I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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My name is Greg Morikone.
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And thank you so much
for joining us as you do,
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each and
everyday it's a blessing
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to be able to come
into your living room
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or maybe you're
driving in the car
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and you're
listening on the radio.
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Thank you for your
prayers and support
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of the ministry of 3ABN.
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It's because of
course, the Lord Jesus Christ
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at this ministry is in existence
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but it's also because of you,
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your prayers and your financial
support, they mean a lot to us.
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And thank you for standing
with us through all the years,
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you know, what's
that open as plain.
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We're sitting here
in the 3ABN Today studio
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and I love that song,
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"I want to spend my
life mending broken people."
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And today we have a wonderful
update on what GLOW is about
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and I want to,
well, in a minute,
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you're gonna find out
what GLOW is all about.
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But it's really an
update, several years ago
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Nelson Ernst was here
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and you were telling us
about what GLOW is all about.
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And so today is
an update on that
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and some new and
exciting stories,
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but you have the
opportunity at home
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of mending broken
people and we will tell you how
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through the ministry of GLOW.
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I want to turn to a scripture
here before we get started.
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And it comes from
Isaiah 55, Isaiah 55,
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and hopefully if
you have your Bible
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you're turning there as well.
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Isaiah 55, starting with
verse 10 and going to 11.
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It says, "For as
the rain comes down,
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and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not thither,
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but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth
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and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower,
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and bread to the eater."
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It's a good verse, verse 11,
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"So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth:
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it shall not
return unto me void,
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but it shall
accomplish that which I please,
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and it shall
prosper in the thing
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where to I sent it."
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Now today we're
gonna be talking about
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spreading God's
word around the world.
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And the opportunity
you have of spreading it
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and we're going to
hear some amazing stories
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of what God has done
through the ministry,
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through the ministry of GLOW.
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Now recently, Jill and I
were in particular city in Texas
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and we had to take
an errand to Walmart,
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we're on a trip for 3ABN.
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So Jill and I went to Walmart,
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picked up the
items that we needed,
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and when we came outside
and headed to the rental car,
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I noticed something in the,
in the door handle of the car.
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And I reach to my pocket here
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and hopefully not
cause a mike issue.
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And this is what I found
something very similar to this.
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This is probably
kind of hard to see
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but this is a GLOW tract.
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It was rolled up
kind of like this
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and it was sitting
right in the door handle.
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And Jill and I, we looked
at each other and we said,
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somebody an
Adventist most likely was here,
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passing out literature.
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And we were so excited.
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It kind of makes
you feel, you know,
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up again part of
that team of those
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that are spreading the
gospel around the world.
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And so someone was out there
putting these little tracts,
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planting those little seeds,
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as we're reading
about here in Isaiah.
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God's word is being
put forth and He promises,
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this is a promise that
it will not return void.
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Isn't that exciting?
God is good, isn't He?
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We hope that you've had
a great week, a great day,
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whatever you're doing.
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I know we have here at
3ABN because God is good
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and it's always a blessing
to be able to serve Him.
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Now before we talk here
with Nelson regarding GLOW,
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we enjoy music,
I hope you do too.
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And the song
that we're gonna hear
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is from the "Hallelujah,
We're Home at Last" project
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and we're going to listen
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to Pastor John
Lomacang as he brings us a song
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"Until Then".
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My heart can sing
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When I pause to remember
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A heartache here
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Is but a stepping stone
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Along a trail
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That's winding
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Always up above
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This troubled world
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Is not my final home
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So until then,
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My heart will go on singing
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Until then,
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With joy I'll carry on
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Until the day
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My eyes behold the city
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Until the day
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God calls me home
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The things of earth
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Will dim and lose their value
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When we recall
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That they're
borrowed for a while
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And the things of earth
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That cause my heart to tremble
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Remembered there
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Will only bring a smile
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So until then
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My heart will go on singing
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Until then
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With joy I'll carry on
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Until the day
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My eyes behold that city
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Until the day,
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Until that day
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Until that day,
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Glorious day
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Until the day
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When my eyes behold that city
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Until the day
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God calls me home
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Until the day
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God calls me
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Home
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Amen.
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Wow, thank you Pastor John.
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What a powerful
song, ''Until Then''.
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To what a blessing, isn't it?
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We look forward to
heaven and the earth made new,
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so while we're passing through
this old earth full of sin,
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we have the opportunity
of spreading Jesus' love
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and joy around the world,
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but also to our neighbor
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those in the cities
and towns around us.
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And again if you're
just now joining us,
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we're going to be
talking about GLOW.
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Now this is an update for
those of you that already know
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what GLOW is, some
of you may not even know
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what GLOW is and
you say, "What is GLOW?"
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You know, you hear of glowworms,
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I remember as a kid
we had these glow sticks,
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that you kind of break them
and then the chemical reaction,
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they glow in the night.
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But we have
someone here with us today,
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his name is Nelson Ernst.
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And you're the
director of GLOW ministries.
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Welcome, we're
glad that you're here.
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Thank you.
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Tell us a little
bit about what GLOW is,
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because someone may
say, "What is GLOW?"
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So tell us what GLOW
is and how GLOW started?
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Yeah, good. Thank
you for having me here.
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It's a blessing.
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So what is GLOW?
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It's basically a ministry
where we're trying to encourage
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believers to carry
small literature with them
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wherever they go in their
pockets and in their purses,
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so that they can
give that literature away,
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when God opens up
a good conversation
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or divine appointment
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and maybe even the grocery
store line or at a gas station.
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So that's what it
is and we have people
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all over the world now passing
out these pieces of literature.
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So I have a
question for you, Nelson.
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I'll bet you, you have
some GLOW tracts in your pocket,
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kind of put you on the spot.
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You have some in
your pocket right now?
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Yes, of course.
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So reach in your
pocket and pull them out.
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I want you guys to see at home.
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I pulled one out earlier
but in case, you didn't see it,
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this is amazing
because these tracts are small.
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Right here. There you go.
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Actually this one
right here is German.
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Okay. I can't read German.
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Yeah, well, I can't
read it very well either.
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My wife is from Germany,
so I do know some but...
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Yeah, fantastic.
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And then this one
is obviously English.
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So tell us how GLOW got started
and what does GLOW stand for
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'cause it's a G-L-O-W.
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Yeah.
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And that's...
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Yeah, it's an acronym. It is.
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And so it stands, GLOW stands
for Giving Light to Our World.
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Okay, say it again,
Giving Light to Our World.
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Fantastic.
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Yeah, and that's based
off of Revelation 18:1,
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where you see the
fourth angel coming down
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and he lightens
earth with his glory.
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And we're told from Ellen White
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that a large
portion of that message
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that goes out at
the end of the world
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is going to be done
through our publishing houses.
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That's right.
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So here you have a
picture of, you know, of course,
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everyday church members,
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giving away literature and books
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from our publishing houses
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and it's helping
enlightening the world.
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So that's, you know,
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kind of what the
GLOW acronym stands for.
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So okay.
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So a GLOW started a
number of years ago,
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tell us, you know, what year,
but where you just like in bed
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and then all of a sudden
woke up one morning said,
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"Oh, this is what I'm
supposed to do, a GLOW tract."
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Tell how you got
this vision and when?
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Well, back in 2007, we had,
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I was working for the
Central California Conference
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and in the literature
ministries department.
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And in Central California,
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every year they
have a camp meeting
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where they take up a
large evangelism offering.
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And that particular year
they had an evangelism offering
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which came in and
it was over $3 million.
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Three million
dollars for evangelism.
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For evangelism.
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Wow. Right.
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And so the conference president,
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he wanted some ideas
on how to use this money.
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I mean, it's great
problem to have, right?
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So through some
conversations that happened,
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he eventually ended up
coming to our department
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with the suggestion and he said,
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"I want you guys to try and do
some research and development,
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to try and come up with a
literature ministries program
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for adults."
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In other words, we
already had a strong program
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going for the kids.
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During the summer,
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they would go out
door-to-door and sell books.
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Oh, yeah.
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I was involved in some of that
working my way through college.
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There you go. There
you go. You know about it.
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And that's a great ministry,
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but it's not
necessarily ministry
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which works well for
adults, and so you know,
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he charged us with
this commission to go
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and try and figure out how
we can get adults doing it.
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And you know, at the
time I happen to be living
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in a renovated
garage, I was a bachelor,
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you know, eating my Top Ramen.
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Yeah, okay.
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From the ABC of course. It
can be kind of rough, right?
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Yeah.
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And I didn't have, you know,
anything to do but you know,
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be at home and think about
these kind of things and work.
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Sure. What a challenge.
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Yeah, well.
