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 3ABN Today.
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My name is C.A. Murray,
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and allow me once again
to thank you for sharing
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just a little of your
no doubt busy day with us,
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to thank you for
your love, your prayers,
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your support of Three
Angeles Broadcasting Network.
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We want you to draw
close because I am excited,
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yea, verily excited
because of our program,
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the subject matter and my guest.
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We'll talk about
two exciting people
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and I'm kind of
over using that word.
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But I'm at a lost for word
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to describe the
doctors Lewis Chris and Lela.
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He a general surgeon, she OBGYN.
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And for our
purposes, the driving forces,
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those that the Lord
has laid the burden on
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for Your Best Pathway to Health.
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And if you've been in a cave
or somewhere you haven't been
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near television,
or seen this program,
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or any number of other programs,
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you may not know
what they are doing,
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but you will know thoroughly
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aired this
program shall have ended
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that they are a part
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of what I call a move of
God and the body of Christ.
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One of the most exciting
initiatives that the Lord
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has given to his church
in really quite a while.
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One, that is impacting
lives and towns and cities
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and churches and communities
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in a way that I
don't think anything else
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that we've done as a church
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for the last 100 years has done.
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We've left
footprints in certain towns
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that we're gonna talk about.
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Where this program
has, has gone on that,
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really I don't see any
other initiative that we've done
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as a church that,
that has the kind of impact
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that Your Best
Pathway to Health has.
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And these two semi-weary
looking people are at,
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at the very forefront of this.
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And we will give you reason
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for what may be
the look of fatigue.
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But they're just
two wonderful people
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with a lot of
energy and four kids.
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Yes. Yes, sir.
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And four children.
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Dr. Chris, Dr. Lela Lewis.
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Guys, thank you so
much for being here.
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Thank you for having us.
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And thank you for
allowing God to use you
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in such a mighty
and miraculous way.
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Just to be a part of this
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and I know that the
number of people who can say,
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I have been part
of this is growing
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and growing and
growing and growing
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to be part of this move
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and to see what God is doing
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through Your
Best Pathway to Health
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is really, it's
just, it's great.
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You search for adjectives
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because there's
nothing to compare this with,
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because we as the church,
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we haven't done
anything like this before
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that's had the kind
of immediate impact.
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And, guys, we want to go back
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and just set a little foundation
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because the future is
real bright and real big
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and you have been
at this long enough.
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And now we can talk
about, use words like legacy
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and you know, and history
and these kinds of things.
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But, we have gone to
Oakland and San Francisco.
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We have gone to San Antonio.
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We have gone Spokane
and we've seen miracle
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upon miracle, upon
miracle, upon miracle.
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So I know that you guys have
convinced this is a God thing,
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because God has
knocked down doors
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and push through doors
and gone over obstacles,
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over and over and over
again you have seen that.
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And now we are thinking about
going to a really big town.
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But let's go back.
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You started in
Oakland and San Francisco,
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now that was sort of
dipping your toes in the water
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because that wasn't as big,
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but just walk us
through how that started,
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then we'll move
quickly to San Antonio,
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look at some video
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and then we're gonna
talk about what's ahead.
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And then you got
to some volunteers,
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we got to get some help.
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Well, thank you, C.A..
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Yeah, you know we started out
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"Your Best Pathway to
Health" its debut if you will,
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San Francisco and
Oakland as a service of ASI,
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Adventist-laymen's
Services and Industries.
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We took off. We
had that small event.
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We only have 500
volunteers and by God's grace
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we serviced 3,100
people in two and a half days,
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so it was exciting.
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Yeah. It was unbelievable.
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But what we saw
there was the beginning
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of a massive impact
not only on the volunteers,
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but on the patients
and the community at large.
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You remember the
Oakland Mayor came and spoke
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at that first gratitude session?
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And that in it of itself
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was an amazing,
amazing new adventure.
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So it really did take off there
in San Francisco and Oakland.
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Now when you began in
San Francisco, Oakland,
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I don't know if
you had in your mind
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the long-term train
that you are on now.
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How did the series
of cities that ensued,
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how did they come to,
you know, to your notice
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and how do they
get sort of onboard?
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Well, Dr. Chris,
you want to explain
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the application process?
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Sure. Sure.
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Even actually before
San Francisco, and Oakland,
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a number of people had
seen enough miracles take place,
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barriers taken down,
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roadblocks moved out of the way,
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that there came in
invitation, if you will,
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in our first application
from the union in Texas
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to come and do an event there,
a larger event in San Antonio.
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Now was it always
determined to sort of bind that
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with General
Conference or keep it separate,
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was that linkage on early on?
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We had to, that's actually
why Elder Mickey had asked us,
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he said, would you come to
San Antonio and do an event
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preceding the
General Conference session?
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And we had decided, you know,
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this is an
awesome opportunity to,
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to actually not
just have an event,
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but actually do something like
as a General Conference event,
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but actually give
back to the community
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that we're having
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the General
Conference actually in.
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And the results...
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Tell me about the media results
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that we just found out about.
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Well, there were 78
separate broadcasts,
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whether that's television
or Newspaper or radio,
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media events, we're
in network television,
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it was even in USA Today,
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it was in The
Wall Street Journal,
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the event there in San Antonio
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talking about what happened,
the patients that were served.
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In fact the General Conference
communication department
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just announced last week
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that they had
more media publicity
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for this General
Conference session
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than all previous ones.
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I think it was three times...
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Not just more, three times more.
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Three times the
number of publicity.
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And publicity
is not what counts,
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the whole point is that God's
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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is being uplifted,
rising out of obscurity,
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if you will,
like Isaiah 58 says.
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So that Christ
glory has righteousness
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can shine to the
world through His church,
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and that to me is
the most exciting aspect.
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Well, publicity is
when, you're advertising
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is when you say good
things about yourself.
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Publicity is when others
say good things about you.
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Amen.
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When people say things about you
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when you're doing
something for them.
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So the publicity is an outgrowth
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of what actually is happening
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and how the community
is responding to something
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that they have
never seen before.
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And I know you've seen
the looks of incredulity,
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for one of our better term,
why are you guys doing this?
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Where is this coming from?
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And that's one of the,
kind of, hurdles, I think,
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that the skepticism that
you got to deal with at first
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because nobody does this
kind of thing, free medical...
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Yeah. Right, right.
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So where is the catch? Exactly.
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And we've seen
that over and over again
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in every city we have gone to.
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Why are you doing this?
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And it's an awesome
opportunity to share the gospel.
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Yes.
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Well, as Seventh-day Adventists,
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we're Christians and we think
it's such an honor to be able
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to follow in Christ's footsteps
to provide physical, mental,
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and spiritual
healing to those in need
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and that's why we are doing it.
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Praise the Lord.
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And literally the
government officials,
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the media have had
tears in their eyes
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as they've not
just heard the words,
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but more importantly seen
in action what we believe.
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Yeah, yeah, I've
heard the stories.
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I was at the pre-meeting
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where you were telling the story
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about this chain or
this lady who's working
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and her relative
and that kind of thing
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and it happens over.
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So once your jaw
comes up off the floor
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you realize there's
something really good
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is happening here
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that we want to get on board.
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Amen.
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Give the numbers of...
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Because we talked
about 500 volunteers,
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Oakland, San Francisco.
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Those numbers
jumped up considerably.
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So give me the numbers of
volunteers for San Antonio
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and then the number of patients
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that you were able to
deal with in San Antonio.
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Well, we had 1700
volunteers, Praise God,
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who signed up to come to
San Antonio and volunteer.
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That's medical and non-medical.
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Because one of the beautiful
things about this event is,
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someone might be
watching and they say, well,
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this sounds pretty
exciting but I'm not a doctor,
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I'm not a dentist,
I'm not an optometrist,
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you know, what can I do?
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But, what is so awesome about
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this kind of medical
gospel combination work,
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that I believe
God has put together,
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is that no matter who you
are as a Seventh-day Adventist,
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you can come and be a
part of medical missionary work
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of reaching these people
and impacting their lives,
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whether you are someone
that is a hospitality worker
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that tours the
people around the event,
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or you are part of registration,
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you check the people
in, or you are helping to,
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you know, do a root canal
on a tooth or cut off a tooth.
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Or you're an electrician, right?
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You're an electrician
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and you help
with the electricity
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and the plumbing.
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We use plumbers. I
mean anybody and everybody.
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If you are willing...
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Oh, we're adding, we're adding
law services to Los Angeles
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just to jump ahead.
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But again--
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Legal services. Legal services.
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Or if you can
help set up, you know,
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set up and take down services.
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If you are willing to
work, God has a place for you.
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Sorry to interrupt
you there, go ahead.
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Yeah.
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I like the idea
because you have people
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coming off the
street, some are homeless,
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some are middle income,
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some have good jobs,
it's not a medical care.
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But walking
through the maze of...
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That's very confusing.
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So there are people,
if you can just say...
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In San Antonio, as
you comedown the escalator
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men and the ladies
restrooms are to the right.
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You know that?
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Now it's their job.
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And she did very, very well
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because, folk,
where is the restroom?
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I don't know.
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So there's someone to tell
you. So those little things.
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And let me
compliment you both on this.
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God has seen fit
to put in your path
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and become part of the ministry.
