of thing
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and it actually
turned out to be that way.
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When we study
history we found out
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that it was exactly accurate,
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you cannot argue
with that and I was happy
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because now I know
that my mom is right,
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you know the Bible is real.
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The Bible is the Word of God.
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Okay.
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No more doubts.
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No more doubts. No more doubts.
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So you go to the meetings,
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in the first night
you learned about Daniel.
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You're already a Christian.
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You're already believer,
but now you're confirmed.
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So what holds you
to these meetings?
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What held me to the meetings?
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First the people.
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The people were beautiful.
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They loved-- they
were unusually kind
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that's what I like to call them.
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They were so sweet
00:19:15.44\00:19:16.47
and who doesn't
like nice people?
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Absolutely.
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They were
welcoming and they were kind
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and they were open
and so I kept coming back.
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And they would ask me,
you know, are you coming back?
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And you know, I sure I'm
coming back and I came back.
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And also I wanted to learn more.
00:19:25.89\00:19:27.73
I wanted to learn
more about the Bible.
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The evangelists was
very young and he was happy
00:19:29.89\00:19:31.93
about what he was sharing
and I was happy about hearing
00:19:31.96\00:19:34.69
and the people were
happy about supporting it
00:19:34.72\00:19:36.76
and so I kept coming
00:19:36.79\00:19:38.15
and that's what kept
me every, every night.
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I missed a few, but not a lot.
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I wished to
comeback every night.
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You know, pastor, I'm
so amazed that the people--
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You know, I'm
thankful to be living
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in a closing
moments of earths history.
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And we're getting to see
thanks prophecy fulfilled
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before our very eyes that,
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you know, hundreds of years ago,
00:19:56.69\00:19:58.67
weren't upon them
like it is right now.
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But I play basketball
with a couple of young guys
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and I say, young
because they are.
00:20:04.11\00:20:05.49
They are probably your
age range, early 30s or 30s.
00:20:05.52\00:20:09.40
And they are not necessarily
Christians that I know off.
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I'm sure they've
had some background.
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But a week ago or so we
were playing basketball,
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we play on Tuesday nights here.
00:20:18.01\00:20:19.64
They were driving into
their home some miles away
00:20:19.67\00:20:23.11
and a drunk driver hit them.
00:20:23.14\00:20:24.99
So I went to St.
Louis the other day
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and one had been
in critical condition.
00:20:27.19\00:20:29.64
They both have broken
bones and broken ribs and hip--
00:20:29.67\00:20:34.67
I mean fractured neck
bones and so doctor says,
00:20:34.70\00:20:37.98
it's gonna be a long
time for their recovery.
00:20:38.01\00:20:40.71
But as friends they
have been coming out
00:20:40.74\00:20:42.52
playing here at
our 3ABN, you know,
00:20:42.55\00:20:45.62
our little school gym
and with us for sometime.
00:20:45.65\00:20:48.58
So they called me and
I found out about him,
00:20:48.61\00:20:51.58
but they had reached out
00:20:51.61\00:20:52.69
and said would
you come and see us.
00:20:52.72\00:20:54.55
So I drove up to St. Louis
and I saw them in the rooms
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and one got out of the ICU.
00:20:57.94\00:21:00.33
They said, we've
been wanting to know
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.10
and one have been talking
to me about coming to church
00:21:02.13\00:21:04.53
and said, we been
wanting to know more about God
00:21:04.56\00:21:07.57
and now we want you to help us.
00:21:07.60\00:21:09.53
But one of them said
to me is very interesting.
00:21:09.56\00:21:12.08
You know, I don't
really go to church.
00:21:12.11\00:21:14.06
I've been asking a
lot of people questions.
00:21:14.09\00:21:16.86
I read the Bible sometimes,
00:21:16.89\00:21:18.39
but I keep asking and
nobody can give me the answers.
00:21:18.42\00:21:21.15
I said, well, what kind?
00:21:21.18\00:21:22.27
He said, well, one reason--
One thing I asked him is,
00:21:22.30\00:21:25.80
why you people go
to church on Sunday
00:21:25.83\00:21:27.63
because the Bible says,
we go on the seventh day?
00:21:27.66\00:21:31.16
And then he said to me
which I thought is very,
00:21:31.19\00:21:34.54
you know, amazing to me.
00:21:34.57\00:21:35.70
He said, because when I--
00:21:35.73\00:21:37.45
they say well you don't need to,
00:21:37.48\00:21:38.61
and he said-- I
say to them, well,
00:21:38.64\00:21:40.75
why does this, the
fourth commandment say remember?
00:21:40.78\00:21:44.19
And I said, that's very astute
from someone who's not a Bible,
00:21:44.22\00:21:47.88
you know, student of the word.
00:21:47.91\00:21:49.76
But he said, then I found
out you guys were Adventists
00:21:49.79\00:21:52.92
so I really want to learn.
00:21:52.95\00:21:54.45
So my brother went up
and took him some literature
00:21:54.48\00:21:56.55
and we're getting them the apps
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.50
and you're gonna get
that app on your phone too.
00:21:58.53\00:22:00.76
That's your right.
00:22:00.79\00:22:01.88
For those of you that have
telephones, your Smartphone,
00:22:01.91\00:22:04.21
you can download
whether it's android
00:22:04.24\00:22:06.37
or whether it's the
iPhone, the 3ABN app,
00:22:06.40\00:22:09.60
you can get all six
networks 24/7 around the clock.
00:22:09.63\00:22:14.15
So you come to the
meetings, Amazing Facts meetings
00:22:14.18\00:22:16.65
and how long they
last, two or three weeks?
00:22:16.68\00:22:18.94
It was actually more then
that. Was it six weeks or?
00:22:18.97\00:22:22.01
Well--
00:22:22.04\00:22:23.18
Five or six. Five or six weeks?
00:22:23.21\00:22:24.50
Okay.
00:22:24.53\00:22:25.61
And thank you that you
have a church that says,
00:22:25.64\00:22:27.99
you know, we're not
just gonna sit here,
00:22:28.02\00:22:29.57
but we're gonna reach
the community around us.
00:22:29.60\00:22:33.04
So at the end of the
six weeks what happens?
00:22:33.07\00:22:35.53
I was ready to commit.
00:22:35.56\00:22:36.85
I was ready to
commit because everything,
00:22:36.88\00:22:39.36
it was a answer to my prayers.
00:22:39.39\00:22:40.97
After praying and
wanted to know something solid.
00:22:41.00\00:22:43.61
I wanted to be sure and
wanting to know who God was.
00:22:43.64\00:22:46.81
God loved me and I was
learning that that yes,
00:22:46.84\00:22:50.76
there is a God and He
created this entire universe
00:22:50.79\00:22:52.85
and He's huge and He's
awesome, but He loves me
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.84
and that made me want
to commit myself to Him.
