Participants: Jill Morikone (Host), Ted Evert, Casey Reiswig, Joshua Pestes, Gabriela Garcia
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY017043A
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my word 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:12 My name is Jill Morikone. 01:13 And I feel a little lost right now 01:15 because I'm not sitting next to Greg 01:17 though we are delighted that you have joined us today. 01:22 Greg was not able to be here 01:23 but I'm so excited about the program 01:25 that we have for you today. 01:27 We're featuring Young Disciple Ministries 01:30 and I think probably 20 years ago 01:33 maybe I was involved with the Young Disciple 01:35 as, you would say I'm young now, 01:37 but back then I was even younger. 01:40 And we did our Young Disciple Bible camp 01:43 and I was a counselor 01:44 and it was an incredible experience. 01:46 They have an incredible ministry. 01:48 If you're familiar with 3ABN at all, 01:50 you know that we have featured this ministry before 01:52 and that they are a vital part of the ministry of ASI as well, 01:55 but we want to introduce them to you at this time. 01:58 I have sitting right next to me Ted Evert, 02:00 and you are the camp director 02:02 and the Mission Experience director, is that correct? 02:04 Yeah, that's right. 02:06 I'm coming from Inchelium, Washington 02:09 and so we've just gotten back 02:10 from our latest Mission Experience 02:12 to the Philippines 02:13 and looking forward to sharing some stories today. 02:15 Amen. We're so excited about that. 02:17 And Ted and Greg and I and Ted's wife Christina, 02:20 all went to school together 20 years ago. 02:23 And so it's just a joy having you come back here 02:25 and just share with the 3ABN family. 02:27 Great to be here. Thank you, Jill. 02:29 And sitting next to you is Casey Reiswig 02:31 and it's just a privilege to have you here 02:33 and what is your role there at Young Disciple? 02:35 In Young Disciple, so I work part time in development 02:38 and helping out with donor relations, 02:43 just part time right now. 02:44 Amen. That's wonderful. 02:46 And you had obviously a vital part 02:47 in the Mission Experience. 02:49 I'm usually involved in Mission Experience and camps 02:50 and I just love it, 02:52 I love the energy, and the young people 02:53 and the things that God does in young lives every year. 02:57 It's exciting. Amen. 02:59 And sitting next to you is Gabriela 03:02 or we'll call you Gabby Garcia 03:04 and we're just so glad to have you here. 03:05 Where are you from? Connecticut. 03:07 Okay. 03:08 And you just recently went on this Mission Experience? 03:11 Yes, I went on this last mission trip. 03:13 Okay, that's wonderful. 03:14 And she actually preached, we're gonna hear about that 03:17 and some wonderful testimonies of what took place 03:20 and how you got involved in Mission Experience. 03:22 And sitting next to you is Joshua Pestes. 03:25 And, Joshua, we're so glad you're here 03:26 and where are you from? 03:28 I'm from Walla Walla, Washington. 03:30 And you just went on this Experience as well? 03:32 Yeah, it was a great blessing to me. 03:34 I really enjoyed it, there were some new experiences 03:36 but God really worked through. 03:38 Amen. 03:39 We're so excited and I know you preached as well, 03:41 we're excited just to hear the testimonies 03:43 of changed lives, 03:44 the impact it makes on the people who go 03:46 and the people who hear the meetings. 03:48 And we want to talk 03:49 and unpackage a bit of Young Disciple, 03:51 if you're not familiar at all with that ministry, 03:53 what it is and how it impacts young people 03:56 all around the world 03:57 and we want to talk about that. 03:59 But first we'll do the scripture and a song 04:00 and then we'll get into the interview. 04:02 I asked Ted if there was a certain scripture, 04:04 and this is one you used on the Mission Experience. 04:06 Is that correct? Yes. 04:08 We memorized this passage. 04:09 The entire chapter of Isaiah. Yes. 04:11 Chapter 61, we won't read the whole chapter, 04:14 but let's read the first three verses. 04:16 We're in Isaiah 61:1, 2 and 3, 04:20 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 04:22 because the Lord hath anointed me 04:24 to preach good tidings unto the meek. 04:26 He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, 04:29 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 04:31 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. 04:34 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, 04:37 and the day of vengeance of our God, 04:39 to comfort all that mourn, 04:41 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 04:43 to give unto them beauty for ashes, 04:46 the oil of joy for mourning, 04:48 the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, 04:51 that they might be called trees of righteousness, 04:54 the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." 04:58 What an incredible few verses. 05:00 Amen. 05:01 And that really speaks to 05:03 what you were doing with the ministry, 05:05 with preaching, 05:06 proclaiming the year of the Lord, 05:07 but preaching deliverance 05:09 because we're all bound in some sort of addiction and sin 05:11 and Jesus came to set us free. 05:14 So we want you to stay with us 05:15 to hear all about what God is doing in 05:17 and through the lives of the young people impacted 05:20 by the Ministry of Young Disciple. 05:22 But first, let's go to our music. 05:23 We have Jennifer LaMountain with us 05:25 and the song she will be ministering 05:27 is titled "In Your Mercy". 06:08 In Your mercy 06:11 You have shown me 06:14 Your salvation 06:19 Undeserving of your favor 06:25 I am free 06:30 And I'll never be the same 06:36 All my life I will remain 06:42 In your mercy 06:46 Tender mercy shown to me 06:59 In Your mercy 07:01 You have promised to be near me 07:08 I am resting 07:11 In the shelter of Your wings 07:19 Every fear I leave behind 07:25 Every confidence I find 07:31 In Your mercy 07:34 Tender mercy shown to me 07:41 So great is Your love 07:47 It is higher than the heavens 07:52 Your faithfulness 07:54 Reaches the sky 08:01 Be exalted O Lord 08:07 Over all the earth 08:12 Let Your glory be seen in my life 08:19 In my life, in my life 08:44 In Your mercy 08:49 You have given 08:52 Of Your life blood 08:56 One last heartbeat and redemption 09:02 Was complete 09:07 What a debt of love You paid 09:13 With Your death 09:15 My soul was saved 09:25 In Your mercy 09:30 Tender mercy 09:36 Shown to me 10:10 Thank you so much, Jennifer. 10:11 What a beautiful song, "In Your Mercy". 10:14 If you're just joining us, 10:16 we have the privilege 10:17 of talking with Young Disciple Ministries. 