I want to spend my life 00:00:01.80\00:00:07.64 Mending broken people 00:00:07.67\00:00:12.67 I wanna spend my life 00:00:12.71\00:00:18.91 Removing pain 00:00:18.95\00:00:23.85 Lord, let my words 00:00:23.89\00:00:30.06 Heal a heart that hurts 00:00:30.09\00:00:34.66 I wanna spend my life 00:00:34.70\00:00:40.37 Mending broken people 00:00:40.40\00:00:45.97 I wanna spend my life 00:00:46.01\00:00:51.41 Mending broken people 00:00:51.45\00:00:55.12 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 00:01:06.70\00:01:09.20 We're so glad 00:01:09.23\00:01:10.57 that you have joined us this day. 00:01:10.60\00:01:12.40 How's your day going? 00:01:12.43\00:01:13.77 I hope it's going well. 00:01:13.80\00:01:15.14 I know for Jill and myself, it's going well. 00:01:15.17\00:01:16.50 It is. 00:01:16.54\00:01:17.87 Because the Lord Jesus is good, isn't He? 00:01:17.91\00:01:19.24 And we praise His holy name for the gift of salvation. 00:01:19.27\00:01:21.44 Thank you for joining us, maybe via radio, 00:01:21.48\00:01:24.11 you might be driving along, you can't even see the video 00:01:24.15\00:01:26.15 but you're driving along tuning in, thank you. 00:01:26.18\00:01:28.62 Tuning in may be online, via satellite, we don't know 00:01:28.65\00:01:31.05 but we appreciate your prayers and support 00:01:31.09\00:01:33.66 of the ministry of 3ABN 00:01:33.69\00:01:35.36 because if it wasn't for you 00:01:35.39\00:01:37.36 and, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:01:37.39\00:01:38.96 this gospel wouldn't be going out 24/7 00:01:38.99\00:01:41.73 around the world, isn't that amazing? 00:01:41.76\00:01:43.10 It is. 00:01:43.13\00:01:44.47 And today, we're talking about salt. 00:01:44.50\00:01:46.43 Now I love salt as in, you know... 00:01:46.47\00:01:48.84 He actually does like some. 00:01:48.87\00:01:50.51 I do. 00:01:50.54\00:01:52.04 And I have to be careful because I talk about, 00:01:52.07\00:01:53.91 you know, high blood pressure and things, 00:01:53.94\00:01:55.31 but I do like salt. 00:01:55.34\00:01:56.68 But we're talking about salt today 00:01:56.71\00:01:58.05 but not salt as in, like, the iodized or Himalayan salt 00:01:58.08\00:02:02.02 or any of that table salt. 00:02:02.05\00:02:03.42 We're talking about a different type of salt. 00:02:03.45\00:02:04.79 Amen. 00:02:04.82\00:02:06.15 And shall we tell them about it now 00:02:06.19\00:02:07.52 or maybe in just a minute? 00:02:07.56\00:02:08.89 Let's tell them about it. I'm excited about this program. 00:02:08.92\00:02:11.39 It's service and love together and what an incredible acronym. 00:02:11.43\00:02:16.36 Salt, service, and love together. 00:02:16.40\00:02:18.63 And we met these two young men, 00:02:18.67\00:02:21.40 our age, we're all young, we can say that. 00:02:21.44\00:02:23.27 Amen and amen. 00:02:23.30\00:02:24.64 And we met them in GYC, 00:02:24.67\00:02:26.11 just this past GYC and we're so blessed 00:02:26.14\00:02:28.68 by what God is doing through their ministry. 00:02:28.71\00:02:31.51 So we want to bring them to your home 00:02:31.55\00:02:33.31 and you would get a flavor 00:02:33.35\00:02:35.18 for what God is doing with SALT. 00:02:35.22\00:02:37.72 And so we have here, Eric Camarillo, 00:02:37.75\00:02:40.72 and you are the President... 00:02:40.76\00:02:42.62 Yes. Okay, of SALT. 00:02:42.66\00:02:44.59 Yes, yes. 00:02:44.63\00:02:45.96 Yeah, we're glad to be here. 00:02:45.99\00:02:48.83 It was great, it was great meeting you at GYC 00:02:48.86\00:02:51.60 and this opportunity to open up. 00:02:51.63\00:02:52.97 Yes, that's right. 00:02:53.00\00:02:54.34 It's a blessing, GYC, isn't it? Yeah. 00:02:54.37\00:02:55.70 At GYC, all these young people on fire 00:02:55.74\00:02:57.24 for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:02:57.27\00:02:58.61 Amen, and then we have Lo-Ammi Richardson. 00:02:58.64\00:03:00.98 Yes, Lo-Ammi Richardson. 00:03:01.01\00:03:02.34 I'm the Harvest Director for SALT. 00:03:02.38\00:03:03.88 And honored and privileged to be here, great opportunity. 00:03:03.91\00:03:07.62 And we're gonna hear a little bit about your story 00:03:07.65\00:03:09.18 and then about what SALT is, 00:03:09.22\00:03:10.55 in case you don't know what SALT is all about. 00:03:10.59\00:03:12.79 It's an amazing ministry. Amen. 00:03:12.82\00:03:15.12 And what's neat about today is, 00:03:15.16\00:03:16.69 I must say interview, we're just talking, 00:03:16.73\00:03:18.39 kind of, in the living room, 00:03:18.43\00:03:19.76 and they're glad that you're joining us, 00:03:19.79\00:03:21.13 is that you can also be involved 00:03:21.16\00:03:23.26 and that's what's neat 00:03:23.30\00:03:24.63 'cause it's neat to hear great testimonies, 00:03:24.67\00:03:26.00 great stories, other ministries, 00:03:26.03\00:03:28.07 but it's always nice to have the opportunity 00:03:28.10\00:03:29.50 of being involved, isn't it? 00:03:29.54\00:03:30.87 God calls us to be the light and the salt of the world. 00:03:30.91\00:03:33.01 And I asked them about a Bible verse, 00:03:33.04\00:03:34.74 if there's one that they especially like 00:03:34.78\00:03:36.24 for their ministry. 00:03:36.28\00:03:38.31 And you guessed it, Matthew chapter 5. 00:03:38.35\00:03:40.78 If you have your Bibles, open up with us. 00:03:40.82\00:03:42.85 Matthew 5, we're reading verses 13 through 16. 00:03:42.88\00:03:47.79 "You are the salt of the earth, 00:03:47.82\00:03:50.63 but if the salt loses its flavor, 00:03:50.66\00:03:52.33 how shall it be seasoned? 00:03:52.36\00:03:54.66 It is then good for nothing 00:03:54.70\00:03:56.20 but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 00:03:56.23\00:04:00.00 You are the light of the world, 00:04:00.04\00:04:01.80 a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 00:04:01.84\00:04:04.87 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket 00:04:04.91\00:04:08.18 but on a lamp stand. 00:04:08.21\00:04:09.71 And it gives light to all who are in the house. 00:04:09.74\00:04:12.58 Let your light so shine before men, 00:04:12.61\00:04:16.32 that they may see your good works 00:04:16.35\00:04:17.72 and glorify your Father which is in heaven." 00:04:17.75\00:04:20.36 So today, we're gonna learn the outreach, the ministry, 00:04:20.39\00:04:24.66 that they have in engaging 00:04:24.69\00:04:26.86 many several hundred volunteers with that as well. 00:04:26.90\00:04:30.63 Yeah, you're right. 00:04:30.67\00:04:32.00 And it's, it's always neat, 00:04:32.03\00:04:33.37 isn't it, to participate with the Lord Jesus Christ? 00:04:33.40\00:04:35.80 Whatever ministry He has given to each one of us 00:04:35.84\00:04:37.87 because all of us have something 00:04:37.91\00:04:39.57 that we can do for Jesus each and everyday. 00:04:39.61\00:04:42.71 Now before we get started, we always like to go to music. 00:04:42.74\00:04:45.41 We love music here at 3ABN and we know you do too. 00:04:45.45\00:04:48.62 And Dr. Yvonne Lewis is gonna bring us our music today. 00:04:48.65\00:04:52.35 She is the General Manager of the Dare to Dream network. 00:04:52.39\00:04:55.99 And it's a blessing to work with her and her son 00:04:56.02\00:04:58.26 for at Dare to Dream, they're doing a great job 00:04:58.29\00:04:59.63 but let's listen as she ministers to us 00:04:59.66\00:05:01.73 with the song, Solid Rock. 00:05:01.76\00:05:03.87 On Christ, the solid rock, I stand 00:05:28.42\00:05:34.63 All other ground is sinking sand 00:05:34.66\00:05:41.17 All other ground 00:05:41.20\00:05:43.54 Is sinking sand 00:05:43.57\00:05:48.41 My hope is built on nothing less 00:05:54.02\00:05:58.92 Than Jesus' blood and righteousness, 00:05:58.95\00:06:05.93 I dare not trust the sweetest frame, 00:06:05.96\00:06:10.47 But wholly lean on Jesus' name 00:06:10.50\00:06:15.80 On Christ, the solid rock, I stand 00:06:15.84\00:06:20.31 All other ground is sinking sand 00:06:20.34\00:06:25.91 All other ground 00:06:25.95\00:06:28.22 Is sinking sand 00:06:28.25\00:06:32.15 When darkness fails, his lovely face, 00:06:37.99\00:06:42.40 I rest on His unchanging grace, 00:06:42.43\00:06:49.47 In every high and stormy gale 00:06:49.50\00:06:53.88 My anchor holds within the veil 00:06:53.91\00:06:59.11 On Christ, the solid rock, I stand 00:06:59.15\00:07:03.75 All other ground is sinking sand 00:07:03.79\00:07:09.29 All other ground 00:07:09.32\00:07:11.53 is sinking sand 00:07:11.56\00:07:15.26 His blood, it is me 00:07:20.87\00:07:27.84 He then is all my 00:07:27.88\00:07:29.64 Hope and Stay 00:07:29.68\00:07:35.35 When He shall come with trumpet sound 00:07:35.38\00:07:41.76 Oh, may I then, in Him be found 00:07:41.79\00:07:47.53 Dressed in His righteousness alone 00:07:47.56\00:07:53.57 Faultless to stand 00:07:53.60\00:07:56.14 Before His throne 00:07:56.17\00:08:03.11 All other ground is sinking sand 00:08:03.14\00:08:09.05 All other ground 00:08:09.08\00:08:11.35 is sinking sand 00:08:11.39\00:08:14.86 On Christ, the solid rock, I stand 00:08:14.89\00:08:19.29 On Christ, the solid rock, I stand 00:08:19.33\00:08:23.67 All other ground is sinking sand 00:08:23.70\00:08:29.47 On Christ, the solid rock, 00:08:29.50\00:08:34.41 I stand. 00:08:34.44\00:08:40.95 Hallelujah. 00:08:49.92\00:08:51.26 Praise the Lord. 00:08:51.29\00:08:52.63 That's powerful. 00:08:52.66\00:08:54.00 God has given Yvonne such a gift. 00:08:54.03\00:08:55.36 Oh, He has. 00:08:55.40\00:08:56.73 A gift of music, 00:08:56.77\00:08:58.10 she's incredibly gifted with that, 00:08:58.13\00:08:59.47 but her heart for the Lord comes through when she sings. 00:08:59.50\00:09:01.90 And thank you so much, Yvonne, 00:09:01.94\00:09:03.81 for that, that ministry and music. 00:09:03.84\00:09:06.44 Yeah, you're right. 00:09:06.47\00:09:07.81 You know, 'cause I just wanna comment on Dr. Yvonne, 00:09:07.84\00:09:09.18 because I consider her and Jason, 00:09:09.21\00:09:11.85 her son, as my neighbors, 00:09:11.88\00:09:13.35 because my office is basically right next to theirs. 00:09:13.38\00:09:15.75 So in the morning, you know, after our worships, 00:09:15.78\00:09:17.82 we'll be like, "Hey, neighbor, how are you?" 00:09:17.85\00:09:19.82 Just great people though, they love Jesus Christ 00:09:19.85\00:09:22.42 and their passion is about spreading Jesus to others. 00:09:22.46\00:09:25.33 Amen, that's right. 00:09:25.36\00:09:26.70 Well, if you're just joining us, 00:09:26.73\00:09:28.06 we have SALT with us, 00:09:28.10\00:09:29.43 not the salt that you would put on your food. 00:09:29.46\00:09:31.40 We have the organization SALT 00:09:31.43\00:09:33.54 and we're so excited to have both of you here to share 00:09:33.57\00:09:36.40 what God is doing in your ministry. 00:09:36.44\00:09:37.97 We have Eric Camarillo. 