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 word
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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, friends, welcome to 3ABN.
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My name is John
Lomacang but if you've returned,
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if you've been a
part of our family,
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you already know that.
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But if you're tuning
in for the first time,
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welcome to the station
that we believe the Lord chose
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and anointed to
carry an undiluted
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Three Angels' Messages,
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one that will
counteract the counterfeit
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in the quote of our Founder
and President Danny Shelton.
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We want to thank
you for your prayers
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and your financial
support of this network
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which continues to go
and grow preparing a world
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for the soon coming
of our blessed savior,
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Jesus Christ.
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And today is a program
that's going to encourage you
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on how you can get involved
to get this program out.
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You know, the Lord doesn't
call just pastors and elders
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and teachers and
"professionals" as it were
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but He calls the laity to
carry the gospel to the world
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and to the
community in which you live,
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you can make a
significant impact.
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And our guests
today are going to share
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on how the Lord has chosen them
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and what He has
done through them.
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You know, the Bible says,
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"For it is God who works in us
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both to will and to
do of His good pleasure."
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So do stay tuned, we
know that it is going to be
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inspiring for you and
maybe put a seed of hope
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or activity in your life,
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how you can get involved
and getting others ready
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for the coming of our Lord.
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But before we do
that, we have some music,
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Tammy Chance,
one of our very own
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is going to
sing a song entitled,
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"Because of Who You Are".
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You spoke the words
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And all the
worlds came into order
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You raised your hands
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And planets
filled the empty skies
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You placed the woman and the man
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Inside the garden
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And though they fell
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They found
compassion in your eyes
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Oh, Lord, I stand amazed
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At the wonder of it all
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Yet a greater wonder
brings me to my knees
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Lord, I praise you
because of who you are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that you have done
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Lord, I worship you
because of who you are
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You're all the reason
that I need to voice my praise
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Because of who you are
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One holy night
you sent your promise
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From a virgin
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And promise grew
till he revealed to us
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Your heart
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Enduring love displayed
throughout your crucifixion
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And through your death
you told the darken grave upon
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Oh, Lord, I stand amazed
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At the wonder of it all
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Yet a greater wonder
brings me to my knees
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Lord, I praise you
because of who you are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that you have done
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Lord, I worship you
because of who you are
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You're all the reason
that I need to voice my praise
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Lord, I praise you
because of who you are
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Not for all the mighty
deeds that you have done
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Lord, I worship you
because of who you are
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You're all the reason
that I need to voice my praise
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Because of who you are
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Because of who you are
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Because of who you are
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Thank you so much,
Tammy, what a wonderful song
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"Because of Who You
Are", because of who God is,
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because of who Christ is,
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we can be who
he's called us to be
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and thank you so
much for that message.
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Now let's meet our guests today,
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we have next to
me Marcia Harycki.
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Good to have you
here, Marcia. Thank you.
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And then Orv,
say that last name.
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Gauger. Gauger.
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And then we
have Michelle Larson.
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Good to see
over there, Michelle.
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Hi.
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And each of you is
from the Chippewa Valley
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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but just kind of
tell us in a nutshell,
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what you do and kind of give us
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a little bit of
background about yourself?
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Okay, for like
right now at church...
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Sure. I'm a member.
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That's it? A working member.
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Yes, sir.
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Okay, that's a
lot, that's a lot to say
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because many people are
members but not working members.
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Yes, sir. And Orv?
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My name is Orv Gauger
and I'm from the same church,
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Chippewa Valley,
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and we are a
working team together.
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Amen.
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Okay, husband
and wife to be exact.
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Yep. Forty years.
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Forty years.
Thirty nine years ago.
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Wow, wonderful. And, Michelle?
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I'm currently serving as a
community services director
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for the Chippewa Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Okay.
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And the Lord inspired
each of you to do something
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that has now
become a significant part
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of the outreach of your church.
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Let's talk about that,
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you were
watching a program on 3ABN
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and just begin with that,
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what the Lord did
when he inspired you
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to do something
about what you saw on 3ABN.
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We want to thank 3ABN
because it's been a source
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of real blessings and
our own personal lives
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and in the church lives.
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And a few months
ago, we saw a program
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with Remnant Publications,
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Amazing Facts,
and 3ABN together,
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which partnered in writing,
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producing and advertising
the book on the movie
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that had come out
a couple months ago,
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Hacksaw Ridge.
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Yes.
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And when we turned off the TV
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we realized it was just too good
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an opportunity to pass by.
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And so we just kind of
like took it and ran with it,
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and in the end God
turned it into something greater
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than we ever
thought would happen.
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Wow.
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Well, tell us
how you ran with it,
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any one of you
could input in that story,
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how did you run with it
and what did you actually do,
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to just say we
have to do something
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and what actually,
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how did you
follow through on that?
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Well, the first thing we did is,
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we needed to get
somebody else on board,
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which is our good
friends Kayla and Tim Hayes.
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Okay.
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And once we decided that
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it was just
something we needed to do,
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I think we put in the
order to run the publications
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for couple of cases first.
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And then we went to
the local church and said,
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maybe you're
doing something here
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and we should coordinate
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between ourselves
and the local church,
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and they were just
totally 100% on board,
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the elders and
pastor were just fabulous.
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And in the meantime,
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our friend Kayla
had an acquaintance
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with the owners
of a local theatre.
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And she set up an appointment
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for Orv and I
to go and meet them
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and they just
welcomed us with open arms.
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Just loving people.
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And so it just developed
into a project that it went on
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for almost three months
between their venue in one town
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and then the neighboring town
which Michelle took care of.
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Okay.
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So that's it in a
nutshell and I can give you
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a lot more
wonderful details here too.
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Sure, let me let
Michelle go ahead
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and chiming on that.
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Tell us about your
involvement in that?
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Well, I got involved
after they presented it
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to the church and I asked
for involvement and I just,
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I loved the idea because
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they were tying
into something current
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and that people in the community
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because I think sometimes
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we're too
isolated within the church.
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And so I signed up
to help pass out books
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for a couple of
different nights.
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And then when it
came to the second venue,
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which happened to be a
half a mile from my house,
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then I took charge
of the second venue.
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Now do they let you
set up inside the theater,
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outside the theatre
or just pass out books
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when people went in or came out?
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Would you like to
look at the pictures now
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and you prefer to see that?
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Oh, sure, let's look at that.
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Well, the first
picture... Some Hacksaw Ridge.
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Yeah, the first
picture that we have is,
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there is our friend
Kayla Hayes on the left,
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and Kayla was the other person
that actually spearheaded this,
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and that was a picture of
how they set up at one point
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in the theater itself.
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The owners were just absolutely,
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they were wonderful,
they are just so sweet.
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They had like about
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eight little different
movie theaters in there,
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you know, so like we
set the table upright
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where the people exited
the movie, Hacksaw Ridge.
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Okay.
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And so like as they came out
the movie that's what they saw,
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they saw a display of books.
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And I'll show you
the second picture now.
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The second picture is
where we moved our table to
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and those are a couple of
folks that handed out the books.
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And then let's show
the third picture now.
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And okay, there's Orv and myself
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and it was the holiday
season for part of the program.
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Okay, I see that.
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And you can see
the holiday decor there
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and if you can
look up, you know,
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on the posters
there we actually,
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this actually
turned into a fundraising.
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Yeah.
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But that was the idea of
the owners, the owners said,
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"Well, you know, sure
you can give off the books
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and you can..."
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they thought we
were going to sell them.
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And their suggestion is,
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"Well, let's maybe
give a dollar of each book
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and we'll give it to a charity."
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And we said...
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No, no, it doesn't manner,
we're gonna give them away.
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Yeah, we're gonna give them away
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and then we selected a charity
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and the charity
was selected was...
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The homeless veterans fund,
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which is a facility
they have in Chippewa Falls.
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Okay.
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And lots of people
don't know about that.
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So the owner decided
to, hey, just why don't you
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make this a bigger
project than you've anticipated.
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More than we imagined.
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Yeah, she is very,
very community orientated.
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Yes.
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And we wanted
to be part of that,
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we just kind of
surprise that she says,
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"Would you like to
raise, you know, some money."
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And we kind of like,
"Oh, yeah, it's a good idea.
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Let's do that."
How much did we raise?
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Thirty seven hundred dollars.
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Thirty seven
hundred dollars? Yeah.
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Praise the Lord. You
took the checks out there.
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And I took the check
out there and I met that man
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who runs the homeless shelter.
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And he was really
happy and he said,
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"I hope we'll see you soon."
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Yes.
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So we've been back since. Okay.
