I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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And once again
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we welcome you to 3ABN Today.
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We want to thank
you for joining us,
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and we're so
grateful for your prayers,
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and your financial
support of this ministry
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because without you
we wouldn't be here.
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I want to read a
scripture very quickly
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before I introduce our guest,
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and it comes from
chapter 10 of Romans,
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it's verses 14 and 15,
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here is what Paul says,
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" How then
shall they call on Him
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on whom they had not believed?
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And how shall
they believe in Him
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of whom they had not heard?
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And how shall they
hear without a preacher?
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How shall they
preach unless they are sent?
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As it is written:
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"How beautiful
are the feet of those
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who preach the gospel of peace,
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Who bring glad
tidings of good things!"
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I didn't discussed the
scripture with our guest
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but I would say that
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she has taken
this very literally,
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literally because
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her ministry is called
Adopt a Minister International.
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So let me introduce you
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to our very special guest today.
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First we have Reva Moore, Reva,
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thank you for
being here with us.
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Thank you.
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And then we have
Mary Grace Gellekanao.
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Did I do okay? Yes.
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All right.
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We're so glad that
you're both here with us.
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Now, where are you from?
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I am from Denham
Springs, Louisiana
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but originally
from the Philippines.
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Okay, I didn't think you
had that Louisiana accent.
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And, Mary Grace, how about you?
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I live with her, so I
live in Denham Springs
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and originally
from the Philippines.
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So you're both
from the Philippines.
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Okay wonderful.
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Well, we're
gonna get to know you
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two ladies quite well,
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but first we've
got some special music
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and Mary Grace,
this is your music.
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Is it not? Yes.
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Now tell me before we
actually go to your music.
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Tell me a little bit about
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how you learned to
play the piano one handed.
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Okay, I actually
play with my stob as well.
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You, okay.
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Yes, I started
taking piano lessons
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when I was six years
old and my grandmother,
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she had to go to
three piano teachers
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before she was able to find one
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who was willing to take me.
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She actually made a
bargain with a fourth teacher
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by telling her you
can teach Mary Grace
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even with her left hand only
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and I will pay for
the price of both hands.
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But I remember very well
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that the first piano
teacher that we went to,
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she told us that
we're just wasting
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both her time and ours,
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and she told us that
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I would never be
able to play the piano,
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but I am glad that my
grandmother didn't gave up
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until she was able to find one.
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Amen. Amen.
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Now you were born
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with this
condition without a hand?
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Yes, and my right leg is
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eight inches
shorter than my left.
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Some people say that
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I should chop up part of my legs
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and give it to you.
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Okay well, I am glad as well
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because I've
heard you play before
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and I know that you go
around doing concerts all over,
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so we're very pleased
that you are playing the piano
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and Mary Grace is
going to play a song for us
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entitled "Amazing Grace".
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That is amazing, "Amazing Grace"
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and this was Mary
Grace on the piano
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playing that for us with what
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some would call a limitation,
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but God has certainly used
you for the glory of His name.
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How exciting.
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Let me ask you
this quick question.
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The piano teacher
who did accept you,
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does she know that you
are playing for the world?
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Yes, yes.
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How precious, how precious.
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So let's kind to get to know
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you two ladies
just a little bit.
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Reva, you were
born in the Philippines,
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tell us a little
about your early life.
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Were you born into
an Adventist family?
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Yes, I was born in
an Adventist family.
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Poor, okay,
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but I cannot go to school
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and I wrote
somebody from the states.
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Actually I was
looking for somebody
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who can sponsor my schooling,
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and one day my uncle came
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and brought this
baggage from the post office,
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it was from a lady
from Memphis, Tennessee.
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And I saw this address label,
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I took it and I wrote a
75 years old Barrel McLarety.
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And so I went to
school from high school
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through college,
Philippines Union College.
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And at the time
I knew God loved me
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and so I volunteered, I
told Him, I'll do anything.
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Glory to God.
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Reva, how precious.
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So he sent you a sponsor.
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Sent the sponsor.
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I came to the US, get married
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and I kept
saying, God, I volunteer.
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Amen, amen.
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And you can tell
that's deep from your heart
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how precious and that's
something that you know,
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I think when we
understand the love of the Lord,
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it's something
that we can't help.
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The Bible says we love
Him because He first loved us.
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And when you see God
moving your life like that,
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you can't help but love Him back
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and want to serve Him.
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But there is more to that, okay.
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So I get married but...
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my husband died.
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How long have
you've been married?
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We were married
like maybe 23 years,
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and I have two sons.
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He had a brain tumor.
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But he passed away 1999,
he was only 49 years old.
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Oh, I am so sorry.
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And God had the
nerve. I got married.
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I got married to God,
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but he ask me a
week later he said
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I want you to built me a church.
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I did.
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I am...
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I gave up my
husband's life insurance money
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and build a church
in the Philippines,
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$300,000 worth of church.
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Praise God.
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I thought it was done
but then I had a dream.
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I keep saying, I
volunteer, I'll do anything.
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I had a dream
and I dreamed about
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this woman in white,
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she came to me and she said,
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I want you to follow me
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and took me to a
building in the dream,
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and in the
building I saw babies naked,
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are malnourished, dirty
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and they were like
sitting on the floor
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a foot from each other.
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And I wondered what it is,
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and she said,
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this is your new job.
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I want you to take
care of these babies.
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There were hundreds of them.
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And on one side was a older kids
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and I said who are the mothers
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who kept...who left
these kids over here.
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And I didn't
understand the dream
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until I was
looking for a minister
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for the church that I built
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but couldn't find any.
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It seemed like it
took a whole month
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before they told
me that there was one
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because there are
so many wanting to go.
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Yes.
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And I said what do you
mean wanting to go, and he said,
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well, in each of the
missions there we are like
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an average of 20-25
unemployed theology graduates.
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And this is from where?
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In the Philippines.
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So at that time
there were probably 400,
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and I said what's going on
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and the Lord would
put that in my mind.
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At 2 o'clock every morning,
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I feel Jesus was
standing by the side of my bed
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and asking me what are
you gonna do with them?
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They have kids,
they have families.
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They need to preach the gospel
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and I was widowed at that time,
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and I said, God, leave me alone,
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I cannot do it.
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So that's the part of the story,
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and six months later
after I keep saying no, no, no
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he just made it happen.