10:20 It's an incredible ministry, 10:21 both Greg and I had the opportunity 10:23 back in the '90s 10:24 to be involved with this ministry 10:26 with the youth camps that they put on. 10:28 Greg is a camper 10:29 and then later we were both counselors 10:31 and Greg, I think worked a little bit 10:33 with Young Disciple as well. 10:34 Yes, yeah, he did. 10:36 So we're just delighted to talk about 10:37 what this ministry does. 10:39 We have Ted Evert, Casey Reiswig, Gabby Garcia, 10:44 and Joshua Pestes with us 10:46 and we're just delighted to have each one of you here. 10:48 So, Ted, since you're the camp director 10:50 and you've been there, really your mom and dad 10:52 you could say founded the ministry. 10:54 So take us back to the beginning of YD. 10:56 why was it established? 10:58 And what was, because you kind of 11:00 have a three-pronged approach 11:01 with what you do now, but tell us, 11:03 first of all, why was YD established, Young Disciple? 11:06 Yeah, we just had our 25 year anniversary 11:09 when the magazine and the ministry started. 11:11 It started with Young Disciple Magazine. 11:14 And maybe I'll just show you 11:16 some samples of what it looks like. 11:19 Here are some Young Disciple Magazines. 11:21 And it's changed over the years, 11:23 it started out as black and white, 11:25 and then it went two color and then, 11:27 you know, it's been full color for a number of years now. 11:29 And the purpose for Young Disciple Magazine 11:31 is to help young people learn 11:34 how to love to study the Bible for themselves. 11:38 And that was at the core of Young Disciple Ministries 11:40 from the beginning, 11:41 help young people not only study 11:44 and read their Bibles, 11:45 maybe learn a passage or memorize something 11:48 but to actually enjoy it 11:50 and find ways that work for them. 11:53 And so that's where it started, 11:54 the next year Young Disciple Camps began. 11:58 So the magazine was actually first to begin. 11:59 You began with the magazine first 12:01 and then the camps began after that. 12:02 That's right. Yeah. 12:04 And so I want to just share if I can our mission. 12:09 And that I think says 12:10 it better than I could otherwise, 12:11 and I'm going to read it here. 12:13 It says, "To lead young people 12:15 to accept Jesus as their personal Savior." 12:17 Amen. 12:18 "To teach them to study God's Word for themselves, 12:21 to equip them to share their faith with others 12:25 and to encourage them to devote their lives fully to God." 12:27 Amen. 12:29 And so that's how Young Disciple Magazine 12:31 which is used all over the world 12:33 by Sabbath Schools, 12:34 by individuals for daily Bible study 12:37 for young people grew into Young Disciple Camps. 12:39 And of course, that's my, I'm the camp director, 12:41 so that's where I get the most excited about 12:43 here is how the camps give them an opportunity then 12:48 to meet other young people, 12:50 they may feel like they're the only one out there 12:52 that is interested in the things they are really, 12:56 maybe feel somewhat alienated from other young Christians. 12:59 They get a chance to meet 13:00 with other Christians of their age 13:03 who have the same goals 13:04 and then during camp they have different classes, 13:07 life skills classes, 13:08 recreation classes, and outreach classes. 13:11 And the outreach classes are kind of the next clue 13:15 or the next key into what the Mission Experience is. 13:18 So I remember when I was involved 13:20 with Young Disciple, 13:21 you had a class called Deep Bible Study. 13:23 Yes. 13:24 You still do that or you get in 13:26 and really study the Word of God 13:27 and then they get out and do outreach? 13:28 Absolutely, every camper attends 13:31 the Deep Bible study class, 13:32 and as many staffers can as well. 13:35 And it's kind of, there's many chances 13:39 kids have to do things in their summer, 13:40 I'm just thrilled 13:42 that there are so many 80 to 100 campers 13:44 every both weeks of camp 13:46 that want to come and want to be at a Bible camp. 13:49 And, yes, there's fun things, they do canoeing 13:51 and, you know, wilderness survival, 13:53 mission pilot ground school. 13:55 But they're there for purpose 13:58 and they know what that is 13:59 and it's just exciting to be a part of that activity 14:03 that kids are taking part in. 14:05 Amen. That's wonderful. 14:07 In Young Disciple, you said, you have two camps every summer 14:09 and you've been doing them for 20, 24 years, is that right? 14:12 Yeah, 24 years, yeah. 14:13 Wow! It's incredible. 14:14 Think of all those young people and the testimonies 14:17 and the impact that's made on their lives for eternity. 14:20 Yeah, just calculated 14:21 that I've probably spent years of my life at YD camp, 14:25 even though it's only two years, 14:26 two weeks each summer, it's amazing. 14:29 Amen. That's wonderful. 14:31 Now before we get to the Mission Experience, 14:32 I just want to go back to the magazine for one moment. 14:34 Can I take a look at this magazine? 14:35 Absolutely. 14:37 So in the magazine, 14:38 what age range is it for specifically? 14:41 It's for 10-16 kind of that junior early teen range. 14:47 It's a wonderful magazine. 14:49 I know we do it here at our local church, 14:51 the Thompsonville, Seventh-day Adventist church. 14:53 And Dee Hilderbrand teaches 14:54 the kind of the early teen class. 14:56 And she uses it and it's a blessing, 14:59 you know, the kids really enjoy it so. 15:00 It's nice to hear that 15:02 we always love to hear from people who are using it. 15:04 Amen, amen. 15:05 So this is a subscription based? 15:07 Yes. 15:08 There's 52 issues a year so it's a weekly. 15:11 It keeps coming up, 15:12 every single week we got to get another one out. 15:14 And, you know, as you can see, it's filled with stories, 15:19 with character building stories 15:20 with Mission Experiences, 15:22 with personal testimonies, 15:24 with reformation articles 15:26 that have been adapted for young people 15:28 to really gain the most from, 15:31 but the core is the daily Bible study guide. 15:34 And it's set up in such a way 15:37 that even the youngest, the 10 year olds 15:38 and the 11 year olds can understand the basics, 15:43 and then there are sections for older young people 15:46 for those who have had more experience 15:48 and to dig in deeper. 15:50 So there's a study-for-yourself section, 15:52 there's a dig-deeper section. 15:55 And so it really can meet 15:57 a wide variety of needs and interests. 16:00 Amen. That's wonderful. 16:01 It's an incredible magazine 16:03 and we want to encourage you at the end of the program, 16:05 we'll put up the contact information. 16:07 But we want to encourage you, your church, 16:09 your family to get a subscription to Young Disciple 16:12 and to use it 16:13 and to be impacted for eternity, 16:15 that's wonderful. 