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, I am Shelley Quinn
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and we welcome
you to 3ABN Today.
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We're so glad you're joining us
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and just want to
take this opportunity
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to thank you for your
love, and your prayer,
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and your financial support.
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Now if you like
stories about miracles,
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stories of beautiful music,
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you are going to
enjoy this program.
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And we have some
wonderful young people
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who are joining us today.
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But before I introduce
you to our special guests,
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I wanted to take just a moment
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to share a scriptural thought
with you and a scripture.
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And the thought is this,
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throughout the Bible we see
that God is a God of the music.
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And when consider what's
going on in the Old Testament,
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you see that there
are songs of praise,
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songs of
Thanksgiving, worship songs
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when they would sing
and the glory of the Lord,
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the Shekinah glory
would fill the temple
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to the point one time
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they couldn't even
stand up and minister
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because God's
presence was there.
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And then as you go forward,
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we know that
there were songs of war,
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there were songs for
the various festivals
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that they had.
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We know that Jesus sang.
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And that the Bible
talks about Him singing hymns
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after the Passover meal.
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Paul says, I think
it's Ephesians 5:19
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that we're to make
melody in our heart
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and sing to the Lord.
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And then he says
in Colossians 3:16
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that we're to sing with
grace in our hearts to the Lord.
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So singing is
important all the way
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through to Revelation
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where we see the
song of the redeemed
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and the song of
Moses and the lamb.
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But the scripture that
I wanted to share with you
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is Zephaniah 3:17
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because so many people
don't know about this scripture.
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And here it is,
Zephaniah 3:17, it's beautiful.
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"The Lord your
God in your midst,
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The Mighty One, will save.
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He will rejoice
over you with gladness."
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Now get this picture.
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The idea of rejoice,
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the literal translation would
be twirl around in circles.
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So think of the Lord,
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not He's sitting
up on His throne,
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but He's being so excited
about you that He gets up
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and He twirls around rejoicing
over you with gladness.
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"He will quiet
you with His love,
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He will rejoice
over you with singing."
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Is that your
picture of our Father God?
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Is that your picture of
God that He is so loving
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and so intimately
involved in our lives
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and He gets so excited about us
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that He rejoices in
heaven, twirling about singing?
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Well, song is important
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and we're going to
talk about song today.
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Let me introduce our
special guests to you.
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We're going to begin
with Craig Cleveland.
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And, Craig, you
are the Music Minister
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for the Michigan Conference.
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That's right.
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Tell us a little
about what that means?
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Well, it means I have
the exciting privilege
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of teaching at Great
Lakes Adventist Academy,
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and doing seminars,
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and working with other
schools in the conference,
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and just doing
whatever we can to see
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music be used in evangelism
to win souls for Christ.
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Praise God.
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And music is very and a very
effective evangelistic tool.
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Isn't it? Amen.
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You know, we see here at 3ABN,
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people call daily who
are joining the church.
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And we want to thank you
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because your funds
support this world evangelism,
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but we have had
many people call,
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who have been touched by a song
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and given their
hearts to the Lord.
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And I know we've
told this story before
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but it was
particularly interesting
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when one crusty
old gentleman called
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and he had heard
Tammy Larson sing a song.
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And she is one of
our... She is our jib operator.
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And she sang a song
and he called in tears
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and said that for all
the preaching he had heard,
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it was that song
that touched his heart.
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So music is a powerful tool.
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Craig, I know that
I've interviewed you
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a couple of times before
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not in the position
though that you currently hold.
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So congratulations,
how long has it been
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that you've been Music Minister
for Michigan Conference?
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Been there for
a year and a half.
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A year and a half. Yeah.
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Well, welcome back. Thank you.
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Well, now next we
have a pretty young lady
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and her name is
Bethany Nietling.
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And, Bethany, you are a
student of Great Lakes Academy?
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Yes, I'm a senior this year.
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A senior, okay,
where is your home?
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I live in Lake City, Michigan.
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Lake City, Michigan. Yeah.
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Well, how many years have
you gone to Great Lakes Academy?
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This is my second year.
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Your second
year, wonderful. Yeah.
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And the next we
have a pretty young lady
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whose name is Jennifer Landis.
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And, Jennifer, you
are a taskforce worker
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for Great Lakes Academy.
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Explain to us what that means?
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Well, I just get
to work as a volunteer
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at Great Lakes Adventist Academy
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for Craig Cleveland
in the music department.
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And so I'm his secretary
and a bunch of other things,
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I play piano
and stuff like that.
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Okay, So are you a graduate
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of Great Lakes
Adventist Academy?
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I am. I went
there my senior year.
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Okay. Well,
we're glad to have you.
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Where are you from?
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I live in Owasso, Michigan.
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Okay, wonderful.
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Well, thank you so much.
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And then next we
have Elijah Ringstaff
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and, Elijah,
what grade are you in?
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I am a senior at Great
Lakes Adventist Academy.
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Okay, where are you from?
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I've come from
Lansing, Michigan.
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Lansing,
Michigan. Well, very nice.
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And then we have Nick
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and, Nick, your last
name is escaping me just now.
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Nick Whitmill, Whitmill.
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Nick, you're also a
student, what grade are you in?
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I'm a sophomore. Okay.
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And where are you from?
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I'm from Dane, Ohio. From Ohio.
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Now you've jumped the boundary
here in the state lines.
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What caused you to go
to Great Lakes Academy?
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Well, I got in a
school all my life in Ohio
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and it was really a God thing,
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my parents felt like it
was time to change schools.
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And Great Lakes
Adventist Academy,
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we've known about it for years.
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And God just
impressed us to go there,
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and He's led ever since,
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and it's been an
amazing experience.
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Amen.
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So you said us, is
there another family member?
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Yeah, my sister.
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She is a grade older than me,
Sydney, she goes there with me.
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Okay, wonderful.
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I bet, she probably tells
the story a little differently,
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she probably says
that you go there with her.
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Yeah. Okay, so all right.
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Tell us, Craig,
how was trip down,
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how long did it take?
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Oh, we...
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It took a little
longer than we expected,
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but it's supposed to be about
an eight and half hour drive
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from Michigan, where we lived.
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Why did it take longer?
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Well, you know, I
just say, Shelley,
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anywhere you go
with young people,
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and I just love my
job, it's so much fun,
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there is always
thrills and excitement.
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So we had stopped for lunch
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and everybody
voted for Olive Garden,
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and it's cold, and
we're in Southern Michigan,
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and we didn't realize
that the company vehicle
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we were driving,
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the ignition key
didn't work the door.
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Oh, my goodness.
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So we were locked out.
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How long where you locked out?
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Well, we tried for
about 45 minutes to...
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It was an hour and
half. Hour and half...
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An Hour and half!
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To get it open,
finally we got a tow truck
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to help us out and the most...
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Well, you guys should
tell the story, I mean...
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Well, there was a hotel near
by actually so we were like,
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let's get a hanger and
try to like unlock the door
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'cause we were just
trying to be crafty.
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So we did that
for about 45 minutes
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and then we're like
had a door stopper also,
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we were like trying
to pry open the door
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so we could get
like the hanger in there.
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So it was interesting,
but we finally gave up
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and called the tow truck
and they unlocked it for us,
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but it was interesting.
