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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Unfortunately my wife
Jill can't be with me today.
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But we are so glad
that you've joined us again
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as you do each and every day.
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And you know, I know it seems
like we say this all the time
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but thank you for your prayers
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and your financial
support of the ministry of 3ABN.
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If it weren't for you
and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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this ministry wouldn't
be where it is, what is it?
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Like 32, 33 years
later. You know, what's neat?
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I think only in
heaven because it's...
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we're team here.
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Only in heaven
where we truly get
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the big picture
of how the prayers,
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the financial
support of this ministry,
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how we reach
people around the world
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for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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It's exciting, isn't it?
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We are excited to
be teamed up with you.
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Now today, I'm just
going to get right to it.
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We have an amazing testimony,
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may not be quite the right term
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but it's a ministry
that we want to talk about
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and it is very
familiar to you and that is GYC,
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Generation of Youth for Christ.
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You've probably seen 3ABN airing
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a lot of the programs live
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and then will
bring back programs,
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edit them later and
then air them on 3ABN.
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So GYC is no stranger to you.
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But we have the
current president of GYC,
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Pastor Moise Ratsara.
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We are so glad to have you here.
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We appreciate the
ministry of GYC...
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Praise the Lord.
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And, boy, 3ABN and GYC
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have been partnering
for almost lose track
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for a number of
years, well, over 10 years.
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Yes. More than a decade.
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More than a decade.
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Yeah. Wow.
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And it's been a real blessing.
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And of course, we're
talking about GYC as a ministry,
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he has some exciting
stories, some updates,
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the direction
where GYC is going.
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We're gonna talk
about the current one
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that we just came from
Houston 2016 in Houston, Texas.
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But God is good, isn't He?
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It's neat to see how
God is using young people.
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And I consider
myself a young person still,
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Jill and myself,
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but it's neat to see how
God is using young people
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such as you pastor
and the staff around you,
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all those in attendance to GYC
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to spread God's
word around the world.
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But before we get into
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what's happening
with GYC currently,
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I want to read...
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Let's see, 1 Peter,
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hope you have
your Bible with you.
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1 Peter 2
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and I'm gonna just read verse 9.
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It says, "But you
are a chosen generation,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
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a peculiar people,
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that you should show
forth the praises of Him
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who has called
you out of darkness
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into his marvelous light."
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You know, when we invite
Jesus Christ into our lives,
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we have an
obligation maybe we say
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to share God's truth to others.
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You know, we're chosen
people, isn't that a blessing?
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You are too.
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You're there at home that
you're involved too, I know,
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we're spreading God's
Word around the world.
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And, pastor, it's
a blessing, isn't it?
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I believe He's chosen you
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to be the
leader currently of GYC
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but He's chosen
the ministry of GYC
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to spread His
gospel around the world.
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It's a blessing,
isn't it to be use of Him.
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Yes.
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We praise God
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and all the
glory belongs to Him.
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That's right.
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And I want to do
something just a little bit
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of what we normally do.
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Usually the person
who host read the text
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but I ask pastor here if he,
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'cause he is a pastor
and we'll talk a little more
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about what he is
currently doing here too.
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But there is a text that
you guys use at GYC as well.
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Share that with our
viewers that which one...
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I know you have multiple ones...
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Yes.
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But there is one you
like to share with us today.
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So I have a text
that I love to read
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and inspire my team with
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and it's actually
found in Joshua 1:9,
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Joshua 1:9.
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And it reads here, it says,
"Have I not commanded you?"
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Amen.
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"Be strong and of good courage.
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Do not be afraid
and nor be dismayed
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for the Lord
your God is with you
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wherever you go."
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Wherever you go. Wow.
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What a promise. Yeah.
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Amen.
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You know, what a promise because
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life has its challenges.
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Are you
challenged? Of course you are.
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We all have
challenges. I'm challenged.
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Pastor, you too?
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I've had some
very big challenges.
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Yeah, and GYC too.
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But it says, "Do not be afraid."
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"Do not be
afraid nor be dismayed
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for the Lord your God is
with you wherever you go,"
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and that is a precious promise.
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Yes it is.
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And, boy, I can't
wait to get into this
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update on the ministry of GYC.
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But before we do, we
always like to go to music.
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I know, you enjoy
music, we here at 3ABN do too.
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And we have
Gerri Lynn Mendenhall
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who is the niece of course
of our president Danny Shelton
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and also playing the guitar
and singing is C.W. Garret
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and ET of course is
accompanying on the piano.
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And they're doing a wonderful
song called "Amazing Grace."
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Amazing grace
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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Like me
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I once was lost
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But now I'm found
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Was blind but now
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I see '
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Twas grace that taught
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My heart to fear
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And grace my fears relieved
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How precious did
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That grace appear
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The hour I first believed
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My chains are gone
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I've been set free
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My God, my Savior
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has ransomed me
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And like a flood
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His mercy reigns
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Unending love,
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amazing grace
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The Lord has promised
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Good to me
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His word my hope secures
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He will my shield
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And portion be
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As long as life endures
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My chains are gone
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I've been set free
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My God, my Savior
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Has ransomed me
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And like a flood
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His mercy reigns
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Unending love,
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Amazing grace
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My chains are gone
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I've been set free
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My God, my Savior
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Has ransomed me
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And like a flood
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His mercy reigns
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Unending love,
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Amazing grace
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The earth shall soon
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Dissolve like snow
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The sun forbear to shine
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But God, Who
called me here below
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Will be forever mine
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Will be forever mine
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You are forever mine
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Praise God for
His amazing grace.
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All of us are covered
in His grace and His mercy.
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And I tell you, "Well done."
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Thank you very much
for that wonderful music.
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And in case, you
are just now joining us,
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we're with the president of GYC,
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Pastor Moise Ratsara.
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And again,
welcome again to 3ABN.
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It is a real privilege
and honor to have you here.
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And of course, 3ABN
has just been so grateful
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and so blessed to being
able to partner with GYC
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for over a decade.
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Now, pastor,
before we get into GYC,
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I know some people that again,
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you've watched him on, at GYC,
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may be preaching or, you know,
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giving an announcement
or doing an introduction,
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we may not know much about you.
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So I was talking about my wife
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and can't be here with me today.
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But I know that you're married
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so tell me little
bit about your family.
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Sure.
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And again, GYC is the main focus
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but you also have
other responsibilities
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that you are
actually paid for it.
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Yeah.
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So tell me a little
bit about your family
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and about what
you're currently doing?
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Okay. So I'm married...
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Amen. To one wife.
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Praise the Lord. Amy.
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And she works as an
attorney in Michigan.
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Great.
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We've been married
for about two years.
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We actually met
through GYC at Easter or so...
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So, let's add that in there,
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maybe it's a
place to meet a spouse,
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a godly spouse.
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Praise God for
that though. That's a...
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Well, we praise the Lord for it.
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I mean, you know,
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so we met through
the ministry of GYC.
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And I've been in love with her
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and she is a
beautiful and godly woman.
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Praise God. And
I pastor as well.
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I pastor one church
of about 23 members.
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All right.
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And I pastor another
church of about 264 members.
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Okay.
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And one of the
churches that I pastored,
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Jackson was actually
the first church in 1853
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that Ellen G. White said,
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"You need to reform."
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So we have that in our
history and so we, you know,
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it's a very special church.
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Ellen G. White used to have
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a lot of her great
controversy visions in Jackson.
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Well, this is
Michigan. Jackson, Michigan.
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Correct.
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And a lot of her
visions were there
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about the great controversy
and it's a special place.
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They used to have
the camp meetings there
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and it's a real honor to
pastor and I pastor full time.
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Amen.
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And you've been pastoring
now for how many years?
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For four years. Okay.
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I have started pastoring
when I was about 21 years old.
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So if you do the calculations...
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Yeah. You will know my age.
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Yeah. You are in your mid 20s.
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Four years and a half
I have been pastoring.
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Wow.
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And this is now
also your second...
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Do you call it
terms or second year,
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I would say as GYC president?
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Yeah, first term, second year.
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Second year. Okay. Yeah.
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So tell me your involvement
of getting involved with GYC
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and then we'll go
back to about what GYC is
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and its history.
