I want to spend my life 00:00:01.53\00:00:07.33 Mending broken people 00:00:07.36\00:00:12.08 I want spend my life 00:00:12.11\00:00:18.46 Removing pain 00:00:18.49\00:00:23.43 Lord let my words 00:00:23.46\00:00:29.70 Heal a heart that hurts 00:00:29.73\00:00:34.24 I want spend my life 00:00:34.27\00:00:40.04 Mending broken people 00:00:40.07\00:00:45.39 I want to spend my life 00:00:45.42\00:00:50.84 Mending broken people. 00:00:50.87\00:00:54.69 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today. 00:01:06.96\00:01:09.53 Thank you for joining us as you do each and everyday. 00:01:09.56\00:01:12.76 Thank you for your love and your prayers 00:01:12.79\00:01:14.44 and financial support of 3ABN, 00:01:14.47\00:01:16.74 as we endeavor to take this great gospel 00:01:16.77\00:01:19.30 of the kingdom into all the world. 00:01:19.33\00:01:21.64 Today we have a special treat. 00:01:21.67\00:01:23.35 Now I like doing interviews, 00:01:23.38\00:01:25.41 as many of you know and I hope I do, 00:01:25.44\00:01:26.90 because I have done over ten thousand of them. 00:01:26.93\00:01:28.87 But some of them are special. Today is going to be special. 00:01:28.90\00:01:31.57 I'll tell you why, 00:01:31.60\00:01:32.63 because we have some young people with us. 00:01:32.66\00:01:34.65 They don't mind being called kids. 00:01:34.68\00:01:36.45 Sometimes people say, you shouldn't call older folk. 00:01:36.48\00:01:39.45 They don't like the word kids, they are children. 00:01:39.48\00:01:41.29 But you know what? 00:01:41.32\00:01:42.36 We have a choir today. Kids in Tune, and I love it. 00:01:42.39\00:01:46.48 Wonderful choir, we are going to meet the director, 00:01:46.51\00:01:48.77 some of the parents, some of the children singing 00:01:48.80\00:01:51.51 and so this is going to be a great day. 00:01:51.54\00:01:53.03 Call your friends, your enemies, everybody, 00:01:53.06\00:01:54.79 tell them to tune in to 3ABN Today. 00:01:54.82\00:01:56.67 God has something special just for you 00:01:56.70\00:01:59.55 and for your neighbors all around the world. 00:01:59.58\00:02:02.57 Thank you for tuning in 00:02:02.60\00:02:04.10 from literally around the world. 00:02:04.13\00:02:06.05 God bless you. 00:02:06.08\00:02:07.65 Today, we have a special guest. 00:02:07.68\00:02:09.49 Speaking from around the world, I brought that up for a reason, 00:02:09.52\00:02:12.61 originally from the great nation of Brazil. 00:02:12.64\00:02:16.12 We have Gissela Kroll right? Yes. 00:02:16.15\00:02:19.06 And tell us a little bit, 00:02:19.09\00:02:20.79 where you are from originally in Brazil. 00:02:20.82\00:02:23.17 I am from the south of Brazil, a city called Porto Alegre. 00:02:23.20\00:02:26.75 I was born and raised there and moved to the States 00:02:26.78\00:02:30.43 when I was 19 years old, 00:02:30.46\00:02:32.10 which was just a couple of weeks ago. 00:02:32.13\00:02:34.44 All right. 00:02:34.47\00:02:35.50 Well I'll believe it, if you want me to. 00:02:35.53\00:02:37.28 It's fine with me, 00:02:37.31\00:02:38.66 but, you are the choir director of the choir. 00:02:38.69\00:02:42.75 And where is your choir located? 00:02:42.78\00:02:45.10 Nashville, Tennessee. 00:02:45.13\00:02:46.47 We are from the Madison Campus Church. 00:02:46.50\00:02:48.26 Okay. 00:02:48.29\00:02:49.47 That's my daughter and her family 00:02:49.50\00:02:51.36 they are a home church now. 00:02:51.39\00:02:52.67 They live in Hindersonville, 00:02:52.70\00:02:53.73 my daughter Melody and some of the kids attended 00:02:53.76\00:02:56.43 the Madison School there. 00:02:56.46\00:02:59.37 Great school and even academy, I think last year. 00:02:59.40\00:03:02.30 So that's a great place, 00:03:02.33\00:03:04.11 it's a great church, great environment. 00:03:04.14\00:03:06.13 But you have some guests. 00:03:06.16\00:03:07.19 What I am going to do, 00:03:07.22\00:03:08.25 instead of me introducing the guests. 00:03:08.28\00:03:10.14 I'm going to have you introduce them. 00:03:10.17\00:03:11.73 Okay. 00:03:11.76\00:03:12.79 I have right by me Ashlyn Levoy 00:03:12.82\00:03:15.73 and her mom or sister you would say Nicole Levoy. 00:03:15.76\00:03:20.90 Ashlyn and Nicole, thank you for being in. 00:03:20.93\00:03:23.31 Now you're all originally from Nashville area? 00:03:23.34\00:03:26.45 We are from that area, yes. 00:03:26.48\00:03:28.76 Okay, good. Now you sing in the choir. 00:03:28.79\00:03:31.70 Are you now the older choir 00:03:31.73\00:03:33.45 that's called Teens in Tune, right? 00:03:33.48\00:03:36.00 We like that for sure. 00:03:36.03\00:03:37.68 So we're going to find out about the choir 00:03:37.71\00:03:39.67 and then you're going to get 00:03:39.70\00:03:41.05 to hear them sing in just a little bit, 00:03:41.08\00:03:42.51 but we want to find out a little bit more about them. 00:03:42.54\00:03:44.69 What prompted you to start a church choir? 00:03:44.72\00:03:48.74 I know schools have choirs and all of that, 00:03:48.77\00:03:50.70 but why a church choir? 00:03:50.73\00:03:54.40 Not in a million years I thought 00:03:54.43\00:03:56.49 that I would conduct a Church kids' choir. 00:03:56.52\00:03:59.08 I love kids but I never thought about a kids' choir. 00:03:59.11\00:04:02.86 I have done music myself, you know, 00:04:02.89\00:04:05.31 since I was a little girl and choirs and groups 00:04:05.34\00:04:08.96 had quite extensive recording opportunity 00:04:08.99\00:04:12.21 and live opportunity and it was really something 00:04:12.24\00:04:19.16 that I have always done 00:04:19.19\00:04:20.48 and I have been passionate about. 00:04:20.51\00:04:22.51 When I think about it, 00:04:22.54\00:04:24.83 I think music is what kept me out of trouble 00:04:24.86\00:04:28.55 and it has kept me close to Christ. 00:04:28.58\00:04:31.28 And I've developed a true passion 00:04:31.31\00:04:34.18 for worshipping Him and sharing my heart out 00:04:34.21\00:04:37.97 in the Gospel with everyone through music. 00:04:38.00\00:04:41.41 So I'm in Nashville now, 00:04:41.44\00:04:43.88 I moved from Brazil to California 00:04:43.91\00:04:45.63 and then to Nashville and got married. 00:04:45.66\00:04:47.66 You haven't picked up that accent yet. 00:04:47.69\00:04:49.63 Oh, I know. 00:04:49.66\00:04:52.08 I was now married and thinking about starting a family 00:04:52.11\00:04:55.49 and thought to myself, 00:04:55.52\00:04:58.28 what is it that has kept me doing music at church 00:04:58.31\00:05:03.99 and wanting to worship God through my music, 00:05:04.02\00:05:06.73 and has kept me passionate about Him 00:05:06.76\00:05:09.09 and well it's music but I started 00:05:09.12\00:05:12.39 when I was nine years old in a kids choir 00:05:12.42\00:05:15.24 and that's how it began for me and I wanted to give the kids 00:05:15.27\00:05:19.81 from my church and my own children 00:05:19.84\00:05:21.74 that same opportunity, 00:05:21.77\00:05:23.49 to have a children's choir to be a part of 00:05:23.52\00:05:25.76 and teach them to worship God, and how awesome it is, 00:05:25.79\00:05:29.98 through music at an early age. 00:05:30.01\00:05:34.03 We started the choir with about 25 people, 00:05:34.06\00:05:39.22 25 kids and we grew. 00:05:39.25\00:05:43.19 We have a picture of our first performance 00:05:43.22\00:05:45.02 right there. 00:05:45.05\00:05:46.14 Ashlyn is over there, 00:05:46.17\00:05:47.44 she is about six years old or so, 00:05:47.47\00:05:51.12 and we every year we have grown, 00:05:51.15\00:05:56.31 and we are now at almost 80 children. 00:05:56.34\00:06:00.07 Wow, that's great. 00:06:00.10\00:06:02.00 But the ages, like, 00:06:02.03\00:06:04.27 the ages for the choir are four to twelve 00:06:04.30\00:06:07.55 and I didn't want to let them go 00:06:07.58\00:06:09.91 'cause they were turning twelve and they had always been there 00:06:09.94\00:06:13.02 so we created Teens in Tune 00:06:13.05\00:06:15.68 which is just a smaller version of the choir 00:06:15.71\00:06:20.08 so that they could continue to be in the choir until they, 00:06:20.11\00:06:23.66 or after high school. 