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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Music.
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN
today, My name is C.A. Murray
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and allow me once
again to thank you
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for sharing just a little of
your no doubt busy day with us.
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We thank you for
your love, your prayers...
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your support of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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for these 33 plus years,
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we have partnered
together to take the good news
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of the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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throughout the world.
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You will forgive me today
because I am giddy yea verily
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because of the subject matter
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and because of the guest
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that I have today,
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this is something
that is close to my heart
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that excites me and
give me thrills no end
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to talk about Your
Best Pathway to Health.
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This is a partnership
that began several years ago
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with 3ABN and this
marvelous Organization
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so, we've got three
young... four rather...
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young... good looking...
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well... three young
individuals here with us
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and I'm having fun because I
love these people one and all.
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Your Best Pathway... if
you don't know about it,
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you will... ere this
program shall have ended
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because this...
I have often said
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is a move of God
in the body of Christ.
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This is something
that is present truth...
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it is au current...
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it is something for now
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and I think... and I
pray... it's something that
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the Lord will continue up
until the time probation closes
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because this is a good thing
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and this is something
you want to know about
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so, fire up your iPad...
your i... whatever you've got...
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or your Android
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take some notes
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and get prepared to
volunteer either your time...
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your talent... your wallet...
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whatever you have
to toss into the pot
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they will accept it,
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we will talk about
that in just a little bit...
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I want to introduce my guests,
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these are very special people
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we use that term kind of
a lot... "special guests"
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but these are
indeed special guests,
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I want to start with Dr.
Lela Lewis, my good friend.
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Hi C.A.
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This is the smiling doctor,
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someone that we
really love here at 3ABN.
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She sits next to Dr. Fiona Lindo
we are awashed in doctors today
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so, doctor, good
to have you here.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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And someone that
I actually met...
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I had to go half way around
the world to meet Benny Moore,
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we met in Philippines...
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That's right.
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In 2014 or so...
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at a meeting there that
we did in the Philippines
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and Kyle Allen good
to have you here man.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, this is his
first time he's talking...
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I guess this is your
first time too... Fiona,
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we will forgive them for that,
we will let them off the hook,
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that's okay, everybody
can't be here all the time
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but this is their first time
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we are hopeful...
not the last time,
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first of all, I
like your smiling faces
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and... I want to talk about...
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before we get into
the ministry per se,
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I want to get a
little history on all of you
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so folk know who you are
and where you've come from,
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you didn't just
pop out of the sky,
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Benny may have...
but it's usually not...
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but Lela, where are you from?
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Oh, I'm from Phoenix, Arizona,
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I was actually born
in Ghana, West Africa,
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and I'm a Physician... I'm
an Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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and I practice in Phoenix.
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Ah ha... Praise the Lord,
Adventist home growing up?
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Yes, yes, I grew
up, Praise the Lord,
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in an Adventist home,
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I went to Adventist
Education all the way through...
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all the way
through Medical School
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and so, it was a
huge blessing from God.
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You are such a dynamo
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and I think
everyone here will agree...
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when a good idea
gets into the room,
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the first person
to bite down on that
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is going to be...
is going to be Lela.
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Laughter.
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Benny: Amen, that is true.
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And then she will sell
it to everybody else...
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so by the time
you're either on board
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or you're worn out
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she's going to
stay on you until...
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I have little persistence,
okay, just a little bit...
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just a little bit.
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Praise the
Lord... praise the Lord.
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Benny: Yeah, what
was it Dr. Hardship...
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Lela: We won't go there.
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But... but... she had the energy
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and you know, the
Lord comes a time...
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comes a person...
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and she has the kind of energy
that you need to start something
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that's brand new that
doesn't have any forerunner
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and there is no
Manual for it, you just...
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it's in your head...
it's in your heart...
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God gives it to
you and you run with it
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and so, He laid
the burden on her
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and she passed the
burden on to all of us.
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Lela: On my knees...
many, many hours... on my knees,
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so, praise the Lord.
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And we praise the Lord for that.
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Dr. Fiona, where are you from?
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Well, I'm originally
from Toronto, Canada,
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I was born in Canada,
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currently, I'm
living in Houston, Texas,
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and I'm working
as a Physician there,
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my specialty is
Female Pelvic Medicine
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and Reconstructive Surgery
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and it's been a
pleasure and a blessing
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just serving people there.
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Praise the
Lord... praise the Lord
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Adventist home growing up?
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Absolutely, I grew
up in an Adventist home,
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my father is a
pastor... pastor in Ontario
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and went to
Adventist schools as well.
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I like this one on Lindo...
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Laughter...
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my family... on my
mother's side all from Canada,
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all born in Canada,
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and they used to ship us
off to Toronto every summer,
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you know, so, I have
very, very fond memories of...
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of preaching and living
and growing up in... in Canada,
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so, good to have you here.
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Fiona: It's a
pleasure to be here.
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Praise the Lord, now I
need to ask you this before...
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it's one thing to be
born in a pastor's home,
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it is another thing to
know Jesus for yourself,
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when did the light come on
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as far as knowing
Christ one-on-one for you?
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Really, you know, we...
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the home I grew up in
was really one of service...
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we did a lot of volunteer work,
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we did a lot of international
missions... even growing up,
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and I think, if I can recall
probably when I was about seven
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I remember just
realizing the goodness of God
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and the miracles that He
had done for us in our home
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and it's just... when you
see God's love being shown
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all around you...
through your parents...
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it really makes a difference
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and so, I think that's
the time when I really...
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really could hone in on the fact
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that, "Hey, God is an
amazing... He's an amazing God
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and He's One that
really is a miracle worker. "
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Praise the Lord, praise God.
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Ben, I'm going to
hold you for last...
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I want to go to Kyle,
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Kyle is like the
Dick Clark of the group...
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you remember that
show, pleasantly youthful...
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eternal youth...
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the first time
we saw him at ASI,
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my wife said,
"Who's that little boy?"
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Laughter.
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Praise the Lord for
that because in ten years,
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if I'm still calling you "a
little boy" praise the Lord.
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Where are you from Kyle?
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Well, I don't
feel youthful anymore,
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I'm just passing
that 35 threshold anyway,
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I am from the
beautiful State of Tennessee,
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grew up in Chattanooga
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and have moved around to a
number of places since then
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but I live in Silver
Spring, Maryland now.
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I see, I see... because that...
listening to your speech pattern
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it's more Midwest, I
don't hear the Tennessee
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so you've been
around enough places...
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that you kind of
shaved that off a little bit.
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Yes.
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Adventist Home?
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You know, that's a... that's
a long answer to that question
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my... my mom
became an Adventist,
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my parents
divorced when I was young,
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my mom remarried an Adventist
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and so, I was
going to church on Sunday
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and Sabbath for
a number of years
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and then, finally,
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because of my mom putting
me in an Adventist school
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I accepted the Adventist message
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and became a
Seventh-day Adventist
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and it's... I really
credit my mom for that.
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Praise the Lord.
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You are now with my
good buddy, Duane McKey
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working at
Adventist World Radio.
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He is sucking up so
much oxygen, I tease him...
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every time he finds a
good person... he calls them...
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laughter...
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Sue Hinkle... he
even got from Southwest
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and so many people.
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What are you doing there?
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So, I am... I
just... I just started...
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I was with ASI just
for the last four years
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and just
transitioned fairly recently
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but I'm Vice President
for Adventist World Radio
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assisting with the different
evangelistic initiatives
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assisting with
Total Member Involvement
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and the different
projects that we have...
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the center for
digital evangelism
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I think, which, Duane
has talked about here at 3ABN
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and we're... we're just
really trying to reach the world
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with the message
of Jesus' soon return.
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Praise the
Lord... praise the Lord,
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now, this is not an AWR Program
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but give me just a
Reader's Digest version
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very quickly because
AWR has sort of morphed...
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it is growing...
it has evolved...
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what are the principal changes
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between the old
AWR and the new AWR?
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Well, AWR is still about
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taking the gospel message
to the world in this generation
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and, of course, we
know the world has changed,
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I mean, not only do we have
radio in the form of FM... AM...
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DAB Radio Stations...
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shortwave...
which everybody knows
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I know they're still going...
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there are over a
thousand radio stations
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that the church
operates all over the world
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broadcasting the
Adventist message... praise God
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but we are now seeing...
how can we use the internet...
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how can we use podcasts?
how can we use Facebook audio,
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cell phone evangelism...
different types of methods
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to get the message to the world
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and so, AWR is really praying
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and seeking for
these new avenues
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so that we can really
get the message out there...
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it's an
incredible time to be alive.
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And bringing us some young
sharp "with-it people" onboard
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to help make that happen.
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I don't know if I'm
still "with-it" but...
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Laughter...
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Well, let's just compliment
that you're with it...
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laugher...
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Brother Benny, we
met half a world away
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just about the time that
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Your Best Pathway
was getting started
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but... just a little background
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because you've kind
of done a lot of things
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and been to a lot of places.
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Ah... yeah, I've done a few...
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laughter...
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All legal you could say.