00:09:38.01\00:09:39.91 You are the founder and president. 00:09:39.94\00:09:41.28 And then, Lo-Ammi Richardson, you are harvest director. 00:09:41.31\00:09:44.38 Yes, ma'am. Harvest director. 00:09:44.41\00:09:45.75 Okay, so we wanna unpackage, 00:09:45.78\00:09:47.12 first of all, before we talk about the ministry, 00:09:47.15\00:09:49.12 just a little bit about your testimony, 00:09:49.15\00:09:50.62 about your story, your background. 00:09:50.65\00:09:52.59 So, Eric, we'll start with you. 00:09:52.62\00:09:53.96 Were you raised a Seventh-day Adventist Christian? 00:09:53.99\00:09:56.49 Tell us a little bit about your background. 00:09:56.52\00:09:57.93 Yeah, I wasn't. 00:09:57.96\00:09:59.29 I was raised actually, culturally as a catholic. 00:09:59.33\00:10:02.86 I didn't really, you know, I would attend church 00:10:02.90\00:10:04.93 every once in a while, 00:10:04.97\00:10:06.30 I fall sleep maybe halfway through the service, 00:10:06.33\00:10:08.50 you know, a lot of time, 00:10:08.54\00:10:09.87 I don't understand what's going on. 00:10:09.90\00:10:11.37 I was a, kind of, 00:10:11.41\00:10:13.71 swayed between agnostic and atheist 'cause sometimes, 00:10:13.74\00:10:16.38 I believe there's a God, sometimes I wouldn't. 00:10:16.41\00:10:19.21 And that's, kind of, was my experience, 00:10:19.25\00:10:21.28 kind of, growing up. 00:10:21.32\00:10:23.05 But about... 00:10:23.08\00:10:24.42 When I was 22, 00:10:24.45\00:10:26.99 went through a really bad breakup 00:10:27.02\00:10:29.29 and I, kind of, felt this empty hole 00:10:29.32\00:10:31.93 as I had made that person my God, 00:10:31.96\00:10:33.86 they filled that space temporarily, 00:10:33.90\00:10:36.93 you know, obviously. 00:10:36.97\00:10:38.30 And so... 00:10:38.33\00:10:39.67 And I just started, I just decided to open a Bible. 00:10:39.70\00:10:42.00 And I just flipped through... 00:10:42.04\00:10:43.97 Someone had bought me a Bible, 00:10:44.01\00:10:45.34 it was January, I remember, of 2010, yeah, 2010. 00:10:45.37\00:10:51.68 And just before that December, 00:10:51.71\00:10:54.35 that last Christmas, someone bought me a Bible. 00:10:54.38\00:10:56.58 So I was going through, 00:10:56.62\00:10:57.95 you know, I woke up in the afternoon, 00:10:57.99\00:10:59.65 you know, I was sleeping there 00:10:59.69\00:11:01.02 and trying to drown out all the reality and everything, 00:11:01.06\00:11:04.49 and I decided to flip through 00:11:04.53\00:11:05.86 and the words in red caught my attention. 00:11:05.89\00:11:07.50 So I started reading the sermon on the mount. 00:11:07.53\00:11:09.40 You know, it's funny... 00:11:09.43\00:11:10.77 'Cause just thinking about. Yes. 00:11:10.80\00:11:12.73 One of the first verses I read was the Matthew 5:13-16, 00:11:12.77\00:11:16.14 'cause the sermon on the mount, 00:11:16.17\00:11:17.81 I read it and it started to give me this peace 00:11:17.84\00:11:19.47 that I didn't feel from all these other things 00:11:19.51\00:11:21.41 I tried to fill with. 00:11:21.44\00:11:23.01 And so that's when I just started reading and things... 00:11:23.04\00:11:25.61 It's amazing. 00:11:25.65\00:11:26.98 Kind of, took off from there. 00:11:27.02\00:11:28.35 So if I can ask, what made you even turn to the Bible? 00:11:28.38\00:11:30.79 I know someone gave it to you as a gift, you said, 00:11:30.82\00:11:32.69 but if you were raised culturally catholic, 00:11:32.72\00:11:36.09 you probably didn't read the Bible a lot. 00:11:36.12\00:11:37.53 And then if you're, kind of, atheist or agnostic a bit, 00:11:37.56\00:11:41.16 what made you even say, "Hey, I wanna pick up that book." 00:11:41.20\00:11:43.83 Well, before... 00:11:43.87\00:11:45.20 After the breakup, I mean, I was trying everything. 00:11:45.23\00:11:48.20 I was like, "Well, let me just watch these TV series all day 00:11:48.24\00:11:52.11 and I'll try to just not think about reality." 00:11:52.14\00:11:54.04 That didn't work, you know, 00:11:54.08\00:11:55.41 I tried to go out with my friends and drink more, 00:11:55.44\00:11:57.25 that didn't work, you know, I tried to... 00:11:57.28\00:11:58.95 Just so many things 00:11:58.98\00:12:00.32 that I usually would go to for peace didn't work. 00:12:00.35\00:12:02.95 And so I had to do something 00:12:02.98\00:12:05.49 and I woke up and I just saw the Bible there. 00:12:05.52\00:12:08.59 And I know it was the Spirit, you know. 00:12:08.62\00:12:10.69 Like, I'm like, "Well, let me just pick it up." 00:12:10.73\00:12:13.26 And I unwrapped it, picked it up 00:12:13.29\00:12:15.20 and that's when everything's started happening, yeah. 00:12:15.23\00:12:17.50 You know, that's neat, 00:12:17.53\00:12:18.87 you know, when we get to heaven, 00:12:18.90\00:12:20.24 we're gonna see those behind the scenes, 00:12:20.27\00:12:21.60 so to speak. 00:12:21.64\00:12:22.97 Because, you know, I almost like to think that maybe, 00:12:23.00\00:12:24.34 you know, the Holy Spirit put there your guardian angel, 00:12:24.37\00:12:26.04 angel right there was just, you know, flipping through it 00:12:26.07\00:12:28.74 to the sermon on the mount, Matthew 5. 00:12:28.78\00:12:31.08 And then, what's so neat is, 00:12:31.11\00:12:33.55 what, few years later which we'll get to, 00:12:33.58\00:12:35.38 you're doing SALT, the ministry of SALT. 00:12:35.42\00:12:37.22 It's almost... 00:12:37.25\00:12:38.59 Yeah, about a year later. Yeah, isn't that amazing? 00:12:38.62\00:12:39.95 You think about that, like, you know, yeah, 00:12:39.99\00:12:42.69 that God had almost like, that special little thing 00:12:42.72\00:12:44.49 that you had no clue, 00:12:44.53\00:12:45.96 that you'd be involved with the SALT Ministry. 00:12:45.99\00:12:48.36 So, yeah, boy, powerful testimony. 00:12:48.40\00:12:50.70 So how did you find out 00:12:50.73\00:12:52.23 about the Seventh-day Adventist church? 00:12:52.27\00:12:53.60 You're reading your... 00:12:53.64\00:12:54.97 Yeah, so, I just started reading, 00:12:55.00\00:12:56.54 I called up three groups of friends 00:12:56.57\00:12:58.17 that were Christian. 00:12:58.21\00:12:59.77 'Cause I was reading, 00:12:59.81\00:13:01.14 I just kept, "Oh, I heard the story of David, 00:13:01.18\00:13:02.51 let me read through the story of David." 00:13:02.54\00:13:03.88 And I'm like, "Oh, I heard about Adam and Eve, 00:13:03.91\00:13:05.25 let me read it." 00:13:05.28\00:13:06.61 So I've been reading stories that I would hear about. 00:13:06.65\00:13:08.75 And then, you know, I started to read things 00:13:08.78\00:13:10.39 I didn't understand and want to learn more. 00:13:10.42\00:13:12.59 So I called up three groups of friends 00:13:12.62\00:13:14.02 that were Christian. 00:13:14.06\00:13:15.39 And one was in that denominational group 00:13:15.42\00:13:17.33 but two of the other groups were Adventists. 00:13:17.36\00:13:20.10 And so, so then, 00:13:20.13\00:13:21.96 you know, as I'm studying both perspectives, 00:13:22.00\00:13:24.50 the Adventist doctrines 00:13:24.53\00:13:26.80 made more sense to me logically, 00:13:26.84\00:13:29.04 appealed to my logic. 00:13:29.07\00:13:30.51 'Cause, you know, they weren't the Hebrew and the Greek, 00:13:30.54\00:13:32.37 and so that's when, in April of 2010, 00:13:32.41\00:13:36.64 I'm like, "I got to find a church." 00:13:36.68\00:13:38.38 Googled the Orlando Filipino Seventh-day Adventist church, 00:13:38.41\00:13:42.08 'cause I wanted to go to a church 00:13:42.12\00:13:43.45 where my mom would most likely go to, she's Filipino. 00:13:43.49\00:13:44.82 Okay. 00:13:44.85\00:13:46.19 And so I walked in and I said, 00:13:46.22\00:13:48.29 "I want to be baptized," the first person I saw, yeah. 00:13:48.32\00:13:50.99 In that three months, after you picked up the Bible? 00:13:51.03\00:13:53.09 Yes. 00:13:53.13\00:13:54.46 January. April. 00:13:54.50\00:13:56.36 Yeah, yeah. 00:13:56.40\00:13:57.73 Wow, God has His hand on you. 00:13:57.77\00:13:59.70 Yeah, praise God, praise God. 00:13:59.73\00:14:01.47 Because I don't know where I'd be right now 00:14:01.50\00:14:03.24 if it wasn't for that so... 00:14:03.27\00:14:05.11 Wow. Wow, fantastic. 00:14:05.14\00:14:07.04 So what about you? 00:14:07.08\00:14:08.41 Well, for me, I had grown up a Seventh-day Adventist 00:14:08.44\00:14:11.31 but as I got older, kind of, drifted away from the faith, 00:14:11.35\00:14:15.12 got involved in rap, and hip-hip, 00:14:15.15\00:14:18.12 and music, and basketball was my passion, 00:14:18.15\00:14:20.36 that's what I ultimately wanted to do as a career but... 00:14:20.39\00:14:25.56 So you wandered in the sports and in the music? 00:14:25.59\00:14:27.46 Yeah, yeah. 00:14:27.50\00:14:28.83 That was like your passion, your drive to be successful. 00:14:28.86\00:14:30.20 Right. 00:14:30.23\00:14:31.57 So for me, I wasn't like musically talented, 00:14:31.60\00:14:33.74 but I was immersed in the hip-hop, rap culture, 00:14:33.77\00:14:37.44 but I loved basketball. 00:14:37.47\00:14:38.81 So that was, kind of, my god, 00:14:38.84\00:14:40.74 you know, something that I wanted to pursue in life. 00:14:40.78\00:14:43.04 And it wasn't until 2009, 00:14:43.08\00:14:45.98 actually it was a breakup as well. 00:14:46.01\00:14:47.85 Incredible. Wow. 00:14:47.88\00:14:49.22 And that led me to a point 00:14:49.25\00:14:50.59 where I was doing the same thing, 00:14:50.62\00:14:51.95 kind of, watching TV, kind of, drowning out the sorrows, 00:14:51.99\00:14:53.69 and my sister gave me a call one day and she said, 00:14:53.72\00:14:55.96 "Hey, there's a conference that you've been sponsored to." 00:14:55.99\00:14:58.59 And they didn't know anything about the conference 00:14:58.63\00:15:00.60 and so, long story short, the GYC conference. 00:15:00.63\00:15:03.93 And so I went to the GYC conference 00:15:03.97\00:15:06.74 and heard Sebastien Braxton, 00:15:06.77\00:15:08.47 you know, did the morning devotions. 00:15:08.50\00:15:10.14 Mark Finley was the one who really, 00:15:10.17\00:15:12.11 I had all of these questions in my mind and I don't know, 00:15:12.14\00:15:14.54 if you ever saw Mark Finley, I appreciate those, 00:15:14.58\00:15:16.64 kind of, the little robot thing he points at you, 00:15:16.68\00:15:18.61 and he answers all the questions 00:15:18.65\00:15:20.45 and it seems like you've been having in your mind. 00:15:20.48\00:15:22.65 So after that, you know, I came back home and I felt, 00:15:22.68\00:15:26.35 you know, what I experienced at GYC 00:15:26.39\00:15:27.96 was something that was real. 00:15:27.99\00:15:29.89 And it wasn't a superficial experience 00:15:29.92\00:15:32.66 that I had growing up. 00:15:32.69\00:15:34.03 You know, I went to church, I love church, 00:15:34.06\00:15:35.40 'cause I had all the church families and friends 00:15:35.43\00:15:37.30 that I had but it was at GYC, 00:15:37.33\00:15:39.37 where I had an experience with God. 00:15:39.40\00:15:40.94 And from then, you know, six years later, here I am. 00:15:40.97\00:15:44.37 You know, been in a full-time ministry ever since 00:15:44.41\00:15:46.31 and now sitting at 3ABN Today. 