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Yeah. How did you get involved?
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So I got involved...
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actually it started in 2007.
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Okay.
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My father had an invitation
to speak and I was going,
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I decided to go
with him and go to GYC.
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And to be honest, it
was a little bit different
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from what I thought, you know,
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a gathering of
young people would be,
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these people were in fire
for the Lord, they love Jesus,
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they were
studying very hard topics
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like, hermeneutics, you know.
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And you know, it was a whole
different culture environment.
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Yeah.
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And I said, you know, "I
want to be part of this."
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I don't know what they
have but I want what they have.
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Sure.
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I want to be on
fire for the Lord.
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I want to be
all in for the Lord.
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I want to live
a life of meaning.
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Yeah.
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So in 2009,
actually that summer,
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actually 2010, that summer
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I started to Bible work
and to study more intensely
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what ministry is all about.
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And my friend invited me to
become a bus leader for GYC.
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He says, "Hey, Moise,
you know, you enjoy ministry,
00:14:45.58\00:14:47.75
you enjoy door to door work.
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Come and be a bus leader."
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And I said,
"Sure. I'll volunteer."
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So I volunteered and
that's how it started.
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In 2010, I started volunteering,
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became a
programming vice president
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and that entailed taking care
of the program of GYC in 2014.
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And then, ever
since then, you know,
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in 2016 became president and...
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Yes. What an honor?
00:15:18.81\00:15:20.52
What a privilege?
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Privilege and the blessing
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and God is doing
wonderful things.
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Yeah.
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You know, unlike
we've mentioned earlier,
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if some of you at home,
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you're very
familiar with what GYC is.
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But now, pastor, and I'm
gonna refer to you as pastor,
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I know you're
president but Pastor Moise,
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tell our viewers at
home about what GYC is,
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its goals, its mission
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because it started in
the year, was it 2002?
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2002. 2002.
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So take us back a little bit,
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walk us through
the original vision,
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where you are going with
GYC and what it's all about?
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Yeah.
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So, Greg, you know,
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GYC started as a movement
of young people in 2002.
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They got together
and they said, you know,
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"We want to
understand the Word of God.
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We want to understand it fully,"
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you know, young people,
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"And let's do something about,
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let's study the Bible
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for more than
eight hours a day."
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For more than eight hours a day.
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Yes, eight hours a
day. Wow, it's incredible.
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So they organized their program
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and they actually went
to Pineridge, California.
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And as they went over there,
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they were only
expecting probably
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a couple hundred people.
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Okay.
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But people started
coming from all over the state.
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And... Wow, of California?
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California, all
over the United States.
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Oh, okay. Wow.
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And they were
studying the Bible,
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studying the
Bible, praising the Lord,
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a kind of the model
in Acts 1 and 2 there.
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And, you know,
getting together, praying.
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And from there
2013, it started...
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sorry 2003, it started to
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grow and grow and
grow and now we're in 2017.
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And in Houston we had
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a couple thousands,
thousands of people,
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young people.
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And it came from this
desire to study the Word of God
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to be equipped
and rightly trained
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to finish the work in this
generation as young people...
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Yeah. In our generation.
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You know, every generation
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has the privilege
of finishing the work.
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And we want the work to be
finished in our generation,
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and that's why GYC exists for,
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it's a movement of values.
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It's a movement
of being Adventist.
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What does it mean to be
an Adventist young person?
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What does it mean
to live in a world
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where there all of
this different thoughts
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and ideas being
presented to young people.
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I'm a millennial and GYC,
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the aim of GYC is to strengthen
our identity in Christ.
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Yeah. Amen. Yeah.
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And if we can
achieve that by God's grace,
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if we can get young
people to read their Bibles
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to discover the love of God.
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Yeah. Amen. And
the beauty of truth.
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That is why GYC exist through
a firm identity in Christ.
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Yeah. Well, that's great.
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You know, it's amazing to think
00:18:31.37\00:18:32.71
about GYC
starting out as just, what?
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A couple of few
hundred to where it is now.
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I mean, you've seen
some of those white jib shots
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that Tammy takes or
whoever is running jib.
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And there's, like you
said thousands of people...
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Thousands of
thousands. Are prepared now.
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Whoever would have thought
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how God has just grown
this ministry and the impact.
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Yes.
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We actually are, we
have 18 different affiliates.
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Affiliates are... Wait, wait.
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18?
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Eighteen
different affiliates, okay.
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So you're gonna tell me
what an affiliate is, all right.
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An affiliate is a, let's say,
00:19:01.60\00:19:03.27
a group of young people
that gather anyone in the world
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and want to
inspire their generation
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to follow Jesus Christ.
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And you know, they want a
model that similar to GYC,
00:19:11.58\00:19:16.99
how it functions, the
worships and all of those things
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and they become an
official affiliate.
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Okay.
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And we have 18 of
those around the world.
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Wow!
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So on a yearly
basis there are about
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more than 10,000 young people
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that gather for
GYC related event...
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Oh, that's amazing.
Throughout the world.
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So I know the GYC, like
we just came from Houston,
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there were people from all
over the world coming there
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but you're saying
there's actually affiliates.
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Is that what you call them? Yes.
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In other parts of the
world that have grown GYC.
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So as a president of
GYC, do you travel around
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to each one of these events?
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Is that part of
your responsibility?
00:19:51.69\00:19:53.02
Well, I try to. Wow.
00:19:53.05\00:19:54.49
I have my good
friend Taylor Hinkle
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who is in Michigan Conference.
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Yes.
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And he is part of
his duty is to go around
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as much as he can to
those different places
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and support, pray with them,
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inspire them because
we're all volunteers.
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That's amazing.
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And it's a large staff. Yes.
00:20:12.51\00:20:14.14
Makes up GYC. Yes.
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.81
There is a lot of
people, a lot of dynamics.
00:20:15.84\00:20:20.65
So it's only a miracle of
God that we are able to function
00:20:20.68\00:20:26.69
and to do what GYC is
doing around the world.
00:20:26.72\00:20:29.26
Yeah.
00:20:29.29\00:20:30.63
You know, I
think about the impact
00:20:30.66\00:20:31.99
that it makes, I know,
00:20:32.03\00:20:33.36
for Jill and myself,
for years we're involved
00:20:33.40\00:20:34.73
because of 3ABN.
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.10
So we are not
always able to attend,
00:20:36.13\00:20:37.47
like the seminars
00:20:37.50\00:20:38.83
and the main
meetings and things.
00:20:38.87\00:20:40.20
But we're always very blessed
attending just the spirit...
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Amen. That is there.
00:20:42.34\00:20:43.67
But pastor, I was
thinking that you basically
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.47
first attended as a
teenager, didn't you?
00:20:45.51\00:20:47.74
Yes. About what, 15, 16 years?
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I was 17. 17 years of age.
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You know and young people then
00:20:53.01\00:20:54.65
'cause I know that
was a number of years ago.
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.38
But young people now are
bombarded with a tremendous
00:20:56.42\00:21:00.56
amount of influence
from media, friends, school,
00:21:00.59\00:21:05.69
so to have something
like GYC that is, wow,
00:21:05.73\00:21:11.40
inspiring them, did you say
to get into the Word of God.
00:21:11.43\00:21:16.14
I like GYC
because it challenges you.
00:21:16.17\00:21:18.77
It really does.
00:21:18.81\00:21:20.14
Can I say this, did
they ask hard questions?
00:21:20.18\00:21:21.98
Yes.
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.35
That makes you soul
search for yourselves,
00:21:23.38\00:21:26.51
so these young people, you know,
00:21:26.55\00:21:27.88
it's just tremendous the impact,
00:21:27.92\00:21:29.28
I know that GYC has had.
00:21:29.32\00:21:30.65
I mean, we praise
the Lord, you know, we...
00:21:30.69\00:21:33.56
Young people are
looking for substance.
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That's right.
00:21:36.76\00:21:38.59
Performance is not as important
as substance to young people.
00:21:38.63\00:21:42.66
When you think... Ooh.
Say that one more time.
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That's really good.
00:21:44.17\00:21:45.50
Performance is not as important
00:21:45.53\00:21:48.54
to young people as substance.