00:06:23.69\00:06:26.40 And, I honestly can tell you that 00:06:26.43\00:06:29.92 my dream for my children and all these kids 00:06:29.95\00:06:33.96 from the choir is that, 00:06:33.99\00:06:36.03 they will have the words that they sing engraved 00:06:36.06\00:06:39.11 in their hearts, and carry it through their whole lives 00:06:39.14\00:06:43.22 and who knows maybe when they are an adult 00:06:43.25\00:06:45.89 they will have a children's choir 00:06:45.92\00:06:47.92 in their own church and continue the cycle. 00:06:47.95\00:06:50.71 Absolutely, and I think what you just said 00:06:50.74\00:06:52.41 so important is what we put in right now, 00:06:52.44\00:06:55.36 because the social media, 00:06:55.39\00:06:56.65 especially in the last 10-15 years 00:06:56.68\00:06:59.21 our children are exposed to so much more 00:06:59.24\00:07:02.43 than they would have been when we were. 00:07:02.46\00:07:04.45 And I am much older than you, 00:07:04.48\00:07:06.06 but even your generation, mom over here on the end. 00:07:06.09\00:07:10.08 Natalie, you know, 00:07:10.11\00:07:12.48 Ashlyn is exposed to a lot more stuff 00:07:12.51\00:07:14.56 so it's important that we as Christians 00:07:14.59\00:07:17.94 present Jesus to our kids and, 00:07:17.97\00:07:21.24 so that they get really experience 00:07:21.27\00:07:24.31 the love of Jesus Christ. 00:07:24.34\00:07:26.25 This does it, it draws people together too. 00:07:26.28\00:07:28.73 But it's not always easy somebody says, 00:07:28.76\00:07:30.66 I want to go start a choir, but it's not always that easy. 00:07:30.69\00:07:33.74 I mean you just say that people just sign up quickly to join 00:07:33.77\00:07:37.96 or did you kind of have to really promote it? 00:07:37.99\00:07:40.61 I think that because of what you said, 00:07:40.64\00:07:43.47 it became easy. 00:07:43.50\00:07:45.67 Parents were desperate for, 00:07:45.70\00:07:48.38 and they still are desperate for their children 00:07:48.41\00:07:50.79 to have the right influence, a good influence. 00:07:50.82\00:07:54.13 To have a good choice of music to listen to, 00:07:54.16\00:07:56.83 and television to, program to watch 00:07:56.86\00:08:00.12 that they jump right onboard 00:08:00.15\00:08:01.99 and I had just the right people, 00:08:02.02\00:08:03.83 the right leadership and the church support, 00:08:03.86\00:08:06.68 so it was actually easy. 00:08:06.71\00:08:11.60 And then we have Ashlyn here who has been there 00:08:11.63\00:08:14.70 from the beginning and I like to know if my goal, 00:08:14.73\00:08:20.64 if my vision is, if my dream is actually coming true. 00:08:20.67\00:08:26.12 We can ask her. 00:08:26.15\00:08:27.49 Exactly. All right. 00:08:27.52\00:08:28.96 Tell us a little bit, 00:08:28.99\00:08:30.03 how many years you have been in this choir now? 00:08:30.06\00:08:32.28 Like... 00:08:32.31\00:08:33.86 Almost eight. Yeah. 00:08:33.89\00:08:35.14 Eight years, wow. 00:08:35.17\00:08:36.81 Now you are telling me you are 19, 00:08:36.84\00:08:38.35 you must have started that at a really young age. 00:08:38.38\00:08:41.10 I know she was just kidding 00:08:41.13\00:08:42.24 but she doesn't look much older than me. 00:08:42.27\00:08:43.88 So you have been in this a number of years. 00:08:43.91\00:08:45.90 Yeah. 00:08:45.93\00:08:46.96 And how has that affected you? 00:08:46.99\00:08:48.04 I started when I was about six when it first began. 00:08:48.07\00:08:51.56 And then, I just about turned 12 00:08:51.59\00:08:55.53 and I didn't really want to leave 00:08:55.56\00:08:57.23 so we started Teens in Tune. 00:08:57.26\00:08:59.09 And so I started experimenting 00:08:59.12\00:09:00.70 with like harmonies with my friends and.... 00:09:00.73\00:09:02.97 Really. 00:09:03.00\00:09:04.05 We started singing songs for our school concerts 00:09:04.08\00:09:07.02 and then last summer, 00:09:07.05\00:09:09.01 my sister and I made our own CD. 00:09:09.04\00:09:12.74 Praise the Lord. 00:09:12.77\00:09:13.81 With our songs that we wrote 00:09:13.84\00:09:14.89 because our choir 'cause we were really shy 00:09:14.92\00:09:17.07 when we were little but then I was, 00:09:17.10\00:09:19.40 my sister wasn't. 00:09:19.43\00:09:22.20 Yeah. 00:09:22.23\00:09:23.26 That's wonderful, 00:09:23.29\00:09:24.34 so we will have to get you with Kid's Time. 00:09:24.37\00:09:26.16 I don't know if you all have sang for Miss Brandy yet 00:09:26.19\00:09:28.13 but if not we need to get that CD to her, 00:09:28.16\00:09:30.65 get you involved in Kids Time program 00:09:30.68\00:09:33.97 that we have here on 3ABN. 00:09:34.00\00:09:35.63 Nicole tell us a little bit as a mother, 00:09:35.66\00:09:38.32 you heard about the choir, were you excited 00:09:38.35\00:09:40.76 when you first heard about it or has it developed? 00:09:40.79\00:09:43.06 Your excitement and love for this, 00:09:43.09\00:09:45.38 it developed over the years? 00:09:45.41\00:09:47.80 It's definitely grown, 00:09:47.83\00:09:49.23 but I will say I was excited from the beginning, 00:09:49.26\00:09:52.24 it's great to have a ministry within your own church 00:09:52.27\00:09:55.86 where your whole family can really be involved, 00:09:55.89\00:09:58.65 and we have four children in our family 00:09:58.68\00:10:01.34 and this fall we will put her little brother 00:10:01.37\00:10:04.66 in the children's choir. 00:10:04.69\00:10:05.72 So, all of them will have gone through. 00:10:05.75\00:10:08.54 And it's such a blessing to me 00:10:08.57\00:10:11.00 because they come home and the songs that they sing 00:10:11.03\00:10:14.91 are the songs that I want to hear them singing. 00:10:14.94\00:10:17.17 And, I agree with you Gisella, 00:10:17.20\00:10:19.35 when you made the comment about 00:10:19.38\00:10:20.74 having those words engraved on their hearts, 00:10:20.77\00:10:22.89 because ultimately that is what we are battling for, 00:10:22.92\00:10:26.66 is heart's that belong to Jesus. 00:10:26.69\00:10:29.29 And, so I love that. 00:10:29.32\00:10:31.72 So this has been actually a tool for you, 00:10:31.75\00:10:33.74 it has actually been a help 00:10:33.77\00:10:35.39 and our motto has always been here at 3 ABN, 00:10:35.42\00:10:37.94 "Counteract to Counterfeit", 00:10:37.97\00:10:39.65 but to literally bring Jesus to these kids through music. 00:10:39.68\00:10:45.56 My grandchildren, young as they are, 00:10:45.59\00:10:47.50 I think Fay's seven and Jonah, eight, 00:10:47.53\00:10:50.00 I did a couple of CD's of kids songs 00:10:50.03\00:10:53.10 and I hear them singing them. 00:10:53.13\00:10:55.25 Parents say, oh, we are hearing them 00:10:55.28\00:10:56.47 up in the room singing these songs. 00:10:56.50\00:10:58.59 Well, I am like you and I'd much rather hear them 00:10:58.62\00:11:01.08 singing songs about Jesus than some songs 00:11:01.11\00:11:03.72 they have heard some entertainers in the world... 00:11:03.75\00:11:05.50 Yes. 00:11:05.53\00:11:06.56 Singing about. 00:11:06.59\00:11:07.71 So that's been a, you know, a great inspiration. 00:11:07.74\00:11:11.79 The Lord blessed you and you said, 00:11:11.82\00:11:13.12 you know what, I want to do something to help others. 00:11:13.15\00:11:16.12 And, if I could encourage our viewers today, 00:11:16.15\00:11:18.56 if each one of us, we are only here 00:11:18.59\00:11:20.07 for a short time on planet earth, 00:11:20.10\00:11:22.05 and just what Gissella has been talking about. 00:11:22.08\00:11:24.78 Something that blessed her when she was young, 00:11:24.81\00:11:27.11 she decided, you know what, 00:11:27.14\00:11:28.19 I am not going to keep this to myself. 00:11:28.22\00:11:30.04 Music has had a great impact on me, 00:11:30.07\00:11:31.77 it has drawn me closer to Jesus. 00:11:31.80\00:11:34.00 But I want to do something to help others. 00:11:34.03\00:11:36.54 We started out at 25 and now we are up to around 80. 