Participants: Danny Shelton & Bruce Fjarli (Host), Jacki Fjarli & Brenda Walsh & Debbie
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016010A
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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 00:30 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. 01:08 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:10 Thank you for joining us as you do each and everyday. 01:13 And we have some special guest today, 01:16 starting with my co-host. 01:18 You're actually in the host chair, you know? 01:19 Well, that's a privilege. 01:21 All right, Bruce Fjarli, 01:22 and Bruce is actually the chairman 01:25 of the board of Three Angles Broadcasting Network. 01:27 So I guess I let him sit 01:29 in which ever chair he wants to. 01:31 That's a good idea, Danny. 01:33 But we are very thankful that you're here today. 01:35 But you brought along some special guest. 01:38 Some beautiful ladies 01:39 and it looks like they must be from another country, 01:42 not the US, the way they're dressed. 01:44 Maybe from India or somewhere, 01:45 why don't you introduce our guest? 01:47 We took them to India and we dressed them up. 01:49 That's what it is. Very nice of you. 01:51 This is Debbie Thomson. She's from Sacramento. 01:52 Hi, Debbie. Hello. 01:54 My wife, Jacki Fjarli. 01:56 Hey, Jacki. Hi, Danny. 01:57 And everybody knows Miss Brenda. 01:59 Miss Brenda Walsh, all right. We do know about her. 02:02 Now, Debbie, you look familiar. 02:03 Where do we see you on TV? On 3ABN. 02:07 On 3ABN, and we see you leading music. 02:10 Yes. 02:11 For the Sabbath school, right? That's right. 02:13 Church service there for Doug Bachelor, right? 02:15 So some of the flocks are saying, 02:16 "Where do I know her from?" 02:18 You usually not dressed in a, and what do you call that? 02:20 A Punjabi dress. Oh! Okay. 02:23 Probably, not dressed like that usually on Sabbath. 02:25 Not usually. But, all right. 02:28 So we're glad that you're here. 02:29 And of course, Jacki you're on TV all the time, 02:31 so you're not nervous, I know. 02:32 No, not at all. No, not too much. 02:35 Brenda's probably nervous. 02:37 She's doesn't spend much time in front of the camera. 02:39 I'm just kidding, of course. 02:40 That's a nice outfit you have on. 02:42 Tell us about that Brenda. 02:44 Well, this is a dress Punjabi too, in India. 02:46 I had quite a few Punjabis that I wore around 02:49 and on the job site and I did, I kept two of them 02:52 and the rest of them I gave to the girls 02:54 in the dormitory before I left 02:56 and it was a really a special thing for me 02:58 to see how appreciative they were 03:00 and excited to get their new Punjabis 03:03 and I got to say, 03:04 these are really comfortable, don't you think, ladies? 03:06 Yeah. 03:07 I mean, they are very comfortable 03:08 and nice to wear, they were fun. 03:10 Little hard to ride an elephant though, 03:12 that was a little bit tricky. 03:13 Yeah, well, we're gonna talk about that a little bit, 03:16 because you're gonna get your seat belts on. 03:18 We're gonna go to India today. 03:20 And some incredible thing are happening there 03:23 and we God the credit. 03:24 And you, for those of you who are supporting the work 03:27 that's going on over there, 03:28 and we'll find out that literally 1000s 03:30 and yeah, 100s of 1000s of folks' 03:32 lives have been changed because of you. 03:35 And you're giving, your support 03:36 and you're prayer, and of course, 03:38 through the leadership of Fjarli's and others. 03:40 And we'll talk about that a little more 03:42 but, Brenda I know that you say you have a fear of dogs, right? 03:45 I sure do. 03:46 What about the dog you've had on the program forever. 03:49 Well, anyone that has actually read my bedtime story books, 03:52 Miss Brenda's Bedtime story books. 03:54 In volume one, there a chapter in there called, 03:56 "Maxwell, the Kids Time Dog." 03:57 And I tell the story, and I tell the, 03:59 you know, the secret that a lot of people don't know is that, 04:02 Miss Brenda is terrified of dogs, and I really am. 04:04 I'm just terrified of dogs and I tell the miracle story 04:07 how God led me to Maxwell and really blessed 04:09 and gave me a dog that goes to sleep through every program 04:13 and has for eight years. 04:15 So you know, that's pretty amazing 04:17 and when I was. 04:18 As long as the viewers don't go to sleep. 04:20 The viewers don't go to sleep, 04:21 but Maxwell goes to sleep every program 04:24 and God just really truly blessed me 04:25 with the dog that has never licked me, 04:27 never jumped on me, and never barked at me. 04:29 Which is what, answer to my prayer, 04:30 that's what I prayed for. 04:32 And so when I was preparing for India, 04:34 Bruce asked me about a year ago to go, 04:36 as it was getting closer and closer, 04:38 I got to tell you I was afraid. 04:39 And I started praying with my dad in the mornings 04:42 so that I would not freak out, 04:44 you know, when 'cause I found out 04:46 there's a lot of dogs everywhere in India. 04:49 And wild dogs, and just, they roam everywhere 04:52 and not on leashes. 04:53 And so about a week before we were leaving, 04:56 daddy had prayed, just prayed with me on the phone 04:58 and he specifically prayed that day that I would, 05:02 God would take the fear away, 05:03 that I wouldn't freak out when I saw a dog, and He would. 05:05 Because I thought, how's God is going to use me 05:07 if I'm so afraid. 05:09 Well, half hour after dad and I finished prayer, 05:12 Bruce called me and he said, 05:14 "Well, I just want to let you know, Miss Brenda." 05:16 He said that "got up this morning." 05:18 And he felt impressed that I should get someone to help. 05:21 He said, "I want you to know, 05:23 I've got you some puppy patrol." 05:24 And I was like, "What?" What did he say?" 05:26 He says, "Puppy patrol. 05:28 We'll have somebody there, 05:29 will be there to just follow you around, 05:30 make sure they keep the dogs away, 05:32 we have puppy patrol." 05:33 I literally got off the phone, called my dad, 05:36 had a thank you prayer, and I was like, 05:38 I was almost in tears, 05:40 seriously because I couldn't believe 05:41 how quickly God had answered our prayer. 05:43 And you didn't even know that I was afraid of dogs. 05:45 No. 05:46 So how in the world did, did God impress you to do that? 05:49 It's just mind bobbling to me. 05:51 Well, God does that. God impresses us. 05:54 If we listen, we get that impressions. 05:56 But I knew Debbie was a little hesitant about dogs, 05:59 because she had a dog bite and it was very traumatic 06:02 and it almost took your life. 06:05 Then I just gave her the comfort. 06:07 I wanted to do the same for you. 06:09 So it was just God's impression. 06:12 If I go back again, 06:13 would you do a cobra patrol for me? 06:17 Cobra patrol, I'll take care the food for it. 06:19 We don't have time going to my story 06:20 about going over to a bush for certain reasons 06:23 and finding out there was cobra there, 06:25 so I ran back and said, I guess I can hold up for a while. 06:29 So that's bad enough for that story for now. 06:31 But all of that said, we have some young folk here 06:35 that's gonna be singing a song from, 06:37 It's A Beautiful World project that you produced. 