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I was in Gulfport
Mississippi and I was speaking,
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and I don't know,
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I was supposed to be
talking about something
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but what came out of my mouth
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were the hundreds
of unemployed ministers
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that I could never
get off my mind anyway,
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and there was man
named Romio Kasto.
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He was just visiting
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and he was there in the audience
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and he said
after around potluck,
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he came to me and
tears in his eyes,
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and he said, what
we're gonna do with them?
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He said I came from...
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I became an
Adventist when I came here
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and I want my people to know
about truth and that started.
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And so I was till
working full time at that time,
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and God, I said,
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if you want me to
do this send me help.
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He send me Mary
Grace and my new husband
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four years after I was
a widow at the same week.
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Okay so, Mary Grace,
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how did you come
into the picture?
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She said you sent her
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and I know you kind of
consider her your mom...
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Yeah.
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But you're not really
biological mother and daughter,
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but spiritual
mother and daughter.
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Tell us little of your
story of how you met Reva?
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I actually met her
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the very first time back in 2001
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when I came here
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and I happen to stay
at her sister's house
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in Alexandria
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which is about two
hours from where we live,
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and the sister kept
calling her and asking her that
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why don't you come and see this
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one handed girl play the piano,
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but at first she
didn't want to go.
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She didn't want to
drive a two hour drive,
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but the sister kept calling
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and probably the
Lord was impressing her...
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She actually said you may
want to see this people with her
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and they are talking
about you adopt a minister.
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And that's the
only reason why she...
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Yeah and then after that
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I went back
home and in 2003 I...
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Let me just pause right there,
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why were they talking
about adopt a minister.
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Did they...
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had they heard,
how did they open.
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We already had adopted
ministers in their mission
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under where she lived.
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Oh, okay and so...
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And they said, oh, yeah,
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we have adopted ministers
and that's I said I am coming.
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Okay. That's how we're here.
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Yeah and then back in...
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and then in
2003 I came back here
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and then they
decided to live with her
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and I've been traveling
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and doing
concerts for the ministry.
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Okay, so,
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when you say that adopt ministry
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or Adopt a
Minister International,
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this is something the
Lord laid on your heart.
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He sent you these two people,
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so tell us a little bit
about beginning this ministry.
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What was it?
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What was it like?
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Okay first of
all when I found out
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that there were at
least 400 at that time
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theology graduates
that are unemployed
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and they're
staying in this missions
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waiting for maybe our crusade
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where they can do
little bit of work.
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Some of them were getting food,
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maybe $20 worth
of food for per month
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and waiting for a placement.
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They were volunteering the work
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and I kept
thinking we got to find them
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a monthly stipend at least.
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So I didn't know how to do it
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and when this Mr. Romio said,
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well, I'll pay for
five, let's come up with
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and I said, okay, we'll do that,
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and so I started contacting.
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The first
mission that I contacted
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was where she is from.
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Yes.
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And so we placed several there
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and then we're
placing another mission
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and another mission
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and at that time I
was working full time
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and I was able to
play 60, and with this,
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we're family and this Mr. Romio
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giving money
donations every month.
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We have to also remember that
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we're doing this with
the goodness of our heart.
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We're not paid.
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Every penny that comes,
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every dollar goes
to the Lord's work.
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Even the missions do not.
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They go directly to the stipends
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or there're times
when the donors might say,
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okay, I want to build the church
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or I want to do this for
the minister or whatever.
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So I was working full time,
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I had 60 and I couldn't do it.
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I get one day the Lord
keeps telling me that I,
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you've got to do it full time
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and my husband
couldn't find a job,
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didn't have a job,
how we're gonna do this.
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I actually got sick.
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I saw where I was
gonna get sick in my dream.
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And I work for
a chemical company
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and next thing, I
started having asthma,
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nonstop coughing and so the,
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my supervisor had
to put me in a place
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where I can just do paper work.
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And then three months later
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she put me back to work in...
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I was coughing all the time,
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my lung doctor said
you can no longer work
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so they, it's amazing that
God actually allow that company
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was laying off 500 people
and I was not one of them.
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But they had to let me go,
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and at first he said
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you're going to only get
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the little bit of money from us.
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No long term disability
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and I still
didn't know how to do it.
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You know and the Lord, I said,
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but I had to have faith
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that the Lord was
going to take care of us
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and we started doing more,
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pretty more.
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Adopt a Ministers we were
interviewed in 2004 and 2006
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and we found a
lot of our sponsors
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who were elderly at that time.
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So you've
interviewed here in 3ABN?
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Yeah.
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And so that's how
we found our sponsors
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and so we were
actually able to sponsor
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around 400 a
month with $130 a month.
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That's how I want to be send,
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and when I got sick, I said,
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"God, how am I
gonna make living?"
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You know, now that I'm
gonna do this full time,
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we don't have any overhead,
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we converted our
game room into our office,
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and we were using a
ping pong table for our desk.
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A ping pong table, I love that.
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Later on we were
able to buy furniture
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and then I put together
and even today is the same.
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But God made it to where
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I got long term
disability for two years,
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I mean they were paying me
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because I got sick
with the chemicals,
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and two years later I
got my long term disability
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from social
security, my asthma left.
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Praise God.
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No more asthma.
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Cannot believe
that, and that was 2004.
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Yeah.
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And so we did
this for full time.
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So the Adopt a Ministry
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or Adopt the
Minister International,
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this is
something that has become,
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it's your passion obviously
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but you're taking people
who have been through school.
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They're degreed pastors.
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Do they all stay
in the Philippines?
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Some of them are
in other countries,
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but I want to
tell you about them.
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These are usually
single, young men,
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there are few women
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who are the only
Adventist in the family.
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They found Jesus,
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they had the
truth through a crusade.
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They get baptized
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and when they're
through with high school
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some body was saying,
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oh, you want to
go to that college,
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and be a working student.
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So the majority of
them are working students
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and it took their maybe
up to eight to ten years
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for Theology College.
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And then they go back
to the missions, no jobs.
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Right.
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And so this was put in my
heart which I have no idea,
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and when the Lord
put it in my heart,
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the more I just got so to where
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I have got to do something
for these kids, you know,
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so it's been,
this is our 16th year.
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16 years?
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16 years of doing this
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and it's like
they're just not people,
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they're my family.
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When a kid gets
sick, mom, my kids...
