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 3ABN Today.
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My name is Mollie
Steenson, and I welcome you.
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And I want to invite you
to spend the next hour with us
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as we get to know the
inside of an incredible ministry
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that God has given to this world
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to spread the
gospel of the kingdom.
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You know, I want to
share a scripture with you.
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And that's what...
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The scripture is
what 3ABN is all about.
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And it's what the ministry
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that we're going to share
with you today is all about.
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And that would be Matthew 24:14.
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And the scripture says,
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"And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached
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in all the world as a
witness to all the nations,
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and then the end will come."
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3ABN's purpose is
to get the message
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to the four
corners of the earth.
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And this ministry
that is with us today
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has the very same
purpose, the very same ministry.
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We want to share the
gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ
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with as many as we can.
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So allow me now to introduce
to you two incredible young men
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that are doing a wonderful
job to spread the gospel
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to the four
corners of the earth.
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First, we have
with us, Tim Arakawa.
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Tim, it is so good
to have you with us.
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And I believe that your sister
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is married to your
coworker, isn't that correct?
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That's right. This
is my brother-in-law.
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Your brother-in-law.
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Related in that way but
we're happy to have him.
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And Alistair,
this is Alistair Huong.
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Did I get that
right? Yeah, that's right.
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I tried. Okay.
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Alistair and you
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are the executive
director of AudioVerse.
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And I didn't tell you
but Tim is the co-founder.
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You're the
co-founder of AudioVerse.
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And today we're going to have
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the incredible
opportunity of getting to know
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all about AudioVerse,
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this ministry that
is using online media
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to reach the
world with the gospel.
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But before, we're going to have
a song here in just a moment.
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And it's a beautiful song,
"This is My Father's World".
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We're going to have
that in just a moment,
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but before we go to
our song what I want to do
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is to let you get to know
more about Tim and Alistair.
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So, Tim, tell us just
a little about yourself?
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Sure.
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Well, I am currently
a practicing physician
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at the Guam
Seventh-day Adventist Clinic.
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That's on the
beautiful island of Guam
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in the middle of
the Pacific Ocean.
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And I'm married
to my wife Sunny.
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And I have two
little boys, Enoch and Noah.
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So you're in Guam,
you're in the medical field,
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married with two sons
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but still you're a part
of a worldwide ministry.
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So this is going
to be interesting
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to know all the details of that.
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And, Alistair, tell us
a little about yourself?
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Yes.
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And as you
mentioned earlier, Tim and I,
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we are very close friends,
but we're also brothers-in-law.
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I'm married to his
sister, her name is Deborah,
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and she and I live
in the Collegedale,
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Chattanooga area of Tennessee,
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and we have a
little girl name Leilani,
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who's two and a half right now.
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And she's just the
sunshine of our lives.
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Yes.
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You know, he told me
the most interesting thing.
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He said that,
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oh, she is in such a
delightful era of her life.
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She's two and half
years old and just adorable.
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But he said the first few months
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were a little difficult.
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What made those
first few months difficult?
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Well, the reality was that
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the first few months
didn't feel like a few months,
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it felt like years
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because night and
day would blur together,
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and we never really
slept at regular hours
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and so it was just one long day.
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And once our little
girl started sleeping
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through the night,
everything changed.
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And, boy, it's
just gotten better
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and better since then.
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Absolutely.
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Well, I think every parent
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that I know can
relate with that.
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Absolutely.
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Well, I told you that we've
got a beautiful song coming up,
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the presenter, the person
that's going to minister to us
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is Johan Sentana.
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And, again, the
name of this song is
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"This is My Father's World".
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Johan Sentana,
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and what a
beautiful rendering of
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"This is My Father's World".
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Thank you so much.
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And, gentleman,
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you are here
representing or presenting to us
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the ministry of AudioVerse.
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And I would like to know...
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Tim, since you are a co-founder,
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I thought I would go to you
and ask you what prompted you,
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what is the foundation or
the history of AudioVerse?
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Well, AudioVerse
started originally back in 2005.
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And if you can
think back that far,
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it was very different back then.
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We didn't have
all the social media,
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smartphones with all of our apps
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and things like that.
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But what we did have were MP3s,
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we had the internet,
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and so there were
beginning to be ways to spread
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the gospel that
hadn't existed before.
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At the same time
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there was a
revival that was sweeping
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through the campus of
Loma Linda University.
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And so there were young people
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all over the
Southern California area
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that were becoming
on fire for the Lord.
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Praise God.
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They were
learning more about Jesus,
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they wanted to share
that with those around them.
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And part of that
included some events.
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For instance, there
was an evangelistic series
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that was led and run
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by students
called "Restoration".
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There was also a young
adult Sabbath school class
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in Loma Linda University Church,
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that was called Advent Hope.
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And there were other GYC
like events including one
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that's now called GYC
Southwest that were happening.
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All of these
events were bringing
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in wonderful speakers
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with life transforming messages.
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And we were looking for a way
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to share those
with other people,
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they were all recorded.
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But in the old days
we had to burn a CD,
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pass it along, it
was very difficult to do.
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And all of a
sudden this way opened up
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through MP3s to share
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and that was really the
beginning of AudioVerse.
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And so here was a
means to get the gospel to...
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That was being
presented by the young people
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into the hands of
other young people
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through this MP3.
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Well, tell the people
exactly what AudioVerse does.
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How does it reach the
world with the gospel?
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Right.
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So from that small beginning,
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AudioVerse was
primarily a website
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that promoted or
shared sermon material
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from local events
in the Loma Linda area.
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And from that beginning,
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it grew to become a website
that ended up posting messages
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from lots of other events,
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the ASI International Convention
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that also is aired
on 3ABN every August
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and other youth conferences
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such as the
Generation of Youth for Christ
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which is what Tim just referred
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to which is a lay run
youth movement conference
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that held annually as well.
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And so it is a
website primarily.
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At least that's how
we have been known early
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on as a sermon website,
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a website to
download free sermons.
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But the ministry has grown
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since those early
years to now realizing
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with the internet and
with the power of media
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there's a lot of other
material that could be shared,
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other than just
sermons or seminars.
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And so at AudioVerse,
we have a burden to present
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the gospel to all
members of the family,
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to people of all
faiths and backgrounds,
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to people of all
ethnicities and cultures
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because that's what
our mission is here.
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You read the
verse from Matthew 24.
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And so since that time,
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AudioVerse has grown to
provide other content as well.
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We have also Audio
Bible in multiple versions,
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we also have the audio books,
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we also have some
children's programming,
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we have online courses.
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And what's really exciting
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is that we also
have expanded our library
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to not just
have English messages
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but also we have websites
in seven other languages
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for other people
groups around the world.
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And all of this is available
through also mobile apps now.
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And just like Tim referred
to, it's hard to imagine
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but when AudioVerse
first started in 2005,
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YouTube didn't exist,
Facebook didn't exist.
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And now here we are
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with all of these
amazing technologies.
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And we are continuing to
innovate and use technology
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and all of these
other media sources
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to reach more souls for Jesus.
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You know, I went
online, just googled AudioVerse.
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Yes.
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And went online,
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and when I
opened up your homepage,
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I was so impressed
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that there were the
seven different languages.
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And you just
clicked on the one that was,
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you know, pertain to you.
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And so, you really are reaching
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every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
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Well, that's what
Jesus told us to do.
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Absolutely is.
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And also I know
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that 3ABN has
worked with AudioVerse.
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I went in my files
because since 2000...
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I believe it was 2009,
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we have been making
the audio feed available
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to you for GYC.
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And then you take
those incredible sermons
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and make them available to
viewers all over the world.
