I want to spend my life
00:00:01.43\00:00:07.44
Mending broken people
00:00:07.47\00:00:12.24
I want to spend my life
00:00:12.27\00:00:18.48
Removing pain
00:00:18.51\00:00:23.69
Lord, let my words
00:00:23.72\00:00:29.86
Heal a heart that hurts
00:00:29.89\00:00:34.43
I want to spend my life
00:00:34.46\00:00:40.24
Mending broken people
00:00:40.27\00:00:45.64
I want to spend my life
00:00:45.67\00:00:51.11
Mending broken people
00:00:51.15\00:00:55.82
Hello, and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
00:01:10.97\00:01:12.93
My name is CA Murray.
00:01:12.97\00:01:14.30
And allow me once again
to thank you for sharing
00:01:14.34\00:01:16.81
just a little of your,
no doubt, busy day with us.
00:01:16.84\00:01:20.61
To thank you as always
for your love, your prayers,
00:01:20.68\00:01:22.91
your support of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network,
00:01:22.94\00:01:25.45
as together we lift up
00:01:25.48\00:01:27.02
the mighty and
matchless name of Jesus.
00:01:27.05\00:01:29.32
I'm excited, yea, verily today
00:01:29.35\00:01:30.99
and you'll forgive the
giddiness for two reasons.
00:01:31.02\00:01:35.06
One, because we got
Sunnydale Academy here,
00:01:35.09\00:01:37.63
and it's always good to be
00:01:37.66\00:01:38.99
in the presence of young people,
00:01:39.03\00:01:40.90
and I'm including
Mike in that also.
00:01:40.93\00:01:42.36
Thank you.
00:01:42.40\00:01:43.77
And we're going to be
talking about evangelism,
00:01:43.80\00:01:45.70
near evangelism,
and far evangelism.
00:01:45.73\00:01:48.64
And we want to give
you some encouragement
00:01:48.67\00:01:51.14
as we talk about
young people stepping up
00:01:51.17\00:01:53.98
for our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:01:54.01\00:01:55.68
As I said,
Sunnydale Academy is here,
00:01:55.71\00:01:57.95
we've got some
good looking students,
00:01:57.98\00:01:59.85
good looking one and all,
00:01:59.88\00:02:02.15
and they come
loaded with testimonies
00:02:02.18\00:02:04.52
and encouragement for you.
00:02:04.55\00:02:05.89
So we want you to draw up
close and give a listening ear
00:02:05.92\00:02:09.49
because you're going
to be inspired today,
00:02:09.52\00:02:11.39
I'm sure as you listen
to what we have to say.
00:02:11.43\00:02:14.20
Let me introduce
my guest Mike Needles
00:02:14.23\00:02:17.93
who is the C.R.O.S.S Training
Director for Sunnydale Academy.
00:02:17.97\00:02:20.64
And we'll walk our way through
00:02:20.67\00:02:22.67
what that means
and what his role is?
00:02:22.70\00:02:25.54
Then we go to Gracie Silva.
00:02:25.57\00:02:26.98
Gracie, hi. Hi.
00:02:27.01\00:02:28.91
Followed by Dylan King.
Mr. King, good to see you.
00:02:28.94\00:02:31.25
Thank you.
00:02:31.28\00:02:32.61
And then Jonathan
Suarez, did I do that correctly?
00:02:32.65\00:02:35.15
Yes. I thought I did.
00:02:35.18\00:02:37.49
Hannah Williams and Doh Htoo.
00:02:37.52\00:02:40.26
Doh Htoo? Yeah.
00:02:40.29\00:02:41.62
Okay, praise the Lord.
00:02:41.66\00:02:42.99
Good to have you all here.
00:02:43.02\00:02:44.36
As we said, good
looking group of young people,
00:02:44.39\00:02:46.63
all high school students
so we're not going to say
00:02:46.70\00:02:48.46
whether they're
single or married
00:02:48.50\00:02:49.83
because they're single
because they are in high school
00:02:49.86\00:02:51.20
so don't worry about that.
00:02:51.23\00:02:52.83
But we want to
talk about evangelism.
00:02:52.87\00:02:54.60
And before we go to our music,
00:02:54.64\00:02:56.30
I want to sort of put
the flashlight on you, Mike,
00:02:56.34\00:02:58.41
for just a little bit.
00:02:58.44\00:03:00.38
You are C.R.O.S.S
Training Director.
00:03:00.41\00:03:02.44
Walk us through what
that acronym is C-R-O-S-S
00:03:02.48\00:03:06.08
and then what your job
is, then we'll go to music,
00:03:06.11\00:03:08.95
come back and talk
to our young people.
00:03:08.98\00:03:11.09
Sure.
00:03:11.12\00:03:12.45
C.R.O.S.S Training is a term
00:03:12.49\00:03:14.92
that was coined by
Sunnydale students.
00:03:14.96\00:03:18.86
Our evangelism
program at Sunnydale Academy
00:03:18.89\00:03:22.70
was just something
we started back in 2007,
00:03:22.73\00:03:26.57
and we felt like as we
moved into the program,
00:03:26.60\00:03:29.77
and it kind of
changed and grew every year.
00:03:29.80\00:03:34.01
The students wanted
to have a voice in that,
00:03:34.08\00:03:36.88
and they came up with some
great ideas of how to name it.
00:03:36.95\00:03:39.88
But they came up
with C.R.O.S.S Training.
00:03:39.91\00:03:41.75
And C.R.O.S.S
Training is an acronym
00:03:41.78\00:03:43.42
as well as a play on words.
00:03:43.49\00:03:44.82
Yes.
00:03:44.85\00:03:46.19
The acronym is Christians
Reaching Out to Save Souls.
00:03:46.22\00:03:49.49
The play on words is
that they're doing two things
00:03:49.52\00:03:51.73
at the same time at Sunnydale.
00:03:51.76\00:03:53.26
They're receiving
an excellent education,
00:03:53.29\00:03:55.43
preparing them for
college, but at the same time,
00:03:55.46\00:03:58.17
they're also learning
how to share their faith,
00:03:58.20\00:04:01.57
how to express their joy,
and what God has done for them.
00:04:01.60\00:04:05.54
So two things at the same time.
00:04:05.57\00:04:07.38
Is this something, Mike,
00:04:07.41\00:04:08.74
that the student body has
bought into sort of readily?
00:04:08.78\00:04:11.18
Did you have to do hard sell,
00:04:11.21\00:04:12.71
was it sort of a
natural evolution
00:04:12.75\00:04:14.22
of what they were doing already?
00:04:14.25\00:04:16.35
I think that question may
be better ask to our students
00:04:16.38\00:04:19.72
but what the staff is feeling,
is the staff at Sunnydale...
00:04:19.75\00:04:25.63
And we could have brought
00:04:25.66\00:04:27.23
any staff member
here to talk about this,
00:04:27.30\00:04:29.53
but the staff
members are excited about it,
00:04:29.56\00:04:33.13
and I think because of that
00:04:33.17\00:04:34.54
it gives the students permission
00:04:34.57\00:04:36.00
to be excited about it as well.
00:04:36.04\00:04:39.31
It's a very exciting job that
I have at Sunnydale Academy.
00:04:39.34\00:04:44.05
Let me ask you how
did the mantle fall on you
00:04:44.08\00:04:46.01
to sort of head
up this department?
00:04:46.05\00:04:49.35
Well, that's quite a story.
00:04:49.38\00:04:52.79
Originally, I grew up
in a construction family.
00:04:52.82\00:04:57.03
No aspirations
to work in ministry
00:04:57.06\00:04:59.79
or pastoral ministry or
anything of that nature.
00:04:59.83\00:05:04.17
But the Lord's
plans are different.
00:05:04.20\00:05:06.20
So a few years ago,
my wife and I decided
00:05:06.23\00:05:09.27
that our life was
going to change focus.
00:05:09.30\00:05:11.67
We were going to stop
the construction company
00:05:11.71\00:05:14.38
that we had build together.
00:05:14.41\00:05:15.74
We were going to give that away,
00:05:15.78\00:05:17.15
and we were going to move
in to service for the church.
00:05:17.18\00:05:20.25
We didn't know what
that meant? All right.
00:05:20.32\00:05:22.25
But so that began a
journey through mission work,
00:05:22.28\00:05:27.46
then coming to Sunnydale
Academy and teaching there,
00:05:27.49\00:05:30.93
and then three years
ago accepting the position
00:05:30.96\00:05:33.93
as the C.R.O.S.S
Training Director.
00:05:34.00\00:05:35.76
Was that, you know, we have
these epiphanies in our lives
00:05:35.80\00:05:39.37
that make these radical changes.
00:05:39.40\00:05:40.94
Was it something you felt that
00:05:40.97\00:05:42.30
you just weren't serving enough,
00:05:42.34\00:05:44.64
that you had no idea exactly
where you are going to land
00:05:44.67\00:05:46.98
but you are going to
make this leap of faith,
00:05:47.01\00:05:48.71
and wherever the Lord
sort of put the carpet down
00:05:48.74\00:05:50.58
that's where you
are going to land,
00:05:50.65\00:05:51.98
come back to earth,
was it a radical thing
00:05:52.01\00:05:53.62
that you and your
wife came to together,
00:05:53.65\00:05:55.48
or were you just
feeling uncomfortable
00:05:55.52\00:05:57.12
in what you were doing?
00:05:57.19\00:05:59.89
We were blessed.
00:05:59.92\00:06:01.26
The business was successful.
00:06:01.29\00:06:02.69
We had plenty of work in a time
00:06:02.72\00:06:04.36
when
construction was slowing down.
00:06:04.39\00:06:06.36
We didn't experience that,
00:06:06.39\00:06:07.73
so we felt like the Lord was
blessing us, but both of us...
00:06:07.76\00:06:10.57
And this is the awesome God
that we serve my wife and I,
00:06:10.60\00:06:15.40
individually,
separately begin to feel
00:06:15.44\00:06:18.61
that something wasn't
quite right in our lives.
00:06:18.64\00:06:22.24
And a couple of weeks
went by, we came together
00:06:22.28\00:06:25.28
and we actually
shared with each other
00:06:25.31\00:06:27.12
what we were feeling
that something isn't right.
00:06:27.15\00:06:31.72
And from that
discussion and prayer,
00:06:31.75\00:06:34.49
we realized that it was time
to serve God more completely
00:06:34.52\00:06:39.36
in a different
capacity than we were.
