I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We are so very
thankful that you joined us
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as you do each and every day.
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And we have an exciting
program in store for you.
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I don't know if you
like to travel, travel a lot,
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maybe you can't travel.
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Have you ever
wanted to go to Sweden?
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I've never been,
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but today we kind
of get to go to Sweden.
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So hang on to your seats
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because it's going
to be an exciting ride.
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We're actually gonna be talking
with Claus and Theresa Nybo
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about LifeStyle TV and
their work there in Sweden,
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so it's gonna be a great day.
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Absolutely, we always
love the Today program
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because we get to
come into your home
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and share with you ministries
from around the world.
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And this ministry,
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I almost want to
say began here at 3ABN
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in a sense sort of.
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Many years ago, 13 I believe,
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Claus and Theresa
were here at 3ABN,
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so it's a privilege.
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We just say we get to
interview our friends today,
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and such a blessing that is,
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but the Lord called them to
start an incredible ministry
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and we just want to
introduce them to you.
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At this time,
we have Claus Nybo,
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you are
President of LifeStyle TV
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and your beautiful wife Theresa.
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Amen.
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And, Theresa, you are
health producer and host,
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but obviously you
all wear many hats.
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A few.
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But you know, it's
good to be back here again
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'cause like you said, Jill,
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it really did
start here, you know?
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God called us to
come here for a year.
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And during that
year, he gave us a vision
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to go back and do
something similar.
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And so, we love coming here
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and to see what
our family is doing
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back here at 3ABN.
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You know, I
liked always the open
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because the song is
I want to spend my life
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mending broken people,
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and mending broken people
are all over the world, right?
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There's broken
people all over the world,
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so your work in
Sweden is touching lives.
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The work of 3ABN worldwide
as well is touching lives.
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And you at home can
touch somebody for eternity
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not only by your
support of the ministry of 3ABN
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but also just in
your local community,
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there are people
in your local church,
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you know, it's interesting,
sometimes Jill and I comment,
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we are on the road
sometimes just driving along
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and there are so
many vehicles on the road,
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and you just wonder
each car that you pass,
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wow, that person has a story.
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I wonder where they're going.
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Sometimes you see,
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you may pass
somebody on the freeway
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and you see them
just crying and crying.
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Don't know why they are,
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there's lot of
hurting people out there.
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And the answer to
everyone's problems
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is Jesus Christ.
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That's a blessing.
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I've been able to participate
with ministries such as
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or help out ministries
such as Lifestyle Television,
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3ABN as well.
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Amen. That's right.
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Now we're gonna
go to a scripture
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and I want to ask you
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why this is important for
your ministry there, but...
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This is Ecclesiastes 11:4,
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and when I ask
Claus what scripture,
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specifically is
for LifeStyle TV,
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this is the
scripture he mentioned.
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It says, "He who
observes the wind
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will not sow.
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And he who regards
the clouds will not reap."
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So tell me why is that verse
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particularly
important to LifeStyle TV?
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You know, Jill, I think
that so many of us often,
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we look for as that scripture
indicate the perfect condition,
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you know, we
look for the weather
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and says, "I don't know,
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it's not time to
go out for a walk,
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it's not time to go for running,
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it's not time for this,"
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and we always want
the best condition.
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And so many people
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because they're looking for that
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end up not doing in
life what they really could.
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It's true.
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And so I think for LifeStyle
TV and for our experience,
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a lot of it had come
down to realizing that
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when God calls, step out
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even if everything is not ready,
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and He will
provide and He will open,
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He will supply.
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And so that's been our
experience at LifeStyle TV
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again and again is to
trust God and just move forward,
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even if anything
is not there and...
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When you think about faith,
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faith is basically
something you cannot see, right?
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So you say God has called you
to start LifeStyle Television,
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a number of years ago.
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You couldn't see what,
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from where you
started to what it may become,
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but you knew that
God was calling you.
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Yeah, and that's the
key, stepping out in faith.
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And God blesses.
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He does in incredible
ways when you do that.
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He opens up, and that
may be a beautiful sunny day
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or it may be going through
some cloudy rainy periods,
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you know, but He
brings you through
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and He grows
things step by step,
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and that's part of what
we're gonna share as well today
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'cause, you
know, just a week ago,
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we had groundbreaking
for our new studio.
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Yay!
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We've been praying
about it for years, and so...
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Oh, that's huge. Amen
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We're so excited about that
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and we want to
share some of that as well
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later on in this program.
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So, I know, you all being media,
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surely have brought
pictures too, right?
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Amen.
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So, we're gonna see some
pictures of this as well,
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so that's exciting news.
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So, let's go to
some music first,
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and then we'll
get into the updates
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of Lifestyle Television.
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We have with us
Darrell Marshall today,
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a great friend of
the ministry of 3ABN,
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and he's gonna be singing
a beautiful song entitled
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"The Armor of God".
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Walking in the love of Jesus
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Because He gave
His life to save us
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Sometimes this road is hard
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To travel on
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But His spirit feeds us
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And reminds us that He needs us
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To tell the world
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His coming won't be long
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But the armor of God protects me
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From the evil one
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Dressed in truth
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With the
breastplate of righteousness
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I've got the
shield of faith to quench
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The fire of the wicked one
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Making known the mystery
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Of God's promises
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With the helmet of salvation
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And with the
prayer of supplication
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I'll stand against the darkness
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By His strength
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And I'll be telling of damnation
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For the wicked in high places
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I'll draw the Spirit's sword
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For all His saints
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And the armor of God protects me
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From the evil one
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I'll be dressed in truth
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With the
breastplate of righteousness
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Oh, I've got the
shield of faith to quench
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The fire of the wicked one
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Making known the mystery
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Of God's promises
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An ambassador of hope
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When everything seems hopeless
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Let me go throughout the land
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And tell of God's great name
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And the armor of God
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Protects me
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From the evil one
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I'll be dressed in truth
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With the
breastplate of righteousness
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Oh, I've got the
shield of faith to quench
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The fire of the wicked one
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Making known the mystery
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Of God's promises
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When I open my mouth
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Let me boldly speak
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God's promises
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Thank you so
much, Darrell Marshall.
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Praise the Lord that we
can have the armor of God.
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That's right.
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And be clothed in
every battle with the enemy.
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If you're just joining us,
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we have Claus and
Theresa Nybo with us
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from LifeStyle TV.
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And we're so
blessed by your ministry.
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We were so blessed 13 years ago
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when you came and
worked here at the ministry.
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But take us back,
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I know we want to talk
about the groundbreaking
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and what God is doing
now with the ministry,
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but take us back
to the beginning,
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why did you start LifeStyle TV?
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I think the year
that we spent working here
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was just in many
ways an amazing year.
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I worked as a producer
on the road crew back then,
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and we did the series Up Close.
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And one thing that
really impressed me was,
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as we traveled around
to different churches,
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and as we were
setting up and doing things,
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to meet the people
that would always come up
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and share their story of
how they had found Christ,
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and had come to
join the Adventist Church
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because of watching
a channel like 3ABN.
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And to see that
constantly, that media,
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that TV could have
that kind of impact
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on people's life,
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you know, touched us a lot.
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And coming from
an area of the world
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where things were secular,
where the churches were small,
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it's not more than a
couple of thousand people
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in church, so... In Sweden?
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In Sweden, and
so... All of Scandinavia.
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And all of Scandinavia.
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So, it's a very small church
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to reach out to a lot of people.
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And so then the dream,
the vision started growing,
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saying why,
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what could happen if
we had a similar channel
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back home in
Scandinavia and Europe
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that would reach out
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and get into
homes where people are
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because that's
the channels often
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is to get in and to start
talking religion with people
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'cause they're very reserved.
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They don't want
to talk about it,
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it's very private to people.
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And so when
you're sitting at home,
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you can get in, pass
that door via the TV channels.
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You know, people
have a different openness.
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Your neighbor don't know
that you're watching something.
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That's correct.
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You know, and so
people get more courageous.
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You look at things
you otherwise wouldn't.
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And so that vision
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started growing
while we were here,
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so it's what would
happen if we could do.
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And, then the Lord
started opening doors
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as we would pray
together about it
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and just see, you
know, start exploring.
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And we were here
for about a year,
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and I know Danny
was very supportive
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and encouraging
during that time to say,
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"No, this is a good idea.
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You know, go ahead
and try to develop it.
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And we'll get you
off to fly back to Sweden
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and meet with some
people and come back."
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You know, so very
flexible in schedule too
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and to help encourage.
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And I know he was paying
for many flights back and forth
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here in the beginning as well
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to explore all these ideas.
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And it started opening up,
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we started getting contact
with satellite companies,
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and then drawing up a contract
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and so many miracles
happened there that first year.