00:21:48.57\00:21:50.31
Yeah. That's great.
00:21:50.34\00:21:51.94
They want
something that's relevant.
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.18
They want
something that is real.
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.71
So when you come to
GYC as a young person,
00:21:56.75\00:22:01.08
you will see seminars
00:22:01.12\00:22:04.49
that ask the hard questions.
00:22:04.52\00:22:06.35
Yeah.
00:22:06.39\00:22:07.72
Questions that we
face in our circles.
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.39
For example, the
average millennial
00:22:11.43\00:22:15.30
spends about more than 10
hours a day on social media.
00:22:15.33\00:22:20.27
Ten hours?
00:22:20.30\00:22:21.64
Ten hours a day, more than that.
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.67
And actually,
what is interesting
00:22:23.71\00:22:27.54
is most of the
content that they consume
00:22:27.58\00:22:30.58
is from their own peers.
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.61
Now the Spirit of Prophecy
and the Bible gives us a rule
00:22:32.65\00:22:36.48
that by beholding
you become changed.
00:22:36.52\00:22:38.49
That's right.
00:22:38.52\00:22:39.85
So if you behold
the thoughts of others,
00:22:39.89\00:22:43.56
you become a
reflection of others.
00:22:43.59\00:22:46.90
And as a generation we
are consuming ourselves
00:22:46.93\00:22:53.47
and we are
looking for a guidance
00:22:53.50\00:22:55.40
from our own peers.
00:22:55.44\00:22:58.01
And I tell you
what? That is dangerous.
00:22:58.04\00:23:01.71
Very much.
00:23:01.74\00:23:03.08
'Cause we're, you know, as Greg,
00:23:03.11\00:23:04.75
you and I know,
we live in a world
00:23:04.78\00:23:06.72
filled with darkness and sin.
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.58
We are.
00:23:08.62\00:23:09.95
And at GYC when a
young person comes there,
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.99
we want to ask
the hard questions.
00:23:13.02\00:23:15.16
The questions that
even I sometime say,
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.49
"Oh, are we really
going to deal with this one?"
00:23:17.53\00:23:19.59
Yeah. That's great.
00:23:19.63\00:23:21.76
And I mean, if the
Bible talks about it,
00:23:21.80\00:23:24.70
why don't we talk about it?
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.33
That's our thinking at GYC.
00:23:26.37\00:23:28.00
And countless stories of
people that were changing.
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I want to share a
quick story. Great.
00:23:31.87\00:23:35.34
There was a
story of a young lady,
00:23:35.38\00:23:37.85
she recently became Adventist.
00:23:37.88\00:23:41.72
She, you know, she is learning
the truths about Adventism
00:23:41.75\00:23:45.09
and all those things and
she started to watch 3ABN.
00:23:45.12\00:23:49.39
Oh, wow. Okay.
00:23:49.42\00:23:50.76
And actually this happened
just a couple of months ago.
00:23:50.79\00:23:55.26
She started watching 3ABN
and then 3ABN was airing GYC.
00:23:55.30\00:24:00.90
And the speaker at that time
who was speaking was talking
00:24:00.94\00:24:03.67
about Adventist education
00:24:03.71\00:24:06.51
and the need for us
to have an education
00:24:06.54\00:24:10.08
that centers around
God and the Word of God.
00:24:10.11\00:24:12.61
Amen.
00:24:12.65\00:24:13.98
So she had two kids at that time
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.65
and she was watching it.
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.22
And the local church
that she was going to had a...
00:24:17.25\00:24:21.69
they had, you
know, a church school
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.76
and all of those things.
00:24:23.79\00:24:25.43
But they were a
small school and they were,
00:24:25.46\00:24:28.46
you could say in a
little bit of a crisis.
00:24:28.50\00:24:30.63
The school is
not growing as much.
00:24:30.67\00:24:34.77
And they had a
meeting and they said,
00:24:34.80\00:24:36.50
"Well, let's get
together and find different ways
00:24:36.54\00:24:40.58
how to grow our school,"
00:24:40.61\00:24:41.94
and some of the ideas
that people were suggesting
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.31
were quite questionable.
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.75
But the pastor
said, "Well, you know,
00:24:47.78\00:24:49.38
let's be faithful, God
is going to do something."
00:24:49.42\00:24:53.72
And you know
what, at the end of GYC,
00:24:53.76\00:24:56.59
after this lady
was watching GYC,
00:24:56.62\00:24:58.89
she sent her two kids to school.
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.80
Wow!
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.16
Another lady was at
GYC that same local church
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.87
and she decide to send her
kids to that Adventist school.
00:25:06.90\00:25:10.27
And they only had
about 23 students.
00:25:10.31\00:25:13.64
So three students in
the school of 23 students
00:25:13.68\00:25:17.55
is almost a 15% increase.
00:25:17.58\00:25:20.32
Oh, yeah. That's huge.
00:25:20.35\00:25:21.68
Just from watching GYC,
through the blessing of 3ABN.
00:25:21.72\00:25:26.89
And God works in wonderful ways.
00:25:26.92\00:25:31.23
He does.
00:25:31.26\00:25:32.59
And those are just
one of the stories...
00:25:32.63\00:25:33.96
Amen. One of the ways.
00:25:34.00\00:25:35.33
You know, I was thinking
'cause if people at home,
00:25:35.36\00:25:36.80
you know, you've touched
00:25:36.83\00:25:38.40
on a couple of
important things here.
00:25:38.43\00:25:39.90
And one of them is,
00:25:39.93\00:25:41.80
it's more than just
the evening meetings
00:25:41.84\00:25:44.34
that you see on
3ABN and well, you know,
00:25:44.37\00:25:46.41
of course we
broadcast or show you later
00:25:46.44\00:25:47.81
after we've edited it,
00:25:47.84\00:25:49.18
like, they call
it plenary session.
00:25:49.21\00:25:51.11
But he said a
word here, seminars.
00:25:51.15\00:25:52.81
Yeah.
00:25:52.85\00:25:54.18
Now because some
one at home may say,
00:25:54.22\00:25:55.95
"Hey, I get GYC.
00:25:55.98\00:25:57.32
I can just sit at home
in my comfortable couch
00:25:57.35\00:26:00.12
and turn on 3ABN,
00:26:00.16\00:26:01.92
watch the live broadcast then
I'm off to other activities."
00:26:01.96\00:26:04.73
Why would it be
important, pastor,
00:26:04.76\00:26:07.03
to attend GYC or
send a young person to GYC
00:26:07.06\00:26:10.10
'cause it's so much
more than just sitting
00:26:10.13\00:26:11.70
and watching it on 3ABN.
00:26:11.73\00:26:13.40
Oh, you. Tell me why?
00:26:13.44\00:26:15.17
You hit it on the nail, Greg.
00:26:15.20\00:26:17.14
I mean, GYC is not only
about the main plenary sessions
00:26:17.17\00:26:23.71
but it's about the
experience of fellowshipping,
00:26:23.75\00:26:28.08
studying the Word,
00:26:28.12\00:26:29.48
praying together with
thousands of young people.
00:26:29.52\00:26:33.29
Oh, yeah. It's
about the personal work.
00:26:33.32\00:26:35.99
And at the
seminars, you get the chance
00:26:36.02\00:26:38.63
to hear a man of
God or woman of God
00:26:38.66\00:26:42.73
talking about a certain topic,
00:26:42.76\00:26:45.20
whatever topic it is,
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.90
relationships,
marriage, finances...
00:26:46.94\00:26:49.74
Oh, wow.
00:26:49.77\00:26:51.11
Health, temperance all
of those different things
00:26:51.14\00:26:54.68
or even missions or
controversial topics
00:26:54.71\00:26:58.71
that the world is
trying to wrestle with.
00:26:58.75\00:27:00.62
Good.
00:27:00.65\00:27:01.98
All of those things are
presented at the seminars
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.99
and you get to ask
questions of the speakers.
00:27:05.02\00:27:07.82
You get to study together,
you get to pray together
00:27:07.86\00:27:11.03
after that seminar session.
00:27:11.06\00:27:13.29
And GYC is really about
00:27:13.33\00:27:17.17
having an experience of worship
00:27:17.20\00:27:22.30
where you're there.
