Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), David Canther & Peter Cousins & Adonijah
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016085A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I wanna spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I wanna spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I wanna 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 as always. 01:12 Thank you for your love and your prayers 01:13 and support of 3ABN 01:15 as we endeavor to take this great gospel of the kingdom 01:18 and to all the world. 01:19 There's a number of ways we can do that, we can... 01:22 There's preaching and there's singing, 01:24 there's all kinds of things that we can do, 01:26 a lot of folk will call it entertainment, 01:29 we don't call it that, we call it taking... 01:31 Fulfilling the mission that God has given us. 01:33 But there's other ways that's very important 01:35 and in fact is talked about in the book of James 01:38 and it basically says without going on, 01:40 I'll paraphrase it, 01:42 but it's helping those who can't help themselves 01:45 and I have some friends today who're in, 01:47 I'm not calling in the business, 01:48 in the Lord's business of helping those 01:51 that need help in a great time in need 01:53 and it's good to have Brother David Canther again. 01:54 Thank you. 01:56 David, it's good to see you, it's been a while. 01:57 Yes, going back to Katrina. 01:59 Your President of... 02:01 So it's interesting but, Danny, 02:03 you knew of us as ACTS World Relief... 02:05 Yes, that's right. 02:07 Now we've grown, so now we have an ACTS 911 Division 02:09 which is about church growth strategy. 02:11 Today we're gonna focus about 02:13 our more recent division last couple of years, 02:15 GR3 International, 02:18 Global Rescue Relief and Resilience, 02:20 about emergency response 02:21 using volunteers around the world. 02:23 All right. 02:24 So we're gonna be talking about some incredible things 02:27 and those of you watching the news around the world, 02:29 you know, that disasters are happening 02:32 and it's sure good to have people like these 02:34 come out by the hundreds and even thousands 02:36 to help and what a witness it is to those around us. 02:40 We're gonna find out more about that in a little bit 02:42 so, yeah, we went all way back to Katrina 02:44 with you all, back... 02:45 When was that? 02:47 2005 or 2006 and it's been a while 02:49 and actually we got to experience that 02:51 and see what you do and the kind of work 02:53 and the difference that you make in people's lives. 02:56 It's definitely a ministry that's God ordained for sure. 02:59 Now we have Peter Cousins. 03:01 Peter, where are you from? 03:03 North Carolina. Okay. 03:04 And currently at Tri-City Christian Academy 03:06 which is in the Piedmont Triad, 03:08 north center part of North Carolina, 03:10 High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem area. 03:13 Okay, now you're a principal there of the academy? 03:15 I've been there for seven years. 03:16 Seven years, okay, but you're originally from? 03:19 Indiana. All right, neighboring state. 03:20 Hoosier state. Yeah, Hoosier. 03:23 Neighboring state over there 03:24 and I found out he plays basketball too... 03:25 Yes. 03:27 So he's another Larry Bird in the making, you know, so... 03:30 For sure but appreciate you being here 03:33 and you got a couple of young guys with you 03:34 from the school and we're gonna talk to them 03:36 a little bit later on 03:38 but before we get into any more of this, 03:40 we're gonna go to some music today 03:42 and we have one of my best friends 03:44 and buddies and brothers in the world 03:46 and also a very talented and gifted preacher 03:50 but also singer. 03:52 So CA Murray's gonna be singing, "Stand." 04:14 You just stand 04:18 When all your courage seems to fail 04:23 Stand, when it seems that evil will prevail 04:31 Stand, for He shows us in detail 04:38 That His love will never fail 04:41 And He'll stand with us 04:44 You just stand, 04:48 when you've said all that you can say 04:53 Stand, and trust the Lord to make a way 05:01 Stand, and live your life from day to day 05:08 Trust God to make a way 05:11 And then walk through it 05:14 For God has not given us the spirit of fear 05:18 He's given us love and power 05:24 The courage to resist the tempter's snare 05:30 Be not weary in doing well 05:33 For only time will tell 05:38 The work He's begun in you 05:42 Will help to see you through 05:45 You know God's word is true 05:48 And everything He promised He will do 05:52 So having done all to stand, 05:56 you just stand 06:02 You just stand, 06:07 when you feel no one's on your side 06:12 Stand, defy the urge to run and hide 06:20 Stand, though gloom and darkness override 06:26 Trust God to turn the tide 06:29 And pull you through it, 06:31 He'll do it In the name of Jesus, 06:34 Stand 06:37 For He is always there for you 06:42 Stand, and watch the Lord pull you through 06:49 Stand, and though you know not what to do 06:56 Know that He's looking out for you 07:00 And He won't fail you. 07:03 For God has not given us the spirit of fear 07:07 He's given us love and power 07:12 The courage to resist the tempter's snare 07:18 Be not weary in doing well 07:22 For only time will tell 07:27 The work He's begun in you 07:31 Will help to pull you through 07:34 You know God's word is true 07:37 And everything He promised He will do 07:41 So having done all to stand, 07:46 stand Plant your feet 07:53 and stand. 08:06 Thank you, Pastor Murray, beautiful "Stand." 08:09 Well, we're gonna talk about standing up for Jesus today 08:12 and again I've got David Canther, 08:14 we've got Peter Cousins, thank you all for being here. 08:17 We've talked a little bit about your ministry 08:19 and I saw when I was in Katrina, 08:22 a number of us when we said, you know, 08:25 you all are helping thousands and thousands of people 08:28 but not just the physical of giving the water 08:31 and giving the food and cutting, you know, 08:33 up the timber, 08:35 the trees that's falling on a rope 08:36 but the impact you make on people spiritually 08:40 and that's really what it's all about. 08:42 And so in fact, I read a little letter 08:45 that someone had written in the neighborhood 08:47 where you all were staying at a church 08:49 and the letter was talking about the young people, 08:54 how much respect they have, 08:55 not only for the people they were volunteering 08:58 and serving but each other. 08:59 So a neighbor from across from the Adventist Church said, 09:02 we've been watching and so in fact, 09:05 they've attended recently 09:06 and so it's really neat to see the kind of organizations 09:10 and the people that you surround yourself with. 09:13 So, David, tell us a little bit 09:14 about some of your latest things 09:17 that's been happening, we wanna get to Matthew, 09:18 that's one of most recent 09:20 but I understand you've been in the Philippines also... 09:22 Yes, and, Danny, 09:24 I love what you are just sharing when it... 09:26 You know, when the Bible talks about standing 09:29 for our Savior through a sermon ensues 09:32 the gospel is best illustrated when we show our love, 09:35 Jesus' love to meet the needs of people first. 