Participants: C. A. Murray (Host), Drs. Chris & Lela Lewis
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015082A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:06 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:09 My name is C.A. Murray, 01:10 and allow me once again to thank you for sharing 01:13 just a little of your no doubt busy day with us, 01:16 to thank you for your love, your prayers, 01:17 your support of Three Angeles Broadcasting Network. 01:20 We want you to draw close because I am excited, 01:24 yea, verily excited because of our program, 01:26 the subject matter and my guest. 01:29 We'll talk about two exciting people 01:32 and I'm kind of over using that word. 01:34 But I'm at a lost for word 01:36 to describe the doctors Lewis Chris and Lela. 01:40 He a general surgeon, she OBGYN. 01:44 And for our purposes, the driving forces, 01:48 those that the Lord has laid the burden on 01:50 for Your Best Pathway to Health. 01:52 And if you've been in a cave or somewhere you haven't been 01:55 near television, or seen this program, 01:57 or any number of other programs, 01:59 you may not know what they are doing, 02:01 but you will know thoroughly 02:02 aired this program shall have ended 02:04 that they are a part 02:06 of what I call a move of God and the body of Christ. 02:08 One of the most exciting initiatives that the Lord 02:11 has given to his church in really quite a while. 02:14 One, that is impacting lives and towns and cities 02:17 and churches and communities 02:20 in a way that I don't think anything else 02:22 that we've done as a church 02:23 for the last 100 years has done. 02:26 We've left footprints in certain towns 02:29 that we're gonna talk about. 02:31 Where this program has, has gone on that, 02:36 really I don't see any other initiative that we've done 02:38 as a church that, that has the kind of impact 02:40 that Your Best Pathway to Health has. 02:43 And these two semi-weary looking people are at, 02:49 at the very forefront of this. 02:50 And we will give you reason 02:52 for what may be the look of fatigue. 02:55 But they're just two wonderful people 02:57 with a lot of energy and four kids. 02:59 Yes. Yes, sir. 03:01 And four children. 03:02 Dr. Chris, Dr. Lela Lewis. 03:04 Guys, thank you so much for being here. 03:06 Thank you for having us. 03:08 And thank you for allowing God to use you 03:10 in such a mighty and miraculous way. 03:13 Just to be a part of this 03:14 and I know that the number of people who can say, 03:17 I have been part of this is growing 03:18 and growing and growing and growing 03:21 to be part of this move 03:22 and to see what God is doing 03:23 through Your Best Pathway to Health 03:25 is really, it's just, it's great. 03:30 You search for adjectives 03:31 because there's nothing to compare this with, 03:33 because we as the church, 03:35 we haven't done anything like this before 03:36 that's had the kind of immediate impact. 03:38 And, guys, we want to go back 03:40 and just set a little foundation 03:42 because the future is real bright and real big 03:45 and you have been at this long enough. 03:46 And now we can talk about, use words like legacy 03:49 and you know, and history and these kinds of things. 03:53 But, we have gone to Oakland and San Francisco. 04:00 We have gone to San Antonio. 04:05 We have gone Spokane and we've seen miracle 04:11 upon miracle, upon miracle, upon miracle. 04:13 So I know that you guys have convinced this is a God thing, 04:15 because God has knocked down doors 04:17 and push through doors and gone over obstacles, 04:23 over and over and over again you have seen that. 04:26 And now we are thinking about going to a really big town. 04:32 But let's go back. 04:34 You started in Oakland and San Francisco, 04:37 now that was sort of dipping your toes in the water 04:39 because that wasn't as big, 04:40 but just walk us through how that started, 04:42 then we'll move quickly to San Antonio, 04:44 look at some video 04:45 and then we're gonna talk about what's ahead. 04:47 And then you got to some volunteers, 04:48 we got to get some help. 04:49 Well, thank you, C.A.. 04:51 Yeah, you know we started out 04:52 "Your Best Pathway to Health" its debut if you will, 04:54 San Francisco and Oakland as a service of ASI, 04:59 Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. 05:01 We took off. We had that small event. 05:03 We only have 500 volunteers and by God's grace 05:06 we serviced 3,100 people in two and a half days, 05:09 so it was exciting. 05:10 Yeah. It was unbelievable. 05:12 But what we saw there was the beginning 05:14 of a massive impact not only on the volunteers, 05:18 but on the patients and the community at large. 05:22 You remember the Oakland Mayor came and spoke 05:25 at that first gratitude session? 05:27 And that in it of itself 05:29 was an amazing, amazing new adventure. 05:31 So it really did take off there in San Francisco and Oakland. 05:35 Now when you began in San Francisco, Oakland, 05:37 I don't know if you had in your mind 05:39 the long-term train that you are on now. 05:44 How did the series of cities that ensued, 05:48 how did they come to, you know, to your notice 05:50 and how do they get sort of onboard? 05:52 Well, Dr. Chris, you want to explain 05:53 the application process? 05:55 Sure. Sure. 05:56 Even actually before San Francisco, and Oakland, 06:00 a number of people had seen enough miracles take place, 06:03 barriers taken down, 06:04 roadblocks moved out of the way, 06:06 that there came in invitation, if you will, 06:08 in our first application from the union in Texas 06:13 to come and do an event there, a larger event in San Antonio. 06:19 Now was it always determined to sort of bind that 06:22 with General Conference or keep it separate, 06:24 was that linkage on early on? 06:26 We had to, that's actually why Elder Mickey had asked us, 06:29 he said, would you come to San Antonio and do an event 06:33 preceding the General Conference session? 06:35 And we had decided, you know, 06:36 this is an awesome opportunity to, 06:40 to actually not just have an event, 06:42 but actually do something like as a General Conference event, 06:45 but actually give back to the community 06:47 that we're having 06:48 the General Conference actually in. 06:50 And the results... 06:51 Tell me about the media results 06:53 that we just found out about. 06:54 Well, there were 78 separate broadcasts, 06:58 whether that's television or Newspaper or radio, 07:03 media events, we're in network television, 07:05 it was even in USA Today, 07:07 it was in The Wall Street Journal, 07:09 the event there in San Antonio 07:11 talking about what happened, the patients that were served. 07:14 In fact the General Conference communication department 07:17 just announced last week 07:18 that they had more media publicity 07:21 for this General Conference session 07:22 than all previous ones. 07:24 I think it was three times... 07:25 Not just more, three times more. 07:26 Three times the number of publicity. 