00:22:55.87\00:22:59.14
And so I made that
decision rather quickly
00:22:59.17\00:23:01.99
and I know to some
people it was strange,
00:23:02.02\00:23:03.91
you know, you
just spend six weeks
00:23:03.94\00:23:05.66
and you wanted to
care these things,
00:23:05.69\00:23:07.05
but I heard them,
I know it was true.
00:23:07.08\00:23:08.75
It was me that
was sitting there.
00:23:08.78\00:23:10.08
It was me who God was speaking
to and I made my decision
00:23:10.11\00:23:14.07
and I was baptized,
November 20th, 2010.
00:23:14.10\00:23:17.43
Wow, that--
00:23:17.46\00:23:18.55
Danny, excuse me.
00:23:18.58\00:23:19.68
I think they have a
couple of slides of her baptism.
00:23:19.71\00:23:21.79
Oh, good, good.
Just look at them.
00:23:21.82\00:23:23.70
They can show those.
00:23:23.73\00:23:25.48
Yes, this is when
Toshia is being baptized.
00:23:25.51\00:23:29.01
And then we have
a couple of that,
00:23:29.04\00:23:32.30
show her being
welcomed into the church
00:23:32.33\00:23:36.59
with Emanuel Beck
from Amazing Facts
00:23:36.62\00:23:38.94
and you can see
her smile as usual
00:23:38.97\00:23:42.11
And like we've one
other giving her some diploma
00:23:42.14\00:23:47.25
or something for a
graduation from the seminar
00:23:47.28\00:23:51.99
that we've been
thrill to have her.
00:23:52.02\00:23:54.11
Absolutely. Those are wonderful.
00:23:54.14\00:23:56.79
So you go to the meetings--
Now let me ask you this.
00:23:56.82\00:24:00.40
You're in a place it's
not, it's becoming your home,
00:24:00.43\00:24:03.73
but it's not where
most of your family.
00:24:03.76\00:24:05.40
You have some relatives
or any of your coworkers
00:24:05.43\00:24:08.65
are they Adventists
or were they Adventist?
00:24:08.68\00:24:11.68
Yeah, well.
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.36
At the time when you--
00:24:13.39\00:24:15.03
At that time? How that--
00:24:15.06\00:24:16.09
Yeah, when you started
going to the Adventist Church,
00:24:16.12\00:24:19.30
did you know
any other Adventist?
00:24:19.33\00:24:21.63
Not really. No, I did not.
00:24:21.66\00:24:23.09
Actually no, I didn't.
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.85
So you got a strong personality
because now you're gonna go,
00:24:24.88\00:24:28.30
you don't even know
any Adventists to go.
00:24:28.33\00:24:30.22
You just see to get
this on the mail and you say,
00:24:30.25\00:24:32.73
I'm just gonna go and then
you end up after six weeks.
00:24:32.76\00:24:35.70
And you know what?
00:24:35.73\00:24:36.76
I think this is
true, this is for me.
00:24:36.79\00:24:38.84
So my point is,
you're not just going to get
00:24:38.87\00:24:41.95
into some kind of group
or some workers meetings
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.42
with other
people because they are.
00:24:45.45\00:24:47.89
You decide this
totally on your own,
00:24:47.92\00:24:49.62
you and the Holy Spirit?
00:24:49.65\00:24:50.68
Yes, exactly.
00:24:50.71\00:24:51.74
So regardless of what
other people thing or say,
00:24:51.77\00:24:54.40
you decided I'm
gonna be baptized
00:24:54.43\00:24:56.27
at Seventh-day Adventist?
00:24:56.30\00:24:57.91
I did and I'm so
happy I made that decision.
00:24:57.94\00:25:00.26
And why did you just-- How
did that changed your life?
00:25:00.29\00:25:03.53
It changed my life instantly.
00:25:03.56\00:25:05.79
I provided with
instantly because that,
00:25:05.82\00:25:09.43
the day I was baptized
I knew I was committing
00:25:09.46\00:25:12.35
to something that
was different, you know.
00:25:12.38\00:25:14.65
It was
different than what I had.
00:25:14.68\00:25:16.55
You know, it was more.
00:25:16.58\00:25:17.64
I like to think it was
deeper than what I had learned.
00:25:17.67\00:25:20.62
And it was
different than most people.
00:25:20.65\00:25:23.36
And I knew that I
had to stay close to God
00:25:23.39\00:25:26.35
after that moment and I did it.
00:25:26.38\00:25:28.52
And He was close to me.
00:25:28.55\00:25:30.03
He was so close to
me and I knew everyday
00:25:30.06\00:25:33.04
more and more that He loved
00:25:33.07\00:25:35.41
and I never wanted to leave Him,
00:25:35.44\00:25:37.90
you know,
'cause He's a good God.
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.82
That's beautiful pasture.
00:25:39.85\00:25:41.62
What did you see in her?
00:25:41.65\00:25:43.55
She came and she kind of
like just stand out to you?
00:25:43.58\00:25:46.50
Did you-- That smile,
00:25:46.53\00:25:47.85
I know you said stood out.
00:25:47.88\00:25:49.01
Yes.
00:25:49.04\00:25:50.07
You know after she was there
for maybe a couple of weeks,
00:25:50.10\00:25:53.46
I went up to her and
introduced to myself to her
00:25:53.49\00:25:58.09
as a host of the
Amazing Facts series.
00:25:58.12\00:26:01.64
And after how she was enjoying
the meetings and she said,
00:26:01.67\00:26:04.87
she really enjoyed the meetings.
00:26:04.90\00:26:07.32
And I asked her, you have
any questions about anything
00:26:07.35\00:26:11.83
that you have heard?
00:26:11.86\00:26:13.26
And she says,
no, I really don't.
00:26:13.29\00:26:16.21
As long as this in
the Bible I believe it.
00:26:16.24\00:26:19.67
Oh, wow.
00:26:19.70\00:26:20.74
And I knew at that
time that she would become
00:26:20.77\00:26:23.71
a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian.
00:26:23.74\00:26:25.27
Wow. Okay.
00:26:25.30\00:26:26.73
So strong
personality 'cause you know
00:26:26.76\00:26:29.93
and Jim Gilley talks about this.
00:26:29.96\00:26:31.52
You've known Jim for a
long time you told me, pastor.
00:26:31.55\00:26:34.65
But he said, it takes
kind of a different personality
00:26:34.68\00:26:38.06
sometimes to be an Adventist
because a lot of people
00:26:38.09\00:26:40.20
don't like to go
against the flow.
00:26:40.23\00:26:42.27
So even when you
hear certain things
00:26:42.30\00:26:44.60
and then some
people just don't know,
00:26:44.63\00:26:46.63
but you're the personality,
00:26:46.66\00:26:47.84
if I hear truth I'm
gonna accept it and you did.