09:38 And when He met those needs, their hearts were open, 09:40 so the testimony you were just sharing is powerful 09:42 because, here's a teenager and their family 09:45 who lived right across the street from a church 09:47 that hasn't grown in years, okay? 09:49 And they're trying to figure how can we grow? 09:51 Well, now when the storm comes 09:53 and we refuse to let Satan have the last word. 09:56 You bring in youth who are trained, 09:58 they're highly skilled and they get networking, 10:01 helping out these people. 10:02 Lo and behold, they come to church. 10:05 And so it happens over and over throughout the years, 10:07 we've been in over a 100 deployments down 10:09 and around the world. 10:11 I'm an adject with Harvard in their program of disaster. 10:15 Medicine taking doctors and but, you know, 10:18 the amazing thing is the more and more 10:21 we live in the last days, 10:22 storms are increasing as the Bible tells us. 10:25 But remember, Jesus says to prepare now 10:28 and too often people are praying 10:30 that they don't happen which is contrary to the Bible. 10:33 So God says, "If you prepare now, 10:35 then you will be an effective witness in evangelism." 10:38 And this happens over and over of some of the testimonies 10:41 you're gonna hear today and our viewers, 10:43 of basically how that's happened 10:45 over 400, 000 volunteers. 10:47 So what used to be Acts World Relief 10:50 has now grown into those two divisions 10:52 and basically we try to emphasize 10:54 that Evangelism 3 Emergency Response 10:57 that you saw a lot in Katrina but, you know, the Philippines, 11:00 I mean, we're talking now typhoons are super typhoons, 11:03 they're happening 12 months a year 11:06 and because of that we're gonna show the first slide. 11:09 Showing basically in the Philippines, 11:11 we were just there a few months ago, 11:13 the Union Office, 11:15 the pastors, the teachers, volunteers, 11:17 we trained over 200 the last time we were there, 11:19 brought in over $14 million of resources to help them... 11:22 Wow. 11:24 But basically they're saying trainer pastors, 11:26 trainer teachers. 11:27 Steve Littell is shown in this particular picture 11:29 here, Steve is the head of Security 11:31 and Safety for McKee Foods. 11:33 Okay, all right. 11:35 There's a little box right here in front of the planter... 11:37 I see that. 11:38 McKee's has been helping working with us more and more. 11:41 In Hurricane Matthew, they sent 18 pallets, 11:43 you're gonna see a picture... 11:45 Oh, wow. Yeah. 11:46 In the second segment, 11:47 with us that a lot of our volunteers distribute it, 11:50 unwrapping a smile. 11:51 So it's about partnering together, 11:54 whether it's schools, 11:55 whether it's with the Heritage Academy 11:57 that have been featured many times in here, our youth, 12:00 Tri-City, many schools, 12:01 so there were five academies in this deployment. 12:04 But the Philippines is unusual, 12:06 in that we had that great training, 12:08 teaching them everything from spiritual 12:11 and emotional care to medical, 12:13 how to help people 12:14 and so you're trying to train 12:16 the holistic approach to training 12:18 because remember, preparedness is the main emphasis 12:21 that Jesus wants us to be prepared. 12:23 So that when you go out, 12:24 the youth understand how to work as a team, 12:27 safety and security over and over is stressed 12:30 and so to that, we're gonna show the next slide 12:34 and that kind of leads into Peter. 12:35 Okay. 12:36 And what he experienced in a most recent training 12:39 and how ironic it was, Peter, 12:41 share with us about this picture, 12:42 what it's illustrating 12:43 and what kind of a training happened with Jim Ingersoll 12:46 of the Southern Union Education training academies 12:49 but you hosted it right at your school. 12:50 That's right. 12:52 So this is actually our third event 12:54 that we have been involved in for training. 12:56 The second one, 12:57 that's been at Tri-City Christian Academy and... 13:00 Just a little side note, 13:01 when we built our school which is two years old now, 13:04 $6.3 million project, 13:06 we built it with service in mind 13:08 and we added showers, we had a different things 13:10 'cause we wanted people to be able to come and stay there 13:13 and do this kind of thing and other things as well, 13:15 so it was part of the mindset that went into the building. 13:18 So when Jim Ingersoll approached us 13:20 about having Heritage Academy come 13:22 and to do the training there, 13:23 we were all excited about it 'cause like I said, 13:25 just fit right into the mission of the board and what we had, 13:27 what we wanted, 13:28 what we had envisioned things happening there. 13:30 So the local fire department also got involved 13:35 with a simulation of a lightning strike, 13:38 for this particular picture that we were just looking at, 13:41 and Heritage Academy came in, they did the training, 13:43 their students were training our students 13:45 which was phenomenal. 13:47 We had other schools come in, 13:48 other junior academies and they stay on the floor 13:50 because that simulates the circumstances you have 13:53 when you go and serve, 13:55 we were 45 people sharing two showers. 13:58 Oh, wow. 13:59 Sleeping in a fellowship hall, okay, so... 14:01 Yeah. 14:02 Not a lot of adults will sign up for that 14:04 but kids will, right? 14:05 Just get them together and they're ready to go. 14:07 You don't have to explain a whole lot to them. 14:10 And so this simulates that, 14:12 they come and they stay on the gym floor 14:14 and then they go through 14:15 the intensive training with a cert. 14:17 It's about two day training, pretty intensive, 14:20 a lot of safety information is shared there, 14:21 it's very important for us 14:23 that the kids are very safe and know how to be safe. 14:28 And then we did the simulation on Friday 14:30 and the fire department came in, 14:32 Heritage Academy knows how to do what's called, 14:34 'Moulage' where they do the make up 14:36 and make the injuries look real. 14:39 Oh, okay, all right. 14:40 And Glenn, one of the... 14:42 Well, he is the head guy there in the High Point area 14:44 for organizing the event 14:47 told us in 20 years of doing this, 14:50 he's never seen wounds that look so real... 14:51 Wow. 14:53 He was just excited and amazed at what these... 14:56 And in very short time, like in an hour, 14:58 they had all this ready to go. 15:00 So these kids were phenomenal and so the kids are, 15:04 they get into this, right? 15:05 And they love to act, so they're yelling 15:08 and screaming and the fire people, 15:10 you know, the firemen, 15:12 they take them to a certain area 15:13 and say, 'stay here.' 15:14 Well, they don't stay there, right? 15:16 Okay, 'Where's my brother? 15:17 And they're wandering around, 15:19 they've got to them back and so they love that, 15:21 really it's a good outlet for the kids, it's hands on 15:24 and they get to see in action some of the stuff 15:25 they've been learning as the fire department 15:27 is doing the triage and then different things. 