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People who are very
low on the crabby quotient.
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You know, they know how to smile
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because doing this
from early in the morning
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till fairly
late in the afternoon
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and to hold that
smile and hold that love
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and let that
love of Christ show.
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And I'm talking
about the professionals
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and the non-professionals.
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Yes, yes. It's a blessing.
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God has brought in your path
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good quality
Christian volunteers.
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Now I don't know if
everybody is that way,
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but the ones
I've dealt with were
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and I want to
congratulate you for that
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because God has
done that for you.
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Amen.
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Well, you know in San Antonio
with all those volunteers,
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those 1700 volunteers,
by God's grace we serviced
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6, 200 patients,
6,192 to be exact.
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Yes, yes, praise the Lord.
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So it was an exciting,
exciting opportunity there.
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Yeah.
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I got a chance to film and
we have yet, this film has not,
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and I knew it
was when I shot it,
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to see you remove this large
thing from the back of a lady.
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And as I was shooting it,
I was saying, you know what?
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No one's ever gonna watch this.
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And I showed it to Jim O'Connor,
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and she said, oh, I'd
like to take a look at that.
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So about 30
seconds in, she said okay,
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I think I have seen enough.
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But you've got, you have
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really complex
surgeries going on.
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You've got medical care
of all kinds is going on,
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it's all free.
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And what has been,
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because we talk
about legacy and impact.
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We know what the
impact is on the patient.
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What about the
community officials, mayors,
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deputy mayors, police,
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you know those who
are running the towns,
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what are they saying in the wake
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of the kinds of
things that you're doing?
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They are saying,
they can not believe
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what the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is doing
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for their community.
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They are overwhelmed.
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In fact, the
gentleman who's in charge
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of both the Alamodome
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and The Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center
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'cause remember
we had our meetings
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in the evening at The Henry B,
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and then over at the Alamodome.
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He came to the gratitude session
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there at the
Pathway to Health event,
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and then he also ran into me
at General Conference session
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and both times he
had tears in his eyes.
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In fact at the
gratitude session,
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they were actually
streaming down his cheeks.
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Absolutely dumb founded
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by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and what they were
doing for his community.
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And he's a perfect
example of many, many others.
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The mayor herself,
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even at General
Conference made a note,
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again on Saturday
night, again thanked everyone,
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the church for doing
this for her community.
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It is having an absolutely
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tremendous affect on the cities
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and Spokane the same thing.
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Over and over
again we're seeing,
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it's making
unbelievable inroads with people
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that we might never,
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otherwise not necessarily
have good inroads with.
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As I look at the
cities, Oakland, San Francisco,
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San Antonio,
Spokane, very diverse towns
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and they tend to be west
but very different cities.
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How does one get
into your, you know,
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how do you know where
to go and who is next?
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How does that happen?
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Talk to me a little bit about
the process of city selection?
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Good question.
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So Your Best
Pathway to Health again,
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as a service of ASI,
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we have our own
organization and our own board
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and we receive applications
from unions, from conferences,
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and we want it to be
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a collaborative endeavor, Right?
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It's the laity and the
church working together,
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the medical and the non-medical,
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so we want a collaborative
group effort going forward.
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So we have an application
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and it requires
signatures of the union,
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and the conference, and
the local pastors, etcetera
00:14:39.87\00:14:42.24
to show that we're all
gonna be working together.
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And then that gets
vetted out and made sure that,
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that there's
appropriate resources etcetera
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for that vicinity and
that's how we proceed.
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I see.
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So the local
church in a given area,
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they make the
application to you?
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They working with their
conference and their union.
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But I said local
church, the church, not this,
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local church,
but the organization,
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in that organization.
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Yes.
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My lady, my lord,
now you have grown
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and you have learned some things
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and let me say this too,
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one of the things
that I really respect
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about what you do
is the organization.
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Someone has thought
through this thoroughly.
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They are very few
holes in your game.
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You know, it's organized.
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When a person comes
in, they're greeted,
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they're escorted,
they're made to feel welcome,
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even little things
like putting plants
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and some greenery,
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whether be fake greenery
or real, I don't really know.
00:15:39.63\00:15:42.74
But the pharmacy and
the movement of people
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through these labyrinths
of, you know, of care.
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You thought about all of
that, so that the experience is,
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first of all, it's efficient.
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You get in and get out
as quickly as possible,
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but it's also pleasant.
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It's not, you know,
00:15:58.32\00:15:59.65
waiting in a doctor's
office can be drudgery
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and can be fearful, but
you've got choir singing
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and we need to
talk about this also,
00:16:04.73\00:16:06.49
is you've got music groups.
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Yes.
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Or musicians outside and in,
00:16:09.26\00:16:11.30
so there's music
going on all the time,
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It's really quite an experience.
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Now we go to the
biggest city yet.
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And that is? Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles. Give me the dates.
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So this is gonna
be April 26 to 30.
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And we're gonna
setup and it's gonna be,
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are we allowed to say where?
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Go ahead.
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Okay, it's gonna be
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at the Los
Angeles Convention Center.
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And if you...
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I think when we see
this video from San Antonio,
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you will see the
size of the building
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where we were in San
Antonio, the Alamodome,
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the building we're gonna be in,
00:16:46.90\00:16:48.24
in Los Angeles, it's gonna
be about three times larger
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than the building
we had in San Antonio.
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It's gonna be
almost 400,000 square feet.
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Let's go to our
San Antonio video
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because that
will give our viewers
00:16:58.81\00:17:00.42
some context for
what we're talking about
00:17:00.45\00:17:02.28
because San
Antonio is not a small town
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and this was not a
small venue, you know.
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Now you are talking
three times the size.
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That kind of blows your mind.
00:17:10.06\00:17:12.13
And we have an awesome team.
00:17:12.16\00:17:13.96
You talked about organization
and thinking things through.
00:17:14.00\00:17:16.06
We have an awesome
team that puts these on.
00:17:16.10\00:17:20.74
And we like to go around
and talk about it and so forth.
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But there's some, God
has put together some people
00:17:23.34\00:17:25.57
that care about
their fellow human beings
00:17:25.61\00:17:29.21
and lifting up God to the world
00:17:29.24\00:17:31.95
and it's just
been such a blessing
00:17:31.98\00:17:33.31
to work with all of them.
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We got a chance to work with you
00:17:34.72\00:17:36.05
fairly closely in San Antonio
00:17:36.08\00:17:37.79
and I saw that God,
00:17:37.82\00:17:39.35
I say again has
brought to your group,
00:17:39.39\00:17:43.29
people who care,
people who are kind,
00:17:43.32\00:17:45.29
because there is
some amount of stress.
00:17:45.33\00:17:47.36
I mean this is real work.
00:17:47.40\00:17:49.63
And yet there seems
to be this collegiality,
00:17:49.66\00:17:51.87
the Christian spirit is showing.
00:17:51.90\00:17:53.37
And of course when you
see what good you are doing,
00:17:53.40\00:17:56.77
it just kind of bolsters you.
00:17:56.81\00:17:58.14
So we're gonna
to this video now.
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This is just the
sort of retrospective
00:17:59.54\00:18:00.94
of what happened in San Antonio,
00:18:00.98\00:18:02.88
preparatory to what's
coming up in Los Angeles.
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The dream began
00:18:29.70\00:18:31.04
in California's
bay area to serve,
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to heal, to
love on a mass scale,
00:18:35.14\00:18:39.21
one person at a time.
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Free medical
care, free dental care,
00:18:41.62\00:18:44.95
free eye care, absolutely
free, no strings attached.
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Soon more and more
00:18:50.46\00:18:51.89
we're talking
about what they had seen,
00:18:51.93\00:18:54.00
what they had heard, and
what they had experienced.
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A question arose.
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How could we only do this once?
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Where can we go next?
00:19:02.60\00:19:05.64
San Antonio, Texas was
chosen as the next city,
00:19:05.67\00:19:10.01
whose residence would receive
00:19:10.05\00:19:11.38
the love of
Christ through the hands
00:19:11.41\00:19:13.62
and feet of
anyone willing to serve.
00:19:13.65\00:19:17.89
Over 100
organizations joined the effort,
00:19:17.92\00:19:21.29
as did the office
of Mayor Ivy Taylor
00:19:21.32\00:19:23.93
and the Department of Health.
00:19:23.96\00:19:26.29
An event became a movement.
00:19:26.33\00:19:28.70
Five hundred
volunteers became 1000,
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then 1,500, then 1,700.
00:19:31.97\00:19:36.14
They came from all
parts of North America
00:19:36.17\00:19:38.14
and all walks of life.
00:19:38.17\00:19:40.24
They came to register to
greet, to host, to organize,
00:19:40.28\00:19:45.51
to sing, to
encourage, to teach and to heal.
00:19:45.55\00:19:50.59
And as they came so did
the residents of San Antonio.
00:19:50.62\00:19:54.49
They came the
day before the event,
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they came in the sun,
they came in the rain.
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.60
Services offered inside were
more comprehensive than ever.
00:20:00.63\00:20:04.73
Eye Care Services
included complete eye exams,
00:20:04.77\00:20:08.17
consultations,
retinal scans for glaucoma,
00:20:08.20\00:20:12.04
and retinal detachment
and fittings for glasses.