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They call her mom. Yeah.
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These are the
babies in my dream.
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Yes. Amen.
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So today we
still have around 300
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but our sponsors are
elderly sponsors are either
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resting in Jesus
or nursing homes.
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So we need to show this.
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You'll need more
sponsors this way you're saying,
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but you know,
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you keep talking about
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how you are
helping the ministers,
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how you are helping your kids,
00:20:22.58\00:20:23.92
but I am just keep
thinking about how God,
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how you're reaching the people.
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So I mean when you
send these pastors out,
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then they're
reaching people for God.
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What kind of results,
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I mean are there enough churches
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or if they don't
have a church to go to.
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Do they go out and
do like Bible work,
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how does it work?
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Okay, there are over
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100 million people
in the Philippines.
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My goodness, I had no idea.
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There are over
900,000 Adventists,
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so they need
pastors to begin with.
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People had ask me like,
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well, if there is no money,
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why they keep
encouraging these kids to go.
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First of all, I
think God called them.
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Amen.
00:21:05.36\00:21:06.70
Okay, and with new baptisms
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that they baptize
over 30,000-35000 a year
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in the Philippines alone.
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I haven't talked about
the other countries but...
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This is the Adopt a Minister.
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Yes.
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This is your group,
it's baptizing 30,000 a year?
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The adopted
ministers play a major role
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in the evangelism,
00:21:26.75\00:21:29.02
and so they send me
all these pictures, right.
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You know and just
to God be the glory
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but they are out
there sharing Jesus
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because they're still so many,
that needs to know about him.
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Some of them go to
un-entered territories,
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no electricity, no water
00:21:43.67\00:21:46.13
and the living
conditions are really bad,
00:21:46.17\00:21:50.47
but it's
surprising to share Jesus...
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Amen.
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To find the people who
will make it to heaven.
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And I want them there too.
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And so that's really,
00:21:57.78\00:21:59.11
I think that put
the burden in my heart
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to take care of these
kids who don't have any living
00:22:01.05\00:22:03.69
but the main goal is
to share Jesus for heaven.
00:22:03.72\00:22:06.86
So now, you give them $120?
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$120 dollar for
single and 130 for married.
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All right, so tell me
00:22:13.96\00:22:15.36
how does that translate
in the Philippines economy?
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Can they live fairly well or...?
00:22:19.27\00:22:21.64
Not really.
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.00
But this is the
most we can give.
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Okay.
00:22:24.41\00:22:25.74
And they have food
00:22:25.77\00:22:27.11
and may be able
to rent little house
00:22:27.14\00:22:30.95
or a little something, not much.
00:22:30.98\00:22:32.95
We send the money
through the missions.
00:22:32.98\00:22:35.92
The mission people
gives them assignments
00:22:35.95\00:22:41.42
and we sent them directly,
but I know that the money goes.
00:22:41.46\00:22:45.36
We can say, they email.
00:22:45.39\00:22:48.56
They also email the donors
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.10
if they want to
send to know about them.
00:22:51.13\00:22:54.07
Praise God.
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.00
So these young people,
00:22:56.04\00:23:00.11
trying to think of
a young married couple
00:23:00.14\00:23:01.54
trying to live on the 130.
00:23:01.58\00:23:03.75
They just have
such a passion for God
00:23:03.78\00:23:07.02
that they are
willing to sacrifice
00:23:07.05\00:23:10.42
to go out and
share the good news
00:23:10.45\00:23:12.22
because as we all
know time is getting short.
00:23:12.25\00:23:16.09
We see more and
more things are happening
00:23:16.12\00:23:19.23
even recently with Brexit,
00:23:19.26\00:23:21.43
you know when
England left the EU.
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.63
We see things being fulfilled
00:23:24.67\00:23:27.20
that the Bible has talked about,
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.60
times are, you know,
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.31
soon Christ will be returning.
00:23:31.34\00:23:33.48
So what...
00:23:33.51\00:23:35.88
When you guys met,
00:23:35.91\00:23:37.78
you came back to live with her.
00:23:37.81\00:23:40.48
Did you know that...
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I mean, do you
work full time as well,
00:23:41.88\00:23:44.35
is this your
full time dedication.
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Yes, this is my
full time ministry,
00:23:45.85\00:23:47.92
but I remember
when I was growing up,
00:23:47.96\00:23:50.89
I really wanted
to be a missionary
00:23:50.93\00:23:52.66
through my music
so this is what I do,
00:23:52.69\00:23:56.40
I travel just
about every weekend
00:23:56.43\00:23:58.43
or I used to travel
just about every weekend
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.64
but something
happened like in 2004,
00:24:01.67\00:24:08.51
close up 2014 two years ago
00:24:08.54\00:24:11.35
and I thought it was
the end of the world for me.
00:24:11.38\00:24:13.72
I was traveling to Boston
00:24:13.75\00:24:17.15
and of all
things I was going there
00:24:17.19\00:24:19.65
to perform for a
disability awareness
00:24:19.69\00:24:22.12
in one of the churches there
00:24:22.16\00:24:23.49
and I was in Atlanta
getting ready to board,
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.79
I was in the jet bridge.
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.93
I was standing
00:24:27.96\00:24:29.40
and the moment I
took my next step,
00:24:29.43\00:24:32.53
I tripped and I...
00:24:32.57\00:24:35.14
So you wear a shoe since
your leg is eight inches short
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.17
and you have quite a half,
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.54
well, an eight inch
flap from essentially.
00:24:39.57\00:24:41.44
So I tripped, I
have to be careful
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.14
because if I trip,
00:24:43.18\00:24:44.51
even if I step
on even a tic-tac,
00:24:44.55\00:24:46.88
that tiny tic-tac
it will throw me off
00:24:46.92\00:24:48.88
but I don't know, I
don't know what happened.
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.25
When I was in the jet bridge,
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.09
I tripped and I ended
up breaking my right femur,
00:24:53.12\00:24:57.56
and that was the first
time I actually that I've been.
00:24:57.59\00:25:01.03
All my life I've
never been to hospital
00:25:01.06\00:25:03.26
or seeing a doctor,
00:25:03.30\00:25:04.87
and I was in
Atlanta all by myself
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.63
and can you imagine
how terrified I was.