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And, Michelle, talk
about your involvement
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because this kind of
open the door for you
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to just kind of
expand your involvement
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in the church
and in the community,
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talk about that?
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Well, I think it
was again a good tie in
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with the veteran shelter
and the movie where, you know,
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it was such a good
connection between the two.
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And in handing out
the books it was...
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I'm not a person who
can evangelize, I can't,
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I'm not really
good at public speaking.
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But, and I think that was for
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some of the other
volunteers as well
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because you just had
to give somebody something
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and then, you know,
we were taking donations
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and that's a lot easier than...
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Preaching a sermon.
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Right, you know,
and then... Exactly.
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And so even the first night
that I went to hand out a book.
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The first person
to come out of theater
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that I was able to give
a book to was a colleague
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that I had worked
with many years before
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and he used to make
comments about Bible thumpers.
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And he was the first person
I was able to hand the book to.
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So... Was he surprised?
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Yeah, he was very surprised.
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He said, Michelle,
what are you doing?
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He took, you know,
and he took the book.
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And, you know, so it
was those kind of things
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and when we were
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at the Chippewa location
every night that I was there,
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I saw somebody I knew
that I can hand a book too.
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So it was really
kind of incredible.
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So it's building
bridges to the community.
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A lot of times, we try to
do what we can to get people
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to come to our
church but, you know,
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you've mentioned something
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which has become a
part of 3ABN's mission,
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the blessing is on the...
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The go. On the go.
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Go and get to work. Exactly.
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Yes.
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And that has been
a tremendous blessing
00:14:10.71\00:14:12.31
to the ministry of 3ABN,
00:14:12.35\00:14:13.68
and if you've
been a part of that,
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you know, that the
blessings on the go,
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go evangelism 'cause
it's not come evangelism
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but a go evangelism.
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Come to the foot of the
cross as Danny would say...
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Amen. And to go
and share the gospel.
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And it's not that difficult.
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I mean, the book that
we're talking about here
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is the Hacksaw Ridge
book which many of you
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may have seen
through the programs done
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here on 3ABN,
there's a copy of it.
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Wonderful.
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And the postscript is written
by Pastor Doug Batchelor,
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which a lot of
people don't realize
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just through this book,
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it not only tells a
story of Desmond Doss
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but it also exposes
people to the God he served
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to the church
he was a member of.
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And then it just
opens doors for people
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to understand a message
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that they would not
otherwise even entertain.
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I mean, how many
evangelistic series
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have been held in
the movie theater?
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None.
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But this allowed you to do that.
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It was incredible.
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Can you imagine,
I'm not a big movie gore
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and but yet, you
would walk in there
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and you'd see
people walking around
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inside a movie
theater, coming out of movies
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and they were holding
evangelistic literature
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in their hand and it was like,
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it was just
such a strange sight.
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It was beautiful.
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We gave out 1,381
books at both venues.
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Yeah. Wow.
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We were there
for 55 nights total.
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And we had 36 men,
women, and children participate
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and there were kids there.
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Yep, there were kids.
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And these are people
that won't necessarily
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have wanted to do
something except it was so easy,
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we made it so easy.
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Who is not going to
resist saying, like,
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"Here we have, we
have a free book about
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the hero of Hacksaw Ridge,"
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and by the way if
you'd like to donate
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to the Chippewa Falls homeless
veteran shelter you can.
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We got people in
the movie theater
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put in $100 bills,
$50 bills, $20 bills.
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Yeah.
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It was just, it was
such a, it was so wonderful
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to give people the opportunity
to show their appreciation.
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They came out of the movie,
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there is a certain set
of thoughts on their mind
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and they were
able to respond to it
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by donating to
homeless veterans.
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They even gave out these
little pins here, see that.
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Yes, yes, I like that as well.
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They were
actually sent from the...
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Thank you for supporting.
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Says thank you
for supporting film
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and celebrating Veterans Day.
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Yeah. This is
really, really nice.
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Yeah.
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Limited edition
pin of Hacksaw Ridge.
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There it is. That's for you.
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Thank you.
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Hey, I have my
first flag to salute here.
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But I tell you, the
life of Desmond Doss
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has been such an inspiration.
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Isn't it amazing.
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It reminds me of the
text in Revelation 14:13,
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"You know blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord
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that they may
rest from their labors
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and their works to follow them."
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And even in the silence,
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Desmond Doss continues to
speak of the God he served,
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and the countless lives
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through the project
of Hacksaw Ridge books.
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And thank you for
Remnant Publications,
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and for Pastor Batchelor
who contributed to that
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and also the
beauty of the message
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that's included there.
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Amen.
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Now you showed me three pictures
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about Hacksaw Ridge,
is there another one?
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Oh, this one is
really fun. Oh, yes.
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This is the best one.
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Okay. Okay.
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Now this one has
quite a story to it
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because there's, how
many cases did we have?
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I can't remember... Fourteen.
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Fourteen cases of books.
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They kept the
boxes because it was just
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so impressive seeing
them outside our door.
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And then we'd have another
box of books come in we think,
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"Oh, where now we're
gonna get these all."
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I love this picture.
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And so those are the folks.
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We told everybody
to get in the picture
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if they passed out books,
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wanted to passed out
books, pray for us...
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Pray for the Lord.
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Or we're happy
we passed out books.
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So pastor had us take,
Pastor Predeve Vince in there.
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Okay.
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He had us take a picture
at the end of the church.
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And, you know, this
is really interesting,
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Pastor Lomacang,
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because if you look
at that picture again,
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look at those big signs, okay.
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Okay, let's see
that one more time.
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Okay, it says, 3181
raised to that point,
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did run up as Michelle
took it to the next venue.
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And it was only 1,162
books and then it went up
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as Michelle worked on it.
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And, you know,
I just, I thought,
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want to be fun to make
a little sign like that.
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And so you have a concept
in your mind and you think,
00:18:24.27\00:18:27.44
I was thinking a little
sheet about so big, you know,
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how they do on
Facebook, "Can I get an amen?"
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And so I said,
"Kayla, could you do that?"
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And Kayla made these
absolutely gorgeous signs
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that she painted.
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She was the other person
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that really worked on this with,
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you know, to get the
things going and organized.
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And it's just a
thought in my mind that, like,
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you know, you have
an idea in your mind
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but you pass it
on to somebody else.
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And, you know, because
of them and their talents
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and their
attitude and their vision,
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it turns into
something much better
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than you ever could
have imagined yourself.
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Yeah.
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And I think
that's the wonderful part
00:19:02.94\00:19:04.57
of getting a
church to work together
00:19:04.61\00:19:07.34
because you don't know
the talent, and the skills,
00:19:07.38\00:19:11.15
and the ideas that they
have and that the Holy Spirit
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just gonna give
them until you see it.
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And I looked at those signs
and I went, "Those are wow.
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Those are really nice."
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My favorite sign is,
"Can we get an amen?"
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Yeah, amen.
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Pastors love that,
"Can I get an amen?"
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Yeah.
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But that was
amazing but you said
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it number of times,
Michelle took it to next level.
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Talk about that? Yes, yes.
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Well, I don't know,
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.67
the theater
owners have two theaters,
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one in Chippewa Falls
and one in Eau Claire.
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And so when it
came time to come in it,
00:19:39.64\00:19:42.94
the one in Eau Claire's like
00:19:42.98\00:19:44.31
the second run
theater that it comes to.
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So when it finished and
again it was half a mile
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from my house, so
I figured, you know,
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I might as well
take it from these guys,
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so they didn't have to
run all the way down there.
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And so I spent a
lot of nights down there
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with some of our
church members as well
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and some of the nights
I was down there alone.
00:20:01.00\00:20:03.00
And just reaching out to
people at the second run theater
00:20:03.03\00:20:07.04
and we had a
really good response.
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There were a couple of times
a person would take the book,
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you know, if
they got there early,
00:20:14.88\00:20:16.21
maybe get their
popcorn, they take the book
00:20:16.24\00:20:18.21
and go into the
theater and they'd come back
00:20:18.25\00:20:20.58
five or ten
minutes later and say,
00:20:20.62\00:20:22.18
"Why are you doing this?"
00:20:22.22\00:20:24.29
And, you know, so I
was able to explain to them
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the story of Desmond Doss
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and his
affiliation with our church
00:20:27.82\00:20:30.09
and we just
thought it was a good story
00:20:30.13\00:20:31.69
to share with people.
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So, you know, it was
really a good experience.
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What about the transformation
that you experienced,
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because as you
mentioned, you don't strike me
00:20:42.44\00:20:44.41
as a type A stand on
top of the box preacher...
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No, not really.