06:40 And this song says, and you guys have proven it. 06:43 "I Can Do All Things Through Christ." 06:55 I'm one of a kind that's what God had in mind 07:00 When He created me 07:03 I'm part of His plan So I know that I can 07:07 Be all He wants me to be 07:11 I can do all things through Christ 07:15 Nothing's too big or small 07:19 I know that He'll supply my needs 07:23 He's there whenever I call 07:27 Let's read about it in Philippians 4:13 07:30 "I can do all things through Christ 07:32 who strengthens me." 07:34 And Philippians 4:19 says, 07:36 "For my God shall supply all your needs 07:39 according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus." 07:46 Much greater is He who lives within me 07:50 Than he that is in the world 07:54 We need not fear, for God is near 07:58 To every boy and girl 08:02 I can do all things through Christ 08:05 Nothing's too big or small 08:09 I know that He'll supply my needs 08:13 He's there whenever I call 08:18 That's right boys, and girls, 08:19 we can do all things through Christ. 08:22 All we have to do is come in the name of the Lord. 08:25 That's exactly what David did 08:27 when he faced that great big giant Goliath. 08:30 In 1 Samuel 17:45, little David says to Goliath, 08:35 "You come to me with a sword and with a spear 08:38 and with javelin, but I come to you 08:40 in the name of the LORD of hosts." 08:43 And we all know what happened when David drew out the stone, 08:46 and slung it towards Goliath. 08:48 The Lord guided that stone 08:50 to take down the enemy of David, 08:52 and of the living God. 08:53 So remember, there is nothing we can't do 08:56 when we come in the name of the Lord. 09:00 I can do all things through Christ 09:03 Nothing's too big or small 09:07 I know that He'll supply my needs 09:11 He's there whenever I call 09:15 I can do all things through Christ 09:19 Nothing's too big or small 09:23 I know that He'll supply my needs 09:27 He's there whenever I call 09:30 He's there whenever I call 09:33 I can do all 09:35 I can do all things through Christ. 09:44 Amen. Yes. 09:45 Really it's true, we can do all things Christ, 09:48 who strengthen us, right? 09:49 That's true. It's my favorite Bible text. 09:51 I write it every time I sign a book, 09:53 I write that text down there for people. 09:54 All right. 09:56 I'm gonna back at number of years, Mr. Bruce. 09:59 I went to India to Ongole. Yes. 10:02 With Garwin McNeilus at Maranatha, 10:04 Don Noble and all those folk. Yeah. Mike Ryan. 10:07 Mike Ryan was there. 10:08 Don Schneider even came over 10:10 so there was a group of us folk there. 10:12 We saw tremendous amount of people. 10:15 Every night probably 40,000 people a night 10:17 were coming and I mean, it's amazing. 10:21 We had Bob, Garwin's friend as you know, that was laymen. 10:26 They said, "Well, you can preach this." 10:28 He says, "Well, you know, I have a business on this side 10:31 and I'm not really preacher." 10:33 They said, "No, you can do it. 10:35 Take Mark Finley's help and go out there and do it." 10:38 Forty thousand people a night were coming out, 10:41 we saw, I think 15,000 people were baptized. 10:44 Built a number of churches, 10:46 but I guess you and your folks were at home. 10:48 And you didn't go on the trip. 10:49 But I understand you watched it, 10:51 tell me little about it. 10:52 I was watching that program. 10:54 I was at actually at home in Mannford 10:55 and my folks were down in Yuma, Arizona. 11:00 And as I watched that program, 11:01 I was impressed to contact Don Nobel and Mike Ryan 11:05 and say, "I'm available help with that, 11:08 if you need some help, I'll be glad to help with that." 11:12 So I finished watching the program, 11:16 and five minutes after the program was over, 11:18 my dad called me and he said, 11:20 "Bruce, have you ever thought about going to India?" 11:22 And I said, "As a matter of fact, I have, 11:24 and I will go." 11:26 So that's how we got started on this, 11:29 our projects in India. 11:30 And we had Bruce Johnston develop the first team for us 11:34 and it was successful. 11:36 I think there was 50 people went with us, 11:38 and did 50 villages and I think there were some where-- 11:42 Did 50 villages, what do you mean by that? 11:46 Well, each night we had a five villages 11:49 come to ten different spots. 11:50 Okay. 11:52 So we'd have an evangelistic meeting there, 11:53 we'd have children story and health talk 11:55 and then the message much like, Bob Paulson was doing it. 11:59 It was the, it was written scripts 12:01 and had it translated and the people, 12:04 we trucked into these areas, 12:06 and then after that we had a reaping time of baptism 12:10 and it seems like there was about 10,000 people baptized. 12:15 Wow! In that first meeting. 12:16 How many trips, you got any idea, 12:17 how many trips have you been back since then? 12:21 I've been there over 30 times since then. 12:23 Thirty times? Yeah. 12:25 Oh my, what a trip. 12:26 That's not like going next door, right? 12:28 How many hours did it take you? 12:30 It's a day on the plane, 24 hours in the plane. 12:32 Yeah, yeah and if you stay all night in dark 12:35 or somewhere you can be 40 hours or whatever 12:37 getting from A to Z, right? 12:40 Yeah, it's not a, it's not a picnic, but it is, 12:43 it's a good time to reflect on the blessings 12:47 that Christ has given us, and done for us 12:50 and just to sit there and relax 12:52 and think about Him and praise His name. 12:57 And try and be comfortable 12:59 which is a little bit of a challenge 13:00 once in a while in there, right, ladies? 13:02 Well, it's a great witnessing time too 13:04 because you have people, usually on either side of you 13:06 or near you that, you know, they can't go anywhere. 13:08 So it's great in time to witness. 13:11 They're right there, you got a captive audience. 13:12 That's true! 13:14 Well, the Fjarli families were some, Debbie, 13:16 some of our biggest monthly supporters. 13:18 They give $15,000 a month. And so it's too late. 13:23 I probably shouldn't have said, 13:24 Bruce gets, prefers me not to say. 13:26 But at the time there were giving $15,000 a month. 13:29 Great amount of money to be giving. 13:31 It started out smaller but, Merlin kept saying, 13:33 "Well, as the Lord bless us more we'll give more 13:36 when, I think 5000, 7,500 and 10,000, 15 and so." 13:41 One day I got a call from him, he said, 13:43 "Well, we were watching what's going on in India 13:46 and we're really impressed to help over there." 13:48 And I said, "Great" and he said, 13:50 "I want to ask you, what you would think about us 13:52 giving that $15,000 a month putting that into India? 13:56 And how do you feel about it?" 13:58 So, I thought about for a second, 14:00 I said, "Well, you know, the Lord will direct you 14:02 where to put your money. 14:03 I know he has here, 14:04 so he directs you to put it there." 14:06 But to tell you the truth, they started to doing that, 14:09 but they've helped us many times over 14:10 in many projects since then 14:12 so, we haven't lost anything probably gained on that one. 14:15 So thank you all for, for what you do. 14:17 But it's been an amazing project. 