00:20:12.07\00:20:15.88
Dental care included
cleanings, fillings, crowns,
00:20:15.91\00:20:20.25
extractions, X-rays,
digital scans and more.
00:20:20.28\00:20:24.59
Medical care included
00:20:24.62\00:20:25.95
primary care visits
women's health services,
00:20:25.99\00:20:28.99
consultation by
medical specialists
00:20:29.02\00:20:31.29
including heart evaluation,
as well as gastroenterology,
00:20:31.33\00:20:35.33
neurology, rheumatology,
infectious disease,
00:20:35.36\00:20:39.70
podiatry services,
immunizations, pharmacy,
00:20:39.73\00:20:43.91
medical massage,
physical therapy,
00:20:43.94\00:20:47.11
X-rays and laboratory services.
00:20:47.14\00:20:50.51
And for the first time medical
care included general surgery,
00:20:50.55\00:20:54.48
including hernia repair,
hysterectomies, vasectomies,
00:20:54.52\00:20:58.92
mass and skin cancer
removal and gallbladder removal.
00:20:58.95\00:21:05.13
Other first time services
included haircuts and styling,
00:21:05.16\00:21:08.86
nutrition and healthy
cooking demonstrations
00:21:08.90\00:21:11.90
and men's suits
offered free of charge.
00:21:11.93\00:21:15.40
And once again while
patients waited volunteers sang,
00:21:15.44\00:21:19.87
played, taught and
took the opportunity
00:21:19.91\00:21:23.01
to meet those who had come.
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.51
Some told their stories,
some gladly welcomed to prayer,
00:21:25.55\00:21:29.75
others reflected on
their newly found hope.
00:21:29.78\00:21:33.09
Those who came did
not leave the same.
00:21:33.12\00:21:36.39
Smiles returned to
faces, pain was left behind.
00:21:36.42\00:21:40.93
And perhaps most
importantly hearts were touched
00:21:40.96\00:21:44.17
and in some cases healed.
00:21:44.20\00:21:47.37
The event was without a
doubt a tremendous success.
00:21:47.40\00:21:50.97
Seventeen hundreds
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:21:51.01\00:21:53.74
from around North America
00:21:53.78\00:21:55.68
saturated the
city of San Antonio
00:21:55.71\00:21:58.41
with a tangible love of Christ,
and brought hope and healing
00:21:58.45\00:22:02.12
to over 6,000 of
the cities residents.
00:22:02.15\00:22:06.39
That is mission.
00:22:06.42\00:22:08.92
That is mission accomplished.
00:22:08.96\00:22:11.96
That is mission
accomplished together.
00:22:11.99\00:22:15.80
You know, guys, every
time I see that, as you said,
00:22:17.47\00:22:20.04
it kind of brings
a tear to your eyes.
00:22:20.07\00:22:21.44
But it also, let's you realize
that you are in a presence
00:22:21.47\00:22:23.84
of a move of God,
that is just fantastic.
00:22:23.87\00:22:25.97
Amen.
00:22:26.01\00:22:27.88
I did ask you, how do you
determine how many volunteers
00:22:27.91\00:22:31.45
you will need for a given city?
00:22:31.48\00:22:33.72
You went from 500 to 1700,
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.88
how did you know that was your
optimum number for efficiency?
00:22:35.92\00:22:38.75
Well, that's a good question.
00:22:38.79\00:22:40.12
Our Vice President of
Logistics George Gilbert
00:22:40.16\00:22:42.62
is really, really good at that.
00:22:42.66\00:22:44.36
And so what he does is
he statistically figures out
00:22:44.39\00:22:47.00
how many square footage
we have available to us.
00:22:47.03\00:22:49.83
What the
population of the city is,
00:22:49.86\00:22:52.00
the demographics of the
city, income basis, etcetera.
00:22:52.03\00:22:55.67
And then he figures how
many patients we can service
00:22:55.70\00:22:58.07
and from there we deduce
how many volunteers we need.
00:22:58.11\00:23:00.84
Wow. Wow. Wow.
00:23:00.88\00:23:03.08
So then, going from San Antonio
00:23:03.11\00:23:06.31
a fair size town to Los Angeles,
00:23:06.35\00:23:10.22
a big city, what
are your numbers?
00:23:10.25\00:23:13.09
What are you looking at to
try to fulfill our mission here?
00:23:13.12\00:23:15.82
We're hoping for at least 3,000,
00:23:15.86\00:23:18.56
somewhere between
3,000 and 4,000 volunteers
00:23:18.59\00:23:21.86
and we want to treat
at least 10,000 patients
00:23:21.90\00:23:25.20
into two and half days.
00:23:25.23\00:23:26.63
We have just under
400,000 square feet,
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.87
so we need to increase
the number of volunteers,
00:23:28.90\00:23:32.77
that's the big goal right here.
00:23:32.81\00:23:35.61
And again two and
a half days, 10,000,
00:23:35.64\00:23:38.05
that's, get them
in and get them done,
00:23:38.08\00:23:39.98
man, that's great.
00:23:40.02\00:23:41.98
It's early, I mean,
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.35
we're not at
crunch time just yet.
00:23:43.39\00:23:45.05
But do you see
any particular need
00:23:45.09\00:23:46.89
that LA is gonna present to you,
00:23:46.92\00:23:49.02
that maybe the
other cities did not?
00:23:49.06\00:23:50.79
Well, it's always gonna
be dentistry and eye care.
00:23:50.83\00:23:53.73
I mean we need our dentists
00:23:53.76\00:23:55.10
and we need our
eye care professionals.
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.27
But what we're also hearing
is, audiologist is a big need.
00:23:57.30\00:24:01.34
Yeah.
00:24:01.37\00:24:02.70
And our surgeons, we
desperately need surgeons.
00:24:02.74\00:24:06.01
We did not have enough,
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.38
we could have use
quite a more in Spokane.
00:24:07.41\00:24:09.68
So we need more surgeons
for sure as were looking.
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.35
Specific
surgeries, general surgeons...
00:24:12.38\00:24:15.18
Plastic
surgeons. All the above...
00:24:15.22\00:24:16.55
Ah, huh-huh.
00:24:16.58\00:24:17.92
Orthopedic
surgeons, podiatrists...
00:24:17.95\00:24:19.82
General, a lot, we
need a lot of generals.
00:24:19.85\00:24:21.82
Yeah, general is
the biggest need.
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.19
Lumps and bumps
is the biggest need.
00:24:23.22\00:24:24.56
And
gynecologists, we didn't have
00:24:24.59\00:24:25.93
enough gynecologists as well.
00:24:25.96\00:24:27.30
So we need them all.
00:24:27.33\00:24:29.16
You got big needs, big needs.
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.73
I recall dentistry and eye
care far outstrip anything else
00:24:31.77\00:24:38.97
that those are
lines are longest.
00:24:39.01\00:24:42.24
How many of that
particular field of practice
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.65
did you have in San Antonio,
00:24:45.68\00:24:47.15
dentist and eye
care professionals?
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.42
We had 50
dentists in San Antonio.
00:24:49.45\00:24:52.52
We have our goal,
00:24:52.55\00:24:54.16
Lord willing we
can raise the money.
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.92
Yeah, I wanted
to hear tat number.
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.19
If we can by God's
grace raise the money,
00:24:58.23\00:25:00.80
so if there's anybody out there
00:25:00.83\00:25:02.16
that wants to
help in that regard.
00:25:02.20\00:25:03.53
We are seeking to have
00:25:03.57\00:25:05.20
120 dental
stations for Los Angeles.
00:25:05.23\00:25:09.20
So that's dentists
and dental hygienists,
00:25:09.24\00:25:10.91
we definitely need hygienists.
00:25:10.94\00:25:12.27
We desperately
need hygienists as well.
00:25:12.31\00:25:14.18
So we really want to
maximize the number of patients.
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.95
Our city size obviously
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.45
is significantly
bigger in Los Angeles.
00:25:18.48\00:25:20.95
What we understand
from the city governments,
00:25:20.98\00:25:23.05
in fact, I was telling you,
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.42
the chief medical officer
for the County of Los Angeles
00:25:24.45\00:25:27.09
thrown his full
weight behind it.
00:25:27.12\00:25:28.79
But again emphasizing to us,
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.83
make sure you've got
enough for our patients.
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.33
We've got a lot of patients here
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.33
that don't have any health care
00:25:35.36\00:25:37.67
and they
desperately need your help.
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.30
So, so we really
need that for Los Angeles.
00:25:39.33\00:25:42.60
Yeah, I'm
thinking in Los Angeles
00:25:42.64\00:25:43.97
you got such a varied community,
00:25:44.01\00:25:45.34
you have got a large
immigrant population.
00:25:45.37\00:25:47.58
Oh, you're also gonna need,
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.54
perhaps more than
before translator.
00:25:49.58\00:25:50.98
Yeah, you're right. Oh, lots.
00:25:51.01\00:25:53.05
A lots of
different languages too,
00:25:53.08\00:25:55.45
because it's not
just Spanish and English,
00:25:55.48\00:25:57.42
we're looking at
Korean, and Mandarin,
00:25:57.45\00:25:59.62
and the list goes
on and on, so yes.
00:25:59.65\00:26:02.29
Wow.