00:26:47.87\00:26:51.20
So what did you
decide to do after that?
00:26:51.23\00:26:53.29
You went to work, You
said, it changed your life.
00:26:53.32\00:26:55.04
It did.
00:26:55.07\00:26:56.12
So I'm sure you
probably shared some
00:26:56.15\00:26:58.42
with the people around you then?
00:26:58.45\00:27:00.22
Of course, that's the
first thing you want to do.
00:27:00.25\00:27:01.74
When you find
something beautiful and good
00:27:01.77\00:27:03.38
and it changes your life,
00:27:03.41\00:27:05.17
you want to share
with other people.
00:27:05.20\00:27:06.25
If it was a candy bar, you know,
00:27:06.28\00:27:07.99
you share with somebody else
00:27:08.02\00:27:09.10
and so that's
what I wanted to do.
00:27:09.13\00:27:10.67
So I arranged it so
my friends will come over
00:27:10.70\00:27:13.18
and we would have Bible studies.
00:27:13.21\00:27:14.27
Okay.
00:27:14.30\00:27:15.33
And I was gonna
share with them the things
00:27:15.36\00:27:16.97
that I had learned and
sure enough they came, you know.
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.80
So you're new into
this, but you decide
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.93
to have Bible
studies that you have?
00:27:20.96\00:27:22.29
Yes, I wanted to. All right.
00:27:22.32\00:27:24.15
How did it go? How did it go?
00:27:24.18\00:27:25.29
It went well. It went well.
00:27:25.32\00:27:26.57
They were my friends
00:27:26.60\00:27:27.66
and even my sister
when she will come in town.
00:27:27.69\00:27:29.62
She came to and
she was learning things
00:27:29.65\00:27:31.87
and I loved it.
00:27:31.90\00:27:33.13
I love sharing with
them and they love to hear it
00:27:33.16\00:27:35.47
and I was happy
about the turnout.
00:27:35.50\00:27:37.91
Love it. No complaint.
00:27:37.94\00:27:38.97
So now, now what
happened from there?
00:27:39.00\00:27:41.19
You're getting this--
00:27:41.22\00:27:42.68
I don't want to
say the word bug,
00:27:42.71\00:27:44.04
but you're getting this
thing well, I'm loving to share,
00:27:44.07\00:27:47.41
it's kind of
getting in your system
00:27:47.44\00:27:50.33
and you're not gonna
be happy just going back
00:27:50.36\00:27:52.48
to work everyday 'cause
you want to share Jesus.
00:27:52.51\00:27:55.58
Exactly.
00:27:55.61\00:27:56.64
So I know that you
ended up going on some trips,
00:27:56.67\00:27:59.00
but tell me how that happened
00:27:59.03\00:28:00.81
and how you
became a Bible worker?
00:28:00.84\00:28:02.43
Danny, before
that I like to mention
00:28:02.46\00:28:04.66
that even during the meetings
00:28:04.69\00:28:06.77
Toshia was
inviting her friends to come
00:28:06.80\00:28:09.25
and they would come with her
occasionally to the meetings.
00:28:09.28\00:28:12.29
And after she was baptized,
00:28:12.32\00:28:14.00
she would invite her
friends to come to church.
00:28:14.03\00:28:17.84
And you know
she's had several people
00:28:17.87\00:28:21.13
that came to visit the
church and was interested and,
00:28:21.16\00:28:24.67
and I thought well, why not,
00:28:24.70\00:28:27.72
why not Toshia just
have a series of meetings?
00:28:27.75\00:28:31.55
And that's what
we decided to do.
00:28:31.58\00:28:33.05
What?
00:28:33.08\00:28:34.11
I asked Toshia would you,
would you be willing to hold
00:28:34.14\00:28:36.74
some meetings
here at the church?
00:28:36.77\00:28:38.19
And how long was
this after she's baptized?
00:28:38.22\00:28:40.58
Just about four months
00:28:40.61\00:28:41.93
I believe after
she was baptized.
00:28:41.96\00:28:43.88
And you had confidence in here
to have her hold some meetings?
00:28:43.91\00:28:48.09
I did, you know, I
saw something in her
00:28:48.12\00:28:50.15
and she had a
tremendous love for the Lord.
00:28:50.18\00:28:52.88
And I said yeah.
00:28:52.91\00:28:55.06
And I asked her and her
usual replied is, who, me?
00:28:55.09\00:29:00.04
I said, yes, you.
00:29:00.07\00:29:01.15
Why not?
00:29:01.18\00:29:03.11
And she did.
00:29:03.14\00:29:04.17
We had a series of meetings.
00:29:04.20\00:29:05.43
I think we have a picture of it
00:29:05.46\00:29:08.47
where she's holding
meetings in the church.
00:29:08.50\00:29:10.81
And many her friends
and people have come out to,
00:29:10.84\00:29:14.68
to watch her and
listen to her preach.
00:29:14.71\00:29:18.21
And first time Toshia
ever preached in her life
00:29:18.24\00:29:22.70
and never knew she could.
00:29:22.73\00:29:25.12
But never had any training,
00:29:25.15\00:29:27.10
formal training or anything but,
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.83
but delivery was,
was excellent and,
00:29:29.86\00:29:33.53
but people could see
in her a love for Jesus
00:29:33.56\00:29:37.03
and her sincerity and I think
00:29:37.06\00:29:39.18
that's what attracted
people to the message.
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.39
That's the most important.
00:29:41.42\00:29:42.47
But I have to tell you,
I've been in this a long time,
00:29:42.50\00:29:45.09
that's pretty amazing
that somebody, four months,
00:29:45.12\00:29:47.99
you're in a totally
different environment,
00:29:48.02\00:29:50.70
you're in a brand new
church, you're with people
00:29:50.73\00:29:53.14
who been maybe Adventist
Christians for 30 years,
00:29:53.17\00:29:56.58
40 years and some of
those maybe coming to hear you,
00:29:56.61\00:29:59.88
you know, I
mean that looked like
00:29:59.91\00:30:01.35
that be
nerve-wracking in a sense.
00:30:01.38\00:30:04.05
It was. I'm a very shy person.
00:30:04.08\00:30:07.14
Really?
00:30:07.17\00:30:08.21
I would have loved to have
come into the church and just
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.46
sat in the back and learned
00:30:10.49\00:30:12.05
and share it with
my friends one on one.
00:30:12.08\00:30:14.09
You know that's
fine and I can do that,
00:30:14.12\00:30:15.63
those are my friends.
00:30:15.66\00:30:16.95
But when I was asked
to hold the meetings--
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.06
yes, I was surprised.