00:06:39.39\00:06:42.06
We were active
church members at the time.
00:06:42.10\00:06:44.40
We actually made an
agreement with each other
00:06:44.43\00:06:46.20
that when the church or
when ministry call on us,
00:06:46.23\00:06:50.21
we would say yes.
00:06:50.24\00:06:52.47
We had a very
busy couple of years
00:06:52.51\00:06:55.04
because whenever the
church asked us to do something,
00:06:55.08\00:06:57.05
we said yes.
00:06:57.08\00:06:58.75
But out of that came this
idea that that our lives were
00:06:58.78\00:07:02.78
one for service
and one for ministry.
00:07:02.82\00:07:05.45
It does confirm
the idea, the notion,
00:07:05.49\00:07:08.92
given, we
understand that you arrived
00:07:08.96\00:07:10.93
at this feeling independently,
00:07:10.96\00:07:12.63
wasn't something you
have to talk her into
00:07:12.66\00:07:14.00
or she would talk you into,
00:07:14.03\00:07:15.36
the Lord sort of put the burden
on your hearts independently,
00:07:15.40\00:07:17.50
and when you came together
00:07:17.57\00:07:19.07
the seeds are
already been planted?
00:07:19.10\00:07:20.44
Absolutely.
00:07:20.47\00:07:21.80
And there is nothing
more encouraging to know
00:07:21.84\00:07:23.17
that God is leading something.
00:07:23.20\00:07:24.54
Yes.
00:07:24.57\00:07:25.91
When you have that assurance,
the confidence just skyrockets.
00:07:25.94\00:07:28.91
Yeah, yeah. Makes it fun.
00:07:28.94\00:07:30.28
I tell you, it also
insulates you against
00:07:30.35\00:07:32.28
when the bumps in a road come.
00:07:32.31\00:07:34.38
In fact, you know, that
the Lord has put you here
00:07:34.42\00:07:36.89
so you can kind
of weather that storm
00:07:36.92\00:07:38.25
because, you know, this
is what God wants you to do.
00:07:38.29\00:07:39.95
Right. Yeah.
00:07:39.99\00:07:41.32
He makes the promises
that He'll always be there.
00:07:41.36\00:07:43.12
Precisely. Precisely. Yeah.
00:07:43.16\00:07:44.96
All right, we're going
to talk to our young people
00:07:44.99\00:07:46.59
in just a little bit.
00:07:46.63\00:07:47.96
But we want to go
to our music just now.
00:07:48.00\00:07:50.37
Our music is coming from just
a good friend of this ministry
00:07:50.40\00:07:54.44
and of this program,
00:07:54.47\00:07:56.24
Sandra Entermann who
is just a lovely person
00:07:56.27\00:08:00.31
and who God has
blessed with a beautiful voice
00:08:00.38\00:08:02.71
and a beautiful countenance.
00:08:02.74\00:08:04.08
And she's going to be
singing that "That's The Day."
00:08:04.15\00:08:07.78
There are burdens
that I carry everyday
00:08:26.37\00:08:33.78
Sometimes they
make me want to cry
00:08:33.81\00:08:41.62
Hopeless feelings
harbored deep inside my heart
00:08:41.65\00:08:48.09
And I find it hard
to hold my head up high
00:08:48.12\00:08:53.90
But in the middle of
the darkness in my life
00:08:57.17\00:09:04.77
I find a strength to carry on
00:09:04.81\00:09:12.51
Because I am holding
to a promise Jesus made
00:09:12.55\00:09:19.15
And I know it won't be
long 'til we'll be gone
00:09:19.19\00:09:25.06
In a while, we'll be gone
00:09:28.46\00:09:35.07
And we won't have to cry
00:09:35.10\00:09:38.81
Anymore
00:09:38.84\00:09:44.38
All our sorrows
00:09:44.41\00:09:46.48
Left behind
00:09:46.51\00:09:52.42
And that's the day
that I am waiting for
00:09:52.45\00:10:00.00
And that's the day
that I am longing for
00:10:00.03\00:10:07.14
And if you feel there
is no meaning in your life
00:10:11.87\00:10:19.88
And it seems
you've lost your way
00:10:19.91\00:10:24.12
Listen closely to
the voice's deep inside
00:10:27.66\00:10:34.30
And remember what
the Savior has to say
00:10:34.33\00:10:39.97
In a while we'll be gone
00:10:43.04\00:10:50.18
We won't have to cry
00:10:50.25\00:10:53.92
Anymore
00:10:53.95\00:10:59.35
All our sorrows left behind
00:10:59.39\00:11:07.30
That's the day
that I am waiting for
00:11:07.33\00:11:15.04
And that's the day
that I am longing for
00:11:15.07\00:11:19.84
When Jesus comes to take me home
00:11:34.56\00:11:41.00
Well done, beautifully sung.
00:11:45.90\00:11:47.54
I'm here with the students
00:11:47.57\00:11:49.90
and the
C.R.O.S.S Training Director
00:11:49.94\00:11:51.27
from Sunnydale Academy.
00:11:51.31\00:11:52.64
We run through
the names quickly.
00:11:52.67\00:11:54.01
This is Mike, Gracie, Dylan,
00:11:54.08\00:11:56.78
Jonathan, Hannah, and Doh.
00:11:56.85\00:12:00.32
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:12:00.35\00:12:02.38
I want to go right to Gracie.
00:12:02.42\00:12:06.02
Where're you from?
00:12:06.05\00:12:07.39
I'm originally from Florida.
00:12:07.46\00:12:09.59
And I was born and raised there.
00:12:09.62\00:12:11.43
And my family moved to
Missouri after my freshman year.
00:12:11.46\00:12:15.06
So...
00:12:15.10\00:12:16.43
So you're now
currently from Missouri.
00:12:16.46\00:12:19.10
What year in school?
00:12:19.13\00:12:20.47
I'm a senior. You're a senior.
00:12:20.54\00:12:21.87
Yes. Almost gone.
00:12:21.90\00:12:23.81
Almost. Yeah, praise the Lord.
00:12:23.84\00:12:27.88
Tell me what the C.R.O.S.S
Training idea means to you?
00:12:27.91\00:12:33.62
Why is that an important
part of what you are doing?
00:12:33.65\00:12:35.62
Because that it's
part of your student life,
00:12:35.65\00:12:37.65
it takes from your student life,
00:12:37.69\00:12:39.02
you got to devote time
to it, why do you do that?
00:12:39.05\00:12:41.32
Right.
00:12:41.36\00:12:42.79
I strongly believe
that C.R.O.S.S Training is,
00:12:42.82\00:12:46.09
it has to do with
making us disciples.
00:12:46.13\00:12:49.03
I think it's a lot
about discipleship.
00:12:49.06\00:12:50.87
And in the classroom,
00:12:50.90\00:12:52.23
we learn these skills in
order to become disciples
00:12:52.27\00:12:54.74
outside of the classroom.
00:12:54.77\00:12:57.31
So you see your education
00:12:57.34\00:12:58.67
as really just equipping
you to be a more effective tool?
00:12:58.71\00:13:01.41
Yes. Yeah.
00:13:01.44\00:13:02.78
What have you participated in
00:13:02.81\00:13:04.55
as far as C.R.O.S.S
Training is concerned?
00:13:04.58\00:13:08.02
I would say a good
example is in English class
00:13:08.05\00:13:11.02
when we do our peer
reviews for our essays.
00:13:11.05\00:13:14.92
Our teacher has
us find a partner
00:13:14.96\00:13:17.96
and trade papers with them
00:13:17.99\00:13:20.00
and we help each other
out in finding mistakes
00:13:20.03\00:13:22.00
that we didn't see ourselves,
00:13:22.03\00:13:23.70
you know, getting that other's
perspective from our peers.
00:13:23.77\00:13:27.07
And that kind of reminds me
00:13:27.14\00:13:29.87
of how we help each
other out spiritually,
00:13:29.90\00:13:32.44
we try to show each
other different perspectives
00:13:32.47\00:13:37.38
because we don't
all see the same way.
00:13:37.45\00:13:38.78
Yeah, yeah.
00:13:38.81\00:13:40.15
As most of your experience
00:13:40.22\00:13:41.55
as far as
evangelism is concerned
00:13:41.58\00:13:43.69
being on campus
00:13:43.72\00:13:45.05
or have you done some
off campus things also?
00:13:45.09\00:13:47.09
I've definitely done both.
00:13:47.16\00:13:48.66
I think I started off on campus,
00:13:48.69\00:13:51.63
but this year I was
able to go to Africa
00:13:51.66\00:13:54.53
and do not just off campus,
00:13:54.56\00:13:57.00
but out of the country,
which was really wonderful.
00:13:57.07\00:13:59.93
Yeah.
00:13:59.97\00:14:01.30
Give me some perspective
of Gracie before Africa
00:14:01.34\00:14:06.01
and Gracie post Africa?
00:14:06.04\00:14:08.21
How did the Africa experience
impact and change your life?
00:14:08.24\00:14:13.62
I think God
prepared me a lot beforehand.
00:14:13.65\00:14:18.55
I don't think I
would have been ready
00:14:18.59\00:14:19.92
if He hadn't presented
opportunities on campus.
00:14:19.95\00:14:25.03
For example,
being on prayers team
00:14:25.06\00:14:30.97
and helping out in the dorm,
00:14:31.00\00:14:33.84
with my peers
with other students,
00:14:33.87\00:14:37.51
reaching out to them personally,
00:14:37.54\00:14:39.51
and that really prepared me
00:14:39.54\00:14:41.84
because I'm a
more personal person,
00:14:41.88\00:14:43.75
I work better with
people that I know.
00:14:43.78\00:14:45.58
And going to Africa and
meeting all these other people
00:14:45.61\00:14:48.32
that I've never seen before
00:14:48.35\00:14:49.68
that was outside of my
comfort zone at the time.
00:14:49.72\00:14:52.19
And I think another
aspect of C.R.O.S.S Training
00:14:52.22\00:14:55.12
is getting us
outside of our comfort zone
00:14:55.16\00:14:57.16
and expanding
our circle, you know?
00:14:57.23\00:14:59.53
So the Africa experience
stretched you a little bit?
00:14:59.56\00:15:02.03
Yes.
00:15:02.06\00:15:03.40
Yeah, you came back
different I suspect.
00:15:03.47\00:15:06.33
The rest of you, you
actually do get to talk.