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Well, when you're 79 years old
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you have enough time behind you
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to have done a lot of
different things... and I have
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but after college and all
my work was in Accounting,
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I'm a CPA and I practiced
public accounting for 15 years
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and then the Lord
called me into ministry
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and so, I spent about nine years
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with Elder
Kenneth Cox in evangelism
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all around the world
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and that was a
very interesting time
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and people used to say...
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later when I was in
Conference Treasury,
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they would say,
"You're different"
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I said, "Well, the Lord
didn't take any chances with me
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I saw 8,000 people
baptized with my very own eyes
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before I became a
Conference Treasurer. "
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After that...
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then I worked with Elder
McClure in the Southern Union
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and the evangelism
program for the Southern Union
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and from there I became...
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when Elder
Folkenberg came to Carolina,
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I was elected Secretary
of the Carolina Conference
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which I did for two years and
then Treasurer for eight years
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and then, Treasurer of
the North Pacific Union
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for about seven years,
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Executive Director
of the Voice of Prophecy
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for a couple of years...
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get them involved in evangelism
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for some strange reason...
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and... which happened
with the NET Meeting in 2003
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and then since that time,
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let's see... what have
I done since that time?
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I have worked
with Elder Folkenberg
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in the ShareHim
Program for the last 15 years
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and still is involved but
in a lesser basis right now
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but I'm still involved with that
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and became the CFO of
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Your Best
Pathway to Health in 2015
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and went through the
event there in San Antonio
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and all of the things
that have happened since.
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Praise the Lord.
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So... it's a...
it's a good life.
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Yeah... as the work of the Lord,
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as you well
know, you all know...
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you never do really get to
retire... you just kind of...
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Benny: You
shouldn't... you shouldn't.
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Lela: Benny will never
retire, Benny will never retire.
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Benny: You run
circles around me.
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Lela: Yeah, exactly... exactly.
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So, he's a busy fellow... and
then you threw out that number
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I would not have... I
would not have guessed
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that number but the
Lord is blessing you,
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you're doing
well, praise the Lord...
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praise the Lord...
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I think we'll
just... we'll just...
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and you will allow
me this bit of noblesse,
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I'm going to just
toss out the song today
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because I want to give
max time for this discussion,
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I want to turn it over
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to my good doctor
here for just a moment
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because we are... we
began the first one...
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in Oakland, San Francisco.
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Lela: Oakland San
Francisco in 2014...
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we began planning in
2013... five years ago.
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Yeah, praise the
Lord, nice anniversary
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and then
chugging along ever since,
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where did... and I want
to just back up a little bit
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then I'm going to let you go...
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where did the idea
originally come from...
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was it your idea...
was it a group of people...
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we know the Lord... as a rule
casts the burden on one person
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and then moves
that person to share,
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was it... was it your idea?
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I don't know
exactly how it began.
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So, it actually started...
I was the Pacific Union ASI...
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ASI, of course being a
long-standing partner with 3ABN
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I was the newly elected
Pacific Union ASI President,
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one of our Speakers
was actually Don Mackintosh
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stood out front and he said,
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"You know it's nice
you Adventists get together
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and you have your meeting
once a year for yourself,
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what are you doing for
the community around you?"
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Just like a "Don" kind
of thing to say, right?
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And then he shows a
video of an Organization
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that's not Christian... doing
free medical and dental care,
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and it was like a
bolt of lightning,
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it was just like, "Do this"
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and it was like God was just
saying, "Do it... do it now"
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and I'm like, "God, I
don't know how to do this,
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I'm a Physician... I
don't do this kind of stuff
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in the United States,
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I mean, yeah, take
me overseas I'll do it
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but not here in the States... "
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and God just said, "Do it"
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and so, the process began,
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I'm literally learning
to trust God on my faith
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fasting...
praying... pulling... calling...
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persistence...
like we talked about
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and God brought
this thing together
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in a way that no one
could take the credit for.
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That first
event... as you know...
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you guys were right there...
3ABN was there from the get-go
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2014 San Francisco in Oakland,
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it threw the socks of off
the secular world and the church
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it was unbelievable.
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Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... hmmm
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I remember when it began
to sort of leak to the church
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that this thing was happening,
people's mouths were aghast
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and of course, Jim was there
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and when he
brought it back to us...
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those of us who
knew little bit about it,
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the light just came
on... it was not something...
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it was not a hard sell...
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it was something
that was very easy
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and you could see...
it was the move of God
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and the depth of the response
and the passion for the response
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said, "This is... this
is... this is a 'God thing. '"
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And you know, it really
came from my lifelong desire
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I mean, truly... truly desire
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to be the
fulfillment of Isaiah 58,
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I mean, we Seventh-day
Adventists, I believe,
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Christians in general
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but Seventh-day
Adventists in particular
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have a calling to be... truly
be the fulfillment of Isaiah 58
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to feed the hungry,
to clothe the naked,
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then, our beautiful
light of Christ's righteousness
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shines forth... and
we're able to share Christ
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with those around us.
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And that's what this
does in such a marked way
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the thing is...
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the question
that keeps coming up,
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"Why do you do
this? Why do you do this?"
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"What called you to do this?"
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"Who gave you the
impetus to do this?"
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It comes over and over again
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and people... once
they get their mouths closed
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they're praising the Lord
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because of...
of... of... the thing is,
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Fiona, when you
first heard about this,
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was it something that
was a hard sell for you
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or was it something that sort of
settled into your spirit easily?
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You know, when I
first heard about this,
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I said, "This is what
we need to be doing...
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all of us need to be involved
in something like this. "
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I mean, being able to
share God's love with our hands
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and our feet and
actually doing...
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I mean, it was amazing,
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I first got
involved with Pathways...
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Your Best Pathway to
Health in the San Antonio event
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and I remember
sending Dr. Lela a text,
00:16:13.13\00:16:16.54
and I said, "Hey, what do
you have for the woman's health,
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what do you need?"
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And she said,
"We need everything"
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and from then, I just started
praying and running with it
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and God really
opened the doors...
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miracles really
happened down to the last second
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and providing
equipment and supplies
00:16:30.92\00:16:33.09
that was really
needed for the event
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and I've been here ever since.
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Every event has
been like that...
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every event has been literally
last minute... last second...
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"God, what do we do?"
00:16:43.26\00:16:44.73
And Dr. Lindo and I
pray together all the time,
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"What do we do?"
00:16:46.27\00:16:47.64
and at the last
minute, He comes through.
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Always at the right
time, He's a timely God...
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and I've learned that
through this experience...
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He's a timely God...
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Panel: Hmmm...
Amen... Praise God...
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Ben, I want to come to you
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because you... you
came on board very early,
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first, walk us through
exactly for those who may not...
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and our audience
changes all the time...
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but a large part of our
audience are not of our faith,
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what is: Your
Best Pathway to Health?
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What does it seek to do?
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Sort of give us
Pathway to Health 101.
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Well, Pathway to
Health is a mega clinic,
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it's just like a... it's
even more than a hospital
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but it's like a
hospital plus more
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that moves into...
like a Convention Center
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or some type of Facility
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that's large enough to
handle the staff that we have,
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we have thousands of
people who volunteer,
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that's one of
the amazing things,
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of how many people volunteer
because we can use anybody,
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anybody who's
willing... we can use
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and that really... that
really makes it great for people
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to feel part of...
of something that...
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that is doing
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what they feel like we
ought to be doing as a people
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and, so, you know,
it starts with that,
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doing something
that's never been done before
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of bringing a
setting that can handle
00:18:03.61\00:18:07.52
almost any kind of medical
problems that anybody has.
00:18:07.55\00:18:10.32
Hmmm... hmmm...
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And so, it's far broader than
just doing a couple of things
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like maybe doing... like dental
work or optical work and all
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this is far broader than
that and then, of course,
00:18:17.19\00:18:20.00
that then immediately
makes it more complicated
00:18:20.03\00:18:21.76
and trying to bring down all...
bring in all of the specialties
00:18:21.80\00:18:25.90
and also providing
for those specialties
00:18:25.93\00:18:29.07
to be able to do what they do.
00:18:29.10\00:18:30.47
Like, if you were
talking about radiology,
00:18:30.51\00:18:34.91
well, radiology doesn't
function just with doctors,
00:18:34.94\00:18:37.78
last I knew, it
took a lot of expensive
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X- ray equipment and
all to be able to do that.
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And Poor Benny is always the one
that has to manage the finances
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so he knows all
about the expenses,
00:18:48.19\00:18:50.39
Lela calls and says,
"Benny, I want such and such"
00:18:50.43\00:18:53.29
and he's,
"Lela... the finances... "
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Yeah, you notice...
see this was strategic...
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I asked Benny to
answer the question
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because I knew if
you had something,
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you would do it anyway
00:19:01.60\00:19:03.14
so, I didn't have a
problem with that...
00:19:03.17\00:19:04.77
he would not add
if you were talking
00:19:04.81\00:19:06.31
but I knew if she has
something, she's going to do it.
00:19:06.34\00:19:08.08
The challenges of
doing that are that
00:19:08.11\00:19:10.75
not only do you have to
have enough space in which
00:19:10.78\00:19:14.25
to have the compartments
and all that you need,
00:19:14.28\00:19:17.69
you need a large venue
00:19:17.75\00:19:19.75
and you also have
to learn things like,
00:19:19.79\00:19:22.69
"What needs to be near what?"