14:20 Brenda or maybe Jacki, Debbie, any of you, 14:23 do you have any idea, how many people 14:26 since they started and that on go, 14:29 how many people have been baptized? 14:30 Tell me about the growth of the church. 14:32 What do you know about it? 14:33 You know, I don't think you can you put a number on that. 14:36 I mean, it's astronomical. 14:38 And I know from my many years of Maranatha 14:42 and following the Fjarli family 14:43 you know, with their journey in India 14:45 and obviously continuing you know the amount of lives 14:49 that they've impacted in India, 14:51 not just in the school and church construction 14:54 but the volunteers that go over with them. 14:56 I mean, you know, touching someone's life, 14:59 you know, it touches other people's life, 15:02 it's that ripple effect. 15:03 And I know that your dad and your mom and you 15:07 and everyone you know, 15:09 you've touched a lot of people's lives 15:11 and I'm sure there's no number that you can put on that. 15:14 I was really surprised, Danny to know, 15:16 when that we got over and Debbie were sharing with me 15:18 because Debbie produced the Maranatha program 15:21 for almost ten years. 15:22 And she's amazing, like talented 15:25 you know, women here. 15:26 But she was sharing with me all the schools 15:28 because I was impressed with the schools, 15:30 and she has, oh, Brenda says, "You have no idea, 15:32 what the Fjarli family has done over here for India." 15:35 And she started sharing with me, 15:37 Debbie, the amount of schools that that are there. 15:40 Do we even know how many? 15:43 We, we know and it's not that many. 15:45 It is only four. 15:46 There is a lot of them done over there, 15:48 McNeilus did a lot of them 15:49 and many other people helped 15:51 but we were directly involved with four of them. 15:54 And what about our churches? 15:56 Churches, we had a lot of help from a lot of friends, 16:01 and other church members. 16:02 There's I think around a 1100 or 1200 churches. 16:05 Over 1000 churches built over there, 16:07 it's incredible. 16:09 Jacki, I don't know, do you enjoy traveling? 16:11 I hope so, but Bruce says to you, "I'm going to India, 16:14 how about you going with me?" 16:16 How did you-- 16:17 He says, "We're going to India." 16:21 I enjoy the trips. 16:22 It's very rewarding to go and what you come home with, 16:29 the change of heart. 16:31 The desire to share Jesus with people. 16:34 How did that happen? Why do you come home changed? 16:36 What do you see when you're there? 16:37 Because you see people that have nothing 16:39 but, yet they are happy. 16:41 And they'll invite you into their homes 16:44 and they have nothing in their homes. 16:46 And they just when they hear about Jesus, 16:50 you can see the change in their lives, 16:52 and it's just wonderful experience. 16:56 I would encourage anybody to go. 17:00 All right, Debbie you've been how many times to India? 17:03 This was my second time. 17:04 My first time is exactly ten years ago. 17:07 When that was it was mix of Maranatha, MN 17:11 with a Medical component, Amazing Facts. 17:14 And construction side of it 17:15 and with a big evangelistic meetings. 17:17 So I got to see that side and then this side was 17:20 you know, the school construction 17:21 so it was nice to have to see both of those. 17:25 Brenda says, you have a lot of experience in production. 17:27 Give us some of your background. 17:30 Well, let's see. 17:31 It's a very I mean, I love television production, 17:34 I'm a professional photographer. 17:36 I've worked for Maranatha for ten years. 17:39 During Maranatha mission stories 17:40 and traveling around. 17:42 Loved that. 17:43 But decided five years ago, after my second kid 17:46 that I would free lance 17:47 and stay home and raise my kids. 17:49 And so I have my photography production business 17:53 and stay busy on weekends 17:55 for Amazing facts with the music 17:57 and you know, their productions 17:59 and go where ever God wants me and can use me so-- 18:02 So how did it end up you going this time? 18:05 Oh, well, I got a phone call 18:08 about a week before we left. 18:09 And it said, there was, one of your staff here at 3ABN 18:16 wasn't able to go and we need a videographer 18:19 and can you do it? 18:21 So I said to my husband, "I got a phone call." 18:25 He was like, "You'll be stupid, not to do it." 18:27 And I'm like, "I know" so that was that. 18:31 Tell him thank you for us, will you? 18:32 Yeah, I will. 18:34 Tell him thank you for letting you come. 18:35 We appreciate it. 18:36 So, for those watching at home, what did you see? 18:39 What did you go with? What were your expectations? 18:42 What did you come back with? 18:44 I went hoping that I would find my heart in India. 18:50 Because I left it there ten years ago, 18:52 and I always get emotional about India for some reason. 18:54 But it's not for some reason because it is special country. 18:59 And ten years ago I left it there 19:01 and you know, you just fall in love 19:03 with the people in India. 19:04 And so I was anticipating 19:06 you know, what's it's gonna be like this time around. 19:08 Am I still going to have that, 19:10 you know, first time experience. 19:12 And it was different because we were on a school campus, 19:16 and we weren't going out into the community 19:18 you know, and really hanging out with, 19:19 you know, the local people as much as, 19:22 you know, my first trip. 19:24 But it was still, I mean, you bond with those children, 19:26 you bond with you know, 19:28 the few people that are there from the community 19:31 and I discovered very quickly 19:34 that my heart was absolutely waiting for me. 19:38 And you know, just the experience in India 19:40 you can never really put that into words, 19:43 you have to go. 19:45 And you know, and then when someone says, 19:48 "How was India?" 19:50 That is such a open ended question 19:52 because there is no way to go. 19:53 Well, India was one you know, XYZ it's not 19:57 and it's in experience that will impact your life, 20:00 and it will, it will stay with you forever. 20:04 And you know, it's you know, I've been with Maranatha 20:07 and other you know, around the world 20:09 but there is just something about India 20:11 that will change your life. 20:13 Do you have more trips planned to India? 20:16 Not, not definite. Next year, or the year after. 20:18 We're hoping to go once a year. 20:20 We haven't got a place to picked out yet. 20:22 We're thinking about going back to the Irvine school. 20:25 They need some more help there. 20:27 But we're in the process of finding a place to go 20:31 and we haven't made that decision that yet. 20:32 You think, you'll ever want to go back 20:34 or go back to India again. 20:35 Yeah, I just need that phone call. 20:40 Well, I have a feeling you'll get it. 20:43 So now did you and Brenda Walsh know each other, 20:45 before this trip? 20:47 Well, we met once like, eight, nine years ago. 20:51 I was doing a program with Doug Bachelor. 20:53 I was at South Central, and for kids. 20:56 Okay. It's time. 20:58 And we me briefly really just briefly. 