00:30:19.09\00:30:21.08
When I went home I asked myself,
00:30:21.11\00:30:22.52
why would he ask me that?
00:30:22.55\00:30:24.38
Why would he ask me?
00:30:24.41\00:30:25.94
I don't like
public speaking, you know,
00:30:25.97\00:30:28.16
I'm shy, I'm kind of quiet,
00:30:28.19\00:30:30.48
but I prayed about it as
I usually do and I asked God
00:30:30.51\00:30:33.62
if this is something
You're going to do through me.
00:30:33.65\00:30:36.07
You're gonna have to do this
00:30:36.10\00:30:37.28
because there's
no way I can do that.
00:30:37.31\00:30:39.61
I know I
couldn't 'cause I know me.
00:30:39.64\00:30:42.02
And, and I went for it
00:30:42.05\00:30:43.80
because one of the
elders at the church,
00:30:43.83\00:30:45.86
when he asked, she
heard and she said,
00:30:45.89\00:30:48.13
well, I tell
you what, you just--
00:30:48.16\00:30:49.71
the Holy Spirit
is gonna take over
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.06
and you're gonna be good,
00:30:51.09\00:30:52.31
you're gonna be able to do
this and I listened to her.
00:30:52.34\00:30:54.80
And when I got home I thought,
00:30:54.83\00:30:56.45
if this is true
00:30:56.48\00:30:58.17
then He should be
able to use me too.
00:30:58.20\00:31:00.21
So I'm gonna do it.
00:31:00.24\00:31:01.71
And then I came back and I
accepted and God like she said.
00:31:01.74\00:31:06.82
He does it. You
know He could use me.
00:31:06.85\00:31:09.67
I know He does love
me, but He will use me
00:31:09.70\00:31:13.33
and you know that, that's big,
00:31:13.36\00:31:16.05
that's just something
to me, it's so important.
00:31:16.08\00:31:18.34
So what did you
decide to-- for sermons?
00:31:18.37\00:31:21.93
What did you use material?
00:31:21.96\00:31:23.50
ShareHim. The ShareHim
series which was wonderful.
00:31:23.53\00:31:26.24
And tell me a little bit about,
for our viewers about ShareHim.
00:31:26.27\00:31:29.02
Who is ShareHim group?
00:31:29.05\00:31:30.76
ShareHim is a
group where they share.
00:31:30.79\00:31:33.85
I'm sorry.
00:31:33.88\00:31:34.91
They present
everything that you need
00:31:34.94\00:31:36.90
from Daniel Chapter 2
the gospel in slideshows
00:31:36.93\00:31:40.89
and they even give you a
list of things in the order
00:31:40.92\00:31:44.55
that you should say them.
00:31:44.58\00:31:45.85
And everything
is prepared for you.
00:31:45.88\00:31:47.36
All you have to do is,
be willing to share Him,
00:31:47.39\00:31:50.37
because
everything is right there.
00:31:50.40\00:31:52.03
You'll be yourself
and you read and you share
00:31:52.06\00:31:55.38
and the pictures are
there, everything was so simple,
00:31:55.41\00:31:58.43
you just had to have
faith in God and go for it.
00:31:58.46\00:32:01.33
Just we have to go.
00:32:01.36\00:32:02.39
We always say, in fact,
this year our theme for 3ABN,
00:32:02.42\00:32:06.05
every year we have a new one is,
00:32:06.08\00:32:07.49
"The Blessing is On the Go."
00:32:07.52\00:32:10.21
And if you think about that,
00:32:10.24\00:32:12.11
that's just simply
stepping out in faith.
00:32:12.14\00:32:13.93
When you-- faith to me--
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.22
your faith doesn't
begin till your sight ends.
00:32:16.25\00:32:19.17
And so what you're
doing is, you're not sure
00:32:19.20\00:32:21.20
what's gonna happen.
00:32:21.23\00:32:22.63
You don't know, you're
sure of what the Bible says
00:32:22.66\00:32:24.99
that happens and
looking down the history
00:32:25.02\00:32:27.07
but in your life I'm sure
you said, I'm kind of shy.
00:32:27.10\00:32:30.32
I don't know if I can
even present this well enough,
00:32:30.35\00:32:33.78
but you finally
got to the point,
00:32:33.81\00:32:35.24
said, Lord, I have to trust You.
00:32:35.27\00:32:36.35
Right.
00:32:36.38\00:32:37.42
I'll go forward and
You use me in spite of me.
00:32:37.45\00:32:39.41
That's what I
always ask God to do.
00:32:39.44\00:32:42.19
So you go, people
come to the meetings.
00:32:42.22\00:32:44.16
People come.
00:32:44.19\00:32:45.27
Now, pastor, do
you do that very often
00:32:45.30\00:32:46.91
that people come in four months
00:32:46.94\00:32:48.24
and you haven't hold
meetings in the church?
00:32:48.27\00:32:50.01
How often you do that?
00:32:50.04\00:32:51.21
Well, not too often,
00:32:51.24\00:32:52.40
but you know I've been
on several mission trips
00:32:52.43\00:32:55.31
with ShareHim
and every time I go,
00:32:55.34\00:32:58.06
I do invite members of
the church to go along.
00:32:58.09\00:33:00.70
Okay.
00:33:00.73\00:33:01.76
And we've invited some people
00:33:01.79\00:33:03.40
that were maybe
members of a year to go along.
00:33:03.43\00:33:07.46
And Danny, there's no
better way to understand
00:33:07.49\00:33:10.32
what the Bible teaches
than to share it with others.
00:33:10.35\00:33:13.90
And when you're
studying and to prepare,
00:33:13.93\00:33:16.35
to present it
others, you learn so much.
00:33:16.38\00:33:20.09
And I found it to
be a wonderful blessing
00:33:20.12\00:33:23.99
to take members of
my church with me on,
00:33:24.02\00:33:26.97
on these trips and
they comeback changed.
00:33:27.00\00:33:31.34
You know, I think everyone
should have the experience
00:33:31.37\00:33:34.21
of leading people to Jesus.
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.51
And, you know,
when you go overseas
00:33:36.54\00:33:38.94
as you know, it's so easy.
00:33:38.97\00:33:41.65
You know people
over there are starving
00:33:41.68\00:33:43.08
for the Word of God and
they come out in a rain,
00:33:43.11\00:33:46.69
they come out and
they sit down under cold
00:33:46.72\00:33:49.46
and they are just
listening to God's word
00:33:49.50\00:33:51.71
because they
love every word of it.
00:33:51.74\00:33:53.65
Wow.
00:33:53.68\00:33:54.75
And they come out by the crowds
'cause they are interested
00:33:54.78\00:33:57.89
and they want to
hear about the Lord
00:33:57.92\00:33:59.87
and I've seen it so many times,
00:33:59.90\00:34:02.07
you know, as we
travel around the world.