00:19:22.72\00:19:24.66
You know, like, you know,
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.56
Dr. Fiona... she
wants to make sure
00:19:26.59\00:19:28.90
that she's near
a Lady's Restroom
00:19:28.96\00:19:31.20
you know... and
there's amounts of water
00:19:31.23\00:19:34.44
that some of
the departments need
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.30
so, all of
this... and that's what...
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that's what Mr.
George Gilbert has been...
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he is a former
Hospital Administrator...
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Murray: That's your
dad... Lela: That's correct.
00:19:44.51\00:19:46.45
Benny: And that's Lela's
dad and he is the one who knows
00:19:46.48\00:19:48.38
how to run a hospital,
00:19:48.45\00:19:49.78
and so, therefore, what we
do is a lot more complicated
00:19:49.82\00:19:52.99
than what some
other ministries might do
00:19:53.05\00:19:55.66
that's more like screening
and some specific specialties
00:19:55.69\00:20:01.16
but this is very comprehensive
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.06
because you have all of
these different departments
00:20:03.10\00:20:05.30
and... and through the years
00:20:05.33\00:20:07.87
as... like
starting with San Antonio
00:20:07.90\00:20:10.14
we've had hair care
and we have beauticians
00:20:10.17\00:20:13.71
and we have
barbers and we found that
00:20:13.74\00:20:15.31
this is an important
part of what people need.
00:20:15.34\00:20:17.25
Lela: And even Tailors.
00:20:17.28\00:20:18.61
Yeah, and tailors...
and we offer clothes...
00:20:18.65\00:20:22.15
financial and
legal... so it's really amazing
00:20:22.18\00:20:25.35
but it's also scary...
00:20:25.39\00:20:27.32
it scares you to
death when you...
00:20:27.36\00:20:29.39
when you think about...
that what you're going to do
00:20:29.42\00:20:32.19
and what you're
going to be offering and,
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.43
"How in the world we're going
to pull all this together. "
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.63
Yeah, because it's grown since
the early days of San Francisco.
00:20:36.67\00:20:40.24
Absolutely, and just
what Benny just said,
00:20:40.30\00:20:41.77
we could not do
it without God...
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every single
event... all of us know
00:20:44.11\00:20:46.34
we go into that thing like,
00:20:46.37\00:20:47.71
"Lord, I don't know how
this is going to come out,
00:20:47.74\00:20:49.94
I do not know how this
is going to come together"
00:20:49.98\00:20:52.18
and it's unbelievable...
we do our part...
00:20:52.21\00:20:54.28
we have to do our
part by God's grace
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.38
and we have to act on what
He has given us the skills to do
00:20:56.42\00:20:59.42
but literally, nobody
knows how it's coming together,
00:20:59.45\00:21:02.69
it's Him... He
always puts His blessing
00:21:02.72\00:21:04.69
and He just pushes it through.
00:21:04.73\00:21:06.06
And dealing... and
dealing with the finances
00:21:06.09\00:21:08.76
of something like
this is another challenge
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.53
because at the
moment we really don't have
00:21:11.57\00:21:14.27
any full-time paid staff
00:21:14.30\00:21:15.90
and also... with all
of the equipment needs,
00:21:15.97\00:21:22.04
the last I counted... that is...
00:21:22.08\00:21:24.51
this is... as of Friday...
00:21:24.55\00:21:26.11
we have eight semi-trailers
and they are all cram packed
00:21:26.15\00:21:30.92
full of equipment and supplies,
00:21:30.95\00:21:33.25
I mean, this
just... just the logistics,
00:21:33.29\00:21:36.26
just handling the logistics
which is what Lela's dad does,
00:21:36.29\00:21:40.53
just handling the logistics
is an unbelievable task.
00:21:40.56\00:21:44.33
Getting these trailers
moved around the country
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.97
and getting them moved
from where they're parked
00:21:47.04\00:21:49.97
to the event... all on
a very tight time schedule
00:21:50.01\00:21:52.54
without having to pay
for whole extra thousands...
00:21:52.57\00:21:55.04
tens of
thousands of dollar days...
00:21:55.08\00:21:56.95
oftentimes at
these Conventions Centers
00:21:56.98\00:21:59.61
so, there is a lot
to making it all work,
00:21:59.65\00:22:02.48
and all of that is
for a particular purpose
00:22:02.52\00:22:05.35
and that is, we want to show...
00:22:05.39\00:22:07.16
that we want to help
people and their needs
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but we also want to
build relationships with people
00:22:09.16\00:22:12.43
so that we can
help them understand
00:22:12.46\00:22:14.86
that what they really
need is God in their lives
00:22:14.90\00:22:18.33
and so, that's another part
00:22:18.40\00:22:20.64
that comes into
play particularly
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.40
and I think you were involved
a little in this in Phoenix...
00:22:22.44\00:22:25.77
something else that comes into
play after the event is over
00:22:25.81\00:22:28.84
this gives us a relationship,
00:22:28.88\00:22:31.18
and breaks down
prejudices and opens doors
00:22:31.21\00:22:33.52
with many, many people
00:22:33.55\00:22:35.25
and we need to take advantage
of all of those relationships
00:22:35.28\00:22:38.55
that the Lord
gives us with people.
00:22:38.59\00:22:40.16
Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord...
00:22:40.22\00:22:41.76
I want to... a couple of things
00:22:41.82\00:22:43.32
I want you each
to weigh in on this,
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.33
obviously there is benefit
to those who are being served,
00:22:45.36\00:22:49.80
but let us take a
moment and talk a little bit
00:22:49.83\00:22:52.13
about the blessing that comes
00:22:52.17\00:22:53.50
to those who are
giving the services,
00:22:53.54\00:22:54.87
because there is
this... this... this...
00:22:54.90\00:22:57.34
I'll use the
25-cent word, "Reciprocity"
00:22:57.41\00:23:00.01
that as you give you get...
00:23:00.04\00:23:01.88
the more you give,
the more you get...
00:23:01.91\00:23:03.78
when you give
all, you get all...
00:23:03.81\00:23:05.38
because you certainly
give all... get all...
00:23:05.41\00:23:06.78
I'll tell this quick story and
then I'm done telling stories,
00:23:06.82\00:23:09.88
the... the...
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.55
I don't
remember which one it was
00:23:11.59\00:23:12.92
but we went in to film
a... a... a... a large lump...
00:23:12.95\00:23:17.13
being taken off
someone's back...
00:23:17.16\00:23:20.66
and so, I got my
camera and when it started out
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.90
there were maybe a
dozen people filming
00:23:23.93\00:23:26.67
and as they began to cut
and pull out all of the stuff,
00:23:26.70\00:23:30.34
the dozen went down to ten...
00:23:30.37\00:23:32.44
and I was there
with Jill Morikone
00:23:32.47\00:23:36.31
and we were looking
and about half way through
00:23:36.34\00:23:39.55
we said, "You know,
who's going to watch this?"
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.75
nobody is going to watch this...
00:23:42.78\00:23:45.69
we got camera
people passing out...
00:23:45.75\00:23:48.42
will anybody on television
watch 40 minutes of this?
00:23:48.46\00:23:52.29
just pulling all this stuff
and putting it on the table,
00:23:52.33\00:23:56.13
I said, "Nobody is
going to watch this"
00:23:56.16\00:23:57.93
so, I filmed
it... I still got it...
00:23:58.00\00:23:59.73
in a tape in my office
00:23:59.80\00:24:01.90
no one has ever seen
it and no one ever will...
00:24:01.94\00:24:03.64
nobody is going to watch that...
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.24
but it occurs
to me at that point
00:24:05.27\00:24:06.88
that some very
serious operations...
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.44
some very serious
medical care is being done,
00:24:08.48\00:24:10.81
this is not just... taking blood
pressure and that kind of stuff
00:24:10.85\00:24:14.18
this is deep, deep stuff
00:24:14.22\00:24:15.58
being done at a very high level.
00:24:15.62\00:24:17.19
Lela:
Absolutely. Yeah... yeah...
00:24:17.22\00:24:18.72
and that's what you
had in mind when you...
00:24:18.75\00:24:20.19
when you
envisioned this is it not?
00:24:20.22\00:24:21.72
I did actually by God's grace
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.19
in fact, I told
some people my idea
00:24:23.22\00:24:26.06
before the very first event
00:24:26.09\00:24:27.63
and some very "high up" people
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.13
and some of them
will even declare...
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.70
I'll let them declare
themselves who they are
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.47
but some of them
will actually declare...
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.20
they thought I was crazy
00:24:34.24\00:24:35.70
so, by God's
grace... you know... again...
00:24:35.74\00:24:39.17
pressing forward...
getting advice from very...
00:24:39.21\00:24:41.94
Dr. Hart... Dr. Richard
Hart, President of Loma Linda
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.18
partner and very close
friend of mine for many years,
00:24:45.21\00:24:48.42
again, getting those
kinds of people's input
00:24:48.45\00:24:50.89
and how to do this...