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And after leaving here,
it was about one year later,
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just under one year I think,
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we actually went on
satellite on January 13th, 2006.
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Wow.
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You know, and
that's been amazing.
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It's been on
satellite 24/7 ever since.
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So, okay, then you have this,
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I'll say, the
vision or impression
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to start this in Sweden,
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so you went to
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and, like, rented
a beautiful studio,
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I know you're
groundbreaking on a new studio,
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so what did you have,
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I mean, what was
your studio, Theresa?
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Well, you know, one thing,
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one principle that we've
basically used the whole time
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has been to take what we
have and use what we have.
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We don't believe that
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God will give us
something new, something extra
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if we don't even use
what He has already given us.
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That's good.
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And so we looked
around. It was interesting.
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In a town not far
from us, a big town,
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the Swedish television station
had closed one of their studios
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and it was for sale.
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And so we looked
at it and everything.
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And it was big,
and it was beautiful,
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and it was nice,
and it was expensive.
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And it was a ways
away from where we were.
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It was right in the
middle of the city too.
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And so we thought, you know,
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there were several
reasons not just the financial,
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but also being in
the city, we thought,
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"No, that's not
really where we feel
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that God is calling us."
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We looked at what we had,
and we had a small building
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that was not finished,
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it was actually part of a house.
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And we thought "Well, you
know, why don't we take this."
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And originally we
thought we will just take this
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and make offices out
of it and everything,
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but then we had
this one big room
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that was originally to be
the living room of the house.
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We thought, "Well, I guess
we could make a studio in here,
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why not?"
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And that's where we've been
operating out of ever since.
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Wow.
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That's amazing.
Let me add to it.
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This is not
American sized living rooms.
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It's a small
European sized living room,
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so you know, the
space was very, very meager,
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but what could be done in
there has really amazed us
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and a lot of
people over 12 years.
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I mean, constantly
people will come visiting
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and I'm just like
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"Is this the
studio we see on TV?"
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I mean, how do you
get this tiny space
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to look like this?
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You know, and that's
been the Lord's blessings.
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And in so many ways,
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He has allowed us to
use the little we have
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and expand it.
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When we started, we
didn't even own a camera.
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Wow, so how did you start?
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We borrowed cameras
from others, you know,
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and then step by
step we would get help,
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people would donate,
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and we would buy our own cameras
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and we will expand.
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And, yeah, that's been
the growth, you know, so...
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You know, what I like,
that was taking what you have,
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what God has given
you right here at hand
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and using that
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instead of saying,
"Well, I'm going to sit back
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and wait until God
provides x, y, and z."
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You just say, "Okay, right now,
I'll take what God has given me
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and then you move
forward with that."
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And I think if we
all started doing that...
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Yes.
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So much would
happen in God's work.
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I mean if we just simply
take what we have in our hands
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and start using it for God
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instead of always wishing
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for something
bigger and grander,
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and so that's
been our experience.
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Amen.
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Now I know you've
brought several pictures.
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The first picture here is
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something about
reaching Scandinavian.
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Well, I think the
first one is kind of unique
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because often when we say
we're broadcasting in Sweden,
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people will start talking about,
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"Oh, yeah, the
chocolate, and the alps, right?"
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That's right.
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Well, Sweden is not Switzerland.
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And if we get
that first picture up,
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you will see here Scandinavia,
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that's the country
up there in the north.
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To the right, you
have the little yellow dot,
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that where our studio is
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right on the
southern tip of Sweden.
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And then it kind of goes up,
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it's kind of like that
panda that's jumping out there
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with the head
and the front legs,
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you know, that you see there,
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Sweden, Norway, and
Denmark right underneath.
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That's the main
areas that we're reaching.
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The satellite signal itself
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technically
covers all of Europe,
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but we are on a
satellite that is focusing
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on Scandinavian
language channels,
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and so...
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Yes, we have Scandinavians
living abroad in Europe
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that will be watching it.
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Anybody else could as well,
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but it specializes on people
with the Scandinavian languages
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which is Danish,
Swedish, and Norwegian.
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Those three
language groups and countries
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is the focus that we have there.
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Wow.
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Do you know what your
potential viewing audience is
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from the satellite?
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We are reaching
on the satellite,
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some 20% of the audience
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or the
population in the countries.
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Oh, that's great.
Oh, boy, incredible.
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And so that's very
good. It's very good.
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And then, of
course, through internet,
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then you are about
99% of Scandinavia,
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so you have a huge
footprint of reaching in.
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The other advantage that
I think has really helped us
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and where 3ABN,
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because of that comes in
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and becomes a
real main partners,
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well, is the language.
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In Scandinavia,
we don't dub films.
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So kids grow up, you know,
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as soon as they start
watching Hollywood movies,
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they listen to English
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because it's subtitled,
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so they read it but listen
to the English soundtrack,
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which means that people are used
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to listening to English TV.
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And so we're able to use
a lot of English programming
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because of that which
even in rest of Europe
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is not as commonly done
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because they are
used to dubbing TV
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and so you don't hear
the English sound channel.
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And so that helps us a lot
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and that's why we can
take so much programming
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from you as well,
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and then air it directly
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without having to
first translate it
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and subtitle it,
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but just use it as it is
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and so that's
been a great blessing
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and we really appreciate
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getting programs
on a regular basis
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from you guys
here as well. Yeah.
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Well, I know it's been a
blessing for 3ABN, you know,
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to work with you all, you know,
through the years and for sure.
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And I think media, especially,
now through the internet,
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you're mentioning the internet,
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you know, especially, 3ABN
00:19:04.27\00:19:05.61
is finding more
and more people are,
00:19:05.64\00:19:08.34
either their smartphone,
00:19:08.38\00:19:10.01
or like through their
computer, their laptop,
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that's becoming
the norm, if I may say.
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And I know that there
are satellite fees, right,
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that you will have to pay,
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or there are fees that
you have to pay every month
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for the satellite?
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There are big
fees, you are right.
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That is for sure.
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It's an expensive area,
00:19:25.79\00:19:27.13
but it's also
reaching a lot of people.
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But more and more are
coming over to internet.
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And so more and
more we're looking at,
00:19:31.77\00:19:33.47
as I'm sure you're here too,
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how can we reach the audience
as they keep shifting over
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to more and more
internet IP based
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instead of satellites.
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And so these are
some of our new challenges
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I guess in working with TV
00:19:47.08\00:19:48.78
that we're trying to relate
to in how we reach people.
00:19:48.82\00:19:52.69
So when LifeStyle TV,
00:19:52.72\00:19:55.36
you have a little bug
that probably comes up
00:19:55.39\00:19:57.03
right in the corner
just like 3ABN does,
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you see it now on the
corner of your screen.
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So do you have a
little phone number
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or an address that
they can reach out to you?
00:20:02.06\00:20:04.23
I know here at 3ABN
we have a call center.
00:20:04.27\00:20:06.57
But I'm sure you're getting
some response from people
00:20:06.60\00:20:08.20
that you said
00:20:08.24\00:20:09.57
maybe don't want their neighbors
00:20:09.60\00:20:10.94
to know they're
watching LifeStyle TV,
00:20:10.97\00:20:12.31
but they say,
"Hey, I'm interested
00:20:12.34\00:20:13.68
in what I've just heard.
00:20:13.71\00:20:15.04
I want to contact and
find out more information."
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.61
Are you getting
some neat contacts?
00:20:16.64\00:20:17.98
We are getting.
Is that encouraging?
00:20:18.01\00:20:19.35
and we're gonna
share some stories,
00:20:19.38\00:20:20.72
and it is amazing
when you hear from these.
00:20:20.75\00:20:23.08
It's always, just the
highlight of your day.
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It is.
00:20:25.49\00:20:26.82
When you go through
00:20:26.86\00:20:28.19
some of the
different viewer responses,
00:20:28.22\00:20:29.56
people writing in, and
calling in different ways,
00:20:29.59\00:20:32.19
you know, 'cause we sit here
and we look at a camera lens...
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I know,
00:20:36.60\00:20:37.93
you know
somebody's on the other side.
00:20:37.97\00:20:39.30
And you wish you
could see that face,
00:20:39.33\00:20:40.67
you know what I'm saying.
00:20:40.70\00:20:42.04
But that viewer
letter is that face,
00:20:42.07\00:20:43.41
and so sometimes just
sitting there and looking,
00:20:43.44\00:20:45.01
and imagining
that face, you know,
00:20:45.04\00:20:47.14
to me that helps
with become personal,
00:20:47.18\00:20:49.44
you know, you're speaking to
sort of speak to that person.
00:20:49.48\00:20:51.68
That's true, yeah.
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.05
And so, that's wonderful to see.