00:11:36.57\00:11:39.49 Who knows if you come in a year or two 00:11:39.52\00:11:41.31 how many we are going to have. 00:11:41.34\00:11:43.42 We may have to have many choirs, 00:11:43.45\00:11:45.02 and start separating them. 00:11:45.05\00:11:46.35 But we are going to talk a little bit later 00:11:46.38\00:11:48.11 on about the goals and objectives 00:11:48.14\00:11:51.00 and reaching community 00:11:51.03\00:11:52.75 and in fact reaching the world because today, 00:11:52.78\00:11:55.19 literally people can watch this and you can say 00:11:55.22\00:11:57.55 hi, to your friends in Portuguese pretty soon 00:11:57.58\00:11:59.37 if you want because, or whenever you want 00:11:59.40\00:12:01.24 'cause they are watching in Brazil of course, 00:12:01.27\00:12:03.68 and around the world. 00:12:03.71\00:12:04.83 So what a great idea and I am hoping 00:12:04.86\00:12:07.24 that other folk in other churches 00:12:07.27\00:12:09.87 around the world will say, 00:12:09.90\00:12:10.93 you know what thank you for that inspiration. 00:12:10.96\00:12:13.18 We want to do something to help our young people 00:12:13.21\00:12:15.77 to keep them constantly in the line of fire for Jesus. 00:12:15.80\00:12:19.81 Yes. All right. 00:12:19.84\00:12:20.87 Keep them where the message is continually going to them. 00:12:20.90\00:12:25.01 And I love to see young people just like yourself. 00:12:25.04\00:12:27.86 How old are you now? 00:12:27.89\00:12:29.65 I'll be 14. 00:12:29.68\00:12:31.02 All right, nearly 14 years old. 00:12:31.05\00:12:33.40 So you've got a little time you can stay with the choir 00:12:33.43\00:12:36.13 but you know probably, 00:12:36.16\00:12:37.53 when you get 21 she is going to be saying, 00:12:37.56\00:12:39.57 well I think we'll extend this now, 00:12:39.60\00:12:41.95 and should the terry you'll be 40 and there will be, 00:12:41.98\00:12:45.94 well, we'll extend this choir a little bit 00:12:45.97\00:12:47.83 as we want Ashlyn to stay and be a member of it, 00:12:47.86\00:12:51.89 but what a great thing to do. 00:12:51.92\00:12:54.48 Now you have a CD and it says Kids in Tune, 00:12:54.51\00:12:58.92 Thankful. 00:12:58.95\00:13:00.22 Thankful Heart. 00:13:00.25\00:13:01.28 Thankful Heart, isn't that wonderful? 00:13:01.31\00:13:02.88 And, even have a song book and a little bit later 00:13:02.91\00:13:05.97 what we'll do is we'll put an address up on the screen 00:13:06.00\00:13:08.54 and if people want to contact you 00:13:08.57\00:13:11.46 about any of this we always ask the folk, 00:13:11.49\00:13:14.66 contact any time other than Sabbath hours, 00:13:14.69\00:13:17.20 Friday evening sundown till Sabbath evening sundown. 00:13:17.23\00:13:20.60 But, if you are interested in this, 00:13:20.63\00:13:22.72 maybe you have questions for Gisella, 00:13:22.75\00:13:24.85 maybe that you want their to choir to come 00:13:24.88\00:13:26.75 and sing and I don't know if they can go 00:13:26.78\00:13:28.72 all around the world, but we'll leave that up to her. 00:13:28.75\00:13:31.40 And, the mom's and dad's 00:13:31.43\00:13:33.08 and all the rest of the choir members. 00:13:33.11\00:13:34.79 But this is, I am so thankful that you came today 00:13:34.82\00:13:37.98 and you are sharing some of the music with us. 00:13:38.01\00:13:40.64 We are going to go to the song, 00:13:40.67\00:13:41.70 is there anything else you want to talk about 00:13:41.73\00:13:44.03 before we actually go to the first song. 00:13:44.06\00:13:45.97 And what's the name of the first song? 00:13:46.00\00:13:48.15 You will be able to hear only 20 some of our kids today, 00:13:48.18\00:13:52.58 because we couldn't bring all 80 of them. 00:13:52.61\00:13:55.44 In this first song, it's called Servants' Prayer. 00:13:55.47\00:13:58.89 It's an original composition of mine and Billy Smiley, 00:13:58.92\00:14:02.32 a person who helped us produce this album. 00:14:02.35\00:14:04.21 But the words of this song were inspired 00:14:04.24\00:14:08.72 by the one desire I have in my heart for my children, 00:14:08.75\00:14:12.93 and for all these children here, 00:14:12.96\00:14:14.93 which is to be servants of the Lord. 00:14:14.96\00:14:17.45 So this is a prayer that they will be singing. 00:14:17.48\00:14:19.57 It's a prayer, all right. 00:14:19.60\00:14:20.75 And, we're going to hear that 00:14:20.78\00:14:21.98 and of course we're going to have to say 00:14:22.01\00:14:23.41 goodbye right now to Nicole and Ashlyn 00:14:23.44\00:14:26.35 because right after this we're going to meet 00:14:26.38\00:14:28.50 more people from the choir. 00:14:28.53\00:14:30.62 So right now, a Servant's Prayer. 00:14:30.65\00:14:33.05 Make me a servant 00:14:56.22\00:14:59.89 That listens when I fall 00:14:59.92\00:15:05.66 Humble in spirit 00:15:05.69\00:15:08.41 Always waiting for your call 00:15:08.44\00:15:15.28 Make me a servant 00:15:15.31\00:15:19.20 That listens to your voice 00:15:19.23\00:15:24.86 Help me be wiser 00:15:24.89\00:15:27.67 So I make a perfect choice 00:15:27.70\00:15:33.67 So we lift our hands and honor you 00:15:33.70\00:15:38.64 Trusting in your words 00:15:38.67\00:15:43.11 You are worthy of our praises 00:15:43.14\00:15:47.70 You're in everything we do 00:15:47.73\00:15:52.84 Servant's heart is waiting 00:15:52.87\00:15:57.79 To come and worship you 00:15:57.82\00:16:01.12 Make me a servant 00:16:10.59\00:16:14.29 That listens when I fall 00:16:14.32\00:16:20.22 Humble in spirit 00:16:20.25\00:16:22.67 Always waiting for your call 00:16:22.70\00:16:28.71 So we lift our hands and honor you 00:16:28.74\00:16:33.95 Trusting in your words 00:16:33.98\00:16:38.49 You are worthy of our praises 00:16:38.52\00:16:42.83 You're in everything we do 00:16:42.86\00:16:48.19 Servant's heart is waiting 00:16:48.22\00:16:52.79 To come and worship you 00:16:52.82\00:16:56.02 Servant's heart is waiting 00:17:00.16\00:17:04.77 To come and worship you 00:17:04.80\00:17:09.10 Amen. 00:17:28.44\00:17:29.50 Thank you very much Kids in Tune, 00:17:29.53\00:17:31.83 this was really great. 00:17:31.86\00:17:32.89 You want to contact them, 00:17:32.92\00:17:34.51 we'll put up an address in a little bit 00:17:34.54\00:17:36.50 where you can contact them 00:17:36.53\00:17:37.72 but again I'm talking to Gisella Kroll 00:17:37.75\00:17:40.75 and you are the director 00:17:40.78\00:17:42.31 and founder and maybe a co-founder 00:17:42.34\00:17:44.29 but you're going to introduce, 00:17:44.32\00:17:46.11 we have two more guests, introduce us to them. 00:17:46.14\00:17:48.92 Yes, so we spoke before about 00:17:48.95\00:17:51.64 how the choir began eight years ago. 00:17:51.67\00:17:54.40 And this lady Faith Martin, she was there on that meeting, 00:17:54.43\00:17:58.52 and she has been my right and left hand since, 00:17:58.55\00:18:02.31 she's choir coordinator and co-founder. 00:18:02.34\00:18:04.62 And this is Samantha Martin, her daughter. 00:18:04.65\00:18:07.45 Hi. Samantha. 00:18:07.48\00:18:08.55 Hi. And choir member. 00:18:08.58\00:18:09.61 How are you? Good. 00:18:09.64\00:18:11.22 Thank you for coming today. 00:18:11.25\00:18:12.30 Is this your first time to 3ABN? 00:18:12.33\00:18:14.07 Yes, sir. 00:18:14.10\00:18:15.43 All right, so you're here 00:18:15.46\00:18:17.45 and we're glad that you're here. 00:18:17.48\00:18:18.92 I love to see your smiling face. 00:18:18.95\00:18:20.49 I saw it a while ago, 00:18:20.52\00:18:21.55 even before you sat down and I said, 00:18:21.58\00:18:23.60 I bet you that girl is a lot of fun to be around 00:18:23.63\00:18:26.31 'cause she is happy in the Lord. 00:18:26.34\00:18:28.57 And that's what we like to see, young people happy in the Lord. 00:18:28.60\00:18:32.77 Again we're talking, Faith and your part. 00:18:32.80\00:18:37.17 You're a co-founder. 00:18:37.20\00:18:38.23 Yes. 00:18:38.26\00:18:39.29 Okay so you guys got together and tell me a little bit 00:18:39.32\00:18:41.77 how that transpired 00:18:41.80\00:18:42.86 and how you got to where you are. 00:18:42.89\00:18:44.37 Well, I actually was a new member 00:18:44.40\00:18:46.41 at Madison Campus Church and someone got up 00:18:46.44\00:18:49.83 and said something about a children's choir. 