00:26:02.32\00:26:03.66
So if you have a, just a need,
00:26:03.69\00:26:06.46
I believe they will
find a place for you,
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.63
so you can
exercise your franchise,
00:26:08.66\00:26:10.47
dare I say, if you want to do,
00:26:10.50\00:26:12.30
they will find
something constructive
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.04
and productive for you to do.
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.44
You have to think
about the translating
00:26:17.47\00:26:20.21
in this particular town
is really gonna be a major,
00:26:20.24\00:26:23.35
a major thing to try to hurdle.
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.68
Now, as far as setting up
is concerned, you are more,
00:26:25.71\00:26:29.85
'cause I see you moving around,
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.22
you've got the
clipboard and you're doing,
00:26:31.25\00:26:32.82
but you're
actually gonna do surgeries
00:26:32.85\00:26:34.32
during that time, are you not?
00:26:34.36\00:26:35.69
Correct, yes.
00:26:35.72\00:26:37.06
In fact, in Spokane
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.69
we did about 300
surgeries on the floor,
00:26:38.73\00:26:42.33
between the
different surgical departments.
00:26:42.36\00:26:43.87
And so we'll be doing procedures
00:26:43.90\00:26:45.60
there on the floor and, and...
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.90
And we're still
working out the details
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.34
regarding the
actual operating room.
00:26:49.37\00:26:51.07
Procedures like we
did in San Antonio,
00:26:51.11\00:26:52.57
we're seeing how
we can work that out.
00:26:52.61\00:26:54.74
But we are very excited about
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.41
what God has in
store for Los Angeles.
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.55
Let's stop just now because
we've done a little plugging.
00:26:59.58\00:27:01.98
Let's go to some
contact information here.
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.15
I don't want to wait
till the end of program,
00:27:04.19\00:27:05.52
we'll bring it again.
00:27:05.55\00:27:06.89
But if you are,
kind of, getting excited
00:27:06.92\00:27:08.89
and every time we do this,
00:27:08.92\00:27:10.26
this is actually your
third or forth time here,
00:27:10.29\00:27:11.73
you, kind of, get,
the bubbles, kind of,
00:27:11.76\00:27:13.23
start flowing the service again.
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.76
How do they
contact? How do they sign up?
00:27:15.80\00:27:17.27
How do they
volunteer? Walk us through that.
00:27:17.30\00:27:19.73
So the best, best
way to do it is to go to
00:27:19.77\00:27:22.47
PathwayTo HealthVolunteer.org,
and they can register there.
00:27:22.50\00:27:29.11
There's a link you can click
on volunteer for Los Angeles
00:27:29.14\00:27:32.01
and we want people to go
to the website and volunteer.
00:27:32.05\00:27:34.72
We gather information.
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.08
We're even starting
the credentialing processes
00:27:36.12\00:27:38.29
for our providers.
00:27:38.32\00:27:39.65
And we ask what department
00:27:39.69\00:27:41.02
do you want to, you know, go to?
00:27:41.06\00:27:42.52
What skills do you have?
00:27:42.56\00:27:43.89
You know, how do you
want to get into this thing?
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.70
Say it again
pathway... Pathwaytohealth.
00:27:46.73\00:27:48.80
PathwayToHealthVolunteer.org.
00:27:48.83\00:27:54.87
And then our phone
number 1-888-44PATHWAY.
00:27:54.90\00:27:59.74
All right. If you
have specific questions.
00:27:59.77\00:28:01.28
Yeah, all right.
00:28:01.31\00:28:02.64
1-888-44... Pathway.
00:28:02.68\00:28:05.35
Pathway, praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:28:05.38\00:28:07.62
We've talked about the
obvious benefit to the cities.
00:28:07.65\00:28:11.49
And the obvious benefit to those
00:28:11.52\00:28:16.96
who volunteer the services.
00:28:16.99\00:28:18.83
There is a
reciprocity, when you give,
00:28:18.86\00:28:21.30
the Lord sees
to it that you get.
00:28:21.33\00:28:23.00
And I think
it's that reciprocity
00:28:23.03\00:28:24.80
that keeps you guys going.
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.17
The fact that
you look and you see
00:28:26.20\00:28:27.67
what God has done with you,
for you, to you, through you,
00:28:27.70\00:28:30.61
it, kind of, gives you energy.
00:28:30.64\00:28:31.97
What about the Adventist
Church in that local town?
00:28:32.01\00:28:35.01
What is the
standing of the church?
00:28:35.04\00:28:37.01
What kind of feeling
does the church have?
00:28:37.05\00:28:39.98
I remember getting up
in the morning at a hotel
00:28:40.02\00:28:42.45
and seeing different churches
00:28:42.48\00:28:43.85
providing food
bags, lunch, other things.
00:28:43.89\00:28:49.66
And they would say,
00:28:49.69\00:28:51.03
well, we were up all day
yesterday doing these things
00:28:51.06\00:28:53.53
but they seemed
to be so excited.
00:28:53.56\00:28:55.40
What's the legacy for the church
00:28:55.43\00:28:57.47
in that local community?
00:28:57.50\00:28:59.03
What we're seeing is,
former Seventh-day Adventist,
00:28:59.07\00:29:03.30
those who have
drifted away from the church,
00:29:03.34\00:29:05.27
coming back to the church
00:29:05.31\00:29:06.78
as they see what their church
is doing in their community.
00:29:06.81\00:29:10.25
And they see this is the
church I want to belong to.
00:29:10.28\00:29:12.75
They say things like, you
know, if this is the church,
00:29:12.78\00:29:15.78
if this is what my church does,
00:29:15.82\00:29:17.62
then this is the
church I want to belong to
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.52
and they are back.
00:29:19.55\00:29:20.89
Yeah, yeah.
00:29:20.92\00:29:22.26
And the members
themselves are so excited.
00:29:22.29\00:29:23.63
In fact, on a personal
level, we had in Spokane,
00:29:23.66\00:29:27.50
a smaller event, but
still saw 3,100 patients,
00:29:27.53\00:29:30.27
God just totally blessed.
00:29:30.30\00:29:31.67
But in that event,
just because of the impact
00:29:31.70\00:29:35.70
by the people
working registrations,
00:29:35.74\00:29:37.67
the people that are
touring people around,
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.71
you know, the people
that are giving a massage,
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.64
the people that
are drawing the lab,
00:29:41.68\00:29:43.01
doing the medical
exam or the eye exam
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.78
or the dental treatment,
by the time that the people
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.38
got to the lifestyle
station where they learned
00:29:47.42\00:29:49.42
how to improve their lifestyle,
00:29:49.45\00:29:51.25
their diet, their
exercise etcetera.
00:29:51.29\00:29:53.66
One volunteer had six
people come up to him and say,
00:29:53.69\00:29:58.43
why are you guys doing this?
00:29:58.46\00:29:59.79
How do I become a
part of this church?
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.16
How do I get baptized? Yeah.
00:30:01.20\00:30:03.20
Essentially saying,
what must I do to be saved?
00:30:03.23\00:30:05.57
Be saved, yes, yes, yes.
00:30:05.60\00:30:06.94
And they hadn't even been
to chapel and see services yet,
00:30:06.97\00:30:08.94
got a piece of liturgy.
00:30:08.97\00:30:10.61
But as exciting as that is
00:30:10.64\00:30:13.74
and the impact that
it has on the patients,
00:30:13.78\00:30:15.71
and the city, and the officials,
00:30:15.74\00:30:17.08
I think the impact that it
has on individual church members
00:30:17.11\00:30:20.52
who volunteer is even bigger.
00:30:20.55\00:30:23.02
We are at this, uh,
00:30:23.05\00:30:25.05
we are at our booth at the
General Conference Session,
00:30:25.09\00:30:28.26
recruiting for
volunteers, for Spokane and LA,
00:30:28.29\00:30:31.03
and a woman came up to
the booth and she said,
00:30:31.06\00:30:34.00
"How do I volunteer?
00:30:34.03\00:30:35.36
I've got to volunteer.
00:30:35.40\00:30:36.73
Someone from my church
volunteered in San Antonio,"
00:30:36.77\00:30:39.73
and she came back
to our church glowing.
00:30:39.77\00:30:43.14
She couldn't say
enough things good
00:30:43.17\00:30:45.24
about what she
experienced in San Antonio.
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.74
"I've got to volunteer.
I've got to be a part of this.
00:30:47.78\00:30:49.71
How do I sign up?"
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.08
When she said that, there was
a volunteer working the booth
00:30:51.11\00:30:53.48
because everybody at
the booth was a volunteer,
00:30:53.52\00:30:55.05
we just send out an
email to our volunteers
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.92
and people flew in
from around the country
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.29
just to man the booth.
00:30:58.32\00:30:59.65
They were so excited
about what they had experienced.
00:30:59.69\00:31:01.76
So a woman who was at
the booth volunteering,
00:31:01.79\00:31:04.59
heard what the woman
said, and said, "It's true.
00:31:04.63\00:31:07.40
It's changed my
life completely."
00:31:07.43\00:31:08.96
She said, "I've been on
mission trips in Costa Rica.
00:31:09.00\00:31:11.43
I've been to Central
America, South America.
00:31:11.47\00:31:13.27
I've been to Africa.