00:20:53.08\00:20:54.62
Some of the things
we've also realized
00:20:54.65\00:20:56.12
in the concept of ministry
00:20:56.15\00:20:58.29
is that we're having to
start by making contacts.
00:20:58.32\00:21:04.13
You know, where
do you meet people,
00:21:04.16\00:21:06.43
how do you connect with people,
00:21:06.46\00:21:08.66
and so we look at a
concept of working with,
00:21:08.70\00:21:15.67
you know, building
trust, building connections...
00:21:15.70\00:21:18.11
You have a
graphic of this, right?
00:21:18.14\00:21:19.47
I think we have a graphic
that we could bring up there,
00:21:19.51\00:21:21.18
so, you know, creating
contact, building trust,
00:21:21.21\00:21:24.98
showing God's love,
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.75
and then leading to
the Adventist Church.
00:21:26.78\00:21:29.15
These are some of the
steps that we go through.
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That's great.
00:21:31.35\00:21:32.69
And so realizing that,
00:21:32.72\00:21:34.92
"Yes, people sit
and surf on the TV
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and they will switch channels,
00:21:38.29\00:21:40.26
but we need to
reach with more than that.
00:21:40.30\00:21:42.23
And so we do a lot of
different health events
00:21:42.26\00:21:44.33
and Theresa has especially
been involved with that,
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.67
with her Master
in Public Health,
00:21:46.70\00:21:48.67
and so health expos,
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.14
tell a little
bit about, you know,
00:21:50.17\00:21:51.54
what is that we do
with the health expo?
00:21:51.57\00:21:53.81
Well, we realized that
as Claus was sharing that
00:21:53.84\00:21:57.78
we need to able to
get in contact with people
00:21:57.81\00:21:59.98
that don't
necessarily have satellite,
00:22:00.02\00:22:02.15
that aren't
finding us on the internet.
00:22:02.18\00:22:05.59
And so we have
started doing health expos
00:22:05.62\00:22:09.96
which is an excellent
way to reach into a culture
00:22:09.99\00:22:14.13
that is not
inherently religious.
00:22:14.16\00:22:16.43
Yes, absolutely.
00:22:16.46\00:22:17.93
But everybody is
interested in health.
00:22:17.97\00:22:20.50
So we go out
and we set up expos,
00:22:20.54\00:22:23.51
I think we have a
picture of one of the ones
00:22:23.54\00:22:25.17
that we have done here,
00:22:25.21\00:22:26.91
set up in like, this was
in a large shopping center
00:22:26.94\00:22:30.25
close to us
00:22:30.28\00:22:31.61
that a lot of people go through.
00:22:31.65\00:22:36.42
You would say
it's a different...
00:22:36.45\00:22:39.12
See, always we
have like 200 people
00:22:39.15\00:22:41.72
that go through a
full health screening
00:22:41.76\00:22:44.23
where they get some
blood test, cholesterol,
00:22:44.26\00:22:46.70
and blood sugar.
00:22:46.73\00:22:48.06
Blood pressure?
00:22:48.10\00:22:49.43
They'll get blood pressure,
you have an exercise test,
00:22:49.46\00:22:51.47
Fitness test. Fitness test.
00:22:51.50\00:22:52.90
Wow.
00:22:52.93\00:22:54.30
There are some long tests.
00:22:54.34\00:22:55.67
There's a
health-age computerized test,
00:22:55.70\00:22:58.81
so it takes about
45 minutes to an hour
00:22:58.84\00:23:01.48
to go through all of this.
00:23:01.51\00:23:02.84
Well, that's great.
Is it free of charge?
00:23:02.88\00:23:04.61
This is free of charge,
00:23:04.65\00:23:05.98
and as people go
through these different stations
00:23:06.01\00:23:08.55
and get help with
their physical health,
00:23:08.58\00:23:11.52
you build a
relationship, you build trust
00:23:11.55\00:23:14.56
and people are so
thankful for what you've done
00:23:14.59\00:23:18.19
that they want to know more.
00:23:18.23\00:23:19.89
And so that's a way that
we then use to introduce them,
00:23:19.93\00:23:22.66
and we used to introduce them
00:23:22.70\00:23:24.03
to a magazine
that we've then done...
00:23:24.07\00:23:25.40
Oh, that's great.
00:23:25.43\00:23:26.77
For people outside,
it's an outreach magazine.
00:23:26.80\00:23:28.30
Can I see one?
00:23:28.34\00:23:29.84
And so that's
made to connect again.
00:23:29.87\00:23:33.54
Very nice.
00:23:33.58\00:23:34.91
And so we try to
build if you will,
00:23:34.94\00:23:38.15
the brand as well.
00:23:38.18\00:23:40.02
LifeStyle TV is the TV channel
00:23:40.05\00:23:43.15
where we reach out
with our programming,
00:23:43.18\00:23:45.55
then the expos is
called Lifestyle expo,
00:23:45.59\00:23:48.39
so that's where you
reach people at the fair,
00:23:48.42\00:23:51.09
at the shopping
center, you know, with health
00:23:51.13\00:23:54.00
and then we give them a magazine
00:23:54.03\00:23:55.36
that's called Lifestyle View.
00:23:55.40\00:23:57.33
And so you're building
this brand of Lifestyle across
00:23:57.37\00:24:00.80
from contact to building trust
00:24:00.84\00:24:03.67
and to be able
to deliver a message
00:24:03.71\00:24:05.47
and to share in much
more depth with people.
00:24:05.51\00:24:08.48
And so during that they sign
up for free magazine like this.
00:24:08.51\00:24:11.71
That' great.
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.08
I like it that everything's
focused on lifestyle.
00:24:13.11\00:24:14.95
Everything's focused
on the health aspect,
00:24:14.98\00:24:17.59
if you look, I can't read
this 'cause it's not in English,
00:24:17.62\00:24:20.56
but I can see from the
titles that it looks like,
00:24:20.59\00:24:24.33
like this looks
like it's on vegetarian,
00:24:24.36\00:24:26.80
this might be exercise.
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.03
She looks like
she's rock climbing.
00:24:29.06\00:24:31.43
And so you're going through
00:24:31.47\00:24:32.93
some of the
different lifestyle habits.
00:24:32.97\00:24:35.27
Well, and we believe that
as Seventh-day Adventists,
00:24:35.30\00:24:38.57
we have a
holistic picture of health,
00:24:38.61\00:24:41.78
so we believe that
it's not just the physical,
00:24:41.81\00:24:44.15
it's not just the mental,
00:24:44.18\00:24:45.51
but we also have the
spiritual aspect as well.
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.28
Amen.
00:24:47.32\00:24:48.65
And that's what
we want to tie it in.
00:24:48.68\00:24:50.29
It's interesting with
these expos that we do,
00:24:50.32\00:24:53.59
about 10% of the people,
00:24:53.62\00:24:55.69
consistently,
every time we do it,
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.89
will sign up and
request Bible studies
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.60
when nobody has talked
to them about the Bible.
00:25:00.63\00:25:02.66
Ten percent? Ten percent.
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.07
That's incredible. That's huge.
00:25:04.10\00:25:05.43
That's the minimum. It
sometimes goes up to 15%.
00:25:05.47\00:25:08.00
But nobody's talked to
them about the Bible per se,
00:25:08.04\00:25:11.34
they've taken
their blood pressure,
00:25:11.37\00:25:12.71
they've checked their weight,
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.08
they've done all these
physical things with them,
00:25:14.11\00:25:16.78
and yet it has built that trust
00:25:16.81\00:25:19.71
and they're
interested in something more.
00:25:19.75\00:25:22.02
It's interesting we
had a health expo here,
00:25:22.05\00:25:27.46
oh, maybe a month,
00:25:27.49\00:25:28.82
not little more than a month ago
00:25:28.86\00:25:30.19
in one of the local town.
00:25:30.23\00:25:32.53
It's a big university
town not far from us, Lund.
00:25:32.56\00:25:36.06
And so we set up this expo
and then people came through,
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.93
and I remember there
was one particular lady
00:25:38.97\00:25:40.97
'cause I was doing...
00:25:41.00\00:25:43.34
I was doing the blood test.
00:25:43.37\00:25:45.57
And she went through it,
00:25:45.61\00:25:47.58
and she had some health issues
that she was concerned about,
00:25:47.61\00:25:51.31
she talked to the
doctor at the end,
00:25:51.35\00:25:53.35
and we were doing after
this with the local church,
00:25:53.38\00:25:56.62
we were doing a
vegetarian cooking school,
00:25:56.65\00:25:59.72
so the doctor recommended,
00:25:59.75\00:26:01.09
"Well, maybe she should try
the vegetarian cooking school
00:26:01.12\00:26:03.83
for her health problems
that might be of help to her".