00:20:48.91\00:20:50.25
Repent, the world
is coming to an end.
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You know, you don't strike to me
00:20:51.65\00:20:52.98
as that kind of an individual
00:20:53.01\00:20:54.35
but I could see
the transformation,
00:20:54.38\00:20:55.98
not know you before I could see
00:20:56.02\00:20:57.35
that this really did
impact you in a beautiful way.
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It really did.
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You know, my primary focus
is community service where,
00:21:00.62\00:21:03.29
you know, we're simply
serving people without,
00:21:03.32\00:21:06.90
you know,
evangelizing or, you know,
00:21:06.93\00:21:08.76
which I think are
both very important
00:21:08.80\00:21:10.87
but they have separate roles.
00:21:10.90\00:21:12.23
And so service has
always been kind of my focus,
00:21:12.27\00:21:15.20
but again the way this
project tied the two together
00:21:15.24\00:21:18.87
and it wasn't really threatening
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.84
even for someone like me
00:21:21.88\00:21:23.21
who tends to be a little
more introverted to go in
00:21:23.24\00:21:26.72
and just say,
"Hey, we've got this book
00:21:26.75\00:21:28.35
and that's a great story."
00:21:28.38\00:21:30.19
And so it really was,
yeah, it was transforming
00:21:30.22\00:21:33.46
I think for a few other people
within the church as well,
00:21:33.49\00:21:35.42
who stepped up to
hand out the books
00:21:35.46\00:21:37.23
and maybe thought
00:21:37.26\00:21:38.59
that they couldn't
do something like this
00:21:38.63\00:21:39.96
but we're really good at it.
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.33
You know, you meet people
at an intersection of the life.
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Amen.
00:21:43.47\00:21:44.80
Coming and going
and you never know
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.17
if you're gonna see them again,
but at least you've increased
00:21:46.20\00:21:48.30
the possibilities
of seeing them again,
00:21:48.34\00:21:50.64
because you can't
just read the book
00:21:50.67\00:21:52.54
without going to the
end and talk about the faith
00:21:52.57\00:21:57.35
that shaped the
man, I love that.
00:21:57.38\00:21:59.88
There's a section called
prepare to meet your maker
00:21:59.91\00:22:02.48
and it talks about
the ultimate sacrifice,
00:22:02.52\00:22:06.12
wonderful Bible
studies in the section,
00:22:06.15\00:22:08.82
the faith that shaped the man.
00:22:08.86\00:22:10.46
And significant
studies are included in there
00:22:10.49\00:22:13.33
to help people understand,
00:22:13.36\00:22:14.70
why Desmond Doss was so
passionately convinced that,
00:22:14.73\00:22:20.84
I am not going
to carry a weapon,
00:22:20.87\00:22:22.54
I am not gonna carry a weapon,
00:22:22.57\00:22:24.21
I don't believe I
need to carry one,
00:22:24.24\00:22:25.64
I don't want to take lives,
I want to preserve the lives,
00:22:25.67\00:22:28.58
I want to spear lives.
00:22:28.61\00:22:30.21
But you've been the
quiet man out today,
00:22:30.25\00:22:32.85
tell us about your
involvement in this, Orv?
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.52
What really was exciting
was when people would come back
00:22:35.55\00:22:41.86
the second time, third time
00:22:41.89\00:22:43.36
and see us and
thank us for doing this.
00:22:43.39\00:22:46.46
Yeah. Wow.
00:22:46.49\00:22:47.83
What a blessing!
00:22:47.86\00:22:49.20
And come and ask for more books.
00:22:49.23\00:22:50.57
Then come and ask
for more books, yeah.
00:22:50.60\00:22:51.93
Right. And give more money.
00:22:51.97\00:22:53.30
Yes.
00:22:53.34\00:22:54.67
I got to the point where
you didn't have to really ask,
00:22:54.70\00:22:57.47
they see, they've seen the...
00:22:57.51\00:22:59.27
There is a big
purple donation box
00:22:59.31\00:23:03.85
and they would just reach
out and they used to put it in
00:23:03.88\00:23:06.58
like Marcia was saying,
00:23:06.61\00:23:07.95
we got people give
$100 bill, $50 bill.
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.19
Yeah.
00:23:10.22\00:23:11.55
And when people
would come back...
00:23:11.59\00:23:15.76
I know to come back and...
00:23:15.79\00:23:17.43
And thank us
for doing this. Yes.
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.59
And come over to our
house and get more books.
00:23:19.63\00:23:20.96
Like get more books, yeah.
Get people come to your house.
00:23:21.00\00:23:23.97
Or call us up, call us up.
00:23:24.00\00:23:25.90
Anyway, one man
calls up and he said,
00:23:25.93\00:23:28.07
he hadn't seen the movie
but he would like the book.
00:23:28.10\00:23:29.70
Yeah.
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.07
You know, and he
wanted two of them.
00:23:31.11\00:23:35.04
I can't
remember which one it was
00:23:35.08\00:23:36.41
but one night we had
just one person come.
00:23:36.44\00:23:39.05
Yes, yes.
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.42
One person but they
brought their whole family.
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.05
Wow.
00:23:42.08\00:23:43.42
And it looked like
they were homeschoolers.
00:23:43.45\00:23:45.19
Yes.
00:23:45.22\00:23:46.55
And this is now just
one book all we need.
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.09
Yes.
00:23:48.12\00:23:49.46
And that's all we
give away that night.
00:23:49.49\00:23:50.83
Wow.
00:23:50.86\00:23:52.19
And the reason
there is only one,
00:23:52.23\00:23:53.60
there is a very low attendances
00:23:53.63\00:23:54.96
because it was
probably during like
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.70
about ten
degrees above snowstorm.
00:23:56.73\00:23:59.13
Yeah, it's cold there.
And I got to thank my...
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.44
That will explain something.
00:24:01.47\00:24:02.80
I have to thank my
husband because, you know,
00:24:02.84\00:24:04.47
it's like, we had
a lot of people work
00:24:04.51\00:24:07.58
but as the weather got
colder and the snow, you know,
00:24:07.61\00:24:11.18
the weather changed, you
know, the season's changed.
00:24:11.21\00:24:15.15
And because of that, you know,
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.99
it was a lot easier for
us to go over to the theater
00:24:19.02\00:24:21.66
'cause we were very close,
00:24:21.69\00:24:23.53
whereas other people had
to drive maybe 15, 20 miles.
00:24:23.56\00:24:26.43
And so we just kept
going back and back and back
00:24:26.46\00:24:31.07
and at the point,
one point I just said,
00:24:31.10\00:24:33.03
I just I'm tired of going back
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.87
because we'd have
to go late at night
00:24:34.90\00:24:36.50
because where there were only,
00:24:36.54\00:24:37.87
they were down to
like one showing a day.
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.34
Okay.
00:24:40.38\00:24:41.71
You know, as the
movie progressed through
00:24:41.74\00:24:43.08
its run and it
would be a late showing.
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.11
So at 8:15 at night in
the cold, dark weather.
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.38
I would say,
"Honey, come on, let's go."
00:24:48.42\00:24:49.82
Yes, I would say,
"I don't want to go."
00:24:49.85\00:24:51.29
And he said, "Let's do it."
00:24:51.32\00:24:52.65
And we went and we come back
just absolutely heaven above
00:24:52.69\00:24:55.22
because we were so
happy that we did it.
00:24:55.26\00:24:56.59
I mean Wisconsin in
the wintertime, really.
00:24:56.62\00:24:58.63
It's winter. I know 10 above.
00:24:58.66\00:25:00.40
Yes.
00:25:00.43\00:25:01.76
It just reminded
me of the thrill,
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.87
the thrill of the chill.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.37
Yeah, so you can
check it out there.
00:25:05.40\00:25:08.30
But it did make an impact on you
00:25:08.34\00:25:11.34
because and the
thing about it is
00:25:11.37\00:25:13.91
as you've seen there
are, there are points in life
00:25:13.94\00:25:17.91
where the Lord gives us
the privilege as a people
00:25:17.95\00:25:21.05
to just be a part
of something great.
00:25:21.08\00:25:22.92
Amen.
00:25:22.95\00:25:24.29
And something transformative
which was the case here,
00:25:24.32\00:25:28.09
we had thousands of
books given out here,
00:25:28.12\00:25:30.23
I'm sure the people in
Florida probably were out
00:25:30.26\00:25:32.33
and maybe a large numbers,
00:25:32.36\00:25:33.70
you don't have to
worry about weather.
00:25:33.73\00:25:35.06
Yeah.