00:15:46.34\00:15:49.34 Isn't it amazing what God can do in one's life 00:15:49.38\00:15:52.21 as we're submitted to Him, that's just powerful, isn't it? 00:15:52.25\00:15:55.22 Did you ever find out who sponsored you 00:15:55.25\00:15:56.58 to that GYC conference? 00:15:56.62\00:15:57.95 Yes, it was my mother. 00:15:57.99\00:15:59.32 My mother was the one who sponsored me, 00:15:59.35\00:16:00.89 and the backdrop to that was she's always been, 00:16:00.92\00:16:03.29 she's always prayed for me, 00:16:03.32\00:16:04.66 she always labored for me three times a day, she'll pray. 00:16:04.69\00:16:06.49 And I wasn't the easiest child growing up. 00:16:06.53\00:16:09.70 And my sister knew that if my, 00:16:09.73\00:16:11.50 if I knew that my mother had sponsored me, 00:16:11.53\00:16:13.13 I wouldn't have went. 00:16:13.17\00:16:14.50 And so when I did go, 00:16:14.54\00:16:16.60 she is the one who sponsored me to go to GYC, 00:16:16.64\00:16:18.74 she paid for it. 00:16:18.77\00:16:20.11 When I went to an evangelistic school as well, 00:16:20.14\00:16:21.84 I was short $2,000 and that was my mother 00:16:21.88\00:16:23.45 who paid for it. 00:16:23.48\00:16:24.81 So she's been a very vital component in my life 00:16:24.85\00:16:28.18 and she's really the reason why I'm even here. 00:16:28.22\00:16:31.15 If it wasn't for her prayers and her labors, 00:16:31.19\00:16:32.75 so I know my testimony speaks to a lot to the mothers 00:16:32.79\00:16:35.56 who've, whose children have drifted away. 00:16:35.59\00:16:38.33 So when they hear my testimony, 00:16:38.36\00:16:40.20 it really impacts them that, I tell them, you know, 00:16:40.23\00:16:42.33 "If it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't be here." 00:16:42.36\00:16:44.20 So I always tell them, you know, "Continue to, 00:16:44.23\00:16:46.03 to labor for them. 00:16:46.07\00:16:47.40 Continue to be there for them, pray for them, 00:16:47.44\00:16:48.77 because I'm a living testimony what a mother's prayer can do." 00:16:48.80\00:16:51.67 That's right. 00:16:51.71\00:16:53.04 So if you're watching at home, don't be discouraged. 00:16:53.07\00:16:55.84 If you're a mom, pray for your son, 00:16:55.88\00:16:58.31 pray for your daughter. 00:16:58.35\00:16:59.98 Know that here is a living testimony 00:17:00.02\00:17:01.88 in brother Lo-Ammi, 00:17:01.92\00:17:03.25 but God wants to save our children. 00:17:03.28\00:17:06.02 And God hears, I think a mother's prayer, 00:17:06.05\00:17:08.82 a mother's heart even more, not that more so than others, 00:17:08.86\00:17:12.66 but I really think the passion, think of that, 00:17:12.69\00:17:15.23 three times a day her interceding on your behalf, 00:17:15.26\00:17:17.63 that's exciting. 00:17:17.67\00:17:19.00 So tell us about, now SALT, 00:17:19.03\00:17:21.47 how did SALT begin or how was SALT birthed? 00:17:21.50\00:17:24.61 So when I first came into the church, 00:17:24.64\00:17:27.11 there were a couple of things that I saw 00:17:27.14\00:17:30.08 that I felt the church might have been missing at that time. 00:17:30.11\00:17:32.81 I was in Orlando. 00:17:32.85\00:17:34.25 And just to briefly, 00:17:34.28\00:17:35.95 the three things that I saw were, 00:17:35.98\00:17:37.55 one, was I saw lack of unity in our area. 00:17:37.59\00:17:41.62 So a lot of division by culture, 00:17:41.66\00:17:43.43 right, cultural churches here and there. 00:17:43.46\00:17:44.79 Sure. Oh, yeah. 00:17:44.83\00:17:46.16 Lot of... 00:17:46.19\00:17:47.53 You know, there's two conferences in Orlando. 00:17:47.56\00:17:50.83 There is a, you know, I mean, even the church is... 00:17:50.87\00:17:54.07 It's hard, you know, you don't see churches, 00:17:54.10\00:17:55.50 kind of, work together as much. 00:17:55.54\00:17:57.24 So I'm like, "Okay, something is to be created 00:17:57.27\00:17:59.04 to bring all these people together, right?" 00:17:59.07\00:18:01.41 The other thing was, 00:18:01.44\00:18:02.78 I saw lack of community outreach being done. 00:18:02.81\00:18:06.65 So lot of evangelistic effort like, 00:18:06.68\00:18:08.48 tracks and things like that, 00:18:08.52\00:18:10.15 but nothing like practical in the community type things. 00:18:10.19\00:18:14.06 And the third thing was, 00:18:14.09\00:18:15.56 I saw lack of relational evangelism. 00:18:15.59\00:18:18.06 So in other words, 00:18:18.09\00:18:21.46 not necessarily like, more like, 00:18:21.50\00:18:23.30 "Okay, here is a plate of food, see you later." 00:18:23.33\00:18:25.30 You know, but what I wanted to see more was Christ method 00:18:25.33\00:18:28.80 which was creating relationships, friendships, 00:18:28.84\00:18:31.34 genuine friendships, meeting their needs. 00:18:31.37\00:18:33.88 You know, winning their confidence 00:18:33.91\00:18:35.24 and then bidding them to follow. 00:18:35.28\00:18:36.61 And so SALT started 00:18:36.64\00:18:40.58 with those three things in mind to, 00:18:40.62\00:18:42.58 kind of, fill those needs. 00:18:42.62\00:18:44.02 So when did you start realizing this lack, 00:18:44.05\00:18:45.95 if you wanna call that, 'cause you're just baptized, 00:18:45.99\00:18:48.32 is this before you're baptized? 00:18:48.36\00:18:49.96 You're starting to realize because probably, 00:18:49.99\00:18:51.59 you're wanting to be involved in something? 00:18:51.63\00:18:53.03 Is that where it started coming from? 00:18:53.06\00:18:54.76 Well, you know, it's funny. 00:18:54.80\00:18:56.13 I became the president of the youth at my church, 00:18:56.16\00:18:59.33 fairly quickly after I was baptized. 00:18:59.37\00:19:01.17 Okay. Amen. Yeah. 00:19:01.20\00:19:02.54 God's gifted you 00:19:02.57\00:19:03.91 with the leadership thing, obviously. 00:19:03.94\00:19:05.27 The church saw that. They needed someone. 00:19:05.31\00:19:06.64 They needed someone that though... 00:19:06.68\00:19:08.01 Yeah, I guess so. 00:19:08.04\00:19:09.38 So I was doing that and, you know, 00:19:09.41\00:19:12.91 trying to work with other churches 00:19:12.95\00:19:14.92 was difficult. 00:19:14.95\00:19:16.28 And then when we went door knocking, 00:19:16.32\00:19:18.85 it's like, "Oh, this other church 00:19:18.89\00:19:20.22 knocked on my door the other day," 00:19:20.26\00:19:21.59 it's like, "What? 00:19:21.62\00:19:22.96 What?" 00:19:22.99\00:19:24.33 You know, why aren't we working together for these people? 00:19:24.36\00:19:26.70 You know, so that's part of it, 00:19:26.73\00:19:29.83 you know, the other part was, 00:19:29.86\00:19:31.20 yeah, I didn't want to be involved in something. 00:19:31.23\00:19:33.10 You know, as in the generation we live in today, 00:19:33.13\00:19:35.64 millennials today, 00:19:35.67\00:19:37.04 we are the people that want to change the world. 00:19:37.07\00:19:39.47 You know, we need to be a part of something 00:19:39.51\00:19:41.21 that we feel is making a difference into this world. 00:19:41.24\00:19:45.31 And sometimes, you know, it wasn't there, 00:19:45.35\00:19:49.85 so something needed to happen. 00:19:49.88\00:19:51.22 So through prayer, you know, this was the idea, so... 00:19:51.25\00:19:55.72 You know what I like about that, 00:19:55.76\00:19:57.09 is that anybody can sit and complain, right? 00:19:57.13\00:20:00.03 Yeah, that's true. 00:20:00.06\00:20:01.40 You can say, "Hey, I don't like the way my church does this, 00:20:01.43\00:20:03.20 I'm gonna complain," but you stepped out 00:20:03.23\00:20:05.47 and said, "Okay, God, You put a burden in my heart 00:20:05.50\00:20:07.90 for something that I don't see is being done. 00:20:07.94\00:20:10.71 And by the power of your Spirit, 00:20:10.74\00:20:12.47 I want to make a difference. 00:20:12.51\00:20:14.28 I want to work to change status quo as it were." 00:20:14.31\00:20:17.08 That's incredible. 00:20:17.11\00:20:18.45 So tell us about SALT, 00:20:18.48\00:20:20.38 it stands for Service and Light Together. 00:20:20.42\00:20:22.72 And Love Together. Love, thank you. 00:20:22.75\00:20:26.96 Yes, so basically, SALT is a network. 00:20:26.99\00:20:31.79 I guess, yeah, that briefly explains 00:20:31.83\00:20:33.29 a network of outreaches 00:20:33.33\00:20:35.30 and at the moment, growth groups. 00:20:35.33\00:20:36.67 Okay. 00:20:36.70\00:20:38.03 Like, climax in the evangelistic series 00:20:38.07\00:20:39.90 that happens once a year. 00:20:39.93\00:20:41.37 So the seeds are planted through our growth groups, 00:20:41.40\00:20:43.51 through our outreach projects. 00:20:43.54\00:20:46.11 We want to harvest, hence the harvest department, 00:20:46.14\00:20:48.41 harvest director, to bring people to Christ. 00:20:48.44\00:20:51.81 Okay, I like that. 00:20:51.85\00:20:53.18 And so the harvest program is something 00:20:53.21\00:20:55.42 we just started, is something... 00:20:55.45\00:20:56.92 I introduced Lo-Ammi, 00:20:56.95\00:20:58.85 I don't know, a year ago or something, 00:20:58.89\00:21:00.42 I don't even remember. 00:21:00.46\00:21:02.26 But, you know, and he's coming back to Orlando, 00:21:02.29\00:21:05.19 I'm like, "Oh, man, we need to get this guy." 00:21:05.23\00:21:07.33 Well, there is a guy, yeah, it's gonna say, 00:21:07.36\00:21:08.70 it's got me a pretty neat story 00:21:08.73\00:21:10.07 how you, Lo-Ammi ended up joining here with SALT, 00:21:10.10\00:21:12.03 and with Eric. 00:21:12.07\00:21:13.40 Yeah, actually, 00:21:13.44\00:21:14.90 it was the church I grew up with, 00:21:14.94\00:21:17.01 I grew up in, 00:21:17.04\00:21:18.47 they had special AY for the youth. 00:21:18.51\00:21:19.97 And so they invited these different ministries 00:21:20.01\00:21:22.08 so, you know, obviously speak about the respective ministry. 00:21:22.11\00:21:25.45 So it was Eric who is sharing about SALT, 00:21:25.48\00:21:27.95 and I was speaking on behalf of GYC 00:21:27.98\00:21:30.12 'cause I was part of their service project, 00:21:30.15\00:21:32.72 part of their evangelism team. 00:21:32.75\00:21:34.26 So long story short, 00:21:34.29\00:21:35.62 we met and we went to talk about that night. 00:21:35.66\00:21:38.29 And we just connected and over, 00:21:38.33\00:21:41.06 we just developed the friendship. 