00:15:06.37\00:15:08.07
I'm coming to you.
00:15:08.10\00:15:10.31
I want to go to Dylan
00:15:10.34\00:15:11.67
because I want to hear from
you all before our time goes,
00:15:11.71\00:15:13.61
and I've got
some other questions.
00:15:13.68\00:15:15.01
I want to ask you at what
part of C.R.O.S.S Training
00:15:15.04\00:15:17.45
did you
particularly work in, Dylan?
00:15:17.48\00:15:21.15
Well, I've worked
00:15:21.18\00:15:22.52
in a couple of different
parts of C.R.O.S.S Training.
00:15:22.55\00:15:27.19
I currently work
for the Bible teacher,
00:15:27.26\00:15:30.76
and I help him
preparing Sabbath school
00:15:30.83\00:15:37.07
and just activities
for the other students
00:15:37.10\00:15:41.70
to take part in.
00:15:41.74\00:15:43.81
I have also traveled
00:15:43.84\00:15:45.41
to different
churches in Missouri
00:15:45.44\00:15:48.11
and preached, and
helped, tell stories,
00:15:48.14\00:15:52.75
and talk about Sunnydale
and C.R.O.S.S Training.
00:15:52.78\00:15:56.69
In my sophomore year,
00:15:56.72\00:15:58.12
I went to Africa
00:15:58.15\00:15:59.99
and preached on
the series there and...
00:16:00.06\00:16:06.56
Is that the
picture of you in Africa
00:16:06.59\00:16:07.93
or is that just you
speaking at Sunnydale?
00:16:07.96\00:16:09.80
No, that is a picture of me
speaking at a different church.
00:16:09.83\00:16:15.97
I believe that's...
00:16:16.00\00:16:17.51
I'm not quite sure
what church that is.
00:16:20.81\00:16:23.55
I believe that
Sullivan, Missouri, I believe.
00:16:23.58\00:16:26.41
Dylan is a pillar at
Sunnydale spiritually.
00:16:26.45\00:16:29.62
He's been modest.
He preaches often.
00:16:29.65\00:16:32.79
He has a wonderful testimony,
00:16:32.82\00:16:34.16
he does a
fantastic job with that.
00:16:34.19\00:16:35.52
Praise the Lord.
00:16:35.56\00:16:36.93
He's been to so many
churches, he looks at a picture
00:16:36.96\00:16:39.09
that probably all
were together a little bit.
00:16:39.13\00:16:41.66
And we praise
the Lord before that.
00:16:41.70\00:16:43.10
You are in what year, Dylan?
00:16:43.13\00:16:44.93
I'm a senior. A senior?
00:16:44.97\00:16:46.57
Do you want to go into ministry?
00:16:46.60\00:16:48.00
Are you thinking of pastoring?
00:16:48.04\00:16:50.54
When I went to Africa,
00:16:50.61\00:16:51.94
I just got this feeling
that I'm doing something that
00:16:51.97\00:16:57.95
I want to keep doing
and keep serving God.
00:16:57.98\00:17:02.32
And for a long time,
ever since my sophomore year,
00:17:02.35\00:17:07.79
when I went I felt like I
wanted to become a pastor.
00:17:07.82\00:17:13.33
And this year
however, I have been...
00:17:13.40\00:17:16.67
I'm looking at other options
00:17:16.70\00:17:18.87
and I realize that not only
do I like sharing the gospel,
00:17:18.90\00:17:23.81
but I like working with people
00:17:23.84\00:17:26.78
and the idea of helping
people not only spiritually,
00:17:26.81\00:17:31.48
but emotionally
just encouraging them.
00:17:31.51\00:17:34.72
So I have been looking at
00:17:34.75\00:17:38.29
different
options like counseling,
00:17:38.32\00:17:40.06
or being an advisor
for a Shelton workshop.
00:17:40.09\00:17:46.19
There are many ways you
can incorporate that call
00:17:46.23\00:17:48.46
that's on your life
pastor, pastor evangelist,
00:17:48.50\00:17:51.77
pastor evangelist counselor,
00:17:51.80\00:17:53.13
pastor evangelist
counselor psychologist,
00:17:53.17\00:17:55.27
you know, there's a
lot of different facets
00:17:55.30\00:17:57.41
that you can use.
00:17:57.44\00:17:58.77
And I'm sure the Lord will
kind of make it plain to you
00:17:58.81\00:18:00.31
as you, you know, as you go.
00:18:00.38\00:18:03.55
Yonathan!
00:18:03.58\00:18:04.91
Yes.
00:18:04.95\00:18:06.28
Where are you from?
00:18:06.31\00:18:07.78
I was born in Michigan.
00:18:07.82\00:18:09.98
I just moved two years
ago to Kansas City, Missouri.
00:18:10.02\00:18:12.89
I see.
00:18:12.92\00:18:14.36
And you are in what year?
00:18:14.39\00:18:15.72
I'm a junior. A junior?
00:18:15.76\00:18:17.13
Okay, you got
one more year to go.
00:18:17.16\00:18:18.76
Why did you particularly get
involved in C.R.O.S.S Training?
00:18:18.79\00:18:21.60
C.R.O.S.S Training
for me it didn't...
00:18:24.67\00:18:28.30
It wasn't me looking
for C.R.O.S.S Training,
00:18:28.34\00:18:30.81
it's just opportunities just
kind of presented themselves.
00:18:30.84\00:18:33.98
And C.R.O.S.S Training
00:18:34.01\00:18:35.34
is an everyday
thing at Sunnydale.
00:18:35.38\00:18:37.15
And you get used to,
00:18:37.18\00:18:39.35
you get used to being
asked to do different things
00:18:39.38\00:18:42.98
that you normally
wouldn't have thought off.
00:18:43.02\00:18:44.35
So C.R.O.S.S Training for
me came through the teachers
00:18:44.39\00:18:48.69
and other older
students coming to me
00:18:48.72\00:18:51.33
and asking for me to
help out with some stuff.
00:18:51.36\00:18:56.33
Before I go to Hannah,
00:18:56.36\00:18:57.70
Mike, I want to come
back to you just a second
00:18:57.73\00:18:59.07
because it looks like,
00:18:59.10\00:19:00.44
and we talked
about this a little bit
00:19:00.47\00:19:01.80
before that you are
trying to create a culture
00:19:01.84\00:19:04.84
of service and evangelism.
00:19:04.87\00:19:06.81
Talk to me a
little bit about that
00:19:06.88\00:19:08.41
what I'm perceiving
as a cultural service,
00:19:08.44\00:19:10.55
so it's not
something you kind of
00:19:10.58\00:19:11.91
sign it for or step into,
00:19:11.95\00:19:13.42
but there is this
culture of service
00:19:13.45\00:19:16.99
that sort of move the
students in a certain direction,
00:19:17.02\00:19:19.42
is that not so?
00:19:19.45\00:19:20.79
Yeah, so the first
thing we have to recognize
00:19:20.86\00:19:23.32
is that this idea of service
to others comes from God,
00:19:23.36\00:19:28.43
that is not a
human characteristic.
00:19:28.46\00:19:30.50
So first thing we have to do
is allow God to do work in us.
00:19:30.57\00:19:33.94
We have to recognize that.
00:19:33.97\00:19:35.50
But what
Yonathan is referring to
00:19:35.54\00:19:37.24
is that Sunnydale is a place
00:19:37.31\00:19:38.64
where we want
C.R.O.S.S Training,
00:19:38.67\00:19:40.31
or the idea of
service to the others,
00:19:40.38\00:19:42.08
or the idea of
sharing your faith
00:19:42.11\00:19:43.65
and we want that to
permeate everything that we do.
00:19:43.68\00:19:47.68
We encourage it as the staff,
we design programming for.
00:19:47.72\00:19:51.39
But the reality is that
the students buy into it.
00:19:51.42\00:19:55.42
The students are
comfortable with it.
00:19:55.46\00:19:57.93
They step up and even
outside of staff involvement,
00:19:57.96\00:20:04.10
he mentioned, older
students coming to him.
00:20:04.17\00:20:07.27
He's got to
remember, he's now a junior.
00:20:07.34\00:20:08.80
He is one of the older students.
00:20:08.84\00:20:12.37
But it's the idea that something
00:20:12.41\00:20:15.11
that's very
natural organic ongoing.
00:20:15.14\00:20:19.38
So God is just so
good, so wonderful.
00:20:19.41\00:20:24.55
As broken people,
He allows us to serve,
00:20:24.59\00:20:29.19
He makes us
whole again, you know.
00:20:29.22\00:20:32.36
And at Sunnydale we're teachers,
00:20:32.39\00:20:34.73
we're human beings,
00:20:34.76\00:20:37.07
and we get to work
with great young people
00:20:37.10\00:20:39.57
who are quick to volunteer,
00:20:39.60\00:20:41.60
quick to do things
that benefits someone else.
00:20:41.64\00:20:45.01
Yeah, walk me through,
Mike, how this work in,
00:20:45.04\00:20:47.28
is it a program that
the students sign up for?
00:20:47.31\00:20:50.95
Or it's just part of the,
00:20:50.98\00:20:53.18
you know, the
flavor of the campus?
00:20:53.21\00:20:55.55
How do you...
00:20:55.58\00:20:57.59
Is most of the
campus involved in this?
00:20:57.62\00:20:59.65
Or most of the
students doing this?
00:20:59.69\00:21:02.52
You know, how does
that function day to day?
00:21:02.56\00:21:04.36
Right, so it's a
program in the sense that
00:21:04.39\00:21:08.86
we define it as a program.
00:21:08.90\00:21:12.17
Everything that I do,
the students volunteer,
00:21:12.20\00:21:15.50
to participate in this
idea of C.R.O.S.S Training.
00:21:15.54\00:21:20.98
So for example, we have
students that go out every day,
00:21:21.01\00:21:24.28
and they meet with
elderly in the community
00:21:24.31\00:21:26.82
and they spend time with them.
00:21:26.85\00:21:28.35
Okay, they volunteer to do that
that is part of their choice.
00:21:28.38\00:21:32.55
It's not something
we force them to do this
00:21:32.59\00:21:35.29
or an attendance
taken or anything.
00:21:35.32\00:21:37.03
So we do have a
program, we provide that,
00:21:37.06\00:21:41.36
but the student chooses to
be part of those opportunities.
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.43
Understood.