00:25:06.67\00:25:10.37
And I was even contemplating,
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.21
maybe I could catch
the next flight back home
00:25:12.24\00:25:14.74
'cause Louisiana
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.11
because I wanted
to be with family,
00:25:16.14\00:25:18.18
but I prayed and I am
glad that the Lord helped me
00:25:18.21\00:25:20.32
to decide and I
stayed in Atlanta.
00:25:20.35\00:25:22.18
So they took me to a
nearby hospital there
00:25:22.22\00:25:26.19
and that happen on the Friday,
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.72
they did a surgery on Saturday,
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.59
the next day, and my
mom, my adopted mom Reva
00:25:30.63\00:25:34.10
and my adopted dad,
00:25:34.13\00:25:36.06
they drove from
Louisiana to be with me,
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.67
and I stayed in
Atlanta for almost a week,
00:25:37.70\00:25:41.17
after that we drove back home
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.94
and then I saw a
local orthopedic surgeon
00:25:44.97\00:25:47.68
in Baton Rouge and then,
00:25:47.71\00:25:50.11
they had another X-ray
done and only to find out
00:25:50.15\00:25:52.41
that the bones
were not connecting,
00:25:52.45\00:25:55.12
so in less than a month,
00:25:55.15\00:25:56.48
I had to go through
two major surgeries.
00:25:56.52\00:25:58.19
Oh, mercy.
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.55
And the second surgeon
decided to put a longer blade
00:25:59.59\00:26:04.13
and ten screws,
00:26:04.16\00:26:06.19
so I keep telling everybody
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.76
that I am a full
fledged bionic woman now.
00:26:07.80\00:26:10.97
You know, I was just
thinking how horrible but...
00:26:11.00\00:26:14.17
I can laugh about it
now but at that time.
00:26:14.20\00:26:17.01
What a blessing, it was your leg
00:26:17.04\00:26:18.47
and not your left arm.
00:26:18.51\00:26:19.84
Oh, that's true, that's true.
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.21
Exact, and that's
what I was thinking too.
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.18
The devil was after her to stop.
00:26:23.21\00:26:26.01
Yeah, the devil was trying
to stop me from serving God,
00:26:26.05\00:26:28.85
but I am glad and I am glad,
00:26:28.88\00:26:30.32
and I know to whom I belong.
00:26:30.35\00:26:32.25
Amen, so you are doing well now.
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.06
Yes.
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.42
And he has not stopped you.
00:26:35.46\00:26:36.89
So then you just go to Brown
and talked about the ministry
00:26:36.93\00:26:41.06
and do a concert
and try to raise,
00:26:41.10\00:26:45.43
raise up donors to
support these pastors.
00:26:45.47\00:26:48.17
Is that what you do?
00:26:48.20\00:26:49.54
Okay, so usually
when someone then
00:26:49.57\00:26:52.87
one of these
pastors, when they are,
00:26:52.91\00:26:55.68
you've been doing this
for 16 years, are these,
00:26:55.71\00:26:59.48
are you supporting the same
00:26:59.51\00:27:01.32
400 pastors over
these last 16 years
00:27:01.35\00:27:04.05
or do some of them eventually
find a conference position,
00:27:04.09\00:27:08.76
how does that work?
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.13
When we find out we were coming,
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.43
I had to go to my list
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.26
and I counted around
200 are already employed,
00:27:14.30\00:27:18.93
but see we have new
graduates every year,
00:27:18.97\00:27:22.70
and at the moment I cannot...
00:27:22.74\00:27:25.67
We cannot take anybody
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.04
because there is no,
there is not enough money.
00:27:27.08\00:27:29.44
So we have to come in
here but we still maintain 300.
00:27:29.48\00:27:33.85
But some are okay,
we talk also about...
00:27:33.88\00:27:36.69
We have other pastors
that we sent to Thailand.
00:27:36.72\00:27:40.32
They are working
there now permanently.
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.16
We have students
from Laos, Laos mission.
00:27:42.19\00:27:45.46
It's a small mission.
00:27:45.49\00:27:46.93
And they sent
four theology students,
00:27:46.96\00:27:49.10
and we were able to
find sponsors for them
00:27:49.13\00:27:52.80
and they graduated
from theology college
00:27:52.83\00:27:56.30
and they are back now in Laos
00:27:56.34\00:27:57.71
and they're actively
like one of them young,
00:27:57.74\00:27:59.87
young guy is now the
executive missionary minister
00:27:59.91\00:28:04.31
for the whole mission.
00:28:04.35\00:28:06.05
You know all of
them are working.
00:28:06.08\00:28:08.08
We have two new ones coming
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.15
but the people are
asking for help from us,
00:28:10.19\00:28:14.02
but we also have so
much in the Philippines.
00:28:14.06\00:28:16.36
We have, we also have
adopted minister from Haiti.
00:28:16.39\00:28:19.89
We have a guy from Haiti
that gives money for them
00:28:19.93\00:28:23.57
and then we had,
00:28:23.60\00:28:25.87
we had a donor who sponsor
00:28:25.90\00:28:28.94
theology graduates from Africa,
00:28:28.97\00:28:31.27
and then we have
from Papua New Guinea,
00:28:31.31\00:28:36.11
but this time we still
have people asking like
00:28:36.14\00:28:39.38
Pakistan Adventist mission
have called, had written.
00:28:39.41\00:28:44.19
I got several
emails asking for help
00:28:44.22\00:28:47.26
but we can't help
them because we don't,
00:28:47.29\00:28:49.59
we cannot help every body
in the Philippines right now.
00:28:49.62\00:28:52.26
Okay, we were talking about
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.10
over 900,000
Adventists in the Philippines.
00:28:54.13\00:28:58.63
You don't realize that's almost
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.00
as many as in the United States,
00:29:00.04\00:29:01.57
that's amazing.
00:29:01.60\00:29:02.94
Yes, in that little
bitty island like I said,
00:29:02.97\00:29:04.67
if you put the Philippines
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.91
which has 7,000
islands over 7,000 islands
00:29:06.94\00:29:10.85
is as big as Arizona
and that's all it is.
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.58
And you are talking
about outing all these people,
00:29:13.62\00:29:15.55
but God somehow had put this.
00:29:15.58\00:29:19.69
And the Philippines
is the Christian nation
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.42
but still all those people
there they can speak English,
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.33
and so we're able
to send ministers,
00:29:25.36\00:29:28.06
our theology graduates from them
00:29:28.10\00:29:29.43
and a lot of
countries from Asia,
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.23
they send them
to the Philippines
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.03
to take theology.