00:18:49.86\00:18:52.67 And I started asking around, 00:18:52.70\00:18:53.93 what about this children's choir. 00:18:53.96\00:18:55.27 My daughter sings constantly, 00:18:55.30\00:18:56.81 she sings herself to sleep at night. 00:18:56.84\00:18:58.34 I want to be in this children's choir. 00:18:58.37\00:19:00.46 And it turned out that at the time 00:19:00.49\00:19:01.74 they did not have a children's choir. 00:19:01.77\00:19:03.21 But hold on, 'cause Gisella is going, 00:19:03.24\00:19:06.49 wants to start a children's choir 00:19:06.52\00:19:07.97 so within a couple of months Gisella got in touch with me 00:19:08.00\00:19:11.18 and she said I'm ready to start 00:19:11.21\00:19:12.49 and we had a couple of other helpers 00:19:12.52\00:19:13.88 and we sat down and decided 00:19:13.91\00:19:15.39 what we wanted to do and really just, 00:19:15.42\00:19:18.20 it was such a ministry that children loved. 00:19:18.23\00:19:21.88 It grew very fast from the few small, 00:19:21.91\00:19:25.35 the 20 we started with to 80 now. 00:19:25.38\00:19:29.36 That sounds like too good a choir and too big a choir 00:19:29.39\00:19:32.22 to just sing in church for those at church. 00:19:32.25\00:19:34.25 How do you reach people outside the church walls? 00:19:34.28\00:19:38.08 Our church ministry outgrew, like you said, 00:19:38.11\00:19:41.90 and we could only reach the people 00:19:41.93\00:19:43.02 who were in the sanctuary or viewing online. 00:19:43.05\00:19:47.58 And I was ready, Danny, to do some recording again. 00:19:47.61\00:19:51.57 I had done that quite a bit at earlier age 00:19:51.60\00:19:54.57 and I wanted to go back and record a solo album. 00:19:54.60\00:19:58.42 And I clearly heard the voice of God telling me one night, 00:19:58.45\00:20:03.78 saying, you are going to record, Gisella, 00:20:03.81\00:20:05.73 but this is not for you. 00:20:05.76\00:20:07.39 This is for the kids, and Tidings ended up 00:20:07.42\00:20:09.79 writing an article on how that happened. 00:20:09.82\00:20:11.63 But we wanted to have something 00:20:11.66\00:20:15.09 so that we could share with people all over. 00:20:15.12\00:20:19.45 I had gotten six or seven phone calls 00:20:19.48\00:20:22.20 during that first few years on the choir. 00:20:22.23\00:20:26.07 Of people from other churches saying 00:20:26.10\00:20:28.00 we have the kids but how do we sing the songs 00:20:28.03\00:20:31.56 that you are singing, can you help us and I couldn't 00:20:31.59\00:20:34.50 because I would arrange the songs 00:20:34.53\00:20:36.31 and we had live musicians play at church for us. 00:20:36.34\00:20:39.32 And the smaller churches did not have that capability 00:20:39.35\00:20:41.87 so that's how this whole thing came about. 00:20:41.90\00:20:46.34 We can have a CD, we can share with everybody. 00:20:46.37\00:20:49.29 We can provide a curriculum for other churches, 00:20:49.32\00:20:52.40 smaller churches that would like to have a choir 00:20:52.43\00:20:56.30 but cannot do that yet. 00:20:56.33\00:20:58.62 And, we just basically wanted to get this CD 00:20:58.65\00:21:01.71 on people's cars and, 00:21:01.74\00:21:03.66 so that kids could be singing and praising something, 00:21:03.69\00:21:06.52 music that's relevant to them today 00:21:06.55\00:21:09.84 and that's how it grew. 00:21:09.87\00:21:12.91 The idea of the CD grew and now we are able to share 00:21:12.94\00:21:16.90 with our community and Faith can share about 00:21:16.93\00:21:19.96 how we do that. 00:21:19.99\00:21:21.84 So one of the main things we love to do 00:21:21.87\00:21:23.84 with the choir is community outreach, 00:21:23.87\00:21:25.78 we love to share our children's love 00:21:25.81\00:21:28.95 for Jesus through their music. 00:21:28.98\00:21:31.35 So we now have a CD 00:21:31.38\00:21:33.86 where we're going to take this CD. 00:21:33.89\00:21:35.86 We went to Opryland Mills, a shopping centre, 00:21:35.89\00:21:40.40 and here you see our children got up on stage 00:21:40.43\00:21:43.84 and sung to the shoppers as they went by. 00:21:43.87\00:21:45.97 And, many shoppers stopped 00:21:46.00\00:21:48.05 in the middle of their shopping, 00:21:48.08\00:21:49.44 listened to the songs, and we had CDs of our music 00:21:49.47\00:21:52.38 that we were able to share with these children. 00:21:52.41\00:21:54.18 We had some free MP3 giveaways and information 00:21:54.21\00:21:58.47 on how they could contact us. 00:21:58.50\00:21:59.66 That was a great outreach. 00:21:59.69\00:22:00.95 That's great, you could get on that stage. 00:22:00.98\00:22:02.57 I have been there many times 00:22:02.60\00:22:04.04 and usually you are hearing a lot of other music 00:22:04.07\00:22:07.45 but not a kid's choir like this. 00:22:07.48\00:22:09.66 'Cause sometimes I, Samantha, 00:22:09.69\00:22:11.31 don't tell but I like going to that Aquarium Restaurant 00:22:11.34\00:22:13.85 just right across from that, 00:22:13.88\00:22:15.68 that's a pretty nice place to go to. 00:22:15.71\00:22:17.06 Yes. 00:22:17.09\00:22:18.13 All that, it's beautiful. And I'm sorry. 00:22:18.16\00:22:21.41 One thing we do several times a year 00:22:21.44\00:22:23.32 is go to area nursing homes or assisted living 00:22:23.35\00:22:26.53 and we do a performance. 00:22:26.56\00:22:27.77 Generally around a holiday, Christmas, 00:22:27.80\00:22:29.69 Easter and the kids sing. 00:22:29.72\00:22:31.61 And, then they have time after the concert to go out 00:22:31.64\00:22:34.80 and give hugs to these elderly people. 00:22:34.83\00:22:37.07 And, I have walked out into the little chapel 00:22:37.10\00:22:39.57 where we had been singing 00:22:39.60\00:22:40.67 and you just see joy on the older people's face. 00:22:40.70\00:22:43.18 They haven't, may be haven't seen their family members, 00:22:43.21\00:22:45.23 may be haven't seen their grandchildren 00:22:45.26\00:22:46.53 in a long time. 00:22:46.56\00:22:49.00 In addition to that our outreach reaches further 00:22:49.03\00:22:51.75 and now we are partnering with Asian Aid 00:22:51.78\00:22:54.30 in helping to sponsor an orphanage, 00:22:54.33\00:22:56.55 the Sunrise Orphanage in India. 00:22:56.58\00:22:59.23 And our children are involved 00:22:59.26\00:23:00.75 in helping to raise funds for that orphanage. 00:23:00.78\00:23:03.02 The children are involved too. 00:23:03.05\00:23:04.49 Yes. 00:23:04.52\00:23:05.55 All right, Samantha, how does that affect you? 00:23:05.58\00:23:08.05 How are you involved in this? 00:23:08.08\00:23:09.95 Well, see I was, I used to be in an orphanage and- - 00:23:09.98\00:23:15.31 You were? Yes. 00:23:15.34\00:23:16.94 Where? China. 00:23:16.97\00:23:18.64 China, okay. 00:23:18.67\00:23:20.01 Until my family adopted me and gave me a chance. 00:23:20.04\00:23:25.05 And, it just feels good to know that just while 00:23:25.08\00:23:28.61 we can give other kids like me a chance. 00:23:28.64\00:23:32.38 Wow. By helping. 00:23:32.41\00:23:33.84 That's wonderful and I don't know 00:23:33.87\00:23:35.62 any better ministry doing a better job. 00:23:35.65\00:23:38.37 We've worked with Asian Aid and, 00:23:38.40\00:23:40.70 from almost the very beginning, many, many years ago. 00:23:40.73\00:23:43.34 What an incredible, I have been to India 00:23:43.37\00:23:44.90 and a number of the places, 00:23:44.93\00:23:46.15 Bangladesh, seen the orphanages 00:23:46.18\00:23:48.60 and been there and bring children 00:23:48.63\00:23:50.94 off the streets and give them a bed 00:23:50.97\00:23:53.30 for the first time in their life 00:23:53.33\00:23:54.83 and the little girls they get the dolls 00:23:54.86\00:23:57.75 and you know their personal items 00:23:57.78\00:23:59.75 and little boys get a little ball or a truck and, 00:23:59.78\00:24:02.33 you know, to see the difference in them. 00:24:02.36\00:24:05.10 They build the schools and of course the, 00:24:05.13\00:24:06.89 one day schools, one day churches and all of this. 00:24:06.92\00:24:09.49 We are involved in that too. 00:24:09.52\00:24:11.93 So, Asian Aid, thank you so much 00:24:11.96\00:24:14.30 for working with these folk, 00:24:14.33\00:24:15.80 because what an incredible ministry. 