16:17 We want to move now 16:18 'cause the focus of this interview is 16:19 really the Mission Experience, 16:21 the Young Disciple Mission Experience. 16:23 So when did Young Disciple Mission Experience come? 16:25 You said, it was kind of an outgrowth of the camps. 16:27 Is that correct? Right. 16:29 So after they'd come to camp 16:31 and they had taken the various classes, 16:33 maybe the outreach class, 16:35 they wanted something more that they could do. 16:38 And so we thought well, maybe we can do a mission trip. 16:43 And it was just at that time 16:45 when young people were kind of starting to get the idea 16:48 of being involved in outreach and evangelism. 16:53 And so we tried what, 16:54 at that time it was really year 2000, 16:56 a kind of new idea 16:57 and that was to have the young people doing it 17:00 with us as mentors. 17:01 Wow. 17:02 And so that's how the Mission Experience began 17:04 as I would call a Field School of Evangelism. 17:06 Amen. 17:08 And the young people would come on the Mission Experience 17:10 having had some training at YD camp or other places 17:13 with similar skills and classes 17:16 and then we'd spend about a month in the Philippines. 17:19 Wow. 17:20 Okay, so every experience 17:22 you have gone to the Philippines 17:23 when you do your Mission Experience. 17:25 You go to a different section 17:27 or a different part of the country or...? 17:29 Well, yeah, in the Philippines, it's just kind of it's a safe, 17:31 it's a friendly country, 17:33 it's easy to get to 17:34 and a lot of people speak English 17:35 which is really nice. 17:37 And so we've moved to different areas 17:39 but now we have our support team there, 17:41 we have the same cooks 17:43 that served us every single time 17:44 when we work together with the leadership there 17:48 and we just really feel like, it's just a welcome, 17:53 it's a home away from home for us. 17:54 Oh, that's incredible. Yeah. 17:55 So I want to jump over to Casey for a moment 17:58 and then we'll come back to you, Ted. 17:59 How did you first get involved 18:01 with the Young Disciple ministry? 18:03 Well, I remember being at a meeting 18:05 where the magazine was being announced, 18:07 this was in '92, I believe, maybe summer of '92. 18:12 And I remember seeing the very first issue, 18:13 I was 12... 18:15 Wow. I was about 12 at the time. 18:17 You were at the target age range at that time. 18:19 Yeah, yeah, I can still picture, 18:20 the picture in the front of that very first issue. 18:23 And so we subscribed immediately, 18:26 I remember going through the lessons as a young guy. 18:30 It made the Bible study fun, 18:31 I wanted to do that 18:33 instead of play games, hang out with my friends, 18:35 I wanted to study the Bible. 18:36 And the stories and lessons, they were just powerful 18:39 and, of course, the magazine has grown 18:40 and has become more rich and full ever since 18:44 and so that was my first introduction to Young Disciple, 18:47 I kind of after I subscribed to the magazine, 18:50 I wasn't really involved. 18:51 Camp started up, but I really wasn't involved until 1996. 18:54 Okay. 18:55 When Young Disciple was doing a camp out west 18:57 because the camp started back east in Virginia. 19:00 There's a lot of young people in the west 19:02 that wanted that experience 19:04 but they couldn't fly by themselves. 19:06 Their parents couldn't take, 19:08 you know, two weeks to drive them 19:09 across the country and back. 19:10 And so it was at Albion at the Pacific Union College... 19:15 Field station. 19:16 Field station for Marine Biology 19:18 or something like that. 19:20 And I went and helped at our camp, 19:21 it was tremendous blessing, it was amazing. 19:23 That's wonderful. 19:25 It seems like my sister took that journey across with you 19:27 all over to camp west, 19:29 I think you called it at time west or something. 19:30 Yes, yes, great memories 19:32 driving straight across the country 19:34 with swapping out drivers 19:36 and just we never stopped, we just kept going. 19:38 Yeah, so, Casey, when did you get involved 19:40 working actually with the ministry of Young Disciple? 19:43 I think I was relatively uninvolved after that, 19:45 and still I believe, it was 2007, 19:47 I got a call out of the blue from Ted 19:50 and, "We need counselors at camp, are you available?" 19:53 Well, I had my summer kind of booked up, 19:55 I was working 19:57 and to me it was, it was kind of a sacrifice 19:58 but I agreed, I said, "Okay, sure I'll come." 20:01 And I really wasn't sure what to expect 20:02 but I showed up with this kind of, 20:04 "I have a lot to do but I'm here, 20:06 you know, volunteering my time, I'm so generous, of course," 20:09 and when one of the other counselors 20:11 had this amazing perspective 20:12 it changed my life I think. 20:14 He said, it's a privilege to be here. 20:18 He was moved by young people giving their hearts to the Lord 20:21 by making new friends and having that experience. 20:25 And I thought, well, for him it's a privilege, 20:27 for me it's a sacrifice, 20:28 maybe I should have a better attitude about it. 20:31 And so ever since then 20:32 almost every year I've been involved in camp in some way, 20:35 either as a counselor 20:36 or teaching classes or something. 20:38 Now with this mission trip 20:39 you all just recently came back from 20:40 is that your first one involved with Mission Experience 20:43 or have you done them before? 20:44 I've been to the Philippines before on Mission Experience, 20:47 that would be about my fourth time. 20:48 Your fourth time, okay, that's wonderful. 20:50 So, Gabby, how did you first hear 20:52 about the Mission Experience? 20:53 Were you involved with Young Disciple before? 20:55 No, I actually I had never gone to the camps or anything 20:58 or been exposed to it very much 21:00 but I was at a school 21:02 and my boss and a classmate went on the Mission Experience 21:06 and when they came back they had all these stories 21:08 and fun things that had happened 21:10 and amazing experiences. 21:11 And that's the first time 21:13 that I really, like, I thought about it 21:15 and I, you know, wanted to be a part of something like that. 21:18 Oh, that's wonderful. 21:19 So is it kind of normal, Ted, 21:23 and they've never been involved with the Young Disciple before 21:25 and they want to come on a Mission Experience, 21:27 does that happen? 21:28 Well, it happens sometimes. 21:30 Usually they've been at the camps 21:33 and gotten some prerequisite classes 21:35 but if they've done that somewhere else 21:38 or if we just pray about it 21:40 and it feels like it's the right match 21:41 then we welcome them aboard. 21:43 Amen. 21:44 So there's a prerequisite, 21:45 that's the first I heard about that, 21:47 so you can't just say, "Okay, I want to go." 21:49 There's a class they have to take before? 