00:27:22.34\00:27:23.67
Yeah.
00:27:23.71\00:27:25.04
You know, we as a church pastor,
00:27:25.07\00:27:28.28
one of the most
effective ways to reach people
00:27:28.31\00:27:31.05
is to come in contact with them.
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.42
Yeah. You know...
00:27:33.45\00:27:34.78
One on one, isn't it?
One on one, you know...
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.35
Well, it's very important.
How are you doing, brother?
00:27:36.38\00:27:38.19
How are you doing,
sister? Praying together.
00:27:38.22\00:27:42.89
You know, as a pastor,
00:27:42.92\00:27:47.96
I might not preach well.
00:27:48.00\00:27:49.66
I might not be
the best, you know,
00:27:49.70\00:27:53.13
board chair or whatever it is.
00:27:53.17\00:27:55.57
But if I don't visit my members,
00:27:55.60\00:27:58.87
they won't forgive me.
00:27:58.91\00:28:01.38
And you know, they
won't forgive me, you know,
00:28:01.41\00:28:04.65
they can forgive
me, maybe pastor,
00:28:04.68\00:28:06.98
I mean, by God's grace I
hope I preached the Word.
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.98
Yes. Amen.
00:28:10.02\00:28:11.35
I might not be
the best of preachers.
00:28:11.39\00:28:13.82
But the personal work is what
pastoral ministry is all about.
00:28:13.86\00:28:17.43
And that's what
GYC is all about.
00:28:17.46\00:28:18.79
Yeah.
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.16
You know, you come from
all over the United States.
00:28:20.20\00:28:23.80
This GYC at Houston we had
more than 50 countries present.
00:28:23.83\00:28:28.24
Fifty? Fifty.
00:28:28.27\00:28:29.60
Wow. That's amazing.
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.07
People from China,
people from Iceland,
00:28:31.11\00:28:33.38
people from Indonesia,
00:28:33.41\00:28:35.21
people from all over
the place and they come.
00:28:35.24\00:28:39.41
Amen.
00:28:39.45\00:28:40.78
And they come over
there, we worship together,
00:28:40.82\00:28:44.35
we talk, we really
come to Jesus as we are.
00:28:44.39\00:28:50.46
And we say,
"Lord, do something more
00:28:50.49\00:28:52.49
because we want to give more."
00:28:52.53\00:28:53.86
Yeah.
00:28:53.90\00:28:55.23
And that's why it's just
00:28:55.26\00:28:56.60
a wonderful
experience to be there.
00:28:56.63\00:28:57.97
You know, that's
important because,
00:28:58.00\00:28:59.40
you know, you may have actually
a young person right now
00:28:59.43\00:29:01.14
that's saying, "You know what?
00:29:01.17\00:29:02.57
I have an emptiness
inside, I'm little empty.
00:29:02.60\00:29:05.81
I should really
attend the next GYC
00:29:05.84\00:29:09.24
but I don't feel
that I'm really there,"
00:29:09.28\00:29:10.61
but you are saying
come as you are, right?
00:29:10.65\00:29:12.11
Come as you are.
00:29:12.15\00:29:13.48
Because, yeah, it's
there that this person,
00:29:13.52\00:29:16.05
well, you might
be able to find Jesus
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
or whatever
you're missing, right?
00:29:17.45\00:29:18.85
It's an encouragement because
00:29:18.89\00:29:20.22
you're around all
these young people,
00:29:20.26\00:29:21.59
you're around
these godly men and women
00:29:21.62\00:29:23.16
that are presenting
the seminars, the plenary,
00:29:23.19\00:29:25.19
the early morning devotional.
00:29:25.23\00:29:26.80
Yes, there is an
early morning devotional.
00:29:26.83\00:29:28.16
Yes.
00:29:28.20\00:29:29.53
The evening meetings
as well, you have the...
00:29:29.56\00:29:32.80
Tell me a little
bit about the exhibits
00:29:32.83\00:29:34.17
because it's not just about,
00:29:34.20\00:29:36.81
like just showing
your wares, so to speak.
00:29:36.84\00:29:39.74
It's actually about
networking so the exhibits,
00:29:39.77\00:29:42.14
this is another
fantastic opportunity
00:29:42.18\00:29:44.78
when you attend to network
here in the exhibit area.
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.25
So tell me a
little about that? Yes.
00:29:47.28\00:29:48.82
So the exhibit
areas are where we gather,
00:29:48.85\00:29:52.45
we like to call them the
best ministries in Adventism.
00:29:52.49\00:29:57.33
I mean, all ministries blessed
00:29:57.36\00:29:59.16
but we want to plug people into,
00:29:59.19\00:30:01.76
young people into ministries
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.37
they could be a
part of or support.
00:30:03.40\00:30:05.07
Yeah.
00:30:05.10\00:30:06.43
And that's the
exhibit area, you know,
00:30:06.47\00:30:08.50
we have all sorts of
ministries that gather there
00:30:08.54\00:30:11.94
but we want to
give them an exposure
00:30:11.97\00:30:13.61
to young people to recruit them.
00:30:13.64\00:30:15.24
For example, after we
make an appeal for missions,
00:30:15.28\00:30:19.48
it's nice to be able
for them to find a ministry
00:30:19.51\00:30:23.15
that's involved in mission,
00:30:23.18\00:30:25.09
or plug them with the
Middle East for example
00:30:25.12\00:30:27.79
or a ministry
wherever it might be
00:30:27.82\00:30:30.36
so that they could be
involved in action and service.
00:30:30.39\00:30:34.46
And that's why
the exhibits happen
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.80
because you get that one-on-one,
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.73
that networking
that we so much need.
00:30:38.77\00:30:41.74
Yeah.
00:30:41.77\00:30:43.10
And we've seen it
through the years where,
00:30:43.14\00:30:44.87
I'm just, when it comes to mind,
00:30:44.91\00:30:46.34
I say come to 3ABN a
number of times, there's army...
00:30:46.37\00:30:48.31
Yes. The army, what's it?
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.15
The army Bible camp. Oh, yes.
00:30:50.18\00:30:52.35
Yeah. They are
doing fantastic job.
00:30:52.38\00:30:54.22
I remember when they were just
bringing their little exhibit
00:30:54.25\00:30:57.02
and how that has grown
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.39
and you can go on
and on down the list.
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.75
Oh, yeah.
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.12
I mean, I got a story
for our audience here.
00:31:01.16\00:31:04.13
Great.
00:31:04.16\00:31:05.49
You know, several years ago
00:31:05.53\00:31:07.66
we were talking
about the prayer room
00:31:07.70\00:31:09.66
'cause army focus
is on the prayer rooms.
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.50
Oh, yeah. You
know, the prayer...
00:31:11.53\00:31:12.87
Thank you.
00:31:12.90\00:31:14.24
That's
important part of the GYC.
00:31:14.27\00:31:15.60
And I mean, you
know, we were saying,
00:31:15.64\00:31:18.67
well, usually we
used to have only
00:31:18.71\00:31:22.98
probably 10, 8 people
00:31:23.01\00:31:25.01
that'll go to
prayer room and pray.
00:31:25.05\00:31:27.55
And we say, "We got to
get serious about this."
00:31:27.58\00:31:30.29
So this year we
started the 40 days of prayer.
00:31:30.32\00:31:34.66
Forty days of prayer? Yes.
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.02
Wow. Leading up to GYC.
00:31:36.06\00:31:37.39
Okay.
00:31:37.43\00:31:38.76
So we were praying for
40 days leading up to GYC.
00:31:38.79\00:31:42.16
And I remember how it happened.
00:31:42.20\00:31:45.60
Our room for the prayer
room was about 100 people,
00:31:45.63\00:31:48.37
it could fit 100 people.
00:31:48.40\00:31:50.57
The first morning,
Thursday morning...
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.94
Okay. Early in the morning?
00:31:53.98\00:31:55.58
Early in the morning.
00:31:55.61\00:31:56.95
As early as, you know, well,
00:31:56.98\00:32:00.28
6 o'clock getting ready, 6 a.m.
00:32:00.32\00:32:05.19
But obviously they
had to wake up before then
00:32:05.22\00:32:07.26
and get ready
and all that stuff.