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.03
So we were doing this,
not in this town, not in Lund,
00:26:07.06\00:26:09.86
but in Malmo which is
about 10, 15 minutes by car,
00:26:09.90\00:26:15.10
10 minutes by car maybe,
00:26:15.14\00:26:17.37
away from this other town.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.74
Well, so sure enough
00:26:18.77\00:26:20.11
she signs up for the
vegetarian cooking school
00:26:20.14\00:26:22.91
and she arrives the first night
00:26:22.94\00:26:25.05
and we start talking to her
00:26:25.08\00:26:26.61
and it was
interesting to find out that
00:26:26.65\00:26:30.39
she had ridden her bicycle
from the one town to another,
00:26:30.42\00:26:33.92
it took her only
an hour and a half.
00:26:33.96\00:26:35.69
Only an hour and a
half? Only an hour and a half.
00:26:35.72\00:26:37.39
That's one way. One way.
00:26:37.43\00:26:38.76
That's one way.
00:26:38.79\00:26:40.13
We finished the cooking
class there about 8 o'clock
00:26:40.16\00:26:42.06
and she bikes back home.
00:26:42.10\00:26:43.87
And she's not the
first one to leave.
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.27
She stays and talks
00:26:46.30\00:26:47.64
and then she'll bike
back home that night.
00:26:47.67\00:26:49.60
Interesting
enough, she's in her '70s.
00:26:49.64\00:26:51.71
Oh, my! She's
not a spring chicken.
00:26:51.74\00:26:54.14
So she came to these
different cooking demonstrations
00:26:54.18\00:26:57.15
and while we were
there, I was talking to her,
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.85
and I'm not exactly
sure how she found out,
00:26:58.88\00:27:01.22
must have been talking with
one of the other church members
00:27:01.25\00:27:03.32
that were there.
00:27:03.35\00:27:04.69
She found out that we
have an international Sabbath
00:27:04.72\00:27:10.13
once a month in our church
where we have English services.
00:27:10.16\00:27:13.96
"Oh, and what time does
your church service start?
00:27:14.00\00:27:16.83
Oh, I want to
work on my English."
00:27:16.87\00:27:18.77
And so just from
having this expo,
00:27:18.80\00:27:23.47
you know, within
just a matter of weeks,
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.37
she's already
interested in showing up
00:27:26.41\00:27:28.64
and finding out something more
00:27:28.68\00:27:30.01
about the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:27:30.05\00:27:31.71
I mean, of course, she
is interested in English
00:27:31.75\00:27:34.42
but she could turn on the TV
00:27:34.45\00:27:35.78
if that all she
was interested in.
00:27:35.82\00:27:39.29
But she is obviously interested
in knowing something more
00:27:39.32\00:27:43.49
than just what the
language has to offer.
00:27:43.53\00:27:45.73
So a lot of the
resources that we try to develop
00:27:45.76\00:27:48.16
is to try and use that concept
of connecting with people,
00:27:48.20\00:27:51.73
building trust,
and leading into TV
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.24
and other things
that then gives them also
00:27:54.27\00:27:57.54
a depth of quality of
life, meaning of life,
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.38
purpose of life which
is really interesting.
00:28:01.41\00:28:03.38
There was just a study done
00:28:03.41\00:28:05.85
by a professor in
Sweden that came out with
00:28:05.88\00:28:08.28
and looked at some of the issues
00:28:08.32\00:28:09.92
of the increase in depression.
00:28:09.95\00:28:13.02
And has written a doctorate,
a thesis over the fact that
00:28:13.05\00:28:18.03
one of the reasons behind
the increase in depression
00:28:18.06\00:28:23.16
that she sees could very well be
00:28:23.20\00:28:26.27
that there's a lack
in the secularized world
00:28:26.30\00:28:29.24
of talking about and looking at
a meaning and purpose in life.
00:28:29.27\00:28:33.04
Really.
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.41
And so because
you don't have that,
00:28:34.44\00:28:36.78
she believes from her study
00:28:36.81\00:28:38.15
that you see a
rise in depression.
00:28:38.18\00:28:40.95
And I think that's
very, very interesting.
00:28:40.98\00:28:42.42
And these are some of the things
00:28:42.45\00:28:43.79
we connect with people
on through health awareness
00:28:43.82\00:28:45.39
and start sharing
00:28:45.42\00:28:46.76
and seeing that we
have more to offer.
00:28:46.79\00:28:48.96
And so even in the
magazine try to give
00:28:48.99\00:28:51.99
the starting
point of connecting,
00:28:52.03\00:28:54.00
of raising questions,
00:28:54.03\00:28:55.76
and then hoping
that people will go over
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.93
and then on TV will be able
to find a much broader base.
00:28:57.97\00:29:00.60
Yeah, it's interesting to me
00:29:00.64\00:29:01.97
'cause you said
it is very secular.
00:29:02.00\00:29:03.71
Is that correct?
00:29:03.74\00:29:05.07
And so with these
expos, it's really neat,
00:29:05.11\00:29:06.98
you don't have a big
sign that probably says
00:29:07.01\00:29:09.11
we're Christian,
00:29:09.14\00:29:11.75
I don't know, church
services or something like that.
00:29:11.78\00:29:13.48
You actually did a health expo
00:29:13.52\00:29:14.85
so like you said
00:29:14.88\00:29:16.22
everybody is
interested in health,
00:29:16.25\00:29:17.59
that we all want to live
long, we wan to live long,
00:29:17.62\00:29:19.12
but have a good quality of life.
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.49
We really don't want
to be sick and live long.
00:29:20.52\00:29:22.66
So you hit that
need of their health,
00:29:22.69\00:29:25.76
you're providing
these free services,
00:29:25.79\00:29:27.20
and then they're like,
"Oh, these people, wow.
00:29:27.23\00:29:28.83
There must be more to them."
00:29:28.86\00:29:30.43
And then that's where
you, I guess, reach across that
00:29:30.47\00:29:33.03
and bring in the Lord,
the spiritual part of that
00:29:33.07\00:29:35.40
and then introduce
them to LifeStyle TV.
00:29:35.44\00:29:37.61
Exactly. And, yeah.
00:29:37.64\00:29:38.97
That is wonderful.
00:29:39.01\00:29:40.34
And I think a lot of it
is the Holy Spirit working.
00:29:40.38\00:29:43.18
We simply make
ourselves available,
00:29:43.21\00:29:46.28
make an expo or
produce a TV program,
00:29:46.31\00:29:49.58
produce a magazine.
00:29:49.62\00:29:50.95
We simply do
the work that we can
00:29:50.99\00:29:54.16
and then the
Holy Spirit comes in
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.92
and starts working
on people's hearts.
00:29:55.96\00:29:57.69
And just to back up as
you were saying secular,
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.63
to kind of put
that in the perspective,
00:30:00.66\00:30:04.33
less than 2% attend church.
00:30:04.37\00:30:06.33
Oh, really. Wow.
00:30:06.37\00:30:07.70
That's what we mean
when we talk about...
00:30:07.74\00:30:09.44
Are you talking about
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:30:09.47\00:30:10.81
Any church.
00:30:10.84\00:30:12.31
So that's what we mean
when we say very secular.
00:30:12.34\00:30:14.54
So it's probably
about the highest percentage
00:30:14.58\00:30:17.81
in the world of
non religious area.
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.42
It's been listed,
00:30:20.45\00:30:21.78
each of the
Scandinavian countries
00:30:21.82\00:30:23.18
have come up on
the top of the list
00:30:23.22\00:30:24.92
of the most secular.
00:30:24.95\00:30:26.29
Go ahead.
00:30:26.32\00:30:27.66
So these
testimonies to me are incredible
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.02
because you think about
less than 2% are in church
00:30:29.06\00:30:31.49
and yet God is using
LifeStyle TV to reach people.
00:30:31.53\00:30:35.90
I love testimonies.
00:30:35.93\00:30:37.27
You have an another
one with, I think Marlin?
00:30:37.30\00:30:39.70
Yes, and as we look at here
00:30:39.73\00:30:42.64
and just the
graphic as we go over there
00:30:42.67\00:30:45.01
with TV program,
00:30:45.04\00:30:46.37
because on the TV we
have strong message series,
00:30:46.41\00:30:50.55
and two of our
very, most popular series
00:30:50.58\00:30:53.58
probably has been a
series on the great controversy
00:30:53.62\00:30:56.79
and on the life of Jesus.
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.72
What we've done a simple concept
00:30:58.75\00:31:00.26
of taking the book,
The Great Controversy,
00:31:00.29\00:31:03.02
and chapter for chapter had
one program for every chapter,
00:31:03.06\00:31:08.33
not reading the chapter
00:31:08.36\00:31:09.70
but taking the
theme of the chapter
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.43
and going through that
together with the Bible,
00:31:11.47\00:31:14.04
and then offering the
book as a free resource...