00:31:13.30\00:31:14.64
Nothing has impacted me more
00:31:14.67\00:31:16.91
in any of my
previous experiences
00:31:16.94\00:31:19.14
as what this event
in San Antonio did.
00:31:19.17\00:31:21.68
It's changed my life
forever and I'm going to,
00:31:21.71\00:31:23.88
I'm going to keep
going on these things."
00:31:23.91\00:31:25.25
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31:25.28\00:31:26.61
And I think as
far as the church,
00:31:26.65\00:31:28.08
you said collectively,
as far as the church
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.25
it's, kind of,
volunteers excited,
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.85
but what that has done
to our church at large,
00:31:32.89\00:31:36.89
is I think there's this
excitement and this movement.
00:31:36.93\00:31:40.36
I just came from General
Conference Annual Council.
00:31:40.40\00:31:42.83
An overwhelming excitement
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.97
about what God is going to
do through health ministry.
00:31:45.00\00:31:48.87
The very things that
He's told us about all along
00:31:48.90\00:31:51.21
and it's so wonderful
that we have this awesome,
00:31:51.24\00:31:54.04
collaborative endeavor between
the North American division,
00:31:54.08\00:31:57.31
General Council
Health Ministries department.
00:31:57.35\00:31:59.71
Elder Wilson has
comprehensive health ministry,
00:31:59.75\00:32:01.72
he and Peter Landless.
00:32:01.75\00:32:03.08
Wonderful, as we
all worked together.
00:32:03.12\00:32:05.75
Every member involved in
that. Every member involved.
00:32:05.79\00:32:07.72
Exactly. Total
member involvement.
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.22
But I think this statement
in it of itself, kind of,
00:32:09.26\00:32:12.53
explains why I think that
church is getting so excited.
00:32:12.56\00:32:16.40
This is a statement
from the Spokane tribune
00:32:16.43\00:32:18.67
and it says, "I
want to send a thank you
00:32:18.70\00:32:21.30
and kudos to the
Seventh-day Adventist church."
00:32:21.34\00:32:23.77
This is not any of us, right?
00:32:23.81\00:32:25.97
This is God's
Seventh-day Adventist people
00:32:26.01\00:32:28.14
doing what He's
told us to do, right?
00:32:28.18\00:32:31.18
He says, "Their members
came from all over the world
00:32:31.21\00:32:35.18
to enrich Spokane,
socially and physically.
00:32:35.22\00:32:38.75
I had already had a
high opinion of their people
00:32:38.79\00:32:41.02
for the lifestyle they led.
00:32:41.06\00:32:42.82
The Your Best
Pathway to Health clinically
00:32:42.86\00:32:45.09
simply raises their status
in my eyes," Spokane Tribune.
00:32:45.13\00:32:50.27
Well done, and well said.
00:32:50.30\00:32:52.13
And I think that,
that raising of the bar
00:32:52.17\00:32:56.64
as far as
identification of the church
00:32:56.67\00:32:59.01
and identifying the church
00:32:59.04\00:33:00.38
as people who care about heaven,
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.14
but also care
about you here and now,
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.65
and positioned
themselves to do that
00:33:04.68\00:33:06.51
and to better their communities
is almost thanks enough,
00:33:06.55\00:33:10.72
is almost payment
enough that people are saying,
00:33:10.75\00:33:12.72
"Hey, people just don't do
this kind of thing", you know.
00:33:12.75\00:33:15.76
Yeah, "I want to
be a part of something
00:33:15.79\00:33:17.13
that's part of that."
00:33:17.16\00:33:18.49
And you also C.A., the
other thing that I see is,
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.80
you know how, um, in The
Writings of Sister White,
00:33:20.83\00:33:23.06
actually, we were just
reading it this morning
00:33:23.10\00:33:24.63
on Counsels and Health
00:33:24.67\00:33:26.00
that when we as
Seventh-day Adventist
00:33:26.03\00:33:28.34
do what the Lord has
commissioned us to do,
00:33:28.37\00:33:30.37
all the way back in Isaiah 58.
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.51
And we do God's
ministry, health ministry,
00:33:32.54\00:33:35.48
but we do it the right way,
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.51
that the people in the world
will notice our genuineness
00:33:37.55\00:33:41.05
and they will give to support
the cause, financially give.
00:33:41.08\00:33:45.82
We've seen that in
every city we've gone to. Wow.
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.16
We saw that in San Francisco,
00:33:48.19\00:33:49.82
the city paid
for the advertising.
00:33:49.86\00:33:51.53
We saw that in Oakland.
00:33:51.56\00:33:52.89
We saw that
significantly in San Antonio.
00:33:52.93\00:33:55.56
We received the Alamodome
00:33:55.60\00:33:56.93
and the Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center
00:33:56.97\00:33:58.67
completely for free and
they helped with the media.
00:33:58.70\00:34:01.27
Spokane again, the same
thing, over and over again.
00:34:01.30\00:34:05.37
God fulfilling
His promises to us
00:34:05.41\00:34:07.68
when we do what
he's asked us to do,
00:34:07.71\00:34:09.54
which is just be
His hands and feet.
00:34:09.58\00:34:11.51
Yeah, this is so exciting.
00:34:11.55\00:34:12.88
And God will use the
money of the gentiles too,
00:34:12.91\00:34:15.65
um, you know, to
get the work done.
00:34:15.68\00:34:17.65
But that doesn't
excuse those of us who name,
00:34:17.69\00:34:20.19
in the name of Jesus also,
00:34:20.22\00:34:21.56
you know, to put a
little bean in a pot and add,
00:34:21.59\00:34:25.43
because it does take
money to do this kind of thing.
00:34:25.46\00:34:27.76
There's a lot of people's
going in to their own pockets.
00:34:27.80\00:34:30.00
As you well know, to
come, to give of their care,
00:34:30.03\00:34:32.93
but there are some
things that has to paid for.
00:34:32.97\00:34:35.30
There are some
machinery that has to be gotten,
00:34:35.34\00:34:37.24
a lot of things
that have to done,
00:34:37.27\00:34:38.61
it's gonna take money to do it.
00:34:38.64\00:34:39.97
And what better
way to spend your dime
00:34:40.01\00:34:43.04
in active
missionary work locally.
00:34:43.08\00:34:46.01
I've done a number of
mission trips abroad but,
00:34:46.05\00:34:50.39
and have enjoyed them
and felt the spirit of God,
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.59
but this is a whole new,
this is something different.
00:34:52.62\00:34:55.56
It's, you know, that
the, you struggle for words,
00:34:55.59\00:34:58.66
but there's
something going on here
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.43
that is really a move of God.
00:35:00.46\00:35:02.56
Now, before our time gets away,
give me the dates for LA again.
00:35:02.60\00:35:07.77
Go ahead. April 26 to 30, 2016.
00:35:07.80\00:35:11.07
So 26 to 30, setup's on the
26, 27, 28, 29 is the event.
00:35:11.11\00:35:16.44
And Sabbath, you are
not gonna want to miss
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.41
because you know that's
like rally time Sabbath.
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.05
And then we've got our
00:35:21.08\00:35:22.42
gratitude
session that afternoon.
00:35:22.45\00:35:24.62
We are having
all the dignitaries
00:35:24.65\00:35:26.19
and all the special
guests come from the city,
00:35:26.22\00:35:28.86
so that's, the Sabbath's
gonna be a very high Sabbath.
00:35:28.89\00:35:31.59
Praise the Lord. That
is very, very exciting.
00:35:31.63\00:35:33.60
Now a little bird told me,
00:35:33.63\00:35:38.90
I heard it as a
'blew by' or 'flew by'
00:35:38.93\00:35:42.54
that LA is not the
last stop on the train.
00:35:42.57\00:35:46.47
There's some
other things coming,
00:35:46.51\00:35:47.84
so walk me
through what you can, uh,
00:35:47.88\00:35:50.65
because there's this
thing goes on and on and on
00:35:50.68\00:35:53.45
and we praise the Lord for it.
00:35:53.48\00:35:54.82
Well, amen, so,
yeah, we've got Los Angeles
00:35:54.85\00:35:56.89
coming down the
pipeline real fast,
00:35:56.92\00:35:58.72
but after that in July,
00:35:58.75\00:36:00.72
we're gonna do
Beckley, West Virginia.
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.62
It's, kind of, a
little strange thought.
00:36:02.66\00:36:04.29
Okay, Los Angeles,
Beckley, West Virginia.
00:36:04.33\00:36:07.20
Yeah, that's a little pause,
hit the pause button there.
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.60
We're talking about San Antonio.
00:36:09.63\00:36:11.60
We're talking about Los Angeles.
00:36:11.63\00:36:13.07
Beckley, West Virginia? Yeah.
00:36:13.10\00:36:15.67
Well, you know,
small town America.
00:36:15.70\00:36:18.21
We have to impact
wherever it is we are. Yes.
00:36:18.24\00:36:21.31
And so we are
embarking on small town America,
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.81
Beckley, West Virginia,
Appalachia by God's grace.
00:36:24.85\00:36:27.65
Praise God. And
the city is all...
00:36:27.68\00:36:29.22
In fact I have an appointment
to meet with the Mayor
00:36:29.25\00:36:31.29
and locally,
probably the Governor as well,
00:36:31.32\00:36:34.12
there at West Virginia,
00:36:34.16\00:36:35.49
to talk about this
wonderful opportunity.