15:29 So it was very neat to be a part of that 15:32 and highlight of our year actually... 15:34 Amen, so when Matthew came along, 15:37 I know we can talk about some of that now 15:38 or you wanna wait till later. 15:40 Yep, go ahead. 15:41 But Matthew came along. So what did you actually do? 15:43 So a week after we did our training, 15:46 literally one week after... 15:47 Week after you trained. 15:49 David called us and said, 15:50 "Hey, you guys wanna put that training to use?" 15:53 So we were very excited about that. 15:56 So we said, "Sure." 15:57 So we got together, I got to... 16:00 This is a very, highlight of my year, 16:03 I got to say, I got to run a truck, 16:05 a 4250 truck, I usually drive a minivan. 16:08 All right. 16:09 And I got to drive it all way down to Florida upon a trail, 16:11 I was very excited about that, 16:12 we got to take our chainsaws and different things. 16:14 We got down there, we joined Heritage Academy, 16:16 so there were about 83 kids, high school kids, 16:20 9-12 that were down there participating, 16:23 we had three activities we basically did, 16:26 30 or so kids were able to go and do warehouse sorting 16:29 and food distribution 16:31 and the group that went up there, 16:33 the lady told us that in three days, 16:36 they did over 50,000 food basket things, 16:40 she said that's more than they do in three months. 16:42 Okay. 16:43 These kids went up there, in three days 16:44 and did more than they did in three months. 16:46 Then we had two other groups, 16:48 one group that went out cutting wood 16:49 which I was able to be with that group, 16:51 which I was really excited about that too. 16:52 I grew up cutting wood, 16:54 every Sunday was wood cutting day, 16:55 so I was all over that... 16:56 All right. 16:58 And then there was another group, 16:59 that went and did house mucks where they mucked out the homes 17:00 and that means they have to go in 17:02 after water damage and just... 17:03 Oh, sure. 17:05 Everything comes out, even sheet rock, floor, 17:07 cabinets, furniture, 17:08 they're mucking the house and they were doing good 17:11 if they did like two of those in a day and on for us, 17:15 for cutting the wood, 17:16 we would do like 4-9 homes in a day, 17:19 so it kind of intensity of house muck is pretty intense 17:23 but it was really neat 17:24 because this merged the skills of every ministry 17:31 I've ever done 17:32 and what I mean by that is I've been a teacher, 17:34 I've been a principal, 17:35 I've been a literature evangelist 17:37 and I was able to cut the wood, to go and find the need. 17:41 Here's the need, 17:43 you go in and these people have been told 17:44 it's gonna cost two to five thousand dollars 17:46 to have this work done that they don't have. 17:49 You come in and introduce yourself, 17:52 you go out there and you start working, 17:53 they are blown away, 17:55 that someone is here doing this for us. 17:57 You don't charge them? We don't charge them a dime. 17:59 Wow. 18:00 And one house, I was cheer with in particular, 18:04 it was Friday and the lady's name was Kay. 18:07 And as we went there, she had five trees down. 18:09 She told us it was quite an expensive, 18:12 it was gonna be thousands of dollars... 18:13 Sure. 18:14 Nothing hit the house, 18:16 so insurance didn't wanna cover it. 18:17 Okay. 18:18 As we're cutting the wood, every water break, 18:20 she comes out and shares 18:21 a little bit of her story, right? 18:22 First time, she comes out and shares, 18:24 you know, her dog had passed away back in February, 18:27 it had been her dog for 12 years, 18:28 she was really emotionally upset about it, 18:30 teared up and she goes back in. 18:32 Next water break, she comes out 18:34 and she shares with us, you know, 18:35 "Two weeks after that, 18:37 my husband got brain cancer 18:38 and he died very shortly after that." 18:40 Oh, wow. And she's sharing this with us. 18:42 She goes back in the house, teared up. 18:43 She can't finish the story. 18:45 We're just listening, we weren't, 18:47 we didn't have any special technique 18:49 that we had learned, you know, 18:50 I'm saying about how to deal with them, we just listened. 18:53 That's all we did was listen, listen and help and so, 18:57 when we got down which is what we did at every home, 18:59 we got together and we had prayer. 19:03 And then we'd have a Steps to Christ 19:04 and we would share again, very simple. 19:06 This is why we do what we do 19:07 and we hand it to them and leave it to them. 19:09 So the next day was church... 19:11 So you give them a book instead of a bill? 19:13 That's right. Okay. 19:15 I think anybody's gonna accept that. 19:17 That's right. 19:18 Well, the next day in church, 19:21 her friend's name was Jen 19:23 and Jen came up and talked to me 19:25 and she told me the rest of the story 19:27 which was really neat. 19:28 She said that, that Friday evening after we left, 19:31 she had come home, not home 19:32 but came to a Kay's home to visit 19:35 and when she walked in, 19:36 Kay was sitting in a chair reading that book we left, 19:39 she's reading Steps to Christ. 19:40 Oh, praise God. And it gets better. 19:42 So they get ready to have supper 19:44 and, normally, she said, 19:47 Kay has never wanted to pray with her. 19:48 She's asked her, will you pray... 19:50 Meal time or other times and she says, "No." 19:53 They're talking, talking, talking and they get ready 19:56 and Jen says, "Can I have my prayer before I eat?" 19:59 and she said, 20:00 "Why don't we pray together this time?" 20:02 Oh, wow. 20:03 That Jen told me, 20:04 Jen teared up at church when she's telling me that. 20:06 She said, "Peter, she has never said, 20:10 'Let's pray together.' 20:11 " So that's the impact that this has, you know, 20:13 you come in and you look at what they need, 20:17 you fulfill that need by God's grace 20:20 and now the hearts are open, right? 20:22 The hearts are open and that's what's so powerful, 20:25 literature evangelism, teaching the students, 20:28 that's gonna be on here next is, 20:29 one of them is Nigah. 20:31 Anyone tell the story about Nigah 20:32 because we were at one home 20:35 and we've been giving the Steps to Christ, 20:37 we're getting ready to pray, he was next to me, 20:38 had the Steps to Christ in my hand 20:40 and he leans over and says, "Can I do this one?" 20:44 Okay. 20:45 So, so the kids are learning, right? 20:47 Yeah, absolutely. 20:48 They're learning by what we model to them. 20:50 So that's why, to me, this was so powerful, 20:51 it was so powerful to be the hands and feet of Jesus 20:55 and to see the hearts open up as you minister in this way. 20:59 Yeah, you know, David. 21:02 When we hear this, the amount of money 21:04 that you're talking about 21:06 because you're just kind of throwing out, 21:08 while the food packing more than they've done 21:11 and it takes three months. 21:12 You know, thousands of meals. 