00:21:44.47\00:21:45.80
And it takes place in
two places, the classroom,
00:21:45.83\00:21:48.20
so all of our teachers
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.04
or instructors in
the school of evangelism,
00:21:50.11\00:21:52.47
meaning our math teacher,
00:21:52.51\00:21:54.08
she's going to tie in some
sort of evangelistic method
00:21:54.11\00:21:57.35
to what she teaches.
00:21:57.38\00:21:58.71
Science, obviously with
the discussion about creation
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.95
and what that
means in today's society,
00:22:01.98\00:22:04.82
that's
incorporated into the classroom.
00:22:04.85\00:22:06.86
Music is an easy one. Yeah.
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.56
All those things.
00:22:09.59\00:22:10.93
Gracie mentioned English class.
00:22:10.96\00:22:12.96
So the classroom
portion of C.R.O.S.S Training
00:22:12.99\00:22:16.87
isn't separate classes,
00:22:16.90\00:22:18.60
isn't outside of
what we're already doing
00:22:18.63\00:22:20.97
but the practical aspects.
00:22:21.00\00:22:23.44
Dylan mentioned
going to churches.
00:22:23.51\00:22:25.81
We provide an opportunity...
00:22:25.84\00:22:28.08
We create worship teams.
00:22:28.11\00:22:29.48
And small groups of students
can go out on the weekends
00:22:29.51\00:22:32.75
and participate with
worship with other churches,
00:22:32.78\00:22:36.15
so that's just a small example
00:22:36.18\00:22:38.29
of opportunity to
volunteer to join in.
00:22:38.32\00:22:41.39
So when we talk about culture
00:22:41.42\00:22:42.76
so the idea of
service of C.R.O.S.S Training
00:22:42.79\00:22:45.13
is sort of interwoven
into all the disciplines
00:22:45.16\00:22:47.66
in all of the classes
and all of the curriculum,
00:22:47.70\00:22:50.17
it's all sort of blended
00:22:50.20\00:22:52.87
for one of a
better term together?
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.74
By the grace of God. Yeah.
00:22:54.77\00:22:56.17
By the grace of God,
yes. That is the goal.
00:22:56.20\00:22:58.17
That is the goal. Okay.
00:22:58.21\00:22:59.54
Praise the Lord. That's
exciting. That's exciting.
00:22:59.57\00:23:01.61
Is this something that you see
00:23:01.64\00:23:03.85
as a move of
God on all campuses?
00:23:03.88\00:23:06.18
Is this particular to
what Sunnydale is doing,
00:23:06.21\00:23:08.85
or academies as you know that
are moving in this direction,
00:23:08.88\00:23:12.52
or you sort of groundbreaking
some new ground here?
00:23:12.55\00:23:16.49
I can't speak
about every academy.
00:23:16.52\00:23:18.36
I have friends that work
in different institutions
00:23:18.39\00:23:21.10
around the Midwest.
00:23:21.13\00:23:22.86
And there are different types
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.43
of the same
philosophy happening.
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.14
Different name,
different, you know...
00:23:27.17\00:23:29.10
But I think there's
a grassroots movement
00:23:29.14\00:23:32.61
that our faith, our religion,
our beliefs have to be dynamic,
00:23:32.64\00:23:37.88
they have to be active.
00:23:37.91\00:23:41.48
We just had a week of
prayer speaker on our campus,
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.32
and he talked
about the happiness
00:23:43.39\00:23:46.12
that comes from heaven,
00:23:46.15\00:23:48.66
it escapes out of
us as joy, you know.
00:23:48.69\00:23:51.79
And so the idea that
there has to be a result
00:23:51.83\00:23:55.43
of this
wonderful gift of salvation
00:23:55.46\00:23:57.77
that we accept there
has to be result of that,
00:23:57.80\00:24:00.04
so I think that's
happening all over.
00:24:00.07\00:24:02.67
I'm praying that that
is happening all over.
00:24:02.70\00:24:04.64
Yeah, do you see this philosophy
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.11
having a positive effect
00:24:08.14\00:24:10.68
on the student body as a whole?
00:24:10.75\00:24:14.88
Well, again, that's a question
probably better for them
00:24:14.92\00:24:19.15
because students talk
more openly with students,
00:24:19.19\00:24:22.06
lets be honest.
00:24:22.09\00:24:23.43
The teachers don't
always hear the real stuff.
00:24:23.46\00:24:29.46
I would like to
challenge the students
00:24:29.50\00:24:31.03
to answer that
question on what they see
00:24:31.07\00:24:34.07
as the effect of C.R.O.S.S
Training in our campus.
00:24:34.14\00:24:35.94
Okay, since the
stoplight is now on Hannah,
00:24:35.97\00:24:39.11
maybe we can...
00:24:39.14\00:24:40.61
First of all, you
are from where, Hannah?
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.81
I'm from
originally from St. Louis,
00:24:42.84\00:24:45.58
but now I live in
Columbia, Missouri.
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.02
Oh, I see. And
what year in school?
00:24:47.05\00:24:48.72
I'm a junior.
00:24:48.75\00:24:50.09
Okay, talk to me a little
about the flavor of the campus
00:24:50.12\00:24:53.99
with this evangelistic mindset
00:24:54.06\00:24:56.49
sort of
undergirding all that you do.
00:24:56.52\00:24:59.43
How has that impacted
student life on campus?
00:24:59.46\00:25:02.70
It definitely has
impacted student life
00:25:02.73\00:25:05.00
especially as a whole
00:25:05.03\00:25:06.67
because a lot of
times we volunteer
00:25:06.74\00:25:09.90
or other students
will get involved.
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.84
And I know, I'm involved a
lot in music with praise teams,
00:25:11.87\00:25:15.51
especially over
mission trips so my...
00:25:15.54\00:25:18.91
I'm kind of put in charge
of getting others students
00:25:18.95\00:25:21.05
involved to help me out with.
00:25:21.08\00:25:22.55
Praise teams or whether
going off campus and singing,
00:25:22.58\00:25:25.42
and nursing homes
or doing whatever.
00:25:25.45\00:25:29.26
And that kind of gets the
whole student body involved.
00:25:29.29\00:25:33.60
And it impacts everybody
00:25:33.63\00:25:35.16
because we'll do
praise teams for church
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.27
and other people see and say,
"Oh, I want to do praise team."
00:25:37.30\00:25:40.97
And it's just kind of
gets everybody involved.
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.64
And it definitely has impacted
the whole campus, I feel like.
00:25:42.67\00:25:45.24
Very cool.
00:25:45.27\00:25:46.61
I saw at the corner of my
eye, they put up a picture
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.28
while you were talking
part of the praise team.
00:25:48.31\00:25:50.68
So is that sort of...
00:25:50.75\00:25:52.48
Where you sort of fit
and function praise team,
00:25:52.51\00:25:54.52
it's kind of your thing.
00:25:54.55\00:25:55.88
Yeah, I play guitar.
00:25:55.92\00:25:57.29
I've played guitar
for about 10 years now.
00:25:57.32\00:25:58.89
So I'm one of Pastor Eric's
main guitarist, he tells me.
00:25:58.92\00:26:03.63
But, yeah, I love
doing praise teams.
00:26:03.66\00:26:07.00
I did them over mission trips,
which was a huge blessing,
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.30
it was so much fun.
00:26:10.37\00:26:11.80
I mean, doing praise
teams at school is fun,
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.94
but doing them
over mission trips
00:26:13.97\00:26:15.80
with other kids
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.21
and kind of
getting them involved,
00:26:17.24\00:26:18.57
getting them
hyped up in the songs
00:26:18.61\00:26:20.48
or whatever we're
doing is so much fun for me
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.84
to see them just
kind of light up,
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.91
it's a lot of fun.
00:26:24.95\00:26:26.28
Now you've done
00:26:26.31\00:26:27.65
some off campus
mission work, haven't you?
00:26:27.68\00:26:29.58
Yeah. Where?
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.45
Where?
00:26:31.49\00:26:32.82
I have done at other churches,
00:26:32.85\00:26:36.19
and I've also
done at nursing homes.
00:26:36.22\00:26:37.86
So there's been a
couple of Sabbaths in the year
00:26:37.89\00:26:41.10
where Pastor Eric or whoever,
00:26:41.13\00:26:43.40
it will be Mr.
Needles will get together
00:26:43.47\00:26:45.17
a group of people
to do a praise team
00:26:45.20\00:26:48.07
or just sing a couple of songs.
00:26:48.10\00:26:50.01
In the afternoon, after church
so after lunch we'll load up,
00:26:50.04\00:26:53.07
we will get our crew together,
00:26:53.11\00:26:54.44
and then we will
go and we'll sing.
00:26:54.48\00:26:55.81
And it's so much fun
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.18
because the
elderly people love that
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.15
because they don't
get that very much,
00:26:59.18\00:27:00.98
and they love that interaction
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.82
and to know that
there's other people
00:27:02.85\00:27:04.29
around them who
want to, I don't know,
00:27:04.32\00:27:08.16
just kind of get them
involved in and sing with them,
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.73
and talk to them,
and get to know them.
00:27:10.76\00:27:12.73
From listening to what you say,
00:27:12.76\00:27:14.43
it seems as though
there is an addictive aspect
00:27:14.46\00:27:18.03
to this kind of service,
00:27:18.07\00:27:19.40
it's something that really
kind of gets into your psyche,
00:27:19.43\00:27:21.87
into your mindset, is that so?
00:27:21.90\00:27:23.27
Yeah, very much so, I think so.
00:27:23.30\00:27:24.97
I mean, for me
at least definitely
00:27:25.01\00:27:26.88
because I love playing guitar
00:27:26.91\00:27:28.58
and so playing for other people,
00:27:28.61\00:27:30.35
it's a joy to see me be
able to bring other people joy,
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.85
especially if they are down.
00:27:33.92\00:27:35.52
When we're singing songs
00:27:35.55\00:27:36.99
and especially because I worked,
00:27:37.02\00:27:38.62
I worked at a Camp Heritage
in Iowa-Missouri Conference.
00:27:38.65\00:27:42.69
And so I've done
a lot of camp songs.
00:27:42.72\00:27:44.59
And to be able to do camp
songs with like little kids
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.20
and see them really light up,
00:27:47.23\00:27:48.56
it's so much fun
because they get so into it.
00:27:48.60\00:27:51.30
Yeah... Yeah.
00:27:51.33\00:27:52.67
Now you went on.
I'm coming to you, Mike.