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Now I wanted to ask
you this, for instance,
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a sermon that you get
from GYC it will be in English,
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is it then
translated into other languages
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or is that what happens?
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Well, it's
interesting you bring that up
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because we
recently have been looking
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at how can we do
better in reaching people
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of other language groups.
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Up till now
each language website
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has had its own
source of content.
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We want to...
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As far as possible to get
native speakers and messages
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from their culture
and their worldview,
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but we are looking at expanding
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that to allow
for some translation
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of really powerful
foundational biblical messages
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from the English
side over as well.
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And so that perhaps
may be something soon
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that we'll begin doing.
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Oh, that will be
amazing to be able to translate
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into other language.
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That's right.
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That's always another weapon,
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another tool in God's
arsenal to be able to use.
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We like to consider
every avenue available
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to get the message.
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You know, people
will call us and ask us,
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and I expect they
do this to you as well.
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"Can we use your
material on our platform?"
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And 3ABN's heart has always been
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what another avenue to
get the gospel to the world,
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every avenue, that's more
souls that will have access
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to the Word of God
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and be able to come
into the knowledge...
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The saving knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ
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as we evangelize this world.
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Well, you all are
doing incredible work.
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Again, it's a
stream or a platform
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that 3ABN isn't covering.
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And this is
what is so beautiful.
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I think about God in His variety
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Has said He uses every avenue.
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And we're so happy
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that we have been
able to partner with you
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for all of these years
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as we encourage
and help each other.
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That's right.
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And I certainly
agree with you, Mollie.
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It's just been a
joy working with 3ABN.
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And as you alluded to,
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we are moved by the same spirit.
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We're here to do the
same work in partnership
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and that's to spread
the three angels' messages
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to the whole world
in this generation.
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And using
whatever means is necessary
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and so it's just been
a wonderful partnership.
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And we're so privileged
to be able to work with 3ABN.
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You know, something that
3ABN takes very seriously,
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and I know you do
too is that we truly feel
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that God has entrusted
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an end time
message to our church,
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He's made us responsible for it.
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And now it's our responsibility
in honor of God to see
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that this message
gets into the world
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because He really is
going to return soon.
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Yes.
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And in fact,
Mollie, we have a video
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that we brought with
us to just illustrate
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how just one
message or one download
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or one stream or one view
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may translate into
something much more.
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All right.
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There is a young man
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that we're going to
be seeing named Isaac,
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who's going to just
share a brief testimony
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of how the
messages on AudioVerse
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has completely changed his life.
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Praise God.
Let's see that video.
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So a number of years ago,
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I was really struggling
to make sense of Adventism.
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And I was trying to find a basis
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for Adventist
beliefs and practices,
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a biblical and logical basis.
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And a friend of
mine introduced me
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to AudioVerse at that time.
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And I
discovered so many messages
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that were deep in God's Word
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and really
relevant and inspiring.
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And it gave me such
a richer appreciation
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for the Bible.
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And if not for AudioVerse,
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there's a good chance that today
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I wouldn't be an Adventist,
maybe not even a Christian.
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So I'm standing
here today a large part
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because of AudioVerse.
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So thank you.
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So you see, Mollie,
Isaac is just one young person
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whose life has been
completely transformed.
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He said he probably
wouldn't even be a Christian
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if it weren't for the
messages on AudioVerse.
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He's a young man,
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but we realized particularly
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since Tim and I
are both parents now
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that there are also
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even younger
members of our families
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that there's not a
whole lot of material
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that's available for them.
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As parents, we look
at the media landscape
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and there's just a lot of
inappropriate material vying
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for children's attention.
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And so, we have just
been moved by the spirit
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to also provide
something for them.
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And I know Tim has
had some experience
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as a young man
that has influenced
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some of the
decisions that we've made.
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And perhaps you can
share a little bit about that.
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So you're not just
interested in reaching
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the adults of this world?
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That's right. Yeah.
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Being a parent
will really make you...
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It changes things. Tender.
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Yes, it does.
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Yes, the children's souls
to be reached as well, right?
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Yeah. Yes. Absolutely.
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I remember as a child,
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sitting around the radio
after church just waiting
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in eager anticipation
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for Your Story Hour,
Uncle Dan and Aunt Sue.
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And just really
just being amazed
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as I listen to those stories
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and to spend that
spiritual time together
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with the family.
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And now that I have children,
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I want to share
that too with my children
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who have that spiritual
bonding time with them.
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Okay. You have two boys.
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Two boys. And their ages are?
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Four and six.
And their names are?
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Enoch and Noah.
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Oh, that is
beautiful, Enoch and Noah.
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Okay. That's right.
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And so with that
burden on our hearts,
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we have
embarked on an initiative
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to provide children
materials on AudioVerse.
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And we actually
partnered with Your Story Hour
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with a few of
their programs on there.
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And also like Voice of Prophecy,
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we've also partnered with them.
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But what most exciting to me is
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that we have
actually started creating
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a series of
children's programs ourselves,
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audio programs
called StoryTime Adventures.
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And these are
programs that teach true life,
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character building stories
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that help young people
develop a love for Jesus,
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to make positive choices.
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And each episode
also has a memorable song,
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usually a scripture song
or something of that sort
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to just fix these
lessons on the tender hearts.
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And, boy, we've just started,
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but the parents
have already told us
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they can't wait
for the next episode.
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And so we just can't
get them done fast enough,
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but StoryTime Adventures
is a brand new initiative,
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it's available on AudioVerse now
00:21:05.29\00:21:07.23
with new episodes
coming out every month.
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So they can go
00:21:09.43\00:21:10.77
to your website
AudioVerse, and click on it,
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and find this material.
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Just look for
the stories section,
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and you'll find
all the stories there.
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You know, I want to interject
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just a little
3ABN story if I may.
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I was grocery
shopping at my local Kroger's,
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and these two
little girls came up to me
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and they were
just looking at me,
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blinking their eyes
saying, "Oh, we know you."
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And, you know, how they know me?
00:21:35.36\00:21:38.16
It was from 3ABN.
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But let me tell
you what brought them
00:21:39.69\00:21:42.03
to be viewers of 3ABN.
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Their parents home school them.
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Very godly parents,
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but they're not
Seventh-day Adventist.
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And they wanted
programming for their children,
00:21:50.34\00:21:52.94
and the only place
00:21:52.97\00:21:54.31
they could find
children's programming
00:21:54.34\00:21:56.81
that was appropriate was 3ABN.
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So once they put the
children's programming on,
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they never change the channel.
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And now the young girl...
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The older of the two
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they were maybe seven
and nine, the older one said,
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.79
"Oh, my favorite
story is 3ABN Today."
00:22:09.82\00:22:12.46
And she knew every single one,
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probably not every single
but most of the people on 3ABN.
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Children's programming
is vitally important,
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it gets the children
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but you know what it
did in this instance,
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got the parents as well.
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Wonderful. Praise the Lord. Yes.
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We're trying to
do the same thing.
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Same thing.
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Yes, with another
avenue, another tool.
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And in addition to that,
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.08
we've also been
looking at other ways to expand
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other types of content.
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And, you know, we are looking
into some online classes.
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And Tim can explain a little bit
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.49
of the background for that.
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Well, you know,
00:22:45.89\00:22:47.23
there's another
segment of people
00:22:47.26\00:22:48.60
who also want to
find more resources.
00:22:48.63\00:22:51.67
Perhaps, some would
want to learn more about
00:22:51.70\00:22:55.80
how to share
Jesus with a friend,
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.17
use some
evangelism, some witnessing,
00:22:58.21\00:23:00.24
or maybe how to grow
in their healthy habits
00:23:00.28\00:23:03.75
in their lifestyle.