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So I started studying
Ellen White's writings
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specifically the book
called Publishing Ministry,
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trying to figure out are there
any ideas that we can glean
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from this book on
how we could get adults
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to do literature evangelism.
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And through prayer
and immersing yourself
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in Ellen White's writings,
you just get these ideas
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that keep you up at night.
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And that's where the blueprints
for the program came out of.
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And I like to say that really
the reason for the success
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of this program is not because
of the people who are involved,
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it's not because we have PhDs
and we're very talented people,
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but it's because we try our best
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to base the
blueprints of this program
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off of the Spirit of Prophecy
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and the council
that God has given us
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and God is able to bless that.
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So that's how it started,
the blueprint started there.
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We kicked it off the
program in our first church
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where we talked to
these church members about
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how to pass out
literature in everyday life,
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soon word spread, and
we had churches lined up,
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soon word spread further,
we had conferences lined up
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and very soon after that
we had about 22 conferences
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within a couple of years
that had begun this program
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in the United States and then
people internationally started
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hearing about it and it just,
it's just constantly expanding.
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So okay.
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So the initial then
printing was how many?
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Well, I think that...
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let me say first, when
we first started a church
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we didn't even
print customized tracts,
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we just went to the ABC,
the local Adventist book center
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and picked up a bunch
of tracts and magazines
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and project restore and
just went with collated packets
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to get to the church members.
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But eventually
we got to the point
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where Pacific Press said to us,
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"Hey, we hear
you're doing this project.
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Why don't you begin
to work with us to print
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your own customized tracts?"
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And I don't know maybe
our first order was, you know,
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maybe 100,000 tracts
that we printed with them.
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But today by God's
grace in United States alone,
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we're printing 1.6
million tracts every month
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and we've printed about
73 or 74 million tracts.
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Okay, that's a lot.
You said how many a month?
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About 1.6 million.
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Okay, so then that
means you're probably getting
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a huge inventory
stacked up in some warehouse
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somewhere that you know,
all these tracts are sitting
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because that's to me,
is it possible to pass out
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that many or what's
going on with that many of that
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you're printing every month?
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No, the
conferences that are involved
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they typically don't like
to have a lot of, you know,
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inventory in their
warehouses sitting around so.
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Amen. That's good.
00:17:21.17\00:17:22.50
As you probably
understand here at 3ABN,
00:17:22.54\00:17:24.31
so the reason why
we print the tracts
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is because people
are passing them out.
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So you know, when
I say we're printing
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1.6 million what
that means is that
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1.6 million are
leaving our doors
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and being distributed
in the United States.
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But of course, that's very small
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compared with what's
going to happen very soon here
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as the world church is
beginning to pick up on it.
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I mean, we've had one
division alone tell us that
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they're planning on
printing a 100 million a year
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of these tracts and
which is going to completely
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dwarf what we're doing.
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Not that it's a competition
thing, but just to show,
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you know, what God can do
in other parts of the world.
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Wow, yeah, that's
absolutely amazing.
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You said, just going back
just a little bit you said,
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that in the very
beginning you had,
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was it churches lining up
and then conferences lining up.
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What do you mean by lining up
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because I need for you
to describe what, you know,
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'cause, you know, I don't
always know all these things,
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so what this
program is all about?
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So those at home you're home
they say, what does he mean?
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What is this program?
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And how does GLOW work?
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Well, you know, honestly
there's not much to explain.
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I mean, when we go
to a church you know,
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we give, it's a
very simple presentation
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of our ways and
ideas, practical ideas
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on how to pass out
literature in everyday life.
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Okay.
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I'll say for example,
when a credit card offer
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comes your way
and you got inside
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that prepaid
written envelope, you know.
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Rather than throwing that away,
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stick a piece of literature
in it and send it back,
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it's free
evangelism money you know.
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People, they
just love that idea.
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In fact, every time we get
done with one of these sermons,
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people come up
to me and they say,
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"Hey, I got this idea
for how I can do literature
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in my own life that I
had never even thought of."
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Like this woman came up
to me one time after church
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and she said, "Hey,
I've got this great idea.
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I'm a policewoman
and when I arrest people
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and I put them in jail,
00:19:00.37\00:19:01.97
we put all their personal
items, all their clothing
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and everything into what
we call a personal item bag."
00:19:04.01\00:19:05.97
She says, "Well, I'm
going to put GLOW tracts
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in the personal
item bags," you know.
00:19:07.78\00:19:09.54
So hey, creative idea, I would
have never thought of that,
00:19:09.58\00:19:12.78
never been a policeman so.
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Yeah, no, me neither.
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Yeah, we were picked
up at the airport recently
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and the driver was
Bobby, he's a 3ABN employee.
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And the person
that was, you know,
00:19:24.73\00:19:26.53
waving the
traffic into the airport
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to pickup passengers.
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Bob rolled down the
window and said, "Hey,
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I want to say thank you so much
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for doing a good
job, here you go.
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And I think he handed
them an actual GLOW tract,
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I'm sure it was a GLOW
tract. And said, here you go.
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Thank you, good
job. And she said, oh.
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You know, of course, they
appreciated being appreciated.
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And gladly accepted
the piece of literature.
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I hadn't thought about
using the envelope though
00:19:45.75\00:19:48.45
and a credit
card offer etcetera.
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Even if you pay bills,
if you use a check still,
00:19:50.35\00:19:52.35
you can put it
in with your check.
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They send back to
utility company etcetera.
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Absolutely.
Creative ways of witnessing.
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Yeah, church members come up
00:19:57.59\00:19:58.93
with a lot of
different creative ways.
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Not necessarily
ones that I recommend...
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Okay.
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But you know, they come
up with interesting ways.
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I recently heard a
story of an academy student
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up in Canada, who
was at the Great Mall
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or the Edmonton Mall.
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And he was with two of his
buddies and they were bored.
00:20:13.11\00:20:15.14
And so he got an
interesting idea.
00:20:15.18\00:20:17.68
He said, "Hey, friends
come in and watch this."
00:20:17.71\00:20:19.68
So he goes to the
second floor of the mall
00:20:19.71\00:20:21.95
and he drops a GLOW tract,
just down to the first floor,
00:20:21.98\00:20:25.22
just to see what would happen.
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You know, maybe
somebody will pick it up
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off the floor or something.
00:20:27.99\00:20:29.32
And as the tract is
falling through the ground,
00:20:29.36\00:20:33.29
a woman walks
out from underneath
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that he hadn't seen
and she opens up her purse.
00:20:34.86\00:20:36.90
You know, where that tract went?
00:20:36.93\00:20:38.27
Right into her purse.
00:20:38.30\00:20:40.44
And if you think
I'm exaggerating,
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I can get you in contact
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with the young man
who this happened to.
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That's amazing.
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And she wasn't opening her
purse to grab it, it just...
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No, she just walked
by, opened up her purse
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.04
and the thing fell right in,
00:20:49.08\00:20:50.41
as it was
falling through the air.
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So he looked at his
buddies and he said,
00:20:51.81\00:20:53.15
that was a divine appointment.
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Oh, yeah. Amen.
00:20:54.55\00:20:55.88
Like the Holy Spirit kind of
guided it right into her purse.
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Yeah, right.
00:20:58.15\00:20:59.49
So tell me about
the different topics,
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how many topics do you have?
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What is the content
of these GLOW tracts?
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Sure.
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Well, let me just say
00:21:05.29\00:21:06.63
we're continually
developing new tracts.
00:21:06.66\00:21:08.00
Okay. That's great.
00:21:08.03\00:21:10.07
At this point we're
about 35 different titles.
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Okay.
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For example? Well, yeah.
00:21:13.77\00:21:15.37
Some of our newest ones
that have just come out,
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we have a new one that
shows how the Bible is validated
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by archaeology in
the "Dead Sea Scrolls".
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Oh, wow.
00:21:23.51\00:21:24.85
And we also
have a brand new one,
00:21:24.88\00:21:27.25
written on the topic of
00:21:27.28\00:21:28.62
what happens when
you die for children.
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For children.
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Yeah, it's called
"What's wrong with Grandpa."
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So in the story that it
begins with grandpa dies
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and the child says,
what's wrong with grandpa?
00:21:36.86\00:21:39.79
And you know, dad
says, he's asleep.
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Yeah.
00:21:41.76\00:21:43.10
And then as the
grandpa is being lowered
00:21:43.13\00:21:44.47
into the ground, he says,
00:21:44.50\00:21:45.83
"Dad, don't let them do that
00:21:45.87\00:21:47.20
and grandpa is going
to get dirty," you know.
00:21:47.24\00:21:48.57
And so he has to explain,
00:21:48.60\00:21:50.54
you know, what that's all about.
00:21:50.57\00:21:52.11
So John Bradshaw's
wife wrote that one for us.
