Participants: Danny Shelton & Yvonne Lewis (Host), Julia Outkina & Alexey Britov & Vadim Trusyuk
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016080A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:06 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN today program. 01:09 Thank you for joining us, 01:11 and as always thanking for your love 01:13 and your prayers 01:14 and financial support of 3ABN 01:17 as we endeavor to take this great gospel of the kingdom 01:20 into all the world. 01:21 And with me my co-host today, Dr. Yvonne Lewis. 01:24 Hey. 01:25 Yvonne, it's always good to have you here. 01:26 Oh, it's always good to be here. 01:28 And I don't think I could have kept you 01:29 from being on this program 01:31 'cause one of your dear friends... 01:32 Absolutely. 01:33 Is on here, right? 01:35 Absolutely, my precious Julia. 01:37 Go ahead, why don't you introduce them. 01:39 This is Julia Outkina 01:41 and she is the General Manager of 3ABN Russia. 01:45 That's right, Dr. Julia Outkina. 01:47 I should say Dr. Julia Outkina. 01:50 Absolutely and you went to Russia yourself. 01:54 I did, 01:56 it was amazing, I'd never been there. 01:58 And you know, you don't know what to expect, 02:01 the people were wonderful, 02:03 I went in a mall, I was happy. 02:06 Oh, yeah, get her in a mall, 02:07 and most women aren't they happy, right? 02:09 It was great. 02:11 Well, I can tell you that when I went there in 1992, 02:14 is Julia can testify, we didn't have malls 02:17 and we didn't have all these restaurants 02:19 and places you could go. 02:20 I mean it was a totally different country 02:23 than what it was the last time I was there, 02:25 I was amazed even Nizhny had a mall. 02:28 When we went there, 02:29 there only was I think there was one McDonald's 02:31 and that was in Moscow. 02:33 Yeah, probably and most popular place 02:36 among the Russians in Moscow. 02:38 Oh, yeah, they would spend a week salary 02:41 to take their family there 02:42 and just spend the time and enjoy it, 02:44 because it was something so unusual. 02:47 But times have changed, Julia, 02:49 this coming year 17, 25 years. 02:52 That's right. 02:54 Since 1992 the beginning of Russia. 02:56 Yeah, that's right. 02:58 Is that impossible. 02:59 Yeah, it's amazing. 03:01 It gives goose bumps 03:02 to think about that 25 years of miracles. 03:06 There is 32 years of miracles at 3ABN 03:09 and 25 of those years are miracles in Russia. 03:13 It's just amazing. 03:15 Absolutely amazing. 03:16 And isn't amazing that Julia and I, 03:18 neither one have aged a bit in 25 years. 03:22 I'm just kidding, don't get all tied about it. 03:25 Now, Julia hasn't age. 03:27 But you know, I think about it and, Yvonne, 03:29 when we went there, 03:31 we were through the great success 03:33 of the Carter Report ministries, 03:36 2, 532 precious souls were baptized. 03:39 Julia Outkina being one of those, 03:42 but they only had a church in Nizhny 03:44 that held about 200 people, 03:46 and it was pretty full, 03:47 so what you're gonna do with 2,532 new converts, 03:52 so the government had just opened up 03:55 and her brother Boris Nemtsov was the governor of that area, 03:59 I think a constituency of 52 million people. 04:03 And through him and through Julia 04:06 we were able to purchase property 04:08 and build what turned out to be 04:10 the largest Protestant facility in all the ex-Soviet Union. 04:14 That's when we got Brother John Canter to come over 04:17 and we needed a translator, so we met Julia. 04:21 She'd been baptized 04:23 and so I went to the conference office, 04:24 I think you were translating there may be, 04:27 and I asked her if I could hire her, 04:29 though she was a professor of English, 04:33 the institute there in Nizhny, right? 04:34 That's right. 04:36 And had been for how many years, 04:37 quite a few years? 04:39 Nineteen years. Nineteen years. 04:40 Yeah, I had been a teacher of English 04:41 in several places in language college 04:43 and then in civil engineering college, 04:45 19 years all together. 04:47 Yeah. 04:48 And so we offered the job 04:49 and she accepted it to my surprise and great joy. 04:53 And so I remember for the first three years or so, 04:57 no matter in the year Russia can get really cold, 05:00 I mean, really cold. 05:02 But I remember I would go over there and John Canter, 05:04 she would follow him everywhere because he is a workhorse. 05:08 And he would put him in charge 05:09 of building this entire facility 05:12 and Julia would follow him around, 05:13 and I remember she had this little bag, 05:15 little sag and she would eat, 05:17 reminded me of little squirrel eating, 05:19 so I asked him why 05:21 and basically John didn't stop long enough to eat. 05:23 So she wanted to enter, 05:25 she is climbing up and down the ladder, 05:27 she'd have an apple, she'd have some nuts, 05:28 she'd have something and in between, you know, 05:31 translations but in the cold, cold weather, 05:34 so she went from the warm weather of the teacher 05:38 inside suddenly just being translator working outside. 05:42 And then of course later after the facility was there, 05:44 we asked her to be the general manager, 05:46 so thank you, Julia. 05:48 The work you have. 05:49 Oh, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 05:50 I haven't been happy in my life 05:54 ever than when I started working 05:57 with 3ABN doing God's work, 06:00 and you are saying about warm, 06:03 before I was in the cold, 06:05 my real warm became when I got to know the Lord, 06:10 and when I started being with him and when I started, 06:14 you know, being involved 06:16 in the miraculous ministry of 3ABN. 06:18 All right, we have some other guest too. 06:21 They speak little English more than I speak Russian. 06:24 But, Julia, why don't you introduce them, 06:27 and then we will talk a little more, 06:29 I mean this is such a great... 06:32 for me a great ministry 3ABN Russian. 06:35 What they do is so little, 06:36 little as much when God is in it. 06:38 The productions they do, you've seen them. 06:39 Yes. 06:41 The outreach that they do, the Bible studies 06:43 and how God has grown this ministry 06:45 is just absolutely marvelous 06:48 and Russia is my second home. 06:49 Yes. 06:50 As you know, because my heart is there. 