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.25
how to make this happen,
it's been an absolute blessing
00:24:52.29\00:24:55.72
and we are doing
some unbelievable things
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.96
Dr. Lindo runs
our Surgery Department
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.96
she's Chief of Medical Services
and also Chief of Surgery
00:25:00.00\00:25:02.63
she can tell you some of the
things that we did in Phoenix
00:25:02.66\00:25:05.27
but it was unbelievable,
breaking... breaking news,
00:25:05.30\00:25:08.30
I mean, the media goes
haywire when they find out
00:25:08.34\00:25:11.31
cataracts are
being done on the floor
00:25:11.34\00:25:13.38
in Phoenix Convention Center.
00:25:13.41\00:25:14.74
Even just to get that to work,
it was just an absolute miracle
00:25:14.78\00:25:17.65
just days before the event,
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.88
we really didn't
have the facilities
00:25:19.91\00:25:23.49
to do cataract surgery,
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.02
and we prayed... we fasted...
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.96
and then we sent an e-mail,
"Everyone... we need to pray"
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.82
and we've been praying over this
00:25:28.86\00:25:30.59
and it really was down to
the day we were setting up...
00:25:30.63\00:25:34.93
the day we were setting
up, we were able to acquire...
00:25:34.96\00:25:37.30
not one... but two OR Vans
00:25:37.37\00:25:41.14
that we were able to use
and we were able to provide
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.11
even cataract surgery
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.81
there at this event in Phoenix,
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.08
really... God just really
opened up doors and blessed...
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.51
we did Hernia repairs...
I mean... Hernia repairs...
00:25:51.55\00:25:54.88
and this is General Surgery.
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.25
Lela: On the floor of the
Phoenix Convention Center.
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.05
Fiona: On the floor...
we had many ORs set up...
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.96
we did a lot of
Stetoscopies and hysteroscopies
00:26:00.99\00:26:03.76
these are just basically tests
for females and men as well,
00:26:03.83\00:26:07.26
we did... remove
lots of lumps and bumps
00:26:07.30\00:26:10.00
it was just an
amazing... amazing thing...
00:26:10.03\00:26:12.63
and we had a great
support with anesthesia staff
00:26:12.67\00:26:15.40
and our anesthesia volunteers
00:26:15.44\00:26:17.67
and know all the
surgeons that volunteered...
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.34
God really blessed
00:26:20.38\00:26:21.74
and the patients...
they were so overwhelmed,
00:26:21.78\00:26:24.78
they were
overwhelmed that... they said,
00:26:24.81\00:26:27.48
"Never has a
doctor prayed with me"
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.65
they themselves felt the
presence of God in this event.
00:26:29.68\00:26:35.59
Murray: Praise God.
00:26:35.62\00:26:36.96
Fiona: It was just amazing.
00:26:36.99\00:26:38.33
And people like Kyle...
00:26:38.36\00:26:39.79
I think of Pastors that
come and yourself... as Pastor
00:26:39.83\00:26:43.26
and even Benny as well,
00:26:43.33\00:26:44.73
that
participate... I mean... it's...
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.04
you're talking about the impact
that it has on the volunteers,
00:26:47.07\00:26:49.87
it's phenomenal...
it's absolutely phenomenal
00:26:49.90\00:26:52.54
I'll let Kyle answer
as far as your perspective
00:26:52.57\00:26:55.14
as far as pastoral ministry
involvement is concerned
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.51
but it's
absolutely beautiful to see.
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.65
Well, yeah, I mean...
00:26:59.68\00:27:02.08
it's I think the
thing that... that really...
00:27:02.12\00:27:04.89
from the beginning I was there
in 2014 at the first Pathway
00:27:04.95\00:27:08.46
and have been in
each one since then
00:27:08.49\00:27:10.66
but every time you see a patient
who comes through and says,
00:27:10.69\00:27:15.20
"Who are you people?"
00:27:15.23\00:27:16.67
"Why are you doing
this for our community?"
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.83
"What is it
about... about... about you
00:27:19.90\00:27:22.27
that makes you want
to serve like this?"
00:27:22.30\00:27:24.64
There is nothing greater...
00:27:24.67\00:27:26.94
nothing more
fulfilling than to see someone
00:27:26.98\00:27:29.31
whose life is truly touched
00:27:29.34\00:27:31.45
by that... just
"disinterested benevolence"
00:27:31.51\00:27:34.92
as the Spirit of
Prophecy calls it.
00:27:34.95\00:27:36.28
And even saying, "I
would like to join your church
00:27:36.32\00:27:37.89
so I could help you do this. "
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.25
But one of the things I
wanted to say C.A. was that
00:27:39.29\00:27:42.82
you mentioned the volunteers...
00:27:42.86\00:27:44.66
I could not tell
you how many people...
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.80
how many volunteers... even
at this last event in Phoenix
00:27:47.83\00:27:50.87
they give up
their Christmas to come
00:27:50.90\00:27:52.77
which was not
easy... a lot of people...
00:27:52.80\00:27:54.57
Now, this was special... it...
zeroing in on Phoenix per se
00:27:54.60\00:27:57.67
because it was over
the Christmas holidays
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.08
but it was a special...
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.84
it was right on
Christmas Day, yeah.
00:28:01.91\00:28:03.75
I mean, there were people...
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.38
like, one lady...
she was in tears...
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.82
she said, "This was
the most meaningful thing
00:28:07.85\00:28:09.88
I've ever done in my life...
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.85
to give my Christmas break
00:28:11.89\00:28:13.79
to come and to serve
people in the name of Jesus...
00:28:13.86\00:28:16.12
this was the most meaningful
thing I've ever done... "
00:28:16.16\00:28:18.19
and so many people said that.
00:28:18.23\00:28:19.63
Right, and we had volunteers
from every State in the Union...
00:28:19.66\00:28:23.60
every State... I was amazed.
00:28:23.63\00:28:27.04
We needed some equipment
moved from Ohio to Phoenix
00:28:27.07\00:28:29.64
and I said, "Well,
that's probably no problem,
00:28:29.67\00:28:33.07
I'm sure we have
volunteers from there"
00:28:33.14\00:28:35.18
within 15 minutes,
00:28:35.21\00:28:37.18
I had two people who had
volunteered to drive a truck
00:28:37.21\00:28:40.78
from Ohio...
middle Ohio to Phoenix...
00:28:40.82\00:28:45.39
every State... and
plus foreign countries.
00:28:45.42\00:28:48.72
Lela: Sorry, go ahead.
00:28:48.76\00:28:50.13
I was going to ask you
00:28:50.16\00:28:51.49
give me some sense of
the numbers of volunteers
00:28:51.53\00:28:54.73
we'll get to the number of
patients a little bit later
00:28:54.76\00:28:57.17
but just a number...
because I remember when...
00:28:57.20\00:28:59.60
in September... October...
00:28:59.63\00:29:00.97
saying, "We need
some more people. "
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.54
Lela: I was calling you guys,
00:29:03.57\00:29:05.61
"Oh, we need help...
help 3ABN, 3ABN help us... "
00:29:05.64\00:29:09.94
I know you guys know the people.
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.81
But no... you know...
by God's grace right now,
00:29:11.88\00:29:15.02
there is over 9,000
volunteers in the data bank,
00:29:15.08\00:29:18.15
9,000 people who are so
excited to give of themselves.
00:29:18.19\00:29:22.42
In Phoenix alone
we were so excited,
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.83
we had over 3,500 people
registered for the Phoenix event
00:29:25.86\00:29:29.23
and our goal was
just to get to 2,000.
00:29:29.26\00:29:31.33
and so, God blessed
and blesses and blesses
00:29:31.37\00:29:34.30
but we could never
do it without 3ABN.
00:29:34.34\00:29:36.47
Praise the Lord,
praise the Lord to hear that.
00:29:36.50\00:29:38.67
Lela: That's
right... never ever...
00:29:38.71\00:29:40.71
Praise the Lord...
praise the Lord for that...
00:29:40.74\00:29:44.51
Dr. Fiona, you mentioned that
00:29:44.55\00:29:47.32
there were
several surgical suites,
00:29:47.35\00:29:48.75
about how many surgical
suites are we talking about?
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.99
So, in this Phoenix event,
it's a little bit different
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.22
from the other
events that we've had
00:29:53.25\00:29:54.59
usually... the other past events
we've had Adventist hospitals
00:29:54.62\00:29:58.19
that donated OR time...
00:29:58.23\00:29:59.56
for us to be able to go
and do actual major procedures.
00:29:59.59\00:30:03.00
In Phoenix it was different,
00:30:03.03\00:30:04.67
we didn't have a hospital
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.27
that we could get
the OR time to do that
00:30:06.30\00:30:08.74
the Operating Room...
00:30:08.80\00:30:10.14
Fiona: Right, we
had no hospital backup,
00:30:10.17\00:30:12.14
so we had to kind of
think outside of the box
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.11
and you can imagine... we really
had to think outside the box
00:30:14.18\00:30:17.58
and... and God really, you know,
00:30:17.61\00:30:20.15
He directed... and
in this Phoenix event,
00:30:20.18\00:30:22.38
we ended up having as I said,
00:30:22.45\00:30:23.79
we had the two OR Vans...
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.15
but we also were able to
develop two small OR Suites,
00:30:25.19\00:30:29.02
Operating Room Suites
in the Convention Center
00:30:29.06\00:30:32.19
complete with
anesthesia... equipment...