00:32:07.29\00:32:09.36
And more than 200 people...
00:32:09.39\00:32:13.60
Two hundred?
00:32:13.63\00:32:14.96
So our logistic person tells us,
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.33
"You know, we got
to get a bigger room."
00:32:17.37\00:32:19.70
We got a big problem,
that's a good problem.
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.07
Yeah.
00:32:21.10\00:32:22.44
We got a problem,
more than 200 people,
00:32:22.47\00:32:23.81
and he was
filling up and filling up.
00:32:23.84\00:32:25.41
And we were saying,
"What are we gonna do?"
00:32:25.44\00:32:28.11
Our room cannot fit
the amount of young people
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.65
that want to
pray in the morning.
00:32:30.68\00:32:32.71
That was my next question.
00:32:32.75\00:32:34.08
So these are young
people getting up before 6...
00:32:34.12\00:32:36.28
Yes. To get there to pray.
00:32:36.32\00:32:37.89
Get there to pray. Amen.
00:32:37.92\00:32:39.59
And we have a full day.
00:32:39.62\00:32:40.99
It's not like, you
know, we get there to pray
00:32:41.02\00:32:43.12
and we sing
"Kumbaya," and we're done.
00:32:43.16\00:32:45.06
I mean, we, you
know, we... Always busy.
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.60
We are there till probably 9.
00:32:47.63\00:32:49.80
Yeah, in the
evening. In the evening.
00:32:49.83\00:32:51.90
And people are getting there
ready to pray in the hundreds,
00:32:51.93\00:32:57.37
praying in all
different languages.
00:32:57.41\00:33:00.34
It was like a picture of heaven.
00:33:00.38\00:33:04.88
Wow. And that...
00:33:04.91\00:33:06.45
A beautiful. It is just amazing.
00:33:06.48\00:33:08.98
We praise the Lord for that.
00:33:09.02\00:33:10.59
Yeah, 'cause there is
definitely power in prayer.
00:33:10.62\00:33:12.35
Oh, yes. It is there.
00:33:12.39\00:33:13.72
I tell you, it's
neat 'cause I know that
00:33:13.76\00:33:17.26
you may be a
parent or grandparent
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.53
and you are just
now thinking about your,
00:33:19.56\00:33:21.30
"young person," in your life
00:33:21.33\00:33:23.67
that you're worried
about and you're praying
00:33:23.70\00:33:27.07
that they could attend GYC.
00:33:27.10\00:33:29.74
And, boy, I tell you,
never give up on praying
00:33:29.77\00:33:32.71
for the young people.
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.08
Even if they're
"following God," you say,
00:33:34.11\00:33:35.91
"You know, their
life is perfect."
00:33:35.94\00:33:37.28
Boy, I tell you, Satan attacks
00:33:37.31\00:33:38.71
because these young
people are on fire for God
00:33:38.75\00:33:40.78
and Satan knows all about it.
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.15
Oh, yeah.
00:33:42.18\00:33:43.52
So continue to pray
even if you can't attend
00:33:43.55\00:33:44.92
and join these prayer
groups or prayer room.
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.42
Yeah.
00:33:46.45\00:33:47.79
Prayer is an important aspect
00:33:47.82\00:33:49.16
to our
Christian growth for sure.
00:33:49.19\00:33:50.53
Yeah.
00:33:50.56\00:33:51.89
And you know, there
is a quote from one of
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.46
that I like to keep in my heart.
00:33:53.50\00:33:56.77
It says, "No man is
bigger than his prayer life..."
00:33:56.80\00:33:59.63
Oh, wow.
00:33:59.67\00:34:01.44
And it continues,
it says, you know,
00:34:01.47\00:34:03.27
"God does not bless missionary
00:34:03.30\00:34:06.01
but He blesses
people, people who pray."
00:34:06.04\00:34:10.28
Wow. That's powerful.
00:34:10.31\00:34:11.91
And that's what we
want to experience.
00:34:11.95\00:34:14.35
You know, the disciples
never asked God or Jesus.
00:34:14.38\00:34:17.69
They never said,
00:34:17.72\00:34:19.05
"Jesus, teach us how to preach."
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.62
They never said, "Lord..."
00:34:21.66\00:34:22.99
Yeah, they never said,
00:34:23.02\00:34:24.36
"Lord, teach us how
to give a Bible study,"
00:34:24.39\00:34:25.76
though those
things are very important.
00:34:25.79\00:34:28.00
I could tell you as a
pastor, they're very important.
00:34:28.03\00:34:30.47
Of course.
00:34:30.50\00:34:31.83
But what they wanted to
know was teach us how to pray.
00:34:31.87\00:34:36.27
Wow.
00:34:36.30\00:34:37.64
That's what they
wanted to know about Jesus.
00:34:37.67\00:34:40.08
Teach us how to pray.
00:34:40.11\00:34:41.68
And prayer is so important.
00:34:41.71\00:34:45.41
And that's the only way
00:34:45.45\00:34:46.78
we will receive the latter rain.
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.15
Yeah. And that's the only way.
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.52
Yeah.
00:34:49.55\00:34:50.89
So we've touched on,
you know, the main meetings,
00:34:50.92\00:34:52.75
touched on the prayer
room, seminars, exhibit area.
00:34:52.79\00:34:56.76
Another very exciting aspect
because you touched on this,
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.29
so this was your
first participation
00:34:59.33\00:35:01.60
was being a bus leader,
00:35:01.63\00:35:05.63
so that has to do with outreach.
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.00
Oh, yes.
00:35:07.04\00:35:08.37
And that's another
huge aspect to GYC.
00:35:08.40\00:35:10.77
So tell us about what
outreach is all about?
00:35:10.81\00:35:13.04
Maybe you even have some
statistics from Houston...
00:35:13.07\00:35:14.88
Yes.
00:35:14.91\00:35:16.24
What took place or touch
on that aspect of GYC, please?
00:35:16.28\00:35:20.92
Greg, I'm excited. Amen.
00:35:20.95\00:35:22.28
Outreaching is... Way to begin.
00:35:22.32\00:35:23.65
One of the things
00:35:23.69\00:35:25.15
that everybody
should get involved with.
00:35:25.19\00:35:27.52
And at GYC we
truly believe in it.
00:35:27.56\00:35:30.39
You know, even in
the leadership of GYC,
00:35:30.43\00:35:32.93
I have never missed an
outreach by God's grace.
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.60
Oh, wow. Thousands.
00:35:35.63\00:35:37.57
So we usually have, you know,
00:35:37.60\00:35:41.30
40 buses or so that go
throughout the entire city.
00:35:41.34\00:35:44.21
So let's take
for example Houston.
00:35:44.24\00:35:46.51
We go through the entire city,
00:35:46.54\00:35:48.61
we look for Bible
studies, we give them,
00:35:48.64\00:35:52.01
we give books as well to
the community in that city.
00:35:52.05\00:35:55.28
So how do you do this,
00:35:55.32\00:35:56.65
so basically the
buses go to different parts?
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.15
Yeah.
00:35:58.19\00:35:59.52
Kids get off and they
just start knocking on doors?
00:35:59.55\00:36:02.22
Yes.
00:36:02.26\00:36:03.59
I mean, they receive a training.
00:36:03.63\00:36:04.96
We want to make sure
they, they're well-equipped.
00:36:04.99\00:36:08.46
And we also do a follow-up plan
00:36:08.50\00:36:10.80
with the local
churches in the area.
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.93
So that, you know,
00:36:12.97\00:36:14.60
we don't want any Bible
study to be lost somewhere.
00:36:14.64\00:36:18.27
Amen. That's good.
00:36:18.31\00:36:20.11
So we organize the outreach
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.01
and we go
throughout the entire city.
00:36:22.04\00:36:23.88
This last day
outreaching Houston,
00:36:23.91\00:36:27.02
we had close to almost
2,000 people go on outreach.
00:36:27.05\00:36:30.89
That's a lot.
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.25
Young people,
going all over the place.
00:36:32.29\00:36:34.89
And then by God's grace
00:36:34.92\00:36:36.46
we had 1,783 Bible
studies in one day.
00:36:36.49\00:36:43.16
So 1700?