21:16 Millions of dollars that from the Philippines 21:19 whether it's here around, you must be a wealthy guy. 21:23 Yeah, that's, you know, 21:24 and I praise God when people say that to me. 21:26 Yeah. 21:27 And I say, "Man, you know, the image is powerful." 21:30 Yeah. 21:32 But, Danny, you know, 21:33 you and I can both relate to this journey of life. 21:35 It's a faith ministry, we're not a part of the, 21:40 let's say, church structure, Yeah, organisation, sure. 21:43 where basically, we're supporting ministry, 21:45 it is by faith. 21:47 Now actually in the last hurricane 21:49 with Matthew, you have to be very careful 21:51 because when you were out there with us in Katrina, 21:55 it was literally costing us 60, 000 a day 21:58 in that deployment, that's by faith. 22:00 Yes. 22:01 When you have no real donors 22:05 that are a part of an organization, 22:07 it's really by faith. 22:09 So hurricane Matthew, 22:10 it's like Jim would call me and he say, 22:12 "Can you send an, you know, 22:13 one of your mobile kitchens and your shower trailer and, 22:16 you know, other trucks and what not." 22:18 And I said, "Yes, Jim, we can but I need to tell you. 22:22 I just talked to my accountant, 22:24 we put the word out there on our faithful donors, 22:27 $200 is coming." 22:28 Okay? 22:30 So there's this challenge you face. 22:33 You know, even here at 3ABN, 22:35 you're always trying to say, "Oh Lord." 22:36 Always. 22:38 You know, it's one day at a time 22:39 and so some people like to say, "Oh, Pastor, 22:42 are you making so much money and you must be wealthy 22:44 and created this thing to make money." 22:46 You and I both know, 22:48 we face a lot of that criticism, 22:50 on the positive side though, we respond back positively, 22:53 we thank people for their donations. 22:55 I make literally less than I did as a pastor 22:57 for 32 years now. 22:58 Yeah. 23:00 So what I do though is it's a faith ministry, 23:03 I restore classic cars, homes that supports ministry. 23:09 Okay. 23:10 So you see the Bible talks about this, 23:12 it gets into our hearts, we do it for a passion to help. 23:16 And so I do appeal to our donors 23:18 because we don't have levels of bureaucracy 23:20 and administration and salaries. 23:24 We operated like out of 1% cost and so the money, 23:28 it's going directly into young people's lives, 23:31 changing their lives and, yes, 23:33 we wish we could pull out a lot other things and feed, 23:36 we could have fed thousands of people 23:37 with the mobile kitchens, 23:39 didn't have the financing to do it. 23:41 And so you do what you can do by faith 23:44 but you're always trying to straddle that, 23:46 you know, how far do you go but it is an opportunity 23:51 for donors to understand that if you wanna help ministry 23:53 and maybe, it's not even at dollars, 23:55 maybe you have a classic car, a vintage car, 23:58 a home or something that you haven't donated to 3ABN 24:02 and, you know, you'd like... 24:03 Because it's all networking, it's working together 24:06 and so you guys have graciously, 24:09 really more than anyone else help support this ministry. 24:13 When donations have come to you, you pass them on to us. 24:17 That's all about working together. 24:18 It's about networking together. 24:20 It's about letting people know 24:22 what the reality is of credibility, 24:25 of being transparent. 24:29 We can talk about at the end, 24:30 "Why millennials are searching for ministries 24:34 and the church to become involved 24:35 and why they're leaving the church?" 24:37 They want relevancy. 24:39 They want transparency but they want to be involved. 24:42 And so, you at 3ABN and we are the same in many ways. 24:47 There's a lot of similarity. We both use volunteers. 24:51 The salaries are not what attracts people to us... 24:53 Right, absolutely. 24:55 And God blesses that paradigm shift. 24:57 Yeah. 24:58 Well, what we have in common is the mission, 25:02 taking the Gospel to the world. 25:03 Yes. 25:05 And then being able to realize that there's some hands 25:08 and some feet and some mouth and, you know, 25:11 all of this together make up the body of Christ. 25:14 And so you can do things and you're prepared 25:17 and trained to do things we can't do and vice versa, 25:20 we can help let people know what you're doing... 25:22 Yes. 25:24 So they'll have the opportunity to support you financially 25:27 and so what I've seen over the years, 25:29 the things now, tell us a little bit about Haiti, 25:32 I mean, you're not just here in the States, 25:34 you started in the States 25:35 but you continue to grow into other areas. 25:38 Yes, the tragedy is, the reality is 25:41 I don't like to look at it, 25:42 it's all bad and negative in the sense that God says, 25:46 "It's gonna happen in the end, it will increase, be prepared." 25:50 And so Haiti actually was much worse 25:52 than it affected the U.S. 25:54 Haiti was devastated 25:56 and I've been to Haiti 38 times, 25:58 helping with a lot of response, you know, I was even reminded, 26:04 this little testimony is from Dr. Scott Nelson from Haiti. 26:08 He was the lead poster child at Loma Linda, 26:10 that we came in and supported with Haiti 26:13 and here we brought over 26:14 7000 medical care providers in to Haiti... 26:16 Seven thousand. 26:18 Two were Adventist Hospital helping support him 26:20 'cause he was really the lead Doc, 26:22 orthopedic surgeon. 26:24 He wrote this letter and he said, 26:25 just a few highlights he said, now he wrote this last year. 26:28 This is, you know, 26:29 this is a number of years after the earthquake. 26:31 And he says, "There are many things, 26:33 you know, in 2010 when that happened. 26:35 Although, you know, 26:37 David and his team were the first to arrive, 26:39 he certainly was not the first to leave. 26:41 He led a well organized team of people 26:44 and briefings in the morning and evenings 26:46 and utilized his volunteers 26:47 in a efficient and effective manner, 26:50 collaboration left a lasting imprint in my mind 26:52 of his unique and impressive capabilities." 26:55 So in other words, 26:56 it's all about that thing of networking, 26:58 working together. 26:59 None of us are anything by ourselves 27:01 but we all bring a little significant drip 27:03 but when we unite together, it's powerful. 27:07 It's life changing, so, Haiti, yes, hurricane Matthew, 27:11 full strength as it hit into Haiti, 27:14 a category four- five right in there, 27:16 about the worst you can get 27:18 but this time it hit not Port au Prince, 27:20 not around the Adventist Hospital, 27:21 remote area. 27:23 These people are lucky to make it by road 27:26 before a storm, out to their, you know, 27:28 remote villages but a very unique people, 27:31 only 20% of the people in this area 27:33 had drinkable water, 20% of your children, families, 27:37 when the hurricane Matthew hit, 27:39 it brought it down to 0, 0% had drinking water which means, 27:44 lot of the ones that you heard of dying 27:47 were because of lack of water and food. 27:49 What a shame. 