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Fantastic. Melissa.
00:21:54.74\00:21:56.08
Yeah.
00:21:56.11\00:21:57.45
We're actually
developing whole line
00:21:57.48\00:21:58.81
of equivalent
tracts for children now.
00:21:58.85\00:22:02.12
And we have another one that's
new written by Mark Finley.
00:22:02.15\00:22:06.29
We have also just
recently developed
00:22:06.32\00:22:08.72
two new tracts for Buddhists.
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.73
And we're...
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.09
Buddhists. Wow.
00:22:12.13\00:22:13.46
Yeah, we're actually going to,
00:22:13.50\00:22:14.83
we're in cooperation
with the General Conference
00:22:14.86\00:22:16.97
right now to
develop a set of tracts
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.83
for every major world religion.
00:22:19.87\00:22:21.67
So we just finished two
for Buddhists to begin with,
00:22:21.70\00:22:24.64
and so we're soon
going to be moving on
00:22:24.67\00:22:26.64
to developing them for Jews,
00:22:26.68\00:22:28.74
and then we also
have begun the process
00:22:28.78\00:22:31.38
of doing it for Hindus
and we'll also be developing
00:22:31.41\00:22:33.95
literature for Muslims etcetera.
00:22:33.98\00:22:36.28
Wow. You know, praise the Lord.
You know isn't that exciting?
00:22:36.32\00:22:38.69
I mean, this is exciting
00:22:38.72\00:22:40.06
because we're
seeing these little tracts
00:22:40.09\00:22:41.92
being as the leaves of
autumn as Ellen White mentions
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.59
being spread around the
world in multiple topics.
00:22:44.63\00:22:48.36
And how many
different languages?
00:22:48.40\00:22:50.33
Oh, man, well, I
think we have a little bit
00:22:50.37\00:22:53.60
or maybe over 42 languages now.
00:22:53.64\00:22:55.44
Over 42 languages.
00:22:55.47\00:22:56.81
I know you're showing us one
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.17
that was in your
pocket that was in...
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In German, yeah.
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In German. Yeah, yeah.
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.28
Yeah, that's absolutely amazing.
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.65
I know you're
touching a little bit briefly
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.01
on the General Conference.
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
I know you want to talk
about is it Mission 360?
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.68
Sure, Mission 365. 365.
00:23:08.72\00:23:10.72
Yes, tell us a
little bit about that?
00:23:10.75\00:23:12.09
Yeah, so, we recently, you know,
00:23:12.12\00:23:15.29
the General Conference
has two meetings a year
00:23:15.32\00:23:18.16
and one is in the fall.
00:23:18.19\00:23:19.53
And they asked us to come
00:23:19.56\00:23:20.90
and to help them
to do an outreach.
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.20
So we took the GC
executive committee all out
00:23:23.23\00:23:26.94
door-to-door and passed
out GLOW tracts and books
00:23:26.97\00:23:30.24
and it was exciting
what happened there.
00:23:30.27\00:23:33.58
But in that process
of working with the GC,
00:23:33.61\00:23:37.18
several of the departments
at the General Conference
00:23:37.21\00:23:40.58
came up with an idea to
try and make 2017 a year
00:23:40.62\00:23:44.15
to encourage church members
00:23:44.19\00:23:46.02
to distribute
literature and books.
00:23:46.05\00:23:49.42
I should say small
literature and books.
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.79
Okay.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.16
And so, we came up
with a title for that,
00:23:52.19\00:23:53.53
that's called Mission 365,
where we're encouraging people
00:23:53.56\00:23:55.33
to be participating in mission
for 365 days of the year,
00:23:55.36\00:23:58.73
hence the name.
00:23:58.77\00:24:00.10
And it's just very simple.
00:24:00.14\00:24:01.70
The basic concept is we
want to encourage everybody
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.07
to carry books and
small literature with them
00:24:04.11\00:24:06.71
and pass out at
least one book a day
00:24:06.74\00:24:08.91
and carry literature with them
that they can pass out as well.
00:24:08.94\00:24:11.48
It's very easy to do.
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.45
If every church member
00:24:13.48\00:24:14.82
in the world
church were to do this,
00:24:14.85\00:24:16.18
we would easily reach
00:24:16.22\00:24:17.55
one billion
pieces of literature,
00:24:17.59\00:24:19.39
which is kind of an
unspoken goal that we have.
00:24:19.42\00:24:21.72
Wow.
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.09
And we also have,
you know, a new app
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.59
that we're
developing for it as well,
00:24:24.63\00:24:25.96
so that people can input
their numbers for distribution
00:24:25.99\00:24:29.06
and keep track of that,
and also see the global goal
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.57
and how close
we're coming to it.
00:24:31.60\00:24:32.93
Yeah, praise the Lord.
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.30
You know and I want
to courage you at home
00:24:34.34\00:24:35.67
because in a little bit,
get your pen and paper out
00:24:35.70\00:24:37.57
because in just a little bit,
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.11
we're going to
have an address roll
00:24:39.14\00:24:40.48
where you can get in
contact with Nelson and GLOW
00:24:40.51\00:24:44.11
and to find out how
you can participate.
00:24:44.15\00:24:45.78
So I want to give
you a little heads up,
00:24:45.81\00:24:47.15
that you need to get
your pen and paper ready
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.22
to get the
contact information down.
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.62
So 365, I like that
because it's basically
00:24:51.65\00:24:54.52
having a piece of
literature in your coat pocket
00:24:54.56\00:24:57.89
like you have today.
00:24:57.93\00:24:59.39
Or I mean, I
don't carry a purse,
00:24:59.43\00:25:02.06
my wife carries a purse,
00:25:02.10\00:25:03.67
and there you can put
something in your purse.
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.70
I mean, we're to
be honest with you,
00:25:05.73\00:25:09.20
we're in association
with people every single day
00:25:09.24\00:25:12.94
and it's an opportunity.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.38
Especially, if you pray to
God, I've done this before,
00:25:15.41\00:25:17.31
I said, "God, show me
someone I need to reach today."
00:25:17.35\00:25:21.48
And He will provide
those opportunities, won't He?
00:25:21.52\00:25:23.22
He does.
00:25:23.25\00:25:24.59
I know you have
some, you have a roll
00:25:24.62\00:25:26.72
regarding Mission 365
that Mark Finley put together.
00:25:26.76\00:25:30.86
Absolutely, yeah.
00:25:30.89\00:25:32.23
It's a just a short video
that Elder Finley put together
00:25:32.26\00:25:34.60
to encourage church
members to pass out literature
00:25:34.63\00:25:37.13
and participate in Mission 365.
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.30
All right, well, let's
go to that video right now
00:25:39.33\00:25:40.84
with Elder Mark Finley.
00:25:40.87\00:25:42.47
It was one of those
hot July summer afternoons.
00:25:42.50\00:25:46.11
Beads of sweat
stood on my forehead
00:25:46.14\00:25:47.74
and pour down my face.
00:25:47.78\00:25:49.31
My wife and I were on a journey,
00:25:49.34\00:25:51.15
a journey of discovery.
00:25:51.18\00:25:53.25
We knew that in
November 18, 1848,
00:25:53.28\00:25:56.62
Ellen White had that
vision of our publishing works,
00:25:56.65\00:25:59.95
streams of light
going around the world.
00:25:59.99\00:26:03.56
We were in the
Middletown, Connecticut,
00:26:03.59\00:26:06.13
the place where the
"Present Truth" was printed
00:26:06.16\00:26:09.13
for the first time.
00:26:09.16\00:26:10.73
We went to the
historical society
00:26:10.77\00:26:12.77
and as we were digging
through historical records,
00:26:12.80\00:26:16.04
we discovered the address
of the printer that printed
00:26:16.07\00:26:20.81
the first Present Truths,
that was meaningful to us.
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.71
We knew that Ellen
White had commissioned James,
00:26:24.75\00:26:28.98
her husband to
print a small tract
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.35
that would go like extremes
of light around the world.
00:26:31.39\00:26:33.82
They were at that time
living with the Belden's
00:26:33.86\00:26:36.39
in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
00:26:36.42\00:26:38.13
James had walked the eight
or nine miles from Rocky Hill
00:26:38.16\00:26:43.26
to Middletown, Connecticut.
00:26:43.30\00:26:44.63
I can almost imagine
that on that hot summer day,
00:26:44.67\00:26:47.27
I could imagine James walking
with a carpet bag in his hand.
00:26:47.30\00:26:51.81
And collect bag from
Middletown to Rocky Hill
00:26:51.84\00:26:56.54
with that literature.