00:30:32.23\00:30:35.10
Lela: You know what,
Dr. Lindo, I don't think
00:30:35.13\00:30:36.50
that would ever have happened
00:30:36.53\00:30:37.87
had we not been in
a necessity situation,
00:30:37.90\00:30:40.14
had we not been in a situation
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.24
where we knew we needed
to supply this opportunity
00:30:42.27\00:30:44.97
to the community but didn't
have the ability to do so,
00:30:45.01\00:30:47.68
I don't think we
would have pushed forward.
00:30:47.71\00:30:49.04
Fiona: We
probably would not have...
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.41
if we did not... if we
had what we usually have,
00:30:50.45\00:30:52.65
we wouldn't have even
thought to go this way,
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.98
but, as a result
of the situation,
00:30:55.02\00:30:57.65
we realized, "Hey, we
really need to give this care
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.85
because our mobile
hospital is encompassing"
00:30:59.89\00:31:02.82
it's not just
screening as you had mentioned,
00:31:02.86\00:31:05.63
we really want to make sure
that we give a holistic care,
00:31:05.66\00:31:09.00
we can have a patient
come through the door,
00:31:09.03\00:31:10.67
get their
complete cardiac workup
00:31:10.70\00:31:13.57
get their labs...
their screening...
00:31:13.60\00:31:16.14
see a Primary Care Physician
00:31:16.17\00:31:18.14
and then come into the
Surgeon to get their procedure.
00:31:18.17\00:31:20.34
All in the same day.
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.84
Mind-blowing... it really is.
00:31:22.88\00:31:25.55
Lela: Yeah, it's unbelievable...
00:31:25.58\00:31:28.18
We don't have time to
learn what we're doing,
00:31:28.22\00:31:29.98
we have to go in
there and do it...
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.99
on the fly... yeah.
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.56
One of the things that
is so obvious about this...
00:31:33.59\00:31:35.22
I remember driving...
00:31:35.29\00:31:36.62
actually we were in
Phoenix doing some pre-work
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.63
and you had to
call a Board Meeting,
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.50
and, in fact, my phone
was open and Lela said,
00:31:40.53\00:31:43.16
"Somebody's phone is
open" and it was mine...
00:31:43.20\00:31:47.04
but it was a... the
constellation of miracles
00:31:47.07\00:31:49.94
just... just...
"the Lord is moving here,
00:31:49.97\00:31:52.74
the Lord is moving there,
the Lord is moving here. "
00:31:52.77\00:31:54.44
And when you bathe
something in prayer
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.71
and it is an idea of God
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.08
then where God
guides, He provides,
00:31:58.11\00:32:00.52
so you see these walls
and strongholds coming down
00:32:00.58\00:32:03.95
and you can say,
"It's got to be God. "
00:32:03.99\00:32:05.62
Lela: Absolutely, hallelujah,
we're both on this one together
00:32:05.65\00:32:08.72
and you know what...
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.09
what to me is so important
and I'm so impressed with this
00:32:10.13\00:32:12.99
that I think we as
Christians often feel like
00:32:13.03\00:32:16.36
the ten spies that
weren't faithful...
00:32:16.40\00:32:18.90
right... we see those giants...
00:32:18.93\00:32:21.24
and it's like, "Oh! my goodness,
00:32:21.30\00:32:23.54
the finances are... oh
my goodness... the people...
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.07
the resources... "
or whatever it is...
00:32:26.11\00:32:27.44
the rules... the regulations...
00:32:27.48\00:32:28.81
but Jesus wants us to
be Caleb's and Joshua's
00:32:28.84\00:32:31.31
and depend on Him,
00:32:31.38\00:32:32.71
and when we do,
those giants go, whooo...
00:32:32.75\00:32:35.68
and we all go, "Praise
the Lord, hallelujah. "
00:32:35.72\00:32:37.99
Give me an example, Lela.
00:32:38.02\00:32:39.42
Okay, I'll give you an example,
so, we were going into Phoenix
00:32:39.45\00:32:42.29
and I felt very impressed
that the Lord wanted us
00:32:42.32\00:32:44.99
to be able to supply a meal to
the patients for the dinner meal
00:32:45.03\00:32:47.73
very impressed...
because we had sort of...
00:32:47.76\00:32:50.10
kind of investigated
that in our previous event
00:32:50.13\00:32:52.43
in West
Virginia on a small scale
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.40
and the patients came,
00:32:54.47\00:32:55.80
so when we invited the patients
to come during the clinic event
00:32:55.84\00:32:58.94
to come to a dinner, they came,
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.78
but it was on a
much smaller scale,
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.48
so we really felt
impressed to invite the patients
00:33:02.51\00:33:04.98
to come to the evening
meal but there was no money
00:33:05.01\00:33:07.42
we went into
Phoenix as Benny knows,
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.55
with a budget of
very, very, very low
00:33:09.58\00:33:11.49
compared to what
needed to be done
00:33:11.52\00:33:13.39
and with much praying,
much effort, must fasting,
00:33:13.42\00:33:18.03
by God's grace and
pressing forward...
00:33:18.06\00:33:20.76
He got us connected by...
00:33:20.80\00:33:23.23
it was nothing
short of a miracle...
00:33:23.26\00:33:25.40
absolute miracle...
00:33:25.43\00:33:26.77
with some very, very
powerful businessmen...
00:33:26.80\00:33:29.84
not Christian-even orientation,
00:33:29.90\00:33:32.61
very powerful businessmen
within the Phoenix area
00:33:32.64\00:33:36.41
and not only did they
push through the regulations
00:33:36.44\00:33:39.48
with the Convention
Center that they had forbade us
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.48
from even having
any sort of outside food
00:33:42.52\00:33:44.35
which would totally forbid us to
offer the meals to the patients,
00:33:44.39\00:33:47.32
they pushed through that...
00:33:47.36\00:33:48.99
they even got the City itself
to donate 17,000 dollars cash
00:33:49.02\00:33:54.13
towards the food...
00:33:54.16\00:33:55.76
we came out by
God's grace even better
00:33:55.80\00:33:58.87
than what we estimated as
far as the meals were concerned
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.54
and... but more
important than the finances,
00:34:01.57\00:34:03.74
was the effect that
that had on the patients,
00:34:03.77\00:34:06.27
when they were
invited... after being seen...
00:34:06.31\00:34:08.74
being treated...
being so... just...
00:34:08.78\00:34:10.88
just they had this bond with
the providers and the volunteers
00:34:10.91\00:34:14.15
and then to be invited to
a Christmas dinner banquet
00:34:14.22\00:34:16.92
and to be invited to the high...
00:34:16.95\00:34:19.95
the 26th... we had this
unbelievable music program
00:34:19.99\00:34:23.29
and the patients were
invited again to another banquet
00:34:23.32\00:34:26.56
with this musical program
with amazing presentations
00:34:26.59\00:34:29.76
by some wonderful
speakers that you have here
00:34:29.80\00:34:32.43
playing for 3ABN...
00:34:32.47\00:34:33.94
the people were so
touched... so touched...
00:34:33.97\00:34:37.31
they would come up to...
00:34:37.34\00:34:38.81
I had several come up
to me personally afterwards
00:34:38.87\00:34:40.58
and just say, "Thank you so much
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.71
for giving me the best
Christmas of my whole life. "
00:34:42.74\00:34:44.95
Oh, praise God... praise God.
00:34:44.98\00:34:46.72
Lela: But that was God.
00:34:46.75\00:34:48.08
Yeah. Fiona: Absolutely.
00:34:48.12\00:34:49.45
Anybody else... I'm kind of
in a "miracle story" mode now,
00:34:49.48\00:34:52.65
you kind of
flipped a switch on me,
00:34:52.69\00:34:54.96
I say, "Why worry
about the finances...
00:34:54.99\00:34:57.26
give it to the Treasurer...
00:34:57.33\00:34:58.89
he's sitting already...
00:34:58.93\00:35:00.40
so we won't know
what he's under stress...
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.63
he smiles a lot...
so praise the Lord. "
00:35:03.67\00:35:06.84
Laughter...
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.30
Benny: We did have
one interesting patient,
00:35:09.34\00:35:10.94
as a matter of fact,
when you see the video clip
00:35:10.97\00:35:12.87
that we've given,
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.28
later, you'll see
this guy riding his bike
00:35:14.31\00:35:16.34
and you'll hear a
little bit of his story
00:35:16.41\00:35:18.35
but fellow... I
was talking to him...
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.95
and he said, "You
know, I came in...
00:35:20.98\00:35:23.49
and I looked... and I
saw the faces of the people
00:35:23.52\00:35:26.05
and they were all light...
they were all lighted up... "
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.46
and he... he could
tell the difference
00:35:28.49\00:35:31.59
just in looking at the people
00:35:31.63\00:35:33.86
that made a big
impression on him
00:35:33.90\00:35:35.86
that God must
be involved in this
00:35:35.93\00:35:37.83
because these people...
their faces are all lighted up
00:35:37.87\00:35:40.44
and... and we looked around
and we couldn't see what he saw
00:35:40.47\00:35:44.87
but he... he talked to me
00:35:44.91\00:35:46.91
and he told me that
he definitely saw this.