00:21:41.10\00:21:42.63 And so we've always talked, 00:21:42.66\00:21:44.80 we've always communicated, 00:21:44.83\00:21:46.23 and we shared this idea before, but we was, kind of, 00:21:46.27\00:21:49.67 in two different places in our life 00:21:49.70\00:21:51.37 and it just never meshed until this past year 00:21:51.41\00:21:53.98 where I felt the Lord was calling me 00:21:54.01\00:21:55.58 into a full-time evangelism, 00:21:55.61\00:21:56.95 kind of, just stepping out in faith, 00:21:56.98\00:21:58.31 and, you know, allowing the Lord to work 00:21:58.35\00:22:01.88 the way that I saw Him 00:22:01.92\00:22:03.72 He was gonna lead me to work. 00:22:03.75\00:22:05.09 And the SALT, it was, kind of, 00:22:05.12\00:22:07.79 it was, kind of, plateaued into a point. 00:22:07.82\00:22:09.16 And we're like, "All right, we're doing this 00:22:09.19\00:22:10.53 but how are we gonna reap them?" 00:22:10.56\00:22:12.06 And then, with my strength and what they... 00:22:12.09\00:22:14.76 And their lack, we, kind of, combined together 00:22:14.80\00:22:16.53 and it's just been a beautiful, it just meshed beautifully. 00:22:16.56\00:22:19.70 Amen. 00:22:19.73\00:22:21.07 So you're, kind of, an umbrella organization, 00:22:21.10\00:22:22.54 we could say. 00:22:22.57\00:22:23.91 And you have the outreach, 00:22:23.94\00:22:25.27 you have the growth groups and then the reaping, 00:22:25.31\00:22:26.84 the evangelism. 00:22:26.88\00:22:28.21 So if you think about the outreach, 00:22:28.24\00:22:29.58 you have several pronged, 00:22:29.61\00:22:31.21 several pronged approach you could say, 00:22:31.25\00:22:32.91 to outreach, right? 00:22:32.95\00:22:34.28 Right, right. 00:22:34.32\00:22:35.65 So, well, let's talk about the hospital, 00:22:35.68\00:22:37.02 what's your outreach to hospital? 00:22:37.05\00:22:38.39 So our hospital outreach, 00:22:38.42\00:22:39.89 that was an outreach that was already actually going on 00:22:39.92\00:22:43.02 when we started and we, kind of, 00:22:43.06\00:22:44.39 added it to the network. 00:22:44.43\00:22:46.26 So that outreach was going room to room in the hospital, 00:22:46.29\00:22:50.87 and we'll take groups and we'll split them up, 00:22:50.90\00:22:52.53 we'll have instruments. 00:22:52.57\00:22:53.90 And we would, you know, knock, ask the patient 00:22:53.94\00:22:56.54 if we can sing a couple of songs 00:22:56.57\00:22:57.91 and pray with them. 00:22:57.94\00:22:59.27 And, you know, when people are at the bottom 00:22:59.31\00:23:01.74 most part of their life, 00:23:01.78\00:23:03.11 it's when their health is depleting. 00:23:03.14\00:23:04.61 And so, we've seen many tears, many tears. 00:23:04.65\00:23:06.85 We've got invited to funerals afterward, 00:23:06.88\00:23:08.98 been able to create relationships 00:23:09.02\00:23:10.35 with people after, 00:23:10.39\00:23:11.72 'cause it's very delicate 'cause of hipper 00:23:11.75\00:23:13.09 you know, this privacy and stuff, 00:23:13.12\00:23:14.46 so we never asked for information 00:23:14.49\00:23:16.26 but if they volunteer information 00:23:16.29\00:23:17.89 and they say, you know, 00:23:17.93\00:23:19.26 "Hey, I want you guys to come to my funeral," 00:23:19.29\00:23:20.70 or family members said something. 00:23:20.73\00:23:22.66 Then we'll continue that relationship with them 00:23:22.70\00:23:25.10 and continue to build. 00:23:25.13\00:23:26.50 Okay, so maybe I'm going back just a little bit 00:23:26.53\00:23:29.70 'cause I can see, okay, you and your church, 00:23:29.74\00:23:31.27 you become president of the youth, you said, right? 00:23:31.31\00:23:33.48 Okay. 00:23:33.51\00:23:34.84 And you see this tremendous need, you know, 00:23:34.88\00:23:37.31 "Okay, we need to go out and outreach basically," 00:23:37.35\00:23:39.71 and so based... 00:23:39.75\00:23:41.18 Did you, in church, just like stand up one day 00:23:41.22\00:23:43.39 and say, "Let's start SALT." 00:23:43.42\00:23:45.59 Okay. 00:23:45.62\00:23:46.96 You know, so because did you, 00:23:46.99\00:23:48.39 are you trying to then excite 00:23:48.42\00:23:50.03 the young people in your group till like, 00:23:50.06\00:23:51.69 'cause I know in our church, we have, you know, 00:23:51.73\00:23:54.20 the nursing home outreach, so people go out and do, 00:23:54.23\00:23:55.83 you know, nursing home outreach, 00:23:55.86\00:23:57.20 maybe, sing some songs, 00:23:57.23\00:23:58.57 you know, minister, kind of, like that. 00:23:58.60\00:23:59.93 But can you tell me that, 00:23:59.97\00:24:01.30 how did you start gathering everybody together 00:24:01.34\00:24:02.67 and then say, "Let's start SALT." 00:24:02.70\00:24:04.04 Right. 00:24:04.07\00:24:05.41 Well, yeah, close to a year, 00:24:05.44\00:24:06.78 a little after a year later, there's a long story. 00:24:06.81\00:24:09.94 It's a testimony with the homeless woman 00:24:09.98\00:24:11.51 actually which... 00:24:11.55\00:24:12.88 Tell us. Oh, tell you, okay. 00:24:12.91\00:24:15.05 I could tell you, yeah, 00:24:15.08\00:24:16.42 I'll give you the short version. 00:24:16.45\00:24:17.79 The highlight, yeah, highlight. 00:24:17.82\00:24:19.15 I'll give you the short version. 00:24:19.19\00:24:20.52 So long story short, me and three friends 00:24:20.56\00:24:21.89 were going to church, from... 00:24:21.92\00:24:23.26 Well, actually, they were from different churches. 00:24:23.29\00:24:24.63 Okay. Okay. Yeah. 00:24:24.66\00:24:25.99 They had visited one time, we had met and, you know, 00:24:26.03\00:24:29.00 and we became friends here. 00:24:29.03\00:24:30.40 And they would do an outreach where they go downtown 00:24:30.43\00:24:34.84 and they would create quick relationships with people 00:24:34.87\00:24:37.47 and ask them if they wanna pray, in downtown, 00:24:37.51\00:24:40.21 filled with clubs and nightlife and all that. 00:24:40.24\00:24:42.78 So one night, I went with them. 00:24:42.81\00:24:44.75 And we prayed before hand, when we prayed, we said, 00:24:44.78\00:24:47.75 "God, also, you know, obviously, be with us 00:24:47.78\00:24:50.49 when we're out of here, guide us with Your spirit. 00:24:50.52\00:24:52.15 But also confirm to us 00:24:52.19\00:24:53.52 what it is that you want us to do with our lives." 00:24:53.56\00:24:55.69 You know, I believe, I believe I'm called to be a pastor. 00:24:55.72\00:24:59.23 This, my friend said, 00:24:59.26\00:25:00.60 "I believe I'm called to be a missionary." 00:25:00.63\00:25:01.96 Another friend said, "Missionary in Africa." 00:25:02.00\00:25:03.33 Another friend said, "Evangelist." Right? 00:25:03.37\00:25:04.77 So we go downtown where we're doing our thing 00:25:04.80\00:25:07.10 and about four in the morning, we're finished. 00:25:07.14\00:25:08.87 Four or five in the morning. 4am. 00:25:08.90\00:25:10.24 Yeah, yeah, we started like 10. 00:25:10.27\00:25:11.61 Wow! 00:25:11.64\00:25:12.97 And so a homeless woman was sitting on a step. 00:25:13.01\00:25:15.91 And so, one of our friends was talking to them 00:25:15.94\00:25:18.71 and we went to the bathroom, we walked back over to them 00:25:18.75\00:25:22.05 and we hear the woman talking about 00:25:22.08\00:25:23.42 how God is blessing her even though she's homeless, 00:25:23.45\00:25:25.85 she gets all her needs provided. 00:25:25.89\00:25:27.69 And so this is, kind of, where it gets, 00:25:27.72\00:25:31.43 "Where we have to question, 'This really happened?' 00:25:31.46\00:25:33.29 " And, you know, but anyway, 00:25:33.33\00:25:34.73 we're there and the lady stops talking. 00:25:34.76\00:25:37.67 She jerks up and she looks at us 00:25:37.70\00:25:39.37 and she says to me and my friend, 00:25:39.40\00:25:41.34 "Give me your hand." 00:25:41.37\00:25:42.70 I'm like, "Okay." 00:25:42.74\00:25:44.07 So I put out my hand and then he put out his hand, 00:25:44.11\00:25:46.04 she grabbed my hand, she kissed it. 00:25:46.07\00:25:47.58 She kissed my friend's hand and she pointed to me and said, 00:25:47.61\00:25:50.85 'cause I had prayed, 00:25:50.88\00:25:52.21 I think, God, you're calling me to be a pastor. 00:25:52.25\00:25:53.82 Yeah, just that evening, right? Or... 00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18 That's just right before, at 10 o'clock. 00:25:55.22\00:25:57.09 She pointed at me and she said, 00:25:57.12\00:25:58.59 "You are called to be a pastor in the States." 00:25:58.62\00:25:59.95 She points to my friend, 00:25:59.99\00:26:01.32 "You are called to be a missionary in Africa. 00:26:01.36\00:26:02.96 You are called to be a missionary in Africa. 00:26:02.99\00:26:04.43 You are called to be an evangelist." 00:26:04.46\00:26:06.06 And we were just frozen. Whoa! 00:26:06.09\00:26:08.46 We're like, "What just happened?" 00:26:08.50\00:26:10.50 And then she went, goes back normal, 00:26:10.53\00:26:11.87 like talking about, "Yeah, God's been good to me," 00:26:11.90\00:26:14.10 blah, blah, blah and it's... 00:26:14.14\00:26:15.80 I believe like an angel must have, 00:26:15.84\00:26:18.17 you know, she must have been an angel. 00:26:18.21\00:26:19.77 We've never seen her again, 00:26:19.81\00:26:21.14 we've done homeless outreach tons of times, 00:26:21.18\00:26:22.58 never seen her again. 00:26:22.61\00:26:23.95 Wow. 00:26:23.98\00:26:25.31 But that, that's when I realized, 00:26:25.35\00:26:26.68 "Okay, I'm called to do something 00:26:26.72\00:26:29.12 that's ministry-oriented." 00:26:29.15\00:26:30.85 Yeah, amen. Right. 00:26:30.89\00:26:32.22 God had a calling on your life for sure. 00:26:32.25\00:26:34.39 So from this, you had some friends, 00:26:34.42\00:26:35.76 then this grew. 00:26:35.79\00:26:37.13 You must have then from your church group, 00:26:37.16\00:26:39.46 other churches, they grew into somewhere... 00:26:39.49\00:26:41.90 Where it's all, where it's spread? 00:26:41.93\00:26:44.40 In our first event, 00:26:44.43\00:26:45.77 we advertised it really well at different churches, 00:26:45.80\00:26:47.84 we had about 150 people come in September of 2010. 00:26:47.87\00:26:50.97 For what event? A hundred and fifty. 00:26:51.01\00:26:52.37 A hundred and fifty. It's our very first event. 00:26:52.41\00:26:54.71 And then we had our second event 00:26:54.74\00:26:56.08 several months later, 250 people came out. 00:26:56.11\00:26:58.31 And we had tables outside of that event, 00:26:58.35\00:27:00.78 of different outreaches we want to start. 00:27:00.82\00:27:02.42 So when the young adults left, 00:27:02.45\00:27:04.25 they signed up for an outreach, outreach started. 00:27:04.29\00:27:06.35 So are these all young adults, who come... 00:27:06.39\00:27:08.16 Who came? Mostly young adults. 00:27:08.19\00:27:09.59 All from this Central Florida area, 00:27:09.62\00:27:11.29 from different churches, 00:27:11.33\00:27:12.66 so you had the Filipino, you had the Korean, 00:27:12.69\00:27:14.30 you had the black, you had the white, 00:27:14.33\00:27:15.66 you had all of the different churches 00:27:15.70\00:27:17.03 coming to this event. 