00:26:56.58\00:26:58.41
I can imagine the White's
spreading it out on the floor
00:26:58.45\00:27:01.18
and praying over it,
00:27:01.22\00:27:02.55
that how that vision
has been fulfilled today
00:27:02.58\00:27:05.85
with publishing
houses around the world,
00:27:05.89\00:27:08.29
with millions of pieces
of literature going out.
00:27:08.32\00:27:11.99
The literature work
00:27:12.03\00:27:13.66
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:27:13.70\00:27:15.03
has been ordained by God.
00:27:15.06\00:27:17.57
God who loves
literature, think about,
00:27:17.60\00:27:21.10
we have the Bible.
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.20
What would we know about Jesus?
00:27:23.24\00:27:24.91
What would we know
about the plan of salvation
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.64
without the Bible?
00:27:26.68\00:27:28.01
The written word changes lives.
00:27:28.04\00:27:31.51
The Bible's still
changing lives today.
00:27:31.55\00:27:34.05
And missionary
books of the year,
00:27:34.08\00:27:37.22
sharing the
message of the Bible,
00:27:37.25\00:27:39.09
sharing the message of scripture
00:27:39.12\00:27:40.46
are changing lives.
00:27:40.49\00:27:42.19
I'm really excited about what
God is going to do this year
00:27:42.22\00:27:45.66
through Seventh-day
Adventist literature.
00:27:45.69\00:27:48.00
The book "Story of Hope"
which is an abridged book
00:27:48.03\00:27:51.40
of the story of redemption
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.40
is the
missionary book of the year.
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.74
It's our goal and
every Seventh-day Adventist
00:27:56.77\00:28:00.34
pass out one book a week.
00:28:00.38\00:28:02.88
You think that's too difficult?
00:28:02.91\00:28:04.58
You think that vision
is too large for people?
00:28:04.61\00:28:08.18
I believe that if our
people are challenged,
00:28:08.22\00:28:10.49
they will rise to the
challenge and if every member
00:28:10.52\00:28:14.52
passed out one book
a week for 52 weeks,
00:28:14.56\00:28:18.06
we would pass out one
billion books this year.
00:28:18.09\00:28:22.00
It's staggering.
00:28:22.03\00:28:23.53
You say, what if
we don't hit the goal?
00:28:23.57\00:28:25.20
Well, we still have
millions passed out.
00:28:25.23\00:28:29.94
I'm also thinking
of the GLOW tracts.
00:28:29.97\00:28:32.74
I love the GLOW
tracts and here's why.
00:28:32.77\00:28:34.71
The GLOW tracts can
easily be placed in your pocket.
00:28:34.74\00:28:38.48
You can simply have a
dedicated pocket for tracts.
00:28:38.51\00:28:42.22
Pass them out to a
friend and neighbors,
00:28:42.25\00:28:44.55
somebody at the store.
00:28:44.59\00:28:45.92
We are printing
one billion GLOW tracts
00:28:45.95\00:28:49.02
in multiple
languages around the world.
00:28:49.06\00:28:52.73
I've written a
new GLOW tract called
00:28:52.76\00:28:55.06
the "Certainty in
an Uncertain Times".
00:28:55.10\00:28:57.63
We're living in
incredibly uncertain times.
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.54
What's going to
happen in the future?
00:29:00.57\00:29:03.17
People have looked
to the future with fear,
00:29:03.20\00:29:05.14
but you and I
can have confidence.
00:29:05.17\00:29:06.68
Our hearts can
be filled with hope.
00:29:06.71\00:29:08.94
Hope in the fact that God
has this world in His hands.
00:29:08.98\00:29:12.81
Hope in the fact that
Jesus Christ has provided
00:29:12.85\00:29:15.42
security for us
in His salvation.
00:29:15.45\00:29:17.79
Hope in the fact that
Jesus is our High Priest
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.49
that He will care
for every need we have.
00:29:20.52\00:29:23.63
Hope in the fact
that Jesus is coming again
00:29:23.66\00:29:25.76
that this world is
not going to be destroyed
00:29:25.79\00:29:27.66
in some thermal nuclear warfare.
00:29:27.70\00:29:29.63
We're not going to
spend our last moments
00:29:29.66\00:29:31.37
in like calling it won't
enough for a living space.
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.24
Literature can
make a difference.
00:29:34.27\00:29:36.44
As you give out a
tract, as you give out a book,
00:29:36.47\00:29:39.47
it can change
someone's life for eternity.
00:29:39.51\00:29:44.25
Sometime ago I was in
the city of Chennai, India.
00:29:44.28\00:29:47.28
And we heard this story.
00:29:47.32\00:29:49.02
Many years ago, a lady
was walking down the street.
00:29:49.05\00:29:51.32
She found a GLOW
fragment of literature that's,
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.56
it what happens with the tide.
00:29:53.59\00:29:55.59
How to find peace at death?
00:29:55.62\00:29:57.83
She was concerned
because her 17 year old son
00:29:57.86\00:30:01.06
had been killed
in a tragic accident.
00:30:01.10\00:30:03.97
She read that pamphlet,
00:30:04.00\00:30:06.00
going to
Seventh-day Adventist meetings,
00:30:06.03\00:30:08.54
walked into the meeting,
00:30:08.57\00:30:10.01
her whole life was
changed in that meeting.
00:30:10.04\00:30:12.87
She became a secret
believer, taught her children
00:30:12.91\00:30:16.75
about the Adventist
message, but they were Hindus.
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.51
Three years later,
00:30:19.55\00:30:20.88
one of those girls
walked into an Adventist church,
00:30:20.92\00:30:23.59
told the pastor that
she believed in Christ,
00:30:23.62\00:30:25.95
believed He was coming
again, believed in the Sabbath,
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.29
she was baptized.
00:30:28.32\00:30:29.82
Her two sisters were baptized,
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.39
their husbands were baptized,
their children were baptized,
00:30:31.43\00:30:34.16
30 people baptized or more
as the result of that pamphlet.
00:30:34.20\00:30:39.83
You give out a GLOW
tract and you give out a book,
00:30:39.87\00:30:43.41
it will make a difference
00:30:43.44\00:30:45.04
for eternity in somebody's life.
00:30:45.07\00:30:48.41
Somebody is gonna
walk down streets of gold,
00:30:48.44\00:30:51.41
somebody is gonna
put their arms around you
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.92
with tears coming
down their face and say,
00:30:53.95\00:30:56.32
thank you for coming to my door.
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.45
Thank you for
giving me that GLOW tract.
00:30:58.49\00:31:01.02
Thank you, I found
Jesus because of you.
00:31:01.06\00:31:04.99
Thank you Elder Finley.
Well, that was just powerful.
00:31:14.47\00:31:16.77
You know, I like the idea
Nelson of having an actual,
00:31:16.81\00:31:19.44
he called it like
a literature pocket.
00:31:19.47\00:31:21.14
Yeah.
00:31:21.18\00:31:22.51
You know, dedicate in your suit
00:31:22.54\00:31:23.88
or maybe even
dedicated purse pocket
00:31:23.91\00:31:26.15
to having pieces of
literature in there.
00:31:26.18\00:31:28.38
And you know, what a
challenge passing out literature
00:31:28.42\00:31:30.62
on a weekly basis,
daily basis, and what a goal.
00:31:30.65\00:31:33.89
You can't go wrong
with that, can you?
00:31:33.92\00:31:35.36
No, you cannot.
00:31:35.39\00:31:36.73
It's one of the easiest
ways to reach out to people.
00:31:36.76\00:31:38.59
Yeah, you're absolutely right.
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.00
Now I know that you've
got the Mission 365 calendar.
00:31:40.03\00:31:43.47
Tell me a little bit about that.
00:31:43.50\00:31:44.83
Yeah, so you know to
help church members get
00:31:44.87\00:31:48.64
or believers get an idea
00:31:48.67\00:31:50.41
for how they can
pass out literature.
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.37
You know,
sometimes people say, oh,
00:31:52.41\00:31:53.74
I just don't have any idea
00:31:53.78\00:31:55.11
on how I can give out
literature, how should I do it?
00:31:55.14\00:31:57.78
There's a lot of
creative things that you can do
00:31:57.81\00:31:59.61
and we've developed a calendar,
00:31:59.65\00:32:02.25
that actually gives you
basic ideas on how to do it.
00:32:02.28\00:32:05.45
And it goes month by
month, through the year.
00:32:05.49\00:32:08.69
Each month has a
particular emphasis.
00:32:08.72\00:32:11.03
Like for example,
00:32:11.06\00:32:12.39
one month is the
creative distribution month.
00:32:12.43\00:32:14.80
So your goal is
to try and come up
00:32:14.83\00:32:17.17
with the most
creative idea you can
00:32:17.20\00:32:18.93
to distribute a
piece of literature.