00:35:46.94\00:35:48.54
Praise God.
00:35:48.58\00:35:49.91
And he wanted to be
part of it... and he was.
00:35:49.94\00:35:52.35
Lela: CA and Benny... and that
was not just that one gentleman,
00:35:52.38\00:35:55.38
I had several
patients and several volunteers
00:35:55.42\00:35:57.92
tell me the same thing
the patients had told them
00:35:57.95\00:36:00.36
that... that
they... when they came in
00:36:00.42\00:36:01.99
they couldn't
figure out what it was...
00:36:02.02\00:36:03.59
just like you're saying Benny
00:36:03.63\00:36:04.96
that the
volunteers' faces glowed
00:36:04.99\00:36:06.46
and to me... I felt
like it was Jesus saying,
00:36:06.49\00:36:09.46
"You're giving of yourself just
a little bit here on Christmas
00:36:09.50\00:36:13.00
as we celebrate the gift of
life that I gave through my Son"
00:36:13.03\00:36:16.50
but... but you know what?
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.14
You're getting the
fulfillment of Isaiah 58
00:36:18.17\00:36:21.34
"then your light shall
spring forth as the morning"
00:36:21.38\00:36:23.91
you know, I mean...
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.28
how else... our faces are
radiant with Christ's glory
00:36:25.31\00:36:27.88
it's beautiful.
00:36:27.92\00:36:29.65
The "City Fathers"
and I'll use that term
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.92
was it a hard sell for them?
00:36:31.95\00:36:33.72
You're developing
our little reputation
00:36:33.76\00:36:36.36
so... it's... it's...
your reputation precedes you
00:36:36.39\00:36:40.56
if not follows you...
00:36:40.60\00:36:41.93
so, it ought to be
getting a little bit easier
00:36:41.96\00:36:43.37
to get some of these Leaders
of the cities to understand
00:36:43.40\00:36:47.04
that you're coming
to give of your heart
00:36:47.10\00:36:48.80
you're not
coming to take anything,
00:36:48.84\00:36:50.51
you're coming solely to give...
00:36:50.54\00:36:51.87
is that sort of
preceding a little bit,
00:36:51.91\00:36:53.48
is it getting any easier?
00:36:53.51\00:36:54.94
In all transparency, I
would have to say, "No. "
00:36:54.98\00:36:58.15
I would have to say, "No. "
00:36:58.18\00:36:59.98
You know, it's a
blessing to be able to have
00:37:00.02\00:37:02.45
our amazing...
we... by God's grace
00:37:02.48\00:37:05.25
every city we've gone to...
00:37:05.29\00:37:06.92
we have had a 100
percent positive response,
00:37:06.96\00:37:10.03
we have never received one
negative media publicity...
00:37:10.09\00:37:13.60
the community has been
overwhelmingly satisfied...
00:37:13.63\00:37:17.13
more than
satisfied... overjoyed...
00:37:17.17\00:37:18.87
with what the
Seventh-day Adventists
00:37:18.90\00:37:20.57
have brought to
their community at the end
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.54
but that said...
people still think...
00:37:22.57\00:37:24.47
I mean, even as we're getting
ready to go to our next event
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.78
in this next city that
we're going to talk about
00:37:26.81\00:37:28.98
in just a minute...
00:37:29.01\00:37:30.35
even then... I think they
think it's just still good...
00:37:30.38\00:37:32.35
too good to be true.
00:37:32.41\00:37:33.75
Even when they see the videos
00:37:33.78\00:37:35.58
until they
actually experience it...
00:37:35.62\00:37:38.42
over and over again they say,
00:37:38.45\00:37:39.79
"We had no idea it was
going to be like this. "
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.16
So, even though... it...
00:37:41.19\00:37:42.86
I guess in one sense
it's... it's a blessing
00:37:42.92\00:37:45.09
to be able to have the nice
letters from the Mayor's office
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.43
and the endorsements
and those kinds of...
00:37:47.46\00:37:49.06
it's of course a blessing...
00:37:49.10\00:37:50.43
Murray: So you're getting...
00:37:50.47\00:37:51.80
Lela: Oh yes, oh yes, they've
written letters and endorsements
00:37:51.83\00:37:54.80
and... in fact... certificates
00:37:54.84\00:37:56.37
and those kinds of... and
we have tons of media response
00:37:56.40\00:37:58.87
and we have all of that...
00:37:58.91\00:38:00.61
but there's still
just a little element of...
00:38:00.64\00:38:02.34
"We just can't
believe it's really true. "
00:38:02.38\00:38:04.05
Yes... yes.
00:38:04.08\00:38:05.41
Benny: And what
about the news conference
00:38:05.45\00:38:06.95
and the very positive things
the Mayor had to say there.
00:38:06.98\00:38:08.42
Lela: Oh, yes.
00:38:08.45\00:38:09.78
Benny: I've never heard anything
more positive than that.
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.79
Lela: No, he came
out on Christmas day...
00:38:11.85\00:38:14.69
the Mayor of Phoenix
came on Christmas day
00:38:14.72\00:38:17.56
and took a tour and was just...
00:38:17.59\00:38:19.33
just like Benny
said, dumbfounded...
00:38:19.36\00:38:21.23
he just kept shaking his head,
00:38:21.26\00:38:22.60
"I can't believe
what's going on here...
00:38:22.63\00:38:24.20
this is just too
good to be true. "
00:38:24.23\00:38:26.17
Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm.
00:38:26.20\00:38:27.54
Kyle: You know CA, one
thing that I've learned
00:38:27.57\00:38:29.34
as having gone though with
Lela and Benny and the team
00:38:29.37\00:38:32.61
through these last
four years of events,
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.58
I think the Lord lets
us run into these obstacles
00:38:34.61\00:38:39.25
to teach us faith...
00:38:39.28\00:38:40.75
because you know like,
every city we've gone to...
00:38:40.78\00:38:43.49
there have been major obstacles.
00:38:43.52\00:38:45.32
Lela: Absolutely.
00:38:45.35\00:38:46.69
Kyle: In fact, every... I
think I can say this Lela,
00:38:46.72\00:38:48.16
every city... it has looked
like it was going to fall apart.
00:38:48.19\00:38:51.29
Lela: Absolutely, absolutely.
00:38:51.33\00:38:53.06
Kyle: It's
literally... every time...
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.06
it's like, "Lord... "
and we pray and we fast
00:38:55.10\00:38:58.17
and we seek God's
help and you know what?
00:38:58.20\00:39:00.77
He always sends
it at the right time.
00:39:00.84\00:39:03.00
Lela: Amen.
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.37
Kyle: And I think maybe it's so
that we can look back and say,
00:39:04.41\00:39:06.57
"This was not by
might nor by power
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.84
but by my
Spirit, says the Lord. "
00:39:08.88\00:39:10.48
Lela: Amen. Murray: Well said.
00:39:10.51\00:39:12.05
Lela: Amen. Kyle:
Truly God has done it.
00:39:12.08\00:39:13.85
Lela: Amen. Benny:
And I said to Lela,
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.58
"On Christmas day you want
to open... you to be kidding. "
00:39:15.62\00:39:20.39
Murray: I think she's
the energizer bunny...
00:39:20.42\00:39:24.53
Christmas Day and New
Year's Day who cares...
00:39:24.59\00:39:25.99
that kind of thing...
00:39:26.03\00:39:28.36
and obviously you're
building up a reservoir
00:39:28.40\00:39:31.03
of good wishes
from all these people
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.73
and then to further your point,
Kyle, I think you're right,
00:39:32.77\00:39:35.10
if it was cheap and easy,
you could get it at Walmart...
00:39:35.14\00:39:38.37
when you get pushed back so
that when you get over the hill
00:39:38.41\00:39:41.64
you know that it was
God that got you over there
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.21
you didn't do it of your own...
00:39:43.24\00:39:45.21
Lela: That's right, there's
a favorite statement I like,
00:39:45.25\00:39:47.48
"We don't have anything
to fear for the future...
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.95
lest we forget how God
has led us in the past. "
00:39:49.98\00:39:52.35
Yeah... yeah... our
time is getting away from us
00:39:52.39\00:39:54.72
we want to go to
this little video
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.32
we've had so much fun
talking about this move of God
00:39:56.36\00:40:00.46
what are we going to
see on this video, Lela?
00:40:00.50\00:40:03.57
Well, we're going to see what
happened in Pathway Phoenix...
00:40:03.60\00:40:05.97
and see firsthand
some of the stories
00:40:06.03\00:40:07.67
that Benny has just
been sharing with us
00:40:07.70\00:40:09.04
and some of the rest of us
00:40:09.07\00:40:10.41
and it's
unbelievable what God did.
00:40:10.44\00:40:11.91
Excellent, let's take a look.
00:40:11.97\00:40:13.31
Music...
00:40:13.34\00:40:18.61
In the valley of the sun,
00:40:18.68\00:40:20.68
1.6 million people have made
the 5th largest city in America
00:40:20.72\00:40:25.72
their home.