00:25:35.10\00:25:36.43
And the different
parts of the nation
00:25:36.46\00:25:37.80
that were involved in
this and this was a nation,
00:25:37.83\00:25:39.17
this is a coast
to coast involvement.
00:25:39.20\00:25:42.07
When Remnant talked
about the number of books
00:25:42.10\00:25:44.44
that were
produced and the people
00:25:44.47\00:25:45.97
that called in for books.
00:25:46.01\00:25:49.01
And these are
lives, just to put this,
00:25:49.04\00:25:51.61
there are people you met that
when you get to the kingdom,
00:25:51.65\00:25:56.38
they might say, remember
me, it was like only ten above
00:25:56.42\00:26:00.39
and our whole
family was there...
00:26:00.42\00:26:01.76
Yes.
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.12
Would that be, would that be
an occasion to just praise God.
00:26:03.16\00:26:06.09
Well worth it. Well worth it.
00:26:06.13\00:26:08.13
So the blessing is on...?
00:26:08.16\00:26:09.50
The go. Blessing is on the go.
00:26:09.53\00:26:10.90
Go and get to
work. Go and get to work.
00:26:10.93\00:26:14.04
And 3ABN is also...
00:26:14.07\00:26:15.40
I'm gonna go back to
your story in just a moment
00:26:15.44\00:26:16.91
because you took
this to another level
00:26:16.94\00:26:18.61
and you got involved,
00:26:18.64\00:26:20.18
you brought some
pictures to talk about
00:26:20.21\00:26:21.54
some other community outreach
is that were inspiring to you.
00:26:21.58\00:26:25.18
Yeah.
00:26:25.21\00:26:26.55
I'm gonna give you the
time to talk about that.
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.05
I was asked to be community
services director last year
00:26:28.08\00:26:30.99
and I had done it many years ago
00:26:31.02\00:26:32.95
and kind of backed out of it
00:26:32.99\00:26:35.29
for a while, for
a lot of reasons.
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.23
But I just came into
it with a different focus
00:26:37.26\00:26:40.63
and I think being more in
the community kind of thing,
00:26:40.66\00:26:45.73
and I'm looking for ways
00:26:45.77\00:26:47.27
that we can both help
church members be inspired
00:26:47.30\00:26:52.31
and also to help actually
00:26:52.34\00:26:54.34
provide something that's needed.
00:26:54.38\00:26:55.98
And I think another
turning point for me
00:26:56.01\00:26:58.28
was last year at
Wisconsin camp meeting.
00:26:58.31\00:27:00.18
I went to see a
community services presentation
00:27:00.22\00:27:03.39
and he talked about meeting,
00:27:03.42\00:27:05.25
finding a need in your community
00:27:05.29\00:27:06.76
and meeting that need,
00:27:06.79\00:27:08.19
rather than
thinking of whatever idea
00:27:08.22\00:27:10.86
that you might have and think,
00:27:10.89\00:27:12.23
I wanna do this
program without maybe seeing
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.80
if your community
really needs that program.
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.97
That's right.
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.33
So that really kind
of resonated with me
00:27:18.37\00:27:20.50
which is why I thought
the Hacksaw Ridge thing
00:27:20.54\00:27:22.37
was such a good tying
00:27:22.40\00:27:23.74
with the
homeless veteran shelter.
00:27:23.77\00:27:25.51
So I started looking at
some things we have going on
00:27:25.54\00:27:28.11
and I have to say
I have an advantage
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.05
because whatever
I do professionally,
00:27:30.08\00:27:32.31
I've been a social
worker for a number of years,
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.18
so I kind of have a leg up
on people in finding the need
00:27:34.22\00:27:38.95
but anybody can do it.
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.62
You really don't have
to look very far, you know,
00:27:41.66\00:27:44.26
you can do a Google
search, a newspaper search,
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.49
you can talk to your
human services agency
00:27:46.53\00:27:48.50
in your county and find
out what do you have locally
00:27:48.53\00:27:51.17
that might be a project in need.
00:27:51.20\00:27:54.37
And our area has a
pretty high suicide rate.
00:27:54.40\00:27:58.44
And we also have a
large methamphetamine problem,
00:27:58.47\00:28:03.31
and a lot of children
being put into foster care
00:28:03.35\00:28:05.61
in the surrounding counties.
00:28:05.65\00:28:06.98
So some of the first
things that we did is
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.32
we brought in training
for the church members first,
00:28:09.35\00:28:13.05
it's a program called
Question Persuade and Refer
00:28:13.09\00:28:15.96
and it's a suicide
prevention program.
00:28:15.99\00:28:18.43
So it's to
teach everyday people,
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.56
laypeople how
to talk to somebody
00:28:20.60\00:28:22.76
if you think that they
may be in danger of suicide.
00:28:22.80\00:28:26.03
So we brought
that into the church
00:28:26.07\00:28:28.10
and did some
training and we're planning on
00:28:28.14\00:28:29.94
another one
probably later this year.
00:28:29.97\00:28:32.64
And one day I saw
a news story locally
00:28:32.67\00:28:37.38
and this was the first
big project I came with.
00:28:37.41\00:28:40.02
And it talked about the needs
00:28:40.05\00:28:42.95
for the drug
endangered children program,
00:28:42.98\00:28:45.52
you know, when kids are removed
a lot of their belongings
00:28:45.55\00:28:48.96
and everything are contaminated,
00:28:48.99\00:28:51.26
because of the
drug use in the home.
00:28:51.29\00:28:53.03
So they wanted law enforcement
and the social workers
00:28:53.06\00:28:56.43
to have backpacks
00:28:56.46\00:28:57.80
with necessary
items for these kids.
00:28:57.83\00:29:00.07
So we did a very large
donation drive with the church.
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.84
I think we were collecting for
00:29:02.87\00:29:04.27
four to six
weeks off of the list.
00:29:04.31\00:29:08.04
And we donated that
out to the Oakland county
00:29:08.08\00:29:10.11
drug endangered children program
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.48
and our local law enforcement
actually then assembled
00:29:11.51\00:29:14.68
the backpacks for the kids.
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.05
Wow.
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
And it came to me
later through another avenue
00:29:17.45\00:29:18.95
that the Altoona police chief
00:29:18.99\00:29:21.09
was actually aware of our church
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.12
through doing that because his,
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.89
some of his staff had
helped assemble the backpacks
00:29:25.93\00:29:28.63
and they were
told that, you know,
00:29:28.66\00:29:30.00
the Adventist
church in your community
00:29:30.03\00:29:32.30
donated these items.
00:29:32.33\00:29:33.67
Look at that.
00:29:33.70\00:29:35.04
So put your name
in a positive light.
00:29:35.07\00:29:36.54
Right. Well, okay.
00:29:36.57\00:29:38.37
And that's kind of my
goal is to be out there
00:29:38.41\00:29:41.14
and for people
to know who we are
00:29:41.18\00:29:43.08
and we're talking about
this last night actually.
00:29:43.11\00:29:45.91
You know, I want some
of the agencies to think,
00:29:45.95\00:29:48.95
"You know, we've got this need,
00:29:48.98\00:29:51.65
the Adventist Church has
helped us with this before.
00:29:51.69\00:29:54.36
Let's give them a call."
00:29:54.39\00:29:55.72
That's right. That's my goal.
00:29:55.76\00:29:57.59
That's a very good mindset
to come to the program with
00:29:57.63\00:30:01.63
because when your name
becomes synonymous with,
00:30:01.66\00:30:05.20
we've been seeing
these people a lot,
00:30:05.23\00:30:06.57
they were at the movie theater,
now they're doing a fundraiser
00:30:06.60\00:30:09.50
and raising for
people that have other needs
00:30:09.54\00:30:11.84
and other community necessities.
00:30:11.87\00:30:14.48
Wow, they're pretty
active and connect to church.
00:30:14.51\00:30:17.45
Let's find out what drives
them and I like the fact that,
00:30:17.48\00:30:20.82
I think one of
you asked the question
00:30:20.85\00:30:22.18
or mention the
question somebody ask you why,
00:30:22.22\00:30:24.65
why are you doing this?
00:30:24.69\00:30:26.35
When you begin with the why?
00:30:26.39\00:30:28.56
Then you can go to the
how and then the what you do.
00:30:28.59\00:30:31.93
Why you do it is the
most important thing,
00:30:31.96\00:30:34.36
but sometimes we often
start with the what we believe
00:30:34.40\00:30:37.47
and how we worship rather
than beginning with the why.
00:30:37.50\00:30:41.00
If you start with the why,
00:30:41.04\00:30:42.37
then it motivates
why do we do this?