00:32:18.97\00:32:20.54
And it also teaches you
how to utilize on holidays
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.41
and creative ways to get
out literature during Halloween
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.71
or Christmas and
these kind of things.
00:32:27.74\00:32:29.48
So it's just chock-full of
different ideas and resources.
00:32:29.51\00:32:32.25
And this is something that
church members can get news.
00:32:32.28\00:32:35.95
Very easy, it's on
our on our website.
00:32:35.98\00:32:37.55
Okay, which we will give
that contact information,
00:32:37.59\00:32:39.39
again like we said,
toward the end of this program.
00:32:39.42\00:32:42.86
So let's say and
this would be a sad thing,
00:32:42.89\00:32:44.39
but let's say my
local church says, you know,
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.36
I don't want to be involved
because we've talked about
00:32:46.39\00:32:48.16
churches and conferences,
the church, local church says,
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.67
no, I don't.
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.03
But you at home say,
00:32:52.07\00:32:53.40
oh, but I want to
on an individual basis.
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.84
Is it possible as an individual
to contact GLOW and say,
00:32:55.87\00:32:59.17
I want a bunch of literature
or is only have to be churches?
00:32:59.21\00:33:02.34
No, no, we work with everybody.
00:33:02.38\00:33:05.35
Church members
included just as individuals.
00:33:05.38\00:33:07.42
In fact, probably
most of the tracts
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.58
that come out through our area
in terms of what's purchased
00:33:09.62\00:33:12.99
is just
individual church members.
00:33:13.02\00:33:15.06
So if a church member
wants to get involved, you know,
00:33:15.09\00:33:17.13
they can just go
online with the contact info
00:33:17.16\00:33:19.83
that we'll give them
at the end of this program
00:33:19.86\00:33:21.33
and they can get literature.
00:33:21.36\00:33:22.73
Many churches across
America and even outside
00:33:22.76\00:33:25.83
already have tracts and
literature in the foyers.
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.80
That's true. We do.
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.17
It doesn't have
to be a GLOW tract,
00:33:29.20\00:33:30.54
it can be a
pocket science tract,
00:33:30.57\00:33:31.91
it can be a
different piece of literature.
00:33:31.94\00:33:33.54
It can be even
outdated literature
00:33:33.58\00:33:34.94
that's been sitting in
the foyer for 10 years.
00:33:34.98\00:33:36.78
Yes.
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.15
With terrible graphics,
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.51
you know, let's just get it out.
00:33:39.55\00:33:40.88
So grab the literature
that you have in your church
00:33:40.92\00:33:42.68
and then you can
order more through us
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.19
and give it out
and keep track of it.
00:33:44.22\00:33:46.25
You know
because it's the content
00:33:46.29\00:33:47.69
that doesn't grow outdated.
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.29
Now you think
about 'cause you know,
00:33:49.32\00:33:50.66
the Word of God's been around
00:33:50.69\00:33:52.03
for hundreds and
hundreds and hundreds of years.
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.40
Absolutely.
00:33:53.43\00:33:54.76
That is still
powerful and it convicts
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.13
and changes lives for eternity.
00:33:56.16\00:33:58.20
So I know that there is,
on the back of these tracts,
00:33:58.23\00:34:01.54
I want to just to
expound upon this a little bit.
00:34:01.57\00:34:03.94
Some
customization that can be done,
00:34:03.97\00:34:05.87
which I think is
just an ingenious way
00:34:05.91\00:34:08.04
so you can do
some good follow up.
00:34:08.08\00:34:10.15
Because you pass
these out and it's like
00:34:10.18\00:34:11.68
well, what happens to these?
00:34:11.71\00:34:13.11
Probably many of them
will never know until heaven,
00:34:13.15\00:34:16.35
but some of these
is a way of contact.
00:34:16.38\00:34:18.25
So tell us about that in the way
00:34:18.29\00:34:20.12
that we can
customize these tracts.
00:34:20.16\00:34:21.62
Yeah, so if you're outside
of the United States obviously,
00:34:21.66\00:34:24.76
I mean, we can work
with you in a different way
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.19
than inside of
the United States.
00:34:26.23\00:34:28.36
But inside the US... Okay.
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.13
On the back of each
tract there's a back panel
00:34:30.17\00:34:32.33
that has contact information
with the phone number,
00:34:32.37\00:34:34.44
a website, snail mail address.
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.47
And those are, they have
a routing system behind them
00:34:36.50\00:34:40.34
so that when a person
calls in one particular state...
00:34:40.38\00:34:44.78
Okay.
00:34:44.81\00:34:46.15
They'll input the state
that they're calling from
00:34:46.18\00:34:47.52
and it will direct it to
the appropriate location.
00:34:47.55\00:34:49.45
So when you pass out a tract,
00:34:49.48\00:34:51.52
if somebody signs
up for Bible studies
00:34:51.55\00:34:53.02
because of that
tract and they call in
00:34:53.05\00:34:54.62
or they go to the website,
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.43
it will be
brought much more local.
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.23
And then the conferences
that are participating
00:34:59.26\00:35:01.43
with this program in the US,
00:35:01.46\00:35:04.10
know to take these
Bible study interests
00:35:04.13\00:35:06.23
and to hand them off
to the local churches.
00:35:06.27\00:35:08.54
So you can rest assured
that when you're passing out
00:35:08.57\00:35:11.24
a GLOW tract in
the US, that you know,
00:35:11.27\00:35:13.78
if the person who
signs up for Bible studies
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.41
lives close to your church,
that Bible study interest
00:35:15.44\00:35:17.68
is going to be coming
back to your local church.
00:35:17.71\00:35:19.38
Back to the local church.
00:35:19.41\00:35:20.75
So even here in
Thompsonville, Illinois
00:35:20.78\00:35:22.12
where we only have
the huge metropolis,
00:35:22.15\00:35:24.62
I think of 600 people or so.
00:35:24.65\00:35:26.92
And we have the Thompsonville,
Seventh-day Adventist church,
00:35:26.96\00:35:28.52
so if we were to
pass it out in this area,
00:35:28.56\00:35:30.86
you would eventually,
is what you're saying?
00:35:30.89\00:35:32.36
Yeah, it would come back to you.
00:35:32.39\00:35:33.86
And that's powerful
because then you can follow up
00:35:33.90\00:35:35.80
personally with
these Bible study context.
00:35:35.83\00:35:38.37
Absolutely, and
that's what we want,
00:35:38.40\00:35:39.73
personal contact with people.
00:35:39.77\00:35:41.10
Yes. So that's why we do it.
00:35:41.14\00:35:42.47
If were nothing else,
00:35:42.50\00:35:43.84
it's a blessing
for the church members.
00:35:43.87\00:35:45.21
You know, we need to
get out there and start
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.57
interacting with people
00:35:46.61\00:35:47.94
and it's a
greater blessing to us.
00:35:47.98\00:35:49.31
Yeah, you're right.
00:35:49.34\00:35:50.68
You know, I think
about the Bible text
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.05
in the 1 Corinthians
that talks about, you know,
00:35:52.08\00:35:53.95
we put it out
there, we plant the seed
00:35:53.98\00:35:56.35
and then God does the increase.
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.85
So I think in heaven, Nelson,
00:35:58.89\00:36:00.86
I think there will
be many more people
00:36:00.89\00:36:02.22
that we don't even have a
clue have responded to these,
00:36:02.26\00:36:04.43
made the
decision to follow Christ
00:36:04.46\00:36:07.00
based off of these GLOW tracks.
00:36:07.03\00:36:08.36
And what a
wonderful day that would be.
00:36:08.40\00:36:09.90
I wanted to say, thank
you so much for passing out
00:36:09.93\00:36:12.63
this little GLOW tract,
putting it, or just, yeah,
00:36:12.67\00:36:15.60
handing it to
someone or I've seen them,
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.44
I think even in
restrooms, at rest areas.
00:36:17.47\00:36:19.74
I have no clue
who put them there
00:36:19.77\00:36:21.58
but I've seen them resting
there by the sink etcetera.
00:36:21.61\00:36:24.41
So I know that people are
passing them out worldwide.
00:36:24.45\00:36:26.41
Right.
00:36:26.45\00:36:27.78
Is that right?
Yeah, that's true.
00:36:27.82\00:36:29.15
Tell us a little bit about that?
00:36:29.18\00:36:30.52
Yeah, we get stories on
a regular basis from people
00:36:30.55\00:36:32.05
who are passing them out.
00:36:32.09\00:36:33.42
In fact, one
that comes to mind is
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.19
one that happened
in the Philippines,
00:36:35.22\00:36:36.56
there was a man who was
distributing GLOW tracts
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.63
and one of these GLOW
tracts ended up getting thrown
00:36:38.66\00:36:41.60
on the ground in the
street and as they do
00:36:41.63\00:36:43.80
over in that part of
the Philippines I guess.