00:24:15.83\00:24:17.59 Yes. 00:24:17.62\00:24:18.65 they have created this ministry called Kids for Kids 00:24:18.68\00:24:21.64 and our children really, you know, 00:24:21.67\00:24:24.69 it brought a different meaning to just singing-- 00:24:24.72\00:24:27.95 Absolutely. 00:24:27.98\00:24:29.01 Not that it's just singing but, 00:24:29.04\00:24:31.47 they are just helping people outside of themselves 00:24:31.50\00:24:33.79 and thinking of others and it's a great outreach. 00:24:33.82\00:24:37.50 So, what are your plans? 00:24:37.53\00:24:39.61 You seem like you keep expanding and Jesus said, 00:24:39.64\00:24:44.58 "Go ye into all the world." 00:24:44.61\00:24:45.69 And, one of the ways of course, you have done that already, 00:24:45.72\00:24:47.54 that CD, these things can travel, 00:24:47.57\00:24:49.67 I'm sure you're probably doing stuff 00:24:49.70\00:24:51.58 on either iTunes or on YouTube or somewhere like that, right? 00:24:51.61\00:24:56.47 And, isn't social media amazing today? 00:24:56.50\00:25:00.37 Yes. Yes. 00:25:00.40\00:25:01.87 The outreach. 00:25:01.90\00:25:03.57 I actually had someone text my cell phone 00:25:03.60\00:25:07.22 from Kansas, "Where can I get your CD?" 00:25:07.25\00:25:10.54 And I'm like, where do they get number. 00:25:10.57\00:25:12.47 I don't even know. 00:25:12.50\00:25:13.76 So I texted him back and I said, you can get it, 00:25:13.79\00:25:15.39 you can download it from this place. 00:25:15.42\00:25:17.56 And in texting back and forth this lady, 00:25:17.59\00:25:19.36 she was a lady that was planning her Easter Sunday 00:25:19.39\00:25:22.73 service at church, 00:25:22.76\00:25:24.25 she had heard one of our songs on YouTube 00:25:24.28\00:25:26.56 and she wanted to get our composition of, 00:25:26.59\00:25:29.29 I think, it was A Wonderful Cross. 00:25:29.32\00:25:31.36 And at the end I said, so how did you get my number, 00:25:31.39\00:25:33.92 she said, I can't even remember, 00:25:33.95\00:25:36.32 somehow on the internet I got your church's number 00:25:36.35\00:25:38.59 and I called and they gave me your cell phone number. 00:25:38.62\00:25:41.11 So we've reached that person, not even knowing. 00:25:41.14\00:25:45.40 It's been nice, Danny, that way, we've helped... 00:25:45.43\00:25:49.39 You know, because our denomination 00:25:49.42\00:25:50.86 it's easier for people to learn about our project 00:25:50.89\00:25:54.12 or our choir in our church. 00:25:54.15\00:25:56.74 But we've had several people 00:25:56.77\00:25:58.77 from other denominations wanting our music 00:25:58.80\00:26:01.75 for their VBS program or for their choir 00:26:01.78\00:26:04.90 and it's all through social media. 00:26:04.93\00:26:06.87 Speaking of that, your Servant's Prayer, 00:26:06.90\00:26:09.87 you wrote that. 00:26:09.90\00:26:10.97 Did you write anymore songs? 00:26:11.00\00:26:12.64 There is one more in the project, 00:26:12.67\00:26:14.61 but it was my first time producing a kid's album 00:26:14.64\00:26:19.27 and working with kids. 00:26:19.30\00:26:21.10 We hope to record another one 00:26:21.13\00:26:22.92 and we'll have more original compositions 00:26:22.95\00:26:25.88 and some of the songs that the kids write actually. 00:26:25.91\00:26:28.68 Yeah, that's wonderful. 00:26:28.71\00:26:29.80 And I was going to ask you how you choose your songs? 00:26:29.83\00:26:34.65 We choose our songs, how do we choose our songs. 00:26:34.68\00:26:38.36 Yeah, do you get together as little group 00:26:38.39\00:26:39.99 or somebody hears the song and says, wow, I like this song 00:26:40.02\00:26:43.50 or, you know, what usually happens on that? 00:26:43.53\00:26:46.08 'Cause it's always interesting to me is, 00:26:46.11\00:26:47.72 you do a CD, there is millions of songs out there, 00:26:47.75\00:26:51.47 you pick ten. 00:26:51.50\00:26:53.04 Something must have triggered those ten. 00:26:53.07\00:26:54.94 I believe that the way we've begun our selection 00:26:54.97\00:26:58.65 was from the response 00:26:58.68\00:27:00.77 we were getting from the church. 00:27:00.80\00:27:02.21 Okay. 00:27:02.24\00:27:03.28 Now, we would sing it at church and we loved that song 00:27:03.31\00:27:06.40 you know and we would say, okay then that's a good one. 00:27:06.43\00:27:10.25 And then thinking about the church service as a whole 00:27:10.28\00:27:13.51 because we sing at church 00:27:13.54\00:27:15.66 in the worship service, how can we enhance that. 00:27:15.69\00:27:19.68 So we're like, we need songs about the cross, 00:27:19.71\00:27:22.73 we need songs about being thankful. 00:27:22.76\00:27:26.17 And that's how we picked them. 00:27:26.20\00:27:29.30 And you have which, is unusual 00:27:29.33\00:27:31.06 for a lot of kids' choirs, 00:27:31.09\00:27:32.12 you actually have song books too, right? 00:27:32.15\00:27:33.96 And the track. 00:27:33.99\00:27:35.02 And tracks, that goes with the CDs? 00:27:35.05\00:27:38.33 So hey, you're a singer, you are a choir, 00:27:38.36\00:27:41.24 you want to be a choir 00:27:41.27\00:27:43.06 and maybe you're just in a small church. 00:27:43.09\00:27:45.26 Wouldn't this be a great idea? 00:27:45.29\00:27:46.80 You can get the sound tracks, 00:27:46.83\00:27:48.55 you can sing with those and you got the sheet music, 00:27:48.58\00:27:51.32 if you got a piano player. 00:27:51.35\00:27:53.40 You know this is great. 00:27:53.43\00:27:54.57 I looked it over a while ago, and I love it. 00:27:54.60\00:27:58.89 To me, all of these are tools to get the Gospel. 00:27:58.92\00:28:01.73 Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world." 00:28:01.76\00:28:04.61 Every one of us should raise their hands. 00:28:04.64\00:28:06.52 I asked the questions when I went to the churches, 00:28:06.55\00:28:08.04 how many ye's are out here? 00:28:08.07\00:28:09.85 People are hesitant, I say everybody 00:28:09.88\00:28:11.28 should raise their hand. 00:28:11.31\00:28:12.34 Go ye, it didn't just say, go Mark Fenley, 00:28:12.37\00:28:14.69 go Doug Bachelor, you know go Nanny Shelton. 00:28:14.72\00:28:17.42 It says, go ye. 00:28:17.45\00:28:18.75 All of us, and you've chosen to do that. 00:28:18.78\00:28:21.31 You, as a group, and as a choir 00:28:21.34\00:28:22.78 and these young people, you are giving them a mission 00:28:22.81\00:28:26.70 and a ministry that they'll never forget. 00:28:26.73\00:28:29.31 And, I am so thankful for that. 00:28:29.34\00:28:31.02 And, Samantha, you like singing apparently right, 00:28:31.05\00:28:33.81 that's why you are in the choir. 00:28:33.84\00:28:35.31 Yes Sir. Yeah? 00:28:35.34\00:28:36.50 Do you play any instruments too? 00:28:36.53\00:28:38.15 Yes, I play piano, saxophone-- What? 00:28:38.18\00:28:42.32 Recorder and I want to learn guitar. 00:28:42.35\00:28:45.56 Oh my, my. All those instruments. 00:28:45.59\00:28:47.62 How old are you? 00:28:47.65\00:28:48.84 Oh, and I do voice too, and I am eleven. 00:28:48.87\00:28:51.50 Eleven. 00:28:51.53\00:28:52.89 I love it. Absolutely love it. 00:28:52.92\00:28:55.23 I like what you said about giving them a ministry. 00:28:55.26\00:29:02.15 Faith, you will remember a couple of people 00:29:02.18\00:29:04.10 that have joined our choir, 00:29:04.13\00:29:06.16 they're not even from any church. 00:29:06.19\00:29:08.90 They are neighbors. 00:29:08.93\00:29:11.10 Of kids that go to our church and they have come to our choir 00:29:11.13\00:29:15.30 and practices and performances and literally... 00:29:15.33\00:29:19.67 a CD is great. 00:29:19.70\00:29:20.79 Yeah, you can listen to it in the car. 00:29:20.82\00:29:22.79 We have our own songs that we sing 00:29:22.82\00:29:24.89 and we can provide a curriculum for other churches 00:29:24.92\00:29:28.12 and that's great but at the end of the day 00:29:28.15\00:29:30.70 it is an evangelistic tool, 00:29:30.73\00:29:32.87 it is the opportunity that we have, 00:29:32.90\00:29:35.54 like we had at Opry Mills, 00:29:35.57\00:29:36.85 just to hand a CD in the hand of a child that 00:29:36.88\00:29:39.81 might have never heard a Christian song before. 