21:51 Yeah, because even though a month 21:53 sounds like a long time maybe, 21:55 it seems so short when you're in it 21:58 and so we really hope 21:59 that they have gotten some of those, 22:01 some of that training ahead of time, 22:02 which usually happens at YD camp. 22:05 Okay, Okay. 22:06 That's wonderful. 22:07 So what about you, Joshua? 22:09 Tell us about your experience, 22:10 how you first became involved with Young Disciple? 22:13 Well, the first time that I ever saw 22:17 anything about Young Disciple 22:18 was that a church that I was visiting, 22:20 I saw their magazines there 22:23 and I thought they were quite interesting 22:25 and I kept them and read them. 22:27 And then I heard from some of my friends 22:29 that the Young Disciple was doing a camp 22:32 and I really wanted to go 22:34 but I was too young, I was nine and so I was like, 22:38 "Hey, Mom, I really want to go to Young Disciple 22:40 but I'm too young." 22:42 And then she said, "Well, let's see." 22:43 And so she applied to do some housecleaning 22:47 at Young Disciple 22:49 and I was able to go as a staff kid at nine. 22:51 As a staff kid. 22:53 That's so you went every year from the age of nine? 22:56 Yeah, I think I missed one year as a 10 year old, but yeah. 22:59 Ted, tell me what was your favorite part about camp? 23:02 I think my favorite part about camp 23:04 was probably the campfire talks in the evening. 23:07 They're very inspiring 23:10 and it leaves you with a great thought 23:12 to take with you as you go to bed 23:14 and it cements it in your mind. 23:16 Amen, that's wonderful. 23:17 I remember those campfire talks too. 23:18 Yes, yes. 23:20 And they were just almost like a worship 23:21 thought you could say, 23:22 but it appeals to your heart 23:24 and I remember young people making decisions for Jesus 23:27 just standing up and saying, 23:29 "I'm going to commit, 23:30 I'm going to give everything to Jesus, 23:32 I don't want anything between me and God," 23:34 and that's what it's all about, that commitment. 23:36 Yes. Yeah, that's wonderful. 23:38 So tell us this past Mission Experience. 23:42 When you went, you both preached, right? 23:45 And what church, how many churches were involved 23:47 or how many sites that you have, 23:49 Ted, before we get to your experience preaching. 23:51 We had two sites 23:52 and so the team was divided into four groups, 23:56 two groups for preaching to the adults 23:58 and two groups for teaching the children. 24:02 Now speaking of teaching children... 24:04 You have Truth 4 Youth which is an incredible program 24:07 with the Young Disciple, 24:08 so what is Truth 4 Youth? 24:10 Yeah, it's funny how things just kind of, 24:12 you know, stair step 24:14 and we would never have thought 24:15 that we would be involved in something 24:17 like Truth 4 Youth 24:18 but again it came out of a need for us to have materials 24:22 that we could present to the children 24:24 say the 5 to 13 year old age bracket. 24:27 We wanted them to hear the same gospel messages 24:30 and the same challenges that the adults were hearing, 24:33 to surrender their lives to Christ 24:35 and to learn and grow in His Word, 24:37 but on a level of a 5 to 13 year old 24:39 could understand. 24:40 And we didn't find exactly what we were looking for 24:44 and we eventually just, 24:46 well, I guess, we're going to have to develop our own program 24:49 that we can use 24:50 and that one thing led to another 24:52 and we got in touch with professional people, 24:55 with world class artists who do Christian illustrations. 25:00 And in the end, 25:02 the quality of what was coming together 25:04 was so far beyond what we ever dreamed, 25:07 the editorial content that we just said, 25:10 let's just go ahead and produce this 25:12 so that the world can have these materials. 25:14 And so it just, it exploded 25:17 and that's what Truth 4 Youth is 25:19 and we use it every year on our Mission Experience 25:22 for the children's programming 25:24 and it's used all over the world 25:26 by many other people too, 25:27 so we're thankful to God for that. 25:29 It's great. Casey? 25:30 And the idea is revolutionary really when you think about it. 25:33 Who evangelizes kids. 25:35 I mean, right when we have an evangelist series, 25:38 I've been involved in 25:39 many evangelistic series in my local church 25:41 and we target adult audiences which is great, 25:43 I believe in evangelism, I believe in public evangelism. 25:46 But who puts on an evangelist series 25:48 for eight-year-old, right? 25:50 And so oftentimes we have 25:52 a kind of daycare-type situation 25:55 to facilitate parents that want to come 25:56 but they have young children, 25:58 but while the kids are there, why not reach out to the kids. 26:01 And so this material just wasn't really around 26:03 and so Young Disciple began to develop 26:05 what would become Truth 4 Youth. 26:07 They say that children 5 to 13 26:11 or something like five more times, 26:12 five times more likely to give their hearts to Lord, 26:14 to make a lifelong commitment than adults, 26:17 so I believe in adult evangelism. 26:18 But why wait till they're 20, or 30, or 50? 26:22 Why not reach them while they're young 26:24 and they have all that energy to give to the Lord. 26:28 Amen. 26:29 So did you have the young people 26:30 leading out with the Truth 4 Youth, 26:33 did they present it? 26:35 Yeah, we're just mentors, we're not there to be upfront. 26:38 And it's exciting to see that those who have had 26:42 maybe no experience or very little experience, 26:45 public speaking, and being in front 26:47 leading out in those kind of roles, 26:49 can in a short time blossom to be real evangelists 26:54 and that's exactly what happens. 26:55 Amen. That's incredible. 26:56 So it's like an evangelistic series but for children? 26:59 Exactly. 27:00 And it goes through meeting Jesus 27:02 and the doctrines of the church and all that for children. 27:04 It does. That's right, that's right. 27:06 It keeps their attention, there's games, songs, 27:08 crafts that the main message is always in the form of a story. 27:12 And I'll see all these eight-year-olds, 27:14 ten-year-olds having just an awesome time 27:16 and they don't know they're being evangelized, 27:18 they go home and talk to their parents 27:19 and share what they learned, and we're planting seeds. 27:23 And Truth 4 Youth, it's not a DVD, 27:25 it's not something that they watch, 27:27 it's interactive, it's some, it's a connection. 27:32 And so you can't just press play and it goes 27:35 but this is where someone on the team 27:38 actually has to speak and present a script. 27:41 But it's illustrated, there's pictures, 27:43 there's video clips that capture the attention 27:46 but it's still very much a personal connection 27:48 and that's something that we very intentionally 27:51 wanted to have be part of the program. 