00:27:17.07\00:27:18.40 And signed up to do outreach and be a part of SALT. 00:27:18.43\00:27:21.27 So this is when SALT really just, 00:27:21.30\00:27:22.70 sort of, took off so to speak. 00:27:22.74\00:27:24.14 Yes. Wow! 00:27:24.17\00:27:25.51 Boy, that's amazing. 00:27:25.54\00:27:28.04 Sure, so then, what happens next? 00:27:28.08\00:27:29.84 Then, so you've got SALT started, 00:27:29.88\00:27:31.48 so to speak, you've got quite a few volunteers coming out? 00:27:31.51\00:27:33.78 Yeah, kind of, transitions to, 00:27:33.82\00:27:36.82 kind of, what Lo-Ammi was saying, 00:27:36.85\00:27:38.55 with the plateau we, we, you know, 00:27:38.59\00:27:41.59 we have different things, too. 00:27:41.62\00:27:43.36 We have socials, we have, 00:27:43.39\00:27:45.06 you know, other different type of events, 00:27:45.09\00:27:46.73 fund-raisers and things like that. 00:27:46.76\00:27:48.33 We become incorporated, we get our bank account, 00:27:48.36\00:27:50.70 we're working on 501c3 status. 00:27:50.73\00:27:53.34 In our one year anniversary, 00:27:53.37\00:27:54.70 we had 800, a little over 800 people come up. 00:27:54.74\00:27:58.67 And then that's when... 00:27:58.71\00:28:00.04 Now they came out to do outreach, 00:28:00.08\00:28:01.41 they came out for like a meeting, they came for... 00:28:01.44\00:28:02.78 They came out for an event, like a worship. 00:28:02.81\00:28:04.15 Okay. 00:28:04.18\00:28:05.51 Which, we use that as a platform 00:28:05.55\00:28:06.92 to get people plugged in to the outreach projects. 00:28:06.95\00:28:09.25 Okay. 00:28:09.28\00:28:10.62 And then, you know, since then, 00:28:10.65\00:28:12.39 things have always been, kind of, wavy. 00:28:12.42\00:28:16.02 And I feel like about two years ago, 00:28:16.06\00:28:17.76 we, kind of, hit this plateau. 00:28:17.79\00:28:20.36 And mainly because, you know, you know, 00:28:20.40\00:28:23.26 the leaders and everyone's... 00:28:23.30\00:28:25.10 People started moving, someone got married, 00:28:25.13\00:28:27.34 you know, all this. 00:28:27.37\00:28:28.70 Now I became a pastor for a short amount of time, 00:28:28.74\00:28:30.71 for about a six-month period, 00:28:30.74\00:28:32.17 that took a lot of my attention. 00:28:32.21\00:28:34.48 So that's when things, 00:28:34.51\00:28:36.85 kind of, started to plateau and the last year, 00:28:36.88\00:28:39.48 we've been, kind of, reevaluating. 00:28:39.51\00:28:41.78 You know, let's take things to the next level, 00:28:41.82\00:28:44.29 you know, let's really focus on this. 00:28:44.32\00:28:46.79 And so we've been really, 00:28:46.82\00:28:49.32 kind of, going in that direction. 00:28:49.36\00:28:51.19 So we're actually celebrating our fifth year anniversary 00:28:51.23\00:28:53.33 this past year. 00:28:53.36\00:28:54.70 This past September. 00:28:54.73\00:28:56.06 And we've had, you know, along the years, 00:28:56.10\00:28:57.87 we've been able to meet 00:28:57.90\00:28:59.23 a couple of other people within ministry. 00:28:59.27\00:29:00.60 So Pastor Kameron came on, he's spoke in our event, 00:29:00.64\00:29:03.87 Greg Wilson from SALT, the other SALT there is. 00:29:03.91\00:29:05.74 So then he came on. 00:29:05.77\00:29:07.11 So we have, we've had other people who we know, 00:29:07.14\00:29:10.08 'cause speakers coming to this event 00:29:10.11\00:29:11.45 and it's just been an ask us to see this, 00:29:11.48\00:29:13.95 you know, this group of young people 00:29:13.98\00:29:15.32 coming into our yearly, 00:29:15.35\00:29:16.69 you now, our yearly anniversaries. 00:29:16.72\00:29:18.52 So you do a yearly event, is it a weekend event or... 00:29:18.55\00:29:21.69 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice. 00:29:21.72\00:29:23.36 So Friday night, Sabbath, 00:29:23.39\00:29:24.96 and we conclude the Sabbath afternoon. 00:29:24.99\00:29:27.80 So we were talking about... 00:29:27.83\00:29:29.16 'Cause I think I, kind of, took us back just a little bit. 00:29:29.20\00:29:30.87 I'm sorry for it but, I mean, 00:29:30.90\00:29:32.33 it's good, thank you for telling us. 00:29:32.37\00:29:33.70 Yeah, I know. It's a clarification. 00:29:33.74\00:29:35.07 Yeah, so, okay, 'cause I don't wanna miss the point, 00:29:35.10\00:29:36.77 we're talking about hospital, right? 00:29:36.81\00:29:38.47 There's three prongs? 00:29:38.51\00:29:40.04 Three prongs. 00:29:40.08\00:29:41.41 Three prongs, you have hospital. 00:29:41.44\00:29:42.78 And what's the other one? 00:29:42.81\00:29:44.15 The next one is our kids outreach. 00:29:44.18\00:29:45.65 And what's the other one? 00:29:45.68\00:29:47.02 The other one is our homeless outreach. 00:29:47.05\00:29:48.38 Homeless, okay. 00:29:48.42\00:29:49.75 Okay, so why be involved in these, 00:29:49.78\00:29:51.12 why be involved in hospital? 00:29:51.15\00:29:52.49 Why be involved with kids? 00:29:52.52\00:29:53.86 Yeah, so... 00:29:53.89\00:29:55.22 Why be involved with the homeless? 00:29:55.26\00:29:56.59 So the reason why, like, I guess, 00:29:56.62\00:29:59.36 why be involved with the... 00:29:59.39\00:30:00.73 With the hospital ministry, yes. Okay. 00:30:00.76\00:30:02.26 So, I mean, part of the reason is, 00:30:02.30\00:30:04.87 you know, all of our outreaches 00:30:04.90\00:30:06.23 are around the time of the Sabbath, you know. 00:30:06.27\00:30:07.60 It's on the Sabbath 00:30:07.64\00:30:08.97 or around the time of the Sabbath. 00:30:09.00\00:30:10.91 You know, if we are following Isaiah 58 model, we... 00:30:10.94\00:30:14.44 The Sabbath, it needs to be, 00:30:14.48\00:30:17.91 it needs to be a day that we're helping others. 00:30:17.95\00:30:21.25 Yes. 00:30:21.28\00:30:22.62 And so providing that outlet 00:30:22.65\00:30:24.42 because that outlet might not be there for a lot of people. 00:30:24.45\00:30:27.22 We're providing that outlet for young adults, 00:30:27.26\00:30:29.12 for other people to get involved in outreach 00:30:29.16\00:30:30.63 on the Sabbath. 00:30:30.66\00:30:31.99 Amen. Fantastic. 00:30:32.03\00:30:33.36 So that and obviously, to make a difference, 00:30:33.40\00:30:35.10 to plant seeds which in turn 00:30:35.13\00:30:36.97 will lead to people being harvested 00:30:37.00\00:30:38.97 for God and more souls in the kingdom 00:30:39.00\00:30:40.60 ultimately is the goal so... 00:30:40.64\00:30:42.60 That's beautiful. 00:30:42.64\00:30:43.97 You know, because you think as young adults, 00:30:44.01\00:30:45.54 you could be hanging out with your friends, 00:30:45.57\00:30:47.18 you could be taking a nap, 00:30:47.21\00:30:48.91 you could do all sorts of things, 00:30:48.94\00:30:50.28 but here you're getting them mobilized 00:30:50.31\00:30:52.35 to do outreach. 00:30:52.38\00:30:53.72 And the Sabbath, because that's much more a pleasant... 00:30:53.75\00:30:55.32 We actually enjoy our Sabbaths, 00:30:55.35\00:30:56.89 it's long, but it's a beautiful long Sabbath, right? 00:30:56.92\00:30:59.95 That you were so blessed 00:30:59.99\00:31:01.96 with having such a high Sabbath from the sermon 00:31:01.99\00:31:04.26 and then being the sermon right after-- 00:31:04.29\00:31:05.76 And there's something wonderful 00:31:05.79\00:31:07.13 about serving others, isn't there? 00:31:07.16\00:31:08.50 Yeah, absolutely. You feel good. 00:31:08.53\00:31:09.86 Absolutely. Oh, yeah. 00:31:09.90\00:31:11.23 Yeah, 'cause you've been able to help someone be basically, 00:31:11.27\00:31:12.60 the hands and the feet of Jesus. 00:31:12.63\00:31:14.44 So to speak, you got... 00:31:14.47\00:31:15.80 I'm thinking of the hospital prong or ministry. 00:31:15.84\00:31:17.94 People are sick, dying, you know, 00:31:17.97\00:31:20.64 the families are probably ministering to the families 00:31:20.68\00:31:22.24 that are by their bedsides. 00:31:22.28\00:31:23.61 Oh, yeah. 00:31:23.65\00:31:24.98 So, wow, you know, that's great. 00:31:25.01\00:31:26.72 So you do the hospital outreach, 00:31:26.75\00:31:28.72 and go and sing, and minister to them. 00:31:28.75\00:31:30.39 Tell us about the kids, what's the kids outreach? 00:31:30.42\00:31:32.59 The kids. 00:31:32.62\00:31:33.96 Maybe we should, 00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32 we have a video actually that we could show that, 00:31:35.36\00:31:36.96 that can give a visual and then we'll, kind of, 00:31:36.99\00:31:38.33 break it down a little bit. 00:31:38.36\00:31:39.69 Sounds good. 00:31:39.73\00:31:41.06 Yeah, let's go to the video now 00:31:41.10\00:31:42.43 with the young people and the kids. 00:31:42.46\00:31:43.80 Amen. 00:33:07.25\00:33:08.58 So, well, tell us what we just saw here, this was powerful. 00:33:08.62\00:33:10.65 Yeah, so this is our kids ministry 00:33:10.69\00:33:12.25 and SALT has been there 00:33:12.29\00:33:13.62 or been there for almost close to five years. 00:33:13.66\00:33:15.62 So there's the -- apartments 00:33:15.66\00:33:16.99 there in Apopka, Florida. 00:33:17.03\00:33:18.46 It's a section 8 apartment. 00:33:18.49\00:33:19.83 And we've been there for five years 00:33:19.86\00:33:22.26 and we've done various events. 00:33:22.30\00:33:23.63 So every second and fourth Sabbath 00:33:23.67\00:33:25.67 of every month, in the afternoon, 00:33:25.70\00:33:28.10 we go to the apartments there 00:33:28.14\00:33:29.47 and we just network with the kids. 00:33:29.50\00:33:31.57 We have activities, drawings, 00:33:31.61\00:33:33.27 you know, coloring, you know, 00:33:33.31\00:33:35.18 other Sabbath activities that we do with the kids. 00:33:35.21\00:33:37.98 And it's just been amazing to see a lot of the kids there 00:33:38.01\00:33:40.52 that, you know, were little, are much older now 00:33:40.55\00:33:42.78 and just building that relationships. 00:33:42.82\00:33:44.15 So the parents there 00:33:44.19\00:33:45.52 are familiar with the SALT's volunteers 00:33:45.55\00:33:47.29 that come and visit. 00:33:47.32\00:33:48.89 We had... 00:33:48.92\00:33:50.33 One of the things 00:33:50.36\00:33:52.13 that we did there at the kids ministry was, 00:33:52.16\00:33:54.50 we encouraged the kids to read a book 00:33:54.53\00:33:55.86 and they had to write, 00:33:55.90\00:33:57.23 like, a two- paragraph summary of the book. 00:33:57.27\00:33:58.60 And if they read the book 00:33:58.63\00:34:01.07 and they wrote the two-paragraph summary, 00:34:01.10\00:34:02.97 then we rewarded them by going to the pool 00:34:03.00\00:34:04.97 and having, like, a little pool party for them. 00:34:05.01\00:34:06.91 So it was really cool to, 00:34:06.94\00:34:08.28 the kids ministry what we want to emphasize now 00:34:08.31\00:34:10.75 is the one-on-one mentorship. 00:34:10.78\00:34:13.15 We're trying to break away from the three-month model, 00:34:13.18\00:34:15.75 we want to encourage people to come in for three months 00:34:15.78\00:34:18.09 but with kids, you know, you want to make sure 00:34:18.12\00:34:19.62 that you're intentional in being there, right? 