00:34:02.10\00:34:04.26
But still yet for someone
like you this is all brand new.
00:34:04.29\00:34:09.10
You're a brand new,
00:34:09.13\00:34:10.16
you're looking at
theology totally different,
00:34:10.19\00:34:12.26
you still love the Lord.
00:34:12.29\00:34:14.00
You got His truth
00:34:14.03\00:34:15.46
and it's still takes
a lot of courage to say,
00:34:15.49\00:34:18.17
all right Lord,
just, I'm gonna go for this
00:34:18.20\00:34:20.80
and it might have been easier
00:34:20.83\00:34:22.70
if you went overseas first
to the audience than right here
00:34:22.73\00:34:26.35
when you're
talking to all these people
00:34:26.38\00:34:28.01
with all experience
00:34:28.04\00:34:29.09
and been Christians for so long,
00:34:29.12\00:34:31.46
but you went
ahead and you did it.
00:34:31.49\00:34:33.93
Now ShareHim is a
great organization.
00:34:33.96\00:34:35.73
I worked with
Elder Bob Falkenburg
00:34:35.76\00:34:37.38
has been a friend of
mine for many, many years.
00:34:37.41\00:34:40.12
And of course kind
of his brain child,
00:34:40.15\00:34:42.57
I think along with
some others to do this,
00:34:42.60\00:34:45.73
they literally,
they go around the world.
00:34:45.76\00:34:48.24
They is-- I think they can hold
00:34:48.27\00:34:49.53
meetings and maybe more.
00:34:49.56\00:34:52.58
There's thousands going on
at given time by laypeople,
00:34:52.61\00:34:56.63
most laypeople around the world.
00:34:56.66\00:34:58.74
some of those I've
interviewed people here Toshia,
00:34:58.77\00:35:03.11
that weren't even
Adventist Christians here
00:35:03.14\00:35:05.61
when they were
holding the meetings,
00:35:05.64\00:35:07.59
and one young man,
that they encouraged him,
00:35:07.62\00:35:10.33
he wanted to go
and someone wasn't,
00:35:10.36\00:35:12.68
he got sick and wasn't there
00:35:12.71\00:35:14.15
and he said you're the only
one there would you finish this?
00:35:14.18\00:35:17.30
When he made his baptism appeal,
00:35:17.33\00:35:20.01
at the end he came down.
00:35:20.04\00:35:23.23
He was baptized
from his own meetings,
00:35:23.26\00:35:25.24
now how about that?
00:35:25.27\00:35:26.69
Now that's a God
thing right there.
00:35:26.72\00:35:28.22
But he said, you
know, I took it so seriously
00:35:28.25\00:35:30.14
and then when I
did because I just,
00:35:30.17\00:35:32.63
like somebody had to
jump into this and do it,
00:35:32.66\00:35:35.36
it changed my whole life.
00:35:35.39\00:35:37.38
So now you do this
in your own meetings
00:35:37.41\00:35:40.81
and how did it turn out?
00:35:40.84\00:35:43.85
I thought it turned out well.
I was pleased with the turnout.
00:35:43.88\00:35:47.66
And I was, I was happy to
see people's faces lighting up
00:35:47.69\00:35:51.49
as I share with them the
things that had changed my life.
00:35:51.52\00:35:53.99
And I was happy to hear
the people afterwards to say,
00:35:54.02\00:35:57.04
that they
understood, that they understood
00:35:57.07\00:35:59.21
what I was saying,
you know, that mean a lot.
00:35:59.24\00:36:01.34
And even the people
who had known for 30 years,
00:36:01.37\00:36:04.05
they came every night.
00:36:04.08\00:36:05.37
They came every night to support
00:36:05.40\00:36:06.91
because that's what they do.
00:36:06.94\00:36:08.37
You know, they
are very loving people
00:36:08.40\00:36:09.88
and they were there
each night supporting it
00:36:09.91\00:36:12.06
even though they already knew.
00:36:12.09\00:36:14.43
It was a blessing to me
00:36:14.46\00:36:16.38
because it was a blessing
to other people, you know.
00:36:16.41\00:36:19.22
Yeah. Yeah.
00:36:19.25\00:36:20.29
I love it.
00:36:20.32\00:36:21.35
Since she's not
saying I liked it
00:36:21.38\00:36:23.14
because they liked
me or they commented
00:36:23.17\00:36:25.29
how good I was, she's
just saying they learned,
00:36:25.32\00:36:27.52
that's the whole idea,
00:36:27.55\00:36:28.58
you've given God
the credit for that.
00:36:28.61\00:36:30.43
So now you take this
step, but a bigger step comes,
00:36:30.46\00:36:33.09
another opportunity
and that's Africa, right?
00:36:33.12\00:36:35.76
Yes.
00:36:35.79\00:36:36.86
How did that transpire?
00:36:36.89\00:36:38.40
During-- we were preparing
00:36:38.43\00:36:39.58
for the meetings
at our church still,
00:36:39.61\00:36:41.56
because every night
I would have to prepare
00:36:41.59\00:36:43.20
for the next one
because you know,
00:36:43.23\00:36:45.25
there's a lot of them.
00:36:45.28\00:36:46.56
And Pastor Glenn
asked me, he said,
00:36:46.59\00:36:49.83
what do you thing
about going to Africa?
00:36:49.86\00:36:52.73
And I was like well, let's
get through with this first.
00:36:52.76\00:36:55.84
Well, I thought
about it and I'm thinking,
00:36:55.87\00:36:58.61
well, how is that gonna happen?
00:36:58.64\00:36:59.89
So we got on a
computer and he showed me
00:36:59.92\00:37:02.04
that ShareHim
would have certain trips
00:37:02.07\00:37:03.82
during certain types
of year and we could go,
00:37:03.85\00:37:06.07
it's possible
that, that I could go.
00:37:06.10\00:37:08.09
And I thought, I guess,
00:37:08.12\00:37:09.71
if I can do this
than why not in Africa?
00:37:09.74\00:37:12.92
Now you're a world traveler?
00:37:12.95\00:37:14.45
No, that was my first
time leaving the country.
00:37:14.48\00:37:16.13
You're first
time leaving America.
00:37:16.16\00:37:17.22
My first time leaving
America. I had to passport.
00:37:17.25\00:37:19.33
I had to do all these
things. That was my first time.
00:37:19.36\00:37:21.55
And what country in Africa?
00:37:21.58\00:37:23.14
Zimbabwe.
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.20
Zimbabwe?
00:37:24.23\00:37:25.71
So you say here I go
again another brand new road--
00:37:25.74\00:37:29.31
Experience, yes.
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.42
Brand new
experience, never done it before
00:37:30.45\00:37:32.32
No, never.