00:36:43.83\00:36:46.23
When there's
rubbish on the ground,
00:36:46.27\00:36:47.60
eventually somebody comes
by and they put it into a pile.
00:36:47.64\00:36:50.61
You know, they
sweep it into a pile.
00:36:50.64\00:36:52.37
And then they
burn it up. Oh, my.
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.41
Well, anyway so this happened,
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
a GLOW tract gets
into the rubbish pile
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.21
and they set it on fire,
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.58
but the GLOW tract doesn't burn.
00:36:58.61\00:37:01.28
And so somebody who
was walking by noticed that
00:37:01.32\00:37:03.18
there's this rubbish
pile that's all burnt up
00:37:03.22\00:37:04.69
but this tract just didn't burn.
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.25
And so he goes
and picks up the tract
00:37:06.29\00:37:07.62
and he says this is weird.
00:37:07.66\00:37:08.99
So he tries to light the
tract on fire with his lighter
00:37:09.02\00:37:10.89
and it doesn't light up.
00:37:10.93\00:37:12.66
And pretty soon he calls
the attention of some people
00:37:12.69\00:37:14.86
and there's a small group
of people that come together
00:37:14.90\00:37:16.67
and he's like, this
thing won't light on fire.
00:37:16.70\00:37:18.27
And believe me we don't make,
you know, fireproof tracts,
00:37:18.30\00:37:20.90
it's just not what we do.
00:37:20.94\00:37:22.27
And as this crowd is,
a small group of people
00:37:22.30\00:37:25.07
looking at this tract,
00:37:25.11\00:37:26.44
the original guy who had
been passing out those tracts
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.11
happen to come by, he
knows what was going on.
00:37:28.14\00:37:30.35
And he said, "Hey, if
you think that's amazing,
00:37:30.38\00:37:32.51
you should come to
these series of meetings
00:37:32.55\00:37:35.78
that we're having
at our local church."
00:37:35.82\00:37:37.32
It's going to be
even more amazing.
00:37:37.35\00:37:38.69
Several people ended
up coming from that group
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.36
and two of them got baptized.
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.12
So you know in these
different parts of the world,
00:37:42.16\00:37:45.09
we have miracle
stories happening.
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.53
I'm also reminded of in Germany,
00:37:47.56\00:37:50.90
our European coordinator
at the time, Martin Kim.
00:37:50.93\00:37:54.17
He had just received a
shipment of thousands of tracts
00:37:54.20\00:37:57.81
from Norway.
00:37:57.84\00:37:59.17
And he had them
all, you know, in boxes
00:37:59.21\00:38:01.64
and in front of his apartment
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.38
and he was sorting through them,
00:38:03.41\00:38:04.75
in Russian and
German, these tracts.
00:38:04.78\00:38:06.82
Well, one person walked by
and saw what was happening,
00:38:06.85\00:38:11.12
somebody who
wasn't part of our church.
00:38:11.15\00:38:12.52
And they saw that
they had Russian pamphlets.
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.29
And he went up
and asked about them
00:38:15.32\00:38:17.16
and ended up buying
one of each of the packets
00:38:17.19\00:38:19.89
of the Russian literature
for himself to distribute.
00:38:19.93\00:38:22.86
And then he took them
home and apparently end up
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.90
reading one of them because...
00:38:25.93\00:38:27.30
He just a little
while later ended up calling
00:38:27.34\00:38:30.47
that phone number
00:38:30.51\00:38:31.84
and requesting a
free Great Controversy
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.74
which was offered on the back.
00:38:33.78\00:38:35.14
And so Martin went
and followed up with that.
00:38:35.18\00:38:36.81
And here you have thousands
of pieces of literature
00:38:36.85\00:38:39.21
sitting in front of our
European coordinator's house,
00:38:39.25\00:38:41.65
getting ready to be dispersed
to the local Adventist churches
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.89
throughout Germany.
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.25
But before they even get there,
non-Adventists are coming up
00:38:45.29\00:38:48.39
and they're
purchasing the literature.
00:38:48.42\00:38:50.39
And they purchased. Wow.
And to pass out themselves.
00:38:50.43\00:38:52.36
Isn't that incredible?
00:38:52.39\00:38:53.73
Yeah. Wow.
00:38:53.76\00:38:55.10
And then he
requested a Great Controversy.
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.67
Correct.
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.13
It's exciting, isn't it? Yeah.
00:38:58.17\00:38:59.57
To see what God is
doing, you know, in this world.
00:38:59.60\00:39:01.97
I know it's full of sin
and Satan is doing his best.
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.57
But we know that Christ has won
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.54
and, boy, what
a neat opportunity
00:39:06.57\00:39:09.21
we all have of spreading
God's word around the world.
00:39:09.24\00:39:12.31
I know you've got
some more stories as well.
00:39:12.35\00:39:14.85
Yes, I do about international.
And I'll just share one more.
00:39:14.88\00:39:20.59
You know, we had a...
00:39:20.62\00:39:23.12
Well, I'll tell the one
about what happened in Hawaii.
00:39:23.16\00:39:25.09
Recently we had a group
of young people going out
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.86
and passing out the
tracts door-to-door in Hawaii.
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.53
And this young
man came up to a house
00:39:30.57\00:39:34.14
where there was a
fence and he noticed that
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.60
there was an
intimidating dog inside,
00:39:35.64\00:39:37.27
the dog was just
growling and barking at him.
00:39:37.31\00:39:40.04
So he decided I'm just
going to skip this house.
00:39:40.08\00:39:42.28
And so he threw the
tract over the fence.
00:39:42.31\00:39:44.21
Okay.
00:39:44.25\00:39:45.58
And the tract
land on the ground.
00:39:45.61\00:39:47.15
Now, that kind of sounds
like something I might do
00:39:47.18\00:39:48.52
because I don't really
like big scary dogs, so, okay,
00:39:48.55\00:39:50.75
so he just threw
it over the fence.
00:39:50.79\00:39:52.12
Yeah, neither do I.
00:39:52.15\00:39:53.49
I probably would have
done the same, I don't know
00:39:53.52\00:39:54.86
but anyway he
threw it over the fence.
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.22
Dog food, Placed in
this dog food, right?
00:39:56.26\00:39:57.59
Well, ironically
speaking of dog food,
00:39:57.63\00:39:59.86
the dog comes over and
pick the tract up in his mouth
00:39:59.89\00:40:03.80
and took it to the front door
and dropped it on the ground
00:40:03.83\00:40:07.00
in front of the front door.
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.07
Just placing it there nicely
for the person to pick up.
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.37
Sort of like the
morning newspaper.
00:40:12.41\00:40:15.24
But...
00:40:15.28\00:40:16.61
Yeah, there you go, you know.
00:40:16.64\00:40:17.98
The newspaper man just
dropped a newspaper off
00:40:18.01\00:40:19.38
but this was good news.
00:40:19.41\00:40:20.75
Yeah. So it's Christ.
00:40:20.78\00:40:22.12
Wow.
00:40:22.15\00:40:23.49
So Elisha, you
know, he has his bears
00:40:23.52\00:40:24.85
and Balaam has his donkey
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.22
and Noah has his
animals coming into the ark
00:40:26.25\00:40:27.59
and apparently there's
glowing dogs over in Hawaii.
00:40:27.62\00:40:29.36
That's right.
00:40:29.39\00:40:30.73
Passing out tracts themselves.
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.09
I've got here is
something about a Baptist pastor
00:40:32.13\00:40:34.96
who preached at a
funeral a story about that.
00:40:35.00\00:40:37.63
Yes, yes.
00:40:37.67\00:40:39.03
Yeah, we had a
missionary come into our office
00:40:39.07\00:40:41.94
in California,
purchased literature.
00:40:41.97\00:40:44.57
And take the
literature to Cameroon.
00:40:44.61\00:40:49.44
And when he was in Cameroon,
00:40:49.48\00:40:51.01
the tract went from his
hand to a hand, hand and hand
00:40:51.05\00:40:53.38
and it ended up getting
eventually into the hands
00:40:53.42\00:40:54.98
of a Baptist pastor, who was
about to preach at a funeral.
00:40:55.02\00:40:57.89
And he was putting
together his content
00:40:57.92\00:40:59.29
for what he was
going to talk about.
00:40:59.32\00:41:00.86
When he got this tract, well,
the tract happened to be on,
00:41:00.89\00:41:03.29
guess what topic,
"What happens when you die."