00:36:35.52\00:36:37.33
Now how did Beckley,
West Virginia, sort of,
00:36:37.36\00:36:38.99
float to the surface?
00:36:39.03\00:36:40.36
Well, couple of different ways.
00:36:40.40\00:36:41.96
Number one, um, they
put an application in.
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.73
Number two, 'cause again,
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.13
you got to do that
application process.
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.04
And you can do that
on the website too. Good.
00:36:48.07\00:36:50.21
Um, but also, our goal is to,
with total member involvement,
00:36:50.24\00:36:55.54
with the General Conference,
Elder Dwayne McKee's office,
00:36:55.58\00:36:58.41
it's to get everybody
feeling like they have a role
00:36:58.45\00:37:01.62
and a spot to play.
00:37:01.65\00:37:03.18
And so the Sabbath school
00:37:03.22\00:37:05.15
department of
Southern University
00:37:05.19\00:37:07.19
actually adopted Beckley,
00:37:07.22\00:37:08.72
so they made the
request for Beckley.
00:37:08.76\00:37:11.49
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:37:11.53\00:37:12.89
Talk to me a little bit about...
00:37:12.93\00:37:14.26
because we, Dwayne McKee
is a good friend of all of us,
00:37:14.30\00:37:18.13
and this comes
under his portfolio now
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.70
but this program
has been embraced
00:37:20.74\00:37:22.70
although it's ASI sponsored,
so it's lay sponsored,
00:37:22.74\00:37:25.97
but it has been
embraced fully by the church
00:37:26.01\00:37:28.18
at the North
American division level,
00:37:28.21\00:37:29.74
and the General Council level.
00:37:29.78\00:37:31.11
And then talk to
me a little bit about
00:37:31.15\00:37:32.48
the flavor of this
latest annual council,
00:37:32.51\00:37:34.75
year-end meetings
that you've just come from,
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.05
uh, how it's
being embraced there.
00:37:37.09\00:37:39.79
Well, God opened up
doors because, you know,
00:37:39.82\00:37:42.26
here are the leaders
from all over the world.
00:37:42.29\00:37:43.86
I've never been to
annual council before,
00:37:43.89\00:37:45.86
that was a real blessing but,
00:37:45.89\00:37:47.53
you know, leaders from
conferences, divisions, unions
00:37:47.56\00:37:50.47
from all over
the world are there,
00:37:50.50\00:37:51.83
I know you've
gone lots of times.
00:37:51.87\00:37:53.54
And God opened up
the opportunity to share,
00:37:53.57\00:37:57.27
Lela was interviewed on--
00:37:57.31\00:37:59.47
Friday night with Arthur Findlay
00:37:59.51\00:38:01.24
and then Sabbath
school by Elder Dwayne McKee
00:38:01.28\00:38:04.21
And it was a very,
very awesome opportunity.
00:38:04.25\00:38:06.82
And then Sabbath afternoon too,
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.45
they showed the
wonderful San Antonio video.
00:38:08.48\00:38:11.22
So it was very,
very well received,
00:38:11.25\00:38:13.19
wouldn't you say that?
00:38:13.22\00:38:14.56
Oh, definitely a lot of interest
00:38:14.59\00:38:15.92
in other parts of the world,
00:38:15.96\00:38:17.29
and we believe that this
model actually is applicable
00:38:17.33\00:38:19.76
in other parts of the world
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.13
and there's also
interest in that area.
00:38:21.16\00:38:24.00
Would you be open to traveling
and expanding your horizons
00:38:24.03\00:38:28.50
to other parts of that
world, if that call came?
00:38:28.54\00:38:30.54
It the Lord says to do
it, who am I to say no.
00:38:30.57\00:38:36.08
Because it's such
an infectious thing
00:38:36.11\00:38:38.75
to be in the presence of it,
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.12
you just want
to replicate it in,
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.48
you know, in your own community,
00:38:41.52\00:38:43.28
and if you care
about your community,
00:38:43.32\00:38:44.65
what a better way to show.
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.02
And Elder Wilson talked
to us about that as well,
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.36
and Dr. Landless
is working on to see,
00:38:49.39\00:38:51.83
how we can all work together
to make this a possibility.
00:38:51.86\00:38:55.50
Yeah, first of
all, Peter Landless
00:38:55.53\00:38:56.87
is a visionary and a great guy.
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.23
He such a neat guy
to pal around with,
00:38:58.27\00:39:00.47
he's got good ideas
00:39:00.50\00:39:01.84
and doesn't mind
trying new things.
00:39:01.87\00:39:03.30
Now I
interrupted you in our ascent
00:39:03.34\00:39:06.34
to some larger towns
that we haven't signed
00:39:06.37\00:39:09.01
the dotted line yet,
00:39:09.04\00:39:10.38
but these are, shall I say
wish-list towns at this point,
00:39:10.41\00:39:14.78
or well, I let you
get the culture of it but,
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.29
I know there's some
other things out there.
00:39:18.32\00:39:21.62
Sure, there have been
requests that have come in,
00:39:21.66\00:39:24.36
that were very close, I think,
00:39:24.39\00:39:25.96
to having signatures
and votes on in things,
00:39:25.99\00:39:29.33
big places like
Boston, Massachusetts
00:39:29.36\00:39:32.87
and like New York City.
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.80
Yeah, yeah.
00:39:34.84\00:39:36.17
We're looking
for New York in 2017.
00:39:36.20\00:39:37.91
Where the eyes of
the world are focused.
00:39:37.94\00:39:39.44
That is just, that blow...
00:39:39.47\00:39:41.64
of having served 30
years in New York City
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.78
and knowing that town,
00:39:43.81\00:39:46.68
first of all, your
visibility which is high now,
00:39:46.72\00:39:49.98
is gonna skyrocket.
00:39:50.02\00:39:51.35
I mean, it's gonna
skyrocket when you do LA
00:39:51.39\00:39:53.29
but New York is a
whole different animal.
00:39:53.32\00:39:55.66
Well, you know, it
kind of interesting
00:39:55.69\00:39:57.13
because Elder Bryant was
recently being interviewed
00:39:57.16\00:40:00.50
on a talk show host,
00:40:00.53\00:40:02.30
and he brought up
the event in San Antonio.
00:40:02.33\00:40:06.27
You know, I was in London
and I heard that interview.
00:40:06.30\00:40:08.97
Did you? Yes, yes.
00:40:09.00\00:40:10.41
Someone from London
played that interview.
00:40:10.44\00:40:12.67
Well, you know, you
heard how he mentioned
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.51
what we did in San Antonio.
00:40:14.54\00:40:16.51
And the talk show
host was just like,
00:40:16.54\00:40:18.21
you got to be kidding, really?
00:40:18.25\00:40:19.88
And he's like, no, he
want to get across as we do,
00:40:19.91\00:40:23.18
that this is what Seventh-Day
Adventists stand for,
00:40:23.22\00:40:26.42
this is what we believe being
the hands and feet of Jesus.
00:40:26.45\00:40:31.09
Who can turn us down?
00:40:31.13\00:40:33.93
Who can turn the lord down?
Who can turn the lord down?
00:40:33.96\00:40:35.83
Right, yeah, I'm just thinking,
00:40:35.86\00:40:37.60
we saw in the video
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.77
how big the San
Antonio center was,
00:40:44.81\00:40:49.24
and used up all the floor space,
00:40:49.28\00:40:51.71
you had to scale
back a little for Spokane,
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.35
because it's a smaller town.
00:40:53.38\00:40:55.38
And now LA is several
times larger than San Antonio.
00:40:55.42\00:41:01.22
Will you use all of that space?
00:41:01.26\00:41:02.89
Do you expand to,
kind of, meet your space?
00:41:02.92\00:41:05.03
Every square inch
and in fact we're trying,
00:41:05.06\00:41:07.46
we're little nervous
00:41:07.50\00:41:08.83
because we only
have 400,000 square feet.
00:41:08.86\00:41:11.90
So yes, we intend to
use every square inch of it.
00:41:11.93\00:41:18.57
And by God's grace,
00:41:18.61\00:41:20.11
if we can really hit this
number of volunteers, C.A.,
00:41:20.14\00:41:23.18
if we can hit 4,000,
00:41:23.21\00:41:25.31
we're publicizing to
the government officials,
00:41:25.35\00:41:27.88
our goal is 10,000 patients
in three days, by God's grace,
00:41:27.92\00:41:32.02
I think we can
hit 12,000 easily.
00:41:32.05\00:41:35.02
And I think it's
closer to 40 million dollars
00:41:35.06\00:41:37.59
of free health care,
we're publicizing 20,
00:41:37.63\00:41:39.73
but I think, if by God's grace,
00:41:39.76\00:41:41.63
we can get this
volunteers to come in,
00:41:41.66\00:41:43.83
I think we can provide close to
00:41:43.87\00:41:45.40
40 million dollars
of free health care.
00:41:45.43\00:41:48.17
Let me ask you, because
when one thinks of doctors,
00:41:48.20\00:41:52.51
you think of people
who are very focused,
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.31
maybe left brain
people, who are...
00:41:54.34\00:41:57.75
Who've been given a gift
and they practice the gift.