00:36:43.20\00:36:44.83
Seventeen
hundred and eighty three,
00:36:44.87\00:36:46.53
yeah, about 1700 Bible study.
00:36:46.57\00:36:50.14
And there was only
'cause I know Jill and I again
00:36:50.17\00:36:52.04
because we're
with the production
00:36:52.07\00:36:53.48
where we can see the
training taking place.
00:36:53.51\00:36:55.91
There is a lot of young
people then everyone files out.
00:36:55.94\00:36:58.41
It's very organized by the
way, if you've never attended.
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.68
All the buses are
lined up in the back dock
00:37:00.72\00:37:03.08
at Houston here and
then they come back,
00:37:03.12\00:37:05.15
it seems like
just a few hours later.
00:37:05.19\00:37:06.52
So 1700, 1800 in how many hours?
00:37:06.55\00:37:09.69
In about two hours and a half.
00:37:09.72\00:37:11.79
Isn't that amazing? Yeah.
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.43
I mean, imagine
1,700 Bible studies
00:37:13.46\00:37:16.43
in two hours and a half.
00:37:16.46\00:37:17.83
And we don't only do that,
00:37:17.87\00:37:20.60
we do the tracks and
all those things and...
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.20
Amen.
00:37:22.24\00:37:23.57
I remember at this
GYC, Houston, you know,
00:37:23.61\00:37:27.24
now I'm there as
service president, I was...
00:37:27.28\00:37:30.98
I had a lot of
meetings that Friday.
00:37:31.01\00:37:33.78
And I said, "Lord, I
really wanna go on outreach."
00:37:33.82\00:37:36.95
I just don't wanna
say, "Let's go on outreach
00:37:36.99\00:37:39.19
and I don't go on outreach."
00:37:39.22\00:37:40.56
So I said, "I got to go."
00:37:40.59\00:37:42.62
We had some
meetings and, you know,
00:37:42.66\00:37:47.76
we found a way to get a car
to take us on outreach because,
00:37:47.80\00:37:51.10
you know, our
schedule is very heavy.
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.67
And I remember in that
car, some of my friends and I,
00:37:53.70\00:37:56.71
we were, they
were trying to say,
00:37:56.74\00:37:58.17
"Well, Moise,
maybe we shouldn't go
00:37:58.21\00:38:01.24
because we have all
these meetings and..."
00:38:01.28\00:38:03.48
I said, "Well, you know,
00:38:03.51\00:38:04.85
Lord is really
calling us to go."
00:38:04.88\00:38:07.18
So we decided to go
through this one neighborhood.
00:38:07.22\00:38:10.42
And then this
neighborhood, you know,
00:38:10.45\00:38:12.69
we divided ourselves,
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.06
I went with a union
president from Colombia.
00:38:14.09\00:38:17.69
Oh, wow. In
Colombia, South America.
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.80
And we started knocking on doors
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.20
with this church
leader, just powerful.
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.03
Yeah.
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.40
And then knocking on
doors and my other two friends
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.67
Taylor and his friend David
00:38:29.70\00:38:31.64
decided to go on the
other side of the street.
00:38:31.67\00:38:34.58
So we started knocking on doors
and passing our Glow tracts,
00:38:34.61\00:38:38.25
you know literatures.
00:38:38.28\00:38:39.61
Literature.
00:38:39.65\00:38:40.98
And all of a sudden
00:38:41.02\00:38:42.35
on the other
side my friend David,
00:38:42.38\00:38:44.95
he knocks on the
door and a lady comes down
00:38:44.99\00:38:48.59
and she is mad, really mad.
00:38:48.62\00:38:52.39
And he
explains, you know, "Hey."
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.46
And then she speaks
Spanish and he praise the Lord,
00:38:54.50\00:38:57.33
he spoke Spanish as
well and they're talking.
00:38:57.37\00:38:59.93
And he says, "Hey, you
know, I'm here with some tracts,
00:38:59.97\00:39:03.87
some Bible tracts,
and all of those things."
00:39:03.91\00:39:06.61
And she starts to, you know,
00:39:06.64\00:39:12.75
she is taken aback a little bit.
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.12
Sure.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.48
She says, "You
know what, I had a dream
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.15
that they were
going to be two ministers
00:39:19.19\00:39:21.92
that would come to my
door and give me Bible tracts."
00:39:21.96\00:39:25.99
Now at that time David
was knocking at that door
00:39:26.03\00:39:28.56
and he was talking to the lady,
00:39:28.60\00:39:29.93
Taylor was passing
out some more Glow tracts.
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.80
And he was by himself
and he works in ministry
00:39:32.83\00:39:36.91
and just at that
time Taylor comes
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.61
by his side and they're two.
00:39:39.64\00:39:41.41
She never asked
them what they do,
00:39:41.44\00:39:43.68
never asked them.
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.38
And but she says, "You
know, I had a dream that
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.92
two ministers will come,
they will give me Bible tracts.
00:39:47.95\00:39:51.99
And just at that
time when you are knocking
00:39:52.02\00:39:55.72
that there was a voice
telling me to be quiet.
00:39:55.76\00:39:59.53
And I was so mad because
00:39:59.56\00:40:01.23
this voice was
saying me to be quiet."
00:40:01.26\00:40:03.67
And so that she could
hear the knock on the door.
00:40:03.70\00:40:07.07
And she says, "You
know, I had another dream."
00:40:07.10\00:40:11.24
And she says, "In my
dream the Lord was telling me...
00:40:11.27\00:40:15.74
I saw, you know, a lot
of red and different things
00:40:15.78\00:40:19.48
and pools of blood
and a voice telling me,
00:40:19.51\00:40:24.35
I'm coming soon,
00:40:24.39\00:40:26.49
and this is one
of your last chances
00:40:26.52\00:40:29.69
to accept the truth.
00:40:29.72\00:40:31.06
Wow. And she started to weep.
00:40:31.09\00:40:34.16
She was weeping, she says,
"Give me whatever you can."
00:40:34.20\00:40:36.43
She was going to San
Antonio, moving to San Antonio.
00:40:36.46\00:40:39.63
And just at that time, you know,
00:40:39.67\00:40:43.51
God had a plan
and that's outreach,
00:40:43.54\00:40:45.74
God has a plan.
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.11
He has people who
are seeking the truth.
00:40:47.14\00:40:49.84
And imagine if we, Greg,
said "Well, we're not going."
00:40:49.88\00:40:53.82
We're too busy ourselves.
00:40:53.85\00:40:55.18
I got the meetings, all
these meetings I have to attend,
00:40:55.22\00:40:56.55
that's important.
00:40:56.58\00:40:57.92
Let's just forget outreach.
00:40:57.95\00:40:59.29
And they were good
meetings. Of course.
00:40:59.32\00:41:00.66
Meetings that are
needed to take place.
00:41:00.69\00:41:02.02
But God knew that
there was his daughter
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.73
somewhere in Houston,
00:41:04.76\00:41:07.43
that He had spoken to...
00:41:07.46\00:41:09.26
we don't know how much
longer before GYC and said,
00:41:09.30\00:41:14.10
"There will be two
ministers that will come
00:41:14.14\00:41:16.30
and lead you to the truth."
00:41:16.34\00:41:17.84
Praise the Lord.
00:41:17.87\00:41:19.21
What a blessing
00:41:19.24\00:41:20.58
to be an instrument
in His hand, isn't it?
00:41:20.61\00:41:21.94
Yeah. Well, we praise the Lord.
00:41:21.98\00:41:23.31
Yeah.
00:41:23.35\00:41:24.68
So these young
people that go on outreach,
00:41:24.71\00:41:27.28
all of them are
well-experienced,
00:41:27.32\00:41:28.65
I mean, everyone
that goes is just like,
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.49
"Yeah, I'm ready
to go, I'm not afraid,
00:41:30.52\00:41:32.69
this is piece of cake."
00:41:32.72\00:41:34.82
That's it.
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.19
Get the whole gamut, don't you?
00:41:36.22\00:41:37.56
Yes.
00:41:37.59\00:41:38.93
We got people that
go for the first time...
00:41:38.96\00:41:40.30
Probably, literally
shaking on bus like...