27:50 Okay, so in other words, they have their drinking water 27:53 that you and I would not drink 27:54 and they drink and they get diarrhea too. 27:58 So the mothers that are drinking that, 28:00 they give diarrhea to their children, 28:01 their children die. 28:03 And so, the thousands of people, 28:06 actually the media only covered not even a half of those 28:10 who died but here you're talking about, 28:12 we sent in a mental health team first of all, 28:14 'cause we've been there many times training. 28:16 In the past, you know, I had like 45 translators 28:19 after the earthquake but going many times training, a lot of, 28:23 another one of our partners, as World Vision, ADRA. 28:28 World Vision has been one of, you know, 28:30 1400 Adventists employed by World Vision, 28:33 tremendous networking together. 28:35 But basically training a lot of the youth of Haiti to respond 28:39 'cause they are the first responders, 28:41 they're there and they kicked into action, 28:43 trained the whole staff at World Vision office, 28:45 they kicked into action helping, 28:47 we brought in a team of specialists 28:48 they requested once again 28:50 and they just came out about a week ago. 28:52 We're going back in with a medical team, 28:55 we've helped millions and millions of dollars 28:56 in Haiti 28:58 but they're suffering right now. 28:59 So if our donors wanna help things like that once again, 29:03 no administration levels, we go and we help the people, 29:06 they can see a direct cause and effect. 29:08 In just a minute or two, 29:09 we're gonna put an address up on the screen 29:11 rather than wait till the end and be sure, 29:14 if you get a pencil and paper or something 29:15 that you can get this address, but I wanna ask you a question, 29:18 I don't know if anyone's ever asked you this or not. 29:21 You said, you were a pastor, for how many years? 29:23 Thirty two years. Thirty two years. 29:25 Now as a pastor, you had a body, 29:28 you had a membership, a church. 29:31 How would you compare what you're doing now 29:35 as compared to the 32 years of preaching to church members 29:42 in general versus preaching 29:45 basically to the world in general 29:48 through this type health ministry 29:51 versus just word ministry? 29:54 It's a powerful ministry, 29:56 my wife reminds me when I say I was a pastor for 30... 29:59 She says, "Now you're still a pastor." 30:01 And so I have to be careful, 30:02 pastor of a congregation like you're... 30:04 But a different type. 30:05 It's a different type, this ministry is global, 30:08 in the sense that I love youth. 30:10 I love... 30:12 Let's say a group of physicians came in with hurricane Matthew, 30:14 they called me and they said, "We have planes, 30:17 we have our own planes, we have our own chainsaws, 30:19 we love doing this. 30:20 We're anesthesiologists and if you clear and screen, 30:26 where we know our time is well invested to take off 30:29 to fly and to do it." 30:30 Those are the kind of volunteers that sign up. 30:32 Wow. 30:33 So in other words, if you make sure 30:35 that their time is well spent and they leave fulfilled, 30:38 when youth by the thousands, over 400,000 volunteers, 30:41 when they have fulfilled lives in Jesus Christ, 30:45 they've helped somebody, to me, that is a ministry 30:48 that is so powerful it makes me cry 30:50 because I see how God in His goodness, in His mercy, 30:54 that we're able to unite together in a ministry 30:57 that helps people in a very tangible way 30:59 but like Peter was sharing it opens up into the spiritual 31:02 because we're very intentional about that 31:04 and we could name many people ever baptized 31:06 and joined the church. 31:08 But I like to take it back to our youth, 31:09 when I was a little guy, 31:11 the preacher would beat on the pulp and say, 31:13 "Youth are leaving the church." 31:14 And I'd go up to him after and I go, 31:15 "What are we doing here to make that difference? 31:18 Why we wanna stay?" 31:19 Rather than telling us that we're all leaving. 31:20 So to me it was all about, when I was a pastor, 31:23 our church was about the community. 31:25 When I came there, we only had one family in the church, 31:28 12 years later, when I began doing this, 31:32 we had five services going, 31:34 we had a over a hundred ministries 31:35 going on in the community. 31:37 Wow. 31:38 So church growth happens through practical evangelism. 31:42 And it's watching this in the lives of youth, 31:45 you see this is a church they know, 31:46 it's to get out and help people. 31:48 Other youth go, "We're not involved." 31:50 Millennials say, "If we're not involved, 31:51 we're leaving the church." 31:53 So it is making that impact, 31:55 when donors see how they're changing the lives of those 31:59 who served first and then in the lives of that community, 32:04 we entitled actually this broadcast 32:06 because the pastor and I were talking about this 32:08 in St Augustine, a retired Church, 32:11 hardly no young people and we called it 32:13 'Revival Amongst Hurricane Matthew Rubble.' 32:16 The pastor saw a revival happen in his church 32:19 who really didn't want us to come there, 32:21 about 50% of churches 32:23 do not want you to come to their church, 32:25 it might hurt their paint, their grass, their something... 32:27 Oh, my... 32:28 Okay, 50%. 32:30 The pastor said, "I'm not gonna ask my board 32:32 because I'm pretty sure how they'll answer my request 32:36 about you coming and bringing a bunch of volunteers." 32:38 So he said, "I'm not gonna ask. 32:40 I'm gonna apologize." 32:42 Okay. 32:43 And so basically ask for their forgiveness. 32:44 Yeah. 32:46 But see, it caused revival in their church. 32:47 Sure. 32:48 And that's the kind of thing we see happen over and over, 32:51 that's ministry in a worldwide way. 32:53 Absolutely, and that's why it's important 32:56 for church leaders to understand that Jesus said, 33:00 "Go ye, and to all the world..." 33:02 to allow others to be involved, 33:04 as you're talking about the millennials, 33:06 if they're not involved, they're gonna leave. 33:08 Yes. 33:10 So we sometimes are so protective, 33:12 well, I don't know, maybe they're too young to do this 33:14 or maybe we can't put this responsibility. 33:16 That's right. 33:17 But we need to be in charge 33:19 and we're the root of our own problem 33:22 as to why we're not helping. 33:24 So thank you for opening our eyes and letting us know 33:26 that this is what we need to do, 33:28 young people to get involved. 33:30 They get grounded, they get rooted 33:32 and they continue then to do what we maybe just started, 33:35 you know. 33:37 And sometimes then to denominate 33:38 shell structure as you're aware, 33:40 sometimes control has to be an issue here, 33:43 unless everything happens through this department. 33:45 Yeah. It cannot happen. 33:47 Yeah, absolutely. 33:48 And we've rubbed against that for years in a way of saying, 33:50 "No, no, no." 33:51 So thankfully people within the Adventist denomination 33:55 have tried to expand their thinking saying, "Well, 33:58 you know, what they do is youth and schools. 34:00 So let's run through the education department." 