00:27:52.70\00:27:54.44
You went on a
specific mission trip
00:27:54.47\00:27:56.10
sometime ago, did you not?
00:27:56.14\00:27:57.74
Where was that?
La Vida, New Mexico.
00:27:57.77\00:28:00.98
And it's La Vida Mission School,
00:28:01.01\00:28:03.21
it's a self-supporting school,
00:28:03.24\00:28:06.15
and it's on a
Navajo Reservation.
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.62
So we went there, and
we did construction work,
00:28:08.65\00:28:11.45
we also did
preaching, we did vespers,
00:28:11.49\00:28:15.29
we did morning worships
00:28:15.32\00:28:16.66
and nightly
worships with the kids
00:28:16.73\00:28:18.16
and with the staff as well.
00:28:18.19\00:28:19.86
And we also, we were able
to help inside the classrooms,
00:28:19.89\00:28:23.26
we were able to
help inside the cafe
00:28:23.30\00:28:26.47
and wherever else
they needed us really
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.44
and that was a
huge blessing to me.
00:28:28.47\00:28:29.84
How long was that mission
trip? That was about a week.
00:28:29.87\00:28:31.74
About a week? Yeah.
00:28:31.77\00:28:33.11
Okay, okay.
00:28:33.14\00:28:35.78
In doing things on campus,
00:28:35.81\00:28:38.71
there is one
feeling but going off
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.28
and sort of working for the Lord
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.78
in that kind of setting,
00:28:42.82\00:28:44.85
little bit different, wasn't it?
00:28:44.89\00:28:46.22
Yeah, for sure.
00:28:46.25\00:28:47.59
'Cause when you are on campus,
00:28:47.66\00:28:48.99
you have the staff
kind of like helping you.
00:28:49.02\00:28:50.63
And the C.R.O.S.S
Training trains you
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.59
to be able to go
out and do those things.
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.96
So when I went out
on the mission trip,
00:28:55.00\00:28:56.53
it was kind of like,
00:28:56.56\00:28:57.90
"You are on your
own, you got this."
00:28:57.93\00:28:59.27
Like kind of
more of you and Jesus.
00:28:59.30\00:29:00.64
We trained you. So yeah, so...
00:29:00.67\00:29:02.64
It was definitely a
great experience though,
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.54
it was so much fun.
00:29:04.57\00:29:05.91
Praise the Lord.
Mike, you had something?
00:29:05.94\00:29:07.38
I was going to remind
her of La Vida Mission
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.48
because she was, I
thought, I was afraid
00:29:09.51\00:29:10.88
she was not going
to talk about that
00:29:10.95\00:29:12.28
so that was it, that was it.
00:29:12.31\00:29:13.65
Gracie, we didn't say
when you went to Africa,
00:29:13.72\00:29:15.15
what precisely did you do?
00:29:15.18\00:29:17.42
We did a Vacation Bible School
00:29:17.49\00:29:20.06
for the kids at
the school there.
00:29:20.09\00:29:21.49
We went to Tanzania, Africa
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.09
and there is this
mission station Kibidula.
00:29:23.12\00:29:26.19
And we got to go to Kibidula,
00:29:26.23\00:29:30.27
and we did Vacation Bible School
00:29:30.30\00:29:32.60
for the school that was there.
00:29:32.63\00:29:34.47
We sang with the
kids, we did an activity,
00:29:34.50\00:29:36.57
we gave them Bible stories.
00:29:36.60\00:29:38.54
And afterward we
spent time painting houses,
00:29:38.57\00:29:41.28
sanding houses...
00:29:41.31\00:29:42.64
Oh, boy we were tired.
00:29:42.68\00:29:45.38
But it was such a blessing,
the kids were wonderful,
00:29:45.41\00:29:48.32
the people were wonderful.
00:29:48.35\00:29:49.78
And we got to meet
student missionaries there too
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.22
which we got to connect with
00:29:52.25\00:29:54.16
and share our
faith with and everything
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.09
and encourage each other.
00:29:56.12\00:29:58.73
Praise the Lord.
Really exciting stuff.
00:29:58.76\00:30:01.43
Very, very exciting stuff.
00:30:01.46\00:30:02.80
Everybody is smiling,
00:30:02.83\00:30:04.17
so obviously you had a good time
00:30:04.20\00:30:05.53
and memories are good.
00:30:05.57\00:30:06.94
And something you want
to, so you want to repeat.
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.00
Doh? Yeah.
00:30:09.04\00:30:10.41
You are from where? I'm
originally from Thailand.
00:30:10.44\00:30:13.48
I live in Des Moines, Iowa.
00:30:13.51\00:30:15.91
From Thailand to
Des Moines, Iowa.
00:30:15.94\00:30:17.91
That's a bit of
a... A bit of a move.
00:30:17.95\00:30:20.12
Yeah, they actually have
winter in Des Moines, Iowa.
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.59
A lot of it.
Yeah, a lot of winter.
00:30:23.62\00:30:26.45
What year are you at
Sunnydale? I'm a sophomore.
00:30:26.49\00:30:29.12
Sophomore. Okay, all right.
00:30:29.16\00:30:31.93
Where have you served as
far as C.R.O.S.S Training
00:30:31.96\00:30:36.90
is concerned?
00:30:36.97\00:30:38.30
Well, on campus
I've done leading out
00:30:38.33\00:30:41.30
with the small
Bible study group,
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.84
doing Sabbath school.
00:30:43.91\00:30:45.24
I've done praise teams.
00:30:45.27\00:30:46.88
I spoke in front of the students
00:30:46.91\00:30:49.74
in the Sunnydale Church.
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.38
And outside the
campus I've done magabooking.
00:30:51.41\00:30:54.05
I had a chance
to do magabooking.
00:30:54.12\00:30:55.95
And it was such
a great experience,
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.32
it was nine
weeks during the summer
00:30:58.35\00:31:00.36
and so that is as a
lot of students go out
00:31:00.39\00:31:04.39
and share the faith
out in the outside world
00:31:04.43\00:31:08.90
door to door,
fearlessly, strong.
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.87
And from that I learned to
be more confident with myself
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.57
because before I've done
that I was a small shy boy,
00:31:14.60\00:31:18.77
I wouldn't talk much.
00:31:18.81\00:31:20.18
Yes.
00:31:20.21\00:31:21.54
Just after that I
was more courageous
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.28
with what I do and
more confident sharing
00:31:24.31\00:31:27.55
God's words and my faith.
00:31:27.62\00:31:29.12
Praise the Lord.
00:31:29.15\00:31:30.49
Explain to our
audience what magabooks are
00:31:30.52\00:31:32.55
'cause some may not know.
00:31:32.59\00:31:33.96
And I can do but I think
00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32
it will be
better coming from you.
00:31:35.36\00:31:37.16
Magabooking for me
00:31:37.23\00:31:38.66
is just that
student going door to door
00:31:38.69\00:31:41.13
with Christian literature
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.16
and would just tell
the people about the books,
00:31:43.20\00:31:47.24
see if they're interested
and if they're interested,
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.84
we give them the book
and they give us whatever
00:31:49.87\00:31:52.97
they have or donation
for our tuitions, yeah.
00:31:53.01\00:31:56.31
So when you magabook,
it's not a specific price
00:31:56.34\00:31:59.08
like regular
literature evangelism,
00:31:59.11\00:32:01.05
it's kind of
more donation based?
00:32:01.08\00:32:02.98
It's on donation basis
and it's also evangelism
00:32:03.02\00:32:06.76
'cause every time we
get to talk to somebody,
00:32:06.79\00:32:10.46
we share our faith,
00:32:10.53\00:32:11.86
and we share with
them what's in the book
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.30
and what the book can
do with the lives and...
00:32:14.33\00:32:18.37
Praise the Lord.
How it can change them.
00:32:18.40\00:32:19.73
Yeah.
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.34
Let me salute you man
from a shy little boy.
00:32:21.37\00:32:25.04
Because I have
great respect for people
00:32:25.07\00:32:27.58
who go door to door with books,
00:32:27.61\00:32:30.95
that kind of
makes you my hero, man,
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.31
because I tried that.
00:32:32.35\00:32:33.75
I can't do it. Just miserable...
00:32:33.82\00:32:36.72
When I was in school before
00:32:36.79\00:32:38.12
it's part of the
theology training,
00:32:38.15\00:32:39.92
you have to spend a
vacation, you pick it summer,
00:32:39.95\00:32:42.32
Easter, or whatever
doing door to door selling.
00:32:42.36\00:32:46.53
So I did it, but I
wasn't any good at it.
00:32:46.56\00:32:49.53
One, if they gave me a song
and dance, I give them a book,
00:32:49.56\00:32:51.70
that means you got to
pay for that, you know.
00:32:51.73\00:32:53.37
And then two, I just have a
very low rejection quotient.
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.54
I don't like people
slamming doors on my face.
00:32:56.57\00:32:57.91
So I wasn't good at that.
00:32:57.94\00:33:00.08
He says shy little boy,
00:33:00.11\00:33:01.51
but one thing Doh did
not mention is in the dorm
00:33:01.54\00:33:04.18
something he does for
fun is going door to door
00:33:04.25\00:33:06.72
and praying with his
students, with his classmates.
00:33:06.75\00:33:10.09
I think that's cool
00:33:10.12\00:33:11.72
because someone
who's finds it difficult
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.56
to be outgoing
is doing something
00:33:15.59\00:33:18.19
it's very outgoing for Jesus.
00:33:18.23\00:33:20.53
And I think that's
cool and that's nice.
00:33:20.60\00:33:22.83
Plus I've come to realize
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.57
that everything
you do for the Lord,
00:33:24.60\00:33:25.93
nothing is wasted.
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.34
It becomes part of your
resume for later on in life.
00:33:27.37\00:33:29.80
You know, you do
other things and you can see
00:33:29.84\00:33:31.51
what this
experience way back here
00:33:31.54\00:33:33.48
has given you some preparation
for what you're doing now.
00:33:33.51\00:33:36.85
So those kinds of experiences
certainly are not wasted.
00:33:36.88\00:33:40.32
When the students are doing
different kinds of ministry
00:33:40.35\00:33:43.72
on campus, off campus,
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.22
do they inform you of
that so that you can catalog
00:33:45.25\00:33:47.56
the kinds of
things that are going on?
00:33:47.59\00:33:49.12
Or a lot of things
going on that really,
00:33:49.16\00:33:51.06
they're just doing on their own
that you may not even know off?