00:31:14.07\00:31:16.60
The Great Controversy?
The Great Controversy.
00:31:16.64\00:31:18.64
And the amount of people
writing in and asking for that.
00:31:18.67\00:31:21.71
And they're going
home and reading it
00:31:21.74\00:31:23.45
and following week
for week that series.
00:31:23.48\00:31:26.01
And there's 42 chapters
in The Great Controversy,
00:31:26.05\00:31:29.48
so that's a long
series. Oh, yeah.
00:31:29.52\00:31:31.25
So people are following along
00:31:31.29\00:31:32.95
and they're getting
a lot of Bible truth.
00:31:32.99\00:31:35.42
And these are things that
they used to write and say,
00:31:35.46\00:31:37.53
we've never heard before.
00:31:37.56\00:31:38.89
This is very unique
for the Adventist church,
00:31:38.93\00:31:40.93
the understanding of
The Great Controversy behind
00:31:40.96\00:31:43.33
as is reflected
00:31:43.37\00:31:44.90
and now understanding prophecy
from The Great Controversy.
00:31:44.93\00:31:47.80
And in the second
one, on the life of Christ,
00:31:47.84\00:31:50.11
we took the book
The Desire of Ages,
00:31:50.14\00:31:51.97
that's 87 chapters.
00:31:52.01\00:31:53.78
Wow. You did 87 programs?
00:31:53.81\00:31:55.14
One program for
every single chapter,
00:31:55.18\00:31:57.35
going through all of the gospels
00:31:57.38\00:31:59.11
in that book.
00:31:59.15\00:32:00.48
And people would write
in, they would follow along.
00:32:00.52\00:32:02.55
So every week, twice a
week, was a new program.
00:32:02.58\00:32:05.82
And I have to say, for myself,
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.46
it was a huge
blessing to be on the program,
00:32:07.49\00:32:09.62
and actually go
through the gospels like that
00:32:09.66\00:32:11.49
and share it. Oh, that's great.
00:32:11.53\00:32:12.86
It's interesting because we had,
00:32:12.89\00:32:14.76
with The Great
Controversy we had as well,
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.97
but one specific testimony
00:32:17.00\00:32:18.63
with the series
on the life of Jesus,
00:32:18.67\00:32:23.10
we had someone write in
00:32:23.14\00:32:24.64
and they requested the
book The Desire of Ages.
00:32:24.67\00:32:27.38
And then I guess after
sometime, several weeks,
00:32:27.41\00:32:31.41
a month or something
like that they wrote in again,
00:32:31.45\00:32:34.58
and they had
read the whole book,
00:32:34.62\00:32:37.49
and they wanted 15 more
00:32:37.52\00:32:38.85
so they could give
it to all their friends.
00:32:38.89\00:32:41.39
And this was not
a... I mean I don't...
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.32
So he's not a Christian
but has started reading this
00:32:43.36\00:32:46.59
and said this is just amazing,
00:32:46.63\00:32:48.86
and then wanted more to share.
00:32:48.90\00:32:50.73
And so the stories we have had
of people that have read that,
00:32:50.77\00:32:54.50
you mentioned
Marlin is a lady that,
00:32:54.54\00:32:56.87
it wasn't this
series particularly
00:32:56.91\00:32:58.61
but she has a unique story.
00:32:58.64\00:33:01.04
She was in the hospital,
00:33:01.08\00:33:03.55
and at the time when we met her,
00:33:03.58\00:33:04.98
she had been in the
hospital, that was 20 years ago.
00:33:05.01\00:33:07.75
There she had met a lady
00:33:07.78\00:33:09.98
and she was there
00:33:10.02\00:33:11.52
because of Marlin
herself had different issues
00:33:11.55\00:33:14.56
that she had health wise
00:33:14.59\00:33:15.92
but she had noticed
that this other lady
00:33:15.96\00:33:17.39
that was in the
hospital in the same ward,
00:33:17.43\00:33:19.86
she had this piece about her.
00:33:19.89\00:33:22.20
And once every week,
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.87
she had these
special preparations,
00:33:23.90\00:33:26.23
and she had this special day,
00:33:26.27\00:33:28.50
and Marlin said, she
called it her Sabbath.
00:33:28.54\00:33:31.71
And she just noticed that
this lady was so different
00:33:31.74\00:33:34.71
and she just
had this total peace
00:33:34.74\00:33:37.28
and they had shared
something's together
00:33:37.31\00:33:38.98
but that's after they came out,
00:33:39.01\00:33:41.15
she forgot about the lady,
00:33:41.18\00:33:42.85
her own life kind of
really spun out of control
00:33:42.88\00:33:45.82
and she ended up with
issues of drugs and other things
00:33:45.85\00:33:49.52
and really going down.
00:33:49.56\00:33:50.89
Were loosing part of her family
and things were breaking apart.
00:33:50.93\00:33:54.66
And all of a sudden,
00:33:54.70\00:33:56.03
she starts
thinking of this lady.
00:33:56.06\00:33:57.77
And all she could
remember was this thing that
00:33:57.80\00:34:00.50
she had had a
Christian background
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.60
and she had this Sabbath.
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.04
And so she googles up the words,
00:34:04.07\00:34:06.11
I think, Christian and Sabbath,
00:34:06.14\00:34:07.74
and what does she come up with?
00:34:07.78\00:34:09.21
LifeStyle TV.
00:34:09.24\00:34:10.58
And so she starts
watching LifeStyle TV
00:34:10.61\00:34:13.58
and it's excited what she is,
00:34:13.62\00:34:15.75
and a while after
she's been watching,
00:34:15.78\00:34:17.89
she looks up the local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:34:17.92\00:34:20.76
she comes there
00:34:20.79\00:34:22.69
and she starts connecting,
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.06
now that happened to
actually be our local church,
00:34:24.09\00:34:26.03
so we met her locally.
00:34:26.06\00:34:27.93
We were just
developing a Bible study series
00:34:27.96\00:34:30.43
at the time,
00:34:30.47\00:34:31.80
and needed
somebody to proofread it.
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.17
So one of our Bible
workers got the grand idea,
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.30
why don't we ask Marlin
to proofread these studies.
00:34:35.34\00:34:37.67
That's great.
00:34:37.71\00:34:39.04
She said, yes,
and so she sits there
00:34:39.07\00:34:40.51
and proofreads all
these Bible studies
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.74
and is studying her
way right into the truth.
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.91
Wow.
00:34:45.95\00:34:47.28
And Don, our Bible
worker then met her just...
00:34:47.32\00:34:50.29
Well, actually it wasn't her
00:34:50.32\00:34:51.65
but this young man recently
at the Adventist Academy
00:34:51.69\00:34:55.12
and he comes up to her
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.49
and just wants to say thank you.
00:34:56.52\00:34:58.03
And Don looks at
him, he's like...
00:34:58.06\00:35:01.26
And reminds me, he's
like, I'm Marlin's son.
00:35:01.30\00:35:07.70
So this was the son,
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.60
had now come to
the Adventist Academy,
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.97
had gone there as
a boarding student,
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.14
and now he had decided
00:35:14.18\00:35:15.51
that he wanted to
give his life to Christ
00:35:15.54\00:35:17.28
and be baptized.
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:35:17.31\00:35:18.81
And so this is how
the ripple effect go
00:35:18.85\00:35:21.52
and it is so exciting to see.
00:35:21.55\00:35:23.85
And so back to where we started,
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.19
the dream that
we had when we came
00:35:26.22\00:35:28.76
and we're here at 3ABN
00:35:28.79\00:35:32.39
is being fulfilled at home,
00:35:32.43\00:35:34.36
that we are seeing
people walking in to churches
00:35:34.40\00:35:37.33
because their
lives have been touched,
00:35:37.37\00:35:39.50
simply from watching TV
00:35:39.53\00:35:41.80
and sitting and
studying in their homes
00:35:41.84\00:35:43.54
in different ways.
00:35:43.57\00:35:44.91
Makes it worthwhile, doesn't it?
00:35:44.94\00:35:46.27
It does.
00:35:46.31\00:35:47.64
You know you think about it
'cause we are not talking about
00:35:47.68\00:35:49.01
not some big,
grand, you know, studio,
00:35:49.04\00:35:50.98
but in a home is
where it started,
00:35:51.01\00:35:52.91
right, your studio.
00:35:52.95\00:35:54.32
I know a lot of
hard work has gone into
00:35:54.35\00:35:56.32
but you can't put
a prize on a soul.