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Well, that was
just the beginning
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'cause once we got it open,
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then the horn would go
off and the alarm systems go
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and so every time
we'd stop to open the door,
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you know, the horn would go
for a full 60 seconds, so...
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In the gas stations, everywhere,
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it was kind of embarrassing.
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Now we forgot one time,
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and we ended up going there,
and then we opened the door,
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and we're like, "Oh,
my goodness, not again."
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We got it to turn off but...
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But we have a plan. Uh-huh.
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We found the relay
switch, we unplugged the horn.
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But when we get home,
we're going to tell them
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that we took it to
3ABN and it learned to sing
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and we're going to
put the relay back in.
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How wonderful.
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Okay, so tell us that
we're actually talking today
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about the Advent Heralds.
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Tell us who the
Advent Heralds are?
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The Advent Heralds were a
team of video and music people
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in the Michigan Conference.
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They have a studio
for video and for audio.
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And we work with the Advent
Heralds Symphony and Singers,
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the group from Great
Lakes Adventist Academy.
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And we've worked
with other young people,
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and our goal is to just
produce evangelism productions,
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and to go out
singing the gospel story.
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And we're supported
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and run by the
Michigan Conference.
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Amen, Now you recently,
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not too long ago,
had a trip to Israel.
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Who wants to tell me about that?
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Everybody is
looking at you, Nick.
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Come on, Nick.
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Well, we went there
about nine months ago
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and we were there
for just under two weeks.
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And basically, while we
were there the whole time,
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we spent filming and
we pre-recorded songs,
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and we filmed all those
songs while we were there,
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and it was amazing experience.
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Lots of different
things have happened, so...
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Isn't Israel beautiful?
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Yes. It was.
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Did you all get to
tour any of Israel?
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Yeah, part of which was
amazing is we got to go to sites
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that we probably would
have never gone to before
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if I hadn't
been for the filming.
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So I feel like that
was an amazing experience
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because we got to see things
that we would have never saw
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if we had just gone
there for the tourism.
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Amen.
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Bethany, did it
make the Bible come alive
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for you like it did for me?
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Yeah.
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It's amazing to think
that all of the stories
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that we read happened
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in such a small geographic area.
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But while you were
there, tell us, Craig,
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I think you had a little
excitement that was going on.
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Tell us what happened?
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Well, may be
Bethany can start the story,
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tell us being in
the Kidron Valley
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beside the Garden
of Gethsemane at night?
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Yeah, that was really,
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I don't know how
to really describe it,
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but it was like everything
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was like it was black, like dark
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and they had like the
lightning machines going.
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And so it was already,
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I don't know
kind of scary for me,
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but then like this guy shows
up and starts yelling at us,
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and telling us not
to sing about Jesus,
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and he started to go,
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and yell at Mr.
Cleveland, and yeah.
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Okay, so I assume
this man was, was he Jewish
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and he was upset that
you were singing about Jesus.
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So you're filming...
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Yeah, and it was a crisis moment
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and it's, you know,
everything is at stake,
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the guide came
running through the crowd
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and, you know, was trying
to protect me from this man
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who is yelling at me,
and had been yelling at him.
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And I'll tell
you in that crisis,
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I just thanked God
that I paused to pray.
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And I said, Lord, you
know, we need this footage,
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we need this opportunity
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and the guide is
saying, "You got to leave!
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The police are on their
way, you've got to leave."
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And I knew we had
a permit to be there,
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we were doing nothing illegal,
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but I also knew that
there are Christians,
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there are
Muslims, there are Jews.
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But all the police are Jews,
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and, you know, when
you sing about Jesus
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and there is a Jewish
man who is very, very upset,
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the guide was
saying, "Let's leave."
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But I knew we
couldn't leave immediately,
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so I just prayed
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and it was as if
God just said to me,
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get to takes.
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I grabbed the mic,
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spoke through the
loudspeaker to our crew
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and said, look, we're
going to get two takes,
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pray that you
can get what you need
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and in two takes
we're going to leave.
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Took two takes,
everybody grabbed the gear,
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we had a quarter
mile walk up the hill.
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And up the hill we went
and as we were loading the bus,
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what happened, anybody
else come on, tell me about it?
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It was just crazy 'cause
like we are running up the hill
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with like our mini grand piano,
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I mean it was like hollow,
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so, you know,
you could pick it up.
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And we had instruments,
and percussion, and everything,
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running up the hill,
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loading on the buses
as quickly as we can.
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And then right as we
were like about to load in
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like the last of the
gear, the police drive up.
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And we were like,
"Oh, okay, they are here."
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But they were just like busy
turning on their flashlights
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and getting ready to go down.
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And so we just slipped it
in there and got in the bus
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and they never even saw us.
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And so they are right
there, they are right there,
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their lights
flashing, they've come for us,
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we got this big
truck and the bus,
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and we're loading everything.
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And the principal told
the kids, "Get on the bus."
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You know, and we shut
everything and just...
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How many
students where with you?
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We had 40 students.
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Oh, so this was a production.
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Yeah. Twenty crew.
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So yeah, we jumped in the
bus, and I jumped in the truck,
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and we're zooming out of there,
and we're just like, "Wow!"
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And our guide is
just like ecstatic,
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and to go down on that way,
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we had to drive
around Kidron Valley.
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So as we're
driving around this loop,
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you know, he is
driving, he is looking out,
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he is like, "Yay, this is
better than cops and robbers,
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look there they are!
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Oh, look at them.
00:14:03.37\00:14:04.71
They see the flash light beams
and they are looking for us,
00:14:04.74\00:14:06.07
all they are going to
find is the cleanest park
00:14:06.11\00:14:07.44
they have ever seen,
00:14:07.48\00:14:08.81
this better than all
the cops and robbers."
00:14:08.84\00:14:10.18
And just then my phone goes...
00:14:10.21\00:14:12.75
and I'm getting
message after message
00:14:12.78\00:14:14.12
and it's all from
our business manager
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and he is on the
bus, and he is saying,
00:14:16.02\00:14:17.59
"Do you have
Ethan, do you have Ethan,
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do you have Ethan, do you..."
00:14:18.99\00:14:20.32
And over, and
over, and I'm like,
00:14:20.36\00:14:21.69
well, of course, you know...
00:14:21.72\00:14:23.06
Ethan is my son.
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And he was a
student at that time
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and he also ran the audio for us
00:14:25.83\00:14:27.36
while we are on the trip.
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So I'm thinking,
yeah, of course he is here
00:14:28.76\00:14:30.10
in the crew truck
and I'm looking...
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No Ethan. No Ethan.
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And so I'm like
what and I told him
00:14:33.50\00:14:35.94
no, he is not
here, no, he is not here.
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And so our driver
turns around and I'm like,
00:14:37.81\00:14:39.14
no, don't turn
around, the police are there.
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He is like, "We're going back."
00:14:40.54\00:14:41.88
I'm like yeah, you're right.
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And then one of the other
kids in van said, "Okay..."
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Your wife probably,
if she hears this story,
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I don't know if
you've told her that...
00:14:46.78\00:14:48.12
She was there.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
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Don't turn around for our son.
00:14:50.15\00:14:51.55
You know, so
some of these students
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on the crew truck said he
has a couple of phones with him.