00:37:32.35\00:37:33.39
And you didn't have a hard
time talking or into, right?
00:37:33.42\00:37:36.79
No, not at all actually.
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.40
You know again
she said, who, me?
00:37:38.43\00:37:41.31
And I said, yes, you.
00:37:41.34\00:37:43.64
And I believe that, you know,
00:37:43.67\00:37:46.37
God has worked in her life
00:37:46.40\00:37:48.56
and I believe as
to she looks back.
00:37:48.59\00:37:50.65
She can see God's hand
surely intervening in her life
00:37:50.68\00:37:54.26
and leading her step by step.
00:37:54.29\00:37:56.69
And she has a very
difficult time saying,
00:37:56.72\00:38:00.98
no to God and if
she's asked to do
00:38:01.01\00:38:04.46
something she usually
steps up and she does it.
00:38:04.49\00:38:07.93
And she's very nervous about it,
00:38:07.96\00:38:11.81
but as she said before,
she puts it in God's hands
00:38:11.84\00:38:15.64
and God takes care of it.
00:38:15.67\00:38:17.76
It's just amazing to
see how God has intervened
00:38:17.79\00:38:21.01
in her life in
such a pronounced way,
00:38:21.04\00:38:23.98
never before stood
up in front of people,
00:38:24.01\00:38:27.95
never gave a Bible study before
00:38:27.98\00:38:30.23
and now she's giving
several Bible studies
00:38:30.26\00:38:33.59
a week along
with her fulltime job,
00:38:33.62\00:38:37.45
preaching on Sabbath to
our congregation in my absence.
00:38:37.48\00:38:42.20
So she's very into it, I'm sure.
00:38:42.23\00:38:45.73
All right.
00:38:45.76\00:38:46.79
So you decide to
take that long plane ride
00:38:46.82\00:38:49.82
and you take your
equipment with you, your Bible
00:38:49.85\00:38:53.03
and your materials and you
go all the way to Zimbabwe,
00:38:53.06\00:38:57.50
when you get there, tell us
a little bit about the culture,
00:38:57.53\00:39:01.50
the people and your experience.
00:39:01.53\00:39:04.25
Here we got
another 10 more minutes.
00:39:04.28\00:39:05.31
Yeah, we have some slides too.
00:39:05.34\00:39:06.99
Oh, good. Maybe
you can describe these.
00:39:07.02\00:39:08.99
Sure.
00:39:09.02\00:39:10.06
When I got there it
was different of course.
00:39:10.09\00:39:13.09
It was Africa and everybody
hears everything about Africa,
00:39:13.12\00:39:15.20
you know, all these
beautiful, the beautiful land,
00:39:15.23\00:39:18.31
the beautiful people.
00:39:18.34\00:39:19.65
The people were so happy.
00:39:19.68\00:39:21.94
They were
beautiful and kind and happy
00:39:21.97\00:39:24.59
and they wanted to
hear what we had to say.
00:39:24.62\00:39:25.72
It was new.
00:39:25.75\00:39:26.78
It was something
different, you know.
00:39:26.81\00:39:28.08
And so they will
come out each night
00:39:28.11\00:39:29.35
and of course ShareHim
gives you the slide show,
00:39:29.38\00:39:32.40
so they love to see that.
00:39:32.43\00:39:33.72
And the people would come out,
00:39:33.75\00:39:34.94
the children would
come and they would listen.
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.33
We had a translator of course
00:39:37.36\00:39:38.73
because some of them
did not speak English.
00:39:38.76\00:39:40.71
And so I would speak
and then I'll have to wait
00:39:40.74\00:39:43.41
and then the
translator will speak
00:39:43.44\00:39:45.55
and that gave me
some time to look around
00:39:45.58\00:39:47.50
to view the people and to,
00:39:47.53\00:39:48.99
you know, just
to be comfortable.
00:39:49.02\00:39:51.75
And as a result of course
several people were baptized.
00:39:51.78\00:39:54.42
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:39:54.45\00:39:56.48
That was the thing
that really made it worth
00:39:56.51\00:39:58.01
every bit of nervousness,
00:39:58.04\00:39:59.65
every bit of the
travel and everything.
00:39:59.68\00:40:02.17
It was a wonderful experience.
I have not a single complaint.
00:40:02.20\00:40:04.70
You know, it's a different place
00:40:04.73\00:40:06.26
and different accommodations,
but it was perfectly beautiful.
00:40:06.29\00:40:10.94
Wow.
00:40:10.97\00:40:12.02
And the people, when you left--
00:40:12.05\00:40:13.51
I guess you left part
of your heart there, right?
00:40:13.54\00:40:15.96
I did and I left my phone number
00:40:15.99\00:40:18.60
with some of them too and
they still keep in contact.
00:40:18.63\00:40:21.31
Yeah. Yes.
00:40:21.34\00:40:22.38
So when you went, you
get up for the first time,
00:40:22.41\00:40:25.61
you've never spoken
with the translator before.
00:40:25.64\00:40:27.53
No, I have never,
that was different.
00:40:27.56\00:40:29.89
That was
different, but it was fine.
00:40:29.92\00:40:31.59
Everything went fine.
00:40:31.62\00:40:32.65
When you trust God
00:40:32.68\00:40:34.21
and it can be totally different,
00:40:34.24\00:40:35.77
it can be a
brand new experience,
00:40:35.80\00:40:37.43
but God will always see
to it that it goes exactly
00:40:37.46\00:40:40.25
how it should.
00:40:40.28\00:40:41.31
We just, I just have to trust
Him at every step you know.
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.44
How many nights did you preach?
00:40:44.47\00:40:46.78
We did about, I
want to say 18 nights
00:40:46.81\00:40:51.08
and when Sabbaths
we would have two.
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.88
Okay. How was the weather?
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.15
Did it with all
the perfect weather?
00:40:54.18\00:40:55.46
You know, what I've
realized being there--
00:40:55.49\00:40:57.07
I think we
experienced everything
00:40:57.10\00:40:58.72
because it was cold
when we first got there,
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.75
then when we're about
to leave it had gotten hot
00:41:00.78\00:41:02.40
because it was
about to be their summer,
00:41:02.43\00:41:04.24
so and we experienced
hale, it just began to hale,
00:41:04.27\00:41:06.85
that we experienced everything
in that short period of time,
00:41:06.88\00:41:08.97
but it was beautiful.
00:41:09.00\00:41:10.03
Everything came at
you but you still went.
00:41:10.06\00:41:12.40
I've heard people over there,
00:41:12.43\00:41:13.72
they have generators for lights,
00:41:13.75\00:41:15.10
when generators go out
they just keep preaching.
00:41:15.13\00:41:17.15
That happened to us.
That happened to us often.
00:41:17.18\00:41:19.69
Tell me about it.