06:52 Home is where your heart is. 06:53 Yeah. 06:55 And when I go there and see the people 06:56 and see the results, 06:57 I love it, 06:59 I'd have been there numerous times 07:00 almost too many to count 07:01 and I look forward should the Lord tarry, 07:04 may be next summer going back. 07:05 Oh, yes. 07:06 Doing something for the 25th anniversary. 07:08 Why don't you introduce our co-workers here today? 07:13 Alexey Britov is the general manger of 3ABN Russia, 07:17 my position is executive director 07:19 and he is the general manager. 07:22 And Vadim is production coordinator 07:24 and he wears quite a number of hats 07:26 because he does, they are carving, 07:28 the filing I don't understand all those technical things, 07:31 but I would like to start 07:33 with how the Lord has been working with Russia, 07:37 with the Russian people all the time, all along. 07:41 When the church was underground 07:43 and when it seemed like atheist was the, 07:46 you know, the law in Russia... 07:49 atheism was the law in Russia. 07:51 Let me talk about Alexey. 07:52 He was a little boy 07:54 and his grandma 07:59 from what he's describing now 08:00 I would say that she was a Russian protestant, 08:03 even though she belonged to a Russian Orthodox Church. 08:06 They actually didn't have church building close by 08:10 and they got together in homes 08:12 and they talked about what the Bibles, 08:16 what is written in the Bible, they somehow... 08:26 There was only one person 08:28 who knew how to read in the whole village 08:31 where his grandma lived. 08:33 And the book that babushka had was the Bible, 08:38 and the Bible in modern Russian language. 08:40 Who did she get it from? 08:41 From some of the Protestant, no one else I think. 08:45 And so his grandma 08:49 taught him a lot of things about God, about faith 08:53 and she taught him a beautiful prayer, 08:55 and I will let him say this prayer in Russian 08:58 and I'll translate. 09:03 Cross in me, 09:05 cross with me, cross, 09:07 cross meaning crucified in front or ahead, 09:10 in front of me. 09:13 Three angels with me, 09:15 can you believe in the middle of Russia, 09:17 just talking about three angels. 09:24 And in me depart from me, I want to be God's servant, 09:27 so this is what she taught him from an early age. 09:34 He learnt it when he was a little boy in 1985. 09:39 And then when he was 13, Pastor John, 09:42 the meeting in 1993... 09:46 In 1993 it was the second series of meetings 09:49 of Pastor John Carter in my city Nizhny Novgorod. 09:52 He attended and he said 09:55 that was where he got the big picture 09:58 and all the Bible knowledge, 10:00 he saw the global saying of what God does 10:04 in the history of mankind and everything, 10:07 and he very sincerely accepted the Lord at that time, 10:09 he was baptized. 10:11 He says that his relationship with God 10:13 deepened many times after that 10:15 when he went through some difficult situations in life. 10:17 He learned how to really trust the Lord 10:20 and depend upon him. 10:21 And it was an interesting story 10:23 how he became general manager of 3ABN Russia, 10:25 but before that 10:27 since we're speaking about the history 10:29 of how the Lord is working in Russia. 10:31 Let me talk about Vadim's history. 10:34 His grandfather was in prison for ten years 10:39 in the former Soviet Union for his beliefs. 10:43 Oh, his great grandfather. 10:44 His grandfather was exiled in Siberia... 10:50 For five years he was in Siberia. 10:52 His parents and they were all Seventh-day Adventists. 10:55 His parents when they were young people, 11:00 they would hide themselves 11:02 in a cell underground part of a house. 11:07 They would put a pillow on the table, 11:09 they would put a typewriter on the pillow, 11:12 so that the sound is not heard really well. 11:15 They would sit down at the typewriter, 11:17 they would put a blanket to cover themselves 11:20 and the typewriter, 11:23 do something to lit up here 11:26 and then they would type The Great Controversy, 11:29 The Desire of Ages, 11:30 this is how his parents were. 11:33 It's amazing. 11:34 Yeah, were raised. 11:35 And he says that he was in church, 11:38 Vadim was in church for the first time, 11:40 the second day of his life. 11:42 They certainly brought him to church, 11:44 and he is very thankful to be raised 11:47 in a Christian home to be taught all the good things. 11:50 He says that he is learning from the Lord himself 11:53 and he goes through his own, you know, 11:56 relationship establishment with the Lord 11:58 and he is very, very happy 12:01 to be born in a Christian home. 12:03 So, you know, 12:05 this is what the Lord has been doing in atheistic Russia. 12:07 Absolutely and how long, Alexey, 12:10 have you been general manager? 12:19 It is only for half a year that he is general manager, 12:22 but his story is, 12:24 he was a pastor for six years and then he decided... 12:29 He was very successful, 12:30 he did very good evangelistic series, 12:33 he had about 200 people baptized, 12:35 but then the Lord moved him 12:37 that he would rather be a lay pastor 12:39 and go into a business. 12:42 He was not an owner of the business, 12:44 he was employed by the business. 12:45 He said that he kept doing very active in the church 12:48 which I know, 12:49 and he worked in business for nine years, 12:53 during those years he helped us 12:56 with our Bible studies. 12:58 We have, 13:00 we still have the Bible studies 13:01 that Alexey put together for us, 13:04 it's called New Life Bible study course 13:06 and oh, 13:07 it has such a wonderful response from the viewers. 13:09 And he donated us money, you know, 13:12 to publish the translation of yours and Shelley's book, 13:17 Antichrist Agenda. 13:20 So he has been really helping a lot. 13:22 And then when he worked in that business, 13:25 the business seemed to do well, 13:27 but because of the general economic situation in Russia, 13:31 they decided to combine food distribution 13:34 where he was involved in and alcohol. 