00:30:42.40\00:30:44.31
Because we love
people, because we want to make
00:30:44.34\00:30:45.91
a difference in our community,
00:30:45.94\00:30:47.28
because we want to
lead people to Christ,
00:30:47.31\00:30:48.88
but instead of doing it the way
that is uncomfortable for them,
00:30:48.91\00:30:53.42
you meet them where they are.
00:30:53.45\00:30:54.78
Amen. And you
brought some pictures.
00:30:54.82\00:30:56.75
Yeah, we did and this
was from another outreach
00:30:56.79\00:31:00.19
that we did over Christmas.
00:31:00.22\00:31:01.56
And we have an organization
called the Wellness Check
00:31:01.59\00:31:04.23
in Eau Claire and
it's a peer run center
00:31:04.26\00:31:08.13
for persons with mental illness.
00:31:08.16\00:31:09.96
Is this a quilt?
What are they doing?
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.50
We are making
Thai blankets in there
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.00
and that's our
head deacon in center
00:31:14.04\00:31:15.77
and her granddaughter.
00:31:15.80\00:31:17.14
Okay.
00:31:17.17\00:31:18.51
Making these so we
decided to do Christmas gifts
00:31:18.54\00:31:23.48
for the consumers
at the Wellness Check.
00:31:23.51\00:31:25.51
We wanted to look
out and find somebody
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.55
who may be
forgotten 'cause, you know,
00:31:28.58\00:31:30.09
there's lots of, you know,
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.35
toy programs for
kids at Christmas.
00:31:32.39\00:31:34.76
And so a lot of the consumers
there have mental illness
00:31:34.79\00:31:38.76
and substance abuse
problems, maybe homeless
00:31:38.79\00:31:41.93
and quite really
forgotten people.
00:31:41.96\00:31:43.93
So we did, we had a
total of 40 Thai blankets
00:31:43.97\00:31:48.70
and then we made 40 gift bags
00:31:48.74\00:31:51.21
and I think those are
shown in another picture,
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.61
where we put together
some basic necessities
00:31:53.64\00:31:56.44
and we got the list
of what would be needed
00:31:56.48\00:31:58.41
from the director
at the Wellness Check.
00:31:58.45\00:31:59.78
Definitely
gloves when you add that
00:31:59.81\00:32:01.15
to go with it.
00:32:01.18\00:32:02.52
So we put these together
in little Thai backpacks
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.39
and we had those down there
00:32:04.42\00:32:05.75
for their
Christmas party in December.
00:32:05.79\00:32:07.92
Look at that, look at that.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.79
And was there one more picture?
00:32:09.82\00:32:13.40
There are a couple more,
this is an ongoing ministry
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.00
we've had for a long
time and this is serving meals
00:32:16.03\00:32:17.93
at the community table.
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.30
Okay.
00:32:19.33\00:32:20.67
Which serves meals
every day, seven days a week
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.44
and it's all
volunteer organizations
00:32:22.47\00:32:24.21
that come in and
prepare and serve the meals.
00:32:24.24\00:32:26.84
So we have a
couple pictures here
00:32:26.88\00:32:28.81
of our church members,
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.18
down there serving
at the community table.
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.01
That's called
the community table.
00:32:32.05\00:32:33.85
That's something
that people are familiar
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.22
with the point of touch... Yes.
00:32:36.25\00:32:37.62
Where people come and
get their needs, their needs.
00:32:37.65\00:32:39.09
Yeah, that they
have meals every day.
00:32:39.12\00:32:41.56
But I think I'm kind
of most excited about
00:32:41.59\00:32:45.89
at this point as we have,
00:32:45.93\00:32:47.83
we're in the
very beginning stages
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.40
of forming a partnership
00:32:49.43\00:32:51.20
with an organization
called Fierce Freedom
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.87
and they are local actually...
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.70
Could you say what's the
name of the organization?
00:32:55.74\00:32:57.07
Fierce Freedom.
Fierce Freedom, okay.
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.01
And they are a
local, literally down street
00:32:59.04\00:33:02.84
from our church
and I'm not even sure
00:33:02.88\00:33:04.61
how I stumbles, I just think,
you know, God led me there.
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.78
The God led you.
That's right. You know.
00:33:06.82\00:33:08.48
And they are an anti-human
trafficking organization
00:33:08.52\00:33:13.25
and they do a
lot of stuff locally.
00:33:13.29\00:33:15.76
And we brought them in
and they did a presentation
00:33:15.79\00:33:19.96
for our church to talk
about human trafficking
00:33:20.00\00:33:22.23
and what we can do
00:33:22.26\00:33:25.10
and we have a
lot of church members
00:33:25.13\00:33:27.47
who are really excited
about doing some type of work
00:33:27.50\00:33:31.31
with this organization.
00:33:31.34\00:33:32.67
So the church
has become a sponsor
00:33:32.71\00:33:37.35
for they have a
justice run in July,
00:33:37.38\00:33:40.78
and it's on the
Wednesday evening
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.62
and it's a fundraiser.
00:33:42.65\00:33:43.99
So the church
has become a sponsor
00:33:44.02\00:33:45.35
for their justice run.
00:33:45.39\00:33:46.96
We'll have our
logo on their T-shirts
00:33:46.99\00:33:50.09
and we also will be able
to have a table at the event.
00:33:50.13\00:33:54.03
And we may put
items in their goodie bags
00:33:54.06\00:33:58.63
for the runners,
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.00
so they're gonna
have 500 goodie bags
00:34:00.04\00:34:01.37
and we have a board
meeting next week actually,
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.71
so I'm gonna be
talking to the board about
00:34:03.74\00:34:05.14
what we might be able to put
00:34:05.17\00:34:06.51
in the goodie
bag for the runners.
00:34:06.54\00:34:08.11
Wonderful.
00:34:08.14\00:34:09.48
I mean, that's so this starting
with the blessings on the go,
00:34:09.51\00:34:13.31
the Hacksaw Ridge project,
meeting people and then,
00:34:13.35\00:34:17.89
Michelle, the Lord inspires her,
00:34:17.92\00:34:19.85
"Hey, this is
just the beginning."
00:34:19.89\00:34:22.36
And so the Chippewa Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:34:22.39\00:34:25.19
is known as, they are
people that reach out,
00:34:25.23\00:34:28.90
not just say come
in but they come out
00:34:28.93\00:34:31.70
and they come out to make a
difference in our community.
00:34:31.73\00:34:34.04
But I can't ignore these
shirts that are sticking here.
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.97
Do you like them?
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.34
I can't ignore
them, they're about radio
00:34:38.37\00:34:39.71
and I want to have.
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.08
Orv, tell us about another
inspirational touch point
00:34:41.11\00:34:43.85
of that 3ABN impact...
00:34:43.88\00:34:45.21
Before I started
talking with radio station
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.95
and it's like to
really emphasize,
00:34:46.98\00:34:49.88
you may not have any talents.
00:34:49.92\00:34:53.32
I mean, I have a project
but if you get inspiration
00:34:53.36\00:34:57.16
'cause this how the
Hacksaw Ridge started
00:34:57.19\00:34:59.23
Marcia and I, after
we heard the program
00:34:59.26\00:35:00.93
we said, we're gonna
do this, it was like that.
00:35:00.96\00:35:03.47
That's right.
00:35:03.50\00:35:04.83
And people will just
need to do that, you know.
00:35:04.87\00:35:08.17
And maybe it will be
just, we weren't sure who,
00:35:08.20\00:35:10.91
who was
involved, how many people
00:35:10.94\00:35:12.27
but look what
happened with just two couples.
00:35:12.31\00:35:15.64
I mean, almost 40 people. Yeah.
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.41
That's a dream come true. Amen.
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.35
And so I would just
encourage, we get old here
00:35:21.38\00:35:24.22
and I'm gonna be, I'm 75 plus.
00:35:24.25\00:35:25.65
Are you really?
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.02
If I can, well,
I'll be 76 in September.
00:35:27.06\00:35:28.42
So anyway, if I can
do it, anybody can do it
00:35:28.46\00:35:32.23
but here's the key.
00:35:32.26\00:35:34.30
The key is that,
you have a thought
00:35:34.33\00:35:37.90
and you have the
thought over how many times,
00:35:37.93\00:35:40.70
and sooner or later
that thought is gonna go away
00:35:40.74\00:35:42.87
because you kind
of seared the thought
00:35:42.90\00:35:45.27
and you get the
thought act on it.
00:35:45.31\00:35:47.18
It's very good point.