00:41:40.33\00:41:41.66
Oh, yes, and let
me tell you something.
00:41:41.70\00:41:43.03
I too the first time
was afraid and I'm still...
00:41:43.06\00:41:44.97
Of course. I'm
a very shy person.
00:41:45.00\00:41:46.70
I know it's hard to
believe, but I'm a shy person.
00:41:46.74\00:41:48.77
Okay.
00:41:48.80\00:41:50.14
And, you know, there
is always that little
00:41:50.17\00:41:53.54
timid part of you that
00:41:53.58\00:41:55.91
and even this time in
Houston, I was a little bit shy.
00:41:55.94\00:41:59.05
Wow, it's amazing.
00:41:59.08\00:42:00.42
But, you know, God
gave us a great commission,
00:42:00.45\00:42:03.12
not a great option.
00:42:03.15\00:42:05.25
And... Say that again.
00:42:05.29\00:42:07.06
God gave us a great
commission, not a great option.
00:42:07.09\00:42:11.69
And...
00:42:11.73\00:42:13.06
What is the commission?
00:42:13.09\00:42:14.43
The commission is going...
00:42:14.46\00:42:16.23
Into all the
world. All the world.
00:42:16.26\00:42:18.43
That includes Houston,
that includes Thompsonville,
00:42:18.47\00:42:22.27
that includes St.
Louis, that includes Detroit.
00:42:22.30\00:42:26.17
It does.
00:42:26.21\00:42:27.54
That includes Cairo. Yeah.
00:42:27.58\00:42:30.15
So, yes, I mean,
we're all inexperience,
00:42:30.18\00:42:34.02
a lot of us are inexperience
that go on outreach.
00:42:34.05\00:42:37.55
But we're going under the
authority of Jesus Christ.
00:42:37.59\00:42:40.99
Praise God.
00:42:41.02\00:42:42.36
And He's going
before us like that lady.
00:42:42.39\00:42:44.66
He went before us.
Yeah, prepare the way.
00:42:44.69\00:42:46.73
All we have to do is be willing.
00:42:46.76\00:42:49.86
God doesn't need our experience
00:42:49.90\00:42:53.13
but all He needs
is our willingness.
00:42:53.17\00:42:55.24
Yeah. And that's outreaching.
00:42:55.27\00:42:56.60
Amen. Yeah.
00:42:56.64\00:42:57.97
I tell you this hour
is going by so quickly.
00:42:58.01\00:43:00.41
I wanna just touch briefly
because someone again at home
00:43:00.44\00:43:02.44
may not be familiar
and we're gonna again
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.01
put up the GYC
contact information.
00:43:04.05\00:43:06.88
If you feel impress
to donate to the ministry
00:43:06.92\00:43:09.38
that contact you can
just get your pen and paper
00:43:09.42\00:43:12.15
and write it down.
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.52
But I wanna talk about...
00:43:13.56\00:43:15.32
So someone may say
like age I've got, you know,
00:43:15.36\00:43:19.49
toddlers or you know,
kindergarten, or how old?
00:43:19.53\00:43:21.96
Or tell me the age
range that GYC really targets?
00:43:22.00\00:43:25.60
We really target
the age of 18 to 35.
00:43:25.63\00:43:29.90
But we also
target the aged people
00:43:29.94\00:43:31.77
who feel young at heart.
00:43:31.81\00:43:33.14
Yes.
00:43:33.17\00:43:34.51
So you might be
90, you might be 80,
00:43:34.54\00:43:37.58
you might be 12 or 13.
00:43:37.61\00:43:39.35
It doesn't matter,
but our main focus,
00:43:39.38\00:43:42.42
the main age is 18 and 35.
00:43:42.45\00:43:45.35
Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:45.39\00:43:46.72
And why that age range?
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.26
Why that target audience?
00:43:48.29\00:43:50.53
I guess if you
wanna call it that.
00:43:50.56\00:43:51.89
Well, it's the
target audience that
00:43:51.93\00:43:54.50
in that period of time
they make life decisions.
00:43:54.53\00:43:58.27
That's right. Who do I marry?
00:43:58.30\00:43:59.93
Yeah.
00:43:59.97\00:44:01.30
Do I keep being a
Seventh-day Adventist?
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.91
Do I...
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
It's a very critical time
00:44:05.31\00:44:07.31
because a lot of important
decisions need to be made.
00:44:07.34\00:44:10.55
And the Spirit of
Prophecy actually teaches us
00:44:10.58\00:44:13.52
and Desire of Ages
that when we're young
00:44:13.55\00:44:17.32
is when a lot of those decisions
00:44:17.35\00:44:19.75
upon our character are made
00:44:19.79\00:44:21.69
and that's why
we target that age
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.39
because it's so
vital, so important.
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.93
Yeah. Amen.
00:44:26.96\00:44:28.30
And I know that there
are some younger that are 10,
00:44:28.33\00:44:29.86
I think with their parents
00:44:29.90\00:44:31.23
or maybe their
brothers and sisters
00:44:31.27\00:44:32.60
but that's the main target
00:44:32.63\00:44:33.97
audience that
you're going forward?
00:44:34.00\00:44:35.34
That's our target 18-35.
00:44:35.37\00:44:36.71
Yeah. Fantastic.
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.07
So tell me the
future here of GYC?
00:44:38.11\00:44:39.44
What's your goals
and future for GYC?
00:44:39.47\00:44:41.94
Well, the future
of GYC, you know,
00:44:41.98\00:44:48.12
the future of GYC belongs
00:44:48.15\00:44:53.15
or depends upon our faithfulness
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.72
to the Word of God.
00:44:55.76\00:44:57.09
Praise the Lord.
00:44:57.13\00:44:58.46
Where we want to go
00:44:58.49\00:44:59.96
as we want to stay
faithful to Jesus Christ,
00:45:00.00\00:45:02.76
that's our future.
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.13
Yes. To stay faithful.
00:45:04.17\00:45:06.77
We have big
plans, very big plans.
00:45:06.80\00:45:08.94
Some of them, you're gonna hear
them this year in the Phoenix,
00:45:08.97\00:45:12.77
things that we've
never done before.
00:45:12.81\00:45:15.01
All right.
00:45:15.04\00:45:16.38
In Phoenix, you're
gonna hear about those plans,
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.15
but the overall
plan that we have
00:45:18.18\00:45:20.98
is we want to finish
the work in this generation.
00:45:21.02\00:45:25.92
Our vision is to
experience Bible based revival,
00:45:25.95\00:45:30.59
where every attendees inspired
to be missionary, training.
00:45:30.63\00:45:35.26
And that's the future of GYC.
00:45:35.30\00:45:37.07
Now we know the
future of this world.
00:45:37.10\00:45:40.64
We do.
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.00
It's going to be
a very hard future.
00:45:42.04\00:45:46.71
Our theme for this
year is "arise and shine"
00:45:46.74\00:45:49.44
from Isaiah 60:1-3.
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.55
Amen. Where there
is grose darkness.
00:45:52.58\00:45:54.88
But you know, where
there is grose darkness,
00:45:54.92\00:45:59.52
God will shine His light.
00:45:59.55\00:46:02.22
The darker the day is... Yeah.
00:46:02.26\00:46:05.19
The brighter the light would be.
00:46:05.23\00:46:06.56
Amen.
00:46:06.59\00:46:07.93
Or the darker the night will be,
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.30
the brighter the
light will always be.
00:46:09.33\00:46:11.30
And we know that we're
going through serious times,
00:46:11.33\00:46:13.67
our future is
gonna be very serious.
00:46:13.70\00:46:17.07
We don't even know ourselves
00:46:17.11\00:46:18.71
if we'll be able to
host the GYC as we know it.
00:46:18.74\00:46:21.54
We don't know that.
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.11
But we know who
we're following...
00:46:23.14\00:46:25.35
Yeah. And that's Jesus.
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.42
And that is the future
we wanna stay faithful,
00:46:27.45\00:46:30.85
faithful, faithful.
00:46:30.89\00:46:33.22
Amen. Yeah.