00:29:39.84\00:29:43.62 And that to me is priceless 00:29:43.65\00:29:46.97 and it's wonderful to be able to do. 00:29:47.00\00:29:49.08 And we couldn't do that before. 00:29:49.11\00:29:51.16 Wonderful. 00:29:51.19\00:29:52.22 I think it's about time we go to another song. 00:29:52.25\00:29:54.06 What do you think? Yes. 00:29:54.09\00:29:55.52 And this time you are going to get 00:29:55.55\00:29:57.28 to be blessed by listening to Amazing Grace. 00:29:57.31\00:30:01.14 Amazing grace! 00:30:19.62\00:30:24.04 How sweet the sound 00:30:24.07\00:30:28.26 That saved a wretch like me 00:30:28.29\00:30:34.63 I once was lost 00:30:36.65\00:30:40.85 But now I am found 00:30:40.88\00:30:45.15 Was blind, but now I see 00:30:45.18\00:30:52.35 It's such amazing grace 00:30:53.28\00:30:57.69 It's such amazing mercy 00:30:57.72\00:31:01.91 It's such amazing love for me 00:31:01.94\00:31:08.43 It's such amazing grace 00:31:10.37\00:31:14.63 It's such amazing grace 00:31:14.66\00:31:18.97 It's such amazing love for me 00:31:19.00\00:31:25.32 Through many dangers 00:31:28.36\00:31:31.76 Toils and snares 00:31:31.79\00:31:36.07 I have already come 00:31:36.10\00:31:41.83 'Twas grace that 00:31:44.39\00:31:47.25 Brought me safe thus far 00:31:47.28\00:31:52.92 And grace will lead me home. 00:31:52.95\00:32:00.23 It's such amazing grace 00:32:01.14\00:32:05.72 It's such amazing grace 00:32:05.75\00:32:09.69 It's such amazing love for me 00:32:09.72\00:32:16.44 It's such amazing grace 00:32:18.22\00:32:22.55 It's such amazing grace 00:32:22.58\00:32:26.90 It's such amazing love for me 00:32:26.93\00:32:34.82 It's such amazing grace 00:32:34.85\00:32:39.37 It's such amazing mercy 00:32:39.40\00:32:43.54 It's such amazing love for me 00:32:43.57\00:32:51.26 Amazing grace! 00:32:54.60\00:32:58.67 How sweet the sound 00:32:58.70\00:33:04.11 Amen. Thank you, choir. 00:33:08.19\00:33:10.41 And again I am back with Gisella 00:33:10.44\00:33:14.25 and we have some more guests. 00:33:14.28\00:33:16.51 Yes. 00:33:16.54\00:33:18.07 Meet Keith DiDomenico and Angelina. 00:33:18.10\00:33:23.04 Keith works at our church as a Bible worker, 00:33:23.07\00:33:25.65 but they-- him and his family, 00:33:25.68\00:33:28.39 I mean him and his wife 00:33:28.42\00:33:30.39 are actually a huge support to our choir. 00:33:30.42\00:33:32.92 His wife Bettina actually did design 00:33:32.95\00:33:36.46 the whole cover for us and our art. 00:33:36.49\00:33:38.64 And she does a great job and Keith helps us 00:33:38.67\00:33:41.76 with whatever we need. 00:33:41.79\00:33:43.26 He's great. 00:33:43.29\00:33:44.48 And so is Angelina to have in the choir. 00:33:44.51\00:33:46.30 Angelina, it's good to have you here. 00:33:46.33\00:33:48.69 Are you on television a lot? 00:33:48.72\00:33:51.05 No, actually this is my first time. 00:33:51.08\00:33:52.47 Oh, it's your first time. 00:33:52.50\00:33:53.76 All right well, you look really sweet. 00:33:53.79\00:33:56.37 I see that you love Jesus. Am I right? 00:33:56.40\00:33:58.34 Yes. 00:33:58.37\00:33:59.43 And you got a great church and I am so thankful that 00:33:59.46\00:34:03.54 you got mom and daddy that love Jesus too. 00:34:03.57\00:34:05.70 And you are surrounded by a lot of folk 00:34:05.73\00:34:07.88 who love Jesus 'cause that will help you 00:34:07.91\00:34:10.13 when you are growing up, in the years to come. 00:34:10.16\00:34:11.98 So we are thankful that you are here today. 00:34:12.01\00:34:14.08 But we want to talk to dad now for a few minutes. 00:34:14.11\00:34:17.94 Keith tell us a little bit about a Bible worker. 00:34:17.97\00:34:19.46 What's it? 00:34:19.49\00:34:20.52 What do you do there and what area, 00:34:20.55\00:34:22.90 and the Madison area, is that where you-- 00:34:22.93\00:34:25.48 Yeah, in the Madison area, yeah. 00:34:25.51\00:34:27.54 Just doing a lot of work with people 00:34:27.57\00:34:30.44 that I meet through connections in the church, 00:34:30.47\00:34:33.83 and that are searching for the Lord. 00:34:33.86\00:34:35.53 It's beautiful to be on the frontline. 00:34:35.56\00:34:37.12 It's beautiful to be working with people 00:34:37.15\00:34:39.48 that are hungering and thirsting for the Lord. 00:34:39.51\00:34:42.64 All right. You know, it's wonderful. 00:34:42.67\00:34:44.11 Yeah, so that's what you get to do? 00:34:44.14\00:34:46.38 Yes On a full time basis, is out there, 00:34:46.41\00:34:48.65 but you have another love and that's this choir. 00:34:48.68\00:34:52.05 I see that. 00:34:52.08\00:34:53.11 I talked to them earlier and I saw that 00:34:53.14\00:34:55.27 he is just totally supportive of this choir. 00:34:55.30\00:34:58.80 Excited I'm sure, has to do with your own children. 00:34:58.83\00:35:01.47 Being involved also. 00:35:01.50\00:35:03.00 But tell us a little bit of how you work with the choir? 00:35:03.03\00:35:07.18 Well, I'll say that, you know, 00:35:07.21\00:35:09.63 when we were first coming into the Nashville area, 00:35:09.66\00:35:12.33 we were looking, we had Angelina 00:35:12.36\00:35:14.40 and we were looking for a place where we could raise her. 00:35:14.43\00:35:17.96 And, just the fact that the Madison Campus Church 00:35:17.99\00:35:20.68 had so many different things going on for the children. 00:35:20.71\00:35:23.96 And then when I found out that 00:35:23.99\00:35:25.04 they had a children's choir that was it 00:35:25.07\00:35:26.39 that sealed the deal. 00:35:26.42\00:35:27.45 I was like oh yeah, this is where 00:35:27.48\00:35:29.25 I want her to be able to minister 00:35:29.28\00:35:30.55 for the Lord in many ways 00:35:30.58\00:35:31.71 and this is a beautiful way to do it. 00:35:31.74\00:35:34.60 Do you see an outreach? 00:35:34.63\00:35:36.39 Are you involved, since you have connections 00:35:36.42\00:35:39.83 outside the church so to speak. 00:35:39.86\00:35:42.34 Can you use any of that with this choir 00:35:42.37\00:35:44.34 because you were talking about, we've been talking about, 00:35:44.37\00:35:47.15 you want to get this, the CDs, 00:35:47.18\00:35:49.31 you want to get this music out, far and wide as you can. 00:35:49.34\00:35:52.72 Yeah, we have, we have a big vision, 00:35:52.75\00:35:55.74 you know, it's always to have a big vision. 00:35:55.77\00:35:57.65 Of course. 00:35:57.68\00:35:58.71 And, we would love to see 00:35:58.74\00:36:00.34 all of the children in our Adventist schools 00:36:00.37\00:36:02.93 that would be 38,000. 00:36:02.96\00:36:05.32 That's wonderful, we have so many. 00:36:05.35\00:36:06.69 Absolutely, yeah. 38,000. 00:36:06.72\00:36:09.10 To have a copy of this CD, as well as, 00:36:09.13\00:36:13.18 we would love that any child that comes to the hospitals 00:36:13.21\00:36:17.38 and is admitted, 00:36:17.41\00:36:18.61 that we would give them this CD as a gift, 00:36:18.64\00:36:21.79 just to help them in their recovery. 00:36:21.82\00:36:23.71 Wouldn't that be wonderful? 00:36:23.74\00:36:24.82 Absolutely. What a ministry. 00:36:24.85\00:36:27.42 And that's what I love about it, it's not just music, 00:36:27.45\00:36:29.59 you know, there is a lot of music out there 00:36:29.62\00:36:31.00 but this ministry for the soul. 00:36:31.03\00:36:33.66 And I am so thankful of your vision 00:36:33.69\00:36:36.17 because many times we just sing in our choir 00:36:36.20\00:36:39.39 and no one outside those walls of the church, 00:36:39.42\00:36:42.56 as we talked about earlier, gets blessed. 00:36:42.59\00:36:44.67 But in your case, joining hands with like believers, 00:36:44.70\00:36:48.54 those catching the vision. 00:36:48.57\00:36:50.79 What an incredible ministry that 00:36:50.82\00:36:52.29 you can go out not only into the local communities 00:36:52.32\00:36:55.49 but around the world, and then your goal of reaching. 