00:35:47.21\00:35:48.54
And you may just
be, you may just like,
00:35:48.58\00:35:49.91
like listening into
the radio station, like,
00:35:49.94\00:35:52.25
what happened with the
radio station someone says
00:35:52.28\00:35:54.65
where would you have little time
00:35:54.68\00:35:56.55
to maybe help get this live,
get this station on the online?
00:35:56.58\00:36:00.89
Well, that was October 31st,
00:36:00.92\00:36:03.79
the station's license
run out December 31st.
00:36:03.83\00:36:08.26
The station was put up
without land, without money,
00:36:08.30\00:36:12.50
without anything and the
guy who had no experience.
00:36:12.53\00:36:15.97
But in 40 days money was
there, the land was there,
00:36:16.00\00:36:20.01
the permits all got,
put through the system
00:36:20.04\00:36:23.11
like they have to be
00:36:23.14\00:36:24.48
and sometimes
permits are hard to get.
00:36:24.51\00:36:25.85
Yeah.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.22
You do some good
honor and you get a permit.
00:36:27.25\00:36:28.58
Anyway, within 40 days
the station went from nothing
00:36:28.62\00:36:31.05
to an on the air station.
00:36:31.09\00:36:32.65
Praise the Lord.
00:36:32.69\00:36:34.02
What a blessing, I'm
just happy to be part of it.
00:36:34.06\00:36:36.99
And I will hold this proudly,
00:36:37.03\00:36:38.99
so that people that are
driving through your area,
00:36:39.03\00:36:41.16
you could tune into 103.5FM,
your total lifestyle network.
00:36:41.20\00:36:47.37
Pastor Lomacang, that's
actually one of three stations.
00:36:47.40\00:36:49.90
Yes. Oh, wow.
00:36:49.94\00:36:51.27
That's from the
station over in Menominee
00:36:51.31\00:36:53.24
that Orv
managed for seven years.
00:36:53.27\00:36:55.64
And where is that again? And...
00:36:55.68\00:36:57.01
Menominee down the road,
00:36:57.05\00:36:58.38
there's three stations
within the triangle of about
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.28
30 miles from each other.
00:37:00.32\00:37:01.65
Look at that.
00:37:01.68\00:37:03.02
There's also a station
00:37:03.05\00:37:04.39
at the actual
church sight itself, 96.9.
00:37:04.42\00:37:08.16
Okay.
00:37:08.19\00:37:09.52
And then there's also the
one that was built in 40 days
00:37:09.56\00:37:13.60
on a piece of
land that was donated
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.56
by a Jew lady Helen Pack.
00:37:15.60\00:37:17.80
And her son Ashwell
Pack got together a crew
00:37:17.83\00:37:20.94
to put in the
tower, put in the building,
00:37:20.97\00:37:23.71
do the construction,
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.84
lend fast up on
the Rice Lake Church,
00:37:25.87\00:37:27.84
put the equipment together
and Orv project manager to it.
00:37:27.88\00:37:31.11
And that's the one
that went up in 40 days.
00:37:31.15\00:37:33.52
Yeah.
00:37:33.55\00:37:34.88
Almost in the
middle of the winter too.
00:37:34.92\00:37:36.82
I guess, we must
like doing projects
00:37:36.85\00:37:38.35
in the winter in Wisconsin.
00:37:38.39\00:37:39.72
Yeah, you know,
whatever, whatever you start
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.69
will be frozen into place.
00:37:41.72\00:37:43.12
Yes, right.
00:37:43.16\00:37:44.49
They will be
preserved through wintertime.
00:37:44.53\00:37:45.86
To show you how God works,
00:37:45.89\00:37:47.63
when the tower
was to be put up...
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.40
Yes.
00:37:49.43\00:37:50.77
It was, the
ground wasn't frozen yet.
00:37:50.80\00:37:52.20
Yes.
00:37:52.23\00:37:53.57
And this truck
came in, it was a,
00:37:53.60\00:37:54.94
I mean, like, a cement truck...
00:37:54.97\00:37:56.30
It's a crane.
00:37:56.34\00:37:57.67
A crane, this
cement truck, yeah.
00:37:57.71\00:37:59.04
Anyway to get that in there
00:37:59.07\00:38:00.44
the land had to be
frozen and guess what?
00:38:00.48\00:38:02.41
God froze the
land. The night before.
00:38:02.44\00:38:04.18
Night before. Look at that.
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.15
Isn't that
great? What a blessing.
00:38:06.18\00:38:08.48
That could only happen in
Wisconsin in the wintertime.
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.85
So we don't have
T-shirts from all three stations
00:38:11.89\00:38:14.22
but I think we're gonna make
some more designed pretty soon.
00:38:14.26\00:38:17.36
We're actually going
to the fair this summer.
00:38:17.39\00:38:21.93
North Wisconsin concerts.
00:38:21.96\00:38:23.30
There's some rather
would large countywide,
00:38:23.33\00:38:25.87
many county fair.
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.30
And so people at the fair
will probably see T-shirts
00:38:27.34\00:38:32.67
with the other
radio stations listed,
00:38:32.71\00:38:34.58
they'll probably see
more Hacksaw Ridge books
00:38:34.61\00:38:36.98
and they will most likely
00:38:37.01\00:38:38.75
God willing remember
seeing us someplace else
00:38:38.78\00:38:42.18
and we'll still be
there friends again.
00:38:42.22\00:38:44.02
That's right.
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.39
And who knows what
projects will come up with that,
00:38:45.42\00:38:47.79
Michelle, as we talk to people.
00:38:47.82\00:38:49.79
And then we're also
going to be promoting
00:38:49.82\00:38:52.76
Family Home Christian books,
00:38:52.79\00:38:54.13
which is another
project we heard on 3ABN.
00:38:54.16\00:38:57.10
Look at that.
00:38:57.13\00:38:58.47
And so and it's just another,
00:38:58.50\00:39:02.94
another outreach
that we'll be doing.
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.27
3ABN has become your one stop
shopping inspirational network.
00:39:05.31\00:39:08.54
For the total,
lifestyle network.
00:39:08.58\00:39:09.91
Amen, amen.
00:39:09.94\00:39:11.28
And, you know,
what's wonderful about that
00:39:11.31\00:39:12.65
for those of you who
know 3ABN has also radio.
00:39:12.68\00:39:15.65
My wife works for 3ABN radio.
00:39:15.68\00:39:17.95
And sometimes
it's more convenient
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.45
because she
could, you're driving
00:39:19.49\00:39:20.82
depending on going
through communities,
00:39:20.86\00:39:23.06
here we have a Du
Quoin is the radio station
00:39:23.09\00:39:26.93
we have here
95.9 on the FM dial.
00:39:26.96\00:39:30.57
And when people are
driving through here,
00:39:30.60\00:39:31.97
they listen to
3ABN radio and my wife,
00:39:32.00\00:39:34.70
praise the Lord
is doing something
00:39:34.74\00:39:36.44
she never thought
she would ever do.
00:39:36.47\00:39:37.87
No.
00:39:37.91\00:39:39.24
Producing and editing
programs on 3ABN radio.
00:39:39.27\00:39:42.81
But now talk about some
of the need that you have
00:39:42.84\00:39:44.45
because there
are future projects
00:39:44.48\00:39:46.25
that the Chippewa Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:39:46.28\00:39:49.05
want to be involved
and you just alluded
00:39:49.08\00:39:50.42
to some of those
tables when it comes to,
00:39:50.45\00:39:53.66
is that a county
fair is that what I'm...
00:39:53.69\00:39:55.56
It's a large many
county fair, it's a district...
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.23
It's called North,
North Wisconsin State Fair.
00:39:58.26\00:40:00.56
Yeah.
00:40:00.60\00:40:01.93
It's next to
Marquette State Fair,
00:40:01.96\00:40:03.97
well, Chippewa Falls has,
kind of adapted or whatever
00:40:04.00\00:40:08.54
to the Northern
Wisconsin State Fair.
00:40:08.57\00:40:12.71
So talk about some of the needs
that you foresee being there,
00:40:12.74\00:40:16.14
so that we could challenge
our viewers and listeners
00:40:16.18\00:40:19.61
to participate in that because,
00:40:19.65\00:40:21.35
"Hey, the need for funds to
get some all of these books,
00:40:21.38\00:40:26.25
continue to
inspire the production
00:40:26.29\00:40:28.62
of more T-shirts get
out of the community.
00:40:28.66\00:40:30.73
I mean, we people like
to get involve in that.
00:40:30.76\00:40:33.50
I guess, I would just like to,
00:40:33.53\00:40:36.93
there's a
couple other ministries
00:40:36.97\00:40:38.93
that are being
done that I'd just like
00:40:38.97\00:40:40.44
to touch on really quickly.