13:37 And he said, no, I'm not, 13:39 this was his condition before 13:41 that no alcohol in among his activities, 13:44 thus he lost his job 13:45 because he didn't want to continue with it. 13:47 And then he once in church told me, 13:50 "Julia, please pray, I'm looking for a job." 13:53 And then, 13:55 well, some other people learnt about that 13:57 and then the Lord just impressed us 13:59 that he would be a good guy for general management 14:02 because he has this, you know, 14:04 theological preparation 14:07 and he has very good administrative skills 14:11 and the video roll that you will watch today 14:13 with 3ABN Russia's progress, 14:15 he will say how much has been accomplished. 14:18 The roll will be for the whole year 14:20 and he has been half of that time 14:21 he has been with us. 14:22 I praise the Lord for him. 14:24 Isn't it amazing how you might think 14:27 that certain steps are not a part of the major plan 14:32 but your being in business was part of the plan. 14:36 So God gave you all that experience in administration 14:41 and then said, okay, 14:42 now it's time to work again for me and in this realm. 14:46 I think so. 14:47 Yes. I think so. 14:49 And Vadim has been with us for ten years. 14:53 He has gone from cameraman 14:56 and all these things 14:58 and now he's production coordinator, 15:00 very orderly organized person 15:02 and then he coordinates our broadcasting with 3ABN, 15:07 he works with Tim here and archives, 15:11 a lot of material so, 15:12 yeah, and we are learning so many wonderful things 15:15 about 3ABN about his dedication, 15:18 about his sacrifice, 15:19 about his operation, wonderful visit. 15:23 Wonderful, we are glad that you're all are here. 15:25 And it helps to come and for them to see us 15:29 and us to go over there. 15:30 It does. 15:32 And really look at each other's ministries 15:34 and see how we can support it. 15:36 Now being an, go ahead. 15:38 Oh, I was gonna say that 15:40 last year when you came over, 15:42 you came to see some of the things 15:45 that Dare to Dream was doing 15:46 and I got to talk to you and Elena 15:50 and you sent me an open for the sanctuary program 15:55 we haven't done yet, 15:56 but we gonna be able to use their open, 15:59 it is beautiful so we can work together 16:02 and do things together, 16:04 but it's so uplifting even though 16:06 I didn't speak Russian, 16:07 Elena didn't speak English, 16:10 we bonded because she is my sister in the Lord, 16:13 so it was just, it was so beautiful, 16:15 it's so wonderful when you guys come over 16:18 to know what you're doing to see 16:19 how God is using you, 16:21 and for you to see what we were doing 16:23 and just to share things, 16:24 this is a beautiful thing. 16:26 Yes, as I'm saying it's God's miracle 16:28 they are all over the world, 16:29 3ABN is God's miracle all over the world 16:32 because through it so many people are reached, 16:35 so many people get to know the Lord 16:37 with the ministry of 3ABN, 16:39 and it doesn't matter 16:41 what the language is, it's just, 16:43 it's the Lord, it's about the Lord. 16:45 Amen. 16:46 When I first went over there, I just turned wasn't quite, 16:51 I think I was almost 41 16:53 first time I went over there. 16:55 And Julia was well, 16:57 she is little younger than I am, 16:58 I won't give her age. 16:59 That's good. 17:01 It's about two or three years or so younger than me 17:02 so she was in her late 30s and I was around 40, 17:06 and when we saw this huge facility that was just, 17:10 they had never finished 17:11 and you look up to see the skies 17:13 and look out and there is nothing in it 17:15 but millions of bricks 17:17 and wondering how we ever gonna get this thing built in, 17:21 you know, then how's it gonna mature 17:23 so you really at a time I think about it 17:27 and now I look back and say, how did that happen? 17:30 Because we didn't have money to do it, 17:32 we didn't know what we were doing. 17:35 Even John Canter who came over 17:37 ask him to go for three months 17:38 and he stayed about three or four years 17:40 a long time and then continued to go back 17:42 over the years but to see what God did, 17:45 because God did that, it was nothing she and I, 17:49 we didn't have experience in that 17:51 and especially in a foreign country 17:53 dealing with a governments, 17:54 that's where she and her brother came in. 17:57 I had some construction background 17:59 and so to John, 18:00 and then you have Pastor Carter 18:02 who had the spiritual background 18:03 and did the meetings, 18:05 but you know the building was built 18:07 and it became a church, 18:09 put a church in there. 18:11 We had a youth church to begin with there is smaller church 18:14 and then started building the studios, 18:16 so we had sent folk over 18:18 and just with very limited equipment 18:21 we were amazed, our people would say, 18:24 I can't believe the work these Russians are doing 18:27 because they didn't have... 18:28 Now I'll tell you this, 18:30 in 1992 when I was there when you go in any store 18:34 in Russia unlike we call it the walking street 18:36 Nizhny Novgorod, they didn't have calculators, 18:40 very few people have, they use the abacus, 18:42 is that what you call it? 18:44 Yes. 18:45 That like in the Bible times. Yeah, abacus, yeah. 18:46 And when we would pull out our calculator, 18:48 the people in the stores were like wow, 18:50 and they cost us dollar and a half or something here, 18:53 so we would take them over and give them to people 18:56 but that's the times we're looking at is like 19:00 so far behind where we are today 19:03 but we gave them, 19:05 we would take over a little equipment, 19:07 and I'm telling you little is much 19:09 when God is in it 19:10 because how quickly they caught on, 19:14 then they would take what we had 19:15 and literally go to the limit, 19:17 you would say, how do they produce this greater quality 19:21 with so little equipment to have, 19:23 so we continued to build 19:24 and the production 19:26 you all doing now is absolutely fantastic. 19:28 And the organization, 19:30 Julia didn't have the background 19:33 as I didn't and may be you didn't for Dare to Dream, 19:36 but the Lord makes up that difference. 