00:36:55.52\00:36:58.51 How can we help, how can we here at 3ABN, 00:36:58.54\00:37:00.68 our viewers. 00:37:00.71\00:37:02.12 That's a big goal, but you know what, 00:37:02.15\00:37:05.39 we serve a bigger God. 00:37:05.42\00:37:06.94 Amen. 00:37:06.97\00:37:08.02 So how can we help get 38,000 CD's 00:37:08.05\00:37:12.84 to every student in all of our schools? 00:37:12.87\00:37:15.39 How do we do that? 00:37:15.42\00:37:16.86 Our viewers love to help, they love to support. 00:37:16.89\00:37:20.57 Can they write you and find out? 00:37:20.60\00:37:23.01 Yes. Okay. 00:37:23.04\00:37:24.50 We've called, I remember, 00:37:24.53\00:37:26.77 when this project first came about 00:37:26.80\00:37:29.03 and we dreamed about this. 00:37:29.06\00:37:32.97 It was very little things that inspired us to think that. 00:37:33.00\00:37:37.31 For instance I remember Keith telling me 00:37:37.34\00:37:40.24 that he was driving the car 00:37:40.27\00:37:42.52 and there was a couple girls in the back of his car, 00:37:42.55\00:37:45.57 Angelina and another friend, practicing the songs and... 00:37:45.60\00:37:49.89 you can say it better than that I am, but you felt. 00:37:49.92\00:37:55.65 You know, it's just the voice of children, 00:37:55.68\00:37:59.95 singing for the Lord. 00:37:59.98\00:38:01.61 You know, and when you get two of them together 00:38:01.64\00:38:03.74 and it's in the stereo. 00:38:03.77\00:38:05.62 You know, I'm like Lord, you could take me now. 00:38:05.65\00:38:08.07 You know, because I feel like 00:38:08.10\00:38:09.56 this is part of what heaven would be like. 00:38:09.59\00:38:11.66 And I certainly, I want to be there 00:38:11.69\00:38:13.65 if heaven is going to be a lot like this. 00:38:13.68\00:38:16.09 You know... 00:38:16.12\00:38:17.16 So, so I didn't even have children 00:38:17.19\00:38:20.31 when this choir began. 00:38:20.34\00:38:22.05 Okay. 00:38:22.08\00:38:23.13 And now I have three of my own. 00:38:23.16\00:38:24.49 Wow, all right. 00:38:24.52\00:38:25.87 The oldest one is-- 00:38:25.90\00:38:27.47 She told me earlier that she was nineteen. 00:38:27.50\00:38:29.15 But I'm starting to get that... 00:38:29.18\00:38:30.75 A little bit older than that now. 00:38:30.78\00:38:33.18 So, my oldest one is in the choir 00:38:33.21\00:38:36.32 and I am hearing her practice these songs 00:38:36.35\00:38:40.43 and I hear her little sister who is having a little trouble 00:38:40.46\00:38:44.45 with her speech trying to sing these songs. 00:38:44.48\00:38:47.49 And now she wants to sing Amazing Grace, 00:38:47.52\00:38:50.20 before bed, every night. 00:38:50.23\00:38:52.25 And That's a simple vision but I envisioned 00:38:52.28\00:38:58.72 all the kids in our schools having that. 00:38:58.75\00:39:01.61 You know having that experience 00:39:01.64\00:39:03.54 of putting a CD in their car and being able to worship. 00:39:03.57\00:39:07.52 When we called a D&AD, 00:39:07.55\00:39:10.28 how many students do in the North-American division 00:39:10.31\00:39:13.07 and here when I was 17 years old... 00:39:13.10\00:39:18.55 We did something similar. 00:39:18.58\00:39:20.19 My choir in Brazil recorded a CD 00:39:20.22\00:39:23.93 and every child in our state got a copy of our CD. 00:39:23.96\00:39:29.73 This is 10 years later, I am in the shopping mall, 00:39:29.76\00:39:32.67 I'm visiting my family there eating ice-cream with my mom 00:39:32.70\00:39:36.78 and this gentleman comes towards me 00:39:36.81\00:39:40.39 and said, "Gisella", I said "Yeah, hi. 00:39:40.42\00:39:44.36 Who are you?" 00:39:44.39\00:39:45.43 He said, "My name is Hermes, 00:39:45.46\00:39:47.91 I went to school with you during fourth grade. 00:39:47.94\00:39:53.03 But years later I get this CD 00:39:53.06\00:39:55.95 and I see a picture of you there. 00:39:55.98\00:39:57.64 And I was telling everybody I know this girl 00:39:57.67\00:39:59.84 and nobody believed me 00:39:59.87\00:40:01.16 but I just wanted to tell you that it has blessed me. 00:40:01.19\00:40:04.53 It has blessed in my walk with Christ", 00:40:04.56\00:40:06.90 and I want us to do the same for children 00:40:06.93\00:40:11.15 that are out there in our schools in hospitals. 00:40:11.18\00:40:15.95 I don't know and around the world. 00:40:15.98\00:40:18.69 It's going to happen 00:40:18.72\00:40:19.78 when we're going to get word out to our folk 00:40:19.81\00:40:21.71 because in a little bit 00:40:21.74\00:40:22.80 we are going to put up the address 00:40:22.83\00:40:23.94 and they will be able to contact you 00:40:23.97\00:40:25.63 and find out how they can be a part of this 00:40:25.66\00:40:27.85 and we would encourage you to do so. 00:40:27.88\00:40:31.67 You know I wanted to talk to Angelina 00:40:31.70\00:40:33.38 for just a moment. 00:40:33.41\00:40:34.80 And now you sing, right, in the choir? 00:40:34.83\00:40:37.57 Do you play any instruments yet? 00:40:37.60\00:40:39.84 I play piano and recorder. 00:40:39.87\00:40:42.40 Recorder and piano. 00:40:42.43\00:40:44.50 Now that takes a lot of time. Doesn't it? 00:40:44.53\00:40:46.94 Do you enjoy it? Yes. 00:40:46.97\00:40:49.15 Which you enjoy the most, 00:40:49.18\00:40:50.21 singing or playing the instruments? 00:40:50.24\00:40:53.00 Probably singing. 00:40:53.03\00:40:54.48 Really? Okay. 00:40:54.51\00:40:56.13 Maybe when you get a little older, 00:40:56.16\00:40:58.23 you'll do a solo album too, as well as the choir. 00:40:58.26\00:41:01.97 But you are getting some good experience right now. 00:41:02.00\00:41:04.81 And I wanted to ask you too about playing instruments. 00:41:04.84\00:41:08.18 Do you have a goal of maybe playing 00:41:08.21\00:41:10.02 a few more as you get older 00:41:10.05\00:41:11.77 or you think you just stick to those two? 00:41:11.80\00:41:13.27 May be violin and the harp. 00:41:13.30\00:41:15.76 I love it. Absolutely. 00:41:15.79\00:41:17.75 I am so thankful. 00:41:17.78\00:41:18.81 We have a church school here 00:41:18.84\00:41:19.91 that only has like 33 students, totally. 00:41:19.94\00:41:24.08 But in our older grades up to like tenth grade. 00:41:24.11\00:41:29.54 Every student plays instruments, every student, 00:41:29.57\00:41:32.39 and they all play numerous instruments. 00:41:32.42\00:41:34.72 Like some of them play four, five and six instruments 00:41:34.75\00:41:37.27 and they do them well. 00:41:37.30\00:41:38.64 And just see those kids and when we have meetings 00:41:38.67\00:41:41.11 and graduations and they travel. 00:41:41.14\00:41:43.09 They've gone down to your area, 00:41:43.12\00:41:44.96 they have traveled up to, Sunnydale Academy and do music. 00:41:44.99\00:41:48.77 And it's so amazing to see all of these young people, 00:41:48.80\00:41:52.35 who were not long ago, her age, 00:41:52.38\00:41:54.61 now they are 14, 15 and 16 years old, 00:41:54.64\00:41:57.46 using their talents for the Lord, 00:41:57.49\00:41:59.00 traveling hundreds of miles. 00:41:59.03\00:42:00.63 They may go to Michigan and may go, 00:42:00.66\00:42:02.55 you know all over, singing for the Lord 00:42:02.58\00:42:05.15 and to see of them, play a bass, 00:42:05.18\00:42:07.42 and bass fiddle, set it down 00:42:07.45\00:42:09.12 and pretty soon the next one is playing clarinet, 00:42:09.15\00:42:11.61 next time playing a guitar and I say, you know, 00:42:11.64\00:42:14.29 how wonderful this is for these students. 00:42:14.32\00:42:16.32 You see, I think it is wonderful 00:42:16.35\00:42:18.84 and I love to be a part of that now. 00:42:18.87\00:42:21.03 When I was growing up we didn't have those opportunities. 00:42:21.06\00:42:23.79 I didn't have those opportunities in Brazil 00:42:23.82\00:42:26.26 so I love it that these children do 00:42:26.29\00:42:29.05 and there is other people out there 00:42:29.08\00:42:31.68 that don't have the same opportunities 00:42:31.71\00:42:33.28 as we do in America. 00:42:33.31\00:42:35.61 And through social media we got contacted 00:42:35.64\00:42:39.20 by the first Adventist school in the country of Mongolia. 