34:03 In that way, it's not a perception of, 34:05 it has to be through another department 34:08 and so when we're out internationally, 34:09 if it's not through ADRA, 34:11 well, maybe it could be through something else. 34:14 People like choices. Sure. 34:15 And people like to know that 34:18 with some supporting organizations, 34:20 there's a much lower overhead 34:23 and they can be very effective than what they do in ministry. 34:26 All right. 34:27 What we're gonna do is, we want you to pray 34:29 and ask the Holy Spirit what He would have you to do 34:32 in support of this great organization, 34:34 so we're gonna put up the following address 34:37 and if the Holy Spirit's impressing, 34:39 you can send a donation 34:40 or you may just want to contact them 34:42 to find out more information. 34:46 GR3 International is a rescue and relief agency 34:50 who is deployed to over 105 Global Catastrophic Events. 34:54 GR3 places special emphasis on both Rescue Training 34:57 and Disaster Intervention. 34:59 You can write to them at GR3 International, 35:02 600 Citrus Avenue, Ft. Pierce, Florida 34950. 35:07 That's GR3 International, 35:09 600 Citrus Avenue, Ft. Pierce, Florida 34950. 35:14 You can call (941) 504-2324. 35:18 That's (941) 504-2324 35:22 or visit them online at GR3International.org. 35:26 That's GR3International.org 35:34 Well, is the Holy Spirit's impressing 35:36 and I know you'll do what He's impressing you to do 35:39 and that's to support this great organization. 35:42 We're back with David and, hey, 35:44 we've replaced the principal with some students. 35:48 We have Jeremy and it's Adonijah, 35:51 and you guys are from where? 35:52 Where are you from, Jeremy? 35:54 I was born in Connecticut 35:55 but we now live in North Carolina. 35:57 All right, it's Jeremy Spivey? 35:59 Yes, sir. Is that right? 36:00 And, Gilmer, is that right? Last names. 36:03 Okay, you guys are students of what, 36:04 what academy? 36:06 Tri-City Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina. 36:08 Okay, and you're what year? 36:10 I'm a senior. Senior. 36:12 Freshman. Freshman, okay. 36:14 And they're both basketball players 36:16 'cause I played with them last night 36:17 and they're good too. 36:18 They're good ball players for sure 36:20 and just go and get better. 36:21 I tell them, "The older you get, 36:22 the better you should get." 36:24 That's the way things are in life, you know, 36:25 that's where it goes, 36:27 but we wanna hear a little bit from your perspective, 36:29 we're hearing about from your principal, of course, 36:32 and talking about young people in action 36:35 and so tell us a little bit 36:36 about your last experience and maybe, it was Matthew, 36:39 is that where you got involved? 36:41 Yes. 36:42 Tell us a little bit of what you did 36:43 and how you're trained and how you even got involved? 36:46 Well, we had training at our school 36:48 and then like you heard earlier, week later, 36:50 we're invited to Jacksonville, Florida, 36:52 to go and help with the disaster relief 36:55 after hurricane Matthew and we would go around, 36:57 we would cut down trees that had fallen 37:00 and we take them to side of the road 37:02 and then a truck would come by... 37:03 Now, Jeremy, did you cut the trees down? 37:05 No, no, no, no. 37:06 Our teachers... 37:07 You had... 37:09 Yeah, we had to move the, move the logs. 37:12 Our teachers, Mr. Cousins, out just here 37:14 and then our Bible teacher also had another chainsaw. 37:17 So they were back there, they were cutting down 37:19 and we would move them out to the side of the road. 37:21 Yeah, they got the fun job 37:23 and you got the tougher job, right? 37:25 They're by likes to have a chainsaw, 37:27 I got one in winter, you know, you cutting stuff but... 37:31 So, but you guys did the labor and that's... 37:33 Hey, you're good and young and strong and that's good. 37:36 What made you decide to go there? 37:37 I mean, it was a choice, 37:39 you didn't have to go do the work, right? 37:41 It seemed like a great opportunity 37:44 is we that could go down and help other people 37:45 and go have good time with our friends. 37:47 Okay. 37:49 And, Adonijah, same thing with you? 37:51 Well, it's a good opportunity to go down there 37:56 and then all the cutting that we had to do, 38:00 sweat, sleep, back to work, sweat again, 38:04 take a shower, that was it. 38:06 So you're getting a taste of life. 38:07 What it's gonna be like 38:09 when you get an adult life, right? 38:10 You're gonna have to do, 38:12 get into all the work and kind of, 38:13 not so much into the studies, what... 38:15 Tell me, what impacted you the most? 38:18 I mean, sometimes I'll say from my perspective, 38:20 when I started this ministry, 38:22 my goal was to help people but, you know, what I found out? 38:25 People helped me. 38:27 And people of, you know, 38:29 we're here to mend broken people 38:30 but people, you know, I've been broken through the years 38:32 and people but, you know, tell me the impact, 38:35 did you get to talk to any of the folks there, 38:37 any of the people you're working with? 38:39 They both have a powerful testimony. 38:41 Well, I wanna hear it. 38:42 We're getting to... 38:44 All right, Jeremy, tell us. 38:45 Okay, it was on the last day, it was Friday, 38:48 we went to this guy's house, his name was Mark. 38:51 He was 92 years old... 38:52 Oh, wow. 38:54 And he had, a tree that had fallen in his backyard 38:56 and it fallen on another tree 38:58 that has sentimental value to him 38:59 and so when we got there, 39:01 he asked us, if we could save that tree. 39:03 If we could near a little bushes on the ground, 39:05 he wanted to save his will. 39:07 So our Bible tutor, Dr. Jay, 39:09 was back there with a chainsaw doing his thing, you know, 39:11 trying his best not to let the tree fall on the other tree 39:14 and while we're doing that, we're pulling the stuff, 39:16 I'll bring it to front and we got it done. 39:20 We were able to save the tree and now afterward, 39:23 while we were working, his wife went inside, 39:25 she made us cookies and she was very grateful, 39:29 she came back outside 39:30 and tearing up and things like that. 39:32 And afterwards like, we do all the houses, 39:35 we prayed with them and we handed her Steps to Christ 39:38 and it was a good experience. 39:40 Wow, that is profound 92 years young 39:43 and still concerned about the yard 39:46 and the trees and all of that. 39:49 So how did that make you feel, I mean, 39:51 versus I know everybody needs to go to school 39:53 and be in school 39:54 but now you're instead in school, you're there, 39:56 how does that that impact you? 39:58 It felt good to be able to help somebody, 40:01 it was like couldn't do it for themselves, 40:03 so it was a good experience. 40:05 Have you considered what line you're going into 40:07 maybe in college, 40:09 what you're gonna be studying or...? 40:10 I wanna do Political Science as a major. 40:13 Political Science? Yes, sir. 40:14 Okay, all right, good. 40:16 It's great to have dreams and aspirations 40:19 and know that with God all things are possible. 40:22 So whatever it is that you wanna do, 40:24 you're able to do it and we praise the Lord for that. 40:27 All right. 40:29 Adonijah, there you go... 40:33 Adonijah or just Nigah for short. 