19:37 Yes. 19:39 And so you just go forward, you go in the name of the Lord, 19:41 blessings on the go 19:43 and then I found out something really important, 19:45 I've been studying out lately but you can't fail 19:48 when you come in the name of the Lord. 19:49 Amen. 19:50 If it's not about you, 19:52 if it's about God you cannot fail. 19:53 So we can do nothing against the God's truth before it, 19:58 so all we did, Julia did what she knew to do, 20:02 I did what I did, the other folk, 20:04 those of you at home who sent the money in, 20:07 and yet you saw from the beginning, 20:09 I mean we showed the buildings, 20:10 it was just a mess. 20:12 But people had faith to believe that it would work 20:14 and it did. 20:16 Yes. 20:17 Since that time those 25 years 20:18 we've both been through a lot of personal things. 20:20 That's right. 20:21 And you've been through personal things, 20:22 I'm sure you all have, those of you at home. 20:25 But what I appreciate about Julia, 20:26 she continues to give God honor and glory 20:29 and praise with some great loses, 20:32 it's been how long since your brother, 20:34 it's been not quite two years right? 20:36 Yeah. 20:37 Not quite two years 20:39 since her brother Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow, 20:44 midnight it made national news, 20:45 it was on CNN, 20:47 and all the network series very well known. 20:51 I hate to use word politician but I guess he was in politics, 20:54 but an independent groups, 20:57 but an incredible man with a much influence 21:00 so she lost her brother, 21:02 then this past year she lost her husband 21:05 in a drowning accident. 21:07 And I mean how much can one person take at a time, 21:12 Julia continues to serve the Lord. 21:15 And I appreciate you, 21:18 I love you as a sister in the Lord, 21:20 I always had for 25 years she were like this. 21:22 Oh yes, I know. 21:23 I can tell you that we were like this. 21:24 I know. 21:26 And so but your faith in God strengthens me. 21:30 And so thank you that you can 21:33 as in Hebrew 11 chapter, 21:35 they looked a far off. 21:37 You can't, we can't look around us right now 21:40 because we can get discouraged, 21:42 but you by faith you see ahead 21:45 that we're strangers here, 21:46 we're sole journers and so our home is heaven. 21:50 Yeah. 21:51 Julia radiates a peace of God. Yeah. 21:53 You know, and I think that 21:56 when people know of your struggles 21:58 and your difficulties your challenges 22:01 and then they see 22:02 how the Lord has given you peace, 22:05 it's a testimony. 22:07 You are a living testimony 22:09 and we appreciate your testimony. 22:12 Yeah, you know, 22:14 I go through a lot of personal struggle. 22:16 I believe that faith is a gift of God 22:22 but you have to want it to yourself, 22:25 I mean you have to connect with God through prayers, 22:31 through Bible study, through thinking, 22:35 just contemplating 22:36 and I cannot say the time and faith all the time, 22:39 but I'm learning to distinguish my condition 22:42 when I'm in faith and when I'm out of it. 22:45 And I'm not saying that 22:47 all these things are so difficult to describe 22:50 because it's a spiritual realm, 22:52 it's hard to describe but without human words, 22:54 but I know the time a believer, you know, 22:57 since I attended the meetings, 22:58 since the Lord converted my heart, 23:00 I'm a believer all the time, 23:02 but still within this being a believer, 23:05 I may be in faith and I may be out of faith. 23:09 And it is so easy, you know, 23:12 when you're attentive it is easy to distinguish 23:15 when you are in faith or out of faith, 23:17 because there's a fruit of the spirit, 23:19 when you have peace that you're talking about, 23:22 when you have love when you have compassion, 23:25 when you have desire 23:26 to help people toward salvation, 23:32 do everything that you can for their salvation, 23:36 then you are in faith. 23:38 And when you start finding fault with you know, 23:41 with someone saying all the bad things 23:43 about some people or about some situations 23:47 and you are right, 23:48 you're completely right. 23:50 There are those faults, 23:51 there are bad things about situations 23:53 but it's not what the Lord 23:54 concentrates on when he deals with us, 23:57 he uplifts the best in us and when we are with him, 24:02 then all those bad things go away 24:05 but because there is Christ and he works... 24:08 is he who works, it's not us. 24:10 So I'm very thankful for all these things 24:13 that you are saying to me but it's the Lord, 24:17 I know that I'm nothing, 24:18 nothing not a single moment of my life 24:21 am I worth what the Lord is worth. 24:24 So whatever my worth is, it's the Lord's worth. 24:27 Her greatest asset to me 24:30 and her brother's too was they want truth. 24:33 Her brother stood up against when he saw wrongs 24:38 and it basically cost him his life. 24:41 Julia has stood up for what she believes 24:44 and when she came in, 24:47 she said she wasn't, you weren't an atheist, 24:49 you just didn't know anything about God, right? 24:51 Yeah, I would say I was looking, 24:53 I just couldn't find, 24:54 I didn't hear anything that would come to... 24:56 that would get into my heart. 24:59 So she came to the meetings that Elder Carter was doing. 25:05 The Lord spoke to her, 25:06 but I'm amazed that he didn't have time 25:09 because it was a short time 25:10 and he spoke on the Sabbath this day 25:12 then of course mainly salvation 25:14 when you're talking about it, 25:16 and the Bible that Bible is true, 25:18 that it's God's word, 25:19 those are the things when you go into countries 25:21 where people don't know about God. 25:24 You concentrate on those 25:25 and may be not every little doctrine 25:27 that you have or your philosophies, 25:29 but for instance he didn't spend much time 25:32 if any on jewelry. 25:33 As Seventh-day Adventist 25:35 we wear very limited amount of jewelry, 25:37 never spoke on that, yet I saw Julia, 25:41 some time later when I'm going back 25:43 and I noticed she didn't have jewelry on 25:46 even a wedding ring, how did that happen? 25:49 No one ever in your life mentioned it to you. 25:51 That's right. 25:52 So why did you... 25:53 Yeah, no one ever mentioned that 25:55 it was the day of my conversion, 25:59 it was the day, 26:00 the last day of the meetings with Pastor John Carter 26:03 because I was fighting you know, 26:04 my brother was in such a prominent position 26:07 and communism was very strong there, 26:09 I thought oh, I'm his only sister 26:10 and I'm going to be baptized into a Protestant church. 