00:33:51.09\00:33:53.26
Okay.
00:33:53.29\00:33:55.63
Yes, both things
happen, both things happen.
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.00
It occurred to me, yeah.
00:33:58.03\00:33:59.87
So at staff meeting sometimes
00:33:59.90\00:34:01.37
we talk about what the
students are talking about.
00:34:01.40\00:34:04.41
We find out that
00:34:04.44\00:34:05.77
so and so has been
holding a Bible study
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.21
in his room for the past
four weeks, we had no clue.
00:34:07.28\00:34:10.75
In fact, the five students
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.41
had been going
won't tell anybody.
00:34:12.45\00:34:14.95
And so we kind of,
00:34:14.98\00:34:16.32
sometimes we find out things
00:34:16.35\00:34:17.69
like that kind
of after the fact.
00:34:17.72\00:34:20.99
Sometimes the student will
come to myself or Pastor Rick
00:34:21.02\00:34:24.49
or one of the
other staff members
00:34:24.53\00:34:26.33
and maybe get some
advice on how to do something
00:34:26.36\00:34:28.56
or how to be a
part of something.
00:34:28.60\00:34:29.93
So I would say some...
00:34:29.96\00:34:31.97
A lot of it happens with
our knowledge or planning,
00:34:32.00\00:34:37.01
but a lot of it happens just...
00:34:37.04\00:34:38.67
I mean, just by
the grace of God,
00:34:38.71\00:34:40.71
they're trying to be faithful.
00:34:40.78\00:34:43.55
Understood.
00:34:43.58\00:34:44.91
In addition to the
things where sort of just pop up
00:34:44.95\00:34:47.22
which are almost
spontaneous acts of evangelism.
00:34:47.25\00:34:50.29
Is there or are there X
number of projects or goals
00:34:50.32\00:34:54.19
that you have
during a given school year
00:34:54.26\00:34:56.56
that are fostered
from your department
00:34:56.59\00:34:58.56
that they can kind of
feed into and be involved in?
00:34:58.59\00:35:02.80
We don't have a set number.
00:35:02.83\00:35:04.93
If you have ever been a
part of a boarding school,
00:35:04.97\00:35:08.57
our school year is pretty
much dictated by the calendar.
00:35:08.60\00:35:11.67
Yeah, very much so.
Schedule is everything.
00:35:11.71\00:35:13.88
So something interesting happens
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.38
with programs like mine.
00:35:16.41\00:35:17.95
We have to kind of compete
00:35:17.98\00:35:20.12
for weekends and
spots and openings,
00:35:20.15\00:35:22.42
and we find
crevasses and we push stuff in,
00:35:22.45\00:35:26.05
and I think that we have become
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.69
more creative
over the past few years
00:35:28.72\00:35:31.39
to set aside time
00:35:31.43\00:35:32.89
in different
fashions for students
00:35:32.93\00:35:34.43
to be a part of programs.
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.77
I want each of you
to just sort of walk
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.73
out of quarters
of your own minds now
00:35:38.77\00:35:41.00
and prepare for me the one event
00:35:41.04\00:35:44.21
that you have been involved
00:35:44.24\00:35:45.57
and that had the greatest impact
00:35:45.61\00:35:46.94
on your own personal life.
00:35:46.98\00:35:48.31
Something that sort
of stood out for you
00:35:48.34\00:35:49.78
that you remember
00:35:49.81\00:35:51.61
or that has changed
you in any significant way.
00:35:51.65\00:35:54.12
If someone were to say,
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.48
"This is the thing
that really did it for me,"
00:35:55.52\00:35:59.62
what would that be?
00:35:59.65\00:36:00.99
You're following
where am I going with that?
00:36:01.02\00:36:02.52
Okay, since you're
nodding the most, Yonathan,
00:36:02.56\00:36:04.23
let's start with you.
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.59
For me, it was this year,
00:36:06.63\00:36:08.26
I had the
opportunity to go to India
00:36:08.30\00:36:11.67
on a mission trip.
00:36:11.70\00:36:13.74
I went with eight
other students I think.
00:36:13.77\00:36:17.54
And well, this is us.
This is a little village.
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.81
Now, what was so interesting
about our trip to India
00:36:21.84\00:36:25.65
is just over and over
I saw prayers answered.
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.95
Even just to raise money,
fund raise to go to India,
00:36:28.98\00:36:32.22
prayers were
already being answered,
00:36:32.25\00:36:33.96
prayers that I was praying,
prayers that other people
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.73
were praying with me and for me.
00:36:36.76\00:36:39.76
Once we got to
India as in last picture,
00:36:39.79\00:36:44.17
there was a village
00:36:44.20\00:36:45.83
that didn't
have any clean water,
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.64
you know, and the
year that went previous
00:36:48.67\00:36:51.71
they had prayed about it
and they had started this...
00:36:51.74\00:36:56.24
They had started
this... Fund raising.
00:36:56.28\00:36:59.55
Fund raising, right,
to try to put the well.
00:36:59.58\00:37:03.59
I wasn't part of that last year.
00:37:03.62\00:37:05.72
But this year I
was able to come,
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.09
I was able to see how a prayer
00:37:07.16\00:37:09.29
that not even I
prayed was being answered.
00:37:09.32\00:37:12.16
Praise the Lord.
00:37:12.19\00:37:13.70
It was great. Yeah, yeah.
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.26
So that impacted you greatly?
00:37:15.30\00:37:16.67
It impacted me and
it changed my life.
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.77
Praise the Lord. Praise the God.
00:37:19.80\00:37:21.30
Anyone else? Gracie? Dylan?
00:37:21.34\00:37:24.71
I think that I have two
00:37:24.74\00:37:27.68
because before
coming to Sunnydale
00:37:27.71\00:37:31.21
when I was interested in it,
00:37:31.25\00:37:32.71
this is my first year by the way
00:37:32.75\00:37:35.05
and unfortunately my last.
00:37:35.08\00:37:36.42
But before coming I
was interested in it,
00:37:36.45\00:37:38.79
and I didn't really
think it a possibility
00:37:38.82\00:37:41.56
because of financial
issues and everything.
00:37:41.59\00:37:44.46
But after
talking to the principal
00:37:44.49\00:37:47.20
and Mrs. Kelly
about scholarships
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.40
and all that type of thing,
00:37:49.43\00:37:50.77
I realized that God's
making a way no matter what,
00:37:50.80\00:37:53.37
like if He wants
you to be somewhere,
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.20
you're going to be somewhere.
00:37:55.24\00:37:56.57
Oh, yeah.
00:37:56.60\00:37:57.94
And that was
really powerful for me.
00:37:57.97\00:38:00.38
And I would say that an event
00:38:00.41\00:38:03.88
that really impacted me
was one of the music tours
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.92
that we did
early on in the year.
00:38:06.95\00:38:08.38
I believe that it
was the first one.
00:38:08.42\00:38:10.49
And I forgot
which church we went to,
00:38:10.52\00:38:12.69
but we went and we played.
00:38:12.72\00:38:15.22
I'm in band, so I
played in the band,
00:38:15.26\00:38:17.66
but outside of
band Mrs. Vee had us,
00:38:17.69\00:38:20.00
some of us to prepare
these testimonies to speak
00:38:20.03\00:38:22.46
to the people
00:38:22.50\00:38:23.87
and just share what's
God doing in our life and...
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.14
And for the first time,
00:38:27.17\00:38:28.80
I spoke up about
depression and about anxiety,
00:38:28.84\00:38:34.44
and all these things
00:38:34.48\00:38:35.81
that I have gone
through for the first time
00:38:35.84\00:38:38.48
and how God has
helped me through it.
00:38:38.51\00:38:41.35
And sharing that
with other people
00:38:41.38\00:38:44.42
was a really
growing experience for me.
00:38:44.45\00:38:46.62
Praise the Lord.
00:38:46.65\00:38:47.99
And that was one of the things
00:38:48.02\00:38:49.36
that prepared me to go to Africa
00:38:49.39\00:38:50.73
and start talking to
other people about it.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.76
Had you gone to
Adventist education before,
00:38:52.79\00:38:55.03
Adventist school before?
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.40
No. This is your first time?
00:38:56.43\00:38:57.77
Yeah.
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.13
Quickly, give me the sort
of Reader's Digest version
00:38:59.17\00:39:00.54
the difference between school
and a non-Adventist institution
00:39:00.57\00:39:05.47
and your
experience at Sunnydale?
00:39:05.51\00:39:07.48
Oh, boy.
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.98
There is a completely
different atmosphere, like,
00:39:10.05\00:39:12.91
we've talked about C.R.O.S.S
Training kind of prepares
00:39:12.95\00:39:15.45
this culture of,
00:39:15.48\00:39:17.59
you are able to
share your faith freely,
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.45
you are able to step up
out of your comfort zone,
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.52
you are encouraged too actually
00:39:21.56\00:39:23.43
and that's different
because in public school
00:39:23.46\00:39:26.03
you are discouraged from
doing that type of thing.
00:39:26.06\00:39:28.36
It's sort of look
down upon by other people.
00:39:28.40\00:39:31.30
So... Praise the Lord.
00:39:31.33\00:39:33.10
Praise the Lord.
00:39:33.13\00:39:34.47
Dylan, Hannah, Doh?
What stands on your mind?
00:39:34.50\00:39:36.91
Who wants to take that?
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.74
I have an experience
it happened this year
00:39:38.77\00:39:41.84
as, you know, I went on
the La Vida Mission trip.
00:39:41.88\00:39:44.91
But I was not
planning on going at all.
00:39:44.95\00:39:47.62
I had gone earlier in the year
00:39:47.65\00:39:49.75
in the beginning
of the school year
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.15
so in 2017 went in October.
00:39:51.19\00:39:54.29
And I really enjoyed
it, and I wanted to go back,
00:39:54.32\00:39:56.52
but I wasn't sure I was
going to be able to afford it.
00:39:56.56\00:39:59.29
And I wasn't really
sure if I should or not
00:39:59.33\00:40:01.56
because school was crazy,
00:40:01.60\00:40:03.67
I'm involved in
a lot at Sunnydale.
00:40:03.70\00:40:06.60
And so it came to
like we had a month before
00:40:06.63\00:40:10.34
we left and Mrs. Kelly,
00:40:10.41\00:40:13.24
she works in the
office, I was like...