00:42:39.23\00:42:43.99 Wow. 00:42:44.02\00:42:45.14 And they are starting a children's choir 00:42:45.17\00:42:47.13 and they asked for our material, 00:42:47.16\00:42:49.68 so that they could sing there. 00:42:49.71\00:42:51.34 And they said, please have your children pray for us 00:42:51.37\00:42:56.10 because you have the freedom to sing 00:42:56.13\00:42:58.93 and to praise God and to worship him. 00:42:58.96\00:43:02.03 We don't, if we are caught doing this 00:43:02.06\00:43:04.81 we could go to jail. 00:43:04.84\00:43:06.65 So I love it, 00:43:06.68\00:43:07.92 that we in America have that freedom 00:43:07.95\00:43:10.53 but we are able to help those who don't. 00:43:10.56\00:43:13.31 Absolutely. 00:43:13.34\00:43:14.40 And we are excited to be headed 00:43:14.43\00:43:16.27 to the General Conference and sing there. 00:43:16.30\00:43:18.43 All right, I heard that-- 00:43:18.46\00:43:20.71 Opening Sabbath, Fourth of July, 00:43:20.74\00:43:24.41 and it would be just an incredible experience 00:43:24.44\00:43:27.28 for our kids' voice to be heard all over the world. 00:43:27.31\00:43:31.57 And we really do hope to inspire 00:43:31.60\00:43:34.84 other churches everywhere 00:43:34.87\00:43:37.08 to start their own choir at church. 00:43:37.11\00:43:38.81 Yes, it's time consuming, it's a lot of work 00:43:38.84\00:43:42.42 and but it's just an incredible opportunity 00:43:42.45\00:43:46.73 to in still Christ in our kids' hearts. 00:43:46.76\00:43:50.51 At a young, at an early age. 00:43:50.54\00:43:52.33 Absolutely, I will be out in the audience 00:43:52.36\00:43:54.02 and I know those kids, I know those folk, 00:43:54.05\00:43:56.08 I have met those folk before. 00:43:56.11\00:43:57.96 Speaking of music and you all singing, 00:43:57.99\00:44:00.10 I think it is time we do another song 00:44:00.13\00:44:02.18 and right now they are going to do for you "El Shaddai". 00:44:02.21\00:44:05.07 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:44:21.92\00:44:25.70 El-elyon na adonia 00:44:25.73\00:44:29.89 Age to age you're still the same 00:44:29.92\00:44:33.04 By the power of the name 00:44:33.07\00:44:36.77 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:44:36.80\00:44:40.47 Erkamka na Adonai, 00:44:40.50\00:44:44.71 I will praise and lift you high 00:44:44.74\00:44:47.91 El Shaddai 00:44:47.94\00:44:51.90 Through your love and through the ram 00:44:51.93\00:44:55.11 You saved the son of Abraham 00:44:55.14\00:44:59.39 Through the power of your hand 00:44:59.42\00:45:02.55 You turned the sea into dry land 00:45:02.58\00:45:06.40 To the outcast on her knees 00:45:06.43\00:45:09.93 You were the God who really sees 00:45:09.96\00:45:14.41 And by your might 00:45:14.44\00:45:16.39 You set your children free 00:45:16.42\00:45:21.25 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:45:21.28\00:45:24.85 El-elyon na adonia 00:45:24.88\00:45:29.17 Age to age you're still the same 00:45:29.20\00:45:32.40 By the power of the name 00:45:32.43\00:45:35.98 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:45:36.01\00:45:39.68 Erkamka na Adonai, 00:45:39.71\00:45:44.09 I will praise and lift you high 00:45:44.12\00:45:47.17 El Shaddai 00:45:47.20\00:45:51.66 Through the years you've made it clear 00:46:05.87\00:46:09.32 That the time of Christ was near 00:46:09.35\00:46:13.56 Though the people couldn't see 00:46:13.59\00:46:16.61 What messiah ought to be 00:46:16.64\00:46:20.44 Though your word contained the plan 00:46:20.47\00:46:24.17 They just would not understand 00:46:24.20\00:46:28.31 Your most awesome work was done 00:46:28.34\00:46:32.14 Through the frailty of your son 00:46:32.17\00:46:37.22 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:46:37.25\00:46:40.88 El-elyon na adonia 00:46:40.91\00:46:45.11 Age to age you're still the same 00:46:45.14\00:46:48.27 By the power of the name 00:46:48.30\00:46:52.04 El Shaddai, el shaddai 00:46:52.07\00:46:55.54 Erkamka na Adonai, 00:46:55.57\00:47:00.00 I will praise and lift you high 00:47:00.03\00:47:03.13 El Shaddai 00:47:03.16\00:47:06.65 Amen, what a beautiful song. 00:47:13.41\00:47:14.95 I love all the smiling faces. 00:47:14.98\00:47:17.23 And we are going to try to get in, 00:47:17.26\00:47:18.89 I think we've got time` 00:47:18.92\00:47:19.98 we could maybe do one more song. 00:47:20.01\00:47:21.89 What's our last song, Gisella, and how did you pick it? 00:47:21.92\00:47:26.21 The last song is called The Thankful Heart 00:47:26.24\00:47:28.94 which ended up being the theme of our CD 00:47:28.97\00:47:32.80 and I picked it because I loved the words, 00:47:32.83\00:47:36.81 "Here is my thankful heart Lord offered up in gratitude 00:47:36.84\00:47:39.97 for all you have done for me." 00:47:40.00\00:47:41.37 Oh, wow. 00:47:41.40\00:47:42.46 And that just speaks volume about 00:47:42.49\00:47:44.24 what our kids are doing 00:47:44.27\00:47:45.97 and it's literally what we feel. 00:47:46.00\00:47:48.04 We feel so blessed for everything that 00:47:48.07\00:47:49.88 God has given us. 00:47:49.91\00:47:50.99 The opportunities, the freedom, the blessings 00:47:51.02\00:47:54.77 and this is a song offered to him in gratitude for it. 00:47:54.80\00:47:58.78 Praise the Lord, and then right after this song, 00:47:58.81\00:48:00.96 we are going to put up their address, 00:48:00.99\00:48:02.74 so that the Holy Spirit's impressing, 00:48:02.77\00:48:04.59 you may want to donate. 00:48:04.62\00:48:05.94 And if you want to contact them about the product 00:48:05.97\00:48:08.36 that they have anytime other than Sabbath hours, 00:48:08.39\00:48:10.99 you may do so. 00:48:11.02\00:48:12.05 Right now please listen to Thankful Heart. 00:48:12.08\00:48:15.62 My open hands receive 00:48:30.49\00:48:34.15 Blessings You pour out on me 00:48:34.18\00:48:37.95 Your tender care restores my soul 00:48:37.98\00:48:45.39 Your faithfulness endures 00:48:45.42\00:48:49.23 As mercy covers all my sin 00:48:49.26\00:48:52.87 Your perfect love has made me whole 00:48:52.90\00:49:00.25 Beyond the words I'm searching for 00:49:00.28\00:49:04.08 I long to give You something more 00:49:04.11\00:49:09.16 Here's my thankful heart 00:49:09.19\00:49:13.82 Thankful heart 00:49:13.85\00:49:17.43 Offered up in gratitude 00:49:17.46\00:49:21.03 For all You've done for me 00:49:21.06\00:49:23.97 Here's my thankful heart 00:49:24.00\00:49:28.58 Thankful heart 00:49:28.61\00:49:32.42 Offered up in praise to You 00:49:32.45\00:49:38.29 I'm unworthy of the gift of Your unfailing love 00:49:43.65\00:49:50.87 But You embrace me as I am 00:49:50.90\00:49:58.58 You provide my needs 00:49:58.61\00:50:02.14 And raise a harvest 00:50:02.17\00:50:03.92 From the seeds I sow in vain 00:50:03.95\00:50:08.39 I bless Your Name 00:50:08.42\00:50:13.41 Beyond the words I'm searching for 00:50:13.44\00:50:17.10 I long to give You so much more 00:50:17.13\00:50:21.95 Here's my thankful heart 00:50:21.98\00:50:26.39 Thankful heart 00:50:26.42\00:50:30.41 Offered up in gratitude 00:50:30.44\00:50:33.87 For all You've done for me 00:50:33.90\00:50:36.91 Here's my thankful heart 00:50:36.94\00:50:41.56 Thankful heart 00:50:41.59\00:50:45.37 Offered up in praise to You 00:50:45.40\00:50:52.35 From the raising of the sun 00:50:52.38\00:50:55.20 'Til it's going down 00:50:55.23\00:50:59.71 The name of the Lord be praised 00:50:59.74\00:51:06.88 Here's my thankful heart 00:51:06.91\00:51:11.41 Thankful heart 00:51:11.44\00:51:15.36 Offered up in gratitude 00:51:15.39\00:51:18.77 For all You've done for me 00:51:18.80\00:51:21.76 Here's my thankful heart 00:51:21.79\00:51:26.46 Thankful heart 00:51:26.49\00:51:30.20 Offered up in praise to You 00:51:30.23\00:51:37.67 Offered up in praise to You 00:51:37.70\00:51:44.33 Praise to You 00:51:54.33\00:52:00.01 If you would like to find out more information about 00:52:07.12\00:52:09.65 the Kids in Tune ministry, 00:52:09.68\00:52:11.59 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