27:52 Amen. 27:53 And you have in more than English, 27:55 I understand, is that correct? 27:56 It's in several languages? 27:57 Yes, Spanish, Swahili, Yoruba, French, Korean, 28:02 I think quite a few now. 28:04 Wow! It's incredible. 28:06 What a wonderful evangelistic tool. 28:07 So now let's get to the adults, 28:09 and go into preaching with the adult meeting. 28:11 So I think we have a picture of you all 28:13 just coming in, is that correct? 28:14 Yes. With the water just coming in? 28:17 Yeah. 28:19 When we arrived at Cuyo, 28:20 it was a story in and of itself actually 28:23 but we came in on the ferry 28:26 and there was this gorgeous scene, 28:28 it's one of the most beautiful locations 28:30 I've been to with a big white sand beach, 28:33 and Cuyo Island just written up there in big letters. 28:37 And we felt so welcome, 28:39 the church, the small church school there 28:41 had come with their little instruments 28:44 and their uniforms 28:46 and they welcomed us and put lace around our necks 28:50 and it was such a welcoming experience. 28:54 Amen. 28:55 And we have a picture 28:56 of the whole mission group, right, the entire. 28:58 So how many people went in total? 29:00 There were over 25 of us including all the staff 29:03 and the youth participants. 29:04 Wow! That's incredible. 29:06 So, Gabby, tell me what it was like? 29:08 That's the group I can see that. 29:10 There you go. That's wonderful. 29:11 So, Gabby, what was it like at your site? 29:16 I was at Makati site 29:17 and it was, it was very interesting. 29:21 A lot of people came. 29:22 At first it was slow, it was a slow start. 29:25 But, you know, the first night is always very difficult 29:27 but then after that 29:28 it started getting much more, more people came, 29:31 more blessings occurred, 29:32 more people were reached 29:35 and it was a blessing, it was blessing. 29:37 Amen. 29:38 So is this your first time preaching, 29:40 first time doing any sort of evangelistic series 29:43 or have you done this all the time in the States? 29:45 It was my first time officially doing an evangelist series 29:49 but I had had some experience on other mission trips 29:52 and, you know, going to different cultures 29:54 and meeting other people, 29:55 going outside of your comfort zone, 29:57 I had experience in that 29:58 but not in speaking in evangelistic series. 30:00 So what do you follow? 30:02 I know you do Truth 4 Youth for the young people 30:04 but what do the adults follow 30:05 when you do the adult evangelistic series? 30:08 It's a script that's part of the... 30:11 New beginning. 30:12 The New Beginning series and we have a script 30:14 that has slides that are, you know, 30:17 go at the same time in English and Tagalog, 30:21 which is what, you know, the main language there 30:24 and then we would say it in English 30:25 and we had a translator that would speak it 30:27 in the language. 30:28 What sort of impact did it make on your own life... 30:31 On my own life? 30:33 The experience being there? 30:35 There's so many things happened but one moment that I can say 30:39 that I remember clearly as if it was just happening 30:42 that really affected me was one of the nights, 30:46 I was speaking about the second coming 30:48 and I had read through the script 30:51 like 20 times minimum, 30:53 you know, to familiarize yourself, 30:55 you know, you need to know what's happening 30:57 while you're out there. 30:58 And I was holding a microphone and it was about heaven, 31:02 you know, when we go to heaven 31:04 and we're sitting at Jesus' feet 31:05 and He's teaching us 31:07 about the secrets of the universe 31:08 and the wonders that we'll know. 31:10 And I had read it already a bunch of times 31:13 and all of a sudden I'm there, 31:15 I'm looking at these people sitting in front of me, 31:17 listening to me 31:19 and it was as if the first time, 31:20 first time I had read it. 31:22 It was just like explosion, you know, 31:24 of the awesomeness that it's going to be, 31:26 you know, to want to go to that, 31:29 to the opportunity and it was just, 31:32 you know, that moment I was teaching them 31:35 but I was teaching myself. 31:37 I was up there telling them about it 31:39 but I was there right there with them, 31:41 I was learning, I was learning as I was teaching. 31:45 Amen. 31:46 What an incredible experience I think, 31:48 that's to me the beautiful thing 31:49 about evangelism is when you share, 31:53 and whether it's preaching or in any fashion 31:55 but when you share, 31:57 it reacts ten fold up on yourself, 32:00 you know, you grow spiritually and learn that's beautiful. 32:03 And something happened the final night 32:05 with the baptism, right? 32:06 Yeah, I was speaking the last night 32:09 which was about heaven 32:11 and the appeal was a very short appeal, 32:13 part of the script, 32:15 so I worked with my translator to extend it, 32:17 making extra appeal, 32:19 you know, kind of grab their hearts a little. 32:21 And I remember doing that and I was so into it, 32:24 you know, very, you know, emotional, 32:26 it's a very powerful moment 32:28 and we had already had a call for baptism, 32:31 we'd had cards out, 32:32 people had signed up for baptisms 32:34 but we wanted to do one more call the last night, 32:36 we wouldn't be up there again, 32:38 we were leaving a couple days later. 32:40 And so we asked again to come up 32:43 if there was anyone else in the audience those 32:44 that already wanted to be baptized. 32:46 Seven people had already signed up to the cards 32:49 but we have 13 people that night that had come. 32:51 Wow. I can see them here. 32:53 Yes, more people then had signed up, 32:55 had come that last night to be baptized 32:58 and they really felt the spirit working. 33:01 I was so excited, I was jumping all over the place 33:03 just to see those people, 33:04 I had never had that experience before, 33:06 you know, that the Holy Spirit was able to use those words 33:09 that we had prepared and to change so many people. 33:12 Amen. That's incredible. 33:15 You know, Jill, one of the things 33:16 that we've learned as we've done this 33:18 for a number of years. 33:20 And we learned early on was 33:21 the importance of that personal connection 33:23 because it's so easy to go and to preach, 33:26 and preach your heart out, and then kind of disappear 33:28 and sort of melt back into the shadows, 33:29 and just get back into your comfort zone. 33:31 And what we've been really trying to do, 33:33 one thing we've been trying to do over the years, 33:35 last few years especially is 33:36 focus on that personal connection. 