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So we called on one the phones
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and he answered
in whispered voice
00:15:00.40\00:15:02.63
and he said, "Hello."
00:15:02.66\00:15:04.07
I'm like where are you?
00:15:04.10\00:15:06.07
Do you know police are
there? He says, "Yeah."
00:15:06.10\00:15:08.14
I said where are you?
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"I'm hiding in the tombs."
00:15:09.54\00:15:13.14
So okay, are you okay?
00:15:13.17\00:15:15.44
He is like, "Yes, I'm
with Mark and Brendon."
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I was like oh, good,
00:15:17.98\00:15:19.31
I didn't know
you were with them.
00:15:19.35\00:15:20.68
And I realized, oh yeah,
we're missing other people too.
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In all the hurry, we
hadn't taken any note
00:15:23.35\00:15:25.12
of who was
there, we were just...
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We were leaving
before the police realized
00:15:26.52\00:15:28.02
we were who they
were looking for.
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And again, we had
done nothing wrong
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but our guide said, "Let's
not, let's not risk anything."
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And truth be told,
00:15:34.30\00:15:35.63
your guide may have
aired on the side of caution
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because typically
speaking our experience,
00:15:40.70\00:15:42.84
we've been over
there five times,
00:15:42.87\00:15:44.57
five different years in a row.
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And we found that
the police are usually,
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I mean, I can't imagine that
this man caused such a ruckus
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'cause usually you
don't experience that,
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you know, it's interesting.
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But anyway, what a story!
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Now you have a song for us.
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And this is a song
that we were filming.
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The song that you
were filming right then
00:16:04.66\00:16:07.33
and the name of it
is, It Is Finished.
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And so what a great song to play
00:16:09.76\00:16:13.84
just after telling such
a wonderful story of escape
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from any possible problems.
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Here is the Advent Heralds
singing for us, It Is Finished.
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There's a line
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That is drawn through the ages
00:17:08.52\00:17:15.56
On that line
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Stands an old rugged cross
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On that cross
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A battle is raging
00:17:27.98\00:17:34.88
For the gain a man's soul
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Or its loss
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On one side
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March the forces of evil
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All the demons and devils
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Of hell
00:17:59.71\00:18:04.25
On the other
00:18:04.28\00:18:06.92
The angels of glory
00:18:06.95\00:18:13.82
And they meet
00:18:13.86\00:18:16.32
On Golgotha's hill
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The earth shakes
00:18:24.13\00:18:26.33
With the force of the conflict
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And the sun
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It refuses to shine
00:18:36.01\00:18:43.49
For there hangs God's son
00:18:43.52\00:18:49.09
In the balance
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And then through the darkness
00:18:53.19\00:18:58.07
He cries
00:18:58.10\00:19:02.54
It is finished
00:19:02.57\00:19:05.57
The battle is over
00:19:05.61\00:19:12.45
It is finished
00:19:12.48\00:19:15.32
There'll be no more war
00:19:15.35\00:19:22.26
It is finished
00:19:22.29\00:19:24.99
The end of the conflict
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It is finished
00:19:31.90\00:19:34.74
And Jesus is Lord
00:19:34.77\00:19:41.64
Yet in my heart
00:19:46.38\00:19:50.15
The battle was still raging
00:19:50.19\00:19:57.96
Not all prisoners of war
00:19:57.99\00:20:02.73
Had come home
00:20:02.76\00:20:09.27
These were battlefields
00:20:09.30\00:20:12.74
Of my own making
00:20:12.77\00:20:20.28
I didn't know
00:20:20.32\00:20:22.65
That the war had been won
00:20:22.68\00:20:28.69
Oh, but then I heard
00:20:28.72\00:20:33.80
The king of the ages
00:20:33.83\00:20:40.60
He had fought
00:20:40.64\00:20:43.00
All that battles just for me
00:20:43.04\00:20:50.45
And that victory
00:20:50.48\00:20:55.08
Victory is mine for the claiming
00:20:55.12\00:21:00.02
And now praise his name
00:21:00.06\00:21:04.79
I am free
00:21:04.83\00:21:09.16
It is finished
00:21:09.20\00:21:13.03
The battle is over
00:21:13.07\00:21:20.04
It is finished
00:21:20.08\00:21:22.81
There'll be no more war
00:21:22.84\00:21:28.68
It is finished
00:21:28.72\00:21:32.55
The end of the conflict
00:21:32.59\00:21:39.49
It is finished
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.30
And Jesus is Lord
00:21:42.33\00:21:49.20
It is finished
00:21:49.24\00:21:52.07
And Jesus
00:21:52.11\00:21:56.64
Is Lord
00:21:56.68\00:22:00.25
Jesus is Lord
00:22:00.28\00:22:05.69
Outstanding,
00:22:15.43\00:22:16.77
that's Christian
education at its finest.
00:22:16.80\00:22:18.60
Those were all
high school students
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.20
from Great Lakes Academy
00:22:21.24\00:22:22.84
and Adventist
Academy, we saw you there.
00:22:22.87\00:22:25.41
How did you get a permit
00:22:25.44\00:22:29.08
to film on top of David's tower?
00:22:29.11\00:22:32.55
It's a miracle, it's a miracle.
00:22:32.58\00:22:34.62
And, you know,
God so often in life,
00:22:34.65\00:22:36.75
Shelley, we are walking along,
00:22:36.79\00:22:38.12
and we see doors close,
00:22:38.15\00:22:39.49
and we're just like, "God, why?
00:22:39.52\00:22:40.86
What did You do?"
00:22:40.89\00:22:42.22
We've been there
eight months ahead of time,
00:22:42.26\00:22:43.59
we'd gone to the police,
00:22:43.63\00:22:44.96
we got a permit to
film on the sidewalk
00:22:44.99\00:22:46.33
in front of Herod's Palace.
00:22:46.36\00:22:47.70
That was the best we could do.
00:22:47.73\00:22:49.06
We came there on the day before
we filmed to get that permit,
00:22:49.10\00:22:53.54
which they told us to do.
00:22:53.57\00:22:55.00
And they said, "No,
we've a marathon tomorrow.
00:22:55.04\00:22:56.74
You'd get run over and
killed, you can't film there."
00:22:56.77\00:22:58.94
I said but, but,
look at the paper work
00:22:58.97\00:23:01.01
we're here eight months ago,
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.38
we agreed, you know,
and they said, "Sorry."
00:23:02.41\00:23:04.78
And I said well, do you have
00:23:04.81\00:23:06.25
any suggestions
of what we should do?
00:23:06.28\00:23:07.62
They said, "Go
inside, go inside."
00:23:07.65\00:23:09.65
I'm like well,
that... I don't think...
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.22
They said go inside and
tell them that we sent you.
00:23:11.25\00:23:14.72
So we went inside and
told them we are school,
00:23:14.76\00:23:17.23
the police told us
come inside and ask.
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.53
And the Lord opened the door.
00:23:19.56\00:23:21.10
Praise God.
00:23:21.13\00:23:22.46
And for just next
to nothing they said,
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.83
"Well yes, we will be
happy to help you in that case."
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.90
And we had access to
the whole of Herod's Palace.