07:28 And publicity is not what counts, 07:30 the whole point is that God's Seventh-day Adventist Church 07:33 is being uplifted, rising out of obscurity, 07:36 if you will, like Isaiah 58 says. 07:38 So that Christ glory has righteousness 07:41 can shine to the world through His church, 07:42 and that to me is the most exciting aspect. 07:45 Well, publicity is when, you're advertising 07:48 is when you say good things about yourself. 07:50 Publicity is when others say good things about you. 07:52 Amen. 07:54 When people say things about you 07:55 when you're doing something for them. 07:57 So the publicity is an outgrowth 07:59 of what actually is happening 08:01 and how the community is responding to something 08:03 that they have never seen before. 08:05 And I know you've seen the looks of incredulity, 08:08 for one of our better term, why are you guys doing this? 08:10 Where is this coming from? 08:12 And that's one of the, kind of, hurdles, I think, 08:13 that the skepticism that you got to deal with at first 08:16 because nobody does this kind of thing, free medical... 08:20 Yeah. Right, right. 08:21 So where is the catch? Exactly. 08:23 And we've seen that over and over again 08:24 in every city we have gone to. 08:26 Why are you doing this? 08:27 And it's an awesome opportunity to share the gospel. 08:29 Yes. 08:31 Well, as Seventh-day Adventists, 08:32 we're Christians and we think it's such an honor to be able 08:34 to follow in Christ's footsteps to provide physical, mental, 08:38 and spiritual healing to those in need 08:39 and that's why we are doing it. 08:41 Praise the Lord. 08:42 And literally the government officials, 08:44 the media have had tears in their eyes 08:47 as they've not just heard the words, 08:48 but more importantly seen in action what we believe. 08:52 Yeah, yeah, I've heard the stories. 08:53 I was at the pre-meeting 08:55 where you were telling the story 08:56 about this chain or this lady who's working 08:58 and her relative and that kind of thing 09:00 and it happens over. 09:01 So once your jaw comes up off the floor 09:03 you realize there's something really good 09:05 is happening here 09:06 that we want to get on board. 09:08 Amen. 09:09 Give the numbers of... 09:11 Because we talked about 500 volunteers, 09:13 Oakland, San Francisco. 09:16 Those numbers jumped up considerably. 09:18 So give me the numbers of volunteers for San Antonio 09:21 and then the number of patients 09:23 that you were able to deal with in San Antonio. 09:27 Well, we had 1700 volunteers, Praise God, 09:30 who signed up to come to San Antonio and volunteer. 09:33 That's medical and non-medical. 09:35 Because one of the beautiful things about this event is, 09:38 someone might be watching and they say, well, 09:40 this sounds pretty exciting but I'm not a doctor, 09:42 I'm not a dentist, I'm not an optometrist, 09:44 you know, what can I do? 09:45 But, what is so awesome about 09:49 this kind of medical gospel combination work, 09:53 that I believe God has put together, 09:55 is that no matter who you are as a Seventh-day Adventist, 09:58 you can come and be a part of medical missionary work 10:01 of reaching these people and impacting their lives, 10:03 whether you are someone that is a hospitality worker 10:06 that tours the people around the event, 10:09 or you are part of registration, 10:11 you check the people in, or you are helping to, 10:14 you know, do a root canal on a tooth or cut off a tooth. 10:16 Or you're an electrician, right? 10:18 You're an electrician 10:19 and you help with the electricity 10:20 and the plumbing. 10:22 We use plumbers. I mean anybody and everybody. 10:24 If you are willing... 10:25 Oh, we're adding, we're adding law services to Los Angeles 10:28 just to jump ahead. 10:29 But again-- 10:31 Legal services. Legal services. 10:32 Or if you can help set up, you know, 10:33 set up and take down services. 10:35 If you are willing to work, God has a place for you. 10:37 Sorry to interrupt you there, go ahead. 10:38 Yeah. 10:40 I like the idea because you have people 10:41 coming off the street, some are homeless, 10:44 some are middle income, 10:45 some have good jobs, it's not a medical care. 10:47 But walking through the maze of... 10:49 That's very confusing. 10:50 So there are people, if you can just say... 10:54 In San Antonio, as you comedown the escalator 10:56 men and the ladies restrooms are to the right. 10:57 You know that? 10:59 Now it's their job. 11:00 And she did very, very well 11:02 because, folk, where is the restroom? 11:03 I don't know. 11:04 So there's someone to tell you. So those little things. 11:06 And let me compliment you both on this. 11:08 God has seen fit to put in your path 11:10 and become part of the ministry. 11:12 People who are very low on the crabby quotient. 11:17 You know, they know how to smile 11:19 because doing this from early in the morning 11:21 till fairly late in the afternoon 11:24 and to hold that smile and hold that love 11:26 and let that love of Christ show. 11:28 And I'm talking about the professionals 11:30 and the non-professionals. 11:31 Yes, yes. It's a blessing. 11:32 God has brought in your path 11:35 good quality Christian volunteers. 11:36 Now I don't know if everybody is that way, 11:38 but the ones I've dealt with were 11:40 and I want to congratulate you for that 11:42 because God has done that for you. 11:43 Amen. 11:44 Well, you know in San Antonio with all those volunteers, 11:46 those 1700 volunteers, by God's grace we serviced 11:49 6, 200 patients, 6,192 to be exact. 11:53 Yes, yes, praise the Lord. 11:54 So it was an exciting, exciting opportunity there. 11:57 Yeah. 11:58 I got a chance to film and we have yet, this film has not, 12:01 and I knew it was when I shot it, 12:03 to see you remove this large thing from the back of a lady. 12:08 And as I was shooting it, I was saying, you know what? 12:10 No one's ever gonna watch this. 12:13 And I showed it to Jim O'Connor, 12:14 and she said, oh, I'd like to take a look at that. 12:16 So about 30 seconds in, she said okay, 12:18 I think I have seen enough. 12:21 But you've got, you have 12:23 really complex surgeries going on. 12:24 You've got medical care of all kinds is going on, 12:27 it's all free. 12:28 And what has been, 12:30 because we talk about legacy and impact. 12:33 We know what the impact is on the patient. 12:36 What about the community officials, mayors, 12:39 deputy mayors, police, 12:40 you know those who are running the towns, 12:43 what are they saying in the wake 12:45 of the kinds of things that you're doing? 12:46 They are saying, they can not believe 12:48 what the Seventh-day Adventist Church is doing 12:49 for their community. 12:51 They are overwhelmed. 12:52 In fact, the gentleman who's in charge 12:54 of both the Alamodome 12:55 and The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 12:57 'cause remember we had our meetings 12:59 in the evening at The Henry B, 13:00 and then over at the Alamodome. 13:03 He came to the gratitude session 13:06 there at the Pathway to Health event, 13:08 and then he also ran into me at General Conference session 13:10 and both times he had tears in his eyes. 13:13 In fact at the gratitude session, 13:15 they were actually streaming down his cheeks. 