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.45
But many people
don't have access
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to let's say a
Bible training school
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.88
or other resources like that.
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.92
And so what we want to do
00:23:11.95\00:23:13.29
is we want to
think about those people
00:23:13.32\00:23:15.26
and produce courses
00:23:15.29\00:23:17.76
that they can access
wherever they are in the world.
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I live in Guam,
and I don't have access
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.36
to some of the
resources that most people do.
00:23:22.40\00:23:24.70
And I'm really excited
that AudioVerse has the ability
00:23:24.73\00:23:27.74
through the
internet to provide courses.
00:23:27.77\00:23:32.64
Now something that I've noticed
00:23:32.67\00:23:34.54
that you haven't
said at any instance,
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.15
concerning the sermons
that you make available,
00:23:37.18\00:23:39.95
the children's programming,
and now an online school,
00:23:39.98\00:23:43.49
is that there's a
charge for any of this?
00:23:43.52\00:23:46.32
So this online school,
00:23:46.35\00:23:49.02
it sounds so powerful
00:23:49.06\00:23:53.26
to be able to go online
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.50
and get some
education in some areas.
00:23:55.53\00:23:58.30
And you make this available
at no cost to the person
00:23:58.33\00:24:01.14
that's looking at it?
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.50
Well, the school,
there is a minimal cost.
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.01
Praise God.
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.37
Just because of
the cost of production.
00:24:05.41\00:24:06.74
3ABN understands that very well.
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.64
But the goal here is
not primarily to make money,
00:24:08.68\00:24:12.88
it's just simply
to cover the cost,
00:24:12.91\00:24:14.42
keep the lights on
but to make it available
00:24:14.45\00:24:17.22
as affordably
as we possibly can.
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.95
And so...
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.32
But, of course,
the children's program
00:24:21.36\00:24:22.69
and the sermon,
00:24:22.72\00:24:24.06
they are all
available at no cost.
00:24:24.09\00:24:25.43
Yeah, I knew that you
were a faith ministry.
00:24:25.46\00:24:29.00
But we certainly do understand
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.43
that you do have to
pay the electric bill.
00:24:31.47\00:24:33.13
That's right.
00:24:33.17\00:24:34.50
That's just...
00:24:34.54\00:24:35.87
And for some reason
that is vitally important.
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.97
And we do have
some free courses.
00:24:38.01\00:24:39.54
So it's not that everything
has a charge attached to it.
00:24:39.57\00:24:43.21
But some of the courses
that we offer are things
00:24:43.24\00:24:46.11
really related to
practical aspects of life.
00:24:46.15\00:24:49.12
So as to mention,
00:24:49.15\00:24:50.49
we have a flagship series
of evangelism training courses
00:24:50.52\00:24:54.16
that we did in partnership
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.52
with the Emmanuel Institute
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.69
of Evangelism found in Michigan.
00:24:57.73\00:25:00.03
And we have three
courses currently...
00:25:00.06\00:25:01.93
Actually four courses,
00:25:01.96\00:25:03.30
one is a free
introductory course,
00:25:03.33\00:25:04.87
and then we have a
personal evangelism course
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.67
that teaches people
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.04
how to share their
faith more effectively,
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.01
how to give Bible
studies and call for decisions.
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.94
We have a course
on public evangelism.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.08
And also an
exciting course called
00:25:15.11\00:25:16.44
how to create a
culture of evangelism
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.71
in your local church.
00:25:18.75\00:25:20.08
And personally, I think
every church should take
00:25:20.12\00:25:22.68
that course
'cause it's practical,
00:25:22.72\00:25:24.75
and it gets your church members
on fire to work for Jesus.
00:25:24.79\00:25:27.49
But besides that we also
have some other courses like
00:25:27.52\00:25:30.26
Introduction to
Natural Remedies,
00:25:30.29\00:25:32.16
we have a course on how
to reverse heart disease
00:25:32.19\00:25:34.96
called Heart Savvy, naturally,
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.57
reversing heart
disease naturally
00:25:37.60\00:25:38.93
and also even an
organic gardening class.
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.90
And we have also other
courses in the pipeline
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.77
that we're working on right now
00:25:44.81\00:25:46.27
and we'll be
excited to share soon.
00:25:46.31\00:25:48.98
You know, online
schooling is becoming more
00:25:49.01\00:25:51.38
and more popular
as people find...
00:25:51.41\00:25:54.68
We have young people
here at 3ABN that work here.
00:25:54.72\00:25:58.02
But, you know, at night,
00:25:58.05\00:25:59.39
they're taking online courses
furthering their education.
00:25:59.42\00:26:02.42
So this is one of
those cutting edge tools
00:26:02.46\00:26:06.70
that you are
offering to further people
00:26:06.73\00:26:10.57
in becoming more effective tools
00:26:10.60\00:26:12.10
to be used by God.
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.47
Exactly. Right.
00:26:13.50\00:26:14.84
And so, you know, we
have another video to share
00:26:14.87\00:26:18.64
about the online courses.
00:26:18.67\00:26:20.74
And Keith, as you
will see in just a moment
00:26:20.78\00:26:22.68
is an individual
00:26:22.71\00:26:24.05
who realized that
in his line of work,
00:26:24.08\00:26:26.68
he could actually
use these online courses
00:26:26.72\00:26:28.42
to improve his ministry,
but also as a tool to help
00:26:28.45\00:26:31.22
others come to
know Jesus as well.
00:26:31.25\00:26:33.82
And maybe we can
take a look at that now.
00:26:33.86\00:26:35.32
Oh, I'd love to see it.
00:26:35.36\00:26:38.09
I teach CPR in first day
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.46
for the American
Heart Association.
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.43
And, you know, it's kind
of a standalone business.
00:26:41.46\00:26:45.70
And so I have people come
in to train for a CPR class.
00:26:45.73\00:26:50.64
And as they're
training, I'm asking God like,
00:26:50.67\00:26:53.81
"Okay, how do I
talk to these people?
00:26:53.84\00:26:57.25
How do I share
Christ with these people?
00:26:57.28\00:26:59.08
How do I
transition them from CPR
00:26:59.11\00:27:02.08
into the Christ gospel?"
00:27:02.12\00:27:06.02
And so I'm praying about
that on this particular day.
00:27:06.05\00:27:09.96
And then one day,
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.93
it was the same
day as I'm praying,
00:27:11.96\00:27:14.26
I go in my email, I get
a email from AudioVerse,
00:27:14.30\00:27:18.33
and it has on the email,
00:27:18.37\00:27:22.40
Heart Savvy which is a
course on AudioVerse events
00:27:22.44\00:27:26.27
which is awesome because I say,
00:27:26.31\00:27:28.18
"Wow, now I can
00:27:28.21\00:27:29.64
transition people from CPR,
00:27:29.68\00:27:35.52
from health into the gospel."
00:27:35.55\00:27:38.45
And I know Ellen White said
00:27:38.49\00:27:39.85
that health
ministry should be presented
00:27:39.89\00:27:43.22
as a Bible study.
00:27:43.26\00:27:44.59
And so I saw that opportunity,
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.43
and I went ahead and
did that opportunity,
00:27:47.46\00:27:50.10
it's been a blessing.
00:27:50.13\00:27:51.47
And I've learned a lot,
00:27:51.50\00:27:52.83
and I shared a lot
with me and my students.
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.57
Praise the Lord.
00:27:54.60\00:27:55.94
You know, I love the
story that Keith tells
00:28:06.58\00:28:08.75
because it embodies
that spirit of witnessing
00:28:08.78\00:28:12.19
and wanting to share
00:28:12.22\00:28:13.56
and find any avenue
possible to share Christ.