26:13 What would people say about him and so on? 26:17 So I was kind of putting it off all the time, 26:19 then the Lord penetrated my heart, 26:21 when Pastor John Carter read, 26:24 "Don't you know that 26:25 you are that the Holy Spirit dwells in you." 26:29 And I thought oh, as unworthy as I am, 26:32 the Holy Spirit dwells in me. 26:34 It put myself esteem into the right place immediately 26:39 because I didn't think much of myself, 26:42 much about myself before it. 26:44 And I didn't start thinking much of myself after it, 26:49 it just went into the right place, 26:51 I'm good enough for the Lord. 26:54 Why should I worry about 26:56 like what people think about me and so on. 27:00 And you know, immediately after that, 27:02 I don't have any explanation, 27:05 I came back home from that meeting, 27:07 this was when I decided that 27:08 I will be baptized not matter what, 27:10 no matter what my brother says, 27:12 no matter what my family says, and I just got baptized. 27:15 And then later I talk to my brother 27:17 in about a month, 27:18 I said you know what 27:19 if I discuss this thing with you 27:21 and you told me no, 27:22 I would have done it anyway 27:23 so I decided not to discuss that with you at all. 27:27 And he told me, no, if this is your thing, 27:30 this is what makes you happy, go ahead. 27:32 And you know, over all these years 27:34 when he would talk to my mom, 27:36 he talk to her more than to me, 27:39 he said, "How is Julia? How is her health? 27:42 How is her Adventism?" 27:43 Those were three things that she asked me about. 27:47 And he was interested about the, you know, 27:51 about a lot of things. 27:53 He was interested through what he learnt about me. 27:56 And so what I'm saying is the very... 28:00 I deviated from what I was saying about jewelry, 28:02 the very same day when that change happened 28:08 and we went in me 28:09 when I just got right with God about myself, 28:15 I was happy that it's him, it's about him not me. 28:18 It's him not me. 28:19 It was just a moment of happiness. 28:22 It was a definite moment, 28:23 for different people it's different. 28:25 With me it was a particular moment of happiness. 28:27 I came back home and I just took off, 28:30 I didn't wear much but still for better self esteem 28:33 I think now, I had my necklaces, 28:37 I had different things, 28:38 I had several rings, they were made of gold, 28:42 and it was kind of a prestigious thing 28:44 and nice for, 28:45 you know, for your looks and so on. 28:47 I just came home and I took them off 28:50 and I put them inside, 28:52 I didn't need them any longer, because I was my, 28:56 my decoration... 28:58 not decoration but my adornment... 29:01 Yeah, adornment sure. 29:02 My adornment was not gold anymore. 29:04 It's now the Holy Spirit, it was the Lord. 29:06 Yeah it was the Lord, the Lord was my adornment. 29:08 That is beautiful. 29:10 So you didn't need this anymore this facade really... 29:12 Yes. 29:13 All of this was appearance to look a certain way 29:16 in front of people and then you said, 29:18 you know what, Jesus sent me, 29:19 now I don't need any of this, what a beautiful. 29:21 Yeah, I think it's beautiful. Beautiful. 29:23 You can go through the Bible and you know, 29:25 argue one way or the other 29:26 and go back and forth all these 29:28 but you can't argue with that, I mean. 29:29 That's right. 29:30 As far as Julia is concerned what happened to her, 29:33 your testimony, it's a wonderful testimony. 29:35 I want you to know, 29:36 I love you, I love you as a sister, 29:38 I have another sister so now I have two sisters actually. 29:41 Yeah, oh, I appreciate it so much 29:42 during all the difficult moments with my brother 29:45 and with my husband 29:46 and then my mom broke her hip 29:48 and you know, Danny is a brother. 29:51 I mean he finds time with all that so much going on, 29:55 he finds time for me to, 29:57 you know, to give me wise advices, 30:00 how to deal with my mother, 30:01 I want her to get to know the Lord 30:04 and he tells me such, you know, 30:06 encouraging things, inspiring things, 30:08 so I'm very, very thankful brother Danny, 30:11 big brother, I hope you are big brother. 30:13 We write each other 30:14 so I call her a little sister and I mean, it's, 30:17 I'm the big brother. 30:18 But we saw her mother, I told her, 30:20 you don't have to worry about your mother, 30:22 God's got her, 30:23 because we saw a miracle when she came few years ago. 30:27 We were there 30:28 and she had so much back trouble, 30:30 you remember that. Yes, yes. 30:32 That she couldn't hardly stand up 30:33 and couldn't hardly attend, she came for some meetings. 30:36 Yeah. 30:37 And we prayed with her and what happened? 30:38 Yeah, she was, 30:40 she had a back problem 30:41 and it was over 10 years ago, 30:44 I believe quite a bit of time ago, 30:45 and she was bent this way and I told her, 30:49 "Mom, I want you to meet Danny 30:52 and to meet the group that you brought with him, 30:56 let's come." 30:57 And she's very respectful, 30:58 has been respectful all the time. 31:00 When Danny had his first meal in our home, 31:03 she cooked him food without onions 31:05 but since Russian people are so fond of onions, 31:09 then she fixed them separately 31:11 and she put them on a separate plate 31:13 so that people could help themselves. 31:15 And so she came to that meeting 31:18 and we all stood in circle and then Danny saw her bent, 31:23 and he said, what's the matter? 31:24 And she said that I have a back problem. 31:26 And Danny said, 31:28 would you like for us to pray for you? 31:29 And she said, yes. 31:31 It's her little steps you know, 31:33 Danny keeps bringing my family to the Lord. 31:36 Through all these years, 31:37 during each of his visits there, 31:40 and so she said, yes. 31:42 And him and David... 31:46 Big David. 31:47 Yeah, Big David, 31:49 they took my mom by the hand 31:50 and we all stood in circle 31:53 and oh, I was holding my mom's hand, 31:55 one of my mom's hands, 31:57 and you know, they prayed 31:59 and I just felt my eyes were close 32:00 but since I was holding her by the hand, 32:03 I just felt during the prayer 32:05 how she unbent and stood straight. 32:08 And then at the end of prayer she was standing straight, 32:12 what a testimony. 