20:59 Behind the mall. 21:01 May I give you an alert about Miss Brenda? 21:03 Oh, oh, oh, oh. 21:04 This is the alert about Miss Brenda all right. 21:06 Hold your ears at home, be careful 21:09 'cause you'll be working with her 21:11 because when she finds somebody really good, 21:13 really dedicated, really loves Jesus, 21:16 boy, she's on them. 21:17 She's like, "Listen, I can use you." 21:19 So I think... 21:20 Not I can use you, God can use you 21:22 and as a matter of fact, Danny. 21:23 I've already asked her. You already getting. 21:25 Oh, yeah. 21:27 And I' am asking to my, 21:28 I think we should just have the viewers pray too 21:29 that you would just pray, 21:31 because I've offered Debbie the position 21:35 as our Kid's network program director. 21:38 And for all new programming and she is so creative 21:41 and she's in fact, she's so creative 21:43 that I wasn't with her five minutes 21:46 and I asked her to co-produce this program 21:48 that we're doing over in India. 21:49 So, that's in fact, 21:51 there's a picture of us here together 21:52 that they can put up of us on the side 21:55 and I'm like Debbie, she had so many, 21:57 an idea a minute. 21:58 And I said, "Debbie, would you co-produce with me?" 22:00 'Cause she, 22:02 she's produced these type of Maranatha programs 22:04 for so long, I would be crazy not to tap into that talent. 22:06 You know, and my daddy didn't raise 22:09 that kind of fool, so... 22:11 Well, Brenda was a really good sport, 22:13 because I had a vision 22:14 of putting her in a really big pot 22:17 that they cook rice in. 22:18 And she climbed it in. She did. 22:20 She asked me to, I was like, 22:22 "I'm gonna do whatever she wants me to do." 22:23 Oh, wow! It was a good visual. 22:26 And it was for the children, you know, they will understand 22:28 how big those pots are for cooking rice. 22:30 She was a great sport. And we did. 22:32 And I even invited 22:34 a couple of the workers to climb in with me 22:35 so we could show how big that pot really was. 22:39 And here I' am sitting in the pot. 22:42 So-- 22:43 So in ministry it's okay, to have a little fun right? 22:45 You should have a little fun. 22:47 Now have you been to India before? 22:49 I had never been to India. 22:50 I had wanted to go and in fact, Bruce's father Merlin Fjarli 22:54 had asked me for many times to come. 22:57 And every single time I was already booked taping Kids Time 23:01 and I couldn't go. 23:02 And I really did want to go with him 23:05 and I love, you know, I loved your parents, Bruce 23:08 and you know. 23:09 So I really want to go 23:10 and he made it sound so enticing, 23:12 and of course, he didn't tell me about the dogs at that time. 23:15 So I was really excited to go. 23:16 But then, a year ago Bruce called me up and he said, 23:21 he's said, "Well, I'm going to do something 23:22 my dad didn't do." 23:23 And I said, "What's that?" 23:25 And he said, "I'm gonna ask you early." 23:27 Okay. 23:29 And so it got on the calendar 'cause I usually book out 23:31 I speak some more almost every weekend 23:33 and I'm booked out usually a year 23:34 and two years ahead of time. 23:35 And so we put it on the calendar 23:37 and to make it happen. 23:40 And I got to tell you, I'm with Debbie you lose, 23:42 you really leave your heart there. 23:44 I mean, it's the people. Tell us about it. 23:48 Well, I fell in love with the people, 23:50 I can't even tell you how, when you look at those kids, 23:54 when Debbie said, you bond with them. 23:56 You bond with them. Yeah. 23:57 And not only that, something I just wanted to bring out, 24:01 I know when I had to put on a schedule on my website 24:05 that I was going to India, oh, my people started, 24:08 people I didn't even know, you know, would call me 24:10 and emailing me and telling me 24:11 Miss Brenda you can't go to India. 24:12 It's too dangerous. 24:14 We need you on 3ABN, Kids Time needs you, 24:15 you can't go to India. 24:17 And so, they kind of you know, 24:19 that's when I found about the dogs. 24:22 And so, you know... 24:24 That would be the last of my worries in India. 24:27 Yeah. Is the dogs but okay. 24:31 But here's what I found out. 24:33 First of all, if you go on a trip with Bruce Fjarli, 24:36 he takes care of every detail. 24:38 Every possible detail you can imagine, 24:41 he's got he's thought through 24:42 or if he hasn't thought through himself, 24:44 I'm gonna say he is Holy Spirit led. 24:46 He's going to be asking you to join Kids Time next. 24:50 Well, I got to have a disclaimer here, 24:52 'cause Maranatha is, 24:53 they're the ones that make all that happen. 24:55 I make suggestions, I'm watching, 24:57 I'm wanting make it comfortable for the volunteers 25:00 but it's, it's Maranatha 25:02 and the team in India that really takes care of us. 25:04 Well, that's what I was gonna to say too. 25:06 And I'm glad that you brought that up. 25:07 Because, first of all, you do, you are Holy Spirit led 25:10 and the Holy Spirit impresses you go 25:12 and you just make it all happen, 25:14 God uses you in amazing way. 25:16 But one thing I found out Danny, 25:17 about the Maranatha trip, 25:19 if you're on a Maranatha mission trip, 25:21 it is the safest way to do a mission trip. 25:23 I mean, from the time you land to, 25:26 if our airport pickup and to the time you leave, 25:30 every single details taken care off. 25:32 From, you know, drinking water to transportation to you know, 25:36 hotels to whatever you need you have, 25:39 it's taking care off. 25:40 I mean, it's like it's a, I had no personal fear 25:45 from my own safety at anytime. 25:48 Not at anytime. 25:49 And God really has, 25:52 has blessed Maranatha in a mighty way, 25:54 and I think he's given him divine directions, 25:56 and guidance and how to plan mission trips. 25:59 They have it down 26:00 and I wouldn't hesitate going anywhere in the world, 26:02 if it was a Maranatha mission trip. 26:05 And of course, especially if person Jacki are there. 26:08 The school has been built, while you were there? 26:10 It was being built. Did you help do the work? 26:13 Or you just work with the kids. 26:14 Actually there's a picture on here. 26:15 Let's show this picture up here of a, 26:17 I here with Bruce, and he's teacher, 26:20 trying to teach me how to, what is that thing? 26:25 It's a rivet gun. 26:26 Is a rivet gun and I think, 26:28 I think I made Bruce laugh more than I was helpful. 26:30 Here we're trying to teach Miss Brenda 26:32 how to run a rivet gun. 26:33 Yeah, you should tell though how you did that, Brenda. 26:36 Yeah, where's the video part of it? 26:39 Well, you know, there's some things 26:42 that are better left in imagination. 26:45 She was a good sport. 26:46 Was that just for show 26:48 or was that really she was trying. 26:49 I was really, I was trying hard to do it. 26:51 I promise you I was put in everything I could have. 26:54 I have a whole new respect for people in construction, 26:56 can I just say? 26:58 That was hard, that was really difficult for me to do. 26:59 You decided to maybe just move here 27:01 to another area after-- 27:03 Yeah, we tried to keep her on the media team. 27:05 Sweeping, sweeping. 27:07 We didn't have Miss Brenda out in front as the leading person. 