00:35:56.35\00:35:58.19
No, and the
picture we have here is
00:35:58.22\00:36:01.42
another lady being baptized.
00:36:01.46\00:36:03.53
This is in Finland,
00:36:03.56\00:36:05.03
another Bible worker
that has worked with us,
00:36:05.06\00:36:07.13
Jonathan Carlson,
00:36:07.16\00:36:08.50
and again a
connection between his studies,
00:36:08.53\00:36:12.30
a lady watching TV
leading to baptism.
00:36:12.33\00:36:16.91
Her husband now,
later also was...
00:36:16.94\00:36:20.64
to begin with,
not interested at all,
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.31
then started watching at home,
00:36:22.34\00:36:23.88
and then step
by step then coming
00:36:23.91\00:36:25.88
and joining his
wife later in baptism.
00:36:25.91\00:36:28.15
And so the way it's impacting
00:36:28.18\00:36:29.98
and so many stories we
can tell and so many details
00:36:30.02\00:36:33.22
but it's just,
you have them here,
00:36:33.25\00:36:34.79
but it's just so exciting
00:36:34.82\00:36:36.16
and every one of
these are precious stories
00:36:36.19\00:36:38.46
because they
are not just a story
00:36:38.49\00:36:40.73
but it's a changed life.
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.36
That's amazing.
00:36:42.40\00:36:43.77
Yeah, and I want to
tell you at home too
00:36:43.80\00:36:45.20
that there are ways that
you will be able to support.
00:36:45.23\00:36:48.60
We want to thank you.
00:36:48.64\00:36:49.97
I know some of you
have stood with LifeStyle TV
00:36:50.01\00:36:51.94
and saw them
launch, get started,
00:36:51.97\00:36:54.38
and this is an update for you.
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.14
For others, it's brand new,
00:36:56.18\00:36:57.51
you haven't even heard of
LifeStyle Television or TV
00:36:57.55\00:37:00.02
but we want to
here in a few minutes,
00:37:00.05\00:37:01.98
so get your pen and paper ready
of ways that you can support.
00:37:02.02\00:37:04.82
We're gonna talk
about some of your needs
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.86
and again what God is doing,
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.22
there's even
more exciting things
00:37:08.26\00:37:09.59
you're gonna share here in
the next couple of minutes,
00:37:09.62\00:37:11.16
but just want to
encourage you to continue to,
00:37:11.19\00:37:13.33
even if you can't
financially support,
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.06
right now to pray
00:37:15.10\00:37:16.43
because prayer is in
touch with our Creator God.
00:37:16.46\00:37:19.30
But I know we've
got some exciting things
00:37:19.33\00:37:20.67
going on currently at
LifeStyle TV, don't we?
00:37:20.70\00:37:24.41
Well, as I mentioned,
00:37:24.44\00:37:25.77
on the 5th of
November, year 2017,
00:37:25.81\00:37:31.15
we had a very, very special day
00:37:31.18\00:37:35.02
and that was a day
we've been praying about
00:37:35.05\00:37:38.89
for a long time,
00:37:38.92\00:37:41.36
groundbreaking.
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.19
Where we were
able to break grounds
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.39
for a new studio
00:37:45.43\00:37:48.46
that is gonna be
built to air LifeStyle TV,
00:37:48.50\00:37:51.47
so finally so to speak,
00:37:51.50\00:37:52.83
getting out of the living
room and getting into a space
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.87
and one of the pictures here
is from that groundbreaking here
00:37:55.90\00:38:00.84
where we're standing
and revealing the studio.
00:38:00.88\00:38:04.65
We built a small
model that you see here
00:38:04.68\00:38:07.52
and so just sharing it
00:38:07.55\00:38:09.78
with people over
there at the event.
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.85
I said this is
what God has led to
00:38:11.89\00:38:14.36
and opened the doors for.
00:38:14.39\00:38:16.09
And so, so that's
really, really amazing.
00:38:16.12\00:38:18.56
And there was a lot
of different partners
00:38:18.59\00:38:20.80
that were present
there from the local church,
00:38:20.83\00:38:25.07
the local union,
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.37
both from the
Swedish, Norwegian,
00:38:27.40\00:38:28.94
and Danish union
were all present there.
00:38:28.97\00:38:30.97
The leadership, the
Trans-European division,
00:38:31.01\00:38:34.48
Victor Hulbert was there,
00:38:34.51\00:38:36.34
and so there together
00:38:36.38\00:38:37.71
we were able to
look at these plans,
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.25
to see, and to pray,
00:38:39.28\00:38:41.22
and to dedicate the
grounds for this new studio
00:38:41.25\00:38:45.85
that was gonna be built
00:38:45.89\00:38:47.26
and that really I think
created a lot of excitement.
00:38:47.29\00:38:50.13
Here we see the property around,
00:38:50.16\00:38:52.19
and the red arrow there...
00:38:52.23\00:38:53.56
Looks a little
like Southern Illinois.
00:38:53.60\00:38:54.93
So lets stay on this
picture then for just a second,
00:38:54.96\00:38:57.03
so where is the
current LifeStyle TV
00:38:57.07\00:38:59.70
as we look at this
beautiful green grass
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.17
and I see some buildings.
00:39:01.20\00:39:02.54
Would it be in the
upper left hand side,
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.31
the lower?
00:39:04.34\00:39:05.67
The lower left hand side,
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.11
that building
there towards the road.
00:39:07.14\00:39:08.48
And I see an antenna,
there's an antenna sticking up.
00:39:08.51\00:39:09.94
That's the antenna
00:39:09.98\00:39:11.31
that is actually
broadcasting the signal
00:39:11.35\00:39:14.15
that goes to another
town where it goes uplink.
00:39:14.18\00:39:16.32
So then where will
the new building be?
00:39:16.35\00:39:18.02
The red arrow...
00:39:18.05\00:39:19.39
Where the red arrow is.
Oh, I see it, yes. Okay.
00:39:19.42\00:39:22.12
That's where the
new studio will be built
00:39:22.16\00:39:24.03
there in a beautiful spot,
00:39:24.06\00:39:25.79
and it will be turned
south out over the field
00:39:25.83\00:39:28.40
where you get a full
wonderful view there,
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.40
so that's a really a blessing.
00:39:31.43\00:39:33.80
And I mean there is so
much that could be said
00:39:33.84\00:39:35.90
but I, one story, you know,
00:39:35.94\00:39:37.64
we've been
working on all the permits
00:39:37.67\00:39:39.74
and it's been quite a while,
00:39:39.77\00:39:42.88
and some challenges
about the last aspects
00:39:42.91\00:39:45.85
of getting things together
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.22
and getting all of the
handicapped accessories
00:39:47.25\00:39:50.69
approved and so forth,
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.55
and we really
wanted to have the permit
00:39:52.59\00:39:55.39
before we were going to
have the groundbreaking.
00:39:55.42\00:39:58.23
And so we had been praying
and praying, and finally,
00:39:58.26\00:40:01.43
I think about two weeks before
00:40:01.46\00:40:03.40
we got the message that
00:40:03.43\00:40:05.40
the initial
permit had been approved,
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.70
but then before you get
which is the starting permit,
00:40:07.74\00:40:11.87
you have to have
technical meetings
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.61
and go through a
lot of other things,
00:40:13.64\00:40:15.88
and so we had asked for
that to be as soon as possible
00:40:15.91\00:40:18.31
and so we go in there,
00:40:18.35\00:40:19.68
and we had our
architect with us,
00:40:19.71\00:40:21.48
and so we're sitting in there
in the office and going through
00:40:21.52\00:40:24.62
and this just checking off,
00:40:24.65\00:40:26.19
and I was wondering,
you know, he's so quiet
00:40:26.22\00:40:29.02
and I didn't
understand why architect didn't,
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.89
you know, I wanted
him to kind of, you know,
00:40:31.93\00:40:33.40
'cause he knows what to say,
he's been through this before,
00:40:33.43\00:40:36.83
and half an hour
later we have finished
00:40:36.87\00:40:38.83
and we walk out the door.
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.20
And we haven't just
gotten outside the door
00:40:40.24\00:40:43.51
and he's just like,
"I can't believe it."
00:40:43.54\00:40:48.04
He's like, "I can't
believe we got the permit,"
00:40:48.08\00:40:50.71
so we walked out of there
00:40:50.75\00:40:52.68
with the signed starting permit,
00:40:52.71\00:40:54.58
and he says I have
never seen that happen before.
00:40:54.62\00:40:58.02
It's normally a long process
of documents back and forth
00:40:58.05\00:41:01.79
and detailed plans,
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.13
and here we
walked out a week before
00:41:04.16\00:41:06.39
with a final permit
that we could have begun
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.20
to start a
building that afternoon,
00:41:08.23\00:41:10.13
and it was just such a miracle
that God just really worked.