00:40:25.75\00:40:27.09
It was here that Your
Best Pathway to Health
00:40:27.12\00:40:30.46
a humanitarian service of
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:40:30.53\00:40:34.40
chose to team up with
Loma Linda University Health,
00:40:34.43\00:40:38.07
the Office of
Phoenix Mayor, Greg Stanton,
00:40:38.10\00:40:41.27
Adventist congregations and
dozens of other Organizations
00:40:41.30\00:40:45.04
along with Civic Leaders
and State Leaders in Arizona
00:40:45.07\00:40:48.78
to give a special gift.
00:40:48.81\00:40:50.48
I think this is better
than receiving a box of gifts
00:40:50.51\00:40:53.68
because usually
they go in the closet
00:40:53.72\00:40:55.95
or they get ruined or something
00:40:55.98\00:40:58.25
and I think this
benefits more people
00:40:58.29\00:41:00.12
because it's something
that's going to last with them
00:41:00.16\00:41:02.12
and with them for
a really long time.
00:41:02.16\00:41:04.46
Help was
offered to those in need
00:41:04.49\00:41:06.80
in medical,
dental and optical care.
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.10
Services also included massage,
00:41:09.13\00:41:13.23
surgery... prescription
drugs and lifestyle counseling.
00:41:13.27\00:41:18.11
Over 40 million
dollars were donated
00:41:18.17\00:41:21.61
to aid about 7,000 people
00:41:21.64\00:41:23.78
regardless of
race, religion or status.
00:41:23.81\00:41:26.75
So, I'm on Facebook
one day and I see this post
00:41:26.78\00:41:30.99
and it's
announcing this special event
00:41:31.02\00:41:34.49
and I'm
wondering if it's for real
00:41:34.52\00:41:37.93
so I click on it... I see
Dr. Lela at Phoenix City Hall
00:41:37.96\00:41:43.00
announcing the event
and "Yes, it's for real"
00:41:43.06\00:41:46.13
and I imagine, this
is a great opportunity
00:41:46.17\00:41:49.20
and I'm going to go for it.
00:41:49.24\00:41:50.67
I was able to
serve the Community
00:41:50.71\00:41:54.21
by being part of the
hydrotherapy and massage team
00:41:54.24\00:41:58.51
and what I did was give
10- to 15-minute massages
00:41:58.58\00:42:02.82
and we were able to
pray with the patients
00:42:02.85\00:42:05.79
and just communicate
and touch his very feeling
00:42:05.82\00:42:09.16
and prayer is
very healing as well
00:42:09.19\00:42:11.49
and in turn, I
was blessed as well.
00:42:11.53\00:42:13.56
My name is Barbara Torres...
00:42:13.60\00:42:16.46
I came for
Pediatrics for my daughter, Ella
00:42:16.50\00:42:20.17
and then we got
offered a massage
00:42:20.20\00:42:24.01
and then, my
ultrasound... it was amazing...
00:42:24.04\00:42:28.34
it was amazing...
a lot of good health
00:42:28.38\00:42:30.08
it was awesome...
00:42:30.11\00:42:31.61
I would totally come back.
00:42:31.65\00:42:34.02
We were praying
00:42:34.08\00:42:37.12
and one person has a huge
burden for the X-ray machine
00:42:37.15\00:42:40.86
two of the three
X-ray machines broke down
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.09
and we lifted up to the Lord
00:42:43.12\00:42:45.69
15 minutes later,
there was one guy who came...
00:42:45.73\00:42:48.40
tapped me on the
shoulder and said,
00:42:48.43\00:42:49.90
"Gem, can I speak to you"
00:42:49.93\00:42:51.27
and then, he told
me... the machine worked
00:42:51.30\00:42:54.47
and this is...
this is the Technician
00:42:54.50\00:42:57.11
who... who could not
explain what happened,
00:42:57.14\00:43:00.11
we were praying,
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.48
"Lord, please do
something really miraculous"
00:43:01.51\00:43:03.04
that even the Technician
00:43:03.08\00:43:04.51
could not
understand what just happened.
00:43:04.55\00:43:07.95
As I see it and as
I've experienced it,
00:43:07.98\00:43:11.09
Pathway to Health
is a great Organization
00:43:11.15\00:43:14.22
run by special people
00:43:14.26\00:43:16.29
providing a
special community service.
00:43:16.32\00:43:19.69
Service with a
smile, service with care
00:43:19.73\00:43:23.03
and even service with a prayer,
00:43:23.06\00:43:25.60
"Oh Lord, humbly... in a
humble manner we come to you
00:43:25.63\00:43:30.77
asking for your help for him
00:43:30.81\00:43:32.54
that he is able to understand
that you are always there. "
00:43:32.57\00:43:38.35
It's one thing to
tell someone that you care,
00:43:38.38\00:43:43.08
it's a
completely different thing
00:43:43.12\00:43:45.15
to roll up your
sleeves and show them.
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.52
From December 25 through 27,
00:43:47.56\00:43:51.73
our goal was to
give the greatest gift
00:43:51.76\00:43:54.56
we could ever give...
00:43:54.60\00:43:55.93
ourselves...
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.33
Music.
00:43:57.37\00:43:59.23
We have helped people here
00:43:59.27\00:44:01.80
but the biggest
blessing has been to me,
00:44:01.84\00:44:04.44
it has renewed my spirit,
00:44:04.47\00:44:07.04
it is the best thing I
have ever done in my life.
00:44:07.08\00:44:10.38
Well, Phoenix
was such a blessing
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.78
and, of course,
we came in as 3ABN
00:44:12.81\00:44:14.78
and did
evangelism right on the heels
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.69
very successful...
made some great friends...
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.82
great churches that
were already prepared...
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.89
people were
already aware and alert
00:44:20.96\00:44:23.02
and ready for what we had to say
00:44:23.06\00:44:24.79
and I think we'll follow you...
00:44:24.83\00:44:26.33
just follow you
around the world.
00:44:26.39\00:44:27.80
That sounds like a great plan,
I'm with you... all with you.
00:44:27.83\00:44:31.77
See, I told... she never
heard a good idea that...
00:44:31.80\00:44:34.14
Lela: Look out... look out...
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.57
I'll hold you to it too.
00:44:36.60\00:44:38.31
And praise the Lord for that,
now, before our time gets away
00:44:38.34\00:44:41.18
you've got some things
coming up in the future,
00:44:41.21\00:44:43.78
let's talk about
some of the stuff...
00:44:43.85\00:44:45.18
you're cooperation with
the North American Division
00:44:45.21\00:44:47.02
and some other
surprise things that...
00:44:47.05\00:44:48.42
who do I turn... you
want to take the lead on that?
00:44:48.45\00:44:50.55
Sure, it's a pleasure and a
blessing to be a part of the
00:44:50.59\00:44:54.26
North American Division
of Seventh-day Adventists,
00:44:54.29\00:44:56.39
Your Best Pathway to Health
00:44:56.42\00:44:57.76
and we have three cities
that we are super excited about
00:44:57.79\00:45:01.80
for 2018... 19... and 20...
00:45:01.83\00:45:04.00
we are set for Fort
Worth in September of this year
00:45:04.03\00:45:08.87
so, September 19 to
23... there at Fort Worth,
00:45:08.90\00:45:11.84
we are super excited about
that, you can go to our website,
00:45:11.87\00:45:14.24
Your Best Pathway to Health
00:45:14.28\00:45:15.61
or pathwaytohealth.
org to learn more,
00:45:15.64\00:45:17.65
and then we're looking for
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
00:45:17.68\00:45:21.28
and a very
wonderful... wonderful place...
00:45:21.35\00:45:24.69
and that will be
actually in early 2019...
00:45:24.75\00:45:28.02
we're setting the dates...
that will be set soon...
00:45:28.06\00:45:29.92
and then, what I'm
really excited about...
00:45:29.96\00:45:32.29
Indianapolis, Indiana 2020...
00:45:32.33\00:45:34.36
so... we're... we have
some big cities coming up
00:45:34.40\00:45:37.37
that we're looking forward to.
00:45:37.40\00:45:38.73
Amen, praise the Lord...
00:45:38.77\00:45:40.10
and Indianapolis is
about four and a half hours
00:45:40.14\00:45:42.07
depending on the
heaviness of your foot
00:45:42.10\00:45:44.04
not that far...
00:45:44.07\00:45:46.17
Lela: Good... and you know,
00:45:46.24\00:45:47.64
Dr. Lindo, we need some people
to do these events, don't we?
00:45:47.68\00:45:51.11
Absolutely, we need
volunteers we say...
00:45:51.15\00:45:53.75
we like to say, "If you
have a smile and a heartbeat,
00:45:53.78\00:45:56.25
you can come and
volunteer with us. "
00:45:56.28\00:45:58.62
We need professionals...
we need lay people...
00:45:58.65\00:46:02.39
and dentists,
physicians, everyone...
00:46:02.42\00:46:05.69
we really need your help
00:46:05.73\00:46:07.20
to really come out and make
this event a success for God.
00:46:07.23\00:46:11.33
Now, I want to lay on
that point for just a moment
00:46:11.37\00:46:13.17
because you need the
medical professionals...
00:46:13.23\00:46:15.40
the para-medical
professionals, the nurses...
00:46:15.44\00:46:17.94
but a good strong
back... a willing mind...
00:46:17.97\00:46:20.44
and a smile on
the face can be...