00:23:25.93\00:23:29.04
We believe that, you
know, no one knows exactly
00:23:29.07\00:23:30.91
where all these things happen
00:23:30.94\00:23:32.27
but it is very likely
that where most of the song
00:23:32.31\00:23:33.64
was filmed was
right in the praetorium
00:23:33.68\00:23:35.98
where Christ was
trialed by Herod.
00:23:36.01\00:23:37.75
Amen. It's a miracle.
00:23:37.78\00:23:39.51
That is a miracle.
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.52
What an incredible story
00:23:41.55\00:23:43.35
'cause I've never anything
filmed from the top of that.
00:23:43.39\00:23:45.99
We want to do another song
00:23:46.02\00:23:47.76
that you
recorded while in Israel
00:23:47.79\00:23:51.03
and this one is the
very famous, Oh Holy City.
00:23:51.06\00:23:54.96
Last night I lay a-sleeping
00:24:14.58\00:24:18.35
There came a dream so fair
00:24:18.39\00:24:22.09
I stood in old Jerusalem
00:24:22.12\00:24:25.69
Beside the temple there
00:24:25.73\00:24:29.33
I heard the children singing
00:24:29.36\00:24:33.27
And ever as they sang
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.81
Me thought the voice of angels
00:24:36.84\00:24:40.21
From heaven in answer rang
00:24:40.24\00:24:43.48
Me thought the voice of angels
00:24:43.51\00:24:49.65
From heaven in answer rang
00:24:49.68\00:24:56.59
Jerusalem!
00:24:56.62\00:25:00.60
Jerusalem!
00:25:00.63\00:25:04.67
Lift up your gates and sing
00:25:04.70\00:25:10.61
Hosanna in the highest
00:25:10.64\00:25:17.11
Hosanna to your King
00:25:17.15\00:25:23.92
And then me thought
my dream was changed
00:25:38.13\00:25:41.80
The streets no longer rang
00:25:41.84\00:25:45.44
Hushed were the glad Hosannas
00:25:45.47\00:25:48.91
The little children sang
00:25:48.94\00:25:52.95
The sun grew dark with mystery
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.89
The morn was cold and chill
00:25:56.92\00:26:00.39
As the shadow of a cross arose
00:26:00.42\00:26:04.06
Upon a lonely hill
00:26:04.09\00:26:06.73
As the shadow of a cross arose
00:26:06.76\00:26:13.23
Upon a lonely hill
00:26:13.27\00:26:20.21
Jerusalem!
00:26:20.24\00:26:24.15
Jerusalem!
00:26:24.18\00:26:28.15
Hark!
00:26:28.18\00:26:29.52
How the Angels sing
00:26:29.55\00:26:34.16
Hosanna in the highest
00:26:34.19\00:26:40.80
Hosanna to your King
00:26:40.83\00:26:47.24
And once again
the scene was chang'd
00:27:01.82\00:27:05.85
New earth there seem'd to be
00:27:05.89\00:27:09.32
I saw the Holy City
00:27:09.36\00:27:13.13
Beside the tideless sea
00:27:13.16\00:27:17.07
The light of God
was on its streets
00:27:17.10\00:27:20.74
The gates were open wide
00:27:20.77\00:27:24.01
And all who would might enter
00:27:24.04\00:27:29.38
And no one was denied
00:27:29.41\00:27:35.45
No need of moon
or stars by night
00:27:35.48\00:27:41.49
Or sun to shine by day
00:27:41.52\00:27:47.00
It was the new Jerusalem
00:27:47.03\00:27:52.63
That would not pass away
00:27:52.67\00:27:58.41
It was the new Jerusalem
00:27:58.44\00:28:04.45
That would not pass away
00:28:04.48\00:28:11.39
"Jerusalem!
00:28:11.42\00:28:15.22
Jerusalem
00:28:15.26\00:28:19.29
Sing for the night is o'er
00:28:19.33\00:28:25.27
Hosanna in the highest
00:28:25.30\00:28:31.91
Hosanna for evermore!"
00:28:31.94\00:28:38.65
Hosanna
00:28:38.68\00:28:41.95
In the highest
00:28:41.98\00:28:47.19
Hosanna
00:28:51.43\00:28:53.93
For evermore!
00:28:53.96\00:29:00.04
Great talent that is dedicated
to the glory of the Lord,
00:29:14.88\00:29:18.09
and we are going to tell
you at the end of the program
00:29:18.12\00:29:21.09
how you can get the projects.
00:29:21.12\00:29:22.62
They've got a couple
of projects out in this,
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.53
when on their Israel trip.
00:29:24.56\00:29:26.29
The Story of Jesus is
the name of their DVD,
00:29:26.33\00:29:30.53
it is paired with the
book, the Desire of Ages,
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.44
but we'll come back and tell you
00:29:33.47\00:29:34.94
how to get that toward the end.
00:29:34.97\00:29:38.37
You know, Bethany, I'm thinking
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.74
you were during
the spring rains,
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.94
we've always been over during
the latter rain in November
00:29:41.98\00:29:44.41
but you were there
during the spring rains,
00:29:44.45\00:29:46.11
did you have any
trouble with weather?
00:29:46.15\00:29:48.35
Yeah, there were...
00:29:48.38\00:29:49.72
I mean we didn't
end up having to,
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.09
but there were couple of times
00:29:51.12\00:29:52.45
where we thought that
the rain was going to come
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.66
because we could
actually like see it,
00:29:54.69\00:29:56.29
I mean, and we just
had to stop and pray,
00:29:56.32\00:29:59.29
and ask God to stop the rain
00:29:59.33\00:30:01.70
because if it rained,
we'd have to like stop filming,
00:30:01.73\00:30:05.00
and it would just
ruin everything, so.
00:30:05.03\00:30:07.90
But every time we prayed,
00:30:07.94\00:30:09.27
the rain would just
either stop or go away, so...
00:30:09.30\00:30:12.57
So praise God,
so you got it done.
00:30:12.61\00:30:14.78
God just worked so
many miracles there,
00:30:14.81\00:30:16.38
it's so awesome,
and just to see like
00:30:16.41\00:30:19.91
where Jesus walked
00:30:19.95\00:30:21.58
and get to walk in those
same places like, it's always...
00:30:21.62\00:30:24.29
It's made the Bible become
so much more alive to me now
00:30:24.32\00:30:27.19
'cause when I read it, I'm
like "Oh, I knew where that was,
00:30:27.22\00:30:29.86
I was there,"
00:30:29.89\00:30:31.23
and to experience
things like riding the camels
00:30:31.26\00:30:33.46
I realized, "What the
wise men really went through
00:30:33.50\00:30:36.56
just to see Jesus."
00:30:36.60\00:30:38.23
It was not comfortable after
an hour of sitting on that.
00:30:38.27\00:30:42.00
And just the
distance that Jesus walked
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.47
to heal one person,
like we would get...
00:30:44.51\00:30:46.64
We would be like, "Wow!
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.28
This isn't taking a
longtime to drive here,"
00:30:48.31\00:30:49.94
and then I'd realized,
"Wait, Jesus walked here,"
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.25
like it made
everything so much more real.
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.05
Did you all go down
toward the Dead Sea at all?
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.85
Mm-hmm. Okay, good.