00:41:10.17\00:41:13.70
It's the hand of
God, isn't it? Amen.
00:41:13.74\00:41:16.30
Do you have square footage
what it's projected to be?
00:41:16.34\00:41:19.21
It's going to be just
under 10,000 square feet,
00:41:19.24\00:41:24.05
the total building.
00:41:24.08\00:41:26.15
The studio itself
00:41:26.18\00:41:27.52
is probably going
to be about the size
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.32
of the studio we're
sitting in here at 3ABN.
00:41:29.35\00:41:33.25
And that's going to allow
a lot of things, you know,
00:41:33.29\00:41:36.83
and several
different mulchers sets around
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.69
in different areas
so that we can produce.
00:41:38.73\00:41:40.70
There's going to be space
for offices, editing suites,
00:41:40.73\00:41:46.23
master control,
00:41:46.27\00:41:47.64
and then one thing that
we have really wished to do
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.81
in connection with this is,
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.27
as Theresa had worked
a lot with health work
00:41:52.31\00:41:54.74
is to also have a bit
of a community center,
00:41:54.78\00:41:57.31
so we have made the
cafeteria part extra large
00:41:57.35\00:42:01.38
so that there's
room to invite people in,
00:42:01.42\00:42:03.55
to do seminars,
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.15
and other things
00:42:05.19\00:42:06.52
for the community
around in the area.
00:42:06.55\00:42:09.39
And so that's an aspect
00:42:09.42\00:42:10.83
that I think we are
really excited about.
00:42:10.86\00:42:12.39
I don't know,
00:42:12.43\00:42:13.76
what do you
have a plan, Theresa,
00:42:13.80\00:42:15.13
for what you would
like to do in there?
00:42:15.16\00:42:16.50
Well, one of the
first things I want to do is
00:42:16.53\00:42:18.53
I want to put on a health expo
for all LifeStyle TV neighbors,
00:42:18.57\00:42:24.07
for everybody out in
the area where we are.
00:42:24.11\00:42:26.81
I'm actually
part of a local choir
00:42:26.84\00:42:31.11
and that helps me keep
contact with my neighbors,
00:42:31.15\00:42:35.08
and just to be
able to share with them,
00:42:35.12\00:42:37.62
to connect with them,
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.72
and then I want to start
with some health classes.
00:42:39.75\00:42:43.69
I'm working on right now,
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.06
actually developing
a cooking course kit
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.90
for the Swedish union
00:42:48.93\00:42:50.27
that can be used
by different churches
00:42:50.30\00:42:52.17
but by all means I'll
probably be using that
00:42:52.20\00:42:54.40
at LifeStyle TV
for my neighbors too.
00:42:54.44\00:42:56.17
Wow, that's great.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.27
That's good.
00:42:58.31\00:42:59.64
I think if we go to our
last slide here as well,
00:42:59.67\00:43:02.28
there is a
picture of us in the field
00:43:02.31\00:43:05.65
where we're all standing there
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.08
where the actual groundbreaking,
00:43:07.12\00:43:08.98
the spades digging in.
00:43:09.02\00:43:10.79
And this is where
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.45
the main entrance to
the studio is going to be,
00:43:12.49\00:43:15.16
and the studio
kind of be like behind
00:43:15.19\00:43:17.43
where we're standing there.
00:43:17.46\00:43:19.29
And so that was a wonderful day.
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.50
Despite the rain,
00:43:21.53\00:43:22.86
it was actually
raining when we were there,
00:43:22.90\00:43:24.37
it was just a wonderful
day to be able to be there
00:43:24.40\00:43:27.74
and to see how God answered
00:43:27.77\00:43:30.14
so many prayers
for so long time,
00:43:30.17\00:43:32.54
and have helped as well to
get finances up to about 70%
00:43:32.57\00:43:36.78
of financing the
new building already.
00:43:36.81\00:43:38.51
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:43:38.55\00:43:39.91
And you have some
special volunteers coming in,
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.18
aren't they, to help with
00:43:42.22\00:43:43.82
the
construction of the building?
00:43:43.85\00:43:45.35
We have, yes.
00:43:45.39\00:43:46.72
Many of you may know
the Maranatha volunteers,
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.49
I'm sure they've
been here many times
00:43:48.52\00:43:50.13
you shared stories,
00:43:50.16\00:43:51.49
and so the
Maranatha volunteer team
00:43:51.53\00:43:53.29
is going to come over
00:43:53.33\00:43:54.66
and be part of helping
to do the inside structure.
00:43:54.70\00:43:56.87
We have a company that
will do the metal structure,
00:43:56.90\00:43:59.23
then everything inside
00:43:59.27\00:44:00.70
and dividing up in
offices and all of that.
00:44:00.74\00:44:03.91
We're looking for volunteers,
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
and so I know if
there's any volunteer,
00:44:05.31\00:44:07.01
any of you that
have building experience
00:44:07.04\00:44:09.64
and will like to be
part of our Maranatha crew
00:44:09.68\00:44:12.58
that comes over then,
we're looking for that.
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.28
And the initial
group will be there
00:44:15.32\00:44:17.62
in May, June of 2018,
00:44:17.65\00:44:19.82
but there will
be many more groups,
00:44:19.85\00:44:21.19
I'm sure coming over,
00:44:21.22\00:44:22.56
so if you see that as a
later time, don't worry,
00:44:22.59\00:44:25.59
just take contact.
00:44:25.63\00:44:26.96
And so I think taking
contact with Maranatha...
00:44:27.00\00:44:28.83
Yeah, they would go to
their website, I think,
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.57
wouldn't they, to
find out when Maranatha
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.10
and all the plans, the
details are coming over
00:44:32.13\00:44:34.20
to help with your construction.
00:44:34.24\00:44:35.57
Now, that's
really, really exciting.
00:44:35.60\00:44:37.81
So we saw a lot of people
there in their groundbreaking,
00:44:37.84\00:44:40.44
so you must have a
really large staff there
00:44:40.48\00:44:42.21
at LifeStyle TV,
00:44:42.24\00:44:43.58
that was probably
just a small percentage?
00:44:43.61\00:44:44.95
That was just a
few of them, yeah.
00:44:44.98\00:44:46.38
Just a few of them.
00:44:46.41\00:44:47.75
We actually know
the answer to this.
00:44:47.78\00:44:50.39
I just kind of
asked that question.
00:44:50.42\00:44:51.75
There's been a
lot of physicians.
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.12
That's true, so anyway,
tell us about your staff
00:44:53.15\00:44:54.72
and how many you have...
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.09
And some of the needs
that you have for the staff
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.06
because I know you do
a lot with young people
00:44:58.09\00:44:59.76
and media missionaries,
00:44:59.79\00:45:01.26
so talk to us about that too?
00:45:01.30\00:45:02.63
We are just a
small, a small crew again,
00:45:02.66\00:45:04.93
and the Lord has
allowed for a lot to happen.
00:45:04.97\00:45:07.54
We have had some
really dedicated staff
00:45:07.57\00:45:10.01
and still have.
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.11
We are looking for
some extra staffing,
00:45:12.14\00:45:14.08
especially in the aspect
of video editing and filming,
00:45:14.11\00:45:19.18
so that is an area
that is open for editors,
00:45:19.21\00:45:23.08
camera people,
somebody with TV experience
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.95
and that really would like to
maybe do something in mission.
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.92
Do they have to
speak the language?
00:45:28.96\00:45:30.73
No, it's not a prerequisite.
00:45:30.76\00:45:33.63
All of our production
language internally is English,
00:45:33.66\00:45:36.80
so we speak in English,
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.17
obviously it's a help
if you can understand,
00:45:38.20\00:45:39.97
but we have had English speakers
00:45:40.00\00:45:41.37
that have done a
wonderful job before.
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.74
And so somebody that want
to be part of a couple of years
00:45:43.77\00:45:46.68
maybe volunteering
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.04
or being part
of a staff on that,
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.61
then we have open positions.
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.28
But as you are referring
to as well I think, Jill,
00:45:52.31\00:45:54.15
we have a media
missionary program
00:45:54.18\00:45:55.85
for young people,
00:45:55.88\00:45:57.35
and they come in
typically for one year
00:45:57.39\00:46:00.02
and will stay there
00:46:00.06\00:46:01.39
and we will help
train them, educate them,
00:46:01.42\00:46:03.89
and give, most
of all, opportunity
00:46:03.93\00:46:06.56
to actually work
in a media ministry.
00:46:06.59\00:46:09.36
That's how I
learned myself a lot of it,
00:46:09.40\00:46:11.10
was working here for one year.
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.90
And so to work in an environment
00:46:12.93\00:46:16.20
where it's done,
00:46:16.24\00:46:17.57
you learn so much.