00:41:03.32\00:41:05.66
And so he read the tract
and he liked what it said
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.93
so much that he translated
a portion of it and read it
00:41:08.96\00:41:11.80
and worked it into
his talk at the funeral.
00:41:11.83\00:41:14.34
So about 80 people were
in attendance at that funeral
00:41:14.37\00:41:17.07
and after he gets done
reading a portion of this tract
00:41:17.11\00:41:20.01
which is translated into French,
00:41:20.04\00:41:21.51
several people come
up to him and they say,
00:41:21.54\00:41:23.11
"Hey, well, we didn't
know that you don't go directly
00:41:23.14\00:41:25.01
to heaven or hell after you die.
00:41:25.05\00:41:26.68
And he said, "Well, I
didn't know that either
00:41:26.72\00:41:28.05
but that's what
the pamphlet said."
00:41:28.08\00:41:29.52
And you know, it
just made a great impact.
00:41:29.55\00:41:32.35
You never know what's
going to happen with one piece
00:41:32.39\00:41:33.82
of literature and
how God can use it.
00:41:33.86\00:41:35.66
You know, you really
don't, I think back to you
00:41:35.69\00:41:38.46
for those of you
that have watched 3ABN
00:41:38.49\00:41:39.83
for a number of years,
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.20
the book "Ten
Commandments Twice Removed"
00:41:41.23\00:41:42.80
that 3ABN's
president Danny Shelton
00:41:42.83\00:41:45.37
and then Shelley Quinn program
development director wrote.
00:41:45.40\00:41:50.34
And we had one
that someone, you know,
00:41:50.37\00:41:51.94
they were passed out, some
of you probably helped in that
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.24
passed out
around the United States
00:41:54.28\00:41:56.14
and I know around the world.
00:41:56.18\00:41:58.05
And someone threw
it in the trash can.
00:41:58.08\00:42:00.92
I was thinking about this one
that was in the rubbish heap...
00:42:00.95\00:42:02.58
That happens. The GLOW tract.
00:42:02.62\00:42:03.95
Threw the Ten Commandments,
00:42:03.99\00:42:05.82
you hate to say
that in the trash.
00:42:05.85\00:42:07.69
And the garbage
man took the trash can
00:42:07.72\00:42:10.09
and was emptying it
into the garbage truck
00:42:10.13\00:42:12.56
is what I'm told and the
book fell out of the garbage can
00:42:12.59\00:42:15.56
and on to the
road, on to the street.
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.77
So the garbage
man said, "Oh, well,
00:42:18.80\00:42:20.80
this looks like
an interesting book."
00:42:20.84\00:42:22.30
So he kept it for
himself instead of throwing it
00:42:22.34\00:42:24.34
in the garbage
truck and you know
00:42:24.37\00:42:25.77
after reading
that, he became convicted
00:42:25.81\00:42:28.18
of the Seventh-day
Sabbath, so boy, I'll tell you,
00:42:28.21\00:42:30.61
God's word is
powerful, isn't it?
00:42:30.65\00:42:31.98
Yeah.
00:42:32.01\00:42:33.35
It's neat to see how
the Holy Spirit works.
00:42:33.38\00:42:34.72
So tell me about the
mission trip, the GLOW
00:42:34.75\00:42:37.19
you call GLOW
mission or GLOW mission trip?
00:42:37.22\00:42:39.05
Yeah. So recently we...
00:42:39.09\00:42:41.52
and God has really shown us
clearly that He wants us to,
00:42:41.56\00:42:45.49
you know, start doing a
little bit more with GLOW
00:42:45.53\00:42:49.16
where we go out and
are more intentional
00:42:49.20\00:42:52.13
about our distribution.
00:42:52.17\00:42:53.50
In other words, our primary
emphasis is to get everybody
00:42:53.54\00:42:56.40
to just carry
literature with them everyday.
00:42:56.44\00:42:58.57
We're going to get out
millions of pieces of literature
00:42:58.61\00:43:00.31
by doing that.
00:43:00.34\00:43:01.68
Be faithful in the small things.
00:43:01.71\00:43:03.04
That's great.
00:43:03.08\00:43:04.41
But there are times when I
think that God has called us
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.68
to go and to
distribute literature
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.92
in a more proactive sense.
00:43:10.95\00:43:12.39
In fact, there's a
quote where Mrs. White says,
00:43:12.42\00:43:14.22
that as we near the end,
there will be more and more
00:43:14.26\00:43:16.69
large gatherings in our cities.
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.23
And that Adventist should
be present with our literature
00:43:18.26\00:43:21.16
to distribute it and
that many of those tracts
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.33
will be as leaves
of the tree of life
00:43:23.37\00:43:24.97
to the people who
receive it at those gatherings.
00:43:25.00\00:43:27.34
Amen.
00:43:27.37\00:43:28.70
So when Pope Francis came
and visited the United States
00:43:28.74\00:43:31.37
for the first time
just a little while ago.
00:43:31.41\00:43:34.78
God absolutely, clearly told me,
00:43:34.81\00:43:38.88
that he wanted me to organize
a group of people to go in
00:43:38.91\00:43:41.98
to give
literature to these folks.
00:43:42.02\00:43:43.79
There was supposed to be
about 1.5 million Catholics
00:43:43.82\00:43:46.09
that were going to come together
00:43:46.12\00:43:47.96
to see him when he was in
Philadelphia, in particular.
00:43:47.99\00:43:50.66
A lot of people.
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.03
A lot of people who are
looking for spiritual things.
00:43:52.06\00:43:53.90
And God said, I
want you to go out there
00:43:53.93\00:43:55.96
and provide some
spiritual answers for them.
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.87
And so that's what we did
much against my will but...
00:43:57.90\00:44:01.34
Yeah, you felt
impressed. Exactly.
00:44:01.37\00:44:03.87
In fact, it was
extremely uncomfortable for me
00:44:03.91\00:44:05.74
to do something like that.
00:44:05.77\00:44:07.14
I'm not a big crowd
kind of person but you know,
00:44:07.18\00:44:11.01
when God calls
He equips, and so...
00:44:11.05\00:44:12.48
Amen.
00:44:12.51\00:44:13.85
We did get together a
group of committed young adults
00:44:13.88\00:44:16.28
from across the country about
35 to 45 depending on the time
00:44:16.32\00:44:20.19
of the mission
trip and we passed out
00:44:20.22\00:44:22.22
a million pieces of literature,
a million GLOW tracts.
00:44:22.26\00:44:25.59
And it was such a blessing.
00:44:25.63\00:44:26.96
I'm telling you,
God's hand was so in it,
00:44:27.00\00:44:30.33
it was very obvious
that He was blessing
00:44:30.37\00:44:32.33
what we were doing out there.
00:44:32.37\00:44:33.70
We had one of our
missionaries, for example,
00:44:33.74\00:44:36.74
walking down the street
and in that particular day
00:44:36.77\00:44:38.81
he had five
tracts to give to people.
00:44:38.84\00:44:40.68
Five different titles. Okay.
00:44:40.71\00:44:42.08
He went up to a
man on the street,
00:44:42.11\00:44:43.45
he gave him two of the titles.
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.28
What were some of the titles?
00:44:45.31\00:44:46.68
Oh, man, I mean, it's
been a while we had ones
00:44:46.72\00:44:49.92
on salvation, ones on Sabbath,
the state of the dead etcetera.
00:44:49.95\00:44:53.32
And the man said, where
are the other three titles?
00:44:53.36\00:44:59.69
And then he proceeded
to name the three titles
00:44:59.73\00:45:02.30
that he had not received.
00:45:02.33\00:45:03.67
This random person he
came up to on the street?
00:45:03.70\00:45:05.03
Yes.
00:45:05.07\00:45:06.40
And he named the exact titles
that he had not received yet.
00:45:06.43\00:45:08.90
And then he said to
our missionary Jericho,
00:45:08.94\00:45:11.37
he said, where is your partner?
00:45:11.41\00:45:13.38
'Cause Jericho was by himself.
00:45:13.41\00:45:15.21
And Jericho was
taken aback. Of course.
00:45:15.24\00:45:18.28
And said, what do you mean?
00:45:18.31\00:45:20.62
I don't have a
partner right with me.
00:45:20.65\00:45:22.82
And how did you know that I had
00:45:22.85\00:45:24.19
three other kinds of literature?
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.32
He come to find out
that this man had had a dream
00:45:26.35\00:45:28.92
two months
previous, where in the dream
00:45:28.96\00:45:31.46
the man had seen
Jericho coming to him
00:45:31.49\00:45:33.90
with a big tall
good looking partner...
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.50
Guardian angel. Well, yeah.
00:45:37.53\00:45:39.07
I mean, he didn't
say that but you know...
00:45:39.10\00:45:40.87
Of course.