27:10 I found out my real talents are not in construction 27:13 and then there was a picture here with Danny. 27:16 He was trying, he thought, okay, well, 27:18 you know I had a little trouble with the rivet thing 27:20 and so, we'll try the drill, 27:21 you know, I think that's a power drill. 27:23 And so, you know, it was it got hilarious 27:26 I had to crack up laughing 27:27 so Danny was such a great sport he was just, 27:30 I think he was laughing too more than, 27:32 more than teaching me. 27:34 You know what it's like Danny to try and teach somebody 27:36 that has no clue what their trying to look at. 27:38 Now wait a minute. 27:40 She's a good cook, and she's good with kids. 27:42 But construction, no, I think you were behind the door. 27:45 That's the beautiful thing about the Maranatha project. 27:48 Yeah. You don't have to have skills. 27:49 Right. Yeah. You just have a willing heart. 27:51 If you're willing, and she was willing, she wanted to do. 27:53 But good point, Debbie. 27:55 and everybody can come on Maranatha trip 27:59 and contribute in one way or another. 28:01 It's just those three words. Yes. 28:03 Flexibility. 28:04 No, adaptability, adaptability and adaptability 28:09 is the three words. 28:10 But we had people there that they were 26 28:13 and we had people there over 88 and everybody in between. 28:15 Really? Wow! Yes. 28:16 So these flocks volunteer. Yes. 28:18 And they go all the way to India. 28:20 And you put them to work so did we get a school built? 28:23 Yeah, we did we got a video here. 28:25 Video roll, can we put that up? Absolutely. 28:26 Let's take a look at the picture of it. 28:28 Then you can tell us about it. 28:29 We, this is a Irvine Adventist school. 28:32 It's built in 1974, 28:35 and you can see the boys are right in front 28:37 they existing class room. 28:39 We got it partially torn down there a bit. 28:41 Maranatha had all the foundation 28:43 and the side walks are in, 28:45 and the columns were up in block work 28:48 and stucco work was done. 28:52 So we painted. Okay. 28:53 And we all put all the trusses up, 28:55 put all the siding on and put all the roofing on. 28:58 Doors and windows in. A good size building. 29:00 This is peeling the plastic, all the roofing inside, 29:04 it has a plastic on both sides. 29:06 There's our trusses going together. 29:09 Beautiful buildings, well insolated, 29:12 there's yours truly cutting the hole in for the windows. 29:14 Okay. 29:16 With a saw sponsored by Medford Tools, 29:19 Holly and Nadine, thank you so much for that saw. 29:21 Okay, good. 29:23 And there's Merlin painting. Wow! 29:27 Look great, great building. 29:28 Well, we did all that in ten days. 29:30 Really? Ten days? 29:32 We built those building in ten days. 29:33 Here their existing class rooms where they were meeting. 29:36 And they were two capacity, 29:38 but we're just taking all that down now. 29:40 We got to tear that all down Friday 29:42 before we got to go home but what a blessing. 29:47 And that building was the administration building 29:50 and the classrooms. 29:51 Yeah, the one without the piece on the top of it 29:53 is the administration building where the principle being in. 29:56 The other ones are class rooms. 29:58 The old school room, when it rained, 30:01 it rained inside as well as outside. 30:04 Wow! 30:06 Some of the kids, there's 45 kids, 30:08 they are that are at borders. 30:10 And then the rest of them coming from the community. 30:12 There was like a 140, 150 kids that really there all the time. 30:16 But he's gonna increase his enrollment 30:19 by 150 next year, and another 150 the year after 30:22 so, it's real blessing. 30:24 You can see the kids there, 30:25 they are some of our volunteers at the inauguration. 30:29 That's the principle, very nice men, 30:33 very dedicated to the Lord and kids. 30:35 The kids were so nice and well behaved 30:37 and spoke English and they knew several English songs already 30:41 before we got there. 30:43 We had an elephant come by and help us. 30:46 How about that? 30:48 We got to go for the ride on that and... 30:50 Did you do that Brenda? I did get, right there. 30:54 I'm right up there and-- 30:56 Amazing. 30:57 We, that really was an amazing trip. 31:00 That's proof that she wears a same thing twice. 31:07 That's another aspect of the trip was the children, 31:11 the children's program 31:12 and David Brillhart's wife Becky Brillhart 31:16 headed up the children's program each day. 31:19 And we have a video role of children's program. 31:21 Can we put that up? Sure, absolutely. 31:25 Here they are singing songs with the kids each day 31:28 and teaching some of the song, the kids were teaching them 31:31 some of their songs in Indian and then they were teaching, 31:34 the Maranatha volunteers were teaching the kids 31:38 some of the American songs as well. 31:40 And there's Becky in background right there 31:44 teaching those kids, 31:45 and they've just really loved it. 31:48 Those kids were so amazing 31:49 they just were hanging on every word you can see how, 31:52 and then they played the games with them, 31:53 they had a recess time afterwards went on playing. 31:57 There I'm cutting hair, I've been cutting hair for years 31:59 so I bring my scissors and I don't even know 32:01 how many hair cuts, and... 32:03 Quite a few. 32:05 Quite a few while I was I thought there 32:06 and then I also was would fix there hair 32:07 after the girls, I had fixed Melissa, 32:09 my assistant with me 32:11 and I has fixed her hair in braids each day. 32:14 And the girls loved Melissa's hair so much, 32:16 that they are all wanting that braids 32:17 so I was, you know, and I take a picture of them 32:20 and show the picture on the phones, 32:21 we didn't have the mirror 32:22 so they could see what it looked like. 32:24 Then we have Kids network balloons 32:25 that we passed out for the kids, 32:26 and boy, they just loved that. 32:29 And then we had 3ABN yo-yo set, 32:31 Molly gave me to bring over 32:33 and boy them went crazy over that. 32:34 Oh, look at this. 32:36 And now, giving them rides in the cart 32:38 and that was really, really something special 32:42 when we went over a bump. 32:45 No, the best part Brenda, was when she pushed them back 32:48 and the kids had moved 32:51 and so the cart became unstable, 32:53 I just see Brenda's feet go up and she's hanging. 32:55 I was replying over the kids. 33:00 I about went sailing about that trip. 33:03 I not sure how you got down. 33:04 But... 33:05 We did a medical team too. 33:07 We had a medical component 33:08 Dr. Grace came and her husband Jeff. 33:09 We can show that, we have a video up for this. 33:11 They're having Dr. Mark Hersch and his wife Sheryl. 33:15 We had some local Indian doctors there 33:17 they overseeing everything but they saw, 33:20 I think close to 600 people in the five different... 33:24 Wow. Total about 500 or 600. 33:26 There's Mark Hersch And they volunteered? 33:28 They all volunteered. Isn't that amazing? 33:31 Some of the kids there, kid's I used to call them kids 33:35 'cause they're only 26 or 27 33:36 but there's four girls found a young man 33:39 that came into the clinic. 