00:46:17.61\00:46:19.17
So would you take someone then,
if I'm understanding correctly
00:46:19.21\00:46:21.61
that doesn't really
know much about television
00:46:21.64\00:46:23.91
but has an
interest, is that correct?
00:46:23.95\00:46:26.18
You help a student and
then actually learn on the job.
00:46:26.21\00:46:28.48
We have taken young
people with no interest,
00:46:28.52\00:46:30.82
we have taken young...
00:46:30.85\00:46:32.35
Not no interest, but no...
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.72
Oh, okay.
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.46
We sometimes have had that.
00:46:35.49\00:46:37.76
But they have
gotten interest with that,
00:46:37.79\00:46:39.16
but with no background.
00:46:39.19\00:46:41.23
We have had people
00:46:41.26\00:46:42.66
like come out of
a college education,
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.90
and I've just said that,
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.27
hey, I'm used to
all this book knowledge,
00:46:46.30\00:46:49.10
I want practical experience.
00:46:49.14\00:46:50.74
And those are great
00:46:50.77\00:46:52.11
because then they
come with a lot of theory,
00:46:52.14\00:46:53.88
and now they get to practice.
00:46:53.91\00:46:55.48
And so we have both like
00:46:55.51\00:46:57.51
before and after
college basically,
00:46:57.55\00:47:00.15
and that's a real blessing.
00:47:00.18\00:47:01.78
And you provide like a
place for them to stay?
00:47:01.82\00:47:04.32
We provide a
place for them to stay,
00:47:04.35\00:47:06.25
and food for them to eat,
and work for them to do...
00:47:06.29\00:47:09.16
Amen.
00:47:09.19\00:47:11.06
You know but what an opportunity
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.43
because when you
have a smaller staff
00:47:12.46\00:47:14.13
such as you all
have, it's really nice
00:47:14.16\00:47:15.50
because you get a
lot of opportunities
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.03
to try and work in
many different areas, right?
00:47:17.07\00:47:19.93
Like you said audio,
editing... Yes, you do.
00:47:19.97\00:47:22.20
And you get opportunities to
travel and to see other things
00:47:22.24\00:47:24.41
and be part of a ministry that,
00:47:24.44\00:47:27.68
you know, it's not
like just a school project.
00:47:27.71\00:47:30.08
This is real programs that
are airing that are going out
00:47:30.11\00:47:33.35
and are reaching
real people, so...
00:47:33.38\00:47:34.72
And life changing content.
00:47:34.75\00:47:36.42
Seriously, it's a
real mission experience
00:47:36.45\00:47:38.82
and it's an exciting job.
00:47:38.85\00:47:41.39
Now, Theresa, you had mentioned
working on a new cookbook
00:47:41.42\00:47:44.69
or something in conjunction
with the Swedish union,
00:47:44.73\00:47:46.56
like a whole series,
00:47:46.59\00:47:47.93
so I'm always
interested in food,
00:47:47.96\00:47:49.73
and I see you
have lots of recipes
00:47:49.76\00:47:51.13
in this magazine too,
00:47:51.17\00:47:52.50
but you're just
finishing, I believe,
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.77
a whole series
of health programs,
00:47:54.80\00:47:57.61
so talk to us about that
00:47:57.64\00:47:58.97
and how you're working in
conjunction with the church?
00:47:59.01\00:48:00.78
Well, this actually,
this past year, in Sweden,
00:48:00.81\00:48:04.41
LifeStyle TV has
partnered with the Swedish Union
00:48:04.45\00:48:07.12
to do a health
awareness campaign
00:48:07.15\00:48:10.42
for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:48:10.45\00:48:12.19
for their church members,
but also for the public,
00:48:12.22\00:48:14.96
so as part of that we
have had the magazine,
00:48:14.99\00:48:17.63
we've had an emphasis
on the different topics
00:48:17.66\00:48:20.00
that we've focused on
for the health campaign,
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.93
and we also have done
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.93
a half an hour
television program.
00:48:24.97\00:48:27.97
A weekly program.
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.34
A weekly program,
00:48:29.37\00:48:30.71
and so now we have,
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.07
we've actually
produced 49 programs up to date,
00:48:32.11\00:48:35.61
we have three more to do,
00:48:35.64\00:48:37.28
and we'll have
done the whole year
00:48:37.31\00:48:38.65
of television for that, so...
00:48:38.68\00:48:41.92
That's exciting.
00:48:41.95\00:48:43.28
And it's been a real blessing.
00:48:43.32\00:48:45.02
It's been challenging to do
a weekly program, but it's...
00:48:45.05\00:48:48.72
But, you know, and it's amazing
00:48:48.76\00:48:50.69
and really one of
the things we try to work
00:48:50.73\00:48:53.53
on this relationship of
working in partnership together
00:48:53.56\00:48:56.83
with other
ministries, with churches
00:48:56.87\00:48:59.90
and to see what
we can do together
00:48:59.93\00:49:02.20
when we work together
00:49:02.24\00:49:03.57
because so much we
do, we do in silos,
00:49:03.61\00:49:06.27
separately, even
within the church,
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.11
we do it in departments,
00:49:08.14\00:49:09.81
but when we start a synergy
between different things,
00:49:09.84\00:49:13.08
you see something
happens and you can do things
00:49:13.11\00:49:15.65
and reach resource
that we can't otherwise do.
00:49:15.68\00:49:18.85
And so we have been so blessed
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.39
in working with
these partnerships as well
00:49:20.42\00:49:22.29
with the local unions
00:49:22.32\00:49:23.66
and to see them
activate their church members.
00:49:23.69\00:49:26.56
And when church members go out
00:49:26.59\00:49:27.96
and they will use the magazines,
00:49:28.00\00:49:29.70
they will go out to neighbors
00:49:29.73\00:49:31.10
and they will give them to them.
00:49:31.13\00:49:32.47
They will sign them up.
00:49:32.50\00:49:33.84
There's cards inside these
00:49:33.87\00:49:35.20
where they can sign
up for free subscriptions
00:49:35.24\00:49:36.84
and then we mail it out.
00:49:36.87\00:49:38.21
And so church members
are active to use this
00:49:38.24\00:49:40.44
as an outreach tool
00:49:40.48\00:49:41.81
which then refers back
into watching TV programs,
00:49:41.84\00:49:44.41
and in that,
we're getting active
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.01
and much further.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.75
Amen. Well, it's
so exciting. It is.
00:49:47.78\00:49:50.49
You know to see
what God is doing
00:49:50.52\00:49:52.25
in and through the
ministry of LifeStyle TV.
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.99
My own heart is encouraged,
00:49:55.02\00:49:56.39
and we consider
them a sister ministry,
00:49:56.42\00:49:58.56
a partner ministry.
00:49:58.59\00:49:59.93
3ABN has been blessed
00:49:59.96\00:50:01.40
to work together
with LifeStyle TV,
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.97
provide programming and content,
00:50:04.00\00:50:05.63
and then just to
see what God is doing
00:50:05.67\00:50:07.94
in and through this ministry,
00:50:07.97\00:50:09.30
so what we want to do now is
put up the contact information
00:50:09.34\00:50:12.54
for LifeStyle TV.
00:50:12.57\00:50:13.91
We encourage you to
support and to donate.
00:50:13.94\00:50:16.11
We encourage you
to pray for them.
00:50:16.14\00:50:18.28
We also encourage you
if you are a young person
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.52
or not so young and
you want to get involved,
00:50:20.55\00:50:23.35
you'd like to move to
Sweden and get involved
00:50:23.39\00:50:25.45
and help physically
as part of the staff,
00:50:25.49\00:50:28.12
here is how you can
contact LifeStyle TV.
00:50:28.16\00:50:33.33
If you would
like more information
00:50:33.36\00:50:34.90
on LifeStyle TV's
ministry work in Scandinavia,
00:50:34.93\00:50:38.20
or if the Holy
Spirit is impressing you
00:50:38.23\00:50:40.07
to support them financially,
00:50:40.10\00:50:41.97
you may do so by
visiting their website,
00:50:42.00\00:50:44.37
LifeStyleTV.se.
00:50:44.41\00:50:47.48
They would also
love to hear from you
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.14
if you'd like to be considered
00:50:49.18\00:50:50.58
for a position on
their production team.
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.78
Their website
again is LifeStyleTV.se.
00:50:52.81\00:50:56.79
You may also send your
tax deductible donations
00:50:56.82\00:50:59.72
to LifeStyle TV,
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.52
in care of
Ouachita Hills Ministries,
00:51:01.56\00:51:03.99
PO Box 35,
Amity, Arkansas 71921.
00:51:04.03\00:51:09.96