33:39 We've been doing visitations all through town, 33:42 through the community with people that have come, 33:45 that have attended the meetings 33:47 or just to go right out into new areas 33:50 and invite people that we've never met before, 33:51 that we've never seen 33:53 and make that personal connection. 33:55 And there are some experiences 33:57 that I think the young people would like to share 34:00 that have to do with those visitations. 34:02 Those are just really powerful. Absolutely. 34:05 Who wants to start? Go ahead, Joshua. 34:08 Well, on actually the last day that we went on visitations, 34:12 I was out visiting 34:13 and we have one of the Bible workers 34:15 that comes with us 34:16 and he pointed out that there was this Adventist couple 34:20 that were inactive. 34:22 And so we went over to visit with them 34:26 and we talked with them for a little while 34:28 and then they shared with us 34:29 that the reason why they hadn't been coming to church was 34:33 because there was another family 34:35 that had not been doing some things right 34:37 and had started an argument. 34:40 And the person that I was visiting with, Lillian, 34:44 she spoke up 34:45 and she said, "Well, I think the best thing to do 34:49 in that situation is to still love them 34:51 regardless of what they do and to just set an example," 34:55 and the man said that 34:57 he was very encouraged by our visit. 34:59 Amen. That's wonderful. 35:01 And those people became active church members again, 35:04 after that, after that situation 35:06 there was another group that I was with, 35:08 they just visited a family 35:10 and we were just randomly going through 35:13 some small village 35:14 and they just visited with their family. 35:16 And I came along behind them and I recognized the lady, 35:20 and I was like, "I think we've met before somewhere." 35:22 And she said, "Yes, we actually traveled 35:24 in that area previously 35:26 and we'd have the chance to meet." 35:27 She said, "I attended meetings, your meetings before." 35:30 And I said, "Are you coming now?" 35:33 And she kind of, you know, as I understand, 35:35 "No, I haven't been coming." 35:37 And so we just talked with her, we reconnected, 35:40 we prayed with her and then we, 35:42 of course, appealed to her to see 35:44 if she could come to attend the meetings again 35:47 and have that boost. 35:50 Yeah. 35:51 That night she was there at the meeting, 35:54 the next night she was at the meeting 35:56 and every night she attended the meeting 35:59 and at the end she made a public commitment 36:00 to give her life to God. 36:02 Amen. Oh, that's incredible. 36:05 Think, if you had not done that personal evangelism 36:07 or you had not reached out to her. 36:09 Yeah. That's amazing. 36:10 Now, Casey, that you also distributed tracks 36:13 and literature, right? 36:14 Yeah, we obtained some Tagalog glow tracks, 36:18 you've probably seen glow tracks in English. 36:21 These are available in almost any language 36:24 I know that exists. 36:26 And so these are, these are Tagalog, 36:28 this is one of the primary languages 36:29 in the Philippines. 36:30 We brought hundreds and hundreds, 36:32 I don't remember how many with us. 36:34 And so as we would go on visitation, 36:35 we would visit people 36:37 who had been coming to the meetings 36:38 and just to encourage them and invite them again 36:40 to continue to come. 36:42 We would meet people 36:43 that maybe heard about the meetings 36:44 and that hadn't been coming, 36:46 we encouraged them to go ahead and come. 36:48 And we would meet people 36:51 that didn't really know about the meetings. 36:52 Somehow they never heard that there was meetings on in town 36:56 and we'd hand out these glow tracks. 36:58 And so we just view ourselves as seed planters. 37:02 There are thousands of these in the Philippines 37:05 because of us and thousands more 37:06 because of other people handing them out 37:08 and each one of those is a seed. 37:10 Amen. 37:12 Now there's a story, isn't there 37:13 on how you got those glow tracks? 37:14 Yeah. 37:16 So, Young Disciple, the closest ABC, 37:18 Adventist Book Center to Young Disciple Ministry is 37:20 in Spokane, Washington. 37:21 Spokane is a little, 37:23 it's a little cowboy town for a major US city. 37:27 I did not expect to find anything other than English, 37:29 maybe something in Spanish, right. 37:32 And Tagalog, who would have thought? 37:34 They had glow tracks in Tagalog. 37:36 It was in the local spoken, ABC... 37:37 At the Adventist Book Center. 37:39 We ordered them and got them just in time. 37:40 Wow. 37:41 We didn't want to leave without them 37:43 and the Lord worked that out. 37:44 Wow. That's amazing. Yeah. 37:46 So, Joshua, let's hear some testimonies from you. 37:50 This is your first time preaching? 37:51 Yes. 37:52 Yeah, when I... 37:54 Before this trip I had not had any experience, like, 37:57 with public speaking 37:59 so I maybe had done some scripture reading 38:02 or announce something here or there 38:04 but I never spent much time up there. 38:06 Did you feel scared? Yes, I did. 38:09 So first night as I got up to preach, 38:12 I was just feeling really inadequate 38:14 to fill this position, 38:16 and so I just prayed God, 38:18 I really need help in order to do this. 38:22 Please send Your Spirit to work through me 38:24 and help these people. 38:26 And just then these verses 38:28 that we had gone over in training 38:30 from Jeremiah popped into my head, 38:33 to be not afraid of their faces, 38:36 for I am with you to deliver you. 38:38 Amen. So, yeah, I thank God for that. 38:42 Amen. 38:43 And I think we got a couple of pictures 38:45 of you speaking. 38:46 Where was your site, 38:48 how far was your site from Gabby? 38:50 It was a few miles, not a large distance. 38:54 Okay. Yeah. 38:56 This is you and your translator? 38:57 Yeah. Nice. 38:59 And God really blessed, you know, I was... 39:02 Oh, see the people there. Yeah. 39:05 Yeah, I was so shocked to see 39:06 how God moved through young people 39:09 who had no experience really, 39:11 and it seemed as if he'd been preaching for years 39:14 and he hadn't. 39:16 And that wasn't anything that Joshua did, 39:19 that was what God did. 39:20 Yeah. Ain't that amazing? 39:22 God wants to use each one of us 39:23 as open willing vessels, just here am I, Lord send me. 39:25 Yeah. 39:27 And God poured through you and used you, 39:28 that's incredible. 39:30 How did it impact you? 39:32 Well, towards the end, during the appeal, 39:39 I prayed to God and I said, 39:41 I really want to make this choice for you 39:44 or for Satan clear to them, 39:47 that You have this plan to get rid of sin 39:50 and suffering for ever. 39:52 The topic was, 39:54 "Why is there so much suffering in the world?" 39:57 So as I urged them to choose Christ 40:03 and God's perfect plan, 40:06 I asked for God to work in the people. 