13:17 Absolutely dumb founded 13:19 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church 13:21 and what they were doing for his community. 13:23 And he's a perfect example of many, many others. 13:26 The mayor herself, 13:28 even at General Conference made a note, 13:31 again on Saturday night, again thanked everyone, 13:34 the church for doing this for her community. 13:37 It is having an absolutely 13:39 tremendous affect on the cities 13:41 and Spokane the same thing. 13:42 Over and over again we're seeing, 13:45 it's making unbelievable inroads with people 13:48 that we might never, 13:49 otherwise not necessarily have good inroads with. 13:53 As I look at the cities, Oakland, San Francisco, 13:56 San Antonio, Spokane, very diverse towns 13:58 and they tend to be west but very different cities. 14:02 How does one get into your, you know, 14:06 how do you know where to go and who is next? 14:08 How does that happen? 14:10 Talk to me a little bit about the process of city selection? 14:13 Good question. 14:15 So Your Best Pathway to Health again, 14:16 as a service of ASI, 14:18 we have our own organization and our own board 14:20 and we receive applications from unions, from conferences, 14:24 and we want it to be 14:26 a collaborative endeavor, Right? 14:27 It's the laity and the church working together, 14:30 the medical and the non-medical, 14:31 so we want a collaborative group effort going forward. 14:36 So we have an application 14:37 and it requires signatures of the union, 14:39 and the conference, and the local pastors, etcetera 14:42 to show that we're all gonna be working together. 14:45 And then that gets vetted out and made sure that, 14:48 that there's appropriate resources etcetera 14:50 for that vicinity and that's how we proceed. 14:52 I see. 14:53 So the local church in a given area, 14:56 they make the application to you? 14:57 They working with their conference and their union. 15:00 But I said local church, the church, not this, 15:02 local church, but the organization, 15:05 in that organization. 15:07 Yes. 15:08 My lady, my lord, now you have grown 15:11 and you have learned some things 15:12 and let me say this too, 15:14 one of the things that I really respect 15:17 about what you do is the organization. 15:21 Someone has thought through this thoroughly. 15:24 They are very few holes in your game. 15:27 You know, it's organized. 15:29 When a person comes in, they're greeted, 15:31 they're escorted, they're made to feel welcome, 15:34 even little things like putting plants 15:37 and some greenery, 15:39 whether be fake greenery or real, I don't really know. 15:42 But the pharmacy and the movement of people 15:45 through these labyrinths of, you know, of care. 15:49 You thought about all of that, so that the experience is, 15:53 first of all, it's efficient. 15:54 You get in and get out as quickly as possible, 15:56 but it's also pleasant. 15:58 It's not, you know, 15:59 waiting in a doctor's office can be drudgery 16:01 and can be fearful, but you've got choir singing 16:04 and we need to talk about this also, 16:06 is you've got music groups. 16:07 Yes. 16:09 Or musicians outside and in, 16:11 so there's music going on all the time, 16:13 It's really quite an experience. 16:18 Now we go to the biggest city yet. 16:23 And that is? Los Angeles. 16:25 Los Angeles. Give me the dates. 16:27 So this is gonna be April 26 to 30. 16:30 And we're gonna setup and it's gonna be, 16:32 are we allowed to say where? 16:34 Go ahead. 16:36 Okay, it's gonna be 16:37 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 16:38 And if you... 16:40 I think when we see this video from San Antonio, 16:42 you will see the size of the building 16:44 where we were in San Antonio, the Alamodome, 16:46 the building we're gonna be in, 16:48 in Los Angeles, it's gonna be about three times larger 16:51 than the building we had in San Antonio. 16:53 It's gonna be almost 400,000 square feet. 16:56 Let's go to our San Antonio video 16:58 because that will give our viewers 17:00 some context for what we're talking about 17:02 because San Antonio is not a small town 17:04 and this was not a small venue, you know. 17:07 Now you are talking three times the size. 17:10 That kind of blows your mind. 17:12 And we have an awesome team. 17:14 You talked about organization and thinking things through. 17:16 We have an awesome team that puts these on. 17:20 And we like to go around and talk about it and so forth. 17:23 But there's some, God has put together some people 17:25 that care about their fellow human beings 17:29 and lifting up God to the world 17:31 and it's just been such a blessing 17:33 to work with all of them. 17:34 We got a chance to work with you 17:36 fairly closely in San Antonio 17:37 and I saw that God, 17:39 I say again has brought to your group, 17:43 people who care, people who are kind, 17:45 because there is some amount of stress. 17:47 I mean this is real work. 17:49 And yet there seems to be this collegiality, 17:51 the Christian spirit is showing. 17:53 And of course when you see what good you are doing, 17:56 it just kind of bolsters you. 17:58 So we're gonna to this video now. 17:59 This is just the sort of retrospective 18:00 of what happened in San Antonio, 18:02 preparatory to what's coming up in Los Angeles. 18:29 The dream began 18:31 in California's bay area to serve, 18:35 to heal, to love on a mass scale, 18:39 one person at a time. 18:41 Free medical care, free dental care, 18:44 free eye care, absolutely free, no strings attached. 18:50 Soon more and more 18:51 we're talking about what they had seen, 18:54 what they had heard, and what they had experienced. 18:58 A question arose. 18:59 How could we only do this once? 19:02 Where can we go next? 19:05 San Antonio, Texas was chosen as the next city, 19:10 whose residence would receive 19:11 the love of Christ through the hands 19:13 and feet of anyone willing to serve. 19:17 Over 100 organizations joined the effort, 19:21 as did the office of Mayor Ivy Taylor 19:23 and the Department of Health. 19:26 An event became a movement. 19:28 Five hundred volunteers became 1000, 19:31 then 1,500, then 1,700. 19:36 They came from all parts of North America 19:38 and all walks of life. 19:40 They came to register to greet, to host, to organize, 19:45 to sing, to encourage, to teach and to heal. 19:50 And as they came so did the residents of San Antonio. 19:54 They came the day before the event, 19:56 they came in the sun, they came in the rain. 20:00 Services offered inside were more comprehensive than ever. 20:04 Eye Care Services included complete eye exams, 20:08 consultations, retinal scans for glaucoma, 20:12 and retinal detachment and fittings for glasses. 20:15 Dental care included cleanings, fillings, crowns, 20:20 extractions, X-rays, digital scans and more. 20:24 Medical care included 20:25 primary care visits women's health services, 20:29 consultation by medical specialists 20:31 including heart evaluation, as well as gastroenterology, 20:35 neurology, rheumatology, infectious disease, 20:39 podiatry services, immunizations, pharmacy, 20:43 medical massage, physical therapy, 20:47 X-rays and laboratory services. 