33:41 He wasn't going to the school but he had a disjoined knee. 33:45 And they decided they were gonna help him, 33:47 they took him to the town, got him X-rayed they committed 33:51 to give sponsoring him at the school. 33:54 And getting his knee fixed and... 33:56 Wow! 33:57 His life is going to be completely changed. 33:59 Because he's gone from no education 34:02 that we know of, you know. 34:03 To going to school, getting an education. 34:07 And being a cripple and looking at a life of begging. 34:10 Yeah. Wow! 34:12 That's great, wonderful. 34:14 One of the highlights for me Danny, 34:16 is on this trip is working with David Brillhart 34:20 and I wanted to say the amazing David Brillhart. 34:23 He's somebody that had heard about for years 34:26 that's working in Maranatha. 34:28 He is their, would you say there head of their, 34:31 what would his title be there? 34:34 He came, I mean, I worked with him, 34:36 when he was contractor with Maranatha. 34:38 But I think his title there now, 34:40 is something director of online media. 34:43 Okay. 34:44 But I had heard about his work for years 34:45 and then several years ago, 34:47 I actually was able to meet with him in person 34:49 out in California. 34:51 And we were planning a program for Kids Time Mission. 34:54 That's was going to be the name of it, 34:56 and I was so thrilled to be working with him, and excited. 34:59 But it was something that never happened, 35:01 because again, timing his schedule, 35:04 he travels all over the world. 35:05 And my schedule we could never get time together. 35:07 I had even contacted you, and you wrote the song. 35:09 You know, for the theme song for it. 35:11 And in fact, it's on your Love Rules' album 35:13 which is amazing you know, CD as well, 35:16 but that song is an awesome song 35:18 that you wrote. 35:19 He wrote in four minutes and was it, 32 seconds. 35:23 That's serious. 35:25 That's what she says, I didn't know. 35:26 I know because I had it on my phone 35:27 from the time I first called him to, 35:30 and pleaded with him to write the song 35:32 and from the time he called back 35:34 was 4 minutes and 32 seconds. 35:36 So, exactly probably shorter 35:37 than that you actually wrote it. 35:39 Because you had to take time to call. 35:41 And put his guitar down. 35:43 I don't remember all that so, 35:44 But God gave you that song and it was amazing song 35:46 and so I really wanted this program 35:48 but it never happened. 35:50 Danny, I prayed about it, prayed about 35:51 but this where God's timing is perfect. 35:53 A week, a week before we're to go on the trip, 35:57 my director was had a you know, a medical emergency 36:02 and was not able to come and when Danny called and said, 36:06 "Brenda, I've got some bad news for you." 36:07 and then he's telling me, 36:09 "Danny, didn't I even once say to you?" 36:10 "Oh, we need him, 36:12 you got to go, he's got to go." 36:13 Did I even once? No. No. 36:15 I was like, okay. 36:16 I was prepaid for it but, you didn't. 36:18 I just knew she won't let it go that easy. 36:20 She's very persistent, very persistent 36:23 if she wants something. 36:24 Trust me. 36:26 Hey, when I know God wants something, 36:27 and I'm gonna get the job done, whatever God asking me to do. 36:29 So, your right, when I know 36:31 it's the Lord you know, leading. 36:32 Well, anyway I didn't feel impressed to plead or anything, 36:35 I was like okay, God's got a better plan. 36:37 You know, that's really how I felt 36:39 and I immediately got on the phone to Bruce 36:41 and I just shared the situation when I said, 36:43 Bruce we need a plan B. 36:48 Because you know, and he said, "Okay" within a, 36:50 he said, "Well, let me see what I can do 36:52 and I can make it this call and there goes in it, 36:54 of course, we've got David Brillhart 36:56 and I went "what?" 36:57 And he said, "David" that's it, who is there, 37:01 and he says, who could maybe could help us out. 37:02 And I said, David and he goes David Brillhart 37:04 and I went, oh, my word, no way. 37:06 I had not even an idea that he was even gonna be there. 37:09 It was already planning on being there, 37:11 and I was beyond excited 37:12 in fact, I was telling Bruce earlier, 37:14 I said, when we got off the phone 37:16 and I was like, I looked at Melissa, my assistant 37:17 and I go David Brillhart is gonna be in India. 37:21 So, I was so excited, I said, isn't God good? 37:24 I couldn't believe it. 37:25 I really was truly, here I've been wanted 37:27 to work with them for so long and God just arranged that. 37:30 And used you to do it 37:32 and I just, I was beyond blessed 37:34 and this is amazing and nobody does this 37:38 and people know in the, 37:40 in the media world nobody does this. 37:42 He was, he literally gave us every single thing 37:45 that he photographed. 37:46 He just gave it to us. 37:48 So you tend to ruin it. 37:50 As well as that, 37:51 he's the one who contacted Debbie 37:52 and put us together with her. 37:54 Exactly. 37:55 So she could come and help out. 37:56 And see, and I believed God, 37:58 He had another huge bigger plan. 37:59 'Cause God you know, thinks big and He want's us to think big, 38:02 so you know, I would have never met Debbie, 38:04 to even invite her to be our director of you know, 38:07 program for our Kids network. 38:08 So see isn't God good how He works, 38:10 I mean, it's amazing. 38:13 She's gonna keep bringing that up. 38:14 Yeah, clearly. 38:15 You're gonna be hearing this quite a bit for sometime. 38:18 So for sure, so we have some more video. 38:20 What are we gonna have next? 38:21 We got the media team coming up here. 38:23 Yeah, in fact, I'm let's watch the interview with David. 38:27 David Brillhart is not just the amazing producer, 38:31 he is a friend and a mentor to me. 38:32 And you know, when David came to Maranatha 38:36 you know, we had the opportunity 38:37 to work together. 38:39 And everything you say about him is true. 38:42 Thank you. 38:44 Well, I what a privilege it has to be for you 38:47 to have worked with him you know, 38:49 throughout the years as well. 38:50 And can I just say Debbie, and I'm sure 38:53 it's been your experience too but I can speak for myself. 38:56 He's a very humble man, 38:58 and he is like the top of the food chain 39:00 for you know, photography 39:02 and he could be making a gazillion dollars, 39:05 for anybody else in Hollywood and yet he has dedicated, 39:09 you've have dedicated your life to Jesus and to, 39:11 bringing you know, God's work to people 39:14 so that they can see what goes on here. 39:16 And that they can be inspired to do more for Jesus 39:20 and wow, I got a, wouldn't you say Debbie, 39:23 that you know, of all the people 39:24 you've worked with he's at the top. 39:26 No, he is. 39:27 He knows his stuff, and I know you hate this. 39:30 But you know what? 39:31 This is Brenda, Miss Brenda and I'll have this discussion, 39:33 you just close your ears. 39:35 Yeah, yeah. 39:36 No, David he knows his stuff. 39:37 He is a good cinematographer 39:39 and I just love working with him 39:40 because I learned so much. 39:42 I'll tell you what's fascinating, over the years, 39:44 I've worked with a lot of people in the industry 39:47 who are not members of our church, 39:51 maybe not even churched people. 