00:40:13.27\00:40:14.91
She went before, and
she really wanted me to go
00:40:14.94\00:40:17.45
and so did a lot of
other staff members.
00:40:17.48\00:40:19.15
And so I was like,
00:40:19.18\00:40:20.52
"Okay, well, put
my name on the list
00:40:20.55\00:40:21.88
and hopefully I
can get the money."
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.99
And so I raised
about $75 or $100
00:40:24.02\00:40:27.56
and then all of a
sudden unanimously
00:40:27.59\00:40:31.13
the whole bill was paid,
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.40
I didn't have
to raise any money;
00:40:33.43\00:40:34.93
they wouldn't
tell me who it was.
00:40:34.96\00:40:37.00
It was just all of a sudden,
00:40:37.07\00:40:38.40
I went home for a
break and I came back
00:40:38.43\00:40:40.14
and everything was paid for it.
00:40:40.17\00:40:42.07
And I still to this
date don't know who did it.
00:40:42.10\00:40:45.34
But I was extremely blessed
and that made my day big time.
00:40:45.37\00:40:48.74
And I was able to go
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.35
and be more
involved in the mission trip
00:40:50.38\00:40:53.01
in La Vida than I
was the first time.
00:40:53.05\00:40:55.12
'Cause we were able to do more,
00:40:55.15\00:40:56.48
and I was little bit more
comfortable with the area.
00:40:56.52\00:40:58.75
And since they kind
of knew who was coming,
00:40:58.79\00:41:00.86
I've been there before,
00:41:00.89\00:41:02.22
and I made
friends with the kids.
00:41:02.26\00:41:04.03
I was able to do a lot more.
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.83
So it was a major
blessing and it changed my life.
00:41:05.86\00:41:08.96
So, yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:41:09.00\00:41:10.37
Praise the Lord.
00:41:10.40\00:41:11.90
Doh, Dylan? Going
once, going twice?
00:41:11.93\00:41:15.30
Well, I have two.
00:41:15.34\00:41:20.18
The first one is at the
end of my sophomore year,
00:41:20.21\00:41:25.38
I, when talking to
my mom on the phone,
00:41:25.41\00:41:29.15
and she was really stressed
00:41:29.18\00:41:32.19
about how we were
going to pay my school bill
00:41:32.22\00:41:36.19
because money is
tight in my family.
00:41:36.22\00:41:40.10
And so we were sitting there,
00:41:40.13\00:41:42.30
and we were trying to
come up with the ideas
00:41:42.33\00:41:44.57
on how we're
going arrange the money.
00:41:44.60\00:41:48.04
And we didn't have any luck
like we couldn't think of any,
00:41:48.07\00:41:52.74
like, good ideas or
how we are going to pay it.
00:41:52.77\00:41:55.68
And so I wasn't sure
if I be able to come back.
00:41:55.71\00:42:00.82
And I think it was
the last week of school,
00:42:00.85\00:42:07.26
my mom called me and she said,
00:42:07.29\00:42:11.23
"You will never
guess what happened."
00:42:11.26\00:42:13.70
I was like, "Yeah,
you're probably right,
00:42:13.73\00:42:16.03
I would never guess,
so why don't you tell me."
00:42:16.06\00:42:18.97
And she said,
00:42:19.00\00:42:21.44
"We're down to
$1,000 on your school bill,
00:42:21.47\00:42:25.57
like, someone paid..."
00:42:25.61\00:42:27.58
I forgot the exact amount
but a large chunk of money
00:42:27.61\00:42:32.15
on my school bill.
00:42:32.18\00:42:33.75
And my mom was just
crying over the phone
00:42:33.82\00:42:37.19
and that caused me to
crying and it made me realize
00:42:37.22\00:42:40.86
that not only I'm getting
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.93
a good education at Sunnydale,
00:42:43.96\00:42:47.83
having good experiences,
00:42:47.86\00:42:49.20
but people are backing me up
00:42:49.23\00:42:52.90
with money or with prayers,
00:42:52.93\00:42:56.17
and it really gave me
a lot of motivation to be
00:42:56.20\00:43:01.81
more involved in
C.R.O.S.S Training.
00:43:01.84\00:43:05.48
And the second one is
my mission trip to Africa
00:43:05.51\00:43:09.88
or should I say the
events prior to that
00:43:09.92\00:43:15.09
because it was just miracle
00:43:15.12\00:43:16.86
after miracle
that allowed me to go.
00:43:16.93\00:43:21.70
We had fund raised
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.80
and we had talked
to my grandma's church,
00:43:23.87\00:43:29.60
and we were almost there
00:43:29.64\00:43:33.14
to the goal that I had to raise.
00:43:33.17\00:43:36.14
And, again, we didn't know
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.61
how we were going
to raise the money.
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.18
And then my grandma
told me that her church
00:43:41.22\00:43:47.06
if I would be
willing to come to the church
00:43:47.09\00:43:51.46
and give a mission report,
00:43:51.49\00:43:53.80
they would pay
the rest of my bill.
00:43:53.83\00:43:56.53
And that really touched me.
00:43:56.56\00:43:59.77
And then my passport
it was down to the wire.
00:43:59.80\00:44:04.87
And actually Mr. Needles took me
00:44:04.91\00:44:08.88
to a post office at
the very last moment,
00:44:08.91\00:44:13.55
and we were able to
get everything prepared
00:44:13.62\00:44:16.99
and my passport
came just on time.
00:44:17.02\00:44:21.16
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:44:21.19\00:44:22.52
So thank you, Mr. Needles.
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.63
In listening to
all of you speak,
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.10
I see a pattern of the
Lord sort of inserting Himself
00:44:27.13\00:44:31.40
His hand into your lives.
00:44:31.43\00:44:32.77
All of you can recount miracles
that have happened to further,
00:44:32.80\00:44:37.91
you know, what you have
been trying to do for the Lord.
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.28
My question then is how
do those kinds of miracles,
00:44:40.31\00:44:43.35
when you see God
moving in such a powerful way
00:44:43.38\00:44:46.55
to do something for you
00:44:46.58\00:44:47.92
so that He can do
something through you.
00:44:47.95\00:44:50.02
How does that make
you feel about the mission
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.02
and what you are trying to do?
00:44:52.05\00:44:53.39
Does it encourage you?
00:44:53.46\00:44:54.79
Does it make you
rely on the Lord more?
00:44:54.82\00:44:56.16
How does that make you
feel to see the Lord doing
00:44:56.19\00:44:57.96
such marvelous
things in your lives?
00:44:57.99\00:44:59.93
Anybody want to grab that?
00:45:00.00\00:45:03.03
I think it is very
encouraging for me personally.
00:45:03.06\00:45:08.24
A lot of times I tend to focus
on what's happening around me
00:45:08.27\00:45:11.94
like the visible and everything.
00:45:11.97\00:45:13.68
But when God does these miracles
00:45:13.71\00:45:15.71
when He works these
things and makes things happen,
00:45:15.74\00:45:18.55
it makes me think I should
be looking at God all the time.
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.12
I should be focusing
on Him always like it's
00:45:22.15\00:45:25.45
because He's the
one doing it all.
00:45:25.49\00:45:28.99
Anyone else?
00:45:29.02\00:45:30.36
I have something,
I agree with Gracie,
00:45:30.43\00:45:31.96
definitely very encouraging
'cause I remember one time,
00:45:31.99\00:45:36.97
I was doing a praise
team or like a week of prayer
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.37
for a school nearby,
some middle school kids.
00:45:39.40\00:45:44.71
And I remember, I was
going through a tough time
00:45:44.74\00:45:46.21
because my brother
had fell from a tree
00:45:46.24\00:45:48.41
and cracked his skull
and got blood in his brain,
00:45:48.44\00:45:51.28
and I was really
down and I didn't think.
00:45:51.31\00:45:54.02
I can't get up fine,
00:45:54.05\00:45:55.38
I'm going to breakdown
in front of all these kids,
00:45:55.42\00:45:57.29
and I just remember
Mr. Needles praying with us
00:45:57.32\00:46:00.39
in the car,
00:46:00.46\00:46:01.79
and then after we
did the praise team,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.63
he prayed for my little brother.
00:46:03.66\00:46:04.99
And that really touched me
and it just helped me remember
00:46:05.03\00:46:06.56
that through everything
00:46:06.59\00:46:08.26
even if I'm
trying to do God's work
00:46:08.30\00:46:09.70
and something goes wrong,
00:46:09.73\00:46:11.30
I need to focus on God
00:46:11.33\00:46:12.67
because He's always
there through everything,
00:46:12.70\00:46:14.50
no matter what
traumatic experience
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.91
or whatever He
will always be there.
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.11
So... Yeah. Mr.
Needles, all right.
00:46:19.14\00:46:22.31
Just a follow up,
direct answer to prayer,
00:46:22.34\00:46:25.08
her little brother very,
very serious head injury,
00:46:25.11\00:46:29.95
it was just a few
hours they were clearing him
00:46:29.98\00:46:32.75
to leave to go home and so...
00:46:32.79\00:46:34.16
Oh, Praise the Lord.
00:46:34.19\00:46:35.59
From our point of view,
nothing short of a miracle.
00:46:35.62\00:46:38.19
And it's fun to
be a part of that.
00:46:38.23\00:46:39.83
Here's my question?
00:46:39.86\00:46:41.20
Because you're going to school
00:46:41.23\00:46:42.70
to get a good
Christian education
00:46:42.73\00:46:44.53
and the cherry on the
sundae is being allowed to do
00:46:44.57\00:46:47.04
some of these
things for the Lord.
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.40
How does this impact
your schoolwork and your time,
00:46:48.44\00:46:50.74
is this a stretch,
00:46:50.81\00:46:52.14
does that impact it
negatively or do you find you
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.68
actually have more
energy to do what you have to do
00:46:54.71\00:46:56.95
because you got to come out here
00:46:56.98\00:46:58.31
with a degree you know,
00:46:58.35\00:47:00.12
that's why all that
money is being shelling out,
00:47:00.15\00:47:02.88
you know, and this is a
very, very important part of it,
00:47:02.92\00:47:06.42
but you got to come out
of school with a degree.
00:47:06.45\00:47:08.46
So does this enhance
00:47:08.49\00:47:10.03
your schoolwork,
your school time?
00:47:10.06\00:47:12.09
Is it kind of a stretch
to try to get your work done
00:47:12.13\00:47:14.83
and is done or does
it fit kind of nicely?