00:45:40.90\00:45:42.24
And the big guy said to the man,
00:45:42.27\00:45:45.04
when Jericho comes to
you, he didn't mention his name
00:45:45.07\00:45:47.08
but when this young man comes
to you, he has what you need
00:45:47.11\00:45:49.28
and make sure that you get this,
00:45:49.31\00:45:50.65
this, this, this, and this.
00:45:50.68\00:45:52.51
I mean, that's
just one of the stories
00:45:52.55\00:45:54.28
that came out of
that that mission trip.
00:45:54.32\00:45:56.32
Well, that gives me goose bumps.
00:45:56.35\00:45:57.69
I'll tell you
what, isn't that amazing?
00:45:57.72\00:45:59.05
Yeah. Two months before.
00:45:59.09\00:46:00.42
You said, two months before...
00:46:00.46\00:46:01.79
Two months previous
to the mission trip.
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.16
And if you think
I'm exaggerating,
00:46:03.19\00:46:04.53
once again you
can go to our website
00:46:04.56\00:46:05.89
glowmissiontrips.org
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.36
and you can actually
watch the hour long documentary
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of this particular mission trip
and you can see the testimony,
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Jericho gives it
himself on there.
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Okay.
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We recorded
testimonies the day after
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we would have
those mission trips.
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Another story from that
particular mission trip.
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One of our young guys,
he was a patent lawyer.
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He came on the mission trip.
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And he saw a young man
and his girlfriend fighting,
00:46:25.25\00:46:29.42
almost physically on the street.
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He actually felt bold, he
went over and he broke it up.
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Oh, my.
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And settled things down
and in the end, the guy,
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the young man, the
boyfriend was so excited
00:46:36.62\00:46:39.43
about what our
missionary was doing,
00:46:39.46\00:46:41.20
the patent lawyer that
he asked if he could help.
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So he gave him a
stack of literature
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and they both went
down the same street
00:46:44.80\00:46:46.13
just on two different
sides of it and he was helping
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pass out the
literature, it was great.
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Incredible.
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So these mission
trips, is this the first one
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and you're planning
more, have you've done more
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since this mission trip?
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Yeah, so that was our first
one and from there have been
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a lot of other ones
that have been created.
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We also did one
to the Super Bowl
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where we distributed
million tracts in San Francisco,
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a lot of them.
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So this is to the crowd
going into the Super Bowl?
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It was to people
in the bay area...
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We did San
Francisco for the most part
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and then when the
Super Bowl actually happened,
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Super Bowl Sunday we
were there giving out
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literature to the people coming
into the Super Bowl arena.
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And there have been
several other mission trips
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that have happened in Chicago
and other places since then.
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We do have one
that's coming up in Romania,
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in just a few days
here February 1 through 10,
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we're going to
distribute a million tracts
00:47:29.41\00:47:30.75
with the Romanian Union.
00:47:30.78\00:47:32.11
And all of these
tracts are going to advertise
00:47:32.15\00:47:33.75
for the 2000 simultaneous
evangelistic meetings
00:47:33.78\00:47:36.28
that are happening
there in cooperation
00:47:36.32\00:47:38.55
with the General
Conference in Romania.
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Okay.
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We're also going to be
doing one to Salt Lake City.
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That'll be coming up in
a couple of months here,
00:47:43.83\00:47:45.29
we're going to pass
out a million tracts there.
00:47:45.33\00:47:47.40
And then we lastly
we have one planned
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coming up soon for Japan,
00:47:50.67\00:47:52.23
we're going to go
with the Japanese Union
00:47:52.27\00:47:54.00
and distribute a lot of
literature on Christmas,
00:47:54.04\00:47:57.04
and also some
time in 2018 hopefully
00:47:57.07\00:47:59.57
another million tracts or so.
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Yes.
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So you know, there's
a lot going on obviously
00:48:02.74\00:48:04.08
here with GLOW.
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And so I just wanted to say
00:48:05.55\00:48:06.88
'cause depending on
when this program air,
00:48:06.92\00:48:08.28
some of these
events we just discussed
00:48:08.32\00:48:09.65
could actually be
behind us but the key is,
00:48:09.68\00:48:11.89
is to go to what website,
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.25
I know we're going to
give in a couple of minutes.
00:48:13.29\00:48:14.62
But what is that website again?
00:48:14.66\00:48:15.99
So for the
mission trips specifically
00:48:16.02\00:48:17.53
to learn about
them, to sign up for them,
00:48:17.56\00:48:19.59
all that kind of stuff,
go to glowmissiontrips.org.
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Glowmissiontrips.org.
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Correct. Okay.
00:48:25.33\00:48:26.67
Yeah, pretty easy to
remember. Oh, yeah, it is.
00:48:26.70\00:48:28.04
So in a couple of
minutes that we have left here,
00:48:28.07\00:48:31.07
why did you feel to
do these mission trips?
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What was the reason
for these mission trips
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because you've
got, you know, churches,
00:48:34.58\00:48:36.24
you've got conferences,
those are already to me big,
00:48:36.28\00:48:38.85
you know, event or, you know,
00:48:38.88\00:48:40.45
other ways of
distributing the literature.
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But the mission trip, why
did you feel burden to do that?
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Well, I think like I said
at the beginning you know,
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we really try to follow
the Council of Ellen White
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with this ministry.
00:48:54.66\00:48:56.20
And I think that's why
God is able to bless it.
00:48:56.23\00:48:58.50
And so when she wrote
those statements about us
00:48:58.53\00:49:01.24
needing to be in the
large gatherings that happen,
00:49:01.27\00:49:05.21
that was what really helped
fuel this aspect of what we do,
00:49:05.24\00:49:10.51
the mission trips.
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And you know, honestly we've
seen some very good results
00:49:11.95\00:49:16.05
come of it, and we've seen
God's hand working every time
00:49:16.08\00:49:19.52
that we go out.
00:49:19.55\00:49:20.89
And it's exciting to
think about the future
00:49:20.92\00:49:23.32
and potentially how
we can get church members
00:49:23.36\00:49:25.69
to do this more
and more and more.
00:49:25.73\00:49:28.00
You know, I know you mentioned
the one mission trip to Chicago
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and we had some of
the church members here
00:49:30.43\00:49:32.73
at local Thompsonville,
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:49:32.77\00:49:34.67
go up and participate
in that, what did you call,
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.94
the Chicago mission trip?
00:49:37.97\00:49:39.31
Yeah.
00:49:39.34\00:49:40.68
GLOW and they came back
so excited and so enthused,
00:49:40.71\00:49:43.24
enthusiastic
about doing it again.
00:49:43.28\00:49:45.65
So basically what
you're saying, Nelson,
00:49:45.68\00:49:47.02
is that people at home,
they've been encouraged today
00:49:47.05\00:49:50.69
about, well, I want to be
involved in the local church
00:49:50.72\00:49:52.95
but they can also be
involved in these mission trips.
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.66
So the way to do
that is to go to...
00:49:55.69\00:49:57.53
Glowmissiontrips.org
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.89
and they can
find the mission trips
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.53
that are
currently being planned.
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.03
And they can also
register on there,
00:50:03.06\00:50:05.57
find information
about the timeframes,
00:50:05.60\00:50:07.64
the costs and
those kind of things.
00:50:07.67\00:50:09.70
I really want to encourage
you at home to participate
00:50:09.74\00:50:12.47
whether it's
locally or get involved
00:50:12.51\00:50:14.71
with these mission trips.
00:50:14.74\00:50:16.51
It's always encouraging to
be able to spread God's Word
00:50:16.54\00:50:19.65
around the world in
your local community,
00:50:19.68\00:50:22.12
to have a part in spreading
the good news of Jesus Christ.
00:50:22.15\00:50:26.19
Now, what I want to do
right now is to get ready
00:50:26.22\00:50:28.06
to go to our address roll,
so get that pen and paper ready
00:50:28.09\00:50:31.26
because there will be
more information on there
00:50:31.29\00:50:33.29
on how you can get
a hold of Nelson Ernst
00:50:33.33\00:50:35.73
and the GLOW ministries
and let's go to that right now.
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If you would like to
contact GLOW Ministries,
00:50:44.31\00:50:46.78
you can do so by writing to 2820
00:50:46.81\00:50:49.94
Willow Avenue,
Clovis, California 93612.
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That's 2820 Willow Avenue,
00:50:54.85\00:50:58.05
Clovis, California 93612.
00:50:58.09\00:51:01.79
You can call
them at 559-347-3150.
00:51:01.82\00:51:06.76
That's 559-347-3150.
00:51:06.80\00:51:10.80
You can also visit them
online at glowonline.org.
00:51:10.83\00:51:15.80
That's glowonline.org.
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