39:53 And every time, I think okay, 39:56 I would like to do something different, 39:57 something bigger, better, 39:58 you know the big show as it were, 40:01 I'm reminded often by them, 40:03 when they come and they work in these kinds of settings 40:06 and they see what we do, they go, you have the best. 40:10 "This is always my favorite thing to do." 40:11 That's what they tell me. 40:13 When I come and I work with you, 40:14 and I get to tell stories that are really meaningful, 40:18 it moves people. 40:20 And so that's why I keep doing it. 40:24 Let's see some more of the media team 40:26 behind the scenes with her that are working there. 40:31 This is I was doing interviews at the, 40:34 you know, the time with different kids 40:36 and different people involved in Maranatha project. 40:39 But this behind the scenes. 40:40 Nobody really even talks about, who tells the story 40:42 for all the Maranatha mission programs 40:45 and there's David you know, behind the scene if you know. 40:47 One of those puppies out there. Yeah. 40:50 That's a random elephant. 40:51 Yeah, random elephant out there and there's Debbie. 40:54 And she's getting the shots and all. 40:55 Both of those always had there cameras going. 40:57 There's Melissa, my assistant 40:59 and she was helping out with words 41:01 that's in the program. 41:04 And there's Joe Baker who runs audio 41:07 and also he was running camera, and Joe I think can do it all. 41:10 If you talk about a topnotch in there field with audio, 41:14 he's one of the best. 41:16 And he works right here at 3ABN. 41:18 Yeah, that's right. 41:20 And he's gonna stay Brenda, you know, just in case. 41:25 The Lord is not calling him for Kids Time so you'll know. 41:26 Here we are in a tea garden right over there 41:28 and Debbie is shooting that. 41:29 It was a really just amazing time. 41:32 I'm here on the set with Dr. Grace. 41:35 Grace. Yeah. Dr. Grace Kim 41:36 And she was heading up the whole medical team. 41:40 And what a precious Christian women she is. 41:42 She gave a incredible testimony 41:43 which you're gonna see the special. 41:45 We're doing our one hour special 41:47 that we'll air in our Kids network 41:48 and hopefully our 3ABN network as well. 41:51 And it's Miss Brenda Goes To India. 41:52 You know. Sure. 41:54 It's, it's... 41:55 It's look like we have enough foot age 41:56 to do a number of programs 41:58 to really see what you're doing. 41:59 And what we're talking about, 42:01 the fun, and organization put it together 42:03 but, we always have to go back to the lives being changed 42:06 to see these young kids from where they were, 42:09 and I know, when I was there 42:10 many of them were literally were homeless. 42:11 Got them off the streets, put them into these schools, 42:14 their whole lives were changed. 42:16 And it's amazing, amazing ministry, 42:18 if you affected lives of kids, 42:20 a lot of the adults, the parents also. 42:23 What an amazing ministry. 42:24 Jesus says, "Go ye into all the world." 42:27 And so what you're all are doing is just lifting up Jesus. 42:30 Now you don't have to be out, you know with these young kids, 42:33 beating them over the head with religion. 42:35 You just show them Jesus and they haven't seen that 42:38 and then that's why Jesus says that. 42:40 They will be able to reorganize us, 42:41 so you going over there, loving these young people, 42:44 changes their lives forever. 42:46 And it's good for those of us at home, 42:48 maybe, many of you that aren't going 42:50 you can support financially. 42:52 In a little bit will put up a dress 42:54 how you can support Maranatha for what they're doing. 42:57 Incredible ministry and thank you guys so much 43:00 for what you're doing too. 43:01 I think we may another video or two. 43:03 Well, one of the big highlights for me Danny was, 43:07 for the very first time, 43:09 these kids were able to watch our Kids Time program. 43:12 Our good friends, 43:14 who is our Dicken Lucy Neuharth. 43:17 Lucy is our wardrobe designer at 3ABN. 43:19 She donated the money for us 43:21 to donate some products to the school. 43:23 And we had, you know, 43:26 my Miss Brenda's bed time story books, 43:28 and my audio books 43:29 and whole set of Kids Time programs, 43:31 Tiny Tots program, I mean, 43:33 but guess what here brought all those product over 43:36 and they didn't have a, 43:39 I said, do you have DVD player? And they went, yes. 43:42 And I said, and do you have a television they said, yes. 43:46 Well, that's when I got educated, 43:48 with the bobble head. 43:52 Oh, yeah, right. Bruce has it down path. 43:54 Yeah, he did. 43:55 And he doesn't mean that they really did have it, 43:57 it was just you know. 44:00 Well, it was miraculous Brenda, 44:01 because we had one of our team members, 44:04 somebody came to them just before the trip. 44:07 And gave them enough money to buy, 44:09 just gave them some random amount of money. 44:11 If you can find something to do with the kid's do it. 44:14 So, we were able to pick up a TV and a DVD player 44:18 the speaker system, an audio system. 44:21 And four computers, and five or six dust pans, 44:24 waste baskets. 44:26 Unbelievable, so and then also the Kids' Time Praise tracks. 44:29 If you listen, now I think he'll bring the sound up. 44:37 This is Jimmy Rhodes on the organ 44:39 and I'm on the piano 44:40 and we had made the tracks, and song books 44:42 and had given it to the, 44:43 They wouldn't have been able to sing with, 44:45 you know, organ and piano before. 44:47 And now they have you know, 62 songs 44:49 that they can be singing with each day 44:51 and because now you donated the you know, 44:53 because of that donation 44:55 they can actually utilize those products. 44:56 And you should've seen those kids, 44:58 they love those songs. 44:59 And it was, I want to make, 45:02 say special thank you to Jimmy Rhodes 45:04 who donated all this time 45:05 to that project to that for them. 45:08 And now here in India, they're singing along 45:11 and it's amazing and it was such a thrill to me 45:13 just to have them to know 45:15 and see them watching Kids Time for the first time. 45:18 They were mesmerized. They were riveted. 45:22 They were riveted on that screen 45:23 and they were watching and listing 45:25 and you can see there were just soaking it all in. 45:28 It's gonna be a great tool for that school. 45:30 As well, for learning English on top of that 45:34 learning about Jesus and let them to sing 45:36 and all the verses and the-- 45:38 that are all involved with that. 45:40 And in fact, when I was telling, 45:42 when we were saying good bye, 45:43 they all lined up against the street, 45:45 along the street for us to stop our buses 45:47 and say good by to them. 45:48 And so many people said, you're staying with us, 45:51 you're staying with us. 45:53 And I didn't know what they meant at first. 45:55 And then when-- I said, so I asked 45:57 when after three or four people said that. 45:59 "I'm so glad you are staying with us." 46:00 And I said, "No. I'm not staying. 46:02 And they said, "No, through Kids Time DVD" 46:05 I'm like, oh, that I'm staying with them 46:07 through the Kids Time programs. 