00:41:57.78\00:42:01.58
You don't think of the
most particularly jocular people
00:42:01.62\00:42:04.65
or even
emotional people and yet,
00:42:04.69\00:42:07.02
I know you've had
some strong testimonies
00:42:07.06\00:42:09.59
from your medical personnel,
00:42:09.62\00:42:12.46
after they spent some time
volunteering their services.
00:42:12.49\00:42:15.66
Then of course you have one guy,
00:42:15.70\00:42:17.03
seems like he brought his
whole clinic or his whole lab,
00:42:17.07\00:42:18.83
that kind of thing.
00:42:18.87\00:42:20.20
So there is really a
strong spiritual legacy
00:42:20.24\00:42:23.24
in the lives of those
who are professionals,
00:42:23.27\00:42:26.41
but who I saw in one
thing and I am talking about it,
00:42:26.44\00:42:29.28
but I'm trying to
set this up, who said,
00:42:29.31\00:42:30.85
we don't get to pray
in our practice, normally,
00:42:30.88\00:42:35.08
but I'm praying
with everybody here
00:42:35.12\00:42:36.45
and its just so exciting for me.
00:42:36.48\00:42:37.82
So I will say there's a
strong spiritual benefit
00:42:37.85\00:42:40.46
for those practitioners
also, is there not?
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.12
Yes, we had one
dentist that came to the event
00:42:43.16\00:42:46.23
and when she left, she said,
I've been dentist for 35 years
00:42:46.26\00:42:51.37
and never prayed
with the patients,
00:42:51.40\00:42:52.73
just like you said,
00:42:52.77\00:42:54.10
I'm going home to
make up for lost time.
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.54
It's the, the culture
of the event is such that,
00:42:56.57\00:43:00.48
in a loving
way, to share Christ.
00:43:00.51\00:43:05.05
Now, you know,
nobody is getting hit
00:43:05.08\00:43:06.75
over the head with
anything but you know what?
00:43:06.78\00:43:08.58
You don't have to hit
anybody over the head,
00:43:08.62\00:43:10.22
when you're sharing with
people in such a loving way,
00:43:10.25\00:43:12.99
when they've already met a
loving person at registration
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.59
a loving person
that walked them around
00:43:15.62\00:43:17.23
and introduced
them-self to them.
00:43:17.26\00:43:18.59
And a loving nurse
that checked them in.
00:43:18.63\00:43:20.40
And then by the time I get to,
like cut something off of them,
00:43:20.43\00:43:24.10
they are asking me questions,
00:43:24.13\00:43:25.50
like they ask a question,
and my nurse and I, kind of,
00:43:25.53\00:43:28.90
looked at each
other, had a patient there
00:43:28.94\00:43:30.44
and she had like four
things she wanted to remove,
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.01
she couldn't
afford to have it done,
00:43:32.04\00:43:33.38
she has a job, she has children,
00:43:33.41\00:43:34.74
she's trying to make ends meet,
00:43:34.78\00:43:36.11
but she has no insurance.
00:43:36.14\00:43:37.48
So we're there
taking care of her.
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.15
And she looks up and she says,
why you are guys doing this?
00:43:39.18\00:43:42.58
And I looked at the
nurse, the nurse looked at me,
00:43:42.62\00:43:44.75
I was like go
ahead. So she was waiting.
00:43:44.79\00:43:49.52
She launches off,
00:43:49.56\00:43:50.89
in sharing
Christ with this lady.
00:43:50.93\00:43:52.99
And you could just see,
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.36
she just soaked
it up like a sponge.
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.00
It was just so amazing.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.37
And that's exactly
what happened with Todd,
00:43:58.40\00:44:00.57
you know, I don't
know if our computer--
00:44:00.60\00:44:03.10
Oh, he's got a
couple of pictures, yeah.
00:44:03.14\00:44:04.47
A couple of pictures out,
00:44:04.51\00:44:05.84
but Todd did the
exact same thing,
00:44:05.87\00:44:07.21
he came in, he
actually came for dental work
00:44:07.24\00:44:10.05
and for medical work, he
didn't have any insurance.
00:44:10.08\00:44:12.91
And this is Todd
when he first showed up.
00:44:12.95\00:44:14.78
Under that shock of hair.
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.72
Yeah, under that amount
of hair and he showed up.
00:44:16.75\00:44:20.49
And he, just like Chris said,
he came in through the door,
00:44:20.52\00:44:22.82
the registration
people showed him love.
00:44:22.86\00:44:25.19
He then when to
the nurses and triage,
00:44:25.23\00:44:27.26
they showed him love,
and gentleness, and kindness.
00:44:27.30\00:44:29.63
He went to the dentist,
00:44:29.66\00:44:31.10
they again,
they prayed with him,
00:44:31.13\00:44:33.07
they showed him love,
they fixed his hurting tooth.
00:44:33.10\00:44:35.50
He went and saw the
primary care doctor,
00:44:35.54\00:44:37.27
hadn't seen a
doctor in over five years,
00:44:37.31\00:44:39.07
they helped him,
again prayed with him.
00:44:39.11\00:44:40.98
By that time, he
went over, he found out,
00:44:41.01\00:44:43.21
we were offering
free men's suits,
00:44:43.24\00:44:45.51
he went to the
men's suits department,
00:44:45.55\00:44:48.28
he got into men's
suits, and brother Sam there,
00:44:48.32\00:44:51.09
who was like fitting
him up for his perfect suit.
00:44:51.12\00:44:53.72
And all of a sudden Todd says,
00:44:53.76\00:44:55.59
you know, he says, I felt Jesus,
00:44:55.62\00:44:58.03
it's just tears
streaming down his cheeks.
00:44:58.06\00:45:00.23
He said, I feel
Jesus calling me,
00:45:00.26\00:45:02.23
calling me to
give my heart to him,
00:45:02.26\00:45:04.33
what do I have to do?
00:45:04.37\00:45:06.63
And Sam being a
lay pastor himself,
00:45:06.67\00:45:09.47
he immediately says,
00:45:09.50\00:45:11.41
you just give
your heart to Jesus,
00:45:11.44\00:45:13.41
and he takes him
over to the chaplains,
00:45:13.44\00:45:15.01
the chaplains talk to him.
00:45:15.04\00:45:16.38
He ends up walking
over and getting a haircut,
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.55
walks back to chaplaincy
services and says, okay,
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.15
I'm ready to be baptized,
00:45:21.18\00:45:22.52
what do I have
to do to be saved?
00:45:22.55\00:45:25.65
That is fabulous. We
have an after picture also.
00:45:25.69\00:45:28.49
Oh, they had just
showed that. Oh, they did.
00:45:28.52\00:45:29.86
Yeah, they did. Okay, great.
00:45:29.89\00:45:31.23
And he looked good
too. Yeah, he is beautiful.
00:45:31.26\00:45:33.90
Let me challenge
you just a little bit,
00:45:33.93\00:45:35.96
Oakland, San
Francisco, San Antonio, Spokane,
00:45:36.00\00:45:40.57
is there one story, and
quickly because our time's,
00:45:40.60\00:45:42.97
kind of, running away from us,
00:45:43.00\00:45:44.34
that, sort of,
pops out of your mind,
00:45:44.37\00:45:45.71
gives the character
of that particular city,
00:45:45.74\00:45:48.38
one particular one that pops out
00:45:48.41\00:45:49.74
in each one of those instances?
00:45:49.78\00:45:52.25
I would say tell the
los adventistas story,
00:45:52.28\00:45:54.78
I think that's the
most beautiful story.
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.92
Okay, this is from San Antonio.
00:45:56.95\00:46:00.49
So one of our volunteers
in the lady's restroom,
00:46:00.52\00:46:04.26
washing up, using the rest room,
00:46:04.29\00:46:05.66
whatever she was doing,
00:46:05.69\00:46:07.03
there was a patient
who had received treatment.
00:46:07.06\00:46:09.46
She's in the
bathroom stall, door shut,
00:46:09.50\00:46:12.77
talking on her cell phone to,
00:46:12.80\00:46:15.14
apparently, to her
daughter in Spanish.
00:46:15.17\00:46:17.07
And our volunteer spoke Spanish,
00:46:17.11\00:46:18.44
so she understood
what the woman was saying.
00:46:18.47\00:46:20.61
So she's saying very
excitedly on her phone,
00:46:20.64\00:46:24.68
you know, blah, blah, blah,
00:46:24.71\00:46:27.98
the doctor took
this tumor off my back,
00:46:28.02\00:46:30.12
and I'm so excited and then
she launched into this exciting
00:46:30.15\00:46:36.52
I don't know, what the word is,
00:46:36.56\00:46:37.89
spiel los adventistas,
00:46:37.93\00:46:40.46
los
adventistas, los adventistas,
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.26
seven times the
woman said excitedly,
00:46:42.30\00:46:45.07
just practically
yelling in the bathroom,
00:46:45.10\00:46:47.24
everyone could
hear what she's saying,
00:46:47.27\00:46:48.77
los adventistas,
00:46:48.80\00:46:50.41
you know, took care of
this thing on my shoulder
00:46:50.44\00:46:52.17
and that they been so
kind to me, los adventistas.