20:50 And for the first time medical care included general surgery, 20:54 including hernia repair, hysterectomies, vasectomies, 20:58 mass and skin cancer removal and gallbladder removal. 21:05 Other first time services included haircuts and styling, 21:08 nutrition and healthy cooking demonstrations 21:11 and men's suits offered free of charge. 21:15 And once again while patients waited volunteers sang, 21:19 played, taught and took the opportunity 21:23 to meet those who had come. 21:25 Some told their stories, some gladly welcomed to prayer, 21:29 others reflected on their newly found hope. 21:33 Those who came did not leave the same. 21:36 Smiles returned to faces, pain was left behind. 21:40 And perhaps most importantly hearts were touched 21:44 and in some cases healed. 21:47 The event was without a doubt a tremendous success. 21:51 Seventeen hundreds Seventh-day Adventist Christians 21:53 from around North America 21:55 saturated the city of San Antonio 21:58 with a tangible love of Christ, and brought hope and healing 22:02 to over 6,000 of the cities residents. 22:06 That is mission. 22:08 That is mission accomplished. 22:11 That is mission accomplished together. 22:17 You know, guys, every time I see that, as you said, 22:20 it kind of brings a tear to your eyes. 22:21 But it also, let's you realize that you are in a presence 22:23 of a move of God, that is just fantastic. 22:26 Amen. 22:27 I did ask you, how do you determine how many volunteers 22:31 you will need for a given city? 22:33 You went from 500 to 1700, 22:35 how did you know that was your optimum number for efficiency? 22:38 Well, that's a good question. 22:40 Our Vice President of Logistics George Gilbert 22:42 is really, really good at that. 22:44 And so what he does is he statistically figures out 22:47 how many square footage we have available to us. 22:49 What the population of the city is, 22:52 the demographics of the city, income basis, etcetera. 22:55 And then he figures how many patients we can service 22:58 and from there we deduce how many volunteers we need. 23:00 Wow. Wow. Wow. 23:03 So then, going from San Antonio 23:06 a fair size town to Los Angeles, 23:10 a big city, what are your numbers? 23:13 What are you looking at to try to fulfill our mission here? 23:15 We're hoping for at least 3,000, 23:18 somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 volunteers 23:21 and we want to treat at least 10,000 patients 23:25 into two and half days. 23:26 We have just under 400,000 square feet, 23:28 so we need to increase the number of volunteers, 23:32 that's the big goal right here. 23:35 And again two and a half days, 10,000, 23:38 that's, get them in and get them done, 23:40 man, that's great. 23:42 It's early, I mean, 23:43 we're not at crunch time just yet. 23:45 But do you see any particular need 23:46 that LA is gonna present to you, 23:49 that maybe the other cities did not? 23:50 Well, it's always gonna be dentistry and eye care. 23:53 I mean we need our dentists 23:55 and we need our eye care professionals. 23:57 But what we're also hearing is, audiologist is a big need. 24:01 Yeah. 24:02 And our surgeons, we desperately need surgeons. 24:06 We did not have enough, 24:07 we could have use quite a more in Spokane. 24:09 So we need more surgeons for sure as were looking. 24:12 Specific surgeries, general surgeons... 24:15 Plastic surgeons. All the above... 24:16 Ah, huh-huh. 24:17 Orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists... 24:19 General, a lot, we need a lot of generals. 24:21 Yeah, general is the biggest need. 24:23 Lumps and bumps is the biggest need. 24:24 And gynecologists, we didn't have 24:25 enough gynecologists as well. 24:27 So we need them all. 24:29 You got big needs, big needs. 24:31 I recall dentistry and eye care far outstrip anything else 24:39 that those are lines are longest. 24:42 How many of that particular field of practice 24:45 did you have in San Antonio, 24:47 dentist and eye care professionals? 24:49 We had 50 dentists in San Antonio. 24:52 We have our goal, 24:54 Lord willing we can raise the money. 24:55 Yeah, I wanted to hear tat number. 24:58 If we can by God's grace raise the money, 25:00 so if there's anybody out there 25:02 that wants to help in that regard. 25:03 We are seeking to have 25:05 120 dental stations for Los Angeles. 25:09 So that's dentists and dental hygienists, 25:10 we definitely need hygienists. 25:12 We desperately need hygienists as well. 25:14 So we really want to maximize the number of patients. 25:16 Our city size obviously 25:18 is significantly bigger in Los Angeles. 25:20 What we understand from the city governments, 25:23 in fact, I was telling you, 25:24 the chief medical officer for the County of Los Angeles 25:27 thrown his full weight behind it. 25:28 But again emphasizing to us, 25:30 make sure you've got enough for our patients. 25:33 We've got a lot of patients here 25:35 that don't have any health care 25:37 and they desperately need your help. 25:39 So, so we really need that for Los Angeles. 25:42 Yeah, I'm thinking in Los Angeles 25:44 you got such a varied community, 25:45 you have got a large immigrant population. 25:47 Oh, you're also gonna need, 25:49 perhaps more than before translator. 25:51 Yeah, you're right. Oh, lots. 25:53 A lots of different languages too, 25:55 because it's not just Spanish and English, 25:57 we're looking at Korean, and Mandarin, 25:59 and the list goes on and on, so yes. 26:02 Wow. 26:03 So if you have a, just a need, 26:06 I believe they will find a place for you, 26:08 so you can exercise your franchise, 26:10 dare I say, if you want to do, 26:12 they will find something constructive 26:14 and productive for you to do. 26:17 You have to think about the translating 26:20 in this particular town is really gonna be a major, 26:23 a major thing to try to hurdle. 26:25 Now, as far as setting up is concerned, you are more, 26:29 'cause I see you moving around, 26:31 you've got the clipboard and you're doing, 26:32 but you're actually gonna do surgeries 26:34 during that time, are you not? 26:35 Correct, yes. 26:37 In fact, in Spokane 26:38 we did about 300 surgeries on the floor, 26:42 between the different surgical departments. 26:43 And so we'll be doing procedures 26:45 there on the floor and, and... 26:47 And we're still working out the details 26:49 regarding the actual operating room. 26:51 Procedures like we did in San Antonio, 26:52 we're seeing how we can work that out. 26:54 But we are very excited about 26:56 what God has in store for Los Angeles. 26:59 Let's stop just now because we've done a little plugging. 27:02 Let's go to some contact information here. 27:04 I don't want to wait till the end of program, 27:05 we'll bring it again. 27:06 But if you are, kind of, getting excited 27:08 and every time we do this, 27:10 this is actually your third or forth time here, 27:11 you, kind of, get, the bubbles, kind of, 27:13 start flowing the service again. 