00:46:33.25\00:46:34.59
Now that's casting the vision
for the future which is great,
00:46:34.62\00:46:36.96
and I think the GYC has
been faithful, you know,
00:46:36.99\00:46:39.29
to the coin of
the original group
00:46:39.33\00:46:41.76
wanting to study the Bible
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.13
more than eight
hours a day, right?
00:46:43.16\00:46:44.50
Yes, more than
eight hours a day.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.03
Yeah. What a fantastic God.
00:46:46.07\00:46:47.87
Because you can't go
wrong with God's Word,
00:46:47.90\00:46:49.87
by studying the God's Word.
00:46:49.90\00:46:51.24
You can't. You can't.
00:46:51.27\00:46:52.61
You know, I was
thinking about this current,
00:46:52.64\00:46:53.98
this past GYC, pastor,
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.34
that we just
went through and we...
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.41
I know we talked about it
00:46:57.45\00:46:58.78
on the behind the
scenes here few weeks ago,
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.25
coming back from GYC.
00:47:00.28\00:47:01.88
But there were a
number of challenges
00:47:01.92\00:47:03.95
I know from the production
side of things for that event
00:47:03.99\00:47:07.82
and just things we had
never had happened before.
00:47:07.86\00:47:11.16
And, you know,
these are live broadcasts
00:47:11.19\00:47:13.06
and it's just challenges.
00:47:13.09\00:47:15.60
Let me just say challenges.
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.50
And I appreciate you coming
backstage, pastor, you know,
00:47:17.53\00:47:20.57
I know you're busy
with so many things
00:47:20.60\00:47:23.10
and you just had
this wonderful peace
00:47:23.14\00:47:26.07
about yo and a
great smile on your face.
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.74
And you say,
"Greg, the devil knows
00:47:28.78\00:47:30.78
all about what's going on
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.15
and he knows what
this event is about."
00:47:32.18\00:47:33.85
Yeah.
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.22
It's about taking
those from his kingdom
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.15
into Christ kingdom.
00:47:37.19\00:47:38.52
Amen.
00:47:38.55\00:47:39.89
And he knows that it has
been broadcast around the world
00:47:39.92\00:47:41.89
and so he was,
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.32
the devil was
causing these disruptions.
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.13
Yeah.
00:47:45.16\00:47:46.49
But greater is He that is in you
00:47:46.53\00:47:47.86
than he that is in the world.
00:47:47.90\00:47:49.33
So we were relying on
Christ for our strength.
00:47:49.36\00:47:52.43
So we appreciate
again your leadership.
00:47:52.47\00:47:54.24
Praise the Lord.
00:47:54.27\00:47:55.60
And coming back
to because, you know,
00:47:55.64\00:47:56.97
Satan in mad about the
work that GYC is doing,
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.17
not only just
with 3ABN but with GYC.
00:47:59.21\00:48:01.91
And there is always
challenges so, you know,
00:48:01.94\00:48:04.05
and again another way
for you to participate
00:48:04.08\00:48:06.51
is to pray for the
ministry of the GYC.
00:48:06.55\00:48:10.29
You know, I want
to thank you as well
00:48:10.32\00:48:11.85
for supporting
the ministry of 3ABN
00:48:11.89\00:48:15.16
because it's because of your
financial support it costs 3ABN
00:48:15.19\00:48:18.59
multiple thousands
to drive our trucks
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.36
and take the crew
there and have the privilege
00:48:20.40\00:48:22.46
again of working with the
GYC to broadcast of this event.
00:48:22.50\00:48:26.80
And we just thank you
00:48:26.84\00:48:28.80
for your
continued financial support.
00:48:28.84\00:48:30.84
But tell us a little bit,
I know you have a few needs,
00:48:30.87\00:48:32.54
I think at GYC, I mean as well
00:48:32.57\00:48:34.51
because if people want
to donate directly to you,
00:48:34.54\00:48:37.38
tell us how some
areas that they could help
00:48:37.41\00:48:38.75
and again we're gonna put up
00:48:38.78\00:48:40.12
the address information shortly.
00:48:40.15\00:48:41.48
Yes.
00:48:41.52\00:48:42.85
Well, you know, as you know
00:48:42.88\00:48:44.29
we are a volunteer organization.
00:48:44.32\00:48:46.99
Yes. Every one of the staff.
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.36
We're all volunteers. All of us.
00:48:48.39\00:48:51.03
So ways that you
could support is by
00:48:51.06\00:48:54.83
one of the best
ways is by your presence.
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Be there. That's good.
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Pray, financial
support as well is a blessing.
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And we have a lot
of mission endeavors
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that we engage in.
00:49:05.11\00:49:06.78
You know, a
million Glow tracts, buses,
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and we're all about mission
and mission cost some money.
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It does.
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But God has all
the money. He does.
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And we get to be a
part of His work by giving.
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By being in part of
it, through financial,
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through our time,
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and any help we can
receive is a blessing
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because it's an investment
in the future of the youth.
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Sure is. And that's important.
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That's very important.
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You know, I think about
some of the young people
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that started out now.
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Oh, well, back in
2002, in 2003, you know,
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they moved on so to speak,
you know, in their ministry.
00:49:45.58\00:49:49.05
And what God is
doing in their lives
00:49:49.08\00:49:50.42
but these generations
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just keep coming up and
I know is ministering to...
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Oh, man, just countless
people around the world.
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You know, one of
the things that always
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is just incredible to me
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.43
is you're talking about
the call for mission service.
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.37
Yes.
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I probably, do
you think every GYC
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we've done that
multiple times, right?
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You, guys, have made a
call to mission service,
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and these young people
this isn't just a call,
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they go home and that's that.
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This is a serious call.
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This is a call,
some of the calls
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are call for your life.
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Okay. Explain that briefly? Yes.
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So we have some calls
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that require you to
be a missionary in places
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where if they discover
that you are a Christian
00:50:27.12\00:50:31.33
or whatever it
might be, you know,
00:50:31.36\00:50:33.60
you'll have to
tremendous oppositions
00:50:33.63\00:50:36.03
and it might cost you your life.
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.73
That's a serious commitment.
00:50:37.77\00:50:39.10
That is a commitment.
00:50:39.13\00:50:40.64
And we have
almost hundreds of people
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that make that decision.
00:50:43.37\00:50:45.47
And it's a serious commitment.
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I mean, we know that if
we stay faithful to our Lord,
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we're gonna suffer persecution
and it might cost our life.
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But you know, this
world is just a comma.
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Eternity is through
gain. Oh, I like that. Amen.
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And if we follow Jesus Christ,
if we follow Him faithfully,
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there is no end
to what Jesus can do.
00:51:08.03\00:51:10.20
So this life might pass
00:51:10.23\00:51:12.33
but it's just a
little comma, a pause,
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and we'll be all right.
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Amen. God is
gonna come very soon.
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Praise the Lord.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.17
What we wanna do right now
00:51:19.21\00:51:20.54
is to get ready to go
to the address break here
00:51:20.58\00:51:22.91
and then we go to the news break
00:51:22.94\00:51:24.28
and we'll come back for
couple of closing comments.
00:51:24.31\00:51:26.15
But if you feel
inspired to may be attend
00:51:26.18\00:51:29.18
GYC for the very first time
00:51:29.22\00:51:30.99
or want information
on how to build support
00:51:31.02\00:51:33.32
this wonderful ministry,
00:51:33.36\00:51:35.06
here is how you
can do just that.
00:51:35.09\00:51:39.13
GYC seeks to equip
and inspire young people
00:51:39.16\00:51:42.00
to be Christian ambassadors
00:51:42.03\00:51:43.37
to their respective
places of work and study.
00:51:43.40\00:51:46.10
If you would like to learn more,
00:51:46.13\00:51:47.47
you can contact Moise at 1968,
00:51:47.50\00:51:50.17
South Coast Highway, number 492,
00:51:50.21\00:51:53.38
Laguna Beach, California 92651.
00:51:53.41\00:51:56.81
That's 1968,
South Coast Highway,
00:51:56.85\00:52:00.35
number 492, Laguna
Beach, California 92651.
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You can call
him at 707-234-5492.
00:52:05.75\00:52:09.86
That's 707-234-5492.
00:52:09.89\00:52:13.50
You can also find
them online at GYCWeb.org.
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That's GYCWeb.org.
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