00:28:13.59\00:28:16.62
And so really that's something
00:28:16.66\00:28:20.00
that AudioVerse has
always been interested in.
00:28:20.03\00:28:21.70
But as we've been
talking about AudioVerse
00:28:21.73\00:28:24.67
is really
currently a major resource
00:28:24.70\00:28:29.60
for Adventists
all around the world.
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.84
But over the years,
00:28:31.87\00:28:33.21
many people have
come up to me and asked,
00:28:33.24\00:28:35.44
"Is there an evangelistic way
that I can spread the blessings
00:28:35.48\00:28:39.41
that I've been receiving
00:28:39.45\00:28:40.78
from AudioVerse
to those around me.
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.82
Especially, to those
who may not know Jesus
00:28:42.85\00:28:45.59
or maybe are not familiar
with Seventh-day Adventism."
00:28:45.62\00:28:49.32
And so, we have recently created
00:28:49.36\00:28:52.06
a special website
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.90
that's designed
specifically for witnessing.
00:28:53.93\00:28:58.07
And really at AudioVerse,
00:28:58.10\00:29:00.10
we have over
16, 000 messages now
00:29:00.14\00:29:02.60
in our archive.
00:29:02.64\00:29:03.97
Wow.
00:29:04.01\00:29:05.34
They're downloaded
over four million times
00:29:05.37\00:29:06.71
around the world
over 200 countries.
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.14
And it's real quite frankly,
it's a little overwhelming.
00:29:09.18\00:29:11.08
Yes, it is.
00:29:11.11\00:29:12.45
And so for a new person
00:29:12.48\00:29:13.82
who is
unfamiliar with AudioVerse
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.18
or what ASI or 3ABN might be,
00:29:15.22\00:29:19.09
just landing on a website
00:29:19.12\00:29:20.46
with all of these
thousands of choices
00:29:20.49\00:29:22.42
is sometimes counterproductive,
they don't know where to start.
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.83
And so we wanted to do
better at sharpening the point
00:29:25.86\00:29:29.33
of the spear so to say
00:29:29.36\00:29:30.70
to make an inroad
into people's hearts.
00:29:30.73\00:29:32.63
And as we looked at
our data, we realized,
00:29:32.67\00:29:34.54
"Hey, the most powerful
and most engaging content
00:29:34.57\00:29:38.17
we have in our library
were personal testimonies
00:29:38.21\00:29:41.28
because, hey,
everyone loves a good story."
00:29:41.31\00:29:44.25
Isn't that right? That's right.
00:29:44.28\00:29:45.61
And so we realize,
00:29:45.65\00:29:46.98
"Wow, we are
sitting on a treasure trove
00:29:47.02\00:29:48.98
of so many powerful testimonies
00:29:49.02\00:29:50.99
that if we only could
bring them to the surface
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.22
to make them easily accessible,
we can touch so many people."
00:29:53.25\00:29:57.66
And that's what Journeys
Unscripted is all about.
00:29:57.69\00:30:00.63
JourneysUnscripted.com
is a sister site
00:30:00.66\00:30:04.10
that was developed
by the AudioVerse team
00:30:04.13\00:30:07.27
with the express focus of
making it a friendly place
00:30:07.30\00:30:10.47
for people of all faiths
00:30:10.51\00:30:12.07
and all persuasions to
come find the divine author
00:30:12.11\00:30:16.04
who wants to
script our lives for us.
00:30:16.08\00:30:19.75
And these stories are
just amazing miracle stories
00:30:19.78\00:30:23.22
of God's healing power,
00:30:23.25\00:30:24.69
deliverance from besetting sins,
00:30:24.72\00:30:26.35
or addictions.
00:30:26.39\00:30:27.72
And so we are using this
00:30:27.76\00:30:29.09
as an outreach tool
for people to share.
00:30:29.12\00:30:32.36
And I just want to also
bring this out and that is that,
00:30:32.39\00:30:35.80
we wanted to make
this a very effective tool
00:30:35.83\00:30:38.90
for people to use
offline not just online
00:30:38.93\00:30:42.24
because that personal
touch is so important.
00:30:42.27\00:30:44.74
And so we have actually
created these small tracts
00:30:44.77\00:30:48.34
that goes along
with Journeys Unscripted
00:30:48.38\00:30:51.11
where each tract is
actually a summary of a story
00:30:51.15\00:30:55.78
that can be
found on the website.
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.89
And these can be
read by the individuals,
00:30:57.92\00:31:01.82
there's an appeal at the
end and also a link to say,
00:31:01.86\00:31:04.46
if you want to hear this
story with all the details,
00:31:04.49\00:31:07.60
the rest of the story
00:31:07.63\00:31:09.66
or if you want to
sign up for Bible studies,
00:31:09.70\00:31:12.20
we can just send
them to the website,
00:31:12.23\00:31:14.04
and it's a wonderful
tool to lead other people
00:31:14.07\00:31:17.01
to make a decision for Jesus.
00:31:17.04\00:31:18.47
So that's
JourneysUnscripted.com.
00:31:18.51\00:31:20.94
That's right. Click on that.
00:31:20.98\00:31:22.68
And now tell me again
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.05
how you can
actually receive the tracts?
00:31:24.08\00:31:26.21
Yeah, so these tracts
are all available right now
00:31:26.25\00:31:28.72
at the AudioVerse store.
00:31:28.75\00:31:30.49
And if you just visit
our website at AudioVerse.org
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.09
there are links to
Journeys Unscripted and links
00:31:33.12\00:31:34.99
to our online
courses, links to our store,
00:31:35.02\00:31:38.23
it's easily accessible
right on the homepage.
00:31:38.26\00:31:41.06
Now I want to tell you
that we are going to give an,
00:31:41.10\00:31:44.73
you know, an address
roll here before very long.
00:31:44.77\00:31:48.10
So get your pencil and paper
00:31:48.14\00:31:49.47
because I know
you're going to want
00:31:49.50\00:31:50.87
to get these addresses
00:31:50.91\00:31:52.91
and contact
information for these gentlemen.
00:31:52.94\00:31:55.64
But just for now,
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.05
we are telling you
these different addresses
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.38
so that you can...
00:32:00.42\00:32:01.75
It's just exciting,
it was exciting for me.
00:32:01.78\00:32:05.95
Again, the way I
got to their website
00:32:05.99\00:32:08.96
was I googled them AudioVerse,
00:32:08.99\00:32:11.69
just google them and then click,
00:32:11.73\00:32:13.40
and you can find
00:32:13.43\00:32:14.76
all of this
wonderful information
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.30
that we're telling you about.
00:32:16.33\00:32:17.67
That's right.
00:32:17.70\00:32:19.03
And I just have to share this
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.40
because the
impact that we've had
00:32:20.44\00:32:22.97
with Journeys
Unscripted has already started
00:32:23.00\00:32:25.64
to trickle in.
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.48
We launched the website
just around Christmas time,
00:32:27.51\00:32:31.61
at the end of 2017,
00:32:31.65\00:32:33.42
and it's only been a
few short months since then.
00:32:33.45\00:32:34.95
Yes.
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.32
But we've already gotten
00:32:36.35\00:32:37.69
a number of Bible study requests
00:32:37.72\00:32:39.05
for personal Bible studies,
people are signing up for them.
00:32:39.09\00:32:42.66
And what's amazing
00:32:42.69\00:32:44.03
is that a number
of these individuals
00:32:44.06\00:32:46.46
are from countries
outside North America,
00:32:46.49\00:32:49.03
like, Indonesia and Malaysia
00:32:49.06\00:32:52.13
which as you know are
both Muslim countries.