27:15 How do they contact? How do they sign up? 27:17 How do they volunteer? Walk us through that. 27:19 So the best, best way to do it is to go to 27:22 PathwayTo HealthVolunteer.org, and they can register there. 27:29 There's a link you can click on volunteer for Los Angeles 27:32 and we want people to go to the website and volunteer. 27:34 We gather information. 27:36 We're even starting the credentialing processes 27:38 for our providers. 27:39 And we ask what department 27:41 do you want to, you know, go to? 27:42 What skills do you have? 27:43 You know, how do you want to get into this thing? 27:46 Say it again pathway... Pathwaytohealth. 27:48 PathwayToHealthVolunteer.org. 27:54 And then our phone number 1-888-44PATHWAY. 27:59 All right. If you have specific questions. 28:01 Yeah, all right. 28:02 1-888-44... Pathway. 28:05 Pathway, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 28:07 We've talked about the obvious benefit to the cities. 28:11 And the obvious benefit to those 28:16 who volunteer the services. 28:18 There is a reciprocity, when you give, 28:21 the Lord sees to it that you get. 28:23 And I think it's that reciprocity 28:24 that keeps you guys going. 28:26 The fact that you look and you see 28:27 what God has done with you, for you, to you, through you, 28:30 it, kind of, gives you energy. 28:32 What about the Adventist Church in that local town? 28:35 What is the standing of the church? 28:37 What kind of feeling does the church have? 28:40 I remember getting up in the morning at a hotel 28:42 and seeing different churches 28:43 providing food bags, lunch, other things. 28:49 And they would say, 28:51 well, we were up all day yesterday doing these things 28:53 but they seemed to be so excited. 28:55 What's the legacy for the church 28:57 in that local community? 28:59 What we're seeing is, former Seventh-day Adventist, 29:03 those who have drifted away from the church, 29:05 coming back to the church 29:06 as they see what their church is doing in their community. 29:10 And they see this is the church I want to belong to. 29:12 They say things like, you know, if this is the church, 29:15 if this is what my church does, 29:17 then this is the church I want to belong to 29:19 and they are back. 29:20 Yeah, yeah. 29:22 And the members themselves are so excited. 29:23 In fact, on a personal level, we had in Spokane, 29:27 a smaller event, but still saw 3,100 patients, 29:30 God just totally blessed. 29:31 But in that event, just because of the impact 29:35 by the people working registrations, 29:37 the people that are touring people around, 29:39 you know, the people that are giving a massage, 29:41 the people that are drawing the lab, 29:43 doing the medical exam or the eye exam 29:44 or the dental treatment, by the time that the people 29:47 got to the lifestyle station where they learned 29:49 how to improve their lifestyle, 29:51 their diet, their exercise etcetera. 29:53 One volunteer had six people come up to him and say, 29:58 why are you guys doing this? 29:59 How do I become a part of this church? 30:01 How do I get baptized? Yeah. 30:03 Essentially saying, what must I do to be saved? 30:05 Be saved, yes, yes, yes. 30:06 And they hadn't even been to chapel and see services yet, 30:08 got a piece of liturgy. 30:10 But as exciting as that is 30:13 and the impact that it has on the patients, 30:15 and the city, and the officials, 30:17 I think the impact that it has on individual church members 30:20 who volunteer is even bigger. 30:23 We are at this, uh, 30:25 we are at our booth at the General Conference Session, 30:28 recruiting for volunteers, for Spokane and LA, 30:31 and a woman came up to the booth and she said, 30:34 "How do I volunteer? 30:35 I've got to volunteer. 30:36 Someone from my church volunteered in San Antonio," 30:39 and she came back to our church glowing. 30:43 She couldn't say enough things good 30:45 about what she experienced in San Antonio. 30:47 "I've got to volunteer. I've got to be a part of this. 30:49 How do I sign up?" 30:51 When she said that, there was a volunteer working the booth 30:53 because everybody at the booth was a volunteer, 30:55 we just send out an email to our volunteers 30:56 and people flew in from around the country 30:58 just to man the booth. 30:59 They were so excited about what they had experienced. 31:01 So a woman who was at the booth volunteering, 31:04 heard what the woman said, and said, "It's true. 31:07 It's changed my life completely." 31:09 She said, "I've been on mission trips in Costa Rica. 31:11 I've been to Central America, South America. 31:13 I've been to Africa. 31:14 Nothing has impacted me more 31:16 in any of my previous experiences 31:19 as what this event in San Antonio did. 31:21 It's changed my life forever and I'm going to, 31:23 I'm going to keep going on these things." 31:25 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 31:26 And I think as far as the church, 31:28 you said collectively, as far as the church 31:30 it's, kind of, volunteers excited, 31:32 but what that has done to our church at large, 31:36 is I think there's this excitement and this movement. 31:40 I just came from General Conference Annual Council. 31:42 An overwhelming excitement 31:45 about what God is going to do through health ministry. 31:48 The very things that He's told us about all along 31:51 and it's so wonderful that we have this awesome, 31:54 collaborative endeavor between the North American division, 31:57 General Council Health Ministries department. 31:59 Elder Wilson has comprehensive health ministry, 32:01 he and Peter Landless. 32:03 Wonderful, as we all worked together. 32:05 Every member involved in that. Every member involved. 32:07 Exactly. Total member involvement. 32:09 But I think this statement in it of itself, kind of, 32:12 explains why I think that church is getting so excited. 32:16 This is a statement from the Spokane tribune 32:18 and it says, "I want to send a thank you 32:21 and kudos to the Seventh-day Adventist church." 32:23 This is not any of us, right? 32:26 This is God's Seventh-day Adventist people 32:28 doing what He's told us to do, right? 32:31 He says, "Their members came from all over the world 32:35 to enrich Spokane, socially and physically. 32:38 I had already had a high opinion of their people 32:41 for the lifestyle they led. 32:42 The Your Best Pathway to Health clinically 32:45 simply raises their status in my eyes," Spokane Tribune. 32:50 Well done, and well said. 32:52 And I think that, that raising of the bar 32:56 as far as identification of the church 32:59 and identifying the church 33:00 as people who care about heaven, 33:02 but also care about you here and now, 33:04 and positioned themselves to do that 33:06 and to better their communities is almost thanks enough, 33:10 is almost payment enough that people are saying, 33:12 "Hey, people just don't do this kind of thing", you know. 33:15 Yeah, "I want to be a part of something 33:17 that's part of that." 33:18 And you also C.A., the other thing that I see is, 33:20 you know how, um, in The Writings of Sister White, 33:23 actually, we were just reading it this morning 33:24 on Counsels and Health 33:26 that when we as Seventh-day Adventist 33:28 do what the Lord has commissioned us to do, 33:30 all the way back in Isaiah 58. 