32:13 Yeah, praise God. 32:14 You ask her about it, 32:16 remember you said, she said, 32:18 mom you are standing up. 32:21 And do you remember what she said? 32:23 Her response is yes, I'm. 32:26 Yeah, she was, that's right. 32:28 Julia asked her 32:29 if she was in pain, and she is like no, 32:32 you know, she was so surprised 32:34 but it's those little things that God does. 32:36 That's right. 32:37 That is not us, it's not about us, it's him. 32:40 But the Lord knows her heart, 32:42 and so your mother is a great woman, 32:44 tell her, I said, 32:45 I've continued to pray for her... 32:47 Thank you very much. 32:48 And love her and plan on seeing her in heaven. 32:50 What we want to do, you all have a video 32:52 that you've prepared. 32:53 Yes. 32:55 And I always look forward to seeing them 32:56 so I don't know if Alexey or you someone, 32:58 tell us what or give us 33:00 a little preview of what we're gonna be watching. 33:04 We usually bring a video, a big video here once a year. 33:08 And it makes a report on the past year 33:11 so what you will see is 33:13 what has happened during the past year. 33:15 All right, wonderful. 33:18 In many activities of 3ABN Russia. 33:20 All right, let's go to it now. 33:55 Go ye therefore and teach all nations 33:58 said our Lord Jesus Christ. 34:00 3ABN is faithful to this commission. 34:03 In August 2017, by the grace of God, 34:07 3ABN Russia will celebrate its 25th anniversary. 34:12 In 1992 Pastor John Carter jointly with 3ABN 34:16 came to our city with an evangelistic program. 34:19 After the baptism of 3,534 people, 34:24 3ABN bought a building to house 3ABN Russia, 34:28 local conference, 34:29 the largest church in Nizhny Novgorod, 34:32 a Christian cultural center and much more. 34:37 For 24 years now, 34:38 3ABN Russia has been fulfilling its mission, 34:41 affecting people's life 34:43 through modern telecommunication means, 34:46 bringing the message of salvation and help 34:49 to those who are helpless, and hopeless without Christ. 34:59 Nowadays, 35:01 satellite broadcasting is a most efficient way 35:04 to bring the gospel to the Russian people. 35:07 Satellite channel allows us 35:08 to broadcast 24/7 through 51 cable operators, 35:13 which cover 172 cities, 35:16 42 villages and have about 257, 000 subscribers 35:21 with the potential audience of about 800,000 viewers. 35:31 Our main priority is getting more new cable operators 35:35 to rebroadcast our signal, 35:37 want evolve promotional activities 35:40 has been participation in CS to be television convention 35:44 in Moscow in January 2016. 35:47 This has been our second time there with our own booth. 35:51 This event allowed us to present 3ABN Russia 35:54 to all leading cable operators of the country 35:57 to meet with the partners, 35:59 to make contacts with the magazines 36:01 which publish television industry news. 36:04 Some of our programs are aired 36:06 on 57 free to air local TV stations 36:10 and on four satellite channels, 36:13 Hope channel, Shkolnik TV, CNL, TBN. 36:17 Our radio programs are broadcasted 36:19 by 30 radio stations and by two satellite channels, 36:23 Family Radio and New Life. 36:26 For active internet users we have 24/7 internet TV 36:30 and radio streaming. 36:32 We also place our programs on YouTube 36:35 and several social networks. 36:38 Therefore Russian speaking people 36:40 can watch our programming all over the world 36:43 on their computers or through mobile apps. 36:47 One of the ways of our distribution 36:49 that we consider very important is to get churches involved. 36:54 At special 3ABN Russia's presentations 36:57 would appeal for their help 36:59 in contacting their cable operators 37:02 to add 3ABN Russia to their package. 37:05 We also encourage churches for support 37:08 and volunteers help. 37:10 As another way of promotion, 37:12 we've participated in Moscow childrens 37:15 to the festival "Get Involved", 37:17 and TV contest "The Heroes of our Time" 37:20 both help by the 37:22 Russian National Association of Broadcasters. 37:25 We're very thankful to the Lord for our presentations 37:28 and recognition that lead more broadcasters 37:32 to get to know about 3ABN Russia's programming. 37:42 We aim at producing more and more programs 37:45 that would spiritually, mentally and physically 37:48 feed our long time viewers 37:50 and also target new audiences. 37:53 In 2015, 2016 37:56 we've put new projects on the air, 37:59 "The Heaven on Earth" programs about the sanctuary, 38:03 "If it were not for Love" seminar, 38:06 on happy family relations. 38:08 No Top Secret, 38:09 talk show on what the Bible teaches 38:12 on sensitive subjects. 38:14 Be healthy programs on theory 38:17 and practice of healthy lifestyles. 38:20 "A Helpful Minute", 38:21 health tips for different occasions. 38:24 "There is a Way Out" stop smoking seminar. 38:28 Concert and music numbers with Dr. Calvin Taylor 38:31 and Russian performers, 38:34 and now the new significant series 38:36 is prophets of the Bible in the Quran. 38:39 We have recently signed a contract 38:41 to be rebroadcast 24/7 by two biggest cable operators 38:46 in the Republic of Tatarstan, 38:47 a prominent Muslim region of Russia. 38:50 Sometime before that 38:52 the Lord impressed a pastor from Moscow Conference 38:55 who used to be a Muslim to make a series of sermons 38:59 based on the connections 39:00 between the Bible and the Quran. 39:03 The Lord has put us together 39:04 for this most important in new TV series. 39:08 Currently our creative team is developing 39:11 new series of programs on some original topics. 39:15 In a simple way about complicated things. 39:19 Alexander Sinitsyn the president Volga-Vyatka 39:22 Conference will use simple language 39:24 to discuss complicated things 39:26 that may haunt our mind like anger, 39:29 fear, superstition, horoscopes and others. 39:33 Morning blessings, 39:35 a short appealing talk of a pastor 39:37 with a good thought for the viewers 39:39 to start a day with, 39:41 "Three Amphers", 39:43 series of programs on Bible history 39:45 and archaeology 39:47 with a lot of graphics. 39:49 "Find Your Path", 39:50 young adult series of programs 39:52 helping our viewers to find way 39:55 from helplessness to happiness. 39:58 The depth of the gospel, 40:00 what is the gospel really about? 40:02 New special topic, 40:04 new application of the existing set 40:07 and graphics. 