00:34:19.65\00:34:21.96 And be in a consistent phase. 00:34:21.99\00:34:24.26 So we're really focusing on now on, on the big brother, 00:34:24.29\00:34:27.83 you know, big sister type of, 00:34:27.86\00:34:29.23 you know, and adopting a kid 00:34:29.26\00:34:30.60 and just being a mentor for them. 00:34:30.63\00:34:32.53 And so it's been great to see, 00:34:32.57\00:34:34.87 you know, most of these kids, when we close out our program, 00:34:34.90\00:34:39.21 we have a kid to volunteer to pray 00:34:39.24\00:34:40.58 and they're just praying. 00:34:40.61\00:34:41.94 You know, they're praying their hearts out 00:34:41.98\00:34:43.31 and one of the kids, you can tell they go to church 00:34:43.35\00:34:44.68 'cause they mimic the pastors 00:34:44.71\00:34:46.05 and, "Lord Jesus, we just want to, 00:34:46.08\00:34:47.42 Lord, and be with us, be with SALT." 00:34:47.45\00:34:48.78 They're like the little preachers 00:34:48.82\00:34:50.95 as they are sharing their prayers so... 00:34:50.99\00:34:52.32 The little memory verse... 00:34:52.35\00:34:53.69 Yeah, the little memory verses that I remember 00:34:53.72\00:34:55.06 so it's, the kids ministry has been something 00:34:55.09\00:34:57.73 that I believe has been such a huge blessing, 00:34:57.76\00:35:00.13 at least for what I've seen when I participated. 00:35:00.16\00:35:02.16 It's just good to see. 00:35:02.20\00:35:03.53 So how hard was it then to get involved with, 00:35:03.57\00:35:05.43 you said that it's a section 8 apartment 00:35:05.47\00:35:08.07 or a housing, correct? 00:35:08.10\00:35:09.44 How hard was it to get involved with that, 00:35:09.47\00:35:10.87 you know, did you just stand out in, 00:35:10.91\00:35:12.24 like, the playground and say, "Okay..." 00:35:12.27\00:35:14.34 How did you get involved? 00:35:14.38\00:35:15.71 Yeah, so there, in the beginning, 00:35:15.74\00:35:17.55 there were a group of other ministries and stuff 00:35:17.58\00:35:21.02 being involved with them. 00:35:21.05\00:35:22.38 With the housing? With the housing project. 00:35:22.42\00:35:24.82 But the issue was... 00:35:24.85\00:35:26.65 And we got in there, you know, 00:35:26.69\00:35:28.09 the kids are always outside playing, 00:35:28.12\00:35:29.62 they're always outside. 00:35:29.66\00:35:30.99 But Leslie and Marshall who lead the outreach, 00:35:31.03\00:35:33.70 Leslie actually came from Southern 00:35:33.73\00:35:35.16 and she was involved in the kids outreach, 00:35:35.20\00:35:36.60 section 8 complex at that area. 00:35:36.63\00:35:39.20 And so she came down here, I found out, I'm like, 00:35:39.23\00:35:41.40 "Hey, we got to get this girl," you know, to come. 00:35:41.44\00:35:44.11 And she came and we talked and sat, 00:35:44.14\00:35:46.17 and she's like, "Yeah, I wanna start it. 00:35:46.21\00:35:47.68 I wanna start it here." Sure. 00:35:47.71\00:35:49.04 So then that's when we went there, 00:35:49.08\00:35:50.41 we went door to door, talked to the parents, 00:35:50.45\00:35:51.78 this is what we're gonna be doing. 00:35:51.81\00:35:53.15 So you're talking you've some hands on right there, 00:35:53.18\00:35:54.52 knocking on the door, saying, 00:35:54.55\00:35:55.88 "We're gonna have this program like next Sabbath or..." 00:35:55.92\00:35:57.25 Right. 00:35:57.29\00:35:58.62 And the parents are very receptive, 00:35:58.65\00:35:59.99 they've been very welcoming and open with us. 00:36:00.02\00:36:01.62 They've, you know, since we built the relationships, 00:36:01.66\00:36:03.53 you know, with that community there. 00:36:03.56\00:36:05.36 So being there consistently 00:36:05.39\00:36:07.46 and be in consistent presence 00:36:07.50\00:36:08.96 has allowed us to develop that relationship, 00:36:09.00\00:36:10.73 now that when we do... 00:36:10.77\00:36:12.10 Run programs and events, 00:36:12.13\00:36:13.67 they automatically come 00:36:13.70\00:36:15.04 and they feel comfortable with the parents, 00:36:15.07\00:36:16.40 so, yeah, you're free to go with them, so. 00:36:16.44\00:36:17.97 Amen. Yeah. 00:36:18.01\00:36:19.34 How many kids would you minister 00:36:19.37\00:36:20.71 to on a Sabbath afternoon? 00:36:20.74\00:36:22.08 You know, it varies. 00:36:22.11\00:36:24.95 But I would say, I would say, 00:36:24.98\00:36:26.72 it's gonna be anywhere between... 00:36:26.75\00:36:29.12 The most we've seen is probably 30 kids at one time. 00:36:29.15\00:36:31.92 Wow, amen. 00:36:31.95\00:36:33.29 But it probably varies between 15 and 30 00:36:33.32\00:36:36.06 'cause it's not just Saturdays, 00:36:36.09\00:36:37.43 we also go on Fridays as well, we go there every week. 00:36:37.46\00:36:39.69 Every week? 00:36:39.73\00:36:41.06 Every week, it's either a Saturday or Friday, 00:36:41.10\00:36:42.46 we're there consistently. 00:36:42.50\00:36:44.77 So, yeah, that's, kind of, the number we're looking up. 00:36:44.80\00:36:49.14 You have the neat thing with young people, kids, 00:36:49.17\00:36:50.71 isn't that neat? 00:36:50.74\00:36:52.07 You're making an impact on their lives. 00:36:52.11\00:36:53.44 Yes. Yeah. 00:36:53.48\00:36:54.81 And you don't know where they go, 00:36:54.84\00:36:56.18 I don't know how the turnover is. 00:36:56.21\00:36:57.55 I know, some of these young people 00:36:57.58\00:36:58.91 have been babies it sounds like, 00:36:58.95\00:37:00.28 and now they're five, six, seven, eight years old, 00:37:00.32\00:37:01.65 but some of them, 00:37:01.68\00:37:03.02 there's probably some turnover, 00:37:03.05\00:37:04.39 you'll never maybe see these young people again. 00:37:04.42\00:37:05.75 But who knows, they may, you know, 00:37:05.79\00:37:07.12 I don't know what their life is in front of them, 00:37:07.16\00:37:08.72 they say, "You know, I remember, 00:37:08.76\00:37:10.26 and this group came in from church." 00:37:10.29\00:37:11.63 Yeah. 00:37:11.66\00:37:12.99 "And they taught me some wonderful things 00:37:13.03\00:37:14.36 and man in heaven." 00:37:14.40\00:37:15.73 And isn't that beautiful? Wow! 00:37:15.76\00:37:17.10 The impact, you'll see the four results 00:37:17.13\00:37:18.53 then in that harvest-- 00:37:18.57\00:37:21.30 Amen. That's right. Now that's great. 00:37:21.34\00:37:22.97 I like the consistency too. I do too. 00:37:23.00\00:37:24.51 You know, consistently there 00:37:24.54\00:37:25.87 and they don't see you as someone 00:37:25.91\00:37:27.24 who comes in and who goes out. 00:37:27.28\00:37:28.61 What about the third prong about the homeless? 00:37:28.64\00:37:30.41 Tell us about that, how that got started? 00:37:30.45\00:37:31.95 Yeah, we actually have a short video for that too. 00:37:31.98\00:37:33.92 Oh, good. That we can show you. 00:37:33.95\00:37:35.75 That's probably our biggest outreach project right now 00:37:35.78\00:37:38.42 and we're developing a program for that actually, 00:37:38.45\00:37:40.92 for the homeless as well. 00:37:40.96\00:37:42.29 So we'll talk more about that. Amen. 00:37:42.32\00:37:43.66 All right. Let's go to that roll at this time. 00:37:43.69\00:37:45.19 Every first, third, and fifth Saturday, 00:38:03.11\00:38:05.58 the homeless ministry itself will come out here 00:38:05.61\00:38:08.15 and do this and provide them with services. 00:38:08.18\00:38:10.22 You see, there's some barbers here. 00:38:10.25\00:38:12.09 You got some foods and clothes, 00:38:12.12\00:38:13.66 so we just try to meet whatever need that we can. 00:38:13.69\00:38:17.43 A lot of these people are so grateful, 00:38:17.46\00:38:19.33 they're faithful. 00:38:19.36\00:38:20.70 And it's so inspiring, you know, for a lot of us, 00:38:20.73\00:38:23.57 we have all those things that we take for granted. 00:38:23.60\00:38:25.83 To be surrounded by people 00:38:25.87\00:38:27.44 that appreciate the small things like this, 00:38:27.47\00:38:29.74 it's one of the greater life lessons. 00:38:29.77\00:38:32.41 The SALT obviously pretty much is help, 00:38:32.44\00:38:35.48 make sure everything goes right. 00:38:35.51\00:38:36.85 And just, kind of, coordinate as we share clothing... 00:38:36.88\00:38:42.72 Anyone's free to volunteer, 00:38:42.75\00:38:44.19 we have new people all the time. 00:38:44.22\00:38:46.42 And to share out His love out here. 00:38:46.45\00:38:48.32 Wow, again another powerful ministry 00:38:54.20\00:38:56.40 here inside of SALT, isn't that amazing? 00:38:56.43\00:38:58.53 This is very exciting. It is. 00:38:58.57\00:39:00.20 So tell us about 00:39:00.24\00:39:01.57 how you got started with the homeless ministry 00:39:01.60\00:39:03.14 and what that looks like? 00:39:03.17\00:39:04.77 Yeah, so it's funny because when we found, 00:39:04.81\00:39:08.14 there were two young adults driving, 00:39:08.18\00:39:10.41 one of them was driving an hour and a half to come 00:39:10.45\00:39:12.81 and feed the homeless from point like, 00:39:12.85\00:39:15.12 you know, an hour, and, yeah, 00:39:15.15\00:39:16.69 about an hour and a half away from Orlando 00:39:16.72\00:39:18.69 but she had a burden for the homeless. 00:39:18.72\00:39:20.06 We found out this young adult is going out there 00:39:20.09\00:39:22.09 and doing that. 00:39:22.12\00:39:23.46 So we... 00:39:23.49\00:39:24.83 And there was another girl that lived in Orlando, 00:39:24.86\00:39:26.93 name was Farah, 00:39:26.96\00:39:28.30 she was also joining her in doing this, 00:39:28.33\00:39:30.77 cooking the food, everything. 00:39:30.80\00:39:32.17 These two girls doing that for, 00:39:32.20\00:39:34.07 they maybe had about 15 homeless at that time. 00:39:34.10\00:39:36.47 And 15, 20 homeless and when we've... 00:39:36.50\00:39:38.47 So they're like, cook the food, 00:39:38.51\00:39:39.84 I'm sorry, but cook the food at home? 00:39:39.87\00:39:41.21 Yeah. 00:39:41.24\00:39:42.58 They cook it at home 00:39:42.61\00:39:43.95 and they bring all the food, they set up their own, 00:39:43.98\00:39:45.81 I mean, they, these two girls 00:39:45.85\00:39:47.25 were just so passionate about this. 00:39:47.28\00:39:49.08 When we found out about that, 00:39:49.12\00:39:50.45 we're like, "Hey, we'll help you. 00:39:50.49\00:39:52.09 You know, let's be a part of this umbrella. 00:39:52.12\00:39:54.12 We'll help get more volunteers, we'll help," you know, 00:39:54.16\00:39:57.09 we wanted to partner with them on that 00:39:57.13\00:39:59.19 so then, things started to grow from there. 00:39:59.23\00:40:01.30 And as you saw in the video, I mean, we have about, 00:40:01.33\00:40:04.10 you know, close to 200 homeless people 00:40:04.13\00:40:05.93 that come out now every first, third, and fifth Saturday, 00:40:05.97\00:40:09.44 we have a volunteer, we have consistently, 00:40:09.47\00:40:12.47 defining volunteers coming out 00:40:12.51\00:40:13.84 at least once a month, 00:40:13.88\00:40:15.21 about a little over 100 volunteers that come out, 00:40:15.24\00:40:18.45 you know, for outreach. 