33:32 And we do God's ministry, health ministry, 33:35 but we do it the right way, 33:37 that the people in the world will notice our genuineness 33:41 and they will give to support the cause, financially give. 33:45 We've seen that in every city we've gone to. Wow. 33:48 We saw that in San Francisco, 33:49 the city paid for the advertising. 33:51 We saw that in Oakland. 33:52 We saw that significantly in San Antonio. 33:55 We received the Alamodome 33:56 and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 33:58 completely for free and they helped with the media. 34:01 Spokane again, the same thing, over and over again. 34:05 God fulfilling His promises to us 34:07 when we do what he's asked us to do, 34:09 which is just be His hands and feet. 34:11 Yeah, this is so exciting. 34:12 And God will use the money of the gentiles too, 34:15 um, you know, to get the work done. 34:17 But that doesn't excuse those of us who name, 34:20 in the name of Jesus also, 34:21 you know, to put a little bean in a pot and add, 34:25 because it does take money to do this kind of thing. 34:27 There's a lot of people's going in to their own pockets. 34:30 As you well know, to come, to give of their care, 34:32 but there are some things that has to paid for. 34:35 There are some machinery that has to be gotten, 34:37 a lot of things that have to done, 34:38 it's gonna take money to do it. 34:40 And what better way to spend your dime 34:43 in active missionary work locally. 34:46 I've done a number of mission trips abroad but, 34:50 and have enjoyed them and felt the spirit of God, 34:52 but this is a whole new, this is something different. 34:55 It's, you know, that the, you struggle for words, 34:58 but there's something going on here 35:00 that is really a move of God. 35:02 Now, before our time gets away, give me the dates for LA again. 35:07 Go ahead. April 26 to 30, 2016. 35:11 So 26 to 30, setup's on the 26, 27, 28, 29 is the event. 35:16 And Sabbath, you are not gonna want to miss 35:18 because you know that's like rally time Sabbath. 35:21 And then we've got our 35:22 gratitude session that afternoon. 35:24 We are having all the dignitaries 35:26 and all the special guests come from the city, 35:28 so that's, the Sabbath's gonna be a very high Sabbath. 35:31 Praise the Lord. That is very, very exciting. 35:33 Now a little bird told me, 35:38 I heard it as a 'blew by' or 'flew by' 35:42 that LA is not the last stop on the train. 35:46 There's some other things coming, 35:47 so walk me through what you can, uh, 35:50 because there's this thing goes on and on and on 35:53 and we praise the Lord for it. 35:54 Well, amen, so, yeah, we've got Los Angeles 35:56 coming down the pipeline real fast, 35:58 but after that in July, 36:00 we're gonna do Beckley, West Virginia. 36:02 It's, kind of, a little strange thought. 36:04 Okay, Los Angeles, Beckley, West Virginia. 36:07 Yeah, that's a little pause, hit the pause button there. 36:09 We're talking about San Antonio. 36:11 We're talking about Los Angeles. 36:13 Beckley, West Virginia? Yeah. 36:15 Well, you know, small town America. 36:18 We have to impact wherever it is we are. Yes. 36:21 And so we are embarking on small town America, 36:24 Beckley, West Virginia, Appalachia by God's grace. 36:27 Praise God. And the city is all... 36:29 In fact I have an appointment to meet with the Mayor 36:31 and locally, probably the Governor as well, 36:34 there at West Virginia, 36:35 to talk about this wonderful opportunity. 36:37 Now how did Beckley, West Virginia, sort of, 36:39 float to the surface? 36:40 Well, couple of different ways. 36:42 Number one, um, they put an application in. 36:44 Number two, 'cause again, 36:46 you got to do that application process. 36:48 And you can do that on the website too. Good. 36:50 Um, but also, our goal is to, with total member involvement, 36:55 with the General Conference, Elder Dwayne McKee's office, 36:58 it's to get everybody feeling like they have a role 37:01 and a spot to play. 37:03 And so the Sabbath school 37:05 department of Southern University 37:07 actually adopted Beckley, 37:08 so they made the request for Beckley. 37:11 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 37:12 Talk to me a little bit about... 37:14 because we, Dwayne McKee is a good friend of all of us, 37:18 and this comes under his portfolio now 37:20 but this program has been embraced 37:22 although it's ASI sponsored, so it's lay sponsored, 37:26 but it has been embraced fully by the church 37:28 at the North American division level, 37:29 and the General Council level. 37:31 And then talk to me a little bit about 37:32 the flavor of this latest annual council, 37:34 year-end meetings that you've just come from, 37:37 uh, how it's being embraced there. 37:39 Well, God opened up doors because, you know, 37:42 here are the leaders from all over the world. 37:43 I've never been to annual council before, 37:45 that was a real blessing but, 37:47 you know, leaders from conferences, divisions, unions 37:50 from all over the world are there, 37:51 I know you've gone lots of times. 37:53 And God opened up the opportunity to share, 37:57 Lela was interviewed on-- 37:59 Friday night with Arthur Findlay 38:01 and then Sabbath school by Elder Dwayne McKee 38:04 And it was a very, very awesome opportunity. 38:06 And then Sabbath afternoon too, 38:08 they showed the wonderful San Antonio video. 38:11 So it was very, very well received, 38:13 wouldn't you say that? 38:14 Oh, definitely a lot of interest 38:15 in other parts of the world, 38:17 and we believe that this model actually is applicable 38:19 in other parts of the world 38:21 and there's also interest in that area. 38:24 Would you be open to traveling and expanding your horizons 38:28 to other parts of that world, if that call came? 38:30 It the Lord says to do it, who am I to say no. 38:36 Because it's such an infectious thing 38:38 to be in the presence of it, 38:40 you just want to replicate it in, 38:41 you know, in your own community, 38:43 and if you care about your community, 38:44 what a better way to show. 38:46 And Elder Wilson talked to us about that as well, 38:49 and Dr. Landless is working on to see, 38:51 how we can all work together to make this a possibility. 38:55 Yeah, first of all, Peter Landless 38:56 is a visionary and a great guy. 38:58 He such a neat guy to pal around with, 39:00 he's got good ideas 39:01 and doesn't mind trying new things. 39:03 Now I interrupted you in our ascent 39:06 to some larger towns that we haven't signed 39:09 the dotted line yet, 39:10 but these are, shall I say wish-list towns at this point, 39:14 or well, I let you get the culture of it but, 39:18 I know there's some other things out there. 39:21 Sure, there have been requests that have come in, 39:24 that were very close, I think, 39:25 to having signatures and votes on in things, 39:29 big places like Boston, Massachusetts 39:32 and like New York City. 39:34 Yeah, yeah. 39:36 We're looking for New York in 2017. 