40:10 And when I asked them to stand, 40:12 nearly everybody rose to their feet 40:14 and it was such a blessing 40:15 and such a faith-building experience 40:17 to see that God could even work through someone like me. 40:19 Amen. 40:21 It just goes to show that if you submit yourself to God, 40:23 He can work through you to do amazing things. 40:26 Yeah. Amen. 40:28 Yeah. That's incredible, Joshua. 40:29 Praise the Lord. 40:31 Can I put you on the spot and ask how old you are? 40:33 I'm 16. Wow! 40:35 16? Yeah. 40:37 And you just think, 40:38 16 and being able to stand up in front of people 40:40 overcome that fear of public speaking 40:44 or that nervousness and stand up 40:46 and open up the Word of God and how it's changing you 40:49 and impacting the lives of so many people. 40:52 That's incredible. 40:54 So tell me you all have some miracle stories, 40:56 I believe. 40:57 Is there any miracle stories 40:59 that you can share from what took place 41:00 during this recent mission trip? 41:02 Well, just getting there. 41:03 I alluded to it before, 41:05 getting there was a bit of a challenge. 41:06 It always is for us. 41:09 It seems like, there's always some little thing 41:11 that goes at least wrong to our way of thinking. 41:14 And so that happened this time. 41:16 We flew into Manila, transferred planes 41:19 and took a small plane to Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 41:22 and when we got there we were supposed to, 41:25 the next day, take the ferry, overnight ferry to Cuyo Island. 41:30 Well, we got there and found out that 41:33 there had been some rough weather 41:35 and the ferry was not running. 41:38 And we had a very tight schedule, 41:41 we had a short amount of time, 41:43 at least we felt it was short for training 41:45 and then we needed to start preaching, 41:47 and looking at the schedule 41:48 we realized we were in a tight spot 41:52 because it was Thursday, 41:53 we're supposed to be taking it right Friday morning. 41:56 The next opportunity 41:57 they said was to take a Friday afternoon ferry 42:02 and arrive Sabbath morning 42:03 and we decided we didn't want to travel on Sabbath, 42:07 we're going to respect the commandment, 42:10 that says you rest on the Sabbath. 42:11 And even though we're missionaries 42:13 and all of that, we decided we weren't going to do that. 42:16 And so there was no more schedule. 42:20 We didn't know what we were going to do 42:22 but we stayed there in Puerto Princesa, 42:24 we prayed, we started training. 42:26 And it sounded like 42:27 maybe the next ferry was going to be getting 42:30 in the day the meeting started, and we just thought, 42:33 oh, after an overnight ferry, arriving there, 42:36 and it's not a posh ferry, 42:38 this is bunks lined up for a huge room 42:41 one after another, everybody just together. 42:44 And we thought... 42:45 There is some level of motion sickness in both. 42:47 Yes, some people got seasick. 42:48 That's what I'm thinking, I become seasick. 42:51 I'm one of them. Me too. 42:53 And so, you know, it's just an intense travel period 42:56 to arrive the day the meeting start, 43:00 would have just been really, really tough. 43:02 And so we just, we put it before God in prayer. 43:05 We said, "Lord, you're in control here 43:07 and we're doing the best we can but we don't know what to do." 43:10 And Monday morning, I went down to check 43:15 and see if we could buy tickets 43:17 'cause they said you can't even buy the tickets 43:18 until we have a schedule. 43:20 And they said, "Yes, sure, you can buy the tickets 43:23 and it's leaving in an hour and a half." 43:26 And we weren't packed up, we weren't ready to go at all. 43:29 I made a phone call back and I said, 43:31 we're leaving in an hour and a half, can you be ready? 43:34 And that the team just pulled together, 43:36 they packed everything up and we got there just in time, 43:40 boarded the ferry, 43:42 and I just felt like God worked in that 43:44 to give us a surprise. 43:46 And it was a little stressful at the moment 43:47 but we can look back at that 43:49 and see very clearly how God worked. 43:51 Amen. That's incredible. 43:52 And you see how you honored Him, 43:54 you stood for principle 43:56 and then God opened up those doors and blessed. 43:58 Amen. Tell me about the training. 44:00 You've referenced the training several times 44:01 and then we want to get to baptisms 44:03 and I know we have some pictures. 44:04 But in the training, what is the training like? 44:08 What do you teach the young people? 44:09 Is it how to preach? Is it homiletics? 44:11 Or what does the training entail? 44:15 Yeah. Well, go ahead. 44:16 I was just gonna say there's a lot of aspects 44:18 to the training. 44:20 We want the young people 44:21 to have a real awareness of the culture 44:23 because sometimes just being an American, 44:26 fumbling through another country, 44:28 you can offend people without meaning to, 44:29 and so we want to be sensitive to the culture, 44:31 we wanted to know about the language, 44:32 the history, and really identify with these people 44:35 and learn what's their world, what's their story. 44:39 Another aspect of the training is homiletics, 44:42 how to speak in public, good presentation techniques. 44:47 We also learn a little bit of language, 44:49 we learn about the voice, the use of the voice, 44:54 how God designed our voices to be used, how to project. 44:57 And so there's a lot of aspects 44:59 but it's kind of intense for an evangelistic training series 45:04 that you're going to present in a few nights 45:07 to cram all this training in right now 45:09 but it happens. 45:11 And for the kids, they need to prepare their crafts, 45:13 they need to have all of those physical things ready 45:16 and good to go for the next week ahead of time 45:20 because it just, it stacks up so fast. 45:22 Yes. 45:23 So, Joshua or Gabby, 45:25 I don't know who wants to answer, 45:26 maybe both but, well, how was the training for you? 45:28 Was it, what was something maybe that was helpful for you 45:31 in the training 45:33 or something during that you're thinking, 45:35 "Why am I learning this?" 45:36 And then all of a sudden you get in the field then... 45:38 Yeah. Oh, I understand this. 45:39 So is there any experience about the training 45:41 you want to share? 45:44 You can go. Okay. 45:45 Well, one of the things 45:47 that we went over in training was opening our mouth wider 45:52 and using projection. 45:54 And so we got out these our little mirrors 45:57 and we would look at ourselves, 45:59 while we are practicing a script or a certain sentence. 46:03 And that was kind of interesting 46:05 and I didn't think I would use it very much, 46:07 you know, 'cause... 46:09 But as we continued, 46:11 I realized that I really needed to use more projection 46:14 and that I hadn't been doing that as often as I should. 