00:40:18.48\00:40:20.45 So that's, kind of, how it's looking like. 00:40:20.48\00:40:24.12 We're right now working on developing the program, 00:40:24.15\00:40:27.26 you know, we started out feeding 00:40:27.29\00:40:28.92 and clothing the homeless. 00:40:28.96\00:40:30.29 So you cloth them as well? Yeah. 00:40:30.33\00:40:31.66 We do. Yes. Wow. 00:40:31.69\00:40:33.03 So we actually have a clothing trailer, 00:40:33.06\00:40:35.00 portable clothing trailer 00:40:35.03\00:40:36.36 that we just finished which is called... 00:40:36.40\00:40:38.03 Fund raising. 00:40:38.07\00:40:39.40 We just finished fundraising for, which is called Change. 00:40:39.43\00:40:42.34 Change the body, change the soul. 00:40:42.37\00:40:45.81 The Lord has given you all the talent. 00:40:45.84\00:40:47.18 Yeah. That's amazing. I like that. 00:40:47.21\00:40:48.54 So that was Isai. 00:40:48.58\00:40:49.91 That's Isai. 00:40:49.94\00:40:51.28 Okay. Hello, Isai. Yeah. 00:40:51.31\00:40:53.55 But he is the one 00:40:53.58\00:40:54.92 who's been really working with the homeless ministry 00:40:54.95\00:40:57.42 and we're the only organization in Central Florida 00:40:57.45\00:41:00.52 that offer support... 00:41:00.56\00:41:01.89 Organization that offers a portable clothing trailer 00:41:01.92\00:41:05.16 to provide clothes. 00:41:05.19\00:41:06.53 So how is the food provided right now, 00:41:06.56\00:41:08.30 do you have like a portable kitchen? 00:41:08.33\00:41:09.96 Or people cook it at, like, the church, 00:41:10.00\00:41:12.27 or at the homes, and truck it? 00:41:12.30\00:41:13.64 Actually, funny story, there is a pub that is... 00:41:13.67\00:41:17.47 That's donated to us 00:41:17.51\00:41:20.54 and they said, "Hey, you could use our kitchen 00:41:20.58\00:41:22.38 in the mornings." 00:41:22.41\00:41:23.75 So, you know, we warm up the food in the kitchen. 00:41:23.78\00:41:25.71 Thank you, Jesus. 00:41:25.75\00:41:27.08 And they end up coming out themselves, 00:41:27.12\00:41:28.48 they help even donate food. 00:41:28.52\00:41:30.02 I mean, it's pretty cool. The pub does. 00:41:30.05\00:41:31.62 It's a pub, yeah. Isn't that amazing? 00:41:31.65\00:41:33.36 So we've actually got, 00:41:33.39\00:41:35.22 Costco donates their food as well. 00:41:35.26\00:41:37.43 So we have a partnership with... 00:41:37.46\00:41:38.89 Bravo Supermarket. Bravo Supermarket. 00:41:38.93\00:41:40.93 They cook, you know, 00:41:40.96\00:41:42.30 they provide food for us as well. 00:41:42.33\00:41:44.17 Eventually, we want to have our own food trucks, 00:41:44.20\00:41:47.27 so that, where we can be able to cook it there 00:41:47.30\00:41:49.50 and provide the food there immediately. 00:41:49.54\00:41:51.01 So that is... 00:41:51.04\00:41:52.37 So every, what did you say, 00:41:52.41\00:41:53.74 first, third, and fifth Sabbath, 00:41:53.78\00:41:55.51 you roll in with some food. 00:41:55.54\00:41:58.21 And then the truck with the clothes? 00:41:58.25\00:42:00.28 The clothing trailer. Yeah. 00:42:00.32\00:42:02.12 And there is one another thing you all are trying to go for? 00:42:02.15\00:42:04.29 Yes. 00:42:04.32\00:42:05.65 I was quickly on that, 00:42:05.69\00:42:07.02 'cause this is one way you can help, 00:42:07.06\00:42:08.39 so listen carefully to this. 00:42:08.42\00:42:09.76 So in the graphic, we have a graphic 00:42:09.79\00:42:11.53 that is a one, two, three step process 00:42:11.56\00:42:14.23 of how we're working with this homeless program. 00:42:14.26\00:42:15.93 Okay. 00:42:15.96\00:42:17.30 And so the first stage 00:42:17.33\00:42:18.80 was feeding and clothing the homeless, 00:42:18.83\00:42:21.20 and doing the surveys. 00:42:21.24\00:42:22.57 So we did a bunch of surveys with the homeless 00:42:22.60\00:42:24.14 to figure out what do they want, 00:42:24.17\00:42:25.51 you know, what are their needs, what are really their needs? 00:42:25.54\00:42:28.51 Once we figured that out, we decided to go to stage two 00:42:28.54\00:42:30.95 which is building a homeless outreach center, 00:42:30.98\00:42:33.75 mobile outreach center. 00:42:33.78\00:42:35.48 And so we have... 00:42:35.52\00:42:36.85 We just fund raised for our clothing trailer. 00:42:36.89\00:42:38.89 So next, we're working on a shower trailer. 00:42:38.92\00:42:42.42 It's gonna cost us about $35,000 00:42:42.46\00:42:45.09 but the goal is to have the homeless come, 00:42:45.13\00:42:47.53 take a shower and get cleaned up. 00:42:47.56\00:42:49.10 In Orlando, it's very difficult for the homeless. 00:42:49.13\00:42:50.83 Okay. 00:42:50.87\00:42:52.20 You can't gather them in one spot 00:42:52.23\00:42:53.57 'cause you'll get arrested. 00:42:53.60\00:42:54.94 Luckily, there's one church 00:42:54.97\00:42:56.30 that allows to meet on their parking lot, 00:42:56.34\00:42:57.67 so we do it then. 00:42:57.71\00:42:59.04 But they're not allowed to clean up in the bathrooms, 00:42:59.07\00:43:00.61 they can't shave, they can't do anything like that, 00:43:00.64\00:43:02.31 they'll get arrested. 00:43:02.34\00:43:03.95 So what we do is 00:43:03.98\00:43:06.61 we're gonna have this mobile shower trailer 00:43:06.65\00:43:08.32 where they can get cleaned up. 00:43:08.35\00:43:09.68 After that, they go to the change trailer, 00:43:09.72\00:43:11.12 get dressed up and then, 00:43:11.15\00:43:12.62 we're able to provide transportation 00:43:12.65\00:43:14.62 to a job interview, 00:43:14.66\00:43:15.99 or to wherever they need to go, where they need to look nice, 00:43:16.02\00:43:19.26 they need to look changed, you know. 00:43:19.29\00:43:22.16 And so, the goal is to eventually, 00:43:22.20\00:43:24.90 be able to fall for grants 00:43:24.93\00:43:26.47 and get more income to raise the salary 00:43:26.50\00:43:28.70 for a social worker. 00:43:28.74\00:43:30.07 That can work case by case 00:43:30.11\00:43:31.67 with the homeless in helping get, 00:43:31.71\00:43:33.88 transition them in to the work for us. 00:43:33.91\00:43:36.21 Amen. 00:43:36.24\00:43:37.58 Yeah, boy, this is absolutely incredible. 00:43:37.61\00:43:38.95 Do you want to say something, Lo-Ammi? 00:43:38.98\00:43:40.32 Yes, so we, all of this, my job as the harvest director 00:43:40.35\00:43:43.55 is that we have these three major components, 00:43:43.59\00:43:45.62 we have the hospital ministry, our kids ministry, 00:43:45.65\00:43:47.72 as well as our homeless ministry, 00:43:47.76\00:43:49.42 and our small groups as well. 00:43:49.46\00:43:50.93 And so we've been doing service 00:43:50.96\00:43:53.46 but the question was, how do we reap them, 00:43:53.50\00:43:54.83 how do we harvest them? 00:43:54.86\00:43:56.20 Yeah. Yes. 00:43:56.23\00:43:57.57 And so at least for me, 00:43:57.60\00:43:59.40 I've been involved in evangelistic series, 00:43:59.43\00:44:00.87 I've coordinated evangelistic series, 00:44:00.90\00:44:02.54 I entered my Revelation of Hope 00:44:02.57\00:44:04.31 and saw how torched that his thing. 00:44:04.34\00:44:05.87 And I was inspired. 00:44:05.91\00:44:07.24 I said, "Man, SALT needs to be more focused 00:44:07.28\00:44:10.01 on doing evangelistic series 00:44:10.05\00:44:11.38 but not your typical three week evangelistic series 00:44:11.41\00:44:14.35 as we have seen." 00:44:14.38\00:44:15.72 We will implement that model 00:44:15.75\00:44:17.82 but what's gonna be unique with this evangelistic series 00:44:17.85\00:44:19.89 that we'll be doing here in the summer, 00:44:19.92\00:44:21.59 is that the two nights that we have off, 00:44:21.62\00:44:23.22 we'll be intentional in plugging in the visitors 00:44:23.26\00:44:25.43 into small groups. 00:44:25.46\00:44:26.80 So when they come in 00:44:26.83\00:44:28.16 and register for the evangelistic series, 00:44:28.20\00:44:30.27 we'll also have small groups that they can plug into. 00:44:30.30\00:44:32.50 So if they want to know more about practical Christianity, 00:44:32.53\00:44:34.97 they can sign up for that. 00:44:35.00\00:44:36.34 If they want to know how to do healthy cooking, 00:44:36.37\00:44:38.04 they have a outreach, a small group for that. 00:44:38.07\00:44:40.44 And so, Wednesday nights, we want to implement. 00:44:40.48\00:44:42.94 So instead of having a night off, Wednesday nights, 00:44:42.98\00:44:45.31 we'll have the cooking small group happening 00:44:45.35\00:44:48.08 during those nights off. 00:44:48.12\00:44:49.45 Thursdays, all the small groups will then meet respectively. 00:44:49.48\00:44:52.35 And then Friday nights, 00:44:52.39\00:44:53.72 when we have our evangelistic series, 00:44:53.76\00:44:55.09 we'll then encourage the members, 00:44:55.12\00:44:56.46 the visitors to come out to an outreach, 00:44:56.49\00:44:58.73 Sabbath morning, to go feed the homeless, 00:44:58.76\00:45:01.10 kids ministry in the afternoon. 00:45:01.13\00:45:02.80 So what we're incorporating 00:45:02.83\00:45:04.17 the small groups into the evangelistic series, 00:45:04.20\00:45:06.13 so when the evangelistic series is over, 00:45:06.17\00:45:08.10 it's not dependent on one Bible worker 00:45:08.14\00:45:09.87 to follow up with everyone, 00:45:09.90\00:45:11.31 they're already plugged into a small group. 00:45:11.34\00:45:13.07 So even if they're not baptized 00:45:13.11\00:45:14.68 by the end of the evangelistic series, 00:45:14.71\00:45:16.18 but they love to do service, 00:45:16.21\00:45:17.65 they're still in a atmosphere 00:45:17.68\00:45:19.21 where they can continue to grow spiritually, 00:45:19.25\00:45:21.22 and that's what we want to implement 00:45:21.25\00:45:23.25 this coming summer. 00:45:23.28\00:45:24.99 As for summer is to come, so we're very intentional 00:45:25.02\00:45:27.02 in focusing on a city in Orlando every summer 00:45:27.06\00:45:30.73 and doing evangelistic series there, 00:45:30.76\00:45:33.50 while incorporating the three step process of SALT 00:45:33.53\00:45:37.30 and then plugging that into, 00:45:37.33\00:45:39.03 emerging that into the evangelistic series. 00:45:39.07\00:45:41.24 So when you go to an evangelistic series, 00:45:41.27\00:45:43.00 you're not just hearing Bible truth 00:45:43.04\00:45:45.67 but now you actually can take that truth, 00:45:45.71\00:45:47.74 and practice it, 00:45:47.78\00:45:49.11 and be a part of the whole evangelistic series. 