00:30:56.89\00:30:58.22
So you saw the
whole works, Nick?
00:30:58.25\00:30:59.89
And much like
Bethany was saying,
00:30:59.92\00:31:01.32
every time there was
something in our way,
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.46
like the Lord really provided.
00:31:03.49\00:31:05.06
I think of one time,
00:31:05.09\00:31:06.43
we were filming
by the Jordan River,
00:31:06.46\00:31:08.86
and we had just gotten there,
and we were about to film,
00:31:08.90\00:31:12.73
and then we realized that there
was this huge truck in our way,
00:31:12.77\00:31:15.34
like where we're
trying to film by
00:31:15.37\00:31:16.71
'cause we were going over
there where the singers were.
00:31:16.74\00:31:18.87
And there was this huge truck,
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.24
we're like, "What
are we going to do?
00:31:20.28\00:31:21.61
There is this huge truck,
00:31:21.64\00:31:22.98
and we can't have it
in our film obviously,"
00:31:23.01\00:31:25.08
so we got all the
guys, and we're like,
00:31:25.11\00:31:27.35
"Okay, we're going to try
this, and we picked it up,
00:31:27.38\00:31:29.85
and we all moved it like,
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.42
in like less than
like five minutes,
00:31:31.45\00:31:33.32
and it was amazing.
00:31:33.36\00:31:34.69
You moved a truck? Yeah.
00:31:34.72\00:31:36.06
It was a huge truck, and
it was just, I don't know,
00:31:36.09\00:31:38.39
it was awesome,
and much like that
00:31:38.43\00:31:39.96
anything else that happened,
00:31:40.00\00:31:41.33
like we thought
that we couldn't do,
00:31:41.36\00:31:42.73
like God had a plan for us,
00:31:42.76\00:31:44.10
and it's just
amazing to see that.
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.57
Wow, that's exciting.
00:31:45.60\00:31:48.34
Something I
think is interesting,
00:31:48.37\00:31:49.74
Israel was great,
00:31:49.77\00:31:51.11
but what we're doing recently
00:31:51.14\00:31:54.08
is a movement in
the Michigan Conference
00:31:54.11\00:31:56.54
called Unlock Revelation
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.25
allows us as students
to go out in small groups,
00:31:58.28\00:32:01.38
and there is up to like
three small groups per night
00:32:01.42\00:32:03.72
of the Unlock Revelation series.
00:32:03.75\00:32:05.52
So tell me a little more,
what is Unlock Revelation,
00:32:05.55\00:32:07.76
is this is a Bible study,
00:32:07.79\00:32:09.12
or you're going
out and singing, or...
00:32:09.16\00:32:10.53
It's an evangelistic series
going throughout Michigan,
00:32:10.56\00:32:13.40
all the different churches
preaching in their local areas.
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.13
Wonderful.
00:32:16.16\00:32:17.50
And as our music group,
we were able to split up,
00:32:17.53\00:32:19.33
and up to three
small groups per night,
00:32:19.37\00:32:21.57
we're able to share
the gospel through music.
00:32:21.60\00:32:24.91
Yeah, so there's scores
and scores of sites and...
00:32:24.94\00:32:27.78
You know, basically
every church in Michigan
00:32:27.81\00:32:30.05
was sharing the
same gospel presentation,
00:32:30.08\00:32:32.51
and so we would
drive up from the school
00:32:32.55\00:32:34.58
and support them with the...
00:32:34.62\00:32:35.95
You know, ladies trio
here, brass group there,
00:32:35.98\00:32:37.75
men's quartet over here,
00:32:37.79\00:32:39.12
and then in the next night,
a duet here and a solo there,
00:32:39.15\00:32:40.92
and a string group over there,
00:32:40.96\00:32:42.79
it was just thrilling to see
00:32:42.82\00:32:45.63
how music brings in the
presence of Holy Spirit.
00:32:45.66\00:32:49.56
And when the Holy
Spirit and the Word
00:32:49.60\00:32:52.13
are there
together, hearts are touched.
00:32:52.17\00:32:54.64
And, you know, I
think that's reason
00:32:54.67\00:32:56.17
for the order of our
worship to have music
00:32:56.20\00:32:59.37
to soften up the hearts.
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.14
It's kind of
like it plows up the,
00:33:01.18\00:33:03.75
you know, it tilts the heart,
00:33:03.78\00:33:05.61
and makes it ready
to receive the word.
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.88
So to me, I
think ministry in music
00:33:07.92\00:33:10.89
is extremely important.
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.75
And that's kind of
exactly what happened,
00:33:12.79\00:33:14.76
like because at
first I was like,
00:33:14.79\00:33:16.56
"Okay, we're just, you
know, go and maybe doing
00:33:16.59\00:33:17.96
special music or something,"
00:33:17.99\00:33:19.33
but what ended up happening
was they would call us later,
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.13
and say, "Yeah, this
guy came to the meetings
00:33:22.16\00:33:25.17
and was so touched by your music
00:33:25.20\00:33:27.90
that he, like,
stayed for the message,
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.74
and he, like,
listened to the message,"
00:33:29.77\00:33:31.31
and afterward came out to us
00:33:31.34\00:33:34.71
and just handed us
his pack of cigarettes,
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.08
and says, "I'm done with this,
I want to start Bible study.
00:33:36.11\00:33:38.31
I'm ready to give
my life to Christ."
00:33:38.35\00:33:40.52
And another couple,
00:33:40.55\00:33:41.88
like they had come to
the meetings the first night,
00:33:41.92\00:33:43.49
and then hadn't come anymore,
00:33:43.52\00:33:45.15
but we're
especially invited again
00:33:45.19\00:33:46.96
'cause we're coming to sing.
00:33:46.99\00:33:48.69
And they came and were
so touched by the music
00:33:48.72\00:33:51.89
that they were like,
"Okay, we're just going to come
00:33:51.93\00:33:54.43
after this like in..."
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.16
So they kept coming to
the meeting afterwards too
00:33:56.20\00:33:57.97
and really
consistent afterwards.
00:33:58.00\00:33:59.33
Praise God.
00:33:59.37\00:34:00.70
Let me ask you a
personal question.
00:34:00.74\00:34:02.20
When you came to Great
Lakes Adventist Academy,
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.94
anybody jump in,
00:34:05.97\00:34:07.31
but was there
anybody who grew up
00:34:07.34\00:34:10.05
in an Adventist Christian home,
00:34:10.08\00:34:12.18
and you always went to church,
00:34:12.21\00:34:13.92
but becoming
part of this ministry
00:34:13.95\00:34:17.42
really helped
solidify your relationship,
00:34:17.45\00:34:20.92
a personal
relationship with the Lord.
00:34:20.96\00:34:23.16
Nick, you're shaking your head.
00:34:23.19\00:34:24.83
That was your experience?
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.19
I just feel like when you see
these things and like you see
00:34:26.23\00:34:30.10
and that's powerful, but
also being in sight of it.
00:34:30.13\00:34:32.73
And that's a lot of
testimony to yourself
00:34:32.77\00:34:34.84
like seeing people
give their life to Jesus
00:34:34.87\00:34:36.74
makes you want to solidify
your relationship with God too
00:34:36.77\00:34:39.57
because you're
seeing how powerful it is.