00:46:20.48\00:46:21.81
there are so many
places to plug people in.
00:46:21.84\00:46:23.88
Absolutely, absolutely,
we need volunteers to help
00:46:23.91\00:46:27.25
greet our...
each of the patients,
00:46:27.28\00:46:29.85
to take them around
to the different areas,
00:46:29.88\00:46:32.32
we need people to help decorate
to make the place look lovely
00:46:32.35\00:46:36.02
and we need
people to help with...
00:46:36.06\00:46:37.99
in all these different
areas and so, as we said,
00:46:38.03\00:46:41.36
"If you have a
heartbeat and a smile...
00:46:41.40\00:46:43.16
you're able to
become a volunteer. "
00:46:43.20\00:46:44.77
Murrah: I love
it, love it... yeah.
00:46:44.80\00:46:46.33
We can use plumbers,
we can use electricians,
00:46:46.53\00:46:49.44
we could use people
who are just good at moving
00:46:49.47\00:46:51.14
and set up...
00:46:51.17\00:46:53.04
it takes a lot to set
up one of these events
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.78
and we only have part
of the day to get it done
00:46:55.84\00:46:59.48
and so, we really need a
lot of help in that arena.
00:46:59.51\00:47:03.05
We even need people
who can watch children.
00:47:03.08\00:47:05.15
Lela: That's right,
that's right... that's right.
00:47:05.19\00:47:07.42
Kyle: I told you about
the lady who was so moved
00:47:07.46\00:47:09.66
by her experience in Phoenix,
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.03
she was actually
helping with the child care
00:47:11.06\00:47:13.19
there in Phoenix, so,
literally, like you said,
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.63
"If you have a
willingness, we need you...
00:47:15.66\00:47:17.10
if you have a heart
that's beating and a smile,
00:47:17.13\00:47:18.47
we need you. "
00:47:18.50\00:47:19.83
Praise the Lord,
now the next one is...
00:47:19.87\00:47:21.74
Lela: Fort Worth... in September
00:47:21.77\00:47:24.57
and we need 80 percent...
00:47:24.61\00:47:25.94
just like the gentlemen
and everyone's talking...
00:47:25.97\00:47:28.14
80 percent of our volunteers
are non-medical people.
00:47:28.18\00:47:30.65
We definitely need the
physicians and the dentists
00:47:30.68\00:47:33.08
definitely... if there
are dentists listening,
00:47:33.11\00:47:35.25
we need you...
our biggest need...
00:47:35.28\00:47:37.39
our number one sought-after
service really is dentistry
00:47:37.45\00:47:39.95
but we need...
obviously the professionals
00:47:39.99\00:47:42.86
but we even to a greater degree
00:47:42.92\00:47:44.59
need the
non-medical people as well
00:47:44.63\00:47:47.20
and legal
services... business...
00:47:47.23\00:47:49.10
we have a whole
Legal Department,
00:47:49.16\00:47:50.97
Business area,
Tailors, Clothing Department,
00:47:51.00\00:47:53.80
you name it... just
like Dr. Lindo said,
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.57
"If you can smile...
and you have a heartbeat"
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.51
which I think
includes most of us,
00:47:58.54\00:48:00.54
I think you're needed.
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.78
We had a lady
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.15
who was the number one person
in the dental line in Phoenix
00:48:04.18\00:48:08.98
and what was interesting
is, she wrote a letter to us
00:48:09.02\00:48:12.95
at the end of it,
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.32
telling about the
blessing that this was to her
00:48:14.36\00:48:17.03
and how she got there and all...
00:48:17.06\00:48:18.79
she got a tooth
replaced... she got glasses...
00:48:18.83\00:48:23.80
she got a massage...
00:48:23.83\00:48:26.20
she got her hair done...
00:48:26.23\00:48:28.54
I mean, she was
listing all of these things...
00:48:28.60\00:48:31.04
and so, the
important thing about that is
00:48:31.07\00:48:33.81
be the first in line if
you want all the services
00:48:33.84\00:48:36.51
because that's the
only way you can get them.
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.71
And you know, these
wonderful services...
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.92
you know, it takes money...
00:48:40.95\00:48:43.45
I mean, every... every event...
00:48:43.49\00:48:45.92
every patient that's
going to be serviced...
00:48:45.95\00:48:47.72
and we want to service
the maximum number of patients
00:48:47.76\00:48:50.09
but it takes money,
00:48:50.13\00:48:51.46
it takes about a
100 dollars a patient,
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.53
and Benny has to manage that
00:48:53.60\00:48:55.83
and Kyle is
right there to help him
00:48:55.86\00:48:57.93
but I'm sure you can
tell us more about that
00:48:57.97\00:49:00.70
since I'm the dreamer
and he's the financier.
00:49:00.74\00:49:02.97
Benny: Believe
me... she can dream
00:49:03.00\00:49:04.84
but this is a place
that people can help...
00:49:04.87\00:49:07.64
because, there are
some people that can't come
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.41
or maybe they
can't come on those dates
00:49:10.45\00:49:12.18
or they can't come to
that particular place,
00:49:12.21\00:49:14.68
but there's one
thing that any of us can do
00:49:14.72\00:49:17.15
and I like to...
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.42
I kind of remember Elder
Totts used to talk about it
00:49:19.45\00:49:22.06
in evangelism...
picking berries... berries
00:49:22.09\00:49:24.99
from the bushes... and
picking more than one at a time
00:49:25.03\00:49:28.46
and for the last two events,
00:49:28.50\00:49:30.87
Barbara and I have
helped sponsor 10 people...
00:49:30.90\00:49:33.90
ten patients by
giving a 1,000 dollars...
00:49:33.94\00:49:36.81
so, a 100 dollars
can sponsor a patient,
00:49:36.84\00:49:39.61
now, our cost is a 100
dollars a patient on average
00:49:39.67\00:49:44.88
however, that can be reduced...
00:49:44.91\00:49:47.78
anywhere we're
going to do an event
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.38
by having things given to us
00:49:49.42\00:49:50.99
that we would
normally have to pay for,
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.39
but as far as people helping
anybody can give a 100 dollars
00:49:52.42\00:49:59.29
you can do it 10 dollars a month
00:49:59.33\00:50:00.83
or just a 100
dollars at once or whatever
00:50:00.86\00:50:03.20
but if... for anyone who gives a
100 or multiples of one hundred
00:50:03.23\00:50:06.94
that means that we
can serve one more patient
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.70
and I would really like to
encourage people to do that
00:50:09.77\00:50:12.94
it's a real blessing.
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.34
Can you imagine what... it's
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.41
I mean a 100 dollars can
literally change a person's life
00:50:16.44\00:50:19.31
because they come in and
these procedures are expensive,
00:50:19.35\00:50:23.45
I mean, sometimes people
can't go and get the root canal
00:50:23.49\00:50:27.16
or the whatever it is
and the different procedures.
00:50:27.19\00:50:29.16
Benny: Well, what was the value
00:50:29.19\00:50:30.79
of their Phoenix
experience, Lela?
00:50:30.83\00:50:32.39
Actually it was
over 40.8 million dollars
00:50:32.43\00:50:35.13
in free health care but
just like Kyle was saying,
00:50:35.16\00:50:37.47
although the value in dollar
figures is an enormous amount,
00:50:37.50\00:50:42.64
the value in eternity
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.27
is never... is never to be
able to put a dollar figure to
00:50:44.31\00:50:49.08
and what a
beautiful opportunity.
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.31
What an opportunity to bring
00:50:51.35\00:50:53.42
so many different
ministries together
00:50:53.45\00:50:55.78
the Lay... the
part of the Church...
00:50:55.82\00:50:58.09
the businessmen, the
women, the professionals,
00:50:58.12\00:51:01.62
the non-medical
people, the children...
00:51:01.66\00:51:04.66
children participating...
00:51:04.69\00:51:06.09
all of us working
together for one common goal.
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.56
And all
different types of people,
00:51:08.60\00:51:10.10
you were mentioning
this morning about that.
00:51:10.13\00:51:12.33
Yeah, Pathway is so powerful
because it brings people
00:51:12.37\00:51:15.27
from all different
perspectives in the church
00:51:15.30\00:51:17.01
for one mission and that is:
00:51:17.04\00:51:18.77
Serving people in
the name of Jesus.
00:51:18.84\00:51:20.18
Lela: Amen... amen.
00:51:20.21\00:51:21.54
I don't know where
the genius came from
00:51:21.58\00:51:23.01
but the idea of adding suits
and manicures and pedicures
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.68
and... and
getting your hair done...
00:51:25.71\00:51:27.12
that's such a refreshing,
elevating kind of thing
00:51:27.15\00:51:31.42
and it's in part
of the evolution.
00:51:31.45\00:51:33.56
We've got to go
to our Newsbreak...
00:51:33.59\00:51:35.42
we're going to come back
00:51:35.46\00:51:36.79
put up some contact information
00:51:36.83\00:51:39.09
then I want Dr. Lela to
make her kind of... final pitch
00:51:39.13\00:51:41.26
so, stay with us,
go to our Newsbreak
00:51:41.30\00:51:43.03
and we'll be right back.
00:51:43.06\00:51:44.40