46:17 Oh, that's great. 46:19 I'm thinking, "I kind of need to pull out a little mirror 46:21 and try that," right? 46:22 That's good. Right. 46:24 Anything for you, Gabby? 46:25 I think the one thing that I found most useful 46:27 that I used was we were going to the language, 46:31 they would teach us phrases 46:32 we had a sheet of paper and a binder, 46:34 a phrases in Tagalog. 46:37 "Hello, good afternoon. May we pray for you?" 46:40 All these phrases. 46:42 When we were doing visitations, 46:43 I ended up having that paper ended up 46:45 becoming so creased and dirty 'cause I would take it with me. 46:49 And I would, you know, go over my head, 46:51 you know, go over the words. 46:52 And when I go off to the people, 46:54 I'd say in Tagalog and they'd open up even more, 46:56 they, you know, they laugh at my mispronunciations 47:00 but it ended up opening boundaries with them 47:03 connecting more 47:05 and I thought that was a really useful thing 47:06 that we had learned those hours in training 47:08 when the hot sun was so blazing on us. 47:11 It was like, "Why are we doing this?" 47:13 It ended up really working. It's beneficial. 47:16 And let's talk about baptism, I see our time is going so... 47:18 Yeah. 47:19 Tell me about the baptism experience 47:21 and then we have a couple of pictures too. 47:23 I think Gabby has a story, she'd like to tell. 47:25 Yes. Oh, yeah. 47:27 So during the nights, from the first night, 47:30 there was a young man about 19, that would come every night, 47:35 he came the first meetings 47:36 and he would come up to us and talk to us. 47:40 I didn't talk to him very much. 47:41 I did some but one of the older people, 47:46 adults would go and ask him, you know, what was dedication, 47:50 like what he thought about it 47:52 and his perception to the meetings, 47:54 and he had a very positive feedback. 47:56 And, you know, he was coming back 47:58 and then he started opening up to us 48:00 and saying how he was interested in baptism, 48:02 even before there was a call to baptism, 48:04 he says I wanna be baptized into this church. 48:06 Wow. 48:07 The problem was that his grandmother 48:09 did not want him in any way involved with those Christians. 48:14 And, you know, he expressed to us, 48:15 you know, he didn't want to... 48:16 He was very close with his grandmother 48:18 and he didn't want to go against her in any way, 48:20 and so he was struggling with that. 48:22 And then one day I was on visitations 48:24 with two other people and we were walking down, 48:27 you know, these jungle unpaved roads. 48:30 And we came across this section of houses, 48:33 and we went down there and called out 48:35 if anyone was there to, 48:36 you know, pray with them, invite them. 48:38 It was about the second to last night, 48:39 and we ended up 48:41 and this older woman came to the door 48:44 and we started talking to her and, you know, she's like, 48:47 "Oh, are you those people with those 48:50 in evangelistic series over there 48:52 in the main site in Makati site? 48:54 I told her "Yeah." 48:55 "Oh, my grandson, he goes there. 48:57 Do you know Marvin?" 48:58 She's the grandma. 48:59 Marvin was the one that had come. 49:01 And, you know, she was, you know, 49:03 a very strong Catholic and didn't want anything to do 49:07 but we ended up just, you know, "How are you? 49:09 Can we pray for you? 49:10 Do you have anything that we can help you with or...?" 49:13 We gave her some of those glow tracks 49:15 that we had brought and she ended up, 49:17 you know, being very happy that we just to pray with her. 49:21 And Marvin ended up being baptized the last night 49:24 because his grandmother had stopped, 49:26 you know, being against that. 49:28 And that was wonderful. He was so excited. 49:30 I saw him the Saturday afternoon 49:32 where there was baptisms, and the joy that he had 49:36 when he got his Bible and everything. 49:37 Amen. What a testimony. 49:40 Yeah. That's incredible. 49:42 And to think if you had not done that visitation... 49:44 Yeah. 49:45 That the grandma would not have, 49:46 the wall would not have been broken down for her 49:48 to let the grandson be baptized. 49:49 Wow. Yeah. 49:51 Let's look at some, 49:52 we have a couple pictures of those baptism. 49:54 Let's take a look at that. It's right there in the water. 49:57 Just wave after wave of them going into, it was amazing, 50:00 it seemed like it was never going to end, 50:03 136 people all in total. 50:05 Wow! Praise the Lord. 50:08 There's a perspective changer that happened to me 50:10 after the baptisms 50:12 when we were handing out Bibles to those 50:13 who had attended the meetings, those who had been baptized. 50:17 I saw people coming away from their Bible presentation, 50:21 clutching their Bible to their chest, 50:22 actually cry in tears of joy, 50:25 for the joy of really owning one. 50:28 And I have, I don't know five or ten Bibles laying 50:30 around my house 50:31 and how much do I treasure that Word of God. 50:34 It was, it was a real compelling game changer for me. 50:38 Amen. Amen. 50:40 What about you, Joshua, any perspective change 50:42 that happened for you as a result of going? 50:45 Well, I had decided before the trip 50:49 that I would like to be a nurse. 50:51 But after this trip, 50:53 it's really impacted me and shown me 50:56 that maybe God does want me to pursue this more. 51:00 And so I have decided that I want to look more 51:03 into lay preaching 51:04 and maybe take some classes in that. 51:06 Amen. Oh, that's incredible. Thank you all so much. 51:10 We will come back in a moment with some closing thoughts. 51:12 But first we wanna put up the contact information 51:15 for Young Disciple Ministries. 51:17 I can't believe our time is almost gone here. 51:20 My heart has been blessed hearing the stories, 51:23 hearing what God is doing through each one of you, 51:26 through the ministry. 51:27 So if you would like to get involved 51:29 in the Mission Experience, 51:30 if you would like to come to Young Disciple camp, 51:33 if you would like your church or your home to subscribe 51:37 to the Young Disciple Magazine, 51:39 if the Lord has put on your heart 51:41 to financially support this ministry, 51:44 here is how you can do just that. 51:49 If you would like to learn more 51:50 about Young Disciple Ministries, 51:52 or if you would like to support them, 51:55 please write to Young Disciple Ministries, 51:57 PO Box 400, Inchelium, Washington 99138. 52:04 That's Young Disciple Ministries, 52:07 PO Box 400, Inchelium, Washington 99138. 52:13 You may also reach them by telephone 52:15 at area code (509) 722-4300. 52:21 Or visit them online at YoungDisciple.org. 52:25 That's YoungDisciple.org. |
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