00:32:52.17\00:32:55.30
And this type of early response,
00:32:55.34\00:32:57.21
and I believe there
is a lot more to come,
00:32:57.24\00:32:59.41
it just goes to show
the power of technology,
00:32:59.44\00:33:01.81
how the internet can
transcend boundaries,
00:33:01.84\00:33:04.21
geographical boundaries
00:33:04.25\00:33:06.28
but more important than
that personal testimonies
00:33:06.31\00:33:09.98
also can transcend
boundaries, cultural boundaries,
00:33:10.02\00:33:13.32
religious boundaries
00:33:13.36\00:33:14.69
even to bring
the gospel of Jesus
00:33:14.72\00:33:16.89
right to the home,
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.43
right into the
heart of individuals.
00:33:18.46\00:33:19.96
And I'm just so excited to see
00:33:20.00\00:33:21.46
what God is going to keep doing.
00:33:21.50\00:33:22.83
You know, you can
argue with somebody
00:33:22.86\00:33:25.03
about their
theology or so forth.
00:33:25.07\00:33:27.80
But you just can't argue
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.17
with somebody's
personal testimony
00:33:29.20\00:33:30.71
when they say, "This
is what happened to me."
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.14
You can't argue with that.
00:33:33.17\00:33:34.68
And, you know, it's so exciting
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.04
that you're already
getting the feedback.
00:33:36.08\00:33:38.08
Yes.
00:33:38.11\00:33:39.45
Because there is
some equations percentage,
00:33:39.48\00:33:41.98
and I don't know what that is.
00:33:42.02\00:33:43.35
Now I've heard various...
00:33:43.39\00:33:45.19
If for every email you get...
00:33:45.22\00:33:48.12
How many more people
were actually watching
00:33:48.16\00:33:50.33
that didn't respond to you
00:33:50.36\00:33:53.09
so if you're
getting feedback that means
00:33:53.13\00:33:56.10
that is an effective ministry.
00:33:56.13\00:33:57.80
It's actually doing
00:33:57.83\00:33:59.63
what you had
intended for it to do.
00:33:59.67\00:34:03.57
God's word never
returns unto Him void.
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.41
Yes.
00:34:05.44\00:34:06.78
And we believe that
with all of our hearts.
00:34:06.81\00:34:08.38
And that's what we're all about.
00:34:08.41\00:34:09.74
Yes. Amen.
00:34:09.78\00:34:11.21
Well, I see now
that we want to look
00:34:11.25\00:34:15.85
at how do you
get people involved
00:34:15.88\00:34:19.19
in this ministry?
00:34:19.22\00:34:21.12
Well, AudioVerse,
00:34:21.16\00:34:22.49
we really have a lot
of different avenues,
00:34:22.52\00:34:25.56
you know, we look at
the technology in the world,
00:34:25.59\00:34:28.53
social media
00:34:28.56\00:34:29.90
so there are
lot of opportunities
00:34:29.93\00:34:31.27
for people to share
00:34:31.30\00:34:33.13
and also people to get
training like with the courses,
00:34:33.17\00:34:35.90
and now with these tracts
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.27
that we talked about
that people can utilize
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.14
these as evangelistic tools
to share with their friends.
00:34:39.17\00:34:42.28
We believe that the media piece,
00:34:42.31\00:34:44.08
the technology piece,
00:34:44.11\00:34:45.45
that's not the full picture,
we as disciples of Jesus,
00:34:45.48\00:34:50.39
we have to do our part.
00:34:50.42\00:34:51.75
And so we want to
encourage our viewers,
00:34:51.79\00:34:53.89
our listeners to do their part,
get the discipleship training
00:34:53.92\00:34:58.03
whether it would be
with an online course.
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.20
Be a soul winner for
Jesus by sharing a message,
00:35:00.23\00:35:02.96
improve your spirituality
by listening to messages
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.57
and share the tracts maybe even.
00:35:05.60\00:35:07.87
And so these are
just some of the ways
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.90
that people can get involved.
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.71
If it's all right,
I just want to share
00:35:12.74\00:35:14.38
just a story that just
ready to burst out of me
00:35:14.41\00:35:17.38
about an individual
00:35:17.41\00:35:18.75
that's just
whose life has changed
00:35:18.78\00:35:21.08
and just really goes to show,
00:35:21.12\00:35:22.55
tie together all of these things
00:35:22.58\00:35:23.92
that we're talking about.
00:35:23.95\00:35:25.42
And this young
man, his name is Tad.
00:35:25.45\00:35:28.79
And he was brought
up in a unique home,
00:35:28.82\00:35:31.86
he was of the Hmong descent,
00:35:31.89\00:35:34.66
minority group
and the ethnic group
00:35:34.70\00:35:36.67
in the Southeast Asia region.
00:35:36.70\00:35:38.97
But he was raised
in Minnesota in the US.
00:35:39.00\00:35:42.57
Cold country Cold country.
00:35:42.60\00:35:44.87
And also in the Catholic faith.
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.48
However, they did go to church
every Sunday but really God
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.85
and religion didn't permeate
their lives during the week.
00:35:50.88\00:35:54.85
But in the early
2000s somewhere in there
00:35:54.88\00:35:57.95
he was introduced to
the Bible in a real way,
00:35:57.99\00:36:00.86
and he started
reading, and he got interested.
00:36:00.89\00:36:03.49
But he didn't understand,
00:36:03.53\00:36:05.29
he just couldn't
grasp what was the message
00:36:05.33\00:36:08.16
he was supposed to take home.
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.53
And I'm sure many of us
go through similar dry spells
00:36:09.56\00:36:12.30
in our Bible study.
00:36:12.33\00:36:13.97
And in the year 2007, a
family member introduced him
00:36:14.00\00:36:17.54
to the Generation of
Youth for Christ Conference
00:36:17.57\00:36:20.81
which happened
to be held that year
00:36:20.84\00:36:23.04
in his hometown of Minneapolis.
00:36:23.08\00:36:24.41
All right.
00:36:24.45\00:36:25.78
So for the first time,
00:36:25.81\00:36:27.15
he was in a room or
in a convention center
00:36:27.18\00:36:29.08
with thousands of people
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.69
talking about Jesus,
praying, and singing.
00:36:30.72\00:36:32.79
Young people, in fact.
Young people on fire for Jesus.
00:36:32.82\00:36:36.32
And he realized,
I need this. Yes.
00:36:36.36\00:36:39.26
But he couldn't go
to all the meetings.
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.16
There were so many seminars
and there was so much going on.
00:36:41.20\00:36:44.33
He just wanted more of it.
00:36:44.37\00:36:45.80
And he heard that
all of the messages
00:36:45.83\00:36:48.14
were being recorded.
00:36:48.17\00:36:49.50
And that they would also
be available on AudioVerse.
00:36:49.54\00:36:51.51
And that was 3ABN
probably was there too.
00:36:51.54\00:36:55.21
And so after the
conference, he went home,
00:36:55.24\00:36:57.98
and he logged on to AudioVerse,
00:36:58.01\00:36:59.35
and he just
absorbed and devoured
00:36:59.38\00:37:02.72
all of the
thousands of messages,
00:37:02.75\00:37:04.42
he just began listening nonstop.
00:37:04.45\00:37:07.36
And he started to realize
00:37:07.39\00:37:09.66
the Bible was not
a mystery anymore.
00:37:09.69\00:37:11.93
Jesus was not a foreign
mysterious figure anymore.
00:37:11.96\00:37:15.43
He started to understand things,
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.03
the Bible started making sense.
00:37:17.07\00:37:18.90
He started having a basis
for believing the Word of God.