00:29:33.07\00:29:35.24
This is why I am...
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.01
We're hoping that we
can do another 16 years
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.31
if the Lord does not come yet.
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.24
But we also have a couple,
00:29:41.28\00:29:45.51
well, we have a few
that are lay people.
00:29:45.55\00:29:47.62
Okay, I didn't
want to bring this up
00:29:47.65\00:29:50.09
because my thing
is Adopt a Minister,
00:29:50.12\00:29:54.09
the theology graduates
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.46
but we have Richard Bourde
00:29:55.49\00:29:58.03
born with no arms and no legs
00:29:58.06\00:29:59.93
and I wish I could
have shown a picture.
00:29:59.96\00:30:02.23
No arms, no legs,
00:30:02.26\00:30:03.60
he is giving Bible
studies and they're us.
00:30:03.63\00:30:06.97
We have to give
them a lots typing
00:30:07.00\00:30:08.70
and this little young boy is,
00:30:08.74\00:30:11.04
is bringing a lot
of souls to the Lord.
00:30:11.07\00:30:13.21
We have a blinded
man who came and ask me
00:30:13.24\00:30:16.21
if he can be in
under Adopt a Minister.
00:30:16.24\00:30:18.75
Now I have to make exceptions
00:30:18.78\00:30:20.55
these are, you know, so,
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.58
they send their
baptism pictures.
00:30:22.62\00:30:26.12
They're working for the Lord
00:30:26.15\00:30:27.49
so there are some
00:30:27.52\00:30:28.86
that are not
really theology graduates
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.23
but I could see.
00:30:30.26\00:30:31.59
Well, they are
trained up by the Holy Spirit
00:30:31.63\00:30:33.96
and they have a calling of God.
00:30:34.00\00:30:35.33
And they have better results...
00:30:35.36\00:30:36.83
They have got better results.
00:30:36.87\00:30:38.43
Than some of us. That's true.
00:30:38.47\00:30:40.57
Well, you did
bring some pictures.
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.00
Why don't we look at
those pictures right now.
00:30:43.04\00:30:46.27
Okay, you know, this is baptism.
00:30:46.31\00:30:48.68
Okay, we're just gonna say that
00:30:48.71\00:30:50.55
these are baptisms
that are sent to me.
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.78
We have hundreds of pictures
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.52
and because we were
allowed to have ten I think,
00:30:54.55\00:30:56.99
and so these are just baptisms,
00:30:57.02\00:30:58.59
to give you an idea about,
00:30:58.62\00:31:01.02
well, they would
do a crusade for like
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.52
two weeks or a month and rip,
00:31:02.56\00:31:05.19
there are so many for the Lord.
00:31:05.23\00:31:08.53
And that's people,
00:31:08.56\00:31:10.73
I am looking forward to the day
00:31:10.77\00:31:12.60
when I can see
they're in heaven.
00:31:12.63\00:31:13.97
Amen.
00:31:14.00\00:31:15.34
I don't know who they are
00:31:15.37\00:31:16.71
and I really don't know,
00:31:16.74\00:31:18.07
we don't know
they're ministers either
00:31:18.11\00:31:19.44
because we have
not met all of them.
00:31:19.47\00:31:20.81
I met, we met a few.
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.44
But wouldn't that
be a wonderful day.
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.65
Amen.
00:31:24.68\00:31:26.01
Here we got Adopt a
Minister International.
00:31:26.05\00:31:29.38
Yeah, this is from one mission
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.45
and as you know I cannot read,
00:31:31.49\00:31:33.76
I cannot see,
from Davao Mission.
00:31:33.79\00:31:36.99
Okay, and this is from
Southern Mindanao Mission.
00:31:37.03\00:31:41.26
I can kind of see, I
can kind of have an idea.
00:31:41.30\00:31:44.03
Okay.
00:31:44.07\00:31:45.77
Beautiful place.
00:31:45.80\00:31:48.00
So there are just more pictures.
00:31:48.04\00:31:49.44
More pictures of baptism.
00:31:49.47\00:31:51.51
I wanted to put
pictures of baptisms
00:31:51.54\00:31:53.48
because that is our
main goal is to find
00:31:53.51\00:31:56.04
more people for Jesus.
00:31:56.08\00:31:58.08
Amen.
00:31:58.11\00:31:59.45
And there are
just so many of them
00:31:59.48\00:32:00.82
that still needs
to be knowing Him.
00:32:00.85\00:32:05.99
Well, you've got,
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.36
you can obviously see
that there is a lot of fruit.
00:32:07.39\00:32:10.36
That's a lot of fruit.
00:32:10.39\00:32:12.43
And if they are
baptizing over 30,000 a year.
00:32:12.46\00:32:15.70
This is from
Negros Occidental Mission,
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.13
so their baptisms.
00:32:18.17\00:32:19.63
I have put
pictures of their groups.
00:32:19.67\00:32:23.41
Okay, this one right
here is kind of unusual.
00:32:23.44\00:32:25.97
There's about 55 of them
00:32:26.01\00:32:27.34
and actually
there are more than 50,
00:32:27.38\00:32:28.78
more than 55.
00:32:28.81\00:32:30.41
These were former non
other Protestant pastors,
00:32:30.45\00:32:34.68
another denomination.
00:32:34.72\00:32:36.08
They became
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:32:36.12\00:32:37.45
Praise God.
00:32:37.49\00:32:39.42
And I had to
place a few of them.
00:32:39.45\00:32:41.12
They were exceptional
00:32:41.16\00:32:42.69
and they're Adopt a Minister,
00:32:42.72\00:32:45.69
recommended by the missions.
00:32:45.73\00:32:47.40
Yes. Amen.
00:32:47.43\00:32:48.90
This one is Southern
Mindanao Mission group.
00:32:48.93\00:32:52.13
This is the highest
00:32:52.17\00:32:54.74
I think in the whole Philippines
00:32:54.77\00:32:56.91
10,000 to 12,000 a year...
00:32:56.94\00:32:58.64
This group over
here. These baptisms.
00:32:58.67\00:33:00.98
That's amazing.
00:33:01.01\00:33:02.48
See if you are in America.
00:33:02.51\00:33:05.38
I think one soul
baptized, it costs $10,000.