40:35 Oh, Nigah, I'll do that one. 40:37 Nigah, well, I got to playing basketball with him last night. 40:41 Okay, Nigah, tell us your testimony. 40:44 Oh, we got the truck and other people 40:47 from out the minivan. 40:48 So as we're coming out, we have everything set 40:51 and this man comes out, he's crying, he's like, 40:54 "I need help and there's a tree that has fallen on his roof 40:59 and has holes in it and as we're going there, 41:05 he started talking to us about how he went through his... 41:09 How he went to school and how he did great in it 41:13 and how he succeeded in college 41:17 and how he dropped out. 41:21 And so, as we're cutting off the tree there, 41:24 few of us were trying to make measurements 41:27 how to cut it because it was slanted, 41:29 so how it was and we're making measurements 41:35 and he's talking to us about how he got that. 41:40 How he had a nice car 41:41 which was right in front of his yard 41:43 and we told him that he had to back it out 41:44 which he does it, which we... 41:47 We don't wanna mess up by cutting that tree. 41:49 Certainly. Absolutely. That's amazes-- 41:52 Yeah. 41:55 Yeah, and they're cutting on the tree 42:01 and he was like, "This is great. 42:03 Thank you all for coming and helping me 42:05 and so as Mr. Hernandez, 42:09 which is one of the teachers at Heritage Academy 42:12 gives him the Steps to Christ book, he was like, 42:15 "I'll give this to my daughter 42:16 which his daughter is a Seventh-day Adventist." 42:19 And we didn't really know how to react to that, 42:23 obviously, he'll give this to his daughter and said, 42:25 he would just read it. 42:26 So we prayed with them and it was a miracle to him 42:31 and he was filled with joy when he got in the house. 42:33 All right, so his car was saved too, all right. 42:36 And but how does that make you feel? 42:39 I mean, is that... 42:41 Oh, yeah. 42:44 When people need help and there's some people 42:47 who wants to go out and help that person, they just... 42:51 It made you, made you feel good. 42:54 Yeah, you're filled with joy and thank God 42:57 that you're that person to help that person. 42:59 Yeah, and have you noticed something, 43:02 when you help people and you get to know people 43:04 'cause today, we're looking at a lot of race problems 43:07 even here in the United States, but when people need help, 43:10 right, there's no color, there's no denomination. 43:13 You didn't go ask him, 43:15 "Let's see now, 'Are you an Adventist? 43:16 Are you a Baptist?' " 43:17 Danny, you couldn't say that more powerfully 43:19 and that is so true. 43:20 This evangelism what we're talking about here, 43:22 it unites people. 43:24 Yes. 43:25 Any background, any denomination. 43:27 It's miraculous, all that drops 43:30 and everybody is united in a cause together, 43:33 it's a powerful source of evangelism. 43:35 So you're so right... 43:37 Yeah, now I was thinking about that, 43:39 I mean, I love it because that's what it does 43:41 and that's what true Christianity does, 43:44 is it breaks down barriers... 43:46 Yeah. To you see, you know what? 43:49 We may come from different backgrounds 43:51 and cultures and education and, you know, all of these things, 43:55 different areas geographically 43:57 but when it really comes down to it, 44:00 we're all sinners in need of a Savior... 44:01 And you're all equal at the foot of the Cross. 44:03 Absolutely, and so for... 44:06 To have a ministry because sometimes as you say, 44:08 we're preaching but we're preaching to the choir 44:10 so to speak but to be able to get out and like, 44:13 you young guys are doing, 44:15 to actually physically help, 44:17 you save these people probably thousands of dollars 44:20 and maybe they didn't have it and if they did have it, 44:23 they sure didn't wanna spend it on 44:25 having to hire people to do all of this work, 44:27 that makes an impression because you know what? 44:29 A lot of young folk get bad raps nowadays, 44:32 we can rap, they think everybody's rappers 44:34 or everybody's just into that, you know, certain cultures. 44:39 So young people don't get it, you know, 44:42 a lot of times credit for doing a lot of good things. 44:45 So this is amazing because now they see 44:47 hundreds of you out in the areas 44:50 doing physical work 44:52 for people you didn't even know... 44:53 Yes. 44:55 And you weren't asking them for any money, 44:56 that goes against the grain of everything 44:59 that most of us know. 45:01 We have our own little home or me, 45:03 myself and I and I'm here and you're there 45:06 and don't come into my yard with your dog and don't do... 45:09 And then all of a sudden, 45:10 everybody's helping each other... 45:12 That's right. 45:13 And it's like, why would you guys do that? 45:15 Would you like to see a few pictures of them in actual... 45:17 I love it. All right, this first one. 45:19 This shows them unloading 18 pallets of... 45:22 Right here, little Debbies... 45:23 Little Debbies, all right. 45:25 Now unwrapping with a smile. 45:28 We'll get a shot of that in a minute. 45:29 This is powerful because that's what they were doing, 45:31 as they were unwrapping with a smile 18 pallets, 45:34 getting ready to do like on Saturday afternoon, 45:36 Sabbath afternoon. 45:38 They're going out and handing these out, 45:39 doing something a little different 45:41 and giving these out for every home that they help. 45:44 Yeah. 45:45 And so it's neat when you give people, 45:46 give, give, give... 45:48 Absolutely. 45:49 And you see a smile come out... 45:50 Who doesn't want a Little Debbie, 45:52 you know, come on. 45:53 But, you know, we appreciate partners like this. 45:55 It's showing here, 45:56 these are all networking partners 45:57 that you see on the screen. 45:59 But you see to do effective ministry, 46:02 it's about partnering together 46:04 and we've been doing more and more with Mckee foods 46:08 because they said, we want an image of humanitarian, 46:11 and helping people and with their vast means 46:14 to be able to say, wow, 46:15 if we're helping keep youth in the church. 46:18 We're helping communities, 46:20 a lot of big companies in the world today 46:24 were wanting to go up. 46:25 And I wanna say something about the family. 46:27 That's where their heart is. Yes. 46:29 They're not just saying, 46:30 "Let's say what would look good to, say, public to do." 46:33 I've known the family for over 30 years 46:36 and from Ellsworth to Debbie to Rusty, 46:39 you know, down the line. 46:41 It's so number, oh, a great family 46:44 and that's their heart, is been mission, 46:48 is to help and so for them to be able to do this... 46:50 Yes. 46:52 And so 18 pallets, they sent you, right? 46:54 So I might add they didn't ask me to hold this up today. 46:57 As a matter of fact if I would have asked them, 46:59 they would have said, "No." 47:00 That's the kind of people they are, 47:02 they like to help behind the scenes 47:04 but it's a wonderful thing when we unite in ministry... 47:06 Will do like the preacher will apologize later. 