00:41:19.72\00:41:20.75
Well, the generator would go out
00:41:20.78\00:41:21.81
and of course I'm not that loud.
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.36
We have microphone and
I would have to speak up.
00:41:23.39\00:41:25.89
I'll have to project my
voice and when it went out,
00:41:25.92\00:41:27.98
we can't cancel the
meetings and the elders there
00:41:28.01\00:41:30.49
they were really,
really good at improvising.
00:41:30.52\00:41:32.92
That's what they do.
00:41:32.95\00:41:33.98
So, if something would happened,
00:41:34.01\00:41:35.12
they are used to
it, you look at them
00:41:35.15\00:41:36.26
they are right on
it, they hook up light
00:41:36.29\00:41:38.07
so you can still see
and you just keep going.
00:41:38.10\00:41:41.51
Just keep going.
00:41:41.54\00:41:42.75
Yes.
00:41:42.78\00:41:43.81
I love it.
00:41:43.84\00:41:44.87
So you over
there with her, pastor?
00:41:44.90\00:41:46.47
Yes, yes, and several
other lay members too.
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.74
You were
preaching at a different--
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.62
tell me about your meetings?
00:41:50.65\00:41:53.61
Well, we really
enjoyed it. I love Africa.
00:41:53.64\00:41:58.04
I've held
meetings in Philippines,
00:41:58.07\00:42:00.07
but Africa is my favorite.
00:42:00.10\00:42:02.39
And a couple of
meetings in Kenya
00:42:02.42\00:42:04.24
and series there in Zimbabwe
00:42:04.27\00:42:06.98
and you know, the
wonderful thing about it
00:42:07.01\00:42:09.56
wherever you go,
you go to a church
00:42:09.59\00:42:14.34
and they accept you like
you been there all your life.
00:42:14.37\00:42:17.41
You know, just one big
family, the Adventist family is.
00:42:17.44\00:42:20.90
And it's a great
experience for new members
00:42:20.93\00:42:24.00
like Toshia to go and see.
00:42:24.03\00:42:26.02
Wow, we have a--
00:42:26.05\00:42:27.50
this is a big
church that we're in.
00:42:27.53\00:42:30.24
And see how friendly the
people are and, and you know,
00:42:30.27\00:42:34.78
see how people there are really
starving to hear the word.
00:42:34.81\00:42:39.39
What about
somebody like yourself,
00:42:39.42\00:42:40.99
now do you still use
the ShareHim guidelines
00:42:41.02\00:42:43.65
'cause I know you
got enough experience,
00:42:43.68\00:42:45.29
you could write your own.
00:42:45.32\00:42:47.24
Do you can
still go by those too?
00:42:47.27\00:42:48.84
Yes, we try, we've
tried to go by that.
00:42:48.87\00:42:51.79
So, you know everyone's
on the same page everywhere.
00:42:51.82\00:42:54.38
Okay.
00:42:54.41\00:42:55.44
Usually we're
holding simultaneous meetings
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.95
in several locations.
00:42:57.98\00:43:00.06
And we're pretty
much on the same--
00:43:00.09\00:43:02.84
When you were there,
how many would you say
00:43:02.87\00:43:04.57
meetings were
been held in that area?
00:43:04.60\00:43:06.80
Do you have any idea?
00:43:06.83\00:43:08.21
I think about,
oh-- about 20 I believe.
00:43:08.24\00:43:11.79
I think it was
around 20 meetings.
00:43:11.82\00:43:14.03
Its 20 meetings just like yours.
00:43:14.06\00:43:16.48
The most of these laymen?
00:43:16.51\00:43:18.26
Yes. Children even.
00:43:18.29\00:43:20.19
Children? Yes, some of--
00:43:20.22\00:43:21.25
How young will that be?
00:43:21.28\00:43:23.03
He was about 12-years-old.
00:43:23.06\00:43:24.70
Oh, and adults come
out to listen to him?
00:43:24.73\00:43:26.82
Adults came out
to listen to them.
00:43:26.85\00:43:28.56
They stay each
night to come back?
00:43:28.59\00:43:30.12
Yeah, they kept coming.
00:43:30.15\00:43:31.18
Isn't it amazing? It is.
00:43:31.21\00:43:32.76
That is God.
That's the Holy Spirit.
00:43:32.79\00:43:34.30
He definitely is. Amen.
00:43:34.33\00:43:35.62
Isn't it a
privilege to work for the Lord
00:43:35.65\00:43:37.55
in the closing
moments of earth's history?
00:43:37.58\00:43:38.93
It really is.
00:43:38.96\00:43:39.99
I mean think about the
times in which we're living.
00:43:40.02\00:43:42.23
You can jump on an
airplane, go to Africa,
00:43:42.26\00:43:44.91
I mean, that it wouldn't
that easy just 100 years ago.
00:43:44.94\00:43:47.56
That's true.
00:43:47.59\00:43:48.63
And so here you are.
00:43:48.66\00:43:49.76
You give your life to the
Lord, you learn some truths
00:43:49.79\00:43:53.03
and Jesus says, go
ye into all the world.
00:43:53.06\00:43:55.33
So Toshia says, I'm
ye, 'cause I want to go.
00:43:55.36\00:43:59.94
He's talking to me.
00:43:59.97\00:44:01.30
So go Toshia,
into all the world.
00:44:01.33\00:44:04.17
See, go Pastor
Glenn, go Brother Danny,
00:44:04.20\00:44:07.01
into all the world
00:44:07.04\00:44:08.41
and that's what
God wants us to do.
00:44:08.44\00:44:10.25
What we're learning here today
00:44:10.28\00:44:11.42
and I hope a lot of
you, you're contemplating.
00:44:11.45\00:44:15.67
I want to do
something for the Lord.
00:44:15.70\00:44:17.29
I hear this all
the time. I'm bashful.
00:44:17.32\00:44:20.59
I can't-- that's
not my gift is to speak
00:44:20.62\00:44:24.30
and I've had people in
churches come up and say,
00:44:24.33\00:44:26.73
well, you can talk, you know,
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.14
you're a talker
and I'm not a talker,
00:44:28.17\00:44:31.01
I'm shy, I can't witness.
00:44:31.04\00:44:33.49
And one day I was at some
peoples home after church,
00:44:33.52\00:44:36.94
that a beautiful home
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.51
and they had a
brand new car outside,
00:44:38.54\00:44:40.14
beautiful car and they
said, the guy said, I'm just--
00:44:40.17\00:44:42.95
You know I can
support people like you,
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.76
but I can't talk, I'm not
good, you know witnessing.
00:44:44.79\00:44:49.74
I said, oh, you got
a beautiful home here.
00:44:49.77\00:44:51.73
He said, well, thank you
the Lord really blessed us.