46:09 But I want to share it with you too that, 46:13 at Maranatha projects, they work really hard, 46:16 you praise Jesus, you know, with the worships each evening 46:20 we're just wonderful and also, 46:22 we played together and at the end, 46:23 you know, we went to on a safari 46:26 and I have a little clip of an elephant ride. 46:29 Oh, good, all right. 46:31 Boys and girls, this is so exciting. 46:34 We're here on a safari and I'm riding an elephant 46:37 and this is Debbie and Melissa with me. 46:39 And this elephant has two babies, 46:42 and there's another friend that's gonna take it along too. 46:46 We're excited because we've already seen a rhino, 46:49 we've seen some... 46:50 Lots of rhinos. Lots of rhinos. 46:51 And some special deer that are from this region 46:56 and even the wild pigs so, 46:58 our elephant driver tell us that we might even see a tiger. 47:02 Wouldn't that be exciting? Yeah. 47:17 Well, I didn't think about it, 47:19 there's an elephant driver she said, 47:21 he's an elephant driver. 47:23 Is that they way you, I'm not sure what... 47:25 Well, doesn't it have a steering wheel but... 47:27 Yeah. Yeah. 47:28 The one Brenda was on had a steering wheel on it. 47:31 Elephant driver. 47:34 You know, I had to tell you, you looked really out of place. 47:37 I don't think I have ever seen you 47:39 in anymore out of place on top of an elephant. 47:42 That is not Brenda Walsh on top of that. 47:44 But it is interesting. 47:46 But first thing, they didn't' have my high heels, 47:47 so everyone knows that I always dress up before 47:49 and I got my high heels. 47:50 You should have seen here riding that rickshaw. 47:52 Oh, we got a picture. 47:54 You think she looked out of her place on an elephant, 47:55 you should have seen her on the peddle rickshaw. 47:57 Were we, we actually had some videos 47:59 that's gonna be in our one hour special. 48:01 Of me riding a bicycle, and-- 48:05 Who's your driver? And then I decided. 48:07 Local guy. 48:08 You know what, Bruce I think you'll be a better driver 48:10 so Bruce drove the rickshaw 48:12 and I got in with Jackie and we, 48:15 it was a fun time and people were really excited about it. 48:18 Within seconds after I jumped on the rickshaw 48:20 I mean, they must've been-- 48:22 how many people taking the picture, 48:23 you know that we're so festinated, 48:26 I think of this crazy American white women 48:28 that's on this, driving this rickshaw but... 48:32 We have about a three, four minutes left, 48:33 before we go to break Debbie, 48:35 there's folks at home watching this 48:37 and they would maybe they're contemplating doing something 48:41 but they say, you know, look 48:42 I'm a mother I've got two, three kids 48:44 and you know, I work part time or I'm a home maker. 48:48 I just can't get away, 48:49 I mean, I'd love to go some place like India. 48:52 But, you did it. Tell us bout your children. 48:55 Well, I have a very supportive husband, 48:57 and if it wasn't for that you know, 49:00 I wouldn't be going anywhere. 49:02 But, you know, even if can't personally go yourself, 49:08 you can support someone else to go. 49:11 And you know, a young person, 49:13 there was a mother on this project 49:14 with a mother of four, and her kid's are older. 49:16 They are in college now. 49:18 But she was there because people sponsored her to go. 49:20 You know, and you know, as your friends, 49:22 you know, even if you are a mother with small children, 49:25 I would love to take my children to India. 49:26 That is my dream because, 49:28 not until you plant that seed in your child for missions 49:32 and that the world doesn't revolve around them, 49:34 I'm a firm believer in that. Wow. 49:35 I want my kid's one day to be in India 49:38 and to experience it. 49:40 Because they'll be with them for life. 49:42 Very, very brilliant, that's brilliant with your kids. 49:44 You want to take them, 49:46 because as you left your heart there, 49:48 you find out these you kids, 49:50 well, same thing will happen to them. 49:52 And they see what it's like 49:53 and what an impact it makes on other people's lives. 49:57 And what a joy it is to make other people happy and healthy 50:01 because you take a whole team 50:03 and so that's what neat about it. 50:04 You took your builders over there 50:06 but you took people teaching and having fun with the kids, 50:11 you take your medical team 50:12 I mean, it's like you literally go in 50:15 and the whole community is changed. 50:17 And when people see that, just you said Brenda, 50:19 you can leave but you don't really leave anyway. 50:22 Because they see what you have done, 50:24 and the Jesus that the people who are infected, 50:27 affected, or infected with a love of Christ 50:30 and they're gonna share that with all of these other 50:32 so, only in heaven 50:34 will we be able to see the results of the ministry 50:37 of Maranatha, the Fjarlis, McNeiluses, 50:41 all of those and all you volunteers, 50:43 folks who are volunteering and maybe you're there just, 50:45 I've seen on some of these trips, 50:48 people 80 years old, even one lady was 90 years old 50:51 and never done drive wall. 50:52 She's done drive wall nearly 90 years old, 50:54 teaching how to do it. 50:56 And I mean, it's amazing 50:58 to what it does for these people 51:00 to bring hope and joy to someone else's life. 51:04 And thank you so much for what you do, 51:06 your family and your leadership and all of you for going. 51:10 What we would like to do here 51:11 we want to put up an address on the screen 51:13 in just a moment and we'll put up a Maranatha's address. 51:16 If the Holy Spirit is impressing 51:18 and you would like to support 51:20 and maybe you just want to say this is for someone 51:23 that wants to volunteer to go or maybe you say, 51:25 this is for the actual cost, building a church, 51:28 a building a school and maybe tell Don Noble, 51:32 "Hey, this is what Lord has impressed us to give." 51:35 And we know that it's gonna be souls for the kingdom of God. 51:37 Because one day, very soon 51:40 we're gonna be neighbors with those folks in heaven. 51:43 And wouldn't it be great to say you guys and say, 51:45 "Hey, well, we met back in such and such you know, 51:49 we met back then." 51:50 But those of you, who can't go you can pray, 51:52 you can help financially. 51:54 So what we would like to do is 51:55 we'll put the address up on the screen 51:57 then we'll go to news break, 51:58 and we'll be back for closing thought. 52:01 Maranatha provides desperately needed buildings for people, 52:05 while offering opportunities for ordinary people 52:07 to make service a part of their lives. 52:09 If you feeling impressed to help 52:10 then you can do so by writing 52:12 to Maranatha Volunteers International, 52:15 990 Reserve Drive Suit 100, Roseville CA 95678. 52:21 That's Maranatha Volunteers International, 52:24 990 Reserve Drive Suit 100, Roseville CA 95678. 52:30 You can call (916) 774-7700. 52:33 That's (916) 774-7700. 52:38 Or you can visit their website at Maranatha.org. 52:41 That's Maranatha.org. |
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