39:37 Where the eyes of the world are focused. 39:39 That is just, that blow... 39:41 of having served 30 years in New York City 39:43 and knowing that town, 39:46 first of all, your visibility which is high now, 39:50 is gonna skyrocket. 39:51 I mean, it's gonna skyrocket when you do LA 39:53 but New York is a whole different animal. 39:55 Well, you know, it kind of interesting 39:57 because Elder Bryant was recently being interviewed 40:00 on a talk show host, 40:02 and he brought up the event in San Antonio. 40:06 You know, I was in London and I heard that interview. 40:09 Did you? Yes, yes. 40:10 Someone from London played that interview. 40:12 Well, you know, you heard how he mentioned 40:14 what we did in San Antonio. 40:16 And the talk show host was just like, 40:18 you got to be kidding, really? 40:19 And he's like, no, he want to get across as we do, 40:23 that this is what Seventh-Day Adventists stand for, 40:26 this is what we believe being the hands and feet of Jesus. 40:31 Who can turn us down? 40:33 Who can turn the lord down? Who can turn the lord down? 40:35 Right, yeah, I'm just thinking, 40:42 we saw in the video 40:44 how big the San Antonio center was, 40:49 and used up all the floor space, 40:51 you had to scale back a little for Spokane, 40:53 because it's a smaller town. 40:55 And now LA is several times larger than San Antonio. 41:01 Will you use all of that space? 41:02 Do you expand to, kind of, meet your space? 41:05 Every square inch and in fact we're trying, 41:07 we're little nervous 41:08 because we only have 400,000 square feet. 41:11 So yes, we intend to use every square inch of it. 41:18 And by God's grace, 41:20 if we can really hit this number of volunteers, C.A., 41:23 if we can hit 4,000, 41:25 we're publicizing to the government officials, 41:27 our goal is 10,000 patients in three days, by God's grace, 41:32 I think we can hit 12,000 easily. 41:35 And I think it's closer to 40 million dollars 41:37 of free health care, we're publicizing 20, 41:39 but I think, if by God's grace, 41:41 we can get this volunteers to come in, 41:43 I think we can provide close to 41:45 40 million dollars of free health care. 41:48 Let me ask you, because when one thinks of doctors, 41:52 you think of people who are very focused, 41:54 maybe left brain people, who are... 41:57 Who've been given a gift and they practice the gift. 42:01 You don't think of the most particularly jocular people 42:04 or even emotional people and yet, 42:07 I know you've had some strong testimonies 42:09 from your medical personnel, 42:12 after they spent some time volunteering their services. 42:15 Then of course you have one guy, 42:17 seems like he brought his whole clinic or his whole lab, 42:18 that kind of thing. 42:20 So there is really a strong spiritual legacy 42:23 in the lives of those who are professionals, 42:26 but who I saw in one thing and I am talking about it, 42:29 but I'm trying to set this up, who said, 42:30 we don't get to pray in our practice, normally, 42:35 but I'm praying with everybody here 42:36 and its just so exciting for me. 42:37 So I will say there's a strong spiritual benefit 42:40 for those practitioners also, is there not? 42:43 Yes, we had one dentist that came to the event 42:46 and when she left, she said, I've been dentist for 35 years 42:51 and never prayed with the patients, 42:52 just like you said, 42:54 I'm going home to make up for lost time. 42:56 It's the, the culture of the event is such that, 43:00 in a loving way, to share Christ. 43:05 Now, you know, nobody is getting hit 43:06 over the head with anything but you know what? 43:08 You don't have to hit anybody over the head, 43:10 when you're sharing with people in such a loving way, 43:13 when they've already met a loving person at registration 43:15 a loving person that walked them around 43:17 and introduced them-self to them. 43:18 And a loving nurse that checked them in. 43:20 And then by the time I get to, like cut something off of them, 43:24 they are asking me questions, 43:25 like they ask a question, and my nurse and I, kind of, 43:28 looked at each other, had a patient there 43:30 and she had like four things she wanted to remove, 43:32 she couldn't afford to have it done, 43:33 she has a job, she has children, 43:34 she's trying to make ends meet, 43:36 but she has no insurance. 43:37 So we're there taking care of her. 43:39 And she looks up and she says, why you are guys doing this? 43:42 And I looked at the nurse, the nurse looked at me, 43:44 I was like go ahead. So she was waiting. 43:49 She launches off, 43:50 in sharing Christ with this lady. 43:53 And you could just see, 43:54 she just soaked it up like a sponge. 43:57 It was just so amazing. 43:58 And that's exactly what happened with Todd, 44:00 you know, I don't know if our computer-- 44:03 Oh, he's got a couple of pictures, yeah. 44:04 A couple of pictures out, 44:05 but Todd did the exact same thing, 44:07 he came in, he actually came for dental work 44:10 and for medical work, he didn't have any insurance. 44:12 And this is Todd when he first showed up. 44:14 Under that shock of hair. 44:16 Yeah, under that amount of hair and he showed up. 44:20 And he, just like Chris said, he came in through the door, 44:22 the registration people showed him love. 44:25 He then when to the nurses and triage, 44:27 they showed him love, and gentleness, and kindness. 44:29 He went to the dentist, 44:31 they again, they prayed with him, 44:33 they showed him love, they fixed his hurting tooth. 44:35 He went and saw the primary care doctor, 44:37 hadn't seen a doctor in over five years, 44:39 they helped him, again prayed with him. 44:41 By that time, he went over, he found out, 44:43 we were offering free men's suits, 44:45 he went to the men's suits department, 44:48 he got into men's suits, and brother Sam there, 44:51 who was like fitting him up for his perfect suit. 44:53 And all of a sudden Todd says, 44:55 you know, he says, I felt Jesus, 44:58 it's just tears streaming down his cheeks. 45:00 He said, I feel Jesus calling me, 45:02 calling me to give my heart to him, 45:04 what do I have to do? 45:06 And Sam being a lay pastor himself, 45:09 he immediately says, 45:11 you just give your heart to Jesus, 45:13 and he takes him over to the chaplains, 45:15 the chaplains talk to him. 45:16 He ends up walking over and getting a haircut, 45:18 walks back to chaplaincy services and says, okay, 45:21 I'm ready to be baptized, 45:22 what do I have to do to be saved? 45:25 That is fabulous. We have an after picture also. 45:28 Oh, they had just showed that. Oh, they did. 45:29 Yeah, they did. Okay, great. 45:31 And he looked good too. Yeah, he is beautiful. 45:33 Let me challenge you just a little bit, 45:36 Oakland, San Francisco, San Antonio, Spokane, 45:40 is there one story, and quickly because our time's, 45:43 kind of, running away from us, 45:44 that, sort of, pops out of your mind, 45:45 gives the character of that particular city, 45:48 one particular one that pops out 45:49 in each one of those instances? 45:52 I would say tell the los adventistas story, 45:54 I think that's the most beautiful story. 