00:37:18.93\00:37:24.77
And he had a very
unique work situation
00:37:24.81\00:37:28.11
where he was working
in a manufacturing job
00:37:28.14\00:37:31.21
in a factory
00:37:31.25\00:37:32.58
where he had to
wear hearing protection
00:37:32.61\00:37:33.95
in order to protect
his hearing every day.
00:37:33.98\00:37:36.55
And he realized he
could be playing music
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.49
and listen to the
radio, but it hit him,
00:37:38.52\00:37:41.39
"Why not listen to
sermons to improve my time
00:37:41.42\00:37:43.79
while I'm at work
00:37:43.83\00:37:45.16
since I have to do this anyway."
00:37:45.19\00:37:46.66
What a unique opportunity. Yes.
00:37:46.70\00:37:49.06
And he would work
Monday through Thursdays,
00:37:49.10\00:37:51.80
10 hours a day.
00:37:51.83\00:37:53.47
And so he would
load up his MP3 player,
00:37:53.50\00:37:56.40
and he would listen to
sermons for 10 hours a day,
00:37:56.44\00:38:01.64
every day at work.
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.04
That can do
nothing but change you.
00:38:03.08\00:38:06.48
Oh, yes! That much
input of God's Word.
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.62
And as we know by beholding,
we become changed, right,
00:38:08.65\00:38:12.15
into the same things
we fill our minds with.
00:38:12.19\00:38:14.89
You know, the amazing thing is,
00:38:14.92\00:38:16.36
he didn't do this for
just one week or a month
00:38:16.39\00:38:18.49
or even a year, get this,
00:38:18.53\00:38:21.26
he listened to 10
hours of AudioVerse sermons
00:38:21.30\00:38:24.60
every day at
work for seven years.
00:38:24.63\00:38:28.10
Wow! Seven years.
00:38:28.14\00:38:29.47
Seven years?
00:38:29.50\00:38:30.84
And he told us
that he estimates,
00:38:30.87\00:38:32.21
he listened to at least way over
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.71
I would imagine by now
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.34
5,000 hours of sermon material,
00:38:36.38\00:38:40.88
all from AudioVerse and
during his time at work.
00:38:40.92\00:38:44.09
And just like you said, Mollie,
00:38:44.12\00:38:45.79
it is absolutely
impossible for someone
00:38:45.82\00:38:48.22
to hear the truth that much
00:38:48.26\00:38:50.99
and not have an effect on him.
00:38:51.03\00:38:52.39
Absolutely.
00:38:52.43\00:38:53.76
And, you know, during this time,
00:38:53.80\00:38:55.13
he told us also
that he was struggling
00:38:55.16\00:38:56.90
with addictions
and things in his life.
00:38:56.93\00:38:59.53
Sometimes he would be smoking
00:38:59.57\00:39:01.17
while listening to
sermons at the same time.
00:39:01.20\00:39:04.14
Realizing on one
hand his need of Jesus
00:39:04.17\00:39:06.88
but not necessarily
knowing how to go about it.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.54
But seven years
later, in the year 2013,
00:39:09.58\00:39:12.51
he said, "Enough is enough,
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.15
I have to turn
everything over to Jesus."
00:39:14.18\00:39:16.62
And he was baptized
into Jesus Christ in 2013.
00:39:16.65\00:39:20.66
But he didn't stop there,
as you were mentioning earlier,
00:39:20.69\00:39:23.66
the whole idea
is to get involved
00:39:23.69\00:39:25.43
and to use our
talents for witnessing.
00:39:25.46\00:39:28.06
He has actually gone through
00:39:28.10\00:39:30.60
the Amazing Facts Center
of Evangelism training course
00:39:30.63\00:39:34.00
for full time ministry.
00:39:34.04\00:39:35.37
Praise God.
00:39:35.40\00:39:36.74
And just to see,
00:39:36.77\00:39:38.11
you know, over a
prolong period of time
00:39:38.14\00:39:40.81
such a simple idea that started
00:39:40.84\00:39:42.78
as a bunch of young people
putting sermons on a website,
00:39:42.81\00:39:46.01
the multiplication effect
00:39:46.05\00:39:48.45
on the life of
now this young man,
00:39:48.48\00:39:49.85
his whole family,
00:39:49.88\00:39:51.22
and now as a minister for Jesus.
00:39:51.25\00:39:53.09
Praise God. Praise God.
00:39:53.12\00:39:54.76
And it goes
back to his diligence
00:39:54.79\00:39:58.46
and listening to God's Word.
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.63
And you making
that Word available
00:40:00.66\00:40:03.33
to him to readily access.
00:40:03.37\00:40:05.57
Thank God, it takes all of us
working together to accomplish.
00:40:05.60\00:40:10.31
There's a saying,
00:40:10.34\00:40:11.97
"None of us
have it all together,
00:40:12.01\00:40:13.68
but together we have it all."
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.81
And if we all do our part,
00:40:15.84\00:40:18.18
then the whole
gets accomplished.
00:40:18.21\00:40:20.18
So that's what we're doing.
It's a beautiful testimony.
00:40:20.22\00:40:23.39
Yes.
00:40:23.42\00:40:24.75
And it just brings
chills up and down my spine
00:40:24.79\00:40:27.36
when I think about,
"Wow, God is really working."
00:40:27.39\00:40:30.03
Yes, He is.
00:40:30.06\00:40:31.39
Do you have other testimonies?
00:40:31.43\00:40:32.83
These
testimonies are so exciting.
00:40:32.86\00:40:35.20
Yes.
00:40:35.23\00:40:36.56
We know God is
working all over the world.
00:40:36.60\00:40:40.17
And I know of a
wonderful young man,
00:40:40.20\00:40:43.67
his name is Micet.
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.14
And he grew up on
the island of Palau
00:40:45.17\00:40:50.21
which is a
small group of islands
00:40:50.25\00:40:52.75
in the middle of
the Pacific Ocean
00:40:52.78\00:40:54.58
even smaller than
Guam, believe it or not.
00:40:54.62\00:40:57.92
And he grew up
there without access
00:40:57.95\00:41:01.36
to a lot of the resources
00:41:01.39\00:41:02.72
that we take for
granted nowadays.
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.59
And they don't even have
very reliable internet there.
00:41:05.63\00:41:10.30
You know, it's
such a small island.
00:41:10.33\00:41:12.43
And so there was a difficulty
to hear wonderful sermons
00:41:12.47\00:41:16.34
like AudioVerse has.
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.17
But what one of his
friends would do is they,
00:41:18.21\00:41:20.78
when they were off island,
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.48
they would download
sermons from AudioVerse,
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.21
and they would
burn them onto a CD,
00:41:25.25\00:41:26.61
remember we talked about
those old way of doing things.
00:41:26.65\00:41:31.19
They would bring it
back on CD to the island.
00:41:31.22\00:41:33.96
And there they
would put in a CD player
00:41:33.99\00:41:36.76
and gather around
as a group of friends
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.59
and listen to these sermons
over and over and over again.
00:41:39.63\00:41:44.07
Some of those sermons,
00:41:44.10\00:41:45.43
they probably listened
to 100 times he tells me.
00:41:45.47\00:41:48.94
So they really ingrained
the message into their hearts.
00:41:48.97\00:41:52.77
And that's really
where Micet learned
00:41:52.81\00:41:55.21
to become a faithful Adventist.
00:41:55.24\00:41:57.61
And as that
desire grew in his heart,
00:41:57.65\00:42:01.08
he began to want
to be a Bible worker.
00:42:01.12\00:42:03.62
And so that's the first
time that I actually met Micet.
00:42:03.65\00:42:06.29
It was on the island of Guam,
00:42:06.32\00:42:07.99
he was a Bible worker
for an evangelistic series
00:42:08.02\00:42:10.63
we're having with our church.