40:08 "Technology of a Abundance", 40:10 remake of one of the most popular programs of 3ABN Russia 40:14 about a unique method of growing vegetables 40:17 developed by Dr. Jacob Mythlyder. 40:20 The program is in a big demand on Russian cable. 40:24 There is an idea for two new programs 40:27 with an interesting name. 40:29 You've probably heard 40:30 that the Russian word for no is "net." 40:33 We plan to develop a program hypocrisy.net 40:38 the Bible on hypocrisy. 40:40 And unanswered.net 40:43 a program on our viewers, letters, and emails. 40:48 All the programs nurture faith in our hearts, 40:52 they give us strength, 40:53 encourage us to become what God wants us to be. 40:56 Thank you so much for your work. 41:02 I really want my daughter to become a good person. 41:05 She already knows that God exists. 41:08 I don't have a spiritual mentor, 41:10 while I have so many questions. 41:13 Your channel helps me 41:14 to understand everything better 41:16 and to explain it to my daughter. 41:19 Thank you very much. 41:21 There are so many letters and emails like these. 41:24 We constantly pray that the number of those 41:27 who will find God through our ministry increases. 41:31 This is why as soon as the means allowed, 41:34 we decided to make three angels' magazine 41:37 and send it to those 41:38 who have ever started 3ABN Russia Bible study course. 41:42 With the great help of our volunteers, 41:45 we prepare mail and maintain correspondence. 41:49 During the first five months of 2016 41:52 we made two issues of three angels' magazine 41:55 and have sent more than 9,000 letters promoting it. 42:05 This year quite a bit of repairs have taken place. 42:09 We've renovated our control room, 42:11 re-planed the offices 42:13 to have three rooms for editing, 42:15 have made a storage room for sets 42:17 and a storage room for printed materials. 42:19 Have installed plastic windows in the offices, 42:23 halls and guest rooms. 42:25 To dedicate all these to the Lord service, 42:28 we invited the leadership of Volga-Vyatka Conference 42:31 to make a special prayer of blessing 42:33 on all the renovations 42:35 as well as on our new employees. 42:39 Together with Volga-Vyatka Conference 42:41 we've started repairing and redecorating 42:44 the looks of 3ABN Russia's evangelism center. 42:47 Plastic windows have been installed on the facade. 42:50 Facade walls are being plastered and painted. 42:54 The roof is being repaired. 42:56 We praise the Lord 42:58 for the amazing 3ABN Russia's evangelism center. 43:02 All its activities for the glory of God 43:05 have been made possible only due to your support. 43:10 In August 2017, is our 25th anniversary. 43:15 We invite you to visit us if possible. 43:18 And of course to continue supporting 43:20 this miraculously powerful tool of preaching the gospel, 43:25 3ABN including 3ABN Russia. 43:28 God bless you. 43:54 Amen. Amen. 43:56 Wow, what an incredible report. 43:58 It has a new facelift the building, 44:01 I have to get use to that going for so many years 44:03 but its beautiful and all the work 44:05 that you're doing on such limited budget. 44:07 Yes. 44:08 Just amazing to me. 44:10 And I like the assortment of programming, you know, 44:12 that takes special interest in that 44:13 and you have such you know, 44:15 you have something for everyone, 44:16 which is really good. 44:18 We're watching Dare to Dream in a few months and you'll say, 44:21 I bet she got that idea from Russia. 44:22 That's right. 44:24 Oh, you know, 44:25 when Yvonne watches our programs 44:27 then she knows that we have got some ideas from her. 44:30 Well, that's what it's all about. 44:32 Praise the Lord. That's right. 44:33 People touching people right. Yeah. 44:34 We have about eight or nine minutes. 44:37 Want to talk about some miracle stories, 44:38 tell me some miracle stories? 44:40 Oh, yes. 44:41 Yes, there are some very special things. 44:43 They would have told them better 44:45 but it will take a little bit too long 44:46 with their Russian so I'll tell it to you, 44:49 I do all the talking to differ all the three of us. 44:54 One of the wonderful directions of our activities 44:57 is reaching Muslim audiences, and since I'm here at 3ABN, 45:01 I'm hearing that 45:02 this is the Seventh-day Adventist 45:04 tendency around the world, 45:06 we didn't know about that which is did it on our own. 45:09 It was a miracle when Alexey went to Zaotsky seminar 45:14 to present to make a 3ABN Russia's presentation 45:17 during a Bible study for the pastors 45:20 that was held there 45:21 and then after our presentation 45:24 a pastor who used to be Iranian, oh, 45:28 who is an Iranian by origin from Iran 45:30 and who used to be Muslim, 45:32 and who is now a Seventh-day Adventist pastor 45:35 who works for Moscow Conference to reach a lot of immigrants, 45:39 Muslim who come to Moscow 45:41 and there is a lot of local Muslim people in Moscow. 45:44 So he works on reaching them. 45:46 He came up to Alexey and he said, 45:47 "Having listened to your presentation, 45:49 I'm impressed that I want to put together 45:51 a series of programs that will reach the Muslims 45:54 with the Seventh-day Adventist message. 45:58 And Alexey said, oh, yes sure, 46:00 that will be great 46:01 what are you going to talk about. 46:02 He said I want to make a series 46:05 Bible prophets in the Quran. 46:08 And he said you know, 46:09 those Muslims who read the Quran, 46:12 they're very good people 46:13 because the Quran says 46:14 that the Bible was before the Quran, 46:16 it was written before the Quran, 46:18 it has the Torah in it 46:20 which every good Muslim is supposed to read the Torah. 46:24 It has the gospels in it 46:26 which every good Muslim is supposed to read. 46:29 And yeah, it so mentioned in the Quran, 46:31 it mentions about Jesus Christ, 46:33 it mentions about the prophets of the Bible. 46:37 Yeah, and you know, 46:38 they are reachable 46:40 because they have a lot of Bible principles 46:43 as far as food is concerned, 46:45 alcohol and so and so. 46:46 It is, I mean they're open. 46:49 And there are so many good people among them 46:51 who just don't know the truth. 