45:56 Okay, this is from San Antonio. 46:00 So one of our volunteers in the lady's restroom, 46:04 washing up, using the rest room, 46:05 whatever she was doing, 46:07 there was a patient who had received treatment. 46:09 She's in the bathroom stall, door shut, 46:12 talking on her cell phone to, 46:15 apparently, to her daughter in Spanish. 46:17 And our volunteer spoke Spanish, 46:18 so she understood what the woman was saying. 46:20 So she's saying very excitedly on her phone, 46:24 you know, blah, blah, blah, 46:28 the doctor took this tumor off my back, 46:30 and I'm so excited and then she launched into this exciting 46:36 I don't know, what the word is, 46:37 spiel los adventistas, 46:40 los adventistas, los adventistas, 46:42 seven times the woman said excitedly, 46:45 just practically yelling in the bathroom, 46:47 everyone could hear what she's saying, 46:48 los adventistas, 46:50 you know, took care of this thing on my shoulder 46:52 and that they been so kind to me, los adventistas. 46:54 We're doing this, all this for this woman and it just, 46:57 you could just tell that it just had, 46:59 God had just stamped his care on this woman 47:03 and she just so much appreciated 47:04 what los adventistas did for her. 47:06 And then in Spokane, I think of the couple that, 47:09 before they came down to wait all night long 47:12 to get services the next day. 47:14 They stayed at home and they made a hand made card 47:19 and they specifically designed it 47:20 and cut everything out 47:22 to thank the Adventists for doing this for them. 47:25 They said, any person, 47:27 any group that would provide something 47:30 like this to the community, free medical, and dental, 47:33 and eye care to these people who desperately needed us, 47:36 that desperately needs it. 47:37 The least we can do, is give them a thank you note. 47:40 And they wrote this beautiful card out 47:42 and when they got in after being there, 47:44 they got there at midnight after staying 47:45 and making this beautiful card. 47:47 They walk through the door before they would even 47:49 allow themselves to be treated, they tracked down cost 47:52 and our communications director and said, 47:55 we want to give this to you, 47:56 you people for doing this for us, 47:59 thank you, thank you, thank you, for doing something 48:02 and not expecting anything in return. 48:04 And to me that's what Jesus has done for us. 48:07 Why can we not want to do the same for others? 48:09 Praise the Lord. Praise the lord. 48:10 Let me ask the question in a slightly different way. 48:12 As you look back, 48:14 what life was impacted the most by you services? 48:18 Does anyone, sort of, stand out? 48:19 As from point A to point B, the greatest change, 48:24 be it physical, mental, spiritual 48:26 or even something that you did surgically? 48:29 I would think of the patient 48:31 that I dealt with in San Antonio. 48:32 That's what I thought of too, the lady. 48:34 The story that you heard me tell there, in Spokane. 48:37 Yes, yes. That was a powerful story. 48:39 It's an unbelievable story. 48:41 Unfortunately, we don't have enough time 48:42 to tell all the details, 48:44 but to suffice it to say 48:45 that God used multiple family members 48:49 to reach a husband and a wife that got... 48:53 that the family of the husband 48:54 had been praying for him to become 48:56 a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian for 30 years. 48:58 Unbeknownst to him, 49:00 he and his wife were coming 49:02 to a Seventh-Day Adventist event. 49:03 They came to the event, after the event he said, 49:06 I want to be a part of any church 49:07 that would such a thing, 49:09 had no way of getting in contact 49:10 for one reason or another. 49:12 God caused one of our pastors to call this man, 49:16 God caused one of our pastors to call this man 49:19 just at the moment he was 49:20 turning back to alcohol and drugs, after ten years, 49:24 calls him up on the phone and says, hello, 49:27 I'm the pastor of the church that you came to, 49:29 got the free medical care, yes, yes, 49:31 would you like to follow up at our churches. 49:33 He came. 49:34 He and his wife came to every single night 49:36 of those health courses. 49:37 He then went right on into our gospel evangelism courses, 49:40 that's how we do things, 49:42 he came to every night of those. 49:44 And by God's grace, he and his wife were baptized 49:47 at the end of that event. 49:48 And they had the awesome opportunity of coming 49:51 and meeting me at General Conference Session 49:53 at the very place, that they were first reacquainted 49:56 with the Seventh-Day Adventist church. 49:57 Yeah, powerful, powerful. Awesome. 49:59 And that is not the exception, it is the rule that 50:02 God does work mighty miracles in this ministry. 50:06 And I know you have seen it over and over again. 50:07 Now before we go to our news break, 50:10 let's walk them through the contact points again, 50:13 because I really want to lay on this, 50:14 because I don't want folks to miss this, 50:16 how to get in touch with you 50:17 and how to volunteer their services? 50:19 Sure, if they go to 50:20 www. PathwayToHealthVolunteer.org 50:25 and click volunteer for LA. 50:28 Okay, and if they maybe not computer savvy. 50:31 You can call 1-888-44PATHWAY. 50:36 1-888-44PATHWAY. 50:39 All right, now when they call, what are they gonna be asked? 50:42 Well, it will first go to a voicemail. 50:44 Let's say, would you have further questions 50:46 or information, please hang on. 50:48 And then they can talk to a live person, 50:50 it'll be forwarded right to a live person 50:52 and they can ask their specific questions. 50:55 When I go to that website, what kinds of information 50:58 am I expected to give? 51:00 So, you, know, name, you know, a distinct email address, 51:05 every volunteer must have a distinct email address 51:07 from everyone else. 51:09 Even husbands and wives who share, 51:10 they have to have a separate one, 51:12 'cause that identifies them individually and then - 51:14 Contact information 51:16 and what department they want to work in. 51:18 Are they bringing kids? What shirt size, uniform? 51:22 Okay, we want to go to our contact information, 51:24 so you can see this, and then we go right to our news break, 51:27 then we'll come back with a closing thought, 51:28 put a little bow on this and before we say goodbye. 51:31 Here's the contact information you'll need. 51:34 Your Best Pathway to Health 51:35 seeks to reach the great cities of this planet 51:38 with the love of God 51:39 by providing medical and dental care for free. 51:42 If you would like to know more, 51:43 you can write to Your Best Pathway to Health, 51:46 12501, Old Columbia Pike, 51:49 Sliver Spring, Maryland, 20904. 51:52 That's Your Best Pathway to Health, 51:54 12501, Old Columbia Pike, 51:57 Sliver Spring, Maryland, 20904. 52:00 You can call 888-447-2849. 52:05 That's 888-447-2849. 52:09 Or visit them online at PathwaytoHealthVolunteer.org. 52:13 That's PathwaytoHealthVolunteer.org. |
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