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.04
And I think that's like
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.41
with a lot of
people in our group.
00:34:42.44\00:34:43.81
So it's also
amazing being part of it.
00:34:43.85\00:34:45.68
It's also a real
beautiful teamwork situation
00:34:45.71\00:34:51.55
where we have the
pastors of Michigan Conference,
00:34:51.59\00:34:54.12
so busy in
evangelism and just so eager.
00:34:54.16\00:34:56.59
I was just at the
ministerial retreat,
00:34:56.62\00:34:57.96
and they're all saying,
you know, "When are you coming?
00:34:57.99\00:34:59.86
What can you do?
You know, how can we...
00:34:59.89\00:35:01.36
And they're buying, you know,
hundreds of our productions
00:35:01.40\00:35:03.16
because...
00:35:03.20\00:35:04.53
And some of them are saying,
00:35:04.57\00:35:05.90
"Look, we've given out
hundreds of this Story of Jesus,
00:35:05.93\00:35:07.27
now come and follow it up
with a symphony and singers
00:35:07.30\00:35:09.20
and do a concert."
00:35:09.24\00:35:10.71
Because we know that
interest has been aroused.
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.77
And we also have
another initiative,
00:35:12.81\00:35:14.41
I would love to tell you about,
00:35:14.44\00:35:15.78
it's called Biblestudyoffer.com.
00:35:15.81\00:35:18.05
It works
anywhere around the world,
00:35:18.08\00:35:19.41
but especially in Michigan,
00:35:19.45\00:35:20.98
and it's targeted at
helping every church member
00:35:21.02\00:35:24.02
get involved in
giving Bible studies.
00:35:24.05\00:35:26.19
Biblestudyoffer.com. Okay.
00:35:26.22\00:35:30.43
And so we're able to
have this music ministry
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.43
where we focus on
telling the gospel story
00:35:32.46\00:35:34.70
in song that fits
in, hand in glove,
00:35:34.73\00:35:38.37
with the work of
each church in Michigan.
00:35:38.40\00:35:40.67
Praise God.
00:35:40.70\00:35:42.04
Something I think
has really caused...
00:35:42.07\00:35:45.07
Most of us here are
actually just students,
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.11
we also have our
studies to go along with.
00:35:47.14\00:35:49.14
It's kind of a extracurricular
activity at our school,
00:35:49.18\00:35:52.21
so as students when we
get into this music ministry,
00:35:52.25\00:35:56.22
many of these Unlock Revelation
times for during the week,
00:35:56.25\00:35:59.85
so we students had to
make up our work, work ahead,
00:35:59.89\00:36:03.26
try to fit this
into our schedule,
00:36:03.29\00:36:05.06
so then we can work for God
as a side part to our school.
00:36:05.09\00:36:08.53
But the amazing thing was,
00:36:08.56\00:36:09.93
when we were doing that studies,
00:36:09.96\00:36:12.63
it's kind of like
start slowing down,
00:36:12.67\00:36:15.10
we are able to it much simpler,
00:36:15.14\00:36:16.50
and Nick and I were
actually in a group together,
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.14
and just sharing at the
different churches together
00:36:19.17\00:36:21.44
that was, it was really amazing.
00:36:21.48\00:36:23.08
So, Elijah, do you have any idea
00:36:23.11\00:36:25.95
what you want to
do after you graduate?
00:36:25.98\00:36:27.32
Yes, this next year I'm
going to be going to Andrews
00:36:27.35\00:36:30.55
as a theology major.
00:36:30.59\00:36:31.92
I knew that.
00:36:31.95\00:36:33.89
The Lord's got his
hand on you, I could tell.
00:36:33.92\00:36:36.52
That's wonderful.
00:36:36.56\00:36:37.99
So this idea of using
youth to evangelize with music,
00:36:38.03\00:36:45.33
I think it's beautiful
00:36:45.37\00:36:46.70
because you break
down the barriers,
00:36:46.74\00:36:49.50
people aren't expecting it.
00:36:49.54\00:36:51.71
Yeah. Amen.
00:36:51.74\00:36:53.07
And, you know, just
as Elijah was saying
00:36:53.11\00:36:55.94
that the Lord
blessed the young people
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.65
as they dedicate a
lot of time to evangelism,
00:36:57.68\00:37:00.05
He blessed them
in their studies.
00:37:00.08\00:37:01.78
It was the same with the
symphony and the singers.
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.42
We had concert schedules,
00:37:03.45\00:37:04.82
and we had everything going on,
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.19
and we have, you
know, you think of it,
00:37:06.22\00:37:07.56
here's your rehearsal
time, and you come to rehearsal,
00:37:07.59\00:37:09.82
and you have three
groups that are missing,
00:37:09.86\00:37:11.69
night after night,
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06
and they would go out on Monday,
00:37:13.09\00:37:14.43
and then we give
them Tuesday to catch up
00:37:14.46\00:37:15.80
on their homework, and so on.
00:37:15.83\00:37:17.17
And so then we wouldn't
see them again until Wednesday,
00:37:17.20\00:37:18.53
and then we had
concerts on Friday,
00:37:18.57\00:37:20.20
but the Lord is
always the biggest God,
00:37:20.24\00:37:24.47
and those concerts were
some of the most dynamic
00:37:24.51\00:37:27.41
and powerful,
00:37:27.44\00:37:28.78
and especially
because here's the real issue,
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.38
God doesn't need
our perfect notes,
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.72
He needs our hearts,
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.08
and when the kids were excited
00:37:35.12\00:37:36.75
about what they've
been seeing in the messages,
00:37:36.79\00:37:39.02
they're excited
about the conversions
00:37:39.05\00:37:40.69
they've seen,
people responding to calls,
00:37:40.72\00:37:42.66
and they've been
involved in the evangelism,
00:37:42.69\00:37:45.19
it was a group on fire.
00:37:45.23\00:37:46.56
And we just praise God
00:37:46.59\00:37:47.93
for the powerful
effect that it had,
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.76
and that the joy of teaming
together in winning souls.
00:37:49.80\00:37:52.50
Amen, and amen. Yeah.
00:37:52.53\00:37:54.44
So, Nick, how about you?
00:37:54.47\00:37:55.80
Have you got any
idea what you want to do?
00:37:55.84\00:37:58.17
I'm not really
sure. You're not sure yet?
00:37:58.21\00:38:00.01
You're a junior,
right? A sophomore.
00:38:00.04\00:38:01.51
Oh, a sophomore,
well, okay, we'll...
00:38:01.54\00:38:03.24
So I'm not trying
to get that far ahead.
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.61
You just keep
praying and make sure...
00:38:05.65\00:38:08.08
So what has been
your favorite project?
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.75
Jennifer, you've
been here the longest,
00:38:11.79\00:38:13.66
what's been
your favorite project
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.02
that you've been involved in?
00:38:15.06\00:38:16.89
I think just the
personal ministry
00:38:16.93\00:38:19.89
like with Unlock Revelation
00:38:19.93\00:38:21.86
and going out to
different churches
00:38:21.90\00:38:23.97
at least once a month
00:38:24.00\00:38:25.33
and doing concerts and
stuff is meeting with the people
00:38:25.37\00:38:27.84
'cause like they'll bring
their neighbors and friends,
00:38:27.87\00:38:31.01
that maybe even
aren't like Christian,
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.08
and don't really...