00:44:51.76\00:44:54.38
I said, who
purchased this for you?
00:44:54.41\00:44:56.18
Excuse me?
00:44:56.21\00:44:57.24
I said, who
purchased this home for you?
00:44:57.27\00:44:59.76
Did you buy it?
00:44:59.79\00:45:00.86
Oh, yeah, I bought it.
00:45:00.89\00:45:01.98
I said, did you
go through a realtor?
00:45:02.01\00:45:03.36
Yeah.
00:45:03.39\00:45:04.42
I said, who negotiated for you?
00:45:04.45\00:45:07.04
Oh, I did that.
Got a really good deal.
00:45:07.07\00:45:09.53
I said, oh, so
you can talk, right?
00:45:09.56\00:45:12.02
You can communicate.
You aren't too bashful.
00:45:12.05\00:45:14.59
You didn't say, you
know I'm too bashful.
00:45:14.62\00:45:16.89
I can't go head to
head with this realtor.
00:45:16.92\00:45:18.99
Are you in real estate? No.
00:45:19.02\00:45:21.26
I said that you decided,
you could go head to head
00:45:21.29\00:45:24.36
with a real estate
to get your best buy.
00:45:24.39\00:45:26.98
I said, same
thing with that car.
00:45:27.01\00:45:28.44
Did somebody buy that?
00:45:28.47\00:45:29.50
No, I did it.
00:45:29.53\00:45:30.56
You dealt with them? Sure.
00:45:30.59\00:45:31.63
I said, now you
can give the gospel to.
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.73
So you people do,
what my dad used to say,
00:45:33.76\00:45:35.80
people do what
they want to do, right.
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.34
But you decided to do it.
00:45:38.37\00:45:40.35
You go to Africa, how
is that change your life?
00:45:40.38\00:45:43.99
Well, it showed me
that God could use me.
00:45:44.02\00:45:47.52
That changed my life
00:45:47.55\00:45:48.73
because I have no
reason to say no now.
00:45:48.76\00:45:51.12
Oh, yes I am shy.
00:45:51.15\00:45:52.22
Yes I am
bashful and soft spoken.
00:45:52.25\00:45:55.08
I'm not a loud person.
00:45:55.11\00:45:56.25
You know, I had a million
things in back of my mind
00:45:56.28\00:45:58.19
before I did any of these,
but those things have to leave
00:45:58.22\00:46:01.20
because God has shown
me that if you trust Me,
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if you love Me, you know,
then you will just go for it
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and He will do everything.
00:46:07.92\00:46:09.97
He will and it's
hard to understand that
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until you experience it.
00:46:12.30\00:46:13.59
Like, I can tell
you over and over again
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that God could use
you, God can use you,
00:46:16.18\00:46:18.35
but you will
never know what is like
00:46:18.38\00:46:19.95
until you actually
allow Him to use you
00:46:19.98\00:46:22.62
and you won't want to
stop, you know, just keep going.
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Absolutely. What a
beautiful testimony.
00:46:25.73\00:46:28.19
I'm still thankful
to have you here today.
00:46:28.22\00:46:31.50
What I'd like to do is,
I want to put up an address
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that people would like to
contact you for any reason.
00:46:33.37\00:46:35.68
I'm sure there's
people need encouragement,
00:46:35.71\00:46:38.66
you know, need
something from you
00:46:38.69\00:46:41.37
because I'm so pleased
with what you're doing.
00:46:41.40\00:46:44.29
I'm so excited to
hear your testimonies
00:46:44.32\00:46:46.49
and you too, pastor,
because so many of our pastors
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would just stick
with our home church,
00:46:49.30\00:46:51.03
but you have vision
enough to say, you know what,
00:46:51.06\00:46:53.83
Jesus said, go ye
into all the world,
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here's an opportunity for me
00:46:55.51\00:46:57.13
I think I'll just go
into all the world too.
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So what we would like to
do, if you like to contact
00:46:59.54\00:47:01.96
Toshia you may do so
00:47:01.99\00:47:03.64
and the pastor at
the following address.
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All right.
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Boy, I can't believe
how quickly our time flies.
00:47:54.85\00:47:57.15
Time flies when
you're having fun.
00:47:57.18\00:47:58.94
But we're gonna have
another song right now
00:47:58.97\00:48:01.07
and once again we have
Todd and Lisa this time Parrish
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and they are gonna be
singing "One More Voice."
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Listen to the singing
of the people of the Lord
00:48:23.10\00:48:29.64
Filling all the
earth with songs of praise
00:48:29.67\00:48:35.94
For, by many millions
now, the Savior is adored
00:48:35.97\00:48:42.38
I have also joined
the song they raise
00:48:42.41\00:48:48.96
One More voice to sing of Jesus
00:48:53.15\00:48:59.62
and His boundless Love divine,
00:48:59.65\00:49:06.06
One more voice
to join in worship
00:49:06.09\00:49:11.57
One more voice it will be mine
00:49:11.60\00:49:17.98
One more voice to
speak His goodness
00:49:18.01\00:49:24.26
Tell of His rich gifts outpoured
00:49:24.29\00:49:30.96
Add my song to swell the chorus
00:49:30.99\00:49:37.44
One more voice
00:49:37.47\00:49:40.46
Here's one more voice
00:49:40.49\00:49:43.89
One more voice
to praise the Lord
00:49:43.92\00:49:51.73
Maybe just a few will
hear the song of praise I sing
00:49:56.85\00:50:03.45
But, my friend, I'll
sing it just the same
00:50:03.48\00:50:09.82
Daily and with gratitude
I'll worship Christ my King
00:50:09.85\00:50:16.72
Wonderful and
precious is His name
00:50:16.75\00:50:23.87
One More voice to sing of Jesus
00:50:27.27\00:50:33.73
and His boundless Love divine,
00:50:33.76\00:50:40.23
One more voice
to join in worship
00:50:40.26\00:50:45.83
One more voice it will be mine
00:50:45.86\00:50:52.22
One more voice to
speak His goodness
00:50:52.25\00:50:58.85
Tell of His rich gifts outpoured
00:50:58.88\00:51:05.51
Add my song to swell the chorus
00:51:05.54\00:51:11.92
One more voice
00:51:11.95\00:51:14.94
Here's one more voice
00:51:14.97\00:51:18.43
One more voice
to praise the Lord
00:51:18.46\00:51:26.35
One more voice to
speak His goodness
00:51:31.56\00:51:38.06
Tell of His rich gifts outpoured
00:51:38.09\00:51:44.67
Add my song to swell the chorus
00:51:44.70\00:51:51.25
One more voice
00:51:51.28\00:51:54.26
Here's one more voice
00:51:54.29\00:51:57.75
One more voice
to praise the Lord
00:51:57.78\00:52:05.56