00:42:10.66\00:42:13.19
And I remember
him walking up to me,
00:42:13.23\00:42:15.30
and he recognized me right
away and introduced himself.
00:42:15.33\00:42:19.93
But he told me the
way that he recognized me
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.60
was not from my face
00:42:21.64\00:42:24.34
because he had
never seen me before,
00:42:24.37\00:42:26.31
but he recognized my voice.
00:42:26.34\00:42:29.11
Because it just so happens
that my voice is the voice
00:42:29.14\00:42:31.35
at the end of
each AudioVerse sermon,
00:42:31.38\00:42:33.28
there is a bumper at the end.
00:42:33.31\00:42:34.85
And so he had heard that bumper
00:42:34.88\00:42:36.22
so many times that
he actually knew me
00:42:36.25\00:42:39.22
from just hearing the voice.
00:42:39.25\00:42:42.49
But the bottom line is
00:42:42.52\00:42:45.13
that he became a Bible worker
00:42:45.16\00:42:47.73
and eventually he
heard God's calling
00:42:47.76\00:42:50.70
in his life to become a pastor.
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.93
And so, he actually became
if you can believe this or not,
00:42:52.97\00:42:56.20
he became the
pastor of my church.
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.71
So now I call him Pastor Micet.
00:42:58.74\00:43:01.24
And it's just wonderful to see
00:43:01.28\00:43:02.74
how the Lord used a
small ministry to work
00:43:02.78\00:43:07.98
in the life of a little boy
00:43:08.02\00:43:09.48
in the middle of
the Pacific Ocean.
00:43:09.52\00:43:11.59
And now that's
come around full circle.
00:43:11.62\00:43:14.06
And now I am a recipient
of the blessings of the pastor
00:43:14.09\00:43:19.13
that I love very dearly.
00:43:19.16\00:43:20.50
You know, something
that you're saying about
00:43:20.53\00:43:22.06
this gentleman as
well as he listened
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.33
to the Word over
and over and over again.
00:43:24.37\00:43:27.07
Sometimes on 3ABN
00:43:27.10\00:43:29.20
because we do reruns,
sometimes people will,
00:43:29.24\00:43:32.44
you know, say,
00:43:32.47\00:43:33.81
"Oh, you've got
too many reruns."
00:43:33.84\00:43:35.18
Do you know that the power
00:43:35.21\00:43:36.54
that's in that
Word never changes,
00:43:36.58\00:43:39.01
it never loses its power.
00:43:39.05\00:43:41.05
And it's like reading the Bible,
00:43:41.08\00:43:43.79
every time you read
00:43:43.82\00:43:45.15
the Bible you get
something else out of it.
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.26
And you can say, "You
know, I read that chapter,
00:43:47.29\00:43:50.26
but I never saw this before.
00:43:50.29\00:43:52.33
Or I know I've heard
that sermon four times,
00:43:52.36\00:43:56.67
but I didn't hear that."
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.03
It's so important...
00:43:58.07\00:43:59.40
I tell people,
it's amazing as it is,
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.10
people get come
into the saving knowledge
00:44:02.14\00:44:05.01
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:44:05.04\00:44:06.78
they get delivered,
they get set free on reruns.
00:44:06.81\00:44:11.05
Thank God for reruns.
00:44:11.08\00:44:12.41
That's right.
00:44:12.45\00:44:13.78
Thank every time you listen
00:44:13.82\00:44:15.15
to something
over and over again.
00:44:15.18\00:44:16.82
Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by God's Word.
00:44:16.85\00:44:20.36
That's powerful.
00:44:20.39\00:44:21.82
But going back to
a common denominator
00:44:21.86\00:44:25.39
is that they listen to the Word
over and over and over again.
00:44:25.43\00:44:29.86
Other testimonies,
I love testimonies.
00:44:29.90\00:44:32.57
You know, we talk about
00:44:32.60\00:44:33.94
the effect of the
messages of AudioVerse
00:44:33.97\00:44:37.74
on an individual's life
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.51
but really there are other ways
00:44:39.54\00:44:41.71
that the Lord
uses these messages
00:44:41.74\00:44:43.58
that we don't
really even realize.
00:44:43.61\00:44:45.81
And one of the
most amazing things
00:44:45.85\00:44:47.72
that I have come to
realize is that AudioVerse
00:44:47.75\00:44:50.49
has been a source of support,
00:44:50.52\00:44:52.25
encouragement, and nourishment
for our missionaries overseas.
00:44:52.29\00:44:56.02
Yes.
00:44:56.06\00:44:57.39
I have had so many
of them come up to me
00:44:57.43\00:44:59.13
when they are back in
the States on furlough
00:44:59.16\00:45:01.03
or when I see
them at various places
00:45:01.06\00:45:03.60
when I travel.
00:45:03.63\00:45:05.30
More than one occasion,
they come and they say,
00:45:05.33\00:45:07.30
"Thank you so
much for AudioVerse.
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.67
We're out there,
and we're very lonely.
00:45:09.70\00:45:12.61
We're somewhat isolated
from our support system."
00:45:12.64\00:45:15.24
And sometimes
they're just working so hard
00:45:15.28\00:45:17.91
to save the souls of those
that came to minister to that.
00:45:17.95\00:45:20.75
They don't have
time for themselves.
00:45:20.78\00:45:22.62
And so the Word of
God delivered to them
00:45:22.65\00:45:24.59
through the
medium of the internet
00:45:24.62\00:45:25.95
has been a way to support them.
00:45:25.99\00:45:27.49
Some of them even say
00:45:27.52\00:45:28.86
they might be six
hours away from town,
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.33
they only go in for supplies
00:45:30.36\00:45:31.69
once a month or
once every two weeks.
00:45:31.73\00:45:33.80
And they always make a
stop at the internet cafe
00:45:33.83\00:45:37.57
with their flash drive
00:45:37.60\00:45:38.93
with plenty of space to download
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.27
every single message
that has been released
00:45:41.30\00:45:43.67
since their last visit.
00:45:43.71\00:45:45.47
And that's their source of life
00:45:45.51\00:45:48.41
giving water for
the next two weeks
00:45:48.44\00:45:51.81
or month before
they come back to town.
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.52
When I think about it
that to us in our statistics,
00:45:54.55\00:45:57.49
that's just one
download or one view or stream
00:45:57.52\00:46:01.59
but by impacting the
life of that missionary,
00:46:01.62\00:46:04.13
we could change entire
cities, entire countries.
00:46:04.16\00:46:07.43
Continents, yes. Continents.
00:46:07.46\00:46:08.93
You know, if
they're coming into town
00:46:08.96\00:46:11.10
so probably
they're getting supplies,
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.90
food supplies for
their physical bodies.
00:46:12.93\00:46:15.70
But they're
getting food supplies
00:46:15.74\00:46:17.07
for their
spiritual upkeep as well.
00:46:17.11\00:46:20.01
That's exactly right.
00:46:20.04\00:46:21.74
And it's for
missionaries all over the world
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.15
because it's on the internet.
00:46:24.18\00:46:26.61
And the internet
isn't local to any one area,
00:46:26.65\00:46:29.88
that's available everywhere,
there is internet access.
00:46:29.92\00:46:33.86
And that is
growing exponentially
00:46:33.89\00:46:35.56
throughout the whole world.
00:46:35.59\00:46:36.93
That's right.
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.29
And we just praise
the Lord for Him using
00:46:38.33\00:46:41.86
through the
ministry of the Holy Spirit
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.47
to just open the way
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.07
as long as we're doing our part,
00:46:45.10\00:46:46.80
the end result may
not be what we intended
00:46:46.84\00:46:49.70
or even knew was possible,
but the Lord knew all along,
00:46:49.74\00:46:53.21
and He knows
exactly how He can multiply
00:46:53.24\00:46:54.94
the effect of the Word.