00:40:40.47\00:40:42.04
Sure.
00:40:42.07\00:40:43.41
One is our home
and school coordinator
00:40:43.44\00:40:44.77
Darcy Peterson has
been coordinating a 5K
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.54
for the last couple of years,
00:40:47.58\00:40:48.91
and all the
proceeds from that 5K
00:40:48.94\00:40:50.75
go to the city of
Altoona for parks equipment.
00:40:50.78\00:40:53.58
So that's kind
of put us on the map
00:40:53.62\00:40:55.92
in terms of that locally.
00:40:55.95\00:40:57.69
And pastor, wonderfully,
00:40:57.72\00:41:01.42
we have a wonderful
musically talented pastor
00:41:01.46\00:41:04.06
who has done a really
wonderful Easter program
00:41:04.09\00:41:06.76
with the entire
church the last two years.
00:41:06.80\00:41:08.60
I mean, everybody gets involved,
00:41:08.63\00:41:09.96
the kids and I
wish I had thought
00:41:10.00\00:41:11.37
to put bring pictures of that.
00:41:11.40\00:41:13.47
And this year when we
did the Easter program,
00:41:13.50\00:41:15.80
pastor suggested that we
take a free will donation
00:41:15.84\00:41:19.44
in the two evenings of the show
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.24
and one night we
donated it to Fierce Freedom.
00:41:21.28\00:41:24.58
And the second night we
donated to an organization
00:41:24.61\00:41:28.28
called the Chippewa
Valley Street ministry,
00:41:28.32\00:41:29.85
which is another one,
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.22
I'm looking at potentially
doing some more work with.
00:41:31.25\00:41:35.02
And they literally
work, they call it a ministry
00:41:35.06\00:41:38.76
but it's really a
service organization
00:41:38.79\00:41:41.06
where they hand out clothing,
shoes, gloves to people
00:41:41.10\00:41:46.13
who are
homeless in the community
00:41:46.17\00:41:47.50
and they're out
two nights a week.
00:41:47.54\00:41:48.87
And what we're looking
at possibly is developing
00:41:48.90\00:41:52.31
a Saturday afternoon
or Saturday evening team
00:41:52.34\00:41:54.44
from our church
but that's always,
00:41:54.48\00:41:56.85
you know, in kind of stay
tuned to see where that goes.
00:41:56.88\00:42:00.72
I like that.
00:42:00.75\00:42:02.08
But that's some other
things that have been involved.
00:42:02.12\00:42:03.85
So we have an
incredibly supportive
00:42:03.89\00:42:06.05
and involved church
00:42:06.09\00:42:07.42
and we have a
wonderful group of people
00:42:07.46\00:42:09.09
that show up whenever we say,
00:42:09.12\00:42:10.79
we need
volunteers to serve a meal,
00:42:10.83\00:42:12.39
we need
volunteers to hand out books,
00:42:12.43\00:42:14.56
there are people there.
00:42:14.60\00:42:15.93
Wow.
00:42:15.96\00:42:17.30
I like the fact that
you talked about that
00:42:17.33\00:42:18.67
just getting involved
in the community, you know,
00:42:18.70\00:42:20.74
there's a
principle, there's a...
00:42:20.77\00:42:24.14
I call it a
reciprocal principle,
00:42:24.17\00:42:26.64
"Give and it
shall be given to you."
00:42:26.68\00:42:29.14
Absolutely. You know.
00:42:29.18\00:42:30.51
Amen.
00:42:30.55\00:42:31.88
Press down, shaken
together and running over,
00:42:31.91\00:42:33.82
and so as your
church gets involved
00:42:33.85\00:42:35.25
in giving to the community.
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.65
It's amazing 'cause a
lot of churches get involved
00:42:37.69\00:42:40.06
and how much money can we
raise coming into our coffers.
00:42:40.09\00:42:44.79
But I'm listening carefully
and what church is doing
00:42:44.83\00:42:48.36
as you're raising money to
make a difference in this area,
00:42:48.40\00:42:52.80
that area in different
parts of the community.
00:42:52.83\00:42:55.67
And the Lord is
blessing your bottom line
00:42:55.70\00:42:58.04
in your own church
00:42:58.07\00:42:59.87
because the
membership is saying,
00:42:59.91\00:43:01.84
we exist, we have a purpose.
00:43:01.88\00:43:04.11
Right.
00:43:04.15\00:43:05.48
And God is inspiring
us to do other things.
00:43:05.51\00:43:08.08
Anything else, anybody else
you want to add to the story
00:43:08.12\00:43:10.05
because I know that you showed
a large contingency of people
00:43:10.09\00:43:13.49
that were on that screen.
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.12
And praise the
Lord that your pastor
00:43:15.16\00:43:16.49
is a significant
part of the inspiration
00:43:16.52\00:43:18.56
that makes the difference.
00:43:18.59\00:43:19.93
But what are some of
the things that you see
00:43:19.96\00:43:23.47
being a part of
the future outreach
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.43
of your church, Marcia?
00:43:25.47\00:43:28.17
I would just carry on
00:43:28.20\00:43:29.54
and if God gives us another idea
00:43:29.57\00:43:31.41
we would be, you
know, blessed to follow it.
00:43:31.44\00:43:34.58
I mean, one of the things
00:43:34.61\00:43:36.41
we were
sincerely thinking of doing
00:43:36.44\00:43:38.65
and it's still going
round and round in the brain
00:43:38.68\00:43:41.38
is that our church has
the distinctive doctrine
00:43:41.42\00:43:46.39
of the sanctuary.
00:43:46.42\00:43:48.09
And we were really
considering trying to do
00:43:48.12\00:43:53.66
a little bit of an
outreach at the fair
00:43:53.70\00:43:55.76
just showing
the sanctuary model.
00:43:55.80\00:43:58.77
Basically asking,
where is Jesus now
00:43:58.80\00:44:00.74
and what is He doing,
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.17
and then tying that
enlist you can hear more
00:44:02.20\00:44:04.47
on the radio
station, you could read more
00:44:04.51\00:44:06.54
in the family home
Christian book sanctuary,
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.41
childrens classics.
00:44:09.44\00:44:10.95
They are trying to
wrap it all up into one.
00:44:10.98\00:44:14.95
So that's a
project still in the works.
00:44:14.98\00:44:18.65
I guess, if I would
say anything to anybody,
00:44:18.69\00:44:23.09
God is speaking to
our hearts all the time.
00:44:23.12\00:44:26.29
And, you know,
sometimes we take an idea
00:44:26.33\00:44:29.86
and we just let it
pass through like Orv said.
00:44:29.90\00:44:33.50
But if you keep
swinging it back,
00:44:33.54\00:44:36.30
I think it's
really best to listen.
00:44:36.34\00:44:38.31
That's right.
00:44:38.34\00:44:39.67
And as we listen,
you know, to just trust
00:44:39.71\00:44:41.94
that He'll bring
us the people to do
00:44:41.98\00:44:44.38
what we're supposed to
do and to just go forward.
00:44:44.41\00:44:47.85
And I especially
enjoy getting to understand
00:44:47.88\00:44:52.79
Michelle's approach to
community service better too
00:44:52.82\00:44:55.86
because I can see how the chance
00:44:55.89\00:44:59.13
to form partnerships
all in the community
00:44:59.16\00:45:01.93
serves a dual purpose
of getting our name out
00:45:01.96\00:45:05.80
just here we are basis
as well in giving people
00:45:05.83\00:45:10.37
the opportunity to serve,
00:45:10.41\00:45:12.31
as well as actually
performing the service.
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.28
And so I really
like that approach
00:45:15.31\00:45:17.01
to community service.
00:45:17.05\00:45:18.61
Orv and I did
not grow up Adventist
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.75
and Michelle didn't it either.
00:45:20.78\00:45:22.32
We're actually, Orv and I
00:45:22.35\00:45:24.05
are the product of
evangelism campaign,
00:45:24.09\00:45:27.72
where Dan
Bensinger came by and...
00:45:27.76\00:45:30.46
1994.
00:45:30.49\00:45:31.83
January, no, December
10th, 1994 we were baptized.
00:45:31.86\00:45:35.56
Amen.
00:45:35.60\00:45:36.93
Yeah, he was actually
a spiritualist minister
00:45:36.97\00:45:39.03
and we met at a
seance a long time ago
00:45:39.07\00:45:42.00
so God has done a
tremendous work on us,
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.17
He had a lot of
cleaning up to do on us...
00:45:44.21\00:45:46.37
No. Did a really good job.
00:45:46.41\00:45:48.34
And I found out that
Michelle and I were both raised
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.65
in the same faith in the past.