00:45:49.14\00:45:51.21 So when it's over, 00:45:51.25\00:45:52.58 we don't have to be concerned about, 00:45:52.61\00:45:53.95 "Oh, where is this member gonna be?" 00:45:53.98\00:45:55.78 Well, they're plugged into the church groups, 00:45:55.82\00:45:57.55 those church, those small groups, sorry, 00:45:57.59\00:45:59.65 will then eventually, go to their churches 00:45:59.69\00:46:01.59 and it's easier for you to invite 00:46:01.62\00:46:03.09 someone to the church, 00:46:03.12\00:46:04.46 when you're in this intimate setting 00:46:04.49\00:46:06.16 compared to some random person knocking on my door 00:46:06.19\00:46:08.66 and telling you to come to our church. 00:46:08.70\00:46:10.27 So that's how we've been incorporating, 00:46:10.30\00:46:12.20 that's what we're gonna be doing this... 00:46:12.23\00:46:13.57 Somewhat the evangelistic series 00:46:13.60\00:46:15.20 and incorporating the other churches 00:46:15.24\00:46:16.74 to be involved and really focusing on them 00:46:16.77\00:46:19.57 to go into the small groups 00:46:19.61\00:46:21.14 to plug them into their churches as well. 00:46:21.18\00:46:23.21 I just want to add to, 00:46:23.24\00:46:24.58 we actually have a graphic that shows, 00:46:24.61\00:46:26.21 kind of, the wheel with the evangelistic series 00:46:26.25\00:46:28.28 at the center. 00:46:28.32\00:46:30.55 So those four areas there, 00:46:30.59\00:46:33.15 you know, growth groups outreach projects, 00:46:33.19\00:46:34.59 socials, table salt, 00:46:34.62\00:46:35.96 all of those are really planting seeds 00:46:35.99\00:46:39.76 that the evangelistic series will be used to harvest. 00:46:39.79\00:46:43.23 Like the reaping. Like the reaping. 00:46:43.26\00:46:45.37 And so, we actually did an evangelistic series 00:46:45.40\00:46:47.64 about two years ago. 00:46:47.67\00:46:49.64 We had five people 00:46:49.67\00:46:51.17 who are baptized as a result, they were... 00:46:51.21\00:46:53.78 We actually did it specifically for the section 8 complex 00:46:53.81\00:46:56.31 that we've been working at. 00:46:56.34\00:46:58.11 And then, so five people were baptized on the spot, 00:46:58.15\00:47:00.35 and then two were baptized later down the road, 00:47:00.38\00:47:03.42 but we know that this is a model that can work. 00:47:03.45\00:47:06.22 Yes. We know it can work. 00:47:06.25\00:47:08.29 Now we have someone that's focused 00:47:08.32\00:47:10.33 'cause evangelistic series took, 00:47:10.36\00:47:11.99 I mean, we didn't know what we're doing, 00:47:12.03\00:47:13.36 you know, we partnered with the church, 00:47:13.40\00:47:15.00 you know, but, you know, we did what we could. 00:47:15.03\00:47:18.63 And thanks to GYC actually, they donated some funds to us, 00:47:18.67\00:47:21.87 for us to even make that happen. 00:47:21.90\00:47:24.57 You know, we helped lead the outreach for GYC, 00:47:24.61\00:47:26.74 when you were working with GYC, he helped, 00:47:26.78\00:47:29.34 tried to get that connect. 00:47:29.38\00:47:30.71 We took, I want to say was ten buses or... 00:47:30.75\00:47:34.15 Yeah, it was 12 buses that we had, 00:47:34.18\00:47:35.52 specifically focused on service projects, 00:47:35.55\00:47:37.92 and incorporating everything that... 00:47:37.95\00:47:39.29 So we took them all over Orlando, 00:47:39.32\00:47:41.62 different places to do that. 00:47:41.66\00:47:42.99 And then the other busses we're raising, 00:47:43.02\00:47:45.13 we're doing canvassing to help raise funds for SALT. 00:47:45.16\00:47:47.26 Okay. 00:47:47.30\00:47:48.63 And so that's when... 00:47:48.66\00:47:50.00 When we were able to receive those funds, 00:47:50.03\00:47:51.37 we're able to hire the Bible worker 00:47:51.40\00:47:52.73 we needed for the series, to get the series going. 00:47:52.77\00:47:55.20 We went door to door, some of the contacts, 00:47:55.24\00:47:57.17 to get some of those contacts to come. 00:47:57.21\00:47:59.17 Now that you mentioned that, 00:47:59.21\00:48:00.54 we just got a new leader that came in 00:48:00.58\00:48:04.05 who was a canvasser leader. 00:48:04.08\00:48:05.41 And so now SALT, actually, 00:48:05.45\00:48:06.78 we're having a canvassing program 00:48:06.82\00:48:09.18 that will be able to do canvassing on Sundays 00:48:09.22\00:48:12.25 from 10:00 to 4:00, and then do a, 00:48:12.29\00:48:14.19 hopefully, a spring week 00:48:14.22\00:48:16.66 canvassing to try and generate money 00:48:16.69\00:48:18.26 but at the same time, promote the evangelistic series 00:48:18.29\00:48:20.73 that we'll be doing during the summer, so... 00:48:20.76\00:48:23.26 You know, so I was just thinking here 00:48:23.30\00:48:24.73 'cause you've got someone at home 00:48:24.77\00:48:26.10 that's been like "Wow, I am inspired." 00:48:26.13\00:48:28.07 Amen. 00:48:28.10\00:48:29.44 You know, maybe to support, 00:48:29.47\00:48:30.81 which we'll give the address here shortly for SALT. 00:48:30.84\00:48:32.94 But also, you're wanting to inspire others, 00:48:32.97\00:48:36.04 somebody at home say, "Wow, we've got a hospital, 00:48:36.08\00:48:39.58 I know, we've got a homeless," 00:48:39.61\00:48:41.18 you know, "I've got all of these right here 00:48:41.22\00:48:42.78 in my own town, how do I get involved, 00:48:42.82\00:48:44.42 how do I start something like this?" 00:48:44.45\00:48:46.29 You all are willing to help. 00:48:46.32\00:48:48.26 Yes, so we're developing a program right now, 00:48:48.29\00:48:50.83 it's not completely down packed yet, 00:48:50.86\00:48:53.86 but we're developing 00:48:53.90\00:48:55.23 something called A Pinch Of Salt where it's... 00:48:55.26\00:48:59.33 That's another name. Yeah, yeah. 00:48:59.37\00:49:00.87 That's great. A Pinch of Salt, okay. 00:49:00.90\00:49:02.24 A Pinch Of Salt. 00:49:02.27\00:49:03.61 It's the new program that you're developing. 00:49:03.64\00:49:04.97 Yes, we're developing it now, 00:49:05.01\00:49:06.34 where we will go to any church that invites us, 00:49:06.37\00:49:09.18 depending, we're gonna have a different set up 00:49:09.21\00:49:11.25 where they can pay for two of us to come, 00:49:11.28\00:49:13.05 up to four of us to come, 00:49:13.08\00:49:14.65 and depending on how many people are there 00:49:14.68\00:49:16.52 is how much we can help to do. 00:49:16.55\00:49:19.15 But also providing some of the resources, 00:49:19.19\00:49:21.12 because we don't want anyone to have to reinvent the wheel. 00:49:21.16\00:49:23.99 Correct. 00:49:24.03\00:49:25.36 That's been down the road before them. 00:49:25.39\00:49:27.13 Exactly. 00:49:27.16\00:49:28.50 So we have a lot of those resources, 00:49:28.53\00:49:30.23 we can provide, you need a volunteer management program, 00:49:30.27\00:49:32.40 here you go, here is the 68-page research paper 00:49:32.43\00:49:35.30 that I had to do 00:49:35.34\00:49:37.14 with 30 peer of your journal articles 00:49:37.17\00:49:38.84 that we'll show you what the best 00:49:38.87\00:49:40.58 a volunteer management program will look like. 00:49:40.61\00:49:42.78 And here is how it looks practically, 00:49:42.81\00:49:45.01 you know, all those different things. 00:49:45.05\00:49:46.51 We don't want people to have to go through those 00:49:46.55\00:49:48.28 'cause it was a lot of traveling here for us. 00:49:48.32\00:49:51.59 You know, I'm so excited because to me, this is Acts 2. 00:49:51.62\00:49:55.16 You know, you see the Acts 2 model 00:49:55.19\00:49:56.66 of the early Christian church, 00:49:56.69\00:49:58.73 you guys are waking it out, you know, living, breathing 00:49:58.76\00:50:01.76 example of the church coming together 00:50:01.80\00:50:03.87 and I think of that passion God put in your heart, Eric, 00:50:03.90\00:50:06.33 and now you're joining, Lo-Ammi, 00:50:06.37\00:50:07.94 what God is doing through this, 00:50:07.97\00:50:09.60 my head is spinning 00:50:09.64\00:50:10.97 just thinking of all the outreach opportunities. 00:50:11.01\00:50:14.48 And how you're connecting people 00:50:14.51\00:50:16.54 and with the evangelism 00:50:16.58\00:50:17.91 and getting them connected with other people, 00:50:17.95\00:50:19.85 getting them immediately involved in outreach, 00:50:19.88\00:50:22.02 and small groups, and service 00:50:22.05\00:50:23.95 and praise the Lord for what He's doing. 00:50:23.99\00:50:25.92 Now you all take a big salary for doing what you do? 00:50:25.95\00:50:30.76 No, no. 00:50:30.79\00:50:32.13 Everything's volunteered, everything's volunteered. 00:50:32.16\00:50:33.66 Everything's volunteered. 00:50:33.70\00:50:35.03 You know, we, because of that, we have so many... 00:50:35.06\00:50:37.87 We have about, 00:50:37.90\00:50:39.23 close to 30 volunteer young adult leaders 00:50:39.27\00:50:40.67 from different churches. 00:50:40.70\00:50:42.04 And you both volunteer? 00:50:42.07\00:50:43.41 And we're both volunteers, yeah. 00:50:43.44\00:50:44.77 So we both volunteer on time, so... 00:50:44.81\00:50:46.27 All of my energy, our energies is going into the ministry. 00:50:46.31\00:50:48.54 So the cool thing about that, 00:50:48.58\00:50:50.08 you know, it's for our viewers here is, 00:50:50.11\00:50:52.81 you know, any money you donate, going straight to the work. 00:50:52.85\00:50:55.58 Yeah. 00:50:55.62\00:50:56.95 You know, it's going straight to the work, 00:50:56.99\00:50:58.32 you can be guaranteed that, you know, that it would be... 00:50:58.35\00:51:00.32 Amen. 00:51:00.36\00:51:01.69 Yeah, well, praise the Lord. 00:51:01.72\00:51:03.06 I tell you, it's very inspiring I have to say, 00:51:03.09\00:51:04.79 'cause all around us, there are people in need. 00:51:04.83\00:51:07.13 There are people that are hurting, 00:51:07.16\00:51:08.70 people that needed touch from Jesus, 00:51:08.73\00:51:10.70 and you can be those hands and those feet. 00:51:10.73\00:51:13.17 Now we were mentioning that we have an address, 00:51:13.20\00:51:15.80 which we're getting ready to go to, 00:51:15.84\00:51:17.31 you can contact SALT, 00:51:17.34\00:51:18.87 don't forget about their, the shower trailer, 00:51:18.91\00:51:21.51 that you're trying to raise some funds for, 00:51:21.54\00:51:22.98 so if you feel impressed by the Holy Spirit 00:51:23.01\00:51:25.91 to support this ministry 00:51:25.95\00:51:27.45 or if you want to know how to contact them 00:51:27.48\00:51:29.32 because you want to do 00:51:29.35\00:51:30.69 something like this in your area, 00:51:30.72\00:51:32.05 this is how you can do that. 00:51:32.09\00:51:33.42 If you would like to learn more about SALT, 00:51:37.93\00:51:40.00 you can contact them at, 136 Blue Pointe Way, 00:51:40.03\00:51:43.67 Altamonte Springs, Florida, 32701. 00:51:43.70\00:51:47.20 That's 136 Blue Pointe Way, 00:51:47.24\00:51:50.27 Altamonte Springs, Florida, 32701. 00:51:50.31\00:51:54.18 You can call them at (407) 712-0687, 00:51:54.21\00:51:59.08 that's (407) 712-0687. 00:51:59.11\00:52:03.42 You can also find them online at SaltOutreach.org, 00:52:03.45\00:52:08.52 that's S-A-L-T O-U-T-R-E-A-C-H.org. 00:52:08.56\00:52:14.90 Contact them today. 00:52:14.93\00:52:16.67