47:09 Yes, yes, and so that picture, we're showing a next picture 47:13 is showing us some basic demucking 47:16 as Peter called a little earlier, 47:18 going out, removing a lot of muck, 47:20 tearing out dry wall, it's called the next shot 47:23 and it shows a lot of these youth in action. 47:25 This is a powerful shot here 47:27 because here's Steve Littel, the one hugging, 47:30 standing behind the one hugging actually, 47:32 one of our other leaders at a school, 47:34 always hugging people. 47:36 You know, and praying with people. 47:39 This is what changes lives, 47:41 taking time to help them emotionally and spiritually. 47:45 You know, a lot of groups can come in 47:47 and they can do something and leave 47:48 but it's when you're bonding with them, praying with them. 47:52 Many times we're not intentional about that enough 47:54 and miss wonderful opportunities 47:57 and so it's in doing things like this. 48:00 Last shot, I like most importantly, 48:02 there it is... 48:03 Okay. 48:05 And you see this is another typical family. 48:06 There's Peter, praying with those families together. 48:09 You have to be intentional about that 48:11 and some people when you're not, 48:14 you missed your best opportunity. 48:16 Absolutely. 48:17 And so it's these youth 48:19 whose lives as they look back in life, 48:21 that is the church, the only church they know. 48:24 They want to be a part of action. 48:26 They look at that as normal 48:28 versus a lot of other youth who go, 48:32 'What relevancy does this have?' 48:34 And so when we're in helping communities, 48:38 you know, we shared that one about Loma Linda. 48:41 Here's a little letter that just, this is from Jeff Kelly, 48:43 the Emergency Management Director in Texas, 48:46 one of our deployments and Jeff wrote this letter afterwards 48:50 and then he followed it up with hurricane Matthew, 48:52 he wrote another one. 48:54 He said, "David Canther, 48:55 it's a good time for me to remember the good work 48:56 that you guys did in Orange County 48:58 following Hurricane Ike. 49:00 I'm only a phone call away and want to return the favor. 49:03 God bless you and your family." 49:04 That's an emergency management director 49:07 and so to share positive things about people 49:10 when you work with them, 49:12 they're not trying to kick you out. 49:14 They love what you do 49:16 and to get letters like this are very significant 49:18 'cause a lot of people don't just do that, 49:21 you know, from the Florida conference, 49:22 Mike Cawley. 49:23 From the Philippine Union Conferences 49:25 expressing their thanks. 49:27 You're empowering youth, you're empowering young adults. 49:31 Here's from the Share Memorial Hospital, 49:33 Dr. Molly, he requested a team of Heritage Youth to come 49:37 and some of you, 49:38 some of the viewers may have seen to train pathfinders. 49:42 And so some of the criticism occurs, 49:44 you're faced with those, a bunch of untrained youth 49:46 going and no, no, these were highly trained, 49:48 FEMA courses, CERT trained, 49:50 emotional and spiritual, psychological first aid. 49:53 These youth take it seriously. Okay. 49:55 And so Dr. Molly thanked the team 49:57 for coming in and all that they did. 50:00 So that summarizes I think of ministry, 50:04 when you're trying to emphasize, 50:05 in order to do ministry, you need to be prepared. 50:08 You need to be trained. 50:10 So that you can be... 50:13 Jesus didn't call those disciples and say, 50:15 "I call you to be disciples and I guarantee safety." 50:18 Okay, you'll all be safe, 50:19 nothing will go wrong if you follow me. 50:22 And too often, sometimes structures look at, 50:25 "Oh, you can't do this and you can't do that for liability, 50:28 " somebody may, you know, 50:29 if liability is driving the mission of your church, 50:32 you're in trouble. 50:33 We overcame that years ago, 50:35 we worked with risk management in the Adventist realm 50:38 and we have our own, 50:39 actually it's the same company 50:41 that helps ensure risk management 50:43 and we said, "We want the best insurance policy 50:46 liability coverage you can have." 50:47 It only costs about a dollar and a half a day, 50:49 so when they're out, 50:51 if something goes wrong and it will, 50:53 that you have the best coverage also 50:56 and so we overcame that paranoia, 50:58 the fear factor of losing money to say, they could be covered. 51:03 They could be trained and we assure them 51:04 all the safety training we do. 51:06 We've worked together with risk management for years. 51:09 That's how you overcome obstacles. 51:11 So it's a neat thing when ministry, 51:13 you can look at a challenge 51:14 like you've done in 3ABN and say, 51:17 we can overcome that by faith in God. 51:20 Amen. 51:21 I don't know if they can put that last graphic back up 51:24 where they're standing in the yard praying. 51:26 But to me, I was wondering what would be the chances 51:30 if you went to your church on Sabbath and you said, 51:33 "Hey, let's go out this afternoon 51:35 and go and knock on this person's house 51:37 and get him come out in a yard 51:39 and hold hands and pray with you." 51:40 I mean, that's be almost zero, right? 51:42 'Cause nowadays people are guarded 51:45 and you don't just knock on doors 51:47 and get people but when there's, 51:48 there's emergencies like this or disasters 51:51 and you're there volunteering, look at this, 51:54 nobody's forcing these people, 51:56 now they say, "Wow, this is something." 51:59 And you're able to pray with people. 52:01 I mean, you couldn't just knock on doors 52:03 and get very many people to pray 52:06 with you or take books and read it. 52:08 So what an incredible ministry and I'm so glad, you guys, 52:11 at such a young age have got the vision 52:14 and you'll only, this will help you be even rooted more, 52:17 I would say grounded to find out, you know, 52:19 it's special to be able to help other people. 52:23 It's nice to get help when you need it 52:25 but God blesses those, I believe, 52:27 the blessing may always say is on the go. 52:29 When you go and you're willing to help others, 52:32 then God blesses you in many, many other ways. 52:35 So we're gonna pray God's richest blessings on you guys 52:38 in your schooling and as you get a little older, 52:41 should the Lord tarry, 52:42 you may be taking David's place one of these times, who knows. 52:45 That's right and that's what our ministry is about 52:46 is letting those that you've trained take over leadership, 52:49 that's what it's all about. 52:50 Absolutely. 52:52 I'm taking away your job 'Millennials versus Retired.' 52:55 Millennials want relevancy, 52:56 they want transparency and they want to be involved. 52:59 This ministry does exactly that, 53:01 your ministry here at 3ABN does that too 53:04 and so getting people involved where the action counts. 53:08 Absolutely. 53:09 And so millennials want to see a church 53:11 that is out there doing things to help others, 53:14 less administration, more ministry. 53:17 Absolutely. All right. 53:18 What we're gonna do, 53:19 we're gonna take a short break for just a moment, 53:21 we'll be back with a closing thought. |
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