00:46:52.21\00:46:54.51
We're doing this, all this
for this woman and it just,
00:46:54.54\00:46:57.31
you could just
tell that it just had,
00:46:57.35\00:46:59.21
God had just stamped
his care on this woman
00:46:59.25\00:47:03.08
and she just so much appreciated
00:47:03.12\00:47:04.55
what los
adventistas did for her.
00:47:04.59\00:47:06.42
And then in Spokane, I
think of the couple that,
00:47:06.45\00:47:09.89
before they came down
to wait all night long
00:47:09.92\00:47:12.96
to get services the next day.
00:47:12.99\00:47:14.90
They stayed at home and
they made a hand made card
00:47:14.93\00:47:18.97
and they
specifically designed it
00:47:19.00\00:47:20.70
and cut everything out
00:47:20.74\00:47:22.07
to thank the Adventists
for doing this for them.
00:47:22.10\00:47:25.24
They said, any person,
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.38
any group that
would provide something
00:47:27.41\00:47:30.41
like this to the community,
free medical, and dental,
00:47:30.45\00:47:33.58
and eye care to these people
who desperately needed us,
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.32
that desperately needs it.
00:47:36.35\00:47:37.69
The least we can do, is
give them a thank you note.
00:47:37.72\00:47:40.32
And they wrote
this beautiful card out
00:47:40.36\00:47:42.42
and when they got
in after being there,
00:47:42.46\00:47:44.13
they got there at
midnight after staying
00:47:44.16\00:47:45.79
and making this beautiful card.
00:47:45.83\00:47:47.50
They walk through the
door before they would even
00:47:47.53\00:47:49.50
allow themselves to be
treated, they tracked down cost
00:47:49.53\00:47:52.77
and our communications
director and said,
00:47:52.80\00:47:55.10
we want to give this to you,
00:47:55.14\00:47:56.91
you people for
doing this for us,
00:47:56.94\00:47:59.17
thank you, thank you,
thank you, for doing something
00:47:59.21\00:48:02.04
and not expecting
anything in return.
00:48:02.08\00:48:04.21
And to me that's what
Jesus has done for us.
00:48:04.25\00:48:07.55
Why can we not want to
do the same for others?
00:48:07.58\00:48:09.58
Praise the
Lord. Praise the lord.
00:48:09.62\00:48:10.95
Let me ask the question
in a slightly different way.
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.85
As you look back,
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.26
what life was impacted
the most by you services?
00:48:14.29\00:48:18.16
Does anyone, sort of, stand out?
00:48:18.19\00:48:19.56
As from point A to
point B, the greatest change,
00:48:19.59\00:48:24.00
be it physical,
mental, spiritual
00:48:24.03\00:48:26.13
or even something
that you did surgically?
00:48:26.17\00:48:29.74
I would think of the patient
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.11
that I dealt
with in San Antonio.
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.57
That's what I
thought of too, the lady.
00:48:32.61\00:48:34.14
The story that you heard
me tell there, in Spokane.
00:48:34.18\00:48:37.91
Yes, yes. That
was a powerful story.
00:48:37.95\00:48:39.28
It's an unbelievable story.
00:48:39.31\00:48:41.22
Unfortunately, we
don't have enough time
00:48:41.25\00:48:42.68
to tell all the details,
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.09
but to suffice it to say
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.95
that God used
multiple family members
00:48:45.99\00:48:49.96
to reach a husband
and a wife that got...
00:48:49.99\00:48:53.26
that the family of the husband
00:48:53.29\00:48:54.63
had been praying
for him to become
00:48:54.66\00:48:56.06
a Seventh-Day Adventist
Christian for 30 years.
00:48:56.10\00:48:58.90
Unbeknownst to him,
00:48:58.93\00:49:00.27
he and his wife were coming
00:49:00.30\00:49:02.07
to a
Seventh-Day Adventist event.
00:49:02.10\00:49:03.81
They came to the event,
after the event he said,
00:49:03.84\00:49:06.17
I want to be a
part of any church
00:49:06.21\00:49:07.68
that would such a thing,
00:49:07.71\00:49:09.04
had no way of getting in contact
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.65
for one reason or another.
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.35
God caused one of our
pastors to call this man,
00:49:12.38\00:49:16.28
God caused one of our
pastors to call this man
00:49:16.32\00:49:19.35
just at the moment he was
00:49:19.39\00:49:20.86
turning back to alcohol
and drugs, after ten years,
00:49:20.89\00:49:24.53
calls him up on the
phone and says, hello,
00:49:24.56\00:49:27.00
I'm the pastor of the
church that you came to,
00:49:27.03\00:49:29.26
got the free
medical care, yes, yes,
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.17
would you like to
follow up at our churches.
00:49:31.20\00:49:33.40
He came.
00:49:33.44\00:49:34.77
He and his wife came
to every single night
00:49:34.80\00:49:36.30
of those health courses.
00:49:36.34\00:49:37.67
He then went right on into
our gospel evangelism courses,
00:49:37.71\00:49:40.91
that's how we do things,
00:49:40.94\00:49:42.34
he came to every night of those.
00:49:42.38\00:49:44.21
And by God's grace, he
and his wife were baptized
00:49:44.25\00:49:47.32
at the end of that event.
00:49:47.35\00:49:48.88
And they had the
awesome opportunity of coming
00:49:48.92\00:49:51.39
and meeting me at
General Conference Session
00:49:51.42\00:49:53.39
at the very place, that
they were first reacquainted
00:49:53.42\00:49:56.22
with the
Seventh-Day Adventist church.
00:49:56.26\00:49:57.59
Yeah, powerful,
powerful. Awesome.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.73
And that is not the
exception, it is the rule that
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.16
God does work mighty
miracles in this ministry.
00:50:02.20\00:50:06.30
And I know you have
seen it over and over again.
00:50:06.33\00:50:07.80
Now before we go
to our news break,
00:50:07.84\00:50:10.01
let's walk them through
the contact points again,
00:50:10.04\00:50:13.34
because I really
want to lay on this,
00:50:13.38\00:50:14.71
because I don't
want folks to miss this,
00:50:14.74\00:50:16.21
how to get in touch with you
00:50:16.24\00:50:17.68
and how to
volunteer their services?
00:50:17.71\00:50:19.38
Sure, if they go to
00:50:19.41\00:50:20.75
www.
PathwayToHealthVolunteer.org
00:50:20.78\00:50:25.85
and click volunteer for LA.
00:50:25.89\00:50:27.99
Okay, and if they
maybe not computer savvy.
00:50:28.02\00:50:31.29
You can call 1-888-44PATHWAY.
00:50:31.33\00:50:36.26
1-888-44PATHWAY.
00:50:36.30\00:50:39.20
All right, now when they call,
what are they gonna be asked?
00:50:39.23\00:50:42.80
Well, it will
first go to a voicemail.
00:50:42.84\00:50:44.84
Let's say, would you
have further questions
00:50:44.87\00:50:46.64
or information, please hang on.
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.58
And then they can
talk to a live person,
00:50:48.61\00:50:50.91
it'll be forwarded
right to a live person
00:50:50.95\00:50:52.61
and they can ask
their specific questions.
00:50:52.65\00:50:55.25
When I go to that website,
what kinds of information
00:50:55.28\00:50:58.52
am I expected to give?
00:50:58.55\00:51:00.86
So, you, know, name, you
know, a distinct email address,
00:51:00.89\00:51:05.59
every volunteer must
have a distinct email address
00:51:05.63\00:51:07.86
from everyone else.
00:51:07.90\00:51:09.23
Even husbands
and wives who share,
00:51:09.26\00:51:10.60
they have to
have a separate one,
00:51:10.63\00:51:12.37
'cause that identifies
them individually and then -
00:51:12.40\00:51:14.54
Contact information
00:51:14.57\00:51:16.94
and what department
they want to work in.
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.84
Are they bringing kids?
What shirt size, uniform?
00:51:18.87\00:51:22.11
Okay, we want to go to
our contact information,
00:51:22.14\00:51:24.38
so you can see this, and then
we go right to our news break,
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.98
then we'll come back
with a closing thought,
00:51:27.02\00:51:28.72
put a little bow on this
and before we say goodbye.
00:51:28.75\00:51:31.02
Here's the contact
information you'll need.
00:51:31.05\00:51:34.26
Your Best Pathway to Health
00:51:34.29\00:51:35.92
seeks to reach the
great cities of this planet
00:51:35.96\00:51:38.19
with the love of God
00:51:38.23\00:51:39.56
by providing medical
and dental care for free.
00:51:39.59\00:51:42.16
If you would like to know more,
00:51:42.20\00:51:43.53
you can write to Your
Best Pathway to Health,
00:51:43.57\00:51:46.47
12501, Old Columbia Pike,
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.07
Sliver Spring, Maryland, 20904.
00:51:49.10\00:51:52.41
That's Your Best
Pathway to Health,
00:51:52.44\00:51:54.84
12501, Old Columbia Pike,
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.58
Sliver Spring, Maryland, 20904.
00:51:57.61\00:52:00.88
You can call 888-447-2849.
00:52:00.92\00:52:05.02
That's 888-447-2849.
00:52:05.05\00:52:09.32
Or visit them online at
PathwaytoHealthVolunteer.org.
00:52:09.36\00:52:13.50
That's
PathwaytoHealthVolunteer.org.
00:52:13.53\00:52:17.70