46:53 And so we did some renovations to the set 46:57 and added some little touches to make it more oriental, 47:00 some ornament and so on. 47:03 And we were ready to tape those programs 47:07 and the Lord gave us a beautiful encouragement 47:10 because you know, 47:12 in Russia satellite is very important 47:14 because they used to be practically no cable companies 47:17 and they are sprouting now a new cable companies, 47:20 because it's good business, they can advertise and prosper. 47:24 And they're all short of content 47:27 and they're interested really now 47:29 content to fill into their programming. 47:31 So one biggest cable company 47:37 in a Muslim region of Russia which is called Tatarstan. 47:42 We promote ourselves 47:43 and they wanted to accept our programs 47:45 and right after Alexey made that, you know, 47:50 plan with the pastor to do the series, 47:54 our marketing department 47:56 immediately let him know that 47:57 the second biggest cable company 47:59 of that Muslim republic of Russia 48:01 Tatarstan approached us and said that 48:03 they want to take our programming 24/7. 48:07 Yeah, he said that he got that news 48:08 that same very day when they... 48:10 Isn't that amazing? That is amazing. 48:12 They approached them where they're programming. 48:16 Can you imagine in a Muslim territory. 48:18 Yes, absolutely amazing. 48:20 But the program is good news for anybody 48:22 and again the health programs and all that you do 48:25 that I'm sure is reaching out to them with that, 48:28 that's absolutely, folks, that's a miracle, 48:30 I mean you think about that 48:32 that they're approaching you for programming 48:35 and putting you on the, 48:36 what second largest cable company to Muslims. 48:39 Yeah. 48:41 You know, again it's so incredible. 48:42 That's a two hander, I'll do that. 48:44 It is, it is, it is. 48:46 It's so amazing to me that 48:47 God is telling us all to do some more things 48:51 'cause we just did something on 48:52 Dare to Dream reaching out to Muslims. 48:55 And I want to do a program to reach out to Muslims 48:59 and I think God is just, 49:01 He is moving all over, it's incredible, 49:04 it's incredible. 49:05 So I might take that idea, Julia, right now. 49:07 Oh, yes, yes. 49:08 I love it. 49:10 We should show you how our, 49:11 that's a simple decoration that we use there 49:14 and it gives the program, you know, 49:17 it will be better accepted by the Muslims 49:19 and of course of these little things 49:21 that we added there. 49:22 We are asking for prayers for a former republic 49:25 of the Soviet Union which is called Kazakhstan. 49:30 There are many Muslims there also. 49:32 They're separate country now. 49:34 Not part of the Soviet Union anymore 49:37 and they have taken all our programming 49:41 for their expertise considering of putting it... 49:50 On a nation wide satellite channel in Kazakhstan. 49:56 When we negotiate with them we say, 49:58 you may take it all, or you may take part of it. 50:00 So after they take part of it, they may take more and more. 50:05 Yeah, they're Russian speaking 50:06 because they were in the Soviet Union, 50:08 so we're asking for prayers, 50:09 we're asking our viewers for prayers on that. 50:14 It is Kazakhstan, 50:17 the south from Russia. 50:22 So what we also need to be praying about then is 50:24 the satellite time is gonna be around 50:27 between now and the end of the year 50:28 and then for next year over $100,000. 50:31 Yes, that's right. 50:32 And without that satellite 50:34 they can't be reaching all of these other, 50:36 so the Lord has blessed. 50:38 In fact one individual 50:39 in the last two years have said, 50:41 I will do this. 50:42 And so we're praying that you all can support 50:45 because we don't know what's gonna happen this year, 50:48 but we really, 50:50 I mean this is a must. It is. 50:51 To stay on cable, 50:53 or to stay on satellites 50:54 so you can get all these cable stations 50:56 and including these Muslim ones, 50:58 what an amazing testimony, Julia. 51:02 Yeah, there are many more, 51:04 there are many more like 51:06 there is new satellite channel covering the whole of Russia, 51:10 it is called Brava, if you know Brava TV. 51:13 And they are for housewives 51:15 who are at home for more family oriented. 51:19 They're already taking two hours a week from us, 51:22 nationwide. 51:23 3ABN Russia will be nationwide through that Brava TV. 51:27 Isn't that amazing? Yeah. 51:29 It's amazing. 51:32 Yeah, that's amazing. 51:34 Yeah, God continues to open the door 51:36 and that's because Jesus is coming soon. 51:40 That's right. 51:41 He wants to reach everyone. Absolutely. 51:43 Yeah, and you know, let me say one little thing. 51:44 I know that very many people in the United States 51:46 have been concerned about some new laws 51:48 that are being passed in Russia. 51:51 First of all the bad law was changed at the end, 51:54 the wording to it was changed so it's not that bad. 51:57 But we don't know 51:58 what bad potential it has in it, 51:59 but what we're witnessing is that 52:01 the Lord apposing this tendency you know, 52:05 he creates all those new cable 52:06 companies... 52:08 He's opening doors. Yeah, it's about economy. 52:09 They need new content to have more money 52:11 and they want us. 52:13 We hear it's all closing and it's actually opening. 52:17 I think we have an address roll, 52:19 if the Holy Spirit is impressing 52:20 and you would like to support this great work in Russia, 52:23 you may do so at the following address. 52:27 If the Holy Spirit impresses you 52:29 to support 3ABN's Russian ministry, 52:32 you can do so by writing to 3ABN Russia 52:35 PO Box 220, West Frankfort, Illinois, 62896. 52:41 That's 3ABN Russia 52:43 PO Box 220, West Frankfort, Illinois 62896. 52:48 You can call (618) 627-4651. 52:52 That's (618) 627-4651. 52:57 You can also visit our website at 3abn.tv, 53:01 that's 3abn.tv. 53:05 Call or write today, 53:06 a little help can go a long way. 53:14 This had been an incredible program. 53:15 Oh, it had. 53:17 Can't believe the time, it looks like it's almost gone, 53:18 you know. 53:19 I know, I know, it flies, it flies by. 53:21 It surely does. But thank you, Julia, so much. 53:23 What we're gonna do, 53:24 we're gonna take just a short break, 53:25 we're gonna go to a newsbreak, 53:27 then come back with a closing thought. |
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