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.31
You know, we look at technology
and technology is abused.
00:46:56.34\00:46:59.28
And some times technology
can carry evil content.
00:46:59.31\00:47:05.25
But we don't want to
do away with technology
00:47:05.29\00:47:08.32
because also it's a means
00:47:08.36\00:47:10.79
that the Lord can
use to share the gospel.
00:47:10.83\00:47:15.06
Going back to our
opening scripture,
00:47:15.10\00:47:17.27
this message of the kingdom
has got to be preached where?
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.14
It's to the whole world.
00:47:21.17\00:47:22.57
And we know that physically,
00:47:22.60\00:47:24.11
we aren't able to do
that but in countries,
00:47:24.14\00:47:28.01
we call them darkened countries,
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.81
where the gospel
isn't even allowed.
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.21
We get feedback from countries
00:47:33.25\00:47:37.32
where to acknowledge
that you're a Christian
00:47:37.35\00:47:40.99
could be life threatening,
00:47:41.02\00:47:42.66
we get feedback from
them about their services
00:47:42.69\00:47:46.59
if they have underground.
00:47:46.63\00:47:48.40
And how did they received it?
00:47:48.43\00:47:50.13
On this modern technologies,
00:47:50.17\00:47:51.87
how they received the message
that has changed their life.
00:47:51.90\00:47:56.30
And now it's
changing their family's life
00:47:56.34\00:47:59.21
as you're saying.
00:47:59.24\00:48:00.58
It is so important
00:48:00.61\00:48:03.35
that we use every
means available to man.
00:48:03.38\00:48:07.22
And that's why we exist.
00:48:07.25\00:48:09.22
Absolutely. To gospel.
00:48:09.25\00:48:10.59
Now I know that we're going
to go to an address roll here
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.62
before long, I've
mentioned this before
00:48:13.66\00:48:15.72
because it's so
vitally important
00:48:15.76\00:48:18.06
that you take advantage
of all of this information
00:48:18.09\00:48:21.86
that we're
making available to you
00:48:21.90\00:48:23.57
and that AudioVerse is
making available to you.
00:48:23.60\00:48:26.33
But also, I am
going to dare to say
00:48:26.37\00:48:30.11
that you need
financial help as well.
00:48:30.14\00:48:35.08
Would you like to
tell us some of the areas
00:48:35.11\00:48:38.91
that financial help would be
00:48:38.95\00:48:40.62
a blessing to
AudioVerse at this time?
00:48:40.65\00:48:44.02
Sure.
00:48:44.05\00:48:45.39
You know, as a
ministry that operates by faith,
00:48:45.42\00:48:48.96
we have to testify
00:48:48.99\00:48:50.33
that the Lord
has always supplied
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.69
all of our needs.
00:48:51.73\00:48:53.09
And yet, we want to make
the opportunity available
00:48:53.13\00:48:55.56
to those who want
to participate, right,
00:48:55.60\00:48:57.87
to have the opportunity
to be a part of this mission.
00:48:57.90\00:49:01.60
And so, we have so many projects
00:49:01.64\00:49:05.34
that really are
looking at ways to enhance
00:49:05.37\00:49:08.98
the technology
use, just like you say,
00:49:09.01\00:49:10.81
so there are needs to
improve our infrastructure
00:49:10.85\00:49:14.08
and the technology
00:49:14.12\00:49:15.45
we're using because
as you know technology
00:49:15.48\00:49:17.52
is not standing still.
00:49:17.55\00:49:19.45
There are always new
innovations and the phones,
00:49:19.49\00:49:22.49
you know, five years ago
are no longer in operation,
00:49:22.52\00:49:25.19
and technology five years
from now will also change.
00:49:25.23\00:49:28.26
And so investment in
technology is always something
00:49:28.30\00:49:30.37
that's needed.
00:49:30.40\00:49:31.73
We've talked about
the international growth.
00:49:31.77\00:49:33.90
We have a deep
burden for reaching people
00:49:33.94\00:49:36.91
not of this country.
00:49:36.94\00:49:38.54
And the people who perhaps
00:49:38.57\00:49:40.31
may not be able to
understand English.
00:49:40.34\00:49:42.28
And so we want to do
more in translation work
00:49:42.31\00:49:45.58
and reaching to
other language groups.
00:49:45.61\00:49:48.22
And that is a real
big burden of our team.
00:49:48.25\00:49:51.92
And also the
children's programming
00:49:51.95\00:49:53.49
is something we
continue to invest in.
00:49:53.52\00:49:55.72
And new courses for
training individuals,
00:49:55.76\00:49:59.16
and we also have ideas to create
00:49:59.19\00:50:00.96
other outreach platforms similar
00:50:01.00\00:50:03.13
to Journeys Unscripted
00:50:03.16\00:50:04.83
that can be on other topic areas
00:50:04.87\00:50:06.84
perhaps to make it
00:50:06.87\00:50:08.20
even more
effective to reaching people.
00:50:08.24\00:50:11.14
Whatever means
that the Lord provides
00:50:11.17\00:50:12.94
through the 3ABN
family or elsewhere,
00:50:12.97\00:50:16.64
we use every
single penny expressly
00:50:16.68\00:50:21.25
for the purpose of
taking the gospel to the world.
00:50:21.28\00:50:24.19
There's no other
reason why we exist.
00:50:24.22\00:50:26.22
And I believe that's
also why 3ABN exists,
00:50:26.25\00:50:28.46
and we know that
the Lord will provide,
00:50:28.49\00:50:31.43
and He always blesses.
00:50:31.46\00:50:32.96
But we invite any of
our listeners or viewers
00:50:32.99\00:50:36.67
to join us in this
mission because we're in it
00:50:36.70\00:50:39.63
to the very end
until Jesus comes.
00:50:39.67\00:50:42.77
Well, I can see
just by the testimony
00:50:42.80\00:50:45.54
that you've shared both of you
00:50:45.57\00:50:47.48
that AudioVerse is
an effective ministry.
00:50:47.51\00:50:50.78
It's a ministry
that really is getting
00:50:50.81\00:50:53.05
the gospel to those
that need it so badly.
00:50:53.08\00:50:57.29
So this would be a ministry
00:50:57.32\00:50:58.92
that would be very vital
00:50:58.95\00:51:03.79
to furthering
the cause of Christ.
00:51:03.83\00:51:06.29
And a ministry that we
can take great confidence in
00:51:06.33\00:51:09.43
that you're handling
the finances properly
00:51:09.46\00:51:11.83
and that you are furthering
the reach of the gospel.
00:51:11.87\00:51:16.07
And so I know
that you want to get
00:51:16.10\00:51:18.31
in contact with them,
00:51:18.34\00:51:19.67
and we have
contact information now.
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.81
So here is how you can reach
00:51:21.84\00:51:23.85
either Alistair
or Tim or AudioVerse.
00:51:23.88\00:51:28.05
AudioVerse is an
online collection
00:51:28.08\00:51:30.19
of Bible based media content
that's available for anyone
00:51:30.22\00:51:34.02
in the world to
stream and download for free.
00:51:34.06\00:51:37.39
Each year millions of
files that inspire and educate
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.80
spiritually
minded people of all ages
00:51:40.83\00:51:43.13
are downloaded in
over 200 countries.
00:51:43.16\00:51:46.60
Check out their presenters,
sermons, Audio Bibles,
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You may also reach them by
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Or write to
AudioVerse, P.O. Box 2288,
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Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
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