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.44
And so we get to
sing about Jesus,
00:38:35.48\00:38:37.25
and it's so crazy to see
them come up to you afterwards,
00:38:37.28\00:38:39.91
and some of them like
even have tears in their eyes,
00:38:39.95\00:38:41.45
and they're like,
"Wow, I've never heard
00:38:41.48\00:38:43.82
anything like this before."
00:38:43.85\00:38:45.19
And we even have
students that get to share
00:38:45.22\00:38:47.12
their personal
testimony in between the songs,
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.16
some of the songs,
00:38:49.19\00:38:50.53
and it's crazy to see the effect
00:38:50.56\00:38:51.99
that that has on them, so.
00:38:52.03\00:38:53.36
I mean I've enjoyed everything
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.10
but the
one-on-one work with people
00:38:55.13\00:38:57.77
has probably been my favorite.
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.80
We're also very excited.
00:38:59.83\00:39:01.30
In April, we're going to
be going into New York City.
00:39:01.34\00:39:04.34
We invited a
minister there in Time Square,
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.11
and we don't
know for sure exactly
00:39:07.14\00:39:09.48
where we'll get the permit to be
00:39:09.51\00:39:10.95
but we have several different
avenues we're approaching,
00:39:10.98\00:39:13.42
working with the team
that have done this before.
00:39:13.45\00:39:16.02
And so we're really excited
about that, we're going to,
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.85
you know, sing our way
down and sing our way back,
00:39:17.89\00:39:19.89
and we'll also
swing by Washington DC,
00:39:19.92\00:39:22.79
visit the White
Estate and so on.
00:39:22.82\00:39:24.16
Make sure you have another
key that opens up the door.
00:39:24.19\00:39:26.09
Yeah. That's
right. That's right.
00:39:26.13\00:39:29.06
We're excited because
God is opening wider doors.
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.17
And we just want to minister
00:39:32.20\00:39:33.87
and God keeps
opening doors for us to share
00:39:33.90\00:39:36.67
the goodness of
His love in music.
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.47
Well, I know we've got two
more songs that we want to play,
00:39:38.51\00:39:40.71
and then we're
going to come back
00:39:40.74\00:39:42.08
and give you some comments
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.65
on how you can get
some of their projects.
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.78
The news came to Jesus
00:40:07.44\00:40:12.41
Please come fast
00:40:12.44\00:40:17.58
Lazarus is sick
00:40:17.61\00:40:19.78
And without your
help he will not last
00:40:19.81\00:40:27.52
Mary and Martha
00:40:27.56\00:40:32.19
Watched their brother die
00:40:32.23\00:40:37.23
They waited for
Jesus He did not come
00:40:37.27\00:40:42.30
And they wondered why
00:40:42.34\00:40:47.24
The death watch was over
00:40:47.28\00:40:52.31
Buried four days
00:40:52.35\00:40:57.29
Somebody said He'll soon be here
00:40:57.32\00:41:02.09
The Lord's on His way
00:41:02.12\00:41:07.43
Martha ran to Him
00:41:07.46\00:41:11.93
And then she cried
00:41:11.97\00:41:16.97
Lord, if you had been here
00:41:17.01\00:41:19.74
You could have healed him
00:41:19.77\00:41:22.01
He'd still be alive
00:41:22.04\00:41:27.38
But You're four days late
00:41:27.42\00:41:31.65
And all hope is gone
00:41:31.69\00:41:36.66
Lord, we don't understand
00:41:36.69\00:41:40.83
Why You've waited so long
00:41:40.86\00:41:45.67
His way is God's way
00:41:45.70\00:41:50.24
Not yours or mine
00:41:50.27\00:41:54.64
And isn't it great
00:41:54.68\00:41:57.15
He's four days late
00:41:57.18\00:41:59.51
He's still on time
00:41:59.55\00:42:04.19
Jesus said
00:42:04.22\00:42:06.15
Martha, show me the grave
00:42:06.19\00:42:13.96
But she said, Lord
00:42:14.00\00:42:16.30
You don't understand
He's been there four days
00:42:16.33\00:42:23.71
The grave stone was rolled back
00:42:23.74\00:42:28.28
Then Jesus cried
00:42:28.31\00:42:33.58
Lazarus, come forth
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.78
Then somebody said
00:42:35.82\00:42:38.09
He's alive, He's alive
00:42:38.12\00:42:44.49
Alive
00:42:44.53\00:42:45.99
He's alive
00:42:46.03\00:42:48.36
You may be fighting
00:42:48.40\00:42:53.34
A battle of fear
00:42:53.37\00:42:58.31
You've cried to
the Lord I need You now
00:42:58.34\00:43:03.11
But he has not appeared
00:43:03.14\00:43:07.78
Friend, don't be discouraged
00:43:07.82\00:43:12.55
'Cause He's still the same
00:43:12.59\00:43:17.63
He'll soon be here
He'll roll back the stone
00:43:17.66\00:43:21.96
And He'll call out your name
00:43:22.00\00:43:26.84
But He's four days late
00:43:26.87\00:43:31.27
And all hope is gone
00:43:31.31\00:43:36.38
Lord we don't understand
00:43:36.41\00:43:40.62
Why You've waited so long
00:43:40.65\00:43:45.29
But His way is God's way
00:43:45.32\00:43:50.19
Not yours or mine
00:43:50.23\00:43:54.43
And isn't it great
that He's four days late
00:43:54.46\00:43:59.33
He's still on time
00:43:59.37\00:44:03.47
Oh, isn't it great
00:44:08.51\00:44:13.92
When He's four days late
00:44:13.95\00:44:19.99
The Lord's right on time
00:44:20.02\00:44:27.10
Blessed be the
name Blessed be the name
00:45:03.83\00:45:08.30
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:45:08.34\00:45:16.28
For a thousand times to sing
00:45:21.98\00:45:26.32
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:45:26.35\00:45:30.43
The Lord is like my garden king
00:45:30.46\00:45:35.03
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:45:35.06\00:45:39.47
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:45:39.50\00:45:43.74
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:45:43.77\00:45:48.11
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:45:48.14\00:45:52.45
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:45:52.48\00:45:58.59
All hail the
power of Jesus' name!
00:45:58.62\00:46:02.89
Let angels prostrate fall
00:46:02.92\00:46:07.20
Bring forth the royal diadem
00:46:07.23\00:46:11.63
And crown him Lord of all
00:46:11.67\00:46:18.07
Bring forth the royal diadem
00:46:18.11\00:46:22.54
And crown him Lord of all
00:46:22.58\00:46:29.78
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:46:29.82\00:46:33.99
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:46:34.02\00:46:38.36
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:46:38.39\00:46:42.63
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:46:42.66\00:46:48.80
Let every kindred, every tribe
00:46:48.84\00:46:53.21
On this terrestrial ball
00:46:53.24\00:46:57.55
To him all majesty ascribe
00:46:57.58\00:47:01.88
And crown him Lord of all
00:47:01.92\00:47:08.36
To him all majesty ascribe
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.76
And crown him Lord of all
00:47:12.79\00:47:19.83
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:47:19.87\00:47:24.24
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:47:24.27\00:47:28.58
Blessed be the
name blessed be the name
00:47:28.61\00:47:32.85
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:47:32.88\00:47:36.85
All hail the
power of Jesus' name!