00:33:05.41\00:33:10.02
So, where you can see...
00:33:10.05\00:33:12.29
But here it's amazing.
00:33:12.32\00:33:13.82
Yeah, and we know
that these people,
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.59
you know, this is not a
career for these ministers,
00:33:16.62\00:33:18.79
it is a call.
00:33:18.83\00:33:21.33
And I know that
there are some of them,
00:33:21.36\00:33:22.73
they only get to
see their families
00:33:22.76\00:33:24.47
about once or twice a year
00:33:24.50\00:33:26.03
especially those
who are assigned up
00:33:26.07\00:33:27.74
in the mountains.
00:33:27.77\00:33:29.20
But it's because of
their love for their Lord
00:33:29.24\00:33:30.87
and they really
wanted, you know,
00:33:30.91\00:33:32.44
wanting to share
the good news there too.
00:33:32.47\00:33:33.81
Oh, we need to bring them here.
00:33:33.84\00:33:35.18
Well, they do.
00:33:35.21\00:33:36.54
We need some of
that passion here,
00:33:36.58\00:33:37.91
praise the Lord.
00:33:37.95\00:33:39.28
Reva, I think you
also brought a little roll
00:33:39.31\00:33:41.55
I think it's the pastors
00:33:41.58\00:33:42.92
that are going
to be greeting us.
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.92
To all our sponsors,
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.86
thank you so much for
your faithful support.
00:33:46.89\00:33:50.06
We'll meet in heaven some day.
00:33:50.09\00:33:53.23
Isn't that amazing to think
00:33:53.26\00:33:54.83
that this small
group of pastors are
00:33:54.86\00:33:57.27
baptizing over
30,000 not just once
00:33:57.30\00:34:00.80
or over the last 16
years but every year.
00:34:00.84\00:34:03.87
Have you been, have
you had the opportunity
00:34:03.91\00:34:06.07
to go to the Philippines
00:34:06.11\00:34:07.44
and attend any
of these baptisms?
00:34:07.48\00:34:09.08
I've been...
00:34:09.11\00:34:11.28
I've been but I've only attended
00:34:11.31\00:34:13.35
like a small group
like may be of about 30.
00:34:13.38\00:34:16.48
I would like to see one
00:34:16.52\00:34:17.85
when they're
baptizing at the house of 2000,
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.79
you know, but I've not been
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.49
because it's hard to travel.
00:34:21.52\00:34:22.86
Sure.
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.23
And but this...
when they say mom,
00:34:24.26\00:34:26.80
we have this
many, the pictures shows
00:34:26.83\00:34:30.50
and but I was
also gonna say about
00:34:30.53\00:34:34.14
some of our
adopted ministers are in
00:34:34.17\00:34:37.27
very dangerous
territories and only through...
00:34:37.31\00:34:42.51
There is a quite a bit of danger
00:34:42.54\00:34:44.08
in the Philippines.
00:34:44.11\00:34:45.45
Especially in
those isolated place
00:34:45.48\00:34:48.95
but the Lord always make
sure that they are protected.
00:34:48.98\00:34:52.75
They, I mean,
when they talk about
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.12
angels watching over them
00:34:54.16\00:34:55.66
and then there's
people that are supposed
00:34:55.69\00:34:59.33
to lead dangerous people
find Christ and accept Jesus.
00:34:59.36\00:35:03.37
Praise God.
00:35:03.40\00:35:04.73
We had one of the first pictures
00:35:04.77\00:35:08.44
that we had was of brother,
00:35:08.47\00:35:10.41
it was a baptism of two enemies.
00:35:10.44\00:35:14.71
They met during
a baptism, the man,
00:35:14.74\00:35:20.48
the one man's father
was killed by this guy
00:35:20.52\00:35:23.99
and they both saw each other,
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.35
they were bitter enemies
00:35:25.39\00:35:26.72
and they saw
each other in baptism.
00:35:26.76\00:35:28.52
Now only the love
of God can do that.
00:35:28.56\00:35:30.29
Only the love and so
00:35:30.33\00:35:31.66
they were able to
embrace one another...
00:35:31.69\00:35:33.16
They get a picture or embracing.
00:35:33.19\00:35:35.16
Glory to God.
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.00
I'm getting chills.
00:35:37.03\00:35:38.37
Yeah, it's amazing how
00:35:38.40\00:35:40.14
and the stories sometimes
would be just so awesome
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.20
when they will talk
about going to places
00:35:43.24\00:35:45.61
and they will be served food
and they'll be an extra plate.
00:35:45.64\00:35:51.41
And they say what's
that extra plate for?
00:35:51.45\00:35:54.12
You know, they would question
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.48
but the Lord has
put angels with them.
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.75
So those are things that
I know happens over there,
00:35:57.79\00:36:02.32
because Jesus is so wonderful
00:36:02.36\00:36:04.56
and had called Asian people.
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.16
Amen.
00:36:06.19\00:36:07.56
And many of them are working
for the Lord in missions.
00:36:07.60\00:36:11.83
But there's still so
many that are asking,
00:36:11.87\00:36:15.07
and you know,
you think about it,
00:36:15.10\00:36:17.11
if I was a student, I say,
00:36:17.14\00:36:19.47
I'm gonna find a profession
where I'll make money.
00:36:19.51\00:36:23.75
They know
there's no money there.
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.31
They also know that
they will not have jobs
00:36:25.35\00:36:29.72
but they still continue
and many of our students,
00:36:29.75\00:36:32.62
many of the theology
students are writing,
00:36:32.65\00:36:34.66
asking for help
because they want to finish.
00:36:34.69\00:36:37.06
That's dedication.
00:36:37.09\00:36:38.93
Well, I'll tell
you what right now
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.43
'cause that made me cry.
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.43
You can count on my
husband and I will support,
00:36:43.47\00:36:46.27
we will adopt a minister.
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.00
You can count on that.
00:36:48.04\00:36:50.11
Now speaking of husbands,
00:36:50.14\00:36:53.54
you're giving full
time to this and you're not,
00:36:53.58\00:36:58.25
you all don't
accept any money for this.
00:36:58.28\00:37:00.92
You're not
getting paid anything.
00:37:00.95\00:37:03.72
There's your husband help
00:37:03.75\00:37:06.39
or is he working
outside of the home,
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.56
does he help you
with the ministry or?