00:47:14.86\00:47:17.37
I feel like if you put
God first in everything,
00:47:17.40\00:47:19.57
you will have time
for everything else.
00:47:19.60\00:47:21.17
Sure, and I agree. So...
00:47:21.20\00:47:22.74
Okay. That's it.
How I feel about it.
00:47:22.77\00:47:26.31
I feel like it's,
again, it prepares you
00:47:26.34\00:47:29.18
for what we're really here to do
00:47:29.21\00:47:31.18
because in the end,
yes, we need a degree,
00:47:31.21\00:47:33.82
and we're going to do
what we're going to do, like,
00:47:33.85\00:47:35.68
God has given us
specific burdens, like,
00:47:35.72\00:47:39.32
if Dylan wants to be
a counselor or pastor
00:47:39.35\00:47:41.99
whatever he wants to be,
00:47:42.02\00:47:43.43
he can take this
education of discipleship
00:47:43.46\00:47:47.60
and put into that.
00:47:47.63\00:47:48.96
If someone
wants to be an artist,
00:47:49.00\00:47:51.07
they can put it
into that career.
00:47:51.10\00:47:53.84
No matter what you go into,
00:47:53.87\00:47:55.50
if you have this
education that combines, like,
00:47:55.54\00:48:00.08
classroom
experiences with discipleship
00:48:00.11\00:48:02.51
and becoming
someone who represents God,
00:48:02.54\00:48:05.05
then it prepares you
for what we are here to do,
00:48:05.08\00:48:07.25
what God really wants us to do.
00:48:07.32\00:48:10.09
Yonathan?
00:48:10.12\00:48:12.72
Definitely, homework, you
always have to do homework.
00:48:12.75\00:48:15.59
But I think the
teachers are very...
00:48:15.62\00:48:18.03
They're really willing
to help out the extra help
00:48:18.06\00:48:21.20
if you ever gone
on a mission trip,
00:48:21.23\00:48:22.90
you've been gone for a while.
00:48:22.93\00:48:24.33
You come back,
they try extra hard,
00:48:24.37\00:48:27.57
but as Hannah said,
00:48:27.64\00:48:29.44
you know, if you get God right,
00:48:29.47\00:48:31.47
you know,
everything seems fun to play.
00:48:31.51\00:48:34.08
Well said. Well said. Well said.
00:48:34.11\00:48:36.51
In the time that remains
just before we go to newsbreak,
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.41
back to you, Mike,
I'm going to ask you
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.82
one of those kind of high
concept ontological questions
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.52
we ask every now and again.
00:48:43.59\00:48:45.35
When you listen to
these young people...
00:48:45.39\00:48:48.29
And I'm very encouraged
by what they're saying
00:48:48.32\00:48:49.66
it's really exciting
00:48:49.69\00:48:51.03
because how does
that make you feel
00:48:51.06\00:48:52.39
and the task that you
have been given to see
00:48:52.43\00:48:54.50
that C.R.O.S.S Training
00:48:54.53\00:48:56.77
and I'll come
back to the word again,
00:48:56.80\00:48:58.30
the culture that
you're establishing
00:48:58.33\00:49:00.34
on the campus at Sunnydale.
00:49:00.37\00:49:01.84
How does that make
you feel about the job
00:49:01.87\00:49:03.27
that you have been called to do?
00:49:03.30\00:49:05.11
You made this
sharp left turn, no,
00:49:05.14\00:49:07.68
sharp right turn in
the direction of the Lord
00:49:07.71\00:49:11.41
and now you are put
in charge to something
00:49:11.45\00:49:12.91
that kinds gives you
a little jumpstart, man,
00:49:12.95\00:49:15.98
to see and to hear
what they are doing,
00:49:16.02\00:49:17.65
how does that make you
feel about the decision
00:49:17.69\00:49:19.02
that you
ultimately made for Jesus?
00:49:19.05\00:49:20.89
Well, again, when you see
God working miracles for you.
00:49:20.96\00:49:24.86
Yeah. It's very empowering.
00:49:24.89\00:49:28.36
But here's the reality,
00:49:28.40\00:49:30.47
these students don't understand
that they motivate me,
00:49:30.50\00:49:33.54
they hold me accountable.
00:49:33.57\00:49:34.90
Yes.
00:49:34.94\00:49:36.27
Because how dare I come
to work and take a day off...
00:49:36.30\00:49:40.08
And get a little
frustrated or get little down
00:49:40.11\00:49:42.48
or just not do
it I'm supposed to.
00:49:42.51\00:49:45.28
When I see them doing
everything that they do,
00:49:45.31\00:49:48.55
they're handling high
school which is difficult to do,
00:49:48.58\00:49:52.22
and they are finding
ways to share their faith.
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.66
So it holds me
accountable to do the same.
00:49:54.69\00:49:58.69
Yeah, yeah.
00:49:58.73\00:50:00.10
So in spite of my
position at Sunnydale,
00:50:00.13\00:50:02.63
I need to find
ways to share my faith.
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.00
Yes.
00:50:04.07\00:50:05.40
Just like these students
are doing that on campus,
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.44
in the dorm around.
00:50:07.47\00:50:08.80
So there is an element of
accountability for our staff
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.11
that, you know, when you
see students getting fired up
00:50:11.14\00:50:13.58
about God and wanting to be
00:50:13.61\00:50:16.51
a part of sharing
that wonderful message,
00:50:16.54\00:50:21.88
they motivate us.
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.52
Just very quickly,
00:50:23.59\00:50:24.92
does the school
provide for the staff
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.79
a particular ways
to share their faith
00:50:27.82\00:50:30.96
in the
community or in the school
00:50:30.99\00:50:32.66
or our staff sort of expected
to just sit down think about
00:50:32.69\00:50:36.90
and come of ways to
sort do that themselves.
00:50:36.97\00:50:38.77
And I know that
they've got to weave
00:50:38.80\00:50:40.14
that into their curriculum,
00:50:40.17\00:50:41.50
it's part of what
they're doing in the classroom,
00:50:41.54\00:50:43.10
but did they have
other opportunities
00:50:43.14\00:50:44.67
to kind of share and
step out and stuff too?
00:50:44.71\00:50:47.08
Right.
00:50:47.11\00:50:48.44
So at Sunnydale we are
blessed where we have...
00:50:48.48\00:50:51.18
We're kind of in
between three small towns,
00:50:51.21\00:50:53.92
we have local community centers,
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.05
we have bigger
cities that are close,
00:50:56.08\00:50:58.59
so the staff can find ways
00:50:58.62\00:51:00.36
to reach out in their community.
00:51:00.39\00:51:01.99
However, a lot of the staff,
00:51:02.02\00:51:05.63
C.R.O.S.S Training
wouldn't happen without them.
00:51:05.66\00:51:08.10
So if a student
needs to go somewhere
00:51:08.13\00:51:10.47
or needs to do something
00:51:10.50\00:51:11.83
or wants to be
part of something,
00:51:11.87\00:51:13.20
they're going to have a
staff member go with them.
00:51:13.23\00:51:14.64
They're going to just
00:51:14.67\00:51:17.74
because logistic
staff members are involved
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.41
and we have the
greatest staff out there.
00:51:20.48\00:51:22.58
They're so quick to step up,
00:51:22.61\00:51:24.35
they're so quick
to be a part of this.
00:51:24.38\00:51:27.75
And, again, as staff,
00:51:27.78\00:51:30.49
the idea or the
philosophy of C.R.O.S.S Training
00:51:30.52\00:51:32.92
is integrated into the job.
00:51:32.95\00:51:35.82
It's not part of the job,
there's no bonus for that.
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.89
It's just needs to
be part of what we do.
00:51:38.93\00:51:40.96
Yeah, as you said
00:51:41.00\00:51:42.33
part of the
culture of the school.
00:51:42.36\00:51:43.70
Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.10
We're getting ready
to go to the address roll
00:51:45.13\00:51:46.94
for Sunnydale Academy.
00:51:46.97\00:51:48.30
We have done and I
say this unapologetically
00:51:48.34\00:51:51.91
a de facto
commercial for Sunnydale.
00:51:51.94\00:51:54.28
And that's quite all right
00:51:54.31\00:51:55.71
because you may be
looking for a school
00:51:55.74\00:51:57.81
to send your child to
and you certainly want one
00:51:57.85\00:51:59.68
that gives them a
quality Christian education,
00:51:59.71\00:52:01.68
but as we mention
00:52:01.72\00:52:03.05
that cherry on
the sundae is the idea
00:52:03.08\00:52:05.42
that your young
person will be immersed
00:52:05.45\00:52:08.12
in a culture of service.
00:52:08.16\00:52:09.66
They will pick up this idea
00:52:09.69\00:52:13.60
that there is more than reading,
00:52:13.63\00:52:15.00
writing, and arithmetic,
00:52:15.03\00:52:16.36
there is a service aspect
that will be a blessing to them
00:52:16.40\00:52:20.04
and will round out
their Christian experience.
00:52:20.07\00:52:23.24
Should you want to make
contact with Sunnydale Academy,
00:52:23.27\00:52:25.57
support what these
young people are doing,
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.48
maybe make a financial donation
00:52:27.51\00:52:29.61
to this cause to
C.R.O.S.S Training
00:52:29.64\00:52:31.48
or to the school,
00:52:31.51\00:52:32.85
here is the contact
information that you will need.
00:52:32.88\00:52:37.59
If you would like to find out
00:52:37.62\00:52:38.95
more about
Sunnydale Adventist Academy
00:52:38.99\00:52:41.59
or if you would like to support
00:52:41.62\00:52:42.96
one of their
students on the mission trip,
00:52:42.99\00:52:45.03
please visit their
website Sunnydale.org.
00:52:45.06\00:52:48.73
Your donation can make a
world of difference to a student
00:52:48.76\00:52:51.53
who longs to share about Jesus.
00:52:51.57\00:52:53.94
That website
again is Sunnydale.org.
00:52:53.97\00:52:57.01
Or you may call them
00:52:57.04\00:52:58.37
at area code (573) 682-2164
00:52:58.41\00:53:04.71
or write to them at
Sunnydale Adventist Academy
00:53:04.75\00:53:08.28
C.R.O.S.S Training 6818,
00:53:08.32\00:53:11.95
Audrain Road 9139
00:53:11.99\00:53:14.99
in Centralia, Missouri 65240.
00:53:15.02\00:53:19.56