00:45:50.68\00:45:53.42
And you actually were introduced
00:45:53.45\00:45:56.45
to the faith at
evangelism seminar.
00:45:56.48\00:45:59.02
Yep, I, my sister
married an Adventist
00:45:59.05\00:46:01.82
and I was 16 or 17
00:46:01.86\00:46:04.36
and she took me to
an evangelism series
00:46:04.39\00:46:06.43
and it took me a few
years, I think about 17
00:46:06.46\00:46:09.56
but before I actually
set foot in the church.
00:46:09.60\00:46:11.73
Wow.
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.10
What a transformation
to come out from a seance.
00:46:13.13\00:46:15.44
Yeah.
00:46:15.47\00:46:16.81
I mean that's the
Lord, the Holy Spirit broken
00:46:16.84\00:46:19.47
and that's a
beautiful thing about it,
00:46:19.51\00:46:21.68
there are spirits out
there which you all know now
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.78
when you talk about that.
00:46:23.81\00:46:25.15
All too well and forth.
00:46:25.18\00:46:26.51
That's another
program on another day.
00:46:26.55\00:46:28.58
But how God, how God finds us...
00:46:28.62\00:46:32.55
Amen. And gives us a purpose?
00:46:32.59\00:46:33.99
Yes, yes.
00:46:34.02\00:46:35.36
And now you're unashamed
of the gospel, you know,
00:46:35.39\00:46:36.73
sharing that in the
beautiful way, you know,
00:46:36.76\00:46:38.56
I want to give the opportunity
to those who are watching
00:46:38.59\00:46:41.33
the program to get the address.
00:46:41.36\00:46:43.90
And we're gonna
come back with a song
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.30
and then we're
gonna go to a news break
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.97
and then give you an
opportunity to wrap it up
00:46:47.00\00:46:49.04
on the other side
of our news break.
00:46:49.07\00:46:50.97
But here is the information
that you need to be able
00:46:51.01\00:46:54.54
to participate whether
prayerfully or financially
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.61
in the outreach of
the Chippewa Valley
00:46:57.65\00:46:59.58
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:46:59.61\00:47:01.18
If you would like
to contact this church,
00:47:04.25\00:47:06.02
then you can do so by writing
00:47:06.05\00:47:07.56
to Chippewa Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:47:07.59\00:47:10.73
919 10th Street West,
Altoona, Wisconsin 54720.
00:47:10.76\00:47:16.26
That's, Chippewa Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:47:16.30\00:47:19.20
919 10th Street West,
Altoona, Wisconsin 54720.
00:47:19.23\00:47:25.24
You can call (715) 834-1782.
00:47:25.27\00:47:29.24
That's (715) 834-1782.
00:47:29.28\00:47:33.05
Or visit them online at
CVAdventist.LakeUnion.org.
00:47:33.08\00:47:39.05
That's
CVAdventist.LakeUnion.org.
00:47:39.09\00:47:45.26
Chippewa Valley, tell me about
that area, is it mountainous?
00:47:49.76\00:47:54.30
Is it just 'cause
Wisconsin, Chippewa,
00:47:54.34\00:47:57.11
I think of Native Americans.
00:47:57.14\00:47:59.27
You know, a lot of people that,
00:47:59.31\00:48:01.58
you talked about
some of the challenges
00:48:01.61\00:48:03.11
in the community,
you mentioned drug,
00:48:03.14\00:48:05.15
and they're veterans
and they're homeless.
00:48:05.18\00:48:08.28
So you see a church reaching out
00:48:08.32\00:48:10.99
and making a
difference in those areas.
00:48:11.02\00:48:12.52
Tell me, give me
some of that insight
00:48:12.55\00:48:15.79
of how your church not
only through these programs
00:48:15.82\00:48:18.79
but how you see a
church fitting in to continue
00:48:18.83\00:48:22.40
to be a lighthouse in that area.
00:48:22.43\00:48:26.13
Well, our church is growing.
00:48:26.17\00:48:28.60
In fact, we're starting
to look at a new building
00:48:28.64\00:48:31.17
or possibly building,
00:48:31.21\00:48:32.94
so that's a benefit
of our church outreach.
00:48:32.97\00:48:36.54
Okay. Yeah.
00:48:36.58\00:48:38.51
And so you just
put in God's hands
00:48:38.55\00:48:44.65
through prayer
and He'll lead you.
00:48:44.69\00:48:47.02
That's right.
00:48:47.06\00:48:48.39
But it takes a lot of
work, I mean, it's, I mean,
00:48:48.42\00:48:49.89
let's face it,
you have to get up
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.43
and you have to do things.
00:48:51.46\00:48:52.79
That's right. You know, and so.
00:48:52.83\00:48:54.76
Well, as you begin I
also see the only place
00:48:54.80\00:48:56.70
that success comes before
work is in the dictionary.
00:48:56.73\00:49:00.74
I'm sure, you've
heard that before.
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.40
And Michelle,
Michelle has a newfound drive
00:49:02.44\00:49:05.47
and passion to get
out in the community,
00:49:05.51\00:49:07.84
social work was one way
00:49:07.88\00:49:09.21
but now the Lord
has bent your tree
00:49:09.24\00:49:11.08
a different direction.
00:49:11.11\00:49:12.45
I think so, absolutely
00:49:12.48\00:49:13.82
and I've been in
magistrate position
00:49:13.85\00:49:15.52
for the last few years,
00:49:15.55\00:49:16.89
and so I don't get as much
of direct care that I think.
00:49:16.92\00:49:20.56
I need, I think I
was born a social worker.
00:49:20.59\00:49:22.89
And but, you know, again
00:49:22.92\00:49:24.29
I just want people to understand
00:49:24.33\00:49:26.29
that you don't have
to be a social worker
00:49:26.33\00:49:27.66
to be able to do this,
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.03
you just have to fit,
finely ask some questions
00:49:29.06\00:49:31.03
and get out in your community.
00:49:31.07\00:49:32.40
And you can find
where those needs are
00:49:32.43\00:49:33.97
and you can meet them you don't,
00:49:34.00\00:49:35.40
you don't have to
have the same background,
00:49:35.44\00:49:36.91
they have an
advantage but anybody can do it.
00:49:36.94\00:49:39.91
That's right.
00:49:39.94\00:49:41.28
And we've seen the
same thing in Marcia's life
00:49:41.31\00:49:43.95
and both of you
together are serving the Lord,
00:49:43.98\00:49:45.91
where He took you from
and where He has planted you.
00:49:45.95\00:49:49.35
Right. Ain't that wonderful?
00:49:49.38\00:49:50.85
It's wonderful.
00:49:50.89\00:49:52.22
And, you know, and the
context of this next song
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.96
before we go to our news break,
00:49:54.99\00:49:56.83
I could see this is so
true in the lives of a Michelle,
00:49:56.86\00:50:00.03
Marcia and Orv,
00:50:00.06\00:50:01.40
"I've Never Loved
Him Better Than Today."
00:50:01.43\00:50:04.57
Amen.
00:50:04.60\00:50:05.93
Since Jesus came and found me
00:50:18.08\00:50:21.08
And He put His arms around me
00:50:21.12\00:50:24.19
And no my
binding fetters took away
00:50:24.22\00:50:30.16
Although I loved Him dearly
00:50:30.19\00:50:33.09
And trusted Him sincerely
00:50:33.13\00:50:36.16
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:50:36.20\00:50:42.10
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:50:42.14\00:50:48.21
I've never felt Him
closer along the way
00:50:48.24\00:50:54.18
And though has sweet the feeling
00:50:54.22\00:50:57.12
when in His presence kneeling
00:50:57.15\00:51:00.16
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:51:00.19\00:51:04.83
Oh, blessed friend supernal,
00:51:09.16\00:51:12.03
My hope and joy eternal
00:51:12.07\00:51:15.17
Keep now my soul
'til shadows flee away
00:51:15.20\00:51:21.14
Anoint me I would pray, Lord
00:51:21.18\00:51:24.15
Till ends this
pilgrims way, Lord
00:51:24.18\00:51:27.18
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:51:27.22\00:51:33.15
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:51:33.19\00:51:39.13
I've never felt Him
closer along the way
00:51:39.16\00:51:45.13
And though has sweet the feeling
00:51:45.17\00:51:48.07
When in His presence kneeling
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.17
I've never loved
Him better than today
00:51:51.21\00:51:57.18
I've never loved Him better
00:51:57.21\00:52:00.02
No, I've never loved Him better
00:52:00.05\00:52:03.02
No, I've never loved
Him better than today
00:52:03.05\00:52:10.03