00:47:36.89\00:47:41.66
Blessed be the name of the Lord
00:47:41.69\00:47:49.66
Outstanding.
00:47:56.10\00:47:57.44
You know, we have several here,
00:47:57.47\00:47:59.77
our students from our area
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.88
who have gone up
there with academy,
00:48:01.91\00:48:03.75
I mean, Daniel,
and Pharaoh and Caleb,
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.98
so just shout out to them.
00:48:06.01\00:48:08.28
So tell us about your projects,
and how we get the project?
00:48:08.32\00:48:11.95
Well, every song
you've been airing today
00:48:11.99\00:48:13.66
is on this project
here the Story of Jesus.
00:48:13.69\00:48:16.16
And this is 15 songs
filmed over in Israel,
00:48:16.19\00:48:18.99
and it's
partnered with the book,
00:48:19.03\00:48:20.76
the Desire of Ages.
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.26
And this book is
life-changing. Amen.
00:48:22.30\00:48:26.27
And so we believe that
people should read the book,
00:48:26.30\00:48:29.87
Desire of Ages,
and they'll be blessed,
00:48:29.90\00:48:31.57
so we put it together.
00:48:31.61\00:48:32.94
And if people want to buy,
00:48:32.97\00:48:34.31
they can go to our website
AdventHeralds.com and order it.
00:48:34.34\00:48:38.11
And if they want to
order them for their neighbors,
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.58
we have witnessing prices.
00:48:40.62\00:48:41.95
If you order lots of
them, they're much cheaper
00:48:41.98\00:48:43.49
or churches can buy
100 copies for even less.
00:48:43.52\00:48:46.59
So that's how that works.
00:48:46.62\00:48:47.96
We also have another production,
00:48:47.99\00:48:49.32
Let Freedom Ring, and
this is patriotic music,
00:48:49.36\00:48:53.50
filmed in the
Eastern US primarily,
00:48:53.53\00:48:55.60
and beautiful
songs of hope and courage
00:48:55.63\00:48:58.13
that all Americans
resonate with well,
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.64
but it's packaged
with the Great Controversy.
00:49:00.67\00:49:03.17
Which, of
course, focuses on where
00:49:03.20\00:49:04.67
America fits in prophecy,
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.44
and again, you can buy them
single on AdventHeralds.com,
00:49:06.47\00:49:09.88
or you can get them in
bulk, or you can buy them
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.88
in bigger quantities
for churches and so on.
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.15
We want to see
all America understand
00:49:15.18\00:49:18.85
how blessed our nation is
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.32
and what special
place it holds in prophecy.
00:49:20.36\00:49:23.29
Oh, if only they would
come to understand that.
00:49:23.32\00:49:27.23
So you're working on
some new projects as well.
00:49:27.26\00:49:29.96
Absolutely.
Absolutely. Tell us about that?
00:49:30.00\00:49:32.40
We've just been
out busy in the snow.
00:49:32.43\00:49:35.00
We got snow in Michigan,
00:49:35.04\00:49:36.37
I don't know,
guys, tell us about
00:49:36.40\00:49:37.74
what we've been doing.
00:49:37.77\00:49:39.11
Oh, yeah, that was...
00:49:39.14\00:49:40.48
We went out, and we're filming
00:49:40.51\00:49:41.84
more of a Christmas
production coming later ends.
00:49:41.88\00:49:44.75
We had fun, there
is horses, sleighs.
00:49:44.78\00:49:46.95
We all got on the
sleighs, kind of fell off a bit,
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.45
but all together, it was great,
recording some Christmas songs,
00:49:49.48\00:49:55.66
and maybe coming,
recording some later as well,
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.46
but it was a great time
00:49:58.49\00:50:00.03
recording with
every one as well.
00:50:00.06\00:50:01.40
The team has worked
really, really hard,
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.67
even just day before
yesterday, we were filming,
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.40
again with them, and they've
been very faithful too...
00:50:05.43\00:50:08.14
Endure the cold or
sometimes it's warm
00:50:08.17\00:50:10.34
in the little churches,
00:50:10.37\00:50:11.71
we also filmed the
production last summer,
00:50:11.74\00:50:13.74
so we have several
things that are in the hopper
00:50:13.78\00:50:15.58
that will be coming out soon.
00:50:15.61\00:50:16.95
Our next production to
be released is entitled
00:50:16.98\00:50:19.31
Everyday Heroes.
00:50:19.35\00:50:20.88
And it features 1940s
beautiful baby blue philomath
00:50:20.92\00:50:24.82
and the story
between each song is done
00:50:24.85\00:50:27.92
with young
people driving that car
00:50:27.96\00:50:29.52
around Southern Texas actually,
00:50:29.56\00:50:31.63
so please stay tuned
to AdventHeralds.com.
00:50:31.66\00:50:34.20
You can follow us on YouTube,
00:50:34.23\00:50:35.56
Advent Heralds on
YouTube, Facebook.
00:50:35.60\00:50:38.80
We'd love to have you
stay with us or 1-800-975-1822.
00:50:38.83\00:50:43.91
Oh, you should go into business.
00:50:43.94\00:50:46.37
That's a great voice for that.
00:50:46.41\00:50:48.21
We have just a minute to...
00:50:48.24\00:50:49.91
Actually, what
we're going to do...
00:50:49.94\00:50:51.28
Let me just...
00:50:51.31\00:50:52.65
Right now, we will go ahead
and put up the address roll.
00:50:52.68\00:50:55.92
I just believe many people
00:50:55.95\00:50:57.52
will want to purchase
some of these projects,
00:50:57.55\00:51:00.49
perhaps also as
a witnessing tool
00:51:00.52\00:51:02.62
to give to your neighbors
00:51:02.66\00:51:04.96
or maybe your church
would like to buy them in bulk
00:51:04.99\00:51:07.90
and make this a project.
00:51:07.93\00:51:10.00
Here's how you can get in
touch with the Advent Heralds.
00:51:10.03\00:51:13.47
The Story of Jesus DVD
00:51:16.47\00:51:18.54
is a musical journey
of our Savior Jesus Christ
00:51:18.57\00:51:21.58
from the manger to the
cross and back to glory.
00:51:21.61\00:51:25.08
This beautiful project
00:51:25.11\00:51:26.45
was filmed in 15
history-filled locations
00:51:26.48\00:51:29.42
throughout Israel,
00:51:29.45\00:51:30.79
and will bring you
many hours of enjoyment.
00:51:30.82\00:51:33.79
Visit AdventHeralds.com,
and while you're there,
00:51:33.82\00:51:37.19
check out their YouTube channel.
00:51:37.23\00:51:39.53
That website again
is AdventHeralds.com.
00:51:39.56\00:51:43.37
You may also call
them at (800) 975-1822,
00:51:43.40\00:51:48.07
or write to Advent Heralds,
00:51:48.10\00:51:49.70
P.O. Box 68, Cedar
Lake, Michigan 48812.
00:51:49.74\00:51:54.91