00:37:08.59\00:37:10.93
Okay, in the
past 15 years I'd say,
00:37:10.96\00:37:15.60
these ministers would come,
00:37:15.63\00:37:17.97
would write to us and send
us pictures of sick people.
00:37:18.00\00:37:21.80
And mostly with
people who were deformed,
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.97
they have tumors on their faces
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.74
or it's mostly
people that you can see
00:37:26.78\00:37:28.74
what's wrong with them.
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.11
Not like a kidney
disease or something.
00:37:30.15\00:37:32.88
And we would just
feel so bad so we ended up,
00:37:32.91\00:37:37.19
I would ask for,
00:37:37.22\00:37:38.55
I would normally ask for
help from the donors, okay?
00:37:38.59\00:37:42.02
Well this became more and more
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.69
that we decided to start
another nonprofit organization.
00:37:43.73\00:37:46.83
By the way Adopt a
Minister is a 5O1C3
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.96
non profit organization
00:37:50.00\00:37:51.33
and you'll get a
tax deductible receipt.
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.04
So we started another
00:37:54.07\00:37:56.71
non profit organization called
Help The Needy Incorporated.
00:37:56.74\00:38:00.71
That's my husband
take care of that.
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.94
Okay.
00:38:02.98\00:38:04.31
So there, we
have our three desks
00:38:04.35\00:38:06.21
and he is busy over there,
00:38:06.25\00:38:07.88
Grace is busy here
and I'm busy over here
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.15
and we're doing paper
work, phone calls whatever
00:38:10.19\00:38:12.75
in our little office.
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.52
So that's what he does,
00:38:14.56\00:38:16.69
and I told him that I
wanted Adopt A Minister
00:38:16.73\00:38:19.39
to be emphasized more
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.06
but he also want
his Help The Needy.
00:38:21.10\00:38:24.60
And but the amazing
thing is when you see a face
00:38:24.63\00:38:29.87
that almost is so huge
with a big tumor hanging here
00:38:29.90\00:38:34.71
and we send off their stories
00:38:34.74\00:38:37.08
and the same
donors would send us money
00:38:37.11\00:38:41.75
and then they
had their surgeries,
00:38:41.78\00:38:45.25
that's so amazing,
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.69
and then they find Jesus,
the whole family finds Jesus.
00:38:46.72\00:38:49.76
They become
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.13
Yes.
00:38:51.16\00:38:52.49
Most of these people are
not. So just help the needy.
00:38:52.53\00:38:53.86
And then after
they've been helped,
00:38:53.90\00:38:55.86
yeah, they...
00:38:55.90\00:38:57.53
Well, that was
Christ's approach was to heal
00:38:57.57\00:39:01.07
and then to
minister to the physically
00:39:01.10\00:39:03.94
and then spiritually so that...
00:39:03.97\00:39:06.37
So that's his job,
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.91
he's very good at what
he does would Help the Needy
00:39:07.94\00:39:11.31
and we take care
of Adopt a Minister.
00:39:11.35\00:39:13.42
But we also do his,
00:39:13.45\00:39:14.88
so we're
actually doing all three,
00:39:14.92\00:39:18.55
but we gave the paper work
00:39:18.59\00:39:20.99
for Help the Needy
for him at this time,
00:39:21.02\00:39:23.12
and he's very
good at what he does.
00:39:23.16\00:39:24.49
I said make sure you
mention "Help the Needy."
00:39:24.53\00:39:28.46
You know, I have
to say this, Reva.
00:39:28.50\00:39:31.43
I'm so
impressed with both of you
00:39:31.47\00:39:33.84
and with what God
has done in your lives
00:39:33.87\00:39:36.24
but in how you have
recognized God's goodness
00:39:36.27\00:39:40.98
and not taken it for granted.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.11
And how you're dedicating
and even sacrificing for him
00:39:43.14\00:39:47.65
and for his work but
it's amazing to think,
00:39:47.68\00:39:50.69
insurance policy
00:39:50.72\00:39:53.59
to build a church.
00:39:53.62\00:39:56.73
But that's a one time act,
the thing that impresses me
00:39:56.76\00:40:01.26
the most is that day by day
you're dedicating your life,
00:40:01.30\00:40:06.60
all of your time,
your talent to the Lord
00:40:06.63\00:40:10.41
and not asking for
anything in return.
00:40:10.44\00:40:13.17
But there will be a
reward, it may not be here,
00:40:13.21\00:40:17.28
but there will be a reward
00:40:17.31\00:40:19.21
and it's just,
it's such a blessing.
00:40:19.25\00:40:21.85
I want to go ahead,
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.42
we have an
address roll for them.
00:40:23.45\00:40:26.86
Like I said this
touches my heart so much
00:40:26.89\00:40:29.16
because I know what
happens in the Philippines.
00:40:29.19\00:40:31.56
I know it can be a
very dangerous place,
00:40:31.59\00:40:33.56
there's a lot of gangs.
00:40:33.60\00:40:35.80
We've been warned,
I've been invited over there
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.70
and people say
"Oh, you shouldn't go,
00:40:37.73\00:40:39.33
you'll be kidnapped."
00:40:39.37\00:40:40.70
So there are things going on,
00:40:40.74\00:40:42.07
but there are so many people
00:40:42.10\00:40:44.71
who need the Lord
there and to think that
00:40:44.74\00:40:47.94
you could actually
take two of these characters
00:40:47.98\00:40:51.91
who were bitter
enemies, evil people
00:40:51.95\00:40:57.02
who've come to know
the Lord meet at a baptism
00:40:57.05\00:41:00.26
and are able to
embrace one another.
00:41:00.29\00:41:02.22
You see the hand of the
Lord is moving very strongly
00:41:02.26\00:41:05.69
and the Adopt a
Minister program,
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.96
you've got people
who are like Reva said.
00:41:08.00\00:41:12.43
They instead of
saying "Oh, well, let's see."
00:41:12.47\00:41:15.74
What, what degree can I get
00:41:15.77\00:41:19.11
that I can make a
nice living for my
00:41:19.14\00:41:21.61
and have a nice home.
00:41:21.64\00:41:23.55
No, they go into
ministry, they go,
00:41:23.58\00:41:26.75
get their theological training,
00:41:26.78\00:41:28.68
sometimes taking
them up to eight years
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.85
because they have to work.
00:41:30.89\00:41:32.75
Yet knowing,
there's not any money in it
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.92
and that they may not
even have a place to be sent.
00:41:34.96\00:41:37.69
So if you would like to adopt,
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.86
if the Holy
Spirit is impressing you,
00:41:39.89\00:41:41.50
and you'd like
to adopt a minister,
00:41:41.53\00:41:44.73
here's how you can get in touch
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.53
with this non
profit organization.
00:41:46.57\00:41:51.24
Adopt a Minister International
is a non profit organization
00:41:51.27\00:41:54.48
that pays the salaries of
00:41:54.51\00:41:55.84
unemployed ministerial graduates
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.48
in the Philippines through
donations and sponsorships
00:41:57.51\00:42:00.15
of wonderful people
from all over the world.
00:42:00.18\00:42:02.45
You can write to Adopt
a Minister International,
00:42:02.48\00:42:05.25
7811 Laurel Court,
00:42:05.29\00:42:07.39
Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726.
00:42:07.42\00:42:10.66
That's Adopt a
Minister International,
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.69
7811 Laurel Court,
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.90
Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726.
00:42:14.93\00:42:18.23
You can call 225-664-8174.
00:42:18.27\00:42:22.14
That's 225-664-8174.
00:42:22.17\00:42:25.81
You can also visit
their website at a-a-m.org,
00:42:25.84\00:42:30.55
that's a-a-m.org.
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.72
This is a very worthy
cause and time is short,
00:42:37.32\00:42:40.26
we need to get the message out.
00:42:40.29\00:42:42.86
Now Mary Grace,
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.43
you look like
you're about to burst.
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.96
You want to say
something I can tell.
00:42:45.99\00:42:48.36
I like to share one thing.
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.03
Several years ago
there were a number of people
00:42:50.07\00:42:53.64
who wanted to
introduce me to the world.
00:42:53.67\00:42:56.10
They told me that I could make
a lot of money of my talent.
00:42:56.14\00:42:59.27
I could make that much
money that I could buy anything
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.94
that I want, cars,
houses but they told me
00:43:01.98\00:43:06.35
that I could not
mention anything about God,
00:43:06.38\00:43:09.05
nor that two ministries
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.45
that I'm so passionate about.
00:43:10.49\00:43:11.82
They only wanted me
to talk about Mary Grace,
00:43:11.85\00:43:14.56
and what Mary Grace can do,
00:43:14.59\00:43:16.32
so I turned them down
00:43:16.36\00:43:18.13
because I know
it's not about me,
00:43:18.16\00:43:20.03
now it's about God.
00:43:20.06\00:43:21.40
And it's not about what I can do
00:43:21.43\00:43:22.96
but about what
God can do through me.
00:43:23.00\00:43:25.03
Amen.
00:43:25.07\00:43:26.40
And one more thing,
00:43:26.43\00:43:27.80
I was thinking that my
stob was cut just right.
00:43:27.84\00:43:31.11
Because if it's were
any longer or shorter
00:43:31.14\00:43:34.48
then it would probably be
hard for me to play the piano
00:43:34.51\00:43:37.91
and I have an
elbow joint right here
00:43:37.95\00:43:39.78
which I could not bend.
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.32
I was thinking
if it were bendable
00:43:41.35\00:43:42.68
then probably it
would be difficult
00:43:42.72\00:43:44.05
for me to play
the piano as well.
00:43:44.09\00:43:46.25
And there's like a
flesh, a protrusion
00:43:46.29\00:43:48.09
right at the tip of my stob,
00:43:48.12\00:43:50.43
that's just a right
size to hit one key.
00:43:50.46\00:43:54.33
Having said that, I
know without a doubt
00:43:54.36\00:43:55.86
that I was
created perfect after all.
00:43:55.90\00:43:58.53
Amen.
00:43:58.57\00:43:59.90
Perfect, and perfect for what
God can plan for you as well.
00:43:59.93\00:44:04.01
Well, we'd love to hear
you play another song so we,
00:44:04.04\00:44:07.61
right now we want
to listen to Mary Grace
00:44:07.64\00:44:10.98
as she plays Via Dolorosa.
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.72
Amazing.
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.26
Truly you are wonderfully made
00:47:48.30\00:47:50.87
and this is such a blessing,
00:47:50.90\00:47:52.40
so glad that you were
using your talents for the Lord.
00:47:52.43\00:47:55.50
Now you had mentioned something
that you wanted to say?
00:47:55.54\00:47:58.74
Okay, I was gonna say that
00:47:58.77\00:48:03.08
you know the greater mission
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.65
to share Jesus was given
not only to the disciples
00:48:04.68\00:48:08.38
but to every believer.
00:48:08.42\00:48:10.02
Amen.
00:48:10.05\00:48:11.39
And if you cannot do it,
00:48:11.42\00:48:14.02
send somebody who can,
00:48:14.06\00:48:15.59
right? Amen.
00:48:15.62\00:48:16.96
So through your
prayers and donations,
00:48:16.99\00:48:20.60
if you want to adopt
a minister or ministers,
00:48:20.63\00:48:24.50
they can write
to you and you know
00:48:24.53\00:48:28.00
hear from them firsthand
what's happening over there
00:48:28.04\00:48:32.01
where your money is going
00:48:32.04\00:48:34.54
and they would be
precious souls for the kingdom.
00:48:34.58\00:48:37.18
Amen. Glory to God.
00:48:37.21\00:48:38.55
There are so many people
00:48:38.58\00:48:39.91
who still needs
to hear about him.
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.32
Oh, right.
00:48:41.35\00:48:42.68
And time is short.
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.52
Very short. Time is short.
00:48:44.55\00:48:46.45
This you're echoing
my heart's passion is
00:48:46.49\00:48:51.76
to get every member involved,
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.76
every member at
the church involved
00:48:54.80\00:48:57.97
in doing the work of the Lord.
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.63
So praise God.
00:48:59.67\00:49:01.44
Well, we're almost,
00:49:01.47\00:49:03.10
we're getting down
close to the end of the hour
00:49:03.14\00:49:05.71
and we wanted to have Mary Grace
00:49:05.74\00:49:08.48
play for us one more time,
00:49:08.51\00:49:09.98
now this song is titled
Lord Be Glorified, right?
00:49:10.01\00:49:14.88
So this is Mary Grace,
God's wonder on the piano.
00:49:14.92\00:49:18.85